Questions and Replies

Reply:

(a) The information used in the formulation of the response to question 2495 on 14 July 2015, included the following

(i) The positive overall economic impact was assessed from:

1. The information from the toll gantries and SANRAL’s Comprehensive Traffic Observation (CTO) stations located on the freeways and interchange approach roads measuring the alternative road network.
2. The data recorded at the toll gantries
3. The original traffic and transport planning studies regarding the travel time savings and how it is linked to economic spin offs (economic reports)

(ii) The measurement of travel time and hence delays for the entire network are obtained from traffic studies which includes a traffic model that was developed and used for this purpose. The original model was calibrated to the 2006 conditions and the current situation has been validated against the traffic data obtained from the GFIP traffic monitoring systems as well as independent data from TomTom. The reduction in the delays on the roads considers all time periods and takes into account the reduction in the duration of the morning and afternoon peak periods where higher traffic volumes are moving through the road network in a shorter time period.

(iii) Traffic volumes and speeds on national and other roads are continually recorded through SANRAL’s Comprehensive Traffic Observations (CTO) programme, which has been in operation since the early 1990s. These consist of physical counting stations installed in the road surface. In addition, in 2006 when the traffic models mentioned above were developed a comprehensive exercise of additional traffic surveys were undertaken at interchanges in the GFIP network. The comparison of the 2006 and 2014 traffic data provided the evidence that there were many instances where traffic increases of more than 20% could be accommodated. At specific locations, i.e. the Malibongwe, William Nicol and Rivonia Interchanges increases in traffic volumes during the morning peak hour were 32%, 25% and 38% respectively. On the freeways, the highest increase in traffic has been on the Albertina Sisulu (R21) freeway, but also in the peak direction on the highly trafficked section of the N1 and N12.

(iv)  Arial photographs pre and post the upgrades of these interchanges reflects the development that has taken place in the immediate vicinity of upgraded interchanges. It should be noted that development rights are dependent on adequate road capacity on the freeways and through interchanges being available to accommodate the traffic generated by the proposed developments. In the past, many of these developments could not take place due to the lack of capacity available at these interchanges

(b) There are two economic studies:

(i) Studies performed by the Business School of the University of Cape Town and ARUP

(ii) A study performed by economist Roelof Botha

Reply:

(a) (i) There was no advertising (ii) and no media space purchased by the department in the 2014-15 financial year (aa) in print, (bb) on radio, (cc) on billboards, or (dd) in any format to promote, advertise, educate or inform the public about the Cape Winelands Toll Project and

(b) in each case, (i) no space was sold in each month and (ii) no costs were incurred in each month.

Reply:

1. & (b) The Honourable Member is referred to Table 18 on Page 51 of SASSA’s

Annual Report 2014/15 Financial Year.

 

Reply:

(a) and (b)

	NAME AND SURNAME	Designation	Qualifications
1.	Mr Charles Maluleke	Chairperson	B Com MBA
2.	Mr Lesedi Dinte	Deputy Chairperson	Baccalaureus Juris Baccalaureus Legum
3.	Mr Titus Malaza	Member	B Degree Police Science Masters in Public Administration
4.	Professor Imtiaz Vally	Member	Masters in Accountancy
5.	Professor Ntombizozuko Dyani - Mhango	Member	LLB Master of Legum Doctor of Law
6.	Ms Divhane Tshivhase	Member	Secondary teachers diploma B Com
7.	Mr Paul Browning	Member	Fellow of Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

(C) March 2016

Reply:

The reports are in the quarterly reports that the Department and its entities submit to the Portfolio Committee and the annual reports of each respective financial year.

Reply:

(a) The specified queue lengths are monitored at all plazas. CCTV surveillance systems are in place at the toll plazas to monitor this. All Plazas’ performance and operating efficiency is assessed to ensure adequate capacity exists to meet demand.

Several additional measures, as the circumstance demands, have been implemented at toll plazas that operate at near full capacity. These include the following:

• The implementation of tandem tolling which is a mechanism of allowing two vehicles to be processed at the same time in a single lane. This allows an increase in throughput of vehicles in comparison with normal lanes.
• Additional personnel are deployed in the lane area to ensure that motorists who pay toll fees in cash have the correct change, in advance of getting to the toll booth.

Further, to alleviate toll plaza capacity problems and increase vehicle processing speeds, additional, automated electronic toll payment method is being implemented at the toll plazas. This will allow non-stop passage through the lane via payment with an electronic tag. This system has been in operation for over ten years on the Platinum Toll Road, and is in an advanced stage of testing at most of the toll plazas. This will greatly assist with alleviating plaza capacity problems and long queue build-up. As has already been clearly demonstrated at the Platinum Toll Route Plazas, the processing rate of toll lanes dedicated for tag users, is 3 times that of manual payment methods.

(b) Historic traffic volumes, catering for traffic volumes from major events (sporting, cultural, etc.), seasonal traffic shifts, school holidays, long weekends, public holidays, etc. are analysed to plan for the future.

The traffic volumes at the plazas are also regularly monitored and examined. Traffic criteria such as the 30th highest hour traffic volumes and higher than average projected traffic growth rate, which could be indicative of the need to trigger dedicated electronic tag lanes, or a toll plaza expansion is regularly reviewed.

Regular analysis of the traffic volumes is undertaken to optimise the distribution of payment methods available to the road user as well as determining appropriate lane configurations.

(c) Regular traffic and capacity planning together with trained vehicle toll collectors improve the through flow. Flexible lane configuration allows for the accommodation of directional traffic flows so as to minimize the queue length.

The rapid deployment of the automated electronic toll payment method – payment of toll via electronic tag will greatly improve vehicle processing speed at the toll plazas.

Freeway Management Systems and Incident Management, with the assistance of CCTV surveillance of the road network, have facilitated rapid responses to incidents that may impact throughput at the plazas and thereby minimise the impact on traffic flow. These systems can also inform of traffic flows to and from the plaza.

 

Reply:

DEPARTMENT

(a) and (b) (i). Reflect the toatal numberof engineers in the Department of Transport irrespective of them not having been e,mployed as engineers. e.g. DDG Hlabisa of Road sis an engineer and soi s many others. All Government Departments that appoint Engineers are guided by the Occupational Specific Dispensation (OSD) for Engineers that specifies the criteria as well as qualifications that are required for the various categories of Engineers.

1. Road Accident Fund (RAF)

The Road Accident Fund (RAF) does not currently employ engineers in that capacity, nor does the RAF accredit anyone in that capacity.

2. South African National Road Agency (SANRAL)

(a) SANRAL uses the criteria as per the requirements of the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) including those bodies who are signatories to the Washington Accord of 1989.

Registration as a professional engineer with ECSA is a statutory requirement for roles which take responsibility for the performance of engineering work. On meeting the criteria the following designations are used as per the ECSA regulations:

Professional Engineer (Pr Eng)

Professional Engineering Technologist (Pr Tech Eng)

Professional Engineering Technician (Pr Eng Techni)

(b) The basic qualifications required to attain the above are a Bachelor of Science in Engineering; Bachelor of Engineering; Bachelor of Technology; and Diploma in Engineering from a University or the then technikons.

3. Road Traffic Management Cooperation (RTMC)

(a) Currently RTMC does not have an engineer in its employ. The candidate should be registered with the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) , and

(b) Possess a B Degree in Civil Engineering or Equivalent qualification if the agency were to employ one.

4. Road Traffic Infringement Agency (RTIA)

(a) For RTIA, the criteria for employing the Engineers would be based on the requirements of the position.

(b) The qualifications required would also be based on the needs of the position as well as those of the Agency

5. Cross-Border Road Transport Agency (C-BRTA)

(a) The incumbent will have to be registered with the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA).

(b) Qualifications to qualify a person to be called an engineer: Bachelor of Engineering degree or Bachelor of Technology with a focus on Civil/ Transport/ Structural Engineering.

Air Traffic & Navigation Services SOC Limited (ATNS)

(a) Criteria

ATNS employs two types of engineers, namely, Systems Engineer and Senior Systems Engineer. A Systems Engineer is a person who holds a Bachelor’s degree or Bachelor of Technology in Engineering or Science from the university and is eligible for registration as a professional engineer.

The second level of engineer is the Senior Systems Engineer level where professional engineers are appointed. A professional engineer is a person who holds Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and is registered as a professional engineer with the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA).

The criteria used for the appointment of engineers, is the academic qualification, years of experience and professional registration with the Engineering Council of South Africa as a candidate or professional engineer or technologist.

(b) Qualifications

The qualifications used for engineer positions in the company are Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering from the university (including university of technology).

Airports Company South Africa SOC Limited (ACSA)

(a) Criteria

The Airports Company South Africa defines the need for specific positions based on the nature of the business. Formal structures exist which includes Engineers. The positions in the different Engineering disciplines are clearly defined in terms of a role description detailing:

• key outputs,
• qualifications; and
• competence needed in the position.

(b) Qualifications

People appointed to positions of Engineers in the different disciplines, are required to have a formal B Tech or Engineering degree and/or with a Government Certificate of Competency, depending on the business need.

Further to this, qualifications are verified via a formal verification process with the institutions that issued the qualifications prior to making an appointment into an Engineering position.

South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA)

(a)(b)(i)N/A (ii) the South African Civil Aviation Authority’s criteria and qualification requirements for engineers are as follows:

Engineering Stream within the SACAA	Job Title	Qualifications and Criteria
Mechanical Engineering	Certification Engineer	Qualifications: BSc degree in Mechanical Engineering Criteria: 3 year experience as Certification Engineer in the aviation environment.
Electrical Engineering	Certification Engineer	Qualification: BSc degree in Electrical Engineering Criteria: 3 year experience as Certification Engineer in the aviation environment.
Aeronautical Engineering	Certification Engineer	Qualification: BSc degree in Aeronautical Engineering Criteria: 3 year experience as Certification Engineer in the aviation environment.

Railway Safety Regulator

(a) Criteria – Minimum National Diploma/ Degree

(b) A bachelor degree in engineering and a candidate for registration as a professional engineer or technologist with ECSA.

Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA)

(a) As employee must have obtained a four year university engineering degree to be an engineer.

(b) The qualification for an engineer is a B.Sc (Engineering), B.Eng or any 4 year degree from a recognized university.

Ports Regulator South Africa (PRSA)

The Ports Regulator in terms of its organogram, does not employ engineers, thus this is not applicable.

While it is not applicable to the Ports Regulator, the CEO of the Ports Regulator is an engineer by virtue of being:

(a) accredited as a professional engineer (Pr Eng) by the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA)

(b) qualified with a university degree in engineering, in his case a masters degree (MSc Eng)

South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA)

(a) The South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA), as a special agency of the Department of Transport on matters relating to Maritime employs Marine Engineers. Marine engineering is a specialist field which is regulated internationally by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and here in South Africa, those standards are implemented and monitored by SAMSA.

(b) We hire Marine Engineers who holds Certificates of Competency as Chief Engineer[1] of a ship of any propulsion power in accordance with standards set by the IMO, through the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978, as amended (STCW Convention). These Marine Engineers qualifications are vetted and accepted by the IMO and its member states, e.g. UK, Netherlands, Singapore, Liberia, Philippines, etc. There is no requirement for Marine Engineers to be a member of the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) to be employed. However, some of them are members through their membership of the South African Institute of Marine Engineers and Naval Architects (SAIMENA)

Reply:

(a) Matric and a few subjects in Mechanical Engineering according to a personnel file.

(b) Matric is from Fundulwazi Senior Secondary school in Sebokeng, whilst the mechanical engineering subjects are from Vaal University of technology.

(c) Mr Mthimkhulu joined Metrorail as an intern in 2000 and went through the ranks to Head: Engineering in PRASA Rail.

(d) Mr. Mtimkhulu may have given his peers the impression that he had the necessary qualifications and thus without being detected slipped through the verification process.

(e) Gross dishonesty and submission of fraudulent qualifications.

(f) PRASA Rail will not accept his resignation however criminal/Fraud charges are being pursued. A legal opinion was requested prior to take the appropriate actions against an employee who submitted his resignation.

(g)  The legal process will take its course.

(h) Acting Executive Manager: Engineering Services Mr Letsane Rathaba.

Reply:

The facts show differently. The system correctly captures more than 99% of the number plates & transactions. SANRAL accepts that no system is flawless. However, there are customer service options available to users through customer service centres, call centre, and the web to make e-toll enquiries. Also, the honourable member would appreciate that these so called errors and invoices would be minimized if the honourable member would join me in encouraging road users to register their details on the toll system.

Reply:

(1) The commissioning certificates were issued in sections and in accordance with the provisions of the FIDIC Conditions of Contract for design, build and operate projects (FIDIC), being the contract which applies to the project. The commissioning certificate for the sections comprising the Gauteng Open Road Tolling system and the Transaction Clearing House was issued on 18 December 2013 and effective from 2 December 2013. The section certificate for the relevant part of the Violations Processing Centre (VPC) was issued on 30 April 2015 and effective from 15 December 2014. Although the section of the system comprising the VPC was only commissioned with effect from 15 December 2014, it was considered ready for operation from toll commencement based on the contractor's confirmation (and extensive testing, trial operations and pilot testing) that the system and operations were ready from toll commencement. This all in accordance with FIDIC.

(2) The Employer's Representative, in terms of Sub clause 11.6 of FIDIC, issued the section commissioning certificates. Certificates were issued were in terms of Sub clause 11.6 of FIDIC and that in terms of Sub clause 11.5 of FIDIC which provides that:

"i. Issue the Commissioning Certificate to the Contractor, stating the date on which the Works or Section were completed in accordance with the Contract, except for any minor outstanding work and defects which will not substantially affect the use of the Works or Section for their intended purpose…"

(3) There were no "faults" outstanding on the launch date of 3 December 2013. FIDIC contemplates and as will be appreciated from the section of FIDIC recorded above, that the commissioning certificates are issued subject to certain outstanding work and defects. This is addressed in Clause 12 of FIDIC and this is the basis upon which the section completion certificates were issued.

(4) The operations continued based on the requirements of FIDIC and the issuing of the requisite commissioning certificates. Delays were dealt with in accordance with the delay damages provisions of the contract and were applied accordingly where delay occurred. For the period 1 July 2013 to 15 December 2013 the following amounts were paid to the contractor in respect of the services provided.

 

Month	Operations
Jul-13	R 29 827 326.93
Aug-13	R 15 126 538.85
Sep-13	R 30 559 820.76
Oct-13	R 33 290 653.38
Nov-13	R 47 446 297.39
Dec-13	R 80 869 591.90

The followings are to be noted in this regard:

(i) The payments to the contractor, in addition to payments for the services provided by the contractor, payment for the maintenance of all buildings and gantry's maintained by the contractor, payments for systems maintenance, payments in respect of utilities (water and electricity), rentals of customer kiosks and operations undertaken by the contractor including those for the benefit of the road user;

(ii) The contractor was required, at all times, to be operationally ready not knowing the toll commencement date and having regard to the various court cases;

(iii) The increases in payments in October, November and December 2013 should be viewed in light of the ramp-up of operations required for purposes of toll commencement;

(iv) All payments are determined based on a measurement based contract (add-measured contract) and accordingly the contractor is only paid for services actually rendered; and

(v) The December payment is for the full months services not just to 15 December 2013 as a result of the end of the year industry shut down.

Reply:

No,

The current Medium Term Strategic Framework (MTSF) aptly identifies the need to consider the compliance burden and complexity of laws and regulations, and the need to improve consistency and remove unnecessary obstacles to business development. In this regard, capacity has been created in the Presidency to carry out thorough impact assessments of both new and existing legislation and regulations, in order to ensure alignment with the NDP and reduce the risk of unintended consequences.

Government will also streamline and improve the efficiency of regulatory processes, in areas such as building licences, environmental impact assessments, company registration, tax compliance, work permits for scarce skills, mining licences, water licences and access to municipal infrastructure services.

The regulatory burden reduction strategy cuts across a number of legislation/regulatory instruments that are not only administered within the DMR. Capacity for a comprehensive regulatory burden reduction strategy has resultantly been established at a central point in government and constitutes a requirement for the legislation development within government.

Reply:

1. Yes.
2. The CEF Management reported the matter to the National Prosecuting Authority, case number: CAS 65/3/2012. CEF made several follow-ups and the NPA assured CEF that the matter was under investigation and had also been referred to the Specialised Commercial Crime Unit. All the necessary project documents were made available to the (i) AG for the full audit. No documents were sent to (ii) DPSA and the (iii) Public Service Commission as the staff members implicated for possible wrong-doing had left the employ of CEF.
3. This has been done. The CEF Management reported the matter to the National Prosecuting Authority, case number: CAS 65/3/2012. CEF made several follow-ups and the NPA assured CEF that the matter was under investigation and had also been referred to the Specialised Commercial Crime Unit.
4. No. The implicated executive had resigned from their employment with CEF. This was a voluntary resignation and was not related to this matter. At the time when the matter was investigated by our Auditors, the implicated employees had already resigned. As indicated above, charges were laid, the matter was referred to the Special Crimes Unit/ National Prosecuting Authority.

Reply:

The Department spent the following on (i) Sowetan (aa) 2012 – 2013 R43 299.77

(bb) 2013 - 2014 R433 319.35 (cc) 2014 – 2015 R145 230.82. The Department spent the following on (ii) Daily Sun in (aa) 2012 – 2013 R61 221. 42, bb) 2013 - 2014 No advert made, (cc) 2014 – 2015 R163 257.12)

Reply:

1. Eskom did not have the financial capacity to conclude the transaction and hence the project negotiations were aborted. However, the IPP office has revived the project.
2. Yes, IPP’s play an important role, side by side with Eskom, in bringing more MW into the grid. The current RSA IPP programme has been acknowledged as one of the best IPP programmes globally.

Reply:

1. The Public Service Commission submitted a draft report on the investigation into the appointment of the General Manager Fraud Compliance at the SA Social Security to the Minister of Social Development on 12 September 2013 for comments.

(2)(a) The Public Service Commission received a legal opinion on the draft report on the 14 October 2014

(2)(b) The Public Service Commission withdrew its draft report after consideration of the comments received from the Department of Social Development. The decision to withdraw the report was based on the fact that the Public Service Commission’s jurisdiction does not extend to public entities.

3.  The Public Service Commission did not issue a final report.

4.  There is no full and complete report by the Public Service Commission on the matter.

Reply:

 

1. (a) (b) (c) (2) Information received from Gauteng Department of Education indicates that the piece of land referred to has not been sold.

2.  The Gauteng Department of Education is aware of the application for township establishment and has objected to the proposal as there is a need for educational sites in the area. Studies done in this area has shown that there is a need for this site, for the construction of a school in the future.

Reply:

Yes, we have issued a Request for Information in relation to any initiative to relieve the grid constraints, including through power barges. The Request for Information results have been collated and the procurement process will follow within the next 2 months.

Reply:

Find here: REPLY

Reply:

(1) Eskom will continue executing the funding plan as approved and where there is a gap as a result of the NERSA decision, bridging finance will be sought.

(2) Eskom continues to drive cost containment programmes to drive efficiencies and is reviewing the Eskom business model to optimally manage the operations.

(3)(a) Privatisation of Eskom in any form is not an option which is being considered as it is not aligned with current Government policy direction.

(3)(b) Options of raising capital in a more sustainable manner (other than full or partial privatisation of Eskom Company) are being evaluated and will be tabled for consideration by the relevant stakeholders of Eskom.

 

Reply:

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

 

Reply:

(1) Whether she has determined the staff complement required for the efficient operation of (a) public ordinary schools and (b) special needs school hostels; if not, when will such a determination be completed; if so, what is her determination in each case;

(1) (a) Norms and Standards for provisioning of school-based educators posts and support staff (administrative and grounds) are determined nationally in terms of the Post Provisioning Norms (PPN) and the policy on provisioning of support staff to schools. Both policies provides for the determination of post allocation based. mainly, on the number of learners. Therefore, allocation of posts based on the norms and standards will ensure that each school has the adequate number of posts for both educators and non-educators to enable it to operate efficiently.

(b) There is currently no national determination on the norms for staffing of special schools hostels. Each Provincial Education Department (PED) determines the norms and standards with regards to staffing. There is a process to develop comprehensive national norms and standards for the resourcing of special and full service schools. The provisioning for both professional and non-professional support staff is pan of the process.

(2) Whether posts required to operate a school hostel must be provided and funded by the relevant provincial department of education; if not, (a) why not and (b) how will these posts be funded; if so, what posts are currently being provided and funded;

(a) Where norms and standards are determined, such posts must be funded by the PED in line with the provincial norms and standards. information has been requested from all PEDs and a full response will be provided once the information is received.

(3) Whether posts at school hostels are differently graded according to responsibility or skill level; if not, why not; if so, what arc the relevant details;

(3) As indicated above, the norms and standards for provisioning of personnel in hostels is determined at provincial level. information on provision and post levels has been requested from PEDs and will be provided as soon as it is received.

(4) Whether district officials are required to monitor conditions at school hostels; if not, why not; if so, what are the requirements of such monitoring?

(4) Yes, District Officials are required to monitor conditions at school hostels as part of their monitoring of schools.

School hostels are monitored in line with the Department of Basic Education Guidelines for the provision of boarding facilities in public ordinary schools and Provincial Education Department Hostel Policies for Public Ordinary Schools.

Reply:

1. How many persons are employed as (a) provincial office officials, (b)(i) district or (ii) circuit officials working in (aa) an administrative position or (bb) a psycho-social or special needs support position, (c) educators in schools and (d) support staff in schools in each provincial education department.

Response:

PROVINCE	(a) Provincial Office (staff)	(b) (i) District Office (staff)	(b) (ii) (aa) Administrative posts at District	(b) (ii) (bb) Psycho-social/ special needs posts at schools	(c) Educators at schools	(d) Support staff at schools	Total
LIMPOPO	628	1 041	1 723	0	52 155	2 130	57 677
NORTHERN CAPE
GAUTENG	1 408	17 728	16 275	3 374	54 226	4 966	97 977
KWAZULU-NATAL	814	2 822		373	87 876	13 087	104 972
WESTERN CAPE	869	573	-	107	30 818	7 147	39 514
EASTERN CAPE	790	3 532	-	60	53 950	5 648	63 980
FREE STATE	746	1 444	-	86	21 403	4 838	28 517
MPUMALANGA	478	785	162	9	30 058	5 122	36 614
NORTH WEST	850	899	-	749	24 260	2 986	29 744
TOTAL	6 583	28 824	18 160	4 758	354 746	45 924	458 995

NOTE: All figures indicated as received from Provincial Education Departments’(PED).

2. (a)(i) No, there is no guideline for the ratio of learners to provincial employees.

(ii) No, there is no guideline for the ratio of learners to district employees.

(b) Yes, there is a guideline for the ratio of learners to psycho-social or special needs support staff.

(aa) Different norms apply for determining staffing at various levels. Staffing at provincial and district level is determined in terms of conventional methods of determining organisational structures and post establishments which consider the nature and magnitude of the work using work study and job evaluation. These are not based on the number of learners. In addition, the Department has developed the Policy on Organisation, Roles and Responsibilities of Districts (GG No. 36324) which provides for norms to take into account the extent of support the schools require based on distances travelled and poverty ranking.

The Department is currently developing comprehensive norms and standards for resourcing of full service and special schools, which will include provisioning of professional and other support staff to schools. The existing norms on provisioning of professional support staff to schools that are based on learner numbers or ratios provide only for the provisioning of a therapist and senior posts at schools.

(bb) The ‘Technical Guidelines (including the Guidelines for Costing and Budgeting for Compensation of Employees) for the Preparation of Expenditure Estimates for the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF)’ annually published by the National Treasury are used to guide the allocation of budgets for compensation of employees.

Reply:

1. (b) See Table 1 below.

(c) See Table 1 below.

 

2.(a)(i)(ii) See Table 1 below.

(b) See Table 1 below.

 

(3) (a) Yes;

(b) Yes, see Table 2 below.

TABLE 1

Seven (7) SAPS Clusters within eThekwini Municipality: Durban Central, Chatsworth, Brighton Beach, Pinetown, Phoenix, Umlazi and Inanda.
CLUSTER	DURBAN CENTRAL
Date of Operation	2015/05/05 – 2015/05/06
Focus Area of Operation	Point
Estimate Cost of Operation (Including external role players cost)	No cost - members worked for time due
Arrests
Offence	Number of arrests	Number of persons charged
Possession of drugs	03	03
Trespassing	08	08

Date of Operation	2015/05/05 - 2015/05/06
Focus Area of Operation	Durban CBD & Taxi Ranks
Estimate Cost of Operation (Including external role players cost)	No costs – members worked flexi hours
Arrests
Offence	Number of arrests	Number of persons charged
Illegal Foreign Nationals	36	36
Non Compliance 2nd Hand Goods Act	18	18

Date of Operation	2015/05/21 - 2015/05/22
Focus Area of Operation	Durban CBD & Taxi Ranks
Estimate Cost of Operation (Including external role players cost)	No costs – members worked flexi hours
Arrests
Offence	Number of arrests	Number of persons charged
Possession of drugs	02	02
Road traffic act	21	21
Illegal Foreign Nationals	09	09
Assault common	01	01
Malicious Damage to Property	01	01

Date of Operation	2015/05/28 – 2015/05/29
Focus Area of Operation	Durban CBD & Taxi Ranks
Estimate Cost of Operation (Including external role players cost)	No costs – members worked flexi hours
Arrests
Offence	Number of arrests	Number of persons charged
Possession of drugs	02	02
Illegal Foreign Nationals	07	07
Possessions of dangerous weapon	01	01

Date of Operation	2015/06/11 – 2015/06/12
Focus Area of Operation	Point
Estimate Cost of Operation (Including external role players cost)	No cost – members worked for time due
Arrests
Offence	Number of arrests	Number of persons charged
Possession of drugs	04	04
Trespassing	13	13

Date of Operation	2015/06/25
Focus Area of Operation	Durban CBD & Taxi Ranks
Estimate Cost of Operation (Including external role players cost)	No costs – members worked flexi hours
Arrests
Offence	Number of arrests	Number of persons charged
Possession of drugs	02	02
Illegal Foreign Nationals	09	09

Date of Operation	2015/07/17
Focus Area of Operation	Durban CBD & Taxi Ranks
Estimate Cost of Operation (Including external role players cost)	No costs – members worked flexi hours
Arrests
Offence	Number of arrests	Number of persons charged
Possession of drugs	01	01
Wanted for the possession and or use of depended producing substances (Max ID)	04	04

Date of Operation	2015/07/23 - 2015/07/24
Focus Area of Operation	Point
Estimate Cost of Operation (Including external role players cost)	No cost – members worked for time due
Arrests
Offence	Number of arrests	Number of persons charged
Possession of drugs	02	02
Illegal Foreign Nationals	11	11
Contravention Regulation 26 Sub Section 88(e) of Local Authorities Act, Act 19 of 1974. Loitering for the purpose of Prostitution	06	06

CLUSTER	CHATSWORTH
Date of Operation	2015/05/08 2015/05/14 2015/05/15 2015/05/20 2015/06/05 2015/06/08 2015/06/19 2015/07/03
Focus Area of Operation	2015/05/08 (Bayview, Bellair, Mariannhill) 2015/05/14 (Lamontville) 2015/05/15 (Bellair) 2015/05/20 (Chatsworth) 2015/06/05 (Bellair) 2015/06/08 (Bellair) 2015/06/19 (Bellair) 2015/07/03 (Chatsworth)
Estimate Cost of Operation (Including external role players cost)	Bayview: R48 000-00 Bellair: R50 250-00 Chatsworth: R49 000-00 Kwandengezi: R32 250-00 Lamontville: R54 500-00 Mariannhill: R64 250-00
Arrests
Offence	Number of arrests	Number of persons charged
Bayview (2015/05/08)
Contravention of the Domestic Violence Act	01	01
Possession of dagga	01	01
Dealing in liquor	02	02
Illegal Foreign Nationals	12	12
Mariannhill (2015/05/08)
Illegal Foreign Nationals	56	56
Bellair (2015/05/08)
House Breaking and Theft	01	01
Bellair (2015/05/14)
Assault with the intent to cause grievous bodily harm	02	02
Possession of Drugs	04	04
Lamontville (2015/05/14)
Illegal Foreign Nationals	03	03
Possession of dagga	01	01
Dealing in liquor	01	01
Bellair (2015/06/05)
Possession of drugs	02	02
Possession of suspected Stolen Property (Sect 36 of the Criminal Procedure Act, Act 51 of 1977)	03	03
Bellair (2015/06/08)
Possession of drugs	02	02
Bellair (2015/06/19)
Possession of drugs	02	02
Chatsworth (2015/05/20)
Possession of cocaine	02	02
Possession of heroine	03	03
Possession of dagga	01	01
Possession of rock cocaine	01	01
Possession of dangerous weapons	01	01
Illegal Foreign Nationals	02	02
Chatsworth (2015/07/03)
Contravention of Section 2 of the Camping Act, Act 57/2003	75	75

CLUSTER	BRIGHTON BEACH
Date of Operation	2015/06/27
Focus Area of Operation	Wentworth
Estimate Cost of Operation (Including external role players cost)	R 87 385.86
Arrests
Offence	Number of arrests	Number of persons charged
Dealing in dagga	01	01
Possession of dagga	02	02

CLUSTER	PINETOWN
Date of Operation	2015/07/10
Focus Area of Operation	Pinetown
Estimate Cost of Operation (Including external role players cost)	No cost to the State. All members worked normal hours.
Arrests
Offence	Number of arrests	Number of persons charged
Possession of dagga	04	04
Possession of woonga	01	01
Possession of heroin	01	01
Theft	01	01
Illegal Foreign Nationals	05	05
Drinking in public	01	01
Urinating in public	01	01

CLUSTER	PHOENIX CLUSTER
Date of Operation	2015/05/12
Focus Area of Operation	Phoenix, Tongaat, Verulam
Estimate Cost of Operation (Including external role players cost)	No cost to the State. All members worked normal hours.
Arrests
Offence	Number of arrests	Number of persons charged
Possession of dagga	03	03

Date of Operation	2015/06/02
Focus Area of Operation	Phoenix, Tongaat, Verulam
Estimate Cost of Operation (Including external role players cost)	No cost to the State. All members worked normal hours.
Arrests
Offence	Number of arrests	Number of persons charged
Possession of dagga	01	01
Possession of unlicensed firearm and ammunition	01	01
Possession of heroin	01	01
Possession of illegal cigarettes	01	01

CLUSTER	UMLAZI CLUSTER
Date of Operation	2015-04-30 2015-05-08 2015-05-29 2015-06-13 2015-07-03 2015-07-09/10 2015-07-17 2015-07-23
Focus Area of Operation	Umlazi Glebe lands hostel and Umlazi sections; Isipingo CBD, Malukazi and Prospecton; (iii) Kwamakhutha areas; (iv) Folweni areas; (v) Amanzimtoti areas, Umbumbulu Areas, Umkomaas and Bhekithemba SAPS areas Ngonyameni and Umlazi sections
Estimate Cost of Operation (Including external role players cost)	Operations are conducted utilizing members on duty with no additional cost to the State.
Arrests
Offence	Number of arrests	Number of persons charged
Possession of Unlicensed Firearm	03	03
Kidnapping	05	05
Illegal Foreign Nationals	54	54
Possession of Dagga	15	15
Dealing in liquor without license	24	24
Assault with the intend to cause grievous bodily harm	33	33
House breaking and theft	06	06
Theft	10	10
Armed Robbery	04	04
Attempted Murder	03	03
Possession of Dangerous weapon	03	03
Drunken Driving	09	09
Murder	04	04
Contravention of the National Road Traffic Act, Act 93 of 1996	12	12
Malicious damage to property	02	02
Contravention of Section 11 of the eThekwini Municipality Informal Trading By Law, 2014	08	08

CLUSTER	INANDA CLUSTER
Date of Operation	2015-05-01 18:00 TO 02:00
Focus Area of Operation	Inanda and KwaMashu
Estimate Cost of Operation (Including external role players cost)	+- R260 000
Arrests
Offence	Number of arrests	Number of persons charged
Possession of Dagga	19	19
Illegal Foreign Nationals	04	04
Reckless and Negligent Driving	02	02
Dealing in Liquor	06	06
Use of Vehicle without owner’s consent	01	01
Possession of Dangerous Weapons	04	04

Date of Operation	2015-05-16 20:00 to 04:00
Focus Area of Operation	Inanda and KwaMashu
Estimate Cost of Operation (Including external role players cost)	+- R150 000
Arrests
Offence	Number of arrests	Number of persons charged
Possession of Dagga	04	04
Dealing in Liquor	06	06
Possession of Dangerous Weapons	02	02

Date of Operation	2015-07-17 20:00 TO 04:00
Focus Area of Operation	Inanda and KwaMashu
Estimate Cost of Operation (Including external role players cost)	+- R50 000
Arrests
Offence	Number of arrests	Number of persons charged
Possession of Dagga	01	01
Dealing in Liquor	06	06
Illegal Foreign Nationals	02	02
Drunken Driving	02	02

TABLE 2

CLUSTER	CHATSWORTH
Date(s) of Operation	2015/05/08
	2015/06/20
	2015/06/03

CLUSTER	PHOENIX
Date(s) of Operation	2015/05/12
	2015/06/02

Reply:

(1)(a) No, SAPS is providing protection to the Minister of Social Development.

(1)(b) No.

(1)(c) No.

(2) This question can best be responded to by SASSA.

Reply:

(1) The number of public service employees completed officials training programmes on the procedures, regulations and legislation regarding the management of discipline and incapacity issues in the workplace in (i) 2012-13, (ii) 2013-14 financial years were included in the Annual Report of the Public Administration Leadership Academy and the National School of Government tabled in Parliament (iii) the auditing process on the 2014-2015 figures has not been completed, this figures will be included in the National School of Government 2014-2015 Annual Report to Parliament.

(2) The National School of Government is in contacts with the South African Qualifications Authority, Quality Council for Trades and Occupations, Department of Public Service and Administration, and the Public Service Sector Education and Training Assurer for accreditation of its training programmes, a list of accredited training programme will be released once this process is completed.

(3) The Department of Public Service and Administration has developed a pool of expert to assist departments in relation to management of discipline, review of the policies to improve capacity of public servants to meet the requirements of the National Development Plan are at an advance stage, when completed, public servants will be required to undergo through these training programmes.

 

Reply:

1. The SAPS has not specifically assigned the Tactical Response Team as the specified Company’s private security guards for the distribution of its product for the past two years.

The SAPS has different Task Teams comprising different SAPS Units to deal with specific crime threats and patterns, including the robbery of trucks. The operations of these Task Teams are guided by the available intelligence, modus operandi and crime patterns.

2. The SAPS protects all people of South Africa and execute its Constitutional mandate without fear or favour.

(3) The SAPS does not have a policy position for a specified company. The SAPS does its work in accordance with Section 205(3) of the Constitution which is applicable to all people of South Africa.

(4) No investigation was instituted against any member of the SAPS.

(a) Not applicable.

(b) Not applicable.

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:

1. PetroSA will declare a substantial loss of approximately R15 billion for the financial year ending 31 March 2015.

In discharging its fiduciary duty, the Board of Directors of PetroSA resolved to conduct an investigation into the causes of the substantial loss and PetroSA's poor performance as well as the role played by PetroSA's executive team including the Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO), the Group Chief Financial Officer (GCFO) and the Vice President – Upstream in relation thereto. The Board of Directors formed the prima facie view that PetroSA's poor financial performance was, at least in part, attributable to the three executives given their role, duties and responsibilities as employees of PetroSA.

2. The investigation is currently still in progress. It was envisaged that the investigation would be completed within a period of approximately two months. At this stage, it is anticipated that the investigation will be completed towards the end of August. In light of the fact that the investigation is still underway, no results are available.

Reply:

Question 2393 has been replied to and the requested information was provided.

Reply:

The policy adjustment process is not yet completed.

Reply:

The GFIP e-toll system comprises a number of components, only certain of which are regulated by the legislation referred to. In the case of the camera equipment installed on the GFIP system, this equipment complies with the technical requirements of SANS 1795, Part 5 on data capturing and recording devices for road traffic law enforcement.

With regard to other equipment used and in the absence of specific technical regulations, this matter is being handled by the National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications (NRCS) in terms of the legal Metrology Act of 1973.

The CEO of the NRCS will set requirements and conditions for use of the equipment in terms of section 22 of the Legal Metrology Act.

It must further be noted that SANRAL has a classification system in place for the motor vehicles and a representation procedure for users who wish to query the classification of a motor vehicle for a specific transaction. In the event that there is any dispute regarding the classification of the vehicle and having regard to the representation procedure already applied by SANRAL, the actual size of the vehicle (length, width and height) may be verified by having regard to the specifications as provided by the vehicle manufacturer.

Reply:

(a)  The Department of Energy has carefully factored in the relevant government policies in preparation for rollout of the nuclear new build including the requirements of the National Development Plan(NDP) and Integrated Resource Plan 2010-2030 (IRP 2010-2030).

(b) The IRP2010-2030 provides a schedule to start commission the nuclear power plants from 2023 to 2030. The Department of Energy has identified a government State Owned Entity as an Implementing Agent for the nuclear new build programme. The Implementing Agent will work out specific detailed implementation plans to rollout the programme.

(c) South Africa has signed the Intergovernmental Agreements (IGAs) with Nuclear Vendor countries (USA, South Korea, China, France and Russia). The Department of Energy has tabled these IGAs to Parliament for deliberations and ratification. The Department awaits feedback from the Portfolio Energy Committee on this matter.

Reply:

The Nuclear New Build Programme Funding requirement is being discussed within National Treasury.

Reply:

1. The station has conducted ten (10) operations in the 2014/15 financial year as per below dates and there were six (6) illegal taverns and/ or shebeens identified:

28/03/2015, 15/05/2014, 22/12/2014, 03/07/2014, 26/01/2015, 24/07/2014, 27/09/2014, 26/09/2014, 24/10/2014 and 25/10/2014

2. During the operation there were five (5) arrests and five (5) persons charged for dealing in liquor without a license, Chatsworth CAS 618/03/2015 Manufacturing Liquor without a Licence, Chatsworth CAS 490/06/2014 Selling Liquor without Licence, Chatsworth CAS 529/06/2014 Selling Liquor without a Licence, Chatsworth CAS 52/06/2014 Selling Liquor without a Licence, Chatsworth CAS 531/06/2014 Failing to comply with conditions of Licence.

3.  The convictions secured for during the operation were two(2) Chatsworth CAS 490/06/2014, CAS 531/06/2014 and two(2) withdrawn, Chatsworth CAS 529/06/2014 and 52/06/2014.

 

Reply:

1. During the first half of 2015, PetroSA representatives had exploratory discussions with James Street Capital Partners (JSCP). In these exploratory discussions JSCP expressed an interest in partnering with PetroSA in the trading function of the business. In the three meetings held with JSCP representatives, PetroSA outlined the workings of its procurement policy and procedures, and the requirement to always adhere to these. The discussions with JSCP never materialised into any agreements.
2. No agreements were concluded with JSCP.
3. There are no ongoing discussions with JSCP.
4. PetroSA policies require the National Oil Company to perform a due-diligence probe on the company that is presenting a proposal. The policies also stipulate that such potential partners need to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement. In the case of JSCP, their proposal could not be progressed as the process of verification was never finalised.

Reply:

	Claims Processed between 2010 and 2015
Year	Claims Registered	No of Medical Payments	No of claims Paid
2010/2011	215 493	868 284	329 091
2011/2012	141 437	824 924	205 150
2012/2013	196 509	934 834	325 981
2013/2014	310 710	1 817 383	304 234

Reply:

Yes, Denel will distribute copies of said book to the Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises, at the tabling of its Annual Report 2014/15.

Reply:

1. (a) and (b) Thyspunt in the Eastern Cape

Dunefontein in the Western Cape

Bantamsklip in the Western Cape

Brazil in Northern Cape

Schulpfontein in the Western Cape

KwaZulu-Natal the names of sites and locations yet to be identified investigated in detail

2. (a) The Environmental Impact Assessment has been done for Thyspunt, Dunefontein and Batamsklip

(b) The detailed findings of the assessments of these sites are public available on Eskom Nuclear's 1 EIA website.

The Brazil and Schulpfontein sites were scoped out during scoping phase

The EIA has not started in potential sites in KwaZulu-Natal as these still have to be confirmed

3. The transmission to the grid is contained in the EIA report.

 

Reply:

1.  The Department of Water and Sanitation has completed the process of compiling the information on water backlogs in respect of each of the 23 priority District Municipalities. The number of priority District Municipalities has since increased to 27. The information is attached as Annexure A.

2. Sanitation, electricity and waste management information for the 23 Priority District Municipalities will be completed by end September 2015.

3. Nelson Mandela Bay Metro has not been added to the 23 priority District Municipalities.

Reply:

Claims Processed between 2005 and 2010

Year	Claims Registered	No of Medical Payments	No of claims Paid
2005/2006	230 030	721 011	54 730
2006/2007	213 246	886 577	331 672
2007/2008	209 830	777 320	335 345
2008/2009	203 711	815 045	327 647
2009/2010	200 560	781 249	340 159

 

Reply:

1. According to information available at the Division: SCM there are no SAPS members linked to any supplier used by the SAPS for building contracts in the mentioned periods. However, on 14 August 2012 during a Police Portfolio Committee Meeting at Parliament (Building Police Stations: SAPS progress report: SAPS Quarterly Performance 2012), Ms Kohler Barnard stated “a Special Investigating Unit (SIU) investigation revealed that 115 SAPS members linked to suppliers for building contracts came to R50 Million …..” (See attached PCOP Minutes - Page 8). Neither this information nor any subsequent progress thereafter has ever been reported to the Division: SCM.
2. Unknown as this is linked to (1) above.
3. Unknown as this is linked to (1) above.

Original signed MAJOR GENERAL

ACTING DIVISIONAL COMMISSIONER: SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

RS PILLAY

Date: 27 July 2015

Reply to Question 2628 recommended/not recommended

LIEUTENANT GENERAL

DEPUTY NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

SJP SCHUTTE

Date:

Reply to Question 2628 recommended/not recommended

GENERAL

NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

MV PHIYEGA

Date:

Reply to Question 2628 approved/not approved

MINISTER OF POLICE

NPT NHLEKO, MP

Date:

Reply:

(1) The station is conducting operations every Thursday of the week and so far there are fifty two (52) illegal taverns and fifty two (52) shebeens identified.

(2) During the operation there were ninety eight (98) arrests and ninety eight (98) persons were charged for dealing in liquor without a license.

(3) The convictions secured for during the operation are three (3) taverns and fifteen (15) shebeens for non-compliance.

Reply:

No.

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:

1. Reply submitted to Parliament on 6 July 2015.

(2)(a) 3820 Suspects have been arrested.

 

(2)(b)(i) 2867 Suspects have been released on bail and warning to appear in court.

(2)(b)(ii) 284 Suspects have been released due to no charges being pressed.

(3) The suspects who are still under detention are being detained at several Correctional Facilities of the Department of Justice and Correctional Services in all Provinces across the country.

(4)(a) 2795 Cases are still pending on the court roll.

 

(4)(b) 558 Convictions had been secured.

(5) Reply submitted to Parliament on 6 July 2015.

Reply:

The response below was received from the KwaZulu-Natal Education Department,

1. (a) The school was handed over to the community in September 1983.

(b) The current enrolment at the school is 1050.

(c) A total o£ 34 educators are employed at the school.

(d) This information is not readily available to the Department of Basic Education. The information has been requested from the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education. Once the in Formation has been received, it will be Forwarded accordingly.

2. (a) The school spent is R92 124.01 on infrastructure maintenance in 2014.

(b) (i) An amount of R62 729.16 has been allocated for maintenance from the Norms and Standards allocation to the school.

(ii) The allocation will be utilized to conduct day to day maintenance of the school.

(c) The school is prioritized for maintenance related works. which includes electrification and roofing works (including gutters. downpipes and ceiling boards) in the current financial year.

Reply:

ITAC does not have a list of registration of companies to import fuel. ITAC issues import permits for the importation of fuels of tariff heading chapters 27.08 to 27.15.

-END-

Reply:

The Department is in the process of developing the Government Shareholder Management (GSM) Bill, the Regulations of which will incorporate the current tools and frameworks of the Department and provide a guideline for the recruitment and appointment of Chief Executives.

While it is appreciated that recognized qualifications both generic and specific can be set as a broad guide, the qualification requirements will be informed by the role to be performed by the potential candidate of each State Owned Company (SOC). As a result; the legislation will not include MBA as the only qualifying criteria for potential appointment for a senior management position.

Reply:

The investigation reports are not made public and they remain confidential between the employee and the employer in terms of the disciplinary code.

(a)  (i) One.
(ii) Five.
(iii) Three.

(b) Financial:

Facts / Findings	Parties responsible	Total cost	Steps taken
Misuse of state vehicle	Employee & Employer	Cost not determined

Forensic: All forensic audits have been referred to the Accountant General.

Other Investigations:

Facts / Findings	Parties responsible	Total cost	Steps taken
Abuse of leave	Employee vs employer	Cost is not yet determined	Draft in progress
Alleged Assault	Employee vs employer	No cost	Disciplinary hearing in progress
Alleged corruption related to leave forms	Employee vs employer	No Cost	Investigation in progress

END.

Reply:

(1)(a) The Detective division at Edenvale Police Station currently has 11 vehicles.

(1)(b) Nine (9) vehicles are currently in working condition.

(2)(a) There are 27 detectives at the Edenvale Police Station.

(2)(b) Each detective is currently investigating ± 80 dockets.

(3) Yes, the Edenvale Detective Service will receive additional vehicles for the 2015/2016 financial year.

(3)(a) 2 vehicles are planned for the Edenvale Detective Service.

(3)(b) Within the 2015/2016 financial year.

Signed by Lt Gen V Moonoo

DIVISIONAL COMMISSIONER: DETECTIVE SERVICE

Date: 27 July 2015

Reply to question 2596 recommended

Signed LIEUTENANT GENERAL

DEPUTY NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: POLICING

KJ SITOLE (SOE)

Date: 28 July 2015

Reply to question 2596 recommended

 

Signed GENERAL

NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

MV PHIYEGA

Date: 29 July 2015

Reply to question 2596 approved/not approved

MINISTER OF POLICE

NPT NHLEKO, MP

Date: