Questions and Replies

Reply:

a) Total amount budgeted for and Expenditure for the past three financial years

(aa) Financial year	(i) Budgeted Amount	(ii) Expenditure
2015/2016	R 31 420 000.00	R 28 937 000.00
2016/2017	R 29 118 000.00	R 29 026 000.00
2017/2018	R 28 605 000.00	R 27 040 000.00

(b) As at 1 April 2017 to date.

(b)

(i) Remuneration	(ii) Salary level	(iii) Job title	(iv) Qualification
R1 299 501.00	15	Special Advisor	Diploma in Project Management.
R1,214,475.00	14	Chief of Staff	B-Tech in Public Management
R 948 174.00	13	Senior Parliamentary and Cabinet Support Officer	Senior Certificate
R 898,743.00	13	Private Secretary	Grade 9
R 864,903.00	12	Assistant Private Secretary( Seconded from DPE)	Diploma: Secretarial/Public Management
R 917,970.00	12	Parliamentary and Cabinet Support Officer	Senior Certificate
R 657,558.00	11	Deputy Director Administration	Bachelor of Administration degree
R 657 558,00	11	Administrative Secretary	Bachelor of Administration degree
R 289,929.00	8	Senior Administrative Officer	Bachelor of Administration degree
R 226,611.00	7	Senior Administrative Officer	Grade 11
R 230 013.00	7	Receptionist/Registry	Senior Certificate
R 216 216.00	6	Driver/ Messenger	Grade 7
R 189 102.00	6	Driver /Messenger	Senior Certificate
R 230 013.00	6	Registry Clerk	Senior Certificate
R 152 862.00	5	Food Services Aid	Grade 11

(v) The job descriptions are accordingly attached. (Annexure A)

Reply:

The department and entities responded as follows:

(i0 Department of Home Affairs

(a) Three (3)

(b)(i) See schedule attached as Annexure A.

(b)(ii) – (iii) See schedule attached as Annexure A.

(ii) Government Printing Works

(a) Fifteen (15)

(b)(i) See schedule attached as Annexure B.

(b)(ii) – (iii) See schedule attached as Annexure B.

(b) Electoral Commission

(i) Eighty (80)

(i) See schedule attached as Annexure C.

(b)(ii) – (iii) See schedule attached as Annexure C.

Reply:

Mr Atul Gupta approached a Department of Home Affairs Front Office and applied for passports. He was subsequently issued with two active passports as per his applications just like any other South African citizen on request and consideration in line with the legislative stipulation in Chapter 2, Section 2 (5) of the South African Passports Act Regulations 4 of 1994, which states that under certain circumstances a second South African passport may be issued, notwithstanding the fact that the holder thereof is in possession of another valid South African passport and regulation 3 shall apply mutatis mutandis thereto; wherein regulation 3 refers to a normal application for a South African passport.

Reply:

1.. The South African Law Commission (as it then was) submitted its report on euthanasia and artificial preservation of life (which included the Bill on end of life decisions) to the former Minister of Justice, AM Omar, in terms of section 7(1) of the South African Law Commission Act, 1973. He, in turn, referred the report to the then Minister of Health, Dr NCD Zuma, for her attention on 15 June 1999.

Minister Omar’s recommendation to the Minister of Health reads as follows:

“The sections of the Bill dealing with the cessation of treatment, palliative care and living wills are of vital importance to the medical profession and patients and I realise that their enactment should not be unnecessarily delayed. However, in order to ensure public participation on the question whether provision should be made for active euthanasia and if so, on what basis, I would like to recommend for your consideration that an appropriate ad-hoc select committee of Parliament be appointed to consider the issue of active euthanasia as set out in section 5 of the Bill.”

2. No, this matter is within the competence of the Minister of Health.

Reply:

1. No, the Minister of Home Affairs was not aware or informed of negotiations between the parties mentioned by the Honourable Member.

2. Not applicable.

Reply:

(a)(i)(ii) and (ii) I have been advised that the Department leases two land parcels from the Department of Public Works, namely 460 Soutpansberg Road, Pretoria on which the O R Tambo building (DIRCO Head Office) is situated as well as land in Matroosberg Avenue, Waterkloof, Pretoria, on which the Johnny Makatini diplomatic guest house is situated.

(b)(i)(ii) & (iii) None.

Reply:

RESPONSE FOR QUESTION 1119/NW1212E (1)

The Department supports cooperatives within the agriculture, forestry and fisheries sector through various financial and non-financial means. In the past five years the following number of cooperatives has been supported:

• 518 cooperatives were supported with training using the Farmtogether Agricultural Cooperatives Training programme to improve internal operational efficiencies, productivity and enhance competitiveness
• 334 cooperatives were supported with Agribusiness planning skills to deepen their understanding of business planning within the Agribusiness context and to be able to draft their own business plans.
• 251 cooperatives were assisted to conduct diagnostic assessments on their businesses in order to identify business strengths and weaknesses and recommend alternative solutions to drive efficiencies within the cooperative. The enterprises are exposed to conducting self-assessment, in the process are assisted to develop action plans to address identified weakness areas while maximising on their strengths
• 81 cooperatives were assisted to develop action plans to address identified areas of weaknesses.
• 194 cooperatives were supported financially with grants through the Comprehensive Agricultural Support Programme-CASP and Ilima/Letsema as well as with production inputs loans through the Micro Agricultural Finance Institutions of South Africa (MAFISA).

In the process, a total of 7145 smallholder farmers have been assisted in the past five years by the department.

A comprehensive list of cooperatives with the variables asked for is attached as Annexure 1.

RESPONSE FOR QUESTION 1119/NW1212E (2)

Annual assessments of cooperatives performed by the department indicate that generally, the level of viability and sustainability of cooperatives in the sector is very low. Some of the contributing factors include heavy reliance on grant funding and inability to access financial support from mainstream financial institutions. Access to sustainable markets has been found to be a challenge as well. On a regular basis DAFF perform diagnostic assessments on cooperatives assist them to upscale, improve productivity, efficiency and competitiveness.

Reply:

1 (a) and (b)

There is currently no universally agreed figure on the total economic revenue generated by the predator breeding industry in South Africa. However, the recent International Journal of biodiversity and conservation as appearing on the academic journal of the Northwest University by Peet Van der Merwe et al, 2017, purported that the lion breeders alone contribute R500 million annually to South African economy in each of the past three financial years: According to information supplied by Provincial Conservation Management Authorities, It is estimated that an amount of R110 729 285.00 was generated from hunting activities during 2016 and R180 967 456.00 during 2015 respectively. The information for 2017 hunting activities will only be available after the end of June 2018. Please note that at the National level we do not have statistics. Such stats are compiled by Provincial nature conservation authorities on an annual basis.

Information on tourism activities, including the sale of predators to other hunting facilities; bone sales; and tax revenue contributed by the predator breeding industry to the National Revenue Fund in each of the specified financial years, is not available to the Department of Environemntal Affairs at the moment, but may be available to the Provincial Coservation Managemnt Authorities.

(2) The Department does not have, at its disposal, data on the number of job opportunities (a) created and (b) sustained by the predator breeding industry in each of the specified financial years; however, the same study by Van der Merwe et al, 2017, indicated that a total of 1 162 jobs are sustained in the economy due to lion breeding activities alone. Cadman (2009) indicated that 900 people are employed in the lion breeding industry alone.

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Reply:

(a) The detailed breakdown of amounts budgeted for South Africa’s is appended as Annexure A.

The total budget for South Africa’s foreign missions are follows:

(i) for 2018/19 is R 3,257 billion;

(ii) for 2019/20 is R 3,259 billion; and

(iii) for 2020/21 is R3,272 billion.

(b) (i) Total number of South Africans employed at the foreign missions is 721.

(ii) (aa) Breakdown of South Africans employed at foreign missions is enclosed as Annexure B

(ii) (bb) Breakdown of foreign staff employed at foreign missions is 1,754 (Breakdown is enclosed as Annexure C)

ANNEXURE A

AFRICA MISSIONS
Mission:	2018/19	2019/20	2020/21
Addis Ababa	65,448,452	65,965,802	66,886,122
Brazzaville	21,743,514	22,076,436	22,628,394
Libreville	18,030,950	18,099,324	17,739,617
Malabo	16,295,156	16,162,067	16,162,067
N'Djamena	11,659,682	11,681,474	11,723,676
Sao Tome	7,963,321	7,996,080	8,134,959
Yaounde	18,643,719	18,693,001	18,290,684
Antananarivo	16,013,058	16,571,664	17,125,717
Asmara	13,493,665	13,556,122	13,713,500
Bujumbura	18,789,212	18,545,654	18,573,654
Juba	19,759,796	19,422,928	19,423,460
Kampala	20,399,875	21,269,837	21,331,354
Khartoum	18,394,560	18,431,140	18,464,086
Kigali	16,834,812	17,117,843	17,168,976
Moroni	10,050,827	10,289,888	10,367,426
Nairobi	29,866,933	30,378,707	30,917,736
Port Louis	18,428,686	18,363,842	18,254,815
Algiers	24,156,322	23,678,220	23,685,259
Cairo	19,649,700	19,068,382	19,141,789
Nouakchott	12,921,658	13,125,182	13,226,634
Rabat	9,936,120	9,976,742	10,027,056
Tunis	12,238,968	12,166,252	12,222,784
Dar Es Salaam	19,538,796	19,579,519	19,624,576
Gaborone	22,009,402	21,163,185	21,163,185
Harare	32,003,734	31,567,060	31,709,510
Kinshasa	35,703,922	35,489,293	33,838,934
Lilongwe	15,686,079	15,716,289	15,815,431
Luanda	76,090,371	76,684,286	76,894,365
Lubumbashi	14,758,221	15,007,421	15,007,421
Lusaka	18,315,188	16,947,388	18,308,188
Maputo	28,514,973	27,979,260	27,539,872
Maseru	11,378,650	11,439,087	11,565,846
Mbabane	11,216,408	11,211,519	11,211,519
Windhoek	10,512,153	10,624,542	10,751,893
Abidjan	20,960,709	20,818,184	21,722,002
Abuja	39,357,926	38,529,758	40,621,483
Accra	30,815,609	32,044,291	33,385,958
Bamako	16,469,662	16,500,445	16,642,298
Bissau	12,939,151	13,001,979	13,081,528
Conakry	17,000,201	16,907,559	16,910,019
Cotonou	13,406,293	13,410,862	13,489,362
Dakar	21,850,296	22,512,558	21,415,679
Lagos	32,175,224	32,094,584	32,094,584
Monrovia	14,439,253	14,529,036	14,548,691
Niamey	8,363,871	8,420,146	8,449,981
Ouagadougou	16,959,722	16,297,151	16,438,398
Total	961,184,800	961,111,991	967,440,489

Asia and Middle East missions
Mission:	2018/19	2019/20	2020/21
Abu Dhabi	10,841,048	10,937,138	10,926,401
Amman	16,296,200	16,526,036	16,400,047
Astana	16,223,809	15,502,289	16,486,196
Bang Kok	21,722,911	21,477,142	22,382,827
Beijing	70,873,281	72,134,337	73,409,771
Canberra	32,834,685	32,946,689	32,552,631
Colombo	14,574,294	14,805,824	14,491,697
Doha	18,241,443	18,296,702	18,441,120
Hanoi	21,441,804	21,461,444	21,461,444
Hong Kong	19,861,315	19,904,108	19,401,059
Islamabad	17,685,020	17,759,382	16,354,220
Jakarta	25,113,274	25,098,678	25,307,632
Jeddah	8,596,278	8,410,929	8,423,117
Kuala Lumpur	9,171,004	9,163,864	9,095,417
Kuwait City	16,738,531	16,024,258	16,106,856
Manila	17,211,704	18,126,989	18,775,756
Dubai	15,031,246	15,163,604	15,117,480
Mumbai	21,241,119	21,306,402	21,358,905
Muscat	17,720,696	17,761,954	18,614,050
New Dehli	28,765,631	28,913,256	29,090,577
Ramallah	21,210,091	20,667,694	18,629,520
Riyadh	14,678,876	14,599,218	14,765,230
Seoul	38,388,294	37,925,104	38,811,654
Shanghai	29,607,788	29,282,114	29,730,301
Singapore	36,826,439	36,432,296	36,568,988
Suva	8,696,661	9,027,530	8,937,993
Tapei	13,899,355	14,311,657	13,287,098
Tehran	24,406,123	24,414,237	24,661,973
Tel Aviv	30,659,693	30,291,010	30,388,706
Tokyo	45,634,239	45,199,627	45,497,875
Wellington	16,246,007	16,499,829	16,485,321
Damascus	18,125,383	18,012,894	18,028,904
Total	718,564,241	718,384,234	719,990,766

Europe missions
Mission:	2018/19	2019/20	2020/21
Ankara	29,058,786	29,312,357	29,498,489
Athens	21,710,559	21,574,788	21,198,982
Berlin	61,104,978	61,009,095	61,248,122
Berne	45,579,539	45,015,139	44,369,023
Bucharest	14,969,620	15,009,985	15,331,694
Budapest	16,669,430	16,670,121	17,061,170
Brussels	68,540,721	67,570,508	67,653,372
Copenhagen	14,743,170	14,829,168	14,825,395
Dublin	27,318,940	27,512,364	27,531,518
Geneva	114,708,407	114,796,880	115,895,328
Helsinki	25,294,802	25,290,702	25,696,630
Holy See	10,898,846	10,877,415	10,980,863
Kiev	14,738,735	14,777,168	16,690,035
Lisbon	21,165,272	20,949,858	20,050,229
London	102,301,285	103,957,485	104,270,348
Madrid	23,551,180	23,494,660	23,475,820
Milan	22,108,003	21,921,498	21,914,796
Moscow and Minsk	63,171,863	63,411,486	63,411,486
Munich	26,947,137	26,922,139	27,032,527
Oslo	23,988,339	23,958,868	24,526,650
Paris	67,745,121	70,787,764	71,052,597
Prague	14,874,059	14,921,690	14,956,510
Rome	40,726,682	40,922,084	40,873,087
Sofia	13,937,650	13,937,650	13,937,650
Stockholm	16,303,498	16,420,111	16,413,421
The Hague	37,529,032	38,081,701	37,733,595
Vienna	65,345,645	65,413,328	65,567,078
Warsaw	1,218,973	1,214,082	1,204,621
Total	1,006,250,274	1,010,560,094	1,014,401,035

AMERICA MISSIONS
Mission:	2018/19	2019/20	2020/21
Brasilia	43,233,297	41,845,389	42,740,377
Buenos Aires	19,096,453	19,013,144	19,144,761
Caracas	26,624,604	26,676,590	26,719,159
Chicago	32,287,611	32,930,398	33,272,584
Havana	23,524,447	23,620,348	22,996,769
Kingston	21,645,055	20,940,663	20,751,758
Lima	17,615,757	17,730,366	17,860,147
Los Angels	32,569,433	32,563,017	32,368,172
Mexico City	23,086,238	23,322,908	23,627,744
New York (CG)	80,715,627	81,610,227	81,920,663
New York (UN)	67,547,621	67,335,045	67,559,087
Ottawa	21,671,829	20,659,346	18,471,775
Port Of Spain	16,319,913	16,441,931	16,098,028
Santiago	26,895,207	25,917,856	26,051,350
Sao Paulo	28,821,013	29,109,831	29,397,671
Toronto	20,233,045	20,254,863	20,665,382
Washington	69,212,150	69,847,162	70,515,312
Total	571,099,301	569,819,085	570,160,739
Grand Total	3,257,098,616	3,259,875,405	3,271,993,030

ANNEXURE B

NUMBER OF SOUTH AFRICANS EMPLOYED AT FOREIGN MISSIONS: AFRICA MISSIONS
Mission	Number of South Africans employed at missions
Abidjan	5
Abuja	8
Accra	6
Addis Ababa	19
Algiers	6
Antananarivo	4
Asmara	3
Bamako	5
Bangui	3
Bissau	3
Brazzaville	4
Bujumbura	5
Cairo	7
Conakry	5
Cotonou	4
Dakar	6
Dar Es Salaam	6
Gaborone	8
Harare	7
Juba	4
Kampala	6
Khartoum	5
Kigali	5
Kinshasa	10
Lagos	7
Libreville	5
Lilongwe	5
Luanda	8
Lubumbashi	4
Lusaka	6
Malabo	2
Maputo	9
Maseru	6
Mbabane	5
Monrovia	5
Moroni	4
Nairobi	8
N'djamena	4
Niamey	3
Nouakchott	4
Ouagadougou	4
Port Louis	4
Rabat	4
Sao Tome	3
Tunis	4
Windhoek	6
Yaounde	5
Total	259

NUMBER OF SOUTH AFRICANS EMPLOYED AT FOREIGN MISSIONS: ASIA AND MIDDLE EAST MISSIONS

Mission	Number of South Africans employed at missions
Abu Dhabi	4
Amman	4
Astana	4
Bangkok	5
Beijing	12
Canberra	6
Colombo	4
Damascus	4
Doha	4
Dubai	6
Hanoi	5
Hong Kong	4
Islamabad	5
Jakarta	6
Jeddah	4
Kuala Lumpur	6
Kuwait City	4
Manila	4
Mumbai	6
Muscat	4
New Delhi	12
Ramallah	4
Riyadh	6
Seoul	5
Shanghai	5
Singapore	8
Suva	3
Taipei	4
Tehran	4
Tel Aviv	4
Tokyo	8
Wellington	5
Total	169

NUMBER OF SOUTH AFRICANS EMPLOYED AT FOREIGN MISSIONS : AMERICAS MISSIONS
Mission	Number of South Africans employed at missions
Brasilia	10
Buenos Aires	4
Caracas	4
Chicago	4
Havana	6
Kingston	4
Lima	4
Los Angeles	5
Mexico City	5
New York (CG)	5
New York (UN)	19
Ottawa	7
Port Of Spain	3
Santiago	4
Sao Paulo	4
Toronto	4
Washington	16
Total	108

NUMBER OF SOUTH AFRICANS EMPLOYED AT FOREIGN MISSIONS: EUROPE MISSIONS
Mission	Number of South Africans employed at missions
Ankara	6
Athens	5
Berlin	11
Berne	5
Brussels	11
Bucharest	4
Budapest	5
Copenhagen	4
Dublin	4
Geneva	13
Helsinki	4
Kyiv	3
Lisbon	5
London	16
Madrid	4
Milan	4
Moscow and Minsk	12
Munich	6
Oslo	4
Paris	10
Prague	4
Rome	8
Sofia	4
Stockholm	5
The Hague	7
Holy See	2
Vienna	14
Warsaw	5
Total	185
Grand Total	721

ANNEXURE C

NUMBER OF FOREIGN STAFF EMPLOYED AT EACH MISSION: AFRICA MISSIONS
Mission	Number of foreign staff employed at mission
Abidjan	16
Abuja	24
Accra	15
Addis Ababa	71
Algiers	16
Antananarivo	12
Asmara	6
Bamako	10
Bangui	0
Bissau	13
Brazzaville	16
Bujumbura	11
Cairo	21
Conakry	8
Cotonou	9
Dakar	14
Dar Es Salaam	13
Gaborone	19
Harare	20
Juba	6
Kampala	15
Khartoum	12
Kigali	16
Kinshasa	25
Lagos	11
Libreville	10
Lilongwe	15
Luanda	23
Lubumbashi	12
Lusaka	13
Malabo	17
Maputo	41
Maseru	11
Mbabane	13
Monrovia	11
Moroni	10
Nairobi	20
N'djamena	6
Niamey	5
Nouakchott	9
Ouagadougou	10
Port Louis	11
Rabat	9
Sao Tome	4
Tunis	10
Windhoek	16
Yaounde	9
Total	684

NUMBER OF FOREIGN STAFF EMPLOYED AT EACH MISSION : ASIA AND MIDDLE EAST MISSIONS
Mission	Number of foreign staff employed at mission
Abu Dhabi	8
Amman	8
Astana	12
Bangkok	13
Beijing	23
Canberra	17
Colombo	9
Damascus	7
Doha	7
Dubai	10
Hanoi	14
Hong Kong	9
Islamabad	18
Jakarta	10
Jeddah	10
Kuala Lumpur	11
Kuwait City	10
Manila	8
Mumbai	15
Muscat	9
New Delhi	22
Ramallah	9
Riyadh	18
Seoul	14
Shanghai	13
Singapore	9
Suva	5
Taipei	13
Tehran	13
Tel Aviv	13
Tokyo	21
Wellington	6
Total	384

NUMBER OF FOREIGN STAFF EMPLOYED AT EACH MISSION : AMERICAS MISSIONS
Mission	Number of foreign staff employed at mission
Brasilia	25
Buenos Aires	10
Caracas	9
Chicago	11
Havana	31
Kingston	7
Lima	11
Los Angeles	9
Mexico City	14
New York (Cg)	22
New York (Un)	12
Ottawa	12
Port Of Spain	6
Santiago	10
Sao Paulo	12
Toronto	7
Washington	35
Total	243

NUMBER OF FOREIGN STAFF EMPLOYED AT EACH MISSION : EUROPE MISSIONS
Mission	Number of foreign staff employed at mission
Ankara	14
Athens	12
Berlin	33
Berne	13
Brussels	36
Bucharest	7
Budapest	10
Copenhagen	9
Dublin	11
Geneva	17
Helsinki	10
Kyiv	10
Lisbon	13
London	48
Madrid	15
Milan	9
Moscow	21
Munich	11
Oslo	7
Paris	29
Prague	11
Rome	19
Sofia	9
Stockholm	9
The Hague	18
The Holy See	4
Vienna	26
Warsaw	12
Total	443
Grand Total	1754

Reply:

The Judge will only grant an order/deliver judgment after considering the application or evidence, depending on the nature of the proceedings. In Civil Matters, the order will be made available to all parties after it has been granted. It is the responsibility of the party seeking the relief to ensure that the order is enforced.

Therefore, the Office of the Chief Justice is not the correct authority to implement the court order. The reply to question 2714 of 16 January 2017 still stands.

Reply:

The Visa Adjudication System (VAS) is not designed to keep statistics according to company names. The system keeps records of applicants’ details in a unique identification code, commonly known as a reference number. Only through these details would the Department be in a position to retrieve the original application and explain each decision.

Reply:

(1)(a) The cash payment tender process has been suspended pending investigation into various concerns raised. The final decision on the status of the tender will be determined, by no later than 11 May 2018.

(b) Since the tender process is not yet finalised, information about bidders cannot be made public.

(c) The concerns raised are about the accuracy and completeness of the statistical information (numbers of beneficiaries paid per pay point), needed to prepare a credible costing model.

(2) We are not aware of any persons or officials in the department who have been part and parcel of a process to ignore the Constitutional Court rulings against the department, however any evidence to the contrary will be considered. Suffice to state that the rulings of the Constitutional Court will be met.

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Approved by the Minister on

Date……………………….

Reply:

(1) Does her department have a working relationship with Mr Melusi Ntuli, who invented a chargeless electric engine, which is 100% green technology, if not why not?

The department established the Grassroots Innovation Programme as a means to improve access and participation in the national system of innovation. This programme specifically targets innovators who are not part of formal institutions of innovation nor have access to formal facilities critical for their innovative solutions. The department appointed the Technology Localization Implementation Unit (TLIU), of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) as an implementing agent of the Grassroots Innovation Programme. When Mr. Ntuli approached the department requesting assistance with the development of his invention in 2016, the department swiftly responded and advised him to enroll in the Grassroots Innovation Programme. As this programme was implemented by the CSIR's TLIU, all participants of this programme entered into a contractual relationship with the CSIR. Mr. Ntuli duly signed a contract on 24 April 2016. The contractual relationship between Mr. Ntuli and the CSIR was terminated at Mr. Ntuli's insistence. The termination was finalized by 21 July 2017.

Prior to voluntarily terminating the contractual relationship which effectively ended his participation as a beneficiary of the Grassroots Innovation Programme, Mr. Ntuli was receiving prototype design assistance from the Durban University of Technology; had been provided with computer aided design equipment; had been profiled nationally and participated at the India Festival of Innovation, a platform intended to assist innovators to market and profile their innovations in India.

(2) if so, (a) what are the details of the specified relationship?

Since Mr. Ntuli's insistence of terminating the contractual relationship, there is no longer a relationship between him and the department. The department in its communication with indicating him that he is still . welcome to participate in the Grassroots Innovation Programme within its existing terms and conditions.

(b) how is her department assisting him in developing and making prototypes of his invention?

The Grassroots Innovation Programmes funds prototype development, technical training e.g. machining and tooling, computer aided design, markets and profiles innovation to raise awareness, etc. It does not fund accommodation costs nor does it pay stipends.

(c) what amount of funding has her department allocated towards his project.

The assistance granted by the programme to Mr. Ntuli is valued at R205 096.00 and covered the payment for prototype development, design and machining expertise, provision of management development support and training as well as marketing and profiling his innovation. This amount excludes the costs of CSIR and DST staff who assisted Mr. Ntuli in the development of his networks and for marketing his innovation.
 

Reply:

(1) The information we have is unverified. I will provide details once the information is available.

Reply:

1. a) South Africa had 57 980 farming units in 1993 as reported by Statistics South Africa in Census of Agriculture of 1993.

a) The current farming units is reported in Census of Agriculture of 2007 being 39 965 farming units.

Item	Year
	2007 Census	2002 Survey	1993 Census
Farming Units	39 965	45 818	57 980

(2) The number of commercial farming units declined substantially from 1993 to 2007 by 31%.

a) The reasons why number of farms has decreased overtime are the following:

• Agricultural production pre - 1994 was subsidised (prices received by farmers were guaranteed) and post – 1994 when subsidies fell away, a lot of smaller farming units could not survive as they were not ‘profitable’ any longer.
• Smaller farms have been bought over by large commercial farms (consolidation), to improve economies of scale.
• Urbanisation;
• Large farms were been bought over by mining companies.

b) The question on the average size of a farm was asked in the Survey 2002 but there was poor response rate on the question because of the sensitive nature of the question. Poorly answered questions from both Census/Survey are not reported on because the results will be skewed.

Reply:

DAFF

(a) No award was made by the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries to Kamsherai

(b) Not applicable.

(i)(aa) Not applicable.

(bb) Not applicable.

(ii)(aa) Not applicable.

(bb) Not applicable.

(cc) Not applicable.

GAUTENG AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

No payments have been made to Kamsherai in the past five financial years.

WESTERN CAPE

No payments have been made to Kamsherai in the past five financial years.

NORTHERN CAPE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, LAND REFORM AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

No payments have been made to Kamsherai in the past five financial years.

EASTERN CAPE – No response

KZN – No response

LIMPOPO – No response

NORTH WEST – No response

MPUMALANGA – No response

FREE STATE – No response

 

Reply:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Reply:

The DBE does not provide sanitary towels to schools and neither has such provision been budgeted for. Education stakeholders and partners in the business sector are being lobbied to consider supporting this undertaking within their available means and resources. The Honourable Member is advised to request the information directly from the province concerned.

Reply:

(1) Whether his department conducts tests for listeriosis in live animals; if so, (a) what procedures are followed and (b) has there been any additional testing instituted due to the latest listeriosis outbreak;

Listeriosis is not a disease listed as either a notifiable or controlled in terms of the Animal Diseases Act, 1984 (Act No. 35 of 1984). The Department therefore has no official programme for monitoring its occurrence and no tests are conducted on live animals. Listeria monocytogenes is ubiquitous, and it is usually found in soil, water, decaying vegetation, and many farm animals and other domestic and wild animals can harbour the bacterium. The organisms do not normally make animals sick. The listing of the disease is currently limited to human illnesses.

DAFF has introduced additional testing for Listeria on imported mechanically deboned meat (MDM) at the ports of entry.

The Department will however support any industry driven programmes provided it has a clear and scientific plan with the contingency measures outlined should a farm test positive.

(2) (a) what is considered to be a safe level of listeriosis on (i) live animals and (ii) animal products and (b) what standards are used in each case;

2 (a) (i) There is no limit for the amount of Listeria monocytogenes in live animals.

2 (a) (ii) There is no limit for the amount of listeria monocytogenes in raw meat.

(b) The standard used is the “Guidelines on the application of general principles of food hygiene to the control of Listeria Monocytogenes in foods (CAC/GL 61 – 2007)” issued by the Codex Alimentarius Commission.

The enumeration of listeria in food is limited to ready to eat (RTE) products (Processed meats in this case) and not live animals and raw non ready to eat products. It is generally assumed that non ready to eat products (including meat) will not be consumed raw and the cooking process with kill the listeria organism. Listeria is very liable to heat and is destroyed at temperatures around 600C.

The presence of listeria in raw meat at primary processing (abattoirs) and on farms is a process hygiene criteria. This means that its presence indicates inadequate hygiene and therefore the action to be taken is to institute intensive cleaning of the premises. This is different to a food safety criteria as in ready to eat products in which the presence of listeria must be responded to by withdrawal of the food from the food chain.

(3)       what (a) has been the economic impact of the latest listeriosis outbreak in the agricultural sector and (b) steps have been taken by his department to limit the potential job losses in this regard?                                                         

a) The economic impact of this disease has not been documented in South Africa, however the cost of eradicating the listeriosis would be “substantial”. This is particularly true if the source is water, an abattoir or food processing plant. The quarterly economic overview to be released around June is expected to reflect economic impact the disease had and continue to have in the country. This will be on a range of key economic variables, particularly domestic sales on related products and export sales. The bigger impact is that all the SADC countries (Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Botswana) who buy processed meat from South Africa have banned South African exports affecting the economic performance negatively. The impact on Tiger Brands and Rainbow Foods will be highly negative (as their share price has apparently gone down), including employment, level and pattern of consumption, production and so on. This will be reflected in the next Economic Overview analysis in June 2018, as most of these figures are not yet available.

b) The department has not taken direct steps to limit potential job losses as a result of listeriosis outbreak. However, the Department of Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries (DAFF) has undertaken in collaboration with the Department of Health; the Department of Trade and Industry to address the outbreak of Listeriosis The outbreak and subsequent spreading of listeriosis contamination will likely not lead to short-term job losses, however, if they end up having to close the factory all together, that will have an impact on jobs.

Reply:

a) (i) The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) does not own land.

(ii) DAFF administers land on behalf of the Department of Public Works to preserve the land’s agricultural potential. The land administered are in all the 9 provinces.

GAUTENG - (6488.8419ha)

KWAZULU NATAL – (6794.6304ha)

MPUMALANGA – (4058.6147ha)

LIMPOPO – (3967.2156ha)

NORTHERN CAPE - (11715.7721ha)

EASTERN CAPE – (4415.2687ha)

NORTH WEST – (9788.393 ha)

FREE STATE – (6521.4947ha)

WESTERN CAPE - (19481.9748ha)

Each land has its size and all combined is 73232.1959 hectares for all the 9 provinces.

(iii) DAFF leases the properties mainly for agricultural activities such as livestock grazing and some for planting of crops.

(b) (i) The Agricultural Research Centre which is an entity reporting to the Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries owns 16 755.5119 hectares.

(ii) The ARC has no exclusive rights on land.

(iii) The ARC does not lease land from the state.

Reply:

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

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

The updated post establishment is attached.

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

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

(bb)

Since 1 April 2017

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

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

2014/2015

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

* Different periods of appointment in same financial year.

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

2015/2016

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

* Different periods of appointment in same financial year.

2016/2017

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

* Different periods of appointment in same financial year.

Since 1 April 2017

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

** Different periods of appointment in same financial year.

Reply:

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

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

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

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

TABLE A: Number of cases settled: Provincial Departments

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

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

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

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

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

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

Note:

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

Reply:

a) Yes. According to the Prudential Authority at the South African Reserve Bank (Prudential Authority), Grindrod Bank has a banking licence in terms of the Banks Act, and that the banking licence was issued in December 2006.

b) We cannot confirm whether a company is locally or foreign owned, particularly if it is listed and / or its ultimate owners (or shareholders) are listed or their identity not explicitly identified (eg hidden via structuring). What we can confirm is whether the company is domiciled in South Africa or not, and if listed, where its primary listing is. In this instance, the Prudential Authority has confirmed that the company is domiciled in South Africa. In addition, whilst Grindrod Bank is not listed, its majority shareholder (Grindrod Limited) is listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.

c) The Prudential Authority furthermore confirmed that Grindrod Bank is 96.55% owned by Grindrod Limited and 3.45% owned by Amber Bay Investments (Pty) Ltd.

Reply:

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

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

Source: DBE Annual Report.

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

Reply:

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

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

WRITTEN REPLY

QUESTION 287

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

INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 04/2017

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

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

Response

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

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

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

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

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

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

Reply:

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

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

Reply:

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

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

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

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

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

Reply:

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

Reply:

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

Reply:

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

SACE

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

Umalusi

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

Reply:

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

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

Reply:

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

Reply:

The response below was sourced from Gauteng Department of Education

(a)

(a) (i)

2016 academic year = R38 127 838.10

(aa) Edenvale- R13 903 691.86

(bb)Tembisa-0

(cc) Kempton Park-R24 224 146.24

(a) (ii)

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

(b)

(b) (i)

2016 academic year = R594 190.01

(ii)(aa) Edenvile-R159 758.09

(ii)(bb) Tembisa-O

(iv)(cc) Kempton Park-R434 431.92

(b) (ii)

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

Reply:

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

Reply:

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

Reply:

a) The Department of Small Business Development (DSBD)

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

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

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

(aa)&(bb) Not applicable.

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

(aa) SEFA letting to SMMEs / tenants.

(bb) Occupied by tenants only.

Reply:

a) Number of Tuberculosis patients seen

Facility	Number of TB patients (2016)
(i) Eluxolweni Clinic	15
(ii) Flagstaff Clinic	213
(iii) Jabavu Clinic	166
(iv) Mabandla Clinic	292
(v) Philani Clinic (Buffalo City)	106

b) There are no nurses who work shifts in clinics. Nurses only work shifts in 24 hour facilities.

 

END.

Reply:

.(a)-(b) In terms of Government Gazette No R 185 issued in 2012 and the national norms and standards only central hospitals provide transplant services.

There are ten (10) Central Hospitals in South Africa:

1. Groote Schuur in Cape Town (Western Cape)
2. Tygerberg in Stellenbosch (Western Cape)
3. Nelson Mandela Central Hospital in Mthatha (Eastern Cape)
4. King Edward VIII Hospital in Durban (KwaZulu Natal)
5. iNkosi Albert Luthuli Hospital in Durban (KwaZulu Natal)
6. Universitas Hospital in Bloemfontein (Free State)
7. Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto (Gauteng)
8. Charlotte Maxeke Hospital in Parktown (Gauteng)
9. Steve Biko Hospital in Tshwane (Gauteng)
10. George Mukhari Hospital in Ga-Rankuwa (Gauteng)

END.

Reply:

ALEXKOR SOC LIMITED

(a)	Not applicable
(b)	No transaction advisors were appointed by Alexkor in the period under review.
	(i)	Not applicable
	(ii)	Not applicable
	(iii)	Not applicable
	(iv)	Not applicable

DENEL SOC LIMITED

(a)	Not applicable
(b)	Denel SOC Ltd has not appointed transaction advisors for tenders in the period 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2016.
	(i)	Not applicable
	(ii)	Not applicable
	(iii)	Not applicable
	(iv)	Not applicable

SAFCOL SOC LIMITED

(a)	Not Applicable
(b)	No, SAFCOL SOC Ltd did not and does not appoint transaction advisors for tenders.
	(i)	Not applicable
	(ii)	Not applicable
	(iii)	Not applicable
	(iv)	Not applicable

Reply:

Sum of Post Count	Capricorn District Municipality
	DENTIST	DENTIST Total	ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PRACTITIONER	ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PRACTITIONER Total	MEDICAL OFFICER	MEDICAL OFFICER Total	NURSE	NURSE Total	OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST	OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST Total	PHARMACIST	PHARMACIST Total	PHYSIOTHERAPIST	PHYSIOTHERAPIST Total	PSYCHOLOGIST	PSYCHOLOGIST Total	Grand Total
Row Labels	Filled		Filled		Filled		Filled		Filled		Filled		Filled		Filled
CAPRICORN REGION	29	29	7	7	146	146	2093	2093	26	26	85	85	34	34	18	18	2438
AGANANG MUNICIPALITY							121	121									121
BOTLOKWA GATEWAY CLINIC							1	1									1
DIANA CLINIC							6	6									6
GOEDENVONDEN CLINIC							8	8									8
LONSDALE CLINIC							9	9									9
MARABA CLINIC							9	9									9
MASHASHANE CLINIC							11	11									11
MASHASHANE LOCAL AREA							9	9									9
MATAMANYANE CLINIC							1	1									1
MATLALA CLINIC							8	8									8
MATLALA LOCAL AREA							22	22									22
PERCY CLINIC							10	10									10
ROSENKRANTZ CLINIC							6	6									6
SCHOONGEZICHT CLINIC							5	5									5
SEAKAMELA CLINIC							1	1									1
SEHLALE CLINIC							1	1									1
SELLO MOLOTO CLINIC							8	8									8
UITKYK CLINIC							1	1									1
W F KNOBEL GATEWAY							5	5									5
BLOUBERG HEALTH CENTRE					1	1	26	26			3	3					30
BLOUBERG CHC											1	1					1
AMBERGATE CLINIC							1	1									1
BLOUBERG CHC							23	23			2	2					25
BOSCHPLAAS CLINIC							1	1									1
RETHABILE CHC					1	1											1
SCHOONGEZICHT CLINIC							1	1									1
BLOUBERG MUNICIPALITY							155	155									155
ALLDAYS CLINIC							10	10									10
AMBERGATE CLINIC							6	6									6
BLOUBERG CHC							10	10									10
BLOUBERG LOCAL AREA							9	9									9
BUFFELSHOEK CLINIC							11	11									11
BURGERRECHT CLINIC							6	6									6
DE VREDE CLINIC							7	7									7
GIDEON CLINIC							4	4									4
GOEDENTROU CLINIC							3	3									3
GROOTDRAAI CLINIC							11	11									11
HELENA FRANS GATEWAY CLINIC							6	6									6
INDERMARK CLINIC							8	8									8
KIBI CLINIC							5	5									5
KRANS PLAAS CLINIC							4	4									4
KROMHOEK CLINIC							5	5									5
LESFONTEIN CLINIC							6	6									6
MOGOTO CLINIC							1	1									1
MONTZ CLINIC							6	6									6
MY DARLING CLINIC							6	6									6
NTHABISENG CLINIC							1	1									1
SADU CLINIC							5	5									5
SEAKAMELA CLINIC							8	8									8
SESHEGO 1 CLINIC							1	1									1
TAAIBOCH CLINIC							5	5									5
TOWERFONTEIN CLINIC							6	6									6
W F KNOBEL GATEWAY							1	1									1
ZIETS CLINIC							4	4									4
BOTLOKWA DISTRICT HOSPTIAL	4	4	1	1	13	13	99	99	2	2	9	9	4	4	2	2	134
BOTLOKWA DISTRICT HOSPTIAL	4	4			13	13	98	98	2	2	8	8	4	4	2	2	131
BOTLOKWA DISTRICT HOSPITAL			1	1							1	1					2
RAKGOATA CLINIC							1	1									1
CAPRICORN COMMUNITY NURSING SERVICES							43	43									43
BUFFELSHOEK CLINIC							1	1									1
BURGERRECHT CLINIC							1	1									1
CHUENE CLINIC							1	1									1
GIDEON CLINIC							1	1									1
GROOTDRAAI CLINIC							3	3									3
INDERMARK CLINIC							1	1									1
J MAMABOLO CLINIC							1	1									1
KGANYA CLINIC							1	1									1
LEBOWAKGOMO CLINIC							3	3									3
MAFEFE CLINIC							2	2									2
MAKGATO CLINIC							1	1									1
MAMOTSHWA CLINIC							2	2									2
MANAMELA							1	1									1
MATOKS CLINIC							3	3									3
MOGODI CLINIC							1	1									1
MOGOTO CLINIC							1	1									1
MOLETLANE CLINIC							3	3									3
MONTZ CLINIC							1	1									1
MPHAHLELE CLINIC							1	1									1
MY DARLING CLINIC							1	1									1
NOBODY CLINIC							1	1									1
NTHABISENG CLINIC							1	1									1
RAMOKGOPA CLINIC							1	1									1
SEMENYA CLINIC							1	1									1
SLYPSTEEN CLINIC							2	2									2
SOETFONTEIN CLINIC							2	2									2
UNIT B CLINIC							1	1									1
UNIT R CLINIC							3	3									3
ZIETS CLINIC							1	1									1
CAPRICORN HEALTH DISTRICT MANAGEMENT SERV											1	1					1
RETHABILE CHC											1	1					1
COMMUNITY NURSING SERVICES MOPANI							1	1									1
DIANA CLINIC							1	1									1
DR CN PHATUDI DISTRICT HOSPITAL							1	1									1
MAFEFE CLINIC							1	1									1
DR M MACHUPE MPHAHLELE HEALTH CENTRE							22	22			1	1					23
BYLDRIFT CLINIC							2	2									2
DR M MACHUPE MPHAHLELE CHC											1	1					1
DR M MACHUPE MPHAHLELE CHC							9	9									9
HWELERENG CLINIC							1	1									1
MATHABATHA							1	1									1
MOGOTO CLINIC							1	1									1
MOLETLANE CLINIC							2	2									2
NOBODY CLINIC							1	1									1
RAKGOATA CLINIC							2	2									2
UNIT B CLINIC							1	1									1
ZEBEDIELA LOCAL AREA							2	2									2
ENVIRONMENTAL OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVIC			1	1													1
CAPRICORN DISTRICT OFFICE			1	1													1
GREATER TUBATSE MUNICIPALITY.							2	2									2
MAMOTSHWA CLINIC							1	1									1
SEOBI/DIKGALE CLINI							1	1									1
HELENE FRANS DISTRICT HOSPTIAL	5	5			17	17	123	123	4	4	12	12	3	3	2	2	166
BLOUBERG CHC	1	1															1
HELENE FRANS DISTRICT HOSPTIAL	4	4			17	17	122	122	4	4	12	12	3	3	2	2	164
RAMOKGOPA CLINIC							1	1									1
LEBOWAKGOMO DISTRICT HOSPITAL	7	7	1	1	46	46	211	211	5	5	15	15	7	7	4	4	296
LEBOWAKGOMO DISTRICT HOSPITAL							20	20									20
LEBOWAKGOMO DISTRICT HOSPITAL	7	7	1	1	46	46	191	191	5	5	15	15	7	7	4	4	276
LEPELE NKUMPI MUNICIPALITY							192	192									192
BLOUBERG CHC							1	1									1
BOSCHPLAAS CLINIC							7	7									7
BYLDRIFT CLINIC							3	3									3
CAPRICORN DISTRICT OFFICE							1	1									1
DITHABANENG CLINIC							7	7									7
DR M MACHUPE MPHAHLELE CHC							1	1									1
HWELERENG CLINIC							5	5									5
LEBOWAKGOMO CLINIC							7	7									7
LEBOWAKGOMO GATEWAY CLINIC							4	4									4
LEBOWAKGOMO LOCAL AREA							9	9									9
LEDWABA CLINIC							7	7									7
LONSDALE CLINIC							1	1									1
MAFEFE CLINIC							7	7									7
MAFEFE/MATHABATHA LOCAL AREA							7	7									7
MALEMATI CLINIC							9	9									9
MANKWENG GATEWAY CLINIC							1	1									1
MASHITE CLINIC							10	10									10
MATHABATHA							10	10									10
MOGOTO CLINIC							9	9									9
MOLETLANE CLINIC							7	7									7
MOROTSE-THAMAGA CLINIC							5	5									5
MPHAHLELE CLINIC							13	13									13
RAKGOATA CLINIC							5	5									5
RAMOKGOPA CLINIC							1	1									1
RATSHATSHA CHC							1	1									1
SLYPSTEEN CLINIC							11	11									11
SMUGGLERS UNION CLINIC							8	8									8
UNIT B CLINIC							9	9									9
UNIT R CLINIC							9	9									9
ZEBEDIELA ESTATE CLINIC							6	6									6
ZEBEDIELA GATEWAY CLINIC							2	2									2
ZEBEDIELA LOCAL AREA							9	9									9
MAPHUTHA MALATJI DISTRICT HOSPITAL							1	1									1
MATOKS CLINIC							1	1									1
MOKOPANE REGIONAL HOSPITAL							1	1									1
MATOKS CLINIC							1	1									1
MOLEMOLLE MUNICIPALITY							75	75									75
A MAMABOLO CLINIC							1	1									1
ALLDAYS CLINIC							1	1									1
BOTLOKWA GATEWAY CLINIC							6	6									6
DENDRON CLINIC							13	13									13
DIKGALE CLINIC							1	1									1
EISLEBEN CLINIC							8	8									8
MAKGATO CLINIC							8	8									8
MATOKS CLINIC							8	8									8
MOGODI CLINIC							9	9									9
MOKOTOPONG CLINIC							1	1									1
MOLEMOLE MOBILE CLINIC							5	5									5
MONTZ CLINIC							1	1									1
NTHABISENG CLINIC							6	6									6
RAMOKGOPA CLINIC							7	7									7
PHILIDELPHIA REGIONAL HOSPITAL							2	2									2
MAKGATO CLINIC							1	1									1
SMUGGLERS UNION CLINIC							1	1									1
PHYSIOTHERAPY SERVICES: CAPRICORN							1	1									1
MAFEFE CLINIC							1	1									1
POLOKWANE MUNICIPALITY							354	354									354
A MAMABOLO CLINIC							7	7									7
BLOCK 14 CLINI							8	8									8
BUITE STREET CLINIC							10	10									10
BYLDRIFT CLINIC							1	1									1
CAPRICORN DISTRICT OFFICE							2	2									2
CHUENE CLINIC							13	13									13
DE VREDE CLINIC							1	1									1
DIANA CLINIC							1	1									1
DIKGALE CLINIC							10	10									10
DIKGALE/MAMABOLO LOCAL AREA							8	8									8
DR M MACHUPE MPHAHLELE CHC							1	1									1
HWELERENG CLINIC							2	2									2
INDERMARK CLINIC							1	1									1
J MAMABOLO CLINIC							11	11									11
KGANYA CLINIC							10	10									10
KGANYA LOCAL AREA							10	10									10
MAFEFE CLINIC							1	1									1
MAJA CLINIC							7	7									7
MAKANYE CLINIC							7	7									7
MAMOTSHWA CLINIC							9	9									9
MAMUSHI CLINIC							7	7									7
MANAMELA							6	6									6
MANKWENG CLINIC							9	9									9
MANKWENG GATEWAY CLINIC							5	5									5
MARABA CLINIC							1	1									1
MATAMANYANE CLINIC							8	8									8
MATLALA LOCAL AREA							1	1									1
MOKOTOPONG CLINIC							9	9									9
MOLEMOLE MOBILE CLINIC							1	1									1
MOLEPO CLINIC							9	9									9
MOLETJI CLINIC							7	7									7
MOLETJI/MATLALA LOCAL AREA							10	10									10
MOTHIBA CLINIC							5	5									5
NOBODY CLINIC							9	9									9
NOBODY LOCAL AREA							15	15									15
PERSKEBULT CLINIC							11	11									11
PHUTI CLINIC							6	6									6
RETHABILE CHC							2	2									2
SEBAYENG CLINIC							11	11									11
SEHLALE CLINIC							8	8									8
SELLO MOLOTO CLINIC							1	1									1
SEMENYA CLINIC							11	11									11
SEOBI/DIKGALE CLINI							4	4									4
SESHEGO 1 CLINIC							18	18									18
SESHEGO LOCAL AREA							21	21									21
SESHEGO ZONE 111 CLINIC							10	10									10
SESHEGO ZONE 4 CLINIC							16	16									16
SOETFONTEIN CLINIC							6	6									6
SPITZKOP CLINIC							6	6									6
ZIETS CLINIC							1	1									1
RATSHAATSHA HEALTH CENTRE					2	2	25	25			2	2					29
BUFFELSHOEK CLINIC							2	2									2
GROOTDRAAI CLINIC							1	1									1
LESFONTEIN CLINIC							1	1									1
RATSHATSHA CHC					1	1	21	21			2	2					24
RETHABILE CHC					1	1											1
RETHABILE HEALTH CENTRE					1	1	45	45			5	5					51
BUITE STREET CLINIC							1	1									1
HELENA FRANS GATEWAY CLINIC							1	1									1
INDERMARK CLINIC							1	1									1
LESFONTEIN CLINIC							1	1									1
MANAMELA							1	1									1
MOLETJI CLINIC							1	1									1
RETHABILE CHC					1	1	36	36			5	5					42
RETHABILE HEALTH CENTRE							1	1									1
SESHEGO ZONE 4 CLINIC							2	2									2
SEKORORO DISTRICT HOSPITAL							1	1									1
BOTLOKWA GATEWAY CLINIC							1	1									1
SESHEGO DISTRICT HOSPTIAL	4	4	1	1	21	21	138	138	4	4	13	13	5	5	2	2	188
MANAMELA							1	1									1
SESHEGO DISTRICT HOSPTIAL	4	4	1	1	21	21	137	137	4	4	13	13	5	5	2	2	187
SILOAM DISTRICT HOSPITAL							1	1									1
LONSDALE CLINIC							1	1									1
THABAMOOPO SPECIALISED HOSPITAL			1	1	9	9	219	219	4	4	4	4	5	5	3	3	245
RETHABILE CHC											1	1					1
THABAMOOPO SPECIALISED HOSPITAL			1	1	9	9	219	219	4	4	3	3	5	5	3	3	244
VAN VELDEN DISTRICT HOSPITAL							2	2									2
MAFEFE CLINIC							1	1									1
MOGODI CLINIC							1	1									1
WARMBATHS DISTRICT HOSPITAL							2	2									2
A MAMABOLO CLINIC							1	1									1
MAFEFE CLINIC							1	1									1
WATERBERG COMMUNITY NURSING SERVICES							2	2									2
MATLALA CLINIC							1	1									1
UNIT R CLINIC							1	1									1
WF. KNOBEL DISTRICT HOSPITAL	5	5	1	1	19	19	129	129	5	5	11	11	4	4	3	3	177
WF. KNOBEL DISTRICT HOSPITAL	5	5	1	1	19	19	129	129	5	5	11	11	4	4	3	3	177
ZEBEDIELA DISTRICT HOSPITAL	4	4	1	1	10	10	99	99	2	2	7	7	6	6	2	2	131
ZEBEDIELA DISTRICT HOSPITAL	4	4	1	1	10	10	99	99	2	2	7	7	6	6	2	2	131
ZEBEDIELA DISTRICT HOSPITAL					7	7					2	2					9
ZEBEDIELA DISTRICT HOSPITAL					7	7					2	2					9
Grand Total	29	29	7	7	146	146	2093	2093	26	26	85	85	34	34	18	18	2438