Questions and Replies

Reply:

(a)

• Steering Committee
  • Mr S. Majombozi
  • Ms S. Rabkin
  • Mr S. Sokhela
  • Mr S. Hamilton
  • Lt Gen (Ret) J. Nkonyane

• Resource Panel (part time)
  • Ms S. Hlapolosa
  • Mr T. Kubu
  • Mr U.Abrahamse
  • Brig Gen (Ret) M.R. Fihla
  • Ms N. Motlhatlhane"
  • Ms N. Mkwanazi
  • Maj Gen (Ret) K. Mokoape
  • Mr D. Nadison
  • Dr S. Zikalala

(b) The turn-around strategy is to focus on the following areas: procurement; organisational structure of the Department; financial accounting and the legislative mandate in addition it has various work streams which deal with rolling out of benefits to military veterans.

e.g. 1)health and education,; 2, Policy development; 3 Cleaning up of the database.

(ii) The task team has been established from 01 September 2015 to 31 December 2016.

(c) The Steering Committee is paid on the basis of meetings bases on National Treasury determination which is amended annually.

 

Reply:

1. The following percentage of the total procurement of (a) the Minister for Defence and Military Veterans department and (b) every entity reporting to her went to (i) SMME’s and (ii) co-operatives from 1 April 2015 to 26 February 2016 was 50.7%.

Reply:

At this stage nothing has changed, the integration process under the Termination of Integration Intake Act 2001 terminated on 31 March 2002.

Reply:

The questions raised here have potential to compromise the operational integrity of the SANDF with regard to force deployment; force movement and tactical planning.

It is however suffice to say that the SANDF deploys in the National Campaign against Rhino poaching in support of other government departments as part of its constitutional mandate.

Reply:

The total number Reserves that were called-up up at the Joint Tactical Headquarters and Ops Corona in Mpumalanga during the financial years 2012/2013, 2013/2014 and 2014/2015 is indicated in the table below:

CALL-UP CATEGORIES (Months)	NUMBER OF MEMBERS CALLED-UP (Individuals utilised)
	FY 2012/2013-2014/2015
0-6	2 601
6-12	1 712
12-18	417
18-24	89
24-30	8
30-36	0
TOTAL	4 827

Reply:

The department received an application that was assessed by the Agro Processing sector desk for the establishment of Canola Oil value chain in the Eastern Cape. The project did not meet the criteria for any incentive programme, therefore it was not considered.

Reply:

The MOU is a broad based document and is not limited to the Elands Bay area. A key output of the MOU is for the provision of work and other economic opportunities for military veterans through DAFF.

The Cedarberg Fishing Infrastructure Development and Management Project (CFIDMP) is a separate project of DAFF and does not include the DMV. The DMV is aware that the service provider to the DAFF on the CFIDMP has been used to facilitate payment of the stipends for the military veterans on the anti-poaching project in the Hermanus area.

(b)

(i) A list of names is provided (REFER TO APPENDIX A)

(ii) The name list shows the former forces to which the project participants belonged. Two members have passed on since the beginning of the project and another has resigned from the project. Three members are dependants of military veterans

(c) The project in question predated the establishment of the DMV. Subsequent to the establishment of the DMV, the office of the Deputy Director-General: Empowerment and Stakeholder Management was called in to a meeting on the project to discuss challenges in employment the military veterans. Since the initial intervention, the Acting DDG:ESM was instrumental in assisting in developing a Memorandum of Understanding between the DMV and DAFF. The office of the Provincial Coordinator in the Western Cape has also been represented at meetings through the Assistant Provincial Coordinator.

Therefore, to date, the DMV has been represented by the Acting DDG and the Assistant Provincial Coordinator.

During the engagements with the process, it came to light that the military veterans on the project were requesting to be employed in the DAFF. At one point there were around 8 positions available within DAFF with the entire group requesting absorption onto DAFF staff. The various DDGs who have managed the project have repeatedly indiacted that the project is an EPWP initiative and as such, has a defined timeframe. However, the group was advised to establish a co-operative which could be considered as a possible service provider to provide the very services in anti-poaching that they currently provide to DAFF.

(1) The team did establish a co-operative and the DMV also submitted a letter of support for this business entity. The process was submitted to DAFF to consider taking on the group as a preferred service provider. As part of service offering, the DMV enlisted the assistance of the Chief Operating Officer of SANMVA to assist in training the group and incubating them since she had been part of the initial meetings with the group when the DMV became involved in the project in June 2013. The intervention did not yield much fruit.

The recently appointed DDG (DAFF) had also initiated a committee that would map out a strategy which would have guided the transition process that would have resulted in the co-operative taking on the programme as a fully fledged service provider. A meeting with this committee has been scheduled for 08 April 2016 in Cape Town to discuss the extension of the project to other coastal provinces.

The current project phase has been extended to 31July 2016.

(2)

1. The group in the project come from various areas around the Cape Peninsula area including Hermanus, Langa and Bonteheuwel amongst others. DAFF has been providing transport for the team to get to work daily. None of the project members are from Elands Bay.

1. A request for database verification has been submitted to the DMV military veterans database unit.

1. It is noted that some of the group might not be bona fide military veterans. This matter has been constantly raised with the group. Therefore, the intention of the establishment of a cooperative was also to facilitate that whilst the military veterans would be catered for through the DMV support, those who are not military veterans could be retained as employees to the cooperative, to avoid depriving families of an income. This was noted because of the fact that the project had been initiated before the advent of the DMV and had been running for a while before the DMV was approached for assistance.

(3) The current employment has been extended to 31 July 2016 after discussions on the matter.

APPENDIX A (QUESTION 502)

NAMELIST FOR HERMANUS ANTI POACHING EMPLOYEES

MKMVA PROJECT PARTICIPANTS

No.	SURNAME	NAME	ID NUMBER	BIRTH DATE	ETHNIC GROUP	GENDER	CELL NO	FORCE NO
1	Daweti	Siyabulela (Deceased)	7101255524084	25/01/1971	Black	Male	0780050504	95071981PV
2	De Vos	John Paul	6906115791081	11/06/1969	Coloured	Male	0795523000	0746329/9
3	Fihlani	Makhaya Douglas	7111015321084	01/11/1971	Black	Male	0785375087	10871887
4	Genu	Siviwe Abner	6501295647086	29/01/1965	Black	Male	0736528408	94975844PE
5	Gobo	Lulamile Frederick	6506185664083	18/06/1965	Black	Male	0734039336
6	Lonzi	Simphiwe	6708315496085	31/08/1967	Black	Male	0715109160	94096674PF
7	Mamani	Vuyani Moses (Now with PRASA)	6803046225083	04/03/1968	Black	Male	0799822296	94672359
8	Mdlungu	Makhaselina	6504220711084	22/04/1965	Black	Female	0780294371	94075173P
9	Mvulana	Zongamele (Now with PRASA)	6806035817083	03/06/1968	Black	Male	0788888020	94069739
10	November Mettler	Venessa	6904240171089	24/04/1969	Coloured	Female	0846221903	96072368
11	Snyman	Bonakele Michael	6911185733088	18/11/1969	Black	Male	0730082342	97652309
	Sanqela	Patrick	6903076208080	07/03/1969	Black	Male	0736220313	98151822RFN
	Martin	Amanda Beatrice	7303210288081	21/03/1973	Coloured	Female	0782217812
	May	Ellen	7507040081082	04/07/1975	Coloured	Female	0796679223
	Mfengwana	Dumisa August	5910165806089	16/10/1959	Black	Male	0736541174
	Mkoko	Wankie Lesley	7610105632086	10/10/1976	Black	Male	0768899180
	Mtimkulu	Simphiwe	7311035610086	03/11/1973	Black	Male	0835836924
	Ndzabela	Lizo	7305245507088	24/05/1973	Black	Male	0733772601
	Ngcime	Simon	6612166092086	16/12/1966	Black	Male	0833330887
	Nokatywa	Nomonde	6311080300085	08/11/1963	Black	Female	0789389391
	Snyman	Bonakele Micheal	6911185733088	18/11/1969	Black	Male	0730082342
	Stofile	Howard	6509125388086	12/09/1965	Black	Male	0783866117
	Xaga	Jamangile	6603255773082	25/03/1966	Black	Male	0731239688
	Yola-Xundu	Nomalungisa	6405160675083	16/05/1964	Black	Female	0825364850
	Arendse	Christine Cheryl	6506120771084	12/06/1965	Coloured	Female	0846270153	No F NO
	Cader	Feroza	6907240081083	24/07/1969	Coloured	Female	0730256698
	Deniels	Joan	7207260191089	26/07/1972	Coloured	Female	0837285117
	Dayimani	Simon Mayibuye (MKMVA - Dependant)	8609076476086	07/09/1986	Black	Male	0732747611
	Dunga	Joy	6811201111089	20/11/1968	Black	Female	0824245710
	Fihlani	Makhaya Douglas	7111015321084	01/11/1971	Black	Male	0785375087	10871887
	Flotman	Simon	6501225304089	22/01/1965	Black	Male	0735785912
	Fransch	Donovan	7306125163083	12/06/1973	Coloured	Male	0736673403
	Jonkers	Lilian	6912160574083	16/12/1969	Coloured	Female	0832662647
	Kapa	Thabisa	7511260535082	26/11/1975	Black	Female	0837422401
	Le Roux	David	7212025856083	02/12/1972	Coloured	Male	0745271093
	Minnie	Mathews	6101245626080	24/01/1961	Black	Male	0833647122
	Maphuza	Michael Nkululeko (MKMVA -Dependant)	8102285414083	28/02/1981	Black	Male	0797658003

APLA MEMBERS

No.	SURNAME	NAME	ID NUMBER	BIRTH DATE	ETHNIC GROUP	GENDER	CELL NO	FORCE NO
1	Maduba	Siphiwo	6406235728089	23/06/1964	Black	Male	0732441041
2	Magwentshu	Nqaba (Dependant)	8008195620088	19/08/1980	Black	Male	0783617548
3	Ngqisha	Lindilekile (Has exited)	7011165955089	16/11/1966	Black	Male	0735823214
4	Ntlabathi	Desmond	7005055603080	05/05/1970	Black	Male	0793993723
5	Ntsila	Ndoda	7312085350082	08/12/1973	Black	Male	0781353000
6	Qashani	Witness	7011115412082	11/11/1970	Black	Male	0732794308
7	Sidina	Mzoxolo Arthur (Deceased)	7104175549081	17/04/1971	Black	Male	0731288548
	Smouse	Simon	6402095634087	09/02/1964	Black	Male	0785459964
	Williams	Mzwamadoda	7503305412088	30/03/1975	Black	Male	0736242200	96845599
	Madasi	Vuyisile	6911205896089	20/11/1969	Black	Male	0780782742	98001092

Reply:

1. (a) Seventeen incidents of theft occurred at the Quarter Master at Saldanha Military Base between 2011 and 2016

(b) Items stolen comprise mainly clothing, IT equipment and fire extinguishers.

(c) Items stolen were valued at approximately R100 555.58

(d) Between 2011 and 2013 six civilians were apprehended and found guilty in the Vredenburg Magistrate’s court. Fourteen police investigations are not yet concluded.

2. No

Reply:

(a) (i) In each of the nine provinces, a Provincial Coordinator and Assistant have been appointed and they are placed in provinces. The challenge for the Department of Military Veterans (DMV) is the reliance on the Department of Public Works (DPW) for the procurement of office space. Since 2013 the DMV has been engaging with the DPW on office space.

In the interim, the DMV has submitted requests to various entities for the provision of office space. At present, the provincial coordinators are housed in various venues.

• Eastern Cape: The Provincial Offices are currenlty housed at the East London City Hall
• Free State: Temporarily housed in the DoD sick bay at Tempe Military Base in Bloemfontein
• Gauteng: Temporarily housed at the DMV head office in Pretoria
• KwaZulu-Natal: The Provincial Coordinators are housed in a very small office at the sickbay in Pietermaritzburg
• Mpumalanga: Temporarily housed in an DoD military sick bay in Nelspruit
• Limpopo: Temporarily housed at the military base in Polokwane
• Northern Cape: Housed at the military base in Kimberley
• North West: Provincial Offices are temporarily in the old Premier’s Offices,  Mafikeng
• Western Cape: Office of the Director-General (10 floor, Parliament Towers, Plein Street, Cape Town)

The DPW has reported that office space has been now sourced and secured in Gauteng, Mpumalanga and North West Provinces. The DMV national Office will visit the spaces during April 2016 to assess compliance with the DMV specifications and to determine occupancy date. Once this has been established, the DMV will commence with providing additional human resources and required office resources at these offices. The DMV shall do the same in other provinces as space becomes available.

(b) The underspend on provincial offices in the 2014-15 financial year was a result of the lack of adequate capacity in provincial offices.

Reply:

1. At this stage there is no intention to launch an investigation.

2. (a) The Services are in control of the Reserves and call-ups are managed according to specific requirements over a specified period of time and for a particular number of people or particular rank requirements as determined by the Services and some Divisions within the structures of the Department of Defence. Such call-ups are largely controlled by the availability of financial resources.

(b) Rotation of Reserve Force members is encouraged at all times and the departmental policies do make provision for such in order to give members a fair opportunity to receive a call-up. This requirement is not always met accordingly due to budgetary constraints.

(c) The period of call-ups is determined according to the purpose and type of call-up, whether it is on a continuous or non- continuous basis and for the duration. The duration for external deployments is normally over 12 months and internal deployments over 6 months. In both cases, a period for pre- deployment training is also scheduled. Specialist skills are utilised according to departmental needs.

3. Reserve Force service is a voluntary service and the department always strives for the principles of fairness as a rule regarding Reserve Force utilisation. However, the current economic situation and the high unemployment rate place pressure on the unemployed Reserve Force member to become desperate for a call-up and would therefore always be regarded as not being treated fairly with no call-up. The Services do have a monitoring system in place to review Reserve Force utilisation on a quarterly basis.

4. According to policy requirements, Reserve Force members that are active in service are not allowed to be part of the Military Veterans and are not entitled to such benefits. The current practice is that members who would like to be registered on the Military Veterans Database in order to be entitled to the benefits thereof would officially request to resign from active Reserve Force service or be removed from the Reserve Force database.

Reply:

The questions raised here have potential to compromise the operational integrity of the SANDF with regard to force deployment; force movement and tactical planning.

It is however suffice to say that the SANDF deploys in the National Campaign against Rhino poaching in support of other government departments as part of its constitutional mandate.

Reply:

The total number Reserves that were called-up up in the SA National Defence Force during the financial years 2012/2013, 2013/2014 and 2014/2015 is indicated in the table below:

CALL-UP CATEGORIES (Months)	NUMBER OF MEMBERS CALLED-UP (Individuals utilised)
	FY 2012/2013-2014/2015
0-6	4 217
6-12	3 283
12-18	3 570
18-24	2 847
24-30	1 460
30-36	1 628
TOTAL	005

1. Over the three year period, a total of 17 005 individuals were utilised as Reserves for SANDF activities as per the number per category.
2. It must be appreciated that in each of these categories the numbers were not necessarily utilised continuously for that period.
3. The number of individuals utilised continuously for the full 36 month cycle were minimal and that was restricted to members that were in critical specialised posts.

Reply:

1. No. I have not earned any additional income from businesses, in particular business doing work for the Government, since appointment as Minister.

(a)(b)(c)(d) Falls away

(2) (a((b)(c) have not earned income from business, in particular business doing work for the Government, through my appointment as Minister.

(i)(ii)(iii)(iv) Falls away.

Reply:

(a) and (b) NO

Reply:

1.  The three submarines are currently operational.

2. Not applicable

3. NO

Reply:

The questions raised here have potential to compromise the operational integrity of the SANDF with regard to force deployment; force movement and tactical planning.

It is however suffice to say that the SANDF deploys in the National Campaign against Rhino poaching in support of other government departments as part of its constitutional mandate.

Reply:

1. (a) Four incidents of Cable theft occurred in the Silvermine area between 2012 and 2013.

(b) General items comprising mainly copper, were stolen

(c) Items stolen were valued at approximately R50 000-00.

(d) In March 2013 four suspects were apprehended by SANPARKS personnel icw the copper theft at the upper antenna farm at Silvermine and handed to the Muizenberg SAPS. They were later released by the SAPS when it was discovered that were all minors.

2. (a) At no stage was communications from land and sea cut off due to these incidents.

(b) Fences have been repaired in the upper antenna area and are in the process of being replaced in the lower antenna area. A camera monitoring and speaker warning system has been installed in the upper antenna area. Vehicle patrols have been stepped up. The SAN is attempting to acquire a wide area Intruder Detection System to increase monitoring and reduce response times in order to prevent future incidents of this nature.

(3) No

Reply:

The SANDF has been deployed in the DRC since 2001 and it would need more time to provide feedback on PQ541 for this period to date. In the light hereof the response will be narrowed down to the FY2015/2016.

Question 1(a). 90 members have been charged for transgressions over this period.

Question 1(b). 08 members were found guilty at an Officers Commanding Disciplinary Hearing over this period.

Question 1(c). In each of the 08 cases the maximum fine of R600.00 were handed down.

Question 2(a). 46 members out of the remaining 82 members were administratively discharged in terms of the Defence Act, Act 42 of 2002. None of the remaining 36 members could be tried by a court of (senior) military judge due to the non- assignment of military judges.

Question 2(b)(i). The dismissed members have approached the High Court for reinstatement.

Question 2(b)(ii). 32 out of the 46 members that were administratively discharged have lodged an application to the High Court challenging their discharge.

Question 3. The matter was removed from the court roll due to incorrect serving and placement thereof.

Question 4. Fair procedure was followed by the Department.

 

Reply:

There is a performance agreement in place that is binding on the Minister of Mineral Resources. This agreement has been signed with the President.

The Minister has recently been appointed and as a result has not done any assessment with the President.

 

Approved/not approved

Mr MJ Zwane

Minister of Mineral Resources

Date Submitted:-………………/………………/2016

Reply:

(a) No, Ministry does not have frozen vacant positions

(b) N/A

(C) N/A

 

 

Approved/not approved

Mr MJ Zwane, MP

Minister of Mineral Resources

Date Submitted:-………………/………………/2016

Reply:

(1), (2) (a), (b), (i), (ii) and 3. This matter is sub judice.

Reply:

(a) and (b) (i) No

1. Not applicable

 

COMPILER/CONTACT PERSONS:

EXT:

DIRECTOR – GENERAL

STATUS:

DATE:

QUESTION 934 APPROVED/NOT APPROVED/AMENDED

Dr BE NZIMANDE, MP

MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING

STATUS:

DATE:

Reply:

1 (a) (i) and (ii) National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) funding for the 2016 academic year has been allocated to the universities to administer on NSFAS’s behalf. Universities administering NSFAS funding through the non-student centred model will apply guidelines provided by NSFAS through the NSFAS Rules and Regulation Handbook for the selection of students and determining the actual loan or bursary value to be awarded to a student.

First-year students and other undergraduate students will be funded through the DHET General Loan programme funding (R3.2 billion), DHET Teacher Education loan programme (R124.3 million), DHET Final Year loan programme for final year students only (R1.2 billion), the National Skills Fund (R800 million) and a range of smaller bursary programmes whose beneficiaries are selected by the funder.

Universities are concluding allocation processes and information on the number of students within categories in 2016 is not yet available.

(iii) One funding category is made available for postgraduate studies and therefore the number of students funded is limited. The allocation for the 2016

 

COMPILER/CONTACT PERSONS:

EXT:

DIRECTOR – GENERAL

STATUS:

DATE:

QUESTION 832 APPROVED/NOT APPROVED/AMENDED

Dr BE NZIMANDE, MP

MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING

STATUS:

DATE:

Reply:

According to the Northern Cape Department of Health, the response is as follows:

1. (a) The breakdown in expenditure on air ambulance services

    (i) 2012-2013: Unable to source information;

    (ii) 2013-2014: R14,359,809.26;

    (iii) 2014-2015: R11,768,985.19;

(b) 2015 – 18 March 2016: R10,851,059.19

2. Third parties were not used to provide such services.

3.The fixed wing aircraft, Aerocare (Ambulance Air Africa) is operational in the Northern Cape Province. The current contract operates on a month-to-month system until National Treasury finalises the new tender for aeromedical services.

END.

Reply:

The question by the Honourable member should be directed to the National Treasury. The National Treasury manages the expenditure and the budgets of municipalities in line with the provisions in the Municipal Finance Management Act. Municipalities report budgetary matters in terms of s71 of the MFMA and are best placed to respond to matters relating to budget and expenditures of all municipalities.

Reply:

What was the (a) salary and (b) performance bonus of each public school principal in 2015?

(a) The table below shows a summary of Principal annual and monthly basic salary. The annual and monthly salaries are summarised by the level of a principal and the number of principals on each salary notch. This is a summary of the position as at December 2015.

Annual Basic Salary (R)	Monthly Basic Salary (R )	Number of Principal per level (level is determined by size of the school)
		Principal P1	Principal P2	Principal P3	Principal P4	Principal P5	Principal S1	Grand Total
123 000	10 250						1	1
162 516	13 543						1	1
164 157	13 680						1	1
169 113	14 093						1	1
170 814	14 235						1	1
179 532	14 961						1	1
188 673	15 723						1	1
190 569	15 881						1	1
194 400	16 200						1	1
196 335	16 361						1	1
198 297	16 525						2	2
200 478	16 707						1	1
202 476	16 873						1	1
206 547	17 212						1	1
208 620	17 385						2	2
212 811	17 734						4	4
214 929	17 911						2	2
217 074	18 090						1	1
219 258	18 272						4	4
221 445	18 454						1	1
223 674	18 640						3	3
228 165	19 014						5	5
230 445	19 204						3	3
232 752	19 396						4	4
235 077	19 590						3	3
237 420	19 785						5	5
239 790	19 983						4	4
242 169	20 181						6	6
244 617	20 385						8	8
247 062	20 589						3	3
249 528	20 794						2	2
252 012	21 001						2	2
254 541	21 212						1	1
257 082	21 424						8	8
259 650	21 638						4	4
262 254	21 855						8	8
264 885	22 074						4	4
267 531	22 294	108					4	112
270 195	22 516	43					5	48
272 904	22 742	87					5	92
275 622	22 969	65					8	73
278 397	23 200	53					5	58
281 157	23 430	27					1	28
283 986	23 666	20					1	21
286 815	23 901	5						5
289 698	24 142	6					3	9
292 581	24 382	36					1	37
297 114	24 760	21						21
300 087	25 007	21					1	22
303 105	25 259	37					1	38
306 111	25 509	72					4	76
309 189	25 766	113					2	115
312 267	26 022	84					4	88
315 396	26 283	72					3	75
318 543	26 545	69	814				4	887
321 723	26 810	71	405				4	480
324 957	27 080	66	566				4	636
328 203	27 350	50	397				1	448
331 494	27 625	41	395				1	437
334 809	27 901	19	235				1	255
338 163	28 180	19	98				1	118
341 538	28 462	9	76					85
344 946	28 746	11	95					106
348 384	29 032	12	69					81
351 870	29 323	9	107					116
355 410	29 618	6	95					101
358 956	29 913	6	132					138
359 655	29 971		1					1
362 547	30 212	5	291					296
366 159	30 513	7	419				1	427
369 810	30 818	9	390					399
373 524	31 127	12	432					444
377 259	31 438	10	409				1	420
381 027	31 752	4	404	691				1099
384 831	32 069	4	341	376				721
388 683	32 390	6	288	538				832
392 574	32 715	5	203	480	1			689
396 510	33 043	5	149	393				547
400 464	33 372	4	194	332				530
404 451	33 704	3	142	100				245
408 528	34 044	7	111	47				165
412 596	34 383	5	110	62				177
416 721	34 727	5	131	59				195
420 894	35 075	3	156	123				282
427 413	35 618		50	59				109
431 691	35 974		37	91				128
435 993	36 333		52	194				246
440 364	36 697		35	267	477			779
444 753	37 063		64	391	315		1	771
449 205	37 434		21	353	326			700
453 714	37 810		4	319	336			659
458 223	38 185	1	7	335	244			587
462 819	38 568		6	371	182			559
467 448	38 954		13	299	48			360
472 128	39 344	1	10	238	22		1	272
476 835	39 736		7	187	29			223
481 602	40 134		13	151	38			202
486 432	40 536		13	110	53			176
491 301	40 942		14	107	42			163
496 206	41 351		6	87	62			155
501 168	41 764		11	78	101			190
506 178	42 182		12	49	115			176
511 245	42 604		10	49	154			213
516 348	43 029		8	42	181			231
521 517	43 460		7	49	196			252
523 788	43 649			1				1
526 743	43 895		10	79	231			320
531 999	44 333		11	52	218			281
537 324	44 777		2	26	231	1		260
542 688	45 224			4	191	65		260
548 112	45 676		1	4	172	47		224
553 614	46 135			6	88	45		139
559 134	46 595		1	5	53	58		117
564 738	47 062		1	2	19	40		62
570 378	47 532		1	2	10	45		58
576 078	48 007		1	2	9	9		21
581 838	48 487		2	3	12	1		18
587 646	48 971		1	4	13	2		20
593 541	49 462			3	11	2		16
599 460	49 955			1	8	2		11
605 460	50 455				1	3		4
611 517	50 960			3	5	3		11
617 637	51 470				11	12		23
623 793	51 983				3	19		22
630 033	52 503				3	28		31
636 330	53 028			1		28		29
642 702	53 559				2	26		28
649 149	54 096					19		19
655 635	54 636				2	20		22
662 178	55 182				1	18		19
668 814	55 735					4		4
675 501	56 292					3		3
682 236	56 853					1		1
768 762	64 064			1				1
Grand Total		1 354	8 086	7 226	4 216	501	170	21 553

Source: PERSAL

(b) The current performance management dispensation for school-based educators does not provide for a performance bonus.

Reply:

The requested information is yet to be received from the Tlokwe City Local Municipality. We are however, making efforts to follow-up on it and the Honourable Member will therefore be updated on progress.

 

Reply:

The requested information is yet to be received from the Metropolitan Municipalities. We are however, making efforts to follow-up on it and the Honourable Member will therefore be updated on progress.

 

Reply:

1. Authorisation for the amount in question from the University Council was not required as Dr T Eloff, the former Vice-Chancellor, was authorised in terms of the delegations of authority of the North-West University (NWU), to approve all expenditure up to the value of R10 million. The Vice-Chancellor’s authorisation of the expenditure is therefore not deemed irregular or unauthorised.
2. However, the current Vice-Chancellor, Professor ND Kgwadi, reported in the 2014 Annual Report that the public benefit trust, the North West Higher Education Trust (NWHET), which was established as a mechanism for receiving all philanthropic donations, was scrutinised in order to address a need to clarify the relationship between the NWU and the NWHET.

The University has also provided an update to the Department on the decisions made by Council following the inquiry initiated into alleged fraud by the former Vice-Chancellor.

The Council deliberated extensively on the matter at a meeting held on 19 June 2015 and resolved that:

• The establishment of the North-West Higher Education Trust (NWHET) was an endowment fund with the aim of raising money by commercial investments for the North-West University and other selected higher education institutions in the North West Province;
• Accepted that there had been no improper motive on the part of the former Vice-Chancellor, Dr Eloff, in approving a university donation of R10 million to the Trust;
• Acknowledged that Dr Eloff consulted widely with responsible University officials regarding the viability and feasibility of the NWHET initiative;
• Acknowledge that the Trust had been registered as such in accordance with legal requirements;
• Recommend that all purported projects linked to, or evolving from the Trust, be terminated with immediate effect;
• Steps be taken to recover the full amount of R10 million from the NWHET; and
• The process according to which the amount of R10 million is to be recovered is still underway.

 

COMPILER/CONTACT PERSONS:

EXT:

DIRECTOR – GENERAL

STATUS:

DATE:

QUESTION 853 APPROVED/NOT APPROVED/AMENDED

Dr BE NZIMANDE, MP

MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING

STATUS:

DATE:

Reply:

(a) Lieutenant General Dramat was discharged from the South African Police Service in terms of sect 35(b) of the SAPS Act (Act 68 of 1995)

(b) Further relevant details are as follows:

Lieutenant General Dramat through his lawyers requested the Minister of Police that he is desirous to vacate his post as the Head of the Directorate as provided for in Section 17DA (4)(b) of SAPS Amendment Act.

The Minister of Police allowed the request of the employee in terms of the powers conferred upon the Minister in terms of Sect 17DA (4)(b) to vacate his office earlier than the expiry of his tenure for reasons which the Minister deems sufficient.

The Lawyers of the Minister of Police and Lieutenant General Dramat’s Lawyers agreed that:

• Lieutenant General Dramat be granted permission to vacate his Office with immediate effect.

Reply:

The requested information is yet to be received from the Kannaland Local Municipality. We are however, making efforts to follow-up on it and the Honourable Member will therefore be updated on progress.

 

Reply:

In the attached Excel files, the performance in the NSC examinations, in terms of the nine provinces and the 81 districts is provided for each of the five quintiles. This data is provided for each of the three years i.e. 2013, 2014 and 2015 as requested.

There are six Excel files and each file focuses on the following sub-components of the question as identified in the question:

(a) (aa) See attached file Q350 (a) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (aa) - 2013 Districts Quintiles.

(a) (bb) See attached file Q350 (a) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (bb) - 2014 Districts Quintiles.

(a) (cc) See attached file Q350 (a) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (cc) - 2015 Districts Quintiles.

(b) (aa) See attached file Q350 (b) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (aa) - 2013 Province Quintiles.

(b) (bb) See attached file Q350 (b) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (bb) - 2014 Province Quintiles.

(b) (cc) See attached file Q350 (b) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (cc) - 2015 Province Quintiles.

Reply:

The requested information is not readily available within the department. We are however, collating the information from the Metropolitan Municipalities and will submit as soon as we have concluded. The Honourable Member will therefore be updated on progress.

Reply:

No, the matter was referred to the Magistrate Commission for further handling and investigation.

Reply:

The rationale for the proposed amendments is to strengthen the administration of exports of scrap metal to achieve public policy objectives.

ITAC has published a notice requesting members of the public and interested parties to comment on a range of proposals in this regard.

One of the proposals related to the possible designation of one port to enable the concentration of resources to enable effective compliance. ITAC will need to take into account all relevant factors, including the additional costs on parties and weigh these against the likely benefits. A public call for comments assists ITAC to take all views into account.

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Reply:

(1) No

(a) - (d) Not applicable

(2) No

(a) - (c) Not applicable

 

 

COMPILER/CONTACT PERSONS:

EXT:

DIRECTOR – GENERAL

STATUS:

DATE:

QUESTION 902 APPROVED/NOT APPROVED/AMENDED

Dr BE NZIMANDE, MP

MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING

STATUS:

DATE:

Reply:

The Department did not award any contract to Atul, Ajay and Rajesh Gupta during the (a) 2012-13, (b) 2013-14 and (c) 2014-15 financial years.

Reply:

1. Yes, the Department acknowledges the increased health risks resulting from excessive sugar intake. The Department of Health, as well as our government partners, have already announced steps to deal with the excessive consumption of sugar by the population at large. For example the Treasury has recently announced a tax on sugar sweetened beverages that will come into effect in April 2016. The Department developed a multi-sectoral strategy to prevent and control obesity in South Africa. One of the actions in the strategy is to educate the public about healthy food choices including the risks of excessive sugar intake. The Department has developed a Nutrient Profile Model (NPM) which will be used to assess and classify foods as having excessive amounts of sugar, salt and fats. The NPM together with the labelling regulations will ensure that consumers are educated on how to make informed choices.

However it is important to note that while sugar is an important contributor to the rising incidence of Non-communicable diseases is South Africa, it is by no means the only contributor and other dietary risk factors as well as lack of physical activity, tobacco and alcohol use are also important risk factors. The Department of Health is thus dealing with the excess of sugar intake as part of a more comprehensive plan to deal with non-communicable diseases.

With respect to “indirect consumption” the Director General of Health has led a partnership with the Consumer Goods Council and its affiliates to ensure that the industry reformulates its products to be more healthy and that consumption patterns, including sugar consumption, decreases. Outcomes of these processes are expected to become evident soon.

2. No. It is the prerogative of the public broadcaster to secure the rights and air programmes and not that of the Department of Health.

The Good Life Network channel that was launched in December 2015 by the Department is one of the platforms used to inform and educate consumers about the importance of making Healthy food choices. Various other channels are being utilised where information is shared around the importance of healthy eating and the risks of excessive intake of sugar, salt and fat.

The Department of Health will be launching a public awareness campaign in late March for healthy lifestyles as part of World Health day activities under the theme “beat diabetes”.

3. Yes. Provision was made in the draft Food Labelling Regulations (R429/2014) for a front-of-pack labelling option, in addition to the fact that total sugars must always be declared in the table with nutritional information.  The new Labelling Regulations will make Nutritional information mandatory for most foods (a few exemptions are allowed).

The following is an example of a front-of pack labelling, following the principles of the Traffic light system: red means dangerous, yellow means caution and green means safe:

This example could be further developed into a simpler format which simply include the traffic light colours, the name of the nutrient, e.g. sugar, or salt and if possible a graphic representation of a typical household measure such as a teaspoon.  Further work is this regard is still being pursued with the food industry.

 

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Reply:

The question by the Honourable member should be directed to the National Treasury. The National Treasury manages the expenditure and the budgets of municipalities in line with the provisions in the Municipal Finance Management Act. Municipalities report budgetary matters in terms of s71 of the MFMA and are best placed to respond to matters relating to budget and expenditures of all municipalities.

 

Reply:

The requested information is yet to be received from the remaining three Metropolitan Municipalities. We are however, making efforts to follow-up on it and the Honourable Member will therefore be updated on progress.

 

Reply:

The requested information is yet to be received from the Tlokwe Local Municipalitie. We are however, making efforts to follow-up on it and the Honourable Member will therefore be updated on progress.

 

Reply:

Yes. By way of example, the Minister’s office in the last month received on average, 10 invitations and requests per day from a wide range of stakeholders. Some of these requests are for meetings to be held in the office, invitations to events at embassies, networking sessions organised by Chambers of Commerce, numerous speaking engagements and so forth. Stakeholders include owners of large businesses, Chief Executive Officers of multi-national corporations, Ministers, Ambassadors, labour formations and so on. In other words, the dti mandate dictates that the Minister of Trade and Industry interacts with a wide spectrum of prominent stakeholders who believe their businesses may benefit from the dti’s offerings and he does so, in a variety of settings.

In this light and in common with a number of politicians across the political divide, including the Premier of the Western Cape, Ms H Zille, the Minister responded positively to some invitations from the Gupta family, to attend various events.

On the few occasions that any conversations took place between the Minister and representatives of the family, the content was general and no specific projects were discussed. This is in line with the standard practice Minister adopts with stakeholders where any specific requests for incentives are referred to relevant decision-making structures for approval or rejection. The Ministry would then only consider intervening for the sake of efficiencies if there appear to be purely bureaucratic delays in bringing a process to its conclusion.

To the knowledge of the Ministry, approximately 6 years ago one meeting at the request of the Gupta family was held at the dti offices in Hatfield, Sunnyside attended by the Minister, dti officials and a Mr Gupta to discuss the company’s investment plans. The nature of the meeting was similar to innumerable meetings the Minister has held with potential investors, both foreign and domestic. In the event, no follow-up meetings were requested or held.

The Minister also accepted an invitation to attend the wedding of a Gupta family member as it potentially presented an unexpected but welcome opportunity to informally meet with his then Indian counter-part. Regrettably, the Minister did not in fact attend.

Reply:

In terms of the rules applicable to Members of the Executive and Members of Parliament, Ministers have to disclose their Financial and/or business interests to both Parliament and the Presidency in compliance with the applicable ethics code. All financial interests of the member and family are disclosed annually. The Minister has always complied with these requirements.

Minister Davies has no interests in any businesses and none of the members of his family has had any business dealings with Government. The Minister is a Director of the Institute of African Alternatives, a non-profit organisation, for which he receives no remuneration.

 

Reply:

Upon receipt of this question, we requested the Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality to provide information on this matter and are still awaiting. We will therefore keep the Honourable Member updated on progress.

Reply:

The requested information is yet to be received from the Metropolitan Municipalities. We are however, making efforts to follow-up on it and the Honourable Member will therefore be updated on progress.

 

Reply:

On 29 February 2014 and 27 January 2016 the Commission received complaints related to a visa service provider.

The first complaint was that the visa service provider had allegedly concluded contracts with various foreign governments in terms of which it had been given exclusive rights to provide visa support services, and was charging excessive prices for its visa support services.

After investigating the complaint, the CC decided not to refer the matter to the Competition Tribunal, due to jurisdictional issues relating to the conduct of foreign governments. The Commission also found that the prices that were being charged were in fact aligned with the embassies’ own tendering frameworks.

The Commission did however engage in advocacy efforts with the embassies concerned, to make them aware that such practices could have anti-competitive effects.

On 27 January 2016, the Commission received a complaint that the same company was abusing its dominance in the provision of visa support services to international travellers to South Africa who have to use South African embassies abroad. This complaint is still under investigation by the Commission.

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Reply:

The requested information is yet to be received from the Metropolitan Municipalities. We are however, making efforts to follow-up on it and the Honourable Member will therefore be updated on progress.

 

Reply:

The matter was recently finalized by the Constitutional Court. The process that is followed in government regarding the payment of legal fees is as follows: Counsel would submit their bills to the State Attorney. The State Attorney is required to verify the bills and effect payment. Thereafter the Bills are submitted to the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development. The Department of Justice invoices the relevant Departments for a refund, in this case, the Presidency. The Presidency will only be able to ascertain the amount spent after the above process is concluded.

Reply:

The question by the Honourable member should be directed to the National Treasury. The National Treasury manages the expenditure and the budgets of municipalities in line with the provisions in the Municipal Finance Management Act. Municipalities report budgetary matters in terms of s71 of the MFMA and are best placed to respond to matters relating to budget and expenditures of all municipalities.

Reply:

The requested information is not readily available within the department. We are however, collating the information from both the Provincial CoGTA departments and the Metropolitan Municipalities and will submit as soon as we have concluded. The Honourable Member will therefore be updated on progress.