Questions and Replies

Reply:

A consolidated report will follow soon as the information required is still being consolidated.

Reply:

The claim has been processed and a total temporary disablement (TTD) of 75% amounting to R69 278.91 has been approved and authorised for payment. The Compensation Fund is busy capturing the permanent disablement (PD) pension of 60% which he will receive for the rest of his life. The client’s pension will be paid in arrears from the date of stabilisation.

In addition the Compensation Fund has accepted liability meaning all medical costs associated to this claim will be borne by the Fund.

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Reply:

In order to provide a comprehensive response, the Department has maintained its policy of not allowing unauthorised communication devices which give the use primary access to such applications as Facebook, Twitter etc.

The Department continues to take various steps to prevent or reduce the use of unauthorized communication devices within Correctional Centres. These steps include the following:

• The launching of a Back-2-Basics security campaign aimed at reasserting the importance of basic security measures and competencies such as searching of persons and goods.

• The searching of inmate cells and belongings sporadically (at extraordinary times) to find and remove unauthorized communication devices that may have entered the Correctional facilities.

• The installation of cell-phone detection systems in various Correctional Centres to assist officials in the identification and removal of unauthorized communication devices. Cell-phone detection systems are currently in the process of being installed at 39 Correctional Centres.

• The Department is also in the process of installing 14 body scanners at 7 Correctional Centres to further assist officials.

• The Department has initiated a process of engagement with the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) to explore various technical and/or legal solutions – including but not limited to cell-phone jamming.

• The DCS is part of an inter-departmental process exploring technical counter-measures in part responding to gangs as a security threat group. This is a conscious effort to partner with other state law enforcement agencies in finding sustainable solutions to the holistic challenges (including integrity management of personnel).

Reply:

Yes, the Department of Basic Education is implementing various strategies to address backlogs related to school infrastructure. The Schools Build Programme comprises two national programmes, namely the Provincial programme funded through the Education Infrastructure Grant (EIG) and Equitable Share (ES) and the second is the Accelerated Schools Infrastructure Delivery Initiative (ASIDI). As a result of these initiatives, there is a sustained reduction in the identified backlogs and the provision of infrastructure to enable the provision of quality education. Further, the Department published the Regulations Relating to Minimum Uniform Norms and Standards for Public School Infrastructure in November 2014. These regulations stipulate what spaces should be provided in a school and provide timelines in terms of achieving specific targets in the provision of school infrastructure.

Reply:

The following schools in the Magistrates Court district of Stellenbosch participate in the SAPS Safer school Programme:

• Stellenbosch High
• Stellenbosch Primary
• Stellenzicht High
• Weber Gedenk Primary
• Paul Roos Gimnasium
• Bloemhof High
• Rhenisch High
• Lynedoch Primary
• Eikestad Primary
• Rhenisch Primary
• Vlottenburg Primary
• JJ Rhode Primary
• ST Pauls Primary
• Kayamandi High
• Kayamandi Primary
• Makaphula High
• Waldorf Private School

Reply:

The post of a Station Commander was advertised internally within SAPS for appointment/ promotion on 2015-02-13 which was later withdrawn due to not enough applicants received. The post was re-advertised on 2015-06-15 and the selection process is still conducted. Currently there is an acting incumbent in the post to ensure that service delivery is not hampered.

Reply:

(a & b) With regard to the DPCI, Provincial and Component Heads are afforded the opportunity to make a choice as to procure a vehicle that will be most suitable for the specific environment including for declared priorities. DPCI has procured high end, high performance vehicles which will suit the specific high priority investigations.

The Division Detective Service, specifically the Stock Theft and Endangered Species unit, are the custodians of investigations on level one to three and it is necessary to have a suitable fleet and not necessarily a high powered fleet. It is important to be able to reach poaching scenes to start a proper investigation. The fleet of vehicles utilized currently fulfils the needs as it was identified with the input of all role-players. A fleet of the suitable vehicles have been delivered and is already being utilized in the Kruger National Park. The needs are monitored throughout and if the fleet needs to be increased it will be done. The current fleet does meet the planned requirements.

(c)  With regard to the DPCI, the following vehicles have been allocated to the Organised Crime environment, specifically Endangered Species.

	ENDANGERD SPECIES
NO	SAP NO	REG NO	ENGINE NO	VEHICLE TYPE
1	BRR100B	YCC645 GP	AFX086006	VW CITI SPORTS
2	BSG263B	BF21SXGP	F9QP872C072674	RENAULT MEGANE 1.9 TDI
3	BSZ916B	CL23PLGP	KA24965533Z	NISSAN HARDBODY
4	BSF705B	BF21KPGP	F18D4116335KA	CHEVROLET CRUZE
5	BNT295B	RSK295GP	VG33707785X	NISSAN HARDBODY 3.3I

With regard to Detective Service, the relevant details are as follows:

VEHICLES
DK 54 RF GP	BTK 230 B	Nissan Hardbody d/cab
DL 95 CW GP	BTM 820 B	Toyota Landcruiser d/cab
DN 89 ZN GP	BTN 757 B	Toyota Landcruiser d/cab
DN 90 DN GP	BTN 752 B	Toyota Landcruiser d/cab
DGS 395 L	BTN 891 B	Toyota Landcruiser d/cab
Registering on 2015-07-31	BTM 928 B	Toyota Hilux d/cab 4x4
ALL TERRAIN VEHICLES
DGP 452 L	BTN 053 B	Linhai
FCP 239 EC	BRB 591 B	Yamaha Rhino
BRD 592 B	BRD 592 B	Yamaha Rhino

Reply:

(1)(a) All South African Police Service (SAPS) Management and Leadership Programmes for managers are conducted at SAPS Paarl Academy and the SAPS Thabong Academy. There is no training for managers conducted at station level.

The SAPS monitor training through the Training Provisioning Plan where the needs for training are determined in consultation with Divisions and Provinces to plan interventions accordingly.

Courses attended by members are captured on the South African Police Service’s Training Administration System. The system captures training conducted, members completed or not completed and members found competent or not yet competent.

(1)(b) Members who do not complete training because of withdrawal due to personal reasons, such as death of a family member, are called-up to attend the training at a later stage.

When members of the South African Police Service are found not competent in training provided, they receive remedial training and re-assessment is conducted.

(2)(a) SAPS Members at Station level trained in Police Leadership and Management courses – 2014/2015 financial year:

Programme	Level/Position	Duration of course	No trained
Basic Supervisory Learning Programme	Public Service Act Personnel on level 6 & 7	5 days	174
Basic Management Learning Programme I	Constables (with 5 years’ experience)	5 days	277
Basic Management Learning Programme II	Sergeants	4 weeks	295
Junior Management Learning Programme	Captains, Lieutenants & Warrant Officers	7 weeks	210
Middle Management Learning Programme	Colonels, Lieutenant Colonels & Majors	6 weeks	51
Executive Development Learning Programme	Major Generals & Brigadiers	6 months	11
Public Management Development Programme	Cluster Commanders	12 months	29
Practical Project Management Programme	Station and Detective Commanders	12 months	52
Relief Commanders Learning Programme	Relief Commanders	3 weeks	149
Detectives Commanders Learning Programme	Detective Commanders	6 weeks	349
Operational Commanders Training	Operational Commanders	4 weeks	78
Station Management Learning Programme	Station Commanders	17 weeks	87

(2)(b) Yes, in general, training has enhanced the skills of managers to ensure effective and efficient management of resources and improved performance within their work environment.

(2)(c) Impact studies are conducted after a period of between three to four years to assess the impact of training provided to managers and also for the purpose of reviewing the programmes where necessary. Impact studies for Management and Leader Programmes are planned to be conducted during the financial year 2015/2016 and 2017/2018 progressively.

Reply:

The following schools, situated in the magistrate court district of Paarl, participate in the SAPS Safer School Programme:

• Agter Groenberg Primary
• Sittendal Primary
• Wamakersvalley
• Voor Groenberg Primary
• Bergrivier Primer
• Noorder Paarl Primer
• Paarl School Of Skills
• Groendal Primer
• Newton Primary
• Ihluumelo Primary
• Desmund Tutu Primary
• Iboniselo Primary
• Mbekweni Higher
• Langabuya Primary
• Amstellhof Primary
• Charleston Hill Primary
• Dalveuda Primary
• Groenheuwel Primary
• Klein Nederburg Primary
• LK Zeeman Primary
• Magnolia Primary
• Nederburg Secondary
• New Orleans
• Orleans Veil
• Paulus Joubert Primary
• Stellenbosch High
• Stellenbosch Primary
• AF Louw Primary
• Stellenzicht High
• Weber Gedenk Primary
• Paul Roos Gimnasium
• Bloemhof High
• Rhenish High
• Lynedoch Primary
• Devon Valley Primary
• Eikestad Primary
• Rhenish Primary
• Vlottenburg Primary
• JJ Rhode Primary
• St Pauls Primary
• Kayamandi Primary
• Kayamandi High
• Makaphula High
• Waldorf Private School

Reply:

The Department has put tight contract management measures with penalties including termination of the contract in the event of breach of the contract. This applies to all the service providers.

Reply:

 

1. The South African Schools Act of 1996 (Act No 84 of 1996) makes provision for all schools to document and report incidents of (a) violence, including sexual violence, and (b) theft occurring in both schools and school hostels.
2. Guidelines for the provisioning of boarding facilities in public ordinary schools have been developed and distributed to all provinces. The principles underpinning the guidelines emanate from the National Policy on an Equitable Provisioning of an Enabling School Physical Teaching and Learning Environment. The management of boarding facilities is the responsibility of the School Governing Body (SGB). The Guidelines are clear in terms of taking care of the overall safety of learners.

Reply:

1. There is no research which points to a global slowdown in the magnitude of the global recession in 2008. Whilst global growth is not as fast as we would have hoped, growth continues, supported primarily by a recovery in growth in developed economies.
2. The macroeconomic framework is designed to help the South African economy absorb shocks such as a global recession. Prudent fiscal policy ensures that we have a low enough debt to GDP ratio to borrow more in the event of a crisis; the inflation targeting framework allows interest rates to adjust to domestic and global settings, without negative implications for inflation expectations; the flexible exchange rate allows for the rand to adjust and for imports and exports to respond accordingly. The macroprudential framework in place helps to secure financial sector stability so that the knock-on effects of any global crisis will be mitigated, whilst our open and liquid capital markets encourage two-way flows of capital. Foreign currency reserves are in place to supply the market if required. The Government and the South African Reserve Bank maintain a close working relationship to ensure that in the event of severe market disruption, we stand ready to act in a cohesive and coordinated fashion.

Reply:

The table below provides the number of Visually Impaired learners in (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools per province.

Province	Primary	Secondary	Total
EC	322	182	504
FS	45	11	56
GP	638	549	1187
KZN	141	17	158
LP	818	126	944
MP	64	2	66
NC	24	17	41
NW	75	61	136
WC	216	171	387
Total	2343	1136	3479

Reply:

1. The National Treasury will not be conducting any investigations at the municipality, as the information at hand indicates that the Office of the Public Protector is still in the process of pursuing this investigation at the municipality. The Public Protector intends to seek cooperation of the municipality through application of its legislation, i.e. to issue a subpoena against the Executive Mayor to cooperate with the request.
2. National Treasury will allow the processes planned to be implemented by the Office of the Public Protector to unfold. National Treasury will decide thereafter on appropriate action upon the matter being referred by the Office of the Public Protector.

Reply:

(1)(a) In total 371 422 learners are transported by provinces through the learner transport scheme.

PROVINCE NAME	(a) number of learners commuting to schools using scholar transport provided by the Department of Basic Education
Eastern Cape	61000
Free State	6611
Gauteng	82917
KwaZulu-Natal	34814
Limpopo	20751
Mpumalanga	59121
Northern Cape	22874
North West	33334
Western Cape	50000
TOTAL	371422

Source: Provincial report on learner transport.

(b) The Department does not have information on learners transported using private transport, as these are administered by parents of learners to their school of choice.

(2)(a) The sector has responded by ensuring that funding is provided to cater for the increasing number of learners requiring transport. In addition, provinces verify beneficiaries identified to ensure that qualifying learners are transported. Finally, the recently approved learner transport policy, developed in collaboration with the Department of Transport, aims to ensure that all learners qualifying to receive learner transport are transported.

(b) Officials responsible for learner transport in both the Provincial Departments of Education and Transport Departments monitor the transportation of learners. Part of monitoring by the Provincial Department of Transport is regular checks on the safety of vehicles transporting learners. Further, law enforcement agencies at local, provincial and national level are, as per the applicable acts and legislation, responsible for ensuring that regulations relating to safety and vehicle roadworthiness are adhered to.

Reply:

Question 1

FINANCIAL YEAR	AMOUNT
2012/2013	R 1 836 790
2013/2014	R 2 667 734
2014/2015	R 2 514 751

Question 2

The Department did not take any cases on appeal during this period.

Question 3

FINANCIAL YEAR	CASES LOST	AMOUNT SPENT
2012/2013	1	R 605 231
2013/2014	0	Not applicable
2014/2015	0	Not applicable

Question 4

FINANCIAL YEAR	CASES WON	SETTLED OUT OF COURT	COST SETTLEMENT
2012/2013	4	4	R 432 039 (spent on legal fees)
2013/2014	3	3	R 350 741
2014/2015	2	1	0

Reply:

Due to the taxpayer confidentiality 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:

1. SAA has been in a codeshare relationship with Etihad since 2013, providing network reach, connecting traffic as well as other commercial benefits to SAA on a profitable basis.  The 3rd phase of this relationship, which is contained within SAA’s Corporate Plan, entails SAA commencing operations to Abu Dhabi.

The Business Case indicates that the route would realise route losses in its first two years of operation, which is not unusual for a new long haul route, but would also provide (a) multiple connectivity options for SAA passengers into the Middle East, mainland China as well as into India and (b) enable the closure of the heavily loss-making Beijing and Mumbai operations. 

Strategic and socio-economic factors also formed part of the Business Case, as is invariably the case for international routes.

The financial performance for the route is subject to the following considerations:       

 

• The extent to which the SAA Management team continues to effect various interventions, including price promotions and marketing aimed at growing this newly established route;
• The success of efforts underway by SAA at improving the codeshare cooperation with Etihad to ensure optimal access to connecting capacity at minimum cost; and
• A more challenging revenue environment for SAA, and for all international carriers, than previously. All airlines are heavily exposed, as SAA is, to strong competition from mid-hemisphere carriers.

2. There are currently no negotiations with Air China on equity stake-related matters.

3. There are currently no engagements with any party on equity-stake related matters.

 

Reply:

(a)(b) Due to the taxpayer confidentiality provisions contained in Section 69 of the Tax Administration Act No. 28 of 2011, as well as section 4 of the Customs and Excise Act, 1964, SARS is prohibited from disclosing any taxpayer/trader information (Including whether or not a taxpayer/trader 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 in relation to any tax or customs matter.

As far as collaboration and co-operation is concerned, SARS is not aware of any requests on record for assistance to the Central Energy Fund (CEF).

Reply:

No.

Reply:

The Labour Relations Act as amended makes provision for how to deal with this matter therefore Minister’s intervention not warranted.

Reply:

 

My reply to Question No 2089, reflected that Umehluko Project was launched in August 2014 and there were disciplinary measures being taken.

Reply:

(a)	(a)(i)	(a)(ii)(aa)	(a)(ii)(bb)
Yes	State visit to China in December 2014	R178 823.21	Air transport Medical Insurance Food and beverages Accommodation Car rental	R106 426.46 R 219.45 R 8 157.00 R 61 609.75 R 2 410.55

(b)	(b)(i)	(b)(ii)(aa)	(b)(ii)(bb)
No

(c)	(c)(i)	(c)(ii)(aa)	(c)(ii)(bb)
Yes	State visit to China in December 2014 Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Workshop in March 2015	R437 732.77	Air transport Medical Insurance Food and beverages Accommodation Road transport	R342 280.19 R 1 316.70 R 3 958.54 R 87 927.34 R 2 250.00

Reply:

 

1. (a) 9 in 2009; 11 in 2010; 12 in 2011; 2 in 2012; 38 in 2013 and 134 in 2014.

(b) As per Annexure A

2. Annexure B

3. Some were deregistered, some were called upon to remedy the non-compliance and others were placed on Final letters of warning.

ANNEXURE A

Number	File No	Year(s) that Employer’s Organisation did not submit audited statements	Name of the Employer’s Organisation
	5	2012, 2013	East Cape Master Builders and Allied Industries Association
	97	2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013	National Textile Manufacturers Association
	82	2011	South African Diamond Manufacturers' Association
	95	2012	Meesterbouers Assosiasie Groter Boland (MBA Groter Boland)
	325	2010, 2011, 2012, 2013	Benefit Group Employers organisation*
	385	2010, 2011, 2012, 2013	Regional Employers Organisation of SA*
	428	2009, 2010, 2012,	Employers' Association For The Pulp And Paper Industry Of South Africa
	815	2009, 2010	Labour Affairs Association Of The Pharmaceutical Industry
	34	2010, 2011, 2012 2013	Kwazulu Natal Laundry, Dry Cleaners' And Dyers' Employers' Association
	42	2013	South African Clothing Manufacturers' Association
	48	2013	Automobile Manufacturers’ Employers’ Organisation
	59	2013	Eastern Province Clothing Manufacturers' Association
	126	2012, 2013	Association Of Electric Cable Manufacturers Of South Africa
	140	2012, 2013	Transvaal Clothing Manufacturers' Association
	170	2011, 2012, 2013	Bou Industrieë Assosiasie Wes-Boland
	181	2012, 2013	Locksmiths Association Of South Africa
	224	2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013	Werkgewersorganisasie Vir Die Graanbedryf
	226	2010, 2011, 2012, 2013	Association Of South African Manufacturers Of Luggage, Handbags And General Goods
	247	2011, 2012, 2013	Garment Manufacturers Association Of The Western Cape
	279	2012, 2013	South African Bus Employers' Association
	296	2013	Fertilizer Industry Employers' Association
	304	2013	Narrow Fabric Manufacturers Association
	305	2009, 2012, 2013	CTL Management Forum*
	306	2013	South African Employers' Guild
	350	2011, 2012, 2013	South African Local Government Association
	367	2013	National Organisation For Employers South Africa (NOESA)
	430	2009, 2010, 2011, 2013	Employers' Association For The Sawmilling Industry Of South Africa
	480	2013	South African Rugby Employers' Organisation (SAREO)
	544	2013	Frontiers Employers' Association
	587	2011, 2012, 2013	The Employers' Association For The Fibre And Particle Board Industry
	599	2013	Employers' Organisation For The Cephalopod And Associated Fisheries
	774	2009, 2012, 2013	United Security Service Providers Association
	793	2009, 2013	Employers Association Of Afro Hairdressing And Cosmetology Of South Africa
	825	2012, 2013	Small Employer's Association For The Squid Industry (SEASI)
	828	2013	United Clothing And Textile Association
	836	2013	South African Association Of Water Utilities (SAAWU)
	878	2012, 2013	Employers' Organisation For Retailers And Allied Trades
	887	2012, 2013	Collision Repairers Association
	893	2013	Border Industrial Employers' Association
	908	2013	Road Freight Association (RFA)

ANNEXURE B

No	Registration number	Name of Employer’s Organisation	Date de-registered
1	LR2/6/3/318	Small, Medium, Micro Employers Organization (S.M.M.E.O)	09/01/2009
2	LR2/6/3/415	Babelegi Metal Industries Association	15/01/2009
3	LR2/6/3/580	Cut, Make and Trim Employers’ Organization	16/01/2009
4	LR2/6/3/445	National Organization for Small and Medium Employers of South Africa (NOSMESA)	28/01/2009
5	LR2/6/3/61	South African Wire and Wire Rope Manufacturers’ Association	17/02/2009
6	LR2/6/3/474	Construction, Producers and Allied Employers’ Organisation (CONPAEO)	21/04/2009
7	LR2/6/3/57	Vereeniging van Meubelfabrikante en Stoffeerders O.V.S	04/05/2009
8	LR2/6/3/406	Labour Relations Forum	04/05/2009
9	LR2/6/3/387	Free State General and Domestic Workers Employers’ Association	20/05/2009
10	LR2/6/2/16	Kimberley Commercial Employers’ Association	27/05/2009
11	LR2/6/3/312	The Human Rights Council for Employers	06/07/2009
12	LR2/6/3/144	The Jewellery Manufacturers’ Association of South Africa	06/07/2009
13	LR2/6/3/491	South African Sub-Contractors Association	06/08/2009
14	LR2/6/3/443	Eastern Province Small and Medium Business Employers Organization (EPSMEO)	17/08/2009
15	LR2/6/3/354	Association of Employers (AOE)	18/08/2009
16	LR2/6/3/505	Emalahleni Employers Organization of Southern Africa	25/08/2009
17	LR2/6/3/477	Security Services Employers’ Organization	07/10/2009
18	LR2/6/3/391	Lowveld, Allied and General Employers’ Organization	28/10/2009
19	LR2/6/3/313	Consolidated Association of Employers of Southern Africa Region (CAESAR)	13/11/2009
20	LR2/6/3/538	South African Waste Management Employers’ Association (SAWMEA)	08/12/2009

 

No	Registration number	Name of Employer’s Organisation	Date de-registered
1	LR2/6/3/323	General Sectors Employers’ Organization	12/04/2010
2	LR2/6/3/320	Employers’ Representatives Organization (E.R.O.)	01/06/2010

No	Registration number	Name of Employer’s Organisation	Date de-registered
1	LR2/6/3/198	South African Wine and Spirit Industry Employers' Association	12/01/2011
2	LR2/6/3/447	Kaapse Agri Werkgewersorganisasie	16/03/2011
3	LR2/6/3/623	Free State Social Welfare Services Employers Organisation	06/04/2011
4	LR2/6/3/497	Agrilabor Employers’ Organization	11/05/2011
5	LR2/6/3/410	Asambo Employers’ Organisation	27/06/2011
6	LR2/6/3/233	Furniture and Wood Products Manufacturer’s Association	16/08/2011
7	LR2/6/3/317	Small Business Employers’ Organisation (SBEO)	09/08/2011

 

No	Registration number	Name of Employer’s Organisation	Date de-registered
1	LR2/6/3/329	Curtain Makers and Allied Products Association	14/02/2012
2	LR2/6/3/280	Northern Decentralized Clothing Manufacturers’ Association	13/03/2012
3	LR2/6/3/125	Cape Jewellery Manufacturers’ Association	18/05/2012
4	LR2/6/3/196	Covered Conductor Manufacturers’ Association	25/07/2012
5	LR2/6/3/54	Radio, Appliance and Television Association of South Africa (RATA)	07/09/2012
6	LR2/6/3/104	Sheet Metal Industries Association of South Africa	12/10/2012
7	LR2/6/3/153	Electronics and Telecommunications Industries Association	23/10/2012
8	LR2/6/3/156	Machine Engravers’ Association	23/10/2012

No	Registration number	Name of Employer’s Organisation	Date de-registered
1	LR2/6/3/142	Natal South Coast Accommodation Association	19/03/2013
2	LR2/6/3/159	Bright Bar Association	17/05/2013
3	LR2/6/3/37	Bus Owners’ Association	28/8/2013
4	LR2/6/3/186	Electrical Contracting and Allied Industries Association (Eastern Cape)	03/12/2013

 

No	Registration number	Name of Employer’s Organisation	Date de-registered
1	LR2/6/3/169	High Speed Steel Cutting Tool Manufacturers’ Association	06/01/2014
2	LR2/6/3/586	National Tissue and Allied Products Employers’ Association	11/03/2014
3	LR2/6/3/742	Further Education and Training Colleges Employers' Organisation (FETC)	08/04/2014
4	LR2/6/3/716	Tabok Werkgewer Organisasie ( T.W.O)	12/05/2014
5	LR2/6/3/719	Beauty, Health and Skincare Employers Association (BHSEA)	12/06/2014
6	LR2/6/3/146	Free State and Northern Cape Clothing Manufacturers’ Association	27/06/2014
7	LR2/6/3/766	Cape Small Jewellery Manufacturers Association	10/07/2014
8	LR2/6/3/730	National Recyclers’ Organisation	21/08/2014

Reply:

During the last financial year the Department’s Counsellors provided employment counselling as follows:

Prov.	Target	Actual	Variance
Eastern Cape	29796	40210	10414
Free State	18336	25552	7216
Gauteng	43548	41682	-1866
Kwa Zulu Natal	25212	31527	6315
Limpopo	22920	22793	-127
Mpumalanga	25212	30146	4934
Northern Cape	16012	17564	1552
North West	20628	21714	1086
Western Cape	18336	15556	-2780
TOTAL	220000	246744	26744

Given the available resources the Department set the target for counselling at 220,000 for the 2014/2015 year but achieved 246,744, exceeding the target by 26744.

Reply:

Whether, with reference to her replies to question 78 on 19 March 2015 and questions 1831, 2124 and 2126 on 18 June 2015, respectively, she can now provide the information that she indicated as unavailable in each specified case; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the relevant details and (b) why she has not provided the specified information in each case?

1. Information on the following has been received from Provincial Departments of Education and submitted as such:

In respect of Question 78

“How many educators who are teaching at public ordinary schools are employed by (a) school governing bodies (SGBs)”

Province	Number of Educators
Eastern Cape	7 527
Free State	2 426
Gauteng	23 991
KwaZulu-Natal	9 149
Limpopo	3 943
Mpumalanga	2 979
Northern Cape	834
North West	2 396
Western Cape	9 098
Grand Total	62 343

In respect of Question 2124

“What is the level of teacher absenteeism in each province in each district (a) in the (i) 2012-13, (ii) 2013-14 and (iii) 2014-15 financial years and (b) from 1 April 2015 up to the latest specified date for which information is available”

Responses were received from Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga Provincial Departments of Education:

GAUTENG

YEAR	RATE OF ABSENTEEISM
(a) (i) 2012-2013	5.58%
(a)(ii)2013-2014	3.57%
(a)(iii)2014-2015	3.22%
(b)Apr 2015-May 2015	1.43%

KWAZULU-NATAL

Financial Year	No of Days Taken	Number of Educators	Average per educator	Average iro all educators
		Who took sick leave	Total Number of Educators
(a)(i)2012/2013	236 178	38 412	87 215	6.1	2,6
(a)(ii)2013/2014	261 942	39 442	88 234	6.6	2,9
(a)(iii)2014/2015	180 285	31 380	87 594	5.7	2,0
(b)April & May 2015	3 109	847	88 287	3.6	0,0

MPUMALANGA

District Office	Number Of Educators	No Of employees who took leave except sick and maternity leave	No Of Employees who took leave ( all leave types inclusive)
	2012-2013
Bohlabela	6 956	1 448	2 967
Ehlazeni	9 295	1 812	4 787
Gert	8 876	2 728	5 209
Nkangala	9 550	2 380	5 988
Province	34 677	8 368	18 951
	2013-2014
Bohlabela	6 884	1 506	3 160
Ehlazeni	9 289	1 930	5 017
Gert	8 957	2 903	5 546
Nkangala	9 491	2 904	6 329
Province	34 621	9 243	20 052
	2014-2015
Bohlabela	6 762	1 505	3 288
Ehlazeni	9 264	1 945	5 421
Gert	8 931	2 818	5 742
Nkangala	9 511	2 324	6 085
Province	34 468	8 592	20 536
	2015 April & May
Bohlabela	6 762	407	941
Ehlazeni	9 264	468	1 299
Gert	8 931	803	1 724
Nkangala	9 511	679	1 766
Province	34 468	2 357	5 730

In respect of Question 2126 (b)(ii)

How many (a) posts for school principals exist and (b) of these posts are currently vacant in each (i) province and (ii) district?

Province	District	Number of vacancies
EASTERN CAPE		795
	BIZANA DISTRICT OFFICE	21
	BUTTERWORTH	70
	COFIMVABA	45
	CRADOCK	6
	DUTYWA EDUCATION	45
	EAST LONDON	50
	FORT BEAUFORT	36
	GRAAFF REINET	10
	GRAHAMSTOWN	13
	KING WILLIAM'S TOWN	71
	LADY FRERE	30
	LIBODE	65
	LUSIKISIKI	29
	MALUTI	37
	MOUNT FLETCHER	20
	MOUNT FRERE	28
	MTHATHA	55
	NGCOBO	30
	PORT ELIZABETH	36
	QUEENSTOWN	21
	QUMBU	26
	STERKSPRUIT	21
	UITENHAGE	30
FREE STATE		77
	FEZILE DABI	12
	LEJWELEPUTSWA	13
	MOTHEO	28
	THABO MOFUTSANYANA	22
	XHARIEP	2

GAUTENG		215
	EKURHULENI NORTH	9
	EKURHULENI SOUTH	13
	GAUTENG EAST	11
	GAUTENG NORTH	4
	GAUTENG WEST	13
	JOHANNESBURG CENTRAL	20
	JOHANNESBURG EAST	9
	JOHANNESBURG NORTH	20
	JOHANNESBURG SOUTH	19
	JOHANNESBURG WEST	18
	SEDIBENG EAST	6
	SEDIBENG WEST	11
	TSHWANE NORTH	22
	TSHWANE SOUTH	29
	TSHWANE WEST	11
KWAZULU-NATAL		774
	AMAJUBA	43
	ILEMBE	39
	PINETOWN	62
	SISONKE	62
	UGU	48
	UMGUNGUNDLOVU	83
	UMKHANYAKUDE	67
	UMLAZI	45
	UMZINYATHI	59
	UTHUKELA	68
	UTHUNGULU	94
	ZULULAND	104
LIMPOPO		792
	LEBOWAKGOMO	46
	MOGALAKWENA	45
	MOPANI	74
	POLOKWANE	120
	RIBA CROSS	69
	SEKHUKHUNE	144
	TSHIPISE-SAGOLE	44
	TZANEEN	46
	VHEMBE	158
	WATERBERG	46
MPUMALANGA		180
	BOHLABELA	43
	EHLANZENI	19
	GERT SIBANDE	53
	NKANGALA	65
NORTH CAPE		81
	FRANCIS BAARD	11
	JOHN TAOLE GAETSEWE	30
	NAMAQUA	9
	PIXLEY KA SEME	14
	SIYANDA	17
NORTH WEST		349
	BOJANALA	89
	District Unknown	32
	DR KENNETH KAUNDA	49
	DR RUTH S. MOMPATI	99
	NGAKA MODIRI MOLEMA	80
WEST CAPE		178
	CAPE WINELANDS EDUCATION DISTRICT	40
	EDEN & CENTRAL KAROO EDUCATION DISTRICT	36
	METRO CENTRAL EDUCATION DISTRICT	25
	METRO EAST EDUCATION DISTRICT	14
	METRO NORTH EDUCATION DISTRICT	17
	METRO SOUTH EDUCATION DISTRICT	18
	OVERBERG EDUCATION DISTRICT	10
	WEST COAST EDUCATION DISTRICT	18
Grand Total		3441

Source: PERSAL, end of June 2015

 

1. Information with respect to Question 1831 is still unavailable.

1. With reference to (a) each language of learning and teaching, (b) each phase and (c) Mathematics in the Further Education and Training Phase, how many teachers are currently employed by each of the provincial education departments in public schools;

1. with reference to (a) each language of learning and teaching, (b) each phase and (c) Mathematics in the Further Education and Training Phase, how many teachers are required in public schools in each province in the current academic year;

1. with reference to (a) each language of learning and teaching, (b) each phase and (c) Mathematics in the Further Education and Training Phase, how many teachers are expected to have (i) left the profession and (ii) entered the profession in each province by the end of the (aa) 2016, (bb) 2018, and (cc) 2020 academic years;

As was indicated previously, the Department is currently implementing the Teacher Profiling project which aims to capture systematically qualifications and areas of specialisation for all teachers. Only once all information has been captured and verified will the Department be in a position to provide the response. The end of December 2015 has been set as a point at which information captured will be downloaded and verified for the completeness of capturing. The next step will be to verify the accuracy of the information captured.

Reply:

 

1. (a) 3 in 2009; 4 in 2010; 11 in 2011; 32 in 2012; 60 in 2013 and 134 in 2014

(b) As per Annexure A

2. As per Annexure B

3. Some were deregistered, some were called upon to remedy the non-compliance and others were placed on Final letters of warning.

ANNEXURE B:

Number	File No	Year(s) that union did not submit Audited Statements	Name of Trade Union
(1)	6	2012, 2013	Transport & Omnibus Workers Union (Towu)
	56	2013	South African Municipal Workers Union (Samwu)
	67	2012, 2013	Trawler & Line Fishermen’s Union (Talfu)
	73	2011, 2012, 2013	National Certificated Fishing & Allied Workers Union (Ncfawu)
	88	2013	Metal & Electrical Workers Union Of South Africa (Mewusa)
	91	2013	National Union Of Metalworkers Of South Africa (Numsa)
	101	2013	Noordelike Bouwerkersvakbond (NbV)
	121	2013	Professional Transport & Allied Workers’ Union Of Sa (Ptawu)
	128	2013	Southern African Clothing & Textile Workers Union (Sactwu)
	130	2013	Transport And Allied Workers Union Of Sa (Tawu)
	133	2013	National Sugar & Refining & Allied Industry Employees’ Union (Nasaru (Eu)
	134	2011, 2012, 2013	National Service & Allied Workers Union (Nasawu)
	135	2012, 2013	Sa Commercial, Catering & Allied Workers Union (Saccawu)
	140	2013	Building, Construction & Allied Workers Union (Bcawu)
	254	2013	National Union Of Hotel Restaurant Catering Commercial Health & Allied Workers (Nuhrcchaw)
	300	2011, 2012. 2013	Care Centre, Catering, Retail & Allied Workers’ Union Of Sa (Ccrawusa)
	371	2013	National Security Workers Union (Naswu)
	446	2012, 2013	South African Museum Workers Association (Samwa)
	483	2012, 2013	South African Policing Union (Sapu)
	536	2012, 2013	Combined Staff Ass Of The University Of Durban-Westville (Comsa)
	538	2011, 2012, 2013	Professional Employees Trade Union of South Africa (PETUSA)
	553	2013	Communication Workers Union (CWU)
	597	2012, 2013	Professional Educators Union (PEU)
	648	2012	Free State Taxi Drivers Trade Union
	681	2012, 2013	Natal General Allied Workers Union (Ngawu)
	765	2013	Medunsa United Staff Union (Musu)
	776	2012, 2013	National Security Commercial General Workers Union (Nasecgwu)
	816	2009,2010,2011,2012,2013	Retail and Allied Workers Union*
	833	2010, 2011, 2012, 2013	Chemical, Energy, Paper, Printing, Wood & Allied Workers Union (Ceppwawu)
	935	2013	South African State & Allied Workers Union (Sasawu)
	961	2011, 2012, 2013	Hospitality, Catering & Farm Workers Union (Hocafawu)
	973	2009,2010,2011,2012,2013	Togetherness Amalgamated Workers Union of SA*
	1053	2011, 2012, 2013	South African Private Security Workers Union (Sapswu)
	1057	2011, 2012, 2013	Wood Electrical Printing Union (Wepu)
	1061	2013	Labour Equity General Workers Union Of South Africa (Lewusa)
	1082	2012, 2013	National Democratic Change & Allied Workers Union (Ndcawu)
	1106	2013	The South African Cricketers Association (Saca)
	1262	2013	University Of Pretoria Workers Organisation (Upwo)
	1272	2012, 2013	Cape Peninsula University Employees Union (Cpueu)
	1348	2013	Food And Allied Workers Union (Fawu)
	1483	2011, 2012, 2013	United Herzlia Schools Teachers Association (Uhsta)
	1492	2013	Commercial, Stevedoring, Agricultural & Allied Workers Union
	1606	2013	South African Parastatal & Teriary Institutions Union (Saptu)
	1631	2013	The University Of Cape Town Academics Union (Uctau)
	1662	2012, 2013	Bawsi Agricultural Workers Union Of South Africa (Bawusa)
	1672	2012, 2013	South African Postal Workers Union (Sapwu)
	1675	2011, 2012, 2013	Hospitality, Industrial, Catering Retail & Allied Workers
	1694	2011, 2012, 2013	National Contact Centre Union (Nccu)
	1700	2013	Banking, Insurance, Finance & Assurance Workers Union
	1725	2012, 2013	Transport, Retail & Amalgamated Workers Union Sa (Trawusa)
	1764	2012, 2013	Food And General Workers Union (Fgwu)
	1809	2013	Basebenzi Union Of South Africa (Busa)
	1813	2012, 2013	United Private Sector Workers Union (Upswu)
	1840	2013	Abanqobi Workers Union (Awu)
	1865	2013	United Democratic Food & Combined Workers Union
	1884	2011, 2012, 2013	Adult Educators Progressive Union (Aepu)
	1891	2012, 2013	Meat And Allied Workers Union
	1895	2013	South African Furniture & Allied Workers Union (Safawu)
	1908	2013	Imbumba Workers Union (Iwu)
	1972	2013	Information Communication Technology Union (ICTU)
	2005	2013	Future Of South African Workers Union (Fosawu)
	2025	2013	National Transport Movement (NTM)
	2029	2013	South African Democratic Nurses Union (Sadnu)

No	Registration number	Name of Trade Union	Date of de-registration
1	LR2/6/2/731	Union for Staff and Allied Workers	08/01/2009
2	LR2/6/2/166	Banking, Insurance & Finance Workers’ Union (BIFAWU)	08/01/2009
3	LR2/6/2/1232	National Union for Financial Institutions and Allied Workers	08/01/2009
4	LR2/6/2/724	Hotel, Accommodation, Restaurant, Commercial, Catering and Allied Workers Union	09/01/2009
5	LR2/6/2/488	Public Servants Movement (PUSEMO)	21/01/2009
6	LR2/6/2/849	Correctional Officials Democratic Union  (C.O.D.U.)	26/01/2009
7	LR2/6/2/1120	Research Council Trade Association  (RCTA)	03/02/2009
8	LR2/6/2/1245	Sectoral Union of Cleaners (SUC)	04/02/2009
9	LR2/6/2/49	National Union of Distributive and Allied Workers (NUDAW)	04/02/2009
10	LR2/6/2/451	South African Stunt Performers Association	04/02/2009
11	LR2/6/2/526	Parliamentary Staff Union  (PSU)	12/02/2009
12	LR2/6/2/1220	United Teachers Union (UTU)	12/02/2009
13	LR2/6/2/915	National Union of Music Educators  (NUME)	13/02/2009
14	LR2/6/2/557	Die Predikante-en Kerklike Werkersunie van Suid Afrika	13/02/2009
15	LR2/6/2/1060	National Union of Democratic Employees of South Africa  (NUDESA)	25/03/2009
16	LR2/6/2/574	Construction & Engineering Industrial Workers Union  (CEIWU)	20/04/2009
17	LR2/6/2/904	Co-operative Workers Association (COWA)	20/04/2009
18	LR2/6/2/902	Job Satisfaction Workers’ Union	04/05/2009
19	LR2/6/2/774	National Police Services Union (NAPOSU)	04/05/2009
20	LR2/6/2/1411	Squid and Allied Fishing Workers’ Union (SAAFWU)	07/05/2009
21	LR2/6/2/1238	Workers Labour Council South Africa (WLC-SA)	28/05/2009
22	LR2/6/2/223	South African Airways Flight Engineers Association	04/06/2009
23	LR2/6/2/194	National Union of Farm Workers (NUF)	24/06/2009
24	LR2/6/2/308	Associated Trade Union of South African Worker	15/07/2009
25	LR2/6/2/800	Council of Working Men and Woman of South Africa	06/08/2009
26	LR2/6/2/786	Vukukhanye Workers Organisation	17/08/2009
27	LR2/6/2/1110	South African Intellectual Workers Union (SAIWU)	20/08/2009
28	LR2/6/2/821	General Union of Municipality and Allied Workers Organisation (GUMAWO)	09/09/2009
29	LR2/6/2/152	BAWU Allied Workers Union (South Africa)	10/09/2009
30	LR2/6/2/308	Associated Trade Union of SA Workers (ATUSAW)	15/07/2009
31	LR2/6/2/125	Textile Workers Union, Gauteng (TWU Gauteng)	30/09/2009
32	LR2/6/2/177	Meat Distributors and Allied Workers Union of South Africa  (MDAWUSA)	02/10/2009
33	LR2/6/2/219	United People’s Union of South Africa (UPUSA)	02/10/2009
34	LR2/6/2/1041	Limpopo Agricultural and Allied Union (LAAU)	26/10/2009

No	Registration number	Name of Trade union	Date of de-registration
1	LR2/6/2/596	Mouth Peace Workers’ Union	19/01/2010
2	LR2/6/2/76	Eskom Employees Association	20/01/2010
3	LR2/6/2/1019	Northern Cape Allied Workers Union  (NCAWU)	20/01/2010
4	LR2/6/2/1034	Impartial Workers Union of South Africa (IWUSA)	21/01/2010
6	LR2/6/2/1277	South African Gaming, Waitron and Admin Workers Trade Union (SAGWAWT)	01/02/2010
8	LR2/6/2/1244	South African Bargaining Councils and Allied Workers Union (SABCAWU)	03/02/2010
9	LR2/6/2/61	Chemical Workers Union (C.W.U.)	03/02/2010
12	LR2/6/2/649	Food, Commercial, Retail and Allied Workers Union	07/04/2010
13	LR2/6/2/650	Democratic Union of South Africa   (D.U.S.A.)	12/04/2010
14	LR2/6/2/358	Workers’ Equally Support Union of South Africa  (WESUSA) XX	12/04/2010
15	LR2/6/2/1011	Democratic Rights Workers Union of S.A.	07/05/2010
16	LR2/6/2/690	Independent Democratic Employee Association (IDEA)	27/05/2010
17	LR2/6/2/1050	Legal Voice Workers’ Trade Union	02/06/2010
18	LR2/6/2/1395	South African Airways Management Association (SAAMA)	06/07/2010
19	LR2/6/2/1458	Mohlakeng Workers’ Union of South Africa (MWUSA)	26/07/2010
20	LR2/6/2/856	Universal Workers’ Union (UWU)	23/08/2010
1	LR2/6/2/315	South African Freight and Dock Workers’ Union	07/04/2011
2	LR2/6/2/564	Union of United Mineworkers (UUMW)	08/04/2011
3	LR2/6/3/1026	South African National Workers Union (SANWU)	11/04/2011
4	LR2/6/2/1422	National Federal Trade Union of South Africa (FEDTUSA)	20/04/2011
5	LR2/6/2/1429	Retail Allied Agricultural and Associated Workers' Union (RAAAWU)	20/05/2011
6	LR2/6/2/781	Service and General Workers’ union (SAGWU)	01/06/2011
7	LR2/6/2/559	Universitiet van die Vrystaat se Personeelunie (UVPERSU)	10/06/2011
8	LR2/6/2/567	Security and Allied Trade Union of South Africa (SAWTUSA)	10/06/2011
9	LR2/6/2/524	South African Food, Retail and Agricultural Workers Union (SAFRAWU)	10/06/2011
10	LR2/6/2/476	South African Farming and Commercial Workers Union (SAFCWU)	10/06/2011
11	LR2/6/2/975	Masizwane Workers Union (MAWU)	07/07/2011
12	LR2/6/2/949	Construction, Allied, Metal, Mining, Building  & Alien Workers’ Union	08/09/2011
13	LR2/6/2/1225	South African Domestic Service and Allied Workers Union (SADSAWU)	24/10/2011
14	LR2/6/2/674	South African Professionals and General Workers Union (S.A.P.G.W.U.)	15/11/2011

 

No	Registration number	Name of Trade union	Date of de-registration
1	LR2/6/2/445	South African Democratic Nurses’ Union (SADNU)	18/01/2012
2	LR2/6/2/1028	Commercial, Services and Allied Workers Union (COSAWU)	03/02/2012
3	LR2/6/2/941	Future of South African Workers Union	16/02/2012
4	LR2/6/2/743	University of North West Staff Association (UNW)	16/02/2012
5	LR2/6/2/1576	Botshabelo Union of Mine Workers and Construction (BUMC)	28/03/2012
6	LR2/6/2/347	Education Health Church Welfare and Allied Workers’ Union (EHCWAWU)	26/04/2012
7	LR2/6/2/1064	Progressive General Employees Association of South Africa (PGEASA)	18/05/2012
8	LR2/6/2/380	Newspaper & Magazine Distributors Workers’ Union of South Africa	18/05/2012
9	LR2/6/2/1397	Democratic Furniture, Undertakers and Allied Workers Union of SA (DFUAWUSA)	18/05/2012
12	LR2/6/2/1569	South African Jockey’s Union (SAJU)	06/07/2012
13	LR2/6/2/890	South African Trade Union of Amalgamated Business Undertakings  (SATUABU)	26/08/2012
14	LR2/6/2/1568	Construction Energy Mine and Allied Workers’ Union (CEMAWU)	29/08/2012
15	LR2/6/2/1561	South African Association of Trade Union Officials (SAATUO)	10/10/2012
16	LR2/6/2/77	Broadcasting, Electronic, Media and Allied Workers Union  (BEMAWU)	24/10/2012

No	Registration number	Name of Trade union	Date of de-registration
1	LR2/6/2/928	Protector’s Workers Union (PROWU)	07/02/2013
2	LR2/6/2/928	Karabo Labour Organisation	20/02/2013
3	LR2/6/2/952	National Canvas Union of South Africa  (N.A.C.U.S.A.)	31/05/2013
4	LR2/6/2/1877	South African National Jockeys' Union (SANJU)	24/06/2013
5	LR2/6/2/1259	Independent Catering Commercial Farm Workers Union (ICCAFAWU)	12/08/2013
6	LR2/6/2/463	Food, Cleaning and Security Workers Union  (FOCSWU)	28/08/2013
7	LR2/6/2/260	Westcoast Workers Union/ Weskus Werkers Unie	28/08/2013
8	LR2/6/2/388	S.A. Solidariteit - Unie	06/09/2013
9	LR2/6/2/1708	National Union of Democratic and Progressive Workers (NUDPW)	09/10/2013
10	LR2/6/2/1772	Lutheran Ministers’ Union of South Africa (LUMUSA)	15/11/2013
11	LR2/6/2/153	Media Workers Association of South Africa (MWASA)	19/11/2013

No	Registration number	Name of Trade union	Date of de-registration
1	LR2/6/2/706	Oil Chemical General and Allied Workers Union (OCGAWU)	21/01/2014
2	LR2/6/2/1703	South African Government and Private Employees Organization (SAGPEO)	31/01/2014
3	LR2/6/2/695	Commercial Workers Union of South Africa (CUSA)	11/03/2014
4	LR2/6/2/615	Brick and General Workers Union (B&GWU)	11/03/2014
5	LR2/6/2/1119	South African Fishermen Trade Union (SAFTU)	31/03/2014
6	LR2/6/2/466	South African Building and Allied Workers Organisation  (SABAWO)	08/04/2014
7	LR2/6/2/1543	Independent Labour Union of South Africa (ILUSA)	10/04/2014
8	LR2/6/2/1798	Creative Workers’ Union of South Africa (CWUSA)	09/05/2014
9	LR2/6/2/1753	African National Electrical Workers Union (ANEWU)	04/07/2014
10	LR2/6/2/1396	Wood and Allied Workers Union of South Africa (WASUSA)	23/07/2014
11	LR2/6/2/55	Jewellers’ and Goldsmiths’ Union  (J & GU)	03/11/2014
12	LR2/6/2/1768	Progressive Trade Union (PTU)	12/11/2014

Reply:

(a) No audits is being undertaken by PRASA.

Reply:

 

1. The Department conducts regular advocacy campaigns with employers to discuss the services we offer and to assist them to comply with our Labour Laws and we will continue to conduct such meetings.

• During the 2014/15 financial year, the 128 Labour Centers conducted more than 500 advocacy campaigns across the country with employers and work seekers on opportunity work seekers and employment opportunity registration, counselling, recruitment and selection and placement sessions.

• In instances where a registered work seeker is matched to an employment opportunity, a referral letter is sent to the employer wherein they are requested to advise the Department on the placement status of the candidates. And we are aware that some of them are very busy to respond to such letters.

The Department intends to reduce administrative burden on employers through integration of our Employment Services and Unemployment Insurance Fund systems and developing new placement tracking tools to verify the placement status of the referred candidates.

2.    The Department is involved in various Employment initiatives.

• The Unemployment Insurance Fund through its Labour Activation Programmes has partnered with the various SETAs to successfully train and place unemployed work seekers as both artisans and skilled employees in various job opportunities.

• The UIF also provides funding to the Industrial Development Co-operation (IDC) for the purposes of stimulating employment opportunities.

• Productivity South Africa assist various businesses with turnaround solutions that contribute to prevention of job losses and or improving efficiencies that can stimulate further job opportunities.

• We also provide funding to assist companies to embark on Training Lay-Off schemes to avoid retrenchments in those instances wherein companies are restructuring.

• We provide employment to people with disabilities through the 12 (Sheltered Employment Factories) Supported Employment Enterprises and also provide subsidies to workshops for the blind and deaf, and disability organisations that assist us in placement of such people in formal employment.

Reply:

The Minister of Public Works

(a), (b) and (c) No. The aforementioned have not travelled to China during the financial year 2014-15 on the official business of the Department of Public Works.

(i) and (ii) (aa) and (bb) Fall away.

____________________________________________________________________

Reply:

It must be noted first of all that the information requested resides with the nine provincial departments of Transport. In order to make it easier for the provinces to provide the information in a uniform manner, a template was designed for them to complete. Table 1 deals with the information requested in i) aa), bb) and cc), d) and f)

Table 2 and 3 deals with part c) and e). Table 4 deals with part b). Information is tabled per financial year, rather than per month.

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):	-	-

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

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

NOTE:

Information is still being coordinated with Free State, Limpopo, North West, Northern Cape, Western Cape Provinces.

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Reply:

1.  The inquiry has not been finalized.

      (a) See response in (1).

      (b) R19.3 million

2.  See response in (1)

 

Reply:

This target is being revised to align with the Cabinet-approved government plan of action on ehm1nat1on of violence against women and children "Integrated Programme of Action: Violence Against Women and Children'', led by the Department of Social Development, and no further work on the part of DoW on this target will be done. The Department's APP is being amended accordingly to focus on the actions that the Department of Women is responsible for.

Reply:

(a) The Department of Labour does not have a planning model for the inspection of valid work permits as this is a legislative responsibility of the Department of the Home Affairs and South African Police.

(b) In its normal work aligned with granting of work permits the Department of Labour mere conducts inspections at work places to determine compliance with prescribed conditions of employment. Furthermore the Department notifies the Department of Home Affairs should it discover employees without valid work permits.

(c) (i) N/A and (ii) N/A

Reply:

There were interventions put in place in the Compensation Fund to address the shortcomings; therefore it was premature to take drastic steps before assessing the full impact of the interventions.

Reply:

My reply to Question No 2089, reflected that Umehluko Project was launched in August 2014 and there disciplinary measures being taken.

Reply:

 

1. When Labour inspectors find that an employee does not have a valid work permit, the matter will be reported to Home Affairs who has jurisdiction over such matters.
2. The Department of Labour does not have a legal mandate or powers to remove such employees from the workplace but will refer the matter to Home Affairs to take further action.

Reply:

The department has met and exceeded the 2% target, in that as at end of 2014/15 financial year the department was al 3.8% with regards to people with disabilities.

Approved by the Minister
Date: 18 /08/2015

Reply:

(a) The Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project is not treated differently from other plazas. However, in order to avoid disruption of toll collection, independent back-up power supply is installed at the locations where money is collected. The back-up power supply automatically switches on when the main supply is interrupted. Similarly, such precautions are in place at the Hugeunot tunnel.

(b) Load shedding does not affect the toll system due to the above measures.

(c) See (a) above.

(d) The system was implemented to accommodate power failures. The Contractor, in terms of the obligations under the contract must ensure that the above systems are maintained and operational in order to overcome any potential loss in transactions at a gantry. This is part of the contractual obligations and not a priced item for which compensation is paid for on a monthly basis. To date, no additional payments in this regard were made to the contractor.

Reply:

Not applicable

 

Approved by the Minister on
Date: 18/08/2015

Reply:

I suggest the Honourable member to direct this questions to Minister of Home Affairs or Minister of Tourism.

 

Reply:

(1) For the financial years 2015, 2016 and 2017, a total of 2000 learners are targeted to participate in the STEM programme in all nine provinces.

(2) Students apply to all universities and when accepted they are in the faculties of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.

(3) (a) & (b) Yes.

(i) & (ii) Applied to various universities.


 

Approved by the Minister
Date: 18/08/2015

Reply:

(a) Yes

(b) The Department makes provision for the procurement of the necessary or required equipment.

Reply:

(a) Yes. We have put together a plan that aims to address the basic bottlenecks in service delivery and sound financial management. It entails focusing on improving the financial administration, improving the levels of customer service in the Fund, addressing human resource constraints in the Fund.

(b) This is to be achieved by addressing the system deficiencies that prevent performance of basic financial management functions, improving access to benefits for clients though a number of initiatives which include easing the process of access to chronic medication, filling the critical vacancies required in the adjudication of claims and addressing all systems problems that contribute to slow rate of processing claims.

NW3173E

Reply:

No current service provider or supplier has conducted fraudulently and/or illegal activities that PRASA is aware of.

Reply:

1. (a) False Bay Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) College commenced renting and sharing the facilities of Portlands Primary School from 1 April 2004 until the end of 2006. The operations were then relocated to Spine Road High School from 1 January 2007 to date. The demand has outgrown the facilities and the college has secured 17 classrooms at Khanya School for usage from January 2016. The headcount enrolment at the Mitchell’s Plain site in 2014 was 1 149, with the additional facilities secured at Khanya School, the college will be able to accommodate approximately 1 500 students in 2016. The education activities at the Mitchell’s Plain campus will be delivered from two sites in 2016.

(b) The Department had identified the need for expansion of infrastructure for both the Mitchells Plain and Khayelitsha campuses in 2011. The requirement has been included in the Department’s infrastructure planning and funding bids to National Treasury each year. The process that the Department follows is that all funding secured is mapped against the identified demands and basis of prioritisation. This process is informed by factors such as current available facilities and level of such, pool of potential students and finally the Provincial Indices of Multiple Poverty. In this regard, priority had to be given to sites in other provinces that are listed on a higher level of priority. The funding requirement of False Bay TVET College is still active on the Department’s infrastructure funding list.

(2) False Bay TVET College presented its proposal for the establishment of a campus at the Swartklip Denel site at a meeting, which was chaired by my Deputy Minister on 14 January 2014. I, together with the Department, have since been playing an active role in assisting the college to secure the site. The site is ideally placed to provide access to both the Mitchells Plain and Khayelitsha areas.

(3) False Bay TVET College, supported by the Department, has been in active dialogue with Denel and the Department of Public Enterprises. Recently, the Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) has shown an interest in purchasing the Swartklip site. To date the college has had two meetings on 29 July 2015 and 5 August 2015 with ACSA in order to ensure that our interests are taken into consideration in the process of acquiring the site from Denel. The Department will be approaching the Minister of Transport in order to secure support for the college, as ACSA resides under the Department of Transport.

(4) The Department works on the basis of prioritised infrastructure support and available funding. In light of the current fiscal climate and the Department’s steadfastness to complete its infrastructure commitments in areas that have high poverty rankings, it is not possible to make a budgetary provision in the current Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF). The Department will however explore innovative means to assist with the refurbishment of the Swartklip site once funding has been secured.

 

 

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REPLY TO QUESTION 2786 APPROVED/NOT APPROVED/AMENDED

Dr BE NZIMANDE, MP

MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING

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DATE:

Reply:

 

The Department of Basic Education has not undertaken research to measure and compare the education under the apartheid system and democratic government. However, the achievements of the democratic government surpass the apartheid education system by far. Below are some the detailed achievements of the education system under the new democratic government.

• Since 1994, government has implemented major policy reforms to redress past inequalities in education, transforming the education system and increasing the skills and life chances of all South Africans. Nineteen different departments of education have been unified into a single education system, removing race as the basis for attending school.

• While a range of changes and initiatives introduced since 1994 are starting to result in improvements in the education system, it will take more time for the terrible legacy of apartheid education to be fully addressed and for apartheid patterns of school performance to be removed.

• Enrolment in Grade R (a pre-school year at primary school) has more than doubled, increasing from 300 000 to 813 044 between 2003 and 2014, nearly reaching the level of universal access.

• Gross secondary school enrolment improved from 51 percent in 1994 to almost 90 percent in 2014, while gross primary enrolment in 2014 was high at approximately 99 percent.

• The learner-to-teacher ratio improved from 33 to 1 in 2000 to 31 to 1 in 2014.

• As a result of improved infrastructure, a higher proportion of younger children are accessing classroom facilities.

• Overall, South Africa is achieving gender parity in school enrolment with a Gender Parity Index of 1 in 2014, and has met the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of achieving universal primary education.

• Children with disabilities: Progress has also been made in increasing access to schools for children with disabilities, with more public special schools being built. Other public ordinary schools are being converted to full service schools.

• The improvements in access have resulted from a number of interventions. The burden of school fees for poor households has been reduced by introducing no-fee schools. By 2014, 78 percent of learners (more than 8 million) in 80 percent of public schools (close to 20 000 schools) benefited from the no-fee policy.

• By providing children with meals at school, the National School Nutrition Programme has contributed to regular and punctual attendance by learners and enabled them to attend school without being hungry. By 2014, over 9 million learners in over 20 000 primary and secondary schools – virtually all the learners from poor households – were receiving a government-funded school lunch.

• Learners are using the same curriculum: the curriculum has been revised to improve the quality of learning and teaching. The National Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) has been implemented from Grade R to 12 by 2014.

• To strengthen teaching and learning, CAPS was accompanied by the following measures:
  • Over 170 million workbooks and textbooks were distributed to schools between 2011 and 2014 to increase access to quality written material and help learners and teachers to understand the expected assessment standards and cover the curriculum.

• • The Annual National Assessments (ANA) system was introduced to enable the objective assessment of the education system below Grade 12. Almost 7 million learners across more than 24 000 schools participated in the third cycle of ANA in 2014.

• To strengthen the quality of education, the Funza Lushaka bursary scheme was introduced to tackle teacher shortages by encouraging more learners to study to become teachers. From 2007 to 2013 a total of 62 804 bursaries were awarded to student teachers at a cost of over R1.9 billion.

• The numbers of learners obtaining university entry qualifications each year (bachelor passes) has also increased. On average, between 2013 and 2014, 161 253 learners obtained bachelor passes, compared with 70 000 per year for the period 2000 to 2002.

• To support the improvements that are emerging in basic education, better school management and administration, with a focus on school performance, are critical. Therefore, School Management Teams have been trained on management courses.

• The percentage of the population aged 20 years and older that has had no education decreased from 19 percent in 1996 to 9 percent in 2011. The Kha Ri Gude Literacy Programme has been a success, with almost 3 million illiterate adult learners having been enrolled between 2008 and 2013. The majority of learners are female.

• A new funding model was introduced to replace the race-based, inequitable funding model of the apartheid era. Overall, the education budget increased to more than 5 percent of GDP, and changed from a race-based education budget to a pro-poor education budget. Public spending per learner increased to overt R11 000 per year by 2012. While there has been an improvement in the equity of education funding, inequalities in terms of resources available at public schools remain due to the disparity in households’ ability to supplement the funding of public schools and due to inherited school infrastructure backlogs.

• The Department of Basic Education has published detailed research, monitoring and sector reports on the achievements and challenges facing the sector on www.education.gov.za

Reply:

South Africa has an industrial sector characterised by pockets of sophisticated manufacturing capabilities which have developed over several decades to service the mining sector and a relatively small domestic consumer market.

However, in the early 1990s the Apartheid-state agreed to a far-reaching overhaul of South Africa’s trade policy regime with deep tariff cuts over a relatively short period, impacting a broad swathe of manufacturing subsectors. It is noteworthy that the Apartheid-state declared South Africa a Developed Country for the purposes of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) thereby subjecting South Africa to a far deeper tariff liberalisation episode compared to other developing countries.

These deep tariff cuts have led to a significant increase in imports of especially value-added goods while the commodity ‘super-cycle’ of the mid-2000s encouraged the rapid expansion of mineral commodity exports.

By the time the global financial crisis struck in late 2007, the limits of the above growth trajectory were becoming apparent. South Africa was fortunate that Government had already identified the risks associated with this growth trajectory and a National Industrial Policy Framework (NIPF) and the first Industrial Policy Action Plan (IPAP) had already been developed.

The NIPF and IPAP’s are focused on fundamentally changing the structure of our economy towards a more value-adding and inclusive growth trajectory. In the process, several levers have been deployed to facilitate industrial development.

These include industrial financing in the form of incentives from the dti and industrial loans mainly from IDC; localisation through public procurement; and a wide range of sectoral interventions which have sought to deepen and widen our industrial capabilities.

It is important to note at the outset that industrialisation cannot be achieved through the implementation of isolated interventions in a single year. Rather, industrialisation requires the implementation of a range of interventions over the medium-term to change the structure of the economy. The global economic context can constrain or encourage these developments.

Progress made on the re-industrialisation programme:

Examples of progress will be drawn from Automotives; Clothing, Textiles, Leather and Footwear; Green industries; Agro-processing; industrial financing, and procurement.

Automotive industries:

All the major automotive OEM’s are operating in SA - Mercedes Benz, BMW, Volkswagen, Toyota, General Motors, and Ford and the new players include Iveco (Italy), Tata (India), BAW (China), FAW (China) and Hyundai (South Korea). With the policy certainty which Government has provided, the private-sector has invested over R25,7bn over the last 5 years, sustaining about 300,000 jobs. Auto exports exceeded R100bn for the first time in SA’s history in 2014.

Clothing, Textiles, Leather & Footwear:

In order to stabilise the sector, the Clothing and Textiles Competitiveness Programme (CTCP) was introduced in 2010. The Manufacturing Value-addition increase attributable to the CTCP between the base of 2009 and 2014 is R3.9 billion. About 68,000 jobs have been retained in the sector and 6,900 jobs created.

Metal Products, Engineering & Capital Equipment:

Preferential procurement and sector designations have been critical to the development of this value chain. For example, the designation of valves has led to foreign investment by Denmark AVK which has acquired South Africa’s Premier Valves Group (PVG) for R100 million. US technology multinational General Electric (GE) announced a R700 million commitment designed to support innovation, enterprise- and skills-development in South Africa. Grindrod unveiled its cost-effective shunting and short haul locomotive in October 2014.The locomotive boasts 80% local content, and is already being exported to a number of African countries.

Green Economy:

The dti has strengthened the local content requirements for renewable energy. It progressed from a threshold of 25% in bid window 1 to a threshold of 40% in bid window 4. These local content requirements have resulted in a number of new investments in local manufacturing:

SMA Solar Technology South Africa, officially launching its multi-million Rand manufacturing facility in Cape Town and Jinko Solar opening its R80 million plant.

Agro-processing:

Since 2009 we have supported Agro-processing industries to the value of R1.2 billion through various schemes such as the Manufacturing Competitiveness Enhancement Programme (MCEP) and the Enterprise Investment Programme (EIP). Coega Development Corporation and the dti have partnered to create an R86 million Agro-processing facility within the Coega IDZ. the dti and JSE-listed Astral Foods partnered in a R200 million feed mill in Standerton to boost South Africa’s agriculture sector.

Industrial Finance:

The Manufacturing Competitiveness Enhancement Programme in Financial Year (FY) 2014/15 approved 236 enterprises for funding with a total grant value of R1,1bn. This has leveraged private-sector investment of R3,7 billion in support of 28,093 jobs.

Under the 12i Tax Allowance, 17 enterprises were approved for funding with a total tax allowance of R2,7bn in FY 2014/15. This has leveraged private-sector investment of R6,7bn in support of the creation of approximately 4,500 jobs.

The Enterprise Investment Programme – for FY 2014/15, 39 enterprises were approved for funding with a total grant value of R147m. This has leveraged private-sector investment of R1,3bn in support of the creation of approximately 1,500 jobs.

The National Empowerment Fund (NEF) approved 549 transactions worth more than R5.4 billion for black-empowered businesses across the country, supporting over 47,000 jobs.

The Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) approved projects to the value of R7,7 billion with 6,899 jobs created and 4,668 jobs saved between April 2014 and December 2014

Procurement localisation (designations):

Given the R3,6 trillion infrastructure build programme, failure to designate would lead to substantial import leakages and a missed industrialisation opportunity. In total 16 products or sectors have now been ‘designated’ for localisation in government procurement.

PRASA has awarded a tender to Alstom for the manufacturing of 7,224 coaches at a projected cost of R123bn to be built between 2015 and 2025, the initial phase is estimated to create over 8,000 direct jobs.

As part of this deal, PRASA and Gibela Rail Transportation signed a contract to supply the state agency with 600 commuter trains (3,600 coaches) valued at R51 Billion.

Transnet has awarded a total of R50bn in contracts to CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive, CNR Rolling Stock SA, Bombardier Transportation SA and General Electric SA to build 1,064 electric and diesel locomotives in SA. All but 70 locomotives, will be built in Transnet Engineering’s plants in Pretoria & Durban.

Pharmaceuticals:

Four pharmaceutical companies were jointly awarded a R10 billion tender to supply the Department of Health with antiretroviral (ARV) medication from 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2018. The tender had a conditional provision for designation of up to 70% of the tender volume for domestic manufacturers. DoH announced the tender valued at R14 billion of which 61.6% was won by companies that have manufacturing plants in SA.

Reply:

The Bilateral Investment Treaty between South Africa and Zimbabwe is a negotiated Agreement. Furthermore, it is unusual for Agreements of this nature to have retrospective application as the guiding principle is that parties enter into such agreements with a view to addressing future events.

 

(2)Whether he intends to take steps to promote the rights, and claim compensation for the losses, of South African citizens who have been prejudiced by the Zimbabwean government and/or illegal occupiers before the commencement of the agreement; if not, why not, seen against the background of the Bill of Rights contained in the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, and relevant international law; if so, what are the relevant details;

Reply:

The Republic of South Africa is responsible for enforcing rights and obligations within its own territory. Any events that take place outside the borders of the Republic are extra-territorial and remedies or redress would have to be sought in the jurisdiction where prejudice occurred. The Bill of Rights contained the Constitution of the Republic is applicable only in South Africa and has no application in Zimbabwe. The South African Government is addressing concerns of South African investors as and when they arise through the diplomatic and multilateral channels available bilaterally and regionally.

(3)Whether he is considering legislation to bring about compensation for such disadvantaged people by way of making the confiscation of assets of the Zimbabwean government and/or responsible ministers and/or officials in South Africa possible; if not, why not, seen against the background of the Bill of Rights, as contained in the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, and relevant international law; if so, what are the relevant details;

Reply:

The dti respects the independence and competence of the judiciary to make determinations in that regard.

(4)What steps is he taking regarding the current unlawful dispossession of South African citizens’ property rights in Zimbabwe by the Zimbabwean government and/or illegal occupiers?

Under the Bilateral Investment Treaty concluded with Zimbabwe in 2009 and ratified in 2010, investors affected by measures taken by the Zimbabwean State can, after challenging such a matter in domestic courts, resort to international arbitration in order to settle any dispute. No further steps can be taken by the Government of the Republic of South Africa in that respect as the international arbitration process is independent and the rulings thereof are binding.

Reply:

(1)(a) The process of establishing the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) Commission is underway. The department has submitted to National Treasury the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) budget request for both financial and human resource capital.

(1)(b) The Minister of Trade and Industry, in terms of section 13C of the B-BBEE Act, 2003 (Act No. 53 of 2003), as amended by the B-BBEE Amendment Act 46 of 2013, has consulted with the relevant Portfolio Committee of the National Assembly and the relevant Select Committee of the National Council of Provinces regarding the appointment of the BEE Commissioner.

The Minister is pleased to announce that Ms Zodwa Ntuli has been appointed as the acting BEE Commissioner.