Questions and Replies

Reply:

My assumption is that the question by the Honourable Member is in relation to the investigation that was done by the Special Investigating Unit into the affairs of Mhlatuze Water Board in Richards Bay. The investigation by the SIU was not into a particular individual but it was in relation to Mhlatuze Water Board as an Institution and as such, no findings were made in relation to a particular individual.

Reply:

The biggest risk to growth in 2017 lies in lower confidence. Achieving faster growth requires government to prioritise building confidence in households as well as foreign and local investors. This requires engagement with social partners, a focus on improving the ease of doing business to encourage investment and the development of Small Medium Enterprises as well as urgently addressing key structural reforms in the economy.

The National Treasury supports growth through the budget. The budget allocates resources according to the priorities and guidance of the National Development Plan.

In addition, the Minister of Finance and the National Treasury engage regularly with global and local investors to communicate Government’s fiscal and economic strategies and have also played an important role in Government engagements through the CEO initiative, to identify opportunities in labour intensive sectors such as agriculture and tourism to create jobs and growth.

Reply:

No. Currently the provisions of the South African Reserve Bank Act, 1989 (Act No. 90 of 1989 – “SARB Act”), as amended by the South African Reserve Bank Amendment Act , 2010 (Act No. 4 of 2010 – “SARB Amendment Act), effectively rule out the possibility of anyone, through the accumulation of shares, exerting undue influence on the South African Reserve Bank (“SARB”).

The Board of the SARB (“Board”) is a supervisory board and is strictly responsible for the corporate governance of the institution and not its day-to-day management. The Governors are vested with original powers of management and are responsible for the day-to-day management of the SARB, which includes monetary policy, bank supervision, financial stability and the payment system.

Previously, in the period before the SARB Act was amended in 2010 there was an absence of adequate preventative measures, private shareholding in a central bank could potentially create the risk of untoward actions by shareholders taken in pursuit of personal objectives rather than the public interest. Although a single shareholder in the SARB was in terms of the SARB Act restricted to holding not more than 10,000 shares and to no more than 50 votes at a meeting of shareholders, the SARB at times in the past (i.e. before 2010) experienced deliberate attempts at circumventing these limitations. Individual persons by utilising the names of minors, relatives, friends or other persons under their influence accumulated unduly large numbers of SARB shares under their control. This resulted in undue concentrations of SARB shares under the ultimate control of single persons, who could potentially utilise the commensurate number of votes under their control to exercise undue influence on the SARB for personal purposes and their own personal gain.

The SARB Amendment Act, which introduced substantial amendments to the legal structure and operations of the SARB, amongst other things, adequately addressed the previous anomaly. Major amendments constituted the introduction of the concept of “associates” in respect of shareholders or potential shareholders of the SARB and the establishment of a panel (established and convened by the Governor) to give effect to fit and proper principles with regard to non-executive directors elected by shareholders. It resulted in the existing numbers of SARB shares held by all persons who qualify as associates of a specific shareholder or potential shareholder being taken into account in the determination of the number of shares (limited to 10,000 shares) that the specific shareholder may lawfully hold or acquire. Shareholders were also hereafter only entitled to elect non-executive directors to the Board that had been declared eligible by the panel. The Board consists of fifteen directors (eleven non-executive and four executive directors) of which the President appoints eight, which includes the Governors. The shareholders elect the remaining seven.

Consequently, shareholders of the SARB have limited powers, which in addition to the above (at a general meeting of shareholders), are limited to discussing the annual report and financial statements of the SARB, appointing of the auditors and approving their remuneration and discussing special business duly placed on the agenda of the meeting.

Reply:

The prevailing unemployment rate remains ominously high. To address the high unemployment rate will require greater effort to reignite growth in the economy. Government is focusing on three main areas: restoring investor confidence, improving the ease of doing business and implementing structural reforms to ensure inclusive growth. Extensive engagement with social partners should reinforce efforts to improve labour relations.

Government’s plans to reduce inequality and poverty; raise employment; and raise the standard of living of all South Africans is guided by the National Development Plan (NDP) supported through the allocation of budget resources according to the NDP priorities and direction.

The National Treasury oversees the following specific programmes to address unemployment, namely:

• the employment tax incentive which seeks to reduce the risk of hiring young, inexperienced workers;

• the learnership incentive which seeks to encourage the development of skills; and

• the Jobs Fund, which seeks to support innovative ways to support employment creation.

Additional details on government programmes to address unemployment can be directed to relevant departments such as Department of Labour, Department of Higher Education etc.

Reply:

The OTO announced earlier this year that they will be launching an investigation with regards to the refund processes administered by SARS to better understand the challenges, risks and complexity associated with the process. The investigation is currently underway and SARS is committed to working with the OTO to give them the required insight into the process so that they will be able to satisfactorily give feedback to the public on their findings.

SARS would want the current investigation underway to first be concluded before additional responses to the topic at hand is made as this stage.

Reply:

1.Due to the confidential nature of some of the information requested and our legislative obligation to the protection of personal information governed by the Protection of Personal Information Act, SARS is prohibited from disclosing any employee specific information that may include names of individuals, qualifications, job specific information, length of service, work record, etc.

The following summarised information can however be made available:

1227 employees resigned during the period 1 September 2014 to 30 April 2017 and 82 employees were dismissed during the same period.

2. Due to the confidential nature of some of the information requested and our legislative obligation to the protection of personal information governed by the Protection of Personal Information Act, SARS is prohibited from disclosing any employee specific information that may include names of individuals, qualifications, job specific information, length of service, work record, etc.

The following summarised information can however be made available:

The attrition rate for SARS remained stable over a period of 7 years. There is in actual fact a significant decline in the rate between 2013/14 and 2016/17 financial year.

913 External applicants were recruited during the period 1 September 2014 and 30 April 2017.

2674 Internal applicants were appointed during the period 1 September 2014 and 30 September 2017.

Internal appointments as a percentage of external appointments are reflected in the table below:

External Recruitment	Internal Appointments	Total	% Internal Appointments
913	2674	3587	74.55%

All recruitment is based on the requirements of the job that is necessary in terms of years of service and experience and demanded by the job to be performed.

Reply:

Sections 39 and 40 of the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA) places the responsibility of budgetary control and financial management on the accounting officer of the department, which in this case is the Director-General of the Department of Energy. Should fruitless and wasteful expenditure have taken place, Section 38(1)(g) requires the accounting officer to report the details of the case to the relevant treasury. The Department of Energy’s monthly expenditure report for March 2017 does not reflect any fruitless and wasteful expenditure in the department.

 

 

Reply:

(a) Department of Tourism

	(i) Procured any Services from the Decolonisation Foundation	(ii) Made payments to the Decolonisation Foundation
(aa) what services were procured	No service procured	No payments made
(bb) what were the total cost	Not applicable	Not applicable
(cc)what is the detail breakdown of the cost	Not applicable	Not applicable
(dd) What is the total amount paid	Not applicable	Not applicable
(ee) what was the purpose of payments	Not applicable	Not applicable
(ff) Is the detailed payment in each case	Not applicable	Not applicable

If no services were procured or payments made what is the Department’s position in this regard?

The department procure goods and services from service providers registered on the Central Supplier

Database through the normal tender procedure as prescribed.

(b) SA Tourism

	(iii) Procured any Services from the Decolonisation Foundation	(iv) Made payments to the Decolonisation Foundation
(aa) what services were procured	No service procured	No payments made
(bb) what were the total cost	Not applicable	Not applicable
(cc)what is the detail breakdown of the cost	Not applicable	Not applicable
(dd) What is the total amount paid	Not applicable	Not applicable
(ee) what was the purpose of payments	Not applicable	Not applicable
(ff) Is the detailed payment in each case	Not applicable	Not applicable

If no services were procured or payments made, what is SA Tourism’s position in this regard?

SA Tourism procures services and goods from suppliers registered on the central supplier database. The entity is guided by the prescripts of the PFMA and prescribed tender processes.

Reply:

(1)(b) No, the National Treasury and South African Airways have not made any payment for the Board Chairperson to stay at the Oyster Box Hotel in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. National Treasury does not pay for accommodation for non-employees based on our internal policy.

(2)(b) Prohibited in terms of the National Treasury policy on Gifts, Donations and Sponsorships.

(3) No.

Reply:

1. The Minister of Finance does not have the authority to conclude country agreements for the nuclear new build programme on behalf of government. In addition, the Minister does not have the mandate to determine policy or implementation frameworks for the energy sector. The Minister of Finance’s role in this regard will relate to Sections 66 and 70 of the Public Finance Management Act, which requires concurrence for any guarantee, indemnity or security that binds the National Revenue Fund to future financial commitments. In addition, the Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act allows the Minister of Finance to make exemptions from provisions in the interests of national security, if the likely tenderers are international suppliers, or if it is in the public interest.

2. If any agreements have been concluded regarding project management and the construction of specified nuclear power plants, it would be between the relevant accounting authority and the service provider. Such agreements do not necessarily require the approval of the Minister of Finance.

Reply:

Chapter 6 of the Tax Administration Act No. 28 of 2011 protects the confidentiality of all taxpayers and as such I am unable to provide any details of the Presidents’ tax affairs.

Reply:

(1)(a) The total number of staff members of the SA Revenue Service who have resigned during the period 1 September 2014 to 30 April 2017 is 1277.

(b) 82 Employees were dismissed during the period 1 September 2014 to 30 April 2017.

(c)(i) 166 Employees were suspended with full pay during the period 1 September 2014 to 30 April 2017.

(c)(ii) 43 Employees were suspended without pay during the period 1 September 2014 to 30 April 2017.

(2)(a) 913 External applicants were recruited during the period 1 September 2014 and 30 April 2017 to fill funded vacancies.

(b) The annual attrition rate is reflected in the table below per financial year:

Reply:

(a) & (b) The National Department of Human Settlements and the entities reporting to me have not (i) procured any services from and/or (ii) made any payments to the Decolonisation Foundation.

Reply:

NATIONAL TREASURY

(1)(a) No

(2)(a)(i)&(ii) No

(2)(a)(aa) N/A

(2)(a)(bb) N/A

ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD

(1) The Accounting Standards Board did not participate in the Dialogue with the President: Unpacking of the SONA 2017 on Radical Economic Transformation Implementation event.

(2) The Accounting Standards Board did not it participate in the auction of the (i) souvenirs or (ii) personal belongings of the President of the Republic, Mr Jacob G Zuma.

CO-OPERATIVE BANKS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

The Co-operative Banks Development Agency did not participate in the Dialogue with the President in Unpacking of the SONA 2017 on Radical Economic Transformation Implementation event hosted at the Oyster Box Hotel in Umhlanga, Durban, on 25 February 2017

The Co-operative Banks Development Agency did not participate in the auction of the (i) souvenirs or (ii) personal belongings of the President of the Republic, Mr Jacob G Zuma.

DEVELOPMENT BANK OF SOUTHERN AFRICA

(1) (b) No

(2) (b)(i) (ii) No

(3) (aa) (bb) N/A

FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE CENTRE

1. The FIC did not take part in the Dialogue with the President: Unpacking of the SONA 2017 on Radical Economic Transformation Implementation event, hosted at the Oyster Box Hotel in Umhlanga, Durban, on 25 February 2017.

1. The FIC did not participate in the auction of the (i) souvenirs or (ii) personal belongings of the President of the Republic, Mr Jacob G Zuma.

FINANCIAL SERVICES BOARD

(1) (a) Not applicable.

(b) The FSB did not participate in the event referred to.

(2) (a) Not applicable.

(b) The FSB did not participate in the event referred to.

GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES PENSION FUND

GEPF did not participate in the dialogue referred to in the question, and GEPF did not participate on the auction as mentioned in question 2.

INDEPENDENT REGULATORY BOARD FOR AUDITORS

No person from IRBA participated in the dialogue with the President, and no person participated in the auction referred to in the question.

PENSION FUNDS ADJUDICATOR

1. (b) No

1. (b)(i) No

(b)(ii) No

LAND BANK

1. (a) The Land Bank did not participate at the above-mentioned event as it was not invited.

2. (a) The Land Bank did not participate in the auction of the souvenirs or personal belongings of the President as it was not invited.

(aa) nothing was purchased.

(bb) no cost to the Bank.

FAIS OMBUD

No person from FAIS Ombud participated in the dialogue with the President, and no person participated in the auction referred to in the question.

PUBLIC INVESTMENT CORPORATION

(1)(b) The PIC did not incur costs for any participation in the Dialogue with the President: Unpacking of the SONA 2017 at the Oyster Box Hotel in Umhlanga Durban.

2(b) The PIC did not participate in any auction of souvenirs or personal belongings of President Jacob G Zuma.

SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS

1(b) SAA did not participate in the Dialogue with the President: Unpacking of the SONA 2017 on Radical Economic Transformation Implementation event hosted at the Oyster Box Hotel in Umhlanga, Durban, on 25 February 2017.

2(b) SAA did not participate in the auction of the (i) souvenirs or (ii) personal belongings of the President of the Republic, Mr Jacob G Zuma.

SOUTH AFRICAN REVENUE SERVICES

1. The South African Revenue Service did not participate in any dialogue with the President to unpack SONA 2017.

2. The South African Revenue Service did not participate in any auction pertaining to items belonging to the President of the Republic, Mr JG Zuma.

SASRIA

1. Sasria SOC Limited did not participate in the dialogue with the President: Unpacking of the SONA 2017 on Radical Economic Transformation Implementation event.
2. Sasria SOC Limited did not participate in the auction of the (i) souvenirs or (ii) personal belongings of the President of the Republic, Mr Jacob G Zuma

TAX OMBUD

The Office of the Tax Ombud did not participate in the auction of the (i) souvenirs or (ii) personal belongings of the President of the Republic, Mr Jacob G Zuma.

Reply:

(a) (i) 2014/15: R58,983,000, adjusted to R54,273,000

(ii) 2015/16: R55,662,000, adjusted to R94,698,000

(iii) 2016/17: R104,643,000, adjusted to R132,395,000

(b) R162,683.000

Reply:

The Department and its entities have not procured any services from/or made any payments to the Decolonisation Foundation.

 

COMPILER/CONTACT PERSONS:

EXT:

DIRECTOR – GENERAL

STATUS:

DATE:

QUESTION 1221 APPROVED/NOT APPROVED/AMENDED

Dr BE NZIMANDE, MP

MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING

STATUS:

DATE:

Reply:

No, neither the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, nor her departments and all entities reporting to her procured any services from and/or made any payments to the Decolonisation Foundation.

Reply:

1. There is currently a satellite campus of the Ehlanzeni Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) College operating in the Thaba Chweu Municipality at Lydenburg. The satellite campus is currently located in a municipal building.
2. The College undertook a basic feasibility assessment, and established that there is an immediate need to provide mining related programmes for the area and further identified the need to support the Tourism and Hospitality sector. As an interim response to this, the College supported by the Department is in the process of securing access to a building in closer proximity to the centre of the town. The College is also at an advanced stage of securing land from the Municipality.
3. At present, there is no allocated budget. The College is in the process of mobilising expressions of interest to fund the initiative from the various mines within the area.

COMPILER/CONTACT PERSONS:

EXT:

DIRECTOR – GENERAL

STATUS:

DATE:

QUESTION 1080 APPROVED/NOT APPROVED/AMENDED

Dr BE NZIMANDE, MP

MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING

STATUS:

DATE:

Reply:

The Interim Board has been directed to review the governance framework and the related policies, the effectiveness of controls and systems as well as the alignment of policies with the work of the SABC. The outcome thereof will inform the kind and extent of the interventions to implement the recommendations of the Ad Hoc Committee on the SABC Inquiry.

The appointment of a permanent Board with the requisite skills will also strengthen good corporate governance and compliance. The Board will be expected to report to the Minister on a quarterly basis on the progress thereof.

Reply:

The amount spent during the financial year 2016-2017 will be made available when the auditing process on the figures has been completed.

Reply:

1. My Department has no records of school staff members who were found to be administering corporal punishment in each school and/ or district. This is more relevant to provincial administration duties. Therefore, the question was referred to the PEDs for response. Out of nine (9) PEDs only two (2) have responded as indicated in the below table. The information will be updated as and when the responses are received from the PEDs.
2. The Department of Basic Education cannot confirm if matters were reported to the SACE as the SACE is independent from the Department. However, the question was also referred to the SACE for response.

	SCHOOL STAFF MEMBERS FOUND TO BE ADMINISTERING CORPORAL PUNISHMENT	TOTAL
	2014	2015	2016
	REPORTED IN THE PED	REPORTED TO SACE	REPORTED IN THE PED	REPORTED TO SACE	REPORTED IN THE PED	REPORTED TO SACE
WC	352		430		501		1 283
NW	1		4		7		12
GP
FS
NC
KZN
MPU
EC
LP
TOTAL	353		434		508		1 295

PROVINCE	No. OF CASES RESULTED IN DISCIPLINARY ACTION
	2014	2015	2016	TOTAL
WC	160	204	222	586
NW	1	3	7	11
GP
FS
NC
KZN
MPU
EC
LP
TOTAL	167	207	229	597

1. Sanctions ranged from final written warning coupled with a fine not exceeding one month salary or suspension without pay for a period not exceeding three months to dismissal in more serious cases.

Reply:

(a) Nil

(b) Nil

Reply:

Yes, the official has been suspended.

(a) The official was suspended on 17 March 2017.

(b) The official is facing various charges of alleged misconduct, details of which are still confidential pending finalisation of the disciplinary processes.The suspension. was to enable the Board to conduct an investigation on allegations of misconduct.

(c) Mr Mmberegeni Dzebu.

d) The Council requested the then Minister of Communications to second an official to act as the CEO. Mr Dzebu was found to be a suitable person.

 

Reply:

(a)-(b) There are no entire inappropriate structures remaining in Limpopo and KwaZulu- Natal provinces.

Reply:

(a)

(1) Ms Yolisa Phahle;

(2) Ms Renee Williams;

(3) Ms Nomazotsho Memani;

(4) Ms Khumbudzo Phophi Ntshavheni; and

(5) Ms Khumbudzo Phophi

The following members were coopted as additional members to the advisory body:

(1) Ms Aitheli Makhwanya (National Film and Video Foundation)

(2) Lindiwe Ndebele Koka (Department of Arts and Culture)

(3) Dr Anneline Chetty (Department of Trade and Industry)

(4) Mr Zamokwakhe Dlamini (Department of Science and Technology)

(5) Ms Mamedupe Kgatshe (Independent Communications Authority of South Africa)

(6) Ms Fikile Hlongwane (Independent Communications Authority of South Africa)

(7) Mr Regardt Gouws (Films and Publication Board)

 

(b) (i) (ii)

(i) The advisory body members were appointed on 8 October 2015.

(ii) They were appointed in terms of section 38 of the Broadcasting Act of 1999. This process was guided by the following requirements: The South African Broadcast Production Body shall comprise six (6) members appointed by the Minister representing government; the regulator; industry; civil society; consumer groups and organised labour with proven experience and expertise in content creation and development, production, marketing, distribution, acquisition, policy and regulation, technologies, intellectual property, cyber security and any other skills required in the content industry.

Reply:

(1)(2)(3) This matter is one of the many matters we are looking into at the Ministry of Communications.

Reply:

PROVINCE	MISCONDUCT CASES ON SEXUAL RELATIONS BETWEEN STAFF MEMBERS AND PUPILS REPORTED AND INVESTIGATED BY SACE
	2014	2015	2016
	REPORTED	INVESTIGATED	REPORTED	INVESTIGATED	REPORTED	INVESTIGATED
WC	1	0	0	0	1	0
NW	1 Bojanala 1 Kenneth Kaunda	0	1 Ngaka Modiri Molema	0	1 Bojanala	0
GP	Not responded
FS	Not responded
NC	Not responded
KZN	Not responded
MPU	Not responded
EC	Not responded
LMP	Not responded
TOTAL	3	0	1	0	2	0

The Department of Basic Education cannot confirm if matters were investigated by the SACE as the SACE is independent from the Department. However, the question was referred to the PEDs and the SACE for response. Out of nine (9) PEDs only two (2) have responded. The information would be updated as and when the responses are received from the PEDs and the SACE.

Reply:

I would like to plead with the Honourable Member to grant the administration an extension of a period not exceeding a further 10 working days to source the correct information to enable me to respond to the question.

Reply:

(i) (ii) see the link for reply: https://pmg.org.za/files/RNW1068Annexure-170522.docx

(aa) (bb) (b) (i) Attached as Annexure A

(ii) Attached as Annexure B

Reply:

The expenditure was mainly incurred by the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) and the expenditure toward the bid for the 2022 Commonwealth Games is being verified. The information asked for by the Honourable Member shall be provided before long.

Reply:

Minister of Public Works:

(a) The Department has not conducted any comprehensive building condition assessments regarding infrastructure repairs, except for an assessment of the structural damage to one of the security features at the private residence of the President, Mr Jacob G Zuma, in Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal. The South African Police Service (SAPS) conducted a physical assessment of the security features at the said premises.

(b) The Department has not conducted any maintenance assessments of the security upgrades at the private residence of the President, Mr Jacob G Zuma, in Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal. The position is that the Department will assess and consider such if requested and permitted by the owners if necessary.

(a)(i) The assessment of the structural damage to one of the security features was conducted on 29 June 2016 and the physical assessment of the security features was done by the SAPS on 30 March 2015.

(a)(ii) The assessment of the structural damage to one of the security features was done by the Department and the physical assessment of the security features was done by the SAPS.

(a)(iii) Not Applicable

(a)(iv) Regarding the assessment of the structural damage to one of the security features, there was no indication that there is more infrastructure repair required. Regarding the physical assessment of the security features done by the SAPS, the question should be addressed to the SAPS.

(a)(v) A cost estimate has not been done regarding the repair of the structural damage to the said security feature. Regarding a cost estimate relating to the physical assessment of the security features done by the SAPS, the question should be addressed to the SAPS.

(a)(vi) The work on the infrastructure repairs to the said security feature has not commenced. Regarding work relating to the physical assessment of the security features done by the SAPS, the question should be addressed to the SAPS.

(b)(i) – (vi) Not Applicable.

Reply:

The department is still trying to collate all the relevant information from other Divisions and Provinces in order to give accurate response which will soon be provided.

Reply:

There are two separate cases currently pending in the Gauteng High Court and the Constitutional Court respectively. The issues to be considered by the Courts, amongst others, relate to Mr Gordhan in his capacity as the former Minister of Finance. It will therefore be inappropriate to comment on the question asked while these matters are before the Courts.

Reply:

(a) (i),(ii) The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform received and processed 47 applications for the registration of Communal Property Associations from the 2016-17 financial year to date.

(aa),(bb) Breakdown per province appears below:

• Eastern Cape : 6 applications approved
• Free State : 1 application approved
• KwaZulu-Natal : 5 applications approved
• Limpopo : 1 application approved
• Mpumalanga : 15 applications approved
• Northern Cape : 6 applications approved
• North West : 9 applications approved
• Western Cape : 4 applications approved

(b) (i) (aa) All 47 applications received were approved.

(bb) None. The Department is not rejecting CPA applications, but returns them for corrections if they are non-compliant with registration requirements prescribed by the Communal Property Associations Act, 1996 (Act No 28 of 1996).

(ii) Breakdown per province of non-compliant applications returned to the Provincial Offices for corrections and later approved appears below:

• Eastern Cape : 4
• KwaZulu-Natal : 3
• Limpopo : 1
• Mpumalanga : 2
• North West : 4
• Western Cape : 2

Reply:

1. I was briefed by the Minister of Health on Life Esidimeni on 1 February 2017, which was immediately after the release of the report on the matter by the Health Ombud, Professor Malegapuru Makgoba. Immediately after this briefing, on behalf of the government, I extended our deepest condolences to the families of psychiatric patients who died so tragically in Gauteng.

2. The investigation that was conducted by the Health Ombud was comprehensive and sufficient with regard to assisting government with information to deal with the matters at hand. As such I am not intending to establish a Commission of Inquiry.

Reply:

The issue of Tax is a confidential matter between the South African Revenue Services and the Tax payer.

Reply:

One of the stumbling blocks to sport development and improving access to participation opportunities has been the absence of an accurate database of sport and recreation facilities. The Department of Sport and Recreation South Africa is thus commencing with a full-scale facilities audit in the 2017/18 financial year. In this period a comprehensive audit will be done in one Province, namely Gauteng. It is expected that the audit of all Provinces will straddle over a number of financial years. Once the audit is complete only then will specific and reliable data be available with regard to the condition of each facility and its location.

Reply:

1. Currently, section 107 of the Income Tax Act 58 of 1962 and section 74 of the Value Added Tax Act 89 of 1991 makes provision for the Minister of Finance to make regulations prescribing amongst other things the information that the Minister may require from the South African Revenue Service (SARS) Commissioner to ensure smooth tax administration and optimal revenue collection. The proposed amendments to section 107 of the Income Tax Act 58 of 1962 and section 74 of the Value Added Tax Act 89 of 1991 are to clarify that the Minister of Finance may make regulations in relation to the information that the Minister of Finance may deem necessary to ensure transparency, reporting on tax collection and that the target set in the Budget for revenue is achieved.

2. The proposed regulations will be made only after the amendment bills have been passed into law and will be published for public comment. A media statement will then be issued when these regulations are published for public comment.

Reply:

(1) Currently, there are no vacancies in the positions of (a) chief executive officer, (b) chief financial officer and/or (c) chief operating officer in the entities reporting to the Department of Sport and Recreation South Africa.

Therefore (i) and (ii); (2) (a) and (b); and (3) (a), (b) and (c) fall away.

Reply:

Minister of Public Works:

The Department does not intend to repair, upgrade or renovate any property on the President’s private property at Nkandla.

(a) Not applicable.

(b) Not applicable.

Reply:

I have on several occasions, including in a reply to a written Parliamentary Question (No. 347), publicly stated that South Africa indeed nominated Mr Nhlanhla Nene for the position of Head of the African Regional Centre of the New Development Bank, also known as the BRICS Bank. No further action is being taken in this regard as Mr Nene subsequently accepted a position in the private sector.

Reply:

(a)(i) The Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

did not undertake directly.

(aa) any drilling and/ or installation of boreholes

(bb) any refurbishment of boreholes

(cc) any equipping of boreholes.

(ii) According to the information received from the municipalities,

(aa) drilled and/ or installed 33 boreholes

(bb) refurbished 3 boreholes

(cc) equipped no borehole.

Only Mpumalanga and Northern Cape reported information on boreholes completed as indicated in the table below. All other provinces had not completed any work on boreholes since November 2016.

Province	Municipality	a. How many boreholes
		ii (aa). Drilled	ii (bb). Refurbished	ii (cc). equipped
Mpumalanga	Govan Mbeki LM	24	0	0
	Lekwa LM	6	0	0
Northern Cape	Ga-Segonyana	3	2	0
	Gamagara	0	1	0
TOTAL		33	3	0

Reference: A detailed list is attached in Annexure A.

(b): (aa) drilling and/ or installation of 33 borehole amounts R 6593 564.21

(bb) refurbishment of 3 boreholes amounts R 299 850.00

(cc) as there was no equipping of boreholes, no cost incurred.

Reference: A detailed list is attached in Annexure A.

(c): Expenditure were funded from MIG of the Department of Cooperative Governance and MWIG of the Department of Water and Sanitation

The details of funding are as given hereunder

(aa) drilling and/ or installation costs of total R 6 593 564.21, MIG provided total R 6 057 499,21 (Mpumalanga got R 6 057 499.21 and Northern Cape got R 264 390.00). MWIG provided the rest R 536 065.00 which went to Northern Cape alone.

(bb) refurbishment costs of total R 299 850.00 was provided by MWIG and Northern Cape got all of it.

(cc) No cost was incurred.

Reference: A detailed list is attached in Annexure A.

(d): The companies to which the contracts were awarded to were:

1. M/s Sandmix Construction and Development and M/s Asdu Trading got the contracts for Mpumalanga municipalities and
2. M/s Kimopax/ Gobora Drilling AB Pumps Contractors gt the contrats of Northern Cape municipalities

Reference: A detailed list is attached in Annexure A.

(e): The boreholes location details are given in Annexure A.

Reply:

1. (a) No

    (b) No

2. (a) & (b): Over the years, before the removal of the former Minister of Finance Mr Pravin Gordhan from office, the Department of Energy has been undertaking the preparations for the rollout of the Nuclear New Build Programme (NNPB). As part of these preparations, the Government has entered into Intergovernmental Agreements (IGAs) with nuclear vendor countries. These IGAs cover a broad range of areas for potential cooperation. Amongst others, the IGAs cover the use of nuclear energy for electricity generation including the design, construction, operation and decommissioning of nuclear power plants in South Africa.

It should however be noted that the Western Cape High Court has recently reviewed and set aside the decision of the Minister of Energy of 10 June 2015 to table some of these Intergovernmental Agreements before Parliament in terms of Section 231(3) of the Constitution.

(i) South Korea, USA, China, France and Russia.

(ii) The IGAs have no financial implications attached to any of them because they are cooperation agreements.

Reply:

1. I established the IMC on Comprehensive Social Security in 2015 consisting of five Ministers (the first five Ministers listed under 2a below). Early this year, I took a decision to reconstitute this IMC to include other Ministers (as listed below).

 (a) Twice.

 (b) (i) & (ii) 9 September 2015 in Cape Town and 12 May 2017 in Pretoria.

 (c) The main agenda of the IMC is to address existing policy gaps by developing a responsive social protection system for South Africa as envisaged in Chapter 11 of the National Development Plan (Vision 2030). The IMC’s agenda also entails taking forward the Social Security Reform Discussion Paper.

2. (a) The following nine Ministers are Members of the IMC:

• Minister of Social Development
• Minister of Finance
• Minister of Labour
• Minister of Health
• Minister of Transport
• Minister of Home Affairs
• Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services
• Minister of Communications
• Minister of State Security

 (b) The IMC was previously co-chaired by the Ministers of Finance and Social Development. However since its reconstitution, I am the Chairperson of the IMC.

Reply:

1. Mr PJ Gordhan is no longer the Minister of Finance.

The Minister of Finance, Mr Malusi Gigaba and the SARS Commissioner, Mr Tom Moyane, have a good working relationship. There is no longer a need for mediation.

2. In light of the response under (1), this question is no longer relevant.

Reply:

(a) None.

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

Reply:

1. The Conditions of Appointment are derived from or are linked to the salaries and conditions of service which apply to comparable (identified) Senior Management positions in the Public Service. Due to this link, I will be able to issue the 2017 Annual Determination once the cost of living adjustment for Members of the Senior Management Service for 2017 has been determined by the Minister for Public Service and Administration, after consultation with the Minister of Finance.

2. The Conditions of Appointment, inclusive of remuneration and conditions of service, applicable to members of the Public Service Commission are derived from or are linked to the salaries and conditions of service which apply to comparable (identified) Senior Management positions in the Public Service. The conditions of service of Senior Managers in the Public Service are determined by the Minister for the Public Service and Administration. Despite the linking of the salary dispensation of Members of the Public Service Commission with the Senior Management Service, the salary progression measures (notch increases) introduced for the SMS in 2002 for implementation with effect from 1 April 2003 were not extended to Commissioners.

(3) The Conditions of Appointment applicable to Members of the Public Service Commission provide for an Inclusive Flexible Remuneration Package for members of the Public Service Commission. This package consists of the basic salary (70% of the package), the State’s contribution to the Government Employees Pension Fund (13% of the pensionable salary) and a flexible portion. The flexible portion can be used for a motor car allowance, 13th cheque, medical assistance, housing allowance or non-pensionable cash allowance. It should however be noted that the total amount structured for these benefits must equal the amount available in the flexible portion of the Member’s package.

Reply:

(aa) The following vehicles were used by Minister Fikile Mbalula and Deputy Minister Gert Oosthuizen in the (aaa) 2014-15 and the (bbb) 2015-16 financial years:

Vehicles utilised from Pretoria office base

	(i) Minister	(ii) Deputy Minister
(a) Make	Mercedes Benz	Mercedes Benz
(b) Model	ML 500	E500
(c) Price	R940 885.80	R928 161.77
(d) Date of acquisition	07 July 2011	20 March 2013

Vehicles utilised from Cape Town office base

	Minister	Deputy Minister
(a) Make	Mercedes Benz	BMW
(b) Model	ML500	530D
(c) Price	R 935 871.60	R 843 369.00
(d) Date of acquisition	05 October 2011	12 October 2011

(bb) Information for the motor vehicles used by the Minister Fikile Mbalula and Deputy Minister Gert Oosthuizen from 01 April 2016 is as follows:

Vehicles utilised from Pretoria office base

	Minister	Deputy Minister
(a) Make	BMW	Mercedes Benz
(b) Model	X5	E500
(c) Price	R902 529.99	R928 161.77
(d) Dates	07 July 2015	20 March 2013

Vehicles utilised from Cape Town office base

	Minister	Deputy Minister
(a) Make	Mercedes Benz	BMW
(b) Model	ML500	530D
(c) Price	R 935 871.60	R 843 369.00
(d) Date	05 October 2011	12 October 2011

Reply:

This information will be made available to Parliament when the Bill is introduced.

Reply:

Date Applied for permission	Nature of Gift	Value of a gift	Name of Organisation offered the gift	Name of the person offered the gift	Permission Granted
22/01/2010	Leather/Crome Magazine Stand	Not Specified	Not specified	Not specified	Permission granted
26/01/2011	1 X Jewellery Box and Clash Bag	R2 400.00	Dimension Data	Not specified	Permission granted
11/11/2011	1 X Painting Art Works 1 X Xhosa Traditional Attire	R15 000.00 R1 500.00	John Adams Artists in Port Elizabeth Community Development Association Steering Committee	Not specified Not specified	Permission granted Permission granted
25/04/2013	1 X iPhone5 Cell phone	R9 499.00	CellC	Mr Knott Craig	Permission granted
18/06/2015	6 X Bottles of Red Wine 1 X Isichumo	R120.00 each R2 500.00	His Majesty King Goodwill Zwelithini His Majesty King Goodwill Zwelithini		Permission granted Permission granted
14/12/2016	1 X 3 year old Bonsmara Bull	R60 000.00	G T Molefe Farming in Harrismith	Not specified	Permission granted