Questions and Replies

Reply:

1. The Department of Trade and Industry has not received any application for a Special Economic Zone from the Ugu District Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal,

2. There has not been any interaction, formal or informal, between the dti and the Ugu District Municipality or with Ugu South Coast Development Agency.

 

 

Reply:

The Department of Transport is not responsiblefor the procurement of scholar transport services. The responsibility to procure scholar transport services resides with provincial Departments of Transport and Education as contracting authorities.

No tenders were awarded by this department for scholar transport in the past three financial years

Reply:

The Presidency continues with the processing of the Financial Intelligence Centre Amendment (FICA) Bill which has been passed by Parliament and referred to me for assent and signing into law.

Yes, I have received formal objections to the signing of the Bill from the Progressive Professionals Forum and the Black Business Council. When I am petitioned not to sign a bill, I have an obligation to consider the merits of such objection focusing mainly on whether the interested parties raise valid constitutional issues.

I have also received formal correspondence in support of the Bill from Honourable Floyd Shivambu, Economic Freedom Fighters Deputy President and Chief Whip and Mr Lawson Naidoo, Executive Secretary of CASAC, the Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution.

 

Reply:

(1) The Department has complied with all court orders in the Tasima matter.

(2) (a) The Department has paid the total amounts of R55 769 058.44.

(b) They were paid on 2 September 2016, 29 September 2016 and 26 October 2016.

(c) It was payment for services rendered by Tasima on the eNatis including payments to third parties amongst those Telkom and the South African Post Office.

Reply:

DAFF Directorate Infrastructure Support from Food Security and Agrarian Reform has since 1 October 2015:

(a) The Department drilled 120 boreholes as of 1st October 2015 up to date

(b) The exact sub meter GPS locations can be viewed in the table below.

(c) The average cost per meter for boreholes amounted to R550 per meter

and

(d) Of the 120 boreholes drilled 70 were successful. A success rate of 58.33%.

(e) DAFF did not refurbish any boreholes as this is the mandate of the Provinces.

Farm Name	DoA Number	Latitude	Longitude	Depth	Cost/m in R	Succes/ Unsuccesful
Dr Ruth Segmotsi Mompati
Morna	DoA 5073	-26.650079921	23.796603772	144	550	Dry
Neuham	DoA 5075	-26.680274337	23.873168729		550	Dry
Eska	DoA 5069	-26.653706954	23.825118906		550	Dry
Eska	DoA 5070	-26.658269451	23.826967198	210	550	Dry
Eska	DoA 5068	-26.657604287	23.826321731	204	550	Dry
Eska	DoA 5065	-26.658474593	23.840929778		550	Dry
Eska	DoA 5066	-26.658456770	23.841196252	234	550	Dry
Neuham	DoA 5102	-26.680421980	23.873204860	204	550	Dry
Ethol	DoA 5099	-26.808474606	23.837137083	156	550	Succesful
Pouval	DoA 5094	-26.831714061	23.839084155	150	550	Succesful
Pouval	DoA 5096	-26.829568787	23.848539999	180	550	Dry
Eureka	DoA 5063	-26.712948568	23.900974894	156	550	Dry
Vergenoeg	DoA 5086	-26.815468303	23.865724802		550	Dry
Vergenoeg	DoA 5090	-26.827669954	23.865023390		550	Succesful
Vergenoeg	DoA 5088	-26.792569022	23.876514232	156	550	Succesful
Vragas	DoA 5082	-26.828892918	23.933892324	192	550	Succesful
Pouval	DoA 5097	-26.831070961	23.849042165	150	550	Succesful
Vragas	DoA 5083	-26.829004532	23.934347927	156	550	Succesful
Itereleng	DoA 5080	-26.820922979	23.955469208		550	Dry
Vragas	DoA 5085	-26.848112540	23.921937375	150	550	Succesful
Bulrand	DoA 5111	-26.77390181	23.76560372	204	550	Dry
Vragas	DoA 5084	-26.848397305	23.921492775	162	550	Succesful
Bulrand	DoA 5113	-26.78775915	23.74059376	138	550	Succesful
Bulrand	DoA 5112	-26.77621059	23.76528867	90	550	Succesful
Eckron	DoA 5110	-26.81123583	23.75461683	198	550	Dry
Eckron	DoA 5109	-26.81597758	23.75843921	150	550	Dry
Esdale	DoA 5117	-26.77650574	23.69665331	150	550	Succesful
Rusten	DoA 5128	-26.81064048	23.77345716	85	550	Dry
Rusten	DoA 5129	-26.81107648	23.77349169	136	550	Succesful
Esdale	DoA 5116	-26.78475334	23.67516436	150	550	Succesful
Rusten	DoA 5106	-26.84617027	23.79236971		550	Dry
Rusten	DoA 5107	-26.84625568	23.79242892	90	550	Succesful
Bulrand	DoA 5114	-26.78765992	23.74012861	90	550	Succesful
Southey	DoA 5056	-26.804041686	23.994869627	78	550	Succesful
Itireleng	DoA 5143	-26.82077272	23.95555459	204	550	Succesful
Morna	DoA 5072	-26.651524251	23.804120100	204	550	Dry
Eureka	DoA 5060	-26.735488981	23.869412964	150	550	Succesful
Magabue	DoA 5133	-26.61780292	24.08917723	90	550	Succesful
Austrey	DoA 5152	-26.4627293	24.21066246	180	550	Succesful
Austrey	DoA 5153	-26.46247188	24.2115749	150	550	Dry
Ainsley	DoA 5119	-26.62521069	23.81533263	204	550	Succesful
Austrey	DoA 5144	-26.45091378	24.21182613	150	550	Succesful
Goodwood	DoA 5148	-26.43313475	24.27674439	90	550	Succesful
Goodwood	DoA 5150	-26.45614722	24.26238743	120	550	Dry
Ainsley	DoA 5121	-26.62267812	23.82093823	240	550	Succesful
Goodwood	DoA 5151	-26.45584175	24.26357312	60	550	Succesful
Conningham	DoA 5166	-26.55095302	23.62371483	252	550	Dry
Conningham	DoA 5163	-26.567222381	23.592646880	240	550	Dry
Weddel	DoA 5164	-26.552624342	23.622589299	210	550	Dry
Weddel	DoA 5165	-26.560766962	23.616546545	252	550	235
Neuham	DoA 5152	-26.668230000	23.884420000	114	550	Dry
Derdeplaas	DoA 5168	-26.543892826	23.629693807	252	550	Dry
Koeksebrake	DoA 5162	-26.517433743	23.597726773	240	550	Succesful
Derdeplaas	DoA 5167	-26.547494873	23.628114028	252	550	Dry
Ludick	DoA 5159	-26.547914352	23.565951512	246	550	Succesful
Vorster	DoA 5180	-26.527859864	23.543749841	228	550	Succesful
Koudslaap	DoA 5172	-26.405470000	23.599070000	312	550	Dry
Koudslaap	DoA 5171	-26.418883810	23.596502880	192	550	Succesful
marettlwa	DoA 5175	-26.519317923	23.803126777	252	550	Dry
Vierdeplaas	DoA 5169	-26.451251060	23.577725110	180	550	Succesful
Bardenhorst	DoA 5186	-26.387954797	23.654847457	252	550	507
Horstbarden	DoA 5173	-26.449082200	23.634378970	252	550	Succesful
Maretllwa	DoA 5176	-26.521721107	23.806226802	222	550	Succesful
Horstbarden	DoA 5174	-26.450246480	23.639113340	240	550	Succesful
Lucas	DoA 5177	-26.418862917	23.829789363	222	550	Dry
Pepane	DoA 5184	-26.302727947	23.781908369	252	550	Succesful
lucas	DoA 5178	-26.416875009	23.831787152	252	550	Succesful
Groblersvreugde	DoA 5188	-26.289152130	23.608805820	150	550	Succesful
Pepane	DoA 5185	-26.360336248	23.774762015	252	550	Succesful
Serurubele	DoA 5190	-26.536172430	23.001518680	252	550	Dry
Ditsobotla
Monamaladi	DoA 5043	-26.295045211	26.460779478	40	550	Succesful
Monamaladi	DoA 5044	-26.289680260	26.462716825	57	550	Succesful
Mafikeng
Lokaleng	DoA 5029	-25.809860698	25.558570584	60	550	Succesful
Miga	DoA 5031	-25.651711027	25.561691056	60	550	Succesful
Mmagotsholwang	DoA 5006	-25.756390678	25.051964380	150	550	Dry
Mmagotsholwang	DoA 5007	-25.756128397	25.051675960	150	550	Dry
Mmutla Mogolo - Lokgaleng Village	DoA 5026	-25.717673668	25.526186582	60	550	Succesful
Mogosane	DoA 5024	-25.748117056	25.556002152	42	550	Succesful
Six Hundred	DoA 5034	-25.705053337	25.599952106	72	550	Succesful
Tlapeng Village	DoA 5027	-25.718198066	25.474160861	48	550	Dry
Tlapeng Village	DoA 5053	-25.71845424	25.47407141	72	550	Succesful
Tshunyane	DoA 5022	-26.060761782	25.523186773	120	550	Succesful
Ratlou
Disaneng	DoA 4998	-25.785158624	25.270704388	78	550	Succesful
Garagetsalwe - Makgobistad	DoA 4989	-25.743691753	25.084662531	86	550	Dry
Garagetsalwe - Makgobistad	DoA 5051	-25.74381601	25.08467642	90	550	Succesful
Logagane Village	DoA 4994	-25.831681183	24.860653399	44	550	Dry
Logagane Village	DoA 4995	-25.823182164	24.861857917	98	550	Succesful
Logagane Village	DoA 5050	-25.83168263	24.86087121	120	550	Dry
Mabule Village	DoA 5008	-25.797258152	24.553098543	156	550	Dry
Phiring	DoA 5001	-25.778942901	25.166288529	84	550	Succesful
Sehatlhane Farm	DoA 5002	-25.810451914	25.109651404	120	550	Dry
Sehatlhane Farm	DoA 5003	-25.810110378	25.109757055	120	550	Dry
Sethatlhong Farm	DoA 5004	-25.819885330	25.106905831	90	550	Succesful
Logageng (Kingslope)	DoA 5019	-25.925482921	24.727657816	42	550	Succesful
Makgokgwane	DoA 5039	-25.732788786	25.604598165	48	550	Succesful
Ngaka Modiri Molema
Disaneng	DoA 4998	-25.785158624	25.270704388	78	550	Succesful
Garagetsalwe - Makgobistad	DoA 4989	-25.743691753	25.084662531	86	550	Dry
Garagetsalwe - Makgobistad	DoA 5051	-25.743816010	25.084676420	90	550	Succesful
Logagane Village	DoA 4994	-25.831681183	24.860653399	44	550	Dry
Logagane Village	DoA 4995	-25.823182164	24.861857917	98	550	Succesful
Logagane Village	DoA 5050	-25.831682630	24.860871210	120	150	Dry
Logageng (Kingslope)	DoA 5019	-25.925482921	24.727657816	121	550	Dry
Lokaleng	DoA 5029	-25.809860698	25.558570584	60	550	Succesful
Mabule Village	DoA 5008	-25.797258152	24.553098543	156	550	Dry
Makgokgwane	DoA 5039	-25.732788786	25.604598165	68	550	Succesful
Miga	DoA 5031	-25.651711027	25.561691056	60	550	Succesful
Mmagotsholwang	DoA 5006	-25.756390678	25.051964380	150	550	Dry
Mmagotsholwang	DoA 5007	-25.756128397	25.051675960	150	550	Dry
Mmutla Mogolo - Lokgaleng Village	DoA 5026	-25.717673668	25.526186582	60	550	Succesful
Mogosane	DoA 5024	-25.748117056	25.556002152	42	550	Succesful
Monamaladi	DoA 5043	-26.295045211	26.460779478	60	550	Succesful
Monamaladi	DoA 5044	-26.289680260	26.462716825	77	550	Succesful
Phiring	DoA 5001	-25.778942901	25.166288529	84	550	Succesful
Sehatlhane Farm	DoA 5002	-25.810451914	25.109651404	120	550	Dry
Sehatlhane Farm	DoA 5003	-25.810110378	25.109757055	120	550	Dry
Sethatlhong Farm	DoA 5004	-25.819885330	25.106905831	90	550	Succesful
Six Hundred	DoA 5034	-25.705053337	25.599952106	72	550	Succesful
Tlapeng Village	DoA 5027	-25.718198066	25.474160861	68	550	Dry
Tlapeng Village	DoA 5053	-25.718454240	25.474071410	72	550	Succesful
Tshunyane	DoA 5022	-26.060761782	25.523186773	120	550	Succesful

 

Reply:

KPMG conducted a forensic investigation in 2010 into the following allegations:

Forensic investigations by KPMG Services (Pty) Ltd. at DAFF.

Investigations into the following focus areas were conducted by KPMG Services (Pty) Ltd.:

• Female Farmer of the Year (Supply Chain Management process),
• Media World,
• Staff appointments,
• Land Care,
• Disaster Management,
• Disease Management,
• Debt Management,
• Female Farmer of the Year (Awards Event),
• Fruitless and Wasteful expenditure,
• Venue hire,
• CASP,
• Durban Quarantine Station,
• Knowledge Bank,
• Ilima/Letsema,
• Vehicle and Travel and Subsistence Claims, and
• 3P Consulting.

Each focus area has its own report and conclusion and documents can be made available on request.  

Reply:

1.Department of Justice and Constitutional Development:

The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development does not have data of the forensic audit cases for the past four (4) financial years. However, the attached spreadsheet, attached as Annexure A, provides details of the forensic audit cases registered in the 2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16 and 2015/16 financial years.

2. Entities:

2.1 National Prosecuting Authority (NPA):

The NPA has informed that there are no forensic reports pertaining to the NPA in the period from 1 January 2009 up to date.

2.2 Special Investigating Unit (SIU):

The SIU is not aware of any internal or external forensic reports pertaining to its affairs for the period specified.

​2.3 Legal Aid South Africa:

      (a) The Legal Aid SA‘s internal forensic reports completed from 1 January 2009 to September 2016 are tabulated below:

aa) Name	bb)Subject matter	cc) Date of conclusion
(A) 2010/11 financial year
1. Allegation on performing private work and utilising Legal Aid South Africa’s assets and stationery	Allegations against a Justice Centre Executive for performing private work. It was alleged the Executive used Legal Aid SA’s stationery, printers and personnel to run his private business.	4 October 2010
2. The alleged use of Ms. Martha Mbhele’s 3G by someone else	Alleged use of a 3G card allocated to Legal Aid SA employee by someone else.	27 September 2010
3. Half day leave review at Bloemfontein Justice Centre	Review of half days leave taken at justice centre	11 July 2011
4. Complaint by Ms Ntombikhona Emmaculate Dlamini	An investigation of circumstances relating to the legal services rendered by Judicare practitioner to a legal Aid Sa client in an eviction matter	February 2011
5. Fixed asset disposed off, but is still reflected in the asset Register	Investigation of a suspicious deposit slip submitted as proof of payment for a disposed asset.	8 October 2010
6. Break-in at second floor national office Finance Department and the conduct of the corporate services manager.	An investigation of a break-in at National Office Finance Department second floor during the 2010 December year end closure.	16 February 2011
7. Allegation on non-adherence to policies, theft, abuse of Power and conflict of interest	An alleged use of Legal Aid SA’s vehicle by an employee without authorisation; the sale/scrapping of assets without proper authorisation by an employee; and a suspected conflict of interest in awarding a contract to install burglar guards at a Justice Centre.	30 September 2010

aa) Name	bb)Subject matter	cc) Date of conclusion
(B) 2011/12 financial year
1. Thembisa Justice Centre receptionist’s cash stolen from her hand bag.	Investigation of circumstances in which cash was stolen from an employee’s hand bag at a Justice Centre.	23 September 2011
2. Fraud suspected invoices and quotations at Soweto Justice Centre.	Suspected fraudulent invoice and quotations at Justice Centre.	3 June 2011
3. Irregularities relating to the disposal of fixed asset and the management of petty cash at Ermelo Justice Centre.	Suspected irregularities relating to the disposal of fixed asset and the management of petty cash at a Justice Centre.	11 October 2011
4. Agency agreement practitioner MB Popo & company	Suspected fraudulent claim by an Agency Agreement practitioner.	30 November 2011
5. Stolen cellphones at Procurement department.	Disappearance of two cellphones from Procurement Manager’s office. The cellphones were delivered by Vodacom to be distributed to employees who had ordered the phones under the contract Legal Aid SA had with Vodacom	12 October 2011
6. Alleged Soshanguve JCE improper conduct and poor managerial skills	An alleged misconduct by Justice Centre Executive for ill-treating and undermining her subordinates.	3 October 2011
7. Legal Aid SA Principal Attorney suspected of trying to pass work of other practitioners as that of his own for quality assessment purposes.	An alleged attempted fraud by a Legal Aid SA Principal Attorney who tried to claim work of other practitioners as his for quality assessment purposes.	14 July 2011
8. Mr. Makgape Sophia Rammala received R2,000.00 cash from the client’s sister Ms. Fengie Masha	An allegation against a Legal Aid SA legal practitioner based at a Satellite Office for charging a member of public fees for legal assistance given to Legal Aid SA’s client.	25 November 2011

aa) Name	bb)Subject matter	cc) Date of conclusion
(C) 2012/13 financial year
1. Retrieving evidence on 3 hard drives from Pietermaritzburg Justice Centre	A complaint that alleged that a Legal Aid SA Principal Attorney’s computer hard drives contained pornographic files.	9 May 2012
2. Interview questions sent to selected shortlisted job applicants.	A complaint that alleged that a Justice Centre Executive emailed interview questions to the applicant.	4 December 2012
3. Cover quoting from Creative Office Furniture and Impilo Lifestyle	A suspected cover quoting by external bidders for Legal Aid SA work or contract.	14 December 2012
4. Irregularities relating to the disposal of a Toyota Yaris at Ermelo Justice Centre	An allegation that a Legal Aid SA pool vehicle was disposed at a value below the original reserve price.	5 March 2013
5. Description of goods not specified on the invoices for procurement at Nelspruit Justice Centre.	An alleged circumvention and or violation of Legal Aid SA Supply Chain policy and procedures in procuring office grocery.	25 January 2013
(D) 2014/15 financial year
Financial irregularities and conflict of interest at the Pretoria Justice Centre	A suspected existence of conflict of interest when a contract was awarded.	29 July 2014
(E) 2015/16 financial year
1. Forensic investigation on the missing computer at the Kwa-Zulu Natal regional office	Investigation of circumstances in which a laptop computer got missing while it was allocated to and in custody of a Legal Aid employee,	26 May 2015
2. Forensic potential conflict of interest at the Ermelo Justice Centre, Piet Retief satellite office	A suspicion of existence of conflict of interest when a cleaning contract at Justice Centre was awarded.	23 July 2015
3. Forensic report suspected irregular expenditure at Modimolle Justice Centre	A suspicion of occurrence of irregularities in awarding a contract for office refurbishment at Justice Centre.	22 January 2016
4. Forensic potential conflict of interest at the Soweto Justice Centre	A suspected conflict of interest by a legal practitioner.	28 September 2015
5. Alleged conflict of interest at Bloemfontein justice centre	A Legal Aid SA Justice Centre Executive was alleged to owning a company that was doing with Legal Aid SA resulting in conflict of interest.	29 March 2015
(F) 2016/17 financial year
1. Alleged abuse of legal Aid resources	A Legal Aid SA employee was accused of abusing Legal Aid SA resources (computer and photocopying facility) for private matters.	2 June 2016
2. Alleged payment requested by a justice practitioner for legal representation services	A former Legal Aid SA employee was accused of having requested payment for his services in representing a client on behalf of Legal Aid SA. The employee had retired when the accusations were made.	6 June 2016
3. suspected overstatement of claims by a Judicare Practitioner at Vryheid Justice Centre	A Judicare Practitioner was suspected to have submitted fraudulent and overstated claim for work that was done on behalf of Legal Aid SA.	15 June 2016
4. Suspected use of pool vehicle without authorization at the Queenstown Justice Centre	A Legal Aid SA employee was alleged to have used a pool vehicle for private business.	27 June 2016
5. Client money received by a paralegal and not paid over to the client at Musina satellite office	A Legal Aid SA Paralegal was alleged to have taken money that was meant for the client in the sale of an RDP house.	15 August 2016

(b) There were no external forensic reports in the period 2009 to date.

3. Department of Correctional Services:

BOSASA contract investigation done by SIU and former CFO was criminally charged and during disciplinary hearing he resigned.

Medical Aid fraud (MEDCOR) investigation against 702 officials done by Special Investigation Unit. Officials were criminally charged and internally they were given final written warnings. The money fraudulently obtained was recovered from the doctors.

Social grant investigation against SASSA beneficiaries against the officials was done by SIU. Officials failed to cancel grant benefits from SASSA when employed by the department or SASSA failed to stop the grant immediately after the employment of the officials. All the money owed to SASSA was paid back and disciplinary steps were taken against the involved officials.

Fraudulent matric certificates. The SIU completed investigations of 22 Department of Correctional Services officials who submitted fraudulent matric certificates. Twenty of the said officials have been dismissed.

Electronic monitoring investigation was done by KPMG. The KPMG investigation report was forwarded to SIU for further investigation. The SIU is still pursuing the matter further.

The Masetlaoka Scott and Wilson (MSW) contract still under investigation. The investigation is in progress. SIU is pursuing the matter. One official is internally charged.

Reply:

(b) External forensic report.

(i) Department of Women.

(aa) Forensic investigation into various allegations of misconduct within the department.

(bb) Forensic investigation into various allegations of misconduct and irregularities relating to:

• the TIRISANO contract;
• performance contract of the Director-General; and
• procurement of Women’s Day goods and services.

(cc) 01 April 2016.

________________________

Approved by the Minister on

Date………………………..

Reply:

The department does not have a contract with Kohwa Holdings but a memorandum of understanding (a) All 12 Cooperatives have received services from Kohwa Holdings at various levels and (b) Each Cooperative has received grant funding to the tune of (i) R 350 000 and (ii) the company received R35 000 per cooperative which is R35 000 X 12 = R 420 000-00 from (aa) the Cooperatives Incentive Scheme and/or (bb) No support from other budgets  since 1 April 2015  

(2)   what is the (a) detailed breakdown of the costs of implementing the agricultural plans for each of the co-operatives and (b) company’s fees for providing services to the co-operatives;

       Reply,

For each of the 12 Cooperatives the total amount of R350 000 per cooperative was spent as follows:

Wayhans Group which supplied Irrigation Scheme
Description and Deliverables	Qty	Excl	Total Amount
Main pump diesel pump/generator combo	1	96 150	96 150
PVC main line, elbow,t-fittings, PVC cement	1	30 700	30 700
Fertigation unit and 20 foot container with	1	42 167.2	42 167.2
Galvanised steel 50m3 resevoir tank	1	47 624	47 624
Drip network	1	44 341	44 341
Valves links	1	10 495	10 495
Transport	1	3760	3760
Installation and engineering supervision	1	-	-
	Sub Total	275 237.7	275 237.7
Wayhans Group which supplied fencing material
Description and Deliverables	Qty	Excl	Total Amount
110m x 110 x 1.8m high bonnax fencing roll	5	4 700	4 700
100mm gum poles & accessories included	159	9 620	9 620
Gumpoles stays 75/100/1.8m	18	990	990
Fence U-tack	9	1 170	1 170
Rolls of fence wire galvanised 2.5mm 130m	9	2 430	2 430
Bags cement & balast	62	3 952	3 952
Gate	1	3 500	3 500
Labour	1	10 500	10 500
Transport	1	2 900	2 900
	Sub Total	39 762	39 762
Kohwa Holdings
Sweet corn seed	1	1210		1210
Spinach seedling	1	515		515
Beetroot seedling	1	1246.7		1246.7
Cabbage seedling	1	650		650
Soil preparation	3	1500		1500
Fertilisers	3	1950		1950
Chemicals	3	3759		3759
Lime treatment	3	9 171		9 171
Project Management	1	14 998		14 998
	Sub Total	35 000		35 000
	Grand Total	350 000		350 000

 

 (3)  whether the company has provided her department with a full breakdown of (a) monies spent and (b) services delivered to each of the co-operatives during the specified period; if not, in each case, why not; if so, in each case, what are the relevant details?NW2522E

Reply

The department has undertaken a post disbursement inspection as per the standard procedure to follow up and verify if all approved items have been delivered to applicants and are in order and functional. During the follow up visits, it was established that most of the items approved and paid for by the department were not delivered to almost all the 12 cooperatives. The department is in the process of commissioning a full investigation into the 12 cooperatives to ascertain the reasons for the non-delivery of the items referred to above.

Reply:

	Department of Mineral Resources	aa)	bb)	cc)
	1	Mining permit application	Objection of mining permit application	11/10/2016
i)Dept	2	Prospecting right application	Unfair administrative procedures in processing mining right application	11/10/2016
	3	Corruption on the issuing of mining permit	Investigation into allegations of corruption on the issuing of mining permit	23/02/2016
	4	Stationery procurement	Irregular expenditure relating to procurement of stationery	15/12/2015
	5	Mining permit	Incorrectly allocated mining permit	13/10/2015
	6	Mining permit application	Irregular proof of submission of documents	13/10/2015
	7	Mining permit application	Alleged conflict of interest	13/10/2015
	8	Fraud and corruption	Fraudulent blasting certificates.	28/07/2015
	9	Mine Managers Certificate of Competency (MMCC)	Allegations of irregularities in the issuing of MMCC. Allegations pertaining to Principal inspector.	07/11/2014
	10	Corruption	Allegations of irregular appointment	10/06/2014
	11	Corruption	Abuse of GG vehicles	12/05/2014
	12	Theft	Theft and loss of cash	12/03/2014
	13	Irregular award of ICT Infrastructure	Allegations of irregular award of ICT Infrastructure	20/01/2012
		aa)	bb)	cc)
ii)Entities	Council for Geoscience	Fraud	Recruitment process (mispresentation of qualifications)	30/10/2014
		Contravention of Supply Chain Management regulations	Procurement irregularities	28/02/2014
		Contravention of Supply Chain Management Practice Note	Collusion of suppliers	18/05/2016
	South African Diamond and Precious Metal Regulator	Report on the contravention of ICT policy	Misconduct	31/12/2011
		Corruption/fraud investigation	Alleged misconduct	24/03/2014
		Disclosure of confidential information	Misconduct	28/05/2015
	Mine Health and Safety Council	N/A	N/A	N/A
	MINTEK	N/A	N/A	N/A
	South African Diamond Trader	N/A	N/A	N/A

 

Mr MJ Zwane, MP

Minister of Mineral Resources

Date Submitted:-………………/………………/2016

Reply:

1. Yes the person (name furnished) has shares in the company mentioned and the company is the service provider of the Gazelles Programme. The person concerned has 40% shares in the company concerned which are in the process of being disposed.
2. There was no expenditure for 2014-15 financial year. For 2015-16 financial year the department incurred the costs to the tune of R22 085 000.00 towards the implementation of the programme, broken down into the following expenditure items:

Reply:

As the question relates to a matter which is now the subject of ongoing legal proceedings, the Minister is constrained from providing any details or information in this regard.

In view of the above, paragraphs (a) to (d) falls away.

 

Mr MJ Zwane, MP

Minister of Mineral Resources

Date Submitted:-………………/………………/2016

Reply:

The goods and services above R500 000 that were procured without inviting competitive bids for the Bavumile Skills Development Project are broken down as follows:

SUPPLIER  NAME	Date of training	Service area	R(Total amount of contract/quotation)	R(Amount paid)
Aranda Learnership College	16/02 to 19/03/2015	Hammanskraal, Gauteng	293 742,66	44 061,00
	16/02 to 19/03/2015	Mamelodi, Gauteng	277 782,66	41 667,00
	16/02 to 19/03/2015	Mamelodi, Gauteng		138 992,66
	16/02 to 19/03/2015	Kimberly, Northern Cape	360 008,58	180 004,58
Total			931 533,90	404 725,24
Kaoz Afric Design	15/02 to 11/03/2016	Lephanane, Limpopo	339 000,00	339 000,00
	15/02 to 11/03/2016	Nelspruit, Mpumalanga	349 000,00	349 000,00
Total			688 000,00	688 000,00
Injiya Trading and Projects	29/02 to 26/03/2016	Khayelitsha, Western Cape	376 000,00	376 000,00
	20/07 to 14/08/2015	Harrismith, Free State	364 725,00	364 725,00
Total			740 725,00	740 725,00
Grand total			2 360 258.90	1 833 450 .24

Reply:

1. The Mining Operation Phakisa is a programme of the President assigned to the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) as a lead department with the Department of Mineral Resources providing substantive support. The DPME would be better placed to respond to these questions.

   (a– (e) – Refer to (1)

2. Refer to (1)

 

Mr MJ Zwane, MP

Minister of Mineral Resources

Date Submitted:-………………/………………/2016

Reply:

1. No. Neither (a) an internal nor (b) an external forensic investigation pertaining to either (i) the department and/or (ii) entity were conducted during the said period. As a result, there is no report to that effect.

UNQUOTE

Reply:

(a) The department has together with entities, namely, Universal Service Access Agency of South Africa (USAASA) and South African Post Office (SAPO) accompanied by the Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services (DTPS) in August and September 2016 approached National Treasury to discuss the funding issues of the project. Funding is required for the Programme Management Office (PMO), Public and Consumer Awareness, Contact Centre, Dual Illumination, Set-top-boxes and related accessories such as antennae and satellite dishes as well as for installations. The department is in the process of facilitating the compilation of funding requirements with entities to submit to National Treasury in November 2016.

(b) (ii) Suppliers are not involved in the submission of funding requirements to National Treasury.

 

MR NN MUNZHELELE

DIRECTOR GENERAL [ACTING]

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE:

MS AF MUTHAMBI (MP)

MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE

Reply:

(1)  

(a) A total of 22,387 STBs have been issued, installed and service activated as at 31 October 2016

(b) (i) (ii) Attached is a spreadsheet showing the municipal areas and provinces.

(2)   A total of Direct To Home (DTH) STBs installed as at 31 October 2016 is 14,143 and Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) are 8,244. Refer to attached spreadsheet for details.

MR NN MUNZHELELE

DIRECTOR GENERAL [ACTING]

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE:

MS AF MUTHAMBI (MP)

MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE

Reply:

The information regarding the performance bonuses can be referred to the Annual Reports for the respective years.

Note that the SABC has not yet implemented the performance management review therefore would not be in a position to pay performance bonuses.

MR NN MUNZHELELE

DIRECTOR GENERAL [ACTING]

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE:

MS AF MUTHAMBI (MP)

MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE

Reply:

(a)(b)(i)(ii) Since 1 January 2009 to date the Department and all its entities with the exception of CEF reported no forensic investigation conducted for both internally and externally.

(ii) CEF, Yes

(aa) Name	(bb) Subject Matter	(cc) Date of Conclusion
PetroSA	i. Forensic Accounting Investigation into alleged irregular activities or misconduct by certain top ranking officials which include allegations about irregular tender practices at PetroSA.	4 March 2010
	ii. Forensics Investigation into possible irregularities and/or fraud within the Corporate Social Investment (“CSI”) department.	18 October 2010
	iii. Probity final report PetroSA.	April 2013
	iv. Review of a possible fruitless and wasteful and/or irregular expenditure	October 2013
	v. Scope extension: Review of a possible fruitless and wasteful and/or irregular expenditure.	June 2013
	vi. Investigation into allegations of irregularities regarding the acquisition by PetroSA of the shares of Sabre Oil and Gas.	November 2013
	vii. Forensic Investigation into the circumstances behind the decision to continue drilling the FO-12 pilot well in the Ikhwezi field development plan.	September 2015
	viii. Independent investigation into the performance of PetroSA for the financial year ended 31 March 2015; and more specifically PetroSA’s R14.5 billion impairment charge.	November 2015
Petroleum Agency of South Africa (PASA)	ix. Forensic Investigation into allegations arising from a whistle blower report	11 November 2010

Reply:

I would like to draw your attention, honourable Shinn, to my Budget Vote speech where I mentioned that “together with the SABC management we have since resolved to delink the TV license requirement from the STB subsidy registration process”. No mention was made of a decision to waive the law.

 

MR NN MUNZHELELE

DIRECTOR GENERAL [ACTING]

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE:

MS AF MUTHAMBI (MP)

MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE:

Reply:

No, the Minister has not met with the Board of the SABC to discuss the redeployment of Mr Motsoeneng.

MR NN MUNZHELELE

DIRECTOR GENERAL [ACTING]

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE:

MS AF MUTHAMBI (MP)

MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE

Reply:

The questions relate to questions that are part of the terms of reference into the parliamentary hearing in terms of section 15A (b) and therefore dealing with the question now will be tantamount to anticipating the said inquiry which is led by Parliament.

MR NN MUNZHELELE

DIRECTOR GENERAL [ACTING]

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE:

MS AF MUTHAMBI (MP)

MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE

Reply:

The Department of Communications did not pledge any amount to support the Thank You SABC music concert held at the Orlando Stadium on 10 September 2016.

MR NN MUNZHELELE

DIRECTOR GENERAL [ACTING]

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE:

MS AF MUTHAMBI (MP)

MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE

Reply:

1. The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) is currently conducting investigations authorised under four (4) proclamations involving the Department of Public Works (DPW). Details of the investigations are provided in the table below:

PROCLAMATION	PROVINCE	REASONS FOR THE INVESTIGATIONS	EXPECTED DATE TO BE FINALISED
Proclamation No. R.54, 2014. There are seventeen (17) matters listed as well as an additional thirteen (13) matters listed in the amendment to the abovementioned Proclamation, amended to Proclamation No. R44 of 2015.	Western Cape	The Investigation relates to the refurbishment of ministerial homes in and around Cape Town at allegedly vastly inflated costs. The Proclamation concerned confines the investigation to: (i) the procurement of goods and services; and (ii) unauthorized, irregular and/or fruitless and wasteful expenditure incurred in relation to the DPW projects listed in the two (2) Proclamations.	31 March 2017
2. Proclamation No. R59 of 2014 dated 27 August 2014	National Department of Public Works	1. Procurement and Administration of leases which is not fair, competitive, transparent, equitable or cost effective; 2. Irregularities, malpractices or mal-administration in the affairs of DPW; 3. Any related unauthorized, irregular or fruitless and wasteful expenditure; 4. Theft, fraud and/or corruption by private individuals/landlords; and 5. Procurement irregularities relating to service providers. Currently, 649 leases are under investigation out of a total of 2 176 leases. The provincial breakdown is as follows: (i) Eastern Cape – 142; (ii) Western Cape – 48; (iii) Mpumalanga – 105; (iv) Free State – 100; (v) Kwa-Zulu Natal – 54; (vi) Gauteng – 136; (vii) North-West – 37; and (viii) Mthatha – 27.	March 2018
3.Proclamation No. R38 of 2010	Gauteng	(i) Allegations of irregular Supply Chain Management award in terms of Section 217 of the Constitution as well as fruitless and wasteful expenditure; and (ii) A lease investigation where we are in negotiations with the current landlord and DPW on overpayments to the landlord both in Gauteng.	Based on these matters (civil proceedings), SIU cannot anticipate the end date.
4. Proclamation No. R27 of 2015	Kwa-Zulu Natal	(i) Allegations of irregular appointment of service provider - 4 matters; (ii) Allegations of fruitless and wasteful expenditure - 1 matter; (iii) Allegations of fraud and corruption - 3 matters; and (iv) Allegations of conflict of interest - 420 matters.	September 2017
	Western Cape	(i) Allegations of fraud and corruption - 2 matters; and (ii) Allegations of conflict of interest - 230 matters.
	Eastern Cape	Allegations of conflict of interest - 344 matters
	Pretoria Office	(i) Allegations of "cover quoting" - 7 matters; (ii) Allegations of irregularities in the Security Project - 1 matter; (iii) Allegations of irregular expenditures during the 2014/15 regularity audit - 1 matter; (iv) Allegations of fraud and corruption - 2 matters; and (v) Allegations of conflict of interest – 2 705 matters.
	Bloemfontein Office	(i) Allegations of poor service and non-delivery by service providers - 23 matters; (ii) Fraud and corruption - 1 matter; (iii) Allegations of conflict of interest - 677 matters; and (iv) Assisting the Hawks on 6 matters.

Reply:

The Department of Communications commissioned an investigation conducted by the National Treasury on the procurement process of Set Top Boxes (STBs) and other associated accessories. No criminal charges have been laid against any employee and/or former employee of the Universal Service Access Agency of South Africa as the report is being processed. The department is, however, working with the Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services (DTPS), as USAASA reports to Parliament via the DTPS, in considering actions to be taken based on the recommendations entailed in the report. .

 

MR NN MUNZHELELE

DIRECTOR GENERAL [ACTING]

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE:

MS AF MUTHAMBI (MP)

MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE:

Reply:

(i) Department of Communications (DoC)

   (a) N/A

   (b) External forensic audit initiated in the 2015/16 financial year.

   (bb) The DoC commissioned an investigation through the National Treasury on the procurement processes of set top boxes.

    (cc) The investigation has been concluded in March 2016.

Government Communications and Information System

(a) Internal audit investigation into subsistence and travel claims for one of its employees, June 2011.

 (b) National Treasury (external to GCIS), forensic investigation into the appointment of a service providers for the census 2011 campaign, November 2012.

(ii) Entities

Brand South Africa (BSA)

(a) N/A

(b) External forensic audit in the 2014/15 financial year.

(aa) N/A

(bb) To investigate whether any fraudulent activities took place on the reported irregular expenditure of R10 738 735.

(cc) 11 November 2014.

Film and Publication Board (FPB)

(a) N/A

(b) N/A

(aa) N/A

(bb) N/A

(cc) N/A

Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA)

(a) N/A

(b) An external forensic investigator was appointed.

(aa) N/A

(bb) To investigate the bid administration functions and processes followed at ICASA in the 2011/12 and 2012/13 financial years.

(cc) The report was successfully concluded and adopted by Council of the Authority on 31 March 2015.

Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA)

(a) No

(b) Yes

(aa) N/A

(bb) Corruption and Maladministration

(cc) 2013

South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC)

The SABC is unfortunately not at liberty to disclose such information as it either refers to personal information of the SABC employees and or commercial transactions of third parties.

MR NN MUNZHELELE

[A] DIRECTOR GENERAL

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE:

MS AF MUTHAMBI (MP)

MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE

Reply:

Since the introduction of the new Special Economic Zones Policy and the introduction of a new package of incentives for SEZ investments; the overall investment performance of South Africa’s special economic zones has improved significantly. For example, total secured investments in the 4 operational IDZs increased from R19, 7 billion at the beginning of the 2016 to R41, 2 billion at the end of October 2016. In addition, the total investment commitments from the not yet operational zones (including the newly designated) stands at over R70 billion. The dti is confident that this improved investment performance of South Africa’s special economic zones will soon translate into a stronger contribution to GDP, value-added exports and employment.

In implementing the SEZ Programme, the dti is aware that continuous learning and innovation have to be, and are; central to our efforts to improve the performance of all special economic zones. Therefore, there are lessons from both the domestic and international experiences in the planning, design, development, management and operations of special economic zones. When the time is right, department will review both the SEZ Policy and its instruments; taking into account all the lessons from both the domestic and international experiences.

However, the dti does not have any intention to introduce a different labour market policy in special economic zones. There are no indications that the current labour market policy has negative impact on the performance of our special economic zones.

 

 

Reply:

(i) Department of Tourism

(a) None

(b) External forensic reports as indicated below:

(aa) Investigated Project Name	(bb)Subject Matter	(cc) Date of Conclusion
Tshakuma Heritage and Conference Centre	Forensic and Financial Investigation	19 July 2011; further bank account analysis report issued on 2 September 2013
Wild Coast Tourism Development	Forensic and Financial Investigation	25 July 2011
KZN King Matiwane	Forensic and Financial Investigation	19 July 2011
Free State and Northern Cape training	Forensic and Financial Investigation	7 July 2011
FS- Guest House Building in Qwaqwa	Forensic and Financial Investigation	28 November 2014
FS- Information and Business Centre Project	Forensic and Financial Investigation	28 November 2014
EC-Lake Gariep Development Project	Forensic and Financial Investigation	9 October 2014
EC-Lake Gariep and PK Le Roux dam	Forensic and Financial Investigation	9 October 2014
EC- Rock Art Tourism	Forensic and Financial Investigation	9 October 2014
EC- Motherwell Eco Tourism Development Project	Forensic and Financial Investigation	9 October 2014
LP-Mnisi Resort project	Forensic and Financial Investigation	9 October 2014
Vha Tsonga Cultural Village Project	Forensic and Financial Investigation	9 October 2014

(ii) South Africa Tourism

(a) None

(b) External forensic report as indicated below:

(aa) Name	(bb) Subject Matter	(cc)Date of Conclusion
Fraud India Office Case	Fraud case against Country Manager and Finance Manager in India Office	25 May 2011
Local and International South African Tourism Warehouses Case	Exhibition Stands and Warehouses	24 May 2012
Fraud and Corruption Case	Irregularities in awarding the Lead Agency Tender in 2010	14 January 2015
Fraud and Corruption Case	Possible collusion between suppliers in Nigeria	6 July 2016

Reply:

The Department of Planning Monitoring and Evaluation did not have (a) internal or (b) external forensic investigations from the period 1 January 2009 to date. There were no cases that required forensic investigations and therefore there is no (aa) name (bb) subject matter and (cc) date of conclusion of forensic reports.

SekelaXabiso Consulting (Pty) Ltd was appointed by National Treasury on 12 September 2013 to do Forensic Investigation into the tender process and subsequent appointment of the successful bidder pertaining to tender number 12/09 for Statistics South Africa (Stats SA). The response in regard to NYDA is as follows:

Forensic Report - Nature	Internal / External	(aa) Name of the Investigation	(bb) Subject Matter	(cc) Date of Conclusion of the Forensic Report
During the 2011 financial year, an investigation was initiated by the Public Protector to probe whether the hosting of the World Festival of Youth and Students held in December 2010 had been within the NYDA’s mandate, whether the allocated funds had not been misappropriated and whether the relevant supply chain management prescripts had been followed.	External	World Festival of Youth and Students	Hosting of the World Festival of Youth and Students event had been within the NYDA’s mandate, whether the allocated funds had not been misappropriated and whether the relevant supply chain management prescripts had been followed.	To date, a final report had not been released by the Public Protector.
Account Payable Manager Fraud	Internal	Account Payable Fraud	Diverting funds to her accounts – fraud detection and funds recovery done.	30 September 2016 Case closed
Economic Development DJ project	Internal	DJ project	Supply of young DJ’s with DJ equipment, working capital and related branding	31 December 2013 Case closed
Qualification review	Internal	Qualification Audit	Review of qualification listed on employees CVs	31 December 2015 Case closed
Fraudulent activity in the Group Lending Programme at the East London Branch Office. The report named two specific group loans (Masiqandane and Khanya Group Loans).	Internal	Group Loan	Fraudulent loan	05 November 2013 Case closed

 

 

Reply:

The total financial cost to the State for all litigation involving the non-security upgrades at the President, Mr Jacob G Zuma’s, private homestead in Nkandla in KwaZulu-Natal is R3 915 625.03

Reply:

According to the information received from National Lotteries Commission (NLC) and the dti: CCRD -

The Consumer and Corporate Regulation Division together with the NLC have never funded the Cultural and Creative Industries Federation of South Africa (CCIFSA), as a result

(1) Not applicable.

(2) Not applicable.

(3) Not applicable.

According to the information received from National Lotteries Commission (NLC) and the dti: CCRD -

The Consumer and Corporate Regulation Division together with the NLC have never funded the Cultural and Creative Industries Federation of South Africa (CCIFSA), as a result

(1) Not applicable.

(2) Not applicable.

(3) Not applicable.

Reply:

(a) Since the commencement of the National Road Traffic Act, Act 93 of 1996; the powers to authorise abnormal vehicles were within the Provincial Member of the Executive Council. In 2010 the National Road Traffic Amendment Act, 2008 (Act No.64 of 2008) was proclaimed. This Amendment Act transferred the functions to issue authorisations for abnormal vehicles to be operated on the public roads from the Provincial Member of the Executive Council to the Minister of Transport.

In terms of Section 81(1), every vehicle that is not compliant with the provisions of the National Road Traffic Act in terms of vehicular dimensions and axle masses must be issued with a principle approval by the Minister of Transport before it is manufactured, purchased or imported. Approvals are granted on a letter from the Department of Transport detailing the vehicle identification number, dimensions and masses of the vehicle concerned.

Reply:

Currently the department’s above-the-line advertising campaigns are placed through the Government Communication and Information System (GCIS), in compliance with the Cabinet Memorandum No. 1 of 2011 which was adopted on 8 June 2011.

GCIS uses an independent tool to assist in determining the best mediums to procure from for any specific media campaign request. The mediums chosen are based on the Telmar software tools which guide on the best option to propose to a department making the request. This tool is supported by Independent media research analysis based on South African Advertising Research Foundation, TAMS and RAMS complemented by Audit Bureau of circulation data.

From the time the GCIS brought the in-house media buying, it has reaped considerable savings and discounts for Government.

Although the question asks for advertising costs incurred from financial years 2015/16 and from April 2016 to date, advertising is a standard line item in each department’s / entity’s budget, which is approved by Parliament annually.

Government departments and its entities accounts for expenditure by tabling annual reports every year and this document, inclusive of this line item (i.e. advertising) are audited by the Auditor-General, who makes recommendations on any findings. Annual Reports are widely available to the public.

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Reply:

(a)(b) (aa) The Department of Trade and Industry received and completed two hundred and fifty five (255) investigations since 1 January 2009 to date. Of the 255 investigations, sixty one (61) related to the Entities of the dti.

Period	the dti Cases	Entity Cases	Total Cases
Jan-Dec 2009	37	17	54
Jan-Dec 2010	49	5	54
Jan-Dec 2011	26	10	36
Jan-Dec 2012	23	5	28
Jan-Dec 2013	20	9	29
Jan-Dec 2014	19	5	24
Jan-Dec 2015	13	7	20
Jan-Oct 2016	7	3	10
Total cases	255

(bb) The subject of the forensic audits varied from conflict of interest, fraud, corruption and bribery, irregular and unauthorised expenditure, procurement irregularities, incentive scheme fraud, and alleged unethical behaviour.

(ccc) Two hundred and forty nine (249) cases relating to the period 01 January 2009 to date have been finalised. Six cases relating to the period 01 January 2016 to date are in progress. Certain investigations were outsourced to Grant Thornton, Nexus Forensics, Ubuntu Business Advisory Services (UBAC) and Gobodo Forensic and Investigative Accounting (GFIA). The majority of investigations were conducted by the in-house forensic audit unit within the Internal Audit Chief Directorate at the dti.

(ii)

(ii) ENTITY	(aa) Name	(bb) Subject matter	(cc) Dates of conclusion	(a) Internal	(b) External
NRCS
	1. Investigation into possible conflict of interest	Investigation into possible conflict of interest	March 2013	-	External
	2. Investigation report into the taxed bill of costs	Investigation report into the taxed bill of costs	June 2014	Internal	-
	3. Preliminary Investigation to determine compliance with the NRCS subsistence and travel policy	Preliminary Investigation to determine compliance with the NRCS subsistence and travel policy	June 2014	Internal	-
	4. Preliminary investigation report into staff concerns	Preliminary investigation report into staff concerns	Feb 2016	Internal	-
	5. Independent assessment on recruitment and selection process	Independent assessment on recruitment and selection process	Sept 2015	Internal	-
	6. Investigation towards costs relating to services rendered	Investigation towards costs relating to services rendered	Aug 2014	Internal	-
	7. Investigation into the matters relating to technical specialist	investigation into the matters relating to technical specialist	March 2015 In Progress	-	External
	8. Preliminary-investigation report into the matter of the approval of audit payment	Preliminary-investigation report into the matter of the approval of audit payment	Sept 2015	Internal	-
	9. Preliminary Investigation of the allegations relating to the electrotechnical inspector	Preliminary Investigation of the allegations relating to the electrotechnical inspector	April 2015	Internal	-
	10. Independent assessment on an appointment	independent assessment on an appointment	May 2016	Internal	-
	11. Industry trading without LOA	Industry trading without LOA	Oct 2015 In progress	-	External
	12. Inspector disclosure of confidential information	Inspector disclosure of confidential information	Jan 2016 In progress	-	External
	13. Industry defrauding NRCS with regard to testing of weighbridges	Industry defrauding NRCS with regard to testing of weighbridges	Feb 2016 In progress	-	External
	14. Products not complying with NRCS Compulsory Specifications	Products not complying with NRCS Compulsory Specifications	March 2016 In progress	-	External
	15. Alleged corruption / unethical behavior by inspector	Alleged corruption / unethical behavior by inspector	Sept 2015 In progress	-	External
	16. Investigation of two members of staff	Investigation of two members of staff	Aug 2015	-	External
	17. Grant Thornton Report- JDE Fraud Case	Grant Thornton Report- JDE Fraud Case	May 2012 Follow up being made with SAPS with regard to prosecution and arrest of suspect. Currently await SAPS	-	External
	18. Provision of forensic investigation services in relation to the allegations of irregularities and mismanagement at NRCS	Provision of forensic investigation services in relation to the allegations of irregularities and mismanagement at NRCS	March 2013	-	External
	19. Investigation of possible irregularities with regard to procurement practices in the corporate services department of the NRCS	Investigation of possible irregularities with regard to procurement practices in the corporate services department of the NRCS	March 2010	-	External
	20. Forensic Investigations into alleged irregularities in the tendering process at NRCS	Forensic Investigations into alleged irregularities in the tendering process at NRCS	February 2011	-	External
	21. Forensic Investigation into allegations of irregularities	Investigation into allegations of irregularities	January 2011	-	External
	22. Investigation into donor funding	Investigation into donor funding	November 2015	-	External
NMISA, ECIC, NCC, CT and NCT
	NIL	-	-	-	-
NEF
	1. Investigation into possible fraudulent payments	Staff member of a NEF funded entity made certain fraudulent payments into accounts	May 2015	Internal	-
	2. Facilities	Staff member extorting payments/services from a service provider	April 2014	Internal	-
	3. Forensic investigation into various allegations made by an anonymous whistle-blower	Allegations of improper conduct and irregularities relating to decisions made by the organisation and some of its employees	November 2013	-	External
	4. Allegations of misconduct by a staff member	Review of allegations of improper/unlawful sms sent to a client.	September 2011	-	External
	5. Corruption & misconduct by two employees	Irregularities concerning allegations relating to two staff members	August 2011	-	External
	6. Corruption & misconduct by an employee	Allegations regarding certain unethical behaviour by an employee	June 2011	-	External
NCR
	1. Allegations of misconduct levelled against a Senior Manager	Breach of National Treasury Regulations, specifically with regards to supply chain management; Fraud; Misrepresentation; non-compliance with procurement policy; conflict of interest; gross negligence in the performance of duties	November 2011	-	External
	2. Allegations of misconduct	Corruption, racism, nepotism, unethical conduct and inappropriate relations with a service provider	February 2013	-	External
SANAS
	Investigation into possible fraud	Fraudulent bank account details	September 2014	-	External
NGB
	1. Unauthorised Amendments to a tender document	Investigation into unauthorised changes effected to a tender document	August 2014	Internal	-
	2. Conflict of interest	Unauthorised work conducted by an official within the NGB that was not disclosed and/or approved by the NGB	September 2014	Internal	-
NLC
	1. Corporate Business Insight Awareness cc report	Technical Surveillance Countermeasures Urgency and sensitivity - as recommended by SARS	August 2012	-	External
	2. Fraud unit reports	Beneficiary related alleged fraud investigations.	July, August	Internal	-
	3. Ens Forensics & Ra Russel Adviser report	Forensic Investigation of the leak and Destruction of Confidential Documents	August 2013	-	External
	4. Nexus reports	Beneficiary related forensic investigation.	December 2013	-	External
	5. Sizwe Ntsaluba Gobodo( SNG) reports	Beneficiary related forensic investigation.	November 2013	-	External
	6. Kwinana reports	Beneficiary related forensic investigation	November 2013	-	External
	7. Gobodo Forensic Investigative Accounting(GFIA) report	Beneficiary related forensic investigation	April 2013	-	External
	8. KPMG reports	Beneficiary related forensic investigation	June 2013	-	External
	9. Fraud unit reports	Beneficiary related alleged fraud investigations.	July, August 2013	Internal	-
	10. Nexus reports	Beneficiary related forensic investigation	April 2014	-	External
	11. Nexus report	Forensic report on conflict of interest between beneficiary and junior staff member Conflict of interest between beneficiary and junior staff member Beneficiary related forensic investigation.	September 2014 September 2014 August2014	-	External
	12. Kwinana report	Beneficiary related forensic investigation	January ,February, April 2014	-	External
	13. Sizwe Ntsaluba Gobodo( SNG) reports	Beneficiary related forensic investigation	April, March, May 2014	-	External
	14. Gobodo Forensic Investigative Accounting(GFIA) report	Forensic report on conflict of interest between beneficiary and junior staff member	April 2014	-	External
	15. KPMG reports	Beneficiary related forensic investigation	April, May, June 2014	-	External
	16. Fraud unit reports	Beneficiary related forensic investigation	Jan to Dec 2014	Internal	-
	17. Sizwe Ntsaluba report	Beneficiary related forensic investigation	July2015	-	External
	18. Forensic unit reports	Beneficiary related forensic investigation	February-December 2015	Internal	-
	19. Gobodo Forensic Investigative Accounting(GFIA) report	Beneficiary related forensic investigation	April 2015	-	External
	20. Nexus reports	Beneficiary related forensic investigation	April 2015	-	External
	21. Forensic unit report	Beneficiary related forensic investigation	January 2016 to date	Internal	-
	22. Sam Ledwaba attorneys report	Forensic investigation on a key management staff member received from the Hotline	June 2016	-	External
SABS
	1. Investigation on the alleged loss of documents at the SABS	An investigation into the alleged loss of documents at the SABS premises.	August 2016	-	External
	2. Investigation on the alleged misconduct and non-adherence to the SABS policies	An investigation into the alleged appointment of suppliers without following SABS policies and procedures regarding contract management	July 2016	-	External
	3. Investigation on the process followed pertaining to the renewal/re-issue of permits to one of the SABS client	An investigation into the alleged lack of due diligence by SABS staff members when issuing SABS permit to the client.	September 2015	-	External
	4. Investigation on the allegations of bribery and manipulation of data results	Investigation into allegation of bribery and manipulation of data results or test reports	February 2015	-	External
	5. Investigation into allegations of unethical conduct	Investigation on the alleged unethical conduct by one of the SABS employees	February 2015	-	External
	6. Investigation into possible fraud in the procurement practices at the SABS	Investigation into allegations of possible fraud regarding suppliers registrations process	May 2013	-	External
	7. Investigation on the allegations of conflict of interest at the SABS.	Investigation conducted into the alleged conflict of interest and corporate governance	July 2013	-	External
	8. Investigation on the alleged manipulation of supplier bank accounts	Investigation into fraudulent activities by SABS staff member.	December 2011	-	External
CIPC
	Investigation launched by the dti	Investigation into possible procurement irregularities	Sub Judice	-	External

Reply:

During these media briefings, law enforcement matters are usually covered by my colleagues from the Security Cluster, particularly as it is the mandate of the South African Police Service to investigate and disrupt syndicates. Where law enforcement aspects are included in the briefings, this information is provided by the Security Cluster and there may be various reasons why sensitive information is not included.

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Reply:

PORTS REGULATOR OF SOUTH AFRICA (PRSA)

Chief Executive Officer	Earnings	2013/14 (000)	2014/15 (000)	2015/16 (000)
Mahesh Fakir (appointed 01 May 2014)	Basic salary	-	1568	1591
	Taxable allowance	-	565	668
	Performance bonus	-	-	334
	Total		2133	2593
Marissa Damons (Acting CEO effective August 2013 to 30 April 2014)	Basic salary	524	691	-
	Taxable allowance	204	250	-
	Performance bonus		253	-
	Medical aid allowance*	28	38	-
	Acting allowance	255	33	-
	Total	1 011	1265	-
Riad Khan (CEO contract expired on 15 July 2013)	Basic salary	594	-	-
	Leave pay	362	-	-
	Total	956	-	-

(a) The table above details the gross remuneration that was paid to each CEO for the past three financial years. Note that Mr Khan and Ms Damons were only employed for part of the year in 2013/14 and 2014/15 respectively.

(b) (i) In terms of the conditions of service of the Ports Regulator, senior employees do not get any benefits except for the UIF, (ii) which is included in gross income and not paid over and above the amounts in the table.

(c) (i) The salary increases that were received by the CEO’s were in line with the PSCBC resolutions for sms employees. (ii) there were no increases in benefits awarded as there were no benefits awarded.

*The medical aid allowance for Marissa Damons was not a benefit but rather part of her gross remuneration based on how she structured her package.

RAILWAY SAFETY REGULATOR (RSR)

Year	Basic Salary (R)	Performance bonus (R)	Allowances (R)	Other: Pension & Medical Aid (R)	Total (R)
2013/14	1 688 133	-	16 945	45 701	1 750 779
2014/15	2 126 729	112 800	36 675	66 409	2 342 613
2015/16	3 227 874	313 594	36 646	72 659	3 650 773
Total	7 042 736	426 394	90 266	184 768	7 744 164

ROAD ACCIDENT FUND (RAF)

In the past three financial years,	the gross annual salary of the chief executive officer (CEO) of the Road Accident Fund was,	(b) (i) which included the following benefits enjoyed by the CEO,	and (ii) with the following monetary value in each case,	and was awarded the following increases in(c)(i) gross annual salary,	and (c)(ii), benefits
2013-2014	R4 170 044.00	Medical Aid Momentum Funeral Scheme Cellphone Allowance Performance Bonus awarded after annual audits and a review of performance against an approved scorecard	R75 840.00 R0 R60 000 per financial year R1 849 414.51	Mid increase 8.76% Annual increase 6%	Medical Aid: 9%
2014-2015	R4 703 247.00	Medical Aid Momentum Funeral Scheme Cellphone Allowance Performance Bonus awarded after annual audits and a review of performance against an approved scorecard	R82 818.00 R0 R60 000 per financial year R1 900 706.07	6.4%	Medical Aid: 9% Performance Bonus: 2.77%
2015-2016	R4 985 331.00	Medical Aid Momentum Funeral Scheme Cellphone Allowance Performance Bonus awarded after annual audits and a review of performance against an approved scorecard	R90 831.00 R0 R60 000 per financial year R1 918 882.13	6%	Medical Aid: 9% Performance Bonus: 0.95%

AIRPORTS COMPANY SOUTH AFRICA (ACSA)

What:

(a) were the gross annual salaries of your chief executive officer (CEO) of each entity reporting to her,

Answer: The annual gross salary for Airports Company South Africa CEO is R3,929,502

(b) (i) benefits of any description; and

Answer: The CEO qualified for medical aid and pension fund benefits. These benefits are included in the above mentioned gross annual salary of R 3,929,520

(ii) monetary value in each case that the specified CEOs enjoyed and

Answer: There is no additional monetary value that the CEO received

(c) increases in

(i) gross annual salary and

2014: Answer: The CEO received a 5.4% (new salary R3,478,212) salary increase as approved by the Board of ACSA and the decision was implemented with effect from the 1st of September 2014.

2015: Answer: The CEO received a 6,58% (new salary R 3,707,078) salary increase as approved by the Board of ACSA and the decision was implemented with effect from the 1st of September 2015.

2016: Answer: The CEO received a 6% (new salary R3,929,502) salary increase as approved by the Board of ACSA and the decision was implemented with effect from the 1st of September 2016.

(ii) benefits awarded in the past three financial years?

2014: Answer: No additional benefits were awarded other than the above mentioned benefits, i.e medical aid and pension fund.

A variable performance bonus amounting to R1,570,573 was paid to the CEO in 2014.

2015: Answer: No additional benefits were awarded other than the above mentioned benefits, i.e medical aid and pension fund.

A variable performance bonus amounting to R1,826,061 was paid to the CEO in 2015. Further in lieu of closed Long Term Incentive Scheme (LTIS), the Board approved the deferred accumulated LTI amounting to R1,723,534 to be paid to the CEO in 2015.

2016: Answer: No additional benefits were awarded other than the above mentioned benefits, i.e medical aid and pension fund. No performance bonus was paid to the CEO in 2016.

AIR TRAFFIC AND NAVIGATION SERVICES (ATNS)

What:

(a) were the gross annual salaries of your chief executive officer (CEO) of each entity reporting to her,

- 2013/14 - R3,000,000-00

- 2014/15 - R3,201,000-00

- 2015/16 - R3,457,080-00

- 2016/17 - R3,699,076-00

(b) (i) Benefits of any description; and

- Pension Fund; Medical Aid; 25 working days annual leave; R2500-00 cellphone allowance and Business Class Travel

- Performance Bonus

(ii) Monetary value in each case that the specified CEOs enjoyed.

• 2015/16 Statutory Benefits R452,358.1
• Performance Bonus R841,695-00

(c) Increases in

(i) Gross annual salary; and

2014/15 - 6,7%

2015/16 - 8%

2016/17 - 7%

(ii) Benefits awarded in the past three financial years?

Pension Fund; Medical Aid; Performance Bonus; 25 working days annual leave; R2500-00 cellphone allowance and Business-Class Travel

ROAD TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CORPORATION (RTMC)

Period	Basic Salary	Non Pensionable Allowance	Package	Increase Percentage	Performance Bonus	Total
2016/2017	2700 000.00	1800 000.00	4 500 000.00	0%		4 500 000.00
2015/2016	2700 000.00	1800 000.00	4 500 000.00	55%	1 450 000.00	5 950 000.00
2014/2015	1 740 000.00	1 160 000.00	2 900 000.00	0%	208 634.00	3 108 634.00
2013/2014	435 000.00	233 450.00	2 900 000.00		-	668 450.00
Response	(b) (ii)	(b) (i), (b) (ii)	(a) @(i)	@	(b) (ii)

Narrative :

2013/2014

Pro rata payment for the fourth quarter (Date of assumption of duties 1st of January 2014.)

2014/2015

Package was subject to performance and re-determination pending Negotiations.

2015/2016

Included the re-determination of the salary negotiations and performance as per employment contract.

2016/2017

Awaiting performance assessment and salary increment/negotiations.

SOUTH AFRICAN CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY (SACAA)

1. Gross Annual salaries

The Gross annual salaries paid to the Director of Civil Aviation A for the past 3 financial years were as follows

2013/14 Financial Year: R2,500,000.00

2014/15 Financial Year: R2,500,000.00

2015/16 Financial Year: R2,677,500.00

The above salaries includes basic salary, provident fund and medical aid.

2. Salary Increase

The DCA was appointed on 1 December 2013 and there was no increase paid for the financial year ending 2014/2015. The DCA received her first increase of 7% in 2015/2016 Financial year.

3. Performance Bonus

The performance bonus was paid as follows

2013/14 Financial Year : R290,969.00

2014/15 Financial Year : R585,109.60

2015/16 Financial Year : R840,779.99

SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL ROADS AGENCY SOC LIMITED (SANRAL)

SANRAL CEO: Mr Nazir Alli – Annual Remuneration

(a) and (b): SANRAL operates on a cost to company (CTC) basis. The gross amount paid includes the company’s contribution to medical aid and provident fund. The table below gives a breakdown as reported in the Annual Reports for the respective financial years:

REMUNERATION	Gross Salary	Performance Payments & long service awards	Other contributions (Travel and medical allowances)	Pension contributions	Total R ‘000
FY 2013/14	2 016	1 067	121	405	3 609
FY 2014/15	2 214	1 270	103	445	4 032
FY 2015/16	2 502	1 280	46	185	4 013

(c) The CEO’s salary has not been adjusted for the financial years 2015/2016 and 2016/2017

ROAD TRAFFIC INFRINGEMENT AGENCY (RTIA)

(a)

• 2013/2014 Gross Annual salaries –R894 045
• 2014/2015 Gross Annual salaries –R939 248
• 2015/2016 Gross Annual salaries –R1 010 121

(b)

(i) Benefits –Non pensionable allowance, Car Allowance, Housing Allowance, Pension Fund, Medical Aid, Bonus.

(ii)

• 2013/2014 Total Benefits R742 923
• 2014/2015 Total Benefits R780 758
• 2015/2016 Total Benefits R2 370 076

(c) (i)

• 2013/2014 Increase in gross annual salary R26 994
• 2013/2014 Increase in gross annual salary R45 203
• 2013/2014 Increase in gross annual salary R70 873

(ii)

• 2013/2014 Total increase benefits R49 519
• 2014/2015 Total increase benefits R37 835
• 2015/2016 Total increase benefits R1 589 318

SOUTH AFRICAN MARITIME SAFETY AUTHORITY (SAMSA)

(a) The annual salaries of the SAMSA CEO were as follows:

2013/14 R2 858 000

2014/15 R3 040 912

2015/16 R3 199 544

(b) i.The benefits for the SAMSA CEO were as follows:

Benefits

13th cheque

Provident Fund

Travel Allowance

Bonus

b.ii Monetary value in each case that the specified CEOs enjoyed

Benefit	2013/14	2014/15	2015/16
13th cheque	218 000	238 000	267 000
Provident Fund	417 000	446 000	493 000
Travel Allowance	0	0	22 000
Bonus	1 089 000	0	0

NB: The bonus amount paid in the 2013/14 financial year was for two financial years (2011/12 and 2012/13)

(c) i.The following increases were awarded to the SAMSA CEO over the period:

Year	Percentage Increase
2014/15	6.4%
2015/16	5.2%

ii. Benefits awarded in the past three financial years

Benefit	2013/14	2014/15	2015/16
13th cheque	218 000	238 000	267 000
Provident Fund	417 000	446 000	493 000
Travel Allowance	0	0	22 000
Bonus	1 089 000	0	0

NB: The bonus amount paid in the 2013/14 financial year was for two financial years (2011/12 and 2012/13)

CROSS-BORDER ROAD TRANSPORT AGENCY (C-BRTA)

For the Cross-Border Road Transport Agency, (a) the gross annual salaries for the Chief Executive Officer with (b) benefits, (ii) monetary values and (c) increases in (i) gross annual salary and benefits awarded in the past three financial years (2015/2016; 2014/2015 and 2013/2014) are depicted in the table below:

Year	Increase Date	(a) Gross Annual Salary	(b) (i) Annual Cellphone Allowance	(b) (ii) Performance Bonus	(c) (i) Increase %	(c)(ii) Reimbursive Expenditure	(c)(ii) 5 Year Long Service Award	Total
2015 / 2016	01-Apr-16	2 366 117,16	65 316,00	155 681,33	5,90%	86 382,46	2 542,45	2 676 039,40
2014 /2015	01-Apr-14	2 234 293,92	65 316,00	144 149,39	7,90%	29 268,80	-	2 473 028,11
2013 / 2014	01-Apr-13	2 070 708,04	65 316,00	-	8,00%	47 199,94	-	2 183 223,98

PASSENGER RAIL AGENCY OF SOUTH AFRICA (PRASA)

(a) PRASA pays Total Guaranteed Pay Packages inclusive of all benefits:

Entity	Name	2013	2014	2015	2016 (Prorata)	Comments
PRASA Group	TL Montana	R5 343 063	R5 623 531	R5 903 999	0	The GCEO has been with PRASA for the past 10 years and thus enjoyed annual increases over the period.
	N Khena				R2 753 902	Received an Acting allowance as the Acting Group CEO following the resignation of the GCEO
RAIL	EM Mofi	R3 159 000	R3 348 540	R3 542 755	R1 877 659
CRES	PT Ngubane	R116 883	R2 500 000	R2 650 000	R1 324 999
TECH	S Zamxaka	R2 527 200	R2 678 832	R2 839 561	0
	D Kekana				R2 640 942	Is the Acting CEO, but has not yet been paid the Acting Allowance
Intersite	M Ngoye	R2 448 600
	PA Gombert		R1 855 927	R1 967 793
	NC Molepo				R3 901 027
Autopax	TR Kgaboesele	R2 893 800
	N Khena		R2 316 600	R2 455 596
	BB Kupe				R2 337 200

(b)(i)(ii) Mr Nathi Khena was the Acting Group CEO from July 2015 – July 2016 and received an acting allowance of R277 920 for 2015 and R294 671 for 2016.

Ms Tara Ngubane was appointed the CEO of PRASA CRES and received a 28% increase on her salary. David Kekana is the Acting CEO of PRASA Tech, but is not yet receiving an allowance for his acting.

Mr Patrick Gombert was the Acting CEO from 2015 – 2016 and received an acting allowance of R222 711 for 2015 and R236 135 for 2016.

(c)(i)

Entity	Name	2013	2014	2015	2016 (Prorata)	Comments
PRASA Group	TL Montana	320,583.78 6%	R280 468 5%	R280 468 5%	0	The GCEO had been with PRASA for the past 10 years and thus enjoyed annual increases over the period.
	N Khena				R2 753 902	Received an Acting allowance as Acting Group CEO following the resignation of the CEO
RAIL	EM Mofi	R189 540 6%	R183 222 5.8 %	R200 912 6%	R212 565 6%
CRES	PT Ngubane 6%	R116 883 6%	R551 950 5.8%	R150 000 6%	R159 000 6%
TECH	S Zamxaka	R151 632	R 151 632	R160 577	0
Intersite	M Ngoye	R146 916 6%
	NC Molepo				R1 300 342
Autopax	TR Kgaboesele	R173 628 6%
	BB Kupe				R1 188 600

(ii) There were no additional benefits that the CEOs enjoyed except the annual increases that are specified above.

Reply:

(a) (i) (aa) and (bb) It should be noted that statistics related to rhino are reported in line with calendar years rather than financial years in order to align with international reporting mechanisms.

From April 2015 to March 2016, 1 131 rhinos were poached, with 35 Elephants in each province, as reflected below:

MONTH & YEAR	PROVINCE		TOTAL
	GP	LP	KZN	NW	WC	NC	MP	FS	EC	SANParks
Total for 2015/16 Elephant	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	35	35
Total for 2015/16 Rhino	2	87	118	50	1	2	59	13	17	782	1131

(b) From January 2015 to December 2015, a total of 432 arrests were made in relation to rhino poaching. From January 2016 to August 2016, a total of 414 arrests were made in relation to rhino poaching.

At this time we are working with the South African Police Service in relation to the SAPS CAS System and the related crime codes in order to enable more specific analysis of the cases and reporting over different periods for rhino and elephant poaching arrests and convictions as well as wildlife trafficking cases.

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Reply:

(a) The National Institute for the Humanities and Social Services (NIHSS) is a complementary institute to existing institutions but focuses specifically on advancing and strengthening Human and Social Science disciplines in South African universities. This includes assisting universities to realise their potential contribution to the ongoing project of post-colonial and post-apartheid nation-building, national development, the building of a democratic culture and the development of a strong tradition of progressive, empirical and theoretical research. The NIHSS seeks to build relationships with academics in South Africa, Africa and BRICS. Some of the areas of research of the NIHSS may coincide with the interests of other statutory institutions. Practically, the principle of complementarity requires ongoing sustained and regular consultation and cooperation with these institutions. Taking into consideration the mandates, roles and functions of stakeholders such as the Council on Higher Education, Academy of Science of South Africa, Universities South Africa (USAf), Human Sciences Research Council and National Research Foundation, it is the Department’s view that our higher education and research system needs diversity based on a differentiation of visions, focuses and priorities.

USAf is a body that has been established by university management representing South African Universities. Its mandate amongst others is to influence and contribute to policy positions regarding higher education. USAf itself does not conduct research but delegates this function to various stakeholders within the system.

(b) (i) For the 2015/16 financial year, the NIHSS issued a call for Catalytic Research Project proposals on 19 November 2015, with a submission deadline of 18 December 2015. The call was advertised in the Mail & Guardian and on the NIHSS website. Notification was sent to the South African Humanities Deans' Association (SAHUDA) to disseminate to participating institutions. Fifty-three research grant proposals were received from academics in South African higher education institutions. Proposals were internally screened for project and administrative compliance. Internal and external committees reviewed the research proposals against set criteria. The Academic Committee of the Board also reviewed all research proposals.

The outcomes of the review processes were as follows:

• 8 proposals were awarded full funding under the Catalytic Research Programme;
• 10 proposals that showed some potential for becoming catalytic were recommended for seed funding;
• 5 of the successful proposals were considered to be Working Groups and will be funded under the Working Groups for Academic Collaboration programme;
• 9 proposals showed some potential but required further discussions and approval; and
• 21 proposals were not approved for funding.

(ii) Liliesleaf Farm Pilot Humanities Hub was identified in 2014, as part of the Ministerial Special Project phase of the Institute. A closed call for proposals for new Humanities Hubs will be issued in the 2016/17 financial year to heritage sites in South Africa or similar sites. All proposals will be reviewed internally and externally by independent experts in the field.

(iii) All BRICS related collaborations with member countries are discussed at the BRICS Think Tank Council meetings. Research projects funded by the NIHSS in the various BRICS countries are done through an open call and in partnership with similar organisations in the respective BRICS countries.

For the 2015/16 financial year, the NIHSS and Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) issued a joint call for research proposals between South African and Indian researchers in Social Sciences and Humanities. The call for research proposals was advertised on the NIHSS website and sent to universities (Deans Association). The advertisement closed on 15 June 2015 and 16 applications were received in South Africa and 14 in India. The applications were screened for administrative, project compliance and prepared for review. The NIHSS-ICSSR Joint Advisory Committee (JAC) meeting was held on 3 November 2015 in Cape Town, South Africa. The NIHSS/ICSSR Joint Research Programme approved 13 projects of which 11 are fully funded projects and 2 will receive seed funding. Five ICSSR applications were approved for funding.

The NIHSS has also been working closely with the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) to establish the South African BRICS Think Tank.

 

COMPILER/CONTACT PERSONS: Ms P Whittle and Dr D Parker

EXT: 5248/6214

DIRECTOR – GENERAL

STATUS:

DATE:

QUESTION 2118 APPROVED/NOT APPROVED/AMENDED

Dr BE NZIMANDE, MP

MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING

STATUS:

DATE:

Reply:

1. ESKOM has not finalised its strategic plan for each of the next ten years. However, it is expected that its EBITDA margins will continue to improve, capital expenditure will decrease over the next ten years as the current built programme winds down, costs continue to be reduced and debt repayments become lower.
2. The measures mentioned in (1) will result in an increase in available free cash.

Reply:

a) The National Road Safety Steering Committee (NRSSC) as a Coordinating structure for Road Safety in the Republic and as mandated by the Minister of Transport has in collaboration with Provinces collected and analyzed Road Traffic information consisting of a 5 year historic information on traffic flows, fatalities and fatal crashes for purposes of 2016/2017 Festive Season Strategic Operational Planning with the following focus areas amongst others: 

• Pedestrian management and enforcement;
• Drinking and driving;
• Speed enforcement;
• Vehicle roadworthy testing 
• Public transport;
• Passenger safety;
• Fatigue management and 
• Moving violations. 

The Strategic Operational Plan will also focus on key high traffic volume routes like the N1, N3, N4 etc. Built up areas will be prioritized particularly during days and times that have been identified to be responsible for high fatality rate.

b) The Law Enforcement Technical Committee (LETCOM) as a subcommittee of NRSSC is in the process of coordinating the development and consolidation of both national, provincial and municipal road safety plans in order to produce one Integrated Festive Season Road Safety and Traffic Law Enforcement Plan for 2016. 

c) The National Road Safety Steering Committee has adopted a 50% reduction of reported fatalities as compared to figure reported in the previous festive season period. This target is informed by the target set in the United Nations Decade of Action 2020 and the draft National Road Safety Strategy 2016-2030 target.

Reply:

(1)(a)(i)(ii) Before the publication thereof for public comment, I deemed it necessary to present the Bill to some stakeholders, which included School Governing Body Associations and Education Sector Unions. Some of these stakeholders commented on the Bill during the presentations, and some subsequently provided the Department with written comments on the Bill. After all the options had been weighed up, it was decided that the comments submitted by these stakeholders should be considered and, where there was merit, incorporated into the draft Bill before the Bill is published for public comment.

The Bill must further be subjected to the Socio-Economic Impact Assessment System (SEIAS). This is a new requirement that was introduced by the Presidency this year for all new legislation and policy as well as amendments to existing legislation and policy.

(b) Some of the recommendations in the Ministerial Task team report that require legislative changes are still being considered and is subjected to a sector intensive internal review such as consultation with key stakeholders in the sector.

(2) The Bill is still an internal document.

Reply:

The Minister of Public Works

(1) Yes

    (a) None.

    (b) Falls away.

    (c) Falls away.

    (d) (i) and (ii) Fall away.

(2) All HODs have signed performance agreements.

     (a) Falls away.

     (b) Falls away.

(3) No. All HODs have signed performance agreements, but no performance bonuses were paid due to the fact that the Department of Public Works is still undergoing a 7-year Turnaround programme that started in 2012.

     (a) Falls away.

     (b) Falls away.

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Reply:

The information required is already solicited by other sections for consolidation which will be ready soon , can the member therefore afford us an opportunity to come up with an accurate product.

Reply:

Whether each Head of Department (HOD) of her department signed a performance agreement since their appointment; if not, (a) what is the total number of HODs who have not signed performance agreements, (b) what is the reason in each case, (c) what action has she taken to rectify the situation and (d) what consequences will the specified HOD face for failing to sign the performance agreements; (e) if so, (i) when was the last performance assessment of each HOD conducted and (ii) what were the results in each case?

ANSWER

(a) The Director-General of Basic Education has signed and submitted a Performance agreement. The HOD of Gauteng Department of Education, the Mpumalanga Department of Education and the Acting HOD of the KZN Department of Education have signed performance agreements. Only three Provincial Education Departments have responded..

(b) Still awaiting the other Provincial Education Departments’ responses for the Minister to respond to this question.

(c) Still awaiting the other Provincial Education Departments’ responses for the Minister to respond to this question.

(d) Still awaiting the other Provincial Education Departments’ responses for the Minister to respond to this question.

(e) i. The Director-General of the Basic Education Department of Basic Education’s last assessment was conducted on 15 August 2016. The HOD of the Gauteng Department of Education’s last performance assessment was at the end of March 2016. The HOD of Mpumalanga Education Department has not been assessed for the 2015/16 financial year. No responses from the other Provincial Education Departments on this matter to date.

ii. The Director General of Basic Education Department was rated as excellent. The HOD of the Gauteng Department of Education’s performance was rated as excellent. The HOD of the Mpumalanga Education Department has not been assessed for the financial year 2015/16. No responses from the other Provincial Education Departments on this matter to date.

QUESTION 2

Whether any of the HODs who failed to sign a performance agreement received a performance bonus since their appointment; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) at what rate and (b) what criteria were used to determine the specified rate?

ANSWER

(a) No responses from the other Provincial Education Departments on this matter to date.

(b) No responses from the other Provincial Education Departments on this matter to date.

QUESTION 3

Whether any of the HODs who signed a performance agreement received a performance bonus since their appointment; if so, (a) at what rate and (b) what criteria were used to determine the rate?

ANSWER

(a) The Director-General of the Department of Basic Education had not received a performance bonus as he will be considered in the next cycle only because of his appointment in August 2015. The HOD of the Gauteng Department of Education did not receive a performance bonus for 2015/16 cycle, as he had completed a year in this position. The Acting HOD of the KZN Education department has not been assessed for the 2015/16 financial year. No responses from other Education Departments on this matter to date.

(b) No responses from the other Provincial Education Departments on this matter to date.

Reply:

Section 5(9) of the South African Citizenship, 1995 (Act No. 88 of 1995) (‘the Citizenship Act”) stipulates that the Minister may under exceptional circumstances grant a certificate of naturalisation as a South African citizen to an applicant who does not comply with the requirements of subsection (1)(c) relating to the residence or ordinary residence in the Republic. Furthermore, subsequent to the refusal of an application for naturalisation, an applicant may approach the Minister and submit a motivation containing material information for consideration as to the existence of exceptional circumstances justifying the granting of citizenship by means of naturalisation.

Mr Gupta and family submitted their motivation which presented exceptional circumstances for the consideration of the applications. This included presenting the company Oakbay Investments (Pty) Ltd which has interests in various sectors such as media, information technology, real estate, mining and related activities. The supporting documents submitted included the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) company registration, as well as the formal registration and shareholding coupled with tax payments to and registration with the South African Revenue Services (SARS). The company also submitted supporting documents reflecting employment of approximately 7000 permanent employees.

The fact that Mr Gupta and family contribute to the economy of South Africa, provided substantive grounds for consideration of their application for naturalisation under exceptional circumstances as stipulated in section 5(9) of the Citizenship Act.

 

Reply:

(a), (b) No.

(i) and (ii) The reason therefore is that neither the Department nor SASSA has been made aware or approached for assistance. If the Honourable Member can furnish me with relevant details of the school and the leaners that need assistance.

The Department will liaise with the Provincial Department of Social Development to check if they have rendered any form of assistance to the school as provincial departments have their own Social Relief of Distress programmes.

Reply:

The Minister of Public Works

(1) In May 2015, the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) filed a review application challenging the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) decision.

• On 25 November 2015 the CIDB filed its heads of arguments followed by the lawyers of the employee in question a week later.
• The matter is ready for hearing and both parties are waiting for the Registrar of the Labour Court to allocate a hearing date.

(2)(a) The Infrastructure Delivery Management Toolkit (IDMT) has its origins in 2001 when the National Treasury commissioned a review of the poor performance of provincial infrastructure delivery systems resulting in the establishment of the Infrastructure Delivery Improvement Programme (IDIP) and the Toolkit. The National Treasury enlisted the support of the National Department of Public Works (NDPW), the Development Bank South Africa (DBSA) and the CIDB as partners to the IDIP. The CIDB was responsible for the management of the content of the Toolkit, the hosting of the Toolkit on the CIDB website, and providing support and training on its implementation and rollout, where necessary.

The idea underlying the imperative of having the IDMT was to address the need for a documented body of knowledge and set of processes that represent generally recognised best practices in the delivery of infrastructure. It was to be focused on the delivery and life cycle management of public sector infrastructure. The Toolkit was therefore designed as a valuable resource to provide a national common knowledge base and set of practices to assist in delivering these services in a manner that is effective, efficient and consistent across provinces and departments. The Infrastructure Delivery Management System (IDMS) and the Toolkit have evolved over the years since their inception in 2004.

(b) In the past the IDMS and the Toolkit were revised and enhanced every three to four years, but National Treasury identified a need to separate the supply chain for goods and services from the supply chain for infrastructure to unblock some of the infrastructure delivery management chain challenges. As a result, the revision and enhancements of the IDMS and Toolkit had to be delayed to allow for the development of the Standard for Infrastructure Procurement and Delivery Management (SIPDM). The SIPDM is a National Treasury regulatory instruction issued in terms of the Public Finance Management Act, 1999 [Act No. 1 of 1999] (PFMA), and it will assist in ensuring support for the implementation of the IDMS.

The current 2010 edition of the Toolkit enhancement and revision is being reviewed under the auspices of National Treasury. The enhancements and revisions will focus on the following:

• aligning the existing 2010 IDMS with the Standard for Infrastructure Procurement and Delivery Management (SIPDM);

• aligning the current linear depiction of the IDMS to the new IDMS Control Framework, which emphasises the linkages between core delivery processes;
• incorporate institutional capacity building approaches, methodologies and toolkits;
• simplify existing delivery management processes and deliverables;
• provide for the development and incorporation of Standard Operating Procedures from provinces;
• standardise the ‘Supporting Information’ requirements;
• capture and incorporate best practice methodologies and examples;
• develop an information technology platform to serve as the single source for infrastructure delivery related information (i.e. an Infrastructure Delivery Management Body of Knowledge (IDMBOK));
• incorporate local government infrastructure delivery requirements (where possible).

Once the enhanced IDMS and Toolkit are complete, they will be hosted on the CIDB website until such time that the prototype information technology platform is developed by National Treasury.

(3) The top six areas of the CIDB culture study are as follows:

1. Remuneration
2. Learning and Development
3. Leadership
4. Structure
5. Service Orientation
6. Innovation

The CIDB’s plans to address the above are as follows:

CIDB has embarked on an organisational development methodology (OD exercise) which is a step-by-step process for assessing and re-shaping the structure and positions within the CIDB to better meet its strategic and operational goals. The integrative OD project plan is made up of 12 phases aimed at addressing not only the six top areas of concern as identified by the organisation culture study, but also areas for development as identified in the organisational architecture pilot study, CIDB five year review, 2016 employee engagement survey, etc.

Dimensional areas such as structure, leadership, learning and development and remuneration form the pivotal points of the organisation-wide OD exercise. CIDB had to first align the ‘hard issues’, i.e. mandate, strategy, processes, systems, structure and harmonise them with ‘soft issues’, i.e. culture, values, leadership, management style, communications, creativity and innovation. All these dimensions are addressed in the detailed OD project plan. For example, there is an exercise to review the existing processes and to develop the recommended business processes, dysfunctional aspects of work flow, structures and systems, and realignment with the envisaged operational realities/goals are aspects which are being attended to. There are also plans to digitise core business processes. Once this is done, it will assist the CIDB flow of communication, productivity and innovation as well as alleviate fraud and corruption.

In addressing learning and development issues, CIDB is in a process to finalise a new competency framework in order to be able to design the most appropriate competency assessment tools matching the competency framework for each level of employees. Once the competency gaps have been identified, the most appropriate training strategy based on the assessment gaps and outcomes will be developed. The development of the career-pathing framework is part of the training strategy design. It will further improve employee satisfaction, client satisfaction and service excellence. Furthermore, the newly developed training and development policy is also used as a vehicle by employees to continuously improve their competencies and academic up skilling.

In addressing some of the structure related soft issues, plans are also ahead to allocate tasks, reporting relationships and levels to provide means of achieving full CIDB alignment between people aspects and functions, or technical aspects. This will be addressed in the implementation of the structure design criteria and the new CIDB operating model.

Other related areas being addressed are job profiles, job evaluation and remuneration.

The OD exercise is seen by CIDB as a systematic approach for fundamental rethinking and radical redesign of business processes, eliminating non-value adding activities to achieve improvements in performance and productivity, efficiency in operational costs and turnaround times, customer service, quality and alignment of processes with the strategy.

Reply:

The Department of Basic Education (DBE) has not lost over the administration of the education system. However, the Department has recommendations that require short-term interventions and those that could be achieved in the long term. The Department has resumed the following actions on the recommendations that need short term intervention:

1. Performance Management:

The introduction of performance contracts for principals and deputy principals, in line with the DBE policy, in order to enhance accountability of educators. The Quality Management System (QMS) for assessing the performance of school-based educators was adopted at the Education Labour Relations Council (ELRC) in November 2014. It will be implemented in January 2017 after further consultation.

2. Amendment to Legislation:

The starting point of the reforms should be the amendment to the South African Schools Act and the Employment of Educators Act, in so far as it relates to the powers of the School Governing Bodies in appointment procedures. A draft Bill has been developed to deal with these amendments.

3. Amendments to current appointment procedures:

Amendment to current appointment procedures contained in Collective Agreements and the role Teacher Unions are being negotiated at the ELRC.

4. Introduction of Competency Assessment for School Principals:

Consultation on the guidelines for Competency Assessment is being finalised at the ELRC.

Reply:

The response below was provided by the municipality:

Question	Responses
Whether any tenders have been awarded by the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality for fleet maintenance since 1 July 2016;	No tender for fleet maintenance has been awarded by the municipality since 01 July 2016.
(a) when was each tender awarded	Not applicable
(b) what were the (i) names and (ii) amounts tendered by each successful bidder	Not applicable
(c) what criteria were used to award the specified tenders,	Not applicable
(d) how many bidders were considered for each of the specified tenders	Not applicable
(e) On what basis was each successful bidder awarded the specified tenders?	Not applicable

Reply:

The Minister of Public Works:

(a) For security reasons I cannot provide the name of the Member of the Executive Council in this Parliamentary reply. I however can provide the name to the Honourable Member in confidence. Please get in touch with my office as indicated in the letterhead. Information relating to addresses of Members of the Executive is considered as confidential for purposes of making it easy for the South African Police Service to provide an unfettered protection service to the office bearers.

(b) The occupant started to use the specified residence in April 2010.

(c) The market value of the specified property is currently R8 000 000.00.

(d) The specified property was acquired by the Government on 24 December 2009.

(e) The total price paid for the property is R6 270 000.00.