Reply:

1. The African Union Convention on Cyberspace Security and Protection of Personal Data was adopted by the 23rd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union which was held in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, on 26 and 27 June 2014.

South Africa has not ratified the African Union Convention on Cyberspace Security and Protection of Personal Data because South Africa has not yet signed as she is awaiting the official document from the African Union Commission to be dispatched through diplomatic channels.

The Convention has not yet been signed.

2.  The provisions of the AU Convention on Cyber Security and Personal Data Protection

(a)  Will have to be studied by the relevant department and authorities, as part of the process of ratification to ensure that it is consistent with our domestic law and not in conflict with any of South Africa’s international law obligations and that procedurally South Africa is in a position to ratify the Amendment. This will be done by the Office of the Chief State Law Adviser of the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development, and Office of the Chief State Law Adviser - International Law of the Department of International Relations and Cooperation.

(b)  No information is available, awaiting the study and legal opinion.

(i) Not applicable

(ii) Not applicable

Reply:

a) Since the post was vacant following the termination of service of the former Secretary of Police at the end of August 2014, the post was advertised in line with Section 11 (2) of the Public Service Act which requires that there should be transparent competition between applicants for the post.

b) The post was advertised on the 20th October 2014 with a closing date of 31 October 2014.

(i)  No

(ii) Not applicable

Reply:

The National Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) has no record of an application for environmental authorisation for the abovementioned project. The application was lodged with the provincial department of environmental affairs, the Gauteng Department of Rural Development (GDARD), for which the Member of Executive Council is the competent authority in terms of S24C of NEMA. Please contact the GDARD for a response.

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Reply:

1. The National Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) has no record of an application for environmental authorisation for the abovementioned project. The application was lodged with the provincial department of environmental affairs, the Gauteng Department of Rural Development (GDARD), for which the Member of Executive Council is the competent authority in terms of S24C of NEMA. Please contact the GDARD for a response.

(a) and (b) Not applicable.

2. Not applicable.

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Reply:

(a)(i) The mandate of the Cybersecurity Hub is to be the central point of collaboration for Cybersecurity incidents;

(ii)(aa)The budget for 2015-16 Financial Year is R11 755 000.00

(bb)The Medium-Term Expenditure Framework is as follows:

Financial Year (FY) 2016-17 (R11 847 000.00)

FY 2017-18 (R11 939 000.00)

FY 2018-19 (R12 536 000.00)

(iii) The money will be spent on operations of the Cybersecurity Hub as per the Cybersecurity Hub Road Map.

(b) The operations of the Cybersecurity Hub is currently outsourced.

(c) Most of the staff members from the Service Provider hold Masters Degrees.

(d) As outlined in the National Cybersecurity Policy Framework, the Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services is in charge of the Cybersecurity Hub and the Cybersecurity Hub is headed by Mr Jabu Radebe.

(e) He is a Chief Director: ICT Security

(f) The Cybersecurity Hub reports to the Ministry of Telecommunications and Postal Services, the Director-General of the Department, Deputy Director-General: ICT Infrastructure Support and the Cybersecurity Response Committee (CRC).

Reply:

The response below was provided by the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality:

1. Two (2) officials were charged with misconduct following the recommendations of the Manase report were dismissed.
2. In line the resolution of Council, the City Manager referred all the matters that required investigation by the police to the Anti-corruption Task Team for consideration of possible criminal action. The report from the ACTT is still outstanding.
3. The Manase report recommended recovery from a number of officials involved in irregular expenditure. (a) The current criminal investigation will assist to determine which amounts were proceeds of crime, which would enable recovery. (b) One million rand was recovered from the two dismissed officials, dismissed for fraud. This amount was taken from their pension.
4. Council referred the matters relating to Councillors to the Ethics Committee. Disciplinary action was taken against the ten (10) Councillors who were implicated. One Councillor is no longer a Councillor and two are deceased. The other Councillors were fined according to the quantum of transgression. The fines ranged from R8248,19 to R19500,22. Arrangements were made by the Councillors to pay the fines.

Reply:

The information requested by the Honourable Member is not readily available within the Department. We have, however, requested all the Metropolitan Municipalities, to provide the information.

The Honourable Member will be provided with the requested information as soon as it is submitted to us.

Reply:

Due to the nature of information that is required . A request is hereby made for an extension in order for us to provide quality and correct information as soon as it is received.

Reply:

The National Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) has no record of an application for environmental authorisation for the abovementioned project. The application was lodged with the provincial department of environmental affairs, the Gauteng Department of Rural Development (GDARD), for which the Member of Executive Council is the competent authority in terms of S24C of NEMA. Please contact the GDARD for a response.

(a) and (b) Not applicable

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Reply:

Due to the nature of information required. A request is hereby made for an extension in order for us to provide quality and correct information as soon as it is received.

Reply:

1. The first Notice on the total remuneration packages payable to municipal managers was issued on 29 March 2014, with the express provision that it becomes applicable from 1 July 2014. According to transitional measures contained in Item 11 of the Notice, the Notice does not apply to serving municipal managers whose contracts were concluded before the commencement of the Notice (i.e. 1 July 2014); meaning that such senior manager remuneration will continue to be governed in terms of their employment contracts until the contracts have lapsed or terminated.
2. (a) A total of twenty (20) applications to waive the provisions of the Notice were received by the Minister.

(b) No application of waiver was granted by the Minister.

3.  No waiver was granted.

4.  Please refer to the response on (3) above.

Reply:

The Deputy Minister of Labour, Honourable SP Holomisa led a delegation consisting of eight (8) senior officials of the Department of Labour to China, once during 2014-15 financial year.

The visit to China was to finalise focal areas of cooperation in terms of the signed Memorandum Of Understanding with China.

Reply:

1) Acquisition of Infrastructure is done through the Department of Public Works (DPW) and the Department of Military Veterans does not have control over the process hence failure to acquire health and wellness centre as planned.

(2) The Department has made the financial provision for the establishment of the Health and Wellness Centre and had identified several sites in Gauteng which were submitted to the Department of Public Works, together with the specifications of the envisioned centre to fast track the procurement process as advised by DPW. Furthermore the Department is also considering the possibility of renting the Health and Wellness Sites and out-source the related services based on the specifications developed for the centre.

(3) Currently the Department has not incurred any costs but has reserved R19 million based on projections of the procurement and the management of the facility.

(4) (a) The ultimate plan for the Department is to establish one Health and Wellness Centre in each Province.

(b) The location of the Health and Wellness Centre will be based on the suitability of the sites, however for the 2015/16 period the Department plans to establish one centre in Gauteng.

(5) The department has developed a business plan which will inform the annual budget to ensure the sustainability of the program.

NW3475E

Reply:

1. Response is as follows:

• KILLINGS

This office agrees that a number of people have been killed in Glebelands Hostel, there are 21 people who have been killed in the past 14 months from June 2014 to July 2015.

• POLICE CORRUPTION

No one has come up with any evidence with regard to Police corruption. We encourage anyone with evidence to come with such evidence so that corrupt members will be brought to book.

• SALES OF HOSTEL BEDS

This is the domain of Ethekwini Municipality.

• GANGSTERISM

This office is not aware of any gangsterism at Glebelands Hostel. There was a block chairpersons committee that was existing and later a group opposing block chairpersons was formed. Both of these structures have since been dissolved.

• POLICE COLLUDING WITH HOSTEL THUGS

This office is not aware of any policemen who are colluding with the thugs. Anyone with information is encouraged to come forward with such information.

• POLICE SHARING ROOMS WITH HITMAN

This office is not aware of any police members who share rooms with hitman at the hostel. We are aware that there are SAPS, SANDF and Metro Police members who reside in the hostel.

• DEPARTMENT LEAVING THE SITUATION TO ESCALATE

The SAPS did not leave the situation to escalate. Additional personnel were deployed to the hostel on a 24 hours basis. Different police Units, (POP) Public Order Police, (TRT) Tactical Response Team, Visible Policing, Crime Intelligence and Metro Police Intelligence led Crime Prevention Operations are conducted including Operation Field/ reclaim (where the army was also involved) are conducted at Glebelands Hostel.

The issues of environmental design, such as:-

- Lack of access control,

- No fencing or broken fence in some parts of the Hostel,

- No lighting or insufficient lighting outside the hostel blocks, on the street and in open places and in the passages inside the blocks, and the lack of CCTV cameras,

were identified as some of the crime generators at the Hostel. Ethekwini Municipality have since come on board to address the above mention environmental design issues. An integrated Project Plan was developed. The SAPS, Metro Police, Ethekwini Municipality and the Department of Community Safety and Liaison are working together to implement the plan. There is a noticeable good progress.

2.  The police are doing their best to maintain peace and stability at the hostel and do not favour any faction. The police always perform their duties professionally and impartially.

3. Anyone with information or evidence of any police involvement in corruption is encouraged to come forward with the information so that those police members will be brought to book. At this stage no one has ever come up with any information or evidence.

4.  This certain person was arrested together with (2) two other persons on Umlazi Cas 638/4/214, Attempted Murder. They appeared at Umlazi Court on 2015-07-07 and he was acquitted.

  The remaining co-accused appeared at Umlazi Court on 2015-08-03; they were found not guilty and were discharged. He (the said person) is not directly implicated in any of the other reported cases at this stage. His rooms have also been raided for firearms several times with negative results.

 

 

Signed MAJOR GENERAL

ACTING DIVISIONAL COMMISSIONER: VISIBLE POLICING

MM MOTLHALA

Date: 4 August 2015

Reply to question 2785 recommended

Signed LIEUTENANT GENERAL

DEPUTY NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: POLICING

KJ SITOLE (SOE)

Date: 4 August 2015

Agree with reply to question 2785

Signed GENERAL

NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

MV PHIYEGA

Date: 5 August 2015

Reply to question 2785 approved/not approved

MINISTER OF POLICE

NPT NHLEKO, MP

Date:

Reply:

Honourable Member, the same question was asked by Honourable LV James of the DA (see Annexure A - Question 2059 asked on 29 May 2015).

END.

ANNEXURE A

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

FOR WRITTEN REPLY

QUESTION NO. 2059

DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 29 MAY 2015

(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 17)

Ms L V James (DA) to ask the Minister of Health:

Whether his department has any programmes to improve education about multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, specifically about the importance of testing; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

NW2322E

REPLY:

The National Department of Health has several programmes and platforms that are being used to inform, educate and raise awareness about TB, including MDR-TB at community level.

(a) The national and provincial TB programmes have Advocacy, Communication and Social Mobilisation units with focal persons whose role is to, on a regular basis, disseminate information to members of the community on the importance of being screened, tested and treated for TB, including MDR-TB. Each of these units have focal persons who, sometimes with support from partner organisations, use various platforms including the media (radio, television, and print) to educate communities about TB. The units also disseminate information through posters, fliers and billboards and sometimes conduct door-to-door campaigns to engage household members on TB.

(b) In 2010, during the advert of the FIFA World Cup hosted in South Africa, the Department and Stellenbosch University conceptualised and implemented a communications platform called “Kick TB and HIV”, which uses community activations (campaign style) to educate members of the community on TB. Over the past year, 266 activations were conducted, and 467 817 people were reached.

(c)  The Deputy President launched, on 24 March 2015, a massive TB campaign that aims to mobilise millions of South Africans to be screened, tested and treated for TB, including MDR-TB.

(d) An integrated mass media communication and education campaign that will focus on HIV/AIDS, TB (including MRD-TB), maternal and child health, non-communicable diseases, violence and injuries, has been developed and a tender is currently being evaluated to appoint a service provider to manage the campaign over the next 3 years.

END.

Reply:

I have no plans to set up a forum of the nature suggested by the Hon Member. Matters relating to supply of skilled labour in the country are dealt with in the National Skills Authority established in terms of the Skills Development Act and the Human Resources Development Council and chaired by the Deputy President.

Reply:

1. The station has conducted one hundred and sixty one (161) operations targeting drug dealers in the 2014/15 financial year as per bellow dates:

2014-05-05, 2014-05-14, 2014-05-15, 2014-05-27, 2014-06-03, 2014-06-12, 2014-06-21, 2014-06-23, 2014-06-24, 2014-07-01, 2014-07-02, 2014-07-21, 2014-08-07, 2014-08-15, 2014-08-18, 2014-09-15, 2014-09-16, 2014-10-27, 2014-12-10, 2014-12-22, 2015-01-12, 2015-01-12, 2015-01-15, 2015-01-17, 2015-01-18, 2015-01-21, 2015-01-23, 2015-01-25, 2015-01-26, 2015-01-30, 2015-02-01, 2015-02-02, 2015-02-07, 2015-02-10, 2015-02-11, 2015-02-14, 2015-02-15, 2015-02-17, 2015-02-18, 2015-02-26, 2015-03-02, 2015-03-06, 2015-03-08, 2015-03-12, 2015-03-14, 2015-03-15, 2015-03-19, 2015-03-22

2.  During the operation there were two thousand one hundred and thirty eight (2138) arrests and one hundred and sixty three (163) persons charged for dealing with drugs.

3.   There were two thousand two hundred and sixty (2260) convictions secured during the operations in respect of drug related crimes.

 

 

Reply:

South Africa does not support canned lion hunting. The prohibition is provided for through the National Environmental Management Act (Act No 10 of 2014), which is implemented by the Department of Environmental Affairs. We believe that responsible citizenship would also assist in preventing such occurrences. All known cases of canned lion hunting should therefore be reported to the law enforcement agencies. Discussions with the Ministers of Environmental Affairs and Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries have not taken place.

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:

With regard to the provision of specialised human resources to service special needs schools, the Department of Basic Education is in the process of developing integrated norms for funding, staffing and infrastructure. These norms are aimed at ensuring an equitable distribution of these scarce resources in each district to serve the needs of learners with specialised needs in ordinary, full-service and special schools. The norms will further be in line with the Policy on Screening, Identification, Assessment and Support (2014) which acknowledges that learners with high needs who are admitted to special schools should have access to specialist professional support staff such as therapists, psychologists and nurses on a high frequency basis. Proposals are also being developed to introduce a cadre of mid-level workers such as therapy assistants and counsellors to provide services at special schools on a day-to day basis. The Department plans to complete the norms by March 2016 for incremental implementation up to 2019. Priority will be given to special schools in disadvantaged areas that have been under-resourced to date.

Reply:

(a) and (b) I wish to inform the Honourable Member that the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development has limited statistical information in relation to the court cases and resultant convictions made in relation to the violent attacks against foreign nationals in 2008 and 2015. The reason for this is that there is no specific crime category prosecuted or recorded in official data bases relating to “violent xenophobic attacks”. Crimes committed in this regard are therefore normally crimes such as assaults or murders where the victims are foreign nationals. These cases are thus recorded as normal crimes in terms of the SAPS CAS system and the court registers. Limited manual recording of such incidents and cases were dealt with during 2008. During 2015 more detailed capturing of statistics are being done by the South African Police Service and the National Prosecution Authority under auspices of the Justice Crime Prevention and Security (JCPS) Cluster and its NATJOINTS Sub-Committee, and this is reported through the Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC: Migration) dealing with Migration issues..

(i) 2008 incidents:

With regard to the 2008 incidents relating to foreign nationals, the department recorded that arrests led to 597 such cases going to court from May 2008. To monitor what happened to these cases, an investigation at the end of October 2009, revealed that 218 of these cases were withdrawn (for various reasons, but in many instances because the witnesses became missing or left the country), 159 of these cases were finalised with a verdict (98 guilty, 61 not guilty), 9 cases were still partly-heard, 75 cases were still to be tried and in 77 cases, further investigation was still being finalised, whilst 27 warrants of arrest were also issued. These matters were part of the normal court rolls at that stage and no further specific monitoring records were kept in relation to these matters.

(ii) 2015 incidents:

According to an IMC press release in May 2015, it was indicated that there were eighty-seven (87) cases, eighty-three (83) of which were postponed for further investigation and four (4) that had been finalized. Of this, three cases resulted in convictions and one case was finalized through Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanism (mediation).

As at the end of July 2015, the statistics changed as follows: there were a total of a hundred and ten (110) such cases, of which seven (7) had been withdrawn or struck off the roll, six (6) had been finalized and ninety-seven (97) had not yet been finalized. Of the six (6) cases finalized, there were four (4) convictions, one (1) nolle prosequi (decision not to prosecute) and one (1) finalized through Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanism (mediation).

It can be noted that the IMC: Immigration on a regular basis briefs the country on these issues through media briefings. A further media briefing indicating progress in dealing with the issues relating to Foreign Nationals, including the cases finalized, will follow soon (on 22 August 2015).

Background information:

In terms of the breakdown of the 2008 incidents, the 597 cases can be disaggregated per crime category (charges) as follows:

Public Violence	112
Housebreaking	107
Attempted robbery/robbery	96
Murder / attempted murder	62
Theft	58
Malicious Damage to Property	36
Assault/ GBH	31
Intimidation	22
Armed robbery	22
House robbery	11
Arson	9
Rape / attempted rape	8
Business robbery	6
Other crimes	17
Total	597

Reply:

1. Yes, SAPS is in compliance with its disciplinary code. South African Police Discipline Regulations, 2006 provides that a disciplinary hearing must as far as practically possible, be finalized within sixty (60) calendar days.

(1)(a)(i) A total of 1113 were charged for misconduct during 01 April 2015 to 30 June 2015;

 

(1)(a)(ii) 861 were finalized within 60 calendar days;

 

(1)(b)(i) 138 exceeded 60 calendar days

(1)(b)(ii)(aa) between 1 to 30 days = 93 cases

(1)(b)(ii)(bb) between 1 month to 12 months = 42 cases

(1)(b)(ii)(cc) between 1 year to 2 years = 3 cases

(1)(c) 1028 received salary

(2)(a) 196 were outstanding during the reporting period

(2)(b) The following reasons amongst others contribute the delay in finalising the cases:

• Complexity of the case;
• Unavailability of witnesses, legal representatives, etc

(2)(c) R303 687,25

(2)(d) The Department of Public Service and Administration has been engaged by the SAPS to assist to deal with the backlog of pending cases on precautionary suspensions. The Disciplinary Trial Units are being established to deal with backlog and complicated cases.

 

 

Signed LIEUTENANT GENERAL

DIVISIONAL COMMISSIONER: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

L NTSHIEA

Date: 4 August 2015

Reply to question NW3042E recommended

Signed LIEUTENANT GENERAL

DEPUTY NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: CORPORATE SERVICE MANAGEMENT

CN MBEKELA

Date: 4 August 2015

Reply to question NW3042E recommended

Signed GENERAL

NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

MV PHIYEGA

Date: 5 August 2015

Reply to question NW3042E approved/not approved

MINISTER OF POLICE

NPT NHLEKO, MP

Date:

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:

On Tuesday 2014-04-28 at about 12:45, at 346 Akkerlaan, Lanquedoc (ACE Shop) there was a fight between a member of the public known as Given Benans and a Somalian shop owner. Given stabbed the shop owner Ahmed Hussen Ahmed in his head where after the shop owner stabbed him back with his own knife.

After this incident, a group of ± 10 people broke the front door and windows and looting the shop and looted a large amount of groceries from the shop.

Given Benans was transported to Stellenbosch hospital by ambulance.

A case of Public Violence was opened as per Groot Drakenstein CAS 134/04/2015 and four suspects were arrested. One of which was later released.

Case was transferred to the Provincial Detectives for investigation and was remanded to 2015/07/30 at the Magistrates Court in Paarl. (Court case no FH269/15).

As far as can be established, this is the only case related to attacks on foreigners in this district.

 

 

 

Signed MAJOR GENERAL

ACTING DIVISIONAL COMMISSIONER: VISIBLE POLICING

S PIENAAR

Date: 31 July 2015

Reply to question NO3037E recommended

 

Signed LIEUTENANT GENERAL

DEPUTY NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: POLICING

KJ SITOLE (SOE)

Date: 3 August 2015

Agree with reply to question NO3037E

Signed GENERAL

NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

MV PHIYEGA

Date: 5 August 2015

Reply to question NO3037E approved/not approved

MINISTER OF POLICE

NPT NHLEKO, MP

Date:

Reply:

The provisioning of teachers to rural areas is a chronic challenge that the Department is continuously addressing. The difficulty to attract and retain teachers can be attributed to unfavourable living conditions in such areas which includes poor access to certain basic services, facilities and amenities. The challenge becomes more acute when considering scarce skill areas such as mathematics, physical science, and technology (MST).

Over the years, the Department has used various interventions which include the recruitment and retention incentives in the form of the policy on incentives for teachers; the recruitment of foreign educators qualified in MST areas; and to encourage provinces to appoint Funza Lushaka Bursary Scheme graduates in posts at rural schools.

The Department is in the process of reviewing the policy on incentives for teachers to address some of the policy gaps that currently exist. The aim is to ensure that the policy begins to mitigate the unfavourable conditions that make it difficult to attract and retain teachers in rural areas. This will include, in addition to the existing monetary incentives, provisioning of accommodation; transport; and other non-monetary incentives including easier access to professional development opportunities.

Reply:

(1)(a) Yes, the Anti-Corruption Task Team (ACTT) is investigating this case.

(1)(b)(i) Yes.

(1)(b)(ii) Unknown at this stage.

(1)(b)(iii) Unknown at this stage.

(1)(aa) Unknown.

(1)(bb) Unknown.

(1)(cc) Unknown.

(1)(dd) Unknown.

(2) Not applicable

(2) Not applicable

(3) Not applicable

Reply:

(1)(a)

Province	Number of Schools
EC	60
FS	36
GP	103
KZN	88
LP	51
MP	46
NC	17
NW	51
WC	48
TOTAL	500

 

(1)(b)

EASTERN CAPE

Butterworth	5
Cofimvaba	5
Dutywa	4
East London	2
King Williams Town	3
Lady Frere	2
Libode	5
Lusikisiki	8
Maluti	4
Mbizana	2
Mt Fletcher	4
Mt Frere	1
Mthatha	7
Ngcobo	3
Qumbu	3
Sterkspruit	1
Uitenhage	1

FREE STATE

Motheo	1
Fezile Dabi	4
Harrismith	1
Lejweleputswa	5
Motheo	10
Sasolburg	1
Thabo Mafutsanyana	12
Welkom	1
Xhariep	1

GAUTENG

Ekurhuleni North	7
Ekurhuleni South	5
Ekurhuleni West	6
Gauteng East	5
Gauteng North	2
Gauteng West	7
Jhb Central	7
Jhb East	14
Jhb North	7
Jhb South	2
Jhb West	4
Johannesburg South	1
Johannesburg West	3
Sedibeng East	2
Sedibeng West	7
Tshwane North	8
Tshwane South	13
Tshwane West	3

KWAZULU - NATAL

Amajuba	13
Ilembe	3
Pinetown	10
Sisonke	5
Ugu	7
Umgungundlovu	6
Umkhanyakude	5
Umlazi	15
Umzinyathi	2
Uthukela	2
Uthungulu	10
Zululand	9

LIMPOPO

Capricorn	16
Greater Sekhukhune	6
Mopani	6
Vhembe	20
Waterberg	3

MPUMALANGA

Ehlanzeni	14
Gert Sibande	13
Nkangala	15
Bohlabela	4

NORTHERN CAPE

Francis Baard	6
Siyanda	2
Namaqua	2
Pixley Ka Seme	3
Kgalagadi	4

NORTH WEST

Bojanala	21
Dr. K.Kaunda	10
Dr. R. S. Mompati	9
Ngaka Modiri Molema	11

WESTERN CAPE

Cape Winelands	5
Central	8
East	7
Eden/Karoo	5
North	6
Overberg	2
South	8
West Coast	5

 

(1)(ii) (aa) (bb)

Since the financial year 2011/12, Provincial Departments of Education (PEDS) have not used the Dinaledi Conditional Grant to fund teacher posts. The employment of supernumerary teachers by Provincial Departments is at the discretion of the PEDs and no provinces have included this output in their business plans since 2011.

(1)(iii) (aa) (bb)

No teacher posts are currently funded by the Mathematics, Science and Technology Grant.

(2)

No teacher posts were funded by the Dinaledi Conditional Grant. Consequently, no posts have been forfeited.

(3)

No teacher posts were funded by the Dinaledi Conditional Grant.

Reply:

(1) The Kha Ri Gude Mass Literacy Campaign is managed nationally by the Department of Basic Education. Kha Ri Gude motto is: “Kha Ri Gude - wherever you are” Therefore learning sites are organized by volunteers and classes are therefore held in churches, schools, community halls, garages or homes of volunteers and learners etc. The Department does not pay rental for these venues and hence it is not possible to provide any figures. The budget is utilized mainly for the stipends and learner and volunteer materials and stationery.

(2) (a) (i) (ii) (iii)

The table below represents the actual stipends paid per province for the 2012/13, 2013/14 and 2014/15 financial years. Unfortunately the information is not available per district as the project is managed nationally at the Department of Basic Education.

(b) (i) (ii)

The table below represents the estimated costs of stipends per province for the 2015/16 and 2016/17 financial years. Unfortunately the information is not available per district as the project is managed nationally at the Department of Basic Education.

Reply:

The Department of Environmental Affairs does not undertake research in order to set sustainable quotas for sharks but does undertake some research on specific aspects of shark ecology which includes tagging sharks to describe the extent of the distribution ranges.

The estimated annual catches of these species as documented by research of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries are given as: Blacktip 1-10 tons, Dusky 11-100 tons, Bronze Whaler 101-200 tons. The sum of the upper ranges of these estimates is 310 tons, short of 500 tons. The setting of fishing quotas is the function of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries which undertakes research in support of shark fishery management.

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Reply:

(1)(a) The information is not available. It was previously dealt with and kept by the Area Commissioners’ offices.

(1)(b) 73 249

(2)(a) 4

(2)(b) 12

(3)(a)

VISPOL	DETECTIVES	SUPPORT
39	20	11

(3)(b)

VISPOL	DETECTIVES	SUPPORT
67	38	31

(4)(a) Not available. The Polfin System can only draw the information from 2003/2004.

(4)(b) R3 506 842

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:

The policy framework for promoting a holistic and whole-of-society approach to public safety is set out in the 2015 Draft White Paper on Safety and Security. In this regard the objectives of the White Paper on Safety and Security are:

• To provide an overarching policy for an integrated approach to safety and security, and
• To facilitate the creation of a sustainable, well-resourced implementation and oversight mechanism, to co-ordinate, monitor, evaluate and report on implementation of crime prevention priorities across all sectors.

The 2015 Draft White Paper on Safety and Security clearly outlines the location, nature and role of community safety forums. The Civilian Secretariat for Police also works closely with Provinces and Municipalities so ensure that community safety forums are established and are effective. CSFs were established at varying degree across provinces. On average, CSF meetings are held quarterly. Various CSFs undertake different projects in line with mandate(s) of departments participating in CSFs. The Civilian Secretariat for Police is further engaging SALGA on incorporating CSFs into the Councilor Induction Programme.

Reply:

1. The Investigation Case Docket Management System (ICDMS) functionality has been implemented at 711 police stations since inception. These figures reflect the status as on 2015-07-30.

The breakdown per Province is as follows:

PROVINCE	TOTAL
Eastern Cape	58
Free State	61
Gauteng	138
KwaZulu-Natal	102
Limpopo	58
Mpumalanga	76
North West	52
Northern Cape	43
Western Cape	123
TOTAL	711

(2)(a) & (b) (i) & (ii) Yes, detective- and intelligence-led investigations are producing the desired results with regard to the increase of quality dockets and the conviction rate.

(2)(aa) The detective-and intelligence-led training programmes introduced to increase the quality of dockets and the conviction rate for 2014/2015 financial year are:

COURSE	TRAINED MEMBERS
DETECTIVE COURSES
IDENTIFICATION OF EXPLOSIVES/EXPLOSIVE DEVICES	283
BASIC FINANCIAL INVESTIGATION PRACTICE	0
HARMFUL OCCULT RELATED CRIME LP	21
FIREARM INVESTIGATION COURSE	13
VEHICLE CRIME INVESTIGATORS COURSE	60
STOCK THEFT LEARNING PROGRAMME	79
PSYCHOLOGICALLY MOTIVATED CRIME REFRESHER WORKSHOP	22
FAMILY VIOLANCE SEXUAL OFFENCES AND CHILD PROTEC	194
INTRODUCTION TO FRAUD INVESTIGATIONS	51
FORENSIC SOCIAL WORK REPORT WRITING	57
RESOLVING OF CRIME SKILLS PROGRAMME 1	1485
STATEMENT TAKING FOR DETECTIVE	219
CYBER FORENSICS FIRST RESPONDER L/P	39
INTRODUCING THE CHILD WITNESS	32
PROCUREMENT FRAUD INVESTIGATIONS	0
COUNTER TERRORISM INVESTIGATORS COURSE	44
SERIOUS AND VIOLENT CRIMES INVESTIGATION	51
SEX OFFENDER IN CHILD ABUSE CASES	0
PSYCHOLOGICALLY MOTIVATED CRIME COURSE	0
EVALUATING THE EVIDENCE OF CHILDREN	0
COMMERCIAL CRIME FOR LEANING PROGRAMME	101
ORGANISED CRIME INVESTIGATORS	45
BASIC CRIME INVESTIGATIVE PRACTICE	841
BASIC FRAUD INVESTIGATORS COURSE	271
INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRONIC RELATED CRIME SCENE LP	36
STATEMENT TAKING FROM A CHILD :FORENSIC SOCIAL WORKER	60
CIRCULATION SYSTEM	16
CAS COURSE(F): INVESTIGATION PERSONNEL	694
CAS COURSE(G): INVESTIGATION COMMAND PERSONNEL	54
CIRCULATION COURSE-VEHICLES-PERSONS-GOODS-STOCK	1853
CIRCULATION SYSTEM : ENQUIRY WANTED PERSONS	33
BASIC FORENSIC TOXIC0LOGY FOR INVESTIGATORS	80
NATIONAL PHOTO IMAGE SYSTEM	716
CIRCULATION SYSTEM:ENQUIRIES VEHICLES (CV-PROFILES	528
E-DOCKET	301
PREPARING CHILDREN FOR COURT	67
BASIC CRIME SCENE MANAGEMENT	353
INFORMERS HANDLING COURSE	443
INVESTIGATING INTERVIEWING	286
IDENTITY PARADE	379
POINTING OUT	206
BIODIVERSITY CRIME SPECIALISED TRAINING	30
SAPS 6 AND DOCKET PROGRESS SYSTEM LEARNING PROGRAM	95
SEXUAL OFFENCES COURSE FOR INVESTIGATING OFFICERS	952
DETECTIVE COMMADERS LEARNING PRIGRAMME	352
CRIME INTELLIGENCE COURSES
BASIC VETTING COURSE	15
CI : UNDERCOVER OPERATIONS COURSE	74
COUNTER INTELLIGENCE COURSE	16
TEXTCHART & CHART EXPLORER	10
INKWAZI SYSTEM LEARNING PROGRAMME	331
OPERATIONAL ANALYST COURSE	100
ADVANCE POLIGRAPHY TRAINING	0
BORDER SECURITY CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT - LAND	0
CAS COURSE(N): CRIME INTELLIGENCE OFFICE	0
COMPUTER SECURITY+	0
GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM	108
HIGH ANGLE COURSE 1 AND 2	0
IBM i2 IBASE USER TRAINING COURSE	0
INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS MANAGEMENT COURSE	0
IP GRANATE	0
MICROSOFT CERTIFIED SOLUTIONS ASSOCIATE (MCSA)	0
MICROSOFT CERTIFIED SYSTEMS ENGINEER (MCSE)	0
RADIO ELECTRONIC TRAINING	0
RADIO INSTALLATION	0
STRATEGIC ANALYST COURSE	0
CIRCULATION COURSE	16
CIRCULATION COURSE-VEHICLE/PERSON/GOODS/STOCK	1853
N+ COMPUTER COURSE	0
A+ COMPUTER COURSE	0
CISCO CERTIFIED NETWORK ASSOCIATE (CCNA)	0
SECURITY RISK CRISIS MANAGEMENT	1
CRIME INFORMATION ANALYSIS LEARNING PROGRAM	108
CRIME INTELLIGENCE GATHERING COURSE	312
BASIC SURVEILIANCE ASSISTANT	0
ORGANISED CRIME THREAT ANAYSIS (OCTA)	0
HUMAN INTELLIGENCE TRADECRAFT LEARNING PROGRAMME	19
SURVEILLANCE COURSE	0
ANALYST NOTEBOOK	20
IBASE DATA CAPTURING	0
INTELLISHARE EXPLORER AND CAPTURE	0
ANACAPA	0
IBASE USER COURSE	0

(2)(bb) Comparing the 1st quarter of the 2015/2016 financial year with the 1st quarter of the 2014/2015 financial year, there is a decrease in the not guilty verdicts in court.

Reply:

The South African Police Service went through a process of demilitarisation shortly after its establishment in 1994. In the process the previous ranks, which were similar to that of the military had been replaced by demilitarised ranks. The issue about military ranks being reintroduced in the South African Police Service before the present Minister took office, raised concerns about a possible re-militarisation of the South African Police Service. It must be emphasized that the use of military ranks is not the only measure for a professional dedicated police service providing a quality service to members of the public as required by section 205 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996. What is much more important is the measure of respect and dedication shown to members of the public through proper service delivery by the police service.

During the tenure of the present Minister of Police, it became clear, through various incidents of police behavior, the extent of civil litigation against the police service as well as findings of the Marikana Commission of Inquiry, that the ideal of a demilitarised police service has not yet been attained. This ideal of such a demilitarised police service is also a clear aim of Government’s National Development Plan. The Department of Police is busy with a new White Paper on Policing and a Review of the South African Police Service Act, 1995 (Act No. 68 of 1995), processes in which the central theme is improvement of service delivery by the police service, including a dedicated process of professionalising the police service. In the process we must ensure the strengthening of issues such as command and control and discipline which are elements of any professional police service in the world. The aim is to address, as a matter of urgency, these issues in order not to simply improve the image of the police, but to ensure the realisation for the police service of its constitutional mandate as set out in section 205, mentioned above. In the process a dedicated attitude of servicing the community and maintaining excellent relations with the community, demanding respect through service delivery and addressing corruption must be nurtured. This had been an ongoing process, which is receiving all the attention it requires.

It is also clear at this stage that our police members on the ground are profusely targeted by criminals and murdered, making it clear that policing also sometimes require the use of force to protect members of the public, and members of the police service. The police service remains a security service which can be expected to protect citizens, to uphold and enforce the laws of the land and to prevent and investigate crime, within the broader parameters of and with respect to the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996.

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:

The Blacktip Shark, Bronze Whaler Shark and Dusky Shark are commercially exploited species in South Africa and are caught in a permitted shark fishery. The management of fishing effort and fishing quotas is a function of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF), which undertakes research in support of shark fishery management. DAFF are best suited to provide additional detail on the management objectives for these species.

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South Africa’s Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are currently used to provide additional protection to exploited fish species, including sharks, either by prohibiting all exploitation of marine resources or restricting some exploitation activities. MPAs cannot be regarded as a primary fishery management tool as the current network covers less than 1% of South Africa’s Exclusive Economic Zone and MPAs are unevenly distributed between the different eco-regions. Additional MPAs are currently being considered through the Operation Phakisa processes and these will contribute to overall increase in the protection of marine biodiversity.

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Reply:

The South African Police Service conducted the following awareness campaigns with regards to the Domestic Violence Act in the Paarl Magistrate`s Court jurisdiction areas from January 2015 – May 2015:

• Information sessions

• Door to door visits at complainants of domestic violence cases to give support to the families.

• Visits to farms

• Visits to schools

 

 

Signed MAJOR GENERAL

ACTING DIVISIONAL COMMISSIONER: VISIBLE POLICING

MM MOTLHALA

Date: 3 August 2015

Reply to question NW3040E recommended

 

Signed LIEUTENANT GENERAL

DEPUTY NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: POLICING

KJ SITOLE (SOE)

Date: 3 August 2015

Agree with reply to question NW3040E

Signed GENERAL

NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

MV PHIYEGA

Date: 5 August 2015

Reply to question NW3040E approved/not approved

MINISTER OF POLICE

NPT NHLEKO, MP

Date:

Reply:

The Domestic Tourism Management Branch invites Traditional Councils and Leaders to participate in the Capacity Building Seminars of the Department. These seminars are aimed at ensuring that relevant stakeholders at local level have the capacity to contribute to the growth of tourism in their communities, as well as benefiting small businesses, Non-Profit Organisations and cooperatives. Traditional leaders from most of the 27 Rural Nodes have participated.

Some of the Social Responsibility Implementation Projects have targeted areas under the jurisdiction of traditional leaders, who play a vital role in facilitating community participation and beneficiation.

Reply:

With reference to her reply to question 940 on 14 April 2015, in which she stated that Afrikaans and SeSotho have been classified as scarce subjects at all levels in the Eastern Cape, what are the relevant details and time frames of actions that she has taken to rectify this situation?

The Department of Basic Education (DBE) is working with the Eastern Cape Provincial Education Department (ECPED) to identify critical vacancies in the province through regular meetings with relevant officials. Afrikaans and SeSotho vacancies where they exist are also included in the list of critical vacancies. The DBE met with the ECPED on 05 August 2015 to adopt a plan to address the critical shortages in the province. All Districts were requested to identify, profile, and submit their vacancies to the Head Office. 577 vacancies had been identified. The Chief Financial Officer had also signed-off the list of the vacancies for the purpose of issuing a bulletin for immediate filling of the posts so that the process of filling those vacancies can ensue immediately. Once the bulletin is issued, it is expected that the identified vacancies will be filled within three months or by the end of October 2015.

Reply:

On 2015-05-13, two male persons were arrested in Paarl East on charges of public violence (Paarl East CAS 223/05/2015). The matter is still appearing in the Paarl Magistrates Court.

 

 

Signed MAJOR GENERAL

ACTING DIVISIONAL COMMISSIONER: VISIBLE POLICING

S PIENAAR

Date: 31 July 2015

Reply to question NO3036E recommended

 

Signed LIEUTENANT GENERAL

DEPUTY NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: POLICING

KJ SITOLE (SOE)

Date: 3 August 2015

Agree with reply to question NO3036E

Signed GENERAL

NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

MV PHIYEGA

Date: 5 August 2015

Reply to question NO3036E approved/not approved

MINISTER OF POLICE

NPT NHLEKO, MP

Date:

Reply:

The process of reviewing targets, particularly those highlighted by the Portfolio Committee on Police during the budget vote hearings, is currently underway and aligned to the planning processes and dictates that are outlined in the National Treasury Framework for Strategic Plans and Annual Performance Plans. The revised Annual Performance Plan and targets will be submitted to the Committee during the budget vote hearing process.

Reply:

(1)(a)(i) & (ii) Daily operations were held by members of SAPS Chatsworth.

(1)(b)(i) & (ii) Daily operations were held between 1 April 2014 and 21 March 2015.

(2)(a) 3 082 arrests were made.

(2)(b) 3 082 suspects were charged.

(2)(c) Various cases of possession of drugs in contravention of the Dependence Producing Drugs legislation.

(3) 1 320 convictions.

Reply:

The information in question is confidential and cannot be provided.

Reply:

1. Yes. SAPS have, for example, measures in place to handle all persons in custody of the Service. The aforesaid is governed by various Standing Orders instructing the elimination of any type of prejudice towards all the categories of persons in police custody, including undocumented foreign nationals. Standing Order (G) 341 deals with the arrest and the treatment of an arrested person until such person is handed to the Community Service Centre Commander. The handling of persons in custody of the service from their arrival at the police station is outlined by Standing Order (G) 361 including that undocumented foreign Nationals are not allowed to be detained in the same cell with other persons in custody who committed other crimes.
2. A booklet namely “Immigration and Policing Volume 4” was compiled and produced during 2011 by the SAPS Communication and Liaison Services and Division Visible Policing to sensitize and capacitate police officers regarding various contexts when police officers may interact with foreign nationals.

Senior management of SAPS has already received the booklets and will ensure the distribution thereof to all the members in due course.

3.   The Division Visible Policing has engaged with the Lawyers for Human Rights in order to capacitate the police officers in the policing of foreign nationals. It envisaged piloting the training and education to police officers in the problematic provinces first before rolling it out to the rest of the country.

Reply:

(a) The Department of Small Business Development did not spend any amount on advertising in (i) Sowetan and (ii) Daily Sun since its inception.

(b) The Small Enterprise Finance Agency (sefa)

Sefa did not spend any amount on advertising in (i) Sowetan and (ii) Daily Sun in the (aa) 2012-13 financial year.

Sefa spent R45 280 and R48 963 on advertising in (i) Sowetan and (ii) Daily Sun in (bb) 2013-14 financial year respectively.

Sefa did not spend any amount on advertising in (i) Sowetan and (ii) Daily Sun in the (cc) 2014-15 financial year.

(b) The Small Enterprise Development Agency (Seda)

Seda spent R421 309.80 and R821 370 on advertising in (i) Sowetan and (ii) Daily Sun in the (aa) 2012-13 financial year respectively.

Seda spent R271 351.66 and R194 438.40 on advertising in (i) Sowetan and (ii) Daily Sun in the (bb) 2013-14 financial year respectively.

Seda spent R204 070.60 and R239 260.18 on advertising in (i) Sowetan and (ii) Daily Sun in the (cc) 2014-15 financial year respectively.

Reply:

(1) I have no idea where the Honourable Member gets the figure that he is quoting as according to the records at my disposal, a total of 14 634 work seekers were placed as at the end of June 2015.

(2) Not relevant

Reply:

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

Reply:

(1) (a) The Minister has not formally met with the Simodisa Company. The Minister only met informally with the company on the margins of another engagement.

(b) The Department of Small Business Development has never had any interaction with the Simodisa Company.

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:

 

(a) In terms of infrastructure, Full Service Schools have to be provided with facilities that will enable learners with disabilities unhindered access, such as ramps and hand rails and disabled ablution facilities.

(b)  Provincial and District officials have been trained on the Guidelines for Full Service Schools and on Curriculum Differentiation. All School-Based Support teams at Full Service Schools have been trained on the Guidelines for Full Service Schools. Teachers at Full Service Schools have been trained on the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) and on Curriculum Differentiation. Provincial officials have been trained on the implementation of the Policy on Screening, Identification, Assessment and Support (SIAS).

(c)  Full service schools receive norms and standard budgets from which they purchase learning and teaching support material. The Department prints and delivers braille workbooks for learners in schools for the visually impaired.

(d) The post provisioning norms policy provides for the relevant weighting of the number of teachers needed according the nature of disability of each learner with disability. Districts are required to provide necessary support to the schools including ensuring that appropriately qualified teachers are appointed in post at full service schools to cater for learners with disabilities.