Questions and Replies

Reply:

I have been informed by SITA as follows:

1 (a) SITA currently has thirteen (13) Service Level Agreements (SLA Annexes) with the Department of Home Affairs. These services are delivered using both the SITA own personnel and external services from contracted suppliers.

These services are managed via Service Level Agreements with metrics. The service performance is regularly evaluated and monitored on a monthly basis between SITA and the Department of Home Affairs.

SITA has adequate capacity to service the SLA Annexes except that it uses Telkom to provide the last-mile for a dedicated VPN. This represents the only area of challenge since SITA does not own the infrastructure and depend on Telkom network for 92% of its connectivity. SITA is now working with Sentech to provide an additional alternative connectivity using satellite technology to minimise the challenges that have been experienced to date.

1 (b) The following actions have been implemented to increase capacity:

• Appointed a specialist resource to direct the stabilisation and modernisation of the Switching Centre, supported by internal resources and external service providers;
• Full assessment of the Switching Centre’s facility condition and fit for purpose assessment completed;
• Identified critical items for stabilisation and modernisation and we have initiated projects to address DHA requirements;
• Establishment of a full preventative maintenance contract to maintain the Switching Centre’s facility infrastructure.

2 (a) (b) Yes, SITA has routine and preventative maintenance procedures, managed through IT Service Management System.

(i) (ii) SITA has regular monthly Service Level Meetings with the Department of Home Affairs and also with the Service Provider (Telkom). To minimise the causes of poor network connectivity SITA is working with the State Owned Companies such as Sentech to build additional alternative network that will be activated when terrestrial network is impacted. The satellite system will ensure that the DHA office has service as per the signed Service Level Agreements; therefore DHA does not need to close their offices when a network breakdown is experienced.

Reply:

(a),

The National Department of Social Development did not pay any money to advertise on (i) Africa News Network 7 channel, (ii) SA Broadcasting Corporation (aa) television channels and (bb) radio stations, (iii) national commercial radio stations and (iv) community (aa) television and (bb) radio stations (aaa) in the 2016-16 financial year and (bbb) since 1 April 2016.

(b),

This SASSA nationwide expenditure for the said financial years relates to the following:

• Ongoing beneficiary education regarding unauthorized deductions
• Radio advertisements on early grant payments before local government elections.
• Outside radio broadcast services during outreach programmes

Suppliers	Payment starting date: 01 Apr 2015- 31 Mar 2016	Payment starting date: 01 Apr 2016
(i) Africa News Network	R 000.00	R 000.00
(ii) SA Broadcasting Corporation (aa) Television channels (bb) Radio stations	R 4 839 403.60 R 000.00 R 4 839 403.60	R 192 227.41 R 000.00 R 192 227.41
(iii) National commercial radio stations	R 784 197.92	R 000.00
(iv)(aa) Community television	R 000.00	R 000.00
(bb) Community Radio Stations	R5 199 460.39	R 1 166 501.68
Total	R 10 823 061.91	R 1 358 729.09

The National Development Agency did not pay any money to advertise on (i) Africa News Network 7 channel, (ii) SA Broadcasting Corporation (aa) television channels and (bb) radio stations, (iii) national commercial radio stations and (iv) community (aa) television and (bb) radio stations (aaa) in the 2016-16 financial year and (bbb) since 1 April 2016.

Reply:

The Registrar of Banks at the South African Reserve Bank is responsible for bank supervision, and has provided the following response to my office:

1. In February 2016, the deputy governor responsible for bank supervision appeared before the Standing Committee on Finance where these questions were addressed. In terms of section 69A(13) of the Banks Act, the Myburgh Report was private and confidential unless the Registrar, after consultation with the Minister of Finance, either generally or in respect of any part of such report, directed otherwise. In his consideration of the matter, the Registrar was in law required to follow due process, which entailed affording persons referred to in the report insight into the report and the right to make representations, for consideration by the Registrar prior to taking a decision about its confidentiality. Accordingly, the process and procedures set out hereunder were followed, and the relevant representations duly considered by the Registrar before his decision (involving the Minister) was taken to terminate the confidentiality of the Myburgh Report. A copy of the Myburgh report was subsequently forwarded to the National Prosecuting Authority for its consideration.

(a) In order to ensure a procedurally fair process, prior to the Registrar taking the decision contemplated in section 69A(13) of the Banks Act, it was decided –

   i. to communicate with those persons referred to in the Myburgh Report in order to provide them with the opportunity to review the report and to call for comments or representations by them with regard to why the Registrar should not direct, after consultation with the Minister, that the Myburgh Report should no longer be private and confidential;

   ii. that comments and/or representations received would be considered by the Registrar; this consideration was only with respect to removing the confidentiality of the report and not with respect to any change of the report itself; and

   iii. that the Registrar would then decide, after consultation with the Minister, whether the Myburgh Report generally or in respect of any part thereof, should no longer be private and confidential.

(b) To this end, Werksmans Attorneys ("Werksmans") were instructed by the South African Reserve Bank ("SARB") and the Registrar to write to each person referred to in the Myburgh Report and invite them to –

   (i) review the Myburgh Report; and

   (ii) make written representations, should they so elect, regarding the status of the Myburgh Report and more particularly why the Registrar should not direct, after consultation with the Minister, that the Myburgh Report should no longer be private and confidential.

2. Werksmans wrote to the 37 individuals and entities (including the insurers who provided the directors and officers insurance cover in respect of African Bank Limited (“ABL”)) who were specifically referred to in the Myburgh Report, during the second and third weeks of September 2015. Most of the individuals and entities were addressed through their legal representatives who had represented them before the Commissioner during the latter part of 2014 and early 2015. They were afforded the opportunity, against the signing of appropriate confidentiality undertakings, to review the Myburgh Report, and to make written representations up and until 20 November 2015.

Of the 37 individuals or entities invited to review the Myburgh Report and make written representations, 35 of them took up the invitation and reviewed the Myburgh Report during the aforementioned period. Of those who reviewed the Myburgh Report, 32 of them were represented by legal representatives. In total more than 60 individuals, including legal representatives and representatives of companies and organisations, reviewed the Myburgh Report, during the review period. Of the 35 individuals or entities who reviewed the Myburgh Report, 22 of them submitted written representations (or at least submitted a letter of no objection) by 20 November 2015.

Of the written representations received, a significant majority objected to any decision taken which could result in the Myburgh Report or any part thereof no longer being private and confidential.

3. As indicated above, (a) Werksmans Attorneys of Sandton were used to conduct the process on behalf of the Registrar. (b) (i) The total costs amounted to some R11,8 million, which included the fees of Commissioner Myburgh and his two assistants.

Reply:

The department has commissioned seven (7) cases of financial and forensic investigations since 1 April 2012. The nature and details of the cases are as follows: -

Case Number	Name	Subject Matter	Date of Conclusion
1	NDMC Report	Irregularities in the information technology infrastructure at the National Disaster Management Centre (NDMC)	20/09/2013
2	Suka Report	Various allegations, complaints and/or queries relating to the implementation of the Community Work Programme (CWP)	27/09/2013
3	SANACO Report	Investigation into allegations of mismanagement of funds of the Department of Cooperative Governance by the South African National Cooperative Limited (SANACO)	In Progress
4	Payroll Fraud	Allegations of fraud and corruption by an official at the Municipal Infrastructure Support Agent (MISA)	May 2016
5	CWP Forensic Audit	Possible financial irregularities relating to the implementation of the Community Work Programme (CWP)	In Progress
6	Allegations of financial misconduct	Subsistence and travel irregularities	August 2015
7	Allegations of financial irregularities by a service provider	Various allegations of improper procurement of the travel management solution and abuse of travel benefits	September 2016

The cases listed above, have been referred to the Internal Audit Unit for further investigation and consequence management. Once the investigation is finalised, the details thereof will be communicated accordingly.

Reply:

The information requested by the Hon Member is not readily available within the department. However, the Municipal Infrastructure Support Agent (MISA), is busy collating the information and will submit as soon as it’s complete.

Reply:

1 (a) Prosecutors receive training on legal topics which include the following:

1. Admissibility of evidence statements: the purpose of the programme is to ensure that prosecutors know the difference between a confession, an admission and a pointing out and when these statements are admissible and when they are not.

2. Advanced environmental crimes programme with emphasis on “brown” environmental issues: the purpose of the programme is to ensure that prosecutors have an overall knowledge of what environmental crimes entail.

3. Advanced trial advocacy: the purpose of the programme is to ensure that prosecutors understand how our adversarial system is used to uncover facts and to acknowledge the role of the prosecutor within the system.

4. Child pornography and related offences: the purpose of the programme is to ensure that prosecutors have an understanding of offences relating to child pornography.

5. Civil applications training: the purpose of this training is to ensure that prosecutors know how to deal with motion applications

6. Counter terrorism and international crimes: the purpose of this programme is to equip prosecutors on how to manage investigations and prosecute crimes which impact on State security, both nationally and internationally.

7. Corruption and fraud: the purpose of the programme is to ensure that prosecutors know and are able to prove the elements of crimes applicable to corruption and fraud.

8. Cyber-crimes: the purpose of the programme is to ensure that prosecutors have an understanding of cyber-crimes and applicable legislation.

9. Evidence involving the use of communication technology: the purpose of the programme is to ensure that prosecutors have a basic overview of the new offences in the Cyber-crimes and Related Matters Bill and the Cyber-crimes and Cybersecurity Bill, 2015.

10. Forensic experts programme: the purpose of the programme is to ensure that prosecutors have an understanding of forensic evidence presented in court and how to deal with it when presented.

11. High court bridging programme: the purpose of the programme is to ensure that prosecutors are prepared and groomed to prosecute in the high court.

12. Immigration and related offences programme: the purpose of the programme is to ensure that prosecutors have an understanding of immigration and related offences including offences under the Immigration Act, 2002 (Act No 13 of 2002).

13. Law of evidence: basic principles programme: the purpose of the programme is to ensure that prosecutors know and apply the basic principles of the law of evidence.

14. Legal writing, indictments; charge sheets and related topics: the purpose of this training is to ensure that prosecutors are able to draw up charge sheets; indictments and heads of arguments in line with the prescripts of the law.

15. Mediation and alternative dispute resolution mechanisms programme: the purpose of the programme is to ensure that prosecutors have an understanding of mediation and alternative dispute resolution mechanisms.

16. Organised crime: advanced programme: the purpose of the programme is to ensure that prosecutors have an understanding of the provisions of the Prevention of Organised Crime Act, 1998 (Act No 121 of 1998).

17. Psychiatry / psychology and the law programme: the purpose of the programme is to ensure that prosecutors have an understanding of psychology and psychiatry in general which include amongst others topics such as: personality disorders, psychometric personality tests; mental retardation / psychometric intellectual functioning tests and non-pathological criminal incapacity.

18. Trial Advocacy training: The purpose of the programme is to ensure that prosecutors understand how our adversarial system is used to uncover facts and to acknowledge the role of the prosecutor within the system. This includes analysing skills in the screening of cases ready for institution of prosecution; identification of the offence and evaluation of the evidence.

19. Stock theft and related offences programme: the purpose of the programme is to ensure that prosecutors know and apply the applicable legislation relating to stock theft (Stock Theft Act, 1959 (Act No 57 of 1959)).

20. “Trio” and other serious violent crimes programme: the purpose of the programme is to ensure that prosecutors know and are able to prove the elements of crimes and be aware of the relevant competent verdicts and minimum sentences.

Over and above legal issues, prosecutors are trained by Justice College on Management Programmes aimed at equipping them with the necessary knowledge to be effective managers within the NPA.

(b) Training programmes are offered at basic; intermediary and advanced level, depending on the level of the skills of learners identified to attend the programme.

(c) All training programmes above are conducted by Justice College with the assistance of experienced prosecutors within the NPA.

Further to this the Sexual Offences and Community Affairs Unit (SOCA) offers training to prosecutors on the following:

• Sexual Offences;
• Maintenance;
• Child Justice;
• Domestic Violence and
• Trafficking in Persons

2 (a) Regarding the question relating to what are the relevant details of the ongoing mentoring offered to the prosecutors of the NPA to address declining levels of skills, (b) at what level is the specified mentoring being offered, (c) by whom and (d) what form does the mentoring take, I have been informed as follows:

(a) The NPA is at this stage offering mentoring as part of on-going on the job training. This is done through the pairing of less experienced prosecutors with those more experienced in particular fields of criminal law / prosecution.

(b), (c) and (d): This training strategy is applied from entry level into prosecution, where aspirants are placed under the mentorship of both a tutor and a senior prosecutor. For more senior level prosecutors, allocation of cases under supervision also serves as part of the mentoring programme that is in place, as well as rotation of prosecutors to give exposure to different kinds of prosecutions / cases.

Reply:

(1)(a) The question requires a reply to address all the 1 142 police stations. This will be volumes of pages and is therefore responded by providing the provincial totals. The tables below provide a summarised exposé of the different questions and must be read with the previous reply to question 2163 which dealt with the total fixed establishment of police stations. The development and maintenance of the fixed establishment of the South African Police Service (SAPS) is informed and guided by Regulation 20 and 27 of the SAPS Employment Regulations, 2008 and is influenced by two primary variables:

- The approved organisational and post structures for police stations and clusters; and,

- the availability of funds in terms of the current budget and Medium Term Expenditure Framework.

The source that was used is the SAPS Fixed Establishment allocations for 2015/2016. The fixed establishment positions for police stations in each province in the 2015/2016 financial year and a summary of categories crimes investigated by the respective groups (attached as per annexure A) are tabulated as follows:

Year	Function	Eastern Cape	Free State	Gauteng	KwaZulu-Natal	Limpopo	Mpumalanga	North West	Northern Cape	Western Cape
(aa) + (bb) 2015-16	(i)	Detectives: Violent Crimes (Group A)	255	133	1328	513	112	149	104	42	473
	(ii)	Detectives: Economic Crimes (Group B)	310	153	1231	490	134	113	141	52	546
	(iii)	Detectives: General Crimes (Group C)	371	223	1625	616	193	179	134	121	769
	(iv)	Detective Service Centre	659	193	960	600	163	311	178	76	591

(1)(b) The number of filled and vacant positions for detective service at police stations in each province including the salary scales thereof since 1 April 2016 is tabulated below:

Prov	Function	Post	Lt Col - SL10	Capt- SL 8	W/Off - SL7	Sgt- SL6	Const- SL5
Free State Province	Detectives: Violent Crimes (Group A)	FE	4	24	29	56	20
		Filled	3	13	53	7	21
		Vacant	-1	-11	+24	-49	+1
	Detectives: Economic Crimes (Group B)	FE	3	13	34	67	36
		Filled	3	11	42	6	34
		Vacant	0	-2	+8	-61	-2
	Detectives: General Crimes (Group C)	FE	4	27	46	85	61
		Filled	4	33	74	38	155
		Vacant	0	+6	+28	-47	+94
	Detective Service Centre	FE	4	31	48	90	17
		Filled	3	28	46	20	82
		Vacant	-1	-3	-2	-70	+65
	Prov	Function	Post	Lt Col - SL10	Capt- SL 8	W/Off - SL7	Sgt- SL6	Const- SL5
	North West Province	Detectives: Violent Crimes (Group A)	FE	0	18	20	31	35
			Filled	0	12	38	12	33
			Vacant	0	-6	18	-19	-2
		Detectives: Economic Crimes (Group B)	FE	0	20	23	45	53
			Filled	0	17	41	27	45
			Vacant	0	-3	18	-18	-8
		Detectives: General Crimes (Group C)	FE	0	18	16	47	53
			Filled	0	16	51	27	68
			Vacant	0	-2	35	-20	15
		Detective Service Centre	FE	5	21	31	50	69
			Filled	4	28	51	24	69
			Vacant	-1	7	20	-26	0

Prov	Function	Post	Lt Col - SL10	Capt- SL 8	W/Off - SL7	Sgt- SL6	Const- SL5
Mpumalanga Province	Detectives: Violent Crimes (Group A)	FE	0	6	36	46	61
		Filled	0	4	35	24	51
		Vacant	0	-2	-1	-22	-10
	Detectives: Economic Crimes (Group B)	FE	0	6	27	37	43
		Filled	1	7	21	32	51
		Vacant	+1	-1	-6	-5	+8
	Detectives: General Crimes (Group C)	FE	0	6	38	58	77
		Filled	0	5	41	43	108
		Vacant	0	-1	+3	-15	+31
	Detective Service Centre	FE	5	26	41	58	178
		Filled	1	13	40	36	134
		Vacant	-4	-13	-1	-22	-44

Prov	Function	Post	Lt Col - SL10	Capt- SL 8	W/Off - SL7	Sgt- SL6	Const- SL5
Eastern Cape Province	Detectives: Violent Crimes (Group A)	FE	10	43	56	69	103
		Filled	9	31	90	25	58
		Vacant	-1	-12	40	-44	-45
	Detectives: Economic Crimes (Group B)	FE	10	42	64	79	139
		Filled	10	32	90	37	74
		Vacant	0	-10	26	-42	-65
	Detectives: General Crimes (Group C)	FE	10	47	80	92	171
		Filled	10	33	143	57	273
		Vacant	0	-14	63	-35	102
	Detective Service Centre	FE	10	41	130	174	302
		Filled	8	29	71	63	152
		Vacant	-2	-11	59	-111	150

 

Prov	Function	Post	Lt Col - SL10	Capt- SL 8	W/Off - SL7	Sgt- SL6	Const- SL5
Gauteng Province	Detectives: Violent Crimes (Group A)	FE	0	81	245	264	732
		Filled	6	50	305	176	375
		Vacant	6	-31	60	-88	-357
	Detectives: Economic Crimes (Group B)	FE	0	76	235	257	657
		Filled	2	52	214	155	441
		Vacant	2	-24	-21	-102	-216
	Detectives: General Crimes (Group C)	FE	0	92	305	357	864
		Filled	8	90	349	278	874
		Vacant	8	-2	44	-79	10
	Detective Service Centre	FE	46	103	158	187	459
		Filled	11	79	245	184	642
		Vacant	-35	-24	87	-3	183

 

Prov	Function	Post	Lt Col - SL10	Capt- SL 8	W/Off - SL7	Sgt- SL6	Const- SL5
Limpopo Province	Detectives: Violent Crimes (Group A)	FE	1	8	30	35	38
		Filled	1	29	75	16	48
		Vacant	0	-21	-45	19	-10
	Detectives: Economic Crimes (Group B)	FE	1	8	32	41	52
		Filled	1	13	56	15	39
		Vacant	0	-5	-24	26	13
	Detectives: General Crimes (Group C)	FE	1	11	42	58	81
		Filled	1	21	67	19	110
		Vacant	0	-10	-25	39	-29
	Detective Service Centre	FE	5	25	51	38	42
		Filled	8	22	42	9	36
		Vacant	-3	3	9	29	6

Prov	Function	Post	Lt Col - SL10	Capt- SL 8	W/Off - SL7	Sgt- SL6	Const- SL5
Northern Cape Province	Detectives: Violent Crimes (Group A)	FE	2	9	11	12	11
		Filled	2	9	19	13	8
		Vacant	0	0	-7	-1	3
	Detectives: Economic Crimes (Group B)	FE	2	10	12	14	18
		Filled	2	10	6	17	13
		Vacant	0	0	6	-3	6
	Detectives: General Crimes (Group C)	FE	2	11	24	34	53
		Filled	2	11	25	19	36
		Vacant	0	0	-1	15	17
	Detective Service Centre	FE	2	9	25	23	21
		Filled	2	8	20	18	30
		Vacant	0	1	5	5	-9

Prov	Function	Post	Lt Col - SL10	Capt- SL 8	W/Off - SL7	Sgt- SL6	Const- SL5
KwaZulu-Natal Province	Detectives: Violent Crimes (Group A)	FE	0	29	108	150	226
		Filled	0	34	147	86	172
		Vacant	0	5	39	-64	-54
	Detectives: Economic Crimes (Group B)	FE	0	33	100	143	214
		Filled	0	34	134	77	211
		Vacant	0	1	34	-66	-3
	Detectives: General Crimes (Group C)	FE	0	33	118	175	289
		Filled	0	38	152	104	368
		Vacant	0	5	34	-71	79
	Detective Service Centre	FE	18	66	152	186	177
		Filled	14	60	149	70	236
		Vacant	-4	-6	-3	-116	59

Prov	Function	Post	Lt Col - SL10	Capt- SL 8	W/Off - SL7	Sgt- SL6	Const- SL5
Western Cape Province	Detectives: Violent Crimes (Group A)	FE	19	22	94	133	223
		Filled	14	16	100	128	122
		Vacant	-5	-6	6	-5	-101
	Detectives: Economic Crimes (Group B)	FE	19	22	97	158	268
		Filled	11	14	69	149	153
		Vacant	-8	-8	-28	-9	-115
	Detectives: General Crimes (Group C)	FE	19	31	138	219	380
		Filled	14	27	144	217	381
		Vacant	-5	-4	6	-2	1
	Detective Service Centre	FE	19	32	88	164	306
		Filled	16	24	70	96	149
		Vacant	-3	-8	-18	-68	-157

Reply:

The Honourable Member might be aware that I have 26 entities reporting to me, therefore to collate information from the entities require time. I will submit that information to the Honourable member once it is available.

Reply:

(a) & (b) Yes.

(i) & (ii) The relevant information is provided below.

2009/ 10

No.	Name	Subject Matter	Date of Conclusion
1	Presidential Proclamation R.7 of 2007 (extended by R.35 of 2010 and R.15 of 2012)	Alleged fraudulent/ illegal granting of low-income housing to government officials/ employees (National, Provincial & Local spheres)	January 2014
2	Presidential Proclamation R.7 of 2007 (extended by R.35 of 2010 and R.15 of 2012)	Alleged awarding and implementation of housing contracts in non-compliance with the Housing Act (No. 107 of 1997); National Housing Code and Public Finance Management Act (No. 1 of 1999)	Once the SIU investigations are finalised, reports are filed with The Presidency and therefore the Department does not have the exact completion date.
2010/ 11
	Name	Subject Matter	Date of Conclusion
3	Presidential Proclamation R.7 of 2007 (extended by R.35 of 2010 and R.15 of 2012)	Alleged fraudulent/ illegal granting of low-income housing to government officials/ employees (National, Provincial & Local spheres)	January 2014
4	Presidential Proclamation R.7 of 2007 (extended by R.35 of 2010 and R.15 of 2012)	Investigation into awarding and implementation of housing contracts in non-compliance with the Housing Act (No. 107 of 1997); National Housing Code and Public Finance Management Act (No. 1 of 1999)	Once the SIU investigations are finalised, reports are filed with The Presidency and therefore the Department does not have the exact completion date.
2011/ 12
	Name	Subject Matter	Date of Conclusion
5	Presidential Proclamation R.7 of 2007 (extended by R.35 of 2010 and R.15 of 2012)	Alleged fraudulent/ illegal granting of low-income housing subsidy to government officials/ employees (National, Provincial & Local spheres)	January 2014
6	Presidential Proclamation R.7 of 2007 (extended by R.35 of 2010 and R.15 of 2012)	Alleged awarding and implementation of housing contracts in non-compliance with the Housing Act (No. 107 of 1997); National Housing Code and Public Finance Management Act (No. 1 of 1999)	Once the SIU investigations are finalised, reports are filed with The Presidency and therefore the Department does not have the exact completion date.
7	SIU investigation into the affairs of the National Housing Builders Registration Council	Alleged conflict of interest over contracts worth at least R100m	Once the SIU investigations are finalised, reports are filed with The Presidency and therefore the Department does not have the exact completion date.
8	Presidential Proclamation R.7 of 2007 (extended by R.35 of 2010 and R.15 of 2012)	Alleged fraudulent/ illegal granting of subsidy to government officials/ employees (National, Provincial & Local spheres)	January 2014
9	Presidential Proclamation R.7 of 2007 (extended by R.35 of 2010 and R.15 of 2012)	Alleged awarding and implementation of housing contracts in non-compliance with the Housing Act (No. 107 of 1997); National Housing Code and Public Finance Management Act (No. 1 of 1999)	Once the SIU investigations are finalised, reports are filed with The Presidency and therefore the Department does not have the exact completion date.
2013/ 14
	Name	Subject Matter	Date of Conclusion
10	Presidential Proclamation R.7 of 2007 (extended by R.35 of 2010 and R.15 of 2012)	Alleged fraudulent/ illegal granting of subsidy to government officials/ employees (National, Provincial & Local spheres)	January 2014
11	Presidential Proclamation R.7 of 2007 (extended by R.35 of 2010 and R.15 of 2012)	Alleged awarding and implementation of housing contracts in non-compliance with the Housing Act (No. 107 of 1997); National Housing Code and Public Finance Management Act (No. 1 of 1999)	Once the SIU investigations are finalised, reports are filed with The Presidency and therefore the Department does not have the exact completion date.
2014/ 15
	Name	Subject Matter	Date of Conclusion
12	Presidential Proclamation R.7 of 2007 (extended by R.35 of 2010 and R.15 of 2012)	Alleged awarding and implementation of housing contracts in non-compliance with the Housing Act (No. 107 of 1997); National Housing Code and Public Finance Management Act (No. 1 of 1999)	Once the SIU investigations are finalised, reports are filed with The Presidency and therefore the Department does not have the exact completion date.
2015/ 16
	Name	Subject Matter	Date of Conclusion
13	Presidential Proclamation R.7 of 2007 (extended by R.35 of 2010 and R.15 of 2012)	Alleged awarding and implementation of housing contracts in non-compliance with the Housing Act (No. 107 of 1997); National Housing Code and Public Finance Management Act (No. 1 of 1999)	Once the SIU investigations are finalised, reports are filed with The Presidency and therefore the Department does not have the exact completion date.
2016/ 17
	Name	Subject Matter	Date of Conclusion
14	Presidential Proclamation R.7 of 2007 (extended by R.35 of 2010 and R.15 of 2012)	Alleged awarding and implementation of housing contracts in non-compliance with the Housing Act (No. 107 of 1997); National Housing Code and Public Finance Management Act (No. 1 of 1999)	Once the SIU investigations are finalised, reports are filed with The Presidency and therefore the Department does not have the exact completion date.

 

Reply:

The following information was submitted by the Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF) Board:

(1) The Board of Trustees has already decided to amend the implementation of the clean-break principle on divorce. It will be discontinued when the Government Employees Pension Law is amended and all the relevant approvals are granted.

(2) Yes, research was done and the GEPF board was comfortable that there would be no unintended consequences.

(3) This matter is currently sub judice.

Reply:

I have been informed that in the NPA’s annual report, the year-on-year decline in the achievements of this indicator, was indicated. A comparative analysis with the achievements during previous years indicates a gradual decline of 11.4% from 2009/10 in the number of cases finalised with a verdict. The decline may be correlated with a similar decline of 17.2% in the influx of new cases and a 12.8% reduction in court hours.

The courts finalised 310 850 verdict cases with a conviction rate of 93% (289 245 convictions). Compared to the previous year, 8 299 (2.6%) fewer cases were finalised with a verdict. The high conviction rate illustrates the focus on high quality prosecutions, notwithstanding the reduction in cases finalised. The progress per forum during 2015/16 is indicated in the table below:

Table 6: Progress on cases finalised with a verdict

FORUM	2014/15	% of National	2015/16	% of National	Progress
HIGH COURT	978	0,3%	1012	0,3%	3,5%
REGIONAL COURT	33 430	10,5%	31 832	10,2%	-4,8%
DISTRICT COURT	284 741	89,2%	278 006	89,4%	-2,4%
ALL	319 149	100,0%	310 850	100,0%	-2,6%

A decline in performance is noted in both lower court forums compared to the previous year. The regional courts finalised 1 598 (4.8%) fewer cases and the district courts 6 735 (2.4%). The high courts managed to finalise 34 more cases during this period, which represents an improvement of 3.5% compared to the corresponding period during the previous year.

The NPA furthermore indicated that in order to save valuable court time and speed up the finalisation of cases without impeding on the quality of prosecutions, a total of 1 901 plea and sentence agreements were successfully concluded, comprising of 7 066 counts (see Appendix 1 at the end of the annual report for a full list). This represents an increase of 8.2% compared to 1 757 agreements concluded last year. Even though the number of agreements concluded does not appear to be significant if compared to the total number of finalised cases, the counts involved in these matters would have taken up valuable court time had trials been conducted. In 15 of the cases, the counts involved more than 100 counts per case.

Enhanced screening processes may impact on the number of new cases as prosecutors ensure, as far as possible, to enrol only trial ready matters. In order to curb the notion that prosecutors are selective with cases dealt with, the number of withdrawals is also measured to ensure quality prosecutions and a just outcome in all cases. The comparison indicates a positive reduction of 17.7% in the number of cases withdrawn in all courts.

The NPA has informed me that the effective performance of the NPA is directly linked to the effective performance of the other role players within the criminal justice system. Ensuring that cases proceed when they are set down for trial remains a primary challenge that the system has not adequately addressed. The implementation of pre-trial hearings identified by the NPA, Legal Aid South Africa and the Office of the Chief Justice as one of the solutions to prevent remands of trial ready cases has been slow in gaining traction, particularly in the lower courts. This has been compounded by the placing of too few trial cases on the court rolls, resulting in wasted court hours.

The norms and standards issued by the Chief Justice have not yet led to increased court hours. Inadequacies of role-players in the system remain a concern as they impact on the finalization of cases. However, these are monitored and reported at the Provincial Efficiency Enhancement Committee (PEEC) meetings, chaired by the Judges President in each province.

Reply:

I have been advised by the Department and Entities reporting to me as follows:-

Department’s Internal Forensic Reports

(a) (i) No

Department’s External Forensic Report

(b) (i) Yes

(aa) Gobodo Forensic and Investigative Accounting

(bb) (1) Forensic investigation to audit qualifications as stated in the report of the Auditor-General for the year ended 31 March 2010;

(2) Forensic Accounting Investigation into alleged irregularities pertaining to travel agents;

(3) Forensic Accounting Investigation into Soundfusion (Pty) Ltd;

(4) Forensic Accounting Investigation Draft FCB Social Marketing; and

(5) Forensic Accounting Investigation into aspects associated with the 112 Emergency Call Centre in the Strand, Western Cape Province.

(cc) The above-mentioned reports were concluded on 26 March 2012.

(a)(ii) SOC’s Internal Forensic Report

Entity	Reply
Sentech	No
zaDNA	No
Nemisa	No
USAASA	Yes
SITA	Yes
Broadband Infraco	Yes
SAPO	Yes

(b)(ii) SOCs External Forensic Report

Entity	Reply
Sentech	Yes
zaDNA	No
Nemisa	No
USAASA	Yes
SITA	Yes
Broadband Infraco	Yes
SAPO	Yes

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

 

Entity:	External/ internal	Name (aa)	Subject matter (bb)	Date of conclusion (cc)
Sentech	External	Leaking of confidential information at Payroll	Investigation on the leaking of confidential information	30 June 2013
	External	Leaking of sensitive information	Investigation on a Board document that was leaked to the Union	30 September 2015
	External	Nepotism in Human Resources (HR) appointments	Investigation on alleged nepotism in HR with regard to appointment of personnel and misuse of company resources	31 January 2016
	External	Sabotage in the information technology (IT) environment and SAP system crashes	Investigation on the sabotage of the SAP system	30 June 2016
Universal Service and Access Agency of south Africa (USAASA)	Internal	Gobodo	Value for money audit: Investigate and express an opinion on the value for money derived from the listed tenders and/or contracts awarded to service providers Investigate and conduct background inquiries of firms or individuals Investigate and can conduct the verification of equipment supplied to access centres around the country and determine the value of money thereof Gather documentary evidence Review project related documentation, including contract documents of the list of service provider which render the services and/or goods to USAASA with a view of expressing an opinion on the value for money Conduct interviews of involved parties, including the service providers and project managers is required	5 May 2013
	Internal	The Firm	The Board of Directors of USAASA received information relating to allocations of material breaches of USAASA’s supply chain management processes and procedures, human resources processes, governance processes and non-compliance with the duly approved delegation of authority of the agency.	30 April 2013
	External	Special Investigating Unit (SIU)	This investigation and subsequent court action brought by the SIU dealt with the appointment of the previous CEO, Mr Zami Nkosi.	The matter was withdrawn as a result of the end of term of Mr Nkosi at the end of March 2016.
	External	Public Protector	Investigation into allegations of maladministration with regard to the irregular appointment of Ms. Sharonne Scheepers.	This investigation is not finalised as yet.
	External	DoC/NT/PWC	Forensic investigation into the Supply Chain Management process followed by USAASA in appointing a panel of service providers for the Broadcasting Digital Migration programme.	This investigation is not finalised as yet.
State Information Technology Agency (SITA)	Internal	Internal	Abuse of Resources 24 Absenteeism 11 Procurement 104 Irregularities Appointment 61 Irregularities Financial 41 Conflict of Interest 12 Fraud 6	2009-2016
	External	External Forensic	Abuse of Resources 1 Absenteeism Procurement Irregularities 6 Appointment Irregularities 1 Financial Conflict of Interest 1 Fraud	2013-2014
Broadband Infraco (BBI)	Internal	Investigator: BBI’s Enterprise Risk Management	Alleged HR Irregularities: (Snr Manager Supply Chain Management [SCM] and Snr Manager Strategy Leadership)	29 October 2015
	Internal	Investigator: BBI’s Enterprise Risk Management	Alleged Leave Irregularities: (Snr IT Manager & IT Administrator	20 March 2015
	Internal	Investigator: BBI’s Enterprise Risk Management	Alleged SCM Non-Compliance (Snr IT Manager)	9 January 2015
	External	Investigator: KPMG	Alleged Recruitment Irregularities (HR Specialist - Ms Betty Mphuthi)	12 Feb 2014
	External	Investigator: KPMG	Alleged Procurement Irregularities (Bruniguel and P-Net)	12 Feb 2014
	External	Investigator: KPMG	Alleged Procurement Irregularities (Accenture Consulting)	07 Nov 2014
	Internal	Investigator: BBI’s Internal Audit Department	Alleged Payment Irregularities (Bakhuthi Trading CC)	28 Nov 2014
	Internal	Preliminary Investigation: BBI’s Internal Audit Department Full Investigation: KPMG	Alleged Employment Irregularities (Two Procurement Specialists	28 Nov 2014
	Internal	Preliminary Investigation: BBI’s Internal Audit Department Full Investigation: KPMG	Alleged Employment Irregularities	28 Nov 2014
	External	Investigator: SizweNtsalubaGobodo(SNG)	Alleged fibre optic cable framework agreements Irregularities (Inyani Civil Works & Plant Hire, Thuthuka Projects, and Kopanya Projects (Pty) Ltd Service Providers	30 Nov 2010
	External	Investigator: SNG	Alleged tender process Irregularities (Occupational Care South Africa [OCSA] and Broadband Infraco)	25 April 2011
South African Post Office (SAPO)	Internal	SAPO Security & Investigations: Forensic Unit 2009-2016	The internal forensic investigations unit received four hundred and ninety-eight (498) complaints that included allegations of fraud, theft, misconduct, negligence, armed robbery, sexual harassment, assault, financial misconduct, postal crime, etc. All cases received from 1 January 2009 until September 2016 have been finalised. Line management, together with Employee Relations have prioritised the implementation of pending recommendations for disciplinary action for the current financial year, where applicable.	30 September 2016
	External	SSG	Maladministration	February 2013
	External	Special Investigating Unit (SIU)	Maladministration and corruption	February 2014
	External	Public Protector	Alleged irregular appointment of a service provider, Resurgent Risk Managers by SAPO in 2013	Public Protector has not yet issued a report

Reply:

1. I have taken note of the observations made by the Auditor General, as a result of his observations, investigations were done and all the implicated officials are being taken through the disciplinary process as we speak.
2. I have instructed the ADG and his team to develop a plan to combat future occurances of this nature. This plan contains amongst others the following:

• Demand & Acquisition Unit to verify that supplier have quoted according to specifications. If not an approved motivation to attached prior to appointment.
• Demand & Acquisition Unit to test the validity of the motivation against the set criteria in the SCM policy
• Suppliers who are unable to submit a valid tax certificate to be automatically disqualified. SCM officials to verify that suppliers are registered in the National Treasury central supplier database, and that their tax status is compliant
• Demand & Acquisition Unit to provide and attach proof that various suppliers were approached and given opportunity but still it was not possible obtain the prescribed minimum number of quotations.
• It is now a mandatory requirement as per National Treasury SCM Instruction note 4 A of 206/2017 to utilise service providers that are registered on the Central Supplier Database. Demand & Acquisition Unit to obtain quotations strictly from suppliers registered on the CSD.
• An official in the Office of CFO to be assigned to review compliance with SCM prior to processing of orders or appointment of suppliers

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:

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:

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:

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 review of contracts ordered by the Minister will deal with this matter.

(2) The contract and its conditions are subject of a review that the Minister of Energy has instituted.

(3) No.

(4) SFF has adequate internal control processes in place that could have prevented it from incurring losses in this transaction if they had been adhered to. These controls include i) the board-approved limits of authority policy, ii) risk management policy iii) properly constituted Exco with relevant PFMA and risk management experience and supported by clear terms of reference. There is a materiality framework that provides guidance on levels of approvals for all material transactions.

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 reprimanded the Minister of Mineral Resources for the statement.

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:

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:

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 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:

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:

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:

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:

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:

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:

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 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:

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:

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:

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:

(a) (i) The NSNP Directorate does not have the data according to the request in (ii) and (iii). The only data available is recorded on the table below, is aggregated as provincial data.

(b) Information not available.

The Department of Basic Education (DBE) will work with the provinces to compile the requested information.

Special schools
Province	(a)(i)(ii)(iii) Number of schools	(b) Budget allocated (R)
	2013-14 (aa)	2014-15 (bb)	2015-16 (cc)	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16
Eastern Cape	12	27	27	2 494 688	2 307 704	2 121 906
Free State	10	10	10	1 686 792	1 519 145	1 262 558
Gauteng	39	56	57	4 992 896	6 975 762	7 957 786
KwaZulu-Natal	46	46	47	4 546 098	4 670 570	5 186 905
Limpopo	34	34	32	3 600 261	3 236 899	3 435 227
Mpumalanga	11	13	11	480 690	614 901	907 221
Northern Cape	7	7	9	622 802	662 848	925 120
North West	23	25	25	1 193 954	1 284 956	1 515 864
Western Cape	43	44	44	4 951 936	5 437 634	5 677 963
	225	262	262	24 570 117	26 710 419	90 550

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