Questions and Replies

Reply:

Progress made to date with each of the specific recommendations made by the SA Human Rights Commission report (details furnished) of October 2013, into the Child Protection Register, is as follows:

1. Recommendation 11.1: “The DSD is required to put in place urgent measures accurately and fully populated with available information. This recommendation is made on the basis that the DSD has demonstrated a capacity to increase the capturing of data on Part B of the CPR by more than 1000% since the date of the Commission’s initial request in September 2012.to this end, the Commission therefore requests that:

11.1.1: The updated CPR is submitted to it within the next 4 months for the period commencing 2012 to date.” Pg. 45

1.1. Progress

• Two progress reports on updated CPR were submitted in 2014 and 2015 respectively. The third report is still being prepared for submission. The Register has now been updated to a record of 904 names on persons found unsuitable to work with children.
• DSD has continued to hold bi-lateral meetings with Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DoJ&CD) where implementation issues are discussed. Meetings have been held with court officials and Chief magistrates to inform them about their obligations regarding the Register.
• The efforts of obtaining information on persons found unsuitable to work with children from forums such as the South African Social Services Professional Council (SACE) has not been successful. DSD has written to SACE requesting compliance with Section 120 (1) (c) of the Children’s Act, Act (No. 38 of 2005).

2. Recommendation 11.2:

“The DSD is required to conduct an urgent and comprehensive audit of challenges and needs across relevant business units to inform its needs, within the next 3(three) months. A report of the audit is to be provided to the Commission on completion thereof.’’ Pg 45

2.1. Progress

The department has conducted an internal audit on the implementation of the register). The report covers the period from 01 June 2013 to 31 July 2014. A key finding is lack of adequate capacity for the effective implementation of the Register. The report made recommendations that must be implemented during the 2015/16 financial year. The department has, thereafter, successfully secured R6, 5million to capacitate the CPR unit. The grant is for a period of three years for the appointment of staff and purchase equipment. Contract staff have been appointed as follows:

• 10 Data capturers
• 8 Registry clerks
• 6 social workers
• 1 Administration officer

Data capturers and registry clerks have assumed their duties on the 16/02/2016. The administration officer was absorbed when her previous contract expired. Social workers were only interviewed on 23/02/2016 and Human Resource is currently awaiting the security clearance from the National Intelligence Agency.

The human and financial capacity acquired will enable the department to focus on consultations with the courts and fora to ensure that the Register is properly updated to prevent unsuitable persons from working with children.

3. Recommendation 11.6:

“In light of the pending review of the Act, the Commission recommends that the DSD as the leading department in this regard, consult on possible reforms to the Act with a view to increasing practical efficiencies, accuracy and accessibility. In this regard section 120(4) of the Act could be considered for reform directed at reducing the administrative burden currently being experienced by the Courts by allowing Courts to deem a person unsuitable to work with children upon the relevant conviction in criminal proceedings:

(4) In criminal proceedings a person must be found (DEEMED) unsuitable to work with children-

(a) On conviction of murder, attempted murder, rape, indecent assault or assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm with regard to a child;

The recommended amendment may address the need for a second and separate administrative finding of unsuitability from having to be made, allowing the names of persons so convicted to be added to the CPR without the requirement of an unsuitability finding”. Pg.45

3.1. Progress:

The status of progress with the Amendment Bill tabled in Parliament.

The draft Bill was submitted to the SPCHD Technical Working Group on 17 February 2015 and to the SPCHD Cabinet Committee on 24 February 2015 and both Committees granted approval for its introduction to Parliament. It was then introduced to the National Assembly and is currently before the Portfolio Committee on Social Development as the Children’s Amendment Bill 13 of 2015.

Among other things, the Bill seeks to amend section 120 of the Children’s Act to provide that persons convicted of certain offences against children be automatically deemed unsuitable to work with children.

The Portfolio Committee conducted public hearings, and held several briefing meeting with relevant stakeholders. The process is at an advanced stage and the Bill is awaiting adoption by the Committee. Thereafter, it will be passed in the National Assembly and be referred to the National Council of Provinces for consideration by the Select Committee on Social Services.

4. The Commission further requested additional information to form part of the progress report as outlined below:

4.1. Status and copy of the draft policy document on the possible merger of the CPR and National Register for Sex Offenders

The portfolio committee on Social Development and Justice mandated the departments of Social Development (DSD) and Justice and Constitutional Development (DoJ&CD) to look into the possibility of merging the two registers for the purpose of addressing the perceived duplication and related costs, and thereafter provide the following:

• report on the possible options that are available to address the duplication between the National Child Protection Register and the National Register for Sex Offenders;
• make recommendations; and
• obtain policy guidance from the Minister of Social Development and the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services.

The registers were established under different legislative mandates which require the respective departments to establish and maintain them. The legislative mandates are as follows:

• NCPR: Children’s Act (No. 38 of 2005).
• NRSO: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act (No. 32 of 2007).

The CPR provides for the protection of all children against all forms of abuse which include the physical, sexual, emotional and deliberate neglect (as stipulated in terms of Part A of the Register) and to ensure that offenders are prevented from working with these children (as stipulated in terms of Part B of the Register). The offenders are not limited to a criminal procedure, but include civil proceedings conducted in family courts including children’s courts. The Act further provide for Forums such as SACE to make findings of unsuitability on such offenders following disciplinary proceedings. The CPR, therefore, provides a wider scope of protection for all children irrespective of the type of offence committed and the nature of disability of that child.

The NRSO on the other hand, is a register on offenders convicted of sexual offences against children and persons with mental disabilities of all ages.

To comply with the portfolio committee mandate, therefore, both DSD and DoJ&CD have completed a report which is currently receiving the attention of respective Ministers. The report has identified three options for purposes of supporting amendment of legislation in order to merge the NCPR and the NRSO into one single Register.

4.2. Progress in respect of improvements to the information technology supporting the CPR programme

The information technology is currently redeveloping the electronic systems to integrate them on a single platform. The system is also being redeveloped to link with other systems within the Integrated Justice System (IJS) which include DoJ&CD, South African Police Service, Home Affairs, Correctional Services and National Prosecuting Authority which are vital for the electronic integration of information to the CPR.

6. CONCLUSION

DSD will continue to update the Commission regarding the implementation of the CPR in terms of the recommendations as stipulated in the Commission’s report.

Reply:

As the honourable member is aware, the GFIP e-toll system basically uses camera images and dedicated short range communications equipment. In the case of the camera equipment installed on the GFIP system, this equipment complies with the technical requirements of SANS 1795, Part 5 on data capturing and recording devices for road traffic law enforcement.

With regard to the legislation referred to, there are currently no technical regulations published under the Legal Metrology Act which e-tolling must comply with. In the absence of specific technical regulations, this matter is being handled by the National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications (NRCS) in terms of Section 22(2)(c) of the Legal Metrology Act, 9 of 2014.

The CEO of the NRCS is required to set requirements and conditions for use of the equipment in terms of Section 22(2) (c) of the Legal Metrology Act. The NRCS and SANRAL are addressing these requirements which will apply as an interim measure until technical regulations are published under the legislation. The Legal Metrology Act allows for interim measures to be used.

Additional information for the Minister:

The CEO of the NRCS also clarified this position in a letter to the Freedom Front Plus and this letter was made available to the public sometime last year. Unfortunately the contents of the letter are being mis-interpreted to cause confusion. The Legal Metrology Act allows for interim measures to be used.

In its letter of 4 March 2016 to the Freedom Front Plus, the NRCS clarifies the above and states the following:

" As there are currently no technical regulations which set out the specific requirements that the measuring instruments are to meet, compliance or non-compliance could not be established by the NATIONAL Regulator and hence there is no criminal prosecution taken against SANRAL at this stage. However, should non-compliance issues arise or be detected once interim measures are in place, enforcement measures will be applied as [provided for in the Legal Metrology Act."

Reply:

The NYDA is running the following programs:

• Business Support Services – Voucher Programme
• Market Linkages
• Mentorship
• Grant Programme
• Entrepreneurship Development Programme
• Cooperative Governance Training
• Business Registration Service

R50, 3m is allocated for all the Economic Development Programmes.

The Department of Planning Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) does not run dedicated development programmes but it does encourage SMMEs to register on its supplier database and endeavours to utilise these companies where possible when procuring goods and services.

Statistics South Africa does not run any development programme for small business.  However, it gathers data and collates such data into statistical information that would certainly be of use to small business.  A dedicated survey for the self-employed is periodically conducted to inform what takes place in the informal sector.

Reply:

(a) There are currently nine (9) state run treatment centers in the country. The location; capacity and current number of service users in these treatment centers is as follows:

 

Name of treatment centre	(b) Location	(c) Capacity	(d) Current number of service users
Dr Fabian and Florence Ribeiro	Zonderwater Correctional Centre, Cullinan, Gauteng	300	136 (113 adults and 23 children)
Swartfontein	White River, Mpumalanga	75	52 (adults)
Newland Park	Newlands West, KZN	100	36 (26 adults and 10 children)
Madadeni	Madadeni, KZN	80	24 adults)
Khanyani	Newcastle, KZN	24	8 (children)
Witrand	Potchefstroom, North West	18	11(9 adults and 2 children)
De Novo	Kraaifontein, Western Cape	90	86 (70 adult males and 16 children)
Kensington	Maitland, Western Cape	40	40 (adults)
Ernest Malgas	New Brighton, Eastern Cape	38	21 (children)

Reply:

a) (i) Yes, the universalization proposals are rooted in the Taylor Committee recommendations of 2002. The Department of Social Development has also conducted studies on the social and financial impact of the universalisation of both the older Persons Grant (OPG) as well as the Child Support Grant (CSG) entitled “An exploration of the causes of poverty in old age in South Africa” and “The Feasibility study on the universal provision of the Child Support Grant (CSG) in South Africa”

(b) The Discussion Paper with policy options was developed. The Paper also highlights financial implications for each option.

(aa) The OPG study was conducted in-house by the Department, whilst the CSG study was conducted by the Economic Policy Research Institute (EPRI) for the Department.

(bb) The CSG study was concluded in 2011 and the OPG study in 2014.

(cc) The OPG research report is available for various stakeholders. The CSG research report however is currently not available for public reading as the Department is currently working on another study related to the CSG Universalisation.

2. (a) (b) Essentially, the key factors contributing to the development of a policy on the universalisation stems from the need to ensure that all excluded eligible poor people are captured and receive social grants through an easier administration process that results from Universalisation. The CSG and OPG are poverty alleviation measures targeting the largest number of poor beneficiaries in comparison to all other grants, these grants have enabled the country to achieve progress in addressing the needs of children and older persons in the household with no or low income.

However, the promise of basic care for the poorest older persons and children still faces challenges; many are excluded due to various reasons including not having the correct documentation. While the Department has taken many steps to improve coverage to reach these poor beneficiaries in the past five years, evidence suggests that under-coverage will be effectively reduced by eliminating the means test and enabling all children and older persons to access the grants with minimum of bureaucratic requirements. Furthermore, universal provisions will enable many poor children that are excluded from the programme to realise the important developmental impacts that the CSG currently delivers to millions of others. The Department believes that universal provisions of these grants will build national solidarity and reflect a common understanding that South Africans are committed to providing income support to older persons and provide children with the opportunity to develop their full capabilities.

Reply:

(1) Yes. On 26 October 2015, Cabinet approved the establishment of the inter-departmental committee on beneficial ownership. The committee was set up at the inaugural meeting of the committee held on 27 February 2016. It is constituted by the following institutions and government departments convened by the Department of Public Service and Administration:

 (a) National Treasury (NT);

 (b) Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC);

(c) Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA);

(d) South African Revenue Service (SARS):

(e) South African Police Service (SAPS):

(f) National Prosecuting Authority (NPA);

(g) Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (Doi & CD);

(h) Department of Trade and Industry (DTI);

(i) Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC);

(j) Department of Social Development (DSD);

(k) Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO);

(l) State Security Agency (SSA);

(m) National Intelligence Coordinating Committee (NICOC);

(n) South African Reserve Bank (SARB);

(o) Financial Services Board (FSB);

(p) Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE);

(q) Estate Agency Affairs Board (EAAB);

(r) Law Society of South Africa (LSSA);

(s) National Gambling Board (NGB); and

(t) Independent Regulatory Board of Auditors (IRBA)

(2) Yes. Development of the country’s implementation and/or action plan has commenced, the committee is currently finalising the draft action plan. The draft action plan is derived from the G20 High Level Principles endorsed by Cabinet in October 2015, which sets-out the required actions to be undertaken by the Government of the Republic of South Africa.

Reply:

The closing date for learner registration was on 30 March 2016, all learners completed and signed the DOBE Examination Registration Form. The forms have been submitted to the relevant Department of Basic Education examinations offices based in provinces. The Department is working on ensuring that all learners are captured. It will issue the Preliminary Schedules in August/September 2016 to confirm that all learners are registered and their subjects are captured correctly.

Reply:

(1)&(2) No.

Reply:

The details of the action taken to date to address each of the 14 Recommendations are attached herewith below as Annexure A. These details were compiled by the Public Service Commission, after consultation with the Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA), which is the custodian of the Ministerial Handbook and all Human Resource Management (HRM) prescripts in the Public Service. Furthermore, the National School of Government (NSG) was also consulted.

These details illustrate that the Department of Public Service and Administration has made significant progress towards implementation of the Recommendations made by the Public Service Commission. The National School of Government has made noticeable preparatory work to roll-out implementation of the executive development programme, and plans are also under way to develop other targeted training programmes.

ANNEXURE A: Progress n implementation of each of the 14 Recommendations made in the Report - Assessment of the Implementation of Policy Framework on the Appointment of Ministerial Staff in National and Provincial Departments
No.	RECOMMENDATION FROM PSC	PROGRESS REPORT
1	The DPSA should develop a focused policy framework that will regulate the employment practices of persons who provide support and serve in EAs' offices	Amended Public Service Regulations and other prescripts regulate the employment practices of persons appointed in the offices of Executive Authorities. It covers the recruitment process, nature of appointment, allowance payable, termination of services and other employment conditions. According to the
2	All SMS levels in Ministries irrespective of the method of recruitment (headhunting or advertising) must be subjected to proper selection processes (i.e. interviews and competency assessment) and for any identified competency gap, a developmental plan must be put in place to address the gap. This plan must be developed in consultation with the person concerned and be managed by the Director-General or Head of Department.	According to the Public Service Regulations, all members of the SMS appointed in offices of EAs are supposed to be subjected to proper recruitment and selections processes and the performance management and development system for SMS. In addition, the Directive on Compulsory Capacity Development, Mandatory Training Days and Minimum Entry Requirements for SMS, which came into effect on 01 April 2015, also applies to all SMS members in the offices of EAs. SMS members should meet the minimum qualification and experience requirements prior to appointment. The challenge is that there are still many incidences of non-compliance with prescripts, as such, the DPSA has undertaken to conduct targeted support for departments during the 2016/17 financial year.
3.	The Director-General or Head of Department has to provide "primary advisory" support to the EA due to the resources (e.g. research experts, etc.) he/she manages in the department, an administrative reporting line to the Director-General or Head of Department must be enforced for the Chief of Staff.	According to the DPSA, this is the current practice as Chiefs of Staff report to their respective Heads of Department on all administrative matters.
4	Compulsory induction, orientation/training on the functions performed in Ministries, the relationship between the Ministry and the department, the protocols of being a sessional employee and the benefits thereof and how to support the Minister with political responsibilities should be conducted with staff working in the EAs' offices, either at departmental level or coordinated by the National School of Government (NSG) or the DPSA. The current and/or previous competent and experienced Chief of Staff should be part of the training team and assist in this regard.	It is expected that the orientation of staff working in Ministries would be conducted by respective departments. The extent of implementation for such orientation programmes has not been validated. The generic orientation course for staff in Ministries has not been developed yet. Its development has been prioritised by the NSG. Consultations with relevant stakeholders are expected to commence during the 2016/17 financial year.
5	There should be a dedicated course for Chiefs of Staff and a forum to share experiences and to professionalise this strategic role. There should be a way of career-pathing for experienced Chiefs of Staff.	The course for Chiefs of Staff has not been developed yet. Its development has been prioritised by the NSG. Consultations with relevant stakeholders are expected to commence during the 2016/17 financial year.
6	A Legislation based Compliance Framework for Ministries should be developed by the DPSA.	Government has adopted the Management Performance Assessment Tool (MPAT) to track and report on compliance to relevant legislation by departments.
7	The DPSA should review the organisational structures of Ministries according to the size and responsibility of the Ministry.	The DPSA has developed a revised generic organisational structure for Offices of EAs and Deputy Ministers as part of the process of amending the Ministerial Handbook. The concern is that the revised Ministerial Handbook has not been approved by Cabinet, as such, the generic organisational structures are not implemented. It is therefore important for the Minister for Public Service and Administration to fast-track the approval of the revised Ministerial Handbook.
8	Uniform job profiles and descriptions should be enforced for Chiefs of Staff across the Public Service. Key competencies and minimum qualifications for the position of Chief of Staff must be well-defined. This will help to guide the selection and appointment process and Ministers must be informed of and adhere to this guide. Uniform job profiles should be developed for the rest of the staff in EAs' offices.	The DPSA has developed, as part of the generic organisational structures, clearly defined purpose and functions per post in the offices of EAs. However, the extent of implementation of the uniform job description remains questionable due to the non-approval of the revised Ministerial Handbook. With respect to SMS positions in ministerial Office, the DPSA through the Directive on Compulsory Capacity Development, Mandatory Training days and Minimum entry requirements for SMS has set the minimum qualification and experience requirement for appointment in the office of the EA at an SMS level. The challenge is that there are still many incidences of non-compliance with prescripts and compliance with the Directive has not been assessed.
9	80% of the positions in Ministries should be permanent and be part of organograms of departments.	The DPSA proposed uniform organisational structures for Ministerial Offices does recommend that a percentage of posts in the Offices of EAs should be permanent. These are all the administrative positions, which turn to be in the majority Implementation of this will be assessed once the revised Ministerial Handbook has been approved and is being implemented by departments.
10	An orientation and support programme for Cabinet Ministers/Premiers/Members of Executive Council (MECs) and Directors-General/Heads of Department should be developed and it must be compulsory for new EAs and DGs/HoDs to attend at the beginning of every term of government and when a need arises due to reshuffling. There must be a separate session for EAs and DGs first and thereafter a joint session. Also the advisors need to have an orientation programme.	At the start of each term of administration, the Presidency organizes anorientation programme for Executive Authorities (EAs) and the DPSA is invited to make presentations on the Roles and Responsibilities of the EA in relation to the Public Service Act and Regulations, and also presents on the Ministerial Handbook. However, there is no targeted training provided after reshuffling.
11	There should be a probation period for staff appointed in Ministries and that period should take into consideration the nature of Ministries and the limited time available to follow the probation period regulations that are cumbersome to release a person who is not performing or fitting in the culture of the Ministry.	In terms of the Public Service Regulations, all appointments, longer than 12 months, are subject to a probationary period. This requirement includes appointments in Ministries However, there are instances of non¬compliance — the magnitude of which has not been established. Hence implementation of the revised Ministerial Handbook will also serve as an instrument to address such incidences.
12	The DPSA should continue to give guidance and assistance in the development and implementation of turnaround strategies and restructuring processes.	The DPSA continues to play this role, based on requests received from departments. It must however be stated that Executive Authorities have the power to decide on their turnaround strategies and organisational structures. All what the DPSA can do is to provide guidance.
13	The DPSA should develop a database of employees with working experience in Ministries who could not be absorbed by departments for purposes of redeployment.	All permanently employed employees are accommodated in the relevant department upon exit of the EA. There is no provision within the Public Service to absorb employees employed in Ministries linked to the term of office of EAs. Where employees who are linked to the EAs term of office are transferred to or absorbed by the department, this practice will considered to be irregular and should as such be corrected in line with the applicable prescripts.
14	The DPSA should enforce the developed benchmark job descriptions and evaluations for posts in EAs' offices to ensure consistency throughout the Public Service.	In developing the draft generic organisational structures for Ministries, all posts were job evaluated with clearly defined job purpose and functions Once approved, implementation of these job descriptions, alongside the revised generic organizational structures will ensure consistency.

Reply:

The process to appoint the GCEO of PRASA has progressed well and is at an advantage stage

Reply:

(a) No meetings have been held during the (i) 2013/2014, (ii) 2014/2015 and (iii) 2015/2016 financial years.

(b) No activities have been held during the (i) 2013/2014, (ii) 2014/2015 and (iii) 2015/2016 financial years.

(c) No National Anti-Corruption Forum (NACF) achievements have been reported on for the financial years (i) 2013-14, (ii) 2014-15 and (iii) 2015-16.

Reply:

1. Department was not approached by any political for funding;
2. Falls away

Reply:

(1) (a) (i)(ii)(iii) No.

(b) No.

(2) (a) (i)(ii)(iii) No.

(b) No.

Reply:

(a) The amount spend on advertising in the 2015-2016 financial year

(i) Department’s adverts

Advert on Bursaries (Non-Employees)	119,738.70
Advert: Promotional Items	854,365.00
Advert: Marketing	5,689,523.85
Advert: Recruitment	754,885.76
Advert: Tenders	390,327.24
Total spent	R7 808,840.55

 

(ii) Public Entities

I have 27 entities reporting to me, to compile this information it will take time, but as soon as it is collated I will forward the necessary information to the Honourable Member.

(b) Amount budgeted for Advertising 2016/17 financial year

(i) Department 9.2 million

Reply:

The question is:-

1. Whether the department was aware that the container office was actually located in such a dangerous location.

A formal investigation is underway in terms of the legal provisions and will assist in identifying the underlying causes of the accident. On completion of investigation, recommendations will be made to prevent similar accidents.

   2. Is it your expectation the mine would have known that the container is in a dangerous location.

The above-mentioned formal investigation will assist in identifying the underlying causes of the accident.

   3. Has your department conducted assessment on other mines in the country to determine that no such dangers await other mineworkers?

The mine inspections and audits are continuously being conducted with the aim of preventing harm on the mineworkers.

In a case where sub-standard condition, act or non compliance to the provisions of the Mine Health and Safety Act is observed during a mine inspection or audit, appropriate actions are immediately taken to remedy such conditions.

  4. If yes which mines? If not why not?

The mine inspections and audits are conducted at all the operating mines.

  5.  Do we have assurance that such or similar accident will not revisit the country

We endeavor to prevent mine accidents from occurring and lessons learnt from the above-mentioned investigation will be used to improve safety in the mining sector.

   6.  Does the country have requisite skills to deal with disasters of this nature?

South Africa has the requisite skills to deal with disasters at mines and our country’s Mine Rescues Services (MRS) assisted in the Chile Mine disaster in which 33 trapped mine workers were rescued successful after 69 days.

  7. If yes where is it located, and why do we find ourselves in this situation like it is at Lily Mine where it will take close to a year to reach the container where miners are trapped?

At the Mine Rescue Services of South Africa. The rescue operations have not been abandoned but options which will ensure safe rescue operations are being pursued. This is as a result of the deterioration of ground conditions at the mine.

  8. If not why don’t we have such capacity?

South Africa has the requisite skills and capacity.

  9. Who is thus responsible for the situation that we find ourselves in?

The accident investigation will assist in identifying the underlying causes of the accident.

 

 

Approved/not approved

Mr MJ Zwane, MP

Minister of Mineral Resources

Date Submitted:-………………/………………/2016

Reply:

Department

(1) (a) No employees within the Department underwent advanced driving courses. The Department does not have a plan for employees to attend such courses.

(1) (b)

(2) (a) (i) (aa) 2013 – 14 – None

(2) (a) (i) (bb) 2014 – 15 – None

(2) (a) (i) (cc) 2015 – 16 – None

(2) (b) Not applicable

(2) (c ) Not applicable

Airports Company South Africa SOC Limited (ACSA)

1. (b) None of the ACSA Corporate office drivers or employees has attended advanced driving courses. ACSA intends sending all drivers for an advance driving course in the current financial year.

(2) Please refer to response provided in 1 (b) above.

Air Traffic and Navigation Services SOC Limited (ATNS)

1. (b) As per ATNS Technical Services instructions, all ATNS Technical Support staff attend an advanced 4 X 4 drivers training course on an annual basis. This is typically a 2 day training course where participants receive both theoretical and practical training.

(2) (a) (ii) None

(aa) 2013-14: 134 Technical Staff members approximately R 108, 540-00

(bb) 2014-15: 132 Technical Staff members approximately R112, 860-00

(cc) 2015-16: 130 Technical Staff members approximately R117, 000-00

(b) For the 2015-2016 financial year the typical cost of a 2 day advanced 4 X 4 drivers training course was R900 per person.

(c) All ATNS staff members, who are required to drive to remote communications, navigation or surveillance sites as part of their routine work activities, are required to attend an advanced 4 X 4 drivers training course.

South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA)

1. (b) The nature of the South African Civil Aviation Authority’s (SACAA) mandate and duties undertaken by its employees does not warrant them to undergo advanced driving courses.

       2. (a) (i) N/A (ii) None (aa) None, (bb) None and (cc) None, (b) N/A (c) N/A.

South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL)

(1) (b) At SANRAL all project managers that had to travel officially to construction sites underwent advance driving courses up to November 2013. This has since been stopped due to the National Treasury cost containment measures published in November 2013.

(2) (a)(ii)(aa) For SANRAL our 2 survey vehicle drivers was send on advance truck driving course (bb) None, and (cc) None,

(b) R4 050-00 per driver

(c) Required by the truck manufacturer that supplied the truck for the survey vehicle as part of the warranty agreement.

Cross-Border Road Transport Agency (CBRTA)

1. (b) The C-BRTA does not have any policies in place to ensure that employees undergo through advanced driving courses. While the C-BRTA is aware that advanced driving courses will contribute to road safety, due to financial contraints no advanced driving training has been rolled out to employees. We however continue to work with other stakeholders in the road transport industry for collaborative partnerships with a view to promote road safety.

2. (a) (ii) (aa) 2013-14 None

(bb) 2014-15 None and (cc) None in 2015-16 financial years

(b) No costs were incurred as no advanced driving courses were offered.

(c) Not applicable as no employees were offered the advanced driving training in the 2013-14, (bb) 2014-15 and (cc) 2015-16 financial years, those that would have undergone would have done so in their personal capacity.

Road Accident Fund (RAF)

1. (b) The RAF has not put policies in place to ensure that employees undergo advanced driving courses; the RAF has however arranged for defensive driver training which included four employees);

2. (a)(ii) (aa) None

(bb) None, and (cc) Four (4)

(b) the cost related to the four employees attendance of the defensive driving course was R 4 200 (VAT inclusive), and

(c) no criteria applied specifically to the employees’ selection for enrolment for the defensive driving course

.

Road Traffic Management Corporations (RTMC)

1. (b) The RTMC does not have a policy that compels employees to undergo advanced driving courses. However the RTMC realized the importance of such training for members of the National Traffic Police and has included such practical training as a module in the training of National Traffic Officers.

2. (aa) In 2013-14 six (6) employees

(bb) in 2014-15, 184 employees and (cc) 2015-16 None employee undertook advanced driver training.

(b) R90 222

(c) Training was provided as part of the up-skilling of National Traffic Officers.

Road Traffic Infringement Agency (RTIA)

1. (b) The RTIA does not have a policy that compels employees to undergo advanced driving courses. However, The entity’s approved HR strategy seeks to place Road Safety at the core of organisational culture and as such driver behaviour programmes including advanced driving training will be implemented

2. (a) (aa) 2013-14 – None

(bb) 2014-15 – None , and (cc) 2015-16 – None

(b) N/A

1. N/A

Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA)

1. (b) The current fleet policy is silent on driver training and advanced driving. However, the company is in the process of reviewing its fleet policy and driver training is included in as follows:-

“All drivers/officials will be evaluated at regular intervals and training will be undertaken to ensure that they comply with the legislated laws”.

2. No employee of PRASA has undergone advanced drive training.

Railway Safety Regulator (RSR)

(1). The Railway Safety Regulator (RSR) does not have a policy in place that ensures employees undergo advanced driving course. The nature of the work done does not require driving skills. The majority of our work is done within the railway environment.

(2) Not applicable. Refer to 1 above.

South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA)

(a) There is currently no policy for advance training.

(b) None of the employees have gone through advance training courses. Advanced Driving Courses were not budgeted for in the previous financial years.

None of the employees have done advance driving courses.

Ports Regulator of South Africa

1. (b) The Ports Regulator has not spent any funds to train and develop employees for advanced driving lessons. This is because the job requirements for all Ports Regulator employees do not require employees to utilise advanced driving skills.
2. (a) (ii) No employee of the Ports Regulator has undergone advanced driving courses in (aa) 2013/14, (bb) 2014/15 and (cc) 2015/16. (b) not applicable, (c) not applicable

Reply:

The response below was provided by the municipality:

The Pikoli report was considered by Counsel (Adv Ronassen), who provided legal opinion to the effect that the report was nothing else but a precursor to a full scale investigation. In light of the above, the full scale investigation is currently being conducted by the National Treasury.

Reply:

The Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) spent R1 598 million from a budget of R3 670 million. Statistics South Africa spent 6. 870 million from a budget of 5. 281 million.

Reply:

(a) (i) The national department of Human Settlement spent R 2,941,920.20 for advertising in the 2015-16 financial year.

Entities spend on advertising in the 2015-16 financial year

(a)(ii) 1. The EAAB spent R1, 172,583.00.

2. The HDA spent R1, 200, 209.39.

3. The NURCHA spent R178, 478.07.

4. The SHRA spent R189, 017.65.

5. The NHBRC spent R7,700,000.00.

6. The NHFC spent R433 975.00.

7. The RHLF spent R197, 280.29.

8. The CSOS spent R225, 000.00.

(b) (i) The department has budgeted for R1, 5 million in the 2016-17 financial year.

(b)(ii) Entities

1. The EAAB budgeted for R135,367.00 for advertising in the 2016-17 financial year.

2. The HDA budgeted for R1, 311, 886.60 for advertising in the 2016-17 financial year.

3. The NURCHA budgeted for R 400 000.00 for advertising in the 2016-17 financial year.

4. The SHRA budgeted for R1, 6 000.00 for advertising in the 2016-17 financial year.

5. The NHBRC budgeted for R30, 000, 000.00 for advertising in the 2016-17 financial year.

6. The NHFC budgeted for R500 00.00 for advertising in the 2016-17 financial year.

7. The RHLF budgeted for R210 000.00 for advertising in the 2016-17 financial year.

8. The CSOS budgeted for R0.00 for advertising in the 2016-17 financial year.

Reply:

1. Social grant increases are determined in consultation with the National Treasury and the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA). The amount of money available for the individual grant increases is subject to government’s expenditure ceiling and is guided by the appropriation made for grants by Parliament. For this financial year a budget increase of 8.2% was allocated for grant increases. This increase needs to provide for both demographic and economic factors. All these factors have a considerable influence in determining annual grant increases. However, these increases are constrained by the available budget.

2. All grants, with the exception of the Child Support Grant (CSG) are above the country’s basic food poverty line as determined by Statistics, South Africa. They are also above the highest Upper Bound Poverty line (of R753 per month in 2014). Hence these beneficiaries should have enough to buy adequate food as well as additional non-food items.

Reply:

(a) (i) The Department completed the feasibility study on the Moloto Development Corridor in September 2014. PRASA submitted the Treasury Approval 1 (TA1) application to National Treasury at the end of October 2014. National Treasury only responded in December 2016. The allocated budget provided for an Option Analysis to be undertaken on the establishment of an appropriate structure to manage and oversee the implementation of the Moloto Rail Development Corridor. As a result of the protracted response by National Treasury and the fact that it was not supportive of the Moloto Rail Development Corridor, the Department did not occur expenditure.

(ii) The reasons underspending on the National Railway Safety Amendment Bill was due to delays in the procurement processes in securing a suitable service provider with the appropriate technical expertise to assist the Department. The service provider was appointed in October 2016.

(iii) The reasons for underspending on the National Railway Safety Strategy is a result of scarce skill related to railway safety expertise within the transport sector. A Request for Proposal was advertised in July (Bid Number DOT/04/2015/RT), however, by closing date, the Department did not received any bids. The tender was re-advertise and a service provider was appointed in January 2016.

(b) (i) The Appeals Committee is operational since 2010. An amount of R 1,45 million was provided for the remuneration of Committee Members. Committee Members are remunerated in terms of Section 123(1) of the Civil Aviation Act, 2009 and in line with the Minister of Finance’s approved Service Benefit Packages for Office Bearers. The need for the Committee to meet is guided by the number and complexity of appeals lodged by Appellants against decisions taken by the Director of Civil Aviation of the South African Civil Aviation Authority. Thirty seven (37) meetings were held in 2015/16 where eight (8) appeals were considered. The allocated amount for this project has been reduced to R 0, 803 million in the 2016/17 financial year.

(ii) Provision has been made in the 2015/16 financial year for and amount of R 1,0 million for the appointment of a specialised legal service provider to draft the Civil Aviation Amendment Bill. There was an urgent need to amend the Civil Aviation Act, 2009, to ensure compliance with international standards and practices set by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). A decision, in line with Government’s Cost Saving Initiatives, has been taken to draft the amendments internally by officials in the Department. This has resulted in the under-expenditure as reported under Programme 5.

Reply:

The National Treasury has not discussed the problem of snatching or switching credit cards with the banks as the banks and regulators are expected to be engaging on such issues. The National Treasury does meet regularly with representatives of the banking sector like the Banking Association South Africa, the South African Banking Risk Information Centre (SABRIC)[1], and the Payments Association of South Africa to discuss general trends identified in fraud as it affects the banking sector.

SABRIC frequently undertakes campaigns to educate consumers on how to protect themselves against banking fraud including card and ATM crimes (see www.sabric.co.za). The banking industry is currently embarking on a national campaign to encourage bank customers to take diligent care of their cyber-security. The challenge facing banks and SABRIC is working with the criminal justice authorities to bring specific cases to court.

We will give further consideration to these challenges and criminality impacting on citizens and banks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

SABRIC is a non-profit company formed by the four major banks to assist the banking and cash-in-transit companies to combat organised bank-related crimes ↑

Reply:

The social relief of distress is an on-going, legislated programme which is implemented every year in every province in response to identified needs. This programme has been implemented annually for the period from July 2009 to February 2016. Social relief of distress is a programme which provides material assistance to citizens who experience a crisis, which is beyond their ability to deal with within their own resources. The assistance is provided for a temporary period only. This period may vary from one to three months, which may be extended to six months, under certain circumstances.

SASSA manages the social relief of distress programme in line with the provisions as legislated in the Social Assistance Act, 2004 (as amended). The legislation empowers SASSA to provide social relief of distress to South African citizens, permanent residents and refugees, where they meet certain criteria. One of the criteria is that social relief of distress may be provided where communities are affected by a disaster, even where that area is not declared a disaster area. This enable SASSA to respond to localized incidents such as floods, fire and other disasters.

Social relief of distress may be issued in various forms, depending on the reason for the issuing of the social relief of distress, as well as the specific arrangements made in the affected province. The social relief of distress may be issued in the form of food vouchers, food parcels, school uniforms or cash. Where social relief of distress is provided as a response to disasters, the assistance may take the form of pre-cooked hot meals, meal packs, blankets, dignity packs and/or mattresses. The actual assistance provided will depend on the specific needs of the affected communities. In addition to the immediate humanitarian assistance provided, in instances where the affected community lost all their possessions, for instance in the case of fire, the families may be provided with a once off cash amount when they are ready to return to their homes. This is to assist in buying some of the household items which were lost in the disaster. However, SASSA does not provide household items as part of the social relief of distress programme.

For every citizen assisted with social relief of distress, there is an application process followed, to ensure eligibility for the assistance. For humanitarian assistance provided in response to disasters, SASSA provides the relief off lists provided by the local disaster response team in the municipality.

While information on the numbers assisted each year since 2009, the table below reflects the amounts spent on social relief of distress for the years under review:

Year	Budget amount	Amount spent
2009/10	184 412 001	152 916 474
2010/11	178 813 600	164 857 431
2011/12	187 925 000	179 304 562
2012/13	255 181 000	250 430 329
2013/14	556 606 000	549 847 373
2014/15	501 835 000	460 569 541
2015/16	450 212 000	433,443,842

Reply:

NO

Reply:

(a) The general non-compliance issues dealt on a day to day by the Projects Team and as identified through monitoring ranges from

• Valid Tax Clearance Certificate (common amongst the Non-Governmental Organisations that drive the Community Radio and Community Television Sectors), to
• Late reporting due to change in leadership and other community dynamics that impact of the organisational work, and
• Mismanagement of approved funds, through allocating funds to line items that are not in the grant funding agreement, without sourcing necessary approval from the Agency.

(b) Reporting timeframes on all MDDA funded projects since its establishment are linked to and guided by the tranches allocated to each project. Each project is expected to submit a report after spending occurs on each tranche allocated.

The following table provides details of project non-compliance since 2004.

Project Name	Additional Comments & Action
	2004/05 Financial Year
Vukani Community Radio	Balance remaining on the contract due to under spending (balance to be written back)
Takalani Community Radio	Contract extended and 2nd tranche report is under review.
Eastern Cape Community Radio Hub (NCRF)	Balance remaining on the contract due to under spending (balance to be written back)
	2005/06 Financial Year
Barberton CR	Contract expired due to lack of reporting as a result of ongoing management changes (balance to be written back)
Newcastle CR	Contract expired due to lack of reporting as a result of ongoing management changes (balance to be written back)
Thetha /Orange Farm FM	Contract expired due to lack of reporting (balance to be written back)
Mokopane CR	Balance remaining on the contract due to under spending (balance to be written back)
	2006/07 Financial Year
Bushbuckridge CR	Contract expired. Savings from under spending. To be written back
Radio Sunny South	Contract expired due to lack of reporting as a result of ongoing management changes (balance to be written back)
Alex FM	Contract expired due to lack of reporting as a result of ongoing management changes (balance to be written back)
Alfred Nzo CR	Contract expired due to lack of reporting as a result of ongoing management changes (balance to be written back)
Essentials of Newspaper Management (SPI)	To be written back
Exchange Program	To be written back
	2007/08 Financial Year
Ekhephini CR	Contract expired due to lack of reporting. To be written back
Maputaland CR	Contract expired due to lack of reporting. To be written back
Tubatse CR	Contract expired due to lack of reporting. To be written back
Kasie Fm/Kathorus CR	Contract expired due to lack of reporting. To be written back
Makhado FM	Contract expired due to lack of reporting. To be written back
Botlokwa CR	Tax clearance issues resolved, contract extended and payment of remaining balance is in process.
Shine FM	Contract expired due to lack of reporting. To be written back
Zululand CR	Contract expired due to lack of reporting. To be written back
	2008/09 Financial Year
Khanya College (Print)	Contract expired, project experienced TCC compliance challenges.
Moletjie (Program Production)	Contract savings. To be written back.
Mohodi CR (Program Production)	Delays in reporting, contract renewed and implementation underway
Voice of Tembisa CR (Program Production)	Contract expired, project experienced TCC compliance challenges. To be written back
Alfred Nzo (Program Production)	Contract expired, project experienced TCC compliance challenges. To be written back
Cape Town TV, (CTV)	Contract expired, project experienced TCC compliance challenges. Discussions underway to review TCC progress
Bay TV-KZN, (CTV)	Contract expired, project experienced reporting challenges. To be written back
Bush Radio	Contract expired, project experienced TCC compliance challenges. To be written back
Franschoek CR	Contract expired, project experienced TCC compliance challenges. To be written back
Graaf Reinet CR	Contract expired, project experienced reporting challenges. To be written back
Forte CR	Contract expired, project experienced TCC compliance challenges. To be written back
Star FM	Contract expired, project experienced TCC compliance challenges. To be written back
Thabazimbi CR	Contract expired, project experienced reporting challenges. To be written back
Umgungundlovu CR Mentor	Contract expired, project experienced reporting challenges. To be written back
		2009/10 Financial Year
Behind the Mask (Print)	Delayed reporting due to compliance challenges. The project has been written back.
Cape Flats/Maraly Honikman – Mentor (Print)	The project was written back.
Bushbuckridge CR, (Program Production)	Contract savings. To be written back
ABC Ulwazi, (Program Production)	ABC Ulwazi went into liquidation. Discussions currently underway with the liquidators to finalise the matter.
Zibonele CR (Program Production)	Delayed reporting due to compliance to be submitted for write back
TUT (Program Production)	Tax clearance issues resolved and contract has expired. Contract extension underway.
Moletjie CR (Program Production)	Contract savings. To be written back
Eden FM	Delayed reporting due to compliance .To be submitted for write back
Radio Gamkaland	Delayed reporting due to compliance .To be submitted for write back
Radio Unique	Delayed reporting due to compliance .To be submitted for write back
Lukhanji FM	Delayed reporting due to compliance .To be submitted for write back
		2010/11 Financial Year
Proudly Manenberg (Print)	Delayed reporting due to compliance to be submitted for write back
Satyagraha (Print)	Delayed reporting due to compliance to be submitted for write back
Zenzele Community Media (Print)	Delayed reporting due to compliance to be submitted for write back
AIDC/Amandla Publishes (Print)	Delayed reporting due to compliance to be submitted for write back
Takalani CR (Program Production)	Tax clearance issues resolved, contract extended and 2nd tranche report is underway.
Radio Turf (Program Production)	Delayed reporting due to compliance to be submitted for write back
Zebediela FM (Program Production)	Delayed reporting due to compliance to be submitted for write back
Move To Music (Program Production)	Delayed reporting due to compliance to be submitted for write back
Rhodes Music Radio (Program Production)	Delayed reporting due to compliance to be submitted for write back.
Vukani CR	Contract savings. To be submitted for write back
Cosatu Archives	Delayed reporting due to changes in the project team. To be submitted for write back
		2012/13 Financial Year
Mmegadikgang	Compliance issues, remaining amount to be written back
Botlokwa CR	Tax clearance issues resolved and contract drafting underway Project Number is incorrect – this is a new programme production project
Star FM	Tax clearance issues un-resolved. Project Number is incorrect – this is a new programme production project
	2013/14 Financial Year
Greater Alex today (Print)	Contract has expired.

 

MR NN MUNZHELELE

DIRECTOR GENERAL [ACTING]

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE:

MS AF MUTHAMBI (MP)

MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE:

Reply:

(1) Whether her department has closed down any crèches that were operating illegally in the (a) 2012-13, (b) 2013-14, (c) 2014-15 and (d) 2015-16 financial years; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (i) how many crèches that were operating illegally have been closed down in each of the specified financial years and (ii) where were the specified crèches situated;

The Parliamentary Question has provincial implications and at the time of reply no response was received from Provinces

(2)

(a) In terms of the Children’s Act No. 38 of 2005, all partial care facilities (ECD centres) must be subjected to inspections and monitoring to determine compliance with the norms and standards. Inspections and monitoring are mechanisms in place to identify ECD centres that are not complying with the norms and standards.

(b) According to the said Act, section 84 and 85:

 

Cancellation of registration

84. (1) The provincial head of social development may cancel the registration or conditional registration of a partial care facility by written notice to the registration holder if-

(a) the facility is not maintained in accordance with the prescribed national norms and standards and such other requirements as may be prescribed;

(b) any condition subject to which the registration or renewal of registration was issued is breached or not complied with;

(c) the registration holder or the management of the facility contravenes or fails to comply with a provision of the Act;

(d) the registration holder becomes a person who is not a fit and proper person to operate a partial care facility; or

(e) a person who is not a fit and proper person to assist in operating a partial care facility is employed at or engaged in operating the facility.

Notice of enforcement

85. (1) A provincial head of social development may by way of a written notice of enforcement instruct-

(a) a person or organisation operating an unregistered partial care facility-

(i) to stop operating that facility; or

(ii) to apply for registration in terms of section 81 within a period specified in the notice; or

(b) a person or organisation operating a registered partial care facility otherwise than in accordance with the provisions of this Act or any conditions subject to which the registration was issued, to comply with those provisions or conditions.

(2) A person or organisation operating an unregistered partial care facility and who is instructed in terms of subsection (1) (a) (ii) to apply for registration within a specified period, may, despite the provisions of section 80, continue operating the facility during that period and, if that person or organisation applies for registration, until that application has been processed.

(3) The Director-General or the provincial head of social development may apply to the High Court for an order to instruct a partial care facility, whether registered or not, to stop operating that facility.

(4) The High Court may grant an order for costs against the owner or manager of the partial care facility referred to in subsection (3) if so requested by the Director-General or provincial head of social development.

Reply:

Since the matter is more relevant to the provincial administration, the question was forwarded to the relevant Province, the KwaZulu-Natal Education Department, for a response and to date no response has been received by the DBE.

There is no response from the KwaZulu-Natal Education Department as at 30 May 2016.

Reply:

(a) and (b) Following the decision not to award to re-advertised tender in October 2015, SASSA immediately started working on developing a plan to ensure that it is ready to take over the responsibility for the management of social grant payments as from April 2017, when the current contract with Cash Paymaster Services expires.

The plans developed take into account the recommendations made by the Ministerial Committee appointed to investigate options for social grant payments which were contained in the report released in December 2014. In addition, CSIR has been working with SASSA since February 2014 to assist with the development of specific work packages related to taking over the responsibility for biometric enrolment.

The plan developed contains details of all actions required to meet the deadline, with responsibilities and target dates indicated. The implementation of the plan developed is currently underway.

(i) Not applicable

(ii) Not applicable

Reply:

Awaiting information from SAFA.the information is not readily available.

Reply:

(1) (a) (aa) Provincial budgets for (i) procurement of assistive devices, (ii) training of professional staff, (iii) provision of transport and (iv) purchase of LTSM to Special Needs Education Schools were as follows:

Province	Districts	(i) Assistive devices	(ii) Training of professional staff	(iii) Transport	(iv) LTSM	(e) Nature of resources
EC	District disaggregation not made available	R5,6 million	R483,000	R5,3 million	R5,586 million	30 Lap Tops, Learner Profiler, Clicker 7 & Text Help Read and Write, Tobii S32 Scan and Touch
FS	Motheo, Lejweleputswa Thabo Mofutsanyane	Nil	Amount not provided for training of 67 officials	R5,2 million	R134 631	Grade R – 3 SASL CAPS kits
GT	All 15 districts	Not specified	R14 million	R12 375 million	50% ring fenced	Specialised LTSM Specialised HR Teacher training
KZN	All 12 districts	Procured from budget allocation to schools		Application made for 15 buses – amount not specified	R2 million R2 million	Grade R – 3 SASL CAPS kits Braille
LP	All 5 districts	Amount within norms and standards funding not specified	None	Amount within norms and standards funding not specified	Not specified	Not specified
MP	Bohlabela Ehlanzeni Gert Sibande Nkangala	R900 000 R1,2 m R2,1 m R2,1 m	R450 000 R450 000 R700 000 R700 000	All 18 schools participate in scholar transport programme	R1,8 m	5 Adapted buses procured ICT connectivity installation ramps and rails and additional physical resources like laboratories, libraries and sporting facilities.
NC	Three districts	R4993 per learners	Not specified	Not specified	R2,365 million	Grade R – 3 SASL CAPS kits Hearing Aids LCD Projectors Interactive whiteboards Tablets Laptops
NW	All 4 districts	R8,4 million	R2,44 million	R9 million	R1,9 million	Grade R – 3 SASL CAPS kits Braille textbooks
WC	5 districts	R300 000 per district	R14 000 per district	R52,033 million	R63,5 million	Assistive devices for the assistive devices loan centre based at a special school resource centre in each district

Source: Information provided by provinces in April 2016

(1)(a) (bb) Provincial budgets for (i) procurement of assistive devices, (ii) training of professional staff, (iii) provision of transport and (iv) purchase of LTSM to Full-Service Schools

Province	Districts	(i) Assistive devices	(ii) Training of professional staff	(iii) Transport	(iv) LTSM	(e) Nature of Resources
EC	District disaggregation not made available	R6,3 million	Amount not made available	Amount not made available	R45,000
FS	none	nil	nil	nil	Nil	n/a
GT	All 15 districts	R6,95 million	Included in R14 million above	Not specified	Not specified	Specialised LTSM Specialised HR Teacher training
KZN	12 Districts	Budgets for 2016/17 not specified	Budgets for 2016/17 not specified	Budgets for 2016/17 not specified	Budgets for 2016/17 not specified	Counsellors and Learning Support Educators Furniture and relevant equipment
LP	None	Nil	Not specified	Not specified	Not specified	Not specified
MP	All 4 districts	Not specified	See training budgets above	Not specified	No separate allocation – supplied as all ordinary schools	ICT connectivity installation ramps and rails and additional physical resources like laboratories, libraries and sporting facilities.
NC	Frances Baard John Taolo Gaetsewe ZF Mhcawu Pixley-Ka-Seme Namaqua	R400 000 above which is available on demand	Not specified – covered by district line budgets	R225280 R7414 R153058 R114420 R156793	No separate allocation – supplied as all ordinary schools	Supplied according to individual needs
NW	All 4 districts	R20 million – including infrastructure	Not specified	R2,1 million Vehicles for therapists	No separate allocation – supplied as all ordinary schools	1 Councelling room, accesible toilets, store and strong room, ramps and paving around the building and assistive devices
WC	Cape Winelands (27) Eden Karoo (27) Metro Central (12) Metro East (17) Metro North (21) Metro South (9) Overberg (15) West Coast (19)	R81 000 R81 000 R36 000 R51 000 R63 000 R27 000 R45 000 R57 000 (including LTSM and Transport)	Included in Assistive devices budget	R81 000 R81 000 R36 000 R51 000 R63 000 R27 000 R45 000 R57 000	Included in Assistive devices budget	Funding for a teaching assistant, specialised LTSM/training/ transport.

Source: Information provided by provinces in April 2016

(1)(b) Schools reconfigured as Full-Service Schools, (c) cost of reconfiguration, (d) how far from completion and (e) nature of resources:

Province	Districts	Schools reconfigured	c) Cost of reconfiguration	(d) How far from completion
EC	District disaggregation not made available	3 of 30 schools	R6,3 million	To be completed in 2016/17
FS	none	none	nil	n/a
GT	All 15 districts * Complete list of districts and schools provided in Annexure A	19 compliant 56 in preparation 38 receiving support for LSEN	R90 000
KZN	12 districts	101	R2 million	95% to be completed in 2016
LP	Greater Sekhukhune Vhembe Mopani Capricorn Waterberg	Sibisi Roossenekal Phaphamani Mokgalabje Tshisahulu Mutende Shilume Marumofase Nwaxindzhele Mariveni Eureka Mahlodumela Harry Oppenheimer St Brendan’s Secondary Warmbaths Albert Luthuli Mmamakwa	Not specified	Budget and timeframes not specified
MP	All 4 districts	20 out of 140	R3,6 m	Assessment will be done in 2016/17 to develop plan for completion of remaining 120 schools
NC	Frances Baard: ZF Mgcawu: Pixley Ka Seme: JT Gaetsewe:	Sol Plaatje, Harstwater Blaauwskop, Sternham Alpha, Lowryville Isagontle, Deben	Not specified No infrastructure upgrading	Ramps will be provided at two newly identified schools
NW	All 4 districts	4 schools per district (16)	R20 million	09 Full service schools projects to be completed in 2016/17 –budget is R11, 538, 000.00. Number 15 FSS to be completed in 2017/18 budget of R41, 159,000. (kindly note that infra- structure developments are multi- year projects)
WC	All 8 districts	40 schools	Infrastructure reconfiguration only on request	In 9 schools: Ramps constructed Toilet modifications Lift provided in Outeniqua High

Source: Information provided by provinces in April 2016

(2) Full-Service Schools that have been physically upgraded

Province	(a) Districts	Schools that have been upgraded	c) Costs of specified upgrades	Future Plans for upgrading
EC	Lusikisiki Port Elizabeth East London	3 (+1) completed in 2009)	R28 million	22 have been assessed for minor adjustments from 2016/17 – 2017/18
FS	Fezile Dabi, Lejweleputswa, Motheo, Thabo Mofutsanyana and Xhariep	6	Amount not provided	Information not available at this stage
GT	All 15 districts	74: Cohort 1: 19 completed Cohort 2: 56 capacity building and staffing Cohort 3: 38	Cohort 1: R10 million Cohort 2: R90000 per school Cohort 3: Learning Support Educator in 9 schools	Processes in place with Facility Management and DID to ensure FSS receive needed infrastructural upgrades over the next 3 years.
KZN	12 Districts	26	R2 million	Completion of all schools by end of 2016
LP	Greater Sekhukhune Vhembe Mopani	Mokgalabje Tshisahulu Mariveni	Not specified	Assessment will be done in 2016/17 to develop costed roll-out plan
MP	All districts	20	Not specified	Assessment will be done in 2016/17 to develop costed roll-out plan
NC	ZF Mgcawu Pixley Ka Seme	Sternham Primary Alpha Primary	Not specified: Infrastructure Conditional Grant	Building of ramps and access features will commence according to Physical Planning Priority Plans
NW	All districts	20	Not specified	9 Schools in 2016/17 for R11,5 million 15 Schools in 2017/18 for R41,1 million
WC	Cape Winelands Eden Karoo Metro Central Metro East Metro North Metro South	Wellington Primary Outeniqua High JD Crawford Ned Doman Pinelands North Soyisile Parow Prep Sun Valley Cascade	Not specified	Schools receive accessibility upgrades when other infrastructural work is done at the school. No specific budget has been allocated.

Source: Information provided by provinces in April 2016

ANNEXURE A

LIST OF FULL-SERVICE SCHOOLS IN GAUTENG

19 FULL SERVICE SCHOOLS - AUDITED AND COMPLYING WITH CRITERIA
Ekhuruleni North	LAERSKOOL KEMPTON PARK
Ekhuruleni South	EDENPARK PRIMARY SCHOOL
Ekhuruleni South	NTUTHUKO PRIMARY SCHOOL
Gauteng East	MICHAEL ZULU PRIMARY SCHOOL
Sedibeng East	LAERSKOOL JAPIE GREYLING
Sedibeng East	RATANDA PRIMARY SCHOOL
Sedibeng West	MOGOGODI PRIMARY SCHOOL
Johannesburg Central	LAKEVIEW PRIMARY SCHOOL
Johannesburg East	M.C. WEILER PRIMARY SCHOOL
Johannesburg North	DIEPSLOOT COMBINED SCHOOL
Johannesburg South	ORANGE FARM PRIMARY SCHOOL
Johannesburg West	DISCOVERY PRIMARY SCHOOL
Gauteng West	TSAKANI PRIMARY SCHOOL
Tshwane North	BAXOXELE PRIMARY SCHOOL
Tshwane South	WALTER SISULU PRIMARY SCHOOL
Tshwane South	NELLMAPIUS PRIMARY SCHOOL
Tshwane West	LAERSKOOL BOOYSENS
Tshwane West	BACHANA MOKWENA PRIMARY SCHOOL
Gauteng North	BAWEZE PRIMARY SCHOOL
COHORT 2 and 3: SCHOOLS THAT HAVE BEEN CAPACITATED BUT NOT YET PHYSICALLY UPGRADED
Ekhuruleni North	ISIZIBA PRIMARY SCHOOL
Ekhuruleni North	MASHEMONG PRIMARY SCHOOL
Ekhuruleni North	ISAAC MAKAU PRIMARY SCHOOL
Ekhuruleni North	SIPHETHU PRIMARY SCHOOL
Ekhuruleni South	DROMMEDARIS PRIMARY SCHOOL
Ekhuruleni South	ABINALA PRIMARY SCHOOL
Ekhuruleni South	UMZAMO PRIMARY SCHOOL
Gauteng East	THOPODI PRIMARY SCHOOL
Gauteng East	NIGEL SECONDARY SCHOOL
Gauteng East	NTOKOZWENI PRIMARY SCHOOL
Gauteng East	DUDUZA PRIMARY SCHOOL
Sedibeng East	SITHOKOMELE PRIMARY SCHOOL
Sedibeng East	TSOELOPELE PRIMARY SCHOOL
Sedibeng West	DR NHLAPO INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
Sedibeng West	IMFUNDO MIDDLE SCHOOL
Sedibeng West	EMFULENI PRIMARY SCHOOL
Sedibeng West	EMANZINI PRIMARY SCHOOL
Johannesburg Central	EBUHLENI PRIMARY SCHOOL
Johannesburg Central	ENTANDWENI PRIMARY SCHOOL
Johannesburg Central	ELDOCREST PRIMARY SCHOOL
Johannesburg Central	MVELEDZANDIVHO PRIMARY SCHOOL
Johannesburg East	P.S. TSOSANE PRIMARY SCHOOL
Johannesburg East	BONWELONG PRIMARY SCHOOL
Johannesburg East	EKUKHANYISWENI PRIMARY SCHOOL
Johannesburg East	DRAKE KOKA PRIMARY SCHOOL
Johannesburg North	WINNIE-NGWEKAZI PRIMARY SCHOOL
Johannesburg North	COSMO CITY WEST PRIMARY SCHOOL
Johannesburg North	AB XUMA PRIMARY SCHOOL
Johannesburg North	BOSMONT PRIMARY SCHOOL
Johannesburg North	WITKOPPEN PRIMARY
Johannesburg North	REKGUTLILE PRIMARY SCHOOL
Johannesburg South	MADIBA PRIMARY
Johannesburg South	MID-ENNERDALE PRIMARY SCHOOL
Johannesburg South	LEHAE PRIMARY SCHOOL
Johannesburg West	MAYIBUYE PRIMARY SCHOOL
Johannesburg West	TUMELO PRIMARY SCHOOL
Johannesburg West	BRAAMFISCHERVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOL
Johannesburg West	SENYAMO PRIMARY SCHOOL
Gauteng West	MOHLAKANO PRIMARY SCHOOL
Gauteng West	ISIQALO PRIMARY SCHOOL
Gauteng West	KAMOHELO PRIMARY SCHOOL
Gauteng West	REAKGONA PRIMARY SCHOOL
Tshwane North	MOTJIBOSANE PRIMARY SCHOOL
Tshwane North	MAROKOLONG PRIMARY SCHOOL
Tshwane North	LEFOFA PRIMARY SCHOOL
Tshwane North	PULAMADIBOGO PRIMARY SCHOOL
Tshwane South	JAKARANDA PRIMARY SCHOOL
Tshwane South	EMASANGWENE PRIMARY SCHOOL
Tshwane South	SEAPARANKWE PRIMARY SCHOOL
Tshwane West	BOTSALO PRIMARY SCHOOL
Tshwane West	EMA PRIMARY SCHOOL
Tshwane West	LESEDI POTLANA PRIMARY SCHOOL
Gauteng North	SEDIBENG PRIMARY SCHOOL
Gauteng North	VEZULWAZI PRIMARY SCHOOL
Gauteng North	ZIVUSENI PRIMARY SCHOOL
Gauteng North	MKHAMBI

SCHOOLS IDENTIFIED TO BE CONVERTED TO FULL SERVICE SCHOOL IN 2016
Ekhuruleni North	Emangweni Primary
Ekhuruleni North	Primrose Primary
Ekhuruleni North	Laerskool Verkenner
Ekhuruleni North	Klopperpark Primary
Ekhuruleni North	Laerskool Putfontein
Ekhuruleni North	Laerskool Bredell
Ekhuruleni South	Laerskool Van Dyk
Ekhuruleni South	Laerskool Elspark
Ekhuruleni South	Laerskool Goudrand
Gauteng East	Katlego Primary
Gauteng East	Laerskool Die Arend
Gauteng East	Laerskool Pam Brink
Gauteng North	Kutumela Molefi Primary
Gauteng North	Rethabile Primary
Gauteng North	Ematsheni Primary
Gauteng North	Onverwacht
Gauteng North	Laerskool Du Preez Van Wyk
Gauteng West	Kamogelo Primary
Gauteng West	Mashudu Primary
Gauteng West	Mphe- Thuto Primary
Gauteng West	Magaliesburg Secondary
Johannesburg Central	Pentarosa Primary
Johannesburg Central	Lumelang Primary
Johannesburg North	Blair Atholl
Johannesburg North	Masakhane
Johannesburg North	Ikaneng
Johannesburg North	Dumezweni
Johannesburg North	Laerskool Claremont
Johannesburg South	Lawley Primary
Johannesburg South	Mfundo Mtoti Primary
Johannesburg West	Princess Primary
Sedibeng East	Sicelo Primary
Sedibeng East	Laerskool Drie Riviere
Sedibeng West	Mnqiniswa Primary
Sedibeng West	Polokong Primary
Sedibeng West	Phehello Primary
Sedibeng West	Mthombolwazi Pr
Sedibeng West	Zitha Primary
Sedibeng West	Letsima Ilima
Sedibeng West	Sivuse Primary
Tshwane North	Laerskool Nellie Swart
Tshwane North	Doornpoort Primary
Tshwane North	Laerskool Nellie Swart
Tshwane South	Pretoria Primary
Tshwane South	Valhalla Primary
Tshwane South	Laudium Heights
Tshwane South	Phuthaditshaba Primary
Tshwane South	Laerskool Fleur
Tshwane West	Lotus Gardens Primary

Reply:

I have been advised by the Department as follows:

1. (i) Not yet

(ii) Not yet.

• At a programme level, the Department has, for the 2016/17 financial year, prioritized the development of an ICT SMME Strategy in line with ICT B-BBEE Sector Code. The strategy would identify programmes to support and accelerate the development of ICT SMMEs across the ICT value chain.

The Department is also finalising a Traversal Agreement with the Department of Small Business Development, intended to ensure that ICT SMMEs and Cooperatives benefit from support programmes provided by portfolio organisations under the DSBD umbrella.

• At Supply Chain Management level, the Department ensures that all tenders include the 30% Set Aside for SMMEs, Co-Operatives, Township and Rural Enterprises as prescribed by Treasury.

REPLY: SOCs

I have been informed by the entities as follows:

b) (i) Yes for Sentech, SAPO, BBI, SITA, Nemisa and .zaDNA.

No for USAASA. It has ICT programmes as per its mandate in the ECA. To this end, USAASA has subsidized the construction and extension of electronic communications through small operators such as MENG (28 million subsidy) and Galela (30 million subsidy). Whilst these are small licensed operators compared to the likes of Vodacom, MTN and CellC, however they fall outside the definition of SMME.

(ii) Sentech – No, no programmes for Cooperatives for this financial year. Sentech will be exploring support for Women Cooperatives as a new development programmes for the next financial year.

 

SAPO – Yes. SAPO is running a Supplier and Enterprise Development Programme. The beneficiaries are Emerging Micro Enterprises, Black women owned, Youth owned, Rural women and Disabled people owned enterprises. Products and services that are used to anchor Enterprise development are postal services related. These include postal bags, speed services bags, owner driver vehicles, envelopes etc. R 34.9 million was spent on SMME’s in the past year and R76.1 million was spent on Black women owned enterprises. The Enterprise development budget is R120 million for the 2016/17 financial year and the projection is to create fifty (50) new jobs for each of the beneficiary categories.

BBI – No. This is because co-operatives had not responded to the public roadshows and forums conducted by BBI as many of them are not participating in the Telecoms Infrastructure sector. Co-operatives also did not respond to tenders issued by BBI.

SITA – No. SITA does not have a specific classification for co-operatives in its development programmes.

NEMISA – No. NEMISA does not have development programmes for cooperatives as they were not the targeted group

.zaDNA - No, .zaDNA does not have development programmes for cooperatives, because it was not budgeted for 2016/17 financial year.

USAASA – No, USAASA runs programmes pertaining to ICASA licensed operators as required by the ECA. Cooperatives are not a feature in the ICT industry.

aa) The relevant details per SOC are as follows:

Entity:	Response:
Sentech	Supplier Development (Institutional support & capacity to create more jobs), Enterprise Development (Support growth and expansion of existing SMMEs), SMME start up development (Business Support & Mentoring for potential entrepreneurs), Cooperatives Development (support new women cooperatives in ICT) and Grant (Small Medium Enterprises Support);
SAPO	Products and services that are used to anchor enterprise development are postal service related. Chief amongst these are red letter trays, postal bags, speed services bags, twine, owner driver vehicles and envelopes.
BBI	Conducted Supplier Forums focusing on Basadi (Black Women) and Youth in various provinces. The objective of these forums was to encourage Basadi and Youth participation in the mainstream telecommunication industry and facilitation of transfer of technical skills and the development of black women and youth. The specific initiatives was information sharing on the telecommunication industry, providing information on BBI business and opportunities available, training on business and technical skills, fostering partnerships with Basadi, Youth and large businesses, encouraging Basadi and Youth suppliers to become contributors to BBBEE by improving their own contribution levels and thereby improving BBI procurement status, providing the environment and opportunities to increase the rand value of procurement-spend towards BBBEE and increase the number of BBBEE enterprises participating in BBI’s Basadi and Youth owned companies.
SITA	Is in a process of concluding an agreement with two Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) to assist in the development of SMME in specific technologies. Furthermore, SITA is in a process of appointing an economic transformation execution partner to accelerate the implementation of SMME development and other identified programmes.
NEMISA	E-Literacy for Entrepreneurs, Mobile Tech Supporting Micro Business, e-Skills Course for Entrepreneurs and using Social Media for Entrepreneurs.
.zaDNA	The Registrar Reseller Programme is aimed at the historically disadvantaged people who are interested in the domain name registry business. The programme will train the individuals and give them a chance to become Registrars.
USAASA	Not applicable.

bb) Sentech - Supplier Development (R1.2m), Enterprise Development (R200 000), SMME start up development (R170 000), Cooperatives Development (R200 000) and Grant (R2.8m);

SAPO – R120m;

BBI – R20 000;

SITA – R3m;

NEMISA – e-Literacy for Entrepreneurs (R17500), Mobile Tech Supporting Micro Business (R150 000), e-Skills Course for Entrepreneurs and using Social Media for Entrepreneurs (R71 5000);

.zaDNA – R350 000;

USAASA – not applicable.

 

cc) Sentech – 36;

SAPO – 50

BBI – 20

SITA – 50

NEMISA – already in business

.zaDNA – 20

USAASA – not applicable.

Reply:

1. Response from CIPC

(a) and (b) In order for the CIPC to confirm the above, the name and registration number of the two entities to whom the casino licence was awarded (owners of the Gold Reef City Casino Gambling Licence), needs to be provided. Full content of the entity file The South African Apartheid Museum at Freedom Park was provided but for completeness is provided again (Annexure A).

(c) It should be noted that even if an entity has been deregistered or dissolved, the CIPC will still retain the entity history and information as at the date of deregistration or dissolution.

1. Response from NLC.

The National Lotteries Commission (NLC), formerly known as National Lotteries Board, confirms that it received an application on 24.11.2004 from The SA Apartheid Museum at Freedom Park, with the registration number 2001/019108/08. There is no reflection of Gold Reef City Casino Gambling Licence in the application form (FORM 03/1).

  (a) and (b) n/a

  (c) In terms of the proof of registration submitted, that reflects the company registration number reflected in application pack, the directors of The SA Apartheid Museum at Freedom are as follows:

• Kim Feinberg
• Christopher Kroese
• Solomon Krok
• Christopher Martin Till
• Richard Thabo Moloko
• Lesego Wa Lesego
• Sidney Abromowitch

2. whether, with reference to a summation of all the facts on his version through the CIPC, which reveals the existence of two companies sharing Unique Company Registration Number: 2001/019108/08 and sharing date of incorporation: 14 August 2001, one of these companies, the SA Apartheid Museum, enjoys the benefit of public funds in the amount of R1,585,000 received from the NLB after submission of a statutory declaration by Mr Christopher Till, when applying for funding in November 2004; if so, can he, (a) in consultation with officials of the NLC, who were named in previous replies, provide the National Assembly with non-confidential information of SA Apartheid Museum under Project Number: 18052 regarding the Constitution of SA Apartheid Museum and the Registration Certificate and Memorandums, (b) confirm that all applicants are advised to read the rules before applying for funds and that one of those rules stipulates that the three referee's given in any application must be independent of the applicant and (c) in consultation with officials of CIPC who were named in previous replies, provide the National Assembly with each of the two CM5 Name Reservation Forms, that with payment of a fee, are a prerequisite to registration of the memorandum of a company;

2. Response from CIPC

According to the CIPC register, there is only one entity with registration number 2001/019108/08, namely The South African Apartheid Museum at Freedom Park NPC. The question regarding whether the company can apply for funding, can only be answered by the National Lottery Board that issues such funding. See NLC response 2 on page 3.

It should be noted that according to the CIPC electronic workflow system, two name reservations were submitted. The first on 10/04/2001 which was only valid for two months from date of reservation and therefore lapsed before the entity registration could occur. The lapsing of the name reservation resulted in the second name reservation being submitted on 07/06/2001 and reserved on 11/06/2001. The South African Apartheid Museum at Freedom Park NPC was subsequently registered on 14/08/2001.

(a) and (b) Kindly raise this question, with the NLC since the CIPC cannot confirm what information regarding the entity was submitted to them.

(c) As stated above, there is only one entity on the CIPC register with the name The South African Apartheid Museum at Freedom Park NPC with registration number 2001/019108/08. All information regarding the registration of the The South African Apartheid Museum at Freedom Park NPC was provided previously, but for completeness is provided again (Annexure A).

2. Response from NLC.

A grant of R1, 585,000.00 was allocated to The SA Apartheid Museum at Freedom Park into Nedbank as follows:

• Name of account: SA Apartheid Museum
• Payments:
  • R600, 000.00 on 08.09.2006;
  • R585, 000.00 on 01.07.2011; and
  • R400, 000.00 on 18.08.2016.

(a) The scanned copy of the submitted proof of registration and founding documents are in the possession of the NLC and can be made available if the writer follows the processes as outlined in the NLC’s policy for access to information, or if specifically requested by the Minister of Trade and Industry.

(b) In terms of the application form, FORM 03/1, submitted on 24.11.2004, applicants are requested to “Please give the names, positions and telephone numbers of three credible referees from the community in support of your application e.g. police commissioner, religious leader, local councillor, etc.”

The referees were provided in application #18052, however, the names have not been included because information relating to the application for grants in considered confidential in terms of the 2001 Regulations (Gazette No 7013, 22 February 2001 – See attached, clause 08: Security of Information) (Annexure B)

(c) n/a

(3) whether, in consultation with officials of CIPC who were named in previous replies, he has found that the specified officials are unable to provide the two CM5 Name Reservation Forms; if so, can he have them categorically state that as a fact?NW1742

3. Response from CIPC

The CIPC does not have the requested CM5 form in its records.

Reply:

1. 13 fighter aircraft are in the Rotational Preventative Maintenance program due to lack of funding.

1a. 13 Gripen fighter jets are in a Rotational Preventative Maintenance program from a fleet of 26 aircraft which are maintained throughout the aircraft life cycle as prescribed by the Designing Authority.

1b i. The Gripen fleet are under continuous maintenance while in Rotational Preventative Maintenance program.

1b ii. 13 Gripen fighter aircraft are operationally active at their home bases.

1bb. The Gripen aircraft are operationally utilised and used for force preparation of Gripen specific pilots and also for force employment.

2. Technically, we do not have any pilots training in Russia or Cuba. What we have in these countries are members identified to become student pilots.

Reply:

(1)(a)(i)-(iii) No, the Department of Basic Education was never approached by any Political Party for any form of funding in the 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16 financial years.

(1)(b) No, the Department of Basic Education has not been approached by any Political Party for any form of funding since 1 April 2016.

(2)(a)(i)-(iii) No, the Department of Basic Education never provided any Political Party with any form of funding in the 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16 financial years.

(2)(b) No, the Department of Basic Education has not provided any Political Party with any form of funding since 1 April 2016 and has no position in this regard.

Reply:

(1) The detectives at Edenvale SAPS received three (3) sedan vehicles on 3 December 2015.

(2) (a) Edenvale Detective Service currently have 14 vehicles.

(b) 9 of the vehicles are in working order.

(c) The vehicles were sent to the mechanical workshop on the following dates:

   (1) 15 February 2016

   (2) 10 March 2016

   (3) 14 March 2016

   (4) 28 March 2016

   (5) 7 April 2016

(3) (a) There are 27 detectives at Edenvale Police Station.

(b) (i) 16 detectives have attended a detective course.

     (ii) 16 detectives passed the detective course.

(c) Each Investigating Officer investigates an average of 90 dockets.

(4) (a) The prescribed ratio of detectives to vehicles is 2:1

           Two (2) members per vehicle.

(b) There are sufficient vehicles currently at the Edenvale Detective Service according to the national ratio.

Reply:

(1) The Detective Service at Bedfordview Police Station did not receive new vehicles as the station already has sufficient vehicles according to the national ratio.

(2) (a) Bedfordview Detective Service currently have 16 vehicles.

(b) 14 vehicles are in working order.

(c) The vehicles were sent to the mechanical workshop on the following dates:

      (1) 28 January 2016

      (2) 31 March 2016

(3) (a) There are 34 detectives currently at Bedfordview Detective Service.

(b) (i) 33 detectives attended a detective course.

     (ii) 33 passed the detective course.

(c) Each Investigating Officer has an average of 65 dockets.

(4) The station already has sufficient vehicles according to the national ratio.

Reply:

I have been advised by the Department as follows:

1. The Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services not been approached by any political party for funding
2. The Department has not provided any funding to a political party.

Reply:

(1) (a) (i), (ii) and (iii) and (b)

The Department of Police was not approached by any political party for any form of funding.

(1) (a) (i), (ii) and (iii) and (b)

The Department of Police did not provide any form of funding to any political party.

Reply:

(a)(b)(i)(ii) The South African Police Service is not running any development programmes for small businesses and co-operatives.

(aa) Not applicable

(bb) Not applicable

(cc) Not applicable

Reply:

The assessment to determine the costs is underway. A full report which addresses the Honourable Members questions will be submitted to the Constitutional Court within the timelines set by the Court.

Reply:

No I have not attended any meetings of the Gupta’s in Saxonwod.

I have attended events organised by the Hindu community to mark their Diwali, a Hindu festival, wherein members of the Gupta family attend as part of the members of the Hindu society.

These invitations have always been extended to Ministers, Deputy Ministers, and the Business community long before I even assumed the responsibility of being the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans.

Reply:

1. The ECD policy was approved by cabinet on 09 December 2015 after an extensive consultation process with the ECD stakeholders (government and non-government). It highlights 15 policy positions. It seeks to ensure integrated services by all partner departments, universal equitable access of the comprehensive age and stage appropriate quality services by 2030, empower and enable parents, ensure the alignment and harmonisation of inter-sectoral policies, legislation and programmes across the different sectors and ensure adequate and effective leadership, coordinated planning, funding, implementation, monitoring of progress and on-going quality improvements.

The short term (2017), covers establishment of the necessary legal framework, organisational structures and institutional arrangements, planning, financing mechanisms necessary to support and realise its commitments. The medium term (2024) includes the availability of age and developmental stage appropriate essential components of the comprehensive package of quality ECD services, accessible to all infants and young children and their caregivers. The long term (2030) covers availability of a full comprehensive age and development stage appropriate package of quality early childhood development services and accessible to all infants and young children and their caregivers.

Implementation thereof, is preceded by capacity building on the ECD policy and the National Comprehensive Programme in provinces which has commenced now in May 2016 until November 2016.

(2) The National Comprehensive ECD Programme has been developed which includes the essential components addressing nutrition, health, social protection, inclusion of children with disabilities and special needs, stimulation and early learning to ensure the best possible start in life. The programme puts emphasis on early detection of any disease or developmental delays from conception throughout the 1st thousand days. It was sanctioned in the ECD Policy as Chapter 5 which is the core of the National Integrated ECD policy and it has been aligned to the approved National Integrated ECD policy.

 

Reply:

NO

Reply:

(1)(a)(b)(i) The number of officials and teachers trained in areas of specialisation (No disaggregation between provincial and district officials has been made available) is as indicated in the table below:

Province	(aa) SASL	(bb) Autism	(cc) Braille	(dd) ADHD	(ee) Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum
	Officials	Teachers	Officials	Teachers	Officials	Teachers	Officials	Teachers	Officials	Teachers
EC	23	0	52	0	9	0	1	0	0	0
FS	0	46	0	40	0	27	0	0	0	0
GT	0	0	50	150	0	0	12	270	0	0
KZN	22	68	148	0	17	0	0	0	0	0
LP	0	83	0	0	0	37	0	0	0	0
MP	55	30	0	30	0	31	0	67	0	0
NC	14	0	0	0	38	0	0	0	0	0
NW	36	0	18	32 principals	20	0	0	0	0	0
WC	8	116	68	40	1	80	61	341 (&SLD)	0	0
TOTAL	198	181	336	252	85	68	74	337	0	0

Source: Reports obtained from Provincial Education Departments in April 2016

1. (b)(ii) The 181 teachers trained in SASL and 68 in Braille are using their expertise in the implementation of the CAPS for SASL and teaching of visually impaired learners in the 22 schools respectively. No information is available on the application of teachers’ expertise in the other areas yet.

(1)(c) Monitoring reports from PEDs that are submitted through the National Strategy for Learner Attainment do not include Autism, ADHD and Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum.

(2) The provinces spent R5,658 billion (98.5%) of the adjusted budget of R5,743 billion allocated to Public Special Schools in 2014/15 as indicated in the table below. The expenditure is not disaggregated to district level:

Provincial Education Departments
Provinces	2014/15 Adjusted Budget	2014/15 Actual Expenditure	2014/15 Under / (over)-expenditure
		Compensation of Employees	Goods and Services	Non-profit institution	House holds	Machinery and Equipment	Total Expenditure
	R'000	R'000	R'000	R'000	R'000	R'000	R'000	R'000
Eastern Cape	538 698	438 247	9 188	64 186	2 974	10 572	525 167	13 531
Free State	383 611	329 910	20	51 570	1 301		382 801	810
Gauteng	1 838 788	1 477 478	14 239	298 391	7 938	198	1 798 244	40 544
KwaZulu-Natal	876 012	748 062	7 338	127 800	3 401	2 158	888 759	( 12 747)
Limpopo	379 607	327 908	948	47 654	3 304		379 814	( 207)
Mpumalanga	221 661	177 875	5 078	31 687	491		215 131	6 530
Northern Cape	93 937	84 584	332	8 036	4 698		97 650	( 3 713)
North West	365 632	313 687	4 766	76 633	1 533	926	397 545	( 31 913)
Western Cape	1 045 531	799 600	24 986	139 761	4 975	3 510	972 832	72 699
TOTAL	5 743 477	4 697 351	66 895	845 718	30 615	17 364	5 657 943	85 534

(3) The whole amount was not spent as there was under-expenditure mainly on OSD Conditional Grant due to delays in processing journals from Equitable Share to journals in respect of expenditure which had already been incurred in previous years for OSD for Therapists prior to the introduction of the Conditional Grant. The underspending on Goods and Services was due to cost containment measures on items such as travel and subsistence as well as catering.

(4) The table below provides information about which PEDs and of course full service schools that benefited from the R400 million that was allocated for strengthening of full service schools in 2014/15.

Province	Names of Full Service Schools that Benefited
EC	Not allocated part of R400m
FS	See Annexure A
GT	See Annexure A
KZ	Not allocated part of R400m
LP	Not allocated part of R400m
MP	See Annexure A
NC	Not allocated part of R400m
NW	See Annexure A
WC	See Annexure A

(5) The National School Safety Framework was approved by the Minister in April 2015, after which Provincial Master Trainers were trained in all nine provinces. School-based training workshops are currently being rolled out to all schools including special schools and full service schools, in provinces.  

Reply:

1. The National Treasury was not approached by any political party for any form of funding (a) in the (i) 2013-14, (ii) 2014-15 and (iii) 2015-16 financial years and (b) since 1 April 2016.

2. The National Treasury has not provided any form of funding to any political party (a) in the (i) 2013-14, (ii) 2014-15 and (iii) 2015-16 financial years and (b) since 1 April 2016.

Reply:

We are still gathering data and contacting entities for this information. the information is not readily available

Reply:

We are still going through our records to verify the information our archives.

Reply:

(1) With reference to the 2015 Corruption Watch Annual Report, which found that the education sector was the most corrupt sector in South Africa and that, specifically, principals were the culprits in the majority of corruption cases, (a) how many principals have been investigated for corruption (i) in the (aa) 2011, (bb) 2012, (cc) 2013, (dd) 2014 and (ee) 2015 academic years and (ii) since 1 January 2016 and (b) what are the names of the schools at which principals are currently being investigated for corruption, in each case specifying (i) the date from which the specified principal has been under investigation, (ii) whether or not the specified principal has been suspended on full pay, (iii) the monthly salary of each principal suspended on full pay and (iv) whether a temporary replacement is currently carrying out the duties of the specified principals at each school;

Since the employer of educators is the Heads of the Provincial Education Departments, in terms of the Employment of Educators Act, 76 of 1998, the Question was forwarded to the relevant officials in all the Provincial Education Departments with a request that they provide the DBE with response and to date, no response have been received, except from the Western Cape, Limpopo and Free State Education Departments.

(1)(a)(i)

PROVINCE	No. OF PRINCIPALS SUSPENDED
	(aa) 2011	(bb) 2012	(cc) 2013	(dd) 2014	(ee) 2015	TOTAL
Western Cape	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gauteng	38	72	71	41	114	336
Limpopo	1	0	1	0	0	2
Northern Cape
Mpumalanga
KwaZulu-Natal
North West
Free State	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eastern Cape
TOTAL	39	72	72	41	114	338

PROVINCE	(b) Schools that are currently under investigation since 1 Jan 2016	(i)	(ii) Suspended on full pay or Not	(iii)	(vi) Temporary Replacement
	Names of Schools	The Date from which the Principal has been under investigation	On Full Pay	Not on Full Pay	Monthly Salary	Yes	No
Western Cape	None	None	None	None	None	None	None
Gauteng	none	none	none	none	none	none	none
Limpopo	Shingwedzi Secondary School	Not indicated	yes		Not indicated
Northern Cape
Mpumalanga
KwaZulu-Natal
North West
Free State	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eastern Cape
TOTAL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

(2) How many of the specified principals have been (a) criminally charged on corruption related activities, (b) criminally convicted for corruption related activities and (c) dismissed from their posts as a result of corruption related activities during the specified financial years and period;

(2) Number of principals who the following actions have been taken against them as a result of corruption activities:

PROVINCE	(a) Criminally Charged	(b) Criminally convicted	(c) Dismissed
Western Cape	0	0	0
Gauteng	0	0
Limpopo	0	0	0
Northern Cape
Mpumalanga
KwaZulu-Natal
North West
Free State	0	0	0
Eastern Cape
TOTAL	0	0	0

(3) What steps is her department taking to root out corruption in the education sector?

The recently released report about the selling of post has provided the Department with recommendations on how to strengthen our selection processes. The Department will soon begin to revise policies on the selection processes.

Reply:

1. Staff complement of the Directorate for Nonprofit Organisations (DNO)

 (a) (i) filled posts - 60

ii) vacant posts - 11

 (b) Below is a table providing detailed information:

Position	(b) Level	Number of posts
		Filled	Vacant
Deputy Director General	15	0	1
Chief Director	14	0	1
Directors	13	5
Deputy Directors	12	3
Deputy Directors	11	4
Assistant Directors	10	3
Assistant Directors	9	6	1
Admin Assistants	6	0	4
Senior Admin Officers	8	15	3
Senior Registry Clerks	5	8	1
Data Capturers	4	12
Contract Workers	4	1
Total		60	11

2. For each financial year the report of the DNO activities is presented by Department of Social Development in the Department’s annual report.

3. 15 440 compliance notices were sent to NPOs in the 2014-2015 financial year.

4. Yes, the DNO has cancelled cerficates of registrations of NPOs as below;

Form of Deregistration	2013/14 FY
Voluntary Deregistration	6
Wound up /or Dissolved	0

(a)

(b)

Form of Deregistration	2014/15 FY
Voluntary Deregistration	7
Wound up /or Dissolved	0

 

5. Yes the DNO keeps record of as follows:

(aa)

	Form of Deregistration	2013/14 FY
(a)	Voluntary Deregistration	6
(b)	Wound up /or Dissolved	0

(bb)

	Form of Deregistration	2014/15 FY
(a)	Voluntary Deregistration	7
(b)	Wound up /or Dissolved	0

Reply:

SAPO has advised me as follows:

1. (a-b) Although the amount of R25, 968, 523.32 is attributed to the City of Johannesburg technically, it is its Agency, JMPD that owes SAPO. The reason why JMDP owes SAPO for more than 120 days is due to the dispute over service level as a result of the prolonged and illegal strike that paralyzed operations.
2. (a-b) Interest has been suppressed due to the dispute declared by JMPD.