Questions and Replies

Reply:

a. The DOD currently runs the Defence Transformative Enterprise Development (DEFTED) Program through CSIR.

aa. the aim of the project is to address the defence industry transformation challenges through the development of Defence Black Industrialists. The DEFTED program will support the defence sector black industrialists and entrepreneurs with technical Human Capital Development (HCD), Technology Development (TD) and Enterprise Development (ED).

bb. For the FY2016/17 the budgeted amount is Rm50.4.

cc. A total of thirty (30) jobs have been created during the period under consideration.

Reply:

1. South Africa has placed no restrictions on the places where observers are sent and the number of observers. It has to be noted that as a member of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), South Africa deploys observers to SADC Member States as part of SADC Election Observation Missions (SEOMs) in line with the Revised SADC Principles and Guidelines Governing Democratic Elections adopted in July 2015. The revised Principles and Guidelines make provision for the SADC Secretariat to determine the number of observers to be deployed to each Member State holding elections. The number of observers required is determined by the political context, geographical size and financial considerations.

As Chairperson of the SADC Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation and during 2014-2015, South Africa led SEOMs to Botswana (October 2014), Mozambique (October 2014), Namibia (November 2014), Mauritius (December 2014), Zambia (January 2015), and Lesotho (February 2015).

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Reply:

(1) (a) (i) and (ii) The split of the target of 60% learners between the technical vocational stream and the technical occupational stream has not yet be determined and will only be done after conducting of audits and rigorous financial planning.

(b) The target of 60% learners enrolled in technical vocational education is based on best international practice.

(2) The costing of the expansion of the number of schools that offer technical vocational and technical occupational programmes has not yet been determined given that the number of schools will be realised progressively over the coming years. The Department of Basic Education recognises that the cost of technical vocational education is high and that implementation will go hand in hand with a reengineering of the whole institutional landscape within the basic education sector. The number of targeted schools will be further refined once the audit of existing schools of skill has been completed and projections for expansion made, based on determination of exact resource requirements. The audit questionnaire is currently being finalised.

(3) (a) (i) and (ii) (aa) and (bb) Yes, both the Technical Vocational and the Technical Occupational stream will be made available to learners with and without disabilities

(b) Learners will be able to enter the technical vocational stream at the age of 15 and the technical occupational stream at the age of 14.

(4) (a) The draft Vocational Occupational qualification will only be finalised and the Learning Programmes piloted in 2017, for introduction in 2018. No amendments to legislation will be proposed before 2018 at the earliest.

Reply:

1. No, the Department will not approach the court to redress the matter as recommended by the Public Service Commission(PSC).

The reasons are as follows:

In Khumalo, the Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Education in KwaZulu Natal (KZN), approached the court to nullify the promotion of two officials as she believed that there was underhandedness in their appointment. The Court dismissed the application. In casu, the MEC argued that the one candidate did not meet the requirement while the other’s Protected Promotion was illegal.

It is important to note that facts of the Khumalo case and Mr Mithileni’s grievance are not similar. In Khumalo, Mr Krish Ritchie, was given a Protected Promotion after the Department failed to shortlist and appoint him in a position of Chief Personnel Officer. Consequently, the Department (KZN – Education) decided to give him a Protected Appointment to redress their omission.

In the case of Mr Mithileni, both candidates met the requirements, were both shortlisted, interviewed and one was recommended for appointment. Mr Mithileni was the second best candidate. Therefore, the facts in Khumalo’s case and those in Mr Mithileni’s grievance are totally unrelated and do not speak to the same questions of law.

2. Yes, Mr Mithileni was informed about the Minister’s decision regarding the PSC’s recommendations as prescribed in Rule G.2 of the Grievance Procedure of 2003. The letter was received and signed for by Mr Mithileni himself.

3. Yes, the Minister furnished the PSC with:

(a) a copy of the letter in which the Department communicated the outcome of the investigation to Mr Mithileni. The letter to the PSC was sent to the Office of the Public Service Commission on13 April 2016 with attention.

(b) The Minister also furnished the Public Service Commission with feedback on the decision taken by her regarding the PSC’s recommendations.

Reply:

(a)(i) The South African Police Service spent R39,821 million for advertising in the 2015-16 financial year. Advertising include amongst others, advertisements for filling of vacant positions, publishing of tenders, marketing on television and radio as well as promotional items.

(ii) PSIRA, CSP and IPID to respond.

(b)(i) The South African Police Service budgeted to spend R29,813 million for advertising in the 2016-17 financial year.

(ii) PSIRA, CSP and IPID to respond.

Reply:

(1) (a) The target has been set in response to the outcome stated in the National Development Plan with regard to learner retention so as to bring South Africa in line with international retention rates such as those of the United Kingdom and Japan; and

(b) The Department of Basic Education (DBE) has established an inter-departmental task team with the Department of Higher Education and Training to develop strategies for alignment and articulation of qualifications and more effective transition to post-school education and training and the world of work.

(2) (a) The audited learner enrolment numbers for 2016 are not yet available. In 2014 12 117 015 learners were enrolled in the public ordinary schools following the National Curriculum Statement Grade R to 12.

(b)The Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statements (CAPS) for Technical Schools has only been implemented in Gr 10 since January 2016. The enrolment of learners in Grade 10 is as follows:

Table 1 below shows the number of learners in ordinary public and independent schools, by province in 2015. It further shows that enrolment is generally high in the foundation phase and decline as learners move higher grades within the schooling system.

Table 1: Number of learners in ordinary schools, by province, in 2015

Province	Pre-Grade R	Grade R	Grade 1	Grade 2	Grade 3	Grade 4	Grade 5	Grade 6	Grade 7	Grade 8	Grade 9	Grade 10	Grade 11	Grade 12
Eastern Cape	4 299	119 443	180 501	174 206	166 094	161 692	140 353	131 731	136 336	105 495	127 865	121 577	117 698	110 549
Free State	1 713	38 151	66 770	61 303	58 165	59 797	49 866	44 658	45 055	44 484	46 552	53 869	35 947	30 013
Gauteng	8 949	99 845	213 448	197 773	188 132	179 621	164 068	150 950	146 964	147 832	144 579	168 878	140 453	111 128
Kwazulu-Natal	4 721	192 894	270 085	241 504	231 644	221 815	203 037	184 302	183 102	202 037	200 442	235 429	220 831	162 352
Limpopo	1 862	106 597	148 418	141 710	133 965	129 950	111 945	102 366	103 896	98 500	122 022	169 794	133 475	106 032
Mpumalanga	1 124	62 573	102 840	92 730	87 175	84 444	74 866	67 522	69 734	75 612	72 275	84 591	73 862	52 742
North West	504	51 701	78 142	73 441	67 653	68 289	59 854	54 798	51 034	57 309	51 572	61 547	43 359	30 193
Northern Cape	798	19 487	29 385	25 929	24 564	25 241	22 115	20 535	20 481	20 853	18 751	18 085	14 894	11 066
Western Cape	4 509	67 005	99 662	99 681	93 891	87 192	82 529	78 235	73 186	66 428	63 471	59 784	56 422	52 962
National	28 479	757 696	1 189 251	1 108 277	1 051 283	1 018 041	908 633	835 097	829 788	818 550	847 529	973 554	836 941	667 037

Source: 2015 SNAP survey

Note: please note that the 2016 data is not yet available.

Table 2 below indicates enrolment in technical subjects in the FET phase. It shows that, about 10 334 Grade 12 learners were taking Civil Technology , in 2015, while 6 422 were enrolling for Electrical Technology and 7 295 for Mechanical Technology.

Table 2: Number of learners in undertaking technical subjects, by subject and province, in 2015

Province	Grade	Civil Technology	Electrical Technology	Mechanical Technology
Eastern Cape	Grade 10		1 140	1 182
	Grade 11	1 500	1 076	1 050
	Grade 12	979	746	679
Free State	Grade 10		1 098	1 373
	Grade 11	947	582	725
	Grade 12	672	373	458
Gauteng	Grade 10		2 419	3 200
	Grade 11	3 064	1 765	2 538
	Grade 12	2 240	1 252	1 950
Kwazulu-Natal	Grade 10		2 904	2 735
	Grade 11	2 161	2 522	2 234
	Grade 12	1 852	1 771	1 875
Limpopo	Grade 10		1 843	898
	Grade 11	1 245	1 525	815
	Grade 12	784	953	506
Mpumalanga	Grade 10		741	654
	Grade 11	631	505	689
	Grade 12	354	323	430
North West	Grade 10		1 396	1 244
	Grade 11	1 043	810	926
	Grade 12	707	477	563
Northern Cape	Grade 10		279	312
	Grade 11	331	231	314
	Grade 12	256	143	171
Western Cape	Grade 10		412	657
	Grade 11	2 602	508	810
	Grade 12	2 490	384	663
National	Grade 10		11 134	10 882
	Grade 11	13 524	9 524	10 101
	Grade 12	10 334	6 422	7 295

Source: 2015 LURITS

(3) (a) The DBE envisages that Year 1 of the General Certificate of Education: Skills and Vocational will be introduced in 2018.

(b) The date envisaged for the introduction of the General Certificate of Education as a school leaving certificate has not yet been set by the DBE.

(4) All programmes of the DBE are directed towards improving the quality of curriculum delivery in all schools. Some of the strategies that are aimed towards strengthening inclusive quality education for all are the following:

• Rigorous monitoring of all aspects of delivery through the National Strategy on Learner Attainment, including monitoring of curriculum coverage as outlined in the Evidence Based Reporting System;
• Monitoring of School-based Assessment across all provinces, districts and schools;
• Programme for the institutionalisation of curriculum differentiation;
• Introduction of the Strategy for Supporting English Across the Curriculum;
• Monitoring the implementation of the Policy on Accommodation in Assessment;
• Implementation of the Framework for Remediation and Support; and
• Introduction of the Turn Around Strategy for Special Needs Education Schools.

Reply:

The following information was provided by uMgungundlovu District Municipality:

1.An amount of R6 million was diverted in 2013 and R4 million was diverted in 2015. There are two reasons for the diversion. (1) The Municipality could not implement the project as a result of the delay in the approval of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) (2) The Municipality entered into a strategic partnership with Umgeni Water in terms of which R84 million was secured for the same project. Furthermore, the Municipality has set aside an additional R4 million for the same project for the additional reticulation pipeline.

2. It is the Mkhambathini Waste Water Treatment Works (WWTW) in Camperdown. This project is championed by Umgeni Water from their approved CAPEX.

3. The Municipal Manager, in partnership with KZN Cogta Officials, informed by the virement procedures as espoused in the Municipal Finance Management Act, Act 56 of 2013.

4. At the Executive Committee meeting held on 08 September 2015.

5. It must be mentioned that the grant funding in question is part of the Corridor Development Fund for Local Economic Development projects and not part of the Municipal Infrastructure Grant. The Mandela Marathon is designed to promote local economic development goals and thus in line with the strategic objectives of the Corridor Development Fund. As such, no regulations relating to conditional grants were violated nor disregarded in this instance.                  

Reply:

(a)(i)(ii) No, the Department of Basic Education is not running development programmes for small businesses or cooperatives due to financial constraints.

South African Council for Educators (SACE)

(b)(i)(ii) SACE does not have development programmes for small businesses and co-operatives in its plan due to financial constraints.

Umalusi

(b)(i)(ii) Umalusi is not running any developmental programmes for small businesses and co-operatives. Umalusi’s mandate is to develop and maintain the sub-framework of qualifications for the General and Further Education and Training Qualifications and to quality assure these qualifications. There is no room for development programmes.

 

 

Reply:

Department

(a) The Department’s vehicles are not installed with technologies to detect intoxicated drivers.

   (i) The transport vehicle drivers by the VIP Protectors and the need to install such technology in these vehicles have not been raised by the respective Offices.

   (ii) Should the need be identified by the Offices of the Minister and Deputy Minister, the necessary procurement and installation will be processed.

Airports Company South Africa SOC Limited (ACSA)

(b)(i) and (ii) Such technology has never been installed in ACSA-owned vehicles and there are no plans to do so.

Air Traffic and Navigation Services SOC Limited (ATNS)

(b) ATNS has not fitted any technologies to its fleet of vehicles to alert intoxication.
(b)(i) ATNS internal controls and procedures have proven sufficient to prevent intoxication in the work place, which includes driving.
(b)(ii) ATNS does not intend to fit any technologies to ensure that drivers are not intoxicated whilst driving. ATNS internal controls and procedures to prevent intoxication in the work place, are working satisfactorily;

South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL)

(b) The 8 vehicles owned by SANRAL are all installed with real-time vehicle tracking and monitoring technologies to remotely monitor safety and security of our drivers, driver behavior and vehicle movement. The real-time vehicle tracking and monitoring system used do however not monitor if drivers are intoxicated at this stage.

(i) Currently no SANS certified vehicle inter-lock technologies are available in South Africa.

(ii) SANRAL are in frequent discussions with our vehicle tracking and monitoring system supplier to follow-up on progress made with certification of vehicle inter-lock technologies.

Cross-Border Road Transport Agency (CBRTA)

(b) No technologies have been installed in the two (2) vehicles that are owned by the Cross-Border Road Transport Agency.

(i) Intoxication and/or drunkenness on duty is prohibited and dealt with in line with the Agency’s Code of Conduct and Disciplinary Code, which all employees have copies of and sign-off on. To this end, there are no reported case of intoxicate within the Agency.

(ii) The Agency is not taking any steps to install such technologies, as the control measure currently in place is working effectively.

Road Accident Fund (RAF)

(b) The Road Accident Fund (RAF) has implemented a fleet management solution which will result in the RAF not owning any vehicles, except for two trailers. Transfer of ownership of the last three motor vehicles registered in the name of the RAF is being arranged.

The fleet management solution does not provide for technologies to ensure that drivers are not intoxicated;

(i) the RAF does not experience challenges related to intoxicated staff driving fleet vehicles, therefore the cost associated with providing for technologies to ensure that drivers are not intoxicated would not be justified, more especially since such funding could be more appropriately channeled to one of the numerous RAF road safety initiatives targeting specific road user groupings

(ii) no steps are being taken to install such technologies

Road Traffic Management Corporations (RTMC)

(b)The RTMC has not installed such technologies in its vehicles.

(i) There is no policy that directs the RTMC to install such technologies in its vehicles.

(ii) N/A

Road Traffic Infringement Agency (RTIA)

(b) There are no technologies installed for this purpose in RTIA vehicles. (b) The RTIA acquired the bulk of its fleet in 2015. Fleet management processes and policies are being aligned to ensure that appropriate control technologies are installed

(i) N/A and

(ii) Installation of technologies to track driver behaviour is being investigated and will be implemented in phases in the financial years 2016/17 and 2017/18.

South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA)

(a) Tracking systems have been installed in the vehicles.

(b) We ensure when we issue the vehicle that drivers are not intoxicated. Guidelines for official vehicle usage are in place.

Ports Regulator of South Africa (PRSA)

(b) The Ports Regulator has not installed any technologies to the vehicle fleet to ensure that drivers are not intoxicated.

(i) The reason is that there is only one car which is used during business hours and for short trips. Also employees are always reminded of the policy governing the use of company vehicles which prohibits driving under the influence. The organization also has a substance abuse policy which prohibits the use of alcohol at work as well as being drunk on duty.

(ii) There are no steps being taken yet to install such technologies.

Railway Safety Regulator( RSR)

The RSR vehicles have been installed with tracking devices that monitor driver behaviour and confirms location. In addition to this, those using company vehicles have to undergo mandatory testing as per RSR’s vehicle policy.

Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA)

(b) PRASA vehicles do not have technology to detect intoxication – the technology installed in vehicles is for tracking vehicle movement – empIoyees are tested for alcohol in the depots,

PRASA is currently preparing to go out on a bid for new technology for its vehicles and the issue of technology to detect whether drivers are intoxicated will be considered

Reply:

1. (a) No, 1537 land claims lodged not later than 31 December 1998 are outstanding;

      (i) 35

      (ii) None

      (iii) (aa) 5

           (bb) 1

(b) Timeframes are determined by the Courts.

(c) 5

2. (a) 774

(b) The sale agreements were entered into on different dates. To determine the exact date of the signing of the sale agreement will deviate the Commission from its core mandate of settlement of claims.

(c) In all land acquisition agreements, a deposit of the purchase price is paid within 30 days of signature. The balance thereof is paid within 10 days after registration of transfer. 3 agreements currently awaiting payment of the balance pending registration of transfer.

(d) R3 885 127 082.16

Reply:

Payment for the provision of tourist attraction signs is normally dependent on the policy of the relevant road, be it national, provincial or local authority. The road authority will, however, provide the necessary tourism signs for emergency services such as police stations or government hospitals. All other tourism signs for attractions or services are normally paid for by the owner/operator of the facility.

Factors taken into account in calculating the fee are as follows:

• text size on signs is dependent on the speed of the road thus a sign on a national road and a sign on a municipal road will differ in cost;
• the size of the sign determines the materials used and thus the manufacturing cost;
• the size of the sign will determine the number of poles needed to support the sign;
• a road signage team has to go out to erect the sign;
• should a sign be damaged it would need fixing or replacing (the lifespan of a sign is from 7 to 10 years).

BACKGROUND INFORMATION: EXPLANATION FROM DOT ON COMMENTS

Various roads are managed by various authorities. National roads are managed for the DoT by SANRAL; Provincial roads are managed in each province by that province and municipal roads are managed by the municipalities in which they occur. Thus you will find that within the borders of a certain province there will be national, provincial and municipal roads. Each of these authorities will have policies and/or legislation governing how roads are managed by the particular authority.

Tourism signs in the SA and SADC Road Traffic Signs Manuals are brown signs. As Police Stations and Government Hospitals are signed on brown signs they form part of what is called Tourism signs in the manual.

Whoever submits the request for the signage will be responsible for the cost of implementing the signage.

There is no average as the size of the sign dictates the cost. A large sign will cost more than a small sign. The road authority cannot put signs up which are not legible at the speed travelled on the road and small signs are not legible at 120 km/h.

SABS determines only the quality of the material to be used for the manufacture of the sign. The SA and SADC Road Traffic Signs Manual stipulate the type of material to be used. If the wrong material or inferior quality of material is used the sign will become illegible more quickly and have to be replaced more often and this will eventually increase the cost of the signage.

Most signs will require at least two poles. Sometimes the sign can be attached to an existing sign structure and then the cost of poles would not be relevant. Sometimes the sign might be large enough to warrant three poles in this case it might influence the cost.

Reply:

I have been advised by the Department as follows:-

(a) The following items were on the agenda of the of the inter-governmental discussions between South Africa and the People’s Republic of China held in Durban on 14 May2016

• E-Government & Smart City
• Internet Information Infrastructure
• E-Commerce & Electronic Manufacturing
• Cyber Security

(b) The two Parties agreed on the following:

• The need for regular exchange between the two countries,
• The promotion of collaboration, investment within the sector
• Building on the partnership cooperation which was entered into by the China Yangtze Optical Fibre and Cable and the South African Joint Stock Limited Group, Mustek Limited Group.
• Proposal that the Internet Roundtable should take place annually.
• Proposal that the South Africa ICT sector be invited to the World Internet Conference, which China hosts on annual basis.
• Agreement on the need for officials of the two countries to strengthen cooperation, and build programmes which can be incorporated into multilateral forums such as the G20 and the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC).

(c) The Plan of Action (2015) is a five year plan commencing in 2015 to 2020.

Reply:

According to the Public Investment Corporation (PIC):

1. The total decrease in Asset under Management (AuM) over the period 08 December 2015 to 12 December 2015 amounted to R99, 107,867,476.76.

Table 1 below provides detailed information as per Client.

 

Table 1: Assets under Management per Client:

GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE PENSION FUND
Start date	End date	End Market Value (Rands)	Change in Rands	Change in Percentage
2015/12/08	2015/12/09	1 578 842 958 575,68
2015/12/09	2015/12/10	1 533 030 433 903,16	-45 812 524 672,52	-0,03
2015/12/10	2015/12/11	1 492 840 656 310,47	-40 189 777 592,69	-0,03
2015/12/11	2015/12/12	1 492 952 420 399,11	111 764 088,64	0,00
2015/12/12	2015/12/13	1 492 954 477 051,57	2 056 652,46	0,00

UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE FUND
Start date	End date	End Market Value (Rands)	Change in Rands	Change in Percentage
2015/12/08	2015/12/09	118 539 328 931,11
2015/12/09	2015/12/10	113 622 850 706,82	-4 916 478 224,29	-0,04
2015/12/10	2015/12/11	110 538 549 728,88	-3 084 300 977,94	-0,03
2015/12/11	2015/12/12	110 553 868 800,92	15 319 072,04	0,00
2015/12/12	2015/12/13	110 555 818 779,42	1 949 978,50	0,00

COMPENSATION COMMISSIONER FUND
Start date	End date	End Market Value (Rands)	Change in Rands	Change in Percentage
2015/12/08	2015/12/09	34 722 690 994,32
2015/12/09	2015/12/10	32 550 500 181,82	-2 172 190 812,50	-0,06
2015/12/10	2015/12/11	31 615 296 174,48	-935 204 007,34	-0,03
2015/12/11	2015/12/12	31 627 883 140,02	12 586 965,54	0,00
2015/12/12	2015/12/13	31 628 048 616,55	165 476,53	0,00

COMPENSATION COMMISSIONERS PENSION FUND
Start date	End date	End Market Value (Rands)	Change in Rands	Change in Percentage
2015/12/08	2015/12/09	16 943 272 754,78
2015/12/09	2015/12/10	16 271 781 984,86	-671 490 769,92	-0,04
2015/12/10	2015/12/11	15 809 698 426,57	-462 083 558,29	-0,03
2015/12/11	2015/12/12	15 811 843 053,26	2 144 626,69	0,00
2015/12/12	2015/12/13	15 812 007 764,12	164 710,86	0,00

ASSOCIATED INSTITUTIONS PENSION FUND
Start date	End date	End Market Value (Rands)	Change in Rands	Change in Percentage
2015/12/08	2015/12/09	14 106 965 858,19
2015/12/09	2015/12/10	13 361 805 139,24	-745 160 718,95	-0,05
2015/12/10	2015/12/11	13 055 814 127,87	-305 991 011,37	-0,02
2015/12/11	2015/12/12	13 059 366 371,64	3 552 243,77	0,00
2015/12/12	2015/12/13	13 059 853 104,81	486 733,17	0,00

PIC FUNDS UNDER MANAGEMENT
Start date	End date	End Market Value (Rands)	Change in Rands	Change in Percentage
2015/12/08	2015/12/09	1 791 426 488 177,86
2015/12/09	2015/12/10	1 737 191 207 615,39	-54 235 280 562,47	-0,03
2015/12/10	2015/12/11	1 692 157 213 606,73	-45 033 994 008,66	-0,03
2015/12/11	2015/12/12	1 692 309 150 164,43	151 936 557,70	0,00
2015/12/12	2015/12/13	1 692 318 620 701,10	9 470 536,67	0,00

2. The PIC’s Portfolios have since recovered from the December 2015 decline.

Reply:

1. Yes.

(a),(b),(c) The Department visited the Bedford area to assess the situation and it was resolved that the Office of the Surveyor General would visit the farm with the allocated beneficiaries to identify the allocated portions. The surveyor visited the farm on the 8-10 June 2016.

2. No. The allocation to NARYSEC beneficiaries was processed through the relevant approval committees and they were confirmed as deserving beneficiaries based on their training in agricultural activities amongst other things.

 

Reply:

The Department has advised me as follows:

(1)(a)(i)(ii)& (iii) The Department made available R40m from its budget, which was distributed amongst the 6 Metropolitan municipalities based on their proposals on the extent of the expansion of their WiFi programmes:

Metro	Funding
Nelson Mandela Bay	R 6m
City of Tshwane	R 8.9m
City of JoBurg	R 7.8m
City of Cape Town	R 4.6m
Ekurhuleni	R 7.4 m
Mangaung	R 5.3m
TOTAL	R 40m

(b) The Wi-Fi project funding was reprioritised from 112 emergency number programme

(2) The Department is not rolling out and building Wi-Fi sites for the Metros. The Department provided funding to supplement Metro Wi-Fi Projects and the sites will become assets of the respective Metros.

(3)(a) The Municipalities are responsible for the maintenance of the sites

(b) The Service Providers were sourced and procured by the Metros guided by their procurement processes

(c) All Metros have data privacy plans in place to address privacy and data security risks when deploying the Wi-Fi network solutions

(4) The 112 emergency number programme from DTPS is currently on hold. Should funding be made available, the Department would need to ensure that there is sufficient funding for the entire life of the project.

The Department and DoH in partnership, are exploring various funding mechanism to set up the 112 emergency service.

Reply:

1. (a) The National Integrated ICT Policy White Paper was tabled before the ESEID Cabinet Committee on 09 March 2016.

(b) The Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services was directed to further consult with key stakeholder Departments, which was done.

(c) It is envisaged that the National Integrated ICT Policy White

Paper will be finalised within next few months.

2. (a) The Department is not aware of any private sector stakeholders being in discussions with Cabinet’s Communications Committee to amend the specified paper before it is tabled for approval.

(b) Not applicable (see 2(a).

(c) Not applicable (see 2(a).

Reply:

The Department has advised me as follows:

(a) (i) (ii) & (iii) In the 2015/16 financial year, the Department funded expansion of Wi-Fi networks in the following Metropolitan Municipality areas:

• City of Tshwane
• City of Johannesburg
• City of Mangaung
• Ekhuruleni
• City of Cape Town
• Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality

The District Municipality of Dr Kenneth Kaunda in the North West used its own resources to deploy WiFi during 2015/16.

(b) The criteria was readiness to implement and focus on areas which were underserved or having high concentration of population.

(c) The Department made available R40m that was distributed amongst the 6 Metropolitan municipalities based on their proposals on the extent of the expansion of their WiFi programmes:

Metro	Funding
Nelson Mandela Bay	R 6m
City of Tshwane	R 8.9m
City of JoBurg	R 7.8m
City of Cape Town	R 4.6m
Ekurhuleni	R 7.4 m
Mangaung	R 5.3m
TOTAL	R 40m

(d) (i) and (ii) Expected areas of coverage and population reach are:

Metro	Areas to be covered	Average of population reach(users)
Nelson Mandela Bay	Zwide, Kwanobuhle, Korter, Kwamagxaki, Motherwell, Kwazakhele	25 000
City of Tshwane	Mabopane, Saulsville, Winterveldt	90 000
City of JoBurg	Alexandra, Dieplsoot, Tshepisong, Ivory Park, Doornkop, Orlando East, Dhlamini, Lawley, Protea South, etc	45 000
City of Cape Town	Athlone, Goodwood, Khayelitsha, Gugulethu, Harare, Crossroads	39 000
Metro	Areas to be covered	Average of population reach(users)
Ekurhuleni	Alberton, Benoni, Daveton, Springs Katlehong, Voslorus, Tembisa, Tsakane, Nigel	45 000
Mangaung	Bloemfontein, Thaba Nchu, Bosthabelo	45000

(e)(i) - (ii) The following Metros have live sites and have been live since the dates shown alongside:

• Tshwane – March 2016
• Ekhuruleni – April 2016
• Nelson Mandela – April 2016
• Cape town (80% sites live) – Sites switched on since March 2016 and all expected to be live by 30 June 2016

(f)(i) The following areas have not switched on their sites:

• City of Johannesburg
• Mangaung

(ii) The expected timeline for switch on is by the end of July 2016

Reply:

The Department of Tourism had a meeting with the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs and the Umngeni Local Municipality’s Town Planning and Signage Unit on 17 May 2016 to discuss and resolve the matter on directional signage in Howick.

(a) According to the Department of Transport, the Howick Falls form part of the Midlands Meander which has many attractions. This makes it difficult to sign every attraction. The South African Road Traffic Signs Manual (SARTSM) and Southern African Development Community Road Traffic Signs Manual (SADCRTSM) also require that attractions be signed from the nearest numbered route. The nearest numbered route from the Howick Falls is the R103. Thus according to the manual the Howick Falls should be signed from the R103 and not the N3.

In addition, the Department of Tourism has noted correspondence between SANRAL and the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs dated

30 May 2016 where SANRAL advised that the application must be made with the Provincial Department of Transport.

The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs has committed to lodging a new application with the Provincial Department of Transport for the installation of directional signage. Both local and provincial governments have cited budgetary constraints.

(b) The Department of Tourism has taken a decision to make funding available and to work with the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs to ensure that directional signage is erected from the nearest numbered route R103 to Howick Falls and Nelson Mandela Capture Site, within the current financial year.

Reply:

The Minister has not received the report yet.

Reply:

(1)(a)(i)(ii)(aa)(bb)(cc) response is attached as table 1.

Table : Response to (1)(i)(ii)(aa)(bb)(cc)

Province and Districts	(i) Workbooks	(ii) Textbooks	b)VIL in Gr 1
	aa)2012	bb)2013	cc)2014	dd)2015	aa)2012	bb)2013	cc)2014	dd)2015	aa)2012	bb)2013	cc)2014	dd)2015
EC
PE	0	0	3	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mthatha	0	0	0	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mbizana	0	0	0	25	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
FS
Thabo Mofutsanyana	0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thaba-Nchu	0	0	0	41	0	0	0	0	1	3	6	1
GT
Tshwane West	0	0	11	112	0	0	0	0	33	0	31	33
Sedibeng East	0	0	0	45	0	0	0	0	33	0	31	33
KZN
Umlazi	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	3	2
Pinetown	0	0	2	36	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Umungundlovu	0	150	200	177	0	0	0	0	16	16	16	17
LP
Mvembe	0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Capricon	0	0	13	95	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
Mopani	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Sekhukhuni	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MP
Ehlanzeni	0	23	0	19
NC
Frances Baard	0	5	25	5	25	20	20	20	2	1	4	1
NW
Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mampati	0	255	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	11	12	11
WC
Metro North	0	0	0	700	0	0	0	700	20	23	20	25
Cape Winelands	0	0	0	560	0	0	0	560	7	5	8	8

Province and Districts	(i) Mathemetics	(ii) Mathemetical Literacy	iii)Science
	aa)2012	bb)2013	cc)2014	dd)2015	aa)2012	bb)2013	cc)2014	dd)2015	aa)2012	bb)2013	cc)2014	dd)2015
EC
PE	5	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Mthatha	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mbizana	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
FS
Thabo Mofutsanyana	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thaba-Nchu	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
GP
Tshwane West	14	17	0	2	76	76	0	76	1	0	0	0
Sedibeng East	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
KZN
Umlazi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Pinetown	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	1
Umungundlovu	2	14	0	4	1	0	0	0	14	14	15	14
LP
Vhembe	7	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1
Capricon	7	11	0	11	4	5	0	2	4	4	0	1
Mopani	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2
Sekhukhuni	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
MP
Ehlanzeni	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
NC
Frances Baard	0	1	0	3	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0
NW
Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mampati	0	7	0	0	4	8	4	4	0	0	0	0
WC
Metro North	0	16	0	0	31	21	11	18	0	0	0	0
Cape Winelands	3	0	2	0	9	12	7	4	3	0	3	0

Source: 2012-2015 Provincial Responses

(1)(b)

Table 2 below indicates the number of Grade 1 learners in special schools. It shows that in 2015, there were 7 649 Grade 1 learners in special schools. The number increased from 4 664, in 2012 to 7 649 in 2015.

Table 2: Number of Grade 1 learners in special schools, by district and province, between 2012 and 2015

Province	District	2012	2013	2014	2015
EC	EAST LONDON	100	103	106	151
	GRAHAMSTOWN	7	9	6	0
	KING WILLIAMS TOWN	95	110	119	156
	LUSIKISIKI	15	0	27	35
	MALUTI	16	18	18	15
	MBIZANA	122	113	97	106
	MT FRERE	57	0	56	56
	MTHATA	159	161	196	191
	PORT ELIZABETH	268	143	476	171
	QUMBU	0	69	95	0
	STERKSPRUIT	21	18	0	9
	Total	860	744	1196	890
FS	FEZILE DABI	204	207	212	211
	LEJWELEPUTSWA	442	466	476	489
	MOTHEO	304	389	660	645
	THABO MOFUTSANYANA	99	106	131	126
	Total	1049	1168	1479	1471
GT	EKURHULENI NORTH	65	79	90	91
	EKURHULENI SOUTH	112	115	399	333
	GAUTENG EAST	70	76	60	73
	GAUTENG WEST	29	27	27	23
	JOHANNESBURG CENTRAL	168	163	165	154
	JOHANNESBURG EAST	198	178	181	127
	JOHANNESBURG NORTH	79	120	96	168
	JOHANNESBURG SOUTH	62	47	44	30
	JOHANNESBURG WEST	68	42	57	54
	SEDIBENG EAST	53	52	61	60
	SEDIBENG WEST	0	9	0	0
	TSHWANE NORTH	106	124	119	119
	TSHWANE SOUTH	144	111	99	132
	TSHWANE WEST	58	43	59	63
	Total	1212	1186	1457	1427
KZ	AMAJUBA	13	279	246	258
	EMPANGENI	97	57	248	0
	ILEMBE	0	28	114	130
	OBONJENI	0	0	92	0
	OTHUKELA	16	93	59	0
	PINETOWN	98	449	479	447
	PORT SHEPSTONE	23	0	189	0
	SISONKE	21	43	38	69
	UGU	0	147	0	0
	UMGUNGUNDLOVU	49	448	374	406
	UMKHANYAKUDE	43	101	69	234
	UMLAZI	228	536	719	883
	UMZINYATHI	0	79	106	89
	UTHUNGULU	0	36	0	138
	VRYHEID	0	42	29	0
	ZULULAND	0	0	0	25
	Total	588	2323	2745	2679
LP	CAPRICORN	31	23	64	206
	GREATER SEKHUKHUNE	0	0	52	0
	LEBOWAKGOMO	34	29	0	44
	MOGALAKWENA	0	33	0	34
	MOPANI	0	0	45	28
	SEKHUKHUNE	30	47	0	120
	TZANEEN	78	71	27	60
	VHEMBE	83	74	98	89
	WATERBERG	7	3	6	9
	Total	263	280	292	590
MP	BOHLABELA	0	0	0	0
	EHLANZENI	35	39	41	48
	GERT SIBANDE	4	2	3	0
	NKANGALA	0	0	0	0
	Total	39	41	44	48
NC	FRANCES BAARD	148	18	30	149
	JOHN TAOLO GAETSEWA	0	0	0	26
	NAMAQUA	0	0	8	10
	Total	148	18	38	185
NW	BRITS	0	0	11	0
	GREATER DELAREYVILLE	55	77	0	0
	GREATER TAUNG	5	14	11	10
	MADIBENG	16	11	0	9
	REKOPANTSWE	65	19	0	0
	RUSTENBURG	27	19	27	18
	Total	168	140	49	37
WC	CAPE WINELANDS	55	38	30	33
	EDEN AND CENTRAL KAROO	0	3	7	11
	METRO CENTRAL	124	124	46	109
	METRO EAST	76	67	33	65
	METRO NORTH	58	66	88	102
	METRO SOUTH	24	46	109	50
	METROPOLE SOUTH	0	0	34	0
	Total	337	344	347	370
National		4664	6259	6185	7649

Source: 2012-2015 SNE Snap Survey

Table 3: Number of visually impaired learners in special schools, by district and province, between 2012 and 2015

Province	District	2012	2013	2014	2015
EC	EAST LONDON	0	7	0	0
	GRAHAMSTOWN	0	0	0	0
	KING WILLIAMS TOWN	8	3	8	6
	LUSIKISIKI	3	0	3	3
	MALUTI	0	0	0	3
	MBIZANA	155	157	147	154
	MT FRERE	0	0	0	0
	MTHATA	129	130	127	130
	NGCOBO	0	0	0	0
	PORT ELIZABETH	117	115	113	111
	QUEENSTOWN	0	0	0	0
	QUMBU	0	0	0	0
	STERKSPRUIT	0	0	0	1
	UITENHAGE	0	0	0	0
	Total	412	412	398	408
FS	FEZILE DABI	22	13	4	12
	LEJWELEPUTSWA	34	27	28	27
	MOTHEO	162	160	151	159
	THABO MOFUTSANYANA	91	99	98	82
	Total	309	299	281	280
GT	EKURHULENI NORTH	65	41	35	34
	EKURHULENI SOUTH	8	7	3	9
	GAUTENG EAST	47	54	78	62
	GAUTENG NORTH	0	0	0	0
	GAUTENG WEST	28	34	33	29
	JOHANNESBURG CENTRAL	14	13	17	21
	JOHANNESBURG EAST	24	26	24	25
	JOHANNESBURG NORTH	25	20	11	17
	JOHANNESBURG SOUTH	18	12	14	32
	JOHANNESBURG WEST	53	40	59	47
	SEDIBENG EAST	199	190	201	202
	SEDIBENG WEST	58	13	12	7
	TSHWANE NORTH	13	13	10	7
	TSHWANE SOUTH	40	33	27	21
	TSHWANE WEST	569	557	600	621
	Total	1161	1053	1124	1134
KZN	AMAJUBA	33	24	20	17
	EMPANGENI	21	10	19	21
	ILEMBE	2	0	0	4
	OTHUKELA	8	44	8	6
	PINETOWN	162	173	149	139
	PORT SHEPSTONE	5	4	6	7
	SISONKE	0	43	0	3
	UMGUNGUNDLOVU	253	234	215	225
	UMKHANYAKUDE	3	0	0	0
	UMLAZI	187	168	127	135
	UMZINYATHI	5	12	10	8
	VRYHEID	32	13	9	0
	ZULULAND	0	18	0	1
	Total	711	743	563	566
LP	CAPRICORN	104	111	244	88
	LEBOWAKGOMO	159	151	0	125
	MOGALAKWENA	0	0	0	0
	MOPANI	1	0	29	0
	SEKHUKHUNE	139	148	149	146
	TZANEEN	29	25	0	28
	VHEMBE	213	198	174	189
	WATERBERG	7	4	6	6
	Total	652	637	602	582
MP	BOHLABELA	0	2	0	1
	EHLANZENI	36	30	41	34
	GERT SIBANDE	5	2	3	6
	NKANGALA	4	17	20	23
	Total	45	51	64	64
NC	FRANCES BAARD	33	40	42	43
	JOHN TAOLO GAETSEWA	2	3	2
	NAMAQUA	0	0	0	0
	SIYANDA		0	0	0
	Total	35	43	44	43
NW	BRITS	0	0	7	0
	GREATER DELAREYVILLE	0	3	0	0
	GREATER TAUNG	0	121	124	126
	KAGISANO MOLOPO	3	2	7	9
	KGETLENG RIVER	0	0	0	0
	LETLHABILE	0	3	4	4
	LICHTENBURG	10	31	6	23
	MADIBENG	13	13	8	13
	MAFIKENG	2	0	1	0
	MATLOSANA	0	1	0	0
	MAQUASSI HILLS		0	0	0
	MORETELE	0	0	0	0
	MOSES KOTANE EAST	4	6	8	2
	POTCHEFSTROOM	0	0	0	0
	REKOPANTSWE	8	1	39	2
	RUSTENBURG	9	12	7	13
	ZEERUST	0	0	0	2
	Total	49	193	211	194
WC	CAPE WINELANDS	119	123	127	137
	EDEN AND CENTRAL KAROO	12	14	13	13
	METRO CENTRAL	6	2	1	2
	METRO EAST	10	9	4	4
	METRO NORTH	252	253	262	269
	METRO SOUTH	0	0	1	0
	OVERBERG	1	0	0	0
	WEST COAST	1	1	0	0
	Total	401	402	408	425
National		3775	3833	3695	3696

Source: 2012-2015 SNE Snap Survey

(1)(c) Please see the attached excel spreadsheet which provides the number of visually impaired learners that completed National Senior Certificate examinations in Mathematics, Mathematical Literacy and Science in each district and Province

(2)(a) Table 4 below is attached and it shows that, in 2015, there were 167 schools with visually impaired learners nationally. The majority of schools are found in Gauteng (64) followed by KwaZulu-Natal with 28 schools.

Table 4: Number of schools for visually impaired learners, by province and district, in 2012 to 2015

Province	District	2012	2013	2014	2015
EC	EAST LONDON	0	2	0	0
	GRAHAMSTOWN	0	0	0	0
	KING WILLIAMS TOWN	2	1	2	1
	LUSIKISIKI	1	1	1	1
	MALUTI	0	0	0	1
	MBIZANA	1	1	1	1
	MT FRERE	0	0	0	0
	MTHATA	1	2	1	2
	NGCOBO	0	0	0	0
	PORT ELIZABETH	3	2	2	2
	QUEENSTOWN	0	0	0	0
	QUMBU	0	0	0	0
	STERKSPRUIT	0	0	0	1
	UITENHAGE	0	0	0	0
	Total	8	9	7	9
FS	FEZILE DABI	2	2	2	2
	LEJWELEPUTSWA	2	1	1	1
	MOTHEO	5	4	5	5
	THABO MOFUTSANYANA	2	2	2	2
	Total	11	9	10	10
GT	EKURHULENI NORTH	6	6	5	5
	EKURHULENI SOUTH	3	2	1	3
	GAUTENG EAST	6	5	7	6
	GAUTENG NORTH	0	0	0	0
	GAUTENG WEST	5	6	6	7
	JOHANNESBURG CENTRAL	3	4	5	5
	JOHANNESBURG EAST	5	5	8	6
	JOHANNESBURG NORTH	7	5	1	3
	JOHANNESBURG SOUTH	4	4	5	4
	JOHANNESBURG WEST	5	6	5	4
	SEDIBENG EAST	4	3	4	5
	SEDIBENG WEST	2	3	3	3
	TSHWANE NORTH	3	3	3	3
	TSHWANE SOUTH	4	6	5	4
	TSHWANE WEST	5	5	5	6
	Total	62	63	63	64
KZN	AMAJUBA	4	2	2	3
	EMPANGENI	5	5	4	4
	ILEMBE	1	0	0	2
	OTHUKELA	2	2	2	2
	PINETOWN	3	4	5	4
	PORT SHEPSTONE	2	2	1	1
	SISONKE	0	2	1	1
	UMGUNGUNDLOVU	6	5	3	3
	UMKHANYAKUDE	1	0	0	0
	UMLAZI	12	9	5	6
	UMZINYATHI	1	2	2	1
	VRYHEID	3	2	2	0
	ZULULAND	0	0	0	1
	Total	40	35	27	28
LP	CAPRICORN	6	7	8	6
	LEBOWAKGOMO	2	2	0	1
	MOGALAKWENA	0	0	0	0
	MOPANI	1		2	0
	SEKHUKHUNE	4	4	3	5
	TZANEEN	1	1	1	1
	VHEMBE	5	4	5	6
	WATERBERG	1	1	1	1
	Total	20	19	20	20
MP	BOHLABELA	0	0	0	1
	EHLANZENI	2	2	3	2
	GERT SIBANDE	1	1	1	2
	NKANGALA	6	6	4	5
	Total	9	9	8	10
NC	FRANCES BAARD	3	2	2	2
	JOHN TAOLO GAETSEWA	1	1	1	1
	SIYANDA	0	0	0	0
	Total	4	3	3	3
NW	BRITS	0	0	1	0
	GREATER DELAREYVILLE	0	1	0	0
	GREATER TAUNG	0	1	2	2
	KAGISANO MOLOPO	1	0	1	1
	KGETLENG RIVER	0	0	0	0
	LETLHABILE	0	2	2	1
	LICHTENBURG	2	2	1	2
	MADIBENG	2	1	1	3
	MAFIKENG	1	0	1	0
	MATLOSANA	0	1	0	0
	MAQUASSI HILLS	0	0	0	1
	MORETELE	0	0	0	0
	MOSES KOTANE EAST	1	1	1	1
	POTCHEFSTROOM	0	1	0	0
	REKOPANTSWE	2	1	1	1
	RUSTENBURG	2	3	2	2
	ZEERUST	0	0	0	1
	Total	11	14	13	15
WC	CAPE WINELANDS	1	1	1	1
	EDEN AND CENTRAL KAROO	2	2	2	2
	METRO CENTRAL	3	2	1	2
	METRO EAST	5	2	1	1
	METRO NORTH	2	2	2	2
	METRO SOUTH	0	0	1	0
	OVERBERG	1	0	0	0
	WEST COAST	1	1	0	0
	Total	15	10	8	8
National		179	162	159	167

Source: 2012-2015 SNE Snap Survey

(2)(b) Table 5 is attached and it indicates the number of teachers trained in the field of Braille, by province, in the 2015/16 financial year. It shows that about 412 Grade 1 and 2 educators were trained in 6 of the 9 provinces.

Table 5: Number of educators trained in the field of Braille, by province, in 2015/16 financial year

Province	No. of Schools Targeted	Actual No. of Schools Participated	No. of Teachers Targeted For Grade 1 Braille Traning	Actual No. of Teachers Trained in Grade 1 Braille	No. of Teachers Targeted for Grade 2 Braille training	Actual No. of Teachers Trained on Grade 2 Braille
EC	3	3	64	64	0	0
FS	2	2	54	54	54	54
GT	3	3	65	65	0	0
KZ*	3	0	0	0	0	0
LP	6	6	50	50	0	0
MP*	1	0	0	0	0	0
NC*	1	0	0	0	0	1
NW	1	1	30	30	30	30
WC	2	2	65	65	0	0
Total	22	17	328	328	84	84

*Training in KZN, MP and NC is scheduled for later in the 2015/16 financial year

Source: Information submitted by Provincial Education Departments in March 2016

 

Reply:

(1) The National Housing Code contains a comprehensive set of guidelines for the upgrading and development of informal settlements. The guidelines assist human settlements and housing practitioners in planning, funding and implementation of the approved informal settlements upgrading policy and programme. It is to be noted that the guidelines contained in the National Housing Code have been bench-marked and aligned to international good practice and that component parts of the South Africa policy, funding and implementation good practice, have been incorporated into international and national country policies and programmes.

In terms of the Upgrading of Informal Settlements Programme (UISP), informal settlement upgrading should be undertaken in phases, with Phases 1 to 3 focusing on community participation, supply of basic services and security for all residents. The priority is to address issues of household health and safety including the provision of interim services as a minimum norm and standard, in the form of reasonable access to water, sanitation, storm water management and road access to households. The current upgrading approach is incremental and infrastructure-led, and recognises that meaningful developmental improvements need to be provided to all informal settlements as rapidly as possible. Upon a settlement having been formalised in the form of planning and tenure security, services and homes are built for qualifying beneficiaries. The upgrading of a specific informal settlement takes place over a multi-year period, and is dependent on a number of factors including stipulated time periods required in the town planning process, applicable specialist studies including environment impact assessments, ecological, heritage, soil, vegetation and geotechnical studies. One of the major time delays are objections to the upgrading of informal settlements when they are situated adjacent to established townships.

(2) The National Housing Code: Upgrading of Informal Settlements Programme systematically details the process and procedure for the in situ upgrading of informal settlements in a structured manner. The key principles to be followed by implementers of the Programme are specified, including,

Community Engagement by their local authorities is of the utmost importance to ensure locally appropriate solutions. A feasibility study is to be conducted on the upgradeability of the settlement, and households must be profiled to determine beneficiaries. Detailed settlement level plans are to be development with the participation of the community;

Tenure: The Programme promotes security of tenure as the foundation for future individual and public investment. A check is done on land ownership to ensure security of tenure;

Suitable land: The programme will only provide funding in respect of informal settlements situated on land suitable for permanent residential development and within an approved IDP of the municipality concerned.

Service standards: The Programme provides funding for the installation of interim and permanent municipal engineering services. Where interim services are to be provided it must always be undertaken on the basis that such interim services constitute the first phase of the provision of permanent services. The nature and level of permanent engineering infrastructure must be the subject of engagement between the local authority and residents. Community needs must be balanced with community preferences, affordability indicators and sound engineering practice;

(3) (a) (i) (aa) During 2012-13 a total of 203 informal settlements were upgraded;

(bb) During 2013-14 a total of 113 informal settlements were upgraded;

(cc) During 2014-15 a total of 127 informal settlements were upgraded;

(dd) During 2015-16 a total of 95 informal settlements were upgraded;

(ii) Since 1 April 2016, 17 informal settlements were upgraded.

(b) to (d) We do report on project developments undertaken in our annual report and I would suggest that the Honourable member consult these reports for information dating back to 2012.

In addition, I wish to remind the Honourable member that during my budget Vote speech in the National Assembly on 3 May 2016, I indicated that urbanisation and the resultant mushrooming of informal settlements is something we are grappling with. I specifically said,

“Last month we had the honour of hosting an International UN conference, in preparation for the Third UN Habitat Conference – a world conference that takes place every 20 years and which will now take place in Quito, Ecuador in October. We had 512 delegates from 54 different countries, and representatives of 54 governments, including 14 Ministers of Housing and we were given the opportunity to shape and influence the future of international human settlement discourse and subsequent policy and practice. The theme of the conference was “Urbanization and Informal Settlements”. This was our choice as host country. We chose it because that is our present and pressing challenge with many of our people still living in squalor in places such as Khayelitsha, Gugulethu, Nyanga, Philippi, Soweto, Orange Farm, Polokwane, Mahikeng, Tshwane, eMlazi and all whom we dedicate today. The conference grappled with the staggering figures presented”.

Despite all the challenges we are faced with, South Africa is counted among the countries that have made significant contributions to improving the lives of those living in informal settlements, and we will continue to do so.

In the recent StatsSA survey, released in March, it is confirmed that amid growing urbanisation, the percentage of people living in informal settlements has dropped from 17% in 2002 to 11% in 2014.

Reply:

No, there is only one public substance abuse treatment centre that will be built in the Northern Cape and it is not yet completed.

   (a) According to the conditional grant framework and the allocation of funding, this centre is only scheduled to be completed in March 2017.

   (b) The centre is currently in the construction phase.

 

Reply:

    1.   No

     2.  None

Reply:

(1) a The Department of Science and Technology has not been approached by any political party for any form of funding.

(i) Nil

(ii) Nil

(iii) Nil

(b) N/A

(2) a The Department of Science and Technology has nt provided any form of funding to any political party.

(i) Nil

(ii) Nil

(iii) Nil

(b) N/A

Reply:

1. No

    (a)(b) (c) Not applicable

2. (a) (b) (c) No

Reply:

1. The legality, lawfulness or otherwise of the activity in question is currently the subject of legal proceedings before the High Court. 
2. The Department’s further conduct in this matter will be guided by the outcome of these legal proceedings.

 

Approved/not approved

Mr MJ Zwane, MP

Minister of Mineral Resources

Date Submitted:-………………/………………/2016

Reply:

1. The Department transfers funds to SANRAL for maintenance and rehabilitation of non-toll roads. The Provincial Road Maintenance Grant (PRMG) allocation is a supplementary to the province toward investments in maintenance and rehabilitation of provincial roads whereas Municipal Infrastructure Grant (MIG) funding is administered by Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs.

(a)(b)(c) With regards to national and provincial roads, maintenance and rehabilitation are ongoing, and the Department is awaiting for engagements with Ethekwini Municipality on critical projects that need focus. The Department shall consider any capacity requests from the municipality on implementation of critical projects that would be identified.

SANRAL will continue with its own normal routine road maintenance work to ensure that the national road network in KwaZulu-Natal is in good condition.

2. (a)(b) At the moment, no request was forwarded to the Department though maintenance is continued in the vicinity of the targeted area. Budgets will be allocated as soon as engagements with Treasury as well as host city have taken place.

Public Transport Branch

The Department of Transport and the eThekwini Transport Authority are working together

through the delivery of Integrated Rapid Public Transport Network (IRPTN) for the

Commonwealth Games in 2022. The IRPTN is expected to enhance capacity to be able

to address all the spectator and visitors’ transport needs, as well as some of the athletes’

Transport needs.

(1)(b) It is planned that the following elements of the IRPTN, most of which are already being implemented, will be in place in time for the Games:

• 1. C3 Corridor: Pinetown – Bridge City/KwaMashu, start of operations around July 2017
  2. C9 Corridor: Bridge City/KwaMashu – Cornubia (Athletes’ Village) – Umhlanga, start of operations around July 2019
  3. C2 Corridor (rail by PRASA): Bridge City/KwaMashu – CBD – Umlazi), introduction of new trains in the second half of 2018
  4. Inner City Distribution System (ICDS) in CBD: a portion is already in operation from the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The extended network will be fully operational around July 2019
  5. Airport to CBD service contract, along mainly the N2 and M4 links (Contract expected to be awarded around January 2017). In addition, discussions are also underway to look at the possibility of accelerating the implementation of the C8 Corridor (Airport – Cornubia/Athletes’ Village – Umhlanga – CBD) from Phase 3 of the IRPTN to Phase1.

The Department and the eThekwini Authority meets on a quarterly basis to consider project progress on the delivery of IRPTNs.

For the event itself, a high level event transport plan has been put together to address the requirements of the athletes, Commonwealth Games Family, VIP’s and Games’ support. This plan will be fine-tuned as event sites are firmed up.

2. In the 2016/17 Medium Term Expenditure Framework, the city of eThekwini will receive a total amount of almost R3 billion from the Public Transport Network Grant (PTNG) for its Integrated Rapid Public Transport Network, and about R1.8 billion of City’s own contribution specifically to deliver on these. No provision has yet been made for event transport, this will be done in future financial years. Some R30 million will be provided in the 16/17 MTEF for the planning.

Reply:

South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA)

(a) Iam informed that the reasons where the management and implementation of corrective actions and measures to rectify operational and maintenance issues identified during operations.

(b) SA Express was given seven (7) days to comply, i.e. provide an adequate corrective action plan to address identified inefficiencies in their systems.

(c) Following the suspension of SA Epress’ air operator certificate, the South African Civial Aviation Authority (SACAA) has intensified its oversight over this operator. The SACAA’s continued inspections included an audit of the organisation’s capabilities and internal control in relation to airline/flight operations and aircraft maintenance. In addition, the SACAA continues to focus on:

• Monitoring the effective implementation of the operator’s corrective action plan submitted following the suspension of their approval;
• Aircraft Maintenance Records; and
• Rectification of Maintenance Defects.

(d) (i), Inspections took plance on 02 and 03 June 2016; (ii) conducted by the SACAA’s Authorised Officers (Safety Oversight Inspectors) from the SACAA’s Aviation Operations Division.

(e) Implementation of the SA Express Corrective Action Plan is on-going and is progressing well. SACAA has not picked up a repeat of the issues raised in the audit that led to the suspension of the operator’s Air Operator Certificate.

Reply:

1. (a) 9 854 University of Fort Hare (UFH) students applied for financial aid from the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS).

(b) 542 UFH students who had applied for financial aid from NSFAS were unsuccessful and were not awarded financial aid.

(c) 8 889 UFH students were successful in their NSFAS applications. The remainder of the students would have applied elsewhere and could have been successful.

2. (a) Of the 8 889 successful students, 7 605 students have signed their loan forms. Students receiving bursaries will not have to sign loan forms.

(b) (i) All successful students have been awarded the full funding for which they had applied. At this stage in the financial year, no student would have received the full funding allocated to them.

(ii) The university has received some of the allocated funds as shown in the table below. NSFAS does not have information regarding which students have received some of their funding. UFH will have to be approached to provide this information.

(iii) NSFAS does not have information regarding which students, if any, have not yet received any funding. UFH will have to be approached to provide this information.

It should be noted that UFH applies the full funding model in terms of the Means Test and all students are assessed accordingly. Applications for Honours Students are still open for the current academic year and the above figures will increase once the applications for 2016 have closed and financial aid is awarded.

3.(a) The total amount of funding allocated by NSFAS to UFH for student financial aid (from all funding streams) for the 2016 academic year is R819 million, as indicated in the table below. Of this, R89.9 million has already been transferred by NSFAS to the university in the form of upfront payments and in-year payments against claims on the DHET Loan fund.

Category Description	Amount Allocated	(3b)(i)Upfront Transfer	(3 b)(i)Payments in addition to Upfront transfer
	R	R	R
NSFAS DHET Loan	102 065 099	30 619 530	5 353 829
NSFAS DHET Teacher Education	1 756 454	526 936
DHET Final Year Funding	58 988 779	17 696 634
Funza Lushaka	52 180 550	19 650 000
Social Development: National	11 349 415
NSFAS DHET Disability	1 828 553	548 566
NSFAS National Dept. of Agriculture	595 313	280 000
NSFAS DHET NSF	47 492 949	14 247 885
NSFAS NSF General Bursary Fund	1 736 964
NSFAS: EC Scholarship	50 000
NSFAS DMV Bursary	1 436 000
NSFAS DOL/Strategic Based Fund	11 706 630
NSFAS Historic Debt	315 259 367
NSFAS NSF Post Graduate Funding	3 327 880	998 364
NSFAS NSF NIHSS	2 142 000
NSFAS KGODISO* Loan Fund	208 041 930
TOTAL	819 957 883	84 567 915	5 353 829

Note: * The KGODISO Loan Fund is the additional funding received from National Treasury in the 2016/17 financial year to support the un- and under-funded continuing students to complete their qualifications.

(b) (i) All funding allocations to UFH have been communicated and allocated to the respective students under the various categories, with the exception of the National Skills Fund Post Graduate Funding category, where applications have not yet been closed. This will be allocated to students during the second semester.

  (ii) See above table.

 

COMPILER/CONTACT PERSONS:

EXT:

DIRECTOR – GENERAL

STATUS:

DATE:

QUESTION 1630 APPROVED/NOT APPROVED/AMENDED

Dr BE NZIMANDE, MP

MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING

STATUS:

DATE: