Questions and Replies
24 November 2017 - NW3041
Shivambu, Mr F to ask the Minister of Finance
(a) What is the total number of trust funds that have been registered since 1 January 2003, (b) how many of those trust funds are compliant to the black economic empowerment provisions and (c) what are their details?
Reply:
The registration of trusts falls under the Department of Justice and is done by the relevant Masters of the High Court in each of the court’s divisions.
24 November 2017 - NW2728
Brauteseth, Mr TJ to ask the Minister of Finance
Question: 1 (1) With regard to the contract concluded between SA Airways Technical and a certain company (Allen Aircraft Radio Corporation), (a) on what date was the tender for the specified contract first advertised, (b) what were the requirements to be met in order to tender for the contract, (c ) how many bids were received after the first advertisement? (d) which companies responded after the first advertisement? Question : 2 (a) why was the tender for the specified contract advertised on multiple occasions? (b) what are the full relevant details of each additional (i) placement date; and (ii) list of criteria that had to be met in the bidding process for the specified tender?
Reply:
Question 1
1(a) The tender for the specified contract was first advertised on 16 February 2013.
1(b) A 90/10 principle was applied in accordance with the provisions of the Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act (“PPPFA”) regulations. The requirements to be met, i.e. the evaluation criterion were follows:
CRITICAL CTRITERIA
All bidders are required to meet the following critical criteria:
- Sufficiently experienced;
- Equipped;
- Is of sufficient sound financial standing to carry out satisfactorily any contract that may be awarded pursuant to the tender;
- Must be certified for FAA and/or EASA as repair station;
- Must offer an access pool or exchange basis;
- Must bid on a minimum of 95% of the main list (Airbus / Boeing or both);
- Must bid on a minimum of 50% of the secondary list;
- Must include a proposal for reciprocal work;
- Must be a 24 hour 365 service;
- Must have an Internet Based Order and Reporting System; and
- Must meet turnaround times as specified
Price & BBBEE Evaluation Criteria:
- PRICE - 90
- BBBEE - 10
Below is a breakdown of areas measured under the 90 points on price.
Area to be measured under Price |
Points |
Repair Rate (flight hour) |
35 |
Base kit value (%) |
5 |
Loan Rate (Flight Hour) |
2 |
No Fault found rate (%) |
2 |
BER Rate(%) |
2 |
AD’s Mandatory (Cost Thresholds) |
5 |
AD’s Non-mandatory (Cost Thresholds) |
3 |
Warranties |
5 |
Reciprocal Work (Value per annum in %) |
20 |
Soft Factors (Completeness of bid and responses) |
1 |
Shipping Rate (Per Flight hour) |
2 |
Handling / Exchange rate (see template) |
18 |
Total points |
100 |
1(c) Nine bids were received.
1(d) The following companies responded to the first tender:
- SR Technics
- Sabena Technics
- AJ Walters Aviation – their bid was for Boeing only not Airbus.
- Air France Industries
- Israel Aerospace Industries – Boeing only fleet
- HAECO
- AAR and SRS aviation
- Lufthansa Technics
- OEM Services – Boeing only very limited Airbus
Question 2
- The specified tender was first advertised in February 2013 and was finally awarded in May 2016 after been advertised and retracted on only two occasions. It is important to note that in the intervening period, there were three changes in the board of directors of SAAT (the board), each with different views and strategy, which had an impact on the tender process. In the main, the reasons for multiple retractions and re-advertising were as follows:
- In light of the cash-flow challenges and the drive to significantly reduce operational costs around 2013, SAAT resolved to review its major supplier contracts. These contracts include the Component support (specified contract), logistics and Aircraft tyre supply contracts. SAAT was considering negotiating for discounts and/or taking an integrated approach to awarding the said contracts.
Management had therefore requested the board to extend the contracts and delay the RFP process to provide an opportunity for the business to align the scope of the combined services to the Long-Term Strategy (LTTS); also to consider a number of smart solutions available within the global MRO industry.
Initially, SAAT’s objective was to pursue an integrated solution to the components Support and Logistics/shipping costs in order to not only reduce costs of the individual contracts but to also derive benefits out of scale discounts through joint procurement. In addition to which, SAAT would also pursue localisation as part of the award of the Tyre Supply contract.
- Around April 2013, there were discussions about a possible merger between SAAT and SA Express MRO, and a possibility of Denel Aviation lagging behind. A turnaround strategy document was drafted for discussion. Because of this, an original extension on the Component support agreement was granted until the end of March 2014, the period, which the potential merger was envisaged to have been finalized.
- Management requested the board to allow the Supply Chain Management (SCM) team to test the market so as to understand what are the normal prices on the market for component tender. SAAT has had a contract with Air France all along, as a result the only pricing the company understood was that by Air France, which was far more expensive that what was out on the market. The cost compression initiative was already applicable in this period therefore, SCM was obligated to obtain as much savings as possible from this tender to reach their target.
The request for extension was made to the board, and SCM only offered to extend the contract with Air France after they agreed to give SAAT a discount of 400 000 USD. This amount contributed towards the Cost compression
- Furthermore the retraction was effected as a risk mitigation measure on the part of SAAT to ensure that preferred bidder is able to deliver on the contracted services.
First tender
As per responses under Question 1 above.
Second Tender
Date of issue: 29 October 2014
Closing date: 2 December 2014
Evaluation Criteria:
SIGN-OFF SHEET – RFB AND WEIGHTING CRITERIA |
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PROJECT: |
Aircraft Component Support II |
PRODUCT: |
Supply of aircraft component support service |
TENDER NUMBER: |
SP437/14 |
DATE: |
28 October 2014 |
1. Critical Criteria
Capacity to Deliver
(Incorporating: Track Record, Experience, Service/Product Supply, Equipment, Financial Standing and previous performance of bidders)
As SAAT’s service levels and reputation as a safe transport provider is dependent upon the quality of its service, it stands to reason that quality of the GOODS/Services and products utilised to provide that service, cannot be compromised. A tender shall be evaluated in terms of their capacity to deliver.
Bidders to comment on all of the requirements below:
A bid shall not be recommended for acceptance if the CFST required to make the recommendation has any doubt, based on reasonable grounds as to whether the Bidder: |
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YES/NO |
COMMENT |
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Is sufficiently experienced and equipped |
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Is of sufficient sound financial standing to carry out satisfactorily any contract that may be awarded pursuant to the tender |
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Must be certified for FAA and EASA as repair station |
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Must offer an access pool or exchange basis |
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Must bid on a minimum of 95% of the main list (Airbus/Boeing or both) |
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Must bid on a minimum of 50% of the secondary list |
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Must include a proposal for reciprocal work |
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Must be willing to enter into a Partnership/Joint Venture with SAAT |
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Must be a 24 hour, 365 days service |
Further to the above, this category will be subjected to the following scrutiny:
Internet Based Order and Reporting System |
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YES/NO |
COMMENT |
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The Bidder shall reflect the ability to report the sourcing, tracking and receiving of all components through an electronic system, that can be interfaced with any of SAAT’s Electronic Inventory Management Systems |
AOG Help Desk The bidder shall respond to SAAT’s request for components according to the following priorities: |
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YES/NO |
COMMENT |
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Priority |
Response Time |
Dispatch Time |
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AOG |
1 hour |
First available flight (same day) |
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CRITICAL |
3 hours |
Within 24 hours |
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NORMAL/ROUTINE |
12 hours |
Within 72 hours |
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Component Modifications Status |
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YES/NO |
COMMENT |
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The bidder shall supply components that are of the same modification status or better as stipulated in Appendix 1B |
Proposals received will be evaluated in terms of the following criteria. The method used is pre-determined and is both qualitative and quantitative and in line with the PPPFA 90/10 principle.
2. FUNCTIONALITY AND PRICING TEMPLATES
The following areas will be measured in terms of Functionality Criteria:
Area to be measured under PRICE |
Template |
Points |
Repair Rate (Flight Hour) |
Pricing Template |
30 |
Basekit Value (%) |
Pricing Template |
5 |
Loan Rate (Flight Hour) |
Pricing Template |
2 |
No Fault Found Rate (%) |
Pricing Template |
2 |
BER Rate (%) |
Pricing Template |
2 |
AD’s Mandatory (Cost Thresholds) |
Pricing Template |
3 |
AD’s Non-Mandatory (Cost Thresholds) |
Pricing Template |
3 |
Warranties |
Vendor Template |
5 |
Soft Factors (Completeness of bid and responses) |
Vendor Template |
1 |
Shipping Rate (Per Flight hour) |
Pricing Template |
2 |
Access Pool Rate (see template) |
Pricing Template |
15 |
Reciprocal Work (Value per annum in %) |
Vendor Template |
20 |
Partnership and Joint Ventures (JV’s) |
Vendor Template |
10 |
TOTAL |
100 |
- PRICE/BEE
Please take note that Pricing and BEE would be evaluated on 90/10 PPPFA principle
Criteria |
Points allocation |
Points Scored |
Price |
90 |
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BEE |
10 |
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TOTAL |
100 |
Joint Venture BEE level will be scored at this phase.
The total value of Reciprocal Work and Partnership should amount to 30% of the value of the contract, and below are the requirements to be considered.
Reciprocal Work should amount to 10% of the value of the contract, and it will be based on the following: |
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Description of Services |
YES/NO |
COMMENT |
Any component overflow from the company to SAAT (based on the Aircraft types related to in the GTA). |
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Additional work allocated to SAAT on aircraft components or components from airlines not part of the contract GTA) |
Partnership/Joint Venture should form 20% of the value of the contract, and it should include (not limited to): |
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Description of Services |
YES/NO |
COMMENT |
Line Maintenance in Africa |
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Base Maintenance from 3rd parties (C and D checks) |
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Joint Procurement strategy |
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Provide test equipment, supply drawings to build test equipment, removal of components from contract and reduction in rates ill form part of the partnership) |
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Marketing |
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Technical Training |
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Sharing and placing of MBK items at different Line Stations i.e. Mauritius, London. |
Third Tender:
Date of issue: 14 July 2015
Closing date: 28 July 2015
Alternate third Tender:
Date of issue: 30 July 2015
Closing date: 10 August 2015
Evaluation Criteria
1. Critical Criteria
1.1 Capacity to Deliver
(Incorporating: Track Record, Experience, Service/Product Supply, Equipment, Financial Standing and previous performance of bidders)
As SAAT’s service levels and reputation as a safe transport provider is dependent upon the quality of its service, it stands to reason that quality of the GOODS/Services and products utilised to provide that service, cannot be compromised. A tender shall be evaluated in terms of their capacity to deliver.
Bidders to comment on all of the requirements below:
A bid shall not be recommended for acceptance if the CFST required to make the recommendation has any doubt, based on reasonable grounds as to whether the Bidder: |
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YES/NO |
COMMENT |
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If awarded the contract, the bidder must be able to set up, and offer services on the aircraft component immediately |
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Is sufficiently experienced and equipped |
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Is of sufficient sound financial standing to carry out satisfactorily any contract that may be awarded pursuant to the tender |
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Must be certified for FAA and EASA as repair station |
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Must offer an access pool or exchange basis |
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Must bid on a minimum of 95% of the main list (Airbus/Boeing or both) |
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Must bid on a minimum of 50% of the secondary list |
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Must include a proposal for reciprocal work if NIPP is applicable |
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Must be a 24 hour, 365 days service |
Further to the above, this category will be subjected to the following scrutiny:
Internet Based Order and Reporting System |
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YES/NO |
COMMENT |
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The Bidder shall reflect the ability to report the sourcing, tracking and receiving of all components through an electronic system, that can be interfaced with any of SAAT’s Electronic Inventory Management Systems |
AOG Help Desk The bidder shall respond to SAAT’s request for components according to the following priorities: |
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YES/NO |
COMMENT |
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Priority |
Response Time |
Dispatch Time |
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AOG |
1 hour |
First available flight(same day) |
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CRITICAL |
3 hours |
Within 24 hours |
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NORMAL/ ROUTINE |
12 hours |
Within 72 hours |
Component Modifications Status |
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YES/NO |
COMMENT |
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The bidder shall supply components that are of the same or better modification status and age as stipulated in Appendix 1B |
Proposals received will be evaluated in terms of the following criteria. The method used is pre-determined and is both qualitative and quantitative and in line with the PPPFA 90/10 principle.
EVALUATION CRITERIA
Functionality and Pricing Templates
The following areas will be measured in terms of Functionality Criteria:
Area to be measured under PRICE |
Template |
Points |
Repair Rate (Flight Hour) |
Pricing Template |
50 |
Basekit Value (%) |
Pricing Template |
10 |
Loan Rate (Flight Hour) |
Pricing Template |
2 |
No Fault Found Rate (%) |
Pricing Template |
2 |
BER Rate (%) |
Pricing Template |
2 |
AD’s Mandatory (Cost Thresholds) |
Pricing Template |
3 |
AD’s Non-Mandatory (Cost Thresholds) |
Pricing Template |
3 |
Warranties |
Vendor Template |
3 |
Access Pool Rate (see template) |
Pricing Template |
25 |
TOTAL |
100 |
PRICE/BEE
Please take note that Pricing and BEE would be evaluated on 90/10 PPPFA principle
Criteria |
Points allocation |
Points Scored |
Price |
90 |
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BEE |
10 |
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TOTAL |
100 |
Fourth and Final Tender
Date of issue: 8 December 2015
Closing date: 19 January 2016
CRITICAL CRITERIA
Bidders to comment on all of the requirements below:
Compliance Requirements |
COMPLY YES/NO |
Is sufficiently experienced and equipped |
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Is of sufficient sound financial standing to carry out satisfactorily any contract that may be awarded pursuant to the tender |
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Must be certified for FAA and EASA as repair station |
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Must offer an access pool or exchange basis |
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No Fault Found Rate (20%) |
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BER Rate (70%) |
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AD’s Mandatory (Cost Thresholds set to $3 500.00) |
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AD’s Non-Mandatory (Cost Thresholds set to $3 500.00) |
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Warranties (Cession of warranties to reduce rates) |
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Supplier Development* - (Must be equal to 10% of the value of the contract. Bidder to include a proposal) |
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Reciprocal work* - (Must be equal to 10% of the value of the contract. Bidder to include a proposal) |
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Bidder must be willing to enter into a Partnership/Joint Venture* with SAAT equal to 10% of contract value |
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Must be a 24 hour, 365 days service |
Further to the above, this category was subjected to the following scrutiny:
Systems Interface |
COMPLY YES/NO |
The Bidder shall reflect the ability to report the sourcing, tracking and receiving of all components through an electronic system, that can be interfaced with any of SAAT’s Electronic Inventory Management Systems |
Components status |
COMPLY YES/NO |
The bidder shall supply components that are of the same modification status or better as stipulated in Appendix A |
Turn-around times (TAT) |
COMPLY YES/NO |
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Priority |
Response Time |
Dispatch Time |
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AOG |
1 hour |
First available flight (same day) |
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CRITICAL |
3 hours |
Within 24 hours |
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NORMAL/ROUTINE |
12 hours |
Within 72 hours |
Phase 2
PRICE AND BEE EVALUATION
Pricing Evaluation |
Points |
Price |
90 |
BEE |
10 |
TOTAL |
100 |
Take Note: None of the bidders were awarded any BEE points, as none of the ones that tendered with BEE partners furnished SAAT with a consolidated BEE certificate.
The elements below will be evaluated under the pricing category, and points allocated as indicated below based on the quoted bid price.
Area to be measured under PRICE |
Template |
Points |
Repair Rate (Flight Hour) |
50 |
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Basekit Value (%) |
15 |
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Loan Rate (Flight Hour) |
5 |
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Access Pool Rate (see template) |
30 |
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TOTAL |
100 |
Reciprocal Work should amount to 10% of the value of the contract, and it will be based on the following: |
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Any component overflow from the company to SAAT (based on the Aircraft types related to in the GTA). |
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Additional work allocated to SAAT on aircraft components or components from airlines not part of the contract GTA) |
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Any maintenance services contracted to SAAT for which SAAT has got capability |
Partnership/Joint Venture (value) should form 10% of the value of the contract, and it should include (not limited) to: |
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Line Maintenance in Africa |
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Base Maintenance from 3rd parties (C and D checks) |
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Joint Procurement strategy |
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Provide test equipment, supply drawings to build test equipment, removal of components from contract and reduction in rates ill form part of the partnership) |
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Marketing |
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Technical Training |
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Provide an inventory management system that will/can be integrated into AMOS for SAAT |
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Sharing and placing of MBK items at different Line Stations i.e. Mauritius, London. |
Supplier Development (value)– must form 10% of the contract value, and it must entail the following: |
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SAAT has embarked on a supplier development program with a list of nominated suppliers being approved by the SAAT Board to promote the development of our local economy. SAAT considers any mentorships, partnerships, skills transfers, knowledge transfers, assistance in developing a local company to become sustainable in an area that a local company currently does not have capability, SMME, job creation, training and development and/or any sustainable economic growth through revenues accumulated over the fulfilment period to be possible initiatives that are considered as supplier development. Other initiatives include research and development and/or technology transfer. As a result, bidders are requested to supply a proposal on how and what they would impart in terms of skills /training/technical information etc, to a local South African vendor. Bidder to indicate what value they would place on each area of development, based on the above, which they would be imparting to the local vendor. |
24 November 2017 - NW3001
King, Ms C to ask the Minister of Finance
(1)What is the (a) total amount that was paid out in bonuses to employees in the National Treasury and (b) detailed breakdown of the bonus that was paid out to each employee in each salary level in the 2016-17 financial year; (2) What is the (a) total estimated amount that will be paid out in bonuses to employees in the National Treasury and (b) detailed breakdown of the bonus that will be paid out to each employee in each salary level in the 2017-18 financial year?
Reply:
1. (a) R10 885 524.00
(b)
Breakdown in Salary Level |
2016/2017 R’ 000 |
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3 |
R6,091.12 |
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4 |
R27,781.18 |
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5 |
R137,093.13 |
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6 |
R43,697.67 |
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7 |
R455,784.70 |
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8 |
R789,116.74 |
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9 |
R697,121.29 |
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10 |
R767,210.21 |
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11 |
R1,342,342.30 |
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12 |
R2,293,830.11 |
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Band A (13) |
R3,169,086.49 |
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Band B (14) |
R1,028,229.11 |
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Band C (15) |
R128,139.95 |
These are the 2015/16 performance bonuses paid in the 2016/17FY
2. (a) R11 488 555.34
(b)
Breakdown in Salary Band |
2017/2018 R’ 000 |
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3 |
R5,963.73 |
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4 |
R15,700.25 |
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5 |
R170,505.99 |
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6 |
R35,185.33 |
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7 |
R508,233.90 |
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8 |
R817,633.27 |
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9 |
R900,931.86 |
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10 |
R661,233.88 |
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11 |
R1,508,511.88 |
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12 |
R2,362,751.95 |
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Band A (13) |
R3,282,477.07 |
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Band B (14) |
R821,337.44 |
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Band C (15) |
R398,088.79 |
These are the 2016/17 performance bonuses paid in the 2017/18FY
which excludes cases that are not yet finalised
24 November 2017 - NW3517
Waters, Mr M to ask the Minister of Home Affairs
What number of foreign nationals in 2016 (a) entered South Africa on (i) visitor visas and/or (ii) holiday visas, (b) departed on or before the date on which their visas expired and (c) of each nationality (i) did not depart and (ii) applied for asylum; (2) what (a) plans does her department have in place to find the foreign nationals who did not leave the country and (b) what steps have been taken against the specified persons; (3) what (a) procedures and/or (b) programmes does her department have in place to ensure that visitors depart when their visas expire and (c) is the success rate of the specified procedures and/or programmes in each case?
Reply:
(1)(a)(i-ii) 15,256,170 (total recorded movements for traveller arrivals in 2016 on visitors and /or holiday visas.
(1)(b) 14,988,933 (total recorded movements for traveller departures in 2016 on visitors visas.
(1)(c)(i) The top five nationalities who’s movements indicate they have not yet departed the RSA are:
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- Zimbabwe: 210,067
- Mozambique: 47,909
- Malawi: 44,818
- Lesotho: 36,244
- Nigeria: 5,509
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(1)(c)(ii) The total number of asylum applications for 2016 was: 35,377
The top five nationalities that applied for asylum during 2016 are:
- Zimbabwe: 7,964
- DRC: 5,293
- Ethiopia: 4,754
- Nigeria: 3,276
- Bangladesh: 2 834
(2)(a) The Inspectorate Unit of the department is tasked with tracing persons who remain the country illegally. They conduct regular inspections of places of employment and other institutions. They also undertake tracing projects to locate persons who have overstayed in the country.
(2)(b) Such persons are either charged criminally or deported from South Africa.
(3)(a-b) The department does not allow such persons to apply for change of status in the country. Travellers who overstay the number of allocated days are declared undesirable for a period of 12 months or up to a maximum of a 5 year prohibition depending on the number of days overstayed in terms of s30(1)(h) of the Immigration Act. The determination of the sanction is derived from the Enhanced Movement Control System (EMCS).
In terms of the prohibition, a traveller cannot under any circumstances re-enter the country unless an appeal for upliftment of the sanction is considered and accepted by the department.
(3)(c) For the period 1 April 2016 – 31 March 2017 a total of 39,894 persons were declared undesirable. Due to the department only collating overstay data from 1 April 2016, it is not possible to provide a year-on-year trend analysis. For the period in question the most common reasons cited for overstaying are based on medical grounds or applicants awaiting temporary residence visa extensions.
24 November 2017 - NW2433
Maynier, Mr D to ask the Minister of Finance
Whether a certain person (Mr Matsobane Matlwa (CFO)) was escorted off the SA Revenue Services (SARS) premises by the security personnel following the resignation and/or termination of services; if not, why not; if so, (a) why was it necessary to have the specified person escorted off the SARS premises by security personnel, (b) what are the details of the security personnel that escorted the specified person off the SARS premises and (c) are the security personnel that escorted the specified person off the SARS premises normally assigned to ensure the personal security and well-being of the SARS Commissioner?
Reply:
Mr Matsobane was not escorted from the SARS premises following his resignation by security services.
24 November 2017 - NW3084
Maynier, Mr D to ask the Minister of Finance
(1)Whether any person at the SA Revenue Service (a) communicated with and/or (b) invited a certain person (Nyami Booi) to participate in the press conference on the controversy surrounding a certain company (KPMG) on 18 September 2017; if not, in each case, why not; if so, what are the relevant details in each case; (2) whether he (a) was informed and/or (b) approved (i) the press conference and (ii) the presence of the specified person at the press conference; if not, in each case, why not; if so, what are the relevant details in each case; (3) whether he will make a statement on the matter?
Reply:
1. SARS issued a public statement about its intention to hold a press conference surrounding the SARS-KPMG Report matter on 18 September 2017 including informing the Chairpersons of the Portfolio Committee on Finance and SCOPA.
2. SARS approved the press conference which was open to the public.
3. A statement on the matter will not be issued.
24 November 2017 - NW3266
Wilson, Ms ER to ask the Minister of Social Development
(1)With reference to her replies to questions 2018 and 2019 on 9 October 2017, regarding the Mikondzo events which were managed by Azande Consulting and Vee El that were held in each province, what is the breakdown of the amounts in terms of (a) VIP transport and general transport, (b) accommodation, (c) catering, (d) venue hire, (e) equipment hire, (f) sound equipment hire, (g) management fees; (2) (a)(i) how many people were accommodated in respect of each event and (ii) what is the name of each person who was accommodated and (b) what is the name of each hotel that was booked to accommodate the specified persons?
Reply:
1. A total amount of R 80 696 163,18 was paid to Azande and Vee-El for Mikondzo events held in the 2016/17 financial year. This amount is broken down as follows:
a) VIP transport and general transport: Nothing was spent on VIP transport. An amount of R5 662 500,98 was spent on general transport
b) Accommodation: No amount was paid to Azande or Vee-El for accommodation for Mikondzo. All accommodation costs are borne directly by SASSA as it is only officials who are accommodated, in line with the prevailing policies. A total amount of R1 067 165,94 was paid for accommodation by SASSA for attendance at Mikondzo events for the 2016/17 financial year.
c) Catering: A total amount of R11 460 130,37 was paid for catering.
d) Venue hire: The costs for this item includes amounts paid for hiring of marquees, flooring, décor, chairs, tables, set-up costs and safety certificates) The total amount paid was R31 535 689,51
e) Equipment hire: No amounts were spent on equipment hire.
f) Sound equipment hire: An amount of R8 084 172,95 was paid for sound equipment hire.
g) Management fees: A total amount of R11 400 was paid for management fees.
h) Other: A total of R23 942 269,36 was paid to the contractors for other direct costs, including security services, procurement of promotional items and other services not indicated above.
2. Officials attending Mikondzo events include representatives from Head Office, Provincial Offices as well as District and Local Offices as well as officials from National and Provincial DSD. Not all of the staff need to be accommodated, as the majority are staff who normally work in the area where the Mikondzo takes place.
23 November 2017 - NW3488
Madisha, Mr WM to ask the Minister of Transport
Whether the South African National Roads Agency Limited submitted their annual financial statements; if not, what are the reasons for not submitting the statements?
Reply:
Yes.
23 November 2017 - NW3657
Hunsinger, Mr CH to ask the Minister of Transport
(1)Whether any problems occurred with the Sicas S7 software at the simulation test facility in Northriding; if so, (a) what are the details of the problems and (b) how will the problems impact on the progress of the software; (2) whether the entire Germiston station with all its fringe stations have been tested; if not, why not?
Reply:
1 There were some small problems experienced with the software during testing but all this have since been addressed. No problems are currently being experienced with the Sicas S7.
The Sicas S7 core software was tested and validated by the Independent Safety Assessor in the Northriding Test Facility
2. The Germiston station is yet to be tested; it is scheduled to be commissioned between June and August 2020 in line with the project timelines.
23 November 2017 - NW3693
Stander, Ms T to ask the Minister of Social Development
(1) Whether the policy framework for Government's sanitary ware programme has been developed since her reply to question 816 on 19 June 2017; if not, (a) why not and (b) by what date is it envisaged that the framework will be developed; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) whether the proposed retreat to focus on the formulation of the specified framework took place; if not, why not; if so, (a) on which dates did it take place, (b) who attended the retreat and (c) what (i) was the total cost of the retreat and (ii) are the details of the product and/or outcome of the retreat; (3) whether the specified framework has been presented to the National Consultation lndaba; if not, (a) why not and (b) by what date will it be presented to the indaba; if so, what are the relevant details? NW4124E
Reply:
(1) In reply to question 816 on 19 June 2017, the Department of Social Development wishes to acknowledge that the Sanitary Dignity policy is driven by the Minister of the Department of Women. It is the Lead Department and has coordinated the development of the draft Policy which is hereto attached. The Department of Social Development is part of the Task Team and participates in all the meetings convened as well as providing support in finalizing the policy, and will also be involved in the identification of indigent girls and women from our database for distribution purposes.
(2) A retreat was not hosted by the lead Department or Department of Social Development.
(3) The framework was presented at the National 'Consultation lndaba convened by the Department of Women. The National Department of Social Development was represented by the Gender Chief Directorate. The Sanitary Dignity Consultative lndaba was held on 13 July 2017 against the background of a draft policy that has been produced by Department of Women (DoW), with the help of a team of three seconded officials from the Department of Traditional Affairs.
There is also a National Inter-department Task Team {NTT) that was established in order to work as a task team that would see to the finalization of the process of policy formulation, led by DoW and comprised of the following national departments:
• Department of Women (DoW);
• Department of Social Development (DSD);
• Department of Small Business Development (DSBD);
• Department of Trade and Industry (DTI);
• Department of Finance (National Treasury);
• Department of Higher Education;
• Department of Basic Education; and
• Statistics South Africa.
Following the presentation of the Policy Framework at the lndaba, it was agreed that the Policy Framework should form part of the Department of Women's Annual Performance Plan, Strategic Plan and Operational Plan. Provinces will be expected to develop their own policies according to their unique environments but keeping to injunctions of the Framework Policy.
Moving forward, the policy will go to the Social Protection, Community and Human Development (SPCHD) Cluster Technical Working Group (TWG), SPCHD DG Cluster, Cabinet Committee on SPCHD and then to Cabinet. It will then be gazetted and further awareness of the policy and solicitation of comments and analysis of those comments will ensue. There will be a final SociowEconomic Impact Assessment (SEIAS) process which will include the costing exercise. It will go to Cabinet for the final decision and then a final gazetting will take place and that product can be shared with Parliament.
Find here: Draft Sanitary Dignity Policy Framework
23 November 2017 - NW3414
Hunsinger, Mr CH to ask the Minister of Transport
(1)(a) What salary, remuneration or benefit increases have been granted in each salary grade to employees of (i) his department and (ii) each entity reporting to him in each of the past three financial years, (b) what criteria were used when granting the specified increases in each grade of employee in each case and (c) who authorized the increases in each specified financial year, (2) what bonuses have been given in each grade of employee in the past three financial years, (b) what criteria were used when granting the specified bonuses in each specified financial year and who authorized the bonuses in each financial year?
Reply:
Department
REPLY
1. (a) of and (ii) each entity reporting to him, (b) what criteria were used when granting the specified increases in each grade of employee in each case and (c) who authorised the increases in each specified financial year;
(a) What salary, remuneration or benefit increases have been granted in each salary grade to employees in (i) his department in each of the past three financial years:
PAST THREE FINANCIAL YEARS |
LOWER LEVEL EMPLOYEES - SALARY LEVELS 1 TO 10 |
MIDDEL MANAGEMENT – SALARY LEVEL 11 & 12 |
SMS MEMBERS – SALARY LEVEL 13 - 16 |
2015-04-01 |
7% |
7% |
5.5% |
2016-04-01 |
7,6% |
7,6% |
Wef 2016/01/01: Level 13: 4% Level 14 & 15: 2,5% Level 16: 2% |
2017-04-01 |
7,3% |
7,3% |
5.5% |
(b) The salary increases of employees who are employed by the State and fall within the registered scope of the Public Service Co-ordinating Bargaining Council (PSCBC) are determined by National Treasury based on the average projected CPI and approved by the Minister for Public Service and Administration.
(c)
Section 3 (5)(a) of the Public Service Act, 1994, as amended, (Act) prescribed that subject to the Labour Relations Act and any collective agreement, the Minister for Public Service and Administration may make determinations regarding any conditions of service of employees generally or categories of employees, including determinations regarding a salary scale for all employees or salary scales for particular categories of employees and allowances for particular categories of employees.
Furthermore, in terms of section (6) (a) of the Act, any provision of a collective agreement contemplated in subsection (4), concluded on or after the commencement of the Public Service Amendment Act, 2007, shall, in respect of conditions of service of employees appointed in terms of the Act, be deemed to be a determination made by the Minister for Public Service and Administration.
(2)
(a)
(i) A service bonus/13th cheque of 100% of an employees’ gross monthly basic salary is paid to employees on salary levels 1 to 10. In the case of MMS or SMS members (salary level 11 and above), the 13th cheque may be structured from the flexible portion of their all-inclusive remuneration package.
(ii) Performance incentives (bonus)
PAST THREE FINANCIAL YEARS |
LOWER LEVEL EMPLOYEES - SALARY LEVELS 1 TO 10 |
MIDDEL MANAGEMENT – SALARY LEVEL 11 & 12 |
SMS MEMBERS – SALARY LEVEL 13 - 16 |
2015-04-01 |
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2016-04-01 |
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2017-04-01 |
b)
Service bonus/13th cheque
In terms of PSCBC Resolution 3 of 1999 “an employee shall receive a service bonus if she or he
(a) has a permanent contract or a fixed-term contract lasting at least three months, unless the contract specifies otherwise, and
(b) in the year ending on her or his bonus date, does not resign or undergo discharge due to misconduct.”
(c)
Service bonus/13th cheque
As indicated in paragraph 1 (b) and (c) above, the Minister for Public Service and Administration determines the conditions of service of employees appointed in terms of the Act.
Airports Company South Africa SOC Limited (ACSA)
1. (a) Salary increase for employees including Executives; and
Housing subsidy for only Basic salaries employees on A to C Band.
(i) Airports Company South Africa SoE
(ii) Salary Increase
Remuneration Increases |
Grades |
% Increase |
2015 Financial Year |
SOL 1 to 3 (Unionized) |
8% |
SOL 3 to 5 |
7.5% |
|
SOL 6 |
6.5% |
|
SOL 7 and 8 |
6% |
|
2016 Financial Year |
A3 to C3 (Unionized) |
8.5% |
C4 to D5 |
7.5% |
|
E1 to E3 Executives |
6.5% |
|
6.5% |
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2017 Financial Year |
A3 to C3 (Unionized) |
8.1% |
C4 to D5 |
7.5% |
|
E1 to E3 Executives |
7% |
- housing subsidy for only Basic salaries employees on A to C Band
- 2015 Financial Year – No increase
- 2016 Financial Year – No Increase
- 2017 Financial Year – All housing subsidy was increase to R1,500 taxable
(b) what criteria were used when granting the specified increases in each grade of employee in each case and
2015, 2016 and 2017 increases are based on:
- Projected inflation i.e. CPI as determined by stats SA (CPI refers to the Annual Percentage Change in the Consumer Price Index, excluding interest rates on mortgage bonds);
- Internal equity;
- External market movement;
- Supporting variables such performance;
- Company Affordability
- Employee category:
- Unionised employees – Wage agreement based on wage negotiations
- Non-Unionised employees – Performance based increase.
(c) who authorised the increases in each specified financial year;
- All increases are approved by the Airports Company South Africa Board.
(2) (a) what bonuses have been given in each grade of employee in the past three financial years,
- For FY 2014/15, 2015/16 and 2016/17 all bonuses are based on Company and individual performance:
Categories |
ACSA Patterson Grades |
Paterson Broad Band |
ACSA On-target Percentages as a % of TGP Sliding Scale |
2014/15 |
2015/16 |
2016/17 |
CEO CFO COO Top Executives |
E4 – F3 |
F3 |
35% - 50% |
R120 million |
R154 million |
R164 million |
FL |
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EU |
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General Management |
EL |
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Group Managers |
E1 – E3 |
EL |
14% - 35% |
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Senior Management |
D4 - D5 |
DU |
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Middle Management |
D1- D3 |
DL |
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Professionals |
C4- C5 |
CU |
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General Employees (IBU) |
A3 to C3 |
A to CL |
8.33% |
(b)
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- Unqualified audit report;
- The Company must be deemed financially profitable, where financial profitability is determined by the Company’s profit/loss after tax;
- The total Bonus Pool size is calculated based on 3% of EBITDA which is dependent on the level of predetermined objectives being met.
- Seventy five percent (75%) achievement level of the set pre-determined objectives is set a trigger for performance bonus payments;
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(c)
- All bonuses are approved by Airports Company South Africa Board.
Air Traffic and Navigation Services SOC Limited (ATNS)
2015/16 FY |
2016/17 FY |
2017/18 FY |
Notes |
6.1% |
4.6% |
6.1% |
The remuneration increase is CPI related for both Bargaining Unit and Non-Bargaining Unit Employees, |
(b)
- Annual increases are linked to the employee’s performance score, employee’s placement in terms of their grade level of the position and years of experience.
- These principles are based on the collective salary agreements for the Bargaining Unit employees and Remuneration policy for Non-Bargaining Unit employees.
(c)
- ATNS Board
(2) (a) what bonuses have been given in each grade of employee in the past three financial years,
- Only performance related bonuses have been paid to employees within the last three financial years, which the Board approves annually.
(b)
- The criteria used is a combination of the company’s performance and individual employees level of performance throughout the year of assessment.
- The trigger for the organisation’s performance is a combination of set “qualifiers and modifiers for the bonus pool.
- The individual employee’s percentage is linked to the employee’s annual salary and grade level of the position.
(c)
- ATNS Board
South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA)
(1)(i) N/A (1)(a)(ii) The South African Civil Aviation Authority granted the following salary increases that were applied across the entire organisation to all eligible employees in line with the organsiationa’s remuneration policy:
- 2015/16 – 7.1%
- 2016/17 – 7.8%
- 2017/18 – 7.7%
(1)(b) The National Treasury Guidelines were applied across the organisation. (c) The SACAA Board approved all the salary increases.
(2)(a) Performance based bonuses were paid to all eligible employees in line with company’s Remuneration Policy. (b) Performance bonuses were based on the performance of the organisation, individual employee performance, affordability and Board approval as per the company’s remuneration policy (c) The SACAA Board approved the payment of all perfomance bonuses as per the organisation’s Remuneration Policy.
RTIA
- (a) (ii) All salary increases that took place for the past three financial years were in accordance with DPSA cost of living adjustments indicated in the PSCBC Multi-year resolution. See lbelow table link salary increases that took place;
http://pmg-assets.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/RNW3414Remuneration.pdf
- The salary increases were in line with PSCBC Resolutions for Salary Levels 1-12 were as follows:
- Year 2015=7%
- Year 2016=7.6
- Year 2017=7.3%
The salary increases for SMS members, Levels 13-16 were as follows:
- Year 2015=5.5% level 13-16
- Year 2016=4% level 13, 2.5% level 14 and 2.0% level 16
- Year 2017=5.5%
(c) The Minister of Public Service and Administration determined/approved the adjustments for members employed in terms of the Public Service. The adjustments are determined in terms of Section 3(5)(a) of the Public Service Act,1994, as amended read with the Public Service Regulations (Chapter 4, Part 4, Section B 1).
(2) (a) The bonuses in each grade of employee in the past three financial years are provided in the Table link below.
http://pmg-assets.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/RNW3414BONUSES.pdf
(b) The criteria for granting bonuses is provided in the Table below.
Year |
Criteria |
2015 |
Ex-gratia bonuses |
2016 |
In line with the approved Performance Management Framework |
2017 |
In line with the approved Performance Management Framework |
(c) The bonuses were authorized by the Board of the Agency.
C-BRTA
1. (a)(ii) The annual cost of living salary adjustments for the Cross-Border Road Transport Agency in the past three years were as follows:
- 2014/15: 7.9%
- 2015/16: 5.9%
- 2016/17: 8.0%
In addition to the salary adjustments, in 2015/16 financial year, a collective agreement was concluded with POPCRU to regulate working hours for Road Transport Inspectorate and payment of overtime. The overtime was paid based on the threshold from the National Treasury.
(b) The Annual Cost of Living Adjustments or salary increases are determined using the criteria of the market benchmark as well as the Consumer Price Index (CPI), which is a determinant of consumer inflation. The annual cost of living adjustments was based on the negotiated agreement with the Labour Union, which was applicable across the board.
(c) The Executive Committee, evaluates the rationale against the feasibility of granting the annual cost of living adjustments against the CPI of the time, which is a factor of consumer inflation; and makes recommendations to the Human Resources and Remuneration Committee, which makes further inputs and recommend to the C-BRTA Board for approval.
2.(a) The performance bonuses awarded in the C-BRTA were only for 2015/16 financial year and granted to deserving employees and in line with the Performance Management policy. The basis of the Performance Bonuses was to encourage employees of the C-BRTA to continue to perform optimally towards the achievement of the Agency’s mandate. Performance Bonuses are a sole discretion of the C-BRTA Board, which determines the feasibility of awarding such based on audited performance results and financial standing of the Agency.
(b) Each employee was assessed against the signed Performance Agreements and as per the C-BRTA Performance Management Policy approved in 2014. The bonus awards were allocated on an average of 13.81% between the ranges 3,5 -5.0 rating across the board, with the exception of Executive Management who were not part of the scheme as approved by the C-BRTA Board. The allocation was on the following basis:
The Board resolved to pay performance bonuses for the financial year 2015/16 to:
- All eligible employees who had obtained a final performance score of 3.5 and above as provided in the Performance Management Policy.
- Eligible employees who were in the employ of the Agency at the end of the financial year of 2015/16.
No performance bonuses were approved for financial year 2016/17 yet.
(c) It is the sole discretion of the C-BRTA Board to authorise the payment of performance bonuses as and when it is reasonably feasible and financially viable to do such based on the overall audited performance of the Agency against the set Annual Performance Plan (APP).
RAF
(1)(a)(ii) The Road Accident Fund granted the following increases in the Total Employment Cost (TEC) packages of employees:
in the 2016-17 financial year, |
in the 2015-16 financial year, |
in the 2014-15 financial year, |
TASK grade 1 – 13 employees were awarded an 8% increase, |
TASK grade 1 – 13 employees were awarded a 7,6% increase, |
TASK grade 1 – 13 employees were awarded a 7,4% increase, |
TASK grade 14 - 19 employees were awarded a 6,7% increase, |
TASK grade 14 - 19 employees were awarded a 6,5% increase, |
TASK grade 14 employees were awarded a 6,9% increase, |
TASK grade 20 - 25 employees were awarded a 6,2% increase. |
TASK grade 20 - 25 employees were awarded a 6% increase. |
TASK grade 15 - 25 employees were awarded a 6,4% increase. |
(b) The criteria used to grant the increases comprised of external market data, projected inflation and affordability.
(c) The increases in each specified year were authorised by the RAF Board and the RAF’s Remuneration Committee.
(2)(a) The following bonuses have been given for each grade of employee in the past three financial years:
in the 2016-17 financial year, |
in the 2015-16 financial year, |
in the 2014-15 financial year, |
in respect of TASK grade 1 – 13 employees, a sum calculated based on qualifying employees’ individual performance scores, as assessed in terms of the RAF’s Performance Management and Development Policy and the individual performance contracts of employees, with a maximum threshold of 15% of the employee’s TEC, |
in respect of TASK grade 1 – 13 employees, a sum calculated based on qualifying employees’ individual performance scores, as assessed in terms of the RAF’s Performance Management and Development Policy and the individual performance contracts of employees, with a maximum threshold of 15% of the employee’s TEC, |
in respect of TASK grade 1 – 13 employees, a sum calculated based on qualifying employees’ individual performance scores, as assessed in terms of the RAF’s Performance Management and Development Policy and the individual performance contracts of employees, with a maximum threshold of 15% of the employee’s TEC, |
in respect of TASK grade 14 – 16 employees, a sum calculated based on qualifying employees’ individual performance scores, as assessed in terms of the RAF’s Performance Management and Development Policy and the individual performance contracts of employees, with a maximum threshold of 20% of the employee’s TEC, |
in respect of TASK grade 14 – 16 employees, a sum calculated based on qualifying employees’ individual performance scores, as assessed in terms of the RAF’s Performance Management and Development Policy and the individual performance contracts of employees, with a maximum threshold of 20% of the employee’s TEC, |
in respect of TASK grade 14 – 16 employees, a sum calculated based on qualifying employees’ individual performance scores, as assessed in terms of the RAF’s Performance Management and Development Policy and the individual performance contracts of employees, with a maximum threshold of 20% of the employee’s TEC, |
in respect of TASK grade 18 – 20 employees, a sum calculated based on qualifying employees’ individual performance scores, as assessed in terms of the RAF’s Performance Management and Development Policy and the individual performance contracts of employees, with a maximum threshold of 25% of the employee’s TEC, |
in respect of TASK grade 18 – 20 employees, a sum calculated based on qualifying employees’ individual performance scores, as assessed in terms of the RAF’s Performance Management and Development Policy and the individual performance contracts of employees, with a maximum threshold of 25% of the employee’s TEC, |
in respect of TASK grade 18 – 20 employees, a sum calculated based on qualifying employees’ individual performance scores, as assessed in terms of the RAF’s Performance Management and Development Policy and the individual performance contracts of employees, with a maximum threshold of 25% of the employee’s TEC, |
in respect of TASK grade 21 – 24 employees, a sum calculated based on qualifying employees’ individual performance scores, as assessed in terms of the RAF’s Performance Management and Development Policy and the individual performance contracts of employees, with a maximum threshold of 30% of the employee’s TEC, and |
in respect of TASK grade 21 – 24 employees, a sum calculated based on qualifying employees’ individual performance scores, as assessed in terms of the RAF’s Performance Management and Development Policy and the individual performance contracts of employees, with a maximum threshold of 30% of the employee’s TEC, and |
in respect of TASK grade 21 – 24 employees, a sum calculated based on qualifying employees’ individual performance scores, as assessed in terms of the RAF’s Performance Management and Development Policy and the individual performance contracts of employees, with a maximum threshold of 30% of the employee’s TEC, and |
in respect of the TASK grade 25 employee, a sum calculated based on the employee’s individual performance score, as assessed in terms of the RAF’s Performance Management and Development Policy and the individual performance contract of the employee, with a maximum threshold of 50% of the employee’s TEC. |
in respect of the TASK grade 25 employee, a sum calculated based on the employee’s individual performance score, as assessed in terms of the RAF’s Performance Management and Development Policy and the individual performance contract of the employee, with a maximum threshold of 50% of the employee’s TEC. |
in respect of the TASK grade 25 employee, a sum calculated based on the employee’s individual performance score, as assessed in terms of the RAF’s Performance Management and Development Policy and the individual performance contract of the employee, with a maximum threshold of 50% of the employee’s TEC. |
(b) The criteria used in each financial year to grant the bonuses, comprised of organisational and individual performance.
(c) The bonuses in each specified year were authorised by the RAF Board and the RAF’s Remuneration Committee.
SANRAL
Table below provides summary of annual increases during the past three financial years.
(1)(a) (ii)
SANRAL GRADE |
Summary of salary increases for the past 3 financial years |
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Mar 2015 |
Mar 2016 |
Mar 2017 |
|
Grade A |
12% |
10% |
8% |
Grade B |
9.9% |
7% |
14% |
Grade C |
9.9% |
10% |
9% |
Grade D |
9.9% |
7% |
7% |
Grade EL |
9.9% |
7% |
6.5% |
Grade EU |
9.95% |
7% |
7.5% |
Grade F |
9.93% |
7% |
9% |
Grade G |
6.2% |
6.9% |
1 (b) In accordance with SANRAL Policy on remuneration, each year SANRAL undertakes a salary survey exercise through an independent service provider. Salary adjustments are effective from 1 March, annually.
SANRAL will typically take into account a number of factors in determining annual adjustment to the payroll, per grade. These include:
- Performance appraisal / individual performance
- CPI
- Affordability
- Market comparisons / salary survey
The Salary Survey report contains information on the following areas:
- National salary increase trends
- Medical aid inflation
- Wage settlements within Government and related sectors
- Update of pay scales for the year going forward
- Analysis of movement in pay scales including compa ratio and cost analysis
- Market data for specific roles within SANRAL
- Short-term incentive market data in the National Market and State Owned Enterprises
1 (c) Annual Payroll adjustments are approved by the SANRAL Board.
2 (a)
The South African National Roads Agency SOC Limited |
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Summary of STIS for past 3 financial years |
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GRADE |
2014/2015 |
2015/2016 |
2016/2017 |
Grade A |
R 116 449.00 |
R 134 867.00 |
R 132 432.00 |
Grade B |
R 430 421.00 |
R 483 378.00 |
R 572 590.00 |
Grade C |
R 2 533 803.00 |
R 3 398 077.00 |
R 4 095 971.00 |
Grade D |
R 5 373 268.00 |
R 6 052 020.00 |
R 7 008 670.00 |
Grade E |
R 20 571 658.00 |
R 24 577 091.00 |
R 30 692 558.00 |
Grade F |
R 4 067 261.00 |
R 4 468 809.00 |
R 5 119 188.00 |
Grade G |
R 1 279 953.00 |
R 1 320 492.00 |
R 1 266 705.00 |
TOTAL |
R 34 372 813.00 |
R 40 434 734.00 |
R 48 888 114.00 |
2 (b) The SANRAL Short Term Incentive (STI) Policy determines the criteria for bonuses. The criteria include the Annual Performance Plan, signed with the Minister of Transport. The incentive scheme is designed around delivery of SANRAL’s strategic objectives. Actual performance is measured and assessed against specific deliverables contained in the Agreement, and a performance score will be determined. The policy also specifies the minimum criteria for eligibility, based on the SANRAL overall performance as well as individual performance.
2 (c) The STI Policy is approved by the SANRAL Board. The SANRAL performance score, derived from the Annual Performance Plan, is also approved by the Board.
RTMC
(a) For the period effective April 2015, the increases have been as follows:
(i) For the 2015 financial year, the increase was 10% and 6% for managers and non-managers respectively
(ii) For the period effective April 2016, the increase has been 9% across the board
(iii) For the period effective April 2017, the increase has been 8,5% for non-management staff and 6.3% for management
(b) For Non-management this was informed by the bargaining process with Organised Labour taking into account CPIX and other economic factors.
(c) The Board of the RTMC approved all increases post assessment of performance and signing of the labour agreement on increases.
2. (a) (i) For the year ending March 2014, there was no Performance bonus that was paid.
(ii) For the year ending March 2015, the percentage approved was 6% and 3% of Annual Total package. The 6% was for permanent employees and 3 % for employees on Contract.
(iii) For the year ending March 2016, the percentage approved was 7,5% of Annual Total package
(b) The criteria for the payment of bonuses is informed by the overall performance of the organisation, the PMDS policy as well as terms and conditions of each individual employee.
(c) The Board of the RTMC approved the payment of bonuses taking into account the performance of the organisation and the PMDS policy.
PRASA
a) What salary, remuneration or benefit increases have been granted in each salary grade to employees of
PRASA has awarded the following inflationary Increases for 2014 - 2017
Financial Year |
Inflationary Increase for Junior Employees in the Bargaining Unit |
Inflationary Increase for Management Employees |
2015/16(3 year Wage Agreement) |
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2016/17 |
|
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2017/18 |
|
|
(ii) Each entity reporting to him in each of the past three financial years,
(b) The inflationary increases are paid in accordance to the PRASA Remuneration and Benefits Policy and Government guidelines
(c) The Junior Employees in the Bargaining unit inflationary increases are negotiated with Organized Labour, recommended by Group Exco to the Group Board for ratification.
Ordinarily, the management inflationary increases are recommended by Group Human Capital Management to the Board through the Human Capital and Remuneration Committee or the Board. In the absence of the Board the ratification is sought from the Shareholder.
(2) a) PRASA has not paid any bonuses for the past 3 financial years
- a gain share payment is made to junior employees in the Bargaining unit at PRASA Rail as per the Labour Gain share Bonus Agreement
b) i) The gain share payment for junior employees is made to Regions that have exceeded their Revenue Collection Targets.
ii) The employees are paid in accordance with the time period of their participation within the given Financial Year.
RSR
1. (a) The RSR salary adjustments over the periods are as follows (excluding regrading or individual posts):
PERIOD |
JOB GRADE |
COST OF LIVING INCREASE % |
AVE NOTCH INCREASE % |
2015 |
1 – 8 |
7.00% |
0.00% |
9 – 12 |
6.50% |
0.76% |
|
13 – 16 |
6.00% |
4.06% |
|
2016 |
A1 - C2 |
6.80% |
0.00% |
C3 - D1 |
6.30% |
0.31% |
|
D2 - F1 |
5.80% |
1.31% |
|
2017 |
A1 - F1 |
6.00% |
1.50% |
(b) The above increases are based on annual cost-of living adjustments which are inflation related, and were based on Salary Benchmarking and Salary surveys from the South African market to determine the suitability of its salary increases and the financial impact. The RSR’s Remuneration Philosophy and staff retention is also considered in these determination.
The increases also include individual notch progressions, based on performance in line with the RSR Performance Management Policy.
(c) The RSR Board of Directors approved the financial increases in each financial year
- The RSR awards annual performance bonuses to all grades of employees who qualify as per the RSR Performance Management Policy. No other bonus types are applicable.
- The RSR’s short term performance bonuses are awarded to staff members who have performed exceptionally and met the set minimum criteria in respect of qualification for a performance bonus, and is determined based on a rating scale of 1 – 4, whereby those who met a score of 4 and above will be awarded bonuses after performance score moderation is finalized and Board approval has been obtained.
- The RSR Board of Directors approved the financial increases in each financial year.
Ports Regulator of South Africa
1(a)(ii) The Ports Regulator annually grants all employees a salary increase equivalent to CPI adjustment as per the National Treasury estmates used during the MTEF budget process. The employees below senior management are entitled to all bebenfits which include: medical aid, group life and pension. These benefits are however not available to senior employees in terms of the Regulator concidions of service. This practice has been in place since 2012/13 financial year when the salary bands and benefits were approved by the Minister of Transport in concurrence with the Minister of Finance as required by the National Ports Act.
(b) The increases are implemented at the beginning of each financial year. The salary increases are done as per the National Treasury guide to Departments.
( c) The salary increases are accounted for in the annual budget of the Regulator which is then approved by the Regulator (board) concurrent with the approval of the APP and the Strategic plan. This is done before the start of the financial year so that the implementation of the APP as well as salary increases is done at the same time.
2(a) The conditions of service of the Regulator indicates that all employees below manager level get 10% of annual salary as a bonus while employees from manager to senior managers get 20% of annual salary as a bonus. This practice has been in plac since 2013/14 financial year when the performance mnagement system was developed, approved and implemented
(b) The employees each sign a performance agreement at the beginning of the financial year. The performance agreement will set out expected outputs from each employee based on the deliverables for their specific department. At the end of the financial year, each employee is then assessed against reported performance and scored in accordance with the performance framework which has a sliding scale from 5 to 1. Employees get a bonus if they perform above level 3. A final weighting is done for all KPI’s and final score given to an employee. The final score is then used to calculate the quantum of the bonus earned by the employee.
( c) The performance bonus forms part of the annual budgert that is approved by the Regulator (board). When the bonuses for all employees have been finalised, there’s a review that is performed by a committee to ensuer that there was transparency, fairness and relevance between employees performance and that of the organisation. Once the review is complete the bonuses are then forwaded to the CFO for recommendation to the CEO for final approval before making payemnts to employees. .
South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA)
(1)(a)(ii)
Year |
% Increase |
|
2014 |
6,2% |
All staff |
2015 |
5.4% |
All staff |
2016 |
5.2% |
All staff |
(1)(b)
CPI + 1%
(1)(c)
2014 – Authorized by the Board of Directors
2015 - Authorized by the Board of Directors
2016 – Authorized by the Board of Directors
(2) (a) what bonuses have been given in each grade of employee in the past three financial years, (b) what criteria were used when granting the specified bonuses in each specified financial year and (c) who authorized the bonuses in each financial year? NW3806E
Response:
(2) (a)
Year |
% Increase |
|
2014 |
0% |
All staff |
2015 |
8.5% |
All staff |
2016 |
6.2% |
All staff except EXCO |
(2) (b)
Organisational Performance was the criteria used for granting the bonuses.
(2)(c)
2014 – Board of Directors
2015 – Board of Directors
2016 – Board of Directors
23 November 2017 - NW3552
Horn, Mr W to ask the Minister of Transport
With regard to the Road Traffic Management Corporation advertisement published in 2016 for traffic officers, (a) why were some applicants appointed without drivers’ licences, (b) why were some applicants appointed as senior inspectors when the advert calls for traffic officers (c) why were other applicants with driver’s licences not accepted?
Reply:
a) None of the Traffic Officers were appointed without a driver’s licenses
b) None (Refer to (a) above)
c) Not applicable
23 November 2017 - NW3537
De Freitas, Mr MS to ask the Minister of Transport
With regard to investigations into irregular and unauthorised expenditure by the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa, as instructed in the Public Protector’s report titled Derailed, (a) what investigations have been undertaken since the term of the Board ended on 31 July 2017, (b) what have the specified investigations revealed, (c) who has undertaken the investigations in each case and (d) what are the total costs in this regard?
Reply:
a) No further investigations by PRASA have been undertaken. All cases of R10 million and above have been transferred to National Treasury and stil not finalised
b) The investigations have not been finalized as indicated above
c) The National Treasury
d) No financial implication to PRASA as this cases have all been referred to National Treasury
23 November 2017 - NW3264
Wilson, Ms ER to ask the Minister of Social Development
(1)With reference to her reply to question 2019 on 9 October 2017, in which she gives a breakdown of the number of Mikondzo events that were held in each province, as well as the associated costs, why were 20 events held in KwaZulu-Natal and only one or two events held in the remainder of the provinces, which total to only 11 events; (2) in view of the specified reply which states that the total cost of the specified events amounted to R10 098 290 976, although the budget was only R62 500 000, (a) why did her department overspend billions of Rands on the events and (b) in which budgeted line item were these billions reflected; (3) whether any virements were necessary to pay for the overspend; if so, (a)(i) from which budgeted line item and (ii) in which programmes were the specified virements made, (b) what percentage of the specified budgeted line item was used for the virements, (c) who authorised such virements and (d) were the large virements authorised by the Treasury; (4) with reference to her specified reply in which it is stated that the budget allocation of each event was R2 500 000, but according to the actual expenditure costs the average cost of each event was R325 million, from where did she obtain the specified figures?
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. 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.
23 November 2017 - NW3441
Ndlozi, Dr MQ to ask the Minister of State Security
1. How many officials and/or employees in his department were granted permission to have businesses and/or do business dealings in the past three financial years; 2. Are any of the officials and/or employees that have permission to have businesses and/or do business dealings doing business with Government; if so, (a) what was the purpose of each business transaction, (b) when did each business transaction occur and (c) what was the value of each business transaction?
Reply:
1. Information relating to members of the State Security Agency (SSA) forms part of the broader operational framework of the SSA and therefore remains classified and privileged. Information about members 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).
23 November 2017 - NW3553
Horn, Mr W to ask the Minister of Transport
(a) What is the approved ranking system currently used by the Road Traffic Management Corporation to rank its officers and (b)(i) on what date and (ii) by whom was the specified system approved?
Reply:
a) The ranking structure of the RTMC is part of the organizational structure and it consists of the ranks of constable, inspectors, supervisors, deputy chiefs and traffic chief
b) (i) approved on the 3rd July 2014
(ii) by the RTMC board
23 November 2017 - NW3539
Steenkamp, Ms J to ask the Minister of Transport
(a) Which entities that report to him have missed the deadline to submit their annual reports, (b) what requests for extension have been received, (c) what were the reasons given, (d) which were granted extension, (e) why was extension granted in each case, (f) which entities were not granted extension, (g) why was extension denied in each case and (h) what is being done to ensure that in future deadlines are met?
Reply:
(a)The following Entities have missed the deadline submission of Annual reports ;
1. SANRAL
2. SAMSA
3. PRASA
(b) The Accounting Authority of the above three (3) mentioned entities wrote to the Executive Authority in terms of section 65 of the PFMA about the entities failure to submit their Annual report and reason were provided.
(c) Reasons for Extensions
SANRAL;The Finalisation of the Annual Financial Statements and the Audit Report were delayed due to a delay in processing SANRAL’s request to reword its Government Guarantee and consequently the approval from National Treasury was also late. This has resulted in a delay in the issue of the Audit Report by the Auditor General of South Africa (AG)
SAMSA; There was a delay in the finalisation of the audit by the AG.
PRASA; There was a delay in the finalisation of the Annual Financial Statements and the Audit Report due to AG seeking legal opinion on Section 49 (2)(b) of the PFMA to determine if the Acting Group Chief Executive Officer can accept the Audit report as the Accounting Authority in the absence of the board
(d) Entities that were granted extension ;
1. SANRAL
2. SAMSA
3. PRASA
(e) Reasons for Extensions
The request from the three entities were reasonable and in line with the PFMA.
(f) None
(g) Not applicable
(h) What is being done to ensure that in future deadlines are met
SANRAL; The board has undertaken that they will submit request right on time.
SAMSA: Audit Committee steering has been set which comprise of Management, Internal Audit and AG. This committee reports to the Audit Committee of the board.
PRASA; An interim board has been appointed that will ensure that all vacant executive positions will be filled as a matter of urgency and The Executive Authority will be appointing a permanent board in due course.
23 November 2017 - NW3541
Steenkamp, Ms J to ask the Minister of Transport
What (a) infrastructural damage has been caused by the natural disaster in October 2017 to the infrastructure of his department and the entities reporting to him, (b) is the total cost of the damage, (c) is being done to replace and/or repair the damaged infrastructure and (d) measures have been put in place in the interim to ensure users of the damaged infrastructure are not disavantaged?
Reply:
Department
- No damage
- Not applicable
- Not applicable
- Not applicable
Air Traffic and Navigation Services SOC Limited (ATNS)
- No damage
- N/a
- N/a
- N/a
Airport Company South Africa (ACSA)
Tabulated below is detailed and estimated cost of damage to our infrastructure during the recent adverse weather.
ORTIA |
CTIA |
KSIA |
Regional |
|
|
|
|
(b) Estimated cost of repair/replace/expert inspection and recertification/emergency procurement:
R7, 5million
(c) EAM Division at ACSA with repairs through various service providers, this will also entail condition assert of the integrity of structure and buildings.
(d) Airport Operations back to normal with affected areas isolated/ cordoned off public
South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA)
SACAA had no infrastructural damage caused by the natural disaster in October 2017.
Cross-Border Road Transport Agency
(a) The Cross-Border Road Transport Agency has not had any infrastructural damage in October 2017 due to natural disaster.
(b) – (d) Not applicable
Road Accident Fund
(a) No infrastructural damage has been caused by the natural disaster in October 2017 to the infrastructure of the Road Accident Fund, paragraphs (b), (c), and (d) are therefore not applicable
Road Traffic Infringement Agency
- None
- Not Applicable
- Not Applicable
Not Applicable
Road Traffic Management Corporation
(a) No infrastructural damage has been caused by the natural disaster in October 2017 to the infrastructure of the Road Accident Fund, paragraphs (b), (c), and (d) are therefore not applicable
South African National Roads Agency Limited
- Kwazulu Natal: The visible damages caused to SANRAL road infrastructure during the recent October 2017 floods/storm in KZN are as follows:
- Road signs were blown away,
- Box and pipe Culverts and associated outlets structures were damaged,
- Isolated erosion of road embankment, and
- Damage to storm water channels.
Latent damages to the section of the road that was submerged under water during the storm is not possible to quantify at this early stage.Kwazulu Natal: The quantified visible damage is estimated at R7 470 800.00. This figure is an estimate and the final accurate cost will be known once all the repairs are complete.
- Kwazulu Natal: Cleaning up of debris on top of structures has been completed and currently still in progress with cleaning of debris underneath structures. The extensive repairs required on culverts and embankments has been assessed for safety by Professional Engineers and was found not to pose any immediate danger or disadvantage to users. The procurement process to repair these structures has commenced as per National Treasury regulations.
Gauteng: SANRAL has received the detailed independent evaluation report with regard to the flooding that occurred on N12 and N3 on 9th November 2016. The procurement processes to implement the recommend major remedial measures has commenced as per National Treasury regulations.
- Kwazulu Natal: As mentioned above, the damaged infrastructure was assessed by Professional Engineers and confirmed that it poses no immediate danger nor disadvantage to the users. Currently no SANRAL road or structure is still closed for users.
Gauteng: SANRAL is busy on-site with the implementing of the N12 minor remedial measures as was recommend by the independent evaluation report.
Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA)
a) The storm of 10 October 2017 caused significant damage to the PRASA infrastructure assets in the region. See collage below of some affected areas.