Questions and Replies

Reply:

1. (a) The total amount in respect of performance bonuses that was paid out in the 2016/2017 financial year is R 31 410 810.09.

(b) A detailed breakdown of the bonus that was paid out to each employee in the each salary level in the 2016-2017 financial year is attached as Annexure A.

2. (a) The performance management process is currently underway and in the process of being finalised and therefore no estimated amount that will be paid out in bonuses to employees in each salary level in the 2017-2018 financial year is available at this stage.

(b) The performance management process is currently underway and in the process of finalisation and therefore no detailed breakdown of bonuses that will be paid to each employee in each salary level in the 2017/2018 financial year is available at this stage.

 

Reply:

Having been advised by SAPO, the Minister hereby seeks to amplify the reply to the question as follows:

No member of the Gupta family approached the Postbank to open up an account.

An employee from JIC Limited approached the Postbank’s Head of Sales and Customer Care telephonically in August 2016 to open an account. The Postbank requested details of the company and financial statements. Upon receipt of this information, Postbank established that JIC Limited is part of the Oakbay Investments (Pty) Ltd.

The Postbank responded that it did not have capabilities to service corporate accounts such as risk management, IT infrastructure for large volumes, corporate electronic banking, corporate products such as Forex, trade finance, corporate lending, etc. Currently the Postbank mainly services individuals, SMME’s and small scale NGOs.

In 2017, a secretary of ANN7 called the Postbank with an intention to open a corporate account. Postbank responded that they were unable to do so at this stage for the same reasons as were presented in 2016.

 

Approved/Not Approved

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Dr Siyabonga Cwele, MP

Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services

Date:   

 

 

Reply:

(1) (a) (i) The local state of disasters declared by municipalities due to water shortages caused by drought during the past three municipal financial years, that have been reported to my department, are listed in a table below. All the other states of disasters during the indicated period were provincial states of disasters, declared by respective provinces.

For the past three municipal financial years:

Provinces and Municipalities	Financial Year
Eastern Cape Province Joe Gqabi District Municipality	2014/15 (January 2014)
Western Cape Province Central Karoo (Prince Albert) Eden District (Knysna, Bitou, Oudtshoorn) Cape Winelands (Witzenburg)	2015/2016 (November 2015)

(ii) Since 01 July 2017, the following municipalities were declared a local state of disaster:

Provinces and Municipalities	Period
Eastern Cape Province Sarah Baartman District Municipality Nelson Mandela District Municipality Amathole District Municipality	August 2017 August 2017 September 2017

(b) The dates for the (i) declarations and (ii) gazettes are as follows:

Provinces and Municipalities	(b) dates for the (i) declarations and (ii) gazettes
Eastern Cape Province Joe Gqabi District Municipality	30 January 2014, GN3115 - 6 EC 2014
Western Cape Province Central Karoo (Prince Albert) Eden District (Knysna, Bitou, Oudtshorn) Cape Winelands (Witzenburg)	25 November 2015, GN632-365 WC 2015
Provinces and Municipalities	(b) dates for the (i) declarations and (ii) gazettes
Eastern Cape Province Sarah Baartman District Municipality Nelson Mandela Metro Municipality Amathole District Municipality	11 August 2017, LAN3893-118 EC2017 14 August 2017, GN13895-19 EC2017 04 September 2017, GN3908-180 EC2017

(c) Where applicable, the department performs the following roles:

• Conducts assessments and classification of disasters as per section 23 of the Disaster Management Act (Act No. 57 of 2002);
• Facilitates the provision of technical support and guidance through the Municipal Infrastructure Support Agent (MISA);
• Coordinates the funding allocation to address the situation; and
• Monitors the implementation of intervention measures as per the Division of Revenue Act and applicable grant conditions.

(d) The amounts spent on addressing drought and water shortages in all the municipalities that were declared a state of disaster were provided through reprioritisation process by affected municipalities, Provincial Treasuries as well as relevant provincial and national government departments. The bulk of the funds that were made available by the provincial and national spheres of government were for implementation of drought intervention measures with regard to declared provincial state of disasters. With regard to the recent state of disasters declared by Amathole, Sarah Baartman District Municipalities and Nelson Mandela Metro Municipality respectively, there are no amounts allocated by the department and spent so far, as the process for the drought assessments and disaster classification are underway.

The bulk of the funds that were made available by the provincial and national spheres of government were for implementation of drought intervention measures with regard to declared provincial state of disasters. However, it should be noted that the indicated municipalities also benefitted from the funding that was allocated due to the declaration of a provincial state of disaster as a result of drought, since they were incorporated within the provincial declarations.

2. (a) The relevant national departments contributed funding to assist the affected provinces whereby the municipalities that declared a local state of disaster also benefitted. The details below are as per the reports from sector departments as well as where my department facilitated funding:

Table 1: Funding facilitated by different national sector departments to address the drought situation

Province that benefitted	National department that facilitated and contributed funding	Amount and source of funding	Financial year	Type of Assistance
Eastern Cape	COGTA through National Treasury	R29 million Contingency Reserve	2016/17	Provision and transportation of livestock feed for agriculture sector
	Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF)	R37.4 million Reprioritization from the Comprehensive Agricultural Support Programme (CASP)	2015/16	Provision and transportation of livestock feed
	COGTA through National Treasury	R8.6 million Contingency Reserve	2016/17	Water tankering and storage for human consumption
	Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS)	R4.9 million Reprioritisation from existing programmes	2015/16	Water tankering and storage for human consumption
Total Amount - EC : R79.9 million
Western Cape	COGTA through National Treasury	R12 million Contingency Reserve	2016/17	Provision and transportation of livestock feed for agriculture sector
	Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries	R6 million Reprioritization from the Comprehensive Agricultural Support Programme (CASP)	2015/16	Provision and transportation of livestock feed Inputs costs to small grain
	COGTA through National Treasury	R8.6 million Contingency Reserve	2016/17	Water tankering and storage for human consumption for the water sector
	Department of Water and Sanitation	R8 million Reprioritisation from existing programmes	2015/16	Drilling of boreholes for human consumption
Total Amount – WC : R34.6 million

(b) The following provinces reprioritised within their internal resources to address the impacts of drought. The details below on Table 2 are as per the reports received from the sector departments in the provinces:

Table 2: Funding facilitated by different provincial sector departments to address the drought situation.

Province that made contribution	Amount contributed and source of funding	Financial year	Type of Assistance
EASTERN CAPE PROVINCE
Eastern Cape	R95 million Equitable share	2016/17	Livestock feeds, refurbishment and drilling of boreholes (Agriculture Sector)
	R5.9 million Equitable share	2015/16	Provision and transportation of livestock feed Inputs costs to small grain (Agriculture Sector)
	About R200 million Equitable share	2015/16	Water infrastructure for human consumption (Water Sector)
Total Amount – EC : R 300.9 million
WESTERN CAPE PROVINCE
Western Cape	R40.9 million   CASP, Equitable share & AgriSA donations	2016/17	Provision and transportation of livestock feed Inputs costs to small grain
	R5.1 million Equitable share	2015/16	Provision and transportation of livestock feed Inputs costs to small grain
Total Amount – WC : R46 million

Reply:

According to the human resources records drawn from Vulindlela as updated on 30 September 2017, the total number of vacant posts that currently exist across the public healthcare system is 37 986 (b) The Salary levels of the specified vacancies range between Salary level 3 to 12 for Administrative Posts, 13 to 16 Senior Management Posts and different Occupational Specific Dispensation Levels. (c) The average amount that would be required to fill all the listed posts above is R10 633 796 279.05.

Summary of calculation per province:

PROVINCE	Number of Posts	Range of Salary levels	Averaged remuneration amount required to fill the posts
North West	4281	Level 3 to 16 and OSD Posts	R1 108 523 766,15
Limpopo	686	Level 3 to 16 and OSD Posts	R145 154 768,45
Western Cape	1813	Level 3 to 16 and OSD Posts	R522 462 877,45
Northern Cape	980	Level 3 to 16 and OSD Posts	R309 585 602,00
National DoH	223	Level 3 to 16 and OSD Posts	R93 842 380,00
Mpumalanga	2179	Level 3 to 16 and OSD Posts	R501 863 797,20
KwaZulu- Natal	5177	Level 3 to 16 and OSD Posts	R1 919 464 376,45
Gauteng	5359	Level 3 to 16 and OSD Posts	R1 540 808 598,40
Free State	4185	Level 3 to 16 and OSD Posts	R11858589930,00
TOTAL	37986	Level 3 to 16 and OSD Posts	R10 633 796 279,05

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Reply:

(1)

a. Number of vehicles at the mechanical workshop.	Six.
b. Time frame (from which date).	1. BSW236B: 2017-08-14. 2. BRW840B: 2017-08-15. 3. BSY701B: 2017-08-28. 4. BTG221B: 2017-09-06. 5. BSN321B: 2017-10-05. 6. BTC806B: 2017-10-05.
c. Mechanical problem.	1. Brake system, steering, suspension overhaul and wheel alignment. 2. Accident damages. 3. Engine, minor repairs. 4. For inspection, cooling system and cylinder head. 5. Repairs. 6. Repairs.

(2) 36.

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:

The formation of a Maintenance Repair and Overhaul facility to service the aircraft maintenance needs of the state is currently being considered through the development of an Optimal Corporate Structure for the realignment of the State Owned Airlines.

Mogokare Richard Seleke Lynne Brown, MP

Director-General Minister of Public Enterprises

Date: Date:

Reply:

(1)

a. Number of vehicles at the mechanical workshop.	Nine.
b. Time frame (from which date).	1. BTV052B: 2017-08-17. 2. BVB584B: 2017-09-12. 3. BTD291B: 2017-09-21. 4. BPV940B: 2017-09-28. 5. BTP909B: 2017-10-10. 6. BRS431B: 2017-10-09. 7. BNT533B: 2017-10-13. 8. BSW921B: 2017-10-11. 9. BTJ000B: 2017-10-13.
c. Mechanical problem.	1. Power steering. 2. Panel Beating. 3. Service. 4. Tyre repairs. 5. Panel beating. 6. Mechanical problem. 7. Service. 8. Clutch. 9. Mechanical problem.

(2) 62.

Reply:

1. Yes, the department keeps repositories of data on municipal performance, capacity, viability and sustainability

(a) Various units in the department contribute to the repositories, based on their specific areas of responsibility, e.g. financial information, public participation, MIG spending, service delivery protests, and the appointment of section 56 employees.

(b) (i) information is consolidated into excel spreadsheets;

    (ii) annually as it becomes available.

2. No, the information is not accessible to the general public through an open application programming interface;

(a) The department is still working on designs for such an open interface and is collaborating with National Treasury, DPME and StatsSA in the reporting reforms project to reduce the reporting burden of municipalities in this regard.

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	2	0	2016-09-24 2016-12-12	Lt Col Thapeli Lt Col Qangase

(2) Yes, Germiston, CAS 243/06/2015, CAS 238/06/2015, CAS 430/08/2015, CAS 709/09/2016 and CAS 348/12/2016.

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

Reply:

The following response was provided by the Gauteng Department of Cooperative Governance Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs:

(a) The last inspection was conducted in the previous financial year.

(b) The inspection was conducted by Rod Rankine.

(c) The above mentioned tower is in Sunnyridge and gives supply to all higher laying area in the vicinity. During the assessment of structural defects of Primrose reservoir to allow for repairs, the structural Engineer also gave comments after inspections. The structural engineer confirmed that the tower still has remaining useful life and that there must be structural repairs to improve conditions.

(d) Ekurhuleni Metro Municipality through the quantum leap project intended to increase the storage capacity of most of water reservoirs. It planned that another water tower be built adjacent to the existing tower with greater volumes and retention periods. Consultants have been appointed for the design of critical reservoirs including Sunnyridge and upon completion the Metro will go on tender for the appointment of contractor.

(e) It is projected that the cost for repairs could be 45% of building new water tower, but the Municipality will still have challenges of capacity.

 

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:

(a) A total of 775 PLAS land parcels were leased since inception. From the total of PLAS land parcels leased (775), 730 land parcels have lease agreements with the option to purchase.

(i),(ii) Please refer to the table below.

NO OF PLAS LAND PARCELS TRANSFERRED THROUGH:
Province	(i) LEASE AGREEMENTS	(ii) SALE AGREEMENTS	(iii) LEASE WITH AN OPTION TO PURCHASE
Eastern Cape	45	0	45
Free State	76	4	67
Gauteng	58	0	55
KwaZulu-Natal	54	1	54
Limpopo	57	3	52
Mpumalanga	61	1	60
North West	188	5	178
Northern Cape	193	7	180
Western Cape	43	0	39
TOTAL	775	15	730

(b),(c) The Department requires additional time to respond to this question as not all data since 1995 has been kept electronically.

Reply:

(1)

a. Number of vehicles at the mechanical workshop.	Eight.
b. Time frame (from which date).	1. BTR241B: 2017-10-09. 2. BVB667B: 2017-08-21. 3. BSV311B: 2017-09-05. 4. BTV054B: 2017-09-05. 5. BSZ137B: 2017-09-11. 6. BTS565B: 2017-10-02. 7. BSZ510B: 2017-10-09. 8. BTR248B: 2017-10-09.
c. Mechanical problem.	1. Brakes and suspension. 2. Accident. 3. Accident. 4. Electrical problem. 5. Cooling system and cylinder head. 6. Brakes. 7. Brakes and battery. 8. Brakes and suspension.

(2) 61.

Reply:

(a) A total of 8 733 556 patients were attended to at public hospitals and 38 035 852 were attended at public clinics from 1 April 2017 to 31 August 2017. The breakdown of patients by the type of public health facility is reflected in the following table.

(i)		Public Hospitals Visits
		OPD headcount	TOTAL
National	Facility-Type	Apr-17	May-17	Jun-17	Jul-17	Aug-17
za South Africa	District Hospital	635957	742927	650971	689568	738522	3 457 945
	National Central Hospital	294064	346570	341103	333093	360698	1 675 528
	Provincial Tertiary Hospital	234647	288300	255631	265197	290240	1 334 015
	Regional Hospital	406714	469484	446894	452170	490806	2 266 068
							8 733 556
	(ii)
		Public Clinic Visits
National	Facility-Type	PHC headcount	TOTAL
za South Africa		Apr-17	May-17	Jun-17	Jul-17	Aug-17
	Mobile Service	408463	577930	513175	521767	594258	2 615 593
	Clinic	5897683	7528698	7261529	7025627	7706722	35 420 259
							38 035 852

(b) Honourable Member, I cannot disclose patients confidential information to you, unless you bring a certified copy of the a signed consent from each of them

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Reply:

The following response was provided by the Gauteng Department of Cooperative Governance Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs:

1. Lease agreement is in place, there has been billing since January 2017.
2. Current Rental: R11 700.00 pm (10% escalation).
3. Lease period: 9 years and 11 months.
4. SASSA took occupation of the building from the 9th May 2017.
5. SASSA is currently painting the building internally, and they are in the process of branding the building outside.

 

Reply:

1. Any resolution taken by the Funds for payment of an ad hoc bonus in line with the Rules of the Funds will be considered for approval. There is no provision in the Rules of the Transnet Second Defined Benefit Fund and Transport Pension Fund (”the Funds”), that limits the number of bonuses payable. Ad hoc bonus payments are subject only to affordability, as certified by the Funds’ actuary. The payment of an ad hoc bonus is initiated by the Funds.

2. All requests from the Funds for approval of any ad hoc bonus payment are considered in a timely manner.

Mogokare Richard Seleke Lynne Brown, MP

Director-General Minister of Public Enterprises

Date: Date:

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	7	1	19 May 2016 (6) 16 October 2016 (1) 8 May 2017 (1)	Warrant Officer PM Mabuya Warrant Officer TJ Mdluli Warrant Officer TZ Nyembe

(2) Yes, Boksburg, CAS 276 to 281/05/2016, CAS 185/10/2016 and CAS 85/05/2017.

(2)(a) Not applicable.

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

Reply:

1. According to our database, we do not have any records of land claim lodged on the farm Haakdoornkuil 323 KR and the Office of the Regional Land Claims Commissioner: Limpopo received a land claim lodged by Kekana Matsobane Petrus on behalf of Motekwana Community on the farm Klipfontein 322 KR.

The said land claim was received on the 20th of November 2014, such land claims are not being processed due to the outcome of the Constitutional Court ordered that the claims that were lodged between 1 July 2014 and 27 July 2016 are validly lodged, but it interdicted the Commission from processing those claims until the Commission has finalised the claims lodged by 31 December 1998 or until Parliament passes a new law providing for the re-opening of lodgement of land claims. Parliament was given until 27 July 2018 to pass such a law.

2. Falls away

3. Falls away

Reply:

.The itemised details and expenditure are as follows
(a) Chairperson of National House of Traditional Leaders (NHTL) Kgosi PP Maubane (b) Family member(s) Chairperson of NHTL (c) Deputy Chairperson of NHTL Inkosi SE Mahlangu (d) family member(s) Deputy Chairperson of NHTL	(i) Itemised expenditure for security services in each of the past five financial years 2012/13 R 995,006.00   2013/2014 R 564,672.00 2014/2015 R 564,672.00 2015/2016 R 1 120,392.00 2016/17 R 1 120,392.00	(ii) Itemised expenditure since 1 April 2017   R 599,409.72

Reply:

(1)

a. Number of vehicles at the mechanical workshop.	Eight.
b. Time frame (from which date).	1. BSZ161B: 2017-09-13. 2. BSY260B: 2017-09-29. 3. BSZ511B: 2017-10-02. 4. BTR564B: 2017-10-02. 5. BTJ351B: 2017-09-02. 6. BSP576B: 2017-10-06. 7. BTV075B: 2017-10-09. 8. BSL436B: 2017-09-15.
c. Mechanical problem.	1. Gearbox. 2. Gearbox and clutch. 3. Electrical and clutch. 4. Panel beating and engine. 5. Clutch overall. 6. Panel beating and engine. 7. Clutch kit. 8. Clutch.

(2) Eight.

Reply:

(1)

a. Number of vehicles at the mechanical workshop.	Four.
b. Time frame (from which date).	1. BTJ088B: 2017-10-05. 2. BSP169B: 2017-08-15. 3. BSY430B: 2017-09-08. 4. BSN764B: 2017-09-20.
c. Mechanical problem.	1. Fuel problem. 2. Electrical problems. 3. Brake system and steering. 4. Clutch problem.

(2) 22.

 

Reply:

I have been informed by the Department as follows:

1. No bonuses have been paid out so far as the Department is at the last stage of finalising the payment of performance bonuses for the 2016-17 financial year.

2. The estimated amount and detailed breakdown of bonus payments is unknown at this stage because the first bi-annual performance review documents in respect of each employee for the 2017/18 financial year was submitted on 13 October 2017, and the annual appraisal documentation to conclude the performance cycle of 2017/18 will be submitted in April 2018. Accordingly, the Department will not know who will qualify for what until the end of the cycle when the Performance Moderating Committees will convene to moderate the performance of employees.

Approved/Not Approved

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Dr Siyabonga Cwele, MP

Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services

Date:

Reply:

1(a)(b)(c)(d)2

There are 12 councillors which are still not paid by the Department, the reasons varies to tax related challenges, inactive tax numbers, incorrect tax numbers and deceased former councillors. Therefore, the councillors and the families of the deceased councillors need to visit SARS offices to solve these tax problems. The Municipalities which are affected are, Moretele, Cederberg, Mahikeng, Theewaterskloof, Ekurhuleni, Westrand, Mamusa, Randfontein, Amahlathi, Ngwathe, Modimolle, City of Cape Town and Greater Tubatse.

The councillors will be paid immediately upon resolving their tax challenges with SARS and submit a proof thereof.

Majority of the councillors received the gratuity outcome letters indicating how the gratuity amount was calculated, the gross amount due, the tax amount deducted and the net amount paid to the councillor.

 

Reply:

Sourcing information from our provinces.

Reply:

(1)

SA Express Aircraft Reg. No Aircraft Type Status ZS - NMI CRJ200 In Service ZS - NML CRJ200 In Service ZS – NMM CRJ200 Out of Service ZS - NMN CRJ200 In Service ZS – NMC CRJ200 Out of Service ZS - NMD CRJ200 In Service ZS - NME CRJ200 In Service ZS - NMF CRJ200 In Service ZS – NBF CRJ700 Out of Service ZS - NBG CRJ700 In Service ZS- NMO Q400 Out of Service ZS – NMS Q400 Out of Service ZS - YBP Q400 In Service ZS - YBR Q400 In Service ZS - YBT Q400 In Service ZS – YBU Q400 Out of Service ZS - YBW Q400 In Service ZS - YBX Q400 In Service ZS – YBY Q400 Out of Service ZS - YBZ Q400 In Service (2)The following aircraft were out of service: Aircraft Aircraft Type Reason for Out of Service NMO Q400 NLG, Engines, Propellers, Engine mounts and robbed spares NMS Q400 NLG, Engines, Propellers, Engine mounts and robbed spares YBU Q400 NLG, Engines, Propellers, Engine mounts and robbed spares YBY Q400 NLG, Propellers, Engine mounts and robbed spares NMC CRJ200 Engines, Spares NMM CRJ200 Aircraft is robbed spares beyond economic repair. (3) See below the link for  Annexure A.

http://pmg-assets.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/RNW2803Annexure-171030.pdf

 

Mogokare Richard Seleke Lynne Brown, MP

Director-General Minister of Public Enterprises

Date: Date:

 

Reply:

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

Reply:

(1)(a)(i)(ii)(aa)(bb)(b)(c) and (2)(a)(b)

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

Reply:

(a) Municipalities with most leaks are located in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal. The Department does not assess location of water leaks by wards system. Instead, Municipalities provide information on water leaks as per distribution/ reticulation systems in accordance with either the number of households, total reservoir supply area and/or systems operating pressure regime.

(b)(i) In Gauteng Province, the municipality with the most leaks is the Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.

(b)(ii) In KwaZulu-Natal Province, the municipality with most leaks is the EThekwini Metropolitan Municipality.

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Reply:

Yes

a) Not applicable

b) Mid November 2017

Section 17CA (1 of SAPS Act) provides as thus:

(i) Minister of Police, with concurrence of cabinet, appoints National Head of DPCI for a non-renewable fixed term of not shorter than 7 years but not exceeding 10 years.

(ii) End of January 2018

Reply:

The details of the accused were circulated, as wanted, on 4 October 2010 and the circulation number is 2010/W/41973. Members of the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI) and informers were tasked to trace the suspect.

Reply:

(1) There are no bonuses paid yet for the National Department of Health for the financial year 2016/17. The Performance Assessment process is currently underway and the final amount to be paid for bonuses will only be determined once concluded before the end of December 2017 as stipulated in terms of the Public Service Regulation 2016, regulation 72 (9);

(2) The estimated budgeted amount for the Performance Management and Development System (PMDS) cost for 2017/18 is 2% of the wage bill. There is no indication yet on how much of the estimated amount will be paid for bonuses.

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Reply:

(1)(a)(i)(b)(i)(ii) and (2)

 

	(1)(a)(i)	(b)(i)	(b)(ii)	(2)
Province	Number of SAPS members who have had their driving licences suspended in 2016 and 2017	Period of time for which the driving licence was suspended	Offence for which the driving licence was suspended	Disciplinary action taken against the relevant SAPS member
North West	0	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
Western Cape	0	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
Eastern Cape	0	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
Northern Cape	0	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
KwaZulu-Natal	9	One year (one member) One year (one member) Three months each (five members) Six months (two members)	Reckless and Negligence Driving Reckless and Negligence Driving Reckless and Negligence Driving Misuse of Vehicle and Reckless and Negligence Driving	Disciplinary steps were taken and a verbal warning was issued. Disciplinary steps were taken and a verbal warning was issued. Disciplinary steps were taken and a verbal warning was issued. No disciplinary steps were taken. It was found that the members were not at fault. The suspensions were based on the fact that they had had previous accidents.
Free-State	0	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
Mpumalanga	0	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
Gauteng	0	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
Limpopo	0	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
Total	9 members
(a)(ii)(b)(i)(ii) and (2)
	(1)(a)(ii)	(b)(i)	(b)(ii)	(2)
Province	Number of SAPS members who have had their driving licences suspended from 1 April to 13 October 2017	Period of time for which the driving licence was suspended	Offence for which the driving licence was suspended	Disciplinary action taken against the relevant SAPS member
North West	0	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
Western Cape	0	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
Eastern Cape	0	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
Northern Cape	0	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
KwaZulu-Natal	10	Three months (one member) Six months (one member). Six months (one member). Seven months (one member). Three months (one member). Indefinite (Member has an eye problem). Six months (one member). Indefinite (one member). Six months (one member). Six months (one member).	Reckless and Negligence Driving Reckless and Negligence Driving. Reckless and Negligence Driving. Reckless and Negligence Driving. Reckless and Negligence Driving. Failing to report damage. Drunk Driving. Using motor vehicle without owner’s consent. Reckless and Negligence Driving. Reckless and Negligence Driving.	Disciplinary steps were taken, case is still pending. Disciplinary steps were taken, case is still pending. Disciplinary steps were taken, case is still pending. Disciplinary steps were taken, case is still pending. Disciplinary steps were taken, case is still pending. No disciplinary steps. There was a dispute on who damaged the vehicle. Damage was discovered whilst state vehicle was in the member’s possession. Disciplinary steps were taken. The member was found guilty and suspended from driving state vehicles for six months. No disciplinary steps were taken because the member resigned. No disciplinary steps taken, the member was hospitalised and died. Disciplinary steps were taken. The member was issued with a written warning.
Free-State	0	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
Mpumalanga	0	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
Gauteng	0	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
Limpopo	0	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
Total	10

Reply:

(a) (i) Each Provincial Department of Health has a Patient Records Management system that includes the management of Patient Files in public hospitals. Most public hospitals are using a paper-based patient file management system with the file number linked to the Patients Date of date of birth.

(ii) As from 2015 the National Department of Health in partnership with Provincial Departments of Health has implemented a system to standardise the patient file management system and patient administration in 540 primary health care facilities in the NHI Pilot Districts. Provincial Departments of Health are in the process of expanding this to primary health care facilities external to the NHI Pilot Districts.

(iii) The System consists of the following components:

1. Rationalise the number of Reception areas in the facility to one reception area;

2. Installation of Bulk Steel Filing Cabinets that can lock and are compliant with the minimum standards for the safe storage of documentation and allow for the fast retrieval of files;

3. The Department of Health has developed an electronic software that allows for a computer-generated Patient Folder number that is Facility Specific, gives the indication of where the Folder should be filed and retrieved in or from the bulk filing cabinet and allows for the Uniform Implementation of the Patient File Management System in the different PHC Facilities;

4. The Department, through an 18-month process of consultation and testing, has developed a Standardised Patient Folder in the form of a Booklet for Patients using PHC facilities. Separate standardised Patient Folders for Male, Female and Children has been developed and has been implemented at facilities.

END.

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:

The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health agreed on a fixed fee structure to see between 51-75 patients in a month for a maximum of six (6) months at a cost of R56 422 per patient.

The following services will be provided by the service provider:

1. Facility and Oncologist fee.
2. Number of treatments per patient: 20 Days or once a week for four (4) consecutive weeks depending on treatment protocol; 50:50 split is envisaged.
3. Transport for patients between facilities and Richards Bay Medical Institute.
4. Radiation treatment to be provided include stereotatic for 2% of population seen, 3D single for 20% of the population, 3D Multiple for 70%, IMRT for 6% and Electron-manual for 2% of population seen.

Furthermore, if patients exceed or are below the figure agreed upon then a process is in place to charge accordingly.

END.

Reply:

The following response was provided by the Gauteng Department of Cooperative Governance Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs:

1. (a) The Ekurhuleni Metro Municipality installed the new generator at the Windsor Pump Station on 21 July 2017 and it was commission on 22 July 2017.

     (b) The cost of the new generator is R1 313 304 excluding VAT.

2. The budget for the new generator was R1 500 000.

Reply:

During the 2016/17 financial year, four (4) employees received bonuses in the Ministry as follows:

Ministry
Salary Level	# of qualifying employees	Amount
Level 12	1	R47 957.49
Level 13	1st official	R52 629.12
Level 13	2nd official	R54 418.06
Level 13	3rd official	R55 858.50
	Total	R 210 863.17

The total amount paid during the 2016/17 financial year to other employees of DPME according to salary levels was as follows:

Salary Band	Qualifying employees	Amount
3 to 5	1 out of 15	R 12 000.00
6 to 8	18 out of 52	R 252 000.00
9 to 12	49 out of 119	R1 656 000.00
Salary level 13	7 out of 41	R 384 000.00
Salary level 14	1 out of 14	R 64 000.00
Salary level 15	4 out of 14	R 317 000.00
	Total	R 2 685 000.00

The estimated amount to be paid to qualifying employees in the 2017/18 financial year is R2 015 417.00.

Reply:

1. With the implementation of the new BAS version delays in the processing of payments were experienced. All entities not registered on the National Treasury central database system were not converted to the new BAS version. Suppliers and claimants had to resubmit their banking details in order to process payments. These issues have been resolved and payments are now flowing.

2. Monthly review of expenditure and projections are in place to ensure a streamlined process. Regular meetings with provincial offices to determine the status of projects and the settlement of claims are in place.

3. (a) The Restitution Business is broad and labour intensive. The verification process requires extensive consultation with claimants who at times leave in different areas far apart from each other. Households have also multiplied since the time of dispossession and the verification has to be done in collaboration and in agreement with the community representatives. This process is also intended to prevent fraud in the process.

 (b) The Commission is also engaged through a process of review of its business processes with the intent to find more efficient and effective ways to settle claims.

Reply:

The information is not readily available in the department and requests were made to the Provincial Departments of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs. However, only six provinces provided information in this regard:

PROVINCE	How many municipalities across the country have municipal owned entities	(2)
		(a) Who appoints the board members	(b) how long is the term of each specified board	(c) When was each current board appointed	(d) How many members of each board are female
Western Cape	City of Cape Town	City of Cape Town and Western Cape Government	It’s presumed to be a fixed term board	Various dates – see list attached	5 of 11 members are female
Gauteng	City of Tshwane	The Board is appointed by the City of Tshwane as the shareholder	The appointment of the Board is aligned to the five-year political term of Council	1 October 2012	Tshwane Economic Development Agency – 3 female members
				10 April 2012	Housing Company Tshwane – 1 female member
	City of Johannesburg	City of Joburg	1 year	16 March 2017	City Power – 3 female members
					Joburg Water- 4 female members
					Pikitup – 4 female members
					Johannesburg Social Housing Company – 1 female member
					Joburg Development Agency – 2 female members
					Joburg Market – 2 female members
					Joburg Property Company – 3 female members
					Joburg Roads Agency – 5 female members
					Metrobus – 3 female members
					Joburg City Parks & Zoo – 3 female members
					Joburg City Theatres – 7 female members
					Metro Trading Company – 5 female members
	City of Ekurhuleni	Council	3 years	1 May 2015	Brakpan Bus Company – 1 female member (resigned)
					Ekurhuleni Housing Company – 4 female members
					East Rand Water Care Company – 2 female members
	West Rand DM	Executive Mayor	3 years	April 2017	West Rand Development Agency – 2 female members
	Sedibeng DM	Council	Not specified	February 2015	Vaal River City Tourism Promotion Company – 1 female member
North West	Dr KKDM Economic Agency (SOC) Ltd.	The Council of the Parent Municipality	3 years	1 January 2016	2 female members (1 resigned)
	Rustenburg LM	Executive Mayor or the Council after an advertisement in the local newspapers	2 years	-	1 female member
	Lekwa-Teemane Development Agency	Council	3 years	In the process of appointing new board (recently terminated board was appointed Nov 2010 and term expired Oct 2013, however they remained an interim board until July 2017)	-
Mpumalanga	The City of Mbombela inherited the Umjindi Local Economic Development Agency after the amalgamation of Mbombela LM and Umjindi LM	City of Mbombela	24 months	New board in process of being appointed	New board in process of being appointed
	Thabachweu Local Economic Development Agency (THALEDA)	Council	3 yrs	20th October 2014 (An extension for a further one year was granted after the term of office expired in September 2017)	1 female member
Free State	No response from the province
Northern Cape	No municipality in the Northern Cape has a municipal-owned entity	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
KwaZulu-Natal	Umhlosinga Development Agency	The respective District Municipality	5 years	26 March 2013	0
	Zululand Development Agency		3 years	01 April 2016	3 female members
	Uthungulu Fresh Produce Market (King Cetshwayo)		5 years	2015	3 female members
	ILembe Management Development Enterprise		3 years	02 October 2015	3 female members
	UGu South Coast Development Agency		3 years	10 July 2015	3 female members
	Harry Gwala Development Agency		3 years	01 April 2015	0
	UMgungundlovu Development Agency		3 years	01 July 2016	3 female members
	Umzinyathi Development Agency		3 years	16 October 2016	2 female members
	UThukela Development Agency		3 years	14 July 2017	1 female member
	Amajuba Development Agency (The Municipal Council is yet to Endorse the Board and conduct the inauguration)		Nil - Awaiting Council Endorsement	2015	0
	Durban ICC		5 years	2014	1 female member
	Durban Marine Theme Park trading as Ushaka Marine world		5 years	2013	2 female members
	Safe City Pietermaritzburg		5 years	2015	2 female members
	Ugu South Coast Tourism		5 years	2015	3 female members
	Uthukela Water		5 years	2014	unknown
Limpopo	No response from the province
Eastern Cape	No response from the province

Reply:

(a) and (b) The following table reflects the details in this regard

Hospital	Post Designation	Approved	Filled	Vacant	Date vacated	Date to be filled
Elim	Deputy Director	1	0	1		Not yet determined
	Assistant Manager	6	2	4	1 each in 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2017
	Operational Manager	23	9	14	2 each in 2013 and 2014, and 10 never
Malamulele	Deputy Manager	1	1	0	Filled	Not yet determined
	Assistant Manager	6	3	3	2 never filled, and 1 in 2015
	Operational Manager	17	8	9	6 never filled, 1 each in 2011, 2015 and 2016
Messina	Deputy Manager	1	1	0	Filled	Not yet determined
	Assistant Manager	3	2	1	Never filled
	Operational Manager	13	4	9	1 each in 2011, 2014, 2015 and 6 never filled
Siloam	Deputy Manager	1	0	1	July 2005	Not yet determined
	Assistant Manager	6	1	5	1 in 2012 and 4 never filled
	Operational Manager	19	12	7	1 in 2013 and 6 never filled
Tshilidzini	Deputy Manager	1	0	1	July 2014	Not yet determined
	Assistant Manager	11	3	8	1 each in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, and 3 never filled
	Operational Manager	31	21	10	1 each in 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 4 never filled

 

END.

Reply:

(1)(a)(b) The following drug intelligence reports (meaning non-case finding reports), were issued:

	2012/2013	2013/2014	2014/2015	2015/2016	2016/2017	1 April 2017 to 8 October 2017
Drug Intelligence reports issued by the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL), Chemistry Section	0	2	6	6	5	2
Drug Intelligence reports issued by the Division: Technology Management Services (ad hoc) to the FSL, Chemistry Section	19	8	9	8	19	13

2. There are currently no backlogs in respect of drug intelligence reports.

(3)(a)(b)(i)(aa)(bb)

Substance	2012/2013	2013/2014	2014/2015	2015/2016	2016/2017	1 April 2017 to 8 October 2017
Cathinones	3 771	5 874	5 753	6 163	6 982	2 905
Cocaine	4 087	4 454	3 440	2 872	3 388	1 841
Heroine and Morphine	10 714	15 454	16 874	16 323	20 772	10 766
LSD	30	16	18	14	10	6
Methamphetamine	21 200	24 117	26 653	28 367	31 842	15 445
Methaqualone	14 133	18 412	20 039	21 788	28 162	15 695
Other Amphetamine Type stimulants	437	548	594	431	576	310
Other Drugs	140	115	191	152	177	79
Ephedrines	323	180	225	110	100	61
Clan lab chemicals	4	45	24	19	4	7
Total	54 839	69 215	73 811	76 239	92 013	47 115

 

(3(a)(b)(ii)

 

Substance	2012/2013	2013/2014	2014/2015	2015/2016	2016/2017	1 April 2017 to 8 October 2017
Methcathinone	10	5	13	8	10	4
Methamphetamine	8	3	3	3	2	4
Cathinone + Methamphetamine	0	1	0	0	2	0
Methcathinone + Methamphetamine	1		0	2	0	0
Methaqualone	9	13	10	11	9	5
Other Amphetamine Type stimulants	0		0	1	0	1

Reply:

I have been informed by the Department as follows:

1. (b) (c) The allocation was for the recapitalization of SAPO to implement its strategic turnaround plan. The total amount of R650 million was for the recapitalization of SAPO to enable it to implement its strategic turnaround plan. The total amount of R650 million was transferred to SAPO on 18th April 2016

 

Approved/Not Approved

---------------------------------

Dr Siyabonga Cwele, MP

Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services

Date:

Reply:

The Gauteng Department of Cooperative Governance Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs provided the response in this regard:

1. The Ekurhuleni Metro Municipality is currently in the process of appointing a service provider who will conduct the assessment.

2. Best practice dictates that a pavement management system be updated at least every 3 years.

Reply:

(1)

a. Number of vehicles at the mechanical workshop.	Five.
b. Time frame (from which date).	1. BST319B: 2017-10-16. 2. BSS894B: 2017-09-07. 3. BSY312B: 2017-09-07. 4. BSY925B: 2017-09-27. 5. BTV078B: 2017-09-27.
c. Mechanical problem.	1. Starter not operational. 2. Alternator. 3. Gearbox. 4. Alternator. 5. Accident.

(2) 17.

 

Reply:

(1)

a. Number of vehicles at the mechanical workshop.	Five.
b. Time frame (from which date).	1. BSX885B: 2017-09-27. 2. BST616B: 2017-10-13. 3. BSY286B: 2017-09-27. 4. BSY695B: 2017-09-27. 5. BSW650B: 2017-10-13.
c. Mechanical problem.	1. Suspension. 2. Overheating. 3. Clutch and brakes. 4. Brakes and overheating. 5. Brake system.

(2) 40.

Reply:

The Gauteng Department of Cooperative Governance Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs provided the response in this regard:

#	AREAS AFFECTED	NUMBER OF POWER OUTAGES PER FINANCIAL YEAR
		(aa) 2015-2016	(bb) 2016-2017
a	Marlands	4	21
2	Sunnyridge	19	20
3	Both Areas Affected at the same time (upstream substation trip)	18	9

Summary for 2015/2016

Marlands areas affected by power outages 22 times (4+18=22)

Sunnyridge areas affected by power outages 37 times (19+18=37)

Summary for 2016/2017

Marlands areas affected by power outages 30 times (21+9=30)

Sunnyridge areas affected by power outages 29 times (20+9=29)

Therefore, Marlands areas were affected 52 times in 24 months while Sunnyridge areas were affected 66 times in the same period. It must however be noted that not all customers were always affected at the same time. The customers were only affected as-and-when the circuit feeding them faulted which differed in frequency.

2. (a)

#	Financial Year	CAUSE OF POWER OUTAGES
		Equipment Failure	Operational Causes	3rd Party Cause	Eskom	TOTAL
1	2015/2016	22	12	6	1	41
2	2016/2017	33	8	8	1	50
3	TOTAL	55	20	14	2	91

• Equipment Failure refer to mainly medium voltage cable faults and switchgear failure
• Operational Causes refer to overload caused by limited number of available cables during repairs and failure of protection equipment.
• 3rd Party Causes refer to cable theft and damages by contractors
• Eskom refer to power outages imposed by Eskom network.

(b) Average hours for power restorations = 6 hours. The shortest power outage took around 0.25 hours and the longest around 41.5 hours.

(c) The power outages randomly happens across all days and hours.

(3) (a)

(i) The main substation (Germiston North Intake Substation) supplying the areas is being upgraded at the moment. The project started in January 2017 and is expected to run until the end of 2018. The substation is being completely upgraded with new transformers and switchgear. In addition to the upgrading of the main substation, the Municipality has identified ageing and frequently failing equipment (mainly medium voltage underground cables) to be refurbished this financial year. Tenders for underground cables (supply and install) are in place. Material already ordered in July 2017 and projects expected to run from October 2017 to June 2018.

(ii) Upgrading of main substation started in January 2017 and is expected to run until the end of 2018. Refurbishment of ageing and frequently failing medium voltage underground cables expected to run from October 2017 to June 2018.

(b) The upgrading of the main substation (Germiston North Intake Substation) is projected at R120 million. The refurbishment of ageing and frequently failing equipment (medium voltage underground cables) for the area is projected at R25 million for the 2017/2018 financial year.

(c) The upgrading of the main substation (Germiston North Intake Substation) is budgeted at R120 million. The refurbishment of ageing and frequently failing equipment (medium voltage underground cables) for the area is budgeted at R25 million for the 2017/2018 financial year.

 

Reply:

Honourable Member, your question is too generalised and makes it impossible to know what you want.

What specific equipment are you talking about? What specific consumables are you talking about?

On what day are you referring to such consumables because this is never static?

END.

Reply:

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

(aa) 2015/2016	(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.