Questions and Replies

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:

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:

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, 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)

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:

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:

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 external moderators reports, therefore the question has been referred to Umalusi and the response will be forwarded as soon as it is received.

Reply:

South African Airways has provided the following response;

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

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. (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:

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:

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:

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:

(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:

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:

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) 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) 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 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:

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:

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 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:

SOUTH AFRICAN EXPRESS AIRWAYS SOC LTD

(a) No

(b) (i) No, South African Express Services SOC Ltd has never engaged with Mr. Manyi.

(ii) South African Express Services SOC Ltd has never engaged with the Progressive Professionals Forum.

(aa) Not Applicable

(bb) Not Applicable

(cc) Not Applicable

(dd) Not Applicable

(ee) Not Applicable

ALEXKOR SOC LTD

1. No
2. (i) No

(ii) No. Alexkor is currently in a cost-saving drive and cannot commit to foreseeable, new services for the company. No services have been procured by Alexkor.

(aa) No services have been procured by Alexkor.

(bb) Not Applicable

(cc) Not Applicable

(dd) Not Applicable

(ee) Not Applicable

DENEL SOC LTD

1. No
2. (i) No
3. No

(aa) No services have been procured by Denel.

(bb) Not Applicable

(cc) Not Applicable

(dd) Not Applicable

(ee) Not Applicable

SAFCOL SOC LTD

1. No
2. (i) No
3. No

(aa) No services have been procured by SAFCOL.

(bb) Not Applicable

(cc) Not Applicable

(dd) Not Applicable

(ee) Not Applicable

ESKOM SOC LTD

Background

Eskom has not procured any services from Mr Mzwanele Manyi or the Progressive Professionals Forum. Eskom has paid R440 000 to the Progressive Professionals Forum consequent to a sponsorship decision, strictly considered against our sponsorship policy to ensure alignment with the objectives of the business.

a) (i) No, Eskom has not procured any services from Mr Mzwanele Manyi.

(ii) Eskom has not procured any services from the Progressive Professionals Forum.

The business has not raised a need that would require Commercial to procure services from this supplier. However, had there been a business requirement for services offered by this supplier; an open tender process would have been followed to satisfy such a need.

b) (i) No, Eskom has not made any payments to Mr Mzwanele Manyi.

   (ii) Yes, Eskom has paid R440 000 to the Progressive Professionals Forum consequent to a sponsorship decision, strictly considered against our sponsorship policy to ensure alignment with the objectives of the business.

(aa) Not applicable

(bb) Not applicable

(cc) Not applicable

(dd) Total payment is R440 000.

(ee)

Description	Amount
Two corporate tables at PPF Summit and Gala Dinner, Nov 2015	R40 000
Platinum sponsorship for PPF Summit and Gala Dinner, Nov 2016	R400 000

TRANSNET SOC LTD

a) No, Transnet has not procured any services.

(b) (i) Transnet has not made any payments to Mr Mzwandile Manyi.

(ii) Transnet has sponsored the Progressive Professional Forum.

(aa) Sponsored the Progressive Professional Forum conference entitled “Does Corruption undermine services delivery” as a platinum sponsor.

(bb) Total cost is R400 000.

(cc) Breakdown sponsorship:

• • • • Branding at the Summit and Gala
      • 2 seats at the main table with the keynote speaker
      • Opprtunity for a Senior Transnet Executive to deliver and address at the Gala dinner
      • 4 tables at the Gala dinner
      • 6m x 6m exhibition stand
      • Ticktes for 8 delegates to attend the Summit
      • Logo inclusion on all event collateral
      • Logo placement on the PPF website for the event

(dd) A single payment was made to the Progressive Professional Forum for the event.

(ee) R400 000. And no further payment has been made.

REMARKS REPPLY: APPROVE / NOT APPROVED

Mogokare Richard Seleke Lynne Brown, MP

Director-General Minister of Public Enterprises

Date: Date:

Reply:

1. (a- b – ii)

The Intensive Protection Zone (IPZ) has been implemented by the end of 2016. As it is a partial solution due the cost of the equipment and technologies involved, outstanding priorities were determined carefully to serve as inputs into next phases of the project as and when donor money becomes available. The project contributed significantly to the Kruger National Park’s (KNP) reduction in Rhino poaching, about twenty percent reduction in rhino’s poached last year. In the Operational Control Cell, all high value assets are measured for performance to ensure the continuous improvement. This is applicable to the perimeter detection systems, stand-alone sensor arrays, area surveillance systems, canine deployment, reaction force interventions and air wing operations.

2. (a – b)

The IPZ project to address the abovementioned costs about one hundred and sixty million rand (R160 million) and will require about ten million rand per year to maintain.

(c) There are management and monitoring systems in place to ensure continuous evaluation of effectiveness of interventions in the IPZ. In addition, there are forensic facilities and laboratories that provides scientific based support for investigations.

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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:

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:

1. Transnet did not withdraw from negotiations with Neotel.

2. Transnet has concluded two contract with Neotel (Pty) Ltd, one for network services and the other for the closed circuit television vision (CCTV).

Network Services contract

In December 2014, Transnet awarded a five-year contract to Neotel to provide network related services, following an open and competitive procurement process. The award met all our stringent governance requirements and was reviewed by a firm of independent internal auditors. The contract was awarded in line with the Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act (PPPFA) principle of 90/10 as they were the highest scoring bidder (first ranked bidder) in terms of Price and Preference (B-BBEE).

The following bidders responded to the Network Services Request for Proposal (RFP) that was issued by Transnet Group in 2013:

• Neotel (Pty) Ltd;
• Telkom SA SOC (Pty) Ltd;
• Dimension Data;
• Vodacom (Pty) Ltd;
• T-Systems South Africa (Pty) Ltd in partnership with Broadband Infraco SOC Ltd.

CCTV contract

The CCTV contract was awarded to Neotel (Pty) Ltd through a confinement procurement process which was approved by the appropriate delegated authority/committee. A confinement is a recognised procurement mechanism provided for in the Transnet Procurement Procedures Manual (PPM).

An analysis of our business requirements revealed that the existing CCTV equipment had reached the end of its useful life and needed to be replaced. It was crucial for Transnet to urgently rectify the situation for the following reasons:

• The need for Transnet to comply with the requirements of the International Ship and Port Facility Security Codes (ISPS) and for Transnet to maintain its status as a ports authority. Failure to comply would have resulted in Transnet being blacklisted by the US administration and thus causing a material loss of revenue and the reduction of the country’s ability to export and import goods.
• In addition Transnet had to meet its obligations as a signatory to the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) legislation. In terms of the IMO, a ports authority is required to have a capability to monitor the port facility and its nearby approaches on land and water at all times.
• The need to integrate new and existing equipment and systems was crucial in ensuring that the entire surveillance infrastructure and software was fully operational.
• The existing infrastructure belonged to Neotel, making it critical for the entire surveillance solution to be integrated to a single service provider that would take sole accountability of the entire solution to Transnet.

3. Transnet is not at liberty to provide details of commercial terms with individual suppliers in line with confidential contractual arrangements and protecting the company’s pricing strategies. NW126E

Mogokare Richard Seleke Lynne Brown, MP

Director-General Minister of Public Enterprises

Date: 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:

No, the National Communication Radio Forum research study on sustainability of community broadcast, which was commissioned in 2015/2016, is not yet publicly available as it has not yet been completed.

(a) It will be made available in 2018.

(b) The report will be made available on the MDDA website.

(a) Not Applicable

(b) Not Applicable

(c) Not Applicable

MR NN MUNZHELELE

DIRECTOR GENERAL [ACTING]

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE:

MS AF MUTHAMBI (MP)

MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE

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:

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:

1. The migration from a manual based system to the state of the art interoperable electronic payment system has been in the making for the past 15 years. The objectives for this system includes benefits such as reduced instances of fraud/misuse of card based concessions, ease of use (top ups) and registration, efficient monitoring of transactions with the objective to increase levels of service and in terms of throughput the system enables the processing of three times the current traffic volumes at plazas. Due to the interoperability achieved in South Africa, a user only needs to register an account once, fit a single electronic tag in a vehicle, and maintain this single account. This will allow the user usage at all plazas in South Africa except the Chapmans Peak toll road. Making payment electronically is in accordance with best international practices, and significantly reduced delays to road users at toll plazas. It also reduces the need for expansions of existing toll plazas, due to increased efficiency and throughput of an electronic toll collection lane, vs a manual toll collection lane. The electronic payment system will ensure existing concession holders not only continue to enjoy the discounts but their transaction will be more efficient and secure.

(i) The SANRAL Act allows for electronic toll collection/payment.

(ii)  The operational decision to implement electronic (Tag) payment was taken by N3 Toll Concession (N3TC) to improve the throughput of traffic at its toll plazas, alleviate congestion and improve transaction security. The ultimate purpose of the measure is to promote increased mobility and convenience, as well as enhance the travel experience of all road users, including Concession holders.

Introducing the choice of migrating a concession account to the Tag payment method is one of the ways in which N3TC is introducing additional security to the transaction environment. Possible card usage fraud, including theft and cloning, are amongst the issues this solution is intended to address.

As a result of stakeholder engagement, the decision was taken to retain existing payment methods and introduce the Tag as just another payment method.

In accordance with the terms and conditions, information, including Frequently Asked Questions, has been circulated to affected parties informing them of the pending changes. Social media, direct emailers, SMSs and posters have been used for the dissemination of information during the course of the past 12 months.

iii) All administration to implement the change is facilitated by N3 Toll Concession at no additional cost to the customer. This automated payment system is linked nationwide to SANRAL’s Transaction Clearing House (TCH) which manages all Tag transactions on South Africa’s national toll routes, including the N3 Route.

(2) Should a concession account holder choose to migrate their account to the Tag payment method, all administration required to implement the change to a Tag payment method is facilitated by N3 Toll Concession at no additional cost to the customer.

N3TC will continue to administer concessions on the N3 Toll Route.

Yes, all administration to implement the change is facilitated by N3 Toll Concession at no additional cost to the customer.

This automated payment system is linked nationwide to SANRAL’s Transaction Clearing House (TCH) which manages all Tag transactions on South Africa’s national toll routes, including the N3 Route.

(3) Toll fees are payable in terms of the applicable tariff charged (including all discounts) at a specific toll plaza and cannot expunge another toll at a different toll plaza. In terms of the TCH, which is a central transaction clearing house, users have an account which they top-up via various channels. The monies in that account is used for payment of specific electronic toll transactions.

Concession holders’ toll fees collected via the Tag payment method are also automatically deducted from the vehicle owner’s registered TCH Account. The user has the benefit that the tag will work at all toll plazas in South Africa which accept the Tag payment method, provided the Tags are active, is in the vehicle and that the registered TCH Account shows a positive balance.

It is important to note that historic balances relating to transactions incurred on the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (“GFIP”), which have been transferred to the Violations Processing Centre (“VPC”), are handled independently of this registered TCH Account. Thus, none of the funds deposited into the registered TCH Account are used to clear any outstanding VPC debt. However, road users remain liable for transactions incurred on GFIP during the Grace Period (currently 30 days per the Government Gazette), and these will be deducted from the TCH Account.

The manner in which toll fees are collected via the existing traditional payment methods, remains unchanged. None of these toll fees are allocated to a Concession customer’s TCH Account unless the migration to a Tag payment option has been chosen.

(4) Traditional payment methods shall remain unchanged and concession holders will have the option to migrate to the new system.

It must be noted that the process to implement the electronic payment system commenced 18 months ago, for the past 12 months there has been ongoing engagement with concession holders and this has resulted in a substantial transition period.

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 following response is based on the information received from MEC for Local Government in the Northern Cape Provincial Government:

Local Municipality	Position	Academic qualification
(a) Nama Khoi	Acting Municipal Manager	Masters in Governance and Political Transformation
	Chief Financial Officer	National Diploma: Internal Audit
	H.O.D: Technical Services	N3 Technical Certificate
(b) Richtersveld	Municipal Manager	B.Tech: Human Resources management
	Chief Financial Officer	B. Com
	Director: Corporate Services	Matric Certificate
	Manager: Technical Services	National Diploma: Civil Engineering
	Manager: Strategic and Planning	Matric Certificate
(c) Kamiesberg	Municipal Manager	N6, Certificate: Public Management
	Chief Financial Officer	B. Tech: Internal Audit
	Manager: Technical Services	Matric Certificate
	Manager: Corporate Services	Matric Certificate
(d) Khai-Ma	Municipal Manager	Post Graduate Diploma: Advanced Labour Law
	Chief Financial Officer	Matric Certificate

Reply:

Reply to parliamentary question 143

TRAINING CONDUCTED	(A)(i). Training provider	(A)(ii). Accreditation status	(B) Total number of training sessions	(C) Training topic	(D) Training venue	(E) Total number of beneficiaries	(F) Total expenditure
							(F)(i) Transport	(F)(ii) Accommodation (F)(ii) Ammodation (F)(ii) Accommodation A	(F)(iii) Meals
Content Development	SASJA/SAASTA	Professional association	1	Science Reporting	SAASTA hall, Pretoria	34	R75,000.00	R79,000.00R79 000 R79,000.00	R30,000.00 R30,000.00
Governance	WITS University	Institution of higher learning	3	Mentorship in governance	1. Maruleng FM, Limpopo 2. Mogale FM, Gauteng 3. Ratlou FM, North West	3 stations 1. Maruleng FM 2. Mogale FM 3. Ratlou FM	R100,000.00	R100,000.00 R100,000.00	R100,000.00 R100,000.00
Grantee Orientation	MDDA	Funding agency	1	Compliance & Reporting	Birchwood, Boksburg	132	R259,000.00	R129,000.00 R129,000.00	R324,000.00 R324,000.00

MR NN MUNZHELELE

DIRECTOR GENERAL [ACTING]

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE:

MS AF MUTHAMBI (MP)

MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE

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.