Questions and Replies

Reply:

1. No, in terms of the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (AARTO), Act 46 of 1998, traffic authorities are not authorized to issue warrants of arrest for an AARTO infringement.
2. In terms of the AARTO Act the issuing and serving of infringement notices is the responsibility of the issuing authorities. Therefore the Road Traffic Infringement Agency (RTIA) does not have the power to retract irregular notices. However, should the RTIA become aware of irregular infringement notices being issued, it may recommend to an issuing authority in writing to retract such notices and provide reasons for the recommendation.
3. All Enforcement Orders issued and served by the RTIA are done so in terms of the conditions as prescribed by the AARTO Act. These conditions are followed in order to ensure that no irregular Enforcement Orders are issued. However, should an infringer apply for the revocation of an Enforcement Order and submit substantive reasons that are to the satisfaction of the Registrar, an Enforcement Order may be revoked.

Reply:

The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) continues to work closely with the various South African national honeybee commodity organisations aimed at supporting honeybee health in South Africa. The South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) has been conducting research on South Africa’s honeybees, as an indigenous part of this country’s biodiversity. It has investigated the relevant resources underpinning the managed honey bee industry. Earlier in 2015, a project was completed that has been funded by the Working for Water Programme of the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) and implemented by SANBI and the Agricultural Research Council (ARC). It showed that eucalyptus trees, certain crops (e.g.  sunflower, citrus and canola), as well as indigenous trees and shrubs, in addition to various flowering plants in suburban gardens and on roadsides (wildflowers or weeds) are critically important to South Africa’s indigenous honey bees. It is to be expected that the various role players will act on this information in support of the South African honeybee.

In 2013, DAFF promulgated a control measure, Regulation 858, under the Agricultural Pests Act 1983 (Act No. 36 of 1983) to ensure beekeepers register with DAFF on an annual basis. Beekeepers must mark their beehives with the registration number and inspect colonies on a regular basis to check for symptoms of regulated bee diseases such as American Foul Brood (AFB), and the social parasite, Apis mellifera capensis. If a beekeeper detects AFB, a management plan must be implemented to manage the pest and DAFF must be notified regarding a detection. The aim of the control measure is to ensure reliable and timeous notification of AFB outbreaks in the country. Unfortunately, DAFF has received very few notifications from individual beekeepers to pinpoint the exact locations of the detections. However, serious outbreaks are indicated by the Beekeeper associations such as the South African Beekeeping Industry Organisation (SABIO). These were also reflected in the media on several occasions. The DAFF has developed a Biosecurity Strategy for AFB which will be finalised depending on a delimiting sampling process. It is hoped this will provide scientific evidence of the presence and virulence of the AFB disease in the Western Cape and elsewhere in the country.

Reply:

The KZN Department of Agriculture & Rural Development and Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) conducted a joint assessment with relevant stakeholders in order to establish the extent of the disaster and to establish the number farming communities affected. The provincial assessment reports were then submitted for declaration processes to the Provincial Disaster Management Center (PDMC) and further to the National Disaster Management Center (NDMC) for classification of National Disaster as per Disaster Management processes. The Provincial departments of agriculture have compiled a request for funding through their respective PDMC’s to the NDMC.

Currently a state of disaster was declared in KwaZulu Natal and agriculture was not included on the declaration; however the process of re - declarations of state of disaster for Agriculture and other sectors are underway and the classification will follow at a later stage. The KwaZulu Natal province in the meantime established a provincial drought scheme and is currently implementing an amount of R6 Million on the purchase of livestock feed to assist the affected farmers. The drought assistance has been further sourced from Industrial Development Cooperation (IDC) and Land bank and were advised to consider other farmers within their drought schemes.

DAFF continues to provide support and guidance to the provinces regarding disaster related matters particularly on the promotion of Disaster Risk Reduction Measures as prescribed by the Disaster Management Act (57 of 2002). Early warning information and advisory information are issued to the sector, which include strategies to implement during dry conditions; also coping strategies for drought have been developed and disseminated to the farming communities and officials in the sector. The Provincial Departments of Agriculture are also requested to establish Disaster Risk Management Units to enhance risk management operations in their provinces.

Reply:

The management of drought requires integrated and multi-disciplinary approaches flowing from mandates of various sector departments and other role players. It is on this basis that the Department of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries collaborates with all relevant Ministers including the Minister of Water and Sanitation in dealing with the Northern KwaZulu-Natal drought situation under the support of the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs as the custodian of the Disaster Management Act of 2002 (Act 57 of 2002).

If not, why?

The Republic of South Africa has governing piece of legislation on disaster management that guides spheres of government as well as organs of state on how to deal with cross cutting issues. In the case of disasters and disaster risk management there is the Disaster Management Act, no. 57 of 2002, the National Disaster Management Framework of 2005 and the Public Finance Management Act of 1999 (Act 1 of 1009). The above legislation stipulate the roles and responsibilities of all organs of state which among others is to provide for an integrated and coordinated disaster management policy focusing on preventing or reducing the risk of disasters, mitigating the severity thereof, preparedness, rapid and effective response to disasters and post-disaster recovery. The Disaster Management Act 2002 places statutory responsibilities for disaster risk reduction on every organ of state in each of the three spheres of government and gives a mandate for the establishment of disaster risk management centres in all the spheres.

The national disaster response and recovery coordination is done by the Department of Cooperative Governance (DCOG) through the National Disaster Management Centre (NDMC). So DAFF is working under the coordination of DCoG and other relevant sector departments in addressing the disaster relief programmes nationally. The provinces and municipalities also collaborate with the Minister of Water and Sanitation in dealing with the Northern KwaZulu-Natal situation and other affected areas. The provincial Department of Agriculture of KZN put R6 million aside to assist the affected farming communities with supply of fodder to small scale and subsistence farmers. The national drought relief request is submitted to NDMC for both classification and declaration of a state of drought disaster.

Reply:

1. The Department of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) continues to monitor conditions in the provinces and issue updated early warning information/ advisory information to the sector which includes strategies to implement during dry conditions. Such strategies include:

• Usage of grey water especially in food gardens.
• Harvesting water during rainy days.
• Irrigating in the late afternoon/ early evening to reduce evaporation.
• Using drip irrigation instead of sprinklers as it saves water.

The provincial departments of agriculture have made funding requests to the National Disaster Management Centre (NDMC) through their Provincial Disaster Management Centres (PDMC) requesting assistance in the form of rehabilitation and construction of water resources in farms hardly hit by drought. The provincial requests are made through normal drought disaster declaration and classification processes.

In addition to the normal disaster funding applications, the department is furthermore implementing the Prevention and Mitigation of Disaster Risks projects which is aimed at risk reduction that addresses mitigation and prevention measures. These projects considers the drilling and equipping of boreholes in provinces, especially those in dire need as a result of dry conditions or drought. To date, boreholes have been drilled and equipped in Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Free State and North West Provinces.

In mitigating the impact of dry conditions that culminate to water shortage and drought on farmers, the department has further developed coping strategies of various natural hazards. To date, coping strategies for drought have been developed and published into all official languages to be understood by all. These strategies were issued to farmers and officials. Farmers are constantly encouraged to adapt to the changing conditions, that is, to consider suitable farming operations and implement good farming practices as conditions are also aggravated by poor practices.

Furthermore, roving seminars on weather and climate are continually being conducted in all the provinces. The main objective of these seminars is to make farmers more self-reliant by helping them become better informed about effective weather and climate risk management for the sustainable use of natural resources for agricultural production.

2. This is the mandate of the Department of Water and Sanitation.

3. This s the mandate of the Department of Water and Sanitation.

Reply:

It is important note from onset that the limitations with regards to compilation of tourism economic account at sub-national level are not unique to South Africa. It is for this reason that the development of such a framework is being championed by the United Nations World Tourism Organisation. Thus, at this stage, there is no framework that can be used for production of statistics at provincial and municipal level in the same manner that the Tourism Satellite Account is produced.

The Department has establish the National Tourism Research and Knowledge Management Committee, a technical committee comprised of officials responsible for tourism data at provincial level. This committee serves as a platform to strengthen initiatives related to tourism data collection at provincial and local level. Statistics South Africa is a standing member of this committee. This committee, was afford an opportunity to make input into the UNWTO process of developing a tourism economic account.

Furthermore, the department invites StatsSA on a regular basis to engage with tourism stakeholders at platforms such as the National Tourism Stakeholder Forum (NTSF) which constitutes of representatives from government i.e. ((a) provinces and (b) municipalities) and private sector to share information related to tourism statistics. This information includes methodologies for compilation of different data sets as well as tourism standard definitions to ensure comparability.

Reply:

a. Yes, Mr Amos Monyela is still an employee of the Department of Higher Education and Training. He was seconded to the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (NEHAWU) as he was elected as an Office Bearer in the Provincial Office.

b. He was appointed in the position of Deputy Director: Human Resource Management.

c. Unfortunately, I am not at liberty to divulge the salary particulars of employees without consent.

d. and (e) The official reports for work at the Gauteng Provincial Offices of NEHAWU in Johannesburg, with effect from 1 February 2012 to date.

 

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DIRECTOR – GENERAL

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REPLY TO QUESTION 3818 APPROVED/NOT APPROVED/AMENDED

Dr BE NZIMANDE, MP

MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING

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Reply:

1. and (2) The table below presents the amounts written off as irrecoverable debt; the amounts incurred, condoned and written off as irregular expenditure as well as fruitless and wasteful expenditure for each metropolitan municipality in the 2014/15 financial year. The information was sourced from the National Treasury.

Metropolitan Municipality	1(a) Irrecoverable Debt	Irregular Expenditure	Fruitless and Wasteful Expenditure	Unauthorised Expenditure
	Amount Written-off in 2014/2015	1(b) Amount Incurred in 2014/15 FY	2(a) Written-off/ Condoned	1(c) Amount Incurred in 2014/15 FY	2(b) Written-off/ Condoned	1(d) Amount Incurred in 2014/15 FY	2(c) Written-off/ Condoned
Buffalo City	R 151,514,667	R377,136, 842	R-	R479,621	R-	R245,355,953	R-
Nelson Mandela Bay	R 257,092,457	R237,405,522	R8,184,320	R1,265,661	R198,938	R32,399,251	R640,829,075
Mangaung	R 687,414,714	R8,066,258	R-	R209,103	R-	R990,840,558	R-
Ekurhuleni	R 1,391,546,895	R30,385,244	29,340,359	R31,124,642	R1,165,930	R29,570,789	R-
City of Johannesburg	R -	R-	R-	R45,000	R-	R-	R-
City of Tshwane	R -	R65,323,586	R50,611	R992,600	R329,768	R1,023,573,003	R1,193,981,952
Ethekwini	R 111,311,000.00	R129,961,000	R402,900,000	R-	R-	R-	R-
City of Cape Town	R 691,852,000.00	R-	R45,000	R-	R-	R-	R-

(3) Metropolitan municipalities do not receive Municipal Infrastructure Grant (MIG).

Reply:

1. The total owed by national and provincial departments to municipalities in unpaid services and rates amounts to R4.7 billion as at June 2015.

(b).The debtor’s age analysis is as follows

 

2. (a) The total interest charged amounts to R 291 million

(b) In ensuring that the specified debt is settled; the department participates in an inter-governmental task team that has been established to expedite the payment of debt owed by government departments to municipalities. This task team is led by the Department of Public Works.

Through the work of the task team we moved to a point where Government is improving the payment of current debt that is undisputed. The remaining challenge is older arrear debt and disputed current debt.

To accelerate payment and mitigate against disputed invoices, the Department of Public Works has employed a service provider (managed at DPW) to conduct the verification and authentication of invoices.

FOSAD has also resolved that while the debt is in disputes, departments must pay a minimum of 80% of their disputed debt whilst they are still querying it with the municipality and when verified can either be paid in full or credited to their account later on.

Reply:

Yes, there is a service level agreement in place between the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) and Celbux SA (Pty) Ltd.

  (a) The parties to the sBux Scheme consist of NSFAS, Celbux SA (Pty) Ltd, students who receive allowances in the form of cell phone vouchers via the sBux Scheme and designated merchants who contract with both NSFAS and Celbux SA (Pty) Ltd.

There are several agreements in place which regulate the relationship between various parties participating in the sBux Scheme. The type of agreements and the parties to those agreements are provided below:

• a service level agreement between NSFAS and Celbux SA (Pty) Ltd;
• loan and/or bursary agreements are concluded between NSFAS and students in terms of which allowances are allocated to students; and
• merchant registration agreements are concluded between NSFAS, Celbux and merchants.

 (b) NSFAS and Celbux have contracted in the form of a service level agreement in terms of which NSFAS has procured access to the technology, licences, authorisations and facilities to offer a mobile payment solution which ensures that the sBux service is available to the students at all times. The sBux service is a free service which is available to NSFAS students who are eligible for allowances. Presently however, only students registered at the eleven institutions participating in the new student centred model are able to receive their allowances in the form of cell phone vouchers.

NSFAS enters into contracts with students for the provision of non-cash allowances in the form of unique cell phone vouchers across four spending categories. These categories include books, meals, private accommodation and transport. However, as the transport category is not yet enabled, students receive cash vouchers in lieu of transport. In the latter case, the students are able to withdraw cash up to predetermined daily limits from registered cash withdrawal agents such as Shoprite (Pty) Ltd and Boxer (Pty) Ltd.

The agreement with Celbux makes provision for an audit trail for all transactions made on the system and additionally makes provision for fraud monitoring services.

Compiler/contact persons:

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DIRECTOR – GENERAL

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REPLY TO QUESTION 3850 APPROVED/NOT APPROVED/AMENDED

Dr BE NZIMANDE, MP

MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING

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Reply:

1.Yes, I have investigated the feasibility of providing free quality education for the poor and working class. In 2012, the Ministerial Working Group on Fee-Free Higher Education was established, to investigate and advise on the feasibility of making university education fee-free for the poor in South Africa. The responsibilities of the Working Group included the following:

a) determine the actual cost of introducing fee-free university education for poor people in South Africa; in other words, what would it cost South Africa to offer fee-free university education to cover people classified as poor;

b) suggest a working definition of poor people in South Africa, if necessary suggesting different categories and how all can be provided fee-free university education;

c) consider existing policy provision and broadly consult documentation of other task teams/working groups in the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) which deal or dealt with related fields;

d) examine various models and options of providing fee-free higher education for poor people used elsewhere in the world and make recommendations to the Minister; and

e) contemplate all possible implications and consequences of providing fee-free university education for the poor.

The Working Group acknowledged that at this point in time in the development of South Africa, a well-considered system of free university education for the poor could go a long way towards increasing both access to and the quality of higher education, and in so doing help to tackle unemployment and poverty, reduce inequality and deepen democracy. It concluded that free university education for the poor in South Africa is feasible, but will require significant additional funding for both the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) and the university system.

The Ministerial Working Group on Fee-Free Higher Education advised that fee-free university education for the poor is feasible, if built on the current NSFAS cost sharing and recovery model. The implementation of fee-free university education is dependent on significant funding being made available, but the quantum of funding required varies depending on the range of parameters and policy decisions.

The report recommended that NSFAS be strengthened to implement the scheme and that a policy dialogue should be put in place to discuss the parameters and develop regulations for implementation. However, before the final policy and regulations are published, funding to support the scheme must be committed.

A Policy Dialogue comprising of the DHET, NSFAS, Universities South Africa, the University Council Chairs Forum, National Treasury, the South African Union of Students and the Council on Higher Education has been established to identify current and projected funding challenges and propose policy and legislative amendments in line with the recommendations of the Working Group on fee-free education, as well as the recommendations articulated in the National Development Plan that “all students who qualify for NSFAS must be provided access to full funding through loans and bursaries to cover costs of tuition, books, accommodation and living expenses”.

2. A copy of the report is available on the following link:

http://www.dhet.gov.za/SitePages/OrgUniversities.aspx

 

 

 

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DIRECTOR – GENERAL

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REPLY TO QUESTION 3849 APPROVED/NOT APPROVED/AMENDED

Dr BE NZIMANDE, MP

MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING

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Reply:

Yes. The Department participated in the Institute of Municipal Finance Officers Conference (IMFO) held in Ekurhuleni in October 2015.

(a) The Executive Manager: Municipal Audit Outcomes and Revenue Management participated as a panel member on the Effective Governance – Audit & Risk Management Back to Basics: Ethics enhancing local government accountability discussion. The panellists made a brief presentation on the subject and fielded specific questions from the floor.

The Senior Manager Revenue Management and the Manager Municipal Audit Outcomes participated as delegates to the conference; they are the relevant personnel to attend because of the municipal financial management support nature of their work that is directly linked to the work of IMFO.

(b) Conference fees amounting to R 6906.50 per person, were paid for the two delegates. No conference fees were paid for the Executive Manager, as she was participating on IMFO’s invitation as a panellist.

(c) The conference fees amounting to R 6906.50 per person (R13 813 in total) covered the attendance of the conference for the three days. The topics of interest to the department were the following: Back to Basics Sound Governance in relation to Audit Opinions, Effective Governance, Municipal Standard Chart of Accounts, Revenue Value Chain, Ethics Enhancing Local Government Accountability, Role of Councillors in Financial Management, Oversight, Effective Performance Management Systems in the Local Government and The Implication in Implementing the central database: Local Government.

(d) To the best of our knowledge, the Departmental stand was manned throughout the conference, one staff member from the department was assigned for the exhibition. The setup of the stall commenced on the 04 October and the stall was only dismantled on the 07th October at 14:00 after the conference.

Reply:

1. All student clubs, societies and organisations apply to the Student Representative Council (SRC) for affiliation. Applications for affiliation are made as per provision of the Constitution of the SRC of an institution. Affiliation entitles a club, society or organisation to:

• apply for a financial grant from the SRC;
• use any premises on the University with approval from the respective University department;
• use designated notice boards provided that those notices are signed by the SRC;
• use SRC transport subject to the specified rules; and
• use other resources incidental to its existence as a club, society or organisation subject to the specified rules of the University.

The Department does not have access to the financial records of the SRCs as they are governed by their (SRC) individual constitutions in terms of reporting and accountability to students. Furthermore, the allocation and management of funds by the SRC are done in line with the financial policy of the individual universities. The Student Parliament should, by a simple majority, recommend to the SRC, affiliation and budgets of student structures subject to specified criteria and the SRC making the final decision.

2. The source of budget of all SRC affiliated structures is made up of the allocation from the respective SRCs as well as donations that should be declared. SRC affiliates do not receive or source any funds directly from the state subsidy. All funds made available by the University for student governance is applied and managed in accordance with an approved budget and financial policies of the University. All affiliated structures submit annual budgets in prescribed form to the SRC.

3. In order to be recognised as a legitimate student organisation, and receive a financial grant from the SRC, a candidate-organisation must submit an application on the prescribed form and attach a founding declaration by a minimum of fifty (50) students (the number varies from one institution to the other) that they have committed to become members of an organisation. This declaration must contain the names, student numbers and signatures of these founding members, and a draft constitution for the new organisation, which includes at least the proposed name of the organisation, purpose and main objectives, management structure and the duties and responsibilities of its office-bearers. The club or society should also submit a programme of action to be considered by the SRC and the Student Parliament. Upon submission of all these documents, the SRC will consider for approval and affiliation of the new structure.

A newly affiliated organisation must present audited financial statements and an acceptable annual report at the Annual General Meeting held in the second semester of a year in which they receive recognition as an SRC affiliate (reporting differs from institution to institution). Failure to do so could result in the SRC withholding further use of the resources and/or penalising the organisation in the following year.

The Treasurer of the SRC is accountable for the budget of the SRC and affiliates, financial transactions and records, and fundraising in accordance with financial policies and rules of the University. Affiliated organisations shall receive funding as determined by the SRC budgetary guidelines which are approved by the SRC in consultation with the Student Parliament, but may approach the SRC for additional financial assistance if such is considered and justified in terms of their approved programme of activities for the current year.

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DIRECTOR – GENERAL

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REPLY TO QUESTION 3817 APPROVED/NOT APPROVED/AMENDED

Dr BE NZIMANDE, MP

MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING

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Reply:

No, the Department did not have a meeting with the leadership of the University of Fort Hare (UFH) to discuss the decision to exclude students who had defaulted on fee payments from writing their examinations at the end of the 2015 academic year. In terms of the Higher Education Act of 1997, Councils of universities are governing bodies and have the autonomy to decide on university governance matters, including settling of fees. Councils are the highest decision making bodies of our respective universities. There was no request from UFH for intervention by the Department. The matter is still being handled by UFH’s internal structures.

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REPLY TO QUESTION 3779 APPROVED/NOT APPROVED/AMENDED

Dr BE NZIMANDE, MP

MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING

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Reply:

1. The DBSA has indicated that it has not withdrawn funding from Amathole District Municipality.

a)   The DBSA has indicated that it signed a loan agreement with Amathole District Municipality to advance a portion of its future MIG allocations for the accelerated sanitation programme, with the pledging period expiring on 30 June 2015. The total amount to be advanced as per the loan agreement was R631 million, with the first tranche of R286 million disbursed to the Municipality at the start of the programme (January 2015). Due to the fact that the programme was delayed, the Municipality could not draw the full amount of R631 million before the end of the pledging period. However, the loan availability is still active until 31 December 2016. This means the District Municipality may still apply to National Treasury for the extension of the pledging period. Regarding payment of subcontractors, this is a contractual matter between the Siyenza Group and the affected sub-contractors as the liability for the payment of these subcontractors rests with the Siyenza Group.

b)   The Amathole District Municipality has indicated to COGTA that it has terminated its contract with the Siyenza Group, which was carrying out the construction work. This is the reason why the work has stopped.

c) As indicated above, the payment of subcontractors is a matter between the Siyenza Group and the subcontractors concerned.

    i. As indicated above, the DBSA has indicated that it has not withdrawn funding.

    ii. As per the loan agreement between DBSA and Amathole District Municipality, the loan amounts are to be repaid to DBSA over the next two financial years (2015/16 and 2016/17), utilising a portion of MIG funding to the Municipality.

    iii. The Municipality has indicated that, should National Treasury extend the pledging period, the Municipality will, following required procurement processes, contract directly with as many of the sub-contractors as possible to complete the project.

2. As indicated above, the Municipality has indicated to COGTA that it has terminated its contract with the Siyenza group. Questions regarding the details of this termination and whether any further payments are due to the contractor should be referred to the Municipality.

3. (a) Reasons for own office accommodation

According to the Amathole District Municipality, the business case to acquire its own offices was prepared as far back as 2004. The ADM has over the years spent a substantial amount on rented office accommodation around East London from its operational budget. It was also felt that a single office structure to accommodate its head office staff was more beneficial than having departments and business units scattered around the city. It remains the aim of the ADM to own its own premises in order to house its office staff, rather than to carry on renting office space.

Reasons for relocation to Stutterheim

According to Amathole District Municipality, prior to 2011, the Buffalo City Municipality was one of the local municipalities situated within the jurisdiction of the ADM. According to the location of the ADM’s head office and seat of council in East London at the material time, were within its area of jurisdication:

However, after Buffalo City Municipality was established as a metropolitan municipality following the 2011 local government elections, it ceased to form a part of the ADM. This gave result in a situation where the ADM, which is a largely rural based municipality, having its head office outside its area of jurisdiction. Consequently it does not make economic sense for the ADM to rent property outside its boundaries.

Hence following the establishment of the BCMM, the Council of the ADM resolved that the head office and seat of the ADM must be relocated to within its own jurisdiction. Following a feasibility study, the town of Stutterheim was identified as a suitable home for the ADM.

(b) Possible Funding for office accommodation

A public private partnership process (PPP) was initiated. However, suitable private partners could not be identified to work with the ADM to develop suitable premises.

Currently, the ADM is exploring other funding models for the development of its head office in Stutterheim. Whilst it may be possible to secure funding amounting to R200 million for this purpose, for the ADM to commit itself to such a funding arrangement, would require the approval of National Treasury.

4. It would be imprudent for me to comment on a policy decision that is based on factors that are not within my knowledge. I suggest that the Honourable member should pose the question directly to the Amathole District Municipality for a direct reply.

5. The Policy considerations in this matter are peculiarly within the knowledge of the Municipal Council. I suggest that this question be directed to the Mayor of Amathole District Municipality.

We certainly agree that the maximum part of expenditure in the municipality should be spent on services for the public.

1. BACKGROUND

• 1. The DBSA signed a loan agreement with Amathole District Municipality to advance a portion of its future MIG allocations for the accelerated sanitation programme expiring in December 2015.The loan agreement was dependent on approval by National Treasury to allow Amathole District Municipality to use a portion of its future MIG to pay the DBSA for funds advanced to accelerate the sanitation programme. The loan agreement is valid till December 2016. However, National Treasury approval for the municipality to pledge its conditional grant had a validity period up to June 2015, with an additional grace period of three months thereafter. This meant that the municipality had until September 2015 to complete the programme. The total amount to be advanced as per the loan agreement was R631 million with the first tranche of R286 million disbursed to the Municipality at the start of the programme (January 2015). Due to the fact that the programme was delayed, the district could not draw the full amount of R631 million before the end of the pledging period as approved by National Treasury.

• 1. However, the Municipality had submitted a further claim of R81 million to DBSA before 30 June 2015. As per the loan agreement signed between the parties, disbursements were to be made subject to the Municipality providing the Bank with confirmation of work done in the form of payment certificates. The payment certificates submitted with the claim of R81 million could not support work done and the parties acknowledged that it could have been caused by the fact that the contract with the main contractor was in the process of being cancelled. As such Amathole undertook to conduct verification using internal resources.

• 1. The Municipality submitted the results of the verification in the form of happy letters signed by recipients of completed toilets to DBSA on 17 August 2015. The Bank and the Municipality assessed the happy letters as well as delivery notes of material on site and confirmed that 30,409 units had been completed and 15, 911 of uninstalled units have been delivered. There was, however, no onsite verification (verification that can confirm the existence of reported quantity, appropriate quality as well as compliance). The DBSA received a signed letter from the Municipal Manager to confirm this information. The DBSA is processing the payment of R92million based on the information provided. The rest of the balance is depended on approval of National Treasury for extension of the pledging period and extension of the loan availability by the DBSA.

1. DISCUSSION

Amathole District Municipality is alleging that the reason the project has stopped is because National Treasury has refused to extend the pledging period beyond June 2015.

National Treasury has, however, indicated that it approved the Amathole Business case in August 2014 with a condition that the implementation of the project was going to happen over a nine (09) months period as indicated and motivated for by the Amathole District Municipality in their Business Case. This meant that implementation was to complete on 30 June 2015. Since approval was granted by National Treasury, Amathole District Municipality never approached National Treasury regarding the extension of the time on the pledge with the exception of the meeting dated the 30 July 2015 where a formal presentation was made to National Treasury by the Municipality. Further, in the business case that was approved, the Amathole District Municipality had indicated that they may require an additional three months to accommodate for unforeseeable circumstances. This meant that the implementation period could stretch until the end of September 2015. By virtue of the approval of the business case, National Treasury allowed the Amathole District Municipality the full twelve months of implementation time.

National Treasury indicated that, following the above meeting, National Treasury wrote a letter to the Municipality formally alerting the municipality to the fact that the pledge is lapsing as at the end of September 2015 and has asked for the municipality’s intention going forward. To date the National Treasury has not received any response from the municipality in this regard.  

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SUBJECT	PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION NO 2015/3456
DRAFTER	Mr Ntandazo Vimba
PORTFOLIO
DIRECTORATE	Municipal Infrastructure Support Agent
REFERENCE NO	2015/3456	TEL/CELL	(012) 8485317/ 0795055368

ROUTE	SIGNATURE	DATE	DATE RETURN
MR Ntandazo Vimba Executive Manager Vendor Services, Legal and Contracts Management
Dr Sean Phillips Chief Executive Officer MISA
MR V MADONSELA DIRECTOR-GENERAL
MR ANDRIES NEL, MP DEPUTY MINISTER FOR COOPERATIVE GOVERNANCE
PRAVIN GORDHAN, MP MINISTER FOR COOPERATIVE GOVERNANCE AND TRADITIONAL AFFAIRS

INSTRUCTIONS / NOTES

THE MINISTER

REFERENCE NO: 2015/152 SUBJECT: PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION NO 2015/3456 Date: 16 September 2015

Reply:

Honourable Member will remember that the Cancer Register has just been established in our country to try and record such statistics about Cancer.

It is only in April this year that National Treasury has started funding it directly from the fiscus rather than through the National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) as it were. But the training of Registers and reconstructive surgery is definitely going on.

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Reply:

I wish to inform the Honourable Member that I have been informed by the South African Human Rights Commission, that yes, the Commission has made follow-ups in this regard.

I have furthermore been informed that following numerous correspondences (including a letter in February 2015) sent to the Municipality requesting an update on the implementation of the recommendations in the report, the Municipality appealed the Commission’s findings.

In September 2015, the Office of the Chairperson of the South African Human Rights Commission dismissed the Municipality’s appeal and the provincial office is now engaging the Municipality with a view to obtain the Municipality’s time-framed implementation plan aimed at effecting the recommendations in the report.

 

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Reply:

The South African Government has requested the International Criminal Court for an extension of the time-limit to submit our view on the events surrounding Omar Al Bashir’s attendance of the African Union Summit in Johannesburg from 13 to 15 June 2015, until such time as the ongoing judicial proceedings before the South African Courts are finalized.

The Pre- Trial Chamber of the ICC has granted an extension and has ordered the competent authorities in the Republic of South Africa to report to the Chamber on any developments in the judicial proceedings as they occur; and should no such developments occur prior to 15 December 2015, to submit a report detailing the status of the relevant domestic judicial proceedings not later than 31 December 2015.

The Honourable Member’s request for reasons is therefore premature.

 

Reply:

The provincial department of agriculture in the Eastern Cape called the Department of Rural Development and Agrarian reform has reported that R1.9 million was paid to Magwa tea plantation for the workers’ salaries in 2015/16. The province has indicated that this amount is what they could afford in the current financial year but there is a huge backlog. This project is funded through the equitable share and was never funded through the conditional grants. The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) has been informed that a business rescue plan has been developed which indicates that at least R66 million is needed to turnaround the business, this figure includes outstanding payments due to workers. The DAFF welcomes the business rescue plan and will set up a team to verify this report by the province and determine the actual outstanding payments to workers as well as support the province in its bid to get additional funding to support the project. It is stated that the business is currently not profitable and no assurances can be made for workers to be paid their salaries on time under current situation.

Reply:

(a) Contracts were entered into between USAASA and the Manufacturers of which terms of references

(b) Payments are part of the terms of the reference between USAASA and manufacturers

(c) Terms of payment are part of the contract terms of reference between USAASA and manufacturers

 

 

MR NN MUNZHELELE

DIRECTOR GENERAL [ACTING]

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE:

MS AF MUTHAMBI (MP)

MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE

Reply:

a) As the Department we understand Red tape as set of processes/ systems that requires excessive formality or routine to perform or execute functions that impediments the department to achieve its set objectives within a reasonable time period.

b) (i) The department holds monthly management meetings to address all challenges faced by the department. Furthermore, there are Forums in place and functional i.e. Chief Financial Officers Forums, Technical Advisory Committee to National Health Council and National Health Council.

(ii) (aa) (bb) (aaa) The Department has approved policies in place and fully implemented, are in line with national policies and regulations. The department has management tracking system register in place and fully functional to track and reduce the red tapes.

The public entities reporting to the Minister of Health defines red tape as follows:

• The Office of Health Standards Compliance: excessive regulation of external stakeholders (health establishments) and internal business operations which hinders flexibility in the business operations of the regulated stakeholders and internal business operations of the entity.

• The National Health Laboratory Service: excessive regulation and bureaucratic practices which hinder timeous decision making.

• The South African Medical Research Council: there is no legal / public policy instrument that gives an official meaning to the concept of “red tape”. However, the general understanding is that the concept would refer to an “unnecessary delay”.

- The Council for Medical Schemes: excessive regulation as well as rigid conformity to formal policies and procedures and as bureaucratic processes between the entity and the Executive Authority.

(b) (i) The specific interventions and/or (ii) systems implemented to identify (aa) and (bb) reduce red tape in the (bbb) entities reporting to the Minister of Health are as follows:

• The Office of Health Standards Compliance (OHSC): Regulates health establishments in the country through regulations which get processed for promulgation by involving stakeholders through publication of the draft regulations for public comments to identify through comments received, any provisions in the draft regulations which may be considered Red Tape by stakeholders. Review of the comments received provide the OHSC an opportunity to identify and reduce “red tape” by ensuring that provisions in the regulations allow for flexibility in how the regulated stakeholders conduct their business, but without compromising on the compliance requirements (public protection) to ensure quality in the provision of health services by health establishments.

Internally OHSC also has policies in place which provide guidance in terms of how decisions should be made to avoid “red tape”. The policies go through a rigorous process of review by OHSC governance structures (Management and Board Committees) before approval by the Board as the ultimate Accounting Authority. This review process is meant to ensure that any provisions in the policies of the entity which may be considered “red tape” are identified and reduced by considering flexible ways for decision making. The OHSC has a delegation of authority policy which also assists in dealing with “red tape” by ensuring that operational decisions are left for management to take and that only strategic decisions are reserved for the Board.  

• The National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS): The NHLS Board has clear mandate as outlined in the NHLS Act and Board Charter. These instruments allow the Board and Executives to make decisions within the confines of the delegated powers and authority. Issues requiring Ministerial approval are referred to the Department in writing and feedback is received timeously.

• The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC): Due to the lack of legal / authoritative premise to support the concept, the SAMRC does not have a standing policy on identifying “red tape”. However, the SAMRC has the internal policies that guide it on delivering its mandate and engagements with other health / science cluster entities or with the ministry or the departments.

In particular, among others, the SAMRC uses the following processes to ensure that no unnecessary delays result from any of the SAMRC processes:

• A review of the key processes to identify bottlenecks and areas that can be improved from an efficiency perspective without compromising compliance with the relevant legislation; and
• Feedback from customers and staff.

The following interventions have been introduced to reduce delays”:

• Automated processes wherever possible to speed up transaction times and reduce manual intervention;
• The coordination of key processes in a shared services environment to ensure processes are consistent and as efficient as possible;
• Automated help desks in areas such as IT, facilities, finance and supply chain management to enable staff and customers to communicate problems quickly and enable their resolution to be tracked; and
• Service level agreements for departments with target turnaround times for services provided which are tracked and published to staff and customers.

Laws such as the Inter-governmental Relations Framework Act, existence of the Research Ethics Committee as well as the Significance and Materiality Framework agreed between the SAMRC and the Ministry of Health in terms of the Public Finance Management Act, form part of the regulatory regime the SAMRC utilises to manage its engagements.

• The Council for Medical Schemes (CMS): The CMS develops Memorandum of Understanding with entities it works with and departments within the CMS, this allows for more efficient processes to be followed. Policies and procedures are presented to the different governance structures within CMS where the policies are interrogated to ensure that they are not cumbersome and that CMS is able to carry out its mandate with minimal amount of “red tape”, it allows for flexibility without compromising CMS in terms of compliance with relevant legislation. Through its risk management process CMS is able to identify key areas where there are delays in processes that may hinder CMS in executing its mandate. Automated processes e.g. Real time monitoring of schemes financials have been introduced to stakeholders to allow for submission of regulatory information with as little “red tape” as possible. CMS deals with the Executive Authority through the office of the Health Regulation and Compliance division at the National Department of Health (NDoH) and further a task team has been established between CMS and NDoH in order to promote communication to avoid unnecessary “red tape”.

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Reply:

A Special Dispensation was adopted on 21 November 2007 following an announcement by the President addressing a Joint Sitting of Parliament in order to facilitate the granting of Presidential pardon for individuals who have committed offences they believe were in pursuit of political objectives in terms of section 84 (2) (j) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996. On 19 January 2008 the President announced the appointment of a Reference Group that will consider applications for pardoning and to advise the President of the "special process" for the pardoning. The Reference Group and the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development handled and managed the administration of the process. After consultation with the office of the President, the department has resuscitated this process and it is now at an advanced stage. However, it should be emphasized that only those individuals who applied for the presidential pardon are currently considered by a Ministerial Task Team.

At this stage it can be confirmed that no presidential pardons were granted to sentenced offenders. However, offenders in the above mentioned category who qualifies in terms of the normal parole placement policy are considered for parole placement and only those who comply with all requirements are released on parole. The Ministerial Task Team ensured that offenders who applied in terms of the Special Dispensation and still incarcerated have done the following programs to prepare them for eventual parole release:

• Life skills with social workers (orientation, defining of self- image, completion of collage presentation, self-knowledge and self- acceptance , development , motivation, future planning).
• Life skills with psychologists
• Pre-release (health education, financial management, relationships, restorative justice, finding employment, parole conditions, substance abuse relapse prevention)
• Cross roads
• Substance abuse
• Anger in anger out
• Heart lines
• Restorative justice / VOD / VOM
• Recreational programs
• Spiritual care
• Hope Foundation: purple ribbon for peace: (conflict analysis, emotional planning, active listening, assertiveness, problem solving, negotiation, mediation)

Reply:

(a)-(b) We are aware of the provisions of the Births and Deaths Registrations Act (Act No 51 of 1992), which is the responsibility of the Department of Home Affairs. According to the Act a death below 26 weeks of intrauterine life, is not classified as a still-birth and thus does not qualify to receive a death certificate. Midwives and doctors provide counselling to the mother and her partner to come to terms with the still-birth and refer them for further counselling should this be necessary.

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Reply:

(1) PBMR has been placed under care and maintenance since 2010 and has not been involved in any commercial transactions other than the disposal of non-strategic assets that was approved as part of the care and maintenance. The Rosatom transaction reported in the National Treasury Annual Report was declined on this basis.

Issues relating to nuclear co-operation framework agreement and what is included therein, are within the domain of the Minister of Energy.

(2) Government is not selling any of PBMR hardware or intellectual property.

(3) There are no commercial activities taking place within PBMR as it is under care and maintenance, therefore no tender processes have been undertaken.

 

Reply:

The Department has requested the MEC responsible for local government in the Northern Cape Province to investigate this matter and report back to the Minister. The Honourable Member will be furnished with a reply once the information referred herein is received

Reply:

The Department issues mining rights and permits to promote legitimate mining and removal of exposed minerals at sites which are viable to mine.

Reply:

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

As the Honourable member is aware, in terms of section 181(3) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, all organs of state, through legislative and others measures, must assist and protect all the institutions supporting constitutional democracy, including the Public Protector, to ensure the independence, impartiality, dignity and effectiveness of these institutions.

It is, therefore, the responsibility of all organs of state, including the President, the national executive and Government, as referred to by the Honourable member, to evaluate the number of requests from citizens and organisations to the Public Protector to investigate the complaints of the abuse of authority from 1 September 2010 to 31 August 2015, in order to act upon it as indicated in paragraphs (a) to (d) of the Honourable member’s question.

In view of the above, I would kindly advise the Honourable member to scrutinize the relevant findings in all the Public Protector’s reports during the period in question and if necessary address his questions to the organs of state concerned.

As far as could be ascertained from the reports of the Public Protector during the period in question, there were no requests from citizens and organisations to the Public Protector to investigate complaints of the abuse of authority against the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development and it was therefore not necessary for the Department to act upon it as indicated in paragraphs (a) to (d) of the Honourable member’s question.

(e) Government has been supportive of the Public Protector’s requests for increasing its investigative capacity as is evident by the significant increase in its budget allocation throughout the previous Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) periods. The Honourable member may also be aware that Parliament approved the revised organizational structure of the Public Protector comprising of 420 posts in the 2012/2013 financial year. At the time, the Public Protector was advised by my colleague the Minister of Finance to develop a multi-year implementation plan to ensure that critical posts are prioritized and filled within the medium term expenditure framework allocations. During his 2015 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement on 21 October 2015, the Minister of Finance also indicated that the Public Protector will receive an additional allocation to address capacity challenges.

It should also be noted that within the current economic climate it is expected of all institutions supporting constitutional democracy, including the Public Protector, to work together to determine how to deal with matters in a more economic, cost effective and efficient manner and to ensure that there is no duplication as it relates to their mandates.

The Honourable member may further be aware, that the National Assembly is still seized with the report of the Ad hoc Committee on the Review of Chapter 9 and associated Institutions often referred to as the Kader Asmal report. This report contains a number of recommendations that may have far-reaching implications for the institutions supporting constitutional democracy, including the Public Protector. The Speaker of the National Assembly recently convened a workshop of relevant stakeholders in order to exchange views and to finalize the National Assembly’s position in order to help Parliament to adopt the report.

With all the above in mind and given our limited resources, it is my view that the Public Protector should be able to execute its mandate and deliver on its core business responsibilities within the budget allocation and assistance that was provided for by Government.

 

Reply:

I wish to inform the Honourable Member that yes, I and the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development have received a communication from the Legal Attaché of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in South Africa in this regard.

(a) During June 2015, the Legal Attaché (FBI) in South Africa, forwarded a letter to the Department, attaching a copy of an indictment related to the FIFA matter.

(b) The purpose of the letter was to bring the contents of the indictment under the attention of the Department. It was also stated in the letter that the FBI was looking forward to the continued partnership between the FBI, the American Department of Justice and the South African Department of Justice and Constitutional Development.

The Department submitted the letter to me in a memorandum, informing me of the contents of the letter as well as the indictment. I was also informed that a formal request for assistance has not yet been received from the American authorities. I noted the contents of the memorandum, including the indictment, and forwarded copies of the indictment to the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Corruption, the Minister of Sport and Recreation, the Department of International Relations and Cooperation and the Chairperson of the Anti-Corruption Task Team (ACTT).

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Reply:

We are still trying to source this information as the Bid Company has long winded up its affairs and the information required is not readily available.

Reply:

We are still trying to source information and consulting with the Boxing South Africa (BSA) on this matter.

Reply:

The following information was provided by City Power Johannesburg:

The electricity distribution industry is characterised by distribution losses, and categorised into technical and non-technical losses.

Technical losses represent the energy lost when transmitted and distributed through overhead lines, transformers and cables to reach the customer, while non-technical losses represent losses due to theft of electricity, unbilled and incorrectly billed customers, Large Power Users illegally converted to pre-paid mode, vandalism and bypassing of meters and illegal connections.

The 28,2% losses with a monetary value of R2,5 billion refers to the 2013/14 financial year, and reflects the total distribution losses, technical and non-technical. Technical losses are calculated at 9% and non-technical losses are the difference between the total distribution and the technical losses.

For the 2014/15 financial year the total distribution losses was reduced to 18,63% with technical losses at 9% and non-technical losses at 9,63% amounting to R1,524 billion.

The City of Johannesburg annually makes budget provision for the purchase of electricity and the sale thereof and due to non-technical losses, the actual sales is less than the budget. The City of Johannesburg therefor pays for the non-technical losses.

Reply:

Yes, progress has been made in that all relevant Justice, Crime Prevention and Security (JCPS) Departments were consulted and a process of approaching Cabinet for a decision on a South African position on prisoner transfer agreements with other countries has been initiated.

(a) and (b). Fall away.

Reply:

1.The municipal disaster funds were not utilised to repair the specific Ring Road at Kwanomzamo, Riebeek East in Makana Local Municipality.

This road is not specified within the approved Independent Assessment and Verified Report for the disaster declared in Makana Local Municipality in 2012. According to the report received from the Eastern Cape Provincial Disaster Management Centre, the Ring Road at Kwanomzamo, Riebeek East was not part of the assessed and verified project, as approved in the Independent Assessment and Verification report.

2. According to the report received from the Eastern Cape Provincial Disaster Management Centre, the Contractor appointed to repair the Ring Road is Izana Civils.

Reply:

(1) USAASA, as an entity, is responsible for the procurement of STBs and has confirmed placement of orders with the manufacturers of:

(a) (i) One million five hundred thousand (1.5 million)

(ii) One million antennae

(b) Department is still in the process of engagement with USAASA regarding the purchase prices of STBs and accessories

(2) USAASA has confirmed placement of purchase orders with the manufactures from the established panel of suppliers of STBs:

(a) USAASA has confirmed placing purchase orders with three companies

(b) Orders were placed in August 2015

(c) Delivery of STBs is dependent on the manufacturers satisfying Conformance Regime and the testing of STBs on the network. Actual delivery is to consider a lag period of eight (8) to twelve (12) weeks from ordering of components by manufacturers from suppliers.

(3)

(a) Any agreement for the production and supply of STBs is between USAASA and manufacturers

(b) Any agreement for the production and supply of STBs is between USAASA and manufacturers

 

 

MR NN MUNZHELELE

DIRECTOR GENERAL [ACTING]

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE:

MS AF MUTHAMBI (MP)

MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE:

Reply:

a) The estimated cost of building the new hospital will be determined once the relocation of the existing hospital has been finalised and planning of the new hospital is complete. As part of the agreement with the successful bidder, the successful bidder will relocate the hospital and build new hospital at his own cost.

b) The expected completion date will be determined once the relocation of the existing hospital has been finalised and planning of the new hospital is complete.

c) The existing hospital has 266 usable beds. The bed utilisation rate is currently 60%. 150 patients are currently admitted with 116 beds empty. The hospital will be relocated with the same bed capacity of 266 beds.

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Reply:

No;

The Department does not meet the 2% Employment Equity target at present.

The Department acknowledges that achieving disability equity is imperative to the transformational agenda set by the Constitution (1996), the White Paper on Affirmative Action (1998) and other subsequent legislations.

Employees with Disabilities make up to 1.4 % (percent) of employees in the Department. The low representation of person with disabilities in the Department emanate from the rule that disability disclosure is done on a voluntary basis.

Concreted efforts are been made to allow persons with disabilities to apply for position in the Department and to apply for positions in the Department and encourage those that are within to disclose their disabilities status in order to meet or exceed the required 2% targets.

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Reply:

The person referred to is not a consultant, but is employed as a Special Advisor to the Minister.

(a) The person referred to is appointed as a Special Advisor in accordance with Public Service Act Section 12A (i), to:

1. Advise the Executive Authority on the exercise/performance of the Executive Authority’s powers and duties
2. Advise the Executive Authority on the development of policy that will promote the department’s objectives and
3. Perform such tasks as appropriate in respect of the exercise/performance of the Executive Authority’s powers and duties

(b) The person referred to is remunerated in accordance with Section 12A of the Public Service Act, 1994 and the relevant dispensation for Special Advisors, as contained in Section 17 of the Act.

Reply:

1. Cash-paying patients, i.e those with no medical aid are classified according to UPFS (Uniform Patient Fee Schedule).

Patients in H1 category paying nothing.

Patient in H2 paying part of the fee and patient in H3 category pay full hospital fees.

2. When a patient on medical aid utilises public health facilities, they are not required to pay only extra cash above what the medical aid pay for them.

3. Honourable Member, death of a patient due to a deliberate action by employees and/or management of state hospitals to me means murdering such a patient – that is what deliberate action will mean to me.

We have never had a report of such.

4. Since the various litigations are directed at provinces and not at the Minister, and payments are done by provinces, I am still collecting this data.

5. Honourable Member, it will to a long way for you to be a bit specific about the deaths you are referring to, in order to help me answer your question.

Number of deaths from what? HIV/AIDS? TB? Pneumonia? Diarrhoea? Diabetes, Stroke, Cancer? Hepatitis? Meningitis? Heart failure? Liver failure? Prematurity?

And what type of injuries – motor vehicle accidents? Gunshots wounds? Assault? Stab wounds? Burn wounds? What exactly?

END.

Reply:

The Department anticipates that the MDDA Amendment Bill will be introduced in Parliament during the fourth (4) quarter of 2015/16 Financial year

 

 

MR NN MUNZHELELE

DIRECTOR GENERAL [ACTING]

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE:

MS AF MUTHAMBI (MP)

MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE:

Reply:

The information on the total expense allowance afforded to the CEO, COO, and CFO is contained in the 2015 Annual Report of the SABC.

 

 

MR NN MUNZHELELE

DIRECTOR GENERAL [ACTING]

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE:

MS AF MUTHAMBI (MP)

MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE:

Reply:

This question has been previously responded to in details. Refer to a response to Question number 2858 that was published on 7 August 2015.

 

 

 

MR NN MUNZHELELE

DIRECTOR GENERAL [ACTING]

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE:

MS AF MUTHAMBI (MP)

MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE

Reply:

(a)(i), (ii), (iii) and (b):

NUMBER OF FOREIGN NATIONALS AS ON 10 AUGUST 2015
NATIONALITY	SENTENCE GROUPS
	REMAND DETAINEES	DETAINEES AWAITING DEPORTATION	SENTENCED	ALL SENTENCE GROUPS
ALGERIA	0		1	1
AMERICAN SAMOA	0		2	2
ANGOLA	14		65	79
ARGENTINA	0		2	2
AUSTRALIA	0		1	1
AUSTRIA	0		2	2
BANGLADESH	14		5	19
BENIN	1		3	4
BOLIVIA	1		44	45
BOTSWANA	4		11	15
BRAZIL	2		20	22
BRIT. CARRIBEAN FED (JA,WL,WV)	0		1	1
BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY	0		2	2
BULGARIA	4		6	10
BURUNDI	17		18	35
CAMEROON	4		11	15
CANADA	0		1	1
CAPE VERDE	0		2	2
CHINA	8		15	23
COLOMBIA	0		4	4
CONGO	57		67	124
CZECH REPUBLIC	1		0	1
DENMARK	0		1	1
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	0		1	1
ECUADOR	0		5	5
EGYPT	2		1	3
EL SALVADOR	0		1	1
ERITREA	0		1	1
ETHIOPIA	18		13	31
FRANCE	0		2	2
FRENCH GUIANA	0		1	1
GAMBIA	1		0	1
GHANA	3		16	19
GUINEA	2		3	5
GUINEA-BISSAU	0		2	2
GUYANA	1		9	10
ICELAND	0		0	0
INDIA	3		8	11
IRELAND	1		0	1
ISRAEL	1		0	1
JAMAICA	0		2	2
KENYA	7		18	25
LATVIA	1		0	1
LESOTHO	467	11	1044	1522
LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA	0		1	1
LIBERIA	2		1	3
LIECHTENSTEIN	1		0	1
MACAO	1		0	1
MALAWI	317	26	218	561
MALI	0		1	1
MAURITIUS	0		1	1
MOZAMBIQUE	710	8	1665	2383
NAMIBIA	17		23	40
NETHERLANDS	0		1	1
NIGER	3		1	4
NIGERIA	202		250	452
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS	0		1	1
PAKISTAN	23		21	44
PARAGUAY	0		4	4
PERU	1		23	24
PORTUGAL	0		3	3
RWANDA	0		1	1
SENEGAL	0		3	3
SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO	1		3	4
SIERRA LEONE	1		1	2
SOMALIA	28		17	45
SPAIN	1		4	5
SUDAN	1		2	3
SWAZILAND	41		180	221
TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA	0		3	3
TAJIKISTAN	1		0	1
TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF	141	2	188	331
THAILAND	0		1	1
TOGO	1		0	1
TURKEY	0		1	1
UGANDA	10	2	20	32
UNITED KINGDOM	0		5	5
UNITED STATES	0		1	1
VENEZUELA	1		3	4
VIET NAM	2		4	6
ZAIRE	0		5	5
ZAMBIA	4		17	21
ZIMBABWE	1324	9	2234	3567
TOTAL	3468	58	6318	9844

(c) Services are provided to all inmates within the South African Corrections System irrespective of their nationality. However, it is internationally accepted that foreign nationals in the correctional system of any country present a challenge due to their unfamiliarity with the language and culture as well as the lack of close contact with their families.

Reply:

The numbers given here are from the Vulindlela database which draws the data from the Basic Accounting System (BAS) of government.  The system does not contain information on service providers; this will have to be requested from the respective departments.

The total amount spent on hiring of aircrafts was R78.9 million in 2012-13, R82.4 million in 2013-14 and R34.7 million in 2014/15. Since 1 April 2015 spending on aircrafts hiring is at R9 million. The tables below show the breakdown by department. Related expenditure includes maintenance.

see the link for tables: Table 1 & 2 National and provincial departments

Reply:

1. The information presented below is a summary of the information received from the Department of Home Affairs; no additional detail is provided.

Transport Pension Fund		2015 01	2015 02	2015 03	2015 04	2015 05	2015 06	2015 07	2015 08	2015 09	Total
PRASA Sub Fund	NATURAL CAUSES	1		1					1	2	5
	UNNATURAL CAUSES								1		1
		1		1					2	2	6
Transnet Sub Fund	NATURAL CAUSES	13	14	5	14	17	15	15	14	16	123
	UNDER INVESTIGATION				1						1
	UNNATURAL CAUSES						1				1
		13	14	5	15	17	16	15	14	16	125
SAA Sub Fund	NATURAL CAUSES							1			1
								1			1
Transnet Second Defined Benefit Fund	ADVANCED CA. CERVIX						1				1
	CEREBROVASCULAR INCIDENT					1					1
	DEMENTIA				1						1
	DIZZYNESS			1							1
	HEART FAILURE									1	1
	NATURAL CAUSES	188	174	156	196	229	297	266	230	208	1944
	PULMONARY EMBOLISM							1			1
	UNDER INVESTIGATION			1		1	2	2			6
	UNNATURAL CAUSES	8	3	5	2	2	3	2	1	4	30
		196	177	163	199	233	303	271	231	213	1986
Total		210	191	169	214	250	319	287	247	231	2118

2. The nature of the “unnatural cause of death” is not provided by the Department of Home Affairs, and it is therefore not possible to provide the information requested in respect of suicide.

 

Reply:

Please see attached table for details.

		2013/2014	2014/2015	2015/2016 1 April 2015 to 30 September 2015
		i	ii	iii	i	ii	iii	i	ii	iii
		Private firearm	Police firearm	Illegal Substances	Private firearm	Police firearm	Illegal Substances	Private firearm	Police firearm	Illegal Substances
	TEMBISA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	SEBENZA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	TEMBISA SOUTH	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
	RABIE RIDGE	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
	IVORY PARK	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
	EDENVALE	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
	KEMPTON PARK	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	OLIFANTSFONTEIN	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	NORKEM PARK	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	TOTAL	0	6	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
		NOTE: No illegal substances went missing from SAPS13 Stores, thus no values are tabulated.

Reply:

(1) Please take note of the following:

• Eskom generation in the Eskom context is the electricity sent out from Eskom power stations plus imports across the border, being mainly the Cahora Bassa imports.
• Customer demand in the Eskom context is the sum of Eskom generation, plus Independent Power Producer (IPP) generation (for IPPs selling their energy to Eskom, including renewables and some conventional generators), plus customer demand actions, being predominantly demand reduced either through contracted Demand Response or Interruptible Load Shedding; or load shedding.

(1)(a)

Date	Eskom Generation(MWh)
2014/11/30	578 756
2014/12/01	630 963
2014/12/02	638 433
2014/12/03	647 476
2014/12/04	635 984
2014/12/05	612 986
2014/12/06	573 580
2014/12/07	572 699
2014/12/08	627 606
2014/12/09	644 498
2014/12/10	642 123
2014/12/11	641 043
2014/12/12	629 450
2014/12/13	605 528
2014/12/14	581 021
2014/12/15	621 518
2014/12/16	610 679
2014/12/17	623 169
2014/12/18	625 738
2014/12/19	620 630
2014/12/20	584 394
2014/12/21	571 936
2014/12/22	602 037
2014/12/23	592 089
2014/12/24	580 135
2014/12/25	537 821
2014/12/26	529 268
2014/12/27	546 364
2014/12/28	545 398
2014/12/29	564 978
2014/12/30	567 027
2014/12/31	570 693
2015/01/01	534 303
2015/01/02	558 219
2015/01/03	567 233
2015/01/04	563 298
2015/01/05	604 698
2015/01/06	621 243
2015/01/07	632 390
2015/01/08	632 665
2015/01/09	633 088
2015/01/10	606 775
2015/01/11	594 196
2015/01/12	641 883
2015/01/13	659 696
Date	Eskom Generation(MWh)
2015/01/14	654 672
2015/01/15	653 681
2015/01/16	640 907
2015/01/17	609 410
2015/01/18	590 668
2015/01/19	646 069
2015/01/20	657 368
2015/01/21	661 808
2015/01/22	660 411
2015/01/23	657 848
2015/01/24	619 816
2015/01/25	606 225
2015/01/26	644 622
2015/01/27	648 116
2015/01/28	651 566
2015/01/29	659 784
2015/01/30	653 656
2015/01/31	611 674
2015/02/01	590 463
2015/02/02	639 638
2015/02/03	644 380
2015/02/04	641 530
2015/02/05	627 725
2015/02/06	635 242
2015/02/07	601 393
2015/02/08	590 178
2015/02/09	660 547
2015/02/10	674 361
2015/02/11	672 620
2015/02/12	684 395
2015/02/13	681 791
2015/02/14	609 675
2015/02/15	592 297
2015/02/16	659 581
2015/02/17	659 439
2015/02/18	660 731
2015/02/19	666 432
2015/02/20	669 626
2015/02/21	616 261
2015/02/22	603 605
2015/02/23	659 430
2015/02/24	671 780
2015/02/25	670 638
2015/02/26	646 383
2015/02/27	659 272
2015/02/28	614 049
2015/03/01	596 611
Date	Eskom Generation(MWh)
2015/03/02	646 139
2015/03/03	655 131
2015/03/04	653 905
2015/03/05	654 915
2015/03/06	659 595
2015/03/07	624 880
2015/03/08	604 260
2015/03/09	658 244
2015/03/10	663 519
2015/03/11	669 379
2015/03/12	665 825
2015/03/13	669 401
2015/03/14	632 138
2015/03/15	604 051
2015/03/16	654 986
2015/03/17	662 898
2015/03/18	666 691
2015/03/19	666 581
2015/03/20	665 638
2015/03/21	620 301
2015/03/22	614 278
2015/03/23	666 732
2015/03/24	670 772
2015/03/25	658 540
2015/03/26	646 774
2015/03/27	651 994
2015/03/28	613 534
2015/03/29	592 406
2015/03/30	645 184
2015/03/31	653 596
2015/04/01	644 047
2015/04/02	630 578
2015/04/03	573 625
2015/04/04	564 804
2015/04/05	550 425
2015/04/06	561 540
2015/04/07	623 087
2015/04/08	642 058
2015/04/09	649 858
2015/04/10	651 494
2015/04/11	617 225
2015/04/12	572 859
2015/04/13	623 971
2015/04/14	614 182
2015/04/15	607 088
2015/04/16	624 413
2015/04/17	623 214
Date	Eskom Generation(MWh)
2015/04/18	594 320
2015/04/19	590 557
2015/04/20	633 948
2015/04/21	644 856
2015/04/22	646 765
2015/04/23	644 561
2015/04/24	655 311
2015/04/25	607 875
2015/04/26	580 876
2015/04/27	598 433
2015/04/28	642 072
2015/04/29	640 837
2015/04/30	634 325
2015/05/01	592 895
2015/05/02	587 419
2015/05/03	591 139
2015/05/04	633 702
2015/05/05	644 061
2015/05/06	635 055
2015/05/07	645 770
2015/05/08	646 860
2015/05/09	602 641
2015/05/10	598 103
2015/05/11	653 257
2015/05/12	653 953
2015/05/13	649 259
2015/05/14	642 964
2015/05/15	647 772
2015/05/16	603 791
2015/05/17	581 184
2015/05/18	633 468
2015/05/19	645 843
2015/05/20	642 315
2015/05/21	626 664
2015/05/22	626 168
2015/05/23	594 155
2015/05/24	590 283
2015/05/25	646 513
2015/05/26	655 347
2015/05/27	658 980

Date	Eskom Generation(MWh)
2015/05/28	656 093
2015/05/29	647 941
2015/05/30	607 979
2015/05/31	597 922
2015/06/01	635 557
2015/06/02	651 258
2015/06/03	656 137
2015/06/04	666 278
2015/06/05	680 469
2015/06/06	656 803
2015/06/07	631 345
2015/06/08	669 208
2015/06/09	678 704
2015/06/10	685 050
2015/06/11	684 724
2015/06/12	662 137
2015/06/13	636 584
2015/06/14	611 143
2015/06/15	644 926
2015/06/16	625 905
2015/06/17	673 569
2015/06/18	679 072
2015/06/19	674 545
2015/06/20	640 561
2015/06/21	624 080
2015/06/22	663 906
2015/06/23	669 845
2015/06/24	666 918
2015/06/25	668 623
2015/06/26	662 240
2015/06/27	642 001
2015/06/28	598 845
2015/06/29	662 150
2015/06/30	678 103
2015/07/01	669 141
2015/07/02	670 101
2015/07/03	665 420
2015/07/04	632 214
2015/07/05	615 172
2015/07/06	654 321

Date	Eskom Generation(MWh)
2015/07/07	667 525
2015/07/08	663 161
2015/07/09	657 342
2015/07/10	653 336
2015/07/11	626 462
2015/07/12	606 680
2015/07/13	658 591
2015/07/14	674 178
2015/07/15	651 307
2015/07/16	657 591
2015/07/17	662 343
2015/07/18	634 578
2015/07/19	590 284
2015/07/20	649 609
2015/07/21	649 751
2015/07/22	668 486
2015/07/23	670 627
2015/07/24	658 947
2015/07/25	622 613
2015/07/26	609 759
2015/07/27	665 270
2015/07/28	671 639
2015/07/29	669 020
2015/07/30	657 291
2015/07/31	679 727
2015/08/01	637 311
2015/08/02	607 729
2015/08/03	636 299
2015/08/04	642 524
2015/08/05	651 050
2015/08/06	642 989
2015/08/07	646 820
2015/08/08	606 894
2015/08/09	583 584
2015/08/10	603 617
2015/08/11	657 160
2015/08/12	660 460
2015/08/13	646 812
2015/08/14	648 734
2015/08/15	602 957

Date	Eskom Generation(MWh)
2015/08/17	626 974
2015/08/18	635 440
2015/08/19	634 955
2015/08/20	632 887
2015/08/21	623 709
2015/08/22	596 125
2015/08/23	582 524
2015/08/24	616 890
2015/08/25	620 678
2015/08/26	624 544
2015/08/27	622 084
2015/08/28	610 296
2015/08/29	578 111
2015/08/30	570 841
2015/08/31	615 499
2015/09/01	622 811
2015/09/02	628 798
2015/09/03	637 396
2015/09/04	659 525
2015/09/05	624 540
2015/09/06	592 077
2015/09/07	627 980
2015/09/08	644 515
2015/09/09	636 993
2015/09/10	635 199
2015/09/11	638 149
2015/09/12	615 652
2015/09/13	586 444
2015/09/14	620 244
2015/09/15	633 865
2015/09/16	631 170
2015/09/17	631 164
2015/09/18	636 441
2015/09/19	606 490
2015/09/20	594 972
2015/09/21	644 197
2015/09/22	640 287
2015/09/23	631 009
2015/09/24	591 012
2015/09/25	610 111

Date	Eskom Generation(MWh)
2015/09/26	592 081
2015/09/27	571 277
2015/09/28	617 732
2015/09/29	642 341
2015/09/30	639 808
2015/10/01	634 253
2015/10/02	638 957
2015/10/03	604 244
2015/10/04	584 857
2015/10/05	630 257
2015/10/06	645 349
2015/10/07	645 239
2015/10/08	642 990
2015/10/09	638 493
2015/10/10	599 265
2015/10/11	586 398
2015/10/12	632 374
2015/10/13	640 141
2015/10/14	644 053
2015/10/15	634 139

(1)(b)

Date	Customer Demand MWh
2014/11/30	614 773
2014/12/01	652 504
2014/12/02	658 698
2014/12/03	666 501
2014/12/04	667 600
2014/12/05	661 519
2014/12/06	631 278
2014/12/07	617 190
2014/12/08	659 295
2014/12/09	667 839
2014/12/10	662 811
2014/12/11	659 975
2014/12/12	651 849
2014/12/13	623 061
2014/12/14	602 952
2014/12/15	642 892

Date	Customer Demand MWh
2014/12/16	630 796
2014/12/17	641 361
2014/12/18	646 228
2014/12/19	640 496
2014/12/20	604 096
2014/12/21	593 812
2014/12/22	620 334
2014/12/23	614 089
2014/12/24	599 689
2014/12/25	559 594
2014/12/26	549 761
2014/12/27	562 026
2014/12/28	562 926
2014/12/29	582 607
2014/12/30	590 377
2014/12/31	591 629
2015/01/01	552 386
2015/01/02	578 062
2015/01/03	584 390
2015/01/04	580 635
2015/01/05	624 267
2015/01/06	641 990
2015/01/07	650 941
2015/01/08	654 458
2015/01/09	658 410
2015/01/10	624 717
2015/01/11	611 978
2015/01/12	664 274
2015/01/13	678 964
2015/01/14	676 747
2015/01/15	674 977
2015/01/16	667 243
2015/01/17	628 761
2015/01/18	611 902
2015/01/19	668 597
2015/01/20	678 586
2015/01/21	682 946
2015/01/22	681 396
2015/01/23	677 922
2015/01/24	638 834

Date	Customer Demand MWh
2015/01/25	623 534
2015/01/26	673 947
2015/01/27	681 891
2015/01/28	672 377
2015/01/29	676 011
2015/01/30	669 748
2015/01/31	630 383
2015/02/01	610 002
2015/02/02	660 164
2015/02/03	666 711
2015/02/04	681 407
2015/02/05	676 212
2015/02/06	674 520
2015/02/07	638 341
2015/02/08	625 706
2015/02/09	684 858
2015/02/10	696 146
2015/02/11	701 262
2015/02/12	704 915
2015/02/13	701 343
2015/02/14	662 979
2015/02/15	636 190
2015/02/16	678 073
2015/02/17	678 782
2015/02/18	683 821
2015/02/19	691 391
2015/02/20	690 313
2015/02/21	649 175
2015/02/22	629 863
2015/02/23	680 422
2015/02/24	690 519
2015/02/25	688 200
2015/02/26	693 423
2015/02/27	678 878
2015/02/28	632 385
2015/03/01	615 989
2015/03/02	669 051
2015/03/03	674 638
2015/03/04	675 675
2015/03/05	678 546

Date	Customer Demand MWh
2015/03/06	678 138
2015/03/07	644 353
2015/03/08	622 464
2015/03/09	677 087
2015/03/10	685 801
2015/03/11	687 776
2015/03/12	688 292
2015/03/13	689 000
2015/03/14	650 059
2015/03/15	625 750
2015/03/16	677 776
2015/03/17	684 592
2015/03/18	686 001
2015/03/19	687 755
2015/03/20	682 914
2015/03/21	644 010
2015/03/22	630 664
2015/03/23	683 404
2015/03/24	687 956
2015/03/25	685 945
2015/03/26	690 873
2015/03/27	669 502
2015/03/28	632 650
2015/03/29	608 103
2015/03/30	661 626
2015/03/31	669 967
2015/04/01	668 627
2015/04/02	651 398
2015/04/03	594 235
2015/04/04	590 128
2015/04/05	579 514
2015/04/06	589 727
2015/04/07	655 740
2015/04/08	666 176
2015/04/09	672 502
2015/04/10	672 108
2015/04/11	637 678
2015/04/12	619 241
2015/04/13	663 577
2015/04/14	677 597

Date	Customer Demand MWh
2015/04/15	677 271
2015/04/16	679 907
2015/04/17	671 634
2015/04/18	645 426
2015/04/19	630 322
2015/04/20	669 247
2015/04/21	679 860
2015/04/22	683 606
2015/04/23	679 504
2015/04/24	680 109
2015/04/25	635 071
2015/04/26	611 130
2015/04/27	624 250
2015/04/28	666 329
2015/04/29	668 547
2015/04/30	663 547
2015/05/01	617 955
2015/05/02	612 217
2015/05/03	617 004
2015/05/04	662 729
2015/05/05	679 554
2015/05/06	675 633
2015/05/07	686 368
2015/05/08	683 972
2015/05/09	653 427
2015/05/10	630 569
2015/05/11	680 763
2015/05/12	684 688
2015/05/13	683 584
2015/05/14	683 452
2015/05/15	680 843
2015/05/16	652 459
2015/05/17	627 987
2015/05/18	672 777
2015/05/19	682 316
2015/05/20	680 819
2015/05/21	684 597
2015/05/22	678 270
2015/05/23	649 686
2015/05/24	636 941

Date	Customer Demand MWh
2015/05/25	680 562
2015/05/26	691 093
2015/05/27	689 785
2015/05/28	687 883
2015/05/29	678 297
2015/05/30	636 299
2015/05/31	624 217
2015/06/01	663 832
2015/06/02	678 966
2015/06/03	687 834
2015/06/04	699 092
2015/06/05	702 533
2015/06/06	677 867
2015/06/07	653 802
2015/06/08	694 948
2015/06/09	703 928
2015/06/10	716 499
2015/06/11	716 836
2015/06/12	714 953
2015/06/13	661 765
2015/06/14	640 077
2015/06/15	673 059
2015/06/16	650 032
2015/06/17	706 515
2015/06/18	711 768
2015/06/19	705 245
2015/06/20	669 921
2015/06/21	650 940
2015/06/22	697 149
2015/06/23	706 460
2015/06/24	706 658
2015/06/25	706 221
2015/06/26	697 005
2015/06/27	672 992
2015/06/28	651 838
2015/06/29	688 460
2015/06/30	698 407
2015/07/01	692 949
2015/07/02	693 312
2015/07/03	690 260

Date	Customer Demand MWh
2015/07/04	653 354
2015/07/05	637 854
2015/07/06	679 880
2015/07/07	698 275
2015/07/08	692 722
2015/07/09	686 403
2015/07/10	682 469
2015/07/11	655 458
2015/07/12	635 239
2015/07/13	685 843
2015/07/14	698 754
2015/07/15	695 409
2015/07/16	691 166
2015/07/17	696 565
2015/07/18	660 855
2015/07/19	646 471
2015/07/20	683 527
2015/07/21	690 396
2015/07/22	699 851
2015/07/23	708 383
2015/07/24	701 131
2015/07/25	670 257
2015/07/26	651 721
2015/07/27	694 919
2015/07/28	700 715
2015/07/29	704 311
2015/07/30	698 663
2015/07/31	703 594
2015/08/01	661 007
2015/08/02	636 444
2015/08/03	682 407
2015/08/04	689 477
2015/08/05	692 994
2015/08/06	690 907
2015/08/07	678 144
2015/08/08	638 883
2015/08/09	614 219
2015/08/10	628 776
2015/08/11	681 094
2015/08/12	685 460

Date	Customer Demand MWh
2015/08/13	679 649
2015/08/14	677 149
2015/08/15	634 823
2015/08/16	607 120
2015/08/17	652 403
2015/08/18	660 354
2015/08/19	657 677
2015/08/20	657 116
2015/08/21	647 200
2015/08/22	617 489
2015/08/23	604 102
2015/08/24	644 647
2015/08/25	645 891
2015/08/26	646 045
2015/08/27	644 655
2015/08/28	634 684
2015/08/29	601 424
2015/08/30	591 426
2015/08/31	632 223
2015/09/01	669 042
2015/09/02	676 263
2015/09/03	682 373
2015/09/04	700 260
2015/09/05	661 441
2015/09/06	636 233
2015/09/07	675 372
2015/09/08	687 079
2015/09/09	677 477
2015/09/10	678 821
2015/09/11	678 059
2015/09/12	653 847
2015/09/13	629 895
2015/09/14	670 489
2015/09/15	679 680
2015/09/16	675 104
2015/09/17	676 985
2015/09/18	682 142
2015/09/19	653 659
2015/09/20	637 410
2015/09/21	688 762

Date	Customer Demand MWh
2015/09/22	683 341
2015/09/23	673 321
2015/09/24	633 573
2015/09/25	650 464
2015/09/26	629 960
2015/09/27	617 185
2015/09/28	661 945
2015/09/29	675 770
2015/09/30	675 378
2015/10/01	662 080
2015/10/02	665 036
2015/10/03	630 343
2015/10/04	611 024
2015/10/05	658 813
2015/10/06	669 966
2015/10/07	670 396
2015/10/08	668 657
2015/10/09	670 214
2015/10/10	633 378
2015/10/11	615 977
2015/10/12	662 540
2015/10/13	671 910
2015/10/14	673 013
2015/10/15	667 974

(2) It is very difficult to comment on the increase or decrease in the electricity generation or demand as the period from November 2014 to October 2015 includes all the seasons and tariff periods; and no comparative period is given. In general, the demand has been normal.

(2)(a) There is a trend of somewhat reducing Eskom generation during the specified period, as IPPs are able to replace some of the Eskom generation (most of them are currently self-dispatched) the reliance on Eskom generation is reducing.

(2)(b) There are no abnormal trends seen over the specified period. The customer demand varies significantly depending on the weather, winter demand being higher than summer demand. This is true for both residential and industrial customers.

Reply:

(1) Cash Reserves

1. The impression that the acquisition of Land System South Africa (LSSA) by Denel led to the exhaustion of Denel’s cash reserves is not correct. The acquisition was funded separately from Denel’s cash reserves. The acquisition is fully financed by financial institutions and has had no impact on the cash reserves of Denel.

Strategic Relevance of LSSA

i. LSSA is of critical sovereign importance to the country from a national security point of view, as the company is an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) and continues to support and maintain all strategic military vehicles and some landward logistical equipment of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF). These vehicles include the Olifant Main Battle Tank (weapon platform and turret); Ratel; Rooikat Platform; Samil logistic trucks; Casspir; Mamba; Hornet; G6 Platform and Floatable Foldable Bridging Systems (FFB).

ii. Secondly, acquiring LSSA into a state owned company such as Denel was logical for purposes of securing the design and manufacturing capability

iii. In addition, LSSA has a proven track record for financial self-sustainability through its renowned diversified market portfolio incorporating key strategic export markets which the Denel Group can leverage on.

Capabilities

i) The world class level 4 capability of LSSA, together with the world class level 5 systems integration capability of Denel, will open new markets for the design and production of multi-purpose armoured vehicles.

(2)

• The immediate impact is the increase in total assets with the acquired asset of R855 million with a contra increase in Liabilities by the loan funding that asset of R855 million. There is therefore no impact on the net asset value, nor cash reserves of the company. The acquisition of LSSA is supported by a robust business case, which is expected to increase the net asset value of Denel by approximately R1 billion after payments of the loans and interest in the next 3 years.

• Since the acquisition by Denel, LSSA has signed contracts to the value of about R1.5bn which are now in execution phase. Within a period of less than 6 months since the acquisition, LSSA‘s prospects have substantially increased from the business case Denel used to value the business. Therefore, Denel is convinced that the acquisition is complementary to its current business and makes good business sense.

(3) No cash exhaustion as a result of the acquisition has occurred. Denel’s cash balance as at the end of September 2015 is R1.4 billion (including the ring-fenced cash).

(4)

• All employees have always been and will continue to be paid on time.

• Denel’s order book has grown to levels that result in sales coverage of not less than 7 years. The order book level implies an average growth (year on year) of no less than 12% and as a normal course of business, organisations in this growth cycle will occasionally experience some normal day to day cash challenges. Denel continues to pay its suppliers on a daily basis. The SOC has entered into deferment agreements with a core of about 10% of its suppliers.

(5) As 30 September 2015, Denel owed contractors and/or suppliers an amount of R390 million. To date, Denel has paid an amount of R205 million. There are deferment agreements with the suppliers who have not yet been paid.

Reply:

(1)

(a) Independent Development Trust was awarded ASIDI contracts as follows:

(i) In the financial year 2012-13, two (2) contracts of eradication of inappropriate school structures were awarded to IDT and two (2) contracts of provision of basic services were awarded to the IDT.

(ii) In the financial year 2013-14, one (1) contract of eradication of inappropriate school structures was awarded and one (1) contract of provision of basic services was awarded to the IDT.

(iii) From 1 April 2014 to date, no contracts were awarded to the IDT.

DBE Intervention under EIG – Water and Sanitation in Limpopo

(i) In the financial year 2012-13, 1 contract for provision of water and sanitation in Limpopo was awarded to the IDT,

(ii) In the financial year 2013-14, 1 contract for provision of water and sanitation in Limpopo was awarded to the IDT.

(iii) In the 2014/15 Financial Year, 0 contracts were awarded to the IDT (DBE Intervention)

(2)

(a)(b)Contract Values of contracts awarded to IDT per financial year (ASIDI)

Contracts	Contract value per financial Year
	2012-13	2013-14
Eradication of 12 inappropriate schools Eastern Cape	R317,454m
Provision of basic services in Eastern Cape - Batch 1	R239,094m
Provision of basic services in KwaZulu-Natal	R101,254m
Eradication of 10 inappropriate schools (FS)	R504,476m
Eradication of 36 inappropriate schools in Eastern Cape		*R617,143m
Provision of basic services in Eastern Cape - Batch 2		*R299,175m

*pre-tender estimate

(a)(b)Contract Values of contracts awarded to IDT per financial year (DBE EIG Intervention)

Contracts	Contract value per financial Year
	2012-13 (Inc. VAT excl management fees)	2013-14 (Inc. VAT excl management fees)
Provision of water and sanitation in Limpopo	R51, 314m
Provision of water and sanitation in Limpopo		R357, 185, m

*pre-tender estimate

(3) (a)

ASIDI

The 2012-13 eradication of inappropriate schools in the Eastern Cape were completed by due date, and the 2012-13 provision of basic services in the Eastern Cape contracts were not completed by the due date.

The basic services projects were not completed by due date due to contractor incompetency, delays experienced with submission of ground water tests and geotechnical tests reports from laboratories and poor contract management.

The 2012-13 Free State contracts were not completed by the due date. So far, one new school has been completed.

The projects were not completed by due date due to contractor incompetency and poor contract management.

The IDT will not be able to complete the Eastern Cape contracts awarded in 2013-14 by due date.

The projects are already behind schedule.

(b) As per the contracts entered into between the DBE and IDT, various sanctions can be imposed where there is non-performance. In the case of the Free State contract, IDT was issued with notices of non-performance and subsequently the scope of work awarded to the IDT in the Free State was reduced by 4 schools out of the 10 allocated to them. The IDT has also been issued with notices of default on the 2013-14 Eastern Cape contracts.

(c) The table below indicates projects still to be completed

Contracts	Projects Allocated	Approved Scope Change	Projects Completed
Eradication of 12 inappropriate schools Eastern Cape	12		10
Provision of basic services in Eastern Cape - Batch 1	213		25 Water & 52 Sanitation
Provision of basic services in KwaZulu-Natal	89	100	66 Water & 25 Sanitation
Eradication of 10 inappropriate schools (FS)	10		1
Eradication of 36 inappropriate schools in Eastern Cape	36		0
Provision of basic services in Eastern Cape - Batch 2	155		0

DBE Intervention

The 2012-13 schools were provided with services by due date.

The 2013-14 the implementation of the second phase is in progress.