Questions and Replies
18 November 2016 - NW2342
Tarabella - Marchesi, Ms NI to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services
What are the detailed reasons for the National Prosecuting Authority’s (NPA) court hours declining by 7% in the 2015/16 financial year; 2) whether any measures have been put in place to address the specified decline of the NPA’s court hours; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; 3) whether the reduction of the NPA’s court hours needs to be addressed in conjunction with the (a) magistracy and/or (b) judiciary; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details of all steps taken to date in each case?
Reply:
1. The National Prosecuting Authority has informed me that the detailed reasons for court hours declining by 7%, are as follows: The NPA had indicated in the Annual Report that an analysis of the court time spent on criminal matters in court, was conducted. More court days are being utilised as shown by the increase of 3.5%. However, the efficient use of those increased days is not reflected in the actual court hours used for criminal cases, which impedes all attempts to ensure speedy justice. The average court hours fell by 7.0% from an average of 3h31 maintained during 2014/15 to 3h16 during 2015/16. A total of 32 863:49 hours were lost compared to the previous reporting period.
Table 4: Progress on criminal court hours
FORUM |
AVE HOURS 2014/15 |
Total Court Hours |
AVE HOURS 2015/16 |
Total Court Hours |
Progress |
HIGH COURT |
03:04 |
25798:15 |
02:48 |
26976:20 |
-8,7% |
REGIONAL COURT |
03:38 |
260785:48 |
03:26 |
254333:54 |
-5,2% |
DISTRICT COURT |
03:29 |
590284:31 |
03:13 |
562694:30 |
-7,7% |
ALL |
03:31 |
876868:34 |
03:16 |
844 004:44 |
-7.0% |
Unfortunately, the NPA does not record the reasons for loss of court hours and it does not reflect all court hours as only criminal court hours are recorded. The judiciary are keeping record of the hours as well as the reasons for loss of hours and these are discussed at case flow management meetings where problems in this regard are being addressed.
2) In the Annual Report, the NPA indicated that the effective performance of the NPA is directly linked to the effective performance of the other role players within the criminal justice system. Ensuring that cases proceed when they are set down for trial remains a primary challenge that the system has not adequately addressed. The implementation of pre-trial hearings identified by the NPA, Legal Aid South Africa and the Office of the Chief Justice as one of the solutions to prevent remands of trial ready cases has been slow in gaining traction, particularly in the lower courts. This has been compounded by the placing of too few trial cases on the court rolls, resulting in wasted court hours. The norms and standards issued by the Chief Justice have not yet led to increased court hours. Inadequacies of role-players in the system remain a concern as they impact on the finalisation of case. However, these are monitored and reported at the Provincial Efficiency Enhancement Committee (PEEC) meetings, which are chaired by the Judges President of every province.
3) This is partly answered by the paragraphs under answer (2) above, particularly with regard to the need for pre-trial hearings and the placing of sufficient trial cases on the court rolls.
18 November 2016 - NW2345
Rabotapi, Mr MW to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services
What is the current vacancy rate in respect of the positions of prosecutors of the National Prosecuting Authority in each region?
Reply:
I wish to inform the Honourable Member that I have received the following information from the National Prosecuting Authority:
VACANCY RATES as on 30 September 2016
Overall vacancy per business unit:
COMPONENT NAME |
TOTAL |
FILLED |
VACANT |
VACANCY RATE |
Assets Forfeiture Unit (AFU) |
165 |
131 |
34 |
20.7 |
Sexual Offences and Community Affairs (SOCA) |
220 |
155 |
65 |
29.5 |
Specialised Commercial Crimes Unit (SCCU) |
190 |
165 |
25 |
13.2 |
Office of Witness Protection (OWP) |
164 |
153 |
11 |
6.8 |
Priority Crimes Litigation Unit (PCLU) |
7 |
4 |
3 |
42.9 |
Corporate Services |
501 |
385 |
116 |
23.2 |
TOTAL |
1247 |
993 |
254 |
20.4 |
Vacancy Rate per Division – Prosecutions
TOTAL NO OF FILLED, VACANT AND VACANCY RATE National Prosecution Service (NPS) |
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REGION |
TOTAL |
FILLED |
VACANT |
VACANCY RATE |
NORTH GAUTENG |
512 |
428 |
84 |
16.4 |
SOUTH GAUTENG |
545 |
480 |
65 |
12 |
NORTH WEST |
201 |
189 |
12 |
6 |
LIMPOPO |
305 |
253 |
52 |
17 |
MPUMALANGA |
243 |
191 |
52 |
21.4 |
EASTERN CAPE |
416 |
366 |
50 |
12 |
MTHATHA |
203 |
168 |
35 |
17.2 |
WESTERN CAPE |
633 |
575 |
58 |
9.2 |
NORTHERN CAPE |
176 |
148 |
28 |
16 |
FREE STATE |
290 |
255 |
35 |
12 |
KwaZulu-Natal |
722 |
621 |
101 |
14 |
NPS (Head Office) |
52 |
50 |
2 |
3.8 |
TOTAL |
4298 |
3724 |
574 |
13.4 |
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18 November 2016 - NW2341
Horn, Mr W to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services
How many offenders were referred for psychiatric evaluation in the 2015-16 financial year; 2) whether there was an increase in the number of offenders referred for psychiatric evaluation in the 2015-16 financial year as compared to the 2014-15 financial year; if so, why?
Reply:
1. During the 2015/16 financial year, 2 369 persons who were charged with a variety of criminal offences, were referred for psychiatric evaluation by the courts, according to the records held at the Department of Health in this regard.
2. Yes. There appears to be a very small increase in the number of persons (namely 4 more persons) that were charged and referred for psychiatric evaluation in the 2015/16 financial year compared to the previous 2014/15 financial year, where 2 365 persons were referred for psychiatric evaluation, according to the records held at the Department of Health in this regard. The number of persons that are charged and referred for psychiatric evaluation by the courts may differ from year to year as it is dependent on the assessments made by the courts as to whether there is a need for such referral for psychiatric evaluation.
18 November 2016 - NW2340
Horn, Mr W to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services
What are the detailed reasons for the decline in the (a) finalisation rate and (b) issuing of freezing orders by the National Prosecuting Authority’s Asset Forfeiture Unit reported in its 2015-16 annual report?
Reply:
(a) Finalization rates’ relate to criminal investigations, which are not conducted by the AFU but by the DPCI (ACTT) and SAPS.
(b) I have been informed by the National Prosecuting Authority, that during the period under review, the Assets Forfeiture Unit (AFU) had undertaken to prioritize the finalization of a large number of freezing orders in terms of Chapter 5 of the Prevention of Organized Crime Act (POCA). The said cases were to be obtained from several complex high value cases that were being investigated by the Anti-Corruption Task Team (ACTT). As a result of the delays in the finalization of the several investigations at the ACTT, no freezing orders could be secured in respect of those specific cases, hence the decline in the freezing orders for the period.
I have further been informed that due to severe investigative capacity constraints, several freezing orders which were prioritized in terms of Chapter 6 of POCA, could not be finalized.
18 November 2016 - NW2338
Breytenbach, Adv G to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services
(a) How did the National Prosecuting Authority calculate its conviction rate for the 2015/16 financial year and (b) which factors did it take into account when calculating the specified rate; 2) (a) what is the total number of cases that (i) were withdrawn in each region in the specified financial year and (ii) were re-enrolled in the 2016/17 financial year and (b) what are the relevant details in each case?
Reply:
(1)(a) The National Prosecuting Authority calculates its general conviction rates and crime specific conviction rates on the basis of verdict cases. (b) It is calculated in terms of the percentage of cases finalised with a verdict in which a guilty verdict was obtained.
The percentage is determined by taking the cases finalised with a guilty verdict (including Section 57A of the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977) divided by the total number of cases finalised with a verdict. In the case of convictions these are only measured at the date of sentencing, while in the case of not-guilty verdicts these cases will be counted on the date of such verdict (i.e. only finalised cases are measured).
The reply to question 2 (a) on the total number of cases that (i) were withdrawn in each region in the specified financial year and (ii) were re-enrolled in the 2016/17 financial year and (b) what are the relevant details in each case, are explained below.
The table below sets out the number of cases withdrawn per region, per forum. The figures show the Serious Commercial Crimes Unit (SCCU) cases separately from the other regional courts. I am further informed that the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) does not keep details of re-enrolments (these are new court cases) and is unable to supply the details of each case.
FINANCIAL YEAR |
DIVISION |
District Courts |
Regional Courts |
SCCU |
High Courts |
TOTAL |
2015/2016 |
ECD |
10877 |
1094 |
4 |
5 |
11980 |
2015/2016 |
ECD Mthatha |
1386 |
279 |
0 |
6 |
1671 |
2015/2016 |
FSD |
5053 |
931 |
20 |
9 |
6013 |
2015/2016 |
KZND |
20641 |
2160 |
55 |
11 |
22867 |
2015/2016 |
NCD |
2809 |
281 |
0 |
3 |
3093 |
2015/2016 |
NGD |
17621 |
2719 |
63 |
6 |
20409 |
2015/2016 |
NWD |
2702 |
711 |
0 |
0 |
3413 |
2015/2016 |
SGD |
6096 |
1807 |
80 |
9 |
7992 |
2015/2016 |
WCD |
27934 |
2000 |
24 |
5 |
29963 |
2015/2016 Total |
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95119 |
11982 |
246 |
54 |
107401 |
18 November 2016 - NW2390
Maynier, Mr D to ask the Minister of Labour
(1)What is the name of her department’s newly appointed attaché in Geneva, Switzerland; (2) whether her department incurred any costs with regard to the (a) resettlement and/or (b) procurement of office furniture for the specified person; if not, in each case, (i) why not and (ii) what is the position in this regard; if so, what was the (aa) total expenditure and (bb) detailed breakdown of such expenditure in each case?
Reply:
1) A. Mr Kgomotso Letoaba.
2a.(ii) Yes. This was effected in accordance with the Foreign Service dispensation as determined by the Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA).
2(aa). CHF 5 229..42 (once off)
2(bb). As above
2b. There was no need to procure new office furniture for the new Attaché. The furniture currently being used by the new attaché is the same used by the previous Attaché. There are therefore no costs associated with the matter.
18 November 2016 - NW2344
Tarabella - Marchesi, Ms NI to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services
(a) What detailed measures have been put in place to address the 18,7% increase in the backlog of the number of cases at the National Prosecuting Authority in the 2015-16 financial year and (b) what is being done to address the specified backlog in the (i) lower and (ii) high courts?
Reply:
Number of case backlogs
The target on the number of backlog cases in the Lower courts falls within the ambit of DOJ&CD annual plan whilst the target on the backlog cases of the high courts were assigned to the OCJ. Since prosecutors have an important role to play in the speedy finalisation of cases, the number of backlog cases is still monitored and measured within the lower level annual plans.
The high courts managed a reduction of 12% but an increase is noted in both lower court forums.
The overall progress is indicated below:
Table21: Progress on case backlogs
FORUM |
2014/15 |
% of National |
2015/16 |
% of National |
Progress |
HIGH COURT |
216 |
0,8% |
190 |
0,7% |
-12,0% |
REGIONAL COURT |
14 106 |
52,5% |
14 485 |
48,9% |
2,7% |
DISTRICT COURT |
12 572 |
46,7% |
14 924 |
50,4% |
18,7% |
ALL |
26 894 |
100,0% |
29 599 |
100,0% |
10,1% |
A corresponding increase of 7.9% is noted in the number of outstanding cases carried forward to the next financial year. However, notwithstanding the reduction in backlog cases the number of outstanding cases increased in the high courts. An increase of 11.6% is also noted in the district courts. The regional courts indicated a reduction in outstanding roll.
Table 19: Progress on outstanding cases
FORUM |
2014/15 |
% of National |
2015/16 |
% of National |
Progress |
HIGH COURT |
817 |
0,5% |
892 |
0,5% |
9,2% |
REGIONAL COURT |
41 895 |
24,4% |
40 291 |
21,8% |
-3,8% |
DISTRICT COURT |
128 996 |
75,1% |
144 019 |
77,8% |
11,6% |
ALL |
171 708 |
100,0% |
185 202 |
100,0% |
7,9% |
Case backlogs and backlog project
The Justice, Crime Prevention and Security Cluster (JCPS) departments have introduced various interventions to deal with the case backlogs. In this regard a specific Case Backlog Reduction Project was implemented in November 2006 with the regional courts as the main focus area. Backlog cases are viewed as all those cases longer than 6 months on the district court roll, 9 months on the regional court roll and 12 months on the High Court roll. The Case Backlog Reduction Project assists regional and district court centres in identified priority areas country-wide that require focused attention. The project’s aim is to ensure that the inflow of new cases is balanced by the number of matters concluded and that matters are finalised more speedily.
This intervention led to the establishment of more than 50 additional regional backlog courts, through the appointment of additional regional court magistrates, clerks, prosecutors, interpreters and legal aid lawyers on contract. The number has fluctuated since then as courts were closed or shifted to other areas once the backlog was dealt with. After an investigation into the performance of the district courts, several high priority district backlog courts were also established since April 2010 and these courts have made a tremendous contribution to the overall success of the project.
The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development has consequently converted some backlog courts to permanent courts. The remaining courts will continue until they are converted, closed or shifted to another area.
During 2015/16, there were 27 approved regional and 25 district backlog courts. The district backlog courts excelled during 2015/16 by finalising a total of 14 711 cases comprising 10 525 verdict cases with a conviction rate of 95.3% and 4 186 ADRM cases. This represents a finalisation rate of 3.8 cases per court, per day. The regional backlog courts finalised a total of 2 421 cases comprising 2 363 verdict cases with a conviction rate of 75.2% and 58 ADRM cases. This represents a finalisation rate of 0.6 cases per court, per day.
The increase number of trials finalised in the high court had a positive impact on the reduction of percentage backlog cases, from 26.4% during 2014/15 to 21.3% in 2015/16.
18 November 2016 - NW2339
Horn, Mr W to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services
What are the detailed reasons for the decline in the (a) conviction and (b) sentencing rates of cases of (i) organised and (ii) house robbery crimes in the National Prosecuting Authority’s 2015-16 annual report, which do not comport with a decline in national crime rates?
Reply:
Regarding the Organised crime
The organised crime statistics reflected relate to those cases within the ambit of the Organised Crime component. The NPA does not intend to measure the crime but rather the effectiveness and performance of the components dealing with the more serious and complicated cases of organised crime. The focus of this component includes:
- Bank robberies, cash-in-transit heists, car and truck hijacking; business robberies, syndicate house robberies and ATM attacks;
- Trafficking in Precious Metals, and Diamonds;
- Non- Ferrous metals; (SEC 3 OF ACT 18 OF 2015 - Offence relating to essential infrastructure)
- Endangered species;
- Drug trafficking;
- Human Trafficking;
- Gang related matters under POCA;
- Racketeering and money laundering offences;
- Any other investigations referred to OCIU by SAPS management
Regarding the House Robberies
Investigations on house robberies, similar to most other serious crimes, take some time to finalise and then also take quite a substantial time to be finalised once the trial has started. On average, these cases last between 12 to 24 months to be finalised. If there is an increase of these cases during the 2016/17 financial year, this will only reflect from the following year in the court performance data. NPA performance on house robberies finalised during 2015/16 was in line with the trend by the SAPS as reflected during their 2014/15 financial year, which has in fact shown a decline for the previous three successive years. The following is an extract from the SAPS Annual Report information for 2014/15:
15 |
Comparison 2013-2014 with 2014-2015 |
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Province |
April 2005 |
April 2006 |
April 2007 |
April 2008 |
April 2009 |
April 2010 |
April 2011 |
April 2012 |
April 2013 |
April 2014 |
Case |
% Change |
% |
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1 |
Gauteng |
74990 |
67643 |
63559 |
68961 |
74429 |
70447 |
64475 |
68296 |
67988 |
66172 |
-1816 |
-2,7% |
26,1% |
2 |
Western Cape |
40837 |
43011 |
42239 |
42792 |
43171 |
43685 |
44494 |
49509 |
50503 |
47783 |
-2720 |
-5,4% |
18,8% |
3 |
KwaZulu-Natal |
40631 |
39486 |
36898 |
37515 |
40231 |
39439 |
41010 |
45404 |
43969 |
43274 |
-695 |
-1,6% |
17,1% |
4 |
Eastern Cape |
32978 |
31421 |
29346 |
28380 |
28233 |
27086 |
26825 |
25782 |
24643 |
24329 |
-314 |
-1,3% |
9,6% |
5 |
Mpumalanga |
20305 |
19444 |
18785 |
19766 |
19206 |
18026 |
18117 |
18777 |
18489 |
18183 |
-306 |
-1,7% |
7,2% |
6 |
Limpopo |
12768 |
12346 |
11790 |
12332 |
13936 |
13376 |
15225 |
14851 |
16477 |
16466 |
-11 |
-0,1% |
6,5% |
7 |
North West |
15463 |
13684 |
13576 |
14277 |
14859 |
14740 |
14569 |
15705 |
15388 |
15687 |
299 |
1,9% |
6,2% |
8 |
Free State |
17353 |
15939 |
15545 |
16040 |
15682 |
14828 |
15101 |
17284 |
16314 |
15618 |
-696 |
-4,3% |
6,2% |
9 |
Northern Cape |
6078 |
5488 |
4900 |
5402 |
5531 |
4985 |
4851 |
5711 |
6013 |
6204 |
191 |
3,2% |
2,4% |
South Africa |
261402 |
248462 |
236638 |
245465 |
255278 |
246612 |
244667 |
261319 |
259784 |
253716 |
-6068 |
-2,3% |
18 November 2016 - NW2321
Carter, Ms D to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services
Whether he requested the attendance of the National Director of Public Prosecutions, Mr Shaun Abrahams, at a meeting held at Luthuli House, the headquarters of the ANC, with the President, Mr Jacob G Zuma, and others, including himself; if so, (a) what was the purpose of the meeting, (b) was the impending prosecution of the Minister of Finance discussed and (c) what was the rationale behind scheduling an official meeting pertaining to Government at the headquarters of the ANC?
Reply:
(a) Yes. The purpose of the meeting was to reflect on a rapidly unfolding degenerating situation at institutions of higher learning as a direct result of the violence that had erupted during the protestation against the high cost of accessing higher education and the call for free education under the umbrella of the “Fees must fall” campaign. It was deemed prudent to return the appropriate State intervention to stabilise the situation as busses were burning, shops were being looted, streets were barricaded, buildings and vehicles were being vandalised and harm was inflicted on persons.
(b) No. The President had been apprised of the impending prosecution days before this meeting. It was hence not necessary to discuss the matter. The matter nevertheless had no bearing on the agenda of the meeting and was never raised nor discussed at all.
(c) It was an emergency meeting called by His Excellency, the Honourable President, who invited Ministers of the Justice, Crime, Prevention & Security Cluster. The President was leaving the country later that day. The location was most convenient, as most of the members of the executive who attended the meeting were already at the venue for other commitments. Due to the urgency of the situation the meeting thus took place at this venue.
17 November 2016 - NW2556
Madisha, Mr WM to ask the President of the Republic
(1) In light of the findings of the Public Protector in her report dated 21 April 2010 (details furnished) and in light of the fact that he is not required to make declarations of his assets in the Parliament Register, which is published on the parliamentary website, as other members of the executive is required to do, he has, since taking office in 2009, declared any gifts which include hospitality in access of R1500 to the Cabinet Secretary; if not, why not; if so, (a) what is the description of such gifts and (b) what were the source and value of the gifts; (2) whether he has declared any material advantage such as discounts and interest free loans that are not available to the general public to the Cabinet Secretary since 2009; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (3) whether he declared any land or property owned by him to the Cabinet Secretary since 2009; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details of the (a) property, (b) location and (c) extent; (4) whether he declared any trusts of which he is a beneficiary or a trustee to the Cabinet Secretary since 2009; if not, why not; if so, what is the (a) name of the trust and (b) details of the benefits derived?
Reply:
The question pertains to matters that are either before courts and/or are subject to other legal processes. I am therefore unable to answer the question until the said processes have been concluded.
17 November 2016 - NW2173
Maimane, Mr MA to ask the President of the Republic
Whether, in light of Minister Radebe’s recent briefing on Cabinet’s decision advising the SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) against suspect legal interpretations, he has now met with the Minister of Communications, Ms A F Muthambi, to discuss the (a) redeployment of the former Chief Operations Officer of the SABC, Mr H Motsoeneng, to the position of Group Executive of Corporate Affairs and (b) current affairs of the SABC; if not, in each case, why not; if so, what was the (i) date and (ii) content of each such meeting?
Reply:
I regularly meet with Ministers to discuss maters pertinent to their portfolios. Cabinet, which I chair and lead, discussed the SABC matter and pronounced itself strongly on what needs to be done to bring the entity on the right path. The Minister is a member of cabinet and is aware of the discussions and is bound by them as well.
17 November 2016 - NW2508
Madisha, Mr WM to ask the President of the Republic
(1) In light of the findings of the Public Protector in her report dated 21 April 2010 (details furnished) and in light of the fact that he is not required to make declarations of his assets in the Parliament Register, which is published on the parliamentary website, as other members of the executive is required to do, he has, since taking office in 2009, declared any shares in any company with the Cabinet Secretary; if not, why not; if so, (a) in which company(-ies), (b) what is the (i) number of shares he is holding, (ii) nature of the shares and the (iii) value of the shares; (2) whether he has declared any directorship or partnership in any corporate body to the Cabinet Secretary since 2009; if not, why not; if so, what are the details of the company and its business activity; (3) whether he declared any retainers received to the Cabinet Secretary since 2009; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details of the (a) organisations, (b) type of business and (c) value of any benefit derived; (4) whether he declared any sponsorships he received to the Cabinet Secretary since 2009; if not, why not; if so, (a) what was the source and (b) value of the sponsorships?
Reply:
The question pertains to matters that are either before courts and/or are subject to other legal processes. I am therefore unable to answer the question until the said processes have been concluded.
17 November 2016 - NW2270
Maimane, Mr MA to ask the President of the Republic
In light of the Public Protector’s investigation into state capture, why did he not reply to the Public Protector’s question on the Deputy Minister, Mr Mcebisi Jonas, being offered a Cabinet position during a meeting with a certain family (name furnished) at their residence in October 2015 while he replied to the same question in the National Assembly on 17 March 2016?
Reply:
The question pertains to matters that are either before courts and/or are subject to other legal processes. I am therefore unable to answer the question until the said processes have been concluded.
16 November 2016 - NW2175
Gqada, Ms T to ask the President of the Republic
(1)Whether (a) he and/or (b) his legal team held any meetings with the (i) Board and/or (ii) Chief Executive Officer of the Ingonyama Trust since 27 June 2016; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what were the (aa) reasons for and (bb) content of each such meeting; (2) whether (a) he and/or (b) his legal team held any meetings with the (i) Board, (ii) Chief Executive Officer and/or (iii) Chief Operating Officer of the VBS Mutual Bank since 27 June 2016; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details of each such meeting held?
Reply:
I obtained a loan from VBS Mutual Bank and met the obligation of paying R7 814 1550.00 as ordered by the Constitutional Court of South Africa, in respect of the security upgrades at my private residence in Nkandla. The banker-client relationship is governed by the private law of contract. In this regard, we should all abide by the letter of the law and not interfere with this contractual relationship as enshrined in legislation passed by our parliament.
16 November 2016 - NW1484
Waters, Mr M to ask the President of the Republic
(1) Whether he (a) enquired, (b) planned and/or (c) partook in any discussions regarding the alleged activities of security services regarding the (i) Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union and the establishment of the Workers’ Association Union and/or (ii) collection of evidence relating to the mandate of the Seriti Commission by the Special Operations Unit in Europe following the establishment of the specified commission (details furnished); if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (aa) in which way and (bb) to what extent was he involved in this regard; (2) Whether (a) he and/or (b) The Presidency received a report from the Special Operations Unit relating to evidence to be collected pertaining to the Seriti Commission; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
The matters referred to in the question are subject of litigation before the courts of law. As such, I am not in a position at this stage to reply to the question.
16 November 2016 - NW2231
Lorimer, Mr JR to ask the Minister of Mineral Resources
(1) Whether, with reference to his reply to question 1808 on 27 September 2016, the area of the intended Yzermyn underground coal mine is protected under the National Environmental Management: Protected Areas Act, Act 57 of 2003, as amended; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) why was a mining right for the specified mine issued on 28 June 2016, despite the recommendation contained in the biodiversity baseline and impact assessment report compiled for WSP Environmental by the Natural Scientific Services that the specified mining right should not be issued due to the impacts of the proposed mining project; (3) (a) how many mining rights have been issued in each province for the specified mining projects where environmental impact reports recommended against the issuing of such rights (i) in the (aa) 2013-14, (bb) 2014-15 and (cc) 2015-16 financial years and (ii) since 1 April 2016 and (b) what are the (i) names of the mining projects and (ii) dates on which the specified rights were issued; (4) whether mining has commenced at the mining site; if not, on what date will it commence; if so, on what date did it commence? NW2561E
Reply:
1. The question must be directed to the Department of Environmental Affairs as the custodian of NEMPA.
2. The Department considered comments and authorisation to be issued by other organs of state in that potential impacts will be constantly monitored and managed in concurrence with other organs of state through prescribed conditions of authorisations and monthly, quarterly to annual reporting by the right holder.
3. a)
• None
NB: If the recommendations suggest that the proposed operation will pose unacceptable pollution, ecological degradation or damage to the environment. such a right will not be issued.
4. Not yet commenced, in terms of section 25(b) of the MPRDA Act 28 of 2008, the holder must commence with mining operations within one year from the date on which the mining right becomes effective in terms of section 23 (5) or such extended period as the Minister may authorise.
Mr MJ Zwane, MP
Minister of Mineral Resources
Date Submitted:-..... . ........ ... ./. ... .... ......... ./2016
QUESTION NUMBER: 1808
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 09 September 2016
INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NUMBER:
1808. Adv H C Schmidt (DA) to ask the Minister of Mineral Resources:
(1) Whether Atha-Africa Ventures has been issued with (a) a prospecting and/or (b) mining right and/or permit in Mabola, a proclaimed protected environment area close to Wakkerstroom in the Dr Pixley Ka lsaka Seme Local Municipality in Mpumalanga; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so,
(2) whether the relevant (a) Environmental Impact Assessment and/or (b) Environmental Management Programme was undertaken before the specified rights and/or permits were issued; if not, why not; if so, what were the (i) results of the assessments and/or programmes undertaken and (ii) details of the public participation process followed ;
(3) whether the public participation process, as required in terms of the Minerals and Petroleum Resource Development Act, Act 28 of 2002, as amended, and its regulations were complied with in this regard; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details? NW2116E
REPLY
1) A Mining Right issued on 28th June 2016.
2) (b) Environment Management Progrmme (EMP) was undertaken.
i) The EMP provided an assessment on the potential impacts of the proposed mining activities, which therefore also provided measures to modify, remedy, control or stop any actions, or process which may cause pollution or degradation to the environment. Measures were informed by recommendations of the specialist reports undertaken amongst others, Floral assessment specialist report, Fauna assessment specialist report, Wetland assessment specialist report, Air quality assessment specialist report, Hydrological assessment specialist studies (Ground and surface water).
ii) Public participation was undertaken with land owners, Organs of State, Interested and affected parties, through newspaper advertisement, site notices, meetings, distribution of Background Information Documents (BID) to both interested and affected parties.
3) Details of public participation undertaken with land owners, Organs of State, interested and affected parties, through newspaper advertisement, site notices, meetings with minutes, distribution of Background Information Documents (BID) to both interested and affected parties. All interested and affected parties, land owners, were provided with opportunity to comment or raise concerns or objections.
All comments, concerns and objection were addressed in the EMP in the form of mitigation measures.
16 November 2016 - NW2503
Lekota, Mr M to ask the President of the Republic
(1) Whether, in light of the powers vested in him by section 91 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, to appoint Ministers, he took any steps in respect of Ms Vytjie Mentor informing him that she was offered a Cabinet position of Minister of Public Enterprises by the Gupta brothers in return for dropping the SA Airways route to India upon her appointment as Minister; if not, why not; if so, (2) whether he reported the matter to the SA Police Service in terms of the Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act, Act 12 of 2004; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details in this regard?
Reply:
The question pertains to matters that are either before courts and/or are subject to other legal processes. I am therefore unable to answer the question until the said processes have been concluded.
16 November 2016 - NW2376
Mulder, Dr CP to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises
(1) What is the nature of Transnet’s relationship with a certain company (Oyster Box); (2) Whether the company was appointed to provide services without going through the normal acquisition and/or tender procedures; if not, what procedure was followed; if so, (a) why and (b) what is the legal basis for the acquisition procedure without a tender; (3) (a) who were the (i) directors and (ii) shareholders of the company at the time of contracting and (b) what is the current status of the directors and shareholders; (4) Whether the company has been paid for services provided; if not, why were the services of the company contracted at all; if so, what are (a) the nature of the services and (b) relevant amounts paid? NW2719E
Reply:
1. Transnet has used The Oyster Box Hotel in Durban for accommodation and conferencing, in the past.
2. The services were sourced in line with Transnet’s normal and approved processs for conferencing and accommodation.
(3) (a)(i) There is no requirement for Transnet to determine directorships of each hotel they use in executing the duties. Transnet is a state owned company and it does not use specific hotels.
(b) Transnet is not in a position to provide commentary on the status of directors of any hotel.
(4) (a) The Oyster Box Hotel provides accomodation, restaurant and conference services. It would be paid by the travel agency.
(b) The amount Transnet paid in the current financial year was R13 500 (thirteen thousand five hundred rand). Over the past 15 years Transnet has paid R351 335 (three hundred and fifty one thousand three hundred and thirty five rand) for services rendered to Transnet.
16 November 2016 - NW2505
Carter, Ms D to ask the President of the Republic
With reference to his reply to oral question 1 in the National Council of Provinces on 25 October 2016, and taking into consideration the transcripts of the question and answer session he held with the former Public Protector during her investigations in respect of the State of Capture report, (a) why did it take him seven months to respond to the questions posed by the former Public Protector and (b) why did he not answer the questions on the allegations levelled against him? (2) whether he reported the matter to the SA Police Service in terms of the Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act, Act 12 of 2004; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details in this regard?
Reply:
The question pertains to matters that are either before courts and/or are subject to other legal processes. I am therefore unable to answer the question until the said processes have been concluded.
15 November 2016 - NW2358
Hunsinger, Dr CH to ask the Minister of Transport
(1)(a) Who were the beneficiaries of the Air Traffic Navigation Services’ enterprise supplier development programme (i) in the (aa) 2013-14, (bb) 2014-15 and (cc) 2015-16 financial years and (ii) since 1 April 2016, (b) how did each of the beneficiaries benefit from the programme, (c) what were the payment terms in each case, (d) how are the beneficiaries supervised to graduation into the incubation scheme and (e) what process is used to select beneficiaries who are to be included in the incubation scheme; (2) whether there was any delay in the payment of the beneficiaries in each of the financial years; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, why?
Reply:
AIR TRAFFIC AND NAVIGATION SERVICES SOC LIMITED
(1) Enterprise Development
(a) aa) None, as ATNS started its Enterprise Development programme in the financial year ending 31 March 2014.
bb) Below were the beneficiaries of the Enterprise Development programme for the financial year ending 31 March 2015.
Beneficiary |
Intervention |
Amount Requested |
Approved Amount |
1.Bayajula Pty Ltd |
Training SAP Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Training SAP Demo licenses |
R766 492.69 |
R766 492.69 |
2.Elgadone Pty Ltd |
Short term insurance learnership Insurance training for staff |
R36 440.48 |
R292 600. 00 |
3.Kgatelopele Private Equity |
Wi fi rooter Laptops Mobile Business ipads Laminator LED Projector White board |
R128 951.00 |
R128 951.00 |
4.Sediba Project Management cc |
Lawn Mower Kudu lawn mower Riding mower Brush cutters Fire control tanker Chemicals |
R769 808.00 |
R769 808.00 |
5.Vertigo Technologies |
Office space Office furniture IT infrastructure IT Equipment Desktops and Printers |
R707 616.00 |
R707 616.00 |
6.Lesedi Technology |
Krone Certification Containers Stipend for learner technicians |
R195 544.00 |
R195 544.00 |
7.TGR Attorneys |
Training |
R1 802 820.00 |
R1 802 820.00 |
8.Atafala Consulting |
Office space Administrative support Electronic tools Compliance tester HV detector |
R546 648.96 |
R546 648.96 |
9.Yawee IT |
Computer Equipment and server IT server Software solutions Telephone systems |
R440 000.00 |
R440 000.00 |
cc) Below were the beneficiaries of the Enterprise Development programme for the financial year ending 31 March 2016.
Beneficiary |
Intervention |
Amount Requested |
Approved Amount |
1.Transpace Pty Ltd |
Accreditation of technical course |
R449 000.00 |
R449 000. 00 |
2.HC Nolan Management and Solutions |
Unit standard alignment, content development and costs related to SETA accreditation |
R292 600.00 |
R292 600. 00 |
3.Bayeni Caluza Projects |
Office Facility and Equipment |
R198 000. 00 |
R198 000. 00 |
4.Anani Trading |
Printing Equipment and Software |
R142 606. 25 |
R142 606. 25 |
5.Petsana Logistics |
Technical training and accreditation with relevant professional institutes. A storage facility for supplies with long lead times. |
R200 000. 00 |
R200 000.00 |
6.Orange Star Pty Ltd |
Machinery |
R62 299. 00 |
R62 299. 00 |
7.Undiscoverd Minds |
Accreditation and office facility |
R130 000. 00 |
R130 000.00 |
R1 475 505. 20 |
R1 475 505. 20 |
(b) Since 1 April 2016 to date, the beneficiaries benefitted by receiving training on the programmes reflected below:
Programme |
Delegates |
Days |
Total Cost |
Financial Management skills |
30 |
3 |
R 304 200.00 |
Technology, Creativity and Innovation Skills |
26 |
2 |
R 229 372.00 |
Project/Time Management skills |
24 |
4 |
R 243 360.00 |
Customer focus and customer service skills for personnel Skills |
28 |
2 |
R 174 000.00 |
Contract Management, Negotiation and due diligence Skills |
40 |
3 |
R 138 450.00 |
Corporate Governance Skills |
42 |
2 |
R 223 650.00 |
Business Planning Skills |
32 |
3 |
R 218 400.00 |
Finance for Non-Finance managers |
24 |
2 |
R 88 320.00 |
Leadership Management Skills and Business acumen |
22 |
4 |
R77 000.00 |
Quality Management Systems |
22 |
5 |
R165 000.00 |
Total |
R1 861 752.00 |
(c) There were no payment terms as the institutions which provided training were directly paid by ATNS.
(d) ATNS together with Mtiya Dynamics Pty Ltd, ATNS Enterprise Development partners are overseeing the Incubation Programme, and Mtiya Dynamics is presenting progress reports to ATNS regarding the Incubation Programme.
(e) ATNS together with Mtiya Dynamics Pty Ltd conducted workshops in Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town, the workshops were advertised in the newspapers and on the website where engineering suppliers were invited. Engineering suppliers that were exempted micro enterprises and black owned were selected for the Pilot Incubation Programme that is currently in progress in Johannesburg.An intense gap analysis audit was conducted and the recommendations were actioned where training was conducted to close identified gaps.
(2) ATNS endeavour to pay emerging suppliers within 15 days however, sometimes due to logistical problems there are slight delays that relate to invoices where, a supplier would present an invoice that does not reflect invoice number, ATNS VAT number and it becomes difficult for ATNS to pay invoices that do not meet ATNS specifications. ATNS is doing all it can to resolve such issues urgently so that suppliers are paid on time.
15 November 2016 - NW2417
Van Damme, Ms PT to ask the Minister of Communications
(1)Whether the positions of (a) Group Executive of Corporate Affairs and (b) Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) were advertised externally before the recent appointments of Mr Hlaudi Motsoeneng and Ms Bessi Tungwana in the specified positions; if not, in each case, why not; if so, in each case, (i) how many applicants (aa) applied and (bb) were shortlisted, (ii) how were the positions advertised and (iii) what are the relevant details of the processes followed to appoint each of the specified persons to the positions; (2) Whether an external recruitment agency was used to handle the specified appointments; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (3) Whether the appointments were approved by the Board of the SABC; if not, why not; if so, in each case, (a) on what date did the specified board approve the appointments, (b) at which meetings were the appointments approved and (c) what are the names of each board member present at the specified meetings; (4) Whether any consideration was given to the Public Protector’s findings and court rulings that Mr Motsoeneng lied about having a National Senior Certificate and that he irregularly increased his salary when he was the COO before his reappointment to the position of Group Executive of Corporate Affairs; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
- No, the positions of (a) Group Executive of Corporate Affairs and (b) Chief Operating Officer (COO) were not advertised. There was no need to advertise the position of COO, as Ms Tugwana is acting in this position. Mr Motsoeneng was reinstated to the position he occupied prior to his appointment as the COO.
- Not applicable.
- The questions relate to questions that are part of the terms of reference into the parliamentary hearing in terms of section 15A (b) and therefore dealing with the question now will be tantamount to anticipating the said inquiry which is led by Parliament.
- Yes.
MR NN MUNZHELELE
DIRECTOR GENERAL [ACTING]
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS
DATE:
MS AF MUTHAMBI (MP)
MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS
DATE
15 November 2016 - NW2356
De Freitas, Mr MS to ask the Minister of Transport
(1)With reference to the Road Traffic Management Corporation’s advertisement for traffic officers for the National Traffic Police (NTP) in October 2014, (a) why were the candidates who applied for the specified position appointed as senior inspectors, (b) what criteria were used to make the specified appointments, (c) were the specified criteria different to that advertised and (d) on what statutory grounds did the NTP rely to make the appointments; (2) whether any incumbent traffic officers were given the opportunity to apply for the positions; if not, why not; if so, (a) how many of the incumbent traffic officers were appointed to the positions and (b) what are the further relevant details in this regard?
Reply:
1. (a) The appointments were made based on meeting the specified criteria
(b) The successful applicant as per the Advert had be in possession of a Basic Traffic Diploma, at least 4 years work related experience in Law Enforcement Environment. A valid proof of registration as a Traffic Officer, No previous conviction, have a Valid Driver’s License and should at least be in possession of either an Examiner of Driver’s License and or Examiner of Vehicles qualification.
(c) No
(d) The appointments were made in accordance with the appropriate legislation and policy imperatives governing the RTMC
(2) The opportunity was given to all eligible South Africans who met the requirements of the Advert.
(a) It is regrettable that incumbent officers at RTMC did not apply but most incumbents in Provinces and Municipalities applied.
(b) N/A
15 November 2016 - NW2518
Macpherson, Mr DW to ask the Minister of Trade and Industry
Whether an economic impact assessment was conducted for the proposed draft Liquor Amendment Bill; if not, why not; if so,(a) how many jobs could be lost if the specified Bill is passed, (b) what financial implications will the passing of the Bill have and (c) where can the report of the specified assessment be accessed?
Reply:
A socio economic impact assessment (SEIA) was conducted on the final Liquor Policy and approved by Cabinet on 14 September 2016. The SEIA report was submitted to the Cabinet Secretariat.
As the Hon Member is aware, the National Liquor Amendment Bill, 2016 was published for wider consultation. The consultation process ends on 30 November 2016. the dti will review the comments received and will endeavor to conduct a further socio economic impact assessment on the Bill, if required.
15 November 2016 - NW2423
Bozzoli, Prof B to ask the Minister in the Presidency
(a) What is the detailed role of each Minister appointed to the Ministerial Task Team on Higher Education, that was established by the President, Mr Jacob G Zuma, on 11 October 2016 to address the fees must fall crisis in tertiary institutions and (b) why was the Minister of Finance, Mr P J Gordhan, excluded from the specified task team?
Reply:
All members of the Ministerial Task Team on Higher Education were appointed by the President of the Republic to support the Minister of Higher Education and Training to normalise the situation at Higher Education institutions across the country. The Minister of Finance is one of the Ministers serving on this task team.
15 November 2016 - NW2283
Van Dyk, Ms V to ask the Minister of Police
(a) What is the current status of the investigation of the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation into allegations of fraud and corruption at the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa and (b) how many investigators have been allocated to the specified investigation?
Reply:
(a) The matter is investigated by the Serious Economic Offences Unit within the Directorate for priority Crime Investigation (DPCI).
The investigation is ongoing and information has been requested to speed up the investigation into the matter.
(b) The unit operates in team format and the case will be handled by the entire team.
15 November 2016 - NW2264
Mbhele, Mr ZN to ask the Minister of Police
(1)Whether he obtained the concurrence of the Minister of Finance, Mr P J Gordhan, on the remuneration of Lt. Gen. B M Ntlemeza before he was appointed as the National Head of the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation in accordance with section 17CA(8)(a) of the South African Police Services Act, Act 68 of 1995, as amended; if not, why not; if so, on what date did he obtain the concurrence of the Minister of Finance in writing; (2) whether he placed a notice of the remuneration scale payable to the specified person in the Government Gazette before the person was appointed to the specified position, in accordance with section 17CA(8)(a) of the specified Act; if not, why not; if so, (a) on what date was this gazetted and (b) what is the Government Gazette number; (3) whether he submitted the remuneration scale payable to the person to Parliament for approval, in accordance with section 17CA(9) of the Act; if not, why not; if so, (a) on what date and (b) in what form was the specified submission made to Parliament?
Reply:
1. At the time of the appointment of Gen B M Ntlemeza the current Minister of Finance, Mr P J Gordhan was not the Minister of Finance. The Then Minister of Finance, Mr N Nene was a member of the Cabinet and the appointment of Gen Ntlemeza was presented before Cabinet for concurrence. Cabinet Memorandum, which included the proposed remuneration scale of Gen Ntlemeza was distributed to all Cabinet Ministers including the Minister of Finance and no objection was received from the Ministers. Cabinet (with the Minister of Finance included) concurred with the appointment of Gen Ntlemeza on 09 September 2015 and that was before he was appointed on 10 September 2015.
It must be noted that the South African Police Services Act 68 of 1995 (SAPS Act), as amended, does not prescribe how concurrence should be obtained and there is no provision in the Act that requires concurrence by the Minister of Finance to be writing.
2. The Minister submitted the remuneration scale which has already been approved by the Department of Public Service to Parliament for approval. This is part of the process of publishing the said remuneration scale in the Government Gazette. Whilst it is acknowledged that the SAPS Act requires the Minister to place a notice of the remuneration scale payable to the Head of DPCI in the Government Gazette, it must be pointed out that the Act does not prescribe the time frames at which such notice must be placed in the Gazette.
3. (a) The Minister submitted the remuneration scale payable to Gen Ntlemeza to Parliament on 31 October 2016.
(b) The remuneration scale was submitted through the Speaker of the National Assemble in writing.
15 November 2016 - NW2341
Horn, Mr W to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services
How many offenders were referred for psychiatric evaluation in the 2015-16 financial year; 2) whether there was an increase in the number of offenders referred for psychiatric evaluation in the 2015-16 financial year as compared to the 2014-15 financial year; if so, why?
Reply:
- During the 2015/16 financial year, 2 369 persons who were charged with a variety of criminal offences, were referred for psychiatric evaluation by the courts, according to the records held at the Department of Health in this regard.
- Yes. There appears to be a very small increase in the number of persons (namely 4 more persons) that were charged and referred for psychiatric evaluation in the 2015/16 financial year compared to the previous 2014/15 financial year, where 2 365 persons were referred for psychiatric evaluation, according to the records held at the Department of Health in this regard. The number of persons that are charged and referred for psychiatric evaluation by the courts may differ from year to year as it is dependent on the assessments made by the courts as to whether there is a need for such referral for psychiatric evaluation.
15 November 2016 - NW2228
Schmidt, Adv H to ask the Minister of Water and Sanitation
(1)Whether, with reference to her reply to question 1716 on 27 September 2016, the funding allocated for the Sedibeng Regional Sewerage Scheme was spent in each financial year for which it was allocated; if not, in each case, why not; if so, in each case, what are the relevant details; (2) whether any of the funds allocated for the specified scheme were underspent in each financial year for which the funding was allocated; if not, in each case, what is the position in this regard; if so, in each case, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
1.The funding allocated for the Sedibeng Regional Sewerage Scheme was spent in each financial year as per allocation. The funding allocations and total expenditure from 2008/09 financial year to date are stipulated in Tables 1.1 and 1.2 below.
2. There had not been any under spending in each financial year mentioned above and the budget allocation for each project was based on cash flow.
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TABLE 1.1: Funding allocations for Sedibeng Regional Sewerage Scheme project
PROJECT NAME |
2008/09 R |
2009/10 R |
2010/11 R |
2011/12 R |
2012/13 R |
2013/14 R |
2014/15 R |
2015/16 R |
2016/17 R |
TOTAL R |
Sedibeng Scheme |
3 780 818 |
20 153 503 |
18 800 000 |
31 542 099 |
5 939 776 |
31 969 522 |
93 679 032 |
141 217 387 |
274 057 560 |
621 139 697 |
TABLE 1.2: Expenditure to date for Sedibeng Regional Sewerage Scheme project
PROJECT NAME |
2008/09 R |
2009/10 R |
2010/11 R |
2011/12 R |
2012/13 R |
2013/14 R |
2014/15 R |
2015/16 R |
2016/17 R |
TOTAL R |
Sedibeng Scheme |
3 780 818 |
20 153 503 |
18 800 000 |
31 542 099 |
5 939 776 |
31 969 522 |
93 679 032 |
141 217 387 |
166 370 793 |
513 452 930 |
15 November 2016 - NW2317
Kopane, Ms SP to ask the Minister of Transport
Whether any (a) internal and/or (b) external forensic reports pertaining to (i) her department and/or (ii) each entity reporting to her were completed from 1 January 2009 up to the latest specified date for which information is available; if not, in each case, why not; if so, what is the (aa) name, (bb) subject matter and (cc) date of conclusion of each of the specified forensic reports?
Reply:
PREFACE
The cases referred to in this reply are those which the investigations processes have been completed and have revealed adverse findings against officials, former officials and third parties which had business relations with the department.
NO |
SUBJECT MATTER |
NAME |
DATE CONCLUDED |
INTERNAL/EXTERNAL |
1 |
Irregular authorising of Change Note 47. The delegated authority to approve was exceeded. The change note was not submitted to Bidding Committee for approval. |
Mr Z Thwala |
19 April 2013 |
Gobodo Investigative and Forensic Accounting |
2 |
Irregular extension of contract with Quintogyn |
Mr T Ngidi Mr S Monareng |
04 September 2012 |
KPMG |
3 |
Irregular appointment of Deloitte & Touche through reprioritization of scope of existing service provider |
Mr R Jock |
08 July 2013 |
Internal capacity |
4 |
Irregular procurement of services from SITA and the subsequent conclusion of the tripartite agreement between the SITA, PM Focus Consulting and Department of Transport to institutionalize the e-Natis system |
Mr R Jock Mr W Koekemoer Ms. E Coetzee |
08 July 2013 |
Internal capacity |
5 |
Irregular procurement of the Master License Agreement with SAS (Pty) Ltd |
Mr R Jock |
08 July 2013 |
Internal Capacity |
6 |
Irregular procurement of the PABX System from Huawei Technologies and Letsore IT Solutions |
Mr R Jock Mr G Mahlalela |
08 July 2013 |
Internal Capacity |
7 |
Irregular procurement of services for the 2011 Investor’s Conference |
Mr M Vilana Mr. T Ngidi, Mr Venkile |
15 August 2015 |
Nexus Forensic Services |
8 |
Irregular appointment of a consortium of firms ( Bowman Gilfillan, Morar Inc. and Ngidi and Company Inc., to address findings by Auditor General in 2010/2011 |
Mr G Mahlalela |
21 August 2014 |
Nexus Forensic Services |
9 |
Irregular stopping and reallocation of Provincial Road Maintenance Grants in contravention of Division of Revenue Act |
Mr C Hlabisa |
03 September 2014 |
Internal Capacity |
10 |
Fraudulent /dishonest appointment of Evaluation Panel in respect of Bid TE/2013/001 |
Mr R Jock |
08 July 2013 |
Internal Capacity |
11 |
Irregular/illegal extension of the contract with Prodiba for the production of Drivers Licenses., contract RT (G) 6969 SA |
Mr G Mahlalela Mr Jock |
2013/2014 |
Internal Capacity |
12 |
Irregular procurement of trophies to be presented at the inaugural Transport Awards. |
Mr M Maswanganyi Ms L Mahlangu |
02 February 2016 |
Internal Capacity |
13 |
Fraud, nepotism and corruption |
Mr V Ndwamato |
2010/2011 |
ENS Forensics (Pty) Ltd |
14 |
Fraud/theft relating to use of card to purchase groceries for the Ministry |
Ms R Seabi, Ms C Nkosi |
13 May 2016 |
Internal Capacity |
15 |
Salary overpayment to former employee Ms Jola |
Ms. Jola |
16 July 2016 |
Internal Capacity |
16 |
Irregular procurement of furniture for Cape Town Office of the Director-General |
Ms M Tshabalala |
21 September 2016 |
Internal capacity |
17 |
Investigation into upgrading of Mthatha Airport Runway |
Mr M Vilana |
24 July 2013 |
ENS Forensics (Pty) Ltd National Treasury |
18 |
Submission of fraudulent travel and Subsistence Claim |
Bhikshu N |
28 September 2011 |
Internal Capacity |
19 |
Report on verification of current financial spending/expenditure of SANTACO Services |
SANTACO |
20 June 2011 |
Z. Adam & Co. |
20 |
Report into payment of an acting allowance of R84,089.24 to Ms P Mokale |
Mr. P Mokale Mr C Letsoalo |
2009/2010 |
Internal Capacity |
21 |
Investigation report into fruitless and wasteful expenditure at Driving License Card Account regarding MTN SIM Cards |
DLCA |
24 October 2012 |
ENS Forensics (Pty) Ltd |
22 |
Procurement fraud relating to irregular extension of Tender No. DOT/19/2006/FL& CD allowing the Road Traffic Management Corporation to participate in the contract |
RTMC |
2010 |
Internal Capacity |
23 |
Irregularities relating to the award of Bid No DoT/19/2008/IP & IC, awarded to Safiri and CSIR Joint Venture |
Mr M Vilana |
2010 |
Internal Capacity |
24 |
Investigation report into acts of misconduct, fraud and corruption |
Zerk Bester |
2011 |
G9 Forensic Consulting (Pty) Ltd |
Ports Regulator of South Africa
There have been no (a) internal and (b) external forensic investigations that have taken place from 01 January 2009 up to 20 October 2016.
SAMSA
The SAMSA Board commissioned a Forensic Investigation in May 2016, the investigation is at an advanced stage, to be completed in November 2016.
REPLY
AIRPORT COMPANY SOUTH AFRICA (ACSA)
Date |
Description |
Conclusion |
20 May 2011 |
“I would like to report that there was a tender irregularity with the awarding of the Office automation tender to a Supplier. The current CEO, of Supplier, is a blood relative to one of your ACSA employees, Group Specialist - Procurement Services. In the tender document, this relationship was not declared as per terms and requirements stated. Secondly, this Supplier was given an opportunity to re-submit pricing whilst other vendors were not given that opportunity.” |
No adverse findings and the investigation was closed and feedback sent to whistleblower. |
20 October 2011 |
This memo relates to the approved investigations related to the note sent to one of the ACSA Debtors allegedly by an ACSA to change the ACSA Bank details into which the Debtor should pay the amounts due. The email was received on the 20th October 2011. |
No ACSA employee was found to have been implicated and there was no loss of cash as the scam was unsuccessful. Note: A company-wide investigation on the state of payments and possible irregularities was launched using Deloitte during 2012. |
29 May 2011 |
This memo relates to the investigations undertaken as a response to the email received from Marelize Labuschagne on 29th April 2011. The author suspected that there might have been an “internal link” on the fraudulent payments to a Business Connection’s Standard Bank Account. |
No ACSA employee was found to have been implicated and there was no loss of cash. Note: A company-wide investigation on the state of payments and possible irregularities was launched using Deloitte during 2012. |
21 November 2011 |
A payment effected by ACSA SSC on the 31st Oct to the account of Cura Risk management Software (Pty) Ltd to the value of R123, 594.92 was made to fraudulent bank details. The bank details were submitted to ACSA SSC on 25th August 2010 – reflected as Absa Bank. |
No loss of cash by ACSA. The above was reported to SAPS ref: CAS 193/11/2011 on 17/11/2011 at OR Tambo. Note: A company-wide investigation on the state of payments and possible irregularities was launched using Deloitte during 2012. |
20 June 2011 |
An anonymous call was logged on the Tip-Offs Anonymous Hotline on the 20th of June 2011 whereby the following allegations were made regarding the maintenance of the Public Address system tender at O.R. Tambo International Airport (ORTIA). |
Internal Audit could thus not find any conclusive evidence which would indicate that the process was not equitable and transparent. |
01 August 2012 |
This investigation was referred to Internal Audit by the Group Executive: Commercial on 01 August 2012. This request came about after a tender (IDA/11/11) of the ORTIA Arts, Crafts and Curio Retail Stores was cancelled and notifications to this effect dated 20 March 2012 were sent to the two Bidders. |
The bases used for the cancellation of the Tender were valid as per ACSA Procurement Policy; however, the process followed by ORTIA Procurement to cancel the Bid had general weaknesses and flaws that were observed. Corrective active was recommended and implemented. |
30 July 2012 |
This report relates to the investigation conducted after a tip-off was received by Internal Audit on the alleged unauthorised removal of some furniture from the premises by an employee. |
The evidence available indicates that the employee removed the furniture from the ACSA premises without approval and did not intend to return them. Disciplinary action was launched and recommendations implemented. |
19 February 2013 |
A call was logged in relation to the following allegations:
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The following recommendations were put forward: The King Shaka Electrical department team are experiencing challenges with regard to team dynamics, as is evident in the allegations regarding favouritism and preferential treatment. This is compounded by the fact that there are aspects of policies and procedures which have not been adhered to particularly as it relates to overtime. In addition the conduct with regard to procurement related aspects also indicates non adherence to policies and procedures. These non-adherences may be construed as subversion to the system of internal controls. Subversion of the system of internal controls could lead to irregular transactions being perpetuated and remaining undetected which will result in financial losses for ACSA. We recommend that King Shaka International Airport (KSIA) management act decisively and swiftly on matters and recommendations noted during this investigation and raised in this report. This will contribute towards the cultivation of a culture of compliance to the Policies and procedures throughout its business. |
12 November 2014 |
PORT ELIZABETH AIRPORT: Caller alleges that an employee from the airport is accepting bribes from baggage wrapping company. |
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13 November 2014 |
CAPE TOWN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT:
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03 November 2014 |
OR TAMBO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT: An employee complained of nepotism regarding the appointment of a person into a senior position in the Human Resources department. |
The airport management team conducted an investigation and could not find any evidence to support the allegation. They confirmed that the whole process was documented and was found to be compliant with ACSA recruitment policies and procedures. |
29 September 2014 |
KIMBERLEY AIRPORT: A caller alleged that a security officer is using an administrator PIN code for making telephone calls instead of the personal PIN code assigned to him. |
No evidence could be found to confirm the allegation. |
27 September 2014 |
OR TAMBO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT: A caller alleged that a passenger travelling on an African based flight to Johannesburg would detonate a test device that will bring down the aircraft. AVSEC was notified and they liaised with the State Security Agency, SAPS and SAA to assess and mitigate the threat. |
The passenger was identified from the information supplied. He, and his luggage were screened and was cleared for flying. No incident occurred and the investigation was closed. |
16 September 2014 |
OR TAMBO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT: A caller alleged that a senior buyer at the airport is disqualifying bidders from the grass cutting tender for no apparent reason. Another employee from Surface Maintenance excused himself because he did not want to be part of a panel corrupting people. |
Upon request from the OR TAMBO General Manager, the CEO approved that an investigation be conducted by SNG. The investigation has been concluded and the report issued to EXCO and Audit and Risk Committee. Disciplinary action was taken accordingly and recommendations were implemented. |
12 September 2014 |
OR TAMBO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT: M&E requested and received a quote via the SSC, for disposable ear protectors that appeared high in value. Furthermore, the recommended supplier was not in the business of selling such goods. M&E challenged the SSC about this and obtained their own quotation which was 7.5 times less than the quote. It appeared that an employee in SSC could be conflicted as the name supplied on the SSC quote belonged to an employee that was actually a buyer for ACSA. |
A director check with the CIPC/CIPRO indicated that the employee implicated was not a director or shareholder in the company referred to in the allegation. No further investigation is required in this matter. |
28 August 2014 |
OR TAMBO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT: A passenger on an international flight ordered a cup of tea at the coffee shop while waiting to board. After having the tea he “woke” up and realized he had missed his flight and experienced further drowsiness. He alleged that the waiter had drugged him. |
The OR Tambo International Airport Public Safety and Security management team investigated by reviewing the cameras against the report, and the incident went undetected. The team could not establish the reason for blackout. Internal Audit has assessed and no further investigation is required in this matter. |
22 August 2014 |
KIMBERLEY AIRPORT: A caller alleged that one of the supervisors claim overtime for time not worked. |
The regional airport management suspended the employee while the investigation was being done. Regional airport management in conjunction with HR conducted an investigation and found no evidence to support the allegations. The suspension was lifted and the supervisor was re-instated in his position. Internal Audit has assessed management review and no further investigation is required in this matter. |
14 August 2014 |
OR TAMBO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT: An employee working in the Property department at OR Tambo International airport collected rent monies from tenants and pocketed the cash instead of declaring it as income received. |
Investigations revealed that an ACSA employee was collecting rent from cargo companies. The employee was suspended while management conducted an investigation to determine the extent of this fraud matter. Internal HR interventions have been finalised and employee dismissed. |
12 August 2014 |
OR TAMBO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT: A caller alleged that there are copies of an upcoming tender for the upgrade of CCTV cameras floating around. He was alleging that ACSA is already approaching certain vendors in order to give them an advantage over others. |
Internal Audit consulted with SCM and was informed that the tender has not yet been finalised for issue. The RFP document was still in draft as SCM were finalising the technical specifications and evaluating criteria for the tender. Hence there was no way that a copy of the document could be in circulation in the public domain. |
04 August 2014 |
OR TAMBO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT: The caller stated that a friend she met on a dating site sent her a parcel from the UK containing money and diamonds to the value of R1.2m. He requested various amounts of money, gradually increasing his demands in order to have the parcel released. |
Internal Audit met with the caller and suggested that the matter be raised by her with the SAPS Commercial Crimes unit as well as SARS as they are better equipped to deal with her matter. The modus operandi is very similar to the 419 scams that have been comprehensively covered on TV documentaries, newspapers and the radio. |
28 July 2014 |
CORPORATE: Two senior employees from the Strategic Planning and Projects Division left the employ of ACSA and joined a company who submitted a bid and won part of the tender. It was alleged that the two employees could have influenced the submission. |
The ACSA BEC did identify the two employees during the tender evaluation process and obtained a legal opinion on the restraint of trade and cool-off periods applicable to these employees. The legal opinion stated that since no restraint of trade or cool-off period agreements were signed with these individuals, ACSA could not prevent them from seeking employment after termination of their services or prevent them from forming part of a company that was bidding on tenders to provide goods and services to ACSA. |
15 July 2014 |
KIMBERLEY AIRPORT: A caller alleged that airport staff was using a company vehicle for personal errands around town. |
Management investigated the call and provided feedback. Management‘s review found no malice in the use of the company vehicle. |
11 July 2014 |
CAPE TOWN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT An anonymous report was delivered to the CEO alleging that a supplier delivered poor quality work on fencing. |
Management investigated the process and found no evidence to support the allegation of poor quality workmanship. |
22 April 2014 |
OR TAMBO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT: An employee working in Maintenance and Engineering indicated that a police case has been opened against her that the employee was using her position to coerce a service provider to buy equipment for her business, at their cost, in order for her to process job orders for their company, otherwise they cannot earn an income from their contract with ACSA. |
An investigation was conducted by SizweNtsalubaGobodo (SNG). The investigation is complete and the report issued to management, and Audit and Risk Committee. The allegations made by supplier could not be substantiated with evidence. The SAPS had declined to prosecute due to insufficient evidence to substantiate the claims made by the supplier. The employee went through an internal disciplinary process. The whistleblowing policy was updated and approved by the ARC and the BOARD. The policy also includes a clause that deals specifically with calls made in bad faith. |
15 April 2014 |
UPINGTON REGIONAL AIRPORT: A caller reported that an ACSA employee was abusing a company vehicle. |
The regional airport management team investigated the matter and found that there was irregular use of the vehicle. An employee was transferred from Gauteng to Upington and had the use of the company vehicle while HR was arranging for their vehicle to be transported to Upington. There was a delay in the transporting arrangement and the employee used the vehicle after her vehicle was delivered to Upington. The airport employee and the HR team responsible for arranging the move were issued with warnings for this transgression. |
16 September 2014 |
OR TAMBO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT: A caller alleged that a senior buyer at the airport is disqualifying bidders from the grass cutting tender for no apparent reason. Another employee from Surface Maintenance excused himself because he did not want to be part of a panel corrupting people. |
Upon request from the OR TAMBO General Manager, the CEO approved an investigation to be conducted by SNG. The employee went through a disciplinary process and was subsequently demoted. |
25 July 2014 |
OR TAMBO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT: The landside manager reported that a parking employee did not declare all the monies that she collected from taxi operators. Furthermore there was possible evidence of other aspects including that of a missing receipt book and an illegal parking card. |
An investigation was conducted by the Parking Management team. The employee was dismissed with immediate effect after a disciplinary process. |
11 May 2015 |
PORT ELIZABETH: The Auditor General reported that an employee alleged improper conducted in the management of taxi operators and kiddies’ rides at the airport, i.e. operators were allowed to conduct business without payment to ACSA. |
Internal Audit conducted an investigation and found that not all the taxi operators’ contracts were available for review, but that the operators made their monthly payments. The kiddies’ ride had a contract that was not yet signed. No payments were received for the seven (7) months that these rides operated at the airport. Although no fraudulent activity was identified, Internal Audit recommended that management look at disciplinary process relating to non-adherence to ACSA policies and procedures and weak administrative controls. Recommendations were implemented. |
01 June 2015 |
CORP: Two individuals have information relating to retailer lease fraud, i.e. turnover rentals are not declared honestly. They want to meet with senior management and want possible compensation for the information they possess. |
The issue was discussed at an Anti-corruption Steering Committee and it was concurred that this is a Commercial issue since the individuals want to sell ACSA a product to monitor retailers’ activities. The matter was referred back to Commercial division. |
8 June 2015 |
ORTIA: Caller alleged that a cell phone was stolen from his luggage at ORTIA in November 2014. Calls to the value of around $38 000 were made. |
ORTIA security investigated and found that the calls were made overseas before the passenger landed in South Africa and again after the passenger departed. Hence it was concluded that the phone could not have been stolen in South Africa. |
10 June 2015 |
CTIA: An anonymous caller alleged that a security officer had a fraudulent matric certificate. |
HR confirmed and send documentary proof that the security officer had a valid matric certificate. |
28 August 2015 |
OR TAMBO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT: Caller alleged that his car was towed while he was in the vehicle. Upon arrival at the impound lot the vehicle was released in an unsafe manner and suffered body damage. |
The tow truck operator settled the costs of the repairs for fixing the damage to the vehicle. |
14 Sep 2015 |
CORP: A call was logged via the CEO of possible irregular relationship between a Buyer within ACSA and a Supplier. |
The disciplinary hearing was concluded and the employee was reinstated. .
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14 Dec 2015 |
BRAM FISCHER AIRPORT: A caller alleged that an ACSA employee used a company vehicle to carry stolen property from the airside. |
It was established after the investigation that the vehicle in question removed materials that belonged to a contractor from the airside after having obtained written permission from the HOD: M&E to do so. No further action is required regarding this matter. |
18 June 2015 |
OR TAMBO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT: A firm of attorneys requested ACSA to admit liability to their client who got injured while travelling up an escalator due to its malfunctioning and trapping her in it. They are claiming financial loss and medical expenses. |
The matter is now handled through the Insurance process. |
15 Jan 2015 |
OR TAMBO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT: A caller alleged that a female permit office staff member was recording payments for permits on a manual receipt book and was pocketing the cash received. |
Permits are linked to receipts or a GL account. If what this person alleged happened, the reconciliation will not balance as the system will indicate the types and cost of permits and a hash total for the day’s events which would not match the cash received and banked. For the period referred to, no exceptions were recorded in the daily reconciliations. |
14 Apr 2016 |
OR TAMBO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT – It has been allegedly reported that the Security Manager at the airport is putting staff under pressure to pay a certain Supplier all the time. The Complainant further states that Payments to the company are done quickly due to the corruption relationship between the Protection Company’s Manager and the Security Manager. |
An internal investigation was conducted and there was no sufficient evidence to implicate the alleged Security Manager to the allegations. |
18 May 2016 |
CORP: Accenture Issues – An incidence was noted whereby the Procurement Manager’s signature was discovered on a PO Scorecard.
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The employee was terminated as she was a seconded by an outsourced entity. |
24 May 2016 |
CORP: Afrilink HealthCare Goals case – An email was received by the CFO alluding to irregularities within the Enterprise processes within ACSA.
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The allegations were evaluated by Internal Audit and it was concluded that a Forensic investigation was necessary.
The appointment of the Service Provider was completed on 19 July 2016.
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01 June 2016 |
CAPE TOWN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT - According to the complainant, she overheard people talking on the train about bribery which implicates one of the employees working at Cape Town International Airport security checkpoints. |
An investigation was conducted by Airport Management which included the following:
The results obtained as a result of the above could not implicate ACSA Official and the matter was then closed. |
07 June 2016 |
CAPE TOWN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT - The complainant had reported a Zimbabwean National who does not possess a working permit and is employed at Cape Town International Airport.
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An investigation was conducted by the Airport Management on the permit database and the results obtained could not match the alleged Zimbabwean National. ACSA also has no further record or knowledge of a person of this name who is working at the airport. No further information could be obtained from the Complainant and the matter was then closed off. |
27 September 2016 |
On Saturday, 23rd September 2016, OR Tambo International Airport General Manager - Bongiwe Pityi received an email from an alleged whistle-blower alleging that one of the Supply Chain Management senior buyer is selling tenders. |
The Procurement Official had since been suspended pending an investigation. |
AIR TRAFFIC AND NAVIGATION SERVICES (ATNS)
a) One (1) internal forensic report
aa) Allegation of Subsistence and Travelling (S&T) Forex returns embezzlement
bb) Subsistence and Travel (Forex returns)
cc) 2016
SOUTH AFRICAN CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY
As the Civil Aviation Regulator, the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) also receives tip-offs relating to non-compliance to applicable legal prescripts. As such, the list below entails both internal (employee related) as well as external (Civil Aviation Act, regulations and technical standards compliance measures) forensic investigations.
Year |
Name |
Subject Matter |
Date of Conclusion |
Internal |
External |
2009/10 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
2010/11 |
Dereliction of duties |
Alleged misconduct of two senior employees |
19-Nov-11 |
Internal |
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Procurement irregularity |
Alleged failure to follow Supply Chain Management policies and procedures in the appointment of a service provider |
3-Mar-11 |
Internal |
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2011/12 |
Aviation irregularity |
Alleged contravention of the SACAA regulations |
2-Nov-11 |
Internal |
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Procurement irregularity |
Alleged irregular Tender Committee processes |
26-Aug-11 |
Internal |
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Undeclared interest |
Alleged conflict of interest. |
26-Oct-11 |
Internal |
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Abuse of position |
Alleged abuse of position by a manager |
26-Oct-11 |
Internal |
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Fraud |
Alleged forged signature |
24-Jan-12 |
Internal |
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Fraud |
Alleged unauthorised debit transactions against SACAA's bank account |
1-Jul-12 |
Internal |
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Irregular Business Practice |
Alleged irregular business practice within Aircraft Personnel Standards |
1-Aug-12 |
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External |
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Abuse of Position |
Alleged abuse of position and intimidation by Inspectors |
1-Aug-12 |
Internal |
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Irregular HR Practices |
Alleged irregular appointment of two employees |
1-Aug-12 |
Internal |
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Irregular HR Practices |
Alleged irregular recruitment processes |
1-Aug-12 |
Internal |
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Procurement Irregularity |
Alleged procurement irregularity with regard to an inflated quotation for printing services |
19-Jun-12 |
Internal |
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2012/13 |
Abuse of Position |
Alleged unauthorized inspections at an Aviation Training Organisation |
17-Aug-12 |
Internal |
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Aviation Irregularity |
Alleged irregular issuing of Aircraft Operating Certificates |
26-Oct-12 |
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External |
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Abuse of Position |
Alleged irregular flagging of a Student Pilot's license |
17-Aug-12 |
Internal |
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Procurement Irregularity |
Alleged failure of the Payroll department to pay Workmen's Compensation in time |
05-Dec-12 |
Internal |
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Irregular Business Practice |
Alleged unauthorised payment for MBA studies for an employee who is in breach of the bonding agreement |
09-Jan-13 |
Internal |
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Procurement Irregularity |
Alleged failure to follow procurement processes with regards to the Cadet Programme |
14-Feb-13 |
Internal |
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Dishonesty |
Alleged submission of a plagiarized thesis when applying for the Designated Flight Examiner designation |
18-Feb-13 |
Internal |
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Irregular HR Practice |
Alleged recruitment and procurement irregularities in the sourcing and appointment of temp employees |
24-Oct-13 |
Internal |
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Irregular Business Practice |
Alleged irregular business practices in their creation of the APS Section |
01-Aug-12 |
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External |
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Irregular HR Practice |
Alleged irregular appointment and conflict of interest of employees in a remunerated role of Designated Flight Examiner |
01-Aug-12 |
Internal |
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Irregular HR Practice |
Alleged irregular recruitment processes |
01-Aug-12 |
Internal |
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Procurement Irregularity |
Alleged inflation of quotations for services by external service provider |
19-Jun-12 |
Internal |
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Irregular HR Practice |
Alleged irregularities with regards to grounding of Inspector |
10-May-12 |
Internal |
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Irregular HR Practice |
Alleged recruitment irregularities in the use of psychometric testing |
10-May-12 |
Internal |
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Abuse of Position |
Alleged unauthorised audit/investigation against Flight Inspection Unit |
10-May-12 |
Internal |
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Aviation Irregularity |
Alleged contravention of Civil Aviation Regulations |
27-Jun-12 |
Internal |
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Irregular Business Practice |
Alleged irregular departmental performance and reporting |
22-Dec-12 |
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External |
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Breach of Confidentiality |
Alleged leaking of Auditor General's financial year internal audit |
28-Feb-13 |
Internal |
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Negligence |
Alleged calculation errors of pension fund contributions to the Government Employee Pension Fund |
05-Dec-12 |
Internal |
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Procurement Irregularity |
Alleged irregular procurement of services |
05-Dec-12 |
Internal |
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Aviation Irregularity |
Alleged falsification of pilot logbook information |
03-Jun-13 |
Internal |
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Aviation Irregularity |
Alleged working under the influence of alcohol |
25-Oct-12 |
Internal |
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Abuse of Position |
Alleged abuse of position when attending international conference |
30-Nov-12 |
Internal |
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Aviation Irregularity |
Alleged irregular issuance of pilot license without minimum knowledge requirements |
04-Nov-12 |
Internal |
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Conflict of Interest |
Alleged conflict of interest when investigating an aircraft accident |
31-Jan-13 |
Internal |
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Abuse of Position |
Alleged abuse of position |
31-Jan-13 |
Internal |
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Aviation Irregularity |
Alleged lack of maintenance on aircraft |
01-Mar-13 |
Internal |
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Conflict of Interest |
Alleged conflict of interest and dual employment by employee |
12-Mar-15 |
Internal |
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Abuse of Position |
Alleged threat of death of employee relating to his duties |
12-Mar-15 |
Internal |
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Irregular HR Practice |
Alleged irregular re-employment of employee |
12-Mar-15 |
Internal |
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Dishonesty |
Alleged misrepresentation of facts by employee relating to work commitments in Swaziland |
12-Mar-15 |
Internal |
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License Irregularity |
Alleged leaking of examination questions and sale to the public |
27-Aug-13 |
Internal |
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Abuse of Position |
Alleged interference of enforcement action against a pilot and making pronouncements on behalf of SACAA without authority |
24-Feb-14 |
Internal |
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2013/14 |
Abuse of Position |
Alleged abuse of positions by Inspectors when conducting inspections |
03-Dec-13 |
Internal |
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Aviation Irregularity |
Alleged operating of Aircraft Maintenance Organisation from guest lodge |
20-Aug-13 |
Internal |
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Aviation Irregularity |
Alleged operating of Aircraft Maintenance Organisation under several names |
18-Sep-13 |
Internal |
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Conflict of Interest |
Alleged conflict of interest with SACAA inspector having a partnership in an Aircraft Maintenance Organisation |
22-Nov-13 |
Internal |
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Conflict of Interest |
Alleged conflict of interest with SACAA inspector having close ties with an operator |
22-Nov-13 |
Internal |
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Abuse of Position |
Alleged controversial statements on a social platform being made by SACAA Inspector |
24-Feb-14 |
Internal |
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Dishonesty |
Alleged unauthorised written notes taken into exam by candidate |
25-Nov-14 |
Internal |
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Fraud |
Alleged misrepresented facts to SACAA in terms of being medically unfit for work |
11-Sep-14 |
Internal |
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Conflict of Interest |
Alleged conflict of interest in terms of undeclared/unauthorised business interests |
10-Mar-14 |
Internal |
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Intimidation |
Alleged intimidation of Exco member |
25-Nov-13 |
Internal |
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Irregular Business Practice |
Alleged irregular business practice by owner of dog training facility for aviation security services |
08-Apr-14 |
Internal |
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Irregular Business Practice |
Alleged employment irregularities |
17-Jan-14 |
Internal |
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Irregular Business Practice |
Alleged irregular invoices for services rendered |
05-Sep-13 |
Internal |
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Fraud |
Alleged irregular transfer of aircraft ownership |
28-Jan-14 |
Internal |
|
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Conflict of Interest |
Alleged conflict of interest |
19-Sep-13 |
Internal |
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Environmental Issues |
Alleged irregular storage of aviation fuel |
18-Sep-13 |
Internal |
|
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Conflict of Interest |
Alleged conflict of interest |
11-Apr-14 |
Internal |
|
|
Aviation Irregularity |
Alleged irregular issuance of aircraft rating |
14-May-14 |
Internal |
|
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Irregular HR Practice |
Alleged conflict of interest |
09-Jul-14 |
Internal |
|
|
Aviation Irregularity |
Alleged use of civil aircraft for military operations. |
10-Jan-14 |
Internal |
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Aviation Irregularity |
Alleged awarding of contracts to private aircraft operators by the South African National Defense Force |
10-Jan-14 |
Internal |
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Aviation Irregularity |
Alleged transfer of ownership of aircraft signed under duress |
19-Dec-14 |
Internal |
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Intimidation |
Alleged threatening and intimidating cell phone calls |
20-May-14 |
Internal |
|
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Intimidation |
Alleged threatening and intimidating cell phone calls |
27-Nov-14 |
Internal |
|
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Dishonesty |
Alleged abuse of company resources |
23-Oct-14 |
Internal |
|
|
Conflict of Interest |
Alleged undeclared and/or unapproved interests in the aviation industry |
22-Jun-15 |
Internal |
|
|
Abuse of Position |
Alleged abuse of position by an Inspector when conducting an inspection |
22-Jun-15 |
Internal |
|
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Intimidation |
Alleged threatening and intimidating cell phone calls |
27-Nov-14 |
Internal |
|
|
Fraud |
Alleged fake and/or fraudulent pilot's license |
21-Apr-15 |
Internal |
|
|
Conflict of Interest |
Alleged conflict of interest |
12-Mar-15 |
Internal |
|
|
Complaint |
Alleged failure to pay bursaries to students in terms of The Transport Training Authority grants |
24-Feb-14 |
Internal |
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|
2014/15 |
Dishonesty |
Alleged misrepresentation of facts in respect of qualification when seeking employment at SACAA |
18-Feb-15 |
Internal |
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Conflict of Interest |
Alleged undeclared and/or unapproved interests in the aviation industry |
12-Mar-15 |
Internal |
|
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Scam |
Alleged impersonation of the DCA |
11-Mar-15 |
Internal |
|
|
Abuse of Position |
Alleged approval of amendments to the SAA security procedures without authority to do so |
02-Apr-15 |
Internal |
|
|
Fraud |
Alleged gross irregularities and fraud with regards to SACAA's online examination |
20-Apr-15 |
Internal |
|
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Theft incidents |
Alleged theft incidents within SACAA in the period between the 4th June 2014 and the 4th December 2014 |
29-Apr-15 |
Internal |
|
|
Negligence |
Alleged compromise of the integrity and confidentiality of a board pack |
23-Apr-15 |
Internal |
|
|
Dishonesty |
Alleged submission of a plagiarised report as a formal CAA Aircraft Accident Investigation Report |
26-May-15 |
Internal |
|
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Abuse of Position |
Alleged abuse of position and breach of procedures when conducting inspections |
27-May-15 |
Internal |
|
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Aviation Irregularity |
Alleged operation of an aircraft without a valid Certificate of Airworthiness |
22-Jun-15 |
Internal |
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Abuse of Position |
Alleged abuse of position when conducting enquiries into the validity of inspections done by an Authorised Person |
22-Jun-15 |
Internal |
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Dishonesty |
Alleged misrepresentation of facts in respect of the validity and/or existence of aviation licenses |
22-Jun-15 |
Internal |
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Dishonesty |
Alleged misrepresentation of facts with regards to travel claims and allowance |
21-Sep-15 |
Internal |
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Dishonesty |
Alleged misrepresentation of facts with regards to qualifications |
02-Feb-15 |
Internal |
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Abuse of Position |
Alleged abuse of position by Aviation Personnel Standards officials to over-rule decisions taken by their superiors |
31-Mar-15 |
Internal |
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Abuse of Position |
Alleged abuse of positions by two Inspectors when conducting an inspection |
16-Feb-15 |
Internal |
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Abuse of Position |
Alleged abuse of position by an Inspector when conducting inspections |
16-Feb-15 |
Internal |
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Dishonesty |
Alleged unauthorised removal of notes from the exam centre |
16-Feb-15 |
Internal |
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Dishonesty |
Alleged possession of unauthorised notes in the exam centre |
16-Feb-15 |
Internal |
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Dishonesty |
Alleged submission of suspected fraudulent sick notes |
19-Feb-15 |
Internal |
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2015/16 |
Abuse of Position |
Alleged abuse of position by an Inspector when conducting inspections |
14-Apr-16 |
Internal |
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Corruption |
Alleged soliciting of a bribe to issue an Aircraft Operation Certificate |
09-Mar-16 |
Internal |
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Abuse of Position |
Alleged abuse of positions by Inspectors when conducting inspections |
25-Apr-16 |
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External |
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Fraud |
Alleged use of a fraudulent South African Commercial Pilot License in the Democratic Republic of Congo |
11-Mar-16 |
Internal |
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Theft |
Alleged theft of a laptop from an office |
09-Mar-16 |
Internal |
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Corruption |
Alleged corruption by an Licensing Officer |
14-Apr-16 |
Internal |
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Theft |
Alleged theft of laptop from employee's vehicle |
09-Mar-16 |
Internal |
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Theft |
Alleged theft of laptop from employee's vehicle |
09-Mar-16 |
Internal |
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Theft |
Alleged theft of laptop from employee's vehicle |
09-Mar-16 |
Internal |
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Dishonesty |
Alleged inflated flying hours to qualify for an Airline Transport Pilot License |
08-Jul-15 |
Internal |
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Fraud |
Alleged use of fraudulent Commercial Pilot License |
09-Mar-16 |
Internal |
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Procurement Irregularity |
Alleged procurement of an employee's business to render services to SACAA |
07-Oct-15 |
Internal |
|
|
Dishonesty |
Alleged dishonesty and misrepresentation of facts relating to medical information |
07-Oct-15 |
Internal |
|
|
License Irregularity |
Alleged fronting by an Air Services Operator when applying for an International and Domestic Air Services License |
23-Sep-15 |
Internal |
|
|
Fraud |
Alleged fraudulent use of a SACAA letterhead |
06-Jan-16 |
Internal |
|
|
License Irregularity |
Alleged irregular issuance of Aircraft Operating Certificates |
23-Sep-15 |
Internal |
|
|
Aviation Irregularity |
Alleged servicing of an aircraft engine by an Aircraft Maintenance Engineer without being rated to work on the engine type. |
14-Apr-16 |
Internal |
|
|
2016/17 |
Conflict of Interest |
Alleged facilitation of a charter flight by an employee for remuneration |
28-Jul-16 |
Internal |
|
Abuse of Position |
Alleged abuse of position by an Inspector when he entered restricted areas at the Cape Town International Airport |
08-Jul-16 |
Internal |
|
|
Dishonesty |
Alleged irregular issuance of Remote Piloted Aircraft Systems Operating Certificate |
21-Oct-16 |
Internal |
|
|
Theft |
Alleged theft of a client's cell phone at the client services desk |
22-Jul-16 |
Internal |
|
Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA)
External forensic investigations:
- Fuel Fraud Investigation by Valuecorp CC, trading as, Sudesh Dayanand Forensic Investigators – the contract term for this investigation lapsed in 2015.
- Werksmans Attorneys – Investigations into various irregularities found by the Auditor-General SA in its 2014/15 audit and the irregularities found by the Public Protector in her report entitled “Derailed” issued in August 2015 – This investigation is ongoing.
- National Treasury – Investigations into contracts that are above R10 million and concluded by PRASA between 2012 and 2015 – This investigation is ongoing.
- Deloitte- Investigations into fraudulent transfer of funds in the Durban and Tshwane Regions which was terminated in 2010 and handover of the results to the South African Police Services.
- Deloitte - allegations of irregularities in appointment of officials in the Eastern Cape region, mismanagement of company assets and tender processes concluded in 2010/11
- PricewaterhouseCoopers – Forensic Audit into Eastern Cape supply chain management processes and related outstanding invoices for payment conclude in 2013.
- Deloitte- Investigations into appointment of contractors, supply chain management processes and tenant revenue leakages concluded in 2013.
- SizweNtsalubaGobodo - allegations of abuse of third party charter bus services concluded in 2013/14
(ii) South African National Roads Agency Limited
Please see attached spreadsheets marked (a) internal and (b) external forensic reports.
The requested information is in the spreadsheet (Annexure ‘A’)
(ii) Cross-Border Road Transport Agency
(a) Internal forensic investigations were as follows for the (ii) Cross-Border Road Transport Agency:
There were two (2) investigations conducted and reported:
(aa) C-BRTA Official; (bb) Fraud that resulted in financial loss; and (cc): The investigations were concluded in January 2016 however the disciplinary enquiry is pending internally.
(aa) C-BRTA Official; (bb) Misuse of the Agency’s credit card; and (cc): The investigation was concluded in August 2015.
(b) There were no external forensic investigations conducted from 1 January 2009 up to the latest specified date for the (ii) Cross-Border Road Transport Agency.
(ii) Road Accident Fund
The Road Accident Fund’s Forensics Investigations Department has (a) 10 415 external forensic investigation reports pertaining to possible fraudulent claims and (b) 1621 corporate investigations where RAF staff or service providers may be involved against the (ii) the Road Accident Fund, which were completed from 1 January 2009 up to the latest specified date for which information is available.
It is not possible to provide the (aa) name, (bb) subject matter and (cc) date of conclusion of each of the specified forensic reports, due to the short time frames provided and the volume of records that need to be examined, to extract the information requested. In addition, certain of the forensic reports may be subject to the mandatory protection provided by section 37 to section 39 of the Promotion of Access to Information Act, No. 2 of 2000.
(ii) Road Traffic Management Corporation
(b) Yes
ii) Yes they were forensic reports completed during the period under question
aa) ii) - Ministerial Task Team 2010
- Khuthele/PWC 2009
- Nkonki 2012
- Open Waters 2012
bb) Subject matter
- Task Team 2009
- The task team was madated to investigate and review:
- The Mandate of the RTMC
- Transferred functions and remaining functions still to be transferred to the RTMC by DOT
- The Capacity of RTMC to fulfill its mandate, including public entity oversight and transport regulation at DOT
- The Location of the eNaTIS within theDoT structures and RTMC’s preparedness to assume responsibility
- Allegations about financial mismanagement
- Impact on AARTO implementation
- Allegations about usage of transaction fees
- Broad recommendations on the effectiveness and appropriateness of RTMC
- Khuthele/PWC - Alleged salary back payments that happened in 2007
- Nkonki 2012 – Fraudulent transactions relating to RTMC bank accounts
- Open Waters 2012 – irregularities supply chain management
cc) Date of conclusion
- Task Team concluded in 2010
- Khuthele/PWC investigation was concluded in 2009
- Nkonki investigation was concluded in 2013
- Open Waters investigations was concluded in 2013
Road Traffic Infringement Agency
(b) Yes, external forensic
(ii) Road Traffic Infringement Agency, Entity
(aa) SekelaXabiso (Pty) Ltd
(bb) Printing and Insertion of tabloids
(cc) 20 April 2015
Railway Safety Regulator (RSR)
One forensic report has been completed in the period 1 January 2009 to date:
(aa) Name of the report:
Allegations of Nepotism against the CEO by Sizwe, Ntsaluba and Gabodo (SNG)
(bb) Subject Matter:
Allegations of Nepotism against the CEO
(cc) Date of Conclusion:
August 2013
15 November 2016 - NW2318
Robinson, Ms D to ask the Minister of Water and Sanitation
Whether any (a) internal and/or (b) external forensic reports pertaining to (i) her department and/or (ii) each entity reporting to her were completed from 1 January 2009 up to the latest specified date for which information is available; if not, in each case, why not; if so, what is the (aa) name, (bb) subject matter and (cc) date of conclusion of each of the specified forensic reports?
Reply:
Refer to Annexure A for the internal and/or external forensic report pertaining to my Department and each entity.
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Annexure A
Entity |
(a)(ii) |
(b) (ii) |
(aa) |
(bb) |
(cc) |
Department: |
Yes 245 internal reports |
Yes 28 external reports |
Refer to Appendix A & B |
Refer to Appendix A & B |
Refer to Appendix A & B |
Amatola Water |
None |
None |
None |
None |
None |
Bloem Water |
None |
None |
None |
None |
None |
Lepelle Northern Water |
None |
None |
None |
None |
None |
Magalies Water |
None |
None |
None |
None |
None |
Mhlathuze Water |
1 internal forensic report |
1 external forensic report |
|
|
|
Overberg Water |
Forensic Investigation into alleged irregularities relating to non-compliance with corporate governance norms and standards and other related irregularities |
None |
GFIA report |
Forensic Investigations |
19 July 2016 |
Rand Water |
Rand Water completed all material internal forensic investigations reports from 1 January 2009 up to the latest date for which information is available and reported in the integrated annual reports for the same period and duly submitted to the Department of Water and Sanitation. |
Rand Water completed all material external forensic investigation reports from 1 January 2009 up to the latest date for which information is available and reported in the integrated annual reports for the same period and duly submitted to the Department of Water and Sanitation. |
Internal and External Forensic Investigation reports |
Forensic Investigations |
June 2009; June 2010; June 2011; June 2012; June 2013; June 2014; June 2015; and June 2016 |
Sedibeng Water |
None |
None |
None |
None |
None |
Umgeni Water |
None |
None |
None |
None |
None. |
WRC |
None |
The WRC had one forensic audit completed from 2009 until now. The information is available |
Forensic Investigations: Bony Isaacs Productions |
An investigation into the relationship between a service provider and employee which concluded in a disciplinary hearing. |
15/07/2010 |
TCTA |
See Appendix C |
See Appendix C |
See Appendix C |
See Appendix C |
See Annexure C |
Appendix B
External Forensic Reports
No |
Name (aa) |
Case reference number |
Subject matter (bb) |
Date of Conclusion (cc) |
1 |
GFIA report |
99 20090519 101924 |
Alleged reckless driving |
01 July 2011 |
2 |
GFIA report |
9920091207030721 |
Procurement irregularities |
01 July 2011 |
3 |
GFIA report |
9920100409113046 |
Alleged Procurement Irregularities |
01 July 2011 |
4 |
GFIA report |
9920100512023430 |
Alleged Unethical Behaviour |
01 July 2011 |
5 |
GFIA report |
9920100616060609 |
Alleged abuse of Government Owned Vehicle |
01 July 2011 |
6 |
GFIA report |
3/6/3/2/1/0910/1 |
Fraudulent Actions Licences |
01 July 2011 |
7 |
GFIA report |
3/6/3/2/1/0910/2 |
Labour Relations Concerns |
01 July 2011 |
8 |
GFIA report |
3/6/3/2/1/0910/4 |
Altering of water course |
01 July 2011 |
9 |
GFIA report |
3/6/3/2/1/0910/19 |
Procurement Irregularities |
01 July 2011 |
10 |
GFIA report |
3/6/3/2/1/1011/1 |
Corruption Allegations |
01 July 2011 |
11 |
GFIA report |
3/6/3/2/1/1011/2 |
Theft of Government Goods |
01 July 2011 |
12 |
GFIA report |
99 20090420022811 |
Alleged corruption at Head Office |
01 July 2011 |
13 |
GFIA report |
99 20090824095823 |
Alleged nepotism at Vaal Dam |
01 July 2011 |
14 |
GFIA report |
99 20090304091333 |
Alleged theft of water at Clan William |
01 July 2011 |
15 |
GFIA report |
9 920 091 207 030 720 |
Investigation into the alleged procurement irregularities |
01 July 2011 |
16 |
GFIA report |
3/6/3/2/1(1/2009) |
Fraudulent Actions Licences at Gauteng Region |
01 July 2011 |
17 |
GFIA report |
99 20090504021341 |
Investigation into the alleged corruption at Nelspruit |
01 July 2011 |
18 |
GFIA report |
99 20091124085637 |
Alleged corruption at Nelspruit |
01 July 2011 |
19 |
GFIA report |
3/6/3/2/1/1011/5 |
Concerns regarding the Harties Metsi A me Program |
01 July 2011 |
20 |
GFIA report |
99 20091014014052 |
Investigation into the alleged unethical behaviour at Hartbeespoort Dam |
01 July 2011 |
21 |
GFIA report |
99 20080331102532 |
Theft of Government property |
01 July 2011 |
22 |
GFIA report |
9920091020083109 |
Investigation into the alleged procurement Irregularities at Gauteng Region |
01 July 2011 |
23 |
GFIA report |
99 20090324094011 |
Alleged procurement irregularities at Head Office |
01 July 2011 |
24 |
GFIA report |
3/6/3/2/1/1112/21 |
Investigation into the alleged abuse of vehicles |
01 July 2014 |
25 |
GFIA report |
3/6/3/2/1/1011/9 |
Alleged Corruption and pipe failures Nandoni and Inyaka Dam In-house |
22 Nov 2010 |
26 |
PWC report |
3/6/3/2/1/1415/12 |
Investigation to determine the extent of fraudulent activities within Financial Management |
15 Dec 2014 |
27 |
PWC report |
3/6/3/2/1/1516/13 |
Investigation into the management of construction equipment |
11 May 2016 |
28 |
Mazar Forensic Report |
3/6/3/2/1/1516/18 |
Investigation into the alleged fraudulent activities and theft of mobile device |
30 May 2016 |
Appendix C
TCTA Internal Investigations:
Financial Year |
Subject Matter of Forensic Report |
Date of Conclusion |
2008/2009 |
|
14 May 2009 |
2009/2010 |
|
03 July 2009 03 May 2010 |
2010/2011 |
1. The purchase of 300 Bafana Bafana soccer jerseys. 2. Allegation regarding the COO rarely being in office and incurring large unjustifiable cost to TCTA. |
28 June 2010 17 June 2010 |
2012/2013 |
1.Investigation into allegations of irregularities raised against a senior staff member (PwC) 2.Procurement Review (Independent Consultant) |
06 June 2012 4 December 2012 |
2013/2014 |
|
13 May 2013 30 May 2013 14 May 2013 |
2014/2015 |
1. Unaccounted Tender Fees 2. Asset Verification (SnG) 3. Investigation into SED Projects for the Financial Year (PwC) |
1 June 2014 30 June 2014 29 August 2014 |
2016/2017 |
1. Alleged Irregular executive appointments 2. Alleged Theft of Company Assets (SnG) |
31 August 2016 27 July 2016 |
15 November 2016 - NW2382
Van der Westhuizen, Mr AP to ask the Minister in the Presidency
(1)With reference to the remuneration paid to the six senior managers of the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) as listed in the specified entity’s 2015-16 annual report, (a) what position did each of the specified senior managers hold in the NYDA, (b) for how long did each of the senior managers receive remuneration and (c) what is the total amount that was paid out in remuneration for each of the senior managers in terms of (i) basic salaries and (ii) any benefits; (2) whether any retrenched senior managers of the NYDA received severance packages in the 2015-16 financial year; if so, what is the total amount that was paid out in severance packages for each of the retrenched senior managers?
Reply:
In total the NYDA annual report refers to 8 senior management posts that were filled at beginning of the 2015 / 2016 financial year and 5 that were filled at the end of the financial year. The reduction is due to the organizational restructuring programme which saw the overall number of posts reduced.
The tables below indicate the number of senior management posts held before and after the restructuring and the basic salaries and additional benefits including the salary benefits received by the respective senior managers:
Posts prior to restructuring (1 April 2015 – 31 August 2015)
Post |
Number of months received rem 2015 / 2016 FY |
Short term benefits |
Bonus |
Expense allowance |
Defined contribution plan |
Severance benefit |
Total |
Chief Financial Officer |
5 |
431 000 |
95 000 |
21 000 |
28 000 |
- |
575 000 |
Chief Information Officer |
5 |
454 000 |
177 000 |
3000 |
25 000 |
1 061 000 |
1 720 000 |
Executive Manager: Service Delivery Channel |
5 |
392 000 |
234 000 |
66 000 |
29 000 |
1 033 000 |
1 754 000 |
Executive Manager: National Youth Service and Skills Development |
5 |
331 000 |
243 000 |
18 000 |
78 000 |
- |
670 000 |
Executive Manager: Corporate Services |
5 |
338 000 |
- |
37 000 |
79 000 |
454 000 |
|
Executive Manager: Research and Policy |
7 |
661 000 |
95 000 |
2 000 |
31 000 |
1 108 000 |
1 897 000 |
Executive Manager: Communications |
5 |
477 000 |
200 000 |
14 000 |
29 000 |
823 000 |
1 543 000 |
Executive Manager: Corporate Partnerships and International Relations |
5 |
427 000 |
187 000 |
21 000 |
26 000 |
1 071 000 |
1 732 000 |
Total |
10 345 000 |
Posts after the restructuring (1 September 2015 – 31 March 2016)
Number of months received rem 2015 / 2016 FY |
Short term benefits |
Bonus |
Expense allowance |
Defined contribution plan |
Severance benefit |
Total |
|
Chief Financial Officer |
7 |
603 000 |
30 000 |
39 000 |
- |
672 000 |
|
Executive Director: Operations |
7 |
464 000 |
26 000 |
109 000 |
- |
599 000 |
|
Executive Director: National Youth Service |
7 |
607 000 |
2 000 |
4 000 |
- |
649 000 |
|
Executive Director: Corporate Services |
7 |
473 000 |
41 000 |
96 000 |
- |
610 000 |
|
Executive Director: Corporate Strategy and Planning |
7 |
483 000 |
3 000 |
91 000 |
- |
577 000 |
|
Total |
3 107 000 |
15 November 2016 - NW2359
Waters, Mr M to ask the Minister of Home Affairs
Whether a certain person (name and details furnished), has been blacklisted on his department’s databases; if so, (a) when was the specified person blacklisted, (b) on what grounds and (c) by when will the specified person’s blacklisting be lifted?
Reply:
(a-b) The name of the specified person does not appear on the departmental Visa and Entry Stop List. Therefore there are no restrictions placed upon her name.
(c) Falls away.
15 November 2016 - NW2326
Sithole, Mr KP to ask the Minister of Human Settlements
(1)(a) What is the total number of hostels in the country and (b) how many hostels (i) still need to be renovated and (ii) have been renovated and (c) how much did it cost the department to renovate these hostels; (2) with regard to the hostels that are not yet renovated (a) when is her department planning to renovate them, (b) how many will be renovated in the 2016-17 financial year and (c) what amount has been budgeted for the renovations of these hostels?
Reply:
(1) (a) There are 101 public sector owned hostels in the country. This excludes hostels which are privately owned but located on land which belongs to government or vice versa as well as hostels currently in the process of being negotiated to be donated by the private sector and/or being transferred to Government.
(b) (i) Of the 101 public sector owned 49 hostels still have to be renovated.
(ii) Of the 101 public sector owned 52 hostels have been renovated.
(c) The total cost of hostel renovations and/or refurbishment to date is R2 898 174 412.40.
(2) (a) The Department in conjunction with provinces and municipalities has put in place a strategy which will ensure that all public sector hostels are integrated in the overall Provincial and Municipal Human Settlements Development plans. These include redevelopment and/or refurbishment and/or relocation of residents out of hostels into affordable rental and/or fully subsidised housing.
However, the implementation of the plans spans over multiple financial years due to the large number of persons and/or households which must be catered for and, the budgetary limitations. The aim is to transform the hostel environment into a family environment.
(b) A total of eight (8) hostels have been planned for renovation by the Provinces during 2016/17 financial year and work has commenced on the aforementioned hostels
(c) A total of R851 850 727.00 has been budgeted for the redevelopment and/or renovation of these hostels.
15 November 2016 - NW2329
Lotriet, Prof A to ask the Minister of Science and Technology
Whether, with reference to her reply to question 456 on 14 March, the specified investigation into the project manager at the Nkowankowa Demonstration Centre has been finalised yet; if not; if so, (a) what were the findings and (b) is the specified project manager still under suspension?
Reply:
(a) The forensic investigation into alleged maladministration at the Nkowankowa Demonstration Centre (NDC) has been finalised. The investigation confirmed that there was gross financial maladministration of NDC affairs as well as other forms of unethical conduct.
(b) Given the serious findings of the investigation, the Departmental terminated its relationship with the project manager.
14 November 2016 - NW2409
Cassim, Mr Y to ask the Minister of Transport
With reference to her reply to question 1924 on 27 September 2016, (a) what are the relevant details of each course offered, (b) since what date has each of the specified courses been offered, (c) how are the courses accredited and (d) what procedures have been put in place to (i) monitor and (ii) maintain the required standards of the (aa) courses and (bb) lectures?
Reply:
(a) what are the relevant details of each course offerThe current course material presented i.e. Examiners of Vehicles and Examiner for Driving Licenses are accredited programmes consisting of the following Unit Standards:
UNIT STANDARD TITLE |
NUMBER |
NQF LEVEL |
EXAMINERS OF VEHICLES |
||
Examine vehicles for road-worthiness |
Level 4 |
|
Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of basic vehicle components |
Level 4 |
|
Examine light motor vehicles for fitness and road-worthiness |
Level 4 |
|
Engage in sustained oral/signed communication and evaluate spoken/signed texts |
Level 4 |
|
EXAMINERS FOR DRIVING LICENCES |
||
Examine candidates for the learners drivers licence |
Level 3 |
|
Examine for a driving licence - Grade D |
Level 4 |
(b)
- The Examiner for Driving Licences course Grade F and L (US 256522) – 22 July until 19 August 2016.
- The Examiner for Driving Licences course Grade D (US 377227) – 22 August until 16 September 2016.
- The Examiner of Vehicles course - 19 September until 08 December 2016.
(c) how are the courses accredited and;
- All courses are presented by the RTMC’s Training Provisioning Unit in collaboration with Boekenhoutkloof, a SASSETA accredited, Traffic Training College;
- The courses are based on SAQA registered Unit Standards as set out in item (a) above;
(d) (i) monitor:
- The College Management conducts monitoring of training.
- A post course evaluation questionnaire is developed and handed to learners at the end of the training programme and feedback is obtained from the learners.
- Internal moderation of assessments by Training Provisioning Unit and Internal Verification of assessments by the Corporation’s Training and Development Unit are conducted. SASSETA conducts External Verification of assessments for the purpose of certification
(ii) maintain the required standards:
- of the (aa) courses – The national standardized training material for both courses are presented in line with the Policy Document for Traffic Training Centres, Government Gazette 34292, dated 16 May 2011;
- and (bb) lectures? - Lecturers are appointed in compliance with the Policy Document for Traffic Training Centres.
14 November 2016 - NW2217
Grootboom, Mr GA to ask the Minister of Arts and Culture
(1). Whether a certain person (details furnished) of the Nelson Mandela Museum in Qunu spent the accrued interest on the R15 million that was allocated for capital works at the specified museum, which has remained unspent and awaiting procurement approval for three years; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) Whether he has taken any consequence management action against the specified person; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
No person of the Nelson Mandela Museum in Qunu spent the accrued interest on the R15 million that was allocated for capital works at the specified museum.
The museum requested approval from The Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) to utilize the accrued interest of R2 470 757.86 for relocation and installation of the CCTV cameras in Bhunga building.
The breakdown of the R2 470 757.86 is as follows:
Rental of storage for artefacts R 414 458.86
Transportation of artefacts R 337 350.60
Relocation from Qunu to Bhunga R 218 948.40
Installation of CCTV cameras R1 500 000.00
Total R2 470 757.86
(2). No consequence management action was taken because the DAC granted the museum approval to utilize the interest accrued for the relocation and installation of the CCTV cameras in Bhunga building.
14 November 2016 - NW2369
Steenhuisen, Mr JH to ask the Minister of Arts and Culture
1. Whether the Cultural and Creative Industries Federation of South Africa (CCIFSA) submitted a copy of its constitution to him; if not, why not; if so, (a) on what date and (b) what are the further relevant details in this regards; 2. Whether CCIFSA submitted annual financial statements for the (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16 financial years; if not, in each case, why not; if so, in each case, on what date(s) were the specified financial statements submitted to him; 3. What are the (a) names; (b) qualifications and (c) contact details of each of the CCIFSA’s board members; 4. Whether his department provided any form of funding, assistance, sponsorship and/or assets to the CCIFSA since the establishment of the federation in 2014; if not, in each case,what is the position in this regard; if so in each case, (a) what was the value of the funding, assistance, sponsorships and/or assets provided to the CCIFSA, (b) for what purpose and (c) has he found that the specific purpose were met? NW2704E
Reply:
1. Yes, CCIFSA submitted a copy of its Memorandum of Incoparation (MoI) to the Department. (a) the copy was submitted on 18 March 2015. (b) The MoI was subsequently presented to the CCIFSA inaugural conference that was held from 23 – 24 March 2015 in Bloemfontein, which I also attended. Though the conference decided to proceed with the election of the current leadership, it resolved not to adopt the MoI but to allow the new leadership to conduct further consultations with other stakeholders especially those who did not have the opportunity to be part of the process leading to the conference. CCIFSA is in the process of finalising the revised MoI, taking into consideration the views which were
2. Yes, CCIFSA submitted annual financial statements for the (a) 2014 -15 and (b) 2015-16 financial years; (c) The 2014–15 finacial statements were presented to the Department on 15 July 2015 as part of the hand-over by the Interim Committee to the current leadership. The 2015–16 financial statement were presented to the Department on 31 August 2016.
14 November 2016 - NW1561
Lotriet, Prof A to ask the Minister of Social Development
(a) What amount did (i) her department and (ii) each entity reporting to her spend on advertising in the 2015-16 financial year and (b) how much has (i) her department and (ii) each entity reporting to her budgeted for advertising in the 2016-17 financial year?
Reply:
I would like to refer the Honourable Member to my reply to Parliamentary Question 2106 of 2016 asked by Honourable EJ Marais on a similar matter.
14 November 2016 - NW2232
Mileham, Mr K to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Whether a certain person (name and details furnished) of the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality is implicated in any criminal proceedings; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
The following information was provided by the municipality:
The municipality is not aware of any criminal proceedings in which the incumbent concerned is implicated.
14 November 2016 - NW2410
Cassim, Mr Y to ask the Minister of Transport
(1)(a) Why did the SA National Roads Agency invite tenders for the demolition and reconstruction of the weighbridge at Senekal in the Free State, (b) which companies submitted bids for the specified project, (c) what amount did each company bid, (d)(i) which company was awarded the contract and (ii) why, (e) what are the time frames for the project, (f) what amounts have been paid to date, (g) why was the project stopped and (h) how will the project be completed; (2) how are overloaded vehicles weighed in the meantime?
Reply:
1. (a) The Free State Department of Transport and the South African National Roads Agency SOC Limited (SANRAL) have an overload control agreement which allows for the provision and upgrading of weigh bridges along the national routes in the Free State Province. The objective is to ensure that vehicle loads are within the legal limits; as to preserve the road infrastructure. The Senekal Traffic Control Centre was one of the traffic control centres which was identified for upgrading. The existing facility was limited in terms of size and capacity and was not sufficient to provide effective overload control. The demolishing and reconstruction proved to be more cost effective than changing the existing facility to the extent required. SANRAL went out to open tender for this upgrade, as required in terms of the Treasury Regulations.
(b),(c) The construction companies that submitted tenders and their tendered prices are listed in the table below:
No. |
Tenderer |
Tender Amounts (incl VAT) (R) |
1 |
UKZN PLANT HIRE (ALT) |
R47 796 592.27 |
2 |
UKZN PLANT HIRE |
R47 803 148.41 |
3 |
MERLCON |
R47 986 877.82 |
4 |
MPFUMELELO BUSINESS ENTERPRISE |
R52 834 416.07 |
5 |
UM SO CONSTRUCTION |
R63 821 307.43 |
6 |
RUWACON (PTY) LTD |
R75 147 065.66 |
(d)(i), (d)(ii) UKZN Plant Hire (ALT) was awarded the Contract as it scored the highest tender evaluation points.
(e) The project commenced on 23 March 2015. The completion date was scheduled to be the 27 June 2015.
(f) To date R11, 3 million has been paid to the Contractor.
(g) The Contractor failed to perform its duties under the contract and the Employer terminated the contract.
(h) SANRAL is in the process of retendering the outstanding work required to be completed.
2. Law Enforcement is being carried out at other facilities in the Free State Province.
14 November 2016 - NW2418
Van Damme, Ms PT to ask the Minister of Communications
(1) Whether a certain person (name furnished) is on her department’s payroll; if so, what (a) is the specified person’s professional designation and (b) salary does the person earn; (2) Why did her department (a) issue a press statement on 6 October 2016, distancing itself from comments made by the person who said that a certain person (name furnished) was on the right side of the Employment Equity Act, Act 55 of 1998, with regard to his qualifications and (b) subsequently withdrew the statement shortly after issuing it; (3) Whether the statement was issued with her approval; if not, what are the relevant details; if so, what is the position in this regard; (4) Whether any of her department’s staff members were disciplined for issuing the statement; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details? NW2800E
Reply:
1) No.
2) a) The statement was issued by the Media Liaison Officer (MLO) without approval by the relevant authority.
b) The MLO was directed to withdraw the statement because it had not gone through the internal approval process.
(3) The statement was not issued with the Minister’s approval.
(4) Yes, the responsible official was reprimanded.
MR NN MUNZHELELE
DIRECTOR GENERAL [ACTING]
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS
DATE:
MS AF MUTHAMBI (MP)
MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS
DATE
14 November 2016 - NW2216
Grootboom, Mr GA to ask the Minister of Arts and Culture
(1) Whether with reference to his department’s 2015-16 annual report wherein the Auditor- General of South Africa indicated that his department was in dereliction of its duties by incurring irregular expenditure, any action has been taken against the management of his department; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) whether he has subsequently instituted any management strategies to prevent the reoccurrence of dereliction of duties in the future; if not, why not; if so what are the relevant details of the strategies that have been instituted?
Reply:
- I have taken note of the observations made by the Auditor General, as a result of his observations, investigations were done and all the implicated officials are being taken through the disciplinary process as we speak.
- I have instructed the ADG and his team to develop a plan to combat future occurances of this nature. This plan contains amongst others the following:
- Demand & Acquisition Unit to verify that supplier have quoted according to specifications. If not an approved motivation to attached prior to appointment.
- Demand & Acquisition Unit to test the validity of the motivation against the set criteria in the SCM policy
- Suppliers who are unable to submit a valid tax certificate to be automatically disqualified. SCM officials to verify that suppliers are registered in the National Treasury central supplier database, and that their tax status is compliant
- Demand & Acquisition Unit to provide and attach proof that various suppliers were approached and given opportunity but still it was not possible obtain the prescribed minimum number of quotations.
- It is now a mandatory requirement as per National Treasury SCM Instruction note 4 A of 206/2017 to utilise service providers that are registered on the Central Supplier Database. Demand & Acquisition Unit to obtain quotations strictly from suppliers registered on the CSD.
- An official in the Office of CFO to be assigned to review compliance with SCM prior to processing of orders or appointment of suppliers
14 November 2016 - NW2334
Mackenzie, Mr C to ask the Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services
With reference to the R149 107 000 incurred for fines and penalties listed in the SA Post Office’s 2015-16 Annual Report, ( a) which entities levied the fines and/or penalties, (b) what are the respective amounts and (c) what was the reason for each penalty and / or fine incurred. (2) Whether any of the specified penalties and/or fines have been recovered; if not, in each case, why not, if so, in each case, (a) from which entity were the penalties and or/ fines recovered and (b) what amount was recovered in each case?
Reply:
I have been informed by the South African Post Office (SAPO) as follows:
1. (a) The entities that levied penalties are the Payment Association of South Africa (PASA) and Telkom.
(b) The total amount of penalties incurred was R1 million. The remaining R148 million of the R149 million in question relates to a provision for possible VAT liability.
(c) The penalties were levied due to late payment by SAPO and this was due to constrained cash availability.
2. (a) and (b) No specified penalties and/or fines have been recovered because there is no basis for the recovery. The penalties were levied on amounts for which work was done for SAPO. In the case of PASA, the organisation regulates banking and card transactions on behalf of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB). In the case of Telkom, the entity rendered telephony and data services to SAPO. In the case of provision for a possible VAT liability, SAPO has made the calculation based on a worst case scenario in terms of the VAT Act and it has requested the directive from the South African Revenue Services (SARS) to obtain certainty on the assumptions to be made in the calculations.
14 November 2016 - NW2337
Breytenbach, Adv G to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services
With reference to the 2015/16 annual report of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), (a) what are the relevant details of the ongoing training offered to the prosecutors of the NPA to address declining levels of skills, (b) at what level is the specified training being offered and (c) by whom; and 2) (a) what are the relevant details of the ongoing mentoring offered to the prosecutors of the NPA to address declining levels of skills, (b) at what level is the specified mentoring being offered, (c) by whom and (d) what form does the mentoring take?
Reply:
1 (a) Prosecutors receive training on legal topics which include the following:
1. Admissibility of evidence statements: the purpose of the programme is to ensure that prosecutors know the difference between a confession, an admission and a pointing out and when these statements are admissible and when they are not.
2. Advanced environmental crimes programme with emphasis on “brown” environmental issues: the purpose of the programme is to ensure that prosecutors have an overall knowledge of what environmental crimes entail.
3. Advanced trial advocacy: the purpose of the programme is to ensure that prosecutors understand how our adversarial system is used to uncover facts and to acknowledge the role of the prosecutor within the system.
4. Child pornography and related offences: the purpose of the programme is to ensure that prosecutors have an understanding of offences relating to child pornography.
5. Civil applications training: the purpose of this training is to ensure that prosecutors know how to deal with motion applications
6. Counter terrorism and international crimes: the purpose of this programme is to equip prosecutors on how to manage investigations and prosecute crimes which impact on State security, both nationally and internationally.
7. Corruption and fraud: the purpose of the programme is to ensure that prosecutors know and are able to prove the elements of crimes applicable to corruption and fraud.
8. Cyber-crimes: the purpose of the programme is to ensure that prosecutors have an understanding of cyber-crimes and applicable legislation.
9. Evidence involving the use of communication technology: the purpose of the programme is to ensure that prosecutors have a basic overview of the new offences in the Cyber-crimes and Related Matters Bill and the Cyber-crimes and Cybersecurity Bill, 2015.
10. Forensic experts programme: the purpose of the programme is to ensure that prosecutors have an understanding of forensic evidence presented in court and how to deal with it when presented.
11. High court bridging programme: the purpose of the programme is to ensure that prosecutors are prepared and groomed to prosecute in the high court.
12. Immigration and related offences programme: the purpose of the programme is to ensure that prosecutors have an understanding of immigration and related offences including offences under the Immigration Act, 2002 (Act No 13 of 2002).
13. Law of evidence: basic principles programme: the purpose of the programme is to ensure that prosecutors know and apply the basic principles of the law of evidence.
14. Legal writing, indictments; charge sheets and related topics: the purpose of this training is to ensure that prosecutors are able to draw up charge sheets; indictments and heads of arguments in line with the prescripts of the law.
15. Mediation and alternative dispute resolution mechanisms programme: the purpose of the programme is to ensure that prosecutors have an understanding of mediation and alternative dispute resolution mechanisms.
16. Organised crime: advanced programme: the purpose of the programme is to ensure that prosecutors have an understanding of the provisions of the Prevention of Organised Crime Act, 1998 (Act No 121 of 1998).
17. Psychiatry / psychology and the law programme: the purpose of the programme is to ensure that prosecutors have an understanding of psychology and psychiatry in general which include amongst others topics such as: personality disorders, psychometric personality tests; mental retardation / psychometric intellectual functioning tests and non-pathological criminal incapacity.
18. Trial Advocacy training: The purpose of the programme is to ensure that prosecutors understand how our adversarial system is used to uncover facts and to acknowledge the role of the prosecutor within the system. This includes analysing skills in the screening of cases ready for institution of prosecution; identification of the offence and evaluation of the evidence.
19. Stock theft and related offences programme: the purpose of the programme is to ensure that prosecutors know and apply the applicable legislation relating to stock theft (Stock Theft Act, 1959 (Act No 57 of 1959)).
20. “Trio” and other serious violent crimes programme: the purpose of the programme is to ensure that prosecutors know and are able to prove the elements of crimes and be aware of the relevant competent verdicts and minimum sentences.
Over and above legal issues, prosecutors are trained by Justice College on Management Programmes aimed at equipping them with the necessary knowledge to be effective managers within the NPA.
(b) Training programmes are offered at basic; intermediary and advanced level, depending on the level of the skills of learners identified to attend the programme.
(c) All training programmes above are conducted by Justice College with the assistance of experienced prosecutors within the NPA.
Further to this the Sexual Offences and Community Affairs Unit (SOCA) offers training to prosecutors on the following:
- Sexual Offences;
- Maintenance;
- Child Justice;
- Domestic Violence and
- Trafficking in Persons
2 (a) Regarding the question relating to what are the relevant details of the ongoing mentoring offered to the prosecutors of the NPA to address declining levels of skills, (b) at what level is the specified mentoring being offered, (c) by whom and (d) what form does the mentoring take, I have been informed as follows:
(a) The NPA is at this stage offering mentoring as part of on-going on the job training. This is done through the pairing of less experienced prosecutors with those more experienced in particular fields of criminal law / prosecution.
(b), (c) and (d): This training strategy is applied from entry level into prosecution, where aspirants are placed under the mentorship of both a tutor and a senior prosecutor. For more senior level prosecutors, allocation of cases under supervision also serves as part of the mentoring programme that is in place, as well as rotation of prosecutors to give exposure to different kinds of prosecutions / cases.
14 November 2016 - NW2330
Figlan, Mr AM to ask the Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services
1. Whether the State Information Technology Agency (SITA) has enough capacity and expertise to service the critical service level agreements it concluded with the Department of Home Affairs; if not, (a) why not and (b) what steps has his Department taken to ensure that the SITA’s capacity and expertise are improved to a satisfactory level; and 2. Whether SITA has put any (a) routine and /or (b) preventative maintenance procedures in place to ensure that the Department of Home Affairs network problems are solved before it adversely affects its services; if not, why not; if so, (i) what are the relevant details and (ii) what impact did the specified procedures have on the availability of the specified department’s services?
Reply:
I have been informed by SITA as follows:
1 (a) SITA currently has thirteen (13) Service Level Agreements (SLA Annexes) with the Department of Home Affairs. These services are delivered using both the SITA own personnel and external services from contracted suppliers.
These services are managed via Service Level Agreements with metrics. The service performance is regularly evaluated and monitored on a monthly basis between SITA and the Department of Home Affairs.
SITA has adequate capacity to service the SLA Annexes except that it uses Telkom to provide the last-mile for a dedicated VPN. This represents the only area of challenge since SITA does not own the infrastructure and depend on Telkom network for 92% of its connectivity. SITA is now working with Sentech to provide an additional alternative connectivity using satellite technology to minimise the challenges that have been experienced to date.
1 (b) The following actions have been implemented to increase capacity:
- Appointed a specialist resource to direct the stabilisation and modernisation of the Switching Centre, supported by internal resources and external service providers;
- Full assessment of the Switching Centre’s facility condition and fit for purpose assessment completed;
- Identified critical items for stabilisation and modernisation and we have initiated projects to address DHA requirements;
- Establishment of a full preventative maintenance contract to maintain the Switching Centre’s facility infrastructure.
2 (a) (b) Yes, SITA has routine and preventative maintenance procedures, managed through IT Service Management System.
(i) (ii) SITA has regular monthly Service Level Meetings with the Department of Home Affairs and also with the Service Provider (Telkom). To minimise the causes of poor network connectivity SITA is working with the State Owned Companies such as Sentech to build additional alternative network that will be activated when terrestrial network is impacted. The satellite system will ensure that the DHA office has service as per the signed Service Level Agreements; therefore DHA does not need to close their offices when a network breakdown is experienced.
14 November 2016 - NW2332
Mackenzie, Mr C to ask the Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services
What (a) is the total amount of all (i) long-term loans and (ii) overdraft facilities secured by the SA Post Office as part of its three-year loan facility obtained from major financial institutions, (b) are the names of each of the specified major financial institutions and (c) is the (i) total amount, (ii) interest rate charged and (iii) term of each loan and/or overdraft facility?
Reply:
I have been informed by the South African Post Office (SAPO) as follows:
SAPO obtained a 3-year club loan from 5 local banks totalling R3.7 billion, which refinanced the previously existing loans totalling R1.0 billion. These loans are on common terms and conditions with interest rates of JIBAR plus between 2% and 2.5%. Details of exposures by bank, including specific terms and conditions such as pricing, are confidential. The loans are repayable on 14 July 2019.
The overdraft facility amounts to R270 million with no fixed termination date. This is not currently being utilised by SAPO.
(a) (i) Long- term loans= R3.7 billion
(ii) Overdraft facilities= R270 million
(b) Names of institutions are confidential
(c) (i) The total amount is R3.7 billion
(ii) Interest rate charged = interest rates of JIBAR plus between 2% and 2.5%
(iii) The terms and conditions of each loan/ or overdraft facility is confidential. SAPO is bound by contractual obligations not to disclose more detailed information.
14 November 2016 - NW2298
Tarabella - Marchesi, Ms NI to ask the Minister of Human Settlements
Whether any (a) internal and/or (b) external forensic reports pertaining to (i) her department and/or (ii) each entity reporting to her were completed from 1 January 2009 up to the latest specified date for which information is available; if not, in each case, why not; if so, what is the (aa) name, (bb) subject matter and (cc) date of conclusion of each of the specified forensic reports?
Reply:
(a) & (b) Yes.
(i) & (ii) The relevant information is provided below.
2009/ 10
No. |
Name |
Subject Matter |
Date of Conclusion |
1 |
Presidential Proclamation R.7 of 2007 (extended by R.35 of 2010 and R.15 of 2012) |
Alleged fraudulent/ illegal granting of low-income housing to government officials/ employees (National, Provincial & Local spheres) |
January 2014 |
2 |
Presidential Proclamation R.7 of 2007 (extended by R.35 of 2010 and R.15 of 2012) |
Alleged awarding and implementation of housing contracts in non-compliance with the Housing Act (No. 107 of 1997); National Housing Code and Public Finance Management Act (No. 1 of 1999) |
Once the SIU investigations are finalised, reports are filed with The Presidency and therefore the Department does not have the exact completion date. |
2010/ 11 |
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Name |
Subject Matter |
Date of Conclusion |
|
3 |
Presidential Proclamation R.7 of 2007 (extended by R.35 of 2010 and R.15 of 2012) |
Alleged fraudulent/ illegal granting of low-income housing to government officials/ employees (National, Provincial & Local spheres) |
January 2014 |
4 |
Presidential Proclamation R.7 of 2007 (extended by R.35 of 2010 and R.15 of 2012) |
Investigation into awarding and implementation of housing contracts in non-compliance with the Housing Act (No. 107 of 1997); National Housing Code and Public Finance Management Act (No. 1 of 1999) |
Once the SIU investigations are finalised, reports are filed with The Presidency and therefore the Department does not have the exact completion date. |
2011/ 12 |
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Name |
Subject Matter |
Date of Conclusion |
|
5 |
Presidential Proclamation R.7 of 2007 (extended by R.35 of 2010 and R.15 of 2012) |
Alleged fraudulent/ illegal granting of low-income housing subsidy to government officials/ employees (National, Provincial & Local spheres) |
January 2014 |
6 |
Presidential Proclamation R.7 of 2007 (extended by R.35 of 2010 and R.15 of 2012) |
Alleged awarding and implementation of housing contracts in non-compliance with the Housing Act (No. 107 of 1997); National Housing Code and Public Finance Management Act (No. 1 of 1999) |
Once the SIU investigations are finalised, reports are filed with The Presidency and therefore the Department does not have the exact completion date. |
7 |
SIU investigation into the affairs of the National Housing Builders Registration Council |
Alleged conflict of interest over contracts worth at least R100m |
Once the SIU investigations are finalised, reports are filed with The Presidency and therefore the Department does not have the exact completion date. |
8 |
Presidential Proclamation R.7 of 2007 (extended by R.35 of 2010 and R.15 of 2012) |
Alleged fraudulent/ illegal granting of subsidy to government officials/ employees (National, Provincial & Local spheres) |
January 2014 |
9 |
Presidential Proclamation R.7 of 2007 (extended by R.35 of 2010 and R.15 of 2012) |
Alleged awarding and implementation of housing contracts in non-compliance with the Housing Act (No. 107 of 1997); National Housing Code and Public Finance Management Act (No. 1 of 1999) |
Once the SIU investigations are finalised, reports are filed with The Presidency and therefore the Department does not have the exact completion date. |
2013/ 14 |
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Name |
Subject Matter |
Date of Conclusion |
|
10 |
Presidential Proclamation R.7 of 2007 (extended by R.35 of 2010 and R.15 of 2012) |
Alleged fraudulent/ illegal granting of subsidy to government officials/ employees (National, Provincial & Local spheres) |
January 2014 |
11 |
Presidential Proclamation R.7 of 2007 (extended by R.35 of 2010 and R.15 of 2012) |
Alleged awarding and implementation of housing contracts in non-compliance with the Housing Act (No. 107 of 1997); National Housing Code and Public Finance Management Act (No. 1 of 1999) |
Once the SIU investigations are finalised, reports are filed with The Presidency and therefore the Department does not have the exact completion date. |
2014/ 15 |
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Name |
Subject Matter |
Date of Conclusion |
|
12 |
Presidential Proclamation R.7 of 2007 (extended by R.35 of 2010 and R.15 of 2012) |
Alleged awarding and implementation of housing contracts in non-compliance with the Housing Act (No. 107 of 1997); National Housing Code and Public Finance Management Act (No. 1 of 1999) |
Once the SIU investigations are finalised, reports are filed with The Presidency and therefore the Department does not have the exact completion date. |
2015/ 16 |
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Name |
Subject Matter |
Date of Conclusion |
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13 |
Presidential Proclamation R.7 of 2007 (extended by R.35 of 2010 and R.15 of 2012) |
Alleged awarding and implementation of housing contracts in non-compliance with the Housing Act (No. 107 of 1997); National Housing Code and Public Finance Management Act (No. 1 of 1999) |
Once the SIU investigations are finalised, reports are filed with The Presidency and therefore the Department does not have the exact completion date. |
2016/ 17 |
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Name |
Subject Matter |
Date of Conclusion |
|
14 |
Presidential Proclamation R.7 of 2007 (extended by R.35 of 2010 and R.15 of 2012) |
Alleged awarding and implementation of housing contracts in non-compliance with the Housing Act (No. 107 of 1997); National Housing Code and Public Finance Management Act (No. 1 of 1999) |
Once the SIU investigations are finalised, reports are filed with The Presidency and therefore the Department does not have the exact completion date. |
14 November 2016 - NW2136
Masango, Ms B to ask the Minister of Social Development
(1)Whether the cards used by the current social grant recipients to receive their social grants each month will expire when the SA Social Security Agency’s (SASSA) contract with Net1 comes to an end on 31 March 2017; if not, why not; if so, what plans have been put in place to ensure that the specified recipients can access their grants once the specified contract ends; (2) (a) what are the relevant (i) details of the transitional plans that (aa) her department and/or (bb) SASSA have put in place to ensure that there is no interruption in the distribution of social grants to the grant recipients once the contract with Net1 ends on 31 March 2017 and (ii) details of the processes that will be involved for the grant recipients, (b) from which budget will the specified transitional plans be funded and (c) which of the various work streams set up by her department to action the transition of the distribution of social grants from Net1 to SASSA will be in charge of ensuring the smooth (i) operation of the transitional plans and (ii) distribution of social grants?
Reply:
(1) I would like to inform the Honourable Member that the SASSA beneficiary card has two encryptions, namely the UPS encryption which expires in March 2017 and the MasterCard encryption which expires in December 2017.
(2) With regard to the transitional plans, I have already informed the Honourable Member of the work currently underway through the five work streams to oversee this process and to ensure a smooth transition that will ensure a seamless transition and that no single beneficiary will be negatively affected by this transition.
14 November 2016 - NW2333
Mackenzie, Mr C to ask the Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services
(a) How many qualifying bargaining unit employees of the SA Post Office qualified for back payments during the period 1 April 2014 to 30 November 2014 and (b) What is the total cost of the specified back payments?
Reply:
I have been informed by the South African Post Office (SAPO) as follows:
(a) The total number of qualifying bargaining unit employees is 16 820. This is 100% of bargaining unit employees who were still in the employ of the company at the time of signing the agreement.
(b) The total cost of back payments was R82.4 million.
14 November 2016 - NW2235
Marais, Mr S to ask the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans
With reference to her reply to question 1708 on 11 October 2016, what was the (a) total amount spent on the trip of a certain person (name furnished) to the Republic of Cuba and (b) detailed breakdown of the specified amount in terms of (i) flight tickets, (ii) accommodation, (iii) car rental and (iv) any other relevant expenses?
Reply:
(a) and (b)
(i) Flight tickets
A total amount of R 442 643.52 was spent on flight tickets on the trip to Cuba by the CSANDF and his delegation from 13-19 June 2016.
(ii) and (iii)
Accommodation, car rental and all other expenses were catered for by the host.