Questions and Replies

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.

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:

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. (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 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

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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:

(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:

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:

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:

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:

(1) According to Regulations in terms of the Military Veterans Act 18 of 2011, a bonafide registered military veteran must apply for all benefits of which healthcare is one of them. Upon application, DMV will issue a once off  authorization letter to the South African Military Healthcare Services (SAMHS) in order to capture the details of the approved military veteran. The military veteran will then have access to healthcare for life at SAMHS and SAMHS approved private facilities.

(2) A military veteran has accesss to health care as outlined in the Constitution of South Africa. Military Veterans are free to access healthcare at the public institution and military hospitals.

(3) The military veteran can access private medical practice only when authorised to do so either by DMV through  SAMHS and /or authorised directly by the SAMHS.

(4) NO. Section 5 benefits are provided to registered and/or verified military veterans.

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:

(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:

Year	Salary per annum	Performance Bonus (once-off)
Eastern Cape Department of Education
(i)(aa) 2012/13	R763 776.00 Acting HOD	None
(i)(bb) 2013/14	R1 485 576.00	None
(i)(cc) 2014/15	R1 570 254.00	None
Free State Department of Education
(i)(aa) 2012/13	R1 584 756.00	None
(i)(bb) 2013/14	R 1 673 502.00	None
(i)(cc) 2014/15	R 1 768 893.00	None
Gauteng Department of Education
(i)(aa) 2012/13	R1 515 528.00	None
(i)(bb) 2013/14	R1 600 398.00	None
(i)(cc) 2014/15	R1 742 751.00	None
Kwa-Zulu Natal Department of Education
(i)(aa) 2012/13	R1 406 796.00	None
(i)(bb) 2013/14	R1 485 576.00	None
(i)(cc) 2014/15	R1 570 254.00	None
Limpopo Department of Education
(i)(aa) 2012/13	R1 406 796.00	None
(i)(bb) 2013/14	R1 485 576.00	None
(i)(cc) 2014/15	R1 570 254.00	None
Mpumalanga Department of Education
(i)(aa) 2012/13	R 1 427 895.00	None
(i)(bb) 2013/14	R 1 530 483.00	None
(i)(cc) 2014/15	R 1 617 720.00	None
Northern Cape Department of Education
(i)(aa) 2012/13	R 1 153 962.00	None
(i)(bb) 2013/14	R 1 238 040.00	None
(i)(cc) 2014/15	R 1 325 724.00	R61 902.00
North West Department of Education
(i)(aa) 2012/13	R968 028.00 (Acting Head of Department)	None
(i)(bb) 2013/14	R1 022 238.00 (Acting Head of Department)	None
(i)(cc) 2014/15	R1 570 254.00	None
Western Cape Department of Education
(i)(aa) 2012/13	R1 515 528.00	None
(i)(bb) 2013/14	R1 600 398.00	None
(i)(cc) 2014/15	R1 811 427.00	R84 581.00
Department of Basic Education
(ii)(aa) 2012/13	R1 406 796.00	R142 789.50
(ii)(bb) 2013/14	R1 153 962.00 (Acting Director-General)	R115 396.20
(ii)(cc) 2014/15	R1 238 040.00 (Acting Director-General)	R61 902.00

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) 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:

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:

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:

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:

(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:

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

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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. 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:

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:

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) 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:

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:

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:

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:

It must be noted that the Minister of Police was only a party to the proceedings in the matter of Democratic Alliance v Speaker of the National Assembly and Others, but not to the proceedings in the matter of Economic Freedom Fighters v Speaker of the National Assembly and Others.

The costs incurred for Advocate Mokhari SC, in the Democratic Alliance matter are as follows:

Consulting, perusing, drafting and preparation for hearing: R476 688-00

Appearance: R 24 000-00

The costs incurred for the two junior Counsel are:

Advocate Kgatla

Consulting, perusing, drafting and preparation for hearing: R189 550-00

Appearance: R 8 500-00

Advocate Slingers

Consulting, perusing, drafting and preparation for hearing: R217 948-33

Appearance: R 8 000-00

Total costs incurred for Counsel to oppose the matter of Democratic Alliance v Speaker of the National Assembly and Others amounts to R924 686-33.

No advisors or consultants were appointed.

Reply:

(a) The Bedfordview policing area has three sectors.

(b) The following suburbs fall within the sectors:

• Sector 1: Senderwood,Essexwold,Morning Hill,Bedford Gardens and Oriel Park.
• Sector 2: Wilbart and Bedfordview central business development.
• Sector 3: Meadowbrook,Meadowdale,Tunney,Elandsfontein,Kruinhof, Rastvia, Harmelia Ext 1 and Klopperpark.

(c) The population size of the policing area is 14 000.

(d) There are two visible policing officers and one Sector Commander per sector.

(e) There are four shifts for visible policing.

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Reply:

(a) In terms of section 38(1)(f) of the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA) and Treasury Regulation 8.2.3, it is the responsibility of accounting officers to settle all contractual obligations and pay all money owing, including intergovernmental claims, within 30 days from receipt of an invoice.

On 30 November 2011, the National Treasury issued Instruction Note 34 which requires departments to submit information related to their compliance with the requirement to pay invoices within 30 days. The National Treasury uses this information to compile bi-monthly reports to the Forum of South African Directors-General (FOSAD) on compliance by departments with the thirty day payment requirement.

(b) Non-compliance with the requirement to pay invoices within the prescribed period can be grounds for financial misconduct. In terms of sections 38(1)(h) and 51(1)(e) of the PFMA, accounting officers of departments, constitutional institutions and public entities must take effective and appropriate disciplinary steps against any official who contravenes or fail to comply with the provision of this Act.

The responsibility to take disciplinary action therefore lies with accounting officers and accounting authorities and the National Treasury is not in receipt of information related to disciplinary actions taken for such transgressions.   

(c) Since introduction of the Treasury Instruction on Cost Containment, there is evidence of reduced spending on items related to travel, entertainment and consultants. An expenditure analysis of national departments on these items as at the end of December 2015 revealed that travel expenses reduced by 16%, entertainment expenses reduced by 8% and spending on consultants reduced by 31%. There was, however, an 8% increase in expenses related to catering.

(d) The National Treasury submits a Memorandum annually to Cabinet on the audit outcomes of all PFMA compliant institutions. In this regard, Cabinet annually resolves that accounting officers must act on the Auditor-General’s recommendations to address negative audit findings and to submit to their relevant Executive Authorities, corrective steps to be taken to address concerns raised in their audit reports.

Reply:

i) (A) & (B) (i) 9% of all procurements was given to the SMME’s from 1 April 2015 up to the latest specified date for which information is available.

(ii) none

Reply:

1. Corruption is identified as a separate crime within the department’s records, but it is reported under the broader crime category of commercial crime.

Corruption figures
Financial year	Figure
2006/2007	99
2007/2008	90
2008/2009	124
2009/2010	81
2010/2011	83
2011/2012	60
2012/2013	78
2013/2014	123
2014/2015	58

2. Does not apply.

Reply:

The Department and its entities procure goods and services using the Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act.

 

Approved/not approved

Mr MJ Zwane

Minister of Mineral Resources

Date Submitted:-……………/………………/2016

Reply:

(1) (a) Sebenza police station has two sectors.

(b) The following suburbs fall within the sectors:

• Sector 1: Chloorkop, Cresslawn, Esther Park, Kelvin Estates, Kempton Park West, Spartan.
• Sector 2: Croydon, Edenglen, Foundersview, Longmeadow, Modderfontein, Sebenza, Spartan Ext. 7.

(c) The population size of the policing area is 19 970.

(d) There are eight visible policing officers for each sector and one Sector Commander per sector.

(e) There are four shifts for visible policing.

(2) (a) The downward adjustment of the population since the promulgation of areas demarcated to Nokem Park and Edenvale Policing areas respectively affected the current allocation of posts to the Visible Policing environment.

The allocation/distribution of human resources is informed by a number of variables including the SAPS’s funded establishment, departmental priorities and human resource requirements of the different disciplines within the SAPS.

(b) Minimum standards for the number of sectors in relation to the population was not determined. The implementation of Sector Policing is prescribed in National Instruction 3/2013, which determines that a policing area must at least be divided into two sectors. All facets of visible policing, including crime prevention, attending to complaints as well as crime prevention operations are addressed as part of the operational deployment of members in the sectors in accordance with the Crime Pattern and Threat analysis. The main aim of Sector Policing as policing approach, is to facilitate community partcipation and mobilisation in support of preventing crime in the policing area in order to strehgthen the implementation of Community Policing.

The minimum standards utilised to calculate the human resource requirement in the visible policing environment, with specific reference to sector policing at police stations, utilises the following determinants which were taken into consideration to determine the number of theoretical personnel for crime prevention activities: reported crimes, population density, social and economic factors, contingency allowances and environmental factors.

Therefore, to build the methodology on population only can never be utilised because it ignores the basic principles of organisational design/strategy.

Reply:

(1)(a). Yes, the specified project has reached practical completion, meaning it is suitable for operations, however there are minor outstanding items such as the mechanisation of stage machinery.

(b). the actual completion is anticipated by the end of July 2016, the final tranche of R 2 000 000, will be paid before the end of March 2016

(2). The DAC has not as yet received an audited report on the utilisation of the additional allocation of funds for the specified project. We have, already requested an acknowledgment of expenditure report sent by the Project Manager updating us on the utilisation of the first tranche of R 10 000 000, and finally, an audited report upon completion of the project.

Reply:

(a) Boksburg North police station has four sectors.

(b) The following suburbs fall within the sectors:

• Sector 1: Impala Park, Witkoppie Ridge, Park Haven, Atlasville, Bartlette and Bardene.
• Sector 2: Jet Park, Hughes, Bartlett AH, Bardene and Jansen Park
• Sector 3: Ravensky, Ravensklip, Witfield, Hughes Extion, Rosedene, Lillianton, Berton Park, ERPM Golf Course, Boksburg West, Comet, Morganridge and Dayanglen.
• Sector 4: Everleigh, BeyersPark, Westwood SH, Ravenswood, Anderbolt, Muswelldale and Boksburg North.

(c) The estimated population size is 120 000.

(d) There are four visible policing officers per sector and one Sector Commander per sector.

(e) There are four shifts for visible policing.

Reply:

(a)(i) 231

(a)(ii) 640

(b) There was no negative effect on the deployment of members at police stations in the Metropoles.

Reply:

a) Primrose police station has three sectors.

b) The following suburbs fall within the sectors:

• Sector 1: Makause, Marathon, Delport and Rasta informal settlements, Primrose East, Woodmere, Marlands and Primrose central business districts.
• Sector 2: Activia Park, Homestead, Sunnyridge, Solheim, Fishershill, Symhurst and Primrose central business district.
• Sector 3: Dawnview, Simmerfield, Primrose Hill, Wychwood, Malvern East and Creston Hill.

c) The estimated population size is 71 000.

d) There are four visible policing officers per sector and one Sector Commander per sector.

e) There are four shifts for visible policing.

Reply:

1. The South African Police Service is a National Department and not demarcated in Metropoles but in Divisions and Provinces. Training records are kept at National level per Province on a computerised system (Training Administration System). The budget for training interventions is allocated to the Division Human Resource Development who is responsible for training and the funding of training in SAPS and not per station.

2. Due to the number of training and available training interventions provided, this answer cannot be given in print as it contains more than 1800 pages. Attached herewith is an electronic copy of a spreadsheet containing the following:

• a) Total number of SAPS officials trained per station per Gauteng and Eastern Cape Province in which the city of Tshwane Metropolitan, Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan, City Of Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni Metrpolitan and Buffalo City Metropolitan are situated for the 2012/13, 2013/14, 2014/15 and 2015/16 3rd quarter financial years as per Training Administration System.
• b) The type of training is given per member per station trained per financial year for the two applicable Provinces.

3. The (a) number of officials trained per station is as per the provided spreadsheet and (b) the training was finalized in the year that the report indicates.

Reply:

a) Norkem police station has four sectors.

b) The following suburbs fall within the sector:

• Sector 1: Birchleigh and Esselen Park.
• Sector 2: Norkem Park and Birchleigh North.
• Sector 3: Birch Acres extentions 1, 2, 3 , 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 and 28.
• Sector 4: Kempton Park West, Van Riebeeck Park and Terenure.

c) The estimate population size is 73 249.

d) There are four policing officers per sector and one Sector Commander per sector.

e) There are four shifts for visible policing.