Questions and Replies

Reply:

The term labour broker does not exist in our current legislation. What we have is Temporary Employment Services and or Private Employment Agencies (PEAs/TES) that are registered with the Department of Labour in terms of Section 24(1) of the Skills Development Act, 1998 as Amended as part of our transitional process.

(a) A total of 492 private employment agencies/temporary employment services were registered with the Department of Labour as at 30 September 2017.

(b) Currently we do not have data as that will only become possible once PEAs/TES regulations are finalized and gazetted. The Department

of Labour will as soon as the regulations are finalised, keep records

on who uses PEAs/TES and statistics of people employed, placed or assisted across all sectors by these agencies.

(c) Covered above.

Reply:

(a) The information below indicates the number of boys resident at Don      Mattera Child and Youth Care Centre in each month from September 2016 to date:

Month	Number of boys
September 2016	35
October 2016	36
November 2016	38
December  2016	38
January 2017	37
February 2017	42
March 2017	42
April 2017	42
May 2017	37
June 2017	41
July 2017	39
August 2017	36
September 2017	27
October 2017	27
November 2017	27

(b) The information below indicates the number of girls resident at Don Mattera Child and Youth Care Centre in each month from September 2016 to date:

Month	Number of girls
September 2016	36
October 2016	36
November 2016	37
December 2016	37
January 2017	32
February 2017	35
March 2017	38
April 2017	36
May 2017	38
June 2017	39
July 2017	38
August 2017	39
September 2017	32
October 2017	34
November 2017	34

Reply:

1. The Department granted permission to employees as follows:

• 2015-2016 = 01 employee
• 2016-2017 = 07 employees
• 2017-2018 = 09 employees

2. Only 1 employee was doing business with the government.

(a) Cleaning and vegetation with Eskom

(b) 2014-2016;

(c) R35 506,95 payable every second or third month. The employee has since resigned from company.

 

Reply:

(1) In 2016/17 there were 2 multi-year projects that were being funded and are in the cyber/information security space.

a) The development of a prototype for the Biometric Recognition of Minors. Its total budget over 2015/16 - 2017/18 is R 14 977 561, of which R 8 648 983 was for 2016/17. In its conceptualisation the project received endorsement from the South African Social Services Agency (SASSA), and is being implemented by the CSIR.

b) The implementation of the Network Emulating and Simulation Laboratory (NESL). Its total budget over 2014/15-2016/17 was R7 887 000. of which R1 049 500 was for 2016/17. The project was funded through the High-end Infrastructure grant. The NESL is a platform that aims to provide cybersecurity researchers with the ability to perform network bandwidth modelling, cybersecurity training, device security research and advanced analytics to study cyber risk and to deliver effective and practical security solutions. It is implemented by CSIR.

Therefore, the total investment for investment for 2016/17 is R9 698 483.

Reply:

1. The number of A and B rated researchers is 831 and not 2 000. The restructuring of the Incentive Funding for Rated Researchers (IFRR) instrument will benefit emerging and early career researchers as well as established researchers through the following instruments, viz., (i) Competitive programme for Rated Researchers (CPRR); (ii) Competitive Support for Unrated Researchers (CSUR); and (iii) Thuthuka.

Based on the current MTEF budget, it is estimated the approximately R30 million per annum will be re-directed and used to supplement the above funding instruments.

2. Yes, all areas of possible savings were considered in terms of the NRF's operational and financial sustainability plans. However, only the IFRR programme was deemed relevant in terms of the directive from the National Treasury that the NRF must implement measures to increase cost savings without compromising its core mandate of research support and advancement.

3. The IFRR programme was never intended to be a primary instrument of the allocating research grants and driving student education or research output. The R30 million released from restructuring the IFRR constitutes only 1.25% of the R2.4 billion annual allocations for researcher and postgraduate and student support. The released funds will be re-allocated for researcher and student support through other funding instruments.

 

Reply:

1. (a) Refer to Annexure A for the Department of Science and Technology (DST).

(b) Refer to Annexure B for entities.

2. (a) Refer to Annexure A, column H for the services provised, for the DST.

Refer to Annexure B for the entities.

(b) Refer to Annexure A, column F for the amount spent per service provider for DST.

Refer to Annexure B for entities.

3. (a) The following has reference:

	Black Owned
The DST	759
Entities	1453

(b) Refer to Annexure C, column H for the contracts awarded to black owned suppliers by the DST.

Refer to Annexure B for the entities.

(c) Refer to Annexure C, column G for amount paid to black owned suppliers for the DST.

Refer to Annexure B for entities.

Reply:

Due to the detailed information requested for the department and its entities per order issued during the past 5 years it will unfortunately not be possible to provide a meaningful response within the limited time frame allowed in responding to Parliamentary questions.

The information requested is not readily available and supporting documents will have to be requested from archives filed off site.

Further to that it should also be noted that the BEE status level as requested per supplier will not cover the 5 year period and that the department previously recorded and reported on the HDI status of suppliers. The software system that was used at that stage is no longer in existence as it has been discontinued with the implementation of the Central Supplier Database hosted at National Treasury.

Based on the above it is proposed that the department be allowed more time to gather information and that a response be submitted directly to the member.

Reply:

As reported by third parties, which we as Environmental Affairs are not required to keep record of, and therefore cannot verify these figures:

a) Eskom

(i) (aa) 2014-15: 34 410 Kilo Tons.

(bb) 2015-16: 32 586 Kilo Tons.

(cc) 2016-17: 32 612 Kilo Tons.

(ii) 01/04/17 – to date: 16 999 Kilo Tons.

b) Sasol

(i) (aa, bb and cc) and (ii)

The Sasolburg Operations (SO) and Secunda Synfuels Operations (SSO) ash figures are kept separate because of the operations being in different locations. We have also separated the coarse ash (predominantly gasification ash) from the fine ash (ash generated at the steam plants). Also, please note that Sasol’s financial year runs from July to June.

Ash in Tons	FY15 (1 July 2014 to 30 June 2015)	FY16 (1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016)	FY17 (July 2016 to June 2017)	1 April 2017 to 30 Sep 2017 (please note that Apr 2017 to June 2017 figures are included in FY17 data)
Sasolburg Operations (SO)
Fine ash (boiler fine and bottom ash particles)	598 215	573 927	590 731	262 748
Secunda Synfuels Operations (SSO)
Fine ash (boiler and gasification fine particles)	4 324 772	4 037 215	3 843 959	1 847 788
Coarse ash (predominantly gasification ash)	6 229 382	6 654 301	6 400 470	3 058 644
Total
Ash generated (all sources and types)	11 152 369	11 265 443	10 835 160	5 169 180

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Reply:

The salary band are regulated by the Basic Conditions of Employment Act and all other related labour legislations all of which are under the administration of the Department of Labour.

 

Approved/Not Approved

Mr MJ Zwane, MP

Minister of Mineral Resources

Date Submitted:-……………/………………/2017

Reply:

(a) The process of appointing members had its complications which amongst other things included delays in verifying criminal records, qualifications of some of the nominated members as they were out of the country for long periods. There was also a process undertaken to broaden the composition of candidates to include those with background and experience in Cooperatives Development.

(b) The final list of nominations has been concluded and it is expected that the appointments shall be made in the last quarter of 2017/18 including induction of members. The new members shall be inaugurated to the Advisory Council on the 1 April 2018.

Reply:

a) The Fund will be operational during 2018/19 financial year but the planned disbursement of the funding will be the beginning of 2019/2020 financial year.

b) An allocation of R1 Billion has been communicated to the Department of Small Business Development.

c) The money will come from the national fiscus.

d) The Department of Small Business Development together with National Treasury and Department of Science and Technology are working with the Government Technical Advisory Centre (GTAC) to develop the architecture of the Fund where issues around the management of the Fund will be considered.

e) The SA SME Fund established by the CEO Initiative is targeting high growth businesses whereas our research on the ecosystem shows that there is a lack of funding of enterprises that are at an ideation and early start-up phase which will be the target of the Fund. The Department together with its agencies are engaging with SA SME Fund to identify areas of collaboration on other matters which include sharing research, mentorship and training of enterprises on financial management.

f) The work that is being undertaken through GTAC will assist government to decide on how the fund will operate but the government is conscious of the economic environment and would not look at setting up a completely new structure that will add to operational costs.

g) The financial mandate of the fund will be informed by the exercise that is being conducted through GTAC, but government is looking at having this fund as a soft loan which will provide affordable finance to small businesses and the emphasis will be more on ensuring that the Fund is sustainable rather than profit maximisation.

Reply:

The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development is not responsible for enforcing civil court judgements. The Ekurhuleni Metro Municipality successfully applied for an order against the respondent and inquiries need to be made to the Ekurhuleni Metro Municipality as to why they are not enforcing it.

Reply:

(1). The Department does not grant employees permission “to have businesses and or to do business dealings”, however, it grants permission to employees who request to perform other remunerated work outside their employment in line with the requirements of Section 30 of the Public Service Act 1994, as Amended by Act 30 of 2007. In the past three financial years, nine (9) employees were granted permission to perform remunerative work outside their employment in the Department.

(2) The Department does not have information of any employee who in the past three financial years had business dealings with the Government.

Approved/Not Approved

Mr MJ Zwane, MP

Minister of Mineral Resources

Date Submitted:-……………/………………/2017

Reply:

a) All small-scale work is procured through quotation process for both CAPEX and OPEX. SME’s and suppliers registered on the database are invited to submit quotations for goods or services required. During 2014 financial year up to July 2016, PRASA supplier database was used to source quotations for small-scale and ad-hoc works such as unplanned maintenance. Since July 2016, the Central Supplier Database managed by National Treasury is used to source quotations for all small –scale works.

b) Invites are sent to suppliers registered on the Central Supplier Database to renders services or provide goods for OPEX and CAPEX. The supplier information is obtained from the Central Supplier Database.

c) On rotational basis, suppliers are selected from the Central Supplier Database and invited to quote for services or goods required by the business.

d) Refer to Annexure A.

e) The nature of work relates to repairs and maintenance, office stationer, cleaning services and property relates services. Refer to Annexure A

Reply:

a) Department of Small Business and Development (DSBD)

Details	(a) Breakdown	(b) Valuation
Item	Name /Type	Specification (Current / non-current)	(0-3 months)	(3-6 months)	(6-12 months)	(Beyond 12 months)
(aa) LISTED ASSETS	(aa) Listed assets in reference to (aaa) directly	Not applicable
	(aa) Listed assets in reference to (bbb) indirectly	Not applicable
(bb) UNLISTED INVESTMENTS	(bb) Unlisted investments in reference to (aaa) directly	Not applicable
	(bb) Unlisted investments in reference to (bbb) directly	Not applicable

b) (i) Entity: Small Enterprise Development Agency (SEDA)

Details	(a) Breakdown	(b) Valuation
Item	Name /Type	Specification (Current / non-current)	Breakdown (0-3 months)	Breakdown (3-6 months)	Breakdown (6-12 months)	Breakdown (Beyond 12 months)
(aa) LISTED ASSETS	(aa) Listed assets in reference to (aaa) directly	Not applicable
	(aa) Listed assets in reference to (bbb) indirectly	Not applicable
(bb) UNLISTED INVESTMENTS	(bb) Unlisted investments in reference to (aaa) directly	ABSA Call Account	Current	R 66 092 057				R 66 092 057
	(bb) Unlisted investments in reference to (bbb) directly	Not applicable

c) (ii) Entity: Small Enterprise Finance Agency (SEFA)

Details	(a)	(b)
Item	Name /Type	Specification (Current / non-current)	Breakdown (0-3 months)	Breakdown (3-6 months)	Breakdown (6-12 months)	Breakdown (Beyond 12 months)	Valuation
(aa) LISTED ASSETS	(aa) Listed assets in reference to (aaa) directly	Not applicable.
	(aa) Listed assets in reference to (bbb) indirectly	Not applicable
(bb) UNLISTED INVESTMENTS	(bb) Unlisted investments in reference to (aaa) directly	Associates	Non-current				R 128 622 368	R 128 622 368
		Investments					R 36 964 865	R 31 964 865
		Joint Operations					R 29 000 000	R 29 000 000
		Joint Ventures					R 194 213 072	R 163 872 781
		Subsidiaries					R 129 201 028	R 106 189 103
	Loans and advances	Loans and advances	Non-current				R 1 197 449 987	R 616 201 761
		Rental debtors	Current				R 73 087 645	R 17 790 380
	Investment properties	Loans and advances	Non-current				R 190 444 353	R 190 444 353

Reply:

Due to the detailed information requested for the department and its entities per order issued during the past 5 years it will unfortunately not be possible to provide a meaningful response within the limited time frame allowed in responding to Parliamentary questions.

The information requested is not readily available and supporting documents will have to be requested from archives filed off site.

Further to that it should also be noted that the BEE status level as requested per supplier will not cover the 5 year period and that the department previously recorded and reported on the HDI status of suppliers. The software system that was used at that stage is no longer in existence as it has been discontinued with the implementation of the Central Supplier Database hosted at National Treasury.

Based on the above it is proposed that the department be allowed more time to gather information and that a response be submitted directly to the member.

Reply:

Due to the detailed information requested for the department and its entities per order issued during the past 5 years it will unfortunately not be possible to provide a meaningful response within the limited time frame allowed in responding to Parliamentary questions.

The information requested is not readily available and supporting documents will have to be requested from archives filed off site.

Further to that it should also be noted that the BEE status level as requested per supplier will not cover the 5 year period and that the department previously recorded and reported on the HDI status of suppliers. The software system that was used at that stage is no longer in existence as it has been discontinued with the implementation of the Central Supplier Database hosted at National Treasury.

Based on the above it is proposed that the department be allowed more time to gather information and that a response be submitted directly to the member.

Reply:

1. The reply to Parliamentary Question 2019 indicated that there were 11 Mikondzo events held in KwaZulu-Natal. The areas identified for Mikondzo are informed by prevailing social ills, the level of poverty and challenges with access to social services amongst others. As a result, the provinces will not all host the same number of Mikondzo events.

2. Please note that there was an error in the attachment to Parliamentary Question 2019, for which I apologise. The actual amount spent on Mikondzo for the financial year, was approximately R100 million, and not R10 billion. The events in Limpopo and Mpumalanga indicated that an amount of R2,5 billion was spent on these events. This should have been R2,5 million, which was in line with the budgeted amount for each event. The funding was allocated from the retained surplus.

3. No virements were necessary, as the funding was allocated from the retained surplus.

4. As indicated under response to question 2, the details in the spreadsheet in the response to question 2019 was incorrect. The budgeted amount for each event was in fact R2,5 million.

Reply:

(1)– (3) The Department’s database does not rank the service providers. However, the information relative to the bids awarded by the Department and its entities is published in the media from which they are advertised such as:

• Government Tender Bulletin
• E-tender portal (National Treasury)
• Departmental Website

The Member is also referred to the Annual Reports of both the Department and its entities of over the past five years as these would also have an indication of the procurements that the Auditor-General would have delivered his opinion on.

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Reply:

1. The statistics relating to Restitution claims currently are not categorised according to the requested information. We are now working on this categorization, thanks to the Hon. Member’s question.

2. Put in abeyance, pending the categorisation.

3. Put in abeyance, pending the categorisation

Reply:

1. (a) Three years and seven months

(b) In all nine provinces of the country

(c) The total amount of money paid to the foundation for Project Management Fee and Procurement of tools and materials is R587 333 670.71. See the details in the table below:

FINANCIAL YEAR	PM FEE	PROCUREMENT	TOTAL
2014/15	53,392,167.98	25,022,206.18	78,414,374.16
2015/16	81,716,774.27	153,442,903.24	235,159,677.51
2016/17	67,692,466.15	36,921,905.83	104,614,371.98
2017/18	17,919,303.78	151,225,943.28	169,145,247.06
TOTAL	220,720,712.18	366,612,958.53	587,333,670.71

2) Yes, Dhladhla Foundation was appointed through a formal supply chain process. The Ministry is willing to provide the supporting documentation only when the process of the Promotion of Access to Information Act is followed.

Reply:

1. (a) The Chief Executive Officer of SA Tourism is not employed on a permanent basis.

(b)The Chief Financial Officer of SA Tourism is not employed on a permanent basis.

(2) Both the specified officers are employed on fixed term contracts.

(a) Name of Officer	(b) (i) When was Officer employed	(b) (ii) When will contract of Officer end?
Mr. Sisa Ntshona CEO	03 October 2016	30 September 2021
Mr. Thomas Bouwer CFO	17 October 2013	30 October 2018

Reply:

Entity	1(a) & (b)	(2)	(a)	b(i)	(ii)
Sentech	The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) are on fixed term contracts not permanent.	Five (5) years fixed term contract	CEO: Mr Mlamli Booi;	CEO:16/10/2015	15/10/2020
		Five (5) years fixed tern contract	CFO: Mr Siphamandla Kenneth Mthethwa	CFO: 01/12/2016	30/11/2021
SAPO	The CEO and CFO are on fixed term contracts not permanent.	Five (5) year fixed term contract	CEO: Mr Mark Barnes	CEO: 15/01/2016	14/01/2021
		Five (5) years fixed term contract	CFO: Ms Nichola Dewar	CFO: 12/12/2016	11/12/2021
USAASA	The CEO and CFO are on fixed term contracts not permanent.	Three (3) year fixed term contract	CEO: Mr Lumko Mtimde	CEO: 01/06/2016	31/05/2019
		Three (3) year fixed term contract	CFO: Mr Mohammed Chowan	CFO: 01/11/2016	31/10/2019
NEMISA	The CEO is on fixed term contracts not permanent.	Three (3) year fixed term contract	CEO: Ms Mymoena Ismail	CEO: 01/11/2016	31/10/2019
		Vacant	CFO: Resigned on 31 April 2017	N/A	N/A
SITA	The CEO and CFO are on fixed term contracts not permanent.	Four (4) year fixed term contract	CEO: Dr Setumo Mohapi	CEO: 01/04/2015	31/03/2019
		Five (5) year fixed term contract	CFO: Ms Rudzani Cordelia Rasikhinya	CFO: 01/10/2015	30/09/2020
BBI	The CEO and CFO are on fixed term contracts not permanent.	Five (5) year fixed term contract	CEO: Ms Puleng Kwele	CEO: 01/06/2012	30/11/2017[1]
		Three (3) year fixed term contract	CFO: Mr Ivan Niekerk	CFO: 01/09/2017	31/08/2020
ZaDNA	Yes, the CEO is permanent	Permanent	CEO: Mr Vika Mpisana	01/10/ 2013	N/A
		There is no position of the CFO at ZaDNA.	N/A	N/A	N/A

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Reply:

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

a) Performance Bonus for FY 2015/16 was paid in the FY 2016/17 at a total amount of RM 329.

b) The Performance Bonus was rewarded according to all Categories as stipulated in the policy. The Performance Bonus for each official in each salary level / grade is summarised in the table below:

SER NO	RANK_	SALARY_LEVEL	NO OF OFFICIALS	AMOUNT PD FY 201617
1	COL/CAPT(SAN)	00	218	7 169 123.54
2	LT COL/CDR	00	609	24 228 147.56
3	MAJ/LT CDR	00	681	21 280 826.84
4	CAPT/LT(SAN)	00	707	18 182 832.90
5	LT/SUB LT	00	266	5 493 771.11
6	2LT/ESN	00	19	320 038.69
7	WO1	00	751	21 297 369.86
8	WO2	00	792	20 333 443.26
9	S SGT/F SGT/CPO	00	1 880	38 585 156.98
10	SGT/PO	00	2 038	35 665 768.70
11	CPL/LS	00	2 674	40 845 899.86
12	L CPL/AB	00	1 260	17 894 692.50
13	PTE/AMN/SEA	00	2 991	39 281 029.88
14	CPLN	00	29	1 077 743.99
15	AUX SERV	00	9	116 983.73
16	PSAP	12	28	913 256.16
17	PSAP	11	2	85 430.40
18	PSAP	10	52	1 715 032.54
19	PSAP	09	27	824 659.83
20	PSAP	08	133	3 275 788.28
21	PSAP	07	448	8 927 344.20

SER NO	RANK_	SALARY_LEVEL	NO OF OFFICIALS	AMOUNT PD FY 201617
22	PSAP	06	316	4 768 809.20
23	PSAP	05	253	3 151 686.30
24	PSAP	04	55	552 218.06
25	PSAP	03	956	8 189 942.97
26	PSAP	02	564	3 958 026.60
27	OSD	00	71	1 857 801.99
TOTAL	17 829	329 992 826

(1) What is the (a) total estimated amount that will be paid out in bonuses to employees in her department and (b) detailed breakdown of the bonuses that will be paid in each salary level in the 2017-18 financial year?

(a) The estimated amount for Performance Bonus to be paid for the 2016-17 Performance Cycle in the FY 2017-18 is approximately Rm 194.

(b) Due to Budgetary constraints, the Defence Staff Council decided to reward Performance Bonus at Category C only for all eligible officials for the FY 2016-17:

SER NO	RANK_	SALARY_LEVEL	NO OF OFFICIALS	AMOUNT BUDGETED FOR
1	COL/CAPT(SAN)	00	198	R 3 942 774
2	LT COL/CDR	00	599	R 12 087 521
3	MAJ/LT CDR	00	697	R 11 312 205
4	CAPT/LT(SAN)	00	755	R 10 252 900
5	LT/SUB LT	00	245	R 2 596 265
6	2LT/ESN	00	11	R 98 560
7	WO1	00	689	R 11 181 781
8	WO2	00	859	R 11 665 220
9	S SGT/F SGT/CPO	00	1856	R 21 089 728
10	SGT/PO	00	2062	R 20 397 304
11	CPL/LS	00	2425	R 21 728 000
12	L CPL/AB	00	1223	R 10 122 771
13	PTE/AMN/SEA	00	3225	R 24 661 575
14	CPLN	00	37	R 746 642
15	AUX SERV	00	8	R 61 176
16	PSAP	12	31	R 630 385
17	PSAP	11	4	R 68 636
18	PSAP	10	50	R 972 850
SER NO	RANK_	SALARY_LEVEL	NO OF OFFICIALS	AMOUNT BUDGETED FOR
19	PSAP	09	24	R 374 136
20	PSAP	08	132	R 1 730 916
21	PSAP	07	393	R 4 149 687
22	PSAP	06	345	R 2 950 785
23	PSAP	05	240	R 1 709 520
24	PSAP	04	59	R 351 463
25	PSAP	03	886	R 4 454 144
26	PSAP	02	612	R 2 573 338
27	OSD	00	614	R 12 277 674
TOTAL	18 279	R194 187 954

DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY VETERANS

REPLY

(1) No payment of bonuses as yet for the FY2016/17.

(2) Not yet determined, however. Bonuses have been budgeted for. The budget for performance bonus is 1.5% of the total Compensation of Employees.

Reply:

(1) (a) Due to the financial constraints and agreed to budget cuts the Department opted to pay incentives to performing staff, instead of generalised bonuses, as outlined in Part VIII, Section F1 of the Public Service Regulations which reads as follows:

“If the Departmental budget and the medium-term expenditure framework provide adequate funds, a head of department may establish a financial incentive scheme for the employees or any category of those employees.”

Consequently, an amount of R14, 493,635.57 was paid out in performance incentives to employees on salaries level 2-12 for the financial year.

(2) (a) An estimated total amount of R15 751 095 will be paid out in performance incentives to employees in the Department for the 2017/2018 financial year.

(b) The breakdown of the performance incentives to be paid out to each employee in each salary level for the 2017/18 financial year will be determined as outlined in Part VIII section F1 of the service Regulations, as outlined above.

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Reply:

The matter is currently under investigation and the Department will provide information once it is completed.

Reply:

(ii) Entity	(1)Whether the (a) chief executive officer of entities reporting to her are employed on a permanent basis,if not,	(b) chief financial officer of entities reporting to her are employed on a permanent basis,if not,	(2)whether the specified officers are employed on a fixed term contract; if so, (a)what are the names of each of the officers	(b)when
				(i) was each officer employed	(ii) will each officer’s contract end
Amatola Water	Fixed-term contract basis	Fixed-term contract basis	Ms. Asanda Gidana (Acting CEO)	CEO was appointed on an acting capacity as of 1 August 2017	until further notice
			Ms. Kwandiwe Mviko(Acting CFO)	CFO was appointed on an acting capacity as of 21 August 2017	until further notice
Bloem Water	Fixed-term contract basis	Permanent	Dr L Moorosi	CEO was appointed on 15 April 2013	Yes, Contract will end 30 April 2018
			Mr. OJ Stadler	CFO was appointed in October 1995	No, Contract is indefinite
Lepelle Northern Water	Fixed-term contract basis	Fixed-term contract basis	Mr. Phineas Legodi (CEO)	CEO was appointed on 1 January 2017	Yes, Contract will end 31December 2021
			Ms. Sibongile Valoyi (Acting CFO)	CFO was appointed to act as of 1 August 2017	until further notice
Magalies Water			Mr Sandile Mkhize	CEO was appointed to act as of 9 September 2016.	until further notice
			Ms K. Kgatuke,	Resigned on the 31 August 2017	Recruitment for the new CFO is currently in progress
Mhlathuze Water	Fixed term contract	Fixed term contract	Mr. Mthokozisi Pius Duze (aCEO)	8 June 2016	until further notice
			Mr. Brian Ndaba (CFO)	1 November 2012	31 October 2018
Overberg Water	Fixed-term contract basis	Permanent	Mr Phakamani Buthelezi (acting CEO)	July 2017 Secondment	Undetermined
			CFO post is put on an acting basis due to an administrative process.	CFO post is put on an acting basis due to an administrative process.	CFO post is put on an acting basis due to an administrative process.
Rand Water	Fixed term contract	Fixed term contract	Mr Dinizulu Kumalo Percival Sechemane (CEO)	1 September 2013	31 August 2018
			Ms Matshidiso Sylvia Nyembe (CFO)	18 May 2014	17 May 2019
Sedibeng Water	Fixed-term contract basis	Permanent	Mr. Rembuluwani Tradewin Takalani (CEO)	CEO was appointed on 20 May 2014	Yes, Contract will end on 30 June 2019
			Ms. Mpinane Shasha (CFO)	CFO was appointed on 1 February 2015	No, Contract is indefinite
Umgeni Water	Fixed term contract	Fixed term contract	Mr Thami Hlongwa (aCEO)	01 July 2013	30 June 2018
			Mr Thami Hlongwa (CFO)	01 July 2013	30 June 2018
TCTA	Fixed-term contract basis	Fixed-term contract basis	Mr. NL Radzuma (Acting CE)	Acting CEO was appointed on 1 November 2016	February 2018, where after Mr. Radzuma will revert to his role as Chief Risk Officer (CRO)
			Ms. H Nazeer (CFO)	CFO was appointed on 1 September 2016	Yes, Contract ends 31 August 2019
WRC	Fixed term contract	Permanent basis	Mr Dhesigen Naidoo	01 October 2011	30 September 2021

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Reply:

The below response is based on a report submitted to the Department of Cooperative Governance (“Department”) by the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs in the Gauteng Province.

1. No, the MEC responsible for Local Government in the Gauteng Province did not commission an investigation into the matter.

a) The matter was referred to the Ekurhuleni City Metropolitan Municipality for investigation.

The matter was resolved through a disciplinary process and the individual in question was dismissed.

(b) As the MEC abides by the decision of the municipality in this regard, no further action is necessary from the part of the MEC.

 (i) Not applicable.

 (ii) Not applicable.

2. Not applicable.

Reply:

(1)

(a) 1 permit to sell 264 rhinoceros horns and 7 permits to buy rhinoceros horns

(b) No horns or parts thereof

(2)

(a) As indicated above, no horns or parts thereof were sold during the auction. The following measures are in place to prevent and detect illegal activities:

• Environmental Management Inspectors (EMIs) monitor compliance to the buying permits as well as the possession permits that will be applicable to the horns. Through the permitting system we are able to track the movement of the horns and conduct inspections on a regular basis to monitor that these are horns have remained in the country;
• We have improved the ability to track the movement of rhino horn through the implementation of a national database and systems relating to the marking of rhino horn and genetic profiling;
• The Department’s Environmental Management Inspectorate (EMI) works in collaboration with other government agencies such as the South African Police Service and SARS Customs at international airports and at border posts in order to combat the illegal import and export of wildlife products. Having enforcement officials at these ports has assisted in the detection of illegal goods and identification of possible offenders and continue to do so;
• The Department’s Environmental Management Inspectorate (EMI) has been raising awareness and training border officials on initiatives focused on the Illicit International cross border movement of endangered species. This enhances our efforts to build capacity to tackle the problem;
• In 2017 we also commenced with awareness raising sessions for the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) officials protecting the South African border line to ensure that they are aware of the illegal practices related to smuggling of wildlife and that they are able to react should they encounter smugglers;
• The Department works in close co-operation with enforcement officials from neighboring countries to ensure that they are aware of possible illegal trade and that they immediately inform the department in case of any seizures of illegally traded horn and supply us with the necessary information to enable enforcement agencies to investigate;
• Accordingly, we have improved our detection capability at ports of entry and exit by increasing awareness, human capacity, technology and skills which is evident in the increased number of confiscations, arrests and convictions related to wildlife trafficking.
• Regulations pertaining to certain restricted activities involving rhinoceros horn were developed under section 97 of the National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act, 2004 (Act No. 10 of 2004) to ensure the strict regulation of the domestic trade in rhino horn. Under section 57(2) of the National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act, 2004 (Act No.10 of 2004) specific activities will be prohibit, i.e. the shaving and powdering of rhinoceros horn of Ceratotherium simum, Diceros bicornis bicornis, Diceros bicornis minor and Diceros bicornis michaeli.

(b) Not applicable

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Reply:

1. (a) The table below provides the information required as at August 2017

Sphere	Participation Target	Actual Participation	Cumulative Participation (1 April – 30 August 2017)	(b) Total value in rands
(i) National	237 265	212 723	226 879	653 956 252
(ii) Eastern Cape	42 600	42 669	44 314	133 128 086
(ii) Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality	2500	1961	2080	6 243 884

2) All CWP participants sign contracts as part of their initial enrolment in the programme. The process of enrolment, including the signing of contracts by participants, is facilitated by Implementing Agents (IAs) appointed to implement the programme on behalf of the department at each of the CWP sites.

3) Potential participants have to meet three primary criteria before they can be enrolled in the programme: a) They have to be poor; b) They have to be unemployed or under-employed, i.e., employed on a part time basis and being available to work two days a week in the CWP; and c) They have to reside in a ward that has been prioritized by Council for CWP implementation (on the basis of poverty and unemployment levels).

The process of recruiting CWP participants involves a number of stakeholders: i) the IAs are responsible for recruiting participants who meet the criteria outlined above, ii) the Ward Councilors for the designated wards confirm (or otherwise) that the potential participant resides in their ward and indeed, meets the other two criteria and is not better off compared to other potential participants residing in the ward, ii) the Municipal representative on the multi-stakeholder Local Reference Committee (LRC) checks whether the potential participant is registered on the Municipality’s Indigent Register and iv) the LRC which decides on participant prioritization or selection criteria in instances where the number of qualifying potential participants exceeds the target participation rate for the particular site.

In deciding on prioritization or selection criteria, the LRC must adhere to the principles of transparency, fairness and non-discrimination, as outlined in the Recruitment Guidelines for Public Employment Programmes (PEPs) developed by the Department of Public Works’ Expanded Public Works Programme – the coordinating department for all PEPs, including the CWP.

4) (a) During the introductory visit to a new CWP municipality, a presentation

is made to the Municipal Council by the respective provincial CoGTA, IA and DCoG on the CWP - covering its objectives, the various role players, the municipality’s own role in the programme and the initial work opportunity target assigned to the Municipality by DCoG on the basis of the available budget. The Council of the CWP Municipality is then requested to determine the wards that are to be prioritized for roll out in the municipality. This is formalised through a council resolution which also states who the CWP champion in the municipality is going to be. In most instances, on the initial introductory visit, the Council only expresses an “in principle” endorsement of the CWP in their municipality and the desire for the CWP to be rolled out to all their wards. However, a full discussion on the matter is often deferred to a follow-up full sitting of Council where the CWP is further discussed, often without other external stakeholders. In that meeting, the CWP is formally endorsed and a municipal champion named through a council resolution. The outcome of the Council meeting is then communicated to DCoG in writing.

(b) Municipalities (Local and Metropolitan) to which the CWP is introduced are always advised to prioritize those wards where unemployment and poverty levels are highest and where socio-economic conditions are most depressed.

According to the information received from the Province of the Eastern Cape, the CWP in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality is being implemented in the 42 wards listed below:

4, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 35, 36, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58,59, 60.

5) The budget allocated to each sphere for the past three financial years since 1 April 2017 (Wage and Non-Wage) is as outlined below:

Sphere	2014/15	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18
National	908 613 593	927 569 451	1 191 628 422	1 356 541 631
Eastern Cape CoGTA	191 867 433	166 199 184	168 319 861	224 845 074
Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality	16 540 296	19 352 968	30 935 317	33 065 452

Reply:

Competition Tribunal :

1. The Tribunal Chairperson (CEO equivalent), Mr Norman Manoim, is employed on a 5 year contract which will end on 31 August 2019.
2. The Chief Operating Officer (CFO equivalent), Ms Janeen de Klerk, is employed on a permanent contract, since 1 September 2013.

Competition Commission:

1. The Commissioner- Mr Tembinkosi Bonakele, is employed on a 5 year fixed term contract for the period 20 April 2014 to 20 April 2019.
2. The CFO – Mr Molatlhegi Kgauwe, is employed on a 3 year fixed term contract for the period 14 March 2016 to 14 March 2019.

ITAC:

1. The Chief Commissioner (CEO equivalent), Mr Siyabulela Tsengiwe is employed on a three-year contract, which will end on 31 December 2017.
2. The Chief Financial Officer position is filled on an acting basis by Ms Lebogang Bogatsu whilst a suitable candidate is being recruited.

IDC:

1. The CEO, Mr Geoffrey Qhena and CFO, Ms Nonkululeko Dlamini of the IDC are both appointed on five (5) year fixed term contracts as follows:

• Chief Executive Officer appointed with effect from 1 March 2015 until 28 February 2020.
• Chief Financial Officer appointed with effect from 1 September 2015 until 31 August 2020.

-END-

Reply:

1(a) 1.5% of the total provision for salaries is allocated towards performance reviews. This regulation is provided for by the Department of Public Service and Administration. My Department has complied with the regulation and a total of
1 961 employees qualified for performance bonuses.

(b) See table below for a detailed breakdown of payout to officials that qualified in the 2016/17 financial year.

SALARY LEVEL	TOTAL NUMBER OF OFFICIALS	AMOUNT PAID
2	191	R 1 006 931.58
3	166	R 1 109 388.28
4	67	R 462 316.22
5	159	R 1 530 318.61
6	252	R 2 742 637.89
7	313	R 4 238 651.31
8	238	R 3 776 621.45
9	114	R 2 138 783.22
10	171	R 4 054 542.86
11	107	R 2 807 539.15
12	181	R 6 501 801.50
13	1	R 58 092.84
14	1	R69 069.60
Grand Total	1961	R30 496 693

 

(2) Performance rewards for the 2017-18 financial year have not been finalized, as the financial year ends in March 2018.

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Reply:

The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the NYDA are appointed on a fixed term contracts not exceeding five years.

Reply:

(a) 5 334  

(b) (i)(ii) (c)Attached as Annexure A respectively

(d) 5 334

Reply:

1. (a) The draft Regulations on Prompt Payment and adjudication for the construction industry which were published for comment by the Minister of Public Works in Government Gazette 38822 of 29 May 2015 have been withdrawn. The Regulations were published in terms of Section 33 of the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) Act, 2000 (Act no 38 of 2000). The much anticipated regulations were aimed at introducing automatic interest on late payment as well as statutory mechanisms to ensure progressive payment to contractors for work done.

In following due legal processes, the Minister submitted the draft Regulations to the Office of the Chief State Law Advisor to test its Constitutional validity and whether the draft Regulations were not ultra vires (meaning whether the Regulations did not go beyond the scope of the empowering provisions of the CIDB Act).

(b) The comments received highlighted the need for greater alignment of the adjudication provisions with the existing legislative framework for the administration of contracts, as well as the powers of the Minister in terms of the CIDB Act. Specifically, key comments received include (i) there are potential challenges that would arise if main contractors are expected to pay a sub-contractor within 30-days. Where verification of work is required, this may result in bad quality work being delivered, and as such, main contractors may be reluctant to sub-contract. This scenario may lead to price escalations

as a strategy to minimize the risk to main contractors. It would give a wrong impression to service providers that the payment is due to them irrespective of quality of work; (ii) payment of invoice within 30-days of submission will be impossible to implement by the public sector versus the current practice of within 30-days of issuing progress payment certificates after invoice have been verified; (iii) since the Regulations were proposing payment by main contractors to sub-contractors, it is argued that the conditions of contracts between the main and sub-contractors should take precedence.

2. The Minister received the legal opinion from the Office of the Chief State Law Advisor (the legal opinion) which emphasised that the Regulations were ultra vires and if challenged would not pass the Constitutional validity threshold. In essence, the legal opinion advised that the prompt payment and compulsory adjudication provisions of the draft regulations were substantive in nature and could not be categorised as any other matter for the better execution of the Act or in relation to any power granted or function or duty imposed by the Act (see section 33 (1) of the Act). The Chief State law advisor applied a restrictive approach for interpreting wide empowering provisions in respect of the making of the regulations and concluded that the draft regulations:

• extended the scope or general operation of the enactment;
• supported attempts to widen the purposes of the Act;
• provided for substantive matters relating to the law of contract as opposed to administrative measures to implement the substantive matters provided in the Act; and
• could not be categorised as authorising the provision of subsidiary means of carrying into effect what is enacted in the statute itself and covered what is incidental to the execution of its specific provisions.

Reply:

1. Below is a summary of the number of service providers awarded contracts within the Water Trading Entity for the past five years: A detailed list is attached as Annexure A.

Financial Year	Number of service providers awarded	Value of contracts awarded	Number of black owned service providers
2012/2013	84	R 851 828 015,69	15
2013/2014	20	R 4 934 499,54	4
2014/2015	56	R 146 923 138,43	46
2015/2016	49	R1 042 073 454,66	32
2016/2017	73	R 2 577 015 536,13	53
TOTAL	282	R4 622 774 644,45	150

Below is a summary of the number of service providers awarded contracts in the Main Account for the past five years. A detailed list is attached as Annexure B.

FINANCIAL YEAR	Number of service providers awarded	Value of contracts awarded	Number of black owned service providers
2012-2013	27	R751 398 911.58	2
2013-2014	31	R1 102 770 352.49	8
2014-2015	30	R1 549 933 060.69	11
2015-2016	31	R1 833 330 569.24	12
2016-2017	64	R649 265 895.74	16
TOTAL	183	R5 886 698 789.74	49

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Reply:

I have been informed by SAPO as follows:

1. (a) SAPO vacated its own building in Bloemfontein in 2010 which was utilised for Postbank Operations due to it no longer being conducive for banking operations.

(b) The entity cited employee’s concerns about their safety when entering or leaving the building and lack of safe parking inside and around the building as further reasons for the move.

(c) An internal assessment of the building’s suitability was conducted by Postbank Management. This was necessitated by the results of the Employee Satisfaction Survey which was conducted in 2006.

(d) The building is not being utilized by SAPO for any purpose currently.

Approved/Not Approved

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Dr Siyabonga Cwele, MP

Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services

Date:

Reply:

The department and its entities procured a variety of goods and services over the past 5 years, ranging from leasing accommodation, consultant services, travel and transport, ICT related goods and services etc. The quantum of these individual transactions run into the thousands on an annual basis.

Attached are detailed lists of goods and services procured by the department and its entities for the audited financial period 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017.

See attachment

Reply:

(1) (a) (i) The National Department of Public Works is the custodian of 29 322 State Owned land parcels; and

(ii) 93 944 State owned buildings and improvements.

(b) The specified properties are accupied by various User Departments. Please refer to “Annexure A_Improvements” & “Annexure B_Land” for the number of land and buildings per User Department and per province.

(c) The specified properties are let out to various client departments in the various provinces. Please refer to “Annexure A_Improvements” & “Annexure
B_Land” for the requisite information.

(2) (a) The department issues quarterly invoices in advance to 25 National Departments as per devolved budget, which is equavalent to R372 355 708 per
month.

RENTAL AMOUNT PAYABLE EACH MONTH BY CLIENT DEPARTMENTS
REGION NAME	TOTAL AMOUNT
Agriculture, Forestry and fishing	R 9 515 336,00
Arts & Culture	R 3 872 102,00
Communications	R 96 425,00
Correctional Services	R 89 301 833,00
Defence and Military Veterans	R 85 377 333,00
Environmental Affairs	R 1 944 032,00
GCIS	R 3 105,00
Health	R 1 503 132,00
Health (Civitas)	R 7 581 052,00
Higher Education	R 80 688,00
Home Affairs	R 4 638 633,00
Human Settlements	R 49 212,00
Independent Police Investigative Directorate	R 33 167,00
Justice and Constitutional Development	R 31 939 083,00
Labour	R 5 450 380,00
National Treasury (SARS)	R 3 194 905,00
Public Service and Admin	R 28 595,00
Public Works	R 6 048 443,00
Rural Development and Land Reform	R 2 657 805,00
Social Development	R 52 335,00
SA Police Service	R 105 659 417,00
Sports and Recreation	R 1 108,00
Trade and industry	R 3 546,00
Water Affairs	R 12 887 131,00
Mineral Resources	R 301 248,00
Statistics SA	R 135 662,00
Total	R 372 355 708,00

(b) The purpose of accommodation charges, whilst engendering the culture of total
cost of accommodation within user departments, is to collect enough revenue, at
minimum, to sustain the entity’s portfolio at a specific level.

The current rate charged for state owned accommodation is based on the original calculations as performed in 2005 when certain accommodation budgets were devolved to Client Departments. In calculating the baseline information, the Department considered the different facility types in its property portfolio. It was not possible to calculate this amount on a per-property basis owing to the magnitude of the portfolio and the specific information that was not available at that time. This was done for all facility types which resulted in different rates proposed per facility type. The average rate was calculated at R23.74 per square meter (m2).

Although the average rate per facility was R23.74m2, the Department of Public Works could only devolve the funds it had in its Maintenance and Property Rates budgets baseline. The distribution of funds per Client Department had to be scaled down to fit into this baseline and was reduced on a pro-rata basis. The average of R23.74m2 was therefore reduced to R4.74m2 at introduction and has escalated to an approximate amount of R16.00m².

The amount devolved (and subsequently charged back) was not enough to cover the self-sustainable target level. As part of the devolution framework, it was indicated that the Department would have to receive at least a 15% growth on this amount to reach the desired funding level by 2017. At that point, it would be possible to maintain properties at its current level. During the time lapse from 2006 to 2017, the portfolio would further deteriorate except where specific intervention took place. This is referred to as “backlog maintenance” which would be funded separately.

While it is possible to indicate how much each department is currently paying, it is not possible to aggregate the information down per facility or per Province as the amount is paid on National level.

The abovementioned devolution and charge-back methodology is being reviewed currently with a view to align with operatinalisation of the PMTE.

(3) (a) (i) & (ii) A total of 4120 properties are currently not being let out in the various
provices. Refer to “Annexure C_Unutilised Buildings” for the breakdown per
provice.

(b) The rates payable in each province for unutilised properties are indicated in the table below:

RATES PAYMENTS ON UNUTILISED PROPERTIES 2016 & 2017 FINANCIAL YEAR
REGION NAME	TOTAL AMOUNT	NO OF PROPERTIES
BLOEMFONTEIN	R 2 413 237,94	182
DURBAN	R 6 279 285,98	169
JOHANNESBURG	R 10 530 132,88	386
CAPE TOWN	R 5 280 563,10	327
MMABATHO	R 0,00	0
NELSPRUIT	R 0,00	0
KIMBERLEY	R 1 373 213,33	339
PORT ELIZABETH	R 1 068 512,26	88
PRETORIA	R 14 573 869,71	227
POLOKWANE	R 1 275 382,07	8
UMTATA	R 263 870,86	34
TOTAL	R 43 058 068,13	1760

The municipal payments payable in each province for unutilised properties are indicated in the table below:

MUNICIPAL PAYMENTS ON UNUTILISED PROPERTIES 2016 & 2017 FINANCIAL YEAR
REGION NAME	TOTAL AMOUNT	NO OF PROPERTIES
BLOEMFONTEIN	R 199 393,43	11
DURBAN	R 2 359 451,36	133
JOHANNESBURG	R 6 708 905,23	168
CAPE TOWN	R 2 058 209,44	207
MMABATHO	R 0,00	0
NELSPRUIT	R 0,00	0
KIMBERLEY	R 626 434,03	91
PORT ELIZABETH	R 384 398,67	9
PRETORIA	R 1 563 729,96	40
POLOKWANE	R 399 600,84	14
MTHATHA	R 94 052,37	4
TOTAL	R 14 394 175,33	677

(4) 12 357 land parcels are currently not being let out in the various provinces. Refer to
“Annexure D_Unutilised Land” for the breakdown per provice.

Reply:

a) 01 January 2013 to date: None

b) 01 January 2013 to date: None

 (i) The Minister was representing our President at the inauguration of the President of the Republic of Chad.

 (ii) Direct route to Ndjamena, Chad.

 (ii) The Department did not pay for the use of the chartered private

Reply:

The Ekurhuleni Metropolitan municipality through the Gauteng Provincial Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs provided the information:

(1) The Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality is only aware of 2 phases, of which the first phase has been implemented. The property owners of the erven to be bought, to extend the existing Buurendal retention dam resisted the sale of their properties to the City of Ekurhuleni. The Roads and stormwater department concentrated on the planning and construction of many other retention dams in the catchment area to reduce the flood peak.

(2) The existing dam caters for a 1:10 year recurrence interval.

(3) (a) No.

(b) Not applicable

(4) Not certain which station is being referred to here.

Reply:

(a)(b)(i)(aa)(aaa)(bb)(aaa)

The financial statements of the Department of Cooperative Governance is prepared in terms of the modified cash basis of accounting principles applicable to National Government Departments and do not provide for valuation of current and non-current assets. As prescribed, the Department has no investments.

The Entities

MUNICIPAL DEMARCATION BOARD

(a)(b)(ii)(aa)(bbb)

VALUATION OF NON-CURRENT ASSETS
Property, Plant & Equipment
	Cost	Accumulated Depreciation	Carrying Value
Furniture and Fittings	2 098 693.04	1 211 552.92	887 140.12
Office Equipment	983 938.70	854 870.86	129 067.84
Computer Equipment	2 637 746.27	1 304 066.99	1 333 679.28
Vehicles	656 315.37	353 030.95	303 284.42
Lease hold improvements	2 503 940.03	1 543 861.01	960 079.02
	8 880 633.41	5 267 382.73	3 613 250.68
Computer Software	Cost	Accumulated Depreciation	Carrying Value
	1 896 172.43	1 056 177.56	839 994.87
	1 896 172.43	1 056 177.56	839 994.87
Warranties			18 546.08
Total Value of Non-Current assets as at 31 August 2017	4 471 791.63
CURRENT ASSETS
CASH & CASH EQUIVALENTS
Finance-Petty Cash Control			1 908.10
Finance-Bank ABSA/01 Main			57 464.20
Finance-Bank ABSA/04 Call Account			8 223 039.61	*
Total Cash & Cash Equivalents			8 282 411.91
Inventory Account			194 781.99
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS AS AT 31 AUGUST 2017	8 477 193.90
TOTAL VALUE OF ASSETS AS AT 31 AUGUST 2017	12 948 985.53
* The positive cash balance is held in a current account and the entire balance is available on call.

(a)(b)(ii)(bbb)(bb)(bbb)

The MDB does not have unlisted investments.

SOUTH AFRICAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

See the link: http://pmg-assets.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/RNW2877-SALGA.pdf

SOUTH AFRICAN CITIES NETWORK

(a)(b)(ii)(aa)(bbb)

The valuation for current and non-current assets.

Current assets	0-3 Months	3-6 Months	6-12 Months	12 Months
Equipment	169,551	169,551	169,551	508,652
Non-current assets
Trade and other receivables	4,875	4,875	4,875	14,625
Accrued income	2,542,043	2,542,043	2,542,043	7,626,129
Cash and cash equivalent	2,054,708	2,054,708	2,054,708.23	6,164,125

(a)(b)(ii)(bbb)(bb)(bbb)

The SACN does not have unlisted investments.

Reply:

The Department of Public Works provides service delivery infrastructure to the Department of Correctional Services, for the past five financial years and since 1 April 2017, the amount that was spent on (i) building new, (ii) upgrading existing correctional facilities is presented as follows:

Item	Financial Year	TOTAL ALLOCATION	EXPENDITURE	Planning Stage (4-4A)	Tender Stage (4B)	Evaluation & Adjudication (5-5A)	Construction Stage (5B)	Practical Completion Stage (6A)
	2013/14	680 137 750	300 325 570	106	14	11	46	22
	2014/15	454 648 915	359 875 110	110	12	4	46	19
	2015/16	576 165 972	482 579 915	98	3	13	41	15
	2016/17	447 521 941	536 295 194	72	13	1	34	13
	2017/18	243 897 506.00	243 002 430.80	79	4	1	23	9
Total	2 402 372 084	1 922 078 220	465	46	30	190	78

In each case the relevant details on (i) relevant details of the facility concerned, (ii) work done, (iii) date of completion are provided as follows:

CLIENT DEPT	TOWN	DESCRIPTION	STATUS	FINANCIAL TENDER DATE	FIRST DELIVERY DATE	STATUS
CORRECTIONAL SERVICES	HEILBRON	IMPLEMENTATION OF EMERGENCY BACK-UP POWER SUPPLY	6A	2016/12/05	2017/06/04	Project Completed
CORRECTIONAL SERVICES	KROONSTAD	IMPLEMENTATION OF EMERGENCY BACK-UP POWER SUPPLY AT KROONSTA D MEDIUM A, MEDIUM B, MEDIUM C & YOUTH CENTRE AND COLLEGE	6A	2014/12/02	2017/08/02	Project Completed
CORRECTIONAL SERVICES	VIRGINIA	INSTALLATION OF BACK UP POWER GENERATOR AT VIRGINIA PRISON	6A	2016/12/05	2017/05/04	Project Completed
CORRECTIONAL SERVICES	ZASTRON	INSTALLATION OF BACK UP POWER GENERATOR	6A	2016/12/05	2017/05/30	Project Completed
CORRECTIONAL SERVICES	VENTERSBURG	INSTALLATION FOR BACK UP POWER GENERATOR	6A	2017/01/26	2017/09/21	Project Completed
CORRECTIONAL SERVICES	SASOLBURG	GROENPUNT CORRECTIONAL CENTRE: REPAIR OF RIOT DAMAGE TO MAXI MUM CENTRE	6A	2016/09/27	2017/05/08	Project Completed
CORRECTIONAL SERVICES	VILJOENSDRIF	GROENPUNT MEDIUM PRISON: UPGRADING OF THE EXISTING KITCHEN A ND CONVERSION FROM STEAM TO ELECTRICAL	5B	2015/05/19	2017/08/14	On construction
CORRECTIONAL SERVICES	GROOTVLEI (FS)	SEWAGE AND WATER INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADE	5B	2016/03/15	2018/01/16	On construction
CORRECTIONAL SERVICES	PAARL	BOUNDARY FENCE PROJECT	6A	2015/12/04	2017/06/15	Project Completed
CORRECTIONAL SERVICES	PAARL	OUTSIDE KITCHEN: UPGRADE KITCHEN AND REFURBISH EQUIPMENT, IN CLUDING PAINTINGS & FLOORING	5B	2017/04/10	2017/12/09	On construction
CORRECTIONAL SERVICES	TZANEEN	REPLACEMENT OF TEMPORARY PRISON WITH A FACILITY FOR 494 INMA TES INCLUDING SECURITY FENCE AND SPORTFIELD: ADDITIONAL ACCO MODATION REQUIREMENTS	5B	2017/01/10	2017/09/27	On construction
CORRECTIONAL SERVICES	DURBAN	PAROLE BOARD FACILITIES: UPGRADING AND EXPANSION OF EXISTING AND PROVISION OF NEW STRUCTURES_(NEW)	6A	2016/06/23	2017/05/12	Project Completed
CORRECTIONAL SERVICES	ESTCOURT	HERITAGE - REPLACEMENNT OF EXISTING CORRUGATED IRON BUILDING AND REBUID WITH BRICK	5B	2012/04/17	2017/11/15	On construction
CORRECTIONAL SERVICES	PIETERMARITZBURG	REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE OF INTEGRATED SECURITY SYSTEM	5B	2016/02/22	2019/02/21	On construction
CORRECTIONAL SERVICES	KOKSTAD	KOKSTAD MEDIUM AND MAXIMUM CORRECTIONAL CENTRES: FOLLOW ON C ONTRACT: INTEGRATED SECURITY SYSTEM	5B	2016/02/22	2019/02/21	On construction
CORRECTIONAL SERVICES	LADYSMITH (KZN)	SUPPLY AND INSTALLATION OF STANDBY GENERATOR AT DUNDEE, VRYH EID, LADYSMITH, POMEROY, NEWCASTLE, UTRECHT AND KRANSKOP	5B	2016/08/05	2017/08/04	On construction
CORRECTIONAL SERVICES	KURUMAN	REPLACEMENT OF FOUR IN ONE SLICER, KITCHEN FLOORING , FOOD P ROCESSOR AND MEAT SAW	6A	2016/03/18	2017/04/18	Project Completed
CORRECTIONAL SERVICES	KIMBERLEY	REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE PROJECT: FOLLOW ON CONTRACT FOR INTER GRATED SECURITY SYSTEM AT TSHWELOPELE (KIMBERLEY)CENTRE	5B	2015/10/05	2018/10/05	On construction
CORRECTIONAL SERVICES	RUSTENBURG	RUSTENBURG PRISON: REPAIR & RENOVATION AND UPGRADING OF BUIL DINGS, WET SERVICES AND CIVIL INFRASTRUCTURE.	5B	2014/07/14	2018/07/26	On construction
CORRECTIONAL SERVICES	STANDERTON	STANDERTON CORRECTIONAL CENTRE: ADAPTATION AND COMPLETE UPGRADING PHASE 2: WCS 044954	5B	2013/12/20	2018/04/29	On construction

Reply:

a) All transfers have been made in line with the payment schedule as approved by National Treasury. The Department is only responsible for the EPWP Incentive Grant for Provinces.

b) The devolution of the property rates fund grant to provinces as the allocated funding for property rates was phased into the equitable share in 2013/14. This therefore means that the Department does not make transfers to provinces for property rates and service charges as it is part of their equitable share.

Reply:

(a) Schibuna Aloe’s application was subjected to internal processes which involves the evaluation by the Bioprospecting Advisory Committee (BAC) comprised of internal and external stakeholders and ensuing consultations with the applicant. Upon receipt of the recommendations by the BAC, key fundamental gaps on fair and equitable sharing of benefits with communities were identified which needed further engagement with the applicant.

(b) The issuing of the permit will be finalised as soon as the applicant has satisfactorily addressed the fair and equitable sharing of benefits with communities. (Approval has been given, however, for the applicant to continue with the export of aloe juice in the interim, pending the completion of these processes)

2. (a) The Bioprospecting Access and Benefit Sharing (BABS) Amendment Regulations provide the criteria that must be taken into consideration before a biotrade permit can be issued and /or renewed.

(b) The department places high value on the role of bioprospecting and biotrade in facilitating fairness and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the use of biological resources. Recent interventions include but are not limited to institutional strengthening, regulatory amendments and enhancement of the assessment processes.

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Reply:

I have been informed by the Department as follows:

(a) Yes, there are currently three (3) vacancies.

(b) The Department called for nominations of persons suitable for appointment to the Board of the South African Post Office (SAPO). The response did not yield suitable candidates in terms of the skills requirements in line with the provisions of the SAPO Act. The Department is now pursuing other means of sourcing the suitable candidates including headhunting.

Approved/ Not Approved

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Dr Siyabonga Cwele, MP

Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services

DATE:

Reply:

This question does not fall within the CoGTA mandate and should therefore be re-directed to South African Police Services as the competent authority.

Reply:

1. The difference is as a result of Mikondzo events which were held in the beginning of the financial year, before the companies were accredited. The response to Parliamentary Question 2018 indicated all the amounts paid to the accredited companies, from the date of their accreditation in June 2016 and also included one event which was held on 12 May 2017, which is in fact in the 2017/18 financial year.

The response to parliamentary question 2019 is not complete, and the amounts indicated are not accurate. I apologise for the inaccurate information submitted.

2. The Mikondzo events managed by the accredited companies were not separate to those indicated in the reply to question 2019. However, as indicated, the response to parliamentary question 2019 was not complete.

The amounts paid to the accredited companies were funded from the retained surplus within SASSA, and therefore did not reflect on the budget.

Reply:

The details of the annual reports for the various Departments and entities as well as the cost for the GPW is contained in the table below:

Department and Entity	Details	Quantity	Unit Price	Total
Department of Correctional Services	Annual Report 2016/17	400	514.27	205,709.42
Military Veterans	Annual Report 2016/17	500	432.38	216,190.53
National Disaster Management Centre	Annual Report 2016/17 (including USB, CD's)	200	1,379.16	275,832.26
Civilian Secretariat	Annual Report 2016/17	300	388.04	116,412.60
Education, Training and Development (ETD) sector - Seta	Annual Report 2016/17	700	328.75	230,125.12
Department of Justice	Annual Report 2016/17	780	293.09	228,613.30
Education, Training and Development (ETD) sector - Seta	Annual Report 2016/17	2,000	115.00	230,000.00
Department of Communications	Annual Report 2016/17	100	780.61	78,060.63
Government Communication and Information Services	Annual Report 2016/17	2,000	89.96	179,918.84
Department of Water and Sanitation	Annual Report 2016/17	500	875.46	437,730.04
Government Printing Works	Annual Report 2016/17	350	231.20	80,921.50
South African Police Services	Annual Report 2016/17	3,000	205.76	617,265.41
Total			3,131,563.22

Reply:

(a)(i),(ii),(aa),(bb),(cc),(dd),(b) Please refer to the table below.

(i) Department	(aa)	(bb)	(cc)	(dd)
(a)	Unpaid Invoices	5	12	0	10
(b)	Amount Outstanding	R64 047.89	R516 730.24	R0.00	R675 797.34
(ii) Entities:	(aa)	(bb)	(cc)	(dd)
PLAS Trading Entity
(a)	Unpaid Invoices	0	0	0	0
(b)	Amount Outstanding	Falls away
Deeds Trading Account	(aa)	(bb)	(cc)	(dd)
(a)	Unpaid Invoices	0	0	0	0
(b)	Amount Outstanding	Falls away
Ingonyama Trust Board	(aa)	(bb)	(cc)	(dd)
(a)	Unpaid Invoices	1	0	0	0
(b)	Amount Outstanding	R242 792.47	R0	R0	R0