Questions and Replies

Reply:

a) The Minister met with Mr. Nazeem Howa and Mr Moegsin Williams at various New Age breakfasts. The Minister has not attended any meeting with the specified persons at the Gupta’s Saxonwold Estate in Johannesburg.

b) The Deputy Minister has 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:

1. PetroSA has not awarded a tender to Ms Thuthukile Zuma.
2. (a) (b) (i) (ii) N/A

Reply:

(1) SASSA was informed on 6 January 2016 that a number of areas had run short of SASSA cards, as a shipment ordered by the service provider had been delayed. However, this matter was resolved and by 11 January 2016, additional cards had been sent to Eastern Cape and were available for distribution. It is our serious concern that some of the cards are left with the loan sharks and reported as lost.

(2) SASSA has a monitoring programme which assesses all aspects of service delivery at local offices. Based on the findings, corrective actions are implemented. In addition, there is a commitment for all citizens over the age of 75 years to receive grant application and review services at their homes, if this is requested. For social grant payments, frail or otherwise incapacitated beneficiaries are advised to appoint a procurator who will be responsible for collecting their social grant, using the SASSA grant card.

(3) At all local offices, SASSA endeavours to ensure that the number of applicants / beneficiaries who report for services are attended to within the day they arrive. However, where it is clear that the number exceeds the capacity of the office to finalise, then those who are last in the queue are advised that they are not likely to be attended to and advised to return on another day. Should citizens be affected by this, they are given a number, so that they are indeed attended on the day they return, without having to queue again.

In addition to the above, there is a system in place to serve citizens in accordance with their level of vulnerability. This means that the local office manager will identify and prioritise people with disabilities, older persons waiting in the queue and bring them to the front of the queue. Where this is implemented, it should be made public, so that all the other citizens waiting for a service understand why certain people do not have to queue.

In an effort to prevent people having to travel long distances and incur significant transport expenses to access the services, SASSA provides mobile services in various communities, according to a pre-set schedule. This is done in an effort to improve service delivery. We would also welcome information from Members of Parliament about paypoints that need to be reviewed because our work is about human rights and dignity of our citizens.

Reply:

SAPO has advised me as follows:

1. (i) The total number of Government Departments including municipalities owing SAPO for more than 60 days is 16.

(ii) The total number of SOE’s owing SAPO money for more than 60 days is 9.

1. (i) (ii) (aa), (bb) and (cc)

AGE ANALYSIS

CURRENT	+30 DAYS	+60 DAYS	+90 DAYS	+120 DAYS	TOTAL
17,3 m	4,5 m	2,2 m	3,7 m	83,5 m	111,1 m

The breakdown is as follows:

• CITY OF JOHANNESBURG

+60

+90

+120

TOTAL

521 830.95

128 539.42

25 968 523.32

27 184 811.46

• CITY OF TSHWANE METROPOLITAN

+60

+90

+120

TOTAL

0.00

0.00

3 757 262.28

5 404 930.32

• LESEDI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY

233 427.50

0.00

7 116.40

240 543.90

• AMATHOLE DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY

+60

+90

+120

TOTAL

0.00

0.00

1 434.60

9 172.33

• DEPARTMENT: HUMAN SETTLEMENTS

0.00

0.00

880 210.59

693 201.38

• ETHEKWINI MUNICIPALITY

+60

+90

+120

TOTAL

55 288.20

356 574.42

385 527.07

3 288 392.34

• EKURHULENI METROPOLITY

+60

+90

+120

TOTAL

64 696.48

2 535 581.02

2 838 937.58

11 261 296.18

• EMFULENI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY

+60

+90

+120

TOTAL

501 627.01

0.00

0.00

501 627.01

• SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICES

+60

+90

+120

TOTAL

106 048.75

7 552.95

14 868.55

238 640.15

• UGU DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY

+60

+90

+120

TOTAL

155.70

28 601.10

174 193.30

266 841.40

• THE MSUNDUZI MUNICIPILTY

+60

+90

+120

TOTAL

2 334.25

238 924.80

157 031.85

398 290.90

• GREATER KOKSTAD MUNICIPALITY

+60

+90

+120

TOTAL

40 702.20

0.00

0.00

40 702.20

• MAFUBE LOCAL MUNICIPALITY

+60

+90

+120

TOTAL

0.00

59 713.50

0.00

59 713.50

• MALUTI-A-PHOFUNG MUNICIPALITY

+60

+90

+120

TOTAL

0.00

122 093.40

0.00

122 093.40

• NELSON MANDELA METRO

+60

+90

+120

TOTAL

123.70

1 674.40

1 038.00

16 181.40

• TRAFFIC DEPT: KING WILLIAM'S TOWN

+60

+90

+120

TOTAL

0.00

0.00

5 831.10

11 107.80

SOE”s:

• CIPRO

+60

+90

+120

TOTAL

2 601 072.96

2 601 072.96

• TELKOM SA LTD

+60

+90

+120

TOTAL

492 999.76

492 999.76

492 999.76

492 999.76

• ESKOM HOLDINGS SOC

+60

+90

+120

TOTAL

232 780.00

143 889.45

19 504.40

850 729.72

• ROAD TRAFFICE MANAGEMENT CORPORATION

+60

+90

+120

TOTAL

0.00

0.00

19 665.93

19 665.93

• ROAD TRAFFIC INFRINGEMENT AGENCY

+60

+90

+120

TOTAL

0.00

0.00

39 374 828.78

39 412 024.70

• UNIVERSAL SERVICES & ACCESS AGENCY

+60

+90

+120

TOTAL

0.00

0.00

6 790 187.06

16 006 145.59

• SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BLOOD SERVICE

+60

+90

+120

TOTAL

0.00

0.00

22 868.53

38 044.83

• LAW SOCIETY OF SA

+60

+90

+120

TOTAL

0.00

3 138.50

140 163.10

154 860.85

• ICASA

+60

+90

+120

TOTAL

0.00

69.30

5 938.29

4 467.59

Reply:

(1). No

(a) Not applicable

(b) Not applicable

(c) Not applicable

(d) Not applicable

(2)

(a) No

(b)No

(c) No

Reply:

(1)(a)(i) There were thirty three (33) reported cases of natural deaths

(1)(a)(ii) There were five (5) reported cases of unnatural deaths (known and unknown causes)

Information for (1)(b),(c)and (2) is reflected in the tables below:

(1)(b) Date of death	(1)(c) Reason of death	(2) Date reported to JICS –if not give reason
NATURAL DEATHS
2015.03.13	Respiratory Failure	2015.08.24
2015.04.09	Heart Problem	2016.02.23
2015.04.26	Respiratory Failure	2015.05.25
2015.05.11	Respiratory Failure	2015.05.17
2015.08.24	Nephrotic Syndrome	2015.08.27
2015.08.27	Broncho Pneumonia	2015.09.06.
2015.08.29	Acute Liver Failure	2015.08.30
2015.10.15	Respiratory Failure	2015.10.29
2015.11.20	Cardio Pulmonary Arrest	2015.12.13
2015.05.17.	Retro Viral Disease	2015.05.20
2015.05.26.	Plasma Blastic Lymphoma	2015.05.28
2015.06.08	Retro Viral Disease	2015.06.24
2015.06.11	Idiopathic Thrombo Cytopenia	2015.06.17
2015.06.11	Kaposi Sarcoma	2015.06.17
2015.06.10	Retro Viral Disease	2015.06.17
2016.01.29	Respiratory Failure	2016.01.29
2016.02.20	Opportunistic Infection /Diabetes	2016.03.07
2016.02.28	Electrolyte Imbalance	2016.02.28
2015.05.27	Epilepsy Hypertension Previous Cerebro vascular accident	2015.05.28
2015.11.10	Retro Viral Disease	2015.11.12
2015.11.13	Retro Viral Disease	2015.11.13
2015.12.08	Diabetes Hypertension Asthma	2015.02.09
2016.02.24	Hepatitis	2016.02.24
2015.09.09	Acute asthmatic attack	2015.09.09
2015.06.15	Retro Viral Disease	2015.06.22
2015.06.16	Retro Viral Disease	2015.06.18
2015.06.18	Retro Viral Disease	2015.06.26
2015.07.06	Meningitis	2015.07.10
2015.07.26	Hypertension	2015.07.31
2015.09.01	Retro Viral Disease	2015.09.03
2015.09.13	Retro Viral Disease	2015.09.16
2015.11.30	Sepsis renal failure	2015.12.01
2016.01.19	Jaundice	2016.01.26
UNNATURAL DEATHS
2015.08.26	Suicide: Medication overdose	2015.08.27
2015.11.08	Unnatural: Post mortem outstanding. Death register number 1619/15: Steve Biko Forensic Pathology Laboratory	2015.11.08
2015.11.12	Assault: Inmate on Inmate: Stabbed in the heart	2015.11.12
2015.11.19	Suicide: Hanging	2015.11.19
2015.12.12	Stab wound of the chest. Injury to the pulmonary artery. Blood in the pericardial sack around the heart. Massive haemothorax of the left chest cavity. Superficial incised wounds of the right flank and back	2015.12.12

(3) The JICS does not investigate all deaths reported to it, due to lack of capacity; it does however follow a process to confirm that deaths did occur and this is done via the Independent Correctional Centre Visitor.

Natural Deaths – when a natural death is reported the Independent Correctional Centre Visitor will fill in a record of confirmation to confirm that the death has taken place.

Unnatural Deaths - when an unnatural death is reported the Independent Correctional Centre Visitor will be required to conduct an enquiry on the death and depending on the severity of the case it will then be referred to the JICS investigating unit to investigate

The last enquiry conducted was at Kgoši Mampuru Local in November 2015 where it was alleged that the inmate committed suicide by hanging himself. The Independent Correctional Centre Visitor did the enquiry and found that indeed the inmate had committed suicide by using his shoes laces and a piece of bed sheet as a rope.

Reply:

(1) I wish to refer the Honourable Member to the Office of the Registrar of Member's Interest which I have made submissions to ever since being appointed as Minister.

(2) Not applicable.

 

Ms. Susan Shabangu, PM
Minister
Date: 20/04/2016

Reply:

1. – (2) The disclosure of the interest of Members of Parliament are governed by the Parliamentary Code of Conduct.

This disclosure of registrable interests of Members of Parliament, their spouses and dependent children are under control of the Registrar of Members interests where the disclosable information can be obtained.

 

Reply:

I have been informed by SAPO:

(a) First notices were sent 20 October 2015.

The Second on 19 November 2015

(b) (i) TV Campaigns and physical reminder cards.

(ii) SMS reminders and

(iii) Physical reminder cards

(c) 01 January of each year.

(d) R40

Reply:

(1)(a)(b) R 1, 513, 462,690.00 has been set aside for financial provision under both Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act, Act 107 of 2002 (MPRDA); and National Environmental Management Act, Act 107 of 1998 as amended (NEMA) for rehabilitation purposes.

(2)(a) Trust Fund

(b) In the deed of trust held by the Department of Mineral Resources

(c) Standard Bank

(3)(a) Yes, the company is conducting concurrent rehabilitation onsite

(b)(i) The amount used in 2015 for concurrent rehabilitation is R23, 684,043.44

(ii) The amount budgeted to be used in 2016 for concurrent rehabilitation is R59, 699,683.00

(4)(a) The company has an Environmental Management Programme (EMPr)/ Environmental Authorisation (EA) approved with the commitment to take responsibility to rehabilitate all environmental impacts resulted from mining operation throughout the life of the mine, in a form of rehabilitation programme.

The company uses operational funds within its budget to undertake concurrent rehabilitation and manage any impacts in the mining area.

(b) The Department conducts Environment Compliance and Monitoring inspections with regard to the approved Environmental Management Programme/Environmental Authorisation. If the findings of the inspections indicate non-compliance with the approved Environmental Management Programme/Environmental Authorisation, the Department issues the necessary notices.

 

Approved/not approved

Mr MJ Zwane, MP

Minister of Mineral Resources

Date Submitted:-………………/………………/2016

Reply:

1. The depatment has a list of small, medium and micro enterprises particulalry spaza shops in formally black townships and rural areas benefited from training and services through the Informal Traders Uplifment Programme (ITUP) during the 2015/16 financial year.
2. The list indicating beneficiaries of ITUP, broken down per province, district, municipality and town, and showing a breakdown of targeted groups is attached for reference by honourable KRJ Meshoe

Reply:

1. The oil drilling platform that is currently anchored in Mossel Bay is owned by PetroSA. It is not being rented. The Orca FPSO has permission to lie in Mossel Bay shallow waters for periods of six months (reviewed each time).

(2) Yes, PetroSA is obligated to maintain all the safety systems of the ORCA FPSO to ensure it is fully functional. The monthly average cost is R2 million dependent on the level of maintenance required. This cost was reduced by reducing the staff to a minimum requirement (as guided by SAMSA compliance and maintaining the Asset on safe park mode).

(3) No.

Reply:

1. The Minister does not earn any income from businesses doing work for government or otherwise. Everything that the Minister earns or own will be found in the declarations of Parliament.
2. None of the Minister’s (a) late husband, (b) children, who are both minors and (c) close family earned income from businesses doing work for the government.

Reply:

The responsibility to provide water to households in the Municipalities lies with the respective Water Service Authorities in the different provinces as follows:

(a) Northern Cape: Pixley ka Seme District Municipality

(b) North West Province: Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality

(c) Free State Province: Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipality

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Reply:

(1) The KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) province is the only province with approved Business Plan and dedicated budget for drought interventions thus far, refer to Annexure A. All other provinces are using funds which are reprioritized/adjusted within the Departmental budget.

(2) Refer to the table below for the specified provinces declared drought areas.

Province	Date Declared	Type of Declaration
KwaZulu-Natal	17 December 2014	Old declaration, Provincial Gazette 167
	8 February 2016	Updated declaration to include 2 additional Municipalities, Provincial Gazette No 1600.
North West	24 July 2015	Provincial Gazette 7501
Free State	4 September 2015	Provincial Gazette 83
Limpopo	13 November 2015	Provincial Gazette 2630
Mpumalanga	04 December 2015	Provincial Gazette 2619 (Not all local municipalities in the DM)
Western Cape	25 November 2015	Council Resolution
Eastern Cape	4 December 2015	Provincial Gazette 3560 Ugi Town declared a Local State of Organic Pollution
	22 January 2016	Provincial Gazette 3582 Council Resolutions in the following DMs: OR Tambo on 11 Jan 2016, Alfred Nzo on 17 Dec 2015.
	04 March 2016	Extension, including Ugu Town Provincial Gazette 3606.
Northern Cape	29 January 2016	Provincial Gazette 1983

(3) (a)Restrictions for Dams are applied starting from different levels for different Dams as per the Dam’s operating rules to prevent the Dams from complete failure to supply water or to prolong water supply from each Dam provided the restrictions are adhered to. For additional information on Dam Levels kindly refer to https://www.dwa.gov.za/Hydrology/Weekly/ProvinceWeek

(3)(c) No applications were received for further abstraction past the restricted level.

(3)(d) Not Applicable (N/A).

(3)(e) Annual Operating Analysis is conducted each year at the end of the rainy season to determine allocable amount for the particular year.

(4) Requesting Honorable Member to refer to NA 428 on February 2016 as this question was adequately responded to.

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Reply:

(1) No, I have not earned any additional income from any businesses.

(2) No, no members of my family have earned any additional income from any businesses doing business with government.

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Reply:

The dti Internal Audit unit conducted an investigation and did not obtain evidence to support the allegations of corruption in the Cooperative Incentive Scheme. The letter with relevant information was sent to Mr Chance on the 16th January 2016.

Reply:

1. No. I was neither approached by the Minister of Sports and Recreation nor volunteered to commission legal advice about possible legal consequences of travelling to Zurich, Switzerland for Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) related business.
2. To date, the Department only received a copy of an indictment against fourteen (14) accused persons. No South African is listed as an accused person. Twenty five (25) persons are referred to, in the indictment, as co-conspirators. The co-conspirators are referred to as #1 to #25. Their names are not revealed in the indictment. It is stated that their names are known to the Grand Jury. The following details of the alleged South African co-conspirators are provided in the indictment:

• #15 was a high-ranking official of the 2006 and 2010 South African World Cup Bid Committee and member of the local South African Organizing Committee; and
• #16 was also a high-ranking official of the 2006 and 2010 South African World Cup Bid Committee and member of the local South African Organizing Committee.

To date, the Department did not receive any further communication regarding the matter from the authorities of the United States of America.

The Department is not aware of any questions sent to any persons.

3. The Department did not contact the authorities of the United State of America. The indictment was forwarded to the Ministers of Sports and Recreation, International Relations and Cooperation, and Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, as well as Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation for their information and consideration for the way forward.

Reply:

(i) There is a need to improve on the microbial quality of the Umbilo River, the nutrient levels of the Palmiet River and in the Vungu River system, nutrients and microbial quality requires improvement.

(ii) Yes, these river systems are being monitored.

(iii) My Department, as well as the eThekwini Municipality has increased the frequency of inspections of hotspot areas to enable early detection of potential problems and allow for swift corrective action. The Department also engages with the Ugu District Municipality at the Ugu Coastal Management Committee where issues relating to pollution are addressed. The Department, together with the respective Municipality, ensures that all the sources of pollution are addressed timeously.

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Reply:

(1) Was the 2003 report that was commissioned by the late former Minister of Education, Mr Kader Asmal, entitled School Governance and South African Public Schools, and authored by Professor Crain Soudien ever publicly released; if not, why not; if so, when was it made publicly available;

The Ministerial Review Committee on School Governance was appointed in February 2003 by the Minister of Education, Professor Kader Asmal, to review and assess the state of school governance in public schools, with a view to make recommendations for the strengthening of the democratic model of school governance. The report was completed at the time when Professor Asmal, was handing over the Ministry to the then new Minister of the Department of Education, Minister Naledi Pandor, MP. The report was then never released to the public during the transition.

(2) Will she make the so-called Soudien Report publicly available; if not, why not; if so, when will it be made publicly available?

We will re-read the report and examine its findings and consider their relevance in the context of current developments.

Reply:

(a) The E. coli counts of the tests conducted on the Msunduzi River between 1 April 2015 and 31 March 2016 range from 1 313 counts per 100ml to 1 000 000 counts per 100ml.

(b) There were approximately thirteen (13) pollution incidents reported to my Department.

(c) My Department engaged the identified polluters and requested that corrective measures be taken. Based on the severity of the pollution incident, my Department issued the identified polluters with Section 19 non-compliance notices in terms of the National Water Act, 1998 (Act No. 36 of 1998).

(d) The Mvoti to Mzimkulu Classification Study has highlighted the need to improve water quality of the Msunduzi River citing nutrients as a variable requiring improvement. Hotspots contributing to poor water quality in this river system have been identified, and the Msunduzi Municipality together with Duzi-Umgeni Conservation Trust, and my Department engages in monitoring all the identified hotspot areas. There has also been the installation of Closed Circuit Televisions (CCTV) which operate 24 hours to identify surcharging manholes and allow for swift response and corrective action. Water quality monitoring is done on a weekly basis on both downstream and upstream of problematic manholes and pump stations along the Msunduzi River and its tributaries. My Department has also increased the frequency of inspections of hotspot areas.

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Reply:

I wish to refer the Honourable Member to the Office of Registrar of Member’s Interest in Parliament where I have made submissions since becoming a Minister.

Reply:

1. No
2. No

Reply:

No, neither myself nor the Deputy Minister have met with any member employee and/or close associate of the Gupta family and/or attended any meeting with the specified persons at the Gupta’s Saxonwold Estate in Johannesburg or anywhere else since taking office.

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Reply:

(a) The current phosphate levels of the Inanda Dam near Hillcrest in KwaZulu-Natal is 40 µg/l.

(b) Inanda Dam receives flow from the Msunduzi River. The Mvoti to Mzimkulu Classification Study has highlighted the need to improve water quality of the Msunduzi River citing nutrients as a variable requiring improvement. Hotspots contributing to poor water quality in this river system have been identified and the Msunduzi Municipality together with Duzi-Umgeni Conservation Trust, and my Department engages in monitoring all the identified hotspot areas. There has also been the installation of Closed Circuit Televisions (CCTV) which operate 24 hours to identify surcharging manholes. Water quality monitoring is done on a weekly basis on both downstream and upstream of problematic manholes and pump stations along the Msunduzi River and its tributaries. My Department has also increased the frequency of inspections of hotspot areas.

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Reply:

1 (a) The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has funded 1 700 533, students in public universities, Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges and other institutional types as required by various funders that have partnered with NSFAS. In 2007, the NSFAS legislative mandate was expanded to include the responsibility for granting and administering bursaries to students at public Technical and Vocational Education and Training (former Further Education and Training) colleges. From 1991 to 1995, through the then TEFSA and Kagiso Trust, funds were provided to private institutions and from 2004, NSFAS paid other public institutions such as the National Institute of Education: Mpumalanga and Northern Cape, which have since been disestablished on 7 November 2014.

(b) A breakdown per year is provided below.

Year	Universities	TVET Colleges	Other Institutional Types
1991	7 240		1
1992	14 160		11
1993	20 811		82
1994	28 260		28
1995	43 876		10
1996	72 788
1997	70 574
1998	75 764
1999	75 344
2000	83 251
2001	80 603
2002	86 147
2003	96 552
2004	98 813		74
2005	106 852		78
2006	108 416		119
2007	113 616	12 283	509
2008	117 766	35 353	678
2009	135 202	55 174	664
2010	148 387	61 706	498
2011	144 757	114 971	341
2012	194 504	188 182	428
2013	194 923	220 978	464
2014	186 150	228 642	10
2015	173 885 (still to be audited)	235 446 (still to be audited)	-

(c) NSFAS does not hold a complete data set on dropouts, and is currently augmenting this data from data sources such as the Higher Education Management Information System (HEMIS). NSFAS, in collaboration with the Department, is currently in the process of conducting a full cohort study looking at cohorts of students from 2005 through to 2014. It is expected that the results from this study will be finalised by the end of June 2016.

Stellenbosch University conducted a cohort study for NSFAS in 2012, which revealed that 34% of the first-time entering student cohort for the 2000 academic year had qualified, 29% were still studying and 37% had dropped out. After a full nine years, 55% of this same cohort had qualified, 6% was still studying and 38% had dropped out.

This study goes on to conclude that non-funded students have a slightly higher drop-out and lower qualification rate, with 48% having completed their qualification, 6% still studying and 46% having dropped out. These figures are consistent with figures released annually by the Council on Higher Education, which includes both NSFAS funded and non-funded students.

2 (a)–(c) In respect to students who received NSFAS loans while studying and dropped out without completing their undergraduate degrees, NSFAS has 247 913 active debtor students. These students have repaid R1.8 billion with an outstanding debt of R4.7 billion.

2 (d) NSFAS only writes off debts for students that are deceased, as confirmed through the Department of Home Affairs.

 

COMPILER/CONTACT PERSONS:

EXT:

DIRECTOR – GENERAL

STATUS:

DATE:

QUESTION 831 APPROVED/NOT APPROVED/AMENDED

Dr BE NZIMANDE, MP

MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING

STATUS:

DATE:

Reply:

(a) The Department is in the process of amending the Formal Education Policy and Procedures.

(b) The relevant details will be communicated as soon as the policy is approved.

Reply:

 

1. (a) There are 15 schools across the country which are offering Mandarin using the CAPS (Second Additional Language) curriculum.

(b)

	1(b)(i) Name of School	1(b) (ii) Province
1	Arcadia Primary School	Gauteng
2	Pretoria High School for Girls	Gauteng
3	Willowridge High School	Gauteng
4	Hoȅrskool Die Wilgers	Gauteng
5	The Glen High School	Gauteng
6	Reddford House	Gauteng
7	Emthunzini Primary School	Gauteng
8	Moraoma Primary School	Gauteng
9	J.Kekana High School	Gauteng
10	Jefta Mahlangu High School	Gauteng
11	Worcester Gymnasium	Western Cape
12	Westford High School	Western Cape
13	Western Cape MST Academy	Western Cape
14	Diocesan School for Girls	Eastern Cape
15	Kearsney College	KwaZulu-Natal

(c) In the next five years, it is envisaged that 500 schools will offer Mandarin as a Second Additional Language.

(d) Schools have not been earmarked as yet.

2. (a) To date, two new teachers have been brought in for the pilot programme. Three more teachers are currently in the process of

being brought into the country.

(b)(i) The relocation arrangement of these teachers is, according to the China-South Africa agreement, and is paid by the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Hence the Department of Basic Education has no data on this item.

(ii) The salaries are being paid by the PRC.

(c)(i) Salaries are not being borne by the Department of Basic Education.

(ii) No costs are carried by the Provincial Education Departments.

(iii) No other party is involved in paying for salaries.

3. (a) Currently there is one South African teacher who is qualified to teach Mandarin.

(b) It is envisaged that 100 teachers per year will be trained in the next five years.

  (c) 100 teachers will be sent to China per year for purposes of methodological and cultural enrichment.

Reply:

Neither I nor my Deputy Ministers have met with any member, employee or close associate of the Gupta family and/or attended a meeting with the specified persons at the Gupta’s Saxonwold Estate in Johannesburg.

Reply:

1. This relationship was one of discretionary grant funding in line with CETA’s discretionary grant policy.

        2.1 AgriSeta did not disburse funds during the period under consideration, and

        2.2 As of 31 December 2015, an amount of R6, 568 929.26 was paid by CETA which includes disbursements and learner stipends.

(a) Name of SETA	(b) Line items paid	Amount	Programme
Construction Education and Training Authority	Learner Stipend	R1 581 840	Learnerships
	Administration fees	R 236 200
	Learning material	R 94 200
	Facilitation	R140 500
	Assessments	R46 500
	Internal moderations	R6 700
	Toolkit	R73 600
	Consumables	R480 000
	Protective clothing	R60 000
	Learner Stipend	R1 147 017	Apprenticeships (First year)
	Learning materials	R47 000
	Administration fees (R300 X 12 months)	R257 400
	Facilitation (R500 p/m X 4)	R172 000
	Assessments (R500 X 2)	R0
	Internal moderations (R350 X 2)	R0
	Mentorship (R500 p/m X 8)	R 257 000
	Toolkit	R0
	Consumables (R1600 X 3 months)	R 150 400
	Protective Clothing	R 56 400
	Learner Stipend	R 1 045 650	Apprenticeships (Second year)
	Learning Materials	R0
	Administration (R300 x 12 months)	R 223 900
	Facilitation (R500 p/m x 4)	R 142 500
	Assessments (R500 x 2)	R0
	Internal Moderations (R350 x 2)	R0
	Mentorship (R500 p/m x 8)	R 232 000
	Toolkit	R0
	Consumables (R1600 x 3)	R0
	Protective clothing	R 42 600

3. Yes, the information is tabulated below:

SETA	Number of learners completed training	Field of Study	Accredited Authority
CETA	94	Leanerships	Quality Council for Trades and Occupations
	74	Apprenticeship: Bricklaying
	25	Short Skills Programmes (Plumbing)
	25	Short Skills Programmes (Carpentry)
	25	Short Skills Programmes (Masonry)
TOTAL	243

4. The due diligence undertaken in the ordinary course would reveal the details sought and more.

 

Compiler/Contact persons:

Ext:

DIRECTOR – GENERAL

STATUS:

DATE:

REPLY TO QUESTION 127 APPROVED/NOT APPROVED/AMENDED

Dr BE NZIMANDE, MP

MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING

STATUS:

DATE:

Reply:

(a) No.

(b) No.

Reply:

1. Yes. The department does have sustained intelligence driven integrated efforts with the Law Enforcement Agencies aimed at detecting corrupt practices by officials of the department who collude with criminals and organised syndicates to defraud DHA systems and processes.

The cases of identity theft that were dealt with by the department were isolated incidents, for instance, the Metro police official who was arrested for misrepresentation of the Late Registration of birth process by furnishing false details and acquired a RSA ID, following which he was appointed as a traffic officer. The Late Registration of Birth is a process that is afforded to people who could not have registered birth at an early stage for whatever reason. To this date, there has been no breach of the security devices built into the Smart ID Card.

Detection mechanisms and process reviews are conducted regularly in the areas of Asylum Seeker Management, ID Smart Card, Supply Chain Management, IT Modernisation and Permitting with the view of identifying corruption and security loopholes and developing mitigating strategies to address these shortfalls.

During the 2015/ 16 financial year, forty two (42) arrests were carried out for fraud and corruption. Officials constitute 57% of the arrested while non-officials make 43%.

(2) As part of government‘s Minimum Anti-Corruption Capacity requirement, the department has a dedicated anti-Corruption Unit where fraud and corruption is reported and investigated. Reporting mechanisms are the National Anti-Corruption Hotline: 0800701701 and email address: report.corruption @dha.gov.za.

Reply:

(1) No.

(2) No.

Reply:

1. (a) No

(b) No

(c) No

(d) No

(2)

	Spouse	Children	(c ) Close family
(i) When	No	N/A	No
(ii)How much	No	N/A	No
(iii)Which Business	No	N/A	No
(iv)For what work ?	No	N/A	No

Reply:

a) In order to meet the country’s energy demand now and in the future in a reliable, cost effective and sustainable manner, the promulgated Integrated Resource Plan outlines a generation (energy) mix to follow. In addition to fossil fuel, nuclear and hydro power, the plan envisages that by year 2030, 17.6GW will be from renewable energy. This includes wind and solar technologies.

b) The Department runs a world renowned Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme which to date has procured around 6.2 GW of renewable energy from wind and solar power. Additional determination for 6.3 GW of renewable energy was issued by the Minister in concurrence with the regulator (NERSA) during the last quarter of 2015/16 financial year. Preparations for the procurement of this energy in line with system requirements, is underway.

Reply:

No, the department does not intend to cut down the number of SA Tourism offices.

  (a) SA Tourism continuously looks at adopting the most effective operating model in each market that allows for maximum spend in-market, on both the traveller and trade. This approach includes setting up physical country offices in core markets, the hub approach, operating virtual offices, and General Marketing Agencies (GMAs). Any office closures are considered on this principle.

  (b) South African Tourism’s physical office in Milan will be closed in the 2016/17 financial year to maximise marketing investments across the entire South Europe territory. The Italian market will be serviced through a virtual office reporting into South Europe Hub Office based in France.

Reply:

(1)(a) Although the Coega IDZ was designated in 2002, it only began receiving investments in 2006. This was largely due to the fact that it took longer to set up the IDZ and also that some of the earmarked investments never materialised. Accordingly, the number of companies that have invested in the Coega IDZ in each year since its opening is as follows:

Year	Number of investors
2006	2
2007	1
2008	4
2009	2
2010	6
2011	1 plus 1 expansion
2012	3
2013	5 plus 1 expansion
2014	4
2015	4
TOTAL	33

(1)(b) Number of persons employed by each company:

The Coega IDZ has a total of 33 operational investments resulting in a total of 7 174 direct jobs in the zone. The average number of direct jobs per investment stands at 224,2 jobs per investment project. The lowest number of jobs in a single investment project is 9; while the largest number of jobs created in a single investment project is 1 783. (See Annexure “A” for ease of reference)

(1)(c) Value of investments

The Coega IDZ has a total of 33 operational investments resulting in a total investment value of over R6,4 billion. The biggest single investment in the zone is R3, 5 billion, while the smallest single investment is R5 million. The average value of investment per investment project currently stands at R183, 5 million.

(1)(d) Details of incentives offered to each company

According to our records, only 12 companies in the Coega IDZ received incentives from the dti and the details are as follows: (See Annexure A)

Company	MCEP	EIP	BPS	AIS
Agni Steels		R9, 473, 700.00
FAW				R 54,663,648.00
DCD WindTowers		R6, 442, 354.00
Coega Dairy		R13,784,340.00
Cape Concentrates		R6, 322, 266.00
Grupo Antolin		R7, 638, 991.00
Famous Brands	R1, 078, 256.00
WNS			R 87,293,326.00
Faurecia		R11,757,623.00		R 7, 971, 800.00
Rehau				R 49,883,773.00
Benteler				R17,715, 213.00
Inergy				R1, 771, 259.00
Q-Plus				R1, 181, 605.00

(2)(a) Number of direct jobs created at Coega IDZ during (aa) 2011-12, (bb) 2012-13, (cc) 2013-14, (dd) 2014-15 and (ee) 2015-16 financial years and (ii) since 1 April 2016 is as follows:

Year	Number of Direct Jobs
2011	1 138
2012	510
2013	1 154
2014	667
2015	152
TOTAL	3 621

(2)(b) Number of indirect jobs created at Coega IDZ during (aa) 2011-12, (bb) 2012-13, (cc) 2013-14, (dd) 2014-15 and (ee) 2015-16 financial years and (ii) since 1 April 2016?

The number of indirect jobs created through the Coega IDZ investments since 2011 is not available, as the department still has to commission an impact study of the SEZ Programme since 2011.

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:

(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:

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 established a Task Team comprising relevant units of the department, the Airforce and Armscor to advise on the most viable and suitable acquisition option including cost implications thereof for this project.

The Task Team already issued public communication on the progress in this regard during a press briefing in November 2015.

Reply:

(a) and (b) NO

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:

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 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:

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:

(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:

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.