Questions and Replies
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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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.
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 - 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
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 - 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 - 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.
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 - 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 - 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.
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.
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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - NW1730
Ms V van Dyk to ask the Minister of Communications
Has the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) placed a moratorium on community radio licences; if not, (a) how many community radio licences have been issued (i) in the 2015-16 financial year and (ii) since 1 April 2016, (b) what are the names of the stations and (c) in which province is each station located; if so, (aa) since which date has the moratorium been in place and (bb) what are the reasons for the moratorium?
Reply:
Yes, ICASA placed a moratorium on community radio licences.
a) i) ICASA issued twenty three (23) community sound broadcasting service licences in the 2015/16 financial year.
ii) Five (5) were issued since April 2016.
b)/c) The names of the stations and the provinces in which they are located:
Licences issued in the 2015/16 Financial Year |
|
Name of Station |
Province |
Abaqulusi Community Radio |
Eastern Cape |
Voice of Matat Community Radio |
Eastern Cape |
Dihlabeng FM |
Free State |
Eden Community Radio |
Gauteng |
Abusekho Ubunzima Christian Radio Station |
KwaZulu Natal |
Pongola Community Radio |
KwaZulu Natal |
Choice FM |
Limpopo |
Mutsindo FM |
Limpopo |
Polokwane Community Radio |
Limpopo |
Radio Ysterberg |
Limpopo |
Radio Wolkberg |
Limpopo |
Radio Kransberg |
Limpopo |
Radio Naboom |
Limpopo |
Thulamela FM |
Limpopo |
Eyethu Community Radio |
Mpumalanga |
Radio Dagbreek |
Mpumalanga |
Revelation FM |
Mpumalanga |
Lara FM |
Northern Cape |
Radio Magalies |
North West |
Radio Tafelkop |
North West |
Caledon FM |
Western Cape |
Radio Disa |
Western Cape |
Radio Perron Central |
Western Cape |
Licences issued since 1 April 2016 |
|
Name of Station |
Province |
Radio Karoo |
Eastern Cape |
Sirius FM |
Gauteng |
Jou Radio |
Limpopo |
Hoedspruit Community Radio |
Mpumalanga |
7441 FM |
Western Cape |
aa) On 22 September 2015, ICASA issued a moratorium in respect of applications for class community sound broadcasting service licences and applications for radio frequency spectrum for purposes of providing a community broadcasting service.
bb) The moratorium was necessitated by:
i) A scarcity of analogue radio frequency;
ii)The review of the licensing processes and procedures regulations to include a provision for ICASA to process registrations from class community broadcasting licences in two intervals per year. This was concluded in March 2016; and
iii) ICASA is in the process of developing new regulatory framework for community broadcasting in the 2016/17 financial year.
The moratorium does not however, apply to pending applications received by the Authority before September 2015 and applications for special event licences.
MR NN MUNZHELELE
DIRECTOR GENERAL [ACTING]
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS
DATE:
MS AF MUTHAMBI (MP)
MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS
DATE
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 - 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.
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 - 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 - 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%.
12 September 2016 - NW1711
Esau, Mr S to ask the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans
(1) What was the (a) nature of the technical problem that the presidential jet Inkwazi developed while the President, Mr Jacob G Zuma, was on a visit to the Republic of Burundi in February 2016 and (b) cost of leasing a standby aircraft to transport the President back to South Africa; (2) whether the flight crew of the specified standby aircraft had the necessary security clearances to transport the President back to South Africa; if not, (a) why not and (b) what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
The information required relates to the movement of the VVIP, and for security reasons, the response to this question can only be presented to a closed session of the Joint Standing Committee on Defence.
12 September 2016 - NW1680
Kruger, Mr HC to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
(1)Whether the Dr J S Moroka Local Municipality in Mpumalanga is supplying water to the Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality in Limpopo; if so, how many litres of water does Dr J S Moroka Local Municipality supply to Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality; (2) whether the Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality pays for any water it receives from the Dr J S Moroka Local Municipality; if not, why not; if so, how much did the Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality pay to the Dr J S Moroka Local Municipality for water received (a) in the (i) 2012-13, (ii) 2013-14, (iii) 2014-15 and (iv) 2015-16 municipal financial years and (b) since 1 July 2016 to the latest specified date for which information is available?
Reply:
Dr JS Moroka Local Municipality was contacted to provide a response to the question.
The response from Dr JS Moroka Local Municipality to the above-mentioned questions is as follows:
- No, water in Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality is supplied by the Sekhukhune District Municipality.
- No, please refer to the above.
12 September 2016 - NW1712
Esau, Mr S to ask the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans
(1) What was the (a) nature of the technical problem that the presidential jet Inkwazi developed while the President, Mr Jacob G Zuma, was on a visit to the State of Qatar in May 2016 and (b) cost of leasing a standby aircraft to transport the President back to South Africa; (2) was the specified leased aircraft a pre-arranged standby aircraft; if not, (a) why not and (b) what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
The information required relates to the movement of the VVIP, and for security reasons, the response to this question can only be presented to a closed session of the Joint Standing Committee on Defence.
12 September 2016 - NW1671
Kohler-Barnard, Ms D to ask the Minister of Public Works
(1) (a) How many properties are listed as located in the North Atlantic Ocean on his department’s Immovable Asset Register, (b) why are the specified properties listed on the system as being located in the ocean, (c) who listed the specified properties and (d) what actions has he taken to correct the wrongful listings; (2) whether the specified properties form part of the 1 200 properties which were lost by his department; if not, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
The Minister of Public Works
(1) (a)
There are no properties under the custodianship of the National Department of Public Works (NDPW) as captured in the Immovable Asset Register (IAR) that are located in the North Atlantic Ocean.
(b)
The management of State land and property is confronted by a number of key systemic legacy challenges, which must be adequately appreciated in order to successfully compile a complete, accurate and fully Generally Recognised Accounting Practice (GRAP) compliant IAR. For instance, registered State land is recorded in the Deeds office under a multitude of legacy custodians’ and former Government Departments’ names, hence it is often difficult to clearly assign or “deem” custodianship to the correct custodian. Also, there are a multitude of land parcels that have been surveyed, but not yet registered. These have previously not been recorded by custodians, however it is required that they are recorded with effect from the year ending 31 March 2014 in terms of the National Treasury Immovable Asset Guide.
Through the Asset Register Enhancement programme, the NDPW has been able to disclose over 100,000 properties and over 31,000 land parcels. The Department made use of electronic data collection tools and Geographical Information System (GIS) software in the compilation of the IAR. Properties were subdivided into Regions and matched to GIS layers. However, there were inadvertent errors made in a minority of cases in terms of linking properties to the GIS with correct geographical coordinates. Errors such as missing digits on coordinates and assigning positive (+) and negative (-) latitude values incorrectly were made. As South Africa lies in the southern hemisphere, starting with positive (+) latitude values when locating properties can have the effect of giving the wrong impression that properties are located in the northern hemisphere. One can deduce therefore, that the incorrect impression of properties being located in the North Atlantic Ocean is as a result of the errors made in the inputting of the coordinates.
As pointed out earlier, many properties that were found through the IAR Enhancement Programme had not be surveyed and thus had missing cadastral information, which would indicate the Erf numbers and details of whether they are farms, holdings, etc.
(c) and (d)
The IAR enhancement project was previously administered by NDPW’s Asset Register Management Unit. As part of the Department’s Turnaround Strategy the newly formed Real Estate Information and Registry Services Division (REIRS) bears overall responsibility for the Asset Register Enhancement Programme. REIRS has requested the Chief Surveyor General (CSG) to provide spatial geo-referenced cadastral data for approximately 1200 properties that could not be linked to the GIS due to the absence of the cadastral layer. Out of the 1200 properties, about 200 properties were successfully matched to the GIS and can now undergo the asset verification process. Further investigations are being conducted on the remaining properties in order to get the required cadastral data to link them to the GIS.
(2) As noted above the 1200 land parcels were not lost by the NDPW as alluded to by the Honourable Member, but rather “un-locatable” on the Geographical Information System due to the unavailability of the cadastral layer. The Department is in the process of verifying about 200 of those properties, which have now been linked to the GIS using the spatial geo-referenced cadastral data and is conducting tests for the linking of the remaining properties.
12 September 2016 - NW1673
Kohler-Barnard, Ms D to ask the Minister of Public Works
Whether, with reference to his reply to question 1091 on 23 May 2016, any other form of furniture was replaced in any of the parliamentary villages in Cape Town (a) in the (i) 2014-15 and (ii) 2015-16 financial years and (b) since 1 April 2016; if not, why not; if so, what (aa) are the relevant details in each case and (bb) are the (aaa) names and (bbb) addresses of the organisations and/or entities that the used furniture was donated to and (ccc) is the physical address of his department’s central storage warehouse from where the specified used furniture is distributed?
Reply:
The Minister of Public Works
(a) (i) Yes, furniture was purchased by the Department of Public Works (DPW) during the 2014-2015 financial year.
(ii) No, furniture was purchased during the financial year 2015-2016 financial year.
(b) Yes, furniture was purchased by the DPW in the period starting from 01 April 2016. Details can be seen below.
(aa) Purchases made in the financial year 2014-2015;
DESCRIPTION |
QUANTITY |
|
ACACIA PARK 219 Units |
DOUBLE BED SETS |
219 |
PELICAN PARK 69 Units |
DOUBLE BED SETS |
69 |
LABORIA PARK 56 Units |
DOUBLE BED SETS |
56 |
ACACIA PARK 219 Units |
FRIDGE FREEZERS |
219 |
PELICAN PARK 69 Units |
FRIDGE FREEZERS |
69 |
LABORIA PARK 56 Units |
FRIDGE FREEZERS |
56 |
ACACIA PARK 219 Units |
SOFAS: 2 PER UNIT |
438 |
PELICAN PARK 69 Units |
SOFAS |
138 |
LABORIA PARK 56 Units |
SOFAS |
112 |
ACACIA PARK 219 Units |
COFFEE TABLES |
219 |
PELICAN PARK 69 Units |
COFFEE TABLES |
69 |
LABORIA PARK 56 Units |
COFFEE TABLES |
56 |
ACACIA PARK 219 Units |
DINING CHAIRS |
1314 chairs |
PELICAN PARK 69 Units |
DINING CHAIRS |
414 chairs |
LABORIA PARK 56 Units |
DINING CHAIRS |
336 chairs |
ACACIA PARK 214 Units |
CURTAINS |
214 units |
PELICAN PARK 69 Units |
CURTAINS |
69 units |
LABORIA PARK 56 Units |
CURTAINS |
56 units |
ACACIA PARK 9 UNITS |
FRIDGE FREEZERS |
9 |
ACACIA PARK 10 UNITS |
DOUBLE BED SETS: 2 PER UNIT |
18 |
PELICAN PARK 8 UNITS |
QUEEN BED SET |
8 |
ACACIA PARK 9 UNITS |
DINING CHAIRS: 6 PER UNIT |
54 |
ACACIA PARK 9 UNITS |
SOFAS: 2 PER UNIT |
18 sofas |
PELICAN PARK 5 UNITS |
SOFAS: 2 PER UNIT |
10 sofas |
ACACIA PARK 9 UNITS |
CURTAINS |
|
ACACIA PARK 9 UNITS |
COFFEE TABLES |
9 |
PELICAN PARK 5 UNITS |
COFFEE TABLES |
5 |
ACACIA PARK 9 UNITS side tables |
TV STANDS |
9 |
ACACIA PARK 9 UNITS |
MIRROR |
9 |
ACACIA PARK 9 UNITS |
DRESSERS / SERVERS |
9 |
PELICAN PARK 5 UNITS |
TV STANDS |
5 |
PELICAN PARK 5 UNITS |
SIDE TABLES |
10 |
Purchase made since 01 April 2016;
- 500 x double bed sets for Sessional Officials.
(bb) Organisations and / or entities that the used furniture was donated to:
No. |
(aaa) Names |
(bbb) Addresses |
1 |
Beaufort West Association for Persons with Disabilities |
Off N1, Banton Road , Beaufort West, 6970 |
2 |
Ikhaya Loxolo Lase Gugulethu |
NY 1 Gugulethu |
3 |
Leap Science and Maths School - Kuyasa Simthembile Old Age Home |
P.O. BOX 2229 Clareinch, 7740 |
4 |
Sivusizwe Dilimeni Deaf Foundation |
NY 53 NO. 62, Gugulethu |
5 |
Vision for the Development of Fizi - Videfi |
10 Robert Sobukwe Road, Bellville/7530 |
6 |
Douglas Murray (Wynberg Society for the Aged) |
53 Gordon’s Searle Street, off 12th Avenue, Retreat, 7945 |
7 |
St. Monica's |
38 Lion Street Schotsche Kloof Cape Town |
8 |
Siyanithanda Disabled Care Centre |
Cnr of Bill Jeffrey and Mayixhaye Street, Kwa-Nonqaba, Mosselbay |
9 |
Sonstraal Service Centre |
165 Blomnek Road, De Rust, 6650 |
10 |
Cape Mental health Society |
Private Bag x7 Observatory, 7925 |
11 |
Neighbourhood Old Age Homes (NOAH) |
P.O. Box 142, Woodstock, 7915 |
12 |
Tygerberg Association for Persons with Physical Disabilities |
P.O BOX 563, Goodwood 7459 |
13 |
Nyanga Senior Services |
503 Zwelitsha Drive Zwelitsha, Nyanga East 7755 |
14 |
Orion Organisation |
Reygersdal Anenue westleur, Atlantis, 7350 |
15 |
Kensington/ Factreton Meals on Wheels |
Kensignton Cape Town |
16 |
Huis De Kuilen |
Skoolstraat Kuilsriver, 7580 |
17 |
Langa Cheshire |
Langa Township, Cape Town |
18 |
Sobamabisana Community Development |
NO. 5 Klipfontein road Crossroad 7755 |
19 |
Abigail Women's Movement |
33 Galaxy Crescent, Ikwezi Park Khayelitsha, 7784 |
20 |
Parow Senior Sentrum |
62 Bedfordstraat, Parow, 7500 |
21 |
Commercial Service Centre |
Erfort Avenue, Elsies River, 7490 |
22 |
Masizimisele Community Development |
P.O.Box210 Langa, 7450 |
23 |
Helderberg Society for the Age |
Helderberg, Somerset West, Cape Town |
24 |
Bosman Adam Foundation Trust |
Lellienfontein Plaas, Hexberg Road Wellington |
25 |
Balula Home BasedCraft Centre |
JJ45 Squarter Camp Fisantikraal 7550 |
26 |
Touching Nations |
P.O.BOX 10104, Belhar, 7505 |
27 |
Hanova Park Youth Development |
31 Greenturf Road, Hanover Park, Cape Town |
28 |
Sonskyn Club for the aged |
P.O Box 17512 Lavistown, 7465 |
29 |
Fairy Gog Mother Community Project |
Hanover Park, Cape Town |
30 |
Philani Seniors |
|
31 |
Masibambane Sibuyise Isidima Sethu |
14 Nabe Way, Settlers Way, Langa Township, 7455 |
32 |
Siyazama Old Aged Home |
S.303 Nkomo Street, Site-B Khayelitsha, 7784 |
33 |
Bubuthu Bethu Organisation |
Langa Township, Cape Town |
34 |
Cape Peninsula Organisation |
Private Bag X7, Newlands 7725 |
(ccc) The physical address of the DPW Cape Town Regional Office’s central storage warehouse is: Customs House, basement store, Lower Heerengracht Street, Cape Town.
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12 September 2016 - NW1738
Mileham, Mr K to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
(a) Has he convened and/or attended any Minister and Members of Executive Council meetings since taking office; if not, why not; if so, what was the (i) date and (ii) venue of each meeting?
Reply:
Yes, the Minister has convened and presided over the following meetings of the Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister and Members of Executive Council (MINMEC). The meetings were held as follows:
(i) Dates |
(ii) Venues |
19 February 2016 |
Offices of the Ministry of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, 87 Hamilton Street, Arcadia, Pretoria, Boardroom S-37 |
01 April 2016 |
Offices of the Ministry of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, 87 Hamilton Street, Arcadia, Pretoria, Boardroom S-37 |
13 May 2016 |
Offices of the Ministry of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, 87 Hamilton Street, Arcadia, Pretoria, Boardroom S-37 |
02 September 2016 |
Offices of the Ministry of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, 87 Hamilton Street, Arcadia, Pretoria, Boardroom S-37 |
12 September 2016 - NW1679
Kruger, Mr HC to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Whether any sanctions will be imposed against a Councillor MO Sikosana from the Thembisile Hani Local Municipality in Mpumalanga after an audit finding revealed that the specified person had an interest in one of the specified municipality’s suppliers Balondiwe Construction Projects; if not, (a) why not and (b) what is the current status of any disciplinary processes against the specified person; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
The information is sourced by the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs in the Mpumalanga Province.
1. No sanction will be imposed on Councillor MO Sikosana.
(a) The reason is that the Councillor MO Sikosana had declared the interest in writing to the Municipal Manager as required by the Code of Conduct being an active member of the company.
(b) None.
12 September 2016 - NW1672
Kohler-Barnard, Ms D to ask the Minister of Public Works
How many (a) cases of fraud and corruption in the Expanded Public Works Programme did his department investigate in the (i) 2012-13, (ii) 2013-14, (iii) 2014-15 and (iv) 2015-16 financial years, (b) of the specified cases involved ward councillors, (c)(i) criminal charges were laid and (ii) cases were successfully prosecuted and (d) ward councillors were subsequently removed from their positions in each specified financial year?
Reply:
The Minister of Public Works
(a) (i), (ii) and (ii) No cases of fraud were reported to the National Department of Public Works (NDPW) with regard the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP), in the 2012-13, 2013-14 and 2015-16 financial years.
(ii) In the 2015-16 financial year there was one case of a Ward Councillor from the eThekwini Municipality.
(b) (c) (i) and (ii) and (d) The NDPW immediate engaged the Municipality on this case and thereafter it was referred to the Municipality Ombudsman (Integrity Unit) for further investigation. The Ward Councillor unfortunately passed away during the course of the investigation. No criminal case was registered as a result of the death of the Ward Councillor. At the time of death the said individual was still serving as a Ward Councillor and had not been removed from their position.
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12 September 2016 - NW1713
Majola, Mr TR to ask the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans
What amount was spent on in-flight catering for all passengers on flights transporting the President, Mr Jacob G Zuma, (a) in the (i) 2014-15 and (ii) 2015-16 financial years and (b) since 1 April 2016?
Reply:
The information required relates to the movement of the VVIP, and for security reasons, the response to this question can only be presented to a closed session of the Joint Standing Committee on Defence.
12 September 2016 - NW1691
Atkinson, Mr P to ask the Minister of Economic Development
Whether, with reference to his reply to question 1624 on 20 June 2016, the Industrial Development Corporation received the next capital instalment of R 37,5 million from Oakbay Resources and Energy which was due in June 2016; if not, why not, if so, on what date?
Reply:
I have been furnished with a reply by the CEO of the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC), Mr Geoffrey Qhena, a copy of which is attached hereto.
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12 September 2016 - NW1709
Marais, Mr S to ask the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans
With reference to her reply to question 1280 on 24 May 2016, (a) what is the budget allocated to the leasing of the VIP-configured jet as per the Armaments Corporation of South Africa’s tender ETEL/2016/12 and (b) when will the aircraft leased under the specified tender be delivered to the SA Air Force?
Reply:
(a) The budget that is allocated for the leasing of the VIP-configured jet for the 2016/17 financial year is R100m.
(b) The Request for Offer (RFO) was issued on the 18th August 2016. After the tender process has been completed and if a successful bid is received, it is anticipated that the aircraft will be delivered to the SA Air Force on the 01st November 2016.
12 September 2016 - NW1688
Figg, Mr MJ to ask the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform
Whether any progress has been made to date regarding the land tenure issue in Thornham in the Tsitsikamma National Park in the Eastern Cape; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details of the progress made?
Reply:
The matter is still under investigation, response will be made available once it is finalised.
12 September 2016 - NW1703
Marais, Mr S to ask the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans
Whether, with reference to her reply to question 1279 on 24 May 2016, she has finalised the appointment of Regular Force Military Judges by the end of May 2016 as indicated; if not, (a) why not and (b) by when will the specified appointments be finalised?
Reply:
Yes. The appointments were finalised before the end of May 2016.
12 September 2016 - NW1675
Davis, Mr GR to ask the Minister of Public Works
(1) Whether a certain residential property (details furnished) is owned by the Government; if so, which department, Ministry and/or entity currently makes use of the specified property; (2) whether the specified property is currently being used as a residence; if not, what purpose is the specified property being used for; if so, who currently resides at the specified property?
Reply:
The Minister of Public Works
(1) and (2) Yes, the said property is under the custodianship of the Department of Public Works (DPW). It is used as official residence by a Member of the Executive.
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12 September 2016 - NW1710
Esau, Mr S to ask the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans
What amount was spent on (a) chartered aircraft to transport the President of the Republic, Mr Jacob G Zuma, (i) in the (aa) 2014-15 and (bb) 2015-16 financial years and (ii) since 1 April 2016 and (b) standby and/or backup aircraft in each case?
Reply:
The information required relates to the movement of the VVIP, and for security reasons, the response to this question can only be presented to a closed session of the Joint Standing Committee on Defence.
12 September 2016 - NW1715
James, Ms LV to ask the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans
(1)What are the minimum (a) qualifications, (b) certifications, (c) flight-hour experience and/or (d) training required for an SA Air Force (SAAF) pilot to operate an aircraft transporting the President, Mr Jacob G Zuma; (2) are pilots of chartered aircraft that fly the President, but who are not employed by the SAAF, subject to the same requirements specified above; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
The information required relates to the movement of the VVIP, and for security reasons, the response to this question can only be presented to a closed session of the Joint Standing Committee on Defence.
12 September 2016 - NW1714
James, Ms LV to ask the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans
What amount was spent on fuel for all flights transporting the President, Mr Jacob G Zuma, (a) in the (i) 2014-15 and (ii) 2015-16 financial years and (b) since 1 April 2016?
Reply:
The information required relates to the movement of the VVIP, and for security reasons, the response to this question can only be presented to a closed session of the Joint Standing Committee on Defence.