Questions and Replies

Reply:

a) The statement made by the Minister of Finance during the Executive Leadership course was not referring to any specific Metropolitan, Intermediate City or municipalities. The Minister was speaking in general based on the National Treasury’s broad observation over time with regard to financial management challenges which if not properly addressed could lead to collapse as evidenced by the experience of other cities elsewhere.

b) It is well known that a number of municipalities face significant governance, service delivery and financial challenges. These are often related, and the National Treasury has repeatedly emphasized that governance challenges are the most common underlying driver of service delivery and financial challenges.

The National Treasury does have concerns about the performance of some municipalities with respect to governance, institutional, financial health and service delivery, some of which are not able to pay creditors and are struggling to pay for bulk water and electricity.

The National Treasury publishes detailed information on all municipalities in its annual report on the state of local government finances and financial management, the latest report will soon be released. The report does identify those municipalities that are in financial distress, there were 95 municipalities in financial distress in 2016/17 report. Although these municipalities are cause for immediate concern, it should be noted that all of our municipalities – including metropolitan municipalities - have significant room to improve performance on many of the indicators tracked in the state of local government finances and financial management.

c) National and Provincial governments provide extensive support to all municipalities in terms of section 154 of the Constitution. Details of these support measures are also provided in the state of local government finances report. More recently, the adoption of the Integrated Urban Development Framework (IUDF) has led to greater coordination and focussing of support to different categories of municipalities, in order to enable them to respond more effectively to their development challenges and align their performance with our national development goals. With the IUDF, the Cities Support Programme, which is coordinated by the National Treasury, are working closely with our metropolitan municipalities. The Department of Cooperative Governance has begun to rollout out a complementary programme for Intermediate Cities, while the design of a small towns programme is being finalised in consultation with the SA Local Government Association. These programmes strongly complement the systemic support and reform programmes such as Back to Basics (B2B) and Municipal Financial Management reforms.

The National Treasury and the Department of Cooperative Governance (DCoG) are collaborating to prioritise municipalities that are in financial distress and failing to deliver services for support and intervention to restore them to sustainability, working in collaboration with provinces.

The previous Minister of Finance during his Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) in October 2017, recognised the municipal financial management challenges experienced and announced the introduction of a funding mechanism to support the recovery plans for municipalities that face a financial crisis, as provided for in section 139(5) of The Constitution. The DoRA published in February 2018 provides a brief background to the proposed funding mechanism namely, the Municipal Restructuring Grant (MRG).

The purpose of this grant, as described in the DoRA, is “to be a short term intervention that will fund the turnaround of struggling municipalities”. This will provide some financial relief to municipalities that require financial support to improve their current situation. It is important to note that this grant allocation is not intended to fund the complete financial recovery plan but rather to contribute to the implementation of corrective action that demonstrates sufficient alignment to NT’s “game changers” referred to previously in this document.

Reply:

1. I wish to request the Honourable Member of Parliament to please clarify what specific information, the MP requires in this regard. The Office of the Chief State Law Adviser provides legal opinions to the National Executive and National Departments, as to the constitutionality and legality of draft Bills and international legal agreements. The Offices of the various State Attorneys act as Attorney of Record for the National Executive as well as National Government Departments.

If the terminology of “state legal advisors” is interpreted as “state attorney”, I am further informed that if the interpretation of the question is to mean “where the state attorney settled the matter without a power of attorney from the client Department”, that the Offices of the State Attorney do not keep such detailed statistics as these matters are kept in general with the statistics of settled matters. If the information is to be sought now, the Office of the Acting Chief Litigation Officer would have to request the various State Attorneys’ Offices to search their files individually as far back as 2010, which would mean an enormous amount of human resources and time would have to be expended in the search, as some of the files have already been closed and archived.

2. (a) (i) I am informed that the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DoJ&CD) does not have a readily available database from 2010 until the current financial year in respect to the number of cases settled by the DoJ&CD. However, the information on the amounts claimed and settled is provided in Table B below.

(ii) Table A below provides details of the total number of cases that were settled for each provincial department during the 2015/16, 2016/17 and 2017/18 financial years:

TABLE A: Number of cases settled: Provincial Departments

Province	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18
Eastern Cape	62	36	11
Free State	42	28	5
Gauteng	342	251	105
Kwa-Zulu Natal	386	412	119
Limpopo	27	14	7
Northern Cape	2	3	1
North West	28	15	4
Western Cape	80	28	2
Grand Total	969	787	254

(b) Tables C below provide details of the total amounts settled for each provincial department.

(i) TABLE B: Total amount claimed and finalised by the DoJ&CD during the 2014/15, 2015/16 and 2016/17 financial years

2014/15	2015/16	2016/17
Amount Claimed	Amount Finalised	Amount Claimed	Amount Finalised	Amount Claimed	Amount Finalised
R 3 647 779 462	R 3 698 400	R 6 987 912 594	R 1 072 417	R 7 077 064 221	R 4 622 146

(ii) TABLE C: Total amounts settled: Provincial Departments for the 2015/16, 2016/17 and 2017/18 financial years

Province	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18
Eastern Cape	R 31 862 260	R 62 168 730	R 92 646 921
Free State	R 1 734 752	R 3 711 829	R 236 593
Gauteng	R 337 926 657	R 58 104 197	R 86 649 443
Kwa-Zulu Natal	R 27 295 033	R 195 124 853	R 169 469 778
Limpopo	R 6 529 173	R 1 357 058	R 235 325
Northern Cape	R 17 264	R 234 900	R 120 000
North West	R 24 149 652	R 25 157 373	R 6 071 163
Western Cape	R 24 235 753	R 1 495 369	R 12 500 000
Grand Total	R 453 750 543	R 347 354 311	R 367 929 223

Note:

The Province of Mpumalanga does not have a State Attorney’s Office. The Provincial Government of Mpumalanga is assisted by the State Attorney Office in Pretoria.

Reply:

All appointments in the Office of the Minister were effected in terms of Chapter 8 of the Ministerial Handbook and in accordance with Chapter 1, Part VII, Paragraph C.1B of the former Public Service Regulations, 2001 and Chapter 4, Part 4, Regulation 66 of the new Public Service Regulations, 2016 which came into effect on 1 August 2016.

Chapter 8 of the Ministerial Handbook does not provide guidelines in terms of the salary levels of core staff in the Ministry and leaves such discretion to executive authorities. The salary levels of remuneration of the staff in the Ministry were effected in terms of Chapter1, Part V, Paragraph C.3 of the former Public Service Regulations, 2001. This provision was, however amended with Regulation 44 of the newly promulgated Public Service Regulations, 2016, which came into effect on 1 August 2016.

The updated post establishment is attached.

(a)(i),(ii) and (aa)

2014/2015	2015/2016	2016/2017
(i) Budget (R’000)	(ii) Expenditure (R’000)	(i)Budget (R’000)	(ii)Expenditure (R’000)	(i)Budget (R’000)	(ii)Expenditure (R’000)
25 272	24 594	24 342	24 336	24 439	26 378

(bb)

Since 1 April 2017

(i) Budget (R’000)	(ii) Expenditure (R’000)
27 181	20 678

(b)(i),(ii),(iii),(iv) and (v)

2014/2015

Remuneration	Salary level	Job title	Qualification	Job description (Benchmarked job descriptions from DPSA attached)	Appointment date
R 1 219 737.00	15	*Chief of Staff	Masters degree in Public Management and Development	Attached	2013/02/06 - 2014/09/17 Now placed as Director: ICT Special Projects Coordinator
R 1 201 713.00	15	*Chief of Staff	Primary Teachers Diploma	Attached	2014/09/18 -2015/08/31 Now placed as Food Security & Agrarian Reform Coordinator (Branch: FSAR)
R 988 152.00	14	Media Liaison Officer	MA	Attached	2014/07/01 - 2015/08/18 Placed as Director: Communication Services (CPT) Contract expired 2017/06/30
R 988 152.00	14	Parliamentary Officer	BA	Attached	2014/07/01 - 2017/06/30 Contract expired
R 630 822.00	12	Administrative/ Private Secretary	Grade 12	Attached	2014/07/22 to date
R 278 979.00	12	Assistant Appointments & Administrative Secretary	National Diploma	Attached	2012/11/01 - 2016/06/30 Resigned
R 227 802.00	8	Secretary/Receptionist (PTA)	Grade 8	Attached	2001/11/01 to date
R 227 802.00	8	Secretary/Receptionist (CPT)	Grade 12	Attached	2006/12/13 to date
R 532 278.00	11	Senior Registry Clerk	B. Admin	Attached	2009/10/02 to date
R 183 438.00	7	Driver/Messenger	Grade 6	Attached	1992/08/12 to date
R 1 201 713.00	15	Special Adviser	Masters degree in Governance and Political Transformation		2014/07/02 to date
R 1 201 713.00	15	Special Adviser	Diploma in Fine and Commercial Arts		2014/07/02 to date
R 1 742 751.00	16	** Special Adviser	B. Ed		2011/01/01 - 2014/06/30 Contract expired
R 1 570 254.00	16	** Special Adviser	Grade 12		2012/11/01 - 2014/06/30 Contract expired

* Different periods of appointment in same financial year.

** Special Advisers to the former Minister in the 2014/2015 financial year.

2015/2016

Remuneration	Salary level	Job title	Qualification	Job description (Benchmarked job descriptions from DPSA attached)	Appointment date
R1267 806.00	15	*Chief of Staff	Primary Teachers Diploma	Attached	2014/09/18 -2015/08/31 Now placed as Food Security & Agrarian Reform Coordinator (Branch: FSAR)
R1299501.00	15	*Chief of Staff	B. Sc	Attached	2015/09/03 - 2016/05/31 Resigned
R1068 564.00	14	*Media Liaison Officer	BA Corporate Communications	Attached	2015/08/24 to date
R1042 500.00	14	*Media Liaison Officer	MA	Attached	2014/07/01 - 2015/08/18 Placed as Director: Communication Services (CPT) Contract expired 2017/06/30
R1068 564.00	14	Parliamentary Officer	BA	Attached	2014/07/01 - 2017/06/30 Contract expiry
R 674 979.00	12	Administrative Secretary	Grade 12	Attached	2014/07/22 to date
R1068 564.00	14	Administrative/ Private Secretary	Grade 12	Attached	2015/08/24 - 2017/07/31 Now placed as Deputy Director: Executive Implementation & Secretariat Support
R 674 979.00	12	Assistant Appointments & Administrative Secretary	National Diploma	Attached	2012/11/01 - 2016/06/30 Resigned
R 243 747.00	8	Secretary/Receptionist (PTA)	Grade 8	Attached	2001/11/01 to date
R 243 747.00	8	Secretary/Receptionist (CPT)	Grade 12		2006/12/13 to date
R 612 822.00	11	Senior Registry Clerk	B. Admin	Attached	2009/10/02 to date
R 196 278.00	7	Driver/Messenger	Grade 6	Attached	1992.08.12 to date
R1299 501.00	15	Special Adviser	Masters degree in Governance and Political Transformation		2014/07/02 to date
R1299 501.00	15	Special Adviser	Diploma in Fine and Commercial Arts		2014/07/02 to date

* Different periods of appointment in same financial year.

2016/2017

Remuneration	Salary level	Job title	Qualification	Job description (Benchmarked job descriptions from DPSA attached	Appointment date
R 1 299 501.00	15	Chief of Staff	B. Sc	Attached	2015/09/03 - 2016/05/31 Resigned
R 1 068 564.00	14	Media Liaison Officer	BA Corporate Communications	Attached	2015/08/24 to date
R 1 068 564.00	14	Parliamentary Officer	BA	Attached	2014/07/01 - 2017/06/30 Contract expiry
R 898 743.00	13	Administrative Secretary	Grade 12	Attached	2014/07/22 to date
R 1 068 564.00	14	Administrative/ Private Secretary	Grade 12	Attached	2015/08/24 - 2017/07/31 Now placed as Deputy Director: Executive Implementation & Secretariat Support
R 726 276.00	12	*Assistant Appointments & Administrative Secretary	BA (Hons), HED (undergraduate), Postgraduate Diploma: Management	Attached	2016/07/25 to date
R 726 276.00	12	*Assistant Appointments & Administrative Secretary	National Diploma	Attached	2012/11/01 - 2016/06/30 Resigned
R 262 272.00	8	Secretary/Receptionist (PTA)	Grade 8	Attached	2001/11/01 to date
R 262 272.00	8	Secretary/Receptionist (CPT)	Grade 12	Attached	2006/12/13 to date
R 612 822.00	11	Senior Registry Clerk	B. Admin	Attached	2009/10/02 to date
R 211 194.00	7	Driver/Messenger	Grade 6	Attached	1992.08.12 to date
R 1 299 501.00	15	Special Adviser	Masters degree in Governance and Political Transformation		2014/07/02 to date
R 1 299 501.00	15	Special Adviser	Diploma in Fine and Commercial Arts		2014/07/02 to date

* Different periods of appointment in same financial year.

Since 1 April 2017

Remuneration	Salary level	Job title	Qualification	Job description (Benchmarked job descriptions from DPSA attached	Appointment date
R 1 127 334.00	14	Chief of Staff	Master of Arts	Attached	2017/04/01 to date
R 1 068 564.00	14	Media Liaison Officer	BA Corporate Communications	Attached	2015/08/24 to date
R 948 174.00	13	*Parliamentary Officer	Bachelor of Arts	Attached	2017/10/01
R 1 127 334.00	14	*Parliamentary Officer	BA	Attached	2014/07/01 - 2017/06/30 Contract expiry
R 948 174.00	13	Administrative Secretary	Grade 12	Attached	2014/07/22 to date
R 1 127 334.00	14	Administrative/ Private Secretary	Grade 12	Attached	2015/08/24 - 2017/07/31 Now placed as Deputy Director: Executive Implementation & Secretariat Support
R 779 295.00	12	Assistant Appointments & Administrative Secretary	BA (Hons), HED (undergraduate), Postgraduate Diploma: Management	Attached	2016/07/25 to date
R 281 418.00	8	Secretary/Receptionist (PTA)	Grade 8	Attached	2001/11/01
R 281 418.00	8	Secretary/Receptionist (CPT)	Grade 12	Attached	2006/12/13 to date
R 657 558.00	11	Senior Registry Clerk	B. Admin	Attached	2009/10/02
R 226 611.00	7	Driver/Messenger	Grade 6	Attached	199/08/12 to date
R 1 370 973.00	15	Special Adviser	Masters degree in Governance and Political Transformation		2014/07/02 to date
R 1 370 973.00	15	Special Adviser	Diploma in Fine and Commercial Arts		2014/07/02 to date

** Different periods of appointment in same financial year.

Reply:

The honourable member is encouraged to request the relevant information directly from the Department of Social Development.

Reply:

(a) The expenditure on Compensation of employees per annum for all Provincial Education Departments (PEDs) is reflected in the Table below, however this includes the compensation for the teachers as well as office based staff. The split per teachers and non-educators have been requested from the PEDs and will be provided as soon as received.

	FINANCIAL YEARS
Compensation of Employees in R'Billion	2007/08	2008/09	2009/10	2010/11	2011/12	2012/13	2013/14	2014/15	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18
	69 710	84 006	99 253	109 854	122 138	129 856	139 178	146 253	153 193	164 869	177 514
Non Compensation of Employees costs in R'Billion	18 588	23 535	27 035	28 400	34 439	36 304	37 831	40 602	43 947	46 799	47 708
Percentage of compensation of Employees to total costs	79%	78%	79%	79%	78%	78%	78%	78%	78%	78%	79%

Source: DBE Annual Report.

(b) The Department of Basic Education has requested the information from all PEDs on the percentage spent on each pupil per annum over the past 10 years. The responses will be forwarded as soon as the DBE receives them.

Reply:

Yes, the Gauteng Department of Education has provided the requested information. Please find attached NA 287.

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

WRITTEN REPLY

QUESTION 287

DATE OF PUBLICATION OF INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 24/02/2017

INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 04/2017

287. Mr M R Bara (DA) to ask the Minister of Basic Education:

Has her department undertaken studies to determine the total number of children who live in the Greenstone residential area in Johannesburg, which borders Edenvale in the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality; if not, (a) why not and (b) what informed the decision of her department not to build any schools in the specified area; if so, what are the details of the study? NW306E

Response

Yes, a study has been conducted. The study showed that schools around the area are populated by children from Tembisa, and Alexandra. Here are schools that cater for children from Tembisa and Alexandra:

a) Nobel Primary School – This school is about 2km away from the area in question and is populated by learners from Tembisa and Alexandra and these learners are transported privately by parents to schools;

Eastlyn Primary School - This school is also about 3km away from the area in question and is populated by learners from Tembisa and Alexandra and these learners are transported privately by parents to schools; and

Edenglen Primary School - This school is also about 3km away from the area in question and is populated by learners from Tembisa and Alexandra and these learners are transported privately by parents to schools.

b) The parents of the learners residing at Greenstone apparently are not interested in these public schools or have already been assisted with accommodation at other schools. Schools in this area are therefore capable of assisting the population of learners that may need space.

If additional schools are required, these should preferably be constructed in Tembisa and Alexandra.

Reply:

Referring the question to KwaZulu–Natal National Education Department was erroneous. The question was forwarded to the Eastern Cape Provincial Education Department, and the response has been received.

The candidate has been resulted by the Eastern Cape Education Department and the certificate has been printed by Umalusi, and couriered to the Alphendale Secondary School in East London.

Reply:

(a)(i) There are no consulting firms or companies currently contracted by the Department.

SACE

(a)(ii)	(b)(i)	(b)(ii)	(b)(iii)(aa)	(b)(iii)(bb)	(b)(iii)(cc)	(b)(iii)(dd)
1	SITA	Maintenance and hosting of IT Services	August 2015	3 years	R 987 541.12	Mr Morris Mapindani, Chief Financial Officer
1	Bradforce Security and Projects Developments	Security Services	August 2017	1 year	R 103 200	Mr Morris Mapindani, Chief Financial Officer

Umalusi

(a)(ii)	(b)(i)	(b)(ii)	(b)(iii)(aa)	(b)(iii)(bb)	(b)(iii)(cc)	(b)(iii)(dd)
1	BIG Business Innovations Group	Internal Audit	1 April 2017	3 years	R 1 920 629.00	Dr MS Rakometsi, Chief Financial Officer
2	Nexis SAB&T	External Audit	1 April 2017	3 year	R 1 501 044.00	Dr MS Rakometsi, Chief Financial Officer

Reply:

The matter falls within the competence and purview of the Eastern Cape and the Honourable member is urged to request the information through the Provincial legislature. However, the Department of Basic Education have requested the information from Eastern Cape Provincial Education Department (EC PED). The information will be forwarded as soon as received from EC PED.

Reply:

PROVINCE	PRIMARY SCHOOLS	HIGH SCHOOLS
Eastern Cape	3 083	1 854
Free State	581	157
Gauteng	586	175
KwaZulu -Natal	3 001	1 393
Limpopo	2 384	1 198
Mpumalanga	1 041	344
North West	837	276
Northern Cape	244	129
Western Cape	257	20
Total	12 014	5 546

b) An estimated amount of R 28 billion is required to build libraries in all schools without libraries. It should however, be noted that some schools use corner libraries, mobile libraries, container libraries and community libraries. The above figures only refer to brick and mortar libraries.

Reply:

The Department of Basic Education (DBE) has written a letter to Limpopo Provincial Education Department (PED) to request a response to the question raised above as DBE does not have the required information. The DBE will forward the response from the PED as soon as the information is received. It is suggested that the request be made through the Provincial Legislature in Limpopo.

Reply:

a) The Department of Small Business Development (DSBD)

1. The DSBD does not own any land;
2. The DSBD does not have any exclusive rights to any land; and
3. The Department also does not lease any land from the State:

(aa)&(bb) Not applicable since the Department does not own any land nor lease land.

1. The Small Enterprise Development Agency (SEDA)
2. SEDA does not own land;
3. SEDA does not have any exclusive rights to any land; and
4. SEDA does not lease from the State:

(aa)&(bb) Not applicable.

1. The Small Enterprise Finance Agency (SEFA)
2. 367 713 m²
3. 367 713 m²
4. 5 054 m² - North West Development Corporation SOC Ltd:

(aa) SEFA letting to SMMEs / tenants.

(bb) Occupied by tenants only.

Reply:

a) The budget for teacher salaries or compensation is not allocated to individual schools. A basket of posts is determined at Provincial Education Department (PED) level and such posts are then distributed to schools through the post provisioning model. In the event of underspending, funds are returned to the provincial Treasury.

b) Vacancies at schools occur throughout the year due to natural attrition. Post Level 1 (PL1) vacancies are generally filled as soon as they occur. Promotional posts (Principal, Deputy Principal and Head of Department) are advertised in terms of the regulations and are filled as soon as practically possible, usually within 3-6 months. However, acting appointments are made as soon as vacancies occur.

(i) The Department does not routinely track every vacancy, but receives and reports on the total number of vacancies on a quarterly basis.

(ii) As indicated in (i) above, the Department does not track school level detail regarding vacancies.

(iii) As indicated in (a) above the budget for compensation of educators is not allocated to schools.

Reply:

The response below was sourced from Gauteng Department of Education

(a)

(a) (i)

2016 academic year = R38 127 838.10

(aa) Edenvale- R13 903 691.86

(bb)Tembisa-0

(cc) Kempton Park-R24 224 146.24

(a) (ii)

2017 academic year = The schools will apply by the 30th June 2018 and payment is due on or before 15th November 2018. Therefore the amount can only be determined after the payment has been made

(b)

(b) (i)

2016 academic year = R594 190.01

(ii)(aa) Edenvile-R159 758.09

(ii)(bb) Tembisa-O

(iv)(cc) Kempton Park-R434 431.92

(b) (ii)

2017 academic year = The schools will apply by the 30th June 2018 and payment is due on or before 15th November 2018. Therefore the amount can only be determined after the payment has been made

Reply:

This matter has been referred to the Kwa-Zulu Department of Education for more information and a response will be furnished as soon as the Province has responded.

Reply:

The question is relevant to the provincial administration since it is the responsibility of the employer, who in terms of section 3(1)(b) of the Employment of Educators Act is the Head of the Provincial Education Department. The honourable member is encouraged to request the relevant information directly from the Provinces.

Reply:

DPE:

SEE “ANNEXURE 1” (A to H).

ESKOM:

(a)

For the DPE to respond.

(b)

Yes, Eskom employees used business class ticket for flights in the period from 1 January 2010 to 13 November 2017. 

Although Eskom has records of flights prior to 1 January 2015, the records have not been consolidated and are, therefore, not readily available. The exercise to extract, consolidate, and verify these records is extensive and will take eight months to complete.

(b)(i)(ii)(iv)

Annexure A provides (i) the names of the employees and (ii) the flight route.

(b)(iii)

The travel agency that was used to book the flights from January 2015 to 13 November 2017 is Travel with Flair (TWF).

(b)(iv)

Annexure A provides (iv) the cost of each business class ticket.

(b)(v)

Yes, the spend on these flights complies with the cost-cutting measures and regulations of National Treasury, the DPE, and the Auditor-General of South Africa.

(b)(v)(vii)

Annexure B provides (v) the purpose of each flight and (vii) the approver of the trip and payment in each case.

 

SAX:

(1)(b)(i)    The Travel Policy of South African Express allows only the Chief Executive Officer to travel business class.The official who travelled  are:

Ms Siza Mzimela  

Mr Inati Ntshanga                                                                                           

Mr Victor Xaba                                                                                                                       

Ms Matsietsi Mokholo

(ii)        Various destinations on domestic and international routes.

(iii)      No travel agency was used to book the flights; SA Express utilises its own in-house commercial department for duty travel bookings.

(iv)      The ticket prices of referred travels by SA Express Airways CEO’s were on tickets that are on airline to airline duty travel arrangements.

(2)(a)  South African Express only pays for taxes and levies.

(2)(b)  Approval for travel at SA Express is granted by the General Manager:  Human Capital.

 

TRANSNET:

This response is according to information received from Transnet:   (1)(a)            Responses from DPE, Alexkor, Denel, Eskom, Safcol and SAX were submitted and signed. (1)(b)(i)         Yes. There were many passengers that travelled business class for the period 01 Jan 2010 until 31 October 2017.   (1)(b)(ii)        There were various routes travelled and the major routes were China, USA, Maputo, Germany, Frankfurt, Sau Paulo, London, Canada, Berlin, Mozambique, Dubai, Hong Kong, Kenya, Munich – Germany, Sao Paulo – Brazil, Frankfurt – Germany, Lagos – Nigeria, Zurich – Switzerland.     (1)(b)(iii)           For the period 01 January 2010 to 31 December 2010 Tourvest T/A Amex was used.   For the period around 01 Jan 2011 to 31 May 2014 - Tourvest T/A Seekers was used, and   For the period 01 June 2014 until current Travel with Flair was used.   (1)(b)(iv)            The total amount paid for business class trips for the period 01 Jan 2010 until 31 October 2017 is estimated to be around R142 million.   (1)(b) (v)            All travel relates to operations, various conferences, investor relations and  international roadshows.   (2) (a)                Yes. (2) (b)              Line managers approved all the travel in line with the Transnet Delegation of Approval for Business Travel.                             More information is attached as “Annexure A”.

Reply:

Count of National/Province	Mangaung District Municipality: Free State
	DENTIST	DENTIST Total	ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PRACTITIONER	ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PRACTITIONER Total	MEDICAL OFFICER	MEDICAL OFFICER Total	MEDICAL SPECIALIST	MEDICAL SPECIALIST Total	NURSE	NURSE Total	OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST	OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST Total	PHARMACIST GRADE	PHARMACIST GRADE Total	PHYSIOTHERAPIST	PHYSIOTHERAPIST Total	PSYCHOLOGIST	PSYCHOLOGIST Total	Grand Total
Row Labels	Filled	Vacant		Filled		Filled	Vacant		Filled	Vacant		Filled	Vacant		Vacant		Filled	Vacant		Filled		Filled	Vacant
111000 - BOTSHABELO DISTRICT HOSPITAL (BOTSHABELO) MANGAUNG	1	1	2	1	1	13	5	18	1		1	66	8	74	1	1	1	1	2	1	1		1	1	101
ANTI-RETROV TREATMENT (BOTSHABELO HOSP) B-						5	1	6				9		9			1		1						16
BOTSHABELO DISTRICT HOSPITAL												8		8											8
BOTSHABELO DISTRICT HOSPITAL 2												1		1											1
DOCTORS-BOTSHABELO DISTRICT HOSPITAL						5		5									1		1						6
Unknown							1	1																	1
CASUALTY (BOTSHABELO HOSPITAL) BOTSHABELO												13	1	14											14
BOTSHABELO DISTRICT HOSPITAL												13		13											13
Unknown													1	1											1
CENTR STERILIZATION SUPPLY DEPARTM (BOTSH												2		2											2
BOTSHABELO DISTRICT HOSPITAL												2		2											2
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SERVICES (BOTSHABELO				1	1																				1
DOCTORS-BOTSHABELO DISTRICT HOSPITAL				1	1																				1
FEMALE WARD (BOTSHABELO HOSPITAL) BOTSHAB												8		8											8
BOTSHABELO DISTRICT HOSPITAL												8		8											8
MALE WARD (BOTSHABELO HOSPITAL) BOTSHABEL												5	1	6											6
BOTSHABELO DISTRICT HOSPITAL												5		5											5
Unknown													1	1											1
MATERNITY WARD (BOTSHABELO HOSPITAL) BOTS												7	3	10											10
BOTSHABELO DISTRICT HOSPITAL												7		7											7
Unknown													3	3											3
MEDICAL SERVICES (BOTSHABELO HOSP) BOTSHA						8	4	12	1		1												1	1	14
DOCTORS-BOTSHABELO DISTRICT HOSPITAL						8		8	1		1														9
Unknown							4	4															1	1	5
NEONATAL HIGH CARE & KMC (BOTSHABELO HOSP												2		2											2
BOTSHABELO DISTRICT HOSPITAL												2		2											2
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY (BOTSHABELO HOSP) BO															1	1									1
Unknown															1	1									1
ORAL HEALTH SERVICES (BOTSHABELO HOSP) BO	1	1	2																						2
DOCTORS-BOTSHABELO DISTRICT HOSPITAL	1		1																						1
Unknown		1	1																						1
OUTPATIENTS (BOTSHABELO HOSPITAL) BOTSHAB												1	1	2											2
BOTSHABELO DISTRICT HOSPITAL												1		1											1
Unknown													1	1											1
PAEDIATRIC WARD (BOTSHABELO HOSPITAL) BOT												7		7											7
BOTSHABELO DISTRICT HOSPITAL												7		7											7
PHARMACY SERVICES (BOTSHABELO HOSPITAL) B																		1	1						1
Unknown																		1	1						1
PHYSIOTHERAPY (BOTSHABELO HOSP) BOTSHABEL												1		1						1	1				2
ADMINISTRATION BOTSHABELO DISTRICT HOSPITAL												1		1						1	1				2
POST-NATAL WARD (BOTSHABELO HOSP) BOTSHAB-												5	2	7											7
BOTSHABELO DISTRICT HOSPITAL												5		5											5
Unknown													2	2											2
THEATRE (BOTSHABELO HOSPITAL) BOTSHABELO												6		6											6
BOTSHABELO DISTRICT HOSPITAL												6		6											6
120051 - XHARIEP & MANGAUNG METRO FORENSIC PATHOLOGY SERV(H						1		1																	1
BOTSHABELO HOLDING FACILITY (MORTUARY) (D						1		1																	1
BLOEMFONTEIN FORENSIC PATHOLOGY SERVICE						1		1																	1
2472 - DISTRICT HEALTH SERVICES(MANGAUNG DISTRICT OFFICE)				5	5		1	1		1	1											1		1	8
DISTRICT HEALTH SERVICES(MANGAUNG DISTRICT										1	1														1
Unknown										1	1														1
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SERV (MANGAUNG DISTRIC				5	5																				5
BOTSHABELO DISTRICT HOSPITAL 2				2	2																				2
NATIONAL DISTRICT HOSPITAL				1	1																				1
REGION A PRIMARY HEALTH				2	2																				2
MEDICAL SERVICES (MANGAUNG DISTRICT OFFICE)							1	1																	1
Unknown							1	1																	1
PSYCHOLOGY (MANGAUNG DISTRICT OFFICE)																						1		1	1
REGION A SUPPORT SERVICES_FEDSURE																						1		1	1
2516 - PRIMARY HEALTH CARE (MANGAUNG DISTRICT OFFICE)	2	2	4			5	4	9	1	1	2	286	57	343			2	3	5						363
ANTI-RETROV TREATM (BATHO CLIN) BLOEMFONTE-												1		1											1
BATHO MMABANA PHAHAMENG MCDC												1		1											1
ANTI-RETROV TREATM (GAONGALELWE CLIN) THAB-												2		2											2
GAONGALELWE CLINIC												2		2											2
ANTI-RETROV TREATM (JAZZMAN MOKHOT CLIN) B-												2	1	3											3
BLOEMSPRUIT HEIDEDAL CHRIS DE WET												1		1											1
BOTSHABELO DISTRICT HOSPITAL 2												1		1											1
Unknown													1	1											1
ANTI-RETROV TREATM (MALETSATSI M CLIN) BOT-												2		2											2
BOTSHABELO DISTRICT HOSPITAL 2												2		2											2
ANTI-RETROV TREATM (PRIMARY HEALTH CARE) MA-							1	1				2		2											3
HEIDEDAL COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE												1		1											1
REGION A POLICLINIC MUCPP												1		1											1
Unknown							1	1																	1
ANTI-RETROV TREATM (THABA NCHU CLIN) THABA-												1	1	2											2
THABA NCHU CLINIC												1		1											1
Unknown													1	1											1
ANTI-RETROV TREATM (WINNIE MANDELA CLIN) B-												3		3											3
BOTSHABELO DISTRICT HOSPITAL 2												3		3											3
ANTI-RETROV TREATMENT (MUCPP CHC) MANGAUNG-												4		4											4
OPKOMS_CLINIC												1		1											1
REGION A POLICLINIC MUCPP												3		3											3
ANTI-RETROVIRAL TREATM (MAFANE CLIN) THABA-												2		2											2
GAONGALELWE CLINIC												1		1											1
MAFANE CLINIC												1		1											1
ANTI-RETROVIRAL TREATMENT (HEIDEDAL CHC) M-						3		3				4		4											7
BAINSVLEI FAUNA LANGENHOVENPARK												1		1											1
HEIDEDAL COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE						2		2				2		2											4
PHC OFFICE_JS MOROKA DISTRICT HOSPITAL												1		1											1
REGION A POLICLINIC MUCPP						1		1																	1
ART ROVING TEAM (MANGAUNG LOC AREA) MANGAUN						1		1				1		1			1		1						3
FREE STATE PSYCHIATRIC COMPLEX ARV PHARMACY																	1		1						1
REGION A SUPPORT SERVICES_FEDSURE						1		1				1		1											2
FAMILY HEALTH TEAM (PRIMARY HEALTH CARE) MA												8		8											8
BATHO MMABANA PHAHAMENG MCDC												2		2											2
BLOEMSPRUIT HEIDEDAL CHRIS DE WET												1		1											1
BOTSHABELO DISTRICT HOSPITAL 2												1		1											1
OPKOMS_CLINIC												1		1											1
REGION A SUPPORT SERVICES_FEDSURE												3		3											3
HEIDEDAL COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTR (MANGAUNG)												1		1											1
HEIDEDAL COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE												1		1											1
MANGAUNG LOCAL AREA (MANGAUNG LOC AREA) BOT												2		2											2
BOTSHABELO DISTRICT HOSPITAL 2												2		2											2
MANGAUNG LOCAL AREA (MANGAUNG LOC AREA) MAN												3		3											3
BAINSVLEI FAUNA LANGENHOVENPARK												1		1											1
BOTSHABELO DISTRICT HOSPITAL 2												1		1											1
MMABANA CLINIC												1		1											1
MEDICAL SERVICES (HEIDEDAL CHC) MANGAUNG		2	2						1		1														3
HEIDEDAL COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE									1		1														1
Unknown		2	2																						2
MEDICAL SERVICES (MUCPP CHC) MANGAUNG	2		2			1	2	3		1	1														6
REGION A POLICLINIC MUCPP	1		1			1		1																	2
Unknown							2	2		1	1														3
WELKOM CLINIC	1		1																						1
MOBILE UNIT (MANGAUNG LOCAL AREA) MANGAUNG												3	1	4											4
BATHO MMABANA PHAHAMENG MCDC												1		1											1
REGION A PRIMARY HEALTH												2		2											2
Unknown													1	1											1
PATIENT CARE (BATHO CLIN) BLOEMFONTEIN												8		8											8
BATHO MMABANA PHAHAMENG MCDC												3		3											3
CHRIS DE WET CLINIC												1		1											1
FAUNA CLINIC												1		1											1
FREEDOM SQUARE CLINIC												2		2											2
REGION A POLICLINIC MUCPP												1		1											1
PATIENT CARE (24HRS)(WINNIE MANDELA CLIN)												11	2	13											13
BOTSHABELO DISTRICT HOSPITAL 2												10		10											10
HRD PELONOMI_REGIONAL HOSPITAL												1		1											1
Unknown													2	2											2
PATIENT CARE (BAINSVLEI CLIN) BLOEMFONTEI												2		2											2
BATHO MMABANA PHAHAMENG MCDC												1		1											1
OPKOMS_CLINIC												1		1											1
PATIENT CARE (BAYSWATER CLIN) BLOEMFONTEIN												3	1	4											4
BOTSHABELO DISTRICT HOSPITAL 2												1		1											1
FICHARDTPARK CLINIC												1		1											1
HEIDEDAL COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE												1		1											1
Unknown													1	1											1
PATIENT CARE (BLOEMSPRUIT CLIN) BLOEMFONTE												4	4	8											8
BLOEMSPRUIT HEIDEDAL CHRIS DE WET												2		2											2
LANGENHOVEN PARK CLINIC												1		1											1
THUSONG CLINIC												1		1											1
Unknown													4	4											4
PATIENT CARE (BOPHELONG CLIN) BOTSHABELO												2	2	4											4
BOTSHABELO DISTRICT HOSPITAL 2												2		2											2
Unknown													2	2											2
PATIENT CARE (BOTSHABELO INDUSTRIAL CLIN)												1		1											1
BOTSHABELO DISTRICT HOSPITAL 2												1		1											1
PATIENT CARE (CENTRAL PARK CLIN) BLOEMFONT												2		2											2
CHRIS DE WET CLINIC												1		1											1
MMABANA CLINIC												1		1											1
PATIENT CARE (CHRIS DE WET CLIN) BLOEMFONT												4	4	8											8
BLOEMSPRUIT HEIDEDAL CHRIS DE WET												1		1											1
CHRIS DE WET CLINIC												1		1											1
FREEDOM SQUARE CLINIC												1		1											1
GATEWAY CLINIC												1		1											1
Unknown													4	4											4
PATIENT CARE (DANIEL NGATANE CLIN) BOTSHAB												6	3	9											9
BATHO MMABANA PHAHAMENG MCDC												2		2											2
BOTSHABELO DISTRICT HOSPITAL 2												3		3											3
REGION A SUPPORT SERVICES_FEDSURE												1		1											1
Unknown													3	3											3
PATIENT CARE (DR PETRO MEMORIAL CLIN) BOTS												3	3	6											6
BOTSHABELO DISTRICT HOSPITAL 2												3		3											3
Unknown													3	3											3
PATIENT CARE (FAUNA CLIN) BLOEMFONTEIN												3		3											3
HEIDEDAL COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE												1		1											1
KAGISANONG FREEDOM SQUARE THUSONG												1		1											1
REGION A PRIMARY HEALTH												1		1											1
PATIENT CARE (FICHARDTPARK CLIN) BLOEMFONT												1	2	3											3
MOKWENA CLINIC												1		1											1
Unknown													2	2											2
PATIENT CARE (FREEDOM SQUARE CLIN) BLOEMFO												5		5											5
BLOEMSPRUIT HEIDEDAL CHRIS DE WET												1		1											1
FREEDOM SQUARE CLINIC												3		3											3
REGION A PRIMARY HEALTH												1		1											1
PATIENT CARE (GAONGALELWE CLIN) THABA NCHU												18	5	23											23
BATHO MMABANA PHAHAMENG MCDC												3		3											3
GAONGALELWE CLINIC												3		3											3
HRD PELONOMI_REGIONAL HOSPITAL												1		1											1
MAFANE CLINIC												5		5											5
MOKWENA CLINIC												1		1											1
PHC OFFICE_JS MOROKA DISTRICT HOSPITAL												2		2											2
SEDIBA CLINIC												2		2											2
TWEEFONTEIN CLINIC												1		1											1
Unknown													5	5											5
PATIENT CARE (GATEWAY CLIN) BLOEMFONTEIN												6	1	7											7
CHRIS DE WET CLINIC												1		1											1
GATEWAY CLINIC												3		3											3
HEIDEDAL COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE												1		1											1
Unknown													1	1											1
WESTDENE/ BAYSWATER CLINIC												1		1											1
PATIENT CARE (HARRY GWALA CLIN) BOTSHABELO												1		1											1
BOTSHABELO DISTRICT HOSPITAL 2												1		1											1
PATIENT CARE (HEIDEDAL CHC) MANGAUNG												37	8	45											45
BATHO MMABANA PHAHAMENG MCDC												3		3											3
EASTERN CAMPUS												1		1											1
HEIDEDAL COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE												32		32											32
REGION A SUPPORT SERVICES_FEDSURE												1		1											1
Unknown													8	8											8
PATIENT CARE (ITUMELENG CLIN) BOTSHABELO												9		9											9
BOTSHABELO DISTRICT HOSPITAL 2												9		9											9
PATIENT CARE (JAZZMAN MOKHOTHU CLIN) BOTSH												2		2											2
BOTSHABELO DISTRICT HOSPITAL 2												2		2											2
PATIENT CARE (KAGISANONG CLIN) BLOEMFONTEI												5	2	7											7
BATHO MMABANA PHAHAMENG MCDC												1		1											1
FICHARDTPARK CLINIC												1		1											1
KAGISANONG FREEDOM SQUARE THUSONG												3		3											3
Unknown													2	2											2
PATIENT CARE (LANGENHOVENPARK CLIN) BLOEMF												2		2											2
BLOEMSPRUIT HEIDEDAL CHRIS DE WET												1		1											1
KAGISANONG FREEDOM SQUARE THUSONG												1		1											1
PATIENT CARE (MAFANE CLIN) THABA NCHU												13	2	15											15
DINAANE CLINIC												1		1											1
MAFANE CLINIC												10		10											10
THABA NCHU CLINIC												2		2											2
Unknown													2	2											2
PATIENT CARE (MALETSATSI MABASO CL)BOTSHAB												9		9											9
BATHO MMABANA PHAHAMENG MCDC												1		1											1
BOTSHABELO DISTRICT HOSPITAL 2												8		8											8
PATIENT CARE (MOKWENA CLIN) THABA NCHU												4	1	5											5
FSSON SOUTHERN CAMPUS- BLOEMFONTEIN												1		1											1
MAFANE CLINIC												1		1											1
MOKWENA CLINIC												2		2											2
Unknown													1	1											1
PATIENT CARE (MOLEFI TAU CLIN) BOTSHABELO												1		1											1
BATHO MMABANA PHAHAMENG MCDC												1		1											1
PATIENT CARE (MUCPP CHC) MANGAUNG												42	6	48											48
BATHO MMABANA PHAHAMENG MCDC												2		2											2
HRD PELONOMI_REGIONAL HOSPITAL												2		2											2
REGION A POLICLINIC MUCPP												37		37											37
THUSONG CLINIC												1		1											1
Unknown													6	6											6
PATIENT CARE (OPKOMS CLIN) BLOEMFONTEIN												2	1	3											3
CHRIS DE WET CLINIC												1		1											1
REGION A POLICLINIC MUCPP												1		1											1
Unknown													1	1											1
PATIENT CARE (PHAHAMENG CLINIC) BLOEMFONTE												3		3											3
KAGISANONG FREEDOM SQUARE THUSONG												1		1											1
MMABANA CLINIC												1		1											1
THUSONG CLINIC												1		1											1
PATIENT CARE (POTLAKO MOTLOHI CLIN) BOTSHA												1	3	4											4
BOTSHABELO DISTRICT HOSPITAL 2												1		1											1
Unknown													3	3											3
PATIENT CARE (PULE SEFATSA CLIN) BOTSHABEL												9	1	10											10
BOTSHABELO DISTRICT HOSPITAL 2												9		9											9
Unknown													1	1											1
PATIENT CARE (THABA NCHU CLIN) THABA NCHU												4	2	6											6
MAFANE CLINIC												2		2											2
THABA NCHU CLINIC												1		1											1
TIGER RIVER CLINIC												1		1											1
Unknown													2	2											2
PATIENT CARE (THUSONG CLINIC) BLOEMFONTEIN												8	1	9											9
BAYSWATER CLINIC												1		1											1
BLOEMSPRUIT HEIDEDAL CHRIS DE WET												2		2											2
FAUNA CLINIC												1		1											1
GATEWAY CLINIC												1		1											1
OPKOMS_CLINIC												1		1											1
THUSONG CLINIC												2		2											2
Unknown													1	1											1
PATIENT CARE (TS MAHLOKO CLIN) BOTSHABELO												5		5											5
BOTSHABELO DISTRICT HOSPITAL 2												4		4											4
HRD PELONOMI_REGIONAL HOSPITAL												1		1											1
PATIENT CARE (WESTDENE CLIN) BLOEMFONTEIN												2		2											2
CHRIS DE WET CLINIC												1		1											1
WESTDENE/ BAYSWATER CLINIC												1		1											1
PHARMACY (MUCPP CHC) MANGAUNG																		2	2						2
Unknown																		2	2						2
PHARMACY SERVICES (HEIDEDAL CHC) MANGAUNG																	1	1	2						2
HEIDEDAL COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE																	1		1						1
Unknown																		1	1						1
SCHOOL HEALTH (MANGAUNG LOCAL AREA) BOTSHA												1		1											1
BOTSHABELO DISTRICT HOSPITAL 2												1		1											1
SCHOOL HEALTH (MANGAUNG LOCAL AREA) THABA N												2		2											2
GAONGALELWE CLINIC												1		1											1
PHC OFFICE_JS MOROKA DISTRICT HOSPITAL												1		1											1
SCHOOL HEALTH (PRIMARY HEALTH CARE) MANGAUN							1	1				4		4											5
FREEDOM SQUARE CLINIC												1		1											1
OPKOMS_CLINIC												1		1											1
PHC OFFICE_JS MOROKA DISTRICT HOSPITAL												1		1											1
REGION A SUPPORT SERVICES_FEDSURE												1		1											1
Unknown							1	1																	1
Grand Total	3	3	6	6	6	19	10	29	2	2	4	352	65	417	1	1	3	4	7	1	1	1	1	2	473