Questions and Replies

Reply:

(1) Yes, the DMR has received complaints in respect to mining activities being conducted by Winners Point 117 Trading (Pty) Ltd.

(2)

Date inspection conducted	Findings	Recommendations
24 November 2016	Dust Noise	A letter was sent to the company regarding the findings of the inspection and the company was directed to communicate with residence of Vaal Eden around the mining areas in order to resolve issues relating to mining. The company was also directed put in place a monitoring programme for dust and noise.
24 August 2017	The complaint was about illegal mining taking place on the area, dust, noise and accumulative effects of mining affecting the road. The findings of the inspection were: There was no illegal mining activities identified within the Vaal Eden area Dust pollution was identified however, it was being managed and monitored according to the approved EMP. Noise pollution was not encountered except from the trucks utilizing the Vaal Eden road Accumulative effects of new mining activities and negative effects emanating from trucks on the Vaal Eden road have been encountered however, the Free State Provincial Department of Police Roads and Transport are currently repairing and filling pot holes along the road	The company will be monitored continually to ensure compliance to the approved documents.
30 August 2017	There was no mining activities taking place on FS 30/5/1/3/2/302 MP and FS 30/5/1/3/2/342 MP. Mining activities were taking place on FS 30/5/1/3/2/303 MP	Letters were sent to the company regarding submission of financial provision and performance assessment report for on FS 30/5/1/3/2/302 MP and FS 30/5/1/3/2/304 MP on the 11th of September 2017 and 12th of September 2017. A pre–compliance notice was sent to the company regarding non-compliances observed on FS 30/5/1/3/2/303 MP on the 28th of September 2017.

(3)

Ref No.	Date received
FS 30/5/1/3/2/302 MP	1st renewal-25/11/2011 2ndrenewal-23/04/2013 3rdrenewal-25/05/2015
FS 30/5/1/3/2/303 MP	1st renewal-25/11/2011 2ndrenewal-23/04/2013 3rdrenewal-25/05/2015
FS 30/5/1/3/2/304 MP	1st renewal-25/11/2011 2ndrenewal-23/05/2013 3rdrenewal-25/05/2015

(4) (a)(b)

Ref No.	Date renewed	Period of renewal
FS 30/5/1/3/2/302 MP	1strenewal-26/04/2012 to 25/04/2013 2ndrenewal- 26/05/2014 to 25/05/2015	1st renewal- 1 year 2nd renewal- 1 year 3rd renewal- still in process
FS 30/5/1/3/2/303 MP	1strenewal-24/04/2012 to 23/04/2013 2ndrenewal- 26/05/2014 to 25/05/2015	1st renewal- 1 year 2nd renewal- 1 year 3rd renewal- still in process
FS 30/5/1/3/2/304 MP	1strenewal- 17/04/2012 to 16/04/2013 2ndrenewal-26/05/2014 to 25/04/201	1st renewal- 1 year 2nd renewal- 1 year 3rd renewal- still in process

(5) The Department does not have jurisdiction over water use license applications however, the Department is required to consult the Department of Water and Sanitation regarding all mining and prospecting applications. The Department consulted the Department of Water and Sanitation regarding the application by Winnerspoint 117 Trading (Pty) Ltd on the 26th of October 2009, 10/09/2009 and 18/09/2009 respectively and it is also a legal condition to the approved EMPr that the holder must ensure that any water uses listed in terms of section 21 of NWA must get authorization from the Department of Water and Sanitation prior to the commencement of such activity.

 

Approved/Not Approved

Mr MJ Zwane, MP

Minister of Mineral Resources

Date Submitted:-……………/………………/2017

Reply:

1. Yes, my predecessor wrote to the MEC responsible for Local Government in Gauteng requesting him to commission an investigation, in terms of section 106 of the Local Government: Municipal Systems Act, 2000 (Act No 32). The correspondence to the MEC is attached as Annexure A.

2. (a) The MEC responsible for Local Government in Gauteng referred the matter to the municipality. The municipality dealt with the matter through a disciplinary process and the outcome was the dismissal of the employee concerned.

(b) As stated above, an investigation was not instituted by the MEC responsible for Local Government, the matter was first referred to the municipality. In the event the municipality was not able to address the matter, an investigation would have been initiated.

Reply:

(1) Mr S C H Preller was consulted verbally and there was no address provided.

(b) No comments were received

(c) The company did not display, publish or present any notices

(d) No objection was received by the Department regarding the application in question

(e) No objection was received by the Department regarding the application in question

(2) No notice was given to SAHRA regarding this application, however; it is a legal condition to the approved Environmental Management Plan that should any archaeological artefact be exposed during the mining activities in the vicinity of its finding, mining must be stopped. Furthermore the condition states that under no circumstances shall any artefact be destroyed and such objects must be marked and fenced off, and SAHRA must be contacted.

(3) This office does not have a record of any objection by SAHRA regarding the three mining permits.

Approved/Not Approved

Mr MJ Zwane, MP

Minister of Mineral Resources

Date Submitted:-……………/………………/2017

Reply:

(1) (a) No Performance Bonuses in respect of the 2016-17 financial year have been paid to Department of Public Works as yet. Should approval to this effect be granted, payments will be limited to 1,5% of the Departmental remuneration budget as per the Department of Public Service and Administration directive, i.e payment of Performance Bonuses for employees on salary levels 2-12 will be limited to R 29,931,927.26 and payment for SMS Members will be limited to R 2,824,612.15.

(b) The Department of Public Works is still finalizing the process of attaining approval for the payment of Performance bonuses for the 2016-17 Performance Management Cycle. The information as requested is thus not available at this stage.

(2) (a) The actual amount for payment of Performance Bonuses is not available as yet, but the established principle will be adhered to, i.e to limit the payment of Performance Bonuses to 1,5% of the Departmental remuneration budget.

(b) The 2017-18 Performance Management Cycle will only be concluded by 31 March 2018. Assessments and Moderations, which forms the basis for the decision to consider payment of Performance Bonuses, will only be attended to after the said date. The information as requested is thus not available.

Reply:

Yes, the Department rents properties from private lessors.

(a) The rental amounts vary per property with respect to each lease. Please refer to “Annexure A” attached.

(b) (i) & (ii) & (iii) Please refer to “Annexure A”.

(iv) The reasons for leasing the properties are, inter alia, the non-suitability and
insufficient properties within the State portfolio to meet various client
requirements.

(v) Please refer to “Annexure A”

Reply:

1. The Gauteng Nerve Centre (GNC) building has been commissioned and was officially opened for operation in October 2015. 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.

2. The GNC is functional and connected as stated above, in line with the intended project rollout. As more stations are equipped with the new signaling system, they will progressively be migrated to the GNC for control.

3. Yes, the GNC's traffic operators are trained in accordance with the corridor commissioning program. To date, 82 train control officers have been trained. Further, 42 engineering technicians were trained to maintain the new signaling system

4. The requirement of the GNC is to control the entire Gauteng region only, in accordance with the operational plan. It should, however, be stated that other regions such as the Western Cape and KwaZulu Natal will also be equipped with new modern control centres similar to the one in Gauteng.

Reply:

	MINTEK	SADPMR	SDT	MHSC	CGS
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Role Permanent	No	No	No	Five year term	Five year term
Incumbent	Mr D Msiza	Mr X Mbonambi	Mr K Menoe	Mr T Dube	Mr M Mabuza
Date of Appointment	1 October 2017	1 February 2017	1 July 2017	1 March 2013	15 July 2017
End of Term	Acting	Acting	Acting	28 February 2018	14 July 2022
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Role Permanent	Yes	Five year term	Yes	Five year term	Yes
Incumbent	Mr S Simelane	Mr S Mandlazi	Ms N Danisa	Mr K Mkwanazi	Mr L Matsepe
Date of Appointment	1 July 2008	1 August 2017	1 February 2016	1 August 2016	1 January 2005
End of Term	N/A	Acting	N/A	31 July 2021	N/A

Approved/Not Approved

Mr MJ Zwane, MP

Minister of Mineral Resources

Date Submitted:-……………/………………/2017

Reply:

This is a provincial competency that would require the question to be reffered, for response, to the North West Department of Rural, Environmental and Agricultural Development as the Management Authority in charge of the North West Parks Board.

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Reply:

1. Yes, my predecessor wrote to the MEC responsible for Local Government in Gauteng requesting him to commission an investigation, in terms of section 106 of the Local Government: Municipal Systems Act, 2000 (Act No 32).

(a) The correspondence to the MEC is attached as Annexure A

b& c) An investigation was not instituted by the MEC responsible for Local Government, the matter was referred to the municipality. The municipality dealt with the matter through a disciplinary process and the outcome was the dismissal of the employee concerned.

 

 

Reply:

1. The total number of:

• 1. Control operators is 158
  2. Train control supervisors is 106
  3. CCTV operators is 17
  4. System supervisors is20
  5. Technical supervisors is 48
  6. Maintenance technicians is 909
  7. CIS operators is 20
  8. Security is 701 (Internal PRASA Staff); and
  9. Supporting staff currently employed at the Gauteng Nerve Centre rail signaling system = 9 Other support staff are not sitting directly in the GNC and are not included in the nine. Negotiations are underway with labour on their migration to the GNC.

2. (a) Integrated communication module

PRASA has the following communications systems which are currently used in train communications systems and also planned to be used in future:

1. Trunk radio communications: Communications between Train Driver to Train Control Officer
   1. GRM-R (Global System for mobile communication in Railway) will be used for communications between Train Drivers to Train Control Officer. (The system is yet to be handed over to the regions).
2. OTN (Optic telecommunications network) for signalling transmissions network which is being rolled out on the re-signalling project.
3. Rail Communications system which is meant for the Public Address system and which need to undergo a major repairs within Gauteng region.
4. LAN LINES (fixed telephones which are used for communications by Train Control Officers and Train drivers and are recorded).
5. Integrated System Access control Management Systems (ISAMS) the project is ongoing and handed over in Tshwane region.
6. Email Communications systems for the end user broader communications in PRASA.

All these communications systems except trunk radio systems are transmitted by the optic fibre backbone meaning any failure to the optic fibre network it will affect communications provided no redundancy in place. The systems are also power depended for an effective communications.

(b) Trunk Radio and Global System for Mobile Communications – Railway,

1. Trunk Radio : Gauteng North the system is working fully. In Gauteng South the system has just been repaired and the new hand set bought. They are being programmed and the system will be fully operational 11th November 2017
2. Global System for Mobile Communications: Not in place. PRASA is in the process of commissioning GSMR

(c) Overhead Track Equipment monitoring system and

There is no overhead Track Equipment Monitoring System but there is a power supply monitoring system (Telecontrol) and is working in full giving on line real time monitoring information.

(d) CCTV monitoring of stations system;

The CCTV monitoring system is fully operational in major junction stations and centers with the exception of some of the smaller stations where they are installed but not linked to the respective control rooms for monitoring due to repeated cable theft incidents.

Reply:

1. Mr Collins Letsoalo does not have any security detail.
2. (See (a) above
3. (See)(a) above
4. (See) (a) above

Reply:

(a)(i) New facilities

Name of facility	2012/2013	2013/14	2014/15	2015/16	2016/17
Vanrhysdorp	18 906 244	23 380 231	4 382 735	11 842 331	7 207 392
Ceres	39 100 354	11 465 436	2 391 946	7 735 778	-
Matatiele	23 065 960	19 278 972	28 538 134	6 642 672	1 590 883
Tzaneen	63 836 704	10 632 841	12 594 728	251 266	1 257 334
Total	144 909 262	64 757 480	47 907 728	26 472 047	10 055 5609

(a) (ii) Upgrade of existing facilities

Name of facility	2012/2013	2013/14	2014/15	2015/16	2016/17
Pretoria C-Max	35 016 585	52 410 938	18 550 642	-	33 728 102
Estcourt	16 578 791	43 707 716	41 045 027	72 790 162	102 972 817
Standerton	710 957	42 412 324	115 510 008	162 106 331	70 406 036
Total	52 306 333	138 530 978	175 105 677	234 896 493	207 106 955

(b)(i)(ii)(iii)

(b) (i) Facility concerned	(b) (ii) Work done	(b) (iii) Date of Completion
Vanrhynsdorp	New buildings: Gatehouse, Pre-processing Block, Administration Block, Admission Block, Central Visitation Block, Medical Services Block, Education Block, Vocational Training Block, 2 x Inmate Housing Blocks, Chefs Block, Food Services Block, Segregation Block, Assessment Block, Laundry Block, Electrical Services Block, Case Management Block, Asset Maintenance Block, Logistics Block and Garages for State Vehicles	The work was completed on 01 September 2016
Pretoria C-Max	'Complete upgrade of facilities including Hvac (ventilation) upgrade, 12 additional beds. Contractor on new contract paid from DPW suspense account, DCS pays only Consultant.	To be completed on 23 November 2018
Ceres, Warmbokkeveld	New buildings: Gatehouse, Pre-processing Block, Administration Block, Admission Block, Central Visitation Block, Medical Services Block, Education Block, Vocational Training Block, 2 x Inmate Housing Blocks, Chefs Block, Food Services Block, Segregation Block, Assessment Block, Laundry Block, Electrical Services Block, Case Management Block, Asset Maintenance Block, Logistics Block and Garages for state vehicles	The work was completed on 01 March 2015
Matatiele	New buildings: Gatehouse, Pre-processing Block, Administration Block, Admission Block, Central Visitation Block, Medical Services Block, Education Block, Vocational Training Block, 2 x Inmate Housing Blocks, Chefs Block, Food Services Block, Segregation Block, Assessment Block, Laundry Block, Electrical Services Block, Case Management Block, Asset Maintenance Block, Logistics Block and Garages for State Vehicles	The work was completed on 01 January 2016
Tzaneen	New buildings: Gatehouse, Pre-processing Block, Administration Block, Admission Block, Central Visitation Block, Medical Services Block, Education Block, Vocational Training Block, 2 x Inmate Housing Blocks, Chefs Block, Food Services Block, Segregation Block, Assessment Block, Laundry Block, Electrical Services Block, Case Management Block, Asset Maintenance Block, Logistics Block, Garages for State Vehicles, Sports field and Security Fence. Contractor on new contract paid from DPW suspense account, DCS pays only Consultant.	To be completed on 31 May 2018
Estcourt	Restored Heritage House and Storeroom and 'New buildings (comprised of Pre-processing Block, Administration Block, Admission Block, Central Visitation Block, Medical Services Block, Education Block, Vocational Training Block, 2 x Inmate Housing Blocks, Chefs Block, Food Services Block, Segregation Block, Assessment Block, Laundry Block, Electrical Services Block, Case Management Block, Asset Maintenance Block, Logistics Block, Garages for State Vehicles, Sports field and Security Fence.	To be completed on 28 February 2018
Standerton	Upgrading of existing Medium A and Medium B Prisons and New buildings (comprised of Gatehouse, Pre-processing Block, Administration Block, Admission Block, Central Visitation Block, Medical Services Block, Education Block, Vocational Training Block, 1 x Inmate Housing Block, Chefs Block, Food Services Block, Segregation Block, Assessment Block, Laundry Block, Electrical Services Block, Case Management Block, Asset Maintenance Block, Logistics Block, Garages for State Vehicles, Agricultural Store, Bus Stop, Sports fields and Security Fence)	To be completed on 26 April 2016

 

Reply:

a) No training was conducted for officials to handle mental health inmates to date.

 

b) Special training in handling crisis management – the training was conducted as follows:

(i) Emergency Support Teams officials were trained in 2014/15

79 Emergency Support Teams officials were trained in 2015/16

270 Emergency Support Teams officials were trained in 2016/17

 

(ii) 59 Emergency Support Teams officials are currently undergoing training 2017/18 (The training commenced on 23 October and will end 24 November 2017)

 

 

Reply:

The Branch Incarceration and Corrections contributes to the strategy through the provision of Correctional Programmes to sentenced offenders with Correctional Sentence Plans (CSPs) in line with section 38 of the Correctional Service Act 111 of 1998. Correctional Programmes are needs based and have been developed specifically to deal with identified offending behaviour and are aimed at bringing about behavioural changes; acceptance of positive values and morals; increased knowledge on certain topics; the acquisition of life skills and ultimate improved mental and physical health.

There are thirteen (13) endorsed Correctional Programmes:

• New Beginnings Orientation
• Anger Management (Anger In Anger Out)
• Cross Roads (sourced)
• Restorative Justice Orientation
• Preparatory Programme on Sexual Offences
• Substance Abuse (Stop to Start)
• Behaviour Modification Programme on Gangsterism
• Economic Crime Programme (fraud related)
• Economic Crime Programme (theft related)
• Programme on Murder and related offences (Changing Lanes)
• Programme on Robbery and related offences (Change is possible)
• Correctional Programme for Female Offenders
• Pre-Release

Correctional programmes are facilitated by CIOs on an interim basis due to absence of a permanent financed structure.

The department is in the process of improving participation of offenders in skills development programmes and formal education by amongst others, implementing the following:

• Improve the current recruitment drive to appoint more skills development practitioners at operational level and to also expedite the finalisation of Occupational Specific Dispensation (OSD) for educators in order to attract more educators.
• Enhance partnership with external stakeholders in order to augment the limited DCS resources (i.e. shortage of educators, shortage of training equipment’s and learning material, increase training opportunities) for the training and development of offenders. There is improvement in the rendering of training interventions as a result of established external partnerships with the following; National Skills Fund, UNISA, Safety and Security Sector Education and Training (SASSETA), Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) as well as Technical, Vocational, Education and Training (TVET) Colleges.

The Department is rendering Spiritual Care programmes and services on a daily basis through maximization of the space, e.g. sharing school areas and dining halls and use open areas for the spiritual empowerment of offenders.

Reply:

1. Yes, my predecessor wrote to the MEC responsible for Local Government in Gauteng requesting him to commission an investigation, in terms of section 106 of the Local Government: Municipal Systems Act, 2000 (Act No 32). The correspondence to the MEC is attached as Annexure A.

2. The MEC responsible for Local Government in Gauteng referred the matter to the municipality. The municipality dealt with the matter through a disciplinary process and the outcome was the dismissal of the employee concerned. In light of the above, investigation report was therefore not tabled.

3. As stated above, the outcome was the dismissal of the employee concerned.

4. In light of the above, investigation report is therefore not available.

Reply:

1. Yes, my predecessor wrote to the MEC responsible for Local Government in Gauteng requesting him to commission an investigation, in terms of section 106 of the Local Government: Municipal Systems Act, 2000 (Act No 32). The matter relating to the tender was also referred to the SIU for investigation. The correspondence to the MEC is attached as Annexure A.

2. The MEC responsible for Local Government in Gauteng referred the matter to the municipality. The municipality dealt with the matter through a disciplinary process and the outcome was the dismissal of the employee concerned.

3. In light of the above, investigation report is therefore not available.

Reply:

1. Yes, my predecessor wrote to the MEC responsible for Local Government in Gauteng requesting him to commission an investigation, in terms of section 106 of the Local Government: Municipal Systems Act, 2000 (Act No 32).

(a) The correspondence to the MEC is attached as Annexure A.

(b) & (c) An investigation was not instituted by the MEC responsible for Local Government, the matter was referred to the municipality. The municipality dealt with the matter through a disciplinary process and the outcome was the dismissal of the employee concerned.

 

 

Reply:

1. Yes, my predecessor wrote to the MEC responsible for Local Government in Gauteng requesting him to commission an investigation, in terms of section 106 of the Local Government: Municipal Systems Act, 2000 (Act No 32). The correspondence to the MEC is attached as Annexure A.

2. (a) The MEC responsible for Local Government in Gauteng referred the matter to the municipality. The municipality dealt with the matter through a disciplinary process and the outcome was the dismissal of the employee concerned.

(b) As stated above, an investigation was not instituted by the MEC responsible for Local Government, the matter was first referred to the municipality. In the event the municipality was not able to address the matter, an investigation would have been initiated.

Reply:

1. Yes, my predecessor wrote to the MEC responsible for Local Government in Gauteng requesting him to commission an investigation, in terms of section 106 of the Local Government: Municipal Systems Act, 2000 (Act No 32).

(a) The correspondence to the MEC is attached as Annexure A.

2. (a) The MEC responsible for Local Government in Gauteng referred the matter to the municipality. The municipality dealt with the matter through a disciplinary process and the outcome was the dismissal of the employee concerned.

(b) In light of the above, investigation report is therefore not available.

Reply:

1. Yes, my predecessor wrote to the MEC responsible for Local Government in Gauteng requesting him to commission an investigation, in terms of section 106 of the Local Government: Municipal Systems Act, 2000 (Act No 32). The correspondence to the MEC is attached as Annexure A.

2. The MEC responsible for Local Government in Gauteng referred the matter to the municipality. The municipality dealt with the matter through a disciplinary process and the outcome was the dismissal of the employee concerned. In light of the above, investigation report was therefore not tabled.

3. As stated above, the outcome was the dismissal of the employee concerned. Further, the municipality received condonation from National Treasury as per Section 32 of the MFMA.

4. In light of the above, investigation report is therefore not available.

Reply:

The implementation of the farmer support programmes happens at the provincial level.

The following is the response per province on :-

(a) What number of abattoirs did the department build?

(b) The cost in each case?

(c) Location of the abattoirs and slaughter capacity.

(d) Who are the beneficiaries and what amount of income did each abattoir generate?

No. of abattoirs built	Financial Year it was built	District Municipality	Local Municipality	Beneficiaries/ Owners	Cost of development	Design Slaughter capacity	Actual slaughtered per day	Income generated/ Annual turnover
1. Eastern Cape
2	2016/2017	Chris Hani	Enoch Mgijima	Xashimba Abattoir	R30 million	20 cattle per day	10 cattle per day	In operation for less than a year
	2013/14 - 2014/15	Sarah Baartman	Makana	Lukhanyiso Co-op	R8.5 million	2 000 poultry units per day	300 poultry units per day	R250 000 turnover per cycle.
Started operating in May 2016
2. Free State
1	2005	Thabo Mofutsanyane	Dihlabeng	Alina Matsitsi	R800 000	800 poultry units per day	400 poultry units per day	R384 000
3. Gauteng
None built or renovated.
4. KwaZulu-Natal
1	2015	Umkhanyakude	Jozini	Local farmers and those in the immediate surroundings (100km radius)	R75 million	50 poultry units per day.	None	None
There are minor alterations that are still being attended to; but in the main an operator of the facility is being sought
5. Limpopo
1	2012/13	Capricorn	Lepelle Nkumpi	Lebowakgomo abattoirs owned by government. Department of Economic development and Tourism.	R15 million from CASP was allocated to renovate the Lebowakgomo abattoir.	20 000 poultry units per day	None	None
The province advertised four (4) times and failed to get a suitable operator. There is currently a lease agreement with Bakone Holdings to operate the abattoir. The commissioning of the abattoir has started with the anticipated full operation in December 2017.
6. Mpumalanga
1	2015	Ehlanzeni South	Nkomazi	Nkomzi Red Meat Abattoir 163 (58W, 105M-25Y)	R17,805 million	12 Carcases Per day	9 Carcases Per day	R21,772,800
7. Northern Cape
1	2011/12	Frances Baard	Magareng	Warrenton Super Chicken (Pty) Ltd	Existing structure and the Department funded the upgrading to the amount of R1 million.	2 000 poultry units per day	1 000 poultry units per day	± R500 000.00 annual turnover.
8. North West
3	2016/17	Ngaka Modiri Molema	Mahikeng	Mr Ratshidi Montshioa, Mrs Bella Seate, Mrs Nthabiseng Motshotlwane, Mr L. Ntshinogang, Mrs B. Mothokgo	To date spent: R13 million.	Construction is ongoing	Construction phase	Construction phase
	2016/17	Bojanala	Mabeskraal	Mr Kgabane Ramokgadi, Mr Tlotlo Monageng, Mrs Kgomotso Monageng, Ms Remofiloe Ramokgadi, Mr Kabelo Masike	To date spent: R9,5 million.	Construction is ongoing	Construction phase	Construction phase
	2016/17	Bojanala	Mathibestad	Mr Sydney Matebe, Mr Danny Marota, Mrs Maite Matebe, Mrs Mokgadi Ramphele, Mrs Sebueng Molokwane, Mr Paul Radikonyana	To date spent: R9,5 million.	Construction is ongoing	Construction phase	Construction phase
9. Western Cape
1	2013/14	Hopefield	Saldanha Bay WC014	Mrs E Poole	R1, 8 million	850 poultry units/day	850 poultry units	R4 million turnover per annum.

Reply:

(a) 

(b) SASSA has three contracts with EOH Mthombo (Pty) Ltd.

(i) EOH Mthombo (Pty) Ltd has not in their bid proposals submitted black economic empowerment partners. SASSA considered EOH Mthombo (Pty) Ltd’s BBBEE certificate issued by authorized institution when the awarded bids were evaluated.

(ii) The following amounts were paid on monthly basis to EOH Mthombo (Pty) Ltd for the service rendered

Account Name	Payment Number	Payment Date	Amount in Rand
Financial Year 2015/16
PMG 1 Admin	139428	30-Apr-15	2 474 228,87
PMG 1 Admin	141263	04-Jun-15	2 521 680,00
PMG 1 Admin	142041	19-Jun-15	6 063 721,56
PMG 1 Admin	142842	01-Jul-15	2 521 680,00
PMG 1 Admin	142856	01-Jul-15	1 262 017,62
PMG 1 Admin	144455	29-Jul-15	5 553 540,78
PMG 1 Admin	144814	04-Aug-15	3 031 860,78
PMG 1 Admin	146364	28-Aug-15	2 521 680,00
PMG 1 Admin	147457	17-Sep-15	3 031 860,78
PMG 1 Admin	147748	21-Sep-15	2 521 680,00
PMG 1 Admin	149669	19-Oct-15	3 031 860,78
PMG 1 Admin	150526	30-Oct-15	2 521 680,00
PMG 1 Admin	151725	19-Nov-15	2 521 680,00
PMG 1 Admin	151800	25-Nov-15	3 031 860,78
PMG 1 Admin	153307	15-Dec-15	3 031 860,78
PMG 1 Admin	153878	21-Dec-15	3 031 860,78
PMG 1 Admin	154143	22-Dec-15	2 521 680,00
PMG 1 Admin	155041	21-Jan-16	2 521 680,00
PMG 1 Admin	156403	09-Feb-16	3 031 860,78
PMG 1 Admin	157860	26-Feb-16	2 521 680,00
PMG 1 Admin	158736	11-Mar-16	3 031 860,78
PMG 1 Admin	159547	15-Mar-16	1 798,78
PMG 1 Admin	159935	24-Mar-16	3 007 531,91
PMG 1 Admin	160011	24-Mar-16	2 023 440,49
PMG 1 Admin	160327	30-Mar-16	2 521 680,00
PMG 1 Admin	160347	30-Mar-16	18 684 654,65
PMG 1 Admin	160437	31-Mar-16	2 732 645,28
PMG 1 Admin	161151	31-Mar-16	2 521 680,00
			93 796 946,18
Financial Year 2016/17
PMG 1 Admin	161874	14-Apr-16	329 167,13
PMG 1 Admin	162611	06-May-16	3 031 860,78
PMG 1 Admin	162694	11-May-16	3 031 860,78
PMG 1 Admin	162837	13-May-16	3 697 667,75
PMG 1 Admin	164082	03-Jun-16	3 031 860,78
PMG 1 Admin	165358	29-Jun-16	2 521 680,00
PMG 1 Admin	165356	29-Jun-16	2 521 680,00
PMG 1 Admin	165816	04-Jul-16	3 031 860,78
PMG 1 Admin	166805	21-Jul-16	2 521 680,00
PMG 1 Admin	168024	10-Aug-16	3 031 860,78
PMG 1 Admin	168184	10-Aug-16	667 581,08
PMG 1 Admin	169041	25-Aug-16	2 521 680,00
PMG 1 Admin	169445	30-Aug-16	299 200,00
PMG 1 Admin	170019	08-Sep-16	483 390,54
PMG 1 Admin	170297	15-Sep-16	3 031 860,78
PMG 1 Admin	172074	10-Oct-16	3 031 860,78
PMG 1 Admin	172125	11-Oct-16	2 521 680,00
PMG 1 Admin	172191	12-Oct-16	1 116 379,44
PMG 1 Admin	172729	21-Oct-16	2 521 680,00
PMG 1 Admin	172990	21-Oct-16	343 200,00
PMG 1 Admin	173728	08-Nov-16	3 031 860,78
PMG 1 Admin	174323	11-Nov-16	333 789,72
PMG 1 Admin	174321	11-Nov-16	783 738,14
PMG 1 Admin	174747	24-Nov-16	2 652 303,02
PMG 1 Admin	175359	01-Dec-16	426 232,26
PMG 1 Admin	175579	09-Dec-16	2 749 996,92
PMG 1 Admin	175946	15-Dec-16	2 652 303,02
PMG 1 Admin	176789	29-Dec-16	3 031 860,78
PMG 1 Admin	176716	29-Dec-16	2 880 225,34
PMG 1 Admin	177188	17-Jan-17	2 652 303,02
PMG 1 Admin	177855	31-Jan-17	5 530 640,61
PMG 1 Admin	179936	08-Mar-17	6 063 721,56
PMG 1 Admin	180150	13-Mar-17	1 201 200,00
PMG 1 Admin	180392	15-Mar-17	2 652 303,02
PMG 1 Admin	181150	23-Mar-17	299 200,00
PMG 1 Admin	181235	24-Mar-17	149 600,00
PMG 1 Admin	181237	24-Mar-17	333 789,72
PMG 1 Admin	181148	28-Mar-17	1 001 369,16
PMG 1 Admin	181118	28-Mar-17	3 502 644,93
PMG 1 Admin	181884	29-Mar-17	1 807 290,68
PMG 1 Admin	182110	30-Mar-17	2 652 303,02
PMG 1 Admin	182107	30-Mar-17	2 652 303,02
PMG 1 Admin	182078	30-Mar-17	3 031 860,78
PMG 1 Admin	182069	30-Mar-17	28 846,92
			95 391 377,82
Financial Year 2017/18
PMG 1 Admin	182605	10-Apr-17	775 433,70
PMG 1 Admin	182646	12-Apr-17	686 400,00
PMG 1 Admin	183947	19-May-17	2 652 303,02
PMG 1 Admin	184303	26-May-17	3 031 860,78
PMG 1 Admin	185175	12-Jun-17	3 031 860,78
PMG 1 Admin	186176	30-Jun-17	1 265 979,44
PMG 1 Admin	186543	06-Jul-17	3 031 860,78
PMG 1 Admin	186720	06-Jul-17	4 098 967,99
PMG 1 Admin	186759	07-Jul-17	3 432 000,00
PMG 1 Admin	187045	12-Jul-17	333 789,72
PMG 1 Admin	187355	20-Jul-17	2 652 303,02
PMG 1 Admin	187660	20-Jul-17	78 557,26
PMG 1 Admin	188791	08-Aug-17	333 789,72
PMG 1 Admin	188863	10-Aug-17	427 678,20
PMG 1 Admin	188726	11-Aug-17	3 031 860,78
PMG 1 Admin	190086	08-Sep-17	3 855 319,97
PMG 1 Admin	190321	12-Sep-17	2 652 303,02
PMG 1 Admin	190574	12-Sep-17	132 977,81
PMG 1 Admin	190425	13-Sep-17	2 652 303,02
PMG 1 Admin	192014	04-Oct-17	149 600,00
Financial Year 2017/18			38 307 149,01
Grand Total			227 495 473,01

(iii) The following is the duration of the contracts between SASSA and EOH Mthombo (Pty) Ltd

a) ICT Operations, Support and Maintenance and Help Desk starting from 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2018

b) Scanning Solution starting from 1 Nov 2015 to 31 October 2018

c) ERP Solution from 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2018

Reply:

1. In terms of Section 73 National Road Traffic Act 93 of 1996

The Act presumes that the owner drove or parked a vehicle, where in any prosecution in terms of the common law relating to the driving of a vehicle on a public road or in terms of this Act, it is necessary to prove who was the driver of such vehicle it shall be presumed, in the absence of evidence to the contrary that such vehicle was driven by the owner thereof.

In terms of the Criminal Procedure Act 51 of 1977, Section 56 (1)

If an accused is alleged to have committed an offence and a peace officer on reasonable grounds believes that a Magistrate's Court, on convicting such accused of that offence, will not impose a fine exceeding the amount determined by the Minister from time to time by notice in the Gazette, such peace officer may, whether or not the accused is in custody, hand to the accused a written notice which shall- (a) specify the name, the residential address and the occupation or status of the accused; (b) call upon the accused to appear at a place and on a date and at a time specified in the written notice to answer a charge of having committed the offence in question; (c) contain an endorsement in terms of Section 57 that the accused may admit his guilt in respect of the offence in question and that he may pay a stipulated fine in respect thereof without appearing in court; and (d) contain a certificate under the hand of the peace officer that he has handed the original of such written notice to the accused and that he has explained to the accused the import thereof.

(2) The business concern appoints a proxy who is deemed to be the registered owner of the vehicle. Therefore, if a fine is issued irrespective of who the driver is the fine is issued against such proxy.

(3) (4) (5) Response provided in Question 2 above is also applicable to Question 3, 4 and 5.

Reply:

(1) The Constitutional Court on 9 November 2016, in line with the Shareholders Committee resolution to transfer the NaTIS to the Road Traffic Management Corporation (Corporation) ordered the hand-over of the system and the services to the Corporation. On 05 April 2017, subsequent to an application brought to the effect by the Corporation, the Sherriff executed the Order of Tuchten J and evicted Tasima from the premises. Thereafter the Sherriff handed possession and control of the system to the Corporation.

(2) The NaTIS is a National Key Point and as such all physical, logical and network security assessments are conducted by the SAPS NKP unit and the National Communications branch of the State Security Agency (SSA). The initial physical security assessment was completed in July 2017. The Logical and Network Security assessment is subject to confirmation from SSA and is planned for completion in this quarter. The Auditor-General (AG) also includes the NaTIS audit in its annual Information Systems Audit of the Department of Transport. As of 2017/8 the AG will include it in the audit of the Corporation.

(3) (a) The total legal expenses for the Department spent on the Tasima litigation

Financial Year	Amount (R)
2017/18	466 287
2016/17	7 443 436.24
2015/16	7 356 858.60
2014/15	131 328.00
2013/14	622 765.00
2012/13	677 202.00
Total to date	16 697876.84

(b) The total spend on legal fees for the Corporation related to the Tasima (Pty) Ltd matter is:

Financial Year	Amount (R)
2017/18	3 858 342,63
2016/17	2 290 492,83
2015/16	16 651 202,05
2014/15	1 204 248,00
2013/14	1 463 619,63
Total to date	25 467 905,14

Reply:

Entity	1(a)	1(b)	2(a)	2(b)(i)	2(b)(ii)
Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC)	The CIPC Commissioner is not employed on a permanent basis	The CIPC CFO is employed on a permanent basis	Adv Rory Voller	1 October 2016	30 September 2021
Companies Tribunal (CT)	The CT Full-time Tribunal Member is not employed on a permanent basis	The CT CFO is employed on a permanent basis	Ms Agnes Tsele-Maseloanyane	01 August 2013	31 July 2018
Export Credit Insurance Corporation (ECIC)	The ECIC CEO is not employed on a permanent basis	The ECIC CFO is employed on a permanent basis	Mr Kutoane Kutoane	01 September 2016	31 August 2019
National Consumer Commission (NCC)	The NCC Commissioner is not employed on a permanent basis	The NCC CFO is employed on a permanent basis	Mr Ebrahim Mahomed	01 June 2013	28 February 2019
National Consumer Tribunal (NCT)	The Executive Chairperson of the NCT is not employed on a permanent basis	The CFO is a permanent position and is currently vacant, with a new candidate set to commence employment on 1 December 2017	Prof Joseph Maseko	01 July 2017	30 June 2022
National Credit Regulator (NCR)	The NCR CEO is not employed on a permanent basis	The NCR CFO is employed on a permanent basis	Ms Nomsa Motshegare	01 April 2017	31 March 2022
National Empowerment Fund (NEF)	The NEF CEO is not employed on a permanent basis	The NEF CFO is employed on a permanent basis	Ms Philisiwe Mthethwa	01 July 2016	30 June 2019
National Gambling Board (NGB)	The NGB CEO is not employed on a permanent basis and the position is currently vacant. the dti appointed an administrator	The NGB CFO is employed on a permanent basis	Ms Caroline Kongwa	03 September 2014	Until the amendment of the National Gambling Act is finalised
National Lotteries Commission (NLC)	The NLC Commissioner is not employed on a permanent basis	The NLC CFO is not employed on a permanent basis	Ms Thabang Mampane	01 October 2017	30 September 2022
			Mr Phillemon Letwaba (CFO)	01 August 2014	31 July 2019
National Metrology Institute of South Africa (NMISA)	The NMISA CEO is not employed on a permanent basis	The NMISA CFO is employed on a permanent basis	Mr Ndwakhulu Mukhufhi	01 September 2013	31 August 2018
National Regulator For Compulsory Specifications (NRCS)	The NRCS CEO is not employed on a permanent basis and the position is currently vacant. the dti appointed an acting CEO	The NRCS CFO is not employed on a permanent basis	Mr Edward Mamadise	17/10/2016	Until the recruitment process to appoint the CEO of the NRCS is concluded
			Ms Rahimoonisha Abdool (CFO)	01 May 2017	30 April 2022
South African Bureau of Standards (SABS)	The SABS CEO is not employed on a permanent basis	The SABS CFO is not employed on a permanent basis	Dr Bonakele Mehlomakulu	07 September 2014	06 September 2019
			Ms Boitumelo Mosako (CFO)	August 2015	July 2020
South African National Accreditation System (SANAS)	The SANAS CEO is not employed on a permanent basis	The SANAS CFO is employed on a permanent basis	Mr Ron Josias	01 June 2015	31 May 2020

 

Reply:

1. (a) The Department has paid an amount of R7 408 496.09 to all employees on salary levels 2-12 at Head Office who qualified for performance bonuses. Processes are still underway regarding:

Position or Institution	Budget	Reason
SMS Members	R2 121 000.00	Moderation committee meeting will be convened on the 23 October 2017 to moderate SMS performance assessments.
CET and TVET Colleges	R 18 377 868.22 (estimated)	The moderation happens at college and regional levels with Head Office having to validate the final results against the assessment appraisal forms. Payments will be processed from 1 November 2017 to 30 November 2017

(b) The tables below provides a breakdown for salary levels 2-12 at Head Office.

Levels 2 - 10			Levels 11 - 13
Score	% Bonus	Total number of employees per category		Score	% Bonus	Total number of employees per category
66%	4.00%	40		66%	2.50%	2
67%	4.00%	38		67%	2.50%	6
68%	4.00%	44		68%	2.50%	7
69%	4.00%	48		69%	2.50%	11
70%	4.10%	53		70%	2.51%	10
71%	4.10%	45		71%	2.51%	10
72%	4.10%	0		72%	2.51%	0
73%	4.10%	38		73%	2.51%	5
74%	4.10%	28		74%	2.51%	4
75%	4.10%	95		75%	2.51%	20
76%	4.10%	32		76%	2.51%	10
77%	4.10%	22		77%	2.51%	4
78%	4.10%	8		78%	2.51%	5
79%	4.10%	10		79%	2.51%	2
80%	4.20%	10		80%	2.54%	3
81%	4.20%	5		81%	2.54%	0
82%	4.20%	0		82%	2.54%	0
83%	4.20%	1		83%	2.54%	1
84%	4.20%	2		84%	2.54%	1
85%	4.20%	4		85%	2.54%	3
86%	4.20%	0		86%	2.54%	0
87%	4.20%	1		87%	2.54%	0
88%	4.20%	0		88%	2.54%	1
89%	4.20%	1		89%	2.54%	0
90%	4.30%	1		90%	2.59%	1
91%	4.30%	2		91%	2.59%	0
92%	4.30%	2		92%	2.59%	0
93%	4.30%	2		93%	2.59%	0
94%	4.30%	0		94%	2.59%	0
95%	4.30%	0		95%	2.59%	0
96%	4.30%	0		96%	2.59%	1
97%	4.30%	0		97%	2.59%	0
98%	4.30%	0		98%	2.59%	0
99%	4.30%	0		99%	2.59%	0
100%	4.30%	1		100%	2.59%	0

(2) (a) The total estimated amount to be paid as bonuses to employees within the Department, including regional offices, Community Education and Training, and Technical and Vocational Education and Training colleges will be R45 000 000.

(b) In terms of the Public Service Regulations of 2016, Regulation 73 (4), the Minister shall from time to time determine the maximum percentage performance reward to be granted to an employee or categories of employees. In view of the Regulation mentioned above, it is difficult to provide an estimated breakdown for employees who will be qualifying for performance bonuses in the current performance cycle. The maximum percentage to be given to each qualifying employee cannot be estimated until the annual performance appraisal are conducted and moderated.

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DIRECTOR-GENERAL

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DATE:

QUESTION 3003 APPROVED/NOT APPROVED/AMENDED

PROF HB MKHIZE, MP

MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING

STATUS:

DATE:

Reply:

1. In response to the call for nominations for 23 vacancies in the Councils of public Technical and Vocational and Education Training colleges, which was advertised on 2 October 2016 in the Sunday Times newspaper, the Department received 94 applications.
2. All vacancies were filled.
3. The process to appoint Ministerial Council members takes on average five months.
4. (a) None.

(b) Currently there are 12 vacancies. A call for nominations was advertised on 15 October 2017 in the Sunday Times newspaper with a closing date for nominations of 31 October 2017.

COMPILER/CONTACT PERSONS:

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DIRECTOR-GENERAL

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QUESTION 3066 APPROVED/NOT APPROVED/AMENDED

PROF HB MKHIZE, MP

MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING

STATUS:

DATE:

Reply:

 

a) A total number of fourteen (14) foreign fishing vessels entered into South Africa’s 200-mile Exclusive Economic Zone illegally during the past five years.

b) (i) and (ii)

1. Bahari Nusantara number 83, China;

2. Bahari Nusantara number 19, China;

3. Bahari Nusantara number 5, China;

4. Bahari Nusantara number 26, China;

5. Bintang Samudra number 11, China;

6. Samudra Gilontas number 231, China;

7. Mahkota Abadi number 15; China;

8. Naham number 4, Oman;

9. Samudera Pasific number 8, China;

10. Berkat Menjala number 23, China;

11. Lu Huang Yuan Yu, number 186, China;

12. Fu Yuan Yu number 7880, China;

13. Fu Yang Yu number 7881, China;

14. Run Da number 617, China.

(iii)

Vessels numbered 1 to 14 above were charged in terms of the Marine Living resources Act (No. 18 of 1998), forfeited to the State and sold on auction for the benefit of the State. The cases against vessels 1 to 7 remain open as the suspects are foreign nationals and could not be located. Vessels 9 and 10 escaped from lawful custody in Cape Town Harbour and INTERPOL International Notices were issued in respect of these vessels.

(iv)

The Lu Huang Yuan Yu, number 186, was fined R75 000;

The Fu Yuan Yu number 7880 was fined R250 000;

The Fu Yang Yu number 7881 was fined R250 000;

The Run Da number 617 was fined R200 000.

b) The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF), which has the principal mandate to monitor and undertake enforcement in relation to foreign fishing vessels, is supported in the execution of this function by the work of Initiative 5 of Operation Phakisa - the enhanced and coordinated compliance and enforcement programme which addresses illegal activities taking place within the South African Economic Exclusive Zone and coastal environment. The ongoing operations undertaken by Initiative 5 in line with the National Instruction issued by the National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure (NATJOINTS) involve a coordinated interdepartmental approach to ensure compliance monitoring and enforcement within South Africa’s Economic Exclusive Zone, coastal waters and maritime ports of entry.

In addition to operating its Fisheries Protection Vessels (FPVs), the DAFF has been piloting a Maritime Intelligence capability that is designed to give early warning signals of Foreign Fishing Vessel entering the SA EEZ without the required/necessary permit/s and in contravention of the Marine Living Resources Act. The reports from this system are linked to the Cape Town Port of Control Centre (PECC). Work is also underway through Initiative 6 of Phakisa, the National Ocean and Coastal Information System and Extending Earth Observation Capacity, to provide an integrated maritime domain awareness system for our ocean space and coastal environment, which will integrate information from these early warning systems into a single government system to enable the effective deployment and mobilisation of the relevant capability to apprehend suspected perpetrators.

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Reply:

1. Decolonisation means different things to different people, and is an issue that is being intensely engaged with across the university system, as students and staff grapple to make meaning and build a shared understanding of it.

From the perspective of the Department of Higher Education and Training, decolonisation is fundamentally related to rapid, and perhaps radical, transformation of the higher education sector. It is related to:

• Building a university system that has a South African, African, Global South and Global identity.
• Engaging critically with what is taught, learnt and researched in the university system to ensure that it reflects these multiple identities and diverse worldviews.
• Building an institutional culture at universities that is reflective of and receptive to multiple identities.
• Addressing inequalities in relation to who leads, manages, teaches and researches in the university system.
• Building a university system that is locally responsive and globally relevant.

The Department’s key intervention to promote the transformation agenda at an institutional level is the University Capacity Development Programme, which was described in Question 1592 on 22 June 2017. This is a multi-faceted, multi-year, resourced programme, which has the overarching goal of “Transforming teaching, learning, researching and leading towards enhanced quality, success and equity in universities”.

 

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QUESTION 2925 APPROVED/NOT APPROVED/AMENDED

PROF HB MKHIZE, MP

MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING

STATUS:

DATE:

Reply:

1 ARMSCOR :

ARMSCOR has a Board of Directors which was appointed in 2014 for a tenure of three (3) years. They were re-affirmed in 2017. There are nine (9) members, of which three (3) were newly appointed; six (6) were re-affirmed for the second term. Of the nine (9) Board Members, five (5) members are female.

2 CASTLE CONTROL BOARD

(1)(a) The Castle Control Board has a Chief Executive Officer and a Chief Financial Officer. Both are appointed on 3-year fixed term contracts expiring in December 2019.

The CEO is Mr CT Gilfellan, who was appointed since 15 April 2013. His current 3-year contract was renewed in January 2017 and will expire on the 31 December 2019.

The CFO is Mr Mandla Ngewu, who was appointed since 01 April 2014. His current 3-year contract was renewed in January 2017 and will expire on the 31 December 2019.

Reply:

The total amount that was spent on consulting fees for National Transport Master Plan was R35 923 481.23

Reply:

The Road Traffic Management Corporation was established by the Act of Parliament, the RTMC Act 20 of 1999. At the establishment phase it was conceptualised that the Corporation will be funded in line with provisions of Section 24 (1) of the Act which provides for and prescribes the sources of funding. The Corporation is funded in the following manner:

• Monies prescribed, subject to section 48 (1)(b) which must include transaction fees charged by the Corporation for the sale of services;
• Penalties and fines payable to the Corporation as an issuing authority in terms of section 32 of the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Act, 1998 (Act No. 46 of 1988);
• Interest on invested cash balances and
• Monies appropriated by Parliament.

Transaction fees were introduced in terms of the RTMC Act and approved by then Finance Minister Trevor Manuel in 2007 for the operation and maintenance of NATIS. At the introduction phase the fees were introduced at R30 and they were to increase by R6 annually.

Since the initial phase the fees were only revised by R6 in 2009 as per the provisions of Section 48 of the RTMC Act. This revision brought into effect the First Amendment of the Regulations in the Government Gazette No. 930 of 23 September 2009. The significance of the regulation amendment, was that the Regulations was amended to provide that the Minister of Transport, may henceforth, increase the Transaction Fee amount annually by Notice in the Government Gazette and in the process repealed the previous 5-year fee structure.

Subsequently there were no revisions and or increases of the transactional fees due to the impasse that related to the legal battles and other administrative challenges amongst others and the transaction fees remained R36 from 2009 to 2016.

Post the challenging period articulated above the transactional fees were only increased to R42 in January 2016, the same amount it should have been in 2010.

The current increase of R30 falls far below the required thresh-hold of required increase which should have been at R96,00 as per the then approval by the Minister of Transport. Mindful of the affordability test it become prudent that the increase be R30,00 as opposed to the once off R54, 00 increases.

The design of the NATIS has remained constant over the years and the system was never upgraded and no improvements were ever made. The current environment requires a complete overhaul and upgrading of the e-Natis and we are required by the provisions of the enabling legislation that the maintenance of the system should be done in line with the Act. The Act provides that the Corporation should ensure that phase out, where appropriate, public funding and phase in private sector investment in road traffic on a competitive basis; securing, where appropriate, full cost recovery based on the user-pays principle and introduce commercial management principles to inform and guide road traffic governance and decision-making in the interest of enhanced service provision

There is an urgent need to upgrade the architecture of the NATIS to make it more supportive to the current needs of users and registering authorities. The non-implementation of the annual increase has made the Corporation to lose the revenue of R2billion and this caring government deemed it prudent not to burden the public and not applied the increase retrospectively.

Reply:

(1) (a) The Environmental Management Inspectors from the national Department of Environmental Affairs commenced with inspections at O R Tambo with effect from 1st April 2015. The Department is in possession of copies of all permits that were endorsed during the verification of consignments at the airport from the 1st April 2015 to October 2017. The copies of all permits referred to above are available in hard copy and are kept at O R Tambo International Airport. The Department is not in possession of copies of permits for the period 1st January 2015 to 31st March 2015.

 

Copies of permits endorsed between 1st January 2015 to 31st March 2015 are held by the Gauteng Department of Agriculture and Rural Development because verification and endorsement of permits was previously carried out by the provincial officials who were deployed at OR Tambo.

2. The details required in respect of: (a) the full names of the permit holder, (b) business names of the permit holder, (c) consignee and consignor addresses, permit numbers, (e) names of issuing authorities are available in hard copies of the permits.

(f) Information regarding quantities of lion bones is contained in the Department’s data base and can be made available. Information regarding kilograms was not recorded in the database. Only quantities of bone are recorded in the database.

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Reply:

a) The total package of the Chief Executive Officer for 2016/17 financial year is R4, 905m compared to R4 5m in the 2015/16 financial year. This resulted into a 9% increase which was applicable to all employees. Included in the total package is the basic salary of R2,781m and the other benefits inclusive of Provident Fund, Non-Pensionable Allowance, Medical and Housing of R2,124m. Performance bonus is generally what is due to employees, however the contract of employment of the CEO makes specific provision for performance bonus, which bonus is determined by the Board from time to time and the CEO was granted R2,925m post assessment of his performance and performance of the organisation. It should be noted that the package of the CEO did not increase with 31.6% but with 9%.It should be noted that there were changes on year to year non-recurring items (performance bonus)

b) The packages of the Executive Senior Management increased by 9% across the board, which includes the basic salary and other benefits inclusive of Provident Fund/Pension Fund, Non-Pensionable Allowance, Service bonus provision, Car allowance, Medical and Housing. It should be noted that included in the Other benefits is non-recurring items like Subsistence, reimbursive kilometres and Performance bonus.

c) There was no increase to the individual remuneration (retainer and meeting attendance) of non-executive Board members. It should be noted that the increase reflected when comparing the financial years relates to all non-executive Board members and meeting attendance year to year as they are not the same as a result a bottom line comparison does not give a true reflection. The following are the main reasons for year to year differences in the total amount for all totals non-executive Board members:

• two non-executive Board members (DH Ewertse and TMN Kgomo) served the full term of the financial year compared to 2015/16. The two members were appointed with effect from 1 December 2015 and served four (4) months in 2015/16, as the remaining period before the end of the financial year.

• three of the non-Executive Board Members retired in December 2016, and replaced by three new non-executive Board members appointed with effect from January 2017.

Reply:

(1) The National Environmental Management: Integrated Coastal Management Act, 2008 (Act 24 of 2008) (ICM Act) came into force in 2009. Subsequently, the Municipality is required to apply for a Coastal Waters Discharge Permit (CWDP) for East Bank WWTW’s in accordance with the ICM Act irrespective of the current status of the Water Use Licence Authorisation (WULA) obtained from the Department of Water and Sanitation. Currently, the Municipality adheres to the conditions stipulated under the WULA until such time the CWDP is issued by the Department of Environmental Affairs in terms of the ICMA. Furthermore, the Buffalo City Municipality has currently submitted an application for a CWDP for Hood point Waste Water Treatment works.

(2) The Municipality is currently discharging as per the Water Use Licence Authorisation (WULA) requirements.

(3) No unintended discharges have been raised for the Department’s attention or noting, the Municipality adheres to the WUL conditions for the discharge of effluent in to the coastal waters.

(4) No unintended discharges have been raised for the DEA’s attention or noting. However, the Department has issued a compliance notice to the Municipality on 24 July 2017 to apply for a CWDP in order for the effluent impacts to be managed under ICM. The Department is currently reviewing the water quality standards for the natural marine environment and will dictate standards for compliance in each permits. Should the Department of Environmental Affairs require higher levels of treatment for the effluent in order to meet the (natural) receiving environment water quality standards, the permit holder will be instructed to implement land-based management options (such as higher levels of treatment, on site dilution, dosing, filtration, etc. The Buffalo City Municipality is currently undertaking Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the extension of existing Hood Point pipeline from the surf zone to the deep-sea as part of improvement plan for coastal water quality.

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Reply:

The Department and/or government authority responsible and accountable for overseeing and verifying that the lion bone skeletons exported each year does not exceed the set quota is the Department of Environmental Affairs. Prorvincial authorities discharge their specific functions associated with permit issuing for exporters.

(a) The verification is conducted throughout the value chain process starting from the details required from the applicant, the pre-permit inspection by the provincial authorities, and finally at the port of exit where the permits are endorsed by the Environmental Management Inspectors.

(b) The process is as follows:

• The quota is managed at a national level (applications are lodged with provincial nature conservation authorities and then submitted by Provincial authorities to the Department for quota allocation);
• The quota is restricted to trade in full skeletons only, with or without the head
• Upon receipt of an application, the officials at the Province conduct the initial inspection to confirm the existence of the skeletons in question;
• Once confirmed, the Province evaluates the application and determine whether the relevant permit can be issued;
• Skeletons have to be packed separately;
• If confirmed, the Province requests for a quota from the Department;
• The Department manages the quota and the distribution of tags and DNA collection kits;
• After allocating the quota, the skeletons are inspected for a second time where they are then weighed, tagged and a DNA sample is taken for forensic analysis;
• The quota numbers are indicated on all permits;
• During export, at the port of exit, the consignment is inspected again where the quantity is verified against the details on the permit and random DNA samples are collected for analysis; and
• When all the particulars are correct, the Environmental Management Inspector endorses the permit for export.

(c) The total number of endorsed permits at OR Tambo since January 2017 is 208 skeletons and 113 lion bones. These bones and skeletons are exported for various purposes, including but not limited to, trophy hunting, personal, education and commercial activities. The weighing at the port of exit was not a legal requirement during the first semester of 2017, but this requirement will now apply to future shipments. It must be noted that, weighing of the skeletons happens in the provinces and the weight appears on the addendum of the issued permits. Copies of the addenda are kept by the Provincial authorities and can be requested.

(d) The total quota of 800 skeletons, with or without the skull, for 2017 has been allocated to various applicants in the Provinces for export. The quota as per allocation has been reached for the year. No export of lion bone over-quota is allowed.

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Reply:

a) There was no record showing that the removed Board members were afforded an opportunity to make representations to the Former Minister before they could be removed as Board members.

The Minister was also informed by the Popo Molefe and others court case pertaining to PRASA where the North Gauteng High Court, Pretoria ruled that Popo Molefe and others were incorrectly removed from their positions, as they were not afforded and opportunity to make representation to the former Minister on why should not be removed from the Board of PRASA. The Court thus ordered their reinstatement.

b) There are no issues or circumstances that have changed so far as the ACSA board is still quorating

c) Please refer to answer (a) above and further that there was a possibility of another court application against their removal, which would have interdicted their process of appointing new board of directors.

Reply:

(1)(a)(i)(aa)(bb)(ii)(b)(c)

(i)(aa) 2015/2016	(i)(bb) 2016/2017	(ii) 1 April 2017 to date	(b) Date of escape	(c) Officers on duty
0	0	0	Not applicable	Not applicable

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

Reply:

(1)(a)(i)(aa)(bb)(ii)(b)(c)

(i)(aa) 2015/2016	(i)(bb) 2016/2017	(ii) 1 April 2017 to date	(b) Date of escape	(c) Officers on duty
0	0	0	Not applicable	Not applicable

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

Reply:

Development planning, which can be defined as national level, medium (5-year) to long-term (ten to 50 years) planning is common in what has been referred to as development states, especially in the so-called East Asian Tigers. Latin-America also has extensive planning systems.

Long-term and medium-term plans are developed in some key development states as follows:

In addition to a range of other planning instruments, Singapore’s rapid acceleration was accompanied by a Strategic Economic Plan which “sets the strategies and programmes for Singapore to realise a vision - to attain the status and characteristics of a first league developed country within the next 30 to 40 years.”

In South Korea, the Economic Planning Board was established in 1961 to develop economic plans and oversee their implementation. Five-year plans were developed with regularity from 1962 onwards.

Other developing countries and aspirant developmental states are also well-known for development planning. In 2006 the World Bank commented that Malaysia, one of the countries against which South Africa benchmarked its planning institutions, “has a rich history in long-term planning, having drawn up and implemented long-term national policy frameworks since the early 1970s. Since then, the Government has put into practice a comprehensive planning system of short-, medium- and long-term development plans and strategies, each linked to one another, reinforcing the course of policy directions toward meeting the long-term goals.”

In Chile the Ministry of Housing and Urbanism, in terms of the General Law on Urbanism leads planning through the National Urban Development Policy which provides principles, objectives and actions for the social, economic and territorial development of the country. Medium-term regional (“provincial”) plans, both development strategies defining broad socio-economic objectives for regions and more spatially orientated urban development strategies, are developed in terms of the national policy.

The Mexican national government develops a National Development Plan that is submitted to Parliament and approved and which sets the strategic objectives for the country. This is accompanied by a “General Ecological Spatial Plan” and these set the framework for state spatial developmental and ecological plans which develop strategic programmes for social, economic, cultural and environmental development and principles for land-use.

Brazil has a range of long and medium-term planning and budgeting mechanisms which are defined in its Constitution. For example, related to financing the Constitution specifies a multi-year plan (the “Plano Pluriannal” or “PPA”), the budgetary directives (“LDO”) and the annual budget (“LDA).

Budget Prioritisation Frameworks

Aligning budgets to plans and strategic priorities is critical for implementation of Government policy and plans. Due to contextual and institutional differences the exact mechanisms in different countries to align budgets and national strategic priorities, or a Budget Prioritisation Framework, differ substantially. In various jurisdictions. There is continuing experimentation with mechanisms for prioritisation and alignment. For example, in a 2016 World Bank Public Expenditure Review of Mexico it is recommended that to improve medium-term fiscal management there is a need to improve the links between “pluri-annual fiscal and investment planning and budgeting, managing mandatory expenditures, etc.” and for better “planning and budget integration” also through “developing a vision for the medium-term policy and program prioritization (enhancing the focus of planning, revising evaluation systems, selection of programs, etc)”.

With regard to some of the development states mentioned above:

In South Korea extensive processes are undertaken before budgets are drafted by line-ministries and Medium-Term Expenditure Framework task forces. As was reported in 2013: “The annual budget and MTEF cycle begins in January with line ministries and the Budget Office adjusting the ceilings from those of the previous year as a starting point and setting important policy priorities.”

In Singapore as part of the budget reforms since 1989, “the Cabinet decides on the budget priorities and the total allocations to the various sectors and ministries”.

For Malaysia, the World Bank in 2013 commented that “[i]n addition to defining the targets for the outlined public sector development programs, the five-year plans define the size and budgetary allocation for each of the respective programs over the plan period, effectively integrating the policy prioritization process with the budget allocation process.”

With reference to South and Latin America the bridge between plan and budget is most thoroughly institutionalised in Brazil where the Constitution describes a trilogy of instruments namely a multi-year plan, budget directives and the annual budget and the relationship between them.

Reply:

(1)(a)(i)(aa)(bb)(ii)(b)(c)

(i)(aa) 2015/2016	(i)(bb) 2016/2017	(ii) 1 April 2017 to date	(b) Date of escape	(c) Officers on duty
0	1	0	2016-12-07	Capt SJ Nkosi

(2) Yes, Bedfordview, CAS 78/12/2016.

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

Reply:

1. (a) (i) 9 Restitution farms.

(ii) 44 Redistribution farms.

(b),(i),(ii),(iii),(iv),(v)(aa),(bb) Please refer to Annexures A and B respectively.

2. a), (b) Please refer Annexures A and B respectively.

Annexure A of NA-Ques 3076 of 2017: Restitution Farms

Each District	Name of each farm 1. (b)(i)	Area where each farm is located 1. (b)(ii)	Name of the previous owner 1. (b)(iii)	Price paid for each farm 1. (b)(iv)	Details of Moveable Assets 1. (b)(v)(aa)	At what costs of Moveable Assets 1. (b)(v)(aa)	Current use of the farm 2. (a)	name of each owner and/or beneficiary 2. (b)
District	farm name	Location (District)	Location (Local Municipality	previous owner	price paid for each farm	Assets bought	at what cost;	use of the farm	name of each owner and/or beneficiary?
West Coast	Farm Truter	West Coast	Matzikama	Petrus Truter	R5,072,837.00	None	Falls Away	Wine grapes, hydroponic tunnel farmers, mixed vegetables cash crops	Ebenhaeser Communal Property Association
West Coast	Farm Huisamen	West Coast	Matzikama	Johan Huisamen	R538,772.00	None	Falls Away
West Coast	Farm Kotze	West Coast	Matzikama	Johannes Kotze	R4,635,826.00	None	Falls Away
West Coast	Farm Rall	West Coast	Matikama	Frederick Rall	R7,500,000.00	None	Falls Away
West Coast	Farm Toekoms	West Coast	Matzikama	Toekoms Landgoed Trust Reg. no. IT 2025/2001	R6,200,000.00	None	Falls Away
West Coast	Fram Wiggens	West Coast	Matzikama	Johan Wiggens	R3,850,000.00	None	Falls Away
West Coast	Farm Coetzee	West Coast	Matzikama	Izak Coetzee	R7,200.000.00	None	Falls Away
West Coast	Farm Beeswater	West Coast	Matzikama	F Marsura	R2,992,553.70	None	Falls Away	Grazing	Beeswater Griqua Communal Property Association – currently in process of transfer
Cape Metro	Laaste Stuiver	Cape Metro	Cape Metro	Western Cape Government	R3,600,000.00	None	Falls Away	Grazing	Mamre Communal Property Association – currently in process

 

Annexure A of NA-Ques 3076 of 2017: Redistribution Farms

Each District	Name of each farm 1. (b)(i)	Area where each farm is located 1. (b)(ii)	Name of the previous owner 1. (b)(iii)	Price paid for each farm 1. (b)(iv)	Details of Moveable Assets 1. (b)(v)(aa)	At what costs of Moveable Assets 1. (b)(v)(aa)	Current use of the farm 2. (a)	Name of each owner and/or beneficiary 2. (b)
District	farm name	location (District)	Location (Local Municipality)	previous owner	price paid for each farm	Assets bought	at what cost;	use of the farm	name of each owner and/or beneficiary?
Overberg	AMANZI	Overberg	Theewaterskloof	AMANZI TRUST (T61083/2000)	R 12 000 000.00	Agricultural Equipment & Motor vehicles	R 575 769.42	Fruit production	Lanedox PTY LTD
Eden	AVONTUUR	Eden	George	FABCOS PROP THREE PTY LTD (T78086/2008)	R 2 200 000.00	None	Falls Away	Livestock production	Andries Goliath
Cape Winelands	BAINSKLOOF FARM	Cape Winelands	Paarl	BAINSKLOOF ONTWIKKELINGSTRUST (T7657/1994)	R 25 500 000.00	Furniture & Appliances	R 1 228 961.99	Bed & Breakfast; Conferencing; Cultural	Khoisan Development Trust
Overberg	Belleview Villiersdorp	Overberg	Caledon	CROOKES BROTHERS LTD T5859/1995)	R 12 310 000.00	Agricultural Equipment	R 786 600.00	Fruit production	Belleview Agricultural Co-op
Cape Winelands	Bellevue	Cape Winelands	Paarl	BARRIERS ESTATES PTY LTD (T13274/2012)	R 6 750 000.00	Agricultural Equipment	R 133 095.00	Layers; olives & vines	Sibeko & Cloete Trading (PTY) LTD
West Coast	Bergvallei	West Coast	Clanwilliam	FRIKJAN BOERDERY PTY LTD (T35932/2010)	R 13 000 000.00	Motor vehicles & agricultural equipment	R 2 217 404.47	Table grapes	Ronald Stephanus Van Schalkwyk
West Coast	Bitterfontein	West Coast	Vredendal	CAREL LOUW (T58670/2000)	R 1 750 000.00	None	Falls Away	Livestock production	Langdrif Veeboerdery Primary Co-operative Limited
Eden	BRAKKEKLOOF PLAS PROJECT	Eden	Riversdale	THEUNIS DE KOCK (T18705/2012)	R 6 200 000.00	None	Falls Away	Livestock production	Thomas Johannes Skietekat
West Coast	Caledonia	West Coast	Saldanha	SCHREUDER & BARKER BOERDERY C C (T11137/1992)	R 12 920 000.00	Motor vehicles & agricultural Equipment	R 800 280.00	Livestock production & pastures	Maria Sofia Baron
West Coast	Goede Hoop	West Coast	Malmesbury	FISH HOEK PRINTING & PUBLISHING C C (T22493/2005)	R 4 800 000.00	Motor vehicles & agricultural Equipment	R 276 292.99	Vegetable production	The Chandler Family
Cape Winelands	Hoogland (SRR)	Cape Winelands	Worcester	BO MATROOSBERG BOERDERY PTY LTD (T21038/2006)	R 29 000 000.00	None	Falls Away	Fruit production
Central Karoo	JONKERSLEEGTE FARM	Central Karoo	Beaufort West	DEORISTA 137 PTY LTD (T52090/2005)	R 13 000 000.00	None	Falls Away	Livestock Production	Deon Koopman
Central Karoo	Klein Koedoeskop Project	Central Karoo	Beaufort West	JURIE JOHANNES TAYLOR (T45058/2000)	R 3 087 817.00	None	Falls Away	Livestock Production	Kleinkoedoeskop Boerdery (PTY) LT
West Coast	Klipdrift	West Coast	Malmesbury	MONT FLEUVE ESTATE C C (T87957/2007)	R 8 250 000.00	Agricultural Equipment	R 556 035.00	Livestock production & pastures	Andries Van Der Poll
West Coast	KOCHRA	West Coast	Swartland	J S R BELEGGINGS TRUST (T71596/2008)	R 14 800 000.00	Agricultural Equipment	R 175 000.00	Livestock production & Pastures	Laaste Stuiwer Farmers
Cape Winelands	Langboom	Cape Winelands	Ceres	KAAPSTORM EIENDOMME 30 C C (T29216/2002)	R 9 900 000.00	Motor vehicles & agricultural equipment	R 867 540.00	Vegetable production	Nduli Food Sercirity Primary Co-operative Limited
Eden	LANGEFONTEIN	Eden	George	LANGFONTEIN EIENDOMME C C (T109280/2002)	R 18 500 000.00	None	Falls Away	Fruit production	Ricas Fruit BPK (PTY) LT
Cape Winelands	Loufontein	Cape Winelands	Worcester	FRANCOIS KLOPPERS FAMILIE TRUST (T8031/2007)	R 21 500 000.00	Motor vehicles & agricultural equipment	R 2 927 168.27	Fruit production	Two-A-Day Group (PTY) LTD
Eden	Matjiesdrift	Eden	Mossel Bay	WILLIAM PETER ROBERTSON (T51067/1998 )	R 7 052 500.00	None	Falls Away	Livestock	Southern Cape Agricultural Coperative
Cape Winelands	MESCO FARM	Cape Winelands	Stellenbosch	COSTA GIUDITTA CLOTILDE (T22027/1982)	R 18 918 000.00	Motor vehicles & agricultural equipment	R 686 436.37	Viticulture	La Ric Mal Cellar CC
Eden	Micro Farms	Eden	Oudtshoorn	NEBAVEST 27 PTY LTD (T17475/2009)	R 13 500 000.00	None	Falls Away	Livestock production & pastures	Micro Farm Primary Co-operative Limited
West Coast	Middelpos 611	West Coast	Malmesbury	WOUTER THERON MYBURGH (T52021/1983)	R 4 100 000.00	None	Falls Away	Olives	Middelpos Communal Property Associatio
West Coast	Middlepos 946	West Coast	Malmesbury	PAUL DAVID THEUNISSEN (T58551/1984)	R 4 150 000.00	None	Falls Away	Livestock production & Pastures	Red Rump Farming CC
Cape Winelands	Mooikelder	Cape Winelands	Drakenstein	LAURENCE FAMILY TRUST(T59086/1999)	R 8 640 000.00	Agricultural Equipment	R 536 304.41	Fruit production & Nursery	Middelpos Communal Property Associatio
Eden	Mooiplaas	Eden	George	WIKUS PRETORIUS (T20422/2005)	R 7 000 000.00	None	Falls Away	Livestock Production	Samuel Las
Cape Winelands	Nirwanda	Cape Winelands	Worcester	QUICKVEST 427 PTY LTD (T63526/2007)	R 19 000 000.00	Motor vehicles & agricultural equipment	R 1 106 890.29	Fruit production
West Coast	OLIFANTSRIVIER NEDERSETTING NO.317	West Coast	Vredendal	ANDRIES JOHANNES CORNELISSEN (T9358/1993)	R 13 500 000.00	None	Falls Away	Livestock & Vegetable Production	Vuyani Charlie
Overberg	Protea Farm	Overberg	Caledon	HENNIE LOTTER TRUST (T63143/2005)	R 11 600 000.00	Motor vehicles & agricultural Equipment	R 296 800.09	Fruit Production	Nitaflo PTY LTD
West Coast	Rietfontein	West Coast	Piketberg	SHEERPROPS 1085 C C (T85205/1998)	R 2 200 000.00	Agricultural Equipment	R 400 225.50	Livestock Production	Bonakele Matywatywa
West Coast	Rietkloof 1	West Coast	Piketberg	TREEBEARDS PTY LTD (T115776/1997) EERSTE STUIWER FARMS PTY LTD (T56867/1995) WESTERN INV CO PTY LTD (T39353/1995) TWEEDE STUIWER FARMS PTY LTD (T56868/199	R 41 250 000.00	Motor vehicles & agricultural equipment	R 5 726 490.71	Fruit Production	Fundani Farming
West Coast	Rietkloof 2	West Coast	Clanwilliam	RIETKLOOF BOERDERY PTY LTD (T22815/2009)	R 47 500 000.00	Motor vehicles & agricultural equipment	R 4 223 093.07	Fruit Production	Masilakhe Farming Co-operative Limited
Central Karoo	RIETKRAAL FARM	Central Karoo	Beaufort West	DLN BOERDERY CC (T10817/2008)	R 5 930 400.00	None	Falls Away	Livestock Production	Jan Lottering
Overberg	RIVERSIDE FARM	Overberg	Bredasdorp	FRANCIS PRATT FAMILIE TRUST (T76626/2003)	R 18 500 000.00	None	Falls Away	Grain & Livestock Production	Iqhude Supply and Farming PTY LTD
Cape Winelands	Siyazama Klipland Boerdery	Cape Winelands	Worcester	DOODAA CC (T74199/2004)	R 1 600 000.00	Agricultural equipment	R 196 650.00	fruit Production	Siyazama Klipland Boerdery (EDMS) BPK
Cape Winelands	Solms-Delta (Pty) Ltd (SRR)	Cape Winelands	Paarl	ROWMOOR INV 626 PTY LTD (T37413/2009)	R 18 800 000.00	None	Falls Away	Viticulture
Central Karoo	Swartrivier	Central Karoo	Prince Albert	PIETER JACOBUS THERON (T43291/1982)	R 5 000 000.00	None	Falls Away	Livestock Production	Sonskyn Boerdery
West Coast	TROE TROE	West Coast	Clanwilliam	WAD VAN WYK TRUST (T60720/2007)	R 5 671 000.00	None	Falls Away	Livestock Production	Jacob Marit
Central Karoo	Tulpleegte	Central Karoo	Beaufort West	JOHAN GEORG VAN WYK (T12769/2011)	R 5 300 000.00	None	Falls Away	Livestock Production	Zonke Bonke Construction and Projec
West Coast	TWEE KUILEN	West Coast	Malmesbury	DALENKER ELF PTY LTD (T65728/2004)	R 6 300 000.00	Agricultural Equipment	R 160 000.00	Potato Production	Lenqua Trading CC
Central Karoo	VAALKUIL	Central Karoo	Beaufort West	FRANCIOS SCHEUN (T920/1982)	R 5 800 000.00	Agricultural Equipment	R 192 300.00	Livestock Production	Vaalkuil Boerdery (PTY) LTD
West Coast	Waterkloof	West Coast	Malmesbury	KIRSTEN TRUST (T33230/1992)	R 15 307 389.42	None	Falls Away	Livestock Production	Waterkloof Agricutural Primary Co-operative
Cape Winelands	Welgemeend Plas	Cape Winelands	Ceres	EVERSON TRUST (T34898/2004)	R 1 650 000.00	None	Falls Away	Waterblommetjies	Welgemeend Waterbloeme
Central Karoo	WILGERBOSCH FARM	Central Karoo	Laingsburg	LUSCOMBE FAMILY TRUST (T95235/1996)	R 8 800 000.00	None	Falls Away	Livestock Production	Piet Louw
City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality	ZOUTERIVIER	City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality	Cape Town	GUGULETHU FARMERS PTY LTD (T49477/2002)	R 800 000.00	None	Falls Away	Vegetable production	Lizalise Farming Co-operative Limited

Reply:

(1) With regard to the question 1 which asks what steps the Minister will take to ensure that funds identified for the rehabilitation of mines do not leave the country, the Minister draws attention to the following legislative requirements:

The National Environmental Management Act, 1998 (Act No. 107 of 1998) requires the following in respect of financial provision:

Section 24P“(5)

(a) The requirement to maintain and retain the financial provision contemplated in this section remains in force notwithstanding the issuing of a closure certificate by the Minister responsible for mineral resources in terms of the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act, 2002 to the holder or owner concerned. “

Further, the competency for these matters has been identified as the Minister of Mineral Resources in the following circumstances:

Section 24C(2A):

“The Minister responsible for mineral resources must be identified as the competent authority in terms of subsection (1) where the listed or specified activity is directly related to-

(a) prospecting or exploration of a mineral or petroleum resource; or

(b) extraction and primary processing of a mineral or petroleum resource.”

Therefore, noting the provisions of the Act, it is the responsibility of the Minister of Mineral Resources to ensure that the legal requirements are implemented.

(2) With respect to question 2 regarding the intention of the Minister to approach the courts to ensure rehabilitation funds remain to deal with remediating degradation caused by mining, please note that section 24C(2A) of the Act, identifies the Minister of Mineral Resources has having the competency with respect to mining, including the provisions surrounding financial provision for rehabilitation of impacts associated with prospecting, exploration, mining and production.

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Reply:

(1)(a)(i)(aa)(bb)(ii)(b)(c)

(i)(aa) 2015/2016	(i)(bb) 2016/2017	(ii) 1 April 2017 to date	(b) Date of escape	(c) Officers on duty
2	1	0	2015-04-30 2015-05-11 2016-10-12	Const Chauke WO Kanyane Capt Lamola (deceased)

(2) Yes, Tembisa, CAS 750/04/2015, CAS 272/08/2015 and CAS 237/10/2016.

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

Reply:

(1)(a)(i)(aa)(bb)(ii)(b)(c)

(i)(aa) 2015/2016	(i)(bb) 2016/2017	(ii) 1 April 2017 to date	(b) Date of escape	(c) Officers on duty
3	0	1	2015-08-06 2017-05-25	Capt Sukula Capt Fakude

(2) Yes, Primrose, CAS 309/05/2017, 54/08/2015, 55/08/2015 and 56/08/2015.

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

Reply:

Sourcing the information from our provinces. It must be obtained from the provinces and verified, before it may be submitted.

Reply:

(1)(a)(i)(aa)(bb)(ii)(b)(c)

(i)(aa) 2015/2016	(i)(bb) 2016/2017	(ii) 1 April 2017 to date	(b) Date of escape	(c) Officers on duty
0	3	0	2016-11-18 2017-03-03	Capt Novela Sgt Molefe

(2) Yes, Tembisa South, CAS 184/11/2017 and CAS 78/03/2016.

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

Reply:

We are sourcing information that is required from our archives, as each case must be verified, before the information can be submitted.