Questions and Replies

Reply:

(1) Cash Reserves

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

Strategic Relevance of LSSA

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

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

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

Capabilities

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

(2)

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

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

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

(4)

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

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

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

Reply:

(1) Please take note of the following:

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

(1)(a)

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

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

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

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

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

(1)(b)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Reply:

(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.

Reply:

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

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

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

 

Reply:

Please see attached table for details.

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

Reply:

The electricity Regulation Act permits generation for own use (under schedule 2). This greatly assists in reducing demand for those entities like Anglo Platinum, that are able to provide their own power instead of relying on Eskom.

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.

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.

 

Reply:

a) Hotels in and around Sandton area were used

b) The following conference venues were utilised:

1. The O R Tambo Conference Centre
2. The Sandton International Convention Centre

 

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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

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);

Reply:

1. None

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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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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.

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.

Reply:

1. 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
  .

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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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.

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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Reply:

1. (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

.

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:

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.

END.

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.

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.

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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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.

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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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Reply:

1. 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.
2. 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.

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Reply:

1. 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.

Reply:

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

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

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

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

 

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

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

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

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

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

 

Reply:

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.

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.

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.

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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Reply:

(1) and (2) Please refer to Tables 1 to 9 below:

TABLE 1: EASTERN CAPE
	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Total bodies received in:	7812	9713	10747	9131	8763	6430
Gunshot wounds	515	515	586	937	641	509
Stabbings	2225	1018	2219	2169	2194	1598
Motor vehicle accidents	1467	1489	1449	1429	1337	1165
Drowning	319	486	340	368	306	208
Fires	377	372	303	273	263	188
Pedestrian deaths	371	365	280	229	252	218
Motorcycle accidents	4	8	7	1	3	2
Cyclist deaths	1	3	4	2	2	1

TABLE 2: FREE STATE
	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Total bodies received in:	4020	3799	4000	3086	3472	1853
Gunshot wounds	194	180	213	135	246	128
Stabbings	544	528	494	392	476	229
Motor vehicle accidents	1202	1056	1163	857	906	571
Drowning	151	137	137	90	154	64
Fires	148	139	151	164	169	92
Pedestrian deaths	218	186	218	188	207	108
Motorcycle accidents	21	23	22	27	32	10
Cyclist deaths	Included in motorcycle accidents	Included in motorcycle accidents	Included in motorcycle accidents	Included in motorcycle accidents	Included in motorcycle accidents	Included in motorcycle accidents

TABLE 3: GAUTENG
	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Total bodies received in:	14761	14019	13602	14586	14866	6601
Gunshot wounds	Data not available	Data not available	1413	1552	1608	175
Stabbings	Data not available	Data not available	1097	1164	1257	115
Motor vehicle accidents	Data not available	Data not available	1881	1927	1707	206
Drowning	Data not available	Data not available	270	268	210	15
Fires	Data not available	Data not available	665	710	715	349
Pedestrian deaths	Data not available	Data not available	1212	1276	1193	541
Motorcycle accidents	Data not available	Data not available	148	177	188	20
Cyclist deaths	Data not available	Data not available	Included in the motor vehicle accidents	Included in the motor vehicle accidents	Included in the motor vehicle accidents	Included in the motor vehicle accidents

TABLE 4: KWA-ZULU NATAL
	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Total bodies received in:	13330	12551	12643	12824	12718	6935
Gunshot wounds	Data not available	1450	1425	1418	1538	641
Stabbings	Data not available	1516	1560	1510	1534	615
Motor vehicle accidents	Data not available	3209	2997	2998	2908	1291
Drowning	Data not available	1703 (Asphyxial – drowning, hanging, etc)	1842 (Asphyxial – drowning, hanging, etc)	1730 (Asphyxial – drowning, hanging, etc)	1660 (Asphyxial – drowning, hanging, etc)	592 (Asphyxial – drowning, hanging, etc)
Fires	Data not available	Not specified	Not specified	Not specified	Not specified	Not specified
Pedestrian deaths	Data not available	Not specified	Not specified	Not specified	Not specified	Not specified
Motorcycle accidents	Data not available	Not specified	Not specified	Not specified	Not specified	Not specified
Cyclist deaths	Data not available	Not specified	Not specified	Not specified	Not specified	Not specified

TABLE 5: LIMPOPO
	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Total bodies received in:	2401	2376	2277	2224	2321	3167
Gunshot wounds	221	201	194	186	217	175
Stabbings	238	230	283	267	304	209
Motor vehicle accidents	1660	1641	1509	1443	1465	1204
Drowning	151	168	143	181	177	81
Fires	131	136	148	147	158	101
Pedestrian deaths	Not specified	Not specified	Not specified	Not specified	Not specified	Not specified
Motorcycle accidents	Not specified	Not specified	Not specified	Not specified	Not specified	Not specified
Cyclist deaths	Not specified	Not specified	Not specified	Not specified	Not specified	Not specified

TABLE 6: MPUMALANGA
	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Total bodies received in:	3855	3802	4271	4635	4561	3014
Gunshot wounds	221	245	355	470	448	138
Stabbings	279	258	258	288	333	222
Motor vehicle accidents	1090	1058	1224	1360	1095	493
Drowning	137	114	118	165	158	59
Fires	96	129	161	191	153	81
Pedestrian deaths	434	481	439	394	402	288
Motorcycle accidents	4	3	20	20	9	6
Cyclist deaths	3	2	3	7	2	5

TABLE 7: NORTHERN CAPE
	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Total bodies received in:	1626	1634	1713	1707	1803	705
Gunshot wounds	360	32	30	35	29	6
Stabbings	Included in gunshot wounds above	264	261	294	308	90
Motor vehicle accidents	390	318	304	254	356	114
Drowning	243	84	107	117	102	15
Fires	Included in above	85	79	71	79	30
Pedestrian deaths	Included in motor vehicle accidents	90	103	123	132	43
Motorcycle accidents	Included in motor vehicle accidents	3	2	3	4	2
Cyclist deaths	Included in motor vehicle accidents	9	20	7	5	4

TABLE 8: NORTH WEST
	(1)(i) 2010	(1)(ii) 2011	(1)(iii) 2012	(1)(iv) 2013	(1)(v) 2014	(1)(b) 2015
Total bodies received in:	3627	3539	3316	3695	3560	2678
Gunshot wounds	157	183	235	222	188	198
Stabbings	392	504	401	364	409	279
Motor vehicle accidents	914	936	883	813	856	755
Drowning	96	115	96	83	132	49
Fires	202	183	134	177	137	130
Pedestrian deaths	313	251	288	161	192	176
Motorcycle accidents	38	33	17	21	25	19
Cyclist deaths	34	15	25	41	25	7

TABLE 9: WESTERN CAPE
	(1)(i) 2010	(1)(ii) 2011	(1)(iii) 2012	(1)(iv) 2013	(1)(v) 2014	(1)(b) 2015
Total bodies received in:	9372	9394	9800	9989	10297	7692
Gunshot wounds	607	712	875	1045	1343	982
Stabbings	1265	1239	1330	1338	1402	962
Motor vehicle accidents	1451	1355	1279	1227	1289	943
Drowning	181	204	210	197	200	117
Fires	370	359	341	350	302	261
Pedestrian deaths	619	614	587	588	573	436
Motorcycle accidents	66	64	80	70	75	48
Cyclist deaths	23	40	28	22	27	19

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