Questions and Replies

Reply:

The information has been provided in the Annual Performance Report tabled in parliament.

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Ms Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane MP,

Minister

Date:

Reply:

1. Yes

(a) Dr Lufuno Marwala

(b) The duties of the Special Advisor are as follows:

• To assist and advise the Minister on the administration of both the Department of Communications (DoC) and Government Communication & Information System (GCIS); and
• Advise the Minister on the oversight responsibility of all entities in the portfolio.

(c) Level IV as per the Special Advisor dispensation by DPSA.

(d) The salary level 16.

(e) The employment contract is linked to the Minister’s term of office.

(f) It was necessary to appoint the Special Advisor in the Ministry, to advise the Minister to perform her duties efficiently and effectively in the areas of administration and Oversight in all the entities to address critical challenges that requires Ministers urgent intervention.

(2) Yes, Mr. Sandile Nene.

(a) The duties of the special advisor are as follows:

• Provide specialist advice on the broadcasting sector and regulatory matters.
• Provide specialist advice to the Minister on founding legislation of all entities and execution thereof.
• Provide advice to the Minister on research as well as managing relationships with the sector, academia, caucus, and civil society groups in order to facilitate progress on policy and legislation within the Minister’s portfolio responsibilities.

(b) Level III as per the Special Advisor dispensation by DPSA.

(c) The salary level 15.

(d) The employment contract is linked to the Minister’s term of office.

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Ms Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane MP,

Minister of Communications

Date:

Reply:

Honourable Member, in accordance with the established practise applicable to parliamentary questions contained in the document titled, “Guide to Parliamentary Questions in the National Assembly”, I will not be able to provide names of the companies that conducted valuations as requested. The document referred to prohibits Members of Parliament, including the Executive, from divulging names of persons, bodies when asking or responding to parliamentary questions. It specifically states the following:

 

“Questions are to be framed as concisely as possible. All unnecessary adjectives, references and quotations are omitted. Names of persons, bodies and, for example, newspapers are only used in questions if the facts surrounding the case have been proven. As the mere mention of such names could be construed as publicity for or against them, it should be clear that this practice is highly undesirable. If a question will be unintelligible without mentioning such names, the Departments concerned are notified of the name (-s) and this phrase is used: ".......a certain person (name furnished)”

Further, the Housing Development Agency (HDA) is a national public development agency that promotes sustainable communities by making well-located and appropriately-planned land and buildings available for the development of human settlements. As its primary activities, the HDA assembles state, private and communal land and buildings and releases it for human settlement development. It also provides land and housing delivery support services to organs of state at local, provincial and national level.

I have been informed that all land valuations undertaken by the HDA in Limpopo were undertaken at the request of the Provincial Department of COGSTA and the information is provided in the table below:

Number of valuations undertaken by HDA for Limpopo Coghta and Municipalities
Financial years	Municipality	Number of properties valued	Number of valuations	(a) Amount
(aa) 2013/14	None	0	0
(bb) 2014/15	Greater Tzaneen Municipality	4	6	R 25 000
				R 23 165
				R 27 500
				R 7 600
				R 8 395
				R 16 905
	Greater Tubatse	3	6	R 27 300
				R 22 500
				R 24 000
	Modimolle	1	3	The three service providers appointed to conduct land valuations in the Modimolle municipal district were contracted to do valuations in other areas and therefore did not separate the amounts for the work undertaken.
(cc) 2015/16	Elias Motsoaledi	1	3	R 19 150
				R 9 745
				R 24 000
(dd) 2016/17	Ephraim Mogale	1	3	R 7 600
				R 11 145
				R 6 874
	Elias Motsoaledi	1	3	R 12 850
				R 11 145
				R 8 718

 

Reply:

No

a) Not Applicable

1. Not Applicable
2. Not Applicable

b) Not Applicable

c) Not Applicable

1. Not Applicable
2. Not Applicable

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Ms. Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane MP,

Minister

Date:

Reply:

1.

a) The Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) has followed up on complaints laid by the Association of Independent Publishers (AIP) and the matter has been finalised.

b) (i) An internal investigation was conducted and finalised by (ii) departmental staff.

C) The agency has been excluded from the GCIS panel of service providers.

2. No, the GCIS has terminated business relationships with the agency.

3. (a) (b) The contractual period of the panel of service providers ran from September 2016 to August 2017.

(c) The GCIS Bid Adjudication Committee recommended the successful bidders to the Accounting Officer for award.

 

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Ms Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane MP,

Minister

Date:

Reply:

Honourable Member, in accordance with the established practise applicable to parliamentary questions contained in the document titled, “Guide to Parliamentary Questions in the National Assembly”, I will not be able to provide names of the companies that conducted valuations as requested. The document referred to prohibits Members of Parliament, including the Executive, from divulging names of persons, bodies when asking or responding to parliamentary questions. It specifically states the following:

 

“Questions are to be framed as concisely as possible. All unnecessary adjectives, references and quotations are omitted. Names of persons, bodies and, for example, newspapers are only used in questions if the facts surrounding the case have been proven. As the mere mention of such names could be construed as publicity for or against them, it should be clear that this practice is highly undesirable. If a question will be unintelligible without mentioning such names, the Departments concerned are notified of the name (-s) and this phrase is used: ".......a certain person (name furnished)”

Further, the Housing Development Agency (HDA) is a national public development agency that promotes sustainable communities by making well-located and appropriately-planned land and buildings available for the development of human settlements. As its primary activities, the HDA assembles state, private and communal land and buildings and releases it for human settlement development. It also provides land and housing delivery support services to organs of state at local, provincial and national level.

I have been informed that all land valuations undertaken by the HDA in Limpopo were undertaken at the request of the Provincial Department of COGSTA and the information is provided in the table below:

Number of valuations undertaken by HDA for Limpopo Coghta and Municipalities
Financial years	Municipality	Number of properties valued	Number of valuations	(a) Amount
(aa) 2013/14	None	0	0
(bb) 2014/15	Greater Tzaneen Municipality	4	6	R 25 000
				R 23 165
				R 27 500
				R 7 600
				R 8 395
				R 16 905
	Greater Tubatse	3	6	R 27 300
				R 22 500
				R 24 000
	Modimolle	1	3	The three service providers appointed to conduct land valuations in the Modimolle municipal district were contracted to do valuations in other areas and therefore did not separate the amounts for the work undertaken.
(cc) 2015/16	Elias Motsoaledi	1	3	R 19 150
				R 9 745
				R 24 000
(dd) 2016/17	Ephraim Mogale	1	3	R 7 600
				R 11 145
				R 6 874
	Elias Motsoaledi	1	3	R 12 850
				R 11 145
				R 8 718

 

Reply:

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS

a) No.

1. Not applicable
2. Not applicable

(aa) Not applicable

(bb) Not applicable

BRAND SOUTH AFRICA (BSA)

b) No.

1. Not Applicable
2. Not Applicable

(aa) Not Applicable

(bb) Not Applicable

(cc) Not Applicable

FILM AND PUBLICATION BOARD (FPB)

b) No.

(i) Not Applicable

(ii)Not Applicable

(aa) Not Applicable

(bb) Not Applicable

(cc) Not Applicable

SOUTH AFRICAN BROADCASTNG CORPORATION

b) No.

1. Not Applicable
2. Not Applicable

(aa) Not Applicable

(bb) Not Applicable

(cc) Not Applicable

INDEPENDENT COMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY OF SOUTH AFRICA (ICASA)

c) Yes

(ii) None

(iii) SADC Material Roundtable Discussion on the SADC Home and Away Roaming (SHAR)

(aa) SADC conference

(bb) R20, 007. 00

(cc) Promotional material for the SADC conference

MEDIA DIVERSITY AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY (MDDA)

(b) Yes

(i)

(aa) The MDDA sponsored Nonala Tose Productions

(bb) R20, 000.00

(cc) For the Women in Media Event held in Port Elizabeth on 20 August

2016 as this event brought together media students, who could be potential

Community Media owners/journalists with seasoned media professionals.

(ii)

(aa) The MDDA sponsored Nonala Tose Productions

(bb) R60,000.00

(cc) for the Women in Media Event held in Johannesburg, on 12 August 2017,

based on the success of the previous sponsorship in 2016. This was a strategic partnership aimed at educating, inspiring and imparting knowledge to media student on all aspects of the media.

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Ms. Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane MP,

Minister

Date:

Reply:

(1). In 2015 the Department budgeted R 60 279 000 and expenditure was R 68 490 019.00. Over expenditure was (-R8 211 019).

In 2016 the Department budgeted R 44 156 750 and expenditure was R 45 262 976.80.Over expenditure was (-R1 106 336.80)

In 2017 the Department budgeted R 35 694 000 and expenditure was R 35 482 522. The under expenditure was R211 478.

(2). As indicated above, the department had an overspending in 2015 and 2016, and an under spending in 2017.

The over expenditure in 2015 and 2016 were due to Cabinet Committee’s recommendations that the Marketing and Communication aspect of Africa Month must be elevated to deal with some of the negative messages emanating from the xenophobic attacks that have tarnished the Country’s image globally. The recommendations also added that the Colloquium Programming be heightened to reflect the different African continent regions.

The Committee also emphasised that 2015, is an inaugural year of Africa Month and there is a need for a ‘Big Bang’ approach in the way Africa Month marketing is planned. As such an extra scope of work had to be developed taking into account the additional elements in implementing the revised and elevated Africa Month Programme.

Changes in the theme and increased scope of work necessitated extra marketing and communications strategies to widely popularize Africa Month and the Colloquium programme that were not initial budgeted for.

As a result of these developments, additional financial implications were incurred from the following additional items in 2015:- TNA breakfast, Equilibruim publication; Billboards, On ground activation, CNBC Partnership Package, Colloquium media, World Economic Forum Africa meeting, as well as Independent news supplement.

In 2016 an amount of R6 million was approved on the basis that the same branding materials used in 2015 will be re-used in 2016. However, it was changed, hence over expenditure was incurred again in 2016.

In 2017 the under expenditure was due to the fact that R3.5 million was allocated for media space, and only R3, 231 765. was spent, as an article on Sawubona Magazine was cancelled due to the fact that Ndalo Media was not compliant with Treasury regulations and their Tax certificate had expired.

Reply:

No Board is responsible for Procurement process, therefore the question doesn’t arise.

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Ms Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane MP,

Minister

Date:

 

Reply:

Yes, a panel of advertising procurement agencies was selected and constituted through a transparent tender process.

a) All awarded tenders and successful bidders are listed on the GCIS website at https://www.gcis.gov.za/content/about-us/procurement/awarded-bids

b) There was no stipulated contract amount for the panel of service providers tenders as the community print campaigns that GCIS implements are dependent on departmental requests. No reliable demand forecasts are available to plan a contract value.

c) All the agencies are listed on the GCIS website as per (a) above.

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Ms Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane MP,

Minister

Date:

Reply:

(1) (a) An amount of R 3,262 000.00 was paid out in bonuses to employees in 2016-17 financial year.

(1) (b) The detailed information about a salary package of an employee is based on an employer- employee confidential information relationship. We can however refer the members to our Annual Report of 2016 2017 wherein the broad breakdown is provided and that information was subjected to an external audit process.

(2) The Public Service Regulations stipulates that a department may pay not more than 1, 5% of its pay roll. GCIS uses that as a guide in projecting its anticipated bonus payment and based on signed Performance Agreement Operational Plans of each employee.

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Ms Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane, MP

Minister

Date:

Reply:

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS

Financial Year	Number Of Copies Printed	Costs	Annual Reports Distributed To Parliament	Circulated to DoC official	Circulated to SOE’s and Other Stakeholders Remaining Copies
2015/16	100	R57 0678,96	60	23	17 were distributed to other stakeholders
2016/17	100	R94 821,57	60	11	29 were distributed to other stakeholders

BRAND SOUTH AFRICA (BSA)

Financial Year	Number Of Copies Printed	Costs	Annual Reports Distributed To Parliament	Circulated to the stakeholders
2015/16	500	R300,126.00	60 copies	The rest of the copies were sent to Brand SA stakeholders and uploaded to the system.
2016/17	500	R345,626.00	60 copies

FILM AND PUBLICATION BOARD (FPB)

Financial Year	Number Of Copies Printed	Costs	Annual Reports Distributed To Parliament	Circulated to the stakeholders
2015/16	400	R329,117.43	60	The rest of the copies were distributed to stakeholders, Parliament, Treasury, Auditor General, GCIS, Department of Communications, FPB Council Members, FPB Executives and Management, FPB Regional Offices and FPB stakeholder engagements sessions
2016/17	400	R305,322.67	60

INDEPENDENT COMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY OF SOUTH AFRICA (ICASA)

Financial Year	Number Of Copies Printed	Costs	Annual Reports Distributed To Parliament	Circulated to the stakeholders
2015/16	150	R131,446.50	60	Remaining 90 were circulated to stakeholders
2016/17	150	R60,958.19	60

MEDIA DIVERSITY AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY (MDDA)

Financial Year	Number Of Copies Printed	Costs	Annual Reports Distributed To Parliament	Circulated to the stakeholders
2015/16	1000	R302,632.30	60	The rest of the copies were sent to various stakeholders, Executive Authority, Funders and community media beneficiaries.
2016/17	1000	R300,012.00	60

SOUTH AFRICAN BROADCASTNG CORPORATION

Financial Year	Number Of Copies Printed	Costs	Annual Reports Distributed To Parliament	Circulated to the stakeholders
2015/16	1500 litho copies 100 Digital 10 CDs	R195,070.00 R20,640.00	60	The rest of the copies has distributed to parliament, National Treasury, DOC. SABC provincial offices, SABC Board, management and staff members.
2016/17	1500 litho copies 100 Digital 10 CDs	R207,700.00 18,720.00	60

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Ms Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane MP,

Minister

Date:

Reply:

a) The Department does not own any land.

b) However the following entities do own land;

ENTITY	(i) LOCATION	(ii) SIZE	(iii) PURPOSE FOR WHICH IT IS USED
CF	1. Corner Southspansberg & Hamilton street, Arcadia, Pretoria. 2. ERF 252 Phalo street, Bisho	1. 10584 square meters 2. 801 square meters	1. Compensation Fund Head Office 2. The land is leased to Public works in order to build offices.
UIF	1. ERF 895 Phalo Avenue, Bisho 2. ERF 43 Corners Garden road & Post office street, Thohoyandou 3. ERF 834, 20 Trevenna Street, Pretoria	1. 826 square meters 2. 1200 square meters 3. 2519 square meters	1. Undergoing refurbishment 2. Undergoing refurbishment 3. Undergoing refurbishment
ENTITY	(i) LOCATION	(ii) SIZE	(iii) PURPOSE FOR WHICH IT IS USED
	4. ERF 3384, 94 WF Nkomo Street, Pretoria	4. 8454 square meters	4. Undergoing refurbishment
NEDLAC	ERF 2015 Rosebank	1613 square meters	Nedlac Office

Reply:

(a) Not Applicable

(b) Not Applicable

(i) Not Applicable

(ii) Not Applicable

(aa) Not Applicable

(bb) Not Applicable

During the 2016-2017 financial year there were no XX Rating issued by the FPB.

Since 1st April 2017 no XX rating issued by the FPB.

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Ms Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane MP,

Minister

Date:

Reply:

The services that my Department and its entities procure from any service provider, be it in the sphere of travel management and or accomodation, are services that are always awarded after a fair, equitable, transparent, competitive and cost-effective bid process in line with Section 38 (1) (a) (iii) of the Public Finance Management Act. Such procurement processes are administered by the Department’s Bid Evaluation Committee in terms of the same Act.

All procurement procedures and processes are audited annually and the information pertaining to the audit opinion on these matters is reflected in the relevant annual reports which are readily available as public documents.

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Reply:

I never took any decision to transfer 160 employees from the payroll of the National Department of Health to that of the Gauteng Department of Health.

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Reply:

(1)The mandate of concluding Prisoner Transfer Agreements is vested with the Department of Correctional Services.

(2)The Department is not aware of such a meeting. The question should be directed to the Department of Correctional Services.

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Reply:

(1) (a), (b), (c) The Department of Health has four (4) Forensic Chemistry Laboratories in the whole country and these are not necessarily distributed Provincially and hence I cannot give you any provincial figures.

(i) and (ii) Please see above

(2) The challenges in the Forensic Chemistry Laboratories relate to high volumes of samples received for blood alcohol for drunken driving which increases the workload. These high volumes in blood alcohol sample were received in the 2016/17 and the first five months of 2017/18.

(3) The Department has purchased additional equipment to deal with the blood alcohol volumes.

Secondly samples are distributed across the four (4) FCLs.

Overtime work is also implemented to assist in decreasing the backlog.

Finally, the real solution is to reduce the high incidence of drunken driving in our roads.

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Reply:

Electoral Commission

CEO

(1)(a) Yes.

(2)(a) The Chief Electoral Officer is Mr Simon Phatudi Mamabolo.

(2)(b)(i) He was appointed on 1 October 2017.

(2)(b)(ii) His term ends on September 2022.

CFO

(1)(b) The Chief Financial Officer position is currently vacant.

(2)(a) Not applicable

(2)(b)(i-ii) Not applicable

Government Printing Works

CEO

(1)(a) Not applicable. The post of Chief Executive Officer of GPW is vacant and has been advertised on 16 October 2017.

(2)(a) Ms Thandi Moyo who is the General Manager: Special Projects at GPW is acting in the position until the post is filled.

(2)(i) Not applicable.

(2)(ii) Not applicable.

CFO

(1)(b) Yes.

(2)(a) The Chief Financial Officer is Ms Josephine Meyer.

(2)(b)(i) She was appointed on 1 April 2017.

(2)(b)(ii) Not applicable.

Reply:

(1)The Department has not been authorised by the prisoner to divulge information on her case.

(2)The mandate of concluding Prisoner Transfer Agreements is vested with the Department of Correctional Services.The Department of International Relations and Cooperation is not aware of any Prisoner Transfer Agreement(and programmes) that has been concluded with any country or countries.

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Reply:

I am aware of the arbitration hearings between employees of the Department, the Department's Labour Relations Committee and a Commissioner of the Bargaining Council. The parties to the arbitration are still awaiting the outcome of the Comissioner.

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Reply:

(a) and (b) There are no application since the African Renaissance and International Cooperation Fund (ARF) does not have a board. However, in terms of the ARF Act 51 of 2000, Section 5. (1) it states that “the Minister must, in consultation with the Minister of Finance, establish an Advisory Committee consisting of the following members—

(a) the Director-General or the delegate of the Director-General;

(b) three officers of the Department appointed by the Minister; and

(c) two officers of the Department of Finance appointed by the Minister of Finance”.

 

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Reply:

The NHI Bill is still to go to Parliament and be passed into a law first before budget plans per province can be entertained.

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Reply:

(a) The breakdown of the linear accelerator at Addington Hospital resulted from lack of maintenance following a dispute between the suppliers and the KZN Department of Health. This has resulted in the province contracting a new service provider to maintain the equipment which from all accounts they failed to do. All oncologists that worked at Addington Hospitals were transferred to work in Inkosi Albert Luthuli Hospital. This also meant that all patients that required radiation in the eThekwini district were referred to Inkosi Albert Luthuli Hospital. It appears that the perceived additional workload at Inkosi Albert Luthuli Hospital contributed to the oncologists resigning.

(b) The Department is in the process of finalising a service level agreement with the supplier of the linear accelerator that requires significant repairs.

The KZN Department of Health has issued a tender to contract private oncologists to work in the public sector. This tender closes on 14 December 2017. In addition, the Department has recently requested the National Department of Health for assistance to recruit English speaking foreign oncologists who are eligible for registration with the Health Professions Council of South Africa.

(c) The National Department of Health has:

1. Placed an order for a new linear accelerator to replace one of those in Addington Hospital; the service provider will also address infrastructure issues related to the bunker, including air-conditioning and leaks.
2. Concluded a benchmarking exercise to assist the KZN Department of Health to evaluate the bids received against the tender referred to above.
3. Commenced with a search for foreign qualified oncologists as a short term measure
4. Developed a national plan for radiation oncology that was approved by the National Health Council on 7 December 2017 – given that the need to strengthen radiation oncology services throughout the country and in anticipation of increased need for these services over the next 5-10 years.

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Reply:

(1) The Admiralty Reserve forms part of the range of zones that describe the coast along with the seashore, coastal waters and coastal buffer zone. It is generally described as a strip of land between 150 to 200 feet (45m to 60m) wide, inland of the high water mark. The Richtersveld coastline in the Northern Cape has no admiralty strip reserved, registered or designated on an official plan deed of grant, tittle deed or other documents evidencing title or land-use right.

(2) The Richtersveld coastline in the Northern Cape has no admiralty strips reserved. The National Environmental Management: Integrated Coastal Management Act, 2008 (Act No. 24 of 2008) does not intend changing any area or status of any strip that exists as admiralty reserve. The Act has a huge influence in how properties adjacent and in proximity of the coast are managed or supposed to be managed.

(3) All admiralty reserves are state land and falls under the custodianship of the National Department of Public Works.

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Reply:

1. Access to the department’s offices in Vereeniging is possible after 15:30 on weekdays until 16:00.

2. Access is not denied. However access may be controlled after 15:30 in the event where queues are long, to ensure that officials can assist the remaining clients that are inside the office until 16:00 and furthermore, to enable officials to knock off at 16:00 as per departmental policy. Employees work 8 hours per day, from 07:30 to 16:00, totalling 40 hours per week, excluding meal intervals. The needs of the Public are considered, and therefore queues are managed and clients that are in the office are served until 16:00.

Reply:

(a-c)(i-ii) Further to the promulgation of the Immigration Regulation during 2014, which changed the collection of repatriation deposits from travellers to RSA, the Department approached National Treasury requesting it to allow the Department to recognise all unclaimed repatriation deposits as revenue in its financial statements, to surrender all unclaimed repatriation deposits to the National Revenue Fund (NRF) and to close the Immigration Control Account.

In order to address the concerns raised by Auditor General in this regard, the Department issued a Government Gazette notifying all travellers that they will forfeit their repatriation deposits if not claimed by 31 March 2016. During the 2015/16 and 2016/17 financial years, the Department performed a reconciliation of the Immigration Control Account and paid over R441, 773 million to the NRF, R69 million to DIRCO and R8,5 million to qualifying travellers. This left the Immigration Control Account with a balance of R2,172 million as at 31 March 2017 – this amount constitutes refunds (un-cashed cheques) due to qualifying travellers.

Based on the above background that outlines the arrangement with National Treasury and the Auditor General, the Immigration Control Account is closed and all unclaimed repatriation deposits are forfeited and surrendered to the NRF.

Reply:

No. The Department of Health is dedicated to implementing the latest available technology to diagnose breast cancers. However the technology using human tears is still being researched and is not available for clinical use.

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Reply:

(1) (a) R44 million.

(b) The project is funded from a special In-kind grant.

(c) Only fencing and consulting fees have been paid up to date, to the amount of R1,493,136.00.

(d) A contractor has been appointed and has already received a letter of award.

(2) (a) (i) and (ii) Names and details of contractors:

LDM Consulting (Pty) Ltd

21 West Riding Row, Sherwood, Durban, 4091

Tel: 031 207 1340

Fax: 031 209 9441

Email: [email protected];

Mpfumelelo Business Enterprise (Pty) Ltd; and

21 Norwin Street, White River, Mpumalanga, 1200

Tel: 013 751 3381

Fax: 013 751 2498

Email: [email protected]

Central Bridge Trading 109.

48 Bester Street, Nelspruit, 1200

Tel: 013 755 1133

Fax: 086 501 2531

Email: [email protected]

(b) Yes. Currently all payments have been made to the service provider and contractor. LDM Consulting (Pty) Ltd has been appointed for the total life cycle of the project, hence the contract has not been concluded with LDM. As the Project Manager/Principal Agent, LDM was appointed to manage the construction of the Clinic. Only the fencing contract was concluded and the main contract for the construction of the Clinic will commence in January 2018 after the builders' break.

(3) (a) and (b) The construction and commissioning will be concluded within 24 months from start to finish. Site hand-over to the contractor was done in November 2017. Construction will commence in January 2018. The construction period is 18 months plus an additional 6 months for the installation of Health Technology equipment and commissioning.

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Reply:

(1) Through the MEC for Health in the Eastern Cape, I was made aware of water challenges facing Butterworth area, thus affecting Butterworth Hospital.

Patients were transferred to other health facilities and no patients were sent home to die.

During the period in question, water carting happened in the hospital. As an additional measure, the Hospital reservoir is being expanded.

The drought situation has drastically improved with the good rains that we received. The Hospital is functioning normally.

(2) Yes, measures were put in place to avert the situation, such as the following:

(a) WATER CARTING

The Department is currently carting water from East London to Butterworth Hospital.

(b) BOREHOLE DRILLING

When the risk was identified by the Department in 2016, Geo-hydrological studies were commissioned by the Eastern Cape Department of Health which unfortunately indicated that there is no underground water in the Butterworth area, hence the Department resolved to initiate a project to construct an additional 800 Kilo Litre water reservoir. The project is currently in procurement. The reservoir will be sufficient to store water for 48 hours.

(c) SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS WITH MNQUMA MUNICIPALITY

The Department made arrangements with Local Municipality to open water specifically to the Hospital reservoir on certain days of the week.

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Reply:

May the Honourable Member please clarify which interns are being referred to. Are you referring to medical interns or any other graduate who was placed in the Department of Health for internship purposes? Please specify that so that I might be able to answer you. I am otherwise unable to relate to an issue of just 160 interns.

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Reply:

(a) and (b) All our health facilities do have running water supply systems.

However, sometimes there may be some interruption due to drought, maintenance work on the system or shortage from the main source of supply, for example, a dried borehole or very low dam levels. It may also happen if there are local government problems in that municipality.

In such cases arrangements are made at facility level with the relevant municipality to cart water to such a facility until the problem is solved.

Jojo water tanks are also installed in many clinics and CHCs to harvest rain water and utilise in case of emergencies.

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Reply:

(a) Yes. The present operating system is out of date and thus not subject to maintenance support and also outside Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) maintenance and support. The absence of maintenance and support will negatively impact on the reliability and performance stability of operating environment and systems, and also render our network security vulnerable. The upgrade of our Operating System (OS) necessitated the upgrade of all applications systems in the environment to ensure software compatibility and integration including access to new patches, bug fixes and security enhancements.

(a)(i-v) The information on the software are tabulated in the Annexure A attached.

(b) Yes. The present ICT hardware infrastructure (i.e. servers, backup devices, switches, printers, etc.) is out of date and thus not subject to maintenance support, most of the hardware is older than 10 years and also outside Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) maintenance support and availability of spare parts. The absence of maintenance, support and spare parts will negatively impact on the reliability and performance stability our ICT infrastructure and render our network security vulnerable.

(a)(i-v) The details of the hardware are tabulated in the Annexure B attached.

ANNEXURE A : SOFTWARE
Procurement Items	(i) what is the purpose of each purchase	(ii) which company has been awarded each contract	(iii) what is the total monetary value of each contract	(iv) in which country is each contractor based	(v) what is the total price of each tender that won the contract?
1. Enterprise Network Monitoring Solution	Upgrade enterprise network monitoring and replace current solution which is inadequate	Not determined yet, still subject to the outcome of procurement processes	Not determined yet, still subject to the outcome of procurement processes	Not established yet, still subject to the outcome of procurement processes. However, we always procure from local South African suppliers	The monetary value is not determined yet, still subject to the outcome of procurement processes
2. Network Access Management solution	Improve network security through an integrated network access control solution (NAC)	Not determined yet, still subject to the outcome of procurement processes	Not determined yet, still subject to the outcome of procurement processes	Not established yet, still subject to the outcome of procurement processes. However, we always procure from local South African suppliers	The monetary value is not determined yet, still subject to the outcome of procurement processes
3. Mobile Device Management Solution	Software solution to enable control and secure access to mobile devices and deliver services securely and manage data on mobile devices.	Not determined yet, still subject to the outcome of procurement processes	Not determined yet, still subject to the outcome of procurement processes	Not established yet, still subject to the outcome of procurement processes. However, we always procure from local South African suppliers	The monetary value is not determined yet, still subject to the outcome of procurement processes
4. Vmware	Procure additional VMware licences to increase virtualisation capacity	Not determined yet, still subject to the outcome of procurement processes	Not determined yet, still subject to the outcome of procurement processes	Not established yet, still subject to the outcome of procurement processes. However, we always procure from local South African suppliers	The monetary value is not determined yet, still subject to the outcome of procurement processes
5. Identity Management Solution	Strengthen security and access control through a modern integrated identity management solution	Not determined yet, still subject to the outcome of procurement processes	Not determined yet, still subject to the outcome of procurement processes	Not established yet, still subject to the outcome of procurement processes. However, we always procure from local South African suppliers	The monetary value is not determined yet, still subject to the outcome of procurement processes
6. Security information and event management (SIEM)	Improve network and information security by replacing current solution which has reached end of life.	Not determined yet, still subject to the outcome of procurement processes	Not determined yet, still subject to the outcome of procurement processes	Not established yet, still subject to the outcome of procurement processes. However, we always procure from local South African suppliers	The monetary value is not determined yet, still subject to the outcome of procurement processes

ANNEXURE B: HARDWARE
Procurement Items	(i) what is the purpose of each purchase	(ii) which company has been awarded each contract	(iii) what is the total monetary value of each contract	(iv) in which country is each contractor based	(v) what is the total price of each tender that won the contract?
1. Servers	Replacing datacentre servers which are more than 10 years old, and out of maintenance support.	Not determined yet, still subject to the outcome of procurement processes	Not established yet, subject to market conditions, budgetary figure of R20 660 000,00	Not established yet, still subject to the outcome of procurement processes. However, we always procure from local South African suppliers	The monetary value is not determined yet, still subject to the outcome of procurement processes
2. Provincial backup devices	Replacing backup devices at provincial offices which are too old, and out of maintenance support.	Not determined yet, still subject to the outcome of procurement processes	Not established yet, subject to market conditions, budgetary figure of R2 800 000,00	Not established yet, still subject to the outcome of procurement processes. However, we always procure from local South African suppliers	The monetary value is not determined yet, still subject to the outcome of procurement processes
3. Wide Format Lazer printers	Replacing plotters and wide format lazer printers which are too old, and out of maintenance support.	Not determined yet, still subject to the outcome of procurement processes	Not established yet, subject to market conditions, budgetary figure of R1 500 000,00	Not established yet, still subject to the outcome of procurement processes. However, we always procure from local South African suppliers	The monetary value is not determined yet, still subject to the outcome of procurement processes
4. Network switches	Replacing old network swithes to improve network management and security capability	Not awarded yet, but will be standardised on HP network switches.	Not established yet, subject to market conditions, budgetary figure of R3 000 000,00	Not established yet, still subject to the outcome of procurement processes. However, we always procure from local South African suppliers	The monetary value is not determined yet, still subject to the outcome of procurement processes

Reply:

(a) Honourable Member, when you say public hospitals and clinics that have been damaged, what damage are you referring to? Do you mean a broken window, a burst water pipe, damage caused by earthquake? What actually do you mean? Please help me in order to be able to answer your question;

(b) Inadequate infrastructure is also relative and subjective term. May you please specify what you mean by inadequate infrastructure?

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Reply:

1. The Tax Administration Act has specific secrecy requirements pertaining to the confidentiality of taxpayer information and as such SARS does not discuss or release information pertaining to the tax affairs of taxpayers unless specifically allowed for by the provisions of Chapter 6 of the Tax Administration Act. The provisions of 69(2) (d) of the Tax Administration Act speaks to allowing a senior SARS Official to disclose information which is public information. The ITA34’s of any taxpayer cannot be regarded as public information as set out in the Act.

2. Due to the provisions of Chapter 6 of the Tax Administration Act, and in specific the provisions of section 69 of that Act, SARS will not discuss the validity or not of the said documents.

Reply:

In order to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the ICSP online system the National Department developed ICSP Guidelines which are updated yearly in order to meet the demands of applicants. The Department also developed an Improvement Plan which is meant to address identified challenges experienced during the 2016/2017 period.

Both these documents are work-in-progress and are updated annually to ensure that the system is able to cope with emanating challenges.

The Department continuously engage with stakeholders to try and trouble-shoot envisaged challenges.

The Department has also established a helpdesk that operates for 8 hours from Monday to Friday to assist with responding to enquiries from applicants and directing them appropriately. Furthermore, the Department has an email ticket system that helps to track enquiries of applicants.

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Reply:

May the Honourable Member please help clarify what interns are being referred to. Is it medical interns, or or any other graduate who was placed in the Department of Health for internship purposes?

I am unable to answer your question until this matter is clarified.

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Reply:

1. Yes
2. Yes
3. Department of Defence
4. The aircraft was transporting a Head of State

UNQUOTE

Reply:

Detailed plans for roll-out of NHI provincially, in regional hospitals and municipal clinics will become apparent after the NHI Bill has been passed by Parliament into the NHI Act.

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Reply:

1. Refer Annexure A.

2. Yes. All passengers received EUR600 in form of vouchers as per EU regulations. In addition they were accommodated in hotels and provided with meal vouchers.

3. Yes. The vouchers were handed over to the passengers in Munich.

4. Yes. All affected passengers received compensations in the form of vouchers for EUR600.

Reply:

The following tables reflect the details in this regard

(a) Provinces

Organisation unit	Total Inpatient beds	Total population	Population to Total Inpatient bed ratio	Beds per 1000 population
Eastern Cape	13,176	7,139,336	542	1.8
Free State	4,687	2,881,998	615	1.6
Gauteng	18,103	13,773,639	761	1.3
KwaZulu-Natal	21,609	11,229,961	520	1.9
Limpopo	7,814	5,877,930	752	1.3
Mpumalanga	4,586	4,388,269	957	1.0
Northern Cape	1,646	1,200,703	729	1.4
North West	4,343	3,847,629	886	1.1
Western Cape	9,783	6,393,555	654	1.5
National	85,747	56,733,020	662	1.5

(b) The eight biggest metropolitan municipalities

Organisation unit	Total Inpatient beds	Total population Midyear 2017 DHIS	Population to Total Inpatient bed ratio	Beds per 1000 population
Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality	2090	864,130	413	2.4
Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality	2233	1,279,035	573	1.7
Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality	2388	801,716	336	3.0
City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality	3388	3,500,231	1033	1.0
City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality	5946	5,055,664	850	1.2
City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality	5634	3,376,566	599	1.7
eThekwini metropolitan Municipality	7450	3,715,328	499	2.0
City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality	7103	4,070,914	573	1.7

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Reply:

I have been informed by SAPO as follows:

The South African Post Office did not introduce a clearance fee for parcels and /or packages received from other countries. These handling fees were already applicable.

(a)(b) Not applicable to SAPO

 

Approved/ not approved

Dr Siyabonga Cwele, MP

Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services

Date:

Reply:

(1) (a) The Department of Health owns no forensic laboratories anywhere in South Africa;

(b) Not applicable;

(2) The Department of Health is not intending to set up any forensic science laboratory in the country, because they all fall under SAPS.

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Reply:

a) The NDOH has allocated Health Facility Revitalisation Grant funds for rehabilitation of Infrastructure, and for procurement of medical equipment,

b) R 3.7 million has been allocated to procure the medical equipment in 2017/18 financial year;

c) No expenditure has been incurred up to date;

d) The NDOH does not have statistics on additional human resources provided at South Rand Hospital and is awaiting information requested from the Gauteng Department of Health;

e) A total of 582 positions are filled at the South Rand Hospital;

f) A total of 70 positions remain vacant at the South Rand Hospital.

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Reply:

There is no Alfred Nzo Hospital in the mentioned municipality and districts.

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Reply:

The reply to questions (1) is summarized in Table 1 to 9 below:

TABLE 1: EASTERN CAPE
	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17
(a) wounds caused by shootings	1885	820	860
(b) knife wounds	1885	1925	1971
(c) motor accidents	1537	1799	1862
(d) motor-cycle accidents	6	4	3
(e) drownings	382	379	366
(f) fires	393	376	481
(g) pedestrians who were run over	163	221	145
(h) cyclists who were run down	1	2	1
(i) HIV, tuberculosis and other diseases	* FPS Mortuaries only handle unnatural deaths	* FPS Mortuaries only handle unnatural deaths	* FPS Mortuaries only handle unnatural deaths
(j) ageing	* FPS Mortuaries only handle unnatural deaths	* FPS Mortuaries only handle unnatural deaths	* FPS Mortuaries only handle unnatural deaths

* Forensic Pathology Services

TABLE 2: FREE STATE
	2014-15** (2014)	2015-16** (2015)	2016-17** (2016)
(a) wounds caused by shootings	246	128	215
(b) knife wounds	476	229	508
(c) motor accidents	906	571	1025
(d) motor-cycle accidents	32	10	8
(e) drownings	154	64	112
(f) fires	169	92	143
(g) pedestrians who were run over	207	108	194
(h) cyclists who were run down	Included in 1(d) above	Included in 1(d) above	Included in 1(d) above
(i) HIV, tuberculosis and other diseases	* FPS Mortuaries only handle unnatural deaths	* FPS Mortuaries only handle unnatural deaths	* FPS Mortuaries only handle unnatural deaths
(j) ageing	* FPS Mortuaries only handle unnatural deaths	* FPS Mortuaries only handle unnatural deaths	* FPS Mortuaries only handle unnatural deaths

* Forensic Pathology Services

** Data provided per calendar year

TABLE 3: GAUTENG
	(a) 2014-15	(b) 2015-16	(c) 2016-17
(a) wounds caused by shootings	1608	1854	2116
(b) knife wounds	1257	1338	1438
(c) motor accidents	1707	1981	1948
(d) motor-cycle accidents	188	149	144
(e) drownings	210	249	242
(f) fires	715	702	746
(g) pedestrians who were run over	1193	1314	1413
(h) cyclists who were run down	Details not available	Details not available	Details not available
(i) HIV, tuberculosis and other diseases	* FPS Mortuaries only handle unnatural deaths	* FPS Mortuaries only handle unnatural deaths	* FPS Mortuaries only handle unnatural deaths
(j) ageing	* FPS Mortuaries only handle unnatural deaths	* FPS Mortuaries only handle unnatural deaths	* FPS Mortuaries only handle unnatural deaths

* Forensic Pathology Services

TABLE 4: KWA-ZULU NATAL
	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17
(a) wounds caused by shootings	1539	1735	1506
(b) knife wounds	1534	1523	1217
(c) motor accidents***	2913	2967	2576
(d) motor-cycle accidents	Details not available	Details not available	Details not available
(e) drowning**	1662	1788	1473
(f) fires	610	642	491
(g) pedestrians who were run over	Details not available	Details not available	Details not available
(h) cyclists who were run down	Details not available	Details not available	Details not available
(i) HIV, tuberculosis and other diseases	* FPS Mortuaries only handle unnatural deaths	* FPS Mortuaries only handle unnatural deaths	* FPS Mortuaries only handle unnatural deaths
(j) ageing	* FPS Mortuaries only handle unnatural deaths	* FPS Mortuaries only handle unnatural deaths	* FPS Mortuaries only handle unnatural deaths

* Forensic Pathology Services

** Reported as asphyxia deaths, including drowning, hanging etc.

*** Transportation accidents

TABLE 5: LIMPOPO
	(a) 2014-15	(b) 2015-16	(c) 2016-17
(a) wounds caused by shootings	221	261	245
(b) knife wounds	277	289	291
(c) motor accidents	1507	1757	1742
(d) motor-cycle accidents	1	2	7
(e) drownings	164	139	145
(f) fires	150	147	155
(g) pedestrians who were run over	Details not available	Details not available	Details not available
(h) cyclists who were run down	Details not available	Details not available	Details not available
(i) HIV, tuberculosis and other diseases	* FPS Mortuaries only handle unnatural deaths	* FPS Mortuaries only handle unnatural deaths	* FPS Mortuaries only handle unnatural deaths
(j) ageing	* FPS Mortuaries only handle unnatural deaths	* FPS Mortuaries only handle unnatural deaths	* FPS Mortuaries only handle unnatural deaths

* Forensic Pathology Services

TABLE 6: MPUMALANGA
	(a) 2014-15	(b) 2015-16	(c) 2016-17
(a) wounds caused by shootings	719	453	472
(b) knife wounds	165	171	161
(c) motor accidents	1150	1201	1200
(d) motor-cycle accidents	107	29	21
(e) drownings	148	144	132
(f) fires	168	169	139
(g) pedestrians who were run over	504	504	523
(h) cyclists who were run down	18	8	12
(i) HIV, tuberculosis and other diseases	* FPS Mortuaries only handle unnatural deaths	* FPS Mortuaries only handle unnatural deaths	* FPS Mortuaries only handle unnatural deaths
(j) ageing	* FPS Mortuaries only handle unnatural deaths	* FPS Mortuaries only handle unnatural deaths	* FPS Mortuaries only handle unnatural deaths

* Forensic Pathology Services

TABLE 7: NORTHERN CAPE
	(a) 2014-15	(b) 2015-16	(c) 2016-17
(a) wounds caused by shootings	21	23	24
(b) knife wounds	294	300	255
(c) motor accidents	333	321	297
(d) motor-cycle accidents	6	5	4
(e) drownings	95	98	108
(f) fires	63	56	54
(g) pedestrians who were run over	147	134	125
(h) cyclists who were run down	3	9	3
(i) HIV, tuberculosis and other diseases	* FPS Mortuaries only handle unnatural deaths	* FPS Mortuaries only handle unnatural deaths	* FPS Mortuaries only handle unnatural deaths
(j) ageing	* FPS Mortuaries only handle unnatural deaths	* FPS Mortuaries only handle unnatural deaths	* FPS Mortuaries only handle unnatural deaths

* Forensic Pathology Services

TABLE 8: NORTH WEST
	(a) 2014-15	(b) 2015-16	(c) 2016-17
(a) wounds caused by shootings	187	157	170
(b) knife wounds	298	321	453
(c) motor accidents	715	784	856
(d) motor-cycle accidents	14	23	24
(e) drownings	82	69	90
(f) fires	134	122	146
(g) pedestrians who were run over	217	181	289
(h) cyclists who were run down	2	4	20
(i) HIV, tuberculosis and other diseases	* FPS Mortuaries only handle unnatural deaths	* FPS Mortuaries only handle unnatural deaths	* FPS Mortuaries only handle unnatural deaths
(j) ageing	* FPS Mortuaries only handle unnatural deaths	* FPS Mortuaries only handle unnatural deaths	* FPS Mortuaries only handle unnatural deaths

* Forensic Pathology Services

TABLE 9: WESTERN CAPE
	(a) 2014-15	(b) 2015-16	(c) 2016-17
(a) wounds caused by shootings	1289	1323	1268
(b) knife wounds	1429	1508	1649
(c) motor accidents	579	701	627
(d) motor-cycle accidents	56	49	55
(e) drownings	180	202	197
(f) fires	280	330	349
(g) pedestrians who were run over	605	629	649
(h) cyclists who were run down	27	26	30
(i) HIV, tuberculosis and other diseases	* FPS Mortuaries only handle unnatural deaths	* FPS Mortuaries only handle unnatural deaths	* FPS Mortuaries only handle unnatural deaths
(j) ageing	* FPS Mortuaries only handle unnatural deaths	* FPS Mortuaries only handle unnatural deaths	* FPS Mortuaries only handle unnatural deaths

* Forensic Pathology Services

(2) No, there is no need to. There are many state institutions which release this data time and again, e.g quarterly police crime statistics, the Department of Transport, StatsSA and the South African Medical Research Council.

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Reply:

The following table reflects the details in this regard.

NUMBER OF NURSES EMPLOYED AT TSHILIDZINI HOSPITAL
1996	2000	2005	2010
Information unobtainable	Information unobtainable	509	568

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Reply:

(1) (a) (i) 650

(ii) (aa) 335

(bb) 130

(iii) 253

(b) Radiologists - There are no published WHO guidelines or other benchmarks specifically for radiologists.

(2) There are no WHO guidelines for specifically for radiologists.

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Reply:

I have been informed by the Department and Entities reporting to me as follows:

1 (a) Kindly note DTPS only existed May 2014. No services were procured from Travel with Flair by the Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services

1. Not Applicable
2. Not Applicable

1 (b) No services by entities of DTPS that had dealings with Travel with Flair (Pty) Ltd, except USAASA and Sentech have procured services from Travel with Flair.

1. USAASA procured travel services.

1. USAASA paid R29, 679.00 and USAF paid R17, 106.01.

2. (b)(i)(ii)(iii) USAASA procures services from the company for international travel and the details are as follows:

Who travelled	Date	Travel Route	Invoice Amount	Agency Fee
P Radebe	17 Oct 2015	Sweden	R130 484.72	R275.00
Z Nkosi	17 Oct 2017	Sweden	R117 954.72	R275.00

SENTECH

(1)&(2) Sentech procured the following services from Travel with Flair:

Labels Sum of TWF Fee

2016 516 725

Accommodation (Acc) 234 124

Car Hire (Car) 91 522

Conference (Ccc) 31 074

Domestic Air Travel (Dom) 119 366

Insurance (Ins) 130

International Air Travel (Int) 7 985

Regional Air Tickets (Reg) 2 055

Transfers & Shuttles (Tra) 29 969

Trav Other (Sao) 280

Trav_ Accomod (Sac) 220

2017 484 090

Accommodation (Acc) 197 976

Bus & Rail Reservations (Bus) 110

Car Hire (Car) 74 501

Conference (Ccc) 58 428

Domestic Air Travel (Dom) 118 597

Insurance (Ins) 510

International Air Travel (Int) 6 215

Regional Air Tickets (Reg) 4 900

Tours (Tou) 110

Transfers & Shuttles (Tra) 22 113

Trav Other (Sao) 515

Trav_Conference (Sap) 115

2015 161 764

Accommodation (Acc) 51 790

Car Hire (Car) 22 930

Conference (Ccc) 29 207

Domestic Air Travel (Dom) 38 470

International Air Travel (Int) 4 840

Transfers & Shuttles (Tra) 14 412

Air (Ai1) 115

Grand Total 1 162 580

SENTECH

Approved/ not approved

Dr Siyabonga Cwele, MP

Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services

Date:

Reply:

Ratios of health workers to patient was always calculated as nation per unit total population. This was deemed not useful by the World Health Organisation (WHO) because it does not talk about the spread of this Health workforce within a country.

The WHO then came with a mathematical formula called WISN (Work Indicator for Staffing Needs).

We are busy calculating these needs using this mathematical formula.

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