Questions and Replies

Reply:

(a) 5 farms. This number, however, refers only to farms that were controlled by the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform. It is therefore possible that farms controlled by provincial governments and other national departments were transferred during the same period.

(b) 1 in the Eastern Cape and 4 in the Free State.

(c) See the table below.

Name	Surname
Kheki Jerry	Makhalemele
Robert Lekhooa	Thekiso
Tsepiso Izak	Mokoena
Molehi Richard	Kodisang
Nelson Rolihlahla	Mandela

(d)(i) 5 individuals

(d)(ii)(aa) 1

(d)(ii)(bb) 1

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.

Reply:

(a) No. Verification for the Zingcuka could not be completed due to the dispute between the Upper Zingcuka and Amakhuze communities, as there are overlapping boundaries of the claimed land. The Commission on Restitution of Land Rights (CRLR), Department of Agriculture Forestry & Fisheries and Amathole Forestry Company have jointly scheduled meetings during 2017/18 financial year in order to resolve the disputes. Upon resolving of the dispute, the CRLR will proceed with the finalization of the verification process, and the restitution processes will unfold in order for this claim to be settled.

 

Reply:

(a) (i) (ii) The Bid Specification Committee has been appointed and it is in a process of developing draft specification which will be tabled to the Bid Adjudication Committee for approval.

(b)The timeframe set are as follows:

• The procumbent process: July- September 2017
• Phase-out Negotiations with CPS: November 2017
• Setting up by the new Service Provider November 2017

Reply:

No heads nor any staff member or their family members of the entities reporting to me have made use of any security services paid by the state.

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.

Reply:

The 2016 National Senior Certificate (NSC) External Moderator Reports for the above listed subject found that the subject question papers covered the scope and depth of the examinable content, examined the appropriate levels of cognition and difficulty outlined in the assessment syllabus and examination guideline of the examination assessment body. See external moderator’s reports in the accompanying USB flash drive.

Reply:

1. The Department of Science and Technology (DST) has a total budget of just over 7.5 billion for the 2017/18 financial year.

The Hydrogen and energy subprogramme, which is responsible for the implementation of the Energy Grand Challenge, will spend just over R156 million to fund applied energy research to support the development and uptake of clean energy technologies in South Africa and other parts of the world. The bulk of these funds support universities and science councils for research and development in the areas of hydrogen fuel cell, solar, wind and energy storage technologies. Hence, the percentage of the DST ‘s budget that is allocated towards renewable energy alternatives is just under 2%.

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.

Reply:

Not applicable.

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Approved by the Minister on

Date………………………..

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.

Reply:

Progress Report on the Implementation of the Recommendations of the Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on the SABC Board Inquiry has been presented to the Parliament Portfolio Committee on Communications on Tuesday, 13 June 2017.

Reply:

1. (a) No profit share agreement was signed between the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR), Bono Farm Management and the beneficiaries of Nirwanda Farm in the Hex River Valley.

   (b) The Department has no knowledge of the alleged compensation to beneficiaries since there is no agreement between the Department and the abovementioned parties.

2. (a) …

(b) …

3. (a) The Nirwanda Development Trust consists of the historically permanent workforce that is currently active in the operations of the farm.

    (b) No.

(4)

Name of Official	Designation/Rank	Status of disciplinary action
Ms Babalwa Magoda	Chief Director: Recapitalisation and Development	Official suspended. Disciplinary hearing commenced 17 February 2017 and is continuing.
Mr Vusi Mahlangu	Deputy Director General: Land Reform	Disciplinary Hearing finalised; Official dismissed with effect from 15 June 2016;

 

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Reply:

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

(a) No

(b) No

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

 

 

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

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.

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]

Reply:

a) R21 442 522.93

b) R28 313 315.54

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.

Reply:

(a) The signing of work plans is a new service condition for principals and is embedded in the Quality Management System (QMS) for school-based educators. The QMS instrument requires all principals to develop work plans with clear targets and deliverables for their respective schools. The work plan will serve as a performance agreement that will be signed by both the principal and his/her immediate supervisor (i.e. the circuit manager). The Combined Trade Union- Autonomous Teachers Union (CTU-ATU) and the Department of Basic Education (DBE) have already signed the QMS collective agreement while SADTU still has to sign the agreement.

(b) The agreement has not been signed by SADTU. SADTU will only sign if the annual salary progression based on satisfactory performance increases from 1% to 1.5%. SADTU is using the 0.5% salary progression as a bargaining tool.

(c) The Minister of Basic Education has promulgated the revised Personnel Administrative Measures (PAM), dated 12 February 2016. The revised PAM includes the job descriptions of all educators from post level 1-4 and requires that a work-plan must be signed off between the educators and their immediate supervisors. The promulgation of the revised PAM has overtaken the impasse between the SADTU and the DBE with respect to the QMS as the job descriptions and requirement to develop work-plans are now regulated as policy and must be implemented by all principals and circuit managers in Provincial Departments of Education as part of the compliance measures as regulated in PAM. The DBE has further informed HEDCOM and CEM about the need to ensure that all school principals and circuit managers are informed about this and implement this as a compliance measure. The ELRC has also conducted training of all provinces on the revised PAM so that all principals and PED officials understand the amendments. This training has further assisted to ensure that all levels in the education system are informed of the revised measures and are able to implement it as part of compliance.

Reply:

The disclosures of interest in terms of Regulation 12(1) of the South African Police Service (SAPS) Employment Regulations of 2008 were submitted by:

(a) the National Commissioner,

(b) the Deputy National Commissioner,

(c) the Provincial Commissioners and

(d) any person acting in any of the above positions, for the following financial years:

(i) 2012-13;

(ii) 2013-14;

(iii) 2014-15;

(iv) 2015-16; and

(v) 2016-17.

However, in respect of the 2015-16 financial year, the disclosures of interest of the National Commissioner, the Deputy National Commissioner: Corporate Service Management and the Head: Corporate Communication, who were suspended and who were not allowed access to any premises of the SAPS, were not submitted. The Public Service Commission (PSC) was informed accordingly.

The relevant details in each declaration consisted of, inter alia, the following:

• Shares and other financial interests in private or public companies and other corporate entities recognised by law;
• Directorships and partnerships;
• Remunerative work performed outside the SAPS;
• Consultancies and retainer-ships;
• Sponsorships;
• Gifts and hospitality from another source than a family member; and
• Ownership and other interests in land and property, whether inside or outside the Republic.

Reply:

(a) INTRODUCTION

Umalusi processes for approval of results is not a tail end process. It begins with the quality assurance of several processes that culminate in a final product. Below are the processes that happen prior to the final standardisation process. The external moderators are engaged in these processes and the Assessment Standards Committee engages with the input from all these processes through qualitative input reports presented prior to the standardisation process.

1. THE PURPOSE OF THE QUALITATIVE INPUT REPORT

The qualitative input (QI) report assists the Assessment Standards Committee of Council (ASC) in their decision making process around standardisation matters per subject. It provides the committee with the history of quality assurance processes on a subject starting from the moderation of question paper(s), standardisation of the marking guidelines and ending with the process of verification of marking.

​1.1 MODERATION OF QUESTION PAPERS

The QI report provides information on the status of the question paper at the point of approval. It indicates whether the question paper(s) met the required standards by meeting the set criteria such as appropriate distribution of cognitive demands as set out in the Subject Assessment Guideline, adequate coverage of the subject content, technical aspects including the quality of diagrams and pictures used in the question papers etc.

​1.2 STANDARDISATION OF THE MARKING GUIDELINES

This part of the QI report gives details of the discussions on the marking guidelines leading to its finalisation before marking commences. Umalusi moderators play a role of an arbiter and final judge on what should be acceptable as appropriate responses, including alternate answers, to the various questions. Upon finalisation, the marking guideline is signed-off and no further changes and/or additions can be made without the consent of the relevant Umalusi moderator.

2.3 VERIFICATION OF MARKING

The verification of marking section of the QI report intends to provide information on whether marking in the various question papers was conducted in a consistent manner and confirms adherence to the marking guideline across provinces and regions. It also provides an opinion on whether marking was of quality and done accurately by checking on the allocation of marks and additions to arrive at the total mark obtained by a candidate. Umalusi has a right to request for remarking in a subject if there is enough evidence indicating that marking was done poorly and this may have unfairly advantaged or disadvantaged candidates.

(b) Yes, Umalusi will make the qualitative reports available to the PC on Basic Education.

Reply:

a) The total number of the South African Police Service (SAPS) members, who are currently on suspension, is 50.

(b)(i)(ii)(iii)(aa) and (bb)

No.	(ii) Rank	Date of Suspension	(iii)(aa) and (bb) Total salary paid to date
1.	Captain	2012-09-11	R1 633 228,96
2.	Captain	2012-09-11	R1 584 518,17
3.	Captain	2012-09-11	R1 545 104,50
4.	Warrant Officer	2012-09-11	R1 234 955,70
5.	Warrant Officer	2012-09-11	R866 906,84
6.	Warrant Officer	2012-09-11	R1 348 358,91
7.	Warrant Officer	2012-09-11	R1 346 799,53
8.	Warrant Officer	2012-09-11	R1 410 625,59
9.	Warrant Officer	2012-09-11	R1 166 801,04
10.	Warrant Officer	2012-09-11	R1 351 706,48
11.	Warrant Officer	2012-09-11	R1 365 550,83
12.	Warrant Officer	2012-09-11	R1 344 472,55
13.	Warrant Officer	2012-09-11	R1 381 722,30
14.	Warrant Officer	2012-09-11	R1 342 449,71
15.	Warrant Officer	2012-09-11	R1 215 676,69
16.	Warrant Officer	2012-09-11	R1 146 384,56
17.	Sergeant	2012-09-11	R1 027 741,84
18.	Sergeant	2012-09-11	R1 087 664,79
19.	Security Officer	2014-12-11	R286 449,00
20.	Constable	2015-05-16	R184 462,92
21.	Sergeant	2012-08-30	R949 219,04
22.	Warrant Officer	2012-08-30	R1 214 152,98
23.	Sergeant	2012-08-30	R947 251,88
24.	Data Typist	2017-01-22	R52 723,82
25.	Constable	2017-01-18	R49 921,31
26.	Constable	2017-02-10	R39 296,08
27.	Constable	2017-02-10	R55 330,97
28.	Constable	2017-02-10	R41 020,56
29.	Captain	2016-08-03	R267 158,25
30.	Captain	2016-04-12	R384 170,20
31.	Captain	2017-01-24	R99 627,09
32.	Constable	2017-01-17	R46 275,16
33.	Captain	2016-05-20	R379 943,19
34.	Constable	2017-02-17	R35 308,91
35.	Warrant Officer	2016-08-25	R85 570,37
36.	Captain	2016-08-15	R277 905,79
37.	Captain	2016-08-15	R104 485,05
38.	Warrant Officer	2016-08-12	R64 240,39
39.	Constable	2015-12-30	R256 683,99
40.	Captain	2016-10-19	R198 231,38
41.	Constable	2015-10-30	R332 334,38
42.	Captain	2016-10-10	R206 703,06
43.	Constable	2017-02-20	R33 087,45
44.	Constable	2017-03-23	R31 367,95
45.	Constable	2017-04-03	R13 990,07
46.	Constable	2017-04-03	R13 466,74
47.	Sergeant	2017-04-07	R13 973,95
48.	Constable	2017-04-03	R13 990,07
49.	Constable	2017-04-03	R13 466,74
50.	Admin Clerk	2017-04-07	R14 586,25

(c) Disciplinary measures have been instituted against all the members who are on suspension and their disciplinary hearings are in process. Some of the members on the list have been dismissed, however, they have appealed the sanction.

Reply:

Yes, the National Population Register, National Immigration Information Systems and HANIS (Biometrics system) are in the process of being converted to a single National Identity System (NIS). The completion of the NIS is projected to be in FY 2019/20.

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:

Reply:

(a)-(c) The security detail that has been allocated to (name furnished) was based on a thorough risk assessment, conducted by both the State Security Agency (SSA) and the South African Police Service’s (SAPS) Crime Intelligence capability.

It is not a requirement that a threat assessment be based on a reported crime. As previously stated, the SAPS cannot divulge the detail associated with the threat assessment as this may potentially compromise the safety and security of (name furnished) and the relevant SAPS members.

Reply:

(a) The full names of the individuals who were appointed are:

• Denver Johann Hattingh;
• Frank Boycie Saunders; and
• Kholekile Goodwill Nonkewuse.

(b) The position each specified individual was appointed to is:

• Lieutenant Colonel: Events Management
• Colonel: Station Commander, Emanguzi, Kwa-Zulu Natal; and
• Sergeant: Corporate Communication and Liaison, Eastern Cape.

(c) The qualifications of each individual are:

• Hattingh: Grade Twelve (12) Certificate;
• Saunders: Grade Twelve (12) Certificate, almost completed Bachelor of Policing Practice; and
• Nonkewuse: Grade Twelve (12) Certificate and Certificate in Sound Engineering.

(d) The exceptional circumstances that warranted deviations were:

• Hattingh: The officer served a period of more than 11 years in his previous rank. He has extensive experience within Corporate Communication and Liaison, especially in Events Management and he played an integral role in the organising and successful hosting of National Events such as the National Excellence Awards Event, POLMUSCA etc.
• Saunders: Following issues raised by the community of Emanguzi to the President, the post of Station Commander: Emanguzi was upgraded, and a resolution was taken to fast track the appointment of a permanent Station Commander and to increase members to do policing in the Emanguzi-area in order to meet the challenges that existed and to stabilize policing in such area; and
• Nonkewuse: The member, being a member of the Service for more than 9 years and holding the rank of Constable was inter alia responsible for Community Outreach Projects, and took it upon himself to train and manage the Provincial Choir. The choir became involved in Project Harmony which involves outreach events to support crime prevention messages through music. Under his leadership the Eastern Cape Choir became national champions and also won several external competitions, and built a sound relationship with the Department of Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture, as well as the Department of Social Development whereby the choir is supporting an old age home through music concerts.

(e) The deviation was in the interest of the Service because:

• Hattingh: A vacant funded post existed at Events Management, and the officer has been performing such duties with exemption. Numerous praises after successfully hosting such events were directly attributed to the officer’s involvement.
• Saunders: Colonel Saunders was identified by the Provincial Commissioner Kwa-Zulu Natal as he possessed extensive skills in managing operational methods and intelligence driven means in curbing the scourge of crime that affects the community in the Emanguzi area;
• Nonkewuse: The promotion of Sergeant Nonkeuse was strongly recommended by the Provincial Commissioner: Eastern Cape based on the member’s leadership-abilities and to retain his rare skills in the SAPS as he was offered employment by various other stakeholders, which would have resulted in the SAPS losing an asset, and would have had a negative impact on the Service.

(f) Yes, in every affected case, the Acting National Commissioner recorded the reasons in writing as required by section 45(9) of the specified regulations.

Reply:

The question has been referred to all the Provincial Education Departments for response. Therefore, the question will be replied to as soon as the Department receives information from the respective Provincial Education Departments.

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.

 

 

Reply:

1. The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform has referred this matter for criminal investigation by the relevant law enforcement agencies. As such, the report will not be made public yet.

2. The Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform instructed the recommendations as per the forensic report be implemented and as such:

 a) Please refer to part (1) above.

 b) Disciplinary action has been instituted against the implicated official who is still in the employ of the Department.

c) The Department has instituted preliminary investigations as per the recommendations of the forensic investigation report.

d) A Senior Counsel opinion is being obtained in this regard.

 e) Please refer to part (2)(d) above.

3. Please refer to part (2)(b) above.

Reply:

9a) and (b) No. There are no impediments to the export of South African meat, animal related products to the European Union (EU) relating to the failure by the country to renew its approved residue plan.

South Africa submitted the National Chemical Residue Control Programme to the EU on 11 April 2017. However, there were challenges identified during the recent audit carried out by the EU in South Africa in February 2017.

The challenges are being addressed with all relevant stakeholders and the EU is continuously being apprised of the developments. The Department is currently sourcing funding to implement a full National Chemical Residue Control Programme. Furthermore the Department and the Red Meat Industry Forum are discussing the possibility of launching a Public Private Partnership on residue monitoring. The results of the project and resultant outcomes are expected at the end of June 2017.

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.

Reply:

(a)(i),(aa),(bb),(cc),(ii),(b)(i),(ii),(iii) Due to the nature and volume of information requested, the Department will collate the information and submit to Parliament by 31 July 2017.

Reply:

(1) (a) R120.7 million.

(b) During the 2015/2016 and 2016/17 FY the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) spent R93.5 million.

(c) The budget was spent on, production inputs (seeds, fertiliser, chemicals and fuel), Mechanisation inclusive of (tractors, planters, disk harrows, cultivators, boom sprayers) and a harvester, planting support and the physical infrastructure development at Springbokpan Agrihub site.

(d) (i) R 35,4 million was spent on infrastructure implements (Mechanisation and a Harvester) in the 2015/16 and 2016/17 financial years.

(ii) R 46, 6 million was spent on production capacity over the 2015/16 and 2016/17 financial years.

(2) (a) In 2015/16 financial year 5450 ha was planted and in the 2016/17 financial 3050 ha was planted.

(b) Officials from the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform worked with officials from North West Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

(c) Rural Enterprise and Industrial Development (REID) programme.

(d) In the 2015/16 FY the cost per hectare was R 6 128.00, in the 2016/17 FY the cost per hectare was R4 332.00.

(e) The main crops planted were sunflower and maize.

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