Questions and Replies

Reply:

a) At the beginning of the financial year each entiy is required to submit a Shareholders compact. The shareholders compact, documents the mandated key performance measures and indicators to be achieved by the entities as agreed by the Accounting Authority and Executive Authority. The Executive Authority monitors the extent to which the Board as a whole, achieves the objectives and specific performamce targets. Procedures have been established where all the Accounting Authorities in SOE’s reports to the Executive Authority on a quarterly basis for monitoring and evaluation purposes.

b) In instances where an entity has not met its performance targets, careful consideration must be given, taking into account the reasons provided by the entities for non-achievement. Where it is found that Board members are lacking in certain skills sets they will be recommended for skills training or equipping programmes relevant to requirements. Sanctions would only become applicable where an entity has deliberately and knowingly acted negligently with state funds or resources or where supply chain processes were overlooked. In such instances, investigations are undertaken, followed by disciplinary action(s) where applicable or necessary.

c) Boards’ performance for the past three (3) financial years has been satisfactory, with other entities performing exceptionally well.

d) Board performance is monitored by the Corporate Governance Section within the Department. In addition, Boards also undergo Board evaluations, these can be done by an independent company or alternatively Board members can evaluate each other. Board evaluations conducted by Board members evaluating each other are usually done on a confidential basis. During these evaluations Board members are required to evaluate not only the positives but the negatives of each Board member over the course of the financial period under review. The outcomes of these Board evaluation reports are submitted to the Shareholder on an annual basis.

Reply:

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

b) Refer to (a) above

c) Refer to (a) above

Reply:

SAA is not in a position to make the details requested available, as they are confidential and involve third parties.

Reply:

a) What was the total cost of developing Operation Phakisa on Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development?

Expenses	Paid
1. Birchwood (venue & accommodation)	R 7 786 000
2. Travel (for selected stakeholders such as farmers, union representatives and NGOs) to and from the 5 week Lab	R 1 491 423
3. Pre and Post Lab facilitation: managing the content and programme of the Phakisa process	R 29 483 533
4. Research in support of Lab discussions and outputs	R 3 398 230
	R 42 159 186

 

b) What is the total number of stakeholders who were involved in the development?

The participants were selected from various disciplines within the industry to ensure appropriate representation. The participants represented research institutions, public and private sector, as well as labour organizations. Each participant was selected based on their professional expertise, insights and overall value they could contribute towards the Lab. There were approximately 161 participants registered to attend the Lab; however, the Lab had an average overall attendance of 82% participants.

 

The table below summarizes the registered participants at the Lab.

Area of Business	Number of participants
Academia/ Research Institutions	7
Institutional Body	10
NGO/ CBO	9
Private business and organized Business	45
Organized Labour	14
Public Sector (including Provincial Government)	76
TOTAL	161

c) What is the (i) name and (ii) professional designation of each stakeholder?

No.	Title	Name	Surname	Department	Type of Institutions	Job Title
	Mr	Sifiso	Dlamini	CSIR MERAKA	Academia / Research Institutions	Researcher
	Mr	Mario	Marais	CSIR	Academia / Research Institutions	Principal Researcher
	Ms	Grace	Oloo	University of Venda	Academia / Research Institutions	Senior Lecturer
	Dr	Sannah	Mativandlela	ARC	Academia / Research Institutions	Programme manager
	Dr	Mduduzi	Ngcobo	ARC	Academia / Research Institutions	Research Team manager
	Dr	Dr Rorisang	Patoso	ARC	ACADEMIA / RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS	RESEARCHER
	Mr	Toi	Tsilo	ARC	ACADEMIA / RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS	RESEARCHER
	Mr	Harry	Moeng	Land Bank	Institutional Body	Head: Distressed Farms
	Mr	Phuti	Moloto	Credit (Land Bank)	Institutional Body	Manager
	Mr	Seatla	Nkosi	Industrial Development Corporation	Institutional Body	Senior Specialist
	Mr	Johann	Marshall	IDC of SA LTD	Institutional Body	Senior Specialist
	Prof	Victor	Mmbengwa	National Agricultural Marketing Council (NAMC)	Institutional Body	Manager: Smallholder markert access
	Dr	Abongile	Balarane	National Agricultural Marketing Council	Institutional Body	Grains specialist
	Ms	Sinovuyo	Matai	PPECB	Institutional Body	General Manager: North Operations
	Mr	Daniel	Motiang	Agricultural Research Council	Institutional Body	Manager
	Ms	Zodwa	Mobeng	Onderstepoort Biological Product	Institutional Body	Comapany Secrectary
	Mr	Thozamile	Gwanya	ECRDA	Institutional Body	Chief Executive Officer
	Ms	Mawetu	Stirling	CAMISSA	NGO/CBO	NATIONAL RESEARCHER
	Ms	Palesa	RAMAISA	NARYSEC	NGO/CBO	Participant
	Mr	Siyabonga	Mbambo	NYDA	NGO/CBO	Senior Manager Operations
	Mr	Gino	Govender	Earthrise Trust	NGO/CBO	Trustee
	Mr	Adriaan	Markus	RAAWU	NGO/CBO	Labour Organiser
	Mr	Petrus	Viljoen	Agri Land Group (Pty) Ltd	NGO/CBO	Cheif Executive Officer
	Mr	Ndivhuho Navillee	Phungo	YARD	NGO/CBO	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
	Ms	Clara	Lukhele	National Movement of Rural Women	NGO/CBO	Administrator/ Coordinator
	Ms	Henriette	Abrahams	Sikhula Sonke	NGO/CBO	General Secretary
	Mr	De Wet	Boshoff	AFMA (MFSC)	Organised Business	Executive Director
	Mr	Dirk	Kok	AFMA/SACOTA	Organised Business	Manager: Operastional Services
	Mr	Ishmael	Tshiame	GFADA	Organised Business	General Manager
	Mr	Mawetu	Sonkosi	Nerpo	Organised Business	Project Coordinator
	Dr	Gert	Dry	WRSA	Organised Business	Past President
	Dr	Gerhard	Neethling	Red Meat Abattoir Association	Organised Business	General Manager
	Mr	Anwhar	Madhanpall	South African Sugar Association	Organised Business	General Manager: Land Reform and Rural Development
	Mr	Philip	Bowes	Vinpro (Wine Industry)	Organised Business	Transformation Manager
	Dr	Konanani	Liphadzi	Fruit South Africa	Organised Business	CEO
	Dr	Andre	Jooste	Potatoes South Africa	Organised Business	CEO
	Mr	Rudolf	Badenhorst	Potatoes South Africa	Organised Business	Manager: Market Development
	Mr	Kevin	Maart	Deciduous Fruit Development Chamber	Organised Business	General Manager
	Mr	khethokuthula	Nzimande	South African Sugar Association	Organised Business	Operations Manager
	Mr	Theo	Boshoff	Agri SA	Organised Business	Legal Officer
	Mr	christo	vd Rheede	Agri SA	Organised Business	Deputy Executive Director
	Ms	Thozama	Gwente	The South African Wine Industry Trust	Organised Business	Chairperson
	Mr	William	Fortuin	The South African Wine Industry Trust	Organised Business	Trustee
	Mr	Leon	de Beer	NWGA	Organised Business	CEO
	Mr	Hamlet	Hlomendlini	Agri SA	Organised Business	Senior Economist
	Mr	Jannie	Hendricks	BAWSI	Organised Labour	Member
	Mr	kaviraj	appadu	ilo	Organised Labour	senior programme officer
	Mr	Dhalmini	Bhekithemba	Ceppwawu	Organised Labour	National Co-ordinator
	Mr	Mxolisi Patric	Jama	NAFU	Organised Labour	District Leader
	Ms	Pumza	Vitshima	NAFU-EC	Organised Labour	NAFU-EC President
	Ms	Thuliswa	Ndzibongwana	NAFU-EC	Organised Labour	EC-Youth-Co-ordinator
	Ms	Chwayita	Mboni	NAFU-EC	Organised Labour	NAFU-EC Rural Women
	Ms	Florence Nomzi	Joel	Nafu	Organised Labour	Rural Women
	Ms	IDA	JACOBS	FAWU	Organised Labour	ORGANISER
	Ms	Mahuhudi	Masipa	NAFUSA	Organised Labour	Dep SG and Head of Transformation
	Mr	ABRAHAM PAUL	DANIELS	FAWU	Organised Labour	NATIONAL EDUCATOR
	Mr	Manila. Elliot	Malishe	NAFUSA	Organised Labour	Secretary
	Ms	Ntuthu	Mbiko Motshegoa	AFASA Women's Desk	Organised Labour	Womens's Desk
	Ms	Brenda	Tlhabane	AFASA	Organised Labour	Women's Desk
	Mr	Willem Abraham	Olivier	Tongaat Hulett Starch (Pty) Ltd	Private Sector	Maize Co-Ordinator, Purchasing
	Mr	Teko	Kole	Afri-Grow	Private Sector	Operations Manager
	Mr	Vusumzi	Stok	Afri-Grow	Private Sector	Operations
	Mr	Charles	Erasmus	WIVCRT	Private Sector	Transformation Convenor
	Mr	Gafieldien	Benjamin	AFRIWU	Private Sector	General Secretary
	Mr	Elmo	Abrahams	E PARTNERS	Private Sector	Executive Member
	Mr	Michael	Mokhoro	SALBA/Vinpro	Private Sector	Stakeholder Relations Manager
	Mr	Landile	Nkungwana	sefa	Private Sector	Agricultural Relationship Manager
	Mr	Egan	Duminy	LenQua Group	Private Sector	Executive Member
	Dr	Riaan	Du Preez	Afrivet	Private Sector	Manager: Scientific Affairs
	Mr	Moshe	Molefe	Afrigrow Agriholdings (Pty) LTD	Private Sector	Group CEO
	Dr	Otto	Mbangula	Afrigrow Agriholdings (Pty) LTD	Private Sector	Executive Director: Livestock Production & Farmer Support
	Ms	Mariette	Kotze	HORTGRO	Private Sector	Information Manager: Agricultural Economics
	Mr	Lungani	Hlongwa	TigerBrands	Private Sector	Policy analyst
	Mr	Piers	Kenyon	enteprisEvolution Technology Holdings	Private Sector	MD
	Mr	George	Mothoa	SEFA	Private Sector	Agricultural Specialist
	Ms	Maleshoane	Mokhachane-Moeti	Mokhachane CPA	Private Sector	Farm manager
	Ms	Elizabeth	Mhlongo	SANParks	Private Sector	Senior GM: Socio- Economic Development
	Mr	Jerry	Seakhoaa	FABRIC	Private Sector	Public Relations Officer
	Ms	Jolene	Samuels	The Vineyard Academy	Private Sector	Marketing
	Mr	Pitso	Sekhoto	Makolobane Farmers Enterprises	Private Sector	CEO
	Mr	Louis H. W.	Verhoef	Agratech Trade	Private Sector	Manager
	Mr	Moshakge	Molokwane	People and Packs	Private Sector	MANAGER
	Mr	Humlet	Hlomendlini	AgriSA	private sector	Economist
	Mr	Johan	Pietersen	Matuba Wines	private sector	Wine Maker
	Mr	owen	wilcox	National Treasury	Public Sector	CHIEF DIRECTOR PUBLIC FINANCE
	Mr	Dennis Nekhavhambe	Nekhavhambe	DAFF	Public Sector	ECONOMIST
	Mr	M	Selepe	DAFF	Public Sector	DEPUTY DIRECTOR
	Ms	Thandi	Manzi	Eastern Cape	Public Sector	EXTENSION OFFICER
	Mr	Bongani	Mbali	CCMA	Public Sector	Commissioner
	Ms	Mlalelwa	Mabona	DSD	Public Sector	ASD
	MS	ZANELE	BAMBO	DSBD	Public Sector	DEPUTY DIRECTOR
	Mr	JULY	MOTSOENENG	Department of Small Business Development	Public Sector	Deputy Director
	Mr	Walter	Mokgobu	DAFF	Public Sector	Agronomist
	Ms	Nobuhlobo	Mafu	Agriculture, Rural Development, Land and Environmental Affairs (DARDLEA)	Public Sector	Deputy Director
	Mr	NJANYANA JOHN	RADEBE	Rural Development and Land Reform	Public Sector	NARYSEC participant
	Ms	Roberta	Burgess	Department of Agriculture, Land reform and Rural Development	Public Sector	Senior Manager
	Mr	Risimati Samuel	Khandlhela	Traditional Affairs	Public Sector	Senior Manager
	Mr	Patrick	Tonyane	Agriculture:NC	Public Sector	Manager
	Mr	khulekani	mtshali	DARD	Public Sector	Agricultural Advisor
	Mr	Gift	Pasipavunda	DRDLR	Public Sector	Chief Town and Regional Planner
	Mr	THEBE	MOTHUSI	READ	Public Sector	DIRECTOR
	Mr	Dumisani	Nzama	KZN Dept Of Agriculture& Rural Development	Public Sector	Production Scientist Grade B
	Ms	dina elizabeth	mosito	agriculture and rural dev	Public Sector	production scientist
	Ms	Rirhandzu Nomia	mkhari	Limpopo Department of Agriculture and rural development	Public Sector	Agricultural Scientist
	Dr	Julian	Jaftha	Agriculture, forestry & fisheries	Public Sector	Chief Director: Plant Production & Health
	Mr	Mapurunyane Krauzer	Bapela	Department of Rural Development and Land Reform	Public Sector	Director
	Mr	Deka	Bothwell	National Treasury	Public Sector	Director
	Mr	Thabane Mhlonipheni	Mvelase	KZN: Department of Agriculture	Public Sector	Senior Agric Advisor
	Mr	Thabo	Ramashala	Agriculture,Forestry & Fisheries	Public Sector	Director
	Mr	Simphiwe	Mhlontlo	EC Dept of Rural Development and Agrarian Reform	Public Sector	Scientific Manager
	Ms	Sibongile	Hlekiso	Cooperative Governance	Public Sector	Senior Manager:LED Support
	Mr	Ayanda	Ngqandu	Rural Development and Land Reform	Public Sector	Director
	Mr	Mfundo	Macanda	EC Rural Development & Agrarian Reform	Public Sector	Director
	Mr	HILTON JOE	TOOLO	RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND LAND REFORM	Public Sector	CHIEF DIRECTOR
	Ms	Zwianzo	Nemavhola	Agriculture	Public Sector	Scientist Manager
	Dr	Cebisa Luxolo	Mnqeta	DRDAR	Public Sector	Director
	Ms	Maria	Mphahlele	DRDLR	Public Sector	Deputy Director
	Mr	Lukhanyo	Nkombisa	CGA-GDC	Public Sector	General Manager
	Mr	LOMAS	MAVULWANA	GDARD	Public Sector	PRODUCTION SCIENTIST
	Mr	WAKHENI	MABUSELA	GDARD	Public Sector	SAA
	Ms	Elder Mtshiza	Mtshiza	DAFF	Public Sector	CD:CASP
	Mr	TENDAMUDZIMU	RASIKHANYA	DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND SANITATION	Public Sector	DEPUTY DIRECTOR:POLICY DEVELOPEMNT AND IMPLEMENTATION
	Mr	Vela	Mngwengwe	Rural Development and Land Reform	Public Sector	Chief Director
	Mr	Makala Ngaka	Ngaka	Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries	Public Sector	Deputy Director
	Mr	Abram	Shiya	DAFF	Public Sector	Assistant Director
	Ms	Priscilla	Namukasa	Rural Development and Land Reform	Public Sector	Professional GISc. Practitioner
	Mr	Petrus Louw	Pienaar	Western Cape Department of Agriculture	Public Sector	Senior Agricultural Economist
	Ms	Nompumelelo	Pakade	DRDLR	Public Sector	Head of Special Projects and AdviseDMKC
	Ms	Lesego	Kok-Ngonyama	FS-DARD	Public Sector	Scientist Production Gr A
	Ms	Mavis	Masemola	FS-DARD	Public Sector	Agric Adviser
	Mr	Pilot	Nchabeleng	FS-DARD	Public Sector	Senior Manager-Research
	Mr	Joel	Mamabolo	DAFF	Public Sector	Director
	Mr	MASIPHULA	MBONGWA	DRDLR	Public Sector	SPECIAL ADVISOR TO MINISTER
	Ms	Santhurie	Naidoo	Dept of Rural Development and Land Reform	Public Sector	CHief Director
	Mr	LULAMA	ZANTSI	RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND LAND REFORM	Public Sector	CHIEF DIRECTOR
	Mr	Bonga	Msomi	Agriculture	Public Sector	Chief Director
	Mr	MALIBONGWE	GCWABE	RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND LAND REFORM	Public Sector	LAND REFORM ADVISOR
	Ms	Shaun	Feldman	Department of Labour	Public Sector	Deputy Director
	Mr	Richmond Ntuli	Ntuli	Labour	Public Sector	Director: Governance & Projects
	Mr	wandisile	kahlane	DRDLR	Public Sector	Deputy Director
	Mr	MOSES	RANTHO	NKANGALA DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY	Public Sector	RURAL &AGRICULTURAL SPECIALIST
	Mr	Leslie	Nyagah	Economic Development	Public Sector	Director
	Mr	Charl	van Rooyen	WCDoA	Public Sector	Pomologist
	Ms	Kholofelo	Thobejane	DAFF	Public Sector	Director
	Ms	Parmella	Makongwana	dti	Public Sector	Assistant Director
	Mr	Elvis	Nakana	DAFF	Public Sector	Deputy Director: Commodity Markets Analysis
	Mr	Samfana	Mahlangu	Rural Development and Land Reform	Public Sector	Director
	Mr	William	Mohapi	waterberg DLRC	Public Sector	Pensioner
	Mr	William	Mohapi	Waterberg DLRC	Public Sector	Pensioner
	Mr	Dennies	Nekhavhambe	DAFF	Public Sector	Senior Agricultural Economist
	Mr	Bonginkosi	Zulu	DRDLR	Public Sector	CD
	Mr	Gaoretelelwe	Phutieagae	Rural evnvironment and agricultural development	Public Sector	Deputy Direcotor
	Ms	Aluwani	Matsila	DRDLR	Public Sector	CD
	Ms	Disego	Malepu	DRDLR	Public Sector	Business anlyst
	Ms	imameleng	Mothebe	DTI	Public Sector	Director
	Ms	Ngoanabokone	Maleswene	DRDLR	Public Sector	Deputy Director
	Ms	Samukelisiwe	Ngcobo	DRDLR	Public Sector	Geomatic Manager
	Mr	Solly	Molepo	DTI	Public Sector	Deputy Director
	Ms	Makhupu	Selepe	DRDLR	Public Sector	Deputy Director
	Dr	Steven	Cornelius	OBP	public sector	CEO
	Prof	Mandivamba	Rukuni		public sector	Advisor

d) What is the current status of the specified project?

Operation Phakisa for Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development is at the 4th step of an 8 step process of the Operation Phakisa methodology.

The 4th step involves an Open Day which has the purpose of informing the public of the outcomes of the Lab, and nature of implementation agreement with key role players to be signed publicly on that day.

The application to host the Open Day was submitted to the Private Office of the President.

The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) and the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) has since the completion of the Lab, appointed champions to lead the implementation of the twenty seven initiatives emanating from the Lab.

Reply:

(a) The Department of Labour does not use call centre agents services

 (i) Not applicable

(ii) Not applicable

(b) none

Reply:

(a) The information below indicates the number of boys resident at Don      Mattera Child and Youth Care Centre in each month from September 2016 to date:

Month	Number of boys
September 2016	35
October 2016	36
November 2016	38
December  2016	38
January 2017	37
February 2017	42
March 2017	42
April 2017	42
May 2017	37
June 2017	41
July 2017	39
August 2017	36
September 2017	27
October 2017	27
November 2017	27

(b) The information below indicates the number of girls resident at Don Mattera Child and Youth Care Centre in each month from September 2016 to date:

Month	Number of girls
September 2016	36
October 2016	36
November 2016	37
December 2016	37
January 2017	32
February 2017	35
March 2017	38
April 2017	36
May 2017	38
June 2017	39
July 2017	38
August 2017	39
September 2017	32
October 2017	34
November 2017	34

Reply:

a) Attendance registers are completed in the morning and at night on a daily basis at Temporary Safe Care formerly called Places of Safety.

b) The centre manager and child and youth care supervisors are responsible for ensuring that the child and youth care workers complete the attendance registers.

Reply:

The term labour broker does not exist in our current legislation. What we have is Temporary Employment Services and or Private Employment Agencies (PEAs/TES) that are registered with the Department of Labour in terms of Section 24(1) of the Skills Development Act, 1998 as Amended as part of our transitional process.

(a) A total of 492 private employment agencies/temporary employment services were registered with the Department of Labour as at 30 September 2017.

(b) Currently we do not have data as that will only become possible once PEAs/TES regulations are finalized and gazetted. The Department

of Labour will as soon as the regulations are finalised, keep records

on who uses PEAs/TES and statistics of people employed, placed or assisted across all sectors by these agencies.

(c) Covered above.

Reply:

1. Minister of Labour to respond:

As the Department of Labour we have two CEO’s, two Commissioners and two Executive Directors.

Entity	(a) Chief Executive Officers, Commissioner’s and Executive Directors.	(b) Chief Financial Officer employment status
COMPENSATION FUND	Permanent (Commissioner)	Permanent
UIF	Permanent (Commissioner)	Permanent
NEDLAC	Fixed term contract (Executive Director)	Permanent
PRODUCTIVITY SA	Fixed term contract (CEO)	Permanent
SEE*	Fixed term contract (CEO)	Permanent
CCMA	Fixed term contract (Executive Director)	Permanent

• *SEE is not listed as a public entity, operates as a trading entity within the Department of Labour2. 

2. Minister of Labour to respond:

Entity	(a) Names of each Officer	(b)(i) When was Officer employed?	(b)(ii) When will each Officer’s contract end?
COMPENSATION FUND	Mr. Vuyo Mafata(Commissioner) Mr. Abraham J Modiba(CFO)	01 April 2016 16 September 2013	Permanent Permanent
UIF	Mr. Teboho Maruping(Commissioner) Ms Fezeka Puzi(CFO)	01 December 2016 01 April 2016	Permanent Permanent
NEDLAC	Mr Madoda P Vilakazi(EX Director) Mr Mfanufikile Daza(CFO)	01 April 2016 15 December 2014	31 March 2021 Permanent
PRODUCTIVITY SA	Mr Mothunye Mothiba(CEO) Dr Sibusiso Sabela(CFO)	01 April 2016 01 August 2017	31 March 2020 Permanent
SEE*	Mr. Silumko Nondwangu(CEO) Mr. Spheni Ngcongo(CFO)	31 August 2017 15 December 2015	31 August 2018 Permanent
CCMA	Mr. Cameron Morajane(Director) Ms Phetsile Magagula(CFO)	01 April 2016 03 April 2017	31 March 2021 Permanent

• * SEE is not listed as a public entity, operates as a trading entity within the Department of Labour

Reply:

1(a) Chief Executive Officers employment period:

SEFA

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of SEFA, Mr Thakhani Makhuvha is employed by Industrial Development Corporation (IDC).

SEDA

The CEO of SEDA, Ms Mandisa Tshikwatamba is appointed on five year fixed contract.

1(b) Chief Financial Officers employment period:

SEFA

The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of SEFA, Ms Reshoketswe Ralebepa is appointed on a five (5) year fixed term contract period.

SEDA

The CFO of SEDA, Mr Norman Mazizi is employed on five year fixed contract.

(2) Details of contracts

(2)(a) Names of Officers	Details of contract	(2)(i)Starting date	(2)(ii)Ending date
Mr Thakhani Makhuvha	Mr Makhuvha, employed by Industrial Development Corporation (IDC), was seconded to SEFA for a three-year (3) period.	1 November 2012	31 October 2015
	His secondment was further extended by three years.	1 November 2015	31 October 2018
Ms Mandisa Tshikwatamba	Appointed on a five year fixed contract.	1 August 2016	31 July 2021
Ms Reshoketswe Ralebepa	Appointed on a five year fixed contract.	1 October 2015	30 September 2020
Mr Norman Mazizi	Appointed on a five year fixed contract.	1 March 2015	29 February 2020

Reply:

In relation to placement of children in Temporary Safe Care formerly known as Places of Safety, it is standard practise to separate boys and girls in terms of gender and age. Child and youth care workers are supervising children on a 24 hour basis, 7 days a week. In terms of the national norms and standards for temporary safe care, programmes must promote the safety, security, dignity and well-being of children

Reply:

(1) The procedure to be followed by staff who work at Temporary Safe Care formerly called Places of Safety if a child at the institution goes missing, is that they must immediately report the matter to the nearest police station for the case to be investigated. The DSD managers at the district level, Head of the Department and case manager must be informed. The case manager must inform the parent(s) and the children’s court. 

(2) The case must be reported to the Provincial DSD Human Resource Management, (Labour Relations Unit) for an investigation if it has been determined that staff member/s did not follow the relevant procedures and the disciplinary processes must be followed.

Reply:

1. (a) The Chief Executive Officer of the NDA, Mrs Thamo Mzobe, is employed on a fixed term contract.

(b) The Chief Financial Officer of the NDA, Ms Cheryl Yeni, is employed permanently, effective from 03 October 2017.

2. (a) Mrs Thamo Mzobe. (Chief Executive Officer)

(b) (i) The Chief Executive Officer was employed on 01 November 2016.

(ii) Her contract will expire on 31 October 2019.

Reply:

Response from the Department

The department does not own any land.

Response from the Entities

Entity	b	b(i)	b(ii)	b(iii)
Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC)	The CIPC does not own land	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
Companies Tribunal (CT)	The CT does not own land	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
Export Credit Insurance Corporation (ECIC)	The ECIC does not own land	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
National Consumer Commission (NCC)	The NCC does not own land	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
National Consumer Tribunal (NCT)	The NCT does not own land	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
National Credit Regulator (NCR)	The NCR does not own land	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
National Empowerment Fund (NEF)	The NEF does not own land	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
National Gambling Board (NGB)	The NGB does not own land	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
National Lotteries Commission (NLC)	The NLC does not own land	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
National Metrology Institute of South Africa (NMISA)	The NMISA does not own land	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
National Regulator For Compulsory Specifications (NRCS)	The NRCS does own land	ERF 2901 Mount Road, in the area of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, Division of Port Elizabeth, Province of the Eastern Cape	1,6486 hectares	The office building located on this land has been consumed by fire in 2016/17, but the NRCS is in a process to refurbish the building and use it as NRCS Regional Office in Port Elizabeth.
South African Bureau of Standards (SABS)	The SABS does own land	1 Lategaan Street, Groenkloof, Pretoria, Gauteng 1 Apollo Road Olifantfontein 1665, Pretoria, Gauteng 20 Liesbeek Road, Rosebank, Western Cape 15 Garth Road Durban, Mayville, Kwazulu-Natal 1 Teichman Drive, Sunnyridge East London, Eastern Cape Farm 964, Cove Road, East London, Eastern Cape 8 Bunsen Road, Secunda, Mpumalanga 22 Henrywicht Drive, Saldanha, Western Cape	220 907 sqm 113 927 sqm 4 121 sqm 24 272 sqm 82 672 sqm 961 670 sqm 1000 sqm 647 sqm	Head office Electrical testing facility Regional office (Testing and Certification) Regional Office (Certification) Vehicle testing facility Leased Coal testing facility Vacant
South African National Accreditation System (SANAS)	The SANAS does not own land	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable

Reply:

SASSA

(a) (aa) 3 invoices

(bb) 2 invoices

(cc) 5 invoices

(dd) There are no invoices outstanding for 120 days

(b)

Supplier Name	Invoice date	Invoices over 30 days	Invoices over 60 days	Invoices over 90 days
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE	17-Mar-17			R 31 795.37
SITA	31-Mar-17			R 409 539.57
SHAMROCK AIR CLOSE CORPORATION	28-Sep-16			R 1 117.20
LEXIS NEXIS	28-Jun-17			R 3 420
MTN	25-Jul-17			R 14 214.33
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE	8-Aug-17		R 41 226.96
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE	18-Aug-17		R 503.00
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE	17-Jul-17	R 381 344.25
LYCEUM COLLEGE	19-Sep-17	R 26 250
AZ TRADING CORPORATION	14-Jun-17	R 4 698.60
		R 412 292.85	R 41 729.96	R 460 086.47

NDA

a) ii) The NDA has a total number for Supplier invoices that remain unpaid as follows:

aa) 0 to 30 Days

• 1 Supplier, with a total amount outstanding of R7 200.00

bb) 31 to 60 days

• 2 Suppliers, with a total amount outstanding of R139 828.00

cc) 61 to 90 days

• 1 Supplier, with a total amount outstanding of R1 197.00

dd) 91 days and over

• 4 Suppliers, with a total amount outstanding of R40 320.00

Reply:

(1) In 2016/17 there were 2 multi-year projects that were being funded and are in the cyber/information security space.

a) The development of a prototype for the Biometric Recognition of Minors. Its total budget over 2015/16 - 2017/18 is R 14 977 561, of which R 8 648 983 was for 2016/17. In its conceptualisation the project received endorsement from the South African Social Services Agency (SASSA), and is being implemented by the CSIR.

b) The implementation of the Network Emulating and Simulation Laboratory (NESL). Its total budget over 2014/15-2016/17 was R7 887 000. of which R1 049 500 was for 2016/17. The project was funded through the High-end Infrastructure grant. The NESL is a platform that aims to provide cybersecurity researchers with the ability to perform network bandwidth modelling, cybersecurity training, device security research and advanced analytics to study cyber risk and to deliver effective and practical security solutions. It is implemented by CSIR.

Therefore, the total investment for investment for 2016/17 is R9 698 483.

Reply:

1. (a) Refer to Annexure A for the Department of Science and Technology (DST).

(b) Refer to Annexure B for entities.

2. (a) Refer to Annexure A, column H for the services provised, for the DST.

Refer to Annexure B for the entities.

(b) Refer to Annexure A, column F for the amount spent per service provider for DST.

Refer to Annexure B for entities.

3. (a) The following has reference:

	Black Owned
The DST	759
Entities	1453

(b) Refer to Annexure C, column H for the contracts awarded to black owned suppliers by the DST.

Refer to Annexure B for the entities.

(c) Refer to Annexure C, column G for amount paid to black owned suppliers for the DST.

Refer to Annexure B for entities.

Reply:

1. The number of A and B rated researchers is 831 and not 2 000. The restructuring of the Incentive Funding for Rated Researchers (IFRR) instrument will benefit emerging and early career researchers as well as established researchers through the following instruments, viz., (i) Competitive programme for Rated Researchers (CPRR); (ii) Competitive Support for Unrated Researchers (CSUR); and (iii) Thuthuka.

Based on the current MTEF budget, it is estimated the approximately R30 million per annum will be re-directed and used to supplement the above funding instruments.

2. Yes, all areas of possible savings were considered in terms of the NRF's operational and financial sustainability plans. However, only the IFRR programme was deemed relevant in terms of the directive from the National Treasury that the NRF must implement measures to increase cost savings without compromising its core mandate of research support and advancement.

3. The IFRR programme was never intended to be a primary instrument of the allocating research grants and driving student education or research output. The R30 million released from restructuring the IFRR constitutes only 1.25% of the R2.4 billion annual allocations for researcher and postgraduate and student support. The released funds will be re-allocated for researcher and student support through other funding instruments.

 

Reply:

1. The Department granted permission to employees as follows:

• 2015-2016 = 01 employee
• 2016-2017 = 07 employees
• 2017-2018 = 09 employees

2. Only 1 employee was doing business with the government.

(a) Cleaning and vegetation with Eskom

(b) 2014-2016;

(c) R35 506,95 payable every second or third month. The employee has since resigned from company.

 

Reply:

The salary band are regulated by the Basic Conditions of Employment Act and all other related labour legislations all of which are under the administration of the Department of Labour.

 

Approved/Not Approved

Mr MJ Zwane, MP

Minister of Mineral Resources

Date Submitted:-……………/………………/2017

Reply:

a) Department of Small Business and Development (DSBD)

Details	(a) Breakdown	(b) Valuation
Item	Name /Type	Specification (Current / non-current)	(0-3 months)	(3-6 months)	(6-12 months)	(Beyond 12 months)
(aa) LISTED ASSETS	(aa) Listed assets in reference to (aaa) directly	Not applicable
	(aa) Listed assets in reference to (bbb) indirectly	Not applicable
(bb) UNLISTED INVESTMENTS	(bb) Unlisted investments in reference to (aaa) directly	Not applicable
	(bb) Unlisted investments in reference to (bbb) directly	Not applicable

b) (i) Entity: Small Enterprise Development Agency (SEDA)

Details	(a) Breakdown	(b) Valuation
Item	Name /Type	Specification (Current / non-current)	Breakdown (0-3 months)	Breakdown (3-6 months)	Breakdown (6-12 months)	Breakdown (Beyond 12 months)
(aa) LISTED ASSETS	(aa) Listed assets in reference to (aaa) directly	Not applicable
	(aa) Listed assets in reference to (bbb) indirectly	Not applicable
(bb) UNLISTED INVESTMENTS	(bb) Unlisted investments in reference to (aaa) directly	ABSA Call Account	Current	R 66 092 057				R 66 092 057
	(bb) Unlisted investments in reference to (bbb) directly	Not applicable

c) (ii) Entity: Small Enterprise Finance Agency (SEFA)

Details	(a)	(b)
Item	Name /Type	Specification (Current / non-current)	Breakdown (0-3 months)	Breakdown (3-6 months)	Breakdown (6-12 months)	Breakdown (Beyond 12 months)	Valuation
(aa) LISTED ASSETS	(aa) Listed assets in reference to (aaa) directly	Not applicable.
	(aa) Listed assets in reference to (bbb) indirectly	Not applicable
(bb) UNLISTED INVESTMENTS	(bb) Unlisted investments in reference to (aaa) directly	Associates	Non-current				R 128 622 368	R 128 622 368
		Investments					R 36 964 865	R 31 964 865
		Joint Operations					R 29 000 000	R 29 000 000
		Joint Ventures					R 194 213 072	R 163 872 781
		Subsidiaries					R 129 201 028	R 106 189 103
	Loans and advances	Loans and advances	Non-current				R 1 197 449 987	R 616 201 761
		Rental debtors	Current				R 73 087 645	R 17 790 380
	Investment properties	Loans and advances	Non-current				R 190 444 353	R 190 444 353

Reply:

(1). The Department does not grant employees permission “to have businesses and or to do business dealings”, however, it grants permission to employees who request to perform other remunerated work outside their employment in line with the requirements of Section 30 of the Public Service Act 1994, as Amended by Act 30 of 2007. In the past three financial years, nine (9) employees were granted permission to perform remunerative work outside their employment in the Department.

(2) The Department does not have information of any employee who in the past three financial years had business dealings with the Government.

Approved/Not Approved

Mr MJ Zwane, MP

Minister of Mineral Resources

Date Submitted:-……………/………………/2017

Reply:

The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development is not responsible for enforcing civil court judgements. The Ekurhuleni Metro Municipality successfully applied for an order against the respondent and inquiries need to be made to the Ekurhuleni Metro Municipality as to why they are not enforcing it.

Reply:

Due to the detailed information requested for the department and its entities per order issued during the past 5 years it will unfortunately not be possible to provide a meaningful response within the limited time frame allowed in responding to Parliamentary questions.

The information requested is not readily available and supporting documents will have to be requested from archives filed off site.

Further to that it should also be noted that the BEE status level as requested per supplier will not cover the 5 year period and that the department previously recorded and reported on the HDI status of suppliers. The software system that was used at that stage is no longer in existence as it has been discontinued with the implementation of the Central Supplier Database hosted at National Treasury.

Based on the above it is proposed that the department be allowed more time to gather information and that a response be submitted directly to the member.

Reply:

As reported by third parties, which we as Environmental Affairs are not required to keep record of, and therefore cannot verify these figures:

a) Eskom

(i) (aa) 2014-15: 34 410 Kilo Tons.

(bb) 2015-16: 32 586 Kilo Tons.

(cc) 2016-17: 32 612 Kilo Tons.

(ii) 01/04/17 – to date: 16 999 Kilo Tons.

b) Sasol

(i) (aa, bb and cc) and (ii)

The Sasolburg Operations (SO) and Secunda Synfuels Operations (SSO) ash figures are kept separate because of the operations being in different locations. We have also separated the coarse ash (predominantly gasification ash) from the fine ash (ash generated at the steam plants). Also, please note that Sasol’s financial year runs from July to June.

Ash in Tons	FY15 (1 July 2014 to 30 June 2015)	FY16 (1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016)	FY17 (July 2016 to June 2017)	1 April 2017 to 30 Sep 2017 (please note that Apr 2017 to June 2017 figures are included in FY17 data)
Sasolburg Operations (SO)
Fine ash (boiler fine and bottom ash particles)	598 215	573 927	590 731	262 748
Secunda Synfuels Operations (SSO)
Fine ash (boiler and gasification fine particles)	4 324 772	4 037 215	3 843 959	1 847 788
Coarse ash (predominantly gasification ash)	6 229 382	6 654 301	6 400 470	3 058 644
Total
Ash generated (all sources and types)	11 152 369	11 265 443	10 835 160	5 169 180

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Reply:

a) The Fund will be operational during 2018/19 financial year but the planned disbursement of the funding will be the beginning of 2019/2020 financial year.

b) An allocation of R1 Billion has been communicated to the Department of Small Business Development.

c) The money will come from the national fiscus.

d) The Department of Small Business Development together with National Treasury and Department of Science and Technology are working with the Government Technical Advisory Centre (GTAC) to develop the architecture of the Fund where issues around the management of the Fund will be considered.

e) The SA SME Fund established by the CEO Initiative is targeting high growth businesses whereas our research on the ecosystem shows that there is a lack of funding of enterprises that are at an ideation and early start-up phase which will be the target of the Fund. The Department together with its agencies are engaging with SA SME Fund to identify areas of collaboration on other matters which include sharing research, mentorship and training of enterprises on financial management.

f) The work that is being undertaken through GTAC will assist government to decide on how the fund will operate but the government is conscious of the economic environment and would not look at setting up a completely new structure that will add to operational costs.

g) The financial mandate of the fund will be informed by the exercise that is being conducted through GTAC, but government is looking at having this fund as a soft loan which will provide affordable finance to small businesses and the emphasis will be more on ensuring that the Fund is sustainable rather than profit maximisation.

Reply:

Due to the detailed information requested for the department and its entities per order issued during the past 5 years it will unfortunately not be possible to provide a meaningful response within the limited time frame allowed in responding to Parliamentary questions.

The information requested is not readily available and supporting documents will have to be requested from archives filed off site.

Further to that it should also be noted that the BEE status level as requested per supplier will not cover the 5 year period and that the department previously recorded and reported on the HDI status of suppliers. The software system that was used at that stage is no longer in existence as it has been discontinued with the implementation of the Central Supplier Database hosted at National Treasury.

Based on the above it is proposed that the department be allowed more time to gather information and that a response be submitted directly to the member.

Reply:

Due to the detailed information requested for the department and its entities per order issued during the past 5 years it will unfortunately not be possible to provide a meaningful response within the limited time frame allowed in responding to Parliamentary questions.

The information requested is not readily available and supporting documents will have to be requested from archives filed off site.

Further to that it should also be noted that the BEE status level as requested per supplier will not cover the 5 year period and that the department previously recorded and reported on the HDI status of suppliers. The software system that was used at that stage is no longer in existence as it has been discontinued with the implementation of the Central Supplier Database hosted at National Treasury.

Based on the above it is proposed that the department be allowed more time to gather information and that a response be submitted directly to the member.

Reply:

a) All small-scale work is procured through quotation process for both CAPEX and OPEX. SME’s and suppliers registered on the database are invited to submit quotations for goods or services required. During 2014 financial year up to July 2016, PRASA supplier database was used to source quotations for small-scale and ad-hoc works such as unplanned maintenance. Since July 2016, the Central Supplier Database managed by National Treasury is used to source quotations for all small –scale works.

b) Invites are sent to suppliers registered on the Central Supplier Database to renders services or provide goods for OPEX and CAPEX. The supplier information is obtained from the Central Supplier Database.

c) On rotational basis, suppliers are selected from the Central Supplier Database and invited to quote for services or goods required by the business.

d) Refer to Annexure A.

e) The nature of work relates to repairs and maintenance, office stationer, cleaning services and property relates services. Refer to Annexure A

Reply:

(a) The process of appointing members had its complications which amongst other things included delays in verifying criminal records, qualifications of some of the nominated members as they were out of the country for long periods. There was also a process undertaken to broaden the composition of candidates to include those with background and experience in Cooperatives Development.

(b) The final list of nominations has been concluded and it is expected that the appointments shall be made in the last quarter of 2017/18 including induction of members. The new members shall be inaugurated to the Advisory Council on the 1 April 2018.

Reply:

1. (a) Three years and seven months

(b) In all nine provinces of the country

(c) The total amount of money paid to the foundation for Project Management Fee and Procurement of tools and materials is R587 333 670.71. See the details in the table below:

FINANCIAL YEAR	PM FEE	PROCUREMENT	TOTAL
2014/15	53,392,167.98	25,022,206.18	78,414,374.16
2015/16	81,716,774.27	153,442,903.24	235,159,677.51
2016/17	67,692,466.15	36,921,905.83	104,614,371.98
2017/18	17,919,303.78	151,225,943.28	169,145,247.06
TOTAL	220,720,712.18	366,612,958.53	587,333,670.71

2) Yes, Dhladhla Foundation was appointed through a formal supply chain process. The Ministry is willing to provide the supporting documentation only when the process of the Promotion of Access to Information Act is followed.

Reply:

(1)

(a) 1 permit to sell 264 rhinoceros horns and 7 permits to buy rhinoceros horns

(b) No horns or parts thereof

(2)

(a) As indicated above, no horns or parts thereof were sold during the auction. The following measures are in place to prevent and detect illegal activities:

• Environmental Management Inspectors (EMIs) monitor compliance to the buying permits as well as the possession permits that will be applicable to the horns. Through the permitting system we are able to track the movement of the horns and conduct inspections on a regular basis to monitor that these are horns have remained in the country;
• We have improved the ability to track the movement of rhino horn through the implementation of a national database and systems relating to the marking of rhino horn and genetic profiling;
• The Department’s Environmental Management Inspectorate (EMI) works in collaboration with other government agencies such as the South African Police Service and SARS Customs at international airports and at border posts in order to combat the illegal import and export of wildlife products. Having enforcement officials at these ports has assisted in the detection of illegal goods and identification of possible offenders and continue to do so;
• The Department’s Environmental Management Inspectorate (EMI) has been raising awareness and training border officials on initiatives focused on the Illicit International cross border movement of endangered species. This enhances our efforts to build capacity to tackle the problem;
• In 2017 we also commenced with awareness raising sessions for the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) officials protecting the South African border line to ensure that they are aware of the illegal practices related to smuggling of wildlife and that they are able to react should they encounter smugglers;
• The Department works in close co-operation with enforcement officials from neighboring countries to ensure that they are aware of possible illegal trade and that they immediately inform the department in case of any seizures of illegally traded horn and supply us with the necessary information to enable enforcement agencies to investigate;
• Accordingly, we have improved our detection capability at ports of entry and exit by increasing awareness, human capacity, technology and skills which is evident in the increased number of confiscations, arrests and convictions related to wildlife trafficking.
• Regulations pertaining to certain restricted activities involving rhinoceros horn were developed under section 97 of the National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act, 2004 (Act No. 10 of 2004) to ensure the strict regulation of the domestic trade in rhino horn. Under section 57(2) of the National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act, 2004 (Act No.10 of 2004) specific activities will be prohibit, i.e. the shaving and powdering of rhinoceros horn of Ceratotherium simum, Diceros bicornis bicornis, Diceros bicornis minor and Diceros bicornis michaeli.

(b) Not applicable

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Reply:

1. (a) The table below provides the information required as at August 2017

Sphere	Participation Target	Actual Participation	Cumulative Participation (1 April – 30 August 2017)	(b) Total value in rands
(i) National	237 265	212 723	226 879	653 956 252
(ii) Eastern Cape	42 600	42 669	44 314	133 128 086
(ii) Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality	2500	1961	2080	6 243 884

2) All CWP participants sign contracts as part of their initial enrolment in the programme. The process of enrolment, including the signing of contracts by participants, is facilitated by Implementing Agents (IAs) appointed to implement the programme on behalf of the department at each of the CWP sites.

3) Potential participants have to meet three primary criteria before they can be enrolled in the programme: a) They have to be poor; b) They have to be unemployed or under-employed, i.e., employed on a part time basis and being available to work two days a week in the CWP; and c) They have to reside in a ward that has been prioritized by Council for CWP implementation (on the basis of poverty and unemployment levels).

The process of recruiting CWP participants involves a number of stakeholders: i) the IAs are responsible for recruiting participants who meet the criteria outlined above, ii) the Ward Councilors for the designated wards confirm (or otherwise) that the potential participant resides in their ward and indeed, meets the other two criteria and is not better off compared to other potential participants residing in the ward, ii) the Municipal representative on the multi-stakeholder Local Reference Committee (LRC) checks whether the potential participant is registered on the Municipality’s Indigent Register and iv) the LRC which decides on participant prioritization or selection criteria in instances where the number of qualifying potential participants exceeds the target participation rate for the particular site.

In deciding on prioritization or selection criteria, the LRC must adhere to the principles of transparency, fairness and non-discrimination, as outlined in the Recruitment Guidelines for Public Employment Programmes (PEPs) developed by the Department of Public Works’ Expanded Public Works Programme – the coordinating department for all PEPs, including the CWP.

4) (a) During the introductory visit to a new CWP municipality, a presentation

is made to the Municipal Council by the respective provincial CoGTA, IA and DCoG on the CWP - covering its objectives, the various role players, the municipality’s own role in the programme and the initial work opportunity target assigned to the Municipality by DCoG on the basis of the available budget. The Council of the CWP Municipality is then requested to determine the wards that are to be prioritized for roll out in the municipality. This is formalised through a council resolution which also states who the CWP champion in the municipality is going to be. In most instances, on the initial introductory visit, the Council only expresses an “in principle” endorsement of the CWP in their municipality and the desire for the CWP to be rolled out to all their wards. However, a full discussion on the matter is often deferred to a follow-up full sitting of Council where the CWP is further discussed, often without other external stakeholders. In that meeting, the CWP is formally endorsed and a municipal champion named through a council resolution. The outcome of the Council meeting is then communicated to DCoG in writing.

(b) Municipalities (Local and Metropolitan) to which the CWP is introduced are always advised to prioritize those wards where unemployment and poverty levels are highest and where socio-economic conditions are most depressed.

According to the information received from the Province of the Eastern Cape, the CWP in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality is being implemented in the 42 wards listed below:

4, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 35, 36, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58,59, 60.

5) The budget allocated to each sphere for the past three financial years since 1 April 2017 (Wage and Non-Wage) is as outlined below:

Sphere	2014/15	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18
National	908 613 593	927 569 451	1 191 628 422	1 356 541 631
Eastern Cape CoGTA	191 867 433	166 199 184	168 319 861	224 845 074
Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality	16 540 296	19 352 968	30 935 317	33 065 452

Reply:

Competition Tribunal :

1. The Tribunal Chairperson (CEO equivalent), Mr Norman Manoim, is employed on a 5 year contract which will end on 31 August 2019.
2. The Chief Operating Officer (CFO equivalent), Ms Janeen de Klerk, is employed on a permanent contract, since 1 September 2013.

Competition Commission:

1. The Commissioner- Mr Tembinkosi Bonakele, is employed on a 5 year fixed term contract for the period 20 April 2014 to 20 April 2019.
2. The CFO – Mr Molatlhegi Kgauwe, is employed on a 3 year fixed term contract for the period 14 March 2016 to 14 March 2019.

ITAC:

1. The Chief Commissioner (CEO equivalent), Mr Siyabulela Tsengiwe is employed on a three-year contract, which will end on 31 December 2017.
2. The Chief Financial Officer position is filled on an acting basis by Ms Lebogang Bogatsu whilst a suitable candidate is being recruited.

IDC:

1. The CEO, Mr Geoffrey Qhena and CFO, Ms Nonkululeko Dlamini of the IDC are both appointed on five (5) year fixed term contracts as follows:

• Chief Executive Officer appointed with effect from 1 March 2015 until 28 February 2020.
• Chief Financial Officer appointed with effect from 1 September 2015 until 31 August 2020.

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Reply:

a) The North Gauteng High Court order will cease to have force or effect On 31 December 2017.

b) The total number of foster care grants that will be affected is estimated at about 34 000. However the actual number remaining will depend on progress made in extending the foster placement orders by 31 December 2017.

Reply:

The Ekurhuleni Metropolitan municipality through the Gauteng Provincial Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs provided the information:

(1) The Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality is only aware of 2 phases, of which the first phase has been implemented. The property owners of the erven to be bought, to extend the existing Buurendal retention dam resisted the sale of their properties to the City of Ekurhuleni. The Roads and stormwater department concentrated on the planning and construction of many other retention dams in the catchment area to reduce the flood peak.

(2) The existing dam caters for a 1:10 year recurrence interval.

(3) (a) No.

(b) Not applicable

(4) Not certain which station is being referred to here.

Reply:

1. The statistics relating to Restitution claims currently are not categorised according to the requested information. We are now working on this categorization, thanks to the Hon. Member’s question.

2. Put in abeyance, pending the categorisation.

3. Put in abeyance, pending the categorisation

Reply:

a) All transfers have been made in line with the payment schedule as approved by National Treasury. The Department is only responsible for the EPWP Incentive Grant for Provinces.

b) The devolution of the property rates fund grant to provinces as the allocated funding for property rates was phased into the equitable share in 2013/14. This therefore means that the Department does not make transfers to provinces for property rates and service charges as it is part of their equitable share.

Reply:

1. The reply to Parliamentary Question 2019 indicated that there were 11 Mikondzo events held in KwaZulu-Natal. The areas identified for Mikondzo are informed by prevailing social ills, the level of poverty and challenges with access to social services amongst others. As a result, the provinces will not all host the same number of Mikondzo events.

2. Please note that there was an error in the attachment to Parliamentary Question 2019, for which I apologise. The actual amount spent on Mikondzo for the financial year, was approximately R100 million, and not R10 billion. The events in Limpopo and Mpumalanga indicated that an amount of R2,5 billion was spent on these events. This should have been R2,5 million, which was in line with the budgeted amount for each event. The funding was allocated from the retained surplus.

3. No virements were necessary, as the funding was allocated from the retained surplus.

4. As indicated under response to question 2, the details in the spreadsheet in the response to question 2019 was incorrect. The budgeted amount for each event was in fact R2,5 million.

Reply:

The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the NYDA are appointed on a fixed term contracts not exceeding five years.

Reply:

The information requested by the Honourable Member is not readily available within the Department, but has been sought from the Provinces. The information will be provided to the Honourable Member as soon as it becomes available.

Reply:

(a) 5 334  

(b) (i)(ii) (c)Attached as Annexure A respectively

(d) 5 334

Reply:

The details of the annual reports for the various Departments and entities as well as the cost for the GPW is contained in the table below:

Department and Entity	Details	Quantity	Unit Price	Total
Department of Correctional Services	Annual Report 2016/17	400	514.27	205,709.42
Military Veterans	Annual Report 2016/17	500	432.38	216,190.53
National Disaster Management Centre	Annual Report 2016/17 (including USB, CD's)	200	1,379.16	275,832.26
Civilian Secretariat	Annual Report 2016/17	300	388.04	116,412.60
Education, Training and Development (ETD) sector - Seta	Annual Report 2016/17	700	328.75	230,125.12
Department of Justice	Annual Report 2016/17	780	293.09	228,613.30
Education, Training and Development (ETD) sector - Seta	Annual Report 2016/17	2,000	115.00	230,000.00
Department of Communications	Annual Report 2016/17	100	780.61	78,060.63
Government Communication and Information Services	Annual Report 2016/17	2,000	89.96	179,918.84
Department of Water and Sanitation	Annual Report 2016/17	500	875.46	437,730.04
Government Printing Works	Annual Report 2016/17	350	231.20	80,921.50
South African Police Services	Annual Report 2016/17	3,000	205.76	617,265.41
Total			3,131,563.22

Reply:

The Department of Public Works provides service delivery infrastructure to the Department of Correctional Services, for the past five financial years and since 1 April 2017, the amount that was spent on (i) building new, (ii) upgrading existing correctional facilities is presented as follows:

Item	Financial Year	TOTAL ALLOCATION	EXPENDITURE	Planning Stage (4-4A)	Tender Stage (4B)	Evaluation & Adjudication (5-5A)	Construction Stage (5B)	Practical Completion Stage (6A)
	2013/14	680 137 750	300 325 570	106	14	11	46	22
	2014/15	454 648 915	359 875 110	110	12	4	46	19
	2015/16	576 165 972	482 579 915	98	3	13	41	15
	2016/17	447 521 941	536 295 194	72	13	1	34	13
	2017/18	243 897 506.00	243 002 430.80	79	4	1	23	9
Total	2 402 372 084	1 922 078 220	465	46	30	190	78

In each case the relevant details on (i) relevant details of the facility concerned, (ii) work done, (iii) date of completion are provided as follows:

CLIENT DEPT	TOWN	DESCRIPTION	STATUS	FINANCIAL TENDER DATE	FIRST DELIVERY DATE	STATUS
CORRECTIONAL SERVICES	HEILBRON	IMPLEMENTATION OF EMERGENCY BACK-UP POWER SUPPLY	6A	2016/12/05	2017/06/04	Project Completed
CORRECTIONAL SERVICES	KROONSTAD	IMPLEMENTATION OF EMERGENCY BACK-UP POWER SUPPLY AT KROONSTA D MEDIUM A, MEDIUM B, MEDIUM C & YOUTH CENTRE AND COLLEGE	6A	2014/12/02	2017/08/02	Project Completed
CORRECTIONAL SERVICES	VIRGINIA	INSTALLATION OF BACK UP POWER GENERATOR AT VIRGINIA PRISON	6A	2016/12/05	2017/05/04	Project Completed
CORRECTIONAL SERVICES	ZASTRON	INSTALLATION OF BACK UP POWER GENERATOR	6A	2016/12/05	2017/05/30	Project Completed
CORRECTIONAL SERVICES	VENTERSBURG	INSTALLATION FOR BACK UP POWER GENERATOR	6A	2017/01/26	2017/09/21	Project Completed
CORRECTIONAL SERVICES	SASOLBURG	GROENPUNT CORRECTIONAL CENTRE: REPAIR OF RIOT DAMAGE TO MAXI MUM CENTRE	6A	2016/09/27	2017/05/08	Project Completed
CORRECTIONAL SERVICES	VILJOENSDRIF	GROENPUNT MEDIUM PRISON: UPGRADING OF THE EXISTING KITCHEN A ND CONVERSION FROM STEAM TO ELECTRICAL	5B	2015/05/19	2017/08/14	On construction
CORRECTIONAL SERVICES	GROOTVLEI (FS)	SEWAGE AND WATER INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADE	5B	2016/03/15	2018/01/16	On construction
CORRECTIONAL SERVICES	PAARL	BOUNDARY FENCE PROJECT	6A	2015/12/04	2017/06/15	Project Completed
CORRECTIONAL SERVICES	PAARL	OUTSIDE KITCHEN: UPGRADE KITCHEN AND REFURBISH EQUIPMENT, IN CLUDING PAINTINGS & FLOORING	5B	2017/04/10	2017/12/09	On construction
CORRECTIONAL SERVICES	TZANEEN	REPLACEMENT OF TEMPORARY PRISON WITH A FACILITY FOR 494 INMA TES INCLUDING SECURITY FENCE AND SPORTFIELD: ADDITIONAL ACCO MODATION REQUIREMENTS	5B	2017/01/10	2017/09/27	On construction
CORRECTIONAL SERVICES	DURBAN	PAROLE BOARD FACILITIES: UPGRADING AND EXPANSION OF EXISTING AND PROVISION OF NEW STRUCTURES_(NEW)	6A	2016/06/23	2017/05/12	Project Completed
CORRECTIONAL SERVICES	ESTCOURT	HERITAGE - REPLACEMENNT OF EXISTING CORRUGATED IRON BUILDING AND REBUID WITH BRICK	5B	2012/04/17	2017/11/15	On construction
CORRECTIONAL SERVICES	PIETERMARITZBURG	REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE OF INTEGRATED SECURITY SYSTEM	5B	2016/02/22	2019/02/21	On construction
CORRECTIONAL SERVICES	KOKSTAD	KOKSTAD MEDIUM AND MAXIMUM CORRECTIONAL CENTRES: FOLLOW ON C ONTRACT: INTEGRATED SECURITY SYSTEM	5B	2016/02/22	2019/02/21	On construction
CORRECTIONAL SERVICES	LADYSMITH (KZN)	SUPPLY AND INSTALLATION OF STANDBY GENERATOR AT DUNDEE, VRYH EID, LADYSMITH, POMEROY, NEWCASTLE, UTRECHT AND KRANSKOP	5B	2016/08/05	2017/08/04	On construction
CORRECTIONAL SERVICES	KURUMAN	REPLACEMENT OF FOUR IN ONE SLICER, KITCHEN FLOORING , FOOD P ROCESSOR AND MEAT SAW	6A	2016/03/18	2017/04/18	Project Completed
CORRECTIONAL SERVICES	KIMBERLEY	REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE PROJECT: FOLLOW ON CONTRACT FOR INTER GRATED SECURITY SYSTEM AT TSHWELOPELE (KIMBERLEY)CENTRE	5B	2015/10/05	2018/10/05	On construction
CORRECTIONAL SERVICES	RUSTENBURG	RUSTENBURG PRISON: REPAIR & RENOVATION AND UPGRADING OF BUIL DINGS, WET SERVICES AND CIVIL INFRASTRUCTURE.	5B	2014/07/14	2018/07/26	On construction
CORRECTIONAL SERVICES	STANDERTON	STANDERTON CORRECTIONAL CENTRE: ADAPTATION AND COMPLETE UPGRADING PHASE 2: WCS 044954	5B	2013/12/20	2018/04/29	On construction

Reply:

1. (a) The draft Regulations on Prompt Payment and adjudication for the construction industry which were published for comment by the Minister of Public Works in Government Gazette 38822 of 29 May 2015 have been withdrawn. The Regulations were published in terms of Section 33 of the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) Act, 2000 (Act no 38 of 2000). The much anticipated regulations were aimed at introducing automatic interest on late payment as well as statutory mechanisms to ensure progressive payment to contractors for work done.

In following due legal processes, the Minister submitted the draft Regulations to the Office of the Chief State Law Advisor to test its Constitutional validity and whether the draft Regulations were not ultra vires (meaning whether the Regulations did not go beyond the scope of the empowering provisions of the CIDB Act).

(b) The comments received highlighted the need for greater alignment of the adjudication provisions with the existing legislative framework for the administration of contracts, as well as the powers of the Minister in terms of the CIDB Act. Specifically, key comments received include (i) there are potential challenges that would arise if main contractors are expected to pay a sub-contractor within 30-days. Where verification of work is required, this may result in bad quality work being delivered, and as such, main contractors may be reluctant to sub-contract. This scenario may lead to price escalations

as a strategy to minimize the risk to main contractors. It would give a wrong impression to service providers that the payment is due to them irrespective of quality of work; (ii) payment of invoice within 30-days of submission will be impossible to implement by the public sector versus the current practice of within 30-days of issuing progress payment certificates after invoice have been verified; (iii) since the Regulations were proposing payment by main contractors to sub-contractors, it is argued that the conditions of contracts between the main and sub-contractors should take precedence.

2. The Minister received the legal opinion from the Office of the Chief State Law Advisor (the legal opinion) which emphasised that the Regulations were ultra vires and if challenged would not pass the Constitutional validity threshold. In essence, the legal opinion advised that the prompt payment and compulsory adjudication provisions of the draft regulations were substantive in nature and could not be categorised as any other matter for the better execution of the Act or in relation to any power granted or function or duty imposed by the Act (see section 33 (1) of the Act). The Chief State law advisor applied a restrictive approach for interpreting wide empowering provisions in respect of the making of the regulations and concluded that the draft regulations:

• extended the scope or general operation of the enactment;
• supported attempts to widen the purposes of the Act;
• provided for substantive matters relating to the law of contract as opposed to administrative measures to implement the substantive matters provided in the Act; and
• could not be categorised as authorising the provision of subsidiary means of carrying into effect what is enacted in the statute itself and covered what is incidental to the execution of its specific provisions.

Reply:

I have been informed by the Department as follows:

(a) Yes, there are currently three (3) vacancies.

(b) The Department called for nominations of persons suitable for appointment to the Board of the South African Post Office (SAPO). The response did not yield suitable candidates in terms of the skills requirements in line with the provisions of the SAPO Act. The Department is now pursuing other means of sourcing the suitable candidates including headhunting.

Approved/ Not Approved

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Dr Siyabonga Cwele, MP

Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services

DATE:

Reply:

I have been informed by SAPO as follows:

a) The South African Post Office does not conduct any business with JMAT Business Advisory Services.

b) There is no entity linked with Mr Molefe Mathibe that is or was doing business with the South African Post Office.

c) A company associated with one of the former executives, Mr Janras Kotsi is Intimate Date, whose contract has long expired in 2014 and Mr Kotsi only became a director in 2016, two years after leaving SAPO. The details of the contract entailed the following:

• Cleaning of data in respect of addresses on a monthly basis
• Data capturing
• Maintenance of the postal delivery database

Reply:

The matter is currently under investigation and the Department will provide information once it is completed.

Reply:

(ii) Entity	(1)Whether the (a) chief executive officer of entities reporting to her are employed on a permanent basis,if not,	(b) chief financial officer of entities reporting to her are employed on a permanent basis,if not,	(2)whether the specified officers are employed on a fixed term contract; if so, (a)what are the names of each of the officers	(b)when
				(i) was each officer employed	(ii) will each officer’s contract end
Amatola Water	Fixed-term contract basis	Fixed-term contract basis	Ms. Asanda Gidana (Acting CEO)	CEO was appointed on an acting capacity as of 1 August 2017	until further notice
			Ms. Kwandiwe Mviko(Acting CFO)	CFO was appointed on an acting capacity as of 21 August 2017	until further notice
Bloem Water	Fixed-term contract basis	Permanent	Dr L Moorosi	CEO was appointed on 15 April 2013	Yes, Contract will end 30 April 2018
			Mr. OJ Stadler	CFO was appointed in October 1995	No, Contract is indefinite
Lepelle Northern Water	Fixed-term contract basis	Fixed-term contract basis	Mr. Phineas Legodi (CEO)	CEO was appointed on 1 January 2017	Yes, Contract will end 31December 2021
			Ms. Sibongile Valoyi (Acting CFO)	CFO was appointed to act as of 1 August 2017	until further notice
Magalies Water			Mr Sandile Mkhize	CEO was appointed to act as of 9 September 2016.	until further notice
			Ms K. Kgatuke,	Resigned on the 31 August 2017	Recruitment for the new CFO is currently in progress
Mhlathuze Water	Fixed term contract	Fixed term contract	Mr. Mthokozisi Pius Duze (aCEO)	8 June 2016	until further notice
			Mr. Brian Ndaba (CFO)	1 November 2012	31 October 2018
Overberg Water	Fixed-term contract basis	Permanent	Mr Phakamani Buthelezi (acting CEO)	July 2017 Secondment	Undetermined
			CFO post is put on an acting basis due to an administrative process.	CFO post is put on an acting basis due to an administrative process.	CFO post is put on an acting basis due to an administrative process.
Rand Water	Fixed term contract	Fixed term contract	Mr Dinizulu Kumalo Percival Sechemane (CEO)	1 September 2013	31 August 2018
			Ms Matshidiso Sylvia Nyembe (CFO)	18 May 2014	17 May 2019
Sedibeng Water	Fixed-term contract basis	Permanent	Mr. Rembuluwani Tradewin Takalani (CEO)	CEO was appointed on 20 May 2014	Yes, Contract will end on 30 June 2019
			Ms. Mpinane Shasha (CFO)	CFO was appointed on 1 February 2015	No, Contract is indefinite
Umgeni Water	Fixed term contract	Fixed term contract	Mr Thami Hlongwa (aCEO)	01 July 2013	30 June 2018
			Mr Thami Hlongwa (CFO)	01 July 2013	30 June 2018
TCTA	Fixed-term contract basis	Fixed-term contract basis	Mr. NL Radzuma (Acting CE)	Acting CEO was appointed on 1 November 2016	February 2018, where after Mr. Radzuma will revert to his role as Chief Risk Officer (CRO)
			Ms. H Nazeer (CFO)	CFO was appointed on 1 September 2016	Yes, Contract ends 31 August 2019
WRC	Fixed term contract	Permanent basis	Mr Dhesigen Naidoo	01 October 2011	30 September 2021

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Reply:

The below response is based on a report submitted to the Department of Cooperative Governance (“Department”) by the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs in the Gauteng Province.

1. No, the MEC responsible for Local Government in the Gauteng Province did not commission an investigation into the matter.

a) The matter was referred to the Ekurhuleni City Metropolitan Municipality for investigation.

The matter was resolved through a disciplinary process and the individual in question was dismissed.

(b) As the MEC abides by the decision of the municipality in this regard, no further action is necessary from the part of the MEC.

 (i) Not applicable.

 (ii) Not applicable.

2. Not applicable.