Questions and Replies

Reply:

(1)(a)The refurbishment of Groblersdal Waste Water Treatment Works (WWTW) within Sekhukhune District Municipality (DM) was completed in December 2015, however; the practical commissioning of the refurbished work was done during June 2016 and the waste water treatment plan is functional. The waste water treatment occasionally experience breakdown of aerobic mixer due to the plant being overloaded and the contractor who was refurbishing the plant attended to the breakdown as part of retention period.

(1)(b) My Department did not take steps in assisting with completion since both the Sekhukhune DM and Lepelle Northern Water Board did complete the refurbishment work, and is operational. The practical commission was however done in June 2016.

(1)(c) My Department Regional Office: Limpopo visited Groblersdal Waste Water Treatment Works on 10 May 2017 and the following findings were made:

• Lepelle Northern Water is responsible for the operation of the WWTW. Both the old and the new plant are operated simultaneously. The works was operational however signs of overflow were observed.  According to the official present, this was due to the influx of effluent from the pump station which only started operating on 08 May 2017.
• A site inspection was also conducted at the pump station which pumps sewerage into the Groblersdal WWTW, which is located in the outskirts of the industrial area. The pump station is managed by Sekhukhune DM and it was not operational for the last 6 months. During the time when it was non-operational, sewage from town was pumped to the pump station via a channel, however the effluent did not reach the WWTW. This led to the effluent being diverted into an unlined emergency pond at the back of the pump station, which may possibly lead to surface and groundwater pollution. Discussions between Lepelle Northern Water and Sekhukhune DM took place, however the problem persisted. According to the official from Lepelle Northern Water the pump station started operating on Monday, 08 May 2017. A Section 19 Notice under the National Water Act, Act 36 of 1998 will be issued to the Sekhukhune DM, as the responsible authority for operation and maintenance of the pump station.

(2) Yes, my Department monitors the quality of the water in the Olifants River. Refer to the Table 1 below which is the summary of the effluent quality discharged by Groblersdal Wastewater Treatment works, downstream and upstream of the Works:

Table 1

Sampling Dates	Variables	General Limits	Upstream of WWTW	Downstream of WWTW
January 2016	pH-Diss-Water NO3+NO2-N-Diss-Water PO4-P-Diss-Water	5.5-9.5 15(mg/l) 8 (mg/l)	8.3 0.622(mg/l) 0.01(mg/l)	8.5 0.572(mg/l) 0.01(mg/l)
April 2016	pH-Diss-Water NO3+NO2-N-Diss-Water PO4-P-Diss-Water	5.5-9.5 15(mg/l) 8(mg/l)	8.6 0.595(mg/l) 0.01(mg/l)
June 2016	pH-Diss-Water NO3+NO2-N-Diss-Water PO4-P-Diss-Water	5.5-9.5 15(mg/l) 8(mg/l)	8.4 1.352(mg/l) 0.01(mg/l)	8.2 1.269(mg/l) 0.01(mg/l)
July 2016	pH-Diss-Water NO3+NO2-N-Diss-Water PO4-P-Diss-Water	5.5-9.5 15(mg/l) 8(mg/l)	8.1 1.221(mg/l) 0.121(mg/l)
August 2016	pH-Diss-Water NO3+NO2-N-Diss-Water PO4-P-Diss-Water	5.5-9.5 15(mg/l) 8(mg/l)	8.3 0.804(mg/l) 0.03(mg/l)	7.8 1.168(mg/l) 0.021(mg/l)
September 2016	pH-Diss-Water NO3+NO2-N-Diss-Water PO4-P-Diss-Water	5.5-9.5 15(mg/l) 8(mg/l)	8.4 0.783(mg/l) 0.122(mg/l)
October 2016	pH-Diss-Water NO3+NO2-N-Diss-Water PO4-P-Diss-Water	5.5-9.5 15(mg/l) 8(mg/l)	8.1 3.411(mg/l) 0.01(mg/l)
December 2016	pH-Diss-Water NO3+NO2-N-Diss-Water PO4-P-Diss-Water	5.5-9.5 15(mg/l) 8(mg/l)	8.4 0.29(mg/l) 0.046(mg/l)

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Reply:

a) The Department of International Relations and Cooperation offers the services of the State Protocol Lounges at no cost. Therefore Government Departments were not billed for using the State Protocol Lounges.

b) The State Protocol lounges facilitate the arrivals and departures of all qualifying dignitaries on domestic and international flights.

1. Not applicable
2. Not applicable

 

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Additional information:

In the previous financial years, the State Protocol Lounge facilitated the following number of dignitaries:

2013/2014

OR Tambo International Airport 15 089

Cape Town International Airport 9 525

King Shaka International Airport 3 941

Total 28 282

2014/2015

OR Tambo International Airport 14 799

Cape Town International Airport 9 628

King Shaka International Airport 3 734

Total 28 161

2015/2016

OR Tambo International Airport 12 102

Cape Town International Airport 6 747

King Shaka International Airport 2 927

Total 21 776

01 April 2016 -28 FEBRUARY 2017

OR Tambo International Airport 12 224

Cape Town International Airport 7 267

King Shaka International Airport 3 261

Total 22 752

GRAND TOTAL OVER 4 YEARS 100 971

Reply:

(1) Working for Water: Department of Environmental Affairs (WfW: DEA) has been actively involved with the controlling and eradicating invasive weeds in Roodeplaat Dam and has developed a plan to realise this. From 2007 to 2010, the level of weeds has been reduced from 100% to about 5% through their interventions. Working for Water has spent more than R4 million towards this. Furthermore, Working for Water is providing herbicides to land owners through Department of Public Works office on site to control invasive species. Refer to Annexure A for the Strategic Plan.

(2) Monitoring is done by the project manager for Working for Water in the Department of Environmental Affairs.

(3) My Department has developed Resource Management Plans for management of Access and Use of State Dams. As part of the plan it is proposed that for each dam, that has boating recreational use, the Department should build a washbay to wash the boats from other dams to controls and contain invasive weeds. Moreover my Department is currently finalising Regulations for Access and the Use of State Dams.

Furthermore, land owners are mandated by NEMBA (National Environmental Management Biodiversity Act 10 of 2004) together with the Alien and Invasive Species Regulations that came to effect on 1 October 2014, which both give the responsibility to the land owners to develop management plans to control and eradicate invasive species including the budget to realise the above. To this effect, there is a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the Department of Environmental Affairs and my Department to map out how this should be achieved. Continuing engagements are in place to this effect. Refer to Annexure B for the signed MoU.

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Reply:

Neither My Department nor Entities reporting to me have procured any services from and/or made any payment to Bell Pottinger or any other public relations firms.

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Reply:

a) The Department of International Relations has not procured the services of any public relations firms

b) No entities reporting to her have procured the services of any other public relations firms.

c) The Department has in house media and public relations units that include media liaison unit, an in-house internet radio station (Ubuntu Radio), and social media platforms. These platforms are utilized to communicate the messages of her Department

Reply:

(1) Entities reporting to the Minister of Science and Technology

Entities	(a)	(b)	(i) (aa)	(i) (bb)	(ii) (a)	(ii) (bb)
Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAF)	Yes	N/A	01/11/2016	31/10/2020	13	05
Human Science Research Council (HSRC)	Yes	N/A	01/11/2013	31/10/2017	09	06
National Research Foundation (NRF)	Yes	N/A	01/10/2014	30/09/2018	13	05
Entities	(a)	(b)	(i) (aa)	(i) (bb)	(ii) (a)	(ii) (bb)
Technology Innovation Agency (TIA)	Yes	N/A	01/05/2017	30/04/2021	10	04
South African Council For Natural Scientific Professions (SACNASP)	Yes	N/A	01/05/2015	30/04/2019	21	10
South African National Space Agency (SANSA)	Yes	N/A	01/09/2014	31/08/2018	16	06
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)	Yes	N/A	01/01/2015	31/12/2018	10	05
National Advisory Council on Innovation (NACI)	Yes	N/A	01/08/2014	31/07/2018	19	06

(2) Not applicable as all DST Entities have Boards in place.

Reply:

i)  With regard to Minister Nkoana-Mashabane, the following:

 

Aaa)

Make	Model	Price	Date
BMW	740i Active Hybrid	R998 137.99	May 2014

Bbb) None

Ccc) None

ii) With regard to Deputy Minister N Mfeketo, the following:

Aaa) None

Bbb) None

ccc)

Make	Model	Price	Date
Mercedes Benz	E250 Avantgarde	R771 570.99	2017

With regard to Deputy Minister L Landers, the following:

Aaa) None

Bbb)

Make	Model	Price	Date
Mercedes Benz	C250 Avantgarde	R506 060.58	2016

ccc) None

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Reply:

Neither my Department nor each entity reporting to me has procured or made payments to the Decolonisation Foundation.

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REPLY:

 

Entity (b)	(b) (i)	(b) (ii)	(aa)	(bb)	(cc)	(dd)	(ee)	(ff)
Amatola Water	No	No	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
Bloem Water	No	No	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
Lepelle Water
Magalies Water	No	No	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
Mhlathuze Water	No	No	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
Overberg Water	No	No	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
Rand Water	No	No	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
Sedibeng Water	No	No	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
Umgeni Water	No	No	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
TCTA	No	No	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
WRC	No	No	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
Inkomati-Usuthu CMA	No	No	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
Brede-Gouritz CMA	No	No	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable

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Reply:

(1) Yes, probity checks were conducted in respect of appointment of candidates to Mhlathuze Water Board prior to its establishment.

(2) No candidates were red flagged.

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Reply:

(1) A licence was issued for Atha-Africa Ventures on the 07 July 2016. The property where the activity will take place is in a mining area located 58 km South West of Pietretief within the Pixley Ka Seme Local Municipality which falls within Gert Sibande District Municipality in Mpumalanga in the W51A quaternary Catchment. There are no records of any authorisation issued to Bashubile Trust.

(2) This property where Atha-Africa Ventures which is Ptn 1 of the farm Yzermine 96 HT has been excluded from the Mabola Protected Environment and the Surface disturbance associated with the activity will be located on the farm.

(3) New technologies, as well as best practice guidelines will be used to ensure that water use is minimal and where possible water is reused or recycled. A plan and engineering designs will be developed to ensure that cut-off Trenches/ open drains and beams separate the 1:100 clean water runoff, from the 1:50 dirty water, to divert clean runoff around the identified operational areas that may pollute water resources. The PCDs will be sized to collect the average Dirty runoff from the mining area as well as the 1:100 24 hour storm event.

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Reply:

No, the Appellant requested to be furnished with the reasons and documents in compliance with Item 5 (3) of Schedule 6 of the National Water Act, 1998 (Act No. 36 of 1998). That information has since been supplied to the Appellant to afford them the opportunity to supplement, vary or amplify its Appeal if they so wish. The respondent will also be given opportunity to file its Replying Statement. At the end of the exchange of papers the appeal record of proceedings will be submitted to the Chairperson of the Water Tribunal, who may give directives and also provide a date for setting the matter down. The date of finalisation of this matter is dependent on all the parties involved and not my Department alone.

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Reply:

Yes, a water use license was issued to WPB Colliery on the 04 October 2015. Yes, an Environmental Impact Assessment and Environmental Management Report compiled by M2 Environmental Connections dated June 2012, was considered during the assessment of this application.

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Reply:

(1)(a) Yes, a licence was issued for Atha-Africa Ventures on the 07 July 2016. The property where the activity will take place is in a mining area located 58 km South West of Piet Retief within the Pixley Ka Seme Local Municipality which falls within Gert Sibande District Municipality in Mpumalanga in the W51A quaternary Catchment.

(1)(b) There are no records of any authorisation issued to Bashubile Trust.

(2) Yes, an Environment and Social Impact Assessment Report and Environmental and Social management Programme: Yzermyn Underground Coal Mine, EcoPartners, January 2015 was submitted with the application.

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Reply:

Requesting the Honourable Member to refer the question to the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, who is in a better position to respond to issues relating to the maintenance and cost of maintenance of the Eastleigh solute channel in the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality in Gauteng

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Reply:

Refer to the table below for the breakdown responses.

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CONTRACTS AWARDED BY TCTA FROM 2014/15, 2015/16 AND 2016/17 FINANCIAL YEARS

(i) Contract Description	(b) Date Awarded	2(b) Contractor/ Supplier	(ii) Contract Amount	2(a) Open Tender or Close Tender or Exception	2(c) Where applicable, How is each project Funded	2 (d) Status of the project	(3) Compliance with regulations of the Public Finance Management Act (Yes or No)
Maintenance of UPS System, Generator, Access control and CCTV	Apr-14	M Projects	R 1 044 0000	Single Source recommended for maintenance of the equipment which were installed by the same service provider who was appointed through an open tender process.	Commercial funding which is repaid via water tariffs from the Vaal River System	Current	Yes
Construction of AMD facilities at Eastern Basin	May-14	CMC-PG JV	R 1 122 241 835.91	Open Tender	Commercial funding which is repaid via water tariffs from the Vaal River System and 67% refundable from the fiscus	Complete	Yes
Audio Visual Equipment	May-14	Sumsung Business Solutions	R 1 620 000.00	Single Source for maintenance of the equipment which were installed by the same service provider who was appointed through an open tender process.	Commercial funding which is repaid via water tariffs from the Vaal River System	Current	Yes
Land Valuation Services for Sludge Disposal for the Central Basin, Eastern and Western Basin	Jun-14	Griffiths Valuations	R 185 811.25	Single Source from the database which was set up after an open tender process.	Commercial funding which is repaid via water tariffs from the Vaal River System	Complete	Yes
Independent Environmental Auditor for AMD Eastern basin	Sep-14	EP3	R 179 013.33	Quotation Process	Commercial funding which is repaid via water tariffs from the Vaal River System and 67% refundable from the fiscus	Complete	Yes
Disaster Recovery Services	Sep-14	Continuity South Africa	R 2 870 008.34	Single Sourcing	Commercial funding which is repaid via water tariffs from the Vaal River System	Expired	Yes
Health and Safety Consultant at AMD Eastern basin	Oct-14	Nemai Consulting	R 417 764.40	Open Tender	Commercial funding which is repaid via water tariffs from the Vaal River System and 67% refundable from the fiscus	Complete	Yes
Mobile Phone Services	Dec-14	Vodacom	R 3 320 955.40	Single Source-negotiated route after failure of a close tender process.	Commercial funding which is repaid via water tariffs from the Vaal River System	Current	Yes
Operation and Maintenance for AMD facilities at Central Basin	Jan-15	Group Five	R 215 863 561.66	Contract extension.	Commercial funding which is repaid via water tariffs from the Vaal River System and 67% refundable from the fiscus	Complete	Yes
Construction of AMD facilities at Western Basin	Jan-15	Group Five	R 92 000 000.00	Single Source, followed after the open tender process failed.	Commercial funding which is repaid via water tariffs from the Vaal River System and 67% refundable from the fiscus	Current	Yes
Appointment of Corporate Insurance Service provider	Feb-15	GIB Insurance Brokers	R 102 444.00	Open Tender	Commercial funding which is repaid via water tariffs from the Vaal River System	Current	Yes
Treasury Management System	Jun-15	Fikon	R 6 131 034,00	Open Tender	Commercial funding which is repaid via water tariffs from the Vaal River System	Current-implementation	Yes
Rental of Multi-Function Printing Devices for 36 Months	Dec-15	Konica Minolta	R 3 848 349.70	Open Tender	Commercial funding which is repaid via water tariffs from the Vaal River System	Current	Yes
SCM, Financial Accounting System	Jan-16	ICT Works	R 15 170 305.98	Open Tender	Commercial funding which is repaid via water tariffs from the Vaal River System	Current	Yes
HRM System	Jan-16	ICT Works	R 6 270 000.00	Single sourcing followed after the open tender process failed.	Commercial funding which is repaid via water tariffs from the Vaal River System	Current	Yes
Short term operation and maintenance of AMD Central basin	Apr-16	Intelligent Water Solutions (IWS)	R 55 146 662,91	Single Source	Commercial funding which is repaid via water tariffs from the Vaal River System and 67% refundable from the fiscus	Current- open tender process underway.	Yes
Operation and maintenance of AMD facilities at Eastern Basin	Aug-16	CMC-PG JV	R 80 000 000.00	Contract extension to provide operations and maintenance services to allow conclusion of an open tender process.	Commercial funding which is repaid via water tariffs from the Vaal River System and 67% refundable from the fiscus	Current	Yes
Procurement of pool vehicles	Jan-17	Nissan	R 498 914.03	National Treasury Transversal Contract	Commercial funding which is repaid via water tariffs from the Vaal River System	Once-off.	Yes
Psychometric Assessments	Feb-17	Work Dynamics	R 982 708.76	Open Tender	Commercial funding which is repaid via water tariffs from the Vaal River System	Current	Yes
Travel Management Service	Mar-17	Travel With Flair	Management fee (R 7 000 000.00)	Open Tender	Commercial funding which is repaid via water tariffs from the Vaal River System	Extended by six months until September 2017	Yes
Travel Management Services	Mar-17	Gemini	Management fee (R 4 400 000.00)	Open Tender	Commercial funding which is repaid via water tariffs from the Vaal River System	Extended by six months until September 2017	Yes
Total Soft Services Contract for facilities Management	Mar-17	Afri Services	R 7 395 031.02	Open Tender	Commercial funding which is repaid via water tariffs from the Vaal River System	On going	Yes
VAT Consulting Services	Mar-17	PWC	R 160 000.00	Single Source	Commercial funding which is repaid via water tariffs from the Vaal River System	On-going.	Yes

Reply:

The Department of International Relations and Cooperation has not procured any services and made no payment to:

(ii) The Decolonisation Fund, because the department did not require any service(s).

Reply:

1. No
2. Not applicable
3. Not applicable

Unquote

Reply:

No, the Public Protector did not conduct an investigation on Mhlathuze Water Board during the period 01 January 2008 to 31 December 2010.

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Reply:

The Department International Relations and Cooperation has not made any payment to:

1. Mr Mzwanele Manyi,
2. The Progressive Professionals Forum,
3. The Decolonisation Fund, and/or
4. The Black Business Council; because the department did not utilised any services provided by the above mentioned.
5. Because the Department did not utilise any services provided by the above mentioned.

Unquote.

Reply:

1 (a) & (b). Yes, Section 4 of the Electricity Regulation Act, 2006 (Act No. 4 of 2006) provides for the National Electricity Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) to issue licences for generation, transmission or distribution facility and the import or export of electricity to be involved in the trading. Rules as determined by the Regulator specify that anyone owning and operating an electricity distribution facility requires a license from the Regulator.

2 Yes, NERSA as the statutory body that oversees the electricity market, has issued a distribution metering code and a transmission code [grid code] which contains the regulations that require compliance with NRS 057. NERSA has declared compliance with NRS 057/SANS 474 to be a licence condition for all licensees and is therefore a mandatory requirement for the municipalities.

3 No, all electricity suppliers such as municipalities and Eskom must make use of certified equipment which is compliant with the relevant standards used in the metering installation and supply. NRS 057 and SANS 474 set compulsory certification for meters and all the municipalitieis should adhere to such. In terms of calibration standards, new or replacerment components of meters shall be individually calibrated by an accredited calibration laboratory before the installation. Each model of meter shall also be tested to prove that it complies with the relevant standard and accuracy class.

Reply:

(a) (i) No power backup generators have been stolen.

(ii) No power backup generators have been damaged.

(b) Refer to (a) above.

(c) Refer to (a) above.

(d) Refer to (a) above.

(e) Refer to (a) above.

(f) Refer to (a) above.

 

Reply:

(1)(a) No.

(1)(a)(i)(ii) Not applicable.

(1)(b) No.

(1)(b)(i)(ii) Not applicable.

(1)(c) No.

(1)(c)(i)(ii) Not applicable.

(2) The posts of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operational Officer do not exist in the South African Police Service. The post of Chief Financial Officer has been filled since 1 October 2015.

(2)(a) Not applicable.

(2)(b) Not applicable.

(3)(a) None.

(3)(b) Not applicable.

(3)(c) Not applicable.

Reply:

(a)(i) The Higher Education Act (Act 101 of 1997 as amended) is the legal framework within which the Department of Higher Education and Training, and public higher education institutions operate.

Universities are entirely responsible for their admission policies in terms of Section 37 of the Act.

In addition Section 36 of the Act states that: every student at a public higher education institution is subject to such disciplinary measures and disciplinary procedures as may be determined by the institutional statute or the institutional rules.

Therefore, with reference to the above sections, universities themselves must determine the admissions requirements for students, and any disciplinary processes for students who may have obtained their places through bribery, as alleged.

(ii) Notwithstanding the legal framework, I take this matter very seriously as it poses a grave danger to the credibility of the country’s education system. I commend both our law enforcement agencies and the institution concerned for working together to rid the higher education system of this scourge. In the specific case mentioned, the Department will request reports from the institution on the actions taken regarding those found guilty after the investigations are concluded.

(b) The Department will engage with all University Vice-Chancellors, raising the concerns around corruption into application and admissions processes; urging all universities to look into their processes and where findings are made, to take decisive action. Any concerns that the public has or further information on any alleged corruption regarding admissions fraud, should be reported to the Department for further investigation.

COMPILER/CONTACT PERSONS:

EXT:

DIRECTOR – GENERAL

STATUS:

DATE:

QUESTION 1625 APPROVED/NOT APPROVED/AMENDED

Dr BE NZIMANDE, MP

MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING

STATUS:

DATE:

Reply:

a) There are no formal terms of reference. The Department of Trade and Industry (the dti), through its 14 sectors desks routinely establishes working groups or task teams with industry stakeholders to address critical issues in sectors of the manufacturing economy. The Poultry Task Team (PTT) was established in January 2017 to seek a collaborative approach to resolving issues in the primary production section of the poultry sub-sector, taking into consideration economic data and factors across the entire value chain. In so doing to design, develop and deploy as and where appropriate, collaborative measures to resolve these issues. The PTT includes representatives of government departments (Trade and Industry; Economic Development and Agriculture Forestry and Fishing); representatives of the South African Poultry Organisation and labour (Food and Allied Workers Union) as well as the Industrial Development Corporation and technical experts from the not for profit, section 21 company; Trade and Industrial Policy Studies (TIPS), contracted by the dti to undertake this work. From time to time government departments represented on the Task Team meet separately to formulate government approaches to the work and as and where appropriate brief other government agencies such as the International Trade Administration Commission (ITAC). In all instances government officials take into consideration the separate constitutional mandates and functions of the government departments and agencies which work together to achieve optimal socio-economic outcomes for South Africa and safeguard the integrity and independence of regulatory institutions such as ITAC. Government also seeks to secure collaborative arrangements with private sector entities. This process also recognises the independence of these entities.

b.i) The Task Team has met on 5 occasions,

b.ii) on the following dates: 16 February 2017; 09 March 2017; 06 April 2017; 16 May 2017 and 08 June 2017

c.i) Government has met with the Association of Meat Importers and Exporters (AMIE); provided a formal briefing to the Commissioners of the International Trade Administration Commission after receiving a request to do so, briefed both the Select Committee on Trade and International Relations and briefed and participated in the public hearings of the Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry. In the latter instance all the Submissions made by a wide variety of stakeholders have been factored into the work of government and in its engagements with stakeholders, including those represented on the Task Team.

c.ii) The dates of these engagements are:

Association of Meat Importers and Exporters – 15 February 2017 and 11 May 2017 (EDD and the dti)

International Trade Administration Commission – 13 February 2017 and 13 June 2017 (the dti)

Select Committee on Trade and International Relations – 01 February 2017 (EDD .the dti and DAFF)

Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry – 23 March 2017; 02 May 2017 and 09 May 2017 (the dti)

This list does not include bilateral meetings which may have been held by individual government departments with companies in the poultry sector including on-site inspections and visits.

d) In keeping with similar collaborative engagements in other sectors of the economy the Task Team does not come up with a set of ‘findings’. An example would be in the steel sector where there is extensive and ongoing, long-term work and collaborative engagements with the private sector. In this regard details of the ongoing work of government and with respect to its engagements in the Poultry Task Team, are a matter of public record since they were presented to Parliament on two occasions in considerable detail. Specific policy announcements by government on particular policy interventions such as the recently announced Agro-processing Incentive will be made, as and when this work on each measure has been completed, and as and where appropriate.

Reciprocal, private sector measures and interventions to save jobs, increase investment and exports, secure empowerment objectives and so forth, have and will be made by the private sector as and when such institutions consider it appropriate to do so. In this regard government respects the commercial and legal independence of industry associations, trade unions and companies, including with respect to those matters with which government may not be in agreement and whether or not they may have or may not have been discussed in the Task Team.

Reply:

(a) The suspension of the National Police Commissioner took effect on 2015/10/14.

(b)(i)(ii)(iii)(iv) The National Commissioner, Ria Phiyega, received the following remuneration and benefits for the period, 2015/10/14 to 2017/04/30.

• Basic Salary : R2 095 802,70
• Non Pensionable Cash allowance : R   562 541,23
• Head of Department Allowance : R 299 224,08
• Employer’s Pension Contribution : R 335 130,47
• PSCBC Employer’s Contribution : R 22,07
• SSSBC Employer’s Contribution : R 64,00

Total : R3 292 784,55

 

Reply:

Please note that the President and Deputy President are protected by the Presidential Protection Service, and not the VIP Protection Service.

The members allocated to protect the President and Deputy President is called a protection package. The protection package consists of members with different protection tasks. The total numbers of members are allocated in terms of the risk category, which is determined by the risk profile of the VIP and varies in terms of the risks and threats involved.

The total number of members allocated to these VIPs will not be disclosed, as the disclosure of this information in itself can pose a serious risk to the effective protection of the President and Deputy President.

Reply:

1. The Railway Safety Regulator performs regular system and infrastructure maintenance including regular risk assessments on its ICT systems and facilities. The ICT systems are available, operational and functional at more than 98% uptime.

a) See response in (1) above.

b) See response in (1) above.

c) See response in (1) above.

   (i) See response in (1) above.

  (ii) See response in (1) above.

Reply:

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

	Cluster	(a) Unsolved Murder Cases	(b)(i) Hijacking	(b)(ii) Taxi Violence	(b)(iii) Burglary	(b)(iv) Random Robbery
1	Ekurhuleni Central	208	0	1	0	183
2	Ekurhuleni East	122	4	0	4	13
3	Ekurhuleni North	407	52	0	70	191
4	Ekurhuleni West	387	1	3	0	3
5	JHB Central	561	12	0	8	6
6	JHB East	164	5	2	0	15
7	JHB North	121	0	2	2	6
8	JHB West	221	5	8	1	13
9	Sedibeng	198	7	4	4	11
10	Soweto East	118	7	8	6	31
11	Soweto West	145	1	0	2	17
12	Tshwane Central	118	1	0	5	1
13	Tshwane East	168	3	0	15	15
14	Tshwane North	667	1	3	0	5
15	Tshwane West	937	4	6	8	5
16	West Rand	583	33	2	44	87
17	Provincial Investigation Unit (PIU) Taxi	0	0	71	0	0
	TOTAL	5 125	136	110	169	602

(2) There is no Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between any of the three Metro Police Departments (MPDs) and the South African Police Service (SAPS) in Gauteng.

There are three fully established MPDs in Gauteng, namely:

• Johannesburg MPD;
• Ekurhuleni MPD; and
• Tshwane MPD.

The SAPS has, however, established a National Forum for MPDs, which includes all of the MPDs in the Gauteng Province. The Forum, chaired by the Divisional Commissioner: Visible Policing on behalf of the Acting National Commissioner, convenes on a quarterly basis. The Forum is attended by the Provincial Commissioners in whose provinces MPDs have been established, namely Eastern Cape, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and the Western Cape.

The purpose of the Forum is to coordinate joint operations between the SAPS and the various MPDs, informed by the identified crime threats and tendencies in the relevant jurisdictions. Senior members of the various MPDs also attend Provincial Joint Intelligence and Operational Structure (Prov JOINTS), during which integrated operations are planned.

The Forum also coordinates the quality assurance of entry-level qualifications for MPD members, while additional, specific training is provided by the SAPS, including: drill and physical training, management and leadership training, crowd management training and general policing training (predominantly using a “train-the-trainer” approach).

The SAPS in Gauteng is also supported by the Gauteng Traffic Police who also mobilise the smaller Municipal Police Departments to provide a joint integrated approach to policing.

The Gauteng Law Enforcement Agencies Forum (GLEAF) was established in 2015. This forum coordinates and drives joint interventions between the SAPS and other law enforcement agencies. The forum accounts for all joint operations within Gauteng and guides the need for specific interventions at all levels. The forum is chaired and headed by the Deputy Provincial Commissioner Policing: Gauteng and consists of all SAPS Operational Heads and Police Chiefs.

The forum is an effective operational command structure that has yielded good results. The following priority committees were established:

• Bad Buildings;
• By-Law Management;
• Counterfeit Goods;
• Taxi Violence;
• Road Safety; and
• Illegal Mining.

The above-mentioned committees plan and execute joint, integrated operations, addressing specific problems and report monthly to the GLEAF on actions executed, successes and future interventions. Several discussions and planning sessions were held during 2016/17 and a MOU will be facilitated during May 2017, after considering the inputs received.

The SAPS and MPDs have, in partnership with the Member of the Executive Committee (MEC) for Community Safety, compiled the following strategies that drive the joint integrated approach to policing in Gauteng:

• The Gauteng Safety Strategy; and
• The Gauteng Integrated Policing Strategy.

Reply:

No, the Department has no record and is not aware of any information relating to the outside employment and/or remuneration of the specified person since date of suspension.

 

Reply:

		(i)	(ii)
(a)	(aa)	(bb)	(cc)
NATURE OF OFFENCE	PROVINCE	2014/2015	2015/2016	2016/2017	2017-04-01 to 2017-05-17
SEXUAL ASSAULT	EASTERN CAPE	19	13	13	4
	FREE STATE	19	21	8	0
	GAUTENG	37	38	51	3
	KWAZULU-NATAL	26	26	21	3
	LIMPOPO	3	1	11	0
	MPUMALANGA	11	6	10	2
	NORTH WEST	6	8	7	0
	NORTHERN CAPE	4	5	9	0
	WESTERN CAPE	80	63	64	2
Total		205	181	194	14

		(i)	(ii)
(b)	(aa)	(bb)	(cc)
NATURE OF OFFENCE	PROVINCE	2014/2015	2015/2016	2016/2017	2017-04-01 to 2017-05-17
COMMON ASSAULT	EASTERN CAPE	164	139	171	12
	FREE STATE	213	206	203	10
	GAUTENG	503	550	545	54
	KWAZULU-NATAL	367	344	374	29
	LIMPOPO	119	147	140	9
	MPUMALANGA	90	100	110	6
	NORTH WEST	92	128	106	14
	NORTHERN CAPE	74	77	85	6
	WESTERN CAPE	561	660	596	57
Total		2183	2351	2330	197
		(i)	(ii)
(c)	(aa)	(bb)	(cc)
NATURE OF OFFENCE	PROVINCE	2014/2015	2015/2016	2016/2017	2017-04-01 to 2017-05-17
ASSAULT WITH THE PURPOSE TO INFLICT GRIEVOUS BODILY HARM	EASTERN CAPE	115	140	132	13
	FREE STATE	87	88	67	7
	GAUTENG	230	237	250	17
	KWAZULU-NATAL	214	175	169	10
	LIMPOPO	114	131	135	11
	MPUMALANGA	64	51	66	7
	NORTH WEST	68	91	82	8
	NORTHERN CAPE	55	146	49	1
	WESTERN CAPE	193	130	150	9
Total		1140	1189	1100	83

Reply:

The table link below as Annexure A provides the student debt incurred and written off at each public university.

http://pmg-assets.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/RNW1624AnnexureA-170624.pdf

With regard to Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges, the Annual Financial Statements of the 50 public TVET colleges for the last 10 financial years are being analysed and the requested information will be provided once completed.

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DIRECTOR – GENERAL

STATUS:

DATE:

QUESTION 1624 APPROVED/NOT APPROVED/AMENDED

Dr BE NZIMANDE, MP

MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING

STATUS:

DATE:

ANNEXURE A

Reply:

(a) to (e) There are currently no plans to construct new police stations in the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality. However, taking into consideration the proximity of the above-mentioned areas, they are being serviced by the following police stations in Gauteng:

• Thokoza Police Station;
• Vosloorus Police Station; and
• Dawn Park Police Station.

Reply:

a) The stolen or damaged Metrorail signal equipment consists of two elements namely, signal cables and the signal infrastructure. The total number of incidents and arrests are shown below for the Gauteng, Western Cape and Kwa-Zulu Natal Metrorail Regions. This is followed by the tables reflecting the same for the signaling infrastructure. The signaling infrastructure in the Eastern Cape is owned and protected by Transnet.

Signal Cable

Signal Infrastructure

Gauteng
Incidents 2014	Incidents 2015	Incidents 2016	Incidents 2017	Arrests 2014	Arrests 2015	Arrests 2016	Arrests 2017
477	317	220	121	145	53	34	32
Western Cape
Incidents 2014	Incidents 2015	Incidents 2016	Incidents 2017	Arrests 2014	Arrests 2015	Arrests 2016	Arrests 2017
507	197	93	96	33	7	7	4

KZN
Incidents 2014	Incidents 2015	Incidents 2016	Incidents 2017	Arrests 2014	Arrests 2015	Arrests 2016	Arrests 2017
154	142	66	59	18	2	0	1

b) (i) These incidents occurred in various locations between stations, not always in the same place.

(ii) The time of the incidents varies but most of the incidents occur between the last trains at night and the first trains in the morning.

(c) The total value of operating infrastructure theft and vandalism countrywide amounts to between R25 to R30 million per annum, of which cable theft accounts for R 4-5 million of this total.

(d) It is estimated that between 5 and 10% of trains delays and cancellations is directly related asset related crimes (theft and vandalism). In Gauteng on average 1%, Western Cape 7% and KZN 3% trains are delayed and cancelled due to cable and signaling theft and vandalism.

(e) The following action plans are in place to prevent and reduce the number of occurrences:

From a security perspective the following:

• Crime prevention plans are executed to ensure effectiveness and efficacy in the identified hot spot areas.
• Management of security contracts e.g. (Visits, attending parades, briefings/debriefings, contractor’s meetings, and record keeping).

Enhance all Provincial/Regional security and crime prevention plans to:

• Ensure correct analysis of hot spots areas, trends, times and days
• Correct deployments according to security risk assessments. (May differ from day to day).
• Ensure efficacy of Provincial Rail Crime Combating Forums (PRCCF), Non Ferrous Metal Crime Combating Committees (PNFMCCC) and Provincial Operational Committee (HAWKS POC).
• Implement intelligence driven operations.
• Increase visibility/patrols (Uniforms/Reflectors).
• Arrests must be followed through until conviction. Criminal matters amendment Act no 18 of 2015.
• All cases must be reported to the SAPS to determine crime trends and hot spots.
• Daily monitoring of “hot spots” and “flash points” as defined by the Crime Pattern Analysis.
• Dedicated deployment on hotspots.
• Joint planning between Protection Services and the Rapid Rail Police at the weekly Corridor Railway Crime Combating Forum.
• ADHOC interventions by Rapid Response Units on crime affected areas.
• Stake holders meeting – Rapid Rail Police weekly meeting, Monthly Community Policing Forums and Monthly Commuter meetings.
• Engaging technical department for vandal proofing and burying of signal cable.
• Disruptive scrap metal dealer visits with Fire Arms Liquor and Second-hand Goods Act Component of the Police.

From the engineering side various initiatives are also being implemented to assist with the physical protection of the assets. This includes the following:

• Vandal proofing of cables and infrastructure (burying cables and hardening equipment to make it more vandal resistant)
• Rollout of a GSMR Network (Fibre Optic) to reduce the dependency on copper cables
• Colour light signal lamps changed to light emitting diodes (LED)
• Fencing project – started with the building of walls and fences between stations to keep criminals out/prevent theft.

Reply:

(a) Total amount, by type, of narcotics seized as received for analysis by the South African Police Service (SAPS) Forensic Science Laboratory.

		2012-2013	2013-2014	2014-2015	2015-2016	2016-2017
Finding	Detail	Total mass in KG	Total mass in KG	Total mass in KG	Total mass in KG	Total mass in KG
Cathinones	Cathinone + Methcathinone + Synthetic Cathinones	181.81	143.59	784.29	316.40	202.22
Cocaine		320.93	346.80	439.56	242.23	201.58
Heroine + Morphine		44.03	195.24	127.47	125.73	70.57
Methamphetamine	Methamphetamine + Chloromethamphetamine	147.45	142.82	479.16	426.23	393.13
Methaqualone		747.55	606.21	628.51	1709.66	3288.33
Other Amphetamine Type Stimulants (Ecstacy)	Other Amphetamine Type Stimulants (MDMA, MDA, MDEA, Amphetamine, 2-CB, DOB	9.49	8.04	100.57	8.22	7.33
Ephedrines	Ephedrine, Pseudoephedrine, Norpseudoephedrine, d-l cathine, Ephedra alkaloids	275.77	184.13	273.99	257.93	290.37
Other Drugs	(e.g. Khat, GHB, Psylocine, PPA, Methadone, P-2-P)	11.13	5.90	10.99	85.31	20.54

(b)(i)(ii)(iii)(aa)(bb)(cc)(dd) and (ee)

The total amount of narcotics destroyed by the SAPS Forensic Science Laboratory.

Financial Year	Total mass of narcotics destroyed (kg)
2012-2013	16631.4
2013-2014	6465.93
2014-2015	8907.89
2015-2016	6863.28
2016-2017	2302.49

Reply:

(1)(a) 2011-05-08

(1)(b)(i)(ii)(iii) The Head of Crime Intelligence Richard Mdluli received the following remuneration and benefits for the 2011-05-08 to 2017-04-30.

• Basic Salary : R4 985 795, 27
• Non Pensionable Cash allowance : R1 392 536, 16
• Motor Car Allowance : R 717 741, 94
• Service Bonus : R 413 957, 25

(1)(b)(iv)

• Employee Pension Contribution : R 797 584, 39
• PSCBC Employers Contribution : R 64, 83
• SSSBC : R 181, 00

Total : R8 307 860, 84

(2)(a)(b)(i)(ii) An internal disciplinary process has been initiated, functionaries have been appointed and the process is underway.

Reply:

(a) (i) The Department has assessed all universities’ ability to continue as going concerns and has no reason to believe that any university will not be a going concern in the years ahead. Nevertheless, some universities are experiencing some financial distress. One of the key financial indicators to determine if an institution is suffering financial distress is the total surplus/deficits generated by an institution on their unrestricted Council controlled funds over the previous 3-year period. The table link below shows the 13 universities that have been experiencing some financial distress and indicates the surplus/ deficit for the 2013, 2014 and 2015 financial years.

http://pmg-assets.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/RNW1629Universities-170627.pdf

(b) (i) The Department provides financial support to each institution through the funding framework for universities. This is made up of a block grant subsidy and a range of earmarked grants, including National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) funding. Block grant funds are Council controlled unrestricted funds mainly used to fund teaching and learning, and operational activities. Earmarked funds are utilised to steer developments in the system, for example, access to higher education to previously excluded groups through NSFAS, and infrastructure renewal and development. It is the fiduciary responsibility of each university to ensure that they manage their finances effectively and efficiently. Institutions receive funding from different sources, including the Department and must work within their budgets to ensure their long-term sustainability. A major factor that is causing financial stress is increasing student debt. This is being alleviated through substantial additional funds to support students to pay their fees though NSFAS.

(a)(ii) In terms of the National Norms and Standards for Funding TVET Colleges (NNSF-TVET Colleges), the Department is required to fund Ministerial approved programmes at 80% of the full programme costs. However, due to financial constraints and over-enrolment in the TVET system, the Department can only fund TVET colleges at a 57% funding level. This therefore requires TVET colleges to subsidise State funded programmes from other private sources of funding and/or available cash reserves. This will eventually lead to cash-flow constraints and financial distress.

The Department retains funds, annually, from the subsidy allocation to public TVET colleges, in order to remunerate employees in posts established by the Minister for the TVET college. The portion of the subsidy allocation retained by the Department is 63% of the full cost of the TVET funded programmes according to paragraph 117 of the NNSF-TVET Colleges. The Department then transfers the remaining 37% of the subsidy allocation to TVET colleges for operational costs.

In terms of paragraph 117 of the NNSF-TVET Colleges, the unspent funds on Compensation of Employees (CoE) must be paid back to TVET colleges on a claim basis by 31 March of each year. The utilisation of the unspent funds will be as per the conditions prescribed in the funding norms.

The following table provides a list of potential TVET colleges in financial distress due to excessive CoE expenditure (above the 63% retention budget) as well as cash reserves below R20 million which will in-adversely reduce the College subsidy and contribute to increased cash-flow challenges:

TVET Colleges CoE analysis: 31 March 2017 including low cash reserves (<R20 Million)

TVET College	CoE Budget	CoE Expenditure for the 2016/17 year	Over-expenditure	% Expenditure ratio (above 63%)	Cash Balances as at 30 April 2017
Mthashana	R 60 195 273	R 66 469 495	-R 6 274 222	69.57%	R 17 851 371
Esayidi	R 107 485 328	R 116 505 712	-R 9 020 384	68.29%	R 19 220 168
Umgungundlovu	R 62 253 685	R 66 791 851	-R 4 538 165	67.59%	R 18 764 908
Thekwini	R 71 925 729	R 75 969 102	-R 4 043 373	66.54%	R 10 127 935
Sekhukhune	R 61 544 424	R 62 773 431	-R 1 229 007	64.26%	R 9 384 104
Goldfields	R 51 997 586	R 52 709 601	-R 712 015	63.86%	R 10 009 350
Ikhala	R 65 189 168	R 65 962 526	-R 773 358	63.75%	R 8 042 623

(b)(ii) The liquidity ratios of TVET colleges are monitored by the Department on a monthly basis to be able to identify upfront colleges with potential cash-flow challenges. In addition to the monthly monitoring, the Department has set aside R200 million (funded as an unconditional grant from the National Skills Fund) as a contingency measure to deal with emergency cash-flow challenges at TVET colleges. However, this mitigation is not sustainable over the long term and TVET colleges are required to budget and effectively manage their financial resources.

The emergency cash-grant only provides for critical operational requirements such as emergency and critical repairs to infrastructure, payments to creditors (for items related to teaching and learning materials, text books, etc. including consumables) as well as urgent services such as water and electricity.

In addition to the emergency cash-flow grant, the Department submits requests for additional funding to National Treasury on an annual basis through the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) processes.

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EXT:

DIRECTOR – GENERAL

STATUS:

DATE:

QUESTION 1629 APPROVED/NOT APPROVED/AMENDED

Dr BE NZIMANDE, MP

MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING

STATUS:

DATE:

Reply:

The Department does not keep records of detailed expenditure information for universities or Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges. This information is not included in the annual reports submitted to the Department.

COMPILER/CONTACT PERSONS:

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DIRECTOR – GENERAL

STATUS:

DATE:

QUESTION 1633 APPROVED/NOT APPROVED/AMENDED

Dr BE NZIMANDE, MP

MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING

STATUS:

DATE:

Reply:

The State Security Agency (SSA) does not make use of private security services.

Reply:

a) (i) New points machines were installed in March 2017 and commissioned in May 2017.

    (ii) The point maintenance were replaced in March 2017 in a form of a new installation of signal machines as commissioned in May 2017.

b) Inspion of signal points is done every six months by Engineering Technicians and every twelve months by a Senior Engineering Technician. In between the fore mentioned inspections, there are ad hoc signal train inspections by Branch Managers.

Reply:

State employees are prohibited to do business with an organ of State as per the Public Service Regulations of 2016, Section 21 (1-2), that came into effect on 1 August 2016. All employees were given a period of four months until January 2017 to terminate directorships or close companies that do business with an organ of State.

a) (i) The Department does not have information for the 2014/15 financial year.

   (ii) The Department does not have information for the 2015/16 financial year.

   (iii) The Public Service Commission and Minister for Public Service and Administration have brought to my attention that some employees of the Department conducted business with an organ of State in the 2016/17 financial year.

(aa) – (bb) According to the records from the PERSAL system, no employee of the Department has been granted approval to do business with an organ of State. The Department has written letters to the concerned employees requesting them to provide reasons for doing business with an organ of State without approval. The details of individuals are attached as Annexure A, which includes the names, professional designations and awarded amounts.

The Department does not have the information on the details of the contract(s) and/or agreement(s) awarded as these documents are with the relevant departments that awarded the contracts.

b) (i) – (ii) No.

(aa) – (bb) Not applicable.

 

COMPILER/CONTACT PERSONS:

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DIRECTOR – GENERAL

STATUS:

DATE:

QUESTION 1722 APPROVED/NOT APPROVED/AMENDED

Dr BE NZIMANDE, MP

MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING

STATUS:

DATE:

ANNEXURE A

EMPLOYEE NAME	JOB TITLE	NATURE OF APPOINTMENT	SUPPLIER DEPARTMENT	ENTITY TYPE	TOTAL AMOUNT PAID
PMR ZWANE	SENIOR LECTURER	CS EDUCATOR PERMANENT	NW: Education & Sport Development	Close Corporation	76 696.91
TJ NHLAPO	TEACHER (ABET) CONTRACT	CONTRACT	GP: Social Development	Close Corporation	50 285.89
MCA SEBEELA	PROJECT FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATOR	FIXED APPOINTMENT OFFICER PERMANENT	FS: Provincial Treasury	Close Corporation	5 359.10
TO MOTOKOLO	EDUCATION SPECIALIST SENIOR (FETI)	CS EDUCATOR PERMANENT	MP: Community Safety Security & Liaison	Close Corporation	5 060.00
KK MAKOE	EDUCATION SPECIALIST (FETI)	CS EDUCATOR PERMANENT	FS: Health	Close Corporation	32 993.35
RB DUBAZANA	EDUCATION SPECIALIST DEPUTY CHIEF	CS EDUCATOR PERMANENT	KZN: Transport	Close Corporation	414 584.00
VC NENE	SENIOR LECTURER	CS EDUCATOR PERMANENT	KZN: Education	Close Corporation	29 900.96
TC NYEMBE	SENIOR LECTURER	CS EDUCATOR PERMANENT	GP: Sport Arts Culture & Recreation	Close Corporation	250 000.00
ME SEPATO		PART TIME APPOINTMENT	NW: Education & Sport Development	Close Corporation	11 400.00
IS MOTUBA		PART TIME APPOINTMENT	NW: Health	Close Corporation	266 965.00
TRB DUBE	SENIOR LECTURER	CS EDUCATOR PERMANENT	WC: Economic Development and Tourism	Close Corporation	-
NNF MDLADLA	SENIOR PERSONNEL OFFICER	FIXED APPOINTMENT: OFFICER PERMANENT	KZN: Transport	Close Corporation	16 577.00
ME MALESA	ADMINISTRATION CLERK GRADE II SENIOR	FIXED APPOINTMENT: OFFICER PERMANENT	LP: Health	Close Corporation	13 734.00
MF NTSOANE	SENIOR LECTURER	CS EDUCATOR PERMANENT	NAT: Military Veterans	Close Corporation	88 000.00
T XIMBA	ADMINISTRATION CLERK GRADE III SENIOR	FIXED APPOINTMENT: OFFICER PERMANENT	KZN: Public Works	Close Corporation	9 380.00
GT MAKGABO	SENIOR LECTURER	CS EDUCATOR PERMANENT	KZN: Public Works	Close Corporation	2 056 765.87
S SIKWEYIYA	ABET EDUCATORS	CONTRACT	EC: Social Development	Primary Co-Operative	199 271.00
S SIKWEYIYA	ABET EDUCATORS	CONTRACT	EC: Social Development	Primary Co-Operative	199 271.00
D KHOZA		PART-TIME TEACHER	MP: Public Works Roads & Transport	Primary Co-Operative	291 927.50
D KHOZA		PART-TIME TEACHER	MP: Public Works Roads & Transport	Primary Co-Operative	291 927.50
TI KGASWANE		PART TIME APPOINTMENT	NW: Health	Private Company	17 970.00
MSK LUTHULI	SENIOR LECTURER	CS EDUCATOR PERMANENT	KZN: Education	Private Company	114 639.52
SD MOGALE	NETWORK CONTROLLER	FIXED APPOINTMENT: OFFICER PERMANENT	LP: Health	Private Company	52 291.96
CN SIHLALI	SENIOR LECTURER	CS EDUCATOR TEMPORARY	Agriculture Forestry & Fisheries	Private Company	6 750.00
SM MBHULUMETI	EDUCATION SPECIALIST SENIOR (FETI)	CS EDUCATOR PERMANENT ON PROBATION	Rural Development & Land Reform	Private Company	7 813.10
N SAMSODIEN	SENIOR ADMINISTRATION CLERK GRADE II	FIXED APPOINTMENT: OFFICER PERMANENT	NC: Health	Private Company	1 340.00
ZS NDWANDWE	SENIOR LECTURER	CS EDUCATOR PERMANENT	KZN: Health	Private Company	2 560.00
D MGXAJI	ABET EDUCATORS	CONTRACT	EC: Health	Private Company	18 680.00
A ZIKALALA	CLEANER II	FIXED APPOINTMENT: OFFICER PERMANENT	KZN: Human Settlement	Private Company	10 250.00
ZTM MKHIZE	TEACHER (ABET) CONTRACT	CONTRACT	Water and Sanitation	Private Company	69 840.00
NB MAKUPULA	ABET EDUCATORS	CONTRACT	EC: Health	Private Company	25 396.00
PM MOTSOMANE	GENERAL WORKER III	FIXED APPOINTMENT: OFFICER PERMANENT	LP: Health	Private Company	39 323.25
GM MYAKAYAKA	SENIOR LECTURER	CS EDUCATOR PERMANENT	LP: Economic Development Environment & Tourism	Private Company	27 100.00
TA BAVUMA	DRIVER / MESSENGER	FIXED APPOINTMENT OFFICER PERMANENT	EC: Education	Private Company	7 150.00
RN MKASI	ARTISAN CHIEF GRADE B	FIXED APPOINTMENT OFFICER PERMANENT	GP: Infrastructure Development	Private Company	571 081.64
NNP MABOI	SENIOR LECTURER	CS EDUCATOR PERMANENT	Trade and Industry	Private Company	734 771.40
WNG MOLEKO		PERIODICAL REMUNERATIONS	LP: Public Works Roads & Infrastructure	Private Company	539 496 017.91

Reply:

The protection that is being provided to (name and details furnished) was informed by a thorough risk assessment, and is therefore warranted.

It needs be mentioned that the Acting National Commissioner provided the detail associated with the protection that is being provided, in person to the Portfolio Committee on Police (PCoP), during the South African Police Service’s (SAP’s) Budget Hearing with the PCoP on 3 May 2017.

The detail can, however, not be provided due to its sensitive nature, which in the public domain, may compromise the security of (name and details furnished) and members of the SAPS.

 

Reply:

As reported by the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS):

a) Over the past ten years (2007–2016), the following amounts were allocated to each of the following public universities (figures rounded to nearest R’m):

University	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
CPUT	90.4	106.5	148	162	233.4	258.1	315.5	304.3	302.9	324.7
UCT	50.9	54.6	85.3	107.5	133.4	148.3	161.8	182.1	210.7	237.6
CUT	46.9	52.7	72.2	74.7	106	138.9	134.1	142.7	166.5	205.6
DUT	108.3	100.9	133.8	154.8	273.2	259.7	290.9	313.4	306.4	458.6
UFH	39.1	69.3	94.2	98	183.6	270.3	330.9	306.3	322.3	634.9
UFS	59	71.6	102.6	115.2	145.6	171.7	186.2	225	230.8	279.3
UJ	118.9	160.9	221	258.5	338.2	444.8	481.4	499.7	528.4	732.7
UKZN	145.9	165.1	223.5	277.4	334.2	428.5	471.4	449.6	481.8	895.8
UL	82.1	113.8	137.2	167.8	259.2	367.7	447.3	424.6	440.6	700.4
MUT	40.2	54.8	57.3	72.3	124.3	168.9	201.9	210.5	214.7	275.4
UMP								3.3	19.2	20.9
NIHE	5.9	7.1	10.7	10.7	9.3	13.4	19.1	12.8
NMMU	63.2	80.5	114.6	143	166.5	197.1	229	268.4	252.6	318.7
NWU	63.2	87.2	120.9	138.3	182	240.3	293.1	315.6	323.8	445.5
UP	83	101.8	137.4	158.8	201.5	241.5	287.2	318.8	337.9	474.7
RHODES	18.9	24.7	35.5	45.3	49.5	60.4	77.1	75.8	82.6	102.9
SMU									35.7	86.2
SPU								4.4	22.1	32.8
UNISA	78.8	93.3	131.4	186.6	217.9	291.1	340.1	346.5	350.2	304.1
SUN	22.5	30.9	52.2	61.6	84.2	103.7	115.7	127.3	122.4	150.8
TUT	179.5	194.7	256.5	290	416.5	459.6	670.6	696.7	596.8	951.7
VUT	60.2	81.8	103.6	106.1	145.7	206.7	219	228.5	250.5	289.7
UNIVEN	62.1	96.1	107.9	142.6	197.4	256.1	311.4	282.4	318.5	369.5
WSU	104.4	139.4	162.7	199.7	280.1	436.8	349.5	449.6	451.3	810.4
UWC	48	66	87.8	110.7	135.1	191.4	227.3	216.1	224.2	285.3
WITS	66.3	85.7	117.7	138.2	159.9	219.6	256.7	263.9	295.7	347.8
UNIZUL	50.5	85.3	114.8	134.7	193.8	310.3	330.9	301.6	299.4	552.5
Grand Total	1 688.2	2 124.7	2 828.8	3 354.5	4 570.5	5 884.9	6 748.1	6 969.9	7 188	10 288.5

b) Over the past ten years (2007 to 2016), the following amounts were allocated to each of the following public Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges (rounded to nearest R’m):

TVET College	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	Total
Boland College	0.9	3.2	4.5	4.7	23	30.3	31.2	32.8	35.7	36.2	202.5
Buffalo City	1	4.2	4.8	5.3	21.7	28.8	27.7	30.2	31.7	29.9	185.3
Capricorn College	3	7.4	10.8	11.9	44	56.5	64.4	80.5	78.5	89.9	446.9
Central JHB	1.2	5.3	4.4	4.7	19.5	46	45.9	41.6	45.8	18.6	233
Coastal KZN	3.2	6.6	13.5	13.7	59.7	80.3	68	72.3	76.5	79.5	473.3
College of Cape Town	2.3	6.2	5.6	6.1	20.6	42	40.8	40.8	46.5	41.9	252.8
Eastcape Midlands	1	4	5.7	4.7	20.5	30	32.7	31.7	32.6	50.5	213.4
Ehlanzeni	1.4	4.8	8.2	8.5	19	34.8	34.1	43.9	36.3	46.6	237.6
Ekurhuleni East	1.6	10.2	10.3	11.3	27.9	39.5	46.6	43.7	46.8	46.6	284.5
Ekurhuleni West	1.1	6.8	12.3	12.7	50.3	59.8	65	69.1	79.5	52.8	409.4
Elangeni	1.7	5.4	4	4.8	26.5	44.8	50.1	54.1	55.3	61	307.7
Esayidi	2.3	3.4	3.4	4	25.3	45.4	43.8	46	51.1	56.9	281.6
False Bay	0.9	4.3	4.9	4.9	16.9	27.3	29.8	29.9	31.3	34.2	184.4
Flavius Mareka	0.5	1.9	2.8	2.4	9	16	19.4	17.8	20.3	21.1	111.2
Gert Sibande	2.4	5.4	9.3	7.7	30	39.6	50.7	59.4	49.6	61.2	315.3
Goldfields	0.6	1.7	1.1	1.4	9.1	16	21.5	23.2	23.2	23.1	120.9
Ikhala Public	1.1	2.1	2.2	2.7	11.4	19.2	19.9	20.4	22.2	26.4	127.6
Ingwe Public	0.6	2.1	4.2	5.1	13.7	19.2	31.5	34.6	38.1	46.8	195.9
King Hintsa	1.4	1.9	3.9	4	13.1	34.7	17.3	19.5	19.7	20.9	136.4
King Sabata	0.8	1.4	4.4	4.3	17.4	16.2	31.2	31.5	44.3	44.8	196.3
Lephalale	0.6	2.1	3.7	2.6	5.6	8.3	13	13.9	9.2	14.2	73.2
Letaba	1.5	3.9	5.5	5.4	18.4	23.8	26.6	26.4	28.9	31.2	171.6
Lovedale	0.8	2.6	2.5	2.6	6.6	16.6	17.9	18.8	19.5	23.3	111.2
Majuba	0.5	5.9	12.9	14	45.4	91.2	77.3	87.6	87.2	89	511
Maluti	2.3	3.2	3.9	4	20.2	33.4	35.2	28.3	38.2	51.7	220.4
Mnambithi	0.6	0.6	2.7	3.1	24.5	28.4	31.9	34.2	35.6	37.5	199.1
Mopani South East	2.8	7.7	8.9	8.9	27.2	32.8	32.5	34.7	36.4	38.6	230.5
Motheo	1.4	5	3.8	3.9	13.5	50.4	64.8	49.8	43.2	41.5	277.3
Mthashana	1.5	3.6	2.6	2.5	12.2	21.6	25.9	27.5	28.1	30.7	156.2
Nkangala	1.8	6.3	8.6	9.2	18.6	26.5	42.7	45.4	45.8	50.5	255.4
Northern Cape Rural	1.7	4.6	5.1	4	14.2	19.4	19.6	20.7	21.8	21.6	132.7
Northern Cape Urban	0.8	2.3	3.2	2.2	10	17.9	25	22.4	23.6	25.4	132.8
Northlink	1	2.4	4	4.5	17.3	58.2	56.8	44.1	48	55.2	291.5
Orbit	1.7	5.8	9.9	9.8	24.4	40.2	57.9	56.2	50	44.5	300.4
Port Elizabeth	1.3	5.3	8.4	7.7	29.8	44.5	35.2	37.2	36.1	40.7	246.2
Sedibeng	1.6	7.1	12.3	12.8	36.2	44.3	44.9	50.8	51.1	56.7	317.8
Sekhukhune	1	3.3	5.3	5	14.9	30.8	25.1	27.9	29.8	30.8	173.9
South Cape	0.7	3.6	5.7	5	21.8	34.2	24.4	22.5	25.5	28.3	171.7
South West Gauteng	2.5	8.9	10.4	11.1	30.7	64.4	73	71.6	84.3	85.3	442.2
Taletso	0.8	3.5	4.6	4.3	12.6	32.1	30.7	33.8	26.9	30.5	179.8
Thekwini	0.7	2.6	5.4	4.6	17.8	29.9	32.8	33.2	36.3	31	194.3
Tshwane North	1.4	5.4	9.5	10.7	26.3	43.6	64	62.4	79.9	19.6	322.8
Tshwane South	2.4	9.5	11.1	11.7	27.3	37.5	46.4	34.9	31.8	40	252.6
Umfolozi	1.4	3.4	5.9	6	26.8	43.5	46.5	59.3	58	58.6	309.4
Umgungundlovu	0.6	3.1	3.5	3.6	17.5	25.4	26.7	28.9	30	31.6	170.9
Vhembe	1.2	4.8	7.6	8.5	26.9	61.2	71.3	77.2	83.8	68.2	410.7
Vuselela	0.6	3.4	7	7.1	25.8	28.1	33.3	27.3	28.8	38.1	199.5
Waterberg	0.6	2.9	5.7	6.2	17.4	25.7	25.9	27	32.2	32.6	176.2
West Coast	1.7	5.1	8.9	8	27.9	46.4	33.8	36	49.7	39.5	257
Western College	0.5	4.5	3.9	4.3	20	35.6	40.8	28.5	31.1	45.6	214.8
Grand Total	67	220.7	312.8	318.2	1 116.4	1 822.3	1 953.5	1 991.5	2 095.8	2 120.9	12 019.1

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QUESTION 1631 APPROVED/NOT APPROVED/AMENDED

Dr BE NZIMANDE, MP

MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING

STATUS:

DATE:

Reply:

(a) The case with regard to Nkandla, is still with the National Director of Public Prosecutions for decision.

(b) State vs Gupta family, with regard to state capture and suspicious financial transactions, leading to the closure of their bank accounts:

The matter is under investigation, per Rosedale CAS 104/10/2016 and is receiving attention. There is still more evidence to be gathered to lead the investigation further.

(c) The following can be reported with regard to the cases being investigated by Detective Service units with regard to the Marikana incidents:

Case dockets with the DPP for decision : four

Case dockets remanded in court : 12

Case dockets still under investigation : one

Case dockets still at the Inquest Court : two

(d) The matter with regard to the assault of members of parliament is being investigated by Mr Thomas from the Independent Police Investigation Directorate (IPID).

(e) State vs Mabala Noise with regard to corruption in the Department of Water and Sanitation:

The matter is under investigation, as per Douglasdale CAS 248/08/2016, includes tax evasion by Mabala Noise and other associated companies, as well as, irregular and/or fraudulent awarding of tenders by the Department of Water and Sanitation to Mabala Noise and other associated companies. Allegations of tax evasion were forwarded to South African Revenue Services (SARS) for investigation. Allegations of fraud relating to the awarding of tenders are still under investigation and there are still outstanding statements on the matter.

Reply:

1. (a) Table 1 shows the total number of 115 040 beds at public universities in 2016.

Table 1: Total public university residence beds in 2016

University	Number of beds
1. Cape Peninsula University of Technology	5 304
2. Central University of Technology	975
3. Durban University of Technology	2 837
4. Mangosuthu University of Technology	1 910
5. Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University	3 197
6. North West University	9 828
7. Rhodes University	3 581
8. Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University	2 748
9. Sol Plaatje University	746
10. Tshwane University of Technology	8 189
11. University of Cape Town	6 645
12. University of Fort Hare	3 494
13. University of the Free State	5 522
14. University of Johannesburg	6 952
15. University of KwaZulu-Natal	7 147
16. University of Limpopo	7 265
17. University of Mpumalanga	1 006
18. University of Pretoria	8 297
19. University of South Africa	0
20. University of Stellenbosch	7 684
21. University of Venda	2 165
22. University of the Western Cape	2 517
23. University of the Witwatersrand	5 560
24. University of Zululand	3 984
25. Vaal University of Technology	2 639
26. Walter Sisulu University	4 848
Total	115 040

(b) The information on the number of applications received for student housing at each public university for the start of the 2017 academic year is not available. The Department does not collect statistics on the number of applications for student housing. Once the Central Applications Service is fully operational, this information will be readily available and updated annually.

(2) Table 2 shows the approved student housing allocations from Infrastructure and Efficiency Grant (IEG) funds, and the proposed new beds to be built or refurbished at each university through the Student Housing Infrastructure Programme. The programme was launched by the Minister at the Student Housing Symposium, "Student Housing Matters", in July 2016. The programme aims to expand and accelerate the provision of student housing by developing 300 000 new beds over 10 years. At present, and utilising mainly IEG funds, universities develop about 3 000 new beds annually. Funding will be provided through the IEG allocations, Development Financial Institutions loans, and Public Private Partnerships involving the private sector developers and financial institutions.

The table shows that funding of R1.794 billion was allocated to 21 universities for the construction or refurbishment of student housing projects that will provide of 28 690 beds between 2017 and 2020. The IEG allocations already approved will be supplemented by other sources of funding secured by universities, facilitated by the Department.

A further R1.1 billion will be allocated to student housing projects during 2017/18. The number of beds to be provided through this funding will be finalised following the submission of project plans to the Department. Universities which did not receive grants in previous cycles will be considered for the 2017/18 and subsequent allocations. The objective is to provide larger grants to enable universities to leverage grant funding and develop projects that achieve economies of scale and reduce costs per bed.

The number of additional beds for 2020/21 onwards will depend on National Treasury approval of the IEG budget for the fifth funding cycle, i.e. 2018/19 to 2020/21, and additional student housing infrastructure funding raised by institutions, as described above.

Table 2: Student housing projects to be completed between 2017 and 2020

University	Priority project	DHET allocation R' 000	Number of beds	Expected completion
Cape Peninsula University of Technology	Develop new residence on Wellington campus	50 000	480	2019
Central University of Technology	Bloemfontein and Welkom campus projects to be finalised in 2017 and funded from IEG	0	0
Durban University of Technology	Purchase and refurbish Transnet property adjoining Indumiso campus in Pietermaritzburg	90 000	635	2019
Mangosuthu University of Technology	Complete new residence on Umlazi campus	25 000	620	2017
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University	Develop new residence on Summerstrand campus	141 600	1 000	2019
North West University	Develop new residence on Mafikeng campus	65 000	1 760	2020
	Develop new residence on Vaal campus	50 000	390	2018
Rhodes University	Develop new residences on Grahamstown campus	101 000	255	2019
Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University	Develop new residence on GaRankuwa campus	190 590	2000	2019
Sol Plaatje University	All new residences completed in 2016	0	0	0
Tshwane University of Technology	Develop new residence on eMalahleni campus	110 000	500	2019
	Refurbish residences on GaRankuwa and Soshanguve campuses	64 310	600	2018
University of Cape Town	Develop new residence and decanted dining facility	50 000	332	2019
University of Fort Hare	Develop new residences on Alice campus; IEG allocation to be confirmed in 2017	0	2 046	2020
University of the Free State	Develop new residence on rural South campus	40 000	225	2019
	Develop new residence on rural South Campus	50 000	270	2017
University of Johannesburg	Develop new residences on Soweto campus; additional IEG funds to be allocated in 2017/18	50 000	3 000	2020
University of KwaZulu-Natal	Develop new residences, and refurbish residences on Edgewood, Medical School, Howard College, Pietermaritzburg campuses	100 000	1 000	2020
University of Limpopo	Develop 3 000 beds on Turfloop campus, subject to resolving claims on campus land	90 000	3 000	2019
University of Mpumalanga	Develop multi-purpose building (residence, clinic and sports facilities); budget to be finalised.	0	150	2019
University of Pretoria	Refurbish residences on Hillcrest Campus	43 000	480	2020
University of South Africa	No student housing	0	0	0
University of Stellenbosch	Extend existing residence	30 000	120	2020
University of Venda	Develop new residences and refurbish existing residences on Thohoyandou campus	132 994	634	2017
University of the Western Cape	Develop new residences on Bellville campus	200 000	2 680	2020
University of the Witwatersrand	Develop residence on Wits Rural campus	40 000	110	2019
	Extend and refurbish residence on Braamfontein campus	55 200	253	2019
University of Zululand	Purchase and refurbish block of flats for Richards Bay campus; develop new residences on KwaDlangezwa campus	120 000	2 350	2020
Vaal University of Technology	Develop new residences on Vanderbijl Park campus	90 000	3 500	2020
Walter Sisulu University	Develop residence on Mthatha campus	82 000	300	2020
Total	1 794 094	28 690

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QUESTION 1387 APPROVED/NOT APPROVED/AMENDED

Dr BE NZIMANDE, MP

MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING

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DATE:

Reply:

According to the latest Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) Quarterly Labour Force Survey (2017, Quarter 1):

(a) The overall graduate unemployment rate currently stands at 17.8%. This figure refers to persons aged 15 – 64 years, who have a tertiary qualification[1], and who are unemployed[2].

(b) (i) 7.3% of persons aged 15 – 64 years, who have a university degree, are unemployed.

(ii) In relation to diplomas, Stats SA does not disaggregate information between Universities or Technical and Vocational Education and Training colleges. 11% of persons aged 15 – 64 years, who have a diploma, are unemployed.

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QUESTION 1623 APPROVED/NOT APPROVED/AMENDED

Dr BE NZIMANDE, MP

MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING

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1. Stats SA defines Tertiary to refer to: NATED N4, N5 and N6 part-qualifications (or the older NTC 4, NTC 5, NTC 6); Diploma with less than Grade 12/STD 10; Certificate with Grade 12/STD 10; Diploma with Grade 12/STD 10, Higher Diploma, Post higher diploma (Masters, Doctoral Degree), Bachelors Degree, Bachelors Degree and Post Graduate Diploma, Honours Degree, Higher Degree (Masters/PHD). ↑

2. Stats SA defines Unemployed persons as those (aged 15–64 years) who: a) Were not employed in the reference week; and b) Actively looked for work or tried to start a business in the four weeks preceding the survey interview; and c) Were available for work, i.e. would have been able to start work or a business in the reference week; or d) Had not actively looked for work in the past four weeks but had a job or business to start at a definite date in the future and were available. ↑

Reply:

a) I am not aware of any Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) college that does not have an approved organogram.

b) The College Councils are responsible for approving the organogram for colleges as per the post establishment and generic structure developed by the Department. The Department communicated a generic structure for the top management tier of a college to all colleges. Furthermore, colleges have to determine the actual number of posts needed within the 63% threshold for the allocation of compensation of employees. The Department is currently developing norms for the provisioning and distribution of posts.

c) College Councils have already approved their organograms.

d) Not applicable.

e) Not applicable.

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QUESTION 1627 APPROVED/NOT APPROVED/AMENDED

Dr BE NZIMANDE, MP

MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING

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DATE:

Reply:

The University of Fort Hare has been requested to provide the information and the Department will submit a response once this information is received.

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QUESTION 1934 APPROVED/NOT APPROVED/AMENDED

Dr BE NZIMANDE, MP

MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING

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a) Minister of Transport

Yes, South African Police Services VIP Prorection Unit 

1. Yes 
2. No 
3. No;

(aa) It is provided for in the Ministerial Handbook 

(bb) It is paid from Department of Transport s’ budget 

(cc) Details pertaining to protection of Minister resides with South African Police Services.

b) Deputy Minister

Yes, South African Police Services VIP Prorection Unit 

1. Yes 
2. No 
3. No;

(aa) It is provided for in the Ministerial Handbook 

(bb) It is paid for from Department of Transport s’ budget 

(cc) Details pertaining to protection of Deputy Minister resides with South African Police

Services.

Air Traffic Navigating and Services (ATNS)

ATNS has never made use of security services paid for by the State.

Airports Company of South Africa (ACSA)

The question in its entirety is not applicable to ACSA, as none of the listed persons make use of security services paid for by the State.

South Africa Civil Aviation Authority (SACCA)

1. Not applicable, (b) Not applicable, (c) (i), (ii), (iii); (aa), (bb), (cc): At the moment the South African Civil Aviation Authority does not make use of any security services to protect its head or any of its staff members, and/or their immediate family members.

Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC)

(c) The RTMC does not use security services paid for by the State for (i) its CEO (ii) his immediate family members (iii) any staff member.

(aa) N/A

(bb) N/A

(cc) N/A

Road Accident Fund (RAF)

(c) Neither the Board nor the CEO of the Road Accident Fund (RAF) make use of security services paid for by the State for (i) themselves, (ii) their immediate family members or (iii) any of the RAF staff members; the remainder of the questions in (aa), (bb), and (cc) are therefore not relevant to the RAF.

South African Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL)

(c)SANRAL does not make use of any security services for any individual or their family members; the remainder of the questions in (aa), (bb), and (cc) are therefore not relevant to SANRAL.

Roads Infringement Agency (RTIA)

(c) The Road Traffic Infringement Agency:

(i) The Registrar does not make use of security services paid for by the State,

(ii) Immediate family members of the Registrar do not make use of security services paid for by the State

(iii) No employee of the RTIA makes use of security services paid for by the State

(aa) Not Applicable

(bb) Not Applicable

(cc) Not Applicable

Cross Border Transport Agency (CBTR)

(c) The head of Cross-Border Road Transport Agency has not made use of security services paid for by the State for (i) himself, (ii) neither his immediate family members nor (iii) any of his staff members.

(aa) – (cc) Not applicable.

Railway Safety Regulator (RSR)

(c) (i) (ii) (iii) No, the RSR heads and / or bodies do not make use of security services for individuals,

staff members or families of employees.

Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA)

Ports Regulator South Africa (PRSA)

No staff member of the PRSA including the CEO make use of security services paid for by the State for him/herself, his/her immediate family members or any of their staff members. Nor has any security services paid for by the State been requested.

South Africa Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA)

The South African Maritime Authority (SAMSA) does not make use of nor pay for security services provided to any employee (including executive members), the Board members as well as their immediate family members.

Reply:

a) GREEN POINT STADIUM

The information was provided by the Provincial Department of Local Government in the Western Cape.

(i) (aa) Number of events held over the past three financial years:

	July 2013 – June 2014	July 2014 – June 2015	July 2015 – June 2016
TOTAL	104	118	117

(bb) What events were held over the past three financial years:

	July 2013 – June 2014	July 2014 – June 2015	July 2015 – June 2016
Concerts	3	7	2
Film Shoots	42	30	39
Sporting Events	27	34	34
Religious Events	0	2	3
Corporate Events	32	45	39
TOTAL	104	118	117

(ii) Total operational costs in 2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16. This expenditure is recovered from the event organisers.

 

	2013 – 2014	Total R	2014 – 2015	Total R	2015 – 2016	Total R
Concerts	3	R1,867,060	7	R3512,211	2	R1,047,834
Film Shoots	42	R271,171	30	R489,115	39	R203,480
Sporting Events	27	R120,775	34	R2,698,085	34	R6,346,455
Religious Events	0	0	2	R688,580	3	R1,298,492
Corporate Events	32	R516,802	45	R1,065,230	39	R779,960
TOTAL	104	R2,775,808	118	R8,453,221	117	R9,676,221

(ii) Revenue in 2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16

	2013 – 2014	Total R	2014 – 2015	Total R	2015 – 2016	Total R
Concerts	3	R3,578,252	7	R5,421,051	2	R123,022
Film Shoots	42	R1,229,604	30	R1,433,825	39	R789,539
Sporting Events	27	R2,295,849	34	R5,510,302	34	R9,798,168
Religious Events	0	0	2	R1,022,785	3	R2,132,795
Corporate Events	32	R1,375,792	45	R2,459,238	39	R1,103,524
TOTAL	104	R8,479,497	118	R15,847,200	117	R13,947,048

(iv) Maintenance costs in 2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16

The information requested is not recorded per event.

(v) The Stadium is fully operational and the intention is to establish a Municipal Entity which will become operational on 1 February 2018.

(b) MBOMBELA STADIUM

The City of Mbombela Local Municipality was contacted to provide a response to the above with particular reference to the Mbombela Stadium.

The response from the Municipality to the above-mentioned questions regarding the Mbombela Stadium is as follows:

(i) Number of events held

March 2014 – Feb 2015

Inside Bowl – Sport Events

• 21 Football
• 13 Rugby

Non- sport events

• 196 Events (Ranging from small meetings with no income or costs to large events attended by 55 000 persons)

March 2015-Feb 2016

Inside Bowl- Sport Events

• 19 Football
• 8 Rugby

Non- sport events (Small meetings, conference etc)

• 232 Events (Ranging from small meetings with no income or costs to large events attended by 55 000 persons)

March 2016-Feb 2017

Inside Bowl – Sport Events:

• 10 Football Matches
• 11 Rugby Matches

Non- sport events (Small meetings, conference etc)

• 223 Events ((Ranging from small meetings with no income or costs to large events attended by 55 000 persons)

(ii) Total operational costs

2014/15	2015/16	2016/17
R13,219,496.81	R9,232,754.21	R6,189,906.69

(iii) Revenue

2014/15	2015/16	2016/17
R14,194,076.22	R10,268,543.99	R 9,188,502.25

(iv) Maintenance costs

2014/15	2015/16	2016/17
R15,278,337.57	R13,481,344.75	R9,899,012.22

(v) The facility is being managed by a private operator in close cooperation with the City of Mbombela. The operator is responsible for the daily management of the facility and receives a monthly management fee from the municipality. The City is kept informed of the activities at the Stadium. Events are hosted on a self- sustaining basis. Small non- profitable events are being cross subsidised by the income from large profitable events. The facility is being managed with a strong focus on community accessibility and not only on a commercial basis. Much less activities would be hosted if profit was the only consideration. In addition to commercial activities the facility is being used on a daily basis by the local marathon, cycling, junior wrestling, local football clubs etc.

It is ideal to have football and rugby anchor tenants at the stadium as a platform to sell hospitality suites, advertising, naming rights etc.

The Steval Pumas, being a Rugby Team participating in the Premier Division of the Currie Cup Competition is based at the Stadium. The team plays all its Currie Cup home matches at the stadium. Four International Rugby matches have been hosted at the stadium since 2010 and the stadium has been included in the 2023 Rugby World Cup Bid Document that will be submitted to the IRB on 1 June 2017.

The previous football anchor tenant at the stadium namely Mpumalanga Black Aces FC was sold and the club has been relocated to Cape Town and is playing under a new name, Cape Town City FC. SuperSport United FC has entered into a three-year agreement with the City of Mbombela and Mbombela Stadium to play their top home matches as well as cup games at the Mbombela Stadium.

Annual provision is made on the municipality`s budget for the maintenance of the facility.

Reply:

a) The Minister and Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training utilises the security services provided by the South African Police Services.

b) No family members or staff of the Minister or Deputy Minister utilises security services paid for by the State.

c) No heads of entities/bodies or their family members or staff utilises security services paid for by the State.

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DIRECTOR – GENERAL

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QUESTION 1757 APPROVED/NOT APPROVED/AMENDED

Dr BE NZIMANDE, MP

MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING

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