Questions and Replies
19 June 2017 - NW1085
Mashabela, Ms N to ask the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform
(a) What is the total number of state-owned farms that were transferred to the ownership of private individuals during the period 1 January 1993 to 31 December 1999, (b) what is the geographical spread of the specified farms, (c) what are the names of the beneficiaries of the specified farms and (d)(i) what is the total number of the beneficiaries and (ii) what is the total number of those who are members of (aa) a certain political organisation (name furnished) and (bb) the Executive?
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
19 June 2017 - NW1027
Robinson, Ms D to ask the Minister of Communications
(a) What is the progress on the implementation of the recommendations with regard to the report of the Ad Hoc Committee on the SA Broadcasting Corporation Inquiry, that (i) the attorneys who had advised and acted on behalf of the SABC Board chairperson and the Company Secretary in denying Parliament access to the documents requested in preparation for the inquiry should face all appropriate consequences, including being reported to the appropriate law society, (ii) in light of the former Company Secretary’s role in obstructing the inquiry, the Interim Board should investigate her conduct, and if necessary she should be charged criminally in terms of section 17(2)(e) of the Diplomatic Immunities and Privileges Act, Act 37 of 2001, (iii) the new Board in conjunction with the Minister of Communications should implement necessary disciplinary action against the acting Group Chief Executive Officer for having defied Parliament, (iv) the SABC Board should ensure that an environment free of fear and intimidation or abuse of power prevails at the SABC at all times (details furnished), (v) the revised editorial policy should be withdrawn and thorough public consultation should be conducted and the Interim Board should ensure that this process is expedited, (vi) the Interim Board implements the Public Protector’s remedial action outlined in the report titled When Governance and Ethics Fail (details furnished), (vii) the Interim Board performs an audit of all remedial action, recommendations and orders that have been issued over the past three years to determine the SABC’s compliance in this regard and where matters are not subject to review, implementation plans be developed and executed without delay, (viii) the Interim Board should investigate the nature of the State Security Agency’s activities within the SABC and (b) has the Interim Board set the deadline for achieving each recommendation?
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.
19 June 2017 - NW1472
Walters, Mr TC to ask the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform
What are the full details of each state-owned farm managed by (a) the SA Fruit Exporters (SAFE) and (b) Bono Farm Management in each province; (2) (a) on what date was his department’s database detailing its strategic partners established, (b) what are the details of his department’s strategic partners and (c) where was the database established; (3) is the database a central or provincial facility; (4) on which dates were (a) SAFE and (b) Bono Farm Management first registered as strategic partners with his department?
Reply:
(a) The SA Fruit Exporters (SAFE) doesn’t manage any state owned farm.
(b) Please refer to Annexure A.
2. (a) 30 March 2011.
(b) Please refer to Annexure B.
(c) At the National Department of Rural Development and Land Reform.
3. The database is both national and provincial.
4. (a) Falls Away.
(b) 7 September 2010.
ANNEXURE A TO NA-QUES 1472 of 2017
|
Province |
Project name |
Property Description |
Programme/Grant type |
Hectares |
Strategic Partner/ Mentor |
|
Eastern Cape |
Commando Kraal |
COMMANDO KRAAL ESTATE - AGRI-VILLAGE COMMONAGE |
PLAS |
117.2778 |
Strategic Partner |
|
Eastern Cape |
Sunlands Farms |
Sunlands Farms - Portion 15,16,18,20,21,23,24-27,150-1,156,159,171 and 195 Farm Selborne No.115; |
PLAS |
409.7492 |
Strategic Partner |
|
Eastern Cape |
Nebraska |
Nebraska 558/15,33 (Buck Kraal) |
PLAS |
19.2720 |
Strategic Partner |
|
Western Cape |
Ronald Van Schalkwyk |
Portion 55,56.58 of farm Bergvallei no 408 |
PLAS |
286 |
Strategic Partner |
|
Western Cape |
Nirwanda |
Ptn 53(Ptn of 28) of De La Haye No.92 |
PLAS |
39.1 |
Strategic Partner |
|
Western Cape |
Rietkloof 2 PLAS |
Portion 33 of the Farm Rietkloof No. 144 |
PLAS |
320 |
Strategic Partner |
|
Western Cape |
Rietkloof - Mount Piguet |
Portions 8, 15, 16, 21, 22 and 23 of Farm No 144, Rietkloof in Piketberg Registration Division |
PLAS |
981 |
Strategic Partner |
|
Western Cape |
Plateau Farms - Dassiesfontein |
The Farms Dassiesfontein - Portion 6 of South, Portion 5 of North and Portion 1 of Farm No. 73 |
PLAS |
3 281 |
Strategic Partner |
|
Western Cape |
Plateau Farms - Rondawel |
The Farms Rondawel - Portion 1 & 2 of the Farm Grasplaats No. 113, Portion 2 of Farm Taaibosch Hoek No. 75 & Portion 5 of Farm Bok Poort No. 54 & Portion 4 of Dassiesfontein No. 73 |
PLAS |
4 934 |
Strategic Partner |
|
Western Cape |
Plateau Farms - Melrose |
The Farms Melrose- Portion 2 of Farm ADJ Driekop No. 48, Ptn 1 of Farm Taaibosch Hoek No. 75 and Rem Ext of Farm Bonkers Valei No. 76 |
PLAS |
4 860 |
Strategic Partner |
|
Western Cape |
Plateau Farms - Willemskraal |
The Farms Willemskraal - Portion 1 of Farm Bonkers Valei No. 76 |
PLAS |
1 662 |
Strategic Partner |
|
Western Cape |
Plateau - Matjieskloof |
Portion 1 of the farm Bonkers Valei No. 76 |
PLAS |
4 740 |
Strategic Partner |
19 June 2017 - NW1473
Walters, Mr TC to ask the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform
(a) What is the nature of the profit share agreement signed between his department, Bono Farm Management and the beneficiaries of the Nirwanda Farm in the Hex River Valley and (b) why have the specified beneficiaries not received any compensation since their instalment on the specified farm; (2) what (a) role did a certain person (name and details furnished) play in the Nirwanda conflict and (b) is his source of deployment; (3) (a) what is the current status of the Nirwanda Development Trust and (b) have its bona fides been approved by the National Land Claims Commissioner; (4) what is the status of the disciplinary action taken against certain persons (names furnished)?
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)
|
|
Designation/Rank |
Status of disciplinary action |
|
|
Chief Director: Recapitalisation and Development |
|
|
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Deputy Director General: Land Reform |
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19 June 2017 - NW1322
Boshoff, Ms SH to ask the Minister of Basic Education
Whether the sub-committee monitoring the policy on learner pregnancy has been established; if not, why not; if so, has any report been submitted by this sub-committee?
Reply:
The sub-committee monitoring the Draft Policy on the Prevention and Management of Learner Pregnancy has not yet been established. The Policy does make provision for the establishment of the sub-committee, however, only after it has been finalised and approved. Recommendations from the current consultations held with key stakeholders on the policy advocate for a multi-sectoral sub-committee that would include Department of Health, Department of Social Development and various developmental agencies. The DBE will mobilise for the said organisations to be represented on the sub-committee as the consultations continue with them.
19 June 2017 - NW1598
Rawula, Mr T to ask the Minister of Science and Technology
(1) “What percentage of her department’s budget was allocated to scientific research and development for renewable energy alternatives in the 2017 – 18 financial year?” FOR WRITTEN REPLY QUESTION 1598 DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 09 JUNE INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 21 – 2017 “ Mr T. RAWULA to ask the Minister of Science and Technology: “What percentage of her department’s budget was allocated to scientific research and development for renewable energy alternatives in the 2017 – 18 financial year?” (NW1803E) REPLY: 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:
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%.
19 June 2017 - NW1086
Mashabela, Ms N to ask the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform
Whether, with reference to his reply to question 638 on 1 April 2016 regarding the settlement of the land claims lodged by the communities of Lower and Upper Zingcuka in Keiskammahoek, Eastern Cape, the specified land claims have been settled before 31 March 2017, if not, by what date will the land claims be settled; if so, what are the relevant details?
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.
19 June 2017 - NW1078
Van Damme, Ms PT to ask the Minister of Communications
(a) From what date has the former Acting Chief Operation Officer of the SA Broadcasting Commission (SABC), (name furnished) been suspended from the SABC and (b) how much has he been paid since his suspension?
Reply:
The former Acting Chief Operation Officer of the (SABC) has been suspended in accordance with the SABC policy from 01 January 2017. The policy also makes provision for payment of suspended employees, an amount of R1 713 865.24 has been paid.
19 June 2017 - NW1337
Redelinghuys, Mr MH to ask the MINISTER OF PUBLIC SERVICE AND ADMINISTRATION
Has the Public Service Commission (a) referred any potential conflicts of interest in terms of section 16(1) of the South African Police Service Employment Regulations of 2008 to the Minister of Police and (b) received any report from the Minister of Police in terms of section 16(2) of the specified regulations in the (i) the 2012-13, (ii) 2013-14, (iii) 2014-15, (iv) 2015-16 and (v) 2016-17 financial years; if not, in each case, why not; if so, what are the relevant details in each case?
Reply:
The PSC scrutinized financial interests of SMS members of the South African Police Service (SAPS)/Department of Police for the 2012/2013 to 2015/2016 financial years in terms of Chapter 3 G of the Public Service Regulations (PSR), 2001. Regulation 16(1) of the SAPS Employment Regulations of 2008 is a derivative of Chapter 3 of the PSR, 2001. Both PSR, 2001 and Regulation 16(1) provide that if the PSC is of the opinion that a registrable interest of a designated employee conflicts or is likely to conflict with the execution of any official duty of that employee, the PSC shall refer the matter to the relevant Executive Authority. Upon such referral, the EAs were expected to consult with the employee concerned and take appropriate steps. The EAs were also expected to report to the PSC within 30 days from the date of the referral, with information on actions taken subsequent to the referral. If no actions were taken, the EAs were supposed to provide reasons thereof.
(a)
(i) No. The PSC did not refer any matter to the Minister of Police (the Minister) relating to conflicts of interest during the 2012/2013 financial year. Due to capacity constraints, the PSC could not scrutinise all the financial disclosure forms that were submitted in respect of the 2012/2013 finical year.
(ii) Yes. The PSC consulted with the forty (40) officials within the SAPS, whose registrable for the 2013/2014 were construed to be posing potential conflicts. The purpose of the consultations was to determine the following:
- The extent of the involvement of the officials in the companies.
- Whether the officials perform any remunerative work outside their normal duties for the companies.
- Whether the involvement of the officials in the companies could lead to actual conflicts of interest.
In terms of Chapter 3 G of the PSR, 2001 the PSC was supposed to refer matters to the relevant Executive Authority in cases where an opinion was held that a conflict of interest existed or was likely to occur. Subsequent to the consultations the PSC referred the forty (40) cases of potential conflicts of interests identified through the scrutiny of financial disclosure forms submitted for the 2013/2014 financial year to the Minister in terms of Chapter 3 G of these PSR, 2001. It was recommended to the Minister that the Minister should provide advice to the officials concerned on the following issues:
- Manage potential conflicts of interest so that they do not lead to actual conflicts of interest.
- Disclose all their registrable interests on an annual basis.
- Seek prior permission to conduct Remunerative Work Outside the Public Service.
- Refrain from conducting business with the State
A further recommendation was made that the Minister should consult with the employees who were found to have not disclosed all their registrable interests, to determine the reasons for not fully disclosing their registrable interests and thereafter, consider charging these officials with misconduct for not complying with Chapter 3 of the PSR. The Minister was requested to revert to the PSC within 30 days from the date of receipt of the letter from the PSC, with information on actions taken subsequent to the referral. If no actions were taken, the Minster was requested to provide the reasons thereof.
(iii) Yes. The PSC consulted with the twenty seven (27) officials within the SAPS, whose registrable for the 2014/2015 were construed to be posing potential conflicts. The purpose of the consultation was to determine the following:
- The extent of the involvement of the officials in the companies.
- Whether the officials perform any remunerative work outside their normal duties for the companies.
- Whether the involvement of the officials in the companies could lead to actual conflicts of interest.
In terms of Chapter 3 G of the PSR, 2001 the PSC was supposed to refer matters to the relevant Executive Authority in cases where an opinion was held that a conflict of interest existed or was likely to occur. Subsequent to the consultations the PSC referred the twenty-seven (27) cases of potential conflicts of interests identified through the scrutiny of financial disclosure forms submitted for the 2014/2015 financial year to the Minister in terms of Chapter 3 G of these PSR, 2001. It was recommended to the Minister that the Minister should provide advice to the officials concerned on the following issues:
- Manage potential conflicts of interest so that they do not lead to actual conflicts of interest.
- Disclose all their registrable interests on an annual basis.
- Seek prior permission to conduct Remunerative Work Outside the Public Service.
- Refrain from conducting business with the State
A further recommendation was made that the Minister should consult with the employees who were found to have not disclosed all their registrable interests, to determine the reasons for not fully disclosing their registrable interests and thereafter, consider charging these officials with misconduct for not complying with Chapter 3 of the PSR. The Minister was requested to revert to the PSC within 30 days from the date of receipt of the letter from the PSC, with information on actions taken subsequent to the referral. If no actions were taken, the Minster was requested to provide the reasons thereof.
(iv) Yes. The PSC scrutinised the financial disclosure forms in terms of Regulation 21(1) of the PSR 2016. In terms of this Regulation, the PSC must assess compliance with the requirement to disclose all financial interests and also to establish whether the involvement of officials in any activities of the companies could lead to conflicts of interest. It was found that sixty-one (61) officials within the SAPS did not disclose all their registrable interests. The PSC advised the Minister to consult with the officials concerned to determine the reasons for not fully disclosing their registrable interests and thereafter, consider taking disciplinary action against these officials for not complying with the requirements of the Financial Disclosure Framework, in terms of the Disciplinary Code and Procedures, as contained in the SMS Handbook.
The scrutiny also revealed that there were ninety-one (91) officials whose financial interests could be construed as posing potential conflicts of interest. In view of the likelihood that these officials could use State resources to further their private interests, the PSC advised the Minister to consult with the officials concerned to discuss the steps to remove the conflicts of interest in terms of Regulation 21(1)(c). The Minister was also advised that should the officials fail to take appropriate steps to remove the conflicts of interests after such consultation had taken place, the Minister must, in terms of Regulation 21(1)(d) cause disciplinary action to be taken against the officials concerned.
There were officials within the SAPS, with whom the PSC had consulted in the previous financial years and was satisfied with the explanation given regarding the officials involvement in companies. The PSC advised that the involvement of these officials in companies must be tightly monitored to ensure that they do not lead conflicts of interest. The Minister was also advised that should it transpire that such involvement poses potential conflicts of interest, the Minister should take the necessary steps in terms of Regulation 21(1)(c) and (d) as indicated above.
The PSC also found that seven hundred and sixteen (716) officials within the SAPS complied with the Financial Disclosure Framework and are not involved in activities that could be construed as posing potential conflicts of interest. In view thereof, no further action was required from the Minister with regard to the said officials.
The Minister was requested, in terms of Regulation 21(1)(e) of the PSR, 2016, to revert to the PSC within 30 days of receipt of the letter from the PSC with an indication as to whether any steps were taken regarding the PSC’s findings. If steps were taken, a description of those steps was to be provided. If no steps were taken, the Minister was requested to kindly provide the reasons thereof.
(v) No. The due date for the submission of financial disclosure forms in respect of the 2016/2017 financial year was 31 May 2017. The PSC is currently capturing statistics relating to the submission of these forms. The scrutiny of the financial disclosure forms has not been commenced with yet.
(b) No. The PSC has never received any report from the Minister of Police in terms of Chapter 3 G of the PSR, 2001 or in terms of Regulation 21 of the PSR, 2016.
END
19 June 2017 - NW816
Stander, Ms T to ask the Minister of Social Development
Whether her department has engaged with the Office of Women in The Presidency to discuss the roll out of Project Dignity to provide sanitary towels to vulnerable and poor girls; if not, why not; if so, (a) in what ways will her department be involved and (b) what are the further relevant details in this regard?
Reply:
The Department of Social Development (DSD) in collaboration with the Department of Women (DOW) and other relevant government Departments is involved in the Sanitary ware Programme. The Department has produced the Concept Document on which the Base Document now with DOW is founded.
Coordinated by DOW, Six (6) Work streams were developed where DSD sits in Work stream 1, meant to develop a Policy Framework on the Sanitary ware Programme. In order for the Policy Framework to be meaningful, DSD as the lead on this Work stream has proposed a Policy Framework Structure for members to contribute. DSD has also concretely suggested a 2 – 3 Day uninterrupted Retreat to focus on the development of such a Policy Framework to present as a Draft to the proposed National Consultation Indaba.
A logical Framework has also been developed to guide the process.
The Gender Chief Directorate within DSD continues to sit in the Sanitary Programme under DOW giving constructive input where necessary. Other Programmes within the Department such as Community Development, Families, Victims Empowerment Programme (VEP), Children, and Social Security are expected to support this Programme.
19 June 2017 - NW1419
Steenkamp, Ms J to ask the Minister of Social Development
(a) What is the total number of cases of (i) fruitless, (ii) wasteful and (iii) irregular expenditure that were identified by the Auditor-General in her department in the (aa) 2014-15, (bb) 2015-16 and (cc) 2016-17 financial years and (b)(i) what was the total amount involved in each case and (ii) how much has been recovered in each case?
Reply:
|
(b)(i) what was the total amount involved in each case |
b (ii) how much has been recovered in each case? |
|
|
(aa)2014/2015) |
|||
|
(a)(i)Fruitless Expenditure |
0 |
R0.00 |
R0.00 |
|
(a)(ii) Wasteful Expenditure |
0 |
R0.00 |
R0.00 |
|
(a)(iii) Irregular Expenditure |
9 |
R1 604 877.32 |
R0.00 |
|
(bb)2015/16 |
|||
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(a)(i)Fruitless Expenditure |
1 |
R485 000.00 |
R0.00 |
|
(a)(ii) Wasteful Expenditure |
0 |
R0.00 |
R0.00 |
|
(a)(iii) Irregular Expenditure |
6 |
R3 063 101.94 |
R3 063 101.94 |
|
(cc)2016/17 |
|||
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(a)(i)Fruitless Expenditure |
0 |
R0.00 |
R0.00 |
|
(a)(ii) Wasteful Expenditure |
0 |
R0.00 |
R0.00 |
|
(a)(iii) Irregular Expenditure |
1 |
R414 105.00 |
R414 105.00 |
(cc) 2016/2017 The Auditor-General is still busy with the 2016/2017 audit in the Department and it is not known what the final outcome will be until the final management report is issued on 14 July 2017.
19 June 2017 - NW1178
Hunsinger, Dr CH to ask the Minister of Communications
(1)(a) What is the total number of cases that were investigated by the forensic unit of the SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) since 1 May 2014, (b) what are the amounts involved in each case and (c) how many cases resulted in (i) disciplinary action, (ii) criminal procedures and (iii) no action whatsoever; (2) what is the stated deadline for conclusion of each case where disciplinary procedures were instituted; (3) with regard to the cases that resulted in no action being taken, (a) why has no action been instituted in respect of the specified cases and (b) when will the investigation be concluded in this regard; (4) how many of the SABC employees who are currently being investigated by the forensic unit have been identified in other reports, including the Special Investigating Unit report, the Auditor-General's report of 2009 and other similar investigations by audit firms; (5) how does her department intend to resolve the matter of unethical conduct at the SABC?
Reply:
(1), (2), (3) and (4) Thirty-seven (37) reports were issued, table herewith below provides a summary of all reports issued for the period 01 May 2014 to 31 March 2017.
(5) The SABC has been directed to (i) review relevant policies including human resource policies, (ii) ensure participation of all employees during the review process, (iii) ensure awareness of all policies,(iv) and ensure compliance thereof, amongst others.
REPORTS ISSUED
January 2014 – March 2014
|
AREA OF REVIEW/ PROJECT NAME & REPORT ISSUED DATE |
TASK |
SUMMARY OF FINDINGS |
RECOMMENDATION |
MANAGEMENT ACTION |
RESPONSIBLE MANAGER |
IMPLEMENTED/ NOT IMPLEMENTED/ ACTION IN PROGRESS |
|
Airtime Outside Broadcasts Missing Petty Cash (TECH14/1123) 05 December 2014 |
Allegations of missing petty cash |
(Non-Compliance to Policies and Procedures) Accounting Officer and Financial Manager failed to comply with Cash Transactions Policy in that they did not record all cash movements, did not issue receipt, did not do cash counts and balance floats. |
Disciplinary Action to be instituted against the Line Manager and the Employee. |
Disciplinary Action |
Dennis Harold |
Awaiting Management Action |
|
Procurement Security Tender review (PRO14/1154) 02 December 2014 |
Review into security tender processes |
(Non-Compliance to Policies and Procedures) Irregularities in the current security tender process. |
New security tender process to be started. |
Rectification of control environment |
Madoda Shushu |
Awaiting Management Action |
|
Radio Metro FM (GSM14/1127) 28 November 2014 |
Allegation of unauthorised broadcast of a Campaign |
(Non Compliance to Policies and Procedures) Elements of the campaign were broadcast on Metro FM without authorisation. |
Disciplinary Action to be instituted against employees involved. |
Disciplinary Action |
Hazel Tlhabanyane |
Awaiting Management Action |
|
Technology BIT – Missing Equipment (TECH14/1120) 19 November 2014 |
Alleged missing equipment at BIT |
(Non Compliance to Policies and Procedures) Allegations were found to be unsubstantiated. |
BIT should implement a proper system of control for all items purchased. |
Rectification of control environment |
Lorraine Sefolo |
Awaiting Management Action |
|
Content Unethical Behaviour (CON14/1138) 04 November 2014 |
Commissioning Editor allegedly performing additional work without permission |
(Non Compliance to Policies and Procedures) Allegations of additional work being performed were found to be unsubstantiated. |
No evidence could be found to substantiate the allegations; therefore we could not recommend any corrective action. |
No Action required |
Jacqueline Setai |
No action required |
|
Procurement Verification of qualifications (PRO14/1139) 28 October 2014 |
Alleged misrepresentation of qualifications |
(Non Compliance to Policies and Procedures) Allegations that the qualifications were misrepresented were found to be unsubstantiated. |
No evidence could be found to substantiate the allegations; therefore we could not recommend any corrective action. |
No Action required |
Anton Heunis |
No action required |
|
TV GM: Channels (TV14/1142) 21 October 2014 |
Allegations leveled against GM: Channels |
(Non Compliance to Policies and Procedures) The GM: Channels failed to disclose his Business Interests. |
Disciplinary action to be instituted against GM: Channels |
Disciplinary Action |
Verona Duwarkah |
Awaiting Management Action |
|
Lotus FM Telethon (PBSR14/1133) 29 September 2014 |
Alleged misrepresentation pertaining to the funds raised during the Warm Hearts Campaign |
(Unethical Behaviour) No proper documentation of shoes bought and distributed, were kept for reconciliation and audit purposes. |
Progressive disciplinary action to be instituted against former Marketing Manager and the Programmes Manager. |
Progressive Disciplinary Action |
Zolisile Mapipa Vincent Tsoenyane |
Awaiting Management Action |
|
North West Province Executive Producer – News and Current Affairs (REG14/1132) 25 September 2014 |
Alleged irregular appointment of the Executive Producer – News and Current Affairs |
(Non compliance to Policies and Procedures) Candidates were interviewed by a panel and the successful candidate was selected by the panel. Human Resources failed to keep all the interview packs on record. |
Human Resources must ensure that all interview documentation is kept for record purposes. Recruitment Policy to be reviewed. |
Rectification of control environment |
Dingaan Feliti |
Completed. |
|
Radio 2000 Irregular claims (PBSR14/1120) 16 September 2014 |
Irregular claims submitted by On Air Radio Presenter |
(Non compliance to Policies and Procedures) No new contract in place for 2015 after changes were made to the contract amount and an overpayment of R400.00 in October 2013. |
Progressive disciplinary action to be instituted against the Programmes Manager The amount of R400.00 to be recovered from the On Air Radio Presenter. |
Progressive Disciplinary action and Recovery |
Carlito Sheikh |
Completed. Progressive hearing held. |
|
Free State & Northern Cape Province Abuse of vehicles - Kimberley (REG13/1098) 25 August 2014 |
Misuse of SABC Vehicle at the News offices in Kimberley |
(Non compliance to Policies and Procedures) Assignment Editor used a SABC Vehicle for private purposes and without completing the necessary ML4 forms. |
Disciplinary action to be instituted against Radio Assignment Editor and Acting Regional Editor. |
Disciplinary action |
Mamontha Motaung |
Action in progress |
|
Commercial Enterprises Review of RAP Studios Payments (GSM13/1075) 25 August 2014 |
Review of payments made at RAP Studios |
(Fraud) An artist submitted invoices for work which was never performed. |
The amount of R29,400.00 to be recovered from an artist and her contract to be terminated. |
Recovery |
Maekanya Morotoba |
Recovery in progress |
|
Procurement Head of Procurement (PRO14/1119) 19 August 2014 |
Allegations levelled against the Head of Procurement |
(Non Compliance to Policies and Procedures) One deviation was referred to BAC and the other was under the R2 million thresholds. It was common cause that the Head of Procurement and GM: Procurement Operations knew each other and previously worked together. |
The Procurement Policy and DAF is in contradiction pertaining to the referral of deviations below R2 million, this should be addressed. Recruitment Policy is silent on if and how acquaintances should be declared, this should be addressed. |
Rectification of control environment |
Tian Olivier |
Action in progress |
|
Procurement Cover Quoting (PRO14/1111) 01 August 2014 |
Alleged cover quoting during a bid for catering services |
(Fraud) Service Provider intentionally misrepresented facts to the SABC. |
Disciplinary action to be instituted against the Buyer who failed to verify information submitted to the SABC. |
Disciplinary action |
Mamontha Motaung |
Completed. Progressive hearing held |
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Group Services SABC Medscheme (GRP13/1100) 23 July 2014 |
Employees colluding with a Psychologist to bill SABC Medscheme for fictitious consultations |
(Fraud) Twenty four employees colluded with a Clinical Psychologist to bill SABC Medscheme for fictitious consultations. In return the practitioner paid the employees a cash amount. |
Disciplinary action to be instituted against the twenty four employees. |
Disciplinary action |
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In progress (Another 192 incidents were identified and the matter was put on hold pending finalisation of the remaining matters) |
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Procurement Desktop RFI (TECH14/1109) 15 July 2014 |
Procurement irregularities pertaining to the Desktop Request for Information |
(Non-compliance to Policies and Procedures) Technology requested deviation from normal Procurement processes. This was supported by the Head of Procurement and approved by the BAC Round Robin Members. |
New deviation request form applicable from 1 March 2014 must be used for future deviation requests. |
Rectification of Control environment |
Madoda Shushu |
Completed. |
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News Unruly Behaviour (NEWS14/1119) 11 July 2014 |
Unruly behaviour of employee at a hotel |
(Unethical Behaviour) Unruly behaviour at a hotel brought the name of the SABC into disrepute and damaged the image of the SABC. |
Disciplinary action |
Disciplinary action |
Simon Tebele |
Completed. Employee received a written warning. |
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Commercial Enterprises Media Agency (GSM14/1113) 08 July 2014 |
Irregularities pertaining to the account held by a Media Agency |
(Non-compliance to Policies and Procedures) We established that a SABC Marketing Executive had an undeclared interest in a company owned by his spouse which was doing business with the SABC. The spouse on whose name the company was registered, took SABC direct clients. |
Progressive action and Disciplinary action to be instituted. The Marketing Executive to be recalled from the Eastern Cape offices to Johannesburg. |
Disciplinary action- Management resolved that no further action is warranted. Disciplinary action |
Thabile Dlamini Eugene Zwane |
Completed. In Progress |
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Ikwekwezi FM Ikwekwezi FM Dramas (PBSR13/1099) 03 July 2014 |
Allegations levelled against the Drama Producer at Ikwekwezi FM |
(Fraud) Drama actor at Ikwekwezi claimed payment of the same episode twice. Abuse of power by the Drama Producer. |
Disciplinary action to be instituted. An amount of R11,000.00 to be recovered |
Disciplinary action and recovery |
Philip Mahlangu |
Action in progress. THE DISCIPLINARY HEARING WAS COMPLETED. |
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TV Operations Alleged theft of SABC Property (CON13/1095) 12 June 2014 |
Unauthorised removal of SABC Property |
(Theft) SABC décor items were allegedly stolen whilst kept at the private storage facility outside the SABC. A register was not kept by TV Operations of the items, housed during transportation from the SABC to the storage facility. Stolen items could not be identified as no proper records were kept. |
TV Operations should ensure that a register is kept for all items under their control. |
Rectification of Control environment |
Oupa Mahlangu |
Completed. |
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Ukhozi FM Ukhozi FM Drama (PBSR13/1092) 03 June 2014 |
Fictitious invoices being submitted by actors to Ukhozi FM |
(Fraud) Freelance actors submitted fictitious invoices in collusion with the Drama Producer at Ukhozi FM. |
Disciplinary Action to be instituted and recovery of R 22, 650 from the Freelancers |
Disciplinary action and recovery |
Bonga Mpanza |
Action in progress. |
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Henley TV Facilities Invasion of Privacy (TECH14/1110) 29 May 2014 |
Allegations of invasion of privacy |
(unethical behaviour) An employee at Henley TV Facilities alleged that his line manager accessed and downloaded emails from his computer without his permission. According to the records from BIT, only email logs were downloaded by BIT on request by the line manager for a disciplinary matter against the employee for various transgressions he committed. This was done in line with SABC policies and procedures |
No evidence could be found to substantiate the allegations; therefore we could not recommend any corrective action. |
No action required |
Lesetja Lekgotho |
Completed. |
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Procurement Catering Services (PRO13/1105) 21 May 2014 |
Alleged improper inducement from a service provider |
(Corruption / bribery) A service provider gave a SABC employee in the procurement division, money on two occasions as a gift. The service provider had submitted a tender for canteen services at the time of the incident. The employee reported the matter to her line manager. |
The contract of the service provider was terminated |
Rectification of control environment |
Madoda Shushu |
Completed. |
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Human Capital Services Gold coin verification (GRP13/1074) 19 May 2014 |
Verification of long services awards |
(Non-compliance to Policies and Procedures)
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All coins not collected with four months, should be returned to Treasury to avoid them being exposed to theft. |
Rectification of control environment |
Jabulani Mabaso |
Completed. |
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Group Services SABC Tours (GRP13/1088) 14 May 2014 |
Irregular appointment of a temporary staff member at SABC Tours |
(Non-compliance to Policies and Procedures) Temporary Tour Facilitator was appointed based on a motivation. Three interns were appointed at Tours during 2013. |
Recruitment Policy should include temporary recruitment. SOP for Interns should be communicated. |
Rectification of control environment |
Jabulani Mabaso |
Action in progress |
April 2015 – March 2016
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AREA OF REVIEW/ PROJECT NAME & REPORT ISSUED DATE |
ALLEGATION |
SUMMARY OF FINDINGS |
RECOMMENDATION |
MANAGEMENT ACTION |
RESPONSIBLE MANAGER |
IMPLEMENTED/ NOT IMPLEMENTED/ ACTION IN PROGRESS |
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Procurement News and Current Affairs Portable Recorders (PRO15/1243) 14 March 2016 |
UK company claimed to be a reseller of Marantz products in SA that were distributed by another SA company. |
(Non Compliance to Policies and Procedures) HOP did not refer complaints received from clients regarding the tender at News and Current Affairs to the GCEO to resolve as per the SCM Policy. |
Disciplinary action against HOP, Procurement should verify supplier letters before appointment of a service provider. |
DC against HOP for failure to comply with the provisions of the SCM Policy. |
James Aguma |
Completed: Communication was send to Procurement staff regarding the verification of supplier letters. Awaiting Management Action: Investigation against Mr. Shushu still in progress by external service provider. |
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Radio Xitsonga Music Awards (RAD15/1232) 24 December 2015 |
Allegations that the musician who received the best male and best collaboration award bribed two individuals at the station, with an amount of R15 000 each. |
(Corruption) The allegation of bribery was unsubstantiated. Most popular song of the year results were misrepresented by the station manager in that he mentioned Song B by another artist when in truth and fact, based on the number of votes, Song C was the winner of the category. |
Disciplinary action against the Station Manager of Monghana Lonene FM. Disciplinary action against Group Internal Audit Portfolio Manager. Draft and implement a Policy and SOP for Music Awards. |
Disciplinary action and improvement of internal control. |
Zolisile Mapipa |
Action In Progress: DC against the Station Manager to commence on the 11th May 2016. Completed: Progressive action against the Portfolio Manager has been completed (Verbal Warning). |
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Technology Protection Services (TECH14/1159) 15 December 2015 |
Alleged irregular appointments at Protection Services. |
(Non Compliance to Policies and Procedures) Protection Services appointed persons who did not meet the requirements as per advertised position(s). We further established that applicants who met the requirements as per the advert were not shortlisted and interviewed. |
Disciplinary action should be instituted against Chief Security Officer. Progressive action should be instituted against HR Consultants. |
Disciplinary action |
Kubendhran Padayachee Mzu Ndlovu |
Completed: the Security Manager was requested to provide proof of qualifications which were not reflected on his CV at the time of his application and interviewing. Human Resources updated the personnel files accordingly. The then acting GE Risk and Governance considered the report and determined that there would not be further action taken by management No further action required. |
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Sport SABC Sport (CON14/1140) 15 December 2015 |
Various allegations at SABC Sport. |
(Fraud) Independent Contractor claimed for hours not worked. Independent contractor submitted duplicate claims as well. Specialist Producer failed to verify production registers and invoices prior to approving and for further signing as both Producer and Executive Producer as both these functions carries different controls/ responsibilities. Operations Manager failed to exercise due care when approving payments to MOP. GM Radio Productions engaged the supplier to render a service without a written contract. |
Terminate the contractual relationship with the Independent Contractor. Recover the amount of R1,059,200.00 from the Independent Contractor. Disciplinary action against the employees implicated. |
Disciplinary action and recovery |
Bessie Tugwane |
Action In Progress: Group Executive of Sport is meeting with Employee Relations on 10 May 2016 to finalised a date for the formal sitting of the DC panel to deal with the internal candidate. This will further assist in determining how to proceed with the external / independent contractor. |
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Procurement Tshwane Radio Studios (PRO15/1227) 04 December 2015 |
A Service Provider who responded to a tender, claimed to be the UK reseller of studio equipment. |
(Non Compliance to Policies and Procedures) We established that the Service Provider is not a reseller of Telos products in SA, they can only sell in the UK. |
Letter of Intent for should be cancelled. In future, Procurement should confirm with Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) if a SA supplier is one of their resellers/ distributors. |
Rectification of control environment |
Zakir Rawoot |
Completed: Letter of Intent was cancelled and Procurement staff was informed to verify the authenticity of sole supplier letters. No further action required |
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News Various Irregular Claims- Integration in the newsroom (NEWS15/1225) 01 December 2015 |
Alleged irregular claims for hours not work by Independent Contractors. |
(Fraud) Independent Contractor’s access card records and the time sheets revealed that some of the Independent Contractors claimed for hours which they did not work, i.e. they claimed for a full eight (8) hour shift even on days that they did not work a full shift. Line Management failed to verify hours worked prior to approving payments. |
Recover a total amount of R4,708.32 from all Independent Contractors identified consider terminating the agreements. Disciplinary action against three (3) Line Managers. |
Disciplinary action and recovery |
Nothando Maseko |
Completed : Three (3) Independent Contractors have paid back the overpayments. Two (2) have made the necessary arrangements with payroll to deduct. The five (5) remaining Independent Contractors have not made any arrangements for payment. The Line Manager took a decision not to schedule them for work. |
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Procurement Security Tender Auckland Park and TVOB’s (PRO15/1214) 01 December 2015 |
It is alleged that there had been inconsistencies in applying the established bid evaluation criteria to bidders. |
(Non Compliance to Policies and Procedures) The BEC did not evaluate the security companies as per the established criteria as stipulated in the BID documentation. |
A re-run of this security tender. |
Rectification of control environment |
Zakir Rawoot |
Re-evaluation process has been completed. Matter on the Agenda for a decision by the BAC (Bid Adjudication Committee) scheduled for 11 May 2016. |
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Radio Motsweding FM- Various Allegations (RAD15/1200) 17 November 2015 |
Various allegations at Motsweding FM |
(Unethical Behaviour) Two Producers claimed for days they were not in studio. This resulted to Fruitless and wasteful expenditure amounting to R313, 250. |
R46 852 to be recovered from Producers. Disciplinary action against the Programmes Manager. Region should install automated access control system. |
Disciplinary action and recovery |
Katlego Mokhele |
Action In Progress: DC against employee will take place on the 26th and 27th of May 2016. |
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Group Profounder Training Provider (GRP15/1211) 10 November 2015 |
Staff members alleged that they never received their free gifts which were part of a package when they registered for a workshop with Profounder. |
(Fraud) Staff members received their gifts. The allegation was unsubstantiated. |
Learning & Development Management should ensure that the delegates who attended training and received gifts, declared these gifts accordingly. |
Rectification of control environment |
Theigasen Govender |
Completed: Staff declared their gifts. No further action required |
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Group Fictitious contract of employment (GRP 15/1217) 27 October 2015 |
Alleged fraudulent offer of employment to student at UJ |
(Fraud) The contract was not legit and wasn’t provided by an SABC employee. Money was accepted from the student for training which he never received. |
Protection Services should create awareness to all security personnel and report the matter to SAPS for fraud and pretending to be SABC employee. Management should create awareness to members of the public regarding SABC recruitment processes / employment opportunities, training. |
Rectification of control environment |
Kaizer Kganyago Simon Mathebula |
Completed : Group Communication issued a statement informing members of the public about the SABC recruitment processes. The complainant was advised to lay criminal charges at the Brixton SAPS No further action is required from the SABC. |
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Group DTT Migration Training RFQ(GRP15/1203) 21 October 2015 |
Alleged irregularities pertaining to RFQ for DTT Migration Training |
(Unethical Behaviour) Technical Training Practitioner failed to obtain relevant signatures and future exposed forwarded internal confidential to suppliers. The Buyer accepted ‘Approval to Proceed with the Tender Process’ document without relevant signature and proceeded with the evaluation process prior to the finalisation of the Pre-Qualifying report. |
Disciplinary action against the employees implicated. |
Disciplinary action |
Theigasen Govender Zakir Rawoot (Acting) |
Completed: Final written warning was issued against the Technical Training Practitioner. Action In Progress: A new acting Head of Procurement has been appointed. He still needs to peruse the report and determine the action required. |
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Group Fraudulent Producer for Skeem Saam (GRP15/1216) 07 October 2015 |
Non SABC employee held TV auditions under false pretends by and introduced himself as an employee of the SABC. |
(Fraud) A non SABC employee held auditions under false pretends in Klerksdorp and charged members of the public a total amount of R250 per person. |
Create public awareness pertaining to auditions and processes that are followed by the SABC. Management should consider reporting the matter to SAPS. |
Rectification of control environment |
Kaizer Kganyago |
Completed : Members of the community opened a criminal case against the suspect in Klerksdorp. The SABC issued a statement, advising members of the public about SABC processes regarding auditions. No further action required from the SABC. |
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Radio Metro FM Conflict of interest - Metro FM – Programme Complier (RAD15/1197) 15 October 2015 |
Alleged conflict of interest by Metro FM employee and Independent Contractor. |
(Unethical Behaviour) Producer and On Air presenter at Metro FM rendered services to Castle Milk Stout in their personal capacity which was in conflict with their duties at the station. |
Disciplinary action against employee. Terminating of Independent Contractors Agreement of the On-Air presenter. |
Disciplinary action |
Sibongile Mtyali |
Completed: SABC employee’s contract has been terminated. Completed : Termination of Independent Contractor Completed |
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Metro FM Trade Exchange (RAD15/1201) 30 September 2015 |
Employees misused Trade Exchange Agreement with a service provider |
(Non Compliance to Policies and Procedures) Employees used Trade Exchange Agreement with a service provider to order gifts for their personal use. |
Disciplinary action to be instituted against the former Marketing Manager, Events Coordinator and Marketing Assistant. The amount of R47,217.35 to be recovered from the former Marketing Manager. |
Disciplinary action and recovery |
Sibongile Mtyali Puleng Thulo |
Completed The Former Marketing Manager was found not quality. The Events Coordinator and Marketing Assistant received warnings. |
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Radio Ikwekwezi FM and Metro FM Music Compilers (RAD15/1215) 30 September 2015 |
Music compilers allegedly accepted undue benefit from music artists in order to have their music played / included in the Station’s playlist. |
(Corruption) An employee at Ikwekwezi FM accepted undue benefit to have music scheduled and played on air. The employee resigned with immediate effect. |
No Disciplinary action as the employee resigned. Management to reiterate to all Stations’ music compilers that action will be instituted against those who solicit bribe/accept any undue benefit which may impair/influence their decision making, from musicians, record labels and members of the public. |
Disciplinary action |
Mr Zolisile Mapipa Mr Leuba Ramakgolo |
Completed |
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News Freelancers in the Sesotho/Sepedi/Setsana desk (NEWS15/1210) 21 September 2015 |
It was alleged that Independent Contractors claimed for eight (8) hour shifts, yet they were not present in the SABC buildings for eight (8) hours |
(Fraud) During the month of May 2015 Independent Contractors claimed shifts of eight (8) hours each. An analysis of their access records revealed that they were not present for eight (8) hours on all the occasion that they claimed eight (8) hours for. |
Recovery amount of R5,775. And R4,875.00 from Independent Contractors involved, respectively. Management should consider terminating the agreements of the Independent Contractors based on dishonesty. Progressive disciplinary action the Supervisor / Executive Producer for failure to exercise due when approving payments. Management should revisit Independent Contractor’s Agreements and their contributions, to determine whether these are in line with the Labour Relations Act regarding supervision and working hours. |
Recovery Progressive disciplinary action |
Jimi Matthews / Nothando Maseko |
Completed |
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News News Software (NEWS15/1192) 18 September 2015 |
Alleged non adherence to processes when procuring software for news. |
Non Compliance to Policies and Procedures) Deviation process was not followed as no approval was obtained from the BAC / Head of Procurement. |
Disciplinary action |
Disciplinary action |
James Aguma |
Action In Progress |
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Technology Corporate Storage Solution (TECH15/1209) 15 September 2015 |
It was alleged that information pertaining to the procurement process was leaked to bidder(s) |
(Unethical Behaviour) The BEC members, who were approached by the prospective suppliers for comment, demonstrated ethical values by declining to comment on the progress / status of the process. |
We could not find any evidence to substantiate the allegations. |
No action required |
Kuben Padayachee |
No Action |
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Radio Lotus FM Dramas (PBSR14/1145) 24 August 2015 |
It was alleged that the Drama Producer at Lotus FM signed and submitted tax invoices and timesheets on behalf of an independent contractor |
(Fraud) The Drama Producer’s husband is a freelance writer for the Independent Contractor and she did not declare it. The Drama Producer had unsigned tax invoices for the Independent contractor on her computer, which she claimed the Independent contractor gave to her. The Drama Producer submitted tax invoices and timesheets on behalf of the Independent contractor. The Drama Assistant allegedly witnessed the Drama Producer signing the tax invoices for the Independent contractor. Various documents were submitted to the Forensic Analysis. It was concluded that the Drama Producer could not be excluded from having forged the signatures as the invoices were not signed by the Writer.
Signatures could not be linked to the Drama Producer as there was an element of deception on the signatures. The Drama Producer could not be conclusively linked to the disputed signatures. |
Disciplinary action against the Drama Producer. Management should terminate the contract of the Independent contractor Drama Producers should declare their relationships with prospective writers . |
Disciplinary action |
Zolisile Mapipa |
Awaiting Management Action |
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News Alleged Producer (NEWS15/1205) 24 August 2015 |
A member of the public attended functions at different events purporting to be a Producer for News. Further promised that he will make inserts / footage available in order to gain undue benefit |
(Unethical Behaviour) we received complaints from Public Relations & Events Company, alleging that a Mr. Tumi Moatshe attended various events purporting to be a SABC News Producer and received undue benefits |
Group Communication should create public awareness about people purporting to be from SABC for personal gain, using the good name of the SABC . |
Rectification of control environment |
Kaizer Kganyago |
Completed |
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News Irregular claims (NEWS15/1194) 23 July 2015 |
Freelance employee claimed for hours not worked |
(Fraud) Freelance employee claimed for a full shift whilst he was not at the SABC. |
Consider termination of freelance employee’s contract. Disciplinary action to be instituted against Executive Producer: TV News and Bulletin Editor: Sepedi, TV News. The amount of R8,850.00 to be recovered from the Freelance employee. |
Disciplinary action and recovery. |
Nothando Maseko |
Completed |
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Procurement Non Disclosure (PRO15/1189) 22 July 2015 |
Alleged non-disclosure |
(Non Compliance to Policies and Procedures) Supplier and spouse failed to disclose their relationship to SABC. |
Supplier to update his marital status with the Vendor Master office. Disciplinary action to be instituted against Supervisor: Tours |
Disciplinary action. |
Tumiso Radebe Hosea Jiyane |
Completed |
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Procurement Mixing Consoles Tender (PRO14/1184) 10 July 2015 |
Irregularities pertaining to Mixing Consoles Tender |
(Non Compliance to Policies and Procedures) Employees did not comply with the Procurement Policy in that they requested three bidders to resubmit their quotations. |
Disciplinary action to be instituted against Sourcing Specialist. |
Disciplinary action. |
Madoda Shushu |
Action In Progress |
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Technology Grievance – Building Technology (TECH15/1193) 08 July 2015 |
Various allegations at Building Technology |
(Unethical Behaviour) Allegations were found to be unsubstantiated. |
No action recommended as no evidence of wrongdoing was found. |
No action recommended as no evidence of wrongdoing was found. |
Liketso Mashigo |
Completed |
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KwaZulu-Natal Medscheme - KZN (REG15/1191) 07 July 2015 |
Alleged fraudulent claims |
(Fraud) Higher claims for certain employees were as a result of chronic medication. No evidence was found of wrongdoing by the employees. |
No action recommended as no evidence of wrongdoing was found. |
No action recommended as no evidence of wrongdoing was found. |
Frans Matlala |
Completed |
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Technology Missing iPads (TECH14/1146) 09 June 2015 |
Missing iPads |
(Theft) No proper system is in place over the procuring and movement of iPads. |
Adequate and effective system to be developed to manage movement of iPads procured by SABC. |
Rectification of control environment |
Dennis Herold |
Completed |
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Television Fraudulent Pension Fund Claim (TV15/1187) 25 May 2015 |
Misrepresentation to unduly benefit from the Pension Fund and Group Life Assurance of a deceased employee |
(Fraud) Employee intentionally and knowingly submitted false/fraudulent information on SABC nomination forms in order to unduly benefit. |
Disciplinary action to be instituted against the Programme Acceptance Officer. |
Disciplinary action |
Jabulani Mabaso |
Completed |
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Transport After Hours Transport Vouchers (TECH14/1148) 19 May 2015 |
Abuse of After Hours Transport Vouchers |
(Unethical Behaviour) No evidence of wrongdoing was found against the employee. |
No action recommended as no evidence of wrongdoing was found. |
No action to be taken. |
King Matshaba |
Completed |
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Henley TV Facilities Theft of steel (TECH14/1183) 18 May 2015 |
Theft of steel at Henley TV Facilities |
(Theft) Project Coordinator signed out SABC property without the authority to do so. |
Disciplinary action to be instituted against the Project Coordinator: Henley TV Facilities |
Disciplinary Action |
King Matshaba |
Completed |
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SABC Sport Gift Registry (SPORT15/1186) 04 May 2015 |
Receiving of undue benefit from an Independent Contractor |
(Unethical Behaviour) Employee received an undue benefit from an Independent Contractor which was in contravention of SABC Policies and Governance protocols. |
Disciplinary action to be instituted against the former General Manager: Sport Productions. The contracts of the Independent Contractor to be terminated. |
Disciplinary Action |
Bessie Tugwana |
Action In Progress |
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Motsweding FM Funeral Contribution (RAD14/1185) 24 April 2015 |
Unethical Behaviour by former Station Manager |
(Unethical Behaviour) The former Station Manager utilised funds meant for the funeral contribution to purchase groceries for the office. |
Disciplinary action to be instituted against the former Motsweding FM Station Manager. |
Disciplinary Action |
Zolisile Mapipa |
Completed |
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Henley TV Facilities Service Outages (TECH14/1179) April 2015 |
Staff members intentionally caused blackouts on Air |
(Unethical Behaviour) No evidence of wrongdoing was found against the employees. |
No action to be taken. |
No action to be taken. |
Lesetja Lekgotho |
Completed |
January 2017 – March 2017
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AREA OF REVIEW/ PROJECT NAME & REPORT ISSUED DATE |
ALLEGATION |
SUMMARY OF FINDINGS |
RECOMMENDATION |
MANAGEMENT ACTION |
RESPONSIBLE MANAGER |
IMPLEMENTED/ NOT IMPLEMENTED/ ACTION IN PROGRESS |
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Procurement Various allegations at Media Technology Infrastructure (PRO16/1283) 27 March 2017 |
We received a request to investigate allegations of non-compliance to SABC procurement processes for the appointment of a Licensing Service Provider |
(Non-compliance to policies and procedures) An employee at BIT appointed a Licensing Service Provider without following proper procurement processes. |
Disciplinary action against Manager Service Desk for Failure to comply with the provisions of clause 12.1 of DAF and Contravention of the provisions of clause 57 (a) and (c) of the PFMA. |
Disciplinary action |
Mr. Tseliso Ralitabo |
Action in progress |
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Limpopo Operation failure to adhere to a lawful instruction (REG16/1303) 22 March 2017 |
Alleged sharing of confidential information by the panel members pertaining to the interviews conducted for the Munghana Lonene FM presenter position. |
(Non-compliance to policies and procedures) An employee at Human Capital services failed to execute a lawful instruction pertaining to the engagement of an Independent Contractor. |
Disciplinary action against Manager, Human Resource Capital, Limpopo Province for failure to adhere to a lawful instruction. |
Disciplinary action |
Mr. Mohlolo Lephaka Ms. Makuya now dealing with the matter |
Action in progress HR is in the process to submit a motivation to seek approval to proceed with a disciplinary process. |
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Governance Project Qinisa (Special request) (GOV16/1308) 17 March 2017 |
We received a special request conduct a review on Project Qinisa to determine whether payments to the service provider were done in accordance to the payment schedule and deliverables |
(non-compliance to policies and procedures and the provisions of DAF) We established that payments were not linked to deliverable as per the contract. Payments were made as per the schedules and not linked to monthly deliverable |
Management to implement contract management controls |
No disciplinary action Recommended in our review |
Ms. Theresa Geldenhuys |
No Action required GE: Governance and Assurance has the prerogative to institute corrective actions were deemed necessary based on findings presented in the report |
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Kwa-Zulu Natal Operation (Radio) Free utilisation of studios (REG16/1279) 14 March 2017 |
Singer and Producer altered a song belonging to another artist and submitted it to Lotus FM as his own; and
Station Manager Ukhozi FM authorised the use of SABC studio without payment. |
(Non-compliance to policies and procedures) Station Manager Ukhozi FM allowed the Singer and Producer to use SABC Studios without a written contract. Committing him to the delivery of music in return for free utilisation of the studios to record music for the SABC to capacitate the station with 90%local content/ music. |
Disciplinary action against Station Manager Ukhozi FM for Contravening the PFMA and DAF and the amount of R98, 040.00 should be recorded as fruitless and wasteful in respect of the utilisation of the studio with no benefit as no music was delivered to the station. |
Disciplinary action |
Ms. Zamambo Mkhize |
Completed No disciplinary action will be taken. PGM is of the view that the Station Manager acted on an instruction by an Executive Member. This is despite the fact that the SABC has policies and procedures that needs to be adhered to. There was further no benefit to the SABC for the utilisation of the studio due to failure by Management in the Province to ensure that a contract with the Music Producer was in place for delivery of music to meet the 90% requirement for local content / music. |
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Radio Alleged corruption and nepotism at Ukhozi FM (RAD15/1245) 22 February 2017 |
We received allegations of nepotism against Programmes Manager, at Ukhozi FM increased salaries of the Ukhozi FM breakfast team in the middle of January 2016, Content Producer on the Afternoon Drive show received preferential treatment and she employed her friends in key positions. |
(Non-compliance to SABC policies and procedures) The former acting Station Manager increased the rate for one of the Ukhozi FM On Air Presenters without obtaining the necessary approval from Radio Management. We further established an Outside Broadcast vehicle was dispatched for an Event without following proper processes. |
Disciplinary action against Programmes Manager, at Ukhozi FM for Contravening Clause 12.1 of SABC Delegation of Authority Framework. Disciplinary action against Station Manager - Ukhozi FM for increasing the salary without the necessary authorisation/approval from line Management. |
Disciplinary action |
Ms. Zamambo Mkhize |
Action in progress The matter was referred to the G.E. Corporate Affairs to approve that disciplinary measures be instituted against the Station Manager at Ukhozi. Currently awaiting approval. |
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Technology Alleged sharing of confidential information (TECH16/1296) 9 February 2017 |
We received a complaint that Project Manager, Henley TV Facilities, and Studio Operation shared information relating to the engagement of an Independent Contractor with third parties without following proper procedures |
Non-compliance to SABC policies and procedures) We established that an employee at Henley TV Facilities hosted an individual from an external company to serve summons to appear before a disciplinary inquiry at his place of employment. Security protocols were not observed such that the person was left to proceed to the studios where the independent Contractor was rendering services to the SABC. |
Disciplinary action against Project Manager, Henley TV Facilities, and Studio Operation for breach of Physical Security Protocols and non-compliance to SABC policies and procedure |
Disciplinary action |
Mr. Buti Seipei |
Completed Manager, Henley TV Facilities, and Studio Operation received a written warning on 14 April 2017. The security officers who failed to perform his/her duties have been reprimanded. |
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Group Learning and Development (GRP16/1273) 8 February 2017 |
We received allegations that Skills Development Manager at Learning and Development changed the criteria for appointing a prospective service provider to provide Film and Television learning material for the Learning and Development Department. |
(Non-compliance to policies and procedures) We established that two employees at Learning and Development negotiated a deal with a prospective service provider outside the procurement process. The Service Provider was privy to the specifications of a tender prior to this been released to the market. |
Disciplinary action against General Manager: Learning and Development and Skills Development Manager; Learning and Development for, Failure to comply with the provisions of clause 12.1 of DAF, Contravention of the provisions of clause 57 (a) and (c) of the PFMA, Failure to comply with the Procurement Process and causing of Irregular expenditure for procuring without a valid contract. Financial Manager: Supply Chain Management for Gross negligence in that he approved a BEC report without verifying the authenticity of the content recorded. Dereliction of duties in that he failed to oversee the work of his subordinates. Tender Supervisor: Tender Administration Office – Supply Chain Management for Contravening the Procurement Policy. Acting Supply Chain Manager for contravening the Procurement Policy; Dishonesty and Dereliction of duties. |
Disciplinary action |
Mr. Mohlolo Lephaka & Mr. Simon Molaudzi |
Action In Progress Disciplinary of Learning and development staff is on hold due to an ongoing investigation which is pending. Acting Supply Chain Manager was put on precautionary suspension pending finalisation of her matter. Further discussion with Forensics necessary to understand the reasons for the recommendation against Financial Manager: Supply Chain Management and Tender Supervisor: Tender Administration Office – Supply Chain Management |
|
North West Operation Alleged unauthorised removal of equipment SABC North West (REG15/1262) 1 February 2017 |
We received allegations that the former RBF Provincial Manager removed SABC Broadcast equipment from the SABC Premises, without proper authorisation and rented same to Community Radio Stations. |
(Non-compliance to SABC policies and procedures) SABC broadcast equipment was used in during the Marikana inquiry by the SABC News team and Motsweding FM to report on the proceedings of the hearing. The Commission subsequently relocated to Centurion and the equipment was due to be returned to the SABC premises. Instead, the Provincial RBF Manager instructed his team to install the equipment at various Community Radio Stations without authorization. |
|
Management consulted with legal to draft letters to the Community Radio Stations for the return of SABC equipment |
Mr. Dennis Herold & Mr. Simon Mathebula |
Action In Progress SABC Legal has instructed attorney to draft and serve letters of demand to the various Community Radio Stations |
|
Mpumalanga Operation (Radio) Ligwalagwala 34th Birthday Bash (REG16/1278) 24 January 2017 |
We received a request to investigate allegations pertaining to the Ligwalagwala FM 34th Birthday -Bash Deviation from the approved Business Plan regarding entrance fees for the Station’s pre – and after party events. Revenue split 70/30 between the service provider and the Station, as per the Business Plan. Unauthorised airtime granted to a local Biker’s Club. |
(Non-compliance to policies and procedures) We established the following:
|
Disciplinary action and recovery of value of the free exposure amounting to R169, 365.00 |
Disciplinary action and recovery |
Mr. Quinton Lenyai |
Action In Progress Charges have been drafted for both employees. A panel has been selected Date of hearing has been diarised for the 24- 25 April 2017. 12 April 2017, a briefing meeting will be held with the Initiator and implicated employees will be served with charges. |
|
Procurement Music Tracking and reporting tender (PRO16/1284) 24 January 2017 |
We received a request to conduct a review of the Music Reporting and Tracking Technology Bid. This was after the BEC was requested to re-visit the scoring. |
(Non-compliance to policies and procedures) Allegations were found to be unsubstantiated. |
None |
No action to be taken. |
N/A |
No Action required |
|
Technology Unauthorised use of rented vehicle (TECH16/1286) 24 January 2017 |
We received allegations that Music Compiler at Motsweding FM, was off duty and not authorised to be a driver of a SABC rented vehicle on 27 June 2016. He was allegedly involved in an accident with the above mentioned vehicle. |
(Non-compliance to policies and procedures) Music Compiler, Motsweding FM, used a SABC rented vehicle from 24 to 27 June 2016 to attend the Motsweding FM Birthday event without the necessary approval to use the vehicle. |
Disciplinary action against Music Compiler: Motsweding FM and Digital Specialist, Motsweding FM. Progressive action against Marketing Assistant, Motsweding FM and Driver, Transport Department, North West Province and possible recovery of R27,409.07 from Music Compiler: Motsweding FM. |
Disciplinary action and Recovery |
Mr. Daniel Mongale |
Action In Progress The report has been handed over to HR Mafikeng to action accordingly. |
|
Sport Alleged fraudulent claims SABC Sport - Info Hub (SPORT16/1288) 20 January 2017 |
Allegations that Independent Contractors at Info Hub submitted claims for non-existing calendar days, e.g. 29 February 2015, 31 September 2015 and 31 June 2016. |
(Fraud) General Manager Radio Sport and Managing Editor Info Hub approved shift lists with incorrect dates No payments were made to freelancers for claims put in for non-existing dates. |
Management should verify authenticity of invoices prior to approval of payments and ensure that shift lists are aligned to calendars. |
Rectification of control environment |
Ms. Sully Motsweni |
No Action required |
- Special Request
|
AREA OF REVIEW/ PROJECT NAME & REPORT ISSUED DATE |
TASK |
SUMMARY OF FINDINGS |
RECOMMENDATION |
MANAGEMENT ACTION |
RESPONSIBLE MANAGER |
IMPLEMENTED/ NOT IMPLEMENTED/ ACTION IN PROGRESS |
|
Procurement KZN Security Tender (REG15/1244) 14 March 2016 |
Forensics was requested to conduct a proactive assurance by evaluating the KZN Security Tender process to ensure that the evaluation process was conducted in a fair and transparent manner and in compliance with Procurement Policy. |
Procurement adhered to the Procurement Policy and processes for the sourcing of a physical security service provider |
Procurement should continue with the tender and request the latest compulsory documents from the preferred supplier. |
Finalise tender |
Zakir Rawoot |
No action |
- Cases reported to SAPS
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- The following cases were reported to the South African Police Service:
|
No |
Date reported to SAPS |
Project Code |
Case Description |
SAPS Case No. |
Police Station |
Status |
Comments |
|
1 |
11 November 2015 |
TV15/1187 |
Pension Fund Fraud |
279/11/2015 |
Brixton |
in progress |
The matter has been re-allocated from Sergeant. P Zidaya to WO LL Mokhanedi at Johannesburg Commercial Crimes Unit |
|
2 |
27 June 2016 |
REG15/1262 |
North West Equipment |
258/6/2016 |
Mmabatho |
in progress |
RBR Manager removed broadcast equipment from SABC premises without permission |
|
3 |
06 July 2016 |
REG15/1253 |
Ukhozi M - Payola |
99/07/2016 |
Kempton Park |
in progress |
Ukhozi FM Presenter solicited undue benefit for interviews and to play music on Ukhozi FM platform. |
19 June 2017 - NW1453
Hadebe, Mr TZ to ask the Minister of Social Development
What is the annual cost of implementing the means test for old age pensions?
Reply:
SASSA has not conducted a formal study into the cost of applying the means test. However, research conducted by the Economic Research Policy Institute (EPRI) in 2011, when working with UNICEF on a paper regarding the Universalisation of the Child Support Grant, noted “The means test does impose administrative and time costs on SASSA employees and beneficiaries, but more significant costs occur during the monitoring of the grant.” The same will hold true for the older persons grant.
In an internal exercise conducted by SASSA in 2013, the direct average cost of completing an application for a social grant (excluding the disability related costs, where the direct costs are much higher, as the cost of the medical assessment must be factored in) was R89,73. This is largely driven by the amount of time it takes to complete an application, and does not factor in costs incurred by the beneficiary. This amount will require review, given the increase in staff costs since this time.
Based on trends over the past financial years, an average of approximately 200 000 new applications for grants for older persons are processed. If a unit cost of R89,73 per application is taken into account, then the cost for administering these applications is R17 946 000. While this total cost cannot be attributed to the cost of administering the means test, it does contribute a large portion of the costs.
19 June 2017 - NW1422
Esau, Mr S to ask the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform
(a) What number of cases of (i) fruitless, (ii) wasteful and (iii) irregular expenditure in his department were identified by the Auditor-General in the (aa) 2014-15, (bb) 2015-16 and (cc) 2016-17 financial years, (b) what was the amount in each case and (c) how much of the specified amount has been recovered in each case?
Reply:
(a)(i),(ii),(iii)(aa),(bb),(cc),(b),(c) Please refer to the table below.
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Fruitless, wasteful and irregular expenditure detected by AGSA |
|||||
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(a) |
(b) |
(c) |
|||
|
No |
Financial years |
Description of expenditure |
Number of cases |
Amount (R000) |
Recovered Amount /Remarks |
|
(aa) |
2014-15 |
(i) (ii) Fruitless and wasteful |
None |
N/A |
N/A |
|
(iii) Irregular expenditure |
2 |
492 |
Amount was condoned with warning and cautionary letter to officials. |
||
|
(bb) |
2015-16 |
(i) (ii) Fruitless and wasteful |
None |
N/A |
N/A |
|
(iii) Irregular expenditure |
None |
N/A |
N/A |
||
|
(cc) |
2016-17 |
(i) (ii) Fruitless and wasteful |
1 |
2 304 |
Under investigation. |
|
(iii) Irregular expenditure |
None |
N/A |
N/A |
||
|
Total |
3 |
2 796 |
- |
19 June 2017 - NW1745
Mackenzie, Mr C to ask the Minister of Women in the Presidency
Whether any staff of (a) her department and (b) each entity reporting to her were awarded any contracts or agreements to conduct business with any state entity in the (i) 2014-15, (ii) 2015-16 and (iii) 2016-17 financial years; if so, what are the (aa)(aaa) names and (bbb) professional designations of the staff members and (bb)(aaa) details of the contract(s) and/or agreement(s) awarded and (bbb) amounts in each case?
Reply:
Not applicable.
________________________
Approved by the Minister on
Date………………………..
19 June 2017 - NW1128
Dreyer, Ms AM to ask the Minister of Basic Education
Whether, with reference to her reply to question 218 on 6 March 2017, the requested information has been received from the Council for Quality Assurance in General and Further Education and Training (Umalusi); if not, (a) why not and (b) by what date is the information expected; if so, by what date will she communicate it?
Reply:
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.
19 June 2017 - NW1449
Grootboom, Mr GA to ask the Minister of Social Development
(a) What is the total number of persons who were employed at early childhood development centers in the (i) 2014, (ii) 2015, (iii) 2016 and (iv) 2017 academic years, (b) what number of the specified persons were assessed against the Child Protection Register and (c) what number of the specified persons were found not suitable to work with children in each case?
Reply:
(a) What is the total number of persons who were employed at early childhood development centers in the (i) 2014, (ii) 2015, (iii) 2016 and (iv) 2017 academic years,
The above Parliamentary Question has provincial implications and at the time of reply no response was received from Provinces.
(b) the Child Protection Register classifies organisations only as employers and not in terms of their functions, namely early childhood development centers. However, the number of employees screened in (i) 2014 were 30010, (ii) 2015 were 32780, (iii) 2016 were 39203 and 2017 were 3921 (April and May), and (c) No specified persons in respect of early childhood development centers were found not suitable to work with children in each case.
19 June 2017 - NW1520
Grootboom, Mr GA to ask the Minister of Arts and Culture’
With reference to the allocations of funds by his department for orchestras in each province, on which projects and/or initiatives was the funding allocated to the (a) North West and (b) Limpopo spent
Reply:
The DAC did not allocate funds directly to orchestras, rather funds were ring fenced within the budget of the National Arts Council and transferred to 3 orchestras based on submitted proposals and contracts in 2016/17 in the Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal. No orchestras were directly funded in Limpopo or North West in the year under review. The Limpopo Youth Orchestra will however be provided with an opportunity to participate in a cultural programme in Kuwait in October 2017 as part of a cultural exchange programme. In this regard, the DAC will cover the international flights, per diems and performance fees, while the government of Kuwait will cover domestic hosting costs.
19 June 2017 - NW614
Wilson, Ms ER to ask the Minister of Social Development
What (a) steps (i) have been taken or (ii) are envisaged for the SA Social Development Agency to run a competitive bidding process to appoint a new contractor or contractors for the payment of social grants and (b) is the timeframe for this to take place?
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
19 June 2017 - NW1747
Majola, Mr TR to ask the Minister of Arts and Culture”
Does (a) he (b) his Deputy Minister or (c) any of the heads of entities or bodies reporting to him make use of security services paid for by the State for (i) him/herself, (ii) his/her immediate family members or (iii) any of their staff members; in each case (aa)what are the reasons for it, (bb) from which department or entity’s budget is the security services being paid, and (cc) what are the relevant details?
Reply:
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.
19 June 2017 - NW1245
Van Damme, Ms PT to ask the Minister of Communications
Whether (a) her department and (b) each entity reporting to her (i) procured any services from and/or (ii) made any payments to the Black Empowerment Foundation; if not, in each case, why not; if so, what (aa) services were procured, (bb) was the total cost, (cc) is the detailed breakdown of such costs, (dd) was the total amount paid, (ee) was the purpose of the payments and (ff) is the detailed breakdown of such programmes in each case.
Reply:
- (b) No.
19 June 2017 - NW1028
Robinson, Ms D to ask the Minister of Communications
(a) What is the progress on the implementation of the recommendations with regard to the report of the Ad Hoc Committee on the SA Broadcasting Corporation Inquiry, that (i) the Board reviews the SABC’s human resource policies to ensure that they comply with labour legislation and regulations, (ii) the Interim Board, in light of past experience, should start the process of appointing a new Company Secretary (details furnished), (iii) all SABC employees who failed to enter into performance management contracts, should do so within 60 days from date of adoption of this report by the National Assembly and that new appointees should do so before they receive their first salary payment, (iv) all other vacant executive positions be properly advertised and filled with suitably qualified people, and that human resource management-related policies, procedures and practices are adhered to during the appointment process, (v) the Interim/new Board must start the process of filling the top three executive positions of Group Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operations Officer and Chief Financial Officer with suitably qualified and experienced professionals who are able to develop and put in place systems that will support the Board in its efforts to stabilise and regularise the administration and governance of the SABC, (vi) the Interim Board should evaluate the feasibility of the business case for entering into agreements with rival broadcasters (details furnished) so as to ensure that the public broadcaster does not cross-subsidise its competitors, (vii) the Interim Board, or, if necessary, the new board should urgently engage the Auditor-General to address all its findings relating to irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure, as well as to initiate disciplinary steps against any officials as required by section 51(1)(e)(iii) of the Public Finance Management Act, Act 1 of 1999, who made and permitted irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure and (viii) the Interim Board should institute an independent forensic investigation into questionable and irregularly-awarded contracts referred to in this report or any other matter which it deems necessary and (b) has the Interim Board set any deadline in accordance with the recommendations of the report?
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.
19 June 2017 - NW1522
Vos, Mr J to ask the Minister of Arts and Culture
With reference to his department’s expenditure of nearly 10% of its institutional budget on monitoring and evaluation annually, (a) which (i) entities and (ii) projects have been evaluated to date, (b) what corrective measures were instituted against poor performing entities and projects to date and (c) which (i) entities and (ii) projects have been identified as not performing well?
Reply:
a. (i) The performance of all the Department’s entities is reviewed (evaluated) on a regular basis.
(ii). similarly, the department conducts implementation reviews (evaluation) on its programmes and projects on regular basis through project in-year reviews and oversight visits with intention to improve operational effectiveness and efficiency. The flags in every school programme and the library conditional grants are some of the programmes that were recently reviewed. Furthermore, the Department has established the South African Cultural Observatory (SACO) to conduct mapping studies and other studies on cross cutting issues on the arts, culture and heritage sector. Twenty (20) research reports were produced in the 2016-17 financial year. Another 27 research reports are envisaged in the 2017-18 financial year. Moreover, the Department conducts 5-year reviews that focus on a range of issues relating to the operations of the Department including performance. The last review was conducted in the 2014-15 financial year. The next 5-year review will be conducted during 2018-19 financial year and will focus on the period 2015-2019.
b. (i). The Department conducts regular oversight visits, with the focus more on entities that are not performing well. The purpose of these visits is to assist the entities with the implementation of turnaround plans. Moreover, a number of forums have been established to facilitate monitoring and evaluation of public entities and to share best practices. These include the chairperson’s forum, where the Minister and the Chairpersons of Councils/Boards engage on issues affecting the public entities.
(ii). In cases of unsatisfactory programme and/or project performance, a diagnosis exercise is conducted to ascertain the reasons for poor performance. Findings emanating from the diagnosis exercise are used to improve the design and implementation of the programme and/or project. The Technical Intergovernmental Committee (TIC) and MinMEC are some of the platforms the Department has established to review and correct poor performing projects that are done in collaboration with provinces.
c. (i). Guided by the audit outcomes of the Auditor-General (AG), 11 DAC public entities received qualified audit outcomes and this highlighted shortcomings in their control systems. In most cases the shortcomings related to the accounting of heritage assets as specified in the GRAP 103 standard. The Ditsong Museums of South Africa and the South African State Theatre got adverse and disclaimer audit outcomes, respectively, thus highlighting a collapse in their control systems.
(ii). In the 2016-17 financial year there has been delays in the implementation of the following projects: Liberation Heritage Route online map application; refurbishment of the community arts centres and a series of infrastructure projects ( legacy project); the Khoi San Heritage Route; and the Liberation Heritage Route.
15 June 2017 - NW1443
Groenewald, Mr HB to ask the Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services
What (a) is the budget allocated to the process of researching and writing all envisaged new legislation and amendments to existing legislation pertaining to the (i) Postal Services Amendment Bill, (ii) South African Post Office SOC Ltd Amendment Bill and (iii) Ikamva National e-Skills Institute (iNeSI) Bill, (b) proportion of the projected expenditure will be spent on (aa) departmental resources and (bb) external resources, such as specialist consultants and (c) is the timeline drawn up to complete the drafting and submission to Cabinet of each piece of legislation?
Reply:
I have been advised by the department as follows:
(a) There is no budget allocation for researching, writing and conducting socio economic impact assessments or public hearings, since such processes will be conducted internally with the assistance of the Department of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation and Office of the Chief State Law Advisor.
(b) The only estimated expenditure is for the publication of each Bill in the Gazette amounting R150, 000. 00.
(c) In line with the approved Annual Performance Plan, the Department will submit the draft Bills to Cabinet for approval and for public consultation in third quarter of the 2017/18 financial year.
15 June 2017 - NW1440
Mackenzie, Mr C to ask the Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services
Whether his department has audited the use of funds given to certain municipalities from his department’s 2015-16 budget to implement free wifi hotspots; if not, why not; if so, what (a) reports have been submitted by each municipality indicating effective implementation and service delivered from this allocation and (b) are the further relevant details in this regard?
Reply:
I have been advised by the department as follows:
(a) During the implementation of WiFi networks by the Metros, Project offices from Metros provided the Department with weekly and Monthly progress reports. Subsequently the Department conducted physical site audits and verification on a sample of connected Wi-Fi sites as part of network performance monitoring. Around 150 live sites were audited in Tshwane, Ekurhuleni, Nelson Mandela Bay and Cape Town.
(b) City of Johannesburg and Mangaung have connected some sites but have not completed their WiFi roll out programs. The Department is constantly engaging with these Metros to ensure that all sites are connected as per the agreed plans. The process to appoint WiFi service providers for both Metros is underway.
15 June 2017 - NW1442
Groenewald, Mr HB to ask the Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services
What (a) is the budget allocated to the process of researching, writing and conducting (i) socio economic impact assessments and (ii) public hearings pertaining to the (aa) Digital Development Fund Bill, (bb) ICT Economic Regulator and Tribunal Bill, (cc) Electronic Communications Amendment Bill and (dd) Electronic Communications and Transactions Amendment Bill, arising from the National Integrated ICT Policy White Paper as outlined in the 2017-20 Medium Term Expenditure Framework, (b) proportion of the projected expenditure will be spent on (i) departmental resources and (ii) external resources such as specialist consultants and (c) is the timeline drawn up to complete the drafting and submission to Cabinet of each piece of legislation?
Reply:
I have been advised by the department as follows:
(a) Internal human resources capacity will be utilised to research, write and conduct socio economic impact assessments. The Department will, with the assistance of the Department of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation and Office of the Chief State Law Advisor conduct this area of work.
No public hearings will be conducted in the current financial year. The Minister will consult the public through the publication in the Gazette of the draft Bills for public comment, as required by PAJA. The estimated expenditure for publication of each Bill in the Gazette is R150, 000.00.
(b) An amount of R2, 5 million has been budgeted for the procurement of external specialist consultants for the development of Business Cases for the establishment of these new institutions in line with the Treasury Guidelines.
(c) In line with the approved Annual Performance Plan, the Department will submit the draft Bills to Cabinet to approve for public consultation in third quarter of the 2017/18 financial year.
15 June 2017 - NW1441
Mackenzie, Mr C to ask the Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services
(1) Why has the implementation of the Rapid Deployment Guidelines, inserted into the National Integrated ICT Policy White Paper, been delayed until after March 2019; (2) has a study been conducted by her department to determine (a) the impact of this delay on broadband rollout across government jurisdictions and (b) the knock-on effect of the delay on the cost to communicate and in rolling out South Africa Connect; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details in each case?
Reply:
I have been advised by the department as follows:
1. When the Electronic Communications Act was amended in 2014 it replaced the requirement to develop Rapid Deployment Guidelines with the requirement to develop a National Rapid Deployment Policy. As a result of this amendment, the National Rapid Deployment Policy was included in the National Integrated ICT Policy White Paper. The rationale for the replacement of the guidelines with a policy is that a large proportion of the key stakeholders that are affected by the Rapid Deployment Policy are not subject to the provisions of the Electronic Communications Act (ECA), and, consequently, their behaviour cannot be regulated through the ECA.
2.(a)-(b) The Department has not carried out any study to determine the impact of a delay in implementing the Rapid Deployment Policy as there is no delay as yet in the implementation.
15 June 2017 - NW1507
Mokgalapa, Mr S to ask the Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services
Whether (a) his department and (b) each entity reporting to him procured any services from and/or made any payments to (i) a certain company (name furnished) or (ii) any other public relations firms; if not, in each case, why not; if so, in each case, what (aa) services were procured, (bb) was the total cost, (cc) is the detailed breakdown of such costs, (dd) was the total amount paid, (ee) was the purpose of the payments and (ff) is the detailed breakdown of such payments?
Reply:
I have been advised by the department and entities as follows:
(a) No
(b) No
15 June 2017 - NW425
Malatsi, Mr MS to ask the Minister of Human Settlements
(1)What is the (a) total number of housing projects that are over the value of R250 million in each province, (b)(i) date of commencement, (ii) current status and (iii) targeted date of completion of each project and (c) name of the contractor in charge of each project as of 1 February 2017 in each case; (2) what (a) are the names of the companies which have been awarded the top ten lucrative tenders for her department’s projects, (b) is the actual value of each tender and (c) was the total number of houses or residential units that were to be built in each province in the (i) 2014-15 and (ii) 2015-16 financial years?
Reply:
Honourable member, in accordance with the document titled, “Guide to Parliamentary Questions in the National Assembly”, which prohibits Members of Parliament, including the Executive, from divulging names of persons, bodies when asking or responding to parliamentary questions, I am unable to provide names of the companies as requested above. The document referred to states the following:
“Questions are to be framed as concisely as possible. All unnecessary adjectives, references and quotations are omitted. Names of persons, bodies and, for example, newspapers are only used in questions if the facts surrounding the case have been proven. As the mere mention of such names could be construed as publicity for or against them, it should be clear that this practice is highly undesirable. If a question will be unintelligible without mentioning such names, the Departments concerned are notified of the name (-s) and this phrase is used: ".......a certain person (name furnished)”
The information received from the provinces in response to the Honourable member’s question is provided below:
EASTERN CAPE
(1) The Province has one (1) project with the value of over R250 million and details are provided as in the Table below:
|
No. |
Commencement Date |
Current status |
Targeted Date of Completion |
Service contracted for |
Contract Amount |
|
R'000 |
R'000 |
||||
|
1 |
13 October 2015 |
In progress/running |
13 October 2018 |
PE-Joe Slovo West 4000 BNG: Erection of 2 000 Top Structures |
263 074 520 |
(2) (a) & (b) The amounts of top ten tenders awarded are outlined in the table below:
|
Number |
(b) Value of Each Tender |
|
R'000 |
|
|
1 |
263 074 520 |
|
2 |
247 851 335 |
|
3 |
226 931 150 |
|
4 |
225 129 836 |
|
5 |
204 297 380 |
|
6 |
203 858 485 |
|
7 |
200 207 852 |
|
8 |
199 890 000 |
|
9 |
181 021 815 |
|
10 |
175 731 667 |
(c) (i) 13 609.
(ii) 13 768.
FREE STATE
(1) The Province has a total of two (2) projects with the value of over R250 million as illustrated in the table below.
|
No. |
Commencement Date |
Current Status |
Targeted Date of Completion |
Service Contracted for |
Contract Amount |
|
R'000 |
|||||
|
1 |
19 June 2012 |
Practical Completion Reached |
31 March 2016 |
1 700 Subsidies |
284 228 |
|
2 |
06 March 2013 |
in Progress |
31 December 2017 |
Hostel Upgrading |
265 509 |
(2) (a) & (b) The amounts of top ten tenders awarded are outlined in the table below:
|
Number |
(b) Value of Each Tender |
|
R'000 |
|
|
1 |
265 509 |
|
2 |
241 935 |
|
3 |
238 866 |
|
4 |
194 979 |
|
5 |
150 970 |
|
6 |
131 055 |
|
7 |
128 898 |
|
8 |
126 453 |
|
9 |
124 765 |
|
10 |
123 420 |
(c) (i) 12 298
(ii) 8 505
GAUTENG
(1) The Province has a total of eight (8) projects with the value of over R250 million as illustrated in the table below:
|
No |
Date of Commencement |
Current status |
Targeted Date of Completion |
Service Contracted for |
Contract Amount |
|
R'000 |
|||||
|
1 |
01 April 2014 |
123 units completed |
30 June 2015 |
Jabulani Ext, 1 Housing Development, 112 CRU and 508 housing units |
240 166 |
|
2 |
02 July 2012 |
208 fully subsidised houses and 334 backyard rentals completed |
31 March 2017 |
Servicing and Construction of 5 523 residential units,(1324 fully subsidised houses, 2 172 Backyard Rentals and 669 Flisp)-Cosmo City |
253 710 |
|
3 |
05 September 2014 |
1 832 fully subsidised houses(2012/13), (2016/17)-112 fully subsidised houses |
30 June 2023 |
Lufhereng mixed housing project-24 142 houses |
1 322 769 |
|
4 |
01 September 2015 |
280 services completed and bulk link services is 30% complete |
31 March 2017 |
Installation of 2 842 services and construction 2 842 through IRDP, construction of 205 houses through FLISP and 823 social housing-Sebokeng |
607 185 |
|
5 |
04 August 2014 |
all the 2 905 stands have been completed and issued with service certificates |
31 March 2016 |
Construction of water and sewer network for 2 905 units at Hammanskraal |
260 946 |
|
6 |
01 April 2014 |
The project is 30% complete |
31 March 2017 |
Construction of overall sewer network in Bekkersdal for 50km |
317 144 |
|
7 |
01 April 2013 |
420 houses completed,74 at 90%, 200 FLISP complete, 2 008 stands complete and 900 wall plates and foundations |
31 March 2021 |
Construction of 6 470 houses through IRDP and 6 470 FLISP-Savanna City |
1 395 057 |
|
8 |
01 January 2016 |
260 RDP houses completed,834 RDP houses at 95% and 49 MV,354 RDP wall plates and foundations and 69 MV |
31 December 2016 |
Mixed Development Project-1 232 low cost houses, 98 military veterans houses and 550 units of rental stock |
416 631 |
|
9 |
01 June 2015 |
192 units at 95% completion |
30 June 2018 |
Refurbishment of 672 hostel units and the fixing of leaks on the 3 hostel sections at KwaMasiza Hostel-Sedibeng |
197 903 |
|
10 |
01 July 2015 |
811 houses and 256 Social Housing Units |
31 March 2019 |
Fleurhof construction of 2 216 houses and servicing stands in Fleurhof Ext,2 |
237 850 |
(2) The amounts of top ten tenders awarded are outlined in the table below:
|
Number |
(b) Value of Each Tender |
|
R'000 |
|
|
1 |
240 166 |
|
2 |
253 710 |
|
3 |
1 322 769 |
|
4 |
607 185 |
|
5 |
260 946 |
|
6 |
317 144 |
|
7 |
1 395 057 |
|
8 |
416 631 |
|
9 |
197 903 |
|
10 |
237 850 |
(c) (i) 25 417
(ii) 40 106
KWAZULU-NATAL
The Province has a total of ten (10) projects over the value of R250 million as illustrated in the table below:
|
Number |
Commencement Date |
Current Status |
Targeted Date of Completion |
Service provided for |
Contract Amount |
|
R'000 |
R'000 |
||||
|
1 |
06 January 2015 |
52 546 |
06 January 2022 |
KwaMashu, Umlazi and Klaarwater Rehabilation of 23 517 units(rectification) |
2 575 077 |
|
2 |
19 February 2014 |
1793 374 |
01 March 2018 |
Edendale (Msunduzi) Rural Housing(EPHP)-25 000 units |
2 543 241 |
|
3 |
11 March 2015 |
112 011 |
10 September 2016 |
KwaMashu and Umlazi Rehabilation of 9003 units |
611 692 |
|
4 |
11 March 2015 |
54 682 |
10 September 2017 |
Newlands:Rectification-7 933 |
524 630 |
|
5 |
07 January 2013 |
354 640 |
31 December 2016 |
KwaMashu, Umlazi and Glebelands Hostel Upgrade-100 |
455 640 |
|
6 |
18 August 2015 |
398 548 |
18 September 2017 |
Cornubia phase 1B Housing Project-2 263 |
448 558 |
|
7 |
01 November 2016 |
89 705 |
31 March 2022 |
Mandeni:Inyoni slums clearance initiative-3 020 |
447 083 |
|
8 |
18 January 2016 |
80 595 |
30 September 2018 |
Umbumbulu:Rural Housing Project-2 850 |
357 969 |
|
9 |
25 March 2014 |
241 264 |
25 March 2017 |
EThekwiuni (various sites)Storm damaged-5 329 |
300 216 |
|
10 |
01 July 2016 |
21 378 |
31 July 2021 |
Maphumulo: Rural Housing-2 000 |
260 408 |
(2) The amounts of top ten tenders awarded are outlined in the table below:
|
Number |
(b) Value of Each Tender |
|
R'000 |
|
|
1 |
611 692 |
|
2 |
448 558 |
|
3 |
180 749 |
|
4 |
178 724 |
|
5 |
166 610 |
|
6 |
166 344 |
|
7 |
153 890 |
|
8 |
148 347 |
|
9 |
141 097 |
|
10 |
132 042 |
(c) (i) 35 847
(ii) 29 951
LIMPOPO 3A below.
|
Number |
Commencement Date |
Current status |
Targeted Date of Completion |
Service Contracted for |
Contract Amount |
|
R'000 |
|||||
|
1 |
07 December 2016 |
Site establishment |
07 December 2018 |
Marapong CRU ( Lephalale) |
298 000 |
(2) (a) The names of the Companies that have been awarded the top ten tenders are outlined as per the table below:
|
Number |
(b) Value of Each Tender |
|
R'000 |
|
|
1 |
12 619 219 |
|
2 |
11 814 858 |
|
3 |
6 395 364 |
(c) (i) 3 082
(ii) 13 845
MPUMALANGA
(1) (a) The province does not have projects over the value of R250 Million
(b) and (c)
|
Number |
(b) Value of the Tender |
|
R'000 |
|
|
1 |
173 696 |
|
2 |
112 784 |
|
3 |
59 225 |
|
4 |
58 590 |
|
5 |
55 946 |
|
6 |
54 333 |
|
7 |
34 975 |
|
8 |
34 742 |
|
9 |
29 613 |
|
10 |
28 400 |
(c) (i) 11 491
(ii) 10 661.
NORTHERN CAPE
(1) (a) None
(b) Not applicable
(c) Not applicable
(2) (a) Contractors are changed yearly
(b) Not applicable
(c) (i) 2 133
(ii) 1 337.
NORTH WEST
(2) (a) The Province has two (2) projects over the value of R250 million as illustrated in Table below:
|
No. |
Commencement Date |
Current status(units completed) |
Targeted Date of Completion |
Service Contracted for |
Contract Amount |
|
1 |
27 July 2004 |
in progress |
10 October 2017 |
Meriting ext. 4 & 5:Rustenburg:building of houses-1590 units |
293 299 |
|
2 |
10 February 2015 |
complete |
07 January 2017 |
Vryburg ext. 28 (Dr Ruth Mompati Municipality) building of houses-1500 units |
269 241 |
(a) The names of the Companies that have been awarded the top ten tenders are outlined as per the table below:
|
Number |
(b) Value of Each Tender |
|
R'000 |
|
|
1 |
269 241 |
|
2 |
212 000 |
|
3 |
166 000 |
|
4 |
155 000 |
|
5 |
128 000 |
|
6 |
103 000 |
|
7 |
96 101 |
|
8 |
95 333 |
|
9 |
94 427 |
|
10 |
86 853 |
(c) (i) 11 49
(ii) 10 661.
WESTERN CAPE
The Province indicated that it does not have any projects over the value of R250 million. The highest bid awarded was R228 284 427.
(b)(i) 24 August 2016
(ii) Contractor on site
(iii) 23 August 2021
|
Number |
(b) Value of Each Tender |
|
R'000 |
|
|
1 |
2 052 |
|
2 |
100 877 |
|
3 |
78 761 |
(c) (i) 16 678
(ii) 20 558
15 June 2017 - NW677
Malatsi, Mr MS to ask the Minister of Human Settlements
What was the total amount in rand spent by the (a) Estate Agency Affairs Board, (b) Social Housing Regulatory Authority, (c) National Housing Builders Registration Council, (d) Housing Development Agency, (e) National Urban Reconstruction and Housing Agency, (f) Rural Housing Loan Fund, (g) Community Schemes Ombud Service and (h) her department on gifts, donations and sponsorships, including the (i) full names of the beneficiaries and (ii) reasons in each of the past three financial years?
Reply:
Honourable member, from the onset I wish to bring to your attention the document titled, “Guide to Parliamentary Questions in the National Assembly”, which prohibits Members of Parliament, including the Executive, from divulging names of persons, bodies when asking or responding to parliamentary questions. This document states the following:
“Questions are to be framed as concisely as possible. All unnecessary adjectives, references and quotations are omitted. Names of persons, bodies and, for example, newspapers are only used in questions if the facts surrounding the case have been proven. As the mere mention of such names could be construed as publicity for or against them, it should be clear that this practice is highly undesirable. If a question will be unintelligible without mentioning such names, the Departments concerned are notified of the name (-s) and this phrase is used: ".......a certain person (name furnished)”
Accordingly, in the reply below, I will not provide names of persons or bodies for whom gifts were bought or donations/sponsorship given to.
Further, in the reply provided below we include purchases of flowers for staff members who are hospitalised and their bereaved families, which does not necessarily qualify to be regarded as gifts. The Department also purchases gifts when the Minister meets with foreign delegations or her counterparts.
|
DEPARTMENT AND ITS ENTITIES |
2013/2014 |
2014/2015 |
2015/2016 |
|
Estate Agency Affairs Board |
None |
None |
None |
|
Social Housing Regulatory Authority |
R 25 000.00 |
None |
R61,306.00 |
|
National Home Builders Registration Council |
R506 033.50 |
R234 582.00 |
R195 000.00 |
|
Housing Development Agency |
R25,405.00 |
R26,039.00 |
R41,532.00 |
|
National Urban Reconstruction and Housing Agency |
R31,489.07 |
R89,926.14 |
R12,056.00 |
|
Rural Housing Loan Fund |
R87,500 |
R34,999.50 |
R181,642.10 |
|
Community Schemes Ombud Service |
None |
None |
None |
|
Department of Human Settlements |
R 10 241 089.23 |
R 497 076.69 |
R 452 18.89.89 |
14 June 2017 - NW976
Maynier, Mr D to ask the Minister of Finance
(1)What is the (a) first name, (b) last name, (c) identification number, (d) designation, (e) job description, (f) date of commencement and (g) remuneration level of each person employed in the National Treasury; (2) what is the total number of persons employed in the National Treasury (a) before 31 March 2017 and (b) after 31 March 2017?
Reply:
1.A detailed list is attached in response to (a) – (g), for all National Treasury employees as at 8 May 2017.
2. (a) Total number of persons employed as at 31 March 2017 is 1168.
(b) Total number of persons employed as at 8 May 2017, 1164. (Annexure A attached) [confidential]
14 June 2017 - NW1518
Lees, Mr RA to ask the Minister of Finance
(1)With reference to the revelations made in court that the former SA Revenue Services (SARS) Group Executive of Business Intelligence (name furnished), remained employed by the (a) National Intelligence Agency (NIA) and (b) State Security Agency (SSA), while she was employed by SARS, was the Commissioner of the SARS aware that the specified person was still employed by the NIA and SSA while in the employ of SARS; if not, why not; if so, what are the full details of the reasons why SARS permitted this arrangement; (2) whether the specified person received any compensation from the NIA and SSA during her employ at SARS; if so, what are the details of all compensation received in each case; (3) what are the full details of the (a) specified person’s deployment to SARS as a spy and (b) persons the specified person spied on; (4) whether there are other SARS employees who (a) are currently or (b) ever were employed by the SSA in a covert capacity; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the full details in each case?
Reply:
1.In the period the Commissioner has been employed with SARS, there is no record of the said GE.
2.SARS is unable to respond on behalf of SSA.
3. Please refer to response one (1) above.
4. SARS employees are employed in the capacity for which they are contracted for.
14 June 2017 - NW1250
Topham , Mr B to ask the Minister of Finance
(1)Why were members of the Standing Committee on Finance not invited by the National Treasury to attend the 2017 World Economic Forum on Africa held in Durban between 3 and 5 May 2017; (2) whether he will make a statement on the matter?
Reply:
The Presidency is responsible for invitations to the World Economic Forum on Africa meetings and not the National Treasury. Only the Presidency has the prerogative to extend invitations. The National Treasury is delegated by the Presidency to organise logistics for the convening of the conference, however invitations do not form part of the delegated mandate.
14 June 2017 - NW1115
Maynier, Mr D to ask the Minister of Finance
(a) What number of cases relating to the Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act, Act 12 of 2004, as amended, have been referred to the SA Police Service by the Financial Intelligence Centre for further investigation since the specified Act was assented to and (b) what number of the specified cases have (i) been investigated and (ii) resulted in a conviction in (aa) total and (bb) each specified financial year since 2004?
Reply:
The FIC refers information in its possession for investigation to law enforcement agencies pursuant to its primary objectives and functions as defined in section 3 and 4 of the Financial Intelligence Centre Act 38 of 2001, as amended, with the aim of identifying proceeds of crime, combatting money laundering and the financing of terrorism.
The FIC does not refer cases of acts of criminality for investigation. Rather in terms of Section 40 of the Act, it refers packages of transactional and other information that present indicators of suspected criminality to be investigated by the competent authorities. It is for these authorities to determine if the transactions are indeed proceeds of crime, or may be associated with an unlawful predicate offence.
The FIC has recorded the information sought from 2012 onwards and which is set out below.
(a) Between 1 April 2012 till 31 March 2017 the FIC referred 87 matters for investigation by the competent authorities for them to determine if the transactions reported are proceeds of crime or connected to an unlawful predicate offence involving acts of corruption as defined by the Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act, Act 12 of 2004 (PRECCA) legislation.
The FIC made the following referrals related to suspected acts of corruption and for which statistics have been kept in the financial years:
2012/2013: 9
2013/2014: 8
2014/2015: 6
2015/2016: 40
2016/2017: 24
Total: 87 referrals.
(b) The FIC does not have information available regarding which of these matters have been investigated by the competent authorities or have resulted in a conviction.
14 June 2017 - NW1113
Maynier, Mr D to ask the Minister of Finance
(1)Whether he has ever met with certain persons (names furnished); if not, in each case, why not; if so, what are the relevant details in each case; (2) whether he has ever received any (a) gifts or (b) payments from certain persons (names furnished); if not, in each case, why not; if so, what are the relevant details in each case; (3) will he make a statement on the matter?
Reply:
1.I have never had formal meetings with them.
2. No, I have declared all gifts I have received since my appointment as Member of Parliament and Member of the National Executive.
3. No statement will be made.
14 June 2017 - NW1383
Lees, Mr RA to ask the Minister of Finance
Whether, with reference to his reply to oral question 29 on 12 May 2017, Government has investigated the possibility of using the Government Employees’ Pension Fund (GEPF) through the Public Investment Corporation (PIC) as a possible public entity partner for SA Airways (SAA) as one option in Government’s review of SAA’s long term turnaround strategy; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) how will the interests of beneficiaries of the GEPF be protected from possible future losses incurred by SAA and (b) what are the further relevant details in this regard?
Reply:
No. Government has not investigated the possibility of using the Government Employees’ Pension Fund (GEPF) through the Public Investment Corporation (PIC) as a possible public entity partner for SA Airways (SAA) as one option in Government’s review of SAA’s long term turnaround strategy.
The Minister of Finance announced in the Budget Speech on 24 February 2016 that he, together with the Minister of Public Enterprises had “agreed to explore the possible merger of South African Airways and South African Express, under a strengthened board, with a view to engaging a potential minority equity partner, and to create a bigger and more operationally efficient airline”. The Study undertaken by Bain and Abacus in this regard has been completed and the next steps are for the National Treasury and the Department of Public Enterprises to review the options and recommendations to allow an informed decision to be taken on how to proceed.
The PIC does not hold equity investments in State Owned Companies (SOCs). However, the PIC, on behalf of its clients, does hold a substantial amount of bonds of various SOCs. A significant portion of the PIC's bond-holdings in SOCs is government guaranteed. Importantly, SOCs have never defaulted on any of the PIC's bond investments. The PIC undertakes all investment decisions in the best interest of its pensioners and clients and in line with client mandate requirements and the investment risk parameters stipulated by client mandates. The continued support of SOCs by PIC will be underpinned by these mandate requirements. Moreover, all investments are also subject to a robust due diligence process which includes a credit analysis, Environmental, Social and Governance report as well as risk and legal reports.
The aim of the PIC remains to safeguard pensions of public servants and ensure that reasonable returns are generated for contributors.
14 June 2017 - NW1517
Lees, Mr RA to ask the Minister of Finance
Whether any lenders imposed any conditions on the SA Airways (SAA) Board when each loan was granted to SAA in each of the past three financial years; if not, in each case, why not; if so, what (a) are the details of each condition and (b) progress has the SAA Board made to comply with the conditions in each case?
Reply:
Lenders imposed terms and conditions on SAA as per normal Loan market standards. This practice is not unique to SAA and applies to all companies both public and private and across all markets including RSA, Europe and USA to name a few. The following terms and conditions are contained in SAA loan agreements and the Airline has complied and continues to comply with each of those conditions.
|
Financial Covenants |
Complied with (Y/N) |
Non-Financial Covenants |
Complied with (Y/N) |
|
|
Project Phoenix Loans
|
1. Non-payment SAA does not pay on the due date any amount payable pursuant to a Finance Document at the place and in the currency in which it is expressed to be payable |
Y |
1. Illegality / unlawfulness It is or becomes unlawful for SAA or the Guarantor to perform any of its obligations under the Finance Documents |
Y |
|
2. Maintenance of insurance on assets SAA maintains insurances with insurance companies to such an extent and against such risks as companies engaged in similar business normally insure. |
Y |
2. Change of control SAA’s reporting lines change from the current reporting line, being National Treasury and the Minister of Finance, to another party. |
Y |
|
|
3. Negative pledge SAA shall not unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Lenders, create permit to subsist any Security over any of its assets. |
Y |
3. Misrepresentation Any representation or statement made or deemed to be made by SAA or the Guarantor in the Finance Documents or any other document delivered by or on behalf of SAA or the Guarantor under or in connection with any Finance Document is or proves to have been incorrect or misleading in any material respect when made or deemed to be made. |
Y |
|
|
4. Disposals SAA will not enter into a single transaction or a series of transactions and whether voluntary or involuntary to sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any asset. |
Y |
4.Audit qualification The Auditors of SAA qualify the audited annual consolidated financial statements of SAA or any of its Affiliates. |
Y |
|
|
5.Taxes SAA will maintain its status as a statutory body established in accordance with laws of South Africa and will maintain its tax residence in South Africa and ensure that it is not resident or liable to tax in any other jurisdiction. |
Y |
5. Government Guarantee The guarantee ceases to be legal, valid, binding and enforceable or otherwise ceases to be effective. |
Y |
|
|
6. Merger SAA shall not, unless otherwise agreed to by the Lenders in writing, enter into any joint venture, amalgamation, demerger or corporate reconstruction. |
Y |
6. No breaching of laws SAA has not breached any law or regulation which breach has or might reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. |
Y |
|
|
7. Acquisition SAA shall not unless otherwise agreed to by the Lenders in writing, acquire or subscribe for shares or other ownership interest in or securities of any company or other person, or acquire any business, assets or incorporate any company or other person. |
Y |
7. Material adverse effect No material adverse effect has occurred. |
Y |
|
|
8. Cross default Any financial indebtedness of SAA which is not paid due nor within any originally applicable grace period, or declared to be or otherwise becomes due and payable prior to its specified maturity as a result of an event of default, or cancelled or suspended by a creditor of SAA which as a result of an event of default. |
Y |
8. Constitutional documents SAA will ensure that no change is made to its constitutional documents without prior written consent of the Lenders where such change has or is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect. |
Y |
|
|
Y |
9. Sanctions SAA and to the best of knowledge of SAA having made due and careful enquiry, its Affiliates, are not Sanctioned Entities, to the extent applicable, or have not participated in a Sanctioned Transaction or have not contravened and Sanctions or are not targeted under any Sanctions. |
Y |
||
|
Y |
10. Compliance to anti-corruption laws SAA to the best knowledge of SAA having made due and careful enquiry, and each of its Affiliates, has conducted its businesses in compliance with Applicable Anti-Bribery Law and has instituted and maintains policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance with such laws. |
Y |
||
|
11. Change of business SAA shall procure that no substantial change is made to the general nature of the business of SAA from that carried on at the signature date. |
Y |
|||
|
12. Financial year end SAA shall not change its Accounting Reference Date. |
Y |
|||
|
13. Change in Auditors SAA may only replace its Auditors with the prior approval of the Lenders, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed. |
Y |
|||
|
14. Expropriation The authority or ability of any affiliate of SAA to conduct its business is wholly or substantially curtailed by any seizure, expropriation, nationalisation, intervention, restriction or other action by or on behalf of any governmental, regulatory or other authority or other person. |
Y |
14 June 2017 - NW1516
Lees, Mr RA to ask the Minister of Finance
Whether Government imposed any conditions on the SA Airways (SAA) Board when each Government guarantee was granted to SAA in each of the past three financial years; if not, in each case, why not; if so, what (a) are the details of each condition and (b) progress has the SAA Board made to comply with the conditions in each case?
Reply:
SAA was issued with two government guarantees in the past three financial years; R6.88 billion on 22 December 2014 to sign off and approve the 2013/14 Annual Financial Statements (AFS) and R4.72 billion on 08 September 2016 to sign off and approve the 2014/15 and 2015/16 AFS. Table 1 below highlights the conditions attached to each of these two government guarantees issued and the progress made by SAA on each condition.
Legend:
|
Condition complied with |
|
|
Condition partially complied with |
|
|
Condition not complied with |
|
Table 1: SAA Guarantee Conditions
|
Conditions related to the R6.88 billion guarantee issued on 22 December 2014 |
||
|
Within 1 month, SAA to provide a comprehensive implementation plan for the 90 Day action plan interventions outlining the milestones and timelines for delivering the targeted savings and responsible person. |
SAA submitted the 90 Day Action plan implementation dashboard. |
|
|
SAA together with the Government will review and stress test the financial model and refined LTTS. |
SAA provided a financial model which was stress tested by government and the airline. |
|
|
Within 3 months, SAA to develop proposals on the network structure, fleet strategy and structure of the airline for consideration by Government. |
SAA appointed InterVistas to assist the airline in developing a new Network and Fleet Plan which was considered by government. |
|
|
Within 3 months, SAA to identify areas where it intends reducing operational costs and develop implementation plans to reduce such costs |
SAA identified cost compression initiatives and developed an implementation plan. |
|
|
Within 3 months, SAA to strengthen its governance, internal controls and working capital management, develop an implementation plan in this regard and provide monthly progress reports to government. |
SAA has indicated that it has strengthened its governance and has included a detailed summary in the 90 Day Action Plan report. No monthly progress is given in this regard. |
|
|
SAA to provide weekly reports to NT on its utilisation, cash position and daily cash forecasts. |
SAA provides weekly reports of its daily cash forecast and utilisation thereof. |
|
|
Conditions related to the R4.72 billion guarantee issued on 08 September 2016 |
||
|
The primary focus of the Board must be to return the airline to financial sustainability. |
This condition has been included in SAA’s 2016/17 Shareholder compact The SAA Board has finalised its five year Corporate Plan, which represents the airline’s turnaround strategy. |
|
|
SAA's strategy must be strengthened and alignment with other state owned airlines ensured. |
The SAA Board has reviewed and revalidated the airline’s strategy which forms part of the approved turnaround strategy and informs the 5 year Corporate Plan. The next step is aligning the strategy with other State Owned Airlines. |
|
|
SAA must implement more aggressive cost cutting initiatives as recommended by the Aviation expert (Deloitte) in areas of fuel, aircraft ownership, labour, maintenance, repair and overhaul and procurement. |
Initiatives identified by Deloitte have not been implemented. However, Seabury has identified additional cost compression initiatives in SAA’s 5 year Corporate Plan. |
|
|
The network fleet plan must be refined based on a sound business case so that the airline takes advantage of opportunities to scale back the operations of the airline to focus only on operating routes which positively contribute to the profitability of the airline, closes routes that have been making losses for longer than one year, and ensures that the network plan is aligned with other state owned airlines. |
The SAA Board has reviewed and revalidated the airline’s strategy which forms part of the approved turnaround plan strategy and informs the 5 year Corporate. The next step is for SAA to close routes that have been loss making for more than a year and aligning the network plan with other State Owned Airlines. |
|
|
The airline's strategy must better differentiate the airline, enabling it to continue to compete effectively, inter alia through addressing customer value proposition. |
The SAA Board has reviewed and revalidated the airline’s strategy which forms part of the approved turnaround strategy and informs the 5 year Corporate Plan. NT is in the process of assessing SAA’s turnaround strategy and 5 year Corporate Plan to determine whether the airline has addressed this condition. |
|
|
The airline must work with National Treasury (NT) and the Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) in giving consideration to the possible merger of SAA with South African Express (SAX) airlines and the potential introduction of a strategic equity partner. |
SAA has availed itself and its subsidiaries to work with the consultant, Bain and Company SA. SAA officials availed themselves in engaging with DPE and NT officials on a regular basis during the time that Bain and Company SA was conducting the Study. |
|
|
The Board is required to appoint a permanent Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and other key executives in consultation with the Minister of Finance. |
In progress. The CFO has been appointed. Candidates for the CEO position have been shortlisted. It is anticipated that after the CEO is appointed then he/she will then fill other key executive positions. |
|
|
Funding must be secured to meet the airline's liquidity requirements. |
SAA has secured funding for its liquidity requirements and is in the process of refinancing. |
|
|
The Board is required to ensure that the AFS for both 2014/15 and 2015/16 are finalized. |
SAA’s 2014/15 and 2015/16 AFS have been finalised and tabled in parliament. |
|
|
SAA is required to report progress on a weekly basis to NT until such a time that the Minister of Finance determines. |
NT and SAA convene weekly monitoring meetings. |
|
|
SAA must share all media communication with the Minister of Finance or his designated representative prior to the issuance of media communication and only communicate on issues that require shareholder approval where approval has been obtained from the Minister of Finance to do so. |
This matter is dependent on media communication by SAA. Currently, NT is not aware of any non-adherence to this condition. |
Source: National Treasury
14 June 2017 - NW1152
Figlan, Mr AM to ask the Minister of Finance
Whether there are any new public entities being established; if so, (a) what will their functions be and (b) what is the total amount that will be allocated to each entity?
Reply:
There are various Bills proposing the establishment of public entities which are currently being considered by Parliament and Provincial Legislatures. The following public entities are currently being proposed in Bills before Parliament:
- National Public Health Institute of South Africa
- Waste Management Bureau
- Wine Certification Authority
- Border Management Authority
- Financial Sector Conduct Authority
- Ombud Council (Financial sector)
a) The above Bills are still under consideration before the different legislatures, the establishment of these entities and their functions are therefore proposals.
b) If the enabling legislation is enacted, the National Treasury or relevant Provincial Treasury will engage in discussions with the relevant department concerned, to assess the appropriate level of funding to be allocated to the public entity, in line with its legislated functions.
14 June 2017 - NW1219
Macpherson, Mr DW to ask the Minister of Finance
Whether (a) the National Treasury has (i) procured any services from and/or (ii) made any payments to the Decolonisation Foundation; if not, in each case, what is the position in this regard; if so, what (aa) services were procured, (bb) were the total costs, (cc) is the detailed breakdown of the costs, (dd) was the total amount paid, (ee) was the purpose of the payments and (ff) is the detailed breakdown of the payments in each case?
Reply:
National Treasury
(a)(i) None
(a)(ii) N/A
(a)(ii)(aa) N/A
(a)(ii)(bb) N/A
(a)(ii)(cc) N/A
(a)(ii)(dd) N/A
(a)(ii)(ee) N/A
(a)(ii)(ff) N/A
ASB
The Accounting Standards Board has not procured any services or made any payments to the Decolonisation Foundation.
CBDA
The CBDA has not procured any services from Decolonisation Foundation, and no payments were made to Decolonisation Foundation.
DBSA
The DBSA has not procured any services from Decolonisation Foundation, and no payments were made to Decolonisation Foundation.
FIC
FIC has not procured any services from or made any payments to the Decolonisation Foundation.
FSB
FSB has not procured any services from or made any payments to the Decolonisation Foundation.
GEPF
GEPF did not procure any services nor made any payments to the Decolonisation Foundation and does not intend to procure any of their services in the future.
GPAA
The GPAA has not procured any services from Decolonisation Foundation, and no payments were made to Decolonisation Foundation.
IRBA
The IRBA has not procured any services from Decolonisation Foundation, and no payments were made to Decolonisation Foundation.
PFA
The PFA has not procured any services from Decolonisation Foundation, and no payments were made to Decolonisation Foundation.
LAND BANK
The Land Bank has not procured any services from Decolonisation Foundation, and no payments were made to Decolonisation Foundation.
FAIS OMBUD
The FAIS Ombud has not procured any services from Decolonisation Foundation, and no payments were made to Decolonisation Foundation.
PIC
The PIC has not procured any services from Decolonisation Foundation, and no payments were made to Decolonisation Foundation.
SAA
The SAA has not procured any services from Decolonisation Foundation, and no payments were made to Decolonisation Foundation.
SARS
The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has not procured services from the Decolonisation Foundation and does not have the supplier registered on its database.
SARS procures goods and services in line with its mandate in compliance with the PFMA, National Treasury Regulations, Preferential Procurement Regulations, respective National Treasury Practice Notes and guidelines as well as internal policies and procedures. The position going forward is that SARS conducts its procurement activities in line with the provisions of Section 217 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa. Accordingly SARS is compelled to consider and fairly evaluate any proposal received through a duly constituted procurement process from a bona fide vendor.
SASRIA
The SASRIA has not procured any services from Decolonisation Foundation, and no payments were made to Decolonisation Foundation.
TAX OMBUD
The Office of the Tax Ombud has not procured any services from Decolonisation Foundation, and no payments were made to Decolonisation Foundation.
14 June 2017 - NW1557
Lorimer, Mr JR to ask the Minister of Mineral Resources
(1)(a) When did his department become aware of illegal sand mining at Agate Terrace in the Eastern Cape and (b) what steps (i) have been taken and (ii) will be taken by his department to stop the illegal mining practices; (2) whether he has found that the steps taken have proven effective in combatting illegal sand mining; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (3) (a) how many cases of illegal sand mining has his department acted upon (i) in each of the past three financial years and (ii) since 1 April 2017 and (b) what is the detailed breakdown of the number of cases in respect of each province?
Reply:
1.(a) The Department became aware of illegal sand mining at Agate Terrace in the Eastern Cape on 14 October 2015.
(b) (i) The area of concern was visited 6 times, on 09 December 2015, 22 and 23 November 2016, 09 February 2017, 14 February 2017 and 18 May 2017.
On 9th of December 2015, a certain Mr Zizi Gwele was found loading sand into his truck with spades, he refused to give his full contact details and was given a verbal warning and instructed to leave the site, which he did.
During the follow up inspections conducted between 22 and 23 November 2016 to 18 May 2017 no person was found mining sand in the area mentioned above.
(ii) The Department is in the process of identifying the landowners in order to ensure that access to the site is controlled. The site will be continuously monitored until such time the transgressors are found and the relevant enforcement action will be taken against them.
2. In this particular case, the steps taken have proven to be effective as Mr Zizi Gwele, who was previously found on site and given a warning, was not present or seen on site in all occasions. In addition, no any other person was found mining sand between 22 and 23 November 2016 until 18 May 2017 when we conducted follow up site visits.
3. Below is a breakdown of reported cases of illegal sand mining that the department acted upon (i) in each of the past three financial years and (ii) since 1 April 2017 and (b) and the detailed breakdown of the number of illegal sand mining cases in respect of each province.
|
Province |
2014-2015 |
2015-2016 |
2016-2017 |
1 April 2017 to date |
Total per province |
|
Gauteng |
0 |
9 |
1 |
0 |
10 |
|
Mpumalanga |
7 |
5 |
8 |
0 |
20 |
|
Eastern Cape |
0 |
7 |
13 |
1 |
21 |
|
Limpopo |
1 |
6 |
23 |
5 |
35 |
|
North West |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Free State |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
|
Kwazulu Natal |
0 |
26 |
31 |
6 |
63 |
|
Western Cape |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Northern Cape |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Total |
8 |
53 |
76 |
15 |
152 |
Approved/Not Approved
Mr MJ Zwane, MP
Minister of Mineral Resources
Date Submitted:-……………/………………/2017
14 June 2017 - NW1083
Shivambu, Mr F to ask the Minister of Finance
Whether the National Treasury conducted an investigation into the sale of strategic oil reserves; if not, why not; if so, on what date (a) was the investigation completed and (b) will he table the report in the National Assembly?
Reply:
In June 2016, the National Treasury met with various officials within the Department of Energy (DoE), the Central Energy Fund (CEF) and the Strategic Fuel Fund (SFF). This meeting was held subsequent to the National Treasury learning of the disposal of the strategic oil reserves by the SFF with a view of understanding the details of what had occurred.
Following the meeting, the SFF committed to submitting to the National Treasury all documentation relating to the disposal process. The National Treasury reviewed the documentation in order to ascertain the legality of the process followed in accordance with the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA) and the Central Energy Fund Act of 1977.
The National Treasury completed its review and reported its findings and recommendations to the former Minister of Energy in August 2016. No response has been received to date. The former Minister of Energy instituted an investigation into the stock disposal process, however, the findings of the investigation have not been reported to the National Treasury.
14 June 2017 - NW1112
Bergman, Mr D to ask the Minister of Finance
What (a) amount was spent by the National Treasury on e-government services in the 2016-17 financial year and (b) is the projected expenditure for the 2017-18 financial year?
Reply:
a) R21 442 522.93
b) R28 313 315.54
14 June 2017 - NW1531
Maynier, Mr D to ask the Minister of Finance
Whether the Financial Intelligence Centre referred any cases to law enforcement agencies (a) in each of the past six financial years and (b) since 1 April 2017; if so, what is the total number of cases that were referred to (i) law enforcement agencies and (ii) each law enforcement agency in each of the specified financial years?
Reply:
The Financial Intelligence Centre refers information (financial intelligence) for investigation to law enforcement (SAPS), the tax authority, security services and regulators on an ongoing basis as part of the FICs regular function as envisaged in section 40 of the Financial Intelligence Centre Act 38 of 2001, as amended.
The FIC provides statistical information about its referrals in each of its Annual Reports.
Since the commencement of the 2011/2012 financial year until 31 March 2017 the FIC referred at least 5,230 financial intelligence reports to various bodies as defined in section 40 (1) of the FIC Act for investigation.
Of the 5,230 referrals stated above, 733 were disseminated for investigation to the law enforcement authorities - i.e. the South African Police Services (SAPS), inclusive of the Directorate of Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI) and the Crime Intelligence Division (CI).
Year on year statistics are tabulated below:
|
Year |
Total referred |
To law enforcement |
|
2011/2012 |
761 |
108 |
|
2012/2013 |
883 |
200 |
|
2013/2014 |
883 |
64 |
|
2014/2015 |
870 |
61 |
|
2015/2016 |
511 |
89 |
|
2016/2017 |
1,322 |
211 |
|
2017/2018 (April, May) |
49 |
21 |
|
Total |
5,279 |
754 |
End.
13 June 2017 - NW1117
Davis, Mr GR to ask the Minister of Basic Education
With reference to the note of the Auditor-General in his review of the 2017-18 Annual Performance Plan of her department, that her department is presently negotiating with unions on the implementation of performance agreements of principals, (a) why is there a delay in the implementation of the performance contracts, (b) which unions are currently opposed to the implementation of performance contracts and (c) what plans does she have to resolve the impasse over the implementation of performance contracts?
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.
13 June 2017 - NW978
Davis, Mr GR to ask the Minister of Basic Education
(a) What is the purpose of the reports titled 2016 Qualitative Input Meeting – December 2016 External Moderator Report, for each subject in the National Senior Certificate examinations for 2016 and (b) will her department make these reports available to members of the Portfolio Committee on Basic Education?
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.
13 June 2017 - NW1042
Mbhele, Mr ZN to ask the Minister of Police
(a) What is the total number of members of the SA Police Services who are currently suspended, (b) in each case (i) on what date was each member suspended; (ii) what is the rank of each specified member; (iii) what is the total amount that has been paid to each suspended member to date including (aa) salary and (bb) other benefits and (c) what steps have been taken to finalise the matter as speedily as possible?
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.
13 June 2017 - NW1474
Walters, Mr TC to ask the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform
By what date will the forensic report of the National Forensic Services investigation into conflict on the Nirwanda Farm in the Hex River Valley be made public; (2) What is his position regarding the recommendations contained in the specified forensic report that (a) a criminal investigation be conducted on alleged corruption between the current and former officials of his department and certain entities, (b) disciplinary action be taken against an official from his department, (c) investigations be conducted on other projects where certain entities (names furnished) have been appointed as a strategic partner, (d) a legal opinion be sought on how to regularise the Nirwanda Progressive Land Acquisition Policy Project and (e) civil claims be instituted for the recovery of funds due to his department; (3) Whether any other officials are also implicated in alleged irregularities at Nirwanda; if so, what are the relevant details in each case?
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.
13 June 2017 - NW1478
Kalyan, Ms SV to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and FisheriesQUESTION
Whether (a) his department and (b) each entity reporting to him procured any services from and/or made any payments to (i) a certain company (name furnished) or (ii) any other public relations firms; if not, in each case, why not; if so, in each case, what (aa) services were procured, (bb) was the total cost, (cc) is the detailed breakdown of such costs, (dd) was the total amount paid, (ee) was the purpose of the payments and (ff) is the detailed breakdown of such payments?
Reply:
DAFF
DAFF has not procured services from any public relations firm including Bell Pottinger.
PPECB
PPECB has not procured services from any public relations firm including Bell Pottinger.
OBP
OBP has not procured services from any public relations firm including Bell Pottinger.
NCERA
NCERA has not procured services from any public relations firm including Bell Pottinger.
ARC
ARC has not procured services from any public relations firm including Bell Pottinger.
NAMC
NAMC has not procured services from any public relations firm including Bell Pottinger.
MLRF
MLRF has not procured services from any public relations firm including Bell Pottinger.
13 June 2017 - NW1410
Brauteseth, Mr TJ to ask the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform
What (a) total amount has been spent by his department on legal fees (i) in the (aa) 2014-15, (bb) 2015-16 and (cc) 2016-17 financial years and (ii) since 1 April 2017 and (b) are the (i) details, (ii) outcomes and (iii) costs of each case?
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.