Questions and Replies

Reply:

1. Regulation 26A to the Social Assistance Act, Act 13 of 2004, makes provision for the direct deduction of funeral policy premiums from a social grant, under certain conditions. These conditions include that the value of the deduction cannot exceed 10% of the value of the grant; deductions are only permissible from adult grants of a permanent nature (that is only from grants for the aged, war veterans or people with disabilities); and that the beneficiary must request this deduction in writing and in person from SASSA. SASSA has in the past not been managing these deductions, which were affected by the payment service provider, Cash Paymaster Services, on behalf of SASSA. With the in-sourcing of the payment function, one of the first areas of work which SASSA is able to bring in-house and manage directly, as intended in legislation, is the management of the direct deductions in terms of Regulation 26A.

In order to do so, SASSA has, after following a procurement process, contracted QLink, the company which is responsible for managing payroll deductions for SASSA as well as government, through National Treasury, for a period of 5 years.

It should be understood that the management of deductions referred to above are for beneficiaries who already have funeral policies, and who have been making use of the direct deduction facility. It is not for a new funeral policy scheme.

2. There was not request for information issued for a service, as this is not a new service which is being provided. There was only a submission to the Bid Adjudication Committee to consider a variation in scope of the existing contract SASSA already has with QLink, after having obtained confirmation from QLink that they are both able and willing to provide the required management service.

3. Not applicable, since SASSA has not appointed a funeral policy provider. SASSA is not involved in the provision of funeral policies at all. The decision to take a funeral policy lies with the beneficiary, who then approaches SASSA to provide the deduction facility for the premium only, in terms of Section 20 and Regulation 26A of the Act.

Reply:

a) The complete list of countries and territories where there are no trade attachés is attached.

Reply:

(1-2) The information in respect of all nine provinces is attached.

Reply:

We have since requested this information from the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality and are making continuous follow-ups. The information will be submitted to the Hon Member as soon as it becomes available.

Reply:

1(a) National Development Agency as per the NDA Act (Act No. 108 of 1998)

(b) DSD and SASSA

(i) (aa) 4 January 2016

(bb) 31 December 2019 (3 years as per the provision of the NDA Act)

(ii) (aa)ten

(bb) 7

2 (a) The establishment of the Board is provided for in the Act itself. It is not a matter that the Executive Authority decides on his/her own. As it currently stands, the NDA Act provides for the establishment of the Board whereas the SASSA Act does not make the same provision, hence there is no board for SASSA.

Reply:

 

DSD
(a)(i) 2014/2015	(aa) (aaa) Names	(bbb) Professional Designations	(bb)(aaa) Details of contracts/ agreements	(bbb) Amounts
None	None	None	N/A	N/A
(a)(ii) 2015/16
None	None	None	N/A	N/A
(a)(ii) 2016/17
None	None	None	N/A	N/A
NDA
b(i) 2014/2015	(aa) (aaa) Names	(bbb) Professional Designations	(bb)(aaa) Details of contracts/ agreements	(bbb) Amounts
None	None	None	N/A	N/A
b(ii) 2015/2016	None	None	N/A	N/A
b(iii) 2016/17	None	None	N/A	N/A
SASSA
b(i) 2014/2015	(aa) (aaa) Names	(bbb) Professional Designations	(bb)(aaa) Details of contracts/ agreements	(bbb) Amounts
	Mr ST Dube	Grants Administrator	T/A Pauline and Viljoen Trading was awarded a contract or agreement to conduct business (Catering) with Edumbe Municipality (KZN)	August 2014 R12 000.00 December 2014 R16 000.00 March 2015 R9 000.00.
	Mr SS Mbambo	Senior Grants Administrator	T/A Construction,Taxis, Catering and Supplying was awarded a contract or agreement. Mshwathi Municipality (Electrification in Public Halls, Ingwe Municipality –Youth Development Plan); Department of Public Works (Renovation at Cedera) and Harry Gwala District Municipality for construction of toilets. (KZN)	R500 000.00- R1000 000.00
	Ms PP Hadebe	Senior Grants Administrator	T/A Ingelengele Trading was awarded a contract or agreement with the Dept. of Sports & Recreation for Catering. (KZN)	R85 000.00
	Ms. JN Mncube	Grants Administrator	Zones Tents and Chairs Hiring was awarded contract or agreement to conduct business with Public Works repairs and renovations at Macambini Clinic for office accommodation (KZN)	R5 800 000 R672 000.00
	Ms P Haas	Clerk Management Accounting	Eluthandweni – Event, Catering and Accommodation Services NC Health Department	R 8,740.00
b(ii) 2015 /2016	Ms. JN Mncube	Grants Administrator	Zones Tents and Chairs Hiring was awarded contract or agreement to conduct business with Public Works for fencing.(KZN)	R400 000.00
	Ms PP Hadebe	Senior Grants Administrator	Ingelengele Trading) was awarded a contract or agreement with the Dept. of Sports & Recreation for Catering.(KZN)	R40 000.00
	Ms P Haas	Clerk Management Accounting	Eluthandweni – Event, Catering and Accommodation Services NC Health Department	R 8,740.00
b(iii) 2016/2017	None	None	None	None

 

 

Reply:

According to available information it is concluded that 51,177 Chinese nationals hold residency status in the RSA. This is because since 2009, the Department has received a total of 69,139 applications from Chinese nationals seeking either temporary or permanent residency status in the Republic. The stated number is extracted from the Track and Trace system which commenced in August 2009, as well as the Visa Adjudication System (VAS) which was introduced in June 2014 and remains currently operational.

The applications comprise:

(i) Temporary Residence Visas: 57, 718

a) Approved: | 44,808

b) Rejected: | 6,574

c) Still under consideration | 6,336

(ii) Permanent Residence Visas: 11,421

a. Approved: | 6,369

b. Rejected: | 2,195

c. Still under consideration | 2,857

Reply:

We have since requested this information from the Premier’s office and are making continuous follow-ups. The information will be submitted to the Hon Member as soon as it becomes available.

Reply:

1. Tender SASSA 42/15/GA was a request for proposals from potential service providers to be accredited for the provision of Project Mikondzo event management services. This was not a tender for the appointment of service providers, but only for the accreditation of service providers, who would be registered on the SASSA data base. When the specific service are required, quotations are obtained from the accredited service providers, in accordance with approved procurement processes. The tender was advertised in the Government Tender Bulletin on 5 February 2016 and responses were evaluated by an approved Bid Evaluation Committee during May 2016. The responses were evaluated on administrative and technical criteria only.

 (a) Since this was a process to accredit service providers and not to award a contract, there is no total value available.

 (b) Given the above response, this is not applicable

 (c) The accreditation is for a period of 3 years as from July 2016.

2. There is no signed service level agreement as there is no contract entered into. However, the services required are stipulated in the Terms of Reference which were advertised.

Reply:

(a) (i) The Minister of Energy and the (b) Deputy Minister make use of security services paid for by the state. (ii) the Minister as well as the Deputy Minister’s immediate families do not make use of any security services paid for by the state (iii) as well as staff members (aa) it is in compliance with the Cabinet decision of 7 December 2007, (bb) the South African Police Services (SAPS), (cc) According to the Ministerial Handbook of 2007, chapter 2, paragraph 3.1, 3.3 and 3.4 the Minister has complied with what is stipulated in the Ministerial Handbook. The Minister was allocated with VIP Protectors from SAPS in compliance with provisions in the Ministerial Handbook.

(c) I am informed that only the Chairman and the Chief Executive Officer of the Central Energy Fund are provided with close protection services in accordance to a threat assessment done in December 2016 by Resurgent Risk Managers (Pty) Ltd with their respective assessments, (ii) none of the immediate family members nor (iii) staff members make use of security services paid for by the state, (cc) the risk arose after the Strategic Fuel Fund contract review commenced.

Reply:

(i)(aa - cc) As the Department reports on citizenship statistics on a calendar year basis, the information is as follows:

Applications for citizenship received in 2014 are 192.

Application for citizenship received in 2015 are 411.

Applications for citizenship received in 2016 are 454.

Applications for citizenship received in 2017 are 92 to date.

(b)(i) In 2014 there were 525 approvals.

In 2015 there were 603 approvals.

In 2016 there were 750 approvals.

In 2017 there were 403 approvals to date.

(b)(ii) In 2014 there were 31 disapproved.

In 2015 there were 13 disapproved.

In 2016 there were 35 disapproved.

In 2017 there were 43 disapproved to date.

NB: The department processed more applications than actual number received per year due to work carried over from one year to the following year.

Reply:

(a) Yes

(b) Yes

(c) (i) DSD and NDA- not applicable

(ii) SASSA- Yes, the Regional Manager for SASSA in KZN is currently receiving protection services.

(i) Both the Minister and Deputy Minister receive protection receive from the SAPS VIP Protection paid by the State as per the provision of the Ministerial Handbook

(ii) Not applicable

(iii) DSD and SASSA not applicable

(aa) after intimidation and death threats on the life of the SASSA Regional Manager by officials who were subjected to disciplinary hearings for fraud and collusion with syndicates who were defrauding the social grants system. The provision of protection services was recommended by the State Security and SAPS after proper assessment was conducted.

(bb) SASSA budget.

(cc) Further details can be provided by the SAPS VIP Protection on (aa)

Reply:

a) No institutions are funded by way of ‘discretionary funding’.

b) No dti entities fund institutions by way of ‘discretionary funding’.

(i)(aa)(aaa)(bbb)(bb)(cc)

The department works to promote industrialisation and transformation and respond to unemployment, poverty and inequality. The strategic direction of this work is derived from the National Development plan and is underpinned by outcome 4, outcome 7 and outcome 11. In supporting the implementation of the higher-impact industrial policy action plan, the department conducts research on industrial development, growth and equity through the following institutions.

• The Industrial Policy Support Fund (IPSF), is a fund administered by the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC). The fund is utilised for a range of industrial development research programmes and projects to support the work set out in successive iterations of the Industrial Policy Action Plan.
• Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS) is a non-profit organisation, which undertakes a wide range of economic and industrial research, training and support work for government-wide initiatives. This work is not ‘discretionary’ but conforms in general to the research needs and imperatives of the department as part of governments industrialisation effort and as set out in successive iterations of the Industrial Policy Action Plan. All TIPS expenditure is subject to external independent audit as required under the Companies Act. Funds have been transferred to TIPS on an annual basis as set out in Table 1 from 2013.
• NEDLAC Trade and Industry Chamber: TIC is a NEDLAC’s Chamber that is responsible for processing legislation with a potential socio-economic impact prior to introduction to Parliament. In 1998, TIC established the Fund for Research into Industrial Development, Growth and Equity (FRIDGE) with the objective of funding research into the competitiveness of local industries and firms in order to access international markets and attract investment into the South African economy. The initial funding was provided by the Japanese government. When the Japanese funding ended in 2003, the dti was tasked to provide support because of the type of research produced, which was in line with its mandate the MoA was terminated in September 2014

(a) ii) No international institutions are funded for the purposes of research and

development.

(a) bb) Table 1: Institutions of research and development funded by the Department of Trade and Industry

Institutions	PERIOD & TOTAL AMOUNT
	2014-2015	2015-2016	2016-2017
Industrial Policy Support Fund (IPSF), IDC	R16 000 000.00	R10 046 000.00	R14 111 000.00
Trade & Industrial Policies Strategies (TIPS)	R 14 570 000.00	R 22745 684.21	R26 220 771.93
NEDLAC Trade & Industry Chamber (funded through IDC)	R 724 000.00	R 1 982 919.00	R 0
Grand total	R 31 294  000.00	R 34 774 603.21	R 40 331 771.93

Reply:

(a)(i) As indicated in the available records:

2007:1

2008:No one

2009:No one

2010: 5

2011: 3

2012: 2

2014: 2

2015:6

2016: 12

(a)(ii) No person’s has been granted citizenship under section 5(9) of the citizenship act since 1 April 2017.

(b) The names are as follows:

In 2007

• Bahaeldin Abdelsater

In 2010

• Professor Mthuli Ncube
• Ode Fulutudilu
• Tendai Mtawarira
• Muhammad Imran Tahir
• Sandra Bilonda Zaca

In 2011

• Simangele Tapela
• Godfrey Danisa Tapela
• Valerie Mercella O’Connor-Makatini

In 2012

• Jerome Walter Henri Valcke
• Mohamed Salman Momed Elherfi

In 2014

• Prevost James Casell
• Aguiar Vasco de Jesus Barradas

In 2015

• Alablak Ali
• Dino Gabriel
• Gupta Angoori
• Gupta Shivani
• Singhala Kamal kant
• Surya Kant

In 2016

• Dominic Kincaid Ferszt
• Chadha Arun Suraj
• Chadha Renika Arun
• Adeniji Adeloye Amoo Temitope

• Adenji Selinah Idowu Adeyemi
• Kalumbu Nathan
• Kalumbu Siphiwe
• Kalumbu Kamuyamben Nigel
• Kalumbu Chelsea Robin
• Kalumbu Anna-marie Danai
• Du Hyen Kim
• Wieslaw Tomasz Honik

(c) Date which citizenship was granted:

• Bahaeldin Abdelsater- 2007-08-13
• Sandra Bilonda Zaca- 2010-04-22
• Professor Mthuli Ncube- 2010-05-21
• Ode Fulutudilu- 2010-05-25
• Tendai Mtawarira- 2010-06-28
• Muhammad Imran Tahir- 2010-12-31
• Simangele Tapela- 2011-03-01
• Godfrey Danisa Tapela- 2011-03-01
• Valerie Mercella O’Connor-Makatini- 2011-03-08
• Jerome Walter Henri Valcke- 2012- 06-16
• Mohamed Salman Momed Elherfi- 2012-02-01
• Prevost James Casell- 2014-03-20
• Aguiar Vasco de Jesus Barradas- 2014-04-15
• Alablak Ali- 2015-05-03
• Dino Gabriel- 2015-05-27
• Gupta Angoori- 215-05-30
• Gupta Shivani- 2015-05-30
• Singhala Kamal kant- 2015-05-30
• Surya Kant- 2015-05-30
• Dominic Kincaid Ferszt- 2016-11-11
• Chadha Arun Suraj- 2016-02-02
• Chadha Renika Arun- 2016-02-02
• Adeniji adeloye amoo temitope- 2016-02-02
• Adeniji Sewlinah Idowu adeyemi- 2016-02-02
• Kalumbu Nathan- 2016-02-04
• Kalumbu Siphiwe -2016-02-04
• Kalumbu Kamuyambeni Nigel – 2016-02-04
• Kalumbu Chelsea Robin -2016-02-04
• Kalumbu Anna-marie Danai – 2016-02-04
• Du Hyen Kim – 2016-02-11
• Wieslaw Tomasz Honik- 2016-02-18

(2) No Minister has interfered in the process of the department as all cases with regard to section 5(9) are dealt with in line with the citizenship act stipulations.

The position is the department follow the act prescripts as stipulated.

Reply:

(1) African Renaissance and International Cooperation Fund (a) No, it does not have a board. In terms of the ARF ACT 51 OF 2000 6(3), the Director General is the Accounting Officer of the Fund in terms of the Public Finance Management Act, 1999 (Act No.1 of 1999).

(2) with reference to entities that do not have boards in place,

(a) who is responsible for appointing the board and (b) when will a board be appointed?

REPLY:

There is no Board. In terms of the ARF Act 51 of 2000 6(3), the Director General is the Accounting Officer of the Fund in terms of the Public Finance Management Act, 1999 (Act No.1 of 1999).

 

Reply:

a) The role of the person named was to represent South Africa from a policy perspective, including the South African Ecosystem on entrepreneurship and to draw lessons on international best practice in and from the engagements at the Start-up Nations. The Summits are held annually and are attended by various countries on invitation and the participants engaged on discussions regarding entrepreneurship and lessons from countries represented.

b) One of the pillars, the current SMME Strategy (Integrated Strategy for the Development and Promotion of Enterprises and Entrepreneurship) provides for the promotion of entrepreneurship through campaigns, leadership training and awards. The Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) implements or partners with organisations that seek to achieve the objectives of this pillar. This has been evident in the DSBD’s partnership with various organisations during March 2017 to host the Global Entrepreneurship Congress (GEC). One of the milestones of the GEC was the launch of the Global Entrepreneurship Network Africa chapter. As one of the founders of this Chapter the DSBD is involved in the activities that seek to promote entrepreneurship in the country and the continent.

The DSBD also focuses on supporting pre-start up activities that invigorate innovation and business start-up as part of increasing the levels of entrepreneurship in the country. The Small Enterprise Development Agency (SEDA) rapid incubator programme linked to the Centres for entrepreneurship programme and the Black Business Supplier Development Programme (BBSDP) sub-programme targeting and funding start-ups are some of the examples that the DSBD is implementing.

Reply:

UMALUSI RESPONSE

(a) Umalusi has a Council in place as the Accounting Authority.

(i) Below is the information as requested regarding the Council of Umalusi:

Name	Appointment date (aa)	Term lapsing (bb)
1. Prof. JD Volmink Chairperson	7 June 2014	8 June 2018
2. Prof. ND Kgwadi (Deputy Chairperson)	7 June 2014	8 June 2018
3. Dr MS Rakometsi (CEO: Umalusi)	7 June 2014	8 June 2018
4. Prof. PAD Beets	7 June 2014	8 June 2018
5. Prof. N. Baijnath CEO: Council on Higher Education (CHE)	1 October 2015	8 June 2018
6. Ms F Dada	7 June 2014	8 June 2018
7. Mr MHW Ehrenreich	7 June 2014	8 June 2018
8. Mr NT Johnstone	1 September 2015	8 June 2018
9. Mr D Hindle*	15 December 2016	8 June 2018
10. Dr MJ Maboya**	1 July 2016	8 June 2018
11. Dr EB Mahlobo	7 June 2014	8 June 2018
12. Prof. MG Mahlomaholo	7 June 2014	8 June 2018
13. Prof. L Makalela	7 June 2014	8 June 2018
14. Dr R Mampane	7 June 2014	8 June 2018
15. Adv. MJ Merabe***	15 December 2016	8 June 2018
16. Prof. MLE Monnapula - Mapesela	7 June 2014	8 June 2018
17. Mr E Mosuwe****	24 October 2016	8 June 2018
18. Mr V Naidoo***** CEO: Quality Council for Trades and Occupations (QCTO)	1 June 2017	8 June 2018
19. Mr JS Samuels CEO: South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA)	7 June 2014	8 June 2018

(*) Replaced Professor Loock who resigned on 10 December 2015 as member of Council.

(**) Appointed Deputy Director – General: Curriculum Policy, Support and Monitoring at the Department of Basic Education (DBE) and replaced Mr Mweli, Director – General: DBE in Council.

(***) Replaced Dr L Becker who resigned on 20 June 2016 as member of Council.

(****) Appointed Head of Department of Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) and replaced Dr N Sishi as a representative of Heads of Education Departments Committee (HEDCOM) in Council.

(*****) Appointed CEO of QCTO and replaced Ms Joyce Mashabela – the former CEO of QCTO.

(II) Umalusi Council:

(aa) Number of members:

The Council for the period 8 June 2014 to 7 June 2018 consists of 15 members appointed by the Minister of Basic Education and the Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of Umalusi, the Council on Higher Education (CHE); Quality Council for Trades and Occupations (QCTO); and the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA). The Minister also appoints one of the members as Chairperson. The Council is responsible for policy and overall governance, with the day-to-day management delegated to the Chief Executive Officer.

(bb) Number of female board members:

Four members:

1. Ms Fathima Dada;
2. Dr Mamiki J Maboya;
3. Dr Ruth Mampane; and
4. Professor Mabokang Monnapula-Mapesela.

SACE RESPONSE

1. (a) The South African Council for Educators (SACE) has a Council and not a Board.

(b) Not applicable to SACE.

(aa) The Council members were appointed on 1 August 2013.

(bb) The term of the current SACE Council is coming to an end on 31 July 2017.

(ii) (aa) there are 30 Council members (inclusive of the Chairperson and Acting CEO).

(bb) Females: Seven (7).

2. (a) (b) Not Applicable to SACE.

Reply:

(1) As at the end of March 2017, there are 24 467 Principals.

(2) (a) None.

(b) None.

(c) 19 115.

(d) 2 272.

(e) Information on PERSAL that shows the actual qualification is currently not complete on the PERSAL system. It is therefore not possible to give the number of Principals with a qualification from a further education and training as part of their professional teaching qualifications.

(3) A significant number of Principals have management qualifications. This could be school-related qualifications e.g. Advanced Certificate in Education-School Leadership and Management or general management qualifications. Existing information on the PERSAL system that shows the actual qualifications in this field is not complete. It is therefore not possible at this stage to show a specific number of Principals with a management qualification.

Reply:

Entity	(i)	(ii)	(iii)	(aa)(aaa)	(bbb)	(bb)(aaa)	(bbb)
DST	No	Yes	Yes	Advocate Nomonde January	Head Legal Services	Cleaning and vegetation with Eskom.	R5000 Payable every second or third month. The employee has resigned from the company
CSIR	No	Yes	No	Mr Happy Mathekga	Technician	He held an interest in Paps and Hi Trading and Projects (Pty) Ltd. The work was secured prior to permanent employment at the CSIR The company removed furniture for the CIPC. The work was secured through a competitive process	R12 900
				Ms R Phala	Project coordinator	She held an interest in Nakiwe Consulting (Pty) Ltd. the work was secured prior to permanent employment at the CSIR. The company supplied books to Tshwane University of Technology. The work was secured through a competitive process	R37 000
				Ms M Mqehlana,	Financial Admin Officer	She held an interest in Undivert (Pty) Ltd. The company provided a computer server and programming to iNkandla Local Municipality. The work was secured through a competitive process.	R249 820
Entity	(i)	(ii)	(iii)	(aa)(aaa)	(bbb)	(bb)(aaa)	(bbb)
NRF	No	No	No
HSRC	No	No	No
ASSAF	No	No	No
SANSA	No	No	No
TIA	No	No	No

Reply:

The policy is still a draft and will come into effect once presented and approved at Cabinet. The Department could however present the draft policy to the Portfolio Committee as per the Committee’s invitation

Reply:

(a) 

Table 1 below indicates that, in 2016, there were 803 learners who fell pregnant in KwaZulu-Natal. The majority of these learners were in Grade 12 at 201 learners. With regards to availability of Mpumalanga data, the Department will indicate as soon as the province responds.

Table 1: Number of learners who fell pregnant, by grade, in KwaZulu-Natal, in 2016

Province	Grade 3	Grade 4	Grade 5	Grade 6	Grade 8	Grade 9	Grade 10	Grade 11	Grade 12	Other	Total
KZN	19	17	22	19	29	63	158	178	201	97	803

Source: KZN 2016 Annual School Survey

Note 1: The Annual School Survey question on learner pregnancy asks the school principal for: “the number of learners (That they are aware of) who got pregnant the previous academic year”.

Note 2: The data, as received from the province, are preliminary and must be treated with caution, since it has not been published in this format.

(b)

The basic education system does not track this at the moment. Tracking the return of learners after giving birth may be something we could explore in future as a sector. However, we have a policy that does not prevent learners from returning. Parents have a responsibility to ensure that learners return to school after giving birth, not the Department necessarily

Reply:

(1) (a) and (b) The allocation and Expenditure per Province:

Provinces	Column A	Column B
	Allocation	Expenditure
	2016/17	2016/17
	R'000	R'000
Eastern Cape	1 543 664	614 915
Free State	237 487	166 524
KwaZulu-Natal	106 869	61 243
Limpopo	83 120	115 754
Mpumalanga	83 120	81 872
Northern Cape	23 749	122
North West	35 623	2 562
Total	2 113 632	1 042 992

(2) (a) & (b) (I & II) The School Infrastructure Backlogs Grant is not allocated to provinces but to the Department of Basic Education. The funding indicated above, therefore, depicts the value of projects implemented per province through the programme and not an allocation to a province. As a result, no funding was withdrawn or returned to National Treasury as a result of underspending in a province. The entire programme underspent by R 874 753 000. Reasons for under expenditure vary from programme to programme but they include, but not limited to poor performance by Implementing Agents and contractors, inclement weather, occasional shortage of building material and works disruption due to community led disruptions and industrial action. Poor contractor performance in all provinces and the procedure required to replace them also contributes to under expenditure. The process of rationalisation of small and unviable schools, especially in the Eastern Cape, also played a major role in the underperformance of the programme.

Reply:

(a) Department of Small Business Development (DSBD)

(i) The DSBD had no dealings with a service provider, Bell Portinger.

(ii) The DSBD did not acquire the services of a Public Relations Company during the 2016/17 financial year.

(b) Entities

Small Enterprise Development Agency (SEDA)

(i)&(ii) The SEDA has not procured services from Bell Portinger nor any other Public Relations Firm.

Small Enterprise Finance Agency (SEFA)

(i) The SEFA has not procured services from Bell Portinger.

(ii) Details of services procured from other Public Relations Firms are attached as Annexure A.

Reply:

Number of complaints each year

Financial period	Total number
2013/14	156
2014/15	1270
2015/16	2133
2016/17	3188

Note: It is not possible to provide details relating to categories because each complaint may have more than one category.

(2) What number of complaints, if possible in each category, indicated as (a) percentages and (b) numbers in each specified year was (i) successful and (ii) unsuccessful?

Year	% Successful	Number	% Unsuccessful	Number
2013/14	59%	92	41%	64
2014/15	32%	409	68%	861
2015/16	59%	1172	41%	961
2016/17	45%	1236	55%	1490

Note: 1. It is not clear what is meant by “successful” and “unsuccessful” in this question. The answers above were provided on the basis that successful means that the complaint was successfully lodged in that it falls within the Tax Ombud’s mandate and unsuccessful means the complaint falls outside the TO’s mandate.

2. As at 31 March 2017, there were 462 complaints yet to be validated.

NW1819E

Reply:

Category: Agriculture	2013	Category: Agriculture	2014	Category: Agriculture	2015
	R'million		R'million		R'million
Semi-milled or wholly milled rice, whether or not polished or glazed {kg}	6,281	Other Wheat and meslin	5,004	Other Wheat and meslin	6,016
Other Wheat and meslin:	3,702	Semi-milled or wholly milled rice, whether or not polished or glazed {kg}	4,390	Semi-milled or wholly milled rice, whether or not polished or glazed {kg}	5,361
Other Cuts and offal, frozen	2,038	Other Cuts and offal, frozen	2,282	Cuts and offal, frozen:	1,763
Mechanically deboned meat {u}	712	Mechanically deboned meat {u}	728	Other Maize (corn):	1,673
Of barley {kg}	591	Sunflower seeds, whether or not broken {kg}	632	Other Live bovine animals	1,063

The top five products by categories and rand value imported are as follows:

Category: Fishing	2013	Category: Fishing	2014	Category: Fishing	2015
	R'million		R'million		R'million
Other shrimps and prawns {kg}	508	Other shrimps and prawns	551	Other shrimps and prawns	486
Hake (merluccius spp, urophycis spp) {kg}	224	Jack and horse mackerel (trachurus spp) {kg}	313	Jack and horse mackerel (trachurus spp) {kg}	410
Jack and horse mackerel (trachurus spp) {kg}	208	Other Fish, frozen (excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304)	243	Other Fish, frozen (excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304):	315
Other Molluscs, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked molluscs	141	Other Molluscs, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked molluscs	215	Sardines (sardina pilchardus, sardinops spp), sardinella (sardinella spp), brisling or sprats (sprattus sprattus) {kg}	275
Other Fish, frozen (excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304):	138	Hake (merluccius spp, urophycis spp) {kg}	197	Other {kg} or Molluscs, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked molluscs	252

Category: Mineral products	2013	Category: Mineral products	2014	Category: Mineral products	2015
	R'million		R'million		R'million
Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude	142,050	Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude	175,840	Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude	98,451
Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals (excluding crude)	62,574	Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals (excluding crude)	63,309	Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals (excluding crude)	59,296
Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons	3,089	Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons:	4,579	Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons:	4,413
Coal; briquettes, ovoids and similar solid fuels manufactured from coal	2,839	Coal; briquettes, ovoids and similar solid fuels manufactured from coal:	2,864	Coal; briquettes, ovoids and similar solid fuels manufactured from coal:	2,632
Electrical energy 1000 kwh	1,500	Electrical energy 1000 kwh	2,358	Electrical energy 1000 kwh	2,603

Category: Forestry	2013	Category: Forestry	2014	Category: Forestry	2015
	R'million		R'million		R'million
Other live plants (including their roots), cuttings and slips; mushroom spawn	53	Other live plants (including their roots), cuttings and slips; mushroom spawn	60	Other live plants (including their roots), cuttings and slips; mushroom spawn	61
Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, dormant {u}	35	Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, dormant {u}	35	Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, dormant {u}	36
Other plants and Unrooted cuttings and slips {u}	29	Other plants and Unrooted cuttings and slips {u}	28	Other plants and Unrooted cuttings and slips {u}	27
Other {kg} or Cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh, dried, dyed, bleached	17	Cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh, dried, dyed, bleached	16	Roses {kg}	18
Roses {kg}	14	Roses {kg}	15	Other Cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh, dried, dyed, bleached	18

Category: Manufacturing	2013	Category: Manufacturing	2014	Category: Manufacturing	2015
	R'million		R'million		R'million
Machinery and Equipments	249,936	Machinery and Equipments	254,208	Machinery and Equipments	277,722
Petroleum Products	212,143	Petroleum Products	249,404	Petroleum Products	167,697
Chemicals	92,594	Chemicals	101,459	Chemicals	111,975
Vehicles	88,509	Vehicles	88,866	Vehicles	91,389
Metal Products	30,196	Clothing	32,272	Metal Products	39,007

Reply:

The Marketing Investment Framework calculated R38 million as the optimal marketing spend to achieve SA Tourism’s 5-in-5 targets of 1 million more domestic holiday trips by 2021.

The Marketing Investment Framework calculation did not take into consideration South Africa’s macro-economic environment and barriers to domestic travel listed below:

• A constrained economy and high interest rates leading to high levels of unemployment;
• Lack of affordability due to low disposable income and restrained spending by consumers;
• The lack of culture of travel within the domestic market as South Africans do not see the value of travel.

Through the SA Tourism commissioned Domestic Segmentation Refresh Study and collaboration with Provincial Tourism Authorities, SA Tourism gained insights into the key drivers of domestic tourism and a renewed understanding of the identified market segments, ensuring their relevance in the current macro-economic environment.

SA Tourism used these insights to augment the outcome of the Marketing Investment Framework and increased the domestic marketing spend by an additional R100 million. SA Tourism is working with provinces to build a culture of travel and to drive conversion.

(a) Optimal annual domestic amount.

SA Tourism’s R138 million domestic marketing budget for the 2017/18 financial year has been apportioned as follows in order to address the barriers highlighted above:

• 50% of the total marketing budget has been allocated to drive awareness and to build a culture of travel amongst South Africans who currently have no culture of travel though the “I Do Tourism” Campaign.
• The remaining 50% of the budget has been set aside to drive conversion with trade through affordable local packages and to drive demand for more frequent domestic short breaks.

Going forward, some of this budget will be focussed more towards investing in tourism development driven by the National Department of Tourism in order to increase supply of quality and affordable products into the market, thereby ensuring a balance between stimulation of demand and strengthening the supply base.

(b) Other relevant insights which can revitalise domestic tourism that are contained in the study

The Domestic Tourism Marketing Strategy is informed by a segmentation refresh study that was recently undertaken, to enable better targeting of the identified consumer segments, which will inform refreshed messaging and communications. The domestic study found that there are almost 22 million South Africans with a source of income, who can be seen as potential tourists.

(c) Further details

The Domestic Tourism Marketing Strategy will focus on building the culture of travel, converting the travelling population (especially those who travel mainly to visit friends and relatives) to start taking holidays, and encouraging existing holiday-makers to take more holidays.

The research identified three groups of people to target:

• Build Culture of Travel

In order to broaden the opportunity for growing domestic tourism, South African Tourism will build the culture of travel among South Africans. Initiatives and programmes to build a travel culture will target 3.6 million consumers with adequate disposable income yet not travelling as much as they could.

• Convert Travelling Population

This population of approximately 1.5 million people is already travelling to a certain extent, but not necessarily for holiday purposes. They buy into the “experience economy” and aspire most to travelling overseas and exploring other countries, prioritising such trips over domestic trips – especially if they are offered a good deal. Since they do not always have the means to travel, they are looking for affordable options, and will prioritise travel if and when inspiration strikes.

• Encourage Existing Holiday Makers

This group of about 350 000 people are considered “mature” in terms of holiday travel. They are happy to pay for convenience when travelling, because their time is precious. They enjoy going on holiday seasonally to spend time bonding with their family, and their children are their main priority.

With these domestic tourism focus areas in mind, as well as taking into account key barriers to travel such as affordability and accessibility, South African Tourism aims to:

• Excite and entrench a tourism culture among South Africans by partnering with community structures across all provinces (including rural areas), supporting affordable trade offers and other catalytic platforms supported by media and influencers for first-time tourists.

• Grow the number of domestic tourists and the frequency of trips by targeting the prioritised segments. This will be done by engaging in activities (including product placement through media channels) that will drive demand by changing consumers’ attitude towards the desirability and value of domestic travel.

• Increase the contribution of tourism revenue to the economy by targeting holiday leisure tourists as well as business tourists, with the intention of converting business tourists into leisure tourists by promoting leisure tourism add-ons to business trips in partnership with the trade. VFR tourists will also be motivated to embrace more leisure tourism activities.

• Enhance efforts to address seasonality by developing deal-driven tactical campaigns with trade partners to stimulate bookings during the low season, from May to September. Day trips will be encouraged through initiatives such as special offers or discounts to make attractions affordable for all.

• Achieve improved geographic spread by partnering with provincial tourism agencies to build content and itineraries of new and innovative products for packaging by trade partners. This will include highlighting the “hidden gems” in less-visited provinces and promoting World Heritage Sites and other iconic cultural attractions. The strategy will leverage off provincial strategic events and resources to grow domestic tourism and increase the share of tourism for the respective provinces. This calls for the alignment of plans and strategies, as well as for the monitoring of their successful implementation.

Reply:

(a) & (b)

The list of the Working for Tourism projects and associated costs which will be funded in 2017/18 is outlined in the Table below. Please note that these projects are implemented over multiple financial years and the funding that is reflected is the total approved project budget.

Project Name	Total Approved Project Budget	Amount transferred by 30 March 2017	Projected/Estimated expenditure for 2017/18
Infrastructure Projects
LP- Phiphidi Waterfalls Phase 2	R 24 614 348.00	R 9 622 296.00	R11 114 348.00
FS-Building a Guesthouse in Qwa Qwa Phase 2	R16 906 319.00	R14 991 020.00	R 1 799 499.00
FS- Masilonyane Information Centre	R 3 773 102.52	R 2 138 579.00	R 1 634 523.52
NC- Platfontein Lodge	R 27 313 294.00	R11 252 311.00	R 15 592 988.00
LP – The Oaks Project	R 26 550 216.00	R26 194 201.10	R 18 600 000.00
Training Projects
National Youth Chef Training Programme	R63 694 002.00	R63 424 002.00	R 270 000.00
National Youth Chef Training Programme - Additional 200	R10 428 372.00	R10 428 372.00	0
KZN- Hospitality Youth Programme	R24 750 000.00	R20 851 195.00	R 3 725 555.00
WC- Hospitality Youth Programme	R24 750 000.00	R20 958 000.00	R 3 618 750.00
NC- Hospitality Youth Programme	R 4 950 000.00	R  972 000.00	R 943 350.00
EC-Hospitality Youth Programme	R 4 950 000.00	R 4 005 004.00	R 910 346.00
GP-Hospitality Youth Programme	R 9 900 000.00	R 7 473 246.00	R 2 358 454.00
MP - Hospitality Youth Programme	R14 850 000.00	R11 953 888.00	R 2 792 162.00
The Tourism Blue Flag Programme	R39 600 000.00	R29 081 665.00	R 5 748 508.00
Food Safety Project	R26 685 747.00	R10 000 000.00	R16 685 747.00
Wine Service Training Project	R61 479 000.00	R20 000 000.00	R18 470 500.00
Gauteng Tourism Safety Monitors Project	R52 145 429.00	R 2 280 000.00	R16 621 809.00
Projects at a planning stage
FS-Empereni Hospitality Training Centre	R 18 810 000.00	R 760 000.00	R 9 000 000.00
FS Vredefort Dome	R 15 000 000.00	0	R 7 000 000.00
LP -Sekhukhune Project	R 13 356 938.00	R 69 863.03	R 6 500 000.00
LP- Bohlabela project	R 19 634 568.00	R 114 725.58	R 8 000 000.00
LP- 24 Rivers	R 24 838 662.00	R 344 984.12	R 9 000 000.00
EC- Kiwane camp	R 22 632 036.00	R 213 750.00	R10 000 000.00
NW Lotlamoreng Dam project	R 13 276 373.00	0	R 9 000 000.00
MP- Mnisi Resort	R 9 784 583.52	R 148 465.90	R 4 500 000.00
LP - SanParks Mapungubwe Youth Hostel	R24 274 000.00	R12 000 000.00	R 7 085 930.00
KZN Ezemvelo Roofing Project	R33 100 000.00	R 4 733 300.00	R 9 455 568.00
KZN Ezemvelo Midmar Infrastructure project	R36 378 180.00	R18 009 000.00	R 6 123 060.00
WC Agulhas Lighthouse Tourism Project	R54 990 000.00	R27 495 000.00	R 9 165 000.00

(c ) This information is not available for historical projects. Through the current extensive review of the former Social Responsibility Initiative (SRI) Programme this short coming will be addressed. However, this review process has just commenced. The department does not collect information on income or revenue generated by projects post-handover to the owning entities.

Reply:

The Office of the Chief Procurement Officer (OCPO) has not conducted a skills audit in procurement across all spheres of Government. It is the responsibility of each Accounting Officer / Head of Department to conduct a skills audit within his / her institution to ensure that SCM officials are trained and deployed in accordance with the requirements of the “Guide for Minimum Training and Deployment of Supply Chain Management officials” issued as Practice Note Number SCM 5 of 2004 on 27 October 2004, in accordance with the Regulations in terms of the Public Finance Management Act, 1999: Framework for Supply Chain Management that was promulgated in Government Gazette Number 25767 on 5 December 2003.

However, the OCPO in partnership with the Chief Directorate: Capacity Building in the Office of the Accountant-General (OAG) have conducted a Supply Chain Management (SCM) Baseline Study which seeks to determine the number, demographic profile and qualifications of SCM officials (practitioners and managers) that are currently employed in the national, provincial and local spheres of government. There were two phases to the project, the first being the collection of organisational data and the second being an individual survey.

Phase 1 required each government department or municipality to provide the number of approved funded, filled and vacant posts in the SCM Unit, including the names of SCM officials, their job title and email address, together with an approved organisational structure of the SCM Units or an approved organogram depicting the SCM function in the organisation.

Phase 2 required SCM officials to complete an online individual survey depicting an individual’s personal details; demographic profile (nationality, race, gender, age, occupational role and salary level); formal academic qualifications completed, currently studying or interested in undertaking; SCM training courses completed or interested in completing; number of years employed in public sector SCM, including the number of years employed in the different elements of the South African public sector SCM Model (demand, acquisition, contract, logistics, disposal, supply chain risk and performance management as well as asset management).

The results of the baseline study will inform the development of responsive and appropriate capacity development solutions and enable state institutions to channel resources into the areas where they will contribute the most to capacity development interventions, employee training and development, as well as enhancing staff morale and organisational performance.

The SCM baseline study with regards to Contract Management in the three spheres of government reveals the following:

Number of staff employed in Contract Management and SCM Units

Description	National Departments 43 out of 47	Provincial Departments 121 out of 123	Municipalities 203 out of 257	Total
Contract Management	88 (3%)	181 (3%)	171 (7%)	440 (4%)
Total number of staff in SCM (filled posts)	3 345	5 596	2 363	11 304

Number of staff who completed Contract Management courses

Description	National	Provincial	Municipalities	Total
Contract Management (PFMA)	103 out of 1995 courses completed (5%)	266 out of 2993 courses completed (9%)	4 out of 418 courses completed (1%)	373 (7%)
Contract Management (MFMA)	2 out of 1995 courses completed (0%)	None	19 out of 418 courses completed (4.5%)	21 (1%)

In addition, in respect of SCM human resource development:

The National Treasury in partnership with the Department for Public Service and Administration (DPSA), Department of Cooperative Governance (DCoG), the National School of Government (NSG) and other stakeholders through public sector forums, committees, meetings and reference groups developed the Public Financial Management (PFM) Capacity Development Strategy (CDS). Government departments, chief financial officers, provincial accountant-generals, provincial treasuries and capacity development specialists contributed to this process.

The CDS represents the National Treasury’s coherent strategy and plan of action to support the development of good public financial management. The strategy provides a national perspective to address financial management capacity constraints in the public sector. These challenges include scarce skills; high levels of vacancies and staff turnover; a lack of suitable education, training and development programmes; limited knowledge management; inadequate monitoring and evaluation; ineffective performance management; non-adherence to legislation; poor audit results; and an absence of effective partnerships. The CDS is based on a range of diagnostics that amongst others indicated a need for improving PFM practitioner skills and knowledge through targeted education training and development solutions. There is a strong focus on supporting individuals to achieve their personal and professional aspirations.

 

During 2015, we published the Supply Chain Management (SCM) Review which made reference to the following SCM capacity development initiatives that are underway:

• Generic functional structures for CFOs’ offices and for provincial treasury SCM support functions;

• SCM competency framework that defines the knowledge and skills required to operate effectively within an SCM unit;

• SCM master curriculum; and

• Development of an individual skills development assessment toolkit (i-Develop) to help individuals (practitioners) and institutions to identify their SCM human resource development needs.

The SCM i-Develop is an online tool for individual self-assessment of SCM competencies and other PFM competencies. During 2016, SCM i-Develop was piloted in select KZN provincial departments profiling 146 SCM practitioners. All the assessed SCM practitioners completed their self-assessment of 105 competency statements covering competency clusters for:

• Demand Management
• Acquisition Management
• Logistics Management
• Contract Management
• Disposal Management
• Risk and Performance Management and
• General Competencies (such as strategic capabilities, change management, and computer skills).

The self-assessment was found to be applicable to the actual work of the SCM practitioners. The online tool was easy to use however the reporting functionality required further enhancements.

Number of officials assessed per department (KZN Province):

Department	Number of officials assessed
Department of Arts and Culture	8
Department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs	7
Provincial Treasury	7
Department of Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs	16
Department of Transport	12
Department of Community Safety and Liaison	8
Department of Agriculture and Rural Development	8
Provincial Legislature	6
Department of Sport and Recreation	6
Department of Health	10
Department of Education	12
Department of Social Development	20
Department of Human Settlements	17
Department of Public Works	9
Total	146

The overall objectives of the project were to:

• Identify the knowledge, skills and attributes (KSAs) that SCM staff need, the KSAs that SCM staff have, and the areas for development, thereby enabling an organisation to channel resources into the areas where they will contribute the most to human resource development, individual and organisational performance, and staff morale.

• The toolkit is also intended to direct and advise participants on relevant education, training and development (ETD) solutions available and to prioritise the ETD solutions based on research and consultation, and linked to organisational, team and individual objectives.

The second phase of implementation includes the rollout of the SCM i-Develop toolkit in another three (3) provinces, namely, the Gauteng, North West and Western Cape. The project implementation is currently funded by the European Union through the Financial Management Improvement Programme (FMIP). This will allow for the web-based SCM i-Develop toolkit to be tested further and enhanced. In April 2018, the final version of the SCM i-Develop toolkit will become available to all Provincial and National Departments.

The third phase of implementation aims to sustain the development and implementation of the SCM i-Develop toolkit. The National Treasury, Chief Directorate: Capacity Building, in the Office of the Accountant-General, will facilitate workshops with the Provincial Treasuries and Provincial Departments. Ownership and responsibility to conduct the competency assessments will be bestowed on the Accounting Officers supported by the respective HR units and SCM managers.

Reply:

(a) Cost

(a) (i) Projects that were successfully completed in 2014/2015.

No.	(a) (i) 2014/15 Completed projects	Budget	Expenditure	Municipality
EASTERN CAPE
1.	Manqondo Tourism	R 4,750,000	R 4,724,969	King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality
2.	Wonkumuntu Tourism	R9,500,000	R9,496,396	King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality
3.	IP OR Tambo Heritage	R 10,000,000	R 8,300,755	Mbizana Local Municipality
KWAZULU-NATAL
4.	Muzi Pan Phase 1	R 1,000,000	R 995,340	Jozini Local Municipality
5.	Ntuzuma	R4,167,078	R4,138,252	eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality
LIMPOPO
6.	Mukumbani Waterfall	R7,600,000	R 7,546,800	Thulamela Local Municipality
FREE STATE
7.	Black Water Fly Fishing	R 2,700,000	R 2,603,002	Maluti a Phofung Local Municipality
8	Establishment of Central Communication Centre	R 1,943,000	R 1,876,950	Maluti a Phofung Local Municipality
WESTERN CAPE

a (ii) Projects that were successfully completed in 2015/2016

No	(a) (ii) 2015/16 Completed projects	Budget	Expenditure	Municipality
EASTERN CAPE
1.	Mthatha Airport Information Centre	R13,059,000	R13,059,000	King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality
2.	Bongolo Dam	R14,107,500	R14,020,875	Lukanji Local Municipality
3.	Ndlambe Tourism Infrastructure	R 23,157,996	R 23,161,555	Ndlambe Local Municipality
4.	Grahamstown Caravan Park	R12,262,404	R12,193,954	Makana Local Municipality
5.	Maluti Hiking and Horse Trail	R4,750,000	R4,749,987	Matatiele Municipality
FREE STATE
6.	Establishment of Central Communication Centre	R 1,943,000	R 1,876,950	Maluti a Phofung Local Municipality
KWAZULU-NATAL
7.	Mpumalanga Gateway	R4,702,500	R4,671,934	eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality
NORTHERN CAPE
8.	Frances Baard Park	R20,800,000	R20,463,701	Sol Plaatjie Local Municipality
WESTERN CAPE
9	False Bay Ecological Park	R26,950,000	R26,950,000	City of Cape Town Metro
10.	Donkey Tracking Route - Phase 3	R20,606,900	R20,606,563	Cederberg Local Municipality
11.	Tourism Development for Atlantis - Phase 2	R9,900,000	R9,898,272	City of Cape Town Metro

(b) What were the

(i) Gross incomes of each SRI project since completion day

The Department of Tourism does not collect this information as the projects are handed over to the project owners upon completion.

(ii) (Net Profits of each SRI project since completion day

The Department of Tourism does not collect this information as the projects are handed over to the project owners upon completion.

(c) How much of the specified :

(i) Gross incomes can be attributed to expenditure incurred by the department

The Department of Tourism does not collect this information as the projects are handed over to the project owners upon completion.

(ii) Net profits can be attributed to expenditure incurred by the department

The Department of Tourism does not collect this information as the projects are handed over to the project owners upon completion.

(d) Further relevant details in each case

Given the responses stated above, there are no further relevant details in each case.

Reply:

(i) The total number of rooms in the country:

There is currently no database that reflects the universal number of rooms in the country. The Tourism Grading Council of South Africa (TGCSA) only collects information on graded establishments and graded rooms.

	(aa) 2014-2015	(bb) 2015-2016	(cc) 2016-2017	1 April 2017
Hotel establishment rooms (graded hotel establishment rooms)	58,186	55,263	58,684	59,092
*Large hotel chain rooms	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
**Non-hotel establishment rooms (graded non-hotel establishment rooms)	57,491	59,018	60,185	59,709

* The TGCSA does not track the number of graded hotel rooms according to the size of the hotel or by hotel chain.

** Non-hotel establishment rooms in the following categories:

• Backpacker and hostelling
• Bed and Breakfast
• Caravan and Camping
• Country House
• Game Lodge
• Guest House
• Nature Reserve
• Lodge
• Self-Catering
• Meetings, Exhibitions and Special Events

The department recognises the need for a comprehensive database that is not solely dependent on the grading status or updates from establishments in order to support planning, growth and development of the tourism sector. In this regard, the Department, working with Provinces; Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs; Municipalities; Industry and other related agencies is embarking on a process to build a comprehensive tourism database for the country through a “census” of establishments during the current financial year.

Reply:

The information is contained in the annual reports for the respective financial years in question. The information was also presented to the Portfolio Committee on Social Development.

Reply:

(a) Yes. The Minister of Science and Technology makes use of security services provided by the State.

(i) The Minister has four protectors allocated to her. Two of the protectors are based in Pretoria and the other two are based in Cape Town.

(ii) None of the Minister's immediate family members make use of the security services provided by the State.

(iii) None of the Minister's staff members makes use of the security services provided by the State.

(aa) As the Minister of Science and Technology, the Minister is entitled to make use of security services provided by the State and this is to ensure her protection.

(bb) The costs incurred for the security services provided to the Minister are borne by the South African Police Services.

(cc) None

(b) Yes. The Deputy Minister of Science and Technology makes use of security provided by the State.

(i) The Deputy Minister has four protectors allocated to her. Two of the protectors are based in Pretoria and the other two are based in Cape Town.

(ii) None of the Deputy Minister's immediate family members make use of security services provided by the State.

(iii) None of the Deputy Minister's staff members makes use of the security services provided by the State.

(aa) As the Deputy Minister of Science and Technology , the Deputy Minister is entitled to make use of security services provided by the State and this is to ensure her protection.

(bb) The cost incurred for the security services provided to the Deputy Minister are borne by the South African Police Services.

(cc) None.

 

(c) None of the heads of entities reporting to the Minister of Science and Technology make use of security services paid for the State.

(i) None.

(ii) None.

(iii) None.

(aa) None.

(bb) None.

(cc) None.

Reply:

(a)(i) Department of Small Business Development (DSBD)

The DSBD was established in 2014. All the investigations relate to programmes that were transferred from the Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) to the DSBD. All the investigations were conducted to completion by the Forensic Audit Unit of the dti. When these functions were transferred to the DSBD, the Department took over the responsibility for the implementation of recommendations. Only one investigation was conducted and concluded during 2016. The details are included below:

REFERENCE NUMBER (NAME)	SUBJECT MATTER	DATE OF CONCLUSION
NACH 162	Investigation into alleged corruption in the Black Business Supplier Development Programme.	May 2014
DFC 191	Alleged fraud and corruption relating to the Black Business Supplier Development Programme.	June 2014
DFC 200	Alleged fraud and corruption relating to the Black Business Supplier Development Programme.	September 2014
DFC 208	Fraud and corruption relating to the Co-operative Incentive Scheme.	May 2015
DFC 209	Alleged corruption in the Black Business Supplier Development Programme.	December 2014
DFC 216	Alleged irregularities on CIS funding.	May 2015
DFC 224	Alleged bribery at Co-operative Incentive Scheme involving the application for funding.	October 2015
DFC 227	Alleged corruption at CIS involving funding for a secondary cooperative	October 2015
DFC 300	Investigation into possible corruption involving BBSDP applications.	November 2016

(a)(ii) Entities – Internal forensic reports

Small Enterprise Development Agency (SEDA)

REFERENCE NUMBER (NAME)	SUBJECT MATTER	DATE OF CONCLUSION
01/01/15/1	Procurement Maladminstraton	Internal Audit completed the investigation (2015)
01/03/15/2	Fraud	Internal Audit completed the investigation (2015)
01/04/15/3	Procurement Maladminstraton	Internal Audit completed the investigation (2015)
02/04/15/4	Procurement Maladminstraton	08 December 2015
01/05/15/5	Abuse of Privilege Information	01 August 2016
02/05/15/6	Theft	18 February 2016
01/06/15/7	Forgery	Internal Audit completed the investigation (2015)
05/06/15/08	Abuse of Power	19 October 2015
02/06/15/9	Procurement Maladministration	01 March 2016
03/06/15/10	Unethical Behaviour	Internal Audit completed the investigation (2015)
01/07/15/11	Identity Fraud	08 September 2015
02/07/15/12	Procurement Maladministration	Closed due insufficient information (2015)
03/07/15/13	Procurement Maladministration	14 October 2015
01/07/15/14	Misuse of the Seda's resources	12 February 2016
01/07/15/15	Victimisation	19 August 2016
27/07/15/16	Theft	31 October 2015
21/07/15/17	Recruitment Irregularity	22 October 2015
01/08/15/18	Recruitment Irregularity	08 September 2015
04/08/15/19	Theft	08 September 2015
24/08/15/20	Abuse of Power	24 November 2015
03/09/15/21	Dishonesty	07 September 2015
06/10/15/22	Unethical Behaviour	11 December 2015
14/12/15/23	Nepotism, Favouritism & Victimisation	04 July 2016
14/12/15/24	Abuse of Power	17 May 2016
01/09/15/01	Procurement Maladministration	14 October 2016
01/07/16/02	Procurement Maladministration	15 November 2016
29/07/16/05	Recruitment and Procurement Irregularities	18 November 2016
05/08/16/06 NACH Ref: 9920160613034529	Procurement Irregularities	01 October 2016
22/08/16/07	Procurement Maladministration	02 November 2016

Small Enterprise Finance Agency (SEFA)

There were no forensic reports during the period 1 January 2009 – 31 March 2012, sefa was formed on 1 April 2012.

REFERENCE NAME (aa)	SUBJECT MATTER (bb)	DATE OF CONCLUSION (cc)
Gal Logistics	Client submitted a fraudulent Coca Cola contract in his loan application.	June 2013
Aloga Financial Services	Aloga is a financial intermediary of sefa. A client to Aloga submitted a fraudulent Purchase Order in an application for loan funding.	March 2015
Ethandwa Kan Ndlovu	A fraudulent letter was sent from sefa office to a Franchisor, stating that the loan application for the client had been approved, whereas that was not the case.	September 2014
Fraudulent Use of sefa Name	An independent consultant claimed to be working for sefa and solicited fees from potential clients claiming to have secured them loan funding from sefa.	March 2015
Yats Gopaul	A consultant claiming to be working for sefa solicited a fee from a potential client to assist him in obtaining a R5million loan.	September 2015
Public Works Purchase Order	Client submitted a fraudulent Purchase Order in loan application.	January 2016
Rand Water Purchase Order	Client submitted a fraudulent Purchase Order in loan application.	January 2016
Lesikho Human Capital	Client submitted a fraudulent BMW contract in loan application. Two sefa employees were implicated in the scheme and dismissed for gross negligence.	March 2016
Khaba Ya Sembo Trading & Projects (Pty)Ltd	Client submitted a fraudulent Transnet contract in loan application. Two sefa employees were implicated in the scheme and dismissed.	March 2016
Tasotone (Pty)Ltd	Client submitted a fraudulent BAUBA Platinum Mines contract in loan application. sefa employee was implicated in the fraud and dismissed.	July 2016
Brainwave Projects	Client submitted a fraudulent Purchase Order from Department of Energy in loan application.	October 2016
CHW&CNB Logistics	Client submitted a fraudulent Transportation and Delivery Agreement with Premier Fishing in loan application.	October 2016
FRENKSI (Pty)Ltd	Client submitted a fraudulent Purchase Order from Department of Trade and Industry in loan application.	October 2016
Matuesz Marketing Services and Products Supplier	Client submitted a fraudulent Purchase Order from Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in loan application.	October 2016
Sharosca Construction & Projects	Client submitted a fraudulent Purchase Order from the Department of Trade and Industry and Fisheries in loan application.	October 2016
Triponza Trading 385 CC	Client submitted a fraudulent Purchase Order from the Department of Health in loan application.	October 2016
Lwenzhe Investment Holdings (Pty) Ltd	Client submitted a fraudulent Anglo American contract in loan application. A fraudulent Cession Agreement was also submitted to sefa.	October 2016

(b)(i) DSBD - There are no external forensic reports for the period

(b)(ii) Entities – External forensic reports

SEDA

Investigations conducted by Service Providers for Seda (Further Investigation requested by management)
05/06/15/08	Irregularities facing the Northern Cape	01 July 2016
03/09/15/21	Recruitment Irregularities	05 July 2016

For the below cases, they were commissioned on behalf of the incubators and performed by the external service providers. SEDA does not have the reference numbers but they are following up on the status of the recommendations emanating from the investigation findings.

Investigations conducted by Service Providers by STP on Incubators
Not applicable	Zenzele (Governance Issues)	January 2015
Not applicable	SoftstartBTI (Governance Issues)	February 2015
Not applicable	SARABI (Governance and Performance Issues)	2015

SEFA: There are no external forensic reports for the period

Reply:

(a)(i) Department of Small Business Development (DSBD)

The DSBD was established in 2014. All the investigations relate to programmes that were transferred from the Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) to the DSBD. All the investigations were conducted to completion by the Forensic Audit Unit of the dti. When these functions were transferred to the DSBD, the Department took over the responsibility for the implementation of recommendations. Only one investigation was conducted and concluded during 2016. The details are included below:

REFERENCE NUMBER (NAME)	SUBJECT MATTER	DATE OF CONCLUSION
NACH 162	Investigation into alleged corruption in the Black Business Supplier Development Programme.	May 2014
DFC 191	Alleged fraud and corruption relating to the Black Business Supplier Development Programme.	June 2014
DFC 200	Alleged fraud and corruption relating to the Black Business Supplier Development Programme.	September 2014
DFC 208	Fraud and corruption relating to the Co-operative Incentive Scheme.	May 2015
DFC 209	Alleged corruption in the Black Business Supplier Development Programme.	December 2014
DFC 216	Alleged irregularities on CIS funding.	May 2015
DFC 224	Alleged bribery at Co-operative Incentive Scheme involving the application for funding.	October 2015
DFC 227	Alleged corruption at CIS involving funding for a secondary cooperative	October 2015
DFC 300	Investigation into possible corruption involving BBSDP applications.	November 2016

(a)(ii) Entities – Internal forensic reports

Small Enterprise Development Agency (SEDA)

REFERENCE NUMBER (NAME)	SUBJECT MATTER	DATE OF CONCLUSION
01/01/15/1	Procurement Maladminstraton	Internal Audit completed the investigation (2015)
01/03/15/2	Fraud	Internal Audit completed the investigation (2015)
01/04/15/3	Procurement Maladminstraton	Internal Audit completed the investigation (2015)
02/04/15/4	Procurement Maladminstraton	08 December 2015
01/05/15/5	Abuse of Privilege Information	01 August 2016
02/05/15/6	Theft	18 February 2016
01/06/15/7	Forgery	Internal Audit completed the investigation (2015)
05/06/15/08	Abuse of Power	19 October 2015
02/06/15/9	Procurement Maladministration	01 March 2016
03/06/15/10	Unethical Behaviour	Internal Audit completed the investigation (2015)
01/07/15/11	Identity Fraud	08 September 2015
02/07/15/12	Procurement Maladministration	Closed due insufficient information (2015)
03/07/15/13	Procurement Maladministration	14 October 2015
01/07/15/14	Misuse of the Seda's resources	12 February 2016
01/07/15/15	Victimisation	19 August 2016
27/07/15/16	Theft	31 October 2015
21/07/15/17	Recruitment Irregularity	22 October 2015
01/08/15/18	Recruitment Irregularity	08 September 2015
04/08/15/19	Theft	08 September 2015
24/08/15/20	Abuse of Power	24 November 2015
03/09/15/21	Dishonesty	07 September 2015
06/10/15/22	Unethical Behaviour	11 December 2015
14/12/15/23	Nepotism, Favouritism & Victimisation	04 July 2016
14/12/15/24	Abuse of Power	17 May 2016
01/09/15/01	Procurement Maladministration	14 October 2016
01/07/16/02	Procurement Maladministration	15 November 2016
29/07/16/05	Recruitment and Procurement Irregularities	18 November 2016
05/08/16/06 NACH Ref: 9920160613034529	Procurement Irregularities	01 October 2016
22/08/16/07	Procurement Maladministration	02 November 2016

Small Enterprise Finance Agency (SEFA)

There were no forensic reports during the period 1 January 2009 – 31 March 2012, sefa was formed on 1 April 2012.

REFERENCE NAME (aa)	SUBJECT MATTER (bb)	DATE OF CONCLUSION (cc)
Gal Logistics	Client submitted a fraudulent Coca Cola contract in his loan application.	June 2013
Aloga Financial Services	Aloga is a financial intermediary of sefa. A client to Aloga submitted a fraudulent Purchase Order in an application for loan funding.	March 2015
Ethandwa Kan Ndlovu	A fraudulent letter was sent from sefa office to a Franchisor, stating that the loan application for the client had been approved, whereas that was not the case.	September 2014
Fraudulent Use of sefa Name	An independent consultant claimed to be working for sefa and solicited fees from potential clients claiming to have secured them loan funding from sefa.	March 2015
Yats Gopaul	A consultant claiming to be working for sefa solicited a fee from a potential client to assist him in obtaining a R5million loan.	September 2015
Public Works Purchase Order	Client submitted a fraudulent Purchase Order in loan application.	January 2016
Rand Water Purchase Order	Client submitted a fraudulent Purchase Order in loan application.	January 2016
Lesikho Human Capital	Client submitted a fraudulent BMW contract in loan application. Two sefa employees were implicated in the scheme and dismissed for gross negligence.	March 2016
Khaba Ya Sembo Trading & Projects (Pty)Ltd	Client submitted a fraudulent Transnet contract in loan application. Two sefa employees were implicated in the scheme and dismissed.	March 2016
Tasotone (Pty)Ltd	Client submitted a fraudulent BAUBA Platinum Mines contract in loan application. sefa employee was implicated in the fraud and dismissed.	July 2016
Brainwave Projects	Client submitted a fraudulent Purchase Order from Department of Energy in loan application.	October 2016
CHW&CNB Logistics	Client submitted a fraudulent Transportation and Delivery Agreement with Premier Fishing in loan application.	October 2016
FRENKSI (Pty)Ltd	Client submitted a fraudulent Purchase Order from Department of Trade and Industry in loan application.	October 2016
Matuesz Marketing Services and Products Supplier	Client submitted a fraudulent Purchase Order from Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in loan application.	October 2016
Sharosca Construction & Projects	Client submitted a fraudulent Purchase Order from the Department of Trade and Industry and Fisheries in loan application.	October 2016
Triponza Trading 385 CC	Client submitted a fraudulent Purchase Order from the Department of Health in loan application.	October 2016
Lwenzhe Investment Holdings (Pty) Ltd	Client submitted a fraudulent Anglo American contract in loan application. A fraudulent Cession Agreement was also submitted to sefa.	October 2016

(b)(i) DSBD - There are no external forensic reports for the period

(b)(ii) Entities – External forensic reports

SEDA

Investigations conducted by Service Providers for Seda (Further Investigation requested by management)
05/06/15/08	Irregularities facing the Northern Cape	01 July 2016
03/09/15/21	Recruitment Irregularities	05 July 2016

For the below cases, they were commissioned on behalf of the incubators and performed by the external service providers. SEDA does not have the reference numbers but they are following up on the status of the recommendations emanating from the investigation findings.

Investigations conducted by Service Providers by STP on Incubators
Not applicable	Zenzele (Governance Issues)	January 2015
Not applicable	SoftstartBTI (Governance Issues)	February 2015
Not applicable	SARABI (Governance and Performance Issues)	2015

SEFA: There are no external forensic reports for the period

Reply:

The South African Government was not aware of any genocide on Indonesian territory. The Department of International Relations and Cooperation will continue to monitor developments in this regard. The issue was not on the agenda of the 34th Session of the Human Rights Council in March 2017.

Reply:

a) 2 033 199 hectares.

b) 1 979 966 hectares.

c) 1 160 065 hectares.

(d),(e) 698 226 hectares. It is assumed that the honourable member is referring to the Settlement Land Acquisition Grant (SLAG).

Reply:

The Department of Health does not collect data on medical and surgical procedure separately.

END.

Reply:

The Department of Health does not keep unsafe abortion statistics as most often patients who present at the health care facilities do not disclose that information to the healthcare workers. Also, unsafe abortions are not happening within the health care facilities.

END.

Reply:

(1) The upgrading of the existing Edendale Accident & Emergency (A &E) is being done in phases in order to avoid the disruption of services:

• Phase 1: Resuscitation Area, SOPD & MOPD have been successfully commissioned and are fully operational.
• Phase 2: Construction is still underway for the rest of the OPD Area & Radiology Section, and it is projected for completion in this current 2017/18 Financial Year.

NB: It must be noted that no deaths of patients have o0ccured as a result of this on-going upgrading of the A&E, and in the event where the need arises, the Department continues make the necessary arrangements where patients are referred to other convenient and alternative facilities of care.

(2) (a) (i) The Department has put measures in place such as the utilisation of both the Provicnial and National Period Contracts/ Tender in order to fast –track the procurement of the outstanding medical equipment.

It is to be noted that the CT Scanner at Edendale is fully functional.

(ii) The commissioning of the A& E is projected for completion within the current 2017/18 Financial Year as per response 1 above.

(b) Steps by the Department -

• The Procurement of the Essential Equipment has been accommodated in the current 2017/18 Financial Year and a monitoring system has been put in place where progress is reported on a weekly basis.

• The Department has a Procurement Plan, Procurement Schedule and an Oversight Committee that oversees the procurement process.

• The Committee meets every month to track the progress of the Procurement Process.

• The Department of is in the process of engaging Service Providers for Service Level Agreements on Periodic Contracts to expedite maintenance/repairs to medical equipment.

END.

Reply:

Mifepristone is currently available to the provinces as a buyout product. The medicine will be available on tender after the currently published tender is awarded.

END.

Reply:

1. (a) All four of the Public Entities that report to the Department of Public Works (DPW) have Boards in place. These Public Entities are:

• Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB)
• Independent Development Trust (IDT)
• Council for the Built Environment (CBE)
• Agrément South Africa (ASA)

(a)(i) Board Members of DPW Public Entities	(aa) Appointment Date	(bb) Term Expiry Date
Construction Industry Development Board
Mr L Nevhutalu (Chairperson)	13 April 2016	31 October 2017
Ms LT Myataza	01 August 2014	31 October 2017
Mr CS Jiyane	01 August 2014	31 October 2017
Ms NS Pandor	01 August 2014	31 October 2017
Mr G Muduray	01 August 2014	31 October 2017
Mr SA Mosai	01 August 2014	31 October 2017
Mr LL Makibinyane	01 August 2014	31 October 2017
Ms NC Skeepers	01 August 2014	31 October 2017
Mr SM Makhura	01 August 2014	31 October 2017
Ms VV Sidzumo	01 August 2014	31 October 2017
Ms M Fatyela-Lindie	01 August 2014	31 October 2017
Mr HL Patel	01 August 2014	31 October 2017
Mr N Maas	01 August 2014	31 October 2017
Independent Development Trust
Prof Fikeni Somadoda - Chairperson	04 November 2016	03 November 2020
Mr Biniza Siyaduma	04 November 2016	03 November 2020
Mr Adams Theo Charl *	04 November 2016	03 November 2020
Ms Nkomo Phelisa	04 November 2016	03 November 2020
Ms Makhado Andani Amandaline	04 November 2016	03 November 2020
Ms Matloa Octavia Matshidiso	04 November 2016	03 November 2020
Mr Motswaledi Tlhotse Enoch	04 November 2016	03 November 2020
Mr Patel Rashid Amod Sadeck	04 November 2016	03 November 2020
Ms Rakolote Nomvula	04 November 2016	03 November 2020
Dr Zitha Lulama	04 November 2016	03 November 2020
Mr. Zitha Zakhele Alex Tummy	04 November 2016	03 November 2020
Dr Zulu-Kabanyane Gcwalisile Cynthia	04 November 2016	03 November 2020
*’ NB: Mr TC Adams has resigned and the vacancy is in the process of being filled.
Council for the Built Environment
Mr Isaac Mzumara Nkosi - Chairperson	01 August 2014	31 July 2018
Mr Zukile Christopher Mvalo	01 August 2014	31 July 2018
Ms Martina Mapula Tshangela	01 August 2014	31 July 2018
Mr Itumeleng Sizwe Kgomo	01 August 2014	31 July 2018
Ms Christina Alida Breed	01 August 2014	31 July 2018
Ms Ancunel Anna-Lucia Steyn*	01 August 2014	31 July 2018
Prof Kathleen Anne Michell	01 August 2014	31 July 2018
Mr Thembinkosi Matunda	01 August 2014	31 July 2018
Ms Ezodidi Gugu Makongwana	01 August 2014	31 July 2018
Mr Jerry Leigh Margolius	01 August 2014	31 July 2018
Ms Anna-Marié Sassenberg	01 August 2014	31 July 2018
Dr Titus Mathe	01 August 2014	31 July 2018
Mr Nicolas Daniel Lombard	01 August 2014	31 July 2018
Mr Sithiwe Thubane	01 August 2014	31 July 2018
Mr Douglas Michelle	01 August 2014	31 July 2018
Mr Reginald Gaofitlhe Sefotlho	01 August 2014	31 July 2018
Ms Niniza Fortunate Sithole	01 August 2014	31 July 2018
Adv Nalini Maharaj*	01 August 2014	31 July 2018
Adv Derick Jeffrey Block*	01 August 2014	31 July 2018
Mr Clive Mtshisa	01 August 2014	31 July 2018
*’ NB: The following Board members have resigned and the vacancies are in the process of being filled: Ms Ancunel Anna-Lucia Steyn Adv Nalini Maharaj Adv Derick Jeffrey Block
Agrément South Africa
Mr Pepi Silinga (chairperson)	06 September 2010	Extended until new Board appointed
Dr Mahachi Jeffrey	06 September 2010
Mr Fredericks DC	06 September 2010
Mr Makamo Mandla Frank	06 September 2010
Mr Ittmann Hans W	06 September 2010
Ms Ranape Adelaide Ditsietsi	06 September 2010
Ms Ngcobo Ntebo	06 September 2010
Ms Marnaweck Mariana	06 September 2010
(a)(ii) DPW Public Entities	(aa) Total Number of Board Members	(bb) Number of Female Board Members
Construction Industry Development Board	13	5
Independent Development Trust	12	6
Council for the Built Environment	20	8
Agrément South Africa	8	3

(1) (b) Falls away.

(2) (a) and (b) Fall away.

Reply:

The following table reflects the details in this regard, as sourced from the Provincial Departments of Health

Table 1

PROVINCE	NUMBER OF TERMINATIONS OF PREGNANCIES PERFORMED FOR YEAR
	2014	2015	2016
Eastern Cape	12 830	12 846	14 479
Free State	5 896	6 022	5 767
Gauteng	18 814	16 272	22 942
KwaZulu Natal	9 785	11 359	14 395
Limpopo	8 515	9 244	10 625
Mpumalanga	2 501	1 851	2 744
North West	8 274	7 131	5 951
Northern Cape	1 725	1 505	1 366
Western Cape	18 346	19 603	19 212

END.

Reply:

ITAC intends to finalise its investigation and findings during August 2017. Once the Commission has made its final determination, it will make a recommendation to the Minister of Trade and Industry, who is responsible for the process of negotiation with the EU in terms of the bilateral trade agreement in place. The Department of Trade and Industry will publicise the Minister’s final decision, after completion of the negotiation process that the Minister of a Trade and Industry oversees.

 

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Reply:

Studies have been done in areas of known or suspected high alcohol consumption by women. Studies in South Africa have found the following rates in these areas:

• Northern Cape

• • Upington 75/ per 1000 population
  • Kimberley 64/ per 1000 population
  • De Aar 119/ per 1000 population

• Western Cape

• • Saldanha Bay 67/ per 1000 population
  • Witzenberg sub-district 96/ per 1000 population
  • Aurora 100/ per 1000 population
  • Wellington 89/ per 1000 population.

• Gauteng

• • Parts of Johannesburg 26/ per 1000 population

END.

Reply:

The National Department of Health has not participated in any such programme. The Integrated Community Registration Programme (ICROP) is relevant to the Department of Social Development.

END.

Reply:

This question should be redirected to the Ministry of Transport, as the competent authority.

Reply:

(1) Provide safe terminations as part of comprehensive Sexual and Reproductive Health services which includes providing the full range of contraceptives.

(2) The Provincial Departments of Health are working together with the South African Police Service in dealing with illegal abortions in the country. However, the people who offer illegal abortions do not operate in clinics, they operate as mobile service providers where they make appointments with their clients to meet along the streets then take them to a house or a structure that is not easily identifiable and which are not permanent sites at which they offer these services.

END.

Reply:

(a) The Department of Health does not collect disaggregated data by trimester.

(b) After 20 weeks of gestation, if a medical practitioner, after consultation with another medical practitioner or registered midwife, is of the opinion that continued pregnancy would endanger the woman's life or if the pregnancy would result in severe malformation of the foetus, the pregnancy can be terminated.

END.

Reply:

The Security Services paid for by the State falls under the responsibility of the South African Police Service and is not for our personal use. Hence, neither the Deputy Minister nor I use the service for our personal use. Staff members also do not use the service for their personal use.

I am reliably informed by our public entities that they do not use such services for their personal use.

END.

Reply:

(a) Department of Public Works

No, the Department of Public Works did not appoint transaction advisors for tenders in the period 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2016

Therefore;

(i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) Fall away.

(b) Department of Public Works (DPW) Entities

Three of the DPW entities namely;

The Council for the Built Environment (CBE), Construction Industry and Development Board (CIDB) and Agrement South Africa (ASA) did not appoint transaction advisors for tenders in the period 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2016 except Independent Development Trust (IDT).

(b)	(i)	(ii)	(iii)	(iv)
Yes, the IDT did appoint a transaction advisor for tenders in the the period 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2016.	The Appointed transaction advisor was Manyeleti Consulting SA (Pty) Ltd	Manyeleti Consulting SA (Pty) Ltd - was appointed to provide professional services for the Security Fencing Tenders linked to the Department of Correctional Services.	Procurement of Contractor : R 476,519,029.78 Procurement of Engineers: R 58,348,737.04 Total Programme Cost: R 534,867,766.82	R 21 402 503,98 was paid to Manyeleti Consulting SA (Pty) Ltd for transaction advisory services rendered