Questions and Replies

Reply:

With regard to the Gauteng Local Division of the High Court of South Africa case 08744/2016 between a certain person (Rudolph Gerhardus steyn) and the Road Accident Fund, (a) the date of payment to the plaintiff is unknown, and (b) the payment has not yet been made because the amount of damages due to the claimant must still be agreed between the parties or ordered by the court, consequently payment is not yet due.

Reply:

Please refer to the attached annexures, A, B, C and D

Item	Financial Year	Total allocation	Expenditure	Construction Stage (5B)	Practical Completion Stage (6A)	List of Projects
	2014/15	89 041 535	63 589 381	8	5	Annexure A
	2015/16	650 953 391	605 842 084	6	2	Annexure B
	2016/17	117 212 499	152 800 596	6	4	Annexure C
	2017/18	81 876 294	26 405 840	8	3	Annexure D
Total	939 083 719	848 637 901	28	14

Reply:

a) Yes. The Department is the custodian of various land parcels across the country.

(i), (ii) and (iii) please refer to “Annexure A”

b) DEPARTMENTAL ENTITIES

Yes, IDT does own land.

1. The plot (portion 41) is situated at the Corner of Sprite and Oberon Street, in Faerie Glen, Pretoria.
2. According to the title deed, the plot size is 9061 m2.
3. The plot is used as a host for IDT’s national office.

(b) (i), (ii) and (iii) Not Applicable to the rest of the entities namely;

Agrement South Africa, Council for the Built Environment and the Construction Industry Development Board.

Reply:

a) The Department is unable to respond to section (b) of the main question as there is no phenomenon such as female gender mutilation.

b) Forced marriages are not allowed and it’s the same as kidnapping, abduction therefore we have a court ruling on the Jezile matter.

c) Child marriages are within the purview of the department of Home Affairs and the question should be directed to that department.

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Approved by the Minister on

Date……………………….

Reply:

a) PRASA requested extension to submit because the audit was not funded.

b) Once the audit has been finalized it will be incorporated in the draft annual report, signed off and submitted.

c) The department held discussions with AGSA on measures to ensure that audits are finalised on time including placing reliance on Interim Audit.

Reply:

a) The number of invoices currently remaining unpaid by:

(i) The Department:

aa) 30 days - None

bb) 60 days - None

cc) 90 days - None

dd) 120 days - 1 Invoice for Department of Public Works

(ii) Entity - Not applicable

b) R2,812,015.89

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Approved by the Minister on

Date……………………….

Reply:

1. The department has a complete list of suppliers from which services were procured for the past five years. In total, the number of suppliers is 400 over the 4 years period. All service providers complied with National Treasury Regulations and are registered with the DTI and on the Central Supplier Database (CSD) of National Treasury. Overall, all service providers complied with the government procurement requirements.

2. a) The service providers rendered services in all areas that required procurement i.e.

• 1. Advertisement
  2. Minor Assets
  3. Catering
  4. Consultant Services
  5. Contractors
  6. Consumable items
  7. Rental & Hiring Services
  8. Venues & Facilities
  9. Operating expenditure
  10. Machinery & Equipment (Moveable Capital Assets), etc.

b) The total procurement value over the period is as follows:

1. 2013-2014 – R 8,460,791
2. 2014-2015 – R 8,861,085
3. 2015-2016 – R 14,655,104
4. 2016-2017 – R 7,814,387

3. Suppliers contributing level as per the B-BBEE chart:

B-BBEE STATUS	SCORE ON SCORECARD	RECOGNITION
Level 1	>100 points	135%
Level 2	95 but < than 100	125%
Level 3	90 but < than 95	110%
Level 4	80 but < than 90	100%
Level 5	75 but < than 80	80%
Level 6	70 but < than 75	60%
Level 7	55 but < than 70	50%
Level 8	40 but < than 55	10%
Non-Compliant	<40 points	0%

(i)  2013-2014

     Level 1 – 107

     Level 2 – 8

    Level 3 – 11

    Level 4 – 7

    Level 7 – 1

(ii) 2014-2015:

Level 1 – 38

Level 2 – 7

Level 3 – 5

Level 4 – 5

Level 6 – 1

Level 7 – 1

(iii) 2015-2016:

Level 1 – 92

Level 2 – 7

Level 3 – 8

Level 4 – 7

Level 5 – 5

Level 7 – 1

(iv) 2016-2017:

Level 1 – 73

Level 2 – 10

Level 3 – 2

Level 4 – 5

Level 7 – 1

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Approved by the Minister on

Date……………………….

Reply:

a) (i) (ii) (iii) and (iv) R56 commences just outside of Pietermaritzburg and navigate the eastern region of the KZN province. It consists of various sections of roads which are Main road P5; P416; N2; P609 and traverse the towns of Richmond, Ixopo, Umzimkhulu and Kokstad respectively, R56 then further extends outside the border of the KwaZulu Natal province to Matatiele.

The KwaZulu Natal Department of Transport embarked on an exercise to do Condition Assessment for the Province for the total paved network of approximately 7650 kilometres consisting of provincial and district roads.

Upon completion of the exercise, it was found that 66% of the entire network was not in a good condition. A priority list was deduced based on the severity of defects on the roads and using the limited available funding, rehabilitation measures were implemented.

Route 56 has always been a high priority as it forms part of a link between the provinces of KwaZulu Natal, Eastern Cape and the country of Lesotho and over the years the KZN Department of Transport has done rehabilitation work to ensure safe transition and will continue to plan for maintenance activities accordingly.

b) Whilst 32 kilometers of P609 which is the nearest section of road from the KZN province region to the Eastern Cape boarder, towards Matatiele, it can be confirmed that the rehabilitation plans are only envisaged to commence during the 2020-21 financial year. With the current condition of the road being deemed as poor due to defects related to functionality, the structural capacity of the road is however relevantly sound and poses no risk to the design life of the road or any other unanticipated catastrophic failures. However, holding maintenance measures in a form of patching and pothole repairs where necessary will be conducted on an ongoing basis to ensure safe driving conditions.

Reply:

1.SABC owns land in Polokwane, Limpopo a plot in Tweefontein

(a) Tweefontein Farm, Polokwane Limpopo

(c) The farm is currently being occupied by the SAPS Mounted Division.

2.SABC owns land in KwaZulu Natal, Durban 3 pieces of land in Kingsmead

(a) Kingsmead, Durban, KwaZulu Natal

(c) The Land is used for parking by SABC staff.

3. SABC owns land in Emnotweni Riverside Park, Mbombela, Mpumalanga

(a) Emnotweni Riverside Park, Mbombela, Mpumalanga

(c) The land is vacant

Approved/ Not approved

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Ms. Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane MP,

Minister of Communications

Date:

 

Reply:

a) The maintenance of the signalling system has never stopped in some areas in Gauteng. It has intensified working hand in hand with the Rail Safety Regulator (RSR) with a dedicated joint team of inspectors from RSR and Metro-rail signalling technicians.

b) Refer to (a) above

c) Refer to (a) above

Reply:

(a) & (b) Except for the SABC, the Department of Communications and the other entities in its portfolio do not own land. The details of the land owned by the SABC are as follows:

Polokwane, Limpopo

1. Tweefontein Farm, Polokwane Limpopo.l
2. The farm is currently being occupied by the SAPS Mounted Division.

KwaZulu Natal, Durban three(3) pieces of land in Kingsmead

(i) Kingsmead, Durban, KwaZulu Natal

(ii) The Land is used for parking by SABC staff.

Emnotweni Riverside Park, Mbombela, Mpumalanga

(i) Emnotweni Riverside Park, Mbombela, Mpumalanga.

(ii) The land is vacant.

Approved/ Not approved

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Ms. Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane MP,

Minister

Date:

Reply:

(a) The total amount that has been loaded for payment on the RAF’s system in respect of amounts ordered by the courts owed to Road Accident Fund (RAF) claimants is R4, 932, 849, 274 as at 17 November 2017, (b) the reason for the delays in paying the claimants is due to the RAF’s cash shortfall which is as a result of the mismatch between the funding received by the RAF via the RAF Fuel Levy and the payments the RAF is required to make in terms of the Road Accident Fund Act, No. 56 of 1996, (c) the RAF targets a maximum of 180 days from the date of requesting payment on the system until date of payment of the court order, and (d) the RAF periodically sends out stakeholder letters to advise stakeholders of the RAF’s cash position and has also created a dedicated e-mail query facility for claimants to follow-up on the status of outstanding payments.

 

Reply:

The Tender for the construction of the new Bridge has closed, and SANRAL is currently busy with the tender evaluation and adjudication process. It is envisaged that construction of the bridge will commence in February 2018 and will be completed by February 2019.

Reply:

1. (a) Delivery has been separated into 2 batches. PRASA accepted the first 18 trains

(manufactured in Brazil) from December 2016 until September 2017. These train-sets are already in operation in the north part of Gauteng

(b) The remaining 582 trains will be delivered from the Local Factory in Dunnottar Park, Ekurhuleni, with the first train expected to be delivered in the fourth quarter of 2018.

2. (a) The trains have been tested in accordance with the acceptance process between

PRASA, Gibela and the Railway Safety Regulator (RSR). The tests ensured that the trains meet PRASA’s specifications, including adherence to the Railway Safety Regulator standards. PRASA conducts tests on all trains before accepting them for operational use. These tests have been conducted in line with the delivery dates. Furthermore, the tests and results were submitted to the RSR before accepting the first train.

(b) There are no technical problems with the trains. The trains meet PRASA’s specification and RSR standards.

3. The trains are currently being used for operations between the Pienaarspoort and Pretoria corridor.

4. The trains have been manufactured specifically for PRASA, that is, they have been manufactured in line with PRASA’s specification and meet South African railway conditions.

5. (a) PRASA has contracted with Gibela for 600 New Trains for a fixed contract value of R59 billion (2014 prices).

    (b) Gibela has been responsible for hedging for the duration from FY2014/15 to FY2020/21.

 

Reply:

1. Yes, the GNC rotary generator is functional and working very well.
2. (a)(b) To date, 20 stations are equipped with the new signalling electronic interlocking system. (b) The stations are commissioned with this new interlocking system to improve safety, reliability and operational flexibility.
3. The GNC traffic control is functional. To date, the GNC operates the Irene, Olifantsfontein, Kaalfontein, Leralla and Tembisa corridor on a new signaling system. Currently, PRASA is moving the southern line which includes Midway – Residensia Corridor into the GNC. More stations will follow and be operated at the GNC once they are equipped with the new signaling system.

 

Reply:

a) R56 between Kokstad and Matatiele is formally named in the Department as P609. The overall condition of this portion of R56 can be deemed being in a poor to very poor condition. A network level visual assessment of the road was carried out in June 2017.

The first 8 km’s of the road are in a very poor condition having a surface condition index of less than 25%. This section has very poor drainage, which has resulted in extensive crocodile cracking of a severe nature with scattered occurrences of pumping. The section also has severe longitudinal cracking and intermittent patch failure. Severe potholes were also identified as a common occurrence on this first 8km stretch.

The rest of the road, from km 8 to km 32 shows more or less the same kind of defects as the first uniform section but these defects can be described as being in the warning category. The average surface condition index for this section can be estimated to be about 40%, deeming this section as being in a poor condition. The potholes identified in the section are no more than a degree 3 collectively and they occur in isolated sections. The crocodile cracking as well as patch failure are still a major issue on this section as they were in the first.

b) Whilst 32 kilometers of P609 which is the nearest section of road from the KZN province region to the Eastern Cape boarder, towards Matateile, it can be confirmed that the rehabilitation plans are only envisaged to commence during the 2020-2021 financial year. With the current condition of the road being deemed as poor due to defects related to functionality, the structural capacity of the road is however relevantly sound and poses no risk to the design life of the road or any other unanticipated catastrophic failures. However, holding maintenance measures in a form of patching and pothole repairs where necessary will be conducted on an ongoing basis to ensure safe driving conditions.

Reply:

NATIONAL TREASURY

(a –d) The National Treasury has not utilised the services of SNOW Consulting.

ASB

The Accounting Standards Board has not made use of the firm of consultants, nor have they paid them any money.

CBDA

The Co-operative Banks Development Agency has (a) (i) not in any instance and/or (ii) has not used a certain firm or consultants (SNOW Consultants), (b) no payment was made in any case, (c) no services were rendered by them and, (d) no monetary value of any tender were needed.

DBSA

1. (i) (ii) NANE
2. (c) (d) N/A

FSB

(a) (ii) The FSB has never utilized the services of Snow Consultants (b) N/A (c) N/A (d) N/A.

FIC

The Financial Intelligence Centre has never utilized the services of Snow Consultants

GEPF

The GEPF has never made use of the services of SNOW Consultants.

GPAA

1. The Government Pensions Administration Agency (GPAA) has never used SNOW Consultants.
2. Not applicable.
3. Not applicable.
4. Not applicable

IRBA

The IRBA hereby declares that we did not use the services of SNOW Consultants.

PFA

(a)(ii) The OPFA has never used the services of SNOW Consultants.

LAND BANK

Land Bank has not engaged the services of SNOW Consultants.

FAIS OMBUD

The FAIS Ombud has never used the firm of consultants.

PIC

The PIC has not used this firm of consultants.

The rest of the questions falls away.

SAA

SAA and its subsidiaries have never used SNOW Consultants.

SARS

The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has not procured services from the Snow Consultants nor does it have the supplier registered on its database.

Sasria SOC Limited has used Snow Consultants Incorporated.SASRIA

Year 2013          R547 023.94

Year 2014          R248 805.00

Year 2015          R307 999-50

All expenses relate to interior designs for Sasria’s building during different phases

TAX OMBUD

The Office of the Tax Ombud has never used SNOW Consultants.

Reply:

a) Two times;

b) 12 October 2017 and 16 October 2017;

c) Issues around Operating Licenses, System challenges, Legislation challenges, Taxi Recapitalisation Programme, Taxi Empowerment and Law Enforcement Challenges were raised as part of the discussion;

d) Refer to (c) above;

e) That the Department and NTA will continue to engage formally and informally on critical issues that affect the taxi industry and also rope in provinces where necessary; and

f) (i) Engagement will be ongoing.

(ii) Engagement will be ongoing.

Reply:

1. 2016/17: no employees;

2017/18: one (1) employee;

2018/19: one (1) employee.

2. None for doing business with the Government.

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Date……………………….

Reply:

a) Internal circulars are used for all non SMS vacancies

b) Government Communication and Information Systems (GCIS) website, and Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) website

 

Recommended / Not Recommended

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Ms. M.T Kubayi-Ngubane, MP,

Minister of Communications

Date:

Reply:

Cabinet adopted the National Policy Framework for Women’s Empowerment and Gender Equality in 2000, which defined the National Gender Machinery, including locating the responsibility for empowerment of women and gender equality in the Presidency and establishing the system of GFPs.

The Department is currently working on the framework for Gender Focal Points (GFP), and this is in collaboration with the Department of Public Service & Administration (DPSA). The GFP framework will be tabled to cabinet for approval. Once approved, it will be used by all spheres of government in terms of location, competencies, reporting lines and their strategic role in the promotion of gender mainstreaming across the work of government departments.

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Approved by the Minister on

Date……………………….

Reply:

1. Yes, a small percentage of the data contained in the Electronic National Traffic Information System may not be usable due to the capturing errors by clerks at registering authorities as well as driving licensing centres or negligence to update the details when the owner provides new address particulars. (a) the number and percentage is indeterminate as it can only be identified when the owner provides updated details and (b) the process of cleaning the data has commenced when Regulation 32A of the National Road Traffic Regulations, 2000 was introduced at the end of 2015. The effect of the regulation is such that any person who is going to transact on the Electronic National Traffic Information System has to produce proof of residence or address so that it can be captured to refresh the data. For the FY 2016/7 905014 addresses have been updated.

2. The system is usable as a whole. All the registers within the System are currently being utilised.

3. The system is in use for AARTO purposes currently. One of the Registers within the Electronic National Traffic Information System known as the National Contraventions Register is being used to administer the AARTO processes.

Reply:

(a) (i) It was not the role of the Department to conduct any investigation. The reprieve was to allow the operators to procure and ensure that they comply with the provisions of the Act.

   (ii) Not applicable, falls away

(b) The Department is going to ensure that the provisions of legislation is complied with because the industry was given time to ensure that they comply with the requirements of the prescribed legislation.

Reply:

(a)(i) 1. Mr Skhumbuzo Macozoma

2. Ms Kate Mmatlou

3. Dr Matlhodi Steven Mabela

4. Ms Siyakhula Simelane

The following additional other members were re-appointed with effect from the 1 May 2016 for a period of three (3) years and their term lapses on 30 April 2019, and they are-

5. Ms Chwayita Mabude

6. Ms Bajabulile Luthuli

7. Adv. Kenosi Moroka and

8. Dr John Lamola

(a)(ii) None

(a)(iii) The following members were reinstated in May 2017 are-

1. Adv Kenosi Moraka
2. Ms Bajabulile Luthuli
3. Chwayita Mabude
4. Ms Kate Mmatlou

Mr Skhumbuzo Macozoma and Dr John Lamola resigned from the ACSA Board during the 2016/17 financial year.

(b)(i) None, as there were no Board members that were suspended.

(ii) The current Minister considered the High Court ruling in the matter of Mr Popo Molefe and others v/s Minister of Transport, where the High Court ruling reinstated the former Board of PRASA, on the grounds that the former Minister had not complied with audi alterem partem principle, before dismissing the Board. Upon analysis of the process record for dismissing the four members, the Minister could not find any correspondence where the four ACSA Board members were afforded an opportunity to make representations. Thus, the current Minister reinstated them upon realizing that the audi principle was not complied with by the former Minister

(iii) Mr Skhumbuzo Macozoma tendered his resignation from the ACSA Board because of his appointment as CEO at SANRAL and Dr John Lamola cited ethical considerations.

Reply:

1. (a) (i) Number of incidents of contravention of supply chain management are as follows:

aa) 2014-15 financial year – 18 cases

2015-16 financial year – 95 cases

2016-17 financial year – 60 cases

bb) 2017-18 financial year – 12 cases

(ii) There are no cases of contravention of the Public Finance Management Act for the period requested.

a) Not applicable.

2. Not applicable.

3. The following measures have been implemented in the supply chain management arena:

• 1. The supply chain management policy was redone and approved on 29 August 2017 with implementation date of 01 September 2017.
  2. Standard Operation Procedures on supply chain management is in the final stage of review.
  3. The demand management planning has been included in the departmental integrated planning process of the APP and operational plan.
  4. Supply chain management training was conducted during October 2017 for all supply chain management officials.
  5. The corrective steps are monitored as part of the audit improvement plan on a monthly basis.

 

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Approved by the Minister on

Date……………………….

Reply:

The Department of Communications has not commissioned such a study owing to the lack of funding.

Approved/ Not approved

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Ms. Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane MP,

Minister of Communications

Date:

 

Reply:

Not applicable.

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Approved by the Minister on

Date……………………….

Reply:

1. The total cost for providing security for the specified person, from 1 November 2016, is R 797 724,62.

2. No, further details may expose protected security information, furthermore a statement is not a requirement, in terms of the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA).

Reply:

1 and 2:

The Aircraft was not donated but returned back to the Angolans, this is evident in the history of the Aircraft.

All legal requirements were met since all necessary documentation including the necessary authority for the movement of Arms across the boarders was acquired from the Arms Control Board as regulated.

Reply:

The disciplinary hearing is chaired by Advocate Terry Motau, SC, a practising advocate at the Johannesburg Bar. The employer representative (pro forma prosecutor), is Advocate MJ Ramaepadi, also a practising advocate at the Johannesburg Bar.

Reply:

Question 1a.

What were goods and services with a transaction value of more than R500 000 procured through an unfair competitive bidding process in contravention of the National Treasury Regulations 16A3.2 (a) and (b):

Response

The goods and services related to this audit finding is the Through Life Capability Management (TLCM) Implementation Project.

Question 1(b)

What consequence management was applied in this instance?

Although the decisions were taken by a project team and bidding committee level, the process advisors should have underscored the ambiguity of section 5 of the SCM Practice Note No 3 of 2003, to inform consultation with National Treasury prior to award. In this regard Director Matériel Governance, Risk and Compliance was held responsible for this irregular expenditure and was given a letter of admonishment because there was no display of malicious intent or intentional deviation from the process.

Reply:

(a)(i) The Minister of Police visited a scene on the N1 highway, at the Huguenot tunnel, where eight suspects were apprehended. He asked for their names and destination and urged them to cooperate with the South African Police Service’s (SAPS) investigation. The Minister did not attend any scene where a coffin was searched or present.

(a)(ii) Not applicable.

(a)(iii) Not applicable.

(b) Not applicable.

Reply:

(1) A case of fraud is being investigated. The Investigating Officer made contact with the person who completed the 3M(a), Preamble to Statement and the 3M(b), A1 Statement, as attached in the case docket, which provide information on the complainant. This person promised to identify someone who will assist the Investigating Officer. To date, this information has not been brought forward.

The A1 statement was submitted by an advocate, who is currently in the United States of America (USA) and the statement was not made under oath. The Investigating Officer also visited the church, which is the object of the dispute, to conduct further investigation.

The Investigating Officer will again approach the abovementioned person, to assist him in the investigation of the case.

(2) No, a statement will not be made on the matter.

Reply:

DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY VETERANS

DMV strives to pay suppliers within 30 days. There was no recorded outstanding payment to SMMEs as at 31 October 2017. However, for well established companies, there is still a challenge with processing some of the invoices due to the following challenges at DMV:

• DMV is not yet using LOGIS (Logical Information System)
• Lack of a computerized system leads to lack of proper tracking system
• For travel related invoices, approvers are often out office leading to delays in the approval of invoices for payment (linked to manual approval processes).
• Lack of capacity to manage the volume of invoices related to Travel

As per the tablelink  below (DMV UNPAID INVOICES AS AT 31 OCTOBER 2017), challenging accounts are Vodacom, Travel with Flair and SITA. The challenge is historical backlog, however, the Department is working hard to resolve these.

http://pmg-assets.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/RNW3566DMV_UNPAID.pdf

Furthermore, as at 30 September 2017, DMV account with other Government Departments had an outstanding balance of R60.5m mainly related provisioning of healthcare Support by SAHMS (R50.5m) as well as the provisioning of Housing by Human Settlement (R10m). see link below

http://pmg-assets.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/RNW3566DMV_ACCOUNT.pdf

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

1. The response for the Department of Defence is as follow:

 (i) The number of verified and legitimate invoices that are currently (Report date: 8 Nov 2017) in possession and that remain unpaid within the Department of Defence are:

Ser	Category	Nr of Invoices	Rand Value
(aa)	More than 30 Days	30	R1,344,559
(bb)	60 Days	0	R0
(cc)	90 Days	5	R14,683
(dd)	120 Days	11	R17,531
	TOTAL NR OF INVOICES	46	R1,376,773

The main reasons for these invoices not paid relates to the invoices being received late and then the processes to verify the correctness forces the invoices into the category of more than 30 days. Invoices in the categories of 90 to 120 days mostly relates to invoices where the verification process to confirm legitimacy takes longer due to disputes and geographical location of some units. It remains critical that all controls are continuously exercised to ensure that only verified legitimate invoices are paid.

MILITARY OMBUD

The Office of the Military Ombud has one (1) invoice under Item 20, Serial Number 20018925 (Food & Drinks: Office and Meetings) valued at R15,667.80 that has not been paid for more than sixty (60) days.

Reply:

Question 1a.

Why were certain contracts extended or modified without the approval of a properly delegated official as stipulated by National treasury Instruction Note 32

Response

In terms of Paragraph 3.3 of the National Treasury Practice Note 5 of 2009/2010 for SITA procurements of goods and services the procurement officer obtained a letter from SITA giving the DOD permission to continue to procure on its own as one of the options. SITA response was deemed sufficient proof that SITA as an organ of the Minister of DPSA is officially delegated to approve such authority. Taking into account the aforementioned, an additional approval was not obtained from the Minister of DPSA nor any other official from DPSA.

Question 1b.

What consequence management was applied in this instance?

Based on the process that was followed and that SITA gave the DOD the option to procure using the DOD procurement process, no DOD member was held liable for the irregular expenditure.

Reply:

1(a) (b) These are matters that affect individuals constitutional rights of which they are still exercising their presumption of innocence. The matters are still sub judice. It is therefore in the interest of justice that their constitutional rights be respected.

2(a) (b) Refer to 1(a) (b)

END

Reply:

1. Yes the Department of Defence and Military Veterans, Military Ombud entered into a contract with Travel Flair.

CONTRACT DETAILS

S/N	Contract No	Contract Description	Period	End User	Progress	Estimate Paid
	a	b	c	d	e	f
01	CPSC/B/G/454/2011	Provision of Travel Services to the ministry of Defence and Military Veterans	01 April – 31 March 2015	Ministry of Defence and Military Veterans Mr Shibambo from Office of the Minister	Extended to 31 Dec 2017	RM41
02	CPSC/B/PC/055/2014	Provision of travel services to the Military Ombudsman	01 July 2015 extended up 31 December 2017	Military Ombudsman Mr Makgari	Extended up 31 December 2017 period to 14 days	RM7

Reply:

(a) internal discussions around the plans for the acquisition of a suitable maritime aircraft is currently taking place within the SANDF.

(b) The Reserve Force Squadron and 35 Squadron roles do differ.

(i) There are no plans to close down 35 Squadron as yet.

(ii& iii) The SAAF is an integral part of the SANDF Maritime Security from an Air Power point of view addressing the full spectrum of the SANDF mandate and obligations.

Reply:

2928 (1) (a) (i) (aa) - 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2016 - Pistols

Manufacture	Calibre	Number Lost	Number Stolen
a	b	c	d
Z88	9mm	N/A	3
Star	9mm	1	N/A

2928 (1) (a) (i) (aa) - 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2016 - Revolvers

Manufacture	Calibre	Number Lost	Number Stolen
a	b	c	d
Gun Stone	.38 (private weapon)	N/A	1

2928 (1) (a) (i) (aa) - 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2016 - Rifles

Manufacture	Calibre	Number Lost	Number Stolen
a	b	c	d
R4	5.6mm	N/A	11

2928 (1) (a) (i) (bb) - 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017 - Pistols

Manufacture	Calibre	Number Lost	Number Stolen
a	b	c	d
Uzzi	9mm	N/A	3
FN	40/70mm	N/A	2
CZ 88	9mm	1	N/A
Star	9mm	1	N/A
Z88	9mm	6	3
Pencil Flares	Pencil Flares	N/A	253

2928 (1) (a) (i) (bb) - 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017 - Rifles

Manufacture	Calibre	Number Lost	Number Stolen
a	b	c	d
R4	5.65	5	N/A

2928 (1) (a) (ii) 1 April 2017 to 30 September 2017 - Pistols

Manufacture	Calibre	Number Lost	Number Stolen
a	b	c	d
Beretta PX4 Storm	9mm	1 (recovered after negligent loss)	N/A
Glock	9mm	1	N/A

2928 (1) (a) (ii) 1 April 2017 to 30 September 2017 - Rifles

Manufacture	Calibre	Number Lost	Number Stolen
a	b	c	d
R4	5.65mm	N/A	8
R5	5.65mm	N/A	2

2928 (1) (b) (ii) (aa) - 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2016 - Ammunition

Manufacture	Calibre	Number Lost	Number Stolen
a	b	c	d
Armscor	40/70mm	N/A	16 rounds
Unknown	19mm	10 rounds	N/A

2928 (1) (b) (ii) - 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017 - Ammunition

Manufacture	Calibre	Number Lost	Number Stolen
a	b	c	d
Unknown	5.65mm	N/A	13625 rounds
Exercise Hand grenade’s	Exercise Hand grenade’s	N/A	2 x grenade’s
LMG	7.62MM	N/A	1311 rounds

2928 (1) (b) (ii) - 1 April 2017 to 30 September 2017 - Ammunition

Manufacture	Calibre	Number Lost	Number Stolen
a	b	c	d
Unknown	5.65mm	N/A	59 rounds
Unknown	9mm	N/A	15

2928 (2) (a) (b) (i) (ii) (iii)

Prosecution (Not prosecuted why not) 2928 (2) (a)	Disciplinary Action (No disciplinary action why not) 2928 (2) (b)	Action taken against how many members 2928 (2) (b) (i)	Crime 2928 (2) (b) (ii)	Steps Taken 2928 (2) (b) (iii)
a	b	c	d	e
Military Prosecution (1x 9mm pistol) pending for trial	N/A	1 x SANDF member	Theft of Fire-Arm	Trial Pending
Military Prosecution (6x R 4 rifles) pending for trial	N/A	4 x SANDF members	Theft of Fire-Arm	Trial Pending
Civilian Court prosecution (2 x R 4 rifles) pending for trial	N/A	2 x SANDF members	Theft of Fire-Arm	Trial Pending
Civilian Court prosecution (3 x Uzzi’s and 2 x FN) Found guilty and received a suspended sentence	N/A	2 x Civilians	Theft of Fire-Arm	Trail finalised
Military Prosecution (1x 9mm pistol) pending for trial	N/A	1 x SANDF member	Negligent Loss of Fire-arm	Trial Pending
Referred for decision to Military Prosecution for decision to prosecute (1 x 9mm)	N/A	1 x SANDF member	Theft of Fire-Arm	Decision from State Prosecutor pending
Referred for decision to Military Prosecution for decision to prosecute (2 x R4)	N/A	2 x SANDF member	Theft of Fire-Arm	Decision from State Prosecutor pending
Case under investigation (1 x Z88)	N/A	1 x SANDF member (suspect) under investigation	Theft of Fire-Arm	Investigation pending
Case under investigation (7 x R4)	N/A	11 x SANDF members (suspects) under investigation	Theft of Fire-Arm	Investigation pending
Case under investigation (1311 x 7.62 rounds)	N/A	1 x SANDF members (suspect) under investigation	Theft of Fire-Arm	Investigation pending
Military Trial pending Case under investigation (1 x Glock)	N/A	3 x SANDF members charged under investigation	Theft of Fire-Arm	Trial pending
Case referred to trial, case under investigation (1 x R5)	N/A	1 x member charged	Theft of Fire-Arm	Trial pending

3. No

Reply:

The Department of Sport and Recreation South Africa spends its allocated budget against line items such as Compensation of Employees, Goods and Services, Transfers to Provinces and Federations, as well as Capital Expenditure.

The Department’s budget is prepared in line with the common budget template that is applicable to all departments. This template does not provide for the divisions that the Honourable Member is seeking. It will however be of interest to the Honourable Member to note that almost 50% of the departmental budget is a grant that is transferred to provinces. In this regard 40% of this budget is allocated to School Sport and 20% to Club Development. Of these allocations, 50% of it has to be spent in the rural areas.

Reply:

(a) and (b) (i) The Department of Sport and Recreation South Africa holds no investments and does not have non-current assets either. In line with the Statement of Financial Position at financial year end 31 March 2017, the Department had R3 013 000 in current assets as disclosed in page no. 154 of the Annual Report of the Department, tabled before Parliament and as audited by the Auditor-General South Africa.

(ii) The entities reporting to the Minister of Sport and Recreation do not hold any unlisted investments, neither directly nor indirectly and also do not hold any non-current assets.

Reply:

(1)(a) There were 24 members, who formed part of the Cato Manor Serious and Violent Crime Unit.

(1)(b)(i) One member passed away whilst on suspension.

(1)(b)(ii)) Eight members retired whilst on suspension.

(1)(b)(iii) Fifteen members are still on suspension.

(1)(b)(iv) No members have had their suspensions lifted.

(1)(c)(i)(ii)(iii)

No	Rank	Initials and Surname	Date of suspension	Service Termination
	Major General	JL Booysen		2017-02-28 (early retirement)
	Lt Colonel	JM Olivier	2012-11-09	2017-01-31 (retirement)
	Captain	SJ Smith	2012-11-09
	Captain	A Lockem	2012-11-09	2016-05-31 (resigned)
	Captain	N Crouse	2012-11-09
	Lieutenant	M Panday	2012-11-09
	Lieutenant	MW Thabethe	2012-11-09	2016-06-30 (resigned)
	Warrant Officer	R Naidoo	2012-11-09
	Warrant Officer	B Zondi	2012-11-09	2015-12-31 (purchasing discharge)
	Warrant Officer	TE Mdlalose	2012-11-09
	Warrant Officer	EA Nel	2012-11-09	2016-05-31 (purchasing discharge)
	Warrant Officer	ME Nkabane	2012-11-09
	Warrant Officer	A Pillay	2012-11-09
	Warrant Officer	J Marten	2012-11-09
	Warrant Officer	CJ Smith	2012-11-09
	Warrant Officer	PW George	2012-11-09	2017-06-30 (early retirement)
	Warrant Officer	P Makhanya	2012-11-09
	Warrant Officer	A Ghaness	2012-11-09
	Warrant Officer	G Padayachee	2012-11-09
	Warrant Officer	AFJ Staltz	2012-11-09
	Warrant Officer	PJ Mostert	2012-11-09	2016-07-31 (early retirement)
	Sergeant	RC Lee	2012-11-09
	Sergeant	TM Mkhwanazi	2012-11-09
	Captain	N Eva	2012-11-09	(deceased)

(2)(a) A total of 15 members, are currently facing disciplinary action.

 

(2)(b) The members are still on suspension.

Reply:

Through the Integrated National Electrification Programme (INEP), the Department has embarked on a national programme that saw the electrification of over seven (7) million rural households, since 1994 to date .This is in line with programme of government to ensure universal access by 2015 to modern forms of energy. The provincial numbers are:

Province	Number of Households
Eastern Cape	1 258 237
Free State	411 402
Gauteng	833 818
Kwa-Zulu Natal	1 301 454
Limpopo	1 279 824
Mpumalanga	709 048
North West	809 357
Northern Cape	157 849
Western Cape	467 753
Total	7 228 742

In terms of 2016 community survey, access to electrify per Province is listed as follows:

• Limpopo Province 93%,
• KwaZulu Natal 89%,
• Gauteng 90%,
• Free State 94%
• North West 89%
• Western Cape 97%
• Mpumalanga 90%, and
• Eastern Cape85%

Reply:

(a) Sport Focus Schools (SFS) are the pinnacle of the School Sport System and represent the first layer of our Sport Academy system as outlined in the South African Sport Academies Strategic Framework and Policy Guidelines. The SFS plays a central role in developing and nurturing talent identified by talent scouts in the national school sport leagues. It further ensures that each talented athlete has a development pathway in line with the National Federation’s Long-Term Participation Development Plan.

(b) We currently have 62 SFSes across all the 9 provinces catering for all 16 priority codes. We have about 67 learners under the Ministerial Bursary programme placed in some of the SFSes. Through the conditional grant framework, about 5% of the Sport Academies’ allocation is used to support SFSes in all provinces.

Reply:

The Civilian Secretrariat for Police Service (CSPS) has not awarded any contract to any company, nonprofit organisation or individual consultant to facilitate the public consultation process for the White Paper on Saftey & Security.

A consultant has been contracted by an International Development Partner, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), to provide technical assistance to the Civilian Secretariat to draft an implementation framework and related outputs for the White Paper on Safety and Security. The focus of this consultant’s assignment is research, which is complemented by a process of engagements accross different government sectors and spheres and with relevant civil society and academic role-players active in the violence and crime prevention sector.

The GIZ support to the CSPS is being provided in the framework of the ongoing South African-German cooperation programme on violence and crime prevention, the German contribution to which is implemented on behalf of the German government by GIZ. The programme is part of the bilateral cooperation between the two countries.

1. The consultant’s name is Ms. Melanie Lue-Dugmore
2. The value of the contract between GIZ and the consultant is up to a maximum of R280.000. GIZ is covering the costs of professional fees, while the Civilian Secretariat is covering the travel and accommodation costs of the consultant during the performance of the assignment.  
3. The contract period is from 18 August 2017 to 31 March 2018.
4. The services of the consultant were procured by GIZ strictly in line with its standard procurement rules and regulations. The contract was awarded directly on the grounds of cost efficiency and highly suitable expertise based on the fact that the consultant had previously played an instrumental role in the development of the White Paper on Safety and Security as part of the team from the Consortium on Crime and Violence Prevention, which had originally been contracted by the Civilian Secretariat to assist in the drafting of the White Paper.

Reply:

Question 1a.

What Plans does her department have to further decentralise procurement and provide units with self-accounting status:

Response

There are no further plans to further decentralise procurement. Procurement delegations have been devolved to the lowest level (Level 4) in the Department.

Question 1b.

How will financial scrutiny be ensured should this happen?

Response

Financial scrutiny is administered by the finance functionaries (budget managers). Each unit that has a procurement delegation processes their requirements through their duly established financial control committees. Payment is executed at financial management division, any invoices that are inconsistent with the delegation are not processed until the matter has been resolved.

Question 1c.

What will become of the Area Support Bases?

Response

Area Support Bases are part of the procurement delegation regime.

Question 1d.

Will level 4 procurement sections be reviewed and aligned with SA Police Service and decentralised procurement of other government department?

Response

The current DOD procurement delegation regime is in line with reigning legislated procurement prescripts, there is no intent to align it to SAPS or any other department’s procurement delegation regime.

Reply:

(1) (a) The Chief Exective Officer (CEO) of Boxing South Africa is employed on a full-time, 5-year contract.

The CEO of South Africa Institute for a Drug-Free Sport (SAIDS) is employed on a permanent, full-time basis.

(b) The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Boxing SA is employed on a full-time, permanent basis.

The CFO of SAIDS is employed full-time, on a performance-based contract.

(2) (a) The CEO of Boxing SA is Mr. Tsholofelo Lejaka.

The CFO of Boxing SA is Mr. Thabang Moses.

The CEO of SAIDS is Mr. Khalid Galant.

The CFO of SAIDs is Mr. Onke Ngwane.

(b) (i) Mr. Lejaka assumed duty on 13 June 2016. Mr Moses started work on 07 March 2016.

Mr. Galant was appointed in 2008, according to the appointment framework of the South. African institute for Drug-Free Sport Act 14 of 1997, as amended (see Drug Free Sport Amendment Act, 2006). Mr Ngwane was appointed in 2015 on a two-year contract. Upon satisfactory completion of the two-year contract, a new, three year contract was entered into.

(ii) Mr. Lejaka’s employment contract ends in June 2021.

Mr. Onke Ngwane’s employment contract ends in 2020.

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Reply:

(1)(a)(i) The number of persons that were identified by the South African Police Service (SAPS), as having been victims of human trafficking and who were leaving the country, is as follows:

Province	2012/2013	2013/2014	2014/2015	2015/2016	2016/2017	Total
Eastern Cape	0	0	0	0	0	0
Free State	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gauteng	3	3	2	1	0	9
KwaZulu-Natal	0	0	0	0	0	0
Limpopo	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mpumalanga	0	1	0	0	0	1
North West	0	0	0	0	0	0
Northern Cape	0	0	0	0	0	0
Western Cape	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	3	4	2	1	0	10

(1)(a)(ii) The number of persons that were identified by the SAPS, as having been victims of human trafficking and who were brought into the country, is as follows:

Province	2012/2013	2013/2014	2014/2015	2015/2016	2016/2017	Total
Eastern Cape	0	0	0	0	0	0
Free State	0	0	0	0	1	1
Gauteng	0	0	0	12	12	24
KwaZulu-Natal	0	0	0	0	65	65
Limpopo	0	53	72	32	13	170
Mpumalanga	5	2	0	0	0	7
North West	0	0	0	4	64	68
Northern Cape	0	0	0	0	0	0
Western Cape	2	1	2	0	0	5
Total	7	56	74	48	155	340

(1)(b)(c) and (2)(a)(b) An annexure is attached and contains the following information:

(1)(b) The country of origin of each victim.

(1)(c) The country where the victims were rescued.

(2)(a) Suspects apprehended.

(2)(b) The current status of each case.

Reply:

(1) Yes the Department gave permission for the removal of a Mig-21 jet fighter from the Air Force Museum. The aircraft was not donated but returned back to its original owners since it belongs to the Angolans.

(a) The Aircraft was not donated but returned back to the Angolans, this is evident in the history of the Aircraft.

(b) Yes all legal requirements were met since all necessary documentation including necessary authority for the movement of Arms across the boarders was acquired from the Arms Control Board as regulated.

(c) There was no need to contact the SA Heritage Resource Agency for equipment that does not belong to the country since the aircraft belongs to the Angolans and was just returned back to its original owners.

BRIEF HISTORY OF THE AIRCRAFT

On 14 December 1989 a Mig-21 Bis Fishbed serial number C340 of the Angolan Air Force flown by Lieutenant Domingos José de Almeida Vinez took off from the airfield at Lubango on a routine ferry flight from Lubango to the airfield at Menogue. The aircraft climbed to altitude on a general heading of 90 degrees magnetic.

On a number of occasions, the aircraft entered clouds and upon regaining visual contact with the ground, the Pilot was no longer able to orientate himself as to his position. After a while he elected to divert to Cuito Cuanavale. Continuing on his present course, the aircraft began giving the pilot a low fuel warning at which time, he elected to attempt an emergency landing.

After preparing the aircraft for the forced landing, he selected an open field and executed a near perfect “normal” landing near Otjiwarongo in South West Africa (Namibia) and the aircraft sustained only minor damage. The Mig-21 bis was then taken by the South African government and is presently at the SAAF Museum.

The Apartheid South Africa cannot claim any historical war significance to this Air Craft for the following reason: (1) The Air Craft was not captured during the border War between South Africa and Angola, as this was during the UN resolution 435 of Namibia which was adopted on 01 April 1989, with called for the withdrawal of South African forces from Namibia, the cease fire agreement and the establishment of the UN supervised elections, i.e. United Nations Transitional Assistance Group (UNTAG).

Reply:

Undetected, is a manner of closure of a case docket that has been fully investigated, but a suspect has not been identified or arrested. All the cases, which were reflected as “undetected” in the presentation, had been fully investigated before closure as “undetected”.