Questions and Replies

Reply:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Reply:

EASTERN CAPE LIBRARIES THAT ARE NOT OPERATIONAL AND REMEDIAL STEPS

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

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

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

Reply:

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

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

Reply:

The Minister of Public Works

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

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

Reply:

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

(a) The project commenced in June 2008.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Reply:

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

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

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Reply:

The Minister of Public Works

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

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

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

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

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

2. Yes.

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

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

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

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

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

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Reply:

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

(b) & (c)

(i) CAPE TOWN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT:

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

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

• Planned Construction start
  • July 2019

• Planned completion date
  • December 2021

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

2. Aircraft Parking Stands (R303 Million)

• Planned project commencement
  • February 2017

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

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

• Current status
  • Process to procure consultants in progress.

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

• Planned project commencement
  • February 2017

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

• Planned completion date
  • June 2019

• Current status
  • Process to procure consultants in progress.

4. New Domestic Arrivals Terminal (R331 Million)

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

• Planned Construction start
  • March 2018

• Planned completion date
  • April 2020

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

5. Terminal 2 Redevelopment (R996 Million)

• Planned project commencement
  • February 2017

• Planned Construction start
  • March 2019

• Planned completion date
  • September 2022

• Current status
  • Consultant tender to be awarded.

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

• Planned project commencement
  • February 2017

• Planned Construction start
  • March 2018

• Planned completion date
  • May 2019

• Current status
  • Process to procure consultants in progress.

(ii) O. R. TAMBO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT:

1. Terminal A Refurbishment and Redevelopment (R448 Million)

• Planned project commencement
  • January 2016

• Planned Construction start
  • February 2018

• Planned completion date
  • October 2020

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

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

• Planned project commencement
  • April 2016

• Planned Construction start
  • January 2018

• Planned completion date
  • June 2019

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

3. Bussing Gates (R150 Million)

• Planned project commencement
  • April 2016

• Planned Construction start
  • April 2018

• Planned completion date
  • May 2019

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

4. Airside Buildings (R186 Million)

• Planned project commencement
  • 28 February 2017

• Planned Construction start
  • 19 February 2018

• Planned completion date
  • 15 December 2019

• Current status
  • Process to procure consultants in progress.

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

• Planned project commencement
  • December 2016

• Planned Construction start
  • June2020 and June 2021

• Planned completion date
  • June 2023

• Current status
  • Process to procure consultants in progress.

Reply:

 

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

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

(i) Total annual income:

(aa)  Department of Transport – None;

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

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

(aa)  Domestic:  R1.5 billion;

(bb) International:  R1.6 billion.

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

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

Reply:

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

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

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

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Reply:

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

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

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

Reply:

The CEO of the IDC has advised as follows:

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

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

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

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

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

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Reply:

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

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

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

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

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Reply:

All the KwaZulu-Natal enquiry cases listed in the reply to question 3439 are related to the Ethekwini Municipality. No criminal conduct could be detected. The cases were related to misconduct and referred to the Ethekwini Municipality with recommendations for internal investigation.

Reply:

(a) Functional members at the Boksburg Police Station	126
(b)(i) Members not yet competent to carry firearms	7
(b)(ii) Members who failed the competency retraining test	Six members are not fit to carry firearms, due to medical conditions. One member must undergo Basic Police Training.

Reply:

The following service providers were contracted to provide catering:

(a)(i) 2017 National Police Day Event:

Lesedi Ko Pele;

Tshipidi Caterers;

Advro Vita;

Kgotatso;

Rubetshe Trading;

Cannula Inv;

BDM Cataring;

Oratilwe Catering; and

Macadesh Trading.

(a)(ii) 2017 National Excellence Awards:

          Sun City International

(b)(i) The following amounts were budgeted for catering:

        2017 National Police Day: R279 765,00

        2017 National Excellence Awards: An all-inclusive amount of R2 000 000,00 was budgeted for the 2017 National Excellence Awards, inclusive of accommodation, venue hire, décor, catering, etc.

(b)(ii) The following amounts were spent on catering:

         2017 National Police Day: R279 765,00

          2017 National Excellence Awards: A total amount of R1 817 782,00 was spent in respect of the 2017 National Excellence Awards, inclusive of accommodation, venue hire, décor, catering, etc.

Reply:

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

14.8 Mr Nkgodi

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

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

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

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

14.9 Major General Shezi

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

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

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

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

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

Reply:

(a) Functional members at the Germiston Police Station	235
(b)(i) Members not yet competent to carry firearms	143
(b)(ii) Members who failed the competency retraining test	Members who were not competent were not sent for retraining yet.

Reply:

(a)(i)(aa) Budgeted: R1,200 000,00

             Spent: R694 233,00

(a)(ii)(aa) Budgeted: Nil

              Spent: Nil

              The 2017 National Police Day event was only celebrated in Ikageng Village, Boitekong, North West.

(a)(i)(ii)(bb) Budgeted: R2 000 000,00

                 Spent: R1 817 782,00

                 This amount is inclusive of accommodation, venue hire, décor, catering, etc.

(aaa), (bbb), (ccc) and (ddd)

The cost is all-inclusive and as reflected in paragraphs (aa) and (bb) supra.

(b) These amounts were sourced from the National Police Service budget.

Reply:

(a) Functional members at the Olifantsfontein Police Station	72
(b)(i) Members not yet competent to carry firearms	19
(b)(ii) Members who failed the competency retraining test	7

Reply:

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

Reply:

(a) Functional members at the Brackendowns Police Station	95
(b)(i) Members not yet competent to carry firearms	40
(b)(ii) Members who failed the competency retraining test	2

Reply:

(a) Functional members at the Primrose Police Station	126
(b)(i) Members not yet competent to carry firearms	25
(b)(ii) Members who failed the competency retraining test	25

Reply:

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

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

3. The matter is still pending at the NCT.

Reply:

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

Reply:

(a) Functional members at the Tsakane Police Station	176
(b)(i) Members not yet competent to carry firearms	8
(b)(ii) Members who failed the competency retraining test	8

Reply:

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

Reply:

(a) Functional members at the Thokoza Police Station	126
(b)(i) Members not yet competent to carry firearms	10
(b)(ii) Members who failed the competency retraining test	3

 

Original signed LIEUTENANT GENERAL

PROVINCIAL COMMISSIONER: GAUTENG

DS DE LANGE

Date: 15 February 2017

Reply to question 113 recommended/not recommended

Original signed LIEUTENANT GENERAL

ACTING NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

JK PHAHLANE

Date:

Reply to question 113 approved/not approved

MINISTER OF POLICE

NPT NHLEKO, MP

Date:

Reply:

(a) Functional members at the Alberton Police Station	143
(b)(i) Members not yet competent to carry firearms	74
(b)(ii) Members who failed the competency retraining test	3

Reply:

(a) Functional members at the Norkem Park Police Station	113
(b)(i) Members not yet competent to carry firearms	42
(b)(ii) Members who failed the competency retraining test	0

Reply:

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

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

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

Reply:

(a) Functional members at the Brakpan Police Station	227
(b)(i) Members not yet competent to carry firearms	9
(b)(ii) Members who failed the competency retraining test	5

Reply:

(a) Functional members at the Kempton Park Police Station	240
(b)(i) Members not yet competent to carry firearms	1
(b)(ii) Members who failed the competency retraining test	1

Reply:

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

Reply:

(1)(a) The matter was settled between the NCR and ABSA Bank Ltd on the basis that ABSA pay an administrative fine.

(1)(b) A fine of R10 000 000.00 (Ten million Rands) was imposed.

(2)(a) The consumers will benefit as follows – ABSA to:

    (i) Write-off the cost of credit on credit agreements.

   (ii) Restructure repayments for consumers who are currently in arrears.

   (iii) Rescind any civil court judgments against consumers at own cost.

    (iv) Instruct the credit bureaus to remove adverse listings from the credit records of consumers.

(2)(b) ABSA is required to submit to the NCR an audit report confirming compliance with the terms of the agreement and once the audit report is submitted, the NCR will inform the affected consumers.

(3) The alleged contravention is not a criminal offence; therefore no criminal charges were pursued.

 

Reply:

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

Reply:

(a) Functional members at the Tembisa South Police Station	117
(b)(i) Members not yet competent to carry firearms	4
(b)(ii) Members who failed the competency retraining test	4

Reply:

1. There is no specific budget for the State of the National Address (SONA). Each Division, Component and/or Province manages the SONA from its respective line function budget.

The provisional overall expenditure for SONA 2017 is R4 085 035,00. The actual expenditure is not yet determined, pending the finalisation of all claims.

2. The South African Police Service (SAPS) made use of safety and blockading equipment. As a member of the National Joint Operational & Intelligence Structure (NATJOINTS), SAPS utilised members of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) in a supporting role.

Reply:

(1)(a)(i) and (ii) Parliament House - National Assembly;

        120 Plein Street Building, Cape Town - Offices of Ministers and Deputy Ministers when Parliament is in session in Cape Town; and

        The Office of the President of South Africa (Tuynhuys).

(1)(b) Parliament House - National Assembly was declared a National Key Point in February1982;

        120 Plein Street Building, Cape Town was declared a National Key Point in February 1982; and

        The office of the President of South Africa (Tuynhuys) was declared a National Key Point in April 2010.

(2)(a) No.

(2)(b)(i) Not applicable.

(2)(b)(ii) Not applicable.

(2)(b)(iii) Not applicable.

(3)(a)(b) No.

Reply:

The matter between NCR v Nedbank was referred to the National Consumer Tribunal on September 2015. Pleadings were due to close on 19 October 2015. The Respondent however, filed for a Condonation application on 22 January 2016 to extend the time period for the filling of its answering affidavit. The NCT is still considering the Application for Condonation which was rendered complete on 02 December 2016. The matter still needs to be set down for pre-hearing after the Condonation ruling is issued. The Tribunal anticipates the Condonation ruling being issued to the parties before the end of February 2017. The pre-hearing will be set down in April 2017 with the hearing set down for June 2017 subject to the availability of both parties.

The matter between NCR v Standard Bank was referred to the National Consumer Tribunal in July 2015. The matter has been set down for a hearing on 26, 27 and 28 July 2017. The judgment may be issued during August 2017.

Reply:

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

Reply:

(a)(i)(ii)(aa) The number of police officers who were asked to attend and who actually attended were 10 per province and in respect of the hosting province, 15 members per police cluster.

(a)(i)(ii)(bb) The number of police officers who were asked to attend and who actually attended were 10 per province and in respect of the hosting province, an additional 100 members attended.

(b)(i)(ii)(aa) and (bb) An attendance register was not kept, due to the size and nature of the event.

(c) Nil rand.

Reply:

(1) Yes. The detail of question (1) is dealt with in Tables 1, 2 and 3 attached as Annexure A, B and C. For the sake of clarity, a TS 4 Recommendation refers to a warning issued to the vehicle testing station as a result of unresolved findings against the vehicle testing station. A TS5 recommendation refers to recommendation for suspension as a result of continuous unresolved findings.

(2) The detail of question (2) is dealt with in Tables 1, 2 and 3 attached as Annexure A, B and C:

(3) (a) In terms of the National Road Traffic Act, Act 93 of 1996, Motor vehicle registration, testing and licensing remains the responsibility of the applicable MEC in a province. With it comes the responsibility to provide services in this regard. In terms of the legislation the Inspectorate for Testing Stations must make recommendations to the MEC in terms of the compliance of vehicle testing stations in the province. It remains the prerogative of the MECs to make their own decisions with regard to the recommendations.

(b)In order to harmonize the implementation of legislation and standards, the Department has encouraged provincial participation in the Vehicle Technical Committee and Legislation Forums. Furthermore, legislation is going to be amended to ensure that the requirements are standardized.

Reply:

(a) It is cumbersome to report on the statistics relating to convictions of Examiners due to the prolonged period it takes to finalise a case due to the fact that once a case has been opened with the SAPS, they must conduct investigations and ultimately prepare the docket for the Department of Justice to prosecute. Therefore a case may take up to two years to be finalised. Below is the numbers that have been convicted:

Province	(i) 2013-14	(ii) 2014-15	(iii) 2015-16
Eastern Cape	0	0	0
Free State	0	0	0
Gauteng	0	7	2
Kwazulu-Natal	The KZN Department of Transport is not aware of any examiners of vehicles in this province whom have been criminally convicted for the periods stated above.
Limpopo	0	2	0
Mpumalanga	0	0	0
North West	0	0	0
Northern Cape	0	1	0
Western Cape	2 (Internal disciplinary hearing)	3 (Internal disciplinary hearing suspensions)	2

(b) (i) Examiners continuing to practice after conviction.

Province	(i) 2013-14	(ii) 2014-15	(iii) 2015-16
Eastern Cape	None
Free State	None	None	None
Gauteng	None	None	None
Kwazulu-Natal	None
Limpopo	None	None	None
Mpumalanga	None	None	None
North West	None	None	None
Northern Cape	None	None	None
Western Cape	None	None	1

(ii) Reasons for continuation:

Eastern Cape: Not applicable.

Free State: Not applicable.

Gauteng:Not applicable.

Kwazulu-Natal: Not applicable.

Limpopo:Not applicable.

Mpumalanga:Not applicable.

North West:Not applicable.

Northern Cape:Not applicable.

Western Cape: One of the examiners convicted in 2015/16 financial year is still practicing. The province is awaiting formal feedback from the Director of Public Prosecutions. The case is on the court roll for March 2017.

Reply:

The proposed Road Accident Benefit Scheme (RABS) Bill is scheduled to be presented to the Economic sectors. Employment and infrastructure development Cluster of the Forum of South African Directors General (FOSAD) in February 2017. The RABS will also be tabled at the Technical Working Group substructure of the Social Protection, community and Human Development FOSAD Cluster. It will be presented before end of the financial year 2016/2017.

Reply:

1. (a) At its meeting of 5 October 2016, the Political Heads of the PICC’s SIP 2 Committee endorsed the recommendation tabled for the selection of a preferred alternative for the improvement of the N3 Van Reenen Pass. It was also at this meeting where the Minister of Transport confirmed her decision to return to the drawing board the De Beers Pass project, in view of the serious concerns raised by various stakeholders in the Free State province. As such going forward the new project will be called the N3 Van Reenen Development.

(b) (a) (b) The Department is finalising an official instruction to SANRAL in this regard. SANRAL will be required to conduct a detailed investigation and costing of this preferred option along with its variations. The output of this process will be submitted to the Minister of Transport and the PICC for consideration.

(c) The existing concession contract was structured to make provision for the development of the De Beers Pass. This financial provision will now be made available to fund the new preferred option. In the event that the costing in (b)above exceeds this financial provision within the Concession contract, the Minister of Transport working in conjunction with the PICC, National Treasury and the Free State Province will determine the best funding model to cover the funding shortfall. This is imperative as neither the concession contract nor SANRAL will be able to carry the additional costs.

(d) (i)(ii) This process will be informed by the process stipulated in (b) above, and will be communicated in due course. It must be noted that the De Beers Pass was modelled not to result in additional toll tariffs.

(e) This is dependent on (b) above, which is envisaged to take a minimum of 12 months. It also depends on the environmental requirements of the preferred option, the resolution of any funding shortfall that may arise, securing the necessary licenses for water use and quarrying and the bidding process. Nonetheless, actual construction is not expected to start before 2020.

2. This will be covered in above. The timelines are as stipulated in (e) above.

Reply:

(1) (a) (i) A total of 309 693 students wrote the National Accredited Technical Education Diploma (NATED) examinations during the third trimester of 2015, i.e. November 2015 examinations.

(ii) Of these, 180 756 students passed the examinations.

(b) (i) As at 31 August 2016, most students who have met the NATED certification requirements for the November 2015 examinations have received their certificates except for those students affected by isolated incidents of a data processing error on the examinations IT system. The figures in the table below provides a breakdown of the number of candidates who passed the November 2015 examinations and were therefore eligible to receive a certificate.

(ii) Information as at 14 February 2017.

Part-Qualification	Wrote	Passed
N1	52 410	40 055
N2	76 397	31 528
N3	69 896	42 371
N4	160 456	120 174
N5	125 483	83 355
N6	93 120	62 361
Total	309 693	180 756

(2) All outstanding certificates on the system are being addressed and the State Information Technology Agency (SITA), who is responsible for the examinations IT system, has committed to start processing these certificates by 15 March 2017.

(3) No certificates have been withheld due to outstanding fees payable by colleges.

  (a) Not applicable.

  (b) Not applicable.

 

COMPILER/CONTACT PERSONS:

EXT:

DIRECTOR – GENERAL

STATUS:

DATE:

QUESTION 73 APPROVED/NOT APPROVED/AMENDED

Dr BE NZIMANDE, MP

MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING

STATUS:

DATE:

Reply:

1. The Ministerial Handbook governs the acquisition as well as the replacement of official vehicles as procured for both the Minister and the Deputy Minister.

In terms of Chapter 5, paragraph 1.2.1 of the Ministerial Handbook, Members at a National level may be provided with one vehicle for the use in Cape Town and one vehicle for the use in Pretoria.

Paragraph 1.2.3 of the Ministerial Handbook stipulates that Departments may purchase official vehicle/s directly from manufacturers and/or their dealerships only when the currently provided officials vehicle for that office has reached 120 000km’s or 5 years, whichever comes first.

Paragraph 1.2.4 of the Ministerial Handbook stipulates that the total purchase price of the vehicle chosen by the Member may not exceed in respect of a:

• Minister/Premier: 70% of the inclusive annual remuneration package of a Minister as may be amended from time to time on recommendation of the Commission for the Remuneration of Political Members (Grade F, Notch 3),
• Deputy Ministers/MEC: 70% of the inclusive annual remuneration package of a Deputy Minister as may be amended from time to time on recommendation of the Commission for the Remuneration of Political Members (Grade E1, Notch 3).

2. The following two vehicles were procured for the Deputy Minister:

Audi A8 3.0 TDI Quattro Tip-tronic (R750 000.00)

1. No optional extras were added.
2. Standard Audi 5 year/100 000km maintenance plan included in the purchase price.
3. Audi Centre Fourways.
4. The vehicle was pre-owned.

Audi A7 Sportback 3.0 TDI Tip-Tronic (R735 000.00)

1. No optional extras were added.
2. Standard Audi 5 year/100 000km maintenance plan included in the purchase price.
3. Audi Centre Fourways.
4. The vehicle was pre-owned.

3. The procurement of the vehicles was done in terms of normal Supply Chain Management processes. The vehicles were available on the transversal contract RT 57 through National Treasury for the Supply and delivery of motor vehicles, light and heavy commercial vehicles, busses and motor cycles to the State for the State at a cost in excess of 32% more than the quoted price from Audi Centre – Fourways. Annexure: B, paragraph 3 of the approved Departmental Supply Chain Management Policy caters for exemption of the three quotation and deviation rule for the sourcing of vehicles for Executive Authorities when the vehicle is not available on the transversal contract RT 57. Deviation approval was sought from Annexure: B, paragraph 3 of the approved Departmental Supply Chain Management Policy as the vehicles were available on RT 57 but at a premium price. The deviation approval was in light of “Value for Money” which is one of the key principles to consider during Demand Management within the Supply Chain Management arena.

4. The budgeted amount for the vehicles is in line with the threshold stipulated in the Ministerial Handbook.

5. No approval was granted for any deviation from the threshold amounts as set by the Ministerial Handbook as the vehicles procured for the Deputy Minister were far less than the 70% threshold amount per vehicle of the Deputy Minister’s inclusive annual remuneration package.

Reply:

1. Table 1 contains the number of candidates entered for the National Certificate (Vocational) Level 4 November examinations at each public Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) college and Table 2 for each private college.

Table 1: Public TVET Colleges

(i) COLLEGE NAME	(b) (aa) 2014	(b) (bb) 2015	(b) (cc) 2016
BOLAND PUBLIC TVET COLLEGE	393	411	284
BUFFALO CITY PUBLIC TVET COLLEGE	713	890	598
CAPRICORN TVET COLLEGE	948	986	879
CENTRAL JOHANNESBURG PUBLIC TVET COLLEGE	365	266	122
COASTAL KZN TVET COLLEGE	1 042	1 061	1 185
COLLEGE OF CAPE TOWN	635	671	488
EASTCAPE MIDLANDS PUBLIC TVET COLLEGE	582	596	462
EHLANZENI PUBLIC TVET COLLEGE	553	620	462
EKURHULENI EAST PUBLIC TVET COLLEGE	407	536	447
EKURHULENI WEST PUBLIC TVET COLLEGE	1 094	1 221	1 184
ELANGENI COLLEGE FOR TVET	562	728	661
ESAYIDI TVET COLLEGE	833	794	677
FALSE BAY PUBLIC TVET COLLEGE	424	441	303
FLAVIUS MAREKA TVET COLLEGE	46	54	16
GERT SIBANDE PUBLIC TVET COLLEGE	1 136	1 183	1 171
GOLDFIELDS TVET COLLEGE	106	169	104
IKHALA PUBLIC TVET COLLEGE	260	251	258
INGWE PUBLIC TVET COLLEGE	340	475	398
KING HINTSA PUBLIC TVET COLLEGE	158	246	322
KING SABATADALINDYEBO PUBLIC TVET COLLEGE	374	611	501
LEPHALALE TVET COLLEGE	140	73	36
LETABA TVET COLLEGE	646	725	453
LOVEDALE PUBLIC TVET COLLEGE	308	387	245
MAJUBA TVET COLLEGE	569	501	333
MALUTI TVET COLLEGE	348	344	352
MNAMBITHI TVET COLLEGE	345	337	242
MOPANI SOUTH EAST TVET COLLEGE	752	762	758
MOTHEO TVET COLLEGE	144	166	147
MTHASHANA TVET COLLEGE	365	477	286
NKANGALA PUBLIC TVET COLLEGE	451	655	717
NORTHLINK COLLEGE	358	527	195
ORBIT TVET COLLEGE	658	762	424
PORT ELIZABETH PUBLIC TVET COLLEGE	793	788	534
RURAL PUBLIC TVET COLLEGE	120	134	106
SEDIBENG PUBLIC TVET COLLEGE	500	666	324
SEKHUKHUNE TVET COLLEGE	386	423	358
SOUTH CAPE PUBLIC TVET COLLEGE	451	442	398
SOUTH WEST GAUTENG COLLEGE	1 216	1 291	953
TALETSO TVET COLLEGE	466	453	222
THEKWINI TVET COLLEGE	182	229	225
TSHWANE NORTH COLLEGE FOR TVET	460	457	252
TSHWANE SOUTH PUBLIC TVET COLLEGE	403	481	210
UMFOLOZI TVET COLLEGE	1 056	1 290	852
UMGUNGUNDLOVU TVET COLLEGE	121	155	156
URBAN PUBLIC TVET COLLEGE	191	272	177
VHEMBE TVET COLLEGE	752	1 004	695
VUSELELA TVET COLLEGE	492	637	242
WATERBERG TVET COLLEGE	461	625	380
WEST COAST PUBLIC TVET COLLEGE	702	834	532
WESTERN PUBLIC TVET COLLEGE	134	135	102
Total	24 941	28 242	21 428

Table 2: Private Colleges

(ii) COLLEGE NAME	(b) (aa) 2014	(b) (bb) 2015	(b) (cc) 2016
ACADEMY AT VAAL TRIANGLE			2
ACADEMY OF BUSINESS & COMPUTER STUDIES	47	53	40
AFRICA INST. OF MANAGEMENT & TECH:JHB	5	4
ARANDA LEARNERSHIP COLLEGE (PTY) LTD		15	8
BETTER BEST EDUCATION PROJECTS	11	11	0
BROOKLYN CITY COLLEGE		1
CITY VIEW BUSINESS COLLEGE		2
COLLEGE 2000 - TZANEEN CAMPUS	20
DAM BUSINESS COLLEGE	29	27	6
DAM TECHNICAL COLLEGE	7	9	0
DSDC COLLEGE OF SA	161	103	21
EBUS TECH CONSULTING(PTY) LTD	7	3
EDUSA COLLEGE	45	37	3
FIRST CHOICE VARSITY COLLEGE	26
GRAAFF-REINET CAMPUS(EASTCAPE MIDLANDS)	277		186
IDUTYWA COMMUNITY COLLEGE	505	452	188
INNOVATUS COLLEGE	176	127	80
JEPPE COLLEGE	247	219	95
JW SAINTS TECHNICAL COLLEGE:JOHANNESBURG	1
KINGSWAY COLL OF COMPUTING & BUS STUDIES			19
KURUMAN TECHNICAL COLLEGE	268	210	117
KWAZULU-NATAL MIDLANDS CAMPUS			54
LTT MURUNWA SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE	28	26	17
MATATSHE TECHNICAL CENTRE		27	20
MSC BUSINESS COLLEGE : RUSTERNBURG		0
OPPORTUNITY LEARNING CENTRE (PTY) LTD	5	20	1
PAX COMMERCIAL COLLEGE (PTY)LTD	13		5
PROFESSIONAL TECHNICAL COLLEGE	19	5	0
PROSPERITY CAREER COLLEGE:BRITS	22
RHODES TECHNICAL COLLEGE		50	30
ROSTEC TECHNICAL COLLEGE	378	369	277
SAINT IGNATIOUS COLLEGE		24	27
SANDTON TECHNICAL COLLEGE	18	11
SAVANNA COLLEGE OF COMP & SKILLS DEV		29
SEBOKENG CAMPUS			660
SHEPPERD ACADEMY(PTY)LTD	9
SPRINGFIELD TVET COLLEGE	10	16	13
TECHNICAL COLLEGE OF SOUTH AFRICA	1 134	1 252	841
THASULULO TVET COLLEGE	64	53	3
THENGWE CAMPUS			66
TRUE HARVEST COLLEGE	5	4
TSHWELOPELE COMMERCIAL COLLEGE		32	16
TYGERBERG COLLEGE PAROW CAMPUS	742		607
VAAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE (PTY) LTD			1
WILBERFORCE COMMUNITY COLLEGE	96	97	40
Total	4 375	3 288	3 348

(2) (a) Table 3 contains the pass rate for the National Certificate (Vocational) Level 4 November examinations at each public TVET college and Table 4 for each private college. The November 2016 examinations pass rates will only be finalised once the outstanding marks and processing of re-marks for this cycle has been completed.

Table 3: Public TVET Colleges

COLLEGE NAME	2014 %	2015 %
BOLAND PUBLIC TVET COLLEGE	60.7	61.5
BUFFALO CITY PUBLIC TVET COLLEGE	33.2	36.1
CAPRICORN TVET COLLEGE	23.8	32.0
CENTRAL JOHANNESBURG PUBLIC TVET COLLEGE	23.2	32.3
COASTAL KZN TVET COLLEGE	42.0	37.8
COLLEGE OF CAPE TOWN	58.3	61.3
EASTCAPE MIDLANDS PUBLIC TVET COLLEGE	60.5	55.2
EHLANZENI PUBLIC TVET COLLEGE	23.7	39.6
EKURHULENI EAST PUBLIC TVET COLLEGE	37.5	43.9
EKURHULENI WEST PUBLIC TVET COLLEGE	37.4	51.7
ELANGENI COLLEGE FOR TVET	30.6	31.4
ESAYIDI TVET COLLEGE	22.9	30.6
FALSE BAY PUBLIC TVET COLLEGE	37.5	45.2
FLAVIUS MAREKA TVET COLLEGE	54.3	62.0
GERT SIBANDE PUBLIC TVET COLLEGE	50.2	53.3
GOLDFIELDS TVET COLLEGE	31.6	45.5
IKHALA PUBLIC TVET COLLEGE	39.3	52.2
INGWE PUBLIC TVET COLLEGE	22.1	32.2
KING HINTSA PUBLIC TVET COLLEGE	55.2	62.0
KING SABATADALINDYEBO PUBLIC TVET COLLEGE	19.3	37.1
LEPHALALE TVET COLLEGE	11.3	28.4
LETABA TVET COLLEGE	31.1	30.3
LOVEDALE PUBLIC TVET COLLEGE	34.6	46.4
MAJUBA TVET COLLEGE	38.0	54.0
MALUTI TVET COLLEGE	24.3	29.2
MNAMBITHI TVET COLLEGE	27.2	30.5
MOPANI SOUTH EAST TVET COLLEGE	30.4	31.1
MOTHEO TVET COLLEGE	32.0	57.0
MTHASHANA TVET COLLEGE	36.2	37.1
NKANGALA PUBLIC TVET COLLEGE	26.0	31.8
NORTHLINK COLLEGE	39.5	61.1
ORBIT TVET COLLEGE	36.3	53.3
PORT ELIZABETH PUBLIC TVET COLLEGE	39.2	39.4
RURAL PUBLIC TVET COLLEGE	52.0	46.0
SEDIBENG PUBLIC TVET COLLEGE	28.1	42.9
SEKHUKHUNE TVET COLLEGE	29.3	39.4
SOUTH CAPE PUBLIC TVET COLLEGE	55.6	57.3
SOUTH WEST GAUTENG COLLEGE	27.5	33.5
TALETSO TVET COLLEGE	33.3	39.1
THEKWINI TVET COLLEGE	33.5	36.2
TSHWANE NORTH COLLEGE FOR TVET	29.1	36.0
TSHWANE SOUTH PUBLIC TVET COLLEGE	19.3	39.7
UMFOLOZI TVET COLLEGE	33.0	25.6
UMGUNGUNDLOVU TVET COLLEGE	34.8	33.3
URBAN PUBLIC TVET COLLEGE	19.5	40.1
VHEMBE TVET COLLEGE	15.3	26.3
VUSELELA TVET COLLEGE	23.8	20.6
WATERBERG TVET COLLEGE	42.7	52.4
WEST COAST PUBLIC TVET COLLEGE	40.3	39.1
WESTERN PUBLIC TVET COLLEGE	34.2	45.8

Table 4: Private Colleges

COLLEGE NAME	2014 %	2015 %
ACADEMY OF BUSINESS & COMPUTER STUDIES	19.4	23.1
AFRICA INST. OF MANAGEMENT & TECH:JHB	33.3	33.3
ARANDA LEARNERSHIP COLLEGE (PTY) LTD		60.0
BETTER BEST EDUCATION PROJECTS	9.1	45.5
BROOKLYN CITY COLLEGE
CITY VIEW BUSINESS COLLEGE		0
COLLEGE 2000 - TZANEEN CAMPUS	5.0
DAM BUSINESS COLLEGE	20.0	31.6
DAM TECHNICAL COLLEGE		80.0
DSDC COLLEGE OF SA	16.1	18.3
EBUS TECH CONSULTING(PTY) LTD	0	0
EDUSA COLLEGE	7.4	22.2
FIRST CHOICE VARSITY COLLEGE	0
GRAAFF-REINET CAMPUS (EASTCAPE MIDLANDS)	56.0
IDUTYWA COMMUNITY COLLEGE	20.5	34.8
INNOVATUS COLLEGE	64.3	38.5
JEPPE COLLEGE	16.8	18.7
JW SAINTS TECHNICAL COLLEGE: JOHANNESBURG
KURUMAN TECHNICAL COLLEGE	23.8	40.7
LTT MURUNWA SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE	31.8	58.3
MATATSHE TECHNICAL CENTRE		38.9
MSC BUSINESS COLLEGE : RUSTERNBURG
OPPORTUNITY LEARNING CENTRE (PTY) LTD	0	8.3
PAX COMMERCIAL COLLEGE (PTY)LTD	0
PROFESSIONAL TECHNICAL COLLEGE	7.1	33.3
PROSPERITY CAREER COLLEGE:BRITS	8.3
RHODES TECHNICAL COLLEGE		38.1
ROSTEC TECHNICAL COLLEGE	17.1	19.8
SAINT IGNATIOUS COLLEGE		66.7
SANDTON TECHNICAL COLLEGE	100.0	0
SAVANNA COLLEGE OF COMP & SKILLS DEV		60.0
SHEPPERD ACADEMY (PTY) LTD	0
SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE	33.3	30.0
TECHNICAL COLLEGE OF SOUTH AFRICA	48.5	55.7
THASULULO COLLEGE	13.3	13.5
TLHARIHANI TRAINING CENTRE	0
TRUE HARVEST COLLEGE	0	0
TSHWELOPELE COMMERCIAL COLLEGE		57.1
TYGERBERG COLLEGE PAROW CAMPUS	75.8
WILBERFORCE COMMUNITY COLLEGE	19.0	25.4

(b) Table 5 contains the overall pass rate for the National Certificate (Vocational) Level 4 November examinations.

Table 5: Overall pass rate

COLLEGE SECTOR	2014 %	2015 %
PUBLIC TVET COLLEGES	34.4	40.2
PRIVATE COLLEGES	41.9	40.2

(c) Four key initiatives are being implemented to improve student performance at individual subject and overall certification levels:

(i) A student attendance policy was introduced in 2014 and implementation was strengthened in 2015 and 2016, where students need to comply with at least an 80% attendance rate to qualify to write the examinations. Notable improvements in student attendance have been recorded, although there are still colleges who struggle to entrench a culture of attendance. The recent student protests have also militated against disciplined attendance.

(ii) Since 2016, all colleges are required to develop and implement annual Teaching and Learning Plans (TLPs) with standards for curriculum delivery across seven key areas:

• Enrolment preparation;
• Classroom teaching and support;
• Student practical application for on-course learning;
• Student assessments: On-site and continuous assessments;
• Student academic support;
• Lecturer support and capacity-building; and
• Work placement (students and lecturers).

The TLPs are submitted and analysed by the Department. Officials in the six regional offices provide support to the colleges to improve curriculum delivery and provide qualitative reports on the status of teaching and learning in the colleges. Through this process, colleges are compelled to identify gaps in the delivery of quality teaching and learning, and to commit to addressing these gaps.

(iii) Lecturer capacity building has been identified as a critical area towards improving student performance. The number of unqualified lecturers, i.e. lecturers without a professional and academic/technical qualifications, is below 700 against a potential lecturing workforce of around 10 000. A larger problem exists in that the qualified lecturers’ knowledge and competencies have not kept abreast with the new and revised curricula in the NC(V) qualifications. To address this gap, 36 curriculum specialists will be appointed in 2017 in the poor performing subjects to provide support to lecturers in the delivery of these subjects.

(iv) Students accessing TVET colleges generally have poor learning foundations (literacy and numeracy) and putting them into bridging programmes whilst concurrently enrolled in TVET programmes places unrealistic academic demands on these students. The Department will be introducing a Foundational Learning Programme (FLP) in 2018, for all new TVET enrolees without a National Senior Certificate. Placement in the FLP will be based on a baseline test developed by the Career Development Services unit located within the Department.

 

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1. After the first democratic elections in 1994, the National Education Policy Act 1996 (No 27 of 1996) was developed, which made provision for the determination of national educational policy regarding curriculum frameworks, core syllabi and educational programmes. Through this Act, the Report 191 (2001/08) policy document “Formal technical college instructional programmes in the RSA” was published and replaced all the previous NATED 02-190, NATED 02-191 and 190-191 reports.

Throughout this time, changes to the programmes were made through “Conditions of Apprenticeship” regulations, normally upon request from industry as and when required. With the introduction of the Skills Development Act in 1998, the Sector Education and Training Authorities (SETAs) had taken over the updating of the conditions of apprenticeships. The Report 191 programmes were effectively replaced with learnerships and therefore no further updates were made to the Report 191 programmes.

The National Certificate (Vocational) [NC(V)] qualification programmes were introduced in 2007 with the intention to replace the Report 191 programmes. However, two years after the phase-out of the NATED programmes, I re-introduced the Report 191 programmes due to numerous requests from business and industry.

2 (a) Since the reintroduction of the Report 191 programmes, quality assurance for N1–N3 programmes have remained in the domain of the quality council, Umalusi. Quality assurance for the N4–N6 programmes have been allocated to the Quality Council for Trades and Occupations (QCTO) through the Skills Development Act.

To date, the examinations unit has developed a number of content frameworks to support the assessment of these qualification programmes as they had very limited curriculum statements.

The Department is at present developing a comprehensive foundational programme with the intention to replace the N1–N3 programmes.

In addition, QCTO has undertaken significant work around the N4–N6 qualification programmes and have started to revise the content of a few subjects by systematically reworking the qualification programmes to be occupational qualification programmes. Occupational programmes by definition in the Skills Development Act are qualifications with a compulsory theoretical, practical and workplace component.

QCTO aims to have all business studies programmes revised by July 2017 with the engineering programmes following there after.

(b) Consultation with industry is firmly embedded within the QCTO methodology of qualification development, including consultative sessions and the publication of new qualifications for comment before registration.

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