Reply:

1. Neither the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development and the Office of Chief Justice nor related entities such as the National Prosecuting Authority, and Special Investigating Unit own any land. All immovable assets belonging to the State resort under the custodianship of the national Department of Public Works, and is governed by the Government Immovable Asset Management Act, 2007 (Act No 19 of 2007) and the State Land Disposal Act, 1961 (Act No 48 of 1961).

However, I have been informed that Legal Aid South Africa does not own any vacant and unused land but owns seven (7) pieces of land where there are properties that are used as local offices as per my reply to question 988.

2. Falls away.

1. The Department of Correctional Services and the entities does not own any land. All the land and buildings that the department and these entities are using belongs to the National Department of Public Works, as the custodian of all state immovable assets.
2. (a) (b) (i) and (ii) falls away

Reply:

(a) and (b) Yes,

Overview Progress Report on the Implementation of the 1997 and 1999 Public Works White Papers can be summarised as follows:

Construction Sector

Since the adoption of the 1997 and 1999 Public Works White Papers respectively the Department of Public Works (DPW) led a process that culminated in the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) and the Council for the Built Environment (CBE) Acts of Parliament, as well as the Construction Sector Charter and Codes. The Department is currently in the process of reviewing the cited Acts.

The Emerging Contractor Development Programme is a key intervention that has been implemented. This has enabled participation of black owned small and medium enterprises in the construction sector. However, there is still room for improvement to deepen transformation in the sector. Opportunities availed to these enterprises through set-asides have afforded these business entities opportunities to gain skills and knowledge, as well as expand their asset-base.

Property Sector

The State has been beset with a number of intertwined challenges in respect of the management and administration of its immovable property portfolio. To provide a uniform framework and ensure coordination in the management of immovable assets the Government Immovable Assets Management Act, 2007 (GIAMA) [Act No. 19 of 2007] was enacted. The process of institutionalisation of the Act started immediately thereafter and continuous monitoring is being undertaken.

In an endeavour to enhance implementation of GIAMA, the Department of Public Works embarked on a programme to produce a complete and Generally Recognised Accounting Practice (GRAP) compliant Immovable Asset Register (IAR). The IAR enhancement programme was successfully completed in the 2015/16 financial year.

The IAR is a critical mechanism that enables the State to have accurate, up-to-date and comprehensive information on its immovable assets.

One of the challenges identified through the operational Policy Framework was the lack of a pre-eminent property and facilities management hub for the State. In September 2014 Cabinet approved the establishment of the Property Management Trading Entity (PMTE). The Entity is primarily charged with the management of State properties. We are currently in the process of operationalizing the PMTE.

Public Employment/Works Programmes

The Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) is in its third phase, having been formally launched in 2004. The EPWP Strategy and EPWP Guidelines for implementation have been developed to give direction towards the implementation of the intervention.

Central to the implementation of the EPWP is the application of labour intensive methods, which have resulted in massive job creation, skilling and community asset building. Major social infrastructure assets include police stations, schools, community halls, courts and internal access roads, amongst others. The StatsSA 2015 Quarterly Household Survey confirmed that the EPWP has had a significant impact in addressing the challenge of hunger as a result of poverty for thousands of households. The EPWP has been a safety net for many who struggle to find employment in the mainstream economy. Moreover, to an extent, the EPWP has contributed to reducing socio-economic inequalities and has had a positive effect on social cohesion.

Deracialisation and Radical Transformation in the Construction Sector

The Department of Public Works provides leadership in facilitating the transformation of the built environment (BE). The enactment of the Council for the Built Environment Act, 2000 [Act No. 43 of 2000] and the Acts related to the 6 Built Environment Professions Councils (BEPCs) attests to the efforts towards the transformation of the BE sector. The BEPC talk to the following disciplines:

• Architecture;
• Landscape Architecture;
• Quantity Surveying;
• Engineering;
• Construction project management; and
• Property Valuers.

Though challenges still exist, a lot of groundwork has been covered leading to a steady throughput of BE professionals from designated groups.

To foster inclusivity and broad participation in the property sector, particularly with respect to State-owned immovable assets, the Property Management Empowerment Policy was developed and approved in January 2018 and subsequently became operational.

The Property Sector Charter and Codes were developed to facilitate transformation in the Property sector. The amended Codes were approved by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in June 2017.

The Construction Sector Transformation Charter provides the basis for the development of the Construction Sector Code as it reflects the commitment of various parties to actively promote a vibrant, transformed and competitive construction sector. The Construction Sector Charter and Codes have recently (December 2017) been approved by the DTI.

All the efforts alluded above demonstrate that the Department of Public Works is committed to creating an enabling environment for reconstruction, growth and development in the Property and Construction Sectors.

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Reply:

The response is based on information received from Alexkor SOC Limited.

(1)	(a)	The position was advertised in the Sunday Times on 26 February 2017. A panel was established comprising of board members to interview the short listed candidates. The preferred candidates were then put through a set of psychometric tests. The process followed was in line with Alexkor’s recruitment and selection process.
	(b)	26 February 2017
	(c)	(i)	The names of the candidates who applied for the position is in the possession of the Department and the members are welcome to request sight of said list. The challenge in publicly disclosing the names is that application for these level positions is done on a confidential basis, and disclose may negatively affect the current employment relationship of the applicants. Besides, the disclosure cannot be done without the candidates giving the Department consent to disclose their names.
		(ii)	As per (1)(c)(i) above.
	(d)	(i)	Minimum of 5 years mining experience (diamond or coal mining experience preferable).
		(ii)	At least 5 years senior management experience.
		(iii)	Executive Management experience.
		(iv)	Comprehensive knowledge of the PFMA and Treasury Regulations (3 years SOC/SOE experience would be an advantage)
		(v)	Extensive strategic leadership experience.
		(vi)	Business rescue or turnaround strategy implementation experience.
		(vii)	Relevant Mining Qualifications preferable (BSc Mining Engineering or Equivalent).
	(e)	(i)	Ms H Matseke	(Chairperson of the Board of Directors)
		(ii)	Mr T Matona	(Member of the Board of Directors)
		(iii)	Ms B Makwetla	(Member of the Board of Directors)
		(iv)	Mr S Danana	(Member of the Board of Directors)
		(v)	Dr R Paul	(Advisor to the Board of Directors)
		(vi)	Ms L Mphahlele	(Leadership Talent, Service Provider as observer)
	(f)	(i)	Mr Pitsoe has 23 years mining experience, including Diamond or Coal Mining;
		(ii)	9 years senior management experience
		(iii)	4 years executive management experience
		(iv)	Extensive strategic leadership experience
		(v)	He was involved in a turnaround strategy at Hernic Ferrochrome (Pty) Ltd
		(vi)	He as a BSc Mining Engineering degree
(2)	The question was not asked of Mr Pitsoe as it was not relevant to the employment criteria. For the record, Mr Pitsoe was employed as a General Manager at Hernic Ferrochrome (Pty) Ltd, and did not have a direct relationship with the Gupta family. JIC, a Gupta company was as service provider to Hernic which relationship was in place long before Mr Pitsoe joined Hernic, which is owned by Mitsubishi a Japanese conglomerate.

We will be looking into these matters more closely in the coming months.

Reply:

H&M is reportedly the world’s second largest clothing retailer, with stores ion a number of countries, including in South Africa. Earlier this year, the company featured an advert of a black child wearing a sweatshirt with the words “coolest monkey in the jungle” etched on the front.

The company was widely criticized for insensitivity and some responded with outrage. The company issued a public apology and hired a diversity leader to strengthen company sensitivities.

It had been known for some time that the company has not used South Africa as a source for the manufacture of clothing. EDD reached out to the company to draw to their attention to the fact that the African continent is not purely a consumer market for goods but also a source of clothing and textiles. The Swedish ambassador also facilitated discussions between the company and government as well as NGOs.

During the discussions, it was acknowledged that every single item in a H&M store from assets, stock in trade and consumables is imported. The Department and some of the NGOs pointed out that a full and complete mea culpa would preferably include using South Africa as a source for clothing and other consumables, which would create local jobs and help to bring down levels of unemployment in the country.

Government is encouraging a number of retailers to localize more of their sourcing as a means of creating local jobs and some retailers have already responded positively, as reported to Parliament on more than one occasion, with positive results for the country.

H&M acknowledged it had not previously considered South Africa as a sourcing market and undertook to send a technical delegation to South Africa to identify local capacity. EDD arranged a meeting between H&M and a retailer who had invested in local sourcing to show the opportunities in local industry. EDD arranged for H&M to visit a number of factories in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban in late May 2018.

We are engaging the company further and look forward to a positive response based responsible corporate sourcing that creates manufacturing jobs in South Africa.

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Reply:

The response is based on information received from Alexkor SOC Limited.

(1)	(a)	The response to the PQ that I have received from the CEO of Alexkor, Mr Lemogang Pitso, is that he attended the said weddings while he was in the employ of Hernic Ferrochrome (Pty) Ltd. Mr Pitsoe was representing Mr Johan Swanepoel, who is the CEO of Hernic, who could not attend due to unforeseen circumstances.
	(b)	As per 1(a) above.
(2)	(a)	The position was advertised in the Sunday Times on 26 February 2017. A panel was established comprising of board members to interview the short listed candidates. The preferred candidates were then put through a set of psychometric tests. This was done in line with Alexkor’s recruitment and selection policy.

	(b)	26 February 2017
	(c)	(i)	(aa)	The names of the candidates who applied for the position is in the possession of the Department and the members are welcome to request sight of said list. The challenge in publicly disclosing the names is that application for these level positions is done on a confidential basis, and disclose may negatively affect the current employment relationship of the applicants. Besides, the disclosure cannot be done without the candidates giving the Department consent to disclose their names.
			(bb)	Same as (2)(c)(aa) above.
			(cc)	Same as (2)(c)(aa) above.
		(ii)	(bb)	Ms H Matseke	(Chairperson of the Board of Directors)
			(cc)	Mr T Matona	(Member of the Board of Directors)
			(dd)	Ms B Makwetla	(Member of the Board of Directors)
			(ee)	Mr S Danana	(Member of the Board of Directors)
			(ff)	Dr R Paul	(Advisor to the Board of Directors)
			(ff)	Ms L Mphahlele	(Leadership Talent, Service Provider as observer)
	(d)	Mr Pitsoe has extensive marine mining experience which he accumulated while employed by De Beers.
(3)	Yes. Mr Pitsoe was employed at Hernic (Pty Ltd as a General Manager. Hernic and JIC Mining had a customer-supplier relationship, where HIC was a mining contractor to Hernic. The information was not disclosed as it was not requested either in the job application forms of the interview. It can be recalled that Hernic and JIC are private companies and did not have a relationship with DPE’s SOCs. We will be looking into these matters more closely in the coming weeks.

Reply:

As indicated in Parliament, I have met with both the Minister of Public Enterprises and the Minister of Transport to raise concerns regarding local procurement and to advise of the availability of local production capacity. Both Ministers support the drive to localize production of rolling stock and components.

The Honourable Member will be aware that changes have been effected recently to the boards of both affected State-owned Companies, namely Transnet and PRASA.

Further announcements will be made when additional developments occur or policy pronouncements are made.

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Reply:

This response is according to information received from Transnet:

1. Transnet SOC Ltd (Transnet) has electric locomotives (9E electric) fleet which used to operate on the Ore Line (Sishen-Saldanha). These 9E locomotives were unique to the Sishen-Saldanha line and were not to be used elsewhere in Africa.

The first of these old locomotives arrived in 1978. These locomotives reached the end of life six (6) years ago and the last ten (10) locomotives were eventually staged in 2016 and have not been operating since then, as their components were obsolete and were uneconomical to maintain. Any remaining parts were subsequently sold off.

They were subsequently replaced with 15E locomotives, the first of which arrived in 2010.

(2) This is an operational decision within the powers of Transnet management under the supervision of the Board of Directors. There is also a Significance Materiality Framework which gives guidance and thresholds on such matters.

(3) The Minister is on record that the contract will be investigated. If foul play is established, appropriate action will be taken. To date two forensic reports are available. The new Board of Transnet is discussing these reports and will soon be announcing its plans to act on all those guilty of corruption or any other malpractices.

Reply:

1. No, I have never travelled on any official international trip with a spouse or family member.
2. Not applicable

Reply:

(1)(a)(i)(ii)

2013	2014	2015
Number of Cases	Quantity Confiscated	Number of Cases	Quantity Confiscated	Number of Cases	Quantity Confiscated
8	11995,70 kg	5	11471 kg	9	11906,02 kg

 

2016	2017	2018
Number of Cases	Quantity Confiscated	Number of Cases	Quantity Confiscated	Number of Cases	Quantity Confiscated
12	8809,42 ka	7	6326,30 ka	2	1536,50 ka

(1)(b) The abalone is handed over to the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (Marine and Coastal Management), in terms of the Marine Living Resource Act, 1998 (Act No 18 of 1998).

Please find here: (2)(a)(i)(ii)(b)

Reply:

In the 2018 State-of-the National Address, the President alluded to a review of configuration of government departments, this reconfiguration of government departments will amongst others reduce size of the public service, which will in turn reduce an increases of public service wage bill. The Department of Public Service and Administration is also putting together measures to contain huge increases of the public service wage bill, these measures include (i) employee-initiated severance package, (ii) early retirement without penalties, (iii) review of performance management and incentive system, (iv) centralised job grading and evaluation, (v) more effective management of allowances, including base amounts and frequency of adjustments, (vi) review of structure of government to reduce fragmentation, duplication of functions and elimination of redundant posts, amongst others, (vii) careful management of earnings growth including allowances, performance incentives and other benefits and also management of both headcount and earnings of public servants

All these measures will be implemented in a manner that avoids negative impact on the capacity of the state to deliver quality public services.

Reply:

DPE response

a) The Special Investigating Unit is currently working with a team comprising the DPCI and State-Owned Companies’ (SOC) Forensic Units to inter alia address current and historical allegations of corruption in the SOCs. Among others, the team is seized with reviewing forensic reports that have been commissioned by the SOCs in order to:

(i) Ascertain the number and status of matters that have been referred to SAPS;

(ii) Ascertain the number and status of matters that have been referred to DPCI.

The efforts are meant to ensure that where prima facie case of corruption exists, the law enforcement agencies move to seize assets that are proceeds of corruption. Furthermore, the work is also meant to establish matters that the Boards and Executive of SOCs failed to refer for criminal investigation by relevant law enforcement agencies and matters that could expeditiously result in the conviction of those implicated in allegations of corruption concerning SOCs.

(aa) The question relates to a period that spans 14 years. Consequently, at the time of responding to the question, the Department had confirmed that one case of corruption and fraud was referred to the SAPS and the related investigation is still underway.

(bb) To date seventy nine forensic reports commissioned by SOCs concerning matters of malfeasance, fraud and corruption have been referred to the SIU for review. The team comprising SIU, Asset Forfeiture Unit and the DPCI is seized with the review of the reports. Furthermore, the SIU is currently conducting work in line with Proclamation No 11 of 2018 that authorizes investigation into allegations of malfeasance, fraud and corruption in Transnet and Eskom. A motivation will be submitted to Denel to address allegations of corruption in Denel.

b) (i)(ii)(iii) The review and reconciliation of records being done independently by the team led by the SIU should assist in ascertaining the completeness and status of all matters that have been referred to law enforcement agencies and convictions if any, which have been registered to date.

All the efforts mentioned above are fully aligned to the commitment made by the President during the State of the Nation Address that this is the year to turn the tide of corruption in public institutions. Therefore, the team led by the SIU should be allowed to continue its work in order to reveal facts behind the questions posed and the information that the SOCs has over the years submitted to the Ministry.

Reply:

(1)(a)(b) and (2)

Police Station	(1)(a) Actual	(1)(b) Optimal (Ideal)	(2) Date when full complement will be reached
Boksburg Sector Policing	32	24 (+8)	During the 2017/2018 financial year, six students were allocated to the police station.

 

 

 

Reply to question 1786 recommended/

Date: »1g -„- i ,

GENERAL H AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

2

Reply to question 1786 approved/not approved

MINISTER OF POLICE BH CELE, P

Reply:

Response to Parliament Question 1701.

1. (a) The Department of Arts and Culture does not own land
2. (a) South African Heritage Resources Agency has ownership of the land listed below:

ITEM NO	PROPERTY NAME	LOCATION (1)(b)(i) (2)(b)(ii)(aa)	SIZE OF LAND (1)(b)(ii)	VACANT LAND/ UNUSED LAND (1)(a)(i) / (1)(a)(ii)	SIZE OF LEASED LAND (2)(b)(ii)(bb)	RAND VALUE OF LEASE (2)(b)(i)
EASTERN CAPE
1	The Lookout	Kirkwood District	3 947m²	Memorial and Grave site	N/A	N/A
2	Old Congregational Church	Cradock	1 753m²	Unused. Potential use of Church for community purpose	N/A	N/A
3	Mooimeisiesfontein	Riebeeck East	69 156m²	Main building leased to residential tenants; Repurposing concepts in process of being determined for soci-economic benefit for the community	298m²	R 3 000.00
4	Old Gaol	Grahamstown	3 736m²	SAHRA Eastern Cape office; Administration block to be leased	N/A	N/A
5	Old Residency	King Wiiliams Town	10 746m²	Unused; Not suitable for occupation; Repurposing concept in process of being determined	N/A	N/A
6	Concentration Camp Garden of Remembrance	Aliwal North	5 312m²	Memorial and Cemetery	N/A	N/A
FREE STATE
7	Burgher Monument	Edenburg	52 589m²	Memorial	N/A	N/A
KWAZULU-NATAL
8	Old Fort	Durban	20 703m²	Public Open Space	N/A	N/A
9	Blarney Cottage	Richmond	2.4571ha	Unused; Engagements in process with local Municipality to determine best use for socio-economic benefits	N/A	N/A
10	Birthplace of Louis Botha	Greytown	645m²	Memorial	N/A	N/A
11	Spioenkop Battlefield	Bergville	46.7127ha	Memorial	N/A	N/A
12	Elandslaagte Memorial	Klip River District	149m²	Memorial	N/A	N/A
13	Piet Retief's Grave	Ulundi	4 307m²	Grave site, memorial	N/A	N/A
LIMPOPO
14	Moordrift Monument	Mokopane	132m²	Memorial	N/A	N/A
15	Old English Fort	Polokwane	18 323m²	Memorial	N/A	N/A
16	Verdun Ruins	Soutspansberg	3 789m²	Archeological site	N/A	N/A
17	Mapochs Caves	Roossenekal	63.1100ha	Archeological site; Used for religious fetivals	N/A	N/A
MPUMALANGA
18	Krugerhof	Waterval Onder	440m²	Museum	N/A	N/A
NORTH WEST
19	Old Powder Magazine	Potchefstroom	70m²	Monument	N/A	N/A
20	Old Fort & Cemetery	Potchefstroom	3 735m²	Memorial, Cemetery	N/A	N/A
21	Site of Livingstone's House	Marico District	343m²	Ruins, natural site	N/A	N/A
NORTHERN CAPE
22	Union Masonic Temple	Kimberely	426m²	Use of building by local church	N/A	N/A
WESTERN CAPE
23	Granite Lodge	Cape Town CBD	1 505m²	SAHRA Head Office	N/A	N/A
24	Wouter Wessels Vault	Green Point	331m²	Vault	N/A	N/A
25	Vlakenberg Manor	Observatory	1.1456ha	Leased for portion of a hotel and restaurant	1.1456ha	R 29 986.00
26	Van Riebeeck's Hedge	Bishopscourt	19 151m²	Vacant: Natural site		N/A
27	Het Posthuys Museum	Muizenberg	1 977m²	Museum; Repurposing of remaining property for conference facilities. Registered PPP project.		N/A
28	Welcome Cottage	Glencairn	2 885m²	Repurposing for best use concept; Registered PPP project	78m²	R 2 300.00
29	Hugo Family Vault	Simons Town	1 042m²	Vault	N/A	N/A
30	Dal Josafat Farm	Paarl	232.5850ha	Buildings leased for residential use; Repurposing of property for socio-economic benefit; Engagements with national and local public entities for best use; Registered PPP project.	1 579m²	R 50 068.00
31	Onderdal School	Paarl	8 728m²	SAHRA Paarl site office; Repurposing of property in process; Engagement with national and local public entities for best use.	N/A	N/A
32	Kleinbosch Cemetery	Paarl	1 065m²	Cemetery	N/A	N/A
33	Groenenberg School	Wellington	8 565m²	Vacant; Repurposing concept in process; Engagement with national and local public entities for best use.	N/A	N/A
34	Tulbagh Erf 56	Tulbagh	4 479m²	Vacant: Community Vegetable Garden	N/A	N/A
35	Tulbagh Erf 255	Tulbagh	4 746m²	Vacant: Open space for community use	N/A	N/A
36	Struisbaai Fishermen Cottages	Struisbaai	17 043m²	Repurposing of property into holiday cottages; Registered PPP project. (Income dependant on seasonal occupation)	91m²	R 7 000.00

Reply:

1(a)(b) 

The vehicle, with registration number CF52060, is a white Chevrolet Optra, which is attached to the Kuilsrivier Detective Service. It is currently parked at the Faure Base which is a South African Police

Service (SAPS) training facility.

(2)(a) No, the vehicle in currently not operational. The vehicle was involved in a collision, a case docket was opened and registered at the Khayelitsha Police Station, GAS 215/05/2018 and the charge is reckless and negligent driving.

(2)(b) The vehicle will be towed to the Maitland SAPS garage for repairs and it is not possible to say on what date it will be operational again.

Reply to question 1802 recommended/not recommended

GENERAL NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE
KL SITOLE (SOEG)
Date: 2018/06/08

Reply to question 1802 approved

MINISTER OF POLICE
BH CELE, MP
Date: 17/06/2018

Reply:

Section 3 and 6 and subsequent subsections of the Ministerial Handbook allows the Executive Members to be accompanied by their spouses or an adult family member instead of their spouses in their official journeys abroad at departmental expenses. Yes, the Minister has been accompanied to the UN commission on the Status of Women to New York by her brother as per the Ministerial Handbook.

(11) Since 1 April 2018, no International Trip has been taken by the Minister.

2. All international trips of Members of the Executive are processed and approved by the State President

Reply:

DPE response

a) In 2007 the then Department of Minerals and Energy which is currently known as the Department of Mineral Resources (“DMR”) entered into a Memorandum of Agreement (“MoA”) with De Beers in connection with the State interest pertaining to lease consideration, claims and other obligations payable to the State in terms of the 1979 lease (“Cullinan Lease”) and the 1990 lease (“Venetia Lease”). The Cullinan Lease and the Venetia Lease collectively will be referred to as “Lease Agreements”.

Prior to the enactment of the Minerals Act of 1991 (“Minerals Act”) and as inferred by the MoA, the State had an uncontested interest and claims which were payable and arising out of the Lease Agreements. However, once the Minerals Act was enacted, De Beers contested the State interest and claims under the Lease Agreements and contended that the State interest and claims were no longer payable.

On the other hand, the State was of the firm view that the coming into effect of the Minerals Act does not extinguish its rights flowing out of the Lease Agreements. In order for DMR and De Beers to settle the above dispute, an MoA was concluded as a full and final settlement of any and all claims that the State may have had against De Beers in terms of the Lease Agreements and as part of the settlement a 20% shareholding in Namaqualand Mines (NM) was allocated to DMR pending transfer to a proposed transaction structure involving Alexkor.

The protracted Richtersveld community land claim against the Department and Alexkor (“Land Claim”) complicated the deal as the resolution of the matter was vital to the proposed transaction structure. The Government took a decision to protect the 20% shareholding in NM pending the resolution of the Land Claim. Eventually, the proposed deal structure failed to materialise and whilst the Government was negotiating a resolution of the Land Claim, De Beers was proceeding with its business rationalisation process.

b) As a result, several steps were taken by De Beers to sell NM which was eventually acquired by Trans Hex and the State maintained its 20% shareholding under the custodianship of the Department of Public Enterprises. The NM operations lay dormant for several years until 2015 when West Coast Resources was formed to exploit the NM asset. The 20% shareholding of the State is warehoused in a Special Purpose Vehicle while the State determines how to leverage its stake.

 

Reply:

Normally a Conference of this nature would cost in excess of a million rand for travel of an international speaker, fees associated with the speaker (a Nobel Laureate in Economics), flights for local delegates, accommodation, venue and catering.

The Ministry arranged to have the event done in partnership with the University of Witwatersrand, who provided the venue and certain costs associated with the event.

The Economic Development Department paid R46 124 for the event, to cover part of the cost of catering and travel for local delegates. The Economic Development Department did not incur any costs at all for Professor Stiglitz, as he was already in the country at his own cost on business unrelated to the Department and he did not charge a speaker’s fee for speaking at the EDD event.

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Reply:

(1)(a)(i)(ii)(b)(i) and (ii)

The South African Police Service (SAPS) does not own land. The National Department of Public Works (NDPW) is the custodian of all government properties. As mandated in the devolution agreement between the SAPS and the NDPW, the following sites have been identified and acquired for the proposed construction of new police stations:

Police Gtation	9tatua	Province	Site Descrlptlon	Size	Municipality
Bloemsprult	In progress	Free State	ml 10 737, Heidedal Ext 19	1,8007 hactaree	Mangaung Munlclpallty
Kutlwanong	In progress	Free State	Erf 7 277, Kutlwanong	1,54 hectares	Mathjabeng Municipality
Magobkweng	In progress	Free State	Erf 711, Tshiame	1,1483 hectares	Maluti a Phofung
Reigerpark	Finalised	Gauteng	Erf 479, Reiger Park Ext1	1,Z08 hectares	Ekurhuleni Municipality
Riemvasmaak	Finallsed	Northern Cape	Erf 369, Molopo Road, Rlemvasmaak	1,000 hectare	Kail Garib Municipality
Makhaza	Finalised	Western Cape	Erf 75 169 portion of Erf 59 037, Khayelitsha	1,0229 hectaias	City o Cape Town
Tafelslg	In progress	Western Cape	Erf 36 151, Mitchells Plain	2,307 hectares	City of Cape Town

The entities which report to the Minister of Police, do not own land. The following sitRS for the proposed construction of new deep rural stations are leased and donated by the various stakeholders.

Station	Province	Lessor/Donor	Site Description	Siae	Municipality
Huku	Eastern Cape	Donated by the Mandileni/Huku Tribal Council	Portion 7 of the farm Mandileni No 88	7 374 square meters	Umzimvubu Municipality
Mdeni	Eastern Cape	Donated by the Headman NP Njeje Traditional Council	Portion 10 f the farm ' Kaka's No 21	6 405 square meters	Matatiele Munlclpallty
Mthombe	Eastern Cape	Donated by the Prince Mdamasi Tribal Council	Portion 6 of the farm Mtombi No 36	5 770 square meters	Nyandeni Municlpallty
Ntamonde	Eastern Cape	Donated by the Amantshangase Traditional Council	Portion 13 of farm Ntshangase no 63	6 301 square meters	Mbizana Municipality
Pholile	Eastern Cape	Donated by the Lupindo Traditional Council	Portion 3 of the farm Ncaywa No 7	1,2002 hectares	Matatiele Municipality
Qhasa	Eastern Cape	Donated by the Headman of the Qhasa Tribal Council	Portion 9 of the farm Qhasa No 45	1.1020 hectares	Mbizana Municipality
Tabase	Eastern Cape	Donated by the Jumba Traditional Council	Erf 1 528, Tabase	1,1795 hectares	Klng Sabata Dalindyobo Municipallty
Tafalehashe	Eastern Cape	Donated by the Engonyama Tribal Council	Portion 5 of the farm Nkwalini No 45	1,012B hectares	Mbashe Municipality
Bhosiki	KwaZuIu- Natal	Leased from the Ingonyama Trust Board	Portion of the farm Nkumblni No 16 908	9 672square meters	Ray Nkonyeni Municipality
Kilmun	KwaZulu- Natal	Leased from the Ingonyama Trust Board	Por£on of Upper Umkomaas farm 18 415, Location No 1	6 057square meters	Ingwe Municipallty
Mfekayi	KwaZuIu- Natal	Leased from the Ingonyama Trust Board	Portion of the farm Reserve No 3, farm 15 822	9 109 square meters	Mtubatuba Municipality
Msinsini	KwaZulu- Natal	Site clearance progress , site to be procured from the Ndelu Community Trust	Portion of the farm Clifton Park No 9 219	1.0 hectare	Umzumbe Munlclpallty
Ntshongwe	KwaZuIu- Natal	Donated by tf›e Ntsfiongwe Tribal	Portion of the farm	9 767 square metera	Umhlabuyalingana Munlclpallty

		Council	Makhathini Flats No 16 533
Osuthu	KwaZulu- Natal	Leased from lngonyama Trust Board	Portion of the reserve farm No 12 ,farm No 15 832	9 311 square meters	Nongoma Municipality
Sokhulu	KwaZuIu- Natel	Donated by the Sokhulu Devalopment Trust	Portion of the reserve farm No 4, farm No 15 823	9 561 aquare meters	Mfolozi Municipality
Bapong	North West	Donated by the Bapo-ba Mogale Tribal Authority	Remainder of portion 5 of the farm Boschfontein 458 JQ	5 006 square meters	Madibeng Municipality
Dwarsberg	North West	Donated by the Makuntwane A Kgotoe Tribal Authority	Remainder of the farm Kameelnek No 278KP	5 002 square meters	Moses Kotane Munlclpality
Mabieskraal	North West	Donated by the BatIahLako-Ba- Mathuthu Tribal Admistration	Portion 1 of the farm Tambotlerand No 143JP	5 002 square meters	Moses Kotane Munlclpality
Mareetsane	North West	Donated by the Barolong Bo-ora Tehldi Tribal Councll	Remainder of the farm Setlagoli No 640 IO	5 002 square me(ers	Ratlou Municipality
Moeka-Vuma	North West	Donated by the Moeka-Vuma Community Tribe	the ferm Kromkuil No 99JR	4 909 square meters	Moretele Municipality
Ga-KgatIa	Limpopo	Donated by the Bahananawa Tradltlonal Communlty	Portion 2 of the farm Langlaagte No 279LR	5 707 square meters	Bloubelg Municipality
Khubvi	Limpopo	Donated by the Randima Traditlonal Crunch	Portion 150 of farm Chlbase f4o 123 MT	4 007 square meters	Thulamela Munlclpallty
Moletlane	Llmpopo	Donated by the Ndebele Tribe	Portion 31 of the farm Zebediela location No 123 KS	7 907 square meters	Lepela Nkumpi Municipality
Phaudi	Limpopo	Donated by the Bakwena Moletsi Traditional Council	Portion of the farm Lanark 199 LS	1 434 hertaros	Aganang Municipality
The Oaks	Llmpopo	Donated by the Bakone-Ba- Mamaet]a Traditional Council	Portion 31 of the farm, The Oaks, No 198 KT	6 002 square meters	Maruleng Municipallty
Oon Donald	Mpumalanga	Donated by the Mpislkazi Traditional Council	Portion 24 of the farm Dundonald No 210 IT	7 500 square meters	Chief Albert Luthuli Municipality
Driefontein	Mpumalanga	Donated by the	Portion 24 of	1.0 hectare	Mkhondo

		Mkhondo Local Municipality	the farm St Helana No 306 IT		Municipality
KwaMfiluehwa	Mpumalanga	Donated by the Matsamo Tribal Authority	Portion 24 of the farm Vlakbult No 450 JU	5 796 square meters	Nkomazi Municipality
Marltl	Mpumalanga	Site clearance in progress, site to be procured from the lnjaka- Waterval Communal Property Association	Remaining extension of the farm Waterval 273 JU	7 461 square meters	Busfibuckrldge Municipality
Phungutsha	Mpumalanga	Donated by the Kalkfontein B&C Community Trust	Portion 24 of the farm Kalkfontein No 143 JR	1,5491 hectares	Nkangala Munlcipality

(2)(a)(b)(i)(ii)(aa)(bb) Not applicable.

 

 

Reply to question 1700 recommended/

L C

KJ OLE (SOEG)

GENERAL

ER: TH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

Reply to question 1700 approved/

OF POLICE BH CELE, NIP

Reply:

The response is based on information received from Denel SOC Limited.

The Minister of Public Enterprises on 18 April 2018 directed the Board to investigate the awarding of the bursary awarded to the son of the Premier of North-West, Mr Supra Mahumapelo, to check whether the process was conducted in line with Denel policies.

The Board has commissioned the investigation and on its conclusion will take appropriate action against anyone within Denel who has flouted applicable policies. Further action to recover the funds expensed towards the bursary will need to be taken, if it is found that proper procedures were not followed.

On conclusion of the investigation, the Board has undertaken to share its contents with the Minister and at that stage the Minister shall be in a position to answer the questions that the Member has asked.

Reply:

(1)-(5) The information that is required is not readily available, as each case must be verified, before the information can be submitted. A request for an extension of three weeks is hereby made, to ensure that the information that is provided, is factually correct.

 

 

 

Original signed MAJOR GENERAL f/DIVISIONAL COMMISSIONER: DETECTIVE SERVICE (AOD) PP RAMATSOELE

Date: 11 May 2018

Reply to question 1408 recommended/not recommended

Original signed LIEUTENANT GENERAL DEPUTY NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: CRIME DETECTION LJ TSUMANE

Date: 17 May 2018

Reply to question 1408 recommended/

AL

OLE (SOEG)

GENERAL

SIO iOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

Reply to question 1408 approve‹f o ed

Reply:

(a) to (e)(i)

Name of Police Station	Number of Active Police Officers - Actual	Number of Pollce Officers - Granted
(a) Stellenbosch	183	196
(b) Cloeiesville	48	56
(c) Kayamandi-sub	12	13
(d) Groot-Drakensteln	28	30
(a) Franschhoek	28	32

(a) to (e)(ii)

Name of Pollce Station	Operational Vehicles • Actual	Operational Vehicles • Granted
(a) Stellenbosch	44	55
(b) Cloetesville	20	12
(c) Kayamandi-sub	1	1
(d) Groot-Drakenstein	10	7
(e) Franschhoek	14	e

 

(a)to(e)ii) Yes,victims friendly rooms are established at a fully fledged stations

i.e. Stellenbosch, Cloetesville, Groot Drakanstain and Franschhoek.

(a) to (e)(iv) Yes.

(v)(a Stellenbosch Police Station - 17 Community reported serious crimes.

1 April to 31 March
201412015	2015/2016	2016/2017
7 603	9 503	9 298

(v)(b) Cloetesville Police Station - 17 Community reported serious crimes.

1 April to 31 March
2014/2015	201512016	2016/2017
1 782	1 669	1 705

(v)(c) Kayamandi-sub Police Station - 17 Community reported serious crimes.

1 April to 31 March
2014/2015	2015/2016	2016/2017
1 250	1 423	1 425

(v)(d) Groot-Drakenstein Police Station - 17 Community reported serious crimes.

1 April to 31 March
2014/2015	2015/2016	2016/2017
687	564	815

(e) Franschhoek Police Station - 17 CDmmunity reported serious crimes.

1 April to 31 March
2014/2015	2016/2016	2016/2017
742	810	823

Reply to question 1595 recommended/

L C

LE (SOEG)

GENERAL

R: OUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

Reply to question 1595 apprDved

MINISTER OF POLICE BH CELE, MP

Date: “ "

Reply:

Neither a spouse nor an adult family member accompanied me on any official international trips in the past five years nor since 1 April 2018.

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Reply:

1. (a) Spouse accompanied the Minister on her international trips (b) No other family member accompanied her

(i) in the financial year 2017 /18 spouse qualified for two trips and he accompanied Minister on one trip to Germany

(ii) Since April 2018 Minister travelled with her husband to Switzerland, as per the Ministerial Handbook Chapter 6:3.1

(aa) Mr. S J Ngubane

(bb),(aaa) in the financial year 2017/18 Germany attending G20 Summit and the year 2018/19 Switzerland, Genava to attend the United Nations

Commission on Science and Technology for Development;

(bbb) Germany; and Switzerland, Geneva;

(cc), (aaa) R121, 139.25;

(bbb) Germany R55,042.49; and Switzerland R66, 096.76.

2. Both trips were approved by the Honourable President and there are no

further details.

MS MT KUBAYl-NGUBANE, MP

MINISTER OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
DATE: 15/06/2018

Reply:

(a)(b)(i) The Minister of Public Enterprises was not accompanied by the spouse and/or an adult family member during official international trips for the period 2013/14 to 2017/18.

(ii) Since 1 April 2018 the following are the details:

(aa) Minister travelled with his spouse, Mrs Vanitha Gordhan.

(bb)(aaa) Purpose of the trip

The Minister of Public Enterprises, Mr Pravin Gordhan received an invitation to attend and participate at the World Bank/ IMF Spring Meetings. The meetings attended by the Minister are as follows:

• Semi-Annual Workshop of the Advisory Finance Group (AFG) on 19 April 2018;
• Annual Havard Ministerial Leadership Forum for Finance Experts at Havard University on 23 April 2018;
• Workshop on The country Challenges of Institutionalized Corruption: Lessons for South Africa, 25-26 April 2018;
• To Strengthen country-to-country relations between South Africa and the United State of America;
• To interact with strategic stakeholders and to explore possible areas of

collaboration between the South African and United States of American companies.

(bb)(bbb) Destination of the trip is United States of America.

(cc)(aaa) Total cost of the trip in respect of the spouse is R132 418.61.

(cc)(bbb) Breakdown of the cost

The cost of R132 418.61 is only for the air ticket and there are no other costs incurred.

(2) The trip was approved by Presidency.

Reply:

Information relating to the regulation of the intelligence services is governed by the Intelligence Services Act, 65 of 2002 (as amended). The questions raised by Dr Groenewald would be better ventilated through the oversight bodies such as the Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence (JSCI), Inspector-General of Intelligence, among other regulatory bodies.

Reply:

(1)(a)(b) and (2)

 

Police Station	(1)(a) Actual	(1)(b) Optimal (Ideal)	(2) Date when full complement will be reached
Kempton Park Sector Policing	49	65(-16)	During the 2017/2018 financial year, five students were allocated to the police station. The entry level allocation demand was submitted to the National Commissioner and once the allocation is received, priority will be given to police stations, in order to address shortages and fill the projected service terminations.

 

 

 

Reply to question 1784 recommended/

CO

LE (SOEG)

GENERAL ER: TH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

2

Reply to question 1784 approved/not-

MINIST OF POLICE BH CELE, MP

Reply:

(1)(a)(b) and (2)

Police Station	(1)(a) Actual	(1)(b) Optimal (Ideal)	(2) Date when full complement will be reached
Primrose Sector Policing	35	23(+12)	During the 2017/2018 financial year, no students were allocated to the police station.

 

 

 

Reply to question 1785 recommended/be

OM

E (SOEG)

GENERAL ER: H AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

’ Date: " “ ” '

2

Reply to question 1785 approved/

MINIS ER OF POLICE

BH CELE, MP,

Reply:

(a) A tender in this regard has not been approved. The South African Police Service (SAPS), is currently leasing the Cloetesvllle Police Station, through the National Department of Public Works (NDPW), from the Western Cape Provincial Government, on a lease that expired, on 2016-11-30. The NDPW informed the SAPS that the lease could only be extended, from 2016-12-01 to 2017-11-30. The SAPS was served with a notice to vacate the premises, because the Western Cape Provincial Government required the property for their infrastructure developments. The lease is currently dealt with, on a month to-month basis.

The SAPS has issued a needs assessment and a procurement instruction to the Cape Town Regional Office of the NDPW, on 2017-05-16, for the acquisition of alternative accommodation.

The conclusion of lease agreements for the SAPS, is undertaken by the NDPW, as the mandated institution. The Cape Town Regional Office of the NDPW has indicated that the procurement processes must still be followed.

The NDPW did not provide a date when the matter would be placed on an open tender for the acquisition of alternative office accommodation.

(b) The station is currently leased from the Western Cape Provincial Government and no plans have been communicated to the SAPS, which indicate proposals to replace the station.

(b)(i) By virtue of the dependency on the NDPW, for the conclusion of leases, the SAPS is not in a position to comment on the duration of the procurement processes that the NDPW will follow to conclude the new lease agreement for alternative accommodation, as requested.

(b)(ii)The SAPS has requested that the leased accommodation be procured centrally, within the precinct of the current Cloetesville Police Station. By virtue of the SAPS's dependency on the NDPW for the conclusion of leases, the SAPS is therefore, not in a position to comment on the location of the facility to be procured, up until such a time that the lease has been concluded by the NDPW.

Reply to question 1594 recommended

GENERAL NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE
KJ SITOLE (SOEG)
Date: 2018-06-13

Reply to question 1594 approved

 

Reply:

1. The listeriosis outbreak has had a considerable economic impact across the meat processing industry. According to the South African Meat Processing Association (SAMPA), there has been a fall in demand since the outbreak. The listeriosis outbreak, and the announcement of the recall of products that was made on 4 March 2018, was a response to the number of fatalities directly attributable to the outbreak of listeriosis. Once the source of the outbreak had been ascertained, government was bound to issue a recall notice under the provisions of the National Consumer Commission, in the interests of public health.

The Department of Trade and Industry has undertaken a preliminary investigation into the economic and employment effects of the outbreak, which will be followed by a more in-depth study across the value chain.

An interim evaluation suggests that the pork industry is the hardest hit with a decrease in demand for processed meat of 75%, the demand for pork cold cuts decreased by 50% and profits by 40%.

The immediate impact, according to information on record, is that two processing plants and one abattoir have closed down. Approximately 2,000 jobs have been lost.

In the informal market, traders selling ready-made or prepared food have been negatively affected. While there was an initial decrease in sales by these vendors, many have since recovered by excluding processed meat or ensuring they do not procure products from the manufacturers identified as the centre of the outbreak.

2. The following interventions are directed at curbing further job losses and assisting the affected companies:

(i) The Department of Trade and Industry, in collaboration with other relevant departments, has been directed to undertake a full investigation of the impact of the listeriosis outbreak and its further effects across the value chain.

(ii) In keeping with standard operating procedure communicated to the industry, companies in distress are advised to apply for assistance to the Department of Trade and Industry under the Agro-processing Incentive, and to the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC). Applications will be dealt with on a case by case basis, according to the merits of each application, and support will be provided as and where appropriate.

(iii) To ensure the requisite high levels of health and safety, government has put in place a process to establish a Food Safety Agency and attendant regulatory framework.

Government has intervened to secure public safety and the longer term sustainability of the sector, which must rest on an optimal health and safety regulatory framework and appropriate enforcement by government.

Reply:

I am advised that the Economic Development Department and its entities, the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC), ITAC, Competition Commission, and Competition Tribunal do not have incidents of racism reported to Human Resources in 2016 and 2017.

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Reply:

Economic Development Department

There are two (2) criminal cases that were reported to SAPS in terms of Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act, Act 12 of 2004, relating to theft. Both cases have been investigated. In the first matter, the investigation was closed with the second matter is before the courts.

ITAC

Two cases have been reported to the SA Police Service (SAPS) to date. Bothe cases were followed up by the accounting officer. Neither case was successfully prosecuted.

Competition Tribunal

The Competition Tribunal has not had any cases relating to the Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act, Act 12 of 2004 referred to the SA Police Service (SAPS) and or Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI).

Competition Commission

Two (2) cases have been reported to the SAPS and none have been referred to the DPCI.

The update from the SAPS is that they are investigating the two (2) cases. The Commission has received the update based on the follow up it has been making with the SAPS. None of the two (2) cases has resulted in a conviction at this stage.

IDC

The Industrial Development Corporation has referred seven (7) cases for investigation to the SAPS relating to the Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act from 01 April 2004 to 31 March 2018.

All seven (7) cases referred to the SAPS for investigation were investigated by the SAPS. None of the cases were directly referred to the Directorate for Priority Crimes.

All the cases referred to the SAPS were followed up by the respective IDC accounting officers. The respective forensic investigators and the General Counsel have followed up on the progress of the matters with the SAPS. None of the cases related to the Prevention and Combatting of Corrupt Activities Act has resulted in a conviction, as the matters are still ongoing.

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Reply:

The Department of Women has not conducted any lifestyle audits to its Senior Management Service members in the past three financial years; and currently there are no measures in place to conduct such. However, the Department shall conduct lifestyle audits to the SMS members when it is necessary.

Reply:

According to the Public Service Commission, the letter has been received and a response thereof was sent to the author.

Reply:

1. No, the stated Judge is no longer serving as a Judge of the Gauteng Division of the High Court.

2. The Judge was discharged from active service in August 2015 in terms of section 3(2)(a) of the Judges’ Remuneration and Conditions of Employment Act, 2001 (Act No 47 of 2001) after completing 15 years and having attained the age of 70 on 11 February 2015.

3. The Judge was not well at the time of his retirement but his discharge from active service was due to the attainment of the retirement age of 70 years and completion of 15 years active service as prescribed in section 3 and 4 of the Judges’ Remuneration and Conditions of Employment Act, 2001.

The questions relating to (b) and (c) can only be answered by the Judge medical practitioner.

4. In view of the fact that the judicial authority is vested in the courts that are independent, I would suggest that the Honourable Member approach the Chief Justice regarding the work and judgments of the judge.

Reply:

1. No, many national departments still experience capacity problems with elementary stages of complying with the Act. For example, most of them do not have language policies and those that have, are experiencing implementation challenges. Some of such challenges are self-inflicted due to unrealistic language policies. The Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB) an entity of my department, recently called all departments and public entities to report on their status quo, where it became evident that many departments and entities simply copied the Act without applying their context. It is where PanSALB decided to workshop them on language policy writing and implementation plan, and the workshop was held on 23 March 2018.

2. Yes, PanSALB is monitoring compliance, hence the Public Hearings mentioned above. PanSALB has provided support in the form of a workshop to all departments and developed policy guidelines.

3. Some provinces have implemented and others are still struggling to implement:-

• Gauteng Provincial Languages Act has been approved but not yet implemented as the Department of Sports, Arts, Culture and Recreation is still working on its regulations before implementation by provincial government departments.
• The Eastern Cape’s Use of Official Languages Act has been approved and enacted by the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature. The 2nd of July 2018 was communicated to the Eastern Cape Office of PanSALB as a possible proclamation date of the Act.
• The Western Cape Province has the Provincial Languages Act and the provincial language policy. The Act is fully implemented by all provincial government departments.
• Limpopo Province also has a Provincial Languages Act which is being gradually implemented.
• Free State Provincial Languages Act was only approved in 2017 and implementation has commenced.
• KwaZulu-Natal province does not have a language Act, but has the Use of Official Languages Bill which will be finalised into an Act.
• Mpumalanga, Northern Cape and North-West provinces also have language Acts, that are being implemented.

Reply:

1. 146 members of the senior management service (SMS) had declared their interests for the past year (2017/18 financial year) as required by the Public Service Regulations of 2016. Only five (5) out of 151 SMS members appearing on the February 2018 Departmental Persal report did not disclose their financial interests. All five (5) SMS members have either retired, resigned or contract expired. Their names are indicated in the table below:

(i) Rank	Reason
Chief Director	Retirement (31/03/2018)
Chief Director	Resigned (31/03/2018)
Chief Director	Retirement (31/03/2018)
Director	Retirement (30/04/2018)
Director	Contract expired (31/03/2018)

2. The above SMS members have not been charged since they have either retired, resigned or contract expired.

3. None.

4. None.

Office of the Chief Justice

1. All members of the senior management service (SMS) in the Office of the Chief Justice (OCJ) had declared their interests for the past year as required by the Public Service Regulations.

2. Not applicable, as all members of the senior management service (SMS) complied with the Regulations.

3. None.

4. Not applicable.

Reply:

(a)(b)(i)(ii)(iii)(iv) and (c)

Kempton Park	(b)(i) 1- 100 000 kms		(b)(ii) 100 001 – 200 000kms		(b)(iii) 200 001 -300 000kms		(b)(iv)over 300 000kms
	Number of vehicles (SAPS Numbers)	Days out of working order	Number of vehicles	Days out of working order	Number of vehicles	c)Days out of working order	a) Number of vehicles	c)Days out of working order
Kempton Park	BTR869B BTRB90B BTN690B BTZ074B BTY171B	15 1 5 95 120(vehicles was stolen)	BSK630B BTG393B BTF419B BTM207B BTB511B BSK220B BSK488B	6 32 60 17 15 23 65	BSY840B BSZ513B	66 35	BSX553B	6

 

 

 

 

Reply to Question 1629 recommended

OLE (S

Date: {$ j[jjj ]gjg

GENERAL UTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

” 2

Reply to Question 1629 approved/red

MINISTER F POLICE BH CELE, MP

Reply:

(a)(b)(i)(ii)(iii)(iv) and (c)

Elsburg (Dectetive Service)	(b)(i) 1- 100 000 kms		(b)(ii) 100 001 – 200 000kms		(b)(iii) 200 001 -300 000kms		(b)(iv)over 300 000kms
	Number of vehicles (SAPS Numbers)	Days out of working order	Number of vehicles	Days out of working order	Number of vehicles	c)Days out of working order	a) Number of vehicles	c)Days out of working order
Elsburg (Dectetive Service)	BSN879B BTTJ21B  BVB205B BVC787B BVC795B BVC797B	2 1 1 1 1 60	BSM 901B BSL180B	80 14	BSNB48B BSRB319B BST431B BSs819B	14 90 7 60	BSZ174B	60

 

 

 

 

 

Reply to question 1628 recommended/

KJ LE (SO

GENERAL R: H AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

Reply ID question 1628 approved/

MINISYER OF POLICE BH CELE, MP '

Reply:

(1)(a)(b) and (2)

 

Police Station	(1)(a) Actual	(1)(b) Optimal (Ideal)	(2) Date when full complement will be reached
Norkem Park Sector Policing	29	23+(6)	During the 2017/2018 financial year, two students was allocated to the police station

 

 

 

Reply to question 1783 recommended/

CO

KJ LE (SOEG)

Date: ]g'{$ -§§- b &

GENERAL ER! H AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

2

Reply to question 1783 approved/ e

MINISTER OF POLICE BH CELE, MP

Date:

Reply:

(1) All SMS members have declared their Financial Interest. In this regard see attached a printout from the Public Service e-Disclosure System confirming submission.

(1) (a) Not applicable.

(1) (b) Not Applicable

(1) (c) (i) Not Applicable

(1) (c) (ii) Not Applicable

(2) Not Applicable.

(3) (a) There are no employees currently on suspension.

(3) (b) Not Applicable.

(4) Not Applicable.

(5) Minister will not be making a statement on the matter.

Reply:

(1)(a)(b) and (2)

Police Station	(1)(a) Actual	(1)(b) Optimal (Ideal)	(2) Date when full complement will be reached
Tembisa South Sector Policing	24	59(-35	During the 2017/2018 financial year, no students were allocated to the police station. The entry level allocation demand was submitted to the National Commissioner and once the allocation is received, priority will be given to police stations, in order to address shortages and fill the projected service terminations.

 

 

 

Reply to question 1787 recommended/ e

GENERAL

UTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

Date: j§]g -g$• (I 8

2

Reply to question 1787 approved/n

MINIST OF POLICE BH CELE, MP

Reply:

(a)(b)(i)-(vii)

The information required in reply to this question, must be drawn from a live system. Therefore, an extension, of one month, is requested to extract and analyse the raw data to provide effective feedback.

 

 

Reply to question 1545 recommended/

OM

E (SOEG)

GENERAL R: S AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

Reply to question 1545 approved/

MINISTER OF POLICE BH CELE, MP

Reply:

This response is according to information received from Transnet:

(1)(a)(i) To the best of Transnet’s knowledge the family named has not been involved in the RFP,

(1)(a)(ii) To the best of Transnet’s knowledge the families and associates and/or company has not been involved in the RFP.

(1)(c) To the best of Transnet’s knowledge the person has not been involved in the RFP.

(1)(d) To the best of Transnet’s knowledge the companies named did attend the briefing.

(2)(a) The current total value of Transnet’s core properties is R4billion.

(2)(b) The current total value of Transnet’s non-core properties is R30 billion.

(3)(a)(i) seven companies responded.

(3)(a)(ii) The names of the companies that responded are:

1. Tirhani Auctioneers

2. Tholisiwe Consulting

3. Sigpro (Pty) (Ltd)

4. Pamoja Capital

5. LDM Consulting

6. JM Cres

7. Fuel Property Fund Managers (Pty) (Ltd)

(3)(b)(i) The RFP was published on National Treasury e-Tender website.

3)(b)(ii) The RFP was published on 26 April 2017.

(3)(c) The tender closed on 13 June 2017.

Reply:

(a) to (c) The geographical distribution of the human resource capacity in the provinces, categorised as per members appointed in terms of the South African Police Service (SAPS) Act and members appointed in terms of the Public Service Act, is attached. It should be noted that the national human resource capacity, reporting to the National Commissioner's Office, the Deputy National Commissioners' offices and the relevant National Divisional Commissioners/Component Heads, are included in the provincial totals.

Please find her: The salary levels for SAPS Act personnel, are as follows

Reply:

1. Only one employee at level nine (9) is currently suspended on full salary for longer than 120 days

2. The service provision in relation to the suspended employee is being shared amongst DPSA employees, who continue to provide the required services during this period of suspension.

Reply:

(aa). The number of cases that were referred for criminal investigation to the South African Police Services (SAPS) and/ or Directorate for Priority Crime Investigations (DPCI) by the Department are six (6) in total. All criminal cases reported are still in progress.

(i). Frequent follow-ups were made by the Department with the abovementioned authorities under (aa).

(ii). The dockets are not yet ready for conviction but some are at advanced stages as the Department had an opportunity to interact with the National Prosecution Authority officials.

bb.(i) Nine (9) cases were referred to the SAPS

(ii) Four (4) cases were referred to the DPCI

(b)(i) Four (4 ) cases have been investigated by SAPS and DPCI

(ii) Regular follow-ups are made by the accounting officers.

(iii) No convictions in each specified cases as eight cases are still under investigations.

One case was unfounded and subsequently closed by the SAPS early 2018

Reply:

(1)(a)Yes. Steps were taken to effect the rule of law, by registering a case of defeating the ends of justice, as per Diepsloot, CAS 74/12/2017. The details are as follows:

A case of intimidation was opened by Mr Theba Mgabe, as per Diepkloof, CAS 487/08/2016. The docket was transferred to the Gauteng Provincial Investigation Unit, for investigation.

During the investigation of Diepkloof, CAS 487/08/2016, it was alleged that Colonel Pienaar, of the Dobsonville Police Station, did not submit all the relevant statements and exhibits, which were relevant to the aforementioned case.

A case was then opened against Colonel Pienaar for defeating the ends of justice, as per Diepkloof, CAS 74/12/2017. The case was presented to the Director of Public Prosecution (OPP), who declined to prosecute, due to a lack of evidence.

The Station Commander of the Diepkloof Police Station did not want to initiate any disciplinary steps against Colonel Pienaar, due to the fact that the OPP declined to prosecute in the criminal matter. However, an instruction was issued from the Provincial Office that the matter should be investigated, departmentally.

The departmental investigation was completed and referred for a disciplinary hearing. Currently, functionaries are being appointed to conduct the departmental hearing.

(2)(a) Yes. The former South African Police Service (SAPS) member's complaint has been dealt with. The administrator for the Soweto Pension Fund, found that the former member was not eligible for the benefits and advised that in respect of the demutualisation shares, the former member should engage with the relevant financial institution; namely, Old Mutual. It was established that the former member was not eligible for the top-up benefits and that there was no irregularity in respect of the former member's pension lump sum payment.

It is common cause that the SAPS has no jurisdiction on these matters.

Furthermore, the former member's complaint was also attended to by the Financial Services Board and the findings were similar to those made by the administrator for the Soweto Pension Fund.

In terms of the allegation of corruption, the former member is advised to open a criminal case at a police station.

(2)(b)No. The complaint has been addressed, however, it appears that the complainant is not satisfied with a response, which does not suit his expectations.

(3)(a)The reservist system in the SAPS is regulated by National Instruction 3 of 2014. In terms of the reservist dispensation, members of the community volunteer to assist the SAPS in the fight against crime, without any expectation of being permanently employed and without any payment, unless called up for special duties. Reservists are not automatically employed or absorbed into the SAPS. Permanent employment as new police officers or support/clerical staff in the SAPS, is governed by legislative/regulatory framework/prescripts.

Reservists must comply with the necessary enlistment/appointment criteria to be employed permanently.

According to records kept by the SAPS, Ms K Mafuna was subjected to the psychometric assessment on eight different occasions and did not fit the prescribed profile to be a permanent police officer. As a result, her application for enlistment was not favourably considered.

Reply to question 1496 recommended

GENERAL NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE
KJ SITOLE (SEOG)
Date: 2018/06/05

Reply to question 1496 approved

MINISTER OF POLICE
BH CELE, MP
Date: 2018/06/17

Reply:

1(a). To date, no incident of racism was reported to the human resources office of my department, however, it should be noted that (1) one incident of racism was reported at the National Museum in the year 2017/18.

(b). The department received a complaint from a whistle blower complaining about racism at the National Museum. The Chairperson of the Council was instructed to investigate the allegations. The Council conducted investigation and recommended that disciplinary processes be implemented, against the allegations levelled at the official.

2. Yes, the incident was investigated, the official had since resigned from the National Museum.

(@8497)

Reply:

The Ministerial Handbook outlines provisions for international travel for members of the executive and their family members. Members of the Executive are regularly invited to participate in international conferences or forums in order to promote a South African agenda and brand that benefits or showcases the country.

Ministers and Deputy Ministers must approach the President in writing, two weeks in advance of a planned official visit abroad, to request approval for the intended visit and the appointment of an acting Minister.

Section 3 stipulates provisions that allows for Ministers and Deputy Minister’s to be accompanied by their spouses or an adult family member, subject to relevant processes and approvals of an official trip abroad.

The department covers the cost of travel once all processes, policies and approvals have been adhered to and applied and this is subject to the availability of funding.

However, the Auditor General audits, amongst others, expenditure related to travel expenses borne by the department and produces audited opinions on departmental Annual Reports, which is tabled in parliament annually.

Reply:

(1)(a)(b) and (2)

Police Station	(1)(a) Actual	(1)(b) Optimal (Ideal)	(2) Date when full complement will be reached
Elsburg Sector Policing	31	23+(8)	During the 2017/2018 financial year, no student was allocated to the police station

 

 

 

Reply to question 1781 recommended/

year, no students were allocated to the olice tat one

KJ ROLE (SOEG) Date: 8 .,‹- 18

GENERAL TH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

Reply to question 1781 approved/not approved

MINIST OF POLICE BH CELE, MP,

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