Questions and Replies

Reply:

(a) The number of non-teaching personnel in each category of non-teaching personnel employed in each district in each province by each provincial education department is as follows:

Source PERSAL: August 2015

Province, District	ADMINISTRATIVE LINE FUNCTION & SUPPORT PERSONNEL	AGRICULTURAL RELATED AND SUPPORT PERSONNEL	ARCHITECT	ARTISAN AND SUPPORT PERSONNEL	CHILD AND YOUTH CARE SUPERVISOR	COMMUNICATION + INFORMATION RELATED PERSONNEL	ECONOMIC ADVISORY AND SUPPORT PERSONNEL	EDUCATION SPECIALIST	Education Therapists	ENGINEERING RELATED AND SUPPORT PERSONNEL	GISC PRODUCTION	HEALTH ASSOCIATED SCIENCES AND SUPPORT PERSONNEL	HUMAN RESOURCE AND SUPPORT PERSONNEL	INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND RELATED PERSONNEL	LEGAL AND SUPPORT PERSONNEL	MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL SUPPORT	MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL SUPPORT PERSONNEL	MEC	NATURAL SCIENCES RELATED & SUPPORT PERSONNEL	QUANTITY SURVEY	REGULATORY AND SUPPORT PERSONNEL	SAFETY AND RELATED PERSONNEL	SOCIAL SERVICES AND SUPPORT PERSONNEL	TOWN AND REGIONAL PLANNER	Grand Total
EASTERN CAPE	2307	51	2	102	35	1	0	1394	29	0	1	716	0	21	1	1	10953	1	0	3	0	0	2	1	15621
BIZANA DISTRICT OFFICE	67	1	0	2	0	0	0	54	0	0	0	98	0	1	0	0	400	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	623
BUTTERWORTH	103	0	0	1	0	0	0	64	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	529	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	699
COFIMVABA	86	3	0	0	1	0	0	49	4	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	366	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	512
CRADOCK	53	8	0	16	0	0	0	35	0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	218	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	351
DUTYWA EDUCATION	55	6	0	3	0	0	0	61	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	473	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	599
EAST LONDON	154	0	0	1	0	0	0	51	3	0	0	64	0	1	0	0	658	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	932
FORT BEAUFORT	103	2	0	1	0	0	0	47	4	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	432	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	602
GRAAFF REINET	30	0	0	1	0	0	0	38	0	0	0	49	0	1	0	0	269	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	388
GRAHAMSTOWN	63	1	0	1	0	0	0	46	1	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	242	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	368
HEAD OFFICE	220	0	2	1	0	0	0	151	0	0	1	0	0	4	1	0	640	1	0	3	0	0	0	1	1025
KING WILLIAM'S TOWN	145	1	0	3	11	0	0	62	3	0	0	53	0	2	0	0	934	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1215
LADY FRERE	41	5	0	1	0	0	0	41	0	0	0	9	0	1	0	0	296	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	394
LIBODE	151	0	0	2	0	0	0	77	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	606	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	841
LUSIKISIKI	70	0	0	2	0	0	0	65	0	0	0	16	0	1	0	0	391	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	545
MALUTI	59	0	0	1	0	0	0	52	4	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	379	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	515
MOUNT FLETCHER	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	49	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	288	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	386
MOUNT FRERE	74	1	0	4	0	0	0	47	0	0	0	25	0	1	0	0	568	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	720
MTHATHA	162	0	0	19	1	0	0	71	1	0	0	131	0	1	0	0	653	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1040
NGCOBO	59	7	0	2	0	0	0	50	4	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	389	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	538
PORT ELIZABETH	130	5	0	4	0	1	0	78	4	0	0	84	0	1	0	0	730	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1037
QUEENSTOWN	115	4	0	1	18	0	0	45	0	0	0	11	0	1	0	0	401	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	596
QUMBU	69	0	0	1	0	0	0	56	0	0	0	22	0	1	0	0	400	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	549
STERKSPRUIT	98	1	0	1	0	0	0	48	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	322	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	487
UITENHAGE	157	6	0	34	4	0	0	57	1	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	369	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	659
FREE STATE	1533	155	0	37	0	0	0	58	11	0	0	1247	0	0	0	0	1894	0	0	0	0	0	19	0	4954
FEZILE DABI	249	28	0	1	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	174	0	0	0	0	277	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	737
LEJWELEPUTSWA	343	12	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	170	0	0	0	0	383	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	917
MOTHEO	425	83	0	4	0	0	0	47	9	0	0	482	0	0	0	0	602	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	1663
THABO MOFUTSANYANA	429	18	0	32	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	267	0	0	0	0	533	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1283
XHARIEP	87	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	154	0	0	0	0	99	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	354
GAUTENG	21192	373	3	27	12	40	0	2041	115	3	0	474	19	2	7	18	1876	1	0	2	1	0	31	0	26237
EKURHULENI NORTH	1718	11	0	0	0	1	0	133	11	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	90	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2000
EKURHULENI SOUTH	2190	9	0	0	0	0	0	114	6	0	0	25	3	0	0	3	92	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2443
EKURHULENI WEST	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
GAUTENG EAST	1672	24	0	0	0	1	0	150	18	0	0	44	0	0	0	0	115	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	2029
GAUTENG NORTH	363	1	0	0	0	1	0	75	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	476
GAUTENG WEST	1881	30	0	1	7	3	0	115	7	0	0	35	0	0	0	2	115	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	2200
HEAD OFFICE	776	2	3	26	0	10	0	270	2	3	0	1	10	2	7	1	496	1	0	2	0	0	5	0	1617
JOHANNESBURG CENTRAL	1465	70	0	0	0	9	0	138	5	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	114	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	1839
JOHANNESBURG EAST	1332	15	0	0	0	1	0	114	7	0	0	13	0	0	0	3	62	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1547
JOHANNESBURG NORTH	1155	56	0	0	5	3	0	119	7	0	0	37	0	0	0	1	90	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1474
JOHANNESBURG SOUTH	963	4	0	0	0	5	0	112	6	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	99	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1206
JOHANNESBURG WEST	1155	35	0	0	0	1	0	119	9	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	75	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1409
SEDIBENG EAST	659	12	0	0	0	0	0	98	6	0	0	47	0	0	0	0	65	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	887
SEDIBENG WEST	1076	53	0	0	0	1	0	90	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	2	66	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1294
TSHWANE NORTH	1932	11	0	0	0	1	0	115	8	0	0	39	2	0	0	1	118	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2227
TSHWANE SOUTH	1642	27	0	0	0	1	0	150	11	0	0	73	1	0	0	0	126	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2031
TSHWANE WEST	1212	13	0	0	0	2	0	129	9	0	0	62	0	0	0	5	121	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	1557
KWAZULU/NATAL	4566	383	0	85	0	130	0	1442	93	26	1	1585	3	53	7	0	9251	1	0	0	0	0	13	0	17639
AMAJUBA	221	19	0	8	0	7	0	93	6	1	0	118	0	2	0	0	457	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	935
EMPANGENI	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
ETHEKWINI	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
HEAD OFFICE	191	0	0	14	0	20	0	97	1	1	1	1	0	10	7	0	516	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	860
ILEMBE	291	16	0	3	0	10	0	92	7	3	0	67	0	5	0	0	627	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1121
KOKSTAD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
PINETOWN	470	48	0	10	0	22	0	137	9	3	0	230	0	5	0	0	696	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1630
SISONKE	161	9	0	3	0	3	0	104	8	1	0	103	0	5	0	0	510	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	907
UGU	358	12	0	6	0	5	0	86	2	1	0	167	0	5	0	0	722	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1364
UMGUNGUNDLOVU	403	56	0	7	0	10	0	122	2	2	0	184	0	3	0	0	834	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1623
UMKHANYAKUDE	384	9	0	2	0	0	0	106	12	1	0	53	1	3	0	0	699	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1270
UMLAZI	503	59	0	10	0	33	0	178	7	3	0	185	0	3	0	0	994	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1975
UMLAZI	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
UMZINYATHI	322	16	0	3	0	5	0	96	10	3	0	122	0	2	0	0	641	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1220
UTHUKELA	336	16	0	1	0	5	0	104	3	2	0	84	0	4	0	0	747	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	1312
UTHUNGULU	440	51	0	12	0	5	0	105	14	2	0	167	0	2	0	0	778	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1576
ZULULAND	485	72	0	6	0	5	0	122	12	3	0	104	2	4	0	0	1026	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1841
LIMPOPO PROVINCE	1626	20	2	14	0	0	0	776	67	1	1	273	452	2	2	0	4675	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	7914
CAPRICORN	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	62	2	0	0	424	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	516
HEAD OFFICE	5	0	2	2	0	0	0	92	0	1	1	0	84	0	2	0	416	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	608
LEBOWAKGOMO	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	2	0	0	29	10	0	0	0	132	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	248
MOGALAKWENA	60	0	0	0	0	0	0	45	2	0	0	3	7	0	0	0	112	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	229
MOPANI	173	8	0	5	0	0	0	99	3	0	0	27	70	0	0	0	835	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1220
POLOKWANE	266	2	0	1	0	0	0	97	3	0	0	124	28	0	0	0	351	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	872
RIBA CROSS	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	4	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	129	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	212
SEKHUKHUNE	377	3	0	3	0	0	0	102	17	0	0	18	71	0	0	0	619	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1210
TSHIPISE-SAGOLE	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	88	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	163
TZANEEN	111	3	0	2	0	0	0	46	5	0	0	44	10	0	0	0	194	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	415
VHEMBE	295	3	0	0	0	0	0	146	18	0	0	11	63	0	0	0	799	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1335
WATERBERG	198	1	0	1	0	0	0	47	6	0	0	17	40	0	0	0	576	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	886
MPUMALANGA	2401	82	2	23	12	11	0	793	16	1	0	269	0	26	3	0	4465	1	1	4	0	0	2073	0	10183
BOHLABELA	519	8	0	3	0	0	0	148	3	0	0	49	0	2	0	0	901	0	0	0	0	0	504	0	2137
EHLANZENI	570	5	0	5	0	0	0	160	2	0	0	37	0	6	0	0	1065	0	0	0	0	0	520	0	2370
GERT SIBANDE	552	36	0	4	12	0	0	164	4	0	0	109	0	6	0	0	990	0	0	0	0	0	521	0	2398
HEAD OFFICE	69	1	2	8	0	11	0	142	1	1	0	3	0	9	3	0	420	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	675
NKANGALA	691	32	0	3	0	0	0	179	6	0	0	71	0	3	0	0	1089	0	1	0	0	0	528	0	2603
NORTH WEST	2942	51	1	25	0	15	44	882	23	2	0	333	85	19	1	0	898	1	0	2	0	3	1	0	5328
BOJANALA	754	4	0	3	0	1	9	248	9	0	0	22	12	1	0	0	179	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1243
DR KENNETH KAUNDA	454	12	0	2	0	0	5	133	7	0	0	213	9	2	0	0	225	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1062
DR RUTH S. MOMPATI	501	7	0	3	0	0	7	144	4	0	0	43	9	1	0	0	105	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	825
HEAD OFFICE	493	0	1	15	0	13	15	126	0	2	0	3	47	14	1	0	146	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	881
NGAKA MODIRI MOLEMA	740	28	0	2	0	1	8	231	3	0	0	52	8	1	0	0	243	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1317
NORTHERN CAPE	771	11	0	10	0	4	0	430	45	0	0	176	1	2	4	0	1859	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3314
FRANCIS BAARD	151	7	0	0	0	0	0	72	18	0	0	52	0	0	0	0	478	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	778
HEAD OFFICE: KIMBERLEY	151	0	0	10	0	4	0	144	9	0	0	2	1	2	3	0	291	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	618
JOHN TAOLE GAETSEWE	177	0	0	0	0	0	0	60	0	0	0	12	0	0	1	0	259	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	509
NAMAQUA	74	1	0	0	0	0	0	47	8	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	269	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	425
PIXLEY KA SEME	104	1	0	0	0	0	0	54	2	0	0	36	0	0	0	0	289	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	486
SIYANDA	114	2	0	0	0	0	0	53	8	0	0	48	0	0	0	0	273	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	498
WESTERN CAPE	2508	3972	7	16	0	26	0	804	127	0	0	1386	262	3	1	2	715	1	0	0	0	0	55	1	9886
CAPE WINELANDS EDUCATION DISTRICT	355	641	0	4	0	0	0	102	19	0	0	321	1	0	0	0	54	0	0	0	0	0	12	0	1509
EDEN & CENTRAL KAROO EDUCATION DISTRICT	293	490	0	2	0	0	0	81	12	0	0	330	2	0	0	0	46	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	1263
METRO CENTRAL EDUCATION DISTRICT	302	626	0	0	0	0	0	134	24	0	0	140	1	0	0	0	59	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	1293
METRO EAST EDUCATION DISTRICT	319	513	0	0	0	1	0	103	22	0	0	126	0	0	0	0	46	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1135
METRO NORTH EDUCATION DISTRICT	363	635	0	0	0	0	0	89	14	0	0	58	2	0	1	0	43	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1210
METRO SOUTH EDUCATION DISTRICT	323	585	0	0	0	0	0	90	13	0	0	69	2	0	0	0	70	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	1161
OVERBERG EDUCATION DISTRICT	81	168	0	0	0	0	0	51	5	0	0	47	0	0	0	0	46	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	401
WEST COAST EDUCATION DISTRICT	127	298	0	3	0	0	0	61	8	0	0	292	1	0	0	0	54	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	850
WESTERN CAPE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT:HEAD OFFICE	345	16	7	7	0	25	0	93	10	0	0	3	253	3	0	2	297	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1064
Grand Total	39846	5098	17	339	59	227	44	8620	526	33	3	6459	822	128	26	21	36586	8	1	11	1	3	2194	4	101076

(b) Information as to how many non-teaching staff are appointed by School Governing Bodies at schools is not readily available.

Reply:

As I indicated in my response on the 05 September 2015 to question no: 3284, which I stated the following: “Government officials are expected to travel between Gauteng and the Western Cape to carry out official duties, including ministerial and department support to the Executive who carry out parliamentary duties according the Parliamentary Programme.

“Costs incurred by Government Officials are readily made available in Annual Reports which will be tabled in Parliament”.

To further assist the Honourable Member, page 106 of the latest annual report do highlight the item on travel and subsistence.

Reply:

(1) Nothing procured yet but processes are in place for additional VVIP aircraft procurement.

(2) No

Reply:

Developmental pricing refers to arrangements to supply locally-produced inputs at lower than market prices to locally-based downstream producers, in order to stimulate value-add production in a country. It is one of the means that is used to promote beneficiation of minerals so as to expand the national value-chain, grow the number of jobs in manufacturing, deepen the economic development benefits in a country and help to reduce vulnerability of economies that are reliant principally on exports of minerals or agricultural products.

In South Africa, government has supported efforts to beneficiate a greater quantity of locally-mined iron ore through a developmental pricing regime that had been in place for many years.

It is government’s view that pricing of inputs is one element of a number of factors that need to be addressed to expand beneficiation significantly. Other key factors include availability of energy at competitive prices, local know-how or partnerships with international technology partners and availability of key skills. Pricing of raw material inputs remain a critical component in efforts to substantially expand beneficiation of minerals.

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Reply:

Yes, educators who resign from the employ of any provincial education department can be re-employed at a later stage in each province under the same conditions of employment stipulated in section 4 of the Employment of Educators Act, 1998 which states:

“Salaries and other conditions of service of educators

4. (1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any law but subject to the provisions of this section, the Labour Relations Act or any collective agreement concluded by the Education Labour Relations Council, the Minister shall determine the salaries and other conditions of service of educators.

(2) Different salaries and conditions of service may be so determined in respect of different ranks and grades of educators, educators appointed at or outside educational institutions or educators appointed in different sectors of education.

(3) A determination of the Minister under this section involving expenditure from the National Revenue Fund may only be made with the concurrence of the Minister of Finance.”

Reply:

1. Yes, the department currently employs 10 persons with disabilities which represent 2.1% of the staff complement.

Reply:

1. All museums reporting to me has commenced with the process of recording and evaluation of their national heritage assets. The first phase entails the capturing, verifying and conversion of manual registers into electronic asset registers. The financial evaluation phase will commence once phase 1 has been concluded and is subject to availability of funds.

2(a) The preliminary assessment done by my department pertaining to the tagging and evaluation of the museums pieces revealed that the exercise will cost in the region of about R205 million.

(b) An assessment was done on the status of security at museums. Given the inputs received from the museums, a costing exercise will be conducted to determine the budget required to upgrade security features at various museums in South Africa.

Reply:

The following information is supplied by the Northern Provincial Government:

1. (a)The total amount of outstanding debt owed to Northern Cape municipalities is R2.7 billion as at end of June 2015

(b) The table below specified the amount owed to each municipality

(c ) (i) (ii)& (iii) (d) (i) The amount of debt owed by households amounts to R1.7 billion, organs of state R426 million, commercial R373 million and other category of debt amounted to R191 million. The table below illustrates the debt in terms of consumer types and age analysis.

(2) (a) the reasons for government departments not settling outstanding debt are following:

• Incorrect invoices sent by municipalities to departments;
• Late issuing of invoices to departments;
• Payments made by Departments not using a reference number so municipalities cannot identify payments made;
• Inaccurate billings and interest charged on inaccurate accounts;
• Claims not timeously submitted to National Department of Public Works

(b) The department in collaboration with National Task team on payment of outstanding government debt has appointed a service provider to undertake verification and auditing of outstanding debt in all municipalities for possible payments upon confirmation.

3. (a) The information has been requested from the Province; they are in the process of collecting the information from the municipalities. The information will be forwarded to the honourable member as soon as it becomes available.

(b) The department through Provincial COGHSTA and Provincial Treasury has established Provincial Debt Management Committees to mediate and assist municipalities in collecting outstanding debt. Continuous interaction with sector departments and municipalities to assess and verify correct billing for timeous payments.

Reply:

The replies as received from the Provinces are specified in the attached table (Annexure A).

Reply:

The Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) is only accountable to the Department for its finances. The MDB reports on its activities to Parliament through the Portfolio Committee.

From the Departments’ point of view, this matter is now sub-judice.

 

Reply:

The trips undertaken were in line with the Parliamentary and Cabinet Programme as approved by Parliament and Cabinet respectively. The costs for trips undertaken by the Minister and the Deputy Minister were catered for in the 2014/15 financial year under programme 1: Administration.

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Reply:

The Public Administration Management (PAM) Act, 2014 (Act No. 11 of 2014) (“PAM Act”) provides in section 5(1) that any employees of the transferring institution may, subject to sections 151(3), 153 and 197 (4) on the Constitution, be transferred within an institution or transferred to another institution in a manner and on such conditions as prescribed.

The PAM Act imposes an obligation on the Minister for Public Service and Administration to develop regulations providing guidelines on how to manage horizontal transfers of staff at senior management levels across all the three spheres, in consultation with the Minister responsible for local government. The Department of Public Service and Administration is currently developing minimum norms and standards, inter alia, including transfers between the three spheres of government. The regulations are not yet in place. The regulations, once finalised, will provide guidance on the implementation of the PAM Act to help improve service delivery, taking into consideration the different conditions of employment of senior managers and categories of municipalities.

This provision will enable municipalities to draw on staff with the necessary experience and competence in other spheres once the legal framework is in place.

Reply:

Answer tabled in Parliament on:

DAFF'S RESPONSE:

Requiem sharks (common name for all the Carcharhinus species) such as the bronze whaler shark (Carcharhinus brachyurus), dusky shark (C. obscurus) and blacktip shark (C. limbatus/melanopterus) are caught as by-catch or targeted in a suite of fisheries, including the commercial linefishery, demersal shark longline fishery, pelagic longline fishery, bather protection programme, recreational linefishery, beach seine and gill net fishery, small pelagic and mid-water trawl fishery and prawn trawl fishery.

This study mentioned by the Honourable Mr. N. Singh (da Silva et al. 2015) was the first attempt by DAFF to evaluae DAFF fisheries data in an attempt to understand the effect of these fisheries on bycatch species. It informed the National Plan Of Action (NPOA) for Sharks South Africa published recently, which lists a number of tasks to be undertaken over the next few years to improve the management of chondrichthyes in South Africa. Once completed, these tasks will ensure that chondrichthyes are managed in a sustainable and responsible manner.

The most recent assessment (Dudley and Simpfendorfer 2006) on requiem sharks caught by the KZN bather protection programme, show stable catches of bronze whaler and dusky sharks between 1978 and 2003. These species represent the majority of by-catch as listed in the review by da Silva et al. 2005. Blacktip sharks do show a decline (Dudley and Simpfendorfer 2006) between 1978 and 2003. However less than 10 t (dressed weight) on average of blacktip sharks were reported between 2010 and 2012. Although this study represents data from catches in KZN, the bather protection programme is a good indication of long-term trends due to standardized fishing procedures. Declines have been shown for other species caught by the KZN bather protection programme, and this has been used in the past to inform management strategies. Therefore there is little evidence to suggest that overharvesting of these species is occurring. These trends continue to be evaluated by the scientists based at the KZN Sharks Board.

DAFF research on sharks is currently directed at the 4 main shark species caught as target in the highest quantities. These include the smoothhound shark (Mustelus mustelus), soupfin shark (Galeorhinus galeus), shortfin mako shark {lsurus oxyrinchus) and blue sharks (Prionace glauca). Over the next 5 years the Department will be evaluating the list of 99 of 204 South African chondrichthyes caught in commercial fisheries in South Africa to select the next set of species for directed research. This is set out in the NPOA for sharks.

CLASSIFICATION: Confidential

SUBJECT: ANSWER: Question 3412 for written reply: National Assembly to ask Minister for Agriculture,

Forestry and Fisheries

Reply:

The Department of Basic Education has a bilateral agreement with the Department of Science and Technology to increase learner participation and success rates in Science and Technology in all rural schools. Currently, the Department of Basic Education, in partnership with the Youth into Science Directorate of the Department of Science and Technology, has finalised building plans for the construction of a Science and Teacher Resource Centre in Cofimvaba, Eastern Cape. This forms part of the Technology for Rural Schools Education Project. The project is at an advanced stage, and aims to provide access to learners from rural and disadvantaged backgrounds to state of the art science and technology facilities.

Reply:

The Minister intervened in terms of section 106 of the Municipal Systems Act by requesting the MEC for local government in the Free State Provincial Government to investigate this matter.

According to the information received from Nala Local Municipality, the municipality has entered into an arrangement with affected councillors to recover the monies overpaid to them.

Reply:

Kindly note that the information requested is depended on feedback from the Provinces, therefore an extension is requested to enable this office to gather and verify the information before it can be provided.

Reply:

Minister of Labour Reply:

The officials that accompanied the Deputy Minister were from the following Branches: International Relations, Public Employment Services, Compensation Fund, Unemployment Insurance Fund and Deputy Minister’s Office. The Department has tabled its 2014/2015 Annual Report to Parliament, the Honourable member may get a copy from the Clerk of Papers.

The focal areas for cooperation were inter alia:

Youth employment approaches; Strategic issues relating to Employment Services provisions; Models for Compensation to injured workers; unemployment Insurance benefits; Job Creation initiatives and Technical exchange programmes.

The details of the Memorandum of Understanding are the same as the areas on which the two Countries shared experiences as mentioned above.

Reply:

Below is the response provided by the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality, attached as Annexure A, as received from the Eastern Cape Provincial Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs:

ANNEXURE A

Number	Questions	Response
1.	Whether the driver of the Buffalo City Fire vehicle which was involved in a serious accident on Thursday, 27 August 2015, had a driver’s license of any type; if not,	The driver at the time was in possession of a Code 03 learner’s license which permits the driving of the heavy vehicle whilst accompanied by a licensed driver. The learner driver was inter alia accompanied by the Divisional Officer: Training who is in possession of a Code EC driving license
	a) why was the driver controlling a multimillion rand vehicle which had just been returned to service, and	a) The driver was controlling the vehicle as she was on a Pump Operator/Driver course. The duration of which was 11 August 2015 to 04 September 2015
	b) Who authorised that the driver utilise the vehicle, and	b) The Divisional Officer: Training authorised the driver to utilise the vehicle. Note – in terms of Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality (BCMM) fleet Management Policy Fire Fighting Vehicles may only be used in the case of inspection of fire equipment or installation and training purposes
	c) What disciplinary action will follow in this regard; if so,	c) Disciplinary action is to be decided on once a comprehensive investigation has been completed
	(i) What was the code of the relevant driver’s license	Code 3 learners license
	(ii)When was the license issued and;	Code 3 learners license issued on 11 August 2015 and
	(iii) When does it expire	(iii) It expires on 11 February 2017
2	Whether there are minimum standards in place for the control, driving and operation of specialised fire vehicles; if not, why    not; if so, what are the standards	There are minimum standards in place, Fire fighters with a vast experience on driving heavy duty vehicles are selected to attend the Pump Operator/Driver Course. On the course people are trained on how to operate the vehicle and engage the pumps. There are tests and a practical evaluation that must be passed by each student. The competent fire fighters are issued with the relevant internal certificate. These are the only people who are authorised to drive the Aerial Appliances even during emergencies.

Reply:

The OR Tambo District Municipality has a capacity in the form of a Technical Director and fully fledged Project Management Unit and there is a plan in place to upgrade sanitation services in the Qumbu town. The OR Tambo District Municipality is in the initial phase of appointing a professional service provider that will prepare a business plan and a technical report to ensure that there is a full waterborne sewerage system that will replace the existing septic tanks and pit latrines in Qumbu Town.

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Reply:

(1) (a)As at 30 September 2015, there are no South African teachers being trained to teach Mandarin in South African schools.

(b)There are eight (8) Chinese Language Teachers in South Africa already. There are plans by the Chinese Embassy to bring four (4) teachers in October 2015 and an additional three (3) in January 2016. The total number of teachers is expected to be fifteen (15) by the end of January 2016.

(2) No. The Chinese teachers are not expected to assist in teaching other subjects.

 

Reply:

The importance of community arts and the development and upgrading of community arts infrastructure has been recognised as a driver of social cohesion and nation building in Outcome 14: Nation Building and Social Cohesion. The community arts programme is a contributor to the Sub-Outcome: Equal Opportunities, Inclusion and Redress. Approved by Cabinet, Outcome 14 stipulates that the Department of Arts and Culture, within the 5 year Medium Term Strategic Framework (MTSF), will build 15 new community arts centres, refurbish 80 centres and activate 500 community arts programmes by 2018/19. The focus of this work will be rural and township areas.

Reply:

District	Number of Schools
Bohlabela	8
Ehlanzeni District	61
Nkangala	11
Gert Sibande	The province, through the district is in the process of verifying the number of schools paying Municipalities for use of flushing toilets. This information will be provided when available

District	Amount being paid by each school per flush toilet
Bohlabela	Schools are paying on average an amount of R116.58 per month per toilet
Ehlanzeni District	The District is unable to quantify the amount paid per flush toilet as schools are billed differently depending on the Municipality and different Financial Reporting Standards adopted by each school.
Nkangala	The District is unable to quantify the amount paid per flush toilet as schools are billed differently depending on the Municipality and different Financial Reporting Standards adopted by each school.
Gert Sibande	The District is unable to quantify the amount paid per flush toilet as schools are billed differently depending on the Municipality and different Financial Reporting Standards adopted by each school.

**The difficulty in soliciting the required financial management information points at different Financial Reporting Standards adopted by each school. In future, and as part of continuous improvement, there might be a need to provide guidelines to Districts and schools that would enable this type of information to be extracted with fair ease.

District	Number of Schools without access to adequate flush toilets
Bohlabela	226
Ehlanzeni District	286
Nkangala	40
Gert Sibande	334

**However it should be noted that 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. Therefore, the choice of appropriate sanitation technology, which includes any of those indicated above, may only be based on an assessment conducted, which will include the availability and reliability of services in the particular locality.

Reply:

The following information was provided by the John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality:

The John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality entered into an agreement with the service provider (Buhle Buzile Investments) to screen the memorials and funeral of the late former President of the country, Mr Nelson R Mandela, in villages across the three local municipalities in the district (Joe Morolong, Ga-Segonyana and GaMagara) in December 2014. The purpose of the screening of the memorial was to ensure that deprived members of the community in these municipalities also get an opportunity to be part of the proceedings to bid farewell to the former President. The service was delivered as agreed upon.

The initial agreement that each Local Municipality within the District Municipality contributes a pro rata amount towards the cost, did not materialize due to financial constraints, resulting in payment delays. This delay caused the service provider to institute a civil claim against the municipality in the Kimberley High Court (Case No. 1589/2014) and the court ordered the District Municipality to make payment of a specified amount to the service provider. The matter has been tabled before the John Taolo Gaetsewe District Council for a resolution authorising the payment to the service provider. The Council is to consider the matter during its October 2015 sitting.

Reply:

(a)(b) Zero-rated supplies of goods and/or services are taxable supplies on which VAT is levied at a rate of 0%. Any VAT incurred to make zero rated supplies may be deducted as input tax.

Some examples of zero rated supplies include certain basic foodstuffs; fuel levy goods; paraffin: certain farming goods; the export of goods and services in certain instances; international transport and municipal property rates.

The zero rating of basic food items are intended to provide relief to low-income groups.

The list of zero rated food items includes the following:

Brown bread Brown bread flour (excluding wheaten bran) Dried mealies, and mealie rice Samp Maize meal Dried beans Lentils Edible legumes.

Rice Vegetable cooking oil (Excluding olive oil) Fresh fruit and vegetables Hen's eggs Milk, cultured milk, milk powder and dairy powder blend Pilchards or sardinella in tins or cans

The zero-rate is also applicable to goods or services that are exported provided the relevant legislative provisions are met. This is in line with the destination principle of South Africa’s VAT system whereby exports are free of domestic VAT as consumption of these goods and services takes place outside South Africa and the import of goods attracts VAT.

(i)(ii)(iii) The National Treasury publishes a tax expenditure estimate in the annual Budget Review. The tax revenue forfeited on zero rated items according to Budget 2015 for 2010-11, 2011-12 and 2012-13 are set out in the table below:

Tax expenditure estimates (R million)

Fiscal Year                                         2009/10               2010/11   2011/12   2012/13      

Value-added tax                                  

Zero-rated supplies                             

19 basic food items                                            14 258                   15 497   17 106   18 628  

Petrol                                                                       9 660                    10 845   13 797   15 343

Diesel                                                                         903                      1 107      1 532      1 759

Paraffin                                                                      519                          367        585         611

Municipal property rates                                     3 973                       6 032     7 568      9 598

Reduced inclusion rate for commercials              127                          147       153          175

Accommodation

Subtotal zero-rated supplies                          29 440                   33 989    40 742   46 115

1. Vat relief in respect of basic food items based on National Treasury research of 2010/11 and expenditure survey data
2. Based on fuel volumes and average retail selling prices

Because petrol, diesel and illuminating paraffin are zero-rated for VAT purposes, the resulting difference from a standard rating, when used by final consumers, is regarded as tax expenditure. It was assumed that 20 per cent of petrol sales was used for business purposes (by VAT vendors) and would have qualified as input tax should VAT have been levied at the standard rate. For diesel, it was assumed that 90 per cent of sales was used for business purposes and would have qualified for input VAT should VAT have been levied at the standard rate.

(iv)(v) 2013-14 and 2014-15 expenditure is not available as yet and is expected to only be tabled in the 2016 and 2017 Budget Reviews respectively.

The revenue foregone in respect of exports that qualify to be zero rated was not calculated.

 

Reply:

(a) (i) The total amount spent on direct charges against the National Revenue Fund is   R 512 465 319 000 and the breakdown is listed in the table below. The audit for the National Revenue Fund for the 2014-15 financial year has not yet been finalized. These figures are therefore unaudited. 

(ii) and (b)

Department	Unaudited Amount (R’000)	Legal authority
Presidency – President’s salary	4,830	Sections 2(7) and 3(7) of the Remuneration of Public Office Bearers Act, 1998 (Act No 20 of 1998)
Parliament – Members of Parliament salaries	481,781
Provinces – Equitable share	362,468,075	Schedule 2 of the Division of Revenue Act (Dora Bill)
General Fuel levy	10,190,162	Schedule 1(2) of the Taxation Laws Amendment Act 17 of 2009
State Debt Interest Management Cost of raising loans	114,703,789 37,937 8,245,351	Section 73 of the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA) (Act no1 of 1999)
Higher Education and Training – SETA funds collected	13,838,798	Section 6(4) of the Skills development Levies Act, 1999 (Act No 9 of 1999)
Justice and Constitutional development – Salaries and allowances of Judges and magistrates	2,494,596	Section 2 of Judges’ Remuneration and Conditions of Employment Act, 1989 (Act 88 of 1989) and Section 12 of Magistrates Act, 1993 (Act No. 90 of 1993)

Reply:

1. Yes, the National Treasury does promote broader empowerment objectives through the Financial Sector Charter and financial inclusion policies, as outlined in the policy document “A safer financial sector to serve South Africa better” published in February 2011. The policy aims at increased access to affordable, convenient and appropriate financial services for all South Africans, particularly the poor and vulnerable, and takes into account the legacy of both racial and gender exclusion policies of the past.

Progress has been made in improving financial inclusion in South Africa, resulting in 80% of South Africans using some form of financial services from a regulated financial institution in 2014, up from 55 per cent in 2005. More will be done by setting stretched targets for the financial sector in the Financial Sector Code (FSC) (first adopted in 2003), and focused initiatives by National Treasury’s Cooperative Banks Development Agency (CBDA) established by the Co-operative Banks Act (No. 40 of 2007).

Through the FSC, the National Treasury advocates and promotes the advancement of women via specific targets in respect of access to finance and enterprise and supplier development for women as entrepreneurs and owners of small enterprises. For example:

• The target for procurement spend on suppliers that are 30% black women is 8% of total procurement spend
• The target for transformational infrastructure, black SME financing, black agricultural financing and affordable housing is R48 billion for banks and R17 billion for long-term insurers with recognition levels for certain types of beneficiary entities including 150% for 30% black-women-owned exempt microenterprises (EMEs), 100% for 30% black-women owned qualifying small enterprises (QSEs)

With regard to co-operatives, the CBDA has the mandate to regulate and supervise as well as provide capacity building to deposit taking financial co-operatives, commonly known as Co-operative Financial Institutions (CFIs). The Honourable Member should note that the financial sector is a highly regulated sector to protect both depositors, customers and taxpayers, and this cannot be regarded as overly stringent regulation as suggested by the Honourable Member in the original Question 336 on 26 August 2015 to my colleague the Honourable Minister of Women in The Presidency. The objective of the CBDA includes capacity building, to ensure that the CFI sector is adequately capacitated and therefore facilitates the growth of financial co-operatives.

Based on the sectoral analysis done by the CBDA, as at February 2015 women were empowered by CFIs as follows:

• The 26 CFIs serviced an estimated 7,274 females versus an estimated total of 17,318 members. This ultimately means that there is a 42% women ownership in the registered CFIs.
• CFIs are required to elect board members, for efficient and effective governance. 47% of an estimated 167 board members elected are women.
• 73% of an estimated total of 60 people employed by the CFIs are women.

The capacity building programmes developed and conducted covers a vast number of women particularly from the rural areas. Women have been empowered through financial management training and other training courses and coaching provided by the CBDA.

2. Yes, National Treasury is working with the Department of Women through the CBDA. For example, on 31 July 2015, the CBDA team met with officials in the Department of Women in the Presidency about the overall mandate of the CBDA and capacity building programmes for the CFI sector and discussed possible areas of collaboration. The CBDA will continue to work closely with both the Departments of Women and Small Business Development to assist vulnerable women to set up co-operatives and co-operative financial institutions thereby ensuring the financial empowerment and economic inclusion of these women.

National Treasury in line with its broader financial inclusion objectives, will work towards ensuring all South Africans have access to the benefits of using financial services both as part of the broader development agenda and to address poverty and the inequalities in South African society.

Reply:

1. (a) (i) (aa) 1

(bb) 1

(cc) 0

(dd) 0

(b) (i) (aa) 0

(bb) 0

(cc) 0

(dd) 0

(ii) 0

2. (a) (i) Sao Paulo, South America

(ii) N/A

(b) Possession

(i) 8 years imprisonment

(ii) None

(c) None

3. No, this is an operational matter of the company that management and the board can deal with.

 

Reply:

Question 1: Preliminary indications are that the 2015 public sector wage agreement will cost as much as R63.9 billion over and above what is provided for this purpose in the budget baseline over the 2015 MTEF. Of the above amount R41.5 billion is for cost of living adjustments, R11.1 is for medical assistance and R11.4 billion is for housing allowance.

Salary negotiations are taking place at the Public Service Coordinating Bargaining Council (PSCBC), which is established in terms of section 35 of Labour Relations Act 66 of 1995. The main purpose of the PSCBC is to allow Public Service parties to negotiate on transverse matters including terms and conditions of employment, resolve disputes and facilitate hearings to resolve disputes that arise in the Public Service. This excludes matters pertaining to Constitutional Institutions and Public Entities.

Question 2: National Treasury is certain that the agreement can be accommodated within the current expenditure limits. Contingency reserves will play a role in accommodating higher compensation budgets this year, and so will resources available due to projected underspending. Some reprioritisation from other budget lines will also be required from Departments and provinces.

National Treasury is currently coordinating the budget process in preparation for the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) in Parliament in October 2015. The Minister of Finance will make an announcement at the MTBPS on how costs of the wage agreement will be financed.

Reply:

National Treasury has not yet approved my Department’s request for rollovers of R1 600 899 000 for Programme 1, 2, 4 and 5; and R1 557 184 000 in respect of each economic classification from the 2014-15 to the 2015-16 financial year.

National Treasury will only communicate the outcome of the rollover process on or before 11 September 2015 through the approved allocation letters as per the Guidelines of 2015 Adjustment Estimates of National Expenditure.

The non-approval of the requested rollover funds will necessitate the need for my Department to reprioritise the existing allocations for 2015/16 financial year within the programmes. This will result in the rescheduling of some of the infrastructure projects earmarked for the current year.

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Reply:

Prior to the introduction of legislation and legislative amendments, the Department assess the socio-economic impact of legislation, including its impact on jobs and the labour market. This was done in respect of the amendments to the Labour Relations Act through a regulatory impact assessment conducted in 2010.

Reply:

The hounourable member should get this information from the Department’s annual report as tabled in Parliament.

 

Reply:

The information requested by the Honorable Member is an element that forms part of the more aggregated figure used to prepare the regular reports on the current account and on the financial account, both of which are published in the Reserve Bank Quarterly Bulletin.

The South African Reserve Bank (“SARB”) records all inward and outward transactions for goods and services, for residents and non-residents through, “BOPCUS” - the “Balance of Payments Customer Transaction Reporting Electronic Message System”. Authorised Dealers in foreign exchange report all such transactions to SARB via the BOPCUS system, according to balance of payments categories.

The most recent SARB Quarterly Bulletin published (in September 2015) published the following figures for the first two quarters for 2015 (Table; page 34).

At the aggregated level, this shows the total outflow on the ‘net service, income and current transfer payments’ account of R138 billion on a seasonally adjusted and annualised basis. These are flows on the current account that are not related to trade flows. Indeed, the trade balance recorded a small (R14 billion) surplus on a seasonally adjusted and annualized basis.

Taken together with the services, income and current transfer payments, the balance on the current account has improved every quarter since 2014Q2; and now stands at 3.1 per cent of GDP.

On the financial account, however, financial inflows reached 2.9 per cent of GDP in the first half of 2015 from 5.9 per cent in 2014, as net outflows in ‘foreign direct investment’ and ‘other investment’ rose. Net portfolio inflows far exceeded total 2014 inflows of R49.5 billion, with demand for equities particularly robust.

a) (i) (ii) According to the information provided to me by the Reserve Bank, outward cross-border payments from non-resident rand accounts totalled 52,000 transactions amounting to R30 billion in 2013 (all figures are rounded off in this response); and 47,000 transactions amounting to R144 billion in 2014. These outflows were transferred to 161 countries in 2013 and to 138 countries in 2014. The average transaction value for 2013 was R586,000 and R3 million in 2014.

The Honourable Member should note that this should be compared to inward cross-border receipts, as they are linked in the sense that no inward flows are possible unless outward flows are allowed. Inward cross-border receipts into non-resident rand accounts totaled 42,000 transactions, amounting to R93 billion in 2013 and 40,000 transactions amounting to R194 billion in 2014; averaging R2 million and R5 million per transaction respectively.

b) (i) (ii) Table 1 sets out the highlights for the top 7 destination countries for transactions over R1 billion per annum.

In 2013, the top 7 destination countries represented 86% of the total transaction value, R26 billion, through 33 thousand transactions, averaging R778 000 per transaction. In 2014, the top 7 destination countries represented 96% of the total transaction value, R139 billion through 31 000 transactions, averaging R4,5 million per transaction.

 

Table 1

Outward Cross-Border transactions over R1 billion from Non-Resident Rand Accounts in top 7 countries

	2013	2014
	R billion	No. of transactions	R billion	No. of transactions
United Kingdom	16,3	17,319	102,6 *	16,686
United States	1,3	4,124	27,0	3,643
Germany	4,0	2,266	1,7	1,958
Switzerland	2,0	456	2,0	293
Australia	0,83	8,297	2,7	7,102
Thailand	0,2	82	1,1	84
Ireland	1,1	698	1,7	871
Total	25,7	33,242	138,7	30,637

* A sharp increase in outflows during 2014 was due to increased transfers to the UK resulting from the “Disinvestment of money market instruments by a non-resident” category.

Table 2

Outward transactions over R1 billion from Non-Resident Rand Accounts in 25 countries with the most transactions per annum

Table 2 reflects a further breakdown by the most active continents, i.e. Africa, Asia and Europe. Together with the top seven destination countries listed in table 1, in 2014, the transactions comprise 98% of the total transaction value (2013: 94%).

	2013	2014
Africa	Rm	No. of transactions	Rm	No. of transactions	2Y average R'000
Malawi	2	73	5.2	94	39
Zimbabwe	85	762	48.8	486	106
Namibia	36	260	109.6	213	327
Swaziland	57	101	11.5	90	346
Botswana	488	782	122.2	229	579
Mauritius	273	225	342.5	193	1495
Mozambique	439	198	513.7	208	2343
Total	1380	2,401	1153.5	1,513	5234

Asia
India	81	584	82.2	393	174
Taiwan	15	22	17.0	94	433
China	36	278	157.5	148	597
Singapore	53	115	329.0	90	2059
Total	186	999	585.6	725	3263
Europe
Poland	2	151	2.2	172	14
Portugal	30	2,130	42.4	2,272	16
Czech Republic	1	111	3.5	129	20
New Zealand	160	4,024	209.0	3,693	48
Canada	140	2,561	119.7	2,471	52
Israel	69	738	99.6	657	123
Spain	25	226	38.9	260	129
Italy	86	439	30.1	425	134
Greece	5	132	49.8	163	172
France	58	431	109.1	469	183
Austria	58	161	49.9	144	352
Netherlands	200	922	985.5	907	651
Sweden	133	164	176.9	109	1218
Jersey C.I	320	119	69.8	98	1703
Total	1288	12,309	1986.4	11,969	4815