Questions and Replies

Reply:

Please see table below.

Province	Name of Districts with School for Deaf	No. of Schools with Professional Audiologists	No. of Assistive Devices Provided to Deaf Learners	(3)(a) No. of Speech Therapists who are SASL Conversant	(3)(b) No. of Occupational Therapists who are SASL Conversant	(3)(c) No. of Audiologists who are SASL Conversant	(3)(d) No. of Psychologists who are SASL Conversant
EC	Maluti	0	110	0	0	0	0
	Mthatha	0	228	0	0	0	0
	King Williams Town	0	220	0	0	0	0
	Port Elizabeth	0	95	0	0	0	0
FS	Motheo (Bartimea)	0	20	0	2	0	0
	Thabo Mofutsanyana (Thiboloha)	2	50	0	1	2	0
GT	Johannesburg East (St. Vincent School for the Deaf)	1	321	1	0	2	1
	Johannesburg West (Sizwile School for the Deaf)	1	180	0	0	1	0
	Johannesburg South (MC Kharbai)	1	161	0	0	2	1
	Ekurhuleni South (Ekurhuleni School for the Deaf)	1	108	0	0	2	0
	Tshwane South (Transoranje School)	1	312	1	0	1	0
	Tshwane North (Dominican School)	1	93	0	0	1	0
	Tshwane West (Filadelfia School)	1	60	1	1	1	0
KZN	Pinetown District VN Naik School	2	14	2	0	2	0
	Pinetown District Fulton School	1	46	1	0	1	0
	Pinetown District Kwathintwa School	3	90	0	0	3	0
	Umlazi District Kwavulindlebe School	0	10	0	0	0	0
	Umlazi District Durban School	1	10	0	0	1	0
	Umgungundlovu District Indaleni School	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Ugu District St Martin’s School	1	20	1	1	1	0
	King Cetshwayo District Vuleka School	0	0	0	0	0	0
LP	CAPRICON	1	To be attached	0	0	0	0
	MOPANI	0	0	0	0	0	0
	WATERBERG	0	0	0	0	0	0
	SEKHUKHUNE	0	0	0	0	0	0
	VHEMBE	0	0	0	0	0	0
MP	None	0	471	0	2	0	0
NC	Frances Baard	1	0	1	5	0	0
NW	Bojanala	1	R 158 524.00 allocated for assistive devices	0	0	0	0
	Dr Kenneth Kaunda	0	R 128 090.00 allocated for assistive devices	2	2	0	0
WC	Metro Central	1	150	1	1	1	0
	Metro Central	1	142	0	0	0	0
	Metro Central	1	89	1	0	0	0
	Cape Wineland	1	153	0	0	1	1
	Cape Wineland	1	285	1	1	1	2
	Metro East	1	70	0	0	0	0
	Metro North	1	205	0	0	0	0
National		27	3713	13	16	23	5

 

Reply:

A: South Africa joined the Open Government Partnership (OGP) in September 2011. Since then, the Ministry of Public Service and Administration has spent R25, 546, 000. 00.

B: The Open Government Partnership- South Africa (OGP-SA) is geared towards supporting the advancement a developmental state that would result in greater efficiency, higher productivity and promote the goal of a better life for all. More importantly this program is centered on advancing the governance agenda that would respond to citizen’s needs.

The OGP-SA programme aims to bring government directly to the people and enhancing the relationship between government and citizen. The programme does this by:

1. Developing systems and enhancing mechanisms for public participation;
2. Providing support for the packaging and dissemination of government departments’ information to citizens;
3. Providing avenues and innovate methods for citizen feedback on government processes;
4. Developing strategies and strengthening government partnerships with civil society
5. Championing and advocating for open government principles across the three spheres of government and organs of state.

Beyond promoting and enhancing government – civil society collaboration on policy formulation through co-creation on commitments in the OGP National Action Plans, the MPSA has played an advocacy role in the promotion of the values of Open Government within and outside government.

Through advocacy, the OGPSA has managed to lobby government to mainstream the openness in its programmes. Results of this lobbying and engagement include the creation of:

1. Municipal Money”, an open local government budget data portal which provides citizens and other stakeholders with access to comparable, verified information on the financial performance of each municipality. Municipal Money aims to promote transparency and citizen engagement through the visualisation and ‘demystification’ of information about municipal spending.
2. Through the Open Government Partnership, the South African government, along with a team from the private sector and civil society, launched a national open data portal project. The objective of the portal is to create a platform to enhance citizen access to government open data as well as showcase software applications that were built using South African government open data.
3. The inclusion of a chapter (Chapter 10) on A Digital Society in the National Integrated ICT Policy White Paper issued on 28 September 2016.

Furthermore, national departments are implementing commitments under the OGP country action plan namely:

1. Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation: Strengthening Citizen- Based Monitoring. In partnership with civil organization, this commitment specifically focuses on enhancing active citizen participation in monitoring the delivery of services at government frontline points.
2. National Treasury: Open Budgeting. This commitment involves citizens in the budget process from planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, enabling them to have a firmer grasp on how national resources are generated, distributed and reported upon. This aligns with the OGP values of access to information and public accountability.
3. Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs: Back to Basics Programme. The objectives of this commitment are to ensure that citizens have basic sets of tools by which they can hold their municipalities to account and measure whether they are living up to their commitments. This initiative resonates with the OGP’s emphasis on greater accountability and transparency.
4. Department of Environmental Affairs: Development an integrated and publicly accessible portal for environmental management information. To enable better engagement and informed decision making by citizens on environmental sensitive areas, this commitment seeks to integrate spatial data on biodiversity, ecosystems, water, agriculture, protected areas, conservation areas, air quality priority areas, etc. As part of access to information entrenched in the OGP values, this commitment will allow easy and unrestricted access to spatial environmental data and support the citizens constitutional right to information.

5. Department of Public Service and Administration: Implement South Africa’s action plan on the G20 High Level Principles on Beneficial Ownership Transparency to improve the transparency of legal persons and arrangements in order to protect the integrity and transparency of the global financial system. This commitment aims at preventing misuse of and ensure transparency of legal persons and arrangements. It relates with the OGP’s principles transparency and access to information.

South Africa’s participation in the OGP has benefited the public service through the promotion of constitutional values such as public participation and the emphasis on ethical conduct and responsiveness to citizens. The increased engagement with communities and co-creation of national commitments as well as other citizen’s activities on the OGP has positively enhanced public participation in government programmes.

The OGP is also piloting the implementation of Agenda 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (Goal 16) through a partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Statistics South Africa. Such partnerships ensures that the Open Government agenda is infused into both national and international programmes of government.

END

Reply:

The responses below are provided in the table below:

Number of learners in the schools for the deaf in each (a) province and (b) district were enrolled in each grade from Grade 1 to 12 in the (i) 2014, (ii) 2015, and (iii) 2016 calendar years.

(1)(a)(b)(i)(ii)(iii)

Table 1: Number of learners in schools for the deaf, by district and grade, in between 2014 and 2016

Source: 2014-16 SNAP Survey for SNE schools

2014	Province	District	Pre-Gr. R	Gr. R	Gr. 1	Gr. 2	Gr. 3	Gr. 4	Gr. 5	Gr. 6	Gr. 7	Gr. 8	Gr. 9	Gr. 10	Gr. 11	Gr. 12	Other	Total
	GT	EKURHULENI SOUTH	11	18	33	40	33	31	23	19	27	14	24	0	0	0	0	273
		JOHANNESBURG SOUTH	12	9	15	10	13	16	13	10	21	15	10	0	5	2	250	401
		JOHANNESBURG WEST	13	25	28	19	21	23	16	15	21	21	18	17	8	6	30	281
		TSHWANE NORTH	15	28	32	42	36	32	23	23	24	24	26	0	0	0	78	383
		TSHWANE SOUTH	10	13	24	16	24	16	10	10	11	6	6	5	8	3	39	201
		Total	61	93	132	127	127	118	85	77	104	80	84	22	21	11	397	1 539
	KZ	EMPANGENI		34	26	34	25	19	19	22	24	24	30	39	27	14	0	337
		PINETOWN	13	58	24	50	36	37	29	24	23	23	21	20	39	11	16	424
		UMGUNGUNDLOVU		14	21	12	25	9	12	9	5	6	36	0	0	0	0	149
		UMLAZI	15	59	53	39	28	26	12	11	10	8	6	0	0	0	49	316
		Total	28	165	124	135	114	91	72	66	62	61	93	59	66	25	65	1226
	NW	MAQUASSI HIILS	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	70	70
		RUSTENBURG	0	13	27	17	30	35	42	18	30	0	0	0	0	0	118	330
		Total		13	27	17	30	35	42	18	30	0	0	0	0	0	188	400
	WC	METRO SOUTH	12	10	11	14	15	12	7	15	7	7	10	0	0	0	220	340
		METROPOLE SOUTH	27	9	12	15	15	11	5	11	7	15	11	10	4	0	74	226
		Total	39	19	23	29	30	23	12	26	14	22	21	10	4		294	566
	National		128	290	306	308	301	267	211	187	210	163	198	91	91	36	944	3 731
2015	GT	EKURHULENI SOUTH	12	18	32	36	28	31	29	26	16	22	24	0	0	0	0	274
		JOHANNESBURG SOUTH		22	6	18	6	8	9	8	6	14	37	0	0	0	0	134
		JOHANNESBURG WEST	23	17	20	25	15	22	19	15	18	15	18	27	9	4	26	273
		TSHWANE NORTH	12	26	33	23	45	26	31	26	22	31	16	0	0	0	71	362
		TSHWANE SOUTH	15	18	19	17	29	12	18	9	8	5	6	5	8	2	37	208
		Total	62	101	110	119	123	99	106	84	70	87	101	32	17	6	134	1251
	KZ	UMLAZI	14	0	9	7	9	8	9	8	17	17	9	0	0	0	0	107
		Total	14	0	9	7	9	8	9	8	17	17	9	0	0	0	0	107
	NW	MAQUASSI HILLS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	63	63
		RUSTENBURG	11	12	18	26	18	19	36	43	23	0	0	0	0	0	47	253
		Total	11	12	18	26	18	19	36	43	23	0	0	0	0	0	110	316
	WC	METRO EAST	11	10	13	13	16	15	4	9	9	3	7	0	0	0	34	144
		METRO SOUTH	18	17	13	16	11	12	11	4	13	10	13	11	0	4	74	227
		Total	29	27	26	29	27	27	15	13	22	13	20	11	0	4	108	371
	National		116	140	163	181	177	153	166	148	132	117	130	43	17	10	352	2 045
2016	GT	EKURHULENI SOUTH	0	30	29	25	35	33	27	23	21	22	22	0	0	0	0	267
		JOHANNESBURG SOUTH	8	9	15	6	18	5	8	10	11	7	12	0	0	0	15	124
		JOHANNESBURG WEST	6	23	17	18	23	20	18	18	15	14	17	31	14	7	39	280
		TSHWANE NORTH	0	23	40	24	27	44	27	26	32	34	20	0	0	0	62	359
		TSHWANE SOUTH	18	4	22	19	13	21	15	16	11	3	5	5	3	5	37	197
		Total	32	89	123	92	116	123	95	93	90	80	76	36	17	12	153	1 227
	KZ	PINETOWN	8	34	37	38	16	49	38	34	30	19	21	43	13	8	0	388
		UMLAZI	26	21	22	27	80	27	16	18	13	11	11	5	14	4	0	295
		UTHUNGULU	0	49	21	22	14	30	22	10	23	22	16	21	25	35	0	310
		Total	34	104	80	87	110	106	76	62	66	52	48	69	52	47	0	993
	NW	MAQUASSI HILLS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	74	74
		RUSTENBURG	17	17	25	16	28	18	22	36	34	0	0	0	0	0	42	255
		Total	17	17	25	16	28	18	22	36	34	0	0				116	329
	WC	METRO EAST	10	8	12	13	16	18	11	5	10	8	4	0	0	0	42	157
		METRO SOUTH	8	17	16	9	12	8	13	11	3	12	5	4	6	0	100	224
		Total	18	25	28	22	28	26	24	16	13	20	9	4	6	0	142	381
	National		101	235	256	217	282	273	217	207	203	152	133	109	75	59	411	2 930

(2)

Data on dropout rate for learners in special schools is not available.

Reply:

(a) Based on critical assessment of each project we have revised disbursement to three or two tranches, however on new projects that require monitoring it is four tranches.

(b) The MDDA increased on-site capacity building and support on reporting, this includes close monitoring of those projects that delay reporting, projects that are non-compliant are visited and given necessary support on issues such obtaining tax clearance certificates, holding Annual General Meetings and challenges with financial management and reporting.

 

MR NN MUNZHELELE

DIRECTOR GENERAL [ACTING]

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE:

MS AF MUTHAMBI (MP)

MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE

Reply:

1. The increased availability of funds enable more projects to be approved but will not necessarily speed up the rate of disbursement, which is dependent on projects meeting compliance requirements for the release of funds. The disbursement of funds is directly related to the MDDA’s tranche release process which is a monitoring and control measure.

(a) The 24% disbursement of funds in Programme 1.3 reflects the accumulated amount of funds disbursed to all active projects over time; i.e. it is not limited to disbursement of funds to projects approved in 2015/2016. This slow disbursement of funds was due to the MDDA tranche release process and noncompliance in project reporting.

(b) The forty-three percent (43%) of funds reflected in Programme 2 were disbursed to community broadcast projects approved in 2015/2016. Projects are approved at quarterly Board meetings and therefore, due to the MDDA tranche process, projects do not receive the full amount approved in the year of approval.

(2)

(a)

1. Direct jobs are those for which funding is approved as part of a grant approved for a project. These are critical anchor jobs that enable each project to be operational in order to generate income beyond grant funding. Such positions include station manager or publisher.
2. The projects at which the direct jobs were created and the location of these projects are listed in the 2015/2016 Annual report from pages 52 -54 of the report.

(b) Yes, the direct jobs are permanent jobs. MDDA funding of these positions is for the duration of the grant.

(3)

(a)

1. Indirect jobs are those positions created as a result of a project being approved, for example labourers who are employed during construction of broadcast studios or volunteers, such as volunteer reporters.
2. The projects at which the indirect jobs were created and the location of these projects are listed in the 2015/2016 annual report from pages 52 -54 of the report.

(b)

1. No, the indirect jobs are not permanent positions.
2. The method used to arrive at the number of indirect jobs created is based on engagement with the broadcast equipment suppliers in terms of the workforce they hire to construct studies and an ongoing engagement with projects on the average number of volunteers per station.

MR NN MUNZHELELE

DIRECTOR GENERAL [ACTING]

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE:

MS AF MUTHAMBI (MP)

MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE

Reply:

(1) Yes, SARS account is currently up to date.

(a) Face to face engagement with SARS to rectify the account.

(b) April 2016.

(2) Recruitment of a Finance and Payroll Administrator to ensure segregation of duties and business continuity in the absence of a senior Manager.

 

MR NN MUNZHELELE

DIRECTOR GENERAL [ACTING]

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE:

MS AF MUTHAMBI (MP)

MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE

Reply:

1.

(a) Buffallo City Metropolitan Municipality has not submitted the 2013/14, 2014/15 and 2015/16 reports as required by Section 32 of the Promotion of Access to Information Act, Act no 2 of 2000, as per the information received from the Human Rights Commission of South Africa (HRCSA) as the municipality did not respond to our correspondence, sms, emails at all.

(b) The municipality did not respond as to how many responses, rejections and approvals were received in each case.

(c) No response was received as to on what grounds were applications rejected.

2. No response from the Buffalo municipality as to whether any approvals were lodged.

3. The Department approached the HRCSA to seek assistance to the questions above. The SAHRC informed the Department that they never received reports from the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality.

Reply:

1. (a)(i) There are (3) three inmates that died of unnatural causes in the St Albans Correctional Centres in Port Elizabeth in the 2016 calendar year. All three (3) died on 26 December 2016.

(ii) The case has been reported to the SAPS with SAPS CAS number 291/12/2016. The SAPS and the Court will decide on the inquest process to follow.

(c) (i) The investigations by the South African Police Services are still in progress.

The internal DCS Investigation Report is currently under consideration of the Regional Commissioner for a decision.

(ii) & (iii) The outcome of the investigation will be communicated and implemented after the decisions are made on recommendations in consultation with the National Office. The Regional Management is currently addressing functional and administrative issues of St Albans Maximum Correctional Centre and follow-up action will be developed on finalisation of the Investigation.

2. Yes, cameras have been installed to monitor the operations in the kitchen unit at this specified Correctional Centre are operated and owned by a private company – in terms of the current nutrition contract.

Reply:

With regard to the above question please be informed that a comprehensive response is still being formulated. Therefore a reply with accurate answers will soon be made available to you sooner.

Reply:

(a) No, the research study into local content and infrastructure support activated in the 2015/2016 financial year is not publicly available.

(b) The research study will not be made available publicly as the draft report was not to a satisfactory standard. After repeated requests to the service provider contracted to undertake the research, the contract was discontinued by the Board.

MR NN MUNZHELELE

DIRECTOR GENERAL [ACTING]

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE:

MS AF MUTHAMBI (MP)

MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE

Reply:

 (1)    No MoU was signed. Protocol observance is underway.

(2)       Minister will be unable to give Mr T.W Mhlongo the full contents of the MoU, because there is no MoU. 

 

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Reply:

No mines have been granted access to their rehabilitation fund

1. Please see (1) above

 

Approved/Not Approved

Mr MJ Zwane, MP

Minister of Mineral Resources

Date Submitted:-……………/………………/2017

Reply:

(1)

(a) Sword SA (provision of IT support services as per the terms of reference below).

(b) Sword SA (provision of IT support services as per the terms of reference below).

(c) Yes, there were requirement that needed to be fulfilled by the service provider as per terms of reference:

• Develop and implement an IT strategic plan in line with the agency’s business plan;
• Develop, manage, monitor and report on IT risk processes;
• Develop, implement and maintain a backup strategy;
• Develop, implement and maintain an information disaster recovery plan;
• Develop, implement, maintain and monitor IT policies, procedures or practices over all IT functions and activities;
• Develop and implement a consistent and concise IT security policy including management over User Accounts;
• Ensure maximum uptime availability of computer systems throughout the Agency;
• Produce 6 service reports
• Provide management support over the IT infrastructure services, including desktop applications, Local and Wide Area networks, IT security and the telecommunications infrastructure;
• Develop and implement new systems in line with MDDA’s business plan;
• With Management propose, agree and deliver IT services in accordance with agency priorities;
• Initiates and implements improvements in all areas of IT responsibility;
• Schedule backups of file servers and off -site storage for such backups;
• Application software on file server;
• Manage and control all system administration functions;
• Print servers and printing devices; and
• Manage and monitoring over IT assets within the agency.

(d) The value of the contract was R 259 153.92.

(2) From the monthly assessments of the service rendered the service provider was able to provide the services as per terms of reference but was not able to submit all service reports. All other tasks were completed apart from 4 out of 6 of the service reports were received. Quantitatively, 90% of the tasks were achieved and a handover report was prepared and presented to the newly appointed IT manager.

(3)

(a) Total payment in proportionate value comes to 93% of the contract value.

(b) The Total amount paid was R241 943.68 

MR NN MUNZHELELE

DIRECTOR GENERAL [ACTING]

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE:

MS AF MUTHAMBI (MP)

MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE

Reply:

The responses below are provided as per:

(a) province and (b) district, (i) in number of (aa) public ordinary schools, (bb) full service schools and (cc) schools for Learners with Special Educational Needs that have and have not made use of the South African School Administration System (SA-SAMS) since its inception

(a)(b)(i)(aa)(bb)(cc)

Table 1: Number of schools using SA-SAMS, by district, in 2016

Source 1: 2016 LURITS

Source 2: PED submissions

Province	District	Special Schools	Full-Service	All Ordinary Schools	Total number of schools using SA-SAMS
		Using SA_SAMS	Not Using SA_SAMS	Using SA_SAMS	Not Using SA_SAMS	Using SA_SAMS	Not Using SA_SAMS
	BUTTERWORTH	0	0	1	0	391	0	392
	COFIMVABA	0	0	1	0	273	0	274
	CRADOCK	0	0	1	0	75	0	76
	DUTYWA	0	0	1	0	347	0	348
EC	EAST LONDON	6	0	1	0	300	1	307
	FORT BEAUFORT	0	0	2	0	240	0	242
	GRAAFF-REINET	0	0	1	0	77	0	78
	GRAHAMSTOWN	2	0	0	0	73	4	75
	LADY FRERE	0	0	1	0	157	0	158
	LIBODE	0	0	1	0	422	0	423
	KING WILLIAMS TOWN	4	0	0	0	389	0	393
	LUSIKISIKI	1	0	2	0	353	0	356
	MALUTI	1	0	0	0	224	0	225
	MBIZANA	3	0	1	0	217	0	221
	MT FLETCHER	0	0	0	0	184	0	184
	MT FRERE	1	0	1	0	251	0	253
	MTHATA	3	0	0	0	370	0	373
	NGCOBO	1	0	1	0	216	0	218
	PORT ELIZABETH	13	0	1	0	248	1	262
	QUEENSTOWN	1	0	1	0	164	0	166
	QUMBU	1	0	0	0	244	0	245
	STERKSPRUIT	2	0	1	0	156	0	159
	UITENHAGE	3	0	0	0	165	1	168
	Total	42	0	18	0	5 536	7	5 596
FS	FEZILE DABI	3	0	36	0	172	0	211
	LEJWELEPUTSWA	4	0	24	0	213	0	241
	MOTHEO	12	0	33	0	253	0	298
	THABO MOFUTSANYANA	2	0	44	0	356	0	402
	Xhapier	0	0	18	0	52	0	70
	Total	21	0	155		1 046	0	1 222
GT	EKURHULENI NORTH	9	5	4	1	138	102	151
	EKURHULENI SOUTH	6	4	5	0	135	74	146
	GAUTENG EAST	6	2	5	0	132	39	143
	GAUTENG NORTH	2	0	5	0	43	18	50
	GAUTENG WEST	7	2	5	0	140	31	152
	JOHANNESBURG CENTRAL	9	2	5	0	200	24	214
	JOHANNESBURG EAST	7	6	5	0	133	152	145
	JOHANNESBURG NORTH	13	9	5	0	146	80	164
	JOHANNESBURG SOUTH	5	3	5	0	158	43	168
	JOHANNESBURG WEST	4	5	4	1	119	53	127
	SEDIBENG EAST	7	1	4	0	68	25	79
	SEDIBENG WEST	5	1	5	0	124	15	134
	TSHWANE NORTH	4	2	5	0	111	40	120
	TSHWANE SOUTH	11	5	5	0	163	127	179
	TSHWANE WEST	7	2	4	1	122	45	133
	GT	102	49	71	3	1 794	868	1 967
KZ	AMAJUBA	6	0	3	1	225	9	234
	ILEMBE	2	0	7	0	411	8	420
	PINETOWN	11	0	5	0	463	54	479
	SISONKE	2	0	7	0	435	5	444
	UGU	3	0	2	1	458	35	463
	UMGUNGUNDLOVU	8	1	4	0	479	44	491
	UMKHANYAKUDE	2	0	9	0	532	0	543
	UMLAZI	18	3	3	0	384	127	405
	UMZINYATHI	2	0	9	0	481	12	492
	UTHUKELA	3	0	4	0	440	6	447
	UTHUNGULU	8	0	8	0	640	18	656
	ZULULAND	3	0	10	0	733	4	746
	Total	68	4	71	2	5 681	322	5 820
LP	LEBOWAKGOMO	3	0	4	0		0	7
	MOPANI	4	0	3	0	691	17	698
	CAPRICORN	11	0	0	0	924	6	935
	SEKHUKHUNE	6	0	4	0	923	4	933
	VHEMBE	6	0	3	0	973	5	982
	WATERBERG	5	0	3	0	432	16	440
	Total	35	0	17	0	3 943	48	3 995
	BOHLABELA	1	0	40	0	390	7	431
	EHLANZENI	3	0	30	0	383	27	416
MP	GERT SIBANDE	7	6	30	0	482	23	519
	NKANGALA	8	0	40	0	478	56	526
	Total	19	6	140	0	1 733	113	1 892
NC	FRANCES BAARD	8	0	1	0	122	1	131
	JOHN TAOLO GAETSEWA	1	0	2	0	171	1	174
	NAMAQUA	1	0	0	0	73	1	74
	PIXLEY-KA-SEME	0	0	1	0	88	2	89
	SIYANDA	1	0	0	0	94	2	95
	Total	11	0	4	0	548	7	563
	DITSOBOTLA	0	0	4	0	42	0	46
NW	GREATER DELAREYVILLE	1	0	4	0	83	1	88
	GREATER TAUNG	2	0	4	0	113	3	119
	KAGISANO MOLOPO	1	0	6	0	88	0	95
	KGETLENG RIVER	1	0	5	0	46	2	52
	LETLHABILE	1	0	4	0	67	0	72
	LICHTENBURG	1	0	1	0	31	5	33
	MADIBENG	4	0	4	1	70	8	78
	MAHIKENG	0	0	5	0	88	1	93
	MAQUASSI HILLS	2	0	5	0	52	2	59
	MATLOSANA	2	0	10	3	76	24	88
	MORETELE	2	0	4	0	103	0	109
	MOSES KOTANE EAST	2	0	5	0	62	0	69
	MOSES KOTANE WEST	0	0	4	0	64	0	68
	RAMOTSHERE	0	0	6	0	81	1	87
	POTCHEFSTROOM	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
	REKOPANTSWE	3	0	5	0	89	1	97
	RUSTENBURG	4	0	6	1	121	13	131
	TALEDI	0	0	5	0	87	2	92
	TLOKWE	0	0	4	0	67	9	71
	ZEERUST	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
	Total	30	0	91	5	1 430	72	1 551
WC	CAPE WINELANDS	0	11	0	25	0	294	0
	EDEN AND CENTRAL KAROO	0	7	0	27	0	244	0
	METRO CENTRAL	0	22	0	12	0	265	0
	METRO EAST	0	12	0	16	0	184	0
	METRO NORTH	0	17	0	22	0	250	0
	METRO SOUTH	0	12	0	10	0	217	0
	OVERBERG	0	3	0	15	0	98	0
	WEST COAST	0	3	0	17	0	141	0
	Total	0	87	0	144	0	1 693	0
National	328	146	567	154	21 711	3 288	22 606

(ii) The measures in place to ensure that more schools apply SA-SAMS as their primary reporting tool are as follows:

• From 2017 onwards, all paper surveys are phased out and data are collected through SASAMS only. The operational data will be collected and submitted with a signed off principal report.
• Schools using 3rd Party systems are to run SASAMS parallel to their existing systems.
• New schools are provided with the SA-SAMS software.
• Some has managed to secure the support of EDUPAC, SMART Software, Principal Primary, and Pencil Box to provide with an SA-SAMS database. The Principal Group would then assist their clients to “export” data from the primary application into SA-SAMS and thereby generate an SA-SAMS database. The created SA-SAMS database needs to be data cleaned and then can be deployed. Once deployed successfully, the database will run the locally developed extractor tool to upload the deployed database into the provincial warehouse.
• Recruitment and training for SASAMS personnel will be carried out.
• Some provinces have already issued circulars to schools to provide data in SA-SAMS format.

The inputs below were sourced from Western Cape:

• Currently 11 Western Cape (WC) schools are using SA-SAMS to varying degrees (8 of these schools attended a training session last year convened jointly by WCED and DBE).  
• The WCED utilizes a provincial administration management system, CEMIS on a wide-scale to facilitate data collection for the various provincial business processes and to meet the requirements of gazette 29757.  In the Western Cape, all public schools use CEMIS (primarily for maintaining learner tracking) and most schools use a mix of bespoke and proprietary Schools Administration Management Systems (SAMS) to manage their day to day operations.  

Reply:

we are still getting information from La Liga regarding the information requested. 

 

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Reply:

The Department of Public Works (DPW) was requested to provide state owned accommodation to Minister van Rooyen with effect from 1 January 2016. The process was not finalized timeously as expected hence DPW communicated an apology for delay through the letter dated 24 July 2016, see Tag A. DPW further committed to incur Minister’s hotel costs of R968 562.00 as the State owned residence was allocated from 1 June 2016.

(a) Minister		(aaa)	(bbb)	(ccc)
	(aa) hotel, Accommodation while waiting for official residence (To be paid by Department of Public Works)	Official interim accommodation	R968 562	89 nights
	(aa) hotel	Official	R140 438	33 nights
	(bb) Guest House	Official	R7440	2 nights
(b) Any member of his family	(aa) None (bb) None (cc) None or (ii) None	Not applicable	R0.00	0 night

Reply:

1. Will South Africa be hosting the 2022 Commonwealth Games; if not, why not; if so,

 South Africa was awarded the right to host the Commonwealth Games in 2022 at the General Assembly of the Commonwealth Games Federation held in Auckland, New Zealand on 2 September 2015, with Durban being announced as the host city.

2. (a)  is Durban still the host city,

 Yes, there had been no official communication to the contrary.

(b) has funding been committed to allow Durban to host the games,

Yes there has been funds committed in view of guarantees that have been signed by different Governments Departments

(c) has South Africa met all deadlines and obligations set by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF),

No, South Africa has not met all the deadlines.

(d) did he sign the financial guarantee requested by the CGF

The Minister of Finance signed the financial guarantee in respect of the operational budget of R 2 662 928.00 and a contingency budget which is capped at 18% (R479 327 040.00).

and (e) has the first Municipal Infrastructure Grant been allocated;

There has been no allocation of the Municipal Infrastructure Grants

3. what are the deliverables of the Board of the SA Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee;

SASCOC serves as the National (South African) Commonwealth Games Association. In terms of the hosting of the Commonwealth Games in 2022, their role will be determined once the governance structure for the Games is established.

4. what amount is the specified event expected to cost (a) Durban, (b) KwaZulu-Natal and (c) the Government?    

The Province of Kwazulu-Natal and the City of Durban have committed R 1 086 000 000.00 towards the Games budget.

 

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Reply:

A response was received from SACE that this question will only be responded to after its first Council Meeting of 2017 scheduled for 17 February 2017.

“Neutrality of the Ministerial Task Team”

Following allegations published in the media in 2014 that some members of teacher unions and department officials were involved in illegal activities involving the selling of educator posts, the Minister of Basic Education, Mrs AM Motshekga, MP, held meetings with various stakeholders including teacher unions as well as the Associations of School Governing Bodies.

Consensus was reached on the need to investigate speedily the allegations and it was thus agreed that an Independent Ministerial Task Team (MTT) instead of a Commission of Inquiry be established by the Minister to probe these allegations.

Because of the sensitive nature of the matter, the Minister found it appropriate to appoint an independent Chairperson, an independent educationist and members drawn from different Government Departments:

The Chairperson, Prof John Volmink;

1. Mr Michael Gardiner, Educationist;
2. Mr Siyabonga Msimang, - Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA);
3. Mr Paul Nel - Department of Justice and Correctional Services (DoJ);
4. Ms Amelia Moleta - Department of Justice and Correctional Services;
5. Mr Gerhard Scholtz - Deloitte Forensics; and
6. Mr Tommy Prins - Deloitte Forensics.

Reply:

The SABC does not deal with the payment of actors directly. Actors are paid through their respective agencies and/or production companies.

(a) N/A

(b) N/A

(c) N/A

(d) N/A

MR NN MUNZHELELE

DIRECTOR GENERAL [ACTING]

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE:

MS AF MUTHAMBI (MP)

MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE

Reply:

1. Yes.

(a) The municipality has been struggling to make monthly payments to ESKOM. Numerous payment arrangements were made but the municipality did not honour them as it is facing cash flow challenges. As a result, the municipalitymade two payments towards ESKOM electricity account.

On 28 July 2016 an amount of R10 290 026.61 was paid and on 31 January 2017 an amount of R25 500 000.00 was also paid into the ESKOM electricity count. To date, a total amount of R35 790 026.61 million has been paid to ESKOM to service outstanding debt.

(b) The Naledi Local municipality has entered into a payment agreement with ESKOM and the total outstanding amount of R215 845 376.54 will be paid over a period of four (4) years.

(c) The municipality has drafted a financial turnaround strategy and the cash flow situation is expected to improve in the next three (3) to five (5) years. The debt collection strategy is being implemented and the faulty electrical meters have been replaced.

2. No. Not all revenue generated from the sales of pre-paid electricity has been used to settle the bulk electricity costs.

(a) The municipality is struggling to collect revenue from the sale of other services (i.e. refuse, water, sanitation and property rates).

(b) Money collected from pre-paid electricity was used to cross-subsidize other municipal services and day-to-day operations.

(i) the table below indicates the total income generated from the smart meters.

(ii) payments made for bulk electricity costs since june 2016.

Detail	Opening / closing balance and other movements	Expenditure incurred	VAT	Interest on overdue account	Payments made	Closing Balance
Opening balance as on 1 July 2016	175 977 953,47	-	-	-	-	175 977 953,47
Consumption for July 2016	175 977 953,47	8 930 384,12	1 250 253,78	2 053 567,38	(10 290 026,61)	177 922 132,14
Consumption for August 2016	177 922 132,14	8 845 901,78	1 238 426,25	2 391 814,42	-	190 398 274,59
Consumption for September 2016	190 398 274,59	5 386 705,88	754 138,83	2 399 131,41	-	198 938 250,71
Consumption for October 2016	198 938 250,71	5 022 234,73	703 112,87	2 769 727,86	-	207 433 326,17
Consumption for November 2016	207 433 326,17	5 616 217,03	786 270,39	2 448 430,04	-	216 284 243,63
Consumption for December 2016	216 284 243,63	5 229 458,92	732 124,25	2 736 608,96	-	224 982 435,76
Consumption for January 2017	224 982 435,76	4 924 194,91	689 387,29	2 986 881,09	(25 500 000,00)	208 082 899,05

(3)Yes.

On 12 January 2017, there was an engagement between the Minister and the Premier of the North West Province to discuss the challenges facing the municipalities, in particular, their failure to pay the ESKOM electricity accounts.

A Task Team was established to support the municipality and address all revenue related challenges faced by the municipality. Among other matters attended to by the Task Team, were the following:

• the municipality was assisted to negotiate a new payment agreement with ESKOM;
• Government departments that owe the municipality were engaged and requested to settle their outstanding debt

(4)Yes.

The engagements with ESKOM are continuing. ESKOM has to finalize and make an announcement on the suspension of interest charged as well as the 15-day billing cycle.

Reply:

1. Yes, CoGTA convened a meeting with the representatives from the National Treasury, Provincial Departments responsible for local government and South African Local Government Association to discuss the draft Notice on 2 December 2016.

2. Yes, concerns relating to the changes in paragraphs 12(1) and 12(2) of the Notice were raised after the implementation of the Government Notice No. 1600, published in Government Gazette No. 40519 of 21 December 2016. Following receipt of those concerns, CoGTA convened a meeting with local government representatives mentioned above wherein it was agreed that an amendment Notice will be issued.

Reply:

With regard to the above question please be informed that a comprehensive response is still being formulated. Therefore a response with accurate answers will be made available to you sooner.

Reply:

The National Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS) has provided the following responses to the questions posed.

1. (a) Mrs Busi Pilane holds the position of Senior Manager: Communications and Marketing at the National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS).

(b) (i) She was appointed on 1 February 2016.

(ii) R722 550.

2. (a) (i) No overtime was paid to the person in the 2015/16 financial year.

(ii) Overtime was paid to the person in the 2016/17 financial year.

(b) No overtime was paid to the person in the 2017/18 financial year, from 1 April 2017 to date.

(aa) An amount of R13 832.27 was paid in December 2016.

(bb) It was for overtime work performed in relation to organising the National Doctoral Conference.

 

COMPILER DETAILS

NAME AND SURNAME: MS PEARL WHITTLE

CONTACT: 012 312 5248

RECOMMENDATION

It is recommended that the Minister signs Parliamentary Question 177.

MR GF QONDE

DIRECTOR–GENERAL: HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING

DATE:

PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION 177 IS APPROVED / NOT APPROVED / AMENDED.

COMMENT/S

PROF HB MKHIZE, MP

MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING

DATE:

Reply:

The following information was provided to My Department by the Municipality.

Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality has a system of annual maintenance plans for all pipelines. The maintenance plans are used for scheduling all required maintenance. This is backed by a monitoring system which tracks time lines for repairing and replacing of burst and leaking water pipes. Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality has a turnaround time of 48 hours to fix burst water and leaking water pipes. To ensure customer satisfaction, Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality uses a Customer Relationship Management System, which monitors and tracks the reported cases.

In an effort to increase water supply to its consumers, Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality treats every burst and leaking water pipe in a serious light. During early 2015, Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality established a Rapid Response Unit, which its sole function is to address water losses within the Municipality areas, including the suburbs of (a) Buurendaal, (b) Highway Gardens, (c) Harmelia, (d) Tunney, (e) Elandsfontein and (f) Klopper Park.

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Reply:

1. The Department has not received any reports on threats to tourists visiting the Kruger National Park with respect to incursions by poachers.

2. The Department of Tourism has not conducted any impact assessment study on the negative effects of incursions on tourism in the Kruger National Park. SANParks, which is the management authority for Kruger National Park, manages and implements a comprehensive anti-poaching strategy, which also takes into account the tourism aspects. The department will continue to support SANParks endeavours in this regard.

Reply:

The information provided by the North West Provincial Department of Human Settlements is as follows:

(a) The project commenced in June 2008.

(b) &(c) The progress made in respect of the project in Khudutlou Village is as follows:

• 3 Houses were completed
• 9 Units were at the roof level
• 11 Units were completed up to wall plate level
• 2 Slabs were completed

Due to poor workmanship, construction on the project has been put on hold and the North West Provincial Department of Human Settlements indicated that they are awaiting an engineering report with a view to considering cancellation of the contract.

(d) (i) The cost of the project is R1 282 025 for 25 units.

(ii) The total projected cost is R 2 569 200.

Furthermore, and for the benefit of the Honourable member who has recently joined the Portfolio Committee on Human Settlements, I wish to reiterate what I said during the Policy Debate on the budget of my Department on 12 May 2015 in the NCOP. I indicated,

“We are no longer rectifying houses using our budget. Any house that has defaults is the responsibility of the National Home Builders Registration Council (NHBRC), which is responsible to identify the contractor and ensure that they rectify the shoddy work at their own cost. The money currently used on rectification can and will be used in building more houses”.

Accordingly, I have requested the MEC for Local Government and Human Settlements in North West to provide me with a full report on this matter with a view to ensure that contractor responsible returns on site to undertake remedial work or is blacklisted if found to be in breach of the contractual agreement.

Reply:

The Minister of Public Works

1. The Department of Public Works (DPW) budgeted an amount of R3.5 million in terms of Prestige logistical services for the 2017 State of the Nation Address (SONA) and opening of Parliament event. The DPW spent only R2.7 million from the budgeted amount, thus making the savings of about R800 000.

2. The Department did not disburse any other financial resources for the SONA apart from what was budgeted. Instead, the Department realised savings through the insourcing of staff from its workshops and horticulture services, as well as the Expanded Public Works Programme. The savings were made against the backdrop of austerity measures that were introduced by Government in recent years.

Reply:

The applicant has not applied for a Water Use Licence. Water Use Licensing is a demand driven service which is initiated by the prospective applicant.

My Department does not have a Water Use Licence Application for Fuleni Coal Mine, hence it will not be able to determine the source and the volume of water required for the proposed mine.

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Reply:

(a) Amathole District Municipality appointed a service provider for the sanitation project on 1 September 2014.

(b) To date, of 66 700 Units, a total to some 30 409 Units are completed whilst 36 291 Units are still outstanding.

(c) Refer to (b) above.

(d)(i) The current estimated cost is R 288 064 457, 00.

(d)(ii) The projected cost to complete the project is R508m which includes payments of invoices not paid to service providers.

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Reply:

The Minister of Public Works

(1) (a) The property situated at 18 Mark Street in Stellenbosch falls under the Property

Management Trading Entity (PMTE) of the Department of Public Works (DPW) and within the ambit of our Cape Town region.

(b) Mr Frederick Johnson is the Cape Town Office Regional Manager.

(c) This property was allocated to the South African Police Service (SAPS), who in turn allocated the property to an SAPS official. I am informed that the property was vacated in November 2013.

(d) (i) and (ii) The official to whom the residence was allocated reportedly vacated the property following a burglary in 2013. The DPW was, however, not notified of this. As the custodian of all State-owned properties at national level, the DPW allocates accommodation to User Departments based on their specified requirements. The allocation of residential accommodation to be occupied by officials, however, remains the prerogative of the User Department. No agreement therefore exists between the Department and the actual individual occupying the property. The User Department only informed the Department that the occupant had vacated the property in June 2014. During the handback, an inspection of property was conducted by the Department, and it revealed that the property had been abandoned and as a result had been severely vandalised and structurally damaged.

2. Yes.

(a) The decision on whether to refurbish, let, dispose of, or demolish property will be based on the outcome of a condition assessment and a feasibility study.

However, in the interim, all openings to the property in question are in the process of being secured with shutter boards and the removal of rubble from the premises has commenced.

(b) The process of cleaning and securing the site expected is set to be completed in March 2017.

(3) (a) (b) The PMTE is confronted with many cases of damaged property as part of the legacy of a Department of Public Works, which lacked the requisite skills and capacity to manage a huge property portfolio. As part of the DPW’s Turnaround Strategy initiated in 2012, the Department began the process of giving effect to a Government decision to operationalise the PMTE. This process would ultimately lead to the PMTE being established as a Government component, empowered to make decisions commensurate with the professional approach to the management of the massive DPW property portfolio.

The recent completion of a reliable and credible Immovable Asset Register (IAR) has enabled the PMTE to be more effective in managing the national Government property portfolio. This includes, inter-alia, verification, location, high-level condition assessments and identification of significant components and users of the properties. Taking into consideration the extensive nature of the DPW portfolio (92 593 properties), this was an almost impossible task in the past. The PMTE is now, for the first time, able to make informed and calculated investment decisions in line with our goal of optimizing our property portfolio.

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Reply:

 

1. (a) Airports Company South Africa levies airport charges in the form of Passenger Service Charges (PSC) that are collected by airlines through air tickets.  The PSC is levied for the provision of passenger facilitation and infrastructure services at Airports Company South Africa’s airports.

(b) The PSC differ based on the route destination and can be split between the International PSC (R346 currently, to be reduced to R223 from 1 April 2017), the Regional PSC (R263 currently, to be reduced to R169 from 1 April 2017) and the Domestic PSC (R127 currently, to be reduced to R82 from 1 April 2017).

(i) Total annual income:

(aa)  Department of Transport – None;

(bb) Airports Company South Africa – R3.1 billion (2016 financial year).

(i) PSC Split (annual for 2016 financial year):

(aa)  Domestic:  R1.5 billion;

(bb) International:  R1.6 billion.

2. (a)  The amount of the proposed carbon tax will be determined by the National Treasury. Domestic airlines will determine how to filter the amount to the passengers. It is not possible to determine at this point how much a domestic air ticket price will be increased as a result of the proposed carbon tax.

(b) The proposed carbon tax will not apply to international aviationand therefore will not have a bearing on international air ticket prices.

Reply:

(a) Capital investment programmes across Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) airports are defined primarily to firstly address refurbishment and replacement requirements of existing infrastructureand secondly, to provide new or additional capacity. The first intervention is to ensure the realisation of the full benefit of the existing infrastructure/assets over their entire useful livesas well as ensuring compliance to applicable legislation, standards and/or best practices. The second intervention is to introduce new or additional capacityto ensure that the ACSA network of airports can support the growth in air transport demand in a sustainable manner.To this end, a number of projects have been defined for both O. R. Tambo International Airportand Cape Town International Airport. Some of the projects are listed below:

(b) & (c)

(i) CAPE TOWN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT:

1. New Realigned Runway and Associated Taxiways (R3.18 Billion)

• Planned project commencement
  • The preliminary design for the project was started in 2008. A preliminary design has been accepted and the detailing thereof is planned to commence upon the Environmental Impact Assessment(EIA) approval and issue of its record of Decision

• Planned Construction start
  • July 2019

• Planned completion date
  • December 2021

• Current status
  • The EIA report has been submitted to the Department of Environmental Affairs and ACSA is awaiting its approval.

2. Aircraft Parking Stands (R303 Million)

• Planned project commencement
  • February 2017

• Planned Construction start
  • March 2018. This will be done in a phased process dependant on operational requirements in order to minimise the impact on the peak operational period.

• Planned completion date
  • March 2023.There are 4 apron related projects which will be phased over a 4-5 year period.

• Current status
  • Process to procure consultants in progress.

3. Boarding Gates and International Departure Lounge (R100 Million)

• Planned project commencement
  • February 2017

• Planned Construction start
  • March 2018. This will be done in a phased process dependant on operational requirements in order to minimise the impact on the peak operational period.

• Planned completion date
  • June 2019

• Current status
  • Process to procure consultants in progress.

4. New Domestic Arrivals Terminal (R331 Million)

• Planned project commencement
  • April 2012. The project has been on hold since April 2014 due to Regulator related issues. With the recent approval of the Permission, it has been restarted and will be prepped for tender stage

• Planned Construction start
  • March 2018

• Planned completion date
  • April 2020

• Current status
  • Process to procure a contractor in progress.

5. Terminal 2 Redevelopment (R996 Million)

• Planned project commencement
  • February 2017

• Planned Construction start
  • March 2019

• Planned completion date
  • September 2022

• Current status
  • Consultant tender to be awarded.

6. Domestic Departure Lounge Extension (R108.6 Million)

• Planned project commencement
  • February 2017

• Planned Construction start
  • March 2018

• Planned completion date
  • May 2019

• Current status
  • Process to procure consultants in progress.

(ii) O. R. TAMBO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT:

1. Terminal A Refurbishment and Redevelopment (R448 Million)

• Planned project commencement
  • January 2016

• Planned Construction start
  • February 2018

• Planned completion date
  • October 2020

• Current status
  • Consultants appointed;
  • Concept designs complete, design development underway.

2. Additional Baggage Carousel in Terminal A (R72 Million)

• Planned project commencement
  • April 2016

• Planned Construction start
  • January 2018

• Planned completion date
  • June 2019

• Current status
  • Consultants appointed;
  • Concept designs complete, design development underway.

3. Bussing Gates (R150 Million)

• Planned project commencement
  • April 2016

• Planned Construction start
  • April 2018

• Planned completion date
  • May 2019

• Current status
  • Consultants appointed;
  • Concept designs complete, design development underway.

4. Airside Buildings (R186 Million)

• Planned project commencement
  • 28 February 2017

• Planned Construction start
  • 19 February 2018

• Planned completion date
  • 15 December 2019

• Current status
  • Process to procure consultants in progress.

4.5. Remote Apron Stands (RAS) (R 1.584 Billion) and Enablement Work for RAS(R159Million)

• Planned project commencement
  • December 2016

• Planned Construction start
  • June2020 and June 2021

• Planned completion date
  • June 2023

• Current status
  • Process to procure consultants in progress.

Reply:

(1) The above mentioned six suburbs situated in the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality (EMM) in Gauteng are supplied with potable water from the Rand Water’s H5 and H11 bulk water supply pipelines (details in the table below). The pipelines are supplied through gravity (not pumped) from the Rand Water’s Klipriviersberg Reservoirs situated some 20 kilometers away.

Pipeline Description	Date Laid (Year)	Age (Years)	Operating Pressure (Bar)	Estimated Flow (Mℓ/d)
750mm H5 Steel Pipeline	1955	62	11	65
1110mm H11 Steel Pipeline	1963	54	`7	150

The Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality draws water from these bulk pipelines at strategic bulk supply points and water is further distributed to areas through the network of municipal distribution pipelines. The Rand Water’s H5 and H11 pipelines currently have adequate capacity to supply the water demands for the EMM suburbs. However, the following projects are already underway to augment the future anticipated water requirements:

• • • Pipeline O6 augmentation Phase 1 Palmiet to Germiston – 2100mm pipeline
    • Pipeline Shamrock Road - Airfield pipeline (G37/H37) – 1200mm pipeline

The above projects are scheduled for commission before the end of 2017. These projects will add extra capacity in the bigger Germiston area. Our asset management philosophy identifies and prioritizes pipelines aged at 60 for conditional assessment. The H5 and H11 pipelines are aged between 54 and 62 years and still within their condition and operating lifecycle. H11 is marginally over 60 and is prioritised for conditional assessment.

(2) A total of four (4) leaks on H5 and five (5) leaks on H11 pipeline were experienced since the said date with the loss with a total of 275kl water loss to the value of R1 858.88.

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Reply:

(1) Following the heavy rains during December 2016, it became evident that the storm water system in the Primrose area could not handle the quantity of storm water. An assessment was jointly initiated by both Ekurhuleni and Rand Water to identify if Rand Water had disturbed the storm water infrastructure whilst laying the new pipeline. The process is still in progress.

(2) The claims can be sent to Rand Water (contact person, Mr Bafana Gamede – (011) 682 0362 or Ekurhuleni pending the outcome of the investigation.

(3) Claim forms will be provided by the respective entity pending the outcome of the investigation.

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Reply:

EASTERN CAPE LIBRARIES THAT ARE NOT OPERATIONAL AND REMEDIAL STEPS

NO	DISTRICT	MUNICIPALITY	LIBRARY	REASON FOR CLOSURE	REMEDIAL STEPS
1.	Nelson Mandela Metro	Nelson Mandela Bay	Central library	Need major renovations	The municipality was given an additional R3 68 000 in the 2014/15 financial year to assist in the renovations of the library
2.	O.R Tambo	Port St Johns	Kwa Ndevu	Newly established modular	Library material collection development and preparations for internet connectivity are in process and the library is expected to be ready for operations in the 2017/18 financial year
3.	O.R Tambo	Nyandeni	Lwandile	Newly established modular	Library material collection development and preparations for internet connectivity are in process and the library is expected to be ready for operations in the 2017/18 financial year
4.	Alfred Nzo	Matatiele	Mvenyane	Newly established modular	Library material collection development and preparations for internet connectivity are in process and the library is expected to be ready for operations in the 2017/18 financial year
5.	Alfred Nzo	Ntabankulu	Sukude	Newly established modular	Library material collection development and preparations for internet connectivity are in process and the library is expected to be ready for operations in the 2017/18 financial year
6.	Amathole	Amahlathi	Mgwali	Newly established modular	Library material collection development and preparations for internet connectivity are in process and the library is expected to be ready for operations in the 2017/18 financial year
7.	Chris Hani	Engcobo	Quthubeni	Newly established modular	Library material collection development and preparations for internet connectivity are in process and the library is expected to be ready for operations in the 2017/18 financial year
8.	Chris Hani	Engcobo	Manzana	Newly established modular	Library material collection development and preparations for internet connectivity are in process and the library is expected to be ready for operations in the 2017/18 financial year
9.	Chris Hani	Enoch Mgijima	Mceula	Newly established modular	Library material collection development and preparations for internet connectivity are in process and the library is expected to be ready for operations in the 2017/18 financial year
10.	Sarah Baartman	Makana	Grahamstown	Under renovations	Practical completion was done in December. The library is being prepared for opening. Expected date of opening is April 2017
11.	O.R Tambo	Nyandeni	Libode	Under construction	Expected completion date is Feb 2018
12.	O.R Tambo	Nyandeni	Ngqeleni	Under construction	Expected completion date is 31st May 2017
13.	O.R Tambo	Nyandeni	Marubeni	Newly established modular	Library material collection development and preparations for internet connectivity are in process and the library is expected to be ready for operations in the 2017/18 financial year
14.	O.R Tambo	Nyandeni	Nqeketho	Newly established modular	Library material collection development and preparations for internet connectivity are in process and the library is expected to be ready for operations in the 2017/18 financial year

STEPS TAKEN TO RECTIFY THE SITUATION	PROVINCE	NO. OF DYSFUNCTIONAL LIBRARIES	REASONS	STEPS TAKEN TO RECTIFY THE SITUATION
	Free State	None
	Gauteng (9)	Olievenhoutbosch (City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipalities)	These are newly built libraries, construction has been completed, but occupancy certificates have not been issues yet	All libraries will be operational before June 2017.
		Leondale (City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipalities)
		Kingsway (Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality)
		Drieziek (Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality )
		Naturena (Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality)
		Evaton North (Emfuleni Local Municipality)
		Kagiso X6 (Mogale City Local Municipality)
		Rietvallei X2 & 3 (Mogale City Local Municipality)
		Tembisa (Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality)	Closed for renovations
	KwaZulu-Natal	None
	Limpopo (13)	Lithovhu(school premises)	No security	Librarians will sort old books taken from district libraries and distribute to modular libraries. New books to be purchased this financial year will be distributed to modular libraries to ensure they are functional. Budget will be sourced to ensure that security guards are appointed where necessary and electricity will be connected. This will be done in the 2017/18 financial year as there were budget constraints during the 2016/17 financial year.
		Manendzhe( Niani School premises)	No electricity
		Masisi( School premises)	No security
		Tshikonelo (Tribal office)	Not enough security
		Vuwani( Regional office)	Additional security required
		Olifantshoek( School premises)	No security
		Makahlule( school premises)	No water and electricity connection and security
		Kubvi ( school premises)	No electricity
		Tshitale( open area at Moila)	No water and electricity connections
		Ntsako(School premises)	No water and electricity connections
		Timamogolo modular	No electricity
		Phagameng modular	No electricity connections
		Mookgopong modular	No electricity connections
	Mpumalanga (2)	Thusiville	Newly built libraries	Libraries to be opened in 2017
		Archonhoek
	Northern Cape (10)	Inasee Moshoeu (Frances Baard District)	Collapsing ceiling and roof due to rain leakages	Department of Public Works requested to appoint a Structural Engineer to assess the roof design and recommend interventions
		Windsorton Library (Frances Baard District)	Burned down during protest actions	Department and Municipality looking at implementing a dual-purpose library. Consultations with the school to commence during March 2017
		Platfontein Container (Frances Baard District)	Vandalized	Sol Plaatje Municipality considering alternatives
		Oasis (John Taolo Gaetsewe District)	Burned down during protest actions	Municipality has insured the building and busy with assessment of Assets.
		Perth Container (John Taolo Gaetsewe District)	Staff resignation and one deceased.	Staff recruitment planned for 2017/ 2018
		Padstow Container (John Taolo Gaetsewe District)
		Klipfontein (Namakwa District)
		Tweerivier (Namakwa District)
		Schmidsdrift Batlaping Container (Namakwa District )	No staff	Siyancuma Municipality has appointed Library Assistant as from March 2017
		Lennertsville Container (ZF Mcgawu District)	Building upgrade but services are taking place at the school	Municipality busy with upgrading the container
	North West (4)	Reagile (Kgetlengrivier)	Library closed due to the deterioration of the building.	Funds are available in 2017/18-2018/19 to upgrade the library. Library users have been advised to use the library in Koster, which is about 5km from Reagile.
		Piet Plessies (Kagisano Molopo)	Library was burn down in June 2016.	The local municipality committed to repair the structure as it was insured.
		Bray (Kagisano Molopo)	The school where the library was housed closed down.	The municipality will provide alternative accommodation in an unused municipality building. The Department has provided funding through transfer payment.
		Utlwanang (Lekwa-Teemane)	A new project that was not completed.	Department of Public Works and Roads assisted the municipality by appointing a professional team to assess the building. The Department and the Municipality will make funds available to complete the structure.
	Western Cape (3)	Imizamo Yethu Satellite Library, Hout Bay (City of Cape town)	Structural damage caused by flooding.	This is a very small satellite library providing limited services. The main library is in Hout Bay and is within a 3 – 5 km radius. The service is current under policy review
		Asla Park Mini Library, Mossel bay (Mossel Bay)	The building in which the Asla Library was housed, was burned during community protests in August 2014.	The Municipality is trying to obtain a suitable venue for the library.
		Goodwood Correctional Service Library	The policy regarding staff taking personal responsibility for lost library material at the library. Losses are high at this library as it serves as a transition facility.	The Western Cape Library Service is engaging with Correctional Services management to review policy issues regarding correctional service libraries across the province.
	Total 55

The Honourable Member will notice that most of libraries that are contained in the list are located in deep rural areas of our country where infrastructure is at a minimum. However, as indicated efforts are at the high speed to make sure that in the coming financial year all of them are functional.

Reply:

The CEO of the IDC has advised as follows:

An appropriate solution has not as yet been found for the re-opening of the Sustainable Fibre Solutions kenaf fibre processing plant. The IDC has, however, commissioned a study whose objective is to explore alternative uses for the kenaf fibre processing plant, the largest and most technologically advanced kenaf processing plant in the world.

Admittedly the study and the exercise to find alternative use for the kenaf processing plant is taking longer than anticipated but the preliminary study has been completed and results indicate that it could be used to process hemp. Hemp is used to make numerous consumer products, from hemp apparel and accessories to house-wares and hempseed oil cosmetics. Some of the products made from hemp are: clothing, shoes, diapers, rope, canvas, cellophane, paints, fuels, chain lubricants, biodegradable plastics, paper, fibreboard, cement blocks, food, cosmetics, and soap.

In terms of existing South African legislation, hemp is classified under the cannabis sativa plant species. Consequently a permit is required before one can plant hemp. Upon final confirmation that the plant can indeed be used to process hemp, the process of obtaining the necessary regulatory approvals from, inter alia, the Medicines Control Council, to plant hemp in South Africa on a commercial basis, will commence.

The IDC has been approached by an entity known as Industrial Hemp (Pty) Ltd who expressed a desire to acquire the kenaf processing plant. The IDC advised Industrial Hemp (Pty) Ltd that the kenaf processing plant is not for sale. This decision was informed by the fact that the IDC is still exploring alternative uses for the plant through the study it has commissioned. As a result, the IDC has not made an attempt to sell the whole or part of the specified kenaf processing plant to date. Industrial Hemp (Pty) Ltd was also advised that in the event of the kenaf processing plant being sold, a fair and transparent process that is in line with the provisions of the PFMA would be followed.

The project was started by the Industrial Development Corporation to initiate large-scale production of kenaf, a fibre crop used to make paper pulp, thermal and sound insulation, automotive parts and bio-composite, non-woven materials. The previous business plan proved not viable and as such we are in the process of scoping for a new proposal following the study recently completed into hemp.

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Reply:

The CEO of the IDC has advised as follows and attention is also drawn to the reply to parliamentary question 65:

“The net cost of maintaining the mothballed operations for the 2015/2016 financial year was approximately R2.5m.

As previously communicated, there are two full time employees looking after the maintenance of the mothballed operations. The total cost of these employees is circa R70 000 a month for the two employees combined. Furthermore, there is a security company looking after the physical security.

It is important to note that, prior to the IDC’s investment, the land on which SFS is situated was valued at R1.7m. As a consequence of the IDC’s investment the land and buildings are now valued at R40.2m whilst the plant and equipment are valued at R36.1m. The values referred to above are in terms of a valuation conducted into the assets in January 2017. In the circumstances and in the light of the high security value attached to the buildings, plant and equipment it is crucial that they are properly maintained and secured so as to preserve value.”

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Reply:

The Presidential Golf Challenge (PGC) is hosted by the Ministry of Public Service and Administration every year after the State of the Nation Address to raise funds for a charitable course of a sitting President.

As the event is sponsored by private companies, the majority of participants at the PGC are business executives. Therefore, the number of guests who could be accommodated for the event is limited and this year, only six Cabinet Ministers and sitting Members of Parliament who belong to the Parliamentary Golf Club were invited.

Mr A. Trollip is no longer a sitting Member of Parliament even though he belongs to the Parliamentary Golf Club.

Reply:

(a) Functional members at the Elsburg Police Station	123
(b)(i) Members not yet competent to carry firearms	3
(b)(ii) Members who failed the competency retraining test	1

Reply:

(a) Functional members at the Brakpan Police Station	173
(b)(i) Members not yet competent to carry firearms	5
(b)(ii) Members who failed the competency retraining test	3

Reply:

(a) Functional members at the Sebenza Police Station	71
(b)(i) Members not yet competent to carry firearms	2
(b)(ii) Members who failed the competency retraining test	2

Reply:

The State Security Agency (SSA) participated in the security arrangements of the hosting the 2017 State of the Nation Address (SONA) in accordance with the constitution and other relevant legislation and its mandate as prescribed in the National Strategic Intelligence Act, 1994, amended by the General Intelligence Laws Amendment Act, 2015.

The SSA furthermore rendered its services in the context of the Justice, Crime Prevention and Security Cluster (JCPS) as guided by the National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure (NATJOINTS). The purpose of such services is to ensure a safe and secure environment, and to mitigate risks associated with instability.

There was no specific allocation as the costs associated with this work came from the normal operational budget of the Agency.

Reply:

(a) Functional members at the Tembisa Police Station	319
(b)(i) Members not yet competent to carry firearms	21
(b)(ii) Members who failed the competency retraining test	Members who were not competent were not sent for retraining yet.

Reply:

1.  The investigation into Satinsky 128 (Pty) Ltd (Satinsky) was finalised by the NCR. The NCR referred the case to the National Consumer Tribunal in October 2014. The matter has not been finally set down for a hearing, due to incomplete filing initially. In terms of the NCT current records the matter has lapsed and the process to reopen the matter is being initiated.

2. No criminal charges will be pursued. The contravention is not a criminal offense.

3. The matter is still pending at the NCT.

Reply:

(a) Functional members at the Bedfordview Police Station	107
(b)(i) Members not yet competent to carry firearms	2 (due to disability)
(b)(ii) Members who failed the competency retraining test	0

Reply:

(a) Functional members at the Boksburg North Police Station	139
(b)(i) Members not yet competent to carry firearms	53
(b)(ii) Members who failed the competency retraining test	15

Reply:

(a) No investigation was initiated in terms of the Public Finance Management Act, Act 1 of 1999 and the Treasury Regulations, as there was no (a) fruitless, wasteful or irregular expenditure with regard to the awarding of the scarce skills allowance.

14.8 Mr Nkgodi

At the time of him being awarded the scarce skills allowance, Mr Nkgodi was already performing the respective duties classified as scarce skills. He had completed three years of service performing those duties, although he did not possess any formal relevant qualifications. Prior and during his deployment in the Questioned Documents Unit, Mr Nkgodi received extensive training and development, as well as mentorship and guidance, upon completion of such training.

SAPS Directive with reference 4/2/1 dated 13 November 2006, paragraph 8, reads as follows:

“where internal training is provided to an employee in order for him to perform the required duties in a scarce skills occupation category, such training/qualification will be recognised for the payment of the allowance to the employee”

Taking the above into consideration, internal training combined with his three years of experience in the field, qualified Mr Nkgodi for the allowance.

14.9 Major General Shezi

At the time of receipt of the scarce skills allowance, Major General Shezi was responsible for Quality Management within the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL), as a Control Forensic Analyst. She was in possession of a BSC degree from the University of Durban Westville, which is the required qualification, as well as relevant experience in the field, dating back from 1996. She was also a trained DNA expert, responsible for the Quality Management System of the Biology Section of the FSL.

Major General Shezi qualified for the scarce skills allowance in terms of the Scarce Skills Policy, read with SAPS directive 4/2/1, dated 13 November 2006, paragraph 4.1 which reads as follows:

“4.1 The Minister, in terms of the powers vested upon him, approved the payment of a monthly scarce skills allowance to the following occupational categories:”

R6,333-00	R1,500-00	R1,000-00	R400-00
Task Force Members – this is in line with allowances paid for Task Force Members in the SANDF	Scientific Analyst Unit	Questioned Documents Unit	Armoury
	Mechanical and metallurgical Engineers	Ballistics	Hostage Negotiator
	Chemistry Unit	Facial Identification Experts	Diver
	Biology Unit	Criminalistics Experts
	Facial Reconstruction	Radio Technical Services
	Technical Personnel (LAME)	Serious Economic Offences
	AFIS Project Manager	Commercial Branch
	Architects and Engineers	Organised Crime
		Explosives Unit

1. As a result of the above explanation, no further action was taken.