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06 September 2024 - NW82

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Reddy, Mr VG to ask the Minister of Police

(1) Whether he has been informed of members of the SA Police Service that were brutally assaulting a member of the public at the uMkomaas Beach in KwaZulu-Natal (details furnished); if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, will he institute an urgent investigation headed by the Independent Police Investigative Directorate into the conduct of the policemen concerned and report on the outcome; (2) what immediate measures will he take to address such behaviour and prevent such incidents in the future, considering the apparent use of excessive force by the policemen, which is unwarranted and unacceptable?

Reply:

  1. A case of Common Assault with CAS 114/07/2024, at uMkomaas has been opened and is being investigated by the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID).
  2. Measures were taken by South African Police Service (SAPS), as a departmental investigation was initiated and no further action will be taken against the identified member(s), as per investigation report.

06 September 2024 - CW186

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Majola, Mr JS to ask the Minister of Correctional Services:

(1) What strategies is he deploying to reduce gang activities in prisons; (2) Whether such strategies have been effective thus far; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

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06 September 2024 - NW191

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Salie, Adv S to ask the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation

(1) Whether, given that The Ministerial Committee on the Efficient Management of the Annual Hajj and Umrah Pilgrimages and the SA Hajj and Umrah Council (SAHUC) has an important role to play in ensuring that South African pilgrims enjoy well-organised pilgrimages annually, he has found that the specified ministerial committee is indeed playing an efficient oversight role; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) whether he has found that the ministerial committee provides regular feedback to the relevant organisations and interested public on the status of the Hajj and Umrah situation; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details; (3) whether he has been informed if the SAHUC has provided the required report-back meetings on its findings regarding grievances raised by Muslims on the management of the Hajj and Umrah; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?

Reply:

1. The Ministerial Committee on the Efficient Management of the Hajj and Umrah Pilgrimages was established by former Minister GNM Pandor with the mandate to investigate complaints from the affected community regarding the administration and management of the annual Hajj pilgrimage by South African citizens; and to submit a report to the Minister following consultations with, inter alia, the Muslim community and relevant organisations, including SAHUC, SAMTAO, and the United Ulameh Council of South Africa (UUCSA), as well as constitutional bodies, in particular the Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL Rights Commission). Its mandate did not include an oversight role. The oversight role resorts constitutionally under auspices of the chapter IX institution, i.e. the CRL Rights Commission which is constitutionally mandated to protect the rights of religious communities.

2. The Ministerial Committee fulfilled its mandate and presented its report to former Minister Pandor on 31 January 2024. DIRCO is constitutionally mandated to formulate, promote and execute South Africa’s foreign policy, i.e. government-to-government engagements with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and to provide consular assistance to South African citizens abroad.

3. The South African Hajj and Umrah Council (SAHUC) was constituted by the community in 1995 in a process that was facilitated by the late Deputy Minister of the then Department of Foreign Affairs, Mr Aziz Pahad. The Cultural, Religious and Linguistics (CRL) Rights Commission is constitutionally mandated to protect the rights of religious communities.

 

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RECOMMENDATION

It is recommended that the Minister approves and signs the Parliamentary Reply to Parliamentary Question 191.

 

MR Z DANGOR

DIRECTOR–GENERAL: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND COOPERATION

DATE:

PARLIAMENTARY REPLY 191 IS APPROVED / NOT APPROVED / AMENDED.

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MR RO LAMOLA, MP

MINISTER OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND COOPERATION

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06 September 2024 - CW150

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Breedt, Ms T to ask the Minister of Water and Sanitation:

(1) Which municipalities were meant to benefit from the Riverton Water Works project, (b) when has the project commenced, (c) when was it supposed to be completed and (d) what are the reasons for delays in each case; (2) whether her department regards the project to be completed; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) what was the total budget for the project, (b) what were the final costs, (c) what were the reasons for over-budget spending and (d) what are the further relevant details; (3) (a) which contractors were appointed to implement such project, (b) what were their responsibilities in each case and (c) what had been the (i) allocated budget and (ii) total final costs in this regard; (4) whether responsibilities regarding the project were shared between her department and the mentioned municipalities; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) how and (b) what are the relevant details in this regard?

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06 September 2024 - CW88

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Scheurkogel, Dr IS to ask the Minister of Water and Sanitation:

(1) (a) How many boreholes will be drilled at Clarens and Kgubetswana to assist with eminent water shortages as a result of the closure of the Lesotho Highland Water Canal in October 2024, (b) what is the total amount that (i) was budgeted for and (ii) has been paid to date for such boreholes, (c) who are the service providers for each line item for the drilling of such boreholes and (d) on what date will such boreholes be expected to supply water to the reservoirs; (2) whether the generally known allegations of irregularities regarding the contracts with service providers have been investigated; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the names of senior officials that are involved in this regard and (b) what are the further relevant details in each case?

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06 September 2024 - CW195

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Mananiso, Ms JS to ask the Minister of Home Affairs:

Whether his department has any measurable target plans to address the persistence of backlogs in the issuing of (a) permits, (b) identity documents, (c) birth certificates and (d) travel documents; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

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06 September 2024 - CW200

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Majola, Mr JS to ask the Minister of Home Affairs:

With reference to previous reports of his department that visa backlog increased from 74 000 in August 2023 to 92 000 on 16 February 2024 (details furnished), (a) what are the plans for his department to address the longstanding problem, (b) what new strategies are being implemented to eradicate the backlog problem within his department and (c) what timeframes have been set for such strategies?

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06 September 2024 - CW190

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Van den Berg, Mr H to ask the Minister of Home Affairs:

Whether any measures have been taken by the Border Management Authority to alleviate congestion of livestock being imported from neighbouring countries, especially in Nakop border post where waiting times have negatively affected the welfare of livestock awaiting to enter South Africa; if not, why not; if so, (a) what measures and (b) what are the further relevant details in this regard?

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06 September 2024 - CW118

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Peter, Mr MM to ask the Minister of Police:

Whether, with reference to the visibility and/or non-visibility of police in certain areas (details furnished), he has considered more effective solutions to expand crime control tactics with crime prevention strategies such as alternative forms of fieldwork to promote public safety and enhance citizens' quality of life; if not, why not; if so, (a) what strategies and (b) what are the further relevant details?

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06 September 2024 - CW81

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Breedt, Ms T to ask the Minister of Transport:

(1) (a) What are the reasons that Braam Fischer International Airport could not handle hunting rifles and (b) what measures are in place to resolve this matter, considering the size of the hunting industry and the income it generates in the country? (2) whether any steps have been taken to address this matter and allow for secure air transporting of hunting rifles (details furnished); if not, why not, if so, what are the relevant details?

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06 September 2024 - NW113

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Gana, Mr M to ask the Minister of Police

(1) What total number of suspects who were arrested for murder, hijacking and rape in the 2023-24 financial year, had their cases withdrawn due to insufficient evidence; (2) what total number of cases of murder, rape and hijacking did the National Prosecuting Authority refuse to prosecute in the 2023-24 financial year due to insufficient evidence; (3) what (a) total number of arrested suspects in the 2023-24 financial year have sued the SA Police Service (SAPS) for wrongful arrests and (b) is the total monetary value of their claims; (4) what total number of suspects arrested during shootouts with the SAPS have been released due to insufficient evidence in the 2013 to 2023 financial years?

Reply:

(i1) he number of cases, per specified crime, for which suspects were arrested in the 2023/24 financial year, but which were withdrawn due to insufficient evidence, is as follows:

  • Murder cases – 9.
  • Hijacking (includes carjacking and truck-hijacking) – 18.
  • Rape cases – 1 416.

(2) The South African Police Service (SAPS) cannot determine the total number of cases that the National Prosecuting Authority refused to prosecute in 2023/24, due to insufficient evidence.

(3)(a) A total of 4 153 alleged incidents of wrongful arrest were registered, during the 2023/24 financial year.

(3)(b) Claims totalling R 2 241 082 675.00 were filed with the SAPS, however, it should be noted that this is not the amount that would potentially be paid to claimants.

(4) This information is not readily available on the Case Administration System (CAS) / Investigate Case Docket Management System (ICDMS). A detailed analysis will have to be conducted, per station, in order to provide this information. Case dockets will have to be extracted from archives and manually perused to identify the cases that relate to this request. This will be an extremely time-consuming exercise, which, given the operational policing requirement, would not practical, as it will divert critical resources, thereby impacting negatively on service delivery.

Reply to question 113 recommended/ not recommended

GENERAL

NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

SF MASEMOLA (SOEG)

Date:

Reply to question 113 approved/ not approved

MINISTER OF POLICE

MR ES MCHUNU, MP

Date:

06 September 2024 - CW202

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Nzimande, Mr E to ask the Minister of Home Affairs:

Whether, with reference to the approximately 75 000 Palestinians that have been displaced in southern Gaza (details furnished), his department is providing asylum to Palestinians in terms of Section 21 (1) of the Refugees Act, 1998 (Act No. 130 of 1998); if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) how many applications were received, (b) how many applications were (i) approved and (ii) rejected and (c) what were the reasons for the applications to be rejected?

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06 September 2024 - CW119

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Mcinga, Dr NP to ask the Minister of Police:

(a) What form of support is provided to the SA Police Service members who are suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, (b) how often is such support provided for each member, (c) why his department has no toll-free number that is dedicated to counselling police officers as they often endure traumatic experiences and/or face significant risks that included driving poorly maintained vehicles?

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06 September 2024 - CW80

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Breedt, Ms T to ask the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment:

(a) What limitations and/or overlaps are there regarding the authority of his department and the Department of Agriculture as they are been jointly responsible for wildlife farming and/or ranching in this industry, (b) what is the role of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in the wildlife farming and/or ranching industry and (c) which one of the said authorities would be the highest regarding the functions of such farms?

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06 September 2024 - CW188

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Nzimande, Mr E to ask the Minister of Correctional Services:

Whether the Government intends to privatise prisons as some have suggested the privatisation of certain prison services as a solution to his department's inefficiencies; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) what are the (i) risks and/or (ii) benefits to such an approach and (b) what are the further relevant details?

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06 September 2024 - CW48

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Arries, Ms LH to ask the Minister of Social Development:

(a) What measures are in place to ensure that each school in the country has a social worker to ensure that when learners experience any form of trauma, they receive such services and (b) which time frames are in place in this regard?

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06 September 2024 - CW89

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Scheurkogel, Dr IS to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs:

(1 ) Whether he has been informed that the Mafube Local Municipality in the Free State has (a) not issued any municipal accounts to residents for seven years as a result of non- functional telephones and no internet connection for officials to perform their duties and (b) approximately 700 disputes on municipal accounts which have not received any attention; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) whether he has been informed that currently there is no refuse removal taking place in Frankfort; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?

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06 September 2024 - CW106

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Siwisa, Ms AM to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs:

(1) Whether he has been informed of an initiation school in Lorato Park in Kimberley, Northern Cape with initiates roam around in the informal settlement; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) how has the approval been granted for the school within the vicinity of the informal settlement?

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06 September 2024 - NW190

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Motubatse, Mr MP to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

Given the recent experience of persons during the floods in KwaZulu-Natal, which is not a new phenomenon and will not be the last, by what date does his department intend to move the specified persons from the dangerous areas before the next natural disaster occurs?

Reply:

The National Disaster Management Centre continues to work closely with Provincial Disaster Management Centers, Municipal Disaster Management Centers and in collaboration with the sector departments and community based organisations to conduct awareness campaigns to communities staying in disaster high risk areas. However, there is no date set by the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs to move persons from dangerous areas in KwaZulu-Natal and other provinces as the matter is outside the legislated mandate of the Department. COGTA, continues to coordinate and collaborate with the relevant organs of state across the three spheres to promote the implementation of applicable legislation, as well as the enforcement of by-laws that regulate the settlement of people in dangerous areas. The movement of specified persons from dangerous areas to areas of safety is the responsibility of the Department of Human Settlements working in partnership with the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure. The movement of the specified persons is also dependent on the availability of suitable (safe) land, financial resources and the application of policy in the allocation of housing.

In terms of the relocation of households from disaster prone areas, the National Department of Human Settlements has collaborated with the Department of Land Reform and Rural Development, to locate all the informal settlements that are on dangerous zones using drone technology. Once located, the province or eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality must then permanently relocate the affected households to new serviced land parcels where the construction of permanent houses will ultimately take place. This relocation is funded through Informal Settlements Upgrading Partnership Grant (ISUPG) that is allocated annually to KZNDHS and City of Ethekwini based on business plans approved by the Minister of Human Settlements.

 

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06 September 2024 - CW79

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Gericke, Mr V to ask the Minister of Police:

Whether, in light of his department's discovery of an alleged illegal military camp in White River in Mpumalanga, the police are certain that this is a real military camp and not a security training facility; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, why has it been allowed to operate for so many months?

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06 September 2024 - CW110

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Ceza, Mr K to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs:

(a) What measures has his department taken to ensure that all section 106 investigations on allegations of fraud, corruption, maladministration and irregular payments are completed in (i) Dr JS Moroka, (ii) Dr Pixley ka Isaka Seme and (ii) other municipalities in Mpumalanga and (b) what are the further relevant details in this regard?

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06 September 2024 - CW99

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Makesini, Ms M to ask the Minister of Health:

(a) What new initiatives are in place to combat Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV/Aids) and (b) how is the integrated response to HIV/Aids been coordinated in different sectors?

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06 September 2024 - CW122

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Medupe, Ms OD to ask the Minister of Police:

Whether, in light of the recent killing of suspects in KwaZulu-Natal and uproars by certain members of the public, the SA Police Service members are adequately trained to apprehend heavily armed suspected criminals; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

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06 September 2024 - CW178

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Gotsell, Mr N to ask the Minister of Correctional Services:

In light of the recent statement by the National Police Commissioner and the fact that large items such as PlayStations, Wi-Fi routers and big screen televisions could hardly be missed when searches are conducted in prisons; (a) why were such items not reported and confiscated by Correctional Services employees at the Sun City Correctional Facility prior to the July 2024 raid and (b) why have such routine searches and seizures not previously uncovered such large items.

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06 September 2024 - CW194

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Nonkonyana, Adv Inkosi M to ask the Minister of Home Affairs:

Whether his department has considered procuring mobile offices to deploy at schools with a target to focus on issuing identity documents and passports for learners as part of reducing long queues and congestion at Home Affairs offices during school holidays; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

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06 September 2024 - NW185

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Madlala, Mr EK to ask the Minister of Employment and Labour

(1) Whether, given that the Government announced the scrapping of work experience for entry-level positions at state institutions in 2018 and noting that to date entry-level positions in all government departments still require work experience, any steps were taken to facilitate the implementation of the specified declaration; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) to what extent does her department consider supporting industrialisation in the minerals sector in order to create factories for purifications and the subsequent value chain which would create thousands of job opportunities; (3) whether, considering that the availability of employment opportunities is a man-made challenge of the capitalist system of the so-called oppression of the working class and the poor, her department has explored any concept aimed at creating household employment to ensure that all households have a breadwinner; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details? NW210E

Reply:

  1. The Department of Employment and Labour has implemented the no work experience requirement in entry level posts and will continue advocating for more learnerships and internships to ready entrants into the labour market.
  2. As much as the competency and responsibility of supporting industrialisation in the minerals sector in order to create factories for purification and the entire value chain does not rest with the Department of Employment and Labour, work in this space falls into the collaboration commitment with sister departments, that Department of Employment and Labour (DEL) is very much keen on. We plan to lead DEL to upping the ante pertaining to coordination work of all job creation initiatives, interventions, creativity and innovations that are found in various government departments, spheres of government as well as public agencies.
  3. The Department of Employment and Labour through the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) supports numerous initiatives under its Labour Activation Programme (LAP) aimed at stimulating employment and ensuring employability. Moreover, through the UIF that works closely with Public Investment Company (PIC), the Department has supported different sectors of our economy to create employment.

06 September 2024 - CW184

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Mokoena, Ms SM to ask the Minister of Correctional Services:

(a) What steps is he taking to improve rehabilitation programmes within prisons and (b) how is he ensuring that such efforts lead to successful reintegration of offenders into the society?

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06 September 2024 - CW196

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Medupe, Ms OD to ask the Minister of Home Affairs:

Whether any (a) immediate, (b) medium- and (c) long-term critical policy priorities are in place to address corruption and/or performance challenges in his department in the 7th administration; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details in each case?

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06 September 2024 - NW187

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Reddy, Mr VG to ask the Minister of Mineral and Petroleum Resources Mr

(1) Whether, considering the ongoing rise in fuel prices and its significant impact on the socio-economic conditions of the Republic, particularly affecting the poor and vulnerable communities, and noting that the fuel taxes and levies imposed on fuel prices in the Republic are the highest in Africa (details furnished), his department has taken any steps to reduce fuel taxes and levies; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) whether his department is considering the nationalisation of Sasol Limited in order to become a state-owned entity once more, thereby enabling South Africans to benefit from drastically reduced fuel prices, as Sasol Limited produces fuel from coal at a substantially lower cost than companies that import crude oil; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details? NW215E

Reply:

  1. The Government is concerned about the contribution of administered prices to the high cost of living. As an importer of both crude oil and refined products, South Africa is also exposed to the movement of crude oil prices. The Fuel Levies and Road Accident Fund (RAF) on both diesel and petrol are administered by the Minister of Finance and this Department implements levies which are voted for in parliament. A Ministerial Task Team to review the fuel pricing regime has been established and it must be given a chance to do its work.
  2. No. The department is not considering the nationalisation of Sasol Limited but is focusing on the operationalisation of the South African National Petroleum Company.

06 September 2024 - CW64

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Ryder, Mr D to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs:

(1) Whether, in light of the Select Committee on Cooperative Governance and Public Administration being informed in the meeting on 21 November 2023 that Gauteng terminated the administrative intervention with effect from 31 August 2022, the Emfuleni Local Municipality is currently under section 139 intervention; if so, when was the latest intervention initiated; (2) Whether the Emfuleni Local Council had a meeting when such intervention was confirmed; if so, what are the relevant details; (3) Whether the National Council of Provinces was advised regarding such ntervention; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the terms of the intervention and (b) what are the further relevant details?

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06 September 2024 - CW197

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Gotsell, Mr N to ask the Minister of Home Affairs:

How is his department, specifically the Border Management Authority when it receives more budget from the National Treasury, intends to establish and address the veracity of reports by the Institute of Security Studies that (a) land ports of entry, (b) seaports and (c) airports are common denominators in smuggling incidents as a result of corruption by border post officials?

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06 September 2024 - CW179

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Gotsell, Mr N to ask the Minister of Correctional Services:

(a) What progress his department has made in implementing electronic monitoring system for parolees and (b) what is the extent of such a system?

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06 September 2024 - CW108

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Ceza, Mr K to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs:

(a) What remedial actions he has taken to recover the amount of R 100 000.00 that was spent by the Municipal Manager of the Mhlontlo Local Municipality who hired a vehicle which covered 10 000 km in 24 hours and (b) what are the further relevant details in this regard?

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06 September 2024 - CW198

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Siwisa, Ms AM to ask the Minister of Home Affairs:

What urgent interventions have been made to assist the increasing number of orphans who are facing challenges in applying for identity documents as a result of their legal guardians having passed on?

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06 September 2024 - NW195

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Webster, Ms NL to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

What is the (a) total number of staff employed and/or provided as Ministerial support in (i) his and (ii) the Deputy Ministers’ private offices and (b)(i) job title, (ii) annual remuneration package and (iii) highest level of academic qualification of each specified member of staff?

Reply:

(a)(i) The total number of staff employed and /or provided as Ministerial support in Minister’s private office is five (5).

(b)(i) Job Title

(b)(ii) Annual Remuneration Package

(b)(iii)Highest level of qualification

1. Chief of Staff – Salary Level 14

Salary Notch: R1 641 933 (Level 14, 10th notch)

Role Playing Allowance: R 7 330 per month
(R87 960 per annum).

Total all-inclusive annual package: R1 729 893.

This was offered to match the package he was paid in his previous employment.

Bachelor of Arts (NQF Level 7)

2. Assistant Appointment and Administrative Secretary – Salary Level 9

Salary Notch: R 444 036 (Level 9, 1st notch)

37% in lieu of benefits: R164 293

Role Playing Allowance: R 7 330 per month
(R87 960 per annum).

Total all-inclusive annual package: R696 289

Advanced Diploma in Business Management
(NQF Level 7)

3. Receptionist – Salary Level 5

Salary Notch: R216 417 (Level 5, 1st notch)

37% in lieu of benefits: R80 047

Secretarial Allowance: R1667 per month
(R20 004 per annum)

Total all-inclusive annual package: R316 468

Bachelor of Public Administration Honours
(NQF Level 8)

4. Household Aide x 2 – Salary Level 3

Salary Notch: R155 148

37% in lieu of benefits: R57 404

Total all-inclusive annual package: R212 552

National Senior Certificate (Matric) (NQF Level 4).

(a)(ii) The total staff employed in Deputy Minister Dr. ND Masemola’s private office is three (3).

(b)(i) Job Title

(b)(ii) Annual Remuneration Package

(b)(iii)Highest level of qualification

1.Parliamentary and Cabinet Support - Salary Level 11

Salary Notch: R849 702 (Level 11, 1st notch)

Role Playing Allowance: R 7 330 per month
(R87 960 per annum).

Total all-inclusive annual package: R937 662

Bachelor of Education Honours (NQF Level 8)

2. Community Outreach Officer – Salary Level 11

Salary Notch: R849 702 per annum (all-inclusive)

No role play allowance payable as per DPSA Financial Manual of 2019.

Advanced Diploma in Management (NQF Level 7)

3. Receptionist – Salary Level 5

Salary Notch: R216 417 (Level 5, 1st notch)

37% in lieu of benefits: R80 047

Secretarial Allowance: R1667 per month
(R20 004 per annum)

Total all-inclusive annual package: R316 468

National Senior Certificate (Matric) (NQF Level 4)

Departmental support to the Office of the Minister

(b)(i) Job Title

(b)(ii) Annual Remuneration Package

(b)(iii)Highest level of qualification

1. Administrative Support and Coordination – Salary Level 11

Salary Notch: R1000 908 (Level 11, Top notch)

Bachelor of Technology (BTech) in Management (NQF Level 7)

2. Parliamentary and Cabinet Officer – Salary Level 11

Salary Notch: R849 702 (Level 11, 1st notch)

Bachelor of Administration (NQF Level 7)

(a)(ii) A total of six (6) employees are appointed to provide Ministerial support in the private office of Deputy Minister Prince: Zolile Burns-Ncamashe, MP.

(b)(i) Job title

(b)(ii)Annual remuneration

(b)(iii)Highest level of academic qualification

Private & Appointment Secretary

R1 003 890.00

BTech: Public Management

Parliamentary & Cabinet Support

R849 702.00

ND: Human Resource Management

Community Outreach Officer

R849 702.00

BCom: Economics

Receptionist

R216 417.00

ND: Tourism Management

Household Aide

R155 148.00

Senior Certificate

Household Aide

R155 148.00

Senior Certificate

 

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06 September 2024 - CW120

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Mcinga, Dr NP to ask the Minister of Police:

Whether he will provide a list of (a) the status of the working condition and (b) maintenance plans of all SA Police Service vehicles in each province; if not, why not; if so, (i) what time frames are in place in each matter and (ii) what is the breakdown at each police station in this regard?

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06 September 2024 - NW196

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Webster, Ms NL to ask the Minister of Correctional Services

What is the (a) total number of staff employed and/or provided as Ministerial support in (i) his and (ii) the Deputy Minister’s private offices and (b)(i) job title, (ii) annual remuneration package and (iii) highest level of academic qualification of each specified member of staff?

Reply:

(a)(i) The total number of staff employed in the Minister’s private office is six (06).

(a)(ii) The total number of staff employed in the Deputy Minister’s private office is two (02).

(b)(i) Job Title

(b)(ii) Annual Remuneration

(b)(iii) Highest level of academic qualification

Chief of Staff

Seconded from the Department of Correctional Services

R 1 437 165.00

National Higher Diploma: Correctional Services Management and Post Graduate Diploma: Labour Law

(42 years correctional service experience)

Media Liaison Officer

R1 216 824.00

Bachelor of Laws

(7 years’ experience)

Parliamentary Liaison

Seconded from South African Police Service

R1 216 824.00

Grade 12 (27 years ministerial office experience)

Assistant Appointment & Administrative Secretary

Seconded from the Department of Correctional Services

R332 217.00 (the official receives an Acting Allowance of R9 318.25 per month)

B Tech in Credit Management

(14 years ministerial office experience)

Registry Clerk

Seconded from the Department of Correctional Services

R308 154.00

National Diploma: Public Management (10 years ministerial office experience)

Receptionist

R216 417.00

Grade 12 (4 years ministerial office experience)

(b)(ii) Job Title

(b)(ii) Annual Remuneration

(b)(iii) Highest level of academic qualification

Head of Office

R1 216 824.00

BTECH in Public Management (10 years executive council office experience)

Receptionist

R216 417.00

Grade 12 (10 years executive council office experience)

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05 September 2024 - NW290

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Ismail, Ms H to ask the Minister of Tourism

(a)What is the total number of written and/or public inputs that were (a) received and (b) processed regarding the Green Paper on the Development and Promotion of Tourism in South Africa and (b) on what date will the specified submissions be developed into a White Paper to be submitted to the Portfolio Committee on Tourism?

Reply:

(a) The Department of Tourism received 4000 written submissions, of which 500 were duplicates. All submissions were duly considered before finalisation of the document.

(b) The Department of Tourism has submitted the White Paper on the Development and Promotion of Tourism in South Africa to the Cabinet Secretariat for the Cabinet’s consideration in September 2024. As soon as the Cabinet approves it, it will be introduced to Parliament.

05 September 2024 - NW353

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Marais, Mr EJ to ask the Minister of Tourism

What is the total (a) number of officials from her department who attended the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and (b) breakdown of the cost incurred in each case?

Reply:

a) None

b) Not applicable

 

05 September 2024 - NW294

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McGluwa, Mr JJ to ask the Minister of Tourism

What (a) are the details of the role played by Brand South Africa in promoting the Republic in preparation for the Paris 2024 Olympics Games, (b) was the number of officials in her department who attended the 2024 Olympics and (c) was the total cost incurred?

Reply:

The Honourable Member is requested to refer this question to the Minister in Presidency, as Brand SA is not part of the Portfolio of Tourism.

(a)– (c) Not applicable

 

05 September 2024 - NW179

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Myburgh, Mr NG to ask the Minister of Tourism

What is the total number of tourists who visited the Republic from France in the past three years?

Reply:

 

The total number of tourists who visited the Republic from France in the past three years:

2023 to 2024

62 838 (Jan-Jun 2024)

119 974 (Jan-Dec 2023)

2022 to 2023

76 077 (Jan-Dec 2022)

2021 to 2022

19 761 (Jan-Dec 2021)

Source: Stats SA, Tourism and Migration Report (2021-2024)

05 September 2024 - NW291

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Ismail, Ms H to ask the Minister of Tourism

Considering that SA Tourism receives approximately half of the annual budget of her department, what are the (a) full details of the projects that SA Tourism will undertake in the 2024-25 financial year and (b) expected contributions of each project to economic growth and job creation?

Reply:

a) The full details of the projects that SA Tourism will undertake in the 2024-25 financial year.

The Annual Performance Plan for the 2024-25 financial year was tabled on 2 April 2024 (ATC no. 43 of 2024) and details all SAT programmes for the financial year 2024/25. It includes the following programmes:

Programme 1: Corporate Support

Programme 2: Business Enablement

Programme 3: Leisure Tourism Marketing

Programme 4: Business Events

Programme 5: Tourist Experience

b) The expected contributions of each project to economic growth and job creation.

Tourism is a vital sector for South Africa. In the first Quarter of 2024, it contributed more directly and indirectly to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) than transport, mining, and agriculture and nearly matched the government's contribution to GDP.

The total contribution of the impact of tourism will be accurately measured at the end of the 2024/25 financial year.

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05 September 2024 - NW308

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Bergman, Mr D to ask the Minister of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation

Whether the National Planning Commission has issued any advisory notes for 2023 and 2024; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what (a) was the reason and (b) was their position in each case?

Reply:


Yes, the NPC has issued several advisory notes for both 2023 and 2024. The NPC released three specific advisories: On Early Childhood Development, the National Spatial Development Framework, and the National Macro-Organisation of Government as noted below.


1. Early Childhood Development

(a) The NPC issued an advisory in March 2024 on Early Childhood Development (ECD) titled, ‘Effective Cross-departmental and Inter-Governmental Coordination in Early Childhood Development: The First Step in Developing the ECD Sectoral Strategy for the 2024-2029 Medium-Term National Development Plan’, to make a case for a set of urgent interventions to address challenges in the coordination mechanisms in achieving an integrated ECD sectoral strategy, which is expected to inform the 2024-2029 Medium-Term Development Plan.


(b) To coordinate ECD at national level, the NPC recommends that the Minister in the Presidency urgently convene an inaugural meeting of a Ministerial ECD working group/inter-ministerial subcommittee of the Social Protection, Community and Human Development Cabinet Cluster to meet MTDP timeframes. The ministerial subcommittee and its Directors-General cluster counterpart should be coordinated and led by the Minister of Basic Education and be comprised of the Ministers and Directors-General of Basic Education, Social Development, Health, Public Works and Infrastructure, and Cooperative Governance.

2. Advisory on the Implementation of the National Spatial Development Framework

(a) An advisory on the implementation of the National Spatial Development Framework (NSDF) was issued to the Minister of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation in August 2023.

(b) The advisory outlined some of the NPC’s recommendations, advice, and guidance on implementing the NSDF. The NPC’s involvement in the NSDF process was to ensure that the NSDF reflects the NDP’s goals and objectives and is a workable mechanism for implementing the NDP. The NPC recommended that the NSDF functions be clearly outlined to improve efficiency, consolidate related functions, and enhance coordination. The spatial planning function must also result in improved spatial transformation in line with the NDP’s objectives.

3. Advisory on the 2024 National Macro Organisation of Government (NMOG) Process
a) The NPC issued an Advisory to the Presidency on the NMOG process in November 2023.

b) The macro-organisation of the state is one of the NPC’s priority areas in response to Chapter 13 of the NDP about building a capable and developmental state. The NPC advised that the reconfiguration of government must not simply be about alignment with the new administration every five years but a deliberate strategic intention to build state capacity and institutional capability and to deal with the coordination challenge across the spheres of government. It also recommended that all the work related to the state-owned enterprises should be aligned with the broader reform initiatives in the sector, as spearheaded by the Presidential State-Owned Enterprises Council and mooted in the National State Enterprises Bill.

Most recently the National Planning Commission held a bilateral with the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME). The Commission advised the DPME on priorities for the Medium-Term Development Plan (MTDP) and what it should focus on.

05 September 2024 - NW346

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Khakhau, Ms KL to ask the Minister of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation

What is the total (a) number of officials from her department who attended the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and (b) breakdown of the cost incurred in each case?

Reply:


No official from the department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation attended the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

05 September 2024 - NW292

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Ismail, Ms H to ask the Minister of Tourism

What (a) total number of jobs will be created by (i) Working for Tourism, (ii) the Expanded Public Works Programme and related infrastructure projects, (iii) the Tourism Incentive Programme and (iv) other specified marketing efforts, as a result of their allocations from the budget of the 2024-25 financial year and (b) are the details of the envisaged contribution of the specified programmes and marketing efforts to the revenue of (i) her department and (ii) SA Tourism?

Reply:

a) What total number of jobs will be created by:

(i)Working for Tourism

(ii)The Expanded Public Works Programme and related infrastructure projects

For the 2024-25 financial year, the Working for Tourism Expanded Public Works Programme has a target of 5,820 Work Opportunities.

The infrastructure and maintenance projects will contribute to 331 Work Opportunities.

(iii)The Tourism Incentive Programme

The support mechanisms under the Tourism Incentive Programme aim to achieve various objectives, which include:

  • promoting operational efficiencies by reducing pressure on the electricity and water resources of the country and ensuring an uninterrupted visitor experience for tourists;
  • increasing growth, transformation and stimulating more inclusive participation in the tourism sector in line with the targets of the Tourism B-BBEE Sector Codes;
  • improving access to markets and
  • facilitating capital investment to stimulate enterprise growth and improve competitiveness.

While the enabling support will stimulate enterprise growth and expansion, jobs are created by the Private Sector that receives the incentive grant from the Department of Tourism.

An accurate measurement of jobs created can be reported at the end of the 2024-25 financial year.

(iv)Other specified marketing efforts

The following marketing platforms created jobs:

Africa’s Travel Indaba (ATI) 2023 economic impact was as follows:

  • Contribution to GDP: R1.2 billion
  • Contribution to employment: 2 295 jobs

Meetings Africa 2023 economic impact was as follows:

  • Contribution to GDP: R388 599 039
  • Contribution to employment: 753 jobs

Basic Quality Verification (BQV) programme

The Basic Qualification Verification (BQV) Programme, led by the Tourism Grading Council of South Africa, focuses on supporting homestays and other emerging tourism products in VTSDs. It is a structured development programme that enables tourism accommodation products that do not meet the core grading requirements to access trade and provide access to funding opportunities within the sector.

  • The programme was launched in 2021 with the Eastern Cape as the pilot province and trained 15 unemployed graduates. In the reporting year, the project rolled out to KwaZulu-Natal with 29 graduates trained as assessors.
  • For FY 2024/25 BQV rollout in Gauteng, 15 unemployed graduates will be recruited as evaluators for the duration of the programme.

Domestic Summer Campaign 2023

  • The Summer Campaign had a significant economic impact, creating 914 jobs, supporting 85 businesses and involving 81 SMMEs.

 

 

b) What are the details of the envisaged contribution of the specified programmes and marketing efforts to the revenue of

(i) Department of Tourism

None of the programmes under the TIP generates any revenue for the Department of Tourism.

None of the Department's programmes generate revenue for the Department of Tourism.

(ii) SA Tourism

SA Tourism generates revenue through Grading Fees, Africa Travel Indaba and Meetings Africa.

SA Tourism generated revenue in the 2023/24 financial year, which is listed in the table below.

 

Grading Fees

Africa Travel Indaba

Meetings Africa

 

R'000

Revenue

15 995

31 163

60 008

Expenses

- 11 547

- 30 982

- 59 579

Net Contribution to Revenue

4 448

181

428

04 September 2024 - NW349

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Labuschagne, Ms C to ask the Minister of Public Service and Administration

What is the total (a) number of officials from his department who attended the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and (b) breakdown of the cost incurred in each case?

Reply:

No employees from the Department of Public Service and Administration attended the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in their official capacity. Therefore, no costs were incurred in relation to the Paris Olympic Games 2024.

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04 September 2024 - NW356

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Poole, Mr C to ask the Minister of Water and Sanitation

What is the total (a) number of officials from her department who attended the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and (b) breakdown of the cost incurred in each case?

Reply:

a)  No officials attended the Paris Olympic Games

b) No costs were incurred.

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04 September 2024 - NW358

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Singh, Ms S to ask the Minister of Correctional Services

What is the total (a) number of officials from his department who attended the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and (b) breakdown of the cost incurred in each case?

Reply:

Neither the Minister or any official from Department of Correctional Services travelled to France to attend the 2024 Paris Olympic Games in their official capacity.
 

04 September 2024 - NW362

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Mohlala, Ms MR to ask the Minister of Water and Sanitation

What (a) steps of intervention are being taken to address the immediate needs of the (i) 444 individuals receiving humanitarian support and (ii) 224 persons housed at local facilities following the dam breaches in Dassenberg, (b) is the timeline for restoring potable water to Riverlands and (c) measures are being implemented to prevent similar incidents in the future?

Reply:

a)  Water is provided through tankers from various stakeholders who had aided with treated water from the Swartland Water Treatment Plant in Malmesbury as follows:

Tanker Provider

Quantity

Tanker Capacity (litres)

Cape Winelands District Municipality

2

10 000

Drakenstein Local Municipality

1

10 000

Swartland Local Municipality

2

10 000

Coca Cola

2

35 000

Gift of the Givers

2

5 000

George Local Municipality

1

35 000

Swartland Local Municipality

1

6 000

Total tankers capacity

 

171 0

The three 35 000 litre tankers are solely used to distribute potable drinking water from the Malmesbury Water Treatment Plant to the other tankers to allow distribution within the affected areas. Community members collect drinking water from the roaming smaller capacity tankers/trucks. The municipality has also received 5 000 three litre containers from Darling Dairy to ensure that the containers used by the community members to collect the treated water from the trucks meets quality standards. It was confirmed that the tankers were distributing water between 06h00 and 23h00 daily.

These measures are in line with the Water Services Act 108 of 1997 under Section 9(1), Compulsory Norms and Standards, which stipulate:

A Water Service Institution must take reasonable measures to ensure that where water supply is interrupted for a period of more than 24 hours including where an emergency is declared, consumer has an alternative water supply which: -

a) Consist of at least 10 litres of potable water per person per day, and

b) Is made available at strategically determined points of delivery that are relatively convenient and safe

An emergency level of water service is aimed at meeting displaced people’s need for potable water for drinking and hygiene within 24 hours of the onset of a sudden or declared emergency or disaster situation and for as long as the situation persists.

Efforts are underway to source mobile facilities for sanitation as reported in the JOC meeting.

b) The teams on site have reported to the Joint Operations Committee (JOC) a period of 8 weeks for complete restoration from 09 August 2024. The technical scope has been finalised and contractor appointed. Materials have been ordered and as soon as they are delivered, construction will commence.

c) The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has recommended that the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development must conduct a national audit on all their properties where there are dams and apply for classification and registration with the departmental Dam Safety Office, should those dams meet the requirements to be classified as dams with a safety risk. When dams are registered with DWS, it is easier to regulate them as we will be having them in our database. There are currently 5703 registered dams in the departmental register of dams with a safety risk a dam with a safety risk is defined as dam having a vertical wall height of at least 5 m and able to store more than 50 000 m3 (or 5 mega-litres).

When dams are registered and regulated, it is mandatory for the owner to submit dam safety evaluation report to the department’s Dam Safety Office once every five years. In that way, we are able to detect if there is any findings and recommendations stemming from the report, which must be implemented by the owner to ensure the safety of the dam. The department has these registered dams geo-referenced on Google Earth, however, it is not possible to know which dams are registered or not unless we have to search for them either physically or using the above-mentioned Google Earth platform.

The Department is also capacitating the Specialist Unit: Dam Safety Regulation through the creation of additional human resources and this will assist in increasing our regulatory capacity.

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04 September 2024 - NW363

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Mohlala, Ms MR to ask the Minister of Water and Sanitation

What are the details of (a) the current status of the water reticulation process in the remaining 31 villages of Giyani and (b) specific measures that are being taken to ensure that all 55 villages receive clean water as initially promised?

Reply:

The Mopani District Municipality, the Implementing Agent for the project, is currently implementing Phase 1 of the Giyani Reticulation of 55 Villages covering 24 villages. Project progress is at 85% and 9 villages are already receiving water. The balance of 15 villages of the 24 villages being reticulated as part of phase 1 of the project, are due to receive water by December 2024.

a) With regard to the remaining 31 villages that are yet to be reticulated, the Mopani District Municipality (DM) is currently supplying water through water tankers, existing bulk pipelines, RDP standard standpipes and in some cases, through yard connections mostly from groundwater sources (boreholes).

b) Mopani DM is in the process of applying for Water Services Infrastructure Grant (WSIG) funding to implement Phase 2 of the reticulation project for the remaining 31 villages. Due to financial constraints and the need to ensure proper planning, phase 2 of the project will be implemented under the 2025/26 financial year at an estimated cost of R2 billion.

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