Questions and Replies

Reply:

(a)(b)(c)

• The annual Golden Games for active ageing was held in the Northern Cape Province.
• The national Youth camp event was held in the Northern Cape Province.
• Child Protection week awareness events were held in Kwa-Zulu Natal and Gauteng.
• National Children’s Parliament and National Children’s day were held in Mpumalanga.
• Crime Prevention Awareness campaigns were held in all provinces.
• Mikondzo community and stakeholder engagements took place in all the Provinces.

(d)(i)(ii)(iii) Please note that no contractor or event planner were used.

(e) The department is unable to provide the exact number of people attending in each event but it can be estimated to be between 100 to 5000 people.

Reply:

 

Approved by the Minister on

Date……………………….

Reply:

The Department is not aware of any properties leased from

a) member of the specified family and /or

b) a company associated with any member of the specified family.

Reply:

1. and (2) Yes, details are as follows:

BLOEMFONTEIN REGIONAL OFFICE

WCS	SERVICE PROVIDER	PROJECT NAME	DATE CANCELLED	REASON FOR CANCELLATION	FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS
049859	Moretlo Consulting CC	Tempe repairs and renovations to building 1,2,5, to 8 and 21 at MPA	20 May 2016	Consultant not providing monthly financial reports as per contract and not attending project meetings even after the warning the letter was issued.	There will be no financial losses to be incurred by the Department as a departmental quantity surveyor was appointed to execute the quantity surveying functions until project completion.
051856	CENTRAL BRIDGE TRADING 389 CC	Vrede Police Station: Condition Based Maintenance	11 Aug. 2016	At contract completion the contractor was not even 48% complete with project work. The contractor was put on terms in several project and site meeting but the work on site was not progressing at all.	The financial losses can only be known when another contractor is appointed to complete the project and when the project is complete. We are on advertisement stage
052133	Pegas Trading CC	Deeds Office Upgrading of sewer system	19 Sept. 2016	The contractor delivered poor progress on site and ultimately abandoned site.	The financial losses can only be known when another contractor is appointed to complete the project and when the project is complete. We are on advertisement stage
043244	KEREN KULA CONSTRUCTION (PTY) LTD	Bloemfontein Central Government building construction of the office block	22 Sept. 2016	The contractor filed for voluntary liquidation	The financial losses can only be known when another contractor is appointed to complete the project and when the project is complete.

CAPE TOWN REGIONAL OFFICE

WCS	SERVICE PROVIDER	PROJECT NAME	DATE CANCELLED	REASON FOR CANCELLATION	FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS
053916	Vino Building & Multi Projects	Albertinia, Heidelberg and Mossel Bay: Magistrates Offices: Construction of Facilities For People with Disabilities	06 Dec. 2016	Site handed was over on 14 September 2016 but the contractor never commenced with any work.	The financial implication will be known once the replacement contractor is appointed and project completed. The award for the tender is anticipated for the 2017/11/09

PORT ELIZABETH REGIONAL OFFICE

WCS	SERVICE PROVIDER	PROJECT NAME	DATE CANCELLED	REASON FOR CANCELLATION	FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS
049997	Poenie’s Builders CC	Graaff Reinet SAPS Academy : Complete Upgrading of Existing Boundary Fence to the Complex	17 Aug. 2016	Poor performance by Contractor as well as cash flow problems and lack of progress after several warning letters were issued by Consultants and Project Manager.	There will be financial implications. The replacement contractor was appointed in September 2017 and the exact financial implications will be determined at the completion of the completion contract.
050144	Twizza Civils and Building CC	Port Elizabeth : SAPS Southdene Police Garage: Complete Construction of Boundary Wall and Fencing	03 Mar. 2017	Poor performance by Contractor as well as cash flow problems and lack progress after several warning letters were issued by Consultants and Project Manager.	The financial implication will be determined once the completion contract is in place and project completed. We are at adjudication stage of the SCM process in this regard.

JOHANNESBURG REGIONAL OFFICE

WCS	SERVICE PROVIDER	PROJECT NAME	DATE CANCELLED	REASON FOR CANCELLATION	(2) FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS
023106	Masutanaka Trading Enterprise	Oberholzer Magistrate Office: Security measures Upgrade including minor works: Completion contract.	23 April 2015	The contractor abandoned the site.	The completion started on 01st September 2016 and completed on the 28th July 2017. The project is on 12 months defects liability period and the final account will determine the full financial implications of the terminated contract.

Reply:

 

Approved by the Minister on

Date……………………….

Reply:

Name of entity	(a) Opening Date	(b) Closing Date	Remarks
CIDB	9 July 2017	14 September 2017
IDT	10 May 2016	24 May 2016	The Board was appointed with effect from 4 November 2016
CBE	January 2018	March 2018	The term of office for the current Council is ending on 31 July 2018.
ASA	29 January 2017	10 Feb 2017
Built Environment Professional Councils
ECSA	December 2019	February 2020	The current Council was appointed with effect from 29 July 2016.
SACLAP	03 February 2017	03 April 2017	The current Council was appointed with effect from 1 September 2017
SACAP	11 September 2017	4 December 2017.	The term of office for the current Council expire on 14 April 2018
SACPCMP	09 June 2017	10 August 2017
SAVPVP	30 June 2017	01 September 2017
SACQSP	05 May 2017	28 July 2017

Reply:

The ICASA performance agreements were prepared but not signed due to prolonged discussions with the Councillors, the internal process is now at the advance stage of completion.

Reply:

Yes.

The report is still with the Office of the State Law Advisor. It will be attached to the Bill when it is submitted to Parliament at the beginning of November, 2017.

Reply:

Brand South Africa

1. (a) Brand South Africa’s Board comprises of 15 members as follows:-

Title	First Name	Surname	Position	i(aa) Appointment Date	i(bb) End Of Term	ii (bb)Gender
Ms	Khanyisile	Kweyama	Trustee Chairperson	20/04/2016	19/04/2019	Female
Ms	Babalwa	Ngonyama	Trustee Deputy Chairperson	20/04/2016	19/04/2019	Female
Mr	Arthur	Mafokate	Trustee	20/04/2016	19/04/2019	Male
Mr	Geoffrey	Rothschild	Trustee	12/08/2014	11/08/2017	Male
Ms	Given	Sibiya	ARCO Chairperson	20/04/2016	19/04/2019	Female
Ms	Janine	Hills	Trustee	20/04/2016	19/04/2019	Female
Mr	Kuseni	Dlamini	Trustee	20/04/2016	19/04/2019	Male
Ms	Lehlohonolo	Bonoko	Trustee	20/04/2016	19/04/2019	Female
Mr	Lucas	Makhubela	Trustee	25/04/2016	24/04/2019	Male
Mr	Mpho	Makwana	MARCO Chairperson	20/04/2016	19/04/2019	Male
Ms	Muditambi	Ravele	Trustee	20/04/2016	19/04/2019	Female
Mr	Mzimkulu	Malunga	Trustee	20/04/2016	19/04/2019	Male
Mr	Rashid	Lombard	Trustee	20/04/2016	19/04/2019	Male
Mr	Stavros	Nicolaou	REMCO Chairperson	20/04/2016	19/04/2019	Male
Ms	Thembi	Kunene	Trustee	20/04/2016	19/04/2019	Female

Media Development and Diversity Agency

1. (a) The MDDA Board must have ten (10) members.

The filled positions are as follows:-

Title	First Name	Surname	Position	i(aa)Date Of Appointment	i(bb)End Of Term	ii(bb)Gender
Ms	Phelisa	Nkomo	Chairperson	23/01/2013	22/01/2018	Female
Ms	Louise	Vale	Board member	05/02/2015	04/02/2018	Female
Mr	Musa	Shingane	Board member	17/06/2015	11/06/2018	Male

Nkgakga Monare and Tasneem Carrim were appointed as non-executive members of the MDDA board on 21 September 2017

Ms Tasneem Carrim end of term is 27 January 2018

Mr Nkgakga Monare end of term is 30 August 2018

Film and Publication Board

1. (a) The Film and Publication Board must have fifteen (15) members. The filled positions are as follows:-

Title	First Name	Surname	Position	i(aa)Appointment Date	i(bb)End Of Term	ii(bb)Gender
Mrs	Nandisile Thoko Flavour	Mpumlwana	Chairperson	02/12/2015	01/12/2020	Female
Ms	Modjadji Sarah	Mangena	Deputy Chairperson	02/12/2015	01/12/2020	Female
Ms	Natalie Caroline	Skeepers	Member	02/12/2015	01/12/2020	Female
Mr	Matone Stephen	Ditlhake	Member	02/12/2015	01/12/2020	Male
Ms	Nobantu Sizolibusa	Dubazana	Member	02/12/2015	01/12/2020	Female
Ms	Nomvuyiso Memory	Mhlakaza	Member	13/03/2017	12/03/2022	Female
Adv.	Lufuno Tokyo	Nevondwe	Member	02/12/2015	01/12/2020	Male
Ms	Yoliswa	Makhasi	Member	02/12/2015	01/12/2020	Male
Adv.	Nkhumeleni Anderson	Mudunungu	Member	02/12/2015	01/12/2020	Male
Appeal Tribunal
Ms	Nonkoliso	Sigcau	Member	7/12/2016	06/12/2021	Female
Ms	Samukelisiwe	Kheswa	Member	7/12/2016	06/12/2021	Female
Adv	Thembelihle	Mapapi-Ndlovu	Member	7/12/2016	06/12/2021	Female
Ms	Manko	Tsoehlisi	Member	7/12/2016	06/12/2021	Female
Mr	Sizwe	Snail	Member	7/12/2016	06/12/2021	Male
Mr	Lutendo	Malada	Member	7/12/2016	06/12/2021	Male
Prof	Adelaide	Magwaza	Member	7/12/2016	06/12/2021	Female
Mr	Christopher	Mamathuntsha	Member	7/12/2016	06/12/2021	Male

Independent Communications Authority of South Africa

1. (a) ICASA must have nine (9) Council members. The filled positions are as follows:-

Title	Name	Surname	Position	i(aa)Date Of Appointment	i(bb)End Of Term	ii(bb)Gender
Mr	Peter	Zimri	Councillor	03/04/2016	03/04/2020	Male
Mr	Keabetswe	Modimoeng	Councillor	03/04/2016	03/04/2020	Male
Mr	Paris	Mashile	Acting Chairperson	03/04/2016	03/04/2020	Male
Ms	Botlenyana	Mokhele	Councillor	03/04/2016	03/04/2020	Female

 

New appointed Councillors are (i) Ms Palesa Kadi and (ii) Advocate Dimakatso,

South African Broadcasting Corporations

Appointment to the Board of the South Africa Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) is still a work in progress.

Reply:

a) No.

b) Yes, namely; The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) and the South Afican Broardcasting Corporation (SABC)

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa, enlisted the services of Detecon International GmbH, during the period 31/03/2015 – 31/03/2017, for Automated Spectrum Management System (ASMS), with a three year support and maintenance, for an amount of R19 566 903.00

The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), enlisted the services of Mott McDonald PDNA for Lift Inspection and Replacement project to the value of R 7 033 464.00 and the services of Lekoko Consulting for Evaluation of Security Tender, to the value of R 02 609.60

Reply:

The matter on the outsourcing of forensic audit services at SABC has been covered in a briefing to the Portfolio Committee on Communications by the SABC Interim Board when providing its progress report on the Implementation of the Recommendations of the Report of the Parliament Ad Hoc Committee on the SABC Board Inquiry.

Reply:

GCIS assist number of ordinary citizens through Information Centres and also members of the media though media database in all GCIS provincial Offices and also including the National Office. Media Engagement Directorate and GCIS provincial Offices, receives requests to disseminate information either through media database or through GCIS Information Centers, request may be media statements; media advisories; general publications or face to face advisory services, media engagement directorate. Mandate of GCIS is to provide the public with information. GCIS assists the public with services that are within their available resources. GCIS does not keep records of the members been assisted.

Reply:

The original community land claim was withdrawn after having discovered that a family land claim form was converted into a community land claim. The gazette notice was also degazetted, and the family land claim was re-investigated. The community was advised to lodge a new community land claim through the 2014 re-opening process, of which was done. The current community land claim is dormant due to LAMOSA Judgment, regarding the 2014 Restitution Amendment Act.

Reply:

(1) Budget initially accolated towards the replacement of self-deploying satellite terminals of the South African Broadcasting Corporation was R42 051 200, 00.

(2) Self-deploying satellite terminals business case, was first approved as early as February 2015, following from the negotiation phase, which found that the vehicle price on the quote together with number of options during the initial evaluation were not considered. These options included operational configuration and client’s graphical interphase. The cost escalation is due to unforeseen circumstances and falls within the allowable 10% escalation as per DAF. Letter of ward was issued by the SCM on 9/11/2016, in relation to the motivation written when the budget deactivation was submitted for approval. As a result, an amount of R3 481 547, 00, was approved for budget deactivation, this amount falls within the SA Broadcasting Corporation Governance Framework

(3) (a) the name of service provider is Turnkey Media Solutions, (b) the SABC does not have the expertise and equipment to build satellite broadcast vehicle.

(4) SABC tender process was followed to appoint specified service provider, details of the process followed include the use of the SA Broadcasting Corporation SCM procurement department to carry-out the entire tender process until the service provider was appointed, audited value amount in this regard has been provided to Parliament through the SABC Annual Report tabled few weeks ago.

Reply:

Western Cape response

With respect to the 1% variance in terms of non-compliance by NPOs in the case of Mental Health organisations, one NPO, the Cape Albinism and Hypo Pigment Foundation did not comply with terms in the transfer payment agreement entered into with the Department, namely, it did not submit its audited financial statement for the year ending 15/16 nor did it provide evidence for the expenditure of its allocated funds in its quarterly progress reports. In both instances the organisation was provided with an extension period within which to provide the required information, but failed to do so.

Eastern Cape response

With regard to the Eastern Cape organisations there was a problem which relates to the submission of reports. The organisations submitted compliance report that were not aligned with the reporting period in their founding documents. This has resulted in the rejection of the reports within the NPO system. This issue will be dealt with going forward to resolve the difference between financial years in the founding documents submitted to the NPO Directorates and the current organisations operations.

Reply:

(a)(b)(i)(ii)(aa)(aaa)(bbb)(bb)(cc)

Neither the Department nor the entities reporting to him funds any institution of research and development domestically and internationally. The Department procures goods and services through Supply Chain Management processes.

Reply:

(1) The property is still undergoing valuation by the office of the Valuer General through the appointed service provider Mahony & Schnetler Valuers.

(2) In progress.

(a),(b) Falls away.

(3) The land will be transferred to the Shongwe and Gwebu families and the land will be held by a Communal Property Association of their choice, which will determine the use of land.

(a),(b) Falls away.

Reply:

Audited figures and details on SABC Sports Division have been submitted to Parliament through the tabling of Annual Reports of the SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) in the (i) 2014-15, (ii) 2015-16 and (iii) 2016-17 financial years.

Reply:

Officials and Board Members whose work has direct bearing on the Parliament Inquiry of the Ad Hoc Committee on the SABC Board were made available to provide required administrative support to the SABC Board Members and the Executive who appeared before the Ad Hoc Committee. The Annual Reports tabled in Parliament provide expenditure incurred in this regard.

Reply:

The information on the cost of corruption was based on an economic modeling exercise that sought to quantify the cost of the reduction in real capital spending that results from corruption and the impact on decreased spending in the SA economy on goods and services. While the full extent and thus real costs of corruption is unknown precisely because by its nature it is concealed, a calculation was done based on a scenario where corruption results in a 10% increase in costs; this increase was then modeled into the data-sets to obtain GDP and employment effects.

The purpose of the modeling exercise was to show that corruption is not a ‘victimless’ crime and that the opportunity costs of improperly and unlawfully diverting resources for private gain, comes at a significant cost to economic growth, job creation and service delivery. There is a compelling case for immediate and decisive action against corruption, based on the costs it imposes on the economy, on jobs and on the poor. The results of this modeling exercise were referred to in my speech at the 11th Annual Competition Law, Economics and Policy Conference on 31 August 2017 as well as at other public gatherings and were also shared with the Committees of the Economic Cluster, in Parliament, on 10 October 2017.

During my address to the 11th Annual Competition Law, Economics and Policy Conference on 31 August 2017, I noted the following:

Neither corruption in the public sector (with its private sector counterparties) nor collusion between large firms are victimless crimes. Corruption takes resources away from housing, jobs, social grants, education and health facilities. Collusion increases the costs of doing business, it stunts the dynamism and competitiveness that is needed and it has a negative impact on growth and jobs.

A World Bank study on competition in South Africa noted the following:

“In the case of four cartels in maize, wheat, poultry and pharmaceuticals – products which make up 15.6% of the consumption basket of the poorest 10 percent – conservative estimates indicate that around 200 000 people stood to be lifted above the poverty line by tackling cartel overcharges”.

We recently began doing work to quantify the cost of corruption in the public sector, based on just a 10% increase in the price of infrastructure projects as a result of corruption...Based on our modelling, it leads to at least R27bn foregone annually in GDP and the loss of 76 000 jobs that would otherwise have been created. So corruption is not only an ethical issue, it is also a profound issue of delivery, of growth, of servicesw to the poor.

There are some troubling matters to address in looking at corruption and the collusion therewith by professional firms, from auditors to lawyers and others.

The culture of rampant acquisition is spreading so widely that the professional standards of integrity that is a hallmark of functioning institutions, are under enormous pressure. One of its outcomes is a fraying of the social compact that all societies need and unless we act with resolution, we will not build a society that achieves the vision of the constitution, indeed, we will betray it.

There are things we can do, practical things, while the wider battle to ensure integrity in the public and private sectors, is pursued.

One of the provisions in the Construction industry Settlement Agreement that I referred to earlier, is an Integrity Commitment that CEOs of the seven largest companies signed publicly and I want to briefly quote from it:

“ In my capacity as CEO of [name of company], I do hereby declare and affirm that:

1. I will conduct business, and will do everything in my power to ensure that the company and all of its associated companies (‘the Group’) conducts business in South Africa, in accordance with sound legal and ethical practice;
2. I will not be involved, and will do everything in my power to ensure that no one in the Group is involved, in any kind of bribery, corruption, collusion or unfair means of furthering our business interests;
3. I will do everything in my power to intill a culture of integrity, honesty and transparency in the Group consistent with this declaration
4. I will develop and actively promote codes of conduct imposing ethical and legal standards on all personnel in the Group that are aligned with international best practice for the construction industry and impose appropriate penalties on those who don’t comply; and
5. I will use my best efforts, and take firm steps, in line with and pursuant to my executive management authority, to expose, confront, eradicate and prevent collusion and corruption in the construction industry and in all the construction industry’s dealings with public entities, private sector institutions and with each other.”

-END-

Reply:

Government has a policy to deter public servants from doing business with the state, the Department of Public Service and Administration is the custodian of this policy, details of staff, if any, who were awarded contracts before commencement of this new policy, will be provided to the Parliament Portfolio Committee on Communications.

Reply:

Audited amount and details on sponsoships have been submitted to Parliament through the tabling of Annual Reports of the SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) in the (i) 2014-15, (ii) 2015-16 and (iii) 2016-17 financial years.

Reply:

(a)(aa)(aaa)(bbb)(ccc)

The Department has not conducted any business with the specified companies (Annexure A) for the past five financial years and since April 2017.

(b)(c)(i)(ii)

The Supply Chain Management processes relating to Provincial Departments of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, local and/or district municipalities falls under National Treasury.

Reply:

According to the information received Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality:

1. Yes, the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality submitted the information referred to in the Honourable MP’s question. The amounts spent on payment of overtime for officials are as follows:

(a) 2013/14 financial year: R 480 253 281.

(b) 2014/15 financial year: R 525 510 443.

(c) 2015/16 financial year: R 679 379 677.

(d) 2016/17 financial year: R 778 017 645.

2. There was no instruction given by the Auditor-General.

Reply:

(a) Department of Science and Technology

The Department has a mandate of overseeing the national system of innovation (NSI), thus to create and enabling environment for the NSI to unlock the potential for economic growth trough science, technology and innovation. The basis for this is the creation of new knowledge through research and development (R&D), and exploitation thereof. In achieving this, the Department and its six entities , namely, the

Technology Innovation Agency (TIA), the South African National Space Agency (SANSA), the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), the Academy of Science South Africa (ASSAF), and the National Research Foundation (NRF) perform research and disburse funding to various institutions that conduct research and development. Table details of funding transferred to various institutions for R&D projects (bbb).

Table 1: Institutions supported by DST

Institution (aa)(aaa)	Supported since: (bb)	Funding (cc)
University of the Western Cape	2008	R5.3m
North-West University	2014	R7.6m
Agricultural Research Council	2003	R400.m
South African Medical Research Council	2012	R316.4m
Nelson Mandela University	2016	R750 000
Forestry South Africa	2014	R25m
Winetech	2015	R12m
Fresh Produce Exports Forum	2014	R30m
Sugar Milling Research Institute	2016	R15m
Paper Manufactures Association of South Africa	2015	R9m
Citrus Research International	2015	R15m
Stellenbosch University	2016	R341 824
Water Research Council	2014	R35.5m
South African National Biodiversity Institute	2015	R1.5m
Department of Environmental Affairs	2015	R2.8m
University of Cape Town	2015	R12.8m
Pelchem	2012	R93.8m
Tswane University of Technology	2014	R330 000
University of the Witwatersrand	2014	R330 000

(b) DST entities

The disbursement of research and technology development funds is primarily the function of the NRF and TIA, respectively. The NRF has a dual mandate to disburse research funds and conduct in-house R&D through national facilities. In 2013, the Minister of Science and Technology published a set of regulations on which institutions the NRF can support ("Declaration of Research Institutions fundable by the NRF"). The NRF adheres to this 'Declaration' document in deciding which institutions to support. It must be pointed out that according to the Declarations, these institutions are public research institutions that conduct basic research (in line with the mandate of the NRF) and are established by relevant Acts to support basic research priorities of different line departments. Examples in this regard include the South African National Parks, the South African Weather Services, and the Onderstepoort Biological Products. TIA supports organisations that are aligned with its mandate of innovations through technology development, and o not have grant-making functions. Tables 2 to 4 provide details of the institutions funded by TIA,NRF, and SANSA.

Table 2: TIA

Institution (aa)(aaa)	Supported since (bb)	Funding (cc)
Agricultural Research Council	2010	R48.5m
Cape Peninsula University of Technology	2010	R82.3m
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research	2010	R98.1m
Central University of Technology	2010	R34.1m
Durban University of Technology	2010	R28.6m
Fort Hare University	2010	R5.4m
MINTEK	2010	R0.2m
Medical Research Council	2010	R2.2m
Mangosuthu University	2012	R36.2m
The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation SOC Limited	2010	R5.3m
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University	2010	R134.6m
North West University	2010	R87.1m
Onderstepoort Biological Products	2012	R37.1m
Rhodes University	2010	R3.2m
Tshwane University of Technology	2010	R110.5m
University of Cape Town	2010	R136.8m
University of the Free State	2010	R40.3m
University of Johannesburg	2010	R57.4m
University of Kwazulu Natal	2010	R17.8m
University Limpopo	2010	R26.1m
University of Pretoria	2010	R77.1m
University of Stellenbosch	2010	R67.7m
University of Venda	2010	R5.0m
University of Zululand	2012	R1.9m
University of Western Cape	2010	R16.8m
Wits University	2010	R34.3m
Vaal University of Technology	2012	R57.0m
Walter Sisulu University of Technology	2012	R11.1m
mLab	2015	R5.5m
Innovation Hub	2012	R29.2m

Table 3: NRF

Institution (aa)(aaa)	Period (bb)	Funding (cc)
Africa Institute of South Africa	2014	R94 000
African Equations	2003	R120 000
African Institute for Mathematical Sciences	2016	R6.7m
African Renaissance Development Institute	2002	R54, 000
Agricultural Research Council	2002-2016	R186,7m
Albany Museum	2002-2016	R3,2m
Amathole Museum	2005-2016	R613 540
Atomic Energy Corporation	2005	R11 804
Bayworld Centre for Research and Education	2015-2016	R1,3m
Black Science, Technology and Engineering Professionals	2006	R30 000
Border Technikon	2002-2006	R723 795
Cape Peninsula University of Technology	2002-2016	R184.4m
Central University of Technology	2002-2016	R71.9M
Centre for Advancement of Science and Mathematics Education	2002 and 2005	R357 966
Centre for Education Policy Development	2008-2009	R740 878
Centre for Proteomic and Genomic Research (CPGR)	2015	R110 489
Centre of Science & Technology of the Non-aligned and other Development	2006	R63 870
Centre for the AIDS Program of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA)	2007-2016	R22.3m
Coaltech 2020	2007-2008	R3.1m
Committee on data for Science and Technology	2003-2006	R104 638
Consumer goods council of South Africa	2006	R21 043
Council for Geoscience	2006-2016	R4.5m
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research	2002-2016	R335.8m
Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries	2011-2016	R1.2m
Department of Environmental Affairs	2004-2011	R38.3m
Ditsong National Museum of Natural History	2002-2016	R3.7m
Institution (aa)(aaa)	Period (bb)	Funding (cc)
Durban University Technology	2002-2016	R945 106
Durban Natural Science Museum	2013-2016	R176.3m
East Coast Biotech Trust T/A Lifelab	2008-2010	R1.4M
East London Museum	2009-2016	R705 577
Eastern Cape Technikon	2002-2006	R2.1m
Elsenburg Agricultural Research Centre	2007-2016	R13.3m
Endangered Wildlife Trust	2005	R11 060
eThekwini Muncipality	2005-2008	R320 716
Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife	2002-2016	R3.1m
Foundation for education, science and technology	2003	R150 000
Gwala khumalo vilakazi aids cancer research centre	2004	R80 000
Hartebeeshoek Radio-Astronomical Observatory	2004 and 2006-2012	R64.5M
Hermanus Magnetic Observatory	2003 and 2055-2011	R19.9m
Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC)	2002-2016	R15.8M
Institute for Soil, Climate and Water	2002-2006	R216 796
Institute of Tropical and Subtropical Crops	2004-2006	R684 920
International Centre for Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology (ICGEB)	2008 and 2013-2016	R14.3m
iThemba Laboratory for Accelerator- Based Sciences	2002-2016	R208.8m
Iziko Museums of Cape Town	2002-2016	R17.1m
KwaZulu-Natal Museum	2002-2016	R3.1m
KwaZulu-Natal Sharks Board	2002, 2005, 2006 and 2016	R248 843
Mangosuthu University of Technology	2002-2016	R26.2m
McGregor Museum	2005, 2014-2015	R640 147m
Mintek	2003-2012	R45.0m
Mpumalanga Parks Board	2006 and 2008	R12 191
MTN Sciencentre	2003	R25 000
National Bioinformatics Network	2005	R1.4m
National Centre of Atmosperic Research	2003	R71 265
National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS)	2002-2015	R5.9m
National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD)	2009-2014	R6.5m
National Metrology Institute of South Africa (NMISA)	2009-2011 and 2013	R820 672
National Museum	2002-2016	R13.1m
National Zoological Gardens	2008-2016	R54.2m
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University	2002-2016	R72.3m
North-West University	2002-2016	R740.3m
Nuclear Energy Corporation of SA (NECSA)	2005 and 2007-2016	R46.6m
Oceanographic Research Institute (SAAMBR)	2002-2016	R12.9m
Palaeo-Anthropology Trust	2002-2016	R30.4m
PBMR (PTY)Ltd	2008-2010	R228 056
Peninsula Technikon	2002-2016	R13.1m
Port Elizabeth Museum (Bayworld)	2002-2016	R16.6m
Institution (aa)(aaa)	Period (bb)	Funding (cc)
Port Elizabeth Technikon	2002-2011	R24.8m
Rhodes University	2002-2016	R467.4m
SA Medical Research Council	2002-2005	R724 920
Sea Fisheries Research Institute	2006-2007	R150 000
Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University	2012-2016	R 21.2m
South African Astronomical Observatory	2005-2012	R110.4m
South African Environmental Observation Network	2005 and 2008-2012	R55.3m
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity	2002-2012	R74.7m
South African Institute of Chartered Accountants	2005-2012	R220.1m
South African Medical Research Council (SAMRAC)	2006-2012	R25.4m
South African National Biodiversity Institute	2002 and 2005-2016	R16.8m
South African National Space Agency (SANSA)	2011-2016	R22.7m
South African Sugar Association Experiment Station	2003-2004	R102 000
South African Sugarcane Research Institute (SASRI)	2007-2016	R2.5M
South African Weather Services	2009 and 2013-2016	R585 520
Southern Cape Herbarium	2002,2006 and 2008	R85 000
Square Kilometre Array South Africa	2008,2010 and 2013	R1.5m
Stellenbosch University	2002-2016	R2.1b
Technikon Northern Gauteng	2002-2004	R794 439
Technikon North-West	2002-2004	R67 608
Technikon Pretoria	2002-2007	R16.7m
Technikon SA	2002-2004	R298 717
Technikon Witwatersrand	2002-2007	R13.8m
Technology Innovation Agency (TIA)	2010	R735 000
Tshwane University of Technology	2005-2012	R388.5m
University of Cape Town	2002-2016	R2.4b
University of Fort Hare	2002-2016	R209.5m
University of Johannesburg	2002-2016	R557.4m
University of KwaZulu-Natal	2002-2016	R1.1b
University of Limpopo	2002-2016	R172.4m
University of Mpumalanga	2016	R181 905
University of Pretoria	2002-2016	R1.3b
University of South Africa	2002-2016	R169.1m
University of Free State	2002-2016	R409.8m
University of the North	2002-2008	R18.2m
University of the North (Qwaqwa Campus)	2002-2004	R3.9m
University of the Western cape	2002-2016	R724.4m
University of the Witwatersrand	2002-2016	R1.6b
Institution (aa)(aaa)	Period (bb)	Funding (cc)
University of Venda	2002-2016	R138.1m
University of Zululand	2002-2016	R109.0m
Vaal University of Technology	2002-2016	R84.0m
Vista University	2002-2003	R1.1m
Walter Sisulu University	2002-2016	R90.5m
Water Research Commission	2006	R12 000
International
Brigham Young University	2003-2004	R215 729
Brown University	2002	R205 095
Clarkson University	2003-2005	R238 341
Cornell University	2002-2004	R231 681
Emory University	2004	R5 000
Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat Erlangen-Nuernberg	2003-2004	R228 660
Global Biodiversity Information Facility	2005-2006	R691 425
Icamagu Institute	2003	R65 550
International Continental DRILLING Programme	2005-2006	R274 300
International Federation for Information Processing	2005-2006	R25 255
International Union of Microbiological Societies	2005-2006	R33 155
Inyathelo Training & Development	2002-2003	R115 000
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven	2003-2006	R325 265
Leiden University	2002-2005	R373 370
Mcgill University	2004	R5 000
Mobile Telephone Networks (MTN)	2003-2004	R53 911
Monash South Africa	2010-2012	R67 040
Musicon	2004	R2 000
Northwestern University	2003	R5 000
Nova Southeastern University	2006	R5 000
Oregon State University	2004	R5 000
Pennsylvania State University	2005-2006	R237 332
PSYSSA	2006-2007	R66 722
Queen's University at Kingston	2002-2004	R259 677
Rutgers University	2003	R83 790
Sebmor Exclusive Clothing Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences	2004	R10 000
Swedish School of Agricultural Science	2003	R5 000
The London School of Economics & Political Science	2003	R101 585
The University of IOWA	2003-2005	R282 401
The University of Reading	2005-2006	R248 857
Universiteit Antwerpen	2002-2003	R308 238
University College London	2004	R5 000
University of Arizona	2003	R253 085
University of Cambridge	2004-2005	R15 000
University of Chicago	2005	R5 000
Institution (aa)(aaa)	Period (bb)	Funding (cc)
University of Connecticut	2005	R102 995
University of Dhuram	2004-2006	R313 723
University of East Anglia	2005-2006	R100 000
University of Florida	2005-2007	R240 678
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	2003-2004	R250 975
University of London	2002-2008	R604 138
University of Manchester	2005-2007and 2011	R442 893
University of Maryland	2003	R5 000
University of Oxford	2005	R5 000
University of Southampton	2004	R420 428
University of Strathclyde	2002	R5 000
University of Tasmania	2002-2003	R190 062
University of Uppsala, Sweden	2004-2005	R200 465
University of Victoria	2002	R5 000
University of Washington	2002-2003	R199 071
University of Wisconsin-Madison	2002	R5 000
University of Zurich	2002-2003	R228 078
Wageningen University	2005	R5 000

Table 4: SANSA

Institution (aa)(aaa)	Period of support (bb)	Funding (cc)
University of Kwazulu Natal	2011-2017	R2.1m
Cape Peninsula University of Technology	2015-2017	R16.5m

Reply:

(1) According to the SABC;

(a)(b) minor schedule changes to SABC 2 and SABC 1 were launched for transmission in February, the launch of the newly positioned SABC 3 took place at the end of the quarter with the new schedule going to air at the begging of the new financial year.

(1) (c) The radio stations did not go through any schedule changes except for the annual on air personality’s lineup change as announce every April across all radio stations. SABC 2 did not go through significant schedule change. The only reference to advertiser disinvestment in the Quarter 4 report was with regard to the cumulative impact on revenue decline for the full year and not necessarily in the Quarter 4 period.

(2) Details on disinvestment is provided in the Annual Report of the SABC tabled in Parliament few weeks ago.

 

Reply:

Time frames in relation to the (a) opening and (b) closing date for submission of application are as follows:

Brand South Africa

The advertisement runs for a period thirty (30) days. Members of the public are informed about (a) opening and (b) closing date for submission of application.

Films and Publications Board (FPB)

Advertisement runs for thirty (30) days from date of publication. Members of the public are informed about (a) opening and (b) closing date for submission of application.

Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA)

The Department informs Parliament of the vacancies, which through the National Assembly initiate recruitment process. Members of the public are informed about (a) opening and (b) closing date for submission of application.

Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA)

The Department of Communications informs the Presidency and the National Assembly on the impending vacancies. The National Assembly of Parliament initiate recruitment process. Members of the public are informed about (a) opening and (b) closing date for submission of application.

South African Broadcasting Corporation

Department of Communications inform the Presidency of the impending vacancies, which intern inform Parliament. The National Assembly of Parliament initiate recruitment process. Members of the public are informed about (a) opening and (c) closing date for submission of application.

Reply:

I would like to inform the Honourable Member that there are currently only two entities reporting to the Minister of Social Development. The National Development Agency was established in terms of the National Development Agency (NDA) Act (Act No. 108 of 1998). The NDA is a listed public entity (Schedule 3A of the Public Finance Management Act), reporting to the Minister of Social Development. Its key strategic objectives of as prescribed in the Act is to:

• grant funds to civil society organisations for the purpose of meeting the developmental needs of poor communities;
• strengthen the institutional capacity of organisations for long-term sustainability;
• proactively source funds for purposes of achieving its developmental objectives;
• promote consultation, dialogue and sharing of developmental experiences to debate and influence developmental policies; and
• develop strategies to collaborate with local community development trusts, foundations, government clusters and civil society organisations. The key NDA programmes are funding, capacity building, policy and research, policy dialogue, as well as impact assessment.

The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) was established in terms of the SASSA Act (Act No. 9 of 2004). The mandate of the Agency is to ensure the provision of comprehensive social security services against vulnerability and poverty within the constitutional and legislative framework.

Other than the assets which are verified and listed in each financial year as per the requirements of the PFMA, the two public entities do not have any investments (listed or unlisted as they are established to fulfil a specific function in accordance with their respective Acts.

Reply:

I have been furnished with a reply by the CEO of the IDC, Mr Geoffrey Qhena, to the question, which follows below.

(a) The total amount spent by IDC on advertising was R33 833 079.89 in the 2016-17 financial year (see table below).

(b) The IDC’s budget for advertising in the specified financial year (2016/17) was R38 000 000.

IDC Advertising spend:

Digital	Yonder Media – nett	74 666,67
	Reprise - nett	296 804,79
	LinkedIn	120 000,00
	IOL	40 000,00
	Gagasi Radio	23 850,00
	CSRNEWSSA	15 544,91
	Cadreon – nett	428 526,90
	TOTAL DIGITAL	999 393,27
	The Mercury	48 688,00
	The Herald -17%	17 991,62
	Stellander -17%	3 821,30
	Rustenburg herald -Herout -17%	19 424,94
Loose Inserts (Newspaper)	Polokwane Observer	3 592,81
	Platinum Weekly	13 600,00
	Phalaborwa Herald - 17%	3 154,00
	Mopani Herald - 17%	3 320,00
	Mafikeng Mail -17%	9 553,25
	Letaba Herald - 17%	4 399,01
	Klerksdorp record -17%	12 737,67
	Isolezwe	161 530,00
	Hoedspruit Herald - 17%	2 656,00
	Highvelder 17%	13 928,10
	Gemsbok - Nett	28 651,15
	Diamond Fields Advertiser	100 838,32
	Capricorn Voice - 17%	7 453,77
	Cape Times	197 604,79
	Brits pos -17%	5 731,95
	Bosveld Review - 17%	3 320,00
	TOTAL INSERTS	661 996,68
Magazine	The Thinker Magazine	29 928,14
	SA Grain/Graan	21 050,00
	Public Sector Manager	32 935,00
	Outlook Publishing	83 826,35
	North West Business	35 868,00
	Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber	10 778,45
	MiningMX Yearbook	55 743,85
	Landbouweekblad	39 650,00
	KZN Top Business	52 163,66
	Kazibiz	35 930,00
	Infocom	4 670,66
	Forbes Africa Women	53 892,22
	Finweek - nett	147 852,00
	Finweek	49 284,00
	Financial Mail -17%	318 203,11
	Financial Mail	60 030,00
	Entrepreneur	78 560,00
	Destiny Man	161 676,65
	Destiny	203 592,81
	CSI Handbook	35 928,14
	CSI - The Human Face of Business	27 905,00
	Africa's Most Influential Women in Business & Government	20 360,00
	African Leader	18 000,00
	ACUMEN	301 724,99
	TOTAL MAGAZINE	1 879 553,04
Newspaper	Weekend Post 17%	27 017,25
	Volksblad -nett	57 142,99
	The Star	110 189,52
	The Herald -17%	77 777,46
	Sunday World -17%	35 104,53
	Sunday Times-Business Times	448 092,00
	Sunday Times - Business Times - 17%	1 113 522,04
	Sunday Times - 17%	394 845,41
	Sunday Sun -nett	39 513,77
	Sowetan Newspaper - 17%	481 930,41
	Sowetan Newspapers	62 694,00
	Mail & Guardian - Business	315 900,00
	Mail & Guardian	0,00
	Lowvelder	158 676,60
	Isolezwe - KZN Edition	158 024,71
	Isolezwe - Eastern Cape Edition	100 396,80
	Diamond Fields Advertiser	37 548,00
	Daily News	53 035,92
	Daily Dispatch - 17%	162 801,27
	Daily Dispatch	23 328,00
	City Press - nett	649 331,74
	City Press - Business	201 517,20
	Cape Business News	54 720,00
	Cape Argus	69 672,96
	Business Report (Star, Cape Times, Pretoria News, Mercury)	473 911,20
	Business Report (Inc)	483 643,39
	Business Day - 17%	330 272,41
	Business Day	47 466,00
	Bua Sedibeng News (Direct)	15 300,00
	African Independent	42 325,25
	TOTAL PRESS	6 225 700,81,
Out of Home	Provantage Media	305 389,22
	PRIMEDIA Outdoor	928 742,98
	Mall Media Company	173 652,69
	JC Decaux South Africa Outdoor Advertising	934 131,74
	Impact Outdoor Media	161 676,65
	Face First Media	64 670,66
	Connect Media Advertising Pty Ltd	59 881,44
	Brand IQ	97 005,99
	Boo Media - Billboards And Wraps	243 736,53
	Ad Outpost (Pty) Ltd	136 526,95
	TOTAL OOH	3 105 414,84
Radio	YFM	231 815,00
	Vuma 103 FM	28 742,52
	Umhlobo Wenene FM (Xhosa)	1 110 192,00
	Ukhozi FM (Zulu)	1 528 410,00
	Trufm	48 720,00
	Thobela FM (N.Sotho)	561 444,00
	SAFM	71 310,00
	RSG (Radiosondergrense)	293 595,00
	Radio Teemaneng - nett	69 820,36
	Radio Riverside-nett	61 077,84
	Phalaphala FM (Venda)	223 158,00
	OFM	88 272,00
	North West FM - 17%	38 647,19
	Munghana Lonene FM (Tsonga)	248 157,00
	Motsweding FM (Setswana)	1 031 092,00
	Metro FM	1 096 710,00
	Lotus FM	41 640,00
	Ligwalagwala FM (Seswati)	914 569,00
	Lesedi FM (Sesotho)	1 020 201,00
	Kaya FM 95.9	345 240,00
	Ikwekwezi FM (Ndebele)	253 227,00
	Heart 104.9	126 780,00
	Good Hope (Ghfm)	97 710,00
	Gagasi Radio	523 217,64
	FORTE FM	7 904,19
	Energy FM	63 031,83
	Capricorn Radio Direct - nett	130 000,00
	Capricorn FM	137 700,00
	Bosveld FM	12 594,45
	BDA FM 17%	2 341,89
	ALGOA FM-17% - united stations	110 427,98
	5fm	357 600,00
	TOTAL RADIO	10 875 347,89
Television	SABC 3	1 189 656,00
	SABC 3	351 819,00
	SABC 2	2 242 881,00
	SABC 1	3 676 104,00
	ETV	1 941 049,68
	ENCA	684 181,68
	TOTAL TVC	10 085 691,36
Grand Total	33 833 097,89

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Reply:

The Department of Communications (DOC) and also the Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) do not have investments. Detail information in relation to current and non-current assets of the DOC and GCIS, including entities current and non-current assets and investments are provided in the Annual Reports tabled in Parliament few weeks ago.

Reply:

Audited figures on payment made by the entitites have been provided to Parliament through Tabling Annual Reports of relevant entities.

Reply:

I am advised by the CEO of the Industrial Development Corporation of the following details related to the question:

“The total value of the IDC approved loan was R48,5 million for the manufacture of compressed logs targeting mainly the braai and fireplace market. The logs were to be branded as Eco Blaze and manufactured from recycled green waste. There were repayment terms specified for the loan. The loan agreements are structured in line with the cash-flows of the business.

“The Deputy Minister of Public Enterprises, Mr Ben Martins did not play any role in securing the loan for Semona Eco.

“The IDC’s investment decision-making process is such that no single person can take a decision on whether or not to invest in a particular project. This is a decision reserved for various investment committees within the IDC.

“To date the IDC has obtained judgment against Semona Eco and its guarantors. Additional steps taken are listed below:

• we have liquidated Semona Eco;
• we have liquidated Semona Oil (a guarantor);
• laying of criminal charges against Semona Eco & its officials with the Sandton Commercial Crimes Unit of SAPS;
• the listing of Semona Eco and its officials on the list of entities and persons the IDC will not do business with; and
• the institution of sequestration proceedings against Ms Lorraine Masipa (set down for hearing on 30 August 2017).”

Mr Geoffrey Qhena, IDC CEO.

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Reply:

1. (a) Broadcasters in the country are no longer using the South African Audience Research Foundation (SAARF) as their research authority. The tables below provide audience analysis as at the end of every financial year and since the 1st April 2017. The first table shows the stations’ performances during the time when broadcasters were still utilizing the services of SAARF. The second table reflects the era of the Broadcast Research Council (BRC); the new research authority that is used by broadcasters.

The two sets of tables below are not comparable as SAARF used sample frame skewed to urban areas and LSM 7-10 population.

		Oct 11/Mar 12	Oct 12/Mar 13	Oct 13/Mar 14	Oct 14/Mar 15
Total	Audience(000)	34,934	34,935	37,214	37,665
Total SABC Radio	Audience(000)	26,520	26,910	28,614	28,134
SABC PCS Radio	Audience(000)	8,161	7,640	8,274	7,963
SABC PBS Radio	Audience(000)	23,242	23,639	25,220	24,655

the link for the second table: http://pmg-assets.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/RNW2803Annexure-171030.pdf

(b) Radio Division Income Statement for the past five years: see link below

http://pmg-assets.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/RNW2652RADIODIVISION-171016.pdf

2. The station’s key cost drivers are signal distribution costs, marketing costs, employee costs, broadcast costs and direct revenue collection costs.

3. See the link: http://pmg-assets.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/RNW2652TOTAINCOME-171016.pdf

Reply:

Details of current and non-current assets are available in the 2016/17 Annual Reports tabled in parliament for both the Department and its entities.

For the Economic Development Department, the details are contained from page 122 of the Audited Financial Statements. Similar details may be obtained in entity reports.

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Reply:

(1) Upgrade of the SA Broadcasting Corporation’s TV Outside Broadcast (TVOB) Studios:

(a) The regions that were part of the project are as follows; (i) Cape Town, (ii) Port Elizabeth, (iii) Durban, (iv) Tshwane, (v) Mbombela, (vi) Polokwane, (vii) Bloemfontein, (viii) Kimberly and (x) Mafikeng

(b) The budget allocated was R39 147 450.00

(2) There is no overspend on the project currently

(3) The upgrade of the studios was not out sourced, equipment were purchased via SCM from numerous suppliers and were installed by the SABC staff

(4) The SABC tender process was followed to source different elements of the project, since it was not possible for one supplier to provide all elements needed to complete the project.

(a) Tender process followed consist of RFP process for large elements and RFQ process for smaller elements and was facilitated by the SABC procurement department.

(b) Shortlisting was done by the Bid Evaluation Committee (BES) for each tender in line with the relevant tender appointment procedures.

(c) Audited value amount of the contract has been provided to Parliament though the SABC Annual Report tabled few weeks ago.

 

Reply:

(1) ICASA Issued a Notice on a Moratorium on Applications for Community Sound Broadcasting Service Licences and related Applications for Radio Frequency Spectrum in a Government Gazette published on 22 September 2015. ICASA did not hold any public consultations on the Moratorium before the Notice on the Moratorium was published in Government Gazette. ICASA’s decision to place the Moratorium was necessitated by;

i) Scarcity of analoque radio frequencies

ii) Review of the licensing processes and procedures’ regulations to include a requirement for the ICASA to process registrations for class community broadcasting licences in two intervals per year, which was concluded in March 2016.

iii) ICASA’s need for development of a new regulatory framework for community broadcasting.

(2) (a) ICASA will issue a formal notice and communicate its decision to lift the Moratorium once all processes have been completed and it is ready for licensing, which include review of new regulatory framework for community broadcasting, (b) the Moratorium impact on the expansion of community media listenership, however, does not have any impact on existing community sound broadcasting services, since it is applicable to those wishing to apply for a new broadcasting service licence in relation to community sound broadcasting.

(3) Yes, ICASA has taken steps to solve the issues around community radio station licencing, which led to the Moratorium, details of the steps taken include the following;

i) Finalisation of the review of the licencing processes and procedures’ regulations, which include provision for ICASA to process registration for class community broadcasting lincences in two intervals per year,

ii) Review of regulatory framework for community broadcasting, ICASA has published a discussion document on the regulatory framework for community broadcasting services with request for written comments and representations from the public,

iii) Consultation with existing community radio broadcasters as well as the Department of Communications,

iv) Process to develop a framework for community broadcasting,

Reply:

(a) No, the department has not applied for disaster funding to repair the Eastleigh solute channel since no funding request was submitted by the Gauteng Province on behalf of the affected municipality.

(b) and (c) Not applicable

Reply:

1. With respect to sub-questions (a), (b) the response is “NONE”.

2. With respect to the remaining sub-questions, kindly be advised that the information that the Honourable Member seeks is contained in much greater details in the 2016/17 Annual Reports of the Department and its entities. Accordingly I respectfully refer the member to the annual reports mentioned above. NW3196E

Reply:

(1) (a) None.

   (b) The Department has not paid out the bonuses to employees for the 2016-17 financial year. The payment of bonuses will be finalised by the end of November 2017 as required by the revised Public Service Regulations, 2016, as amended.

(2) (a) None.

     (b) The Department has not started with the finalisation of assessments for 2017/18 financial year. The assessment for the 2017-18 financial year will be done during July to November 2018, after the completion of the 2017-18 financial year.

Reply:

(a) What number of vacant positions did the Media Development and Diversity Agency advertise:

(i) in each of the past five financial years

F/Y	2012/13	2013/14	2014/15	2015/16	2016/17
Number of posts advertised	3	5	7	12	19

(ii) since 1 April 2017

Three (3) positions were advertised:

• Director: Strategy Monitoring and Evaluation
• Director: Projects
• Risk Specialist

(b) what number of the specified vacancies were not filled in each case?

(i) in each of the past five financial years

F/Y	2012/13	2013/14	2014/15	2015/16	2016/17
Number of advertised posts not filled	0	0	7	7	8 (Two positions were filled in the following financial year.

(ii) since 1 April 2017,

None of the three positions advertised have been filled as they have only recently been advertised (September 2017). However, two positions have been filled since 1 April 2017, which resulted from advertising in the previous financial year.

(c) what amount was spent on advertising the vacancies that were not filled in each case?

(i) in each of the past five financial years

Please note that the MDDA does not advertise posts individually, but, for cost efficiency, places an overall advert for the vacancies, which directs the applicants to the website for the detailed specification of the posts. Therefore, the advertising cost for 2014/2015, 2015/2016 and 2016/2017 is for all the posts advertised and not limited to the amount spent on advertising the vacancies that were not filled.

F/Y	2012/13	2013/14	2014/15	2015/16	2016/17
Cost of advertising	0	0	R52,032*	R48,498*	R112,173*

*This is the total amount spent on advertising vacancies as, since the MDDA does not advertise posts indivually, the amount spent on advertising posts not filled could not be separated out.

(ii) since 1 April 2017,

R25 075,44 (the advert has only recently been placed and the MDDA is in the process of capturing received applications).

(d) what number of applications were received in response to the advertisements for the vacancies that were not filled

(i) in each of the past five financial years

F/Y	2012/13	2013/14	2014/15	2015/16	2016/17
Number of applications received in response to advertisements for vacancies not filled	No records due no handover	No records due no handover	No records due to no handover	No records due to no handover	204

ii) since 1 April 2017,

Vacancy	Number of Applications Received
Chief Financial Officer	56
Legal and Contracts Officer	66
Assistant Company Secretary	67
Travel and Events Logistics Coordinator	166
Director: Strategy, Monitoring and Evaluation	109
Director: Projects	59
Risk Specialist	69

(e) why were the specified vacancies not filled?

During quarter 1 of 2016/17 (being the period when the posts were advertised), the Board took a decision to start by appointing a CEO who would then appoint the Executive. The CEO took office on January 01, 2017 but left at the end of February 201, which in effect stalled the appointment of the Executive team. After the departure of the CEO, the Board took a decision to proceed with recruitment for the Executive Team.

In addition, the MDDA also took the decision to focus on recruiting only for those posts covered by funding that had been committed at the start of 2016/2017. With the commitment by two major funders later in the year, the focus was intensified on recruiting for all positions in the organogram.

Reply:

(1) The budget initially allocated towards digital media integration at Henley was R33 326 731.00

(2) There is an envisaged overspend on the project due to the forex rates impact and also change of scope, which has been approved in terms of the SABC’s Delegation of Authority Framework resulting in R 43 241 731.00. total budget

(3) (a) Digital Integration Service Provider

No.	Name of Service Provider	Objective of the Project
1.	Transfrontier PTY LTD (RFQ/HEN/2016/131)	Building works
2.	LVM Architect (RFQ/CT/15/A1E/26)	Appointment of Architect
3.	Jasco System PTY LTD	Avid ISIS Upgrade Hardware and Software
4.	Dalet (France)	Purchase of Ingest System as part of Digital Media Integration
5	On going RFP/TV/2016/70	Pheripheral Equipment (Supply of TV Broadcast Facilities Digital Media Integration - Pheripherals
6.	Not yet published	Technical Furniture

(b) SABC does not have the expertise and equipment to build the digital Media Integration facilities.

(c) 67 number of Information Technology Personnel are employed by the SA Broadcasting Corporation

(4) Process followed to appoint specified service provider

RFQ process were followed to appoint;

   (i) Transfrontier PTY LTD (RFQ/HEN/2016/131),

   (ii) LVM Architect (RFQ/CT/15/A1E/26) and

  (iii) On going (RFP/TV/2016/70),

Deviation process were followed to appoint;

  (i) Jasco Systems PTY LTD

  (ii) Dalet (France)

Details of service provider for Technical Furniture Project are not been published yet. Audited value amount has been provided to Parliament through the SABC Annual Report tabled few weeks ago.

 

 

Reply:

African Language News Bulletins are grouped in terms of SABC Television Channel Language Allocations for commercial revenue purposes, details are provided on a table in Annexure A attached herewith below;

ANNEXURE A:

NEWS	FY 2012/13	FY 2013/14	FY 2014/15	FY 2015/16	FY 2016/17	APR – AUG 2017
Afrikaans Nuus	164 305 199	175 486 536	121 458 272	122 218 038	66 628 516	22 498 863
English News	97 745 623	73 799 593	52 510 754	52 576 870	44 659 975	9 926 773
Setswana/Sotho News	58 669 216	54 849 982	49 303 600	56 111 635	48 773 619	6 291 374
Siswati/Ndebele News	32 865 728	33 968 964	28 325 912	33 244 303	40 152 736	14 707 526
Venda/Tsonga News	17 108 913	13 727 818	14 050 927	13 478 318	10 238 426	5 156 150
Xhosa/Zulu News	133 639 108	142 576 408	136 042 823	153 272 816	158 458 737	51 934 861
Total	504 333 786	494 409 301	401 692 288	430 901 979	368 912 009	110 515 546

Reply:

1. (a)(b)(i)(ii)(iii)(iv)

The Department issued an open tender and/or requested quotations in terms of the Government Procurement processes and delegated authority for the appointment of the following companies to prepare plans, documents, reports and strategies since December 2015.

No	FQ / Tender Number	Description	Awarded Company	Amount Awarded
1.	CoGTA (T) 03/2015	APPOINTMENT OF A SERVICE PROVIDER TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT WEB BASED ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE TOOLSET FOR THE DEPARTMNET OF COOPERATIVE GOVERNANCE AND TRADITIONAL AFFAIRS.	KPMG	R 6 719 912.00
No	FQ / Tender Number	Description	Awarded Company	Amount Awarded
2.	CoGTA (T) 01/2016	APPOINTMENT OF A SERVICE PROVIDER FOR THE REVIEW AND ENHANCEMENT OF A SIMPLIFIED REVENUE PLAN MODEL FOR CUSTOMISATION AND IMPLEMENTATION IN SELECTED MUNICIPALITIES.	UBUNTU BUSINESS ADVISORY AND CONSULTING (PTY) LTD, NKONKE TRADING 1004 CC, BIGEN AFRICA SERVICES (PTY) LTD, DATA WORLD (PTY) LTD, DUCHARME CONSULTING – COASTAL (PTY) LTD, KAGISO TRUST CONSULTANCY PTY LTD, BONAKUDE CONSULTING (PTY) LTD	Rate per Hour Project Manager – R 1600.00 Team Leader – R 1 200.00 Project Manager – R 1000.00
3.	CoGTA (T) 02/2016	APPOINTMENT OF A SERVICE PROVIDER FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTEGRATED PROPERTY AND CONSUMER DATABASE TO BE USED BY MUNICIPALITIES IN CREDIT CONTROL, DEBT COLLECTION AND INDIGENT MANAGEMENT.	GISCOE PTY LTD	R 8 899 880.00
4.	CoGTA (T) 03/2016	APPOINTMENT OF A SERVICE PROVIDER TO DEVELOP PROTOTYPE (MINIMUM STAFFING REQUIREMENTS) STAFF ESTABLISHMENTS ACCORDING TO DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS AND POWERS OF DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF MUNICIPALITIES	DELOITTE CONSULTING (PTY) LTD	R 9 525 319.20
5.	CoGTA (T) 04/2016	THE APPOINTMENT OF A SERVICE PROVIDER TO STRENGTHEN THE INTERNAL CONTROLS ENVIRONMENT BASED ON A BUSINESS PROCESS MAPPING AND RE-ENGINEERING EXCERCISE WHERE NECESSARY FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF COOPERATIVE GOVERNANCE OVER A PERIOD OF 24 MONTHS	SIZWENSALUBAGOBODO	R 2 844 072.00
6.	CoGTA (T) 13/2016	APPOINTMENT OF A SERVICE PROVIDER TO DEVELOP AND ROLL OUT TRAINING PROGRAMME ON THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ANTI-CORRUPTION STRATEGY AND THE MUNICIPAL INTEGRITY MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK.	THE ETHICS INSTITUTE NPC	R 1 235 720.10
7.	FQ 09/2016	APPOINTMENT OF A SERVICE PROVIDER FOR THE DESIGN, LAYOUT AND PRINTING OF COGTA ANNUAL REPORT 2015/16 FINANCIAL YEAR	OUTPUT COMMUNICATIONS	R 300 518.82
8.	FQ 119/2016	APPOINTMENT OF A SERVICE PROVIDER FOR THE DESIGN, LAYOUT, EDITING AND PRINTING OF COGTA ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2017/18 FINANCIAL YEAR	BLACK MOON	R 126 843.53

2. These plans, documents, reports and /or strategies have been implemented by the Department in line with the terms and conditions as well as timeframes for each contract.

Reply:

(a) Community Media Projects supported by the Media Development and Diversity Agency are as follows:

(aa) In 2014/2015 Number of community media projects supported by the Media Development and Diversity Agency was eight (8), which is made up of three (3) broadcast and five (5) print;

1. Number of men project supported is two (2) in broadcast and two (2) print
2. Number of women project supported is one (1) in broadcast and three (3) in print

(aa) In 2015/2016 Number of community media projects supported by the Media Development and Diversity Agency was fifty (50), which is made up of twenty six (26) broadcast projects and twenty four (24) print projects

i) Number of men project supported is twenty (20) in broadcast and nineteen (19) in print

ii) Number of women project supported is six (6) in broadcast and five (5) in print

(aa) In 2016- 2017 Number of community media projects supported by the Media Development and Diversity Agency was fifty eight (58), which is made up of thirty-nine (39 broadcast project and nineteen (19) print projects:

i) Number of men project supported is thirty (30) in broadcast and seventeen in print

ii) Number of women project supported is nine (9) in broadcast and two (2) in print media

(bb) None

(b) Refer to the attached Annexure A

 

Reply:

(a) Section 56 (2) (b) of the Disaster Management Act (Act 57 of 2002) places the onus for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of infrastructure on the organ of state responsible for maintaining such infrastructure. The Eastleigh solute channel belongs to Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality and therefore the responsibility for the repairs lies with the municipality. The Department of Cooperative Governance referred the matter to the municipality through the Gauteng Department of Cooperative Governance Province and a response is as follows:

The actual date for the repair of the channel is not available. The municipality indicates that specialist consultants were appointed to undertake investigations on the stability of the structures, the actual repair work that require to be undertaken and the designs for remedial measures including the costing for the repair work. It is indicated that the appointed specialist consultants were issued with instructions to proceed with work on 04 July 2017 and completed the assigned work on 31 August 2017.

(b) According to the municipality, the estimated cost received from the consultants after investigations and preliminary designs for the repair works amounts to R111.5 million.

(c) According to the municipality, the date for the completion of the repair work is not available since the repair work has not started as the municipality is currently studying the report and recommendations from specialist consultants.

Reply:

The Eastleigh solute channel infrastructure referred to belongs to the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality and therefore the question was referred to the municipality through the Gauteng Provincial Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs. A response received from the municipality is as follows: the routine maintenance on the channel and other similar infrastructure was conducted prior to the floods of 9 November 2016; however, a specific date is not available. (b) The actual amount utilised solely for the maintenance of the Eastleigh channel has not been indicated. The municipality indicated that an amount of R3.4 million was utilised for the maintenance of the Eastleigh channel and other similar infrastructure in the Edenvale area.

 

Reply:

The SABC Interim Board, in its progress report to the Portfolio Committee on Communications on the Implementation of the Recommendations of the Parliament Ad Hoc Committee on the SABC Board Inquiry alluded to the work done in this regard. Further information will be provided in a closed-out report to the Portfolio Committee on Communications on the work done by the SABC Interim Board on the Implementation of the Recommendations of the Parliament Ad Hoc Committee on the SABC Board Inquiry.

Reply:

Some of trade exchange agreement at SA Broadcasting Corporation are under dispute and others are before the Courts. Status report on trade exchange agreements at SABC will be provided to the Parliament Portfolio Committee on Communications with careful consideration not to compromise court processes on those matters that are before the Courts.

Reply:

1. R51,564, 716.88 ( Initial contract from 2011/03/01 to 2014/02/28)

      R 73,095,157.10 ( Deviations from 2014/03/01 to 2017/07/31)

2. Nothing was overspent.

3. Yes , Venus Security Solutions. The Minister of Police declared the SABC a National Key Point on the 11th August 2006. The SABC precinct No. 00058 has to be safeguarded by a NKP registered and compliant service provider for the duration of the precincts NKP status.

4. Yes, the SABC entered into a contract with Venus after an open tender process on the 1st of March 2010 for a period of 36 months. In terms of control of access to public premises and vehicle Act. 53 of 1985 the SABC is required to have a 24/7 security service. The Minister of Police declared the SABC a National Key Point on the 11th August 2006. The SABC precinct No. 00058 has to be safeguarded by a NKP registered and compliant service provider for the duration of the precincts NKP status. The Procurement Division was responsible for tender processes and appointment.

BREAKDOWN OF SPEND ON CONTRACT
Approved Contract value	116,955,008.00
Actual Payments
01 March 2011 to February 2012	14,952,000.00
01 March 2012 to February 2013	16,230,396.00
01 March 2013 to February 2014	20,382,320.88
Six months Extension 001      (01 March 2014 to  31 August 2014)	9,183,905.50
Nine  months Extension 002  (01 September 2014 to  31 May 2015)	15,228,386.82
Six  months Extension 003     (01 June 2015 to 30 November 2015)	10,659,872.03
Six months Extension 004      (01 December 2015 to 31 May 2016)	11,013,877.86
Three months Extension 005 (01 June 2016 to 31 August 2016)	5,930,733.05
One month Extension 006 (01 September 2016 to 30 September 2016)	1,916,216.50
Six month Extension 007 ( 01 October 2016 to 31 March 2017)	11,497,299.00
This deviation request 01 April 2017 to 31 July 2017	7,664,866.00
TOTAL CONTRACT VALUE	R124 659 874.00

Reply:

The Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services (DTPS) is in a better position to provide a Reply to this Parliamentary Question.