Questions and Replies
20 April 2018 - NW953
Marais, Mr S to ask the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans
(1)(a) What were the costs of chartering SAA Airbus A300-200 with registration ZS-SXW for the visit of the President, Mr C M Ramaphosa, to Rwanda and other African countries, (b) was a cost-benefit-analysis done, (c) why was the aircraft chartered and (d) was chartering the aircraft the most cost-effective option; (2) has the SA Air Force and/or the National Treasury considered other options for the President’s flights; if not, why not; if so, what were (a) the other options and (b) the costs of the alternative options that were considered? NW1039E
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
20 April 2018 - NW958
Marais, Mr S to ask the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans
Whether, with reference to her reply to question 35 for oral reply on 7 March 2018, she can provide (a) a list of names of the (i) companies and (ii) individuals from whom the aircrafts were hired, (b) the details around the (i) number of times each specialised aircraft was utilised and (ii) cost to hire each aircraft and (c) the total amount paid to each company and/or individual?
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
20 April 2018 - NW1031
Ketabahle, Ms V to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
With reference to his reply to question 265 on 9 March 2018, wherein he indicated that part of the responsibilities of the Amathole Forestry Company is to ensure that they use the leased land only for forestry purposes and that they cannot make alterations to the land without prior approval by his department, has he been informed that the company is undertaking massive excavations at the Zingcuka Forestry, destroying a rare indigenous forest; if not, he will institute an independent investigation to ascertain the facts and bring to book all those responsible for this destruction of the indigenous forest; if so • Was the company given any permission by his department to conduct the massive excavations; if so, what (a) are the names of the officials of his department who gave such permission and (b) what was the basis for granting such permission.
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.
20 April 2018 - NW471
Madisha, Mr WM to ask the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans
(1) What (a) is the current operational status of the aircraft under the control of the 21 Squadron of the SA Air Force and (b) are the details of the maintenance contracts for the fleet; (2) what (a) contingency arrangements have been made given the operational status of the fleet, (b) is the cost of the arrangements in the current financial year and (c) actions are being taken and/or will be taken to ensure that the squadron continues to operate?
Reply:
1. (a) The VVIP fleet is unserviceable.
(b) The maintenance support user requirement to place contracts are still being finalised for all systems.
2. (a) The SAAF will utilise the National Treasury RT61 contract for hiring aircraft or charter through SAA.
(b) Total cost of aircraft hiring for financial year 2017/18is: R30 946 094.55
President’s Flights = R22 202 485.53
Deputy President’s Flights = R 7 156 503.51
Minister of Defence and Military Veterans = R 1 587 503.51
20 April 2018 - NW1033
Paulsen, Mr N M to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
What is the (a) size of the land that his department owns at the Fort Cox Agricultural College and (b) land used other than for the training of college students; (b) has his department leased out and/or sold parts of the land to anyone in the past 24 years; if so, (a) to whom has the land been leased and/or sold and (b) what were/are the terms of the lease/sale agreements?
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.
20 April 2018 - NW978
Matsepe, Mr CD to ask the Minister of Economic Development
How much land does (a) his department and (b) the entities reporting to him (i) own, (ii) have exclusive rights to and/or (iii) lease from the State to (aa) use and/or (bb) occupy?
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.
-END-
20 April 2018 - NW940
Hadebe, Mr TZ to ask the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans
(1)What number of (a) poachers and (b) illegal immigrants were arrested by the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) members deployed in the Kruger National Park in each year since 1 January 2010; (2) what number of cases regarding (a) poachers and (b) 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; (3) what number of successful prosecutions resulted from the above-mentioned arrests?
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.
20 April 2018 - NW145
Dlamini, Mr MM to ask the Minister of Energy
What are the (a) details and (b) levels of service providers and/or contractors from which (i) his department and (ii) the entities reporting to him procured services in the past five financial years; (2) what (a) service was provided by each service provider and/or contractor and (b) amount was each service provider and/or contractor paid; (3) (a) what is the total number of service providers that are black-owned entities, (b) what contract was each of the black-owned entities awarded and (c) what amount was each black-owned entity paid?
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.
20 April 2018 - NW429
Bucwa, Ms H to ask the Minister of Higher Education and Training
(1)What are the criteria followed in allocating staff housing at the University of Zululand; (2) Are staff members ranked in accordance with these criteria when accommodation is offered to staff in university-owned houses; (3) (a) Where is each staff house located and (b) what is the average monthly (i) rental and (ii) related costs recovered from staff occupying each staff house since 1 April 2017; (4) What (a) costs related to staff accommodation offered by the university are paid for by the staff member concerned and (b) costs are borne by the university; (5) What total amount did the university spend on staff housing (a) in the 2016-17 financial year and (b) since 1 April 2017?
Reply:
The University of Zululand has provided the following responses to the questions posed.
- 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 |
20 April 2018 - NW952
Purdon, Mr RK to ask the Minister of Environmental Affairs
(1)Whether, with reference to the well documented increase in elephant poaching, South Africa has signed the petition which the Presidents of Uganda, Gabon and Botswana signed, calling on the European Union to close its ivory market; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) whether her Department has taken any steps to close the ivory trade; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
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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20 April 2018 - NW980
Gqada, Ms T to ask the Minister of Environmental Affairs
How much land does (a) her Department and (b) the entities reporting to her (i) own, (ii) have exclusive rights to and/or (iii) lease from the State to (aa) use and/or (bb) occupy?
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)
- The South African Weather Service owns 59,29 hectares.
- Not applicable
- 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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20 April 2018 - NW903
Ketabahle, Ms V to ask the Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services
Does the Post Bank have a banking licence; if not, (a) has the Post Bank applied for a banking licence and (b) how long will it take to complete the process of approving the application; 2. If an application was already submitted, (a) how long ago was the application submitted and (b) what has been completed for the application already?
Reply:
I have been informed by the SOUTH AFRICAN POST OFFICE (SAPO) as follows:
1. The South African Postbank Limited “Postbank” does not have a banking license but it has been exempted from the provisions of the Banks Act as a deposit-taking institution.
(a) Yes
(b) The timeframe to grant the banking license is determined by the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) and there is no prescribed period in which to grant the license.
2. There are two layers to the banking license application process and the applications for both layers have already been submitted to the SARB.
(a) The first layer entailed the lodgement of the application with the SARB for authorisation to establish the bank as required in terms of section 12 of the Banks Act on 05 September 2013. The authorisation was granted to SAPO on 04 July 2016 wherein Postbank was given a maximum of 12 months (1 year) to comply with the set conditions before it could accordingly submit an application for the banking licence. The set conditions were duly met within the set timelines. The actual application to register Postbank as a bank was then lodged with the SARB on 26 June 2017 (ahead of 3 July 2017 deadline) in terms of section 16 of the Banks Act.
(b) Achievements to-date:
A critical milestone was achieved when SAPO was granted approval in terms of the Banks Act to establish a Bank and was given a maximum of 12 months to comply with the conditions and accordingly submit an application for the banking licence. The met conditions included:
(i) Minister’s determination of the split of Assets & Liabilities between SAPO and Postbank based on completion of independent audits.
(ii) Submission of the five-year financial forecasts for Postbank to the SARB.
(iii) Minister’s appointment of the initial Postbank Board: Initial Postbank Board appointed on 01 April 2017 following completion of:
-
- Onerous bank regulatory assessments processes: Fit and proper assessments of the prospective board members conducted by both the independent auditors and the SARB;
-
-
- Concurrent Ministerial approval process (Telecommunications and Postal Services Minister and the Finance Minister); and
-
-
-
- Cabinet approval process.
-
(iv) The appointment of the initial Board enabled the incorporation of the Postbank Company with the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) on 19 April 2017
SARB is busy adjudicating on the actual banking application. Parallel to adjudication process, the Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services, the National Treasury and SAPO have been working together to address some of key challenges. These involve:
- Agreeing on the optimal bank controlling company structure for Postbank.
- Alignment of the Banks Act with the Companies Act to enable state owned entities [Postbank and its bank controlling company (BCC)] to be registered as a bank and BCC respectively.
Approved/ not approved
Dr Siyabonga Cwele, MP
Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services
Date:
20 April 2018 - NW825
Cardo, Dr MJ to ask the Minister of Economic Development
Whether the National Empowerment Fund (a) has officially become a subsidiary of the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) and (b) has withdrawn from the R500 million loan facility it secured from the IDC for the 2017-18 financial year; if not, in each case, why not; if so, what are the relevant details in each case?
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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20 April 2018 - NW826
Cardo, Dr MJ to ask the Minister of Economic Development
What (a) are the relevant details of the work that has been undertaken by the Industrial Development Corporation in partnership with the Public Investment Corporation to assess the economic cost of public sector corruption and (b) were the findings in this regard?
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:
- 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;
- 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;
- I will do everything in my power to instil a culture of integrity, honesty and transparency in the Group consistent with this declaration
- 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
- 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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19 April 2018 - NW817
Shinn, Ms MR to ask the Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services
(a) On what date was each Deputy Director-General of his department appointed, (b) for what period was each specified person appointed, (c) what are the relevant details of each person’s (i) annual salary and (ii) annual bonuses paid out in each year since the appointment and (d) on what grounds were the bonuses paid in each case?
Reply:
(b) All Deputy Directors-General in the Department were appointed permanently.
(c)(ii) No bonuses were received
(d) Not applicable
(a) NAME OF DDG AND DATE APPOINTED |
(c)(i) ANNUAL SALARY |
|||
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
|
DDG: ICT Infrastructure Support 2014/01/06 |
R1,136,910 (first notch of DDG) R1,201,713 (Annual cost of living adjustment) |
R1,267,806 (Annual cost of living adjustment) |
R1,299,501 (Annual cost of living adjustment) R1,318,995 (2nd notch of DDG due to pay progression) |
R1,391,541 (Annual cost of living adjustment) R1,412,415 (3rd notch of DDG due to pay progression) |
DDG: SOE Oversight and ICT Enterprise Development 2016/01/01 |
N/A |
N/A |
R1,299,501 (first notch of DDG) |
R1,370,973 (Annual cost of living adjustment) R1,391,541 (2nd notch of DDG due to pay progression) |
DDG: Administration 2016/01/01 |
N/A |
N/A |
R1,299,501 (first notch of DDG) |
R1,370,973 (Annual cost of living adjustment) R1,391,541 (2nd notch of DDG due to pay progression) |
DDG: ICT International Affairs and Trade 2017/08/15 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
R1,370,973 (first notch of DDG) |
19 April 2018 - NW682
Mackenzie, Mr C to ask the Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services
(a) What is the total number of co.za email addresses that were registered with the telecommunications entity .ZADNA (i) at the end of each of the past five year financial years and (ii) since 1 April 2017, (b) What number of new co.za addresses were registered in each of the specified financial years up to the latest specified date for which information is available and, (c) What are the relevant details of the geographic spread of the addresses between rural and urban areas?
Reply:
I have been informed by .zaDNA as follows:
(a) None. This is because neither .ZADNA nor the .za second level domain registry operators keep record of email addresses as these vary from each domain name.
(b) N/A
(c) N/A
19 April 2018 - NW999
Stubbe, Mr DJ to ask the Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services
How much land does (a) his department and (b) the entities reporting to him (i) own, (ii) have exclusive rights to and/or (iii) lease from the State to (aa) use and /or (bb) occupy?
Reply:
I have been informed by the department and entities as follows:
(i) – (bb) -None
(b) ENTITIES:
BBI
(i) – (bb) -None
.zaDNA
(i) – (bb) -None
USAASA
(i) – (bb) –None
Nemisa
- – (bb) –None
SAPO
(i) SAPO owns 442 sites as per Deeds Office. This includes seven sites which have been mortgaged (sold, donated, and wrongly transferred to SAPO and restitution claim on). SAPO therefore owns 435 sites which are not mortgaged and the area is 162,2932ha.
(ii) SAPO has exclusive rights to the following sites not registered in the Deeds Office.
- Permission to Occupy (PTO) 65 sites 7,8120ha
- Transkei, Bophuthatswana, Venda and Ciskei (TBVC) 103 sites area 18,0769ha
- Category 1B (CAT1B) Owned building but site to be registered 18 sites area 3,3145ha
(iii) Leasehold registered is four sites area 0,2638ha
(aa)(bb) All sites are used and occupied for Post Office purposes.
SENTECH
(i)(ii) Sentech owns approximately 950 hectares of land which is used
exclusively for providing telecommunication services and location for its operational offices.
(iii)(aa)(bb) Sentech leases approximately 8.5 hectares from government. The land sizes vary depending on land servitude and requirements for usage.
SITA
(i) 26.677 hectares owned by SITA (Beta, Erasmuskloof and Centurion Offices) were transferred to SITA at a payment of R0 as a result of the inception of SITA in 1999 from the Department of Public Works. The net book value of the land is R22 243 595 (Excluding the value of the buildings on the land with a net book value of R103 798 655). The services rendered at his building is currently and historically exclusively been delivered to Government instruction.
(ii) 10 988 m2 (Numerus) (transfer still in process) is in the process of being transferred from the Department of Public Works as a payment of R0 as a result of the inception of SITA in 1999. The net book value of the land is R2 500 000(excluding the value of the building on the land with a net book value R7 065 193). The services rendered at his building is currently and historically exclusively been delivered to the South African Police Service.
(iii) 5522m2 in total of offices leased from the state.
(aa) Bloemfontein Data Centre (1128m2) – Used as Data centre, Printing shop and for office space. The value of this lease is R3 333 906.
(bb) Pietermaritzburg (4000m2) – Used as Data centre and for office space. The value of this lease is R18 255 075.
Mafikeng (394m2) used for office space. The value of this lease is R891 444.
19 April 2018 - NW818
Mackenzie, Mr C to ask the Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services
(a) On which date(s) was each of his department’s Acting Deputy Directors-General appointed, (b) for what period was each person appointed, (c) what are the details of each person’s (i) annual salary and (ii) annual bonus paid out in each year since each person’s appointment and (d) on what grounds were the bonuses paid in each case?
Reply:
I was advised by the department as follows:
(a)NAME OF ACTING DDG AND DATES APPOINTED |
(b) PERIOD APPOINTED |
(c)i ANNUAL SALARY |
ADDG ICT POLICY AND STRATEGY 2017/10/01 – 2018/03/31 2018/04/03 – 2018/09/30 |
5 MONTHS 6 MONTHS |
2017 R1,232,694 (Pay progression) 2018 R1,232,694 (cost of living adjustment still to be announced) |
ADDG ISAD & R 2017/11/01 – 2018/03/31 2018/04/03 – 2018/09/30 |
4 MONTHS 6 MONTHS |
2017 R1,144,251 (Pay progression) 2017 R1,144,251 (cost of living adjustment still to be announced) |
(c) (ii)- (d) nil
19 April 2018 - NW679
Shinn, Ms MR to ask the Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services
(a) What is the status of the legal case in the matter between .ZA Domain Name Authority and the ZA Central Registry, (b) what attempts at mediation of the issue have been held to date, (c) by whom were they conducted and (d)(i) by what date and (ii) what was the outcome of those attempts?
Reply:
I have been informed by .zaDNA as follows:
(a) The matter is currently under arbitration and is set for argument on 02 May 2018.
(b-d) The following mediatory events occurred:
- The former Deputy Minister, Prof. Hlengiwe Mkhize met both parties separately in or around August 2016 in an attempt to have the matter resolved speedily and amicably.
- Both ZADNA and ZACR held a mediation meeting presided by a senior council in Sandton in September 2016.
- In June 2017, ZACR petitioned the current Deputy Minister (Ms. Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams) to mediate between the parties. Its Board of Directors met the ZACR CEO in the presence of the Deputy Minister on 7 June 2017.
The Deputy Minister withdrew her participation, and the matter proceeded to arbitration, due to the parties failing to settle.
19 April 2018 - NW521
Van Dyk, Ms V to ask the Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services
(1) What (a) is the name of the biggest service provider of telephone services in the (i) Kamiesberg, (ii) Khai-Ma, (iii) NamaKhoi and (iv) Richtersveld Local Municipalities in Namaqualand in the Northern Cape and (b) are the details of all telephone-related technology that her department maintains in Namaqualand; (2) What are the relevant details of (a) the name of each cellular telephone company that services the specified areas, (b) the percentage of citizens who have access to some form of telephone service in the specified areas, (c) the number of reception towers erected by each cellular telephone service provider in each case and (d) any plans to erect more reception towers in the near future in each case?
Reply:
I was advised by the Department and ICASA as follows:
(1)(a) (i)&(iv) In the Kamiesberg and Richtersveld local municipalities, the service providers of telephone services are:
- Cell C
- Vodacom
- Telkom
- MTN
The relative sizes of these operators has not been determined for these specified areas, as to who is the biggest service provider.
(1)(a) (ii) &(iii) In Khai-Ma and NamaKhoi local municipalities, the telephone service providers and their services are still to be verified through actual tests by the Independent Communications of South Africa (ICASA) in 2019/2020 financial year.
(1)(b) The details of the telephone-related technology maintained in Namaqualand are:
- GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications, originally Groupe Spécial Mobile) a standard developed by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) to describe the protocols for second-generation digital cellular networks (2G).
- WCDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access), the third Generation (3G) wireless technology, as defined by the ITU's IMT-2000 specification that is used by UMTS.
- LTE (Long-Term Evolution ) 4G a standard for high-speed wireless communication for mobile devices and data terminals, based on the GSM/EDGE and UMTS/HSPA technologies. It increases the capacity and speed using a different radio interface together with core network improvements.
- Fixed land lines - PSTN (public switched telephone network)
(2)(a) The names of the telephone service providers in the specified areas in Namaqualand are:
(i) Cell C
(ii) Vodacom
(iii) Telkom
(iv) MTN
(2)(b) The relevant details of percentage of citizens who have access to some form of telephone service in the specified areas are not available at this stage and to be determined in 2019/2020 financial year.
Percentage of citizens who have access to some form of telephone service |
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# |
(i) Kamiesberg, |
(ii) Khai-Ma, |
(iii) NamaKhoi |
(iv) Richtersveld |
||||||||
2G % |
3G% |
LTE % |
2G % |
3G% |
LTE % |
2G % |
3G% |
LTE % |
2G % |
3G% |
LTE % |
|
Cell C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Vodacom |
61.86 |
60.35 |
3.4 |
72.27 |
55.86 |
9 |
95.16 |
94.35 |
46.7 |
98.99 |
98.7 |
0 |
MTN |
67.04 |
62.52 |
0 |
88.22 |
60.75 |
0 |
94.60 |
91.64 |
24 |
91.60 |
90.56 |
47.51 |
Telkom (Mobile) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Telkom (Fixed line) |
There were 7 887 working fixed line telephone services in the Namakwa District as at the end of September 2017. 4 521 residential lines and 3 366 business lines. |
Note: The zeroes indicated for Cell C and Telkom Mobile means that these operators have not installed their own base stations in the specified areas, however their customers are roaming on the networks of Vodacom and MTN respectively, and the roaming customers are included in the supplied percentages (%).
(2)(c) The relevant details of the number of reception towers erected by each cellular telephone service provider in each case:
#Reception towers per operator in identified local municipalities |
||||
# |
(i) Kamiesberg, |
(ii) Khai-Ma, |
(iii) NamaKhoi |
(iv) Richtersveld |
Cell C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Vodacom |
10 |
12 |
18 |
0 |
Telkom |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
MTN |
11 |
7 |
16 |
7 |
(2)(d) The relevant details of any plans to erect more reception towers in the near future by each cellular telephone service provider in each case:
# Planned Reception towers per operator in identified local municipalities |
||||
# |
(i) Kamiesberg, |
(ii) Khai-Ma, |
(iii) NamaKhoi |
(iv) Richtersveld |
Cell C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Vodacom |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
Telkom |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
MTN |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
19 April 2018 - NW314
Bagraim, Mr M to ask the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans
What amount did (a) her department and (b) each entity reporting to her spend on the promotion or celebration of the Year of O R Tambo on the (i) Africa News Network 7 channel, (ii) SA Broadcasting Corporation (aa) television channels and (bb) radio stations, (iii) national commercial radio stations and (iv) community (aa) television and (bb) radio stations since 1 January 2017?
Reply:
(a) and (b) NONE
19 April 2018 - NW1016
Sonti, Ms NP to ask the Minister of Finance
(a) What qualifications has a certain person obtained since his appointment at the SA Revenue Service, (b) in what year did the specified person graduate, (c) what is the name of the (i) institution where he studied and graduated and (ii) qualification the specified person attained?
Reply:
(a) Mr. Kingon obtained a Bachelor of Administration degree since his appointment to Inland Revenue/ South African Revenue Service (SARS),
(b) Mr. Kingon completed his degree in December 1998,
(c)(i) He graduated at the University of South Africa,
(ii) He attained a Bachelor of Administration degree.
19 April 2018 - NW683
Mackenzie, Mr C to ask the Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services
(a) What it the total staff complement at the telecommunications entity .ZDNA as at the latest date for which information is available, (b) what posts do the staff occupy, (c) what are their salaries, (d) what number of bonuses were paid to (i) staff and (ii) board members (aa) in the 2016-17 financial year and (bb) since 1 April 2017?
Reply:
I have been informed by .ZADNA as follows:
(a) The .zaDNA has a staff complement of 10 employees.
(b) The staff members occupy the following positions:
(i) Chief Executive Officer
(ii) Operations Manager
(iii) Policy and Regulation Manager
(iv) Namespace Development Manager
(v) Technical (IT) Coordinator
(vi) Project Support Coordinator
(vii) Internet Governance Coordinator
(viii) Marketing and Communication Coordinator
(ix) Office Administrator
(x) General Assistant
(c) The annual salaries range from R60 000 for the General Assistant to R1 456 186 for the CEO.
(d)(i-ii), (aa) and (bb) Nil
19 April 2018 - NW1019
Mokoena, Mr L to ask the Minister of Finance
What amount will a certain person be paid as Acting Commissioner of the SA Revenue Service?
Reply:
(i) Payment of any acting allowance within the South African Revenue Service (SARS) is done in line with the approved conditions of service. . As per the conditions of service, SARS will pay an acting allowance to employees only after acting for a continuous period of more than forty (40) working days from the first day of commencement of the acting period, retrospectively.
(ii) Currently no acting allowance is being paid and he is receiving his remuneration as per his appointment to the position of Group Executive: Relationship Management.
19 April 2018 - NW823
Bergman, Mr D to ask the Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services
(1)Has any Chief Executive Officer of any entity reporting to his department delivered speeches at international conferences in the 2016-2017 financial year; if so, what are the details of the (a) speaker, (b) name of the conference or symposium, (c) date, (d) venue and (e) topic of the speech with a paragraph on its content; (2) Was any fee paid to secure the speaking engagement; if so, what amount was paid; (3) Did the speaker receive remuneration of any kind for speaking at the event; if so, (a) what was the nature of this remuneration and (b) who paid it; (4) What were the total costs of travel, accommodation and subsistence incurred by his department for these engagements?
Reply:
I have been informed by the SOEs and the Department as follows:
- No.
- N/A
- N/A
- N/A
19 April 2018 - NW822
Bergman, Mr D to ask the Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services
(1) Has he, the Deputy Minister or any directors-general of his department delivered speeches at international conferences in the 2016-17 financial year; if so, what are the details of the (a) speaker, (b) name of the conference or symposium, (c) date, (d) venue and (e) topic of the speech with a paragraph on its content; (2) was any fee paid to secure the speaking engagement; if so, what amount was paid; (3) did the speaker receive remuneration of any kind for speaking at the event; if so, (a) what was the nature of this remuneration and (b) who paid it; (4) what were the total costs of travel, accommodation and subsistence incurred by his department for the speaking engagements?
Reply:
(1) (a)-(d) None
(2) None
(3) None
(4) None
19 April 2018 - NW680
Shinn, Ms MR to ask the Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services
(a) What (i) is the status of the .ZADNA annual report for the 2016/17 financial year, (ii) is the cause of the delay in publishing the specified report and (iii) action has she taken to resolve the matter and (b) by what date will the matter be resolved?
Reply:
I have been informed by .zaDNA as follows:
(a) (i) The .ZA Domain Name Authority (ZADNA) submitted its 2016/17 Annual Report and Audited Financial Statements (AFS) to myself on 07 February 2018. The Annual Report was finalised subsequent to the finalisation of the 2016/17 AFS.
(ii) ZADNA could not finalise its 2016/17 external audit because of the pending ZACR arbitration regarding ZADNA’s determination to increase the per domain name fee payable by ZACR to ZADNA from R7.00 to R12.00 VAT exclusive. ZADNA’s external auditor (Price Waterhouse Coopers) advised ZADNA to await the conclusion of the arbitration, as the arbitration affected the recognition of ZADNA’s revenue in the 2016/17 AFS.
(iii) I kindly granted ZADNA an extended opportunity to bring the arbitration to resolution, and also regularly followed upon ZADNA about progress made in the arbitration. However, after it became clear that the arbitration could only be resolved in April 2018, I requested ZADNA to conclude it’s 2016/17 AFS and Annual Report. Accordingly, ZADNA submitted the AFS on 7 February 2018 based on the R7.00 per domain name fee instead of the budgeted R12.00 fee.
(b) The matter is now resolved following ZADN’s submission of the 2016/17 Annual Report and AFS. ZADNA is ready to present the same to the Portfolio Committee on the date convenient to the Portfolio Committee.
19 April 2018 - NW820
Mackenzie, Mr C to ask the Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services
What are the details of (a) all achievements reached by the South Africa Internet For All project since its inception and (b) each project, with reference to (i) its implementing agency, (ii) delivery status and (iii) cost to his department or the entities reporting to him; 2. Whether any of the specified projects were donated by companies or organisations; if so, what are the details of the value of the project; 3. Do any of the specified companies or organisations receive any tax incentives or broad-based black economic empowerment scorecard points for their involvement in the specified projects?
Reply:
I have been informed by Department:
1 (a) (I) Infrastructure database Project - CSIR currently is carrying out an assessment of existing infrastructure in underserved areas and to then to create an aggregated database to indicate the gaps. This project will assist the Project Teams to focus on areas where infrastructure exists and where there is no infrastructure for the deployment of technologies that will allow successful internet access. The information will also be aligned to the SA Connect roll out programme.
(II) Infrastructure/Connectivity - Collaboration has commenced with regards to rolling out of connectivity through the use of satellite. Pilot project has been launched in Alfred Nzo. Intelsat has committed to connect 10 sites as a pilot throughout the country especially to support the growth of SMMEs.
(III) Smart Township- Cape Digital Foundation in partnership with Google South Africa currently working on the establishment of a Smart Township as part of the Smart Cities Initiatives. Pilot Project to be rolled out soon in Khayelitsha Township, Cape Town.
(IV) Local Language Internet Content creation- The South African Central Registry have commenced a project for the translation of Wikipedia content into the additional ten Official languages besides English and to some extent Afrikaans. Currently the ZACR has done translation into Xhosa and SiSwati, learners from schools in Eastern Cape and Mpumalanga Province have already started with this project.
(b) (i) Refer to (a)
(b) (ii) (I) Infrastructure database Project - In Progress
(II) Infrastructure/Connectivity Project- Mt. Frere – Pilot - Mukula – Pilot
- Wesselton – Pilot
- Jane Furse – Pilot
(III) Smart Township – In Progress
(IV) Local Language Internet Content creation – In Progress
(b) (iii) No costs
2. No
3. No
19 April 2018 - NW816
Shinn, Ms MR to ask the Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services
(a) On what date was the Director-General of his department appointed, (b) for what period has the specified person been appointed, (c) what are the relevant details of the person’s (i) annual salary and (ii) annual bonuses paid out in each year since the person’s appointment and (d) on what grounds were the bonuses paid in each case?
Reply:
a) 21 March 2016
b) For a period of five (5) years commencing on 21 November 2016 and terminating on 20 November 2021.
c)
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
i R1,689,750 (first notch of salary level 16) |
i R1,782,687 (Annual cost of living adjustment) |
i R1,782,687 (cost of living adjustment not yet announced) |
ii R0 |
ii R0 |
ii Assessment period must still be finalized |
d) Not applicable.
19 April 2018 - NW821
Bergman, Mr D to ask the Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services
(a) What is the nature and terms of involvement of a certain company (name furnished) with Sentech, (b) how was the arrangement initiated, (c) what is the value of the involvement, (d) what deliverables are expected from the specified company, (e) what are the details of the costs to Sentech of connecting the company’s signals to its network and (f) has he found that the arrangement is compliant with the Public Finance Management Act, Act 1 of 1999?
Reply:
I have been informed by SENTECH as follows:
a) Sentech procures satellite capacity from Intelsat and currently has three lease agreements with Intelsat with the longest (length of agreement) due to expire on 30 July 2030.
b) The satellite capacity is a key commodity and strategic product for Sentech as it allows Sentech to continue to be relevant in the DTH broadcasting space. Sentech followed a negotiated process which was approved through internal approval committees. The reason for the negotiated process was due to Sub-Saharan transponder covering African and part of Europe becoming available on Intelsat’s IS20 satellite platform and this presented an opportunity for Sentech to enhance and improve its DTH revenue stream. The capacity could also be used to offer Sentech existing customers HD services.
c) The value of the satellite services provided amounts to R252 million per annum, based on audited annual financial statements for the year ending 31 March 2017. The company generates annual revenue of R1.2 billion mainly from broadcasting services provided using satellite solution.
d) Intelsat’s involvement is only limited to providing the capacity and monitoring the respective satellites that provide signal distribution and for broadband services. Intelsat is expected to supply the satellite capacity as contracted, at the defined service level.
e) Sentech spends approximately R250 million annually.
f) Yes, these are valid contracts that have been concluded through the procurement process in compliance with the PFMA and the relevant Treasury Regulations.
19 April 2018 - NW1017
Mulaudzi, Adv TE to ask the Minister of Finance
(a) What positions has a certain person (name furnished) held since he was appointed to the SA Revenue Service, (b) what is the date of appointment to each position, (c) what are the details of each position and (d) what were the responsibilities did each position entailed?
Reply:
(a)(b) Mr. Kingon has held the following positions for the specified duration since his appointment to Inland Revenue/ the South African Revenue Service (SARS): The dates are approximate dates
- Cash Office Clerk – 1984 to 1986,
- Assessor on Salary, Partnership and other cases – 1986 to 1990,
- Tax Officer Policy and Law Application: Direct Taxes – 1/4/1990 to 30/11/1990,
- Secretariat of Tax Advisory Committee – 1/12/1990 to 30/11/1991,
- Various Roles: Policy and Law Application: Direct Taxes – 1/12/1991 to 31/12/1998,
- Manager: Special Taxes – 1/1/1999 to 31/12/2001,
- Enforcement Assistant General Manager: Legal and Policy –2002 to 2007,
- Group Executive: Business Systems – 2007 to 2008,
- Group Executive: Operational Service Escalations and Support – 2009 to 2016,
- Group Executive: Relationship Management – 2016 to 2018
- Acting Chief Officer Business and Individual Tax (BAIT) – 15 March 2018 to 18 March 2018
- Acting Commissioner – 19 March 2018 to date
(c)(d) These positions included the following responsibilities:
- Branch Office:
- Daily activities of Cash Office such as processing of Royalty Taxes and Non-residents Tax on Dividends and Interest
- Assessing of taxpayers such as Salary earners, Partnership and other cases
- Legal and Policy:
- Policy and Law Application on Direct Taxes
- Managing the daily operations and staff of the Special Taxes unit
- Enforcement
- Heading up the Legal and Corporate Services division that includes direction setting, daily operations and staff management
- Tax Advisory Committee:
- Perform Secretariat duties for the Committee
- Group Executive:
- Manage and give strategic direction to the Business Systems, Service Escalations and Support and Relationship Management divisions during respective times served
- Liaison with strategic stakeholders
- Facilitation of technical discussions with professional bodies
- Dealing with policy matters including technical inputs on development of forms, guides, business specifications and procedures
- Representing the organization in the media on topical specific technical matters
- Providing input and guidance on proposed law amendments, direction setting and guidance on law application and interpretation and other technical aspects
19 April 2018 - NW681
Mackenzie, Mr C to ask the Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services
(1)What (a) number of regular and special meetings did the .ZA Domain Name Authority (ZADNA) board hold in the past two years, (b) are the details of each register of attendance, agenda and decisions made at each meeting and (c) was the venues and costs for (aa) catering, (bb) accommodation, (cc) travel and (dd) directors’ fees in respect of each meeting; (2) Whether there has been any change to the .ZADNA board in the specified period; if so, (a) what were the reasons for all resignations and/or removal from the board, including (b) by whom the decision was made, (c) on what date did each removal and/or resignation occur and (d) what are the names of the persons who (i) replaced board members who resigned and (ii) on what date will the new members be joining the board?
Reply:
I have been informed by .ZADNA as follows:
(1)(a) In the past 2 (two) years (2016/17 & 2017/18), ZADNA had a total of thirteen (13) meetings, 9 (nine) being regular Board meetings and 4 (four) being special Board meetings
(b) Directors’ Board meeting attendance
Directors’ Board meeting attendance for 2016/17
Director name |
Board meeting dates |
Total number of meetings attended by Directors |
||||||
12 May 2016 |
22 July 2016 |
1 August 2016 |
25 October 2016 |
26 October 2016 |
26 January 2017 |
10 February 2017 |
||
Motlatjo Ralefatane |
7 |
|||||||
Ant Brooks |
7 |
|||||||
Nirvani Dhevcharran |
X |
X |
5 |
|||||
Mcebo Khumalo |
7 |
|||||||
Nono Mohutsioa-Mathabathe |
7 |
|||||||
Mokgadi Morata |
X |
X |
X |
4 |
||||
Nondumiso Mzizana |
7 |
|||||||
Mfana Msibi |
7 |
|||||||
Jonty Tshipa |
X |
6 |
Directors’ Board meeting attendance for 2017/18
Director name |
Board meeting dates |
Total number of meetings attended by Directors |
|||||
24 April 2017 |
25 May 2017 |
19 July 2017 |
25 October 2017 |
12 December 2017 |
09 February 2018 |
||
Motlatjo Ralefatane |
6 |
||||||
Ant Brooks |
6 |
||||||
Nirvani Dhevcharran |
X |
5 |
|||||
Mcebo Khumalo |
6 |
||||||
Nono Mohutsioa-Mathabathe |
6 |
||||||
Mokgadi Morata |
X |
X |
4 |
||||
Nondumiso Mzizana |
X |
5 |
|||||
Mfana Msibi |
6 |
||||||
Jonty Tshipa |
6 |
Details of each meeting date, register of attendance, agenda, decisions made at each meeting.
Meeting date |
Register of Attendance |
Agenda |
Decisions |
12 May A2016 |
9 Directors attended |
2015/2016 Quarter 4 Report, ZADNA’s office relocation. |
The meeting approved the ZADNA relocation cost and the Q4 report. |
22 July 2016 |
7 Directors attended |
2015/16 Annual Report. Board Self Evaluation. Salary Grading Framework. |
Staff salary grading and organogram was approved. |
01 August 2016 |
7 Directors attended |
ZADNA’s director application to the vacant position of the Policy and Regulation Manager |
The director must resign if she get appointed to the position. |
25 October 2016 |
9 Directors attended |
Revised 2017/2018 to 2019/2020 strategic plans and objectives. |
2017/2018 to 2019/2020 strategic plans and objectives were approved |
26 October 2016 |
8 Directors attended |
Appointment of Internal Auditor. Approval of the successful candidates on ZADNA’s vacant post |
The internal Auditor was approved Staff appointment was approved |
26 January 2017 |
9 Directors attended |
Directors will pay PAYE from their fees |
Quarter 4 report, Risk Register, ZADNA contribution to directors Pay As you Earn (PAYE) , Amended committee charters |
10 February 2017 |
7 Directors attended |
Approval of 2017/18 Strat plan. ZADNA’s policies |
2017/18 Strat plan and budget was approved. Four policies were approved |
24 April 2017 |
8 Directors attended |
Delegation of MY .ZA. ZACR fee dispute progress report. Q4 Management & Finance Report |
MY.ZA was approved. Q4 report was approved |
25 May 2017 |
7 Directors attended |
Workshop to discuss Registry- Registrar Regulations |
It was a workshop |
19 July 2017 |
9 Directors attended |
ZACR & ZADNA operating agreement. 16/17 Audited Annual Financial Statement. Second Level Domain delegation |
ZADNA should get lawyers to provide confirmation for the high level probability on the recoverable debtors regarding the AFS based on ZACR fee dispute case. |
25 October 2017 |
9 Directors attended |
Internal Auditor Progress Report. Risk Management. Board committee reports Appointment of the external Auditor |
Rakoma and Associates was approved as ZADNA external Auditor |
12 December 2017 |
9 Directors attended |
ZADNA Annual General Meeting, CEO ‘s leave pay, Withdrawal from ZADNA investment account |
The 2017 AGM scheduled for 15 December 2017 should proceed as planned. The Board should request the members attending the AGM to adjourn the 2017 AGM to allow for ZADNA, PWC and Mosimane Inc. time to resolve the issue of the legal opinion that would meet PWC’s requirement for issuing an unqualified audit opinion. Investment withdrawal was approved. CEO’s leave pay was approved |
09 February 2018 |
7 Directors attended |
2018/19 Strat plan and budget. ZACR fee dispute. Registry –Registrar Licencing Regulations. Company Secretary Extension of the Internal Auditor contract |
ZADNA approved the budget based on R7.00 per domain. The company secretary position was deferred until ZADNA is in a better financial position. The Internal Auditor was requested to send the three year plan. |
(c) The total cost for venues during the period was R67 000. Most of the venue costs were incurred in 2015/2016 before ZADNA relocated to its current premises in September 2016. The amount of R67 000 covers the period from 2016 to date.
(aa) Total costs for catering amounted to R32 500
(bb) The cost for accommodation was R20 400. The accommodation cost was largely for a Director who is based in KZN leaving with disability that requires him to travel with an assistant.
(cc) The cost for travel was R111, 500 for two directors and an assistant to the director.
(dd) Directors’ fees in respect of each meeting
Meeting date |
Directors fees |
12 May 2016 |
R90 000 |
22 July 2016 |
R70 000 |
01 August 2016 |
R70 000 |
25 October 2016 |
R90 000 |
26 October 2016 |
R80 000 |
26 January 2017 |
R90 000 |
10 February 2017 |
R70 000 |
24 April 2017 |
R70 000 |
25 May 2017 |
R70 000 |
19 July 2017 |
R90 000 |
25 October 2017 |
R90 000 |
12 December 2017 |
R70 000 |
09 February 2018 |
R90 000 |
(2) The ZA Domain Name Authority Board has not changed in the past two years.
19 April 2018 - NW962
Marais, Mr S to ask the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans
(a) What is the total number of members of Armscor who attended the 2018 Cape Town Jazz Festival, (b) what is the name of each member who attended, (c) what was the cost for each in respect of (i) flight, (ii) accommodation, (iii) jazz ticket and (iv) any other entertainment, (d) where did each member stay during the jazz festival, (e) on what legal provision did Armscor rely to justify the costs and (f) what is the name of the person who authorised the (i) expenditure and (ii) attendance of the members?
Reply:
a) Two members
b) Ms L Mzili & Mr T Goduka
c) (i) Flights for one person Total = R 4 675.38
(ii) Accommodation for one person Total = R 3 050.20
(iii) Tickets Total = R19 520.00 (inclusive of refreshments)
(iv) Entertainment Total = Nil
d) One member stayed at Protea Hotel Victoria Junction while the other permanently resides in Cape Town
e) Whilst the primary client will always be the SANDF / Department of Defence, Armscor Act 51 of 2003 also enables the Corporation to:
- Exploit commercial opportunities as may arise out of Armscor’s duty to acquire defence matériel or to manage technology projects (4.3a (i))
- Procure commercial matériel on behalf of any organ of State at the request of the organ of State in question (4.3a (ii)), and
In pursuit of its mandate and strategic objectives, Armscor is committed to engage with its stakeholders; to build and enhance relationships for the benefits of the organisation at identified platforms.
Armscor has embarked on the implementation of its strategy - “On Time In Time - Towards A Sustainable Future”, setting direction towards improving long term financial sustainability of the Corporation by identifying, pursuing and realising business opportunities through leveraging Armscor’s capabilities while also improving organisational efficiencies. In this regard, revenue generation and stakeholder management are two of the four key strategic objectives Armscor has set to realise its strategy. To this end, targeted markets have been identified to expand and position Armscor’s value proposition; offering its services. Armscor considers it key to build, maintain and enhance relationships with both its existing and potential stakeholders. And as such, some members of the Portfolio Committee were invited; Department of Corporative Governance & Traditional Affairs (COGTA), Robben Island Museum (RIM) and the Department of Defence. Armscor has thus submitted a proposal of an estimated revenue of R7m to Municipalities and is currently assisting RIM on its WWII Relics Maintenance Program.
f) (i) & (ii) The Chief Executive Officer of Armscor: Mr Kevin Wakeford
19 April 2018 - NW819
Mackenzie, Mr C to ask the Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services
(a) Which external organisations are working with his department on the South Africa Internet For All Project, (b) what (i) is the name of each person and (ii) what are the details of the entities for which they work, (c) what are the terms of their engagement with his department, (d) what are the deliverables and deadlines they are working towards, (e) where are they located, (f) to whom do they report, (g) what are the costs to his department in respect of their tenure of the working premises and (h) what personal financial allowances is his department making to these individuals or their organisations?
Reply:
a) See Annexure A
(b) (i) See Annexure A
(ii) See Annexure B
(c) The DTPS provides support in respect of the following:-
(I) Assistance with the establishment of the Secretariat for the Internet For All project. Secretariat functions include arranging of meetings, operating any group digital platform for data-sharing, tracking of commitments made by group members, and recording progress toward the achievement of objectives.
(II) Project management to ensure the establishment of the Working Groups.
The purpose of the Working Groups are standing, multi-stakeholder platforms focused on a particular sub-theme of the Internet for All. They are designed to facilitate interaction and collaboration by encouraging information sharing, brainstorming on how to achieve shared objectives, providing a space to address policy questions, and developing collaborative projects among its members. They are multi-stakeholder, inclusive of members of the private sector, Government, and civil society.
d) In May 2017, during the World Economic Forum (WEF) Africa, the Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services, announced South Africa’s adoption of the Internet for All (I4A) Initiative. The I4A aims to bring millions of South Africans, including those in rural areas, onto the internet for the first time through new models of Public-Private Partnership. South Africa needs to connect 22 million people if we are to meet our SA Connect and NDP target of universal access to the internet by the end of 2020. Some of the commitments to date include:-
- Training of millions of South Africans on digital skills,
- Research assistance,
- Infrastructure deployment, and
- Mobilisation of the participation of our youth
e) They operate from their respective offices.
f) They report to the Internet for All Project Director: Mr Sidney Arnold
g) Nil
h) Nil
LIST OF EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS ANNEXURE A
African Development Bank (AfDB) |
British High Commission |
Didusec |
Global Shaper of the Johannesburg Hub |
Intelsat Ltd |
Multi Minds Investments Holding |
Qualcomm Inc. |
Sustainable Investment Partnership |
United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN WOMEN) |
Zakhele Technologies |
Alcatel Radio Holdings |
Broadband Infraco |
Digital Opportunity Trust (DOT) |
|
International Telecommunication Union (ITU) |
Multichoice |
Research ICT Africa |
Switching House |
US Embassy |
|
BBBEE ICT Sector Council |
Cape Digital Foundation |
EAGLE TOWERS SA |
GSMA |
ISOG Gauteng |
N and W Publishers |
SA Communications Forum (SACF) |
Telkom SA SOC Limited |
US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) |
|
ZADNA |
CellC |
Egon Zehnder International Limited |
Harvestfield |
Link Africa |
NABSA |
SA Innovation Summit |
The Boston Consulting Group |
USAASA |
|
BCG |
Cisco |
Ericsson |
Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd |
Liquid Telecom |
Ndlovukazi Online Media |
SAIS |
The Social Collective |
VEON |
|
Beyond the eyes |
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) |
eTV |
IBM Corporation |
Mastercard |
NEC Africa (Pty) Ltd |
SchoolMedia |
The Social Makeover |
Vodacom Group Ltd |
|
BITF |
Cretelecom |
FibreCo |
Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) |
Microsoft Corporation |
Nemisa |
Sentech Limited |
The Training Room Online |
Web Foundation |
|
BMI-TechKnowledge |
Department for International Development (DFID) |
Film and Publication Board |
IITPSA |
Ministry of Basic Education of South Africa |
Nokia Corporation |
SITA South Africa |
Thomson Reuters |
WEF |
|
Bon Com |
Development Bank of Southern Africa |
Gilat Satellite Networks |
Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Ltd (IDC) |
Ministry of Telecommunications and Postal Services of South Africa |
Openserve |
South African Post Office |
Too Much WiFi |
ZACR |
|
Brightwave |
Giraffe |
INMARSAT |
MTN |
PBICT |
Soweto Wireless Use Group |
Treeshake |
|
|
DETAILS OF ENTITIES ANNEXURE B
Name and Surname |
Primary Position Full Title |
Primary Organisation |
Ade Comngca |
Executive |
Ericsson |
Ajeeth Rampall |
Executive Head: Regulatory Affairs |
Vodacom Group Ltd |
Akinwale Goodluck |
Head, sub-Saharan Africa |
GSMA |
Albie Bester |
BD Advisor |
Intelsat Ltd |
Alfie Altaaf Hamid |
Africa Manager |
Cisco Systems Inc. |
Alison Gillwald |
Executive Director |
Research ICT Africa |
Amanda Onamandla Mathe |
Chief Executive Officer |
Ndlovukazi Online Media |
Andrew John Barendse |
Managing Executive, Regulatory Affairs |
Vodacom Group Ltd |
Andrew Rugege |
Regional Director for Africa |
International Telecommunication Union (ITU) |
Angelina Raseroka |
Project Manager |
IBM Corporation |
Angelo Manzoni |
COO |
EAGLE TOWERS SA |
Angie Raseroka |
Academic Initiatives Programme Manager |
IBM Middle East & Africa |
Anne Shongwe |
Representative |
United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN WOMEN) |
Anri van der Spuy |
Associate |
Research ICT Africa |
Audrey Verhaegte |
Chairman |
SAIS |
Avinash Singh |
ZACR |
|
Avril Van der Rheede |
Chief Executive Officer |
EAGLE TOWERS SA |
Ayanda Ceba |
Group Executive |
Telkom SA SOC Limited |
Beata Gelderbloem |
Programme Manager |
Digital Opportunity Trust (DOT) |
Beauty Apleni |
Telkom SA SOC Limited |
|
Brahim Ghribi |
Head of Government Relations, Middle East & Africa |
Nokia Corporation |
Brian Magwaza |
Soweto Wireless Use Group |
|
Brite Devassy |
|
Openserve |
Calvain Nangue |
Networking Academy |
Cisco |
Candice Taylor |
Head, Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility |
Ericsson |
Fred Moturi |
Chief of Enterprise |
Brightwave |
Charlotte Smart |
Digital Policy and Programme Manager |
Department for International Development (DFID) |
Charmaine Houvet |
Head, Government Affairs |
Cisco |
Cheryl Dinkelmann |
Senior Manager: Special Regulations and Consumer |
MTN South Africa |
Craig Meyer |
Director |
Ministry of Telecommunications and Postal Services of South Africa |
Cyprian Marowa |
Head: Coverage Infrastructure Finance |
Development Bank of Southern Africa |
Daniel Ramaboea |
Head of Projects |
Bon Com |
Dave Duarte |
Chief Executive Officer |
Treeshake |
Deon Fredericks |
Group Chief Financial Officer |
Telkom SA SOC Limited |
Dineo Mathebula |
ZACR |
|
Dumisa Ngwenya |
CTO |
Sentech Limited |
Duncan Luke |
Chief Executive Officer |
The Social Collective |
Elizabeth Migwalla |
Senior Director, Government Affairs, Africa |
Qualcomm Inc. |
Ellen Thabane |
Public Relations & Communications |
Bon Com |
Emma Kaye |
Executive Director |
Cape Digital Foundation |
Enock Yonazi |
ICT specialist |
African Development Bank (AfDB) |
Eric White |
Project Specialist, Internet for All |
WEF |
Eugene Le Roux |
President |
NEC Africa (Pty) Ltd |
Euvin Naidoo |
Head of Financial Institutions - Africa |
Thomson Reuters |
Evah Mthimunye |
Executive |
Vodacom |
Farhana Parker |
Social Entrepreneur |
The Social Makeover |
Fortune Mgwili-Sibanda |
Manager, Public Policy and Government Relations, Southern Africa |
|
Frank McCosker |
General Manager, Affordable Access and Smart Financing 4Afrika |
Microsoft Ltd |
Gabriel Ramokojo |
Director |
Cretelecom |
Gcina Dludla |
Researcher |
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) |
Geoff Blake |
Legal & Regulatory |
MTN Group Ltd |
George Finger |
ICT Manager |
Development Bank of Southern Africa |
Hans Kuipers |
Partner and Managing Director |
The Boston Consulting Group |
Hugo Zyl |
Chief Technical and Systems Officer |
Openserve |
Jabu A. Mabuza |
Chairman |
Telkom SA SOC Limited |
Jacky Zhang |
Deputy CEO |
Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd |
Jake Mongalo |
Manager: Technical Regulatory |
MTN South Africa |
Jane Jamieson |
Vice President, Strategic Alliances |
Digital Opportunity Trust (DOT) |
Janet Longmore |
Founder and Chief Executive Officer |
Digital Opportunity Trust (DOT) |
Jannie Botha |
RM |
EAGLE TOWERS SA |
Jesmane Boggenpoel |
Director |
Harvestfield |
Jonathan Daniel |
Senior Prosperity Officer |
British High Commission |
Junior Khumalo |
General Manager, Policy, Research and Analysis |
Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) |
Kabelo Tselangoe |
TBC |
Alcatel Radio Holdings |
Kamal Tamawa |
Spectrum Policy Manager |
GSMA |
Karen Byamugisha |
Senior Specialist External Communication |
MTN Group Ltd |
Katharina Pillay |
Managing Director |
SA Communications Forum (SACF) |
Katlego Monoa |
Business development manager |
FibreCo |
Katleho Mogase |
Online Content practitioner |
Beyond the eyes |
Keenan Harduth |
PM |
|
Khethi Ngwenya |
Managing Director |
SchoolMedia |
Laurence Khoza |
Business Manager |
Link Africa |
Lazarus Ramalobela |
Manager |
Link Africa |
Libby Dreyer |
Development Bank of Southern Africa |
|
Loren Kabosha |
Chairperson |
SACF |
Louw Middel |
Executive Head: Market Regulation |
Vodacom Group Ltd |
Lucas Gumbi |
Business Manager |
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) |
Lucky Masilela |
CEO |
ZACR |
Lumko Mtimde |
CEO |
USAASA |
Lutz Ziob |
Dean, 4Afrika Academy |
Microsoft Corporation |
Lwanda Zingitwa |
Chief of Staff |
Telkom SA SOC Limited |
Marcello Schermer |
Expansion |
|
Margaretha van Schalkwyk |
COO |
SA Innovation Summit |
Mark Abbott |
Vertisa Aviation |
|
Melusi Mthethwa |
Chief Executive Officer |
Openserve |
Mike Scrooby |
Chief Operations Officer |
Switching House |
Mlamli Booi |
CEO |
Sentech Limited |
Mohan Vivekanandan |
Group Executive, Strategy |
Development Bank of Southern Africa |
Moses Mashisane |
General Manager, Legal and Regulatory Affairs |
MTN Group Ltd |
Moshe Masonta |
Researcher |
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) |
Mpafane Simani |
South African Post Office |
|
Mpho Ndou |
Business Manager |
FibreCo |
Mymoena Ismail |
CEO |
Nemisa |
Naomi Mansvelt |
Principal Specialist Technology Regulation |
Vodacom Group Ltd |
Nathi Mbele |
Founder and Executive Chairman |
AdNotes |
Nicholas Williams |
Manager, OITC.3, Transport & ICT Department |
African Development Bank (AfDB) |
Nomonde Gongxeka-Seopa |
Policy Manager |
SACF |
Ntsibane Ntlatlapa |
Competency Area Manager(Networks and Media) |
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) |
Oliver Perry |
Project Leader |
The Boston Consulting Group |
Onkokame Mothobi |
Senior Researcher |
Research ICT Africa |
Oscar Madlala |
Chief Executive Officer |
BITF |
Otae Mkandawire |
Communications Specialist |
United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN WOMEN) |
Owen Mhlanga |
Senior Manager: Market Regulation |
Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) |
Pam Mallela |
Director |
Ministry of Telecommunications and Postal Services of South Africa |
Patricia Russ |
Project Specialist, Internet for All |
WEF |
Patrick Khulekani Dlamini |
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director |
Development Bank of Southern Africa |
Paul Inglesby |
Telkom SA SOC Limited |
|
Peter Mello |
Director |
Ministry of Telecommunications and Postal Services of South Africa |
Philemon Molefe |
Senior Manager: Spectrum Licensing |
Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) |
Phiwokuhle Gasa |
Special Regulation & Consumer Specialist |
MTN South Africa |
Preddy Mothapeng |
Chair |
BITF |
Raadhika Sihin |
Vice-President, Public Policy, Africa |
Mastercard |
Refilwe Ramatlo |
Manager: Policy Research & Analysis |
Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) |
Relebhile Moloi |
Operations Manager |
Film and Publication Board |
Ronda Sinkfield |
Commercial Officer |
US Embassy |
Rossana Gell |
Senior Manager: Market & Competition Regulation |
MTN South Africa |
Sagren Naidoo |
Broadband Infraco |
|
Sam Khambule |
Bon Com |
|
Sechaba Pule |
Deputy Director |
Ministry of Basic Education of South Africa |
Sedrick Maasdorp |
ZACR |
|
Setumo Mohapi |
CEO |
SITA South Africa |
Shafin Anwarsha |
Founder |
Giraffe |
Shiletsi Makhofane |
Vice-President, Government and Industry Relations, sub-Sahara Region |
Ericsson |
Shola Sanni |
Policy Manager, Africa |
GSMA |
Shooks Dorasamy |
General Manager, Eastern Region |
Liquid Telecom |
Siphiwe Nelwamondo |
Manager |
Intelsat Ltd |
Siya Madyibi |
Director |
Microsoft Corp. |
Siyabonga Mahlangu |
Group Executive: Regulatory Affairs and Government Relations |
Telkom SA SOC Limited |
Stan Molema |
Managing Director |
Didusec |
Stephen Coller |
Vice-President, Digital Services, Data Analytics and Business Development |
MTN Group Ltd |
Sthembiso Xakaza |
Deputy President |
ISOG Gauteng |
Takalani Nuvhali |
Strategic Partnership Coordinator |
Film and Publication Board |
Taki Netshitenzhe |
Chief Officer Corporate Affairs |
Vodacom Group Ltd |
Tapiwa Dube |
Transaction Advisor |
Sustainable Investment Partnership |
Thabo Sekgobela |
Manager |
Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd |
Thabo Sihlangu |
Advisor Regulatory Law |
Vodacom Group Ltd |
Thato Mfikwe |
Chief Executive Officer |
Soweto Wireless User Group |
Thelani Luthuli |
Manager: Markets & Competition Regulation |
MTN South Africa |
Thembi Malebye |
Business Development & Trade |
US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) |
Thembile Ndlovu |
Programme Manager |
Microsoft Corporation |
Theresa Stewart |
tbc |
Alcatel Radio Holdings |
Thulani Maphosa |
Engineer |
BBI |
Thuli Hadebe |
Owner |
Multi Minds Investments Holding |
Tom Moody |
Head of Prosperity Programmes, Southern Africa |
British High Commission |
Tomas Lamanauskas |
Group Director, Public Policy |
VEON |
Tshepang Lesiba |
Counselor |
BBBEE |
Tshepo Matike |
Sales representative |
FibreCo |
Tsholofelo Wechoemang |
Founder and Head, Research |
N and W Publishers |
Tumi Chamayou |
Head, Telecommunications, Media and Technology, Africa |
Egon Zehnder International Limited |
Vivian Ramathuba |
Project Manager, Strategic High Impact Projects SBU |
Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Ltd (IDC) |
Wanda Mkhize |
Executive Content |
Telkom SA SOC Limited |
Wydeman Coetzee |
tbc |
Ericsson |
Yolanda Mlonzi |
|
Soweto Wireless Use Group |
Zwelithini Vilakazi |
Executive, Financial Business Partners |
Telkom SA SOC Limited |
Malebo Phage |
|
eTV |
Norman Munzhelele |
Executive |
eTV |
Denis Smit |
Consulting Director |
BMI-TechKnowledge |
Carlos Rey-Moreno |
|
|
Kefilwe Madingoane |
Director: Public Policy |
Vodacom |
Tony Parry |
CEO |
IITPSA |
Vika Mpisane |
CEO |
ZADNA |
Joshua Moela |
Managing Executive Government Relations |
CellC |
Christian Mhlanga |
Senior Manager Regulatory Affairs |
CellC |
Calvo Mawela |
CEO |
Multichoice SA |
Lois |
|
NABSA |
Mike Silber |
|
Liquid Telecom |
Thabo Makenete |
|
Multichoice |
Khaya Ngcobo |
National Chairperson |
PBICT |
Janine Cosslett |
|
BCG |
Nadia Bulbulia |
CEO |
NABSA |
Onica Makwakwa |
|
Web Foundation |
Gordon McMillan |
|
INMARSAT |
Alastair Bovim |
|
INMARSAT |
Thulani Wilson |
|
Zakhele Technologies |
Linda |
|
Zakhele Technologies |
Amir Carmeli |
AVP MEA |
Gilat Satellite Networks |
Kenny M. Mphahlele |
|
ICASA |
Flenk Mnisi |
|
ICASA |
Pria Chetty |
Digital Access Programme Director |
British High Commission |
Duncan Luke |
CEO (founder of co4za) |
Global Shaper of the Johannesburg Hub |
Terrence Naidoo |
|
The Training Room Online |
Harrish Kasseepursad |
|
CellC |
Ian Thomson |
|
Too Much WiFi |
Fumane Diseko-Biagini |
National Colab Director |
Nemisa |
Sorene Assefa |
|
|
Sammy Mafu |
Business development Executive |
FibreCo |
19 April 2018 - NW684
Bergman, Mr D to ask the Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services
What number of overseas trips were taken by the CEO, Mr Vika Mpisane, of .zaDNA in (a) 2016 and (b) 2017; 2. (a) What(i) was the purposes of each trip, (ii) active role did the person play, (iii) was the detailed breakdown of the cost of each trip and (b)(i) who and/ or (ii) which departmental budget covered the costs in each case; 3. (a) Who accompanied the person on each trip, (b) why in each case and (c)(i) at what cost and (ii) from which budget were the costs paid in each case?
Reply:
I have been informed by .zaDNA as follows:
1. (a) The .zaDNA CEO undertook six overseas trips in 2016 as follows:
(i) ICANN Marrakesh (Morocco) Conference in March 2016;
(ii) Asia-Pacific Internet Resources Capacity Building Program in Beijing; China in May 2016;
(iii) dotAfrica mediation (together with ZACR CEO) in Los Angeles (California) in September 2016;
(iv) ICANN Hyderabad (India) Conference in November 2016;
(v) AfriNIC Mauritius Conference in November 2016; and
(vi) United Nations Internet Governance Forum in Guadalajara (Mexico) in December 2016.
1. (b) and five overseas trips in 2017 as follows:
(i) ICANN Copenhagen (Denmark) Conference in March 2017;
(ii) Deputy Minister’s trip to the Chinese Ministry of ICT in May 2017;
(iii) BRICS ICT Minister’s Conference in Beijing, China in July 2017;
(iv) ITU Telecoms World Conference and Exhibition in Busan, Korea in September 2017; and
(v) ICANN Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates in October 2017.
Table 1: V Mpisane 2016 international travel
Question no. |
1. ICANN Marrakesh |
2. Asia Pacific Internet Resources Capacity Building Program |
3. ICANN Helsinki |
4. dotAfrica mediation |
5. ICANN Hyderabad |
6. AfriNIC Mauritius |
7. UN-IGF 2016 Guadalajara |
(2)(a)(i) Purpose |
Internet Governance conference (domain name system, IP addressing, root zone management) |
Best practices, information-sharing & training in various areas of managing & governing Internet resources |
Internet Governance (domain name system, IP addressing, root zone management) |
Attendance of pre-trial mediation over dotAfrica case between ICANN & DCA. ZACR was an interested party as it manages the dotAfrica registry |
Internet Governance (domain name system, IP addressing, root zone management) |
Bi-annual Internet resource conference of African Internet service providers, domain name registries & regulators, government |
Annual global multistakeholder event focusing on Internet governance, Internet resource management, best practices & associated research |
(2)(a)(ii) Role played |
Participant in ccNSO & other ICANN community meetings |
Presenter, attendant |
Participant in ccNSO & other ICANN community meetings |
Accompanying ZACR to dotAfrica mediation in California |
Participant in ccNSO & other ICANN community meetings |
Participant in AfriNIC policy & other meetings |
Participant in IGF meetings + accomanying Minister |
(2)(a)(iii) Travel cost |
R43 303.72 |
R33 915.23 |
R48 596.23 |
R61 485.23 |
R31 079.23 |
R11 098.23 |
R56 325.01 |
(2)(a)(iii) Accommodation cost |
MAD7 900 (+/- R10 168.00) |
Paid by host |
R21 013.00 |
R14 354.00 |
INR52 000 (+/- R9 464.00) |
EUR910.00 (+/- R13 264.00) |
$655.00 (+/- R7 747.00) |
(2)(a)(iii) Per diem cost |
R24 840.75 |
R8 237.70 |
R13 710.61 |
R12 527.57 |
R5 724.69 |
R2 265.29 |
R6 483.31 |
(2)(b)(i) & (ii) Budget line |
Travel & accommodation |
Travel & accommodation |
Travel & accommodation |
Travel & accommodation |
Travel & accommodation |
Travel & accommodation |
Travel & accommodation |
Question no. |
1. ICANN Marrakesh |
2. Asia Pacific Internet Resources Capacity Building Program |
3. ICANN Helsinki |
4. dotAfrica mediation |
5. ICANN Hyderabad |
6. AfriNIC Mauritius |
7. UN-IGF 2016 Guadalajara |
(3)(a) Companion |
2 ZADNA directors + Project Coordinator |
None |
None |
None |
None |
None |
ZADNA Operations Manager |
(3)(b) Reason for companion |
Director orientation |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Stakeholder relations |
(3)(c)(i) Companion's cost |
R212 710.41 (travel, accomm & per diem x3) |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
R41 808.000 (travel, accomm & per diem) |
(3)(c) Companion's budget line |
Travel & accommodation |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Travel & accommodation |
Table 2: V Mpisane 2017 international travel
Question no. |
ICANN Copenhagen |
Deputy Minister's China ICT trip |
BRICS ICT Ministers China |
ITU Telecom World Busan |
ICANN Abu Dhabi |
(2)(a)(i) Purpose |
Internet Governance conference (domain name system, IP addressing, root zone management) |
Reciprocal event between SA and Chinese ICT Ministries. ZADNA presented & participated in Internet economy discussions |
Annual BRICS event. ZADNA participated in digital economy & associated discussions |
Annual ITU event. ZADNA was part of the SA delegation and attended several discussions and plenaries |
Internet Governance conference (domain name system, IP addressing, root zone management) |
(2)(a)(ii) Role played |
Participant in ccNSO & other ICANN community meetings |
Participant, presenter, part of Deputy Minister’s team |
Participant, part of Minister’s team |
Participant, accompanying Minister |
Participant in ccNSO & other ICANN community meetings |
(2)(a)(iii) Travel cost |
R41 967.23 |
R39 196.23 |
R41 897.00 |
R48 430,08 |
R37 889.29 |
(2)(a)(iii) Accommodation cost |
R14 965.00 |
R12 657.00 |
CNY7 480.00 (+/- R13 978.00) |
R9 165.00 |
AED3 500.40 (+/- R11 278.00) |
(2)(a)(iii) Per diem cost |
R10 532.84 |
R4 937.19 |
R10 658.28 |
R10 004.16 |
R10 818.42 |
(2)(b)(i) & (ii) Budget line |
Travel & accommodation |
Travel & accommodation |
Travel & accommodation |
Travel & accommodation |
Travel & accommodation |
(3)(a) Companion |
None |
None |
None |
None |
None |
(3)(b) Reason for companion |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
(3)(c)(i) Companion's cost |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
(3)(c) Companion's budget line |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
18 April 2018 - NW891
Davis, Mr GR to ask the Minister of Energy
What are the details of the tender process and awarding of tenders by the office responsible for the Independent Power Producers in terms of (a) scoring, (b) awarding of contracts and (c) adjudication panellists?
Reply:
a) The evaluation of bid responses and the selection of preferred bidders follow a two phased approach:
- The bidders first have to qualify in terms of the qualification criteria as outlined in the Request for Proposals (RFP); and
- If compliant with the qualification criteria will then be assessed against the evaluation criteria as outlined in the RFP. The evaluation criteria has two parts, being price and economic development. The evaluation is undertaken in accordance with a 70/30 points system, with price being scored out of 70 points and economic development being scored out of 30 points.
The recommendation of an independent evaluation team is forwarded to the Department of Energy’s Bid Adjudication Committee (BAC) for consideration. In the event the BAC is in agreement and satisfied with the assurance by an external governance reviewer that evaluation was done in accordance the evaluation RFP and the pre-determined evaluation procedures set by the BAC, the BAC will recommend the results for approval to the Director-General of the Department of Energy, where after the preferred bidders are appointed in writing.
18 April 2018 - NW742
Dlamini, Mr MM to ask the Minister of Energy
What is the (a) name of the company, (b) monetary value of the tender and (c) duration of the tender for each of the 27 renewable independent power producers that were set to sign power purchasing agreements with the Government and Eskom on 13 March 2018?
Reply:
The following are the names of the preferred bidders that were set to sign the power purchasing agreements with the Government and Eskom on 13 March 2018 for the Bid Window 3.4 and 4:
The total value of investment for the 27 projects is R 55.8 billion. This amount includes all debt and equity as provided by the shareholders and the debt providers.
The Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) for the 27 projects were set to be signed with Eskom for a period of 20 years.
18 April 2018 - NW719
Mokgalapa, Mr S to ask the Minister of Labour
(1) Whether her department has a sexual harassment and assault policy in place; if not, (a) why not and (b) by what date will her department have such a policy in place; if so, (i) how are reports investigated and (ii) what are the details of the consequence management and sanctions stipulated by the policy; (2) (a) what is the total number of incidents of sexual harassment and assault that have been reported in her department (i) in each of the past three financial years and (ii) since 1 April 2017, (b) what number of cases were (i) opened and concluded, (ii) withdrawn and (iii) remain open based on the incidents and (c) what sanctions were issued for each person who was found to have been guilty?
Reply:
1. The Department has a sexual harassment policy.
(b)(i) Investigating officers are appointed to investigate allegations of misconduct. Reports are submitted to the delegated authority.
(b)(ii) On the basis of the investigation report the official will be charged and subjected to a disciplinary hearing. Sanctions that can be issued are written warning, a final written warning, Suspension without pay ranging from one (1) to three (3) months, demotion and dismissal.
2. 3 cases
(a)(i) 2016/17 – 1 case, 2015/16 – 2 cases, and 2014/15 – 0 cases.
(ii) Nil.
(b)(i) 2 cases
(ii) one case
(iii) none
(c) Final written warning and two months’ suspension
18 April 2018 - NW744
Mkhaliphi, Ms HO to ask the Minister of Home Affairs
Whether his department issued Mr Atul Kumar Gupta (details furnished) with a South African passport; if so, (a)(i) on what date did the specified person apply, (ii) where did the specified person apply and (iii) on what date was the passport issued and (b) what is the total number of passports that were issued to the specified person?
Reply:
a) Yes, the information is as follows:
(i) |
(ii) |
(iii) |
|||
PASSPORT NO |
DATE OF APPLICATION |
OFFICE OF APPLICATION |
DATE OF ISSUE |
DATE OF EXPIRY |
STATUS |
M00154401 |
2015/07/31 |
Centurion |
2015/07/31 |
2025/07/30 |
Active |
M00081294 |
2013/03/15 |
Pretoria |
2013/03/19 |
2023/03/18 |
Active |
477486059 |
*Not system registered (manual registration process) |
Centurion |
2008/06/05 |
2018/06/04 |
Passport pages full |
448254276 |
*Not system registered (manual registration process) |
SAHC New Delhi |
2004/09/29 |
2014/09/28 |
Expired |
437252898 |
*Not system registered (manual registration process) |
Randburg |
2002/11/04 |
2012/11/03 |
Expired |
*It should be noted that some dates of passport applications done prior to 2008 is not detailed due to manual registration process, previously decentralised to front offices for registration of applications.
(b) According to the information on the National Population Register (NPR), Atul Kumar Gupta with ID Number: 6806145105080, has been issued with five (5) passports.
NB> The passport issuance is regulated by the South African Passports and Travel Document Act, Act No 04 of 1994 and its Regulations. In terms of the Act, a person can only be issued with a South African passport if he or she is in possession of a birth certificate or an Identity document bearing the identity document number of a citizen. The Gupta family member in question who is in possession of South African passports has been issued with South African Identity document with identity document number of citizen.
The Regulations 2(5) allow the Department to issue a second South African passport under circumstances listed in Regulations 8(3), 8(4) and 8(5).
The reasons for applying for a second passport, amongst others, are either the passport is full, expired or the passport is sent for visa applications. The passport application system has a facility that allows applicants to indicate the urgency of their applications.
The System did not register the date of application for the passports that were applied for in 2008 and earlier
18 April 2018 - NW840
Dreyer, Ms AM to ask the Minister of Home Affairs
(1)With regard to the decision by the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) not to allow South Africans living abroad the right to vote on the provincial ballot paper, what are the relevant details of all legal opinions received by the IEC that informed the decision; (2) can he provide Mrs A M Dreyer with copies of (a) all legal opinions and (b) the minutes in respect of the decision?
Reply:
(1) The special voting dispensation on the provincial ballot is regulated in terms of section 33A of the Electoral Act 73 of 1998. This aspect of the electoral scheme was passed into law by the Parliament of the Republic ahead of the 2014 general elections. The key consideration of Parliament is that there is no nexus between ordinary residence outside of the Republic and a province inside of the Republic. Crucially, the nexus on the national ballot is established by the subsistence of citizenship on the part of those ordinarily resident outside of the Republic.
(2)(a) There is no legal opinion that the Commission procured on this matter.
(2)(b) The relevant extract of the Commission meeting is hereto attached is attached as Annexure A.
ANNEXURE A
EXCERPT FROM COMMISSION MEETING OF 21 SEPTEMBER 2012
After a deliberation on the above, the meeting APPROVED the following recommendations from the Committee:
- South African citizens applying to vote abroad should be allocated to the national voters’ roll at the last known physical address of the voter in South Africa.
- That South African citizens abroad should be required to produce both a valid South African passport and a valid South Africa identity document when registering abroad.
- That no provincial ballot will be issued to overseas voters and other voters casting their vote outside their province of ordinary residence.
- That voting abroad will only take place in South African missions.
The meeting AGREED that the Chairperson should approach the Leader of Government Business in Parliament.
18 April 2018 - NW894
Waters, Mr M to ask the Minister of Home Affairs
What steps has the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) taken to ensure that no member of the SA Democratic Teachers' Union will be IEC officials for the forthcoming registration weekends and election days?
Reply:
The Electoral Commission responded as follows:
- The Electoral Commission has no policy of recruiting members of SADTU or members of any specific organization. To obviate possibilities of bias in the electoral process. The Commission has co-developed criteria for the recruitment of electoral staff with the National Party Liaison Committee (a committee comprising all parties represented in the National Assembly). The criteria provide, amongst others, the following elements:
- a) In the last five years the applicant must not have held political office or been a candidate in an election or have been politically active for a political party or campaigning for a political party.
- b) In the last five years the applicant must not have been elected to office in an organisation that has party political affiliations or aims.
2. The criteria are intended to exclude persons who hold active party political office. The ultimate aim is to eliminate political bias and partiality on the part of electoral staff. Additionally, the proposed staff for appointment is presented to Municipal Party Liaison Committees for screening with a view to give parties an opportunity to object to the inclusion of persons with known active political involvement.
3. To exclude applicants on the basis of membership of a trade union would constitute discriminatory practice and be open to constitutional and legal challenge. Expenses in such litigation may result in wasteful expenditure.
4. The Commission has over the last few elections being proactively recruiting unemployed young persons. Concomitant with this there has been a progressive reduction in the number of teachers employed. The attached tables present figures relative to the use of young persons as well as the teachers per election:
AGE ANALYSIS |
TOTAL STAFF RECRUITED |
35 and Below |
% Youth |
2009 NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
201 328 |
120 882 |
60% |
2011 MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS |
198 227 |
120 836 |
61% |
2014 NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
213 318 |
126 091 |
59% |
2016 MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS |
207 015 |
123 873 |
60% |
TEACHERS |
TOTAL STAFF RECRUITED |
Teachers |
% |
2009 NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
201 328 |
35 544 |
18% |
2011 MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS |
198 227 |
27 675 |
14% |
2014 NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
213 318 |
24 065 |
11% |
2016 MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS |
207 015 |
18 918 |
9% |
18 April 2018 - NW838
Dreyer, Ms AM to ask the Minister of Basic Education
With reference to her reply to question 2774 on 5 October 2017, what (a) are the reasons that the building of the new school did not commence on 24 October 2017, (b) by what date will construction commence and (c) what is the physical address of the new school?
Reply:
The response from the province is as follows:
a) The delay related to the construction of this school have been as a result of Gauteng Province facing a constrained fiscal environment, which made it essential for the Gauteng Education Provincial Schools Build Programme to employ strategies for ensuring the maximum utility of all financial resources related to the provision of education infrastructure. The school is one of ten (10) ACT (Alternative Construction Technologies) schools that needed additional funding to be provided prior to commencement on site.
b) The budget approval process was finalised in November 2017 and the GDE is currently awaiting permits from the Department of Labour for contractors to resume work at all ten (10) schools. The school will be built on a vacant stand that is currently zoned appropriately for education purposes and is in line with the requirements of sites as mandated by the norms and standards.
c) The school will be situated on Erf 5015 Birch Acres Extension 32.
18 April 2018 - NW937
Waters, Mr M to ask the Minister of Home Affairs
With reference to the reply to question 528 on 2 March 2018, (a) what exactly does indeterminate mean and (b) given the deadline from Parliament for introducing legislation, by what date will the legislation be introduced?
Reply:
a) Indeterminate in the context of the response to parliamentary question 528 means that the Commission had, as at that time of the response, not concluded its review and made determinations relating to voting procedures and requirements for voters outside of the Republic.
b) The Commission has submitted the Electoral Laws Amendment Bill to me. The process is to procure Cabinet approval and expeditious introduction into the parliamentary process.
18 April 2018 - NW833
Gqada, Ms T to ask the Minister of Energy
(1)Whether all entities reporting to him adhere to his department’s internal framework put in place with regard to procurement processes and contract signing; if not, what mechanisms have been put in place to ensure that the entities reporting to him adhere to the National Treasury’s procurement processes; if so, (2) is the checking and flagging of a potential conflict of interest one of the due diligence processes that entities reporting to him should adhere to when contracting and/or procuring with private companies; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (3) did the Strategic Fuel Fund flag the fact that a certain company (name and details furnished) is a business partner of a certain company (name furnished) that bought the strategic fuel stock in December 2015; if so, (4) whether he has found that the specified corporation’s connection to the specified company constituted a conflict of interest in this transaction; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
I wish to remind the Honourable Member that the issue in question is now before the Courts.
18 April 2018 - NW944
Hoosen, Mr MH to ask the Minister of Home Affairs
What is the (a) total number of critical skills visa applications that have been received by the department in the current and past two financial years, (b) total number which were (i) approved and (ii) declined and (c) average turnaround times for the applications?
Reply:
(a) Critical skills visa received
Year |
Total Received |
2015/16 |
3 852 |
2016/17 |
6 304 |
2017/18 |
6 697 |
(b)(i)&(ii) Critical skills visa approved and rejected
Year |
Approved |
Rejected |
2015/16 |
1 904 |
1 948 |
2016/17 |
3 032 |
3 272 |
2017/18 |
3 697 |
3 000 |
c) The average turnaround time for critical skills visas is 4 weeks.
18 April 2018 - NW979
Gqada, Ms T to ask the Minister of Energy
How much land does (a) his department and (b) the entities reporting to him (i) own, (ii) have exclusive rights to and/or (iii) lease from the State to (aa) use and/or (bb) occupy?
Reply:
The Department of Energy does not own a land. Other information relating to the Entities is as follows:
NO |
(b) ENTITY |
PROPERTY DESCRIPTION (i) LOCATION (ADDRESS) |
(ii) SIZE (HECTORS /m2) |
(ii) USES |
|
1 |
SANEDI |
None |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
2 |
NRWDI |
None |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
3 |
NERSA |
Pretoria |
N/A |
2,552m² |
NERSA’s office building (measuring 13,606m²) |
4 |
NNR |
(b)(i) Cape Town |
N/A |
4525m2 |
Office |
5 |
CEF |
Johannesburg |
N/A |
3978m² |
The SFF Saldanha Tank Farm is used for the storing and distribution of crude oil. Saldanha Tank Farm is also responsible for the storage of Strategic Stock on behalf of the South African Government. The other tanks are rented out to Clients for the storing of crude oil and for trading. Saldanha also manages the crude on behalf of the Chevron Refinery, based in Milnerton, which is pumped to the Refinery via pipeline. |
Saldanha Bay |
N/A |
177,2263ha |
|||
Saldanha Bay |
N/A |
||||
Saldanha Bay |
N/A |
||||
Saldanha Bay |
N/A |
||||
Saldanha Bay |
N/A |
76,3008ha |
|||
6 |
NECSA |
Pretoria |
Pretoria |
2 362 Hectors |
Multiple Buildings (Necsa Facilities, Offices, And Staff Residential) |
Four (4) Properties in Albertinia |
Albertinia |
3 767 Hectares |
Vacant Stand |
||
Two (2) Properties in Riversdale |
Rivesrdale |
2 001 M2 |
Vacant Stand |
||
Eleven (11) Properties in Springbok |
Springbok |
6253m2 |
10 Staff Residential and 1 Vacant |
||
Namakwaland |
Namakwaland |
10 869 Hectors |
Multiple Buildings (Necsa Facilities, Offices, And Staff Residential) |
18 April 2018 - NW969
Steenhuisen, Mr JH to ask the Minister of Home Affairs
With regard to the judgment in Fireblade vs the Minister of Home Affairs, what amount did his department spend on (a) his legal costs incurred and (b) his department’s legal costs incurred for the (i) appeal to the Constitutional Court, (ii) appeal to the full bench of the High Court and (iii) initial application in the High Court?
Reply:
Payment of legal fees for the Department and the State in general is made by the offices of the State Attorneys, therefore, the Department, like other institutions of State, does not have the mandate to directly effect legal fees.
However, the Department has, upon receipt of this question, requested the Office of the State Attorney in question to provide details on the legal costs incurred on the Fireblade matter. The State Attorney responded to the Department’s request and advised that it has only attended to the processing of the payment of fees in respect of the Department’s legal team, which amounted to R874 199-25 thus far.
18 April 2018 - NW748
Mkhaliphi, Ms HO to ask the Minister of Home Affairs
Whether his department issued Ms Shivani S Gupta (details furnished) with a South African passport; if so, (a)(i) on what date did the specified person apply, (ii) where did the specified person apply and (iii) on what date was the passport issued and (b) what is the total number of passports that were issued to the specified person?
Reply:
a) No, according to the information on the National Population Register (NPR), Ms Shivani S Gupta, the holder of this ID number: 700510 1418 186, has never been issued with a South African passport.
However, the same person, with ID number: 700510 1418 087 has two active passports as follows:
PASSPORT NO |
(a)(i) DATE OF APPLICATION |
(a)(iii) DATE OF ISSUE |
DATE OF EXPIRY |
STATUS |
(a)(ii) OFFICE OF APPLICATION |
M00235637 |
15/11/2017 |
15/11/2017 |
14/11/2027 |
Active |
Pretoria |
M00161089 |
06/10/2015 |
14/10/2015 |
13/10/2025 |
Active |
Centurion |
b) Shivani Gupta has been issued with a total of two passports which are active.
NB> The passport issuance is regulated by the South African Passports and Travel Document Act, Act No 04 of 1994 and its Regulations. In terms of the Act, a person can only be issued with a South African passport if he or she is in possession of a birth certificate or an Identity document bearing the identity document number of a citizen. The Gupta family member in question who is in possession of South African passports have been issued with South African Identity documents with identity document numbers of citizens.
The Regulations 2(5) allow the Department to issue a second South African passport under circumstances listed in Regulations 8(3), 8(4) and 8(5).
The reasons for applying for a second passport, amongst others, are either the passport is full, expired or the passport is sent for visa applications. The passport application system has a facility that allows applicants to indicate the urgency of their applications.
18 April 2018 - NW957
Mileham, Mr K to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
With reference to his statement that 55 municipalities are classified as distressed and/or dysfunctional in his press conference on 20 March 2018, (a) which municipalities have been classified in this manner, (b) what is the primary cause or nature of the distress and/or dysfunctionality in each case and (c) what specific action(s) is his department taking to address the problem in each case?
Reply:
a) The Minister will table the names of 55 municipalities identified as dysfunctional during the next CoGTA budget vote speech. The annual MIG transfers of the identified municipalities were stopped at least twice in the past five years.
b) The primary causes of the distress and/or dysfunctionality can be traced to poor financial management, poor infrastructure management, and/or poor governance and administration. Part of the planned intervention will involve high level assessment of the actual causes in order to better inform interventions.
c) The Department is adopting a multi-pronged approach, which will includes:
- Establishment and deployment of MISA District Support Teams;
- Building a skills pipeline in local government; and
- Strengthening financial viability through implementation of financial recovery plans.
18 April 2018 - NW745
Mkhaliphi, Ms HO to ask the Minister of Home Affairs
Whether his department issued Mr Rajesh Tony Gupta (details furnished) with a South African passport; if so, (a)(i) on what date did the specified person apply, (ii) where did the specified person apply and (iii) on what date was the passport issued and (b) what is the total number of passports that were issued to the specified person?
Reply:
a) Yes, the information is as follows:
(i) |
(ii) |
(iii) |
|||
PASSPORT No. |
DATE OF APPLICATION |
OFFICE OF APPLICATION |
DATE OF ISSUE |
DATE OF EXPIRY |
STATUS |
M00234326 |
2017/11/03 |
Pretoria |
2017/11/03 |
2027/11/02 |
Active |
M00234360 |
2017/11/03 |
Pretoria |
2017/11/03 |
2027/11/02 |
Active |
M00139003 |
2015/02/09 |
Centurion |
2015/02/17 |
2025/02/16 |
Passport pages are full |
M00138156 |
2015/02/04 |
Centurion |
2015/02/05 |
2025/02/04 |
Passport pages are full |
M00069726 |
2012/09/13 |
Abroad |
2012/09/14 |
2022/09/13 |
Cancelled |
M00006520 |
2009/07/13 |
Pretoria |
2009/07/27 |
2019/07/26 |
Cancelled |
462064042 |
*Not system registered (manual registration process) |
Centurion |
2006/07/27 |
2016/07/26 |
Expired |
01584182 (Temporary Passport) |
*Not system registered (manual registration process) |
Centurion |
2006/08/11 |
2007/08/10 |
Expired |
*It should be noted that some information of passport applications done prior to 2008 is not detailed due to the manual registration process, previously decentralised to front offices for registration of applications.
b) According to the information on the National Population Register (NPR), Rajesh Kumar Gupta with ID Number: 7208056345087, has been issued with eight (8) passports in total.
NB> The passport issuance is regulated by the South African Passports and Travel Document Act, Act No 04 of 1994 and its Regulations. In terms of the Act, a person can only be issued with a South African passport if he or she is in possession of a birth certificate or an Identity document bearing the identity document number of a citizen. The Gupta family member in question who is in possession of South African passports have been issued with South African Identity documents with identity document numbers of citizens.
The Regulations 2(5) allow the Department to issue a second South African passport under circumstances listed in Regulations 8(3), 8(4) and 8(5).
The reasons for applying for a second passport, amongst others, are either the passport is full, expired or the passport is sent for visa applications. The passport application system has a facility that allows applicants to indicate the urgency of their applications.
The System did not register the date of application for the passports that were applied for in 2008 and earlier.