Questions and Replies

Reply:

I had indicated in my previous reply that the statement issued by the Minister of Mineral Resources, Mr Mosebenzi Zwane on 1 September 2016, on the work of the task team established to consider the implications of the decisions of certain banks and audit firms to close down the accounts and withdraw audit services from the company named Oakbay Investments, was issued in his personal capacity and not on behalf of the task team or Cabinet. I am not in the position to answer why the Minister Zwane in his reply on 22 September 2016 said that he was not speaking in his personal capacity. The question in this regard must be directed to the Minister.

I reprimanded the Minister for the statement.

Reply:

The questions asked form part of the subject matter of the Report into Allegations of improper and unethical conduct by the President and other state functionaries on matters relating to the removal and appointment of Ministers and Executives of State Owned Enterprises. It is clear from the remedial action to be taken that the Report is inconclusive. After the report was released, I have since indicated that I am giving consideration to the contents of the report in order to ascertain whether it should be a subject of a court challenge. I therefore cannot answer these questions as they form part of the said report.

Reply:

The questions asked form part of the subject matter of the Report into Allegations of improper and unethical conduct by the President and other state functionaries on matters relating to the removal and appointment of Ministers and Executives of State Owned Enterprises. It is clear from the remedial action to be taken that the Report is inconclusive. After the report was released, I have since indicated that I am giving consideration to the contents of the report in order to ascertain whether it should be a subject of a court challenge. I therefore cannot answer these questions as they form part of the said report.

Reply:

The questions asked form part of the subject matter of the Report into Allegations of improper and unethical conduct by the President and other state functionaries on matters relating to the removal and appointment of Ministers and Executives of State Owned Enterprises. It is clear from the remedial action to be taken that the Report is inconclusive. After the report was released, I have since indicated that I am giving consideration to the contents of the report in order to ascertain whether it should be a subject of a court challenge. I therefore cannot answer these questions as they form part of the said report.

Reply:

I raised the amount R7 814 155.00 through a home loan obtained from VBS Mutual Bank on its standard terms. VBS Mutual Bank is one of the few financial institutions which offer home loans in respect of land owned by traditional authorities.

After paying over the amount of R7 814 155 00 to the South African Reserve Bank, I as a matter of courtesy, advised the Constitutional Court that I have paid the amount as per the order of that court. I deem such notification sufficient and compliant with both the order of court and of my constitutional obligations.

Reply:

1. The nature of National Traffic Police (NTP) is to ensure that they are on the roads to execute law enforcement programmes in line with RTMC strategic deliverables. In the execution of their work NTP collaborates with provinces on different operations and programmes. As a result it is common cause that all NTP are expected to travel to all 9 provinces in line with deployment plan. This is done in consultation with the National Treasury guidelines and the RTMC Subsistence and Travel policy. Below please find the number of officers that were employed by RTMC for the years under question as well as the related accommodation costs.

	2013/2014	2014/2015	2015/2016
Senior Management	1	2	4
Assistant superintendent	35	35	35
Traffic Officers	202	191	170
Senior Inspectors	0	0	37
Total	238	228	246
Cost	R 2 084 854,61	R 8 895 417,22	R 7 299 625,79

2. No the officer are paid in line with the subsistence and travel policy of the RTMC

Reply:

The questions asked form part of the subject matter of the Report into Allegations of improper and unethical conduct by the President and other state functionaries on matters relating to the removal and appointment of Ministers and Executives of State Owned Enterprises. It is clear from the remedial action to be taken that the Report is inconclusive. After the report was released, I have since indicated that I am giving consideration to the contents of the report in order to ascertain whether it should be a subject of a court challenge. I therefore cannot answer these questions as they form part of the said report.

Reply:

1. Training of the National Traffic Police (NTP) : 2016/17

    (a) Training Details:

• A total of 101 Officers are being trained as Examiners of Vehicles and Examiners for Driving Licences.
• Duration: from 19 July to 08 December 2016
• Venue: Heidelberg SA Army Gymnasium

1. Training Cost:

Total cost of Training as at 30 September 2016 amounted to R3,3 million

1. Training Provider:

Boekenhoutkloof Traffic Training College in collaboration with the RTMC Training Provisioning. Boekenhoutkloof Traffic College is an accredited training provider, accredited with the Safety and Security, Sector, Education and Training Authority (SASSETA).

1. Qualifications were offered:

Certificate in Examiners of Vehicles and Certificate in Examiners for Driving Licences.

Training of the National Traffic Police: 2015/16

(a) Training Details:

• A total of 130 officers were trained on the following:
  • Physical Fitness
  • Tactical Training
  • Firearm Training
  • Theoretical Training (NLTA, AARTO, and Legal Subjects)
  • Training as Examiners of Vehicles
• Duration: from 18August to 14 December 2015
• Venue: Heidelberg SA Army Gymnasium

(b) Training Cost:

Total cost of Training as at 31 March 2016 amounted to R7,9 million

(c) Training Provider:

Boekenhoutkloof Traffic Training College in collaboration with the RTMC Training Provisioning. Boekenhoutkloof Traffic College is an accredited training provider, accredited with the Safety and Security, Sector, Education and Training Authority (SASSETA).

(d) Qualifications were offered:

Certificate in Examiners of Vehicles.

Training of the National Traffic Police: 2014/15

(a) Training Details:

The training was presented to 172 members of the National Traffic Police at the TELKOM Centre of Learning in Olifantsfontein, Gauteng. The following milestones were set during the up-skilling training conducted from 25 October 2014 to 15 December 2014:

• Physical Fitness
• Tactical Training
• Firearm Training
• Theoretical Training

All of the aforementioned aspects which made up the Up-Skilling Training Programme of the NTP, were spread throughout the up-skilling training programme in the format of a Block Programme.

(b) Training Cost:

The training budget for the NTP up-skilling for 2014/15 was R20m, actual expenditure was R11m.

1. Training Provider:

This training was referred to as the Up-Skilling of the NTP and was conducted by George Fivaz Forensic and Risk (GFFR) Training from 25 October 2014 to 15 December 2014. GFFR conducted the training in collaboration with Lyceum College.Lyceum College is registered with the Department of Higher Education and Training as a Private Higher Education Institution.

(b)  Qualifications were offered:

Lyceum College registered this programme as an internal certification programme.

2. The Training for Examiners of Vehicles and Examiner for Driving Licences are accredited programmes consisting of the following Unit Standards:

UNIT STANDARD TITLE	NUMBER	NQF LEVEL
EXAMINERS OF VEHICLES
Examine vehicles for road-worthiness	336639	Level 4
Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of basic vehicle components	377200	Level 4
Examine light motor vehicles for fitness and road-worthiness	377223	Level 4
Engage in sustained oral/signed communication and evaluate spoken/signed texts	119462	Level 4
EXAMINERS FOR DRIVING LICENCES
Examine candidates for the learners drivers licence	256522	Level 3
Examine for a driving licence - Grade D	377227	Level 4

• The Up-Skilling of the NTP conducted by GFFR in collaboration with Lyceum College during 2014/15 was done on the Lyceum College registered internal certification programme.
• The following training done during 2015/16 has reference:
  • Physical Fitness – none credit bearing as part of up-skilling of the NTP
  • Tactical Training - none credit bearing as part of up-skilling of the NTP
  • Firearm Training - none credit bearing as part of up-skilling of the NTP; this training is also part of the annual maintenance shoot done in terms of the Firearms Control Act, Act 60 of 2000.
  • Theoretical Training (NRTA, NLTA, AARTO, and Legal Subjects) – none credit bearing as part of up-skilling of the NTP.

3. No driving licence requirements were waived for any of the above training.

The requirements as set out in the National Road Traffic Act, 1996, Act 93 of 1996 (NRTA) were met:

Grades of examiner of vehicles (EoV) and examiner for driving licences (EDL), with driving licence requirements, as per the NRTA are as follow:

(1)   Examiner of vehicles:

• Grade A, examiner to hold a Code EC driving licence for a manual transmission and a Code A driving licence;
• Grade B, such examiner to hold a Code EB driving licence for a manual transmission and a Code A driving licence;
• Grade C, such examiner to hold Code EC driving licence for a manual transmission;
• Grade D, such examiner to hold a Code EB driving licence for a manual transmission.

(2)  Examiner for driving licences:

• Grade A, examiner to hold a Code EC driving licence for a manual transmission and a Code A driving licence;
• Grade B, examiner to hold a Code EC driving licence for a manual transmission;
• Grade C, examiner to hold a Code B driving licence for a manual transmission and a Code A driving licence;
• Grade D, examiner to hold a Code B driving licence for a manual transmission;

Reply:

The questions asked form part of the subject matter of the Report into Allegations of improper and unethical conduct by the President and other state functionaries on matters relating to the removal and appointment of Ministers and Executives of State Owned Enterprises. It is clear from the remedial action to be taken that the Report is inconclusive. After the report was released, I have since indicated that I am giving consideration to the contents of the report in order to ascertain whether it should be a subject of a court challenge. I therefore cannot answer these questions as they form part of the said report.

Reply:

1. Fouriesburg was identified as an Operational Base facility to accommodate Force Structure Elements (FSE’s) on a rotational basis to effect Border Control as part of the South African National Defence Force’s Border Control Strategy. Utilization of this facility for this purpose was further augmented by a Cabinet decision and Directive to continue with Border Control Operations as well as a request from the Border communities. Fouriesburg forms part of fifteen (15) Operation Base Facilities that have been identified nationally.

2. (a) and (b)

There are no plans to resettle this facility from its current location as it was used previously and closed as part of the reduction of force levels. The base will be resuscitated to a permanent military base facility for utilization for border control operations.

Following an assessment by the National Department of Public Works and the Local municipality it was approved that the facility be re-established. The estimated costs will be R36 million for two financial years, 2017/18 and 2018/19.

3. Complaints have been received by a section of the population of Fouriesburg. The commanders are engaging the entire community to listen to their concerns including noise pollution.

4. There is no evidence of any complaints laid at the local SAPS Police Station.

Reply:

Questions 1-5

The SAAF has not leased aircrafts from the consortium led by Atlantis Aviation.

The SAAF was approached by Atlantis Aviation in the run-up to the AAD 2016 with the view to showcase the Donier 328.

The SAAF did not make any commitment to acquire these aircrafts after the assessment by our maritime specialists.

Reply:

I reprimanded the Minister of Mineral Resources for the statement.

Reply:

The questions asked form part of the subject matter of the Report into Allegations of improper and unethical conduct by the President and other state functionaries on matters relating to the removal and appointment of Ministers and Executives of State Owned Enterprises. It is clear from the remedial action to be taken that the Report is inconclusive. After the report was released, I have since indicated that I am giving consideration to the contents of the report in order to ascertain whether it should be a subject of a court challenge. I therefore cannot answer these questions as they form part of the said report.

Reply:

a) How many senior management service officials from her department were suspended?

(i) (aa) 2013-14 financial year

One (01) DDG for 10 months.

(i) (bb) 2014-15 financial year

Five (05) employees

• 2 Deputy Directors-General (3 Months and 15 days)
• 1 Director (3 months and 20 days)
• 1 Deputy Director (3 months and 20 days)
• 1 Assistant Director (4 months and 10 days)

(i) (cc) 2015-16 financial year

Two (02) employees

• 2 Deputy-Directors: General (6 months)

(ii) Since 1 April 2016

Three (03) employees

• Director General: Transport (2 months and 15 days)
• 2 Deputy-Directors: General (7 months)

(b) what were the reasons in each case?

The officials committed serious allegations of misconduct that warranted precautionary suspension. Precautionary suspension is always with full pay in terms of Chapter 7, clause 2(b) of the Senior Management Service Handbook and clause 7.2 of the Disciplinary Code and Procedure (Resolution 1 of 2003).

(c) for how long were each of the specified officials suspended and (d) what were the financial implications in each case?

2013/2014 FINACIAL YEAR
NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES	MONTH	VALUE OF PAYMENTS
One employee	May 2013	R0
	June	R77 356.42
	July	R94 116.98
	August	R94 116.98
	September	R153 559.29
	October	R94 116.98
	November	R94 116.98
	December	R94 116.98
	January 2014	R94 116.98
	February	R94 116.98
	March	R94 116.98
TOTAL	R 983 851.55

2014/2015 FINACIAL YEAR
NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES	MONTH	VALUE OF PAYMENTS
Employee 1	April 2014	R138 386.61
Sub-total	R138 386.61
Employee 2	July 2014	R118 521.91
	August 2014	R124 311.78
	September 2014	R53 130.51
TOTAL		R295 964.20
Employee 3	October 2014	R27 974.57
	November 2014	R70 907.76
	December	R70 907.76
	January	R70 907.76
	February	R23 312.74
Sub-total		R264 010.59
Employee 4	October 2014	R16 478.74
	November 2014	R41 769.04
	December 2014	R41 769.04
	January 2015	R41 769.04
	February 2015	R13 732.29
Sub-total		R155 518.15
Employee 5	October 2014	R36 545.71
	November 2014	R37 020.79
	December 2014	R37 020.79
	January 2015	R37 020.79
	February 2015	R13 741.90
Sub-total		R161 349.98
TOTAL		R1 015 229.53

 

	2015/2016 FINACIAL YEAR
NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES	MONTH	VALUE OF PAYMENTS
Employee 1	October 2015	R95 275.94
	November 2015	R95 275.94
	December 2015	R161 562.14
	January 2016	R97 684.41
	February 2016	R97 684.41
	March 2016	R97 684.41
Sub-total		R645 167.25
Employee 2	October 2015	R101 242.52
	November 2015	R101 242.52
	December 2015	R101 242.52
	January 2016	R189 167.37
	February 2016	R103 773.67
	March 2016	R103 773.67
Sub-total		R700 442.27
TOTAL		R1 345 609.52

	2016/2017 FINACIAL YEAR
NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES	MONTH	VALUE OF PAYMENTS
Employee 1	April	R97 684.41
	May	R97 684.41
	June	R97 684.41
	July	R97 684.41
	August	R97 684.41
	September	R97 684.41
	October	R97 684.41
Sub-total		R68 3790.87
Employee 2
	April	R103 773.67
	May	R103 773.67
	June	R103 773.67
	July	R103 773.67
	August	R103 773.67
	September	R103 773.67
	October	R103 773.67
Sub-total		R726 415.69
Employee 2
	May	R47 694.56
	June	R139 293.86
	July	R139 293.86
	August	R139 293.86
Sub-total		R465 576.44
TOTAL		R 1 875 783.00

Reply:

The questions asked form part of the subject matter of the Report into Allegations of improper and unethical conduct by the President and other state functionaries on matters relating to the removal and appointment of Ministers and Executives of State Owned Enterprises. It is clear from the remedial action to be taken that the Report is inconclusive. After the report was released, I have since indicated that I am giving consideration to the contents of the report in order to ascertain whether it should be a subject of a court challenge. I therefore cannot answer these questions as they form part of the said report.

Reply:

The questions asked form part of the subject matter of the Report into Allegations of improper and unethical conduct by the President and other state functionaries on matters relating to the removal and appointment of Ministers and Executives of State Owned Enterprises. It is clear from the remedial action to be taken that the Report is inconclusive. After the report was released, I have since indicated that I am giving consideration to the contents of the report in order to ascertain whether it should be a subject of a court challenge. I therefore cannot answer these questions as they form part of the said report.

Reply:

Whether any forensic reports for the period 1 JAN 2009 to 31 OCT 2016

(a) (i) Department: Internal Forensic Reports: 102

(b) (i) Department: External Forensic Reports: 12 as provided by Service Providers

appointed by the Department

(a) (ii) Entity: Internal Forensic Reports: 0

(b) (ii) Entity: External Forensic Reports: 0

The abovementioned figures exclude forensic investigations referred to the Special Investigating Unit by the Department. Those are work-in-progress..

(aa), (bb), (cc) Please refer to Annexure A.

Reply:

The questions asked form part of the subject matter of the Report into Allegations of improper and unethical conduct by the President and other state functionaries on matters relating to the removal and appointment of Ministers and Executives of State Owned Enterprises. It is clear from the remedial action to be taken that the Report is inconclusive. After the report was released, I have since indicated that I am giving consideration to the contents of the report in order to ascertain whether it should be a subject of a court challenge. I therefore cannot answer these questions as they form part of the said report.

Reply:

The questions asked form part of the subject matter of the Report into Allegations of improper and unethical conduct by the President and other state functionaries on matters relating to the removal and appointment of Ministers and Executives of State Owned Enterprises. It is clear from the remedial action to be taken that the Report is inconclusive. After the report was released, I have since indicated that I am giving consideration to the contents of the report in order to ascertain whether it should be a subject of a court challenge. I therefore cannot answer these questions as they form part of the said report.

Reply:

The following information was submitted by South African Airways Board:

No member of the South African Airways Board including its Chairperson is entitled to a security detail; however the company provides general security at all its premises. No special security arrangements have been made and no minders have been appointed by SAA to protect the Chairperson. Consequently no expenditure has been incurred by the Company in this regard.

The National Treasury cannot verify this information.

Reply:

1. Armscor applied the 25% Black equity requirement as a selection criterion until September 2014 when the application of this criterion was discontinued. The objective of this strategic intervention was to address the dire transformational challenges facing the local defence industry.

When Armscor introduced the qualifying BEE requirement, the Preferential Procurement Policy Regulations were not applicable to Schedule 2 and 3 Public Entities. In 2011, National Treasury introduced the revised Regulations which became applicable to, inter alia, schedule 2 public entities and these entities were however granted exemption until 7 December 2012 for implementation of the Regulations. Armscor aligned its policy with the revised Regulations immediately but retained the 25% black equity ownership requirement.

Discussions were then started with the National Treasury, through which National Treasury was made aware of Armscor’ s policy of 25% black equity ownership requirement. Whilst in discussions with the National Treasury and in the process of applying for exemption subsequent to those discussions, the Auditor General declared monies spent on contracts which were subject to the 25% BEE requirement irregular expenditure.

The 13.2 million reported represents expenditure incurred during the 2015/16 financial period as a result of contracts placed during the period that the 25% black equity requirement was applied.

(2) The expenditure incurred while applying the 25% black equity criterion was condoned by National Treasury on 19 July 2016. The 25% black equity ownership requirement application resulted in some previously disadvantaged groups or persons entering the economic stream through participation in the acquisition/procurement contracts funded from the SDA, GDA and Armscor operational expenditure. To this end, this intervention has made strides in changing the ownership landscape in the South African defence industry.

Finally, the application of the 25% black equity ownership qualifying requirement has to an extent amongst others assisted in seeking to establish and retain sovereign and strategic capability for the benefit of the SANDF in local empowered entities.

Reply:

the dti has allocated R281 million for this programme to date. This money is being used for critical infrastructure upgrades. There are budget constraints, and funding as well as other non-financial support mechanisms are being discussed. The first engagement was held in the form of discussions with stakeholders through a symposium held on 12-13 October 2016 at the DBSA in Midrand. Further engagements with local government and provinces are planned for early next year.

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:

The following information was submitted by the South African Reserve Bank:

1. The South African Reserve Bank is the entity responsible for the prudential regulation of all banks in South Africa. This regulation includes ensuring that only those that meet the ‘fit and proper’ requirement act in key management and board positions. As such the South African Reserve Bank has provided the following response to this parliamentary question:

The Banks Act, Act No 94 of 1990 (the Banks Act), read with the Regulations relating to Banks (Regulations), requires that all directors and executive officers of a bank should be fit and proper and affords the Registrar of Banks (Registrar) the power to make an assessment in this regard. The application of a certain person was received by the Registrar who duly considered the prescribed information submitted with the application and notified the relevant bank in writing that that there was no objection to the proposed appointment.

2. The Registrar’s decision in terms of section 60 of the Banks Act was conveyed in a letter dated 6 August 2002 for the appointment of the specified person as Chief Operating Officer and Executive Director of African Bank Limited. A subsequent application was received for the appointment of the specified person as Executive Director of African Bank Investments Limited (the holding company) and approved in a letter dated 22 April 2003. The specified person was later appointed as Chief Risk Officer of African Bank Limited.

3. No disciplinary action was taken by the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) against any of its staff members in this matter as there was no evidence or allegations of any misconduct on the part of any staff member in this regard.

4. The causes of the failure of the previous African Bank Limited are documented in the Myburgh report which the SARB is unable to add to.

Reply:

In terms of the Community Residential Units (CRU) Programme, accommodation is provided to low-income households that earn a gross income of between R800 and R3 500 per month. All the funding related to this programme is allocated to the provinces and these provinces, municipalities or social housing institutions are responsible for the management of the units, including ensuring that the appropriate beneficiaries gain access to the rental units. Social facilitators can be appointed to determine the employment status of each hostel dweller in order to ensure proper unit allocation based on their affordability level. A portion of the funding provided to provinces is used for the compilation of 5 year provincial rental housing strategies which are demand and needs driven and which inform the Departments’ annual allocations.

Reply:

1. The Request for Proposals (RFP) available on National Treasury’s website outlines the Terms of Reference (TOR) for the appointment of advisors to assist government in developing the optimal group corporate structure for the realignment of the state-owned airline assets. In terms of the TOR, the scope of activities to be performed by the advisors is as follows:

The consultants will be responsible for:

• • Reviewing the corporate plans (strategic plans) of SAA and SAX;
  • Assessment of the existing corporate structure proposals that have been made by the state-owned airlines and external advisors including an analysis of the advantages and disadvantages and an assessment of the extent to which they would enable the achievement of Government’s objectives;
  • Reviewing other supporting documentation, e.g. financial statements and annual report, legal agreements, risk management plan, governance documentation and legislative requirements;
  • Benchmarking international practice for the corporate structure of airlines;
  • Developing and comprehensively assessing a range of options for realigning the state owned airlines covering each of the key elements of the corporate structure, including:
    • Establishment of a holding company structure;
    • Corporatisation of Voyager and Cargo;
    • Integration of SAA, SAX and Mango into an integrated airline group with and without Airlink;
    • Increase or decrease in the shareholding in Airlink and valuation of the current 2.95% shareholding;
    • Integration of the technical divisions of SAA, SAX and Denel;
    • Identification of non-core assets for disposal;
    • Creation of a shared services division;
    • Establishment of a separate aircraft leasing company;
    • Separately corporatising the international, regional or domestic routes;
    • Investment by strategic equity partners (SEPs) at group or subsidiary level (including identification and assessment of potential SEPs).

This should include an analysis for each option of the advantages and disadvantages and an assessment of the extent to which it will enable the achievement of Government’s objectives.

• • Developing a comprehensive, holistic, overall recommendation for the optimal group corporate structure for the realignment the state-owned assets that will best achieve Government’s objectives. The recommendation must detail how each of these objectives are addressed; and
  • Identification of the required policy interventions by Government to realign the state-owned airline assets;
  • Developing a comprehensive plan for implementing the recommended option. The plan must clearly indicate any financial implications and potential risks with mitigation strategies.

2. The appointment of the advisors is still being finalised. Issues relating to the cost of the services in relation to the budget had to first be resolved.

Reply:

(1) The payments to executive directors for the financial year ending 31 March 2016 included the once-off buy out of the future medical liability which were not included in the period ending 31 March 2015 and this result in the increase over and above the annual increase. This settlement of the future medical liability as negotiated with the employees and retirees of Armscor reduced the future liability for medical contributions after retirement significantly.

The biggest contributor to the decrease in the total revenue of Armscor was the decrease of the allocation to Armscor that is in accordance to the National Treasury baseline reduction. The increase in expenditure furthermore is mainly influenced by the recognition of actuarial losses on the medical liability buy-out that is a result of the settlement of the liability. If the impact thereof is excluded the operating expenditure increased with only 2.3%.

(2) All Armscor employees (including management) have an agreed Balanced Scorecard (BSC) that contains the individual’s performance criteria to be achieved. This is an annual process and it cascades down from the executive management which BSC’s are based on the goals and objectives that is contained in the Corporate Plan. Armscor only consider the payment of a performance bonus if the goals as set in the Corporate Plan are achieved (as agreed) and the funding is available. Individual performance bonuses are then based on a combination of the company achievement and the achievement of the individual’s performance criteria.

Annual increases are informed by market surveys and affordability. The increase also takes into consideration the agreement reached with Organised Labour. In this regard, the executive and senior management receive the same or lower increase percentage – as has been the case over the past few years - than members forming part of the bargaining unit as represented by Organised Labour.

 

Reply:

(1) (a) The current costs for constructing a house for a military veteran, as per the agreed minimum norms and standards with the Department of Military Veterans, has been set at R 188 884,00. Of this amount, the Department of Human Settlements is responsible for the normal housing subsidy amount of R 110 947,00 whilst the Department of Military Veterans is responsible for the top-up amount of R78 000,00.

(b) In 2012 the Departments of Human Settlements and Military Veterans signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to guide roles, responsibilities and accountability of all the parties, in the process of providing adequate housing to military veterans. This MOU provides the framework regarding the obligations of the two Departments as well as for the Provincial Departments of Human Settlements and municipalities in the delivery of housing units for qualifying military veterans.

It includes an agreement that the Human Settlements Development Grant shall only fund the standard subsidy house cost and any residual amount required to achieve the higher specification house required by the Department of Military Veterans shall be funded by them as pointed out in paragraph (1) (a) above.

In terms of this MOU, the nine Provincial Human Settlements Departments are mandated to conclude Service Level Agreements with the Department of Military Veterans. These Service Level Agreements are to be based on the delivery targets set by the Department of Military Veterans.

(2) (a) In terms of the Memorandum of Understanding, construction of all housing units for military veterans should follow the agreed process as outlined above.

(b) Similarly, the cost break down as outlined must be complied with by all parties.

Reply:

The North West Provincial Department of Human Settlements has advised that a contractor was appointed to complete the BNG houses in Ikageng Extension 11. To date, 36 houses have been completed by the contractor and it is expected that the remaining 24 houses will be completed by the end of November 2016.

Reply:

The Metropolitan Municipalities have reported as follows:

(a) Between 1 April and 30 June 2016 Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality handed over a total of 225 title deeds.

(b) Between 1 April and 30 June 2016 Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality handed over a total of 1 003 title deeds.

(c) Between 1 April and 30 September 2016 the City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality handed over a total of 1 062 title deeds.

(d) Buffalo City, Ekurhuleni, City of Johannesburg, Tshwane and Ethekwini Metropolitan Municipalities are verifying their information and once the process has been completed, the Honourable member will be provided with the required information.

Reply:

(a)(i)(aa)(bb)(cc)

The detailed response on overaged learners who were enrolled at each school for learners with special educational needs in the 2013/14; 2014/15 and 2015/16 is attached as Annexure A.

(a)(ii)(aa)(bb)(cc)

The detailed response on overaged learners who were enrolled at each school for the visually impaired in the 2013/14; 2014/15 and 2015/16 is attached as Annexure A.

(a)(iii)(aa)(bb)(cc)

The detailed response on overaged learners who were enrolled at each school for the school for the hearing impaired in each district of each province in the 2013/14; 2014/15 and 2015/16 is attached as Annexure A.

(b) Response attached at Annexure B.

(c) Response attached at Annexure C.

ANNEXURE A

(a)(i)(aa)(bb)(cc)

Table 1: Number of over-aged (19 and above) learners in special schools, by district, in between 2013 and 2015

Province	District	2013/14	2014/15	2015/16
EC	EAST LONDON	128	100	82
	GRAHAMSTOWN	27	35	30
	KING WILLIAMS TOWN	202	176	166
	LUSIKISIKI	21	18	30
	MALUTI	6	16	13
	MBIZANA	124	126	120
	MT FRERE	55	120	136
	MTHATA	202	260	208
	NGCOBO	51	39	38
	PORT ELIZABETH	183	112	92
	QUEENSTOWN	0	4	0
	QUMBU	50	59	58
	STERKSPRUIT	25	34	38
	UITENHAGE	326	99	115
	Total	1 400	1 198	1 126
FS	FEZILE DABI	103	100	91
	LEJWELEPUTSWA	98	117	133
	MOTHEO	321	305	271
	THABO MOFUTSANYANA	98	81	59
	Total	620	603	554
GT	EKURHULENI NORTH	405	364	378
	EKURHULENI SOUTH	211	256	270
	GAUTENG EAST	624	522	581
	GAUTENG NORTH	47	61	41
	GAUTENG WEST	243	250	213
	JOHANNESBURG CENTRAL	223	289	346
	JOHANNESBURG EAST	211	196	186
	JOHANNESBURG NORTH	264	281	314
	JOHANNESBURG SOUTH	173	237	204
	JOHANNESBURG WEST	135	158	179
	SEDIBENG EAST	94	94	91
	SEDIBENG WEST	113	202	173
	TSHWANE NORTH	60	58	14
	TSHWANE SOUTH	218	196	152
	TSHWANE WEST	330	352	328
	Total	3 351	3 516	3 470
KZ	AMAJUBA	317	385	277
	EMPANGENI	132	168	144
	ILEMBE	75	41	67
	OBONJENI	0	43	0
	OTHUKELA	105	131	136
	PINETOWN	213	196	171
	PORT SHEPSTONE	0	19	0
	SISONKE	20	37	35
	UGU	29	0	30
	UMGUNGUNDLOVU	264	257	239
	UMKHANYAKUDE	82	30	62
	UMLAZI	301	380	423
	UMZINYATHI	61	66	60
	UTHUNGULU	18	0	0
	VRYHEID	79	78	43
	Total	1 696	1 831	1 687
LP	CAPRICORN/Polokwane	876	954	777
	LEBOWAKGOMO	143	0	146
	MOGALAKWENA	4	0	8
	MOPANI	175	215	219
	SEKHUKHUNE	177	188	189
	TZANEEN	10	13	8
	VHEMBE	483	396	376
	WATERBERG	81	89	62
	Total	1 949	1 865	1 785
MP	BOHLABELA	241	253	5
	EHLANZENI	0	0	5
	GERT SIBANDE	0	0	111
	NKANGALA	0	0	94
	Total	241	253	215
NC	FRANCES BAARD	277	80	91
	JOHN TAOLO GAETSEWA	0	12	21
	JOHN TAOLO GAETSEWE	9	0	0
	NAMAQUA	0	0	0
	SIYANDA	0	2	2
	Total	286	94	114
NW	BRITS	0	24	0
	GREATER DELAREYVILLE	48	38	75
	GREATER TAUNG	75	69	73
	KAGISANO MOLOPO	20	23	18
	KGETLENG RIVER	23	12	11
	KLERKSDORP	0	6	0
	LETLHABILE	39	51	26
	LICHTENBURG	101	24	65
	MADIBENG	43	52	84
	MAFIKENG	85	88	0
	MAQUASSI HIILS	52	46	39
	MATLOSANA	11	3	9
	MORETELE	26	37	25
	MOSES KOTANE EAST	67	47	89
	POTCHEFSTROOM	115	76	126
	REKOPANTSWE	85	47	106
	RUSTENBURG	268	96	113
	ZEERUST	27	21	12
	Total	1 085	760	871
WC	CAPE WINELANDS	51	50	45
	EDEN AND CENTRAL KAROO	40	57	50
	METRO CENTRAL	118	142	176
	METRO EAST	161	116	92
	METRO NORTH	91	108	77
	METRO SOUTH	105	88	84
	OVERBERG	15	7	10
	WEST COAST	36	27	27
	Total	617	595	561
National		11 245	10 715	10 383

Source: 2013-15 SNAP survey for special schools

(a)(ii)(aa)(bb)(cc)

Table 2: Table 1: Number of over-aged (19 and above) learners in special schools with visually impaired, by district, in between 2013 and 2015

Province	District	2013/14	2014/15	2015/16
EC	KING WILLIAMS TOWN	0	1	2
	LUSIKISIKI	0	0
	MALUTI	0	0	2
	MBIZANA	41	38	39
	MTHATA	47	51	46
	PORT ELIZABETH	40	29	25
	STERKSPRUIT	0	0	1
	Total	128	119	115
	FEZILE DABI	1	0	0
	LEJWELEPUTSWA	1	3	2
	MOTHEO	30	27	30
FS	THABO MOFUTSANYANA	15	16	11
	Total	47	46	43
	EKURHULENI NORTH	9	2	0
	EKURHULENI SOUTH	0	0	1
	GAUTENG EAST	6	6	12
	GAUTENG WEST	6	5	4
	JOHANNESBURG CENTRAL	3	2	2
	JOHANNESBURG EAST	2	3	5
	JOHANNESBURG NORTH	1	1	0
GT	JOHANNESBURG SOUTH	0	1	1
	JOHANNESBURG WEST	7	3	2
	SEDIBENG EAST	7	6	4
	TSHWANE NORTH	1	1	0
	TSHWANE SOUTH	2	1	1
	TSHWANE WEST	91	102	99
	Total	135	133	131
KZN	AMAJUBA	5	6	4
	EMPANGENI	3	0	1
	OTHUKELA	2	3	3
	PINETOWN	3	1	1
	UGU	0	0
	UMGUNGUNDLOVU	23	21	30
	UMLAZI	13	12	10
	UMZINYATHI	1	2	1
	VRYHEID	1	1	1
	Total	51	46	51
LP	CAPRICORN	84	73	46
	LEBOWAKGOMO	5	0	5
	SEKHUKHUNE	2	4	5
	VHEMBE	40	38	36
	WATERBERG	0	0	0
	Total	131	115	92
MP	GERT SIBANDE	1	1	2
	NKANGALA	2	0	0
	Total	3	1	2
	FRANCES BAARD	4	13	17
NC	JOHN TAOLO GAETSEWA	0	1	0
	Total	4	14	17
	BRITS	0	1	0
	GREATER TAUNG	40	38	30
	KAGISANO MOLOPO	1	3	3
	LETLHABILE	0	0	1
	LICHTENBURG	14	1	0
NW	MADIBENG	0	4	3
	MOSES KOTANE EAST	3	0	0
	REKOPANTSWE	0	10	0
	RUSTENBURG	10	0	5
	ZEERUST	0	0	1
	Total	68	57	43
	CAPE WINELANDS	7	9	11
WC	METRO NORTH	32	30	24
	Total	39	39	35
National	606	570	529

Source: 2013-15 SNAP survey for special schools

(a)(iii)(aa)(bb)(cc)

Table 3: Table 1: Number of over-aged (19 and above) learners in special schools with hearing impaired, by district, between 2013 and 2015

Province	District	2013/14	2014/15	2015/16
EC	EAST LONDON	0	1	0
	KING WILLIAMS TOWN	108	97	88
	LUSIKISIKI	0	0	1
	MALUTI	6	16	10
	MTHATA	59	81	89
	PORT ELIZABETH	2	3	4
	STERKSPRUIT	0	1	0
	Total	175	199	192
FS	LEJWELEPUTSWA	0	0	1
	MOTHEO	40	35	27
	THABO MOFUTSANYANA	48	37	31
	Total	88	72	59
GT	EKURHULENI NORTH	6	1	2
	EKURHULENI SOUTH	6	8	7
	GAUTENG EAST	6	6	6
	GAUTENG WEST	9	4	3
	JOHANNESBURG CENTRAL	1	4	4
	JOHANNESBURG EAST	38	29	31
	JOHANNESBURG NORTH	1	2	0
	JOHANNESBURG SOUTH	6	20	29
	JOHANNESBURG WEST	31	41	37
	SEDIBENG EAST	3	1	2
	TSHWANE NORTH	27	23	6
	TSHWANE SOUTH	34	34	31
	TSHWANE WEST	79	96	81
	Total	247	269	239
KZ	AMAJUBA	7	7	3
	EMPANGENI	93	104	90
	ILEMBE	4	3	3
	OTHUKELA	1	0	1
	PINETOWN	77	51	56
	PORT SHEPSTONE	0	18	0
	UGU	22	0	27
	UMGUNGUNDLOVU	16	15	17
	UMLAZI	26	15	49
	UMZINYATHI	0	2	1
	VRYHEID	3	0	0
	SISONKE	1	0	0
	Total	249	215	247
LP	CAPRICORN/POLOKWANE	185	179	171
	GREATER SEKHUKHUNE	12	15	7
	TZANEEN	4	13	4
	VHEMBE	1	5	6
	WATERBERG	2	4	6
	Total	204	216	194
MP	BOHLABELA	1	0	1
	EHLANZENI	6	0	1
	GERT SIBANDE	1	1	0
	NKANGALA	6	4	0
	Total	14	5	2
NC	FRANCES BAARD	4	17	16
	JOHN TAOLO GAETSEWA	0	0	1
	Total	4	17	17
NW	GREATER TAUNG	0	2	1
	KAGISANO MOLOPO	2	0	0
	LETLHABILE	0	1	2
	LICHTENBURG	6	0	1
	MADIBENG	0	0	3
	MAFIKENG	1	0	0
	MAQUASSI HIILS	47	43	39
	MOSES KOTANE EAST	1	0	0
	POTCHEFSTROOM	0	1	0
	RUSTENBURG	17	19	19
	Total	74	66	65
WC	CAPE WINELANDS	13	15	16
	METRO CENTRAL	6	4	8
	METRO EAST	6	8	5
	METRO NORTH	0	1	1
	METRO SOUTH	27	20	33
	OVERBERG	0	1	0
	Total	52	49	63
National		1 108	1 279	1 078

Source: 2013-15 SNAP survey for special schools

Annexure B

(b) Number of learners that were incorrectly placed because mainstream schools did not have space to accommodate them

Provinces	Districts	Number of incorrectly placed learners in Special Schools (SSs)	Number of incorrectly placed learners in Special Schools (SSs) for Visual Impairment	Number of incorrectly placed learners in Special Schools (SSs) for Hearing Impairment
GP	15	All learners placed in Special Schools in Gauteng are placed in line with provincial admissions circular for learners with barriers to learning (Circular 31 of 2009)	0	0
EC	23	Nil report	Nil report	Nil report
FS	5	25	0	0
KZN	12	150	0	0
LP	1/5	5	106	0
MP	4	68	0	0
NC	1/5	0	0	0
NW	3/4	6	0	0
WC	8	0	0	0
TOTALS		98	106	0

Source: Provincial Reporting

Annexure C

c) Learners on Waiting Lists

Provinces	Districts	Number of Learners on waiting lists in Special Schools (SSs)	Number of Learners on waiting lists in Special Schools (SSs) for Visual Impairment	Number of Learners on waiting lists in Special Schools (SSs) for Hearing Impairment
		2013/14	2014/15	2015/16	2013/14	2014/15	2015/16	2013/14	2014/15	2015/16
GP	15	3902	3338	1785	0	0	46	0	0	45 not all hearing impaired, school has an MID section
EC	23	-	3691	3244	Nil report	Nil report	Nil report	Nil report	Nil report	Nil report
FS	5	266	452	621	0	0	0	0	0	0
KZN	12	3091	2190	1636	110	76	37	255	183	138
LP	4/5	582	508	568	203	1	2	9	15	10
MP	4	699	1022	850	4	10	8	20	18	17
NC	1/5	119	67	87	1	101	0	1	4	1
NW	3/4	573	658	803	-	7	-	-	11	1
WC	8	-	-	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTALS	63	9232	11926	9606	419	195	47	285	231	167

Source: Provincial Reporting

Reply:

The following information was submitted by the Public Investment Corporation (PIC):

The VBS Mutual Bank has never defaulted on its payment of dividends to the PIC. The decision to pay dividends rests with the board of a company after taking into account factors such as capital required for growth, capital for precautionary purposes and capital adequacy requirements as well as compliance with the provisions of the Companies Act, Act 71 of 2008.

Reply:

(1) Currently there are two families of labour tenants that are occupying the farm houses namely, Mtshali and Mabaso families.

(2) (a), (b),(c) No, since the farm was returned to the state no members of the Sewpersad, Armmarchand, Roshen and/or Nersha families have benefited in any way.

(i),(ii) Falls away.

(3) (a) Total cost to the Department was R36 999 732.82

(b) Purchase price for land: R27 244 556.00

Total livestock cost: R6 136 400.00

Agricultural implements: R574 500.00

Developmental costs: R2 500 000.00

Conveyancing costs: R100 451.00

Assets Forfeiture Unit costs: R443 825.82

Reply:

How many (a) educators who are foreign nationals taught at each (i) school for learners with special educational needs, (ii) school for the visually impaired and (iii) school for the hearing impaired in each district of each province in the (aa) 2013-14, (bb) 2014-15 and (cc) 2015-16 financial years and (b) of the specified educators were appropriately trained in the respective fields of expertise for each of the specified schools?

(a) (i) Refer to Annexures A, B and C.

(ii) No foreign educator at schools for the visually impaired.

(iii) Refer Annexures A, B and C.

(aa) Refer to Annexure A.

(bb) Refer to Annexure B.

(cc) Refer to Annexure C.

(b) The information requested is currently not available at national level. A request for information has been sent to all Provincial Education Departments and it will be provided as soon as it is received.

Annexure A- (i), (iii), (aa) 2013/14

DISTRICT	SCHOOL	(iii) HEARING IMPAIRED	(i) SPECIAL EDUCATION NEEDS
EASTERN CAPE	0	7
BIZANA DISTRICT OFFICE	ZAMOKUHLE SPECIAL		1
EAST LONDON	VUKUHAMBE SPECIALCAP		1
MALUTI	SIVE SPECIAL SCHOOL		1
MTHATHA	EFATA SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND : UMTATA*	2
	IKWEZI LOKUSA SPECIAL SCHOOL*	1
KWAZULU-NATAL		0	21
AMAJUBA DISTRICT : CLUSTER A	YWCA SPEC 298220		1
PINETOWN DISTRICT : CLUSTER A	KWATHINTWA DEAF SPEC 183853	2
	RP MOODLEY SPEC 306101		1
PORT SHEPSTONE DISTRICT : CLUSTER A	ST MARTIN DEPORRES SPEC 276131	1
UMLAZI DISTRICT : CLUSTER A	DURBAN DEAF SPEC 125467		2
	INANDA SPEC 161838		3
	VN NAIK DEAF SPEC 290783		3
UMLAZI DISTRICT : CLUSTER B	KWAVULINDLEBE SPEC 183890		1
	NINGIZIMU SPEC 230880		2
	OPEN AIR SPEC 244089		1
UMZINYATHI DISTRICT : CLUSTER B	UKUKHANYA KOMSINGA SPECIAL 440152	4
WESTERN CAPE		3	3
METRO EAST EDUCATION DISTRICT	CENTRE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY	2
	NOLUTHANDO SKOOL VIR DOWES	1
METRO NORTH EDUCATION DISTRICT	CAREL DU TOIT CENTRE	1
METRO SOUTH EDUCATION DISTRICT	CAPE ACADEMY FOR MATHS/SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY	1
	DOMINICAN DEAF	1
NATIONAL TOTAL	3	30

Annexure B- (i), (iii), (bb) 2014/15

DISTRICT	SCHOOL	(iii) HEARING IMPAIRED	(i) SPECIAL EDUCATION NEEDS
EASTERN CAPE		0	4
BIZANA DISTRICT OFFICE	ZAMOKUHLE SPECIAL		1
EAST LONDON	VUKUHAMBE SPECIALCAP		1
MTHATHA	EFATA SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND : UMTATA*	2
FREE STATE		0	3
FREE STATE: EDUCATION	BARTIMEA SPECIALISED SCHOOL	1
	FAKKEL SPECIAL SCHOOL		1
	LETTIE FOUCHE SPECIAL SCHOOL	1
GAUTENG		0	31
GW: GAUTENG WEST INSTITUTIONS	GW: ITIRELENG SCHOOL		2
	GW: ITUMELENG SCHOOL		3
	GW: WEST RAND SCHOOL		1
JE: JOHANNESBURG EAST INSTITUTIONS	JE: ALEXANDRA SECONDARY SCHOOL	1
	JE: JOHANNESBURG HOSPITAL SCHOOL	2
	JE: ST VINCENT SCHOOL		2
JN: JOHANNESBURG NORTH INSTITUTIONS	JN: DELTAPARK SKOOL		2
	JN: GOUVELD VAARDIGHEIDSSKOOL	1
	JN: NEW NATION SCHOOL		5
JS: JOHANNESBURG SOUTH INSTITUTIONS	JS: FRANCES VORWERGSKOOL	1
	JS: JISWA TRAINING CENTRE		2
	JS: MC KHARBAI SCHOOL		6
TS: TSHWANE SOUTH INSTITUTIONS	TS: TSHEGOFATSONG SCHOOL	3
KWAZULU-NATAL		0	13
AMAJUBA DISTRICT : CLUSTER A	YWCA SPEC 298220		1
PINETOWN DISTRICT : CLUSTER A	KWATHINTWA DEAF SPEC 183853	2
	THE BROWN'S SPEC 112702		1
UGU DISTRICT : CLUSTER A	ST MARTIN DEPORRES SPEC 276131	1
UMGUNGUNDLOVU DISTRICT : CLUSTER B	PETER PAN SPEC 247123		1
UMLAZI DISTRICT : CLUSTER A	DURBAN DEAF SPEC 125467		1
	INANDA SPEC 161838		1
	VN NAIK DEAF SPEC 290783		1
UMLAZI DISTRICT : CLUSTER B	KWAVULINDLEBE SPEC 183890		1
	NINGIZIMU SPEC 230880		1
UMZINYATHI DISTRICT : CLUSTER B	UKUKHANYA KOMSINGA SPECIAL 440152	2
LIMPOPO PROVINCE		0	2
BOCHUM WEST CIRCUIT OFFICE	HELENE FRANZ SECONDARY		1
SOUTPANSBERG EAST CIRCUIT OFFICE	RIVONI SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND	1
MPUMALANGA		0	3
MDE EHLANZENI INSTITUTIONS	SILINDOKUHLE SCHOOL: SEVERELY MENTALLY HANDICAPPED	1
MDE NKANGALA INSTITUTIONS	THANDUXOLO SCHOOL: SEVERELY MENTALLY HANDICAPPED	1
	WOLVENKOP SCHOOL FOR SEVERELY MENTALLY HANDICAPPED	1
NORTH WEST		0	28
GREATER DELAREYVILLE AREA OFFICE (DR RSM)	LILLIAN LEHETLA SPECIAL SCHOOL___________________*	6
GREATER TAUNG AREA OFFICE (DR RSM)	MM SEBITLOANE SPECIAL SCHOOL_____________________*	1
KAGISANO MOLOPO AREA OFFICE (DR RSM)	TEMOSO SPECIAL SCHOOL____________________________*	1
KGETLENG RIVER AREA OFFICE (NGAKA MODIRI MOLEMA)	RORISANG SPECIAL SCHOOL__________________________*	1
LETLHABILE AREA OFFICE (BOJANALA)	OBED MORE SPECIAL SCHOOL_________________________*	2
LICHTENBURG AREA OFFICE (NGAKA MODIRI MOLEMA)	REATLEGILE SPECIAL SCHOOL		5
MADIBENG AREA OFFICE (BOJANALA)	REKGONNE-BAPO SPECIAL SCHOOL (BAKWENA BAPO)______*	2
MAFIKENG AREA OFFICE (NGAKA MODIRI MOLEMA)	BOPHELONG SPECIAL SCHOOL_________________________*	3
MAQUASSI HILLS AREA OFFICE (DR KK)	NORTH WEST SPECIAL SCHOOL________________________*	2
MOSES KOTANE EAST AREA OFFICE (BOJ)	REOLEBOGE SPECIAL SCHOOL_________________________*	2
REKOPANTSWE AREA OFFICE (NGAKA MODIRI MOLEMA)	RETLAMETSWE SPECIAL SCHOOL_______________________*	1
ZEERUST AREA OFFICE (NGAKA MODIRI MOLEMA)	DP MOLOTO SPECIAL SCHOOL_________________________*	1
	RESOMARETSE SPECIAL SCHOOL_______________________*	1
WESTERN CAPE		3	2
METRO EAST EDUCATION DISTRICT	CENTRE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY	1
	NOLUTHANDO SKOOL VIR DOWES	1
METRO NORTH EDUCATION DISTRICT	CAREL DU TOIT CENTRE	1
METRO SOUTH EDUCATION DISTRICT	CAPE ACADEMY FOR MATHS/SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY	1
	DOMINICAN DEAF	1
TOTAL	3	86

Annexure C- (i), (iii), (cc) 2015/16

DISTRICT	SCHOOL	(iii) HEARING IMPAIRED	(i) SPECIAL EDUCATION NEEDS
EASTERN CAPE		0	7
GRAHAMSTOWN	GRAHAMSTOWN AMASANGO CAREER SCHOOL	1
MTHATHA	EFATA SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND : UMTATA*	3
FREE STATE
FREE STATE: EDUCATION	FAKKEL SPECIAL SCHOOL		1
	PHOLOHO SPECIAL SCHOOL		1
	ROSENHOF SPECIAL SCHOOL		1
GAUTENG
EN: EKURHULENI NORTH INSTITUTION	EN: EAST RAND SCHOOL OF ARTS	1
	EN: ELANDSPARKSKOOL		2
	EN: ITHEMBALIHLE SCHOOL		2
ES: EKURHULENI SOUTH INSTITUTION	ES: ZIMELENI SCHOOL		1
GE: GAUTENG EAST INSTITUTIONS	GE: FELICITAS SCHOOL		1
	GE: KWA-THEMA SKILLS SCHOOL	1
GW: GAUTENG WEST INSTITUTIONS	GW: ITIRELENG SCHOOL FOR SEVERLY MANTALLY HANDICAP	3
	GW: ITUMELENG SCHOOL FOR SEVERLY MENTALLY HANDICAP	3
	GW: ROTARA SKOOL		1
JC: JOHANNESBURG CENTRAL INSTITUTIONS	JC: ADELAIDE TAMBO SCHOOL		4
	JC: FUNDA UJABULE SCH INST FOR CHILDHOOD EDUCATION	1
	JC: FUTURASKOOL		2
	JC: PACE SECONDARY SCHOOL		3
	JC: PUMELELA TRAINING CENTRE	4
	JC: RANDEORSKOOL		1
JE: JOHANNESBURG EAST INSTITUTIONS	JE: FOREST TOWN SCHOOL		1
	JE: JOHANNESBURG HOSPITAL SCHOOL	4
	JE: ST VINCENT SCHOOL		2
JN: JOHANNESBURG NORTH INSTITUTIONS	JN: DELTAPARK SKOOL		2
	JN: GOUVELD VAARDIGHEIDSSKOOL	2
	JN: HOPE SCHOOL.		1
	JN: NEW NATION SCHOOL		2
	JN: ST BARNABAS COLLEGE		1
JS: JOHANNESBURG SOUTH INSTITUTIONS	JS: DUZENENDLELA SPECIAL SCHOOL	8
	JS: MC KHARBAI SCHOOL		5
	JS: NATIONAL SCHOOL OF THE ARTS	1
TN: TSHWANE NORTH INSTITUTIONS	TN: TSOSOLOSO SCHOOL		1
TS: TSHWANE SOUTH INSTITUTIONS	TS: TSHEGOFATSONG SPECIAL SCHOOL	2
TW: TSHWANE WEST INSTITUTIONS	TW: FILADELFIA		4
	TW: MEDICOS		1
	TW: PRINSHOFSKOOL		1
KWAZULU-NATAL
BAMBANANI CIRCUIT MANAGEMENT	UKUKHANYA KOMSINGA SPECIAL 440152	4
DANHAUSER CIRCUIT MANAGEMENT	YWCA SPEC 298220		1
DURBAN CENTRAL CIRCUIT MANAGEMENT	VN NAIK DEAF SPEC 290783		1
DURBAN NORTH-WEST CIRCUIT MANAGEMENT	KWATHINTWA DEAF SPEC 183853	2
NDWEDWE CIRCUIT MANAGEMENT	AM MOOLLA NOVA SPEC 101232	1
PAULPIETERSBURG CIRCUIT MANAGEMENT	MYEKENI PRIM 343286		2
PHUMELELA CIRCUIT MANAGEMENT	KWAVULINDLEBE SPEC 183890		1
	NINGIZIMU SPEC 230880		1
UBUMBANO CIRCUIT MANAGEMENT	PETER PAN SPEC 247123		1
LIMPOPO PROVINCE		0	4
BOCHUM WEST CIRCUIT OFFICE	HELENE FRANZ SECONDARY		1
HLOGOTLOU CIRCUIT OFFICE	BOSELE SCHOOL		1
SOUTPANSBERG EAST CIRCUIT OFFICE	RIVONI SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND	2
MPUMALANGA		0	2
MDE NKANGALA INSTITUTIONS	THANDUXOLO SPECIAL SCHOOL (SMH)	2
	WOLVENKOP SPECIAL SCHOOL (SMH)	2
NORTH WEST		0	9
GREATER DELAREYVILLE AREA OFFICE (DR RSM)	LILLIAN LEHETLA SPECIAL SCHOOL___________________*	2
LETLHABILE AREA OFFICE (BOJANALA)	OBED MORE SPECIAL SCHOOL_________________________*	1
LICHTENBURG AREA OFFICE (NGAKA MODIRI MOLEMA)	REATLEGILE SPECIAL SCHOOL		1
MADIBENG AREA OFFICE (BOJANALA)	REKGONNE-BAPO SPECIAL SCHOOL (BAKWENA BAPO)______*	2
MAQUASSI HILLS AREA OFFICE (DR KK)	NORTH WEST SPECIAL SCHOOL________________________*	1
MOSES KOTANE EAST AREA OFFICE (BOJ)	REOLEBOGE SPECIAL SCHOOL_________________________*	2
NORTHERN CAPE		0	1
FRANCIS BAARD	RE TLAMELENG SCHOOL-FOR-PHYSICAL HANDICAPPED	1
WESTERN CAPE		2	0
METRO SOUTH EDUCATION DISTRICT	DOMINICAN DEAF	2
NATIONAL TOTAL	2	107

Reply:

The National Treasury has been informed in terms of section 43 of the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA) that a virement of R95.97 million has been effected by the Department of Defence towards the leasing of Presidential VIP air transport.

Reply:

(a) According to National Treasury’s database of Section 71 reports submitted by the municipality as at 30 June 2016, investments with VBS Mutual Bank were made by the following municipalities:

    (i) West Rand District Municipality

    (ii) Capricorn District Municipality

(b) Municipalities do not make loans to financial institutions and /or banks as a standard practice as they are not allowed to lend money to financial institutions. There is also no municipality that has a primary bank account with VBS Mutual Bank.

(c) There are no other municipalities that have invested with VBS Mutual Bank according to the National Treasury’s database.

(d) According to National Treasury’s database of Section 71 reports submitted by the municipality as at 30 June 2016, investments with VBS Mutual Bank were made by the following municipalities:

Name of Municipality	Start Date	End Date	Amount	Balance
West  Rand Municipality	24/02/2015	23/08/2015	R21 million	R0
West  Rand Municipality	22/03/2016	23/09/2016	R10 million	R10 million
West  Rand Municipality	30/03/2016	23/04/2016	R15 million	R0
West  Rand Municipality	08/04/2016	07/06/2016	R15 million	R0
Capricorn District  Municipality	01/04/2016	30/06/2016	R120 million	R0

Reply:

Responses provided by the Department of Home Affairs, Electoral Commission and Government Printing Works are tabulated below:

Department of Home Affairs

	(aa) - Name	(bb) Subject Matter	(cc) Conclusion date
(a)(i)	1. Tender DHA22-2013	Allegations of the alterations of the price after closing date of the tender	30 June 2015
	2. Tender DHA07-2014	Complaint from member of the public on the awarding of a tender	24 August 2015
	3. Interest on overdue accounts	Interest charged on overdue accounts submitted by Refugee Ministries Centre for interpretation services	26 September 2016
(a)(ii)	No	N/A	N/A

According to the Electoral Commission

	(aa) - Name	(bb) Subject Matter	(cc) Conclusion date
(a)(ii)	No	N/A	N/A
(b)(ii)	1. Forensic Investigation: Electoral Commission – Riverside Office Park	The lease agreement entered into for the Electoral Commission’s national office accommodation	14 December 2013

According to the Government Printing Works

 

	(aa) - Name	(bb) Subject Matter	(cc) Conclusion date
(a)(ii)	1. Government Printing Works (GPW)	Unauthorised and confidential information shared with external parties relating to the physical security and guarding services tender at GPW Head and Regional Offices	30 September 2016
(b)(ii)	No	N/A	N/A

Reply:

(1)(a-b) The applicant was granted permanent residence on 2 December 2013. She already has permanent residence, Permit number is GER1044/2011 issued by Department’s Head Office.

(2)(a-b) The specified person does not have an identity number. If she applied for one then proof of application must be submitted.

Reply:

The following information was submitted by the Public Investment Corporation (PIC):

(a)(i) The PIC has no direct exposure to any business linked to the Gupta family.

(a)(ii) The Industrial Development Corporation queries should be directed to the Minister of Economic Development.

(b) Not applicable.

.

Reply:

(1)The question of learner pregnancy must be reviewed in light of overall learner drop-out as pregnancy is one of the various self-reported reasons for learner drop-out.

(1a-c) The Annual School Survey administered by the DBE collects information on learner pregnancy by asking the school principal for: the number of learners that they are aware of who fell pregnant during the academic year. The data is disaggregated by grade and province but not by district.

Note: This data is preliminary and should be treated with caution (i) the figure may be under-reported as principals may not be made aware of all learners that leave the schooling system due to pregnancy; (ii) it does not account for learners that return to schools after pregnancy.

Table 1: Number of learners who fell pregnant, by grade and province, between 2013 and 2015 see the link:

http://pmg-assets.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/RNW1959TABLE-161109.pdf

Source: 2013-2015 Annual School Survey

Note 1: The ASS question on learner pregnancy asks the school principal for: “the number of learners (That they are aware of) who got pregnant the previous academic year”.

Note 2: The data, as received from the provinces, are preliminary and must be treated with caution, since it has not been published in this format.

Based on the caveats in interpreting the ASS data, the General Household Survey (GHS) 2002-2015 conducted by Statistics South Africa, may be a better source of data on the specific question of learner pregnancy in relation to learner drop-out. The table below provides the GHS response for 2013-2015 on the number of learners that indicated pregnancy as the reasons for not attending an educational institution. The information collected is disaggregated by province but not by district.

Note: the number in the bracket ( ) is the number of observation in the sample while the other value is the weighted estimate. The weighted estimates from the sampled households are constructed so that the responses could be properly expanded to represent the entire civilian population of South Africa.

Please also note that the table below provides information on learners between 7-18 years, noting that the compulsory schooling age is 7-15 years.

Number of 7 -18 year old who self-reported not attending educational institutions because of pregnancy

Province	2013	2014	2015
Western Cape	1 837	0	1 039
	(4)	(0)	(1)
Eastern Cape	3 382	3 931	5 212
	(5)	(7)	(7)
Northern Cape	471	1 057	1 696
	(3)	(4)	(4)
Free State	1 666	1 489	0
	(5)	(4)	(0)
KwaZulu-Natal	9 009	2 389	4 645
	(15)	(4)	(7)
North West	2 148	0	2 709
	(3)	(0)	(4)
Gauteng	1 442	1 473	1 005
	(2)	(1)	(2)
Mpumalanga	1 234	1 662	2 270
	(4)	(4)	(4)
Limpopo	675	1 736	842
	(1)	(3)	(1)
South Africa	21 864	13 737	19 418
	(42)	(27)	(30)

Source: Statistics South Africa, General Household Survey, 2013 – 2015, DBE own calculations

Compiler Question 1

(2) (a) See response on (1) (c) above.

(b) The DBE has not referred any learner pregnancy cases to the South African Council of Educators.

(c) The DBE has not undertaken classification of learner pregnancy cases. Currently, the DBE is developing a protocol for the Prevention and Management of Learner Pregnancy, which intends to guide all stakeholders and custodians with this classification exercise and the course of action.

Reply:

(1)(a)(i)(ii)(iii)

The detailed response is attached as Annexure A.

(1)(a)(iv)

The 2016 data is not yet available.

1(c)

The Department has no data on ages of learners who were pregnant.

2(a) (b)

No.

ANNEXURE A

Table 1 below shows an increase in enrolment of female learners from 41 566 in 2013 to 42 312 in 2015. Only one province, the Western Cape had a decrease in female enrolment in special schools.

Table 1: Number of female learners in Special schools, by district, between 2013 and 2015

Province	District	2013	2014	2015
EC	EAST LONDON	541	488	490
	GRAHAMSTOWN	101	101	102
	KING WILLIAMS TOWN	320	309	294
	LUSIKISIKI	29	46	52
	MALUTI	57	59	62
	MBIZANA	293	285	309
	MT FRERE	118	129	129
	MTHATA	424	444	427
	NGCOBO	87	86	90
	PORT ELIZABETH	925	939	984
	QUEENSTOWN	0	0	0
	QUMBU	90	85	87
	STERKSPRUIT	104	128	115
	UITENHAGE	360	363	373
	Total	3 449	3 462	3 514
FS	FEZILE DABI	295	299	312
	LEJWELEPUTSWA	327	318	337
	MOTHEO	1 303	1 316	1 323
	THABO MOFUTSANYANA	300	291	265
	Total	2 225	2 224	2 237
GT	EKURHULENI NORTH	1 692	1 724	1 677
	EKURHULENI SOUTH	790	823	846
	GAUTENG EAST	1 357	1 365	1 368
	GAUTENG NORTH	62	73	93
	GAUTENG WEST	736	767	981
	JOHANNESBURG CENTRAL	1 461	1 552	1 516
	JOHANNESBURG EAST	1 000	1 059	975
	JOHANNESBURG NORTH	1 455	1 546	1 651
	JOHANNESBURG SOUTH	1 210	1 215	1 200
	JOHANNESBURG WEST	926	971	939
	SEDIBENG EAST	588	586	583
	SEDIBENG WEST	428	495	471
	TSHWANE NORTH	829	865	816
	TSHWANE SOUTH	1 467	1 456	1 462
	TSHWANE WEST	975	1 004	1 055
	Total	14 976	15 501	15 633
KZ	AMAJUBA	563	611	587
	EMPANGENI/UTHUNGULU	521	586	582
	ILEMBE	122	148	168
	OBONJENI		144
	OTHUKELA	228	249	245
	PINETOWN	1 021	917	938
	PORT SHEPSTONE/UGU	312	313	317
	SISONKE	133	149	240
	UMGUNGUNDLOVU	857	712	905
	UMKHANYAKUDE	204	105	217
	UMLAZI	1 920	2 112	2 149
	UMZINYATHI	161	167	160
	VRYHEID	248	237	82
	Total	6 290	6 450	6 590
LP	CAPRICORN/Polokwane	1 116	1 407	1 091
	LEBOWAKGOMO	330		294
	MOGALAKWENA	11		14
	MOPANI	267	363	234
	SEKHUKHUNE	376	407	371
	TZANEEN	162	95	158
	VHEMBE	724	721	711
	WATERBERG	236	240	225
	Total	3 222	3 233	3 098
MP	BOHLABELA	92		113
	EHLANZENI	214	342	245
	GERT SIBANDE	411	426	420
	NKANGALA	538	502	502
	Total	1 255	1 270	1 280
NC	FRANCES BAARD	527	541	569
	JOHN TAOLO GAETSEWA	52	56	50
	NAMAQUA	0	52	62
	SIYANDA	2	9	2
	Total	581	658	683
NW	BRITS		103
	GREATER DELAREYVILLE	77	61	85
	GREATER TAUNG	126	131	150
	KAGISANO MOLOPO	36	48	47
	KGETLENG RIVER	30	26	31
	LETLHABILE	103	105	45
	LICHTENBURG	157	96	174
	MADIBENG	177	107	290
	MAFIKENG	90	225
	MAQUASSI HILLS	102	103	108
	MATLOSANA	171	199	208
	MORETELE	61	72	65
	MOSES KOTANE EAST	49	53	107
	POTCHEFSTROOM	408	404	421
	REKOPANTSWE	145	72	230
	RUSTENBURG	502	545	441
	ZEERUST	41	51	54
	Total	2 275	2 401	2 456
WC	CAPE WINELANDS	789	694	754
	EDEN AND CENTRAL KAROO	679	702	680
	METRO CENTRAL	1 640	1 203	1 618
	METRO EAST	1 702	705	1 331
	METRO NORTH	974	762	1 057
	METRO SOUTH	1 076	2 197	924
	OVERBERG	141	144	165
	WEST COAST	292	292	292
	Total	7 293	6 699	6 821
National		41 566	41 898	42 312

Source: 2013-15 Snap survey for special schools

Note: 2016 data is not yet available, it will available end of November 2016

(b)

Table 2 below indicates a drop in number of learners who fell pregnant from 423 in 2013 to 297 in 2015. KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga had a slight increase in learner pregnancy.

Table 2: Number of learners in special school who fell pregnant, between 2013 and 2015

Province	2013	2014	2015
EC	39	21	23
FS	17	11	7
GT	209	161	164
KZ	10	7	18
LP	39	12	11
MP	10	15	15
NC	4	0	0
NW	23	22	19
WC	72	63	40
National	423	312	297

Source: 2013-15 Annual Survey for special schools

Note: 2016 data is not yet available, it will available end of November 2016