Questions and Replies

Reply:

The following tables reflect the details in this regard.

Table 1.

2014/15

PROVINCE	NUMBER OF MEDICO- LEGAL CLAIMS	NATURE OF THE CLAIM	TOTAL AMOUNT PAID FOR MEDICO- LEGAL CLAIMS	TOTAL AMOUNT PAID FOR MEDICO- LEGAL CLAIMS BY WAY OF SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS	TOTAL AMOUNT PAID FOR MEDICO- LEGAL CLAIMS BY WAY OF COURT ORDERS
Eastern Cape	450	Maternity cases Orthopaedic cases	R73 703 837.58	-	-
Free State	44	Cerebral Palsy, Wrong diagnosis/medication, Surgical complications	R15 090 000.00	R190 000.00	R14 900 000.00
Gauteng	396	Cerebral Palsy Botched operations Amputations Hysterectomy Spine complications Anaesthetic Deaths Retinopathy of premature (ROP) Uninformed consent	R 154 480 155.61	0	R 154 480 155.61
KwaZulu Natal	176	Obstetrics & Gynaecology Surgical Orthopaedic	R102 626 616.05
Limpopo	93	Cerebral Palsy Orthopaedics Surgical Obstetric& Gynaecology	0	0	0
Mpumalanga	149	Maternity cases Orthopaedic cases	R 2 773 768.00	R 280 000.00	R 2 493 768.00
North West	53	Maternity cases Orthopaedic cases	R 19 978 582.84	R 19 978 582.84	0
Northern Cape	4	Cerebral Palsy Surgical	R80 000.00	R80 000.00	Nil
Western Cape	197	Medical malpractice claims	R 22 587 000.00	R 22 587 000.00	Nil
TOTALS	1562		R391 319 960.08	R20 528 582.84	R171 873 923.61

2015/16
PROVINCE	NUMBER OF MEDICO- LEGAL CLAIMS	NATURE OF THE CLAIM	TOTAL AMOUNT PAID FOR MEDICO- LEGAL CLAIMS	TOTAL AMOUNT PAID FOR MEDICO- LEGAL CLAIMS BY WAY OF SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS	TOTAL AMOUNT PAID FOR MEDICO- LEGAL CLAIMS BY WAY OF COURT ORDERS
Eastern Cape	524	Maternity cases Orthopaedic cases	R147 882 433.20	-	-
Free State	40	Cerebral Palsy, Wrong diagnosis/medication, Surgical complications	R20,614,459.59	R70,000.00	R20,544,459.59
Gauteng	330	Cerebral Palsy Botched operations Amputations Hysterectomy Spine complications Anaesthetic Deaths Retinopathy of premature (ROP) Uninformed consent	R433 336 588.66	0	R 433 336 588.66
KwaZulu- Natal	210	Obstetrics & Gynaecology Surgical Orthopaedic Paediatric	R75 752 135.62
Limpopo	122	Cerebral Palsy Orthopaedics Surgical Obstetric& Gynaecology	R6 883 452.00	R50 000.00	R6 783 452.99
Mpumalanga	168	Maternity cases Orthopaedic cases Mental Health care user case	R 14 538 941.92	R 737 249.00	R 13 801 692.92
Northern Cape	9	Cerebral Palsy Surgical	R70 000.00	R70 000.00	Nil
North West	126	Maternity cases Orthopaedic cases	R 14 147 274.00	R 7 696 946.00	R 6 450 328.00
Western Cape	203	Medical malpractice	R 17 641 080.30	R 17 641 080.30	Nil
TOTALS	1 732		R730 866 365.29	R26 265 275.30	R480 916 522.16

2016/17
PROVINCE	NUMBER OF MEDICO- LEGAL CLAIMS	NATURE OF THE CLAIM	TOTAL AMOUNT PAID FOR MEDICO- LEGAL CLAIMS	TOTAL AMOUNT PAID FOR MEDICO- LEGAL CLAIMS BY WAY OF SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS	TOTAL AMOUNT PAID FOR MEDICO- LEGAL CLAIMS BY WAY OF COURT ORDERS
Eastern Cape	424	Maternity cases Orthopaedic cases	R218 784 980.55	-	-
Free State	44	Cerebral Palsy, Wrong diagnosis/medication, Surgical complications	R32,997,664.87	R1,190,000.00	R31,807,664.87
Gauteng	521	Cerebral Palsy Botched operations Amputations Hysterectomy Spine complications Anaesthetic Deaths Retinopathy of premature (ROP) Uninformed consent	566 900 336.00	0.	566 900 336.00
KwaZulu- Natal	138	Obstetrics & Gynaecology Surgical Oncology Urology Ophthalmology	R241 926 630.19
Limpopo	218	Cerebral Palsy Orthopaedics Surgical Obstetric& Gynaecology	R74 174 281.15	R11 583 685.00	R62 590 596.15
Mpumalanga	220	Maternity cases Orthopaedic cases Mental Health care user case	R 33 274 495.67	R 1 696 687.00	R 31 577 808.67
Northern Cape	32	Cerebral Palsy Surgical	R 70 000.00	R 70 000.00	Nil
North West	72	Maternity cases Orthopaedic cases	R 48 198 000.00	R 27 957 629.96	R 20 240 370.04
Western Cape	265	Medical malpractice	R 17 426 356.96	R 17 426 356.96	R20,000,000.00
TOTALS	1934		R1 233 752 745.39	R59 924 358.92	R733 116 775.73
2017/18
PROVINCE	NUMBER OF MEDICO- LEGAL CLAIMS	NATURE OF THE CLAIM	TOTAL AMOUNT PAID FOR MEDICO- LEGAL CLAIMS	TOTAL AMOUNT PAID FOR MEDICO- LEGAL CLAIMS BY WAY OF SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS	TOTAL AMOUNT PAID FOR MEDICO- LEGAL CLAIMS BY WAY OF COURT ORDERS
Eastern Cape
Free State	26	Cerebral Palsy, Wrong diagnosis/medication, Surgical complications	R13,650,000.00	R13,500,000.00	R150,000.00
Gauteng	90	Cerebral Palsy Botched operations Amputations Hysterectomy Spine complications Anaesthetic Deaths Retinopathy of premature (ROP) Uninformed consent	R 46 604 718.99	0	R 46 604 718.99
Kwazulu- Natal	-	Obstetrics & Gynaecology Surgical Oncology Urology Ophthalmology	R134 436 666.80
Limpopo	116	Cerebral Palsy Orthopaedics Surgical Obstetric& Gynaecology	R1 243 160.00	R265 000.00	R978 160.00
Mpumalanga	80	Maternity cases Orthopaedic cases Mental Health care user case	R 25 947 455.00	R 310 000.00	R 25 673 455.00
Northern Cape	11	Cerebral Palsy Surgical	Nil	Nil	Nil
North West	37	Maternity cases Orthopaedic cases	R25 119 377.36	R 24 470 641. 36	R 648 736.00
Western Cape
TOTALS	360		R247 001 378.15	R38 545 641.36	R74 055 069.99

END

Reply:

1. According to our database, we do not have any records of land claim lodged on the farm Haakdoornkuil 323 KR and the Office of the Regional Land Claims Commissioner: Limpopo received a land claim lodged by Kekana Matsobane Petrus on behalf of Motekwana Community on the farm Klipfontein 322 KR.

The said land claim was received on the 20th of November 2014, such land claims are not being processed due to the outcome of the Constitutional Court ordered that the claims that were lodged between 1 July 2014 and 27 July 2016 are validly lodged, but it interdicted the Commission from processing those claims until the Commission has finalised the claims lodged by 31 December 1998 or until Parliament passes a new law providing for the re-opening of lodgement of land claims. Parliament was given until 27 July 2018 to pass such a law.

(b)(i)(ii) Falls away;

(c) Falls away;

(d) Falls away.

 

2. Falls away.

3. Falls away.

4. (a)(b) Falls away.

Reply:

The table below snows the total number of clients who received sexual assault prophylaxis disaggregated per province, data is not collected separately for adults and children, to prevent HIV infection.

With regard to the period April 2017 to June 2017 the data element is not included in the National Indicator Data Set (NDIS)

PROVINCE	2014/15	2015/16	2016/17
Eastern Cape	5,511	4,923	4,390
Free State	2,224	1,839	1,853
Gauteng	5,585	4,998	8,103
KwaZulu Natal	5,008	5,024	4,597
Limpopo	3,612	3,213	2,882
Mpumalanga	2,829	2,277	2,346
North West	700	1,970	1,747
Northern Cape	3,243	770	676
Western Cape	3,243	3,122	3,374
RSA	31,010	28,136	29,968

END.

Reply:

(a) and (b) The following table reflects the details in this regard

Hospital	Post Designation	Approved	Filled	Vacant	Date vacated	Date to be filled
Elim	Deputy Director	1	0	1		Not yet determined
	Assistant Manager	6	2	4	1 each in 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2017
	Operational Manager	23	9	14	2 each in 2013 and 2014, and 10 never
Malamulele	Deputy Manager	1	1	0	Filled	Not yet determined
	Assistant Manager	6	3	3	2 never filled, and 1 in 2015
	Operational Manager	17	8	9	6 never filled, 1 each in 2011, 2015 and 2016
Messina	Deputy Manager	1	1	0	Filled	Not yet determined
	Assistant Manager	3	2	1	Never filled
	Operational Manager	13	4	9	1 each in 2011, 2014, 2015 and 6 never filled
Siloam	Deputy Manager	1	0	1	July 2005	Not yet determined
	Assistant Manager	6	1	5	1 in 2012 and 4 never filled
	Operational Manager	19	12	7	1 in 2013 and 6 never filled
Tshilidzini	Deputy Manager	1	0	1	July 2014	Not yet determined
	Assistant Manager	11	3	8	1 each in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, and 3 never filled
	Operational Manager	31	21	10	1 each in 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 4 never filled

 

END.

Reply:

(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f)(g)(h)(i)(ii)

	(i) 2013/2014	(i) 2014/2015	(i) 2015/2016	(i) 2016/2017	(ii) Since 1 April 2017
(a) DNA profile analyses	95 814	86 885	75 560	89 467	49 894
(b) Facial reconstructions	103	71	93	347	144
(c) Mummified fingerprinting	963	1 583	534	2 292	1 129
(d) Microscopic hair comparisons	765	5	10	11	0
(e) Arson chemistry reports	314	268	305	300	133
(f) Poison analyses	511	409	408	356	205
(g) Crime scene toxicology reports	2	1	2	0	0
(h) Gunshot residue analyses	2 686	2 561	2 583	2 671	1 253

Reply:

1. and (2) Yes, the details are as follows:

BLOEMFONTEIN REGIONAL OFFICE

WCS	SERVICE PROVIDER	PROJECT NAME	DATE CANCELLED	REASON FOR CANCELLATION	FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS
049859	Moretlo Consulting CC	Tempe repairs and renovations to building 1,2,5 to 8 and 21 at Military Police Area Office.	20 May 2016	Consultant not providing monthly financial reports as per contract and not attending project meetings, even after a warning letter was issued.	There will be no financial losses to be incurred by the Department of Public Works (DPW) as a departmental quantity surveyor was appointed to execute the quantity surveying functions until project completion.
051856	Central Bridge Trading 389 CC	Vrede Police Station: Condition Based Maintenance	11 August 2016	At contract completion the contractor was not even 48% complete with project work. The contractor was put on terms in several project and site meetings but the work on site was not progressing at all.	The financial losses can only be known when another contractor is appointed to complete the project and when the project is complete. The Department of Public Works (DPW) is at advertisement stage.
052133	Pegas Trading CC	Deeds Office Upgrading of sewer system	19 September 2016	The contractor delivered poor progress on site and ultimately abandoned site.	The financial losses can only be known when another contractor is appointed to complete the project and when the project is complete. The Department of Public Works (DPW) is at advertisement stage.
043244	Keren Kula Construction (pty) ltd	Bloemfontein Central Government Building construction of the office block	22 September 2016	The contractor filed for voluntary liquidation.	The financial losses can only be known when another contractor is appointed to complete the project and when the project is complete.

CAPE TOWN REGIONAL OFFICE

WCS	SERVICE PROVIDER	PROJECT NAME	DATE CANCELLED	REASON FOR CANCELLATION	FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS
053916	Vino Building & Multi Projects	Albertinia, Heidelberg and Mossel Bay: Magistrates Offices: Construction of Facilities For People with Disabilities	06 December 2016	Site was handed over on 14 September 2016, but the contractor never commenced with any work.	The financial implication will be known once the replacement contractor is appointed and the project completed. The awarding of the tender is anticipated for the 2017/11/09.

PORT ELIZABETH REGIONAL OFFICE

WCS	SERVICE PROVIDER	PROJECT NAME	DATE CANCELLED	REASON FOR CANCELLATION	FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS
049997	Poenie’s Builders CC	Graaff Reinet South African Police Service (SAPS) Academy: Complete upgrading of existing boundary fence to the complex.	17 August 2016	Poor performance by Contractor as well as cash flow problems and lack of progress after several warning letters were issued by the Consultants and the Project Manager.	There will be financial implications. The replacement contractor was appointed in September 2017 and the exact financial implications will be determined at the completion of the contract.
050144	Twizza Civils and Building CC	Port Elizabeth: SAPS Southdene Police Garage: Complete construction of boundary wall and fencing.	03 Mar. 2017	Poor performance by Contractor as well as cash flow problems and lack progress after several warning letters were issued by the Consultants and the Project Manager.	The financial implication will be determined once the completion contract is in place and project completed. The Department of Public Works (DPW) is at the adjudication stage of the Supply Chain Management (SCM) process in this regard.

JOHANNESBURG REGIONAL OFFICE

WCS	SERVICE PROVIDER	PROJECT NAME	DATE CANCELLED	REASON FOR CANCELLATION	(2) FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS
023106	Masutanaka Trading Enterprise	Oberholzer Magistrates Office: Security measures. Upgrade includes minor works: Completion contract.	23 April 2015	The contractor abandoned the site.	The contract started on the 01st September 2016 and was terminated on the 28th July 2017. The project is on a 12 months defects liability period and the final account will determine the full financial implications of the terminated contract.

Reply:

(a) It needs to be noted that forensic analysts are appointed in terms of the South African Police Service Act, in the Division: Forensic Services, at the Criminal Record and Crime Scene Management, Forensic Science Laboratory and Quality Management. The following vacancies exist:

CRIMINAL RECORD AND CRIME SCENE MANAGEMENT
ACT OF APPOINTMENT	SALARY LEVEL	NATIONAL OFFICE: PRETORIA	WC	EC	KZN	NC	MP	FS	NW	LP	GP	TOTAL
POLICE ACT	SALARY LEVEL 13: BRIGADIER	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
POLICE ACT	SALARY LEVEL 12: COLONEL	1	4	2	1	4	4	3	7	4	7	37
POLICE ACT	SALARY LEVEL 10: LIEUTENANT COLONEL	14	13	19	28	15	22	19	11	15	19	175
POLICE ACT	SALARY LEVEL 8: CAPTAIN	22	13	30	55	16	10	19	16	26	48	255
POLICE ACT	SALARY LEVEL 7: WARRANT OFFICER	2	10	9	11	4	3	2	13	6	7	67
POLICE ACT	SALARY LEVEL 6: SERGEANT	1	0	2	0	1	1	5	2	0	0	12
POLICE ACT	SALARY LEVEL 5: CONSTABLE	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	3	7
PUBLIC SERVICE ACT	SALARY LEVEL 7	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5

CRIMINAL RECORD AND CRIME SCENE MANAGEMENT
ACT OF APPOINTMENT	SALARY LEVEL	NATIONAL OFFICE: PRETORIA	WC	EC	KZN	NC	MP	FS	NW	LP	GP	TOTAL
PUBLIC SERVICE ACT	SALARY LEVEL 6	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	7
PUBLIC SERVICE ACT	SALARY LEVEL 5	0	2	7	2	1	1	2	1	2	3	21
PUBLIC SERVICE ACT	SALARY LEVEL 4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
PUBLIC SERVICE ACT	SALARY LEVEL 3	1	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	9
PUBLIC SERVICE ACT	SALARY LEVEL 2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
TOTAL	47	48	73	98	44	43	51	53	53	89	599

FORENSIC SCIENCE LABORATORY
ACT OF APPOINTMENT	SALARY LEVEL	PTA	WC	EC	KZN	TOTAL
POLICE ACT	SALARY LEVEL 13: BRIGADIER	0	0	0	0	0
POLICE ACT	SALARY LEVEL 12: COLONEL	2	1	1	3	7
POLICE ACT	SALARY LEVEL 10: LIEUTENANT COLONEL	4	7	6	13	30
POLICE ACT	SALARY LEVEL 8: CAPTAIN	31	26	19	25	101
POLICE ACT	SALARY LEVEL 7: WARRANT OFFICER	16	4	2	4	26
POLICE ACT	SALARY LEVEL 6: SERGEANT	1	0	0	0	1
POLICE ACT	SALARY LEVEL 5: CONSTABLE	1	1	0	0	2
PUBLIC SERVICE ACT	SALARY LEVEL 7	0	0	0	0	0
PUBLIC SERVICE ACT	SALARY LEVEL 6	0	0	0	0	0
PUBLIC SERVICE ACT	SALARY LEVEL 5	1	1	0	4	6
PUBLIC SERVICE ACT	SALARY LEVEL 4	0	0	0	0	0
PUBLIC SERVICE ACT	SALARY LEVEL 3	1	0	0	0	1
PUBLIC SERVICE ACT	SALARY LEVEL 2	1	0	0	0	1
TOTAL	58	40	28	49	175

QUALITY MANAGEMENT
ACT OF APPOINTMENT	SALARY LEVEL	PTA	WC	EC	KZN	NC	GP	TOTAL
POLICE ACT	SALARY LEVEL 13: BRIGADIER	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
POLICE ACT	SALARY LEVEL 12: COLONEL	13	0	2	0	0	0	15
POLICE ACT	SALARY LEVEL 10: LIEUTENANT COLONEL	28	1	2	1	0	0	32
POLICE ACT	SALARY LEVEL 8: CAPTAIN	21	2	1	2	1	0	27
POLICE ACT	SALARY LEVEL 7: WARRANT OFFICER	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
POLICE ACT	SALARY LEVEL 6: SERGEANT	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
POLICE ACT	SALARY LEVEL 5: CONSTABLE	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
PUBLIC SERVICE ACT	SALARY LEVEL 7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
PUBLIC SERVICE ACT	SALARY LEVEL 6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
PUBLIC SERVICE ACT	SALARY LEVEL 5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
PUBLIC SERVICE ACT	SALARY LEVEL 4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
PUBLIC SERVICE ACT	SALARY LEVEL 3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
PUBLIC SERVICE ACT	SALARY LEVEL 2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	65	3	5	3	1	1	78

SUPPORT SERVICES
ACT OF APPOINTMENT	SALARY LEVEL	NATIONAL OFFICE: PRETORIA
POLICE ACT	SALARY LEVEL 13: BRIGADIER	0
POLICE ACT	SALARY LEVEL 12: COLONEL	0
POLICE ACT	SALARY LEVEL 10: LIEUTENANT COLONEL	1
POLICE ACT	SALARY LEVEL 8: CAPTAIN	13
POLICE ACT	SALARY LEVEL 7: WARRANT OFFICER	0
POLICE ACT	SALARY LEVEL 6: SERGEANT	0
POLICE ACT	SALARY LEVEL 5: CONSTABLE	0
PUBLIC SERVICE ACT	SALARY LEVEL 7	0
PUBLIC SERVICE ACT	SALARY LEVEL 6	0
PUBLIC SERVICE ACT	SALARY LEVEL 5	1
PUBLIC SERVICE ACT	SALARY LEVEL 4	0
PUBLIC SERVICE ACT	SALARY LEVEL 3	1
PUBLIC SERVICE ACT	SALARY LEVEL 2	0
PUBLIC SERVICE ACT	SALARY LEVEL 1	0
TOTAL	16

DIVISION: FORENSIC SERVICES
ACT OF APPOINTMENT	SALARY LEVEL	NATIONAL OFFICE: PRETORIA
POLICE ACT	SALARY LEVEL 13: BRIGADIER	3
POLICE ACT	SALARY LEVEL 12: COLONEL	59
POLICE ACT	SALARY LEVEL 10: LIEUTENANT COLONEL	238
POLICE ACT	SALARY LEVEL 8: CAPTAIN	396
POLICE ACT	SALARY LEVEL 7: WARRANT OFFICER	94
POLICE ACT	SALARY LEVEL 6: SERGEANT	13
POLICE ACT	SALARY LEVEL 5: CONSTABLE	9
PUBLIC SERVICE ACT	SALARY LEVEL 7	6
PUBLIC SERVICE ACT	SALARY LEVEL 6	7
PUBLIC SERVICE ACT	SALARY LEVEL 5	29
PUBLIC SERVICE ACT	SALARY LEVEL 4	1
PUBLIC SERVICE ACT	SALARY LEVEL 3	11
PUBLIC SERVICE ACT	SALARY LEVEL 2	2
TOTAL	868

(b)(i) The table below, reflects the posts that are to be filled:
ACT OF APPOINTMENT	SALARY LEVEL	TOTAL
POLICE ACT	SALARY LEVEL 13: BRIGADIER	1
POLICE ACT	SALARY LEVEL 12: COLONEL	13
POLICE ACT	SALARY LEVEL 10: LIEUTENANT COLONEL	28
POLICE ACT	SALARY LEVEL 8: CAPTAIN	21
POLICE ACT	SALARY LEVEL 7: WARRANT OFFICER	1
PUBLIC SERVICE ACT	SALARY LEVEL 5	1
TOTAL		65
(b)(ii) The posts are vacant from the 2015/2016, 2016/2017 and 2017/2018, financial years. (b)(iii) The vacant posts were identified and submitted to the Divisional Commissioner: Personnel Management, for approval to advertise and fill the posts.
(b)(iv) A total of 304 SAPS Act posts, on salary level seven, Warrant Officer/Forensic Analyst, have been approved and allocated to the Division: Forensic Services, for the 2017/2018 financial year. The approval to advertise and commence with the filling of the posts on the other levels, is pending the upliftment of the moratorium, on the filling of vacant posts.

Reply:

The Gauteng Department of Cooperative Governance Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs provided the response in this regard:

1. The Ekurhuleni Metro Municipality is currently in the process of appointing a service provider who will conduct the assessment.

2. Best practice dictates that a pavement management system be updated at least every 3 years.

Reply:

We are sourcing information from our archives, the information that is required is not readily available, as each case must be verified, before the information can be submitted. 

Reply:

(a)(i)(ii) According to our database, we do not have any records of land claim lodged on the farm Haakdoornkuil 323 KR.

(b) falls away

(c ) falls away

Reply:

1. Yes, the Department has identified and programmed backlog in the area of construction infrastructure projects deemed essential to be cleared year on year basis.

2. Definition of backlog:

Backlog in terms of infrastructure projects is defined as a number of projects that remained on planning phase for a period exceeding two years after issuing of procurement instruction and construction projects on construction phase for a period exceeding two years of construction period.

3. Essential and/or Major

The department has no classification of projects. It works according to prioritisation from client departments. Statistics of backlog are as follows:

3.1 Projects on planning stage for 2016/17

• Planned Maintenance = 432
• DPW Capital = 172
• Client Capital = 530

Total = 1134 (Annual target was 15% of 1134)

(a) Performance reported in 2016/17 was 159 representing 14% of 1134. That implies that 94% of the annual target was achieved.

(b) Annual target for 2017/18 remain 15% (146) of the 975 remaining backlog in line with availability of budget from clients for the construction phase.

3.2 Projects on Construction Phase for 2017/18

• Planned Maintenance = 24
• DPW Capital = 3
• Client Capital = 17

Total = 44

4. The annual target for 2017/18 is 75% (32) of 44 backlog projects identified and programmed.

5. Backlog projects in construction phase is caused by under-performance of contractors appointed for execution of the work, heritage compliance requirements, litigation processes, contract disputes and subsequent cancellations. Normal process of sourcing the replacement contractor had to be followed without deviation. In terms of CIDB regulation the department can only initiate the appointment of a replacement contractor after six months of cancellation. This waiting period contributes to backlog statistics.

6. These challenges will be addressed by the infrastructure delivery management system (IDMS) which the department is in the process of institutionalising and establishment of pre-approved panels of contractors and consultants.

7. Please find attached hereto a list of projects identified as infrastructure backlog of projects in construction phase for 2017/18 and projects that were on planning phase in 2016/17 and full reasons for the delay in each case.

Reply:

(a)(i) The Blue drop progress assessments for 2015 data have been completed and the progress assessments for 2016 data will only be initiated in the last quarter of 2017/18.

(ii) The Green drop progress assessments for 2015/16 are currently in progress.2015/16 are currently in progress.

(b) The blue drop progress assessment report for 2015 data is currently being edited and will be submitted for approval. The 2015/16 draft Green drop progress report will be developed in the first quarter of 2018/19.

(c) The blue drop and green drop progress assessments are currently being done internally.

(d) The full assessments will be done by departmental staff with the support of a service provider. The estimated cost of using external resources is R10.6 million for 2017/18 (blue drop progress and green drop full assessments).

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Reply:

1. The Office of Health Standards Compliance valuation for current and non-current assets and investments as at 30 June 2017:

(a) Detailed breakdown	(b) valuation	(aa) Listed assets	bb) Unlisted investments	0-3 months	3-6 months	6-12 months	>12 months
		(aaa) Directly held	(bbb) Indirectly held	(aaa) Directly held	(bbb) Indirectly held
CURRENT ASSETS
Receivables from non-exchange transactions	66,253						16,366	49,887
Prepayments	3,192,660						3,130,610		62,050
Cash and cash equivalents	83,270,298						59,589,407		23,680,891
NON-CURRENT ASSETS
Property, plant and equipment	6,015,006
Intangible assets	2,585,285

2. The Council for Medical Schemes valuation for current and non-current assets and investments as at 31 August 2017:

(a) Detailed breakdown	(b) valuation	(aa) Listed assets	bb) Unlisted investments	0-3 months	3-6 months	6-12 months	>12 months
		(aaa) Directly held	(bbb) Indirectly held	(aaa) Directly held	(bbb) Indirectly held
CURRENT ASSETS
Accounts receivable	79,624					79,624
Sundry debtors	4,873,090					15,848	68,806	4,788,436
Prepaid expenses	3,220,753							3,220,753
Cash and bank	1,158,476					1,158,476
Call account(Reserve bank)	107,303,678					107,303,678
NON-CURRENT ASSETS
Plant and equipment	17,940,586
Intangible assets	1,421,388

3. The South African Medical Research Council valuation for current and non-current assets and investments as at 30June 2017:

(a) Detailed breakdown	(b) valuation	(aa) Listed assets	bb) Unlisted investments	0-3 months	3-6 months	6-12 months	>12 months
		(aaa) Directly held	(bbb) Indirectly held	(aaa) Directly held	(bbb) Indirectly held
CURRENT ASSETS
Financial assets at fair value	6,386,972								6,386,972
Receivables from exchange transactions	34,799,476					31,995,122	17,892		2,786,462
Prepayments	6,098,706								6,098,706
Cash and cash equivalents	743,993,413					743,993,413
NON-CURRENT ASSETS
Biological assets that form part of an agricultural activity	1,147,101
Property, plant and equipment	140,813,375
Intangible assets	6,063,895
LISTED INVESTMENT
Sanlam unit trusts	5,442,565	5,442,565							5,442,565
Sanlam shares	823,932	823,932							823,932
Old mutual shares	120,475	120,475							120,475
Sanlam unit trusts	5,442,565	5,442,565							5,442,565
UNLISTED INVESTMENT
Investments in controlled entities	2			1	1				2

4. The National Health Laboratory Service valuation for current and non-current assets and investments as at 31March 2017:

(a) Detailed breakdown	(b) valuation	(aa) Listed assets	bb) Unlisted investments	0-3 months	3-6 months	6-12 months	>12 months
		(aaa) Directly held	(bbb) Indirectly held	(aaa) Directly held	(bbb) Indirectly held
CURRENT ASSETS
Inventories	116,843					116,843
Trade and other receivable	1,719,404					1,719,404
Cash and Cash equivalent	391,976					391,976
NON-CURRENT ASSETS
Property, plant and equipment	541,937
Intangible assets	109,841

END.

Reply:

(1)

a. Number of vehicles at the mechanical workshop.	Six.
b. Time frame (from which date).	1. BPD121B: 2017-08-14. 2. BTV008B: 2017-09-26. 3. BTV057B: 2017-08-21. 4. BRY747B: 2017-08-29. 5. BSD567B: 2017-09-05. 6 BST702B: 2017-10-17.
c. Mechanical problem.	1. Alternator. 2. Clutch overhaul. 3. Cylinder head. 4. Cylinder head. 5. Gearbox overhaul. 6. Engine and electrical problem.

(2) 17.

Reply:

(1)

a. Number of vehicles at the mechanical workshop.	Five.
b. Time frame (from which date).	1. BST319B: 2017-10-16. 2. BSS894B: 2017-09-07. 3. BSY312B: 2017-09-07. 4. BSY925B: 2017-09-27. 5. BTV078B: 2017-09-27.
c. Mechanical problem.	1. Starter not operational. 2. Alternator. 3. Gearbox. 4. Alternator. 5. Accident.

(2) 17.

 

Reply:

(a)(b)(i)(aa)(bb)

(i) Ballistics	2014/2015	2015/2016	2016/2017	2017-04-01 to 2017-10-15
a) Received	66152	60635	80015	33620
b) Finalised	65813	58467	80301	32454

(a)(b)(ii)(aa)(bb)

(ii) Scientific Analysis	2014/2015	2015/2016	2016/2017	2017-04-01 to 2017-10-15
a) Received	6 063	6 642	6 961	4 116
b) Finalised	6 313	6 552	7 070	3 442

(a)(b)(iii)(aa)(bb)

(iii) Questioned Documents	2014/2015	2015/2016	2016/2017	2017-04-01 to 2017-10-15
a) Received	29 705	24 723	27 624	8 922
b) Finalised	29 512	25 486	27 607	9 035

(a)(b)(iv)(aa)(bb)

(iv) Biology	2014/2015	2015/2016	2016/2017	2017-04-01 to 2017-10-15
a) Received	112 575	165 852	505 257	243 180
b) Finalised	112 132	136 090	475 486	237 971

(a)(b)(v)(aa)(bb)

(v) Victim Identification Centre	2014/2015	2015/2016	2016/2017	2017-04-01 to 2017-10-15
a) Received	3 336	9 325	5 172	2 782
b) Finalised	3 248	9 349	5 188	2 815

(a)(b)(vi)(aa)(ab)

 

(vi) Chemistry	2014/2015	2015/2016	2016/2017	2017-04-01 to 2017-10-15
a) Received	82 078	89 215	100 185	55 999
b) Finalised	82 621	84 739	101 663	54 128

Reply:

According to the human resources records drawn from Vulindlela as updated on 30 September 2017, the total number of vacant posts that currently exist across the public healthcare system is 37 986 (b) The Salary levels of the specified vacancies range between Salary level 3 to 12 for Administrative Posts, 13 to 16 Senior Management Posts and different Occupational Specific Dispensation Levels. (c) The average amount that would be required to fill all the listed posts above is R10 633 796 279.05.

Summary of calculation per province:

PROVINCE	Number of Posts	Range of Salary levels	Averaged remuneration amount required to fill the posts
North West	4281	Level 3 to 16 and OSD Posts	R1 108 523 766,15
Limpopo	686	Level 3 to 16 and OSD Posts	R145 154 768,45
Western Cape	1813	Level 3 to 16 and OSD Posts	R522 462 877,45
Northern Cape	980	Level 3 to 16 and OSD Posts	R309 585 602,00
National DoH	223	Level 3 to 16 and OSD Posts	R93 842 380,00
Mpumalanga	2179	Level 3 to 16 and OSD Posts	R501 863 797,20
KwaZulu- Natal	5177	Level 3 to 16 and OSD Posts	R1 919 464 376,45
Gauteng	5359	Level 3 to 16 and OSD Posts	R1 540 808 598,40
Free State	4185	Level 3 to 16 and OSD Posts	R11858589930,00
TOTAL	37986	Level 3 to 16 and OSD Posts	R10 633 796 279,05

END.

Reply:

(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f)(i)(ii)

The national crime figures are attached. However, the figures per province, are available on the South African Police Service (SAPS) website.

The crime figures for 2016/2017 are also on the South African Police service (SAPS)website

Reply:

No cases of human prion disease have been reported to the Department during the period in question.

END.

Reply:

We are sourcing information that is required from our archives, as each case must be verified, before the information can be submitted.

Reply:

1. (a) The total amount paid for bonuses in 2016-17 for the outcomes of 2015-16 performance cycle is R 2, 201 148.

(b) Breakdown of the Bonuses is as follow:

PERSAL No	Salary Levels	Category	Amount
21697949	Level 2	C	R 7 365.12
22493514	Level 2	C	R 7 365.12
22495479	Level 2	B	R 11 047.68
22197958	Level 2	B	R 11 047.68
22493425	Level 2	B	R 11 047.68
22139338	Level 2	B	R 10 884.96
22198636	Level 2	B	R 11 047.68
22958185	Level 2	B	R 10 724.04
22139419	Level 2	B	R 11 047.68
22958304	Level 2	B	R 10 724.04
22771662	Level 3	C	R 8 297.04
26879476	Level 3	B	R 11 213.28
13411896	Level 3	c	R 8 174.16
13402137	Level 3	B	R 12 445.56
13398768	Level 3	B	R 12 261.24
13402145	Level 3	B	R 12 445.56
13395882	Level 3	B	R 12 445.56
26879620	Level 4	B	R 13 288.68
26881179	Level 4	B	R 13 288.68
22127470	Level 4	B	R 10 884.96
21439991	Level 5	C	R 11 241.60
22779167	Level 5	C	R 11 410.08
26278537	Level 5	C	R 11 076.00
18457428	Level 5	C	R 11 755.20
22934715	Level 5	C	R 11 581.68
22408061	Level 5	C	R 11 581.68
18355226	Level 6	B	R 13 907.76
26718260	Level 7	C	R 7 313.31
11818930	Level 7	C	R 17 169.36
22664301	Level 7	C	R 17 427.12
16856112	Level 7	C	R 17 427.12
82535710	Level 7	C	R 16 915.92
23204371	Level 7	C	R 16 665.84
10830081	Level 7	C	R 14 982.00
15855597	Level 7	C	R 18 496.80
18710042	Level 7	C	R 18 222.96
23098562	Level 7	C	R 16 177.20
22730214	Level 7	C	R 16 915.92
19467761	Level 7	C	R 16 915.92
82780773	Level 7	C	R 16 915.92
18540767	Level 7	C	R 17 953.68
22748202	Level 8	C	R 20 089.44
22749098	Level 8	B	R 30 134.16
22064796	Level 8	C	R 21 321.84
14569141	Level 8	C	R 22 296.24
23769459	Level 8	C	R 20 089.44
23815060	Level 8	C	R 20 390.64
18739580	Level 8	C	R 21 006.96
10828907	Level 8	C	R 22 969.68
22104968	Level 9	C	R 17 427.12
22001344	Level 9	C	R 24 238.80
19238371	Level 9	C	R 23 527.92
27330141	Level 9	C	R 27 305.04
21840016	Level 9	C	R 23 527.92
22799290	Level 9	C	R 17 169.36
53740181	Level 9	c	R 27 305.04
18906249	Level 9	B	R 40 957.56
18845487	Level 9	C	R 26 901.60
23594012 (2014-15)	Level 9	B	R 11 326.56
23333171	Level 9	C	R 24 972.00
19411669	Level 9	C	R 23 688.00
19407840	Level 9	C	R 23 688.00
10828222	Level 9	C	R 27 305.04
80851509	Level 9	C	R 25 726.08
15759091	Level 9	C	R 25 346.16
21625824	Level 9	C	R 26 504.16
22179976	Level 9	C	R 24 972.00
14579936	Level 10	C	R 29 807.04
10828150	Level 10	C	R 32 110.32
16124511	Level 10	C	R 27 305.04
22938621	Level 11	C	R 34 684.74
22065156	Level 11	C	R 34 684.74
19001525	Level 11	C	R 35 204.94
18834434	Level 11	C	R 37 926.18
21582408	Level 11	C	R 34 172.28
22023437	Level 11	C	R 37 365.48
16900162	Level 11	C	R 34 172.28
10450343	Level 11	C	R 39 658.50
21719608	Level 11	C	R 37 365.48
19412622	Level 11	C	R 26 112.24
81389582	Level 11	C	R 39 072.60
21892369	Level 11	C	R 38 494.98
16188527	Level 11	C	R 40 253.40
11845279	Level 11	C	R 36 813.60
21722056	Level 12	C	R 42 984.00
19020031	Level 12	C	R 42 984.00
52544761	Level 12	B	R 66 424.86
10829032	Level 12	C	R 47 705.40
18850561	Level 12	C	R 42 984.00
22046208	Level 12	C	R 41 722.74
22046208 (2014-15)	Level 12	C	R 38 993.22
18924620	Level 12	C	R 44 283.24
14774071	Level 12	C	R 44 947.62
21696675	Level 12	C	R 43 628.94
			R 2, 201 148.

2. The Moderation process for 2016-17 Performance cycle is not yet finalised and the estimated amount for bonuses payment will be around R 2 000 000.

Reply:

(1)

a. Number of vehicles at the mechanical workshop.	Eight.
b. Time frame (from which date).	1. BSZ161B: 2017-09-13. 2. BSY260B: 2017-09-29. 3. BSZ511B: 2017-10-02. 4. BTR564B: 2017-10-02. 5. BTJ351B: 2017-09-02. 6. BSP576B: 2017-10-06. 7. BTV075B: 2017-10-09. 8. BSL436B: 2017-09-15.
c. Mechanical problem.	1. Gearbox. 2. Gearbox and clutch. 3. Electrical and clutch. 4. Panel beating and engine. 5. Clutch overall. 6. Panel beating and engine. 7. Clutch kit. 8. Clutch.

(2) Eight.

Reply:

(1)(a)(b)(c)(d)

a	There is no shortage of DNA reagent kits, for analysing DNA samples. However, there is currently a shortage of DNA buccal sample collection kits, which are used to collect buccal samples from persons arrested and charged for schedule eight offences, in accordance with the DNA Act.
b	There are no shortages of sample holders.
c	There are no shortages of chemicals.
d	There are no shortages of other consumables, necessary for DNA analysis.

(2) and (3) The Forensic Science Laboratory had one functional Genetic Sample Processing System (GSPS), which was installed in 2006, for DNA analysis in the Biology Section, Arcadia. The GSPS reached the end of its life cycle, several years ago and is no longer utilised. The GSPS equipment was decommissioned, due to old technology and unavailability of maintenance/service by service providers. The GSPS has been replaced with semi-automated DNA analysis equipment, to analyse crime scene and buccal samples. The semi-automated equipment is proving to be very effective and is significantly more cost effective than the GSPS.

Reply:

(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(i)(ii)

	(i) 2013/2014	(i) 2014/2015	(i) 2015/2016	(i) 2016/2017	(ii) Since 1 April 2017
(a) Analyses of soil and related materials.	33	87	57	47	19
(b) Analyses of ivory samples.	24	14	9	20	13
(c) Print and impressions comparisons.	12	6	5	15	4
(d) Analysis of explosive and propellant residues.	100	205	286	318	290
(e) Specialised forensic photograph sets.	122	168	157	130	74

Reply:

(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f)(g)(h)(i)(ii)

	2013/ 2014	2014/ 2015	2015/ 2016	2016/ 2017	1 April 2017 to date
a) Firearm and tool mark identification.	13 917	13 995	17 007	19 662	10 014
b) Identification of firearms and ammunition.	11 318	11 197	10 230	1 174	6 552
c) Restoration of defaced and removed numbers on metal.	5 958	5 547	5 384	5 563	2 774
d) Terminal ballistic reports.	445	485	448	405	106
e) Vehicle accident scene reconstructions.	445	485	448	405	77
f) Wheel and tyre examinations.	52	50	63	61	29
g) Preliminary body fluid tests.	26 684	25 239	25 007	32 527	15 073
h) Blood spatter pattern analyses.	The Forensic Science Laboratory Administration System, does not have a specific function for capturing blood spatter pattern analysis separately. This analysis is done by the Ballistics and Victim Identification Centre Section, when attending crime scenes.

Reply:

Honourable Member, what actually do you mean by broken medical machinery? There is so much equipment in every corner of every hospital that can be called "machinery". May you please help me by specifying.

END.

Reply:

Yes.

a) Land Tenure Reform: Land acquisition for farm dwellers and labour tenants.

b) All land acquired to secure tenure for farm dwellers in terms of Section 4 of the Extension of Security of Tenure Act (Act No. 62 of 1997) and settlement of labour tenants in terms of Section 16 and 17 of the Land Reform (Labour Tenants) Act (Act No. 3 of 1996).

Reply:

(1) There are no bonuses paid yet for the National Department of Health for the financial year 2016/17. The Performance Assessment process is currently underway and the final amount to be paid for bonuses will only be determined once concluded before the end of December 2017 as stipulated in terms of the Public Service Regulation 2016, regulation 72 (9);

(2) The estimated budgeted amount for the Performance Management and Development System (PMDS) cost for 2017/18 is 2% of the wage bill. There is no indication yet on how much of the estimated amount will be paid for bonuses.

END.

Reply:

(a) (i) Each Provincial Department of Health has a Patient Records Management system that includes the management of Patient Files in public hospitals. Most public hospitals are using a paper-based patient file management system with the file number linked to the Patients Date of date of birth.

(ii) As from 2015 the National Department of Health in partnership with Provincial Departments of Health has implemented a system to standardise the patient file management system and patient administration in 540 primary health care facilities in the NHI Pilot Districts. Provincial Departments of Health are in the process of expanding this to primary health care facilities external to the NHI Pilot Districts.

(iii) The System consists of the following components:

1. Rationalise the number of Reception areas in the facility to one reception area;

2. Installation of Bulk Steel Filing Cabinets that can lock and are compliant with the minimum standards for the safe storage of documentation and allow for the fast retrieval of files;

3. The Department of Health has developed an electronic software that allows for a computer-generated Patient Folder number that is Facility Specific, gives the indication of where the Folder should be filed and retrieved in or from the bulk filing cabinet and allows for the Uniform Implementation of the Patient File Management System in the different PHC Facilities;

4. The Department, through an 18-month process of consultation and testing, has developed a Standardised Patient Folder in the form of a Booklet for Patients using PHC facilities. Separate standardised Patient Folders for Male, Female and Children has been developed and has been implemented at facilities.

END.

Reply:

Honourable Member, your question is too generalised and makes it impossible to know what you want.

What specific equipment are you talking about? What specific consumables are you talking about?

On what day are you referring to such consumables because this is never static?

END.

Reply:

(1)

a. Number of vehicles at the mechanical workshop.	Five.
b. Time frame (from which date).	1. BSX885B: 2017-09-27. 2. BST616B: 2017-10-13. 3. BSY286B: 2017-09-27. 4. BSY695B: 2017-09-27. 5. BSW650B: 2017-10-13.
c. Mechanical problem.	1. Suspension. 2. Overheating. 3. Clutch and brakes. 4. Brakes and overheating. 5. Brake system.

(2) 40.

Reply:

The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health agreed on a fixed fee structure to see between 51-75 patients in a month for a maximum of six (6) months at a cost of R56 422 per patient.

The following services will be provided by the service provider:

1. Facility and Oncologist fee.
2. Number of treatments per patient: 20 Days or once a week for four (4) consecutive weeks depending on treatment protocol; 50:50 split is envisaged.
3. Transport for patients between facilities and Richards Bay Medical Institute.
4. Radiation treatment to be provided include stereotatic for 2% of population seen, 3D single for 20% of the population, 3D Multiple for 70%, IMRT for 6% and Electron-manual for 2% of population seen.

Furthermore, if patients exceed or are below the figure agreed upon then a process is in place to charge accordingly.

END.

Reply:

1. The reason for the recent replacement of blinds in houses at the parliamentary villages were because the aluminium perforated blinds in most residences were damaged, tenants complained about not being able to clean the blinds because they bend easily and get damaged, resulting in them being unable to open and close smoothly and secure locking because of the piled dust. Furthermore, doors and fanlights did not have blinds.

2. Yes, an open tender process was followed to appoint the service provider who installed the blinds at the parliamentary villages.

(a) The tender was advertised on 02 September 2016 and closed on 23 September 2016.

(b) The following are the places where the said tender was placed:

      • www.publicworks.gov.za

     • www.etenders.gov.za

     • www.treasury.gov.za

    • www.info.gov.za/documents/tenders

    • Public Works tender noticeboard

(c) There were nine (9) bidders who submitted tenders, as follows:

1. DBEC PTY LTD

2. Earl-Nique Decorators CC

3. Louise Mulholland Interiors

4. Mosebetsi Interiors

5. MTF Consultants

6. Belinda’s Creative Interior Décor

7. Business by Numbers

8. Posh Curtain Designer CC

9. Azis Interior Designs CC

(d) The winning bidder was Belinda’s Creative Interior Décor.

(e) The cost incurred to replace the blinds amounted to R1, 586 890.45.

Reply:

As the Honourable Member is aware, housing is a concurrent function and the Housing Act of 1997 clearly stipulates the mandates of the national, provincial and local spheres of government in respect of housing delivery. In addition, the National Housing Code 2009 requires municipalities to include a Housing Chapter in their Integrated Development Plans. The case that the Honourable Member is inquiring about resides within the local sphere, at the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality to be specific.

The eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality has advised that it has not been able to construct a house for the person referred to by the Honourable Member due to the following reasons:

• The site on which he resides is situated on unfavourable topography (steep terrain) and
• There are four other families residing informally on the same site.

The eThekwini Municipality also advised that the person referred to by the Honourable Member is not prepared to relocate to an alternative site, as was suggested by the Municipality. This means that a retaining wall will have to be constructed when the construction of the house commences.

My Department has also been informed by the eThekwini Municipality, that it was in the process of identifying alternative land for the four families who are at present informally residing on the same site, and the target date for the completion of the process of relocation (once the site has been identified) is June 2018.

Reply:

(a) Turnover and (b) Profitability

The information provided in this response comprises the performance in percentages of all companies participating in the Gazelles programme (grouped by sectors). This response meets what the Small Enterprise Development Agency (SEDA) and the Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) can issue as public information limited by provisions of the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA). POPIA disempowers the Department and the implementing Agency on reporting on what may be viewed as a public domain, individual companies’ information which include profits and turnovers, release of such would have to be issued with written consent from respective companies.

The turnover and profitability figures fluctuate from month to month. Noted factors that contributed to the negative growth are as follows:

• Cyclical products that have low turnover during certain seasons and pick up thereafter.
• Product mix, especially with companies in the construction sector (short term contract more profitable than long term contracts).
• Government business which tends to peek in February-March of each year.
• Companies not always updating their information on the system on time.

The table below depicts turnover and profitability figures per sector grouping all 40 companies for period April 2016 to March 2017.

a) Turnover results per sector grouping of the 40 companies in the programme see the link below

http://pmg-assets.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/RNW2399Turnover-171026.pdf

b) Profitability

Profitability results per sector grouping of the 40 companies in the programme see the link below

http://pmg-assets.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/RNW2399Profitable-171026.pdf

c) Staff numbers = Jobs per company

As reported before, staff numbers have increased by 4% from 1068 to 1112 for 9 months to December 2016. The table below depicts employee numbers for each company.

SECTOR	COMPANY	Fulltime	Part time	Total	Fulltime	Part time	Total
Agriculture and Agro-Processing	Comessa Food Services	36	1	37	36	1	37
	Fawakhe Trading cc	3	0	3	4	1	5
	Roses for u	24	0	24	24	0	24
Construction	F-F Engineering (AIRCONDITIONING)	38	4	42	48	2	50
	Lakeshore Trading 102	30	68	98	30	69	99
	Ordained Trading	15	28	43	15	28	43
	TCM Developments (Pty) Ltd	73	0	73	73	0	73
Energy and Green Economy	Conretype (Pty) Ltd			0			0
	Cybronix (Pty) Ltd	2	0	2	2	0	2
	iGreens	4	1	5	4	0	4
	Gridbow Engineers & Technical Services	10	15	25	10	15	25
	Ugesi Africa Consulting	6	2	8	6	2	8
Health and Bio-Sciences	Deline Investments(Pty) Ltd	1	0	1	38	0	38
	Natural Medicinal Services	8	1	9	8	1	9
	Omy Naidoo Pty Ltd	3	1	4	3	1	4
Information and Communication Technologies	Bayajula (Pty) Ltd	16	135	151	16	136	152
	Digital Republic Consulting (Pty) Ltd	15	0	15	14	1	15
	Lan Telecoms	28	6	34	28	1	35
	Memeza Shout (Pty) Ltd	5	0	5	6	8	14
	Pretend cc			0			0
	Wam technology cc	21	0	21	21	0	21
	Xspark	4	1	5	6	0	6
Management and Consulting	Futurent Consulting solutions(Pty) Ltd	9	0	9	9	0	9
Manufacturing	Amphiguard Brickyard	55	0	55	55		55
	Buttercup trading 47cc	4	0	4	4	2	6
	Bronscor	11	0	11		10	0
	ECO Furniture Designs cc	27	3	30	27	3	30
	Fred Footwear	50	0	50	50	5	55
	National Adhesive Manufactures cc	9	0	9	9	0	9
	Prothane Industrail cc	22	0	22	31	0	31
	Umzungulu Windows (Pty) Ltd	26	4	30	37	0	37
Mining, Metals and Engineering	Brimis Engineering	10	0	10	10	2	12
	Modi Mining cc	152	2	154	152	2	154
Tourism	Tzaneen Country Lodge cc	63	0	63	39	0	39
	Vaalnest Bout Hotel	16	0	16	11	0	11
Transport and Logistics	DC Mobile Forklift mechanics			0			0
	Total			1 068			1 112

These numbers will be updated when a second benchmarking exercise is taken in November 2017.

Reply:

1. (a) Total amount paid out in 2016-17 financial year for bonuses: R3,712,034.58

(b) Detailed breakdown of bonuses to each employee on each salary level

Salary level	Number of employees who qualified	Total
Lower skilled (levels 1-2)	0	0
Skilled (levels 3-5)	23	112,358.22
Highly skilled production (levels 6-8)	94	712,301.52
Highly Skilled supervision (levels 9-12)	144	2,121,609.57
Senior Management (levels 13-16)	26	765,765.27
TOTAL	287	R3,712,034.58

2. (a) Total estimated amount to be paid out in 2017-18 financial year for bonuses: R3,848,701.15

(b) Detailed breakdown of bonuses to each employee on each salary level that will be paid out in
2017-18 financial year.

Salary level	Number of employees who qualified	Total
Lower skilled (levels 1-2)	0	0
Skilled (levels 3-5)	21	72,321.38
Highly skilled production (levels 6-8)	109	746,210.52
Highly Skilled supervision (levels 9-12)	152	2,246,521.70
Senior Management ( levels 13-16)	30	783,647.55
TOTAL	312	R3,848,701.15

Reply:

There is no Manager at the NCR who is on contract.

Reply:

(a)(i)(aa) The current status of Mokolo and Crocodile River (West) Water Augmentation Project (MCWAP) Phase 1:

• • Phase 1 was commissioned in June 2015. The project is at Defects Notification Stage, which will be completed in October 2017. The project (excluding refurbishment) will be closed in June 2018, after the environmental rehabilitation of the servitude and land owner sign off on the various farm portions.
    • • The refurbishment of the old pipeline from Mokolo Dam is primarily aimed as back-up supply to Lephalale Municipality during maintenance outages on the main pipeline, in lieu of 18 day storage capacity. The pipeline will also offer some redundancy to other water users. The refurbishment is forecasted to be completed in December 2022, if a go-ahead is given in the current financial year.

(a)(i)(bb) The current status of Mokolo and Crocodile River (West) Water Augmentation Project (MCWAP) Phase 2A:

• • • • Phase 2A is at the planning stage, after the confirmation of the transfer capacity of 75 million m3 per annum.
      • The EIA and other Planning work is expected to be concluded by December 2018. 
      • TCTA will raise commercial funding and implement MCWAP-2A with co-funding from the fiscus. I have granted TCTA a borrowing limit, with the concurrence of the Minister of Finance, to raise commercial funding for the project. Approval to issue government guarantees in relation to some of the funding to be raised by TCTA has been granted.
      • The requirements for fiscal funding contributions are being addressed to cover this year’s commitments in order for pre-construction activities to start by January 2018 in accordance with the current programme to achieve water delivery by October 2023 and to achieve Eskom’s required water delivery date for Medupi FGD retrofitting (to reduce Sulphur emissions) in terms of Eskom’s World Bank loan commitments.

(a)(ii)(aa)The Total Amount spent Mokolo and Crocodile River (West) Water Augmentation Project (MCWAP) Phase 1 is as follows:

• MCWAP 1:- Expenditure to date is R 1 602 466 000.
• MCWAP 2:- No expenses to date

(a)(i)(bb) The total amount spend for Mokolo and Crocodile River (West) Water Augmentation Project (MCWAP) Phase 2A

• • MCWAP 1:- Forecasted cost to complete (including refurbishment) is R 2 138 635 114 (on the base date of 2015)
  • MCWAP 2:- Forecast project costs is R 13 308 127 000

(b) The phases will be completed as follows:

• MCWAP 1:- Project excluding refurbishment will be closed in June 2018.
• MCWAP 1:- Project including refurbishment will be closed in Dec 2022.
• MCWAP 2:- Water delivery is forecasted for October 2023, and project closed in October 2025, after rehabilitation of the servitude and land owner sign off.

(c) The total amount of Litres transferred is as follows:

• MCWAP 1:- Zero liters from Crocodile River, and 30 million m3 per annum (30 billion litres per annum) from the Mokolo Dam
• MCWAP 2 will transfer 75 million m3 per annum (75 billion litres per annum) from the Crocodile River.

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Reply:

a) The National Prosecuting Authority has informed me that the person who laid the charge of assault against the accused later submitted a further statement and withdrew the charges. The child was in her custody at the time of making the withdrawal statement. The State relied on this statement and withdrew the charges against the accused.

b) The NPA have informed me that in hindsight, the charges should not have been withdrawn. The charge of assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm will be added to the charge murder against the accused. This matter is on the court roll at the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court.

Reply:

a) The Ford Kuga investigation is still ongoing. It is at an advanced stage. The NCC is currently analysing the evidence it has obtained thus far.

b) Ford is cooperating fully thus far with the NCC investigation.

c) The NCC is not aware of any other investigation being currently conducted by other bodies regarding this matter.

Reply:

1. What is the:

(a) Total amount that was paid out in bonuses to employees in his department and?

Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries spent R25, 327, 000.00 on performance bonuses.

(b) Detailed breakdown of the bonus that was paid out to each employee in each salary level in the 2016-17 financial year;

Below is the breakdown of the employees who were paid bonuses in the 2016-17 financial year for 2015-16 performance:

Salary band	Beneficiary profile	Cost
	Number of beneficiaries	Number of employees	% of total within salary bands	Total cost (R’000)	Average cost per employee	Total cost as % of the total personnel expenditure
Lower skilled (levels 1-2)	124	1 387	8.9	777	R6 266	0.9
Skilled (levels 3-5)	335	1 199	27.9	2 864	R8 549	0.7
Highly skilled production (levels 6-8)	554	1 637	33.8	9 500	R17 148	1.5
Highly skilled (levels 9-12)	392	1 111	35.3	12 186	R31 087	1.9
Total	1 405	5 334	26.3	25 327	R18 026	1.2

2. What is the:

a) Total estimated amount that will be paid out in bonuses to employees in his department and?

In terms of the Department of Public Service and Administration Incentive Policy Framework departments should budget 1.55 of the annual remuneration budget for performance incentives. The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 1.5% is R30, 121,800.00

b) Detailed breakdown of the bonus that will be paid out to each employee in each salary level in the 2017-18 financial year?  

In terms of the Public Services Regulations, 2016 as amended the head of department shall ensure that the outcomes of the annual performance assessments are implemented by 31 December of the financial year following the year of assessment. The department his currently finalising the process 2016/17 performance assessments report.

Reply:

The department approved an application under the Aquaculture Development Enhancement Programme (ADEP) for the Camdeboo Satellite Aquaculture project submitted by the applicant Karoo Catch Pty Ltd which is 100 % owned by Blue Karoo Trust. The project was approved for a qualifying investment of R11 million and a grant amount of R3,502,800. To date R947,564 has been disbursed for the investment in owned building and expenditure for aquaculture feed.

Reply:

(a)  (i) The KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Education Department made commitment that all learners in the affected schools and districts will be provided with meals as per the feeding calendar. The Department further deployed a team of National School Nutrition Programme officials between 25-29 September 2017 to visit districts and schools to assess the state of the alleged non-feeding. In all schools visited, there was feeding.

(ii) The KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Education Department requested the service providers with capacity to apply food items to areas where there was no feeding.

(b) The director-General has requested the Head of the Department in KwaZulu-Natal province to respond on all the above issues. The responses will be made available as soon as the province has responded in writing.

Reply:

The first phase of the audit has been completed. The second and final phase will be commencing before the end of October 2017. African Bank held a very large loan book and the transactions revealed a level of complexity. We will provide information with regards to the completion date of the audit in due course.

Reply:

1. (a) The Department advertised 112 management posts at Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges and filled 69 posts. The remaining 43 posts are at various stages within the recruitment and selection processes.

(b) 19 Posts were vacant for a period of longer than 12 months.

(c) The following factors contribute to the delays:

• The Department receives large volumes of applications (approximately 30 000 applications) to be captured and processed;
• The non-availability of panel members for shortlisting and interview sessions; and
• Security clearance and screening processes of successful candidates takes longer to process as the Department relies on the State Security Services.

2. Steps to improve turnaround times to fill vacancies:

Plan	Activities	Time frame
Branch Head to manage and coordinate shortlisting and interview processes	Assign the Branch Head as the responsible official to manage and coordinate shortlisting and interviewing processes. Incorporate the filling of posts as a Key Result Area in the performance contracts of all Senior Managers.	31 March 2018
Develop a Recruitment Plan to fill posts within a specific financial year	Identify all vacant funded posts to be filled within the following financial year. Prioritise posts to be vacated and advertise them six months prior of the post being vacated.	January every year
Utilise an e-Recruitment system to advertise posts	Facilitate the appointment of a service provider to develop an e-Recruitment system to manage recruitment processes.	31 March 2018 for use by 1 April 2018
Standardise recruitment and selection processes across the country	Train College Human Resource Officials on recruitment and selection processes to ensure uniformity.	31 December 2017
Utilise Regulation 65(8) of the Public Service Regulations to fill vacancies	Fill generic posts on salary level 8 and below by utilising applications from previously advertised positions, within a period of six months.	On going
Service Standards for recruitment and selection processes	Develop Service Standards for recruitment and selection processes.	31 December 2017

3. College Principals already have delegations to advertise and fill positions on salary levels 1-8 and post levels 1-3.

 

COMPILER/CONTACT PERSONS:

EXT:

DIRECTOR-GENERAL

STATUS:

DATE:

QUESTION 2931 APPROVED/NOT APPROVED/AMENDED

PROF. HB MKHIZE, MP

MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING

STATUS:

DATE:

Reply:

a) The challenge of student housing at the University of Venda (Univen) is linked to the increasing student numbers at the institution. Given its rural setting, in an ideal situation accessible and affordable student accommodation facilities, whether owned by the university or privately owned, would be available for 80% of the student population. 80% of the 2016 student headcount enrolment is 10 798 students. The 2016 university bed capacity is 2165 beds. This means that student housing for approximately 8 633 students is required in addition to the current university stock.

b) Over the past 10 years R168.494 million has been allocated by the Department to Univen for the construction of student accommodation. R35.5 million was allocated over the 2010/11 to 2011/12 funding cycle and R132.994 million over the 2012/13 to 2014/15 cycle.

c) Two residence construction projects, one intended to house 320 female students and the other 314 male students, at a cost of R135 million, are unfinished. The projects have been abandoned by the contractors. The reason reported for the abandonment by the contractor, who had won the tender for both student housing projects, is that the contractor had cash flow challenges and then realised that they had under-quoted for the work and would not be able to complete the projects within the amount approved by the university. The university has launched an investigation into the circumstances that led to the abandonment. The university has calculated the funds required to complete the projects and is currently raising additional funds to do this. It should be noted that there is a further student housing project currently underway at Univen funded by the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) that is progressing well. This will provide an additional 1800 beds for the 2018 academic year.

d) The need for student housing is a system wide challenge. The Department has supported Univen through its Infrastructure and Efficiency Grant as indicated in (b) above and will support them further in the next funding cycle (2018/19 to 2020/22), once it has solved the problem of the current projects and is in a position to manage a new set of projects. In addition the Department supported Univen to gain Ministerial approval to take on a loan of R300 million through DBSA for the additional R1800 beds mentioned in (c) above. The Department is currently undertaking feasibility studies at five universities and one Technical Vocational Education and Training college, supported by the Integrated Infrastructure Programme of South Africa (IIPSA), to identify effective funding models to accelerate student housing for the university sector.

COMPILER/CONTACT PERSONS:

EXT:

DIRECTOR-GENERAL

STATUS:

DATE:

QUESTION 2867 APPROVED/NOT APPROVED/AMENDED

PROF. HB MKHIZE, MP

MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING

STATUS:

DATE:

Reply:

(a),(b),(c),(d) and (e) Department’s financial statements are declared annually in the Annual Reports as required by section 65 (1) (a) of the Public Finance Management Act 1 of 1999. The Izimbizo expenditure report will form part of the 2017/18 Annual Report.

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Reply:

1. (a)(b) The Department’s expenditure reports / financial statements for 2016/17 Financial Year that has been audited by the Auditor General has been tabled to Parliament on 29 September 2017.The amount paid out to employees is part of expenditure in the 2016/2017 financial year statement.

2. (a)(b) PMDS process has not been finalized for the current financial year. Audited financial statements will be declared in the Annual Report for the 2017/18 financial year .The Department does not project the detailed breakdown. This information can only be supplied after the assessment process has been concluded.

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Reply:

The allocated budget for 2017/18 for the Eastern Cape Department of Transport was initially R498 000 000.00. However, due to reprioritisation the amount was revised to R462 000 000.00. The figure of R10 Million stated in the Daily Dispatch Newspaper of 22 May 2017 is incorrect.

Reply:

1. (a) R6 596 217.24

    (b) Detailed list attached.

2. (a) Approximately R6 857 000.00

    (b) Evaluation process will only take place after March 2018. Detailed list cannot be provided.