Questions and Replies
12 April 2016 - NW911
Shivambu, Mr F to ask the Minister of Trade and Industry
Has he earned any additional income from businesses, in particular businesses doing work for the Government, since his appointment as Minister; if so, (a) when, (b) how much did he earn, (c) from which businesses and (d) for what work; (2) whether his (a) spouse, (b) children and (c) close family earned income from businesses, in particular businesses doing work for the Government, through his appointment as Minister; if so, in respect of each case, (i) when, (ii) how much did each earn, (iii) from which businesses and (iv) for what work? NW1037E
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.
12 April 2016 - NW521
Khubisa, Mr NM to ask the Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services
In view of the recent protracted strike by post office employees around the country, (a) how many post offices were part of the strike and in which provinces and districts are the post offices located and (b) how many employees in the post office joined the strike; (2) What are the relevant details of the grievances complained of by the post office employees, inter alia, salaries and working conditions; (3) Whether the specified grievances have been finally resolved; if so, what is the nature of resolutions and or settlement reached?
Reply:
SAPO has advised me as follows:
There has been no recent strike at SAPO, the last strike was in 2014.
(1)(a) 851 Post Offices (including 13 mail centres) were closed across the country at the start of the strike. In the third and fourth week 634 post offices (including 14 mail centres) and 714 post offices (including 9 mail centres) were respectively closed. The closures were mostly in the Gauteng Province followed by Western Cape and Kwa-Zulu Natal. These were mainly in; Johannesburg, Pretoria, Cape Town and Durban. The closures in other provinces were sporadic in nature.
(b) A total of 4656 employees were reported to be on strike. However the level of intimidation and violence that was experienced during the strike led to more employees not being at their workstations during the strike due to fears of intimidation and violence.
(2) The details of the grievances included:
(i) Back pay for the 2014 salary increases
(ii) Casual employees requesting full time employment with full benefits
(iii) Permanent Part time employees (flexible labour contracts) requesting full time employment
(iv) Equal work for equal pay
(v) The 588 employees that were previously dismissed due to illegal strike but then re-employed in 2013 after agreements between SAPO and labour Unions demanded re-instatement of full benefits
(3) The Minister established the National Leadership Forum at SAPO in October 2014. This was used as a platform to re-establish the engagements between representatives of the organised labour and SAPO management with the Department attending as an observer. SAPO workforce forums were subsequently established and settlement agreements reached with labour representatives taking into account SAPO’s financial situation. These agreements included:
(i) Back pay for 2014/2015 salary increases
(ii) Conversion of casual and permanent part-time workers to permanent full time employees
(iii) Equal pay for work of equal value
(iv) 2015/2016 salary increases
Of the above agreements, the conversion of the temporary employees (casuals and flexible labour contracts) to permanent employees started in 2014 in a phased-in approach but was stopped due to financial constraints. Other settlements agreements were not honoured altogether due the entity’s continued constrained cash-flow position as the entity battled to recover financially post the strike action.
12 April 2016 - NW953
Grootboom, Mr GA to ask the Minister of Trade and Industry
Has (a) he and/or (b) his Deputy Minister ever (i) met with any (aa) member, (bb) employee and/or (cc) close associate of the Gupta family and/or (ii) attended any meeting with the specified persons (aa) at the Gupta’s Saxonwold Estate in Johannesburg or (bb) anywhere else since taking office; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, in each specified case, (aaa) what are the names of the persons who were present at each meeting, (bbb)(aaaa) when and (bbbb) where did each such meeting take place and (ccc) what was the purpose of each specified meeting?
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.
12 April 2016 - NW588
Motau, Mr SC to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Whether, with reference to the reply to question 4257 on 21 December 2015, he has received the outstanding information from the three specified municipalities; if not, why not; if so, when will this information be made available; if not, why not?
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.
12 April 2016 - NW572
Van Dalen, Mr P to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Whether, with reference to his reply to question 4095 on 8 December 2015, the requested information has been received from the Tlokwe Local Municipality; if so, when will the specified information be made available?
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.
12 April 2016 - NW839
Boshoff, Ms SH to ask the Minister of Basic Education
Are the qualifications of teachers verified with the SA Qualifications Authority (SAQA) prior to their appointment to teaching posts; if not, why not; if so, how many teachers (a) have had their qualifications verified by SAQA (i) in the (aa) 2011, (bb) 2012, (cc) 2013, (dd) 2014 and (ee) 2015 academic years and (ii) since 1 January 2016 and (b) how many were found to have misrepresented their qualifications during the specified academic years and period?
Reply:
There is no requirement for the verification of national teacher education qualifications of South African Citizens by the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA).
However, all teachers are required to submit their qualifications to education departments for evaluation to be employed in education. 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 is in the process of being revised. This policy describes the process and procedures for the evaluation, approval and recognition of initial qualifications, advanced and postgraduate qualifications for employment in education and the assigning of Requirement Education Qualification Value (REQVs) to these qualifications.
The principal end users of this policy are evaluators of teacher qualifications in national and provincial departments of education and admissions officials at universities and higher education institutions that offer teacher education to ensure that teacher applicants are admitted to the correct and most appropriate qualification type and programme.
12 April 2016 - NW538
Selfe, Mr J to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services
(1)(a) How many (i) natural and (ii) unnatural deaths of inmates have occurred in the past 12 months in the Kgoši Mampuru II Correctional Services facility in Pretoria, (b) when did each death occur and (c) what was the reason in each specified case; (2) whether any of the specified deaths were reported to the Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services (JICS); if not, why not in each case; if so, when was each case reported; (3) whether the JICS investigated any of the specified deaths; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details in each case?
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 |
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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 |
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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.
12 April 2016 - NW589
Mokgalapa, Mr S to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Whether, with reference to the reply to question 4264 on 21 December 2015, he has received the outstanding information from the Kannaland Local Municipality; if not, why not; if so, when will this information be made available?
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.
11 April 2016 - NW583
Ollis, Mr IM to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Whether, with reference to his reply to question 4187 on 21 December 2015, his department has received the outstanding information from the remaining four metropolitan municipalities; if not, why not; if so, when will the specified information be made available?
Reply:
The requested information from the remaining four Metropolitan Municipalities is yet to be received and the efforts are being made to follow up on them. The Honourable Member will therefore be updated on progress.
11 April 2016 - NW628
Matshobeni, Ms A to ask the Minister of Arts and Culture
(1). What (a) has he found to be the cause of the state of decline in quality in our national archives and (b) is he doing to improve the situation which has been degenerating for the past six years with proper filing and recording of our history?
Reply:
1(a). The National Archives has been operating at the same level of professionalism and dedication since 1994. Additional functions have been added to the work of the National Archives. These new services/activities include the provision of access to information in terms of the Promotion of Access to Information (PAIA) Act, Act No 2 of 2000, the implementation of Oral History programmes, the provision of policies, the guidelines, procedures and management of Electronic Records Management and Digitisation programmes.
(b). The National Archives is charged with the responsibility of managing government records through its records management unit and having custody of all national records through the National Archives Repository. The filing plan of the National Archives is up to date and properly implemented.
Through Oral History Programmes and projects implemented by the National Archives in partnership with other stakeholders including the Oral History Association of South Africa (OHASA), the National Archives is systematically recording histories of different communities throughout the country. This is in line with section 3(d) of the National Archives and Records Service Act, Act 43 of 1996 as amended, which refers to the collection of non-public records with enduring value of national significance which cannot be more appropriately preserved by another institution with due regard to the need to document aspects of the nation's experience neglected by archives repositories in the past.
11 April 2016 - NW596
Sithole, Mr KP to ask the Minister of Human Settlements
(a) What amount has been budgeted by her department for the renovation of the Thokoza Hostel in Durban and (b) what are the relevant details of when the renovation (i) will start and (ii) is envisaged to be completed?
Reply:
The Thokoza Hostel is situated in the Gauteng Province and falls within the jurisdiction of the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality.
(a) The budget allocated for the 2015/16 financial year was R19 730 000.00. This was for the provision of temporary residential units, for accommodation of residents pending the redevelopment. The budget allocated for the 2016/17 financial year is R61 000 000.00, this funding is for the demolition of the existing buildings as well as for the installation of engineering services up to phase one of the development.
(b) The hostel comprises of forty-one (41) hostel blocks in a dormitory formation, which were deemed not suitable for human habitation and will be demolished and replaced by three storeys of Community Residential Units. These three storeys will yield two thousand, six hundred and twenty one (2621) units.
(i) & (ii) Tenders for demolition of the existing buildings and installation of services were advertised during March 2016. This project will consist of seven phases and will be implemented in a phased approach over a period of approximately eight (8) years subject to the availability of the required funding.
11 April 2016 - NW301
Rabotapi, Mr MW to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Whether each metropolitan municipality has a disaster risk management centre; if so, (a) how many staff members work for each specified centre and (b) what (i) is the budget for the 2015-16 financial year and (ii) are the critical disaster risk management issues for each municipality?
Reply:
Metropolitan Municipality |
Centre Established (Yes/No) |
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(b)(i) Budget for 2015/16 financial year |
(b)(ii) the critical disaster risk management issues for each municipality |
City of Cape Town |
Yes |
83 |
R 119.18 mil (Capital Budget: R 8,183 mil Operational Budget: R111 mil) |
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City of Tshwane |
Yes |
26 |
R 22.566 Mil |
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City of Ekurhuleni |
Yes |
11 |
R 18. 935 mil (Capital Budget: R 14.176 mil Operational Budget: R 4.759 mil) |
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City of Johannesburg |
Yes |
30 |
R 1 350 000 (Incident Management Fund R 1 000 000.00 Capacity Building – R100 000.00 Printing & Stationery (Public awareness campaigns) – R200 000.00 Stores & Material – R50 000.00) |
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Ethekwini Municipality |
Yes |
7 |
R 116 000 000 (Capital Budget: R 21 mil Operational Budget: R 95 mil |
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Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality |
Yes |
22 (5 x Operational staff; 17 x Control Centre Operators) |
R 16 477 194 |
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Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality |
Yes |
1 x Manager 1 x Admin 4 x Operational 1 x Intern 1 x Vacant funded post 41 Vacant unfunded posts |
R 2 782 063 |
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Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality |
Yes |
29 |
R 20 654 900 |
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11 April 2016 - NW573
Van Dalen, Mr P to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Whether, with reference to his reply to question 4088 on 8 December 2015, the information has been received from the metropolitan municipalities; if so, when will the specified information be made available as requested?
Reply:
The information below was sourced from the Metros. The information from the other metros is still outstanding:
Name of the Municipality |
Operational Budget |
Capital Budget |
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Municipality |
R433,89 million |
R210,65 million |
Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality |
R190,1 million |
R252,5 million |
City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality |
R1,9 billion |
R940,5 million |
Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality |
R100 000 |
R139, 87 million |
City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality |
Informal settlements are a part of a bigger programme, namely formalisation which includes;
The total Budget for this category which is funded through the Urban Settlements Development Grant (USDG) is R678 000 000.00 (six hundred and seventy eight million for the 2015/16 financial year. Although this is categorised as Capital expenditure, professional fees and related kind of expenses are drawn from this grant (subject to the USDG conditions) as the total cost is capitalised. |
11 April 2016 - NW196
McLoughlin, Mr AR to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Whether each metropolitan municipality has a programme to provide basic services to backyard dwellers; if not, why not; if so, what (a) electricity, (b) water and (c) sanitation services were provided in the 2014-15 financial year?
Reply:
The Department of Human Settlement (DHS) has developed a draft National Backyard Rental Housing Assistance Policy. The draft policy is based on the findings of extensive research, as well as case studies, commissioned by the South African Local Government Association (SALGA) on Backyarders and Backyard Dwellings. This research project was followed by an extensive national consultation process to engage all the municipalities and provincial governments on the matter.
The draft policy proposals specifically make provision for grant funding to municipalities to improve the quality of life of the tenants occupying backyard rental dwellings. Importantly, the proposals also deal with the necessity of infrastructure upgrading required to accommodate the additional load on current services, and the provision of basic municipal services for backyard residents.
It is recommended that the Honourable member direct his question to the DHS, which will provide detailed information and a comprehensive answer to the question whether each metropolitan municipality has a programme to provide basic services to backyard dwellers.
11 April 2016 - NW296
Motau, Mr SC to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
(a) How often do metropolitan municipalities review their by-laws holistically; and (b) On what date was the last review done in each metropolitan municipality?
Reply:
The response in the attached schedule is based on information provided by the eight (8) metropolitan municipalities.
Metropolitan Municipality |
a) How often do metropolitan municipalities review their by-laws holistically |
b) On what date was the last review done in each metropolitan municipality |
1. City of Cape Town |
Council reviews its by-laws during the five (5) years term of office in local government. |
The last review was on 29 June 2015. |
2. City of Johannesburg |
On an annual basis. |
The last reviewed was in 2015. |
3. Ekurhuleni |
On an annual basis. |
The last reviewed was in 2015. |
4. eThekwini |
Currently in the process of rationalising all by-laws, a process which the municipality started a few years ago. |
Still in the review process. |
5. Mangaung |
On an annual basis. |
The last reviewed in May 2015 |
6. City of Tshwane |
By-laws are reviewed on an on-going process. |
The last review was in September 2013. Some by-laws are still in the review process. |
7. Buffalo City |
The review process is ongoing. Some by-laws some in the process of commented on. |
The last review was in 11 August 2014. |
8. Nelson Mandela Bay |
Periodic review are undertaken. |
The last review was in January 2016 |
11 April 2016 - NW753
McLoughlin, Mr AR to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises
(1) With reference to the cancelled contract with Airbus in respect of eight A400M military transport aircraft, the fact that Airbus agreed to refund the sum of €835 million to the Armaments Corporation of South Africa (ARMSCOR), and that an indemnity was subsequently provided to Denel by the Government – (a) why was an indemnity provided to Denel? (b) what were Denel’s obligations to – (aa) Airbus; (bb) ARMSCOR and (cc) the Government in respect of the specified contract. (2) (a) how many more such claims are outstanding from Denel; and (b) what – (i) are the details of each one of the eleven claims made to date by Denel in terms of the indemnity; and (ii) amount was paid to Denel in respect of each claim; (3) has oversight taken place in respect of each of the eleven claims submitted by Denel; if not, why not; if so, in respect of each claim – (a) (i) when; and (ii) where did such oversight take place, (b) who conducted such oversight; and (c) has such oversight resulted in a reduction of the relevant claim. (4) what is the breakdown of the current R63,1 million claim made by Denel? NW871E
Reply:
(1) |
(a) |
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(b) |
(aa) |
As a program partner on the A400M, Denel has the obligation of the design, development, manufacture, and sole supply of the WFF and TS structures. |
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Denel has no obligation to ARMSCOR. DAe is directly contracted by Airbus to deliver the WFF and TS structures to their assembly lines. |
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As contracted through the Indemnity Agreement, Denel submits a claim to the Department on an annual basis, supported by an audited financial report, fully governed risk mitigation plan and a program report. |
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(2) |
(a) |
From the R1.6 billion (ONE POINT SIX BILLION RANDS) indemnity cover, there is a balance of R359 million (THREE HUNDERED AND FIFTY NINE MILLION RANDS) remaining over the next 5 years.
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(b) |
(i) |
To date there has been 10 (TEN) claims submitted by Denel. Details of the claims are on the table below. |
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(ii) |
Amounts paid to Denel are shown on the table below. |
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Yes oversight has taken place. |
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The Department’s auditors physically go and verify relevant documentation and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems. |
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The Department through its independent auditors. The Department conducts DAe plant visits at least twice a year to appraise itself of the A400M programme status. |
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The recent 2015 claim amounted to R33.1 million (THIRTY THREE POINT ONE MILLION RANDS). The R63.1 million (SIXTY THREE POINT ONE MILLION RANDS) was claimed and paid during 2014.
ACRONYMS:
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11 April 2016 - NW581
Rabotapi, Mr MW to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Whether, with reference to his reply to question 4183 on 21 December 2015, his department has received the outstanding information from the specified municipalities; if not, why not; if so, when will the information be made available as requested?
Reply:
The requested information from the remaining five Metropolitan Municipalities is yet to be received and the efforts are being made to follow up on them. The Honourable Member will therefore be updated on progress.
11 April 2016 - NW378
Hunsinger, Dr CH to ask the Minister of Public Service and Administration
With reference to President Jacob G Zuma’s undertaking in his State of the Nation Address delivered on 12 February 2015, that the Government will set aside 30% of appropriate categories of state procurement for purchasing from Small, Medium and Micro-sized Enterprises (SMMEs), co-operatives, as well as township and rural enterprises, what percentage of the total procurement of (a) his department and (b) every entity reporting to him went to (i) SMMEs and (ii) co-operatives from 1 April 2015 up to the latest specified date for which information is available?
Reply:
(a) The Department of Public Service and Administration's total procurement percentage is as follows:
(i) 34% of total procurement initiatives per respective categories were sourced from SMMEs,
(ii) The department has not procured any goods/services from co-operatives.
(b) The National School of Government’s total procurement percentage is as follows:
(i) The National School of Government (NSG) has purchased 14.15% of its total procurement from SMMEs from 1 April 2015 up to 24 March 2016
(ii) The National School of Government has not procured any goods/services from co-operatives
11 April 2016 - NW614
Sithole, Mr KP to ask the Minister of Human Settlements
Whether her department has a time frame for the relocation of residents of the Kliptown informal settlement; if not; why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
Yes, it is anticipated that the relocation of beneficiaries of the Kliptown Informal Settlement will be completed by the end of 2020. The City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality has indicated that the project comprises of six precincts, namely Kliptown Extensions 2, 6, 7 and 11, Pimville Zone 9 and Sector 2, which will be independently proclaimed as townships.
The project is in progress and is in various stages of implementation. To date, 1 089 beneficiaries of the Kliptown Informal Settlement have been allocated fully subsidised freehold housing units known as BNG houses at Pimville Zone 9 and Klipspruit Extension 2. An estimated 200 BNG houses at Klipspruit Extension 11 will be allocated to the beneficiaries by the end of April 2016.
11 April 2016 - NW704
Steenkamp, Ms J to ask the Minister of Communications
(1) What are the legal costs to be paid by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) after the High Court in Pretoria set aside ICASA`s approval of the transfers of Neotel`s operating and spectrum licenses to Vodacom; (2) whether any steps will be taken against the persons responsible for (a) meeting allegedly unlawfully with Vodacom and (b) taking alleged unlawful decisions with regard to the transfer of Neotel`s operating and spectrum licenses to Vodacom; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
(1) The legal costs to be paid by ICASA are yet to be determined. The full extent of these costs will only be determined upon taxation by the Taxing Master of the High Court. In terms of the Court Order the taxed costs are to be borne jointly and severally by ICASA, Vodacom and Neotel.
(2) The court found that meetings conducted between ICASA and Vodacom, without the participation of all interested parties, were improper and unlawful in that they were impermissible in respect of a public process and that gave credence to the suspicion of bias. As a result the court concluded that ICASA’s decision is hereby reviewed and set it aside.
Kindly be informed that the Minister is currently in a process of obtaining the relevant information pertaining to the transfer of Neotel`s operating and spectrum licenses to Vodacom. Therefore, once ICASA submits all the information that the Minister requested, the Minister will be able to assess the matter and take the necessary and appropriate steps.
MR NN MUNZHELELE
DIRECTOR GENERAL [ACTING]
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS
DATE:
MS AF MUTHAMBI (MP)
MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS
DATE
11 April 2016 - NW592
Mhlongo, Mr TW to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs:
Whether, with reference to his department's reply to question 4097 on 8 December 2015, his department has received the outstanding information from the Tlokwe Local Municipality; if not, why not; if so, when will the information be made available as requested?
Reply:
The following information was provided by the Tlokwe Local Municipality:
Below is the response regarding the amounts spent by Tlokwe Local Municipality on print media, radio, television, online and outdoors during the 2014/15 financial year and since July 2015:
Amount spent and purpose on advertising by Tlokwe Local Municipality for 2014/15
(a) Print Media
(i) Local Community Newspapers
MEDIA |
PURPOSE |
COST |
Mooivaal Media |
The purpose of the advertisements was to inform the communities about public meetings relating to progress on |
11 959 |
lzindwe Marketing |
82 100 |
|
lzindwe Marketing |
service delivery and unexpected interruptions to services |
29 000 |
Total |
123 059 |
Please find here: (ii) National Magazines
11 April 2016 - NW863
Gqada, Ms T to ask the Minister of Public Service and Administration
For each national department, what amount was spent on training for (a) Senior Management Service (SMS) members and (b) employees occupying grades lower than those qualifying for the SMS in the (i) 2012-13, (ii) 2013-14 and (iii) 2014-15 financial years?
Reply:
(a)(b)(i)(ii)(iii) refer to the table herewith below
DEPARTMENT |
(a) |
(b) |
||||
(i) |
(ii) |
(iii) |
(i) |
(ii) |
(iii) |
|
Department in the Presidency |
12 319 |
- |
9 864 |
416 387 |
243 905 |
641 178 |
Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries |
21 867 |
112 489 |
56 874 |
1 035 018 |
1 864 952 |
1 592 482 |
Department of Arts and Culture |
19 918 |
66 576 |
32 682 |
45 526 |
180 706 |
130 728 |
Department of Basic Education |
- |
5 386 |
- |
395 100 |
226 197 |
499 776 |
Department of Correctional Services |
447 405 |
350 644 |
- |
1 043 945 |
1 658 816 |
1 395 545 |
Department of Defence |
- |
17 313 |
- |
1 726 295 |
2 718 120 |
3 302 708 |
Department of Economic Development |
12 664 |
- |
5 528 |
4 221 |
44 325 |
33 165 |
Department of Education |
|
- |
|
|
71 288 |
|
Department of Energy |
26 798 |
73 596 |
25 839 |
348 375 |
220 788 |
723 484 |
Department of Environmental Affairs |
333 777 |
244 543 |
79 856 |
1 260 936 |
1 316 770 |
1 789 722 |
Department of Health |
108 908 |
- |
43 933 |
3 439 678 |
473 797 |
129 358 |
Department of Higher Education and Training |
147 422 |
222 309 |
35 945 |
833 500 |
236 652 |
854 689 |
Department of Home Affairs |
58 225 |
11 601 |
126 393 |
82 741 |
1 015 097 |
2 446 848 |
Department of Human Settlements |
4 921 |
221 348 |
152 192 |
118 109 |
154 944 |
488 283 |
Department of International Relations and Cooperation |
199 231 |
209 306 |
- |
1 535 737 |
753 501 |
505 964 |
Department of Labour |
296 264 |
435 061 |
192 976 |
1 915 858 |
1 489 388 |
3 315 866 |
Department of Military Veterans |
|
- |
|
77 430 |
||
Department of Mineral Resources |
131 485 |
49 367 |
253 312 |
884 538 |
1 596 215 |
1 447 496 |
Department of Planning Monitoring & Evaluation |
29 446 |
- |
- |
235 569 |
52 536 |
105 318 |
Department of Public Enterprises |
64 928 |
16 124 |
68 053 |
64 928 |
46 760 |
198 487 |
Department of Public Service and Administration |
124 567 |
138 871 |
69 007 |
1 575 078 |
1 666 447 |
2 180 617 |
Department of Public Works |
405 583 |
46 789 |
4 197 |
1 598 299 |
823 480 |
591 761 |
Department of Rural Development and Land Reform |
39 339 |
10 146 |
15 097 |
4 442 810 |
5 969 431 |
865 588 |
Department of Science and Technology |
325 724 |
10 113 |
- |
172 442 |
151 696 |
184 792 |
Department of Social Development |
62 085 |
8 467 |
13 904 |
418 255 |
378 179 |
389 325 |
Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services |
|
- |
85 716 |
|
15 375 |
179 225 |
Department of Tourism |
157 755 |
44 295 |
15 060 |
591 582 |
673 286 |
624 988 |
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) |
427 021 |
387 575 |
280 234 |
2 087 656 |
2 196 260 |
1 961 640 |
Department of Transport |
194 950 |
231 783 |
7 367 |
27 850 |
267 054 |
445 685 |
Department of Transport |
- |
|
8 312 |
|
||
Department of Water Affairs |
1 012 651 |
266 656 |
204 122 |
2 716 476 |
2 377 570 |
1 820 347 |
Department of Justice and Constitutional Development |
547 013 |
489 380 |
353 696 |
1 566 779 |
1 125 087 |
2 992 829 |
Government Communication and Information System |
35 893 |
- |
- |
35 893 |
243 378 |
725 679 |
Government Pensions Administration Agency |
- |
- |
5 383 |
359 534 |
336 112 |
231 488 |
Government Printing Works |
- |
- |
3 804 |
125 120 |
94 341 |
64 662 |
Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) |
54 886 |
40 246 |
73 253 |
192 101 |
234 770 |
109 879 |
National Parliament |
11 096 |
25 680 |
41 915 |
5 659 163 |
3 004 607 |
2 556 824 |
National Prosecuting Authority of SA |
- |
26 007 |
78 065 |
26 541 |
173 377 |
303 076 |
National School of Government |
136 754 |
23 051 |
69 698 |
383 794 |
748 103 |
543 064 |
National Treasury |
134 896 |
89 643 |
98 457 |
277 500 |
386 881 |
1 045 676 |
Public Service Commission |
10 188 |
- |
38 486 |
95 088 |
77 026 |
113 626 |
South African Police Service (SAPS) |
- |
- |
5 116 |
6 541 413 |
6 473 637 |
1 959 404 |
South African Police Service (SAPS) |
- |
- |
- |
37 000 |
132 000 |
8 991 |
South African Revenue Service (SARS) |
|
- |
- |
|
6 885 |
11 140 |
South African Social Security Agency |
- |
33 484 |
- |
25 225 |
1 131 756 |
1 178 350 |
Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) |
23 486 |
28 028 |
5 989 |
2 411 228 |
1 550 906 |
1 922 371 |
Grand Total |
5 619 464 |
3 935 878 |
2 552 014 |
46 761 599 |
44 602 403 |
42 689 554 |
11 April 2016 - NW732
Alberts, Mr ADW to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises
(1) Why has the Transnet Second Defined Benefit Fund (TSDBF) and the Transport Pension Fund only paid out a bonus of 8.33% in December 2015 while the fund, in particular the TSDBF, had a surplus of R3,9 billion and actuaries indicated that a 10% bonus was affordable; (2) Why has the next bonus, which is payable in the middle of 2016, been limited to 8.33% despite the affordability of a 10% bonus; (3) Whether a certain investment firm (name furnished) currently has any links with the specified pension funds; if so, what is (a) the nature, (b) the extent thereof and (c) reason was the specified firm appointed?
Reply:
1. The surplus is based on an actuarial valuation of a guaranteed statutory increase of 2% per annum, as the bonuses are not guaranteed.
While the actuary had indicated that a 10% bonus was affordable the actuarial surplus would reduce to a very insignificant amount or to nil should a CPI linked pension increase (in addition to the statutory increase of 2% per annum) be implemented in future together with a 13th cheque. To improve the affordability of implementing such an increase policy, the Board of Trustees resolved to pay a 13th cheque (8.33%) as per the practice of the Board of Trustees since 2010.
2. The Board of Trustees has not taken a resolution proposing payment of a further bonus in 2016.
3. (a) The firm was appointed by the Board of Trustees to implement a Liability
Driven Investment mandate with the objective to enhance investment returns;
(b) An amount of R 9 billion was allocated by the Board of Trustees; and
(c) The firm was appointed by the Board of Trustees based on the outcome of a
tender process.
11 April 2016 - NW659
Mackenzie, Mr C to ask the Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services
(a) How many supplier invoices currently remain unpaid for more than (i) 30 days, (ii) 60 days and (iii) 90 days at the SA Post Office and (b) in each case, what is the (i) the name of the company and/or supplier, (ii) amounts outstanding, (iii) reason for non-payment and (iv) envisaged date on which the amounts will be paid?
Reply:
SAPO has advised me as follows:
There are numerous outstanding invoices. SAPO is arranging long term funding with the support of DTPS and National Treasury, to enable implementation of the corporate plan for 2016/17 through 2018/19. Once funding has been secured, SAPO’s arrangements with creditors will be finalised and implemented.
Below is the creditors’ age analysis:
11 April 2016 - NW847
Lorimer, Mr JR to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises
(1) With reference to the deal between Eskom and Optimum Colliery to supply coal to the Hendrina Power Station, (a) what grade of coal (i) was contracted for, (ii) was actually received by Eskom at the specified power station prior to the fine imposed against the specified colliery by the specified entity, and (iii) is currently being received by Eskom at the specified power station and (b) at what (i) price or (ii) prices;(2) why was the coal received from the specified colliery unsuitable for use by the specified power station prior to the imposition of the fine; (3) is the coal currently received from the specified colliery suitable for use by the specified power station; (4)did the use of unsuitable coal supplied by the specified colliery cause any damage to the specified power station; if so, (a) what damage was done, (b) what was the value of the damage caused to the specified power station and (c) has this damage been repaired; (5) is the poor quality coal still causing damage to the specified power station; if not, (a) was the grade of coal changed or (b) was the specified power station adapted to use a different grade of coal; if so, why is the specified power station still using this coal?
Reply:
(1)(a)(i) In terms of the Coal Supply Agreement, Optimum Coal Mine (Proprietary) Limited ("Optimum") was obliged to supply and deliver to the Hendrina power station coal which complies with, amongst others, the following quality specification:
- All coal must have an ash content which shall not exceed 28.8% in order to ensure that the calorific value of the coal is not less than 23.0MJ/kg (calculated on a moisture free basis);
- a monthly average size distribution of:
- not more than 55% of coal supplied will be smaller than 6mm;
- not more than 35% of coal supplied will be smaller than 2.38mm; and
- not more than 15% of coal supplied will be smaller than 0.81mm.
- The Second Addendum amended the quality parameters in respect of the Abrasiveness Index (pursuant to an arbitration with Optimum) to be <423 mgFe on a 7 day weighted rolling average basis.
(ii) The coal that was received by Eskom was within contractual specifications with regard to the Calorific Value but out of specification in respect of Abrasive Index and Sizing.
(iii) The coal currently being received by Eskom meets the contractual specifications with regard to the Calorific Value except for Abrasive Index.
(b) The price of coal paid by Eskom is R174.41/ton as at February 2016.
(2) The coal supplied by Optimum Coal prior to the imposition of the fine was outside the quality specification for Hendrina Power Station in terms of Abrasive Index and Sizing. For the 1 March 2012 to 31 May 2015, Optimum Coal, failed to supply and deliver to Eskom coal which meets the quality parameter as set out in the Coal Supply Agreement. The coal supplied and delivered to Eskom, amongst others, failed to comply with the sizing specification, in that 20% to 45% of the coal supplied and delivered to Eskom by Optimum on a monthly basis, during the period of supply was smaller than 0.81mm. Despite this failure by Optimum, Eskom has, without prejudice to its right in terms of clause 3.6 of the First Addendum, paid Optimum for such coal, without applying any adjustment or reduction to the payment, for Optimum's failure to comply with the quality parameters.
(3) The coal currently received by Hendrina Power Station is within the contractual specifications in respect of Calorific Value except for the Abrasive Index and the Sizing. Since Optimum is currently under business rescue, the parties have in terms of the interim agreement agreed to suspend the application of penalties until the business rescue process is finalised. Of critical importance to note is that Eskom has issued Summons against Optimum for failing to supply coal that meets the quality specification of the station. Optimum has since disputed the penalties. Once the business rescue process has been finalised, the legal proceedings will continue to run its course.
(4) High Abrasive Index causes high wear rate of the plant and sizing affects the material flow frequency causing hang-ups which results in load losses. The wear rate causes accelerated wear of parts. This negatively affects the energy output from the station thus the total energy capacity available for dispatch into the grid. In order to compensate Eskom for the capacity loss occasioned as a result of these quality parameters being out of specification, penalty provisions in terms of the contract apply.
(5) (a) Since Optimum is currently under business rescue, the parties have in terms of the interim agreement agreed to suspend the application of penalties until the business rescue process is finalized.
(b) No. Not applicable.
11 April 2016 - NW192
Marais, Mr EJ to ask the Minister of Water and Sanitation
(1)With reference to her reply to question 570 for oral reply on 11 November 2015, what are the results of the latest E.coli tests done by her department in the (a) Apies River and (b) adjacent boreholes; (2) on what date was the City of Tshwane requested to provide her department with an action plan detailing how it will deal with Rooiwal Power Station; (3) whether she has received the specified action plan from the City of Tshwane; if not, when is the action plan due; if so, will she provide Mr E J Marais with the action plan; (4) (a) what alternative action does her department pursue when it is satisfied that it has exhausted the recourse provided by the Inter-governmental Relations Framework Act, Act 13 of 2005 and (b) in terms of what legislation and/or regulations is this action pursued, (5) whether she has employed the specified alternative course of action; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
(1)(a) The latest results available for E coli for Apies River reveal medium to low risk. This can be attributed to the improvement made at the Rooiwal waste water treatment plant since my Department’s intervention.
(1)(b) Tests conducted in adjacent boreholes revealed low to medium risk levels of E-coli found.
(2) The action plan was requested for end of August 2015.
(3) Yes. The action plan was submitted on 31 August 2015. A copy of the action plan is attached. It must be noted that the action plan is a living document and it is revised as and when required.
(4)(a) If all avenues provided for by the Inter- governmental relations framework Act, Act 13 of 20015 has been exhausted and no noticeable improvement can be observed, Criminal Charges are laid against the relevant organ of state.
(4)(b) These criminal charges are pursued in terms of the National Water Act, 1998 (Act No. 36 of 1998).
(5) No. My Department has not pursued the alternative (criminal charges) thus far. My Department is engaging with the City of Tshwane on the action plan and the last engagement was on 8 December 2015. During the engagement, the City Manager committed R140 000 000 to upgrade the plant. Furthermore, the municipality is currently looking at all legal avenues within the supply chain process (SCM) to fast track the procurement of the contractors to urgently start with the required upgrade. My Department is closely monitoring the SCM process and the development at the woks. The last visit at the plant was on 15 January 2016 and there is promising improvement, within the current treatment capacity.
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11 April 2016 - NW524
Grootboom, Mr GA to ask the Minister of Arts and Culture
(1).With reference to his dissolution of the board of the Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB) in January 2016, (a) why did he appoint the National Heritage Council as the caretaker body of PanSALB and (b) on what basis was appointment made?
Reply:
1(a). I was wary of allowing the current CEO of PanSALB to act as both the Accounting Officer and Accounting Authority since he was fairly new to the job and could be overwhelmed with work. The Department is trying to avoid similar challenges that occurred in the past when the former caretaker CEO acted as the Accounting Authority
(b). The basis for the appointment was made in terms of section 49 (3) of the Public Finance Management Act, as the National Heritage Council is one of the public entities reporting to me as the Executive Authority. We proceeded because initially we received concurrence from National Treasury, but later the National Treasury withdrew the advice they gave me, immediately thereafter the National Heritage Council was withdrawn, I realised that PANSALB is a constitutional entity, and is not part of the entities listed by the PFMA, therefore it cannot be governed under those rules.
11 April 2016 - NW698
Bhanga, Mr BM to ask the Minister of Communications
What amount was (a) budgeted for and (b) spent by her department on Metro FM’s annual Metro FM Music Awards Show in the (i) 2012-13, (ii) 2013-14 and (iii) 2015-16 financial years (aa) in total and on (bb)(aaa) hiring the venue, (bbb) venue décor, (ccc) fees for master of ceremonies, (ddd) individuals who presented awards to winners, (eee) prize monies awarded to each award winner in each category, (fff) performers who performed at the awards, (ggg) catering and (hhh) alcohol in each specified financial year?
Reply:
The new Department of Communications was only established by President Jacob Zuma after the 2014 national and provincial general elections. The changes in the structure and administration of government were introduced in the 5th democratically-elected government thorough the introduction of the Proclamation to split the then Department into two Departments namely, Department of Communications (now the new Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services), and the New Department of Communications. The Presidential proclamation issued in December 2014, also re-organized the reporting structure of entities, which historically reported to one old Department while other entities including the public broadcaster, the SABC were transferred to the new Department.
Having given this background, it is therefore clear that the new Department of Communications has not allocated or spent any public money towards the hosting of the annual Metro FM Awards. In addition, the Annual Metro FM Awards takes place at no costs to the SABC. The annual awards are fully funded through sponsorships and partnerships.
MR NN MUNZHELELE
DIRECTOR GENERAL [ACTING]
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS
DATE:
MS AF MUTHAMBI (MP)
MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS
DATE:
11 April 2016 - NW846
Lorimer, Mr JR to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises
(1)With reference to the deal between Eskom and Exxaro-owned Arnot Colliery to supply coal to the Arnot Power Station, (a) what grade of coal was (i) contracted for and (ii) actually received by Eskom, (b) at what price, and (c) why was the contract cancelled; (2)with reference to the current deal between Eskom and Optimum Colliery to supply coal to the specified power station, (a) what grade of coal (i) was contracted for and (ii) is actually being received by Eskom, (b) at what price and (c) why is it suitable for use by Arnot Power Station?
Reply:
(1)(a)(i)
- Calorific value (moisture free): 24,3 Mj/kg (base value) and between 23,3 and 25,4 Mj/kg
- Total moisture: 7,0 – 9,0% (range) and between 7,0 and 9,0%
- Ash content (moisture free): 23,0% (base value) and between 17,0 and 31,0%
- Volatile content (moisture free): 24,0% (base value) and between 21,0 and 29,0%
- Abrasiveness index: 375 mg Fe (base value) and between 325 and 425 mg Fe
(ii) The coal received by Eskom was within the contractual specifications range as per (i) above.
(b) The price of coal paid by Eskom at the expiry of the Agreement was R944.61/ton.
(c) The contract was not cancelled but expired on 31 December 2015.
(2)(a)(i) The coal contracted for Arnot Power Station is a better quality specification compared to the Arnot expired contract and is as follows:
Quality parameter |
Unit |
Quality Expected |
Quality Specifications |
Quality Rejection Limit |
Measurement basis |
Calorific Value |
MJ/kg |
24.0 |
≥22.5 |
<22.5 |
Air Dried |
Total Moisture |
% |
8 |
≤9.0 |
>9.0 |
As Received |
Inherent Moisture |
% |
4.1 |
|
As Received |
|
Ash |
% |
20.2 |
≤24.3 |
>24.3 |
Air Dried |
Abrasive Index (Eskom Mining House Method) |
mgFe/4kg |
<450 |
<450 |
>450 |
Air Dried |
Sulphur |
% |
1.19 |
≤1.19 |
>1.19 |
Air Dried |
Volatiles |
% |
21.7 |
≥19.5 |
<19.5 |
Air Dried |
AFT (Initial deformation) |
ºC |
1380 |
>1380 |
<1380 |
N / A |
Sizing: (cumulatve) % |
|
N / A |
|||
+60mm |
0 |
0 |
>0 |
||
+50mm -6.35mm |
5 50 |
5 50 |
>5 >50 |
||
-3.35mm |
30 |
30 |
>30 |
||
-1mm |
15 |
15 |
>15 |
(ii) The coal received by Eskom is within the contractual specifications as per (i) above.
(b) The contractual price is R470/ton to Arnot Power Station.
(c) The coal is suitable for Arnot Power Station as it meets the quality specification for the station.
11 April 2016 - NW755
Van der Westhuizen, Mr AP to ask the Minister of Public Service and Administration
(1)Must the compulsory induction programme for public servants only be completed by making use of the services or material of the National School of Government (NSG); if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) why and (b) what are the further relevant details; (2) (a) what is the full amount payable per employee to the NSG for services related to the successful completion of the induction programme for public servants, (b) what services are included in the fee and (c) what factors are contributing to the delays in the (i) implementation or (ii) roll-out of the compulsory induction programme for public servants; (3) (a) in what respects does the compulsory induction programme accommodate the diverse needs of disabled public service staff members and (b) has he found that disabled staff will not be discriminated against with the introduction of the compulsory induction programme for public servants?
Reply:
(1) Yes. The Directive (Circular No: HRD 1 of 2012) mandates the National School of Government (NSG) to develop and roll out the compulsory induction programme (CIP).
(2) (a) Departments are expected to pay a total cost of R1876 (if NSG facilitator, venue and IICs costs are excluded), R8875 (if NSG internal satff is used and venue excluded) or R16275 (if IICs is used and venue is excluded) per employee
(b) the services included in the fee cover Programme management and administration, materials production and delivery, capacity building, professional support, monitoring and evaluation, and
(c) (i) (ii) factors are as follows, readiness of departments to implement the programme, absence of trainer policies to maximise trainer capacities developed by the NSG and use of cost-recovery model;
(3) (a) The NSG has ensured that the compulsory induction programme accommodates the diverse needs of public service staff members living with disabilities by availaing materials in Word to those who are visually impaired and collaborating with departments in securing the Braille services and of sign-language specialists.
(b) No. The NSG striven to ensure that staff living with disability are not be discriminated against with the introduction of the compulsory induction programme for public servants.
11 April 2016 - NW740
Lekota, Mr M to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Whether he and senior members of his department travelled to Isithebe in KwaZulu-Natal at an early stage to defuse the crisis which flared up there and which led over several days to (a) the burning and looting of many factories, (b) billions of rand of loss in production, (c) millions of rand of loss to workers who had no work to go to and (d) further loss of investor confidence; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what did he and his senior officials do to calm the situation and address the deep-seated grievances of the surrounding communities regarding service delivery failures and alleged nepotism; (2) whether his department has a policy to act proactively and decisively in respect of crisis situations at local government level before the protests get out of hand and the protesters resort to arson, vandalism and obstruction of traffic; if not, why not; if so, what are the (a) relevant details and (b) outcomes thereof? NW858E
Reply:
(1) In line with a cooperative governance approach, indeed the concerns in Isithebe area were attended to at an early stage through the intervention of provincial government leadership and by engaging with business, communities and other stakeholders in order to find solutions to the challenges. It was through these engagements it was established that interventions to the challenges needed a multi-sectoral approach. To this end, it was agreed that interventions should focus, amongst other, on the need to expedite service delivery. Mass prayers and community dialogue were facilitated to emphasize the need for constructive engagement, peaceful protests, respect for rights and properties of others as well as education on rights to recourse as well as poverty alleviation programmes.
To date, Lower Tugela Bulk Water Supply for the area was launched on 22 March 2016 as one of the service delivery responses which also present the people of Isithebe with jobs as well as skills development opportunities. A prayer meeting for peace and stability in Isithebe was held 31 March 2016. Other activities are planned to take place in the area.
(2) In 2014, government adopted the Local Government Back to Basics Strategy as a response to challenging situations at local government level. Recognising the need for inter-sphere collaboration, the strategy is implemented and monitored collaboratively, with the Department of Cooperative Governance taking the lead in the coordination of the following five pillars of the strategy:
(i) put people and their concerns first and ensure constant contact with communities through effective public participation platforms;
(ii) create conditions for decent living by consistently delivering municipal services of the right quality and standard;
(iii) demonstration of good governance and administration;
(iv) ensuring sound financial management and accounting; and
(v) building and maintaining sound institutional and administrative capabilities, administered and managed by dedicated and skilled personnel at all levels.
Since the strategy was implemented, the department’s monitoring of municipalities has shown signs of municipal performance improvement in the KZN Province. The Department also established Back to Basic teams clustered in Provinces to provide oversight and rapid response.
11 April 2016 - NW858
Mokause, Ms MO to ask the Minister of Human Settlements
Why are houses in Obed Nkosi Phase 1 and 2, in Lesedi Local Municipality in the Sedibeng District Municipality, Gauteng, not allocated despite the fact that they were finished three years ago?
Reply:
The Gauteng Department of Human Settlements appointed Contractors to construct houses for Phases 1 and 2 at Obed Nkosi. During 2013, a total of 300 houses were completed and allocated to the qualifying beneficiaries. Phase 2 consist of 1 033 houses and the construction of these houses was completed during August 2015. The Lesedi Local Municipality then requested the Provincial Department that none of these houses should be allocated to beneficiaries without electricity. As the electrification of houses is the responsibility of the Municipality, the Provincial Department had to wait for the houses to be provided with electricity before allocation could start. To date, 695 houses in Phase 2 have been electrified and allocated.
The allocation of the houses with electricity is an on-going process and the Provincial Department has indicated that a further 88 houses will be allocated to the beneficiaries by 6 April 2016. The Lesedi Local Municipality is attending to the electrification of the outstanding houses, and once the houses have been electrified, allocations to the qualifying beneficiaries will commence.
11 April 2016 - NW696
Van Damme, Ms PT to ask the Minister of Communications
(1) Whether she was informed of the SA Broadcasting Corporation’s (SABC) decision to ban call-ins on its radio stations; if not, why not; if so, what is her department’s position on the SABC’s decision to ban call-ins on its radio stations; (2) whether the SABC Board was informed of the SABC’s decision to ban call-ins on its radio stations; if not, why not; if so, (a) when and (b) what are the further relevant details?
Reply:
There was no decision to ban call-ins on radio SABC’s stations. The SABC management did not prohibit talk shows hosts from having open lines discussions during programmes. Talk show hosts of religious or sport programmes are subject matter experts and will have open line discussions on relevant religious or sporting matters. At the same time, political discussions can only be dealt with during News and Current affairs programmes where presenters/hosts are skilled to deal with these matters. Therefore, the SABC strives to ensure that political discussions are dealt with on the correct platforms.
MR NN MUNZHELELE
DIRECTOR GENERAL [ACTING]
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS
DATE:
MS AF MUTHAMBI (MP)
MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS
DATE
11 April 2016 - NW826
Mbhele, Mr ZN to ask the Minister of Police
(a) Why, since his reply to question 2669 on 25 August 2015, has he not yet appointed a permanent Secretary of the Civilian Secretariat for Police in accordance with section 7 of the Civilian Secretariat for Police Service Act, Act 2 of 2011, (b) when will he do so and (c) what recruitment processes are underway to appoint someone permanently to the specified position?
Reply:
The initial advert of 2014 did not attract a suitable candidate. In the intervening period an acting person was put in place. The post has since been re-advertised and the closing date was 18 March 2016. The applications received are still being processed.
11 April 2016 - NW757
Lovemore, Ms AT to ask the Minister of Public Service and Administration
(1)Whether all training offered to public servants takes place through the National School of Government (NSG); if not, why not; if so, what are the details of the training offered by the NSG that is indeed mandatory; (2) whether specific training has been identified as appropriate for each position or grade within the public service; if not, (a) who decides what training should be carried out, (b) according to what guidelines and (c) who is responsible for quality assurance of training that is selected and offered; if so, what are the relevant details of such training; (3) whether any competency tests or assessments are performed within the public service to measure the effectiveness of training; if not, (a) why not and (b) how is it determined that any particular training is effective or otherwise; if so, what are the relevant details; (4) whether (a) his department and (b) the Public Service Commission recommend training offered through the NSG as an appropriate mechanism to improve performance where performance weaknesses are identified; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
- Yes. Not all training offered to public servants takes place through the National School of Government. There is no regulation that mandates departments to send public servants to the National School of Governement to be trained.
Mandatory training programmes are the Compulsory Induction Programmes (CIP) for newly appointed public servants from salary levels 1 to 16 as per the Directives issued by the Minister for Public Service and Administration namely;
(a) Amendments to the Directive on the Implementation of the Compulsory Induction Programme (CIP) in the public service, April 2015
(b) Directive on Compulsory Capacity Development, Mandatory Training Days and Minimum entry requirements for Senior Management Services (SMS).
(i) CIP 1-12 focuses on newly appointed public servants on salary levels 1 to 12. This CIP 1-12 is divided into two programmes, namely CIP 1-5 and CIP 6-12 with dedicated focus on the unique requirements of knowledge, skills, values and competencies that is relevant and responsive at these salary levels respectively.
(ii) CIP 13-14 focuses on newly appointed public servants on salary levels 13 and 14, namely Directors and Chief Directors. These programmes focus on the unique requirements of knowledge, skills, values and competencies that are relevant and responsive at these salary levels.
(iii) CIP 15-16 or the Executive Inductive Induction Programme (EIP) focuses on newly appointed public servants on salary levels 15 and 16, namely Deputy-Director Generals and Director-Generals. This programme focuses on the unique requirements of knowledge, skills, values and competencies that are relevant and responsive at these salary levels.
2. Yes. All the training programmes are focused on a specific target group or salary level of public servants.
(a) The department that identified the training needs decides what training should be carried out.
(b) The guidelines that inform the training programmes are the Learning Provision Cycle and the Learning Programme Design Matrix. The Learning Provision Cycle provides the strategic framework for planning, design, development, approval, delivery and monitoring and evaluation of the training programmes. The Design Matrix provide the specific guidelines with regard to the specific/enabling outcomes, assessment criteria, learning statements, assessment activities, and related critical cross filed outcomes to ensure integration of learning.
(c) The National School of Government is responsible for the quality of training that is selected and offered. It does this using its Quality Management and Monitoring and Evaluation Systems. The Quality Management System involves the Quality Management System Policies with accompanying implementation toolkits. The Monitoring and Evaluation processes include the 100% monitoring of all NSG programmes, regular on-site visits and evaluation reports as well as application or learning studies focusing on selected National School of Government programmes.
3. (a) Every training programme has assessment requirements to ensure the effectiveness of training.
(b) Training is monitored and evaluated on a regular basis. The National School of Government conducts evaluations of the training programmes and the application of learning thereof in the workplace to establish (i) whether training is achieving its intended objectives and (ii) whether training is resulting in expected changes in the workplace; and if so, what these changes mean to the public.
4. (a) The National School of Government is continually analysing the Report on National Skills Development Strategy of South Africa from the Human Resource Development Council of South Africa, and also the Workplace Skills Plans of departments, in order to recommend training offered through the NSG as an appropriate mechanism to improve performance where performance weaknesses are identified;
(b) The Public Service Commission has released reports on the “State of the Public Service” as well as reports such as “ Assessing the effectiveness of training provided by PALAMA in improving skills and competencies of public service leadership with a view to inform curriculum development by the National School of Government, September 2014” . The recommendations provided in these AMPAT reports inform the training offered through the NSG as an appropriate mechanism to improve performance where performance weaknesses are identified.
11 April 2016 - NW586
Motau, Mr SC to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Whether, with reference to his reply to question 4236 on 21 December 2015, his department has received the outstanding information from the Tlokwe City Local Municipality; if not, why not; if so, when will the specified information be made available as requested?
Reply:
The following response is based on information received from legal services at Tlokwe Local Municipality:
(a)(i) Total amount spent on legal fees for 2013-14 financial year |
(b) Breakdown of the specified amounts (2013-14 financial year) |
(a)(ii) Total amount spent on legal fees for 2014-15 financial year |
(b) Breakdown of the specified amounts (2014-15 financial year) |
||
Month |
Amount |
Month |
Amount |
||
R 8 890 840.36 |
July |
R 402 187.14 |
R 4 237 194.63 |
July |
R 476 318.83 |
August |
R 591 972.78 |
August |
R 178 640.36 |
||
September |
R 637 242.16 |
September |
R 775 808.30 |
||
October |
R 874 365.14 |
October |
R 296 796.00 |
||
November |
R 390 942.12 |
November |
R 143 550.39 |
||
December |
R 1555 722.59 |
December |
R 258 000.00 |
||
January |
R 140 226.23 |
January |
R 731 770.23 |
||
February |
R 559 686.80 |
February |
R 371 386.63 |
||
March |
R 956 695.62 |
March |
R 381 521.70 |
||
April |
R 656 578.95 |
April |
R 23 689.34 |
||
May |
R 1 157 336.92 |
May |
R 525 803.29 |
||
June |
R 967 883.91 |
June |
R 100 909.56 |
11 April 2016 - NW584
Ollis, Mr IM to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Whether, with reference to his reply to question 4258 on 21 December 2015, his department has received the outstanding information; if not, why not; if so, when will the specified information be made available?
Reply:
Find here: Reply
11 April 2016 - NW764
Volmink, Mr HC to ask the Minister of Health
With regard to the five key recommendations made in the Ministerial Task Team’s Report on the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) presented in October 2015, has the HPCSA Board agreed to any of these recommendations; if not, (a) why not and (b) what further action(s) will he take if the HPCSA rejects any or all of the recommendations; if so, (i) which recommendations did the HPCSA agree to and (ii) what time frames have been given for the implementation of the specified recommendations?
Reply:
The HPCSA is an independent organisation, as such, it has a legal obligation to adhere to all Constitutional and relevant legislative prescripts in the exercise of its mandate. The implementation of the recommendation made in the Ministerial Task Team Report on the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) is therefore subject to adherence to these prescripts. I am being kept informed by the HPCSA on the progress in this regard.
(a) At this point, I have not been informed by the HPCSA that any of the recommendations of the Ministerial Task Team have been rejected;
(b) Not applicable;
(i) Not applicable;
(ii) A final implementation report is expected by the end of April 2016
END.
11 April 2016 - NW734
Alberts, Mr ADW to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises
(1) Whether Eskom (a) is currently engaged in conversation with Microsoft or (b) has already contracted with Microsoft for the (i) purchasing or (ii) licensing of software to the value of R500 million or any other amount; if so, (aa) what is the purpose of the purchasing of the software, (bb) when this will be taken into use, (cc) which purchasing process was followed and (dd) what are the further relevant particulars; (2) whether the purchase process meets all the legal requirements; if so, what are the relevant particulars; (3) why open source software was not considered in this case? (2) whether the purchase process meets all the legal requirements; if so, what are the relevant particulars; (3) why open source software was not considered in this case? NW850E
Reply:
(1)(a) Eskom is in constant interaction with various suppliers for the required goods and services. This interaction includes Microsoft.
(b)(i) Eskom currently has an existing contract that is due to expire on 29 May 2016. A commercial process is currently underway for the renewal of the support and maintenance of the current contract. It must be noted that the bulk of this renewal is to maintain the current investment and ensure adequate maintenance and support of software.
(ii) The current contract with Microsoft expires on 29th May 2016. Please note that price is a confidential matter.
(aa) The current commercial process is to do the renewal of licences, subscription and maintenance.
(bb) The software is already in use as per the existing contract, except for the additional licenses. The additional licence is for functionality requirements from the business aligned to the digitisation strategy which will be deployed via approved projects once contract is approved.
(cc) Eskom’s commercial process which forms part of Eskom’s Procurement and Supply Chain Management Policy and Procedure was followed.
(dd) The commercial process that was followed is in alignment with Eskom’s Procurement and Supply Chain Management Policy and Procedure and Public Finance Management Act.
(2) Yes, Eskom’s process followed on the Microsoft transaction satisfied all prescribed legal requirements. The details are that the commercial process which is provided for in Eskom’s supply chain policies, is aligned to the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA) and the Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act (PPPFA).
(3) There are currently no email capabilities with open source and a number of our critical systems are integrated to our email application (exchange), using open source therefore is not possible. Eskom’s applications are extremely critical, given the nature of our business, use of open source will cause vulnerabilities and security is a risk that cannot be tolerated. Furthermore, using open source will have too many incompatibility issues between different word processing applications. There is also a massive proliferation of excel macros across the organisation which will lead to different version that we will have to manage hence there will be an increase in costs (support and maintenance required).
11 April 2016 - NW521
Khubisa, Mr NM to ask the Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services
In view of the recent protracted strike by post office employees around the country, (a) how many post offices were part of the strike and in which provinces and districts are the post offices located and (b) how many employees in the post office joined the strike; (2) What are the relevant details of the grievances complained of by the post office employees, inter alia, salaries and working conditions; (3) Whether the specified grievances have been finally resolved; if so, what is the nature of resolutions and or settlement reached?
Reply:
SAPO has advised me as follows:
There has been no recent strike, the last strike was in 2014.
(1)(a) 851 Post Offices (including 13 mail centres) were closed across the country at the start of the strike. In the third and fourth week 634 post offices (including 14 mail centres) and 714 post offices (including 9 mail centres) were respectively closed. The closures were mostly in the Gauteng Province followed by Western Cape and Kwa-Zulu Natal. These were mainly in; Johannesburg, Pretoria, Cape Town and Durban. The closures in other provinces were sporadic in nature.
(b) A total of 4656 employees were reported to be on strike. However the level of intimidation and violence that was experienced during the strike led to more employees not being at their workstations during the strike due to fears of intimidation and violence.
(2) The details of the grievances included:
- Back pay for the 2014 salary increases
- Casual employees requesting full time employment with full benefits
- Permanent Part time employees (flexible labour contracts) requesting full time employment
- Equal work for equal pay
- The 588 employees that were previously dismissed due to illegal strike but then re-employed in 2013 after agreements between SAPO and labour Unions demanded re-instatement of full benefits
( 3)The Minister established the National Leadership Forum at SAPO in October 2014. This was used as a platform to re-establish the engagements between representatives of the organised labour and SAPO management with the Department attending as an observer. SAPO workforce forums were subsequently established and settlement agreements reached with labour representatives taking into account SAPO’s financial situation. These agreements included:
- Back pay for 2014/2015 salary increases
- Conversion of casual and permanent part-time workers to permanent full time employees
- Equal pay for work of equal value
- 2015/2016 salary increases
Of the above agreements, the conversion of the temporary employees (casuals and flexible labour contracts) to permanent employees started in 2014 in a phased-in approach but was stopped due to financial constraints. Other settlements agreements were not honoured altogether due the entity’s continued constrained cash-flow position as the entity battled to recover financially post the strike action.
11 April 2016 - NW798
Waters, Mr M to ask the Minister of Police
(1)(a) How many incidents of taxi violence-related shootings have been reported in each province from 1 January 2011 up to the latest specified date for which information is available, (b) how many of the investigations into the specified incidents have been solved, particularly where murder actually occurred, (c) (i) what are the reasons for the investigations that remain unsolved and (ii) what actions he undertook to ensure that the unsolved cases reach their full conclusion to fight what appears to be organised crime in the taxi industry; (2) whether he has put any mechanisms in place to combat taxi violence-related shooting incidents in the future; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
Province |
(1)(a) |
(1)(b) |
(1)(c)(i) |
(1)(c)(ii) |
(2) |
Mpumalanga |
38 |
37 |
One (1) investigation is still active (ongoing). |
|
|
Free State |
8 |
6 |
Four (4) warning statements are outstanding. One (1) docket is at the DPP for a decision. |
|
|
Eastern Cape |
2 |
1 |
One (1) investigation is still active (ongoing). The accused is deceased. Suspected that more perpetrators are involved. |
|
|
Northern Cape |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
North West |
6 |
5 |
One (1) investigation is still active (ongoing) because the suspect is still unknown. |
|
|
Province |
(1)(a) |
(1)(b) |
(1)(c)(i) |
(1)(c)(ii) |
(2) |
KwaZulu-Natal |
66 |
20 |
Forty six (46) investigations are still active (ongoing) because a break-through has not been made. |
|
|
Guateng |
153 |
38 |
One hundred and fifteen (115) investigations are still active (ongoing) because a break-through has not yet been made due to:
|
|
|
AXI VIOLENCE CONTINGENCY
Province |
(1)(a) |
(1)(b) |
(1)(c)(i) |
(1)(c)(ii) |
(2) |
Western Cape |
85 |
30 |
Fifty five (55) Investigations are still active (ongoing). |
|
|
Limpopo |
1 |
0 |
One (1) investigation is still active (ongoing). |
N/A |
|
11 April 2016 - NW299
Ollis, Mr IM to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
(1)Whether the meetings of each metropolitan municipality’s bid adjudication committee are open to the public; if not, why not; if so, (a) when was this implemented and (b) where are the specified meetings advertised; (2) Whether bid boxes are opened in view of the public; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
The processes relating to the supply chain management policies of municipalities including metropolitan municipalities is regulated by chapter 11 of the Local Government Municipal Finance Management Act 56 of 2003. Section 111 this Act requires each municipality to have and implement a supply chain management policy which is in line with a framework that is prescribed in section 112 of the same Act. This section provides the minimum requirements to be covered by the supply chain management policy. Of relevance to this parliamentary question is section 112(h) which prescribed that the policy must provide for procedures and mechanisms for: “(i) Opening, registering and recording of bids in the presence of interested persons” and (ii) “The evaluation of bids to ensure best value for money”
There is no requirement for the evaluation and adjudication of bids in public in the Act nor in any other municipal relevant legal prescript.
(i) There is no legal prescript that requires the meetings of a municipality’s bid adjudication committee to be open to the public. Only two metropolitan municipalities; Ekurhuleni and City of Cape Town have adopted this practice as an additional measure to emphasise transparency in procurement.
The following table outlines is the approach elected by each of the eight metropolitan municipalities in this regard; this is according to the information provided by the municipalities:
Metropolitan municipality |
Are the bid adjudication committee meetings open to the public? |
When was this practice implemented? |
Where are the meetings advertised? |
City of Johannesburg Metro |
No |
N/A (Not a legal requirement) |
N/A (Not a legal requirement) |
Tshwane Metro |
No |
N/A (Not a legal requirement) |
N/A (Not a legal requirement) |
Ekurhuleni Metro |
Yes |
1 December 2015 |
Local media and municipal notice boards. |
City of Cape Town Metro |
Yes |
1 June 2006 |
Local media and municipal notice boards. |
Nelson Mandela Bay Metro |
No |
N/A (Not a legal requirement) |
N/A (Not a legal requirement) |
Buffalo City Metro |
No |
N/A (Not a legal requirement) |
N/A (Not a legal requirement) |
Ethekwini Metro |
No |
N/A (Not a legal requirement) |
N/A (Not a legal requirement) |
Mangaung Metro |
No |
N/A (Not a legal requirement) |
N/A (Not a legal requirement) |
(ii) The public opening of municipal bids is a legal requirement as prescribed in section 112(h) (i) of the Local Government Municipal Finance Management Act 56 of 2003. This section prescribes that the supply chain management policy must provide for procedures and mechanisms for: “(i) Opening, registering and recording of bids in the presence of interested persons”.
In this regard; all metropolitan supply chain management policies require the public opening of bids and they have all confirmed that the bid boxes are indeed opened in view of the public.
11 April 2016 - NW720
Madisha, Mr WM to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Whether he has gone to (a) Ga-Rankuwa or (b) any other area where violent protests were taking place at present, in the period since his appointment to his new post, to (i) bring fed-up protesters and slack local government authorities together around a table to address long simmering community grievances quickly, effectively and efficiently and (ii) protect the image of South Africa in the face of a regular showing on TV screens around the world that South Africa was a violent and dangerous country with ordinary people being at odds with local government and angry at national government for not being responsive and caring; if not, why not; if so, what has he achieved through his direct involvement in resolving the long-simmering dispute at GaRankuwa or anywhere else where protests have recently been flaring up because of unresolved grievances?
Reply:
(a) No, the Minister has not visited Ga-Rankuwa.
(b) The Minister visited the Tlokwe Local Municipality, since his appointment.
(i)
The Minister has taken steps to address community grievances. These include:
• Ensuring that the department continues to implement the Back-to-Basics (B2B) programme that addresses challenges in the local government sphere
• Directing the department's provincial 828 coordinators to focus on areas where violent protests are taking place, to address community grievances;
(ii) The City of Tshwane is involved in addressing concerns raised by the residents of GaRankuwa.
The Back to Basics provincial teams have identified municipalities where violent protests are taking place and are working at resolving the challenges in these municipalities.
The teams report back to the Minister regularly.
11 April 2016 - NW702
Van Dyk, Ms V to ask the Minister of Communications
(1) With reference to a certain publication that is based in Cape Town (name furnished), which was allocated R839 000,00 in 2011 and thereafter R490 000,00 in 2012, (a) how was the costing done for the specified funding in each case and (b) what is the printing cost for the magazine which sells at R24,95; (2) whether the specified magazine, which sells 8000 copies per month, is considered a successful project according to the Media Development and Diversity Agency’s funding criteria, given that the magazine is supported by local advertisements in almost a third of the magazine; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
(1) (a) All project applicants submit their business plans and requested budgets. After engagement with MDDA Project Staff members through on site assessment, a needs analysis is conducted with the applicants, this entails interrogating each budget line item and a recommended budget is decided based on that need analysis. Below is the costing for 2011 and 2013 funding to Treasure Magazine:
2011
Item description |
Quantity |
Cost |
Printing |
10 000 copies @ R 70,100.00 (bi monthly, 64 pager, full colour) x 6 annually |
R 420, 600.00 |
Distribution |
10 000 @ R 3,000.00 (bi monthly, 64 pager full colour) x 6 annually |
R 18, 000.00 |
Software – in design |
@ R8,000.00 |
R 8,000.00 |
Public Relations & Promotions |
@ R 2,000.00 per month x 12 |
R 24,000.00 |
Email & internet connection |
@ R500.00 per month x 12 |
R 6,000.00 |
Website developer and hosting |
@ R 1,000.00 per month x 12 |
R 12,000.00 |
Photo & Illustration |
@ R 2,000.00 per issue x 6 |
R 12,000.00 |
Bank charges |
@ R 400.00 per month x 12 |
R 4,800.00 |
Stipends |
1 x Journalists @ R 5,500.00 per month x 12 |
R 66,000.00 |
1 x Layout & Graphic Designer @ R6,500.00 x 6 editions |
R 39,000.00 |
|
Publisher @ R 8,500.00 x 12 |
R 102,000.00 |
|
1 x Marketing and Sales Officer @ R 5,500.00 per month x 12 |
R 66,000.00 |
|
1 x sub-editor @ R 8,500.00 per edition x 6 |
R 51,000.00 |
|
Audit & Accounting fees |
Once off |
R 10,000.00 |
Total |
R 839,400.00 |
2013
Item Description |
Quantity |
Costs per month |
Total Costs |
Printing |
10 000 copies @ R72,400.00 (bi monthly) x 6 editions |
R 72,400.00 |
R 434,400.00 |
Distribution |
10 000 copies @ R 2,000.00 (bi monthly)x 6 editions |
R 2,000.00 |
R 12,000.00 |
Bank Charges |
12 months |
R 400.00 |
R4,800.00 |
Telecommunications |
12 months |
R2, 000.00 |
R24,000.00 |
Audit Fee |
Once off |
R 14,800.00 |
R 14,800.00 |
Total Budget |
R490,000.00 |
- (b) The printing costs are reflected on the costing above as quoted by Paarlcoldset printers in Cape Town
- The MDDA funding criteria is embedded in Section 3 of the MDDA Act of 2002. Treasure Magazine meets all the objects as stipulated in the Act and therefore a successful project established and managed by a black young woman. The MDDA measures the success of each supported project based on its sustainability which is driven by the publication’s ability to generate revenue through advertising and other promotion, sales and marketing activities. A magazine that sells 8000 copies can per month be deemed to be successful if it has managed to generate enough advertising that will enable it to continue printing, cover all its operational costs including staff retention.
MR NN MUNZHELELE
DIRECTOR GENERAL [ACTING]
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS
DATE:
MS AF MUTHAMBI (MP)
MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS
DATE
11 April 2016 - NW637
Khawula, Ms MS to ask the Minister of Water and Sanitation
Whether, with reference to the freshwater ecosystems that are in an endangered state (details furnished), she has engaged with the Minister of Environmental Affairs to collectively come up with a coherent programme for preserving our ecological infrastructure, such as wetlands and other freshwater ecosystems which are key for sustainable water supply; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
Yes, I have been engaging with the Minister of Environmental Affairs on different platforms to collectively come up with a coherent programme for preserving our ecological infrastructure. These engagements have resulted in several strategies and action plans, as follows:
- Chapter 5 of the National Water Resource Strategy 2, outlines the protection strategies for our fresh water ecosystems which are inclusive of rivers, and wetlands. The progress in the implementation of these protection measures is monitored in the outcome 10 report of the Minister of Environmental Affairs as a key performance indicator on the number of rivers that have been classified. A joint Implementation Plan with the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) has been developed to ensure the implementation of protection measures and the sustainable functioning of ecological infrastructure. It is important to note that this Implementation Plan is also in alignment with the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan developed by the DEA.
- The Classification, determination of the Reserve and Resource Quality Objectives work done by my Department, takes into cognisance the information contained in the National Freshwater Ecosystem Priority Areas (NFEPA) and Strategic Water Source Areas developed by DEA, in collaboration with SANBI & the CSIR and stringent protection conditions are prescribed to protect ecologically important and sensitive ecological resources e.g. threatened wetland habitat, rivers, lakes, pans and estuaries which have been identified within these studies.
- These protection measures outlined above are further translated into license conditions when the different water use authorisation applications are approved with clear recommendations on the management of the ecological infrastructure. My Department and DEA have a joint responsibility in the management of estuaries, where my Department is responsible for determining the ecological state, importance and sensitivity of estuaries and DEA is responsible for the regulatory measures for maintaining the ecological state. The ecological information determined by my Department is taken into consideration by DEA when issuing of permits for the utilisation of estuaries.
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11 April 2016 - NW585
Ollis, Mr IM to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Whether, with reference to his reply to question 4185 on 21 December 2015, his department has received the outstanding information, if not, why not, if so, when will the specified information be made available?
Reply:
With reference to the question of 21 December 2015 a request was made to all Metropolitan Municipalities to provide the relevant information as per the question. Most Metropolitan Municipalities responded to the request and those outstanding committed to provide the information when it is available.
The original question 4185 was and the following Metropolitan Municipalities replied:
Whether any of the metropolitan municipalities measure the average time it takes to fix (a) potholes, (b) street lights and (c) traffic lights; if not, why not; if so, (i) which metros, (ii) what is the average time in each case, (iii) how is this measured and (iv) what is the specified municipality doing to improve performance in this area?
The information was provided by the respective Metropolitan Municipalties:
NAME OF METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY |
(a) (potholes) |
(b) (street lights) |
(c) (traffic lights) |
Buffalo City |
The BCMM attend to pothole fixing within seven 97) working days after receipt of report subject to availability of material, resources and weather permitting. |
Response to street light repairs is informed by the assessment of the actual problem. Sometimes normal street light failure takes one (1) or two (2) days to repair whilst rea fault takes seven (7) days to repair |
All traffic signal faults are attended to immediately upon receipt (depending on staff being available and weather permitting). The roadway is cleared of debris and installation made electrically safe. Where possible the damage or fault is isolated and the signals can operate while the full repair is being completed. Normal Traffic light faults within two days of being reported (In most instances signals are repaired within one day). The response times above are under normal failure conditions and not vandalism, theft or illegal connections. An SMS service is used to improve repair times |
A job card is opened when the complaint is received and closed after repairs are completed. Records of work done are kept to inform plans to cascade them to lower levels. The Ward based volunteers are used in line with EPWP principles on remuneration and use of private contractors to supplement the internal capacity as and when need arises. |
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Nelson Mandela Bay |
ii.
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City of Tshwane |
ii. The target time is 48 hours |
ii. The target time is 48 hours |
ii. The target time is 48 hours |
iii. The road maintenance tasks are measured through IMIS: TASKER system; The response time is measured in terms of time taken from the time identified or reported; |
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iv. Standby teams have been established to deal with after-hours reported complaints; |
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City of Joburg |
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i. The CoJ does measure the response time it takes to fix streetlights. ii. The average turnaround time to repair traffic lights is 9 days. |
iii. The response time for potholes is measured through the Hansen, the Johannesburg Road Agency (JRA) performance management system; The streets get inspected during the day and night to identify those that that are not working, which is then followed with repairs are done to defective lights; The clock starts from recording of the event in the system up until physical repair is performed. |
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iv. The JRA focuses on a Road Resurfacing programme that will minimise the number of potholes and increase the value of our roads. In addition, the JRA has set quarterly targets which are aimed at reducing the number of potholes and Agency responds to the calls logged by the customers and attempt to resolve the calls within the 3 days turnaround time; Various resources have been allocated to repair vandalized streetlights in the main arterial routes, secondary routes and in the low-cost cost areas; The CoJ field crews are working daily on the maintenance of traffic lights. |
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Ekurhuleni |
(ii) The average time it takes to respond differs as follows:
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(ii) The average time it takes to fix non-functioning street lights is 3 days.
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(ii) The repair of any traffic light fault in a major road (subject to electrical supply available) is 4 hours;
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iii. EMM uses Engineering Management Information System (EMIS); Non-functional street lights are logged into the Customer Relations Management (CRM) System. The logged complaints are attended to and as-and-when completed, they are closed on the CRM System with actual date; The Metro measures the response by using Engineering Management Information System (EMIS); |
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iv. The Roads and Stormwater Department within the EMM has put up measures in place for the following: road rehabilitation, pothole signage and road marking and bitumen tar products to supplement and assist Department Depot; EMM has increased capacity through the appointment of as-and-when required capacity to assist the Metro in reducing the average response time to keep the Metro lit; The Roads and Stormwater Department has put measures in place for the following: road rehabilitation, pothole signage and road marking and bitumen tar products to supplement and assist Department Depot. |
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Mangaung |
ii. The targeted turn-around time for fixing portholes is 5 days; |
ii. there is not specific turn-around time to fix streetlights |
ii. the targeted time to fix traffic lights is 4 hours |
iii. It is measured by the electronic Customer Relationship Management (CRM) System used by the Municipal Call Centre. The measurement is taken from the time the customer reports a complaint to the Call Centre when the complaint is logged into the CRM System and allocated a reference number until such time that the relevant service delivery unit closes the complaint with the Call Centre on the electronic CRM System. At this stage we are busy rolling out the CRM System to the relevant service delivery units which in effect mean that all the service delivery units are in the process of implementing the system. |
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iv. Additional vehicles and SUV’s have been ordered to assist the Traffic Signs Division. Contractors were appointed for some areas and their performance can be measured with the implementation of SMART streetlight systems, performance and repairs can be measured. |
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City of Cape Town |
Potholes are made safe within 24 hours after report received from the Roads Department. Final repair depends on the class of road and this can take between 1 and 5 days subject to departmental priority schedule. |
The average time to fix single streetlights is 14 days but normally done within 48 hours. |
The average time to fix traffic lights is 6 to 12 hours. |
Potholes are measured by analysing customer complaints and fault reporting systems. The fixing of streetlights are measured in days and by the amount of streetlights out and the fixing of traffic lights are measured by the fault reporting system. |
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Ongoing training and internal performance reviews are implemented. Maintenance is becoming pro-active and the department performs block replacement of luminaires to mitigate luminaire end-of-life failures. |
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eThekweni |
ii. 14 days |
ii. the average time to fix a simple lamp outage is 2 days and when cables are stolen the average time is 5 days |
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(iii)Work requests are received from the public via the City’s customer call centre, via work orders from service providers and from scheduled inspections. The process is measured from request to closure. |
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(iv) The system is monitored by management with a view to improve performance. |
11 April 2016 - NW649
Mokause, Ms MO to ask the Minister of Human Settlements
(1)With reference to a certain person (name and details furnished) from Ventersdorp in Ward 6 who applied and was approved for a housing subsidy but had her building material taken away after it was delivered because her ID number was linked to two beneficiaries, what is the process of verification of ID numbers when a subsidy is linked to two beneficiaries; (2) is a certain councillor (name furnished) allowed to sell RDP housing subsidy material?
Reply:
(1) A verification search against the Housing Subsidy System (HSS) as at 13 March 2016, indicates that the person referred to by the Honourable Member does not appear as a subsidy applicant or as an approved beneficiary of a state housing subsidy on the HSS. The North West Provincial Department of Human Settlements has since confirmed this finding. This implies that a subsidy application for the ID number provided was not captured on HSS to date or a subsidy application was not completed by the person or household to access a government housing subsidy.
In terms of the verification of ID numbers when processing applications for housing subsidies, there are set Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) that are followed before an application is captured on the system before being approved to benefit from a housing subsidy. A subsidy is linked to a household (applicant and / or spouse) and a specific site. The ID numbers (applicant/spouse/dependants) indicated on a subsidy application form is captured on HSS against a specific site number as contained in the deed of sale and specific project.
The captured application is then verified to ensure that the details on the application form have been captured correctly on HSS. The verified application is then submitted for searches via an automated process on the ID against other databases including the Population Register in the Dept. of Home Affairs, and the Deeds Register, in the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform, as well as the Department Audit Database to ensure that the applicant did not previously benefit from a state housing subsidy.
The application is tagged for approval only if it passes all the aforementioned verification and search processes.
(2) In respect of the alleged selling of housing subsidy material by the named councillor, the Department of Human Settlements views such activity in a serious light, and will investigate and take appropriate steps based on the findings when the full and exact details, including documentary or other evidence relating to such activity are provided and obtained by the Department.
11 April 2016 - NW440
Rabotapi, Mr MW to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
QUESTION 1: How many (a) fire and rescue stations are there in each metropolitan municipality and (b) (i) personnel and (ii) working vehicles are at each specified station? QUESTION 2: How many (a) fire and rescue training academies or facilities are situated in each specified municipality and (b) persons were trained by each institution in the last reporting cycle? QUESTION 3: Whether the municipality has a response time target for fire incidents; if not, why not; if so, what (a) is the target and (b) percentage of call outs were responded to within this target in the last reporting cycle?
Reply:
In order to respond comprehensively to all questions, the National Disaster Management Centre (NDMC) has formally requested the Heads of Provincial Departments to submit this information on or before Monday, 7 March 2016. The NDMC has received data from all provinces and consolidated the information that is covered in the response attached as Annexure A. With regard to question 3, it is important to note that most municipalities in the country utilise the South African National Standard (SANS): Community Protection against fire, 10090: 2003 as a benchmark for delivering fire services and responding to fires. This standard has been utilised by the metros in responding to question 3. The SANS: Community Protection against fire, 10090: 2003 standard is attached as Annexure B.
QUESTION 1: How many (a) fire and rescue stations are there in each metropolitan municipality and (b) (i) personnel and (ii) working vehicles are at each specified station?
NAME OF THE METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY: CITY OF TSHWANE
All operational fire stations within the City’s jurisdiction |
Number of personnel (Inclusive of all personnel across all shifts based on the station) |
Number of operational fire services vehicles |
Central |
39 |
5 |
Erasmuskloof |
20 |
6 |
Phillip Nel Park |
22 |
2 |
Innesdale |
18 |
9 |
Wonderboom |
26 |
5 |
Silverton |
27 |
6 |
Hazelwood |
7 |
1 |
Rosslyn |
40 |
4 |
Jabulani |
20 |
2 |
Atteridgeville |
23 |
2 |
Centurion |
32 |
5 |
Temba |
29 |
3 |
Garankuwa |
27 |
3 |
Mabopane |
27 |
2 |
Rayton |
16 |
2 |
Bronkhorstspruit |
30 |
3 |
Ekangala |
16 |
2 |
Hatfield |
19 |
2 |
Heuweloord |
17 |
1 |
Mamelodi |
6 |
1 |
Total: |
461 |
66 |
NAME OF THE METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY: CITY OF JOHANNESBURG
All operational fire stations within the City’s jurisdiction |
Number of personnel (Inclusive of all personnel across all shifts based on the station) |
Number of All fire services operational vehicles |
Ambulances |
District 1 |
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Midrand |
38 |
3 |
2 |
Ivory Park |
55 |
3 |
10 |
Lonehill |
36 |
4 |
2 |
Diepsloot |
45 |
3 |
5 |
District 2 |
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Sandton |
33 |
5 |
7 |
Alexandra |
49 |
2 |
3 |
Modderfontein |
32 |
5 |
3 |
Northview |
33 |
5 |
2 |
District 3 |
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Central |
38 |
4 |
4 |
Fairview |
41 |
3 |
3 |
Berea |
43 |
2 |
3 |
Brixton |
38 |
3 |
2 |
Malvern |
36 |
1 |
3 |
District 4 |
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Turffontein |
44 |
2 |
5 |
Kibler Park |
33 |
6 |
5 |
Eldorado Park |
45 |
1 |
6 |
Lawley |
41 |
2 |
7 |
Orange Farm |
54 |
2 |
9 |
District 5 |
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Jabulani |
65 |
4 |
14 |
Diepkloof |
43 |
3 |
5 |
Dobsonville |
48 |
1 |
6 |
Hodgoson Street |
48 |
1 |
3 |
Rietfontein |
39 |
1 |
3 |
District 6 |
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Randburg |
36 |
2 |
4 |
Huntershill |
39 |
4 |
5 |
Florida |
36 |
4 |
3 |
Roosevelt Park |
37 |
2 |
2 |
Rosebank |
29 |
1 |
3 |
Total: |
1154 |
79 |
129 |
Nb: The City of Johannesburg indicated that they are in the process of building additional two fire stations i.e. Cosmo City and Protea. Personnel in this City work in both fire services and Ambulance. |
NAME OF THE METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY: CITY OF EKURHULENI
All operational fire stations within the City’s jurisdiction |
Number of personnel (Inclusive of all personnel across all shifts based on the station) |
Number of operational fire services vehicles |
Alberton |
27 |
11 |
Thokoza |
29 |
5 |
Palm Ridge |
32 |
4 |
Zonkesizwe |
36 |
3 |
Wadeville |
28 |
8 |
Vosloorus |
32 |
3 |
Katlehong |
32 |
4 |
Germiston Central |
29 |
4 |
Boksburg Central |
25 |
5 |
Edenvale |
28 |
6 |
Primrose |
36 |
6 |
Bedfordview |
20 |
2 |
Tembisa |
40 |
4 |
Olifantsfontein |
40 |
4 |
Commercia |
40 |
3 |
Kempton park |
40 |
13 |
Leon Ferreira |
36 |
10 |
Farrarmere |
28 |
3 |
Rynfield |
32 |
4 |
Daveyton |
29 |
3 |
Total |
639 |
105 |
NAME OF THE METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY: CITY OF MANGAUNG
All operational fire stations within the City’s jurisdiction |
Number of personnel (Inclusive of all personnel across all shifts based on the station) |
Number of operational fire services vehicles |
Central |
59 |
12 |
Ehrlich |
21 |
5 |
La Kamanda Thapedi |
Non-operational due to staff shortages |
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Sellosesha |
33 |
5 |
Botshabelo |
20 |
3 |
Bayswater |
Non-operational due to staff shortages. Two rescue boats has been placed at this station. |
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Total: |
133 |
25 |
NAME OF THE METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY: CITY OF CAPE TOWN
All operational fire stations within the City’s jurisdiction |
Number of personnel (Inclusive of all personnel across all shifts based on the station) |
Number of operational fire services vehicles |
Northern District |
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Goodwood |
37 |
5 |
Epping |
42 |
3 |
Brooklyn |
19 |
1 |
Milnerton |
43 |
4 |
Melkbos |
23 |
1 |
Atlantis |
37 |
4 |
Bellville |
32 |
3 |
Durbanville |
18 |
1 |
Kraaifontein |
24 |
1 |
Brackenfell |
24 |
1 |
Western District |
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Roeland Street |
60 |
4 |
Sea Point |
18 |
1 |
Salt River |
17 |
1 |
Ottery |
33 |
3 |
Wynberg |
18 |
1 |
Constantia |
18 |
1 |
Hout Bay |
34 |
1 |
Lakeside |
37 |
3 |
Fish Hoek |
23 |
2 |
Simonstown |
17 |
1 |
Eastern District |
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Belhar |
31 |
3 |
Mfuleni |
24 |
1 |
Kuilsriver |
23 |
2 |
Strand |
45 |
3 |
Somerset |
18 |
1 |
Macassar |
19 |
1 |
Mitchells Plain |
33 |
3 |
Gugulethu |
27 |
1 |
Lansdowne |
24 |
1 |
Khayelitsha |
25 |
1 |
Total |
843 |
59 |
NAME OF THE METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY: CITY OF ETHEKWINI
All operational fire stations within the City’s jurisdiction |
Number of personnel (Inclusive of all personnel across all shifts based on the station) |
Number of operational fire services vehicles |
The City has 563 firefighters and this is not divided per station |
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Central |
88 |
9 |
Umlazi |
24 |
2 |
Ntuzuma |
20 |
1 |
Chatsworth |
20 |
1 |
Mobeni |
16 |
1 |
Virginia Airport |
- |
2 |
Amanzimtoti |
43 |
6 |
Prospection |
20 |
1 |
Pinetown South |
20 |
1 |
Durban North |
20 |
2 |
Cato Ridge |
28 |
3 |
Pinetown |
44 |
6 |
Westville |
16 |
1 |
Umhlanga |
51 |
6 |
Tongaat |
20 |
2 |
Hammersdale |
16 |
4 |
Folweni |
12 |
2 |
Gillits |
16 |
3 |
Congella |
16 |
1 |
Queensburgh |
20 |
1 |
Phoenix |
24 |
1 |
Jacobs |
32 |
2 |
Total |
566 |
58 |
NAME OF THE METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY: NELSON MANDELA
All operational fire stations within the City’s jurisdiction |
Number of personnel (Inclusive of all personnel across all shifts based on the station) |
Number of operational fire services vehicles |
South End Fire Station |
32 |
10 |
Sidwell Fire Station |
23 |
3 |
Miramar Fire Station |
24 |
3 |
Govan Mbeki Fire Station |
24 |
2 |
Motherwell Fire Station |
30 |
3 |
KwaZakhele Fire Station |
23 |
3 |
Greenbushes Fire Station |
28 |
2 |
Uitenhage Fire Station |
22 |
9 |
KwaNobuhle Fire Station |
21 |
3 |
Total |
227 |
38 |
NAME OF THE METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY: BUFFALO CITY
All operational fire stations within the City’s jurisdiction |
Number of personnel (Inclusive of all personnel across all shifts based on the station) |
Number of operational fire services vehicles |
Central Fire Station |
29 |
11 |
Alpha |
20 |
1 |
Charlie |
16 |
2 |
Bravo |
20 |
1 |
Delta |
20 |
2 |
Echo |
19 |
2 |
Foxtrot |
8 |
1 |
Total |
132 |
20 |
QUESTION 2: How many (a) fire and rescue training academies or facilities are situated in each specified municipality and (b) persons were trained by each institution in the last reporting cycle?
NAME OF THE METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY: CITY OF TSHWANE
Name of Training Academy |
Number of persons trained in the last reporting cycle (i.e. July 2014-June 2015) |
Accreditation body |
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Erasmuskloof Training Academy |
Hazardous Materials Awareness |
45 |
Southern African Emergency Services Institute (SAESI) |
Hazardous Materials Operations |
45 |
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Firefighter I |
45 |
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Firefighter II |
45 |
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Total |
180 |
NAME OF THE METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY: CITY OF JOHANNESBURG
Name of Training Academy |
Number of persons trained in the last reporting cycle (i.e. July 2014-June 2015) |
Accreditation body |
|
Rietfontein Fire and Rescue Training Academy |
Hazardous Materials Awareness |
25 |
SAESI & Local Government Sector Education and Training Authority [LGSETA]. |
Hazardous Materials Operations |
13 |
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Firefighter I |
19 |
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Firefighter II |
13 |
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Pump Operator |
18 |
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Aerial device operator |
9 |
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Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus |
105 |
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High Angle I |
151 |
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High Angle II |
38 |
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Confined Space Rescue |
25 |
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Trench Rescue |
29 |
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Structural Collapse |
26 |
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Industrial and Agricultural Rescue |
26 |
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Motor Vehicle Rescue |
15 |
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Instructor |
23 |
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Total |
535 |
NAME OF THE METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY: CITY OF EKURHULENI
Name of Training Academy |
Number of persons trained in the last reporting cycle (i.e. July 2014-June 2015) |
Accreditation body |
|
Ekurhuleni Emergency Services Training Academy |
Hazardous Materials Awareness |
39 |
SAESI |
Hazardous Materials Operations |
90 |
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Firefighter I |
34 |
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Firefighter II |
76 |
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Pump Operator |
74 |
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Aerial device operator |
54 |
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Fire & Life Safety Educator II |
6 |
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Fire Service Instructor |
25 |
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Total |
398 |
NAME OF THE METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY: CITY OF MANGAUNG
Name of Training Academy |
Number of persons trained in the last reporting cycle (i.e. July 2014-June 2015) |
Accreditation body |
|
Mangaung Training College |
Hazardous Materials Awareness |
33 |
SAESI |
Hazardous Materials Operations |
21 |
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Firefighter I |
33 |
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Firefighter II |
21 |
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Learnership: Fire & Rescue Operations |
6 |
LGSETA |
|
Total |
114 |
NAME OF THE METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY: CITY OF CAPE TOWN
Name of Training Academy |
Number of persons trained in the last reporting cycle (i.e. July 2014-June 2015) |
Accreditation body |
|
City of Cape Town Training Academy |
Hazardous Materials Awareness |
20 |
SAESI |
Hazardous Materials Operations |
14 |
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Firefighter I |
37 |
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Firefighter II |
23 |
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Fire & Life Safety Educator I |
31 |
LGSETA |
|
Rope Rescue (High Angle I) |
18 |
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Front End Loader Course |
25 |
Transport Education Training Authority (TETA) |
|
Truck Dozer Operator |
25 |
TETA |
|
Respiratory protection |
59 |
LGSETA |
|
Wildland Fire Fighting |
24 |
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4X4 Driver Operator |
20 |
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Total |
296 |
NAME OF THE METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY: CITY OF ETHEKWINI
Name of Training Academy |
Number of persons trained in the last reporting cycle (i.e. July 2014-June 2015) |
Accreditation body |
|
Illovo Fire and Rescue Training Academy |
Hazardous Materials Awareness |
7 |
SAESI & LGSETA LGSETA |
Hazardous Materials Operations |
3 |
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Firefighter I |
3 |
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Firefighter II |
3 |
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Pump Operator |
28 |
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Rope Rescue (High Angle I) |
52 |
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Aerial appliance operator |
8 |
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Breathing apparatus |
3 |
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Advanced Breathing apparatus |
16 |
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Advanced Fire Investigation |
18 |
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Swift Water Rescue |
6 |
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Total |
147 |
NAME OF THE METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY: NELSON MANDELA
Name of Training Academy |
Number of persons trained in the last reporting cycle (i.e. July 2014-June 2015) |
Accreditation body |
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Nelson Mandela Bay Fire and Emergency Services Regional Training Centre |
Hazardous Materials Awareness |
20 |
SAESI & LGSETA |
Hazardous Materials Operations |
10 |
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Firefighter I |
20 |
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Firefighter II |
0 |
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Fire Services Instructor |
10 |
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Fire Services Officer I |
10 |
||
Total |
70 |
NAME OF THE METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY: BUFFALO CITY
Name of Training Academy |
Number of persons trained in the last reporting cycle (i.e. July 2014-June 2015) |
Accreditation body |
|
Buffalo City Fire and Rescue Training Centre |
Hazardous Materials Awareness |
20 |
SAESI |
Hazardous Materials Operations |
16 |
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Firefighter I |
22 |
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Pump Operator |
27 |
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Total |
85 |
QUESTION 3: Whether the municipality has a response time target for fire incidents; if not, why not; if so, what (a) is the target and (b) percentage of call outs were responded to within this target in the last reporting cycle?
NAME OF THE METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY: CITY OF TSHWANE
Whether the municipality has a response time target for fire incidents? |
What is the target? |
Percentage of call outs that were responded to within this target in the last reporting cycle? |
Yes Response time target is based on the South African National Standard (SANS) 10090: Community Protection Against Fire |
A baseline of 80% of attendance time to all reported structural fire incidents according to Category A to D Fire Risk Areas (Category E fire risks are dealt with in the predominant Risk Category) |
In meeting the 80% baseline
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NAME OF THE METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY: CITY OF JOHANNESBURG
Whether the municipality has a response time target for fire incidents? |
What is the target? |
Percentage of call outs that were responded to within this target in the last reporting cycle? |
Yes Response time target is based on the South African National Standard (SANS) 10090: Community Protection Against Fire |
To respond to fire incidents within 12 min |
73% |
NAME OF THE METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY: CITY OF EKURHULENI
Whether the municipality has a response time target for fire incidents? |
What is the target? |
Percentage of call outs that were responded to within this target in the last reporting cycle? |
Yes Response time target is based on the South African National Standard (SANS) 10090: Community Protection Against Fire |
The target is to reach 75% compliance with the prescribed attendance times for Fire Risks Categories as per SANS 10090. |
82% |
NAME OF THE METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY: CITY OF MANGAUNG
Whether the municipality has a response time target for fire incidents? |
What is the target? |
Percentage of call outs that were responded to within this target in the last reporting cycle? |
Yes Response time target is based on the South African National Standard (SANS) 10090: Community Protection Against Fire |
7.5 out of 10 calls (75%) to be responded to in accordance with SANS 10090 |
915 out of 1080 (84% or 8.4 out of 10) emergency calls responded to in accordance SANS 10090 |
NAME OF THE METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY: CITY OF CAPE TOWN
Whether the municipality has a response time target for fire incidents? |
What is the target? |
Percentage of call outs that were responded to within this target in the last reporting cycle? |
Yes Response time target is based on the South African National Standard (SANS) 10090: Community Protection Against Fire |
80% of all emergencies to be reached from time of call to first arriving vehicle within 14 minutes. |
81% |
NAME OF THE METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY: CITY OF ETHEKWINI
Whether the municipality has a response time target for fire incidents? |
What is the target? |
Percentage of call outs that were responded to within this target in the last reporting cycle? |
Yes Response time target is based on the South African National Standard (SANS) 10090: Community Protection Against Fire |
Linked to SANS 10090 in terms of the applicable category |
NAME OF THE METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY: NELSON MANDELA
Whether the municipality has a response time target for fire incidents? |
What is the target? |
Percentage of call outs that were responded to within this target in the last reporting cycle? |
Yes Service Delivery Budget Implementation Plan (SDBIP) |
SDBIP target is 15 minutes |
100% |
NAME OF THE METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY: BUFFALO CITY
Whether the municipality has a response time target for fire incidents? |
What is the target? |
Percentage of call outs that were responded to within this target in the last reporting cycle? |
Yes Response time target is based on the South African National Standard (SANS) 10090: Community Protection Against Fire |
75% linked to SANS 10090 in terms of the applicable category |
49% |
11 April 2016 - NW535
Lovemore, Ms AT to ask the Minister of Public Service and Administration
With reference to his department’s Budget Vote speech on 13 May 2015, what are the full relevant details of the progress made to date with his department’s commitments to (a) address gaps in efficiency and effectiveness of measures through improving performance measurement instruments in the 2015-16 financial year, (b) strengthen both the (i) Head of Department evaluation system and (ii) performance management system for all employees to ensure service quantity outputs and service quality outcomes are met and that the Government gets value for money and (c)(i) justify the number of employees recruited to the senior management level and (ii) review the post provisioning norms in order to ensure optimal utilisation of employees and personnel spend?
Reply:
(a) The Department of Public Service and Administration has undertaken a systemic review and revision of the performance management and development systems (PMDS) applicable to all levels of staff. The focus of the exercise was to align organisational performance with employee performance whilst also bringing administrative efficiency to the processes. These revisions have been consulted extensively with national departments and provincial administrations as well as at various Public Service Consultative forums
(b) (i) Heads of Department (HODs) Evaluation system is at an advance stages of finalization for approval, with increased focus on departmental programme performance, performance against the Annual Performance Plan and the audit findings and opinions of the Auditor-General. The policy is in the final stages of consultation for concurrence with the Presidency and the Public Service Commission before being tabled at Cabinet for approval.
(ii) On a similar vein, the department has structured revised performance management and development systems for each of the other levels of the Senior Management Service (SMS), which will be communicated and implemented subject to the approval of the HOD PMDS.
In addition, as per Public Service Coordinating Bargaining Council (PSCBC) Resolution 1 of 2012, the department has crafted revisions to the Employee Performance and Development System (EPMDS) for non-SMS staff. These revisions have been published in the Government Gazette: 3 August 2015, Notice 800 of 2015 as part of the Draft Public Service Regulations, 2015: Invitation for public comment. The department has received comments which are being processed for finalisation and submission for approval.
(c) (i) Since the powers to perform organisational review and redesign process are decentralized to departments. The competency of Executive Authorities regarding the internal organisation of departments is exercised within the Norms and Standards issued by the Minister for Public Service and Administration (MPSA). The MPSA gives effect to the organisational design Norms and Standards through the Public Service Act (PSA), 1994, the Public Service Regulations (PSR) (2001), Guidelines, Directives and Frameworks.
Furthermore, the Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) for example, has recently conducted a study on the Minimum Norms and Standards for the provisioning of SMS posts for provincial administrations, which is calculated on citizen segmentation factors, geographic accessibility and spatial norms, reasonable minimum span of control and the complexity of the job role.
(ii) The Norms and Standards will also assist in determining an ideal split between how many SMS posts as a maximum should be located at a national level and how many SMS posts should be located at a provincial level. Furthermore, the MPSA has issued a Directive on the process to coordinate the grading of an entire occupational category or certain level within an occupation category that is utilised by more than one department. The aim of the Directive is to ensure consistence in the provision and grading of posts.
11 April 2016 - NW590
Mokgalapa, Mr S to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Whether, with reference to the reply to question 4251 on 21 December 2015, he has received the outstanding information from the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality; if not, why not; if so, when will this information be made available?
Reply:
The following information was provided by the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality:
- (a) and (b) The Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality has indicated that it approached Rand Water regarding the installation of the telemetry system at all of its reservoirs. At present, the final draft of the service level agreement between the Municipality and Rand Water for the installation of the telemetry system at all of the Municipality’s reservoirs is with Rand Water for formalisation.
- (a) According to the Municipality, an amount of R8 million is available in the current financial year to commence with the work. The design of the system is complete. The data loggers are expected to take six months to install the system at all of the Municipality’s reservoirs. Further phases in the next financial year would include the completion of the integration of the Municipality and Rand Water control rooms as well as the installation of the telemetry to control the reservoir valves. (b) The Municipality has indicated that the first phase will take six months to complete.