Questions and Replies

Reply:

(a) The National Tourism Sector Strategy (NTSS) did not provide an indicator for total tourism revenue. However, targets are provided for Gross Domestic Product (GDP) contribution. In this regard, the targets have been achieved. Tourism was estimated to contribute R71 billion in 2009 in the original NTSS with a target of R118 billion by 2015. The Tourism Satellite Account for South Africa, final 2012 and provisional 2013 and 2014 recorded a contribution of R111 560 billion (2.9% of total GDP) in 2014. In terms of total (direct and indirect) GDP contribution, the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) Travel and Tourism Economic Impact 2016 South Africa Report estimated a contribution of R375 billion in 2015 (9.4% of total GDP).

(b) Yes, 2015 NTSS targets in terms of both direct and total jobs were achieved. The NTSS 2011 provided a baseline of 389 100 direct jobs in 2009 and a target of 403 900 direct jobs in 2015. According to the Tourism Satellite Account for South Africa (final 2012 and provisional 2013 and 2014) tourism contributed 680 817 direct jobs in 2014. The WTTC Travel and Tourism Economic Impact 2016 South Africa Report estimated a contribution of 703 000 direct jobs in 2015. This performance exceeded the National Tourism Sector Strategy targets.

In respect of total jobs (both direct and indirect) contribution, the NTSS set a baseline of 919 800 jobs in 2009 and a target of 968 300 jobs in 2015. The WTTC estimated a total contribution of 1 554 000 jobs in 2015, surpassing the 2020 target of 1 097 000.

Reply:

(a) Department of Tourism spend on

Media	Media	(aaa) 2015-16 Financial year	(bbb) Since 1 April 2016
ANN 7	-	0	0
(ii) SABC	(aa) Television channels	0	0
	(bb) Radio Stations	0	0
(iii) National Commercial radio stations	-	0	0
(iv) Community	(aa) Community television	0	0
	(bb) radio stations	0	0

 

(b) SA Tourism spend on

Media	Media	(aaa) 2015-16 Financial year	(bbb) Since 1 April 2016
(i)ANN 7	-	N/A	N/A
(ii) SABC	(aa) Television channels	R21,500,000	R2,072,300
	(bb) Radio Stations	R1,395,030	R7,299,932.86
(iii) National Commercial radio stations	-	R5,204,575.50	R2,698,224.19
(iv) Community	(aa) Community television	N/A	N/A
	(bb) radio stations	R1,200,000.00	N/A

 

Reply:

I have not found that the outcome of the UK referendum has had any effect on tourists’ arrival to South Africa. It is important to note that it would be premature to make any statements on the impact on tourism. Uncertainty around developments in some areas could in the short and medium-term impact on arrivals to South Africa from the UK. It is probable that in the short-term, personal spending will be conservative in anticipation of negative impacts, and that long-haul travel and spending on non-essentials may be conservative.

In the context of arrivals to South Africa, it must be noted that

• June to August are low season months for travel to SA (peak travel months are December-February) and any impact would not be immediately visible.
• The majority of leisure travellers decide on a holiday to SA at least three months before travel. Impact on arrival numbers will only be noted from October 2016 onwards.

Reply:

What formal qualifications does each of her department’s (a)(i) Chief Financial Officers and/or (ii) acting Chief Financial Officers and (b)(i) Directors-General and/or (ii) acting Directors-General possess?

The formal qualifications of the:

(a)(i) Financial Officer;

(a)(ii) Acting Chief Financial Officer;

(b)(i) Director-General; and

(b)(ii) Acting Director-General

are as follows:

QUESTION	POST	QUALIFICATIONS
(a)(i)	Chief Financial Officer	Grade 12 B Comm Degree Diploma in Central Banking Diploma in Treasury Management & Trade Finance Advanced Diploma in Central Banking Certified Associate of the IOB International Capital Market Qualification
(a)(ii)	Acting Chief Financial Officer	Grade 12 B Comm Degree B Comm Honours Degree in Accounting
(b)(i)	Director-General: Transport	Position vacant
(b)(ii)	Acting Director-General: Transport	Grade 12 Diploma in Public Administration Bachelor of Arts Degree Post Graduate Diploma in Transport Management Master of Business Administration Degree

Reply:

(a) Although provinces ordered adequate stock from the Government Printing Works to deal with all the service of all transactions required, the backup stock of face value documents that they keep was not enough to deal with the growth in the number of services that were required.

(b) Provinces have been advised to request assistance from other Registering Authorities that have surplus face value documents. Furthermore, provinces have been advised that in their projections they must ensure that there is enough face value documents.

(c) The matter has been resolved. Government Printing Works has also been advised to order more Face Value documents.

Reply:

(1) (a) From the information that the Department has received we have been advised that the renewal notices are being sent to all the motorist.

(b) In terms the legislation it required that a motor vehicle be licensed after every twelve months, therefore it is the responsibility of the owners of a motor vehicles to renew their licenses after the expiry thereof.

(2) At this stage the Department have not yet engaged with all the role players , however we will be engaging on finding ways of using technology to improve the service delivery.

Reply:

(a) The Youth Road Safety Summit that was held on 25 June was a culmination of Provincial Road Safety Youth Summits that were held in all provinces. The purpose was to establish a National Structure of young people who are engaged in road safety. The aim is to place youth at the centre of finding solutions to the ever daunting task of road deaths as these affect the youth more than any age category of road users.

(b) A National Structure was established. It is made up of the youth from all provinces and different organisations ranging from businesses, NGOs, (b) faith-based organisations, etc. These were also co-opted into the structure.

(c) The term of office of the elected body is one year. They have the responsibility of developing a programme that will focus on youth and road safety. In developing such a programme, they will take into account what is being done in the fraternity and what the shortcomings area as well as coming up with innovative ways of appealing to the youth. The programmes have to be all inclusive and accomodative of divergent youth of the country.

(d) The RTMC has been mandated to provide support to the national structure, with other road entities interacting with the structure as well. The provinces are expected to play a similar role with regards to supporting the youth structures in respective provinces.

Reply:

(a) Department of Social Development

1. (aa) Not applicable to the department of Social Development

(bb) Not applicable to the department of Social Development

(ii)

(aa) The Department of Social Development facilitates the programme of linking cooperatives to economic opportunities. Cooperatives from poverty stricken wards are identified, profiled and linked to economic opportunities created through the Social Relief of Distress Programme which include supply of vegetables and school uniform to poor and vulnerable families and children. These cooperatives are also linked to economic opportunities created through the Household Food and Nutrition Programme and they supply Community Nutrition and Development Centres with food products and uniform.

(bb) There is no dedicated budget for Cooperatives. Those cooperatives with capacity building needs are referred to the National Development Agency and the Department of Small Business Development and Cooperatives for support.

(cc) not applicable to department of Social Development

SASSA

1. SASSA is not running any development programmes for small businesses

(aa) Not applicable to SASSA

(bb) Not applicable to SASSA

(ii)

(aa) SASSA is not running development programmes for co-operatives. However, SASSA utilizes co-operatives for procurement.

The co-operatives are identified and assessed by the Co-operatives Unit

in the Department of Social Development.

Those co-operatives which require development are identified and assisted through the Department of Social Development and the National Development Agency. Once these have met the requirements to register on the Central Supplier database, then SASSA is able to utilize them for procurement of various services, such as social relief of distress, school uniforms, SASSA uniforms and catering, amongst others.

(bb) No dedicated budget for only cooperatives

(cc) Not applicable to SASSA

NDA

The NDA mandate is derived from the National Development Agency Act, (Act No. 108 of 1998). In terms of the act, the primary objective of the NDA is to contribute towards the eradication of poverty.

   (i) Small business – the NDA has not supported small business as this function is outside its mandate of supporting Civil Society Organisations.

   (aa) Not applicable to NDA

   (bb) Not applicable to NDA

  (ii) 

   (aaa) NDA support cooperatives through its capacity building programme as part of its CSOs capacity strengthening interventions. The NDA provides training, mentoring and incubation for CSOs including cooperatives on governance, financial management, conflict management, registration of NPOs and cooperatives. The NDA has planned to capacitate 4950 of CSOs including cooperatives in the 2016/17 financial.

   (bbb) The NDA has budgeted R41 147 484.00 for CSOs including cooperatives capacity building interventions in the 2016/17 financial year.

   (cc) Not applicable to SASSA

Reply:

(a) The number of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) subsidised in the 2014/2015 financial year per province:

PROVINCE	NUMBER OF FUNDED ORGANISATIONS	TOTAL AMOUNT ALLOCATED TO NGOs
EASTERN CAPE	2416	496, 417 000.00
FREE STATE	1613	1680	347, 637 732.00
GAUTENG	2791	1 530 972 449.00
KWA-ZULU NATAL	2945	783, 218 348.00
LIMPOPO	2058	442, 000 000. 00
MPUMALANGA	1263	461 135 000.000
NORTHERN CAPE	1029	204, 4338 38.00
NORTH WEST	812	264, 701 727.97
WESTERN CAPE	2320	2151	964, 774 190.00

 

(b) The Provincial Departments of Social Development are currently at different phases of funding the NPOs. The provinces implement a combination of unit costs and programme funding in the financing of services rendered by non-profit organisations (NPOs). Some provinces have been providing a per capita rate for most of the subsidised programmes based on the number of beneficiaries serviced. The subsidy, which is based on the available resources, covers the overall costs of the service including administration, human resources and goods and services.

It is therefore difficult to provide a breakdown in respect of expenditure for (i) administartion and (ii) core service delivery.

 

Reply:

(1) Yes, the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (PRASA) has creditor payments outstanding for more than 30 days;

(a) Amounts outstanding to date is R796 million.

(b)

(c) At this stage PRASA is unable to give a firm undertaking as to when the outstanding amounts will be settled, however, PRASA is working tirelessly to ensure that it meets its obligations to its creditors.

(2) (a) PRASA communicates with suppliers where payments cannot be made through e-mails, phone calls and meetings.

(b) As long as PRASA has a cash flow problem, we will be unable to pay service providers on time. The contributory factors of the cash flow challenges include the tough economic climate, the unfunded mandate of Shosholoza Meyl, operational challenges such as the many coaches out of service, train burnings, major service disruptions, fare evasion and vandalism of infrastructure.  The Acting GCEO is leading Management in developing a Turn-Around plan by end October aimed at ensuring that PRASA is run efficiently, coaches out of service are brought back and quality commuter rail services are provided which generate the revenues required to operate the business.

Reply:

(a) The State Security Agency (SSA) is in the process of establishing an official language policy for the department.

(b) (i) The establishment of a language unit will be addressed on the approval of the official language.

(ii) The department is currently in the process of determining the relevant languages per province that should be included in the official language policy

Reply:

(a) Phase 2: This phase is fully funded by the NMBM. It entails the construction of an extension of the Nooitgedagt Water Treatment Works (Civil works) on the Western side, all Mechanical and Electrical work associated with the civil works and a new Pump Station. All the work is under construction and approximately 60% completed. This phase should be finished by end of June 2017.

Phase 3: This phase is fully funded by my Department. It entails an extension of the Nooitgedagt Water Treatment Works (Civil works) on the Eastern side (Augmentation of the WTW's by 70Ml/day), all Mechanical and Electrical work associated with the civil works, a new 45Ml Reservoir at Olifantskop, Cathodic Protection and AC mitigation on all bulk lines as well as the rehabilitation of the Chelsea Motherwell pipeline. All the work has gone out on tender which closes on Friday 2 September 2016. All the evaluation and adjudication processes will then follow and it is expected to appoint a contractor by end of October 2016 after which site establishment and construction should start. It will be a 24 months construction period and the anticipated completion date is December 2018.

(b) Phase 2: The only challenges experienced in this phase were rain delays. No further challenges were experienced.

Phase 3: One of the challenges experienced was the signing of a Tri-Partite agreement between the Implementing Agent, Amatola Water, (Appointed by the DWS), DWS and the NMBM. This should however be solved in due course.

Another challenge which caused a delay was the decision of the tender processes on whether to put the work out on different tenders since the work requires different disciplines and skills and/or whether all the work should go out as one tender. The decision was to put it out on one tender which as mentioned above is closing on Friday 1 September 2016.

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Reply:

(a) Yes, the preferential point system (in line with PPPFA) was applied on all transaction above R30,000.00

(b) Yes, a competitive bidding was followed for all transaction above R500,000.00

(i) And (ii) below is the list of all contracts awarded, preferential point system or method use and the transaction values for each contract.

No	Name of Supplier	Description (Contracts)	Evaluation Method	Value
1	Dinco Trading CC	Stationery	80/20	R137,894.83
2	Diventia Investments (PTY) LTD	Stationery	80/20	R123,700.00
3	Internet Solutions	MPLS	90/10	R359,901.98
4	MAKAVASA TRADING	Laminating Pouches	80/20	R63,000.00
5	Moribo wa africa trading enterprise	S-Clip files	80/20	R102,600.00
6	Nyalu Communications	Marketing Collateral	80/20	R39,680.08
7	PC Palace Gauteng	Computer Equipment: Dell Optiplex	80/20	R58,605.12
8	RAMBALANE TRADING PROJECTS	Stationery	80/20	R115,000.00
9	RAPOO RESOURCES(PTY) LTD	Stationery	80/20	R60,950.00
10	Ritlaku Trading Enterprise and Projects (Pty) LTD	Stationery	80/20	R35,600.00
11	Dimbuli Trading	Stationery	80/20	R90,000.00
12	DNV Business Assurance South Africa	Insurance	80/20	R280,203.45
13	RAPOO RESOURCES(PTY) LTD	Stationery	80/20	R150,000.00
14	WingsNaledi Corporate Travel Pty Ltd	Travel & Accommodation	90/10	R1,384,985.47
15	A New Aworkening Trading	First Aid Room Equipment	80/20	R344,251.84
16	LPV De Swardt	Job Evaluation & Grading	80/20	R39,250.00
17	TEKWENI TV PRODUCTION cc	Ship Repair Safety DVD	80/20	R62,700.00
18	Internet Solutions	MPLS	80/20	R364,161.91
19	KNMC Consultants	UPS installation - Richardsbay	80/20	R179,208.00
20	WingsNaledi Corporate Travel Pty Ltd	Travel & Accommodation	90/10	R1,520,859.55
21	Azas Projects (Pty) Ltd	UPS installation – Port Elizabeth	80/20	R204,495.00
22	KNMC Consultants	UPS installation - Durban	80/20	R443,916.00
23	MATHAMANE TRADING ENTERPRISE	Furniture	80/20	R55,500.00
24	Bathlodi Trading and Projects	Catering: Careers Expo	80/20	R46,500.00
25	Precision Networks	Laptops	80/20	R72,331.40
26	Internet Solutions	MPLS	90/10	R347,251.13
27	Internet Solutions	MPLS	90/10	R317,549.49
28	WingsNaledi Corporate Travel Pty Ltd	Travel & Accommodation	90/10	R1,156,839.79
29	WingsNaledi Corporate Travel Pty Ltd	Travel & Accommodation	90/10	R1,050,296.51
30	RAPOO RESOURCES(PTY) LTD	Stationery	80/20	R50,400.00
31	Sage Computer Technologies	Wireless Link for Hillcrest Office	80/20	R217,321.12
32	Fujitsu Service Core (Pty) Ltd	Server Maintanance	80/20	R73,596.51
33	Internet Solutions	MPLS	90/10	R351,849.91
34	WingsNaledi Corporate Travel Pty Ltd	Travel & Accommodation	90/10	R1,223,863.91
35	Biztech (PTY) Ltd	National Boat Show	80/20	R48,974.40
36	Business Connexion (Pty) Ltd	Software: Varonis Renewal	80/20	R131,345.43
37	Mccarthy	Vehicle	80/20	R315,000.00
38	Precision Networks	Laptops	80/20	R31,689.72
39	Introstat (Pty) Ltd	Laptops	80/20	R42,952.22
40	Internet Solutions	MPLS	80/20	R351,849.91
41	Itgility (Pty) Ltd	Dell NX400 storage	80/20	R80,469.34
42	3G Relocations and transport	Transversal Contract		R35,205.25
43	Basadzi Personnel cc	Advert	80/20	R106,557.90
44	OUTSOURCING DIGITAL	UPS Installation: Pretoria	80/20	R139,953.24
45	PC Palace Gauteng	Software: CITRIX Licence	80/20	R149,796.00
46	Sizwentsuluba VSP	Internal Audit	90/10	R281,748.00

Reply:

1. A Mining Right issued on 28th June 2016.

2. (b) Environment Management Progrmme (EMP) was undertaken.

     (i) The EMP provided an assessment on the potential impacts of the proposed mining activties, which therefore also provided measures to modify, remedy, control or stop any actions, or process which may cause pollution or degradation to the environment. Measures were informed by recommendations of the specialist reports undertaken amongst others, these includes, Floral assesment specialist report, Fauna assesment specialist report, Wetland assement specialist report, Air quality assement specialist report, Hydrological assesment specilist studies (Ground and surface water).

     (ii) Public participation was undertaken with land owners, Organs of State, Interested and affected parties, through newspaper advertisement, site notices, meetings, distribution of Background information Documents (BID) to both interested and affected parties.

3. Details of public participation undertaken with land owners, Organs of State, Interested and affected parties, through newspaper advertisement, site notices, meetings with minutes, distribution of Background information Documents (BID) to both interested and affected parties. All interested and affected parties, land owners, were provided with opportunity to comment or raise concerns or objections. All comments, concerns and objection were addressed in the EMP in the form of mitigation measures.

 

Approved/not approved

Mr MJ Zwane, MP

Minister of Mineral Resources

Date Submitted:-………………/………………/2016

Reply:

The Minister of Mineral Resources released a statement on 01 September 2016. This was followed by an interview on SABC news on 02 September 2016. The Minister was not speaking in his personal capacity but in his capacity as Chairperson of the IMC. On 13 April 2016, Cabinet established an IMC to consider allegations that certain banks and other financial institutions acted unilaterally and allegedly in collusion, when they closed bank accounts and/or terminated contractual relationships with Oakbay Investments. The Minister recorded recommendations made to Cabinet by the IMC as well as the related resolutions taken by Cabinet at its meetings of 06 July 2016 and 31 August 2016 respectively. The IMC made 5 recommendations to Cabinet. 4 of the recommendations were approved by Cabinet and 1 was referred to the President for further consideration as it was not within the purview of Cabinet to take a decision on the matter. The Minister is not at liberty to make any further statements on this matter. 

 

Approved/not approved

Mr MJ Zwane, MP

Minister of Mineral Resources

Date Submitted:-………………/………………/2016

Reply:

(1)(a)(i) The Desalination Package Plant is supplied by a local company in KwaZulu- Natal.

(1)(a)(ii) The total costs of package plant amount to R250 million excluding VAT.

(1)(b) The packed desalination plant will be operated by Mhlathuze Water at a cost yet to be determined as discussions are still ongoing.

(2)(a) A total of 10Mega Litres per day will be produced by the desalination plant.

(2)(b)(i) The cost of the desalination plant is R250 million excluding VAT.

(2)(b)(ii) The selling price of each kilolitre of water is R3.96.

(3) My Department's supply chain procedures were followed as per National Treasury guidelines.

(4) A local company was appointed to procure these services.

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Reply:

1. With reference to her reply to oral question 117 on 24 August 2016, on what date did she make a presentation to the Portfolio Committee on Education on education matters subsequent to the release of the Ministerial Task Team’s report on allegations of the selling of posts of educators by members of teacher unions and departmental officials in various provinces?

(1)The Report of the Ministerial Task Team (MTT) was presented by the Department to the Portfolio Committee on 27 May 2016.

(2) Whether she will be tabling the specified report in Parliament; if not, why not; if so, (a) by when and (b) what are the further relevant details?

(2)The Minister is awaiting delivery of the final forensic report from the MTT. The Minister has indicated that she will bring the report to the Portfolio Committee on Education once the forensic investigation is completed so as to deal with it holistically.

Reply:

1(a) (i) As at 31 August 2016 the number of outstanding appeals are 957.

1(a) (ii) At 1 April 2016, the number of outstanding appeals were 947.

1(b) The following number of appeals were finalised in the months as indicated

April 2016 - 4 Appeals

1. Appeals granted – 1
2. Appeals dismissed – 3

May 2016 – 6 Appeals

1. Appeals Granted – 4
2. Appeals Dismissed – 2

June 2016 – 31 Appeals

1. Appeals granted – 27
2. Appeals dismissed – 4

July 2016 – 20 Appeals

1. Appeals granted – 10
2. Appeals dismissed – 10

August 2016 – 10 Appeals

1. Appeals granted – 4
2. Appeals dismissed – 6

2(a) Considering the timeframes provided for in Regulation 74, it takes approximately 120 days to process and finalise internal appeals in the prescirbed manner. The attainment of this period is dependent on number of appeals received during a given period as well as the complexity of such appeals and capacity constrains. The 2010 Constitutional Court judgement in Bengwenyama held that internal remedies must exhuasted before judicial review proceedings may be instituted. This led to the lodgement of significantly more appeals than before as more applcants were required to exercise internal remedies.

2(b) Action Plans:

• There is a continuous liaison with internal and external parties involved to expedite conclusion of the Regulation 74 process which appears to be yielding positive results.
• From time to time, the Office of the State Attorney is requested to assist with the finalisation of certain appeals.
• While implementing the above measures, historic appeals are prioritised.
• Draft regulations to significantly streamline the appeal process has already been formulated and is to be promulgated soon.

 

Approved/not approved

Mr MJ Zwane, MP

Minister of Mineral Resources

Date Submitted:-………………/………………/2016

Reply:

(a) Training at the Road Traffic Management Corporation is conducted by the RTMC Training Provisioning Unit, a unit within the RTMC Structure.

(b) Not Applicable (See A)

(c) Not Applicable (See A)

(d) Not Applicable (See A)

(e) Not Applicable (See A)

Reply:

(a) A total number of 22 projects have been approved under the Black Industrialist programme between the dti and the participating Development Finance Institutions (DFIs). In terms of the dti’s grant funding for Black Industrialists (BIs), 9 Black Industrialists projects have been supported for their investments in assets.

(b) The 9 incentivised Black industrialists projects include the following:

Baynes Transformers, K9 Pet Foods, Naledi Rail Engineering, Nciba Grain Group, Carbon Klean, Kenako Medical, Polybox Enterprise, Thaleka Manufacturing Services, and Maneli Pets

(c) The above mentioned companies are Black owned and managed entities. They have not taken equity from any existing companies. Only two Black Industrialists acquisitions were financed by a DFI to acquire 100% ownership of ABARDARE (Pty) Ltd and Machinery and Cutting Services Company.

(d) One DFI supported two Black Industrialists acquisitions to the value of R67 million and R12 million has been dispersed.

(e) The terms and conditions for equity transactions are concluded between the DFIs and their respective clients. In general, all funding for acquisitions are in a form of a preference share to the BI companies which then subscribe for ordinary shares in the target companies. The preference shares are payable based on the free cash flows of the target companies up to 10 years.

(f) The approved projects support 1000 jobs in the economy.

Reply:

(1) No. The member was not suspended after all relevant facts of the incident were considered by the Northern Cape Provincial Disciplinary Committee. The facts revealed that the member fired a warning shot. The incident was thoroughly investigated and referred for a disciplinary hearing which commenced on 19 September 2016.

(2) Yes.

(2)(a) Not applicable.

(2)(b) The investigation was completed and submitted to the South African Police Service on 15 July 2016.

(2)(b)(i) The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) through its investigation found that the member committed misconduct by contravening Regulations 20(a) in that he failed to comply with, or contravened an Act, Regulation or legal obligation; 20 (e), in that, he endangered lives of others by disregarding safety rules or regulations; 20(p), in that, while on duty he conducted himself in an improper, disgraceful and unacceptable manner; and Regulation 20(z) for committing a common law or statutory offence.

(2)(b)(ii) The recommendation was that the member be charged departmentally in terms of the South African Police Service Discipline Regulations, 2006.

(2)(b)(iii) Yes, the SAPS did implement the IPID recommendation by instituting disciplinary steps and referred the matter for a hearing as indicated in paragraph (1) above.

 

Reply:

1. There have been no delays in the delivery of the trains manufactured in Brazil. Of the total 20 trains from Brazil, 10 trains have been delivered to the Wolmerton Depot Testing Facility as per the Schedule.

The table below provides the response for (a) and (b), i.e., the delivery dates of the new trains to Wolmerton Depot from Brazil:

Train No. from Brazil	Target delivery date	Actual Delivery Date to Wolmerton Depot
1	December 2015	20 December 2015
2	February 2016	26 February 2016
3	April 2016	01 April 2016
4	April 2016	18 April 2016
5	May 2016	19 May 2016
6	June 2016	08 June 2016
7	July 2016	04 July 2016
8	July 2016	13 July 2016
9	July 2016	27 July 2016
10	August 2016	19 August 2016

  (c) N/A

   (d) N/A

2. (a) The total value of the contract is R59 billion (excluding inflation) for 600 new trains

    (b) There is no difference between the agreed upon price and the actual costs of the new trains.

Reply:

(a) it is assumed that the honourable member is referring to the black economic empowerment partner of the Electronic Toll Collection Company. The transaction is proposed between the main members of the Consortium that was awarded the toll operations portion of the GFIP project. We have been informed that the recently issued press statements by the affected parties indicated that this was a normal transaction wher the BEE partner was exercising its right to sell its shares.

(b) As stated above, the transaction has not been finalised yet.

(c) As stated above, the details of the transaction are not available to Government.

(d) There are no costs to be incurred by SANRAL or any other Government entity. This is a private transaction between the involved parties.

Reply:

The Minister in consultation and by agreement with the Board of PRASA resolved at a meeting held on the 30th June 2016, that the environment within PRASA was not conducive for the appointment of a GCEO. In this regard, and following this agreement with the Board, the Minister seconded and the Board appointed Mr. Collins Letsoalo as Acting Group CEO effective 1 July 2016.

Reply:

(a) The Sedibeng Regional Sanitation Scheme comprises the upgrade construction of the Sebokeng Waste Water Treatment Works (WWTW), upgrade of the Meyerton WWTW, review of the feasibility study for the possible upgrade of the Rietspruit and Leeuwkuil WWTW, the construction of the Regional WWTW in Sedibeng, as well as the upgrade of the associated bulk collection infrastructure; such as pipelines and pump stations. The Project has not been withdrawn, but is underway and the Sebokeng WWTW and Meyerton WWTW are under construction; and the Sedibeng Scheme is under implementation readiness study.

(b) No amount of money has been withdrawn.

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Reply:

1. (a) (i) See attached graph

(ii) All the funds collected were retained for servicing debt associated with all infrastructure of the GFIP project, maintenance of all infrastructure of the project and operational costs related to the provision of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), Incident Management Systems (IMS) and operational costs associated with freeway lighting and toll collections. Also refer to (1)(b) below.

(b We kindly refer the honourable member to Note 27 of the Annual Financial Statements as published in the various Annual Reports for details of Finance Charges as well as the Segment Report in note 39, providing detail of expenditure on roads, split between Toll and Non-toll. As the honourable member is aware these are the audited financial statements as audited by the Auditor General.

(2) No money is lost as the amount of Revenue which is not collected remains in debtors, therefore still collectible from the debtor. I also bring to the attention of the honourable member that the PFMA compels all debt owed to be collected from the debtors. I am confident that the honourable member does not wish the debt not to be collected and inadvertently disrespect the legislation.

(3) (a) 5449 individuals and 837 Corporate/Business

(b) None of these matters reached the courts yet.

Reply:

(a) At this stage the sefa board has approved the framework for the sale of the transfer to the tenants. The salient features of the framework are that the properties will be transferred to the initial group of tenants that were promised transfer of the properties.

(b) The properties will be sold at market value and will either be a cash sale or financed by sefa through an Instalment Sale Agreement over 60 months. The properties will only be transferred to tenants who carry out business activities in the Industrial Parks.

(c) The framework has been communicated to Gauteng Province Industrial Parks Association (GAPIPA) and sefa has met with the leadership to give an overview of the framework.

 

Reply:

(a) the Airports Company South Africa SOC Limited complies with the National Road Traffic Act (Act No. 93 of 1996) regarding the registration of all its vehicles as required. Vehicles are registered within the local municcipality uthoriyu boundaries and issued with the relevant licenses accordingly;

(b) The National Road Traffic Act (Act No. 93 of 1996);

(c) (i) Airports Company South Africa SOC Limited does not generate revenue from vehicle registration and licensing; and

(ii) Registration fees payable is as determined by the local municipal authority vehicle classification and applicable fee structure.

Reply:

As, indicated previously, all the necessary steps have been taken to ensure that payment to the Post office are settled when they become due, therefore no delays are expected on the delivery of motor vehicle license renewal notices.

Reply:

The Minister in consultation and by agreement with the Board of PRASA resolved at a meeting held on the 30th June 2016, that the environment within PRASA was not conducive for the appointment of the GCEO. In this regard, and following this agreement with the Board, the Minister seconded and the Board appointed Mr. Collins Letsoalo as Acting Group CEO effective 1 July 2016.

Reply:

(a) As the honourable member is aware in terms of the National Road Traffic Act, 1996 vehicle owners are required to provide accurate address and contact details on registration and licensing of their vehicles.  These details are captured on the e-Natis system.  The information used for violator invoicing (VPC) is directly extracted from this database, in terms of the legal requirement to pay toll, as per the applicable legislation – Act No 7 of 1998. In the event that the information from e-Natis is inaccurate, and summonses are served, the lawyers may source additional information from other available sources as an offence was committed.

(b) No process is required.  If a road user is not paying toll in terms of a legal requirement, a debt against the name of the vehicle owner occur.  SANRAL is entitled to collect the outstanding toll/debt in terms of the SANRAL Act.

(c) If the information for a vehicle owner is accurate on e-Natis, a vehicle owner may not refuse that the information is made available to SANRAL. It is available in terms of the law and there is a legal requirement that users must ensure that their latest information is reflected on the Natis system. If address or contact details change, a user has 26 days in which to provide updated information.

I am confident that the honourable member does not tolerate lawlessness of any manner whatsoever. Not paying toll fees is a criminal offence. Although, it may be regarded as a white collar crime, it nevertheless remains a crime

Reply:

(1)(a) The pipeline project between the Craigieburn Dam and Greytown in KwaZulu-Natal started on 24 March 2015.

(1)(b)(i) The budgeted cost of the project was R203 802 607 including escalation, contingencies and VAT.

(1)(b)(ii) The distance of the pipeline is 35.0km

(2)(a) The project has not been completed due to poor performance of the three contractors appointed in the project which resulted in termination of the contracts.

(2)(b) It will take about eleven (11) weeks to complete the outstanding scope of the works. The actual start and completion dates will be negotiated between uMzinyathi District Municipality and the prospective replacement contractors once appointed through Section 32 of the Municipal Supply Chain Management Regulations.

(2)(c) The cost of the project to date is R79 493 188.

(2)(d) The total estimated cost to complete the project is R138 647 000.

(3) Yes, the project went out on tender.

(3)(a) The companies that made submissions for the specified tender are as follows:

Bankuna Engineering	V. Bhengu Construction
Sizabonke t/a Pilcon Projects	Moray & Dickson Construction
Shula Construction	Nongafa Construction
Igugulabafazi Developments	Soundrite Construction
JMngcwango Trading	Valente Bros (Pty) Ltd
Barleda 65 cc JV Busizwe	Ntandoyami JV
Velakude Trading JV Ugwadule Trading	R&B Pipelines JV Sikoti
TBA Construction	Blue Dot G Services
F&A Civils	Thembalethu Civils
Anvisba Civils	Lenong Azishe JV
WK Construction	Velekude JV Umzuzu cc
Cycade Pipelines	AM Pomolong JV
WBHO Construction	Tshenolo Resources JV Kufiki
Namandla Roads & Civils	Esor Construction
Cerimele Construction	Phumi JV Ishishini
Zanamanzi Services

(3)(b) The pipeline was broken into three contracts, and the contractors awarded the tenders were Soundrite Construction, Bankuna Engineering and Phumi/Ishishini JV.

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Reply:

(a) The Bucket Eradication Programme is being implemented in the Northern Cape, Free State, North West and Eastern Cape Provinces, and the progress is indicated in the table below:

Province	Targets	Units Completed	Flushing	Not yet Flushing	Remaining to be constructed
Northern Cape	7618	7056	3685	3371	562
Eastern Cape	3319	3269	2919	350	50
North West	223	223	223	0	0
Free State	13880	13698	1827	11871	182
	25040	24246	8654	15592	794

(b) Below are reasons for the delay in the completion of the specified programme:

• Extreme difficult soil conditions exist in the Northern Cape with moderate conditions in the Free State Province which requires sophisticated machinery to enable the excavation of the rock formations;
• In some towns, the extent of the sewer and water reticulation is in excess of 50km which with some difficult soil conditions slows the excavation process;
• Due to the flat terrain of some projects, deep excavations for services, often as deep as 3m must be excavated to ensure gravity flows once connected;
• Disruptions of existing services (due to excavations without drawings or designs of where existing services are located) such as water and electricity in some projects necessitate stoppages so as to restore the service before commencement.
• The non-availability of materials (toilet structures, pipelines for water and sewer, conservancy tanks) have posed an additional delay in terms of acquiring such from suppliers often outside of the province;
• Community protests or disputes over daily labour rates have delayed the project in some provinces for up to 3 weeks at a time.

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Reply:

(a) The Youth Road Safety Summit that was held on 25 June was a culmination of provincial Road safety Youth Summits that were held in all provinces. The purpose was to establish a national structure of young people who are engaged in road safety. The aim is to place youth at the centre of finding solutions to the ever daunting task of road death, these affect youth more than any age category of road user.

(b) A national structure was established. It is made up of youth from all provinces and different organisations from business, NGOs, faith-based organisations, etc were also co-opted into the structure.

(c) The term of office of the elected body is one year. They have the responsibility of developing a programme that will focus on youth and road safety. In developing such a programme they will take into account what is being done in the fraternity and what the shortcomings are as well as coming up with innovative ways of appealing to the youth. The programmes have to be all inclusive and accommodative of divergent youth of the country.

(d) The RTMC has been mandated to provide support to the national structure, with other road entities interacting with the structure as well. The provinces are expected to play a similar role with regards to supporting the youth structures in respective provinces.

Reply:

(1) (a) Approximately 2.5 million individual vehicle registration numbers are identified on the GFIP during a month.

(b) (i) 1.4 million registered e-tag account holders.

(ii) Just over 1.3 million.

(2) (a) Just over 1.3 million.

(b) Currently in the VPC there are just over 2.9 million accounts with a balance owing, however 1.2 million thereof owe less than R500 each. (as at the middle of August).

Reply:

(1) My Department did have unspent budget funds at the end of the 2015-16 financial year.

(1)(a) My Department has recorded an under expenditure of R189.558 million for the 2015-16 financial year.

(1)(b) Of the reported under expenditure of R189.558 million, my Department had requested to rollover funds from 2015-16 financial year to 2016-17 financial year in an amount of R77.448 million.

(2) National Treasury did not grant approval to the Department’s request for rollover of funds as it has been deemed that the Department can accommodate the related expenditure within the existing baselines.

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Reply:

(1)(a) The project was approved as a Government water work on 8 June 2010.

(1)(b)(i) The approved budget is R593 million.

(1)(b)(ii) The Expenditure as at August 2016 is R233 million.

(1)(c) The expected completion date is January 2018 (revised per programme).

(1)(d) The expected completion cost is R620 million (revised).

(2) Yes, the project went out on tender.

(2)(a) Below are the names of the companies that made submissions for the tender:

	BIDS RECEIVED
1.	Bicacon PTY/Mapitsi Civils/Setheo Consortium & SinoHydro Joint Venture (JV)
2.	Lubbe Construction
3.	Aveng Grinaker
4	Basil Read LTD/ Rodio Consortium
5.	MRC – DSB Consortium
6.	Group Five Coastal (PTY) LTD

(2)(b)

The name of the company that was awarded the tender is Group Five Coastal (PTY) LTD.

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Reply:

(a) Werksman’s Attorneys were engaged by PRASA to investigate the irregular expenditure transactions identified by the Auditor-General in his report of the 2014/2015 financial year and those transactions that were related to these transactions, that were above R10 milllion and that were concluded by PRASA between 2012 and 2015 as per the remedial steps recommended by the Public Protector in her report of August 2015, titled Derailed.

(b) August 2015.

(c) The time frames of the different legs of the investigation:

• I am informed that at the beginning of the investigation, it became clear that there was no reliable retention of information and documents being destroyed and concealed, there was information and documents that were forensically removed from computers belonging to key employees and key former employees of PRASA. At that point, the focus of the investicgation, was in piercing together the information and documents, ensuring that the information and documentation may be used in legal proceedings. It was therefore impossible to determine the time frames of the investigation.
• It is further reported that the the information gathered showed some glaring irregularities that led to the decision to litigate in respect of the concerned contracts.
• The glaring irregularities led to a suspicion by the Board that there may be commissin of criminal offences provided for in section 34(1) of the Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act, 2004 (PRECCA).
• 41 Section 34(1) letters were sent to the Directorate for Priority Crimes and Investigation (the DPCI) on the 18th May 2016.
• The launch of the civil litigation necessitated the provision of litigation support by the investigators. The major litigation is now at an advanced stage and the need for the support of the investigators has declined. The need will be on an as-an-when basis. The time frames are being discussed and will be finalised within the next two months.

• PRASA is now at a point where it can define a clear scope of the forensic investigation. Discussions are underway with the investigators to determine this scope and a decision will be reached in this regard by the end of October 2016.

(d) (i) the forensic investigation started after the annual budgets had been finalised for the 2015/2016 financial year. The exercise that is being undertaken during October 2016, is to determine the extent of the remaining isssues and to agree on a budget and time frames for the remainder of the matters that require investigation.

(ii) R 97, 248,211.15, this amount covers the services of a team Advocates (Senior Counsel and Junior Councel), Attorneys with extensive experience in forensic investigations and litigation, Forensic Chartered Accountants, Chartered Accountants, Auditors and Forensic IT Specialists.

Reply:

(a) (i) No time frames have been developed yet.

    (ii) Department is currently busy with development of a process to deal with fraud and corruption within the motor vehicles testing environment to ensure that issuance of fraudulent road worthy certificates is reduced and ultimately eradicated.

(b) The Department is currently engaging with the sector on the development of a system that may be used by the testing station when testing motor vehicles to ensure that vehicles presented for the test instead of only the documentation being submitted. It is common knowledge that, if one was used to buying a fraudulent road worthy certificate they can still continue buying it, therefore it is critical that the environment be cleaned before you introduce a requirement that will only generate money but not assisting us in dealing with unroadworthy motor vehicles.

(c) The consultation on the finalisation of the appropriate system that can be incorporated in the vehicles testing environment and the cost implications.

(d) Consultations are still ongoing and no further delays are anticipated. It must further be noted that Periodic Vehicle Testing alone will not alone have an impact on reduction of fatalities hence the support by traffic law enforcement is prioritised.

 

Reply:

Question (i)	PERIOD	NO OF MINING RIGHTS
(aa)	01 APR 2013 – 31 MAR 2014	185
(bb)	01 APR 2014 – 31 MAR 2015	139
(cc)	01 APR 2015 – 31 MAR 2016	142
Question (ii)	01 APR 2016 – 31 AUG 2016	55
TOTAL	521

(b) Approximate annual cost are as follows:

Cost Driver	2013 - 2014	2014 – 2015	2015 - 2016
Maintenance	R 786 600.00	R 786 600.00	None - R0
Operating	R 897 180.00	R 533 346.72	R 304 970.52

(iii) Remuneration:

• There are nine (9) officials each at salary level:10 (R389 145.00 p.a). One (1) offficial in each Regional Office, Assistant Director: Mineral Information Management (MIM). There are responseble for the day to day spatial verification.
• One (1) official at salary level:5 (R142 461.00). Administrative Clerk located at Head Office, responsible for helpdesk.
• One (1) official at salary level:12 (R726 276.00), Deputy Director: Administration and Information Systems, located at Head Office.

 

Approved/not approved

Mr MJ Zwane, MP

Minister of Mineral Resources

Date Submitted:-………………/………………/2016

Reply:

1. (a)There were no terms and conditions of the permit as the permit was not issued.

(b)The Department of Rural Development and Land Affairs will be in a better position to respond to this question

2. The department Rural Development and Land Affairs will be in a better position to respond to this question

3. Should be referred to Mine Health and Safety

4. A notice in terms of section 93 of the MPRDA was issued on 17 August 2011. Issues to be addressed related to Environmental matters as well as implementation of the Social and Labour Plan.

5. The right holders are not obliged to report to the Department of any payments made to communities.

 

Approved/not approved

Mr MJ Zwane, MP

Minister of Mineral Resources

Date Submitted:-………………/………………/2016

Reply:

Question 1(a)

The annual salary of the Chief Executive Officer for NEEDU in different financial years was as follows:

Financial Year	Annual Salary
2012-13	R1 111 745
2013-14	R1 280 730
2014-15	R1 353 732
2015-16*	R112 811

* The Chief Executive Officer for NEEDU, Dr Nick Talyor, left in April 2015 and the new Chief Executive Officer was not appointed.

Question 1(b)

There was no performance bonus for the Chief Executive Officer of NEEDU during his tenure.

Question 2 (a)

NEEDU is conducting systemic evaluation to prepare a report on the quality of curriculum delivery in special schools.

Question 2 (b) (i)

NEEDU is investigating the kind of support that different role players in the education sector (i.e. the Department of Basic Education, Provincial Departments of Education, districts and schools) give to learners in special schools, to ensure that learners experiencing barriers to learning and who require intense levels of support may have access to quality education.

Systemic investigations at the national office, Provincial Departments of Education, districts and schools regarding the adequacy, appropriateness and quality educational provision for learners with special needs, and how special schools are supported by the districts and provincial offices to function effectively, will be completed in November 2016.

Large volumes of both quantitative and qualitative data are being collected at all levels of the system. To save costs, the analysis of data will not be outsourced but will be done in-house. This is a labour-intensive and time-consuming exercise. It is anticipated that the final report will be submitted to the Minister in May 2018.

Question 2 (b) (ii)

Upon receipt of the NEEDU Report, in line with the provision of section 7(1)(g) of the Regulations for the Establishment of the Office of Standards and Compliance for Basic Education (OSCBE), currently known as NEEDU, “the Minister may publish the report.” This provision empowers the Minister to publish NEEDU reports at her discretion.

Reply:

(a) There are two (2) fixed one-stop service centres in Mthatha and Carletonville based at the respective provincial hospitals.

1. Each centre is operational;
2. The centres are based at the provincial hospitals in Mthatha, Eastern Cape and Carletonville, Gauteng;
3. As at the end of June 2016, the total persons seen at Mthatha were 4867 and 5282 at Carletonville;
4. The total number of outstanding queries from the one-stop centres is not known as yet as an internal track and trace system of claimant files has only been introduced at the MBOD as of September 2016.

(b) There are two one-stop service centres planned for Burgersfort in Limpopo and Kuruman in Northern Cape respectively in the 2016/17 FY.

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Reply:

The Minister of Public Works

Yes, each Built Environment Professional Council (BEPC) has established a Standards Generating Body (SGB) that is involved in the development of Occupational Qualifications under the umbrella of the Quality Council for Trades and Occupations (QCTO).

An SGB is a panel of knowledgeable, experienced individuals with expertise in various competency areas and their levels, as well as in the assessment criteria applied in evaluating learners who have completed their study programmes offered at various institutions. SGBs prepare and publish details of teaching/learning programmes and the assessment criteria that leaners must undergo, as well as the assessment criteria for candidates related to qualifications in particular fields of expertise.

According to the National Qualifications Frameworks Act, 2008 (Act No. 67 of 2008), the Council for Higher Education (CHE) is the sole authority and Quality Council for Higher Education. According to its Higher Education Qualifications Sub-Framework (HEQSF) one of the critical mandates of the CHE is to develop qualifications standards, the purpose of which is to provide internal and external benchmarks for programmes that lead to qualifications, i.e. accreditation, implementation, development and quality assurance. The BEPCs established SGBs with the intention of working with the CHE to develop outcome-based qualifications for registration in particular fields of expertise in accordance with the National Qualifications Framework. The focus of the SGBs is to develop Occupational Qualifications under the QCTO that will enable learners/candidates to be registered professionals in the respective fields or categories administered by the Professional Councils. This was instituted due to the additional process required in the registration of the professional designation under the mandate of the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA). The SGBs continue with the process established by the CHE and they work with the Deans of universities and higher education in order to develop learning pathways, unit standards and qualifications for learners in the various sub-fields leading towards qualification in those sub-fields.

The CHE has completed and published standards for the 6 BEPCs that are overseen by the Council for the Built Environment (CBE), the entity that reports to the Minister of Public Works.

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Reply:

No.

Reply:

The Minister of Public Works

(a) Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) considers practicing individuals in the professions who do not have a formal qualification in their field of work. RPL enables the affected individuals to be recognised as either professionals or candidate professionals under the statutory-determined professional designations. Their recognition is based on a demonstration of competence against learning outcomes required for a National Qualification Framework (NQF) aligned qualification.

The reasons for rejection of applications were as follows:

• Inadequate exposure for candidates in other areas within the workplace where they are required to be competent.
• Difficulty in securing professionally registered mentors (lack of access to competent mentors also contributes to the barriers and this is linked to the lack of structured in-service training programmes).
• Incomplete reporting by the person applying for RPL and lack of supporting portfolio of evidence (this is one of the major reasons faced by applicants). This can be attributed to the applicants’ lack of clarity on the knowledge areas to be covered to assist with their progression in line with their Built Environment Professional Councils (BEPCs) required competency outcomes. Some of applicants have reported that they find the process of compilation of the Portfolio of Evidence to be onerous and highly demanding involved process, thus applicants fail to submit all required information.

(b) The Council for the Built Environment (CBE) and the six BEPCs are implementing the following interventions:

• Review of the RPL frameworks of the six BEPCs to ensure a fair and equitable process.
• Recording of interviews to monitor and promote transparency and consistent application of policy.
• Introduction of an on-line self-testing portal. This is done by the individual prior to submission of the application. The individual tests whether he/she is ready to start the application process.
• Identify programmes or courses to support applicants where they fall short.
• Assist candidates, who are struggling to complete the candidacy programme, by introducing structured candidacy programmes.
• Mentorship programme (assisting applicants in finding registered mentors to monitor the quality of the reports).
• Provide timeous feedback, in order to ensure applicants submit complete applications.

Reply:

Honourable Member, I answered the earlier question on GEMS (Question 1970) as it relates to the function of the regulator – the Council for Medical Schemes (CMS). CMS is a statutory body that regulates all medical schemes in the country and it reports to the Department of Health. But the Department of Health does not manage any medical schemes including GEMS. GEMS reports to the Department for the Public Service and Administration (DPSA) and all questions regarding its everyday running must be referred to that Department.

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Reply:

The total amount spent by the Presidency on its participation in the Arms Procurement Commission in respect of the legal representation of the Presidency and former members executive is R1 364 328.00 

Reply:

1. The Department of Health administers the Foodstuffs, Cosmetics and Disinfectants Act, 1972 (Act No. 54, 1972), as amended in 2007. There are a number of Regulations published in terms of this Act to ensure that either food or cosmetics are appropriately controlled and that the public are protected.

Recently on 19 August 2016, the Minister of Health published a set of General Regulations amending the legislation from 1972 addressing Cosmetics. Kindly be advised that:

The proposed 19 August 2016 update to the General Regulations on cosmetic oversight makes provision for a company to claim on the label of the cosmetic to the fact that no animal testing has been carried out or that no any animal tests on the finished cosmetic product or its prototype or any of the ingredients contained in have been commissioned, or that no ingredients have been tested on animals for the purpose of developing new cosmetics. However, the proposed Cosmetic Regulations do not prohibit testing on animals.

2. The Department is not aware of any testing being done on animals in South Africa for purposes of testing cosmetics. The Department is aware of testing being done on animals for purpose of testing veterinary medicines for registration with the Medicines Control Council (MCC) in terms of the provisions of the Medicines and Related Substances Act, 1965 (Act 101 of 1965). These clinical trial sites are being inspected by the Department’s Inspectors and prior to the conduct of the clinical trial, the company is required to obtain authorization from the MCC for the conduct of the study.

 (a) None of the current health legislation in South Africa, i.e.

• Act 35 of 1984 (Animal Disease Act) [Department of Agriculture];
• Act 36 of 1947 (Fertilizers, Farm Feeds, Agricultural Remedies and Stock Remedies) [Department of Agriculture];
• Act 54 of 1972 (Foodstuffs, Cosmetics and Disinfectants Act) [Department of Health];
• Act 61 of 2003 (National Health Act) [Department of Health] provides for regulatory oversight of testing of cosmetics in animals.

(b) The Department intends to deal with this regulatory gap by including, under the proposed cosmetic General Regulation (19 August 2016), the requirement that the cosmetic information file that each manufacturer of a cosmetic needs to keep, includes information on the assessment of safety in humans using animals.

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Reply:

The allegations were not referred to us but to forensic investigators for preliminary enquiry. Once that process is finalized it will then come to us and that is when serious engagements will take place..