Questions and Replies

Reply:

1. The unsolicited offers received in May 2017 were not considered and the Department is in the process of advertising all its surplus properties to solicit
offers from the public.

2. Yes. The Department has appointed security services to safeguard the property.

3. No. The Department has not been informed of any assessment done on the structure relating to the preservation of the property.

Reply:

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

The Emergency Management Services Department can confirm that the Executive Mayor, Member of Mayoral Committee (MMC) Community Safety, other political office bearers and the Gauteng Premier did visit the areas that were affected by floods in the City of Ekurhuleni. However, the department cannot confirm whether the Executive Mayor and other political office bearers specifically visited Edenvale. The Office of the Executive Mayor and / or Member of Mayoral Committee (MMC) Community Safety or the Chairperson of the Community Safety Portfolio is well placed to respond to the specific visit to Edenvale from Honourable E R Wilson from Democratic Alliance.

Reply:

(a) (i) 2014/15 financial year: Nil

2015/16 financial year: Nil

2016/17 financial year: Nil

(ii) 2017/18 financial year: R111.1 million

 

(b) 2014/15 financial year: 50 million

2015/16 financial year: 50 million

2016/17 financial year: Nil

2017/18 financial year: Nil

2018/19 financial year: R 28.4 million

 

(c) 2014/15 financial year

No additional allocation

2015/16 financial year

No additional allocation

2016/17 financial year

Nil Allocation

2017/18 financial year

No additional allocation

2018/19 financial year

No additional allocation

Reply:

SOUTH AFRICAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION (SALGA) AND SOUTH AFRICAN CITIES NETWORK (SACN)

a) Not applicable. In respect of Salga, positions are filled through elective conference linked to the Local Government Elections while the board members of the SACN are mandated by their respective municipalities to form part of the board based on municipal council resolutions of each municipality.

b) Not applicable. Positions are filled through elective conference linked to the Local Government Elections.

MUNICIPAL DEMARCATION BOARD

(a) (b) The applications for persons to be appointed as a member board are advertised in accordance with Section 8(1)(a) of the Municipal Demarcation Act, Act 27 of 1998.

COMMISSION FOR THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF THE RIGHTS OF CULTURAL, RELIGIOUS AND LINGUISTIC COMMUNITIES (CLR COMMISSION)

(a) (b) The current Commissioners were appointed in March 2014 for a five-year period, expiring in March 2019.

Reply:

a) What number of buildings and other structures have been built as part of the Royal Khalanga Lodge project in Limpopo	b) what is the total square meters, including upper floors, of each building and structure	c) have the specified buildings and structures been registered with the National Home Builders Registration Council
Entrance gate & guard house	33m²	The National Home Builders Registration Council (NHBRC) is an agency of the Department of Human Settlements which is responsible for the protection of housing consumers and to regulate the home building industry. Registration with the NHBRC is mainly intended for residential buildings as areas designated as business, industrial or otherwise are excluded from the NHBRC. The Khalanga Project was therefore not registered with the NHRBC as the buildings did not fall within the requirements for registration.
Chalets - standard type (x10)	320m²
Chalets - luxury type (x4)	490m²
Chalet - Presidential suite	50m²
4 Chalets ( 4 rooms each)	324m²
Hall -1000 seater	1123m²
Hall toilets	75m²
Toilet block - pool	44m²
Breakaway rooms (x2 buildings)	160m²
Entertainment area	107m²
Laundry	66 m²
Steel palisade fence (1.8m) high	2500m
Swimming Pools (4x3m2)	7m/3 and 6/4 (280 m²)
Deck	75m² with approximately 20m long staircase
Carports	13/36-468 m²
Retaining wall	2450 m²
Paving in the hall	3285 m²
Paving – access road	10131 m²
Bulk services Electrical supply	455m
Sewer reticulation	631m
Water reticulation including 6x 6000l tanks	631m

Reply:

(1) (a) The municipality has not purchased land on its own from the year 2011 to date. However, the Housing Development Agency (HDA) bought land to address housing backlogs in Bela- Bela. The land in question was registered in the Deeds Office by HDA. Size of the land is 72.5 hectors off stand 1491, portion 170 of the farm Roodepoort 467KR.

(b) The cost for the land as per the Deeds information is R65 400 000.00, the land is owned by HDA.

(c) In the municipal valuation roll these piece of land (stand 1491 Ext 25) is not valued.

(d) The previous owner of the land as per documents in the municipal record was Messrs SBNP Family Trust, Number IT3162/2004.

(2) HDA had finalised detail design of 1200 units in this area. The housing project has not yet started. Progress on this project matter can be provided by the HDA and Coghsta Limpopo.

Reply:

(a) The allegations as contemplated in section 2(2) of the Special Investigating Unit and Special Tribunals Act, 1996 (Act No. 74 of 1996) ('SIU Act') were made to the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) in respect of the affairs of the Greater Sekhukhune District Municipality and the Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality ("the Municipalities"). The allegations pointed towards loss having been suffered by the two municipalities and as such had to be recovered. In order to recover the losses suffered by the municipalities, the SIU made an application to the President of the Republic of South Africa with the support of the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs in order to apply for a proclamation. The SIU deemed it necessary that the said allegations should be investigated, and civil proceedings emanating from such investigations should be adjudicated upon.

(b) The investigation in respect of the Proclamation in the two municipalities were never withdrawn and they are still on going.
 

Reply:

The information requested by the Honourable Member is not readily available in the Department. The Department has however, engaged the Provincial Departments responsible for Local Government to request the relevant information from municipality. The information will be submitted to the Honourable Member as soon as it is received.

Reply:

The response is still awaited from the Gauteng Provincial Disaster Management Centre and the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality.

Reply:

Once schools are fit for purpose, a practical completion certificate is awarded. Upon final completion, the asset is handed over to the relevant Provincial Department who then makes sure that there is a maintenance budget and maintenance plan for the school. All 184 schools have been issued with their practical completion certificates.

Reply:

There was no member of the specified family that was part of the official delegation that accompanied the President to the State Visit to Zambia.

Reply:

(1) I have been informed by Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality that the reported expenditure of R24 714 000 was for work in progress. The social housing projects are multi-year projects and the housing units are reported when the block of social housing units are complete, handed over and a completion certificate is issued. The projects have since been completed with 256 units delivered, in Germiston Fire station phase 1(144 units) and Delville (112 units) respectively, at the end of the 2016/17 financial year.

(2) (a) The contract of the appointed service providers had expired on 30 June 2016, therefore no construction could commence until new service providers were appointed. The appointment of the new service provider was finalised on 18 November 2016 and appointment letters from the Tender Office were issued on 15 December 2016. There was a period of six months where the Municipality had no service providers for the construction of houses. In addition, the late gazetting of the Human Settlements Development Grant (HSDG) funds by the Province to Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality also contributed to the poor expenditure of 2016/17. The Metropolitan Municipality received this part of HDSG in March 2017.

(b) The Municipality received an Urban Settlements Development Grant (USDG) allocation of R1, 985 billion for the 2017/2018 financial year.

(3) The approved National Subsidy Quantum is R111 000. The Provincial Subsidy Quantum on the other hand is capped at R102 953.55. The unit cost did not reduce as the National Subsidy Quantum stands at R111 000. Further, the Metropolitan Municipality reported that there were certain houses under the category of work in progress, as they were at various phases of construction. In addition, there were expenses for completed houses which were not included as they were subject to internal payment approval process at the time of reporting.

Reply:

Upon receipt of this question, the Department of Cooperative Governance (DCoG) approached the Department of Development Planning in the City of Johannesburg to request information pertaining to Erf 11208. In the response, the City has provided details in relation to the zoning history of Erf 11208 as per the table below:

ERF NUMBER	OWNERSHIP	ZONING	REZONING HISTORY
11208 Bramfischerville Ext 8	Rand Leases	Residential	None
11208 Cosmo City Ext 10	Mashile Aubrey	Residential 1	None
11208 Diepkloof	Motaung Elizabeth	Residential	None
11208 Dobsonville Ext 2	Mbatha Itumeleng and Velaphi	Residential	None
11208 Ivory Park Ext 10	City of Johannesburg	Residential	None
11208 Lenasia Ext 13 (now subdivided into 8 portions of Erf  12263)	Gauteng Provincial Housing Advisory Board	8 Residential 1 stands	The current rezoning application, submitted in 2014, which includes erven 11192 and 11206 is pended due to non-submission of a geotechnical report. The rezoning application is to increase the residential density from 1 house per stand to multi storey walk ups.
11208 Meadowlands	Tseleli Tsohleho	Residential	None
11208 Orange Farm Ext 7	Makhubu Phumuzile	Residential	None
11208 Orlando	Khumalo Bavelile	Residential	None
11208 Pimville Zone 2	Makau Paulina	Residential	None
11208 Stretford Ext 6	Bokaba Maurice	Residential	None

Reply:

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

The Roads and Storm Water Department of the City of Ekurhuleni appointed Consultants for the assessment of the roads and storm water infrastructure under its jurisdiction, damaged during the floods in Edenvale and Eastleigh Spruit at an estimated fees amount or R4, 3m from its own consulting fees budget allocation.

R 10 million was not allocated for the rehabilitation, reconstruction and/or repair of priority roads and storm-water infrastructure. The R10 million funding was earmarked within the disaster management vote to be used for the structural assessment, design and implementation of roads and storm water infrastructure projects following the flooding that occurred in November 2016. During the procurement process, it was realised that the earmarked allocation cannot be utilised as this may be against the municipal supply chain policies.

(a)(i) No amount was spent on the repair bridges. , roads in Edenvale and the Eastleigh spruit.

(ii) No amount was used to repair roads in Edenvale.

(b) No amount was used to repair the Eastleigh Spruit

Reply:

The information requested by the Honourable Member is not readily available in the Department. The Department has however, engaged the Provincial Departments responsible for Local Government to request the relevant information from municipality. The information will be submitted to the Honourable Member as soon as it is received.

Reply:

The Free State Government has spent 91.57% of their Learner Transport Budget in the first two financial quarters. Information received from the Free State Department of Police, Roads and Transport indicate that the Executive Committee of the Free State Government has earmarked Learner Transport to receive provincially earmarked funds. The funds will be made available during the budget adjustments and services will proceed without interruptions. An additional R10m was already made available on the adjustments budget and the Department is busy assessing internal funds for reprioritisation.

Reply:

1. The law enforcement agencies in particular the Hawks are investigating the so called Gupta leaked emails, this has been widely reported, Minister will not be commenting on any matter arising or related to the alleged Gupta leaked emails in order not to interfere with the due processes of the law.

2. The Minister is required by law to respect due process of the law which inter alia include investigations by law enforcement agencies and therefore I will not interfere with such investigation by making comments.

Reply:

The Question has been referred to all the Provincial Education Departments and the response will be provided as soon as it is received.

Reply:

The matter raised by the Honourable Member can best be responded to by the National Treasury, as the competent authority.

Reply:

The information on the incidents mentioned has been requested from the Eastern Cape and the KwaZulu-Natal Departments of Education and will be provided as soon as it is received.

Reply:

Brighton Beach, CAS 50/07/2017- Theft, was fully investigated. There were no witnesses, no CCTV footage or any leads to aid in the investigation and the case docket was closed as undetected, on 17 July 2017.

Reply:

1. The alleged fraud, involves funds from the Secret Services Account and therefore, this matter can only be discussed in the Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence (JSCI).

(2)(a)(b)(i)(ii)(iii)(aa)(bb) As above.

Reply:

(1) A total of 67 officials and/or employees in my Department have been granted permission to have businesses.

(2) No officials and/or employees have permission to do business with Government.

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Reply:

a) The table below, is a representation of the budgetary allocations for the respective financial years, with the total number of vehicles purchased and distributed to the 184 police stations/units/branches/components, in Kwazulu-Natal. Due to budgetary constraints, this province is not able to meet the needs of all the police stations.

2014	2015	2016	2017
R 168 696 000,00	R 160 000 000,00	R 160 000 000,00	R 211 880 000,00
824 Vehicles Purchased	684 Vehicles Purchased	595 Vehicles Purchased	769 Vehicles Purchased

(b)

(b) vehicle shortages for each police station	(aa) 2014	(aa) 2015	(aa) 2016	(bb)2017	New vehicles ordered 2017/2018
	Required vehicles	Active vehicles	Short/ Surp	Required vehicles	Active vehicles	Short/Surp	Required vehicles	Active vehicles	Short/Surp	Required vehicles	Active vehicles	Short/Surp	No. of Vehicles ordered	Received	Awaiting delivery
Richmond	15	19	+4	21	15	-6	22	23	+1	21	20	-1	3	2	-1
Kwadukuza	45	41	-4	49	48	-1	49	47	-2	48	44	-4	5	3	-2
Camperdown	17	16	-1	15	17	+2	20	16	-4	19	19	-	4	3	-1
Bishopstowe	11	11	-	11	13	+2	15	15	-	11	12	+1	4	2	-2
Umsunduzi	13	15	+2	12	15	+3	10	15	+5	13	14	+1	1	0	-1

Reply:

(1)(a) Yes, the South African Police Service (SAPS), procured services from Travel With Flair, since 2001.

(1)(b) For the entities, reporting to the Minister of Police, to respond.

(1)(i)(ii) For the period, since 2001 up to November 2017, the following amounts were paid to the company:

• Air charter service: R8 211 370,31.
• Leases: motor vehicles: R1 476 536,81.
• Laundry services: R10 315,46.
• Domestic accommodation: R97 612 196,21.
• Domestic car rental: R2 919,40.
• Domestic air transport and accommodation: R437 423,58.
• Domestic air transport: R30 992 464,62.
• Domestic railway transport: R6 664,44.
• Domestic road transport: R2 350 251,39.
• Foreign accommodation: R22 797 095,54.
• Foreign incidental cost-medical insurance: R115 327,42.
• Foreign air transport: R100 239 651,94.
• Foreign road transport: R101 458,00.
• Venues and facilities: R253 605,12.

(2)(a) Yes, international travel expenditures were also procured from the company.

(2)(i)(ii) and (iii)

Due to the number of employees that travelled abroad, during the lengthy period of time, for which information is requested, (4 225 foreign air tickets) and taking into account the various transactions and the documents which are to be analysed, it will be extremely time consuming and will place an unreasonable burden on the resources of the SAPS to obtain the information in these categories, as requested. The information requested is not readily available in the financial accounting structure (Standard Chart of Accounts) of the SAPS and can therefore, not be extracted electronically.

Reply:

This question requires consultation with various role players, including all station commanders. It is, therefore, requested that extension is granted to reply to this question. An extension period of five working days is requested, to gather and consolidate the correct information.

 

 

Reply:

(1) and (2) There are two Major-Generals whose files were closed in 2016, without issuing the clearance certificates. Their files were closed because they had not submitted all the required documentation.

These Major-Generals are now required to re-apply, in terms of the new directive by the National Commissioner. The directive instructs all Generals and Brigadiers to submit their applications before the end of December 2017. Their names cannot yet be disclosed, considering that, together with all members of senior management, they have been afforded the opportunity to re-apply within the stipulated time frames.

In the interim, members of the Senior Management Service (SMS), are being dealt with in terms of Section 70 and 71 of the South African Police Service Act, which require them to take an oath of secrecy.

Furthermore, consistent with the requirements of the Minimum Information Security Standards (MISS) policy, the respective supervisors must, at the end of every financial year, furnish a certificate regarding the security conduct of persons who do not yet possess security clearance certificates.

The MISS policy states, amongst others, that “the screening authority will merely make a recommendation regarding the security competence of the person concerned, to the head of the requesting institution, and this should in no way be seen as a final testimonial, as far as the utilisation of the person is concerned”. The relevant legislation and the MISS do not provide for the dismissal of persons who fail to obtain security clearance certificates.

Taking the above into account, it is clear that each case will have to be considered on its own merit.

Reply:

1. (a) (i) The Agri-Park initiative was started in 2015 with the development of a district wide Agri-Parks business plan that was signed off by the District Municipality in 2016.

(ii) The Agri-hub construction will start in the 2018/19 financial year; the fencing project is already approved and is at planning stage. A mechanisation centre is also planned for the 2018/19 financial year. The focus in the district has been on the establishment of the Farmer Production Support Unit (FPSUs) in Beaufort West and in Prince Albert.

• The Beaufort West FPSU is being established on erf 394 in Beaufort West, which has a grazing capacity of 36 Ha/LSU1. It is envisaged that 600 ewes and 20 rams will be housed on this farm.
• The Prince Albert FPSU (Erf 783 in Prince Albert Municipality) will focus on the production of dried fruit and the facility has been fenced by the RID branch.
• Remainder of Portion 4 of Farm No. 137, Wolve Kraal in Prince Albert Registration Division, owned by Prince Albert Local Municipality is earmarked for an apricot plantation to supply the FPSU. An Environmental Impact Assessment of the property is currently underway.
• 33 Narysec Youth are currently at various TVET colleges undergoing mixed farming, animal production, project management, agri-sales and services and marketing learnerships. A further 45 were recruited during 2017 and will be starting their college training in January 2018. These youth will receive accredited training at NQF levels 3 and 4 and after the completion of these learnerships will find themselves placed in the FPSU sites and Agri-hub.

(b) The support to the mayor is provided through the District Joint Operations Centre (DJOC), chaired by the District Municipal Manager. The DJOC meets monthly in the District. Several meetings with the mayor have taken place to apprise him of the progress as well as any issues and challenges that may exist.

2. An Agri-park is a conglomeration of various interventions at the level of an FPSU and the Agri-hub level; the table below shows the work that has commenced in terms of the Agri-Park.

Agri-Park (FPSU/Agri-hub intervention)	Infrastructure	Enterprise Development
Haarlem FPSU	Planning & design	Establishing the Marketing Cooperative In the process of Acquiring a Delivery Truck
Suurbraak FPSU	Planning & design	Not yet started
Hermanus FPSU	Planning & design	The Fisherfolk - 4 Cooperatives, supported with fishing equipment
Ebenaeser FPSU	Planning & design	Ebeneaser FPSU- provision of a truck and production Inputs
Saron FPSU	Planning & design	1hh 1ha project approved and will be implemented soon.
Ceres Agri0hub	Upgrade of Roads Witzenberg Bulk Electrical Upgrade	Yabantu Abattoir has been acquired and has started operating
Beaufort West FPSU	Planning & design	Animal Improvement Scheme
Prince Albert FPSU	Fencing of the site	Not yet started

3. 492 small holder farmers will be benefiting from the projects in the province in the current financial year.

Reply:

Such information relating to service providers and/or contractors of the State Security Agency (SSA) forms part of the broader operational framework of the SSA and therefore remains classified and privileged. Information about service providers and/or contractors is a matter that falls in the ambit of national security and therefore excluded from public disclosure. It should however be observed that the SSA is held accountable on such matters by the Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence (JSCI).

Reply:

The information that is required, is not readily available and has to be requested from the provinces. Each case must be verified before the information can be submitted. A request is hereby made for an extension, in order for the correct information to be provided.

Reply:

(1) and (2) The information provided, is insufficient for this office to provide a reply. The station where the case was reported, or the name and the identity number of the complainant, is required to enable this office to provide the relevant information.

Reply:

(a) (b) Yes

(a) (i),(ii),(iii) Refer to Annexure A.

(b) (i),(ii),(iii) The Ingonyama Trust Board (ITB) administers land held in trust for the communities/clans listed in the schedule of the Ingonyama Trust Act 1997 as amended. A copy of the schedule of the communities/clans is attached as Annexure B together with the land holding register as Annexure C.

The land in question is communally owned and the sizes vary depending on the use and the time acquired. The Trust land measures approximately three million hectares in extent. Uses include public facilities, grazing land, residential, commercial, mining and both subsistence and commercial agriculture. It should be noted that the bulk of the land still has to be surveyed and formalized. This would require multimillion rand investment. The source of such funding will need to be agreed to with all relevant role players.

Reply:

Pay grades in the mining sector are by and large the function of Collective bargaining processes either at sectoral level or enterprise level. As such the detailed information is in the public domain and these can either be accessed through the trade unions, the mining sector employer bodies and mining enterprises.

 

Reply:

(a)(i)(aa) to (cc) The total number of firearms, which were circulated as found, without serial numbers and duplicated serial numbers, are as follows:

Province	2014/ 2015	2015/ 2016	2016/ 2017
Eastern Cape	540	1 089	1 741
Free State	128	255	306
Gauteng	1 043	596	3 069
KwaZulu-Natal	1 149	1 212	4 332
Limpopo	135	210	1 781
Mpumalanga	355	396	1 178
North West	185	325	276
Northern Cape	23	96	36
Western Cape	1 779	1 024	675
TOTAL	5 337	5 203	13 394

(a)(ii) The requested information is part of the statistical information, which must be published by the Minister of Police.

(b)(i)(ii)(iii) The number of firearms, as mentioned in paragraph (a) supra, were recovered by the South African Police Service (SAPS). Due to the fact that the majority of the firearms are unidentifiable (i.e. serial number erased), it is not always possible to link these firearms to official institutions such as the SAPS, security service providers and private persons.

Taking the above into consideration, this office cannot provide reliable figures, regarding part (b) of this question.

Reply:

Tourism is a concurrent function. Although the Department conducted an audit which provided a baseline of municipal and provincially owned tourism assets, the decision to convert these underutilised resorts into budget resorts must be taken by the responsible owning entities. This audit report, produced in partnership with the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC), was made available to all provinces for their project and budget planning purposes of their tourism assets. The Department remains committed to providing support to Provincial and Municipal projects from a planning and investment packaging perspective in cases where municipalities have decided to pursue the budget resort approach.

The member is kindly referred to the responses by myself and my predecessor the past two years on the issue of municipal and provincially owned tourism assets.

As per previous responses the Department of Tourism cannot pursue the Budget Resort Concept independently but only in agreement and partnership with the owners of the tourism asset e.g. municipalities and /or Provinces.

Question Number	Type Question	Questions Paper: Publication date and number	Date of Reply	Question asked by
2396	Written -NA	7/11/2014 –no 25	21/11/2014	Mr J Vos (DA)
593	Written NA	6/03/2015 – no 5	20/03/2015	Mr J Vos (DA)
2036	Written NA	29/05/2015 - no 17	19/06/2015	MR J Vos (DA)
2093	Written NA	29/05/2015 – no 17	19/06/2015	Mr J Vos (DA)
33 (2148)	Transferred from written to oral-NA	1/11/2016 - no 34 14/10/2016 - no 30	1/11/2017	Mr J Vos (DA)
192	Written NA	17/02/2017 - no 2	8/03/2017	Mr BR Topham (DA)
98	Oral NA	30/05/2017- no 19	7/06/2017	Mr J Vos (DA)
2238	Written NA	7/08/2017 - no 25	22/08/2017	MR TM Mbabama (DA)

Reply:

(1)(a)(b)(i)(ii)(aa)(bb) The South African Police Service (SAPS), does not erect or repair security border fences or static observation posts. This is the responsibility of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF).

2. Border crossing observation posts are monitored and manned by members of the SANDF.

Reply:

(a)(b) and (c) The test firing will occur at station level, within one week of receiving the firearm, whereafter the fired specifimens will be submitted to the Forensic Science Laboratory. The loading and comparison searching on the Intergrated Ballistic Identification System and other testing, will occur within 30 days from receipt of the fired specimens.

Reply:

(a) and (b) no

Reply:

The Department is not responsible for the operation of a project post-handover and therefore does not collect data on income or expenditure post-handover. This question will need to be referred to the Project Owning Entity who is the Valoyi Traditional Authority Trust.

Reply:

a) My Department is currently owing R47 803 754.46 to three (3) Water Boards as at 13 December 2017 as per the table below:

(b)(i) Name of Water Board	(b)(ii) Amount	(b)(iii) Expected date of payment
Sedibeng Water Board	R 29 930 475.82	20 December 2017
Rand Water Board	R 11 842 268.80	20 December 2017
Bloem Water Board	R 6 031 009.84	20 December 2017
Total	R 47 803 754.46

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Reply:

1. There is currently no investigation pending against the said official. The official terminated his services, on 2015-10-15.

(2)(a)(b)(i)(ii)(iii)(aa) and (bb)

The said official is currently not on suspension, as he has terminated his service. However, it must be mentioned that on 2015-10-14, the said official was served with a notice of contemplated suspension/transfer, but the official choose to resign the following day.

Reply:

(1) and (2) There are two Major-Generals whose files were closed in 2016, without issuing the clearance certificates. Their files were closed because they had not submitted all the required documentation.

These Major-Generals are now required to re-apply, in terms of the new directive by the National Commissioner. The directive instructs all Generals and Brigadiers to submit their applications before the end of December 2017. Their names cannot yet be disclosed, considering that, together with all members of senior management, they have been afforded the opportunity to re-apply within the stipulated time frames.

In the interim, members of the Senior Management Service (SMS), are being dealt with in terms of Section 70 and 71 of the South African Police Service Act, which require them to take an oath of secrecy.

Furthermore, consistent with the requirements of the Minimum Information Security Standards (MISS) policy, the respective supervisors must, at the end of every financial year, furnish a certificate regarding the security conduct of persons who do not yet possess security clearance certificates.

The MISS policy states, amongst others, that “the screening authority will merely make a recommendation regarding the security competence of the person concerned, to the head of the requesting institution, and this should in no way be seen as a final testimonial, as far as the utilisation of the person is concerned”. The relevant legislation and the MISS do not provide for the dismissal of persons who fail to obtain security clearance certificates.

Taking the above into account, it is clear that each case will have to be considered on its own merit.

Reply:

I have been informed by SA Post Office as follows:

(1)(a) The contract was signed in 2003 for a period of two (2) years with effect from 17 May 2004. Thereafter the contract was extended via a Limited Bidding Process on yearly basis until 31 March 2014.

(1)(b) The original contract value and total payments made to Intimate Data from 2004-2006 was R3 695 000. The payments made to Intimate Date from September 2007- October 2014 was R28 205 675.66.

(2) Request for Bid – RFP No. 29/PDD/12/13/LN was advertised on 3 November 2013 using the Sunday Times, City Press, Rapport and Government Tender Bulletin. The closing date was extended from 6 December to 13 December 2013.

Approved/ not approved

Dr Siyabonga Cwele, MP

Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services

Date:

Reply:

No.

(a) 150

(b) 45

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Reply:

Call centres are registered with the Department of Trade and Industry.

Reply:

1. The alleged employment of the relatives of Lieutenant General Richard Mdluli, in the South African Police Service (SAPS), is the subject of both criminal and internal disciplinary proceedings and as such, the matter is sub judice.

2. The alleged employment of the relatives of Lieutenant General Richard Mdluli, in the SAPS, is the subject of both criminal and internal disciplinary proceedings and as such, the matter is sub judice.

Reply:

No. The CPA has not been registered yet.

a) There are overlapping land rights between former lessees, occupiers and invaders; hence it has not yet been agreed as to who will be allocated the land in Gwatyu.

b) The date will be communicated once the land rights enquiry is concluded and it is finalised as to who will be allocated the land in Gwatyu.

c) Minister will consider the final report given the challenges faced in terms of the land rights issues and follow the necessary processes.

Reply:

1. Joubert and May Attorneys, from Tzaneen, obtained a warrant of execution for an outstanding taxed legal cost, in a civil matter that was supposed to be paid by the State Attorney, in Pretoria. The company’s consultant attorney was not registered on the State Attorney’s database for payments, causing a delay in payment. The warrant of execution was served to the Station Commander, in Tzaneen, on 7 September 2017. The Sheriff at Tzaneen, on instruction of the attorney, removed seven computers from the Tzaneen Police Station, on 9 October 2017. After liaison with the instructing attorney and the State Attorney, it was agreed that the outstanding legal cost will be paid directly to his account, by the SAPS. On 10 October 2017, the instructing attorney addressed a letter to the Sheriff, indicating that the computers can be returned to the Tzaneen Police Station. The seven computers were returned on 11 October 2017. The payment of R33 956,72, was made on 12 October 2017 and was deposited, on 18 October 2017.

(2)(a) No other equipment was seized, only the seven computers were removed.

(2)(b) Not applicable.

3. For the Minister to decide, whether a statement will be made.

Reply:

(1)(a)(i) The number of charges registered for road and/or traffic infringements, is as follows:

	Culpable Homicide	Driving offence in terms of the National Road Traffic Act (Category A)
	(aa) 2014/2015	(bb) 2015/2016	(cc) 2016/2017	(aa) 2014/2015	(bb) 2015/2016	(cc) 2016/2017
Eastern Cape	360	382	360	2 122	2 163	2 231
Free State	218	241	235	1 179	1 114	1 072
Gauteng	625	671	658	6 206	6 873	6 196
KwaZulu-Natal	550	609	641	2 580	2 834	2 653
Limpopo	307	340	357	2 375	2 610	2 432
Mpumalanga	289	320	314	1 493	1 508	1 558
North West	201	213	270	1 214	1 228	1 169
Northern Cape	101	116	98	571	609	575
Western Cape	243	311	268	2 370	2 323	2 272
TOTAL	2 894	3 203	3 201	20 110	21 262	20 158

(1)(a)(ii) The number of charges for driving under the influence, is as follows:

	(aa) 2014/2015	(bb) 2015/2016	(cc) 2016/2017
Eastern Cape	2 161	1 770	1 852
Free State	557	669	884
Gauteng	5 684	8 433	6 659
KwaZulu-Natal	3 061	3 028	3 586
Limpopo	1 072	1 350	1 174
Mpumalanga	849	1 358	1 582
North West	504	822	709
Northern Cape	266	232	274
Western Cape	3 265	2 669	3 019
TOTAL	17 419	20 331	19 739

(1)(b) The number of charges that resulted in convictions, is as follows:

	Culpable Homicide	Driving offence in terms of the National Road Traffic Act (Category A)
	(aa) 2014/2015	(bb) 2015/2016	(cc) 2016/2017	(aa) 2014/2015	(bb) 2015/2016	(cc) 2016/2017
Eastern Cape	21	17	5	214	156	82
Free State	18	14	5	128	130	84
Gauteng	26	24	5	215	264	202
KwaZulu-Natal	21	19	12	172	170	112
Limpopo	7	11	2	193	176	95
Mpumalanga	17	14	3	132	119	88
North West	7	2	0	68	65	40
Northern Cape	8	3	0	47	50	16
Western Cape	9	11	7	181	120	86
TOTAL	134	115	39	1 350	1 250	805

	Driving under influence
	(aa) 2014/2015	(bb) 2015/2016	(cc) 2016/2017
Eastern Cape	826	622	286
Free State	157	180	119
Gauteng	123	309	154
KwaZulu-Natal	403	561	859
Limpopo	170	170	91
Mpumalanga	134	180	70
North West	69	149	70
Northern Cape	113	84	23
Western Cape	748	495	375
TOTAL	2 743	2 750	2 047

(2)(a) The number of blood-alcohol samples taken, is as follows:

	(aa) 2014/2015	(bb) 2015/2016	(cc) 2016/2017
Eastern Cape	2 161	1 770	1 852
Free State	557	669	884
Gauteng	5 684	8 433	6 659
KwaZulu-Natal	3 061	3 028	3 586
Limpopo	1 072	1 350	1 174
Mpumalanga	849	1 358	1 582
North West	504	822	709
Northern Cape	266	232	274
Western Cape	3 265	2 669	3 019
TOTAL	17 419	20 331	19 739

(2)(b) All blood-alcohol samples taken were analysed.

Reply:

Division: Operational Response Services

(a) In the 2014/2015 financial year, a total of 164 members of the South African Police Service (SAPS) were deployed outside the borders of the Republic of South Africa.

In the 2015/2016 financial year, a total of two members of the SAPS were deployed outside the borders of the Republic of South Africa.

In the 2016/2017 financial year, a total of 62 members of the SAPS were deployed outside the borders of the Republic of South Africa.

(b) (i) The reason for the deployments were in support of the following:

• The United Nations/African Union Hybrid Peacekeeping Mission, in Darfur (UNAMID).
• The United Nations Peacekeeping Mission, in South Sudan (UNMISS).
• The African Union Mission, in Somalia (AMISOM).
• The Southern African Development Community Stabilisation Intervention Mission, in the Kingdom of Lesotho (SOMILES).
• The United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (UNDPKO), in New York.

(ii) In 2014/2015, the periods of deployment were as follows:

• One member in UNAMID (final year of a two year secondment).
• One member in AMISOM (first year of a three year secondment).
• One member in UNDPKO (first year of a three year secondment).
  • • 140 members in SOMILES (for a period of six months).
    • 21 members in UNMISS (for a period of 18 months).

In 2015/2016, the periods of deployment were as follows:

• One member in UNDPKO (second year of a three year secondment).
• One member in AMISOM (second year of a three year secondment).

In 2016/2017, the periods of deployment were as follows:

• 36 members in UNAMID (for a period of 18 months).
• One member in AMISOM (third year of a three year secondment).
• Two members in UNDPKO (third year of a three year secondment and the first year of a three year secondment).
• 23 members in UNMISS (for a period of 18 months).

Division: Crime Intelligence

(a) In the 2014/2015 financial year, a total of 24 members of the SAPS were deployed outside the borders of the Republic of South Africa.

In the 2015/2016 financial year, a total of 24 members of the SAPS were deployed outside the borders of the Republic of South Africa.

In the 2016/2017 financial year, a total of 19 members of the SAPS were deployed outside the borders of the Republic of South Africa.

(b)(i) INTERPOL SAPS Liaison Officers are placed in strategic locations at South African Missions abroad, mainly for the following reasons:

• Coordination of all organised crime and crime intelligence related information, emanating from foreign law enforcement agencies and the promotion of mutual assistance, between the agencies concerned.

• Cooperation with law enforcement agencies, in order to combat international organised crime and to coordinate and support official visits of SAPS personnel, to such countries.

• Attend to police activities in countries where accredited, to participate in all forums where the presence of the SAPS is required and negotiate training possibilities in the fields, as identified and requested by the Human Resource Development.

• Assist with the Southern African Regional Police Chiefs Cooperation Organisation (SARPCCO), the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the African Union (AU) initiatives, including planning and participation in cross-border operations and cross-border law enforcement meetings.

(ii) SAPS Liaison Officers are placed as continental coordinators for a minimum term of four and six years. The terms of duty for officers, placed at an international organisation, may be extended, if required.