Questions and Replies

Reply:

The response below is recorded per State Owned Company (SOC), namely, Alexkor, Denel, Eskom, SAFCOL, SA Express and Transnet. It is important to note that all Boards are in place and are able to carry out the functions and responsibilities in terms of the Companies Act, No. 71 of 2008 read with the Memorandum of Incorporation (MOI). All Boards, in terms of each MOI are appointed for a three year term, subject to annual review. The MOI further provides that each Non-Executive Director (NED) may serve up to a maximum of three terms (9 years).

1. ALEXKOR SOC LIMITED

(1)	(a)	Alexkor has a Board in place as appointed by Minister Brown on 14 August 2015.
	(b)	Not applicable
		(i)	(aa)	Ms HB Matseke (Appointed as Non-Executive Director and Chairperson on 14 August 2015) Mr V Bansi (Appointed as Non-Executive Director on 14 August 2015. Appointed Acting CEO and Executive Director on 1 March 2016) Mr Jacques Bonnett (Appointed as Acting CFO and Executive Director on 1 May 2017) Mr JS Danana (Appointed as Non-Executive Director on 14 August 2015) Mr T Haasbroek (Appointed as Non-Executive Director on 14 August 2015) Mr T Matona (Appointed as Non-Executive Director on 14 August 2015) Ms M Lehobye (Appointed as Non-Executive Director on 14 August 2015) Ms Z Ntlangula (Re-appointed as Non-Executive Director for second term 14 August 2015)
			(bb)	Ms HB Matseke – Term ends August 2018 Mr JS Danana – Term ends August 2018 Mr T Haasbroek – Term ends August 2018 Mr T Matona – Term ends August 2018 Mr V Bansi – (Appointed as Acting CEO and Executive Director until the appointment of a new CEO) Mr J Bonnett (Appointed as Acting CFO and Executive Director until the appointment of a new CFO) Ms M Lehobye – Term ends August 2018 Ms Z Ntlangula – Term 2 ends August 2018
		(ii)	(aa)	6 Non-Executive Directors and 2 Acting Executive Directors
			(bb)	3 females
(2)	(a)	Not applicable
	(b)	Not applicable

2. DENEL SOC LIMITED

(1)	(a)	Denel has a Board in place as appointed by Minister Brown on 24 July 2015.
	(b)	Not applicable
		(i)	(aa)	Mr Daniel Mantsha (Appointed as Non-Executive Director and Chairperson of the Board on 24 July 2015) Mr Zwelakhe Ntshepe (Appointed as Interim CEO and Executive Director on 01 September 2015) Mr Odwa Mhlwana (Appointed as Acting GCFO and Executive Director on 1 September 2015) Mr Thamsanqa Msomi (Appointed as Non-Executive Director on 24 July 2015) Mrs Pinkie Martha Mahlangu (Appointed as Non-Executive Director on 24 July 2015) Lt. Gen Themba Michael Nkabinde (Appointed as Non-Executive Director on 24 July 2015) Ms Mpho Kgomongoe (Appointed as Non-Executive Director on 24 July 2015) Ms Khumbudzo Phopi Silence Ntshaveni (Appointed as Non-Executive Director on 24 July 2015)
			(bb)	Mr Daniel Mantsha - Term ends 23 July 2018 Mr Zwelakhe Ntshepe - Appointed as Acting GCEO until the appointment of a new GCEO Mr Odwa Mhlwana - Appointed as Acting GCFO until the appointment of a new GCFO Mr Thamsanqa Msomi - Term ends 23 July 2018 Mrs Pinkie Martha Mahlangu - Term ends 23 July 2018 Lt. Gen Themba Michael Nkabinde - Term ends 23 July 2018 Ms Mpho Kgomongoe - Term ends 23 July 2018 Ms Khumbudzo Phopi Silence Ntshaveni - Term ends 23 July 2018
		(ii)	(aa)	6 Non-Executive Directors and 2 Acting Executive Directors
			(bb)	3 females
(2)	(a)	Not applicable
	(b)	Not applicable

3. SAFCOL SOC LIMITED

(1)	(a)	SAFCOL has a board in place as appointed by Minister Brown on 24 July 2015.
	(b)	Not applicable
		(i)	(aa)	Mr Lungile Rudolph Mabece (Appointed as Non-Executive Director and Chairperson of the Board on 18 August 2015) Mr Gabriel Christian Theron (Appointed as Non-Executive Director on 18 August 2015 and Acting CEO and Executive Director on 16 December 2015) Ms Trishantanie Pillay (Appointed as CFO and Executive Director on 20 July 2016 and placed on suspension on 1 June 2017 pending outcome disciplinary action) Ms Vuyo Tlale (Appointed as Acting CFO from 1 June 2017 until 31 August 2017) Ms Sakekile Baduza (Appointed as Non-Executive Director on 18 August 2015) Mr Maroale Jacob Rachidi (Appointed as Non-Executive Director on 18 August 2015) Mr Mandla Mnguni (Appointed as Non-Executive Director on 18 August 2015) Dr Petros Mbiji Mahlangu (Appointed as Non-Executive Director on 18 August 2015) Ms Phumzile Ngwenya (Appointed as Non-Executive Director on 18 August 2015) Dr Pulane Molokwane (Appointed as Non-Executive Director on 18 August 2015)
			(bb)	Mr Lungile Rudolph Mabece - Term ends 17 August 2018 Mr Gabriel Christian Theron - Appointed as Interim CEO the appointment of a new CEO Ms Vuyo Tlale – Appointed Acting CFO on 1 June 2017 Ms Sakekile Baduza - Term ends 17 August 2018 Mr Maroale Jacob Rachidi - Term ends 17 August 2018 Mr Mandla Mnguni -Term ends 17 August 2018 Dr Petros Mbiji Mahlangu -Term ends 17 August 2018 Ms Phumzile Ngwenya - Term ends 17 August 2018 Dr Pulane Molokwane -Term ends 17 August 2018
		(ii)	(aa)	7 Non-Executive Directors and 2 Acting Executive Directors
			(bb)	3 females
(2)	(a)	Not applicable
	(b)	Not applicable

4. ESKOM

(1)	(a)	Eskom has a Board in place as appointed by Minister Brown on 11 December 2014.
	(b)	Not applicable
		(i)	(aa)	Mr Zethembe Wilfred Khoza (Appointed as Non-Executive Director on 11 December 2014 and Acting Chairperson of the Board on 13 June 2017) Mr Johnny Dladla (Appointed as Acting GCEO and Executive Director on 23 June 2017) Mr Anoj Singh (Appointed as Group CFO and Executive Director on 1 October 2015 on a 5 year contract, subject to annual performance review) Dr Pat Naidoo (Appointed as Non-Executive Director on 11 December 2014) Mr Giovanni Leonardi (Appointed as Non-Executive Director on 25 May 2015) Dr Pulane Molokwane (Appointed as Interim Non-Executive Director on 23 June 2017) Mr Simphiwe Dingaan (Appointed as Interim Non-Executive Director on 23 June 2017) Dr Banothile Makhubela (Appointed as Interim Non-Executive Director on 23 June 2017) Mr Sathiaseelan Gounden (Appointed as Interim Non-Executive Director on 23 June 2017)
			(bb)	Mr Zethembe Wilfred Khoza – First term of three years ends 11 December 2017. Appointed at the AGM held on 23 June 2017 until the next AGM, subject to review. Acting Chairperson until the appointment of a new Chairperson Mr Johnny Dladla - Appointed as Acting GCE until the appointment of a new GCE Mr Anoj Singh – appointed GCFO on Dr Pat Naidoo - First term of three years ends 11 December 2017. Appointed at the AGM held on 23 June 2017 until the next AGM, subject to review. Mr Giovanni Leonardi - First term of three years ends on 24 May 2018. Appointed at the AGM held on 23 June 2017 until the next AGM, subject to review. Dr Pulane Molokwane - Term ends 22 December 2020 Mr Simphiwe Dingaan - Term ends 22 December 2020 Dr Banothile Makhubela - Term ends 22 December 2020 Mr Sathiaseelan Gounden - Term ends 22 December 2020
		(ii)	(aa)	7 Non-Executive Directors and 2 Acting Executive Directors
			(bb)	2 females
(2)	(a)	Not applicable
	(b)	Not applicable

5. South African Express Airways (SAX)

(1)	(a)	SAX has a Board in place as appointed by Minister Brown on 22 May 2015.
	(b)	Not applicable
		(i)	(aa)	Mr George Mothema (Appointed as Non-Executive Director and Chairperson of the Board on 22 May 2015) Mr Victor Xaba (Appointed as Interim CEO and Executive Director on 10 April 2017) Mr Mark Shelley (Appointed as CFO and Executive Director on 26 January 2015 on a 5 year contract, subject to annual performance review) Ms Boni Dibate (Appointed as Non-Executive Director on 22 May 2015) Mr Trevor Abrahams (Appointed as Non-Executive Director on 22 May 2015) Mr Rajesh Naithani (Appointed as Non-Executive Director on 22 May 2015) Mr Phetolo Ramosebudi (Appointed as Non-Executive Director on 22 May 2015) Ms Judith Nomvula Nkabinde (Appointed as Non-Executive Director on 22 May 2015) Mrs Given Refilwe Sibiya (Appointed as Non-Executive Director on 22 June 2015)
			(bb)	Mr George Mothema – Term ends on 21 May 2018 Mr Victor Xaba (Appointed as Acting CEO until the appointment of a new CEO Mr Mark Shelley – CFO Ms Boni Dibate - Term ends 21 May 2018 Mr Trevor Abrahams – Term ends 21 May 2018 Mr Rajesh Naithani – Terms ends 21 May 2018 Mr Phetolo Ramosebudi Terms ends 21 May 2018 Ms Judith Nomvula Nkabinde - Terms ends 21 May 2018 Mrs Given Refilwe Sibiya - Terms ends 21 May 2018
		(ii)	(aa)	7 Non-Executive Directors, 2 Executive Directors (1 Acting)
			(bb)	3 females
(2)	(a)	Not applicable
	(b)	Not applicable

6. Transnet

(1)	(a)	Transnet has a Board in place as appointed by Minister Brown on 11 December 2014.
	(b)	Not applicable
		(i)	(aa)	Ms Linda Carol Mabaso (Appointed as Non-Executive Director and Chairperson of the Board on 11 December 2014) Mr Siyabonga Gama (Appointed as GCEO and Executive Director on 13 April 2016 on a 5 year contract, subject to annual performance review) Mr Garry Pita (Appointed as CFO and Executive Director on 1 March 2016 on a 5 year contract, subject to annual performance review) Dr Gideon Mahlalela (Appointed as Non-Executive Director on 11 December 2014) Ms Potso Elizabeth Mathekga (Appointed as Non-Executive Director on 11 December 2014) Mr Zainul Nagdee (Appointed as Non-Executive Director on 11 December 2014) Mr Vusi Matthew Nkonyane (Appointed as Non-Executive Director on 11 December 2014) Ms Yasmin Forbes (Re-appointed for second term as Non-Executive Director on 11 December 2014) Mr Brett Stagman (Appointed as Non-Executive Director on 11 December 2014)
			(bb)	Ms Linda Carol Mabaso – First term of three years ends 10 December 2017. Appointed at the Annual General Meeting held on 29 June 2017 for a year until the 2018 AGM, subject to review. Mr Siyabonga Gama – Permanent GCEO Mr Garry Pita – Permanent GCFO Dr Gideon Mahlalela - First term of three years ends 10 December 2017. Appointed at the Annual General Meeting held on 29 June 2017 for a year until the 2018 AGM, subject to review. Ms Potso Elizabeth Mathekga - First term of three years ends 10 December 2017. Appointed at the Annual General Meeting held on 29 June 2017 for a year until the 2018 AGM, subject to review. Mr Zainul Nagdee - First term of three years ends 10 December 2017. Appointed at the Annual General Meeting held on 29 June 2017 for a year until the 2018 AGM, subject to review. Mr Vusi Matthew Nkonyane - First term of three years ends 10 December 2017. Appointed at the Annual General Meeting held on 29 June 2017 for a year until the 2018 AGM, subject to review. Ms Yasmin Forbes – First term of three years ends 10 December 2017. Appointed at the Annual General Meeting held on 29 June 2017 for a year until the 2018 AGM, subject to review. Mr Brett Stagman - First term of three years ends 10 December 2017. Appointed at the Annual General Meeting held on 29 June 2017 for a year until the 2018 AGM, subject to review.
		(ii)	(aa)	7 Non-Executive Directors, 2 Executive Directors
			(bb)	3 females
(2)	(a)	Not applicable
	(b)	Not applicable
Remarks:			Reply: Approved / Not Approved
Mr. Mogokare Richard Seleke			Ms. Lynne Brown, MP
Director-General			Minister of Public Enterprises
Date:			Date:

Reply:

(1)(a)

Table 1 below shows quantities of Eskom’s coal supply purchased directly from companies that mine it and from intermediaries over the past four financial years. Information for financial year 2016/17 will be made available once it has been published.

Table 1: Quantities of Eskom’s coal supply (kilo tonnes)

Volumes sourced	2012/13	2013/14	2014/15	2015/16	2016/17
Own supply (i)[1]	119 640	115 343	115 521	111 122	113 385
Intermediary (ii)	4 247	4 443	4 196	3 948	3 841
Own Supply + Intermediary	2 550	2 190	1 951	3 631	3 024
TOTAL	126 437	121 976	121 668	118 701	120 250

(b)

Table 2 below combined total annual payment for Eskom’s coal supply purchased directly from companies that mine it and from intermediaries over the past four financial years. Information for financial year 2016/17 will be made available once it has been published.

Table 2: Combined annual payments of Eskom’s coal supply (Rands)

Annual Payments	2012/13	2013/14	2014/15	2015/16	2016/17
Own supply	28 011 750 253	31 085 536 691	35 145 518 292	36 154 662 673	38 684 634 701
Intermediary	1 417 803 118	1 749 882 580	1 716 350 676	1 518 313 159	1 724 573 826
Own Supply + Intermediary	787 892 666	818 056 450	815 939 974	1 466 286 871	1 331 345 953
TOTAL	30 217 446 037	33 653 475 720	37 677 808 942	39 139 262 702	41 740 554 480

(2)

Yes, Eskom purchases coal from mining companies that are not 50%+1 black owned. (a) Eskom’s procurement is guided by the PPPFA and by Eskom’s internal 32-1034 policy (b) These policies are not prescriptive in stating to which suppliers Eskom must contract.

(3)(a)(b)

Eskom has no policies but has formulated a board-approved strategy to transform black ownership in the coal supply value chain.

This strategy was approved in October 2012 and it articulates an aspiration to procure more coal from suppliers that are 50% + 1 black owned. But if they were unable or unwilling to meet Eskom’s cost and quality targets, the utility would default to other companies that are able to meet these objectives.

Eskom formulates procurement policies that are in line with the rules set out in the PPPFA.

(4)

No, there are no policies to furnish.

 

Remarks: Reply: Approved / Not Approved

Mr. Mogokare Richard Seleke Ms. Lynne Brown, MP

Director-General Minister of Public Enterprises

Date: Date:

1. Coal supplied directly from the companies that mine it. ↑

Reply:

The following responses were received from the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS):

1. NSFAS does not capture the detailed academic progression data required to respond to the question.
2. NSFAS does not have the capability to analyse its’ funding data by cohort and it is prepared to provide the lists of all funded students, for the period 2008 to 2015, to the Department of Higher Education and Training for cohort analysis.

COMPILER/CONTACT PERSONS:

EXT:

DIRECTOR – GENERAL

STATUS:

DATE:

QUESTION 1621 APPROVED/NOT APPROVED/AMENDED

Dr BE NZIMANDE, MP

MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING

STATUS:

DATE:

Reply:

(1) (a)

iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority (iSimangaliso)

South Africa National Parks (SANparks)

South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI)

South African Weather Service (SAWS)

(b) None.

(i) iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority

(aa) 01 September 2015.

(bb) Will lapse on 31 August 2018.

(ii) (aa) Nine.

(bb) Five females.

(2) (a) and (b)

Not applicable.

(i) South Africa National Parks

(aa) 1 April 2015.

(bb) Will lapse on 31 March 2018.

(ii) (aa) Eleven.

(bb) Six females.

(2) (a) and (b)

Not applicable.

(i) South African National Biodiversity Institute

(aa) 1 April 2015.

(bb) Will lapse on 31 March 2018.

(ii) (aa) Nine.

(bb) Five females.

(2) (a) and (b)

Not Applicable.

(i) South African Weather Service

(aa) 1 September 2015.

(bb) Will lapse on 31 August 2018.

(ii) (aa) Eleven.

(bb) Four females.

(2) (a) and (b)

Not Applicable.

---ooOoo---

Reply:

1. (a) There are nine Community Education and Training (CET) colleges, one in each Province. In total there are 3 276 Community Learning Centres (CLCs) subsumed under the CET colleges. The breakdown is as follows:

CET College	Number of CLCs
Limpopo CET College	779
Eastern Cape CET College	304
Western Cape CET College	254
KwaZulu-Natal CET College	1097
North West CET College	148
Northern Cape CET College	191
Free State CET College	204
Gauteng CET College	47
Mpumalanga CET College	252

(b) Learners enrolled at each CET college:

CET College	Total number of learners
	(i) 31 March 2015	(ii) 31 March 2016	(iii) 31 March 2017
Eastern Cape	33 024	35 042	37 168
Free State	20 010	18 412	16 109
Gauteng	92 388	81 255	82 653
KwaZulu-Natal	61 917	60 044	38 974
Mpumalanga	22 130	19 935	15 407
Limpopo	26 984	24 962	24 406
Northern Cape	3 354	4 135	3 294
North West	15 675	15 978	13 553
Western Cape	18 659	16 713	16 197

2. (a) Students have a choice to enrol for 5 or 6 Learning Areas to obtain the General Education and Training Certificate (GETC) at NQF Level 1. The learning area choice must add up to 120 credits and align to the rules of combination of the qualification. The GETC qualification comprises of 26 Learning Areas in total.

2015 enrolments and completion percentages
CET College	Number of students registered	Number that wrote exams	Completion rate (%)
Eastern Cape	15 026	11 388	39.9
Free State	4 742	4 266	37.4
Gauteng	15 883	12 295	35.0
KwaZulu-Natal	27 607	17 201	39.3
Limpopo	25 259	22 694	39.4
Mpumalanga	12 780	10 095	32.4
Northern Cape	2 263	1 825	34.6
North West	9 998	8 985	33.6
Western Cape	3 666	2 854	37.2
Total	117 224	91 603	37.3
2016 enrolments and completion percentages
CET College	Number of students registered	Number that wrote exams	Completion rate (%)
Eastern Cape	11 155	6 937	39.2
Free State	4 216	3 682	32.7
Gauteng	14 392	10 792	31.3
KwaZulu-Natal	24 057	16 934	40.4
Limpopo	22 103	19 485	37.0
Mpumalanga	10 101	7 882	34.2
Northern Cape	2 165	1 856	28.0
North West	9 226	8 116	30.8
Western Cape	3 075	2 421	39.0
Total	100 490	78 105	35.9

(3) The full qualifications per level on the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) are tabulated below.

2015 CET Certification rate for NQF level 1
College	Number passed
Eastern Cape	4 549
Free State	1 595
Gauteng	4 305
KwaZulu-Natal	6 755
Limpopo	8 937
Mpumalanga	3 272
Northern Cape	631
North West	3 019
Western Cape	1 062
Total	34 125
2016 CET Certification rate NQF level 1
College	Number passed
Eastern Cape	2 720
Free State	1 205
Gauteng	3 381
KwaZulu-Natal	6 845
Limpopo	7 213
Mpumalanga	2 696
Northern Cape	519
North-West	2 502
Western Cape	943
Total	28 024

(4) The employment categories are tabulated below.

CET College	31 March 2016	31 March 2017
	Full-time	Part-time	Full-time	Part-time
Eastern Cape	0	2 997	5	2 776
Free State	0	1 068	0	1 068
Gauteng	532	1 858	540	1 878
KwaZulu-Natal	18	6 522	19	6 522
Mpumalanga	11	1 601	11	1 538
Limpopo	1 790	0	1 750	0
Northern Cape	0	186	0	182
North West	5	1 343	4	1 171
Western Cape	172	355	167	348

COMPILER/CONTACT PERSONS:

EXT:

DIRECTOR – GENERAL

STATUS:

DATE:

QUESTION 1917 APPROVED/NOT APPROVED/AMENDED

Dr BE NZIMANDE, MP

MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING

STATUS:

DATE:

Reply:

Complaints

The national Department is responsible for the management of the national Environmental Crimes and Incidents hotline, which provides an avenue for members of the public to report non-compliances with environmental legislation. Once a complaint is registered, it is then categorised and referred to the appropriate national, provincial or local sphere of government to undertake the necessary follow-up actions. Some complaints may be made directly to these organs of state and would therefore not be registered on the national hotline database.

(1)(a)(i)

The total number of complaints reported to the national environmental crimes and incident hotline in 2015/16 FY was 580. 125 fell within the mandate of national DEA to respond to, while 455 were referred to other spheres of government.

(1)(a)(ii)

In 2016/17, the environmental crime and incident hotline received a total of 842 complaints. Of the total number 227 fell within the mandate of national DEA to respond to, while 615 were referred to other spheres of government.

Cases investigated

(1)(b)(i)

In 2015/16, the Inspectorate (work of both national and provincial Environmental Management Inspectors) registered 1261 criminal investigations.

(1)(b)(ii)

In 2016/17, the Inspectorate (work of both national and provincial Environmental Management Inspectors) registered 1319 criminal investigations.

Environmental Management Inspectors

(2)(a)(i)

In 2015/16 the Department trained 533 officials for the purposes of designation as Environmental Management Inspectors. The Department also trained a further 680 officials, including external role-players, such as magistrates, prosecutors and border management authorities, as well as offering advanced courses for EMIs in specialised topics such as biodiversity crime scene management and pollution and waste sampling.

(2)(a)(ii)

In 2016/17 the Department trained 306 Environmental Management Inspectors in order for them to qualify for designation. The Department also trained a further 1230 officials, including magistrates, prosecutors and border management authorities; as well as advanced EMI courses in biodiversity and pollution and waste investigations, legislative updates and the use of minimum force.

(2)(b)(i)

In 2015/16, 333 EMIs were designated; of those 29 were local authority officials.

(2)(b)(ii)

In 2016/17, 245 EMIs were designated; of those 69 were local authority officials; as follows:

Blitzes and Operations

3(a)(b)(i)(ii)(aa)

The following blitzes / enforcement operations took place in the 2015-16 financial year:

Name	Date	Description
Pollution & Waste Operations/Blitzes
Redisa Tyre Operation	25/11/2015 – 27/11/2015	Joint environmental compliance monitoring inspections (Blitz) were conducted at 6 Redisa Tyres Depots
Galvanisers	January 2016	Joint environmental compliance monitoring inspections (Blitz) were conducted at 20 facilities
Biodiversity Blitzes/Operations
AIS Pet shop/ Farm Blitz	August 2015	To ascertain compliance with AIS regulations; and to raise awareness with AIS regulations
Operation Cobra III	4-28 May 2015	Multinational enforcement operation to curb illegal wildlife trafficking
Illicit cross border trade in wildlife operations after training	Various over the 2015-2016 financial year	Joint multi-stakeholder operations to combat the illegal transport and trade of wildlife
Marine/Coastal Blitzes/Operations
Trekkoskraal, West Coast (under Operation Phakisa)	24 March 2016	To combat illegal camping and driving in coastal public property

3(a)(b)(i)(ii)(bb)

The following blitzes / enforcement operations took place in the 2016-17 financial year:

Name	Date	Description
Biodiversity Blitzes/Operations
Table Mountain National Park AIS	23-27 May 2016	Table Mountain National Park operation on Alien & Invasive Species, inspection of 32 properties adjacent to the Park
Operation Fezela	Various – based on planning of projects within the operation	To combat cycad trafficking
Operation Thunderbird	30/01/2017 – 19/02/2017	Multi-stakeholder joint INTERPOL operation to combat the illegal transport and trade of wildlife by searching aircraft, especially small aircraft, vehicles, luggage and persons
Festive season Operations	November / December 2016	Participated in multi-stakeholder joint operations with the DEA focusing on illegal wildlife trade / alien and invasive species
Joint operations at border posts, linked to training on illicit movement of wildlife species	Numerous throughout the financial year	To ascertain compliance with TOPS/ CITES/AIS regulations
Marine/Coastal Blitzes/Operations
Operation Phakisa -Initiative 5: Co-ordinated and enhanced compliance and enforcement programme	Various dates throughout the financial year	22 x Joint Multi-stakeholder Operations under Operation Phakisa Initiative 5 planned and implemented in 4 coastal Provinces (Northern Cape, Western Cape, Eastern Cape and KZN) focusing on a range of illegal activities
Pollution & Waste Operations/Blitzes
Health Care Risk Blitz	15/11/2016 – 17/11/2016	Joint environmental compliance monitoring inspections (Blitz) were conducted at 12 Health Care Risk Waste Treatment facilities
Oil Recyclers	October 2016	Desk-top initiative aimed at increasing compliance by making use of mass circulation of warning letters (51 in total) within this industry
St Helena Bay		Joint environmental compliance monitoring inspections (Blitz) were conducted at 4 facilities
Timber treatment facilities	December 2016	Desk top initiative aimed at increasing compliance by making use of mass circulation of warning letters (78 letters issued) within this industry.

---ooOoo---

Reply:

a) The Competition Commission is not required to have a board. In accordance with Section 22 of the Competition Act 89 of 1998, The Minister appoints the Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner.

b) The Competition Tribunal is not have required to have a board. In accordance with Sections 29 and 30 of the Competition Act 89 of 1998, The President, on the recommendation of the Minister, appoints the Tribunal Chairperson, Deputy Chairperson, full-time and part-time Tribunal members.

c) ITAC does not have a board, but consists of a full-time Chief Commissioner and part-time Commissioners.

d) The IDC has a board in place and board members are reappointed, appointed or retired at Annual General Meetings. Appointments were confirmed at the Annual General Meeting held in 2016. Please refer to the table below:

NO	NAME OF DIRECTOR	GENDER	INITIAL APPOINTMENT
1.	Ms BA Mabuza- Chairperson	Female	2011
2.	Ms L I Bethlehem	Female	2008
3.	Mrs P Mthethwa	Female	2011
4.	Ms N P Mnxasana	Female	2015
5.	Ms N D B Orleyn	Female	2015
6.	Mr B A Dames	Male	2011
7.	Mr R Godsell	Male	2011
8.	Dr S Magwentshu-Rensburg	Female	2011
9.	Ms M F More	Female	2016
10.	Mr A T Kriel	Male	2016
11.	Mr N E Zalk	Male	2011
12.	Mr M G Qhena – CEO	Male

 

-END-

Reply:

I am not aware of the person mentioned disclosing sensitive or classified company information to a certain family mentioned in the Honourable Member’s question. I have since made enquiries with said person to respond to me directly on the substance and accuracy of what appears to be allegations. I will act depending on the information provided. 

 

Remarks:			Reply: Approved / Not Approved
Mr Mogokare Richard Seleke			Ms Lynne Brown, MP
Director-General			Minister of Public Enterprises
Date:			Date:

Reply:

1. Yes, the National Treasury completed the investigation into allegations made against the Financial and Fiscal Commission in April 2017.

a) The scope of investigation comprised of financial misconduct; and supply chain management and personnel management irregularities.

b) Investigation into allegation of fraud, corruption, fruitless and wasteful expenditure and maladministration at FFC.

c) The main findings and recommendations are contained in the detailed report and submitted to the FFC Commissioners on 8 May 2017.

d) The investigation was conducted with the co-sourced forensic investigation firm called Bowman Gilfillan and the total forensic investigation fees paid to the firm amounted to R1,3 Million.

2. The National Treasury will not make the report public, as it is the subject of a criminal investigation by the South African Police Services. It will only made public by the National Prosecuting Authority, when it is in the court of law.

 

Reply:

(1)(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)

Eskom signed contracts with Lurco Coal (Pty) Ltd in financial year 2014/15, and these are presented in Table 1 below.

Table 1: contracts signed with Lurco Coal (Pty) Ltd during 2014/2015 financial year

	Description (a)	Date Signed (b)	Contract Period (c)	Tonnes to be supplied (d)	Total Value of Contract[1] (e)
1	Short Term Contract for the Supply of Coarse Coal to Duvha Power Station	22 Aug 2014	4 Months	150 000 tonnes	R 57 225 000
2	Modification to extend the duration of the contract for the Supply of Coarse Coal to Duvha Power Station by 3 months	26 Nov 2014	3 Months	Not Applicable, only a duration extension	Not Applicable, only a duration extension
3	Modification to the contract for the Supply of Coarse Coal to Duvha Power Station to deliver the coal to alternate power stations, apart from Duvha	08 Jan 2015	Not applicable	Not Applicable, modification of contract clause	Not Applicable, modification of contract clause

Excluding VAT, CPA, quality adjustments and transport

(1)(f)

Coal was procured under the 2008 Medium-Term Mandate.

(2)(a)

Eskom can only provide information on relating to signed agreements/contracts with Lurco Coal (Pty) Ltd and not on any third parties involved with Lurco Coal as it has no knowledge of external advisors assisting Lurco.

(2)(b)

Eskom can only provide information on relating to signed agreements/contracts with Lurco Coal (Pty) Ltd and not on any third parties involved with Lurco Coal as it has no knowledge of consultants assisting Lurco.

Remarks: Reply: Approved / Not Approved

Mr. Mogokare Richard Seleke Ms. Lynne Brown, MP

Director-General Minister of Public Enterprises

Date: Date:

 

1. ↑

Reply:

1. Yes, the impact of mining activities towards development will be, settlement, shock and cracking due to past, present and future mining operations

2. The right is a converted right which has an Environmental Management Plan which under NEMA transitional arrangements is deemed to be an Environmental Authorisation. The Company has been directed to revise the Environmental Authorisation.

3. Underground mining in excess of 2400 metres below surface for Gold ore and Silver ore

 

Approved/Not Approved

Mr MJ Zwane, MP

Minister of Mineral Resources

Date Submitted:-……………/………………/2017

Reply:

1. (a), (b) (і) (іі) (aa) (bb) (cc) (dd) see annexure A attached.
2. See Annexure A attached.
3. See Annexure A attached.

Reply:

NATIONAL TREASURY

(a) No

1. N/A
2. N/A
3. N/A
4. N/A

ASB

The Accounting Standards Board has not issued any tenders, nor have we appointed any transaction advisors for tenders in the period 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2016.

CBDA

CBDA did not appoint any advisors for tenders

DBSA

(a) NO

(i) (ii) (iii)(iv) N/A

FSB

No such appointments were made by the Financial Services Board.

(i) – (iv) not applicable.

FIC

The Financial Intelligence Centre did not appoint transaction advosirs for tenders in the period 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2016

GEPF

The GEPF did not appoint any transaction advisors for any of the tenders it has issue since 1 January 2012 – 31 December 2016.

GPAA

No transaction advisors for tenders were appointed for the period 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2016.

IRBA

IRBA does not appoint transaction advisors for tenders, except when expertise is required, for example for IT specification. Therefore a technical expertise was appointed to advise the IRBA on the tender for an IT service provider as follows;

1. Chrono-Logic Consulting
2. IT Tender
3. R3 507 232.90
4. R147 744.00

No other transaction advisors were appointed for tenders in the period 1 January 2012 to December 2016.

PFA

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

LAND BANK

For the period, 1 January 2012 to date the Land Bank engaged the services of consultants on the following two (2) occasions for assistance with the development of technical criteria of the specialised services referred to below:

1. Tender for Banking Services

  (i) Deloitte was appointed to advise on the technical criteria for the tender. The tender was managed by the Bank’s Procurement Division and evaluated by the Land Bank evaluation committee.

   (ii) Tender for Banking Services.

   (iii) The tender was awarded based on cash flow and financial projections with a net interest benefit of approximately R18 million to the Bank.

   (iv) Deloitte was paid a fee of R426 799 (excl VAT) for services rendered.

2. Tender for Asset Management Services for the Land Bank Insurance Company

   (i) Independent Actuaries & Consultants (Pty) Ltd (IAC).

   (ii) IAC was appointed to advise on the technical evaluation criteria for asset management services as the Land Bank and its Insurance subsidiary did not have the technical expertise to develop the criteria.

  (iii) At the time of rendering the services, IAC was contracted to the Land Bank Insurance Company for other actuarial services and offered to render their services in assisting with the development of the technical criteria pro bono. The only additional cost incurred for their services in terms of this tender was for flights that amounted to approximately R8000.

FAIS OMBUD

No transaction advisors for tenders were appointed in the period 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2016.

PIC

All corporate tenders of the Public Investment Corporation (PIC) are subject to the requirements of the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA) of 1999. The PIC diligently complies with the PFMA. The PIC has not appointed transaction advisors for its tenders for the period 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2016.

SAA

1. BnP capital (Pty) Ltd were appointed as transaction advisors for the tender.
2. Financial Advisory Services tender.
3. The pricing for the tender was R2 689 830.00.
4. The transaction advisors were paid R0.00. The award was cancelled after the service provider’s FSB license was revoked and no payment was made to the service provider.

SARS

We wish to confirm that after looking into SARS Procurement, we do not have any records for the appointment of Transaction Advisors for tenders over the period in question.

SASRIA

Year	Advisor name	Services rendered	Advisor contract price	Tender	Total tender price
2013	SNOW Consultants Inc	Interior design, space planning, furniture design, consultant management, contract management & architectural documentation services	R454,910	New office interior fit-out (phase I)	R12.412,839
2014	SNOW Consultants	Interior design, space planning, furniture design, consultant management, contract management & architectural documentation services	R236,425	New office interior fit-out (Phase I)	R1,614,806
2015	SNOW Consultants	Interior design, space planning, furniture design, consultant management, contract management & architectural documentation services	R256,500	Office interior fit-out (Phase III)	R1,725,230
2016	Optiflex	Take part in and give input in the adjudication process for the IT architecture (enterprise development) Take part in an interview process	R2500 Per hour	Enterprise architecture Framework	N/A Tender not finalized
2015	Alexander Forbes	Investment consultancy	R47 549	Fixed Income Tender	Amount Based on Income %

TAX OMBUD

The Office of the Tax Ombud has not made any appointments of transaction advisors for tenders in the period 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2016.

Reply:

(1)(a) & (b) The last medical assessment by The Department of Correctional Services for parolee Mr. Shabir Shaik was conducted before he was released on medical parole on 03 March 2009.

2. The condition of the parolee is still viewed to be terminal. Medical parole was granted in terms of the provisions of Section 79 of the Correctional Services Act, Act No. 111 of 1998, before it was amended. Therefore, he was considered in terms of the then applicable legislation. The medical parole legislation was reviewed and Section 14 of the Correctional Services Amendment Act, Act No. 5 of 2011, which introduced the new medical parole system, came into effect on 01 March 2012. At the time the person in question was diagnosed as being in the final phase of a terminal disease.

(3)(a) Parole conditions were last reviewed on the 24 April 2015

(3)(b) Mr. Shabir Shaik is on house arrest with relaxing conditions namely:

• Attending school functions for his son 17h00 to 19h00.
• Working hours from 08h00 t0 18h30 – Monday to Friday.
• Attending sports once a week from 12h00 to 19h00.
  • If he has to travel outside the Province, then he has to apply for leave of absence like any other offender.

(4)(a) Yes.

(4)(b) Not applicable.

Reply:

Whether (a) his department and (b) each entity reporting to him appointed transaction advisors for tenders in the period 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2016; if so, (i) who were the transaction advisors that were appointed for the tenders, (ii) for which tenders were they appointed, (iii) what was the pricing for the tenders in question and (iv) what amount were the transaction advisors paid?
		a)	(i)	(ii)	(iii)
DPT	DMR	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
b)Entities	CGS	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
	MINTEK	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
	SDT	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
	SADPMR	The SADPMR has not appointed transaction advisors for tenders in the period 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2016	N/A	N/A	N/A
	MHSC	The MHSC would appoint its own transaction advisors in line with the approved Supply Chain Management Policy. For the period 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2016; no transaction advisors were appointed for tenders issued.	N/A	N/A	N/A

Approved/Not Approved

Mr MJ Zwane, MP

Minister of Mineral Resources

Date Submitted:-……………/………………/2017

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. 55 Staff members were alleged to have participated in an illegal strike and not 100. Of the 55 staff members:

 (a) 5 Staff members were found not guilty as they proved not to have been on strike. The charges against them were withdrawn. These employees opted to represent themselves; hence, they are not associated with unions.

(b) 2 Staff members belonging to the South African Liberated Public Service Workers Union (SALIPSWU) also proved not to have participated in the strike and their charges were withdrawn.

(c) 11 Staff members belonging to the National Health Education and Allied Workers Union (NEHAWU) (one staff member holds dual membership with SALIPSWU) pleaded guilty and were given a warning. These employees stated that they were forced to leave the site by other colleagues, allegedly members of SALIPSWU who were on strike. NEHAWU indicated that it had warned its members not to participate, as it was an illegal strike.

(d) 13 Members of the Public Servants Association (PSA) (three staff members hold dual membership with SALIPSWU), were found guilty for participating in an illegal strike and suspended for 5 days without salary.

(e) 23 Members of SALIPSWU were found guilty for participating in an illegal strike and suspended for 5 days without salary.

(f) 2 Members of SALIPSWU were found guilty for participating in an illegal strike and barricading the entrance with their private cars. The sanction was suspension of salary for one month.(g) 

1. 3 Members of SALIPSWU were found guilty and dismissed for participating in an illegal strike and committing various acts of misconduct:
   1. convening meetings in the staff room without permission;
   2. assaulting employees who were not on strike;
   3. contravening the conditions of their suspension;
   4. destroying material for teaching and learning; and
   5. chasing out a monitor from Umalusi.

2. The College respects the rights of employees to be represented by a Union irrespective of the nature of their sanction. This was stated in the notices of the hearing for all 55 employees who were subject to charges. The College did not deny any employee representation. Three employees opted not to attend the hearing since SALIPSWU was not allowed to represent them due to noncompliance with organisational rights, as outlined in Section 21 of the Labour Relations Act, as amended.

(a) Information was requested from the College and applicants. The applicants did not comply, however, Maluti Technical and Vocational 3. Education and Training (TVET) College provided the following information:

• Biographical and service data of the employees;
• Findings and reasons for findings of the Chairperson (Presiding officer’s report);
• Aggravating and mitigating circumstances considered by the Chairperson;
• Letters conveying the findings and decision of the Chairperson to the employees;
• Notice of the disciplinary hearings and charge sheets;
• Record of the hearings proceeding;
• Appointment letters of the Chairperson and Initiator;
• Suspension, warning or transfer letters (if applicable);
• Description of the main evidence on which the employer relied; and
• Any additional evidence presented by the employees, which was not available at the time of the hearing.

(b) The decision to turn down the appeal against the dismissal was based on the:

• nature of transgression committed, which compromised teaching and learning;
• employees not complying with the processes;
• employees having not shown remorse for their deeds; and
• employees choosing to exclude themselves from the processes.

4. Students informed the Management of Maluti TVET College on 8 March 2016 that lecturers planned to go on strike. The strike was based on the list of grievances in relation to “Staff work load to be reduced to 4 groups” against the 5 groups stipulated in the Policy document and the “lack of resources namely: text books, furniture, teaching resources, no library, etc.”.

Management engaged with lecturers, students, parents and later with unions to prevent such a strike. Other unions, i.e. the South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU) and National Health Education and Allied Workers Union (NEHAWU), understood that such a strike would be illegal and unprotected, and they discouraged their members from participating in such a strike. However, some lecturers continued with the strike action, which led to a disciplinary process being instituted against them.

COMPILER/CONTACT PERSONS:

EXT:

DIRECTOR – GENERAL

STATUS:

DATE:

QUESTION 1999 APPROVED/NOT APPROVED/AMENDED

Dr BE NZIMANDE, MP

MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING

STATUS:

DATE:

Reply:

(1) (a) The total amount of discretionary grants paid in:

(i) 2004/15 : R3 505 995.00;

(ii) 2015/16 : R2 140 432.00

(iii) 2016/17 : R136 250.00

2014/15
Teacher Union	(b) Service provider	(c) Amount paid	(d) Number of employees trained
South African Democratic Teachers’ Union (SADTU)	University of the Western Cape	Contract Amount: R1 550 000.00 Amount paid to date: R1 550 000.00	60
	Curtis Nkondo Professional Development Institute	Contract Amount: R199 920.00 Amount paid to date: R199 920.00	68
Professional Educators Union (PEU)	North West University	Contract Amount: R497 045.00 Amount paid to date: R458 250.00	30
	North West University	Contract Amount: R171 000. 00 Amount paid to date: R171 000.00	39
National Teachers Union (NATU)	Central University of Technology	Contract Amount: R500 000.00 Amount paid to date: R500 000.00	20
Suid-Afrikaanse Onderwyserunie (SAOU)	CE@PTA Trust	Contract Amount: R135 625.00 Amount paid to date: R131 250.00	24
	North West University	Contract Amount: R170 000.00 Amount paid to date: R0.00	8
	North West University	Contract Amount: R175 000.00 Amount paid to date: R0.00	-
	Stellenbosch University	Contract Amount: R43 500.00 Amount paid to date: R0.00	-
National Professional Teachers’ Organisation of South Africa (NAPTOSA)	Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University	Contract Amount: R495 575.00 Amount paid to date R495 575.00	88
2015/16
Teacher Union	(b) Service provider	(c) Amount paid	(d) Number of employees trained
National Professional Teachers’ Organisation of South Africa (NAPTOSA)	North West University	Contract Amount: R376 000.00 Amount paid to date R282 000.00	80
	University of Pretoria	Contract Amount: R14  000.00 Amount paid to date R14 000.00	1
	University of Pretoria	Contract Amount: R273 750.00 Amount paid to date R241 850. 00	14
National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU)	NTEU	Contract Amount: R250 000.00 Amount paid to date R188 582.00	66
National Teachers Union (NATU)	University of KwaZulu-Natal	Contract Amount: R300 000.00 Amount paid to date R300 000.00	42
Professional Educators Union (PEU)	North West University	Contract Amount: R250 000.00 Amount paid to date R115 000.00	42
South African Democratic Teachers’ Union (SADTU)	Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University	Contract Amount: R999 000.00 Amount paid to date R999 000.00	900

2016/17
Teacher Union	(b) Service provider	(c) Amount paid	(d) Number of employees trained
National Professional Teachers’ Organisation of South Africa (NAPTOSA)	North West University Business School	Contract Amount: R97 500.00 Amount paid to date R0.00	-
	Business Enterprise – University of Pretoria	Contract Amount: R261 540.00 Amount paid to date R0.00	53
	MMS Attorneys	Contract Amount: R795 000.00 Amount paid to date R0.00	-
	North West University	Contract Amount: R186 000.00 Amount paid to date R0.00	21
	North West University	Contract Amount: R272 250.00 Amount paid to date R136 250.00	30
Professional Educators Union (PEU)	North West University Business School	Contract Amount: R105 000.00 Amount paid to date R0.00	-
	North West University Business School	Contract Amount: R270 300.00 Amount paid to date R0.00	-
	North West University Business School	Contract Amount: R337 750.00 Amount paid to date R0.00	56
South African Democratic Teachers’ Union (SADTU)	MMS Attorneys	Contract Amount: R2 000 000.00 Amount paid to date R0.00	232

(2) (a) Not applicable.

(b) The total number of employees who were found competent against unit standards:

• • 2014/15 : 742
  • 2015/16 : 300
  • 2016/17 : 232

(3) The beneficiaries of the Education, Training and Development Practices Sector Education and Training Authority (ETDP SETA) funded skills development programmes were identified by the respective teacher union institutes.

COMPILER/CONTACT PERSONS:

EXT:

DIRECTOR – GENERAL

STATUS:

DATE:

QUESTION 1910 APPROVED/NOT APPROVED/AMENDED

Dr BE NZIMANDE, MP

MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING

STATUS:

DATE:

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:

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:

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:

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:

No.

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:

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:

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:

(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) 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.

_____________________________________________________________________

Reply:

(a-c) No.

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:

(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.

---00O00---

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

---ooOoo---

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:

(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.

---ooOoo---

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:

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:

(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.

---00O00---

Reply:

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

---00O00---

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:

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:

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.

---ooOoo---