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19 June 2017 - NW1419

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Steenkamp, Ms J to ask the Minister of Social Development

(a) What is the total number of cases of (i) fruitless, (ii) wasteful and (iii) irregular expenditure that were identified by the Auditor-General in her department in the (aa) 2014-15, (bb) 2015-16 and (cc) 2016-17 financial years and (b)(i) what was the total amount involved in each case and (ii) how much has been recovered in each case?

Reply:

 
  1. Total number of cases that were identified by the Auditor- General

(b)(i) what was the total amount involved in each case

b (ii) how much has been recovered in each case?

(aa)2014/2015)

(a)(i)Fruitless Expenditure

0

R0.00

R0.00

(a)(ii) Wasteful Expenditure

0

 

R0.00

R0.00

(a)(iii) Irregular Expenditure

9

R1 604 877.32

R0.00

(bb)2015/16

(a)(i)Fruitless Expenditure

1

R485 000.00

R0.00

(a)(ii) Wasteful Expenditure

0

R0.00

R0.00

(a)(iii) Irregular Expenditure

6

R3 063 101.94

R3 063 101.94

(cc)2016/17

(a)(i)Fruitless Expenditure

0

R0.00

R0.00

(a)(ii) Wasteful Expenditure

0

R0.00

R0.00

(a)(iii) Irregular Expenditure

1

R414 105.00

R414 105.00

(cc) 2016/2017 The Auditor-General is still busy with the 2016/2017 audit in the Department and it is not known what the final outcome will be until the final management report is issued on 14 July 2017.

19 June 2017 - NW1477

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Mhlongo, Mr TW to ask the Minister of Sport and Recreation

Whether he is aware of any disputes that involve boxers not being paid by boxing promoters; if so, what are the (a) details of the current disputes, (b) names of (i) boxing promoters and (ii) boxers involved and (c) amounts owed in each case?

Reply:

There are no disputes that involve boxers not being paid by promoters, which have been brought to our attention, as the Department of Sport and Recreation South Africa. The last dispute that involved boxers not being paid their purse money by promoters was resolved by the end of December 2016. The promoters responsible were subjected to a disciplinary process. In that respect the last incident took place in April 2016 and there hasn’t been any such incident since then.

(a) N/A

(b) (i) and (ii) N/A

(c) N/A

19 June 2017 - NW1479

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Kalyan, Ms SV to ask the Ms S V Kalyan (DA) to ask the Minister of Arts and Culture

Whether (a) his department and (b) each entity reporting to him procured any services from and or made any payments to (i) Bill Pottinger company or (ii) any other public relations firms; if not, in each case, why not; if so, in each case, what (aa) services were procured, (bb) was the cost, (cc) is the detailed breakdown of such costs, (dd) was the total amount paid, (ee) was the purpose of the payments and (ff) is the detailed breakdown of such payments

Reply:

We never procured any services from any of these organisations.

19 June 2017 - NW1033

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Robertson, Mr K to ask the Minister of Basic Education

With regard to her reply to question 127 on 23 March 2017, how many school pupils in each grade fell pregnant in each school district in the (a) 2014, (b) 2015 and (c) 2016 school years?

Reply:

Table 1: Number learners who fell pregnant, by district ad grade, in 2014

Province

District

Grade 3

Grade 4

Grade 5

Grade 6

Grade 7

Grade 8

Grade 9

Grade 10

Grade 11

Grade 12

other

Grand Total

EC

BUTTERWORTH

 

 

 

 

 

1

1

1

3

5

 

11

 

COFIMVABA

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

CRADOCK

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

7

11

6

 

29

 

DUTYWA

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

1

 

3

 

7

 

EAST LONDON

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

5

9

6

 

26

 

FORT BEAUFORT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

1

 

2

 

GRAAFF-REINET

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

1

2

1

 

5

 

GRAHAMSTOWN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

4

 

11

 

KING WILLIAMS TOWN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

4

4

 

9

 

LADY FRERE

 

 

 

 

 

1

1

3

4

6

 

15

 

LIBODE

 

 

 

 

 

2

3

2

1

8

 

16

 

LUSIKISIKI

 

 

 

 

3

7

6

8

8

5

 

37

 

MALUTI

 

 

 

 

3

 

2

2

1

5

 

13

 

MBIZANA

 

 

 

4

3

18

26

38

57

40

 

186

 

MT FLETCHER

 

 

 

 

 

2

4

1

5

1

 

13

 

MT FRERE

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

1

5

4

 

11

 

MTHATHA

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

2

1

1

 

6

 

NGCOBO

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

PORT ELIZABETH

 

 

 

1

2

1

2

6

14

9

 

35

 

QUEENSTOWN

 

 

 

 

 

1

1

 

4

5

 

11

 

QUMBU

 

 

 

 

3

1

6

6

6

7

 

29

 

STERKSPRUIT

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

14

16

8

 

39

 

UITENHAGE

 

 

 

 

1

2

1

 

5

5

 

14

 

Total

 

 

 

5

16

42

67

99

164

134

 

527

FS

FEZILE DABI

 

 

 

1

 

5

11

16

21

15

 

69

 

LEJWLEPUTSWA

 

 

 

2

4

9

11

28

30

50

4

138

 

MOTHEO

 

 

 

2

2

7

20

47

37

69

5

189

 

THABO MOFUTSANYANA

 

1

 

7

1

3

38

75

63

98

3

289

 

XHARIEP

 

 

 

 

 

3

15

16

16

30

 

80

 

Total

 

1

 

12

7

27

95

182

167

262

12

765

GT

EKURHULENI NORTH

 

 

 

1

7

16

61

108

121

110

20

444

 

EKURHULENI SOUTH

 

 

1

3

8

19

71

190

203

165

1

661

 

GAUTENG EAST

 

 

 

2

5

12

56

141

122

80

 

418

 

GAUTENG NORTH

 

 

 

 

 

10

14

40

36

49

 

149

 

GAUTENG WEST

 

 

1

 

9

16

50

115

81

64

 

336

 

JOHANNESBURG CENTRAL

 

 

 

 

6

12

33

103

108

86

 

348

 

JOHANNESBURG EAST

 

 

1

2

5

10

18

70

92

59

5

262

 

JOHANNESBURG NORTH

 

 

 

1

2

12

29

91

76

72

5

288

 

JOHANNESBURG SOUTH

 

 

 

1

1

8

23

59

92

75

 

259

 

JOHANNESBURG WEST

 

 

 

 

1

8

29

73

70

53

 

234

 

SEDIBENG EAST

 

 

 

 

1

4

34

44

21

29

 

133

 

SEDIBENG WEST

 

 

 

2

10

17

45

107

84

77

 

342

 

TSHWANE NORTH

 

 

 

 

6

11

58

139

120

87

 

421

 

TSHWANE SOUTH

 

 

 

2

6

31

82

122

112

96

1

452

 

TSHWANE WEST

 

 

1

2

4

15

36

139

148

102

23

470

 

Total

 

 

4

16

71

201

639

1 541

1 486

1 204

55

5 217

KZN

AMAJUBA

 

 

 

 

 

5

8

28

25

18

 

84

 

ILEMBE

 

 

 

6

1

10

24

78

98

75

 

292

 

PINETOWN

 

 

 

 

2

12

34

76

67

64

 

255

 

SISONKE

 

 

 

1

2

3

4

7

12

16

 

45

 

UGU

 

 

1

1

3

21

55

106

119

124

 

430

 

UMGUNGUNDLOVU

 

 

 

 

2

5

28

46

57

70

2

210

 

UMKHANYAKUDE

 

 

1

4

7

38

69

136

161

152

 

568

 

UMLAZI

 

 

 

3

2

8

27

70

113

121

4

348

 

UMZINYATHI

2

2

4

2

3

9

13

32

41

40

 

148

 

UTHUKELA

 

 

 

 

2

5

8

16

18

20

 

69

 

UTHUNGULU

 

 

 

1

9

19

45

77

88

105

2

346

 

ZULULAND

5

5

6

9

16

11

23

59

53

57

 

244

 

Total

7

7

12

27

49

146

338

731

852

862

8

3 039

LP

LEBOWAKGOMO

 

 

 

 

 

2

6

24

22

25

 

79

 

MOGALAKWENA

 

 

 

 

 

2

4

6

6

4

 

22

 

MOPANI

 

 

 

2

 

5

17

20

20

20

2

86

 

POLOKWANE

 

1

 

2

1

8

22

41

28

29

 

132

 

RIBA CROSS

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

2

4

 

 

7

 

SEKHUKHUNE

 

 

 

 

 

1

4

11

11

5

 

32

 

TSHIPISE SAGOLE

 

 

 

 

 

7

5

4

3

2

 

21

 

TZANEEN

 

 

 

 

 

4

8

9

8

11

 

40

 

VHEMBE

 

 

 

1

4

7

34

68

49

47

 

210

 

WATERBERG

 

 

 

1

1

1

4

12

10

5

 

34

 

Total

 

1

 

6

6

37

105

197

161

148

2

663

MP

BOHLABELA

1

0

66

80

107

25

50

98

89

60

 

576

 

EHLANZENI

 

 

6

12

26

238

298

402

363

289

1

1 635

 

GERT SIBANDE

2

8

10

11

12

49

71

122

102

155

 

542

 

NKANGALA

 

1

1

2

24

45

71

101

116

89

7

457

 

Total

3

9

83

105

169

357

490

723

670

593

8

3 210

NC

FRANCES BAARD

 

 

2

6

4

16

43

63

67

49

 

250

 

JOHN TAOLO GAETSEWA

 

 

 

1

21

20

40

123

101

49

 

355

 

NAMAKWA

 

 

 

1

4

3

13

14

16

19

 

70

 

PIXLEY KA SEME

1

 

1

3

10

30

56

179

94

70

 

444

 

Total

1

 

3

11

39

69

152

379

278

187

 

1 119

NW

GREATER TAUNG

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

3

 

 

4

 

KAGISANO MOLOPO

 

1

 

1

2

3

7

4

2

 

 

20

 

KGETLENG RIVER

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

1

 

 

2

 

LETLHABILE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

4

1

 

9

 

LICHTENBURG

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

10

2

3

 

16

 

MADIBENG

 

 

 

 

5

 

 

1

4

3

93

106

 

MAFIKENG

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

MATLOSANA

 

 

 

 

 

194

265

141

63

26

2

691

 

MORETELE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

4

3

 

11

 

MOSES KOTANE WEST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

1

 

3

 

POTCHEFSTROOM

 

 

 

 

1

2

3

14

7

6

 

33

 

REKOPANTSWE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

3

 

 

5

 

RUSTENBURG

 

 

 

 

1

3

4

15

11

16

 

50

 

TALEDI

 

 

 

 

 

1

1

 

 

 

 

2

 

Total

 

1

 

1

10

203

282

196

106

59

95

953

WC

CAPE WINELANDS

 

 

2

8

11

26

83

121

122

126

 

499

 

EDEN AND CENTRAL KAROO

 

 

2

1

9

20

56

92

111

119

 

410

 

METRO CENTRAL

 

 

 

 

3

14

60

64

82

92

 

315

 

METRO EAST

 

 

 

2

3

13

70

88

92

109

 

377

 

METRO NORTH

 

 

 

1

7

45

92

131

136

124

 

536

 

METRO SOUTH

 

 

 

6

9

24

70

90

78

100

 

377

 

OVERBERG

 

 

 

3

 

10

27

34

41

40

 

155

 

WEST COAST

 

 

1

4

7

14

40

51

47

30

1

195

 

Total

 

 

5

25

49

166

498

671

709

740

1

2 864

National

11

19

107

208

416

1 248

2 666

4 719

4 593

4 189

181

18 357

Source 1: 2014 Annual School Survey

Note 2: The ASS question on learner pregnancy asks the school principal for: “the number of learners (That they are aware of) who got pregnant the previous academic year”.

Note 3: The data, as received from the provinces, are preliminary and must be treated with caution, since it has not been published in this format.

Table 2: Number learners who fell pregnant, by district ad grade, in 2015

Province

District

Grade 3

Grade 4

Grade 5

Grade 6

 

Grade 7

Grade 8

Grade 9

 

Grade 10

Grade 11

Grade 12

Other

Grand Total

EC

CRADOCK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

1

 

DUTYWA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

3

 

EAST LONDON

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

2

 

 

3

 

GRAAFF-REINET

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

1

 

1

 

 

 

3

 

GRAHAMSTOWN

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

1

1

 

3

 

LIBODE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

5

9

 

16

 

LUSIKISIKI

 

 

 

 

 

3

1

1

 

11

17

10

 

43

 

MALUTI

 

 

 

1

 

1

 

 

 

 

1

1

 

4

 

MBIZANA

 

 

 

1

 

1

15

14

 

15

29

18

 

93

 

MT FLETCHER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

1

 

MT FRERE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

2

 

3

 

MTHATA

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

4

 

2

7

 

 

14

 

NGCOBO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

PORT ELIZABETH

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

3

7

6

 

18

 

QUEENSTOWN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

4

4

3

 

13

 

QUMBU

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

4

2

3

 

10

 

STERKSPRUIT

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

3

1

 

7

 

UITENHAGE

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

2

2

2

 

7

 

Total

 

 

2

2

 

6

19

26

 

49

82

57

 

243

FS

FEZILE DABI

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

5

 

28

30

23

 

88

 

LEJWELEPUTSWA

 

 

 

2

 

3

3

10

 

38

28

47

 

131

 

MOTHEO

 

 

 

1

 

2

7

20

 

34

35

61

 

160

 

THABO MOFUTSANYANA

1

1

4

1

 

11

13

17

 

65

70

73

 

256

 

XHARIEP

 

 

 

2

 

3

4

4

 

13

16

17

 

59

 

Total

1

1

4

6

 

19

29

56

 

178

179

221

 

694

GT

EKURHULENI NORTH

 

 

 

 

 

4

16

46

 

111

156

102

 

435

 

EKURHULENI SOUTH

 

 

 

3

 

6

41

84

 

127

186

124

 

571

 

GAUTENG EAST

 

1

1

 

 

9

29

50

 

145

148

115

 

498

 

GAUTENG NORTH

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

17

 

30

28

20

 

97

 

GAUTENG WEST

 

 

 

1

 

12

20

56

 

139

110

112

 

450

 

JOHANNESBURG CENTRAL

 

 

2

2

 

4

5

26

 

94

107

81

 

321

 

JOHANNESBURG EAST

 

 

 

 

 

4

13

34

 

89

108

70

 

318

 

JOHANNESBURG NORTH

 

 

 

1

 

3

26

51

 

113

103

90

 

387

 

JOHANNESBURG SOUTH

 

 

 

1

 

1

11

30

 

55

89

74

 

261

 

JOHANNESBURG WEST

 

 

 

1

 

2

9

25

 

30

65

37

 

169

 

SEDIBENG EAST

 

 

 

 

 

1

3

9

 

33

51

33

 

130

 

SEDIBENG WEST

 

 

 

 

 

1

21

43

 

98

124

94

 

381

 

TSHWANE NORTH

 

 

 

 

 

4

9

41

 

125

123

92

 

394

 

TSHWANE SOUTH

 

 

 

2

 

2

22

52

 

102

142

89

5

416

 

TSHWANE WEST

 

 

1

2

 

3

12

46

 

119

149

86

 

418

 

Total

 

1

4

13

 

56

239

610

 

1 410

1 689

1 219

5

5 246

KZN

AMAJUBA

0

0

0

0

 

2

7

27

 

78

113

97

0

324

 

ILEMBE

0

0

0

0

 

1

6

15

 

34

52

26

0

134

 

PINETOWN

0

0

0

1

 

4

16

42

 

89

121

82

0

355

 

SISONKE

0

0

0

0

 

0

2

0

 

11

8

9

 

30

 

UGU

0

0

1

0

 

2

17

24

 

71

96

90

0

301

 

UMGUNGUNDLOVU

0

0

0

0

 

0

6

16

 

26

35

42

0

125

 

UMKHANYAKUDE

 

 

 

1

 

3

2

5

 

12

17

12

 

52

 

UMLAZI

0

0

0

0

 

0

8

39

 

84

99

129

0

359

 

UMZINYATHI

0

0

0

0

 

1

0

4

 

16

17

19

0

57

 

UTHUKELA

0

0

0

0

 

0

1

0

 

14

9

14

0

38

 

UTHUNGULU

0

0

1

2

 

1

16

44

 

65

109

92

0

330

 

ZULULAND

2

2

2

2

 

4

6

19

 

53

53

61

99

303

 

Total

2

2

4

6

 

18

87

235

 

553

729

673

99

2 408

LP

CAPRICORN

0

0

0

0

 

1

6

37

 

94

62

66

0

266

 

GREATER SEKHUKHUNE

0

0

0

1

 

1

1

7

 

15

15

16

1

57

 

MOPANI

0

0

0

1

 

3

5

20

 

39

39

22

0

129

 

POLOKWANE

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

0

 

0

0

0

 

0

 

VHEMBE

0

0

0

2

 

1

20

80

 

158

95

72

0

428

 

WATERBERG

0

0

0

0

 

3

2

4

 

2

5

13

0

29

 

Total

0

0

0

4

 

9

34

148

 

308

216

189

1

909

MP

BOHLABELA

0

0

2

3

 

5

12

27

 

46

74

54

8

231

 

EHLANZENI

2

0

3

11

 

23

242

281

 

378

307

184

15

1446

 

GERT SIBANDE

0

0

0

3

 

11

35

45

 

83

87

60

0

324

 

NKANGALA

2

0

1

5

 

133

120

136

 

100

93

80

99

769

 

Total

4

0

6

22

 

172

409

489

 

607

561

378

122

2 770

NC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

0

 

NAMAKWA

0

0

0

0

 

0

1

0

 

4

0

1

0

6

 

PIXLEY-KA-SEME

0

0

0

1

 

3

0

2

 

10

8

5

0

29

 

SIYANDA

 

 

 

2

 

1

3

2

 

4

8

14

 

34

 

Total

0

0

0

3

 

4

4

4

 

18

16

20

0

69

NW

BRITS

0

0

0

0

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

DITSOBOTLA

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

GREATER DELAREYVILLE

0

0

0

1

 

1

2

8

 

10

11

5

0

38

 

GREATER TAUNG

0

0

0

0

 

0

7

11

 

14

9

4

0

45

 

KAGISANO MOLOPO

0

0

0

0

 

0

0

1

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

KGETLENG RIVER

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

LICHTENBURG

0

0

0

0

 

0

0

1

 

2

 

2

 

5

 

MADIBENG

0

0

0

2

 

1

0

1

 

0

2

1

0

7

 

MAHIKENG

0

0

0

0

 

1

4

12

 

14

16

12

 

59

 

MAQUASSI HILLS

0

0

0

0

 

0

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

MATLOSANA

0

0

0

0

 

0

4

8

 

16

18

8

0

54

 

MORETELE

0

0

0

0

 

0

0

4

 

3

5

5

 

17

 

MOSES KOTANE EAST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

1

 

MOSES KOTANE WEST

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

0

 

2

0

1

 

3

 

RUSTENBURG

0

0

0

1

 

0

0

2

 

2

7

5

0

17

 

TALEDI

0

0

0

0

 

0

5

6

 

6

2

1

0

20

 

TLOKWE

0

0

0

0

 

0

0

0

 

2

3

1

0

6

 

Total

0

0

0

4

 

3

23

54

 

71

73

46

0

274

WC

CAPE WINELANDS

 

 

 

5

 

12

16

60

 

113

133

104

 

443

 

EDEN AND CENTRAL KAR

 

 

1

 

 

6

10

53

 

106

128

125

 

429

 

METRO CENTRAL

 

 

2

2

 

5

14

38

 

83

83

103

 

330

 

METRO EAST

 

 

 

3

 

6

28

78

 

86

108

115

 

424

 

METRO NORTH

 

 

 

2

 

7

52

80

 

107

143

118

 

509

 

METRO SOUTH

 

 

3

 

 

3

21

60

 

94

139

109

 

429

 

OVERBERG

 

 

 

4

 

3

9

40

 

34

22

30

 

142

 

WEST COAST

 

 

1

2

 

3

15

34

 

45

43

42

 

185

 

Total

 

 

7

18

 

45

165

443

 

668

799

746

 

2 891

National

7

4

27

78

 

332

1 009

2 065

 

3 862

4 344

3 549

227

15 504

Source 1: 2015 Annual School Survey

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

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

Table 3: Number learners who fell pregnant, by district ad grade, in 2016

Province

District

Grade 3

Grade 4

Grade 5

Grade 6

Grade 7

Grade 8

Grade 9

Grade 10

Grade 11

Grade 12

Other

Total

EC

CRADOCK

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

2

 

DUTYWA

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

1

 

EAST LONDON

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

2

2

4

0

9

 

FORT BEAUFORT

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

2

0

0

3

 

GRAAFF-REINET

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

 

GRAHAMSTOWN

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

 

1

0

2

 

KING WILLIAMS TOWN

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

1

0

3

 

LUSIKISIKI

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

 

MALUTI

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

0

1

0

3

 

MBIZANA

0

0

0

0

0

1

4

5

18

15

0

43

 

MT FLETCHER

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

1

0

1

0

4

 

MT FRERE

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

 

MTHATHA

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

1

 

PORT ELIZABETH

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

1

5

0

8

 

QUEENSTOWN

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 

1

0

0

1

 

QUMBU

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

4

5

5

0

14

 

STERKSPRUIT

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

0

0

2

 

UITENHAGE

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

3

0

2

0

7

 

Total

0

0

0

1

1

5

10

20

32

37

0

106

FS

FEZILE DABI

1

0

0

0

 

4

3

5

3

20

0

36

 

LEJWELEPUTSWA

0

0

0

1

2

7

12

19

16

23

0

80

 

MOTHEO

0

0

1

2

9

3

13

32

29

28

0

117

 

THABO MOFUTSANYANA

0

0

0

0

7

17

19

60

64

53

0

220

 

XHARIEP

0

0

0

0

1

0

3

8

8

14

0

34

 

Total

1

0

1

3

19

31

50

124

120

138

0

487

GT

EKURHULENI NORTH

0

0

1

2

3

29

54

111

104

82

0

386

 

EKURHULENI SOUTH

0

0

0

1

2

29

44

90

110

112

0

388

 

GAUTENG EAST

0

0

0

1

5

27

55

154

160

113

0

515

 

GAUTENG NORTH

0

0

0

0

1

2

9

26

28

29

0

95

 

GAUTENG WEST

0

0

0

1

7

14

29

100

114

110

0

376

 

JOHANNESBURG CENTRAL

0

0

0

0

1

20

31

95

100

61

0

308

 

JOHANNESBURG EAST

0

0

0

0

1

7

10

48

48

56

0

170

 

JOHANNESBURG NORTH

0

0

0

0

2

7

31

82

100

82

0

305

 

JOHANNESBURG SOUTH

0

0

0

0

3

11

24

95

103

60

0

296

 

JOHANNESBURG WEST

0

0

0

0

1

8

21

47

34

55

0

166

 

SEDIBENG EAST

0

0

0

0

0

5

9

30

23

24

0

91

 

SEDIBENG WEST

0

0

0

0

0

13

34

75

90

97

0

309

 

TSHWANE NORTH

0

0

0

0

2

12

32

99

97

59

0

301

 

TSHWANE SOUTH

0

0

0

1

1

21

54

86

123

94

0

380

 

TSHWANE WEST

0

0

0

1

2

8

49

122

102

76

0

360

 

Total

0

0

1

7

31

213

486

1 260

1 336

1 110

0

4 446

KZN

AMAJUBA

3

3

0

1

0

6

19

44

34

36

0

146

 

HARRY GWALA

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

4

4

7

0

16

 

ILEMBE

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

2

5

0

8

 

PINETOWN

0

0

0

0

1

8

12

43

34

40

0

138

 

UGU

0

0

0

0

0

1

3

9

14

11

0

38

 

UMGUNGUNDLOVU

0

0

0

0

0

3

6

8

12

11

0

40

 

UMKHANYAKUDE

16

14

22

18

20

4

8

20

25

24

0

171

 

UMLAZI

0

0

0

0

3

6

12

28

52

62

97

260

 

UMZINYATHI

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 

UTHUKELA

0

0

0

0

 

0

1

 

1

3

0

5

 

UTHUNGULU

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

1

 

ZULULAND

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

2

0

4

 

Total

19

17

22

19

24

29

63

158

178

201

97

827

LP

LEBOWAKGOMO

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

7

7

18

0

33

 

MOGALAKWENA

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

2

0

4

 

MOPANI

0

0

0

4

0

8

31

54

53

46

0

196

 

POLOKWANE

0

0

0

0

0

3

6

27

25

25

0

86

 

RIBA CROSS

0

0

0

0

0

0

4

1

0

8

0

13

 

SEKHUKHUNE

0

0

0

0

0

0

3

9

8

7

0

27

 

TSHIPISE-SAGOLE

0

0

0

0

0

 

1

3

3

7

0

14

 

TZANEEN

0

0

0

0

0

4

4

9

10

8

0

35

 

VHEMBE

0

0

0

5

5

19

46

110

92

77

0

354

 

WATERBERG

0

0

0

0

0

1

6

20

25

14

0

66

 

Total

0

0

0

9

5

35

103

241

223

212

0

828

NW

DITSOBOTLA

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

1

2

0

5

 

GREATER DELAREYVILLE

0

0

0

0

2

3

21

43

19

11

0

99

 

GREATER TAUNG

0

0

0

0

0

8

12

24

17

11

0

72

 

KAGISANO MOLOPO

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

6

0

1

0

8

 

MADIBENG

0

0

0

0

2

0

1

0

1

0

0

4

 

MAHIKENG

0

1

0

0

1

1

1

1

10

19

0

34

 

MAQUASSI HILLS

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 

MATLOSANA

0

0

0

0

0

0

3

15

13

9

0

40

 

MORETELE

0

0

0

0

0

1

2

2

2

0

0

7

 

MOSES KOTANE EAST

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

3

0

3

 

MOSES KOTANE WEST

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

2

0

0

3

 

RAMOTSHERE MOILOA

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

7

6

10

0

25

 

REKOPANTSWE

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

6

8

6

0

20

 

RUSTENBURG

0

0

0

0

0

3

6

1

11

3

0

24

 

TALEDI

0

0

0

0

0

0

3

0

1

3

0

7

 

TLOKWE

0

0

0

0

0

1

4

1

0

2

0

8

 

Total

0

1

0

0

5

17

56

109

91

80

0

359

WC

CAPE WINELANDS

0

0

0

3

13

22

53

73

95

121

0

380

 

EDEN AND CENTRAL KAROO

0

0

0

1

11

12

39

76

77

90

0

306

 

METRO CENTRAL

0

0

0

1

1

10

35

67

89

94

0

297

 

METRO EAST

0

0

1

 

5

43

64

114

116

116

0

459

 

METRO NORTH

0

0

0

2

2

40

52

71

88

100

0

355

 

METRO SOUTH

0

0

1

 

5

24

59

64

78

90

0

321

 

OVERBERG

0

1

2

5

5

25

30

31

27

17

0

143

 

WEST COAST

0

0

1

3

6

11

37

30

42

38

0

168

 

Total

0

1

5

15

48

187

369

526

612

666

0

2 429

NC

FRANCES BAARD

0

0

0

0

1

0

2

2

3

3

0

11

 

JOHN TAOLO GAETSEWE

0

0

0

0

1

1

1

2

3

2

0

10

 

NAMAKWA

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

2

0

0

4

 

SIYANDA

0

0

0

0

1

1

6

28

12

12

0

60

 

SPRINGBOK

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

1

1

0

4

 

Z.F.MGCAWU

0

0

0

0

0

3

18

15

19

13

0

68

 

Total

0

0

0

0

3

6

27

50

40

31

0

157

Total

20

19

29

54

136

523

1 164

2 488

2 632

2 475

97

9 639

Source 1: 2014 Annual School Survey

Note 1: 2016 data for Mpumalanga are not yet available.

Note 2: The ASS question on learner pregnancy asks the school principal for: “the number of learners (That they are aware of) who got pregnant the previous academic year”.

Note 3: The data, as received from the provinces, are preliminary and must be treated with caution, since it has not been published in this format.

Note 4: The ASS data for Gauteng included in 2016 – is different from data provided by Gauteng – a difference of 98. The DBE is awaiting verified data from Gauteng.

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Madisha, Mr WM to ask the Minister of Mineral Resources

Whether, with reference to his replies to question 27 on 2 March 2016, question 287 on 14 March 2016 and question 1155 on 10 May 2016, and in view of the leaked e-mails that have been published in the media recently, which indicate that he had travelled to Switzerland with a number of members of a certain family (name furnished) and a certain person (named furnished), he travelled to Switzerland with the specified family members and the specified person in 2015; if not, how did he travel to Switzerland; if so, (a) what were the circumstances of the specified trip and (b) what is his relationship with the specified person?

Reply:

In confirmation and further to the responses to questions 287 on 14 March 2016 and question 1155 on 10 May 2016, the Minister and officials from the department made an official trip as part of his mandate and in keeping with the undertakings made to avoid job losses.

Approved/Not Approved

Mr MJ Zwane, MP

Minister of Mineral Resources

Date Submitted:-……………/………………/2017

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Lees, Mr RA to ask the Minister of Finance

(1)Whether any outstanding value-added tax (VAT) refunds were due from the SA Revenue Service (SARS) to a certain company (OAKBAY ENTERPRISES) for each of the past three tax years; if so, (2) whether any VAT refunds were paid to the specified company in 2017; if so, (a) what amount of the VAT refund was paid and (b) into which bank account was the VAT refund paid; (3) whether the value-added tax refund paid to a certain company (name furnished) was audited; if so, what time period did it take SARS to audit the VAT refund; (4) whether the bank account in which the refund was paid was verified as belonging to the specified company in that the company furnished SARS with copies of identification documents, stamped letters from the bank and proof of address; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (5) whether any legal advice was sought on the legal ramifications of SARS paying the specified refund; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the relevant details of the legal opinions obtained from (i) the legal advisors of SARS and (ii) any external legal advisors and (b) were these legal opinions taken into account when the decision was taken to effect the refund payment?

Reply:

The South African Revenue Service is, in terms of the provisions of Chapter 6 of the Tax Administration Act, bound to treat all taxpayers’ affairs as confidential and may not divulge any aspects pertaining to the affairs of any taxpayer.

The Commissioner can therefore not divulge any details relating to this matter.

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Grootboom, Mr GA to ask the Minister of Arts and Culture’

With reference to the allocations of funds by his department for orchestras in each province, on which projects and/or initiatives was the funding allocated to the (a) North West and (b) Limpopo spent

Reply:

The DAC did not allocate funds directly to orchestras, rather funds were ring fenced within the budget of the National Arts Council and transferred to 3 orchestras based on submitted proposals and contracts in 2016/17 in the Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal. No orchestras were directly funded in Limpopo or North West in the year under review. The Limpopo Youth Orchestra will however be provided with an opportunity to participate in a cultural programme in Kuwait in October 2017 as part of a cultural exchange programme. In this regard, the DAC will cover the international flights, per diems and performance fees, while the government of Kuwait will cover domestic hosting costs.

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Lees, Mr RA to ask the Minister of Finance

(1)Whether, with reference to the reported value-added tax (VAT) refund to a certain company (name furnished) around the first week of June 2017, the specified company requested that the specified refund be paid into (a) a foreign bank account and/or (b) an attorney’s trust account; if so, (2) was the refund paid into a foreign bank account and/or an attorney’s trust account; if so, in each case, who authorised the payment; (3) whether the tax affairs of the (a) specified company and (b) associated family (name furnished) and any other associated persons are handled by the VIP unit of the SA Revenue Service (SARS); if so, what are the (i) provisions that the SARS VIP unit rely on to handle the tax affairs of the specified taxpayers and (ii) detailed reasons for the SARS VIP unit to handle the tax affairs of the specified taxpayers?

Reply:

The South African Revenue Service is, in terms of the provisions of Chapter 6 of the Tax Administration Act, bound to treat all taxpayers’ affairs as confidential and may not divulge any aspects pertaining to the affairs of any taxpayer.

The Commissioner can therefore not divulge any details relating to this matter.

19 June 2017 - NW1539

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Kohler, Ms D to ask the Minister of Public Works

(1)How many permanent employees of each municipality were found to have been recipients of Extended Public Works Programme jobs while in the employ of the specified municipalities (a) in the (i) 2014-15, (ii) 2015-16 and (iii) 2016-17 financial years and (b) since 1 April 2017; (2) have any of the specified employees (a) been (i) suspended, (ii) arrested and (iii) dismissed or (b) faced any other form of sanction as a result; if not, in each case, why not; if so, what are the relevant details in each case?

Reply:

The information required involves a lot of stakeholders whom we are still engaging. Therefore in order for us to provided accurate information we will need more clarity from them. A comprehensive reply will follow soon.

 

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Mackenzie, Mr C to ask the Minister of Women in the Presidency

Whether any staff of (a) her department and (b) each entity reporting to her were 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; if so, what are the (aa)(aaa) names and (bbb) professional designations of the staff members and (bb)(aaa) details of the contract(s) and/or agreement(s) awarded and (bbb) amounts in each case?

Reply:

Not applicable.

________________________

Approved by the Minister on

Date………………………..

19 June 2017 - NW1379

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Nkomo, Ms SJ to ask the Minister of Health

(1)Whether, with reference to the Medical Schemes Act, Act 131 of 1998, he has found it to be just and in the interests of the provision of medical cover to all South Africans, that late joiners to medical aids, especially people over the age of 35 years are penalized in terms of paying higher medical aid rates because of them not being a member of a medical aid scheme at the age of 35 (details furnished); (2) would he consider motivating to cabinet to have this section of the Act repealed in the interests of making medical aid cover more financially accessible to new members over the age of 35; if so, what are the relevant details?

Reply:

(1) Late joiner penalties (LJP) forms part of the regulations made in terms of the Medical Schemes Act, 1998 (Act No. 131 of 1998) ("the Act")). Regulations 11 and 13 of the said regulations, refer to instances where a member wants to join a medical scheme after the age of 35 and LJP is determined by the number of years that a person was not a member of a scheme (from the age of 21) prior to the application for membership of a medical scheme. The LJP is aimed at protecting the accumulated risk pool funds from being accepted by high risk late joiners who have not contributed to them. It is also meant to incentivize people to join a medical scheme at an earlier age so that the penalty can be mitigated/avoided. There are circumstances that prevent persons from joining a Medical Scheme at an early stage. For such persons a late joiner penalty is unjust.

(2) The application of the LJP is discretionary and a scheme can choose not to apply to a member after applying to join a medical scheme after the age of 35. The Department is currently in the process of preparing amendments to the Medical Schemes Act. The matter of the Late Jointer Penalty is being reviewed as part of this process.

END.

19 June 2017 - NW1488

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Lotriet, Prof A to ask the Minister of Health

Whether (a) his department and (b) each entity reporting to him procured any services from and/or made any payments to (i) a certain company (name furnished) or (ii) any other public relations firms; if not, in each case, why not; if so, in each case, what (aa) services were procured, (bb) was the total cost, (cc) is the detailed breakdown of such costs, (dd) was the total amount paid, (ee) was the purpose of the payments and (ff) is the detailed breakdown of such payments?

Reply:

No, neither the Department nor entities reporting to it procured services and/or made payments to the company in question.

END.

19 June 2017 - NW1453

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Hadebe, Mr TZ to ask the Minister of Social Development

What is the annual cost of implementing the means test for old age pensions?

Reply:

SASSA has not conducted a formal study into the cost of applying the means test. However, research conducted by the Economic Research Policy Institute (EPRI) in 2011, when working with UNICEF on a paper regarding the Universalisation of the Child Support Grant, noted “The means test does impose administrative and time costs on SASSA employees and beneficiaries, but more significant costs occur during the monitoring of the grant.” The same will hold true for the older persons grant.

In an internal exercise conducted by SASSA in 2013, the direct average cost of completing an application for a social grant (excluding the disability related costs, where the direct costs are much higher, as the cost of the medical assessment must be factored in) was R89,73. This is largely driven by the amount of time it takes to complete an application, and does not factor in costs incurred by the beneficiary. This amount will require review, given the increase in staff costs since this time.

Based on trends over the past financial years, an average of approximately 200 000 new applications for grants for older persons are processed. If a unit cost of R89,73 per application is taken into account, then the cost for administering these applications is R17 946 000. While this total cost cannot be attributed to the cost of administering the means test, it does contribute a large portion of the costs.

19 June 2017 - NW1449

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Grootboom, Mr GA to ask the Minister of Social Development

(a) What is the total number of persons who were employed at early childhood development centers in the (i) 2014, (ii) 2015, (iii) 2016 and (iv) 2017 academic years, (b) what number of the specified persons were assessed against the Child Protection Register and (c) what number of the specified persons were found not suitable to work with children in each case?

Reply:

(a) What is the total number of persons who were employed at early childhood development centers in the (i) 2014, (ii) 2015, (iii) 2016 and (iv) 2017 academic years,

The above Parliamentary Question has provincial implications and at the time of reply no response was received from Provinces.

(b) the Child Protection Register classifies organisations only as employers and not in terms of their functions, namely early childhood development centers. However, the number of employees screened in (i) 2014 were 30010, (ii) 2015 were 32780, (iii) 2016 were 39203 and 2017 were 3921 (April and May), and (c) No specified persons in respect of early childhood development centers were found not suitable to work with children in each case.

19 June 2017 - NW1728

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King, Ms C to ask the Minister of Mineral Resources

Whether any staff of (a) his department and (b) each entity reporting to him were 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; if so, what are the (aa)(aaa) names and (bbb) professional designations of the staff members and (bb)(aaa) details of the contract(s) and/or agreement(s) awarded and (bbb) amounts in each case?

Reply:

Whether any staff of (a) his department and (b) each entity reporting to him were 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; if so, what are the (aa)(aaa) names and (bbb) professional designations of the staff members and (bb)(aaa) details of the contract(s) and/or agreement(s) awarded and (bbb) amounts in each case?

   

(i)

(ii)

(iii)

  1. DPT

DMR

The Department does not have proven information pertaining to any staff member having been awarded any contracts or agreements to conduct business with any state entity in the (i) 2014-15, 2015-16 and (iii) 2016-17 financial years.

b)Entities

CGS

No

No

No

 

MINTEK

No

No

No

 

SDT

No

No

No

 

SADPMR

No

No

No

 

MHSC

No

No

No

Approved/Not Approved

Mr MJ Zwane, MP

Minister of Mineral Resources

Date Submitted:-……………/………………/2017

19 June 2017 - NW1389

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Bozzoli, Prof B to ask the Minister of Higher Education and Training

With regard to the total number of students receiving funding from the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) in the 2016 academic year, what is the reason for the discrepancy between the figure of total number of students stated in his reply to question 606 on 24 April 2017 as 470 352, and the figure of 405 000 quoted by a certain person (name and details furnished) during a presentation to the Portfolio Committee on Higher Education on 3 May 2017?

Reply:

The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) provided the Department on 4 April 2017 with unaudited data for the 2016 academic year. The unaudited 470 352 NSFAS funded students consisted of 244 488 university and 225 864 Technical and Vocational Education and Training college students as stated in my response to Parliamentary Question 606. Audited 2016 numbers will be submitted upon completion of the external 2016/17 audit process currently underway at NSFAS.

The 405 000 students mentioned by the NSFAS Chairperson refers to the Medium Term Strategic Framework 2016 targeted number of students to be funded.

The difference between the targeted number of students and unaudited funded students is due to the additional allocation NSFAS received for historic debt funding during the 2016 academic year.

COMPILER/CONTACT PERSONS:

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DIRECTOR – GENERAL

STATUS:

DATE:

QUESTION 1389 APPROVED/NOT APPROVED/AMENDED

Dr BE NZIMANDE, MP

MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING

STATUS:

DATE:

19 June 2017 - NW1522

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Vos, Mr J to ask the Minister of Arts and Culture

With reference to his department’s expenditure of nearly 10% of its institutional budget on monitoring and evaluation annually, (a) which (i) entities and (ii) projects have been evaluated to date, (b) what corrective measures were instituted against poor performing entities and projects to date and (c) which (i) entities and (ii) projects have been identified as not performing well?

Reply:

a. (i) The performance of all the Department’s entities is reviewed (evaluated) on a regular basis.

(ii). similarly, the department conducts implementation reviews (evaluation) on its programmes and projects on regular basis through project in-year reviews and oversight visits with intention to improve operational effectiveness and efficiency. The flags in every school programme and the library conditional grants are some of the programmes that were recently reviewed. Furthermore, the Department has established the South African Cultural Observatory (SACO) to conduct mapping studies and other studies on cross cutting issues on the arts, culture and heritage sector. Twenty (20) research reports were produced in the 2016-17 financial year. Another 27 research reports are envisaged in the 2017-18 financial year. Moreover, the Department conducts 5-year reviews that focus on a range of issues relating to the operations of the Department including performance. The last review was conducted in the 2014-15 financial year. The next 5-year review will be conducted during 2018-19 financial year and will focus on the period 2015-2019.

b. (i). The Department conducts regular oversight visits, with the focus more on entities that are not performing well. The purpose of these visits is to assist the entities with the implementation of turnaround plans. Moreover, a number of forums have been established to facilitate monitoring and evaluation of public entities and to share best practices. These include the chairperson’s forum, where the Minister and the Chairpersons of Councils/Boards engage on issues affecting the public entities.

(ii). In cases of unsatisfactory programme and/or project performance, a diagnosis exercise is conducted to ascertain the reasons for poor performance. Findings emanating from the diagnosis exercise are used to improve the design and implementation of the programme and/or project. The Technical Intergovernmental Committee (TIC) and MinMEC are some of the platforms the Department has established to review and correct poor performing projects that are done in collaboration with provinces.

c. (i). Guided by the audit outcomes of the Auditor-General (AG), 11 DAC public entities received qualified audit outcomes and this highlighted shortcomings in their control systems. In most cases the shortcomings related to the accounting of heritage assets as specified in the GRAP 103 standard. The Ditsong Museums of South Africa and the South African State Theatre got adverse and disclaimer audit outcomes, respectively, thus highlighting a collapse in their control systems.

(ii). In the 2016-17 financial year there has been delays in the implementation of the following projects: Liberation Heritage Route online map application; refurbishment of the community arts centres and a series of infrastructure projects ( legacy project); the Khoi San Heritage Route; and the Liberation Heritage Route.

19 June 2017 - NW1780

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Robinson, Ms D to ask the Minister of Women in the Presidency

Does (a) she, (b) her Deputy Minister or (c) any of the heads of entities or bodies reporting to her make use of security services paid for by the State for (i) him/herself, (ii) his/her immediate family members or (iii) any of their staff  members; in each case (aa) what are the reasons for it, (bb) from which department or entity’s budget is the security services being paid, and (cc) what are the relevant details?

Reply:

  1. Please refer to Ministerial Handbook.
  2. and (c) not applicable.

________________________

Approved by the Minister on

Date………………………..

19 June 2017 - NW1439

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Mackenzie, Mr C to ask the Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services

With reference to his reply to question 1545 on 11 May 2015, (a) what amount of money did his department allocate to (i) implement and (ii) manage the 112 emergency call centre programme listed under Programme 4 of her department’s 2017 Budget Vote and (b) what is her department’s plan of action for the emergency call centre programme?

Reply:

With reference to Question 1545, I have been advised by the Department as follows:

(a) (i) No budget was allocated to implement the 112 emergency centre in 2017/18 financial year.

(ii) No budget was allocated to manage the 112 emergency centre in 2017/18 financial year.

(b) The 112 emergency call centre programme is not part of the Department’s current financial year deliverables.

The Budget Programme structure of the Department, which informs its programmes and sub-programmes was determined by National Treasury in 2009, following the last time the Department was restructured. Since then, there has been major changes including the change to the Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services (DTPS) however there has never been a change to the Programme Budget Structure hence all our Estimates of National Expenditure (ENE) documents and allocation still reflect this outdated Programme Structure. Similar examples are the Digital Terrestrial Television which is still reflected as a sub-programme under Programme 5 and Programme 4 still has SMME Enterprise development.

Following the current restructuring process in line with the new DTPS mandate, the Department will approach National Treasury to revise its Programme Structure accordingly so that going forward the ENE and allocations are done in line with a Budget Programme structure that is reflective of the organisational structure.

19 June 2017 - NW1763

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Mbabama, Ms TM to ask the Minister of Mineral Resources

Does (a) he, (b) his Deputy Minister or (c) any of the heads of entities or bodies reporting to him make use of security services paid for by the State for (i) him/herself, (ii) his/her immediate family members or (iii) any of their staff members; in each case (aa) what are the reasons for it, (bb) from which department or entity’s budget is the security services being paid, and (cc) what are the relevant details?

Reply:

Does (a) he, (b) his Deputy Minister or (c) any of the heads of entities or bodies reporting to him make use of security services paid for by the State for (i) him/herself, (ii) his/her immediate family members or (iii) any of their staff members; in each case (aa) what are the reasons for it, (bb) from which department or entity’s budget is the security services being paid, and (cc) what are the relevant details?

   

(i)

(ii)

(iii)

  1. DPT

DMR

  1. The Minister only utilises security services provided by the South African Police Service (SAPS). None of the Minister’s family members or staff members utilizes security services paid for by the state.
  1. The Deputy Minister only utilises security services provided by the South African Police Service (SAPS). None of the Minister’s family members or staff members utilizes security services paid for by the state.

b)Entities

CGS

No

No

No

 

MINTEK

No

No

No

 

SDT

No

No

No

 

SADPMR

No

No

No

 

MHSC

No

No

No

Approved/Not Approved

Mr MJ Zwane, MP

Minister of Mineral Resources

Date Submitted:-……………/………………/2017

19 June 2017 - NW1391

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America, Mr D to ask the Minister of Higher Education and Training

(1)Have any officials in his department been implicated during an investigation by the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks) into a syndicate that offered acceptances for medical students at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in exchange for cash; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) does his department have any oversight mechanisms in place monitoring the fairness of the student application process at universities; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

Reply:

  1. The Minister is not aware of any official in the Department who has been implicated in the Hawks investigation into a crime syndicate offering acceptances for medical students at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
  2. Public higher education institutions are governed in terms of the Higher Education Act (Act No 101 of 1997, as amended) and their respective statutes. The Act clearly stipulates that the public higher education institutions established in terms of this Act are juristic persons (section 20(4)); as such, they enjoy a large degree of autonomy. The Act empowers Councils to govern universities, which entails determining the admission policy, entrance requirements in respect of particular higher education programmes, number of students who may be admitted for a particular higher education programme, manner of their selection and minimum requirements for readmission to study at the public higher education institution concerned. As part of their governance role, Councils must exercise effective oversight over the implementation of these policies.

Currently there are no existing mechanisms to monitor the student application process at universities; however, the Department is in the process of developing the Central Applications Service.

COMPILER/CONTACT PERSONS:

EXT:

DIRECTOR – GENERAL

STATUS:

DATE:

QUESTION 1391 APPROVED/NOT APPROVED/AMENDED

Dr BE NZIMANDE, MP

MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING

STATUS:

DATE:

19 June 2017 - NW1078

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Van Damme, Ms PT to ask the Minister of Communications

(a) From what date has the former Acting Chief Operation Officer of the SA Broadcasting Commission (SABC), (name furnished) been suspended from the SABC and (b) how much has he been paid since his suspension?

Reply:

The former Acting Chief Operation Officer of the (SABC) has been suspended in accordance with the SABC policy from 01 January 2017. The policy also makes provision for payment of suspended employees, an amount of R1 713 865.24 has been paid.

19 June 2017 - NW1589

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Lekota, Mr M to ask the Minister of Mineral Resources

(1)(a) What is his position regarding allegations that (i) a certain family (details furnished) was involved in his appointment as the Minister of Mineral Resources and (ii) his CV was forwarded to a certain person (name furnished) and (b) what is his relationship with the specified family; (2) who (a) organised his trip to Dubai in December 2015 and (b) paid for the trip?

Reply:

1. a). The President appoints Ministers and assigns their powers and functions and may dismiss them.

  1. b). They are mining industry stakeholders.

2 a and b). The trip was organized and paid for by the Department of Mineral Resources.

 

Approved/Not Approved

Mr MJ Zwane, MP

Minister of Mineral Resources

Date Submitted:-……………/………………/2017

19 June 2017 - NW816

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Stander, Ms T to ask the Minister of Social Development

Whether her department has engaged with the Office of Women in The Presidency to discuss the roll out of Project Dignity to provide sanitary towels to vulnerable and poor girls; if not, why not; if so, (a) in what ways will her department be involved and (b) what are the further relevant details in this regard?

Reply:

The Department of Social Development (DSD) in collaboration with the Department of Women (DOW) and other relevant government Departments is involved in the Sanitary ware Programme. The Department has produced the Concept Document on which the Base Document now with DOW is founded.

Coordinated by DOW, Six (6) Work streams were developed where DSD sits in Work stream 1, meant to develop a Policy Framework on the Sanitary ware Programme. In order for the Policy Framework to be meaningful, DSD as the lead on this Work stream has proposed a Policy Framework Structure for members to contribute. DSD has also concretely suggested a 2 – 3 Day uninterrupted Retreat to focus on the development of such a Policy Framework to present as a Draft to the proposed National Consultation Indaba.

A logical Framework has also been developed to guide the process.

The Gender Chief Directorate within DSD continues to sit in the Sanitary Programme under DOW giving constructive input where necessary. Other Programmes within the Department such as Community Development, Families, Victims Empowerment Programme (VEP), Children, and Social Security are expected to support this Programme.

15 June 2017 - NW1440

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Mackenzie, Mr C to ask the Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services

Whether his department has audited the use of funds given to certain municipalities from his department’s 2015-16 budget to implement free wifi hotspots; if not, why not; if so, what (a) reports have been submitted by each municipality indicating effective implementation and service delivered from this allocation and (b) are the further relevant details in this regard?

Reply:

I have been advised by the department as follows:

(a) During the implementation of WiFi networks by the Metros, Project offices from Metros provided the Department with weekly and Monthly progress reports. Subsequently the Department conducted physical site audits and verification on a sample of connected Wi-Fi sites as part of network performance monitoring. Around 150 live sites were audited in Tshwane, Ekurhuleni, Nelson Mandela Bay and Cape Town.

(b) City of Johannesburg and Mangaung have connected some sites but have not completed their WiFi roll out programs. The Department is constantly engaging with these Metros to ensure that all sites are connected as per the agreed plans. The process to appoint WiFi service providers for both Metros is underway.

15 June 2017 - NW425

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Malatsi, Mr MS to ask the Minister of Human Settlements

(1)What is the (a) total number of housing projects that are over the value of R250 million in each province, (b)(i) date of commencement, (ii) current status and (iii) targeted date of completion of each project and (c) name of the contractor in charge of each project as of 1 February 2017 in each case; (2) what (a) are the names of the companies which have been awarded the top ten lucrative tenders for her department’s projects, (b) is the actual value of each tender and (c) was the total number of houses or residential units that were to be built in each province in the (i) 2014-15 and (ii) 2015-16 financial years?

Reply:

Honourable member, in accordance with the document titled, “Guide to Parliamentary Questions in the National Assembly”, which prohibits Members of Parliament, including the Executive, from divulging names of persons, bodies when asking or responding to parliamentary questions, I am unable to provide names of the companies as requested above. The document referred to states the following:

Questions are to be framed as concisely as possible. All unnecessary adjectives, references and quotations are omitted. Names of persons, bodies and, for example, newspapers are only used in questions if the facts surrounding the case have been proven. As the mere mention of such names could be construed as publicity for or against them, it should be clear that this practice is highly undesirable. If a question will be unintelligible without mentioning such names, the Departments concerned are notified of the name (-s) and this phrase is used: ".......a certain person (name furnished)”

The information received from the provinces in response to the Honourable member’s question is provided below:

EASTERN CAPE

(1) The Province has one (1) project with the value of over R250 million and details are provided as in the Table below:

No.

Commencement Date

Current status

Targeted Date of Completion

Service contracted for

Contract Amount

   

R'000

   

R'000

1

13 October 2015

In progress/running

13 October 2018

PE-Joe Slovo West 4000 BNG: Erection of 2 000 Top Structures

263 074 520

(2) (a) & (b) The amounts of top ten tenders awarded are outlined in the table below:

Number

(b) Value of Each Tender

 

R'000

1

263 074 520

2

247 851 335

3

226 931 150

4

225 129 836

5

204 297 380

6

203 858 485

7

200 207 852

8

199 890 000

9

181 021 815

10

175 731 667

(c) (i) 13 609.

(ii) 13 768.

FREE STATE

(1) The Province has a total of two (2) projects with the value of over R250 million as illustrated in the table below.

No.

Commencement Date

Current Status

Targeted Date of Completion

Service Contracted for

Contract Amount

         

R'000

1

19 June 2012

Practical Completion Reached

31 March 2016

1 700 Subsidies

284 228

2

06 March 2013

in Progress

31 December 2017

Hostel Upgrading

265 509

(2) (a) & (b) The amounts of top ten tenders awarded are outlined in the table below:

Number

(b) Value of Each Tender

 

R'000

1

265 509

2

241 935

3

238 866

4

194 979

5

150 970

6

131 055

7

128 898

8

126 453

9

124 765

10

123 420

(c) (i) 12 298

(ii) 8 505

GAUTENG

(1) The Province has a total of eight (8) projects with the value of over R250 million as illustrated in the table below:

No

Date of Commencement

Current status

Targeted Date of Completion

Service Contracted for

Contract Amount

         

R'000

1

01 April 2014

123 units completed

30 June 2015

Jabulani Ext, 1 Housing Development, 112 CRU and 508 housing units

240 166

2

02 July 2012

208 fully subsidised houses and 334 backyard rentals completed

31 March 2017

Servicing and Construction of 5 523 residential units,(1324 fully subsidised houses, 2 172 Backyard Rentals and 669 Flisp)-Cosmo City

253 710

3

05 September 2014

1 832 fully subsidised houses(2012/13), (2016/17)-112 fully subsidised houses

30 June 2023

Lufhereng mixed housing project-24 142 houses

1 322 769

4

01 September 2015

280 services completed and bulk link services is 30% complete

31 March 2017

Installation of 2 842 services and construction 2 842 through IRDP, construction of 205 houses through FLISP and 823 social housing-Sebokeng

607 185

5

04 August 2014

all the 2 905 stands have been completed and issued with service certificates

31 March 2016

Construction of water and sewer network for 2 905 units at Hammanskraal

260 946

6

01 April 2014

The project is 30% complete

31 March 2017

Construction of overall sewer network in Bekkersdal for 50km

317 144

7

01 April 2013

420 houses completed,74 at 90%, 200 FLISP complete, 2 008 stands complete and 900 wall plates and foundations

31 March 2021

Construction of 6 470 houses through IRDP and 6 470 FLISP-Savanna City

1 395 057

8

01 January 2016

260 RDP houses completed,834 RDP houses at 95% and 49 MV,354 RDP wall plates and foundations and 69 MV

31 December 2016

Mixed Development Project-1 232 low cost houses, 98 military veterans houses and 550 units of rental stock

416 631

9

01 June 2015

192 units at 95% completion

30 June 2018

Refurbishment of 672 hostel units and the fixing of leaks on the 3 hostel sections at KwaMasiza Hostel-Sedibeng

197 903

10

01 July 2015

811 houses and 256 Social Housing Units

31 March 2019

Fleurhof construction of 2 216 houses and servicing stands in Fleurhof Ext,2

237 850

(2) The amounts of top ten tenders awarded are outlined in the table below:

Number

(b) Value of Each Tender

 

R'000

1

240 166

2

253 710

3

1 322 769

4

607 185

5

260 946

6

317 144

7

1 395 057

8

416 631

9

197 903

10

237 850

(c) (i) 25 417

(ii) 40 106

KWAZULU-NATAL

The Province has a total of ten (10) projects over the value of R250 million as illustrated in the table below:

Number

Commencement Date

Current Status

Targeted Date of Completion

Service provided for

Contract Amount

   

R'000

   

R'000

1

06 January 2015

52 546

06 January 2022

KwaMashu, Umlazi and Klaarwater Rehabilation of 23 517 units(rectification)

2 575 077

2

19 February 2014

1793 374

01 March 2018

Edendale (Msunduzi) Rural Housing(EPHP)-25 000 units

2 543 241

3

11 March 2015

112 011

10 September 2016

KwaMashu and Umlazi Rehabilation of 9003 units

611 692

4

11 March 2015

54 682

10 September 2017

Newlands:Rectification-7 933

524 630

5

07 January 2013

354 640

31 December 2016

KwaMashu, Umlazi and Glebelands Hostel Upgrade-100

455 640

6

18 August 2015

398 548

18 September 2017

Cornubia phase 1B Housing Project-2 263

448 558

7

01 November 2016

89 705

31 March 2022

Mandeni:Inyoni slums clearance initiative-3 020

447 083

8

18 January 2016

80 595

30 September 2018

Umbumbulu:Rural Housing Project-2 850

357 969

9

25 March 2014

241 264

25 March 2017

EThekwiuni (various sites)Storm damaged-5 329

300 216

10

01 July 2016

21 378

31 July 2021

Maphumulo: Rural Housing-2 000

260 408

(2) The amounts of top ten tenders awarded are outlined in the table below:

Number

(b) Value of Each Tender

 

R'000

1

611 692

2

448 558

3

180 749

4

178 724

5

166 610

6

166 344

7

153 890

8

148 347

9

141 097

10

132 042

(c) (i) 35 847

(ii) 29 951

LIMPOPO 3A below.

Number

Commencement Date

Current status

Targeted Date of Completion

Service Contracted for

Contract Amount

         

R'000

1

07 December 2016

Site establishment

07 December 2018

Marapong CRU ( Lephalale)

298 000

(2) (a) The names of the Companies that have been awarded the top ten tenders are outlined as per the table below:

Number

(b) Value of Each Tender

 

R'000

1

12 619 219

2

11 814 858

3

6 395 364

(c) (i) 3 082

(ii) 13 845

MPUMALANGA

(1) (a) The province does not have projects over the value of R250 Million

(b) and (c)

Number

(b) Value of the Tender

 

R'000

1

173 696

2

112 784

3

59 225

4

58 590

5

55 946

6

54 333

7

34 975

8

34 742

9

29 613

10

28 400

(c) (i) 11 491

(ii) 10 661.

NORTHERN CAPE

(1) (a) None

(b) Not applicable

(c) Not applicable

(2) (a) Contractors are changed yearly

(b) Not applicable

(c) (i) 2 133

(ii) 1 337.

NORTH WEST

(2) (a) The Province has two (2) projects over the value of R250 million as illustrated in Table below:

No.

Commencement Date

Current status(units completed)

Targeted Date of Completion

Service Contracted for

Contract Amount

1

27 July 2004

in progress

10 October 2017

Meriting ext. 4 & 5:Rustenburg:building of houses-1590 units

293 299

2

10 February 2015

complete

07 January 2017

Vryburg ext. 28 (Dr Ruth Mompati Municipality) building of houses-1500 units

269 241

(a) The names of the Companies that have been awarded the top ten tenders are outlined as per the table below:

Number

(b) Value of Each Tender

 

R'000

1

269 241

2

212 000

3

166 000

4

155 000

5

128 000

6

103 000

7

96 101

8

95 333

9

94 427

10

86 853

(c) (i) 11 49

(ii) 10 661.

WESTERN CAPE

The Province indicated that it does not have any projects over the value of R250 million. The highest bid awarded was R228 284 427.

(b)(i) 24 August 2016

(ii) Contractor on site

(iii) 23 August 2021

 

Number

(b) Value of Each Tender

 

R'000

1

2 052

2

100 877

3

78 761

(c) (i) 16 678

(ii) 20 558

15 June 2017 - NW677

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Malatsi, Mr MS to ask the Minister of Human Settlements

What was the total amount in rand spent by the (a) Estate Agency Affairs Board, (b) Social Housing Regulatory Authority, (c) National Housing Builders Registration Council, (d) Housing Development Agency, (e) National Urban Reconstruction and Housing Agency, (f) Rural Housing Loan Fund, (g) Community Schemes Ombud Service and (h) her department on gifts, donations and sponsorships, including the (i) full names of the beneficiaries and (ii) reasons in each of the past three financial years?

Reply:

Honourable member, from the onset I wish to bring to your attention the document titled, “Guide to Parliamentary Questions in the National Assembly”, which prohibits Members of Parliament, including the Executive, from divulging names of persons, bodies when asking or responding to parliamentary questions. This document states the following:

Questions are to be framed as concisely as possible. All unnecessary adjectives, references and quotations are omitted. Names of persons, bodies and, for example, newspapers are only used in questions if the facts surrounding the case have been proven. As the mere mention of such names could be construed as publicity for or against them, it should be clear that this practice is highly undesirable. If a question will be unintelligible without mentioning such names, the Departments concerned are notified of the name (-s) and this phrase is used: ".......a certain person (name furnished)”

Accordingly, in the reply below, I will not provide names of persons or bodies for whom gifts were bought or donations/sponsorship given to.

Further, in the reply provided below we include purchases of flowers for staff members who are hospitalised and their bereaved families, which does not necessarily qualify to be regarded as gifts. The Department also purchases gifts when the Minister meets with foreign delegations or her counterparts.

DEPARTMENT AND ITS ENTITIES

2013/2014

2014/2015

2015/2016

Estate Agency Affairs Board

None

None

None

Social Housing Regulatory Authority

R 25 000.00

None

R61,306.00

National Home Builders Registration Council

R506 033.50

R234 582.00

R195 000.00

Housing Development Agency

R25,405.00

R26,039.00

R41,532.00

National Urban Reconstruction and Housing Agency

R31,489.07

R89,926.14

R12,056.00

Rural Housing Loan Fund

R87,500

R34,999.50

R181,642.10

Community Schemes Ombud Service

None

None

None

Department of Human Settlements

R 10 241 089.23

R 497 076.69

R 452 18.89.89

15 June 2017 - NW1442

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Groenewald, Mr HB to ask the Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services

What (a) is the budget allocated to the process of researching, writing and conducting (i) socio economic impact assessments and (ii) public hearings pertaining to the (aa) Digital Development Fund Bill, (bb) ICT Economic Regulator and Tribunal Bill, (cc) Electronic Communications Amendment Bill and (dd) Electronic Communications and Transactions Amendment Bill, arising from the National Integrated ICT Policy White Paper as outlined in the 2017-20 Medium Term Expenditure Framework, (b) proportion of the projected expenditure will be spent on (i) departmental resources and (ii) external resources such as specialist consultants and (c) is the timeline drawn up to complete the drafting and submission to Cabinet of each piece of legislation?

Reply:

I have been advised by the department as follows:

(a) Internal human resources capacity will be utilised to research, write and conduct socio economic impact assessments. The Department will, with the assistance of the Department of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation and Office of the Chief State Law Advisor conduct this area of work.

No public hearings will be conducted in the current financial year. The Minister will consult the public through the publication in the Gazette of the draft Bills for public comment, as required by PAJA. The estimated expenditure for publication of each Bill in the Gazette is R150, 000.00.

(b) An amount of R2, 5 million has been budgeted for the procurement of external specialist consultants for the development of Business Cases for the establishment of these new institutions in line with the Treasury Guidelines.

(c) In line with the approved Annual Performance Plan, the Department will submit the draft Bills to Cabinet to approve for public consultation in third quarter of the 2017/18 financial year.

15 June 2017 - NW1443

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Groenewald, Mr HB to ask the Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services

What (a) is the budget allocated to the process of researching and writing all envisaged new legislation and amendments to existing legislation pertaining to the (i) Postal Services Amendment Bill, (ii) South African Post Office SOC Ltd Amendment Bill and (iii) Ikamva National e-Skills Institute (iNeSI) Bill, (b) proportion of the projected expenditure will be spent on (aa) departmental resources and (bb) external resources, such as specialist consultants and (c) is the timeline drawn up to complete the drafting and submission to Cabinet of each piece of legislation?

Reply:

I have been advised by the department as follows:

(a) There is no budget allocation for researching, writing and conducting socio economic impact assessments or public hearings, since such processes will be conducted internally with the assistance of the Department of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation and Office of the Chief State Law Advisor.

(b) The only estimated expenditure is for the publication of each Bill in the Gazette amounting R150, 000. 00.

(c) In line with the approved Annual Performance Plan, the Department will submit the draft Bills to Cabinet for approval and for public consultation in third quarter of the 2017/18 financial year.

15 June 2017 - NW1441

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Mackenzie, Mr C to ask the Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services

(1)    Why has the implementation of the Rapid Deployment Guidelines, inserted into the National Integrated ICT Policy White Paper, been delayed until after March 2019; (2) has a study been conducted by her department to determine (a) the impact of this delay on broadband rollout across government jurisdictions and (b) the knock-on effect of the delay on the cost to communicate and in rolling out South Africa Connect; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details in each case?

Reply:

I have been advised by the department as follows:

1. When the Electronic Communications Act was amended in 2014 it replaced the requirement to develop Rapid Deployment Guidelines with the requirement to develop a National Rapid Deployment Policy. As a result of this amendment, the National Rapid Deployment Policy was included in the National Integrated ICT Policy White Paper. The rationale for the replacement of the guidelines with a policy is that a large proportion of the key stakeholders that are affected by the Rapid Deployment Policy are not subject to the provisions of the Electronic Communications Act (ECA), and, consequently, their behaviour cannot be regulated through the ECA.

2.(a)-(b) The Department has not carried out any study to determine the impact of a delay in implementing the Rapid Deployment Policy as there is no delay as yet in the implementation.

15 June 2017 - NW1507

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Mokgalapa, Mr S to ask the Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services

Whether (a) his department and (b) each entity reporting to him procured any services from and/or made any payments to (i) a certain company (name furnished) or (ii) any other public relations firms; if not, in each case, why not; if so, in each case, what (aa) services were procured, (bb) was the total cost, (cc) is the detailed breakdown of such costs, (dd) was the total amount paid, (ee) was the purpose of the payments and (ff) is the detailed breakdown of such payments?

Reply:

I have been advised by the department and entities as follows:

(a) No

(b) No

14 June 2017 - NW1516

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Lees, Mr RA to ask the Minister of Finance

Whether Government imposed any conditions on the SA Airways (SAA) Board when each Government guarantee was granted to SAA in each of the past three financial years; if not, in each case, why not; if so, what (a) are the details of each condition and (b) progress has the SAA Board made to comply with the conditions in each case?

Reply:

SAA was issued with two government guarantees in the past three financial years; R6.88 billion on 22 December 2014 to sign off and approve the 2013/14 Annual Financial Statements (AFS) and R4.72 billion on 08 September 2016 to sign off and approve the 2014/15 and 2015/16 AFS. Table 1 below highlights the conditions attached to each of these two government guarantees issued and the progress made by SAA on each condition.

Legend:

Condition complied with

 

Condition partially complied with

 

Condition not complied with

 

Table 1: SAA Guarantee Conditions

Conditions related to the R6.88 billion guarantee issued on 22 December 2014

Within 1 month, SAA to provide a comprehensive implementation plan for the 90 Day action plan interventions outlining the milestones and timelines for delivering the targeted savings and responsible person.

SAA submitted the 90 Day Action plan implementation dashboard.

 

SAA together with the Government will review and stress test the financial model and refined LTTS.

SAA provided a financial model which was stress tested by government and the airline.

 

Within 3 months, SAA to develop proposals on the network structure, fleet strategy and structure of the airline for consideration by Government.

SAA appointed InterVistas to assist the airline in developing a new Network and Fleet Plan which was considered by government.

 

Within 3 months, SAA to identify areas where it intends reducing operational costs and develop implementation plans to reduce such costs

SAA identified cost compression initiatives and developed an implementation plan.

 

Within 3 months, SAA to strengthen its governance, internal controls and working capital management, develop an implementation plan in this regard and provide monthly progress reports to government.

SAA has indicated that it has strengthened its governance and has included a detailed summary in the 90 Day Action Plan report. No monthly progress is given in this regard.

 

SAA to provide weekly reports to NT on its utilisation, cash position and daily cash forecasts.

SAA provides weekly reports of its daily cash forecast and utilisation thereof.

 

Conditions related to the R4.72 billion guarantee issued on 08 September 2016

The primary focus of the Board must be to return the airline to financial sustainability.

This condition has been included in SAA’s 2016/17 Shareholder compact The SAA Board has finalised its five year Corporate Plan, which represents the airline’s turnaround strategy.

 

SAA's strategy must be strengthened and alignment with other state owned airlines ensured.

The SAA Board has reviewed and revalidated the airline’s strategy which forms part of the approved turnaround strategy and informs the 5 year Corporate Plan. The next step is aligning the strategy with other State Owned Airlines.

 

SAA must implement more aggressive cost cutting initiatives as recommended by the Aviation expert (Deloitte) in areas of fuel, aircraft ownership, labour, maintenance, repair and overhaul and procurement.

Initiatives identified by Deloitte have not been implemented. However, Seabury has identified additional cost compression initiatives in SAA’s 5 year Corporate Plan.

 

The network fleet plan must be refined based on a sound business case so that the airline takes advantage of opportunities to scale back the operations of the airline to focus only on operating routes which positively contribute to the profitability of the airline, closes routes that have been making losses for longer than one year, and ensures that the network plan is aligned with other state owned airlines.

The SAA Board has reviewed and revalidated the airline’s strategy which forms part of the approved turnaround plan strategy and informs the 5 year Corporate. The next step is for SAA to close routes that have been loss making for more than a year and aligning the network plan with other State Owned Airlines.

 

The airline's strategy must better differentiate the airline, enabling it to continue to compete effectively, inter alia through addressing customer value proposition.

The SAA Board has reviewed and revalidated the airline’s strategy which forms part of the approved turnaround strategy and informs the 5 year Corporate Plan. NT is in the process of assessing SAA’s turnaround strategy and 5 year Corporate Plan to determine whether the airline has addressed this condition.

 

The airline must work with National Treasury (NT) and the Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) in giving consideration to the possible merger of SAA with South African Express (SAX) airlines and the potential introduction of a strategic equity partner.

SAA has availed itself and its subsidiaries to work with the consultant, Bain and Company SA. SAA officials availed themselves in engaging with DPE and NT officials on a regular basis during the time that Bain and Company SA was conducting the Study.

 

The Board is required to appoint a permanent Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and other key executives in consultation with the Minister of Finance.

In progress. The CFO has been appointed. Candidates for the CEO position have been shortlisted. It is anticipated that after the CEO is appointed then he/she will then fill other key executive positions.

 

Funding must be secured to meet the airline's liquidity requirements.

SAA has secured funding for its liquidity requirements and is in the process of refinancing.

 

The Board is required to ensure that the AFS for both 2014/15 and 2015/16 are finalized.

SAA’s 2014/15 and 2015/16 AFS have been finalised and tabled in parliament.

 

SAA is required to report progress on a weekly basis to NT until such a time that the Minister of Finance determines.

NT and SAA convene weekly monitoring meetings.

 

SAA must share all media communication with the Minister of Finance or his designated representative prior to the issuance of media communication and only communicate on issues that require shareholder approval where approval has been obtained from the Minister of Finance to do so.

This matter is dependent on media communication by SAA. Currently, NT is not aware of any non-adherence to this condition.

 

Source: National Treasury

14 June 2017 - NW1517

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Lees, Mr RA to ask the Minister of Finance

Whether any lenders imposed any conditions on the SA Airways (SAA) Board when each loan was granted to SAA in each of the past three financial years; if not, in each case, why not; if so, what (a) are the details of each condition and (b) progress has the SAA Board made to comply with the conditions in each case?

Reply:

Lenders imposed terms and conditions on SAA as per normal Loan market standards. This practice is not unique to SAA and applies to all companies both public and private and across all markets including RSA, Europe and USA to name a few. The following terms and conditions are contained in SAA loan agreements and the Airline has complied and continues to comply with each of those conditions.

 

Financial Covenants

Complied with (Y/N)

Non-Financial Covenants

Complied with (Y/N)

Project Phoenix Loans

 

1. Non-payment

SAA does not pay on the due date any amount payable pursuant to a Finance Document at the place and in the currency in which it is expressed to be payable

Y

1. Illegality / unlawfulness

It is or becomes unlawful for SAA or the Guarantor to perform any of its obligations under the Finance Documents

Y

 

2. Maintenance of insurance on assets

SAA maintains insurances with insurance companies to such an extent and against such risks as companies engaged in similar business normally insure.

Y

2. Change of control

SAA’s reporting lines change from the current reporting line, being National Treasury and the Minister of Finance, to another party.

Y

 

3. Negative pledge

SAA shall not unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Lenders, create permit to subsist any Security over any of its assets.

Y

3. Misrepresentation

Any representation or statement made or deemed to be made by SAA or the Guarantor in the Finance Documents or any other document delivered by or on behalf of SAA or the Guarantor under or in connection with any Finance Document is or proves to have been incorrect or misleading in any material respect when made or deemed to be made.

Y

 

4. Disposals

SAA will not enter into a single transaction or a series of transactions and whether voluntary or involuntary to sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any asset.

Y

4.Audit qualification

The Auditors of SAA qualify the audited annual consolidated financial statements of SAA or any of its Affiliates.

Y

 

5.Taxes

SAA will maintain its status as a statutory body established in accordance with laws of South Africa and will maintain its tax residence in South Africa and ensure that it is not resident or liable to tax in any other jurisdiction.

Y

5. Government Guarantee

The guarantee ceases to be legal, valid, binding and enforceable or otherwise ceases to be effective.

Y

 

6. Merger

SAA shall not, unless otherwise agreed to by the Lenders in writing, enter into any joint venture, amalgamation, demerger or corporate reconstruction.

Y

6. No breaching of laws

SAA has not breached any law or regulation which breach has or might reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Y

 

7. Acquisition

SAA shall not unless otherwise agreed to by the Lenders in writing, acquire or subscribe for shares or other ownership interest in or securities of any company or other person, or acquire any business, assets or incorporate any company or other person.

Y

7. Material adverse effect

No material adverse effect has occurred.

Y

 

8. Cross default

Any financial indebtedness of SAA which is not paid due nor within any originally applicable grace period, or declared to be or otherwise becomes due and payable prior to its specified maturity as a result of an event of default, or cancelled or suspended by a creditor of SAA which as a result of an event of default.

Y

8. Constitutional documents

SAA will ensure that no change is made to its constitutional documents without prior written consent of the Lenders where such change has or is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Y

   

Y

9. Sanctions

SAA and to the best of knowledge of SAA having made due and careful enquiry, its Affiliates, are not Sanctioned Entities, to the extent applicable, or have not participated in a Sanctioned Transaction or have not contravened and Sanctions or are not targeted under any Sanctions.

Y

   

Y

10. Compliance to anti-corruption laws

SAA to the best knowledge of SAA having made due and careful enquiry, and each of its Affiliates, has conducted its businesses in compliance with Applicable Anti-Bribery Law and has instituted and maintains policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance with such laws.

Y

     

11. Change of business

SAA shall procure that no substantial change is made to the general nature of the business of SAA from that carried on at the signature date.

Y

     

12. Financial year end

SAA shall not change its Accounting Reference Date.

Y

     

13. Change in Auditors

SAA may only replace its Auditors with the prior approval of the Lenders, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed.

Y

     

14. Expropriation

The authority or ability of any affiliate of SAA to conduct its business is wholly or substantially curtailed by any seizure, expropriation, nationalisation, intervention, restriction or other action by or on behalf of any governmental, regulatory or other authority or other person.

Y

14 June 2017 - NW1518

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Lees, Mr RA to ask the Minister of Finance

(1)With reference to the revelations made in court that the former SA Revenue Services (SARS) Group Executive of Business Intelligence (name furnished), remained employed by the (a) National Intelligence Agency (NIA) and (b) State Security Agency (SSA), while she was employed by SARS, was the Commissioner of the SARS aware that the specified person was still employed by the NIA and SSA while in the employ of SARS; if not, why not; if so, what are the full details of the reasons why SARS permitted this arrangement; (2) whether the specified person received any compensation from the NIA and SSA during her employ at SARS; if so, what are the details of all compensation received in each case; (3) what are the full details of the (a) specified person’s deployment to SARS as a spy and (b) persons the specified person spied on; (4) whether there are other SARS employees who (a) are currently or (b) ever were employed by the SSA in a covert capacity; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the full details in each case?

Reply:

1.In the period the Commissioner has been employed with SARS, there is no record of the said GE.

2.SARS is unable to respond on behalf of SSA.

3. Please refer to response one (1) above.

4. SARS employees are employed in the capacity for which they are contracted for.

14 June 2017 - NW976

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Maynier, Mr D to ask the Minister of Finance

(1)What is the (a) first name, (b) last name, (c) identification number, (d) designation, (e) job description, (f) date of commencement and (g) remuneration level of each person employed in the National Treasury; (2) what is the total number of persons employed in the National Treasury (a) before 31 March 2017 and (b) after 31 March 2017?

Reply:

1.A detailed list is attached in response to (a) – (g), for all National Treasury employees as at 8 May 2017.

2. (a) Total number of persons employed as at 31 March 2017 is 1168.

(b) Total number of persons employed as at 8 May 2017, 1164. (Annexure A attached) [confidential]

14 June 2017 - NW1112

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Bergman, Mr D to ask the Minister of Finance

What (a) amount was spent by the National Treasury on e-government services in the 2016-17 financial year and (b) is the projected expenditure for the 2017-18 financial year?

Reply:

a) R21 442 522.93

b) R28 313 315.54

14 June 2017 - NW1219

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Macpherson, Mr DW to ask the Minister of Finance

Whether (a) the National Treasury has (i) procured any services from and/or (ii) made any payments to the Decolonisation Foundation; if not, in each case, what is the position in this regard; if so, what (aa) services were procured, (bb) were the total costs, (cc) is the detailed breakdown of the costs, (dd) was the total amount paid, (ee) was the purpose of the payments and (ff) is the detailed breakdown of the payments in each case?

Reply:

National Treasury

(a)(i) None

(a)(ii) N/A

(a)(ii)(aa) N/A

(a)(ii)(bb) N/A

(a)(ii)(cc) N/A

(a)(ii)(dd) N/A

(a)(ii)(ee) N/A

(a)(ii)(ff) N/A

 

ASB

The Accounting Standards Board has not procured any services or made any payments to the Decolonisation Foundation.

CBDA

The CBDA has not procured any services from Decolonisation Foundation, and no payments were made to Decolonisation Foundation.

DBSA

The DBSA has not procured any services from Decolonisation Foundation, and no payments were made to Decolonisation Foundation.

FIC

FIC has not procured any services from or made any payments to the Decolonisation Foundation.

FSB

FSB has not procured any services from or made any payments to the Decolonisation Foundation.

GEPF

GEPF did not procure any services nor made any payments to the Decolonisation Foundation and does not intend to procure any of their services in the future.

GPAA

The GPAA has not procured any services from Decolonisation Foundation, and no payments were made to Decolonisation Foundation.

IRBA

The IRBA has not procured any services from Decolonisation Foundation, and no payments were made to Decolonisation Foundation.

PFA

The PFA has not procured any services from Decolonisation Foundation, and no payments were made to Decolonisation Foundation.

LAND BANK

The Land Bank has not procured any services from Decolonisation Foundation, and no payments were made to Decolonisation Foundation.

FAIS OMBUD

The FAIS Ombud has not procured any services from Decolonisation Foundation, and no payments were made to Decolonisation Foundation.

PIC

The PIC has not procured any services from Decolonisation Foundation, and no payments were made to Decolonisation Foundation.

SAA

The SAA has not procured any services from Decolonisation Foundation, and no payments were made to Decolonisation Foundation.

SARS

The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has not procured services from the Decolonisation Foundation and does not have the supplier registered on its database.

SARS procures goods and services in line with its mandate in compliance with the PFMA, National Treasury Regulations, Preferential Procurement Regulations, respective National Treasury Practice Notes and guidelines as well as internal policies and procedures. The position going forward is that SARS conducts its procurement activities in line with the provisions of Section 217 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa. Accordingly SARS is compelled to consider and fairly evaluate any proposal received through a duly constituted procurement process from a bona fide vendor. 

SASRIA

The SASRIA has not procured any services from Decolonisation Foundation, and no payments were made to Decolonisation Foundation.

TAX OMBUD

The Office of the Tax Ombud has not procured any services from Decolonisation Foundation, and no payments were made to Decolonisation Foundation.

14 June 2017 - NW1152

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Figlan, Mr AM to ask the Minister of Finance

Whether there are any new public entities being established; if so, (a) what will their functions be and (b) what is the total amount that will be allocated to each entity?

Reply:

There are various Bills proposing the establishment of public entities which are currently being considered by Parliament and Provincial Legislatures. The following public entities are currently being proposed in Bills before Parliament:

  • National Public Health Institute of South Africa
  • Waste Management Bureau
  • Wine Certification Authority
  • Border Management Authority
  • Financial Sector Conduct Authority
  • Ombud Council (Financial sector)

a) The above Bills are still under consideration before the different legislatures, the establishment of these entities and their functions are therefore proposals.

b) If the enabling legislation is enacted, the National Treasury or relevant Provincial Treasury will engage in discussions with the relevant department concerned, to assess the appropriate level of funding to be allocated to the public entity, in line with its legislated functions.

 

 

14 June 2017 - NW1531

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Maynier, Mr D to ask the Minister of Finance

Whether the Financial Intelligence Centre referred any cases to law enforcement agencies (a) in each of the past six financial years and (b) since 1 April 2017; if so, what is the total number of cases that were referred to (i) law enforcement agencies and (ii) each law enforcement agency in each of the specified financial years?

Reply:

The Financial Intelligence Centre refers information (financial intelligence) for investigation to law enforcement (SAPS), the tax authority, security services and regulators on an ongoing basis as part of the FICs regular function as envisaged in section 40 of the Financial Intelligence Centre Act 38 of 2001, as amended.

The FIC provides statistical information about its referrals in each of its Annual Reports.

Since the commencement of the 2011/2012 financial year until 31 March 2017 the FIC referred at least 5,230 financial intelligence reports to various bodies as defined in section 40 (1) of the FIC Act for investigation.

Of the 5,230 referrals stated above, 733 were disseminated for investigation to the law enforcement authorities - i.e. the South African Police Services (SAPS), inclusive of the Directorate of Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI) and the Crime Intelligence Division (CI).

Year on year statistics are tabulated below:

Year

Total referred

To law enforcement

2011/2012

761

108

2012/2013

883

200

2013/2014

883

64

2014/2015

870

61

2015/2016

511

89

2016/2017

1,322

211

2017/2018 (April, May)

49

21

Total

5,279

754

End.

14 June 2017 - NW1383

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Lees, Mr RA to ask the Minister of Finance

Whether, with reference to his reply to oral question 29 on 12 May 2017, Government has investigated the possibility of using the Government Employees’ Pension Fund (GEPF) through the Public Investment Corporation (PIC) as a possible public entity partner for SA Airways (SAA) as one option in Government’s review of SAA’s long term turnaround strategy; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) how will the interests of beneficiaries of the GEPF be protected from possible future losses incurred by SAA and (b) what are the further relevant details in this regard?

Reply:

No. Government has not investigated the possibility of using the Government Employees’ Pension Fund (GEPF) through the Public Investment Corporation (PIC) as a possible public entity partner for SA Airways (SAA) as one option in Government’s review of SAA’s long term turnaround strategy.

The Minister of Finance announced in the Budget Speech on 24 February 2016 that he, together with the Minister of Public Enterprises had “agreed to explore the possible merger of South African Airways and South African Express, under a strengthened board, with a view to engaging a potential minority equity partner, and to create a bigger and more operationally efficient airline”. The Study undertaken by Bain and Abacus in this regard has been completed and the next steps are for the National Treasury and the Department of Public Enterprises to review the options and recommendations to allow an informed decision to be taken on how to proceed.

The PIC does not hold equity investments in State Owned Companies (SOCs). However, the PIC, on behalf of its clients, does hold a substantial amount of bonds of various SOCs. A significant portion of the PIC's bond-holdings in SOCs is government guaranteed. Importantly, SOCs have never defaulted on any of the PIC's bond investments. The PIC undertakes all investment decisions in the best interest of its pensioners and clients and in line with client mandate requirements and the investment risk parameters stipulated by client mandates. The continued support of SOCs by PIC will be underpinned by these mandate requirements. Moreover, all investments are also subject to a robust due diligence process which includes a credit analysis, Environmental, Social and Governance report as well as risk and legal reports.

The aim of the PIC remains to safeguard pensions of public servants and ensure that reasonable returns are generated for contributors.

14 June 2017 - NW1113

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Maynier, Mr D to ask the Minister of Finance

(1)Whether he has ever met with certain persons (names furnished); if not, in each case, why not; if so, what are the relevant details in each case; (2) whether he has ever received any (a) gifts or (b) payments from certain persons (names furnished); if not, in each case, why not; if so, what are the relevant details in each case; (3) will he make a statement on the matter?

Reply:

1.I have never had formal meetings with them.

2. No, I have declared all gifts I have received since my appointment as Member of Parliament and Member of the National Executive.

3. No statement will be made.

14 June 2017 - NW1557

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Lorimer, Mr JR to ask the Minister of Mineral Resources

(1)(a) When did his department become aware of illegal sand mining at Agate Terrace in the Eastern Cape and (b) what steps (i) have been taken and (ii) will be taken by his department to stop the illegal mining practices; (2) whether he has found that the steps taken have proven effective in combatting illegal sand mining; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (3) (a) how many cases of illegal sand mining has his department acted upon (i) in each of the past three financial years and (ii) since 1 April 2017 and (b) what is the detailed breakdown of the number of cases in respect of each province?

Reply:

1.(a) The Department became aware of illegal sand mining at Agate Terrace in the Eastern Cape on 14 October 2015.

(b) (i) The area of concern was visited 6 times, on 09 December 2015, 22 and 23 November 2016, 09 February 2017, 14 February 2017 and 18 May 2017.

On 9th of December 2015, a certain Mr Zizi Gwele was found loading sand into his truck with spades, he refused to give his full contact details and was given a verbal warning and instructed to leave the site, which he did.

During the follow up inspections conducted between 22 and 23 November 2016 to 18 May 2017 no person was found mining sand in the area mentioned above.

(ii) The Department is in the process of identifying the landowners in order to ensure that access to the site is controlled. The site will be continuously monitored until such time the transgressors are found and the relevant enforcement action will be taken against them.

2. In this particular case, the steps taken have proven to be effective as Mr Zizi Gwele, who was previously found on site and given a warning, was not present or seen on site in all occasions. In addition, no any other person was found mining sand between 22 and 23 November 2016 until 18 May 2017 when we conducted follow up site visits.

3. Below is a breakdown of reported cases of illegal sand mining that the department acted upon (i) in each of the past three financial years and (ii) since 1 April 2017 and (b) and the detailed breakdown of the number of illegal sand mining cases in respect of each province.

Province

2014-2015

2015-2016

2016-2017

1 April 2017 to date

Total per province

Gauteng

0

9

1

0

10

Mpumalanga

7

5

8

0

20

Eastern Cape

0

7

13

1

21

Limpopo

1

6

23

5

35

North West

0

0

0

1

1

Free State

0

0

0

2

2

Kwazulu Natal

0

26

31

6

63

Western Cape

0

0

0

0

0

Northern Cape

0

0

0

0

0

Total

8

53

76

15

152

Approved/Not Approved

Mr MJ Zwane, MP

Minister of Mineral Resources

Date Submitted:-……………/………………/2017

14 June 2017 - NW1115

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Maynier, Mr D to ask the Minister of Finance

(a) What number of cases relating to the Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act, Act 12 of 2004, as amended, have been referred to the SA Police Service by the Financial Intelligence Centre for further investigation since the specified Act was assented to and (b) what number of the specified cases have (i) been investigated and (ii) resulted in a conviction in (aa) total and (bb) each specified financial year since 2004?

Reply:

The FIC refers information in its possession for investigation to law enforcement agencies pursuant to its primary objectives and functions as defined in section 3 and 4 of the Financial Intelligence Centre Act 38 of 2001, as amended, with the aim of identifying proceeds of crime, combatting money laundering and the financing of terrorism.

The FIC does not refer cases of acts of criminality for investigation. Rather in terms of Section 40 of the Act, it refers packages of transactional and other information that present indicators of suspected criminality to be investigated by the competent authorities. It is for these authorities to determine if the transactions are indeed proceeds of crime, or may be associated with an unlawful predicate offence.

The FIC has recorded the information sought from 2012 onwards and which is set out below.

(a) Between 1 April 2012 till 31 March 2017 the FIC referred 87 matters for investigation by the competent authorities for them to determine if the transactions reported are proceeds of crime or connected to an unlawful predicate offence involving acts of corruption as defined by the Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act, Act 12 of 2004 (PRECCA) legislation.

The FIC made the following referrals related to suspected acts of corruption and for which statistics have been kept in the financial years:

2012/2013: 9

2013/2014: 8

2014/2015: 6

2015/2016: 40

2016/2017: 24

Total: 87 referrals.

(b) The FIC does not have information available regarding which of these matters have been investigated by the competent authorities or have resulted in a conviction.

14 June 2017 - NW1250

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Topham , Mr B to ask the Minister of Finance

(1)Why were members of the Standing Committee on Finance not invited by the National Treasury to attend the 2017 World Economic Forum on Africa held in Durban between 3 and 5 May 2017; (2) whether he will make a statement on the matter?

Reply:

The Presidency is responsible for invitations to the World Economic Forum on Africa meetings and not the National Treasury. Only the Presidency has the prerogative to extend invitations. The National Treasury is delegated by the Presidency to organise logistics for the convening of the conference, however invitations do not form part of the delegated mandate.

14 June 2017 - NW1083

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Shivambu, Mr F to ask the Minister of Finance

Whether the National Treasury conducted an investigation into the sale of strategic oil reserves; if not, why not; if so, on what date (a) was the investigation completed and (b) will he table the report in the National Assembly?

Reply:

In June 2016, the National Treasury met with various officials within the Department of Energy (DoE), the Central Energy Fund (CEF) and the Strategic Fuel Fund (SFF). This meeting was held subsequent to the National Treasury learning of the disposal of the strategic oil reserves by the SFF with a view of understanding the details of what had occurred.

Following the meeting, the SFF committed to submitting to the National Treasury all documentation relating to the disposal process. The National Treasury reviewed the documentation in order to ascertain the legality of the process followed in accordance with the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA) and the Central Energy Fund Act of 1977.

The National Treasury completed its review and reported its findings and recommendations to the former Minister of Energy in August 2016. No response has been received to date. The former Minister of Energy instituted an investigation into the stock disposal process, however, the findings of the investigation have not been reported to the National Treasury.

13 June 2017 - NW1123

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Cassim, Mr Y to ask the Minister of Basic Education

Whether, with reference to her reply to question 213 on 6 March 2017, the requested information has been received from the Council for Quality Assurance in General and Further Education and Training (Umalusi); if not, (a) why not and (b) by what date is the information expected; if so, by what date will she communicate it?

Reply:

With reference to question 213:

With reference to English First Additional Language Paper 3 of the 2016 National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations, were Umalusi moderators instructed that the word count requirement in the essay question be ignored; if so, (a) why was this instruction given and (b) which official gave this instruction to the moderators?

Within a legislative framework, no official could instruct Umalusi moderators to ignore examination and curriculum policy. During the marking guideline discussion, Umalusi’s moderators serve as the ultimate authority in the standardisation of the marking guidelines. Therefore no instruction was given.

However, during the marking guideline discussion of English First Additional Language Paper 3, clarity was given in terms of the required word count. The stipulated word count is 250 to 300 words. It was emphasised that in the interest of fairness and the credibility of the marking process, there has to be a common understanding of the rubric’s requirements. The rubric for the marking of the essay in Section A of the mentioned paper makes no provision that penalties should be imposed when candidates exceed the word limit of 300 words. This was pointed out to ensure that no marking officials impose unfair penalties. The word count is therefore stipulated to guide candidates on the length of the essay.

13 June 2017 - NW1637

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Macpherson, Mr DW to ask the Minister of Trade and Industry

(1)Whether, with reference to his reply to question 2518 on 15 November 2016, a further socio-economic impact assessment on the proposed National Liquor Amendment Bill 2016 was conducted; if so, (a) when was this presented to Cabinet and (b) what were the main economic effects highlighted in the study; 2) Why was the socio-economic impact assessment report on the (a) final Liquor Policy and (b) proposed Bill not sent to the National Economic Development and Labour Council, causing the discussion around the proposed Bill to deadlock?

Reply:

(1) (a) The socio-economic impact assessment (SEIAS) on the proposed National Liquor Amendment Bill, 2016 (Bill) was conducted. The Bill together with the SEIAS report will be submitted to Cabinet for introduction into Parliament.

(2) (a) The SEIAS on the final Liquor Policy was never requested for submission to NEDLAC.

(b) The SEIAS on the Bill was requested by the Business constituency, but not by the Executive Director for all NEDLAC constituencies. In order to facilitate the conclusion of the NEDLAC report, the dti sent the SEIAS report to the Executive Director for discussion at NEDLAC. A date for the meeting is still to be set.

 

 

13 June 2017 - NW1141

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Robertson, Mr K to ask the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform

(a) With reference to the budget allocation, and projection as reflected in the annual performance plan which was discussed in the meeting of the Portfolio Committee on Rural Development and Land Reform on 3 May 2017, why is the intake of Mpumalanga National Rural Youth Service Corps students and budget significantly lower than the rest of the other provinces, (b) why has the budget allocation been reduced, (c) what percentage of the budget is allocated to skills development and (d) what is the monetary value of that budget percentage?

Reply:

a) The Mpumalanga Province did not recruit youth into National Rural Youth Service Corps Programme (NARYSEC) during the 2012 financial year. As a result the number of youth currently in the NARYSEC Programme in Mpumalanga Province is lower than other provinces. During the 2017/18 financial year the province will recruit about 300 youth.

The budget is allocated based on the number of participants/students currently in the programme, number of participants/students to be recruited during the financial year and amounts to be paid for training. The budget allocated to Mpumalanga Province was calculated on the same principles.

(b) The budget allocation for Mpumalanga Province has not been reduced but increased by 27.8% in the current financial year from R25.196 m to R32.169 m.

(c) Skills development is allocated 29.9% of the budget.

(d) The monetary value is R9.62 m.

13 June 2017 - NW954

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Shivambu, Mr F to ask the Minister of Police

(1)Whether, since the handing down of the Constitutional Court judgment on the Nkandla matter on 31 March 2016, his department has conducted any assessment of the security upgrades required at the private residence of the President, Mr Jacob G Zuma, in Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) on what date was the assessment conducted and (b) was the assessment conducted by the (i) South African Police Services and/or (ii) State Security Agency; (2) did his department hire a consultant to do the assessment; if so, (a) who was the consultant (b) what is the total amount that the consultant was paid (c) did the assessment indicate that there is a need for more security upgrades, (d) what is the estimated cost of the upgrades and (e) has the work already commenced?

Reply:

(1)(a) Yes, 5 December 2016.

(1)(b)(i) Yes. The assessment was conducted by the SAPS Presidential Protection Service (PPS).

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

(2) No, it is the mandate of the SAPS to conduct these assessments.

(2)(a) Not applicable.

(2)(b) Not applicable.

(2)(c) No,

(2)(d) The Department of Public Works (DPW) is responsible for the implementation of proposals, as contained in the security report, in addition to the cost associated with their implementation, which would include the cost associated with the hiring of consultants.

(2)(e) No.

 

Original signed BRIGADIER

f/HEAD: PRESIDENTIAL PROTECTION SERVICE

NPA MATHABATHE

Date: 18 May 2017

Reply to question 954 recommended/not recommended

Original signed LIEUTENANT GENERAL

ACTING NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLIEC SERVICE

SF MASEMOLA

Date: 26 May 2017

Reply to question 954 approved/not approved

MINISTER OF POLICE

FA MBALULA, MP

Date:

13 June 2017 - NW1010

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Redelinghuys, Mr MH to ask the Minister of Police

What is the detailed breakdown of the full inventory that the SA Police Service discovered during its raid conducted in Randburg’s central business district on 27 March 2017?

Reply:

The ammunitions that were recovered, were not recovered as a result of a raid, but as a result of a complaint which had been reported to the Randburg Police Station.

The following were recovered:

Firearms

 

Firearm

Quantity

1

AK 47 Rifle

7

2

R5 Rifle

1

3

M16 Rifle

1

4

Homemade Rifle

1

5

Handgun Pistol

18

6

Handgun Revolver

12

7

Uzi

1

8

9mm pistol barrel

2

Magazines

 

Firearm

Quantity

1

Rifle magazine

32

2

Pistol 9mm

10

Ammunitions

 

Firearm

Quantity

1

Rifle ammunition

7 boxes + 7 rounds of ammunition

2

9mm ammunition

17 boxes + 5 rounds of ammunition

3

.38 Special ammunition

2 boxes

4

1 bag with mixed calibres of ammunition

 

5

7 bags containing spent cartridges

 

Explosives

One improvised explosive device with:

  1. three connected mortars;
  2. three lengths of detonation cord; and
  3. three detonators.

One improvised explosive device with:

  1. four connected mortars;
  2. three lengths of detonation cord; and
  3. four detonators.

One improvised explosive device with:

  1. Outside cover of a bullet resistant vest (not a SAPS issue);
  2. Cellular telephone adapted to be an electronic switch, with protruding electric wires;
  3. Two flat squares of explosives (tiles), connected to each other;
  4. Explosive cord;
  5. Two detonators at each of the two ends of the cord, with one of the explosive tiles attached; and
  6. Two detonators.

One smoke grenade of a commercial type used on boats, which is detonated when they are in distress;

Four flares, commercial type used on boats, which is detonated when they are in distress.

One military grade smoke grenade.

One military stun grenade.

Two M26 hand grenades.

One F1 hand grenade.

Five teargas canisters.

One hand radio with charger.

One bag with bullet resistant jacket outers (not SAPS issue).