Questions and Replies

Reply:

a) None. It is envisaged that the 2017/18 discretionary grant disbursements will commence from January 2018, once all the procurement processes have been completed and implementation has started, since this is a fourth quarter target in the 2017/18 Annual Performance Plan of the Sector Education and Training Authority.

b) Not applicable.

c) Not applicable.

 

 

COMPILER/CONTACT PERSONS:

EXT:

DIRECTOR – GENERAL

STATUS:

DATE:

QUESTION 1920 APPROVED/NOT APPROVED/AMENDED

Dr BE NZIMANDE, MP

MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING

STATUS:

DATE:

Reply:

It should be noted that the Tshisimani Teachers’ College in Limpopo is currently being utilised as a Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) college and also serves as a Circuit office for the Limpopo Department of Education and therefore is not available for use for teacher education.

The Department undertook a survey of former college of education sites to identify those that may be suitable for teacher education and post-school education and training more generally. The 2015 survey of 106 former college sites shows that 84 sites are being used for education delivery purposes, while the rest are mostly being utilised by government.

Government does not intend re-opening teaching colleges unless such a former college is identified as a feasible site for teacher education and funding is made available from the fiscus to recapitalise and ensure its operations.

It should be noted that the Department has been working on expanding teacher education capacity through a number of processes, including the re-opening of former teacher education college campuses in Mpumalanga, and the further development of former college of education sites in the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal. These sites are campuses of universities.

COMPILER/CONTACT PERSONS:

EXT:

DIRECTOR – GENERAL

STATUS:

DATE:

QUESTION 1992 APPROVED/NOT APPROVED/AMENDED

Dr BE NZIMANDE, MP

MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING

STATUS:

DATE:

Reply:

No.

Reply:

The NYDA Board was appointed by the President on 5 May 2017 for a period of three years. It consists of seven members, of which three are females.

Statistics South Africa does not have a Board. It has a Statistics Council which is provided for in the Statistics Act, No.6 of 1999.

Reply:

(1)(a) The following Entities have a Board in place:

Agricultural Research Council (ARC)

National Agricultural Marketing Council (NAMC)

Perishable Products Export Control Board (PPECB)

(b) Onderstepoort Biological Products (SOC) Ltd does not have a Board in place

Ncera Farms does not have a Board in place

(a) ARC

(aa) Members of the Board were appointed with effect from 1 April 2017

(bb) The term of office of the ARC members will lapse on 31 March 2020

(ii) 16 members

(bb) 5 members are female

(b) NAMC

(aa) All members were appointed 25 May 2017

(bb) The term of office of the Council members will lapse 24 May 2021

(ii) 10 members in total

(bb) 2 members are female

(c) PPECB

(aa) Members were appointed with effect from 1 December 2016

(bb) The term of office will lapse on 30 November 2019

(ii) 10 members in total

(bb) 3 members are female

OBP

2(a) The OBP currently have no Board and the Minister is responsible for the appointment thereof

(b) The Board should be appointed on or before 14 August 2017.

NCERA FARMS

(ii) Ncera Farms has never had a Board

Reply:

(1) (a) There are 6 State-Owned Entities which report directly to the Minister of Energy and all have boards in place:

• The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (“ NECSA”);
• The National Nuclear Regulator (“ NNR”);
• The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (“ NERSA”);
• The National Radioactive Waste Disposal Institute (“ NRWDI”);
• CEF (SOC) Ltd (“CEF”); and
• The South African National Energy Development Institute (“ SANEDI”)

(b) None

SOUTH AFRICAN NUCLEAR ENERGY CORPORATION
#	Designation	Name	(i) (aa), (bb) Term of office
	Chairperson	Dr. Kelvin Kemm ( Chairperson)	2 Mar 2016 – 28 Feb 2019
	Not fewer than five, and not more than seven, qualified Directors (ie. 5 – 7 Directors)	Mr Samuel Matlobela Sekgota	2 Mar 2016- 28 Feb 2019
		Dr Gregory Jerome Davids	7 Dec 2016 – 6 Dec 2019
		Dr. Namane Magau	2 Mar 2016 – 28 Feb 2019
		Ms. Rosemary Mosia	2 Mar 2016 – 28 Feb 2019
		Mr. Zibusise Comfort Ngidi	2 Mar 2016 – 28 Feb 2019
		Ms. Pamela Bosman	2 Mar 2016 – 28 Feb 2019
		Dr. Prince Kennedy Tshivase	2 Mar 2016 - 28 Feb 2019
	A CEO	Mr. Phumzile Tshelane	1 Jan 2017 – 31 Dec 2019
	An Official of the DOE	Dr. Nqaba Ngcobo	24 Mar 2016- 23 Feb 2019
	An Official of the DIRCO	VACANT
(ii) (aa) Total board members= 11 (1 VACANT) (ii) (bb) Total female board members = 3

NATIONAL NUCLEAR REGULATOR
#	Designation	Name	(i) (aa), (bb) Term of office
	Rep. of organized labour	VACANT
	Rep. of organised business.	Ms Bridgette Mokoetle	7 Dec 2016 – 6 Dec 2019
	Rep. of organised civil society	Mr Kabelo Kakoma	7 Dec 2016 – 6 Dec 2019
	Official of the DoE	Ms Elsie Monale	7 Dec 2016 – 6 Dec 2019
	Official of the DEA	Ms Devinagie Bendeman	7 Dec 2016 – 6 Dec 2019
	Not more than seven Directors	Dr Thapelo Motshudi (Chairperson)	7 Dec 2016 – 6 Dec 2019
		Dr Pamela Zibuyile Dube (Deputy Chairperson)	7 Dec 2016 – 6 Dec 2019
		Amb. Mochubela Jacob Seekoe	7 Dec 2016 – 6 Dec 2019
		Mr Protas Phili	7 Dec 2016 – 6 Dec 2019
		Mr Jeffrey Leaver	7 Dec 2016 – 6 Dec 2019
		Dr Bethuel Sehlapelo	7 Dec 2016 – 6 Dec 2019
		Mr Abraham Pieter Le Roux	7 Dec 2016 – 6 Dec 2019
	Chief Executive Officer	Dr Bismark Tyobeka	1 Oct 2016 – 31 Oct 2019
(ii) (aa) total board members = 13 (1 VACANT) (ii) (bb)TOTAL FEMALE BOARD MEMBERS = 4

NATIONAL ENERGY REGULATOR OF SOUTH AFRICA
#	Designation	Name	(i) (aa), (bb) Term of Office
	4 Full time regulator members who serve for 5 year term (one of which is the CEO)	VACANT (Petroleum) Acting - Ms Nomfundo Maseti
		VACANT (Electricity) Acting– Mr Mbulelo Ncetezo
		Ms. Nomfundo Maseti (Piped-Gas)	1 Mar 2014 - 28 Feb 2019
		Mr Christopher Forlee (CEO)	1 Jan 2017 – 31 Dec 2021
	5 Part time regulator members which serve for 4 years One of which is the Chairperson and another being the Deputy Chairperson	Mr Jacob Modise (Chairperson)	1 Mar 2014- 28 Feb 2018
		Ms. Maleho Nkomo (Deputy Chairperson)	1 Mar 2014- 28 Feb 2018
		Mr Fungai Sibanda	1 Mar 2014- 28 Feb 2018
		Ms. Kgomotso Mthimunye	1 Apr 2014- 31 Mar 2018
		Mr Yusuf Adam	1 August 2016 – 31 July 2020
(ii) (aa) total board members = 9 (2 VACANT- but both filled with Acting appointments while recruitment process is finalized) (ii) (bb) total female board members=3

NATIONAL RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL INSTITUTE
#	Designation	Name	(i) (aa), (bb) Term of office
	An Official of the DoE	Ms. Lerato Makgae	1 Feb 2017 – 31 Jan 2020
	An Official of the DEA	1Mr. Trevor Mark Gordon	1 Feb 2017 – 31 Jan 2020
	An Official of the DWS	VACANT
	An Official of the DoH	Dr. Barry Kistnasamy	1 Feb 2017 – 31 Jan 2020
	Not more than five other Directors One of whom is the Chairperson and one of whom is the Deputy Chairperson	Dr Tshepo Mofokeng (Chairperson)	1 Feb 2017 – 31 Jan 2020
		Mr Luvuyo Mkontwana (Deputy Chairperson)	1 Feb 2017 – 31 Jan 2020
		Ms Mbali Ndlovu	1 Feb 2017 – 31 Jan 2020
		Mr Lebohang Sam Moleko	1 Feb 2017 – 31 Jan 2020
		Adv. Mothusi Lucas Tsineng	1 Feb 2017 – 31 Jan 2020
	CEO	Dr. Wolsey Barnard	1 Aug 2016 – 31 July 2019
	CFO	Mr. Justin Daniel	1 Aug 2016 – 31 July 2019
(ii) (aa)total board members=11 (1VACANT) (ii) (bb) Total female board members=2

CEF (SOC) LTD
#	Designation	Name	(i) (aa), (bb) Term of office
	Two Officials of the DoE (Act doesn’t specify a minimum or maximum for their term of office)	Mr Tseliso Maqubela	(Act doesn’t specify a minimum or maximum for their term of office) 3 Nov 2014 – 31 Oct 2017
		Ms Gosetseone Leketi	(Act doesn’t specify a minimum or maximum for their term of office) 7 Dec 2016 – 6 Dec 2021
	Chairperson (5 year term)	Mr Luvo Lincoln Makasi (Chairperson)	7 Dec 2016 – 6 Dec 2021
	Not more than five other Directors	Mr Jim Besnaar	7 Dec 2016 – 6 Dec 2021
		Adv. Lindiwe Mtunzi	1 Mar 2016 - Feb 2019
		Mr Neville Israel Mompati	7 Dec 2016 – 6 Dec 2019
		Ms. Mekateko Molope	1 Mar 2016 – Feb 2019
	CEO	Mr Mojalefa Moagi (Acting CEO)	1 Mar 2016 – Feb 2019 ( Acting appointment – no specific Acting period specified)
	CFO	Mr. Lufuno Makhuba	1 Apr 2017- 1 Mar 2022
(ii) (aa) Total board members= 9 (1 VACANT) (ii) (bb) Total female board members= 3

 

SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE
#	Designation	Name	(i) (aa), (bb) Term of office
	Chairperson	Dr Ingrid Tuvfesson	1 Dec 2016 – 31 Nov 2020
	Deputy Chairperson	Mr Nkululeko Buthelezi	1 Dec 2016 – 31 Nov 2020
	An Official from DST	Mr Mboneni Moufhe	1 Dec 2016 – 31 Nov 2020
	An Official from the DoE	Ms Nomawethu Qase (An alternate DoE rep must be appointed)	1 Dec 2016 – 31 Nov 2020
	An Official from the DEA	Ms Deborah Ramalope	1 Dec 2016 – 31 Nov 2020
	An Official from the DTI	Mr Gerhard Fourie	1 Dec 2016 – 31 Nov 2020
	An Official from the DoT	VACANT
	Two other suitably qualified persons	Mr Mlondolozi Mkhize	1 Dec 2016 – 31 Nov 2020
		Ms Phuthanang Motsielwa (Segoati)	1 Sep 2014 - 31 Aug 2017
	Acting CEO (5 year term)	Dr. Thembakazi Mali	1 July 2017 - 31 December 2017
(ii) (aa) Total board members= 10 (2 VACANT) (ii) (bb) Total female board members= 5

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

Reply:

According to the information received from the Sector Education and Training Authorities (SETAs), cases of funds granted to fraudulent recipients were reported from the following five SETAs:

Energy and Water SETA (EWSETA)

1. (a) There was one case in which discretionary grant funding was paid into the incorrect bank account.

(b) None.

(c) None.

2. A forensic investigation was commissioned and a criminal case was opened at the Hillbrow Police station.

3. Disciplinary action will be taken pending the outcome of the criminal investigation.

Insurance SETA (INSETA)

1. (a) None.

  (b) There was one case in which an employee fraudulently solicited a project management fee from a training provider for the implementation of a training programme.

(c) None.

2. The matter was referred to the Hawks for investigation.

3. No disciplinary action was taken as the employee no longer works for INSETA.

Mining Qualifications Authority (MQA)

1. (a) None.
2. There were two cases where employees attempted to make fraudulent grant allocations.

(c) None.

2. No payments were effected by MQA to service providers.

3. Disciplinary action was taken against the employees involved. One employee was given a final written warning and the other employee resigned.

 

Safety and Security SETA (SASSETA)

1. (a) There were 82 cases where funds were paid to fraudulent recipients.

(b) None.

(c) None.

2. A forensic investigation was commissioned which resulted in the cancellation of fraudulent contracts. Criminal cases were opened and are under investigation by the Government Anti-Corruption Task Team.

3. Disciplinary action were taken against employees involved in fraudulent activities, which resulted in the termination of their employment contracts. One disciplinary case still needs to be concluded.

Wholesale and Retail SETA (W&RSETA)

1. (a) There was one case where funds were paid to fraudulent recipients.

(b) None.

(c) None.

2. The Internal Audit Unit instituted a preliminary forensic investigation. W&RSETA is in the process of appointing an external provider to conduct a forensic investigation.

3. Disciplinary action will be taken against employees pending the outcome of the forensic investigation.

COMPILER/CONTACT PERSONS:

EXT:

DIRECTOR – GENERAL

STATUS:

DATE:

QUESTION 1935 APPROVED/NOT APPROVED/AMENDED

Dr BE NZIMANDE, MP

MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING

STATUS:

DATE:

Reply:

(a) In 2016, the Department of Sport and Recreation South Africa conducted a national facilities count in all the 9 provinces of South Africa. Whilst the count revealed that there are 5 022 sport facilities around the country, it did not include a variable to determine if access to these facilities is free to the general public. This is part of the reason that the Department has deemed it appropriate to conduct a comprehensive national facility audit to look beyond the number and location of the facilities, but also to zoom into other aspects, including accessibility for the general public.

(b) Although a variable of free access to the public was not included in the facilities count, data about services offered in each of the facilities was generated.

(c) The facilities count also produced data on the geographic location of the facilities. The information is summarized in the National Facility Count Report, which may be availed to the Honourable Members of Parliament.

Reply:

1. (a) 24 Entities have boards

(b) 1

(i) (aa) response attached as Annexure B

(bb) response attached as Annexure B

(ii) (aa) response attached as Annexure B

(bb) response attached as Annexure B

2.(a) The Minister

(b) The court case by the PanSALB Board disputing their dissolution is still on-going/pending and as such the Department is unable to constitute a board. The court hearing on the matter is set down for 31 July 2017.

Reply:

1. Minister of Finance has three advisors, and are;

1. Prof. Chris Malikane – Economic Advisor. National Treasury still working on his contact.
2. Adv Kholeka Gcaleka – Legal Advisor. Remuneration per annum R 1, 463,892.00 – level 15;
3. Mr Thamsanqa Msomi – Political Advisor. Remuneration per annum R1,318,993.00 – level 15.

Their identity numbers cannot be given for security reasons.

2. As indicated above.

Reply:

a) My department has never appointed transaction advisors for tenders for the period in question, (1/1/2012- 31/12/2016).

b. Only Iziko Museums of South Africa appointed transaction advisors

(i). Iziko Museums of South Africa appointed Albert & Viljoen Nortje Architects (AVNA).

(ii). Iziko Museums, requested assistance for the drafting of tender specifications and to provide technical advise on a tender brief.

(iii). The total amount for the tenders was R 7 346 755.00

(iv). Amount paid to the transaction advisors was R188 698.00

Reply:

(a). No officials of my department were awarded contracts to conduct business with any state entity in the period (i) 2014-15; (ii) 2015-16, and (iii) 2016-17 financial years.

(b). None of the entities were awarded any contracts or agreements to conduct business with any state entity in (i) 2014-15, (ii) 2015-16, and (iii) 2016-17 financial years.

Reply:

(a-b) No.

Reply:

(a) and (b) Neither the Department of Sport and Recreation South Africa, nor the entities reporting to the Executive Authority appointed transaction advisors for tenders during the period 01 January 2012 to 31 December 2016.

Therefore, (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) fall away.

 

Reply:

At the Board meeting of 30 September 2016 the Board was apprised of the immediate and short-term liquidity risks facing the company and also the short term facilities that were maturing in the ensuing 6 months from the time to the value of R4.3 billion. Working capital requirement was quantified to be R2.5 billion up to the end of that financial year end (March 2017). The breakdown of the maturity profile was as follows:

• R4 billion was maturing in December 2016 and
• R300 million was maturing in January 2017

The Board then approved that Finance Committee (“FINCO”) assist management in engaging with the Financial Institutions/ senior debt lenders in concluding a “package solution” that will allow the airline to manage liquidity.

Management together with FINCO convened a meeting with senior debt lenders and requested the lenders to participate in the new R2.5 billion working capital that the company required and also requested the lenders to extend the short term facilities that were maturing in FY17.

The lenders agreed to support SAA on terms and conditions that would be satisfactory to the lenders. Regarding the additional R2.5 billion for working capital, the lenders set milestones that needed to be fulfilled or met before a drawdown of each tranche (totalling to R2.5 billion). Therefore, the short-terms facilities of R4.3 billion plus R2.5 billion for working capital and R830 million facility which totals to R7.6 billion were then extended to 30 April 2017. The agreement with the lenders was to repay on the 30 April 2017 once the turnaround and business plans were done.

A letter to this effect was written by the Board informing the Minister of the liquidity status and short-term maturities. The Minister was also apprised of the mitigating plans that the Board undertook to deal with the liquidity constraints. The Board submitted a one-year corporate plan in March 2017 and included in it was the request for R10 billion allocation of capital and condonation of five-year corporate plan due to turnaround plan not being concluded. At the time of submitting the corporate plan management and the Board were aware that the 30 April 2017 repayments will not be met.

On 10 April 2017, SAA received a letter from Standard Chartered Bank (“SCB”) informing the company that SCB does not intend or will not extend further than 30 April 2017. Minister of Finance as the Shareholder was made aware of SCB’s decision. Engagements were held between SAA, NT and SCB and they further extended by 2 months up to 30 June 2017. The Board has been having numerous meetings weighing different options to try and mitigate the liquidity risk. The Board also wrote numerous communications to the Shareholder informing him of the liquidity status and the mitigating plans that the company is working on to ensure that the liquidity risk does not materialise (inability to debts as and when they are due)

The options that the Board was considering included but not limited to:

• Requesting recapitalisation from the shareholder
• Frequent engagements with NT and the lenders to ensure that all are apprised of the developments
• The Board had a strategy session and took a decision to appoint Restructuring Advisors to review the Long Term Turnaround Strategy (LTTS) that the company had to check if this was the correct strategy for the company and why the strategy did not yield the results that were anticipated
• The Restructuring Advisor was also going to assist management in compiling the five-year turnaround plan for the organisation
• Option of diversifying the investors or increasing the pool of investors
• There have been weekly meetings that have been set between SAA, NT and the lenders with the aim of keeping the lenders abreast of the developments in the company
• Debt consolidation process was initiated but unfortunately did not materialise

Current Status:

The Board has approved the five-year corporate plan and submitted to the Shareholder. The focus of the Board and management is the implementation of the turnaround plan.

Reply:

1. (a) Unqualified educators possess Matric as their highest qualification. The subject/learning area they are allocated to teach is based on the subjects passed at matric level. However, these educators are included in the various in-service training opportunities and programmes to improve their competency in the subject knowledge and methodology.

Under-qualified educators possess 2-3 years of professional training. The reason why they are referred to as under-qualified is that their qualification no longer meets the required minimum qualification level due to the increase of the minimum qualification required to matric plus 3 years of professional training. These educators were trained in both subject knowledge and teaching methodology, but their initial training has since become inadequate. The table below summarises the split between un-and-under-qualified educators as provided in question 980.

Year	Unqualified	Under-qualified	Total
	REQV 10	REQV 11	REQV 12
2014	5 388	252	1 079	6 719
2015	4 587	258	1 185	6 030
2016	3 848	218	1 073	5 139

(b) As was indicated previously subjects most affected are those that have been identified in the sector as scarce and critical skills areas which include mainly Mathematics, Sciences and Technology at all levels and African Language teaching, particularly at Foundation Phase.

2. (a) and (b) Un and under-qualified teachers do not meet the requirements for appointment since they do not have REQV 13. In the case of un-qualified teachers, the affected educators are encouraged and supported to take advantage of open programmes various provincial bursaries to improve their qualifications. In addition, they are given opportunities to participate in in-service training programmes. In the case of under-qualified teachers who have a degree, but still need to be professionally trained, they are also supported and encouraged to obtain the one-year professional diploma that will qualify them as teachers. They are also granted Funza Lushaka bursaries or any other provincial bursary that is available to them. These teachers also participate in in-service training programmes to enhance their knowledge.

It must also be noted that the un-and-under-qualified educators are appointed in a temporary capacity. Those that do not take advantage of existing opportunities to improve their qualifications are continuously being replaced with qualified educators resulting in the annual reduction of un-and under-qualified educators employed in schools.

Reply:

NATIONAL TREASURY

(a) No National Treasury officials were awarded a contract or agreement to conduct business with any state entity in the (i) 2014-15; (ii) 2015-16 or (iii) 2016-17 financial years.

ASB

None of the Accounting Standards Board’s staff members have declared any contract or agreement to conduct business with any state entity.

CBDA

No staff of the CBDA was awarded any contracts or agreements to conduct business with any state entity in the 20114-15 to 2016-17 financial years.

DBSA

DBSA is not covered by the Public Service ACT therefore matters of conflict of interest are managed in line with the DBSA Act and Board approved policies. The DBSA would also not have access to the government systems that can conduct searches on individuals that conduct business with the state.

The DBSA Board has an approved Conflict of Interest Policy which does not allow bank employees or their related parties to do business with the bank. The policy further requires employees to disclose any outside interests an employee may have. Any involvement in outside interests requires the approval of the employee’s manager after satisfying themselves that the interests do not conflict with the business of the Bank, does not affect the employee’s contractual obligations with the Bank, and that the employee will not use their position in the bank to solicit business from the Banks’ clients.

Employees are expected to disclose their interests on an annual basis or as and when there is a change in status. Non- compliance to the policy is monitored by the Ethics Officer and Internal Audit conducts an annual audit on the interests declared.

FSB

(b) Financial Services Board (FSB)

Based on the records maintained no staff member of the FSB were awarded any contracts or agreements with any state entity in (i) 2014-15, (ii) 2015-16 and (iii) 2016-17.

FIC

The FIC has found no information that any of its staff were awarded contracts or agreements in their personal capacity to conduct business with any state entity in the financial years as above.

However the FIC has established that two members of staff held interests as co-directors in companies which conducted business with the government departments.

a) (i) Ms P Magakwe (Application Support Analyst): Co-director in Yaquba Construction Projects which was contracted with Department of Public Works, Mpumalanga for construction work in 2014-15 to the value of R217,615.27.

b) (ii) Ms U. Ketsekile (Assistant Administrator): Co-director in Sizo Catering and Cleaning Services, which provided catering for two (2) FET Colleges and a hospital in Eastern Cape Province in 2016 to the value of R78,344.00

GEPF

The GEPF did not award any staff member any contracts or agreements to conduct business with any state entity and the financial years listed above.

GPAA

In terms of our Supply Chain Management and the Human Resources Management information, there are no contracts awarded to any staff member in (i) 2014-15, (ii) 2015-16 and (iii) 2016-17 financial years.

The (aa) (aaa) names and (bbb) professional designations of the staff members are not applicable as there is no contract that was awarded to staff, as referred to above.

The details of the contract(s) and/or agreement(s) awarded and (bbb) amounts in each of the above case are not applicable as there is no contract that was awarded to staff, as referred to above.

IRBA

1. Not applicable
2. Not applicable
3. Not applicable

PFA

No staff member of the OPFA was awarded any contracts or agreements to conduct business with any state entity in the (i) 2014-15, (ii) 2015-16 and (iii) 2016-17 financial years.

LAND BANK

Below are the Land Bank employees who have been awarded contracts by the State:

Last name	First name	Position	Companies	Awards	Details (Nature of contract)	Date Awarded
Chaane	Kabelo	Senior Specialist: Workout & Restructure	Baapo Consulting (50% shareholder)	R 245 000.00	Ditobetla Local Municipality - Fencing of cemetery (MIG/NW2274/CF/16/17)	2016
Mokoena	Herbert	Sales Consultant	Bright Idea Projects 2496 (Pty) LTD	None	Department of Agriculture and Local Municipalities: Vending and Agri-products supplier	2011- 2014
Rakgalakane	Adam	Managing Director: Land Bank Insurance Company	Rakgalakane Investments Kefelesi Trading	Not applicable – Not in the employ of the State	Various State Department	2014-2015 Joined Bank Insurance (10/08/2016)
			Kefelesi Trading	Not applicable - Not in the employ of the State	Department of Agriculture & Rural Development	2015-2016 Joined Bank Insurance (10/08/2016)
			Woodcreation Rakgalakane Investment JV	Not applicable - Not in the employ of the State	City of Tshwane: Award 22/02/2016 Tshwane House – Manufacture and Fitting of Furniture – Tsela Tshweu Construction JV	22/02/2016 Joined Bank Insurance (10/08/2016)
			Rakgalakane Investments Financial Interest – 45% but 100% family Owned Management involvement – 0% Board Involvement - Quarterly	R36 million – 200 million (3 year contract estimated demand)	National Treasury Transversal Contract (17/11/2016) RT11-2016: Supply & Delivery of Animal Feed to the state – period 01 October 2016 to 30 September 2019	2016/2017 Joined Bank Insurance (10/08/2016)
Ramonedi	Mulalo	Business Analyst: I.T	Rexizone (member of closed corporation – company since in process of deregistration)	R85 000.00	National / Provincial Department of Safety 5 Day Event Catering: Once off	2015
Phoku	Mumsy	Team Administrator – Internal Audit	Mamphiwa Projects	R4125.00	Department of Water Affairs - Catering	2014
			Mamphiwa Projects	R27 000.00	Department of Water Affairs – Trolley Bags	2014
			Mamphiwa Projects	R24 000.00	Air Force - Printers	2016
			Mamphiwa Projects	R92 428.98	Air Force – Partitioning	2016
			Mamphiwa Projects	R25 048.00	Air Force – Venetian Blinds	2016

FAIS OMBUD

1. No contracts or agreements awarded
2. No contracts or agreements awarded
3. No contracts or agreements awarded

PIC

The Public Investment Corporation (PIC) circulates a Declaration of Interest form annually, requesting staff members to declare their business interests. Nothing from the completed forms in our possession suggests that any of our staff members have been awarded any contracts or agreements to conduct business with any state entity.

SAA

SAA Employees are required to sign the annual declaration interest in terms of the Conflict of Interest Policy. Furthermore every bidder/prospective supplier completes and sign an SBD 4 (Declaration of Interest Form) with every submission of a tender.

Based on the policies and the controls in place, SAA has not awarded contracts nor have agreements to conduct business to any of its staff in the 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17 financial years. The annual statutory by the external auditors (Auditor-General South Africa) has also not identified any such instances.

SARS

The Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA), in 2014, enacted the Public Administration Management Act, No: 11 of 2014 (PAMA, 2014). The Act prohibits public service employees from doing business with an organ of the State or being a director of a company which conducts business with an organ of the State. In order to give effect to PAMA, 2014, the Minister for the Public Service and Administration issued the Public Service Regulation, 2016 (PSR, 2016) with effect from the 01 August 2016.

In terms of Regulation 13 (c) of the Public Service Regulations, 2016 public service employees are prohibited from conducting business with an organ of state. Prior to the Regulations coming into effect, public servants were not prohibited from doing business with the State and thus not required to disclose if they are doing business with the State.

	Year	Number of employees	Contract details	Values (sum)
			No. employees	Expiration
(I)	2014/15	13	2	2014/15 (Resigned from SARS)	R 15 989 238.82
			1	2018 (permission granted)
			7	2014/15 (resigned from company/ contract expired)
			1	2016 (No proof)
			2*	Spouse’s contracts
(II)	2015/16	5	3	2015/16 (resigned from company/ contract expired)	R 2 592 373.25
			2*	Spouse’s contracts
(III)	2016/17	20	15	2016/17 (resigned from company/ contract expired)	R 5 298 910.00
			3	2020 (Permission granted)
			2	2016/17 (No proof)

(aa) (aaa) Due to the confidential nature of some of the information requested and our legislative obligation to the protection of personal information governed by the Protection of Personal Information Act, SARS is prohibited from disclosing any employee specific information that may include names of individuals, job specific information, etc.

(bb) (aaa) Please see the response above at (aa) (aaa).

SASRIA

No, not to our knowledge, as per the declaration of interests submitted each year by all staff members.

TAX OMBUD

None of the staff in the Office of the Tax Ombud was awarded contracts or agreements to conduct business with any state entity in the 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016017 financial years.

Reply:

Neither (a) myself, (b) the Deputy Minister nor (c) any of the heads of entities reporting to the Minister of Sport and Recreation made use of security services paid for by the State for (i) myself, (ii) my immediate family or (iii) any of the staff members. VIP protection is provided to me and the Deputy Minister by the South African Police Service from the budget of the Department of Police, which is standard for all Ministers and Deputy Ministers.

(aa), (bb) and (cc) fall away.

Reply:

(1) (a) Boxing South Africa (BSA) and the South African Institute for Drug-Free Sport (SAIDS) have boards in place.

(i) (aa) BSA board members were appointed on 01 June 2014. The SAIDS board members were appointed on 01 December 2012.

(bb) the term of the BSA board ended on 31 May 2017 and has been extended to 31 August 2017. The term of the current SAIDS board and its Appeal Board expires on 30 November 2017.

(ii) (aa) The BSA board is composed of 7 members. The SAIDS boarded comprises of 9 members, including the chairperson of the board. The SAIDS Appeal Board is made up of 10 members.

(bb) The BSA board has 2 female members, of which one of them is the chairperson. There are 2 female members on the SAIDS board and the same applies to the Appeal Board. The latter has got a female member who is also a person living with a disability.

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Reply:

(a-c) No.

Reply:

1. (a) I was not the Minister of Finance on the 10th of March 2017,

(b) Yes, the statement was authorised by the Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service.

2. Not applicable.

Reply:

(a),(b),(c)(i),(ii),(iii)(aa),(bb),(cc) Please refer to the table below.

No	Details	(a) Travel Costs	(b) Accommodation Costs	(C) Subsistence Costs
(aa) 2014/15
(i)	Nkwinti Ernest Gugile Mr	R 508 090.67	R 14 840.53	R 0
(ii)	Dlamini-Mashego Candith Kwati Ms	R 536 209.34	R 8 514.64	R 0
(ii)	Skwatsha Mcebisi DM	R 547 219.60	R 65 687.71	R 0
(iii)	Page Linda Mrs	R 0	R 0	R 7 428.62
(iii)	Mxotwa Mtobeli Mr	R 40 239.44	R 12 076.40	R 47 295.11
TOTAL	R 1 631 759.05	R 101 119.28	R 54 723.73
(bb) 2015/16
(i)	Nkwinti Ernest Gugile Mr	R 2 300 280.38	R 31 208.47	R 0
(ii)	Dlamini-Mashego Candith Kwati Ms	R 390 033.32	R 18 962.57	R 0
(ii)	Skwatsha Mcebisi DM	R 984 548.03	R 80 442.91	R 0
(iii)	Page Linda Mrs	R 76 033.62	R 15 406.83	R 9 241.45
(iii)	Mxotwa Mtobeli Mr	R 10 568.48	R 0	R 35 444.00
TOTAL	R 3 761 463.83	R 146 020.78	R 44 685.45
(cc)2016/2017
(i)	Nkwinti Ernest Gugile Mr	R 3 502 895.00	R 25 540.00	R 0
(ii)	Dlamini-Mashego Candith Kwati Ms	R 398 023.00	R 16 295.00	R 0
(ii)	Skwatsha Mcebisi DM	R 1 162 377.00	R 110 016.00	R 0
(iii)	Page Linda Mrs	R 89 145	R 14 250.00	R 5 491.00
TOTAL	R 5 152 440.00	R 166 110.00	R 5 491.00

Reply:

The Public Protector's Report entitled State of Capture only makes inconclusive observations and does not make any findings against any person. The Report calls for further investigations of the allegations. As the Honourable Member may be aware, I have instituted review proceedings against the remedial action of the Public Protector and the matter is provisionally set down for a hearing in Court from 24 - 26 October 2017. A proper investigation on these allegations will be conducted once the Court has clarified the contentious issues.

I would like to reiterate the Government's position that any person, including the authors of the reports referred to in the Honourable Member’s question, who have information about any wrongdoing by any individual to inform the law-enforcement agencies so that investigations can be undertaken. 

It is my considered view that this is the proper and lawful way to deal with all the allegations of unlawful conduct.

Reply:

(a) No staff within my Department were awarded contracts or agreements to conduct business with any state entity within the 2014/15, 2015/16 and 2016/17 financial years.

(b) Refer to Annexure A for the entity reporting to me that were awarded contracts or agreements to conduct business with any state entity in the years mentioned.

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Reply:

1. – (3) Please refer to the attached statement that my office issued responding to the allegations that were published in the Sunday Times newspaper article of 4 June 2017 alleging that I own a palace in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. I would like to re-iterate that I do not own any property outside South Africa. Further, I have not requested anybody to buy a property for me or on my behalf abroad. I further confirm that I have not sought any residency outside South Africa, either for myself or my immediate family.

Reply:

According to the information received from Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality:

(a). At the moment, there is no one building a generator for the Windsor pump station, however, a feasibility study for extension of the pump station has been completed, installation of one pump and a generator.

(b). Total cost is estimated at R 4, 500, 000

(c). April 2018/2019 metro financial year due to budget allocation, should savings be available in 2017/ 2018 financial year then the project will be brought forward.

(d). End of April 2019

Reply:

The position on virtual or crypto-currencies is that they are currently not regulated (they operate without the authority of central banks). An alert to this effect was issued jointly by the National Treasury, the South African Reserve Bank (SARB), the Financial Services Board (FSB), the South African Revenue Service (SARS) and the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) on 18 September 2014 (attached Annexure A - available on www.treasury.gov.za), which cautioned members of the public to be aware of the risks associated with the use of virtual currencies for either transactions or investment. As noted, the relevant authorities continue to monitor and assess the use of virtual currencies and consult with private sector stakeholders in this regard. Further guidance or regulations may be issued, should the need arise.

While the above position still applies, the National Treasury together with the SARB, FIC, and FSB have also established an Intergovernmental Fintech Working Group in December 2016, to develop an approach and potential revised policy stance towards fintech, including crypto-currencies, and to deal with fast-emerging fintech matters in the financial sector, like crowdfunding, robo-advice, machine learning and alternate payment platforms. A balanced approach is being taken, which is supportive of the objectives of enhanced innovation, competition and financial inclusion in the financial sector, while also reviewing risks related to financial customer protection, money laundering and financial stability.

Reply:

No, the Department of Environmental Affairs has not been informed about the proposed housing development. However, the question should be referred to the Gauteng Department of Agriculture and Rural Development as the competent authority to receive such an application.

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Reply:

(1) There are 11 contracts issued and 10 appointed to date. Refer to Annexure A for the details.

(2) Yes, all the companies are BEE compliant and it was a requirement for all the tenders.

(3) Yes, all the service providers are CIDB certified.

(4) Refer to Annexure B for the copies of the CIDB certificates of all contracts.

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Reply:

No, the irregular expenditure that was incurred during the 2015-16 financial year was not incurred by the Chief Financial Officer. The respective managers within my Department who are the budget holders and who signed off on such payments are held responsible for the irregularity of expenditure. Disciplinary action has been/is being taken against the relevant managers.

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Reply:

(a) No.

1. No.
2. No.
3. No.

(aa) Not applicable.

(bb) Not applicable.

(cc) Not applicable.

(b) No.

1. No.
2. No.
3. No.

(aa) Not applicable.

(bb) Not applicable.

(cc) Not applicable.

1) South Africa National Parks (SANparks)

1. No.
2. No.
3. No.
4. No.

(aa) Not applicable.

(bb) Not applicable.

(cc) Not applicable.

2) South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI)

(c) No.

1. No.
2. No.
3. No.

(aa) Not applicable.

(bb) Not applicable.

(cc) Not applicable.

3) iSimangaliso Wetland Park

(c) No.

1. No.
2. No.
3. No.

(aa) Not applicable.

(bb) Not applicable.

(cc) Not applicable.

4) South African Weather Services (SAWS)

(c) No.

1. No.
2. No.
3. No.

(aa) Not applicable.

(bb) Not applicable.

(cc) Not applicable.

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Reply:

(a) The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development has responded as follows:

(i) Table A below gives details of employees who were found to be doing business with organs of state by the Auditor-General in 2014/15.

Name of Official	Designation	Organ of State	Name of the Supplier	Order No.	Amount
Ramaoka M.N	Administration Clerk (Resigned on 2017/01/31)	National Department of Sport and Recreation	Makhurumola Itlhabanele Business	Not available	R0.00
Mbowane A	Assistant Master (Resigned on 2014/12/31)	National Department Correctional Services	Nchiruleng trading enterprise	Not available	Not available
Afrika BH	Senior Court Interpreter	South African Police Service	Biometric Enhancement Solutions (Pty) Ltd	Not available	R859 357.83
Mashego. BK	Director/senior manager	Small Enterprise Development Agency	Kholo Monyane Trading Enterprise	Not available	R0.00
Maja MP	Director/senior manager	Food and Beverages Manufacturing Industry	Bakhethwa Solutions And Investments	Not available	R0.00
Mmbadi LS	Director/senior manager	Eskom Holdings Ltd	Booi Holdings	Not available	Not available
Jacobs J	No record is found on DoJ&CD’s Persal as the official is currently stationed at the Office of the Chief Justice.	City of Johannesburg Metro	Constitution Hill Development	Not available	R6 840.00
Gwadiso SS	Director (Resigned on 2017/05/31)	Amatole District Municipality	Beam Marketing & Promotions CC	Not available	R0.00
Kgomo. TFJ	Director (Retirement on 2017/04/30)	South African Police Service	Kgophamorama Management Services & Projects CO	Not available	R215.00
Bhikha SV	Principal Legal Admin Officer (Retirement on 2015/07/31)	Financial and Accounting Services SETA	Public Finance IQ	Not available	R0.00
Samaai S	Principal Legal Admin Officer (Contract expiry on 2015/10/15)	Destination Marketing Organisation	X Con Films	Not available	R0.00
Bodigelo JT	E-scheduler Clerk	Ngwathe Local Municipality	Batho Pele Funeral Parlour	Not available	R6 900.00
Choshane. ML	Chief Registry Clerk	Fetakgomo Local Municipality	Mogodumane Funeral Parlour and Undertakers	Not available	-R3 918.00
Lebelo J.M	Administration Clerk	Limpopo Department of Health	Dimpho Mahlatse Service Provider	Not available	R2 250.00
Khoza N	Chief Accounting Clerk	Ehlanzeni District Municipality	Sebenzani Trading 59	Not available	R6 346.00
Hlongwane. SP	Administration Clerk	Ezemvelo Local Municipality	Ukumhlophe Investment trading	Not available	R0.00
Mohalanyane. MJ	Digital criminal recording systems(DCRS) Administration Clerk	Office of the Premier of Limpopo Province	Mohalanyane General Trading	Not available	R9 800.00
Bonokwane NM	Senior Administration Clerk (Resigned on 2017/04/30)	Ratlou Local Municipality	The Mary's Bed and Breakfast	Not available	R2 855.00
Chita DB	Administration Clerk	Legal Aid South Africa	Future Selling Photocopies papers	Not available	-R1 000.00
Mokoena GM	Administration Clerk	Maluti A Phofung Local Municipality	Thabadimahlwa trading and projects	Not available	R1 980.00
Mashinini JH	Administrative Officer	Phumelela Local Municipality	Happyguza Construction and Projects	Not available	-R1 700.00
Baca S	Administration Clerk	South African Police Service	Back to Back Trading Enterprise cc	Not available	R9 240.00
Kgomo MA	Administration Clerk	South African Social Security Agency	Motlhala Nala General Trading	Not available	R231.25
Gonyela S	Maintenance Investigator	OR Tambo District Municipality	Sirgo Trading Enterprise	Not available	R379 553.00
Maphanga LP	Accounting Clerk	Department of Defence	Lefa Phangos Trading Enterprise	Not available	R17 229.00
Masilela PN	Administration Clerk	MP: Public Works Roads & Trans	TVLN	Not available	R25 100.00
Masilela BV	Administration Clerk	South African Police Service	Botshelo & Naledi Enterprise (Pty) Ltd	Not available	R55 798.50
Sepheu MR	Audit Manager	Agricultural Research Council	Robsmethi Trading Enterprise	Not available	R112 300.00

NB: During the 2014/15 financial year, public servants were not prohibited from conducting business with the organs of the State, provided that they obtained permission from the executive authority to perform other remunerative work outside employment in the public service. The Department could therefore not take corrective action against any of the officials listed above for conducting business with organs of state. Furthermore, it should be noted that the Department relies on the Office of the Auditor-General in respect to the amounts of the transactions/contracts.

(ii) Table B below gives details of employees who were found to be doing business with organs of state by the Auditor general in 2015/16.

Name of Official	Designation	Organ of State	Name of the Supplier	Order No.	Amount
OT Muthen-Kanyinda	Administrative Officer (Resigned on 2016/03/31)	Transnet TFR	Chee Trading	Not available	R341 489.00
SP Hlongwane	Administration Clerk	Ezemvelo Wild Life	Luyandas Trading	Not available	R352 000.00
SR Khambule	Deputy Director: Financial Management	LP: Pub Works Roads & Infrastructure	Blue Stone Design (Pty) Ltd	Not available	R125 957.00
SP Hlongwane	Administration Clerk	South African Social Security Agency	Ukumhlophe Investment Trading	Not available	R73 166.00
DT Myeni	Registry Clerk	Safety and Security SETA	Shemula Trading Enterprise	Not available	R187 500.00
MZ Tibane	Messenger	NAT: SASSA – Mpumalanga	IT Minds	Not available	R470 750.00
MS Seema	Audit Manager	Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality	Tshwane Micro Enterpreneurs League Projects Co-Operative Lim	Not available	R18 720.00
MR Sepheu	Audit Manager	Agricultural Research Council	Robsmethi Trading Enterprise (Pty) Ltd	Not available	R9 851.00
N Yulu	Deputy Director (Resigned on 2016/04/30)	SA Maritime Safety Authority	Yulu Media Sound and Entertainment (PTY) LTD	Not available	R60 100.00
M Ngcobo	Assistant Director	GP: Human Settlement	Mthomakhathini (Pty) Ltd	Not available	R120 000.00
NP Ndlovu	Administration Clerk (Contract expiry on 2016/02/29)	Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality	Zele Solution (Pty) Ltd	Not available	R114 408.00
NP Ndlovu	Administration Clerk (Contract expiry on 2016/02/29)	Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality	Patrosa Holdings (Pty) Ltd	Not available	R150 527.00
OT Muthen-Kanyinda	Administrative officer (Resigned on 2016/03/31)	Transnet TFR	Chee Trading	Not available	R341 489.00
SP Hlongwane	Administration Clerk	Ezemvelo Wild Life	Luyandas Trading	Not available	R352 000.00
SR Khambule	Deputy Director: Financial Management	LP: Pub Works Roads & Infrastructure	Blue Stone Design (Pty) Ltd	Not available	R125 957.00
SP Hlongwane	Administration Clerk	South African Social Security Agency	Ukumhlophe Investment Trading	Not available	R73 166.00
DT Myeni	Registry Clerk	Security Seta	Shemula Trading Enterprise	Not available	R187 500.00

NB: During the 2015/16 financial year, public servants were not prohibited from conducting business with the organs of the State, provided that they obtained permission from the executive authority to perform other remunerative work outside employment in the public service.

(iii) Table C below gives details of employees who were found to be doing business with organs of state by the National Treasury in 2016/17.

Name of Official	Designation	Organ of the State	Name of the Supplier	Order No.	Amount
Ndivhuwo Enerst Nemusimbori	Legal Researcher	Government Communication and Information Systems - National	Enerst Trading and Projects	OR-078106	R7 368.00
Ndivhuwo Enerst Nemusimbori		Higher Education and Training - National	Enerst Trading and Projects	OR-013115	R44 100.00
Ndivhuwo Enerst Nemusimbori		Higher Education and Training - National	Enerst Trading and Projects	OR-013272	R885.80
Ndivhuwo Enerst Nemusimbori		Human Settlements - National	Enerst Trading and Projects	DH-024551	R3 542.50
Dumisani Bathwell Tuis	Court Manager	Correctional Services - National	Linche Cleaning And Catering Services	CL-004662	R16 892.60
Dumisani Bathwell Tuis		Correctional Services - National	Linche Cleaning And Catering Services	CL-004691	R15 798.00
Motlatsi Abel Tsubane	Senior Court Interpreter	Home Affairs - National	Khazimla Services	WC-003162	R2 425.00
Petronella Andricka Freeman	Court Intermediary	Correctional Services - National	Gaz Dealer And Services	UP-005543	R14 750.00
Petronella Andricka Freeman		Roads and Public Works - Northern Cape	Gaz Dealer And Services	SY-001296	R489 000.00

NB: The prohibition of employees from conducting business with organs of the State came into effect in August 2016 (subject to a six months transition period, starting from the date of implementation of the Public Service Regulations on 01 August 2016 to allow affected public servant to round up their activities or resign their Directorships from supplier companies with existing contracts with an organ of the state). In the circumstances, even an official who has obtained permission from the Executive Authority to perform other remunerative work outside employment in the Public Service cannot rely on such permission to conduct business with an organ of the state.

(b) The entities of the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development reported as follows:

 (i) Special Investigating Unit (SIU):

The SIU has informed that according to the SIU integrity Unit, it is confirmed that no-one within the SIU who is doing business with the State 2014/15, 2015/16 and 2016/17 financial years..

 (ii) National Prosecuting Authority (NPA)

The NPA has confirmed that no member in its employ was awarded any contracts or agreements to conduct business with any state entity during the periods concerned, nor is any member of the NPA conducting any business with an organ of state2014/15, 2015/16 and 2016/17 financial years.

(iii) Legal Aid South Africa

None of Legal Aid South Africa’s staff was awarded any contracts or agreements to conduct business with any state entity in the 2014/15, 2015/16 and 2016/17 financial years.

(c) The Department of Correctional Services has confirmed that no member in its employ was awarded any contracts or agreements to conduct business with any state entity during the periods concerned.

Reply:

(1)(a) The purpose of the Department’s projects having contingency funds is to provide for the financial aspects of unforeseen and changed circumstances in the scope of work of a project during its implementation as a mechanism for managing risks and uncertainties associated with project implementation.

(1)(b) There is no defined maximum amount as it varies depending on the nature of the project.

(2)(a) For the 2014-15 and 2015-16 financial years none of the projects exceeded the maximum amount with regards to the contingency fund however, one project in the 2016-17 financial year exceeded the maximum amount with regards to the contingency fund.

(2)(b) The project that exceeded the maximum contingency amount was the Mdloti River Development Project - Raising of Hazelmere Dam.

(2)(c) The total value of the project was R379 982 456.14 (excl. VAT and escalation).

(2)(d) The total amount of the contingency funds utilised was R37 998 245.61 (excl. VAT and escalation).

(2)(e) The discretion of the Resident Engineer in consultation with the Design Engineer / Project Manager authorised the use of the contingency fund.

(2)(f) The name of the company that received the tender was Group Five Construction (Pty) Ltd.

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Reply:

This matter is sub judice.

Reply:

(a) and (b)

(i) The Department did not appoint transaction advisors for the period indicated (1 January 2012 to 31 December 2016).

(ii) N/A

(iii) N/A

(iv) N/A

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Reply:

(a) The were no requests for quotes exceeding the value of R10 million were made by Rand Water in the 2014-15; a total of thirteen (13) quotes were made for the 2015- 16 and a total of seventeen (17) quotes were made for the 2016-17 financial years.

(b) Refer to Annexure A which outlines the dates, value and description of projects.

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Reply:

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

Neither the Department nor the entities reporting to the Ministry of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs appointed transaction advisors for tenders in the period 01 January 2012 to 31 December 2016.

Reply:

1. The Registrar does not ‘audit’ trade union membership figures but does verify them in cases where trade unions may be parties to a bargaining council in terms of section 49 of the Labour Relations Act. The following figures are therefore the figures submitted by the respective trade unions to the office of the Registrar.

 

No	Name of Union	Membership Figures	Year of Submission
1	Health and Other Service Personnel Trade Union of South Africa (HOSPERSA)	1 462	2015
2	National Education Health and Allied Workers Union (NEHAWU)	19 910	2016
3	National Professional Teachers’ Associations of South Africa (NAPTOSA)	52 864	2016
4	National Public Service Workers Union (NPSWU)	9 757	2015
5	National Teachers Union (NATU)	30 979	2015
6	National Union of Public Service and Allied Workers (NUPSAW)	2515	2016
7	Public and Allied Workers Union of South Africa (PAWUSA)	10 938	2015
8	Public Servants Association of South Africa (PSA)	8778	2016
9	South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU)	248 364	2016
10	Suid Afrikaanse Onderwysers Unie (SAOU)	36 422	2016
11	United National Public Service Association of South Africa and Allied Workers Union ( UNIPSAWU)	225	2016
12	Academic and Professional Staff of the University of South Africa (APSA-UNISA)	663	2015
13	Academic Staff Association of Wits University (ASAWU)	757	2016
14	The University of Cape Town Academics' Union (UCTAU)	616	2015
15	Administrative, Library and Technical Staff Association (ALTSA)	526	2016
16	University of Kwazulu-Natal Staff Union (UKSU)	1216	2016
17	University of Cape Town Employees Union	1128	2016
18	University of Pretoria Workers' Organisation (UPWO)	534	2016
19	Union of Personnel of the University of the Free State (UVPERSU))	1022	2016
20	University and Allied Workers Union (UAWU)	248	2016
21	University of the Western Cape Employees Union (UWCEU)	575	2016
22	Cape Peninsula University Employees Union	526	2016
23	United Herzlia Schools Teachers Association (UHSTA)	199	2016
24	Private Schools and Allied Workers Union (PRISAWU)	104	2015
25	South African Abet Educators Union (SAAEU)	950	2015
26	Professional Educators Union (P.E.U)	10408	2016
27	College Workers Union of South Africa	80	2016
	TOTAL	441 766

2. There are no applications for registration is pending in the office of the Registrar.

3. The following trade unions, in the table below, have failed to submit annual audited financial statements for 2015.

No	Name of Union	Membership Figures	Year of Audit
1	Health and Other Service Personnel Trade Union of South Africa (HOSPERSA)	1 462	2015
2	National Public Service Workers Union (NPSWU)	9 757	2015
3	National Teachers Union (NATU)	30 979	2015
4	Public and Allied Workers Union of South Africa (PAWUSA)	10 938	2015
5	Academic and Professional Staff of the University of South Africa (APSA-UNISA)	663	2015
6	The University of Cape Town Academics' Union (UCTAU)	616	2015
7	Private Schools and Allied Workers Union (PRISAWU)	104	2015
8	South African Abet Educators Union (SAAEU)	950	2015

4. There are no registered trade unions in the teaching or education sector that have been declared insolvent, placed under administration and/or under business rescue in the past five years. (b) These cases are being attended to by the Registrar.

Reply:

Requesting the Honorable Member to refer to the response provided in NA 1945 of 23 June 2017.

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Reply:

Only the Commission for Conciliation Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) appointed a transaction adviser for a tender in the period 01 January 2012 – 31 December 2012 and the details are as follows;

01 JANUARY 2012 – 31 DECEMBER 2012
		Who were the transaction advisors that were appointed for the tenders?	(b)(ii) For which tenders were they appointed.	(b) (iii) What was the pricing for the tenders in question.	(b) (iv) What amounts were the transaction advisors paid?
Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA)		Grant Thornton THL Consulting (Pty)	Share Point installation and utilisation. and Business Continuity Model.	R3 434 952.00. R2 724 372.00.	R74 856.96.

• For the period 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2016, there were No Transaction advisors that were appointed in any of the entities.

Reply:

The bacterium causing Bovine Tuberculosis (BTb) is an intracellular bacteria, mainly residing in the lungs and associated tissues. In South Africa, it is maintained primarily in cattle, with specific populations of buffalo and kudu also acting as maintenance hosts, with spill over into various other wildlife species, including lions in those specific areas been documented (including the greater Kruger Complex and Hluhluwe Imfolozi Game Reserve). The disease is under state veterinary (Department of Agriculture) control and there is currently an active test and slaughter policy for BTb in cattle. In addition, certain wildlife areas and properties in the country are also identified as being BTb infected, and are therefore placed under quarantine. All animal movement out of such areas are subject to 2 negative Tb tests. If lions are hunted in an area that is infected with BTb, then those hunts and processing of the trophies/skins thereof will be under strict state veterinary supervision. These carcasses will remain on the infected farm and be inspected by the state vet and disposed of appropriately. All BTb infected properties and areas will need to have in place a risk assessment and management plan for mitigating disease transmission (including to humans) that have been approved by the Department of Agriculture. For any further details on the research relating to this matter, the National Department of Agriculture would be in a better position to respond.

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Reply:

The information was provided by the Gauteng Provincial Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs:

(a) The site notices indicate 30 days, the opportunity to participate in the EIA was announced in April 2017 in the following ways:

• Newspaper advertisement placed in the Kempton Express on Thursday, 13 April 2017 inviting Interested and affected parties to register with, and submit their comments to the service provider (refer to the attached proof of newspaper advert).
• Site notices informing the surrounding communities and immediately adjacent landowners of the proposed development. The service provider placed site notices within the boundaries of the study area on 19 April 2017. Refer to the attached site notices.

(b) This is an error, as the latest date was supposed to be the 10 May 2017. This will be corrected and communicated in the public meetings.

(c) The Draft Basic Assessment Report (DBAR) would be made available for public review as stipulated in the EIA Regulations 2014 and the report will be out for public review and comment for a 30-day commenting period. The commenting period is envisaged to commence on Monday, 23 May 2017 to Friday, 23 June 2017 (end of business day). Registered interested and affected parties would be sent written notification on the availability of the DBAR through faxes, emails depending on the mode of correspondence they wished to be notified.

(d) This is an error and it will be corrected on the Draft Basic Assessment Report and further adverts.

Reply:

a) The Fund is currently fully funded.

b) There is therefore no action required from the Minister.

Reply:

The information was provided by the Gauteng Provincial Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs:

1. The Human Settlements Department has identified a need for a mixed development which includes residential and educational facilities (School). The Department is still negotiating with Provincial Government for the land and currently the Human Settlements Department are at a phase where proposals are only being done and circulated for comments. Once positive comments are received from the Provincial Government and Authorities to use the land, the town planning process will be finalised.

2. The ownership still vests with the Provincial Government.

Reply:

1. The table link below indicates the number of aircraft in SAA fleet, models thereof and years in service. The domestic network is serviced by the narrow-bodies and international network by the wide-bodies. All aircraft in SAA fleet are operable.

https://pmg.org.za/files/RNW1947TABLE-170720.pdf

2. The aircraft have adequate range and capacity to meet the SAA Network demand. The biggest challenge on the wide body fleet is that SAA still operates the A340 fleet, which on average are now 12 years old. These four-engines aircraft are expensive to operate and maintain.

3. SAA currently has some spare capacity in wide-body (long range) aircraft. This is due to the entry of the 5x A330-300 new aircraft. However, SAA will have to return 2x A340-600s at the end of lease in July and August 2017), at which time some of the excess wide-body capacity will be removed.

Reply:

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

The Minister of CoGTA is not aware of any adjustments undertaken by MECs in their provinces, in respect to the powers and functions of municipalities, since his appointment in December 2015.

In terms of Section 85 of the Local Government: Municipal structures Act No 117 of 1998, the MEC for local government in a province may, subject to the other provisions, adjust the division of functions and powers between a district and a local municipality as set out in section 84 (1) or (2), by allocating, within a prescribed policy framework, any of those functions or powers vested in the local municipality, to the district municipality; or in the district municipality (excluding a function or power referred to in section 84 (1) (a), (b), (c), (d), (i), (o) or (p), to the local municipality.

Here, it must be noted that the MEC has no legal obligation to consult the Minister on the adjustment of powers and functions of a municipality his/her province. Section 85 of the Local Government: Municipal Structures Act No 117 of 1998, empowers the MEC of Local Government to adjust functions and powers of municipalities without any legal requirements for the MEC to consult the Minister.

(2) In terms of Section 85 (5) of the Municipal Structures Act, in the event that the MEC disagrees with the MDB on the capacity of the municipality to receive the function, and refuses to adjust the division, contrary to the assessment of the MDB, the MEC must then furnish reasons to the relevant municipalities and the Minister, before finalising a proposed adjustment.

Therefore, the Minister will only be aware of the MDB assessment that is informing an adjustment, if there is a disagreement between the MEC and MDB on the matter.

Reply:

The information was provided by the Gauteng Provincial Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs:

(1)

(a) (i) Shuma company

(ii) Shuma company

(b) On 25 January 2017.

(c) The Municipality appointed the company.

(d) Shuma was paid as follows:

• Basic Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is R 84 214.08.
• Traffic Impact Assessment (TIA) is R129 519.03.

2. Yes, report will be furnished to the Honourable Member in due course.

Reply:

37% of DAFF 2017/18 budget is allocated to support small holder farmers.

Reply:

DAFF

The department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries did not appoint transaction advisors for tenders in the period 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2016. All tender processes comply with the National Treasury legislative frameworks.

PPECB

PPECB has not appointed transaction advisors during the period indicated.

OBP

OBP did not appoint transaction advisors for tender in the period of 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2016

NCERA FARMS

Ncera Farms did not appoint transaction advisors for tender in the period of 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2016

ARC

ARC did not appoint transaction advisors for tenders in the period 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2016.

NAMC

NAMC did not appoint transaction advisors for tenders in the period 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2016.

MLRF

No transaction advisors were appointed for period under review for the MLRF.

Reply:

(a)(b)(i)(ii)(aa)(bb)(cc)(dd)(ee)(ff)

The Department and its Entities did not procure any services from and/or made any payments to Bell Pottinger or any other public relations firms, as the services were not required by the Department.