Questions and Replies

Reply:

(1) The Department always gives full and proper attention to the expert opinion given by each Branch or Chief Directorate. It is not understandable why there is a belief that the Department   acted contrary to the view of some experts. The Department acted in accordance with proper rules and procedures and followed the scientific recommendations given by its experts. The Department has not allocated any additional commercial quota and has thus not endangered the viability of the horse mackerel population. It should also be borne in mind that at the moment no fisherperson has been allocated fishing right and all are operating under exemption. This means, therefore, that it is not possible for any person to say that The Department has over-allocated as horse mackerel fishing can be stopped at any time if the Department believes that that stock is facing an ecological threat.

(2) Permits are issued by delegated officials in the Department and there has not been a need (now and in the past) for the Minister to make announcements on the issuing of any fishing rights.

Reply:

1. (i) and (ii) The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DoJ&CD) including the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), procures within the current framework in terms of the Preferential Procurement Regulations (PPR). The PPR was developed to support BBBEE and government specific goals.

94% of the departmental procurement supports government initiatives of which approximately 31% (R139 million) relates to SMMEs.

The department is awaiting the approval of the revised PPR that will provide for full implementation of the commitments made in the recent State of the Nation Addresses’ delivered.

 

The Office of the Chief Justice is submitting information in terms of the Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment scoring points system as prescribed by the Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act, 5 of 2000. Information is submitted as follows:

Total amount spent on procurement from 1 April 2015 to 22 February 2016 by the Office of the Chief Justice amounts to R38 647 064.18. Of this amount R29 173 393.99 was spent on Black Economic Empowerment procurement (all Black Economic Empowerment levels). Therefore the Office of the Chief Justice spent 75.49% on Black Economic Empowerment procurement.

(b)(i) The Special Investigating Unit has indicated that the percentage of total procurement spend on SMME is sixty (60%) percent.

(ii) The SIU further indicated that no procurement was made from or in support of co-operatives and rural enterprises.

1. (i) Legal Aid South Africa issued instructions to 11,831 judicare practitioners from 1 April 2015 to 31st January 2016 to the value of R96 million. These are all small law firms.

A total amount of R1.35 million, covering 1 April 2015 to 31st December 2015, was paid to five (5) law firms that are all based in rural areas and have Agency Agreements with Legal Aid SA.

An amount of R95,7 million constituting other procurements of services and goods by different suppliers were paid out for the period 01 April 2015 to 31st January 2016. Legal Aid SA awaits National Treasury’s comprehensive review of the existing Supply Chain Management legislative framework in respect of various specific goals, i.e., Small, Medium and Micro-sized Enterprises (SMMEs), co-operatives, as well as township and rural enterprises to classify procurements services going forward.

(a) (i) The Department of Correctional Services has not set aside 30% of its procurement for purchasing from SMMEs, co-operatives as well as

township and rural enterprises as this is not yet supported by procurement legal framework.

Currently contracts are awarded in accordance with the Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act, 2000 and its Regulations, 2011 to the bidder scoring the highest points.

The information regarding the contracts awarded with values above R30 000.00 from 1 April 2015 to 19 February 2016 is as follows:

BEE Level	Total Contracts	Total Current Contract Value	Percentage
Level 1	470	R 144 136 872.30	17.67%
Level 2	110	R 426 205 448.05	52.21%
Level 3	496	R 109 626 423.40	13.43%
Level 4	149	R 94 095 598.66	11.53%
Level 5	17	R 3 065 779.70	0.37%
Level 6	16	R 4 504 798.52	0.55%
Level 7	3	R 265 269.30	0.03%
Level 8	2	R 381 480.00	0.04%
Non-compliant contributor	203	R 34 042 967.57	4.17%
Total	1466	R 816 324 637.50

National Treasury’s Summary Report: Contract(s) Awarded does not make provision for distinguishing of contracts awarded to Small, Medium and Micro-sized Enterprises, co-operatives as well as township and rural enterprises.

(ii) As above

1. Not applicable

 

Reply:

a) In the 2015/16 financial year, the department is supporting one hundred (100) rural tourism SMMEs through the Tourism Enterprise Partnership (TEP) programme. In the second quarter 92 enterprises were supported on mentorship, business training, and marketing / market access and business development fund assistances and in the third quarter 78 enterprises were supported. The types of tourism businesses supported included accommodation establishments, restaurants, arts and crafts, tour operators and tourism attractions. The department contributed R13.5 million towards the partnership. The department has signed an MOU with the Ministry of Small Business Development to stimulate the establishment of new SMMEs, starting from the 2016/17 financial year.

b) TEP reported that 1,556 Full Time Equivalent (FTEs) jobs were created in the second and third quarter of the 2015/16 financial year.

Reply:

1. (a) According to the response received from the NGB, the licence was awarded jointly to Akani Egoli (Pty) Ltd (licence holder) formerly a dormant company known as Tacasa Investment (Pty) Ltd and Casino Austria International Holding GmbH (casino operator / management).

(b) According to the response received from the NGB, the directors were as follows:

• Krok Martin Zane
• Krok Maxim
• Matthews Kgomotso Regina
• Thlabi Brynner Brian
• Schutte Barend Jacobus
• Hautmann Jurgen
• Farrow John Robert Henry
• Mzizi Daniel
• Moloko Richard Thabo
• Williams Robert John
• Ndlovu Maduke Lot
• Khoza Ruel Jethro

2. According to the response received from the NGB, the answer is in the affirmative.

3. According to the response received from the National Lotteries Board (NLB) and now the National Lotteries Commission (NLC), on 3 November 2004, an application signed by one Mr. C M Till was received.

4. According to the response received from the NLC, the referees cited on the application were:

i. Mr George Bizos

ii. Mr Richard Moloko; and

iii. Mr Reuel Khoza

5. According to the response received from the NLC, the grant of R1 585 000.00 was awarded and paid in three tranches between April 2008 and August 2014 to SA Apartheid Museum with Registration Number 2001/019108/08 by the National Lotteries Board.

Reply:

1.(a) 13 Country Offices are currently in operation.

(b) The South African Tourism offices are situated in the following countries:

USA

UK

Germany

France

Netherlands

Italy (to be closed in 2016/17 financial year)

India

China

Japan

Australia

Angola (rental agreement ending August 2016)

Nigeria

Brazil (General Marketing Agent)

2. (a)

Country Office	2015/16 Budgets
1. USA	R69 069 634
2. UK	R52 316 899
3. Germany	R54 297 239
4. France	R35 939 548
5. Netherlands	R27 687 781
6. Italy	R14 771 183
7. India	R32 166 316
8. China	R26 617 535
9. Japan	R12 664 850
10. Australia	R33 239 550
11. Angola	R14 251 649
12. Nigeria	R25 035 247
13. Brazil	R23 658 828

(b)

Country Office	Number of Staff (approved headcount)
1. USA	7
2. UK	6
3. Germany	7
4. France	4
5. Netherlands	4
6. Italy	5
7. India	4
8. China	5
9. Japan	3
10. Australia	3
11. Angola	1 (Trade Relations Manager only)
12. Nigeria	4
13. Brazil	General Marketing Agent

Reply:

1. According to the information received from the NLC, the SA Apartheid Museum, in support of its applications supplied all the required information viz.:

i. Prescribed application form, duly completed.

ii. Project plan and motivation for said project.

iii. Project budget.

iv. Notice of registered office to show registration number.

v. Articles of Association of a Company not having a share capital.

vi. Memorandum of Association of a company not having share capital.

vii. Annual financial statements for three consecutive years.

According to the information received from the NLC, the signatories to the Articles of Association were:

i. Kim Feinberg

ii. Steven Joffe

iii. Christopher Kroese

iv. Solomon Krok

v. Christopher Martin Till

vi. Richard Thabo Moloko

vii. Lesego Wa Lesego

viii. Sidney Abromowitch

2. Yes, please see “Annex A” attached hereto. “Annex B” contains further information regarding changes of directors at SA Apartheid Museum. This information was provided for by the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC).

3. (a) According to the information received from the NGB, the casino was funded 60% debt (R497.4m) and 40% equity (R344.9m). Equity contribution was as follows:

i) Akani Leisure R172.45m

ii) M Krok R73.29m

iii) MZ Krok R73.29m

iv)Promoters R25.87m

According to the information received from the NLC, the shareholders of Akani Leisure were as follows:

• Co-ordinated Network Investments
• Siphumelele Investments
• Black Management Forum Invetment
• Youth Investments Network
• G7 Investments Holdings
• Xau Women’s Investment
• Prime Portfolio Investments A

The shareholders of the promoters were as follows:

• The Kroks (Maxim and Martin Zane Krok who are the sons of Solly and Abe Krok)
• Casinos GmbH
• Murray & Roberts Construction
• Innovative Resort
• First Corp Merchant Bank
• Co-ordinated Network Investments

(b) Youth Investment Network was established and financially assited by Akani Leisure and the Promoters to create an opportunity for the youth to participate in casino licence applications throughout the country. Once it was established, it was offered a shareholding in Akani Leisure.

The shareholders of Akani Leisure were as follows:

• Co-ordinated Network Investments
• Siphumelele Investments
• Black Management Forum Invetment
• Youth Investments Network
• G7 Investments Holdings
• Xau Women’s Investment
• Prime Portfolio Investments A

According to the response received from the NGB, none of the members of the Youth Investment Network were employees of the Gauteng Gambling Board.

Reply:

1. A. International tourism

Province	(1)(a)Tourism Figures - 2014	(b) (i)Revenue 2013 - billion	(b) (ii)Revenue 2014 - billion	b (iii) Revenue 2015
Eastern Cape	304,888	R 2.0	R 2.4	Data for 2015 is not available as yet
Free State	960,147	R 1.9	R 1.2
Gauteng	3,804,125	R 25.6	R 26.1
KZN	768,228	R 4.4	R 3.8
Limpopo	1,639,766	R 9.4	R 9.4
Mpumalanga	1,144,021	R 5.2	R 4.7
North West	508,537	R 1.7	R 1.4
Northern Cape	166,657	R 0.7	R 0.7
Western Cape	1,386,100	R 13.1	R 14.5

1. B. Domestic tourism

Province	(1)(a)Tourism Figures - 2014	(b) (i)Revenue 2013 - billion	(b) (ii)Revenue 2014 - billion	b (iii) Revenue 2015
Eastern Cape	3,2 million	R 2,5	R 3,0	Data for 2015 is not available as yet
Free State	1,0 million	R 0,7	R 1,1
Gauteng	4,3 million	R 3,6	R 4,4
KZN	5,3 million	R 6,6	R 5,2
Limpopo	7,4 million	R 4,3	R 5,5
Mpumalanga	3,3 million	R 2,7	R 2,4
North West	2,3 million	R 1,1	R 1,9
Northern Cape	0,6 million	R 0,6	R 0,5
Western Cape	1,6 million	R 2,3	R 2,8

2. Business conferencing

Province	*(2)(a)Attendee Figures	*(b)(i) Revenue due to promotion of business conferencing 2014 - million	b (ii) Revenue 2015 Revenue due to promotion of business conferencing 2015 - million
Eastern Cape	1105	R 9,4	Data for 2015 is not available as yet
Free State	2 139	R 29,8
Gauteng	12 790	R 159,9
KZN	13 265	R 111,6
Limpopo	200	R 2,2
Mpumalanga	173	R 2,4
North West	810	R 7,8
Northern Cape	0	0
Western Cape	32 384	R 455,1

*information on business conferencing is based on data received from the provincial convention bureaus on Association meetings.

Reply:

The Department has not conducted any studies or research on the salary levels of academics, senior university management or Vice-Chancellors in South African universities. However Universities South Africa (USAf), formerly known as Higher Education South Africa (HESA), completed a study on the remuneration of academic staff at South African universities in 2014. This report can be downloaded from the Universities South Africa’s website.

 

Compiler/contact persons:

Ext:

DIRECTOR – GENERAL

STATUS:

DATE:

REPLY TO QUESTION 336 APPROVED/NOT APPROVED/AMENDED

Dr BE NZIMANDE, MP

MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING

STATUS:

DATE:

Reply:

1. (a) According to the response received from the NGB, Mr Biyela was never an employee of the Gauteng Gambling Board.

(b) According to the response received from the NGB, Mr Mokhobo served as an Acting Chief Executive Officer of the GGB.

(c) According to the response received from the NGB, Mr Mokhobo served as an Acting Chief Executive Officer of the GGB from 01 January 1998 to 14 April 1998.

(d) According to the response received from the NGB, the position was vacant since the then Chief Executive Officer had resigned in December 1997.

(e) At the time the Board had appointed Gobodo Incorporated to assist it with the probity investigations relating to the casino licence applications in terms of section 15 of the Gauteng Gambling Board Act, Mr Mokhobo was responsible for the Gobodo investigating team. Mr Mokhobo was appointed as the Acting Chief Executive Officer whilst the recruitment process was underway. A permanent Chief Executive Officer was then appointed effective from 15 April 1998.The appointment of Mr Mokhobo did not breach any of the board’s policy concerning the conflict of interest since Gobodo was not an applicant to the Board nor licencee; and was already performing duties on behalf of the Board.

2. According to the response received from the NLC, the NLC does not know who the financial stakeholders of the applicants are as this information is not required.

3. According to the response received from the NLC, the response is no.

4. According to the response received from the NLC, the response is no. Recordings are only kept for a period of five years. The adjudication of the application was in 2008, and therefore records are not available.

Reply:

a) i) Incorporation of NATMAP into DOT plans

During the development of NATMAP 2050, an extensive consultation approach from the municipalities, provinces and agencies (bottom-up-approach) was undertaken and that culminated into a product informed by plans from various stakeholders.

The NATMAP 2050 Synopsis Report was submitted to the Cabinet on the 18th September 2013 and amongst others Cabinet approved that the Presidential Infrastructure Coordinating Commission (PICC) Management Committee (MANCO) and the Minister of Transport review the proposed NATMAP 2050. In line with the above Cabinet resolution, the Department has review and updated the NATMAP 2050 Synopsis Report and awaiting the Plan’s endorsement by PICC MANCO before it is resubmitted to Cabinet for approval.

NATMAP 2050 Synopsis Update specifies outcomes and strategic objectives linked to key government policies that include DOT Strategy amongst others. Its objective will be delivered by linking key proposal with broader national policy areas, the MTSF 2014-2019, NDP 2030 and National infrastructure Plan (NIP).

ii) Incorporation of NATMAP into Entities Plans

Based on the bottom-up approach that was adopted throughout the development process of NATMAP 2050,different implementing agencies will have to develop their own implementing plans in line with the intervention proposed on the Synopsis Update report. Upon submission of their strategic plans, the Minister will be ensure that implementation of NATMAP 2050 is finds a clear expression in their plans moving forward.

b) i) Implementation Monitoring

The Department will regularly monitor the implementation of this Plan by engaging implementing agents in terms of getting the report and serving on different for a or committees that will oversee the implementation of NATMAP 2050 interventions.

ii) By whom

The Branch: Integrated Transport Planning will oversee the implementation process and supported by Chief Director Macro Sector Planning and Director Master Planning,

c) Timelines

Interventions indicated on the draft NATMAP 2050 Synopsis Update documents are categorised with the following timeframes:

1. Short term: 5 years (20152020)
2. Medium term: 10 years (2020-2030)
3. Long Term: 20 years (2020-2050)

It is worth noting that the Performance Agreement between the President and the Minister of Transport, says that by June 2016, the Integrated National Transport Plan should be developed and approved.

 

Reply:

The Minister of Public Works

(a), (b) and (c):-

It must be noted that the stated R800 million lease worth reported by the Auditor – General is a figure which was calculated for outstanding documents over a period of more than one financial year and goes back to about 5 years.

In 2013, the Department of Public Works launched a special lease review intervention aimed at identifying all active private leases and verifying lease validity for leases registered on the Department’s property management information system (PMIS).

In 2014, a second special lease review intervention was launched with the aim of consolidating information and matching documentation (lease agreements).

As a result of the above-mentioned lease interventions, all 2619 active leases have valid lease documents and are on a master database.

Reply:

The following are the members of the Appeals Board Members and their capacity:

Mr M Msimang (Chairperson)

Mr F Hartzenburg (Member)

Adv C.O Morolo (Member)

Ms N.E Mkhwanazi (Member)

Adv M.A Tshivhase (Member)

Reply:

The information was provided by the Gauteng Provincial Head of Department: Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs.

The 46% figure is based on a number of published studies, notably a local one published by HE Jacobs, LC Geustyn and BF Loubser in 2005 entitled "Water - How is it used at home?". The study found that water consumption through garden irrigation makes up a significant amount of water losses. Water losses attributed to garden irrigation found to be at 46% of the total residential annual use.


Recommended by:

MR M RANGATE MR T FOSI
Chief Director: Improvement Programme Deputy Director-General: LGSIM
Date: 22/02/2016 Date: 29/02/2016

RECOMMENDED/.................................


MR V MADONSELA
DIRECTOR-GENERAL
DATE: 29/02/2016


SUPPORTED/.....................

MR A NEL, MP
DEPUTY MINISTER
DATE: 2/03/2016


APPROVED/......................


DES VAN ROOYEN, MP
MINISTER
DATE: 02/03/2016
 

Reply:

(a) I will ensure the department looks into this matter.

(b)(i) The status of undesirability can be reversed by appealing against the decision.

(b)(ii) The appeal can be sent to [email protected].

Reply:

1.Yes, the Department has bought advertising space in The New Age in the 2012-13, (b) 2013-14 and (c) 2014-15 financial years;

i) Number of times; and

ii) The amount in each specified financial years.

DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE

Advertisements	Date	Cost
Heritage Month	September 2012	R75 360.00
Freedom Month	April 2012	R56 520.00
Africa Month	May 2012	R42 955.20
Nelson Mandela Day	July 2012	R28 636.80
Nelson Mandela Day	July 2012	R28 636.80
Visual Arts Indaba	October 2012	R66 572 00
Advertisement	April 2013	R40 929.42
Advertisement	June 2014	R35 803.98
Advertisement	November 2014	R8 997.61
Advertisement	March 2015	R6 791.30

2. The advertisements that were placed through GCIS are as follows:

Adverts placed through GCIS:

DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE THROUGH GCIS

Reconciliation Month	December 2014	R31 710.00

Reply:

(1)(a-b) For 2013-2014 financial year 52 officials were placed on precautionary suspension whilst allegations of fraud and corruption were investigated. The table below indicates the offices and the rank (positions) held.

Office	Rank (Position)
BRAKPAN	2
Front Office Clerk	2
BVR	1
Senior Admin Clerk	1
CALEDONSPOORT	6
Control Immigration Officer	1
Immigration Officer	5
CARLETONVILLE	1
Local Office Manager	1
JEPPE'S REEF	2
Control Immigration Officer	1
Immigration Officer	1
KING WILLIAMS TOWN	1
Front Office Clerk	1
MARABASTAD REFUGEE RECEPTION CENTRE	4
Immigration Officer	1
Refugee Status Determination Officer	3
O R TAMBO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT	12
Control Immigration Officer	1
Immigration Officer	11
OSHOEK	2
Immigration Officer	2
PHALABRWA	1
Senior Admin Clerk	1
POLOKWANE REGIONAL OFFICE	1
Immigration Officer	1
PORT ELIZABETH REGIONAL OFFICE	1
Control Immigration Officer	1
PORT ELIZABETH REFUGEE RECEPTION CENTRE	10
Refugee Reception Officer	5
Refugee Status Determination Officer	2
Refugee Status Determination Manager	1
Senior Admin Clerk	1
SECURITY OFFICER	1
PRETORIA: LARGE OFFICE	1
MOBILE TRUCK DRIVER	1
PROSPECTON	1
Front Office Clerk	1
TIRRO REFUGEE RECEPTION CENTRE	1
Refugee Reception Officer	1
VANDERBIJLPARK	1
Immigration Officer	1
WITBANK	3
Immigration Officer	3
ZULULAND LOCAL OFFICE	1
Front Office Clerk	1
Grand Total	52

For 2014-2015 financial year 22 officials were placed on precautionary suspension whilst allegations of fraud and corruption were investigated. The table below indicates the offices and the rank (positions) held.

Office	Rank (Position)
BRAKPAN	2
Front Office Clerk	2
CHIEF DIRECTORATE: EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT	1
Director	1
KING WILLIAMS TOWN	1
Front Office Clerk	1
KOKSTAD	2
Immigration Officer	2
MARABASTAD REFUGEE RECEPTION CENTRE	1
Immigration Officer	1
O R TAMBO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT	5
Immigration Officer	5
OSHOEK	2
Immigration Officer	2
PRETORIA: LARGE OFFICE	1
Mobile Truck Driver	1
PRETORIA:LARGE OFFICE	2
Immigration Officer	2
SASOLBURG	1
Chief Admin Clerk	1
WITBANK	3
Immigration Officer	3
ZULULAND LARGE OFFICE	1
Front Office Clerk	1
Grand Total	22

(2) For the 2013-2014 financial year, 57 employees were dismissed for fraud and corruption related misconduct. For the 2014-2015 financial year, 45 employees were dismissed for fraud and corruption related misconduct.

Reply:

Minister has a signed performance agreement that is translated into a Medium Term Strategic Framework for a 5 years period.  This is broken down into an annual performance plan. 

These documents form the basis of the department being held accountable by Parliament on a quarterly basis and also held accountable by the public.  The performance agreement of the Minister is therefore publicly assessed through the Portfolio Committees on a regular basis. 

Additionally, the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA) compels all the Executing Authorities to subject their departmental expenditure to the Auditor General. This again is a measure that ensures full accountability to the public funds. 

Reply:

During 2012-13, adverts were placed in New Age by recruitment companies totalling R102 146 for staff posts advertised by the department. This constituted 0,65% of the total advertising costs of the department for the year. Other media outlets used in this period included the Star, Mail & Guardian, City Press, Business Day and Sunday Times.

During 2013-14, infrastructure marketing was placed by Brand SA on behalf of EDD in various media outlets, which included newspapers, radio and television. Adverts and marketing were placed in Sowetan, the Star, Cape Times, Pretoria News, Mercury, Mail & Guardian, Business Day, City Press and the Sunday Times. No advertisements or marketing was placed with the New Age in this period and the amount was accordingly nil.

During 2014-15, infrastructure marketing was placed by Brand SA on behalf of EDD in various media outlets. Adverts for this as well as normal departmental advertising were placed in City Press, The Star, Pretoria News, Cape Times, Mercury, the New Age and Sunday Times. A separate partnership between KPMG and EDD was done, involving the M&G, at no cost to EDD. A sum of R100 000 was paid by EDD to Brand SA for advertisements in the New Age, which was equivalent to 1,6% of EDD’s total advertising spend for the financial year.

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Reply:

(a) Department

(i) 44.1% from 1 April 2015 to 30 November 2015

(ii) None

(b) South Africa Tourism

(i) 6% of total procurement spend is spent on SMMEs in South Africa. This excludes foreign spend.

(ii) None. There is no procurement expenditure in the co-operatives category of suppliers.

Reply:

I have been advised by the Department as follows:-

(a) & (b) Not Applicable: The department was not in existence during the years in question.

(c) No: The department did not buy advertising space in The New Age in the year in question.

 

Reply:

The following is the total breakdown of employees per nature of appointment:

(i) Contract posts

The department has appointed 73 Contract workers, these contract workers are placed within the three branches at Head Office and Provinces for Health Care services, Education Support and database (National Military Veterans Database), Call Centre, Auxiliary component for cleaning services after the cancellation of the contract of the outsourced cleaning services , other contract workers are placed at Information and Communication Technology (ICT), the ICT environment is made up of 3 permanent posts on the approved establishment, this has created a daunting situation as a newly established department that needs to implement an ICT infrastructure. Contract posts are funded in the short term through virements from other funded but vacant posts in the Department.

(ii) Secondments

The department has 6 seconded staff members from State Information Technology (SITA). They are remunerated by SITA as per the signed SLA.

(iii) Internship

The department has appointed 24 interns that are placed at Education Support Section, Legal and Compliances, Health Care Services and Policy environment. These interns are remunerated from annual skills levy of 1% of the compensation of employees for skills development.

Reply:

1. (a) (i-ii) The motivation is to honour our soldiers and to encourage the citizens on what the SANDF is made of and to promote patriotism.

(b,c and d) The budget cannot be compared but can be justified on economic benefits of the businesses around Port Elizabeth. The business community can indicate economic benefit out of Armed Forces Day.

(2) This is one greater priority that makes public awareness about the SANDF capability. The South African citizens deserve to know how their money is utilised.

Reply:

(1) The salaries, allowances and benefits of all Public Office Bearers, thus including Kings, are determined by the President based on recommendations made by the Independent Commission on the Remuneration of Public Office Bearers. This Commission also makes recommendations in respect of resources which are necessary to enable a Public Office Bearer to perform his or her functions effectively. Further to this determination, the Department has developed minimum norms and standards for the provision of resources to recognised traditional leaders which have been endorsed at MINMEC on 26 September 2013. Thus, King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo annual remuneration is R 1 137 922 as per the determination.

(2) Yes, the remuneration, allowances, benefits and tools of trade have been suspended. The King's car that was allocated by the State was withdrawn soon after the Kings incarceration on 30 December 2015. As for the remuneration of the King, the Province has reported that his salary would be suspended with effect from March 2016. It should be noted that there are no provisions in legislation governing Public Office Bearers to stop the payment of his salary. However, the Minister intervened as follows:

• Sent the DG to engage the Provincial Accounting Officer to use the provisions of Section 38 of the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA), Act 1 of 1999.

• To explain the national process to unite the different factions of the royal family delaying the implementation of section 10 of the Traditional Leadership and Governance Framework Act, Act 41 of 2003.

• Furthermore, the Minister wrote to the MEC advising him to stop the salary in accordance with section 38 of the PFMA, Act 1 of 1999.

(3) No, the King is in prison and can no longer perform his duties-continuing to pay him will constitute irregular, wasteful and fruitless expenditure and the Eastern Cape Accounting Officer is expected to prevent it.(b) The issue of the acting King has not been finalised. The Royal family is still consulting on this matter. As soon as an acting King has been nominated, the Royal family is expected to make a submission to the Premier in accordance with section 14 of the Traditional Leadership and Governance Framework Act, Act 41 2003.

Reply:

I have been advised as follows:-

After considering the contents of the report and applying my mind to the matter, I notified the PSC on 23 February 2016 that I have accepted the report without any amendments. The report is available to the affected parties.

Reply:

a) For the period 1 April 2015 to date, 26.8% of the department’s total procurement spent was allocated to SMME’s including Co-operatives. This amounts to R5 926 304.97.

b) The entities total procurement spent allocated to SMME’s is as follows:

IDC

The IDC has awarded procurement contracts to the value of R78 951 498.00 during 1 April 2015 to 29 February 2016 of which 57% of the total contract value was awarded to SMME’s.

ITAC

ITAC total spent on SMMEs is 31%, at a total value of R5 227 410.49

Competition Commission

Due to the nature of the Commission’s business being an investigative and prosecutorial agency, the majority of its procurement is on legal counsel, economists and experts. The total spent from 1 April 2015 until 30 September 2015 is at 4% at a total value of R63,7 million.

Competition Tribunal

The Competition tribunal does not currently keep statistics with regard to procurement from SMME’s or co-operatives. EDD has now requested that such data be collected in future.

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Reply:

(a) (i) 2012/13 - 260

(ii) 2013/14 – 252

(iii) 2014/15 – 224

(b) Garden tools, weed eater & extension cord, Water pump, Laptop, desktop, printer & TV, Electric cables, fencing poles, Sound system, cd case, till drawer, beers & shooters, Camouflage uniform and civilian clothes, Liquor, PlayStations, Mini HIFI system, home theatre system, Copper, Handbags, ID books, bankcards & cell phones, Bicycle/Golf Equip, Bicycles, Paint and thinners, Washing machine

(c) (i) (ii) and (iii) The monetary worth of such losses have not yet been determined by the SA National Defence Force

Reply:

I have been advised by the Department and Entities as follows:-

(a)(i) The Department has spent 28% on SMMEs from April 2015 to January 2016.

(a)(ii)The Department does not have a specific classification for Co-operatives.

(b) Entities:

Sentech SOC Ltd

(b) (i)The percentage spend on SMMEs for period 1 April 2015 to January 2016 was 15% of the total procurement expenditure.

(b)(ii) Sentech does not have a specific classification for Co-operatives.

SITA SOC Ltd

(b) (i)The percentage spend on SMMEs for period 01 April 2015 to 31 December 2015 was 10%.

(b)(ii) SITA does not have a specific classification for Co-operatives.

Broadband Infraco SOC Ltd

(b)(i) The percentage spend on SMMEs for a period 01 April 2015 to date is 34.56%.

(b)(ii) Broadband does not have a specific classification for Co-operatives

ZA Domain Name Authority

(b)(i) The zaDNA has spent 100% of its procurement budget on SMMEs from 1 April 2015 to date.

(b)(ii) zaDNA does not have a specific classification for Co-operatives.

Universal Service and Access and Agency of South Africa (USAASA)

(b)(i) USAASA does not have a system to track procurement by SMMEs but this will be a requirement of their new electronic system. The current system does however track spending on BBEEs. The BBEE target is set at 80%. The overall budget of USAASA during the current financial year is R24, 591 million. Of this amount, about R19, 672 million have been spent on BBEEs.

(b)(ii) USAASA does not have a specific classification for Co-operatives.

National Electronic Media Institute of South Africa

(b)(i) NEMISA has spent 0.9% on SMMEs for a period 01 April 2015 to February 2016.

(b)(ii) None

South African Post Office

(b)(i). SMMEs spending from 01 April to date is 6.60% of the total procurement spend.

(b)(ii) 14.41%

 

Reply:

1. All metropolitan municipalities have indicated that they have call centres or toll free numbers to deal with customer queries related to service delivery issues which include issues related to customer accounts queries.

(a) The number of calls received are between 200 - 4000 calls per day and all queries are resolved successfully.

(b) About 85% of queries and complaints are resolved on first contact. The remaining 15% is referred to relevant departments.

(c) Information on the number of staff employed by municipalities is still being sourced from municipalities.

2. All metropolitan municipalities present their call centre reports to provincial service delivery forums i.e. war room, operation Sukuma Sakhe (KwaZulu Natal) and Ntirisano (Gauteng).

(a) No failures on the call centres have been reported on.

(b) All municipalities have reported that the call centres are fully operational and most of the queries are being responded to effectively and efficiently.

Reply:

The Department of Basic Education ([)BE) has not excluded from its considerations for the future the testing of matric markers. The DBE is commit1ed to ensuring that the most competent educators are appointed for the marking process and. therefore. this option will be pursued based on more extensive consultation with the teacher formation s. that are vital to the success of this initiative. In view of the concern expressed by one of the major Unions in the country, it was therefore considered necessary to consult more widely with all the national teacher Unions on this very important measure that will be used to evaluate the competency level of the educators appointed.

However. it also needs to be noted that the implementation or the competency test will not resolve all the quality issues relating to marking. The competency test is only but one measure to improve the quality of marking. The Department is embarking on a whole range of initiatives to improve the accuracy and reliability of marking for which Umalusi has commended the Department.

These quality assurance measures include the following:

(a) Markers are appointed based on stringent criteria relating to teaching experience and qualification. and this is accompanied by a report on the Grade 12 performance of the prospective marker and his/her performance in the previous marking session/s.

(b) The DBE has conducted and ''ill continue to conduct an audit of al l marker appointments across all Provincial Education Departments (PEDs) to ensure that all PEDs comply strictly with the criteria for appointing markers.

(c) During the training of markers, markers are presented with the actual learner scripts and markers are authorised to mark only if they demonstrate they are capable of complying with the tolerance range allowed for specific paper.

(d) The tolerance Range is also used during the moderation process whereby the mark awarded by the moderator and the marker should not vary beyond an agreed range.

(c) Marking is followed b) an intensive moderation process which ensures that script are moderated by a senior marker who is in turn, overseen by the Deputy Chief Marker and the final quality control is the responsibility of the Chief Marker.
 

Reply:

(1) The South African National Military Veterans Association (SANMVA) has been established to function as an entity that will assist the Department to reach its goals in servicing military veterans. Its core function is to mobilise military veterans across all individual associations and to ensure that all military veterans are aware of all of the benefits that are provided by the Department of Military Veterans and other government Departments.

(2) The Department has not aborted the special purpose vehicle (SPV). At present, a process is underway to probe the best possible solution towards establishing an SPV that would function efffectively and make sure that it does provide the intended benefit to all military veterans. Explorations include probing whether or not the provision of funding to military veterans will be in the form of a grant or loan and what the criteria would be in each instance. The Minister of Defence and Military Veterans is in full support of an SPV and has recommended that the Department continues to establish the SPV to give effect to a process that will be of benefit to military veterans to the extent that they necome self sufficient and are able to become less relaint on funding from the Department.

SANMVA has not assumed the role of an SPV. On the contrary, the Department is beginning to benefit from interventions wherein SANMVA engages with the private sector to open up business and employment opportunities for military veterans. Such opportunities are fed back to the Department for implementation. One such engagement has resulted in the Department beginning to pilot the training of military veterans in the installations of Set Top Boxes in conjunction with Ellies, one of the companies that has been awarded a contract to implement the Government’s Digital Migration programme under the Department of Communications. The roles are more complimentary rather than SANMVA assuming a role of the Department.

(3

(a) To give effect to its functions, SANMVA requests assistance in the form of transport and accommodation, where required.

(b) The Department covers all requests when funds are available.

(4)

(a) The Department does make a budget allocation for SANMVA activities under the Chief Directorate: Provincial Offices and Stakeholder Management.

(b) No funds have been transferred to SANMVA to date for personal managemrent by SANMVA. The mechanism for this has not yet been instituted.

(5) SANMVA has submitted one annual report to the office of the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, to date, since the establishment of SANMVA under the new Military Veterans Act, No 18, of 2011.

Reply:

The Department of Social Development has checked its records and could not find companies with above mentioned names which have been awarded contracts within the abovementioned financial years.

a) None

b) None

c) None

(i) N/A

(ii) N/A

 

Supported/ Not Supported

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Ms. S Mgwaba

Chief Director: Financial Administration

Date:

Supported/ Not Supported

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Mr. C Appel

Chief Financial Officer

Date:

Supported/ Not Supported

_______________________________

Ms. L Oliphant

Chief Director: Communications

Date:

Supported/ Not Supported

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Mr. A Phahlamohlaka

Chief of Staff

Date:

Supported/ Not Supported

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Ms. N Ndabankulu

CD: Executive Support & IGR

Date:

Recommended/ Not Recommended

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Mr. T Magwaza

Acting Director-General

Date:

Reply:

The application for leave to appeal was filed on 3 March 2016. As Minister, I am appealing the Court’s decision to set aside the moratorium retrospectively.

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Reply:

Armscor’s Strategy departs from the premises as indicated below and contains objectives as indicated.

1. The SANDF is Armscor’s client and as such Armscor must firstly focus on the SANDF’s requirements as defined and scheduled by them.
2. Armscor is, however, also sensitive to the greater socio-economic issues that come into play with defence expenditure. In this regard Armscor had studies conducted to assess the socio-economic impact of different types of acquisition programs related to the requirements of the Defence Review.  The insights from these studies are used to advise the SANDF, to try and position the local defence industry for optimal socio-economic impact in the RSA or to define the required characteristics of agreements with international suppliers where necessary, for example to protect the balance of payments and to transfer skills to the RSA.  
3. Armscor is also in consultation with the Departments of Science and Technology and Trade and Industry to optimize possible defence expenditure with their departmental initiatives.
4. Armscor is not the representative body for the local defence industry (AMD), but it is cooperating with the body to define and implement initiatives to strengthen the local defence industry.
5. In addition to existing support to marketing events such as the upcoming Africa Aerospace Defence (an international and continental) event, Armscor reacts to opportunities as they show themselves within the relevant oversight policies. The approach is not only reactive but also proactive as Armscor Research and Development is involved in forums that are aimed at optimizing the continent’s military output through improved logistic support and interoperability. Armscor Research and Development is also providing insights to the focusing of technology development to ensure an ability to react to opportunities.

SUBMITTED ON: 15 MARCH 2016

Reply:

(a) (b) (c) (i) (ii)

The information requested in the format that appears in the aforementioned question is not available as only the particulars of companies are recorded within the financial systems in the Department and not the details of any directors.

 

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Reply:

During the indicated financial year, skills audit was not conducted due to capacity challenges however gaps were identified and all employees per branches were identified according to their placement, qualification, skills and knowledge.

Process is underway regarding the skills audit project. Therefore skills audit will be conducted before the end of the financial year 2016/17.

Reply:

Annual report 2014-15

The Minister appointed a Turnaround Support Initiative (TSI) team during September 2015 for a renewable period of six (6) months to address audit findings identified in the 2013-14 and 2014-15 Auditor General South Africa reports and to assisting with implementation and/or operationalisation of the projects and programmes to complement the long term service delivery capacity challenges of the Department.

The TSI is characterized of a steering committee led by Convener Mr S Majombozi through a programme management office and the deputy programme manager, Mr T Nemahagala, and a resource panel.

Reply:

Yes, the South African National Defence Force participated in the disaster relief operations from 01 January 2015 to the latest specified date.

(a) Relevant details:

i) Drought: Water supply in Smithfield in the Free State during period of 13–30 November 2015.

ii) Flood disaster: No flood disaster relief actions were conducted during this period.

(b) Cost: R504 845.34

The SANDF is always ready to give support and assist the communities in any disaster relief operations.

Reply:

There are no frozen posts at the moment all posts are active and funded.

SUBMITTED ON: 15 MARCH 2016

Reply:

1 (a) and (b); 2(a) and (b); 3(a) and (b) and 4 (a) and (b):

It is not clear whether questions 2, 3 and 4 refer to all municipalities or metropolitan municipalities only. To collect this information from all municipalities in the country is a major task which we have initiated but is not yet complete. The Metropolitan Municipalities have this information in their annual reports but many other municipalities do not have this information in their annual reports.

According to the Metropolitan Municipalities’ Annual Reports for 2013/14 and 2014/15 financial years, the answers to these questions for the Metropolitan Municipalities are provided in the table below:

Name of Metropolitan Municipality	Total amount spent on major roads upgrades	Kilometres of roads resurfaced	Kilometres of gravel roads tarred	Square metres of potholes repaired
Year:	2013/14	2014/15	2013/14	2014/15	2013/14	2014/15	2013/14	2014/15
Buffalo City	R65m	R130m	4.9km	33.7km	28.99	59.1	149 000	161 389
City of Cape Town	R2.9bn	R3bn	13.2km	15km	2	3	450 000	550 000
City of JHB	R57.7m	R60.0m	623km	654km	7.05	8.1	87 075	91 234
City of Tshwane	R1.6 bn	R303m	131km	154km	658.97	121,4	65 100	75 233
Ekurhuleni	R404m	R173m	93km	25km	93	25	29 025	31 234
eThekwini	R69.6m	R141.9m	315km	184.5km	11.6	23.65	114 000	202 000
Mangaung	R28.02	R51.0m	35km	40.5km	4.67	8.5	387 754	398 894
Nelson Mandela Bay	R106.86	R66.0m	20.4km	25.3km	17.81	11	30 123	35 234

Reference: All Metropolitan Municipalities’ annual reports for 2013/14 and 2014/15

Reply:

(a) (i) There are currently no approved changes to the burial support policy.

(ii)

In lieu of the current Act, there are no envisaged changes on the Healthcare Policy.

(c) Not applicable since there are no approved changes at present.

Reply:

The Municipal Assessment Tool falls within the mandate of the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) and, in collaboration with various stakeholders, developed and manage this tool. It is thus recommended that the Honourable member direct his question to the DPME to provide detailed information and a comprehensive answer to the question. 

Reply:

1. (a) The South African delegation comprised of representatives of all key national departments, local and provincial government, Members of Parliament and other key stakeholder groupings – such as business, civil society, and youth. In total, there were 134 South African delegates, including the Presidency team which only attended the Head of State High Level Session, held on 30 November 2015.

(b) (i) and (ii)

The list of names and official designation is attached as Annexure A.

(iii) South Africa negotiated in the UNFCCC COP21 meeting in its national capacity, played a role in the Africa Group and was the Chair of the Group of 77 and China. The formal negotiations had more than 76 agenda items, excluding those on the sub-agenda, which required South Africa’s engagement. African countries with smaller delegations cannot attend all the meetings, meaning that their needs and national interests are not adequately addressed. South Africa, as a member of the Africa Group, is therefore playing a larger role of also supporting the negotiation capacity of the Sothern African Developing Communities region and the broader Africa Group. In addition, South Africa was leading Africa in the negotiations under the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action (ADP) and numerous other issues. South Africa was also the chair of the Group of 77 and China, the negotiating group for 134 developing countries.

Dealing with the global challenge of climate change and securing a binding multilateral agreement that is ambitious, fair and effective in keeping global temperature increase to a maximum of 2 degrees Celsius; that balances development and environmental imperatives; and that enables developing countries to transition to lower carbon and climate resilient economies and societies is extremely complex. Each and every delegate that attended the COP 21 meeting played their part in ensuring an outcome of a universal agreement that is ambitious, fair and effective legally binding outcome.

2. (a) As the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) it would be difficult to give an exact figure of how much the total cost for South African delegation’s attendance.

(i), (ii) and (iii)

COST ESTIMATES FOR COP21: DEA DELEGATION

ITEM	COST
Accommodation for DEA Officials	R2 578 935.00
Rental for SA Delegation Operational Room and Meeting Rooms	R992 642.00
Furniture and Equipment Rental	R359 186.40
Flights (R21 139.72 approx. per person)	R697 610.76
Ground Transport in SA (R1 000.00 approx. per person)	R33 000.00
Ground Transport in Paris	R32 756.81
TOTAL: R4 694 131.00

(b) The Department of Environmental Affairs paid only for its officials as it was not responsible for the cost of travel for the whole South African delegation. Each Department, Province, Local Government and other organisations were responsible for their travel cost, accommodation and other expenses.

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Reply:

(a) (b) (c)(i) (ii)

The department awarded one contract to The New Age (TNA) Media in the 2012-13 financial year. The contract amount was R486, 255.60.The department did not award any contract to companies indirectly or directory owned by Atul, Ajay and Rajesh Gupta in the 2013-14 and 2014-15 financial years.

Reply:

Yes, all Ministers are subject to Performance Agreements with the President.

(a) The Performance Management Framework (MTSF) fpr 2014-2019, which is the first 5-year implementation plan of the National Development Plan (NDP) 2030. The performance targets and indicators are derived from 14 outcomes which government seeks to achieve.

These outcomes and targets constitute government’s Programme of Actio (POA), against which performance is tracked and reported at least on a quartely basis. POA reports are publicly available on the govenments web site.

(b) to (e) Cabinet closely monitors the implementation of the NDP 2030/MTSF 2014-2019 through POA reports. The reports are tabled before an Implementation Forum of a Cluster of Ministers collectively responsible for MTSF outcomes, and then submitted to Cabinet, where progress is noted, bottlenecks to implementation are discussed, and recommendations to address bottlenecks are considered and approved.

SUBMITTED ON: 15 MARCH 2016

Reply:

The order of the Constitutional Court directs the Electoral Commission to provide a voters’ roll with addresses to political parties contesting elections where such addresses are available. This order affirms a standing statutory provision in section 16 (3) of the Electoral Act (27 of 1998) which provides as follows:

“…………………., the chief electoral officer must, on payment of the prescribed fee, provide copies of the voters’ roll or a segment thereof, which includes the addresses of voters, where such addresses are available, to all registered parties contesting the elections.”

Therefore the judicial and statutory dependency to the provision of a voters’ roll with addresses to contesting parties is where such addresses are available.

The Electoral Commission has nonetheless, taken a decision to proactively procure addresses of voters where such are not on their records. In this regard, a number of initiatives are either underway or about to be implemented. I presented below some of these initiatives:

• A communication campaign was initiated in the period leading up to the voter registration weekend of 5-6 March 2016, for all voters to inspect the voters’ roll with a particular focus on the address details and providing same necessary;
• Re-focusing the communication campaign for the second registration weekend on the 9-10 April to highlight the need for voters to furnish addresses at the registration stations;
• Procuring address data from a variety of data sources such as municipalities, other state agencies and commercial providers;
• Changing the response message on the Short Message System (SMS - 32810) to indicate to voters to furnish address details where such are not on the records of the Electoral Commission; and
• Conducting a voting district based field work to visit persons whose addresses details are not on record.

Reply:

(i) The department reporting to the Minister bought the advertising space in The New Age in the (a) 2012-13, (b) 2013-14 and (c) 2014-15 for the following number of times:

2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015

 

None 3times None

(Ii) The department reporting to the Minister bought the advertising space in The New Age in the (a) 2012-13, (b) 2013-14 and (c) 2014-15 for the following amounts in each specified financial year:


2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015

R0.00 R1 498 567.38 R0.00

Reply:

Refer to the response to PQ293

Reply:

The responses below were received from the metropolitan municipalities:

( a ) 6 out of the 8 metropolitan municipalities operates independent fraud / corruption hotlines. The table below illustrates the response per municipality:

Metropolitan Municipality	Details regarding fraud / corruption hotline
Buffalo City	The municipality operates an independent fraud hotline.
City of Cape Town	The municipality operates an independent fraud hotline.
City of Johannesburg	The municipality operates an independent fraud hotline.
City of Tshwane	The municipality operates an independent fraud hotline.
Ekurhuleni	The municipality operates an independent fraud hotline.
eThekwini	The municipality operates an independent anti-corruption hotline.
Mangaung	The municipality does not operate an independent fraud hotline.
Nelson Mandela Bay	The municipality is finalising the Service Level Agreement (SLA) with the service provider with regard to the fraud hotline. As soon as the SLA agreed and signed by relevant parties, the hotline will be operational.

( b ) All the 6 independent fraud hotlines are not connected to the National Anti-Corruption Hotline (NACH). There is no requirement for the independent fraud / corruption hotlines to be connected to the NACH.

Reply:

The following are the members of the Advisory Council Members and their capacity:

Mr T. Magingxa (Chairperson)

Members

Dr P.P Dyantyi

Mr A. Apleni

Mr K. Bokala

Col (ret) P.M Kubu

Brig Gen (Ret) M. Fihla

Mr O. Mabena

Ms D. Phama

Mr M. Vena

Ms N. Khwezi

Dr S. Zikalala

Mr Mika Xayiya

Dr T. Ndlovu-Molokwane

Ms Vuyiswa Lieta

Dr A. Mahapa

Reply:

Yes, all Metropolitan Municipalities have programmes to assist unemployed matriculants or young people to gain employment. The details are as follows:

Attached please find here: All Metropolitan Municipalities

Reply:

(1) I have now been made aware of this matter.

(2) The department has not as yet conducted any investigation.

(3) The department will conduct an investigation into the circumstances surrounding this matter and will inform the client of the outcome.