Questions and Replies

Reply:

Despite the presence of various billboard structures at Gillooly’s Interchange, none of these where applied for with SANRAL nor approved by SANRAL. Please see detailed answers to questions below.

(aaa) 2014-2015 = No applications received by SANRAL with regard to the Gillooly’s.

(bbb) 2015-2016 = No applications received by SANRAL with regard to the Gillooly’s.

(ccc) 2016-2017 = No applications received by SANRAL with regard to the Gillooly’s.

(bb) since 1 April 2017 = No applications received by SANRAL with regard to the Gillooly’s.

(b)(i)

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

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

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

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

(b)(ii)

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

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

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

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

(c)(i)

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

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

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

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

(c)(ii)

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

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

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

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

Reply:

See attached.

Reply:

THE MINISTER OF WATER AND SANITATION

(a) Table below gives a breakdown summary of total number of dams in the country as well as ownership status as per dam register published on 31 December 2017.

Ownership sector	Total number of registered dams
State	854
Department of Water & Sanitation	322
Municipalities	333
Other state departments	76
Water Boards	123
Private sector	4 657
Mines, industries, business	335
Agriculture	4 322
Total	5 511

(b) Dam location per Province is given in the table below. A detailed location of each dam is supplemented in Columns G to O of the dam register, submitted as Annexure A.

Province	Total number of registered dams
North West	92
Gauteng	187
Limpopo	458
Kwazulu-Natal	1090
Eastern Cape	789
Western Cape	1572
Northern Cape	130
Mpumalanga	675
Free State	518
Total	5 511

(c) The table below gives a cumulative summary of dam capacities per ownership sector. From the table it can be seen that state dams store 94% of all available water resources in the country, whereas private sector store the remaining 6%.

Ownership sector	Total capacity in (m3 x 109)	% total capacity
State	31.35	94
Department of Water & Sanitation	29.35	88.0
Municipalities	1.0	3.0
Other state departments	0.2	0.6
Water Boards	0.8	2.4
Private sector	2.06	6.0
Mines, industries, business	0.5	1.5
Agriculture	1.56	4.5
Total	33.41	100

(d) Dam register is submitted as an Annexure A of this reply, for all practical purpose, the date in which the dam became operational is taken as the date of completion which is given in Column R of the dam register.

(e) Dam levels are submitted as Annexure B of the reply. It should be noted that only dam levels owned by my Department are submitted. My Department is unfortunately not in a position to furnish levels of privately owned dams.

(f) Owner's details are given in Column AD of the register

 

Reply:

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

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Reply:

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

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Reply:

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

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Reply:

(a) (i) (ii) (iii) and (iv) Attached find the spreadsheet as an Annexure containing the names of young persons incubated through the Groen Sebenza Programme, including those employed by different organisations and those unemployed.

(b) Some chose to further their studies while others were self-employed at the end of the programme. However, as indicated previpusly, the ongoing Tracer Study will provide the status quo in this regard.

(c) Opportunities are shared with young people as and when they arise through various platforms.

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Reply:

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

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Reply:

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

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Reply:

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

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Reply:

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

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Reply:

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

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Reply:

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

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Reply:

(a), (b) and (c) The Integrated School Health Programme (ISHP) is implemented by school health teams employed by the Department of Health (DoH) in provinces. The reach of the services and the package provided, is dependent on the availability and composition of these school health teams in each geographic area. The Department of Basic Education receives signed off collated data on the number of learners that have received services in the preceding quarter from the national Department of Health. The list of schools is not provided.

(d) and (e) The cost of the school health services as well as the number of employees are the responsibility of each respective Provincial Education Department. This information is not available at DBE.

Reply:

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

Department	Entities
14 449	22 920

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

Department

Entities

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

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

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

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

d) The positions can be summarised as follows:

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

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

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

 

 

Reply:

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

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Reply:

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

a) Not Applicable

b) (i) and (ii) not applicable

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

a) (i) and (ii) not applicable

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

c) Not Applicable

Reply:

1. I have been advised that the Judge was appointed as the Chairperson of the Interim Board of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) in October 2017 prior to her appointment by the then President of the Republic of South Africa as a Judge of the Gauteng Division of the High Court. Her appointment as a Judge was effective from 01 January 2018 but due to her position as the Chairperson of the Interim Board of PRASA, the Judge did not assume her position as a Judge of the Gauteng Division of the High Court. She requested the Judge President of the Gauteng Division of the High Court, to request me to approach the President with a request that her appointment date be deferred to 1 April 2018. Whilst she was the Chairperson of the Interim Board of PRASA, the Judge never sat nor carried any judicial functions. I have been informed that she has subsequently resigned as Chairperson of the Interim PRASA Board with effect from 16 March 2018.

2. It is not within my purview to determine whether a conduct of a Judge constitutes a breach of the Code of Judicial Conduct. The responsibility to determine whether a Judge has committed a breach of the Code of Judicial Conduct is vested upon the Judicial Conduct Committee established in terms of section 8 of the Judicial Service Commission Act, 1994 (Act no 9 of 1994) (JSC Act). Additionally, Article 2 of that Code of Judicial Conduct is clear as it provides that ‘any wilful or gross negligent breach of the Code is a ground upon which a complaint against a Judge may be lodged in terms of section 14(4)(b) of the JSC Act’. This simply means that if any determination has to be made about the conduct of the Judge, a complaint that complies with the provisions of section 14 of the JSC Act, must first be lodged with the Judicial Conduct Committee setting out the grounds upon which the complaint is based. There is currently no complaint lodged with the Judicial Conduct Committee about Judge’s conduct.

Reply:

1. (a) What number of (i) case backlogs does the Competition Commission have and (ii) days has each case been backlogged for, (b) what was the average time line, in days, from receiving a complaint to resolving a case in (i) 2015, (ii) 2016 and (iii) 2017 and (c) how does the commission monitor the (i) settlement agreements reached and (ii) progress on each agreement

The Competition Commission advises that it has a total of 64 cases on backlog in cartel matters, with the periods of backlog differing by case, with the complexity of cases largely driving the period of the backlog.

The following table provides information on the average time taken for different cartel investigations as well as enforcement/other abuse of dominance and restrictive practices, for the past three years:

Category	Average no. of days to complete all cases
	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18
Cartels	1044 days	684 days	1061 days
Enforcement Other- abuse of dominance, restrictive practices	396 days	329 days	254 days

All settlement agreements concluded between the Competition Commission (“the Commission”) and respondent firms are presented to the Competition Tribunal (“Tribunal”) for confirmation as consent orders of the Tribunal in terms of section 49D of the Competition Act 89 of 1998, as amended (“the Act”). Once so confirmed by the Tribunal, a consent order may in terms of section 64 of the Act, be served, executed and enforced as if it were an order of the High Court.

Where a settlement agreement contains an on-going commitment or undertaking by a respondent firm to pay penalties or to perform remedial action, performance is monitored by the legal and economic teams of the Commission.

(2) Have any cases been referred to the National Prosecuting Authority for prosecution; if so, what are the details of the cases?

The Commission has referred certain cases to the relevant criminal investigation agency for criminal investigation. The Commissioner advises that further details of the cases cannot be disclosed at this stage because they are subject to ongoing criminal investigation.

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Reply:

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

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Reply:

(a) All clinics have administrative support.

(b) Not applicable.

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Reply:

(a) (i) the department does not own land

(ii) South African resources agency has ownership of the land listed below:

ITEM NO.	PRO PERTY NAME	LACATION	PROPERTY EXTENT	PROPERTY USE/INTENDED USE
EASTERN CAPE
1	The Lookout	Kirkwood District	3 947m2	Memorial and Grave site
2	Old Congregational Church	Cradock	1 753m2	Church used by the local community
3	Mooimeisiesfontein	Riebeeck East	69 156 m2	Main building leased; Repurposing concepts in process of being determined for socio-economic benefit for the community
4	Old Gaol	Grahams town	3 736 m2	SAHRA office; Portion of the property vacant for leasing
5	Old Residency	King Williams Town	10746 m2	Vacant property; Best use concepts in process of being determined for State use with Dept. of Public Works
6	Concentration Camp Garden of Remembrance	Aliwal North	5 312m²	Memorial and Cemetery
FREE STATE
7	Burger Monument	Edenburg	52 589m²	Memorial
KWAZULU NATAL
8	Old Fort	Durban	20 703m²	Public Open Space
9	Blarney Cottage	Richmond	2.4571ha	Vacant; Engagements in process with the Richmond Municipality to determine best use concepts for socio-economic benefits to the community
10	Birthplace of Louis Botha	Greytown	645m²	Memorial
11	Spioenkop Battlefield	Bergville	46.7127ha	Memorial
12	Elandslaagte Memorial	Klip River District	149m²	Memorial
13	Piet Retief Grave	Ulundi	4307m²	Grave site,memorial
LIMPOPO
14	Moordfift Monument	Mokopane	132m²	Memorial
15	Old English Fort	Polokwane	18323m²	Memorial
16	Verdun Ruins	Soutpansberg	3789m²	Archeological site
17	Mapochs Caves	Roossenekal	63.1100ha	Archeological site
MPUMALANGA
18	Krugerhof	Waterval Onder	440m²	Museum
NORTH WEST
19	Old Powder Magazine	Potchefstroom	70m²	Monument
20	Old Fort & Cemetery	Potchefstroom	3 735m²	Memorial, Cemetery
21	Site of Livingstone`s House	Marico District	343m²	Ruins, natural site
NORTHERN CAPE
22	Union Masonic	Kimberely	426m²	Use of building by local church
WESTERN CAPE
23	Granite lodge	Cape Town CBD	1505m²	SAHRA Head Office
24	Wouter Wessels Vault	Green point	331m²	Vault
25	Vlakenberg Manor	Observatory	1.1456ha	Leased for portion of a hotel and restaurant
26	Van Riebeeck`s Hedge	Bishopscourt	19 151m²	Museum; Repurposing of property for conference facilities
27	Het Posthuys Museum	Muizenberg	1 977m²	Museum; Repurposing of property for conference facilities
28	Welcome Cottage	Glencairn	2 885m²	Repurposing for best use concept in process; Engagement with DPW for potential State use
29	Hugo Family Vault	Simons Town	1 042m²	Vault
30	Dal Josafat Farm	Paarl	232.5850ha	Buildings are leased; Repurposing of property for socio-economic benefit; Engagement with DPW for the best use concept; Engagement with local municipality for the best use concepts
31	Onderdal School	Paarl	8 728m²	SAHRA site office; Repurposing of property in process with DPW.
32	Kleinbosch Cemetery	Paarl	1 065m²	Cemetery
33	Groenenberg School	Wellington	8 565m²	Vacant; Repurposing concepts for community benefit in process with DPW
34	Tulbagh Erf 56	Tulbagh	4 479m²	Community Vegetable garden
35	Tulbagh Erf 255	Tulbagh	4 746m²	Open Garden for Community use
36	Struisbaai Fisherman Cottages	Struisbaai	17 043m²	Repurposing of property into holiday cottages for leasing

The head office which housed the Department and the following entities National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF); national Heritage Council (NHC) and the Pansalb are leasing their buildings from the Private persons.

All other entities occupy government properties.

Reply:

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

Reply:

1. (a) The Northern Cape hosts part of the international Square Kilometre Array (SKA), which is an international radio telescope project undertaken in collaboration with other countries including the UK and Australia. Analogue television transmissions produce high levels of interference and as such they have to be switched off and replaced with digital television transmissions via satellite.

(b) To date, all qualifying households in the core towns within a Square Kilometre Array (SKA) have been connected to the digital platform. Subsequent to the installations of devices to all households’ in the core towns of the SKA; including Carnarvon, Vanwyksvlei, Brandvlei, Williston and Vorsburg; analogue transmission services have since been switched off. However, analogue transmission services could not be switched in other areas of the SKA due to households that do not qualify for government subsidised decoders.

2. (a) The major challenges relates to the lack of resources mainly funding.

(b) Majority of the areas in the Northern Cape are covered by Satellite network and currently, there is no stock to distribute to the qualifying registered households.

3.  A table below present the statistics as at 31 March 2018.

PROVINCES	ESTIMATED INDIGENTS HOUSEHOLDS	(a) TOTAL INSTALLATIONS	(b) BALANCE
Northern Cape	111,559	41,687	69,872
Free State	341,306	104,051	237,255
Limpopo	562,980	24,686	538,294
Mpumalanga	455,867	40,292	415,575
KwaZulu Natal	860,786	40,399	820,387
Eastern Cape	538,633	10,946	527,687
North West	382,692	37,319	345,373
Western Cape	508,888	0	508,888
Gauteng	1,237,289	0	1,237,289
TOTALS	5,000,000	299,380	4,700,620

4. The department has not met the target in terms of

(a) the migration of five million qualifying households to receive government subsidised decoders;

(b) the migration of the majority of unsubscribed citizen who rely on the retail market to acquire migration devices

5. The Department is a policy maker and does not implement programmes on the ground. The department will ensure collaboration with relevant stakeholders such as the SABC and the industry to advocate for content development to feed the channels to be made available by digital migration. In 2018/19 the Department will develop a South African Audio-Visual content strategy to support the digital migration.

 

Reply:

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

Reply:

1. Brand South Africa did not conduct any studies.

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

(i) Not applicable

(aa) Not Applicable

(bb) Not Applicable

(ii) Not Applicable. No campaigns launched.

Reply:

YES, with most of its services.

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

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

Day Ward - Day admissions for MRI and CT scan patients

Anaesthesiology Unit - General Anaesthesia for Radiology patients

NICU - Admission of Neonatal ICU patients

PICU - Admission of Paediatric ICU patients

Dialysis - Peritoneal and Haemo dialysis

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

surgery patients

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

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

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Reply:

a) The planning for the Tsitsikamma restaurant precinct development has been completed following the fire in November 2016 and is ready to be subjected to a tender process. After the restaurant was destroyed by the fire, SANParks decided to upgrade the entire restaurant precinct to include all infrastructure.

The project scope includes the following:

• Restaurant that accommodates 250 seats
• Curio shop with offices and stores
• Information centre as first point of arrival for visitors
• Multi use Boat house
• General Amenities for visitors that includes play areas, picnic areas as well as beach showers and dressing areas
• Bulk Services (Electricity, water and sewer)

b) It is envisaged that the tender and contracting process will take six months from May 2018 to October 2018. Construction is scheduled to commence in January 2019 after the peak tourism season. The estimated construction period is 18 months due to the difficult site and visitor management requirements, with estimated completion in September 2020.

The clients are being serviced from provided marquee since 10th December 2016

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Reply:

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

a) (i)

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

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

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

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

(a) (ii)

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

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

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

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

(b) (i)

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

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

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

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

(b) (ii)

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

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

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

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

Reply:

(a) and (b) The Intergrated School Health Programme (ISHP) is implemented by school health teams employed by the Department of Health (DoH) in provinces. The reach of the services and the package provided, is dependent on the availability and composition of these school health teams in each geographic area. The Department of Basic Education receives signed off collated data on the number of learners that have received services in the preceding quarter from the national Department of Health. The list of schools is not provided.

Reply:

The ten leading causes for admission to a health care facility in Nkangala District Municipality in 2016/17 are:

• HIV and AIDS
• TB
• Lower respiratory infections
• Hypertensive heart diseases
• Ischaemic heart diseases
• Cerebrovascular diseases
• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
• Diabetes
• Diarrheal diseases
• Road injuries

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Reply:

The ten leading causes for admission to a health care facility in Gert Sibande District Municipality in 2016/17 are:

• HIV and AIDS
• TB
• Lower respiratory infections
• Hypertensive heart diseases
• Cerebrovascular diseases
• Diabetes
• Diarrheal diseases
• Road injuries
• Meningitis/Encephalitis
• Nephritis/Nephrosis

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Reply:

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

Reply:

DAFF’S RESPONSE:

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

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

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

Reply:

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

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

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

Reply:

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

1           2010                      0                       0                0              0                 0

2           2011                      4                        2                9             16                31

3           2012                      8                        3                7              33               51

4           2013                      5                        1                1               6                13

5           2014                     14                        4               2              19               39

6           2015                      0                         3               3                9               15

7           2016                      0                         5                2              22               29

8          2017                       0                         2                 2               3                 7

9          2018                        0                         0                 1               2                 3

TOTAL                               31                      20                 27             110           188

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

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

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

REPLY: None.

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

REPLY:

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

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

Reply:

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

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

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

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

(iii) Not applicable

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

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

2. South African Weather Services (SAWS)

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

(aa) Not applicable.

(bb) Not applicable.

3. iSimangaliso Wetland Park

(i) Not applicable

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

(iii) Not applicable

(aa) Not applicable.

(bb) Not applicable.

4. South Africa National Parks (SANParks)

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

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

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

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

(bb) Not applicable

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Reply:

DAFF’S RESPONSE:

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

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

Reply:

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

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

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Reply:

DAFF’S RESPONSE:

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

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

Reply:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Reply:

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

Fortune Air (Pty) Ltd

National Airways Corporation (Pty) Ltd

VOGN (Pty) Ltd

South African Airways

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

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

(ii) The cost to hire each aircraft:

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

Execujet SA (Pty) Ltd: R12 660 961.82

Fortune Air (Pty) Ltd: R 8 418 837.83

VOGN (Pty) Ltd: R 8 361 503.42

South African Airways: R 1 932 956.54

Reply:

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

 

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Reply:

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

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

(b) No amounts have been recovered.

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

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

Reply:

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

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

Reply:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Reply:

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

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

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Reply:

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

(b) Yes.

(c) To air transport the Principal.

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

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

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

Reply:

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

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

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

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

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

 

 

Reply:

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

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

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