Questions and Replies

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) 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:

(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:

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:

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. 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.

 

COMPILER/CONTACT PERSONS:

EXT:

DIRECTOR – GENERAL

STATUS:

DATE:

QUESTION 72 APPROVED/NOT APPROVED/AMENDED

Dr BE NZIMANDE, MP

MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING

STATUS:

DATE:

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) (a) A Regulatory Impact Assessment has been replaced by the Socio-Economic Impact Assessment System (SEIAS) in line with a Cabinet directive; (b) It is a requirement by Cabinet to submit a SEIAS report with any new policy that Cabinet must approve. The SEIAS report on the National Integrated ICT Policy White Paper, which is available on the Department’s website, was approved by the DPME and accordingly submitted with the policy document when it was approved by Cabinet on 28 September 2016.

(2) The evidence included but was not limited to:

Both the National Development Plan (NDP) and SA Connect refer to open access as the basis of the future market structure for the ICT sector. The call for open access was also included in the report of the ICT Policy Review Panel which was appointed by the Department to advise on the development of the final policy. In addition to the work of the panel, we also undertook international benchmarking with countries which have implemented Open Access or seek to implement Open Access Network as a mechanism to address public safety, broadband roll-out, limitations with scarce spectrum resource, competition, remove barriers to entry through introduction of Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNO), and market failures.

Reply:

It has come to my attention that various allegations were made on several aspects related to the University of Zululand.

I have written to the Council on 2 September 2016 expressing my concern on the slow progress and current developments on matters that affect the governance, management, student life and academic enterprise of the institution. I have also expressed my concern to the Council on newspaper articles regarding alleged financial irregularities and flouting of supply chain management processes committed by senior management at the university and that the Department was not being appraised of these disturbing developments, despite requests to the Council to keep the Department informed.

I have requested the Council to provide a response as part of a formal process as to why the appointment of an independent assessor, in terms of Sections 44 and 45 of the Higher Education Act, 1997 (Act No. 101 of 1997) as amended, should not be considered. Council has responded in a letter dated 12 December 2016. I am currently applying my mind on the response of the Council and whether to conduct an independent assessment to ascertain the factual nature of these matters.

 

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EXT:

DIRECTOR – GENERAL

STATUS:

DATE:

QUESTION 75 APPROVED/NOT APPROVED/AMENDED

Dr BE NZIMANDE, MP

MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING

STATUS:

DATE:

Reply:

1. The revitalization of the industrial parks was informed by a scoping exercise in 2015 which was followed by a detailed assessment conducted in 2016. Further the dti facilitated a symposium involving all the industrial parks as well as the local councils and provincial representatives. The purpose of the symposium was to strengthen collaboration across all stakeholders including development of future funding models for the sustainability of the Industrial parks. Standard operating procedures for the industrial parks are being developed which will detail amongst other things funding models including the implementation of concessions and rebates. In addition, the development of an investor handbook is underway to be completed by March 2018.

2. An implementation plan was drawn up outlining a phased approach to be followed in revitalizing the industrial parks. This included prioritizing the critical infrastructure needs of the various industrial parks. The first and second phases provide for security and bulk infrastructure upgrades whilst the last two phases will address the investor specific infrastructure needs including top structure upgrades and strengthening the management capacity in the industrial parks. In addition, the dti is supporting the firms located in the industrial parks through the cluster development programme to enhance their competitiveness.

Reply:

I have been advised by the Department as follows:

(1)(a) 2

(1)(b) 1

(2)(a) The ICT Symposium took place on 2 November 2016;

A meeting with mobile network operators took place on 28 November 2016; and,

A meeting with representative organisations took place on 14 December 2016.

(2)(b) Venue:

ICT Symposium: Gallagher Estate, Midrand;

Mobile network operators meeting: Vodacom World, Midrand; and

Meeting with representative organisations: The Park Hyatt, Rosebank.

(c) Participants included the following:

ICT Symposium: South African Communications Forum (SACF), Fibreco, Convergence Partners, Members of Black Information Technology Forum (BITF), Smile Communications, National Lotteries Board, Black Management Forum, Telkom, MTN, and Vodacom.

Mobile network operators meeting: Vodacom, MTN, Cell C, Telkom, Neotel, WBS, and SAAIF.

Meeting with representative organisations: Black IT Forum, Internet Service Providers’ Association (ISPA), SACF, Fibre to the Home (FTTH) Council, National Broadcasting Association, Wireless Access Providers’ Association (WAPA), WIFI Forum, Internet Society Gauteng, and Interactive Advertising Bureau.

(3) The ICT Symposium was hosted by the Black IT Forum; the meeting with mobile network operators was hosted by Vodacom; and the meeting with representative organisations was hosted by the Fibre to the Home (FTTH) Council. The costs of hosting the meetings were not incurred by the Department.

Reply:

a) Three Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges were affected.

b) College of Cape Town and Northlink TVET College in the Western Cape, and Ingwe TVET College in the Eastern Cape.

c) The Department utilises the Government Printing Works (GPW) on an agency basis to print, pack and dispatch TVET college question papers. GPW experienced production challenges during the November 2016 examinations and this together with severe inclement weather, made it impossible for Skynet (the contracted courier company) to timeously deliver the question papers to all examination centres. Flights were cancelled due to severe inclement weather on the eve of the examinations, despite overnight / same-day services being contracted for the particular consignment.

d) (i) Colleges are required to immediately inform the Department of delivery problems on the morning of an examination, when collecting question papers from the secure delivery point. All the affected question papers were replaced and rescheduled for the three affected colleges.

(ii) A full post-examinations analysis of the services rendered by GPW during the November 2016 examinations has been concluded. GPW has re-evaluated its in-house resources, structures and processes in light of the findings to ensure timeous dispatching of question papers in future examinations cycles. In addition, GPW has committed to having an available back-up provider should it run into technical printing and packing challenges. This will ensure the timeous release of question papers to Skynet. The Department will also institute an on-site monitoring process at GPW to ensure that all examination question papers are delivered within agreed upon dates per examinations cycle.

COMPILER/CONTACT PERSONS:

EXT:

DIRECTOR – GENERAL

STATUS:

DATE:

QUESTION 76 APPROVED/NOT APPROVED/AMENDED

Dr BE NZIMANDE, MP

MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING

STATUS:

DATE:

Reply:

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.

COMPILER/CONTACT PERSONS:

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DIRECTOR – GENERAL

STATUS:

DATE:

QUESTION 74 APPROVED/NOT APPROVED/AMENDED

Dr BE NZIMANDE, MP

MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING

STATUS:

DATE:

Reply:

a) There was no virement requested by any organization. In accordance with the PFMA, the dti shifted funds from goods and services to Household: Gifts & Sponsorship line item to cater for the sponsorship requests received.

b) The remainder of the funds has not been used.

c) Regoapele Capital Wealth Engineering submitted a proposal of funding in a form of a donation for the launch of a mobile ICT application at the dti and the request was considered in terms of the sponsorship policy and the premise of potential value and contribution towards the strategic objectives of the dti.

d) Regoapele Capital Wealth Engineering was introduced to the Special Economic Zones & Economic Transformation Division of the dti by Progressive Youth in Business (PYB), who although is indicated as such in the in the adjustment budget, did not receive funding for this project. Regoapele Capital Wealth Engineering was approved and paid R100 000

e) The Public Finance Management Act (PFMA) and the National Treasury Regulations (NTR) provide broad guidelines for managing contributions towards sponsorships and gifts. This policy aims to provide guidelines that dti staff may follow when making donations. The policy is based on the PFMA and aims to support and complement the dti's Fraud Prevention Plan, as well as its code of conduct for government officials. The aim of sponsorship must always be to advance the dti’s aims, as defined in the Estimates of National Expenditure (Vote 32), and the aims of its supportive programmes.

f) The company applied for the donation to cover the launch of the Mobile based Application initiative that will serve as a platform to connect youth led initiatives with government departments, DFIs, JSE listed companies amongst others in providing access to information, technical and expert advice as well as improved access to incentives.

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Reply:

1. No, a service provider will not be appointed to draw up the implementation plan arising from the National Integrated ICT Policy white paper; (a) Yes, (b) further internal consultation on the draft implementation plan; (i) No requirement exists to publish the implementation plan in the Gazette and (ii) since the implementation plan forms part of the Annual Performace Plan of the Department, no special budget is required.

2. There is no requirement to publish the implementation plan.

Reply:

According to the National Credit Regulator -

The credit providers that offer the loans as stated above and are registered with the NCR are the following:

• Ithala Limited
• Risima Housing Finance Corporation
• VBS Mutual Bank

Reply:

1(a) Yes, the Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services led a delegation to the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Guadalajara (5-6 December 2016) and Benchmarking Visit on Wireless Open Access Network in Mexico City (7-8 December 2016). This was one trip.

(b) The following officials accompanied the Minister to Mexico:

• Ms Nonkqubela Thathakahle Jordan-Dyani;
• Ms Palesa Legoze;
• Mr Siyabulela Qoza;
• Mr Sipho Joe Mjwara; and
• Mr Dick Sono.

(i) The purpose of participating at the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) was to present the African position on internet governance issues. South Africa hosted the African Internet Governance Forum in October 2016, which adopted a number of resolutions which South Africa presented at the global Internet Governance Forum, as African common positions.

The second part of the visit to Mexico City was to benchmark on Mexico’s open access wireless network model as part of conducting a comparative analysis with countries with similar sector plans and socio-economic conditions and levels of development.

(ii) Internet Governance Forum (IGF): 5 – 6 December 2016 in Guadalajara:

• Minister
• Ms Ntandoyeningi Sithebe (Minister’s Spouse)
• Mr Siyabulela Qoza (Departmental official)
• Ms Nonkqubela Jordan-Dyani (Departmental official)
• Ms Palesa Legoze (Departmental official) attended the IGF from 5 – 9 December 2016)

Benchmarking visit on Wireless Open Access Network model: 7 to 8 December 2016 in Mexico City:

• Minister
• Ms Ntandoyeningi Sithebe (Minister’s Spouse)
• Mr Sipho Joe Mjwara (Departmental official)
• Ms Nonkqubela Jordan-Dyani (Departmental official)
• Mr Dick Sono (Departmental official)
• Mr Siyabulela Qoza (Departmental official)

(iii) Internet Governance Forum

• Internet Society (ISOC)
• Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
• United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA)
• World Economic Forum (WEF)
• Governor of Guadalajara
• Minister of Science & Information Technology

Benchmarking on Wireless Open Access Network

• • Telcel a subsidiary of América Móvil the largest mobile and fixed operator in Mexico
  • National Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes (Secretariat – Department of Communication and Transport)
  • Meeting with Mexican State Telecommunications Experts (former and new Regulators)
  • Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones (Federal Institute of Telecommunications)

(iv) Internet Governance Forum

• Participated in the development of a training programme to build on capacity as a country on internet management, internet architecture and policy development.
• South Africa has joined the Internet for All programme which seeks to improve universal access, uptake and usage of the internet.
• South Africa will participate in capacity building and training programmes offered by the World Economic Forum (WEF) and its partners on digital economy

Benchmarking on Wireless Open Access Network

• • The role of the new regulator in managing both network infrastructure roll-out and competition matters.
  • Lessons learnt from ongoing efforts to introduce Wholesale Open Access in Mexico to promote competition and therefore universal access to affordable quality services.
  • Mexico like South Africa is a developing country which is grappling with the restructuring of the market.
  • Private-Public-Partnership models in universal access connectivity.

(aa) R 671 704.49

(bb) Internet Governance Forum: 3 to 7 December (including travel dates)

Benchmarking on Wireless Open Access Network: 7 to 10 December (including travel dates).

2. Yes, Minister’s spouse, Ms Ntandoyeningi Sithebe accompanied the Minister to Mexico in line with the Ministerial Handbook. Total cost for her travel was R 110 200.00.

Reply:

(a)(b)(c)(d) Yes.

The following members, who are working at the Family Violence Child Protection and Sexual Offences (FCS) Units, have the following criminal records:

FREE STATE PROVINCE
(a) Full names and surname	(b) Rank	(c) FCS Unit	(d) Crime(s) convicted
Nele James Adoons	Captain	Smithfield FCS	Station and CAS: Zastron, CAS 3/07/1986, Theft. Date of conviction: 1986-07-02. Date of sentence: 1986-07-02. Criminal charges condoned: No. If yes, details: Not applicable. Criminal conviction expunged: No. If yes, details: Not applicable.
Jeremane Walter Motaung	Warrant Officer	Thabong FCS	Station and CAS: Welkom, CAS 78/03/2015, Reckless and negligent driving. Date of conviction: 2016-02-08. Date of sentence: 2016-02-08. Station and CAS: Tseki, CAS 127/11/2004, Reckless and/or negligent driving. Date of conviction: 2007-07-11. Date of sentence: 2007-07-11. Criminal charges condoned: No. If yes, details: Not applicable. Criminal conviction expunged: No. If yes, details: Not applicable. Station and CAS: Phuthaditjaba, CAS 157/05/2006, Assault Common. Date of conviction: 2006-05-22. Date of sentence: 2006-05-22. Criminal charges condoned: No. If yes, details: Not applicable. Criminal conviction expunged: No. If yes, details: Not applicable.
Tshepo Elias Maleme	Warrant Officer	Welkom FCS	Station and CAS: Klerksdorp, CAS 822/08/1996, Theft. Date of conviction: 1997-01-10. Date of sentence: 1997-01-10. Criminal charges condoned: No. If yes, details: Not applicable. Criminal conviction expunged: No. If yes, details: Not applicable. Station and CAS: Bothaville, CAS 26/10/1991, Negligent loss of firearm. Date of conviction: 1992-01-13. Date of sentence: 1992-01-13. Criminal charges condoned: No. If yes, details: Not applicable. Criminal conviction expunged: No. If yes, details: Not applicable.
Moeene Esau Monei	Warrant Officer	Welkom FCS	Station and CAS: Welkom, CAS 57/06/2015, Reckless and/or negligent driving. Date of conviction: 2016-04-21. Date of sentence: 2016-04-21. Criminal charges condoned: No. If yes, details: Not applicable. Criminal conviction expunged: No. If yes, details: Not applicable.
Shadrack Gugulethu Booi	Warrant Officer	Mangaung FCS	Station and CAS: Springfontein, CAS 3/09/1989 Assault Common. Date of conviction: 1989-09-26. Date of sentence: 1989-09-26. Criminal charges condoned: No. If yes, details: Not applicable. Criminal conviction expunged: No. If yes, details: Not applicable.
Fikile Michael Qavani	Warrant Officer	Mangaung FCS	Station and CAS: Batho, CAS 610/05/1991, Reckless and/or negligent driving. Date of conviction: 1992-02-05. Date of sentence: 1992-02-05. Criminal charges condoned: No. If yes, details: Not applicable. Criminal conviction expunged: No. If yes, details: Not applicable.
Daniel Rahladi Maloka	Warrant officer	Phuthaditjhaba FCS	Station and CAS: Tseki, CAS 151/03/2005, Driving a vehicle on a public road without reasonable consideration for any other person using the road and reckless and/or negligent driving. Date of conviction: 2006-06-05. Date of sentence: 2006-06-05. Criminal charges condoned: No. If yes, details: Not applicable. Criminal conviction expunged: No. If yes, details: not applicable.
Thabo Driving Mohale	Warrant Officer	Phuthaditjhaba FCS	Station and CAS: Phuthaditjhaba, CAS 219/02/2010, Reckless and/or negligent driving. Date of conviction: 2010-07-12. Date of sentence: 2010-07-12. Criminal charges condoned: No. If yes, details: Not applicable. Criminal conviction expunged: No. If yes, details: Not applicable.
Johannes Rantjepela Masisa	Warrant Officer	Selosesha FCS	Station and CAS: Tweespruit CAS 21/11/2007, Assault Common. Date of conviction: 2008-02-05. Date of sentence: 2008-02-05, Criminal charges condoned: No. If yes, details: Not applicable. Criminal conviction expunged: No. If yes, details: Not applicable.
Michael Thabang Lepoqo	Warrant Officer	Selosesha FCS	Station and CAS: Botshabelo, CAS 447/05/2008, assault Common. Date of conviction: 2010/07/26. Date of sentence: 2010/07/26. Station and CAS: Botshabelo, CAS 14/03/1994, Reckless and/or negligent driving. Date of conviction: 1994-08-04. Date of sentence: 1994-08-04. Criminal charges condoned: No. If yes, details: Not applicable. Criminal conviction expunged: No. If yes, details: Not applicable.
Pinky Puseletso Maureen Mohlaping	Sergeant	Ficksburg FCS	Station and CAS: Ficksburg, CAS 63/09/2010, Fraud (Social Assistance Act, receiving social assistance knowing that she is not entitled thereto, or not entitled to the full amount). Date of conviction: 2010-10-07. Date of sentence: 2010-10-07. Criminal charges condoned: No. If yes, details: Not applicable. Criminal conviction expunged: No. If yes, details: Not applicable.
Pule William Modisenyane	Sergeant	Tumahole FCS	Station and CAS: Park Road, CAS 442/09/2007, assault common. Date of conviction: 2007-11-02. Date of sentence: 2007-11-02. Criminal charges condoned: No. If yes, details: Not applicable. Criminal conviction expunged: No. If yes, details: Not applicable.
Lebohang William Mohai	Sergeant	Selosesha FCS	Station and CAS: Boithuso, CAS 248/10/2009, Reckless and negligent driving. Date of conviction: 2010-10-21. Date of sentence: 2010-10-21. Criminal charges condoned: No. If yes, details: Not applicable. Criminal conviction expunged: No. If yes, details: Not applicable.
Christina Kgayane	Sergeant	Zamdela FCS	Station and CAS: Sasolburg, CAS 493/03/2011, Driving a vehicle on a public road without reasonable consideration for any other person using the road. Date of conviction: 2011-12-22. Date of sentence: 2011-12-22. Criminal charges condoned: No. If yes, details: Not applicable. Criminal conviction expunged: No. If yes, details: Not applicable. Station and CAS: Park Road, CAS 1753/11/1998, theft. Date of conviction: 1998-12-02. Date of sentence: 1998-12-02. Criminal charges condoned: No. If yes, details: Not applicable. Criminal conviction expunged: No. If yes, details: Not applicable.
Elizabeth Puleng Mohlakane	Constable	Bethlehem FCS	Station and CAS: Park Road, CAS 566/03/2010, Fraud (Social Assistance Act, receiving social assistance knowing that she is not entitled thereto, or not entitled to the full amount). Date of conviction: 2010-04-08. Date of sentence: 2010-04-08. Criminal charges condoned: No. If yes, details: Not applicable. Criminal conviction expunged: No. If yes, details: Not applicable.
Elizabeth Mamotshidisi Phiri	Constable	Mangaung FCS	Station and CAS: Park Road, CAS 346/10/2008, Fraud (Social Assistance Act, receiving social assistance knowing that she is not entitled thereto, or not entitled to the full amount). Date of conviction: 2008-10-28. Date of sentence: 2008-10-28. Criminal charges condoned: No. If yes, details: Not applicable. Criminal conviction expunged: No. If yes, details: Not applicable.
Johannes Mandla Vikiduku Kambula	Constable	Zamdela FCS	Station and CAS: Zamdela, CAS 305/04/2013, Reckless and/or negligent driving. Date of conviction: 2014-07-18. Date of sentence: 2014-07-18. Criminal charges condoned: No. If yes, details: Not applicable. Criminal conviction expunged: No. If yes, details: Not applicable.
Isaac Mothibedi Ntsepe	Constable	Trompsburg FCS	Station and CAS: Park Road, CAS 327/08/2009, Reckless and/or negligent driving. Date of conviction: 2010-09-01. Date of sentence: 2010-09-01. Criminal charges condoned: No. If yes, details: Not applicable. Criminal conviction expunged: No. If yes, details: Not applicable.
Isaac Thembile Mananze	Constable	Trompsburg FCS	Station and CAS: Edenburg, CAS 21/06/2014, Reckless and/or negligent driving. Date of conviction: 2015-11-04. Date of sentence: 2015-11-04. Criminal charges condoned: No If yes, details: Not applicable. Criminal conviction expunged: No. If yes, details: Not applicable.
Tys Morake Tloome	Constable	Selosesha FCS	Station and CAS: Thaba Nchu, CAS 97/06/2014, Using a vehicle on a public road without reasonable consideration for any other person using the road- convicted. Date of conviction: 2016-03-07. Date of sentence: 2016-03-07. Criminal charges condoned: No. If yes, details: Not applicable.   Criminal conviction expunged: No. If yes, details: Not applicable.

(a) Full names and surname	(b) Rank	(c) FCS Unit	(d) Crime(s) convicted
EASTERN CAPE PROVINCE
Nani WV	Lieutenant Colonel	Queenstown FCS	Station and CAS: Dimbaza, CAS 129/12/98, assault. Date of conviction: 2001/08/06. Date of sentence: 2001/08/06. Criminal charges condoned: No.
GAUTENG PROVINCE
(a) Full names and surname	(b) Rank	(c) FCS Unit	(d) Crime(s) convicted
SJ Morolong	Captain	Katlehong FCS	Station and CAS: Vereeniging, CAS 253/11/1987, theft. Date of conviction: 1987-11-13. Date of sentence: 1987-11-13. Reckless and/or negligent driving. Date of conviction: 2008-07-28. Date of sentence: 2008-07-28. Criminal charges condoned: Yes. Criminal conviction expunged: No. If yes, details: Not applicable.
M Ramoshaba	Captain	PTA Central FCS	Station and CAS: Parkview, CAS 886/09/1994, Defeating the course of Justice. Date of conviction: 1995-02-21. Date of sentence: 1995-03-31. Criminal charges condoned: Yes. If yes, details: Guilty. Criminal conviction expunged: No. If yes, details: Not applicable.
TT Bvuma	Captain	Krugersdorp FCS	Station and CAS: Jeppe, CAS 575/04/1992, Contravention of the Hire Purchase Act. Date of conviction: 1993-06-18. Date of sentence: 1993-06-18. Criminal charges condoned: Yes. If yes, details: CAS invalid. Criminal conviction expunged: No. If yes, details: Not applicable.
GA Shilabi	Warrant Officer	PHO FCS	Station and CAS: Daveyton, CAS 465/02/2010, Road Traffic Act. Date of conviction: 2002-10-17. Date of sentence: 2002-10-17. Criminal charges condoned: Yes. If yes, details: Daveyton, CAS 465/02/2010, Admission of guilt: R1000,00. Criminal conviction expunged: No. If yes, details: Not applicable.
HS DU Plessis	Warrant Officer	PHO FCS	Station and CAS: Moroka, CAS 711/10/1989, Assault GBH. Date of conviction: 1992-07-23. Date of sentence: 1992-07-23. Criminal charges condoned: Yes. If yes, details: Moroka CAS 711/10/1989. Criminal conviction expunged: No. If yes, details: Not applicable.
VR Manganye	Warrant Officer	PHO FCS	Station and CAS: Diepkloof, CAS 381/05/2007, Road traffic Act. Date of conviction: 2008-08-29. Date of sentence: 2008-08-29. Criminal charges condoned: Yes. If yes, details: Guilty: Admission of Guilt- four months imprisonment. Criminal conviction expunged: No. If yes, details: Not applicable.
G Henning	Warrant Officer	Pretoria Moot FCS	Station and CAS: Villieria, CAS 25/10/1988, Reckless and/or negligent driving. Date of conviction: 1989-03-02. Date of sentence: 1989-03-02. Criminal charges condoned: Yes. If yes, details: Villieria, CAS 25/10/1988. Criminal conviction expunged: Yes. If yes, details: Not applicable.
MT Lusenga	Warrant Officer	Pretoria Central FCS	Station and CAS: Soshanguve, CAS 397/03/2006, assault common. Date of conviction: 2006-08-23. Date of sentence: 2006-08-23. Criminal charges condoned: Yes, Soshanguve, CAS 397/03/2006. If yes, details: Guilty- one year imprisonment. Criminal conviction expunged: No. If yes, details: Not applicable.
SJ Maphanga	Warrant Officer	Ga-Rankuwa FCS	Station and CAS: Soshanguve, CAS 386/03/1993, Reckless and/or negligent driving. Date of conviction: 1993-12-02. Date of sentence: 1993-12-02. Criminal charges condoned: Yes. If yes, details: Soshanguve, CAS 386/03/1993-R100,00 or 20 days imprisonment. Criminal conviction expunged: No. If yes, details: Not applicable.
K Ramesar	Warrant Officer	Brakpan FCS	Station and CAS: Boksburg, CAS 245/07/1995, Culpable homicide. Date of conviction: 1996-05-13. Date of sentence: 1996-05-13. Criminal charges condoned: Yes. If yes, details: Boksburg, CAS 245/07/1995- R4000,00 or 18 months imprisonment, of which half is suspended for five years. Criminal conviction expunged: No. If yes, details: Not applicable.
FT Moloi	Warrant Officer	Carletonville FCS	Station and CAS: Randfontein, CAS 893/08/1996, Culpable homicide. Date of conviction: 1997-08-21. Date of sentence: 1997-08-21. Criminal charges condoned: Yes. If yes, details: Randfontein, CAS 893/08/1996- R2000,00 admission of guilt as well as six months imprisonment, suspended for five years. Criminal conviction expunged: No. If yes, details: Not applicable.
M Mabena	Sergeant	Ekangala FCS	Station and CAS: Evander, CAS 18/07/2002, Reckless and/or negligent driving. Date of conviction: 2002-10-28. Date of sentence: 2002-10-28. Criminal charges condoned: Yes. If yes, details: Admission of guilt of R3 000,00. Criminal conviction expunged: No. If yes, details: No.
M Molose	Sergeant	Orlando FCS	Station and CAS: Eldorado Park, CAS 42/07/2007, Reckless and/or negligent driving. Date of conviction: 2008-05-08. Date of sentence: 2008-05-08. Criminal charges condoned: Yes. If yes, details: Eldorado Park, CAS 42/07/2007- Guilty: R3000,00, of which three months is suspended for five years. Criminal conviction expunged: No. If yes, details: Not applicable.
MD Sibeko	Sergeant	Moroka FCS	Station and CAS: Pretoria West, CAS 300/10/2002, Assault GBH. Date of conviction: 2004-07-05. Date of sentence: 2004-07-05. Criminal charges condoned: Yes. If yes, details: Case withdrawn on 30 September 2003. Criminal conviction expunged: No. If yes, details: Not applicable.
M Batakati	Sergeant	PHO FCS	Station and CAS: Protea Glen, CAS 174/05/2015, Road Traffic Act. Date of conviction: 2017-04-06. Date of sentence: 2017-04-06. Criminal charges condoned: Yes. If yes, details: Protea Glen, CAS 174/05/2015, R6000,00 fine, or six months imprisonment. Criminal conviction expunged: No. If yes, details: Not applicable.
CG Motloung	Constable	Sebokeng FCS	Station and CAS: Sebokeng, CAS 186/12/2010, Reckless and/or negligent driving. Date of conviction: 2011-09-05. Date of sentence: 2011-09-05. Criminal charges condoned: Yes or no: Yes Sebokeng CAS 186/12/2010. If yes, details: Sentence upheld for 5 years Criminal conviction expunged: Yes or no: None If yes, details: Not applicable.
J Mpuqa	Constable	PHO FCS	Station and CAS: Tsakane CAS 351/06/2000, Arms and Ammunition Act – Loss of firearm. Date of conviction: 2001-04-03. Date of sentence: 2001-04-03. Criminal charges condoned: Tsakane CAS 351/06/2000. If yes, details: Guilty- R1000,00 fine or 60 days imprisonment. Criminal conviction expunged: No. If yes, details: Not applicable.
P Ndlalose	Constable	PHO FCS	Station and CAS: Eldorado Park CAS 42/07/2007, Road Traffic Act. Date of conviction: 2008-05-08. Date of sentence: 2008-05-08. Criminal charges condoned: Yes. If yes, details: Eldorado Park, CAS 42/07/2007- Guilty, R3000,00, of which R3000,00 is suspended for five years. Criminal conviction expunged: No. If yes, details: Not applicable.
L.S Thutse	W/O	Ekangala FCS	Station and CAS: Nebo, CAS 64/05/1988, Assault. Date of conviction: 1988-09-16. Date of sentence: 1998-09-16. Criminal charges condoned: No. If yes, details: Not applicable. Criminal conviction expunged: No. If yes, details: Not applicable.
K.D Ntaupane	CST	Honeydew FCS	Station and CAS: Klerksdorp, CAS 446/11/2006, Fraud. Date of conviction: 2007-02-13. Date of sentence: 2007-02-13. Criminal charges condoned: Klerksdorp, CAS 446/11/2006. If yes, details: Guilty- R5000,00, of which R5000,00 is suspended for five years imprisonment, with a choice of imprisonment, one year of which one year is suspended for five years. Criminal conviction expunged: No. If yes, details: Not applicable.
V.O Siphuma	Sgt	Germiston FCS	Station and CAS: Mphephu, CAS 91/09/2007, Fraud. Date of conviction: 2007-09-27. Date of sentence: 2007-09-27. Criminal charges condoned: Yes. If yes, details: Mphephu, CAS 91/09/2007, Guilty- one year suspended for five years. Criminal conviction expunged: No. If yes, details: Not applicable.

KWAZULU-NATAL PROVINCE
(a) Full names and surname	(b) Rank	(c) FCS Unit	(d) Crime(s) convicted
Shaun Pillay	Sergeant	Port Shepstone FCS	Station and CAS: Port Shepstone, CAS 285/08/2015, Reckless and/or negligent driving.   Date of conviction: 2016-11-21. Date of sentence: 2016-11-21. Criminal charges condoned: No. If yes, details: Not applicable. Criminal conviction expunged: No. If yes, details: Not applicable.
Mzukhona Villus Gambushe	Sergeant	Port Shepstone FCS	Station and CAS: Ixopo, CAS 19/07/2008, Driving motorvehicle whilst under the influence of alcohol. Date of conviction: 2008-10-10. Date of sentence: 2008-10-10. Criminal charges condoned: No. If yes, details: Not applicable. Criminal conviction expunged: No. If yes, details: Not applicable.

MPUMALANGA PROVINCE
(a) Full names and surname	(b) Rank	(c) FCS Unit	(d) Crime(s) convicted
Queeneth Busisiwe Dube	Captain	Standerton FCS	Station and CAS: Dirkiesdorp, CAS 63/06/2013, Reckless and/or negligent driving a vehicle on a public road. Date of conviction 2014-10-16. Date of sentence: 2014-10-16. Criminal charges condoned: No. If yes, details: Not applicable. Criminal conviction expunged: No. If yes, details: Not applicable.
Elizabeth Frieda Dlamini	Captain	Middelburg FCS	Station and CAS: Mhluzi, CAS 163/10/2005, Pointing of firearm. Date of conviction: 2008-07-10. Date of sentence: 2008-07-10. Criminal charges condoned: No. If yes, details: Not applicable. Criminal conviction expunged: No. If yes, details: Not applicable.
Bongane Edward Khumalo	Sergeant	Standerton FCS	Station and CAS: Standerton, CAS 275/07/2014, Reckless or negligent driving a vehicle on a public road. Date of conviction: 2015-07-20. Date of sentence: 2015-07-20. Criminal charges condoned: No. If yes, details: Not applicable. Criminal conviction expunged: No. If yes, details: Not applicable.
Masango Sipho	Sergeant	Middelburg FCS	Station and CAS: Middelburg (Mpumalanga), CAS 477/12/2007, Exceeds the acceptable level of alcohol content in blood (where an accident occurred). Date of conviction: 2008-04-09. Date of sentence: 2008-04-09. Criminal charges condoned: No. If yes, details: Not applicable. Criminal conviction expunged: No. If yes, details: Not applicable.
Mabena Mfananyana Stanley	Sergeant	Middelburg FCS	Station and CAS: Middelburg (Mpumalanga), CAS 648/03/2012, Driving a vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drug having a narcotic effect, or excessive amount of alcohol. Date of conviction: 2013-10-17. Date of sentence: 2013-10-17.

NORTH WEST PROVINCE
(a) Full names and surname	(b) Rank	(c) FCS Unit	(d) Station and CAS Crime(s) convicted
Hannelie van Wyk	Warrant Officer	Vryburg FCS	Station and CAS: Lichtenburg, CAS 73/09/2007, Reckless and/or negligent driving. Date of conviction: Not applicable. Date of sentence: Not applicable. Criminal charges condoned: No. If yes, details: Not applicable. Criminal conviction expunged: No. If yes, details: Not applicable.

NORTHERN CAPE PROVINCE
(a) Full names and surname	(b) Rank	(c) FCS Unit	(d) Crime(s) convicted
Cornrad De Jongh	Warrant Officer	Galeshewe FCS	Station and CAS: Roodepan, CAS 621/10/2011, Driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor.   Date of conviction: 2012-11-22. Date of sentence: 2012-12-03. Criminal charges condoned: No. If yes, details: Not applicable. Criminal conviction expunged: No. If yes, details: Not applicable.
Bakang Alec	Sergeant	Provincial FCS	Station and CAS: Kimberley, CAS 938/06/2007, Reckless and/or negligent driving. Date of conviction: 2008-03-31. Date of sentence: 2008-03-31. Criminal charges condoned: No. If yes, details: Not applicable. Criminal conviction expunged: No. If yes, details: Not applicable.
WESTERN CAPE PROVINCE
(a) Full names and surname	(b) Rank	(c) FCS Unit	(d) Crime(s) convicted
Leon Matthys	Captain	Vredendal FCS	Mitchells Plain CAS 1010/05/1996, Culpable Homicide. Date of conviction: 1997-06-04. Date of sentence: 1997-06-04. Criminal charges condoned: No. If yes, details: Not applicable. Criminal conviction expunged: No. If yes, details: Not applicable.
Johan Kotze	Warrant Officer	Bellville FCS	Parow, CAS 224/11/2014, Driving vehicle while under the influence of alcohol. Date of conviction: 2016-04-07. Date of sentence: 2016-04-07. Criminal charges condoned: Yes. If yes, details: Member was driving under the influence of alcohol. Admission of guilt- fine of R3 000,00. Criminal conviction expunged: No. If yes, details: Not applicable.
Simphiwe Xhego	Sergeant	Cape Town FCS	Mowbray CAS 246/08/2016- R3000 or 6 months, Driving vehicle while under the influence of alcohol. Date of conviction: 2017-08-15. Date of sentence: 2017-08-15. Criminal charges condoned: No. If yes, details: Not applicable. Criminal conviction expunged: No. If yes, details: Not applicable.
Simphiwe Xhego	Sergeant	Cape Town FCS	Philippi East, CAS 220/05/2010, Driving a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol. Date of conviction: 2010-11-03. Date of sentence: 2010-11-03. Criminal charges condoned: No. If yes, details: Not applicable. Criminal conviction expunged: No. If yes, details: Not applicable.
Elfredo Morne Johnson	Constable	Stellenbosch FCS	Robertson, CAS 66/08/2014, possession or usage of dangerous/undesirable producing substance. Date of conviction: 2014-08-04. Date of sentence: 2014-08-04. Criminal charges condoned: No. If yes, details: Not applicable. Criminal conviction expunged: No. If yes, details: Not applicable.

 

Reply:

The teachers who are involved in the Grade 3 English First Additional Language improvement programme being administered in partnership with Zenex Foundation are participating in a teacher development and support programme. The assessments they underwent were voluntary processes to establish baseline information. The programme will offer teachers an opportunity to participate in another assessment towards the end of 2017 to assess what progress was made.

Reply:

We are still trying to source information from our archives. The Information is not readily available

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We are still trying to source in the archives; the information required is not readily available

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We are still trying to source information and consulting with the Boxing SA on this matter and the information required is not readily available

Reply:

There is no capped budgetary allocation for individual military residential upgrades. Budgetary allocations wrt building and maintenance are centralised and, therefore, all repairs and day-to-day maintenance are done on request. This also includes emergency repairs. The house of Col Mongo, the Officer Commanding of the Unit is repaired as need arises. Depending on the condition of a house, where breakages and wear and tear takes place, houses are repaired. The following repairs were done in the official residence of the OC:

(a) 2012 Lifting of old floor covering and replacing with Novillon.

2012 Fitting of blinds to windows

2013 Renovation of bathroom and toilet.

2014 Paving

2015 Replacement of gutters.

2015 Replacement of burst geyser.

2015 Painting of the exterior (unit purchased paint and only labour was outsourced as the house is a double storey).

2016 Roof leaks repaired.

(b) The house needs much attention but since funds are not available, repairs are done in relation to wear and tear, OHS matters, etc. Paving was done as the house is surrounded by big trees from the neighbours causing permanent shade that kills the grass.

Reply:

Response (a) and (b): of the 14 666 the following military veterans accessed services:

Year	Authorised to access Health care	Number of military veterans Head Count at SAMHS Facilities	Accessed through road show conducted by MVHPA	Accessed through MVHPA doctors	Accessed through ZEAL Health doctors
2015/16	14666	4069			1096
2014/15	11514	3824	5479	1299
2013/14	4719	2526	2121
2012/13		691
2011/12		362

(2) what amount out of the amount that was spent in the 2015-16 financial year on the specified sub-programme (a) was for expenditure on health and wellness for the current financial year and (b) what amount was for previous years;

Response (2):

Service Provider	2015/16 invoices	Previous Financial Years	Total
SAMHS	R30 966 202.48	R24 500 000.00	R55 466 202.48
MVHPA	0	R826 320.85	R826 320.85
ZEAL	R474 984.63		R474 984.63
TOTAL	R31 441 187.11	R25 326 320.85	R56 767 507.96

(3) in view of the fact that there is no other service provider other than SA Military Health Services (SAMHS), (a) exactly which service providers were paid for which services delivered and (b) when were the services delivered;

Response (3):

ZEAL Health Innovations was procured for a 3 month contract (1 April 2015 to 30 June 2015) with a total payment of R 474 984.63 for provision of:

1. Primary and Chronic health services and related medication for military veterans.
2. Dedicated counselling services for military veterans and their dependent

(4) (a) what amount of the payment that was made for the subprogram was paid to SAMHS and (b) for which years?

Response (4):

Service Provider	2015/16	Previous Financial Years	TOTAL
SAMHS	R30 966 202.48	R24 500 000.00	R55 466 202.48

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Reply:

1. (a) No

(b) No

The SABC is currently busy with the implementation of the performance management system to be implemented later in the year hence, no performance review on Mr Motsoeneng or any other employee of the SABC has been conducted. The quarterly review system is, however, done by individual line managers and in this case Mr Motsoeneng has not been in this (new) position for the period of 3 months.

SABC Current Affairs are operating normally and efficiently and there is no need for a review.

2. The disclosure of employee remuneration is against employee regulations. Further information about SABC employees’ remuneration may be obtained from the Annual Report which has been tabled in Parliament.

MR NN MUNZHELELE

DIRECTOR GENERAL [ACTING]

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE:

MS AF MUTHAMBI (MP)

MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE

Reply:

The Department of Small Business Development is a newly established department that was allocated a separate Vote from the 1st of April 2015. There is no expenditure for the requested periods.

(a) 2012-13 not applicable.

(b) 2013-14 not applicable.

(c) 2014-15 not applicable.

Reply:

I am not in a position to provide you with the cost associated with training of artisans in the country as I am no longer responsible for skills development. The function was transferred to the Department of Higher Education as from 01st April 2010.

Reply:

(a) There are currently 56 Doctors and 774 nurses employed at Tshilidzini Hospital in Limpopo.

(b) It will be misleading to determine the number of vacancies for Doctors and Nurses based on the present organogram because it is completely faulty. The Province is in the process of determining a correct one and will give details in due course.

(c) Nurses who upgraded:

 - 2014: Assistant nurse to enrolled nurse = 3

               Enrolled nurse to professional nurse = 10

               Post basic (advanced) = 2

              Total = 15

- 2015: Assistant nurse to enrolled nurse = 6

          enrolled nurse to professional nurse = 12

          Post basic (advanced) = 5

         Total=23

        Post basic over the 2 year broken down by speciality

       Trauma = 2

       Psychiatry = 2

      Paediatrics = 1

     Orthopaedics = 1

     ICU = 1

     Total = 7

END.

Reply:

The PICC worked with other public entities to enable consideration of South African projects by the National Development Bank.

In 2016, the Bank approved a facility of USD 180 million to Eskom for the construction of transmission lines to connect renewable energy projects and strengthen other strategic transmission lines in Gauteng.

Prepared by: Lynette Milne

 

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Mr Malcolm Simpson

Acting Director-General

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Mr Ebrahim Patel

Minister of Economic Development

Date:…………………………

Reply:

1.(a) There are 57 properties occupied by NHLS in KZN that belong to the province’s department of health.

2.(a) According to the findings of the Accountant General, KwaZulu Natal owes a historical amount of R1.8 billion;

(b) The Accountant General's office is engaging both KwaZulu Natal and the NHLS on how to resolve this issue.

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Reply:

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(a) No, I have learned that SCOPA has referred the said case to the Hawks. The matter is still investigated by my Department and will release a report upon its conclusion.

(b) See (a) above.

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Reply:

The Minister of Public Works

a) (i) The Norms and Standards for Category 111 clients are being developed.

(ii) The Department has been in the process of consulting various stakeholders.

(iii) There are no plans to gazette.

(iv) Parliament, as a Prestige Client, will be given an opportunity to see the draft Norms and Standards.

b) Once the process outlined in (a) above has been completed the Service Level Agreement with Parliament will be developed.

Reply:

(a) The i-ENDR for 2014/15 financial year was 10.2 deaths per 1,000 live births (DHIS, 2014/15); and the i-ENDR was 10.5 per 1,000 live births in 2015/16 financial year, and not 12.4 as stated in the parliamentary question.

(b) The NDOH and all provinces have adopted the national newborn care implementation framework for action in 2013/14, which was followed by intensive provincial, district and facility capacity building and skills development (including improving skills to resuscitate babies through a programme called Helping Babies Breathe – given that asphyxia is one of the key causes of the neonatal mortality) to improve the quality of care for newborns especially at district hospital level, where large number of live births occur. In addition, the Department has strengthened access to contraceptives to reduce unplanned and unwanted pregnancies, especially amongst teenagers who are likely to deliver prematurely.

Further, to address the large need to improve outcome of premature babies, the NDOH supplied CPAP machines to 35 district hospitals across all provinces to improve their ability to resuscitate infants.

The level of new HIV infections in newborns has decreased over the past 5 years in particular due to the success of the prevention of mother to child transmission programme. The Department has launched the ‘Last Mile Plan’ to get as close to elimination of mother to child transmission as possible.

END.

Reply:

It is my intention to release proposals regarding changes to the Competition Act during 2017, following a further round of engagements with practitioners during the latter part of 2016. As the various matters that may form the subject of the proposals are currently being reviewed, details of the proposed changes are not yet available for release. The review covers areas such as the efficacy of the administration of the Competition Act, procedural aspects in the investigation and prosecution of offences, matters relating to abuse of dominance, more effective investigations against cartels and the current public interest provisions of the Act. Not all of these areas will necessarily result in a review of the Act.

 

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Mr Malcolm Simpson

Acting Director-General

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Mr Ebrahim Patel

Minister of Economic Development

Date:…………………………

Reply:

(1) (a) Honourable Member, the question of whether a person died from negligence by medical and other personnel in a hospital, whether state or private, is not a medical diagnosis. It is a conclusion that can only be reached as a result of a court hearing or a hearing by the various statutory bodies like the Health Professions Council, the Nursing Council, the Pharmacy Council or the Allied Health Professions Council.

Hence we will have to peruse court records with the Department of Justice to clinch such information.

We will also have to peruse the rulings of the various statutory councils.

We will then be in a position to provide you with figures.

(b) and (c) The information so clinched as stated above will answer these two questions. Hence we will have to wait for that information first.

(2) Every hospital, clinic, health facility and health worker use special protocols and practices to avoid death as much as possible.

(3) The Health Ombuds, since starting work six months ago, has not yet reported on any case. This week the Office announced that it will issue the first report on the 18th of January 2017. Honourable Member has to be patient to wait for that.

END.

Reply:

The Minister of Public Works

Yes, the Department of Public Works has obtained the required authorisation before commencement with the current project.

The Built Environment and Landscape Committee of Heritage Western Cape, a public entity whose mandate is to identify, protect and conserve the heritage resources of the Western Cape Province, after extensive and comprehensive consultations with both the project consultants and the Department of Public Works Heritage Advisory Services Unit, as well as scrutiny of written reviews and proposals submitted by an independent team of specialist heritage consultants, issued authorisation to systematically undertake various repairs, renovations and restorations at and on the Tuynhuys and Good Hope Buildings.

The South African Heritage Resources Agency, in October 2014, endorsed the previous Heritage Western Cape’s Records of Decision and gave the necessary approval to continue with the completion of the outstanding repairs, renovations and restorations.

Reply:

(a) (b) and/or (c) (i) and/or (ii) (aa) and (bb)

It is not possible for me to disclose this information, as the FIC is not able by law to provide such information to the Minister of Finance. Provisions in the FIC Act place strict limitations on the public disclosure of details concerning information reported to the FIC and its activities concerning such information, which prevents it from acknowledging whether it has, or has not, provided information to an investigating agency or any other competent authority (section 29(4), read with section 53 and sections 40 and 41, read with section 60).

While the FIC’s mandate requires that it work in collaboration with competent authorities and agencies in any given investigation, the public disclosure of information relating to matters that may be the subject of an investigation could potentially have negative impact or undermine any such an investigation. It would therefore be irresponsible for the FIC to comment in public on operational matters in which it may be involved.

The information contained in the certificate dated 4 August 2016 as submitted by me on 14 October 2016 to the High Court (Gauteng Division, Pretoria), numbered 1 to 72, refers to reports submitted to the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) by various institutions pursuant to their legal obligations under section 29 of the Financial Intelligence Centre Act, 2001 (Act No. 38 of 2001, the FIC Act).

The FIC uses reports such as these, along with other available information to conduct its analysis and produce financial intelligence reports. It is important to note that one (1) STR reported to it does not equate to the FIC reporting one (1) suspicion for investigation. Rather, the FIC may evaluate patterns found across multiple reports made to it before it makes a referral to the law enforcement and other competent authorities for their investigation.

Reply:

1. The Transport Pension Fund (“TPF”) has 338 active contributing members and 5 628 pensioners, and the Transnet Second Defined Benefit Fund (“TSDBF”) has 54 026 pensioners as at 31 October 2016.

(2) The number of members of the specified pension funds who died are recorded below:

Entity	Referencing	Financial Year	Number of Deceased Members
Transport Pension Fund	a	2013/14	181
	b	2014/15	184
	c	2015/16	212
Transnet Second Defined Benefit Fund	a	2013/14	4255
	b	2014/15	4114
	c	2015/16	4142

(3) The causes of death of each member are unknown.

(4) As at 31 October 2016, for the Transport Pension Fund, 3 113 pension members are main members, with 2 290 spouses and 221 children. For the Transnet Second Defined Benefit Fund 17 681 pension members are main members, with 36 180 spouses and 165 children.

(5) The growth of the specified pension funds is detailed below:

 

Entity	Financial Year	Market Value	Surplus
Transport Pension Fund	2013/14	R8 373 million	R2 903 million
	2014/15	R9 053 million	R3 644 million
	2015/16	R9 366 million	R4 325 million
Transnet Second Defined Benefit Fund	2013/14	R17 218 million	R2 983 million
	2014/15	R16 757 million	R3 145 million
	2015/16	R15 630 million	R3 807 million

Reply:

(1) a) Bain and Company is the consultant appointed for the development of an optimal corporate structure to re-align the state owned airlines.

    b) The work to be conducted by Bain and Company South Africa entails the development of the said optimal corporate structure in line with Government’s objectives and in cognizance of the industry best practices.

   c) The total cost of the project is R12.1 million.

(2) I will not make a statement on the matter.

 

Reply:

The Minister of Public Works

(a) Yes,

(b) No.

(i) The draft Public Works Property Management Empowerment Policy was developed and submitted to the Property Sector Charter Council to solicit inputs from the Property Industry.

(ii) The Property Sector Charter Council is in the process of coordinating the information flow from the Property Industry and once the process is concluded, the final draft Public Works Property Empowerment Policy will be submitted to the Executive Authority for approval. It is envisaged that this process will be concluded in the 2017/18 financial year.

(c) No.

(i) The Department has initiated the amendment of the State Land Disposal Act of 1961 through a policy discussion document issued in 2015. Since the development of this Act is the joint responsibility of the NDPW and the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform, discussions were held between the two departments. The review of the Act will form part of the development of a Public Works White Paper, which will encompass the Public Works functional area of concurrent national and provincial legislative competence.

(ii) The White Paper process will commence in 2017 and it is envisaged that the amendment of certain existing legislation and the drafting of new legislation as an outflow of the Public Works White Paper will be undertaken in 2019.

(d) No.

(i) A task team comprising of representatives from the national and provincial Public Works departments was formed to review and refine the guidelines. The refinement of the guidelines is still underway.

(ii) Upon endorsement by the Public Works Technical MinMec and MinMec structure, the draft guidelines shall be submitted to Executive Authority for approval. It is expected that this process will be finalised in the 2017/18 financial year.

Reply:

(1) The Medicines and Related Substances Act, 1965 (Act 101 of 1965) controls the sale of medicines. In accordance with Regulation 25 of the Act, medicines are categorised into four categories of which category D refers to Complementary Medicines intended for use in humans and animals.

The Council has identified 5 disciplines of Complementary medicines of which Chinese Traditional Medicines is but one.

The Medicines Control Council (MCC) regulates the use of any active ingredient to be used in a medicine by means of the registration process of the medicines. During the registration process, the MCC will consider the quality, safety and efficacy of the active ingredient/herb to be included in the medicine.

The MCC will allocate a Schedule status to the active substance contained in the herb. The scheduling status of the substance will determine the import requirements that the Chinese medicine practitioner needs to comply with. In the event that the substance is listed as a specified Schedule 5, Schedule 6 or Schedule 7 substance, the importing practitioner requires an import permit from the Director-General: Health (Section 22A (11) of the Act). Substances listed as S0, S1, S2, S3 or S4 may be imported by a practitioner without any restriction.

(2) Labelling requirements: in terms of the MCC requirements relating to Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) for the manufacture of a medicine, the guidelines specify the requirements to be included on the label of any raw material. The following information is the minimum information required:

• Name of the substance
• Chemical name of the substance
• Batch number
• Expiry date
• Name of the manufacturer of the substance / herb
• Indication of the hazardous nature of the substance
• Quantity
• Warning: requirement to protect against moisture or light
• Storage conditions

(3) Prohibition on the importation of a herbal substance relates to the scheduling status of the substance. See response in (1) above.

END.

Reply:

(a) Name	(b) Offence
M Mjikeliso	Forbidden Person in terms of Aliens Act as well as Culpable Homicide
P Mukeni	Reckless or Negligent Driving
PS Sizani	Public Violence as well as Failure to comply with provisions of the Value Added Tax Act
MMN Ngoma	Prohibition of certain forms of Intimidation
N Mkoroana-Cita	All Motor Vehicles shall be registered and licenced unless contrary prescribed
BP Motloung	Reckless or Negligent Driving
S Ngombane	Riotous Assemblies Act – Person attends gathering after it was prohibited
SM Radebe	Occupy the driver’s seat of a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor

(c) When an official has committed a crime a full vetting investigation is conducted in order to

determine if his/her security clearance must be withdrawn and if it is withdrawn the official will not be able to be posted again as a security clearance is a requirement for a posting.

(d) See (c) above.

 

Reply:

Mr Geoffrey Qhena, the CEO of the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC), has advised that the IDC acted within the law and exercised rights it explicitly had, in respect of decisions relating to the Business Rescue Plan for a company, ODM.

The statement by the IDC CEO on the parliamentary question, follows:

1.“We assume that reference to “the scheme” is referring to the Business Rescue Plan (the Plan) adopted on the 30th of April 2013:

• IDC provided funding to the BEE SPVs namely FNMIH, Red Gold and First Aone to enable them to invest in ODM. IDC funding was secured by, inter alia, cession and pledge of the SPV’s shares and the shares in ODM;
• When ODM was placed in business rescue this amounted to a breach of the IDC funding agreements and entitled the IDC to act to secure its position;
• Accordingly IDC exercised its rights in terms of a cession and pledge of shares thus had the right to vote its shares and those of the SPVs in favour of the plan.

2. It is our view that the authorisation for ODM to be placed in business rescue was done in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act in that:

• The directors of the company duly placed the company in business rescue in terms of the Companies Act;
• The Plan was published in terms of the Act on 17 April 2013;
• The Plan was adopted by creditors and shareholders of ODM on 30 April 2013 at a meeting convened in terms of the Act.
• 3.We are not aware that the Business Rescue Practitioners had ODM and FNMIH valued in July 2013 or at any other time. If there was indeed any such valuation it was not brought to the attention of the IDC:
• FNMIH shareholders (and not the Business Rescue Practitioner) had a valuation conducted into the value of its shares and those of ODM;
• As stated above IDC exercised its rights against the BEE SPVs (including FNMIH) in terms of the cession and pledge agreements signed by the SPVs in favour of IDC;
• In terms of the cession and pledge the shares were to be independently valued in order to determine the value that IDC will recover via the shares and what would still be due by the SPV’s;
• The value of the shares of ODM and FMNIH was independently determined to be zero as at the date of the company going into business rescue.”

I also draw attention to the reply of the IDC on the turnaround strategy to ensure that the IDC recovers as much of the value of its funding as is possible, as set out in the reply to Parliamentary Question 2660 submitted on 14 December 2016.

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Mr Malcolm Simpson

Acting Director-General

Date: ………………………

 

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Mr Ebrahim Patel

Minister of Economic Development

Date:………………………..

Reply:

We have instructed the Anti-Corruption Task Team to work tirelessly to root out corruption at all levels of the public services where it exists. A lot of good work has been done as reported recently by the Anti-Corruption Inter Ministerial Committee.

In some of the progress made, since April 2013 I have signed more than 27 proclamation orders which has resulted in the Special Investigating Unit recovering cash or assets to the value of R204 million and managed to have contracts to the value of R755 million cancelled. Over the past three years 32 people involved in corruption cases worth R3 billion have been convicted. 58 people involved in fraud to the value of close to R200 million were also convicted.

We are committed to do even more to defeat the scourge of corruption. We do not only talk about fighting corruption, but we are doing something about it. The few cases I have mentioned above attest to the progress we are making.

We will continue to speak out to discourage unethical behaviour and to discourage those who may be tempted. The statement was made in that spirit.

Reply:

The Minister of Public Works

The stated legal action undertaken by the Department of Public Works, where the bank in question intervened as a Respondent has now been settled between the parties. The bank in question has agreed to withdraw its opposition to an order of the court dictating that the lease agreement in question be declared void ab initio.

Reply:

(1) The South African Police Service (SAPS) keeps figures of incidents of violence on farms and smallholdings per financial year, based on a manual system, for operational purposes.

(1)(a) A total of 60 murders on farms and smallholdings were reported during the 2014/2015 financial year.

(1)(b) A total of 49 murders on farms and smallholdings were reported during the 2015/2016 financial year.

(2) The Rural Safety Strategy has not been implemented in full at all identified rural and rural/urban police stations.

(2)(a) The annual target for the implementation of the Rural Safety Strategy in the Annual Performance Plan for 2016/2017 of the SAPS is that 759 of the 879 identified rural and rural/urban mix police stations must implement the Rural Safety Strategy by 31 March 2017. At the end of the second quarter of the 2016/2017 financial year a total of 783 rural and rural/urban police stations had already implemented the Strategy. This means that the target was exceeded by 24 police stations.

(2)(b) The implementation of the Rural Safety Strategy is part of the Annual Performance Plan of the SAPS and the target for 2017/2018 has not been finalised.

Reply:

(a) Arrests	(b) Successful prosecutions (found guilty)
(i)(aa) 2014-15	(i)(bb) 2015-16	(iii) 1 April 2016 to 31 Oct 2016	(i)(aa) 2014-15	(i)(bb) 2015-16	(iii) 1 April 2016 to 31 Oct 2016
22	28	43	5	17	5

Reply:

(1)(a) The matter is still under investigation.

(1)(b) An enquiry was opened vide Johannesburg Commercial Crime Investigation Unit (CCIU) Enquiry 02/06/2016. As soon as sufficient evidence has been gathered, a criminal case docket will be registered.

(2) No suspects have been arrested yet and the investigation is still proceeding.

(3)(a) No, if any suspects are interviewed prematurely, it will hamper the investigation and possible crucial evidence may be tampered with or destroyed.

(3)(b) One witness has been interviewed.

(4) It is anticipated that the investigation will be concluded by the end of January 2017.

Reply:

(a) There are no such farms, except for a portion within a leased farm whereby the farmer removed his livestock, due to drought; and, had not yet returned them when this response was drafted.

(b) Falls away.