Reply:

(a) The process to revise the policy on the Criteria for the Evaluation and Recognition for Qualifications for Employment in Education, former Department of Education, 2000, published in Notice No. 935, Government Gazette No. 21565 of 22 September, 2000 started during March 2015.

(b) It is envisaged that the process will be completed by 31 October 2016.

 

Reply:

1) (a) The People’s Republic of China will pay for the training.

(b) This information has not been made available to the Department of Basic Education as the budget is located with the People’s Republic of China.

2) (a) The People’s Republic of China will fund the tuition fees and accommodation. However, the flights will be borne by each participant.

(b) This information has not been made available to the Department of Basic Education as the budget is located with the People’s Republic of China.

3) (a) The basic criteria are proficiency in Mandarin, a University qualification and pedagogical versatility.

(b) Yes, the proficiency level of teachers is one of the crietria for participation in the training.

(c) (i) Teachers selected for participation in the course must satisfy the minimum level of proficiency as dictated by the Chinese language authorities. Their participation in the course should assist to improve proficiency levels.

(ii) Once these candidates have completed the course and have passed the Mandarin proficiency test at a specified level, they will be able to teach Mandarin.

4) (a) It is envisaged that the five hundred schools will be recruited on a voluntary basis.

(b) Salaries will be paid by the People’s Republic of China.

(c) Currently the learner statistics that are available are as follows:

PROVINCE	LEARNER NUMBERS
Eastern Cape	136
Gauteng	602
Western Cape	249
KwaZulu-Natal	13

Source: Information provided by Provincial Education Departments

Note: The current statistics are tentative and will be reviewed during the survey that will be conducted by the Department of Basic Education, in collaboration with the Chinese advisor.

(d) The selection of schools is on a voluntary basis. Hence it is not envisaged that there will be refusal from schools to participate.

(5) There are no studies conducted as yet, but the Department of Basic Education is working with the Chinese advisor to conduct a survey on the demand for Mandarin in schools.

Reply:

The Department of Basic Education established the National Education Evaluation and Development Unit (NEEDU) to put in place a countrywide credible and holistic performance review system, which focuses systemically on the state of teaching and learning in classrooms, and on the monitoring, administration and support functions at school, provincial and national levels. This is a semi-autonomous entity that focuses on an objective and holistic assessment of what is happening in the system. The Department has also strengthened its capacity to assess/evaluate/inspect the performance of schools by ensuring that adequate numbers of appropriately qualified officials are appointed at the circuit management and subject advisory levels. Neither the NEEDU or the district officials mentioned above are known as ‘inspectors’ because the role of ‘inspecting’ schools has been coupled with development and support, where this is found to be necessary. The function of ‘school inspectors’ therefore already exists and continues to be strengthened through the review and strengthening of recruitment procedures to ensure the appointment of the right people for these roles.

Reply:

The verification of qualifications for employment is done by provinces and districts. No fraudulent applications were reported to the Department of Basic Education by Provincial Education Departments or Districts in the financial years indicated, namely (i) 2012-13, (ii) 2013-14 and (iii) 2014-15.

 

Reply:

1. Not applicable.
2. Not applicable.

 

 

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Reply:

The information has been requested from the Eastern Cape Department of Education and will be provided as a soon as it is received.

Reply:

1. (a) How many (i) principals, (ii) deputy principals, (iii) heads of departments and (iv) educators involved in special needs education have resigned from their respective posts in each province in (aa) 2011, (bb) 2012, (cc) 2013, (dd) 2014 and (ee) 2015, (b) how many of the specified positions are still vacant and (c) by what date does she envision that the specified vacancies will be filled

(1) (a),(b) and (c)The Department does not currently have the information as specified in the question. The information has been requested from the Provincial Education Departments and will be provided as soon as it is received.

2. (a) how many of the specified vacancies are being filled by staff on an acting basis in each case and (b) what are the financial implications in each case?

(2) (a) Acting appointments are made in promotional posts that are critical and mainly the Principal and the head of department posts. An indication of which posts are filled by staff on acting basis will be made once the information of vacancies is received from the province.

(b) It must also be noted that acting appointments are made in funded posts and thus acting allowances are paid accordingly in line with the remuneration level of the relevant post. There are therefore no additional financial implications incurred.

Reply:

(a) (i) The department spent R4, 477,235 on advertising in the 2015-16 financial year.

(ii) Not applicable

(b) (i) The department has budgeted R1, 603,000 for advertising in the 2016-17 financial year.

(ii) Not applicable

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Reply:

(1) The Electoral Commission did not keep a record of the number of valid

physical addresses on the final voters’ roll for the local government elections in 2001, 2006 and 2011.

(2) The Electoral Commission did not keep a record of the number of valid physical addresses on the final voters’ roll for the provincial and national elections in 2004, 2009 and 2014 elections. Following the Constitutional Court judgment in Kham on 30 November 2015, the Electoral Commission for the first time ahead of both registration weekend held in March and April 2016, produced a voters’ roll with addresses and requested registered voters to confirm or correct their address details on the voters’ roll. Following the last voter registration weekend in April 2016 the status of addresses on the voters’ roll is as follows on the table below:

Category	Number of Voters Affected
Voters with Addresses and REC AS	14,174,525
Potentially Incomplete Addresses	6,635,458
No Addresses	5,491,430
Grand Total	26,301,413

The different categories used in the table are as follows:

(a-b) The “complete addresses” category includes only those voters who have a complete conventional urban address with at least the following four line-items: street number, street name, suburb and town. The reason this category is defined in such narrow terms is because only addresses that meet all four of these requirements is definitely a complete address. It is accordingly the only assumption that can be fed into the database to obtain a definite figure of complete addresses. However, in response to the Kham Judgment, this category also included recent transaction during the Reg 1 and Reg 2 weekends and the category was expanded to include those who had submitted sufficient particulars in terms of the REC AS forms.

The “no addresses” category includes voters in respect of whom no physical residential address is captured. This includes: (i) voters whose Rec 1 forms have been lost; (ii) voters who have left the address section in the Rec 1 form blank or have indicated that they have no formal residential address (e.g. by writing the words “N/A” or “none” in the address section); and (iii) voters who have provided only a postal address.

The “potentially incomplete addresses” category is all the remaining addresses. Many, and possibly the vast majority, of these addresses are complete for the purposes of s 16(3). But it is impossible to determine whether they are complete by making general assumptions (for input into the database) without examining these addresses individually.

(3) As the records of the number of valid addresses were not kept it is impossible to make a determination of a reduction or increase. However since the decision of the Constitutional Court in Kham over 4 million addresses and sufficient particularities have been obtain from voters.

(4) Some REC 1 forms have been lost over the years as a result of mishaps and unexpected events – with REC 1 forms being lost in transit (as they move from voting/counting stations to local IEC offices to provincial warehouses) or damaged in storage. The IEC has not kept a catalogue of these incidents. Some of the incidents include the following:

(a) During 2001, flooding at a warehouse used by the IEC for storage of some of its records in eThekwini metropolitan municipality, KwaZulu-Natal destroyed a number of REC 1 forms dated 1998 and 1999.

(b)(i-ii) In Msinga local municipality in KwaZulu-Natal, the REC1 forms for the period 1998 to 2008 were erroneously discarded by a removal company when the IEC vacated a rented storage facility. This was discovered during the 2010/2011 bulk scanning project.

- A fire broke out at a Metrofile (Pty) Ltd warehouse in Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal province on the night of 11 October 2013, where the IEC stored some of its records. This fire did not, however, result in any loss of voter data as the REC 1 forms destroyed in the fire had already been scanned and captured.

- On 15 November 2013, about 1,500 REC 1 forms were destroyed by fire during the unrest in the Metsimaholo Municipality, Free State.

- The Sol Plaatjie municipal electoral office in the Northern Cape was flooded in February 2014. This resulted in the loss of approximately 15,000 REC 1 forms.

- In March 2015, 3,900 REC 1 forms were destroyed by fire during community protests in the Mantsopa Municipality in the Free State.

Reply:

(a) and (b) Yes

(i) Development programmes for small businesses:

(aa) Name of programme	(bb) Amount budgeted	(cc) Number of jobs to be created by the programme
Various skills development programmes relevant to small businesses (i.e. Learnerships, Bursaries, Skills Programmes, Artisanship, RPL and Internships funding) Refer to the attached Annexure A	R 889 993 987	13 967 Beneficiaries trained The interventions from Sector Education and Training Authorities (SETAs) are not directly linked to job creation. The interventions are planned for small businesses and therefore the number of beneficiaries reported is based on the number individuals planned to be trained.

(ii) Development programmes for cooperatives:

(aa) Name of programme	(bb) Amount budgeted	(cc) Number of jobs to be created by the programme
Various skills development programmes relevant to cooperatives (i.e. Learnerships, Bursaries, Skills Programmes, Artisanship, Adult Education and Training, RPL and Internships funding) Refer to the attached Annexure A	R180 597 667	4 498 Beneficiaries trained The interventions from Sector Education and Training Authorities (SETAs) are not directly linked to job creation. The interventions are planned for cooperatives and therefore the number of beneficiaries reported is based on the number individuals planned to be trained.

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QUESTION 1394 APPROVED/NOT APPROVED/AMENDED

Dr BE NZIMANDE, MP

MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING

STATUS:

DATE:

Reply:

1. The average number of apprentices successfully completing training and becoming qualified artisans over the past four years from 2012/13 to 2015/16 is 15 000 qualified artisans. This average has to double to 30 000 qualified artisans by the year 2030.

The all-embracing strategy to reach this target is as follows:

• The capturing of artisan learner data has improved with the establishment of the National Artisan Development Support Centre at Ekurhuleni East Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) College. With the use of this call centre facility, the Department is able to centrally collect, analyse and report on artisan registration and completion rates from Sector Education and Training Authorities (SETAs) and INDLELA.
• The artisan learner grant has been standardised to R150 000 per artisan learner across all SETAs with effect from 1 April 2016. Previously this grant was differentiated and did not fully serve artisan training, and was increased from R139 350 to R150 000.
• The Department is developing a dual system of apprenticeship training with the assistance from German and Swiss authorities, which will assist in standardising the trade curriculum content, and improve monitoring and evaluation of what artisans are trained in, based on the Trade and Occupations Qualifications developed by the Quality Council for Trades and Occupations (QCTO). The deployment of the dual apprenticeship training system to all accredited training centres is earmarked for 1 April 2018.
• INDLELA, which serves as the only public trade test centre in the country, is being improved through a recapitalisation project funded by SETAs. The project entails modernising trade testing equipment and workshops to meet present industrial standards. For the 2016/17 financial year, the Services SETA and Culture, Arts, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport SETA (CATHSSETA) have contributed a combined amount of R10 million, whilst other SETAs will contribute during the subsequent years.
• The “Decade of the Artisan” campaign, which was declared in 2014 after a successful “Year of the Artisan” campaign, is a successful public campaign visiting all provinces and engaging with learners and educators in schools to promote and encourage students to choose artisanship as a career. This campaign also engages employers and persuades them to open training spaces for apprentices in their workplaces.
• Presently, the Department is developing a Trade Test Improvement Strategy aimed at improving both the quality and throughput of artisan training. Public comments have been received and the Department is working towards finalising the strategy for implementation on 1 April 2018.
• The Artisan Recognition of Prior Learning (ARPL) pilot has been completed. This pilot was aimed at empowering assistant artisans who previously did not have any formal qualifications as artisans. The ARPL guideline being compiled will serve as a formal instrument to evaluate the experience of assistant artisans and will be available to all training sectors by 1 April 2018.
• There are other comprehensive interventions on artisan quality assurance, audit, accreditation of training centres, and registration of assessors and moderators, which is performed through the National Artisan Moderation Body (NAMB).

2. TVET colleges do have the capacity to provide theoretical training for the required number of artisans. However, it must be noted that artisan training does not rely on colleges alone, but more importantly on the workplace-learning component. The number of workplaces that needs to be secured is therefore critical to meet these numbers.

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QUESTION 1232 APPROVED/NOT APPROVED/AMENDED

Dr BE NZIMANDE, MP

MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING

STATUS:

DATE:

Reply:

Small business and cooperative development function in the department resides within the sub-programme of Cooperatives and Rural Enterprise Development whose mandate is to facilitate and support the development of businesses to ensure transformation of the agriculture, forestry and fisheries sectors. This is done by implementing the following support programmes:

1. Cooperative development

1.1 Facilitate establishment of Commodity Based Cooperatives

Through the cooperative development programme, smallholder farmers are clustered into commodity based cooperatives for collective sourcing of inputs and marketing of their products. This intervention is geared towards assisting smallholder farmers maximise their outputs through collective efforts. The commodity based approach results in vertical integration of smallholder producers through their primary cooperatives along the value chain as an approach to improve access to markets, productivity, efficiencies and competitiveness. The result is the creation of enterprises which pool resources (products, savings), to engage in bulk purchasing, wholesaling on behalf of the affiliated producer cooperatives, to reduce transaction costs, to penetrate new markets, to benefit from economies of scale.

Budget: R 4 965 000, 00 has been budgeted for this activity for operational purposes.

1.2 Support cooperatives with training

Supporting cooperatives with training and capacity building aims at transferring entrepreneurial aptitudes of personal motivation, initiative, innovation, problem solving tendencies and risk taking as some of the core elements of entrepreneurship. This strengthens cooperatives and ensures that they are geared towards contributing to Departmental objectives of food security, job creation and economic growth.

In order to improve operational efficiency and managerial agility in cooperatives a number of training and capacity building programmes have been developed and are currently used to support small scale farmer cooperatives. The following are the core support programmes to assist small businesses and cooperatives to build capacity and drive efficiency and all of them are accredited by AgriSETA.

1.2.1 Farmtogether Agricultural Cooperative Training Programme

This intervention is aimed at assisting cooperatives in the sector to integrate into the broader South African context by addressing a range of skills that include governance, business skills and making business choices. Specific intervention areas include record keeping, financial management, conflict management, enterprise evaluation, production planning, making business choices, constitution and other regulatory frameworks.

1.2.2 Business planning development

The business plan guideline is a capacity building tool developed to equip enterprises with skills that will enable them to gain understanding of the agribusiness planning processes. The tool further guide farmers/entrepreneurs to develop his/her own business plan and better understand the business Aids in applying business principles and contributes to best practices. It contains information on the various elements of the business. The tool is comprehensive yet simple and can be used by both farmers and officials.

1.2.3 Agribusiness Appraisal Tool.

This is a diagnostic tool used to determine or identify business strengths and weaknesses and recommend alternative solutions to drive efficiencies in SMME’s and cooperatives in the sector. The main objective is to support cooperatives and other enterprises to achieve excellence in their businesses. Farmers are exposed to conducting self assessment of their enterprises using the tool and in the process assisted to develop action plans to address identified areas of weaknesses while maximising on their strengths.

Budget: R 9728 000, 00 has been budgeted for this activity for operational purposes.

2. Business Development (Incubation)

As part of the department’s efforts to develop businesses in the sector, a Cooperation agreement was entered into between the department (DAFF), Limpopo Department of Agriculture (LDA) and the Small Enterprise Development Agency (SEDA). The purpose of this agreement is to provide integrated support interventions through incubation to farmers in the Nwanedi irrigation scheme in Limpopo. Intervention areas targeted include entrepreneurial and technical skills such as development of bankable business plans, linkages to markets, production plans linked to market requirements, linkages to financial institutions, management skills support and mentorship, market conceptualisation, negotiation skills and production processes.

An incubator (Timbali Technology Incubator) has been appointed as the project manager and 50 farmers are participating in the project. Limpopo Department of Agriculture has a responsibility in terms of the agreement to provide the necessary infrastructure to support the farmers and ensure the success of the project while DAFF transfer the funds to ensure that incubation of the selected farmers takes place. This project is now in its second phase and has seen a total of 1576 jobs created with a combined annual turnover of over six million rands. Participating farmers have been linked to markets such as Tiger Brands (tomatoes), Technoserve, Rhodes (jam tomatoes); NTK (sugar Beans) Woolworths and Freshmark (gooseberries) DUP and Wol market in Tshwane (vegetables). The second phase of this project comes to an end in 2017/18.

Budget: R 1 825 000, 00 (One million eight hundred and twenty five thousand rands) has been budgeted as a transfer to the incubator through the Small Enterprise Development Agency (SEDA).

4. Financial Support (AgriBEE Fund)

The AgriBEE Fund was conceptualized as a support intervention to enable participation of businesses owned by Africans, previously excluded from mainstream economic activities. The objectives of the Fund are to promote the entry and participation of black people in the entire agriculture, forestry and fisheries value chains, through provision of funding for equity deals (acquisition of Interests/shareholding) in economically and financially viable sector entities and enterprise development (value addition and agro-processing) to the people who were previously marginalized to participate in the economy thus, ensuring an increase in the number of black people who own, manage and control sustainable enterprises in the sector.

Budget: R 38 232 000, 00 (Thirty eight million two hundred and thirty two thousand rands) has been allocated for the 2016/17 financial year.

Reply:

(a) (i) The Department of Higher Education and Training spent R3 144 493.49 on advertising in the 2015/16 financial year.

(b) (i) The Department of Higher Education and Training has budgeted an amount of R3.689 million for advertising in the 2016/17 financial year.

(a)(ii) and (b)(ii) The following public entities reported the amounts spent in the 2015/16 financial year and budgeted in the 2016/17 financial year on advertising:

(a) Public Entity	(a)(ii) Amount spent on advertising in the 2015/16 financial year	(b)(ii) Amount budgeted for advertising in the 2016/17 financial year
1. BANKSETA	R438 782.00	R1 500 000.00
2. CHE	R70 715 .00	R0
3. FASSET	R837 566.27	R1 477 383.60
4. FPM SETA	R 293 936.10	R 280 000.00
5. FOODBEV	R767.000.00	R1 265 000.00
6. HWSETA	R1 100 000.00	R1 381 000.00
7. INSETA	R154 081.91	R120 000.00
8. MERSETA	R1 900 059.00	R2 241 648.00
9. NSF	R4 696 30.00	R5 275 000.00
10. PSETA	R 256 284.92	R120 000.00
11. QCTO	R331 000.00	R500 000.00
12. SAQA	R1 516 528.30	R628 900.00
13. SERVICES SETA	R2 701 710.00	R1 548 000.00

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QUESTION 1546APPROVED/NOT APPROVED/AMENDED

Dr BE NZIMANDE, MP

MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING

STATUS:

DATE:

Reply:

1. The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) awards loans and bursaries.

1 (a) The table below contains the number and value of NSFAS loans awarded in each year.

Year	Loan Count	Loan Amount
2000	83 251	R 510 829 288.31
2001	93 532	R 635 091 084.88
2002	99 873	R 733 474 559.16
2003	112 264	R 893 672 471.50
2004	113 615	R 984 527 910.26
2005	122 617	R 1 214 620 227.23
2006	124 593	R 1 379 965 435.06
2007	140 147	R 1 682 353 956.38
2008	143 952	R 2 117 714 766.07
2009	162 503	R 2 818 220 031.70
2010	180 894	R 3 343 869 489.05
2011	212 133	R 4 561 359 562.01
2012	232 178	R 5 871 489 880.57
2013	195 665	R 4 774 601 486.18
2014	183 031	R 4 728 234 783.76
2015	205 420	R 4 850 127 272.07
Total	2 405 668	R 41 100 152 204.19

1 (b) The table below contains the total number and value of bursaries awarded each year.

Bursaries are made up of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) college bursaries and university bursaries.

Year	Number	Bursary Amount
2000	72 037	R 149 943 786.82
2001	80 512	R 183 680 420.53
2002	86 146	R 213 087 777.41
2003	96 552	R 254 137 455.18
2004	98 732	R 302 106 088.28
2005	106 772	R 371 955 209.82
2006	108 294	R 411 287 523.42
2007	125 436	R 600 662 493.20
2008	155 376	R 852 722 463.49
2009	193 394	R 1 244 985 229.22
2010	212 709	R 1 500 872 028.17
2011	291 613	R 1 958 764 735.02
2012	298 149	R 2 722 954 813.27
2013	153 561	R 1 167 494 176.01
2014	333 675	R 4 118 642 032.98
2015	311 811	R 4 359 490 749.00
Total	2 724 769	R 20 412 786 981.82

2 (a) and (b) The table below shows the number and value of loans that were converted to bursaries in each year.

Year	Number	Amount
2000	68 458	R 149 288 662.92
2001	76 380	R 186 408 596.40
2002	81 891	R 215 272 969.58
2003	92 040	R 258 980 651.84
2004	93 630	R 310 057 061.77
2005	100 697	R 355 264 477.79
2006	98 836	R 374 521 400.27
2007	100 445	R 422 391 156.18
2008	102 188	R 522 126 444.81
2009	113 037	R 604 648 198.34
2010	122 474	R 725 761 024.53
2011	144 582	R 1 093 215 271.78
2012	146 249	R 1 275 849 187.29
2013	177 430	R 1 800 387 465.35
2014	169 722	R 1 815 074 609.61
2015	141 972	R 1 963 029 274.43
Total	1 830 031	R 12 072 276 452.89

(c) Loans are converted based on the rules of the funder. The rules stipulate that if a student has passed a certain percentage of their registered subjects then a percentage will be converted into a bursary. The normal conversion allows for up to 40% of the loan amount to be converted into a bursary based on the percentage of subjects passed, pro-rated if a lesser number of subjects are passed. For the Department of Higher Education and Training Final Year fund, if all subjects are passed, 100% of the final year loan is converted into a bursary, otherwise the 60:40 ratio is applied.

(3) (a) (b) and (c)

The loan debt amount written off is set out in the table below and are predominantly for deceased debtors and non-paying loans with a balance of R50.00 or less. In prior years, loans for deceased debtors were only written off when NSFAS was notified by their next of kin. Since 2015, NSFAS only writes off loans for deceased debtors based on information received from the Department of Home Affairs.

Year	Number	Amount
2000	266	R 1 575 172.13
2001	302	R 1 992 523.09
2002	214	R 1 618 224.47
2003	667	R 5 304 588.99
2004	451	R 4 108 980.18
2005	581	R 5 378 213.24
2006	400	R 4 347 938.06
2007	4 598	R 37 355 518.26
2008	358	R 4 379 246.49
2009	396	R 5 168 735.02
2010	276	R 4 078 341.64
2011	230	R 3 688 087.89
2012	130	R 2 714 623.67
2013	944	R 9 040 112.78
2014	9 613	R 807 969.46
2015	63 327	R 340 479 537.95
Total	82 753	R 432 037 813.32

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QUESTION 1373 APPROVED/NOT APPROVED/AMENDED

Dr BE NZIMANDE, MP

MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING

STATUS:

DATE:

Reply:

(1) Yes; all affected provinces have submitted requests for funding to the department. DAFF has submitted the requests to the National Disaster Management Centre (NDMC) for further processing to the National Treasury. The requests have been received from all provinces. Refer to the table below:

PROVINCE	PROVINCIAL FUNDING REQUESTS	REQUEST FOR FUNDING DATES
Free State	R 102 500 000.00	September 2015
Kwa -Zulu Natal	R 142 000 000.00	April 2015
Limpopo	R 105 000 000.00	September 2015
Mpumalanga	R 71 000 000.00	July 2015
North West	R 3 400 000 000.00	August 2015
Northern Cape	R 163 000 000.00	April 2016
Gauteng	R 140 000 000.00	December 2015
Eastern Cape	R 239 100 000.00	December 2015
Western Cape	R 88 000 000.00	March 2016
Total	4 450 600 000.00

(2) No; these request are still being processed by the National Disaster Management Centre (NDMC).

(3) The breakdown of expenditure for the reprioritised R226 million is tabulated hereunder.

PROVINCE	Total reprioritized CASP	CASP Updated adjustment	CASP Expenditure
Free State	R30 663 000.00	R29 000 000.00	R29 000 000.00
Gauteng	R15 186 000.00	R 12 846 000.00	R 12 800 000.00
KwaZulu Natal	R22 489 000.00	R 45 000 000.00	R 45 000 000.00
Limpopo	R28 391000.00	R 51 000 000.00	R 51 000 000.00
Mpumalanga	R25 610 000.00	R 33 622 000.00	R 33 600 000.00
Northern Cape	R24 748 000.00	R 14 600 000.00	R 14 600 000.00
North West	R37 982 000.00	R 25 000 000.00	R 23 800 000.00
Western Cape	R12 390 000.00	R 6 000 000.00	R 00.00
Eastern Cape	R29 476 000.00	R 40 600 000.00	R 40 600 000.00
Total	R226 935 000.00	R257 668 000.00	R250 400 000.00

(4) There was no further funding requested except in the 2015/16 financial year whereby DAFF and the PDAs made available a total of R257 million through CASP and Illima/ letsema Programmes for emergency drought relief and the R124 million from provincial Equitable Share an additional amount of R63 million was further allocated by the provinces such as Eastern Cape; Kwa Zulu Natal; Limpopo and Free State from their equitable share.

Reply:

1. a) The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) has developed a Framework meant to give direction to all provinces on the implementation of assistance being provided in the event of a disaster occurrence. In terms of that framework, farmers are classified into three categories namely Small scale (farmer who owns 30 or less LSU); Subsistence (farmer who owns 31 to 50 LSUs) and Commercial (farmer who owns 51 and more LSU). Due to the insufficiency of funds to cater for all farmers, they were prioritised by provinces based on the impact of the drought conditions.

   b) According to records at our disposal, farmers assisted to date were as follows: Free State (FS) (3 418), KwaZulu Natal (KZN) (8 300), Limpopo (LP) (22 524), Mpumalanga (MP) (10 670,) North West (NW) (21 383), Northern Cape (NC) (2 108), Gauteng (GP) P (1150), Eastern Cape (EC) (8 025) and Western Cape (WC) (885).

    c) The average amount of assistance differs because it depends on the provincial allocation and the number of farmers to be assisted as well as number of livestock affected.

2. The South African Weather services (SAWS) forecasted normal to below normal rainfall for winter season throughout the country and that indicates that all provinces are still experiencing dry conditions with declarations still in force in all six declared provinces and municipalities in the Eastern and Western Cape. It should also be noted that the recent showers received throughout the country were a relief to the farming communities.

3.No, DAFF has submitted the original requests to the National Disaster Management Centre (NDMC) for further processing to the National Treasury to assist farmers affected by drought throughout the country. While waiting for the response DAFF and provinces have prioritised funds for drought assistance further into the 2016/17 financial year from their grants and equitable share allocations.

Reply:

Department

(a) The Department itself did not directly spend any amount on releasing the tolling newsletter in any of the three financial years indicated as (i), (ii) and (iii).

Civil Aviation Entities

The Civil aviation entities were not involved with the tolling newsletter. This Parliamentary Question is therefore not applicable to them.

South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA)

SAMSA did not spend any amounts towards the tolling newsletter.

Ports Regulator of South Africa (PRSA)

(b) The Ports Regulator did not spend any funds on releasing the tolling newsletter in the (i) 2013-14, (ii) 2014-15 and (iii) 2015-16 financial years.

Railway Safety Regulator (RSR)

RSR did not spend/ report on releasing the tolling newsletter in the financial years: 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16.

South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL)

(b) SANRAL has not published the Tolling Newsletter in the years referred to by the Honourable Member, that is (i) 2013-14, (ii) 2014-15, and (iii) 2015-16 and therefore no money was spent on it.

Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA)

PRASA has not spent any amount on releasing the tolling newsletters.

Reply:

(a) The State Security Agency (SSA) has spent approximately R63 000.00 on advertising in the 2015-2016 financial year.

The SSA has no budget for advertising in the 2016-17 financial year. Advertising of tenders will be done through E-Tendering system as provided by National Treasury

Reply:

1. (a) The Department was not approached by any political party for any form of funding during the years mentioned.

(b) Not applicable.

2. (a) The Department did not provide any form of funding to any political parties during the years mentioned.

(b) No form of funding was provided to political parties since1 April 2016.

In terms of the Public Finance Management Act (Section 39), the Department ensures that its expenditure is in accordance with the Vote of the Department and main divisions, and therefore the funding of any political party will not be allowed.

COMPILER/CONTACT PERSONS:

EXT:

DIRECTOR – GENERAL

STATUS:

DATE:

QUESTION 1511 APPROVED/NOT APPROVED/AMENDED

Dr BE NZIMANDE, MP

MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING

STATUS:

DATE:

Reply:

(a) Economic Development Department

The Economic Development Department (EDD) has from time to time supported different initiatives initiated through the IDC, sefa, and other departments such as Department of Small Business Development and Trade and Industry.

1. EDD, jointly with the IDC manages the Agro Processing Competitive Fund (APCF) which support small agro-processing businesses and corporates

Funding to R250 million was made available by National Treasury in April 2011 following the fine imposed by the Competition Commission on the Bread Cartel. For the period between 1 April 2011 to 31 March 2016, the APCF achieved the following:

• Loans approved (interest free) : R201 425 701
• Funds disbursed : R186 277 970
• Write-offs : Nil
• Number of jobs created (inception) : 2 401
• Jobs created in 2016-17 financial year : this will be known after the expiry of the period
• IDC co-investment : R223 885 641

2. The department conducted research on township based enterprises in Gauteng that have received funding from state owned funding institutions such as IDC, NEF and sefa. The purpose of the research was to determine the levels of impact of DFI funding to township enterprises. For 2016/17 financial year, the department may expand this research survey to cover one or two additional provinces.

3. As part of the Township Economy work, EDD is piloting a project of spaza shop development project which aims at re-establishing a network of more than 25 spaza shops in Mamelodi. Sefa is considering the application to recapitalize such spaza shops.

(b) IDC

The IDC advises that, over the last 20 years, more than 70% of the number and 18% of the value of IDC funding approvals pertained to small and medium enterprises. The IDC realised that empowerment could not be exclusively driven by its focus on funding large projects, and that SMEs, inclusive of black entrepreneurs, had to increasingly participate in all sectors of the economy, which have been dominated in most instances by very large players. The IDC has also directly promoted black empowerment through the development of a credible and strong SME sector.

In addition the IDC has spearheaded the establishment and support of development agencies at a local level to facilitate economic development within municipalities as an approach for identifying and supporting opportunities generating jobs and wealth in communities through the employment of local mechanisms and strategies; and, the leveraging of local resources, assets and capabilities. IDC provides funds for institutional and opportunity development.

Through the Social Enterprise Fund the IDC continues to support social enterprises throughout the country. Social enterprises are businesses with social missions and trade to tackle social and environmental problems, and improve the lives of people and communities, often the most vulnerable. The legal form that many of these social enterprises take often include cooperatives. Under this programme, IDC finds, funds and supports social enterprises, as well as to those organisations providing support to this sector.

The Spatial/Special Intervention Fund, which aims to address the socio-economic and developmental needs of targeted, largely marginalised, areas through public, private and community partnerships, has resulted in many innovative and impactful initiatives. These initiatives include the establishment of business development support organisations for small businesses and pursuing inclusive business approaches with supplier linkages into retailers and corporates.

The IDC is one of three founding partners of Startup Nations South Africa (SuNSA), focused on advancing the national agenda for entrepreneurship and the creation of sustainable startups and small businesses which can contribute to the economic and social development of South Africa meaningfully. SuNSA works very closely with an international network of entrepreneurship capacity development experts to advance the local entrepreneurship movement. This programme supports entrepreneurs through providing training, peer networking events and linking them to potential investors and clients; and further endeavors, through research, make inputs into policy impacting on enterprise development

IDC also has a well-defined Business Support Programme that seeks to offer both pre- and post-investment support to entrepreneurs in respect of its general business mandate. Not only is this programme aimed at making applications investment-ready, but also ensures their sustainability post approval. There is a deliberate focus in support of youth, women and Black Industrialists. The funding in relation to this programme operates on a shared basis.

An amount of R50m is specifically earmarked for the above-mentioned programmes of Agency Development and Support, Social enterprises and Spatial/Special Interventions. The IDC uses these funds as a catalyst to “pump-prime” the participation and crowding in of other funders and partners. The IDC endeavors to support and include small businesses in all aspects of its normal operations and activities too, which is difficult to quantify and business support is provided on a case-by-case basis.

Jobs created are highly dependent on the nature (sector, location, etc) of each particular application. Having said that, the IDC endeavors through the above-mentioned funds/programmes, to create a 1000 jobs with the budgeted R50m.

SuNSA operates on co-funding basis and IDC’s contribution is R1m per annum, as well as accomodating the Project Management function.

-END-

Reply:

(1) No, because in the Department’s view the permission of Treasury was not required in such a case. This matter is the subject of litigation and is before the courts.

It should be pointed out however that the Department followed National Treasury Regulations and the relevant legislative provisions in awarding the tender. National Treasury was supplied with the Department’s procurement plan for the financial year 2013/2014 on 30 April 2013. This plan included inter alia, outsourcing VISA application services in South Africa. The contract was procured through Departmental bid / tender processes. A tender was advertised in the Tender Bulletin No. 2762 on 22 February 2013 in compliance with National Treasury Regulations.

While the term ‘visa processing’ is understood to be used loosely by the Member, it is important to point out that VFS Global does not process South African visas – it receives and transmits South African visa applications to the Department for adjudication and where relevant, visa production.

(2)(a) The contract was signed by the Director-General: Mr Mkuseli Apleni.

(2)(b) 05 September 2013.

(3)(a)(bi-ii) The VFS Company with which the Department has a contract is not to our knowledge, linked to and/or partly owned by any member of or subsidiary company belonging to the Gupta family.

The Department entered into a contract with VFS Global, which operates through its registered entity, VFS Visa Processing (South Africa) Proprietary Ltd, which is a subsidiary of VFS Worldwide Holdings Ltd that is registered in Mauritius, and the ultimate beneficiary owner of VF Worldwide Holdings Ltd is Kuoni Travel Holdings Ltd, registered in Zurich, Switzerland. According to VFS documentation and organisational structure, in Africa VFS Global operates in 10 countries through its registered corporate entities.

Reply:

(a) Advertising Expenditure 2015/16

(i). R13 784 600.67

(ii). R15 266 653

(b) Budget Allocation 2016/17

(i) R7 612 000.00

(ii). R 21 623 007

Reply:

(1) (a) (i) No

(ii) No

(iii) No

(b) Not applicable

(2) (a) (i) No

(ii) No

(iii) No

(b)The Department of Tourism does not make provision for gifts, donations or sponsorships in its Estimate of National Expenditure. Any requests from any organisation is dealt with in accordance with Treasury Regulation 21.1.1 in that gifts, donations or sponsorships can only be approved if they are in the interest of the state.

Reply:

(a) Yes, as at date of receipt of question (13 May 2016) the offender in question was already released on 16 April 2016.

(b) (i)(ii)(iii) Not applicable.

Reply:

(1)(a) (i). No

(ii) No

(iii) No

(b) No

(2)(a) (i) No

(ii) No

(iii) No

(b) No

Reply:

1. Yes. The Company lodged an application for a closure certificate in terms of section 12 of the Minerals Act and the closure certificate was issued on the 06th of December 2006.

(2)(a) As a closure certificate was issued, there are no rehabilitation activities taking place on the quarry area.

(b) The complaint lodged to the Department lead to the investigation which confirms that there is a need to work further on the area to address issues of concern and a meeting will be held during the second week of May 2016 to ensure that urgent steps are taken to address the rehabilitation of this abandoned quarry.

(c) The amount is not known at this stage and will only be known after the abovementioned meeting and concomitant site inspections.

3. Yes, warnings signs were put around the quarry and the safety trench were dig.

4. (a) Yes. A complaint was received from the Volksblaad. The complaint was about rehabilitation, safety of the people living in Heidedal and surrounding areas from the dangers associated with an unfenced and abandoned mining site, drowning of community members and various serious crimes been committed over the area.

(b) The site inspection was conducted as a response to the complaint. The complainant was advised that further investigations will be conducted and the outcome will be communicated.

(c) The investigation is being conducted which include consultation with the Department of Water and Sanitation, the Mangaung Municipality or the town council and the land owner. The outcome of the investigation will determine cause of action to be taken.

 

Approved/not approved

Mr MJ Zwane, MP

Minister of Mineral Resources

Date Submitted:-………………/………………/2016

Reply:

1. (a) 51 projects of the 102 projects awarded in the Large (Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme) and Smalls ( Small Projects IPP Procurement Programme ) are in the Northern Cape.

(b) (i) The Majority of projects located in the Northern Cape are Solar PV which account for 31 of 51 projects ,followed by 12 Onshore Wind, 7 CSP and 1 Small Hydro. The Province has the best solar radiation levels in the country and hence the high number of Solar PV and CSP in the Province.

(ii) The 51 projects in the Northern Cape are spread across 17 municipalities indicated in the table below:

Municipality	No. of projects
Sol Plaatjie		2
Gamagara		3
Joe Morolong		2
Khâi-Ma		5
Hantam		3
Karoo-Hoogland		3
Nama Khoi	1
Siyancuma		3
Siyathemba		5
Emthanjeni		8
Renosterberg		1
Umsobomvu		1
Ubuntu		2
Kai!Garib		2
!Kheis		1
Khara Hais		6
Tsantsabane		3

(iii) 20 out of the 51 projects are already operating and exporting energy into the National Grid with the remaining projects expected to be connected to the grid by December 2018.

(iv) The 51 projects located in the Northern Cape are expected to yield 66 000 job-years during the construction (23 000) and operation phases (43 000). (A job-year is calculated on the basis of total Person Months for the Construction Measurement Period and the Operating Measurement Period).

2) The Northern Cape has great renewable energy resources and has garnered the most interest by bidders. The one impediment to the development of the Northern Cape involves the grid as it is severely constrained. The Department is working with Eskom to identify solutions to unlock the grid constraints which will allow for further development of projects in the Northern Cape.

Reply:

The matter has just been received by the NPA during May 2016. The SIU investigation has uncovered evidence that points to the commission of criminal offences by the individuals named in the report. However, the matter must be referred to the police for further investigation and any decision whether or not to prosecute can only be made after such investigations are finalised.

Accordingly the response to the question is as follows:

   (a) Any decision regarding the prosecution or otherwise of the specified individuals can only be taken after the finalisation of the police investigations; and

   (b) Similarly any decision as to the arrest or otherwise in the matter can only be taken after police investigations have been finalised.

Reply:

I wish to inform the Honourable Member that I have been informed that:-

    (a) Neither the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development nor the Office of the Chief Justice; nor

     (b) The National Prosecuting Authority, Legal Aid Board South Africa or the Special Investigating Unit, are running development programmes for (i) small businesses and (ii) co-operatives, because this is not the core function of the Departments and/or entities involved.

The Departments and entities involved, are supporting the programmes and initiatives such as the Central Supplier Database (CSD) at present being developed and implemented by the National Treasury, the Department of Trade and Industry as well as the Department of Small Business Development.

(a) Department of Correctional Services through the services of the Directorate Skills Development does not directly run development programmes.

(b) and (ii) small businesses and co-operatives focus is on the development of incarcerated offenders through various skills in the following categories:

- Technical Vocational Education and Training Programme e.g N-Courses & NCV Programmes.

- Occupational Skills Training Programmes, e.g. welding, woodwork, computer skills, entrepreneurship and electrical programmes.

(aa) The Directorate Skills Development provides the above skills development programmes to offenders and also as its mandate ensures that skilled offenders are empowered on entrepreneurial skills so that they can create employment opportunities through small business ventures upon release.

Since the Department does not have the capacity to provide the afore-mentioned entrepreneurial skills to offenders, the Department collaborates with external state agencies such as Small Enterprises Development Agency (SEDA), National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) and the National Skills Funds (NSF) for assistance.

(bb) No budget is specifically allocated for entrepreneurship programmes, hence the above initiative of collaboration with other external stakeholders.

(cc) There is no specific target set to create jobs as the mandate of Skills Development is mainly to provide offenders with needs - based programmes and interventions to facilitate their rehabilitation and personal development.

The Department had previously identified a need for partnering with the Small Enterprises Development Agency (Seda) which is the agency of the Department of Small Business Development in order to train and offer support through its business support officers to offenders participating in Skills Development programmes, Production Workshops and Agriculture and Maintenance programmes in order to ensure that they (i.e. offenders) are exposed to business opportunities and are able to start planning for their own small business enterprises to be pursued upon release.

In preparation for this initiative the Department consulted SEDA in this regard. Hence SEDA conducted an Entrepreneurship Training Workshop during October 2016 which resulted in a total of 16 officials from all regions trained as Entrepreneurs Ambassadors so as to can facilitate future SMME related programmes in the interest of offenders. Furthermore during the period September 2014 and March 2015 a total of 50 offenders in KZN were trained on the Empretec Entrepreneurship Training pilot training in DCS (22 offenders from New Castle Management Area and 28 from Ekuseni Youth Centre).

In light of the above, the Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) has agreed in principle to participate in the SMME awareness campaign and capacity building sessions particularly to those offenders who are due to be released as well as those who participate in Skills Development Programmes. Although a formal MoU between DCS and DSBD has not been finalised, the Department is planning to co-host a National Exhibition and an SMME Campaign for offenders in 2016/2017 financial year.

Reply:

The Minister of Public Works:

(1) (a) (i) The Department of Public Works (DPW) is custodian of 31,310 land parcels as at end of March 2016. Please refer to Annexure 1(a) (i) for the detailed list per province.

(ii) The DPW is custodian of 95,587 buildings and other improvements. Please refer to Annexure 1(a) (i) for the detailed list per province.

(b) Government User Departments and other entities occupy properties under the custodianship of the Department of Public Works. Please refer to Annexure 1(a)(i) for the detailed list per User Department.

(c) 93,648 State-owned buildings on 18,267 land parcels are leased out to User departments and other entities. Please refer to Annexure 1(a)(i) for the detailed list per province.

(2) (a) The Department of Public Works issues quarterly invoices in advance to 26 national Government departments as per devolved budget, which is equivalent to R324,501,155.00 per month.

While it is possible to indicate how much each Department is currently paying, it is not possible to aggregate the information down per facility or per province, as the amount is paid at the National level.

Client Department	Monthly R’
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries	7,194,961
Arts and Culture	2,927,866
Communications	72,912
Correctional Services	80,945,700
Defence and Military Veterans	76,259,000
Environmental Affairs	1,469,968
GCIS	2,348
Health	1,136,584
Health (Civitas)	6,747,110
Higher Education	61,012
Home Affairs	3,507,473
Human Settlements	37,211
Independent Police Investigative Directorate	30,000
Justice and Constitutional Development	28,887,083
Labour	4,121,270
Mineral Resources	227,787
National Treasury	426,574
Public Service and Admin	21,622
Rural Development and Land Reform	2,243,767
SA Police Service	95,563,167
SA Revenue Service	2,415,808
Social Development	39,724
Sport and Recreation	838
Statistics SA	259,603
Trade and Industry	2,682
Water Affairs	9,899,088
TOTAL	324,501,155

(b) The purpose of accommodation charges, whilst engendering the culture of total cost of accommodation within User departments, is to collect enough revenue, at a minimum, to maintain the entity’s portfolio at a specific conditionality level.

The current rates charged for State-owned accommodation are based on the original calculations of 2005 when accommodation budgets were devolved to User departments.

In calculating the baseline information, the Department of Public Works (DPW) considered the different facility types in its property portfolio. It was not possible to calculate this amount on a per-property basis owing to the magnitude of the portfolio and the property-specific information that was not available at that time. This was done for all facility types, which resulted in different rates proposed per facility type. The average rate was calculated at R23.74/m2.

Although the average rate per facility was R23.74/m2, the DPW could only devolve the funds it had in its Maintenance and Property Rates budgets baseline. The distribution of funds per User department had to be scaled down to fit into this baseline and was reduced on a pro-rata basis. The average of R23.74/m2 was reduced to R4.74/m2 at inception and has escalated to an approximate current amount of R16.00/m².

The amount devolved (and subsequently charged back) was not enough to cover the self-sustainable target level. As part of the devolution framework, it was indicated that the entity would have to receive at least a 15% growth on this amount to reach the desired funding level by 2017. At that point, it would be possible to maintain properties at their current level. During the time lapse from 2006 to 2017, the portfolio would further deteriorate except where specific intervention took place. This is referred to as “backlog maintenance”, which would be funded separately.

The above-mentioned devolution and charge-back methodology is being reviewed currently so as to align with the operationalisation of the Property Management Trading Entity (PMTE).

(3) (a) (i) and (ii)

1,939 buildings are currently not being utilised nor leased. Please refer to Annexure 1(a)(i) for detail per province.

(b) (i) and (ii)

Payable rates and taxes are treated as one expenditure item by municipalities and the DPW therefore treats payable rates and taxes as one expenditure item.

A total amount of R3,983,937.52, on average, is currently payable monthly on municipal rates and taxes through all regional offices in all provinces. Attached please find Annexure 3(b)(i) for detail per province in relation to unutilised properties.

(iii)

A total amount of R1,058,541.66, on average, is currently payable monthly on State-owned properties for municipal services through all regional offices in all the provinces. Attached, please see Annexure 3(b)(ii) for detail per province in relation to unutilised properties.

4. (a) and (b)

There are 13,043 unutilised land parcels under the custodianship of the Department of Public Works. Please refer to Annexure 1(a)(i) for detail per province.

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Reply:

1. (a) The Department of Science and Technology (DST) prefers to utilise the entities in the innovation and science system to execute specific interventions. In this instance the DST does not have its own development programme for SMMEs:

(i) No

(ii) No

(aa)

(bb)

(cc)

1. (b) Entities responses are provided in the table below:

Entity	(i)	(ii)	(aa)	(bb)	(cc)
Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)	No	No	The running of development programmes does not fall within the mandate of ASSAf.	N/A	N/A
Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC)	No	No	The running of development programmes does not fall within the mandate of HSRC.	N/A	N/A
National Research Foundation (NRF)	Yes	No	Square Kilometre Array (SKA) South Africa, a business unit of the NRF and NMC Civils have partnered with Absa in an Enterprise and Supply chain Development (ESD) initiative to develop small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the Northern Cape. This programme will enable qualifying SMEs to obtain funding from Absa so that they can provide services and goods to NMC Civils in the 80km road project.	Approximately R34,5 million	There are potentially 34 Companies in Northern Cape to benefit from this initiative assuming they meet the criteria.
South African National Space Agency (SANSA)	Yes	No	The satellite development programme that is currently being pursued by SANSA, under the support of the Department of Science and Technology, has an industry development and localisation initiative in it. As part of the satellite development programme all contracts established include an element of industry development and localization. To this end, there are four small businesses currently being sub-contracted as part of the broader satellite development programme.	To date the satellite programme has invested R 5 944 687 with the said four small businesses.	Small businesses account for indirect jobs. 46 direct technical jobs and 7 support staff at Denel Spaceteq. Skills development for 7 students with a target of over 20 students by the end of the programme.
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research	See Annexure A
Technology Innovation Agency

 

Annexure A

COUNCIL FOR SCIENTIFIC INDUSTRIAL AND RESEACH (CSIR)

1. (b)(i) Yes

(ii) No

Development Programme 1

(aa) The Bio-manufacturing Industry Development Centre (BIDC). The BIDC supports SMMEs through the prototyping and scale-up phases of product development, assists them to do market acceptance testing and to launch products in the market. The companies remain the sole owners of their innovations and retain absolute control over their future in terms of value add and partnerships. The BIDC helps to lower the cost and barriers that inhibit innovative enterprises from translating their inventions into market-ready products.

The BIDC’s support for SMMEs is through the development of bio-based manufacturing processes and products. Enterprises that are incubated at the BIDC have access to ready-to-use bio-manufacturing facilities, support in research and development laboratories as well as access to experts in the fields of agro-processing and bio-processing product development and scale-up.

Currently the BIDC is supporting 19 enterprises of which 16 are owned by black entrepreneurs, including 10 black women-owned enterprises. To date, 33 products with applications in the cosmetics, nutrition and biotechnology industries have been developed and transferred to the enterprises. The programme has resulted in 105 permanent jobs being created, the majority of which are within the enterprises and their value chains, while an additional 165 temporary jobs have also been created. At least 54 interns have received training in the BIDC vocational learning programme in order to provide the bio-manufacturing sector with a skilled workforce.

(bb) R12, 5 million.

(cc) 75 permanent jobs and six interns.

Development Programme 2

(aa) Ultrasonic Broken Rail Detector (UBRD) System. The UBRD system was co-developed by CSIR and Armscor's Institute for Maritime Technology using public funds from CSIR, Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) and DST. This world-first technology system helps prevent derailment of heavy freight trains by detecting broken railway lines in real-time and alerting the TFR control centre. The system currently protects 860 km of the Sishen-Saldanha iron ore export line and is installed on critical sections (bridges & tunnels) of the coal export line. The system will soon be licensed to a South African company for local manufacturing and international business development.

(bb) R1.75 million.

(cc) Approximately 40 to 70 jobs are projected to be created. The number of jobs created will depend on the success of international sales and could be in high technology manufacturing, marketing, sales and distribution.

Development Programme 3

(aa) Umbiflow. Umbiflow is a medical ultrasound system that operates off a standard computer, and conducts an assessment of the blood flow between mother and child whilst in the womb. It uses this information to assess if the fetus is likely to be receiving insufficient nutrition for growth and allows medical staff to intervene. The intention is to reduce the high still birth rate experienced in developing nations and, by permitting the measurement to be done at clinic level, to reduce unnecessary referral of mothers to higher levels of care. The system is currently in a clinical trial in Gauteng, Tshwane district and will be licensed to an SMME in the medical sector during 2016-17.

(bb) R7 million.

(cc) approximately five to eight permanent jobs are projected to be created.

Development Programme 4

(aa) Micro-Enterprise Media Engine (MEME) Platform. This is an ultra-low cost scalable mobile Internet Television platform that enables media production SMMEs to own the means of global (export) distribution while retaining the Intellectual Property rights to their content. The platform was developed at the CSIR. It is globally competitive in its ability to distribute live television with integrated social media interaction to even the remotest rural areas of emerging economies on mobile devices without any break-up of the stream (no video buffering). The technique is patented in China, Russia, Nigeria, East and Southern Africa, USA and UK. The intention is create the opportunity to build a new emerging economy-to-emerging economy (E2E) mobile television industry that will draw the media talent of South African youth exiting film schools into a growing local media SMME space by widening the audience reach and negating the cost of traditional television broadcasting infrastructure requirements (satellite, etc.). It is currently licensed to five SMMEs to pilot for one (1) year before it will be opened to the entire South African media industry in 2017. It is further being integrated into the curriculum of a local film school.

(bb) R11.1 million. (EU-General Budget Support).

(cc) Four film school students, four full-time media employees, seven full-time technology employees plus approximately 25 jobs/workers across the five pilot SMMEs, during the pilot period.

Development Programme 5

(aa) Establishment of a cashmere fibre industry in the Eastern Cape (EC). The CSIR has developed a cashmere processing know-how to produce yarns and would like to commercialize the results of their research. The venture involves training farmers on how to harvest cashmere fibre, and the establishment of a production facility that will process the harvested cashmere fibre in readiness for manufacture of garments. With the assistance of the Jobs Fund funding, the initial objective of the project was to establish a cashmere fibre industry in the country, in particular the Eastern Cape. The key objectives of the project, as supported by the Jobs Fund include:

• To empower traditional goat farmers by generating income from under coat down fibre that grows on traditional goats during winter;
• Train the goat owners on how to harvest the cashmere fibre;
• Establish the production facilities (cleaning and processing of cashmere fibre), thus creating permanent jobs;
• Establish a market for the cashmere fibre; and
• Establishment of the foundation for full economic beneficiation of indigenous goats found in the province.

(bb) R7 million was allocated from October 2013 until March 2016. R400 000.00 allocated for the 2016-17 financial year.

(cc) Four jobs are projected.

Development Programme 6

(aa) Enterprise Creation for Development (ECD). A CSIR implementation business area with a development mandate, which assists both the public and private sectors to implement enterprise development activities. These activities include opportunity identification, opportunity assessment and packaging, enterprise support programmes, and capacity building for local economic development (LED). Industry sectors targeted include manufacturing, agro-processing, green economy, ICT and built environment. ECD focuses on the application of technology to address underdevelopment. In the previous year, ECD was involved in the development and support of 10 pilot projects and 12 enterprises.

• Feasibility studies for four incubator programmes were undertaken.
• ECD was involved in conducting feasibility studies and developing business plans for 2 industrial parks, eight (8) agri-parks, and one (1) agro-processing hub. In addition, the business area was involved in the establishment of a Business Processing Outsourcing Park.
• In terms of technology transfer, 21 mature technologies and four (4) new technologies were transferred.

(bb) ECD activities are funded by national, provincial and local government, international agencies, private corporate social investment initiatives, and foundations, on a project-by-project basis.

(cc) The number of jobs that will be created or retained by enterprises as a result of the CSIR’s intervention during the 2016-17, is unknown at this stage.

Development Programme 7

(aa) Technology Localisation Programme (TLP) (implemented by the Technology Localisation Implementation Unit {TLIU}). The TLP is aimed at increasing South Africa’s domestic productive capacity. The programme provides funding and technology support to enable more local firms to supply goods to state-owned entities (SOEs). The support assists individual firms and targeted sectors to get access to technology resulting in increased capability, competitiveness and new processes or products.

(bb) R105 million invested since 2011.

(cc) the impact of the programme since its inception is as follows:

• 147 firms have benefited from the Technology Assistance Packages (TAPs) with 20 of them landing contracts to the value of R162m.
• 250 students have benefited from internship opportunities offered through this programme with 45% getting permanent jobs.
• TAPs resulted in the local production of twenty items which were previously imported.
• 187 jobs were created due to the implementation of Technology Assistance Packages (TAPs).

Development Programme 8

(aa) The Photonics Prototyping Facility (PPF). The Photonics Prototyping Facility (PPF), hosted at the CSIR National Laser Centre, provides the necessary infrastructure, skills and networks needed to facilitate the development of prototypes that are well-aligned to market-needs for the realisation of Photonics-based products and devices. It will also develop expertise (amongst PPF staff, students and interns) in the area of prototyping, product development and stakeholder engagement. Ultimately this will lead to new Photonics products that will be used to improve the competitiveness of the existing industry and for new and emerging industries to be formed resulting in job creation.

(bb) To-date the following funds have been secured:

R 11.4 million (DST- High End Infrastructure (HEI))

R 9 million (DST- Industrial Innovation Partnership Fund (IIPF))

R 13.4 million (CSIR)

(cc) One permanent, full-time position for an operations manager and approximately four positions for interns. As the programme gains traction, additional jobs will be created by interns being placed in industry, employment of new interns and the creation of new jobs in existing industries or SMMEs via new product offerings.

Development Programme 9

(aa) Defence Transformative Enterprise Development (DEFTED) Programme. The Department of Defence (DOD) runs the DEFTED programme through the CSIR. The aim of the project is to address the defence industry transformation challenges through the development of black industrialists in the defence industry. The DEFTED program will support the defence sector black industrialists and entrepreneurs with technical Human Capital Development (HCD), Technology Development (TD) and Enterprise Development (ED).

(bb) R50.4 million has been budgeted for the 2016-17 financial year.

(cc) 30 jobs.

TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION AGENCY (TIA)

1. (b)(i) Yes.

(ii) No.

Development Programme 1

(aa) AgriViro (Pty) Ltd. Development of novel biological control technologies for the control of pests in economically important horticultural crops.

(bb) R1, 175,729.00

(cc) five.

Development Programme 2

(aa) NemaBio (Pty) Ltd. Development of entomophathogenic nematodes as biological control agents for the control of pest in horticultural crops.

(bb) R86,5429.00

(cc) one.

Development Programme 3

(aa) Beonics (Pty) Ltd. Development of poultry feed additive and nutraceutical as an antibiotic replacement alternative from honry propolis

(bb) R 4,620,000.00

(cc) 0 - Project at a technology development stage.

Development Programme 4

(aa) Enzyme Technologies (Pty) Ltd. Enzyme technologies is implementing a project to extract bromelain enzyme from waste pineapple stumps, for animal health pharmaceutical application. It is in our Bio-pharmaceutical & pharmaceutical focus area/ programme

(bb) R 2,887,560.00

(cc) 0 - Project at a technology development stage.

Development Programme 5

(aa) GR Active. TIA funds the University of Pretoria to develop an extraction process for a bioactive that will be produced from a plant that is indigenous to South Africa. The bioactive will be produced in a manufacturing facility that will be established in Mamelodi, Tshwane. It is anticipated that a Cooperative will be established by the Mamelodi based Mothong Trust, which will be responsible for production. Mothong Trust is part of the GR Active consortium. The project is in the Complementary Medicine & IKS Focus Area/ programme. IKS stands for Indigenous Knowledge Systems.

(bb) R 6,935,515.00

(cc) one.

Development Programme 6

(aa) BioDx (Pty) Ltd. BioDx (Pty) Ltd has developed a process for production of an environmentally sustainable biocide for industrial as well as cosmetics application. The project is at commercialization stage and is focussed on demonstrating the technology at client facilities for potential uptake. It is in the complementary medicine & IKS focus area/ programme.

(bb) R 1,269,896.00

(cc) seven.

 

Development Programme 7

(aa) CPT Pharma (Pty) Ltd. CPT Pharma (Pty) Ltd is currently establishing a pilot plant for development and improvement of generic processes for 4 active pharmaceutical ingredients for human health and animal health applications. It is in Bio-Pharmaceuticals & Pharmaceuticals focus area/ programme.

(bb) R 1,086,000.00

(cc) one.

Development Programme 8

(aa) Afriplex (Pty) Ltd. Afriplex is developing a complementary medicine for the treatment of prostate cancer. The complementary medicine is extracted from a plant that is indigenous to South Africa and has been used for generations by local communities. The project is in the Complementary Medicine & IKS focus area/ programme.

(bb) R 2,455,393.00

(cc) 0 - Project at a technology development stage.

Development Programme 9

(aa) Altis Biologics (Pty) Ltd. Altis is developing a product that is extracted from porcine bone for the treatment of bone fractures. Although the active ingredient is a biological product, the product is classified as a medical device due to delivery mechanism. The project is therefore in the Medical Devices & Diagnostics focus area/ programme. The project is in the Complementary Medicine & IKS focus area/ programme.

(bb) R 2,455,393.00

(cc) 0 - Project at a technology development stage.

Development Programme 10

(aa) Settec. System for monitoring early settling of solids in slurry pipes.

(bb) R 316,178.75

(cc) one.

Development Programme 11

(aa) Green Iron Technology. Processing of waste iron ore for application in steel industry.

(bb) R 900,000.00

(cc) Four.

Development Programme 12

(aa) Zargun. Zargun Separation of Zirconium isotopes for the nuclear sector.

(bb) R 6,301,739.00

(cc) Three.

Development Programme 13

(aa) CMTI Consulting. Development of ultra low bed mining equipment.

(bb) R 5,989,734.33

(cc) Four.

Development Programme 14

(aa) Arc Aqua. Development of the core technology improvement of the software for remote reporting, high voltage power supply system, turbine generator and development of additional applications to the core technology, industrial overhead, end of hose and integrated unit.

(bb) R 2,900,000.00

(cc) 0 - Project at a technology development stage.

Development Programme 15

(aa) Rubber Nano. To develop a production ready "ZR6" additive for use in the OEM tyre manufacturing industry.

(bb) R 660,000.00

(cc) 0 - Project at a technology development stage.

Development Programme 16

(aa) Fibrelux. Fibrelux is a wool diameter measuring device for the wool farming industry.

(bb) R 560,000.00

(cc) 10.

Development Programme 17

(aa) Welcore. Weldcore is a novel sampling technique developed by NMMU. This technique allows for the removal of representative core sample in situ from safety critical structures as well as repair of the weld site using an innovative welding technique FTSW.

(bb) R 11,000,000.00

(cc) 10.

Development Programme 18

(aa) mLab Mobile Apps Support. The programme has been developed to stimulate the emergence of mobile apps based innovation business. Often these businesses that are created by young people with tertiary education qualifications but are not in employment, education or training systems. It is a feeder platform for significant innovation projects that can be funded through the TIA technology development fund.

(bb) R 2,500,000.00

(cc) 30.

Development Programme 19

(aa) Balancell (Pty) Ltd. Balancell is a technology business specialising in battery management electronics for medium to large scale batteries of all chemistries. Its battery management systems provide insight into the stored energy of a battery pack and improve its reliability and efficiency.

(bb) R 2,000,000.00

(cc) 0 - Project at a technology development stage.

Development Programme 20

(aa) Impact Free Water (Pty) Ltd. The project use Wave Energy Reverse Osmosis technology for desalination of seawater to produce bottled drinking water and electricity.

(bb) R 500,000.00

(cc) 0 - Project at a technology development stage.

Development Programme 21

(aa) DST has established the Technology Station Programme (TSP) aiming at offering technology based support to SMME. The programme is managed by TIA and hosted by Universities of technologies. The technology Stations provide access to specialist knowledge and equipment. There are currently 18 stations with national footprint and are sector focused as follows:

Manufacturing Cluster

• TUT: Electronics & Electrical Engineering, including ICT
• VUT: Product Prototyping, materials, processing technologies
• NMMU: Mechanical System Technologies & Automotive components;
• DUT: Fibrous Reinforced & Molded Plastics
• CUT: Rapid Prototyping & Product Development
• CPUT: Adaptronics
• UJ: Light Metals Casting & Foundry technology
• TUT: TDM (IAT) Transfer, Training & Adv Manufacturing
• SUN: TDM (IAT) design, analysis & Adv Manufacturing
• WSU (IAT): Design, Tooling, Dies, Mould making

Agro-Processing, Chemical, Other Cluster

• CPUT: Agro Food Processing
• UL: Agrifood Processing
• TUT: Chemistry & Chemical engineering
• NMMU: Petrochemicals, Bio-downstream chemicals
• MUT: Chemistry & Chemical Engineering
• UJ: Process, Energy, Environments
• VUT: Panel-beating, spray-painting
• CPUT: Clothing and Textile Technologies

(bb) In the financial year 2016/17

• TIA budget allocation R34,511 million
• Additional grant from DST R37,739 million
• Additional grant from DST to scale up the TSP R33 million

(cc) The impact of the programme for the financial year 2015/16 is as follows:

• A total of 103 interns participated in the interns Programme
• A total of 10 interns have received employment
• 2154 SMMEs received technology based support from the programme
• 27 knowledge innovation products supported through the stations support activities, and 58 product/prototype developed
• 20 full functional prototypes completed and 33 youth funded projects currently at various TS for support with products designs, CAD/CAM and quality improvements

Reply:

The Minister of Public Works:

In November 2012, I established a Task Team to investigate the matter of the security upgrades at the private residence of the President of the Republic, located in Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal Province. The Task Team investigated the above matter and requested an explanation for the items highlighted in this Parliamentary question. The explanation obtained from South African Police Service (SAPS) officials on these items is as follows:

(a) Swimming Pool

The SAPS explained that one of the hazards raised by the assessment was the possible outbreak of fire on or near the premises as most of the structures have thatched roofs and are close to each other. In order to eliminate or minimise potential risks and due to water supply, which was erratic, the SAPS requested a structure that could store 45 000 litres of water.

The idea of a swimming pool or fire pool was based on the advice of the mechanical engineering team that a structure which can contain 45 000 litres of water was needed and a swimming pool or fire pool was the most viable option.

(b) A Chicken Run

The explanation by the SAPS was that the chicken run was constructed within the cattle kraal. It was created as a replacement to a number of building block structures that were scattered around some of the main dwellings which were, according to the security assessments, obstructions and potential hiding areas for intruders. The reason for the relocation of these loose structures to a dedicated area was to improve the security on site.

(c) A Cattle Kraal and Culvert

According to the security personnel, when the security assessments were conducted and as part of the security, sensitive electronic equipment was recommended to be installed on the fence. False alarms, as well as damage to the fence and electronic equipment could be caused by the movement of cattle.

Secondly, due to the location of the kraal next to the entrance used by people, thereby posing a potential risk in the high security area, a decision was therefore taken to move the cattle kraal to a dedicated area and a culvert be erected to prevent the cattle from disturbing and damaging the electronic equipment and the fence.

(d) The Shop

The tuck shop existed long before the President was inaugurated and was located within the President’s homestead. Due to the security risk posed by the movement of people from outside the homestead into the high security area and taking into account previous incidents of criminality that took place at the homestead, the tuck shop had to be relocated from within the premises and erected at the perimeter of the premises.

(e) Air Conditioning

The air conditioners were installed in certain rooms of the main house, the clinic, guard houses and the security tunnel, in line with the security risk assessment. The assessment recommended that bullet proof windows be installed in certain rooms of the President’s private residence and such windows had an impact of high temperatures in the rooms and could not be opened. As a result and in order to minimize the adverse effect that the bullet proof windows would have, air conditioners were installed.

The above items were not contained in the documents, but the explanation was provided to the Task Team. This explanation is contained in the Task Team Report as an explanatory note.

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Reply:

The Minister of Public Works

In my concluding speech in the National Assembly debate on Budget Vote No. 11 (Public Works), held on Wednesday, 20 April 2016, I responded, amongst other things, to the Honourable Kohler-Barnard’s claim to have twenty-four affidavits from individuals alleging they had been refused Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) jobs, because they did not have African National Congress (ANC) membership cards. The Honourable Kohler-Barnard said that it took her one phone call to obtain the affidavits. The Honourable Kohler-Barnard also said that the Auditor-General is questioning the data of Department of Public Works, because of inadequate records and deficiencies.

This was the double context in which I referred to Khayelitsha. The Auditor-General has indeed raised questions about EPWP data, much of it in regard to under-reporting to the Department of Public Works’ central data system from local project sites. In the case of Khayelitsha, the Auditor-General found that 52 claimed participants in Khayelitsha had not been reported to the Department of Public Works’ central EPWP recording system.

In regard to allegations of partisan recruitment of participants for EPWP projects, I am on record of repeatedly speaking out against this abuse. The Department has issued guidelines on participant selection, emphasising the importance of transparency and non-partisanship. It was also for this reason that I instructed my Departmental officials to follow up on the 24 affidavits provided by the Honourable Kohler Barnard. Unfortunately, these affidavits proved to be worthless. They appear to be in three batches, with each batch written by the same hand and with word-for-word, identical general allegations made. The dates, locations, and names on which three ANC Councillors allegedly refused potential beneficiaries EPWP jobs are not provided.

I am not claiming that these abuses did not occur, however, it is my experience that in Municipalities controlled by different political parties, those community members who are aligned to another party, often believe, rightfully or not, that they have been excluded from EPWP projects. This has been our experience in both ANC and DA-controlled Municipalities, including in the City of Cape Town. It is important that as politicians we both condemn partisan manipulation of EPWP projects, as well as refrain from fanning partisan, but ungrounded rumours.

In specific response to the Honourable Macpherson’s question:

(a) There are a number of shortcomings in EPWP projects in the City of Cape Town, including in Khayelitsha, relating to data capturing and the portfolio of evidence for participation in EPWP projects, as noted by the Auditor-General. We are working collegially with our colleagues in the City of Cape Town, just as we are doing with other public bodies, to address these matters. I am pleased to say, however, that currently no cases of corruption in EPWP projects in the City of Cape Town have been reported to the Department of Public Works.

(b) Therefore, no criminal cases in this regard have been opened.

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Reply:

(a-b) The naturalised citizens will be allowed to apply for the new Smart ID cards on completion of the National Identification System which would enable the online validation of the naturalisation certificates. Currently the certificates are validated manually.

(c) The date to allow naturalised citizens to apply for Smart ID Cards will be determined once the National Identification System is implemented.

Reply:

(a) (i) The value of trade between South Africa and the Kingdom of Norway in the nominal terms for the financial year 1994-1995 was R581, 697,918.

(ii) The value of trade between South Africa and the Kingdom of Norway in the nominal terms for the financial year 2015-2016 was R2 710 584 082.

(b) (i) The value of trade between South Africa and the Kingdom of Norway in the real terms for the financial year 1994-1995 was R529, 634, 816.

(ii) The value of trade between South Africa and the Kingdom of Norway in the real terms for the financial year 2015-2016 was R2, 467, 981 501.

Reply:

(a)_(i) Yes

(aa)

Province	IeC Site	Construction	Permanent	Total
Limpopo	Ngwaabe	-	16	16
Mpumalanga	Bushbuckridge	15	10	25
Limpopo	Mutale	03	02	05
Limpopo	Thulamela	03	02	05
Mpumalanga	Tweefontein	03	05	08
Eastern Cape	Qamata	15	10	25
Total		39	45	84

(bb). The Integrated Energy Centres (IeCs) programme is a private public partnership where oil companies fund the infrastructure development to establish a retail service station in remote rural areas. Therefore, the Department does not allocate funding for IeCs.

(cc). In 2016/17 financial year a total number of 84 employment opportunities composed of contract and permanent jobs will be created through IeCs. The jobs created both short term and some permanent for the operational phase. The short term /contract jobs are created during construction phase of the projects and permanent jobs are in the operational phase.

Entities

(b) (i) Yes

(aa)	(bb)	(cc)
Under the REEEP programme, there is a project which is called the Switch Africa Green Project which is aimed at increasing awareness, uptake and successful implementation of Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) practices and sustainable energy opportunities for SMME's in the agriculture food value chains and waste sector in SA. The programme provides training and capacity building and runs until October 2017.	EU budget. US$ 249,999.99 of which SoE portion is US$ 82,100.	150 Jobs
Under the Energy Efficiency programme, the project is the M&V incubation which is referred to as the CMVP Training and Company SAAS Accreditation Programme. The aim is to register a maximum of 15 SMMEs or businesses with the Energy Training Foundation to study in Certified Measurement and Verification for period of a week and they would then be expected to undertake examinations. The candidates who pass would be accredited with SANAS. Accredited service providers would conduct M&V with regards to 12L applications. The costs for accreditation will be incurred by SANEDI until 2020.	R 690 000	More than 10 SMME companies are likely to benefit.
NECSA and its Subsidiaries has planned to spend 2% of net profit after tax (NPAT) on Supplier Development and 1% of NPAT on Enterprise Development. The focus is on more than 51% Black (women and youth) owned companies that are EME’s (Turnover of less than R 10m) and QSE’s (turnover more than R 10m and less than R 50m).	2% of NPAT for Supplier Development (R 2 158 069) and 1% of NPAT on Enterprise Development ( R 1 079 034)	20 New Jobs

(b) (ii) Yes

(aa)	(bb)	(cc)
SOLTRAIN Phase II A programme that implements solar water heater installation training and systems testing. Collaborative project with GIZ to develop SARETEC training centre	Approximately €150 000 R695 000	40 Jobs The programme creates skills for jobs and should skill up to 100 people in different spheres during the year.
The Working for Energy Programme is intended to create skills and temporary jobs primarily among youth, women and people with disabilities. Based on expected mass roll out, the programme is able to create cooperatives and SMME’s that are able to implement, expand, operate and maintain these systems especially in biomass to energy arena. While the programme will create a limited number of jobs, it is not possible to create sustainable SMME’s or cooperatives since it is unfunded for the current Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF).	0	0

Reply:

(1) (a) (i)(ii)(iii) (b)

the dti was not approached by any political party for any form of funding in the 2013-14; 2014-15; 2015-16 and since April 2016.

(2)(a) (i) (ii) (iii) (b)

The department has not provided any form of funding to any political party in the 2013-14; 2014-15; 2015-16 and since April 2016.

Reply:

(a)What amount did (i) his department and (ii) each entity reporting to him spend on advertising in the 2015-16 financial year and (b) how much has (i) his department and (ii) each entity reporting to him budgeted for advertising in the 2016-17 financial year?
i)Dept		a)2015/16	b) 2016/17
	DMR	R455 563.39	R2 160 000
		a)2015/16	b)2016/17
ii)Entities	CGS	R1 698 000	R1 900 000
	MINTEK	R2 023 534	R2 864 050
	SDT	R455 701.79	R430 460
	SADPMR	R903 844	R809 725
	MHSC	R1 157 940.94	R1 120 000

Approved/not approved

Mr MJ Zwane, MP

Minister of Mineral Resources

Date Submitted:-……………/………………/ 2016

Reply:

(a)(i)

The department spending on advertising for the 2015/16 financial year was R21 million. This comprised mainly of expenditure for marketing and promoting the dti in newspapers, radio stations and on television.

(b)(i)

The department has budgeted R32 million for advertising in the 2016/17 financial year. This comprises mainly of projected expenditure for marketing the dti products and offerings. Advertisements may also be placed for recruitment and tenders.

Response from the Entities

Entity	(a)(ii)	(b)(ii)
Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC)	R 586 000.00	R 16 600 000.00
Export Credit Insurance Corporation (ECIC)	R 5 512 000.00	R 6 550 000.00
National Credit Regulator (NCR)	R 1 607 603.00	R 3 950 000.00
National Consumer Tribunal (NCT)	R 89 850.35	R 80 000.00
National Empowerment Fund (NEF)	R 7 106 591.00	R 9 834 642.00
National Gambling Board (NGB)	R 61 396.02	R 55 000.00
National Lotteries Commission (NLC)	R 43 000 000.00	R 23 000 000.00
National Metrology Institute of South Africa (NMISA)	R 585 441.90	R 1 554 000.00
National Regulator For Compulsory Specifications (NRCS)	R 5 023 486. 00	R 6 122 454.00
South African Bureau of Standards (SABS)	R 150 000.00	R 6 917 100.00
South African National Accreditation System (SANAS)	R 110 623.00	R 130 000.00
National Consumer Commission (NCC)	R 3 859 990.28	R 1 989 000.00
Companies Tribunal (CT)	R 875 206.00	R 887 950.00

Reply:

No.

Reply:

(1). Mr Stanley David Shane was appointed to the Transnet Board on 14 December 2014 as a Non-Executive Director, on a three year term, subject to annual review. Mr Shane is not appointed as Chairperson of the Board, nor has he acted in the position to date. In terms of Board Committee membership, Mr Shane serves as member and Chairperson of the Board’s Acquisition and Disposal’s Committee, and member of the Remuneration, Social and Ethics Committee.

(a) Mr Shane possesses financial and economic competencies and business acumen.

(b) Mr Shane holds a B.Com degree (Finance) from the University of Witwatersrand obtained in 1993, completed the Regulatory Examinations at the Financial Services Board in 2012 and has been a Member of the South African Institute of Stockbrokers since 1996. He has extensive experience in Investment Banking, capital raising, insurance and structuring.

(c) The appointment of Board members is regulated by the Memorandum of Incorporation (MOI) of each State Owned Company and is the purview of the Shareholder Representative, after consultation with Cabinet. The Department is guided by a board appointment methodology which sets out the process of sourcing potential candidates for the appointment to Boards. Persons are found to be suitable by virtue of their qualifications, expertise, skills and experience.

(d) It is not known what connection Mr Shane has to the Gupta family, nor was this the reason for his appointment to the Transnet Board.

(2) Yes, he is a Trustee and the Chairperson of the Boards of Trustees of the Transnet Second Defined Benefit Fund and Transport Pension Fund.

(a) His academic qualifications and experience in economics and investment banking made him suitable for appointment.

(b) See 2(a) above.

(c) He was appointed by the Board of Transnet which is normal practice when Employer Trustees are appointed to these two Funds.

(d) The appointment is based on academic qualifications, experience and ability.

 

Reply:

(1)(a) 180 000 customers receive electricity from Eskom in Soweto, however, this translates into more residents which Eskom is not in a position to quantify (as more people reside in a given home). Eskom keeps customer data per customer category and network, and it would take a while for this to be provided per suburb.

(b) Of the 180 000 customers, our current payment levels are at 48% average for the current financial year to date, compared to an average of 40% in the previous financial year. Eskom has replaced 40 000 old meters of which 18 000 customers are on prepaid already and buying electricity and the balance is being converted to prepaid daily. The programme of installing the meters is continuing and plans are to convert all customers to prepaid within five years.

(2) Yes, Eskom has an incentive programme in place where customers converted to prepaid meters are monitored over a period of three years to establish if the behaviour of buying electricity becomes entrenched. Writing off the historical debt is considered if good behaviour is sustained during the monitoring period. Each customer is dealt with on an individual basis.

(3) No. There are no agreements in place for the City of JHB to take over Eskom Soweto supply areas. Eskom works very closely with the Municipality to address the issue of non-payment and the rolling out of the prepaid meters. Engagements with the community are conducted with the support of the leadership of the Municipality and alignment on issues such as dealing with the poor and debt issues are continuously discussed and agreed upon.

 

Reply:

The Ministers who were mandated by the Cabinet as reflected on the Cabinet Statement have not yet reported back to the Cabinet.

Reply:

The State Security Agency (SSA) does not have development programmes for SMME’s or Cooperatives.

Reply:

Province	Question 1	Question 2	Question 3: Curriculum support for progressed learners as at 15 March 2016
Eastern Cape	(a) Number of Progressed learners as at 15 March 2015: 13927 (b) Number of progressed learners as at 15 March 2016: 18255	(a)  Number of Progressed learners as at 15 March 2015 who wrote: 11705 (b) Number of progressed learners who passed the 2015 NSC: 2625	(a) Extra lessons are conducted by schools over the weekends. (b) Morning and afternoon classes are conducted by schools. (c) Common tests which were set by districts were written by all learners in term 1. (d) Use of Telematic Centres for 7 Key subjects in 77 centres in the province.
Free State	(a) Number of Progressed learners as at 15 March 2015: 8187 (b) Number of progressed learners as at 15 March 2016: 7362	(a) Number of Progressed learners as at 15 March 2015 who wrote the 2015 NSC: 5105 (b) Number of progressed learners who passed the 2015 NSC: 2600	(a) Curriculum support in the form of morning, afternoon and weekend classes. (b) Vacation classes for extra curriculum support in the form of: Autumn, Winter, Spring, and Special Camps for progressed. (c) Support material to supplement textbooks, e.g. Study guides, DBE’s Mind the Gap and the DBE Siyavula workbooks. (d) CDs containing past exam papers and memoranda. (e) IBP broadcast lessons and copies of DVDs and CDs (f) Special Maths program. (g) Performance of the learners is regularly tracked via the Provincial Standardised exam and/or tests.
Gauteng	(a) Number of Progressed learners as at 15 March 2015: 4 798 (b) Number of progressed learners as at 15 March 2016: The Department is not able to provide the requested information, as registration is still being captured.	(a) Number of Progressed learners as at 15 March 2015 who wrote: 4568 (b) Number of progressed learners who passed the 2015 NSC: 2149	(a) All progressed learners are participating in the Gauteng Department of Education (GDE)’s Secondary School Improvement Programme (SSIP) which provides supplementary tuition in 10 subjects every week. b) In addition to this, a winter school residential camp programme especially for progressed learners will be run during the June school holiday. There will be similar support offered in September. c) Progressed learners’ attendance and progress in the SSIP are being separately monitored and reported on weekly so that school principals can take action where needed.
KZN	(a) Number of Progressed learners as at 15 March 2015: 10 720 (b) Number of progressed learners as at 15 March 2016: 24549	(a) Number of Progressed learners as at 15 March 2015 who wrote: 10 070 (b) Number of progressed learners who passed the 2015 NSC: 4765	(a) Progressed learners in grade 12 are provided with subject glossaries like other learners. (b) Special camps are arranged for progressed learners. (c) A special Maths program is rolled-out for progressed learners in grade 12 in partnership with HeyMath and HeyScience. (d) Progressed learners in grade 12 are provided with copies of English FAL resources. (e) Copies of past exam papers with memoranda. (f) Learners who achieve levels 1& 2 are provided with the DBE copies of Mind the Gap Study Guides.  These study guides assisted progressed learners in the past to move from level 1&2 to level 3 and above.  (g) Exposed to regular writing and assessment to improve their reading speedy, retention memory and analytical skills.  (h) They are provided with copies of abridged work schedules so as to focus on the essential and examinable content. (i) Special sessions are arranged for the progressed learners that offer Mathematics. (j) Exposed to live Memo Discussions and Marking to understand how to overcome typical mistakes made by learners during the exams. (k) As part of ‘the last push’ strategy, camps are arranged for progressed learners to consolidate their learning. (l) Provided with past papers and memoranda, revision packs and copies of the exam timetable timely. (m) Provided with psycho-social support and motivations.
Limpopo	(a) Number of Progressed learners as at 15 March 2015: 13022 (b) Number of progressed learners as at 15 March 2016: 27523	(a) Number of Progressed learners as at 15 March 2015 who wrote: 13022 (b) Number of progressed learners who passed the 2015 NSC: 3492	(a) Instructed school to provide internal and specialized support to all progressed learners. (b) Directed curriculum at the Districts to provide specialized programmes that are aimed to support progressed learners. (c) Province has planned to acquire and provide learner support materials in the form of study guides in selected subjects. (d) Plans are in an advanced stage to provide radio lessons to all grade 12 learners including progressed learners using all community radio stations located in all the Five Districts of the Province. (e) Saturday lessons in selected circuits where there is a high concentration of progressed learners have been planned. (f) Encouraged schools to run Winter Enrichment classes, focusing on identified topics as outlined from the Diagnostic reports.
Mpumalanga	(a) Number of Progressed learners as at 15 March 2015: 5230 (b) Number of progressed learners as at 15 March 2016: 11 160	(a) Number of Progressed learners as at 15 March 2015 who wrote: 5091 (b) Number of progressed learners who passed the 2015 NSC: 2290	(a) The District Based Support Teams (DBSTs) work with School Based Support Teams (SBSTs) in ensuring that progressed learners are supported. (b) Extra lessons are provided to progressed learners on challenging content. (c) Winter and Spring Vacation Classes will accomodate progressed learners. (d) Remedial support programs are implemented by schools in support of progressed learners.
Northern Cape	(a) Number of Progressed learners as at 15 March 2015: 2631 (b) Number of progressed learners as at 15 March 2016: 2280	(a) Number of Progressed learners as at 15 March 2015 who wrote: 1963 (b) Number of progressed learners who passed the 2015 NSC: 613	(a) Learners get tuition at their respective schools (b) Some attend classes at Dinaledi schools (c) The Department provides material to learners where they cannot attend classes due to distance and transport. These comprise course materials which are used during interventions such as the Winter and Spring schools throughout the year. The material are compiled from the Mind the Gap study series. The materials, including previous examinations question papers, are used throughout the year. (d) The Dinaledi schools’ is a NYDA & ETDP SETA project where matriculants get Face to Face tuition. There are 2 such schools in the Northern Cape and the Department joined forces with them so that these modulate (progressed learners) also attend face to face classes. (e)Some progressed learners attend classes at their previous schools.
North West	(a) Number of Progressed learners as at 15 March 2015: 3767 (b) Number of progressed learners as at 15 March 2016:6654	(a) Number of Progressed learners as at 15 March 2015 who wrote: 3543 (b) Number of progressed learners who passed the 2015 NSC: 2122	(a) Designated camps for progressed candidates are held during Autumn school holidays. (b) Progressed learners attend the winter and spring camps for underperforming schools (c) Progressed learners are part of LAIP (Learner Attainment Improvement Plan, known at DBE as NSLA – National Strategy for Learner Attainment.
Western Cape	(a) Number of Progressed learners as at 15 March 2015: 2280 (b) Number of progressed learners as at 15 March 2016: 3058	(a) Number of Progressed learners as at 15 March 2015 who wrote: 3589 (b) Number of progressed learners who passed the 2015 NSC: 1404	(a) Graded, consolidated exercises for learners at risk provided as downloadable resources. (b) Subject specific tutoring conducted after school and on Saturdays. (c) Provision of LTSM support. (d) Provision of Tips for Success booklet. (e) Provision of NCS 2015 and March 2016 question papers & Memos. (f) Each learner will receive Revision Countdown (2 exam papers & memos in 7 subjects). (g) Standardized SBA tasks. (h) Provision of Mind the Gap books. (i) Provision of Siyavula Mathematics and Physical Sciences textbooks.

Reply:

There are no MDDA staff members who receive more than one salary. The MDDA has 4 x staff members who occupy permanent positions and have been appointed in acting positions according to the Human Resources Acting in a Higher Position policy. These positions are in the process of being filled. These employees receive an acting allowance for temporarily acting in higher positions.

MR NN MUNZHELELE

DIRECTOR GENERAL [ACTING]

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE:

MS AF MUTHAMBI (MP)

MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE:

Reply:

According to the South African Council for Educators (SACE) Annual Performance Plan, educators were registered as follows, both on-and off-line:

2013/14: 25 315

2014/15: 26 000

2015/16: 20 000 educators were targeted for registration.

The online system is being piloted from April to June 2016. Data will then be available.

 

Reply:

1. (a) There has been no inspection at Sebenza police Station.

    (b) Based on point 9a) above, there were no findings.

   (c) There is no stipulation in the Occupational Health and Safety Act regarding frequency of inspections for any workplace and there is no other legislation.

(2) (a) Inspection will be conducted on 24 May 2016.

(b) Inspection reports are not made public in terms of Section 36 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act as amended.

Reply:

(a) The Universal Service and Access Agency of South Africa (USAASA), which is the entity charged with the responsibility of managing the procurement of set-top boxes, informed me that Ellies Industries, Temic Manufacturing and QEC Pty Ltd are the three companies appointed to provide DTT antennas in the Northern Cape and Free State as at 29 February 2016.

(b) The entity has informed me that Ellies Industries provided 15,680 DTH Antennas, Temic Manufacturing provided 9,640 DTT Antennas, and QEC Pty Ltd provided 3,100 DTT antennas.

(c) USAASA informed me that an amount of R8,834,200.00 was paid to Ellies Industries. QEC and Temic Manufacturing were paid R17,770.32 and R27,018.00 respectively.

 

MR NN MUNZHELELE

DIRECTOR GENERAL [ACTING]

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE:

MS AF MUTHAMBI (MP)

MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE

Reply:

1. The NFVF currently does not have any regional offices. The main reason is budgetary – the NFVF Act allows for a 25% cap on administration expenditure and the setting up of regional offices would cause NFVF to vastly exceed this cap and reduce funds available to offer as grants.

2. The NFVF does not enter into agreements with individual international companies. However, the NFVF has agreements with official international state entities. South Africa has signed 8 international co-production treaties with the governments of Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Italy, Germany, France, Australia and New Zealand. We are currently in negotiation with Brazil, Algeria, Kenya and Netherlands to sign treaties with these countries.

Co-production treaties are signed in order for government entities (such as NFVF) in both countries to facilitate and encourage production and cultural exchange between the respective countries. These co-production treaties are administered by the NFVF.

3. The co-production treaties that has been signed with the 8 above-mentioned countries govern the relationship between South Africa and the respective countries. Please find attached copies of the 8 treaties signed between the government of South Africa and the government of the respective countries.