Reply:

1. The report was forwarded to the Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services to implement the recommendations from the investigation.

2. The Universal Service and Access Agency of South Africa is implementing the recommendations accordingly.

 

MR NN MUNZHELELE

DIRECTOR GENERAL [ACTING]

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE:

MS AF MUTHAMBI (MP)

MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE

Reply:

Airports Company South Africa SOC Limited (ACSA)

1. (b) No, ACSA did not participate in the dialogue with the President: Unpacking of the SONA 2017 on Radical Economic Transformation Implementation event hosted at the Oyster Box Hotel in Umhlanga, Durban, on 25 February 2017.

(2) (b) No, ACSA did not participate in the auction of the souvenirs or personal belongings of the President of the Republic, Mr Jacob Zuma.

Air Traffic and Navigation Services SOC Limited (ATNS)

1. (a) Not applicable (b) No, ATNS did not participate in the dialogue

(2) (a) Not applicable (b) No, ATNS did not participate in the auction of (i) souvenirs or (ii) personal belongings, (aa) not applicable and (bb) not applicable.

South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA)

1. (a) Not applicable. (b) The SACAA did not participate in the event. (2) (a) Not applicable. (b) As the SACAA did not participate in the event; therefore questions (i), (ii), (aa), (bb), are no longer applicable.

Cross-Border Road Transport Agency

(1) (b) The Cross-Border Road Transport Agency (CBRTA) did not participate in the Dialogue with the President: Unpacking of the SONA 2017 on Radical Economic Transformation Implementation event hosted at the Oyster Box Hotel in Umhlanga, Durban, on 25 February 2017;

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

Road Accident Fund

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

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

 

Road Traffic Management Corporation

(1) (b) The Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) did not participate in the Dialogue with the President: Unpacking of the SONA 2017 on Radical Economic Transformation Implementation event hosted at the Oyster Box Hotel in Umhlanga, Durban, on 25 February 2017;

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

 

Road Traffic Infringement Agency

(1) (b) The Road Traffic Infringement Agency (RTIA) did not participate in the Dialogue with the President: Unpacking of the SONA 2017 on Radical Economic Transformation Implementation event hosted at the Oyster Box Hotel in Umhlanga, Durban, on 25 February 2017;

 

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

South African National Roads Agency Limited

(1) (b) The South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL) did not participate in the Dialogue with the President: Unpacking of the SONA 2017 on Radical Economic Transformation Implementation event hosted at the Oyster Box Hotel in Umhlanga, Durban, on 25 February 2017;

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

South Africa Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA)

1. SAMSA did not participate in the event.
2. SAMSA did not participate in the auction.

Ports Regulator of South Africa (PRSA)

1. The Ports Regulator did not participate in the Dialogues that took place at the Oyster Box Hotel in Umhlanga on 25 February 2017 and no payments associated with the event were made.

2. (b) the Ports Regulator did not participate in the auction of the (i) souvenirs, (ii) personal belongings of the President of the Republic, Mr Jacob G Zuma, and did not purchase any items.

Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA)

1. No. PRASA did not participate in the Dialogue with the President
2. No. PRASA did not participate in the auction.

Railway Safety Regulator (RSR)

1. No. PRASA did not participate in the Dialogue with the President
2. No. PRASA did not participate in the auction.

Reply:

a) (i) The preliminary investigations found that the points which guide the train movement were not completely closed for safe passage of trains. The Board of Inquiry (BOI) into this accident will further probe the matter and identify the underlying causes.

(ii) The BOI is mandated to investigate amongst other things, the following:

• The immediate and root/underlying causes leading up to and surrounding the incident,
• The adequacy, effectiveness and personnel knowledge of the relevant procedures and training background regarding activities pertaining to adherence to, specifically applicable train operating procedures by the train drivers and the Train Control Officer (TCO) concerned as set out in local instructions, General Appendix and other applicable directives,
• The activation, execution and management of the emergency and clearing up process as set out in local contingency plans and relevant directives,
• The adequacy and effectiveness of maintenance systems and procedures for perway and signaling, and
• Review the history of previous near misses; in order to ascertain what corrective actions were taken to address these.

(iii) (aa) The Railway Safety Regulator (RSR) immediately conducted a preliminary investigation and subsequently issued a report on 16 February 2017. Shortly after issuing a preliminary report, the Term of Reference (ToR) for sourcing expertise of various disciplines were developed. The supply chain management processes are in progress

(bb) It is envisaged to complete the BOI by end of September 2017. However, it should be noted that BOI’s could take six (6) to twelve (12) months to complete.

b) The following expertise with be represented on the BOI

- Legal Expert (Chairperson)

- Signal Expert

- Perway Expert

- Human Factors Experts

c) Members has not been appointed yet. The process is being facilitated by the RSR Supply Chain Management (SCM) department in line with the legislative framework.

Reply:

(a) The temporary building was found to be non-compliant in terms of the NaTIS Security Policy Framework. Therefore, the computers were not moved into this building. The municipality has been urged to ensure that the services are resumed as soon as possible and the process of completing the new office building is expedited.

(b) A new site has since been identified and a call to relocate the NaTIS and the technicians and the NaTIS Security Officers are currently evaluating the new site for NaTIS Security Policy Framework assessment and once the approval is obtained the relocation will be effected.

(c) There is a current temporary arrangement for renewals and other related functions to be handled by the neighbouring centres at Lekwa, Govan Mbeki and Emalahleni Local Authorities, which are within the proximity of Dipaliseng Local Authority.

Reply:

a) What was the exact number of accidents in

(i) 2013 stats are not available due to technical problems

(ii) 2014 there were 46 fatal crashes

(iii) 2015 there were 81 fatal crashes

(iv) 2016 there were 97 fatal crashes

b) How many people were killed:

2014 there were 83 fatalities, 2015 there were 137 fatalites, 2016 there were 181 fatalities

c) What were the causes:

The accidents mainly caused by single vehicles overturning, sideswipe between vehicle travelling in opposite directions, head-on collisions and collision with pedestrians

d) What did the department do:

(i)(ii) The Department of Transport through its agency (Road Traffic Management Corporation) has ensured the deployment of traffic officers on this road to ensure visible law enforcement. Road safety education is also undertaken to educate road users about safe usage of the road.

Reply:

Airports Company South Africa SOC Limited (ACSA)

In order to reply to the question asked by The Honourable Mr M S de Freitas, Department of Transport need clarity on a notice or information relating to suspend members and the reverse decision.

The sooner we receive clarity then we will be able to reply accordingly.

Reply:

The Department of Roads and Public Works (EC) has received the judgement and is in a process of evaluating its options. The department is still considering the judgement and is seeking legal opinion.

Reply:

Entities/Department	(1)	(2)
	(a)	(b)	(a)	(b)
			(i)	(ii)	(aa)	(bb)	(i)	(ii)	(aa)	(bb)
Department of Science and Technology (DST)	The DST did not participate in the Dialogue with the President: Unpacking of the SONA 2017 on Radical Economic Transformation Implementation	N/A	The DST did not participate in the auction of souvenirs	The DST did not participate in the auction of personal belongings of the President of the Republic, Mr Jacob G Zuma	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAF)	N/A	ASSAF did not participate in the Dialogue with the President: Unpacking of the SONA 2017 on Radical Economic Transformation Implementation	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	ASSAF did not participate in the auction of souvenirs	ASSAF did not participate in the auction of personal belongings of the President of the Republic, Mr Jacob G Zuma	N/A	N/A

 

Entities/Department	(1)			(2)
	(a)	(b)	(a)	(b)
			(i)	(ii)	(aa)	(bb)	(i)	(ii)	(aa)	(bb)
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)	N/A	The CSIR did not participate in the Dialogue with the President: Unpacking of the SONA 2017 on Radical Economic Transformation Implementation	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	The CSIR did not participate in the auction of souvenirs	The CSIR did not participate in the auction of personal belongings of the President of the Republic, Mr Jacob G Zuma	N/A	N/A
Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC)	N/A	HSRC did not participate in the Dialogue with the President: Unpacking of the SONA 2017 on Radical Economic Transformation Implementation	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	HSRC did not participate in the auction of souvenirs	HSRC did not participate in the auction of personal belongings of the President of the Republic, Mr Jacob G Zuma	N/A	N/A
Nation Research Foundation (NRF)	N/A	NRF did not participate in the Dialogue with the President: Unpacking of	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	NRF did not participate in the auction of souvenirs	NRF did not participate in the auction of personal	N/A	N/A
Entities/Department	(1)	(2)
	(a)	(b)	(a)	(b)
			(i)	(ii)	(aa)	(bb)	(i)	(ii)	(aa)	(bb)
		the SONA 2017 on Radical Economic Transformation Implementation						belongings of the President of the Republic, Mr Jacob G Zuma
South African National Space Agency (SANSA)	N/A	SANSA did not participate in the Dialogue with the President: Unpacking of the SONA 2017 on Radical Economic Transformation Implementation	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	SANSA did not participate in the auction of souvenirs	SANSA did not participate in the auction of personal belongings of the President of the Republic, Mr Jacob G Zuma	N/A	N/A
Technology Innovation Agency (TIA)	N/A	TIA did not participate in the Dialogue with the President: Unpacking of the SONA 2017 on Radical Economic Transformation Implementation	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	TIA did not participate in the auction of souvenirs	TIA did not participate in the auction of personal belongings of the President of the Republic, Mr Jacob G Zuma	N/A	N/A

Reply:

PRASA together with Department of Transport are working on a comprehensive Turn Around Strategy for PRASA. Once the financial requirement for the Turn Around is finalised the Department will assist PRASA and engage with National Treasury.

Reply:

Airports Company South Africa SOC Limited (ACSA)

The Airports Company South Africa (“ACSA”) has not procured any services from a) Mr Mzwanele Manyi, (b) the Progressive Professionals Forum, (c) the Decolonisation Fund and/or (d) the Black Business Council.

The mentioned service providers have not been awarded any work or provided goods or services to ACSA, and as such no payments were made.

Air Traffic and Navigation Services SOC Limited (ATNS)

(a), (b), (c), (d); ATNS, the Air Traffic and Navigation Services State Owned Company of South Africa, has not procured any service or process payment to any of the listed companies

(i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (Not Applicable) ATNS satisfy its requirements through competition unless there are justifiable reasons to the contrary and none of the listed companies were contracted through any procurement process embarked on by ATNS.

South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA)

The SACAA had no need for and therefore did not procure any services from and/or made any payments to (a) Mr Mzwanele Manyi, (b) the Progressive Professionals Forum, (c) the Decolonisation Fund and/or (d) the Black Business Council. As such, question (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), and (vi) are no longer applicable.

Cross-Border Road Transport Agency

a) the Agency did not make any payments to Mr Mzwanele Manyi because no services were procured from him.

b) No services were procured or payments made to the Progressive Professional Forum;

c) No services were procured or payments made to the Progressive Professional Forum;

d) No services were procured or payments made to the Black Business Council.

(i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) Falls Away as no transaction was made.

Road Accident Fund

a) the Agency did not make any payments to Mr Mzwanele Manyi because no services were procured from him.

b) No services were procured or payments made to the Progressive Professional Forum;

c) No services were procured or payments made to the Progressive Professional Forum;

d) No services were procured or payments made to the Black Business Council.

(i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) Falls Away as no transaction was made.

Road Traffic Management Corporation

a) the Agency did not make any payments to Mr Mzwanele Manyi because no services were procured from him.

b) No services were procured or payments made to the Progressive Professional Forum;

c) No services were procured or payments made to the Progressive Professional Forum;

d) No services were procured or payments made to the Black Business Council.

(i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) Falls Away as no transaction was made.

Road Traffic Infringement Agency

a) the Agency did not make any payments to Mr Mzwanele Manyi because no services were procured from him.

b) No services were procured or payments made to the Progressive Professional Forum;

c) No services were procured or payments made to the Progressive Professional Forum;

d) No services were procured or payments made to the Black Business Council.

(i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) Falls Away as no transaction was made.

South African National Roads Agency Limited

a) the Agency did not make any payments to Mr Mzwanele Manyi because no services were procured from him.

b) No services were procured or payments made to the Progressive Professional Forum;

c) No services were procured or payments made to the Progressive Professional Forum;

d) No services were procured or payments made to the Black Business Council.

(i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) Falls Away as no transaction was made.

Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA)

No PRASA has not procured services or made payments to any of the entities listed.

Railway Safety Regulator (RSR)

No Railway Safety Regulator has not procured services or made payment to any of the entities listed

South Africa Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA)

SAMSA has not made any payment to;

1. Mr Mzwanele Manyi;
2. The Progressive Professionals Forum;
3. The Decolonisation Fund, and/or;
4. The Black Business Council.

Ports Regulator of South Africa (PRSA)

The Ports Regulator did not procure any services nor make payment to:

1. Mr Manyi
2. The Progressive Professionals Forum
3. The Decolonisation Fund
4. The Black Business Council

The reason for no payments/procurement with the above mentioned bodies is because the business of the Regulator did not involve the need for services from the abovementioned individual and organisations.

Reply:

a) The total damages from 2014 floods on both the R33 Road (formerly P198/1) and Merriespruit Bridge were estimated at R23m as per the initial assessment and final verification.

b) (i) No funds were made available for National Department

(ii) Funds were made available to Limpopo Provincial Roads for temporary (Emergency Funds) and permanent (Reconstruction and Rehabilitation) restoration of access. Emergency funds were made available immediately and the road was repaired by patching the potholes and resealing. Pipe Culvert Bridge was erected to restore access on the washed-away Merriespruit Bridge, with assistance of private sector. Reconstruction and Rehabilitation funds were only made available to the province as part of Provincial Road Maintenance Grant over an MTEF period, from 2015/16 financial year.

c) The bridge has not been built due to the following;

(i) During 2014, the road P198/1 was part of the list of roads to be transferred from the then Limpopo Provincial Department of Road and Transport to SANRAL and the transfer was finalized after flood damages. The road now belongs to SANRAL in terms of Notice 538 of National Gazette No 37815, and SANRAL is finalizing their assessment which is already revealing additional two bridges might be reconstructed on the R33.

(ii) SANRAL upon taking over the road preferred to standardize the bridge and the road accordingly, and the process entailed commissioning a new design of the infrastructure and a budgeting process to cover the standard of design.

Other processes including application of environmental authorization has to be done.

d) The road has been repaired to a relatively required standard while the plan to fix the bridge is been finalized. The road is also monitored and maintained on a constant basis by SANRAL. The construction of the bridge is planned to start in October 2017 and the construction process is scheduled to take about 14 months from the date of construction. The bridge will be completed by January 2019, in case all processes run as planned. The project steering committee has also been established specifically for the road and the bridge to monitor and establish possible measure to fix the bridge and the road, while also fostering road safety.

e) The total cost to fix the bridge has not been established but will be determined through the final design report which is expected by the 15th May 2017, also refer to point a) above.

Reply:

1. Neither the Department nor its Entities participated in the dialogue with the President and thus no amount was spent.

2. Neither the Department nor its Entities participated in the auction of the souvenirs and thus no items were purchased.

Reply:

No, the Department of Social Development has not developed a system to collect data on the number of persons who access substance abuse services, however the department keeps manual records of persons who access substance abuse services. The department is currently working on a system that will be piloted in 2017/18 financial year.

Reply:

The Department regards SA Cape Corps as part of SADF. The Department has no records of Special Forces mentioned under Transkei, Bophuthatswana, Venda and Ciskei. However the Department keeps records of the former Transkei, Bophuthatswana, Venda and Ciskei Defence Forces. The 4990 is broken down as follows;

(a) Umkhonto we Sizwe 2,205

(b) Azanian People’s Liberation Army 1,024

(c) Azanian National Liberation Army 99

(d) and (f) SA Defence Force and SA Cape Corps 1,320

(e) Union Defence Force 5

(g) Transkei Defence Force 97

(h) Bophuthatswana Defence Force 49

(i) Venda Defence Force 1

(j) Ciskei Defence Force which numbers 59

The South African National Defence Force members 131

Reply:

a) SANRAL will demonstrate that the land claimed is incapable of being restored to the claimants.

b) The main points to be contained in our submission will be that (i) a road which carries a high volume of economically important traffic has been built on the properties at great cost and, (ii) further property has been acquired for future road widening and improvements at significant cost, which cannot be alienated without affecting our ability to carry increased traffic volumes in future.

c) SANRAL does not currently have an alternative plan and would have to start afresh with planning an entirely new route on another alignment.

d) It is impossible to estimate the costs of building an alternative route without first investigating the possible alternative alignments.

Reply:

Yes, the Department is placing the best interests of the child first as guided by the Children’s Act 38 of 2005 and Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption, 1993

Reply:

I am not considering appointing a commission of inquiry at the moment.

Reply:

1. All SA Express Employees, Directors and Management are required to declare their interests by filling in the appropriate form highlighting conflict of interests accordingly. These will then be verified and approved by the General Managers of each Business Unit. This is in line with the requirements of the Airlines Code of Ethics Policy.

The Internal Audit department reviews compliance to ensure that the Code of Ethics adhered to and thereafter. The Auditor General then audits the above mentioned as an External Auditor.

(2) No – no conflict of interest has ever come to the fore.

3. No SA Express employee has business dealings with SA Express.

4. The Chief Executive Officer, Mr Inati Ntshanga decides on sponsorship allocations.

 

Mogokare Richard Seleke Lynne Brown, MP

Director-General Minister of Public Enterprises

Date: Date:

Reply:

The members of the SANDF listed in the Military veterans housing needs database are 131.

Reply:

1. The business case has not yet been presented to National Treasury and it will be presented in due course and National Treasury will be consulted for a suitable date.

(a) Not applicable 

(b) Not applicable

2. No, it will be source from the current budget while a business is presented to National Treasury for the 2018/19 budget adjustment and 2018/19 budget bid.

3. (a) and (b) Not Applicable , National Treasury has cut the budget for the financial years: 2016/2017 by R 158 Million,  2017/18 R 210 Million and 2018/19 R 116 Million.

Reply:

a) The Department has not procured any services or made any payments to Mr Mzwanele Manyi.

b) The Department has not procured any services or made any payments to the Progressive Professionals Forum.

c) The Department has not procured any services or made any payments to the Decolonisation Fund.

d) The Department has not procured any services or made any payments to the Black Business Council.

The Department has not received such requests.

Remarks: Reply: Approved / Not Approved

Mr. Mogokare Richard Seleke Ms. Lynne Brown, MP

Director-General Minister of Public Enterprises

Date: Date:

Reply:

Question 1	Question 2
(a)ICT Service Providers	(b)Tender Advertisement Date	(c)(i)Contract duration	(c)(ii)Contract Value	Services Being Offered	Is SLA Signed
MTN	October 2015	5 years	R100,289,905.00	Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Datacenter Services Internet	YES
EOH	07 November 2014	2 years	R87, 934,360.92	Support Services (Front Office, Back Office and LAN)	YES
EOH	24 August 2012	3 years	R11,781,378.27	Migration from Novell to Microsoft Netware Platform	YES
Telkom	Sole Service Provider (Government to Government)	5 years	R131,485, 175.40	Last mile fixed line connectivity	YES
Info Guardian	January 2015	3 years	R10, 312, 123.33	Intrusion Prevention Services (Tipping Points)	YES
Gijima	20 November 2015	3 years	R6, 046, 233.71	LAN Monitoring and Management Tool (Provision of Entuity of Eye of the Storm)	YES
SITA	Government Services offered through SITA as government entity	3 years	R331,535, 042.40	SOCPEN Hosting	YES
SITA	Government Services offered through SITA as government entity	3 years	R1, 218, 325.79	BAS/Persal Hosting	YES
SITA	Government Services offered through SITA as government entity	3 years	R14, 406, 711.17	Common Access Point	YES
SITA	Government Services offered through SITA as government entity	3 years	R244, 790.59	Server Housing	YES
SITA (Microsoft)	Government Transversal Contract offered through SITA Enterprise Agreement as government entity	3 years	R53,924,677.17	Microsoft Licenses	YES
Datacentrix	29 January 2016	2 years	R1, 928, 880.00	Antivirus Software and Licenses	YES
EOH Mthombo	February 2015	3 years	R109,437,963.00	Implementation of the SASSA Scanning Solution	YES
Microsoft SA	September 2014	3 years	R37 282 421.68	Development and implementation of the Enterprise Business Intelligence Solution	YES
Datacentrix	February 2016	2 years	R28,205,902.00	Support of the Livelink/CLM Records Management System	YES
SITA	February 2016 Procured through SITA BA.	3 years	R1,612,000.00	Gartner research subscription service	YES
LexisNexis	February 2015	3 years	R1,592,836.00	Subscription to Legal Services database	YES
SITA	Procured through SITA BA 1 April 2016	3 years	R71, 748, 875.00	Technical Application Support for SocPen	YES
SITA	Procured through SITA BA 1 April 2016	3 years	R23, 315, 345.00	Functional Application Support for SocPen	YES
SITA	Procured through SITA BA 1 April 2016	3 years	R55, 119, 447.00	Training services for SocPen	YES
SITA	Procured through SITA BA 1 April 2016	3 years	R4, 055, 357.00	Technical and Functional Support for GIS Services	YES
GP VAN NIEKERK ONDERNEMINGS	Sole Service Provider-Annual Renewal for Software Licenses Support	Annual	R557, 612.00	Emulation Software Support for SocPen	YES
ELCB Information Services (Pty) Ltd	13 February 2015	1 year	R18,891,375.48	Technical and Functional Support for the MIS system	YES
EOH Mthombo PTY LTD	November 2014	3 years	R90,780,480.00	ERP Help Desk, Technical-, Functional- and Training support	YES
Oracle	Sole Service Provider-Annual Renewal for Software Licenses Support	Annual	R6,904,178.08	Oracle OEM Support Services (Knowledge Base, Enhancements, Patches, bug fixes etc.)	YES
Bankserv	Sole Service Provider-Annual Renewal for Software	Annual	R30,000.00	Annual fee for sending payment files from ERP	YES
Excel4apps	Annual Renewal for Software Licenses Support	Annual	R 202, 239.36	Oracle General Ledger drill down	YES

Reply:

(1)(a) Employees, (b) directors and (c) management of Transnet SOC Ltd (“Transnet”) are required in terms of the Declaration of Interests and Related Party Disclosures Policies to file their declaration of interests annually, and as and when changes occur.

 (i) Transnet Group Company Secretary will check Transnet Corporate Centre and each Operating Division (OD) has their Divisional Company Secretary conducting this function.

 (ii) Declaration of Interests are compulsory for Managers (Levels A - F) and any other employee who has an interest or is related to a person with actual or potential interest in doing business with Transnet or any of its subsidiaries. It is also compulsory for all employees involved in Transnet Procurement related activities to declare their interests regardless of their level. 

Reminders and campaigns on the Declaration of Interests and Related Party Disclosures are undertaken prior to the beginning a new financial year so as to ensure adherence to the process.

The Declaration of Interest (“DoI”) are filed electronically and the notifications thereof are routed to the relevant Company Secretary for acknowledgement and stored accordingly by the Document Management Function.

The DOI’s fraud compliance reviews are conducted by Transnet Internal Audit (“TIA”). The purpose of these reviews is to determine compliance with the Declaration of Interest and Related Party Disclosures Policy with a view to identifying whether a selected sample employees declared their interests accurately and in full. Review by TIA, forensics assessments, and consequence management as applicable is followed in cases where wrong doing has been identified.

The Company also has a Code of Ethics in place which guides the conduct of Directors, Management and Employees.

(2) Transnet is currently dealing with three employee cases: two from Transnet Pipe Lines and one from Transnet Freight Rail.

(3) The Audit Report is still being finalised and necessary disciplinary action will be taken. Any companies involved are provisionally black listed and final blacklisting is pending the disciplinary hearing of the employees.

(4) The following Transnet Corporate Centre (TCC) Employees have Delegated Authority to sign off on sponsorships and may sub-delegate same to the Company’s Operating Divisions/Specialists Units:

Mr Siyabonga Gama – Group Chief Executive

Mr M Buthelezi – Chief Operating Officer

Mr Garry Pita – Chief Financial Officer

Mr Thamsanqa Jiyane – Chief Officer Advanced Manufacturing

 

Mogokare Richard Seleke Lynne Brown, MP

Director-General Minister of Public Enterprises

Date: Date:

Reply:

(1) (a) (b) (c) covered by the term “goods vehicles” . In relation to the transport of persons at the rear of goods vehicles the Department has promulgated legislation that completely prohibits such transportation if it is conducted for reward. It must be noted that a complete ban on such transportation will result in some of the sectors operationally shutting down due to financial viability.

The Department is trying to deal with transportation of person at the rear of goods vehicles published for comments regulations on the 11th May 2015 intending to restrict the number of persons transported at the rear of such vehicles to five (5).This proposal was however not supported by most of the transport sectors using goods vehicles to transport their workers to the relevant sites. Sectors such as the agricultural, building, construction, gardening services, etc

However, on the 11th November 2016 the Department incorporated in to the National Road Traffic Act, 1996 ( Act No.93 of 1996) regulations prohibiting the transportation of school children at the rear of goods vehicles.

(2) (a) Currently, they are not fined as it is not yet prohibited to transport persons at the rear of goods vehicles.

(b) (c) Falls away since there are no fines.

Reply:

1. The Department of Social Development provides subsidy to some NPOs based on the submitted business plans according to the Policy on Financial Awards. The salaries of employees including Social workers in the NPO sector are determined by individual NPOs. It is important to note that salaries and condition of service in the Public Service are not the same as salaries and condition of service in the NGO/NPO sector, because the Public Services Act, Regulations and collective agreements are not applicable in the NGO/NPO sector.

2. (a) Social workers employed by NPOs over the three years period is 4134 for 2013/14, 2907 for 2014/15 and 3507 for 2015/16.

  (b) Social workers employed by the Department of Social Development over the three years period is 8118 for 2013/14, 8900 for 2014/15, 9538 for 2015/16 and 9527 for 2016/17

Reply:

1. (a), (b), (c), (i), (ii) and (d) The subsidised houses referred to in the question, fall under the jurisdiction of the Department of Human Settlement. The honourable member is advised to pose the question to the Minister of Human Settlements.

(2), and (3). The Department of Military Veterans has no information on the details of the alleged Military Veterans who have invaded the government subsidised houses.

4. The Department of Military Veterans has no details on the number of houses invaded, damaged or vandalised.

Reply:

1. The Agency has submitted its request to the National Department of Public Works (NDPW) to facilitate the process of acquiring permanent office accommodation for the Kempton Park area. The Department of Public Works reported that a lack of responses from potential service providers initially delayed the process.

However, the Department of Public Works has reported that the procurement process is now at an advanced stage as the submission for entering into a lease agreement with the recommended service provider has been routed to the Director General for approval/disapproval. SASSA now awaits feedback from the Department.

SASSA has in the meantime been rendering services from a temporary service office situated at the Ekurhuleni Municipality Camp Gallery side hall in Kempton Park, three times a week on a Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday to ensure that the beneficiaries of Kempton Park are not negatively affected by the slow pace of procurement. This service office has been operational since September 2014.

2. (a) The Kempton Park Office was closed on 28 February 2012.

(b) The permanent office will be opened once all procurement processes have been completed. However, it should be noted that beneficiaries have continuing to be assisted through the service office.

Reply:

(1), (2) and (3). The honourable member is advised to pose the question to the honourable Minister of Human Settlements.

.

Reply:

No.

END.

Reply:

(a) and (b) The honourable member is advised to pose the question to the honourable Minister of Human Settlements or the honourable Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affair.

(c) The Department of Military Veterans, Department of Human Settlements (National and Provincial) and Municipality are beginning a process of consultation with regard to cooperation and coordination for provisioning of housing for military veterans.

Reply:

GAUTENG

1 (a) Yes, the Department of Social Development has budgeted funds for social workers to place advertisements.

(b) (i), (aa), (bb), (cc) and (ii)

Financial Year	Amount
2013/2014	R 487 000
2014/2015	R 674 357
2015/2016	R 1 332 882
Since April 2016	R 2 773 000

2. The funds are sufficient for the financial year however it increases annually due to the increase in demand. The Regions have been allocated budgets and they have entered into contracts with local newspapers. The following newspapers are also used Sowetan and Daily Sun.

The process involves the Social Workers conducting assessments and in cases where the biological parents are reported unknown, then the advert is placed on the newspaper as per Regulations 56.

The finalization of the court process is reconvened two weeks after the placement of the advert.

3. There were no instances were children’s court Enquiries were not finalized due to non-compliance with Regulations.

EASTERN CAPE

1 (a) N/A

(b) Funding only made available for 2016 which was R400 000.00

2. Funds are not sufficient due to the budget-cut/financial constraints. This is however, one of the priorities of the Sub-directorate Child Care and Protection priorities when advocating for funds to Treasury.

3. None – the Provincial Team (between DSD, SASSA & Districts) that is monitoring Foster Care management services including backlog has since engaged DoJ & CD Presiding Officers and was agreed that in all cases Children’s interest must be paramount in line with Section 28 of the Constitution and Section 2 (a – f) of the Children’s Act No 38 of 2005 as amended.

 

Reply:

The Labour Force Survey indicates the job fluctuations in the Community and Social Services sector for the whole of Limpopo’s labour market.

In so far as my portfolio is concerned, I can only respond on the trends during the quarter ending 31 December 2016 in respect of occupations in the Public Service departments of the Limpopo Provincial Administration in so far as they can be judged to fall within the Community and Social Services sector.

According to the information at my disposal, the jobs (posts) in the said occupations that can be linked to the Community and Social Services sector have reduced by 131 posts during the quarter ending 31 December 2016 of which 130 are from Auxiliary and Related Workers. The table below contains further detail in this regard per the relevant occupational categories:

Related occupations	Filled posts Oct 2016	Vacant posts Oct 2016	Filled posts Dec 2016	Vacant posts Dec 2016	Variance in Posts between Dec to Oct 2016
AUXILIARY AND RELATED WORKERS	838	142	704	146	-130
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WORKERS	365	6	364	7	0
INSTITUTION BASED PERSONAL CARE WORKERS	1	0	1	0	0
PSYCHOLOGISTS AND VOCATIONAL COUNSELLORS	131	161	130	162	0
SOCIAL WORK AND RELATED PROFESSIONALS	1 768	70	1 765	73	0
SUPPLEMENTARY DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHERS	55	31	54	31	-1
YOUTH WORKERS	17	0	17	0	0
TOTAL	3 175	410	3 035	419	-131

REPLY TO QUESTION (b)

The reason for a reduction in job levels in these occupational categories may in general be ascribed to -

(i) steps taken by departments to be more efficient in their operational processes and the delivery of services as well as the management of their organisational structures; and

(ii) the reduced compensation budgets which were introduced with effect from 1 April 2016, in respect of the Public Service as a whole.

END

Reply:

The Department of Social Development (DSD) and the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) are members to the International Social Security Association (ISSA). Both DSD and SASSA through their membership to ISSA have access to specialized events and expert advice from social security professionals worldwide.

Through this membership, DSD and SASSA effectively have access to the full range of ISSA services including their conferences and meetings. This membership also gives DSD and SASSA the opportunity to network and collaborate with other leaders and administrators in promoting the values of social security worldwide.

The South African Social Security Agency CEO, is the Vice- Chairperson of the Technical Commissions (TC) on Family Benefits. The Chairperson and Vice-Chairpersons constitute the Steering Committee of the Technical Commissions.

The Vice- Chairpersons play an important role in assisting the Chairperson  to plan and guide the activities of the Technical Commissions by ensuring its focus on priority issues  and contribute to ISSA overall work programme and objectives.

1. (a) The Department of Social Development (DSD) and SASSA attended the International Social Security Association (ISSA) World Security Forum: 14 – 18 November 2016, Panama City, Panama:  

 (i) the ACEO was leading the SASSA delegation and,

 (ii)  the incoming CEO as Acting Director General represented DSD

(b)  & (c) (i), (ii) and (iii)

 

DSD Delegation	(ii) Travel	(ii) S& T	(ii) & (ii) accommodation & Vehicle Hire
Mr T Magwaza: Acting Director General	R121 135.00	R11 684.00	R26 352 was paid as an advance to DIRCO
Mr Z Dangor: Special Advisor to the Minister	R136 644.00
SASSA Delegation
Ms. R Ramokgopa: Acting CEO	R126 575.23	R6 800.00	Advanced Payment was made to DIRCO
Ms.  Pearl Bengu: (KZN Regional Executive Manager)	R126 575.23	R6 800.00	Advance Payment was made to DIRCO
Mr   Armstrong Malope: (Mpumalanga  Acting Regional Executive Manager)	R126 575.23	R6 800.00	Advance Payment was made to DIRCO
Mr Sonwabo Koliti : (General Manager: Customer Care)	R126 575.23	R6 800.00	Payment was made to DIRCO
Total	R 506 300.92	R 27 200.00	R 191 352.00

           

(ii) A total of R191 352 was advanced to DIRCO to cover accommodation and shuttle for the 6 delegates. We have not yet received the claim refunds.

2. Yes, the report is available and can be presented to the Portfolio Committee if requested. 

3. The invitation of the Portfolio Committee came long after the delegation has been confirmed with ISSA and travel arrangements were finalised. Both Mr Dangor and Ms Ramokgopa were panelists.  Cancellation would have resulted in wasteful expenditure and would have required ISSA to change the programme in last minutes.

Reply:

a) (i) The law enforcement officer such as Traffic Officer, Police Officer, Peace Officer, etc.

  (ii) What qualifies them to undertake such checks?

• They undergo the Training
• After the completion of training, they register as such
• For anyone to qualify they have to be appointed as:

- National Traffic Officer in terms of Section 3A (1) (a) of Act, 1996 (Act 93 of 1996)

- Provincial or Local Traffic Officers in terms of Road Traffic Act, 1989(Act No. 29 0f 1989)

- Police Officer in terms of Section 334(3)(a) of the Criminal Procedure Act,1977(Act No. 51 of 1977)

- Peace Officer in terms of Section 334(1) (a) of Criminal Procedure Act, 1977(Act No. 51 of 1977)

• They are issued with an appointment card

b) A Safe Roadside vehicle check point

c) Officers checked the:

• A Driver and a Vehicle fitness
• The relevant documentation for the driver and the vehicle

d) An Officer on duty, will pull over the vehicle in a safe manner from to the side of the road.

When the vehicle is safely stopped, an Officer approaches the driver of the vehicle.

He/she will greet the driver and explain the reason for stopping the vehicle.

Whilst observing driver fitness, will request a driver’s licence and check the validity thereof.

An Officer will then check the vehicle roadworthiness systematically starting at the driver from inside and outside the vehicle by checking:

• Parking and Service brakes
• Pedals (Clutch, Brake and Accelerator)
• Odometer
• Interior and Exterior mirror on the driver’s side
• A warning Device
• Driver Seatbelt
• Driver’s door
• Front right tyre, wheelnuts

• Windscreen
• Right Windscreen wiper
• Right front lamp
• Direction Indicator on the front right side
• Front Number Plate compare it with the number plate on the licence disc
• Left front lamp
• Direction Indicator on left front
• Ask the driver to open the Bonnet and an Officer check oil leaks and exposed wires
• Left front tyre, wheelnuts
• Left Exterior mirror
• Licence Disc(validity)
• Left front door
• Left front Seatbelt
• Left rear door
• Left rear Seatbelt
• Left rear tyre, wheelnuts
• Left rear lamp
• Left rear Direction Indicator
• Left Stop lamp
• Rear Number Plate( compare it with the front Number Plate)
• Number Plate lamps
• Rear right Lamp
• Rear right Stop lamp
• Rear right tyre, wheelnuts
• Exhaust
• Rear right door

If all is in good working order, an Officer will return a driver’s licence to the driver with an original copy of check form (marked) release him/her and direct him/her safely back to the road.

If there is any defect found during the inspection, an Officer will issue an infringement to the driver, thereafter release him/her and direct him/her safely back to the road.

If the documentation or the driver’s licence is not valid or relevant to the vehicle, an Officer will arrest the driver.

If an Officer suspects that the driver is driving under the influence, he/she will test the driver using relevant equipment and if the results are positive, then the driver will be arrested and handed to the Police for further handling.

Reply:

As of the 13th March 2017 the number of non-profit organisations that are registered with the Department of Social Development under the NPO Act is 171 493. And this is a moving target due to the fact that the Department register NPOs on a daily basis.

Provincial breakdown is as follows:

Province	Registered
Eastern Cape	15 530
Free State	8 432
Gauteng	53 987
Kwazulu Natal	31 813
Limpopo	17 633
Mpumalanga	12 645
North West	10 763
Northern Cape	3 349
Western Cape	17 341
Total	171 493

Sector breakdown is as follows:

Sector	Registered
Social Services	67 202
Religion	22 866
Education and Research	10 268
Law, Advocacy, and Politics	3 963
Development and Housing	38 116
Culture and Recreation	10 987
Environment	1 877
Health	12 900
International	107
Business and Professional Associations, Unions	1 696
Philanthropic intermediaries and voluntarism promotion	1 511
Total	171 493

Reply:

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

Reply:

(1) In terms of the SASSA Staffing Practices Policy, the secondment of employees may be considered under the following circumstances:

• The transfer of skills within the organization; and
• When the need exists to temporarily fill the vacant funded post.

Yes, there were three (3) Senior Managers that were seconded to vacant funded positions outside their residential provinces, for the period 01 April 2015 until 31 January 2017. For the period 01 February 2017 to-date, there are three (3) senior managers seconded to vacant funded posts outside their residential provinces. However, there were four (4) senior managers seconded to fill positions in different environments to gain more experience and strengthen their management capabilities and such secondments ended on the 31 January 2017.

Five (5) Executive Managers were seconded outside their residential provinces:

Three (3) were seconded to vacant posts to head Grant Administration operations and various Regional offices, for the period 01 September 2016 until 31 January 2017. However, two (2) were seconded to head office to manage the special projects, for the period 01 April 2015 until 31 January 2017.

With effect from 01 February 2017, there is only one (1) Executive Manager who is seconded to Head Office special project.

 (a) The Western Cape General Manager: Finance post has been vacant for twelve (12) months, Eastern Cape General Manager: Finance for eleven (11) months whereas the Northern Cape position has been vacant for twenty five (25) months. The Regional Executive Manager: Free State has been vacant for one month.

(b) General Manager Posts were advertised for the Western Cape and Eastern Cape, and no suitable candidates were found and the posts had to be re-advertised, including the post for Regional Manager: Northern Cape. The post of Regional Executive Manager: Free State is in the process of being advertised. These posts is will be filled in the 2017/18 financial year

(2) The total of acting allowances to-date is R 927 390.75.

Reply:

SA Express lease charters in order to maintain the schedule, protect market share as well as revenue. The airline also charter aircraft due to aircraft constraints.

Charter Airline Operation Jan 2016 - Jan 2017	(aa) JNB-BFN	(bb) JNB-KIM	(cc) JNB-GRJ
Solenta	180	115	64
Golden Wings/SKA	26	8	4

• The number of flights chartered between JNB-BFN, JNB-KIM and JNB-GRJ are 397 from Jan 2016 – Jan 2017

Total Number of Charter Airline Operation Jan 2016 2017 Jan 2016 - Jan 2017
Solenta	3,032
StarAir Cargo	1,728
CemAir	314
Global Aviation	138
Golden Wings/SKA	46
Flyfofa- Sahara	54
Africa Charter Airline	460

Charter Airline Operation Jan 2016 - Jan 2017	JNB-BFN	JNB-KIM	JNB-RCB	JNB-HDS	JNB-GRJ	JNB-PLZ	JNB-ELS	JNB-FBM	JNB-GBE	JNB-WVB	JNB-NTY	JNB-MBD
Solenta	180	115		12	64	26	33		228		43	122
StarAir Cargo	384	141		86	399	18	94	235	100	245
CemAir	26	32		6	8	4	13		36	2	4	39
Global Aviation	86			1	23	3	11		2	4
Golden Wings/SKA	26	8		2	4	2	2		2
Flyfofa- Sahara	10	10	4						2		6	22
Africa Charter Airline	54	4		2	148			228	24

• Break-Down of all charters

Charter Airline Operation Jan 2016 - Jan 2017	DUR-PLZ	DUR-ELS	DUR-CPT	DUR-HRE	DUR-LUN
Solenta	1025	564	269	36	8
StarAir Cargo	1	2	1	4	1
CemAir	20	14	6	2
Global Aviation
Golden Wings/SKA
Flyfofa- Sahara
Africa Charter Airline

Charter Airline Operation Jan 2016 - Jan 2017	CPT-BFN	CPT-ELS	CPT-PLZ	CPT-HDS	CPT-NTY	CPT-WVB
Solenta	38	122	137		10
StarAir Cargo		4	12			1
CemAir	15	41	22	4	8	12
Global Aviation						8
Golden Wings/SKA
Flyfofa- Sahara
Africa Charter Airline

 

Mogokare Richard Seleke Lynne Brown, MP

Director-General Minister of Public Enterprises

Date: Date:

Reply:

(a) (i) and (ii) Memoranda of Understanding and the Service Level Agreements are developed as required to enhance service delivery.

(a) (i) and (ii) The housing provisioning of housing benefit to Military Veterans is based on the prescript of the Military Veterans Act and are processed in collaboration and cooperation with the Department of Human Settlements. In terms of the Memorandum of Understanding between the two Departments, the Department of Military Veterans is responsible for providing list of military veterans to be provided with housing and for ensuring that the houses built meet the agreed specifications.

(ii) (aa) The Department of Military Veterans, in consultation with stakeholders such as the South African National Military Veterans Associations (SANMVA), is responsible for identifying Military Veterans who are eligible for housing assistance and provide their details to the Provincial Departments of Human Settlements and the Department of Military Veterans provide top-up for completed units. The amount of top-up is based on the agreed specifications between the National Department of Human Settlements and the Department of Military Veterans.

The provincial Department of Human Settlements builds housing units for Military Veterans who are approved by the Department of Military Veterans. The housing units built must comply with both the housing standards and meet the specification agreed to with the Department of Military Veterans,

(bb) The provincial Department of Human Settlements is responsible for coordinating housing delivery at provincial level.

Reply:

The Department did not procure any services from and/or made any payments to (a) Mr Mzwanele Manyi, (b) the Progressive Professionals Forum, (c) the Decolonisation Fund and/or (d) the Black Business Council;

The department did not procure any services nor made any payments to the above-mentioned suppliers since their services were not required by the department during the period.

End

Reply:

(a)(i) As part of the overall turnaround strategy of the Department of Public Works, the Department has concluded a detailed review of its business processes which resulted in extensive business process reengineering to vastly improve the Supply Chain Management (SCM), operations and procurement system. The revised SCM business process to put the Department’s SCM on a 7 year reform path began with a phase of correction of inefficiencies to stabilization (2014 – 2017) and ultimately to standardization, integration and optimization of the SCM business process (2017 – 2020). This will ensure that the Department’s SCM is fully compliant with the regulatory framework governing SCM and will also be able to meet its business requirements effectively and efficiently. The SCM reform initiatives are pursued in collaboration with National Treasury’s Chief Procurement Office. The Department was selected by the Minister of Finance as a pilot site for the implementation of general procurement reforms in the public sector.

The Department has reviewed and reissued its SCM Policy which promotes stricter governance and compliance. This policy now places the Department in good stead from a compliance perspective. The SCM policy is now reviewed annually. For every SCM activity that is performed, there is a mapped out process flow with activity checklists, templates and reports. Utilisation of the mentioned documentation now enhances compliance, thereby contributing to reducing irregular expenditure.

The organizational structure of SCM has also been reviewed and a new structure was developed to meet business requirements. The structure is geared to focus on the support of the various functional streams of the Department through the correct mix of skills sets and competencies. The new structure provides for adequate segregation of duties and thus conflicts of interest will be eliminated.

The Department’s Inspectorate and Compliance Unit is now a key role player in SCM processes prior to the award of every bid or quotation. This unit verifies that every SCM activity leading up to the recommendation of the bid has been complied with. Only upon receipt of the approved compliance checklist, will the bid be forwarded to the relevant committee for approval.

The Department has further developed a zero tolerance to deviations and issued a circular which enforces that any deviation is tabled with delegated authority and/or submitted to National Treasury.

The Department has also enforced consequence management against transgressors of SCM policies. Further, the Department has embarked on a process to restrict suppliers that have been found to have breached the SCM policy, committed fraud and/or colluded with staff or other suppliers.

The above initiatives have had a profound effect in curbing fraud and corruption, and which has reduced the element of irregular and fruitless and wasteful expenditure.

(a) (ii) Proclamation No. R. 59 of 2013 was issued by the President and published in the Gazette on 20 December 2013. The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) issued their Report on the investigation that they conducted in terms of the mentioned Proclamation on 20 August 2014. Emanating from their investigation, the SIU referred:

• evidence that indicated that 12 officials of the Department might be guilty of misconduct to the Director-General of the Department and recommended disciplinary action against them;
• Evidence that indicated possible criminal transgressions in respect of three former acting Directors-General to the relevant Prosecuting Authority and recommended that they be prosecuted. Evidence of an apparent false Tax Clearance Certificate submitted by one of the contactors, was also referred to the Prosecuting Authority;
• Evidence that indicated that Tax Clearance Certificates in respect of 14 of the consultants and contractors were possibly fraudulent or invalid to the South African Revenue Service (SARS).

 

The SIU has instituted a civil claim against Minenhle Makhanya Architects CC for the damages or losses they have allegedly caused the Department to suffer.

(a)(iii) As indicated above, the SIU made criminal referrals to the relevant Prosecuting Authority.

(b) Regarding the commitments referred to in (a)(i), the status appears from the reply given above in (a)(i). Regarding the disciplinary referrals, one of the employees admitted guilt and was found guilty of misconduct, after plea bargaining. The sanction was two month’s suspension without pay and a final written warning. The disciplinary hearings of the other employees are scheduled to commence in mid-March 2017. One of the employees has since passed on. The Prosecuting Authority declined to prosecute in the matters referred to them. SARS is apparently still considering the matters referred to them.

(c) The commitment referred to in (a)(i) is work in progress. The SIU investigation has been completed. The criminal referrals have been finalised as the Prosecuting Authority declined to prosecute. The delay in finalizing the disciplinary matters was caused by several court processes whereby the media requested permission to be present at the departmental disciplinary hearings. Several appeals were lodged before the media was eventually granted permission to be present at the hearings. The implicated employees appealed that decision, but the court ruled against them at the end of 2016.

Reply:

1. The cost/surplus required of two bonuses of 10% for the Transnet Second Defined Benefit Fund is R326m, and R43m for the Transport Pension Fund respectively. The trustees determine bonus payouts.

2. The respective Board of Trustees of both Funds have not given consideration to pay more than 2 bonuses per year. The current policy of the Funds aims to pay 2 bonuses per financial year. 
 

3. The payment of bonuses is non-vesting in terms of the Rules of the Funds, and is considered on an annual basis subject to actuarial certification and the overall risk environment facing the Funds at the time (including the pending class action). The class action is not the only factor considered in the payment of bonuses. The other factors that play a critical role in the consideration of paying bonuses are, amongst others, the following:

• The investment performance of the assets.
• Impact on the actuarial surplus. 
• Impact on the solvency reserves. NW396E

 

Mogokare Richard Seleke Lynne Brown, MP

Director-General Minister of Public Enterprises

Date: Date:

Reply:

Having considered the submission received from the National Director of Public Prosecutions, I decided not to suspend the National Director (and his two colleagues) and also not to hold an inquiry into his fitness to hold office.

Reply:

1. Yes,

 (i) The South African Social Security Agency ( SASSA) was established in terms of the Social Security Agency Act, 2004 to perform the following functions in giving effect to Section 3 of the Social Assistance Act, 2004;

 (ii) Administer social assistance and perform any other function delegated to it under the Social Assistance Act.

 (iii) Collect , collate, maintain and administer such information as is necessary for the payment of social security, as well as for the central reconciliation and management of payment of transfer funds in a national database of all applicants for and beneficiaries of social assistance.

 (iv) SASSA has adopted a two phase approach regarding the takeover of grants. In preparation of this approach the agency have to prepare its personnel for such a function, which include the following; capacity building, strategic placements of its current personnel including the regional executives and executives. This approach necessitated the agency also to identify other senior managers with the potential of exposing them in various areas in the agency as part of their capacity building drive.

 (v) SMS’s were seconded in an acting capacity to gain more experience and strengthen their managerial capabilities in preparation for the transitional period.

1. (a) 14 (14 for the period 01 April 2015 until 31 January 2017 and 4 for the period 01 February 2017 to date).

(b) 2 (12 for the period 01 April 2015 until 31 January 2017and 4 for the period 01 February 2017 to date).

(2) Yes, accommodation has been provided for in terms of the SASSA Staffing Practice Policy which requires of SASSA to provide such for secondment(s).

(a) They are all accommodated in hotels and furnished apartments where it is cost effective.

(b) The total estimated costs to-date for accommodation for all of them is R3 097 998.67.

(c) The savings from the Compensation of Employees and leases have been used in this regard.

(3) All senior managers affected are using their own transport except two, who is provided for by SASSA in according with the SASSA Staffing Policy on secondment(s). The total estimated costs to-date is R213 782.00.

(4) No

Reply:

Mango Airlines is a subsidiary of SAA which is within the oversight of the Minister of Finance.

 

Mogokare Richard Seleke Lynne Brown, MP

Director-General Minister of Public Enterprises

Date: Date:

Reply:

Reply to Question

(a) The construction of the science centre in Cofimvaba is scheduled to be completed by 31 March 2018

(b) The delay in the construction of the science centre in Cofimvaba was due to compliance requirements with the National Environmental Management Act (107/1988): Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations, 2014 and National Water Act 36 of 1998.

The science centre exhibition to be established is intended to include both indoor and outdoor displays. The outdoor display was planned to encompass development of an artificial wetland to advance life and earth sciences. In June 2016, the DST in pursuit of this idea sought technical assistance towards the development of artificial wetland from the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA). DEA runs the "Working for wetlands" programme that seeks to rehabilitate and protect wetlands in country.

Upon surveying the project site, DEA's experts discovered an existing wetland surrounding almost the entire area demarcated for the erection of the building. The discovered wetland was not readily visible and hence it was not picked up during the pre-building site appraisal. This being the situation, there is an obligation to comply with legislation relevant to the construction of a building on this kind of land. Compliance issues that led to the delay in the construction of the building included the following:

• Permission had to be sought from DEA regarding the conditions under which the construction of the science centre could proceed. DEA granted permission for the construction to go ahead in December 2016.

• The site plan had to be revised and resubmitted to the Municipal Planning Tribunal in order to comply with the minimum distance that has to be maintained between the building and a water course. The approval was secured in February 2017.

• Work towards compliance with National Water Act in progress and technical expert are compiling information necessary for the final submission to Department Water and Sanitation.

Reply:

1. No services were procured from the above-mentioned service providers.

Reply:

It is Government’s public goal to consolidate the number of public entities in order to avoid duplications of mandates and reduce overhead costs.

Both the IDC and the NEF have responsibility for the promotion of black economic empowerment. In addition, the NEF has funding challenges for new loan approvals.

To give effect to the goal of agency consolidation and to enable the NEF to benefit from the IDC balance-sheet and experience, it was agreed in principle between the Ministers of Trade & Industry and Economic Development as well as the IDC and NEF to incorporate the NEF as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the IDC.

The technical work to enable this decision to be implemented will now be undertaken and the timeframes for conclusion thereof is not yet available. In order to enable the NEF to continue to provide industrial funding for black industrialists, the two organisations are considering transitional measures pending conclusion of the merger arrangements.

These will be announced when they are finalised.

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Reply:

The Department has not procured any services from / or made any payments to (a) Mr Mzwanele Manyi, (b) the Progressive Professionals Forum, (c) the Decolonisation Fund and/or (d) the Black Business Council

 

COMPILER/CONTACT PERSONS: Mr TW Tredoux

EXT: 5079

DIRECTOR – GENERAL

STATUS:

DATE:

QUESTION 453 APPROVED/NOT APPROVED/AMENDED

Dr BE NZIMANDE, MP

MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING

STATUS:

DATE:

Reply:

The Tirisano Trust is currently in the process of being set up. Once the process is complete, the trustees will allocate funding on an annual basis. The monies will come via the National Revenue Fund and will be appropriated by parliament to the Fund and thus there will be parliamentary accountability.

It has been agreed between government and the construction companies that all the transactions in the Tirisano Fund will be done on a transparent basis, all beneficiaries will be publicly disclosed and all financial transactions of the Fund (including administration fees, consultancy payments – if any and if warranted), as well as payments made to any individual or company, should be open to public scrutiny.

The Trust provides that monies may be allocated as follows:

• Bursaries for black students studying engineering, quantity surveying and building science; 
• Bursaries for the development of black artisans including through mentorship and employment placements;
• Maths and science education in public schools;
• Special social development projects such as rural bridges, student accommodation, clinics, schools and sports-fields. 
• Building capacity in the state on engineering, project management and other infrastructure services in the design, construction, operation and maintenance of public infrastructure; and
• Enterprise development programs for small, black-owned construction firms, including through the provision of working capital at concessional rates and support on performance bonds.

The Trust will report publicly on specific projects to be selected and the companies, individuals and communities who will benefit, once the Tirisano Fund has made such allocation.

 

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