Questions and Replies

Reply:

South African Airways has provided the following response;

(a) - (c) please refer to attached Annexure

Reply:

Umalusi Council is a statutory body that is formed in accordance with the National Qualifications Framework Act No 67 of 2008 and the General and Further Education and Training Quality Assurance Act No 58 of 2001 and has jurisdiction over NSC external moderators reports, therefore the question has been referred to Umalusi and the response will be forwarded as soon as it is received.

Reply:

1.  The RTIA Annual Report is very high resolution document that cannot be reduced to be a small size by even splitting it. A small portion of it is actual conversion to PDF while majority is in high resolution graphics. Website couldn’t accept it. We are making means to upload the aforementioned document to our website.

2.  Latest date is Friday, 03 March 2017 to be posted onto our website.

3.  The RTIA Policy on Performance Information management provides that the audited annual report should be approved by the Board (Audit and Risk Committee) be submitted to the Department of Transport, National Treasury and the Auditor-General. After such approvals it is presented to the Minister of Transport at the Annual General Meeting where after it is tabled at Parliament. Once, the Annual Report has been tabled at Parliament, the Agency then can publish it onto the website.

Reply:

Umalusi Council is a statutory body that is formed in accordance with the National Qualifications Framework Act No 67 of 2008 and the General and Further Education and Training Quality Assurance Act No 58 of 2001 and has jurisdiction over the NSC Examinations processes including Standardisation of the NSC Results therefore the question has been referred to Umalusi and the response will be forwarded as soon as it is received.

Reply:

Airports Company South Africa SOC Limited (ACSA)

 (a) (i)(ii)(iii) The issues of missing luggage are handled by individual airlines and the Department of Transport will therefore not have the information requested.

 (b) (c) (i)(ii)(iii) Falls away

(d) (i)(ii)(iii) Falls away

Reply:

a)  The Pedestrian road safety programmes focus mainly on those factors that lead to pedestrians being involved in road crashes and those are in the main:

• Impaired walking, this focuses on drinking and walking. People who drink and walk are at a greater risk of being involved in a crash as their ability to act swiftly to avoid a crash is impaired. As such a need is there to educate people about the dangers inherent in drinking and walking.

• Dangerous walking – specifically jay walking. There is a disturbing trend of people who walk freely on national and provincial roads that have high volumes of traffic and multi lanes. This is notwithstanding those who jay walk in built up areas. Our statistics show that quite a substantial number of pedestrians are victims of jaywalking.

• Distracted walking, this relates walking while using a cell phone or listening to music on one’s headphones. It mostly applies to the youth. This results in the person not having a full appreciation of the happening around him or her. Thus rendering them vulnerable to a potential crash. The pedestrians are then educated and made aware of this danger.

b)  where have these campaigns taken place in each month in the past three financial years,

Year	2014	2015	2016
Month		Location		Province
	Hoffman Square, Bloemfontein	Tumahole, Parys		Free State
January	Vosloorus; Pretoria			Gauteng
Year	2014	2015	2016
Month	Location	Province
	Colesburg; Noupoort	Colesburg&Noupoort		Northern Cape
	Tlhabane			North West
February	Paledi Spar, Polokwane			Limpopo
		Klerksdorp		North West
		De Aar; Haartswater		Northern Cape
		Bree Street, Johannesburg		Gauteng
March		Paarl		Western Cape
		Parys; Kroonstad		Free State
		Midrand		Gauteng
		Pietermaritzburg		KwaZulu-Natal
	Cradock			Eastern Cape
		Bloemfontein; March		Free State
		Ratanda		Gauteng
			Galeshewe	Northern Cape
			Phagameng, Modimolle	Limpopo
		Rustenburg		North West
April	Athlone			Western Cape
			Pietrmaritzburg	KwaZulu-Natal
			Alzu	Mpumalanga
	Cradock			Eastern Cape
	Modimolle		Phalaborwa; Giyani	Limpopo
	Valhalla, Pretoria			Gauteng
	Ficksburg	Sasolburg		Free State
			Galeshewe	Northern Cape
May	Chatsworth; Edendale			KwaZulu-Natal
	Randfontein		Chiawelo, Soweto	Gauteng
	Du Noon			Western Cape
			Galeshewe	Northern Cape
Year	2014	2015	2016
Month	Location	Province
			Thohoyandou	Limpopo
June	Gugulethu		Khayelitsha; Goodwood	Western Cape
	Mthatha; Cofimvaba		East London	Eastern Cape
	Dobsonville, Soweto	Thokoza Park, Soweto	Hammanskraal; Dlamini and Chiawelo	Gauteng
			Mperebere; Mogwase	North West
			Modimolle	Limpopo
			Bloemfontein	Free State
			John Daka, Kimberley	Northern Cape
			Market Square, Pietermaritzburg	KwaZulu-Natal
			eMalahleni	Mpumalanga
July	Delft		Rondebosch	Western Cape
			Alice	Eastern Cape
	Montrose	Bloemfontein	Bloemfontein	Free State
			Belabela	Limpopo
			Caledon	Western Cape
		Middleburg	Alzu	Mpumalanga
	Kenilworth			KwaZulu-Natal
August	Middleburg		eMalahleni	Mpumalanga
		Klerksdorp; Rustenburg	Ikageng, Potchefstroom	North West
	Richardsbay		Portshepstone	KwaZulu-Natal
	Kranskop		Mashaba	Limpopo
	Midrand			Gauteng
		Kiwane		Eastern Cape
		Kimberley	De Aar	Northern Cape
September		University of Free State	Kroonstad	Free State
	Modimolle; Polokwane	Sibasa	Polokwane	Limpopo
	Volksrust		Nghodwana	Mpumalanga
		Gugulethu	Overberg	Western Cape
October	Benoni			Gauteng
	Sasolburg	Kroonstad		Free State
			Polokwane	Limpopo
Year	2014	2015	2016
Month	Location	Province
November		Hazyview; Bushbuckridge	Kuruman	Nortern Cape
			Caledon	Western Cape
			Lichtenburg; Potchefstroom	North West
	Hazyview; Bushbuckridge	Middleburg		Mpumalanga
	Heidelburg	Heidleburg		Gauteng
	Ethekwini	Ethekwini		KwaZulu-Natal
December			GraafReinet	Eastern Cape
			Alzu	Mpumalanga
		Modimolle	Belabela; Kranskop	Limpopo
			Equestria; Pretoria	Gauteng
			Portshepstone	KwaZulu-Natal
		Bloemfontein; Kroonstad

c)  The department through the RTMC monitors the implementation and evaluates the impact of the programmes. The findings are then used to enhance the implementation so as to ensure effective and efficient utilisation of resource. The RTMC also reports on the crash data and this also depicts the situation as it pertains to the performance of road safety programmes. Thus assessing the effectiveness of the campaigns.

d)  The spending on these campaigns in the past three financial years

2014: R9 million

2015: R5 million

2016: R21 million

(e)  The department, provinces, municipalities and the road entities in line with their legislative mandate. There are instances where the department and its entities have entered into partnerships with the private sector for this purpose. This is premised on the notion that road safety is everybody’s responsibility.

Reply:

SA-SAMS cannot print differentiated reports currently. It generates (a) progress reports and (b) promotion schedules for each grade and lists both Mainstream and Special need learners on the same schedule.

Provisions for differentiated reports are included in the request list to SITA.

Reply:

(a) (i) What are the details of the festive season road-safety campaign, including dates and activities

The focus was mainly on drivers, passengers and pedestrians, although cyclists contribute a minimal percentage to the road fatalities, they were also targeted.

Road User Group	Venue	Province
Drivers, Passengers, Pedestrians Drivers, Passengers Drivers, Passengers Drivers, Passengers Drivers, Passengers Drivers, Passengers Drivers, Passengers Drivers, Passengers Drivers, Passengers Drivers, Passengers Drivers, Passengers Stray animals Stray animals Stray animals Stray animals Stray animals Interfaith	Launch - Eldoradopark Alzu   Petroport NI Shell Ultra City Graaf Reinet Launch EC Festive Ngodwana, N4 Newcastle Taxi Rank N12 and Potchefstroom Taxi Rank Kuruman Taxi Rank Motswako Galeshewe Engen Kranskop and tollgate Bela Bela Taxi rank Engen Bloemfontein and Tollgate Kwaggafontein Complex Port Edward Margate Taxi Rank Ikageng Gate, Potchefstroom Potchefstroom Taxi Rank Lichtenburg Taxi Rank Nkomazi Elokwatini Seoding Village, Kuruman Nkangala Kagung, Kuruman Maruping Village, Mothibistad, Kuruman	Gauteng Mpumalanga    Gauteng Eastern Cape Mpumalanga KZN North West Northern Cape Limpopo Free State Mpumalanga KZN North West Mpumalanga Mpumalanga Northern Cape Mpumalanga Northern Cape Northern Cape

(ii) on what basis was the campaign designed

This is informed by our crash data that the majority of people who die on our roads are vulnerable road users. Thus the campaign sort to reach out passengers and pedestrians. It is common cause that during the festive season people travel long distances on the road, hence the campaign was also developed and targeted drivers as well.

(b) (i) how was the success of this campaign measured

This was through determining the number of people that were reached through our campaigns using various mediums. As well as through the feedback we received while engaging road users.

(ii) what factors emerged that showed statistics to be worse this festive season than the previous one

Factors that emerged to make this year’s statistics worse than the previous one include the rainy conditions that conditions that prevailed over this period. The festive season was also characterised by three successive long weekends. This encourage the consumption of alcohol and lond distance traveling.

(c) what plans are in place to rectify this?

Road Safety Education planned a more intense 365 Day Road Safety Plan. The Department, provinces and all the Roads Entities are gearing up to implementing the National Road Safety Strategy once approved by Cabinet. In the meantime efforts are being put in place to enhance the work that is being done through law enforcement, education and awareness campaigns as well as media campaigns. These programmes focus on the following:

• Driver programme which includes dangerous driving, impaired driving, distracted driving and roadworthiness of vehicles
• Passenger programme which includes seatbelt usage, child restraints, distracted behaviour
• Pedestrian programme which includes impaired walking, distracted walking, dangerous walking and visibility
• Cyclist programme which include impaired cycling, distracted cycling and dangerous cycling and visibility
• Youth driver programme which was directed specifically to the youth driver Youth at Institutions of Higher Learning which was directed to youth at Universities and colleges
• Stray animal programme which was directed to cattle owners and how to look after the cattle, visibility
• Interfaith programme which was directed to churches

Reply:

Umalusi Council is a statutory body that is formed in accordance with the National Qualifications Framework Act No 67 of 2008 and the General and Further Education and Training Quality Assurance Act No 58 of 2001 and has jurisdiction over external moderators, therefore the question has been referred to Umalusi and the response will be forwarded as soon as it is received.

Reply:

1. (a) The main objectives of the First National Traffic Indaba were to bring together traffic law enforcement officers from all entities in the country to discuss:

• Improved and integrated law enforcement
• Best practices in the law enforcement fraternity
• Economic impact of road carnages
• Norms and standards of law enforcement
• New technologies to improve efficiency in law enforcement
• Improved working conditions for traffic law enforcement officers
• Quality of licensed drivers

(b)  (i) All the objectives were met

(ii) The objectives were measured through the quality of papers presented, the quality of engagements in at the breakaway sessions and the commitment to declaration adopted at the end of the Indaba.

(c) R7,4 m

(d) (i) 1200 people were invited

(ii) 1300 attended

2.   (a) The difference between the indaba and road safety summit is that the indaba aimed at getting traffic law enforcers to discuss and share experiences among themselves on matters that impede them in the execution of their duties and how these can be improved.

On the other hand the Road Safety Summit brings together government agencies and civil society representatives to discuss on the cross-cutting issues of road safety and community-based initiatives that can be implemented to reduce road crashes.

(b) The two could not be combined because the indaba was focussed exclusively on professional issues facing traffic law enforcers in the country whereas the summit focusses on the issues confronted by the general public.

Reply:

Airports Company South Africa SOC Limited (ACSA)

The decision was made based on a Board Evaluation Report and Skills Matrix as commissioned by the Board with a view to identify skills gaps within the Board, and consequently to capacitate the Board to enable it to properly discharge its duties to the best interest of the organization. The said analysis wasmapped against the requirements of Board Composition from the Institute of Directors South Africa (IODSA) together with the requirements of the Company within its sphere of operation.

The retired directors either did not respond to the request to furnish their skills set or areas of development for the purposes of the skills analysis; or did not have the required skills and/or did not furnish all the requested information.

Reply:

Umalusi Council is a statutory body that is formed in accordance with the National Qualifications Framework Act No 67 of 2008 and the General and Further Education and Training Quality Assurance Act No 58 of 2001 and has jurisdiction over external moderators, therefore the question has been referred to Umalusi and the response will be forwarded as soon as it is received.

Reply:

Please see table below: which answers questions a,b,c,d (i) (ii) e (i)

(e) (ii) The future cost of running the specified stations have not been calculated as yet.

ANNEXURE A

1. Gauteng Metrorail

A total of eleven (11) stations / halts are closed. The following is the detailed information:

	(a)STATION	TYPE	(b)REASON	(c)ALTERNATIVE STATION	(d)(i)(ii)COST OF RUNNING	(e)(i)FUTURE PLAN
1	Union (1989)	Station	Never opened	-	R0	None
2	Avenue (1990)	Station	Very low revenue, isolated station, robberies, commuter safety	Dunswart (1 km) and Northmead (2km)	R0	None. Current alternative stations within acceptable radius.
3	Golf (2008)	Halt	Closed due to safety	Schutte (1 km) and Technikon (1 km)	R7 000 p.m	None. Current alternative stations within acceptable radius.
4	Fountain (2008)	Halt	Only two trains stopping for workers	Kloofsig (1 km)	R7 000 p.m	None. Current alternative stations within acceptable radius.
5	Newclaire (2014)	Station	Burned by residents due to community unrest	Bosmont (1km) and Westbury (1 km)	R 80 000 p.m	To be rebuilt in 2017/18 financial year
6	Village Main (2016)	Station	No revenue generated	Booysens (1km) and Farraday (1 km)	R 15 000 p.m	None. Current alternative stations within acceptable radius.
7	Grosvenor (2016)	Halt	Closed due to safety	Langlaagte (1 km) and Mayfair (1 km)	R 7000 p.m	None. Current alternative stations within acceptable radius.
8	Mears (2016)	Halt	Closed due to stray current project	Train re-routed via Capital Park	R 7 000 p.m	Station will be reopened after stray current project in June 2017
9	Devinish (2016)	Halt	Closed due to stray current project	Train re-routed via Capital Park	R 7 000 p.m	Station will be reopened after stray current project in June 2017
10	Walker (2016)	Halt	Closed due to stray current project	Train re-routed via Capital Park	R 7 000 p. m	Station will be reopened after stray current project in June 2017
11	Loftus (2016)	Station	Closed due to stray current project	Train re-routed via Capital Park	R70 000 p m	Station will be reopened after stray current project in June 2017

2.   Western Cape Metrorail

One (1) station in the Western Cape is closed.

	STATION	TYPE	REASON	ALTERNATIVE STATION	COST OF RUNNING	FUTURE PLAN
1	Gouda (2016) Transnet station	Station	Station closed as a result of the Prohibition Notice issued by the Railway Safety Regulator. The Prohibition Notice relates to the platform height, shelter, lighting and ablution facilities.	Wellington Station Gouda commuters transported by busses to Wellington Station.	R0 Cost of hiring busses R417 414.84 p.m	PRASA will upgrade the current infrastructure according to specific capital projects and implement corrective actions submitted to Railway Safety Regulator.

3.   Kwa-Zulu Natal Metrorail

All stations are operational.

4.    Eastern Cape Metrorail

All stations are operational.

Reply:

Umalusi Council is a statutory body that is formed in accordance with the National Qualifications Framework Act No 67 of 2008 and the General and Further Education and Training Quality Assurance Act No 58 of 2001 and has jurisdiction over external moderators reports, therefore the question has been referred to Umalusi and the response will be forwarded as soon as it is received.

Reply:

Umalusi Council is a statutory body that is formed in accordance with the National Qualifications Framework Act No 67 of 2008 and the General and Further Education and Training Quality Assurance Act No 58 of 2001 and has jurisdiction over external moderators, therefore the question has been referred to Umalusi and the response will be forwarded as soon as it is received.

Reply:

1.    The largest contributors to the reduction in the ACSA tariff in 2016/17 are the following:

(i)   Durban International Airport (DIA) proceeds; and

(ii)  The Claw back

This causes a temporary reduction in the tariff while the amounts are being returned to the users. Once these amounts have been returned to the users, there will be an increase in the tariff in 2020/21. The Regulating Committee has noted that this should be considered during the next Permission application.

2.     The Regulating Committee to ACSA and ATNS applies a regulatory approach for the determination of revenues for ACSA which results in airport charges. The regulatory approach allows for a return on capital invested. This can be effected by claw backs i.e. historical capital expenditure claw back.The Regulating Committee has concluded that only 50% of the proceeds relating to the DIA should be returned to the users. The tariff reduction was calculated using ACSA’s model, where ACSA had inserted a tariff reduction in 2015/16 and 2016/17 as a result of the capex under spend.

3.    It will result in a reduction in tariffs in years 2017/18 and a subsequent increase in the tariff in 2020/21 will in excess of CPI once the claw-back and DIA proceeds have been returned to the users. The reduction is a temporary measure over 2017/18, 2018/19 and 2019/20. Thereafter there will be an increase returning the tariffs more in line with ACSA’s long-term historical capital expenditure claw back.

4.     The reduction in charges is temporary in nature. ACSA’s model shows certain key financial ratios that were considered by the Regulating Committee to determine affordability. Furthermore, the Department of Transport has developed a roadmap for the review of the economic regulatory framework for ACSA and ATNS to address issues of predictability, transparency and long term sustainability of ACSA and the aviation industry at large. This involves amendments to the Airports Company Act and agreement amongst industry stakeholders of an appropriate funding model.

Reply:

1. (a) 14 343 Students were granted bursaries from the Funza Lushaka Bursary Scheme in the 2016 academic year;

(b) Placement of Funza Lushaka graduates is an ongoing process as it part of the processes of the filling of posts in schools. As at the middle of February 2017, the placement status in each province was as follows:

PED	Placed	Unplaced	Total Allocation
Eastern Cape	433	128	561
Free State	294	6	300
Gauteng	810	44	854
KwaZulu-Natal	996	45	1 041
Limpopo	377	10	387
Mpumalanga	375	5	380
North West	216	0	216
Northern Cape	137	6	143
Western Cape	430	219	649
Grand Total	4 068	463	4 531

 

(2) The determination of the educator post basket for each province is an annual process which is determined by balancing both the curriculum needs and the available budget or affordability. An affordable post basket is then allocated accordingly also taking into account factors such as prevailing allocation levels and targeted learners to educator ratios. All posts are distributed to schools using the post provisioning model and there is no specific allocation for new teachers. It is also important to note that the process of declaring posts is subject to consultation with the Teacher Unions and School Governing Bodies.

(3) The National Department does not routinely collect this operational data as it is not required to report on the indicators prioritised for monitoring at national level. The information will be requested from provinces and supplied accordingly once obtained.

(4) The standard practice for tax calculation is to calculate tax based on a monthly salary. This is to ensure income is placed in an appropriate tax bracket.

 

Reply:

1. (a) The Objectives of the 3rd Annual Road Safety Summit held in November 2016:

The overall objective is to follow-up on the implementation progress of the previous Summit Resolutions. The Road Safety Summit is an annual Summit which the Department uses as a monitoring tool to assess progress and what interventions are required in the implementation of the previous Resolutions.

The following are the objectives that speak to the different components of the Summit:

• Review results of the 365 day road safety programme detailing successes and failures including devising strategies how best these programmes can be achieved collectively
• Refocus on how best set targets in the road safety strategy can be met through a collaborative effort among all stakeholders
• Strengthening of law enforcement authorities among these being the increase of law enforcement officers
• Focus on the review of existing legislation particularly the National Road Traffic Act and AARTO Amendment Bill
• road structural challenges and educational campaigns aimed at raising awareness about road safety hazards among motorists, passengers and pedestrians
• AARTO national rollout and points demerit system
• Tackling corruption and bribery mainly in the licensing testing stations and driving schools
• Improve road user behavior and attitude by involving communities
• Improve driving skills and abilities of drivers
• map out and devise funding strategies for road safety programmes between government, business, Ngos and communities
• work out implementation mechanism of Summit resolutions at national, provincial, district, metro and municipal levels of government to ensure effective implementation of the National Road Safety Strategy 2014/19 to derive tangible and measurable results
• Improve coordination of road safety managment

(b) (i) which objectives were met

The following objectives were met while others remain work-in-progress

• Tackling corruption and bribery mainly in the licensing testing stations and driving schools
• Review results of the 365 day road safety programme detailing successes and failures including devising strategies how best these programmes can be achieved collectively
• Strengthening of law enforcement authorities among these being the increase of law enforcement officers
• Improve road user behavior and attitude by involving communities
• Improve driving skills and abilities of drivers
• Improve coordination of road safety management

(ii) The objectives are measured based on the following Key Performance Indicators:

• Development of national anti-fraud policy for implementation by all entities in all regions by 2018
• Number of anti-corruption training interventions rolled out to government officials and members of the public
• Number of officials trained on anti-corruption
• Number of members of the public trained on anti-corruption
• Number of incidents of fraud and corruption reported, charges investigated, prosecuted successfully

Number of new systems and processes introduced to address fraud and corruption.

• Number of educational/road safety awareness campaigns initiated
• Incorporation of specific road safety content in basic education curriculum by 2017

Improved road safety knowledge of South Africans year-on-year (measured through surveys)

• Number of traffic violations occurred
• Development of intelligence-led enforcement campaigns for national implementation
• Increased visibility of traffic police, 24/7 (measured by surveys)
• Successful implementation of AARTO - Implement systems to identify repeat offenders by 2018
• Number of Vulnerable Road User (VRU) crash statistics: cyclists; motor passengers, , pedestrians etc.
• Number of educational programmes, activities to promote community discussion and involvement in road safety at school and community levels
• Number of learners and community members engaged in road safety programmes
• Number of incentives developed for good driving/road user behaviour
• Development of bi-annual conference for youth on road safety

Number of youth role models included in Road Safety Ambassador programme

• Regulate driving schools by 2019
• Introduction of driver re-testing by 2022

Number of drivers re-tested periodically

• Establishment of inter-departmental National Roads Safety Council (NRSC) with fixed scheduled meetings by 2017
• Adherence to defined meeting schedule

(iii) what objectives have not yet been met from the previous summits

• AARTO national rollout and points demerit system
• map out and devise funding strategies for road safety programmes between government, business, Ngos and communities
• Refocus on how best set targets in the road safety strategy can be met through a collaborative effort among all stakeholders
• map out and devise funding strategies for road safety programmes between government, business, Ngos and communities
• work out implementation mechanism of Summit resolutions at national, provincial, district, metro and municipal levels of government to ensure effective implementation of the National Road Safety Strategy 2014/19 to derive tangible and measurable results

(iv) what is being done to meet each objective that has not been met

The respective Roads entities of the Department have incorporated the above in their annual performance plans to ensure that measures are in place to implement these objectives as well as concrete synchronisation of plans with Metro and Municipal to ensure effective implementation of the Road Safety strategy to derive tangible and measurable results.

A special Funding and Implementation committee has been established whose sole role is to establish a funding model strategy which will speak to the implementation of the overall National Road Safety Strategy.

(v) what was the total cost of the summit

R431 297.00

2.  (a) (i) Invitations were sent to more than 350 people and also used the Word of Mouth at the targeted audience

(ii) About 550 people attended the Summit

(b)(i) The Minister of Transport, senior officials from the Department of Transport, MEC of Transport in KZN province, MEC of Social Development in the KZN Province, CEOs of state owned entities of Transport, officials from the entities of state owned entities

(ii) The Provincial Governments of Transport, Basic Education, Social Development, Health and Community Safety, the National Government Department of Transport, private sector companies, NGO representatives, Youth sector representatives, Faith based representatives, Driving Schools representatives, Taxi and Bus industry representatives, Provincial Legislature members, South African Roads federation representatives, Zoleka Mandela Foundation, Global Road Safety Projects representative, Women in Transport representative, Community based organisations and Media houses

Reply:

Umalusi Council is a statutory body that is formed in accordance with the National Qualifications Framework Act No 67 of 2008 and the General and Further Education and Training Quality Assurance Act No 58 of 2001 and has jurisdiction over NSC external moderators, therefore the question has been referred to Umalusi and the response will be forwarded as soon as it is received.

Reply:

1.  (a) (b) (i) (ii) The Department made inquiries with the relevant province where the alleged incident took place. The provincial department advised that they had no knowledge of the incident.

2.  (a) (b) As a result of the above no investigation is taking place.

3.  In relation to other crimes, an investigation is conducted whilst the perpetrator is put ona precautionary suspension whilst the investigation is being conducted.

Additional information for the Minister

The Department made inquiries with the Limpopo Department of Roads and Transport. We were informed that the Limpopo Department had made inquiries with the provincial traffic station in the Matoks area and it was confirmed that no one had been shot. As a result of this they are not aware of any investigation that is taking place.

Reply:

Umalusi Council is a statutory body that is formed in accordance with the National Qualifications Framework Act No 67 of 2008 and the General and Further Education and Training Quality Assurance Act No 58 of 2001 and has jurisdiction over external moderators reports, therefore the question has been referred to Umalusi and the response will be forwarded as soon as it is received.

Reply:

(a) According to the third quarter of 2016/17 financial year statistical reports received from national and provincial departments the total number of court cases in:

(i) national departments is 53, where 8 cases have been finalised and 45 cases are still pending, and

(ii) in provinces is 125, where 6 cases are finalised and 119 cases still pending.

(b) The duration of the pending court cases is determined by the processes as each case unfolds in court. The longest pending case was lodged 4 years ago in February 2013 whilst the shortest pending case was lodged in December 2016.

REPLY ORIGINATOR

Name: Koos Shabangu

Designation: Deputy Director

Contacts: 012-336 1274

E-Mail: [email protected]

Recommended / Not recommended

__________________

Director General:

Date: _____________

Recommended / Not Recommended

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Ms Ayanda Dlodlo, MP

Deputy Minister for the Public Service and Administration

Date:______________

Approved/ Not approved

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Adv. Ngoako Ramatlhodi, MP

Minister for the Public Service and Administration

Date:________

Reply:

Umalusi Council is a statutory body that is formed in accordance with the National Qualifications Framework Act No 67 of 2008 and the General and Further Education and Training Quality Assurance Act No 58 of 2001 and has jurisdiction over NSC external moderators reports, therefore the question has been referred to Umalusi and the response will be forwarded as soon as it is received.

Reply:

 

Umalusi Council is a statutory body that is formed in accordance with the National Qualifications Framework Act No 67 of 2008 and the General and Further Education and Training Quality Assurance Act No 58 of 2001 and has jurisdiction over external moderators, therefore the question has been referred to Umalusi and the response will be forwarded as soon as it is received.

QUESTION NO NA 225 APPROVED/NOT APPROVED/AMENDED

COMPILER: MS P OGUBANJO

DIRECTOR: EXAMS

EXT: X 3909

MR SG PADAYACHEE

DEPUTY DIRECTOR-GENERAL: PLANNING, INFORMATION AND ASSESSMENT

DATE:

MR HM MWELI

DIRECTOR-GENERAL

DATE:

QUESTION NO NA 225 APPROVED/NOT APPROVED/AMENDED

MR ME SURTY, MP

DEPUTY MINISTER

DATE:

MRS AM MOTSHEKGA, MP

MINISTER

DATE:

Reply:

1.    (a) Security to the then Acting Chief Executive Officer was provided by a private company at a cost R158 118 per month

       (b) Security to the current CEO of the RTMC is provided by members of the National Traffic Police, who are already employees of the Corporation. The Corporation incurs only their salary and related costs.

 

2.     (a) The details of risk assessment are available and can be accessed from the relevant law enforcement agency that conducted the assessment.

        (b) The assessment was conducted by the South African Police Crime Intelligence.

Reply:

A.  (i)(ii) The current contract for e-toll operations is still valid. As a result, no renewal has taken place. The applicable time periods for the operational contract, as was awarded historically are as follow:

• ORT Operations : 96 Calendar Months
• TCH Operations : 60 Calendar Months
• VPC Operations : 60 Calendar Months

These time periods apply from 3 December 2013, when toll collection for the Gauteng freeways commenced.

B.  Not applicable

C.  Not applicable

D.  SANRAL uses the FIDIC Gold Contract as a basis for monitoring the performance of the contractor.

E.  Not Applicable

Reply:

Umalusi Council is a statutory body that is formed in accordance with the National Qualifications Framework Act No 67 of 2008 and the General and Further Education and Training Quality Assurance Act No 58 of 2001 and has jurisdiction over external moderators, therefore the question has been referred to Umalusi and the response will be forwarded as soon as it is received.

Reply:

Umalusi Council is a statutory body that is formed in accordance with the National Qualifications Framework Act No 67 of 2008 and the General and Further Education and Training Quality Assurance Act No 58 of 2001 and has jurisdiction over NSC external moderators reports, therefore the question has been referred to Umalusi and the response will be forwarded as soon as it is received.

Reply:

1.      Yes.

Non-payment of toll is a violation in terms of the SANRAL Act No 7 of 1998 and not in terms of the AARTO Act or NRTA. The actual unpaid toll amount is also recoverable in terms of the SANRAL Act.

Disobeying the regulatory toll sign is however an infringement in terms of the National Road Traffic Act, 1996 and prosecution will be in terms of the provisions of the NRTA.

There are two processes in place for the prosecution of traffic offences, the Criminal Procedure system in SA, excluding Tshwane and Johannesburg where the AARTO system is in place.

If a prosecution is instituted in terms of the SANRAL Act, the Criminal Procedure System will also be used as AARTO does not currently accommodate offences other than traffic related offences.

If the prosecution is instituted in terms of the offence of disobeying a toll sign, the AARTO system must be used, as it is the system regulating traffic offences in Johannesburg and Tshwane. Due to all toll payments being processed in the district of Tshwane, the AARTO system will apply.

2.     Please provide more details about the “specified plans”. I am not aware of any specification. A legal opinion is not required as the provisions of the AARTO Act are clear. If a person fails to comply with the infringement notice and courtesy letters issued to him or her and an enforcement order is issued for the infringement, the NaTIS system will block the issuing of NaTIS documents until such enforcement order is paid or otherwise resolved.

3.     See (2) above.

Reply:

Umalusi Council is a statutory body that is formed in accordance with the National Qualifications Framework Act No 67 of 2008 and the General and Further Education and Training Quality Assurance Act No 58 of 2001 and has jurisdiction over external moderators, therefore the question has been referred to Umalusi and the response will be forwarded as soon as it is received.

Reply:

Umalusi Council is a statutory body that is formed in accordance with the National Qualifications Framework Act No 67 of 2008 and the General and Further Education and Training Quality Assurance Act No 58 of 2001 and has jurisdiction over external moderators, therefore the question has been referred to Umalusi and the response will be forwarded as soon as it is received.

Reply:

The department has a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Department of Environmental Affairs to co-operate in different areas that support the development and growth of tourism.

The department has been engaging with SANParks regarding discounted rates for specific groups and these have been included in the social tourism directory, which is distributed to NGOs, schools and Stockvels.

In addition, annually the parks continue to host open parks week during tourism month as part of promoting inclusive participation, targeting surrounding communities and South Africans broadly.

Provincial parks are under the control of their respective provincial authorities.

Reply:

a) Yes. The ‘tourist information capacity building’ was rolled out as planned in collaboration with the University of Pretoria.

b) The capacity-building programme was conducted as follows:

Groups	Dates	World Heritage Sites	Number of beneficiaries	Where
1	31 August – 04 September 2015	Cradle of Humankind, Mapungubwe, iSimangaliso Vredefort Dome.	21 officials.	Pretoria, Gauteng
2	07–11 September 2015	Cape Floral Kingdom.	22 officials.	Robertson, Western Cape
3	30 November – 02 December 2015	Richtersveld, iSimangaliso Robben Island.	10 officials	Cape Town, Western Cape.

The department has completed the information capacity building in all the eight World Heritage Sites in the 2015/16 financial year.

The course content covered the following key aspects: Service Excellence, the tourism landscape in South Africa, communication and presentation skills, standard operating procedures, business ethics, officer-client relationship, visitor services management, tourism products knowledge, profiling of all eight World Heritage Sites, time management, development and management of tourism products databases, tourism stakeholder roles and tourism stakeholder management. The assessments were in the form of a portfolio of evidence, group assignments and group presentations.

Reply:

a) The Minister has had engagements with the Airlines Association of Southern Africa (AASA), and the Board of Airlines Representatives of South Africa (BARSA) in 2015 and 2016 to discuss common issues affecting tourism and airlift. These engagements emphasised the need for accessible air transportation and ensuring air connectivity to tourism products throughout the country. Although airfares are determined by market forces (including oil prices), the department has consistently engaged civil aviation stakeholders to ensure transparency in the determination of the cost of airport user charges, air navigation and surveillance cost which contributes to the setting of airfares.

b) The Department of Tourism continuously engages on matters of air transport strategy with the Department of Transport, who is responsible for the Aviation mandate, and participates in forums led by the Department of Transport to advance the tourism agenda. These include the Strategy Planning Committee and the National Facilitation Committee meetings which are responsible for implementation of civil aviation strategy and planning for intermodal transportation systems respectively. The Department also plays a supportive role to the Department of Transport with regards to their participation, on behalf of South Africa as a member state, in the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO).

c) As both airfares and airlift are not the direct mandate of the Department of Tourism there are no specific projects and therefore no project timelines. The Department of Tourism in collaboration with SA Tourism remains committed to working with all stakeholders involved with the air transport strategy and engages with them timeously if new matters arise that might have an impact on tourism.

Reply:

a) Not applicable as progress has been made with regards to the review of the National Tourism Sector Strategy (NTSS).

b) The strategy will be presented to the Portfolio Committee once it has been considered by Cabinet and gazetted for public comment. As part of the Cabinet process, Clusters and their constituent sub-committees were consulted and gave inputs during the period November 2016 to February 2017. The final draft is due to proceed to Cabinet shortly. The review process was led by a panel of experts and commenced with an environmental scan which included an assessment of implementation progress. The issues from the environmental scan informed the development of a draft strategy which was extensively consulted on with both the public and private sectors.

Reply:

a) Total number of tourist who visited South Africa.

2013*	2014*	2015*	2016*
8,961,565	9,549,236	8,903,773	10, 044, 163

b) Total number of passengers that undertook domestic trips

2013	(ii)2014	2015
12,015,147	12,009,209	12,431,911

*Tourism statistics for tourist arrivals and tourism revenue are reported on by calendar year in line with global reporting standards. The domestic tourism statistics are also reported on by calendar year.

** Revenue for 2016 still to be determined.

Reply:

a) Staffing structures in the department.

	(aa) in senior management positions; and	(bb) as regular staff members
(i) How many persons are employed	65	432
(ii) How many vacancies are there	3	35

	2013/14	2014/15	2015/16
(iii) What is the total annual spend on salaries for the past three financial years	R202,371 million	R231,504 million	R252,906 million

b) Staffing structures in SA Tourism

	(aa) in senior management positions; and	(bb) as regular staff members
(i) How many persons are employed	6 in top management	170 151 regular permanent staff members 19 contract employees 5 interns
(ii) How many vacancies are there	0 in top management	45, of which 19 are filled with contract employees *** see note

	2013/14	2014/15	2015/16
(iii) What is the total annual spend on salaries for the past three financial years	R 169 476 million (including Home Office and Country Offices)	R 179 557 million (including Home Office and In-Country Offices)	R 170 297 million (including Home Office and In-Country Offices)

***Note:

The 19 contract employees are due to the current organisational review process. SA Tourism cannot appoint people permanently while redesigning the entire organisation to be fit for purpose.

The contract employees and interns fulfil the necessary roles for the mandate and the strategy of SA Tourism. The organisational design process will be completed by the end of Quarter 1 2017/2018.

Reply:

The amount of R32 billion announced by the President, which was reprioritised within the Government baselines to support higher education, has been allocated as follows:

• The provision of the zero percent student fee increase for the 2016 academic year and the carry-through cost thereof (R8.013 billion);
• The allocation for the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) for outstanding student debt (R8.256 billion);
• NSFAS unfunded students from the 2016 academic year (R5.324 billion); and
• The provision of the zero percent student fee increase for the 2017 academic year and the carry-through cost thereof (R10.381 billion).

COMPILER/CONTACT PERSONS:

EXT:

DIRECTOR – GENERAL

STATUS:

DATE:

QUESTION 255 APPROVED/NOT APPROVED/AMENDED

Dr BE NZIMANDE, MP

MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING

STATUS:

DATE:

Reply:

1. (i) The budget referred to in the response to parliamentary question 1983 on 11 October 2016 was the budget, which the College provided through their reserves. The College is responsible for its financial planning through the College Council. They are also responsible for setting up operational budgets and managing these to best fit their operational needs. The figures provided in the response to question 1983 were the indicative budgets planned for the period 2013 to 2017. In each year, the actual allocation would be made on the basis of the operational pressures and funding available at that time. This could be subject to change during the course of the year. In this case, the indicative 2013 - 2017 budget of R22.5 million was reduced to R9.745 million. Of this, the actual spend was R1.649 million as summarised in the Table below.

Allocation	2013/14	2014/15	2015/16	2016/17
	Budget R’000	Spend R’000	Budget R’000	Spend R’000	Budget R’000	Spend R’000	Budget R’000	Spend R’000
Renovations	3 000	917	3 315	0	0	0	0	0
Maintenance	215	185.5	915	219.3	1 500	181.3	800	145.9
Total	3 215	1 102	4 230	219.3	1 500	181.3	800	145.9

The expenditure at Mapulaneng Campus, as reflected in the above Table is detailed as follows:

2013: Renovations to main hall, kitchen, two residences and administration building

2014: Maintenance to classroom blocks

2015: Replacement of main reception glass doors, tools for students on site practical training (as part of refurbishment) and repairs to paving at main entrance

2016: Electrical and general maintenance

(ii) As these were not voted government funds but College Reserves, no funds were transferred to National Treasury as they were retained in the College. The College Council has the responsibility of deploying their funds to best fit their operational needs and consequently, the College is not required to return any of their unused funds for a given year to National Treasury. The said funding is accounted for and carried forward into the new financial year and budget-planning framework of the College.

(2) (a) No.

(b) No.

COMPILER/CONTACT PERSONS:

EXT:

DIRECTOR – GENERAL

STATUS:

DATE:

QUESTION 278 APPROVED/NOT APPROVED/AMENDED

Dr BE NZIMANDE, MP

MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING

STATUS:

DATE:

Reply:

(1) The allegations as purported by the Hon. Member as claimed to have been reported in the media constitute spurious allegations and the Minister would not want to entertain such.

(2) If the Hon. Member has evidence of any wrongdoing on the part of the Minister or the Department, he is encouraged to approach the relevant authorities to report same.

Reply:

1. Whether his department received any request to farm with donkeys on a commercial basis; if so, what are the names of the entities that submitted such requests;

2.Whether the request has been granted in each case; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details of each permit? NW189E

1. No. The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries did not receive any request to farm with donkeys commercially.
2. No. The department has not granted request to farm with donkeys on a commercial basis.

Reply:

The name of the company is DNA Economics. It was appointed in November 2016. The budget allocation is R2 298 240, and the report is expected in November 2017. Once the report is approved by cabinet it becomes a public document that is published on the DPME website.

Reply:

(a) Reasons for delay in adjudication

In the 2015 Call for Applications, the NLC received approximately 22 000 requests for funding. The NLC is responsible for providing administrative support to the respective Distributing Agencies (DAs) who are entrusted with adjudicating these applications. The administrative leg for this application has been completed and it is still awaiting adjudication by the Charities Distributing Agency (CDA). The current CDA members are part time, and only adjudicate when they are able to sit, which depends on availability of the members.

(b) The application was received on 12 November 2015.

(c) Of the 22000 applications received, Edenvale Child Welfare is the 16931 application in the queue.

Reply:

a) No, South Africa is currently not exporting donkey hides. South Africa does not have any agreement on Health Certificate for exports of donkey skins with any trade partners.

Health requirements are negotiated with trade partners and health certificates (or Protocols) are then agreed to by the two countries’ veterinary services. To date, the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has not engaged with any trade partner in the negotiation of import requirements for donkey skins.

b) No skin hides have been officially exported to any trade partners.

Reply:

The name of the company is DNA Economics. It was appointed in December 2016. The budget allocation is R4 393 788, and the report is expected in February 2018. Once the report is approved by cabinet it becomes a public document that is published on the DPME website.

 

 

Reply:

How many farmers received assistance from the Government’s drought relief funding programmes in:

(aa) 2014-15

There was no drought allocation during the stipulated financial year.

(bb) 2015-16 financial year

In response to the drought calamity, the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) reprioritized 20% of CASP/ILIMA programme for all the provinces while the Provincial Departments allocated funding from their Equitable Share. These allocations were expended on small scale farmers with interventions in the following short and long term strategic focus areas, viz, animal feed, animal medications, stock water infrastructure and agricultural inputs. A total of 78 863 farmers benefitted from the allocation nation-wide.

Provincial Summary

PROVINCE	FARMERS ASSISTED
Free Sate	3418
KwaZulu- Natal	8300
Limpopo	22 524
Mpumalanga	10 670
North West	21 383
Northern Cape	2108
Gauteng	1550
Eastern Cape	8025
Western Cape	885
TOTAL	78 863

(ii) Since 1 April 2016

In the financial year 2016/17, starting from the 1st April 2016, four (4) provinces being Kwazulu-Natal, Eastern Cape, Western Cape and Limpopo made available funding from their Equitable Share. These allocations were spent on animal feed and livestock water projects.

An indirect grant of R212 million is currently being implemented as approved by National Treasury for procurement of animal feed. Delivery and collection by farmers is continuing across provinces. The DAFF team is currently on ground providing support and guidance to the provinces.

The below table depicts number of farmers assisted to date under 2016/17 Drought Relief Scheme. Distributions are still continuing in all affected provinces except Northern Cape as shown on the table to cover all registered farmers:

PROVINCE	FARMERS ASSISTED
Free State	1691
Western Cape	940
KwaZulu-Natal	32354
Limpopo	3 976
North West	16 526
Eastern Cape	2122
Mpumalanga	8097

(b) What are the names of each of the farms that received assistance?

Intensive assessments and various reports provided by the provinces indicate that the impact was mostly felt in communal lands, to be specific in communal rural grazing affecting largely smallholder livestock farmers. In this kind of set-ups, farmers commonly use and equally share communal lands for livestock grazing. Commercial farming areas were also affected and are also part of the beneficiaries assisted and getting assistance with the current allocation the DAFF is rolling out. The following areas are some of the villages and commercial farms per province that are currently being serviced:

PROVINCE	Village
Free State	Petrusburg, Koffiefotein, Smithfield, Trompsburg, Sprinfontein, Bethulie, Jacobsdal, Zastron, Rouxville, Edenburg, Jaggersfontein, Reddersburg, Oppermansgronde, Luckhoff, Fauresmith, Phillipolis, Senekal, Frankfort, Kestell, Tweeling, Ficksburg, Fezile Dabi, Koppies, Lejwe Leputswa, Theunissen, Boshof, Virginia,Wesselsbron Bothaville, Verkeerdevlei, Ventersburg, Hennenman, Hoopstad, Bultfontein, Allanridge, Allanridge, Odendaalsrus
Western Cape	Soutkloof, Graatflei, Elandskloof, Vanhynsdorp, Clanwilliams, Graafwater Luitzville, Piketberg, Vredendal, klawer, Malmesbury, Morresburg, Vredenburg, Porterville
KwaZulu-Natal	Amatigulu, Mbongolwane, Nkandla etc
Limpopo	Shongoane, Moletjie, Ga-kibi, sekororo, Abbortspoort, Witpoort, Olifantspoort
North West	Robega, Madikwe, Mogwase, Brits, Mothutlung, Maubane, Ngobi. Moretele, Mahikeng Ldc, Mooifontein, Gamotlatla, Gamaloka, Putfontein, Meetmekar Verdwaal, Sspringbokpan, Bodibe, Sheila, Matile, Grassfontein, Bakerville, Lichtenburg, Moshana, Masibudule, Serake, Gopane, Borakalalo, Lobatla, Ntswelotsoku, Nyetse, Dinokana, Khunotswana, Supingstad, Lekubu, Pachsdraai Welbedacht, Mareetsane, Kraaipan, Setlagole, Madibogo, Disaneng, Makgobistad Tshidilamolomo, Moshawane, Middleton, Khunwana, Delareyville, Taung Depot Shaleng, Manthe, Tlapeng, Kokomeng, Bonabona, Tseoge, Tosca, Molelema Morokweng, Ganyesa, Christiana, Ipelegeng
Eastern Cape	Mbashe, Dutjwa, Mount Aylif, Mthata, Mount Vrere, Ngquza, Ntabankulu, Butterworth, Stutterheim,
Mpumalanga	Mkhuhlu, Coromandel Farm, Malekutu, Mzinti and Kamasimini Schoemansdal Barberton , Waaikraal 556 JR Portion 6 & 13, Matshiding - Vaalbank - Siyabushwa Marble Hall, 125 Schepeers Str, Balmoral Farm, Middelburg - Bankplaas – Loskopdampad, Mooiplaas Shed, Amsterdam Environmental Centre, Leeukop Agric Farm – Kwamhlanga, Mooiplaas Shed, Seleka Farm, Bethal Leandra Watervaalshoek Farm, Standerton , Amsterdam Environmental Centre, Nooitgedatch, Paardekraal/ Daggakraal, Thulamahashe, Coromandel Farm

(c) What amount did each farmer receive?

DAFF developed a drought framework with supporting guidelines to assist in the distribution of assistance to qualifying farmers. The framework and the response plan were presented to all stakeholders where inputs were also elicited and consensus reached from the provinces. Assistance in the form of bags of feeds is allocated based on the number of Large Stock Units (LSU) and Small Stock Units (SSM) owned by farmers. However, in some provinces this method was not practical due to the magnitude of farmers versus the funding allocated to a specific province. Provinces then used their own discretion to determine the number of bags to be given to farmers based on the degree to which a specific area/village was affected by drought. For this reason, the numbers of bags allocated to farmers differ from province to province. To date, a total of 104 086 bags of animal feed were distributed to all category of farmers. Distribution is still continuing.

Reply:

SAX’s Reply:

SA Express is still in the process of finalizing the audit of the financial results for the year end 31 March 2016, and the performance information will be provided once the audit is concluded.

 

Mogokare Richard Seleke Lynne Brown, MP

Director-General Minister of Public Enterprises

Date: Date:

Reply:

SAX’s Reply:

(a) The number of scheduled domestic flights for SA Express for the year to date was 32 976.

(b) The number of delayed flights, year to date, are 4 766 and this represents a total of 12.7% of total flights.

(c) 8.4% (3161) of the flight delays were as a result of technical difficulties, 1.7% (635) were due to service provider errors and 0.93% (349) was due to flight operations delays and a further 0.8% (309 flights) was due to airport operation delays. 312 of these are due to other minor causes like commercial delays, IT issues, industrial action delays, damages to equipment, cargo delays and other.

Mogokare Richard Seleke Lynne Brown, MP

Director-General Minister of Public Enterprises

Date: Date:

Reply:

Transnet’s Reply:

(a)(i) 1000 forged steel wheels have been purchased since 1 January 2015 until 6 February 2017 from Naledi Inhlanganiso (Pty) Ltd.

(a)(ii) The wheels were manufactured in France (Vauldunes Plant).

 

Mogokare Richard Seleke Lynne Brown, MP

Director-General Minister of Public Enterprises

Date: Date: