Questions and Replies

Reply:

Attached is the latest detailed Burden of Disease profile for Sarah Baartman District Municipality for the period 2010 to 2015 by age and gender.

END.

Reply:

(a)	(b)	(c)	(d)
(i) Play Your Part programme: programme designed to promote active citizenship amongst South African’s a) Partnership with Sunday Times Generation Next which includes a conference and a media programme b) Play Your Part programme through activations, radio, online TV	National (Conference to be hosted in Gauteng)	12 million	R3 390 000
(ii) Constitutional awareness: designed to promote Constitutional awareness as part of Outcome 14 requirements. a) National Marketing campaign developed and executed on various media platforms (TV, radio and digital platforms) b) On the ground stakeholder engagements in Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Limpopo, Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal)	National	8 million	R4 690 000
(iii) Promotion of the Nation Brand on domestic and international platforms: promotion of the country and its positive attributes. a) Marketing campaign promoting the Nation Brand targeting traffic at Airports pre and during the BRICS Summit. b) Marketing campaign promoting the Nation Brand at Airports Telecommunication Union (ITU) Conference c) Media partnership support	Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and National (Media)	Estimated reach 15 million	(iii)R 2 500 000
(iv) Domestic and international Research Analysis: analysis on performance of the Nation Brand produced and communicated online and through various PR driven media platforms a) SA Inc project consultation on investor experience and Perceptions with business from the EU region. b) Research engagement with BRICS c) Pan-African Nation Brand University Dialogue.	Domestic and international	Estimated 5 000 000	iv) R3 500 000
(v) Stakeholder Programmes in collaboration with business, govt & civil society Nelson Mandela Centenary Investment Promotion Roundtables Road Safety Campaign Campus Dialogues Schools Outreach Thought Leadership Engagements	National	Estimated Reach 5 000 000	R6 500 000
(vi) International Reputation Management Campaign to promote country reputation	China, US, UK, Germany, Russia	Not applicable	R4 400 000
vii) International Stakeholder relations engagements and Global South Africans Programme (South Africans in the diaspora)	China, US, UK, Germany, Ghana	Not applicable	R3 300 000
viii) International & Domestic Media: CNN, BBC, CNBC Africa, EURONEWS, Local Radio, TV, Print and Online to support projects	North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Middle East, South Africa	Estimated reach 2 000 000 000	R15 000 000

Reply:

(a) (i) Seven (7) doctors are suspended, as per table below.

PROVINCE	NUMBER
Eastern Cape	1
Free State	0
Gauteng	2
KwaZulu Natal	3
Limpopo	0
Mpumalanga	1
North West	0
Northern Cape	0
Western Cape	0

(b) The table below reflects the details in this regard

PROVINCE	(i) Place of Employment	(ii) Reason for suspension	(iii) Timelines
Eastern Cape	Livingstone Hospital	Sexual harassment	10/01/2018
Free State	N/A	N/A	N/A
Gauteng	Weskopies Mental Hospital	Sexual harassment	09/02/2018
	Yusuf Dadoo	Sexual harassment	21/02/2018
KwaZulu Natal	Ngwelesana Hospital	Endangering life of patient and poor administration	12/10/2017
	Prince Mshiyeni Hospital	Insubordination	12/02/2018
	Prince Mshiyeni Hospital	Insubordination	12/02/2018
Limpopo	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mpumalanga	Witbank Hospital	Sexual harassment	15/01/2018
North West	N/A	N/A	N/A
Northern Cape	N/A	N/A	N/A
Western Cape	N/A	N/A	N/A
TOTAL	7

END.

Reply:

1. Rance Timber is not leasing land from communities or state land.

2. Neither the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries nor the Eastern Cape Department of Rural Development and Agrarian Reform is supporting the said companies of Rance Timber. The only support that was given was in 2013 to producers and they were supported with production inputs.

Reply:

(1) (a) (i) Construction contract award value is R487 279 565,59 excluding CPA and VAT.

(ii) The 30 month construction contract commenced on 16 March 2016 and was scheduled to be completed by 15 September 2018. The contractor is however currently behind schedule and now only forecasts to complete in November 2019, with associated applicable contractual penalties to be applied by SANRAL.

(b) The contractor is Basil Read Limited

(2) (a) A total of 30 households in Musina Nancefield Ext 4 are affected due to their houses been within the new road reserve.

(b) The affected households are provided with new houses in Musina Nancefield Ext 10.

(c) Ownership of the affected stands vests with Musina local municipality. SANRAL compensated the municipality for the affected stands as well as for the new stands identified by the municipality. SANRAL is in the process of constructing new houses to all applicable national standards on the new stands at SANRAL’s cost. Compensation values per affected property have been determined by independent Professional Valuers appointed by SANRAL through negotiations with households and the municipality. The affected households also agreed to R3000 per household compensation for relocation costs to be paid by SANRAL.

Reply:

Key programmes on the rail infrastructure network is reflected in the table below. All of these projects are multi-year projects and dates indicated on current projects are as per contracts.

Plans/Programme	Region	d) Key Milestones	b &c) Projected Completion Date	e) Monitoring Mechanism
Re-Signalling Programme	KwaZulu/Natal (KZN)		25 Jun 2021	Project Progress meetings; Monthly report; APP; Quarterly Report DOT
		Phase 1: Pinetown line	20 Jul 2018
		Phase 2: New Rossborough Centralised Traffic Control Centre (CTC)	16 May 2019
		Phase 3A: Kwa Mashu to Temple	30 Nov 2018
		Phase 3B: Avoca to Springfield	27 May 2020
		Phase 4: Umlazi to Umbogintwini	23 Sep 2019
		Phase 5: Clairwood to Crossmoor	05 Jun 2020
		Phase 6: Berea to Congella	15 Oct 2020
		Phase 7: Durban station	11 May 2021
	Western Cape (WC)		30 Jun 2020	Project Progress Meeting ; Monthly report; APP Quarterly report to DOT
		Regional Monitoring and Train Control Centre (RM&TCC)	30 June 2018
		Phase 1.2: Wynberg – Simonstown, Crawford – Diep River	30 Apr 2018
		Phase 1.4: Koeberg – Maitland - Hazendal	31 May 2018
		Phase 1.3: Salt River - Kenilworth	31 Jul 2018
		Phase 3.1: Cape Town - Woodstock (South)	30 Sep 2018
		Phase 3.2: Cape Town - Woodstock (North)	31 Oct 2018
		Phase 2.3: Esplanade - Ysterplaat	31 Jan 2019
		Phase 1.1: Philippi - Kaptiensklip, Chris Hani	28 Feb 2020
		Phase 2.2: Woltemade – Parow	31 Mar 2020
		Phase 2.1: Langa - Nyanga, Bontheuwel – Sarepta	30 Apr 2020
		Phase 4.1: Tygerberg – Bellville	31 May 2020
		Phase 4.2: Kuils River - Strand, Eerste River - Muldersvlei	30 Jun 2020
	Gauteng		28 Feb 2021	Project Progress meetings; Monthly report; APP; Quarterly Report DOT
		Gauteng Nerve Centre (GNC)	Apr 2016 - Completed
		Phase 1: Midway – Residentia	31 Mar 2016 – Completed
		Phase 2: Kaalfontein – Leralla, Olifantsfontein – Irene	28 Nov 2016 – Completed
		Phase 3: Randfontein – Roodepoort	15 May 2017 – Completed
		Phase 4: Boksburg East – Springs, Daveyton – Alliance	15 Dec 2017 – Completed
		Phase 5: George Goch – Geldenhuys, Benrose – Kaserne West, Booysens – Crown	03 Apr 2018
		Phase 6: Rissik – Koedoespoort – Eerste Fabrieke	15 Dec 2019
		Phase 7: Jeppe – Johannesburg – Braamfontein	25 Sep 2018
		Phase 8: Centurion – Pretoria, Mitchell Street – Saulsville	07 Jan 2019
		Phase 9: Kempton Park – Knights	11 Mar 2019
		Phase 10: Langlaagte – Florida, Croesus	20 May 2019
		Phase 11: New Canada – Naledi, Orlando – Kliptown	14 Oct 2019
		Phase 12: Hercules – Belle Ombre, Capital Park East and West, Pretoria North – Mabopane, Rosslyn	23 Jun 2020
		Phase 13: De Wildt	06 Jul 2020
		Phase 14: Driehoek – Germiston, Angelo – Oosrand, Kutalo – Elsburg – Kwesine, India	01 Feb 2021
Blue Downs Rail Extension	Western Cape: Cape Town	Preliminary Design and EIA Detail Design Construction Operations Aim to commence Preliminary Design in 2018/19, thereafter timeframes can be confirmed with greater accuracy. Allow for 4-6 month procurement process for phases leading up to Operations	12 – 15 months 6 months – 30 months	Programme Management office Cape Town Intermodal Planning Committee
Depot Modernisation Wolmerton	Gauteng North	Phase 1 complete Phase 2 in testing & commissioning scheduled for completion by end March 2018 Phase 3 Consultants appointed Designs complete Contractor appointed All construction complete	February 2019 February 2020 November 2021 March 2026
Depot Modernisation Braamfontein	Gauteng South	Will be done in phases Phase 1 awaiting appointment of contractor by PRASA Board. 12 month design and construction period envisaged Phase 2 Consultants appointed Designs complete Contractor appointed All construction complete	June 2019 March 2020 December 2021 June 2024	Project Progress meetings; PRASA Tech Management Committee; Monthly report; APP; Quarterly Report DOT
Depot Modernisation Salt River	Western Cape	Will be done in Phases Phase 1 will be advertised by June 2018 and construction will be complete by June 2021 Phase 2 Consultants appointed Designs complete Contractor appointed All construction complete	December 2019 December 2020 December 2021 June 2025	PRASA Tech Management Committee; Monthly Report; APP Quarterly Report DOT
Depot Modernisation Durban Yard and Springfield	KZN	Consultants appointed Designs complete Contractor appointed All construction complete	January 2019 January 2020 November 2021 March 2026	PRASA Tech Management Committee; Monthly Report; APP Quarterly Report DOT

 

Reply:

1. Brand South Africa did not conduct any studies.

2. (a) Brand South Africa does not play a role in managing the depiction of the water crisis in (a) foreign media and/or (b) website

(i) Not applicable

(aa) Not Applicable

(bb) Not Applicable

(ii) Not Applicable. No campaigns launched.

Reply:

YES, with most of its services.

In line with the phasing-in approach as agreed with all stakeholders including the National Department of Health, the following services are now operational at the Nelson Mandela Children's Hospital:

Radiology - MRI scans, CT scans, X-rays and ultrasound services

Day Ward - Day admissions for MRI and CT scan patients

Anaesthesiology Unit - General Anaesthesia for Radiology patients

NICU - Admission of Neonatal ICU patients

PICU - Admission of Paediatric ICU patients

Dialysis - Peritoneal and Haemo dialysis

Cardiology - Cardiac Diagnostics and pre-surgical work up for cardiac

surgery patients

Pharmacy - medicines and medical supplies for out-patients and inpatients

The Neonatal, Maternal and Child Health department is currently commissioning theatres and surgical services, and recruiting staff for the units. The following surgical services will be available in 2018/19: Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgery, Paediatric Neuro Surgery, Paediatric Cardiac Surgery and Paediatric General Surgery.

END.

Reply:

The National Department of Health is aware of the study that was published in January 2018 which were based on animal studies. The possibility of DMPA being associated with HIV acquisition has been discussed by the World Health Organisation since 2012. South African experts have been part of these discussions. The studies presented at meetings of the World Health Organisation were not based on randomised clinical trials but on observational studies. In order to get conclusive evidence that DMPA definitely facilitates HIV acquisition, a number of donors, with the support of the National Department of Health commissioned the ‘Evidence for Contraceptive Options and HIV Outcomes’ Study (ECHO) in 2016 with results expected in 2019.

As well, in April 2017, the Department convened a group of experts in contraception to review the data on DMPA and HIV acquisition. These experts recommended the following: (a) that women must be provided with the full range of contraceptives and they must be counselled on the advantages and disadvantages of each to enable them to make the best possible decision; and that (b) regardless of which contraceptive method women chose, they must be informed about the importance of dual protection – this means consistent use of male or female condoms together with a contraceptive of their choice. This reinforced the policy decision taken earlier and included in the National Contraception and Fertility Planning Policy and Service Delivery Guidelines which the Department has been implementing since 2014.

The Department is committed to continue to monitor the research as well as World Health Organisation guidance on the use of DMPA and take appropriate decisions based on evidence.

END.

Reply:

Attached is the latest detailed Burden of Disease profile for Amathole District Municipality for the period 2010 to 2015 by age and gender.

END.

Reply:

(a)

(aa) Financial year	(a)(ii) Budget	(a)(ii) Expenditure
2014/15	R 16 032 000	R 15 928 000
2015/16	R 15 214 000	R 15 203 000
2016/17	R 19 030 000	R 18 120 000
(bb) since 1 April 2017	R 14 068 000	R 14 247 000

2014/15

SURNAME	INITIALS	(b)(i)	(b)(ii)	(b)(iii)	(b)(iv)	(b)(v)
		REMUNERATION	SALARY LEVEL	JOB TITLE	QUALIFICATION	JOB
Motshekga	AM	R 2 211 937.00	16	Minister	Master’s Degree in Education	Minister
Sehlabelo	SP	R 988 152.00	14	Chief Director	Bachelor of Education Degree	Chief Of Staff of the Ministry
Khala	R	R 856 554.00	13	Director: Office Of The Minister	Bachelor of Arts Degree	Administrative Secretary
Mncube	W	R 819 126.00	13	Director: Office Of The Minister	B-Tech: Journalism	Media Liaison Officer
Mabua	RS	R 669 534.00	12	Deputy Director: Office Of The Minister	Senior Certificate	Private Secretary/Appointments Secretary
Van den Heefer	RPZ	R 856 554.00	13	Director: Office Of The Minister	BA Honours Degree	Parliamentary Officer
Skwatsha	JN	R 203 589.00	7	Principal Ministerial Typist	Senior Certificate	Secretary Receptionist
Mphigalale	P	R 157 701.00	6	Senior Secretary Grade III	Senior Certificate	Secretary Receptionist
Masote	O	R 123 738.00	5	Senior Messenger	National Diploma: Information Technology	Aid or Driver/Messenger

2015/16

SURNAME	INITIALS	(b)(i)	(b)(ii)	(b)(iii)	(b)(iv)	(b)(v)
		REMUNERATION	SALARY LEVEL	JOB TITLE	QUALIFICATION	JOB
Motshekga	AM	R 2 309 262.00	16	Minister	Master’s Degree in Education	Minister
Sehlabelo	SP	R 1 042 500.00	14	Chief Director	Bachelor of Education Degree	Chief Of Staff of the Ministry
Khala	R	R 903 663.00	13	Director: Office Of The Minister	Bachelor of Arts Degree	Administrative Secretary
Mncube	W	R 864 177.00	13	Director: Office Of The Minister	B-Tech: Journalism	Media Liaison Officer
Mabua	RS	R 727 149.00	12	Deputy Director: Office Of The Minister	Senior Certificate	Private Secretary/Appointments Secretary
Van den Heefer	RPZ	R 917 220.00	13	Director: Office Of The Minister	BA Honours Degree	Parliamentary Officer
Skwatsha	JN	R 221 106.00	7	Principal Ministerial Typist	Senior Certificate	Secretary Receptionist
Mphigalale	P	R 171 273.00	6	Senior Secretary Grade III	Senior Certificate	Secretary Receptionist
Masote	O	R 132 399.00	5	Senior Messenger	National Diploma: Information Technology	Aid or Driver/Messenger

2016/17

SURNAME	INITIALS	(b)(i)	(b)(ii)	(b)(iii)	(b)(iv)	(b)(v)
		REMUNERATION	SALARY LEVEL	JOB TITLE	QUALIFICATION	JOB
Motshekga	AM	R 2 309 262.00	16	Minister	Master’s Degree in Education	Minister
Sehlabelo	SP	R 1 084 599.00	14	Chief Director	Bachelor Of Education	Chief Of Staff of the Ministry
Khala	R	R 855 516.00	12	Deputy Director: Office Of The Minister	Bachelor of Arts Degree	Administrative Secretary
Mncube	W	R 898 743.00	13	Director: Office Of The Minister	B-Tech: Journalism	Media Liaison Officer
Mabua	RS	R 794 145.00	12	Deputy Director: Office Of The Minister	Senior Certificate	Private Secretary/Appointments Secretary
Van den Heefer	RPZ	R 855 516.00	12	Deputy Director: Office Of The Minister	BA Honours Degree	Parliamentary Officer
Skwatsha	JN	R 241 476.00	7	Principal Ministerial Typist	Senior Certificate	Secretary Receptionist
Mphigalale	P	R 187 059.00	6	Senior Secretary Grade III	Senior Certificate	Secretary Receptionist
Masote	O	R 144 591.00	5	Senior Messenger	National Diploma: Information Technology	Aid or Driver/Messenger

2017/18

SURNAME	INITIALS	(b)(i)	(b)(ii)	(b)(iii)	(b)(iv)	(b)(v)
		REMUNERATION	SALARY LEVEL	JOB TITLE	QUALIFICATION	JOB
Motshekga	AM	R 2 401 633.00	16	Minister	Master’s Degree in Education	Minister
Sehlabelo	SP	R 1 161 423.00	14	Chief Director	Bachelor Of Education	Chief Of Staff of the Ministry
Khala	R	R 917 970.00	12	Deputy Director: Office Of The Minister	Bachelor of Arts Degree	Administrative Secretary
Mncube	W	R 962 409.00	13	Director: Office Of The Minister	B-Tech: Journalism	Media Liaison Officer
Mabua	RS	R 864 903.00	12	Deputy Director: Office Of The Minister	Senior Certificate	Private Secretary/Appointments Secretary
Nkonyeni	NP	R 1 116 918.00	13	Director: Office Of The Minister	Post Graduate Diploma in Management	Parliamentary Officer
Skwatsha	JN	R 262 992.00	7	Principal Ministerial Typist	Senior Certificate	Secretary Receptionist
Mphigalale	P	R 203 721.00	6	Senior Secretary Grade III	Senior Certificate	Secretary Receptionist
Masote	O	R 157 491.00	5	Senior Messenger	National Diploma: Information Technology	Aid or Driver/Messenger

Reply:

a) (i) The private office does not have a separate budget from that of the Ministry.

(ii)The budget and the expenditure of the private office is included in the budget of the Ministry which is reflected in the Annual Reports of the 2014/15, 2015/16 and the 2016/17 financial years.

b) The remuneration of employees in the private office is included in the compensation of all employees in the department as reflected in the relevant annual reports.

The salary levels and job descriptions are in line with the guidelines provided by the Handbook for Members of the Executive as well as the Public Service Regulations.

Reply:

Despite the presence of various billboards on bridges owned by SANRAL in Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, none of these where applied for with SANRAL nor approved by SANRAL. These billboards are illegal and should be removed, but SANRAL is prevented in doing so by the dispute resolution mechanisms provided for in Intergovernmental Relations Framework Act with Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality (they illegally approved these billboards) and litigation relating to similar billboards with one of the transgressors. Please see detailed answers to questions below.

a) (i)

(aaa) 2014-2015 = No applications received by SANRAL, so none supported by SANRAL.

(bbb) 2015-2016 = No applications received by SANRAL, so none supported by SANRAL.

(ccc) 2016-2017 = No applications received by SANRAL, so none supported by SANRAL.

(bb) since 1 April 2017 = No applications received by SANRAL, so none supported by SANRAL.

(a) (ii)

(aaa) 2014-2015 = 2 objections lodged by SANRAL

(bbb) 2015-2016 = 13 objections lodged by SANRAL

(ccc) 2016-2017 = 22 objections lodged by SANRAL

(bb) since 1 April 2017 = 12 objections lodged by SANRAL

(b) (i)

(aaa) 2014-2015 = No applications received by SANRAL, so none supported by SANRAL.

(bbb) 2015-2016 = No applications received by SANRAL, so none supported by SANRAL.

(ccc) 2016-2017 = No applications received by SANRAL, so none supported by SANRAL.

(bb) since 1 April 2017 = No applications received by SANRAL, so none supported by SANRAL.

(b) (ii)

(aaa) 2014-2015 = Do not comply to section 48 and 50 of the SA National Roads Agency Limited and National Roads Act, 1998 (Act no. 7)

(bbb) 2015-2016 = Do not comply to section 48 and 50 of the SA National Roads Agency Limited and National Roads Act, 1998 (Act no. 7)

(ccc) 2016-2017 = Do not comply to section 48 and 50 of the SA National Roads Agency Limited and National Roads Act, 1998 (Act no. 7)

(bb) since 1 April 2017 = Do not comply to section 48 and 50 of the SA National Roads Agency Limited and National Roads Act, 1998 (Act no. 7)

Reply:

(1) (a) The correct overpayment as per response 1263 of December 2017 is R1,196,482.92, not the R1,181,977.52 as stated above. Of the R1,196,482.82, an amount of R826,116.60 was for Commuted Overtime, which the previous response clarified that this was properly authorised and there is no overpayment.

The balance of R370,373.22 was for rural allowance which the official had continued earning even though he had moved to another institution. This is the amount that the employee raised as a grievance through his union that his transfer between the two institutions, included that the new salary package was to compensate the previous rural allowance. This matter as been followed up and no evidence of the agreement has been found. The employee was sent written communication to acknowledge the debt and to respond with a payment plan.

(b) As there had been a grievance that had to be attended, no interest has been charged, as the employee also needs to acknowledge the debt. Only when the debt is captured on BAS, the system will then calculate interest, and only if the debt type is interest bearing

(2) There has been no disciplinary action taken as the grievance needed to be attended to first.

The matter is now being followed up on why the rural allowance was not stopped by HR officials when the transfer was done, and then disciplinary action will be considered against HR officials on not stopping the rural allowance.

END.

Reply:

Attached is the latest detailed Burden of Disease profile for Chris Hani District Municipality for the period 2016/17 by age and gender.

END.

Reply:

(a)  + (b) The question has been referred to the Free State Province for a detailed reply. As soon as it is available, the Honourable Member will be provided with the reply.

Reply:

Attached is the schedule providing the details as requested.

END.

Reply:

Attached is the latest detailed Burden of Disease profile for OR Tambo District Municipality for the period 2016/17 by age and gender.

END.

Reply:

As things stand, there are no plans to scrap the e-toll system. However there are ongoing discussions at National and Provincial governments. Once decision has been reached and finalised it will be communicated.

Reply:

Attached is the latest detailed Burden of Disease profile for Alfred Nzo District Municipality for the period 2016/17 by age and gender.

END.

Reply:

(a) All clinics have administrative support.

(b) Not applicable.

END.

Reply:

a) The number of persons trained over the past five years are:

Department	Entities
14 449	22 920

b) The purpose for the training can be summarised as follows:

Department

Entities

Personal development plan (PDP): the PDPs of employees are informed by the key result areas of the individuals’ performance agreements. The employee and supervisor identify performance gaps as well as appropriate training and development interventions to address those gaps. The purpose of these training and development intervention seek to enhance the employees’ skills and competencies. The training interventions range from managerial, administrative to technical/professional training.

Health and safety Inherent job requirements Personal development plan Employee career aspirations Succession planning within the organisation and to improve technical skills within the water sector Learnership / internship / apprenticeship/ graduate trainee programmes

c) The training costs vary depending on the selected course (i.e. career path), the level of qualification (i.e. unskilled, semi-skilled, specialist) and its duration. The average cost can be summarised as follows:

Department	Entities
R 5 603,36	R 12 163,49

d) The positions can be summarised as follows:

Department	Entities
The training for departmental employees represents officials from the lowest to the highest level in the department.	Graduate and experiential learning Learnerships Unskilled Semi-skilled Technical worker or junior management Professional / specialist / middle management Senior management Top management

e)  The reasons that each specified individual was not employed following training are:

Department	Entities
Not applicable since the training was for departmental employees.	For the non-permanent employees (e.g. learnerships, internships) that could not be absorbed within the various entities, the reasons include but are not limited to No available internal vacancies at the time of completing the training Budget constraints

 

 

Reply:

There is no clinic that does not offer pharmaceutical services in this country.

END.

Reply:

1. Yes, the department has a Sexual Harassment Policy in place.

a) Not Applicable

b) (i) and (ii) not applicable

2. The department did not have any incidents of sexual harassment and assault reported in each of the past three financial years, including 1 April 2017.

a) (i) and (ii) not applicable

b) (i), (ii) and (iii) not applicable

c) Not Applicable

Reply:

No, (a) and (b) because Brand South Africa interfaces with and relies on research conducted by the Department of Tourism and South African Tourism.

Reply:

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS (DOC)

1. 

a) (i) Mr Tshegofatso Kgarabjang.

a) 6-9 December 2016; 12-15 December 2016; and 19 January 2017.

b) The total cost incurred in attending the SABC inquiry is R27 907.10.

c) Ecomony class flight was utilised.

e) The cost incurred for accommodation is R1320 for one night on 19 January 2017.

f) Protea hotel in Seapoint.

2. Mr Kgarabjang attended all the sessions of the SABC inquiry when he was in Cape Town and as such no cost was recovered from him.

BRAND SOUTH AFRICA (BSA)

1. Not Applicable

a).Not Applicable

i) Not Applicable

ii) Not Applicable

aa) Not Applicable

bb) Not Applicable

b) Not Applicable

c) Not Applicable

d) Not Applicable

e) Not Applicable

f) Not Applicable

2. Not Applicable

FILMS AND PUBLICATIONS BOARD (FPB)

1. Not Applicable

a). Not Applicable

i) Not Applicable

ii) Not Applicable

aa) Not Applicable

bb) Not Applicable

b) Not Applicable

c) Not Applicable

d) Not Applicable

e) Not Applicable

f) Not Applicable

2. Not Applicable

MEDIA AND DIVERSITY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY (MDDA)

1. Not Applicable

a). Not Applicable

i) Not Applicable

ii) Not Applicable

aa) Not Applicable

bb) Not Applicable

b) Not Applicable

c) Not Applicable

d) Not Applicable

e) Not Applicable

f) Not Applicable

2. Not Applicable

INDEPENDENT COMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY OF SOUTH AFRICA (ICASA)

(1) (a) (i) to (1) (a) (ii) Not applicable for ICASA

(aa) Not applicable for ICASA

(bb) ICASA was requested to present to the Ad-Hoc Committee on SABC. Councillor Batyi and Mr. Willington Ngwepe (COO) represented ICASA.

(b) 7 December 2016

(c) Total amount incurred was R15, 228 for flights only.

(d) Economy Class.

(e) No accommodation costs were incurred.

(f) No accommodation costs were incurred.

(2) Not applicable, both officials attended the Meeting.

SOUTH AFRICAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION (SABC)

1. (ii) Refer to the attached table below.

2. No, as all employees listed below travelled on official SABC business, namely the Adhoc Inquiry held to establish the fitness of the SABC Board to hold office.

____________________

Mr Thabiso Thiti

Acting Director-General

Date:

Approved/ Not approved

_______________________________

Ms Nomvula Mokonyane

Minister

Date:

Name	Departure date	Return Date	Duration	Flight Name'	Amount	Hotel	Amount	Car rental	Amount	Total
George Hlaudi Motsoeneng	2016-12-06	2016-12-09	3	SAA/BA	9 322,07	Hilton Hotel	10 706,14		-	20 028,21
James Rogers Aguma	2016-12-06	2016-12-09	3	SAA/BA	9 322,07	Hilton Hotel	4 276,32	Avis Car Rental	2 588,50	16 186,89
James Rogers Aguma	2016-12-14	2016-12-15	1	SAA/BA	6 394,67	African Pride Crystal Towers	7 785,72	Avis Car Rental	1 062,88	15 243,27
Audrey Maleshane Raphela	2016-12-12	2016-12-14	2	Kulula Airways	5 692,74	African Pride Crystal Towers	4 275,79		-	9 968,53
Bessie Lillian Tugwana	2016-12-01	2016-12-03	2	British Airways	7 543,97	African Pride 15 on Orange	3 989,64	Avis Car Rental	1 943,97	13 477,58
Bessie Lillian Tugwana	2016-12-12	2016-12-14	2	British Airways	7 503,62	African Pride Crystal Towers	2 858,85	Europ car Rental	4 034,93	14 397,40
Ayanda Mkhize	2016-12-12	2016-12-15	3	South African Airways	4 005,72	African Pride Crystal Towers	3 740,79	Avis Car Rental	2 201,51	9 948,02
Jacob Johannes Potgieter	2016-12-07	2016-12-09	2	South African Airways	4 005,72		-		-	4 005,72
Jacob Johannes Potgieter	2016-12-13	2016-12-15	2	British Airways	4 963,62	African Pride Crystal Towers	1 246,93	Avis Car Rental	3 266,85	9 477,40
Mohlolo Lephaka	2016-12-05	2016-12-09	4	British Airways	7 543,97	African Pride Crystal Towers/Premier Hotel	12 862,28	Avis Car Rental	3 893,49	24 299,74
Nomsa Penlope Mhlanga	2016-12-06	2016-12-09		South African Airways	5 302,04	African Pride Crystal Towers	3 842,10			9 144,14
Nomsa Penlope Mhlanga	2016-12-12	2016-12-15		South African Airways	5 285,72	African Pride Crystal Towers	3 740,79			9 026,51
Keobokile Edwin Mosweu	2016-12-06	2016-12-07	1	South African Airways	5 285,72	Hilton Hotel	3 684,21	Avis Car Rental	897,66	9 867,59
Keobokile Edwin Mosweu	2016-12-13	2016-12-15	2	SAA/BA	6 233,62	African Pride Crystal Towers	2 493,86		-	8 727,48
Alwyn Burger Kloppers	2016-12-12	2016-12-14	2	South African Airways	4 515,72	African Pride Crystal Towers	2 493,86	Avis Car Rental	818,00	7 827,58
Zakir Allie Rawoot	2016-12-06	2016-12-09	3	SAA/BA	6 428,00	African Pride Crystal Towers	14 194,75	Avis Car Rental	4 270,99	24 893,74
Zakir Allie Rawoot	2016-12-11	2016-12-15	4	SAA/BA	9 047,53	African Pride Crystal Towers	4 987,72	Avis Car Rental	2 159,89	16 195,14
Theresa Geldenhuys	2016-11-27	2016-12-02		British Airways	7 563,26	African Pride 15 on Orange	15 144,78	Avis Car Rental	5 227,67	27 935,71
Theresa Geldenhuys	2016-12-01	2016-12-12		British Airways	7 543,96	African Pride Crystal Towers/15 on Orange	53 334,76	Avis Car Rental	14 774,28	75 653,00
David Sizwe Vilakazi	2016-11-27	2016-12-02	6	British Airways	7 543,96	African Pride 15 on Orange	9 404,61	Avis Car Rental	3 546,18	20 494,75
David Sizwe Vilakazi	2016-12-12	2016-12-15	3	South African Airways	5 285,72	African Pride Crystal Towers	3 740,79	Europ car Rental	3 252,17	12 278,68
David Sizwe Vilakazi	2016-12-06	2016-12-09	3	South African Airways	9 053,85	African Pride Crystal Towers	3 740,79	Avis Car Rental	2 617,27	15 411,91
David Sizwe Vilakazi	2017-02-16	2017-02-16	0	South African Airways	6 350,81		-	Avis Car Rental	1 042,51	7 393,32
Sello Emanuel Xama	2016-12-06	2016-12-08	2	South African Airways	4 332,04	African Pride Crystal Towers	3 712,20			8 044,24
Lindiwe Vuyelwa Bayi	2016-11-27	2016-12-02	5	British Airways	7 563,26	African Pride 15 on Orange	9 649,15			17 212,41
Lindiwe Vuyelwa Bayi	2016-12-05	2016-12-09	4	British Airways	10 199,98	African Pride Crystal Towers	4 125,79	BROAD HORIZON TOURS & TRANSPORT	1 200,00	15 525,77
Lindiwe Vuyelwa Bayi	2016-12-12	2016-12-15	3	British Airways	7 503,62	African Pride Crystal Towers	11 227,79		-	18 731,41
Mbulaheni Obert Maguvhe	2016-12-04	2016-12-09	5	British Airways	5 758,88	African Pride Crystal Towers	10 500,48		-	16 259,36
Mbulaheni Obert Maguvhe	2016-12-11	2016-12-14	3	South African Airways	5 275,72	African Pride 15 on Orange	6 600,00		-	11 875,72
Andre Webber	2016-12-06	2016-12-09	3	South African Airways	5 302,04	The residence Imvusa Park	6 578,95		-	11 880,99
Andre Webber	2016-12-13	2016-12-15	2	British Airways	4 963,62	African Pride Crystal Towers	1 246,93		-	6 210,55
Mosimanegape Daniel Mongale	2016-12-11	2016-12-15	2	South African Airways	4 515,72	African Pride Crystal Towers	4 321,28		-	8 837,00
Florence Nomathemba Buhlalu	2016-12-04	2016-12-09	5	South African Airways	5 758,88	African Pride Crystal Towers	9 378,74	Avis Car Rental	5 043,00	20 180,62
Florence Nomathemba Buhlalu	2016-12-11	2016-12-15	4	South African Airways	5 275,72	African Pride 15 on Orange	5 989,49	First Car Rental	2 202,97	13 468,18
Mbulaheni Obert Maguvhe - Lucky Thekiso	2016-12-11	2016-12-15	4	British Airways	7 503,62	African Pride Crystal Towers	6 564,03	First Car Rental	1 381,31	15 448,96
Mbulaheni Obert Maguvhe - Lucky Thekiso	2016-12-05	2016-12-09	4	British Airways	7 543,97	African Pride Crystal Towers - reflected on Theresa Geldenhuys	Avis Car Rental	3 344,29	10 888,26
Mbulaheni Obert Maguvhe - Lucky Thekiso	2016-11-27	2016-12-03	6	South African Airways	6 447,30	African Pride 15 on Orange	19 386,00	Avis Car Rental	2 249,53	28 082,83
Mbulaheni Obert Maguvhe - Sikhumbuzo Nhantsi	2016-12-05	2016-12-09	4	British Airways	7 543,97	African Pride Crystal Towers - reflected on Theresa Geldenhuys	-	7 543,97
Mbulaheni Obert Maguvhe - Sikhumbuzo Nhantsi	2016-12-11	2016-12-15	4	SAA/BA	6 394,67	African Pride Crystal Towers	5 307,89		-	11 702,56
Mbulaheni Obert Maguvhe - Kgomotso Mathipa	2016-12-05	2016-12-09	4	SAA/BA	6 428,00	African Pride Crystal Towers - reflected on Theresa Geldenhuys	-	6 428,00
Mbulaheni Obert Maguvhe - Kgomotso Mathipa	2016-12-12	2016-12-15	3	SAA/BA	7 396,25	African Pride Crystal Towers	4 689,04		-	12 085,29
Mbulaheni Obert Maguvhe - Jimmy Hlongwane	2016-11-27	2016-12-03	6	British Airways	10 238,58	African Pride 15 on Orange	19 513,00		-	29 751,58
Mbulaheni Obert Maguvhe - Jimmy Hlongwane	2016-12-05	2016-12-09	5	British Airways	7 543,97	African Pride Crystal Towers - reflected on Theresa Geldenhuys	-	7 543,97
Mbulaheni Obert Maguvhe - Matthwes Mathipa	2016-11-27	2016-12-02	5	British Airways	10 219,28	African Pride 15 on Orange	15 659,00		-	25 878,28
Totals					295 447,17		316 995,24		73 019,85	685 462,26

Reply:

(1)The Department does not have an approved sexual harassment and assault policy in place.

(a) A draft policy has been developed and submitted to the Departmental Bargaining Chamber (DBC) for consultation.

b) It is anticipated that the sexual harassment and assault policy will be approved in the 2018/19 financial year.

(i) Incidents of sexual harassment are reported through the normal grievance procedure.

(ii).The draft policy does not stipulate consequence management and sanctions. However, consequence and sanctions will be determined by the outcome of each case.

(2)

(a) (i) There were no cases of sexual harassment and assault reported in the past three years

(ii) There were no cases of sexual harassment and assault opened since 2017

(b) (i) N/A

(ii) N/A

(iii) N/A

(c) N/A

Reply:

1. (a) R21,375,360 14% of R154,910,000

(b) (i) China

2014/2015 = R2,761808

2015/2016 = R5,281,620

2016/2017 = R2, 846, 987

United States

2014/2015 = R2, 933,350

2015/2016 = R4, 072,220

2016/2017 = R4, 561,451

United Kingdom

2014/2015 = R5, 991,782

2015/2016 = R5, 365,610

2016/2017 = R2, 843,252

(ii) China (since 1 April 2017) = R3, 112,108

United States (since 1 April 2017) = R6, 892,777

United Kingdom (since 1 April 2017) = R5, 493,852

2. Yes, by 6%.

3. Not Applicable

Reply:

(a) (i) The total number of hospitals that offer maternity services is 309.

(ii) See Annexure A for the names of the hospitals.

(b) The 309 of the hospitals have fully functional maternity services.

END.

Reply:

(a) The racial distribution of deceased patients is known only for those patients for whom a case investigation form was submitted to the NICD. The racial breakdown is shown in Table 1.

Table 1. Race distribution where available of persons with lab-confirmed listeriosis, who were reported to have died (1 Jan 2017-20 March 2018)

Race	Died	% of deaths	Total cases recorded
BLACK	62	34	261
COLOURED	8	4	21
UNKNOWN	109	59	675
WHITE	6	3	26
ASIAN	0	0	0
Total	185	100	983

(b) The age distribution of deceased patients is shown in Table 2.

Table 2. Age (where reported) of all laboratory-confirmed listeriosis cases who have been reported dead at the end of hospitalisation "1 January 2017 - 20 March 2018".

Outcome	Died	%
≤28 days	78	42.2
1 months - 14 years	7	4.0
15 - 49 years	47	25.4
50 - 64 years	24	13.0
≥65 years	26	14.1
Unknown	3*	1.1
Total	185	100

*3 patients with lab-confirmed listeria had no age reported on lab investigation form, and a case investigation form was not completed.

(c) I am not able to release residential addresses of people who died in our hospitals from any cause, through a parliamentary question. This needs a legal process.

END.

Reply:

Attached is the latest detailed Burden of Disease profile for Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality for the period 2010 to 2015 by age and gender.

END.

Reply:

DAFF’S RESPONSE:

• The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) is not aware of any massive excavation taking place on the leased land at Zingcuka Forest and therefore will institute an investigation to ascertain the facts. The Amathole Forestry Company (AFC) has a right to quarry on existing quarries on the leased and land for the purpose of constructing or maintaining the road network within the leased land. However, for new quarries, AFC has to submit an application and get an approval from DAFF.

• There is no permission that has been given to the Amathole Forest Company (AFC) to excavate new quarry site at Zingcuka Forests.

Reply:

The facility was temporarily shut down on 17 November 2017 as a result of non-adherence to some standard operating procedures (SOPs). Production trial runs commenced on 21 February 2018.

The estimated total revenue loss for NTP Radioisotopes (SOC) Ltd is about R250 million. 92.7% of the total revenue is generated in foreign currency. The average monthly fixed costs for NTP Radioisotopes (SOC) Ltd amount to R32 million.

The NTP Board commissioned an investigation to determine the root cause of the incident. Internal oversight for Quality Control, Quality Assurance, Nuclear Safety assurance will be strengthened throughout the organization and regular compliance and assurance exercise conducted.

Reply:

S/No Suspects/Year    Apprehended    Wounded      Killed     Arrested      Total per year

1           2010                      0                       0                0              0                 0

2           2011                      4                        2                9             16                31

3           2012                      8                        3                7              33               51

4           2013                      5                        1                1               6                13

5           2014                     14                        4               2              19               39

6           2015                      0                         3               3                9               15

7           2016                      0                         5                2              22               29

8          2017                       0                         2                 2               3                 7

9          2018                        0                         0                 1               2                 3

TOTAL                               31                      20                 27             110           188

(a) The above figures are concerned with only poaching suspects, (Op RHINO/Op HORIZON).

(b) Illegal immigrants apprehended are handed over to the SAPS immediately; therefore the statistics thereof are not in the SANDF domain.

Question 2: What number of cases regarding (a) poachers and illegal immigrants were referred to the SANDF by the (i) SA Police Service (SAPS) members deployed in the Kruger National Park and (ii) SA National Parks rangers at the Kruger National Park annually since 1 January 2010?

REPLY: None.

Question 3: What number of successful prosecutions resulted from the abovementioned arrests?

REPLY:

The South African Defence Force (SANDF) is deployed on the National Borders as one of the Government Departments charged with the responsibility to ensure border safeguarding and is therefore required to work in accord with the SAPS. Therefore the SANDF is obliged when poachers and/or illegal immigrants are arrested, to hand the alleged perpetrators over the SAPS immediately, as such the SANDF would not have a mandate to conduct any criminal investigation and therefore no statistical data is available within its domain.

All criminal investigations are investigated by the SAPS, whom after completion submit it to the National Prosecution Authority (NPA) for further processing.

Reply:

The Department of Environmental Affairs size of the land occupied is 3.1 hectares (ha).

(b) 1. South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI)

(i) 6 397ha (for use as national botanical gardens)

(ii) 991ha (for use as part of national botanical gardens) and 85ha (for use by the National Zoological Garden)

(iii) Not applicable

(aa) 1 390 ha (to use and occupy as part of South Africa’s national botanical gardens) and 200 ha (to use and occupy as part of South Africa’s national botanical gardens).

(bb) 1 390ha (to use and occupy as part of South Africa’s national botanical gardens) 1 390 ha and 200 ha (to use and occupy as part of South Africa’s national botanical gardens).

2. South African Weather Services (SAWS)

1. The South African Weather Service owns 59,29 hectares.
2. Not applicable
3. Not applicable

(aa) Not applicable.

(bb) Not applicable.

3. iSimangaliso Wetland Park

(i) Not applicable

(ii) 332 000ha, managed by iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority (appointed as a Management Authority in accordance with the proclamation in terms of the World Heritage Convention Act, 1999).

(iii) Not applicable

(aa) Not applicable.

(bb) Not applicable.

4. South Africa National Parks (SANParks)

(i) South African National Parks owns 3 721 192 hectares of Land.

(ii) SANParks have exclusive rights to 4 026 040ha of Land for use as National Parks/Conservation Purposes.

(iii) SANParks leases approximately 304 848ha of land.

(aa) The hectares of land mentioned above are used as National Parks for Conservation Purposes.

(bb) Not applicable

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Reply:

I have been informed by the SOUTH AFRICAN POST OFFICE (SAPO) as follows:

1. The South African Postbank Limited “Postbank” does not have a banking license but it has been exempted from the provisions of the Banks Act as a deposit-taking institution.

(a) Yes

(b) The timeframe to grant the banking license is determined by the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) and there is no prescribed period in which to grant the license.

2. There are two layers to the banking license application process and the applications for both layers have already been submitted to the SARB.

(a) The first layer entailed the lodgement of the application with the SARB for authorisation to establish the bank as required in terms of section 12 of the Banks Act on 05 September 2013. The authorisation was granted to SAPO on 04 July 2016 wherein Postbank was given a maximum of 12 months (1 year) to comply with the set conditions before it could accordingly submit an application for the banking licence. The set conditions were duly met within the set timelines. The actual application to register Postbank as a bank was then lodged with the SARB on 26 June 2017 (ahead of 3 July 2017 deadline) in terms of section 16 of the Banks Act.

(b) Achievements to-date:

A critical milestone was achieved when SAPO was granted approval in terms of the Banks Act to establish a Bank and was given a maximum of 12 months to comply with the conditions and accordingly submit an application for the banking licence. The met conditions included:

(i) Minister’s determination of the split of Assets & Liabilities between SAPO and Postbank based on completion of independent audits.

(ii) Submission of the five-year financial forecasts for Postbank to the SARB.

(iii) Minister’s appointment of the initial Postbank Board: Initial Postbank Board appointed on 01 April 2017 following completion of:

• • Onerous bank regulatory assessments processes: Fit and proper assessments of the prospective board members conducted by both the independent auditors and the SARB;

• • • Concurrent Ministerial approval process (Telecommunications and Postal Services Minister and the Finance Minister); and

• • • Cabinet approval process.

(iv) The appointment of the initial Board enabled the incorporation of the Postbank Company with the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) on 19 April 2017

SARB is busy adjudicating on the actual banking application. Parallel to adjudication process, the Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services, the National Treasury and SAPO have been working together to address some of key challenges. These involve:

• Agreeing on the optimal bank controlling company structure for Postbank.
• Alignment of the Banks Act with the Companies Act to enable state owned entities [Postbank and its bank controlling company (BCC)] to be registered as a bank and BCC respectively.

 

Approved/ not approved

Dr Siyabonga Cwele, MP

Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services

Date:

Reply:

(a) The NEF has not yet been incorporated as a subsidiary of the IDC. Technical work has been completed and includes an assessment of the regulatory and governance requirements to ensure that all applicable regulatory framework, including the PFMA, are complied with. Following completion of a review of legislative implications, the modalities of incorporation will then be considered by Cabinet.

(b) The R500 million has not been drawn as yet, as certain conditions precedent flowing from the review and approval are still to be met, namely National Treasury approval and formalization of processes by Cabinet.

-END-

Reply:

1. (a) The VVIP fleet is unserviceable.

(b) The maintenance support user requirement to place contracts are still being finalised for all systems.

2. (a) The SAAF will utilise the National Treasury RT61 contract for hiring aircraft or charter through SAA.

(b) Total cost of aircraft hiring for financial year 2017/18is: R30 946 094.55

President’s Flights = R22 202 485.53

Deputy President’s Flights = R 7 156 503.51

Minister of Defence and Military Veterans = R 1 587 503.51

Reply:

DAFF’S RESPONSE:

1. The destruction of the Indigenous Forest occurred when a contractor appointed by Amathole Forestry Company (AFC) was felling trees and the trees fell over and destroyed the indigenous forest. The Department took the matter up with AFC and instructed the company to rehabilitate the destroyed area. AFC is currently rehabilitating the area by replanting the indigenous trees that were destroyed back into the area and will inform the Department once the rehabilitation work is complete. The Department will then conduct a site visit to verify and confirm if the rehabilitation complies with norms and standards. The matter will only be reported to the Forestry Stewardship Council (FSC) if AFC fails to rehabilitate the area according to acceptable norms and standards.

2. The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries will not revoke the lease agreement with the Amathole Forestry Company as the transgression does not constitute a material breach to the lease agreement. As mentioned above, AFC has already started implementing the corrective measure by rehabilitating the affected area.

Reply:

1. (a) National Treasury has submitted a report on the outcome of their investigation into contracts above R10 million, related to the recommendations made in the Public Protector’s Report, to the Interim Board of Control of PRASA for action.

The Treasury report was scrutinised by PRASA and PRASA has responded to National Treasury indicating that some of the findings were inaccurate and needed to be reviewed. National Treasury has therefore undertaken a process to reappoint the relevant service providers to review the disputed findings. Once the service providers are appointed, a review will take place and the findings will be finalised.

(b) No amounts have been recovered.

2. (a) There are no special investigations for contracts below R10 million. These are reported in the normal course of business as identified by either management or audit (internal or external).

(b) No amounts related to special investigations for contracts below R10 million have been recovered.

Reply:

The information requested by the Honourable Member is very comprehensive and covers a multitude of services providers over a significantly long period. However, it is important to note that much of this information is contained in all the Annual Reports and Financial Statements from the Auditor General (AG) that are submitted to Parliament on an annual basis. The Auditor General captures this information in the Financial Statements under Current Payments. In this regard, the AG mentions the appropriated funds, final appropriations and Actual Expenditure.

Procurement items are always listed under Current Payments, including advertising, catering, communication, consultants, contractors, outsourced services, entertainment, travel and subsistence, etc.

Reply:

The University of Zululand has provided the following responses to the questions posed.

1. The University of Zululand has an approved housing policy. Section 4.1 of the policy categorises housing units in 3 categories being:

• Section 4.1.1 Executive Housing;
• Section 4.1.2 On-campus staff housing; and
• Section 4.1.3 Off-campus staff housing.

The Criteria on the allocation of staff housing is set out in section 5 of the policy. The university has set out 4 main purposes for housing units in section 5.1

• Section 5.1.1 Housing for executives;
• Section 5.1.2 Housing for permanent employees;
• Section 5.1.3 Temporary housing for newly appointed staff; and
• Section 5.1.4 Housing of staff on short term contracts

Category 5.1.1 deals with the allocation of staff housing for executives. The housing for other categories of employees (5.1.2, 5.1.3 and 5.1.4) is on approximate proportion of 50:25:25. This ratio can be modified from time to time based on the need.

For category 5.1.2 (permanent employees), preference is given to those on higher Peromnes (4-6). Employees under this category are given a 3-year lease which may be renewable after the end of the 3-year period.

For staff category 5.1.3 (temporary housing of newly appointed staff), units may be offered for a period of up to 6 months from their commencement date.

For category 5.1.4 (housing of staff on short term contracts), housing is offered for the duration of the contract up to a maximum of 24 months.

2. Yes, the catergories as outlined above are used when allocating staff accommodation.

3. (a) The University has staff accommodation both on and off-campus. The university submitted an incomplete list as shown in Table 1 below. This information will be submitted as soon as the university has provided updated information through the Department.

Item	House No	(a) Location for each staff	Type of accommodation	(b) (i) Average monthly rental	Category (Exec/ On camp/ off camp)
1	Flat No. 27	Mhlathuze	Shared	-	On-campus
	Flat No. 27	Mhlathuze	Shared	-	On-campus
	Flat No. 27	Mhlathuze	Shared	7 917	On-campus
	Flat No. 27	Mhlathuze	Shared	9 000	On-campus
	Flat No. 27	Mhlathuze	Shared	-	On-campus
	Flat No. 27	Mhlathuze	Shared	378	On-campus
	Flat No. 27	Mhlathuze	Shared	378	On-campus
	Flat No. 27	Mhlathuze	Shared	378	On-campus
2	Flat No. 28	Mhlathuze	Family	10 530	On-campus
3	Flat No. 29	Mhlathuze	Family	15 750	On-campus
4	Flat No. 30	Mhlathuze	Shared	10 784	On-campus
	Flat No. 30	Mhlathuze	Shared	-	On-campus
	Flat No. 30	Mhlathuze	Shared	-	On-campus
5	Flat No. 31	Mhlathuze	Family	-	On-campus
6	Flat No. 32	Mhlathuze	Shared	-	On-campus
	Flat No. 32	Mhlathuze	Shared	4 252	On-campus
	Flat No. 32	Mhlathuze	Shared	-	On-campus
7	Flat No. 33	Mhlathuze	Shared	13 500	On-campus
	Flat No. 33	Mhlathuze	Shared	4 500	On campus
	Flat No. 33	Mhlathuze	Shared	-	On campus
8	Flat No. 34	Mhlathuze	Shared	12 459	On-campus
	Flat No. 34	Mhlathuze	Shared	9 829	On-campus
	Flat No. 34	Mhlathuze	Shared	-	On-campus
9	Flat No. 35	Mhlathuze	Shared	-	On-campus
	Flat No. 35	Mhlathuze	Shared	-	On-campus
	Flat No. 35	Mhlathuze	Shared	-	On-campus
10	Flat No. 36	Mhlathuze	Shared	936	On-campus
	Flat No. 36	Mhlathuze	Shared	-	On-campus
	Flat No. 36	Mhlathuze	Shared	-	On-campus
11	Flat No. 37	Mhlathuze	Family	12 930	On-campus
12	Flat No. 38	Mhlathuze	Shared	-	On-campus
	Flat No. 38	Mhlathuze	Shared	-	On-campus
	Flat No. 38	Mhlathuze	Shared	-	On-campus
13	Flat No. 39	Mhlathuze	Shared	23 532	On-campus
	Flat No. 39	Mhlathuze	Shared	15 250	On-campus
	Flat No. 39	Mhlathuze	Shared	16 500	On-campus
14	House No. 40	S/Residences	Family	-	On-campus
15	House No. 41	S/Residences	Family	-	On-campus
16	House No. 59	S/Residences	Family	-	On-campus
17	House No. 25	S/Residences	Family	-	On-campus
18	House No. 26	S/Residences	Family	-	On-campus
19	House No. 60	S/Residences	Family	-	On-campus
20	Flat No. 1	Thandanani	Family	7 000	On-campus
21	Flat No. 2	Thandanani	Shared	7 337	On-campus
	Flat No. 2	Thandanani	Shared	-	On-campus
	Flat No. 2	Thandanani	Shared	-	On-campus
22	Flat No. 3	Thandanani	Family	31 906	On-campus
23	Flat No. 4	Thandanani	Family	8 609	On-campus
24	Flat No. 5	Thandanani	Family	17 562	On-campus
25	Flat No. 6	Thandanani	Family	25 039	On-campus
26	Flat No: 7	Thandanani	Family	10 941	On-campus
27	Flat No. 8	Thandanani	Family	20 596	On-campus
28	House No. 15	Thandanani	Family	14 000	On-campus
29	House No. 16	Thandanani	Shared	2 815	On-campus
	House No. 16	Thandanani	Shared	5 512	On-campus
	House No. 16	Thandanani	Shared	-	On-campus
	House No. 16	Thandanani	Shared	5 284	On-campus
30	House No. 17	Thandanani	Shared	3 215	On-campus
	House No. 17	Thandanani	Shared	6 801	On-campus
	House No. 17	Thandanani	Shared	12 500	On-campus
	House No. 17	Thandanani	Shared	12 500	On-campus
31	House No. 18	Thandanani	Shared	-	On-campus
	House No. 18	Thandanani	Shared	-	On-campus
	House No. 18	Thandanani	Shared	-	On-campus
	House No. 18	Thandanani	Shared	-	On-campus
32	House No. 19	Thandanani	Shared	-	On-campus
	House No. 19	Thandanani	Shared	12 750	On-campus
	House No. 19	Thandanani	Shared	3 508	On-campus
	House No. 19	Thandanani	Shared	15 000	On-campus
33	House No. 20	Thandanani	Shared	7 357	On-campus
	House No. 20	Thandanani	Shared	4 237	On-campus
	House No. 20	Thandanani	Shared	16 250	On-campus
	House No. 20	Thandanani	Shared	-	On-campus
34	House No. 21	Thandanani	Shared	-	On-campus
	House No. 21	Thandanani	Shared	-	On-campus
	House No. 21	Thandanani	Shared	-	On-campus
	House No. 21	Thandanani	Shared	-	On-campus
35	House No. 22	Thandanani	Shared	5 000	On-campus
	House No. 22	Thandanani	Shared	7 500	On-campus
	House No. 22	Thandanani	Shared	-	On-campus
	House No. 22	back room	Shared	14 400	On-campus
	House No. 22	Thandanani	Shared	-	On-campus
36	House No. 23	Thandanani	Shared	2 500	On-campus
	House No. 23	Thandanani	Shared	2 500	On-campus
	House No. 23	Thandanani	Shared	-	On-campus
	House No. 23	Thandanani	Shared	-	On-campus
37	House No. 42	Esangweni	Family	9 380	On-campus
38	House No. 43	Esangweni	Family	10 602	On-campus
39	House No. 44	Esangweni	Shared	-	On-campus
	House No. 44	Esangweni	Shared	-	On-campus
	House No. 44	Esangweni	Shared	-	On-campus
	House No. 44	Esangweni	Shared	-	On-campus
	House No. 44	Esangweni	Shared	-	On-campus
40	House No. 45	Esangweni	Shared	-
	House No. 45	Esangweni	Shared	-	On-campus
	House No. 45	Esangweni	Shared	-	On-campus
	House No. 45	Esangweni	Shared	-	On-campus
41	House No. 46	Esangweni	Shared	3 300	On-campus
	House No. 46	Esangweni	Shared	6 523	On-campus
	House No. 46	Esangweni	Shared	-	On-campus
	House No. 46	Esangweni	Shared	7 500	On Campus
	House No. 46	Esangweni	Shared	-	On-campus
42	House No. 47	Esangweni	Shared	-	On-campus
	House No. 47	Esangweni	Shared	-	On-campus
	House No. 47	Esangweni	Shared	7 995	On-campus
	House No. 47	Esangweni	Shared	-	On-campus
43	House No. 48	Esangweni	Shared	-	On-campus
	House No. 48	Esangweni	Shared	-	On-campus
	House No. 48	Esangweni	Shared	-	On-campus
	House No. 48	Esangweni	Shared	-	On-campus
44	House No. 49	Esangweni	Family	-	On-campus
45	House No. 50	Esangweni	Shared	6 998	On-campus
	House No. 50	Esangweni	Shared	-	On-campus
	House No. 50	Esangweni	Shared	-	On-campus
	House No. 50	Esangweni	Shared	-	On-campus
46	House No. 51	Esangweni	Shared	-	On-campus
	House No. 51	Esangweni	Shared	-	On-campus
	House No. 51	Esangweni	Shared	-	On-campus
	House No. 51	Esangweni	Shared	-	On-campus
47	House No. 52	Esangweni	Family	14 000	On-campus
48	House No. 53	Esangweni	CSIRD	-	On-campus
	House No. 53	Esangweni	CSIRD	-	On-campus
	House No. 53	Esangweni	Shared	-	On-campus
49	House No. 54	Esangweni	Shared	5 634	On-campus
	House No. 54	Esangweni	Shared	-	On-campus
	House No. 54	Esangweni	Shared	-	On-campus
50	House No. 55	Esangweni	Family	27 657	On-campus
51	House No. 4	Anthony Cres	Family	-	Off-campus
52	House No. 6	Anthony Cres	Family	-	Off-campus
53	House No. 7	Anthony Cres	Family	-	Off-campus
54	House No. 9	Anthony Cres	Family	-	Off-campus
55	House No. 11	Anthony Cres	Family	-	Off-campus
56	House No. 13	Anthony Cres	Family	17 565	Off-campus
57	House No. 14	Anthony Cres	Family	-	Off-campus
58	House No. 15	Anthony Cres	Family	-	Off-campus
59	House No. 17	Anthony Cres	Family	-	Off-campus
60	House No. 18	Anthony Cres	Family	-	Off-campus
61	House No. 19	Anthony Cres	Family	-	Off-campus
62	House No. 21	Anthony Cres	Family	-	Off-campus
63	House No. 26	Anthony Cres	Family	-	Off-campus
64	House No. 28	Anthony Cres	Family	-	Off-campus
65	House No. 30	Anthony Cres	Family	-	Off-campus
66	House No. 47	Anthony Cres	Family	-	Off-campus
67	House No. 49	Anthony Cres	Family	-	Off-campus
68	House No. 10	Kudu	Family	-	Off-campus
69	House No. 54	Dunn Rd	Family	-	Off-campus
70	Flat No. 1	Mlalazi RD	Family	50 376	Off-campus
71	Flat No. 2	Mlalazi RD	Family	14 000	Off-campus
72	Flat No. 3	Mlalazi RD	Family	-	Off-campus
73	Flat No. 4	Mlalazi RD	Family	-	Off-campus
74	Flat No. 5	Mlalazi RD	Family	10 000	Off-campus
75	Flat No. 6	Mlalazi RD	Family	-	Off-campus
76	House No. 3	Glenside	Family	-	Off-campus
77	House No. 10	South Rd	Family	-	Off-campus
78	House No. 15	Park Lane	Family	-	Off-campus
79	House No. 1	Zini River Estate	Family	As per policy	Off-campus
80	House No. 2	Zini River Estate	Family	As per policy	Off-campus
81	House No. 3	Zini River Estate	Family	As per policy	Off-campus
82	House No. 4	Zini River Estate	Family	As per policy	Off-campus
83	House No. 5	Zini River Estate	Family	As per policy	Off-campus
84	House No. 6	Zini River Estate	Family	As per policy	Off-campus
85	House No. 7	Zini River Estate	Family	As per policy	Off-campus
86	House No. 8	Zini River Estate	Family	As per policy	Off-campus
87	House No. 9	Zini River Estate	Family	As per policy	Off-campus

(b) (i) The rental charge is based on the market rental value. The rental is levied at a minimum value refferd to as Assessed Rental Value (ARV).

(ii) The rental recovered from 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018 is R798 089.

4. (a) The staff members pays for all utilities (gas, water, electricty) as well as the general maintenance of the units.

(b) The following costs are borne by the University:

• Levies and municipality rates and taxes;
• Costs for remedial work on structural defects and general maintenance; and
• Gardening and pool services (where applicable).

5. The amount spent to date on housing is as follows:

Item	Apr 2016 – Mar 2017	Apr 2017 – Dec 2017
Operating Expenditure	7 709 298	6 781 513
Gardening and Cleaning	43 150	90 747
Maintenance and Repairs	7 073 558	5 998 329
Rates and Taxes	387 369	505 870
Other	205 221	186 567
Capital Expenditure	4 138 840	2 657 391
Total	11 848 138	9 438 904

Reply:

The funding relationship between the IDC and China Construction Bank (CCB) is in the form of both co-funding and access to lines of credit. This is included in the cooperation agreement between the two institutions. In the financial year ending 31 March 2016, the IDC raised USD50 million and USD75million in the year ending 31 March 2017, through lines of credit from the China Construction Bank. These were invested in various projects funded by the IDC.

In terms of co-funding, the IDC partnered with the CCB in Nyamezela, a 100% black owned women business. The project was funded by the IDC and CCB to enable the client to deliver on an Eskom contract. The project is expected to create 44 permanent jobs.

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Reply:

DAFF’S RESPONSE:

• Currently the land owned by Fort Cox is close to 843 ha, which is the balance of about 750 ha that were given to the community of Cwaru as settlement.

Overall land utilisation at fort Cox forms part of student training, with 41 ha of irrigable land and 60 ha of dry land together with 33 camps used for grazing of animals. However, it must be stated that there are people that have encroached on the North-West side of the land, which is related to fences not being in place, as expected.

• There is no land that has been leased nor sold to anyone for the period indicated. Thus no terms have ever been established, at all.

Reply:

The Economic Development Department, ITAC, Competition Commission and Competition Tribunal do not own land and currently rents office space. Attached as Annexure ‘A’ is information on land which IDC owns. The properties are part of the IDC’s overall portfolio.

 

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Reply:

1. (a) (i) Execujet SA (Pty) Ltd

Fortune Air (Pty) Ltd

National Airways Corporation (Pty) Ltd

VOGN (Pty) Ltd

South African Airways

(ii) The SAAF procurement process of VVIP chartered aircraft does not allow for direct chartering from individuals, unless the approved tender processes were adhered to (including, but not restricted to approval from National Treasury).

(b) (i) See below-listed spreadsheet.

(ii) The cost to hire each aircraft:

(c) National Airways Corporation (Pty) Ltd: R17 409 603.65

Execujet SA (Pty) Ltd: R12 660 961.82

Fortune Air (Pty) Ltd: R 8 418 837.83

VOGN (Pty) Ltd: R 8 361 503.42

South African Airways: R 1 932 956.54

Reply:

1. (a) The SAAF/SANDF did not charter an A300-200. The cost of chartering the A330-200, Registration No: ZS-SXW Waterkloof to Rwanda and back to Waterkloof was R1 725 468.09.

(b) Yes.

(c) To air transport the Principal.

(d) Yes - The transportation of our Principals is the sole responsibility of the SANDF through the SAAF,

2. (a) Yes. The transportation of our Principals is the sole responsibility of the SANDF through the SAAF.

(b) Chartering aircraft is an involved exercise and one of the main considerations is safety and security of our Principals

Reply:

a) Total operating costs for 2017/2018 Financial year (FY) are R129, 134,245.00 with a projection of R258, 518,892.00 and R372, 900,948.00 for 2018/2019 and 2019/2020 financial years, respectively.

b) (i) A proportion of fares for 2017/2018 FY is R16,859,365.00 with a projection of R52,476,670.00 and R111,438138.00 for 2018/2019 and 2019/2020 Financial years, respectively.

(ii) Grants allocated for 2017/2018 FY is R700,718,000.00 with a projection of R671,906,000 and R670,650,000 for 2018/2019 and 2019/2020 Financial years, respectively.

(iii) Of the total operating costs, Council is funding R67, 979,972.00 for 2017/2018; with a projection of R311, 124,374.00 and R508, 413,969.00 for 2018/2019 and 2019/2020 financial years, respectively.

The above costs and projections are based on the starter service which has been operational since October 2017.

 

 

Reply:

I am not aware of any work undertaken by the Industrial Development Corporation in partnership with the Public Investment Corporation to assess the economic cost of public sector corruption. The question may be referring to work undertaken for the PICC (Presidential Infrastructure Coordinating Commission) by the IDC, on the potential economic cost of corruption, details of which were provided to the Honourable Member last year in response to Parliamentary Question 2843 published on 15 September 2017, and which is reproduced below for ease of reference.

“The information on the cost of corruption was based on an economic modeling exercise that sought to quantify the cost of the reduction in real capital spending that results from corruption and the impact on decreased spending in the SA economy on goods and services. While the full extent and thus real costs of corruption is unknown precisely because by its nature it is concealed, a calculation was done based on a scenario where corruption results in a 10% increase in costs; this increase was then modeled into the data-sets to obtain GDP and employment effects.

The purpose of the modeling exercise was to show that corruption is not a ‘victimless’ crime and that the opportunity costs of improperly and unlawfully diverting resources for private gain, comes at a significant cost to economic growth, job creation and service delivery. There is a compelling case for immediate and decisive action against corruption, based on the costs it imposes on the economy, on jobs and on the poor. The results of this modeling exercise were referred to in my speech at the 11th Annual Competition Law, Economics and Policy Conference on 31 August 2017 as well as at other public gatherings and were also shared with the Committees of the Economic Cluster, in Parliament, on 10 October 2017.

During my address to the 11th Annual Competition Law, Economics and Policy Conference on 31 August 2017, I noted the following:

Neither corruption in the public sector (with its private sector counterparties) nor collusion between large firms are victimless crimes. Corruption takes resources away from housing, jobs, social grants, education and health facilities. Collusion increases the costs of doing business, it stunts the dynamism and competitiveness that is needed and it has a negative impact on growth and jobs.

A World Bank study on competition in South Africa noted the following:

“In the case of four cartels in maize, wheat, poultry and pharmaceuticals – products which make up 15.6% of the consumption basket of the poorest 10 percent – conservative estimates indicate that around 200 000 people stood to be lifted above the poverty line by tackling cartel overcharges”.

We recently began doing work to quantify the cost of corruption in the public sector, based on just a 10% increase in the price of infrastructure projects as a result of corruption...Based on our modelling, it leads to at least R27bn foregone annually in GDP and the loss of 76 000 jobs that would otherwise have been created. So corruption is not only an ethical issue, it is also a profound issue of delivery, of growth, of services to the poor.

There are some troubling matters to address in looking at corruption and the collusion therewith by professional firms, from auditors to lawyers and others.

The culture of rampant acquisition is spreading so widely that the professional standards of integrity that is a hallmark of functioning institutions, are under enormous pressure. One of its outcomes is a fraying of the social compact that all societies need and unless we act with resolution, we will not build a society that achieves the vision of the constitution, indeed, we will betray it.

There are things we can do, practical things, while the wider battle to ensure integrity in the public and private sectors, is pursued.

One of the provisions in the Construction industry Settlement Agreement that I referred to earlier, is an Integrity Commitment that CEOs of the seven largest companies signed publicly and I want to briefly quote from it:

“ In my capacity as CEO of [name of company], I do hereby declare and affirm that:

1. I will conduct business, and will do everything in my power to ensure that the company and all of its associated companies (‘the Group’) conducts business in South Africa, in accordance with sound legal and ethical practice;
2. I will not be involved, and will do everything in my power to ensure that no one in the Group is involved, in any kind of bribery, corruption, collusion or unfair means of furthering our business interests;
3. I will do everything in my power to instil a culture of integrity, honesty and transparency in the Group consistent with this declaration
4. I will develop and actively promote codes of conduct imposing ethical and legal standards on all personnel in the Group that are aligned with international best practice for the construction industry and impose appropriate penalties on those who don’t comply; and
5. I will use my best efforts, and take firm steps, in line with and pursuant to my executive management authority, to expose, confront, eradicate and prevent collusion and corruption in the construction industry and in all the construction industry’s dealings with public entities, private sector institutions and with each other.”

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Reply:

1. No, South Africa has not signed the petition with the Presidents of Uganda, Gabon and Botswana calling on the European Union to close its ivory market as South Africa’s Constitution allows for the sustainable utilisation of the country’s natural resources - ivory is one of these natural resources. South African National Parks and some of the provincial conservation authorities have stockpiles of ivory which have been legally obtained through natural deaths and/or hunting of problem elephants. If the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) approves the international sale of ivory (through the appropriate proposals), the government can then access much needed funds which would result from such sales to be ploughed back into conservation of our natural resources.

(2) The Department of Environmental Affairs has not taken any steps to close the legal ivory trade in South Africa as the legal trade in ivory is regulated under the National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act, 2004 (Act No. 10 of 2004) and the Threatened or Protected Species (ToPS) Regulations. Retailers in South Africa who are selling ivory must be registered as traders under ToPS to sell ivory, and a buyer needs a permit to buy and to possess the ivory. The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) recommends that Parties to the Convention close domestic ivory markets that are contributing to poaching or illegal trade. There is no evidence that the legal trade in ivory in South Africa is contributing to poaching and illegal trade and, accordingly, the legal ivory trade has not been closed.

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