Questions and Replies

Reply:

 

(a) After communicating the Green Drop Progress Report Results of 2014, my Department prioritized 260 systems that are put under regulatory surveillance to monitor progress and reduction of risks identified in the report. Our Compliance team has audited 17 treatment works during this year (2017). Treatment works that do not comply are dealt with through Administrative Enforcement. This year, the Department of Water and Sanitation as well as the Department of Environmental Affairs will be conducting joint operations for certain priority treatment works.

(b) This specific form of pollution falls under the mandate of the National Department of Water and Sanitation, the Provincial Department of Environment (Waste and Pollution) as well as Local Government (Pollution and Storm Water Management). The Department's Directorate: Water Services Sector Development regularly updates model by-laws and shared with the Water Services Authorities to fine tune according to their municipal set up and industries/activities applicable in their area of operation and promulgated by respective council for implementation. Due to possible overlapping of mandates, my Department has not to date had an operation/project to raise awareness to address this matter. It will be tabled at Outcome 10 working group IV where the relevant parties can deliberate and bring a pragmatic plan of action to the table.

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Reply:

Description	aa. 2014/2015	bb. 2015/2016	cc. 2016/2017
a. What number of cases of
(i) Fruitless	-	-
(ii) Wasteful	-	-
(iii) Irregular	-	1
b. What was the amount of each case?
(i) Fruitless	-	None	-
(ii) Wasteful	-	None	-
(iii) Irregular	-	R1 834 000*	-
c. How much of the specified amount has been recovered in each case?
(i) Fruitless	-	None	-
(ii) Wasteful	-	None	-
(iii) Irregular	-	None	*Related to the B'avumile training. The department did not comply with paragraph 3.4 of PN 8 of 2007/2008 which requires that for transactions with a value of and above R500 000.00 a competitive bidding process should be followed. An investigation into the matter was conducted and no official was found to have personally benefited and it was confirmed that the department derived value in the form of training provided to beneficiaries.

Reply:

I responded to a similar question from the Honourable Member on 30 June 2017 and indicated the terms of the Boards and Councils reporting to me. Please find enclosed a copy of the reply for ease of reference.

Currently, there are no new advertisements out for filling of any positions in Boards and Councils in my portfolio.

Reply:

The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has provided the following information with respect to current debt. It must be noted that student debt is only repayable once the graduate or dropout is employed and earning in excess of R30 000 per annum.

Category	Amount Outstanding
Graduates	R6.148 billion
Drop outs	R4.002 billion
Total	R10.150 billion

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DIRECTOR – GENERAL

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QUESTION 2463 APPROVED/NOT APPROVED/AMENDED

Dr BE NZIMANDE, MP

MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING

STATUS:

DATE:

Reply:

Yes, Magalies Water is paying for courses or further studies for the Chief Operating Officer and the Chief Executive Officer for a Senior Executive Program-Africa: Harvard Business School in collaboration with Gordon Institute of Business Science. The total cost of the courses is R326 542.50 each (US$25,000/person) for the period 31/07/2017 to 01/12/2017. Below are further details regarding the courses as follows:

The Senior Executive Program-Africa is aimed at building exceptional leaders in the African continent. Harvard Business School Executive Education offers the Senior Executive Program - Africa, in partnership with the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) of Pretoria University in South Africa. It is designed to strengthen the leadership skills and build insight into local, regional, and global markets, the program explores the proven approaches of successful leaders in Africa and around the globe, preparing participants to compete effectively, seize the region's many growth opportunities, and sustain success for one’sorganisation.

The 2017 offering comprises a module in Kigali from 13 August to 18 August 2017; an independent work module from August 2017 to November 2017; and a module on the Harvard Business School campus in Boston from 26 November to 01 December 2017. It is intended to help participants build the knowledge, perspective, and confidence needed to lead more effectively and accelerate the company's growth. Participants also have the opportunity to share insights and learn from other senior leaders across Africa.

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Reply:

As mentioned previously the dti officials, including role-playing staff in the Ministry have attended study group meetings of the African National Congress. The participation of officials from the dti were limited to responding to technical queries e.g related to legislation. Upon invitation, officials only attended when they were in Cape Town for other purposes.

 

Reply:

(a) 177 drug-related cases went to court, from the Norkem Park Police Station, in Gauteng.

(b) 22 drug-related cases ended in successful convictions, in the 2016/2017 financial year.

Reply:

Honourable Member, the Department could not find any information using the ID number provided and efforts to gain more information from your office failed.

I am therefore requesting that you provide me with further details so that we can make the necessary intervention and assist to resolve the matter.

Further, cases such as these should concern all of us as public representatives and our first instinct should be to assist. I hope the Honourable Member has, beyond asking the question, provided some assistance and advice on what the person referred to should do while this matter is being investigated.

Reply:

Yes, the matter was investigated by Serious Organised Crime, per Enquiry No. 19/11/2016.

There is no evidence linking the person (name and details furnished) to rhino poaching activities.

Reply:

(1) The structure of the Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) currently shows 20 vacancies. Following the review of the first draft of the Strategic Plan and Annual Performance Plan submitted on 30 August 2016, the DSBD received feedback on 22 November 2016 from the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) and the National Treasury which required a fundamental review of the DSBD Strategy. The DSBD could not fill the Line Function posts due toj the methodology of “structure follows strategy”. The proposed structure (prepared for consultation with the DPSA) developed during 2016 had to be discarded. A business case for the new structure (in alignment with the revised strategy) will be prepared during the 2017/2018 financial year.

(a) The current structure shows the following funded vacant key positions:

(i) Deputy Director General (DDG): Enterprise Development & Entrepreneurship.

(ii) Deputy Director General: Co-operatives Development and Enterprise Competitiveness Support.

Kindly note that the designation of the two (2) funded DDG’s is likely to change.

(b) The Minister has appointed two Senior Managers to act in the above mentioned vacant DDG posts. The vacancies have, therefore, not severely impacted the functioning of the Department in terms of the execution of its mandate.

(2)(a)&(b) The pilot phase of the Enterprise Incubation Programme (EIP) ending 31 March 2017 has not received submissions from small business incubators in Dr J S Moroka Local Municipality and the Thembisile Hani Local Municipality. The has been no incubation from the Small Enterprise Development Agency (SEDA) nor any industrial park through the Department of Trade and Industry (thedti) in Dr J S Moroka Local Municipality and the Thembisile Hani Local Municipality

(c) The Informal and Micro Enterprise Development Proramme (IMEDP) has supported 43 businesses in Dr JS Moroka and 30 in the Thembisile Hani, to a total of 73 informal businesses in these two municipalities combined.

(3) (a) The DSBD is currently conducting the Red Tape Reduction programme in partnership with the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA), the South African Local Government Association (SALGA) as well as the International Labour Organisation (ILO) focusing on red tape reduction as experienced by small, micro and medium enterprises (SMMEs) and Co-operatives within the different municipalities. The regulatory and administrative burdens which are being addressed and removed are linked to the following seven indicators and associated legislation and regulations:

(i) Effectiveness of the complaints notification system as governed by the Municipal Systems Act;

(ii) Communication of relevant business information by municipalities to SMMEs and Co-operatives as governed by the Promotion of Access to Information Act;

(iii) Municipal building plan approval processes as governed by the National Building Standards Act, Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act as well as Municipal Services Charter;

(iv) Lengthy and inefficient supply chain management processes (which ultimately affects the 30-day payment system) relevant legislation would be the Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act (PPPFA), Municipal Finance Management Act (MFMA) and Preferential Procurement Regulations;

(v) Municipal business registration and permits relevant legislation includes: Business Act, National Health Act, National Building Regulations and Building Standards Act including various by-laws that are relevant to the business licensing process, e.g. municipal by-law on food or tourism regulations;

(vi) Development and enforcement of municipal by-laws that promote business development, some of the relevant legislation include the Municipal Systems Act and Local Government Transition Act; and

(vii) Assessment of percentage spent in procurement from SMMEs and Co-operatives aligned to the PPPFA and MFMA and preferential procurement regulations.

Each of the above mentioned indicators has a specific number of legislation and regulations of which each municipality is responsible for assessing and ultimately removing as per specific municipal context and action plan.

(b) The DSBD is also conducting a national study on legislative and regulatory protocols impeding on SMMEs and Co-operatives, and the key focus areas of the study are: (i) registration and reporting under tax, company registration and labour laws; (ii) state procurement; (iii) construction; and (iv) broad-based black economic empowerment. The draft report will be finalised by the end March 2017.

Reply:

(1) The case has been remanded in court. No further suspects could at this stage be linked to the case. Concerted efforts are being made to locate the stolen computers.

(2) None of the stolen computers have been recovered, thus far.

(3) Yes, the arrested suspect has been criminally charged and the case has been remanded to, 17 July 2017.

(4)(a)(b) Gauteng Provincial Investigation Unit has not made any further arrests. Currently, there is no evidence that links any other person to the case.

Reply:

1. (a) The input supply projects are implemented in all nine provinces,

(b) and ( c) Annexure A provides the list of the municipalities and districts where these programmes are being implemented.

2. The amount that has (a) been budgeted and (b) spent over the past five years to support farmers/ projects with inputs through Ilima/Letsema is shown in table 1 below.

Table 1: Amount budgeted and spent to support farmers with inputs through Ilima/Letsema for the past five years.

Year	Allocation R'000	Received by Province R'000	Roll over R'000	Withheld R'000	Total Available R'000	Expenditure	Beneficiaries Per Year
						R'000	%
2012/13	415 000	415 000	-	-	415 000	400 000	96.4	162 985
2013/14	438 000	438 000	16 000	-	454 000	424 000	93.4	147 990
2014/15	460 000	460 000	27 521	4 062	487 521	484 084	99.3	191 396
2015/16	470 768	466 713	-	-	466 713	464 269	99.5	173 019
2016/17	491 363	491 363	-	-	491 363	481 435	98	214 952
Total	2 275 131	2 271 076	43 521	4 062	2 314 597	2 253 788	97.4%

From the table 1 above, R2, 275 billion was made available over the past five years through Ilima/Letsema programme to support farmers with inputs and mechanization in order to increase production of unutilised lands for beneficiaries of land reform and farmers in communal lands. 97.4% (R2, 253 billion) was reported to have been spent over the past five years.

3. (a) The budget is allocated by National Treasury through the Division of Revenue Act and the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) transfers the allocated funds to respective provinces.

(b) The evaluation of the programme is determined by the Department of Planning Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) Framework on Evaluations which stipulates that programmes should be evaluated every five years. The Ilima/Letsema programme must still be evaluated – however, monitoring of performance is done on quarterly basis.

(c) Reports of the projects are provided by implementing provinces to DAFF on quarterly basis.

Reply:

Chapter 3 of the National Water Act, 1998 makes provision for the protection of water resources. As part of protecting the water resources, the Minister is required to determine water resource classes and Resource Quality Objectives. The water source areas will therefore be protected by ensuring that they are prioritized for protection when determining the water resource classes and resource quality objectives. Once the class of a water resource and the resource quality objectives have been determined they are binding on all authorities and institutions when exercising any power or performing any duty under the National Water Act, 1998. The Department has regulatory measures in place, which include monthly water quality monitoring programmes in order to ensure that the levels of protection are maintained and any transgressors are dealt with accordingly.

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Reply:

(a)(i)(ii)(aa)(aaa)(bbb)(bb)(cc) The South African Police Service (SAPS), is not currently funding any institution of research and development, domestically and/or internationally.

It is, however, of importance to note the existence of a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA), which was concluded on 18 February 2014, between the SAPS and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). The MOA was realised, as a result of the need by the SAPS to access scientific and engineering expertise. This was to support both the operational and strategic components, in responding to the strategic objectives and priorities of the SAPS, which includes the modernisation of various aspects of policing. This is based on a quotation basis for a specific service, when requested.

(b) For a reply by the entities reporting to the Minister of Police.

Reply:

a) The South African Police Service (SAPS) did not appoint any transaction advisors for tenders during the period, 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2016.

b) For a reply by other entities who report to the Minister.

(i)(ii)(iii) and (iv) Not applicable.

Reply:

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

(1)(a) NUMBER	(1)(b) DATE	(1)(c)(i) PROVINCE	(1)(c)(ii) MUNICIPALITY	(1)(c)(iii) WARD	(2) BUDGET
3	2016-04-12	Eastern Cape	Ngqushwa	Ward 6	*R493 170,50
	2016-07-19		Mbizana	Ward 25	*R467 481,04
	2016-11-18		King Sabata Dutywa	Ward 31	*R4 543 693,00
2	2016-04-01	Free State	Mathjabeng	Ward 22	*R222 228,00
	2016-08-12		Maluti A Phofung	Ward 6	*R476 564,80
0	-	Gauteng	-	-	No cost
1	2016-09-29	KwaZulu-Natal	Ethekwini	Ward 2	*R750 000,00
1	2016-11-05	Limpopo	Belabela	Ward 3	*R462 550,00
2	2016-06-24	Mpumalanga	Emalahleni Local Municipality	Ward 30	R500 000,00
	2016-11-14		Thembisile Hani Municipality	Ward 01	*R1 208 624,79
4	2016-11-30	North West	Ratlou Local Municipality	Ward 2	*R53 600,00
	2017-01-27		Rusternburg Local Municipality	Ward 44	*R1 320 500,00
	2017-03-17		Madibeng Local Municipality	Ward 12	*R371 490,00
	2016-12-02		Ratlou Local Municipality	Ward 10	*R354 875,00
7	2016-05-11	Northern Cape	Sol Plattjie	Ward 14	*R30 000,00
	2016-05-12		Dikgatlong	Ward 2	*R21 000,00
	2016-06-23		Kail Garip	Ward 01	*R480 163,27
	2016-08-31		Sol Plaatjie	Ward 11	*R43 000,00
	2016-09-21		Sol Plaatjie	Ward 16	*R4 800,00
	2016-11-15		Emthanjeni	Ward 3	*R337 015,00
	2017-03-24		Kai Garip	Ward 4	*R499 000,00
(1)(a) NUMBER	(1)(b) DATE	(1)(c)(i) PROVINCE	(1)(c)(ii) MUNICIPALITY	(1)(c)(iii) WARD	(2) BUDGET
8	2016-04-18	Western Cape	Nyanga Browns farm	Ward 34	*R230 513,00
	2016-05-27		Khayelitsha Site C	Ward 18	*R490 038,00 **R315 514,00
	2016-10-05		Nyanga Browns Farm	Ward 80	*R1 575,00
	2016-11-02		Oudtshoorn Bongolethu	Ward 4 & 8	*R406,570,00
	2016-11-09		Nyanga ( Browns farm )	Ward 37	*R7 050,00
	2016-12-08		Belhar	Ward 22	*R159 976,00
	2016-12-09		Delft	Ward 13	*R496 370,00 **R164 890,00
	2017-03-25		Dysselsdorp	Ward 10	*R442 120,00
PROVINCIAL	**R480 404,00
NATIONAL	*R14 873 967,40
TOTAL	R15 354 371,40

* National Budget

**Provincial Budget

Reply:

(1)(a) Currently the Deputy Director General under suspension is Mr Anil Singh.

(1)(b) Following allegations of misconduct by the Deputy Director-General, the Director-General decided to apply a precautionary suspension in terms of Chapter 7 of the SMS Handbook of the manager concerned pending an investigation into such allegations.

(1)(c) Arising from the suspension, the Director-General appointed a senior manager in an acting capacity as Deputy Director-General: Regulation whose responsibility it is to perform all the functions, duties and delegations pertaining to the post.

 

(2) No, the date for the publication of the Draft National Water and Sanitation Bill in August 2017 cannot be met due to the following:

The Bill was presented to the ESEID cluster on 19 July 2017, requesting approval for submission to Cabinet for Cabinet to approve the publication of the Bill in the government gazette for public comment.

The cluster recommended further consultation with all other government departments being members of both the ESEID and SPCHD clusters. The further consultation took place on 10 August 2017 and the Bill will be resubmitted to the cluster at the date to be specified. Only after Cabinet has approved, the Bill will be gazetted for public comments.

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Reply:

1. Evidential blood test results are handled by forensic laboratories and handed directly to the SAPS for processing in court.

2. This information is contained in the SAPS docket and the RTMC does not keep this data.

3. This matter is handled by the SAPS and the justice department.

4. This information is kept by the SAPS as the authority that processes the cases for court.

Reply:

The Question in Parliament, no 1360, that appears in the National Assembly Internal Question Paper no 17 dated 19 May 2017, refers.

The reply to Question 1004 was submitted and attached here is the remaining annexures

Reply:

(a) There are no criteria for Driving Schools in force in Road Traffic Legislation at present. Provinces and Local Authorities apply Regulation 250 of the ROAD TRAFFIC ACT NO. 29 OF 1989 to register only Driving School Instructors.

The following should be noted in regard to the DRAFT Driving School Legislative Framework which is not yet in force, as published in Government Gazette, No. 38142 dated 31 October 2014 and 28 January 2015 No. Gazette 38429. This draft legislation addresses numerous of the current shortcomings in the driver training system of the country. The following is a list of the most important areas which will be addressed by the draft driving school legislative framework should the Department put this legislation in force:

Legislation	Area which legislation will regulate once in force
Section 28	Instructor to be registered
Section 28A	Application for registration as instructor
Section 28B	Registration and grading of instructors
Section 28C	Suspension and cancellation of registration of instructor
Reg 114A	Application for registration as instructor
Reg114B	Examination and test to determine competence to act as instructor
Reg 114C	Registration of instructor
Reg 114D	Cancellation or suspension of registration of instructors
Reg 114E	Application for Grades of instructors amendment of registration of instructor
Reg 114F	Grades of instructors
Reg 114G	Manner of application for registration of driving school
Regulation 114H	Consideration of suitability of driving school and person or body of persons to operate a driving school
Reg 114I	Requirements to be met for registration of a driving school
Reg 114K	Manner of registration of a driving school
Reg 114L	Notification of change of particulars of a driving school
Reg 114M	Approval for appointment of an instructor prior to appointment by a registered driving school
Reg 114N	Grades of driving schools
Reg 114O	Manner of suspension or cancellation of registration of a driving school
Reg 114P	Duties of a driving school
Reg 114Q	Powers and duties of inspectorate of driving schools

(b) The the purpose of a driving licence test is to test the competency of applicants when operating a motor vehicle on a public road whilst obeying all road rules and signs. The Driving Test is prescribed in the applicable K53 Manuals for the various categories of vehicles.

Reply:

(a)(i) The Department has appointed a service provider to assist with the development of the White Paper National Rail Policy. Payments of invoices are aligned to project deliverables/milestones. The Department only process payment once it is satisfied with the deliverables and any delay in the deliverables subsequently leads to under expenditure for that period.

(ii) The project team had regular engagements with the service provider in order to fast-track the deliverables.

(iii) This is monitored through constant engagement and technical discussions in finalizing the policy positions.

(b)(i) (aa)(bb)(cc)(dd)

During the finalization of the draft White Paper process it became apparent that some policy proposals needed further research to consider implementation challenges. This was done in order to balance the views of different stakeholder’s that emerged during consultation.

(ii) The draft White Paper of Rail Policy has been finalised and payments have been processed on those deliverables achieved. The consultations with provinces is underway.

Reply:

(a)(i)(ii)(aa) to (ff) The South African Police Service (SAPS) did not find any indication that any services were procured or payments made to the mentioned company.

(b) To be replied to by other entities which report to the Minister of Police.

Reply:

(1). The e-toll scheme is official government policy and shall continue to be implemented subject to a decision to the contrary from Cabinet.

(2). The current e-toll operations contract comes to an end in December 2019 and has an option to be extended for a further 2 years. Government will review its options and the performance of the current contractor before making a decision whether to extend the contract for such an extension or retender.

Reply:

a) The Department of International Relations and Cooperation did not co-ordinate or partner with the Southern African Liaison Office to host this event and did not spend any money on the workshop entitled: Dialogue on Major South African Foreign Policy Trends and Issues of 2017

b) Not applicable.

Reply:

(1)(a) The case docket is still under investigation.

(1)(b) Edenvale, CAS 84/05/2017, murder and business robbery.

(2) No arrests had been made to date. The investigating officer is still following up on leads.

(3)(a) No suspects have been interviewed to date.

(3)(b) Seven witnesses were interviewed.

(3)(b)(i) The witnesses were interviewed, on 7 May 2017.

(3)(b)(ii) Four statements were made by the witnesses.

(4) It is not possible to commit to a specific date. The case will be finalised once all the exhibits have been analysed and all leads followed up.

Reply:

(a) Performance benchmarks were implemented at all SAPS Garages, in order to ensure the timeous turnaround of SAPS vehicles, to ensure that adequate vehicles are available at all stations and units.

The following benchmarks were implemented and are monitored on a monthly basis:

(i) Opening and closing of job cards per garage within specific timeframes for the following types of repairs and services:

• Accidents – 30 days;
• Damages – 15 days;
• Repairs – five days; and
• Services – one day.

(ii) The set production standard of individual artisans per Garage is set at 90%.

(iii) The vehicle availability percentage is set at 86% for the entire SAPS.

(b) The supervision of the various processes at the SAPS Garages, including, inter alia, the allocation of work, the performance of artisans and the various administrative processes, must be improved.

(c) An Improvement Plan has been implemented at all the SAPS Garages, to improve service delivery at the garages.

Reply:

1.Primrose Police Station comprises three sectors.

The allocation of vehicles to these sectors is as follows:

(2)(a)(i) Sector one – two vehicles;

Sector two – one vehicle; and

Sector three – one vehicle.

(2)(a)(ii) Two sector vehicles are not in working order.

(2)(b) Vehicle one – mechanical breakdown, three weeks.

Vehicle two – mechanical breakdown, one week.

(3)(i) 14 visible police officials are allocated to each shift.

(3)(ii) Four Relief Commanders are allocated, one per shift.

Reply:

(1) The death of a 17-year-old community member, as reported in The New Age of 2 February 2017, is currently being investigated by the Gauteng Provincial Investigation Unit under Temba CAS 724/01/2017, Murder. The investigation in the case docket is ongoing.

(2) No suspect has been identified thus far.

(2)(a)&(b) Not applicable.

Reply:

(a) R600 is Main Road P212 which is 34km under Okhahlamba Local Municipality; the

bi) Departmental has been maintaining the road by means of the following activities:

• Verge Maintenance is being done on regular basis;
• Pothole Patching has been done by the Departmental internal team when it is required; and
• During the 2016/17 financial year seal rejuvenation has been done on the road between km 0.5 to km 13.

b) Main Road P212 is due for Heavy Rehabilitation and design is schedule to commence in the first quarter of 2018/19 financial year in order to start Phase1 Construction in the third quarter of the 2018/19 financial year.

c) The Rehabilitation of Phase 1 is anticipated to commence in the third quarter of 2018/19 financial year.

d) The project cost estimate is R 161.8 million for Rehabilitation of 34kilometres in three financial year.

e) The Department will advertise the contract through open tender to get contractor to rehabilitate the road.

Reply:

(a) and (b) No, the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) nor the entity, the African Renaissance and International Cooperation fund (ARF) reporting to her are not funding any institution of research and development.

(i) None

(aa)(aaa) None

(bbb) Not applicable

(ii) None

(bb) None

(cc) None

Reply:

1. (a) Please see the graph link below: (please turn to the next page for more visible graph)

https://pmg.org.za/files/RNW2525GRAPH-170904.pdf

(b) The average monthly cost of toll collection amounts to R53,8 million.

(c) See (b) above.

(d) See (a) above.

(2) The honorable member is invited to view the information at the offices of SANRAL.

Reply:

(a)(i)(ii), (b), (c) and (d)

PROVINCE	(a)(i) TEMPORARY UNITS	(a)(ii) PERMANENT UNITS	(b) UNITS OCCUPIED	(c) NUMBER OF BENEFICIARIES	(d) ON WAITING LIST
Eastern Cape	68	1 221	824	3 170	0
Free State	24	668	547	547	55
Gauteng	0	1 407	1 073	1 073	27
Limpopo	25	875	639	639	0
Mpumalanga	0	864	844	844	0
KwaZulu-Natal	425	946	840	840	0
Northern Cape	38	434	366	676	0
North West	7	600	478	478	0
Western Cape	0	426	347	1 453	0
Head Office Components	67	867	920	934	6
TOTAL	654	8 308	6 878	10 654	88

(e) The waiting lists are not available to the public.

Reply:

a), (b), (c) & (d)

The Investigation Case Docket Management System (ICDMS) does not make provision for separate statistics on the possession, sale, manufacturing and use of drugs. All are categorised under drug-related offences. The total number of convictions secured, is as follows:

(i) 2007/2008 financial year = 62 019;

(ii) 2008/2009 financial year = 68 330;

(iii) 2009/2010 financial year = 77 213;

(iv) 2010/2011 financial year = 85 700; and

(v) 2011/2012 financial year = 97 373.

Reply:

(a) As part of its mandate to uphold aviation safety and security, the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) routinely conducts ramp inspections on aircraft operating into and within the South African air space.

On the evening of Friday, 18 August 2017, one of the aircraft inspected was a Boeing 767-200 operated by Air Zimbabwe. The inspection conducted by SACAA personnel discovered that the operator, Air Zimbabwe, was not complaint with both international civil aviation standards, and Part 129 of the South African civil aviation regulations. Part 129, among others, requires an operator to be in possession of a Foreign Operator’s Permit in order to conduct operations into South Africa. A copy of the Foreign Operator’s Permit, together with other documents, must be on-board an aircraft at all times, and made available for inspection on request by the relevant authorities.

As a result of the inability of the Air Zimbabwe flight crew to produce a copy of the Foreign Operator’s Permit, the SACAA instructed the crew not to take off until such time that there is full compliance with Part 129 of the South African civil aviation regulations.

The airline resumed operations as soon as they were issued with a Foreign Operator’s Permit.

(b) The SACAA was informed by South African Airways (SAA) that its operations were affected on 19 August 2017 when the Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (CAAZ) instructed the SAA flight crew not to take off until such time that there was full compliance with the applicable Zimbabwean civil aviation regulations. It was established that, SAA, just like Air Zimbabwe was not in possession of a Foreign Operator’s Permit that would allow them to operate commercially in the Zimbabwe airspace.

Both airlines resumed operations as soon as they were respectively issued with Foreign Operator’s Permits.

Reply:

1. The position of the Government of the Republic of South Africa is that no ransom is paid for South African citizens taken hostage.

2. No, the Government has to date not paid any ransom directly or indirectly for the release of South African citizens.

3. No, the Minister has not been informed of any ransom that has been paid to date by any other entity and/or persons for the release of South African citizens.

4. The Minister will have no objection to making a statement on the matter.

Reply:

1(a) The information pertaining to the resourcing of police stations is confidential, which in the public domain, could jeopardize the safety of police stations and personnel and ultimately impact on the safety of the public. The confidential information regarding the resourcing of police stations, is directly linked to the safety of police premises and police officials.

The Station Commander erred on the side of caution by deferring the questions on resourcing, referring the Councillor to the Provincial Office. Questions regarding the resourcing of police stations are usually referred to the Provincial Commissioner and are responded to accordingly.

The conduct of the Primrose Station Commander is in line with the recent instruction issued by the Provincial Commissioner, regarding the disclosure of confidential information.

The Station Commander in no way intended to hamper civilian oversight, however, the disclosure of confidential information by the SAPS, must be done responsibly.

(1)(b) The mandate of the National Assembly is in no way hampered as the Provincial Commissioner will gladly respond to any requests submitted for information regarding the resourcing of a police station, as long as such information will not jeopardize the safety of police stations, police officials or the community that the SAPS serves.

2. The responses to questions asked, in the form of minutes of the meeting held on 27 May 2016, was attached to the response of Question number 542.

3. All questions were responded to after this office became aware of the meeting and the questions posed.

Reply:

(1)(a)(i)(ii) Statements have been obtained from witnesses in the investigation of the murder of the specified person and of the vicious attack on her husband.

(1)(b) Norkem Park, CAS 100/05/2017.

(2) No suspects have been arrested, thus far. The investigating officer is still following up on leads.

(3)(a) No suspects had been interviewed at this stage.

(3)(b) Witnesses have been interviewed and statements were obtained.

(3)(b)(i) The witnesses were interviewed on 8 May 2017 and 9 May 2017.

(3)(b)(ii) Statements have been obtained from the witnesses.

(4) It is not possible to commit to a specific date. The case will only be finalised once all the exhibits have been analysed and all the leads have been followed up.

Reply:

I have being advised by the Department as follows:

The Steering Committee of the Internet for All Initiative has not yet been established.

(1)(a)(i) Not Applicable

(1)(a)(ii) Not Applicable

(2)(b) (i) Not Applicable

(2) (b) (ii) Not Applicable

(2) (b) (iii) Not Applicable

(2) (b) (iv) Not Applicable

(2) (b) (i) No budget has been allocated for programme implementation .

(2)(b) (ii) N/A

Approved/Not Approved

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Dr Siyabonga Cwele, MP

Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services

Date:

Reply:

		(aa) Name of Company	(bb) The amounts outstanding	(cc) Reason for non-payment	(dd) How long have the invoices been unpaid	(ee) Envisaged date of payment
(a) DEPARTMENT
(i) Inclusive Education		N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
(ii) Special Needs System		N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
(b) ENTITIES
SACE
(i) Inclusive Education		N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
(ii) Special Needs System		N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
UMALUSI
(i) Inclusive Education (ii) Special Needs Systems	1.	UTI	R4,206.85	Invoices not paid due to the year-end budget transitions.	35 days	18/05/2017
	2.	AJ Martin Locksmiths	R685.00	Invoices not paid due to the year-end budget transitions.	36 days	12/05/2017
	3.	Brinant Security	R60,086.11	Invoices not paid due to the year-end budget transitions.	55 days	25/05/2017
	4.	Persequor Tuindienste	R2000.00	Invoices not paid due to the year-end budget transitions.	35 days	25/05/2017
	5.	Servest Cleaning	R30,115.12	Invoices not paid due to the year-end budget transitions.	55 days	29/05/2017
	6.	Kashan Advertising	R10,264.56	Documents were misplaced	53 days	27/06/2017
TOTAL			R107,357.64

Reply:

(a)(i) The Department has appointed a service provider to assist with the development of the National Railway Safety Strategy. Payments of invoices are aligned to project deliverables/milestones. The Department only process payment once it is satisfied with the deliverables and any delay in finalising the deliverables subsequently leads to under expenditure for that period.

(ii) The project team had regular engagements with the service provider in order to fast-track the deliverables

(iii) This is monitored through constant engagement, progress reports and regular follow ups with the service provider.

(b)(i) (aa)(bb)(cc)(dd) The period which was initially set out for stakeholder consultation proved to be not sufficient which affected deliverables, the timelines, the timeframes and the deadlines.

(ii) The the timelines, the timeframes and the deadlines are interrelated and in addressing them the Department continuously work closely with the service provider to ensure that the missed time-frames/timelines/deadlines are corrected.

NW2781E

Reply:

(a) The top five exports by South Africa to Malawi in 2016; listed at 6-digit HS Code level and in accordance with Rand value; were the following:

Products	Value in 2016
H870421: Motor vehicles for the transport of goods not exceeding 5t	R 163,157,897
H210690: Other food preparations not elsewhere specified	R 133,314,749
H390210: Polypropylene	R 121,339,450
H380893: Herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators	R 94,252,581
H271012: Light oils and preparations:	R 91,965,903

Source: www.thedti.gov.za

(b) The top five imports by South Africa from Malawi in 2016; listed at 6-digit HS Code level and in accordance with Rand value; were the following:

Products	Value (in Million Rands)
H090240: Other black tea (fermented) and other partly fermented tea	R 394,218,297
H240120: Tobacco, partly or wholly stemmed or stripped	R 60,900,308
H170199: Other cane or beet sugar containing flavouring or coloring matter	R 40,980,620
H400129: Other latex rubber products not pre-vulcanised	R 35,945,579
H441299: Other products of plywood, veneered panels and similar laminated products	R 26,991,161

Source: www.thedti.gov.za

Reply:

(1) (a) What is the total amount that has been spent on Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality’s Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) system to date and (b) what was the initial budget;

The amount spent on the City of Ekurhuleni’s Bus Rapid Transit system has spent R1 687 509 216 to date and the initial budget was R 2 272 685 751.

(2) (a) on what date was the specified BRT system supposed to have been fully operational, (b) by what date will the specified BRT system be fully operational and (c) what additional amount is needed in order for the BRT system to become fully operational;

 (a) The date that the BRT system was supposed to be fully operational was June 2016.

 (b) The BRT system will be partially operational (kerbside) by the end of September 2017, subject to the finalisation of negotiations with affected taxi operators. Full operations (on trunk route) are scheduled to when the infrastructure is fully complete, in 2018.

 (c) There is no additional money that is needed in order for the BRT system to become fully operational, outside of the allocated budget of R660m for infrastructure and operations for the 2017/18 financial year.

(3) what are the reasons for the delay in making the specified BRT system operational?

The reasons for the delay in making the BRT system operational include but are not limited to:

(a) Delays in the procurement process for the various work streams, especially BRT Infrastructure. Currently, the stations, stream crossings, pedestrian bridges, bridges on the trunk route are still under construction.

 (b) The slow pace of construction by some of the infrastructure contractors as well as financial cash flow challenges, and lack of performance experienced by some contractors, some of whom had their contracts terminated. For instance, the contractors for some sections of the trunk were constantly penalised due to failure to meet project milestones and delivery deadlines while the initial station contractors were terminated due to inability to proceed within the budget as a result of poor cash flow management.

 (c) The protracted process of negotiations between the City of Ekurhuleni and the Ekurhuleni Taxi Industry, and the long process of establishment of the Special Purpose Vehicle (Vehicle Operating Company named KTVR), which will be contracted for the BRT operations by the City of Ekurhuleni.

NW2665E

Reply:

I have been informed by the Department as follows:

(a)-(b) No budget allocations from the Department’s estimates of expenditure have been or will be transferred to the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA). ICASA has budgeted for this area of work as reflected in its Annual Performance Plan.

Approved/Not Approved

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Dr Siyabonga Cwele, MP

Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services

Date:

Reply:

With regards to the above information requested please see attachment - Annexure A.

 

 

Reply:

(a)(i) The Department has appointed a service provider to assist with the development of the National Railway Safety Strategy. Payments of invoices are aligned to project deliverables/milestones. The Department only process payment once it is satisfied with the deliverables and any delay in finalising the deliverables subsequently leads to under expenditure for that period.

(ii) The project team had regular engagements with the service provider in order to fast-track the deliverables

(iii) This is monitored through constant engagement, progress reports and regular follow ups with the service provider.

(b)(i) (aa))bb)(cc)(dd) The period which was initially set out for stakeholder consultation proved to be insufficient and this affected delivery period that has subsequently affected the timelines, timeframes and deadlines.

(ii) The timelines, timeframes and deadlines are interrelated and in addressing them the Department continuously work closely with the service provider to ensure that the missed time-frames/timelines/deadlines are corrected.

NW2781E

Reply:

(a) The letter, dated 23 May 2017, from Michael Waters MP (Deputy Chief Whip of the Democratic Alliance), was received on 12 June 2017. The office of the Provincial Commissioner, acknowledge of receipt, thereof.

(b) A case of crimen injuria and corruption (bribery) was opened, as per Edenvale CAS 108/06/2017. The matter was reported to the Cluster Community Police Board, for the necessary disciplinary action to be instituted against the Chairperson. A date was set for, 20 June 2017.

Reply:

(a) What number of complaints have been lodged with the Ombudsman

Financial period	Total number
2013/14	156
2014/15	1270
2015/16	2133

NB: Final information relating to the 2016/17 will be made available once the Annual Report is tabled in Parliament. In regard to earlier Parliamentary Question 1614, details relating to 2016/17 were provisional and were still to be verified.

and (b) what number of the complaints submitted, expressed as percentages,

(i) were successful for the applicant(s) and (ii) were unsuccessful in that there was no merit in the applications? NW2614E

Year	Successful for taxpayer	Unsuccessful for taxpayer
2013/14	80%	20%
2014/15	84%	16%
2015/16	87%	13%

NB: The 2016/17 information will be made available once the Annual Report has been tabled in Parliament.

Reply:

I have been informed by the Department as follows:

1(a) (i) The Department has not finalised the appointment of the NCAC members. The Department is reviewing the received applications and thereafter the appointment process will be finalised.

(ii) As indicated in 1(a)(i) above, the appointment process has not yet been concluded, however, the professional designations of the applicants are as follows: (5) five from the legal fraternity, (4) four government officials, (5) five from academia, (16) sixteen from the ICT-sector, (1) one member of a research council and (3) three members of NGO’s.

(1)(b) The appointment of NCAC members have not been finalised.

(1)(c) 34 nominations were received

(2) No

(2)(a) Cabinet approval is not a prerequisite, however, according to the NCAC Terms of Reference, the Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services has the responsibility to appoint the Council Members.

(2)(b) See (2)(a) above

(3) The Minister will meet with the Council as soon as the members of the Council have been appointed.

(4)(a) According to the National Cybersecurity Policy Framework the mandate of the NCAC is to advise the Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services on policy and technical issues, and other matters pertinent to Cybersecurity pursuant to building confidence and trust in the secure use of ICTs.

(4)(b) After appointment, the NCAC will engage with the Department and the Minister, thereafter it will adopt a work plan which will detail the deliverables for the term of the Council.

Approved/Not Approved

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Dr Siyabonga Cwele, MP

Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services

Date:

Reply:

(1) (a) The rhinos were translocated from the Kruger National Park; and

(b) were translocated to Langgeluk Beleggings property in Kroonstad which comprises several farms across the Kroonstad district.

(2) The 20 rhinos are in private ownership and management.

(3) Private rhino owners authorised to possess rhinos are responsible for the security of their rhinos. Government supports such rhino owners, either upon request or through the overall national and provincial programs like the Intergrated Strategic Management Approach.

(4) (a) and (b)

The size and the whereabouts of the stockpile cannot be disclosed for security reasons.

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Reply:

Air Traffic and Navigation Services SOC Limited (ATNS)

1. ATNS provides its services equally to all airspace users, and our credit terms are 30 days from date of invoice. SAA has from 01 April 2017 to date been settling their invoices on average 45 days after due date and as a result ATNS has been charging SAA interest due to late payment.

2. (a)(i) ATNS provides air traffic control services, air traffic flow management services, aeronautical information management services and alerting services to SAA and (ii) similarly to all other airspace users, (b) the rates charged are as per government gazette no 40552 dated 20 January 2017, Notice 29 of 2017, (c) ATNS credit terms are 30 days from date of invoice and this applies to SAA as well, (d) The total amount owed by SAA as at 31 July 2017 was R 65 610 477, (e) The below table is the age analysis as at 31 July 2017:

Customer Name	Customer Balance	Current	31 - 60 Days	61 - 90 Days	91 - 120 Days	121 & Over
SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS	65,610,477	33,278,543	32,158,541	173,394	-	-

3. ATNS never extended/agreed to change its payment terms to SAA, from 01 April to 31 July 2017, SAA has not adhered to ATNS credit terms and as such ATNS charged SAA interest on late payments.