Questions and Replies
22 September 2016 - NW1855
Macpherson, Mr DW to ask the Minister of Police
With reference to his replies to questions (a) 1432 on 6 June 2016 and (b) 3602 on 13 October 2015, when will he ensure that the detective division at the Sebenza Police Station in Gauteng receives additional personnel in order to reduce the high number of cases each detective currently investigates from 63 to the recommended 40 to 45 case dockets?
Reply:
The recommended personnel strength for the Sebenza Police Station Detective Service according to the Fixed Establishment is 17. The actual personnel strength of the Detective Service is 19. The Sebenza Police Station Detective Service is over capacitated.
22 September 2016 - NW1832
Waters, Mr M to ask the Minister of Police
Whether, with reference to his reply to question 1612 on 13 June 2016, he intends to take any steps to ensure drastic improvement of the low drug conviction rate of 1,43% in respect of cases from the Kempton Park Police Station in Gauteng that went to court; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
Yes. A meeting was held with the Department of Justice and a possible solution is that members should be briefed during parades on the correct search and arrest procedures. The Forensic Science Laboratory is working on backlogs to improve the turnaround time. Arrangements will be made with members specialising in drug identification to workshop other members at police stations in recognising habit forming substances.
22 September 2016 - NW1861
Marais, Mr EJ to ask the Minister of Police
With reference to his reply to question 1427 on 6 June 2016, by which date will the detective division at the Norkem Park Police Station in Gauteng receive four additional vehicles in order for the specified police station to comply with the ratio of two detectives for each vehicle?
Reply:
On 31 August 2016, the South African Police Service Efficiency Index System that is used to manage all physical resources, reflected as follows for the Norkem Park Police Station:
Current detective personnel strength: 35
Current detective vehicle strength: 16
Ideal number of vehicles for 35 detectives: 18
Current shortage of vehicles: -2
New vehicles purchased for the Norkem Park Police Station will be issued by 31 January 2017.
22 September 2016 - NW1860
Marais, Mr EJ to ask the Minister of Police
With reference to his reply to question 1433 on 7 June 2016, by which date will the detective division at the Kempton Park Police Station in Gauteng receive nine additional vehicles in order for the specified police station to comply with the ratio of two detectives per vehicle?
Reply:
On 31 August 2016, the South African Police Service Efficiency Index System that is used to manage all physical resources, reflected as follows for the Kempton Park Police Station:
Current detective personnel strength: 63
Current detective vehicle strength: 30
Ideal number of vehicles for 63 detectives: 32
Current shortage of vehicles: -2
New vehicles purchased will be issued to the Kempton Park Police Station by 31 January 2017.
22 September 2016 - NW1846
Krumbock, Mr GR to ask the Minister of Police
With reference to his reply to question 1425 on 6 June 2016, by which date will the detective at the Bedfordview Police Station in Gauteng, who has not yet attended and passed the detective course, attend the specified detective course?
Reply:
Nineteen members have attended the detective course, including officers.
Twelve members have not yet attended the detective course.
There are no members currently attending the detective course. Members will be sent as soon as there are courses available and members are called up to attend the course.
22 September 2016 - NW1856
Macpherson, Mr DW to ask the Minister of Police
With reference to his replies to questions (a) 1425 on 6 June 2016 and (b) 3602 on 13 October 2015, when will he ensure that the detective division at the Bedfordview Police Station in Gauteng receives additional personnel in order to reduce the high number of cases each detective currently investigates from 65 to the recommended 40 to 45 case dockets?
Reply:
The recommended personnel strength for the Bedfordview Police Station Detective Service according to the Fixed Establishment is 36. The actual personnel strength of the Detective Service is 35. One experienced re-enlisted member was placed at the Detective Service.
Gauteng province is currently busy with a project where police stations with a surplus of members within the Visible Policing environment are instructed to identify and redeploy members to their Detective Service environment where there is a shortage of members. Bedfordview Police Station has a surplus of one member within the Visible Policing environment and should therefore identify and redeploy one member to their Detective Service environment where there is a shortage of members.
Police stations are also instructed to redeploy experienced Visible Policing members to the Detective Service environment when they receive their new entry level constable allocation.
22 September 2016 - NW1843
Kalyan, Ms SV to ask the Minister of Police
With reference to his reply to question 1429 on 6 June 2016, by which date will each of the 25 detectives at the Tembisa Police Station in Gauteng, who have not yet attended and passed the detective course, attend the specified detective course?
Reply:
With reference to the Tembisa Police Station, the call up instruction for the detective course is awaited from Gauteng Provincial Human Resource Development and identified members will be prioritised.
22 September 2016 - NW1853
Mackenzie, Mr C to ask the Minister of Police
With reference to his replies to questions (a) 1427 on 6 June 2016 and (b) 3602 on 13 October 2015, when will he ensure that the detective division at the Norkem Park police station in Gauteng receives additional personnel in order to reduce the high number of cases each detective currently investigates from 81 to the recommended 40 to 45 case dockets?
Reply:
The recommended personnel strength for the Norkem Park Police Station Detective Service according to the Fixed Establishment is 38. The actual personnel strength of the Detective Service is 37.
Gauteng province is currently busy with a project where police stations with a surplus of members within the Visible Policing environment are instructed to identify and redeploy members to their Detective Service environment where there is a shortage of members.
Police stations are also instructed to redeploy experienced Visible Policing members to the Detective Service environment when they receive their new entry level constable allocation.
Signed LIEUTENANT GENERAL
PROVINCIAL COMMISSIONER: GAUTENG
DS DE LANGE
Date: 13 September 2016
Reply to question 1853 recommended
Original signed LIEUTENANT GENERAL
ACTING NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE
JK PHAHLANE
Date: 14 September 2016
Reply to question 1853 approved/not approved
MINISTER OF POLICE
NPT NHLEKO, MP
Date:
22 September 2016 - NW1848
Krumbock, Mr GR to ask the Minister of Police
With reference to his reply to question 1426 on 6 June 2016, by which date will each of the 11 detectives at the Boksburg North Police Station in Gauteng, who has not yet attended and passed the detective course, attend the specified detective course?
Reply:
There are currently two members attending the detective course. The remaining nine members must still attend the detective course.
The stations are controlled via the intake of facilitators of the course. The intake usually accommodates one or two members at a time and a course lasts for three months.
22 September 2016 - NW1844
Kalyan, Ms SV to ask the Minister of Police
With reference to his reply to question 1427 on 6 June 2016, by which date will each of the 15 detectives at the Norkem Park Police Station in Gauteng, who have not yet attended and passed the detective course, attend the specified detective course?
Reply:
With reference to the Norkem Park Police Station, the call up instruction for the detective course is awaited from the Gauteng Provincial Human Resource Development and identified members will be prioritised.
22 September 2016 - NW1864
Masango, Ms B to ask the Minister of Police
With reference to his reply to question 1425 on 6 June 2016, by which date will the detective division at the Bedfordview Police Station in Gauteng receive three additional vehicles in order for the specified police station to comply with the ratio of two detectives per vehicle?
Reply:
On 31 August 2016, the South African Police Station Efficiency Index System that is used to manage all physical resources, reflected as follows for the Bedfordview Police Station:
Current detective personnel strength: 31
Current detective vehicle strength: 17
Ideal number of vehicles for 31 detectives: 16
There is currently no shortage of vehicles at the Bedfordview Police Station Detective Service.
22 September 2016 - NW1834
Waters, Mr M to ask the Minister of Police
Whether, with reference to his reply to question 1614 on 13 June 2016, he intends to take any steps to ensure drastic improvement of the low drug conviction rate of 4,73% in respect of cases from the Norkem Park Police Station in Gauteng that went to court; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
Yes, by increasing crime prevention operations and enhancing proper investigation of dockets by investigation officers. The drug conviction rate has improved for this financial year, due to the high density crime prevention operations and proper investigation of dockets.
22 September 2016 - NW1877
Mbhele, Mr ZN to ask the Minister of Police
(a) How many senior management service members in the SA Police Service received performance bonuses in the (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11, (iii) 2011-12, (iv) 2012-13, (v) 2013-14, (vi) 2014-15 and (vii) 2015-16 financial years and (b) what was the total amount paid in performance bonuses in the specified financial years?
Reply:
(a) Performance bonuses were paid for the last time in the South African Police Service during the 2009/2010 financial year in respect of the 2008/2009 evaluation period. Safety and Security Sectoral Bargaining Council (SSSBC) Agreement 2 of 2011 discontinued the payment of performance bonuses. The following number of senior management service members received performance bonuses in the financial years:
- 2009/10 financial year: 137 members.
- 2010/11 financial year: No member.
- 2011/12 financial year: No member.
- 2012/13 financial year: No member.
- 2013/14 financial year: No member.
- 2014/15 financial year: No member.
- 2015/16 financial year: No member.
(b) The total amount paid in performance bonuses in the specified financial years was:
- 2009/10 financial year: R4 775 000,00
- 2010/11 financial year: Nil.
- 2011/12 financial year: Nil.
- 2012/13 financial year: Nil.
- 2013/14 financial year: Nil.
- 2014/15 financial year: Nil.
- 2015/16 financial year: Nil.
20 September 2016 - NW1806
Maynier, Mr D to ask the President of the Republic
Whether, in the light of his statement on 2 September 2016 distancing himself from the announcement of the Minister of Mineral Resources, Mr Mosebenzi Zwane concerning the work of the task team established to consider the implications of the decision of certain banks and audit firms to close the accounts and withdraw audit services from Oakbay Investments (Pty) LTD, he will take action against the Minister; if not, why not; if so, (a) what action will he take and (b) when will such action be taken?
Reply:
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 reassured the public, the banking sector as well as domestic and international investors of Government’s unwavering commitment to the letter and spirit of the country’s Constitution as well as in the sound fiscal and economic fundamentals that underpin our economy.
I also informed parliament on 13 September that I was engaging Minister Zwane regarding his statement.
20 September 2016 - NW1173
Macpherson, Mr DW to ask the President of the Republic
Whether he intends to remove the Minister of Trade and Industry, Mr Rob Davis, from the portfolio of trade and industry in the next Cabinet reshuffle; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
The appointment of members of the National Executive of Government is the prerogative of the President of the Republic. Ministers and Deputy Ministers are well aware of the fact that they serve at the pleasure of the sitting President of the Republic.
Having said that, I would caution against the spreading of rumours of this nature. The Department functions well and continues to meet its mandate under the leadership of Minister Davies.
20 September 2016 - NW1749
Alberts, Mr ADW to ask the President of the Republic
(1) (a) What are the legal grounds according to which the Presidential State Owned Entitities Co-ordinating Council (PSOECC) will be created under his jurisdiction, (b) what will be the jurisdiction of the PSOECC and (c) how this will be comprised; (2) whether the PSOECC wil take any steps to prevent corruption, fraud and other forms of maladministration of the operational management and acquisition processes regarding state owned entitites; if so, what are these steps?
Reply:
At this stage no finality has been reached and there are no terms of reference or any other governance structure for the Council that has been finalised.
The Inter-Ministerial Committee chaired by Deputy President Ramaphosa remains responsible for overseeing the stabilisation and reform of state-owned entities.
The proposal to establish the Presidential SOCs Coordinating Council is aimed at assisting to ensure improved oversight and coordination of state owned companies.
20 September 2016 - NW1759
Carter, Ms D to ask the President of the Republic
(1)Has he received representations from the Progressive Professionals Forum, in light of the fact that in May 2016 Parliament passed the Financial Intelligence Centre Amendment Bill, which is now awaiting his assent and which seeks to bring South Africa in line with the new Financial Action task Force, especially the need to enhance due diligence by banks and other financial institutions of politically exposed people when they transact through the banking system (details furnished); if so, (a) did he find substantive merit in these representations and (b) what steps will he take in this regard; (2) what is preventing him from assenting to the Bill given the rampant corruption and the international imperatives underpinning the Bill as preventative anti-laundering measures are a vital means of combatting corruption?
Reply:
I received an objection to the signing of the bill from the Progressive Professionals Forum. When I get petitioned not to sign a bill, I have to consider the merits of such objection focusing mainly on whether the interested parties raise valid constitutional issues.
It is not the first time that I have taken time to consider a bill for similar reasons. Currently, I have not signed the Expropriation Bill, the Private Security Industry Regulation Amendment Bill and the Protection of State Information Bill, because various parties petitioned me not to do so, citing concerns about their constitutionality. All these concerns are being looked into.
20 September 2016 - NW1685
Selfe, Mr J to ask the President of the Republic
Whether he requested any form of (a) legal advice and/or (b) advisory services from a certain firm of attorneys (name and details furnished) with regard to the Public Protector’s reports entitled (i) Secure in Comfort, report No 25 of 2013/14, (ii) Inappropriate Moves, report No 13 of 2013/14 and (iii) When Governance and Ethics Fail, report No 23 of 2013/14; if so, in each case, (aa) in which specific financial years were the services rendered and (bb) what was the cost of the services?
Reply:
The Presidency did not employ the services of Mchunu Attorneys to provide any form of legal advice and/or advisory services in respect of the mentioned Public Protector’s Reports. The briefing of any counsel or giving of instructions to any private attorneys to act on behalf of the President is done through the office of the state attorney.
20 September 2016 - NW1758
Carter, Ms D to ask the President of the Republic
In light of the fact that Cabinet has approved the appointment of a new South African Airways (SAA) Board of Directors with Ms Duduzile Myeni reappointed as the chairperson despite widespread objections (details furnished), did the list of candidates to be considered for appointment to the SAA Board of Directors that was submitted by the Minister of Finance to Cabinet include the name of Ms Duduzile Myeni; if not, what is the rationality behind the re-appointment of Ms Duduzile Myeni as the chairperson of the SAA Board of Directors; if so, (a) did he reject the specified list and (b) why?
Reply:
The new full-strength Board brings a wealth of skills and expertise, making them well positioned to oversee the turnaround of the airline. These skills include: finance, risk management, treasury management, investment management, project management, business strategy, marketing and business management, legal, banking, stakeholder management, communication and social development.
Ms Duduzile Myeni was appointed by Cabinet as Chairperson. The Minister of Finance has stated publicly that the appointment of Ms Myeni, for a period of only one year, is aimed at ensuring continuity at the SAA.
20 September 2016 - NW98
Cassim, Mr Y to ask the Minister of Small Business Development
Whether she has entered into a performance agreement with the President, Mr Jacob G Zuma, with regard to the implementation of the Medium-Term Strategic Framework (MTSF) 2014-2019; if not, why not; if so, (a) which key indicators and targets from the MTSF are reflected in the agreement, (b) how many performance assessments has she undertaken in consultation with the President since the agreement was signed, (c) what progress has been made in meeting the key indicators and targets from the MTSF, (d) what are the key obstacles to implementation and (e) what is the plan to address such obstacles?
Reply:
Yes, All Ministers enter into Performance Agreements with the President.
(a) The Performance Management Framework for Ministers is the Medium Term Strategic Framework (MTSF) for 2014-2019, which is the first 5-year implementation plan of the National Development Plan (NDP) 2030. The performance targets and indicators are derived from the 14 Outcomes which government seeks to achieve.
These outcomes and targets constitute governments Programme of Action (POA), against which performance is tracked and reported at least on a quarterly basis. POA reports are publicly available on government’s websites.
(b) to (e) Cabinet closely monitors the implementation of the NDP 2030/MTSF 2014-2019 through POA Reports. These reports tabled before an Implementation Forum of a Cluster of Ministers collectively responsible for MTSF outcomes, and then submitted to Cabinet, where progress is noted, bottlenecks to implementation are discussed, and recommendations to address bottlenecks are considered and approved.
20 September 2016 - NW109
Lorimer, Mr JR to ask the President of the Republic
(1) Did he visit the Gupta family compound in Saxonwold in Johannesburg on Sunday, 20 September 2015; if so, (a) why did he make the visit and (b) what was the nature of the discussions during the specified visit; (2) did the discussion include the subsequent reshuffling that happened in the Ministry of Mineral Resources portfolio; if so, what was the nature of the discussions regarding the appointment of the new Minister of Mineral Resources; if not, (3) is he aware of any member of his cabinet visiting the Gupta family compound on 20 September 2015; if so, who made the visit?
Reply:
The Presidency was informed by the Public Protector that she has received complaints and requests that she should investigate this matter or related allegations. The Public Protector’s investigation is still continuing.
20 September 2016 - NW1820
De Freitas, Mr MS to ask the Minister of Transport
(1)What (a) are the details of each tender issued by the Air Traffic Navigation Services (ATNS) in the past three financial years and (b) is the value of each specified tender; (2) whether the ATNS issued any contracts in the past three financial years without following the correct tender processes; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) what was the value of each of the specified contracts awarded without following the correct tender processes, (b) to whom was each such contract awarded and (c) why did the specified contracts not go through the correct tender processes?
Reply:
This refers to the above request as follows:
- (a) Details of tenders issued/awarded in the past three financial years and (b) value of each specified tender.
Table 1 below illustrate details and values of tenders issued and awarded in the 2015/2016 financial year:
Table 1 below illustrate details and values of tenders issued and awarded in the 2015/2016 financial year:
Table 2 below illustrate details and values of tenders issued and awarded in the 2014/2015 financial year:
Table 3 below illustrate details of tenders issued and awarded in the 2013/2014 financial year.
2)
- No tender was awarded in the past three financial year without following proper tender processes. The ATNS SCM Policy provides suppliers with the opportunity to compete for business in an open and transparent manner within the confines of the law.
(a) No value of contract awarded without following proper tender process
(b) No supplier was awarded a tender without following proper tender processes.
(c) All contract followed the proper tender processes
20 September 2016 - NW1821
De Freitas, Mr MS to ask the Minister of Transport
(a)What amount has been spent on the Air Traffic Navigation Services Enterprise Development Programme in the last three financial years 2013/14, 2014/15 and 2015/16, (b) for what purpose in each financial year, (c) how is the specified programme monitored and (d) how are the outcomes (i) monitored and (ii) measured for each beneficiary of the specified development programme?
Reply:
Air Traffic and Navigation Services SOC Limited (ATNS)
(a) Air Traffic and Navigation Services (ATNS) started to implement Enterprise Development (ED) initiatives in 2014 and spent about R11million for the financial year 2014/2015 and 2015/2016. The budget is in line with the Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment legislation which requires that 3% of the Net Profit After Tax (NPA) should be channelled towards Enterprise Development.
(b) In the financial year 2014/2015, ATNS supported Emerging Micro Enterprises (EMEs) where they were requested to register their business requirements through the ATNS website. ATNS furnished these suppliers with resources that they needed to be able to run their businesses; this enabled the respective suppliers to focus on their core businesses. In the financial year 2015/2016, ATNS focussed its Enterprise Development (ED) approach towards a more sustainable programme where the ED budget was channelled towards creating an Incubation Programme for twenty (20) Engineering Suppliers. The programme is intended to identify gaps and close them through relevant interventions.
(c) The programme is monitored by assessing how many suppliers have graduated from Enterprise Development to Supplier Development for both programmes.
(d) This programme yielded good outcomes in that the intention was that the beneficiaries should participate as active Suppliers to ATNS and some are already offering services to ATNS which means that they have already graduated from Enterprise Development to Supplier Development. This also helps in monitoring the number of those that are in the Supplier Development pool.
20 September 2016 - NW1736
Mazzone, Ms NW to ask the President of the Republic
In light of the recent announcement that the Presidential State-Owned Enterprises Co-ordinating Council will be formed to oversee state-owned companies, (a) when will the specified committee begin with its work, (b) who will oversee strategy in the state-owned companies, (c) what powers will the committee have and (d) how will the work of the committee be co-ordinated with the work already being done by the Minister of Public Enterprises?
Reply:
The Inter-Ministerial Committee chaired by Deputy President Ramaphosa remains responsible for overseeing the stabilisation and reform of state-owned entities. The IMC has proposed the establishment of a Presidential SOC Council. The proposal arises from the report of the Presidential SOE Review Council released in 2013, which called for the establishment of an SOE Council of Ministers.
The Council is aimed at ensuring improved oversight and coordination of state owned companies in the similar manner in which the Presidential Infrastructure Coordinating Commission coordinates infrastructure development across the three spheres of government or the IMC on Investment Promotion.
This IMC proposal is still to be discussed further in Cabinet. At this stage no finality has been reached and there are no terms of reference and no governance structure for the Council that has been finalised. Government welcomes any inputs from stakeholders on this important task of improving SOEs so that they assist in driving economic transformation and improve the lives of our people.
It should be noted that the work of coordinating structures is only to coordinate and supervise and ensure that all work together and not in isolation. It is not to directly run projects or takeover responsibilities of line function departments. The Department of Public Enterprises thus continues to perform its task as the shareholder to the state entities that report to it.
20 September 2016 - NW1771
Hunsinger, Dr CH to ask the Minister of Transport
Has the SA Passenger Rail Agency applied the preference points and prescribed formula system in the awarding of all contracts within supply chain and procurement as expressed in (a) paragraph 2 of the Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act, Act 5 of 2000, and (b) section 51 of the Public Finance Management Act, Act 1 of 1999, as amended; if not, why not; if so, (i) which contracts and (ii) to what value?
Reply:
(1)(a) PRASA operates within the legislated regulatory framework, all contracts for goods, services and works are acquired through proper Supply Chain Management processes. Procurement requirements are defined in the Procurement Plan with estimates costs for the provision of the required goods, services or works. This is in order to determine and stipulate the appropriate preference point system to be utilized in the evaluation and adjudication of the bids and to ensure that the prices paid are market related. Based on the procurement requirements, the relevant preference point system (80/20 or 90/10) to be utilized for the evaluation of the bid are specified in the bid documents
Contracts are acquired in any of the following competitive bid methods: Term contracts, Panel of service providers, and Public Private Partnership; whichever way procurement process is used, all acquisitions serve through conventional Bid Committees. In the preparation of the bid documents for an invitation it is determine if the required goods, service or works has been designated for local production and content in terms of Regulation 9 of the Preferential Procurement Regulations. This will entail the inclusion of a specific condition in the bid documents that only locally produced services, works or goods or locally manufactured goods with a stipulated minimum threshold for local production and content will be considered, subsequently it will have a direct impact on the evaluation of the bid.
All bids specifications are approved before issued to bidders. Bids received are evaluated as per the preference point system outlined in the approved specification. Depending on the functional criteria the weight and points are calculated using a prescribed formula system and ensure that evaluations of bids are fair and transparent. When we invite bids that will also be evaluated on the basis of functionality as a criterion, the following aspects in the bid documents are mandatory:
- Evaluation criteria for measuring functionality;
- Weight of each criterion;
- Applicable value; and
- Minimum qualifying score for functionality.
Once bids have been evaluated using the aforementioned criterion a contract is awarded to the bidder with the highest points as per the prescribed Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act, Act 5 of 2000, and
(b) section 51 of the Public Finance Management Act, Act 1 of 1999 using basic Supply Chain Management principles.
(i) Number of Contracts awarded 01 April 2015 – 31 March 2016
Entity |
BBBEE Level |
|||||||||
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
Total |
|
Autopax-CPT |
2 |
17 |
7 |
20 |
10 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
65 |
Autopax-HO |
5 |
19 |
19 |
29 |
10 |
4 |
86 |
|||
Autopax-JHB |
5 |
15 |
13 |
32 |
16 |
4 |
5 |
2 |
92 |
|
Autopax-Pta |
5 |
19 |
16 |
38 |
16 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
103 |
Intersite-HO |
1 |
6 |
10 |
12 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
36 |
||
MetroRail-E-Cape |
6 |
18 |
15 |
38 |
28 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
114 |
MetroRail-Gauteng |
27 |
44 |
34 |
126 |
50 |
13 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
303 |
MetroRail-HO |
1 |
13 |
13 |
45 |
11 |
5 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
92 |
MetroRail-KZN |
5 |
40 |
34 |
64 |
43 |
11 |
14 |
3 |
3 |
217 |
MetroRail-W-Cape |
5 |
48 |
47 |
62 |
43 |
5 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
215 |
Prasa Cres-Gauteng |
9 |
37 |
14 |
99 |
37 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
199 |
|
Prasa Cres-Head Office |
11 |
45 |
28 |
119 |
36 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
247 |
Prasa Cres-KZN |
8 |
39 |
13 |
43 |
27 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
133 |
|
Prasa Cres-W.Cape |
7 |
22 |
12 |
67 |
22 |
1 |
2 |
133 |
||
PRASA TECH HO |
1 |
16 |
21 |
41 |
9 |
6 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
100 |
PRASA-HO |
17 |
27 |
35 |
61 |
32 |
4 |
8 |
2 |
1 |
187 |
ShosMeyl-CPT |
0 |
14 |
8 |
16 |
13 |
3 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
61 |
ShosMeyl-GP-South |
5 |
24 |
6 |
47 |
11 |
6 |
1 |
2 |
102 |
|
ShosMeyl-HO |
5 |
21 |
8 |
51 |
12 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
103 |
|
Total |
125 |
484 |
353 |
1010 |
430 |
83 |
58 |
19 |
26 |
2589 |
(ii) Rand Value Contracts Awarded 01 April 2015 – 31 March 2016
Entity |
Rand Value |
Total |
|
Autopax-CPT |
R 69 473 933.06 |
Autopax-HO |
R 79 622 337.06 |
Autopax-JHB |
R 170 091 612.00 |
Autopax-Pta |
R 151 475 615.81 |
Intersite-HO |
R 9 030 512.79 |
MetroRail-E-Cape |
R 137 991 514.15 |
MetroRail-Gauteng |
R 825 748 045.45 |
MetroRail-HO |
R 630 731 669.79 |
MetroRail-KZN |
R 319 624 039.75 |
MetroRail-W-Cape |
R 357 997 773.69 |
Prasa Cres-Gauteng |
R 264 009 908.79 |
Prasa Cres-Head Office |
R 1 125 500 625.63 |
Prasa Cres-KZN |
R 267 700 985.70 |
Prasa Cres-W.Cape |
R 190 407 810.48 |
PRASA TECH HO |
R 1 892 628 020.65 |
PRASA-HO |
R 1 790 159 755.47 |
ShosMeyl-CPT |
R 22 774 876.13 |
ShosMeyl-GP-South |
R 97 763 179.60 |
ShosMeyl-HO |
R 1 038 915 431.48 |
Total Spending |
R 9 441 647 647.48 |
20 September 2016 - NW1772
America, Mr D to ask the Minister of Transport
Has the Airports Company of South Africa applied the preference points and prescribed formula system in the awarding of all contracts within supply chain and procurement as expressed in (a) paragraph 2 of the Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act, Act 5 of 2000, and (b) section 51 of the Public Finance Management Act, Act 1 of 1999, as amended; if not, why not; if so, (i) which contracts and (ii) to what value?
Reply:
(a) Yes, the Airports Company South Africa has applied the preference points and prescribed formula system in the awarding of all contracts within supply chain and procurement as expressed in section 2(1)(a) of the Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act 5 of 2000 (“PPPFA”) and;
(b) Yes, the Airports Company South Africa has applied section 51(1)(a)(iii) of the Public Finance Management Act 1 of 1999 (“PFMA”), as amended.
(i) A document has been attached illustrating the contracts that have been awarded from 01 April to 31 July 2016.
(ii) The rand value of contracts is reported in the attached document referred to in (i) above.
20 September 2016 - NW1770
Hunsinger, Dr CH to ask the Minister of Transport
Has the SA National Roads Agency applied the preference points and prescribed formula system in the awarding of all contracts within supply chain and procurement as expressed in (a) paragraph 2 of the Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act, Act 5 of 2000, and (b) section 51 of the Public Finance Management Act, Act 1 of 1999, as amended; if not, why not; if so, (i) which contracts and (ii) to what value?
Reply:
a) Yes, SANRAL adheres to the applicable legislative prescripts including that of the PPPFA. However, the honourable member may recall an instance reported in the Annual Report under the Auditor General’s report that in the opinion of the AG it was not. This was reported and discussed in the Portfolio Committee in October 2015. The honourable member may recall that the difference of opinion related to the interpretation of the phrase “lowest acceptable price”. We make use of this opportunity to once again clarify the matter. It is brought to the attention of the honourable member that neither the PPPFA nor its Regulations define the phrase “lowest acceptable price”. The Regulations define the terms “comparative price, “firm price” and “non-firm price”.
The PPPFA Act (No. 5 of 2000) requires SANRAL to award contracts to the tenderer with the “lowest acceptable tender”. It has been SANRAL’s experience that when awarding a tender at the lowest price (at face value), where the objective is to promote the development of SMMEs, they either underprice with unviable tenders to get the job or the main contractors exploit the sub-contractors by pushing for unrealistic pricing. Moreover, this opens up opportunities for collusive practices.
SANRAL therefore developed and introduced a statistical method to establish the lowest acceptable price for each RRM contract. The tenderer with the price closest to this computed price was considered for award after giving due merit to other evaluation criteria such as preference points, including the price offered. Upon establishing the “price”, all tenders were further evaluated in accordance with the applicable regulations. Thus maintaining the requirements of the PPPFA. This discouraged collusion among contractors and ensured the sustainability of SMMEs. This method was in use for over 11 years – the AG was aware of the rationale and method of award and there were no findings from the AG and/or complaints from the contractors.
In 2013, for the first time, the AG raised the finding that the statistical methodology was not compliant with the requirements of the PPPFA Act. This is notwithstanding that the AG could not show in terms of which clause of the Act the statistical method was non-compliant. The AG also noted that that the method was used to protect SMMEs and recommended that SANRAL apply for an exemption from this applicable section of the PPPFA from the Minister of Finance which SANRAL did.
SANRAL applied for an exemption in terms of section 3(c) of the PPPFA. The rationale for the request was explained. The exemption was not granted. SANRAL requested for a condonation of the irregular expenditure subsequently, which was also not granted. Consequently, the AG’s report has included a note on irregular expenditure in this regard and will be noted till 2016.
Of importance is for the honourable member to note that:
- SANRAL has stopped awarding contracts on this basis, and has reverted to awarding contracts to the lowest price at face value, after due consideration of all other evaluation criteria; and
- the above has been explained to the Minister of Transport and to the Portfolio Committee on Transport as recent as October 2015 and other stakeholders who queried this.
- The honourable member is referred to the Annual Reports: Report of the auditor-general to Parliament on SANRAL.
(b) Yes, we have. (i) & (ii) Please see above.
19 September 2016 - NW1803
Mackay, Mr G to ask the Minister of Energy
Whether she has authorised the payment of R150 million promised by her to eradicate illegal electricity connections in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality; if not, why not; if so, by when will the specified funds be paid to the specified metropolitan municipality?
Reply:
The Minister has approved to allocate funding over a period of three years to the amount of R150 million in order to address illegal connections in the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality (NMBM) as a pilot programme. The allocation, like all electrification allocations, is only made available to the implementing agent (municipality or Eskom) upon approving of a formal business plan regarding the technical and financial details of a project/programme.
19 September 2016 - NW1654
Van der Westhuizen, Mr AP to ask the Minister of Public Service and Administration
(1)Whether (a) his department and/or (b) the Public Service Commission have studied the practices of other international governments in fighting corruption in the public service; if not, why not; if so, (i) which international governments’ practices have been studied and (ii) what is his position regarding the specified practices in each case; (2) whether any of the specified governments expect senior management staff members in the Public Service to declare the business interest of close family members; if so, why is this declaration excluded from the information that senior management staff members in South Africa have to disclose annually; (3) whether any plans have been put in place to improve the effectiveness of the annual submission of financial disclosures of the Public Service senior management staff members in government’s endeavours to purge corruption from the public service; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
(1) (a) In April 2016, the Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) undertook a study visit to Canada. The purpose of the visit was to benchmark against existing institutional mechanisms in Canada, to gather information that will assist in establishing the Public Administration
Ethics, Integrity and Disciplinary Technical Assistance Unit (EIDTAU), focusing on specific lessons and experiences with regards to structures, regulations, procedures, tools and systems. The DPSA interacted with a number of institutions operating at three levels of government. One of the institutions that the DPSA engaged with is the Treasury Board Secretariat (TBS), which is similar to the DPSA with regards to mandate.
(i) TBS is responsible for accountability and ethics, HR and administrative management. financial, comptrollership, approving regulations and translating the policies and programmes approved by Cabinet into reality and by providing departments with the resources and the administrative support they need to do their work. TBS implements a number of instruments for promoting ethics in the Public Service at Federal level such as:
- Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act (PSDPA) which protects public servants who disclose acts of wrongdoing. This piece of legislation enables departments to implement an internal mechanism for reporting allegations of unethical conduct or corruption. However, the Act does not prevent employees from reporting to the Office of the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner of Canada, which is an agency of Parliament similar to the Public Protector of South Africa.
- Values and Ethics Code for the Public Sector- general code of conduct for all Federal public service employees. The Code constitutes part of the terms and conditions of employment for all Federal employees. Failure to adhere can lead to disciplinary action up to and including termination of employment; and
- Policy on conflict of Interest and Post-Employment. This Policy prescribes restrictions that public servants in designated positions should adhere to in order to avoid actual, potential or perceived conflict of interest, when they leave the public service.
In June 2013, the DPSA also undertook a study visit to the United Republic of Tanzania. The purpose of the study visit was to achieve the following outcomes:
- Clear conceptualization of the institutional model that can best address corruption challenges in the public administration of South Africa;
- Delineation of the mandate and functions of such a model;
- In-depth understanding of the resource allocation implications and
- The design of an organizational structure that matches the functions and mandate.
The DPSA delegation interacted with the Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB) and the Ethics Secretariat. The PCCB is a constitutional body that investigates and prosecute acts of corruption in both public and private sector. It is an independent anti-corruption agency as contemplated in Articles 6 and 36 of the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC). The Ethics Secretariat receives and verifies declarations of assets and liabilities which are required to be made by public leaders under the Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania. Moreover, this constitutional body is empowered to initiate and conduct any investigation in respect of breach of ethics prescribed under the Public Leadership Code of Ethics Act. No. 13 of 1995.
(ii) The following is my position regarding each of the initiatives implemented by TBS of Canada and the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania.
Initiative |
My position |
Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act (PSDPA) (Canada) |
The internal reporting mechanism implemented by departments is an excellent practice. This is an idea that we are exploring as we proceed with the establishment of the EIDTAU. |
Values and Ethics Code for the Public Sector (Canada) |
This Code is similar to our Code of Conduct for Public Servants, which we have refined the Code as part of the new |
Policy on conflict of Interest and Post- Employment (Canada) |
We studied this practice since 2007. While this practice is desirable, we believe that the enforcement will pose more challenges. |
Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB) (Tanzania |
In establishing the EIDTAU, we are cognizant that South Africa has adopted a multi-agency system to fighting corruption, which is viewed by the National |
The Ethics Secretariat (Tanzania) |
A central system for disclosure of financial interests of all public officials (elected and appointed) is a very unique. However, this model cannot be replicated in South Africa. We already have a decentralised system that separates categories of public officials. In the Public Service, the Public Service Commission verifies all financial disclosures of senior officials. |
(2) In terms of the Public Administration Management Act, 2015 (PAMA), all public servants will be required to disclose financial interests of spouses. This requirement will come in to effect once I have issued the Regulations to support the implementation of PAMA.
(3) We have been implementing the electronic disclosure system since 2015 and we have seen a remarkable improvement in terms of compliance rate. Below is an overview electronic disclosures by SMS members as at 30 April 2016.
Institution |
No. of SMS |
No. submitted |
% |
National Departments |
4988 |
4532 |
91% |
National Components |
684 |
660 |
96% |
Eastern Cape |
580 |
459 |
79% |
Free State |
379 |
330 |
87% |
Gauteng |
811 |
803 |
99% |
KZN |
605 |
605 |
100% |
Limpopo |
484 |
479 |
99% |
Mpumalanga |
262 |
230 |
88% |
Northern Cape |
262 |
262 |
100% |
North West |
250 |
199 |
80% |
Western Cape |
384 |
384 |
100% |
Total |
9689 |
8943 |
92% |
We have strengthened the requirement to disclose electronically in the PSR, 2016. Employees will disclose manually only under exceptional circumstances, which will have to be authorised by respective heads of departments. The Public Service Commission retains the responsibility to conduct verification of financial disclosures and manage any conflicts of interest for all members of Senior Management Service
19 September 2016 - NW1658
Masango, Ms B to ask the Minister of Social Development
(a) How many complaints have been received regarding on going illegal deductions from social grants since she banned such deductions in May 2016, (b) what was the nature of the specified complaints and (c) what action did she take to (i) investigate and (ii) solve the specified complaints?
Reply:
(a) 44 142 complaints have been received and 38 357 were since resolved and blocked not to allow any further deductions from recurring. Five
thousand seven hundred and eighty five (5 785) of these cases have been refunded to the beneficiaries.
(b) The nature of the complaints is airtime, electricity and loan deductions.
(c) (i) and (ii) SASSA developed and implemented a Dispute Resolution Mechanism as a recourse system to deal with the rising number of deductions against social grants. The Dispute Resolution Mechanism has a built-in Communication Strategy that focuses on beneficiary education and awareness. In addition to this system, a Ministerial Task Team was established to play a monitoring, oversight and also propose interventions to deal with this challenge. This system has since reflected and improvement in dealing with this.
19 September 2016 - NW1735
Figg, Mr MJ to ask the Minister of Public Service and Administration
Can he provide (a) details of and (b) reasons for the unplanned spending on public participation programmes by his department as contained in a recent report by the to the Standing Committee on Appropriations by the Treasury?
Reply:
In its adoption of the new approach towards Public Participation Programmes on 24 March 2010, Cabinet resolved that Ministers and Deputy Ministers are required to commit to at least ten (10) public engagements per year. These would include repeats and follow up visits and will be informed by their departmental outcomes and targets. The main focus of the public participation programmes was on rural areas, townships and villages.
Minister Adv. Ngoako Ramatlhodi
01 June 2016.
Engagement with young unemployed graduates in the Eastern Cape Province was held in Mdantsane Sisa Dukashe Stadium. The Minister’s engagement was to assist graduates into candidacy programme as the launch of Youth Month.
09 June 2016
In partnership with the NYDA, SETA’s, Department of labour and Private Sector, the Minister was involved in taking government services to young people in Gauteng Province (Fochville Popo Molefe Stadium). Issues raised by young people included inter alia youth unemployment which leads to drug abuse and addiction, access to higher learning and internet connection.
21 July 2016
Engagement with Learners in Wedela where the Minister donated a mini library at Thabo Merafong Home Based Care Center.
Deputy Minister Ayanda Dlodlo
23 April 2016
The Imbizo was held at Civic Centre Hall, Riversdale, Hessequa Local Municipality
Report back Imbizo on issues raised by youth engagement on 20 June 2015.
The report included the number of 807 unemployed young people who were registered by the Department of Labour and 606 who received Employment Counseling; the increased Home Affairs services per month i.e. twice a month in Albertinia, Stilbaai and Heidelberg, youth entrepreneurial development programme Small Enterprise Development Agency (SEDA) trained 150 young people in areas of marketing, production and human resources management; Southern Cape College TVET College, PetroSA and Transnet provided skill Youth Career Expo in the municipality.
10 July 2016
Oudtshoorn Youth Outreach Programme was held at New Bridgeton Stadium, Oudtshoorn.
Shared information on education and economic development opportunities, encouraged them to talk about issues they are confronted with and what support they need to improve their lives, encouraged youth to make the Public Service their career of choice. This was in partnership with the South Cape TVET College, Department of Home Affairs, SASSA, Department of Health, South African National Defence Force and Local Municipality. These partners provided information on available youth development opportunities.
20 June 2016
Open Government Partnership youth dialogue was held at UNISA, Pretoria.
The purpose of the youth dialogue was to discuss how land reform and expropriation relates to youth unemployment and economic empowerment. Issues covered included necessary skills needed, access to information on land reform, youth involvement in national discourse, establishment of Commission of Enquiry on the land that was taken from black people.
30 June 2016
Open Government Partnership youth dialogue on Land Reform, Youth Unemployment and Economic Empowerment in Nelspruit, Mpumalanga.
The purpose of the youth dialogue was to solicit the opinions of young people on the subject of land and agrarian reform. Furthermore the dialogue strived to establish solutions for the challenges facing the youth of South Africa namely, unemployment and economic disempowerment. Issues that came from the discussions include lack of knowledge and awareness of land reform legislation and initiatives, lack of employment opportunities available, need for funding policy reform and greater monitoring and control of funds within development agencies.
19 September 2016 - NW1657
Masango, Ms B to ask the Minister of Social Development
(1)(a) What are the details of the various work stream categories set up by her department to carry out the transition of the distribution of social grants from Net1 to the SA Social Security Agency, (b) what will each of the specified work streams be responsible for and (c) what are the (i) names and (ii) designations of each staff member employed by the Public Service for each of the specified work streams; (2) whether any staff members employed outside of the Public Service have been appointed in any of the specified work streams; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the (i) names and (ii) designations of each such staff member, (b) what criteria were used to appoint the specified staff members and (c) how much will each such staff member be remunerated?
Reply:
(1) (a) (i) Legislative Policy Requirements Management
(ii) Information and Business Systems and Banking Services
(iii) Benefits and Local Economic Development
(iv) Change and Stakeholder Management
(v) Human Resource Management
(b) (i) The Legislative Policy Requirements Management is to provide comprehensive legal advice to SASSA and other in relation to the future Work Stream payment system focusing on legislative management policy requirements, contract development, design and
of the new system.
(ii) The Information and Business Systems and Banking Services is to facilitate for the insourcing of an ICT platform that will integrate the application of payment management system for social assistance and related social security benefits.
(iii) The Benefits and Local Economic Development is to identify the benefits and economic develop initiatives to be implemented with the delivery of the comprehensive security system.
(iv) The Change and Stakeholder Management is to provide guidance to the change management and stakeholder engagement.
(v) The Facilitate the development of integrated process that will support the new proposed functions to be institutionalized within SASSA.
(c) (i) and (ii) No staff member has been employed.
(2) (a) (i) and (ii) None
(b) Not applicable
(c) Not applicable
15 September 2016 - NW1774
Macpherson, Mr DW to ask the Minister of Trade and Industry
(1)(a) What is the total number of Letters of Authority (LOA) that are in backlog at the National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications (NRCS) as at 6 September 2016, (b) what is the detailed breakdown of the specified backlog in LOA per industry sector and (c) what is the average waiting period for LOA to be issued; (2) whether he will make the performance agreement signed by the Chief Executive Officer of NRCS (Mr Asogan Moodley ) available to Mr D W Macpherson; if not, why not; if so, by when?NW2082E
Reply:
1. (a) The total number of Letters of Authority (LOA) that are in backlog at the NRCS as at 30 June 2016 are 1170 out of a total of 3605 handled during this period, resulting in 2435 approvals.
(b) The detailed breakdown of the specified backlog in LOA per industry sector as of 30 June 2016 is 15 for the Automotive sector, 39 for the Chemical, Materials and Mechanicals sector, 1116 for the electro-technical sector and zero for gaming equipment and type approvals in legal metrology.
(c) The average waiting period for a LOA to be issued is 156 days.
(2) The Performance Agreement of the CEO has been forwarded to the Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on 14 September 2016.
15 September 2016 - NW1826
Hoosen, Mr MH to ask the Minister of Transport
What (a) are the (i) time frames and (ii) milestones for each corridor of the eThekweni Integrated Rapid Public Transport Network and (b) mechanisms have been put in place by her department to ensure that the specified time frames and milestones are reached?
Reply:
a) The Integrated Rapid Public Transport Network (IRPTN) for eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality is made up of nine(9) trunk corridors, supported by feeder networks and services. One of these trunk corridors, corridor C2 from the northern communities of Phoenix, Inanda, Ntuzuma and Kwa-Mashu to Umlazi and Isiphingo in the south, is a rail corridor, for which the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) is responsible. The implementation of the remaining eight(8) road-based corridors is the City’s responsibility.
i) Milestones and Timelines
The IRPTN in eThekwini is planned to be rolled-out over four(4) phases, with the first phase made up of the following trunk corridors:
- Corridor C1: Bridge City (Phoenix, Inanda, Ntuzuma and KwaMashu) to the CBD
- Corridor C2 (rail): Bridge City (Phoenix, Inanda, Ntuzuma and KwaMashu) to CBD to Umlazi and Isiphingo
- Corridor C3: Pinetown to Bridge City
- Corridor C9: Bridge City to Umhlanga
- Inner City Distribution Sustem (ICDS)
Of the four corridors, corridor C3 will be the first to go live, i.e. start of operations, from July 2017 (testing and commissioning services), followed by C9 in 2019, and C1 in 2022. Key milestones for the C2 corridor have been the opening of the Bridge City (October 2013) and KwaMnyandu (April 2014) stations, with the delivery of the new rolling stock set to start in 2019, all going well. Key milestones and timelines for Phase1 can be summarised as follows:
C3 |
C9 |
C1 |
|
Right of Way |
|
|
|
Depots |
Commence Construction of Bridge City Depot by Jan 2017 |
Same as for C3 |
Same as for C3 |
Stations |
Complete 10 stations by May 2017 |
March 2019 |
To be firmed up at tender award |
Terminals |
Complete Preliminary Civil Works by May 2017 – Bridge City terminal |
Umhlanga terminal: date not firmed up yet, pending finalization of discussions with developers and the management association for Umhlanga town center |
To be firmed up at tender award |
Go Live |
From July 2017 (testing and commissioning), with full service in December 2017 |
Planned for September 2019 |
Planned for January 2022 (some services) |
b) Monitoring mechanisms
The following mechanisms have been put in place to not only monitor the achievement of milestones and timelines, but also provide support to the City, where necessary, in delivering its IRPTN:
i) The City is required to submit monthly and annual progress reports to my Department, for us to monitor progress, and address any problem areas timeously
ii) Officials from my Department and those from the City hold regular meetings, about every two months, to discuss implementation progress, address technical issues, conduct site visits, if necessary, and plan for future years, to ensure that the project stays on course, and that funding requirements are identified far in advance.
15 September 2016 - NW1397
Topham , Mr B to ask the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation
Whether (a) her department and (b) all entities reporting to her are running development programmes for (i) small businesses and (ii) co-operatives; if not, why not; if so, in each case, (aa) what are the relevant details, (bb) what amount has been budgeted and (cc) how many jobs will be created through the specified development programmes in the 2016-17 financial year?
Reply:
Quote:
(a) The department does not run development programme as its constitutional mandate is outward focused in implementing foreign policy.
(b) African Renaissance and International Cooperation Fund, does not run development programme, suffice to say that, in the disbursement of funds for approved projects with regard to Humanitarian Assistance, emphasise is made to procure goods locally, in supporting SMME and small scale farmers.
Unquote.
15 September 2016 - NW1824
Hadebe, Mr TZ to ask the Minister of Transport
With reference to her reply to question 489 on 8 March 2016, what are the exact details of the timeframes envisaged to finalise the proposed Single Transport Economic Regulator?
Reply:
The Department plans to present a Bill (draft legislation framework) to Cabinet to solicit gazetting approval for 60 days public consultations during 2016/17 financial year. Thereafter, inputs from the public consultations will be consolidated and a revised Bill will be resubmitted to Cabinet for approval by end of September 2017. Following the Cabinet approval, the Bill is anticipated to be tabled in Parliament by end of 2017/18 financial year. Upon promulgation of the Bill into a legislation, the Transport Economic Regulator establishment will commence.
14 September 2016 - NW912
Mulaudzi, Adv TE to ask the Minister of Small Business Development
(1) Has she earned any additional income from businesses, in particular businesses doing work for the Government, since her appointment as Minister; if so, (a) when, (b) how much did she earn, (c) from which businesses and (d) for what work; (2) whether her (a) spouse, (b) children and (c) close family earned income from businesses, in particular businesses doing work for the Government, through her appointment as Minister; if so, in respect of each case, (i) when, (ii) how much did each earn, (iii) from which businesses and (iv) for what work?
Reply:
1. (a-d) Minister has not earned any additional income from business and, is not doing any business with the Government.
2. (a) No
(b) No
(c) No (i - iv) No, as stated above.
13 September 2016 - NW1866
Maimane, Mr MA to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services
With reference to the Minister of Police’s replies to question (a)(i) 3723 on 2 November 2015 and (ii) 62 on 29 February 2016 and (b) oral question 98 on 26 May 2016, (aa) what is the current status of docket CAS 123/03/2014, which was opened at the Nkandla Police Station regarding eight charges of corruption against the President, Mr Jacob G Zuma, in terms of the Prevention and Combatting of Corrupt Activities Act, Act 12 of 2004, for his complicity in the alleged misappropriation of public funds to upgrade his personal residence at Nkandla, (bb) which unit is the specified docket currently with, (cc) who is or are the investigating officer(s) and (dd) has anyone been questioned in this regard yet?
Reply:
The National Prosecuting Authority is still considering the matter, no decision has been taken whether or not to prosecute any person(s) in relation to the matter.
13 September 2016 - NW1719
Cebekhulu, Inkosi RN to ask the MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES
In light of recent media attention highlighting various instances of abuse, poor accommodation and safety concerns at lion breeding farms in and around the country, does the Department of Agriculture have a plan in place to monitor the welfare of the estimated 9 000 captive lions in South Africa; if not, why not; if so, what are the full relevant details?
Reply:
Yes, the care and protection of animals in South Africa is regulated by two Acts — the Animals Protection Act, 1962 (Act 71 of 1962) (APA) and the Performing Animals Protection Act, 1935 (Act 24 of 1935) (PAPA). A third Act, the Societies for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act (Act No. 169 of 1993) governs the organization and management of the SPCA movement in South Africa.
DAFF is currently publishing Draft Norms and Standards for the Welfare of Captive Lions under Animals Protection Act, 1962 (Act 71 of 1962) to enforce welfare of captive lions.
13 September 2016 - NW1718
Cebekhulu, Inkosi RN to ask the MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES
Does his department monitor canned hunts to ensure that the specified hunts do not contravene the Animals Protection Act, Act 71 of 1962; if not, why not; if so, what (a) is the total number of contraventions that have occurred as at the latest specified date for which information is available and (b) are the further relevant details?
Reply:
Currently the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries does not monitor the canned lion hunts but will, after the publication and adoption of the Norms and Standards for Welfare of captive lions, in partnership with the Department of Environmental Affairs, enforce welfare prescripts regarding captive of lions.
13 September 2016 - NW1729
Van Dyk, Ms V to ask the Minister of Communications
(1)What are the criteria for radio stations to be accommodated on the Digital Satellite TV (DSTV) bouquet; (2) Are both (a) community radio stations and (b) commercial radio stations accommodated on the DSTV bouquet; if not, why not; if so, which (i) community radio stations and (ii) commercial radio stations were added to the DSTV bouquet since 1 January 2014?
Reply:
1. Radio stations are carried on DSTV through commercial agreements between the relevant radio station and DSTV.
2. Both community and commercial radio stations are presently accommodated on the DSTV bouquet. Since January 2014, ICASA has authorised the following radio station channels for inclusion on the DSTV bouquet:
SABC |
Commercial |
Community |
Others |
5 FM |
Heart FM |
Groot FM |
Channel 7 |
Channel Africa |
LM Radio |
Mix 93.8 FM |
Trots Afrikaans |
Good Hope FM |
North West FM |
Radio Islam |
The Light |
Ikwekwezi FM |
OFM |
Ubuntu Radio |
|
Lesedi FM |
Power FM |
||
Ligwalagwala |
|||
Lotus FM |
|||
Motsweding FM |
|||
Munghana Lonene FM |
|||
Phalaphala FM |
|||
Radio 2000 |
|||
RSG |
|||
SA FM |
|||
Thobela FM |
|||
Tru FM |
|||
Ukhozi FM |
|||
Umhlobo Wenene FM |
|||
X-K FM |
MR NN MUNZHELELE
DIRECTOR GENERAL [ACTING]
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS
DATE:
MS AF MUTHAMBI (MP)
MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS
DATE
13 September 2016 - NW1731
Van Dyk, Ms V to ask the Minister of Communications
(a) How many applications for community radio stations are currently being reviewed and (b) what are the names of the radio stations currently being reviewed in each province?
Reply:
Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA)
(a) There are twenty two (22) applications for community radio stations currently being reviewed by ICASA.
(b) The names of the radio stations and the provinces in which they are located are detailed below:
Name of the station |
Status |
Province |
Engcobo Community Radio |
Pending |
Eastern Cape |
Ubuntu Community Radio |
Pending |
Eastern Cape |
Areka FM |
Granted but not issued |
Free State |
Kotulo FM |
Granted but not issued |
Free State |
Poort FM |
Granted but not issued |
Gauteng |
Sondela Broadcasting Service |
Granted but not issued |
Gauteng |
Vosloorus Community Radio |
Pending |
Gauteng |
Intokozo Yeningizimu Radio |
Granted but not issued |
Kwa Zulu Natal |
KNI Radio |
Granted but not issued |
Kwa Zulu Natal |
Radio Drakensberg |
Granted but not issued |
Kwa Zulu Natal |
Rock of Ages Christian Radio |
Granted but not issued |
Kwa Zulu Natal |
Kingdom FM |
Pending |
Limpopo |
Legae FM |
Pending |
Limpopo |
Matlala Community Radio |
Pending |
Limpopo |
Malebogo Community Radio |
Pending |
Limpopo |
Nzhelele FM |
Pending |
Limpopo |
Savannah |
Pending |
Limpopo |
Enhlanzeni Media Trust |
Pending |
Mpumalanga |
Bodumedi FM |
Granted but not issued |
North West |
Bokone Bophirima |
Pending |
North West |
Stile FM |
Granted but not issued |
Western Cape |
Western Cape FM |
Pending |
Western Cape |
Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA)
(a) The MDDA is currently reviewing 9 community broadcasting project applications (8 radio & 1 television) for consideration and approval.
(b) The names of the radio stations currently being reviewed in each province are outlined in the table below:
Media Type |
Project Name |
Province |
Community Radio (New) |
Westside FM |
Gauteng |
Community Radio (New) |
Sefako Makgatho University FM (Radio MEDUNSA) |
Gauteng |
Community Radio (New) |
Waterberg Stereo |
Limpopo |
Community Radio (New) |
Bojanala FM |
North West |
Community Radio (New) |
Radio Matatiele |
Eastern Cape |
Community Radio (New) |
Pongola FM |
Kwazulu Natal |
Community Radio (New) |
Ekasi FM |
Mpumalanga |
Community Radio (Strengthening) |
1 KZN Television |
Kwazulu Natal |
Community Radio (New) |
Inakekelo |
Mpumalanga |
MR NN MUNZHELELE
DIRECTOR GENERAL [ACTING]
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS
DATE:
MS AF MUTHAMBI (MP)
MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS
DATE
13 September 2016 - NW1750
Alberts, Mr ADW to ask the Minister of Transport
(1)With reference to paragraph 3 of her answer to question 1145 on 25 April 2016, how the accused to whom no notices had been mailed despite the fact that notices were indeed generated in the system and remained there, will ever be in a position to make representation regarding the cancellation of such notices that were never received; (2) whether the system does not of its own accord cancel the notices in the system after 40 days; (3) whether it militates against the principle of legitimacy to keep the irregular notices in the system and then to issue them later when the situation arises; (4) why must accused persons react to such irregular notices if it is the issuing authority and/or the Road Traffic Infringement Agency that is at fault?
Reply:
- Yes I am informed that a notice that has been captured on the System remains until such notice is cancelled by the relevant Issuing Authority or by a Representations Officer upon receiving a representation. It should be noted that despite the alleged infringer not having received the notice, such an infringer has an option of checking his or her record on the System through the website.
- The System does not cancel the notices on its own accord after 40 days. The system is designed to mark notices as unenforceable if such notices are captured on the system after the prescribed time frames since the contravention was committed. The notices are kept in the System for record purposes in order to track the statistics of law enforcement, the performance of individual officers as well as for intelligence purposes.
- The System will not issue a notice after the 40 day period since the contravention has already lapsed, as indicated on response (2) above, such information serves as intelligence as well as for management purposes.
(4) Noting that there is a possibility that due processes were not followed, the honourable member should not infer that the alleged infringer did not contravene the law. The MP as a public representative should advise the alleged infringer to choose to react and challenge the lapse of due process through a representation.
13 September 2016 - NW1747
Carter, Ms D to ask the Minister of Transport
(1)What level of co-operation exists between the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa and local authorities; (2) whether there is a framework to guide such co-operation; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the relevant details and (b) what success has been achieved?
Reply:
1.There is a long standing relationship between the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) and various local authorities across the country. The establishment of Rail Steering / Liaison Committees was done many years ago, still in the days of the South African Rail Commuter Corporation (SARCC), with various local and district municipalities.
More recently, in terms of the National Land Transport Transition Act (NLTA), the establishment of Intermodal Planning Committees (IPCs) is required. To quote the NLTA “Every municipality that is establishing an integrated public transport network or has significant passenger rail services in its area must… establish an intermodal planning committee consisting of the prescribed technical officials and prescribed representatives of rail operators”.
Many IPCs have already been established, in which PRASA is an active participant and have to some extent replaced some of the Rail Steering / Liaison Committees. In the event where an IPC has not formerly been established, the co-operation between PRASA and the local authority continues through the existing committees or project related steering committees. PRASA reports to the Executive Authority on quarterly basis on the activities and progress regarding the work of the IPCs, as part of the Shareholders Compact.
2. The function of the IPC, as per the NLTA, is to coordinate and integrate public transport as well as non-motorised and freight transport. In addition where there are significant passenger rail services in the area, the intermodal planning committee must facilitate the conclusion of appropriate service level agreements between the municipality and the PRASA.
(a) Terms of reference for the committees, as required by the NLTA, have been developed
(b) The close co-operation between the parties has resulted in good co-ordination and alignment of plans and projects across the country. These include :
- Integrated Transport Plans
- Integrated Public Transport Network development
- PRASA Strategic Plan
- Joint projects (station precincts)
- Development of Memoranda of Action (MOA)
- Sharing of information
13 September 2016 - NW1549
James, Ms LV to ask the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation
(a) What amount did (i) her department and (ii) each entity reporting to her spend on advertising in the 2015-16 financial year and (b) how much has (i) her department and (ii) each entity reporting to her budgeted for advertising in the 2016-17 financial year?
Reply:
Quote:
(a)(i) The department has spent R 4,094,600.01 on advertising in 2015-16 financial year.
- Advertising: Promotional Items & Marketing R 3,343,401.15
- Advertising: Recruitment R 528,711.08
- Advertising: Tenders R 222,487.78
It should be noted that the expenditure on advertising include procurement of promotional items that are mainly used by missions which is classified as advertising according to Standard Chart of Accounts(SCOA) as well as advertising cost for recruitment and tenders.
(a)(ii) The entity (African Renaissance International Cooperation Fund) does not have and operational budget, all operational costs are covered by the Department of International Relations and Cooperation.
(b)(i) The department budgeted R6,417,475.00 for advertising in 2016-17 financial year for procurement of missions’ promotional items, adverts for recruitment as well as adverts for tenders and
(b)(ii) The entity (African Renaissance International Cooperation Fund) does not have an operational budget, all operational costs are covered by the Department of International Relations and Cooperation.
Unquote.
13 September 2016 - NW1751
Alberts, Mr ADW to ask the Minister of Transport
Whether, since the implementation of the Gauteng e-tolling system in December 2013, this system or part of it (a) were not functioning or (b) malfunctioned; if so, (i) on which date(s) the system of parts of the system (aa) were not functioning or (bb) malfunctioned, (ii) which parts or sections of the system were faulty in each case, (iii) on which overhead gantreys this had an effect and (iv) how long the problem or problems persisted?
Reply:
(a)&(b) In answer to the question asked by the honourable member , SANRAL reports that from toll commencement on 3 December 2013 to 31 July 2016, the system has been operating as designed. The availability average across the system has been above the contractually required 99,8% per month.
Similarly for the back office systems – it has been above 99,9%.
13 September 2016 - NW1748
Carter, Ms D to ask the Minister of Higher Education and Training
With reference to thousands of students who are being blocked from furthering their studies or getting jobs because they have not yet received certificates confirming their successful completion of Further Education and Training college qualifications since 2009 (details furnished), and in view of his reply to question 337 on 8 March 2016 wherein it was stated that the State Information Technology Agency gave the undertaking that the certification backlog would be eliminated by 30 June 2016, (a) what are the reasons for the seven-year delay in issuing the relevant certificates, (b) what processes has his department put in place to urgently deal with the matter and (c) by what date will the affected students receive their certificates?
Reply:
(a) The State Information Technology Agency (SITA) is the Information Technology (IT) provider to all government departments. The responsibility to render the examinationsIT system fully functional, including the processing of certification data, rests with SITA which falls under the Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services. The functionality of the examinations IT system includes the programming, enhancement and maintenance thereof.
SITA was initially unable to correct the data processing errors affecting resulting and certification data on the examinations IT system and this is what led to a backlog in the issuing of certificates. SITA acknowledged the capacity and management challenges being experienced in this regard to the Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training in August 2015.
(b) SITA immediately established a special project team to address the certification backlog in August 2015 and outsourced part of the process to an outside service provider with the requisite experience in the particular programming language in use on the system. The Department and the quality assurance body, Umalusi, also availed dedicated personnel to the project to assist SITA in expediting the correction of the data processing errors on the system.
SITA has also established a new and permanent education portfolio outside of its other regular portfolios and placed a senior manager in charge to drive the IT services rendered to government departments functioning as national assessment bodies.
The students affected by the problem do indeed have statements of results and the Department, on request, provides students with letters confirming that they comply with the requirements for the issuance of a certificate.
The Department has also, with the approval of Cabinet, appointed an outside service provider to develop a new examination IT system which will address the processing of resulting and certification amongst all other functionalities on the system. The development of the resulting and certification functionalities has been prioritised and will be implemented as soon as they are approved for implementation.
(c) Substantial progress has been made with the backlog project for the certification of NC(V) candidates from the November 2007 to March 2015 cycles. To date, 99.7% of the 236821 candidate records not yet processed by August 2015 have been completed which means that only 743 (0.3%) certificate records have yet to be processed. Due to the nature of the errors in the remaining records, each record has to be attended to manually.
The Department packs and dispatches the NC(V) certificates to examination centres upon receipt from Umalusi.Candidates are therefore advised to contact the examination centre where they wrote their examinations to make arrangements for collection of their certificates.
The processing of certification data for the November 2015 cohort of students has been initiated and these certificates will be released during September 2016.
COMPILER/CONTACT PERSONS:
EXT:
DIRECTOR – GENERAL
STATUS:
DATE:
QUESTION 1748 APPROVED/NOT APPROVED/AMENDED
Dr BE NZIMANDE, MP
MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING
STATUS:
DATE:
13 September 2016 - NW1706
Boshoff, Ms SH to ask the Minister of Basic Education
(1)Whether, with reference to her reply to question 1100 on 4 August 2016, she has received the information from the provincial departments of education; if so, what is the relevant information; (2) whether she will provide the information received from the Western Cape provincial department of education in the meantime; if not, why not; if so, by when?
Reply:
(1) Whether, with reference to her reply to question 1100 on 4 August 2016, she has received the information from the provincial departments of education; if so, what is the relevant information;
- The Department has received information from Free State, Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal Departments of Education about professionals in respect of each (a) province and (b) district who have been trained to assist in conducting investigations and hearings against educators. The remaining provinces will still be required to provide the information.
(2) Whether she will provide the information received from the Western Cape provincial department of education in the meantime; if not, why not; if so, by when?
(2) Yes, the information about the Western Cape is on table 2 (page 3) of this response.
- FREE STATE (5 Districts)
FREE STATE TOTAL |
27 |
District Name |
Director |
Contact Details |
|
District Number Trained |
Fezile Dabi (RURAL) |
Mr VH Chuta Director |
Tel.: 016 973 9118 Fax: 086 608 8898 082 481 7632 |
5 |
|
Motheo (URBAN) |
Mrs. NEH Motsoeneng Director |
Tel.: 051 404 4622 Fax: 051 404 4622 086 637 6621 082 770 7448 |
11 (Including officials from Head Office) |
|
Mr MS Mokgobo Director |
Tel.: 057 353 2901/ 7 Fax: 057 3575 443 Fax: 086 519 1639 082 774 1017 |
3 |
||
Thabo Mofutsanyane (RURAL) |
Mrs. BS Tshabalala Director |
Tel.: 058 718 4809 086 582 4759 082 495 7582 |
5 |
|
Xhariep (URBAN) |
Mr WRM Mokuena Director |
Tel.: 051 404 4895 Fax: 051 404 4894 082 564 5803 |
3 |
- WESTERN CAPE (8 Districts)
WESTERN CAPE TOTAL |
30 |
District Name |
Director |
Contact Details |
|
District Number Trained |
|
Metro- Central (URBAN) |
Ms Sanette Novers |
Tel.: 021 514 6700/ 3 Fax: 021 514 6953 072 880 5356 |
1 |
||
Metro- East (URBAN) |
Mr M Caroline |
Tel.: 021 900 7000/ 5 Fax: 021 903 9484/ 082 442 6640 |
1 |
||
Metro- North (URBAN) |
Dr H Brand |
Tel.: 021 938 3000 Fax: 021 938 3180 |
1 |
||
Metro- South (URBAN) |
Mr Glen Van Harte |
Tel.: 021 370 2000 Fax: 021 372 1856 |
1 |
||
Overberg (RURAL) |
Mr Bertram Loriston |
Tel.: 028 214 7300/ 05 Fax: 086 528 7410 Fax: 028 214 7400 |
1 |
||
Eden Karoo (RURAL) |
Ms FZV Rhoxo |
Tel.: 044 083 8320 Fax: 044 873 2253 |
1 |
||
West- Coast( (RURAL) |
Mr J Beukes |
Tel.: 021 860 1200/ 7 Fax: 021 860 1231 |
1 |
||
Cape Winelands (RURAL) |
Mr C Frolick |
Tel.: 023 348 4600 Tel.: 023 348 4601 Fax: 023 342 4138 |
1 |
- KWAZULU NATAL (12 Districts)
KZN TOTAL |
25 |
District Name |
Director |
Contact Details |
|
District Number Trained |
Head Office |
NC Ngcobo |
033 846 5402 0725821636 |
8 |
|
Pinetown (URBAN) |
Mr E Kganye Acting Director |
Tel.: 031 716 2702 Fax: 031 702 6135 |
2 |
|
Ugu/ Port Shepstone (URBAN/RURAL) |
Mr W Mfundi Sibiya Director |
Tel.: 039 688 8606 Fax: 039 682 0115 |
0 |
|
ILembe (RURAL) |
Mr NW Mzoneli Director |
Tel.: 031 327 0509 Fax: 031 368 4472 |
2 |
|
Umlazi (URBAN/RURAL) |
Mr BH Ntuli Acting Director |
Tel.: 031 9188 510 Fax: 031 906 1451 |
1 |
|
Sisonke/ Kokstad (RURAL) |
Mr ME Mdletshe Director |
Tel.: 039 797 3700/ 03 Fax: 039 7274 254 |
0 |
|
Othukela (RURAL) |
Mr M J Mazibuko District Director |
Tel.: 036 638 5206 Fax: 036 631 1286 |
2 |
|
Umzinyathi (RURAL) |
Mr. H Majola Director |
Tel.: 034 219 2708 Fax: 034 219 2155 |
0 |
|
UMgungundlovu (RURAL) |
Ms JA Baiju Director |
Tel.: 033 341 6461 033 3416402 Fax: 033 342 4481 |
2 |
|
Amajuba (URBAN/RURAL) |
Rev Nelson Sithole Director |
Tel.: 034 328 4502 Fax: 034 328 4601 |
2 |
|
Empangeni/ UThungulu (RURAL) |
Mr. DS Chonco Director |
Tel.: 035 901 1303/4 Fax: 035 792 6165 |
2 |
|
Obonjeni (RURAL) |
Mr. TJ Motha |
Tel.: 035 573 9719 Fax: 035 573 1722 |
2 |
|
Vryheid (RURAL) |
Mr Willem Du Plooy Director |
Tel.: 034 98230730 Fax: 034 982 1666 |
2 |
13 September 2016 - NW1697
Bilankulu, Ms NK to ask the Minister of Water and Sanitation
(a) What is her department’s time frames for (i) commencing with Phase 2 of the Lesotho Highlands Water project and (ii) completing the project, (b) at what stage will the preparatory work, including the appointment of contractors, be completed and (c) what impact will these have on the water resources available to South Africans?
Reply:
(a)(i) The Master Implementation Program, given the status of the Project it is currently, refer to the table below. It should be noted that, the completion of construction dates are dependent on some critical matters such as unforeseen rock conditions encountered when drilling the tunnel since limited geotechnical investigation can be done due to the tunnel alignment being situated very deep below the ground surface.
MASTER IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAM: CRITICAL DATES |
Deadlines |
Designs of advance Infrastructure commence |
Apr 15 – end Sept 18 |
Award tenders for Polihali Dam design and Polihali Tunnel design |
June 17, July 17 |
Award tenders for construction of Advance Infrastructure |
Mar 17 – Oct 20 |
Award tenders for construction of Polihali Dam and Tunnel |
Jul 19, Aug 19 |
Start impounding water in Polihali dam |
May 23 |
Construction of Polihali Dam complete |
Aug 24 |
Construction of Polihali to Katse Tunnel complete |
Jan 25 |
Water delivery to RSA commence once Transfer Tunnel is complete |
End Jan 25 |
(a)(ii) Delays encountered was due to the evaluating the complex bid documents and the severe adverse weather conditions since most of the work sites are situated high up in the Maluti Mountains.
(b) Refer to table above.
(c) My Department has established a Strategy Steering Committee consisting of all the Major Stakeholders of the Vaal River System (VRS). This Steering Committee is guiding the implementation of various interventions to ensure that there will be enough water in the system until LHWP Phase 2 (Polihali Dam) can deliver water.
Interventions such as the eradication of unlawful water use, implementation of Water Conservation and Water Demand measures, the desalination and re-use of Acid Mine Drainage, as well as the re-use of sewage return flows.
Although the occurrence of drought is a natural phenomenon causing restrictions to be imposed from time to time, over the medium long-term, the delay in the implementation of Polihali Dam will unfortunately cause periods when the implementation of the above mentioned interventions will not be sufficient to supply enough water which will increase the possibility of unnecessary or pre-mature restrictions in the VRS.
The VRS is currently in a drought situation and it was decided in consultation with the various Stakeholders in the VRS to start the process of implementing progressive water restrictions over the short-term to ensure that a basic water supply can be ensured.
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13 September 2016 - NW1717
Cebekhulu, Inkosi RN to ask the MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES
Can he provide full details with regard to which department the welfare of captive bred animals such as lions lies?
Reply:
The care and protection of animals in South Africa is regulated by two Acts — the Animal Protection Act, (APA) 1962 (Act 71 of 1962) (APA) and the Performing Animal Protection Act, (PAPA) 1935 (Act 24 of 1935) (PAPA) under the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) A third Act, the Societies for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act (Act No. 169 of 1993) governs the organization and management of the SPCA movement in South Africa.
DAFF is publishing Draft Norms and Standards for the Welfare of Captive Lions under Animals Protection Act, 1962 (Act 71 of 1962) to enforce welfare prescripts regarding lions in captivity.