Questions and Replies

Reply:

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

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

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

Additional information for the Minister:

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

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

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

Reply:

The question is:-

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

South Africa has the requisite skills and capacity.

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

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

 

 

Approved/not approved

Mr MJ Zwane, MP

Minister of Mineral Resources

Date Submitted:-………………/………………/2016

Reply:

The response below was provided by municipality:

(a) Following the recommendations of the Kabuso forensic report, the employment contracts of the Municipal Manager and Strategic Manager in the Office of the Mayor were terminated. Further, a committee was established consisting of councillors to address issues implicating councillors and an action plan was also submitted to Council in order to address issues implicating officials. This process is being coordinated by the Administrator.

(b) The municipality's legal representatives are engaging with those implicated with a view to recover the financial losses incurred by the municipality.

(c) I was not aware that the Kabuso report is supposed to be tabled in Parliament. The Administrator is dealing with this matter and would adhere to such a request.

Reply:

Department

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

(1) (b)

(2) (a) (i) (aa) 2013 – 14 – None

(2) (a) (i) (bb) 2014 – 15 – None

(2) (a) (i) (cc) 2015 – 16 – None

(2) (b) Not applicable

(2) (c ) Not applicable

Airports Company South Africa SOC Limited (ACSA)

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

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

Air Traffic and Navigation Services SOC Limited (ATNS)

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

(2) (a) (ii) None

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

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

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

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

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

South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA)

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

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

South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL)

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

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

(b) R4 050-00 per driver

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

Cross-Border Road Transport Agency (CBRTA)

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

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

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

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

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

Road Accident Fund (RAF)

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

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

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

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

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

.

Road Traffic Management Corporations (RTMC)

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

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

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

(b) R90 222

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

Road Traffic Infringement Agency (RTIA)

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

2. (a) (aa) 2013-14 – None

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

(b) N/A

1. N/A

Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA)

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

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

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

Railway Safety Regulator (RSR)

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

(2) Not applicable. Refer to 1 above.

South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA)

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

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

None of the employees have done advance driving courses.

Ports Regulator of South Africa

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

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Reply:

The NYDA is running the following programs:

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

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

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

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

Reply:

(a) The NDA has funded 2612 Community Based Organisations and Non-governmental organizations since inception. However, in the last five years, a total of 485 NGOs/CBOs were funded for which have hereunder provided the responses. The status of all organisations since inception cannot be confirmed as The NDA Grant making process works with funded projects for a period of 12 to 18 months. During this period our relationship with an organization is regulated by a Funding Agreement between the NDA and the CBO/NGO. At the end of the funding period, the NDA would develop an exit/sustainability plan for the organization and then the formal relations between the NDA and the organization ceases.

(b) (i) Of the 485 organisations funded in the last five years, 452 are still operating and providing services to communities. A total of 33 NGOs/CBOs are no longer operational. (ii) The reasons for their lack of operation include lack of funding since the completion of NDA funding and governance challenges, including conflict within the organisations. (iii) The activities that they were involved in have been transferred to other organisations within the area. To mitigate the challenges faced by organisations the NDA in partnership with the Department of Social Development has implemented a capacity building programme since 2013 which has trained 4244 NGOs/CBOs in all provinces, including organisations that may not have been directly funded by the NDA. The capacity building will result in sustainability for the organizations and their service delivery capacity.

Reply:

(1) The DAC has not been approached by any political party for funding in the 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16 and to date in the 2016/17 financial years;

(2) The DAC has not provided any form of funding to any political party in the 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16 and to date in the 2016/17 financial years.

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Reply:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Reply:

(a) An amount of R500 000 000 has been made available for the social relief of distress programme for the 2016/17 financial year. Social relief of distress is a comprehensive programme which aims to meet the immediate material needs of citizens who experience a crisis. Food parcels are only one component of this programme. Social relief of distress may be provided in the form of food parcels, food vouchers, school uniforms, humanitarian support in times of disasters and/or cash, under certain circumstances.

(b) The social relief of distress programme is a needs driven programme, in that citizens who find themselves in such dire circumstances that they are unable to meet their or their family’s basic needs may apply for this assistance at SASSA offices and service points. In addition, where SASSA becomes aware of a disaster which has affected community members. The current drought is one such example of a natural disaster which may prompt the provision of social relief of distress.

It is therefore difficult to know in advance how many people will apply for this form of support. In terms of the Annual Performance Plan, SASSA has targeted to provide social relief of distress to 400 000 people. Of these, 160 000 are targeted for assistance in the first 2 quarters of the new financial year. However, it should be noted that these are projected numbers – the actual numbers will only be known when people come forward in response to a crisis situation. The numbers may be affected by natural disasters, which cannot be predicted, or economic circumstances in the country.

(c) Any social relief of distress is provided to South African citizens, permanent residents and refugees, who meet the criteria as set in the Social Assistance Act, Act 13 of 2004 and its Regulations. This means that every person who receives social relief of distress has gone through a screening and application process. These applications are available for audit.

The criteria which applicants must meet before they are considered for social relief of distress are that, in addition to the citizenship criteria, the applicant must have insufficient funds, and: meet one or more of the following-

Is awaiting payment of an approved grant;

The breadwinner has been assessed as being disabled for a period of less than 6 months;

The breadwinner of that household has died and application is made within 12 months of the death;

The breadwinner of that household has been admitted to a private or public institution for at least one month;

Where the refusal may cause undue hardship; or

The household has been affected by a disaster.

Social relief of distress is an on-going legislated programme which is budgeted for and implemented every year.

 

Reply:

The information was provided by uMshwathi Local Municipality and approved by Minister P Gordhan):

  (1) Yes, it was owned by the former Development Services Board (DSB) in 1994 – 1995.

    (a) It was transferred to Air Health Committee, then the Health Committee became Cool Air TLC in 1996 – 2000. In December 2000, the Cool Air TLC was amalgamated into uMshwathi Municipality.

   (b) There were four areas that were controlled by Development Services Board-Dalton, Cool Air, Wartburg and New Hanover, that were converted into Health Committees and the assets from DSB were handed over to these Health Committees.

  (2) The arrangements for Cool Air Secondary School is for them to book the hall in advance at no cost to the school.

 

Reply:

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

Reply:

(a)

    (i) There are currently 73 nonprofit / privately run alcohol and drug rehabilitation facilities

(b) For capacity of each centre, see attached annexure

Reply:

1.Yes, (a) I am aware of a heritage site called Canteen Kopje, a declared Provincial Heritage Site, located on Portion 9 of West Commonage 687, in the Barkley West District of the Northern Cape.

(b) The site was first declared as a National Monument on 29 January 1948 in terms of section 8 of the Natural and Historical Monuments, Relics and Antiquities Act, 1934. Under the current heritage act, the site enjoys protection at a provincial level.

(c) Although it is true that the significance of site was well known during the mid-20th century, local and international interest in the site waned during the second half of the 20th century. The site has been the focus of renewed research interest from the 1990s partly fuelled by significant steps forward in scientific methods, which allows for greater understanding of the formation of the site. Although the scientific work focuses on the behaviour of our earliest human ancestors, the site also contains important information about extant communities and the history and legacy of diamond mining in South Africa. Although the date of this occurrence is not known recent research by SAHRA indicates that Canteen Kopje may be the oldest known archaeological occurrence in South Africa.

(d) The Department of Mineral Resources issued a mining permit to Ms Jacky M. Wesi for Portion 5 of West Commonage, Barkley West in October 2014. Furthermore, a cease works order was issued to prevent the unnecessary destruction of significant heritage resources without the required mitigatory measures in place to prevent the undocumented destruction of such resources.

(e) The information provided to the heritage authorities and SAHRA, in particular, did not indicate that up to forty percent of the site would be mined,

(f) and specifically excluding the areas of current research by the Universities of Witwatersrand and Toronto. Similarly, according to the information provided the mining would have occurred outside the boundaries of the declared Provincial Heritage Site.

(g) This permit was issued without prior consultation with the appropriate heritage authorities. The heritage significance of the site and the provisions of the NHRA were communicated to relevant stakeholders.

(h) Yes I am aware of a Conservation Management plan for the site.

(i) Section 8 of the National Heritage Resources Act (Act 25 of 1999) promotes a three-tier system of Heritage Resources Management, in which national functions are the responsibility of the South African Heritage Resources Agency; provincial functions are the responsibility of the provincial heritage authority, and local level functions are the responsibility of local authorities.

2. A recent final court interdict granted by the Kimberley High Court has prevented any further mining on the declared site of Canteen Kopje. Although it is currently protected as a Provincial Heritage Site, SAHRA has initiated an administrative process to re-examine the grading of the site to possible Grade 1 status

3. To ensure that heritage resources are afforded the protection that it deserves it is important that the provisions of the NHRA are fully implemented. This means ensuring the provincial heritage authorities and local authorities are capacitated and adequately resourced. Currently, there are only three fully functioning provincial authorities ensuring compliance with the provisions of the NHRA. This means that the potential exists for the unwanted destruction of significant heritage resources.

Reply:

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

Reply:

The Public Service Commission (PSC) is an independent Constitutional body, and its budget is appropriated via the Minister of Public Service and Administration.

1(a)(i) The Public Service Commission, forwarded a request to the Department of Public Works (DPW) on 29 October 2010 for the extension of the lease agreement for a period of five (5) years as the building (Commission House in Arcadia, Pretoria) was still suitable and met the requirements of the PSC. The PSC experienced challenges with the renewal process.

Seeing that there were delays with the renewal of the lease as well as the fact that the PSC had reached the optimal occupancy of the building, the PSC requested the DPW to procure alternative office accommodation in July 2012.

In order to allow the DPW to commence with the procurement process of the alternative accommodation, the PSC agreed that the lease agreement be renewed for a further period of eighteen (18) months to ensure that PSC relocates into the new alternative office building on 1 April 2014.

A building was identified as suitable alternative accommodation for the PSC and a lease agreement was signed. However, during tenant installation process there were concerns raised by the PSC e.g. additional costs to be borne by the PSC relating to tenant installation. This resulted in the process being suspended by the DPW. Due to the dispute, the PSC did not take occupation of the building.

The PSC forwarded another request to DPW in June 2015, after receiving notice to vacate Commission House, to commence with the sourcing alternative accommodation.

1(a) (ii) The PSC requested DPW on 1 June 2015 to re-advertise the bid as the PSC was notified of the refurbishment of the building (Commission House) taking into account that the building was supposed to be already vacant then (the PSC was supposed to have vacated the building in 2014).

(b) The term of the lease for the current offices is for a period of 24 months, with an exit clause after 18 months.

(c) The PSC has requested DPW to source permanent accommodation. The process will be completed by no later than January 2017.

2(a) The PSC paid R1.2 million once off costs towards the relocation to temporary accommodation (Absa Towers) for IT network infrastructure.

2(i)(aa) The PSC did not incur costs to move furniture. The Department of Public Works absorbed 50% of the relocation costs and the current landlord paid 50%.

2(i)(bb) The PSC paid R1.2 million for IT network infrastructure costs.

2(i)(cc) The PSC did not incur costs for refurbishing office space. The costs were covered by the tenant installation allowance paid by the landlord.

2(ii) The PSC did not pay estate agents fees.

2(iii) There is no other expenditure that was incurred.

2(b) The total current monthly cost of the rental of the temporary office accommodation is R1 407 312.79 for 8907 square metres.

2(c) The rental for the previous office accommodation was R523 087.00 per month for 6533.75 square metres. The rental for previous accommodation was not market related as ever since the PSC took occupation of the building in 1997, the ownership of the building changed 4 times without the annual rental escalation affected. The current monthly rental expenditure is high compare to the previous monthly expenditure on office accommodation.

(3) The monthly costs would have been lower if the PSC would have moved to the office accommodation identified by the Department of Public Works

The monthly rental for the office accommodation identified by the DPW would have been R 1 361 352.36 for 8907 square metres including parking.

Reply:

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

Entities spend on advertising in the 2015-16 financial year

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

2. The HDA spent R1, 200, 209.39.

3. The NURCHA spent R178, 478.07.

4. The SHRA spent R189, 017.65.

5. The NHBRC spent R7,700,000.00.

6. The NHFC spent R433 975.00.

7. The RHLF spent R197, 280.29.

8. The CSOS spent R225, 000.00.

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

(b)(ii) Entities

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Reply:

(a) Yes, plans have been put in place to formally house the residents of the Kya Sands Informal Settlement. Due to the dense nature of the informal settlement, there is not enough land surrounding the area to formalise the project in situ. As a result, it was proposed that the project be developed in conjunction with the Lion Park Project further north, near the Lanseria Airport. The concept envisaged was that the Nietgedacht Property on which the Lion Park Project would be located would be formalized first due to the fact that the density is lower and it is envisaged that some of the residents of Kya Sands will then be relocated to the Lion Park Project. The remaining Kya Sands informal settlements residents would be formalized in situ. It should be noted that because of the high housing demand, both projects would be developed as high density housing and as such incremental formalization is not possible.

(b) A total of 13 000 beneficiaries have been identified and the scope of the project was increased to include all the informal settlements on Malibongwe Drive, between Kya Sands and Lanseria. 8 000 beneficiaries will be accommodated at the Lion Park development and 5 000 beneficiaries will be accommodated at the Kya Sands site. Beneficiaries from Lanseria/Freeway, Lanseria/Lion Park, Lanseria/Selina Park, Sands/iNanda Holding 57, Houtkoppen, Plot 5 Riverbed and Malatje informal settlements will be accommodated at the two developments.

(c) The planning process is currently underway and indications are that the development will commence during 2019/2020 financial year.

Reply:

(a) According to our records which are contained in the Infrastructure Reporting Model (IRM), Kwazulu Natal Province have sent their allocation for Provincial Roads Maintenance Grants (PRMG) though the department as the Transferring National Officer (TNO), have withheld the fourth tranche payment.

(b) The Department is engaging with the province together with National Treasury to rectify expenditure as reported on IRM while we are awaiting response from National Treasury for the approval of rollover funds withheld. Note that Provincial Treasuries manage rollover funds on behalf of National Treasury.

Reply:

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

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

Reply:

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

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

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

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

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

Reply:

1 (a) (b). Yes, a process of entering into payment agreements between each of the affected municipalities is in its final stages. The Department of Co-operative Governance ((DCoG) in collaboration with Department of Public Enterprise (OPE), SALGA, Provincial COGTA's and Treasury conducted work sessions with the affected municipalities and Eskom. A detailed affordability analysis was conducted for each municipality taking into account its unique circumstances, the root causes for non-payment as well as other municipal commitments. This work resulted in new payment arrangements being drafted for Eskom's consideration. On approval by Eskom, these agreements will be formalised with municipalities by means of council resolutions. Eskom aims to have all the agreements in place with municipalities by end of May 2016.

2. (a). Yes, since the draft payment agreements were based on the affordability analysis; they will be affordable to municipalities.

(b) The debt will be reduced because one of the conditions of the agreements is that municipalities pay their current debt over and above the agreement amount to service outstanding debt. .

3. Eskom is still engaging and finalising discussions with the municipalities on agreed payment terms and to date there is no municipality that has finalised and signed the payment agreement with Eskom. Compliance will only be monitored once agreements are reached between Eskom and the municipalities.

4. During the inter-ministerial negotiations; Eskom made a commitment to consider waving the interest for municipalities who adhere to their payment terms and to consider reviewing the payment period. However; the response received from Eskom in that regard is as follows:
"Considering the Eskom financial situation and in line with the PFMA and MFMA requirements as well as the Supply Agreements held with our customers, Eskom has decided to continue to apply the 15 days payment period as well as charging Prime plus 5% on overdue amounts."

Reply:

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

Reply:

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

Reply:

(a) Yes

(b) Yes, however, the participation of small business enterprises and cooperatives is advanced through public employment programmes.

(i) & (ii) The Department of Environmental Affairs provides opportunities through different programmes and entities, and is specifically responsible for the EPWP with it’s 14 different programmes through which it has provided opportunities for people through SMMEs and cooperatives.

The Programmes are listed as follow:

• Working for Water
• Working for Wetlands
• Working for Ecosystems
• Working for Forests
• Working for Energy (Biomass)
• Eco-Furniture Programme
• Working on Fire
• Working on Waste
• Working for the Coast
• Working for Land
• Greening & Open Space Management
• People & Parks
• Wildlife Economy
• Youth Environmental Service

All fourteen of the EP programmes are designed to secure outcomes that have high returns on investment, over and above the Full-Time Equivalent jobs and Work Opportunities. The contractors and participants are all trained, skilled and empowered to do this work.

South African National Parks (SANParks) is in part, part of the EPWP implementation, and implements a develpment programme for small contractors or businesses. It also supports additional small businesses as part of the Infrastructure Programme.

Further opportunities are being sought through the Chemical and Waste Branch on the Recycling Enterprise Support Programme (RESP).

(aa) Programmes target to support 2,369 SMMEs for 2016/17.

SANParks implements EPWP projects in all national parks, buffer zone areas and some provincial nature reserves. For the 2016/17, the projects will support 501 small contractors, including training and contractor development. As part of the Infrastructure Programme in Kruger National Park, 14 small construction contractors are mentored for civil, building and electrical works.

The iSimagaliso enterprise programme is in its 7th year. It supports 182 small businesses. Businesses receive formal training and ongoing mentoring via a virtual business hub. The small business also qualify to apply for grant funding from the programme. R6.8million has been paid on in grant funds to 88 small businesses.

(bb) The department has budgeted an estimated amount of R 1.2 billion for the 2016/17 financial year which will be procured using SMMEs.

The amount budgeted for the small contractors in the EPWP programme under SANParks is R166 million. An estimated amount of R58.8 million was budgeted for the small construction contactors in Kruger National Park.

Through the Waste Management Bureau, an approximate amount of 11 million is set aside for the Recycling Enterprise Support Programme (RESP) initiative.

For iSimangaliso, the amount that has been budgeted for this year is R1.2m.

(cc) Throught the 14 different programmes, a minimum of 1519 SMMEs, 46524 Work Opportunities and 23 467 Full Time Equivalents will be created in 2016/17, a further 140 temporary jobs will be created and supported in the Kruger construction programme.

It is also envisaged that a 150 jobs will be created through the Recycling Enterprise Support Programme.

For iSimangaliso, it is anticipated that the development programmes run by iSimangaliso will create approximately 2000 jobs in this financial year

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Reply:

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

(b) No.

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

(b) No.

Reply:

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

(i) Department’s adverts

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

 

(ii) Public Entities

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

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

(i) Department 9.2 million

Reply:

(a) Research conducted:

(i) 2011/12

There were no research studies conducted during the year

(ii) 2012-13

1. Civil Society Organization’s participation in Food security Activities in South Africa (March 2013)
2. Civil Society Organization’s participation in Income generating Activities in South Africa (March 2013)
3. Challenges faced by Early Childhood Development Sector in the Country (April 2012)
4. A situational Analysis of Civil Society Organizations in the Western Cape (June 2012)

(iii) 2013-14

1. Funding Constraints and Challenges faced by Civil Society Organizations in South Africa (June 2013)

1. Framework for the Development of an annual state of development report (January 2014)

1. Civil Society Organization’s participation in the MDG processes in South Africa (January 2014)
2. State of poverty and its manifestation in the nine provinces of South Africa (March 2014)

(iv) 2014-15

1. Community development foundation framework &capacity Development framework (March 2015)
2. Enhancing active citizenry engagement in South Africa (March 2015)

(v) 2015-16

1. Enhancing civil society participation in the South African Development Agenda : The role of CSOs (December 2015)
2. South African government funding to non-profit organisations: what is the investment value? (February 2016)

(b) Research contribution

The research studies conducted by the NDA has contributed in new knowledge on how to improve programmes aimed at supporting the civil society sector, government planning and implementation of programmes for the civil society and making information available to the broader public through publications of the research in the NDA website. Some of the research has been used to inform debates and discussions with relevant organs of state for purposes of informing policy and programme planning. In addition, research reports are printed in hard copies and made available for the public in the NDA Provincial offices and NDA Advisory Centres. In addition, all NDA research reports are presented to a range of stakeholders, including civil society, government, private and international donors.

Reply:

I have been advised by the Department as follows:

1. (i) Not yet

(ii) Not yet.

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

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

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

REPLY: SOCs

I have been informed by the entities as follows:

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

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

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

 

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

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

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

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

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

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

aa) The relevant details per SOC are as follows:

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

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

SAPO – R120m;

BBI – R20 000;

SITA – R3m;

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

.zaDNA – R350 000;

USAASA – not applicable.

 

cc) Sentech – 36;

SAPO – 50

BBI – 20

SITA – 50

NEMISA – already in business

.zaDNA – 20

USAASA – not applicable.

Reply:

1. Response from CIPC

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

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

1. Response from NLC.

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

  (a) and (b) n/a

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

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

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

2. Response from CIPC

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

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

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

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

2. Response from NLC.

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

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

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

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

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

(c) n/a

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

3. Response from CIPC

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

Reply:

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

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

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

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

Reply:

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

Reply:

(a) Details of spending for the department and its entities for the 2015/16 financial year will be available once audited, and included in the 2015/16 annual reports to be tabled in parliament during 2016.

(b) Below is the department’s and entities budgeted advertising spending for the 2016/17 financial year:

Department /Entity	2016/17 Advertising budget
Economic Development Department	R 5 124 000.00
IDC	R 23 000 000.00
Competition Commission	R 1 363 091.00
ITAC	R 283 541.00
Competition Tribunal	R 32 087.00

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Reply:

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

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

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

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

 

Reply:

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

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

Source: Reports obtained from Provincial Education Departments in April 2016

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Reply:

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

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

Reply:

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

Reply:

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

 (a) (i) filled posts - 60

ii) vacant posts - 11

 (b) Below is a table providing detailed information:

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

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

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

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

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

(a)

(b)

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

 

5. Yes the DNO keeps record of as follows:

(aa)

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

(bb)

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

Reply:

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

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

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

(i) Not applicable

(ii) Not applicable

Reply:

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

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

Source: Information provided by provinces in April 2016

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

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

Source: Information provided by provinces in April 2016

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

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

Source: Information provided by provinces in April 2016

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

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

Source: Information provided by provinces in April 2016

ANNEXURE A

LIST OF FULL-SERVICE SCHOOLS IN GAUTENG

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

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

Reply:

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

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

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

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

Reply:

I have been advised by the Department as follows:

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

Reply:

NO

Reply:

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

Reply:

SAPO has advised me as follows:

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

 

Reply:

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

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

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

Reply:

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

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

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

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

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

 

MR NN MUNZHELELE

DIRECTOR GENERAL [ACTING]

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE:

MS AF MUTHAMBI (MP)

MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE:

Reply:

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

Reply:

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

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