Reply:

The Minister of Public Works

(1) The amount spent by each of the Metropolitan Municipalities in the (a) 2012-13, (b) 2013-14 and (c) 2014-15 financial years on wages is shown in the table below:

Name of Metropolitan Municipality	Financial Year 2012-13	Financial Year 2013-14	Financial Year 2014-15
City of Johannesburg	182 045 060	196 318 269	188 678 230
City of Tshwane	116 678 960	157 825 210	169 630 527
Ekurhuleni	15 477 568	46 397 769	99 040 036
Mangaung	5 523 853	6 923 626	11 946 018
Buffalo City	4 902 035	1 934 783	3 261 455
Nelson Mandela	40 823 993	25 800 017	25 507 476
City of Cape Town	115 292 062	102 028 567	176 081 155
eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality	122 926 690	135 032 036	144 005 314
Total	603 670 221	672 260 277	818 150 211

(2) The table below reflects those Metropolitan Municipalities that provided accredited training to EPWP participants.

Through the National Skills Fund (NSF) training was provide to a total of 763 EPWP participants within the specified time period of 2012-13 to 2014-15. The participants were trained in three EPWP Programmes, namely: Skills Programmes; Learnership Programmes and Artisan Development Programmes. From the trained participants 577 were trained on Skills Programmes, 130 on Learnership Programmes and 56 went through the Artisan Development Programme. Below is a breakdown of the training Programmes offered:

Table 1

PROVINCE	NAME OF MUNICIPALITY	NO. OF PARTICIPANTS
Eastern Cape	Buffalo City	10
Gauteng	Ekurhuleni	77
KwaZulu-Natal	eThekwini	106
Gauteng	City of Johannesburg	122
Gauteng	City of Tshwane	130
Western Cape	City of Cape Town	132
Total		577

Table 2

PROVINCE	NAME OF MUNICIPALITY	NO. OF PARTICIPANTS
Eastern Cape	Buffalo City	60
KwaZulu-Natal	eThekwini	50
Free State	Mangaung	20
Total		130

Table 3

PROVINCE	NAME OF MUNICIPALITY	NO. OF PARTICIPANTS
Eastern Cape	Buffalo City	9
Gauteng	City of Tshwane	3
Gauteng	City of Johannesburg	3
Gauteng	Ekurhuleni	13
Western Cape	City of Cape Town	12
KwaZulu-Natal	eThekwini	8
Free State	Mangaung	8
Total		56

(3) The City of Cape Town is the only Metropolitan Municipality that uses a database to source EPWP participants. The database is open to the City of Cape Town residents looking for work. In the other Metropolitan Municipalities EPWP participants are sourced from communities through Project Steering Committees that involve relevant stakeholders, such as community leaders, municipal officials and projects managers. The Project Steering Committees assist in ensuring that recruitment of participants is done in a fair and transparent manner.

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Reply:

Presently in Graaff-Reinet. Engineering Graphics and Design is offered at Hoer Volkskool. The school has expressed an interest in other Technical subjects. At present, the school is implementing Agricultural Science due to a grant from a donor in the Agricultural Sector.

The Eastern Cape Department of Education is in a process of establishing a Technical school in Somerset East at Gill College. The subject that will be introduced is Mechanical Technology with all its specialisations (Automotive. Fitting and Machining and Welding).

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:

The following response is based on information on the current (2015/16) financial year's organisational structure:

There are no frozen posts on the organisational structure.

 

Reply:

(a) The Public Finance Management Act (PFMA) is./ legislation that falls within the mandate of the National Treasury. It is applicable to national and provincial spheres of government; therefore, the Act does not apply to local government. The applicable legislation is the Municipal Finance Management Act (MFMA) which has similar provisions on wasteful and irregular expenditure as in in the PFMA. Furthermore, it must be noted that the implementation of the MFMA also falls within the mandate of the National Treasury.

(b), (c) and (d)

A number of interventions are being put in place to address challenges pertaining to wasteful expenditure, irregular expenditure, fraud and corruption. Currently, we have the following measures in place:

• The Department is finalising the review of the 2006 Local Government Anti-Corruption Strategy.

• Draft Local Government Integrity Management Framework which sets out the responsibility of municipalities when implementing Local Government Anti-Corruption Strategy.

• We have a draft Implementation plan which provides for practical actions that will be undertaken to implement the strategy.

The additional measures that we have put in place are the following :

• The Department requested Provinces and municipalities to submit copies of forensic reports commissioned between April 2009 and October 2014.

• Of the 115 copies of forensic reports received , 106 have been assessed.

• We are collaborating with law enforcement agencies like the Special Investigating Unit (SIU), Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU), Hawks, and the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) to accelerate investigations and prosecution.

• Most of the forensic reports commissioned by Provinces and municipalities made recommendations that certain remedial or other corrective measures should be taken

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:

With regard to the appointment of a certain company (name furnished:
Nation of Champions) to run the 2022 Commonwealth legacy project

(a) who are the directors of this company and

1. Mr Madoda Khuzwayo - CEO Nation of Champions
2. Mr Mnfve Nhlabathl·COO Nation of Champions
3. Mr Nikolaus Eberl

(b) what is the estimated budget the specified company will receive from

(i) the SA Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee and

There is no budget allocated to the Nation of Champions from SASCOC

(ii) Sport and Recreation South Africa;

The company will not receive any funding from Sport and Recreation South Africa

(2) whether this project was called on a tender before the specified company was awarded the contract; if not, why not;

This project was not put out on tender.

Open Tenders Company approached SASCOC to partner on a programme/project that wm engage the youth through social network platforms with regard to opportunities within sport and possible benefits during and post Durban 2022 Commonwealth Games. The Board of SASCOC agreed to the partnership and a decision was taken to establish a company registered as "Nation of Champions". SASCOC saw this partnership as a vehicle to achieve shared objective& pertaining to youth development aimed at nurturing globally connected and skilled youth who will be job creators of tomorrow. The company shall also seek to generate revenue through advertising and sponsorship, part of which shall be invested back into sport development programmes.
Most of the above however, has been overtaken by the CGF•s insistence that they would like to work directly on the legacy projects for the Durban 2022 Games and therefore will work with SASCOC, the CGA In the country as the custodian of the Games In the country. Maybe the above may also be overturned when an MOU Is signed by the CGF with specific areas accommodating CGF's mandate and legacy project.

If so,

(a) how many other companies applied and

There was no can for tenders

(b) what are the detailed reasons for the company's successful tender bid?

Not applicable

NW517E

Reply:

1. Below is a list of municipalities that have conducted Customer Satisfaction Surveys in the (a) 2012-2013 and (b) 2013-2014 financial years.

(a) Municipalities that have conducted Customer Satisfaction Surveys in 2012-2013 financial year are as follows:
i. City of Cape Town Metro
ii. Nelson Mandela Metro
iii. City of T shwane Metro
iv. EThekwini Metro
v. Maluti a Phofung local municipality in Free State
vi. Ekurhuleni Metro
vii. Baviaans Local Municipality in Eastern Cape
vii i. Swartland Local Municipality in Western Cape

(b) Municipalities that have conducted Customer Satisfaction Surveys in 201 3-2014 financial year are as follows:

i. Mangaung Metro
ii. Joburg Metro
iii. City of Tshwane Metro
iv. EThekwini Metro

2. Attached at (Tag A) is a database of municipalities that have conducted Customer Satisfaction Surveys in the (a) 2012-13 and (b) 2013-2014 financial years.

Notably, some of the local and district municipalities did not conduct the customer satisfaction survey in the period indicated based on capacity constraints in terms of personnel and budget. Most local and district municipalities rely on the surveys conducted by the Metros and provincial departments in their respective provinces

Attached please find here: Status of Citizens Satisfaction Surveys Conducted Currently

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:

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:

(1) The following Cities have approved informal trading policies: Cape Town; EThekwini; Johannesburg; Ekurhuleni and Tshwane. Nelson Mandela Metro has a final draft policy for informal trading which is currently under review. Buffalo City and Mangaung do not have informal trading policies but have By-laws on Street Trading.

(2) Yes, all Metropolitan Municipalities licenses informal traders operating in public spaces. The details are as follows:

Metropolitan Municipality	Number of licenses	Whether Municipality receives license fees	Cost of informal trading license
Cape Town	3701	Yes	R70 up to R465
EThekwini	10 000	Yes	R40.00 up to R1200.00
Johannesburg	9740	Yes	R80 - R 500
Ekurhuleni	3,000	No	No fee charged
Tshwane	1 500	Yes	R138,40
Nelson Mandela Bay	72	Yes	R90,00
Buffalo City	179	Yes	R513.00
Mangaung	178	Yes	R30.00

(3) Yes, all Metropolitan Municipalities provide services to informal traders as follows:
 

Metropolitan Municipality	Services provided
Cape Town	Hard surfacing of trading bays; provision of roof structures; Kiosks; training and development opportunities; access to markets through events; Area cleansing; Environmental Health and developing trading plans; education; training and trading permits.
EThekwini	Water; ablution facilities; storage facilities; trading shelters, 24 hour security and capacity building I training programmes.
Johannesburg	Maintenance and cleaning of the markets and streets, training and By-law education, workshops on business management and By-law enforcement to illegal traders who violate informal trading By-laws.
Ekurhuleni	Space and facilities including traders' market stalls and operational support such as compliance procedures and training.
Tshwane	Training and mentorship; personal and life-skills; business growth and success factors and appropriate business development support including training; and instruments to facilitate co-operatives' bulk buying.
Nelson Mandela Bay	Litter bins; refuse removal bags; storage facilities; ablutions; electricity and water/sinks.
Buffalo City	Umbrellas & training opportunities.
Mangaung	Training and skills development programmes focusing on Customer Care; Financial skills; Environmental Health - Food Preparation, Fire Dept. - Training to Informal Traders, Waste management and Street Traders By-law

 

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.

Reply:

(a) 2% of the Department of Basic Education's procurement budget went to Small Medium and Micro-sized Enterprises (SMMEs) and co-operatives during the period in question.
 

(b) ENTITIES	PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL PROCUREMENT FROM SMME’S AND CO-OPERATIVES FORM 1 APRIL 2015 TO LATEST SPECIFIED DATE
	SMME’S	(ii) CO-OPERATIVES
SOUTH AFRICAN COUNCIL OF EDUCATORS (SACE)	56.61%	0%
UMALUSI	18%	0%

Reply:

The Minister of Public Works

The Department of Public Works has not bought advertising space in The New Age during the (a) 2012-13, (b) 2013-14 and (c) 2014-15 financial years.

Thus (i) and (ii) fall away.

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Reply:

Our expenditure to date indicates that we are already on par with the presidential pronouncement that expenditure to SMMEs must be at 30% of our procurement spent.

This figure is expected to increase with the finalization of all procurement contracts by the end of financial year 2015/16.

57% (R18M) of the current finalized procurement contracts are awarded to level 1 and 2 BBBEE companies, of which 55% (R10M) there-of is awarded to SMMEs.

Reply:

Section 41 of the Municipal Structures Act, 1998 (Act No. 117 of 1998) ("the Structures Act') provides that if the speaker of a municipal council is absent or not available to perform the functions of speaker, the municipal council must elect another councillor to act as speaker. If the position of mayor is vacant, the deputy mayor exercises the powers and performs the duties of the mayor. If the mayor is absent or not available and the municipality does not have deputy mayor or the deputy mayor is absent or not available, a councillor elected by the members of the executive committee acts as mayor, if the mayor has not designated a member or if the designated member is absent or not available. Section 48(2) of the Structures Act provides that the election of a mayor or deputy mayor takes place when it is necessary to fill a vacancy.

Therefore, the necessity to fill the vacant position of mayor is the prerogative of council, unless there is evidence to prove that the municipality does not fulfil the statutory obligations binding on it

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:

None. See reply to Parliamentary Question 263 in respect of media adverts.

-END-

Reply:

1. Whether he has entered into a performance agreement with the President, Mr Jacob G Zuma, with regard to the implementation of the Medium-Term Strategic Framework (MTSF) 2014-2019; if not, why not; if so,

The Performance Management Framework for Ministers is the Medium-Term Strategic Framework (MTSF) for 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 the 14 Outcomes which government seeks to achieve.

These Outcomes and targets constitute government’s Programme of Action (POA), against which performance is tracked and reported at least on a quarterly basis. POA reports are publicly available on the government’s website.

(a) Which key indicators and targets from the MTSF are reflected in the agreement?

Key targets for the MTSF include:

• Increase in the percentage of households with access to a functional water service from 85% in 2013 to 90% by 2019.
• Increase in the percentage of households with access to a functional sanitation service from 84% in 2013 to 90% by 2019, including elimination of bucket sanitation in the formal areas.
• 1.4 million Additional households to be connected to the grid between 2014 and 2019, and 105 000 additional non-grid connections.
• An increase in the level of public trust and confidence in local government from 51% in 2012 to 65% in 2019, as measured by the IPSOS survey.
• An improvement in overall municipal audit outcomes, with at least 75% of municipalities receiving unqualified audits by 2019.
• Income support to the unemployed through expansion of the Community Work Programme to reach 1 million participants in 2019.

(b) How many performance assessments has he undertaken in consultation with the President since the agreement was signed?

Cabinet closely monitors the implementation of the NDP 2030/MTSF 2014-2019 through POA reports. These 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.

(c) What progress has been made in meeting the key indicators and targets from the MTSF?

This response is based on information received from Department of Water and Sanitation, Energy, Environmental Affairs, Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation and National Treasury and Government Communication and Information Systems (GCIS). Progress provided hereunder on basic services is as at April 2015. The impact of the key indicators and targets is measured annually by sector departments. As a result, the latest measurement as at end of March 2016 on the key indicators and targets will be provided to the honourable member as soon as it has been finalised by respective Outcome 9 delivery partners.

Indicator	Baseline	Target	Progress	Progress rating
Number or percentage of hhs with access to a functional service at acceptable levels as per norms and standards	Water: 85% operational service 65% reliable service as benchmarked by Census 2011 (this equates to 85% operational service)	90% by 2019	Access to Water Infrastructure increased from 96.2% in April 2015 to 96.5% in December 2015, which constitutes an estimated 85 000 households that have been served with water supply infrastructure during the first 3 quarters of 2015/16 financial year. 66% households have access to reliable services, i.e. access to water services without frequent and lengthy interruptions in supply.
	Sanitation: 84% New baseline proposed by Sanitation of 74%	90% by 2019	Sanitation delivery through the Rural Household Infrastructure Grant and Municipal Infrastructure Grant was 133 508 households served cumulatively since April 2015. This translates to a 0, 7% annual increase.
	HHs using bucket sanitation 88127 in formal areas	88127 buckets eradicated in formal areas by 2015. 32 500 buckets eradicated in formal settlements by March 2016	As at June 2015, bucket sanitation has been removed in 24 559 households over the past year against the initial target of 88 000. The Department has planned to replace 32 500 buckets by the end March 2016

Indicator	Baseline	Target	Progress	Progress rating
	Electricity: 12,8 million hhs connected to grid	1.4 million additional HHs connected by 2019	Access to electricity (grid) increased from 88.13% in April 2014 to 88.23% in April 2015. This percentage increase constitutes 233 455 households connected to grid from.
	Refuse: 72%	80% by 2019	According to the General Household Survey results, access to refuse removal increased from 74.5% in July 2013 to 74.6% in July 2014. The percentage increase constitute 162 046 households with access to waste collection services. The GHS is conducted annually and the results are release in July every year. The latest report will be released in July 2016.
Public trust and confidence in local government	51% (Ipsos 2012)	65% by 2019	Decreased from 55% in November 2014 to 49% in November 2016. This is according to a survey conducted by Ipsos.
Number of municipalities that improve their audit outcomes	20% adverse and disclaimers 25% qualified audits 50% unqualified audits (2014)	Number of municipalities with disclaimers and adverse opinions Maximum of 25% municipalities with Qualified audits At least 75% of municipalities with unqualified audit opinions by 2019	The audit outcomes for the MFMA 2013/14 Financial Year are as follows: 17% of municipalities and entities had disclaimers and adverse, which is a reduction of 6% from 23%. 22% of municipalities and entities had qualified opinions 58% municipalities and entities had unqualified opinions. As at 17% of municipalities and entities had disclaimers and adverse opinion The 2014/15 preliminary audit results for 2014/15 were released by the Auditor-General in December 2015. The final consolidated report will be released in June 2016. The improvement in audit outcomes can only be measured after the release of the consolidated AG report.
Number of participants reached	172 000 (actual participation rate end March 2014)	1 million participants by 2019	The total CWP participation rate as at end of December 2015 was 214 013 cumulatively

 

(d) What are the key obstacles to implementation?

• The provision of reliable services remains a challenge across all services due to backlogs in infrastructure refurbishment and neglect of operation and maintenance and asset management. There are no proper investments for infrastructure maintenance, which results in service interruptions.

• The challenge of connecting households in rural areas, to bulk electricity infrastructure remains an issue. Most of these connections are concentrated in remote areas far from the grid, which necessitates installation of additional bulk infrastructure to connect these households. Installation of new bulk infrastructure necessitates environmental impact assessments, acquiring servitudes and project design functions, which have long lead times, to complete leading to delays in reticulation.

(e) What is the plan to address such obstacles?

• Improving service delivery performance requires a programme management approach to proactively address the planning, coordination and institutional constraints experienced in the 27 priority districts. In this regard, a Service Delivery Business Strategy (Attached) was developed and approved by Cabinet on 02 June 2015 which entailed the establishment of a Programme Management Office (PMO) which is currently being coordinated by MISA and comprises key sector departments (DWS, DoT, DEA, DOE, NT, DCoG, & DPME).

• To date, the PMO has completed the diagnostic assessments at the Amathole District to determine and confirm the status quo of the backlogs on access to reliable services. Umzinyathi, Sekhukhune and Bojanala Districts municipalities are currently being assessed.

 

• The Department of Energy has recognized the need to enhance performance through project management of the electrification programme, to establish stakeholder forums aimed at managing expectations and to ensure alignment with planned electrification targets. Separate funding from Integrated National Electrification Programme (INEP) will be allocated to address bulk infrastructure requirements for targeted electricity connections specifically in deep rural areas.

 

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:

Benchmarking is regarded as integral part of standard setting and standard maintenance in the National Senior Certificate examinations. The Department of Basic Education (DBE) has benchmarked the seven key subjects with three of the most highly acclaimed examination bodies internationally and these include: the Cambridge International Examination (CIE), the Scottish Qualification Authority (SQA) and the Board of Studies. New South Wales (BSNSW). The subjects that were benchmarked include: Accounting, English (FAL), Geography, History, Life Science, Mathematics and Physical Science. The benchmarking was done in 2007, 2011 and 2013 and will be repeated with the 2015 question papers. The question papers were evaluated by the University South Africa (formerly HESA). The comments from all these institutions are taken very seriously and considered in the review process, which is done by the examining panel at the commencement of the setting process.

Reply:

I have been advised by the Department as follows:-

There are no frozen vacant positions.

a) Not applicable

b) Not applicable

c) Not applicable

Reply:

a) I continuously engage stakeholders on various issues affecting the Post-School Education and Training sector, e.g. taking forward the many progressive resolutions from the Higher Education Summit in order to accelerate the much-needed transformation in our higher education system. The Department recognises the urgency of addressing the big and enduring questions of transformation raised at this summit and the importance of new and different ways of engaging on university campuses so that transformation debates are characterised by dignity and recognition of diverse perspectives. The Department will in due course be announcing processes to take these matters forward.

Since the #FeesMustFall campaign, engagements with stakeholders have been intensified on the role that they each could play. I have further met with, amongst others, the following organisations:

• African National Congress (ANC);
• African Nation Congress Youth League (ANCYL);
• Congress of South African Students (COSAS);
• Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU);
• Democratic Alliance Student Organisation (DASO);
• Economic Freedom Fighters Student Command (EFFSC);
• National Health Education and Allied Workers Union (NEHAWU);
• Pan Africanist Student Movement of Azania (PASMA);
• South African Communist Party (SACP);
• South African Democratic Students Movement (SADESMO);
• South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU);
• South African Further Education and Training Student Association (SAFETSA);
• South African National Civic Organisation (SANCO);
• South African Students Congress (SASCO);
• South African Union of Students (SAUS);
• United Democratic Students Movement (UDESMO);
• Universities South Africa (USAf); and
• Young Communist League of South Africa (YCLSA).

Further meetings are being planned with Inter alia the Faith Communities and Chapter 9 institutions.

b) The student leadership and Vice-Chancellors have agreed to form a task team to deal with all outstanding matters, which includes insourcing and the “missing middle”.

c) I regard all these engagement as having yielded a huge success as many of our institutions have headed the call to return to classes at the beginning of this academic year.

 

Compiler/Contact Persons:

Ext:

DIRECTOR – GENERAL

STATUS:

DATE:

REPLY TO QUESTION 446 APPROVED/NOT APPROVED/AMENDED

Dr BE NZIMANDE, MP

MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING

STATUS:

DATE:

Reply:

Any question which relates to the capacity or capabilities within the defence force shall not be made available to the public and therefore we are not able to answer this question.

Reply:

The National Disaster Management Advisory Forum meets on a quarterly basis every year.
The National Disaster Management Advisory Forum has met 27 times since 2009 as follows:

Year	National Disaster Management Advisory Forum Meeting Dates	Number of Meetings
2009	12 February 2009	3
	13 August 2009
	12 November 2009
2010	11 February 2010	4
	13 May 2010
	12 August 2010
	11 November 2010
2011	10 March 2011	4
	2 June 2011
	8 September 2011
	10 November

Attached please find here: Reply

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:

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

The Department:
The percentage of the department's procurement from SMME's for the period 1 April 2015 to 26 February 2016 equals 88%. This percentage includes procurement from township enterprises. The department did not procure any goods or services from co-operatives.

Entities:
South African Local Government Association (SALGA)
The percentage of SALGA's procurement from SMME's (Levels 1 to 4) for the period April 2015 to February 2016 equals 35%. This percentage includes procurement from township and rural enterprises. The SALGA did not procure any goods or services from co-operatives.

South African Cities Network (SACN)
The percentage of the SACN procurement from SMMEs for the period April 2015 to February 2016 equals 46%.The SACN did not procure any goods or services from co-operatives.

Municipal Demarcation Board (MOB)
The percentage of the MDB procurement from SMME's (Levels 1 to 4) for the period April 2015 to February 2016 equals 29.64%.The MDB did not procure any goods or services from co-operatives.

 

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

QUESTIONS FOR WRITTEN REPLY

QUESTION NUMBER: PQ2016/362

DATE OF PUBLICATION: 19 FEBRUARY 2016

Herewith a reply drafted by:

MS D SNYMAN
Acting Deputy Director-General: Financial Services
Date: 2016/03/26

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

MR V MADONSELA
DIRECTOR-GENERAL
DATE: 02.03/2016

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

ANRIES NEL, MP
DEPUTY MINISTER
DATE: 03/03/2016

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

DES VAN ROOYEN, MP
MINISTER
DATE: 10/03/2016
 

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:

Please find here: Reply

Reply:

1. (a) & (b) & (c) & (d): Yes

(aa) Mr. Lungisa Fuzile is an ANC Member and he attended in his personal capacity.

(bb) Mr. Michael Sachs, Deputy Director General: Budget Office also attended in his personal capacity.

All officials who attended; attended in their personal capacity as Members of the ANC.

2. No expenditure was incurred by the National Treasury in terms of the Lekgotla.

Reply:

The Minister of Public Works:

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

(a) The Performance Management Framework for Ministers is the Medium-Term Strategic Framework (MTSF) 2014-2019, which is the first 5-year implementation plan of National Development Plan (NDP) 2030. The performance targets and indicators are derived from the 14 Outcomes, which Government seeks to achieve.

These Outcomes and targets constitute Government’s Programme of Action (POA), against which performance is tracked and reported at least on a quarterly basis. POA reports are available to the public on the Government website.

(b), (c), (d) and (e) Cabinet closely monitors the implementation of the NDP 2030/MTSF 2014-2019 through POA reports. These reports are tabled before an implementation forum of a Cluster of Ministers collectively responsible for MTSF Outcomes and then submitted to Cabinet on a quarterly basis, where progress is noted, challenges to implementation are discussed and recommendations are considered and approved.

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:

a. Ref Par 1 (a): The intention of the SANDF is not to have contracts for servicing of military vehicles and equipment.

b. Ref Par 1 (b): First and second line maintenance and repair tasks including limited depot repairs will be performed by internal capability.

c. Ref Par 1 (c): Through Project Thusano, internal capability and capacity the SANDF will do the internal work.

d. Ref Par 1 (d): It will save cost, military vehicles and equipment will be maintained and repaired as a far less cost as it will be done internally.

It is important that the SANDF becomes self-sustainable. We are not ruling out possibilities of working with the private sector on some of our projects. However, the SANDF must develop internal capacity to deal with such matters.

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:

Questions (1) (a)	SAAF Response
What is the operating status of AFB Langebaanweg?	The main function of this base is to provide basic flying training to the SAAF pilots. The utilisation of the base as SAAF basic flying school is planned to continue for the foreseeable future.
Question (1) (b) (i and ii)
What are the medium and long term plans and objectives for using AFB Langebaanweg for both training and operational purpose?	To make SAAF combat ready.
Question (2)
Are there plans to commercialise the base?	The DOD (SAAF) has no intention or plans to commercialise the base.

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:

Below is the response regarding the advertising space bought by the Department of Cooperative Governance in the New Age during the financial years 2012-13; 2013-14 and 2014 -2015

(a) 2012 - 2013 Financial year:

The Department of Cooperative Governance participated in one business briefing organised by The New Age Media in December 2012 which provided an opportunity to the Minister to engage with stakeholders and the public on local government matters and traditional affairs, through a live TV broadcast on SABC. The cost for this initiative amounted to R 486 255 - 60.

(b) 2013 - 2014 Financial year:

The Department did not buy any advertising space in the New Age during the 2013-2014 financial year.

(c) 2014 - 2015 Financial year:

The Department did not buy any advertising space in the New Age during the 2014-2015 financial year.

Reply:

Mr KP Sithole (IFP) to ask the Minister of Sport and Recreation:

Whether his Ministry has any frozen vacant positions;

No

(a) If so, how many of the specified positions are vacant:

Not applicable

(b) what are the designations of the specified positions; and Not applicable

(c) for how long have the specified positions been vacant?

Not applicable

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:

Due to security reasons, the response to this question can only be presented to the closed session of the JSC on Defence.

Reply:

The Minister of Public Works

No.

Thus (a), (b) and (c) (i) and (ii) fall away.

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Reply:

The Minister of Public Works

No.

Thus (a), (b) and (c) fall away.

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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:

Programme classification	Goods and services	Payment for capital assets	Reasons for underspending on goods and services	Reasons for underspending on capital assets
Administration	94.3%	38.7%	The underspending was mainly because of billing not received from the Department of Public Works for infrastructure and property management	The department budgeted for furniture for the new employees but because of limited space capacity the process of purchasing the furniture was withheld.
Socio Economic Support	16.0%	29.3%	Dependency on other departments to roll out benefits	The department budgeted for furniture for the new employees but because of limited space capacity the process of purchasing the furniture was withheld.
Empowerment and Stakeholder Management	78.9%	100%	Dependency on other departments to roll out benefits	The programme spent its budget accordingly
TOTAL	51.8%	43.2%

Reply:

Question 1. Yes, Defence Intelligence is in the process of vetting the outstanding security clearance applications of members to be assigned as Senior Military Judges and Military Judges.

Question 2(a). The number of outstanding cases in military courts is 2 176.

Question 2(b). The reasons for the number of cases in arrears in the military courts are (i) unavailability of witnesses or accused and (ii) finalisation of specialised investigations. The vetting back log also causes delay. No military courts were conducted to date for the FY 2015/16.

Question 3. No.

Reply:

(i) The department reporting to the Minister awarded the contracts to companies indirectly or directly owned by furnished persons for the financial years 2012-13, 2013-14 and 2014-15 for the following number of times:

2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015

None 4times 2 times

(ii) The department reporting to the Minister awarded the contracts to companies indirectly or directly owned by furnished persons for the financial years 2012-13, 2013-14 and 2014-15 for the following amounts:

2012 - 2013 2013 - 2014 2014 - 2015

R0.00 R1605527.41 R1 569 408.15

Reply:

The Department of Defence did not spend on any advertisement in the New Age newspaper during the above mentioned period.

SUBMITTED ON: 15 MARCH 2016

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 award any contract to the persons in question.