Questions and Replies

Reply:

1. (a) (i) (ii) (b) (i) (ii) (aa) (bb)

Residential accommodation for the Minister in Cape Town and Pretoria is provided for by the Department of Public Works therefore there are no additional costs relating to hotel or other accommodation.

Travel Cost	Number of Trips	Hotel Accommodation in Cape Town	Hotel Accommodation in Pretoria
R 75,372.00	15	R 0	R 0

(2) (a) (i) (ii) (b) (i) (ii) (aa) (bb)

Residential accommodation for the Deputy Minister in Cape Town and Pretoria is provided for by Department of Public Works therefore there are no additional costs relating to hotel or other accommodation.

Travel Cost	Number of Trips	Hotel Accommodation in Cape Town	Hotel Accommodation in Pretoria
R 119,175.00	20	R 0	R 0

Reply:

Responses provided by the Department of Home Affairs, Government Printing Works and Electoral Commission are given below:

(i)  Department of Home Affairs

(a) Red tape is defined as the excessive bureaucracy or procedures marked by complexities of processes which in most cases result in delays or failure to take any action.

(b)(i-ii) The department has put in place policies, guidelines and standard operating procedures to ensure smooth operations in compliance with the laws and mandate of the department.

(aa-bb) The department’s audit coverage plan focuses on various auditable areas with a sole purpose of identifying weaknesses in the internal control environment and reduces bottlenecks.

(ii) According to the Government Printing Works

(a) The Government Printing Works (GPW) might define red tape as bureaucratic processes that hinder and slow the work of the organisation. However it is not a term that the GPW uses in its business processes as it is very imprecise.

(b)(i-ii) As a government-owned manufacturing concern, the GPW does not encounter much “red tape” in its work, and has not needed to devise specific processes to deal with such red tape.

(iii) According to the Electoral Commission

(a) The Electoral Commission does not use a peculiar definition of red tape. It applies the common use of the term based on the South African Concise Oxford Dictionary. This dictionary defines the term as follows: “excessive bureaucracy or adherence to rules, especially in public business”

(b)(i-ii) In terms of the Regulations on Party Liaison the Electoral Commission has established Party Liaison Committees (PLC’s) in the three spheres of government. The primary function of the PLC’s is a consultations mechanism with political parties. These structures also provide crucial feedback on the efficacy on the systems and processes of the Electoral Commission. Based on some of these feedback legislative and operational policies are amended to reduce red-tape.

Ahead of elections the Electoral Commission commissions a Voter Participation Survey. This survey, on a representative sample basis, collects the views of South African citizens on the forthcoming elections. A special area of focus in this survey is the barriers to participation. Based on the outcome of the survey appropriate adjustments are made to the programmes of the Electoral Commission in order to ameliorate barriers to voter participation.

Furthermore on Election Day, a Voter Satisfaction Survey is commissioned on a representative sample of voting stations. This survey collect the vies of voters on their experiences of the voting process including assessing areas such as coercion to voting or voting for a particular political party, the simplicity of the voting process, the secrecy of the vote, the helpfulness of voting staff etc. The results of the voting satisfaction survey are used in planning subsequent electoral events including by elections.

Reply:

(1) According to the department’s travel records, officials undertook 769 official trips to Cape Town in the 2014/15 financial year, amounting to R3 567 438.00. The trips included the attendance of Parliamentary business as well as to attend other official engagements and duties. The department’s travel records do not differentiate between Parliamentary business and other official business. All costs incurred for air travel, car rental and accommodation was in line with National Treasury’s cost containment measures.

(2) For the 769 official trips the total amount spent on accommodation is R764 926.85 and the amount spent on car rental is R226 819.12.

 

 

Reply:

1. The turnaround time to issue and process a first time application is 54 working days and 47 working days for a re-issue of an identity document applied for.
2. There is no discrepancy in time-periods. Sometimes there are internal processes of verifying the authenticity of supporting documents submitted that may impact on the time-period eg. verification of the authenticity of the Permanent Residence Permit.

Reply:

The post of Director-General was advertised and filled on 13 August 2015.

Reply:

(a)  There is an already existing partnership with the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) which is co-ordinated by the Chief Directorate on Special Programmes Office (SPO) in the Department of Social Development (DSD). Provincial Education Departments utilise unemployed matriculations to assist in schools as:

    (i) Administrative Staff; and

   (ii) Teacher Aides.

(b) Less qualified persons are part of the PEDs as:

  (i) Gardeners;

  (ii) Cleaners; and

 (iii) Maintenance Staff.

In addition to the programmes above, the following programmes are part of the Expanded Public Works Programme:

 (i) Early Childhood Development (ECD): The ECD programme provides ECD practitioners with the necessary skills to increase their capacity to generate an income while providing education and care to young children in ECD centres.

(ii) Kha Ri Gude: Volunteers are paid a stipend to provide illiterate adults an opportunity to learn to read and write; and

(iii) The National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP): This programme which employs community members as volunteer food handlers to provide food to children from needy families and thus addressing malnutrition, it employs gardeners to tend school gardens, and also Administrative Assistants and unemployed youth, who do financial tracking and data capturing in schools.

Regular sector meetings are held to monitor and support implementation.

Reply:

The information regarding investigations of testing stations and their operation lies at Provincial and local level, therefore the Department has requested such information from the relevant authorities, which is herewith submitted in response to the question.

Table 1 deals with response to questions (i) aa), bb) and cc), d) and f)

Table 2 and 3 deals with the responses to questions in (c) and e). Table 4 deals with the response to question (b)

EASTERN CAPE

EC Table 1

Nature of investigations	Financial year	Number of Investigations per year	Number of investigations pending for year	Number of persons charged as result of investigations per year
Vehicles passed without being present at testing station	2012-13	None	None	N/A
	2013-14	None	None	N/A
	2014-15	None	None	N/A
Testing stations that passed a vehicle that was failed by another testing station	2012-13	None	None	N/A
	2013-14	None	None	N/A
	2014-15	None	None	N/A
Examiners of vehicles that pass a vehicle that is not roadworthy	2012-13	None	None	N/A
	2013-14	None	None	N/A
	2014-15	None	None	N/A
Other investigations	2012-13	None	None	N/A
	2013-14	None	None	N/A
	2014-15	None	None	N/A

EC Table 2

Conclusion of Investigations	Number of instances per Financial year
	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15
Testing station registration suspended	None	None	None
Testing station registration cancelled	None	None	None
Examiner registration suspended	None	None	None
Examiner registration cancelled	None	None	None
Examiner resigned before completion of investigation	None	None	None
Other testing station staff - fired	None	None	None
Vehicles retested	N/A	N/A	N/A
Other:	-	-	-

EC Table 3

No	Nature of Charges (Short summary)
1	N/A

EC Table 4

Persons/Organisations that conducted investigations	Involved in Investigation Yes / No	Number of Instances
Special Investigations Unit (SIU)	N/A	-
South African Police Service	N/A	-
HAWKS	N/A	-
Inspectorate of Testing stations	N/A	-
Provincial Monitoring Units	N/A
Other (specify):	-	-

FREE STATE

FS Table 1

Nature of investigations	Financial year	Number of Investigations per year	Number of investigations pending for year	Number of persons charged as result of investigations per year
Vehicles passed without being present at testing station	2012-13	-	-	-
	2013-14	-	-	-
	2014-15	-	-	-
Testing stations that passed a vehicle that was failed by another testing station	2012-13	-	-	-
	2013-14	-	-	-
	2014-15	-	-	-
Examiners of vehicles that pass a vehicle that is not roadworthy	2012-13	-	-	-
	2013-14	1	1	1
	2014-15	-	-	-
Other investigations	2012-13	-	-	-
	2013-14	-	-	-
	2014-15	-	-	-

FS Table 2

Conclusion of Investigations	Number of instances per Financial year
	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15
Testing station registration suspended	-	-	-
Testing station registration cancelled	-	-	-
Examiner registration suspended	-	-	-
Examiner registration cancelled	-	-	-
Examiner resigned before completion of investigation	-	-	-
Other testing station staff - fired	-	-	-
Vehicles retested	-	-	-
Other:	-	-	-
	-	-	-

FS Table 3

No	Nature of Charges (Short summary)
1	Examiners of vehicles Mr. TA Tau & MR Minnie of Welkom VTS was departmentally charged for declaring unroadworthy vehicle at Welkom VTS during August 2013. The matter was reported to Departmental Employee Relations Section on the 1st of September 2013 but nothing materialised ever since.

FS Table 4

Persons/Organisations that conducted investigations	Involved in Investigation Yes / No	Number of Instances
Special Investigations Unit (SIU)	-	-
South African Police Service	-	-
HAWKS	-	-
Inspectorate of Testing stations	-	-
Provincial Monitoring Units/Provincial Inspectorate Unit	Provincial Inspectorate Unit: Free State	1

GAUTENG

GP Table 1

Nature of investigations	Financial year	Number of Investigations per year	Number of investigations pending for year	Number of persons charged as result of investigations per year
Vehicles passed without being present at testing station	2012-13	10	0	26
	2013-14	0	0	0
	2014-15	0	0	0
Testing stations that passed a vehicle that was failed by another testing station	2012-13	0	0	0
	2013-14	0	0	0
	2014-15	0	0	0
Examiners of vehicles that pass a vehicle that is not roadworthy	2012-13	10	0	26
	2013-14	0	0	0
	2014-15	2	0	0
Other investigations	2012-13	0	0	0
	2013-14	0	0	0
	2014-15	0	0	0

GP Table 2

Conclusion of Investigations	Number of instances per Financial year
	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15
Testing station registration suspended	4	0	0
Testing station registration cancelled	0	0	0
Examiner registration suspended	0	0	0
Examiner registration cancelled	0	0	7
Examiner resigned before completion of investigation	0	0	0
Other testing station staff - fired	0	0	0
Vehicles retested	0	0	0
Other:	0	0	0

GP Table 3

No	Nature of Charges (Short summary)
1	Fraud – certified vehicles road worthy while the vehicles were not at the testing station

GP Table 4

Persons/Organisations that conducted investigations	Involved in Investigation Yes / No	Number of Instances
Special Investigations Unit (SIU)	-	-
South African Police Service	Yes	26
HAWKS	-	-
Inspectorate of Testing stations	-	-
Provincial Monitoring Units	Yes	2
Other (specify):National Task Team	Yes	26

KWAZULU-NATAL

KZN Table 1

Nature of investigations	Financial year	Number of Investigations per year	Number of investigations pending for year	Number of persons charged as result of investigations per year
Vehicles passed without being present at testing station	2012-13	-	-	-
	2013-14	-	-	-
	2014-15	-	-	-
Testing stations that passed a vehicle that was failed by another testing station	2012-13	1	1
	2013-14	-	-	-
	2014-15	-	-	-
Examiners of vehicles that pass a vehicle that is not roadworthy	2012-13	5	1	-
	2013-14	7	3	-
	2014-15	1	3	-
Vehicle Testing Stations that pass a vehicle that is not roadworthy	2012-13	2	-	-
	2013-14	5	-	-
	2014-15	1	1	-
Other investigations	2012-13	-	-	-
	2013-14	1	1	-
	2014-15	-	1	-

KZN Table 2

Conclusion of Investigations	Number of instances per Financial year
	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15
Testing station registration suspended	-	-	1
Testing station registration cancelled	-	-	-
Examiner registration suspended	-	-	-
Examiner registration cancelled	-	2	1
Examiner resigned before completion of investigation	-	-	-
Other testing station staff - fired	-	-	-
Vehicles retested	-	-	-
Other:	-	-	-

KZN Table 3

No	Nature of Charges (Short summary)
1	Examiner of vehicles not present at VTS when vehicles were being passed – CAS886/9/2013
2	Entrapment operation – CAS 504/12/2013 & CAS 506/12/2013

KZN Table 4

Persons/Organisations that conducted investigations	Involved in Investigation Yes / No	Number of Instances
Special Investigations Unit (SIU)	-	-
South African Police Service	-	-
HAWKS	-	-
Inspectorate of Testing stations	YES	9
Provincial Monitoring Units	YES	5
Other (specify):RTMC	YES	1

LIMPOPO

LIM Table 1

Nature of investigations	Financial year	Number of Investigations per year	Number of investigations pending for year	Number of persons charged as result of investigations per year
Vehicles passed without being present at testing station	2012-13	0	0	0
	2013-14	0	0	1
	2014-15	0	0	0
Testing stations that passed a vehicle that was failed by another testing station	2012-13	0	0	0
	2013-14	0	0	0
	2014-15	0	0	0
Examiners of vehicles that pass a vehicle that is not roadworthy	2012-13	2	2	2
	2013-14	2	2	2
	2014-15	3	2	3
Other investigations	2012-13	0	0	0
	2013-14	0	0	0
	2014-15	0	0	0

LIM Table 2

Conclusion of Investigations	Number of instances per Financial year
	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15
Testing station registration suspended	0	0	0
Testing station registration cancelled	0	0	0
Examiner registration suspended	0	0	2
Examiner registration cancelled	0	0	0
Examiner resigned before completion of investigation	0	1	2
Other testing station staff - dismissed	0	0	1
Vehicles retested	0	0	0
Other:	0	0	0

LIM Table 3

No	Nature of Charges (Short summary)
1	2012-13: - 2 (two) Examiners of vehicles were suspended for issuing roadworthy certificates without testing the vehicles. Their cases are still under investigation by the Anti-Corruption Unit under the Limpopo Department of Transport (LDoT).
	2013-14: - 2 officials, both Management Representatives (Management Reps.) were charged with the case of issuing roadworthy certificates without testing the vehicles under Polokwane CAS 145/09/2013 Fraud: Issuing of certificate of road worthiness without testing the vehicle and Project Organised Crime SAPS as per Enquiry Number 02/05/2014 Disciplinary enquiry.
	2014-15: - 2 officials, 1 (one) Examiner and 1 (one) Management Rep. were charged with the case of issuing certificates of roadworthiness vehicles without such vehicles being in a roadworthy condition or ever being presented for roadworthy tests CAS Number 142/03/2015 Northam SAPS and CAS Number 145/03/2015 Northam SAPS. The two officers resigned but the station proceeded with disciplinary hearings resulting in the Examiner receiving a no guilt verdict and the Management Rep. a guilty verdict and dismissed. The case of the third official, i.e. an examiner who is alleged to have issued a certificate of road worthiness without testing the vehicle is still under investigation.
2	Contravening Regulations 140(1) and 141of the National Road Traffic Act, 1996 (Act No. 93 of 1996) read together with the Code of Practice SABS 10047.

LIM Table 4

Persons/Organisations that conducted investigations	Involved in Investigation Yes / No	Number of Instances
Special Investigations Unit (SIU)	No	0
South African Police Service	No	0
HAWKS	No	0
Inspectorate of Testing stations	No	0
Provincial Monitoring Units	Yes	1
Other (specify): National Traffic Anti-Corruption Unit (NTACU)	Yes	1
Anti-Corruption Unit under Limpopo Department of Transport	Yes	5

MPUMALANGA

MPL Table 1

Nature of investigations	Financial year	Number of Investigations per year	Number of investigations pending for year	Number of persons charged as result of investigations per year
Vehicles passed without being present at testing station	2012-13	0	0	0
	2013-14	1	0	1
	2014-15	1	1	1
Testing stations that passed a vehicle that was failed by another testing station	2012-13	0	0	0
	2013-14	0	0	0
	2014-15	0	0	0
Examiners of vehicles that pass a vehicle that is not roadworthy	2012-13	0	0	0
	2013-14	2	0	2
	2014-15	1	1	1
Other investigations	2012-13	-	-	-
	2013-14	-	-	-
	2014-15	-	-	-

MPL Table 2

Conclusion of Investigations	Number of instances per Financial year
	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15
Testing station registration suspended	0	1	0
Testing station registration cancelled	0	0	0
Examiner registration suspended	0	0	0
Examiner registration cancelled	0	0	0
Examiner resigned before completion of investigation	0	0	0
Other testing station staff - fired	0	0	0
Vehicles retested	0	0	0
Other: Two eNaTis end users resigned before investigation was completed	0	1	0

MPL Table 3

No	Nature of Charges (Short summary)
1	Piet Retief Cas: 33/09/2013 (Fraud) Withdrawn by the court as a results of insufficient evidence..
2	Contravening Regulation 140(1) of the National Road Traffic Act 93 of 1996

MPL Table 4

Persons/Organisations that conducted investigations	Involved in Investigation Yes / No	Number of Instances
Special Investigations Unit (SIU)	No	-
South African Police Service	Yes	2
HAWKS	No	-
Inspectorate of Testing stations	No	-
Provincial Monitoring Units	Yes	3
Other (specify):	None	-

NORTH WEST

NW Table 1

Nature of investigations	Financial year	Number of Investigations per year	Number of investigations pending for year	Number of persons charged as result of investigations per year
Vehicles passed without being present at testing station	2012-13	1	1	-
	2013-14	1	-	-
	2014-15	2	-	6
Testing stations that passed a vehicle that was failed by another testing station	2012-13	-	-	-
	2013-14	-	-	-
	2014-15	-	-	-
Examiners of vehicles that pass a vehicle that is not roadworthy	2012-13	1	1	-
	2013-14	1	-	-
	2014-15	2	-	-
Other investigations	2012-13	-	-	-
	2013-14	-	-	-
	2014-15	-	-	-

NW Table 2

Conclusion of Investigations	Number of instances per Financial year
	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15
Testing station registration suspended	-	-	-
Testing station registration cancelled	-	-	-
Examiner registration suspended	-	-	-
Examiner registration cancelled	1	-	-
Examiner resigned before completion of investigation	1	-	1
Other testing station staff - fired	-	-	-
Vehicles retested	-	-	-
Other:	-	-	-

NW Table 3

No	Nature of Charges (Short summary)
1	Issuing a roadworthy certificate without testing the vehicle
2	Vehicles passed without being present at testing station

NW Table 4

Persons/Organisations that conducted investigations	Involved in Investigation Yes / No	Number of Instances
Special Investigations Unit (SIU)	Yes	1
South African Police Service	Yes	1
HAWKS	-	-
Inspectorate of Testing stations	Yes	2
Provincial Monitoring Units	Yes	1
Other (specify):	-	-

NORTHERN CAPE

NC Table 1

Nature of investigations	Financial year	Number of Investigations per year	Number of investigations pending for year	Number of persons charged as result of investigations per year
Vehicles passed without being present at testing station	2012-13	-	-	-
	2013-14	-	-	-
	2014-15	1	-	-
Testing stations that passed a vehicle that was failed by another testing station	2012-13	-	-	-
	2013-14	-	-	-
	2014-15	-	-	-
Examiners of vehicles that pass a vehicle that is not roadworthy	2012-13	-	-	-
	2013-14	-	-	-
	2014-15	1	-	-
Other investigations	2012-13	-	-	-
	2013-14	-	-	-
	2014-15	-	-	-

NC Table 2

Conclusion of Investigations	Number of instances per Financial year
	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15
Testing station registration suspended	-	-	-
Testing station registration cancelled	-	-	-
Examiner registration suspended	-	-	-
Examiner registration cancelled	-	-	1
Examiner resigned before completion of investigation	-	-	-
Other testing station staff - fired	-	-	-
Vehicles retested	-	-	-
Other:	-	-	-
	-	-	-

NC Table 3

No	Nature of Charges (Short summary)
1	FRAUD

NC Table 4

Persons/Organisations that conducted investigations	Involved in Investigation Yes / No	Number of Instances
Special Investigations Unit (SIU)	-	-
South African Police Service	YES	1
HAWKS	-	-
Inspectorate of Testing stations	-	-
Provincial Monitoring Units	YES	1

WESTERN CAPE

WC Table 1

Nature of investigations	Financial year	Number of Investigations per year	Number of investigations pending for year	Number of persons charged as result of investigations per year
Vehicles passed without being present at testing station	2012-13	Cannot confirm	-	-
	2013-14	-	-	-
	2014-15	-	-	-
Testing stations that passed a vehicle that was failed by another testing station	2012-13	Do not have stats. Report on eNaTIS?	-	-
	2013-14	-	-	-
	2014-15	-	-	-
Examiners of vehicles that pass a vehicle that is not roadworthy	2012-13	2	-	-
	2013-14	3	-	-
	2014-15	Cases under investigation	-	-
Other investigations	2012-13	-	-	-
	2013-14	-	-	-
	2014-15	-	-	-

WC Table 2

Conclusion of Investigations	Number of instances per Financial year
	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15
Testing station registration suspended	0	0	0
Testing station registration cancelled	0	0	0
Examiner registration suspended	0	3	0
Examiner registration cancelled	2	0	0
Examiner resigned before completion of investigation	0	0	0
Other testing station staff - fired	0	1	0
Vehicles retested	0	0	0
Other:	2 cases pending	25 cases pending	3 cases pending

WC Table 3

No	Nature of Charges (Short summary)
1	MOST CASES ARE CORRUPTION

WC Table 4

Persons/Organisations that conducted investigations	Involved in Investigation Yes / No	Number of Instances
Special Investigations Unit (SIU)	-	-
South African Police Service	Y	13
HAWKS	Y	16
Inspectorate of Testing stations	-	-
Provincial Monitoring Units	-	-
Other (specify):	-	-

Reply:

(1)(a) A total of 27 (twenty seven) substations have been impacted, at some substations incidents occurred more that than once, in total there have been 49 (forty nine) incidents in the past five years.

(b)

Incident no	Site / Scene of Crime	Total actual losses
1	Orkney, munic substation	R 1 000.00
2	Orkney, munic substation	R 800.00
3	Zandpan Shaft 1	R 150 000.00
4	Zandpan Shaft one 88 kv DS	R 6 500.00
5	Zandpan shaft on	R 10 000.00
6	Zandpan	R 300000.00
7	Stilfontein town substation	R 3 000.00
8	Buffels Pioneer	R 2 500.00
9	Harties no 8	R 10 000.00
10	Harties no 5 D.S	R 18 000.00
11	Western Reefs 4 D.S	R 8 990.00
12	Buffels East D.S	R 22 000.00
13	Western Reefs 4 D.S	R 35 000.00
14	Harties no 5 , 88kv D.S.	R 22 000.00
15	Harties Vent	R 400 000.00
16	Buffels Pioneer	R 11 000.00
17	Western reefs 4	R 30 000.00
18	Vaal Reefs 2	R 60 000.00
19	Western reefs 4	R 90 000.00
20	Harties 8 substation	R 2 500.00
21	Buffels Orangia	R 90 000.00
22	Buffels Mill	R 51 750.00
23	Buffels Mill	R 50 000.00
24	Harties 5 substation	R 80 000.00
25	Kanana substation	R 3 000.00
26	Stilfontein town substation	R 500 000.00
27	Harties no 8	R 5 000 000.00
28	Harties no 8	R 300 000.00
29	Harties no 8	R 2 250.00
30	Buffels Pioneer 88kv D.S.	R 70 000.00
31	Buffels Pioneer 88kv D.S.	R 12 612.00
32	Hartebeest sub station	R 17 000.00
33	Pioneer Substation	R 2 000.00
34	Buffels Pioneer 88kv D.S.	R 30 000.00
35	Buffels Pioneer	R 7 000.00
36	Scott shaft D.S	R 15 000.00
37	Buffels Mill 88 kv D.S	R 7 000.00
38	Orkney munic substation	R3 500 000.00
39	Matlosana Mall substation	R 40 000.00
40	Harties 4	R 15 000.00
41	Orkney Munic Substation	R 5 000.00
42	Harties Mill 88/11kw	1 200 000.00
43	Buffels Mill	R 8 000.00
44	Buffels Mill	R 1 726.00
45	Harties shaft	R 30 000.00
46	Harties mill	R 800 000.00
47	Matlosana mall substation	R 500 000.00
48	Buffels Pioneer	R 5050.00
49	Harties shaft 4	R 10 000.00
	TOTAL LOSS	R13 513 678.00

(2) Yes, 49 (forty nine) cases were reported to the South African Police Services.

(3) Yes, 95 (ninety five) arrests were made.

 

(4) The criminal prosecution in this regard is the jurisdiction of Ministry of Police and have been reported as such.

Reply:

As the Honorable Member is most probably aware, SAA currently reports to National Treasury. The Honorable Member is thus advised to redirect her question to the Minister Finance.

 

Reply:

1. The proposed rule amendments, which have been approved by the Board of Trustees of the Transnet Second Defined Benefit Fund and the Transnet Sub Fund of the Transport Pension Fund as well as the Transnet Board of Directors, are currently being considered by myself and the Minister of Finance.

(2) The ex gratia payments made by Transnet to qualifying pensioners of the Transnet Second Defined Benefit Fund and the Transnet Sub Fund of the Transport Pension Fund are discretionary amounts. No decision has been taken by Transnet to make a payment in the 2015 calendar year.

(3)(a) Travel benefits/concessions available for trips by (aa) train and (bb) aircraft for pensioners belonging to the Transnet Second Defined Benefit Fund and the Transport Pension Fund, are, to the extent provided for, contained in each individuals service conditions with Transnet at date of retirement.

(b) The travel benefits/concessions of retired employees of Transnet have not been amended. Employees on Management levels in Transnet relinquished their travel benefits/concessions in lieu of a percentage remuneration adjustment from approximately October 2006 until April 2007, when their remuneration was changed from a basic pay plus benefits dispensation to a total cost to company approach. As their conditions of employment had changed they were required to sign new contracts of employment. Thus, from the date of conversion, they also no longer qualified for travel benefits/concessions after retirement. Management level employees who joined Transnet from 2007 onwards were not entitled to free travel benefits. Despite these changes, employees on Non-Management levels have retained their travel benefits/concessions, both during their employment and upon retirement and these benefits have not been amended.

 

Reply:

1. The Department of Water and Sanitation through the National Microbial Monitoring Programme (NMMP) provide the information needed to assess and manage the potential health risks to water uses related to faecal pollution of South African’s surface water resources. (a) The NMMP points are hotspots related and all the registered sites (217) are considered high risk and ranking them depend on a number of factors i.e. season, low and high rainfall period, year of assessment etc and (b) monitoring is an on-going process on a monthly/fortnightly basis.
2. The potential health risk associated with the use of faecal polluted water is based on four water uses or fitness for uses; namely

• Drinking untreated water;
• Drinking after limited treatment (domestic treatment);
• Irrigation of crops that can be eaten raw; and
• Full or partial contact/recreational activities.

(2)(a) All the reports (i.e. Annual/quarterly state of water & NMMP bi-monthly) indicate that there is a high risk (100 % risk) associated with drinking untreated water directly from all NMMP hotspots sites / rivers and the risks varies (low, moderate and high) for other fitness for uses at a given period.

(2)(b) The main source of faecal pollution is discharges from poorly maintained or dysfunctional sewage treatment plants into these hotspots rivers and the Department has come up with the Green Drop System to ensure proper management of waste water treatment works or progressive improvement in their operation so as not to impact negatively on the water bodies into which they discharge (i.e. to improve the quality of the effluent). The water use upgrades licenses of other wastewater treatment plants are being assessed and there is ongoing intervention by the Department to assist the municipalities experiencing challenges. The Department is aware that there are still areas (i.e. villages & some informal settlements) experiencing challenges with regard to basic sanitation services (pit latrines/bucket system) and the possible impact and threat they can pose to water resources if not well managed. Municipalities with challenges are being assisted to get access to the Municipal Infrastructure Grant to address sanitation needs.

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(A)   The Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) has a constitutional mandate to develop the agro-processing, sector with primary agricultural production the responsibility of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF). Discussions regularly take place between the two departments and other stakeholders with respect to the supply and security of supplier of feed-stocks into agro-processing value-chains. To the best of the Departments knowledge no existing or future projected security supply concerns have been raised by stakeholders in this regard.

(b)  i and ii) Since the matter of ‘land capping’ is a constitutional mandate of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, member D W Macpherson should address his question to the appropriate Minister.

Reply:

(a) There are 320 dams on the departmental register country wide.

(b) Refer to Appendix A for locations of all the dams.

(c)(i) Appendix A also gives the storage capacity of each dam, e.g. Gariep Dam approximate storage capacity is 5 342 923 000 m3 {or 5 x 106 (x 1000 m3)}. The rest of the dams can be determined in similar manner.

(c)(ii) Appendix B gives the weekly state of departmental reservoirs and the level can be read on the last column of the table, e.g. Reservoir level of Gariep on the 17 August 2015 was 69.7 % full.

(c)(iii) The National Water Act 36 of 1998 Section 117 (c) defines a dam with a safety risk as a dam which contains 50 000 m3 of water and has a wall of a vertical height of more than five meters (5 m), measured as the vertical difference between the lowest downstream ground elevation on the outside of the dam wall and the non-overspill crest or the general top level of the dam wall. Therefore according to this definition, all the departmental dams are considered dams with a safety risk.

To deal with the question of safety-risk status of each specified dam, reference is made to Section 2 (1) of Dam Safety Regulations Government Notice R 139 of 24 February 2012, (hence forth referred to as "Regulations"), which states: "Every dam with a safety risk must be classified in accordance with this regulation 2 on the basis of its size and hazard potential to determine the level of control over safety of the structure that is applicable in terms of these Regulations".

These two parameters, i.e. dam size and hazard potential are utilised as stipulated in Tables 1 and 2 of the Regulations' annexure to determine the Category classification of the dam as stipulated in Table 3 of the Regulations. It is this category classification which is used as an indicator for safety risk 'status' associated with the dam.

In the attached Appendix A Column AC gives the size classification; Column AD gives hazard rating potential classification and Column AE gives the category classification, e.g. Gariep Dam, Category classification is 3, i.e. Size classification = Large and Hazard rating classification = High.

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Reply:

(a) There are no bucket toilets located in the formal areas of each municipality in Gauteng.

(b) There are no bucket toilets located in the informal areas of each municipality in Gauteng. Informal areas utilise chemical toilets as a form of sanitation.

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Reply:

(1)(a) The Hoedspruit Package Plant with an elevated tank (which is used as a reservoir) and seven boreholes and not nine, as per the question raised, were constructed and commissioned on 28 May 2014 by the Mopani District Municipality to augment the supply of water from the Drankensig Water Treatment Plant owned by the National Department of Public Works. The initiative emanated from the 2011/2012 Maruleng Flood Disaster.

(1)(b) The total cost of the project was R11 972 303.00.

(2) The Package Plant is in use, however; the clear water pump has currently burnt out and the Mopani District Municipality has issued an order for repairs which will be installed by the end of August 2015.

(3) The capacity of the plant is 0.35Ml/d.

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Reply:

The Umgungundlovu District Municipality (DM) is the Water Services Authority (WSA) responsible for water provision in the uMshwathi, Richmond and Mkhambathini Local Municipalities (LMs). The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) is assisting with water relief to the Umgungundlovu DM by the provisioning of water services through the Regional Bulk Infrastructure Grant (RBIG) and the Municipal Infrastructure Grant (MWIG).

(a) The Umgeni Water is implementing the uMshwathi Regional Bulk pipeline which is co-funded by Umgeni Water and the DWS’s RBIG programme. The secondary bulk components of the scheme are being implemented by the Umgungundlovu DM with support from the DWS’s MWIG programme. The scheme will supply water from the Mgeni supply system to the uMshwathi LM area.

(b) The Umgeni Water has recently commissioned the Eston bulk pipeline which is supplying water from the Mgeni supply system to the Richmond area. The scheme was co-funded by the Umgeni Water and DWS through the RBIG programme.

(c) There are no projects being supported by the DWS in the Mkhambathini LM. Support for water for commercial and subsistence farmers is the responsibility of the National Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and an Inter-Ministerial Task Team has been established to address the impacts of the current drought in the Province. The Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has provided inputs on the drought interventions in the Province at consultation sessions that are being led by the Disaster Management Unit of the Provincial Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs.

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Reply:

The City of Johannesburg is the Water Service Authority which provides services to the Eikenhof informal settlement in the southern part of Johannesburg. The City of Johannesburg through the Joburg Water is providing the following basic water and sanitation services:

• 6 Communal stand-pipes for water; and
• 500 Ventilated Improved Pit-latrines (VIP’s).

The City of Johannesburg/ Joburg Water has plans in place to install 400 VIP in the current 2015/16 financial year.

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Reply:

 

1. The plant is currently not in working order because the plant was affected by floods during 2014. In addition, theft and vandalism of mechanical and electrical equipment contributed to the plant not working properly.

(2) My Department has not done any intervention since the Greater Sekhukhune District Municipality proactively appointed the Lepelle Northern Water Board under a bulk contract to operate and maintain the plant. The Lepelle Northern Water is in the process of finalizing the appointment of a service provider to refurbish the Works (the process is at adjudication stage of appointment of the service provider). It is envisage that the plant will be fully restored to its normal operational status during December 2015.

(3) Yes, tests have been done at the plant's outlet. Test results are attached as Annexure A.

1. Yes, a non-compliance notification has been issued to the municipality for not taking reasonable measures to prevent pollution from occurring. However, the municipality is in the process to refurbish mechanical and electrical components of the waste water plants. This is set to improve the quality of effluent prior to discharge.

(5) 29.76 %.

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Reply:

(a) The most prevalent water weeds found in the Umdloti River are Water Lettuce and Hyacinth.

(b)  Upstream from the Hazelmere Dam the prevalence is negligible, whereas on the downstream portion the coverage of Water Lettuce is approximately 50% and that of Hyacinth is about 30%.

(c) The impact of the aquatic weed has very little to insignificant impact, especially since it is controlled.

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Reply:

(a)  the dti and its entities define red tape as rules, regulations, and / or bureaucratic procedures and processes which are excessively complex and which impose unnecessary delay(s), inaction and / or costs which exceed their benefits, and / or is no longer effective in achieving the purpose for which they were originally created. Red tape results in undesirable economic, business and / or social impacts or outcomes as a result of negatively impacting on productivity. Red tape involves excessive, or unevenly enforced, regulation or rigid conformity to formal rules that is considered redundant or bureaucratic and hinders or prevents effective action or decision-making (Source: the dti & CoGTA Guidelines for Reducing Municipal Red Tape, 2012)

(b)  In the area of reducing regulatory constraints, the dti launched a red tape reduction programme in collaboration with the Department of Co-operative Governance to target local municipalities so that they could reduce administrative processes and regulations on small businesses. The programme has initially targeted 12 municipalities across the country. It is aimed at addressing unnecessary regulatory burdens in order for SMMEs to fully take advantage of business opportunities emanating from local Municipalities and beyond.

In addition, the Companies Act, 2008 has simplified the company regime in that it allows for a one man business to register as a private company and to then grow towards a big corporation or public company without the burden of re-registering.

Private companies are no longer required to file audited financial statements. Audits are only required from companies that have an economic impact due to the number of employees, turnover and extent of the business activities. Private companies can now file independently reviewed statements. Independent review is a quality assurance mechanism that is less stringent than a full scale audit which is more costly.

The Companies Act has also decriminalised compliance transgressions. The Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) can now issue compliance notices in instances that were just defined as criminal offences under the previous companies Act of 1973.

the dti is also working on the integrated registration system which will be co-ordinated with SARS, and Statistics SA. Registration must be at one point and all entities that play a role must automatically access information from one central point.

(aa) These guidelines have been informed by the results of the 2011/2012 National Red Tape Reduction Piloting involving 12 municipalities and funded by the dti and CoGTA and with support from SALGA.

(bb) The SMME Payment Assistance Hotline facilitated payments to small businesses exceeding R350 million. This function has been transferred to the Department of Small Business.

Response from the Entities

Entity	(ii)(b)(i)	(ii)(b)(ii)(aa)	(ii)(b)(ii)(bb)
Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC)	Partnering with banks to offer integrated company registration and bank account services which enable customers to perform both activities through one process. To date company registration inclusive of Bank account openings have gone live with FNB and Standard Bank
Export Credit Insurance Corporation (ECIC)	The ECIC has implemented processes to ensure that there are efficient processes to allow for quick turnaround times in order to implement the mandate	Process reviews are initiated whenever bottlenecks are identified, there is currently a process underway to review the procurement process, delegation matrix and there are initiatives that are underway such as ERP system to improve business processes.
National Credit Regulator (NCR)	The NCR has a delegation matrix which outlines approval/authority limits. The limits are limited to the Accounting Authority; CEO; Executive Committee; CFO and Managers. This matrix helps with expediting decision making and implementation.
National Consumer Tribunal (NCT)	The NCT assesses applications filed with it against the filing requirements contained in its rules to ensure that filings meet the requirements as set and advises filing parties if any requirements were not met. This ensures that matters adjudicated on by the Tribunal, meets the filing requirements and that the matters can be dealt with at a hearing. In addition, the NCT conducts regular workshops with all its stakeholders to ensure that all parties are aware of the specific requirements set by legislation to assist in speedy resolution of cases. The NCT does not enforce any other processes over and above what is required by legislation.	Not applicable, as the NCT does not enforce any process over and above filing requirements set by legislation in order for matters to be adjudicated on, therefore no additional red tape created.	Not applicable, as the NCT does not enforce any process over and above filing requirements set by legislation in order for matters to be adjudicated on, therefore no additional red tape created.
National Empowerment Fund (NEF)	As a national development finance institution the NEF was established to be a driver and thought leader in promoting and facilitating black economic participation through the provision of financial and non-financial support to black empowered businesses, as well as to promote a culture of savings and investment among black people. In its quest for excellence the NEF has adopted a Strategy referred to as the NEF Power of 3, which strives to achieve and is anchored on answering telephonic enquiries within 3 rings; returning client calls within 3 hours; attending to walk-in clients within 3 minutes; taking up to a maximum of 3 months to fully assess applications for funding from application to disbursement of funds to clients; resolving complaints within 3 days and acknowledging receipt of all applications within 3 days.	The NEF identifies the market failures that confront black entrepreneurs as follows: Limited own capital; Limited management skills, including financial, marketing and technical expertise; Limited access to affordable capital; Lack of accurate and reliable financial information; Challenges with compiling good-quality business plans; Lower bargaining and strong competition from established businesses with entrenched market dominance, and Lack of access to local and international markets.	The NEF continuously reviews its application processes to see how it can help reduce what is commonly referred to as turn-around times. In pursuit of the quest for excellence management has been given delegation of authority by the Board of Trustees to introduce a number of interventions that will enable entity to reduce red tape, namely: Introduction of a Credit Committee that sits daily/weekly depending on the number of applications to be considered for approvals ranging from R250,000 up to R1.5 million; Greater empowerment to senior managers heading business units to decide on due diligences on deals at a higher threshold. For example Managers can perform due diligences on deals up to R10 million, whereas in the past this was limited to R3 million; The Investment Committee that constitutes Senior Managers chaired by EXCO members [Fund Management Investment Committee (FMIC)] convenes on a weekly basis and can approve transactions of up to R5 million; The EXCO Investment Committee, which is chaired by the CEO, meets weekly and can approve up to R15 million deal sizes; The Post-Investment Monitoring Committee, chaired by the General Counsel (EXCO member), has the delegated authority to approve “head-room” facilities equivalent to 10% of total approved amounts into existing investee companies. These amounts will ensure that where businesses face a cash-flow crunch, these amounts can be deployed immediately to address challenges faced by entrepreneurs on a daily basis as they are unable to attract private sector short-term facilities from commercial banks, such as overdraft and bridging facilities by virtue of them lacking a trading history. Finally, in compliance with Treasury Regulation 8.2.3 which requires public entities to unless specifically provided in contract with a service provider, pay creditors within 30 days of the invoice being presented. The NEF conducts regular interactions with both staff and service providers to train them on the NEF’s internal process requirements. The NEF further conducts annual audits aimed at determining progress in ensuring that creditors are paid within 30 days. Based on the latest internal audit findings, the NEF’s control framework was found to have been satisfactorily applied through the period to ensure that creditors are paid on time.
National Gambling Board (NGB)	Rules and regulations are in place within the NGB. The understanding is that actions and decisions taken by public officials are subject to oversight through monitoring adherence to rules and regulations so as to guarantee that there is reporting and accountability to demonstrate that Government initiatives are met.	Internal controls are in place within the NGB to ensure that the various pillars of Governance are in place.	Areas of non- compliance with rules and regulations will give rise to adverse audit finding by the office of the Auditor General. On this basis no specific interventions have been implemented to reduce red tape or to do away with any rules and regulation
National Lotteries Commission (NLC)	The amendment of the Lotteries Act allows for the allocation of differentiated grants. This means that organisations applying for smaller grants will have fewer and less stringent requirements to be met in order to be considered for a grant from the National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund (NLDTF). The amended Act also makes provision for full time Distributing Agencies, appointed for a period of five years, to adjudicate on applications for funding. This is envisaged to improve turnaround times. The Lotteries Act also requires the process from application to adjudication to be a maximum of 150 days. The National Lotteries Commission can only put this to the test once the full time Distributing Agencies have been appointed. The National Lotteries Commission is committed to pay all grants within the prescribed 60 days of receiving duly compliant grant agreements. In recent years, the NLC has engaged with its stakeholders through its National Indabas, and Provisional Workshops and Help Desks by interacting and educating prospective applicants on the application process. It is also an opportunity to learn of the challenges faced by stakeholders. This has resulted in the doubling of the applications received by the NLC in the last call for applications. The NLC has established offices in each of the provinces to give greater access to applicants and beneficiaries.
National Metrology Institute of South Africa (NMISA)	In the case of NMISA there is no deliberate implementation of red tape. The organisation is structured as a flat organisational structure with clear delegations of authority to enhance efficiency in operations and eliminate complexity. This is especially emphasised for areas where there is direct contact with the clients at service delivery points such as the signature of calibration certificates to industry. This is delegated to divisional directors and experts. The accreditation the quality standard ISO 17025 and ISO Guide 34 ensures that red tape is avoided when dealing with the public and clients.
National Regulator For Compulsory Specifications (NRCS)	There are procedural guidelines in various business units to deal with the processing of applications.	Applications for various forms of authorization are recorded upon receipt and when finalised.	When the backlog is identified, manpower is increased by using field inspectors and overtime is offered to all inspectors available to work.
South African Bureau of Standards (SABS)	The SABS has 5 main service delivery programmes. Standards Development and Promotion Certification Testing Training Academy, and SABS Design Institute	An improvement request query (IRQ) system is used to systematically manage customer feedback and complaints regarding the accessibility and quality of the SABS services; Customer satisfaction surveys are occasionally commissioned to assess the customer experience; Deloitte Fraudline that customers use to report issues that point to red tape; and The SABS internal audit process, which includes the management of accreditation for conformity assessment services.	The SABS has is in the process of implementing a number of systems to improve productivity and through these processes, the opportunities to reduce red tape are implemented. The systems include: The Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) for managing laboratory testing processes; e-Committee for management of standards development committees and projects; and The Automation of Certification Business Process. In addition, the SABS is embarking on a modernisation programme (through ICT) whose roadmap is currently under review at the Board.
South African National Accreditation System (SANAS)	As accreditation requires strict compliance to international standards, the lack of clearer communication was identified as the main contributor to perceived red tape. In this regard, SANAS conduct annual Communication meetings with its customers as well as increased its print communication to monthly and quarterly reports.	Identification comes through Internal Audits as well as international peer reviews.	The second phase of the SANAS Shanduka project aimed at automating the accreditation administration process through ICT, will contribute towards minimising the time and information required to apply for accreditation.
National Consumer Commission (NCC)	The NCC has revised its strategy during the latter part of 2012 with a view to improving service delivery in line with its legislative mandate. Internal controls, policies, standard operating procedures, delegations of authority and charters have been put in place relating to compliance with applicable legislation, policies, directives and decision making.	Delivery as per the annual performance plan is monitored regularly at which monthly performance and financial reports are canvassed. Executive Committee meetings are held at least once every quarter at which management committee reports, amongst other things, are canvassed. Moreover, regular meetings are held with stakeholders. Decisions impacting on the public are disseminated via the various media. Internal controls, policies, standard operating procedures, delegations of authority and charters are revised regularly in order to improve operations and service delivery.	The NCC has recently developed its Service Delivery Improvement Programme (SDIP) which provides for turnaround times for the majority of services. This is monitored on an ongoing basis by the management and executive committees of the NCC.
Companies Tribunal (CT)	The requirements and procedures for filing of applications and complaints are determined by the Companies Act 71 of 2008 and Companies Regulations made in terms of the Act. Companies Tribunal produced the Practice Guidelines for filing of applications for adjudication and Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) complaints to simplify the procedures.

 

Reply:

Neither me, the Deputy Minister of Water and Sanitation, nor any officials of my Department travelled to China during the 2014-2015 financial year.

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Reply:

The Moretele Local Municipality (LM) has implemented and completed the upgrade of the Transactie Well Field water supply augmentation project which consists of a 10 km pipeline, chlorination house, equipping 10 boreholes, 10 pump house structures and 2.5 mega litres per day (Ml/day) reservoir. The total cost of the project amounted to R11 million. This project has increased the water storage capacity in the area from 0.35 Ml to 2.85 Ml (an increase of 2.5 Ml). The system is currently operational and people are receiving water, though the water supply source is not sufficient to deal with the current demand. To augment water supply in the area of the Moretele LM is providing tankering until a lasting and sustainable solution is found.

Long Term Plan

On 16 July 2014; my Department, the Moretele LM and Magalies Water signed a tripartite agreement to conduct a study for bulk water supply in Moretele including the Moretele North Portion. The study is at an advance stage, whilst the Moretele South is under Construction in Klipdrift and the Moretele North is under detail design which incorporates the entire Ngobi Village through the supply from Klipvoor.

 

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Reply:

1. My Department is not the responsible authority for any mining authorization. We regulate water activities in a water course. The competent authority for granting mining permits is the Department of Mineral Resources.
2. A site investigation was conducted on 25 July 2015, by the Department’s enforcement team together with the SAPS. Upon completion of the investigation, my Department will, through its enforcement team, deal with the transgressor appropriately both administratively and criminally.

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Reply:

1. My Department has not been informed of the water crisis in Greenville Village, in Mthatha which has allegedly been without water for more than four weeks.
2. Upon receiving of this question, my Department’s Provincial Office: Eastern Cape investigated the matter and found out that water supply to Greenville Village was deliberately switched off by the O R Tambo District Municipality due to non-payment of water bills and there is nothing wrong with the water supply system. This area consists of government properties with some informal dwellings built around the houses. However, the OR Tambo District Municipality is carting water to the informal settlement of Kwa-Mpuku which is adjacent to the formal settlement. They have since put two Jojo tanks which are filled timeously. It will be further investigated if the houses are occupied legally which would enable Public Works to pay for the services rendered.

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Reply:

(1)(a) The total amount spent to end July 2015 is R41 713 943 (excl. VAT).

(1)(b) The relevant detail of expenditure is as follows:

DESCRIPTION	EXPENDITURE TO END JULY 2015 (excl. VAT)
ENVIRONMENTAL	R 399 319
LAND MATTERS	R 11 815 024
DESIGN AND SUPERVISION	R 23 216 748
CONSTRUCTION
- Dam	R 0
- Demolition of Buildings	R 6 282 853
TOTAL (excl. VAT)	R 41 713 943

(2)(a) The Hazelmere Dam has indicated an average of 0.72% increase in sedimentation over a 36 year period.

(2)(b) The storage capacity has been reduced from 23,94 million m3 to 17,675 million m3

(2)(c) Increased erosion in the catchment combined with increased sand-mining activities.

(3) Unlawful water uses through sand mining activities that contribute to sedimentation have been investigated on the Mdloti River upstream and downstream of the dam; and enforcement actions taken. A Catchment Management Forum also exists to deal with issues and concerns raised by water users within the catchment.

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Reply:

(a) Historically the concept of ‘red tape’ was introduced as an instrument for standardised, systematic procedures for bureaucratic approval across nation-states but in current times this concept has become synonymous with time-consuming, lengthy systems for issues that are simple to resolve.

(b) To eliminate the latter, the Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) has ensured one consolidated approach for State Owned Company (SOC) to report to the Department based on key areas defined in the shareholder compacts and corporate plans.

These performance areas are reported on quarterly basis in the SOC quarterly reports to the Department with sector team engagements on any concerns or areas for improvement. With regard to the PFMA applications, the Department maintains a register which ensures adherence within the stipulated timelines.

Indeed, the intention with SOC quarterly reporting to DPE is for data accuracy to inform DPE decisions to fully optimise the SOC as key instruments of a developmental state.

 

Reply:

(1)(a)(b)(i)(ii)(iii)(aa)(bb)(cc)(dd)(2)(3)(a)(b)(4)

Due to the secrecy provisions contained in Section 69 of the Tax Administration Act No. 28 of 2011, SARS is prohibited from disclosing any taxpayer information (Including whether or not a taxpayer is subject to an audit/ investigation) to any person other than a SARS official. SARS is, therefore, unfortunately not in a position to respond to the above request.

Reply:

The department does not use undercover agents, as there is no law permitting the department to use undercover agents.

Reply:

During the period until 6 August 2015, hotels were used once for domestic travel and on four occasions for international travel.

The domestic travel was to eThekwini for a three-night stay, at a cost of R5 753.

The international travel entailed official trips to the United Kingdom, Indonesia, the United States and Switzerland. This involved 12 nights accommodation at hotels. Of these, accounts have been received and paid for in respect of three of the trips, totalling R54 663 for eight nights stay in hotels. One account is still outstanding from DIRCO who secures hotel accommodation on behalf of the Ministry.

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Reply:

1.

PROVINCE	FINANCIAL YEAR	ALLOCATED BUDGET R’000
Eastern Cape	2013/14	R188, 753,400
	2014/15	R 173,621,000
Gauteng	2013/14	R284, 000.000
	2014/15	R 321, 870,000
Limpopo	2013/14	R240, 000.000
	2014/15	R227, 000,000
North West	2013/14	R55,000.000
	2014/15	R 54,330,000
Northern Cape	2013/14	R71, 026.000
	2014/15	R76,030,000
Western Cape	2013/14	R282,927,000
	2014/15	R231, 581,000
Free State	2013/14	R161.541.000
	2014/15	R175, 498,000
Mpumalanga	2013/14	R185, 296. 320
	2014/15	R192 ,283,000
Kwazulu Natal	2013/14	R211, 333.000
	2014/15	R219, 108,000

2. The Department of Social Development does not have any memoranda of Understanding with both the Departments. What is in place are the Terms of Reference, agreed upon among the Interdepartmental Committee for ECD which includes the departments mentioned in the question. The South African Integrated Programme of Action for ECD: Moving Ahead was approved by Cabinet on 18 September 2013, which outlines the roles and responsibilities of all Departments that deals with ECD issues.

3. According to the Children’s Act 38 of 2005, the provincial head of social development must conduct inspections at the prescribed intervals of partial care facilities in the province to enforce the provisions of this Act. Each province conducts monitoring of ECD centres on a quarterly basis, based on their targets for the quarter.

Reply:

1. No, the department does not conduct lifestyle audits of its employees. No, there is no monitoring of employee expenditure patterns because there has never been any reason to do so;
2. (a) Yes, the matter was referred to the relevant law enforcement agency.
3. Yes, the matter was referred to the relevant enforcement law agency.

Reply:

The Industrial Development Corporation reports that is spent the following sums on advertising in the 2014/15 financial year, for specified advertising categories:

1. Print media: R9.3 million
2. Radio: R11.8 million
3. Television: R6.3 million
4. Online: R1.1 million
5. Outdoor advertising: nil

Question 2 and 3

Media category	Publication/station
Digital	BD Live
	Cadreon
	Clicks2customers
	Dash of Lime
	Entrepreneur.ZA.Com
	Forestry SA.co.za
	IOL
	ITWEB
	Jewellery Biz News
	MiningMx
	MSN
	News 24
	Perform Digital
	Pop I Media Innovations
	SA Forestry Magazine.co.za
	Sowetan Digital
	The Times
	Yahoo
	Yonder Media
Magazine	Agbiz Congress
	Business Hi-Lite
	Business Times : Beneficiation
	Businessbrief
	CSI Handbook
	Durban Chamber Directory
	Engineering News
	Food Trade SA Directory
	Infocom
	Jewellery Biz News Connect (Directory)
	KZN Top Business
	Mining Weekly
	MiningMX
	MiningMX Yearbook
	Newcastle Chamber of Commerce and Industry
	SA Jewellery News
	Savca Directory
	Sawubona Magazine
	The Thinker Magazine
	Truesight Communications t/a Hluma Magazine

Newspaper	Alex News
	Beeld - Sake Beeld
	Brits Pos
	Business Day
	Business Report (Star, Cape Times, Pretoria News, Mercury)
	Cape Argus
	Cape Times
	Capricon Voice
	City Press
	City Press - Business
	Daily Dispatch
	Daily News
	Daily Sun
	Daily Voice Cape Town
	De Aar Echo
	Diamond Fields Advertiser
	Die Burger - Sake Burger
	Die Volksblad
	Die Volksblad - Sake Volksblad
	Eastern Cape Industrial & Business News
	Eastern Cape Today
	Eastern Free State Issue
	Excelsior News
	Free State Sun
	Gemsbok
	Greater Alex Today Newspaper
	Highveld Tribune
	Ilanga
	Isolezwe
	Kalahari Bulletin
	Kathu Gazette
	Klerksdorp Record
	Letaba Herald
	Lowvelder/Laevelder
	Mafikeng Mail
	Mail & Guardian
	Mangaung Issue
	Middelburg Herald
	Mpumalanga News
	Noordwester/Oewernuus
	Overvaal
	Polokwane Express
	Polokwane Observer
	Pretoria News
	Rapport
	Rustenburg Herald
	Son
	Sosh Times
	SowetanNewpapers
	Sunday Times
	Sunday Times-Business Times
	The Herald
	The Mercury
	The Star
	Victoria West Messenger
	Vukani (Inc)
	Weekend Post
	Weekend Review
	Witness
Radio	702 Talk Radio
	Capricorn FM
	Energy FM
	Kaya FM
	KFM
	Lesedi FM (Sesotho)
	Metro FM
	MunghanaLonene FM (Tsonga)
	OFM
	Power FM
	RSG (Radiosondergrense)
	SAFM
	Ukhozi FM (Zulu)
	UmhloboWenene FM (Xhosa)
Television	ANN7 (Africa News Nertworks )
	Business Day TV
	ENCA
	ETV
	MNET
	SABC 1
	SABC 2
	SABC 3
	SSHD4
	Supersport HD6
	Supersport 7
	Supersport HD 2
	Supersport HD5

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Reply:

The Department spent R168 744 during the period for a co-sourcing contract with the Business Innovation Group to provide support for the internal audit function in the EDD, covering performance information and transfers/subsidies to entities of the Department.

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Reply:

No; the Department of Social Development does not have nor intend having a policy for Social Workers to make enquiries about the extent in which a mother was exposed to alcohol during pregnancy when a child with problematic behavior is taken to children’s home or another form of care .

However, the Department of Social Development has assessment tools that are being administered when children including children with FASD (Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder) are admitted to a children’s home or another form of care. The assessment tools provide the social workers with background information of every child including the family circumstances of the child. Additionally social workers can access information from other health care workers to assess the impact of the family and environmental circumstances on the behavior of the child.

Reply:

(a) What are the relevant details of the biogas initiatives in the country that are led by the Government?

The Department and the ARC completed a pilot phase of the Biodigester project in the Thabo Mofutsanyane District (Free State province) that started in June 2012 and just concluded in June 2015 as part of the mitigation and adaptation to climate variability and change in the Thabo Mofutsanyane District (Free State Province). This project was rolled-out in Thabo Mofutsanyane District with a number of beneficiaries, mainly community livestock farmers who received training and had the biodigesters equipment purchased for them. 

The ultimate goal of the project was to enhance agricultural productivity by promoting the adoption of an integrated crop-livestock system that effectively mitigates, adapts to and reduces vulnerabilities to climate change. It is also aimed at introducing and encouraging agricultural practices in rural communities that have the potential of mitigating climate change and adapting to adverse effects of climate change and the use of biogas for domestic cooking and electricity purposes.

About 13 biogas digesters for generation of bio-gas for cooking and/lighting from livestock manure were installed and they are operational. The farmer training was conducted and provided an opportunity to promote renewable energies and inform farmers on the possibility of self-energy generation. Capacity building and job creation was achieved through training of the local youth on biogas digester installation. Relevant weather and climate information was distributed to farmers during the planning and implementation of their agricultural activities via sms. The findings of this pilot project will assist with the climate change adaptation and mitigation measures (in the form of strategies and/or polices) for the country.

(b)  How extensive is the roll-out of the specified initiatives in the country’s rural population?

This pilot project is currently been rolled out to three Provinces namely: Eastern Cape, North West and Limpopo targeting ten (10) small scale farmers per Province from the financial year 2015/16 to 2017/18. The project aims at raising awareness of climate change among different stakeholders in the agricultural community. It will promote the integrated crop-livestock production system. The beneficiaries in these provinces, mainly livestock farmers will be trained and have biodegesters purchased for them and installed. 

Biogas could be used to generate a large portion of the peaking power required and thereby effect very large cost savings for the country. More funding and resources are however, needed to roll it out at a larger scale.

Reply:

In 2009, my Department conducted a study to assess the level of compliance of the twelve Colleges against the approved Norms and Standards the Governance and Financing Framework for ATIs. The assessment study report revealed that no single College complied fully with the established Norms and Standards albeit in differing degrees. Flowing from the approved Norms and Standards and the Governance and Financing Framework for ATIs including the findings of the compliance study, a Revitalisation Plan for the Colleges of Agriculture was developed.

The Colleges Revitalization Plan (CRP) is guided by the following critical pillars:

• Pillar 1: Improvement of Infrastructure and equipment
• Pillar 2: Curriculum review with emphasis on value addition
• Pillar 3: Accreditation and registration of Colleges
• Pillar 4: Leadership development and change management
• Pillar 5: Strengthening of Information and Communication Technology including Colleges Governance

In support of the process of revitalizing the Colleges of Agriculture, my Department approached the National Treasury in 2009/10 to present the case of the twelve Colleges and to solicit funding for their improvement. My Department commenced with its National Treasury approved and funded Colleges Revitalization Plan in 2011/12 financial year. Since then, my Department has been allocating a substantial amount of money to Colleges to augment their equitable budget.

A total amount of R2 236 705 009.00 (two billion two hundred and thirty six million seven hundred and five thousand and nine rand only) has been spent on Colleges of Agriculture between 2009 and January 2015.

A total amount of R1 907 356 342.00 (one billion nine hundred and seven million three hundred and fifty six thousand and three hundred and forty two rand only) has been spent on Goods and Services and Compensation of Employees (Annexure A).

A total amount of R329 348 667.00 (three hundred and twenty nine million three hundred and forty eight thousand and six hundred and sixty seven rand only) has been spent on Colleges of Agriculture since 2011/12 through Colleges Revitalization Plan (Annexure B).

Annexure C presents a list of major infrastructure support provided to Colleges by my Department through the Colleges Revitalization Plan since 2011/12.

Reply:

(a) (i), (ii), (aa), (bb), (cc), (dd).

The Department of Communications did not commission any consultants or external third parties to undertake the task of revising and drafting the Policy amendments that were submitted in February 2015 and finally adopted by Cabinet on the 4th of March 2015. The task was undertaken by the internal Policy Unit personnel of the DoC and the DTT PMO under the supervision of the Acting Director-General and the leadership of the Minister.

(b) (i), (ii) and (c)

The only point at which external parties were engaged in the formulation of the policy amendments was to solicit the inputs from the consultation session that was held with industry and various stakeholders in the broadcasting sector. This mainly occurred at a workshop called by the Minister to revive the Broadcasting Digital Migration (BDM) Policy and to assist the DTT PMO team to finalise the Policy amendments and attended by several representatives of companies and industry groups from the electronic manufacturing sector.  The details are as follows: 

Date            : Thursday 06 November 2014

Venue       : Auditorium, Ground Floor, Tshedimosetso House, 1035 Francis Baard, Hatfield, Pretoria

Time           : 09H00

Attendance register is attached.

Numerous working sessions were held to process the inputs between the period November 2014 and February 2015. The final output of these working sessions was a draft Policy amendments submitted in February 2015 and approved by Cabinet on the 4th of March 2015.

 

 

 

MR NN MUNZHELELE

DIRECTOR GENERAL [ACTING]

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE:

MS AF MUTHAMBI, MP

MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE

Reply:

The department did not set up a SABC Task Team.

 

 

 

MR NN MUNZHELELE

DIRECTOR GENERAL [ACTING]

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE:

MS AF MUTHAMBI (MP)

MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE

Reply:

(a) The MDDA has a grant funding cycle that that runs from 12 to 18 months. Projects are monitored twice during the project funding cycle. Funding is allocated in four tranches and each tranche is released after satisfactory reporting and compliance with the Grant in Aid Agreement and monitoring. Due to cost saving, site visits are conducted once during the life cycle of projects. Project report on quarterly basis, this is another form of close monitoring.

(b)  All Radio Stations are monitored on the following:

i. Attainment of intended project objectives as of inception

ii. Governance and institutional stability

iii. Financial Management

iv. Financial Sustainability and revenue generation

v. Community Participation

vi. Partnerships

vii. Compliance and non-compliance with the Grant in Aid Agreement

(c) i. MDDA conducts monitoring on all the funded community radio stations. The dates for monitoring are determined based on the status quo of the projects, funds disbursed and the reporting cycle of each project. Due to cost saving, site visits are conducted once during the life cycle of a project (Average project lifecycle would normally be 14 months). Oversight monitoring is conducted if there is delayed reporting.

ii. In the previous three financial years the projects have been monitored through:

1. Desktop monitoring
2. Site visits monitoring and evaluation
3. Project reporting
4. Annual evaluation using different methodologies such as formative, summative and clarificative where required
5. Board Members undertake Provincial site visit on a random basis

 

 

 

MR NN MUNZHELELE

DIRECTOR GENERAL [ACTING]

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE:

MS AF MUTHAMBI (MP)

MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE

Reply:

(a) National Treasury makes significant efforts to communicate publicly its fiscal strategy and implications for the debt outlook. Extensive budget information is released to the legislature and the public in general. According to the international Open Budget Index survey, South Africa ranks as one of the top countries for transparency and accountability. Parliament holds public hearings after the tabling of each Budget Review and Medium Term Budget Policy Statement. As part of its budget outreach programme, National Treasury representatives travel around South Africa presenting the fiscal outlook to universities and civil society organisations. The National Treasury conducts domestic investor roadshows and communicates regularly with the media on the implications of the fiscal framework for the national debt outlook.

The debt that government will incur over the coming decade is set out in the publicly available budget documents tabled in parliament in February each year. Provisions are made for debt that is falling due, with the details outlined in chapter 7 of 2015 Budget Review. A more detailed breakdown is published in the annual Debt Management Report, which is available on the National Treasury website.

(b) Government manages the debt outlook by narrowing the deficit over time while mitigating refinancing risk (i.e. the risk that government will not be able to raise money to finance the budget deficit and repay debt at any scheduled point, or will have to do so at high cost). In order to close the deficit, government has raised taxes and reduced the rate of expenditure growth. The budget also aims to change the composition of borrowing, in order to ensure that government debt is used to fund infrastructure spending with a positive long-term impact.

The medium-term borrowing strategy focuses on mitigating the risks presented by the sharp increase in loan repayments in 2017/18 and beyond. To meet these high loan repayments, cash has been generated from higher long-term borrowing in 2014/15. Over the medium term, the cash will be used to pay down short-term borrowing. Government also makes use of a bond-switch programme to ease pressure on targeted areas of the bond redemption profile by exchanging short-term for longer-term debt.

Reply:

Although I am fully aware of the ILO study on farm workers living and working conditions in South Africa, the report that was issued in February 2015 was just a draft for input by affected stakeholders. The ILO final report on farm workers living and working conditions in South Africa was only finalized and published on 21 July 2015.

I am arranging a briefing from the International Labour Organisation on the findings of the study. Consequently, I will interact with Ministers of Labour and Rural Development and Land Reform to have an integrated approach to the recommendations of the report. We will then consult with relevant stakeholders in the agriculture sector to discuss and develop a sector action plan to address challenges addressed in the report.

Reply:

1. The State Security Agency (SSA) conducts continuous performance reviews with specific reference to reducing lead time and improve turn-around time against the Annual Performance Plans (APPs) and Annual Operational Plans (AOPs) through Business Process Mapping and Re-engineering.
2. The State Security Agency (SSA) does not have any entities.

Reply:

The Minister of Communications received the report from the National Communication Task Team (NCTT). The report is currently being evaluated. All matters relating to the NCTT will be responded to once the Minister concludes with the evaluation and expresses her opinion on how the process will be carried forward.

 

 

MR N MUNZHELELE

[ACTING] DIRECTOR GENERAL

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE:

MS AF MUTHAMBI, MP

MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE:

Reply:

(a)  MDDA developed and distributed 1500 toolkits for Media Advertising and Marketing for both radio and another 1500 for print. In addition the MDDA has also produced an “easy to use” Corporate Governance Toolkit

(b) Participants at the workshops were all provided the toolkits:

Toolkits Workshops	Area	Beneficiaries	Period
Marketing and Advertising	Mpumalanga Provincial Workshop	6 Community Radio Stations and 7 Publishers	August 2011
	Northern Cape Provincial Workshop	5 Community Radio Stations and 1 Publisher	August 2011
	Gauteng Provincial Workshop	20 Community Radio Stations, 1 Community TV and 3 Publishers	August 2011
	KwaZulu Natal Provincial Workshop	14 Community Radio Stations, 1 Community TV and 10 Publishers	August 2011
Corporate Governance	National Workshop	37 Publishers and 11 Community Radio Stations.	May 2012
	National Workshop	10 community Radio Stations, 3 Community TV and 6 Publishers.	February 2013
Starting Your School Newspaper	Provincial Annual Media Literacy Workshops	100 Learners per annum	Annually since 2012 Limpopo, Free State, Northern Cape, KwaZulu Natal and Western Cape

These toolkits are subsequently distributed in all workshops and Learning Forum where MDDA beneficiaries participate.

 

 

MR NN MUNZHELELE

DIRECTOR GENERAL ACTING

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE:

MS AF MUTHAMBI (MP)

MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE

Reply:

No, I did not interact with my counterpart during my recent visit to China as I was invited by the Deputy President, Mr Cyril Ramaphosa to form part of his delegation. I therefore followed the Deputy President’s programme and accompanied him to all his meetings.

However, there are many useful lessons that other universities in China can offer South Africa. There are on-going collaborations between various Chinese and South African Universities, e.g. the Universities of Pretoria and Stellenbosch have partnered with Northeast Normal and Hunan Universities.

A Centre for Chinese Studies (CCS), based at Stellenbosch University, has been established to analyse China-related research by collaborating with scholars from Africa, China and other international academic centres with similar interests, and publishes regular discussion papers, policy briefings and short opinion pieces on current issues. CCS also hosts visiting academics and government officials within the China Forum that provides a platform to discuss and debate on China-African related subjects.

CCS has co-operative linkages with key universities and institutions pursuing both research collaboration and exchange undertakings, prioritising linkages with Chinese institutions that include Beijing University, Tsinghua and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. CCS is also home to the Confucius Institute, the first institution of its kind established in Africa.

 

 

Compiler/Contact persons:

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DIRECTOR – GENERAL

STATUS:

DATE:

REPLY TO QUESTION 2921 APPROVED/NOT APPROVED/AMENDED

Dr BE NZIMANDE, MP

MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING

STATUS:

DATE:

Reply:

(1). Currently Agricultural Colleges do not have language policies, but their academic rules and procedures clearly state their respective mediums of instruction, the following Colleges Glen, Owen Sithole, Cedara, Taung, Fort Cox, Tsolo, Madzivhandila and Tompi Seleka use English as their medium of instruction.

Elsenburg and Potchefstroom Colleges use a 50/50 (English or Afrikaans) medium of instruction; this is due to the fact that almost all classes are multilingual. The practice is that the lecturer teaches in either English or Afrikaans or both. The audio- visual aids are in the other language that is not being used by the lecturer i.e. English or Afrikaans. The class notes and student guides are available in both English and Afrikaans.

Grootfontein College uses a parallel mode of instruction where tuition is in English to one group (non-Afrikaans) and Afrikaans to the other group.

(2). There is no change expected in the language policy or guidelines of the following Colleges Glen, Owen Sithole, Cedara, Taung, Potchefstroom, Fort Cox, Tsolo, Madzivhandila and Tompi Seleka as they are experiencing no challenges in their respective Institutions regarding the medium of instruction.

Elsenburg College is overseeing a process to inform and sensitise staff and the student body on best practice regarding the current language approach. A Task Team has been established to consult with corresponding institutions on matters related to language policies, options and plans. The College Council will thereafter present a framework to the Department for consideration. A process of consultation with stakeholders, including students and industry representative bodies, regarding the proposed policy framework is envisaged after which a process to draft and adopt a language policy and plan for the Elsenburg Agricultural Training Institute will be initiated, in accordance with the approved framework.

My Department has initiated processes of amending the current medium of instruction at Grootfontein College with the aim of developing a language policy which will introduce English as a new medium of instruction.

(3). Breakdown of home language spoken by students at each of the specified Colleges is presented on Attachment A;

Reply:

(a) The MDDA has funded 103 Community Radio Stations since 2004 in 57 district municipalities in South Africa.

(b) Of the 103 community radio stations currently on the MDDA’s disbursement profile, ninety nine (99) are fully operational.

(c) Four (4) out of 103 three stations currently on MDDA’s disbursement profile are not operational.

They are as follows:

i Franchoek FM (Western Cape – Cape Wine Lands District Municipality)

ii Motsitle Community Radio (North West – Bojanala District Municipality)

iii Qwa Qwa FM (Free State – Thabo Mofutsanyane District Municipality)

iv Blouberg Community Radio (Limpopo Province – Capricorn District Municipality)

(d) During the grant funding cycle, MDDA pays for the insurance of broadcast equipment. Once the grant funding agreement expires, stations are supposed to continue with the insurance.

(e) (i) Cumulatively grants totalling R 280 million have been awarded since 2004 to date.

(ii) 55 community radio stations have received digital broadcast infrastructure to the value of R47, 236,885.00

(iii) Not applicable.

(f) Currently all radio stations are operational, however in terms of the Grant in Aid Agreement and the NPO Act/ including the constitutions of the entities MDDA funds there is a clause that provides for such equipment to be transferred to a project of similar objectives.

 

 

MR NN MUNZHELELE

DIRECTOR GENERAL [ACTING]

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE:

MS AF MUTHAMBI (MP)

MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE:

Reply:

The Minister of Communications received the report from the National Communication Task Team (NCTT). The report is being evaluated. All matters relating to the NCTT will be appropriately responded to once the Minister concludes with the evaluation of the report and expresses her opinion on how the process will be carried forward.

 

 

 

MR NN MUNZHELELE

DIRECTOR GENERAL [ACTING]

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE:

MS AF MUTHAMBI (MP)

MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE:

Reply:

(a). Cabinet has already approved that the two Departments appoint a Joint Technical Task Team (JTTT) to spearhead the process and modalities for the transfer. The JTTT has been officially appointed and has started working on the processes.

(b). The transfer of Colleges to the Department of Higher Education and Training is a Cabinet decision. My responsibility is to facilitate the implementation of the decision together with the Minister of Higher Education and Training.

Reply:

Community radio stations in ‘financial distress’ are defined as stations that have requested and been funded by the MDDA on more than one occasion upon completion of the original grant. These are the stations that request for more funds towards strengthening on areas that are still lacking. For instance, a station might request funds for salaries, transmission costs, Outside Broadcast Equipment and Back-Up Power Supply (Generator or Solar Power).

The stations that have been funded more than once are as follows:

1. Inanda FM
2. Emalahleni FM
3. Vukani FM
4. Bush Radio
5. Inkonjane Community Radio
6. Voice of Tembisa
7. Aganang Community Radio
8. Sekhukhune Community Radio
9. ICORA
10. Radio Khwezi
11. Maputaland Community Radio
12. Moletjie Community Radio
13. Greater Tzaneen
14. Kanyamazane Community Radio
15. Star FM
16. N FM
17. Radio Riverside
18. Radio Namakwaland
19. Radio Zibonele

A majority of these Community Radio Stations are in communities whose socio economic standards directly affect self-sustainability of the projects post the grant period. They solely rely on advertising revenue which is invested back into operational costs. All stations face a challenge of delayed payment for services rendered particularly from government and this has an adverse impact on their income and cash flow.

(b)  The MDDA has provided financial support for salaries, infrastructure refurbishment, transmission costs, Outside Broadcast Equipment, Back-Up Power Supply (Generator or Solar Power). The MDDA also lobbies national, provincial and local government to support community radio stations through advertising. The MDDA is further working closely with the GCIS media buying unit in order to ensure investment to the sector.

 

 

 

MR NN MUNZHELELE

DIRECTOR GENERAL [ACTING]

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE:

MS AF MUTHAMBI (MP)

MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS

DATE