Questions and Replies
07 May 2018 - NW1074
Mokoena, Mr L to ask the Minister of Arts and Culture
What number of memorials, statues, heritage sites and museums is his department currently building and/or developing and (b) in each case, (i) what is the name of each project, (ii) where is each situated, (iii) on what date was each project (aa) started and (bb) signed off, (iv) what is the estimated time span of each project, (v) how much funding has been allocated to the project, (vi) how much funding has been unaccounted for in each project and (vii) who was awarded the contract to complete each project?
Reply:
Project name |
Location |
Type |
Start date |
Completion date |
Duration |
Budget (R) |
Unaccounted amount |
Contracted to |
Dr J.L. Dube Memorial Project |
KZN, Durban, Inanda |
Memorial |
29/03/ 2012 |
09/11/2016 (termination date) |
4 years |
R31 584 738 |
IDT |
|
21/11/2017 |
31/03/2019 Estimated date |
18 months |
R8 million |
Risimati Consulting Engineers PTY (Ltd) |
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OR Tambo Garden of Remembrance |
EC, Mbizana Local Municipality, Kantolo Village |
Memorial |
29/03/ 2012 |
09/11/2016 (termination date) |
4 years |
R17 804 961 |
IDT |
|
21/11/2017 |
31/03/2021 Estimated date |
36 months |
R8 million |
Risimati Consulting Engineers PTY (Ltd) |
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Ms Winnie Madikizela-Mandela House |
FS, Brandfort, Majwemasoeu Township |
Museum |
18/07/ 2012 |
09/11/2016 (termination date) |
4 years |
R3million |
IDT |
|
21/11/2017 |
31/03/2019 Estimated date |
18 months |
R2,8 million |
Risimati Consulting Engineers PTY (Ltd) |
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Khananda Hill Massacre Project |
EC, Mbizana Local Municipality, Khananda Village |
Museum |
29/09/ 2012 |
09/11/2016 (termination date) |
4 years |
R3million |
IDT |
|
21/11/2017 |
31/03/2019 Estimated date |
18 months |
R 1 524 735 |
Risimati Consulting Engineers PTY (Ltd) |
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Raymond Mhlaba Statue |
EC, Raymond Mhlaba Municipality, Fort Beaufort |
Statue |
14/10/2015 |
31/08/2019 Estimated date |
12 months |
R1,5 million |
Not yet contracted |
|
Inguza Hill Massacre Museum |
EC, Flagstaff, |
Museum |
21/10/2011 |
16/05/2016 |
4 years, 7 months |
R15,6 million |
IDT |
|
Sarah Bartmann Centre of Remembrance |
EC, Hanky, Kouga Local Municipality |
Museum |
14/04/2014 |
13/11/2018 |
4 years, 7 months |
R164 386 247.29 |
Department of Public Works |
|
National Heritage Monument |
Gauteng, Pretoria, City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality |
Statues, which form a procession, of persons from Precolonial time to the present whom have contributed to the development of South Africa. |
2012 |
Ongoing |
6 years |
R43 million |
R17 million |
National Heritage Project |
National Heroes Acre |
Gauteng, Pretoria, City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality |
Monument. The project is in the preplanning phase. An Environmental Impact Assessment Specialist will be appointed to undertake an Environmental Impact Assessment, and a heritage Impact Assessment of the identified site. Secondly, the DAC has been in communication with the City of Tshwane for access to the land identified for development. The DAC has appointed a Panel of Experts to manage the development of an architectural plan for the development of the monument. |
2016 |
Ongoing |
2 years |
To be developed |
Department of Arts and Culture |
|
Upgrade / Restoration of Charlotte Maxeke’s House in Kliptown Soweto |
Gauteng |
Heritage Site: Awaiting business plan from Province |
To be determined |
To be determined |
To be determined |
To be determined |
To be determined |
|
Upgrade/ Restoration of Francis Baard’s House in Mabopane |
Gauteng |
Heritage Site: Awaiting business plan from Province |
To be determined |
To be determined |
To be determined |
To be determined |
To be determined |
|
Upgrade / Restoration of Margaret Gazo’s Gravesite |
Gauteng |
Grave Site: Awaiting business plan from Province |
To be determined |
To be determined |
To be determined |
To be determined |
To be determined |
|
Tshitangadzimeni Heritage Site |
Limpopo |
Awaiting business plan from Province |
To be determined |
To be determined |
To be determined |
To be determined |
To be determined |
|
University of Limpopo-Turfloop Campus |
Limpopo |
Awaiting business plan from Province |
To be determined |
To be determined |
To be determined |
To be determined |
To be determined |
|
Tjate Provincial Heritage Site |
Limpopo |
Awaiting business plan from Province |
To be determined |
To be determined |
To be determined |
To be determined |
To be determined |
|
Lowveld Massacre |
Mpumalanga |
Awaiting business plan from Province |
To be determined |
To be determined |
To be determined |
To be determined |
To be determined |
|
Saul Mkhize Home |
Mpumalanga |
Awaiting business plan from Province |
To be determined |
To be determined |
To be determined |
To be determined |
To be determined |
|
Mahatma Gandhi Prison Cell |
Mpumalanga |
Awaiting business plan from Province |
To be determined |
To be determined |
To be determined |
To be determined |
To be determined |
|
Upington 26 (Paballelo, Upington) |
Northern Cape |
Awaiting business plan from Province |
To be determined |
To be determined |
To be determined |
To be determined |
To be determined |
|
The 1952 Mayibuye Uprising in Galeshewe |
Northern Cape |
Awaiting business plan from Province |
To be determined |
To be determined |
To be determined |
To be determined |
To be determined |
|
Langeberg War of 1897 (Langeberg near Olifantshoek) |
Northern Cape |
Awaiting business plan from Province |
To be determined |
To be determined |
To be determined |
To be determined |
To be determined |
|
Johny Makhathini Museum |
KwaZulu-Natal |
Museum: Awaiting business plan from Province |
To be determined |
To be determined |
To be determined |
To be determined |
To be determined |
|
Chief Albert Luthuli Liberation Heritage Sites |
KwaZulu-Natal |
Liberation Heritage Sites: Awaiting business plan from Province |
To be determined |
To be determined |
To be determined |
To be determined |
To be determined |
|
DCO Matiwane Liberation Heritage Sites |
KwaZulu-Natal |
Liberation Heritage Sites: Awaiting business plan from Province |
To be determined |
To be determined |
To be determined |
To be determined |
To be determined |
|
Moses Kotane National Memorial Heritage Site |
North West |
Memorial: Awaiting business plan from Province |
To be determined |
To be determined |
To be determined |
To be determined |
To be determined |
|
Onkgopotse Tiro Grave and Dinokana Village |
North West |
Grave Site and Heritage Landscape: Awaiting business plan from Province |
To be determined |
To be determined |
To be determined |
To be determined |
To be determined |
|
Mama Gertrude Mphekwa Heritage Site |
North West |
Heritage Site: Awaiting business plan from Province |
To be determined |
To be determined |
To be determined |
To be determined |
To be determined |
|
Site of the First Confrontation between the Khoe Khoe and Portuguese |
Western Cape |
Heritage Site: Awaiting business plan from Province |
To be determined |
To be determined |
To be determined |
To be determined |
To be determined |
|
Sites related to Mandela’s Route to Freedom on 11 February 1990 featuring prominently the Nelson Mandela Prison House in Drakenstein |
Western Cape |
Prison House: Awaiting business plan from Province |
To be determined |
To be determined |
To be determined |
To be determined |
To be determined |
|
Bisho Massacre Site |
Eastern Cape |
Exhibition: Awaiting business plan from Province |
To be determined |
To be determined |
To be determined |
To be determined |
To be determined |
|
Women Prison Cell in Kroonstad |
Free State |
Prison Cell: Awaiting business plan |
To be determined |
To be determined |
To be determined |
To be determined |
To be determined |
|
Resistance and Liberation Movements Museum (RLMM) |
To be determined through Feasibility Study |
Museum: A feasibility study will be undertaken to determine the viability of the RLMM |
To be determined |
To be determined |
To be determined |
To be determined |
To be determined |
|
Remedial Works for Delvillewood Memorial & Museum |
Longueval, France |
Memorial and Museum |
To be determined |
To be determined |
To be determined |
R10 Million |
To be determined |
|
Resistance and Liberation Heritage Monuments |
Gaborone and Lobatse, Botswana |
The project is at planning stage and conceptualisation |
To be determined |
To be determined |
To be determined |
To be determined |
To be determined |
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07 May 2018 - NW1291
Matiase, Mr NS to ask the Minister of Health
(a) What is the total number of persons who are on the waiting list for surgery in each hospital in the Western Cape, (b) what are the reasons that each person requires surgery, (c) what is the name of each hospital they are going to have the surgery at, (d) on what date was each individual added to the waiting list and (e) by what date is each individual expected to have the surgery in each specified hospital in the Western Cape?
Reply:
(a)-(e) Honourable Member the National Department of Health does not collate this level of detailed patient level data pertaining to waiting list for surgery. Each surgical ward in a hospital has this data which is never static or stable at any one time, but is used for clinical management of patients.
There is no standardised way which the National Department can use to compile such data at national level.
This is because the criterion used to place anybody on a waiting list is too complex and very fluid to be able to compile sensible data.
Criteria for waiting lists depend on a multiplicity of complex factors like clinical evaluation, availability of beds, prioritization of some patients over others depending on their clinical conditions. Patients conditions may change within a matter of hours and this may render the list irrelevant.
Hence the list is better kept ward per ward with all these changes that may happen day per day or even hour per hour.
This problem is faced by many health authorities internationally.
END.
07 May 2018 - NW1286
Ketabahle, Ms V to ask the Minister of Health
(a) What is the total number of persons who are on the waiting list for surgery in each hospital in KwaZulu-Natal, (b) what are the reasons that each person requires surgery at, (c) what is the name of each hospital they are going to have the surgery, (d) on what date was each individual added to the waiting list and (e) by what date is each individual expected to have the surgery in each specified hospital in KwaZulu-Natal?
Reply:
(a)-(e) Honourable Member the National Department of Health does not collate this level of detailed patient level data pertaining to waiting list for surgery. Each surgical ward in a hospital has this data which is never static or stable at any one time, but is used for clinical management of patients.
There is no standardised way which the National Department can use to compile such data at national level.
This is because the criterion used to place anybody on a waiting list is too complex and very fluid to be able to compile sensible data.
Criteria for waiting lists depend on a multiplicity of complex factors like clinical evaluation, availability of beds, prioritization of some patients over others depending on their clinical conditions. Patients conditions may change within a matter of hours and this may render the list irrelevant.
Hence the list is better kept ward per ward with all these changes that may happen day per day or even hour per hour.
This problem is faced by many health authorities internationally.
END.
07 May 2018 - NW1289
Paulsen, Mr N M to ask the Minister of Health
(a) What is the total number of persons who are on the waiting list for surgery in each hospital in Northern Cape, (b) what are the reasons that each person requires surgery, (c) what is the name of each hospital they are going to have the surgery at, (d) on what date was each individual added to the waiting list and (e) by what date is each individual expected to have the surgery in each specified hospital inNorthern Cape?
Reply:
(a)-(e) Honourable Member the National Department of Health does not collate this level of detailed patient level data pertaining to waiting list for surgery. Each surgical ward in a hospital has this data which is never static or stable at any one time, but is used for clinical management of patients.
There is no standardised way which the National Department can use to compile such data at national level.
This is because the criterion used to place anybody on a waiting list is too complex and very fluid to be able to compile sensible data.
Criteria for waiting lists depend on a multiplicity of complex factors like clinical evaluation, availability of beds, prioritization of some patients over others depending on their clinical conditions. Patients conditions may change within a matter of hours and this may render the list irrelevant.
Hence the list is better kept ward per ward with all these changes that may happen day per day or even hour per hour.
This problem is faced by many health authorities internationally.
END.
07 May 2018 - NW915
Moteka, Mr PG to ask the Minister of Health
What number of (a) tuberculosis patients are seen at the (i) Goederede Clinic, (ii) Kameelportnek Clinic, (iii) Kameelrivier B Clinic, (iv) Kwaggafontein A Clinic and (v) M N Mcindi Clinic in Mpumalanga on a monthly basis and (b) nurses work in a shift at each specified clinic?
Reply:
a) Number of Tuberculosis patients seen
Facility |
Number of TB patients (2016) |
(i) Goederede Clinic |
22 |
(ii) Kameelpoortnek Clinic |
25 |
(iii) Kameelrivier B Clinic |
24 |
(iv) Kwaggafontein A Clinic |
19 |
(v) MN Mcindi Clinic |
128 |
(b) There are no nurses who work shifts in clinics. Nurses only work shifts in 24 hour facilities.
END.
07 May 2018 - NW1288
Ntlangwini, Ms EN to ask the Minister of Health
(a) What is the total number of persons who are on the waiting list for surgery in each hospital in Mpumalanga, (b) what are the reasons that each person requires surgery at, (c) what is the name of each hospital they are going to have the surgery, (d) on what date was each individual added to the waiting list and (e) by what date is each individual expected to have the surgery in each specified hospital in Mpumalanga?
Reply:
(a)-(e) Honourable Member the National Department of Health does not collate this level of detailed patient level data pertaining to waiting list for surgery. Each surgical ward in a hospital has this data which is never static or stable at any one time, but is used for clinical management of patients.
There is no standardised way which the National Department can use to compile such data at national level.
This is because the criterion used to place anybody on a waiting list is too complex and very fluid to be able to compile sensible data.
Criteria for waiting lists depend on a multiplicity of complex factors like clinical evaluation, availability of beds, prioritization of some patients over others depending on their clinical conditions. Patients conditions may change within a matter of hours and this may render the list irrelevant.
Hence the list is better kept ward per ward with all these changes that may happen day per day or even hour per hour.
This problem is faced by many health authorities internationally.
END.
07 May 2018 - NW564
Mente-Nkuna, Ms NV to ask the Minister of Health
(a) What is the (i) name, (ii) location and (iii) patient capacity of each (aa) clinic, (bb) hospital and (cc) other public health facility that does not have hazardous waste removal and (b) what is the reason for this in each case?
Reply:
(a) Hazardous waste, which is mainly constituted by expired pharmaceuticals, is collected, transported and disposed of by appointed healthcare risk management contractors at all public healthcare facilities in the Nine Provinces.
(b) Not applicable.
END.
07 May 2018 - NW1279
Carter, Ms D to ask the Minister of Health
(1)With reference to the SA Law Commission (SALC)’s work (details furnished) into end-of-life decisions and the SALC not making any recommendation on active voluntary euthanasia, (a) what is the policy position of his department on (i) managing the pain of terminally-ill patients and the doctrine of double effect, (ii) withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining treatment from patients at the request of a patient who is mentally competent to make such decisions (aa) personally or (bb) by means of an Advance Directive, commonly referred to as passive euthanasia and (b) would his department support the introduction of legislation on assisted dying, commonly referred to as active voluntary euthanasia; (2) whether he has found, in the interest of patients, their families and medical practitioners, that there is a need to clarify all or some of the aforementioned matters legislatively to ensure greater clarity and protection for all concerned; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
(1) (a) The policy position of the Department on -
(i) Managing the pain of terminally-ill patients is obtained from the World Health Organisation's resolution of Palliative Care. Terminally-ill patients must be provided adequate analgesia to stay from pain until the end.
(ii) withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining treatment is a decision taken by the treating doctor and must only be based on his or her clinical evaluation and not on anybody's request.
(b) No.
(2) Our policy on terminally-ill patients is adequately outlined in the Palliative Care policy.
END.
07 May 2018 - NW1298
Sonti, Ms NP to ask the Minister of Health
(a) What were the recommendations of the 2015 Report of the Ministerial Task Team to Investigate Allegations of Administrative Irregularities, Mismanagement and Poor Governance at the Health Professions Council of South Africa, (b) what number of the specified recommendations (i) have been carried out, (ii) have not been carried out and (iii) are in the process of being carried out and (c) why were no steps taken with regard to the recommendations which were not carried out?
Reply:
(a) The recommendations were as follows:
(1) To institute disciplinary and incapacity proceedings against the Registrar/CEO, COO and General Manager of Legal Services;
(2) To appoint an interim executive management team;
(3) That the incoming and future Councils of the HPCSA should undergo a structured induction process to ensure an understanding and appreciation by all its members of their legal and governance obligations;
(4) To address the recommendations of the KPMG Forensic Report of November 2011; and
(5) To institute a full organisational review and a proposal for a new governance and administrative structures for the future.
(b) (i) 4 out of 5 have been carried out and finalised, namely –
To institute disciplinary and incapacity proceedings against the Registrar/CEO, COO and General Manager of Legal Services –
Amicable settlement agreements were reached with the previous Registrar/CEO and COO. The settlement was done according to the legal advice the Council obtained.
To appoint an interim executive management team
Council had resolved that should the need arise to fill a vacuum within the Executive Management team, Council would attend to the appointments in line with the Act and the prescribed policies of Council.
All critical vacant senior management positions were filled with a diverse team that was able to ensure that the HPCSA upholds its mandate of protecting the public and guiding the professions.
That the incoming and future Councils of the HPCSA should undergo a structured induction process to ensure an understanding and appreciation by all its members of their legal and governance obligations;
The Council noted the recommendations and the inductions did occur and training was provided. Training of the Council and its structure are ongoing as detailed in the Council’s Annual Performance Plans.
See Council’s mid terms performance report attached under Annexure G1. As well as Councils Annual Performance Plan for 18/19 under Annexure G2.
To address the recommendations of the KPMG Forensic Report of November 2011
The Council reviewed the KPMG reports and its recommendations and resolved as follows –
1. Recommendation One: Waymark Contract
Extract from KPMG Report –
“Although the Waymark contract provides for the rectification of errors by Waymark at their own cost, provided that the HPCSA informs Waymark of such faulty execution to the remedied, this course of action was not taken by the HPCSA.
We strongly recommend that the HPCSA obtain an independent legal opinion with regards to possible recourse in respect of the Waymark contract to remedy the ERS implementation issues.”.
Action by the previous Council
(i) The matter was referred to legal counsel (i.e. Bowman Gilfillan) in 2012/2013.
(ii) Further to the opinion, Bowman Gilfillan advised that it would be necessary to interview Adv B Mkhize, the former Registrar/CEO. Unfortunately the previous Council went out of office before doing so because Adv Mkhize is no longer an employee of the Council.
Action by current Council
Council RESOLVED that the matter be closed due to effluxion of time and prescription having set in.
2. Recommendation Two: Delegation of Authority
Extract from KPMG Report –
“Although the Delegation of Authority provides for various levels of authority for Senior Managers, the COO and the CEO, it places no limit on the amounts that EXCO could approve. Good governance suggests that the mandate, responsibilities and levels of authority of the EXCO be well-defined.
We recommend that the HPCSA review and revise its Delegation of Authority to provide more specific levels of authority to EXCO and indicate instances that may require referral to Council for consideration and approval.”.
Action by previous Council
(i) The recommendation was noted and Management and the Human Resources and Remuneration Committee of Council in 2013 commenced with the revision of the Delegation of Authority (DOA) document, which was last reviewed in 2009;
(ii) The DOA served at the Council workshop in March 2015 and again in June 2015. Council resolved that the DOA be revised to incorporate all of the Council’s inputs and same will be tabled to the newly appointed Human Resources and Remuneration Committee of Council for final review prior to submission to Council for approval;
(iii) The Finance and Investment Committee of Council also ensured that the newly approved Supply Chain Management policy clearly defines the limit delegation of Council and Management
Action by current Council
Council noted the work undertaken by the previous Council and the resolved that the Delegations of Authority document would be considered and approved by the relevant Council structures;
The Delegations of Authority was approved by Council at its 3rd Ordinary Meeting held in September 2016 and is being implemented across all structures of Council.
3. Recommendation Three: Possible Disciplinary Action
Extract from KPMG Report –
“The appointment of at least two consulting firms, namely BPLC and Kakanyo, were not done in accordance with the HPCSA’s procurement policies and procedures. Furthermore, certain expenses paid to service providers could potentially have been avoided, had the Registrar acted in the best interest of the HPCSA by demanding that Waymark rectify the implementation problems at their own cost. In addition, a number of payments to Kakanyo were approved without the proposals having been appropriately approved in terms of the HPCSA’s procurement policies and procedures.
We recommend that the HPCSA considers whether there are sufficient grounds to institute disciplinary action against the following officials for non-compliance with the HPCSA’s procurement policies and procedures and possible failure to act in the best interest of the HPCSA:
• Ms O’Reilly;
• Adv Boikanyo; and
• Mr Mphahlele.
More in-depth investigations may be required into the matters referred to above in order to prepare specific reports and supporting evidence that could be used during a disciplinary hearing, if necessary.”.
Action by previous Council: MMC O’ Reilly
(i) The matter was considered by Council in December 2011 and Council resolved to institute disciplinary action against Ms O’Reilly. The matter was further handled through the office of the President and Legal Counsel: Mponyana Ledwaba Inc.
(ii) The matter was closed.
Action by previous Council: Adv Boikanyo & Mr S Mphahlele
(i) The matter was considered by Council in December 2011 and no action was taken.
(ii) The Matter was reconsidered by Council and in February 2013, the Registrar/ CEO, Dr Mjamba-Matshoba, addressed correspondence to Adv Boikanyo and Mr Mphahlele requesting them to provide explanations for the alleged non-compliance.
(iii) Both parties provided a response to the Registrar/CEO and the matter was closed in line with the Disciplinary Code of Council.
Action by Current Council
In reference to Adv T Boikanyo and Mr S Mphahlele, Council resolved that the matter be closed as the explanations provided by the employees were considered and accepted therefore re-opening the matter would be tantamount to double jeopardy and contrary to law.
4. Recommendation Four: Compliance with the HPCSA’s policies and procedures
Extract from KPMG Report –
“We recommend that the HPCSA communicates its policies and procedures to its staff on a regular basis, through, for example, annual declarations in which the staff acknowledge that they are familiar with the contents of such policies and procedures. This will ensure compliance therewith to avoid the recurrence of, inter alia, the following:
- That a contract, used by another government department, was used as the basis for concluding a contract with a service provider; and
- That the contract was signed without it having been reviewed by the HPCSA’s Legal Department.”.
Action by previous Council
(i) The recommendation was noted and Management in 2012 introduced a process for contract review and developed a contract document control sheet which details the relevant line managers that needs to sign off and approve the contract prior to final sign off.
(ii) The contracts are then housed with the Senior Manager Legal Services and the Office of the Registrar.
Action by current Council
Council noted the mechanisms implemented by Council and resolved that it be monitored accordingly.
(b) (ii) None
(iii) Recommendation number 5. Full organizational review and submit proposals to the Minister for the reform of the administrative and governance structures of the health professions”
In executing the MTT recommendation No. 5, Council embarked on a Turnaround Strategy, to enhance our effectiveness and efficiencies through streamlined services.
Thus, for the past 12 months, Council has been moving towards building a new organisation that will be reputable for its innovation, professionalism and excellence in service delivery.
The Turnaround Strategy has focussed on five key workstreams that are critical to achieving the above-mentioned objective, namely: Vision & Design (Operating Model design), Business Process Re-engineering, Structure & People (Organisational Design), IT and Governance.
Benefits from the Turnaround Strategy are already being realised by HPCSA and their customers through the reduction of turnaround times in the Registration Department and the elimination of backlog practitioner registration applications. Implementation of additional Quick-Wins are underway. A Complaints Handling Unit within Ethics & Professional Conduct is being piloted with the objective of reducing the turnaround time and accuracy of the initial perusal of complaints received by the HPCSA. A complaints backlog reduction plan is also being developed for immediate implementation. Analysis on HPCSA’s governance structure is still underway.
Council at its 9th Ordinary meeting in March 2018, tasked Fever Tree Consulting and Secretariat to embark on a consultative process with all the relevant structures of Council and submit a comprehensive report in the subsequent meetings of Council inclusive of the following:
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- Revised Terms of Reference for all Committees of Council including the proposed Inter-Board Committee of Council
- Terms of Reference for the Proposed Committees of the Professional Boards including the Joint Standing Committee/s of Professional Boards
- New Delegations of Authority
- A clear framework on the functioning of Council, Professional Boards and Secretariat in view of the Proposed Committees of Council & Professional Boards, the New Functional/Organizational Design and the New Delegations of Powers/Duties.
- The rationale behind the proposed new committee structures of Council and Professional Boards
Other Issues in MTT Report: Council further resolved that all the Professional Board incidents that form part of the report was reviewed and addressed as a matter of urgency. This was done in consultation with the relevant constituencies (e.g. Professional Boards and its committees).
(c) Not Applicable
END.
04 May 2018 - NW668
Wilson, Ms ER to ask the Minister of Public Works
(a) Why does his department’s outstanding account with the Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality amounting to R18,8 million remain unpaid, (b) what is the reason for the arrears, (c) by what date will this account be settled in full and (d) what is the (i) amount owed by his department to each municipality in Limpopo and (ii) total amount of days in arrears of each amount owed?
Reply:
a) At the time of responding, the Department of Public Works had received invoices amounting to R9 083 283.90, which have been paid. We went further to meet with the Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality on 20 March 2018 to reconcile the debt, upon which we found there is still an outstanding amount of R13 203 678.45, of which R7 748 925.96 was paid on 22 March 2018 and the balance of R5 454 752.49 belongs to properties, which are not under the custodianship of the National Department of Public Works.
b) The Department of Public Works pays invoices as and when they are received. However, there are times when a reconciliation needs to be done in order to verify the debt, resulting in some delays in payment.
c) All verified invoices were paid on 22 March 2018.
d) The Department of Public Works’ Polokwane Regional Office has 27 municipalities under it.
(i) We have only received the invoice for an outstanding amount of R13 203 678.45 from one municipality, namely the Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality. There are continuous engagements with municipalities to provide the Department of Public Works with their invoices on a timeous basis and all verified invoices shall be paid.
(ii) Falls away
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04 May 2018 - NW1217
Carter, Ms D to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services
Whether marriage officers employed by the Department of Justice solemnise same-sex marriages in terms of the Civil Union Act, Act 17 of 2006; if so, what is the total number of officers who have been exempted in terms of section 6 of the specified Act from solemnising same-sex marriages?
Reply:
I wish to inform the Honourable Member that the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development does not employ marriage officers.
In terms of the applicable legislation (The Marriage Act and the Civil Union Act), every magistrate shall by virtue of his or her office be a marriage officer for the district or area for which he or she holds office. Magistrates are therefore ex officio marriage officers. Magistrates solemnise same- sex marriages as and when required to do so. All judicial officers are in terms of section 174(8) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, required to take an oath or affirm that they will uphold and protect the Constitution. I am not aware of any magistrate requesting an ‘exemption’.
In terms of section 6 of the Civil Union Act the responsible Minister for marriage officers to lodge and objection on the grounds of conscience, religion and belief to solemnising a civil union between persons of the same sex is the Minister of Home Affairs. I would therefore suggest that the Honourable Member approach the Minister of Home Affairs in this regard.
04 May 2018 - NW1230
Maynier, Mr D to ask the Minister of Trade and Industry
(1)Whether the Companies and Intellectual Properties Commission (CIPC) issued a Compliance Notice to the Board of Directors of a certain company (name furnished); if not, why not; if so, on what date was it issued; (2) whether, in respect of each specified month since the Compliance Notice was issued, the CIPC received a monthly report on the progress and implementation of the measures set out in the Compliance Notice; if not, in each specified case, why not; if so, in each specified case, what are the relevant details; (3) whether the Board of Directors of the specified company have complied with the Compliance Notice; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?NW1328E
Reply:
1. Yes, it was issued on 29 January 2018.
2. The Company is providing the CIPC with monthly reports in compliance with the Notice, which the CIPC is currently assessing.
3. The Board of Directors have six months from the date of the Compliance Notice to comply. Therefore, they have until 29 July 2018 to comply.
04 May 2018 - NW1040
De Freitas, Mr MS to ask the Minister of Transport
With reference to his reply to question 458 on 8 March 2018 regarding the Rail Safety Regulator Level Crossing Technical Committees, (a) on what date will such a committee be established in the Free State and (b) what are the reasons for the delay in the establishment of the committee?
Reply:
a) The Committee in the Free State will be established on 17 August 2018.
b) The delay in establishing the Committee was caused by Provincial restructuring.
04 May 2018 - NW374
Matsepe, Mr CD to ask the Minister of Tourism
(a) What is the total amount that was (i) budgeted for and (ii) spent on her private office (aa) in each of the past three financial years and (bb) since 1 April 2017 and (b) what was the (i) remuneration, (ii) salary level, (iii) job title, (iv) qualification and (v) job description of each employee appointed in her private office in each of the specified periods?
Reply:
(a)
Financial Year |
(i) budget |
(ii) spent on the private office |
(bb) Financial Year 2017/18 (since 1 April 2017) |
R12 882 000-00 |
R11 906 279-88 |
(aa) Financial Year 2016/17 |
R12 915 479-23 |
R12 915 434-23 |
(aa) Financial Year 2015/16 |
R16 336 846-00 |
R14 535 091-68 |
(aa) Financial Year 2014/15 |
R13 258 203-00 |
R13 257 933-52 |
(b) The Ministerial Handbook provides guidelines on the appointment of the staff in the private office of the minister. According to Section 1.4 and 1.5 of Chapter 8, the Executing Authority can decide on the creation and grading of posts based on proven needs and sufficient funds. The organisational structure of a private office shall be determined after consultation with the Minister of Public Service and Administration in terms of the Public Service Regulations, 2001. The salary levels are adjusted on an annual basis through a Cost of Living Adjustment which is implemented throughout government.
(bb) Financial Years
The organisational structures of the private office of the minister is explained /depicted in the tables in the attached annexure
Annexure A
2017/18 - Since 27 February 2018
(b) |
(ii) salary level |
(iii) job title, |
(iv) Qualification |
(v)Job description |
1 |
14 |
Acting Chief of Staff |
Honours Degree: Public Administration |
|
2 |
13 |
Acting Director Administration |
Honours Degree: Information Systems |
|
3 |
13 |
MMedia Liaison Officer |
BA: English and Psychology |
|
4 |
12 |
Private Secretary/ Personal Assistant |
Honours Degree: Economic History |
|
5 |
10 |
Acting Assistant Appointments Secretary |
BA: Political Science |
|
6 |
9 |
Acting Assistant Director: Administration |
Matric |
|
7 |
13 |
Parliamentary Officer |
NDIP: Public Administration |
|
8 |
7 |
Receptionist |
Matric Dip Business computing |
|
9 |
7 |
CRegistry Clerk
|
Grade 11 |
|
10 |
4 |
Messenger |
ND: Tourism Management |
|
15 |
Special Advisor |
MBA, BSc Hons Hotel and Catering Administration |
The Public Service Act (Section 12A (1)) provides that Special Advisers may be appointed-
|
2017/18 (1 April 2017 until 26 February 2018)
(b) |
(ii) salary level |
(iii) job title, |
(iv)Qualifications |
(v)Job description |
||||||
1 |
14 |
Chief of Staff |
BProc Law |
|
||||||
2 |
13 |
Director Administration |
BA Criminology & Law |
|
||||||
3 |
13 |
Ministerial Media Liaison Officer |
NDIP: Public Relations |
|
||||||
4 |
12 |
Private Secretary/ Personal Assistant |
B Tech Public Management |
|
||||||
5 |
11 |
Assistant Appointments Secretary |
Matric, Certificate in Tourism Management, Diploma in Public Management |
|
||||||
6
|
9 |
Assistant Director: Administration |
B Tech Tourism Management |
|
||||||
7 |
13 |
Parliamentary Liaison Officer |
ND Public Administration |
|
||||||
8 |
7 |
Receptionist / |
Matric N6 Human Resource |
|
||||||
9 |
7 |
Chief Registry Clerk |
Matric Certificate in Project Management |
|
||||||
8 |
4 |
Driver (vacant) |
|
|
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16 16 |
Full time Special Advisors Part-time Special Advisors
|
Bachelor of Law Master in Town Planning and Regional Planning |
The Public Service Act (Section 12A (1)) provides that Special Advisers may be appointed-
|
2016/17
(b) |
(ii) salary level |
(iii) job title, |
(iv) Qualifications |
(v)Job description |
||||||
1 |
14 |
Chief of Staff |
Honours Degree: Public Administration |
|
||||||
2 |
13 |
Director: Administration |
Honours Degree: Information Systems |
|
||||||
3 |
13 |
MMedia Liaison Officer |
BA: English and Psychology |
|
||||||
4 |
11 |
Private Secretary/ Personal Assistant |
Degree: Political Science with specialisation in International Studies |
|
||||||
5 |
10 |
Assistant Appointments Secretary |
DND: Public Management |
|
||||||
6
|
9 |
Assistant Director: Administration |
B Tech Tourism Management |
|
||||||
7 |
13 |
Parliamentary Liaison Officer |
ND Public Administration |
|
||||||
8 |
7 |
Receptionist |
Matric Dip Business computing |
|
||||||
9 |
8 |
Chief Registry Clerk |
Matric |
|
||||||
10 |
5 |
Driver / Messenger |
Grade 11 |
|
||||||
115 15 15 |
Part-time Special Advisor Part-time Special Advisor Part-time Special Advisor |
NMA Development Economics, BSoc.Sc M.Litt Strategic Studies, B.Proc (Law) M.Phil in Sustainable Development, BA Hons in International Studies, BA |
The Public Service Act (Section 12A (1)) provides that Special Advisers may be appointed-
|
2015/16
(b) |
(ii) salary level |
(iii) job title, |
(iv) Qualifications |
(v)Job description |
||||||
1 |
14 |
Chief of Staff |
Honours Degree: Public Administration |
|
||||||
2 |
13 |
Acting Director: Administration |
Honours Degree: Information Systems |
|
||||||
3 |
13 |
MMedia Liaison Officer |
BA: English and Psychology |
|
||||||
4 |
11 |
Private Secretary/ Personal Assistant |
ND Public Administration |
|
||||||
5 |
10 |
Assistant Appointments Secretary |
Degree: Political Science |
|
||||||
6
|
9 |
Assistant Director: Administration |
B Tech Tourism Management |
|
||||||
7 |
12 |
Parliamentary Liaison Officer |
|
|||||||
8 |
7 |
Receptionist |
Matric Dip Business computing |
|
||||||
9 |
7 |
CRegistry Clerk |
Matric |
|
||||||
10 |
5 |
Driver / Messenger |
Grade 11 |
|
||||||
16 |
Full time Special Advisor |
MBA, DPhil (Political Science), MA (Political Science), BA Honours (Political Science), BA (Political Science and Economics) |
The Public Service Act (Section 12A (1)) provides that Special Advisers may be appointed-
|
2014/15
(b) |
(ii) salary level |
(iii) job title, |
(iv) Qualifications |
(v)Job description |
||||||
1 |
14 |
Chief of Staff |
Honours Degree: Public Administration |
|
||||||
2 |
13 |
Director: Administration |
BA Criminology & Law |
|
||||||
3 |
13 |
MMedia Liaison Officer |
BA: English and Psychology |
|
||||||
4 |
11 |
Private Secretary/ Personal Assistant |
ND Public Administration |
|
||||||
5 |
10 |
Assistant Appointments Secretary |
Degree: Political Science |
|
||||||
6
|
11 |
Deputy Director: Administration |
Honours Degree: Information Systems |
|
||||||
7 |
112 |
Parliamentary Liaison Officer |
BA hons |
|
||||||
8 |
7 |
Receptionist |
Matric Dip Business computing |
|
||||||
9 |
8 |
Registry Clerk |
Matric |
|
||||||
10 |
5 |
Driver / Messenger |
Grade 11 |
|
||||||
16 |
Full time Special Advisor |
MBA, DPhil (Political Science), MA (Political Science), BA Honours (Political Science), BA (Political Science and Economics) |
The Public Service Act (Section 12A (1)) provides that Special Advisers may be appointed-
|
04 May 2018 - NW1168
Hunsinger, Dr CH to ask the Minister of Transport
With reference to the reply to question 1428 on 5 June 2017, what are the details of each settlement that was reached with each respective employee?
Reply:
i) The dismissals of all three (3) former employees were set aside;
ii) All legal fees due to the Corporation by the former employees were written-off; and
iii) Advocate Morule, Dr Hlengani Moyana and Mr Thabo Tsholetsane were paid R1,100 000; R1,500 000 and R150 000, respectively as a full and final settlement of the matter (including all pending litigation cases).
04 May 2018 - NW1173
Waters, Mr M to ask the Minister of Transport
(1) (a) What was the cost for each kilometre for construction of the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality Bus Rapid Transport system and (b) what is the total number of kilometres that were constructed; (2) did the costs include (a) depots, (b) stations and (c) pedestrian bridges; if not, what are the details of additional costs for each kilometre?
Reply:
1. (a) The cost for each kilometre for construction of the City of Ekurhuleni’s Bus Rapid Transport system amount to R73.9 million
(b) The total number of kilometers constructed is at 11,238 kilometres
2. (a, b, c) The costs are for construction of dedicated us lanes and Sub-structures for the station The details of additional costs include the following:
- Cost of relocation of services
- Cost of delays due to the relocation of services
- Cost of delays due to the delays in obtaining Water Use Licences
- The reconstruction of existing lanes
- Increased earthworks to accommodate two stations at acceptable gradients
- Construction of Pioneer layers
- The addition of Red Oxide to the concrete pavement for colouring
- Additional drainage costs due to the specialised stormwater drainage system
- Construction of additional mixed lanes
04 May 2018 - NW1039
De Freitas, Mr MS to ask the Minister of Transport
With reference to his reply to question 376 on 8 March 2018, (a)(i) what officials will he not retain and (ii) why not, in each case, (b)(i) what new officials will he bring into this office and (ii) why, in each case and (c) what are the cost implications in each case?
Reply:
(a)(i) what officials will he not retain and (ii) why not, in each case,
Job title |
(a)(i) Employees that will not be retained |
(a)(ii) reason |
Chief of Staff Salary level 14 R1 127 334pa |
Not retained |
As prescribed in paragraph 3.3 of the Financial Manual 2016, the contract employment of employees should terminate at the end of the first month after the month, in which the term of the Executive Authority terminates, for any reason. Employees in the Transport Ministry were appointed on contract for a period linked to the term of office of the then Minister, Mr M J Maswanganyi, MP. Subsequently, their employment contracts terminated on 31 March 2018. |
Registry Clerk, Pretoria Salary level 6 R183 558pa |
Not retained |
As above |
Messenger/Driver, Pretoria Salary level 4 R127 851pa |
Not retained |
Retires on 30 April 2018. |
Food Service Aid, Pretoria Salary level 3 R107 886pa |
Retained |
Re-appointed on contract for a period linked to the term of office of the Minister. |
Private Secretary to the Minister of Transport Salary level 13 R948 174pa |
Not retained |
As prescribed in paragraph 3.3 of the Financial Manual 2016, the contract employment of employees should terminate at the end of the first month after the month, in which the term of the Executive Authority terminates, for any reason. Employees in the Transport Ministry were appointed on contract for a period linked to the term of office of the then Minister, Mr M J Maswanganyi, MP. Subsequently, their employment contracts terminated on 31 March 2018. |
Deputy Director: Assistant Private Secretary Salary level 11 R657 558pa |
Not retained |
As above |
Assistant Administrative Secretary Salary level 8 R281 418pa |
Not retained |
As above |
Media Liaison Officer Salary level 13 R948 174pa |
Retained |
Re-appointed on contract for a period linked to the term of office of the Minister. |
Director: Cabinet Services Salary level 13 R948 174pa |
Not retained |
As prescribed in paragraph 3.3 of the Financial Manual 2016, the contract employment of employees should terminate at the end of the first month after the month, in which the term of the Executive Authority terminates, for any reason. Employees in the Transport Ministry were appointed on contract for a period linked to the term of office of the then Minister, Mr M J Maswanganyi, MP. Subsequently, their employment contracts terminated on 31 March 2018. |
Parliamentary Officer Salary level R948 174pa |
Not retained |
As above |
Administrative Secretary: Speech Writer Salary level 11 R657 558pa |
Not retained |
As above |
Receptionist / Secretary (Cape Town) Salary level 6 R183 558pa |
Not retained |
Laterally transferred to the Office of the Director-General, Cape Town |
Special Adviser: Ministry Salary level 15 R1 370 973pa |
Not retained |
As prescribed in paragraph 3.3 of the Financial Manual 2016, the contract employment of employees should terminate at the end of the first month after the month, in which the term of the Executive Authority terminates, for any reason. Employees in the Transport Ministry were appointed on contract for a period linked to the term of office of the then Minister, Mr M J Maswanganyi, MP. Subsequently, their employment contracts terminated on 31 March 2018. |
Project Manager: Ministerial Advisory Services Salary level 15 R1 370 973pa |
Not retained |
As above |
(b)(i) what new officials will he bring into this office and (ii) why, in each case and (c) what are the cost implications in each case?
(b)(i) New employees |
(b)(ii) reason |
(c) Cost implication |
Chief of Staff |
As indicated in (a)(ii) above the previous post incumbent’s contract terminated on 31 March 2018. Current post incumbent, previously employed in the Office of the Minister at the Department of Higher Education and Training, until 30 November 2017. Laterally transferred to the Department and in terms of section 32 of the Public Service Act, 1994, directed to perform duties in the office of the Minister for a period linked to the term of office of the Minister. |
R1 127 334pa - same remuneration package – additional expenditure: once-off clothing allowance of R6360 and non-pensionable allowance of R6215pm; additional salary for March 2018 iro the previous post incumbent, i.e. R86 130.45pm and sessional and children allowance for March, R8904.00: total additional cost: R107 609.45 |
Office Administrator Gr II to the Chief of Staff: Transport Ministry |
Post was vacant. Current post incumbent previously employed in the Office of the Minister at the Department of Higher Education and Training, until 30 November 2017. |
R226 611pa - same remuneration package; no additional expenditure |
Receptionist/Secretary (Pretoria) |
vacant |
NA |
Registry Clerk, Pretoria |
As indicated in (a)(ii) above the previous post incumbent’s contract terminated on 31 March 2018. Current post incumbent previously employed in the Office of the Minister at the Department of Higher Education and Training, until 30 November 2017. Laterally transferred to the Department and in terms of section 32 of the Public Service Act, 1994, directed to perform duties in the office of the Minister for a period linked to the term of office of the Minister. |
R183 558pa – additional expenditure: additional salary for March 2018 for March 2018 iro the previous post incumbent, i.e. R16 711.50pm plus a non-pensionable allowance of R1415pm: total additional cost: R18 126.50. |
Messenger/Driver, Pretoria |
Previous post incumbent retires on 30 April 2018. Current post incumbent previously employed in the Office of the Minister at the Department of Higher Education and Training, until 30 November 2017. |
R127 851pa – saving of R52 212pa (former post incumbent on a higher salary notch due to pay progression)- additional expenditure: salary for March and April iro current post incumbent who retires on 30/4/2018, i.e. R35 392.50 plus non-pensionable allowance of R1415pm; total additional cost: R36 807.50 |
Food Service Aid, Pretoria |
Previously employed on contract for a period linked to the term of office of the former Minister. Contract terminates on 31 March 2018. Re-appointed on contract with effect from 1 April 2018 linked to the term of office of the Minister. |
R107 886pa – same remuneration package; no additional cost |
Private Secretary to the Minister of Transport |
As indicated in (a)(ii) above the previous post incumbent’s contract terminated on 31 March 2018. Current post incumbent previously employed in the Office of the Minister at the Department of Higher Education and Training, until 30 November 2017. Laterally transferred to the Department and in terms of section 32 of the Public Service Act, 1994, directed to perform duties in the office of the Minister for a period linked to the term of office of the Minister. |
R948 174pa – same remuneration package - additional expenditure: once-off clothing allowance of R6360 and non-pensionable allowance R6215pm and additional salary for March 2018 iro the previous post incumbent, i.e. R52 044.06pm; sessional and children allowance for March, R7716.80: total additional cost: R72 335.86 |
Deputy Director: Assistant Private Secretary |
Vacant |
NA |
Assistant Administrative Secretary |
As indicated in (a)(ii) above the previous post incumbent’s contract terminated on 31 March 2018. Current post incumbent previously employed in the Office of the Minister at the Department of Higher Education and Training, until 30 November 2017. Re-appointed on contract linked to the term of office of the Minister. |
R281 418pa - same remuneration package - additional expenditure: once-off clothing allowance of R6360 and non-pensionable allowance R6215pm and additional salary for March 2018 iro the previous post incumbent, i.e. R23 451.50pm; sessional and children allowance for March, R7716.80: total additional cost: R43 807.30 |
Media Liaison Officer |
Previously employed on contract for a period linked to the term of office of the former Minister. Contract terminates on 31 March 2018. Re-appointed on contract with effect from 1 April 2018 linked to the term of office of the Minister. |
R948 174pa - same remuneration package; no additional expenditure |
Director: Cabinet Services |
Previously employed in the Office of the Minister at the Department of Higher Education and Training, until 30 November 2017. Laterally transferred to the Department and in terms of section 32 of the Public Service Act, 1994, directed to perform duties in the office of the Minister for a period linked to the term of office of the Minister. |
R1 006 374pa – post on same level, however, post incumbent on a higher salary notch due to pay progression – difference of R6875.00pm. in additional expenditure: additional salary for March 2018 iro the previous post incumbent, R67215.00pm and sessional and children allowance for March, R7716.80: total additional cost: R79 781.80 |
Administrative Secretary (Office Administration) (Cape Town) |
As indicated in (a)(ii) above the previous post incumbent’s contract terminated on 31 March 2018. Current post incumbent previously employed in the Office of the Minister. Re-appointed on contract linked to the term of office of the Minister. |
R948 174pa – post upgraded from level 11 to level 13 - additional expenditure: R24 218.00pm; additional salary for March 2018 iro the previous post incumbent, R23 451.50 and sessional and children allowance for March, R7716.80: total additional cost: R55 386.30 |
Parliamentary Officer (Khasu) |
As indicated in (a)(ii) above the previous post incumbent’s contract terminated on 31 March 2018. Current post incumbent previously employed in the Office of the Minister. Re-appointed on contract linked to the term of office of the Minister. |
R1 116 918.00pa - post on same level, however, post incumbent on a higher salary notch due to pay progression – difference of R14062.00pm; additional expenditure: additional salary for March 2018 iro the previous post incumbent, R73430.00pm and non-pensionable allowance R6215pm and sessional and children allowance for March, R8310.40: total additional cost: R102 017.40 |
Director: Speech Writing (Bhengu) |
Post created additional to the establishment. Current post incumbent previously employed in the Office of the Minister. Re-appointed on contract linked to the term of office of the Minister. |
R948 174pa – additional to the establishment |
Receptionist / Secretary (Cape Town) |
vacant |
NA |
Special Adviser: Ministry (Sizani) |
As indicated in (a)(ii) above the previous post incumbent’s contract terminated on 31 March 2018. Appointed on contract linked to the term of office of the Minister. |
R1 412 415 – post on same salary level - post incumbent on a higher salary as approved by DPSA – additional cost: R3453.25pm |
Project Manager: Ministerial Advisory Services (Sishi) |
Post created additional to the establishment. As indicated in (a)(ii) above the previous post incumbent’s contract terminated on 31 March 2018. |
R1 370 973pa - post on same salary level and remuneration package- no additional cost |
Special Adviser: Ministry (Nqandela) |
Post additional to the establishment. Appointed on contract linked to the term of office of the Minister. |
R1 391 541pa post incumbent on a higher salary as approved by DPSA – additional cost: R1714.00pm |
Director (Mncwabe) |
Post created additional to the establishment. Current post incumbent previously employed in the Office of the Minister. Re-appointed on contract for a period of six months. |
R1 116 918.00pa |
Paragraph 3.3 of the Financial Manual 2016, provides for the contract employment of employees to terminate at the end of the first month after the month in which the term of the Executive Authority terminates, for any reason. In view of the fact that all contract employees in the Transport Ministry who served the previous Minister of Transport, Mr M J Maswanganyi, MP, were appointed for a period linked to the term of office of the Minister, employment contracts were therefore terminated on 31 March 2018.
04 May 2018 - NW1089
Mulaudzi, Adv TE to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services
What (a) number of consulting firms or companies are currently contracted by (i) his department and (ii) the entities reporting to him and (b)(i) is the name of each consultant, (ii) are the relevant details of the service provided in each case and (iii) is the (aa) start date, (bb) time period, (cc) monetary value in Rands of each contract and (dd) name and position of each individual who signed off on each contract?
Reply:
a) One consulting firm
b) (i) Enterprises University of Pretoria (Pty) Ltd
b) (ii) Appointment of a suitably qualified service provider to conduct research on the impact of the child justice act, 2008 (Act 75 of 2008) since its implementation commencing on 01 April 2010 until 31 March 2017 for a period of nine (9) months.
b)(iii)(aa) 1 February 2018
b)(iii)(bb) Nine months (9)
b)(iii)(cc) R2 757 888.00
b)(iii)(dd) On behalf of the department, Director : SCM, Ms L Surjbally and behalf of the service provider, Emar de Wet.
2. The National Prosecuting Authority has no consulting firms contracted.
3. The Office of the Chief Justice does not have any consulting firm or company contracted to render services.
04 May 2018 - NW1167
Hunsinger, Dr CH to ask the Minister of Transport
(a) By what date will payments be made to the plaintiff in case CAS 813/01/2014 (details furnished) and (b) why have payments not yet been made to date?
Reply:
(a) Payment of the capital awarded to the plaintiff in case CAS 813/01/2014 was made on 18 February 2018 and the party-and-party costs were paid on 18 December 2017; and, payment in respect of future medical expenses will be made as and when claims are submitted and assessed under the Undertaking issued as part of the settlement and; (b) payments have been made.
04 May 2018 - NW1170
Dreyer, Ms AM to ask the Minister of Transport
With reference to the reply to question 3817 on 28 November 2017, (a) on what date will legislation be amended to match the legislation of all other Southern African Development Community countries and (b) why has the specified legislation not been amended to date?
Reply:
a) As the Honourable Member is aware, the development of legislation is a process which entails various consultations and stakeholder engagements prior to its implementation and coming into effect. For that reason, my Department cannot with absolute certainty determine a date on which a legislation will be amended.
b) There have not been discussions about the possible amendment to the National Road Traffic Regulations, 2000 (Regulation 224) which sets the overall height of any other motor vehicle at four-point three meter (4.3m).
04 May 2018 - NW383
Groenewald, Dr PJ to ask the Minister of Water and Sanitation
(1)Whether any contracts for the erection of sewage plants were awarded to Sedibeng Water in the (i) 2015-16, (ii) 2016-17 and (ii) 2017-18 financial years in the North West Province; if so, (a) which contracts were awarded, (b) where in North West were these erected, (c) what is the amount of the tender, (d) what is the name of the successful tenderer, (e) has the project been completed, if not, (f)by what date is it expected to be completed; if so, (g) what was the final costs? (2) Whether she will make a statement on the matter?
Reply:
1. There were no contracts awarded for the erection of sewage plants to Sedibeng Water in the (i) 2015-16, (ii) 2016-17 and (ii) 2017-18 financial years in the North West Province.
(1)(a) Falls away.
(1)(b) Falls away.
(1)(c) Falls away.
(1)(d) Falls away.
(1)(e) Falls away.
(1)(f) Falls away.
(1)(g) Falls away.
2. Falls away.
04 May 2018 - NW1077
Nolutshungu, Ms N to ask the Minister of Transport
Whether his department has done any upgrading of public transport facilities and services to and from healthcare facilities since 1 January 2012; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what (a) is the (i) name and (ii) location of each healthcare facility that has seen the specified upgrade and (b) are the relevant details of each specified upgrade?
Reply:
The three spheres of Government share responsibilities for different aspects of public transport operations and infrastructure. From a national perspective the Department through the Passenger Rail Agency will be rolling out upgraded rail infrastructure and services in line with the recapitalisation programme of Metrorail. In several cities, rail lines provide connections to health care facilties especially in city CBDs and in township hubs. The Department will confirm the specific operational upgrades in due course once the rail corridor based infrastructure and service improvements are completed from 2018/19 onwards.
With regard to road based public transport, the Department has been funding 13 cities through the Public Transport Network Grant to improve the quality of services. Four cities are currently operating a Phase 1 service and another five cities will either pilot or launch services in 2018/19.
In several cities these upgraded services such as Rea Vaya in Johannesburg and My Citi in Cape Town served major health care facilties such as the Phase 1a and b or Rea Vaya which link Soweto with Rahima Moosa, Chris Hani Baragwanath, Charlotte Maxeke Hospitals etc. The My Citi N2 Express serves Lentegeur Hospital in Mitchells Plain Cape Town. In Tshwane the current A re Yeng pilot phase connects to Steve Biko Academic Hospital.
Upcoming projects in 2018/19 will serve the Tembisa Hospital in Ekurhuleni with the Harambee BRT. By 2021/22 the Department expects all 13 cities to be operating at least one major township to CBD trunk route that will serve the major health facilities on both these ends.
04 May 2018 - NW1172
Dreyer, Ms AM to ask the Minister of Transport
With reference to the reply to question 3551 on 10 November 2017, why did a certain officer (name furnished) receive an accredited qualification without a driving licence at the time?
Reply:
Ms T C Zulu was enrolled into the Examiner of Vehicles course in 2015 because she was in possession of a code EC driving license which she obtained on the 6th August 2014.
Reg 2(1)(c) of the National Road Traffic Act 93/1996 prescribes that:
“The chief executive officer shall grade an examiner of vehicles as a – Grade C, if the diploma referred to in section 3D (1) of the Act indicates that such examiner is qualified to examine and test a motor vehicle of any class, except for a motorcycle or motor tricycle and such examiner holds a Code EC driving license for a manual transmission”
To date the above mentioned learner has not been issued with a diploma in examiner of vehicles, it is due to be issued soon.
04 May 2018 - NW1169
Hunsinger, Dr CH to ask the Minister of Transport
(a) On what date does he intend to implement the Road Freight Strategy approved by Cabinet on 24 May 2017 and (b) why has the specified strategy not yet been implemented?
Reply:
a) The Department of Transport is in the process of developing an Integrated Implementation Plan to heighten the roles and responsibilities of all relevant implementing agencies. This is due to the fact that implementation relies largely on different departments such as DPE, NATIONAL TREASURY, the DTI, TRANSNET, Provinces and Municipalities and the Private sector generally. We have ascertained the different needs of provinces and municipalities towards implementation, areas of collaboration with the private sector have also been established.
To this end, the DOT has begun the process towards implementation, notably, the provincial road shows, industry planning meetings, bilateral with DPE and TRANSNET to ascertain rail state of readiness to take on the rail friendly commodities that will be migrating to rail from road. We note the enthusiasm from Transnet on the road to rail migration. We have also been in discussion with RTMC and NPA on the utilisation of Weigh-In-Motion (WIM) for prosecution. The legislation division is working on the charges that need to be affected for this to come to fruition.
We have also had discussions with Cross Border Road Transport Agency to determine their regulatory system, its imminent expansion and how integration can be sought.
The implementation of the RFS is DOT co-ordinated, whilst the actual implementation lies with various agencies, State Owned Companies, Departments, other spheres of government and the Private sector.
b) The strategy is being implemented gradually, and the Integrated Implementation Plan (IIP) will further qualify the different responsibilities and responsible persons from the noted implementing agencies (Reference to (a)).
03 May 2018 - NW907
Nolutshungu, Ms N to ask the Minister of Finance
With reference to the R1 billion budgeted for the 2018-19 financial year towards the building of the Mtentu and Msikaba bridges, why will the National Treasury only allocate the specified amount in the 2019-20 financial year?
Reply:
The South African National Roads Agency is expected to receive transfers of R7.9 billion in 2018/19, R10.3 billion in 2019/20 and R10.9 billion in 2020/21 from the Department of Transport to fund its capital programme. The Agency has already provided for the project in the baseline and the additional R1 billion in 2019/20 and R1.1 billion in 2020/21 supplements the project funding provided for in the Agency’s capital transfers.
03 May 2018 - NW772
Ketabahle, Ms V to ask the Minister of Health
What are the ten leading causes for admission to a healthcare facility in the uMzinyathi District Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal in the 2016-17 financial year?
Reply:
Attached is the latest detailed Burden of Disease profile for uMzinyathi District Municipality for the period 2010 to 2015 by age and gender.
END.
03 May 2018 - NW876
America, Mr D to ask the Minister of Finance
(a) What amount in funding did South Africa contribute towards the New Development Bank in each year since its establishment in 2014 and (b) will South Africa contribute to the specified bank in each of the next ten financial years?
Reply:
South Africa’s contribution is guided by Attachment 2 of the Articles of Agreement of the New Development Bank – the schedule of Payment of Initial Subscriptions to the Paid in Capital by the Founding Members.
a)
- In the financial year 2015/16, the capital obligation was US$150 million; the actual capital transfer amounted to R 2.298 billion.
- In the financial year 2016/17, the capital obligation was US$ 250 million; the actual capital transfer amounted to R 3.515 billion.
- In the financial year 2017/18, the capital obligation was US$300 million; the actual capital transfer amounted to R 4.088 billion.
b)
- The capital obligation for the year 2018/19 is US$300 million.
- The capital obligation for the year 2019/20 is US$300 million.
- The capital obligation for the year 2020/21 is US$350 million.
- The capital obligation for the year 2021/22 is US$350 million.
03 May 2018 - NW887
Tarabella - Marchesi, Ms NI to ask the Minister of Basic Education
With reference to page 190 of her department’s 2016-17 annual report, (a) how many hotspot schools have been identified in each province and (b)(i) what is the name of each school and (ii) when was the most recent monitoring visit undertaken at each school?
Reply:
(a) The number of hotspot schools that have been identified in each province is as follows: Eastern Cape-14, Free State-12, Gauteng-14, KwaZulu-Natal-33, Limpopo-22, Mpumalanga-34, Northern Cape-21, North West-09 and Western Cape-32.
(b) (i) and (ii) Please see attached list of names of schools and monitoring dates for each school (Annexure A).
03 May 2018 - NW1026
Thembekwayo, Dr S to ask the Minister of Health
How many more (a) hospitals and (b) clinics does his department need to build in order to operate at maximum capacity and provide the highest quality of healthcare to all South Africans (i) in each province and (ii) nationally?
Reply:
There can never be a maximum for provision of health services. Number of hospitals and clinics are determined by need and availability of resources at any one time.
END.
03 May 2018 - NW1008
Ketabahle, Ms V to ask the Minister of Basic Education
Based on current and future learner enrolment, (a) what number of teachers are available for employment and (b) what number of teachers must be trained to cover the shortage?
Reply:
a) Over the past five (5) years to 2016, learner enrolment figures in public schools have shown a modest overall increase of about 1% (11 923 674 to 12 342 213). Meanwhile, in the five (5) years to 2015, teacher education enrolments and graduations have also shown an annual increase with graduations doubling from 10 153 in 2011 to 20 738 in 2015. It is expected that the number of teacher education graduates will continue to be above 20 000 annually until 2025. Quantitatively, the supply figures will be adequate to accommodate the demand.
b) As indicated above, quantitatively, the current enrolment and graduation rates are adequate to ensure constant supply of educators needed in the system. However, the Department, working with the Department of Higher Education and Training, is currently looking at ensuring that the supply matches the need in terms of areas of specialisation both in terms of phase and subject.
03 May 2018 - NW1162
Steenkamp, Ms J to ask the Minister of Police
(1) What is the current status of the investigation into CAS 144/12/2016 opened at the Amersfoort Police Station in Mpumalanga; (2) whether any suspects have been (a) questioned and/or (b) arrested; if not, in each case, why not; if so, what are the relevant details in each case; (3) what are the names of the investigating officer(s) that was or were assigned to investigate the charges; (4) whether the case has been finalised; if not, what is the envisaged date for the finalisation of the case; if so, what are the details of the outcome of the case?
Reply:
(1) Amersfoort CAS 144/12/2016- Stock Theft is still under investigation.
(2)(a) Former employees of the complainant are still being sought for questioning.
(2}(b) No arrests have been made thus far.
(3) The particulars of the investigating officer cannot be divulged to ensure that the case is investigated without fear or favour.
(4) The case is still under investigation and the envisaged date for the finalisation of the case cannot be provided.
Reply to question 1162 recommended/not recommended
GENERAL NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE
KJ SITOLE (SOEG)
Date: 2018-05-01
Reply to question 1162 approved
MINISTER OF POLICE
BH CELE, MP
Date: 2018-05-03
03 May 2018 - NW832
Tarabella - Marchesi, Ms NI to ask the Minister of Basic Education
Why are the figures for the number of ethics complaints that are received by the SA Council of Educators identical for all provinces in its 2015-16 and 2016-17 annual reports?
Reply:
SACE RESPONSE
The South African Council for Educators notes with appreciation the erroneous matter that has been raised with the Council.
Council wishes to acknowledge that indeed the figures indicated on the first table for the 2016/17 Annual report were incorrectly and erroneously published as these were actually the 2015/16 figures.
Council wishes to extend its sincere apologies for this unfortunate mishap and is putting a remedial action in place. One such action will be declaring in the 2017/18 report this error and the correction thereof.
Below the correct figures for 2016/17:
Province |
KZN |
N. Cape |
E. Cape |
Limpopo |
MP |
NW |
GP |
FS |
WC |
Total |
105 |
5 |
30 |
28 |
56 |
30 |
71 |
33 |
320 |
678 |
03 May 2018 - NW1131
Jooste, Ms K to ask the Minister of Social Development
What steps will she take to address the (a) shortage of social workers in the country and (b) absorption of qualified social workers trained by her department into the Public Service?
Reply:
a) The department is implementing the social work scholarship programme to train social workers for the Bachelor of Social Work degree. Once qualified, these graduates are eligible for placement in the Public Service, Non-Profit Organisations and the private sectors. The department has developed the Demand and Supply Model for Social Service Practitioners where an analysis of the geographic distribution and workload requirements for these practitioners was done. The model would assist in determining the population ratio and future projections in terms of the demand and supply of practitioners across provinces. It will also assist to determine the nature of the gap between the demand and supply with recommended strategies for integrated workforce planning. This model is yet to be shared with other key government departments to assess their demand for practitioners.
b) The department is currently implementing the Conditional Grant to fund employment of social work graduates who have benefitted from the Scholarship Programme. These graduates are employed by the provincial departments of social development. Since 2017/18 the department engaged other sector departments to lobby for employment of graduates. A draft business plan was developed to guide employment by other departments. Lack of adequate funding for compensation of employees in the Public
Service hampers all departments’ ability to employ additional social workers. Support from National Treasury and the Department of Public Service and Administration will ensure that vacant posts for entry level social workers are funded, thereby ensuring absorption.
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Approved by the Minister on
Date……………………….
03 May 2018 - NW862
Kohler, Ms D to ask the Ms D Kohler (DA) asked the Minister of Public Works
(1) Whether his department is still leasing the Curator Building in Pretoria; if not, on what date did the lease contract come to an end; if so, (a) on what date (i) was the lease contract signed and (ii) will the contract come to an end, (b) what is the total amount that his department has spent on the contract to date and (c) what is the current monthly cost to rent and maintain the building; (2) whether the specified building has ever been unoccupied during the lease period; if so, (a) for how many days and (b) what are the further relevant details in this regard; (3) whether the specified building was ever sublet during the lease period; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) who rented the specified building, (b) for what period of time and (c) how much rental was charged in each case?
Reply:
1. Yes, the Department of Public Works is still leasing Curator Building in Pretoria.
(a) The initial lease end date was 31 March 2017. The lease period was subsequently extended by a period of 12 months.
(i) The lease agreement was signed on the 1st April 2014.
(ii) The extended lease expired on 31 March 2018.
b) To date the Department has spent R25 564 507.24.
c) The current cost to rent and maintain the building is R478 411.69 per month.
2. According to our records, the portion of building we leased has never been vacant / unoccupied during the lease period.
(a) and (b) falls away.
3. According to our records, the portion of building we leased has never been sublet during the lease period.
(a), (b) and (b) falls away.
____________________________________________________________________
03 May 2018 - NW961
Kalyan, Ms SV to ask the Minister of Health
Will he consider adding sunscreen to the list of essential medicines?
Reply:
Sunscreen has already been approved by NEMLC (National Essential Medicine Committee) and it will be published on Essential Medicine List in July/August 2018.
END.
03 May 2018 - NW889
Boshoff, Ms SH to ask the Minister of Basic Education
With reference to the reply to question 1323 on 13 June 2017, in which it is stated that only three permanent prosecutors and two permanent investigators prosecute and investigate instances of teacher misconduct at the SA Council of Educators, has she found that the staff component is sufficient to handle the number of complaints received by the council?
Reply:
SACE RESPONSE
The Council had already taken note of the workload pressure arising from the nature of reported violations of its Code of Professional Ethics. The Council has therefore taken the following decisions to ensure effective and efficient processing of cases. The implementation thereof if underway:
a) Increased a pool of panellists to 39
b) Adjusted the 2017/18 Ethics budget by 100% to (R4 million).
c) Conducting process review and work study to inform permanent solution.
03 May 2018 - NW1097
Sonti, Ms NP to ask the Minister of Social Development
What (a) number of consulting firms or companies are currently contracted by (i) her department and (ii) the entities reporting to her and (b)(i) is the name of each consultant, (ii) are the relevant details of the service provided in each case and (iii) is the (aa) start date, (bb) time period, (cc) monetary value in Rands of each contract and (dd) name and position of each individual who signed off on each contract?
Reply:
(A) (i) Department of Social Development
Name of consulting firm (b)(i) |
Service provided in each case (b)(ii) |
Start Date (b)(ii)(aa) |
Time period (b)(iii)(bb) |
Monetary value (b)(iii)(cc) |
Individual who signed off (b)(iii)(dd) |
Reasonate |
Design and implementation evaluation of the household food and nutrition security programme |
26/02/2018 |
31/07/2018 |
R 466 046.25 |
Mr. M Ratshisusu Dir: Legal Services |
Holistic Business connection |
Gender Mainstreaming |
14/03/2018 |
31/09/2018 |
R 440 000.00 |
Adv. S Misser Dir: Legal Services |
Practical Design |
Office space |
22/03/2018 |
22/06/2018 |
R 476 019.77 |
Adv. Dladla CD: Legal Services |
Leruobauweng |
Compiling of bill quantities |
07/02/2018 |
30/08/2018 |
R 495 420.17 |
Adv. SD Misser Dir: Legal Services |
Deloitte and Touché |
Cost analysis for older persons bill |
15/12/2017 |
31/03/2018 |
R 491 354.00 |
Adv. Dladla CD: Legal Services |
Mafoko Security |
Security services |
01/03/2018 |
28/02/2019 |
R 3 129 097.20 |
Mr. M Ratshisusu Dir: Legal Services |
Tirisan tech solutions |
CPR |
01/03/2018 |
31/08/2018 |
R 4 646 057.46 |
Mr. M Ratshisusu Dir: Legal Services |
Tirisan tech solutions |
NISIS |
01/03/2018 |
31/08/2018 |
R 6 000 000. 00 |
Adv. Dladla CD: Legal Services |
XL NEXUS |
Travel management |
01/09/2017 |
31/08/2018 |
R 9 000 000.00 |
Mrs. NI Vilakazi Acting DG |
Vodacom |
E- Submission |
01/04/2018 |
31/03/2019 |
R 774 301.68 |
Contract not yet signed |
Pamoja Asset Management |
Service provider to conduct a national audit of 20 000 registered and funded non-profit organisations (NPO) across nine provinces over 24 month period. |
26/11/2017 |
26/11/2018 |
R 1 803 480.00 |
Mr. M Ratshisusu Dir: Legal Services |
Vodacom |
Mobile Communication RT15 Cell phone Contract |
01/04/2018 |
31/03/2020 |
R 2 900 000.00 |
Adv. Dladla CD: Legal Services |
Vodacom |
Command Centre: Gender Based Violence |
01/10/2017 |
30/09/2018 |
R 9 800 000.00 |
Adv. Dladla CD: Legal Services |
(a) (ii) NDA
(b)(i)
(ii)
(iii)(aa)(bb)cc)(dd)
Not applicable, since the National Development Agency does not have consulting firms or companies contracted to it currently.
(a)(ii) SASSA
(b)(i)
(ii)
(iii)(aa)(bb)cc)(dd)
Not applicable, since the SASSA does not have consulting firms or companies contracted to it currently.
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Approved by the Minister on
Date……………………….
03 May 2018 - NW974
Bagraim, Mr M to ask the Minister of Basic Education
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:
(a)
Department |
(i) Own |
(ii) Exclusive Rights |
(iii) Lease from the state |
|
(aa) |
(bb) |
|||
DBE |
Not applicable. The land is owned by Dept. of Public Works |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
(b)
Public Entities |
(i) Own |
(ii) Exclusive rights |
(iii) Lease from state |
|
(aa) |
(bb) |
|||
SACE |
4000sqm |
Yes, Title Deed Ref No: T56534/2016 |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
UMALUSI |
2 Properties 5879m² and 5721m² |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
03 May 2018 - NW890
Boshoff, Ms SH to ask the Minister of Basic Education
With reference to page 163 of her department’s 2016-17 annual report, (a) what is the total number of schools that were discovered not to have been trained on the National School Safety Plan and (b) what steps has her department taken to address the training problem?
Reply:
(a) The total number of schools that have not been trained on the National School Safety Framework (NSSF) is 9894. This accounts for 40,5% of the total number of public schools.
(b) Provinces have been supported with master training as a way of developing capacity and competence within provinces to enable province to roll out the training to the remainder of untrained schools. The training was made possible through donor funds in the 2017/2018 financial year. Provinces have undertaken to finalise training in the 2018/2019 financial year.
03 May 2018 - NW1130
Masango, Ms B to ask the Minister of Social Development
(a) What steps will she take to ensure that a number of critical vacancies at the SA Social Security Agency are filled and (b) by what date are the vacancies expected to be filled?
Reply:
(a) A reprioritisation of posts in terms of the allocated budget for 2018/2019 will be embarked upon in ensuring that the critical posts are filled once the moratorium on filling of posts is lifted.
(b) The Agency envisages to fill critical posts within the 2018/2019 financial year period.
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Approved by the Minister on
Date……………………….
03 May 2018 - NW1041
De Freitas, Mr MS to ask the Minister of Police
With reference to his reply to question 299 on 5 March 2018, (a) what are the (i) timelines, (ii) time frames, (iii) milestones and (iv) deadlines with regard to each case and (b) who (i) are the team of investigators, (ii) do the investigators represent respectively and (iii) are the members of each team of investigators?
Reply:
(a) The time lines for the investigation cannot be predicted, however members are working tirelessly to finalise the investigation and progress report will be given on request.
(b) One team comprising of five (5) members are placed at Serious Commercial Crime within DPCI.
LIEUTENANT GENERAL
ACTING NATIIONAL HEAD: DIRECTORATE FOR PRIORITY CRIME INVESTIGATION
Y MATAKATA
Date: 2018-04-25
Reply to question 1041 approved
MINISTER OF POLICE
BH CELE, MP
Date; 2018-05-03
03 May 2018 - NW812
Mileham, Mr K to ask the Minister of Finance
(1)(a) Which municipalities currently have accounts with the Venda Building Society Mutual Bank and (b) what amount is held in each of the accounts; (2) whether any municipality closed any accounts with the specified bank; if so, which municipalities; (3) whether any action has been taken against any municipality for illegally opening accounts with the specified bank; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details in each case?
Reply:
1. a) According to National Treasury’s records, 14 municipalities currently have funds invested with the Venda Building Society (VBS) Mutual Bank
b) Please see below list of municipalities and investment amounts currently held by VBS Mutual Bank.
Name of municipality |
Amount |
Merafong City Local Municipality |
R50 000 000 |
West Rand District Municipality |
R81 676 155 |
Makhado Local Municipality |
R61 694 081 |
Greater Giyani Local Municipality |
R159 262 692 |
Collins Chabane Local Municipality |
R121 824 657 |
Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality |
R54 973 |
Vhembe District Municipality |
R300 000 000 |
Ephraim Mogale Local Municipality |
R83 428 490 |
Tubatse Fetakgomo Local Municipality |
R240 649 836 |
Lepelle-Nkumpi Local Municipality |
R153 321 224 |
Madibeng Local Municipality |
R31 035 191 |
Mafikeng Local Municipality |
R82 191 000 |
Moretele Local Municipality |
R50 000 000 |
Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality |
R150 000 000 |
2. According to National Treasury records, there were no municipalities that closed their accounts with VBS Mutual Bank, however the following 4 municipalities’ investments matured and there was no re-investments of the funds.
a) Polokwane Local Municipality
b) Capricorn District Municipality
c) Makhuduthamaga Local Municipality
d) Dr JS Moroka Local Municipality
3. National Treasury had communicated with 7 municipalities that were identified through the in-year reporting system that had invested funds with VBS Mutual Bank in August 2017. The communication drew municipalities’ attention to section 7(3)(b) of the MFMA, which states that a municipality may not open a bank account with an institution not registered as a bank in terms of the Banks Act 94 of 1990; read with the Municipal Investment Regulations, which regulate the instruments within which municipalities are allowed to invest municipal funds. The National Treasury also held a meeting with the municipalities listed above on 22 March 2018 with the aim of establishing the extent of their investments and confirming the amounts still invested with VBS Mutual Bank at the time when the SARB intervened.
It should be noted that in terms of the MFMA, read together with the Municipal Regulations on Financial Misconduct Procedures and Criminal Proceedings, council must, through the disciplinary board, investigate all acts of non-compliance with the MFMA and its Regulations, to establish whether an act of financial misconduct was committed by any of the municipal officials. It is therefore the municipal council that must ensure that the conduct of the Accounting Officer, the Chief Financial Officer and any other relevant officials of the effected municipalities is investigated to ascertain whether financial misconduct was committed and based on that, institute further action, including disciplinary action. National Treasury will continue to monitor the corrective action implemented in this regard.
03 May 2018 - NW1128
Masango, Ms B to ask the Minister of Social Development
(1)(a) During which periods did the SA Social Security Agency (SASSA) pay for the security services to the former Minister of Social Development’s children and (b) what amount did it cost the SASSA; (2) whether the SASSA is still paying for the security services; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the reasons?
Reply:
1. (a) SASSA paid security services for the former Minister’s children in the year 2014/15
(b) Amount spent was R 2 008 086
2. SASSA stopped payments after expiry of the contract i.e. February 2015. Currently SASSA wrote to the former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to make representation why the said amount should not be recovered from her, this forms part of preliminary steps to recover the amount concern.
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Approved by the Minister on
Date……………………….
03 May 2018 - NW871
Mileham, Mr K to ask the Minister of Finance
(1)(a) Which municipalities (i) adopted unfunded budgets and (ii) are unable to meet their financial commitments for the current financial year and (b) which of the specified municipalities have adopted financial recovery plans drafted by the Municipal Financial Recovery Service; (2) whether he will encourage the relevant provincial executive to intervene in the specified municipalities in terms of section 139(5) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
1(a) The list of municipalities with unfunded budgets are summarised in Annexure A below.
1(a) (ii) The municipal financial information presented in the MFMA section 71 reports for the 2nd quarter ended 31st December 2017 was used to establish which municipalities are potentially unable to honour their financial commitments. When matching the “cash and cash equivalents” for this period against the “total creditors” for the same period, it showed that municipalities with unfunded budgets are not able to pay their total creditors within the prescribed thirty-day period.
1(b) The development and adoption of financial recovery plans is the primary responsibility of a municipality facing financial challenges as legislated in Chapter 13 of the MFMA; and this provides for the municipality to request support for the development of a financial recovery plan from Provinces and National Treasury. Where such requests are received from municipalities the financial recovery plan is developed by National Treasury in consultation with the relevant Provincial Treasury and the municipality. The list of municipalities that currently have approved financial recovery plans as well as those that have requested support is presented in Annexure A. There are 14 municipalities among the 112 that adopted unfunded budgets with approved financial recovery plans; this means that, in spite of the financial recovery plan having been adopted, the municipal budget is still unfunded. Financial recovery plans are mostly prevalent in the North West, Limpopo and Northern Cape.
2. Yes, the Minister of Finance will consult with the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs for support of appropriate interventions at municipalities that continue to adopt unfunded budgets. The Minister of Finance will consider strengthening measures to ensure the adoption of funded budgets by municipalities and to provide specific intervention measures to enforce such measures.
In terms of the role of the provincial executive and the present legal framework for municipal intervention, the intervention process is addressed in terms of section 139 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa. This provides for a process, including the provincial executive role when performing its oversight and obligations with respect to municipalities. The Honourable member must note that the existing municipal intervention legal framework for the Province to issue a directive to the municipality in terms of section 139(1)(a), this is followed by a step by step process, including support in terms of section 154 of the Constitution. Moreover, MFMA section 136, 137 and 139 requires the provincial executive to undertake certain discretionary and mandatory actions to address the situation, failing which the National Treasury upon request from a municipality and province will develop a financial recovery plan for a municipality.
The intervention in terms of section 139(5) of the Constitution raised by the Honourable Member, is in fact the prerogative of the Provincial Executive to decide and resolve. The Minister of Finance can request a province to intervene in specific municipalities as part of the process in implementing the MFMA. In terms of section 150 of the MFMA the National Executive may intervene instead of Provincial Executive if the condition of section 139(5) are met and the province has failed to do so.
03 May 2018 - NW1115
Ntlangwini, Ms EN to ask the Minister of Trade and Industry
What (a) number of consulting firms or companies are currently contracted by (i) his department and (ii) the entities reporting to him and (b) (i) is the name of each consultant, (ii) are the relevant details of the service provided in each case and (iii) is the (aa) start date, (bb) time period, (cc) monetary value in Rands of each contract and (dd) name and position of each individual who signed off on each contract?
Reply:
(a) (i) (b) (i) (ii) (iii) (aa) (bb) (cc) (dd)
All consultants are appointed in accordance with the requirements contained in National Treasury’s Cost Containment Instruction Notes.
There are a total of 41 consultants appointed by the department some of which are appointed within a panel of service providers.
Table 1: Consultants appointed by the department for various adhoc service requirements:
No |
Name of Company |
Contract Description |
Start Date |
Contract Period |
Contract Value |
Delegated official who approved contract |
1 |
Urban-Econ Development Economists Pty Ltd |
Conducting a review in accordance with Chapter 8, section 211(1) of the Companies Act no. 71 of 2008 |
18-Sep-17 |
1 Year |
375 865.00 |
Deputy Director General |
2 |
One World Media Pty Ltd |
Testimonial Marketing and Communication for the Black Industrialist Program |
01-Jun-17 |
1 Year |
490 168.08 |
Group Chief Operations Officer |
3 |
Ngwenyaximun chartered Accountants (SA) cc |
Auditing services of the Monyetla Work Readiness Program |
15-Jan-18 |
3 Months |
495 000.00 |
Deputy Director General |
4 |
Grant Thornton Advisory Pty Ltd |
Conducting an incentive design review for the South African film and television production Incentive Programs |
01-Jun-17 |
1 Year |
495 300.00 |
Deputy Director General |
5 |
Benchmarking and Manufacturing Analysts SA Pty Ltd |
Research of expenditure on industrial financing in South Africa |
02-Aug-17 |
6 Months |
685 501.37 |
Departmental Bid Adjudication Committee |
6 |
Ernst and Young Corporation Services |
Quality assessment of the incentive grant performance information |
28-Jun-17 |
12 Months |
450 350.00 |
Deputy Director General |
7 |
Farisanani and Associates Labour Law Consultancy Pty Ltd |
Research to establish, facilitate and administrate the collective bargaining forum for entities reporting to the dti. |
04-Aug-17 |
18 Months |
1 556 109.00 |
Departmental Bid Adjudication Committee |
8 |
KMPG Services Pty Ltd |
Management of the hotline established for the BBBEE Commission |
06-Oct-16 |
18 Months |
41 040.00 |
Director |
9 |
Pamoja Capital Pty Ltd |
Amendment of the PPP agreement to incorporate the future expansion of Building Block G |
21-Jul-14 |
4 Years |
3 488 569.35 |
Departmental Bid Adjudication Committee |
10 |
Frost & Sullivan International Pty Ltd |
Developing country and sector value propositions for marketing South Africa as a direct investment destination. |
15-Aug-15 |
4 Years |
4 189 541.00 |
Departmental Bid Adjudication Committee |
11 |
Ubuntu business Advisory consulting (Pty) Ltd |
Forensic Auditing Services to the dti |
06-Feb-15 |
42 Months |
4 500 000.00 |
Departmental Bid Adjudication Committee |
12 |
Delta Built Environment Consulting Pty Ltd |
Multi-disciplinary Consulting Engineers to assess capital equipment and machinery |
09-Mar-17 |
3 Years |
5 000 000.00 |
Departmental Bid Adjudication Committee |
13 |
KPMG Services Pty Ltd |
Auditing Services to the dti |
14-Oct-15 |
3 Years |
6 000 000.00 |
Departmental Bid Adjudication Committee |
14 |
University of Johannesburg |
Multiyear research projects on Strategic Industrial Development and Policy matters |
02-May-17 |
3 Years |
Budgeted amount is R15 000 000.00 |
Director General |
15 |
Tokiso Dispute Settlement Pty Ltd |
Facilitation of a dispute process |
13-Sep-17 |
6 Months |
200 460.00 |
Deputy Director General |
16 |
Talani Quantity Surveyors |
Quantity Surveying services relating to accommodation at the regional offices |
30-Nov 16 |
18 Months |
212 040.00 |
Deputy Director General |
Table 2: Panel of consultants
No. |
Name of company and the type of service provided |
Start Date |
Contract Period |
Contract Value |
Delegated official who approved contract |
1 |
The following panel of service providers have been appointed to conduct Science and Engineering due diligence assessments on projects related to the Incentive Programs offered by the department. These services are used as and when required. Compo Agencies Pty Ltd Empirical Green Innovation Pty Ltd Grove and More Pty Ltd MWK Engineering Pty Ltd E-Science Associates Pty Ltd Eriscan pty ltd Anandthan Naidoo Pty Ltd Salim Ismail Ganie Pty Ltd Sea Spirit Investment Pty Ltd Yeo 42 Investment Pty NM Envirotech Solutions Pty Ltd Gale force Fast Trade Pty Ltd |
24-May-17 |
3 Years |
The total budget over the 3-year period is R5 million. This is used as and when required as per the approved hourly tariffs. |
Bid Adjudication Committee |
2 |
The following panel of service providers are appointed to conduct Investigation services on behalf of the B-BBEE commission. These services are used as and when required. PricewaterhouseCoopers Pty Ltd SizwentsalubaGobodo Advisory Services Pty Ltd Bowman Gilfillan Incorporated ENS forensics Ernest and Young Advisory services |
25-May-17 |
3 Years |
The total budget over the 3-year period is R6 million. This is used as and when required as per the approved hourly tariffs. |
Bid Adjudication Committee |
3 |
The following panel of service providers are appointed to conduct Project due diligence, Site Inspections and verifications of claims for incentive programmes offered by the department. These services are used as and when required. EMS Advisory Pty Ltd Nexia Sab & Chartered Accountants Inc PSTM Chartered Accountants Pty Ltd |
22- Mar-17 |
3 Years |
The total budget over the 3-year period is R5 million. This is used as and when required as per the approved hourly tariffs. |
Bid Adjudication Committee |
4 |
The following service providers are appointed to conduct qualitative and quantitative economic research as and when required. Bik-Research (Pty) Ltd and Koena Reliable Clinic Research DNA Economics(Pty) Ltd Enterprises University of Pretoria (Pty) Ltd IQ Business (Pty) Ltd Underhill Corporate Solutions (Pty) Ltd |
20-Nov-17 |
3 Years |
The total budget over the 3-year period is R3 million. This is used as and when required as per the approved hourly tariffs. |
Bid Adjudication Committee |
Response from the Entities
Entity |
a(ii) |
b(i) |
b(ii) |
b(iii)(aa) |
b(iii)(bb) |
b(iii)(cc) |
b(iii)(dd) |
Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) |
The CIPC has contracted 9 service providers currently |
Deloitte & Touche |
Project manager for XBRL project in CIPC in consultation with other regulators |
July 2016 |
22 months |
R4 000 000.00 |
Contract were signed by the authorised signatories of each Parties, which in the case of the CIPC is the CIPC Commissioner (Rory Voller) or Acting CIPC Commissioner (Andre Kritzinger) if Rory Voller is on leave or overseas etc |
Business Reporting Advisory Group (BRAG) |
provision of services of expert in taxonomy update etc |
January 2018 |
3 years |
R2 188 408.00 |
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SWORD |
CIPC customer enquiry solution |
August 2017 |
3 years |
R2 510 736.00 |
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Welman & Bloem Attorneys |
Labour law advisor services for the Commissioner’s Office |
September 2016 |
600 hours |
R600 000.00 |
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SWORD |
Maintenance and support – IP systems (Ptolomy, Acsepto, IP online, e-journal etc) |
June 2017 |
11 months |
R4 562 553.00 |
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Enterprise Content Management Solutions (ECMS) |
support and maintenance of ERMS and Computron technologies – |
January 2018 |
2 years |
R15 986 995.00 |
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Mediro Belay |
1 Vantage / Dynatrace resource |
December 2017 t |
208 days |
R1 633 756.00 |
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Datacentrix |
Data centre infrastructure management services |
July 2016 |
2 years |
R4 193 600.00 |
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Reagola |
Onsite maintenance and support |
March 2015 |
3 years |
R9 743 580.00 |
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Companies Tribunal (CT) |
The CT has contracted 4 service providers currently |
Business Innovation Group |
Internal Audit |
01/09/2015 |
3 years |
R1 000 164.00 |
Ms Agnes Tsele-Maseloanyane Full Time Tribunal member |
iSolve |
Provision of electronic case management system |
18/10/2016 |
2 years |
R2 260 737.19 |
Adv S. Lebala, SC Former Chairperson |
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Prospero SA 360 |
Redesign, maintain and host CT website |
14/11/2016 |
3 years |
R791 958.00 |
Ms Agnes Tsele-Maseloanyane Full Time Tribunal member |
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Work Dynamics |
Organisational structure review and benchmarking |
23/02/2018 |
2 months |
R316 350.00 |
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Export Credit Insurance Corporation (ECIC) |
The ECIC has contracted 77 service providers currently |
Careways Wellness |
Employee wellness |
March 2017 |
2 Years |
R 102 600.00 |
Ntshegendzeni Maphula General Counsel |
Internet Solutions |
Connectivity and Hosting |
February 2016 |
3 Years |
R6 452 404.92 |
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Servest Hygiene Services |
Hygiene Services at Eco Origins |
January 2014 |
4 Years |
R238 883.08 |
|||
JR 209 Investments (Proprietary) Limited |
Office Rental (Eco Origins) |
December 2013 |
6 Years |
R33 629 566.32 |
|||
Deloitte & Touche |
Tip-Offs Anonymous |
September 2005 |
In the process of reviews |
R400 000.00 |
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All Scapes Services (Pty) Ltd |
Rental of Office Plants and Containers |
August 2014 |
4 Years |
R131 328.00 |
|||
NGA africa |
Payroll services |
July 2014 |
5 Years |
R1 014 048.00 |
|||
Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs Inc |
Provision of Legal Services in Respect of Underwriting Business on an "Exclusives Basis" |
August 2014 |
5 Years |
Refer to the transaction fee schedule |
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Bytes Document Solutions |
New Printers |
January 2015 |
5 Years |
R 1 920 000.00 |
|||
Fintech Possibility Unlimited (Acceptance Technology) |
Master rental Agreement |
January 2015 |
5 Years |
R389 820.60 |
|||
Tactical Guarding |
Guarding Services to ECIC |
March 2015 |
3 Years |
R1 438 944.00 |
|||
21st Century Pay Solutions Group (Pty) Ltd |
Remuneration and Reward Consulting |
|
Adhoc |
R130 188.00 |
|||
Wow Interactive |
Webside Design and Content services |
August 2015 |
3 Years |
R162108 |
|||
SEDA |
18 Suppliers to be developed and 15 exporters |
January 2015 |
3 Years |
|
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WorkDynamics |
Psychometric Assessment |
September 2015 |
3 Years |
R598 158.00 |
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Newsclip |
Media Monitoring |
June 2015 |
3 Years |
R150 945.00 |
|||
Thought Capital |
Graphic design and branding |
September 2015 |
3 Years |
R121 752.00 |
|||
Rentokil |
Pest Control |
January 2016 |
2 Years |
R21 888.00 |
|||
Selekane Asset Consultants |
Asset Consultant |
September 2016 |
3 Years |
R2 572 348.00 |
|||
Deloitte |
Actuarial Services |
November 2013 |
5 Years |
R2 622 000.00 |
|||
AccTech Systems |
ERP system |
January 2015 |
4 Years |
R3 768 637.17 |
|||
PricewaterhouseCoopers |
Independent reasonable assurance engagement as required by section 19 (7) of Short term insurance |
September 2016 |
1 Year |
R336 550.00 |
|||
BMI Research |
Subscription and license agreement |
January 2016 |
2 Years |
$52 100.00 |
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MIE Agreement |
Screening of qualifications and background of new employees |
April 2016 |
2 Years |
R10 000.00 |
|||
JASCO |
Software upgrade and Maintenance and Support |
January 2015 |
3 Years |
R894 502.00 |
|||
ORCA |
Internal Audit Services |
January 2015 |
5 Years |
R5 062 842.60 |
|||
Pixykorner |
Media Buying Services |
January 2016 |
2 Years |
R7 389 919.00 |
|||
State Street SA |
Transition Managers for ECIC |
January 2016 |
5 Years |
R1 500 000.00 |
|||
Gijima |
Boardview - Board Portal |
April 2017 |
1 Year |
R391 290.65 |
|||
Anglophone Southern Africa (AMSCO) |
Recruitment |
July 2016 |
1 Year |
15% of gross annual of incumbent |
|||
Globeflight |
Courier Service |
May 2016 |
3 Years |
R127 363.00 |
|||
PALISADE |
Risk Software License |
October 2016 |
2 Years |
GBP8 721.00 |
|||
NEPAD Business Foundation NPC |
AVID Funding |
January 2015 |
3 Years |
R2 280 000.00 |
|||
Norton Rose Fulbright |
ECIC Legislation |
April 2016 |
1 Year |
R1 640 000.00 |
|||
Atlantis Travel |
Travel |
January 2017 |
3 Years |
R299 250.00 |
|||
CQS Technology Holdings |
Annual Renewal Licenses |
January 2016 |
3 Years |
R150 648.65 |
|||
KPMG Services Proprietary Limited |
External Audit Services |
January 2016 |
3 Years |
R6 801 240.00 |
|||
Sankofa |
Insurance Broker for ECIC |
January 2017 |
3 Years |
R575 178.00 |
|||
PWC RemChannel |
Internet Based Remuneration Survey |
April 2017 |
1 Year |
R83 562.00 |
|||
iSolve |
Office 365 |
January 2017 |
3 Years |
R948 115.20 |
|||
Blackmoon |
Printing of Integrated Report |
June 2017 |
2 Years |
R1 280 654.36 |
|||
Dimension Data |
Uptime Maintenance and Support |
August 2017 |
2 Years |
R42 329.36 |
|||
Europecar |
Car Rental |
November 2015 |
3 Years |
R540 000.00 |
|||
Ezeedex |
Database of Suppliers |
December 2017 |
1 Year |
R41 610.00 |
|||
Masana Cleaning Services |
Cleaning of ECIC Offices |
January 2017 |
3 Years |
R1 334 704.00 |
|||
Metrofile |
Offsite Storage |
July 2017 |
3 Years |
R73 730.96 |
|||
Thomson Reuters |
Subscription for online data on research and marketing |
January 2016 |
2 Years |
R254 245.42 |
|||
Servest |
Water Coolers |
January 2017 |
2 Years |
R20 383.20 |
|||
Sizwe Ntsaluba Gobodo |
Taxation Services |
January 2017 |
2 Years |
R66 630.72 |
|||
Avis Car Rental |
Car Rental |
November 2015 |
3 Years |
R315 840.00 |
|||
Bidvest Car Rental |
Car Rental |
November 2015 |
3 Years |
R301 176.00 |
|||
Honeycomb BEE Rating |
Rating Agency to produce new BEE certificate |
November 2017 |
3 Months |
R37 392.00 |
|||
SEDA |
Enterprise Export Development |
July 2017 |
1 Year |
R7 124 414.00 |
|||
Adaptive Insights |
Licenses for Budget Tool |
January 2018 |
2 Years |
R127 200.00 |
|||
Sizwe Ntsaluba Gobodo |
Vulnerability Test -ICT |
August 2018 |
7 Months |
R350 860.00 |
|||
Sizwe Ntsaluba Gobodo |
ICT Review Function |
August 2018 |
7 Months |
R230 860.00 |
|||
Decision Inc |
Budget Tool |
August 2018 |
8 Months |
R752 400.00 |
|||
All Scapes Services (Pty) Ltd |
Rental of Office Plants and Containers |
August 2014 |
4 Years |
R131 328.00 |
|||
Servest Multi Service Group |
Supply of office flowers for 2 years |
January 2015 |
3 Years |
R20 391.07 |
|||
Business Innovation Group |
Procurement Consulting |
January 2017 |
6 Months |
R1 191 015.00 |
|||
Bytes Document Solutions |
Xerox machine 3912753955 (Service Maintenance) |
January 2015 |
5 Years |
Based on usage |
|||
Bytes Document Solutions |
Xerox machine 3912753572 (Service Maintenance) |
January 2015 |
5 Years |
Based on usage |
|||
Fintech Possibility Unlimited (Acceptance Technology) |
Xerox machines 3919613148, 3919609892, 3919613326 (Rental for the machines) |
July 2016 |
4 Years |
R488 904.00 |
|||
Bytes Document Solutions |
Service Maintenance 3919613148 |
July 2016 |
4 Years |
Based on usage |
|||
Bytes Document Solutions |
Service Maintenance 3919609892 |
July 2016 |
4 Years |
Based on usage |
|||
Bytes Document Solutions |
Service Maintenance 3919613326 |
July 2016 |
4 Years |
Based on usage |
|||
Sinakho Staffshop |
Procurement Temp |
March 2018 |
2 Months |
R295,00 Per hour @ 8 Hours a day |
|||
PEO IT |
Computer equipment |
March 2018 |
3 Years |
R1 200 000.00 |
|||
Allan Gray SA (Pty) Ltd |
Portfolio Management |
June 2009 |
In the process of reviews |
% Charge on market value of holdings |
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Coronation Asset Management (Pty) Ltd |
Portfolio Management (Strategic Bond Mandate) |
March 2009 |
In the process of reviews |
0.30% per annum, of the month end market value as determined in paragraph 7.1 of the contract. |
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Taquanta Asset Managers (Pty) Ltd |
Portfolio Management (Strategic Bond Mandate) |
April 2009 |
In the process of reviews |
0.20% per annum (the rate is based on the cumulative market value of the portfolio as at the close of business each day) |
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Sanlam Investment Management |
Managing ECIC investments |
November 2014 |
5 Years |
R 193 800.00 |
|||
Coronation Asset Management (Pty) Ltd |
Investment Mandate |
March 2009 |
In the process of reviews |
R2 000 000 |
|||
Investec Asset Management |
Emerging market fixed income |
March 2015 |
5 Years |
R75 million @ 0.15%per annum |
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Argon Asset Management Proprietary Limited |
Management of Investments |
March 2015 |
5 Years |
R4 000 000 |
|||
Mazi Capital |
Investment Management |
March 2016 |
5 years |
0.4 and 1.0 basis points |
|||
Rand Merchant Bank |
Management of investments |
March 2015 |
In the process of reviews |
Base on asset management performance |
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National Consumer Commission (NCC) |
The NCT has contracted 13 service providers currently |
NEXIA SAB&T |
Procurement of Internal Audit services for a period of 36 months |
July 2015 |
3 years |
R1 149 296.23 |
Naeem Hassim (Director) and E Mohamed(Commissioner (NCC) |
SPOC Managed Services (Pty) Ltd |
Appointment of a service provider for the maintenance and support services in respect of the NCC contact centre |
November 2016 |
18 months |
R394 957.00 |
Marius van der Walt (Director) and E Mohamed(Commissioner (NCC) |
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Acctech Systems (Pty) Ltd |
Appointment of a service provider to render ACCPAC maintenance services for a period of 18 months |
January 2017 |
18 months |
R242 145.00 |
Mr. Tertius Zitzke and E Mohamed |
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Sage South Africa (Pty) Ltd |
Appointment of a service provider to render VIP payroll maintenance services for 18 months |
February 2017 |
18 months |
R92 039.64 |
Ms. Tamaaryn Loots(Director) and E Mohamed(Commissioner NCC) |
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Thandile Health Risk Management |
Appointment of a Health risk manager |
April 2017 |
20 months |
R18 643.90 |
Mrs. Nadine Pienaar (Director) and E Mohamed(Commissioner NCC) |
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Black Icon Designs |
Request for News letter for a period of two years/ 10 issues |
September 2017 |
2 years |
R57 970.00 |
Ntokozo Ditshego (Director) and E Mohamed(Commissioner NCC) |
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Avantgarde Enterptise (Pty) Ltd |
Request for appointment of employee credentials verification service provider |
October 2017 |
3 years |
R210.00 First year, R231.00 second year and R253.00 third year |
Sibusiso Mbhele (Director) and E Mohamed(Commissioner NCC) |
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Erasmus Scheepers Attorneys |
Appointment to defend a legal matter |
February 2018 |
6 months |
R150 000.00 |
Michiel Christian Erasmus (Director) and E Mohamed(Commissioner (NCC) |
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Langalibalele & Associates |
Appointment of Presiding Officer in Disciplinary Matters |
February 2018 |
6 months |
R61 060.00 |
Lindie Lankalebalelo (Director) and E Mohamed(Commissioner (NCC) |
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Price Water house Coopers |
Request for the appointment of the Auditing of the mid-year financial statements in terms of Assets |
February 2018 |
3 months |
R260 850.24 |
Pending |
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Moore Stephens B & W |
Request for consultant services for a GRAP adherence Assessment of the annual financial statements |
February 2018 |
3 months |
R64 576.44 |
Pending |
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Moore Stephens B & W |
Request for Preparations and quality Assurance with Annual Financial Statements |
February 2018 |
3 months |
R117 150.04 |
Pending |
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Alona Groups (Pty) Ltd |
Request for the appointment of the Review of NCC Performance Management System |
March 2018 |
3 months |
R481 536.00 |
Pending |
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National Consumer Tribunal (NCT) |
The NCT has contracted 4 service providers currently |
SAGE VIP |
Customisation of Performance Management system |
June 2017 |
9 months |
R 80 128.00 |
Marelize Bosch Chief Operating Officer |
Thomas International |
Psychometric assessments and 360 degree assessments |
September 2017 |
1 year |
R 192 061.50 |
Marelize Bosch Chief Operating Officer |
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Business Innovations Group |
Internal auditing service |
October 2013 |
5 years |
R 2 486 008.27 |
Dianne Terblanche Executive Chairperson (Former) |
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e-Software solutions |
Software developers - to develop case management system |
November 2017 |
1 year |
R 447 390.72 |
Marelize Bosch Chief Operating Officer |
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National Credit Regulator (NCR) |
The NCR has contracted 25 service providers currently |
Bazuka And Company |
Legal services |
Current and on-going |
R 164 138.17 |
Nomsa Motshegare Chief Executive Officer |
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Bowman Gilfillan Inc |
Legal services |
Current and on-going |
R 45 027.75 |
||||
C Kgope Attorneys |
Legal services |
Current and on-going |
R 402 848.00 |
||||
Dlamini Attorneys |
Legal services |
Current and on-going |
R 569 529.77 |
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Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs Inc |
Legal services |
Current and on-going |
R 756 123.63 |
||||
Gildenhuys Malatji |
Legal services |
Current and on-going |
R 986 656.59 |
||||
Gordon Mccune Attorney |
Legal services |
Current and on-going |
R 20 000.00 |
||||
Hogan Lovells |
Legal services |
Current and on-going |
R 829 596.41 |
||||
Honey Attorneys |
Legal services |
Current and on-going |
R 1 149 045.13 |
||||
Krb Law Firm Inc |
Legal services |
Current and on-going |
R 79 740.03 |
||||
Mafungo Attorneys |
Legal services |
Current and on-going |
R 437 359.78 |
||||
Mamokgalake Chuene Attorneys |
Legal services |
Current and on-going |
R 249 249.66 |
||||
Mothle Jooma Sabdia Inc. |
Legal services |
Current and on-going |
R 1 918 884.89 |
||||
Nyapotse Inc Attorneys |
Legal services |
Current and on-going |
R 1 008 262.99 |
||||
Ramcharan Shaikh Attorneys |
Legal services |
Current and on-going |
R 63 102.99 |
||||
Ramushu Mashile Twala |
Legal services |
Current and on-going |
R 242 665.62 |
||||
Rooth & Wessels Inc. |
Legal services |
Current and on-going |
R 452 074.85 |
||||
Aligned Concepts Recruitment Risk And Advisory Services |
Consulting and Professional services |
Aug 2017 |
2 months |
R 298 000.00 |
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Careways (Pty) Ltd |
Consulting and Professional Fees |
June 2016 |
3 years |
R 52 743.21 |
|||
Kpmg Inc |
Hotline and anonymous services |
July 2017 |
3 years |
R 31 350.00 |
|||
Lexis Nexis |
Screening services |
May 2014 |
3 years |
R 16 910.81 |
|||
Sab And T Bee Services |
Consulting and audit services |
November 2016 |
5 months |
R 276 464.15 |
|||
South African Credit And Risk Reporting Association |
Consulting and Professional Fees |
June 2017 |
3 years |
R 414 000.00 |
|||
Wandagugu Asset Management |
Assets disposal services |
April 2017 |
1 month |
R 4 179.20 |
|||
Workdynamics (Pty) Ltd |
Competency assessments |
September 2014 |
3 years |
R 217 916.04 |
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National Empowerment Fund (NEF) |
The NEF has contracted 36 service providers currently |
BNM Technology |
Mentorship services |
July 2015 |
3 years |
R3 000 000.00 per annum (approved budget) |
Mr Mziwabantu Dayimani General Council Ms Innocentia Pule Chief Financial Officer |
Excellence Business Consulting |
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Fresh Thinking Coaching |
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FSI Consultants |
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Huda Consulting |
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JHRP Management Services T/A Business Specialists Group International |
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Letlotlo Ranyathole & Associates |
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Luswazi Gumbi Inc |
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Mamesidi & Associates (M Phakoago) |
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Mokgongoa Agriculture Gardening Enterprises |
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Molo Consulting & Trading |
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SA Business Owner & Company |
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Sakaza Communications |
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Segakweng Enterprise & Strategy Consulting |
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Tenox Management |
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The Mufasa Coaching Practice |
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Trioflex Trading |
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YM Holdings |
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BGH Business Solutions |
Improved business efficiencies Facilitation of access to markets through marketing interventions |
2015 |
On-going and current |
R1 800 000.00 spend on average per annum |
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Boikano Accountants |
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Maboya Consulting |
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PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC) |
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Basis Points Capital |
Back office interventions |
July 2015 |
3 years |
R1 750 000.00 per annum |
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Blueprint Holdings |
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Business Enterprises At University Of Pretoria |
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Fevertree Consulting |
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Future Foresight |
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Letsema Consulting |
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Limarco |
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N Ndlovu & Associates |
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Opis Advisory |
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Sab &T T/A Nexia |
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SADL Consulting |
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Sekela Xabiso |
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Sungula Holdings changed name to Mabuhle Holdings |
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Unleash Corporate Financial Consultants |
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National Gambling Board (NGB) |
The NGB has contracted 3 service providers currently |
FuseIT |
Development of an IT internally generated software for National Registers |
March 2017 |
Fourteen (14) months (end date: 31 May 2018) |
R4,479,972 |
Ms. Edith Maphisa – Director (FuseIT) Mr. Sydney Ramasodi (Senior Manager Compliance Oversight – NGB) |
Route Monitoring (Pty) Ltd (RM) |
Supply, installation, commissioning, operation, management and maintenance of a National Central Electronic Monitoring System (NCEMS) for limited payout machines in the Republic of South Africa and the collection of related monitoring fees |
December 2017 |
8 years |
R1,136,145,110 |
Mr. Virindra Virjanand Parmanand Director (RM) Ms. Caroline Kongwa Administrator – NGB |
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Demacon Research and Projects (Pty) Ltd |
Research to Determine the Impact of Electronic Bingo Terminals on the Traditional Bingo, Limited Payout Machine and Casino Sectors within the Regulated Gambling Industry |
March 2018 |
6 months |
R751,716 |
Consultant has been appointed however the Contract is yet to be finalised |
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Research to Determine the Current Status of Transformation and Growth in the South African Gambling Industry |
March 2018 |
5 Months |
R649,914 |
Consultant has been appointed however the Contract is yet to be finalised |
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National Lotteries Commission (NLC) |
The NLC has contracted 18 service providers currently |
Data World (PTY) LTD |
Implementation of Geographical Information System (GIS) |
November 2015 |
3 years |
R 2 990 106.00 |
Ms Thabang Mampane Commissioner |
Meeki Investment Cc |
Provision of service to conduct research as & when |
January 2016 |
3 years |
Average Rates Per Person |
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Kayamandi Development Services |
Provision of service to conduct research |
January 2016 |
3 years |
Average Rates Per Person |
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Ground Control Connect (PTY) LTD |
Provision of service to conduct research |
January 2016 |
3 years |
Average Rates Per Person |
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Enterprise University of Pretoria (PTY) LTD |
Provision of service to conduct research |
January 2016 |
3 years |
Average Rates Per Person |
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Mthente Research & Consulting Services |
Provision of service to conduct research |
January 2016 |
3 years |
Average Rates Per Person |
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TNS Research Surveys |
Provision of service to conduct research |
January 2016 |
3 years |
Average Rates Per Person |
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On-Board Consulting |
Consultants - Technical Construction Service Providers |
April 2016 |
3 years |
R5 911 500.00 |
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T2 Tech |
Consultants - Technical Construction Service Providers |
April 2016 |
3 years |
R5 027 100.00 |
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SRSQ Consortium |
Consultants - Technical Construction Service Providers |
April 2016 |
3 years |
R6 598 200.00 |
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Dikgabo Consulting |
Consultants - Technical Construction Service Providers |
April 2016 |
3 years |
R6 969 000.00 |
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Managed Integrity Evaluation (Pty)Ltd |
Provision of probity checks |
October 2016 |
3 years |
Rate per employee |
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KPMG |
Whistle blowing service |
October 2016 |
3 years |
R123 120.00 |
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Business Connexion (Pty) Ltd |
Oracle Functional Support |
October 2017 |
2 years |
R11 936 861.00 |
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4 Chakras Consulting |
Business Process review |
October 2017 |
03 Months |
R1 267 794.00 |
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S24 Business Group |
Conduct Impact evaluation study |
November 2017 |
06 Months |
R1 000 000.00 |
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IsiQhingi Communications (Pty) Ltd |
Compilation of annual report 2017-18 |
February 2018 |
06 Months |
R 499 973.00 |
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PWC |
Conduct a comprehensive evaluation of NLC’s Board of Directors |
February 2018 |
03 Months |
R 293 789.00 |
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National Metrology Institute of South Africa (NMISA) |
The NMISA has contracted 04 service providers currently |
MMM advisory services |
Internal auditing of IT services |
January 2018 |
2 months |
R369 054.00 |
Mr Ndwakhulu Mukhufhi Chief Executive Officer |
PE Corporate Services |
Job evaluation for support staff |
March 2016 |
17 months |
R47 880.00 |
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Genesis Analytics Pty Ltd |
Project Officer (PO) for the NMISA’s recapitalisation project |
April 2014 |
Current and on-going |
R4 577 109.57 |
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Deloitte Consulting (Pty) Ltd |
Transaction Advisor for NMISA’s recapitalisation project |
March 2015 |
Current and on-going |
R8 383 261.87 |
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National Regulator For Compulsory Specifications (NRCS) |
The NRCS has contracted 37 service providers currently |
Work Dynamics (Pty) Ltd |
Competency assessments |
December 2017 |
3 years |
R500 000.00 |
E Mamadise Acting Chief Executive Officer |
The Assessment Toolbox (Pty) Ltd |
December 2017 |
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ICAS Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd |
January 2018 |
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Managed Integrity Evalaution (Pty) Ltd |
April 2018 |
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Landelahni Assessment (Pty) Ltd |
November 2017 |
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SPT Consulting (Pty) Ltd |
December 2017 |
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Adams & Adams (Pretoria) |
Panel of Attorneys |
May 2015 |
3 years |
R1 000 000.00 |
A Moodley Chief Executive Officer |
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Collin Nciki Attorneys |
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Mothle Jooma Sabdia Attorneys Incorporated |
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Ndobela & Lamola Attorneys |
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Maponya Attorneys Notaries & Conveyancers |
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Macndhlovu Incorporated Attorneys |
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Hogan Lovells Attorneys |
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Diale Mogoshoa Attorneys |
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Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr (DLA) Attorneys (Johannesburg) |
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Poswa Incorporated |
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Malebye Motaung Mthembu Incorporated |
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Roy Ramdaw Associates |
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Menye Attorneys |
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Mmela Mtsweni Attorneys |
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Anisa Khan Attorneys |
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Edward Nathan Sonneberg Attorneys |
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Moche Attorneys |
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Ergonomix (Pty) Ltd |
Payroll services |
April 2018 |
6 months |
R 284 050.00 |
E Mamadise (Chief Executive Officer) |
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Gildenhuys Malatji Incorporated |
Debt Collection |
October 2015 |
3 years |
15% of successful collection court action and 16.25% successful collection on call centre |
A Moodley (Chief Executive Officer) |
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O.M.A Chartered Accountants |
Co-sourced levy audits |
February 2016 |
3 years |
Contingency Fee Basis.R1-10 million recovered- 16.53% inclusive of VAT (or 14.5% exclusive of VAT) of amount recovered. R10-30 million recovered – 13.68% inclusive of VAT (or 12% exclusive of VAT) of amount recovered. Greater than 30 million recovered -11.4% inclusive of VAT (10% exclusive of VAT) of amount recovered |
A Moodley (Chief Executive Officer) |
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ICAS Employee and Organization Enhancement Services Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd |
Employee Wellness Services |
July 2016 |
3 years |
R 456 876.00 |
A Moodley (Chief Executive Officer) |
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Managed Integrity Evaluation (Pty) Ltd |
Verification Services |
December 2016 |
2 years |
R500 000.00 |
E Mamadise (Acting Chief Executive Officer) |
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Deloitte & Touch |
Actuarial Services for a period of three years |
May 2017 |
3 years |
R 90 426.97 |
E Mamadise (Acting Chief Executive Officer) |
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Deloitte Consulting (Pty) Ltd |
Grading of Position Services |
September 2017 |
1 year |
R50 000.00 |
E Mamadise (Acting Chief Executive Officer) |
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BEE Online Advisory (Pty) Ltd |
BEEE Verification Services for a period of three years |
January 2018 |
3 years |
R 239 400.00 |
E Mamadise (Acting Chief Executive Officer) |
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State Information Technology Agency (SITA) |
Gartner Subscription Services for a period of two years |
January 2018 |
2 years |
R 1 696 747.50 |
R Abdool (Acting Chief Executive Officer) |
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Bytes Universal Systems a Division of Altron TMT (Pty) Ltd |
JDE Technical support services for a period of three years |
January 2016 |
3 years |
R783 929.66 |
A Moodley (Acting Chief Executive Officer) |
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A2A Kopano Incorporated |
Co-sourced Internal Audit Services for a period of three years |
February 2018 |
3 years |
R3 427 514.70 |
E Mamadise Acting Chief Executive Officer |
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Gemini Moon trading (Pty) Ltd trading as Nexus Travel |
Travel Management Services |
March 2018 |
3 years |
Travel Management Consultant. The contract is based on off-site transactional fee model which is a fixed amount per service based on volumes |
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Resolve Solution Partners a division of Imperial Logistics SA Group (Pty) Ltd |
JDE Application Support Services for a period of 16 months |
February 2018 |
16 months |
R349 200.00 |
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KPMG Services (Pty) Ltd |
Ethics Hotline Services for a period of three years |
June 2017 |
3 years |
R157 320.00 |
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South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) |
The SABS has contracted 13 service providers currently |
Aspect Advisory |
Advisory Services - Cost Allocation Methodology |
February 2018 |
4 months |
R630 000.00 |
Ms Boitumelo Mosako, CFO |
Bigen Africa Services |
Technical Maintenance and OHS services |
July 2014 |
3 years |
R1 838 245.39 |
Dr Boni Mehlomakulu, CEO |
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Ernest and Young |
Advisory Services - IFRS Implementation |
October 2015 |
3 years |
R932 677.00 |
Ms Amanda Gcabashe, Acting CFO |
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Gapp Architects & Urban Designers jhb |
Advisory Services - Property Advisor |
July 2017 |
3 years |
R1 372 461.40 |
Ms Boitumelo Mosako, CFO |
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Grant Thornton Advisory Services |
Advisory Services - Review of Finance Functions & Processes |
November 2016 |
3 years |
R267 216.30 |
Ms Boitumelo Mosako, CFO |
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KPMG |
Gap Analysis Review |
April 2014 |
5 years |
R73 977.92 |
Elis Lefteris, CEO |
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Laetoli |
Human Resources Consulting Services |
January 2017 |
9 months |
R295 000.00 |
Mr I Plaatjes, Acting Executive: Human Capital |
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Limelight Software Solutions |
Electronic Digital Certification |
April 2016 |
3 years |
R16 500.00 |
Mr Mothusi Motjale, GM: Procurement Services |
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Meta Performance |
Business Process Review |
March 2015 |
6 months |
R560 000.00 |
Mr Mothusi Motjale, GM: Procurement Services |
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PriceWaterhouseCoopers |
Actuarial Services |
October 2015 |
3 years |
R170 096.00 |
Mr Mothusi Motjale, GM: Procurement Services |
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Rakoma & Associates |
Audit Services - Internal |
November 2015 |
3 years |
R333 211.67 |
Ms Boitumelo Mosako, CFO |
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SAB & T Chartered Accountants Inc |
Audit Services - Internal |
October 2015 |
3 years |
R251 165.00 |
Ms Boitumelo Mosako, CFO |
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SizweNtsalubaGobodo Advisory Services |
Advisory Services - VAT |
September 2017 |
2 years |
R67 883.60 |
Ms Khuliswa Mazizi, Acting GM: Procurement Services |
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South African National Accreditation System (SANAS) |
The SANAS has contracted 7 service providers currently |
Labour Net |
Labour Relations services |
2017 - 2018 |
1 year |
R45 600.00 |
Mr Ron Josias Chief Executive Officer |
Bornman & Associates |
Project Management Services - Building |
2017- 2018 |
1 year |
R984 622.00 |
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CPI Holdings |
Payroll Services |
March 2016 |
3 years |
R202 635.00 |
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Du Pont Telekom |
IT Networks |
2017 - 2018 |
1 year |
R82 730.00 |
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EOH Management Services |
Server Management & Support |
2017 - 2018 |
1 year |
R14 065.00 |
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HR Focus Holdings |
Software Licenses |
2017 - 2018 |
1 year |
R21 169.00 |
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Travel with Flair |
Travel Agency |
2017 - 2018 |
1 year |
R12 000 000.00 |
Board of Directors |
03 May 2018 - NW1061
van der Merwe, Ms LL to ask the Minister of Social Development
With regard to the Government's fight against gender-based violence, what (a) is the outcome of the Government's review of the Integrated Programme of Action Addressing Violence Against Women and Children, (b) are the reasons it has failed and (c) are the new plans envisaged by Government to ensure that the tide against the scourge of gender-based violence starts turning?
Reply:
Please refer to DPME
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Approved by the Minister on
Date……………………….
03 May 2018 - NW1090
Xalisa, Mr Z R to ask the Minister of Police:
What (a) number of consulting firms or companies are currently contracted by (i) his department and (ii) the entities reporting to him and (b}(i) is the name of each consultant, (ii} are the relevant details of the service provided in each case and (iii) is the (aa) start date, {bb} time period, (cc) monetary value in Rands of each contract and (dd) name and position of each individual who signed off on each contract?
Reply:
( a)(i)(ii) )(b )(i)(ii)(iii}( aa)(bb )(cc)( dd)
The SAPS does not have any contracts with consultants, in place.
Reply to question 1090 recommended
GENERAL NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE
KJ SITOLE (SOEG)
Date: 2018-05-01
Reply to question 1090 approved/not approved
MINISTER OF POLICE
BH CELE, MP
Date: 2018-05-03
03 May 2018 - NW960
Kalyan, Ms SV to ask the Minister of Health
Does his department offer free prescription glasses to persons living with albinism?
Reply:
Yes, they are being offered in public facilities free of charge where Optometry services are available. Otherwise they get referred to a higher facility if they cannot offer the service.
END.
03 May 2018 - NW1156
Bara, Mr M R to ask the Minister of Police
(1) What is the current status of the investigation into CAS 04/08/2001 opened at the Amersfoort Police Station in Mpumalanga; (2) whether any suspects have been (a) questioned and/or (b) arrested; if not, in each case, why not; if so, what are the relevant details in each case; (3) what are the names of the investigating officer(s) that was or were assigned to investigate the charges; ( 4) whether the case has been finalised; if not, what is the envisaged date for the finalisation of the case; if so, what are the details of the outcome of the case?
Reply:
(1} Amersfoort CAS 04/08/2001 - Theft from motor vehicle is closed, as undetected.
(2) No suspect could be linked to the crime.
(3) The particulars of the investigating officer cannot be divulged to ensure that the case is investigated without fear or favour.
(4) The case is finalised and was closed, as undetected on 2002-09-30.
Reply to question 1156 recommended/not recommended
GENERAL NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE
KJ SITOLE (SOEG)
Date: 2018-05-01
Reply to question 1156 approved/not approved
MINISTER OF POLICE
BH CELE, MP
Date: 2018-05-03
03 May 2018 - NW1059
van der Merwe, Ms LL to ask the Ms L L van der Merwe (IFP) to ask Minister of Social Development
What steps has she taken to establish the Advisory Board on Social Development, as mandated by the Advisory Board on Social Development Act, Act 3 of 2001?
Reply:
I have assumed Office in the Department of Social Development on 26th February 2018. The Department is currently reviewing the White Paper on Social Development which, amongst others, deals with the institutional and coordination mechanisms within the Department. This process may necessitate the review of related legislation including the implementation of the Advisory Board for Social Development Act, 2001 (Act No. 3 of 2001).
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Approved by the Minister on
Date……………………….