Reply:

(a) The investigation commissioned from the National Treasury into the supply chain process of the Universal Service and Access Agency of SA has been completed.

(b) The report will be published once the department has studied the report.

(i) The Department is currently studying the investigation report in order to understand the recommendations.

(ii) The Department is currently studying the investigation report and recommendations in order to take necessary steps.

 

MR NN MUNZHELELE

DIRECTOR GENERAL [ACTING]

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE:

MS AF MUTHAMBI (MP)

MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE:

Reply:

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

Reply:

The information is tabulated hereunder:

	Department of Home Affairs (DHA) Response	DHA Response
	Budget spend on Advertising in 2015/16	Advertising Budget for 2016/17
(i)	R 10 882 439.95	R 5 654 000.00
	Government Printing Works (GPW) Response	GPW Response
(ii)	R 519 812.27	R 774 000. 00
	Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) response	IEC Response
(ii)	R 58 894 341.54	R 36 040 255.00

Reply:

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

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

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

-END-

Reply:

The information required relates to the strength of the SA Navy and SAAF, and impacts on matters of National Security and can only be divulged in a closed session of the Joint Standing Committee on Defence.

Reply:

(1) (a) The amount the Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA) spent on advertising vacant positions since 1 June 2014 equals R169,056.11.

(b) The specified vacant positions have been advertised via the print press and the MDDA website as follows:

• 11th May 2014 (City Press): (Project Officer: Community Media, Project Officer: Research, Training & Development, Communication & Branding Manager.)
• 5th September 2014 (Independent Newspapers) – (CEO, Supply Chain Manager, Finance Disbursement Officer, Legal & Contracts Manager)
• 10th June 2015 (Times Media, The Star Workplace) – (SCM Officer, Communications & Branding Manager, Project Officer: Research & Training and Development, IT Specialist, HR & Corporate Services Manager, Finance Administration Officer, Programme Manager: Research & Training Development.)
• 20th January 2016 (Independent Newspaper) for advertising of 5 x positions: (Internal Audit Manager, Receptionist, Company Secretary, Legal & Contracts Manager, Stakeholder & Special Projects Coordinator, Communications & Marketing Officer. Chairperson of the Internal Audit & Risk Committee, IT Advisory Committee Member.)
• 10th April 2016 (Media 24) for advertising of 17 x positions: (CEO, CFO, HR & Corporate & Services Manager, Project Director & Strategy, Policy Monitoring & Evaluation Director , Finance Manager, Finance Administration Officer, Executive Secretary, Risk Specialist, Knowledge Management Coordinator, Internal Officer, HR Officer, Research & Capacity Building Manager, Research & Capacity Building Coordinator, Legal & Compliance Officer, Projects Manager: Broadcasting and Digital Media Coordinator.)
• 10th May 2016 (Media 24) - (2 x Audit and Risk Committee Members)

(c) The number of interviews for the specified vacant positions which have been held is as follows:

• Project Officer: Community Media x 1
• Project Officer: Research, Training & Development / Research & Capacity Building Coordinator x 1
• Communication & Branding Manager x 1
• CEO x 1
• Supply Chain Manager x 1
• Finance Disbursement Officer x 1
• Legal & Contracts Manager x1
• SCM Officer x1
• IT Specialist x 1
• HR & Corporate Services Manager (None)
• Finance Administration Officer x 1
• Programme Manager: Research & Training Development / Research & Capacity Building Manager (None)
• Internal Audit Manager (None)
• Receptionist (None)
• Company Secretary (None)
• Communications & Marketing Officer (None)
• Chairperson of the Internal Audit & Risk Committee x 1
• IT Advisory Committee Member x 1
• CFO (None)
• Project Director (None)
• Strategy, Policy Monitoring & Evaluation Director (None)
• Finance Manager (None)
• Executive Secretary (None)
• Risk Specialist (None)
• Knowledge Management Coordinator (None)
• Internal Audit Officer x 1
• HR Officer (None)
• Legal & Compliance Officer (None)
• Projects Manager: Broadcasting (None)
• Digital Media Coordinator (None)
• Audit and Risk Committee Members (None)

(d) The people conducting the specified interviews in each case is as follows:

• PO: Community Media – Talifhani Khubana, Lesego Mashishi, Mpho Leshabane
• Internal Audit Officer: Mshiyeni Gungqisa, Duduzile Phungwayo, SNG representative-Brian Changamire
• PO: Research, Training & Development: Manana Stone, Lesego Mashishi, Lindinkosi Ndibongo
• SCM Officer: Lindinkosi Ndibongo, Thandiwe Kgatshe, Clarinda Simpson
• IT Manager: Lindinkosi Ndibongo, Thandiwe Kgatshe
• Communication & Branding Manager: Thembelihle Sibeko, Lindinkosi Ndibongo, Thandiwe Kgatshe
• Finance Disbursement Officer: Talifhani Khubana, Lesego Mashishi, Lindinkosi Ndibongo

(2) (a) Ten (10) applications have been received for the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) vacancy at the MDDA since 1 June 2014.

(b) Four (4) of the specified applicants were interviewed.

(c) Seven candidates were shortlisted while the others did make it through the shortlisting phase due to lack of competencies. Four candidates were shortlisted for the interviews and did not perform well. The candidate who scored the highest did so consistently on the total assessment of the 11 tested competencies: Community media knowledge, Broadcast media environment, Advances in Technology, Compliance, Project Monitoring & Evaluation, Risk Management, People Management, Stakeholder Management, Policy Formulation, Regulation and Service Operation, Presentation of Case Study and Background Review. This candidate was subsequently made an offer which was later withdrawn on an out of court settlement basis between the MDDA and the candidate.

 

MR NN MUNZHELELE

DIRECTOR GENERAL [ACTING]

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE:

MS AF MUTHAMBI (MP)

MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE:

Reply:

(a) Government has made available part of the funding for dual illumination through the Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services (DTPS) allocation of R100m (R87.7m net of VAT) out of the R140m net of VAT required per annum. There are attempts to engage National Treasury through the DTPS and DoC to see if Sentech can reallocate some funds towards digital migration to cover dual illumination costs.

(b) The decision not to allocate the funding for DTT Dual Illumination expenditure was taken within the constraints of the National Budget and continuous discussions with all relevant stakeholders including Cabinet and the National Treasury will be pursued to find a sustainable solution to the shortfall. The Digital Migration project is critical for the country and Dual Illumination is an essential part of this process.

 

MR NN MUNZHELELE

DIRECTOR GENERAL [ACTING]

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE:

MS AF MUTHAMBI (MP)

MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE:

Reply:

(1) (a) National Treasury has appropriated R2.5 billion for the procurement and supply 5 million set-top-boxes to poor television owning households in South Africa.

(b) National Treasury has already allocated R2.251.554.000 ( R2.2 billion)

(c) These funds have been allocated from the Universal Service and Access Funds.

(d) The allocation in (b) above is for the current financial year (2016/17) which includes the rollover from the previous years.

(2)      There are ongoing engagements with National Treasury regarding the extra funding that might be required.

(3)        No, extra funds have not yet been secured.

(4)       (a)    All payments for manufacturers and installers during the 2015/16 financial year were made during the 4th quarter:

            (aa) Set-Top-Boxes:

             CZ R49,600,474.00

            Leratadima R680,984.00

            Bua               R0

           (bb) Antennae

           Temic          R499,833.00

           QEC              R17,770.00

           (cc) Satellite Dishes

           Ellis              R8,834,200.00

 

MR NN MUNZHELELE

DIRECTOR GENERAL [ACTING]

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE:

MS AF MUTHAMBI (MP)

MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE:

Reply:

(1) (a) The Universal Service and Access Agency for South Africa (USAASA), which is the entity charged with the responsibility of managing the production and installation of set top boxes, informed me that, it has never sent any letters to Leratadima and Bua regarding the matters raised in this question.

(b) N/A

(b) The tendering process will not be re-opened because it was an open process.

 

MR NN MUNZHELELE

DIRECTOR GENERAL [ACTING]

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE:

MS AF MUTHAMBI (MP)

MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE:

Reply:

The Department has received the final forensic report on the Supply Chain Management process of STBs and related accessories from the National Treasury, and is currently studying the findings and recommendations. It is too early to speculate whether there has been any wrongdoing on the part of the Universal Service and Access Agency of South Africa’s officials and/or board members, as well as service providers contracted to manage the evaluation of all bidding companies.

 

MR NN MUNZHELELE

DIRECTOR GENERAL [ACTING]

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE:

MS AF MUTHAMBI (MP)

MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE:

Reply:

The qualifying criteria issued by the Universal Service and Access Agency of South Africa (USAASA) requires that for poor TV owning households to qualify for free set-top-boxes they must have a valid TV license. However, a TV license is not compulsory to purchase a STB. The license requirement is proving to be an obstacle in the registration of the qualifying TV households and ultimately on the distribution of set-top-boxes. Therefore, Department of Communications (DoC) sought to address this as a matter of urgency.

Resultantly, a decision was made, together with the SABC management, to delink TV license requirement from the Set-Top-Box registration process. It is my considered view that by delinking the TV license requirement, registration of the qualifying TV households and ultimately on the distribution of set-top-boxes will enable the indigent households in the SKA area to benefit from the government subsidy.

MR NN MUNZHELELE

DIRECTOR GENERAL [ACTING]

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE:

MS AF MUTHAMBI (MP)

MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE:

Reply:

	(a)	(i)	DPE	R 2 326 000.00
		(ii)	Alexkor	R 545 825.40
			Denel	R 1 660 410.65
			Eskom	R 54 016 282.81
			SAFCOL	R 172 873.00
			SAX	R 1 159 118.00
			Transnet	R 47 991 571.86
	(b)	(i)	DPE	R 2 379 000.00
		(ii)	Alexkor	R 115 000.00
			Denel	R 3 000 000.00
			Eskom	R 67 000 000.00
			SAFCOL	R 3 500 000.00
			SAX	R 4 800 00000
			Transnet	R 43 333 820.82

 

Reply:

SAPO has advised me as follows:

1. (a) The reason why the Road Traffic Infringement Agency (RTIA) owes the South African (SAPO) R39, 374, 828.78 for more than 120 days is due to the dispute over service level as a result of the prolonged and illegal strike that paralyzed operations.

(b) On 08 April 2016, the SAPO GCEO and RTIA CEO/Administrator held a meeting in which a technical committee consisting of the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC), Tshwane Metro Police Department (TMPD), Johannesburg Metro Police Department (JMPD) and the Road Traffic infringement Agency (RTIA), was established to resolve payments and other strike related issues. The committee meets on a weekly basis to discuss progress and outstanding matters.

2. (a) Interest charged on outstanding amount in September 2014 was R2, 242.22, and in March 2015 was 2,969.66. Since then, interest has been suppressed due to the dispute declared by RTIA and JMPD.

(b) Therefore, there are no further details at this stage.

Reply:

We are still gathering data from entities and information is not readily available

Reply:

The Minister of Public Works

No. I did not issue an instruction to the said individual, or to any other employee of the Department of Public Works (DPW), to lobby Government departments not to renew current lease agreements.

From an operational perspective, we in the Public Works sector recognise that every cost-effective and informed transaction can mitigate in reducing Government spending. In this respect, revised spending plans are being implemented within the DPW and the Property Management Trading Entity (PMTE) aimed at greater efficiency, eliminating waste and improving the composition of spending.

Thus, in relation to leases, the DPW has been implementing changes, including aligning annual rental escalation rates to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and reducing rentals to market-related amounts and opting for permanent solutions where possible. This is done in line with the objectives as set out in the 7-year Turnaround Strategy and to fulfil the objectives of Government in reducing costs within the scope of fiscal consolidation measures announced by the Minister of Finance in his budget speech.

Furthermore, with specific reference to Pretoria, the DPW along with the Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) and the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, are implementing a precinct Development Programme in line with the resolution adopted by Cabinet on 25 May 2005, calling for the regeneration of the inner city of Pretoria, as the capital city of the Republic of South Africa. The Precinct Development Programme aims to provide a long term solution for all Government departments and agencies in terms of providing permanent office accommodation within the city and making these offices accessible to the general public.

In line with the above the DPW has responded to the accommodation needs of several User departments, which include:

• The completion of the State-owned Agrivaal building to accommodate the DPSA following their move from Batho Pele House, which was under a lease.
• Statistics South Africa is set to move into its permanent head offices in Salvokop, Pretoria, along with its 4 satellite offices, which had four different leases.
• The South African Police Service (SAPS) is set for a move into the recently acquired Telkom Towers, thereby consolidating its offices into one precinct and moving away from leased accommodation in different buildings. The occupation of Telkom Towers is to be done in a phased approach.

Evidently, as per the cases noted above, the DPW will have to opt for the non-renewal of expiring leases for the affected User departments in preparation for the move towards permanent State-owned office accommodation.

(2) There is no agreement with the Public Investment Corporation for this entity to construct offices on behalf of Government. I am unaware of such allegations as put by the Honourable Member and therefore I am not in a position to investigate this matter.

(3) No. in line with the above-mentioned Cabinet Resolution of 2005, Government office accommodation will be based within the inner city boundaries of the Tshwane Metropole. Currently, there are no plans to construct Government Offices on the outskirts.

However, with respect to the specific questions posed by the Honourable Member, in terms of the Tshwane Precinct Development Programme:

     (a) All leases will continue as per the agreements that are in place with the respective landlords until they approach a period of expiry, when the DPW will exercise its prerogative to negotiate for renewal or non-renewal, with adequate notice to the landlords.

     (b) Since Government is not planning to construct office accommodation on the outskirts of Pretoria, therefore there are no costs involved.

     (c) All costs for office accommodation, whether newly constructed, leased or refurbished, are funded through User-charges recovered from client departments.

     (d) The DPW is revisiting the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) strategy and its rather “narrow” application with respect to leasing office accommodation. The Department now wants to put focus on Real Estate Management, Construction, Facilities Management and Planned Maintenance as areas where the principles of BBBEE can best be applied. The DPW plans to enhance opportunities for emerging black and female entrepreneurs in the construction and property sectors to market, operate, develop, maintain and manage the portfolio on behalf of the DPW.

     (e) The aim of the Tshwane Precinct Development Programme is to develop Pretoria as capital city of excellence with an integrated service delivery approach that will be achieved by congregating Government services in the inner city, thereby making them more accessible to the general public. The Government office accommodation solutions are also assisted by the Accessibility Programme, which seeks to make all Government buildings accessible to people with disabilities.

     (f) With the current constraints of low economic growth and high unemployment in the country, all cost-effective and informed transactions contribute to greater efficiency, reducing waste and improving the composition of Government spending. In this regard, the Department of Public Works has a role to play in reducing Government spending on office accommodation and increasing efficiencies through the reduction of leased-in buildings and maximising the use of State-owned accommodation.

    (g) There are no further details.

Reply:

1. (a) A total of 64,859 old taxi vehicles have been scrapped from the commencement of the programme to the end of March 2016. A total of 3,225 taxis were scrapped in the last financial year (1April 2015-31March 2016)

(b) The scrapping allowance for the current financial year is R82,400.00 but this is recalculated annually based on changes in the CPI. The scrapping for the last financial year was R77,000.00

(c) Standard Application Procedure in Brief:

• An application submission consisting of application forms and supporting documentation (such as original certified copies of: the vehicle registration certificate, operating license, identity document etc.,) is submitted to a TSA main centre in the province.
• The application is captured and then runs through several system background checks as well as manual checks on data and information sourced from both eNATIS and OLAS and across other substantiating documentation as may be required and/ or requested depending on application type.
• On completion of successful documentary checks, the old taxi vehicle is scheduled for a vehicle inspection and then called to the site of application for physical checks and verification of vehicle identifying marks.
• On completion of vehicle inspection, the vehicle is deregistered with the local licensing authority and payment via EFT of the scrapping allowance is then made to the successful applicant.
• The old taxi vehicle is subsequently prepared for demolition, demolished and the scrap metal and other waste products disposed of according to waste regulations.

2. (a, b) The TSA National Call Centre number 0860 88 11 33 and the website address is www.scraptaxi.net. There is a TSA main centre in each province and two in Gauteng, physical address and contact details are as follows:

• Gauteng: Elandsfontein - Cnr Kraft & North Reef Roads, 51 Rietfontein, 63IR, Elandsfontein Cell: 079 879 4316 Tel: (011) 822 9082
• Gauteng: Rosslyn - 108 Diamant Street, Akasia Rosslyn Cell: 079 527 3575 Tel: (012) 542 7411
• Mpumalanga - 25 Katoen, White River Cell: 079 524 8165 Tel: (013) 751 2841/ 750 0598
• Kwa Zulu Natal - 35 Yaborough Road, Mkhondeni, Pietermaritzburg, 3201 Cell: 079 524 8166 Tel: (033) 386 0272
• Eastern Cape - Old Government Garage, Zwelitsha, 5608 Cell: 079 517 6301 Tel: (040) 655 1100
• Free State - 11 Yellow Street, Botshabelo, 9781 Cell: 079 527 3700 Tel: (051) 534 6348
• Polokwane - Seshego Industrial Park, Unit 13, Freedom Drive, Zone 6, 0700 Cell: 079 557 6272 Tel: (015) 223 0578
• North West - 1138 Matlalong, Department of Public Works, Road and Transport, Mmabatho 2735 Cell: 079 527 3539 Tel: (018) 384 2844
• Western Cape - 18 Bloemhof Road, Ottery Cell: 079 884 4241 Tel: (021) 703 5963/ 5879
• Northern Cape - 37 Central Road, Cnr Central & Woodburne Streets, Beaconsfield, Kimberley, 8300 Cell: 079 527 3700

(c) Branch: Public Transport, Chief Directorate: Public Transport Industry Development, Directorate: Taxi Recapitalisation Project

(d) The demolished taxi vehicles are sold as scrap metal and the proceeds received are distributed through the Transport Development Trust for project that benefit the Taxi Industry.

Reply:

(1)(a) A total of 19 water use licenses have been issued for abstraction from the Crocodile River.

(1)(b) Refer to Annexure A for the names of the companies that received the specified licences.

Agriculture	Industry	Local Government	Mining	Total
7	5	6	1	19

(2)(a) Refer to the table below for the number of licences issued in the specified sectors.

(2)(b) Refer to Annexure A for the validity period of the licences issued for abstraction in the Crocodile River.

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ANNEXURE A

No.	Name	Property details	Quaternary	Sector	Signed Date	Expiry Date
1	Mbombela Municipality	Stonehenge 310 JT	X22C	Local Government	2010/07/22	2030/07/21
2	Kuvuka 2006 Property(Pty)Ltd	Karino 931 JU	X22K	Industry	2011/02/26	2016/02/26
3	Cape Fruit Processors(Pty)Ltd	MattafitPortion 11	X24D	Industry	2011/03/25	2021/03/25
4	Leopard Creek Block(Pty)Ltd	Portion 20 of the farm Riversiden 173 JS	X22J	Industry	2011/03/29	2031/03/29
5	Cort Fish Farming Enterprise cc	Portion 4 of the farm Mooiland 294 JT	X21E	Agriculture	2011/06/24	2031/06/24
6	Smokey Mountain Trading 189	Portion 2 pf Farm Montrose	X21E	Agriculture	2012/03/09	2030/03/09
7	OnderbergVerwerkingsKo-OperasieBeperk	Remaining extent of portion 8 of the Farm Mhlati 169 JU	X24D	Mining	2015/04/30	2030/04/30
8	LoeriesfonteinBoerdery (Pty) Ltd	Portion 1 and 2 of the farm Pamlico 305 JT	X22C	Industry	2015/06/03	2035/06/03
9	TSB Sugar RSA Ltd	Portion 2 of farm Malelane 389 JU	X24E	Agriculture	2015/06/03	2035/06/03
10	ErasdaBeleggings (PTY) Ltd	Portion 54 of the Farm Alkmaar 286 JT	X22C	Local Government	2015/08/16	2035/08/16
11	Woman and youth agricultural farming co-operative limited	Lomshiyo Community	X24D	Agriculture	2015/08/30	2035/08/30
12	Mbombela local municipality - Tekwane	Portion 6 & 7 of Tekwane 573 JU	X22J	Local Government	2015/08/30	2035/08/30
13	Manganese Metal Company (Pty) Ltd: Kingston Vale Water Transfer	Soetmelksvlei 118 JU/4	X22J	Industry	2015/12/24	2035/12/24
14	Mbombela Local Municipality: Mpumalanga University	Boschrand 283 JT/31 and 32 and Friedenheim 283 JT/17,19,28 and 36	X22J	Local Government	2015/12/24	2035/12/24
15	Mbombela local Municipality: Karino Water Works	Portion 89 of the farm Goedehoop 128 JU: Inkomati WMA	X22J	Local Government	2016/01/22	2041/01/22
16	Mbombela Local Municipality: Riverside Industrial Park Ext. 22	Portion 96 of the farm Boschrand 283 JT	X22J	Local Government	2016/03/13	2031/03/13
17	KomatipoortGholfklub	Machteld 235-JU	X24H	Agriculture	2002/02/27	2022/02/27
18	LaeveldKorporatieweBelegengs	Portion 14 Alkmaar 266	X22J	Agriculture	2004/10/06	2024/10/06
19	Lugedlane Developments (Pty) Ltd	Lodwichs Lust	X24D	Agriculture	2008/09/29	2028/09/29

Reply:

1. (a)(i),(ii),(iii) No.

(b) No.

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

(b) No.

Reply:

1. (a) (b) No

2. (a) No

(b) The Department of Home Affairs is responsible for the administration of the Public Funding of Represented Political Parties Act, 1997 (Act 103 of 1997)

1. No political party has approached the Department of Correctional Services for any form of funding for the financial years in question. (a) for any of the periods mentioned in (i), (ii), and (iii).

      (b) neither since 1 April 2016, in question.

    2. No funding has been provided to any political party in 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16 financial years respectively.

   (2)(b) None

Reply:

The Minister of Public Works:

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

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

Reply:

(1) My Department was not approached by any political party for any form of funding for the years in question.

(2) My Department did not provide any form of funding to any political party for the years in question.

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Reply:

1. (a) (i) The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development spent R29,722 million on advertising during the 2015/16 financial year.

(2) The Office of the Chief Justice spent R1, 446 million on advertising during the 2015/16 financial year.

(ii) The entities reporting to the Ministry of Justice and Correctional Services spent the following during the 2015/16 financial year:

 (b) Legal Aid South Africa spent R4,322, 369 on advertising which included print, television and radio advertising; and The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) spent R888 449.19.

(1) (a) (i) The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development has budgeted R42, 065 million for advertising in the 2016/17 financial year.

(2) The Office of the Chief Justice has budgeted R1, 779 million for advertising

in the 2016/17 financial year.

(ii) The entities reporting to the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services

have budgeted the following for advertising during the 2016/17 financial year:

(b) Legal Aid South Africa: R3,949, 363; and

The SIU: R3, 000,000.00.

(a)(i) The Department of Correctional Services has spent a total of R6 938 622.13 (six million nine hundred and thirty eight thousand six hundred and twenty two rand thirteen cents) on advertising in the 2015-16 financial year.

(a)(ii) Not applicable

(b)(i) The department has budgeted a total amount of R8 053 437.56 (eight million, fifty three thousand four hundred and thirty seven rand fifty six cents) for advertising in the 2016-17 financial year. This will amongst others include job advertisements and tenders.

(b)(ii) Not applicable

Reply:

(a) The second auction for the financial year was cancelled due to the continued unfounded comments about the GFIP including the lack of market appetite.

(b) Bonds can’t be cancelled due to cancelled auctions. Bonds are debt instruments, listed or unlisted, used to raise capital. It has a maturity date (when the capital must be repaid) and a coupon rate which indicates the “interest” rate that must be paid bi-annually.

    (i) SANRAL maintains a three-month liquidity buffer at all times and has access to short term funding as and when required to the extent approved by National Treasury.

    (ii) If SANRAL is unable to raise sufficient cash at auctions it increases a re-financing risk, repayment of maturing debt and servicing of existing debt. It also compromises continuous maintenance and operations of the toll roads across the country. Any capital projects not yet awarded will also be delayed or cancelled if the funding is depleted. 

Reply:

Department

(a) 

(b) 

(c)

(d) Not applicable

Airports Company South Africa SOC Limited (ACSA)

(i) ACSA does run a development programme for small businesses.

(ii) ACSA does not have a development programme for Cooperatives. It is not part of the current Small Enterprise Development (SED) strategy.

(aa) ACSA has an annual Enterprise and Supplier Development funding programme which is aimed at empowering and assisting start-up businesses, emerging and small businesses. The programme also provide support in the form of mentoring and coaching, book keeping, tax, business acumen skills, tendering and contracting.

(bb) The fund value is R15 million.

(cc) About 70 jobs have been created through this programme.

Air Traffic and Navigation Services SOC Limited (ATNS)

(b) ( i) & (ii) ATNS has the Enterprise Development Programme in place which covers small businesses and co-operatives in the aviation space.

(aa) ATNS has a structured Enterprise and Supplier Development programme to address the lack of black suppliers in the aviation’s Communication, Navigation and Surveillance (CNS) domain. Through this structured programme, ATNS is currently developing twenty Black Owned Engineering Suppliers, preparing them to participate in the CNS space. A Gap Analysis Audit was conducted to identify gaps; currently ATNS is conducting training to close identified gaps.

(bb) In terms of the budget, 1% and 2% of the Net profit after Tax is channeled towards Enterprise Development and Supplier Development respectively.

(cc) once these gaps are closed, these Suppliers will stand a chance of getting business which will enhance job creating opportunities.

South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA)

(a) Not applicable. (b) (i); (ii); and (aa) The South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA), a Level 2 B-BBEE contributor, is running a skills development programme for businesses affiliated to the South African Network for Women in Transport (SANWIT). The programme focuses on providing training to women who are running businesses focused on the transport sector. The training is centred on aspects of effective bidding and supply chain management procedures. The initial training took place in March 2016 in Gauteng, and it is being rolled out country-wide as per the dates below.

Province	Date
Gauteng	16 March 2016
Eastern Cape	30 June 2016
Mpumalanga	6 July 2016
Limpopo	8 July 2016
Western Cape	20 July 2016
Northern Cape	26 July 2016
Free State	28 July 2016
North West	11 August 2016
KwaZulu-Natal	16 August 2016

(bb), and (cc) The total amount of spend on the programme is R478, 305.98. In addition, 88% of the SACAA’s budget was spent on Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) companies. During the 2016 - 17 financial year, the SACAA will be introducing a procedure that will track the number of jobs created and supported as a result of its initiatives and budget spend.

Cross-Border Road Transport Agency

(b)(i) The Cross-Border Road Transport Agency (C-BRTA) has a unit that specifically focuses on developing the cross-border road transport with a view to empower the industry to maximize business opportunities. The unit has implemented an Entrepreneurship and Business Development Programme that is specifically designed for majority of cross-border permit holders who fall within the small, medium and micro enterprises (SMME) category. The programme supports SMMEs in the cross-border passenger operations by providing training interventions that will improve their business operations. The following training programmes have been offered:

• Financially Management;
• Business Planning;
• Business Management;
• Leadership Skills;
• Entrepreneurial Competencies;
• Risk awareness and financial implications in business; and
• Understanding of legal, regulatory and tax imperatives as they relate to financial matters.

(ii) The C-BRTA has established two cooperatives for the previously disadvantaged individuals. This pilot project sought to determine the feasibility of empowering targeted groups to enter the cross-border road transport market.

(aa) One cooperative was established for women and the other for youth aspiring to enter the cross-border market. The C-BRTA carried the cost of registration of the cooperatives, identification of business opportunities related to cross-border operations, and determining the feasibility of identified opportunities. Cooperatives were assisted with the development of business and marketing plans in preparation for operations

Road Accident Fund

The (b) Road Accident Fund (RAF) is not running specific development programmes for (i) small businesses and (ii) co-operatives; however, both small businesses and co-operatives fall within the category of Exempted Micro Enterprises (EME’s) and as such are specifically provided for in the RAF’s BBBEE Scorecard, with 26% of the RAF’s procurement spend from 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2016 going to EME’s; questions (aa), (bb) and (cc) are not applicable.

Road Traffic Management Corporation

(b) The RTMC does not run a development programme for (i) small business and (ii) co-operatives because small business development is not the RTMC mandate

Road Traffic Infringement Agency

(a) N/A

(b) RTIA

(i) Yes and

(ii) Yes;

(aa) RTIA has set up Enterprise Development Unit to provide access and ease of use of the Agency’s programmes by communities while assisting in creating job opportunities and enterprises in line with its commitment to the National Development Plan. The appointed enterprises will perform the extended services of the Agency. The programme further seeks to support and develop SMME’s and Cooperatives through structured programme of mentoring and incubation. A conducive environment will be created for such businesses to develop, flourish and grow into big businesses.

(bb) An amount of R60 million has been budgeted for the 2016/17 financial year.

South African National Roads Agency Limited

(i)(aa) SANRAL has an empowerment programme for SMMEs and Historically Disadvantaged contractors, consultants, and suppliers etc. – targeted enterprises – mainly through the award of contracts on national road projects. This is particularly driven through the Routine Road Maintenance projects and Community Development projects on the national road network. During 2015/16, 2052 SMMEs and Historically Disadvantaged companies worked for SANRAL, with a total expenditure of R3.5 billion.

For 2016/17:

(bb) Estimated budget for such empowerment and development programmes: R4.2 billion.

Estimated number of SMMEs and HD companies to benefit: 2 436

(cc) Estimated number of jobs to be created: 10 154 (All estimates are based on actuals for 2015/16 and approved budget for 2016/17)

South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA)

(b) Small businesses? Yes SAMSA is running such a programme in the form of an initiative called Black Youth and Women in the Maritime sector.

(aa) The programme aims to empower participation of black youths and women in the opportunities that exist in the maritime sector.

(bb) The initiative will have to seek partnerships to raise the funding for the work because part of the entities budget for the initiates was reduced. It is captured in our APP 2016-17 as a non-budget item.

(cc) The number of jobs that will be delivered given the constraints in budget will be further estimated.

Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA)

(b) Yes PRASA supports Small Businesses and Co-operatives

(aa) PRASA has targeted and focused on increasing it’s spend on Women Owned Businesses and bringing them into broad railway environment. PRASA spent R1.4 Billion on Women owned companies in the 2015/16 Financial Year. PRASA has budgeted R1.2 billion for Women Owned Entities in the 2016/17 financial year

PRASA has a programme which focuses on Co-operatives cleaning its railway stations – for the 2015/16 financial year R12 million was spent on this programme, and 420 people participated in 61 Co-operatives for the 16/17 to 17/18 Financial Years – R51 Million will be spent on this programme.

(bb) PRASA has prioritized Youth Owned, Military veteran owned companies in its Corporate Plan for the 2016/17 Financial Year and spending will be increased for such entities.

Ports Regulator (PR)

(b) The Ports Regulator does not run any direct development programmes for (i) small business and (ii) co-operatives for the 2016/17 financial year. It must be noted that for procurement purposes, the Ports Regulator sets a target for procurement from certain suppliers with a specific BBBEE rating to achieve government objectives. Also through our Regulation business processes, efforts are being made to ensure that small businesses do benefit from tariff adjustments.

Railway Safety Regulator (RSR)

RSR does not have development programs for small businesses or co-operatives due to the nature of our business. The RSR encourages the use of previously disadvantaged Engineering companies to support our investigation and technology audits. 

Reply:

(1-2) No.

Reply:

I have not met with any member, employee or close associate of the Gupta family or attended any meeting with the specified persons at the Gupta’s Saxonwold Estate in Johannesburg or anywhere else since taking office.

 

Reply:

(a) Department

   (i) Yes, the Department has a Tourism Enterprise Development Programme that is aimed at providing support for small business.

(ii) Support provided is mainly to community trusts through the Social Responsibility Implementation (SRI) Programme. A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) has been signed with the Department of Small Business Development include support for tourism cooperatives.

(aa) Relevant details:

The Tourism Enterprise Development Programme, consists of information dissemination through a web portal, support for 100 rural enterprises, establishment of two Tourism incubator Hubs in Pilanesberg and Manyeleti as well as provision of business advisory and technical support. The department also provides market access support through the Tourism Incentive Programme (TIP).

(bb) The budget allocated for the programme is R15m.

(cc) Support in small business will definitely contribute significantly to the creation of jobs.

However, it is not possible to state categorically how many jobs will be created through this

programme in the 2016/17 financial year.

(b) South African Tourism

Running development programmes for small business and co-operatives is not within SA Tourism’s mandate

   (i) No.

   (ii) No

(aa) - (cc) Not applicable

Reply:

Department

(a) (1) In the financial year 2015-16, the Department spent an amount of R10 382m on marketing and advertising. This amount includes spending on marketing and advertising in the print and electronic media, such as radio and television, outdoor advertising, Departmental campaigns such as the Easter and Festive Season Road Safety and the October Transport Month campaigns and various other events that the Department implemented.

(b) (1) In the 2016-17 financial year, the Department has budgeted an amount of R16 867m. This budget will be used for marketing and advertising in print and electronic media, including radio and television, outdoor advertising, Departmental campaigns including the Easter and Festive Season Road Safety and the October Transport Month campaigns and various other events that the Department will implement.

Airports Company South Africa SOC Limited (ACSA)

1. (i) N/A; (ii) an amount of R5.6 million was spent on advertising in the 2015/2016 financial year.
2. (i) N/A; (ii) an amount of R12.2 million is budgeted for advertising in the 2016/2017 financial year.

Air Traffic and Navigation Services SOC Limited (ATNS)

1. (i) N/A; (ii) 2015-2016 amount spend R 6, 033,114
2. (i) N/A; (ii) 2016-2017 amount budgeted R 3, 676, 480

South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA)

(a) (i) N/A; (ii) the South African Civil Aviation Authority spend R1 352 711.74 on advertising during the 2015-16 financial year and

(b) (i) N/A (ii) and has budgeted R3 333 300.00 for advertising during the 2016-17 financial year.

Road Accident Fund (RAF)

(a) (ii) The Road Accident Fund (RAF) spent R 29,927,823 on advertising in the 2015-16 financial year and (b) (ii) has budgeted R 30,000,000 for advertising in the 2016-17 financial year.

Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC)

(a) (ii) The RTMC spent R 29,927,823 on advertising in the 2015-16 financial year and (b) (ii) has budgeted R 30,000,000 for advertising in the 2016-17 financial year.

Road Traffic Infringement Agency (RTIA)

(a) (ii) The RTIA spent R R 4.3mil on advertising in the 2015-16 financial year and (b) (ii) has budgeted R R 6.4milfor advertising in the 2016-17 financial year.

South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL)

The SANRAL spent R176 529 857 on advertising in the 2015-16 financial year and (b) (ii) has budgeted R175 000 000 for advertising in the 2016-17 financial year.

Cross-Border Road Transport Agency (CBRTA)

(b) (i) The Cross Border Road Transport Agency (C-BRTA) did not spend on advertising in the financial years 2015-16.

(ii) The Cross Border Road Transport Agency (C-BRTA) did not allocate budget for advertising in the 2016-17 financial year

Railway Safety Regulator (RSR)

The RSR spent R213 240.34 on advertising during 2015-16 financial year, and an amount of R600 000 has been budgeted for the 2016-17 financial year.

South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA)

SAMSA spent on R5.6 million advertising and awareness programmes in the 2015/16 financial year and the budget for 2016/17 financial year is R4.4 million.

Ports Regulator (PR)

1. (ii) The Ports Regulator spent R 49 476.15 in the 2015/16 financial year, (b) the budget for advertising in the 2016/17 financial year is R 98 758.

Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA)

PRASA did not spend on adverting in the 2015/16 financial year due to cost containment measures. No budget has been allocated to advertising for the 2016/17 financial year due to the same reason.

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

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:

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:

(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:

(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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Approved by the Minister on

Date……………………….

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:

1. Not applicable.
2. Not applicable.

 

 

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Approved by the Minister on

Date………………………..

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:

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 and (ii) deputy principals at schools for learners with special educational needs (LSEN) signed up in each district of each province for the 2013 Continuing Professional Teacher Development (CPTD) cohort and (b) of the specified teachers completed the 3-year cohort;

(1) ((a) (i) (ii) 506 (67.7%) Principals and Deputy Principals that have been signed up into the South African Council of Educators (SACE) Continuing Professional Teacher Development (CPTD) management system.

(b) There is no policy position on the matter. However, the Council has taken a decision that there will be no consequences for the first six (6) years on educators who have not reached the 150 points in the three (3) year cycle; instead the focus will be on investigating the reasons for non–participation, and recommendations on consequences for non-participation will be based on such findings.

(2) (a) How many (i) principals and (ii) deputy principals at LSEN schools did not sign up for the specified CPTD cohort and (b) what action has been taken to ensure that the specified teachers do sign up and complete the 3-year cohort;

(2) (a) (i) (ii) 241 Principals and Deputy Principals at schools LSEN did not sign up for the specified CPTD cohort.

(b) Since the system was started in 2013, the first cycle would be completed by the end of this financial year.

(3) How many educators who are foreign nationals (a) are teaching at LSEN schools in each district in each province, (b) are in possession of SA Council for Educators certificates, (c) have an SA Qualifications Authority evaluation certificate and (d) have an SA Police Service clearance to teach in the country?

3 (a) The number of foreigners employed in LSEN schools according PERSAL as at 31 March 2016, is as follows:

PROVINCE	REGION DESCRIPTION	NUMBER OF FOREIGN EDUCATORS
EASTERN CAPE	GRAHAMSTOWN	1
GAUTENG	EN: EKURHULENI NORTH INSTITUTION	3
GAUTENG	GE: GAUTENG EAST INSTITUTIONS	1
GAUTENG	GW: GAUTENG WEST INSTITUTIONS	7
GAUTENG	JC: JOHANNESBURG CENTRAL INSTITUTIONS	11
GAUTENG	JE: JOHANNESBURG EAST INSTITUTIONS	2
GAUTENG	JN: JOHANNESBURG NORTH INSTITUTIONS	1
GAUTENG	JS: JOHANNESBURG SOUTH INSTITUTIONS	6
GAUTENG	TS: TSHWANE SOUTH INSTITUTIONS	2
GAUTENG	TW: TSHWANE WEST INSTITUTIONS	1
KWAZULU-NATAL	DURBAN CENTRAL CIRCUIT MANAGEMENT	1
KWAZULU-NATAL	DURBAN NORTH-WEST CIRCUIT MANAGEMENT	1
KWAZULU-NATAL	PHUMELELA CIRCUIT MANAGEMENT	1
KWAZULU-NATAL	UBUMBANO CIRCUIT MANAGEMENT	1
LIMPOPO PROVINCE	BOCHUM WEST CIRCUIT OFFICE	1
LIMPOPO PROVINCE	MVUDI CIRCUIT OFFICE	2
LIMPOPO PROVINCE	SOUTPANSBERG EAST CIRCUIT OFFICE	2
NORTH WEST	GREATER DELAREYVILLE AREA OFFICE (DR RSM)	2
NORTH WEST	LETLHABILE AREA OFFICE (BOJANALA)	1
NORTH WEST	MADIBENG AREA OFFICE (BOJANALA)	1
NORTH WEST	MAQUASSI HILLS AREA OFFICE (DR KK)	1
NORTH WEST	MOSES KOTANE EAST AREA OFFICE (BOJ)	2
NORTHERN CAPE	FRANCIS BAARD	1
WESTERN CAPE	METRO SOUTH EDUCATION DISTRICT	1
TOTAL		53

(b) All educators who teach at public schools are registered with the South African Council of Educators (SACE) and are issued with the SACE certificate. This is a pre-requisite for appointment.

(c) All foreigners applying for a work permit in South Africa must, as a requirement, have their qualifications evaluated by the SA Qualifications Authority (SAQA). This is done as part of the process to apply for a work permit. In addition to the SAQA evaluation, the qualifications of foreign educators who wish to be employed in public schools are further evaluated by the employing provinces in order to be assigned a Relative Education Qualification Value (REQV). The REQV is primarily used to determine whether or not the qualification complies with the minimum qualification requirements as regulated in the Personnel Administration Measures.

(d) The South African Police Service clearance is part of the process of application for the work permit. Therefore, the police clearance does not form part of the requirements at the level of the employing entity accepted as having been submitted as part of the requirement for issuing of the work permit.

Reply:

DAFF

(a)(i) DAFF spent R1 533 061 on advertising in the 2015/16 financial year and

(b)(i) DAFF budgeted R8 110 100 for advertising in the 2016/17 financial year

ARC

The ARC spent R4.5 million on advertising for the 2015/16 financial year and budgeted R4 million for advertising in the 2016/17 financial year

MLRF

The MLRF spent R3 337 315.19 on advertising for the 2015/16 financial year and budgeted an amount of R5 886 344 for advertising in the 2016/17 financial year

PPECB

The PPECB spent R353 066 on advertising for the 2015/16 financial year and budgeted an amount of R310 000 for advertising in the 2016/17 financial year

OBP

The OBP spent R3.5 million on advertising for the 2015/16 financial year and budgeted an amount of R3.5 million for advertising in the 2016/17 financial year

NCERA

The NCERA Farms spent R112-00 on advertising for the 2015/16 financial year and budgeted an amount of R5 000-00 for advertising in the 2016/17 financial year

NAMC

The NAMC spent R99 253.98 on advertising for the 2015/16 financial year and budgeted an amount of R82 992.00 for advertising in the 2016/17 financial year

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) (i) R 2 673 358.61 (Department of Tourism)

(ii) R 417 031 499.00 (SA Tourism)

(b) (i) R 6 500 000.00 (Department of Tourism)

(ii) R 313 124 285.00 (SA Tourism)

 

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.

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QUESTION 1511 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

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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) 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) 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:

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) (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

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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

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