Questions to Ministers

02 November 2015 - NW3789

Steenhuisen, Mr JH to ask the Minister of State Security

Whether, his department conducted any (a) security or (b) qualifications vetting process in respect of any member of the Parliamentary Press Gallery during the Fifth Parliament; if so, in the case of each person belonging to the specific group, (i) what were the reasons for the vetting, (ii) on how many such occasions has the specified vetting process taken place (iii) at whose request was the specified vetting done and (iv) what is the intended outcome of the specified vetting process.

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Reply:

The State Security Agency has never conducted any security vetting process in respect of any member of the Parliamentary Press Gallery during the Fifth Parliament.

02 November 2015 - NW3770

Msimang, Prof CT to ask the Minister of Basic Education

Whether she has any plans in place for the eradication of pit toilets in all government schools, especially those in the (a) rural areas and (b) informal settlements; if not; why not, if so; what are the relevant details?

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Reply:

Yes, the Department of Basic Education has plans for the eradication of pit toilets in all government schools. In terms of the Regulations Relating to Minimum Uniform Norms and Standards for Public School Infrastructure, all schools should be provided with acceptable basic services. Acceptable basic services include: waterborne sanitation, small-bore sewer reticulation; septic or conservancy tanks; Ventilated improved pit latrines and composting toilets; Municipal water supply; boreholes; rainwater harvesting (purified); and different forms of power supply. The scope and application of the regulations applies to all schools, including those in rural areas and informal settlements.

02 November 2015 - NW2368

Basson, Mr LJ to ask the Minister of Water and Sanitation

(1)With reference to each of the 269 cases of non-compliance investigated by her department as indicated in the Financial and Non-Financial Fourth Quarter Progress Report for the 2014-15 financial year, what (a) are the relevant details of each case, (d) is the date of each complaint, (c) is the current status and (d) is the outcome of each case; (2) whether the investigations led to any criminal charges being laid; if not, why not; if so, (a) for which cases and (b) what is the current status of each complaint?

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Reply:

(1) Refer to Annexure A which depicts details of cases investigated, the dates of each complaint received with current status and the outcome of each case.

(2) Thirteen (13) cases out of the Two Hundred and Ninety Six (296) investigated resulted in criminal charges being laid for non-compliance to the prescript of the National Water Act, 1998 (Act No. 36 of 1998), Annexure B depicts cases with criminal charges and their current status.

The actual names of the facilities investigated cannot be furnished as it shall prejudice the outcome of the administrative action and criminal prosecution by the Department, which is sub judice according to the National Prosecution Authority

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Annexure A

CASES OF NON-COMPLIANCE INVESTIGATED FOR THE 2014/2015 FINANCIAL YEAR

No	Unique Case Identification	Relevant details	Date of receipt	Current status	Outcome
		Contravention	Provincial Office	Sector
	CMS 70048	Section 19, 21 (a);(b)(c)(i)&(g)	Northern Cape	Mining	15/10/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive, a Directive was issued and Criminal Case was opened	Investigation on-going
	CMS 70061	Section 19, 21 (a);(b)(c)(i)&(g)	Northern Cape	Mining	15/10/2014	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 70066	Section 19, 21 (a);(c)(i)&(g)	Northern Cape	Mining	15/10/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive and a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 70063	Section 21 (a)	Northern Cape	Agriculture	08/10/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 70062	Section 21 (a);(b);(c)& (i)	Northern Cape	Mining	24/11/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 70058	Section 19	Northern Cape	Government	12/09/2014	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 70068	Section 19 Section 21 (a);(c)(i);(g)&(j)	Northern Cape	Mining	26/09/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 70075	Section 19 Section 21 (a);(c)(i);(g)	Northern Cape	Mining	26/09/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 70069	Section 19 Section 21 (a);(b);(c)(i)&(g)	Northern Cape	Mining	27/01/2015	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 70071	Section 19 Section 21 (a);(b);(f)&(g)	Northern Cape	Mining	26/09/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 70072	Section 19 Section 21 (a);(b)&(g)	Northern Cape	Mining	26/09/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 70074	Section 19 Section 21 (a);(b)&(g)	Northern Cape	Mining	26/09/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 70088	Section 19 Section 21 (a);(b)&(g)	Northern Cape	Mining	28/01/2015	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 70089	Section 19 Section 21 (a);(b)&(g)	Northern Cape	Mining	28/01/2015	Notice of intention to issue a Directive and a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 70092	Section 19 Section 21 (a);(b)&(g)	Northern Cape	Mining	28/01/2015	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 70096	Section 19 Section 21 (c)&(i)	Northern Cape	Mining	09/09/2014	Criminal Case was opened	Investigation on-going
	CMS 70035	Section 19; 21(b) (c) & (i)	Northern Cape	Mining	09/09/2014	Criminal Case was opened	Investigation on-going
	CMS 70038	Section 19; 21 (a); (c);(g) &(i)	Northern Cape	Mining	14/08/2014	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 70036	Section 21 (b) & (g)	Northern Cape	Mining	28/01/2015	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 70087	Section 19; 21 (a);(b)&(g)	Northern Cape	Mining	26/11/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 70046	Section 19; 21 (c)&(i)	Northern Cape	Mining	28/08/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued and a Criminal Case Opened	Investigation on-going
	CMS 70064	Section 19 Section 21 (a);(b)&(g)	Northern Cape	Industry	06/10/2014	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 70047	Section 19 Section 21 (b)&(g)	Northern Cape	Mining	25/08/2014	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 70040	Section 19 Section 21 (a);(f)&(g)	Northern Cape	Water Services Authorities	26/08/2014	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 40052	Section 21 (c)&(i)	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Mining	04/04/2014	No sand mining activities taking place on site	The case has been closed
	CMS 40058	Section 21 (c)&(i)	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Mining	01/10/2014	A Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 40063	Section 21 (c)&(i)	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Industry	04/10/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 40110	Section 21 (c)&(i)	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Agriculture	5/14/2014	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 40051	Section 21 (c)&(i)	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Mining	01/16/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 40054	Section 21 (c)&(i)	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Mining	02/16/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 40055	Section 21 (c)&(i)	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Mining	05/27/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 40043	Section 21 (c)&(i)	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Mining	05/28/2014	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 40067	Section 21 (c)&(i)	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Mining	08/04/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 40119	Section 21 (c)&(i)	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Mining	9/10/2014	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 40066	Section 21 (c)&(i)	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Agriculture	04/7/2014	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 40065	Section 19	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Agriculture	05/30/2014	Water use activities were observed on site.	Case has been closed.
	CMS 40127	Section 21 (c)&(i)	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Agriculture	07/02/2014	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 40122	Section 21(a)	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Agriculture	08/01/2014	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 40118	Section 21 (c)&(i)	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Mining	08/20/2014	A Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 40071	Section 21(a)	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Industry	09/05/2014	Volumes abstracted fall within the limits of the General Authorisation	Case has been resolved
	CMS 40070	Section 21 (c)&(i)	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Mining	09/17/2014	A non compliance letter was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 40044	Section 21 (c)&(i)	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Agriculture		A Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 40045	Section 21 (c)&(i)	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Mining	08/03/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive and a Director was issued and a Criminal Case Opened	Investigation on-going
	CMS 40046	Section 21 (c)&(i)	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Mining	08/03/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive and a Director was issued and a Criminal Case Opened	Investigation on-going
	CMS 40047	Section 21 (c)&(i)	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Mining	08/03/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive and a Director was issued and a Criminal Case Opened	Investigation on-going
	CMS 40048	Section 21 (c)&(i)	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Mining	08/03/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive and a Director was issued and a Criminal Case Opened	Investigation on-going
	CMS 40049	Section 21 (c)&(i)	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Mining	08/03/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive and a Director was issued and a Criminal Case Opened	Investigation on-going
	CMS 40050	Section 21 (c)&(i)	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Mining	08/03/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive and a Directive was issued and a Criminal Case Opened	Investigation on-going
	CMS 40076	Section 21 (c)&(i)	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Mining	9/12/2014	No unlawful water use activities were observed on site.	Case has been resolved
	CMS 40077	Section 21 (a) (b) (c)&(i)	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Water Services Authority	10/12/2014	A non compliance letter was issued.	Investigation on-going
	CMS 40072	Section 21 (c)&(i)	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Industry	09/22/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 40084	Section 21 (c)&(i)	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Water Services Authority	10/13/2014	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 40124	Section 21 (c)&(i)	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Agriculture	10/31/2014	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 40085	Section 21 (c)&(i)	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Water Services Authority	12/2/2014	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 40097	Section 21 (c)&(i)	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Mining	01/15/2015	Notice of intention to issue a Directive and a Director was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 40098	Section 21 (c)&(i)	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Mining	01/29/2015	No unlawful water use activities were observed on site.	Case has been closed
	CMS 40086	Section 21 (a)	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Industry	02/18/2015	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 40103	Section 21 (c)&(i)	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Agriculture	02/20/2015	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 40104	Section 21 (c)&(i)	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Agriculture	02/20/2015	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 40105	Section 21 (c)&(i)	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Agriculture	02/20/2015	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 40053	Section 21 (c)&(i)	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Mining	05/16/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 40060	Section 20	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Industry	12/26/2014	No water uses observed on site	Case has been closed
	CMS 40091	Section 19	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Industry	02/16/2015	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 50031	Section 21 (a)(b) (c)&(i)	Limpopo	Agriculture	17/09/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive and a Director was issued and a Criminal Case Opened	Investigation on-going
	CMS 50039	Section 21 (a)(b) (c)&(i)	Limpopo	Agriculture	28/08/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 50040	Section 21 (a)(b) (c)&(i)	Limpopo	Agriculture	20/08/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 50034	Section 21 (a)(b) (c)&(i)	Limpopo	Agriculture	17/07/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 50035	Section 21 (a)(b) (c)&(i)	Limpopo	Agriculture	17/07/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive and a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 50036	Section 21 (a)(b) (c)&(i)	Limpopo	Agriculture	17/07/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive and a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 50028	Section 21 (a)(b) (c)&(i)	Limpopo	Agriculture	18/07/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive and a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 50033	Section 21 (a)(b) (c)&(i)	Limpopo	Agriculture	18/07/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 50037	Section 19	Limpopo	Industry	13/05/2014	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 50032	Section 19; 21 (c)&(i)	Limpopo	Agriculture	09/07/2014	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 50029	Section 19	Limpopo	Government	09/07/2014	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 50038	Section 19; 21 (a)(b)(e)&(g)	Limpopo	Agriculture	10/07/2014	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 50014	Section 19	Limpopo	Water Services Authority	10/07/2014	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 50043	Section 19	Limpopo	Industry	14/08/2014	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 50030	Section 21(a)	Limpopo	Agriculture	20/08/2014	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 50041	Section 21(b)	Limpopo	Tourism	05/12/2014	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 60315	Section 21(a) (g)	Mpumalanga	Industry	23/10/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive and a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 60313	Section 19	Mpumalanga	Industry	08/08/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive and a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 60301	Section 21(c)&(i)	Mpumalanga	Mining	02/07/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Resolved. Rehabilitated the area
	CMS 60311	Section 21 (c)&(i) (g)(j)	Mpumalanga	Mining	15/09/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 60326	Section 19, 21 (a);(c)(i)(f)(g)&(j)	Mpumalanga	Mining	23/01/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 60318	Section 21(b)(c)&(i)	Mpumalanga	Mining	24/07/2014	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 60323	Section 19	Mpumalanga	Tourism	12/02/2015	Notice of intention to issue a Directive and a Director was issued and a Criminal Case Opened	Investigation on-going
	CMS 60320	Section 19	Mpumalanga	Industry	04/09/2014	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 60314	Section 21 (a)(b)(c)(i)(g)	Mpumalanga	Mining	29/10/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 60317	Section 19	Mpumalanga	Government	06/01/2015	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 60324	Section 21 (c)&(i)	Mpumalanga	Mining	28/01/2015	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 60322	Section 21 (a)(b)&(g)	Mpumalanga	Agriculture	29/01/2015	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 60325	Section 21(j)	Mpumalanga	Mining	23/03/2015	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 80096	Section 19	North West	Industry	09/07/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive and a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 80099	Section 19	North West	Water Services Authority	02/02/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 80100	Section 19	North West	Water Services Authority	13/08/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 80102	Section 19, 20, 21(f)(g)	North West	Water Services Authority	17/06/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 80105	Section 19, 20	North West	Water Services Authority	28/08/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 80109	Section 21(b)(c)&(i)	North West	Water Services Authority	13/08/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 80117	Section 19	North West	Water Services Authority	28/10/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 80119	Section 19, 21(a)(b)(c)(i)(g)	North West	Water Services Authority	12/08/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 80120	Section 19	North West	Water Services Authority	26/01/2015	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 80123	Section 19	North West	Industry	23/10/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 80127	Section 19	North West	Water Services Authority	03/11/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 80055	Section 19	North West	Agriculture	03/04/2014	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 80125	Section 19, 20	North West	Industry	29/04/2014	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 80104	Section 19, 20	North West	Water Services Authority	02/06/ 2014	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 80093	Section 21(c)&(i)	North West	Water Services Authority	02/06/ 2014	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 80094	Section 21(c)&(i)	North West	Water Services Authority	02/06/ 2014	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 80110	Section 19	North West	Government	11/06/2014	Non-Compliance Letter issued and a Directive	Investigation on-going
	CMS 80112	Section 19	North West	Water Services Authority	07/07/2014	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 80126	Section 19	North West	Water Services Authority	07/07/2014	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 80124	Section 20	North West	Water Services Authority	07/07/2014	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 80107	Section 21(c)&(i)	North West	Mining	19/08/2014	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 80108	Section 21(c)&(i)	North West	Mining	19/08/2014	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 80115	Section 19	North West	Water Services Authority	22/08/2014	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 80121	Section 21(a)	North West	Industry	28/08/2014	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 80111	Section 21(c)&(i)	North West	Water Services Authority	12/09/2014	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 80114	Section 19	North West	Water Services Authority	04/09/2014	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 80113	Section 19	North West	Water Services Authority	29/09/2014	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 80122	Section 21 (b)(c)&(i)	North West	Agriculture	25/11/2014	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 80128	Section 19, 21 (a)(g)	North West	Industry	06/01/2015	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 80131	Section 19	North West	Water Services Authority	13/03/2015	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 10017	Section 21 (e)(g)	Eastern Cape	Water Services Authority	14/10/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 10013	Section 21(a)(g)(j)	Eastern Cape	Mining	01/05/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 10026	Section 19	Eastern Cape	Water Services Authority	13/08/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 10024	Section 19	Eastern Cape	Water Services Authority	14/07/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 10005	Section 19	Eastern Cape	Water Services Authority	01/09/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 10006	Section 19, 21(g)	Eastern Cape	Agriculture	03/09/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 10007	Section 21 (e) (g)	Eastern Cape	Agriculture	03/09/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 10035	Section 19	Eastern Cape	Water Services Authority	21/10/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 10031	Section 19	Eastern Cape	Water Services Authority	28/10/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 10034	Section 19	Eastern Cape	Government	22/10/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 10027	Section 19	Eastern Cape	Agriculture	11/10/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 10028	Section 19	Eastern Cape	Agriculture	11/11/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 10033	Section 19	Eastern Cape	Agriculture	27/11/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 10032	Section 19, 21(f)(g)(j)	Eastern Cape	Agriculture	27/11/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 10047	Section 19	Eastern Cape	Government	13/05/2014	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 10033	Section 19	Eastern Cape	Agriculture	27/11/2014	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 10016	Section 21(c)(i)	Eastern Cape	Agriculture	19/05/2014	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 10038	Section 19	Eastern Cape	Government	15/04/2014	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 10043	Section 19, 20, 21(g)	Eastern Cape	Water Services Authority	30/04/2014	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 10021	Section 19	Eastern Cape	Industry	12/05/2014	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 10019	Section 19	Eastern Cape	Water Services Authority	24/06/2014	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 10029	Section 19	Eastern Cape	Water Services Authority	15/07/2014	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 10023	Section 19	Eastern Cape	Agriculture	04/08/2014	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 10008	Section 19, 21(c)(i)	Eastern Cape	Mining	04/09/2014	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 10039	Section 19, 21(f)(g)	Eastern Cape	Water Services Authority	28/09/2014	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 10050	Section 19	Eastern Cape	Water Services Authority	11/05/2014	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 10046	Section 21(e)(g)	Eastern Cape	Agriculture	06/11/2014	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 10022	Section 19	Eastern Cape	Industry	18/11/2014	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 10044	Section 19	Eastern Cape	Tourism	27/11/2014	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 10049	Section 19	Eastern Cape	Government	24/02/2015	Non-Compliance Letter issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 10036	Section 21(e)(g)	Eastern Cape	Government	12/12/2014	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 20648	Section 21(a)(b)	Free State	Agriculture	04/06/2014	Non-Compliance Letter issued	Resolved. Section 35 Application Submitted
	CMS 20650	Section 21(a)	Free State	Agriculture	15/04/2014	Non-Compliance Letter issued	Resolved. Taking of water from water resource was terminated
	CMS 20720	Section 19	Free State	Water Services Authority	22/04/2014	Non-Compliance Letter issued	Resolved. The spillage was stopped.
	CMS 20646	Section 21(a)(b)	Free State	Agriculture	09/04/2014	Non-Compliance Letter issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 20653	Section 21(a)(b)	Free State	Agriculture	04/06/2014	Non-Compliance Letter issued	Resolved. Section 35 Application Submitted
	CMS 20667	Section 21(a)(b)	Free State	Agriculture	04/06/2014	Non-Compliance Letter issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 20668	Section 21(a)(b)	Free State	Agriculture	04/06/2014	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 20669	Section 21(a)(b)	Free State	Agriculture	04/06/2014	Non-Compliance Letter issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 20670	Section 21(a)(b)	Free State	Agriculture	04/06/2014	Non-Compliance Letter issued	Resolved. Section 35 Application Submitted
	CMS 20671	Section 21(a)(b)	Free State	Agriculture	04/06/2014	Non-Compliance Letter issued	Resolved. Section 35 Application Submitted
	CMS 20672	Section 21(a)(b)	Free State	Agriculture	04/06/2014	Non-Compliance Letter issued	Resolved. Section 35 Application Submitted
	CMS 20673	Section 21(a)(b)	Free State	Agriculture	04/06/2014	Non-Compliance Letter issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 20674	Section 21(a)(b)	Free State	Agriculture	04/06/2014	Non-Compliance Letter issued	Resolved. Section 35 Application Submitted
	CMS 20675	Section 21(a)(b)	Free State	Agriculture	04/06/2014	Non-Compliance Letter issued	Resolved. Section 35 Application Submitted
	CMS 20676	Section 21(a)(b)	Free State	Agriculture	04/06/2014	Non-Compliance Letter issued	Resolved. Section 35 Application Submitted
	CMS 20677	Section 21(a)(b)	Free State	Agriculture	04/06/2014	Non-Compliance Letter issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 20678	Section 21(a)(b)	Free State	Agriculture	04/06/2014	Non-Compliance Letter issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 20679	Section 21(a)(b)	Free State	Agriculture	04/06/2014	Non-Compliance Letter issued	Resolved. Section 35 Application Submitted
	CMS 20680	Section 21(a)(b)	Free State	Agriculture	04/06/2014	Non-Compliance Letter issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 20680	Section 21(a)(b)	Free State	Agriculture	04/06/2014	Non-Compliance Letter issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 20681	Section 21(a)(b)	Free State	Agriculture	12/06/2014	Non-Compliance Letter issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 20682	Section 21(a)(b)	Free State	Agriculture	12/06/2014	Non-Compliance Letter issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 20683	Section 21(a)(b)	Free State	Agriculture	12/06/2014	Non-Compliance Letter issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 20684	Section 21(a)(b)	Free State	Agriculture	12/06/2014	Non-Compliance Letter issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 20685	Section 21(a)(b)	Free State	Agriculture	12/06/2014	Non-Compliance Letter issued	Resolved. Section 35 Application Submitted
	CMS 20686	Section 21(a)(b)	Free State	Agriculture	12/06/2014	Non-Compliance Letter issued	Resolved. Section 35 Application Submitted
	CMS 20687	Section 21(a)(b)	Free State	Agriculture	12/06/2014	Non-Compliance Letter issued
	CMS 20688	Section 21(a)(b)	Free State	Agriculture	12/06/2014	Non-Compliance Letter issued
	CMS 20689	Section 21(a)(b)	Free State	Agriculture	12/06/2014	Non-Compliance Letter issued	Resolved. Section 35 Application Submitted
	CMS 20690	Section 21(a)(b)	Free State	Agriculture	12/06/2014	Non-Compliance Letter issued
	CMS 20691	Section 21(a)(b)	Free State	Agriculture	12/06/2014	Non-Compliance Letter issued	Resolved. Section 35 Application Submitted
	CMS 20692	Section 21(a)(b)	Free State	Agriculture	12/06/2014	Non-Compliance Letter issued
	CMS 20693	Section 21(a)(b)	Free State	Agriculture	12/06/2014	Non-Compliance Letter issued	Resolved. Section 35 Application Submitted
	CMS 20694	Section 21(a)(b)	Free State	Agriculture	12/06/2014	Non-Compliance Letter issued	Resolved. Section 35 Application Submitted
	CMS 20695	Section 21(a)(b)	Free State	Agriculture	12/06/2014	Non-Compliance Letter issued	Resolved. Section 35 Application Submitted
	CMS 20729	Section19;	Free State	Government	11/06/2014	Non-Compliance Letter issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 20710	Section 21(a)(b)	Free State	Agriculture	07/07/2014	Non-Compliance Letter issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 20718	Section19;	Free State	Government		Non-Compliance Letter issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 20665	Section 21(a)(b)	Free State	Agriculture	04/06/2014	Non-Compliance Letter issued	Resolved. Section 35 Application Submitted
	CMS 20666	Section 21(a)(b)	Free State	Agriculture	04/06/2014	Non-Compliance Letter issued	Resolved. Section 35 Application Submitted
	CMS 20654	Section 21(a)(b)	Free State	Agriculture	04/06/2014	Non-Compliance Letter issued	Resolved. Section 35 Application Submitted
	CMS 20715	Section19;	Free State	Government	04/09/2014	Non-Compliance Letter issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 20738	Section 21(a);	Free State	Agriculture	13/11/2014	Non-Compliance Letter issued	Resolved.
	CMS 20739	Section 21(a);	Free State	Agriculture	13/11/2014	Non-Compliance Letter issued	Resolved.
	CMS 20740	Section 21(a);	Free State	Agriculture	13/11/2014	Non-Compliance Letter issued	Resolved.
	CMS 20741	Section 21(a);	Free State	Agriculture	13/11/2014	Non-Compliance Letter issued	Resolved.
	CMS 20742	Section 21(a);	Free State	Agriculture	13/11/2014	Non-Compliance Letter issued	Resolved.
	CMS 20743	Section 21(a);	Free State	Agriculture	13/11/2014	Non-Compliance Letter issued	Resolved.
	CMS 20748	Section 21(a)(b)	Free State	Agriculture	30/11/2014	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 20584	Section 21(a)(b)	Free State	Agriculture	12/06/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 20595	Section 21(a)(b)	Free State	Agriculture	04/06/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 20086	Section 21(a)(b)	Free State	Agriculture	12/06/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Resolved.
	CMS 20596	Section 21(a)(b)	Free State	Agriculture	12/06/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 20600	Section 21(a)(b)	Free State	Agriculture	12/06/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 20655	Section 21(a)(b)	Free State	Agriculture	04/06/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 20656	Section 21(a)(b)	Free State	Agriculture	04/06/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 20657	Section 21(a)(b)	Free State	Agriculture	04/06/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 20658	Section 21(a)(b)	Free State	Agriculture	04/06/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Resolved.
	CMS 20659	Section 21(a)(b)	Free State	Agriculture	04/06/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 20660	Section 21(a)(b)	Free State	Agriculture	04/06/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 20661	Section 21(a)(b)	Free State	Agriculture	04/06/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 20662	Section 21(a)(b)	Free State	Agriculture	04/06/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 20663	Section 21(a)(b)	Free State	Agriculture	04/06/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 20664	Section 21(a)(b)	Free State	Agriculture	04/06/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 20696	Section 21(a)(b)	Free State	Agriculture	12/06/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 20697	Section 21(a)(b)	Free State	Agriculture	12/06/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 20698	Section 21(a)(b)	Free State	Agriculture	12/06/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 20699	Section 21(a)(b)	Free State	Agriculture	12/06/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 20700	Section 21(a)(b)	Free State	Agriculture	12/06/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 20701	Section 21(a)(b)	Free State	Agriculture	12/06/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 20702	Section 21(a)(b)	Free State	Agriculture	12/06/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 20703	Section 21(a)(b)	Free State	Agriculture	12/06/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 90061	Section 21(c)(i)	Western Cape	Agriculture	14/04/2014	Directive was issued	Resolved: Complied with Directive
	CMS 90049	Section 21(c)(i)	Western Cape	Water Services Authority	15/04/2014		Stream in original state
	CMS 90051	Section 21(b);	Western Cape	Agriculture	16/04/2014		Waterworks is not a dam
	CMS 90052	Section 21(c)(i)	Western Cape	Agriculture	23/04/2014	Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 90045	Section 19;	Western Cape	Government	23/04/2014		Local Municipality put measures in place to stop pollution
	CMS 90046	Section 21(a)(b)	Western Cape	Agriculture	05/06/2014		The suspected illegal boreholes were unfounded
	CMS 90064	Section19;	Western Cape	Water Services Authority	05/06/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	BOCMA to issue Pre-Directive
	CMS 90053	Section19; 21 (a)(g);	Western Cape	Industry	12/06/2014		Aqua culture operations stopped. No more abstraction.
	CMS 90062	Section 21(c)(i)	Western Cape	Industry	18/06/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Resolved. Complied with the Notice
	CMS 90059	Section 21(c)(i)	Western Cape	Water Services Authority	19/06/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 90057	Section 21(f)	Western Cape	Government	19/06/2014		Resolved. Complied with the Notice issued.
	CMS 90107	Section 20;	Western Cape	Mining	02/03/2015	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 90055	Section 21(b)(c)(i)	Western Cape	Agriculture	04/06/2014	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 90050	Section19;	Western Cape	Water Services Authority	10/04/2014	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 90090	Section 21(a)(b)(c)(i)	Western Cape	Water Services Authority	15/10/2014	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 90109	Section 21(c)(i)	Western Cape	Agriculture	16/04/2014	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 90038	Section 21(a)(b)(g)	Western Cape	Agriculture	05/08/2014	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 90039	Section 21(a)(b)(e)(f)(g)	Western Cape	Agriculture	05/08/2014	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 90040	Section 21(a)(b)(g)	Western Cape	Agriculture	05/08/2014	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 30158	Section 21(f)(g)	Gauteng	Industry	08/04/2014	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 30146	Section 21(b)	Gauteng	Industry	10/07/2014	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 30148	Section 21(f)	Gauteng	Mining	15/07/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 30144	Section 21(c)(i)	Gauteng	Government	16/07/2014	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 30160	Section19; 21(g)	Gauteng	Agriculture	18/07/2014	Criminal Case Opened	Investigation on-going
	CMS 30147	Section19	Gauteng	Government	29/07/2014	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 30174	Section 21(a)(b)(j)	Gauteng	Industry	30/07/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive and a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 30149	Section 21(b)(f)(g)	Gauteng	Industry	12/08/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 30176	Section19	Gauteng	Mining	27/08/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 30178	Section 21(a)(b)(c)(i)(g)(j)	Gauteng	Mining	28/08/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 30161	Section 21(a)(g)	Gauteng	Agriculture	02/09/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 30173	Section19	Gauteng	Agriculture	30/05/2011	Notice of intention to issue a Directive and a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 30162	Section19	Gauteng	Water Services Authority	04/09/2014	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 30166	Section 21(a)	Gauteng	Agriculture	08/10/2014	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 30165	Section 21(c)(i)	Gauteng	Mining	13/10/2014	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 30159	Section 21(g)	Gauteng	Industry	20/02/2015	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 30157	Section 21(e)	Gauteng	Agriculture	22/10/2014	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 30175	Section19	Gauteng	Tourism	23/10/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 30155	Section19	Gauteng	Agriculture	29/10/2014	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 30171	Section19	Gauteng	Mining	29/10/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive and a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS30156	Section 19; 21(g)	Gauteng	Agriculture	31/10/2014	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 30168	Section 21(b)	Gauteng	Agriculture	07/01/2011	Notice of intention to issue a Directive and a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 30163	Section19;21(g)	Gauteng	Agriculture	08/12/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going
	CMS 30167	Section 21 (j)	Gauteng	Mining	17/02/2015	Under investigation	Investigation on-going
	CMS 30179	Section21 (c)(f)(i)	Gauteng	Water Services Authority	23/03/2015	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued	Investigation on-going

Annexure B

INVESTIGATED CASES LED TO CRIMINAL CHARGES FOR THE 2014/2015 FINANCIAL YEAR

No	Unique Case Identification	(a) Criminal Cases Details	Date of receipt	Current status	(b) Outcome
		Contravention	Provincial Office	Sector
	CMS 70048	Section 19 Section 21 (a);(b)(c)(i)&(g)	Northern Cape	Mining	15/10/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive, a Directive was issued and Criminal Case was opened	Investigation on-going
	CMS 70096	Section 19 Section 21 (c)&(i)	Northern Cape	Mining	09/09/2014	Criminal Case was opened	Investigation on-going
	CMS 70035	Section 19; 21(b) (c) & (i)	Northern Cape	Mining	09/09/2014	Criminal Case was opened	Investigation on-going
	CMS 70046	Section 19; 21 (c)&(i)	Northern Cape	Mining	28/08/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive was issued and a Criminal Case Opened	Investigation on-going
	CMS 40045	Section 21 (c)&(i)	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Mining	08/03/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive and a Director was issued and a Criminal Case Opened	Investigation on-going
	CMS 40046	Section 21 (c)&(i)	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Mining	08/03/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive and a Director was issued and a Criminal Case Opened	Investigation on-going
	CMS 40047	Section 21 (c)&(i)	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Mining	08/03/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive and a Director was issued and a Criminal Case Opened	Investigation on-going
	CMS 40048	Section 21 (c)&(i)	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Mining	08/03/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive and a Director was issued and a Criminal Case Opened	Investigation on-going
	CMS 40049	Section 21 (c)&(i)	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Mining	08/03/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive and a Director was issued and a Criminal Case Opened	Investigation on-going
	CMS 40050	Section 21 (c)&(i)	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Mining	08/03/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive and a Directive was issued and a Criminal Case Opened	Investigation on-going
11.	CMS 30160	Section19; 21(g)	Gauteng	Agriculture	18/07/2014	Criminal Case Opened	Investigation on-going
12.	CMS 60323	Section 19	Mpumalanga	Tourism	12/02/2015	Notice of intention to issue a Directive and a Director was issued and a Criminal Case Opened	Investigation on-going
13.	CMS 50031	Section 21 (a)(b) (c)&(i)	Limpopo	Agriculture	17/09/2014	Notice of intention to issue a Directive and a Director was issued and a Criminal Case Opened	Investigation on-going

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02 November 2015 - NW3768

Sithole, Mr KP to ask the Minister of Police

Whether, given the current challenge of the shortage of police officers, he will consider the shortening of the recruitment process of police officers to deal with the specified shortage; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

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Reply:

The South African Police Service received criticism in the past on the poor quality of police recruits. The Recruitment Strategy for the recruitment of new police officers was therefore revised to strengthen the recruitment processes with a focus on quality than quantity and to professionalise the Police Service in terms of the National Development Plan, Vision 2030. The new process included in the Strategy includes the following:

Targeted recruitment (Community consultation / vigorous marketing and advertising of posts)
Segregation of functions related to the Strategy
Integrity Testing
Grooming Camps
Publishing of names of applicants in the media for public comment
Presentation of applicants to the communities for inputs / comments
Recruitment Board (to involve both internal and external stake-holders in the final decision of recommended candidates)

The recruitment strategy currently in place is continuously subjected to review informed by operational challenges and demands of the organization.

02 November 2015 - NW3701

Mackay, Mr G to ask the Minister of Energy

(1)With reference to the National Treasury’s 2014-15 Annual Report which states that the National Treasury compiled a memorandum on Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR) training and research educational assets as well as the transaction with the Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation, why was the specified PBMR transaction not included in the nuclear co-operation framework agreement signed with the Russian Federation in 2014; (2) (a) what is the nature and extent of the Government’s transaction with Rosatom and (b) is the Government selling the PBMR (i) hardware and/or (ii) intellectual property; (3) What is the total value of the specified PBMR transaction; (4) What tender process has been undertaken in this regard; (5) Does the specified transaction comply with South Africa’s commitments under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons of 1968?

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Reply:

Government of South Africa’s intention is to procure the Nuclear New Build Programme including the 9.6 GW of nuclear energy. The Department of Energy would respectfully advise you to further consult with National Treasury regarding their annual report statements.
a) There is no transaction between Government and Rosatom apart from the signed Nuclear Framework Agreement.

b) No the Government is not selling the PBMR, i) nor is it selling the Hardware and/or ii) Intellectual Property.

3. See answer in 2) above.

4. There is no tender process involving PBMR taking place as stated above.

5. There is no specified transaction on this matter.

02 November 2015 - NW3723

Steenhuisen, Mr JH to ask the Minister of Police

With reference to his replies to oral question 322 on 7 November 2014 and question 265 on 17 March 2015 and the reply of the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services to question 761 on 27 March 2015, what is the current status of his department’s investigations into CAS 123/03/2014 opened at Nkandla Police Station?

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Reply:

The case docket is at the National Prosecuting Authority for decision.

02 November 2015 - NW3740

Boshoff, Ms SH to ask the Minister of Basic Education

(1)How many educators in (a) mainstream schools, (b) special needs schools and (c) full service schools have been (i) issued with persal numbers and (ii) appointment letters in respect of each province and district; (2) (a) how many of the specified educators have not been paid by their respective provincial education departments, (b) for how long have the specified educators been waiting to be paid and (c) what are the amounts owed to the specified educators in respect of each province and district; (3) (a) how many educators will be entitled to annual increases on a back pay basis and (b) what amount will educators be entitled to (i) on average and (ii) in total in respect of each province and district?

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Reply:

How many educators in (a) mainstream schools, (b) special needs schools and (c) full service schools have been (i) issued with persal numbers and (ii) appointment letters in respect of each province and district;

(a), (b), (c) (i), (ii) The Department does not routinely collect this operational information. The information has been requested from Provincial Education Departments and will be provided upon receipt.

2. (a) How many of the specified educators have not been paid by their respective provincial education departments, (b) for how long have the specified educators been waiting to be paid and (c) what are the amounts owed to the specified educators in respect of each province and district;

(2) (a), (b), (c) The Department does not routinely collect this operational information. The information has been requested from Provincial Education Departments and will be provided upon receipt.

(3) (a) How many educators will be entitled to annual increases on a back pay basis and (b) what amount will educators be entitled to (i) on average and (ii) in total in respect of each province and district?

(3) (a), (b) (i), (ii) The Department does not routinely collect this operational information. The information has been requested from Provincial Education Departments and will be provided upon receipt.

02 November 2015 - NW3769

Msimang, Prof CT to ask the Minister of Basic Education

Whether her department has any plans of placing anti-drug centres in all high schools to address the issue of learners coming to school under the influence of alcohol and drugs; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?

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Reply:

No, the establishment of anti-drug centres at all high schools has never been considered. Learners coming to schools under the influence of alcohol or drugs will be dealt with in terms of schools’ Codes of Conduct for Learners. The Code of Conduct for Learners spells out the rules regarding learner behaviour at school and describes the disciplinary system to be implemented by the School Management concerning transgressions by learners.

02 November 2015 - NW3746

Lovemore, Ms AT to ask the Minister of Basic Education

Whether she or her department is compelled by law to develop education management processes and interventions, such as the Annual National Assessments, in consultation with representatives of teachers unions; if not, why does she (a) consult with the teacher unions in this respect and (b) not also consult with (i) professional bodies within the education sector, such as the SA Principals' Association and/or (ii) other suitably qualified persons; if so, which law?

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Reply:

In terms of section 5 read with section 6 of the National Education Policy Act, 27 of 1996 the Minister or her Department is compelled by law to develop education management processes and interventions, such as the Annual National Assessments, after consultation with representatives of teachers unions operating in the Education Labour Relations Council (ELRC), principals’ organisations, students organisations, School Governing Body Associations, etc.

02 November 2015 - NW3673

McLoughlin, Mr AR to ask the Minister of Finance

What was the (a) total amount and (b) a breakdown of such amounts spent (i) by each specified department, (ii) on each specified service provider and (iii) on (aa) vehicles, (bb) buses and (cc) motorcycles in respect of the transversal supply and delivery of motor vehicles, light and heavy commercial vehicles, buses and motor cycles to the Government (aaa) in the (aaaa) 2010-11, (bbbb) 2011-12, (cccc) 2012-13, (dddd) 2013-14 and (eeee) 2014-15 financial years and (bbb) since 1 April 2015?

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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.

Spending on transport equipment was R4.1 billion in 2010-11, R 5.4 billion in 2011-12, R4.6 billion in 2012-13, R5.2 billion in 2013-14 and R5.4 billion in 2014-15. Since 1 April 2015, the departments have spent R1.6 billion. Table 1 below shows the total spending per category of transport equipment excluding aircrafts. See attached annexure for detail by department.here's the link: http://www.pmg.org.za/files/RNW3673-151102.doc

02 November 2015 - NW3636

Van Der Walt, Ms D to ask the Minister of Basic Education

Have all significant risks related to her department’s infrastructure programme been internally audited; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant outcomes?

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Reply:

A: The risks have been identified and included in the Strategic Risk Register and forwarded to the Internal Audit Branch to incorporate them into the Departmental Risk Register.

Risk Management activities are carried out continuously where new risks are identified, assessed and ranked according to impact-severity and, conversely, where certain risks are demoted following implementation of mitigatory measures. The Infrastructure Branch has regular meetings where aspects such as risk management are discussed.

Furthermore, the Internal Audit has included the audit of the infrastructure programme in their Audit Coverage Plan to be performed by the Auditor General South Africa.

02 November 2015 - NW3825

Boshoff, Ms SH to ask the Minister of Basic Education

(1)Has she done any assessment of possible changes in poverty levels at schools since the introduction of the quintile system; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the relevant details of the specified assessments and (b) what were the results thereof; (2) does she intend to review the quintile system in view of the hardship that the system is causing to many schools that are serving very poor learners; if not, why not; if so, (a) when and (b) how?

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Reply:

(1) (a) The quintile system was introduced through the publication of the National Norms and Standards for School Funding in 1998. Paragraph 107 of the National Norms and Standards for School Funding (NNSSF) determines that Provincial Education Departments (PEDs) must annually, subject to the availability of new data which is sufficiently reliable, consider reviewing the poverty scores of schools and/or the poverty ranking of a school and make the necessary adjustments to effect equity. In addition to these annual assessments by PEDs, the Department of Basic Education continuously monitors the implementation of the funding policy and its impact on schools through surveys as well as periodic reviews of the funding system. Findings from the 2003 report on the Review of the Financing, Resourcing and Costs of Education in Public Schools and the 2009 survey report on School Funding and Management in South Africa were instrumental in informing policy reform.

(b) Assessment of poverty levels in schools at both provincial and national levels had the following results, amongst others: No fee schools were introduced in 2007 (quintiles 1 and 2) and were expanded to include school in quintile 3 from 2010; The number of learners accommodated in no fee schools increased by more than 70% from approximately 5.2 million learners in 2007 to about 9.2 learners in 2015; between 2010 and 2015 more than 1 000 schools nationally were reclassified into quintiles 1-3 from quintiles 4 and 5; allocations to no fee schools were equalized at the level of quintile 1 as from 2010; some Provincial Education Departments are also providing allocations above the national targets to certain schools in quintiles 4 and 5.

(2) (a) The Department is currently in the process of reviewing the use of the quintile system as it relates to the school allocation.

(b) The following have been proposed to happen in order to de-link a school’s allocation from its quintile ranking and distinguish between only two broad categories of schools i.e. no fee schools and fee paying schools on which to determine the structure and level of the school allocation:

(i) Progressively equalise the school allocation for all existing no fee schools (Q 1-3);

(ii) The voluntary reclassification of certain Quintile 4 and 5 schools as no fee schools; and

(iii) The introduction of an alternative, fee-based, funding system for determining the level of the school allocation to fee paying schools.

(Equalization of the school allocation to no fee schools, as per 2(b) (i) above, has already been implemented. In terms of 2(b) (ii) above, up to now, no additional funding could be secured. Some provinces are, however, to a limited degree and from their existing budgets, offering choices to selected schools in quintiles 4 and 5 to be voluntarily declared as no fee schools. The voluntary reclassification of Quintile 4 and 5 schools as no fee schools will, however, in the absence of securing additional funding, be difficult to implement nationally. The introduction of an alternative, fee-based, funding model for determining the level of school allocation to fee paying schools (as per 2(b) (iii) above) will also require an injection of additional funding, as well as amendments to the current funding policy. Full implementation of the proposals emanating from the review is dependent on securing of adequate funding.

02 November 2015 - NW3787

Steenhuisen, Mr JH to ask the Minister of State Security

Whether his department has (a) state security agents and/or (b) any other departmental staff stationed in Parliament; is so, in each specified case, (i) (aa) for how long has the specified persons been stationed in Parliament and (bb) when is their deployment period expected to end, (ii) under whose instruction and/or request were such persons deployed and (iii) for what purpose were they deployed

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Reply:

(a)&(b) The State Security Agency (SSA) has deployed its staff members from the Chief Directorate External Vetting and Advising to be stationed at Parliament to conduct vetting of Parliamentary support staff.

(i)(aa) The specified SSA staff has been stationed in Parliament since September 2015.

(bb) The SSA is expected to complete the vetting project in March 2016.

(ii) The SSA was requested by Mr.Gengezi Mgidlana, the Secretary to Parliament.

(iii) The Secretary to Parliament requested the SSA to conduct security vetting to all Parliamentary support staff.

02 November 2015 - NW3831

Boshoff, Ms SH to ask the Minister of Basic Education

(1)Whether (a) her department and/or (b) provincial departments maintain a database of sick leave records of educators at schools for children with special educational needs; if not, (i) why not and (ii) what is the current method to track sick leave of educators at schools in each case; if so, in each province, (aa) how many sick leave days are taken on average annually, (bb) what are the top five reasons for taking sick leave and (cc) what is the average period of sick leave in each case; (2) whether the total number of sick leave days taken by educators at schools for children with special educational needs is hampering education at such schools in each specified province; if so, (a) why and (b) what steps are being taken to reduce this negative effect?

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Reply:

1. Whether (a) her department and/or (b) provincial departments maintain a database of sick leave records of educators at schools for children with special educational needs; if not, (i) why not and (ii) what is the current method to track sick leave of educators at schools in each case; if so, in each province, (aa) how many sick leave days are taken on average annually, (bb) what are the top five reasons for taking sick leave and (cc) what is the average period of sick leave in each case;

1. (a), (b) and (i)

Yes, the Department of Basic Education (DBE) relies on the PERSAL system to monitor leave in general, including sick leave. The data on PERSAL is usually not up to date given the time lag between the receipt of forms at schools and such form being captured on PERSAL at district level.

(ii) Information on sick and all other forms of leave is recorded on PERSAL as part of human resource administration system. At operational level, other teacher time and attendance systems such as SASAMS and other provincial teacher systems used in the Western Cape and Northern Cape are also used to collect information on teacher attendance.

(aa) Provincial Education Departments (PEDs) have been requested to provide up to date information from their monitoring systems, it will be provided as soon as it is received.

(bb) Information requested from PEDs.

(cc) Information requested from PEDs.

2. Whether the total number of sick leave days taken by educators at schools for children with special educational needs is hampering education at such schools in each specified province; if so, (a) why and (b) what steps are being taken to reduce this negative effect?

(2) (a) PEDs have been requested to provide their assessment of the impact, based on the data, and respond accordingly.

02 November 2015 - NW3331

Dudley, Ms C to ask the MINISTER OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND COOPERATION:

(1) Whether the Government has ever discussed or intends to discuss at a diplomatic level with the Islamic Republic of Iran, the issue of religious freedom in Iran; (2) Whether she is aware that Christians in the country are frustrated to know that the Government has good diplomatic relations with Iran and yet does not seem to consider the issue of religious freedom and the persecution of Christians in Iran as a serious matter or even a concern; (3) has she taken any steps with regard to this issue; if not, why not; if so, (a) what steps has she taken and (b) are there further relevant details in this regard

Source
Link

Reply:

(1). Yes. South Africa and Iran are in the process of concluding a Modality Framework Agreement for the establishment of a Structured Dialogue Forum specifically focused on Human Rights. Once concluded, the Dialogue Forum will convene regularly and constitute a platform for both countries to hold frank discussions on issues and concerns regarding domestic human rights.

(2) The Dialogue Forum will allow the two countries to engage on all issues of human rights as contained in the United Nations Charter on Human Rights. South Africa and Iran already discuss human rights issues within the Joint Commission and the Dialogue Forum will provide a further platform for deeper engagement and cooperation.

(3) (a) During the 12th Joint Commission between South Africa and the Islamic Republic of Iran held in Tehran on 10 to 11 May 2015 the two sides agreed to strengthen their bilateral cooperation in the field of human rights in international fora among others. My Department, together with our Iranian counterparts are in the process of finalising a Modality Framework Agreement to establish a Structured Dialogue Forum.

(b). Not applicable.

UNQUOTE

02 November 2015 - NW3741

Boshoff, Ms SH to ask the Minister of Basic Education

(1)(a) What was the (a) targeted and (b) actual number of trainees who attended courses in (i) inclusive education and (ii) special needs education in each (aa) province and (bb) district in the 2014-15 financial year; (2) what is the total number of educators from (a) full service schools and (b) special needs schools who attended teacher wellness programmes in each (i) province and (ii) district in the 2014-15 financial year; (3) how many days (a) sick leave and (b) incapacity leave were taken by educators at (i) full service schools and (ii) special needs schools in each (aa) province and (bb) district in the 2014-15 financial year; (4) what is the total number of (a) resignations, (b) termination of employment other than by resignation or retirement and (c) retirements that occurred among educators at (i) full service schools and (ii) special needs schools in each (aa) province and (bb) district in the 2014-15 academic year?

Source
Link

Reply:

The information on the number of teachers and officials that were trained in courses in respectively inclusive education and special needs education during the 2014 – 15 financial year is as follows:

Province	Districts	Training in Inclusive Education	Training in Special Needs Education
		Target	Actual	Target	Actual
EC	All 24	640	614	280	260
FS	All 5	1060	1940	205	209
	Fezile Dabi	No target provided	16	No target provided	16
	Lejweleputswa	No target provided	14	No target provided	14
	Motheo	No target provided	124	No target provided	124
	Thabo Mofutsanyana	No target provided	55	No target provided	55
	Xhariep	No target provided	0	No target provided	0
GT	All 15	1000	1120	885	1057
	Ekhuruleni North	No breakdown provided	No breakdown provided	75	96
	Ekhuruleni South	No breakdown provided	No breakdown provided	50	70
	Gauteng East	No breakdown provided	No breakdown provided	65	80
	Gauteng North	No breakdown provided	No breakdown provided	35	24
	Gauteng West	No breakdown provided	No breakdown provided	65	70
	Johannesburg Central	No breakdown provided	No breakdown provided	60	95
	Johannesburg East	No breakdown provided	No breakdown provided	70	88
	Johannesburg North	No breakdown provided	No breakdown provided	65	87
	Johannesburg South	No breakdown provided	No breakdown provided	45	60
	Johannesburg West	No breakdown provided	No breakdown provided	60	67
	Sedibeng East	No breakdown provided	No breakdown provided	50	61
	Sedibeng West	No breakdown provided	No breakdown provided	40	40
	Tshwane North	No breakdown provided	No breakdown provided	55	55
	Tshwane South	No breakdown provided	No breakdown provided	85	89
	Tshwane West	No breakdown provided	No breakdown provided	65	75
KZN	12 Districts	997	847	603	512
LP	5 Districts	1000	1080	150	130
MP	4 Districts	500	1337	126	142
NC	6 Districts	No target provided	2000	2000	1248
	ZF Mngcawu	No target provided	No breakdown provided	500	244
	Pixley-Ka-Seme	No target provided	No breakdown provided	200	87
	Namaqua	No target provided	No breakdown provided	500	337
	John Taolo Gaetsewe	No target provided	No breakdown provided	200	150
	Frances Baard	No target provided	No breakdown provided	600	430
NW	All districts	No target provided	1235	No information	104
WC	All districts	1217	1130	319	363
Total:		6414	11303	6872	4025

Source: Information obtained from Provincial Education Departments in 2015

(2) What is the total number of educators from (a) full service schools and (b) special needs schools who attended teacher wellness programmes in each (i) province and (ii) district in the 2014-15 financial year;

(2) (a), (b) (i),(ii) The Department does not routinely collect information on teacher wellness. The information will be requested from the Provincial Education Departments and will be submitted as soon as it received.

(3) How many days (a) sick leave and (b) incapacity leave were taken by educators at (i) full service schools and (ii) special needs schools in each (aa) province and (bb) district in the 2014-15 financial year;

(3) (a), (b) (i), (ii) The Department does not routinely collect information on leave taken by educators at school level. The information will be requested from the Provincial Education Departments and will be submitted as soon as it received

(4) What is the total number of (a) resignations, (b) termination of employment other than by resignation or retirement and (c) retirements that occurred among educators at (i) full service schools and (ii) special needs schools in each (aa) province and (bb) district in the 2014-15 academic year?

(i)Full service schools

(aa) PROVINCE	(bb) DISTRICT/CIRCUIT	(a)(i) RESIGNATION	(b)(i) OTHER	(c)(i) RETIREMENT	TOTAL
EASTERN CAPE	BIZANA DISTRICT OFFICE	1	0	1	2
EASTERN CAPE	BUTTERWORTH	1	0		1
EASTERN CAPE	CRADOCK	6	2	8	16
EASTERN CAPE	EAST LONDON		0	1	1
EASTERN CAPE	FORT BEAUFORT		0	1	1
EASTERN CAPE	GRAAFF REINET	2	0		2
EASTERN CAPE	LADY FRERE	5	0		5
EASTERN CAPE	LIBODE		0	1	1
EASTERN CAPE	LUSIKISIKI		0	3	3
EASTERN CAPE	MOUNT FRERE	1	0		1
EASTERN CAPE	NGCOBO		1		1
EASTERN CAPE	PORT ELIZABETH		0	3	3
EASTERN CAPE	QUEENSTOWN	2	0	3	5
EASTERN CAPE	STERKSPRUIT		0	2	2
SUB-TOTAL		18	3	23	44
FREE STATE	FREE STATE: EDUCATION	30	6	36	72
SUB-TOTAL		30	6	36	72
GAUTENG	EN: EKURHULENI NORTH INSTITUTION		0	1	1
GAUTENG	ES: EKURHULENI SOUTH INSTITUTION	3	0	1	4
GAUTENG	GW: GAUTENG WEST INSTITUTIONS	1	0		1
GAUTENG	JC: JOHANNESBURG CENTRAL INSTITUTIONS	2	0		2
GAUTENG	JE: JOHANNESBURG EAST INSTITUTIONS	2	0		2
GAUTENG	JN: JOHANNESBURG NORTH INSTITUTIONS	3	0		3
GAUTENG	JW: JOHANNESBURG WEST INSTITUTIONS	2	0	1	3
GAUTENG	TN: TSHWANE NORTH INSTITUTIONS	2	0		2
GAUTENG	TS: TSHWANE SOUTH INSTITUTIONS	4	0	1	5
GAUTENG	TW: TSHWANE WEST INSTITUTIONS	2	0	1	3
SUB-TOTAL		21	0	5	26
KWAZULU/NATAL	PINETOWN DISTRICT : CLUSTER B	1	0	1	2
KWAZULU/NATAL	UMGUNGUNDLOVU DISTRICT : CLUSTER B		1		1
KWAZULU/NATAL	UMLAZI DISTRICT : CLUSTER B	1	0	1	2
SUB-TOTAL		2	1	2	5
LIMPOPO	DZINDI CIRCUIT OFFICE	2	0		2
LIMPOPO	HLOGOTLOU CIRCUIT OFFICE	1	0	2	3
LIMPOPO	LEBOWAKGOMO CIRCUIT OFFICE	1	0		1
LIMPOPO	MALAMULELE EAST CIRCUIT OFFICE	1	0	1	2
LIMPOPO	MOGOSHI CIRCUIT OFFICE		1		1
LIMPOPO	MOUTSE EAST CIRCUIT OFFICE	1	0		1
LIMPOPO	NGWAABE CIRCUIT OFFICE	1	0		1
LIMPOPO	NKOWANKOWA CIRCUIT OFFICE		1	2	3
LIMPOPO	THABINA CIRCUIT OFFICE		0	1	1
LIMPOPO	WARMBATHS CIRCUIT OFFICE	4	0		4
SUB-TOTAL		11	2	6	19
MPUMALANGA	MDE BOHLABELA INSTITUTIONS	22	4	17	43
MPUMALANGA	MDE GERT SIBANDE INSTITUTIONS	2	2	1	5
MPUMALANGA	MDE NKANGALA INSTITUTIONS	49	4	13	66
NORTHERN CAPE	FRANCIS BAARD		0	2	2
NORTHERN CAPE	JOHN TAOLE GAETSEWE	2	1	1	4
SUB-TOTAL		91	14	43	148
NORTHERN CAPE	PIXLEY KA SEME	1	0	2	3
SUB-TOTAL		1	0	2	3
WESTERN CAPE	CAPE WINELANDS EDUCATION DISTRICT	18	3	28	49
WESTERN CAPE	EDEN & CENTRAL KAROO EDUCATION DISTRICT	17	7	21	45
WESTERN CAPE	METRO CENTRAL EDUCATION DISTRICT	9	3	4	16
WESTERN CAPE	METRO EAST EDUCATION DISTRICT	12	1	6	19
WESTERN CAPE	METRO NORTH EDUCATION DISTRICT	9	4	5	18
WESTERN CAPE	METRO SOUTH EDUCATION DISTRICT	3	1	3	7
WESTERN CAPE	OVERBERG EDUCATION DISTRICT	12	3	8	23
WESTERN CAPE	WEST COAST EDUCATION DISTRICT	8	6	9	23
SUB-TOTAL		88	28	84	200
Grand Total		246	51	192	489

(ii) special needs schools

(aa) PROVINCE	(bb) DISTRICT/CIRCUIT	(a)(ii) RESIGNATION	(b)(ii) OTHER	(c)(ii) RETIREMENT	TOTAL
EASTERN CAPE	BIZANA DISTRICT OFFICE	1	0		1
EASTERN CAPE	EAST LONDON	3	0	2	5
EASTERN CAPE	KING WILLIAM'S TOWN	1	0	3	4
EASTERN CAPE	MTHATHA	4	2	8	14
EASTERN CAPE	PORT ELIZABETH	7	1	7	15
EASTERN CAPE	QUEENSTOWN	1	0		1
EASTERN CAPE	QUMBU	1	0		1
EASTERN CAPE	UITENHAGE	3	0	1	4
SUB-TOTAL	21	3	21	45
FREE STATE	FREE STATE: EDUCATION	12	6	12	30
SUB-TOTAL	12	6	12	30
GAUTENG	D3 TSWANE NORTH		0	1	1
GAUTENG	GN: GAUTENG NORTH INSTITUTIONS		1		1
GAUTENG	GW: GAUTENG WEST INSTITUTIONS	4	1	6	11
GAUTENG	JE: JOHANNESBURG EAST INSTITUTIONS	12	1	2	15
GAUTENG	JN: JOHANNESBURG NORTH INSTITUTIONS	13	2	1	16
GAUTENG	JS: JOHANNESBURG SOUTH INSTITUTIONS	1	2	3	6
GAUTENG	JW: JOHANNESBURG WEST INSTITUTIONS	7	0	7	14
GAUTENG	SE: SEDIBENG EAST INSTITUTIONS	2	0	3	5
GAUTENG	SW: SEDIBENG WEST INSTITUTIONS	1	0	1	2
GAUTENG	TN: TSHWANE NORTH INSTITUTIONS	5	0	6	11
GAUTENG	TS: TSHWANE SOUTH INSTITUTIONS	11	1	10	22
SUB-TOTAL	56	8	40	104
KWAZULU-NATAL	AMAJUBA DISTRICT: CLUSTER A	5	0	2	7
KWAZULU-NATAL	PINETOWN DISTRICT: CLUSTER A	7	0		7
KWAZULU-NATAL	PINETOWN DISTRICT: CLUSTER B	2	0	1	3
KWAZULU-NATAL	UGU DISTRICT: CLUSTER A	1	0	1	2
KWAZULU-NATAL	UGU DISTRICT: CLUSTER B		1	1	2
KWAZULU-NATAL	UMGUNGUNDLOVU DISTRICT CLUSTER A	1	1	1	3
KWAZULU-NATAL	UMGUNGUNDLOVU DISTRICT: CLUSTER B	2	0	4	6
KWAZULU-NATAL	UMLAZI DISTRICT: CLUSTER A	2	0	2	4
KWAZULU-NATAL	UMLAZI DISTRICT: CLUSTER B	8	1	3	12
KWAZULU-NATAL	UMZINYATHI DISTRICT: CLUSTER A		0	1	1
KWAZULU-NATAL	UTHUKELA DISTRICT: CLUSTER A		1	1	2
KWAZULU-NATAL	UTHUNGULU DISTRICT: CLUSTER A	1	0	2	3
KWAZULU-NATAL	UTHUNGULU DISTRICT: CLUSTER B	3	0		3
KWAZULU-NATAL	ZULULAND DISTRICT: CLUSTER A	3	0		3
KWAZULU-NATAL	ZULULAND DISTRICT: CLUSTER C		0	1	1
SUB-TOTAL	35	4	20	59
LIMPOPO	BOCHUM WEST CIRCUIT OFFICE	3	0	2	5
LIMPOPO	DIMANO CIRCUIT OFFICE		1		1
LIMPOPO	DZINDI CIRCUIT OFFICE	4	1	2	7
LIMPOPO	HLOGOTLOU CIRCUIT OFFICE		0	1	1
LIMPOPO	KGAKOTLOU CIRCUIT OFFICE		0	2	2
LIMPOPO	LEBOWAKGOMO CIRCUIT OFFICE		1	2	3
LIMPOPO	MARABA CIRCUIT OFFICE		0	1	1
LIMPOPO	MAUNE CIRCUIT OFFICE	1	0		1
LIMPOPO	MMASHADI CIRCUIT OFFICE		0	1	1
LIMPOPO	MOGODUMO CIRCUIT OFFICE		0	1	1
LIMPOPO	MOKOPANE CIRCUIT OFFICE		0	1	1
LIMPOPO	MOTETEMA CIRCUIT OFFICE	1	0		1
LIMPOPO	MVUDI CIRCUIT OFFICE	1	1	1	3
LIMPOPO	NKOWANKOWA CIRCUIT OFFICE	1	0	2	3
LIMPOPO	PIETERSBURG CIRCUIT OFFICE	1	0	4	5
LIMPOPO	WARMBATHS CIRCUIT OFFICE		1		1
SUB-TOTAL	12	5	20	37
MPUMALANGA	MDE BOHLABELA INSTITUTIONS	4	0	2	6
MPUMALANGA	MDE NKANGALA INSTITUTIONS	1	1	3	5
MPUMALANGA	MDE NKANGALA OFFICES	1	0		1
SUB-TOTAL		6	1	5	12
NORTH WEST	GREATER DELAREYVILLE AREA OFFICE (DR RSM)		1	1	2
NORTH WEST	GREATER TAUNG AREA OFFICE (DR RSM)		1	1	2
NORTH WEST	KGETLENG RIVER AREA OFFICE (NGAKA MODIRI MOLEMA)	2	0		2
NORTH WEST	LICHTENBURG AREA OFFICE (NGAKA MODIRI MOLEMA)	1	0		1
NORTH WEST	MADIBENG AREA OFFICE (BOJANALA)	2	0		2
NORTH WEST	MAQUASSI HILLS AREA OFFICE (DR KK)		0	2	2
NORTH WEST	MORETELE AREA OFFICE (BOJ)		0	1	1
NORTH WEST	MOSES KOTANE EAST AREA OFFICE (BOJ)	4	0		4
NORTH WEST	POTCHEFSTROOM AREA OFFICE (DR KK)		0	2	2
NORTH WEST	REKOPANTSWE AREA OFFICE (NGAKA MODIRI MOLEMA)		0	1	1
NORTH WEST	RUSTENBURG AREA OFFICE (BOJANALA)	1	0	1	2
NORTH WEST	ZEERUST AREA OFFICE (NGAKA MODIRI MOLEMA)		0	1	1
SUB-TOTAL	10	2	10	22
NORTHERN CAPE	FRANCIS BAARD	5	0	6	11
SUB-TOTAL		5	0	6	11
WESTERN CAPE	CAPE WINELANDS EDUCATION DISTRICT	2	0	5	0
WESTERN CAPE	EDEN & CENTRAL KAROO EDUCATION DISTRICT	2	1	5	8
WESTERN CAPE	METRO CENTRAL EDUCATION DISTRICT	17	1	14	32
WESTERN CAPE	METRO EAST EDUCATION DISTRICT	6	0	9	15
WESTERN CAPE	METRO NORTH EDUCATION DISTRICT	2	2	6	10
WESTERN CAPE	METRO SOUTH EDUCATION DISTRICT	2	1	2	5
WESTERN CAPE	OVERBERG EDUCATION DISTRICT		0	1	1
WESTERN CAPE	WEST COAST EDUCATION DISTRICT		0	4	4
SUB-TOTAL	31	5	46	75
GRAND TOTAL		188	34	180	395

Source: 2014/15

02 November 2015 - NW3791

Steenhuisen, Mr JH to ask the Minister of State Security

Whether his department conducted a security vetting process in respect of any member of Parliament during the Fifth Parliament; if so, in respect of each specified Member of Parliament, (a) what were the reasons for the security vetting, (b) on how many occasions did his department do the security vetting process and (c) at whose request was the security vetting done?

Source
Link

Reply:

a) Members of the Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence (JSCI) are expected to undergo the security vetting process in order to have Top Secret security clearance.

b) The State Security Agency has conducted vetting of the JSCI members twice. The security vetting process is conducted after every five years when the Top Secret security clearance has lapsed.

c) The State Security Agency received a request from the Chairperson of the JSCI.

02 November 2015 - NW3092

Volmink, Mr HC to ask the Minister of Health

(1)(a) Who are the stakeholders and partners involved with the Academy for Leadership and Management in Healthcare and (b) what is the (i) nature and (ii) extent of their involvement; (2) whether the academy has presented any training courses and/or workshops; if not, why not; if so, (a) what was the nature of the specified training courses and/or workshops, (b) who underwent training or attended the workshops and (c) when did each training course and/or workshop take place; (3) whether the academy has accredited any health care management courses at education and training providers; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the names of the courses, (b) where are these courses presented, (c) since when have they been presented and (d) how many persons have graduated from each of these courses; (4) has the academy set norms and standards in health management; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (5) whether the academy has detailed the competency and qualification requirements for hospital managers; if not, why not; if so, what are they?

Source
Link

Reply:

(1) (a) The Academy for Leadership and Management in Health has not yet been established. The Public Health Enhancement Fund (which represents a grouping of companies operating in the private health care sector in South Africa), namely the Social Compact Forum, are assisting the Advisory Committee for the Academy for Leadership and Management in Health.

(b) (i) Funding and monitoring implementation of initiatives of the Advisory Committee of the Academy for Leadership and Management in Health to improve the management capacity and skills of health managers as well as the process to finalise the institutional framework for the establishment of the Academy for leadership and Management in Health.

(ii) The extent of their involvement is as follows:

Receive recommendations from the Advisory Committee of the Academy for leadership and Management in Health;
Ensure alignment and approval of these initiatives from the Department of Health;
Consider and grant approval for funding; and
Monitor progress and report back to the Social Compact Forum and the Department of Health.

(2) to (5) The Academy has not yet been established.

END.

02 November 2015 - NW3728

Terblanche, Ms JF to ask the Minister of Health

(1)(a) When was the investigation, which was made upon the request of the National Assembly to the national Department of Health and the National Treasury (details furnished), commissioned and (b) who conducted the specified investigation; (2) was the investigation completed; if not, when will it be (a) completed and (b) tabled in the National Assembly; if so, (i) when was it tabled in the National Assembly and (ii) what was the total cost of the investigation?

Source
Link

Reply:

(1) (a) The investigation still underway.

(b) National Treasury is busy with the investigation.

(2) The investigation not yet completed;

(a) National Treasury is currently busy with the Investigation

(b) When National Treasury completes the investigation will be tabled in the National Assembly

(i) Not yet tabled, investigation still in progress,

(ii) Total costs of the investigation not yet determined as investigation still in progress.

END.

02 November 2015 - NW3702

Mbhele, Mr ZN to ask the Minister of Police

Why was the employment contract of the suspended Western Cape Provincial Police Commissioner, Arno Lamoer, not renewed?

Source
Link

Reply:

Lieutenant General Lamoer entered into a five year contract as the Provincial Commissioner Western Cape with effect from 1 December 2010 with an expiry date of 30 November 2015. Section 7(1) of the South African Police Act, 1995 (Act No 68 of 1995) stipulates that an appointed Provincial Commissioner shall occupy that office for a period of five years from the date of his or her appointment or such shorter period as may be determined at the time of his or her appointment by the National Commissioner in consultation with the member of the Executive Council of the relevant province.

Section 7(2) of the Act provides for the National Commissioner to extend the term at the expiry thereof for a period not exceeding five years at a time, subject to consultation with the member of the Executive Council of the relevant province. The non-renewal of Lieutenant General Lamoer’s contract is a decision arrived in compliance with the above policy provisions.

02 November 2015 - NW3568

Hill-Lewis, Mr GG to ask the Minister of Finance

What is the status of the report compiled by a certain person (name and details furnished) into the business practices of a certain bank (name furnished); (2) will (a) a summary of the specified report or (b) the full report be made public in order to allow victims of reckless lending practices to seek recourse in accordance with the National Credit Act, Act 34 of 2005; if not, why not; (3) has a copy of the specified report been furnished to the National Director of Public Prosecutions, as required by the Banks Act, Act 94 of 1990; if so, what progress has been made in instituting criminal charges as a result of the contents of the specified report; (4) what (a) recommendations did the specified report make to the (i) National Treasury, (ii) National Credit Regulator, (iii) Registrar of Banks, (iv) Financial Services Board and (v) SA Reserve Bank and (b) progress has been made in implementing the specified recommendations in each case?

Source
Link

Reply:

1. The investigation by Advocate Myburgh has been conducted on African Bank Limited at the request of the Registrar of Banks in terms of section 69A of the Banks Act 94 of 1990. The Registrar has informed me that the investigation, which commenced after 30 August 2014, was completed and a copy of the report in terms of section 69A(11) of the Banks Act was provided by the Registrar to the office of the Minister of Finance on 27 February 2015.

2. In terms of section 69A(13) of the Banks Act, the report on such an investigation is private and confidential unless the Registrar of Banks (Registrar), after consultation with the Minister, either generally or in respect of any part of the report, directs otherwise. In this instance both the Registrar and I are of the view that the report should be made public after the Registrar has completed a process of inviting persons referred to in the report to make representations relating to the report. This process is expected to be completed by the end of 2015.

3. No, as the Banks Act (section 69A (12)) only compels the Registrar and Minister to inform the National Director of Public Prosecutions to the extent that the findings identify that a crime has been committed or ‘it appears that any business of such bank was carried on recklessly or negligently or with the intent to defraud depositors or other creditors or for any other fraudulent purpose’. Bank failures are generally the result of a number of factors or actions; and may or may not be due to a crime or intent to commit a crime, but rather due to (for example) bad business judgement, poor risk management or governance systems, or other non-criminal related factors. Once the process outlined in (2) is completed, the Registrar and I will make a determination as to what action to take.

4. As noted in (3) above, the s69A investigation is a limited exercise, and does not necessarily deal with broader policy issues, mandate or activities of other regulators who may also be involved.

02 November 2015 - NW3297

Matiase, Mr NS to ask the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform

(a)(i) What total amount did his department spend on his travel costs between Gauteng and Cape Town in the 2014-15 financial year and (ii) how many trips did he undertake between Cape Town and Gauteng in the specified financial year and (b) what total amount did his department spend on (i) hotel and (ii) residential or other accommodation for him in (aa) Cape Town and (bb) Pretoria in the 2014-15 financial year; (2) (a)(i) what total amount did his department spend on each Deputy Minister’s travel costs between Gauteng and Cape Town in the 2014-15 financial year and (ii) how many trips between Gauteng and Cape Town did each Deputy Minister undertake in the specified financial year and (b) what total amount did his department spend on (i) hotel and (ii) residential or other accommodation for each Deputy Minister in (aa) Cape Town and (bb) Pretoria in the 2014-15 financial year?

Source
Link

Reply:

(1) Minister G E Nkwinti:

(a) (i) R1 946 535.21

(ii) 28

(b) Accommodation Details	(aa) Cape Town	(bb) Pretoria
Hotel	R0,00	R0,00
Residential	None. Accommodation provided by Department of Public Works at no cost to Department.
	The Minister pays from his monthly salary for accommodation in Cape Town ,Salary Advice reflects this

(2) Deputy Minister Mashego-Dlamini:

(i) R948 658.96

(ii) 23

(b) Accommodation Details	(aa) Cape Town	(bb) Pretoria
Hotel	R184, 258.75	R101, 127.80
Residential	None. Accommodation provided by Department of Public Works at no cost to Department.

Deputy Minister Skwatsha:

(i) R731 594.70

(ii) 30

(b) Accommodation Details	(aa) Cape Town	(bb) Pretoria
Hotel	R216, 961.19	R221, 468.30
Residential	None. Accommodation provided by Department of Public Works at no cost to Department.

30 October 2015 - NW3543

Paulsen, Mr N M to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

With regard to the announcement by his department that the 24 Aquaculture projects under the Operation Phakisa have to be implemented by 2019, (a) how many of these projects will be implemented in 2015 and (b) what are the relevant details of the specified projects?

Source
Link

Reply:

a) The 24 catalyst projects are the original projects identified during the Operation Phakisa Aquaculture LAB phase held in Durban during July and August 2014. Twenty of these projects have started their implementation.

b) An overview of the 24 Operation Phakisa Catalyst Projects are provided in the table below.

Initiative	Name	Species	Location	Province	Expansion or new
1a	Expansion-Venteresdorp- Catfish	Catfish	Ventersdorp	North West	new
1b	Dooringbaai Abalone Farm	Abalone	Dooringbaai	Western cape	expansion
1c	Paternoster Oyster Hatchery	Oysters	Paternoster	Western cape	new
1d	Hamburg Oyster Farm	Oysters	Hamburg	Eastern Cape	expansion
1e	Oceanwise	Dusky kob	East London	Eastern Cape	expansion
1f	HIK Abalone Buffeljags Expansion	Abalone	Hermanus/Bredarsdorp	Western cape	expansion
1g	Abagold	Abalone	Hermanus	Western cape	expansion
1h	Jacobsbaai Sea Products	Abalone	Jacobsbaai	Western cape	expansion
1i	Amatikulu ornamental Farm	Various oramental species	Amatikulu	kwaZulu Natal	new
1j	Amatikulu kob farm	Dusky kob	Amatikulu	kwaZulu Natal	new
1k	Hamburg Kob Farm	Dusky kob	Hamburg	Eastern Cape	expansion
1L	Saldanha Bay Molapong Trout and Salmon	Trout and Salmon	Saldanha Bay	Western cape	new
1n	Catfish cluster/ADZ Ventersdorp	Catfish	Ventersdorp	North West	new
1o	Blue Oceans Mussels (Growout)	Mussels	Saldanha Bay	Western cape	expansion
1p	Southern Atlantic Mussels	Mussels	Saldanha Bay	Western cape	new
1q	Algoa Bay Sea Cage Farming - Yellowtail	Yellowtail	Algoa Bay	Eastern Cape	new
1r	Richards Bay Kob Cage culture	Dusky Kob	Richards Bay	kwaZulu Natal	new
1s	Hondeklip Baai Abalone	Abalone	Hondeklip Baai	Northern Cape	expansion
1t	Diamond Coast Abalone Ranching	Abalone	Hondeklip Baai	Northern Cape	new
1u	Saldanha Bay Oysters	Oysters	Saldanha Bay	Western cape	expansion
1v	Wild Coast Abalone	Abalone	Haga Haga	Eastern Cape	expansion
1vb	Wild Coast Abalone Ranching	Abalone	Port Elizabeth/Cape Recife	Eastern Cape	new
1w	Roman Bay Abalone Farm	Abalone	Gansbaai	Western cape	expansion
1x	Marine Growers Abalone Farm	Abalone	Gansbaai	Western cape	expansion

30 October 2015 - NW3700

Mokgalapa, Mr S to ask the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation

With regard to (a) the diplomatic immunities and privileges awarded to delegates attending the African Union (AU) summit in Johannesburg in June 2015 as gazetted on 5 June 2015 (details furnished) and (b) the reply of President, Mr Jacob G Zuma, to oral question 14 in the National Assembly on 6 August 2015, that her department had gazetted the specific areas that would be the AU area, what was or were the exact geographical area or areas declared to be the AU area under the specified Gazette notice?

Source
Link

Reply:

None

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30 October 2015 - NW3525

Kopane, Ms SP to ask the Minister of Social Development

(1)Will her department increase the budget of the Central Drug Authority (CDA) for the 2016-17 financial year in order to enable the CDA to (a) adequately assess the impact of the National Drug Master Plan and (b) collect the necessary baseline data against which it will measure the impact of its interventions; (2) since her reply to question 79 on 18 March 2015, how many (a) Provincial Drug Forums (PDFs) and (b) Municipal Action Committees (MACs) are currently (i) in place and (ii) operational in each province; (3) does her department have the capacity to monitor all the PDFs and MACs; if not, why not; if so, what does her department plan to do in order to capacitate itself in this regard?

Source
Link

Reply:

(1) (a) Yes. The budget of the Central Drug Authority (CDA) for the 2016-2017 financial year by 6.2% according to Medium Term Expenditure Framework. The current budget is R6.1 million which covers both personnel and goods and services.

(b) Yes. The budget will to some extent enable the Department to collect baseline data against which we will measure the impact and efficacy of current interventions, at least in one province.

(2) To ensure a seamless and coordinated approach to the implementation of the National Drug Master Plan, the Department has commenced with the process to conduct an audit of all structures. I will furnish the Honourable Member with a comprehensive reply upon completion of this process.

(3) Yes. Measures currently underway include the upgrading of the Directorate to a Chief Directorate to ensure proper coordination and support to the CDA.

30 October 2015 - NW3718

Mokgalapa, Mr S to ask the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation

Which (a) hotels and (b) conference venues did the visiting delegations from (i) African and (ii) other countries use during the African Union Summit held in Johannesburg in June 2015?

Source
Link

Reply:

a) Hotels in and around Sandton area were used

b) The following conference venues were utilised:

The O R Tambo Conference Centre
The Sandton International Convention Centre

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30 October 2015 - NW3726

Vos, Mr J to ask the Minister of Home Affairs

Has his department implemented a special dispensation for minors from the Kingdom of Lesotho whereby they do not need to produce an unabridged birth certificate on entrance to the Republic of South Africa as long as they have a letter from a learning institution stating that they are in possession of the original unabridged birth certificate; if so, (a) on what date did the specified dispensation come into effect, (b) which (i) piece of legislation and/or (ii) regulation empowers his department to institute the specified dispensation, (c) on (i) what date and (ii) under what Government Gazette notice was the specified dispensation published and (d) what is his department’s definition of learning institution?

Source
Link

Reply:

No, therefore (a-c) falls away.

(d) The Immigration Regulations, 2014 defines a "learning institution" as-

(a) an institution of higher education established in terms of the Higher Education Act, 1997 (Act No. 101 of 1997); or

(b) a college established in terms of the Further Education and Training Colleges Act, 2006 (Act No. 16 of 2006), but does not include-

(i) a school offering further education and training programmes under the South African Schools Act, 1996 (Act No. 84 of 1996); or

(ii) a college under the authority of a government department other than the Department of Higher Education and Training; or

(c) a school contemplated in section 1 of the South African Schools Act, 1996 (Act No. 84 of 1996);

29 October 2015 - NW2935

Basson, Mr LJ to ask the Minister of Water and Sanitation

(1)What (a) is the current capacity of the Groblersdal Water Purification Plant in the Sekhukhune District Municipality and (b) will be the plant’s capacity after the completion of the construction, measured in mega litres per day; (2) (a) what (i) will be the final cost and (ii) is the current status of the project and (b) when will the specified project be completed; (3) (a) who was appointed to undertake the construction, (b) what is the tender (i) amount and (ii) contract number and (c) who is the implementing agent; (4) whether the appointed contractor is still on site; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (5) whether the additional extraction of water will have any effect on farmer quotas downstream?

Source
Link

Reply:

(1)(a) The current capacity of the Groblersdal Water Purification Plant is 22 mega litres per day (Ml /day).

(1)(b) The new capacity will be 40Ml/day.

(2)(a)(i) Total estimated completion cost will be R 38,866,533.67.

(2)(a)(ii) Current status of the project is 90% complete.

(2)(b) Estimate completion date for the Groblersdal Water Purification Plant is 26 May 2016.

(3)(a) Paparich Property Development was appointed on the project.

(3)(b)(i) The tender amount was R 32,366,533.67.

(3)(b)(ii) The Contract number is SK/8/3/1-05/2011/12.

(3)(c) The Implementing Agent is the Sekhukhune District Municipality.

(4) The contractor (Paparich Property Development) is no longer on site. The contractor’s contract was terminated by the Sekhukhune District Municipality due to poor performance on site. My Department’s Construction West Unit has taken over the project and it is anticipated to be completed by 26 May 2016.

(5) The additional extraction of water from the Olifants River will have no negative effect on the farmers with a registered allocation downstream.

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29 October 2015 - NW3705

Selfe, Mr J to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services

(1) Whether there was an outbreak of Leptospirosis at the Pollsmoor remand detention facility; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) What actions have been taken to (a) quarantine inmates, (b) fumigate their personal effects, (c) deal with the rat infestation and (d) transfer inmates to other facilities; (3) What long term steps are being taken to improve sanitation, hygiene and overcrowding problems at the specified facility as recently highlighted by the report by the former judge of the SA Constitutional Court, Justice Cameron?

Source
Link

Reply:

Yes, there was an outbreak of Leptospirosis at the Pollsmoor Remand Detention facility.

The details are as follows:

Two cases of Leptospirosis have been identified in August 2015.
One Leptospirosis case identified in September 2015.

	Case 1	Case 2	Case 3
Patient Initials	Patient BC	Patient AM	Patient DV
Age	52	49	44
Race	Coloured	African	Coloured
Gender	Male	Male	Male
Unit	Section A (Cell 591)	Section A (Cell 545)	Section E 2
Date of onset of illness	25.07.2015 Returned to Clinic: 01.08.2015	04.08.2015 Returned to Clinic: 11.08.2015	31.08.2015 Returned 04.09.2015
Referred to Victoria Hospital	01.08.2015	11.08.2015	04.09.2015
Treatment Outcome date	Demised : 02.08.2015 at Victoria hospital	Discharged from Victoria hospital on the 20th August 2015	Discharged from Victoria hospital on the 17.09.2015

N.B. Confirmation of Leptospirosis Diagnosis by the Communicable Disease Control: Department of Health Western Cape was received by DCS on the 20th August 2015 for the first two cases identified at Victoria Hospital. Third case confirmation was received on the 07th September 2015.

2. Actions that had been taken to :

(a) Quarantine inmates,

Inmates were not quarantined; however those with moderate to severe signs were transferred immediately to Victoria Hospital as recommended by the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD).
All inmates who presented with nonspecific signs and symptoms were tested and treated empirically for Leptospirosis.

(b) Fumigate their personal effects,

Fumigation intervals of the cells have been increased.
Personal Protective Clothing and Equipment (PPE) was purchased and distributed for use in all areas that can expose one to risk of infection (e.g. waste handlers, cleaners).
All Remand Detainees were issued with the prescribed uniform.
Frequent washing and disinfecting of personal clothing was encouraged.

(c) deal with the rat infestation :

Pest Control service providers have been contracted for rodents and other pests control measures.

Advanced mechanical rodent traps were placed at access points to eradicate the rodents.
Gas fumigation of the tunnel will be implemented as per evacuation plan.
The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) was contacted to remove feral rats.
Waste Management has been intensified and waste collection has been reviewed from twice a week to daily. Waste storage procedures have been implemented.

Environmental hygiene was intensified through identification of additional cleaning teams, increasing the frequency of cleaning programs to twice daily and the entire facility scrub down was conducted as per facility evacuation plan.
Weekly inspection is being done by the City of Cape Town Environmental Health Practitioners and DCS officials.

(d) Transfer inmates to other facilities

In-service training was provided to clinical staff with regard to clinical presentation, diagnosis and prevention of Leptospirosis by 4th September 2015.
Inmates were screened as per NICD guidelines before they were evacuated to other Correctional Centers.
Evacuation plan was developed and inmates were transferred to other facilities in the Western Cape as per plan. The evacuation and transfer plan was implemented per schedule to mitigate risk factors.
All Provincial Stakeholders were informed about the evacuation plan.

3.Long term steps being taken to improve sanitation, hygiene and overcrowding problems at the specified facility as recently highlighted in the report by the former judge of the SA Constitutional Court, Justice Cameron.

Sanitation and hygiene:

Medication available and issued as prescribed.
Meals are provided three times per day as per meal plan.
Mattresses and blankets are issued on admission for sleeping purposes to all offenders.
Cleaning material availability monitored and cleaning procedures intensified.

Overcrowding:Comprehensive HIV and AIDS as well as Tuberculosis programmes and services are implemented with the support of external partners. Condoms are distributed however there is malicious misuse of condoms (trafficking of contraband).

The Department of Correctional Services implements a multi-pronged strategy to manage overcrowding .The strategy consists of the following dimensions:

Managing levels of remand detainees (RD’s) through IJS Case Management Task Team & Inter-Sectoral Committee on Child Justice;
Managing levels of sentenced inmates through improving effective & appropriate use of conversion of sentence to community correctional supervision, release on parole, & transfers between correctional centres to attempt to establish some degree of evenness of overcrowding;
Ensuring progress with DCS capital works programme to upgrade correctional facilities & to build new correctional centres that are both cost effective & rehabilitation oriented;
Encouraging debate in South Africa about reason for incarceration as a sentence & encouraging an approach to appropriate sentencing that is focused on facilitating rehabilitation;
Enhancing community correctional supervision so that it can be better utilized as an appropriate sentence for less serious crimes;
Improving correction & development programmes within DCS to ensure enhanced facilitation of rehabilitation that targets offending behaviour;

Encouraging improvement of first & second levels of correction in family & social institutions & social & economic sector government departments respectively to decrease rate of entry into criminal justice system; and
Encouraging community involvement in social reintegration of offenders back into their community in order to assist in reducing levels of repeat offending
.

29 October 2015 - NW37720

Breytenbach, Adv G to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services

(a) What progress has been made in moving the corporate services component of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) into the Department of Justice and (b) what functions of corporate services are still left with the NPA?

Source
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Reply:

a) I wish to inform the Honourable Member that the Senior Management of the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development [DoJ&CD] and the National Prosecuting Authority [NPA] are continuing to engage with a view to ensuring alignment and continued cooperation within the corporate support services environment. This will ensure that a single set of policies and systems are in place by the end of the current financial year, which would be applicable to both the DoJ&CD and the NPA.

The 2014/2015 Annual Report of the DoJ&CD submitted to Parliament was a consolidated document, which also included NPA information and henceforth the planning and reporting processes will also be integrated.

I as the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services, the Director-General [DG] and the National Director of Public Prosecutions [NDPP] have agreed that the NDPP will shortly submit a proposal to the Minister for discussion, such proposal addressing a possible way forward with regards to administrative support services which will remain in the NPA in order for the NDPP to fulfill the administrative legislation requirements, including reporting. This proposal will then also address issues of structure within the NPA and post provisioning associated with such structure of support.

b) Currently the NPA still performs the corporate support services as previously, until the matters in the response to [a] above, have been finalized.

29 October 2015 - NW3706

Selfe, Mr J to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services

(1)What (a) is the current status of the parole application for a certain person (Mr Nicholas Pike) and (b) are the reasons for the delay in processing the specified application; (2) when are the specified delays expected to be resolved ?

Source
Link

Reply:

(1)(a) The offender was sentenced on 6 December 2006 to four (4) years imprisonment in terms of section 276(1)(i) of the Criminal Procedure Act, Act 51 of 1977 for driving a motor vehicle without the owner’s permission and theft. He was placed on Correctional Supervision on the 17 August 2007. The offender absconded from the system of community corrections. He committed crimes during this period and was sentenced on the 19th April 2008 to 15 years imprisonment for fraud and forgery and again on 20th April 2010 was sentenced to five (05) years imprisonment for fraud and forgery and the court ordered that the sentence to run concurrently with the 15 years imprisonment. He was considered by the Correctional Supervision and Parole Board (CSPB) for possible placement on parole on the 16th October 2014 and was given a further profile for the 18th February 2015.

(b) During consideration by the CSPB it was discovered that the offender did not complete his Correctional Supervision period and Community Corrections Office of Kgoši Mampuru II Management Area was approached for clarity on the number of outstanding days to be served for parole violation. Clarification was received from the Community Corrections offices that the offender still has to serve an additional 1193 days of his previous sentence. The effective sentence is currently 15 years plus 1193 days imprisonment.

(2) On 20 October 2015 the Community Corrections Office at Kgoši Mampuru II Management Area visited the CSPB at Leeuwkop Management Area, explained to the offender the period to be served for his absconding. Subsequently, he appeared before the CSPB on the 20th October 2015 and it was decided that he will be reconsidered on the 21st July 2016.

28 October 2015 - NW3760

Madisha, Mr WM to ask the Minister of Environmental Affairs

Whether she approached the United Nations with a view to soliciting its support for South Africa and other African countries that are losing rhinos, elephants and other wildlife through systematic and wide-scale poaching in order for this matter to be dealt with at both national and international level, leading to a treaty coming into force so that South Africa and other African countries can continue to derive economic benefits through ecotourism and community based enterprises linked to the efficient management of wildlife and ecosystems; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

Source
Link

Reply:

No. Existing multilateral agreements are being used to address poaching and illegal trade in wildlife, as well as ensuring that economic benefits can be derived from the efficient management of wildlife and ecosystems.

The Convention on Biological Diversity is a United Nations convention that has, as objectives, the conservation of biological diversity, the sustainable use of its components; and the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising out of the utilisation of genetic resources. Furthermore, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) provides for sustainable utilisation, and is aimed at ensuring that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does not threaten their survival. South Africa is a Party to these conventions, and through collaboration with other Parties, issues of concern, including poaching, is being addressed, while sustainable utilisation is promoted.

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28 October 2015 - NW3752

Bozzoli, Prof B to ask the Minister of Higher Education and Training

What is the (a) prescribed and (b) targeted period by which a service provider’s course and/or programme should receive accreditation through the (i) Council on Higher Education’s (CHE) and (ii) SA Qualifications Authority’s (SAQA) respective systems; 2) how many service providers’ applications for course and/or programme accreditation are awaiting results in (i) the CHE offices and (ii) the SAQA offices; 3) are any of the specified applications overdue in respect of the (a) prescribed and/or (b) targeted date for accreditation; if so, why in respect of each specified case; 4) with reference to each specified service provider whose application for course and/or programme accreditation is still awaiting result (a) what is the name of the service provider, (b) what is the original date of the submission of the application and (c) what is the reason for the delay in the resolution of applications in the (i) CHE offices and (ii) SAQA offices?

Source
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Reply:

(a) The Council on Higher Education (CHE) has provided information that there is no prescribed period by which a service provider’s course and/or programme should receive accreditation as this is not possible, given the nature of the accreditation processes and the variety of applications received. Accreditation is a peer driven qualitative evaluation process.

(b) (i) CHE’s target period for the application for accreditation of new programmes is six months. Factors affecting the achievement of this target are the following:

Deferrals, i.e. sent back to the institution for omitted or additional information. This could happen multiple times until all the necessary information has been received and the application is sent to a peer evaluator.
A site visit is undertaken to verify that the programme will meet the Higher Education Qualifications Committee’s (HEQC’s) criteria for programme accreditation. The site visit report and paper-based evaluation report need to be integrated before the application is tabled.
A large number of applications are received and they cannot all be tabled on the agenda of the Accreditation Committee (AC) that has the capacity to consider approximately 140 applications of various kinds (accreditation of new programmes, reaccreditation of existing programmes, deferrals, representations, relocation of sites and approval of new sites) in a two-day meeting. This year, one–two day meetings were extended to three days and an additional unscheduled meeting will take place at the end of October to deal with the large number of applications. This expansion in the number of applications submitted is due to new nursing and education programmes submitted to meet the changed professional bodies’ and Higher Education Qualifications Sub-Framework (HEQSF) regulations. In addition, many institutions are submitting replacement programmes for those that cannot be aligned to the HEQSF.

(ii) In terms of the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) Act, section 13(1)(h)(i) and (ii), the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) is responsible for the development, registration and publication of qualifications and part qualifications; and to register a qualification or part qualification recommended by a Quality Council (QC) if it meets the relevant criteria. SAQA does not accredit education and training providers or service providers that offer learning programmes. Accreditation is the responsibility of the CHE, which conducts the accreditation and then submits the documents to SAQA for a qualification or part qualification to be registered on the NQF. The service provider will be recorded as the accredited provider on the NQF. The prescribed and targeted period by which SAQA will register qualifications or part qualifications on the NQF is four months from the time of receipt from the CHE.

2. (i) There were approximately 120 applications submitted at the CHE for accreditation of new programmes between January and August 2015 that are still at various stages of processing and peer evaluation. At the next HEQC meeting scheduled to take place at the end of November 2015, 72 applications for accreditation of programmes will receive an outcome and 15 programmes are still in process or have already been through an application process, but may have been referred back for further amendments. These applications will be on the agenda of the Accreditation Committee meeting in January 2016.

(ii) There is no backlog at SAQA regarding qualification registrations.

3. (a) and (b) In terms of the targeted date for accreditation and overdue applications, 84 private institutions submitted applications for accreditation in 2014. Of these, 14 programmes from 9 institutions are still in process as either deferrals or a representation (an opportunity for an institution to provide information in response to the reasons for non-accreditation of a programme submission) after receiving a non-accreditation.

4. (a), (b) and (c) (i) Programmes submitted in 2015: 1 January–30 April 2015: programmes from the following institutions as per the table below, are still in process. Each of these applications went through more than one process and was returned to the institution either for more information (a deferral) requested by the Accreditation Committee or have had a non-accreditation outcome; in this instance they have sent in a representation that again had to go through the evaluation process. These applications will be on the agenda of the Accreditation Committee meeting scheduled for January 2016

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Name of Institution	2015 submission dates
	12 Jan	19 Jan	10 Feb	12 Feb	23 Mar	24 Mar	26 Mar	31 Mar	1 Apr	9 Apr	13 Apr	22 Apr	24 Apr	Grand Total
African Academy	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Akademia	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Caerus Nursing School	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1
Chatsmed Candlelight Nursing School	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Darul Uloom Zakariyya	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Equine-Librium College	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Foundation for Professional Development	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Oakfields College	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1
Prestige Academy (Pty) Ltd	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1
S Buys Academy	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
SAISI (South African Institution of Sensory Integration)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1
Thembelani Institute of Nursing Education and Training	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Tshwane University of Technology	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2
Grand Total	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	15

(c)(ii) SAQA has no current delay regarding processing qualifications and part qualifications received from the CHE for registration.

Compiler/Contact persons:

Ext:

DIRECTOR – GENERAL

STATUS:

DATE:

REPLY TO QUESTION 3752 APPROVED/NOT APPROVED/AMENDED

Dr BE NZIMANDE, MP

MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING

STATUS:

DATE:

28 October 2015 - NW3643

Msimang, Prof CT to ask the Minister of Basic Education

Whether she has any plans in place to replace the two teachers who were suspended in February 2015 for allegedly sexually assaulting students in Phusela High School in Tzaneen; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

Source
Link

Reply:

The Minister has no jurisdiction to replace the two teachers who were suspended in February 2015 for allegedly sexually assaulting students in Phusela High School in Tzaneen.

Subject to the provisions of Section 6 of the Employment of Educators Act, 76 of 1998, the appointment of any person, or the promotion or transfer of any educator in the service of a provincial Department of Education shall be made by the Head of Department. It is therefore, the responsibility of the Head of the Limpopo Education Department to deal with the matter.

28 October 2015 - NW3517

Van Der Walt, Ms D to ask the Minister of Basic Education

(1)Since her reply to question 1972 on 9 July 2015, has her department gathered any statistics with regard to female learners that are allegedly absent from school for up to 55 days in respect of each year due to lack of (a) sanitary towels and (b) proper sanitation facilities in schools, including bathrooms sanitary bins; if not, when will her department conduct an audit in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) What measures is her department willing to put in place immediately in affected schools to ensure that (a) sanitary bins and (b) other resources are available at such schools to keep female learners in school?

Source
Link

Reply:

(1) Since her reply to question 1972 on 9 July 2015, has her department gathered any statistics with regard to female learners that are allegedly absent from school for up to 55 days in respect of each year due to lack of (a) sanitary towels

RESPONSE

1(a) The Department does not have information indicating that female learners do not attend school as a result of poor and/or no ablution facilities. The Third Youth Risk Behaviour Survey, 2011 interviewed Grade 8-11 learners on, amongst others how easy or difficult it was for them to access sanitary towels when they needed them. Nationally, the majority of the female learners reported that it was easy to access sanitary towels when they needed them, with no significant variation by grade. Details are provided in the table below:

Grade	Number of respondents	% of high school learners who have access to sanitary towels (pads) when they need them
Grade 8	1 387	70.1%
Grade 9	1 427	75.1%
Grade 10	1 498	73.5%
Grade 11	1 344	73.1%

There is very limited research in this area. A significant research study in this regard was conducted in Nepal. These could also not provide substantial evidence in this regard. The Nepal research was undertaken in a two-pronged approach (control group and focus group) with the other group provided with sanitary ware. After some time, both groups were interviewed to assess improvement in attendance of learners who were provided with sanitary ware. The findings indicated that learners who were provided with sanitary ware reported no improvement in school attendance, despite the access to sanitary ware. This suggests that menstruation (lack of and unaffordability of sanitary ware) has no impact on school attendance.

Furthermore, the Department, through the analysis of 2014 General Household Survey (GHS) data from Statistics South Africa has found that there is no difference between boys and girls absenteeism rate at school (Table 1). On the reasons for being absent at school, the data did not include lack sanitary wares as a reason for absenteeism amongst female learners. But almost 15 per cent of female learners indicated that they were absent from school due to illness or injury compared to 11 per cent of male learners. The detailed reasons for learner absenteeism are provided in the table below disaggregated by gender (Table 2);

Table 1: Percentage of learners by number of days absent

No. of days	2014
	Male	Female
1 day	2.8	2.6
2 days	1.3	1.2
3 days	0.6	0.5
4 days	0.3	0.3
5 days	1.6	1.5
Not Absent	93.4	94.0
Total	100.0	100.0

Source: General Household Survey, 2014, DBE own calculations

Table 2: Reasons given for learners who were absent for 5 days

Main reasons for being absent at school	2014
	Male	Female
Illness/injury	11.0	14.5
Did not want to go to school	8.7	8.5
Need to take care of someone else at home	0.0	0.0
Employed/working outside home	0.0	0.0
Doing household chores	0.0	0.0
The weather was bad	4.0	6.5
No money for transport	3.4	0.6
Lack of transport/problems with transport	0.0	1.5
Writing exams	73.0	68.4
Does not feel safe at school	0.0	0.0
Total	100.0	100.0

Source: General Household Survey, 2014, DBE own calculations

1(b) Proper sanitation facilities in schools, including bathrooms sanitary bins; if not, when will her department conduct an audit in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details;

Response:

1(b) The Department does not have information indicating that female learners do not attend school as a result of poor and/or no ablution facilities. Instead of carrying out a survey whose outcomes would assess the impact of the absence of these facilities on absenteeism, the Department rather conducted condition assessments on the schools to asses those that do not have sanitation facilities and has put in place plans to provide these facilities as part of the ASIDI Programme and where these are available but insufficient or require upgrading, the Provincial Departments of Education have provided for those under the Education Infrastructure Grant and their Equitable Share.

2. What measures is her department willing to put in place immediately in affected schools to ensure that (a) sanitary bins and (b) other resources are available at such schools to keep female learners in school?

Response:

2(a) Schools are encouraged to ensure that sanitary towels bins and / or burners are made available in all female toilets and districts/circuits and health units in provinces are responsible for monitoring that.

2(b) As mandated by the Regulations Relating to Minimum Uniform Norms and Standards for Public School Infrastructure (Gazette 37081 of 2013) the Provincial Education Departments have submitted implementation plans to provide adequate infrastructure, this includes the provision of basic services (sanitation, water and electricity) and other educational spaces, part of the purpose of providing sanitation facilities at schools is to create a conducive learning and teaching environment that would reduce learner absenteeism at schools. In cases where these facilities do not exist at all, they are provided for under the ASIDI Programme.

28 October 2015 - NW3090

Ollis, Mr IM to ask the Minister of Water and Sanitation

(1)On what date was the most recent biomonitoring report compiled for (a) Kaap River, (b) Ngodwana River, (c) Nels River, (d) Sabie River, (e) Olifants River, (f) Limpopo River, (g) Vaal River, (h) Orange River and (i) Buffels River; (2) What was the water quality of each specified river as reflected in the report; (3) On what date was the sample for each specified river taken; (4) What was the geographical location where each of the samples were taken?

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Reply:

Refer to the table below for responses.

NAME OF THE RIVER	(1) RECENT BIOMONITORING	(2) WATER QUALITY	(3) SAMPLE DATE	(4) GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION
Kaap River	done in 2013.	moderately impacted	The sample in Kaap River was taken on March/April 2012 (wet season) and August /September 2012 (dry season).	The geographical location of each samples were taken at the following sites; Holversum, Suid Kaap, Decedale; Noord Kaap, Oratava, Figtree, Lancaster and Louwscreek
Ngodwana River	done in 2013.	moderately impacted	March/April 2012 (wet season)and August /September 2012 (dry season).	Ngodwana dam
Nels River	done in 2013	moderately impacted	March/April 2012 (wet season) and August /September 2012 (dry season	Rhenoesterhoek and spitzkopje.
NAME OF THE RIVER	(1) RECENT BIOMONITORING	(2) WATER QUALITY	(3) SAMPLE DATE	(4) GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION
Sabie River,	done in 2014.	largely good with a few sites showing fair quality particularly at the headwaters which were impacted by trout fishing and forestry.	Sabie River samples were last taken in February 2013 (Wet season) and September 2013 (Dry season).	Sabie headwaters, Long Tom, above Horseshoe Falls, Sabie Hoek, Above York Saw Mill, Below Horseshoe Falls, Sabie Sewage Farm, Above Rietfontein Mine, Rietfontein Mine, DR de Wet Sabie, Frankfort Bridge, Lunsklip, Brandwag, and Aand-de-Vliet.
Olifants River,	Done in 2015	fair state	February 2015 (Wet season) and August/ September	Klein Olifants, Kranspoortspruit, Selons, Steelpoort River, Watervals, Sterkspruit, Spekboom and Blyde.
Limpopo River	Monitoring of the Limpopo River started in 2010, in 2012 and 2013 and as it is toxic it may destroy some of aquatic life including invertebrates which indicate toxic substances in the water.	Only chemical programme is carried out with nutrients trend not posing threat. Most of the aquatic weeds are washed down the system from upstream	The sampling dates are as follows: 12-15 July 2010, 19-25 September 2011, 25June-01 July 2012, 11-14December 2013, 30- 31July2014, 02-04 2015	Kruger National Park after Limpopo River & Luvuvhu confluence. Kruger National Park bridge on Luvuvhu River., Kruger National Park on Limpopo River, Beitbridge, Limpopo River before the weir, Downstream of Beitbridge sewage works(Zim) Limpopo River, Grobler bridge weir Limpopo River, Lephalale River on R572 Road Bridge, Mokolo River on Bridge in R572 Road, Mogalakwena River bridge on R572, Matlabas River( Bridge to Thabazimbi), Crocodile River(Bridge to Rustenburg)
Vaal River	Biomonitoring of the Upper Vaal WMA was last done on the 26th – 28stMay 2015 for Quarter 2.	Water Quality analyses were not done for the two specified WMAs because (a) No accredited laboratory services contracted and (b) No site equipment available for on-site monitoring.	No Water Quality samples taken. Macro-invertebrate sampling was done on-site for the Upper Orange WMA (26 – 28 May 2015)	260768573” 270678081”; S26.87437 E28.116292; 26088336” 270356332”; S26.73864 E27.592506 (for other tributary rivers,
NAME OF THE RIVER	(1) RECENT BIOMONITORING	(2) WATER QUALITY	(3) SAMPLE DATE	(4) GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION
Orange River	Biomonitoring of the Upper Orange WMA was last done on the 9th – 11th June 2015 for Quarter 1 and the next biomonitoring of the Upper Orange WMA will be on the 14th – 18th of September 2015	Water Quality analyses were not done for the two specified WMAs because (a) No accredited laboratory services contracted and (b) No site equipment available for on-site monitoring.	11 of June 2015	290573464” 24007414344”; S270531084” E80475889”
Buffels River	The Buffels River is a non-perennial river and mostly dry throughout the year. It however flows during winter seasons only after heavy rainfall. There is therefore no active monitoring programme being implemented for this river.	N/A	N/A	N/A

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28 October 2015 - NW3714

Gqada, Ms T to ask the Minister of Health

(1)Whether there is a shortage of the chicken pox vaccine in the country; if so, (a) for how long has there been a shortage, (b) what (i) are the reasons for the shortage and (ii) is his department doing to mitigate the situation and (c) when will the vaccine be available again; if not, (2) is he aware that parents who take their children to public health facilities are told that there is a shortage of the vaccine?

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Reply:

The Chicken Pox vaccine is not part of the Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) schedule in South Africa and is therefore not provided for in the public sector. The vaccine is provided for by the private sector where the shortage has been recognised.
Since it is not part of the schedule of vaccines provided for in the public sector, there is no need for any form of action from the Department.

END.

28 October 2015 - NW3754

Carter, Ms D to ask the Minister of Environmental Affairs

Whether the Government intends to implement any plan through local government to allow owners of businesses and residential properties to get certification for being carbon neutral and therefore to enjoy a 10% rebate on their rates in order that such a dispensation will help to improve air quality, reduce pollution, create sizeable job opportunities and help mitigate climate change; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

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Reply:

The Department of Environmental Affairs is responsible for facilitation and co-ordination within environmental projects/interventions implemented by the municipalities and does not take the lead in as far as the implementation of local government incentive programmes for residents is concerned.

Notwithstanding this role, it is noted that the above is an innovative proposal that will be considered in consultation with the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs.

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28 October 2015 - NW3683

Volmink, Mr HC to ask the Minister of Health

Has there been a moratorium placed on health posts; if so, (a) when was this moratorium put into place in the Eastern Cape Department of Health, (b) how many posts have been affected by this moratorium in respect of each staffing category and (c) when is it envisaged that this moratorium will be lifted?

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Reply:

(a) No, there is no moratorium on health posts. The moratorium is on administration posts from 06 June 2015. The posts that are however exempted from this moratorium are on the appointments made against all the conditional grants.

(b) All vacant and funded non-clinical posts are affected by the moratorium. In cases, where these non-clinical posts are critical (e.g hospital managers/ CEO's), special motivation is made to the Head of Department for approval.

(c) The moratorium is reviewed by the Head of Department on quarterly basis, and will be uplifted when the Head of Department is satisfied that the financial position has stabilized and the potential over expenditure is averted.

END.

28 October 2015 - NW3224

Balindlela, Ms ZB to ask the Minister of Water and Sanitation

(1)With reference to her media release on 14 August 2015, what are the names of the 250 water supply systems that need intervention due to non-submission of data and low performance of the operational compliance with the SA National Standard 241; (2) whether, besides communicating with water service institutions, her department has taken any further action to address this; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

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Reply:

(1) The names of the 250 water supply systems are attached as Annexure A.

(2) Besides communicating with the water services institutions, non-compliance letters have been issued for some municipalities and site inspections conducted. Others have been assisted with development of action plans to address the identified short comings and task teams have also been established in other Provinces.

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28 October 2015 - NW3368

De Freitas, Mr MS to ask the Minister of Transport

How does her department intend to recover the billions of rand lost by the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) as a result of the alleged fraud and mismanagement attributed to the Group Chief Executive Officer, Mr Lucky Montana, (b) and what measures will her department put in place to ensure that PRASA is able to successfully fulfill its mandate to provide the public with safe affordable and reliable rail services? NW 4027E

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Reply:

The Minister of Transport and the Board have commissioned forensic investigations on several aspects that include maladministration and improper conduct by the former Group CEO, any employee of the Agency and any Board Member. Once these investigations on all aspects are finalized, the Minister will peruse the report and its recommendations and decide on the way forward for implementation of the outcome of the reports. Currently the group CEO is challenging the outcome of the Public Protector’s report by making some submissions, once the Public Protector has considered the submissions, a final report of the Public Protector will be issued and the Minister of Transport will be in the position to decide on the way forward, including reporting to the President

The Minister of transport have already advised the Board of PRASA to ensure that all employees are sent to various training which will enhance their capacity of comprehending amongst others the PFMA and its regulations and all other statutes that may be relevant for the performance of their dities.

The Minister will first peruse the recommendations of the forensic investigations, the final Public Protector’s report. Once all the parties has submitted their motivations and a final outcome of the investigations have taken into account all the affected parties statements the Minister will decide on the action to take. Currently it is premature to decide or announce what steps will be taken before the forensic investigation and the Public Protector’s investigations are finalized and perused. The Minister however guarantee to the members that steps will be taken against any person who may be fingered by the investigation reports.

28 October 2015 - NW3593

Volmink, Mr HC to ask the Minister of Health

(1)How many (a) basic ambulance assistants, (b) ambulance emergency assistants, (c) operational emergency orderlies, (d) paramedics, (e) emergency care technicians and (f) emergency care practitioners are employed in the public sector in each province; (2) whether there are staffing targets for each of the specified categories in each province; if not, why not; if so, what are the staffing targets in each case?

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Reply:

(a) to (f) The table below indicates the provincial operational human resources, per category. Operational Emergency Care Orderlies are not employed by the Department.

PROVINCES	BAA	AEA	PARAMEDICS	ECT	ECP	TOTAL
Eastern Cape	1890	493	25	15	2	2425
Free State	1372	181	15	41	1	1610
Gauteng	976	115	35	103	0	1229
Kwa Zulu Natal	1254	715	72	15	8	2064
Limpopo	1184	627	21	11	1	1844
Mpumalanga	580	174	3	0	0	757
North West	377	175	2	122	3	679
Northern Cape	556	197	4	11	0	768
Western Cape	674	620	131	38	6	1469
Total	8863	3297	308	356	21	12845

Abbreviations:

BAA - Basic Ambulance Assistants

AEA - Ambulance Emergency Assistants

ECT - Emergency Care Technicians

ECP - Emergency Care Practitioner

(2) The current staffing target is derived from a figure of 1 ambulance per 10 000 population, and 10 personnel to man a single vehicle on a 24 hour basis. A study has been proposed to scientifically determine the norm for ambulances to population as well as the staffing norms which will be guided by the Human Resource for Health Strategy 2030.

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27 October 2015 - NW3758

Lekota, Mr M to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services

Whether his department has evaluated the number of requests from citizens and organizations to the Public Protector to investigate complaints of the abuse of authority from 1 September 2010 to 31 August 2015, in order to (a) pick out the common threads and deal with it systemically through legislative reform, (b) draw the attention of the President, Mr Jacob G Zuma, and the national executive to deal with such abuse of power, (c) work with the Minister of Police to ensure that hotspots of corruption in the Government are regularly and systematically investigated and transgressors prosecuted to maintain the confidence of citizens in the Government, (d) work with the Minister of Finance and the Auditor-General to ensure that better systems are put in place to prevent the serial and large-scale abuse of state funds and resources by rogue elements in the Government and (e) determine how best to provide the Public Protector’s Office with adequate resources in order to meet the avalanche of requests for the specified office to investigate; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

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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.

27 October 2015 - NW3705

Selfe, Mr J to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services

(1) Whether there was an outbreak of Leptospirosis at the Pollsmoor remand detention facility; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) What actions have been taken to (a) quarantine inmates, (b) fumigate their personal effects, (c) deal with the rat infestation and (d) transfer inmates to other facilities; (3) What long term steps are being taken to improve sanitation, hygiene and overcrowding problems at the specified facility as recently highlighted by the report by the former judge of the SA Constitutional Court, Justice Cameron?

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Reply:

Yes, there was an outbreak of Leptospirosis at the Pollsmoor Remand Detention facility.

The details are as follows:

Two cases of Leptospirosis have been identified in August 2015.
One Leptospirosis case identified in September 2015.

	Case 1	Case 2	Case 3
Patient Initials	Patient BC	Patient AM	Patient DV
Age	52	49	44
Race	Coloured	African	Coloured
Gender	Male	Male	Male
Unit	Section A (Cell 591)	Section A (Cell 545)	Section E 2
Date of onset of illness	25.07.2015 Returned to Clinic: 01.08.2015	04.08.2015 Returned to Clinic: 11.08.2015	31.08.2015 Returned 04.09.2015
Referred to Victoria Hospital	01.08.2015	11.08.2015	04.09.2015
Treatment Outcome date	Demised : 02.08.2015 at Victoria hospital	Discharged from Victoria hospital on the 20th August 2015	Discharged from Victoria hospital on the 17.09.2015

N.B. Confirmation of Leptospirosis Diagnosis by the Communicable Disease Control: Department of Health Western Cape was received by DCS on the 20th August 2015 for the first two cases identified at Victoria Hospital. Third case confirmation was received on the 07th September 2015.

PARLIAMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

2. Actions that had been taken to :

(a) Quarantine inmates,

Inmates were not quarantined; however those with moderate to severe signs were transferred immediately to Victoria Hospital as recommended by the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD).
All inmates who presented with nonspecific signs and symptoms were tested and treated empirically for Leptospirosis.

(b) Fumigate their personal effects,

Fumigation intervals of the cells have been increased.
Personal Protective Clothing and Equipment (PPE) was purchased and distributed for use in all areas that can expose one to risk of infection (e.g. waste handlers, cleaners).
All Remand Detainees were issued with the prescribed uniform.
Frequent washing and disinfecting of personal clothing was encouraged.

(c) deal with the rat infestation :

Pest Control service providers have been contracted for rodents and other pests control measures.

Advanced mechanical rodent traps were placed at access points to eradicate the rodents.
Gas fumigation of the tunnel will be implemented as per evacuation plan.
The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) was contacted to remove feral rats.
Waste Management has been intensified and waste collection has been reviewed from twice a week to daily. Waste storage procedures have been implemented.

PARLIAMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

Environmental hygiene was intensified through identification of additional cleaning teams, increasing the frequency of cleaning programs to twice daily and the entire facility scrub down was conducted as per facility evacuation plan.
Weekly inspection is being done by the City of Cape Town Environmental Health Practitioners and DCS officials.

(d) Transfer inmates to other facilities

In-service training was provided to clinical staff with regard to clinical presentation, diagnosis and prevention of Leptospirosis by 4th September 2015.
Inmates were screened as per NICD guidelines before they were evacuated to other Correctional Centers.
Evacuation plan was developed and inmates were transferred to other facilities in the Western Cape as per plan. The evacuation and transfer plan was implemented per schedule to mitigate risk factors.
All Provincial Stakeholders were informed about the evacuation plan.

3. Long term steps being taken to improve sanitation, hygiene and overcrowding problems at the specified facility as recently highlighted in the report by the former judge of the SA Constitutional Court, Justice Cameron.

Sanitation and hygiene:

Medication available and issued as prescribed.
Meals are provided three times per day as per meal plan.
Mattresses and blankets are issued on admission for sleeping purposes to all offenders.
Cleaning material availability monitored and cleaning procedures intensified.

PARLIAMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

Comprehensive HIV and AIDS as well as Tuberculosis programmes and services are implemented with the support of external partners. Condoms are distributed however there is malicious misuse of condoms (trafficking of contraband).

Overcrowding:

The Department of Correctional Services implements a multi-pronged strategy to manage overcrowding .The strategy consists of the following dimensions:

Managing levels of remand detainees (RD’s) through IJS Case Management Task Team & Inter-Sectoral Committee on Child Justice;
Managing levels of sentenced inmates through improving effective & appropriate use of conversion of sentence to community correctional supervision, release on parole, & transfers between correctional centres to attempt to establish some degree of evenness of overcrowding;
Ensuring progress with DCS capital works programme to upgrade correctional facilities & to build new correctional centres that are both cost effective & rehabilitation oriented;
Encouraging debate in South Africa about reason for incarceration as a sentence & encouraging an approach to appropriate sentencing that is focused on facilitating rehabilitation;
Enhancing community correctional supervision so that it can be better utilized as an appropriate sentence for less serious crimes;
Improving correction & development programmes within DCS to ensure enhanced facilitation of rehabilitation that targets offending behaviour;

PARLIAMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

Encouraging improvement of first & second levels of correction in family & social institutions & social & economic sector government departments respectively to decrease rate of entry into criminal justice system; and
Encouraging community involvement in social reintegration of offenders back into their community in order to assist in reducing levels of repeat offending.

27 October 2015 - NW3704

Selfe, Mr J to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services

What (a) are the reasons for the delay in the submission of periodic reports as required by the United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (UNCAT) and (b) corrective measures have been taken to avoid future delays in submitting reports as required by UNCAT?

Source
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Reply:

a) Government is dealing with a delay in submitting country reports due to a huge backlog of outstanding reports, lack of capacity and coordination mechanism over the years.

b) As a response, Government in early 2012 committed itself to make a positive turn- around in this regard. An Inter-departmental Committee on Treaty Obligations (IDC) has been established to work, amongst others, on the backlog of country reports. The IDC reports to the Directors- General of the Justice, Crime Prevention and Security (JCPS), International Cooperation, Trade and Security (ICTS) and Social Protection Community and Human Development (SPCHD) Clusters. The Ministers of Justice and Correctional Services, International Relations and Co-operation and Minister in the Presidency responsible for Performance, Monitoring and Evaluation have oversight on compliance with treaty obligations. Officials are undergoing training on report writing; and a Government Manual on Treaty Obligations has been prepared by the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development, which co-chairs the IDC with the Department of International Relations and Co-operation. The report under the Convention Against Torture, although there was a delay, has been submitted to the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC). This report is being summarized currently as requested by the HRC.

27 October 2015 - NW3490

Selfe, Mr J to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services

(1)How many persons who are sentenced to life imprisonment and who qualify for consideration for parole are still incarcerated; (2) whether any case of the specified persons has not yet been considered by the National Council for Correctional Services (NCCS); if so, (a) why have the specified cases not been considered and (b) how many such persons are affected; (3) whether the NCCS has put in place measures to deal with any backlogs that exist; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

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Reply:

1. As at 10 September 2015 there was a total of two thousand two hundred and fifty eight (2258) persons who are sentenced to life imprisonment and who qualify for consideration for parole.

2. Yes, at the outset it is important that the Honourable member takes note that members of the National Council for Correctional Services are professionals appointed by the Minister in terms of Section 83 of the Correctional Services Act, 1998 (Act 111 of 1998). They are not in full time employment of Correctional Services.

As a result of the backlog created by the Van Wyk Judgment (case nr: 40915/10 in the North Gauteng High Court Pretoria) the newly appointed NCCS meets on a regular basis; meetings have been scheduled on a two weekly basis.

The consideration of offenders for parole is not a matter that can be dealt with lightly. Considerable time and effort is put into the deliberation of individual cases before a recommendation is made to the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services. Approximately thirty (30) cases are considered during a one day meeting and fifty (50) during a two day meeting. As at 10 September 2015 a total of three hundred and eighty eight (388) of the specified persons has not yet been considered by the National Council for Correctional Services.

3. Yes; Regular meetings are scheduled in an attempt to deal with the backlog.

27 October 2015 - NW3706

Selfe, Mr J to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services

(1)What (a) is the current status of the parole application for a certain person (Mr Nicholas Pike) and (b) are the reasons for the delay in processing the specified application; (2) when are the specified delays expected to be resolved ?

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Reply:

(1)(a) The offender was sentenced on 6 December 2006 to four (4) years imprisonment in terms of section 276(1)(i) of the Criminal Procedure Act, Act 51 of 1977 for driving a motor vehicle without the owner’s permission and theft. He was placed on Correctional Supervision on the 17 August 2007. The offender absconded from the system of community corrections. He committed crimes during this period and was sentenced on the 19th April 2008 to 15 years imprisonment for fraud and forgery and again on 20th April 2010 was sentenced to five (05) years imprisonment for fraud and forgery and the court ordered that the sentence to run concurrently with the 15 years imprisonment. He was considered by the Correctional Supervision and Parole Board (CSPB) for possible placement on parole on the 16th October 2014 and was given a further profile for the 18th February 2015.

(b) During consideration by the CSPB it was discovered that the offender did not complete his Correctional Supervision period and Community Corrections Office of Kgoši Mampuru II Management Area was approached for clarity on the number of outstanding days to be served for parole violation. Clarification was received from the Community Corrections offices that the offender still has to serve an additional 1193 days of his previous sentence. The effective sentence is currently 15 years plus 1193 days imprisonment.

(2) On 20 October 2015 the Community Corrections Office at Kgoši Mampuru II Management Area visited the CSPB at Leeuwkop Management Area, explained to the offender the period to be served for his absconding. Subsequently, he appeared before the CSPB on the 20th October 2015 and it was decided that he will be reconsidered on the 21st July 2016.

26 October 2015 - NW3697

Alberts, Mr ADW to ask the Minister of Transport

(1) How many road users have bought e-tags for the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP) e-tolling system in Gauteng in each month since 03 December 2013; (2) How many of the e-tags that have been bought since 03 December 2013 are (a) still active accounts and (b) no longer being used; (3) How many road users have been using the GFIP freeways where the e-tolling system has been installed in each month since 03 December 2013; (4) What is the monthly amount that has been levied by the e-tolling system since December 2014?

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Reply:

The number of road users who bought e-tags for the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP) e-tolling system in Gauteng in each month since 03 December 2013 are as follows:

Date period	Tag assigned to account
20131203	265 514
201401	168 175
201402	114 062
201403	89 689
201404	71 590
201405	63 963
201406	67 275
201407	52 854
201408	41 796
201409	35 696
201410	32 398
201411	26 329
201412	19 426
201501	25 628
201502	23 285
201503	22 673
201504	19 892
201505	23 810
201506	30 626
201507	37 852
201508	31 738
201509	32 190
Total	1 296 461

All e-tags bought since 03 December 2013 are (a) active as and when the road network is used.
See (a) above.

(3) How many road users have been using the GFIP freeways where the e-tolling system has been installed in each month since 03 December 2013;

Unique VLN's (Unique vehicle plate numbers)
Class	Overall
Dec-13	2,410,896
Jan-14	2,364,201
Feb-14	2,262,121
Mar-14	2,356,039
Apr-14	2,389,110
May-14	2,389,987
Jun-14	2,373,444
Jul-14	2,423,919
Aug-14	2,442,606
Sep-14	2,437,115
Oct-14	2,521,269
Nov-14	2,539,513
Dec-14	2,654,032
Jan-15	2,544,343
Feb-15	2,483,322
Mar-15	2,599,570
Apr-15	2,593,900
May-15	2,571,134
Jun-15	2,521,515
Jul-15	2,607,359
Aug-15	2,614,246
Sep-15	2,585,302

(4) The monthly amount that has been levied by the e-tolling system since December 2014?

Please see the graph below

Please note that the cash flow projections for August and September 2015 took into account the 60% discount offering for historic debt that will now become available to the public from 2 November 2015.

26 October 2015 - NW3335

Carter, Ms D to ask the Minister of Public Works:

(1) What is the total cost and purpose of work or contracts awarded relating to renovations and building works carried out at the Ministerial Executive Estate in Newlands, Cape Town, from 1 January 2009 up to the latest specified date for which information is available; (2) whether any representations were made or decisions taken to replace any existing tarred surfaces within the Estate with any other type of surface such as cobble stones; if so, (a) what was the rationale in arriving at that decision, (b) when was the decision taken, (c) from whom did the representations emanate that resulted in the matter being considered and (d) what were or are the costs associated with the replacement of the tarred surfaces?

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Reply:

The Minister of Public Works

No.	Residence Name	Purpose of work	Cost	Project Concluded in year
1.	Groote Schuur Estate, Avenue 4 – Heritage Residence	Kitchen, floors, roof, bathrooms, electricity, cottage and garage.	R7 256 956.72	2012
2.	Groote Schuur Estate, Mecklenburg - Heritage Residence	Kitchen, floors, roof, bathrooms, electricity, cottage and garages.	R10 283 780.27	2013
3.	Groote Schuur Estate, Avenue 5 – Heritage Residence	Kitchen, floors, roof, bathrooms, electricity, cottage and garages.	R17 804 451.59	2013
4.	Groote Schuur Estate, La Maisonette – Heritage Residence	Kitchen, floors, roof, bathrooms, electricity, cottage and garages	R13 612 785.00	2013

(2) No.

(a), (b), (c) and (d) Fall away.

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26 October 2015 - NW3400

Madisha, Mr WM to ask the Minister of Public Works:

Whether the Government has launched any investigation into new buildings contracted for the state which on the date of delivery showed such serious structural defects that it made the brand new building unsafe to occupy as was evident at Scottsdene Secondary School in Cape Town; if not, why not; if so, what was the reason for such building(s) proceeding to completion without proper engineering checks at every stage to ensure that construction met the standard requirements?

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The Minister of Public Works

As per the earlier undertaking to provide a reply to this question to the Honourable Member the response is as follows:

The Department of Public Works has not launched an investigation to date, as the Department has not received reports of its buildings having structural defects such as the one the Honourable Member is alluding to.

Within the current system of managing infrastructure projects, there is a process to address latent defects (defects that happen or are detected after the practical handover of projects / buildings) which goes as such:

When a project is practically completed and declared fit for the intended use, the Practical Completion Certificate is issued by the Principal Agent.
From the practical completion date an allowance of 3 to 12 months is made for the unforeseen defects to be reported and corrected. The defects have to be corrected by the Contractor who was responsible for the project within a reasonable time after an instruction has been issued by the Principal Agent. This is done by way of retainer provisions within the contract between the Department and the contractor. Once these defects have been corrected the final account can be signed off, paving a way for a well completed project, free of defects.

The school referred in the question is a project that was implemented by the Western Cape Provincial Department of Transport and Public Works.

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