Questions and Replies
31 March 2020 - CW64
Labuschagne, Ms C to ask the Minister of Employment and Labour
What was the number of registered jobseekers compared to job vacancies that were advertised in the (a) 2016/17, (b) 2017/18 and 2018/19 financial years?
Reply:
a) The total number of work seekers registered during 2016/17 financial year on the national Employment Services System South Africa (ESSA) of the Department was 650 593 and the total opportunities that the various employers advertised was 70 908.
b) Work seekers registered during 2017/18 was 872 746 and opportunities were 131 994.
c) Work seekers registered during 2018/19 was 888 547 and opportunities were 172 814.
31 March 2020 - CW62
Boshoff, Ms SH to ask the Minister of Employment and Labour
(1) Of the 500 000 jobs to be created per annum, how many were created in the (a) 2017/18 and (b) 2018/19 financial years; (2) with reference to the National Development Plan that 11 million jobs are targeted to be created by 2030, what is the current position regarding the jobs that have been created thus far; (3) whether such a target will be reached; if not, why not; if so, (a) how and (b) what are the further relevant details?
Reply:
1. Section 10(1) of the Employment Services Act, No 4 of 2014 does not put an obligation to any employer in either the private or public sector to report on any vacancy or jobs created. We therefore do not have an accurate record of all jobs created across the country including those in the small business sector or cooperatives during 2017/18 and 2018/19. The registration of opportunities is voluntary and advertisement and placement in those opportunities are done free of charge. The number of opportunities registered with the Department during the 2017/18 and 2018/19 was 131 994 and 172 814 respectively.
We also know that at the end of Quarter 3 there were 16.4 million people that are employed and we also maintain records of registered work seekers that we place in the labour market. We do know that within government, the opportunities that were created by public works projects in 2017/18 and 2018/19 were 1 406 736 and 1 455 840 respectively.
The Public Employment Services Branch of the Department of Employment and Labour placed in employment during 2017/18 and 2018/19 a total of 131 994 and 172 814 persons respectively.
2. The National Development Plan projections of 11 million jobs to be created by 2030 were based on certain assumptions at a particular point in time. In panning for the next five years, our government took into consideration the prevailing economic conditions both locally and internationally and made adjustments accordingly in the Medium Term Strategic Framework 2020/21 to 2023/24.
3. (a & b) The current situation regarding jobs and whether the target will be achieved or not is as outlined in point 1 above.
13 March 2020 - NW327
De Villiers, Mr MJ to ask the Minister of Employment and Labour
With reference to the payout crisis created by the new Compsol payout system of the Compensation Fund, what urgent measures are in place to assist the thousands of (a)(i) occupational therapists, (ii) physiotherapists and (iii) doctors, (b) employers who contribute to the workmen’s compensation fund and (c) employees who have been injured on duty?
Reply:
The Compensation Fund has not implemented a COMPSOL payout system. However, in the COMPEASY system that we have just implemented these are the plans we have in place to assist stakeholders (employers and medical practitioners:
1. Special email addresses have been communicated to stakeholders where any challenges with the system can be reported and where the situation warrants it, we bring the clients into the offices of the Compensation Fund to offer assistance. This supports remains available to any user of the system and the following email addresses have been made available to users
- [email protected] – National Support
- [email protected] – For North West users
- [email protected] – For Gauteng users
- [email protected] – For KZN users
- [email protected] – For Mpumalanga users
- [email protected] – For Free State users
- [email protected] – For Eastern Cape users
- [email protected] – For Limpopo users
- [email protected] – For Western Cape users
- [email protected] – For Northern cape users
- [email protected] – For Free State users
2. Where user support is required we provide the assistance and where its improvements required on the system, we will log it for consideration as we continue to enhance the system to improve user experience.
3. User Guides are available on the Department of Employment and Labour Websites for reference
4. Training was conducted in September 2019 for clients and we will continue to provide the assistance
5. We have set up operational centres at some of the hospitals where there is a concentration of medical service providers who render services to the injured workers.
13 March 2020 - NW346
Waters, Mr M to ask the Minister of Employment and Labour
Over the past three financial years, (a) what number of businesses within the greater (i) Kempton Park and (ii) Edenvale area (aa) have been inspected in order to determine if they comply with broad-based black economic empowerment and affirmative action legislation and (bb) failed the compliance inspection, (b) what were the reasons for failing to comply in each specified case and (c) what amounts in fines were paid by each business?
Reply:
Question 1.
Number of businesses inspected to determine compliance with affirmative Action legislation:
The total number of employers inspected in Kempton Park is 12.
1. Securitas Specialised Services (Inspection)
2. Xylem Water Solutions (Inspection)
3. Ziegler South Africa (Inspection)
4. South African Express Airways (Inspection)
5. Improvair Environmental Solutions ( DG Review)
6. Aviator Hotel (Inspection)
7. Andru Mining (PTY) LTD
8. Peermont Global (PTY) LTD Emperors Palace (Inspection)
9. Right side up distributors (PTY) LTD (Inspection)
10. Jumbo Brands (PTY) LTD (Inspection)
11. Burger Radiologist Inc. (Inspection)
12. Rham Equipment (PTY) LTD (Inspection)
The total number of employers inspected in Isando is 3.
1. Revlon South Africa (Inspection)
2. Reckitt Benckiser (PTY) LTD (Inspection)
3 Abavikeli Security Services (Inspection)
The total number of employers inspected in Edenvale is 4.
1.Questek Advanced Technologies (PTY) LTD(Inspection)
2.Brunational (PTY) LTD(Inspection)
3. Alschemex South Africa (PTY) LTD (Inspection)
4. Acoc Dynamics CC (Inspection)
The total number of employers inspected is 19.
Question 2.
Number of business within Kempton Park that failed to comply with Employment Equity legislation
1. Ziegler South Africa failed to comply with Section 20 in that the employer did not prepare and implement an Employment Equity Plan. Case filed with the Labour Court on the 29 of March 2018 under case number J1033/18.
2. South African Express Airways failed to comply with Section 20 in that the employer did not prepare and implement an Employment Equity Plan. Case secured with the Labour Court on the 20 August 2019 under case number J 1810/19. (Referral to court underway)
3. Improvair Environmental Solutions failed to comply with Section 20 in that the employer did not prepare and implement an Employment Equity Plan. (Referral to court underway)
Number of business within Isando that failed to comply with Employment Equity legislation
1. Revlon South Africa failed to comply with Section 20 in that the employer did not prepare and implement an Employment Equity Plan. Case secured with the Labour Court on the 19 December 2019 under case number J 2456/19. (Referral to court underway)
2. Reckitt Benckiser (PTY) LTD failed to comply with Section 20 in that the employer did not prepare and implement an Employment Equity Plan. (Referral to court underway)
Number of business within Edenvale that failed to comply with Employment Equity legislation
1. Questek Advanced Technologies (PTY) LTD failed to comply with Section 20 in that the employer did not prepare and implement an Employment Equity Plan. (Referral to court underway)
2.Brunational (PTY) LTD failed to comply with Section 20 in that the employer did not prepare and implement an Employment Equity Plan. (Referral to court underway)
The total number of employers inspected not complying is 7 and the amount cited in our claim is R 1.5 Million x 7 which equates to R 10.5 Million .
04 March 2020 - CW30
Aucamp, Mr W to ask the Minister of Employment and Labour
(a) What percentage of vulnerable workers were granted permanent employment in the (i) 2013/14, (ii) 2014/15, (iii) 2015/16, (iv) 2016/17, (v) 2017/18 and (vii) 2018/19 financial years, (b) how many workers (i) lost their jobs and (ii) which sectors had the biggest losses, (c) what is the percentage of female employees who were employed for the said period compared to males, (d) which sector had the majority of female employees, (e) which provinces (i) had the highest rate of unemployed persons, (ii) had a decline in unemployment and/or (iii) remained stable for the said period?
Reply:
The honourable member should be appraised that the Department of Employment and Labour uses the official statistics as produced by Statistics South Africa. Thus, the response below is based on StatsSA data from the Quarterly Labour Force Survey. All reports are accessible through the StatsSA website.
(a) What percentage of vulnerable workers were granted permanent employment in the (i) 2013/14, (ii) 2014/15, (iii) 2015/16, (iv) 2016/17, (v) 2017/18 and (vii) 2018/19 financial years
According to Statistics South Africa results, the following proportions are disaggregated by gender. The statistics are published per quarter.
Table 1:
Conditions of employment (Nature of contract/ agreement by gender) |
Oct-Dec 2013 |
Oct-Dec 2014 |
Oct-Dec 2015 |
Oct-Dec 2016 |
Oct-Dec 2017 |
Oct-Dec 2018 |
Oct-Dec 2019 |
|
Thousand |
Thousand |
Thousand |
Thousand |
Thousand |
Thousand |
Thousand |
Women (Total) |
5 840 |
5 926 |
6 182 |
6 168 |
6 194 |
6 360 |
6 313 |
Limited duration |
906 |
972 |
914 |
993 |
962 |
1 001 |
944 |
Permanent nature |
3 491 |
3 590 |
3 716 |
3 645 |
3 641 |
3 753 |
3 781 |
% Permanent nature |
59.7% |
60.5% |
60.1% |
59.0% |
59.7% |
59.0% |
59.8% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Men (Total) |
7 196 |
7 310 |
7 556 |
7 477 |
7 584 |
7 631 |
7 555 |
Limited duration |
1 069 |
1 037 |
1 045 |
897 |
936 |
959 |
902 |
Permanent nature |
4 555 |
4 688 |
4 692 |
4 714 |
4 799 |
4 752 |
4 714 |
% Permanent nature |
63% |
64% |
62% |
63% |
63% |
62% |
62,3% |
Source: Statistics South Africa: Quarterly Labour Force Survey (Excluding unspecified duration)
(b) How many workers?
(i) lost their jobs
Table 2:
Oct-Dec 2013 |
Oct-Dec 2014 |
Oct-Dec 2015 |
Oct-Dec 2016 |
Oct-Dec 2017 |
Oct-Dec 2018 |
Oct-Dec 2019 |
|
Thousand |
Thousand |
Thousand |
Thousand |
Thousand |
Thousand |
||
Number jobs lost |
1 545 |
1 642 |
1 664 |
1 839 |
1 886 |
1 805 |
1 989 |
Source: Statistics South Africa: Quarterly Labour Force Survey
(ii) Which sectors had the biggest losses?
The sectors where the biggest losses occurred are the Trade and Construction industries over time.
Table 3:
Oct-Dec 2013 |
Oct-Dec 2014 |
Oct-Dec 2015 |
Oct-Dec 2016 |
Oct-Dec 2017 |
Oct-Dec 2018 |
Oct-Dec 2019 |
|
Thousand |
Thousand |
Thousand |
Thousand |
Thousand |
Thousand |
Thousand |
|
Industry (Total) |
2 114 |
2 182 |
2 186 |
2 499 |
2 492 |
2 379 |
2 596 |
Agriculture |
79 |
134 |
117 |
123 |
135 |
115 |
147 |
Mining |
39 |
32 |
42 |
54 |
36 |
47 |
38 |
Manufacturing |
274 |
271 |
259 |
286 |
252 |
245 |
302 |
Utilities |
7 |
18 |
16 |
14 |
20 |
12 |
15 |
Construction |
314 |
347 |
355 |
429 |
401 |
399 |
409 |
Trade |
506 |
508 |
518 |
522 |
579 |
576 |
578 |
Transport |
111 |
111 |
98 |
128 |
102 |
115 |
134 |
Finance |
301 |
302 |
262 |
346 |
368 |
327 |
376 |
Community and social services |
271 |
269 |
302 |
348 |
355 |
319 |
364 |
Private households |
211 |
190 |
216 |
249 |
245 |
223 |
231 |
Other |
2 |
|
0 |
- |
1 |
Source: Statistics South Africa: Quarterly Labour Force Survey
c) What is the percentage of female employees who were employed for the said period compared to males
Table 4:
Sex |
Oct-Dec 2013 |
Oct-Dec 2014 |
Oct-Dec 2015 |
Oct-Dec 2016 |
Oct-Dec 2017 |
Oct-Dec 2018 |
Oct-Dec 2019 |
|
Thousand |
Thousand |
Thousand |
Thousand |
Thousand |
Thousand |
|
Women |
6 670 |
6 676 |
6 995 |
7 031 |
7 071 |
7 250 |
7 220 |
Men |
8 507 |
8 643 |
8 643 |
9 023 |
9 100 |
9 279 |
9 201 |
Total |
15 177 |
15 319 |
15 638 |
16 054 |
16 171 |
16 529 |
16 421 |
% Female employees |
43,9 |
43,6 |
44,7 |
43,8 |
43,7 |
43,9 |
44,0 |
Source: Statistics South Africa: Quarterly Labour Force Survey
d) which sector had the majority of female employees?
Table 5:
Sex |
Oct-Dec 2013 |
Oct-Dec 2014 |
Oct-Dec 2015 |
Oct-Dec 2016 |
Oct-Dec 2017 |
Oct-Dec 2018 |
Oct-Dec 2019 |
Thousand |
Thousand |
Thousand |
Thousand |
Thousand |
Thousand |
Thousand |
|
Women |
|||||||
Formal sector (Non-agricultural) |
4 485 |
4 582 |
4 665 |
4 754 |
4 730 |
4 820 |
4 883 |
Informal sector (Non-agricultural) |
971 |
924 |
1 019 |
977 |
1 084 |
1 113 |
1 064 |
Agriculture |
210 |
228 |
288 |
305 |
267 |
285 |
302 |
Private households |
1 004 |
942 |
1 023 |
995 |
990 |
1 032 |
971 |
Source: Statistics South Africa: Quarterly Labour Force Survey
(e) Which provinces (Table 6):
(i) had the highest rate of unemployed persons: From 2013-2016, it was the Free State province then the Eastern Cape from 2017-2019.
(ii) had a decline in unemployment: and/or : Varies in each quarter
(iii) remained stable for the said period? None. Unemployment rate fluctuated across all provinces in every quarter.
Table 6: Unemployment rate (official definition) by province
Province |
Oct-Dec 2013 |
Oct-Dec 2014 |
Oct-Dec 2015 |
Oct-Dec 2016 |
Oct-Dec 2017 |
Oct-Dec 2018 |
Oct-Dec 2019 |
% |
% |
% |
% |
% |
% |
% |
|
Western Cape |
21.0 |
22.9 |
19.4 |
20.5 |
19.5 |
19,3 |
20,9 |
Eastern Cape |
27.8 |
29.1 |
27.4 |
28.4 |
35.1 |
36,1 |
39,5 |
Northern Cape |
24.9 |
28.7 |
25.8 |
32.0 |
27.1 |
25,0 |
26,9 |
Free State |
33.0 |
32.2 |
29.8 |
34.7 |
32.6 |
32,9 |
35,0 |
KwaZulu-Natal |
19.9 |
20.8 |
20.5 |
23.9 |
24.1 |
25,6 |
25,.0 |
North West |
27.3 |
25.2 |
23.9 |
26.5 |
23.9 |
26,6 |
28,8 |
Gauteng |
25.2 |
24.6 |
27.6 |
28.6 |
29.1 |
29,0 |
30,8 |
Mpumalanga |
27.2 |
26.6 |
25.7 |
31.0 |
28.9 |
32,0 |
33,6 |
Limpopo |
16.9 |
15.9 |
19.8 |
19.3 |
19.6 |
16,5 |
23,1 |
Source: Statistics South Africa: Quarterly Labour Force Survey
02 March 2020 - CW31
Aucamp, Mr W to ask the Minister of Employment and Labour
(a) What is the current percentage of the unemployed and (b) how many temporary employees were employed in all the sectors in the (i) 2013/14, (ii) 2014/15, (iii) 2015/16, (iv) 2016/17 (v) 2017/18 and (vi) 2018/19 financial years?
Reply:
The honourable member should be appraised that the Department of Employment and Labour uses the official statistics as produced by Statistics South Africa. Thus, the response below is based on StatsSA data from the Quarterly Labour Force Survey. All reports are accessible through the StatsSA website
(a) What is the current percentage of the unemployed?
According to Statistics SA report (Quarterly Labour Force Survey Results) Quarter 4 of 2019, the current official unemployed rate was 29.1 percent.
(b) How many temporary employees were employed in all the sectors?
The Quarterly Labour Force Survey results show the number of employees who are employed on limited duration. The table below provides details on the number of employees who were employed on limited duration from 2013 to 2019 for all quarters.
Nature of Employment contract |
||||
Number of employees who are employed on limited duration (all sectors) |
||||
|
Jan-Mar |
Apr-Jun |
Jul-Sep |
Oct-Dec |
Year |
Thousand |
Thousand |
Thousand |
Thousand |
2013 |
1 655 |
1 700 |
1 848 |
1 975 |
2014 |
1944 |
2 001 |
2 019 |
2 010 |
2015 |
2 052 |
1 983 |
1 963 |
1 959 |
2016 |
1 859 |
1 775 |
1 928 |
1 890 |
2017 |
1 857 |
1 786 |
1 856 |
1 898 |
2018 |
1 936 |
1 858 |
1 827 |
1 961 |
2019 |
1 812 |
1 826 |
1 814 |
1 846 |
Source: Statistics South Africa; Quarterly labour Market Bulletin Quarter 4: 2013-19
02 March 2020 - CW32
Londt, Mr J to ask the Minister of Employment and Labour
Whether, with reference to “Economic Transformation, Inclusive Growth and Competitiveness: Towards an Economic Strategy for South Africa”, a paper that was recently released by the Minister of Finance, he will implement the suggestions that the Bargaining Council agreements should not be extended to small businesses (details furnished); if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
The Honourable Mr JJ Londt will recall that the Minister of Finance developed a policy discussion paper and promised to table it for discussions at NEDLAC. As soon as the Minister of Finance tables the paper at NEDLAC, NEDLAC, social partners, which includes Government, will engage with the issues raised in that paper as it relates to the labour market. The honourable member is also reminded of the fact that the development of labour market policy is predicated on social dialogue engagements amongst the social partners which include organized business and labour as well as Community at NEDLAC. Any amendment to labour law and policy will therefore have to be engaged with at NEDLAC.
02 March 2020 - CW18
Bara, Mr M R to ask the Minister of Employment and Labour:
(1) With reference to a reply to Question 289 on 14 December 2017, (a) what are the reasons for the increase in the case backlogs at the labour courts in the (i) Eastern Cape and (ii) North West and (b) what action is his department taking to rectify the situation; (2) whether the backlogs have decreased during the 2018/19 financial year; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
The Department of Employment and Labour is not in a position to respond to the question as it falls under the Department of Justice and Correctional Services. The duty of the Department of Employment and Labour is to refer all non-compliant employers to the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) after the amendments to the Basic Conditions of Employment and to the Labour Courts for all matters that were not yet filed with Labour Court when the amendment took effect.
02 March 2020 - CW13
Smit, Mr CF to ask the Minister of Employment and Labour
(1) When last did his department use a white hat hacker to identify possible security gaps in their information technology system and cyber security threats; (2) whether he will (a) employ such a hacker or (b) request the relevant Sector Education and Training Authorities to employ it; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
1. The department has never appointed a white hat hacker, instead the department requested State Information Technology Agency (SITA) Information Asset/host Security (ISS) to perform a vulnerability assessment using an automated tools to identify weaknesses which can be exploited by hackers and unauthorised attackers on the network (servers, workstations, printers and switches operating asset/host and packaged applications).
2. The department has embarked on a process of appointing a service provider for Cyber Security Services instead of appointing a white hat hacker. The scope of the appointed service provider will include continuous assessment of the security status of our ICT environment with routine vulnerability scans.
The project is planned to commence from the 1st of April 2020 once the service provider has been appointed, meaning that the appointed service provider will provide the services of the white hat hacker and more.
02 March 2020 - CW29
Boshoff, Ms SH to ask the Minister of Employment and Labour
(a) How many working days were lost as a result of strike actions in the (i) 2013/14, (ii) 2014/15, (iii) 2015/16, (iv) 2016/17, (v) 2017/18 and (vi) 2018/19 financial years, (b) which sectors experienced the highest rate of strike actions, (c) how much was lost in wages in respect of strike actions for the said period, (d) what was the employment-to-population ratio, (e)(i) how many low-skilled workers were employed for the said period and (ii) which sector was the largest component that employed such workers?
Reply:
The honourable member should be appraised that the Department of Employment and Labour has continually published an annual analysis of the strike incidents (January to December) in the country. This is in line with the national and international requirements. The strikes information is based on the information supplied by the employers in the Labour Relations Act (LRA) Forms 9.2 after the strike incident ended in a particular work place. All industrial action reports are accessible through the DEL website (Noting that the 2019 Industrial Action results are still under development phase).
a) How many working days were lost as a result of strike actions in the (i) 2013/14, (ii) 2014/15, (iii) 2015/16, (iv) 2016/17, (v) 2017/18 and (vi) 2018/19 financial years,
Calendar year (January to December)
Year (January to December) |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
No. of Strikes and lockouts |
114 |
88 |
110 |
122 |
132 |
165 |
Working days lost |
1 847 006 |
10 264 775 |
903 921 |
960 489 |
946 323 |
1 158 945 |
b) which sectors experienced the highest rate of strike actions,
In all the years, the Community industry recorded the highest strike actions as per the DEL strike database.
Year (January to December) |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
Sector |
Community |
Community |
Community |
Community |
Community |
Community |
Number of strike |
34 |
30 |
34 |
47 |
58 |
77 |
c) how much was lost in wages in respect of strike actions for the said period,
Year (January to December) |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
Wages Lost (Rands) |
6 732 108 487 |
6 176 768 282 |
116 546 293 |
161 049 109 |
251 409 542 |
266 898 061 |
(d) what was the employment-to-population ratio,
Year (January to December) |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
Employment to population ratio |
43.3 |
43.0 |
44.2 |
43.5 |
43.1 |
43.3 |
(e) (i) how many low-skilled workers were employed for the said period and
According to Statistics SA report (Labour Market Dynamics), proportions of low skilled workers were published. However, the details could not be obtained at the time this reply was concluded.
Year |
Low- skilled occupation |
Semi- Skilled Occupation |
Skilled occupation |
2013 |
42,8 |
45,2 |
12,0 |
2014 |
28,2 |
47.2 |
24.6 |
2015 |
30.2 |
47.6 |
22.3 |
2016 |
29,7 |
46,9 |
23,4 |
2017 |
29,5 |
47,0 |
23,5 |
(ii) Which sector was the largest component that employed such workers?
The largest component of low-skilled workers were employed in the construction industry but the domestic sector is another sector where low-skilled workers are also employed.
01 March 2020 - CW66
Labuschagne, Ms C to ask the Minister of Employment and Labour
(a) How many disabled jobseekers are currently registered compared to the number of job vacancies and (b) how many such persons were placed in employment in the (i) 2017/18 and (ii) 2018/19 financial years?
Reply:
(a) The total number of work seekers with disabilities registered on the Employment Services System South Africa (ESSA) during 2017/18 was 6 197 and the total opportunities registered were 131 994.
(b) The total number of registered people with disabilities during 2018/19 were 6 307 and the total opportunities registered were 172 814.
(i) The total number of registered people with disabilities placed during 2017/18 were 594 and;
(ii) the total placed during 2018/19 was 604.
13 December 2019 - NW1164
Bagraim, Mr M to ask the Minister of Employment and Labour
(a) Whether his department incurred any costs related to inauguration of the President of the Republic, Mr M C Ramaphosa, held in Pretoria on 25 May 2019 (b) and State of the Nation Address held in Cape Town on 20 June 2019 (i) What cost was incurred? (ii) For what reason.
Reply:
DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT AND LABOUR
“RESPONSE TO PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION”
(a) inauguration of the President of the Republic, Mr M C Ramaphosa, held in Pretoria on 25 May 2019 and
(b) State of the Nation Address held in Cape Town on 20 June 2019; if so, in each case
(a) Attending the Inauguration of the President of the Republic held in Pretoria on 25 May 2019 |
(i) what costs were incurred and |
(ii) for what reason? |
Nil |
Nil |
|
(b) State of the Nation Address held in Cape Town on 20 June 2019; if so, in each case, |
||
R93 156.95 |
Flights and Accommodation |
13 December 2019 - NW1137
Cardo, Dr MJ to ask the Minister of Employment and Labour
Whether any (a) internal and/or (b) external forensic reports that pertain to (i) his department and/or (ii) each entity reporting to him were compiled in the period case, why not; if so, what is the (aa) name, (bb) subject matter and (cc) date of conclusion of each specified forensic report? NW2297E
Reply:
NAME OF THE PUBLIC ENTITY |
DATE |
WHETHER EXTERNAL OR INTERNAL FORENSIC REPORT? |
NAME OF FORENSIC REPORT(ii)(aa) |
Head Office |
2016/05/17 |
Internal |
Misconduct by officials |
2014/03/20 |
Internal |
Unethical Conduct |
|
2015/05/17 |
Internal |
Corruption |
|
2016/02/09 |
Internal |
Fraud |
|
2016/06/06 |
Internal |
Fraud |
|
2016/06/06 |
Internal |
Fraud |
|
2016/07/11 |
Internal |
Fraud |
|
2016/07/11 |
Internal |
Corruption |
|
2017/04/17 |
Internal |
Corruption |
|
2017/07/13 |
internal |
Fraud |
|
2017/08/02 |
Internal |
Fraud |
|
2017/11/11 |
Internal |
bribe |
|
2017/12/14 |
Internal |
bribe |
|
2018/07/06 |
Internal |
Fraud |
|
2018/07/10 |
Internal |
Misconmduct |
|
2018/07/25 |
Internal |
unethical Conduct |
|
2018/07/26 |
Internal |
Unethical Conduct |
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2019/07/06 |
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Misconduct by officials |
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Sep-18 |
Internal |
Special Investigation by ORCA |
CCMA |
2015 |
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Sekela Xabiso ForensicReport |
PSA |
04 April 2018 |
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NEXUS UIF Final Report - Productivity SA Investigation (Turnaround Solutions Project) |
UIF |
2016/07/08 |
External |
Fraud & Corruption |
2017/08/17 |
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Compliance |
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Fraud & Corruption |
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Fraud & Corruption |
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None |
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Find here: NAME OF THE PUBLIC ENTITY
13 December 2019 - NW1554
Waters, Mr M to ask the Minister of Employment and Labour
(1)With reference to the reply of the former Minister of Labour to question 1995 on 20 August 2018, wherein she states that a report can be made available to Mr Waters, regarding the asbestos classrooms at the Chloorkop Primary school, why then does he refuse to provide such a report in his reply to question 31 on 19 August 2019; (2) what is the case number of the investigation by the Department of Justice, which was mentioned in the Minister of Labour’s reply to question 1995?
Reply:
(1) Report attached herewith;
(2) The matter was referred to the Office of the Public Prosecutor in Kempton Park.
13 December 2019 - NW775
Mkhaliphi, Ms HO to ask the Minister of Labour and Employment
(1) (a) What amount was spent on advertising by (i) his department and (ii) state-owned entities reporting to him in the (aa) 2016-17, (bb) 2017-18 and (cc) 2018-19 financial years; (2) what amount of the total expenditure incurred by (a) his department and (b) state-owned entities reporting to him went to (i) each specified black-owned media company and (ii) outdoor advertising in each specified financial year and (c) what amount spent on outdoor advertising by his department and state-owned entities reporting to him went to each black-owned media company in each specified financial year? NW1890E
Reply:
The bulk of expenditure incurred by the Department for advertising is procured through Government Communication and Information Services (GCIS), in terms of Cabinet Memo 8 of 1998, therefore the Department is unable to provide a comprehensive list of services procured from black-owned media companies.
The difference, as listed in the table below, is procurement done in accordance with Government Supply Chain Management prescripts.
The Department incurred the following expenditure for advertising:
Financial Year |
Total Expenditure - GCIS |
Total Amount Disclosed in the Annual Financial Statements (AFS) |
Difference between AFS and GCIS Expenditure |
2016-17 |
R 6 938 289.21 |
R 9 882 088.97 |
R 2 943 799.76 |
2017-18 |
R 12 422 862.89 |
R 14 430 741.57 |
R 2 007 878.68 |
2018-19 |
R 10 787 411.66 |
R 14 919 240.30 |
R4 131 828.64 |
DEL PROCUREMENT |
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|
HEAD OFFICE |
LIMPOPO |
FREE STATE |
MPUMALANGA |
GAUTENG |
EASTERN CAPE |
NORTHERN CAPE |
WESTERN CAPE |
KZN |
NORTH WEST |
TOTAL PER YEAR |
2016/17 |
R 615 742,00 |
R 0,00 |
R 35 200,00 |
R 0,00 |
R 1 820 219,00 |
0 |
0 |
R 0,00 |
R 0,00 |
R 8 750,00 |
R 2 479 911,00 |
2017/18 |
R 265 668,00 |
R 0,00 |
R 6 999,00 |
R 12 500,00 |
R 1 937 992,60 |
R 26 058,00 |
R 0,00 |
R 0,00 |
R 9 539,84 |
R 62 450,00 |
R 2 321 207,44 |
2018/19 |
R 1 524 850,00 |
R 0,00 |
R 103 029,84 |
R 53 014,90 |
R 3 377 709,20 |
R 175 577,00 |
R 0,00 |
R 0,00 |
R 367 610,00 |
R 192 335,64 |
R 5 794 126,58 |
TOTAL |
R 2 406 260,00 |
R 0,00 |
R 145 228,84 |
R 65 514,90 |
R 7 135 920,80 |
R 201 635,00 |
R 0,00 |
R 0,00 |
R 377 149,84 |
R 263 535,64 |
R 10 595 245,02 |
|
GCIS HEAD OFFICE |
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2016/17 |
R 650 000,00 |
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2017/18 |
R 1 000 000,00 |
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2018/19 |
R 600 000,00 |
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TOTAL |
R 2 250 000,00 |
DEL PROCUREMENT- ADVERTS |
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2016/17 |
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AMOUNT |
SERVICE PROVIDER |
BEE STATUS |
BEE STATUS |
OFFICE |
R 23 175,00 |
Foxcom Enterprises |
100% |
1 |
H/O |
R 341 250,00 |
Zeina Projects and Consultancy CC |
100% |
1 |
H/O |
R 222 000,00 |
Foxcom Enterprises |
100% |
1 |
H/O |
R 9 000,00 |
Blackpage Marketing |
100% |
1 |
H/O |
R 20 317,00 |
ECM Group |
100% |
1 |
H/O |
R 9 100,00 |
MASE METHE TRADING |
100% |
1 |
FS |
|
|
FS |
||
R 2 850,00 |
MOKOPANE ENTERPRISE |
100% |
1 |
FS |
R 6 669.00 |
MONG KA BATHO |
100% |
1 |
FS |
R 23 250,00 |
BAZIX FIRST |
100% |
1 |
FS |
R 216 500,00 |
Yabalasha youth Projects |
100% |
1 |
GP |
R 460 989,00 |
T&T Nkosi Trading |
100% |
1 |
GP |
R 320 500,00 |
Keashuma |
100% |
1 |
GP |
R 279 800,00 |
Cutting Plate and projects |
100% |
1 |
GP |
R 201 000,00 |
Soweto Guardian |
100% |
1 |
GP |
R 28 092,23 |
Radio Zibonele |
100% |
1 |
WC |
R 8 750,00 |
Village FM |
100% |
1 |
NW |
R 19 000,00 |
Patshimo Trading |
100% |
1 |
ON BAS |
R 85 500,00 |
Radio River |
100% |
1 |
ON BAS |
R 460 989,00 |
TNT Nkosi Trading |
100% |
1 |
ON BAS |
R 136 800,00 |
Mabs Consulting Group |
100% |
1 |
ON BAS |
R 34 200,00 |
Alfred Nzo Community Radio |
100% |
1 |
ON BAS |
R 21 978,00 |
Radio NFM |
100% |
1 |
ON BAS |
R 10 670,40 |
Pondo News |
100% |
1 |
ON BAS |
R 2 935 710,63 |
|
|
|
|
2017/18 |
|
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AMOUNT |
SERVICE PROVIDER |
BEE STATUS |
BEE STATUS |
OFFICE |
R 30 424,00 |
Gijima Holdings |
100% |
1 |
H/O |
R 250,00 |
Government Printing Works |
100% |
1 |
H/O |
R 105 850,00 |
Avant-Garde Data Consulting Solutions |
100% |
1 |
H/O |
R 66 870,00 |
Mamoletu Communications |
100% |
1 |
H/O |
R 62 274,00 |
Rocam Trading |
100% |
1 |
H/O |
R 6 999,00 |
Artikulay |
100% |
1 |
FS |
R 3 000,00 |
KANYAMAZANE COMMUNITY RADIO |
100% |
1 |
MP |
R 9 500,00 |
SKANDI MANAGEMENT CONTRACTORS |
100% |
1 |
MP |
R 87 332,00 |
Mogohle Morofane Trading |
100% |
1 |
GP |
R 30 231,60 |
Lesegomo Trading |
100% |
1 |
GP |
R 61 560,00 |
GNG Risk Management |
100% |
1 |
GP |
R 216 125,00 |
Boshiwe Trading and Projects |
100% |
1 |
GP |
R 9 970,00 |
AJS Events & Projects |
100% |
1 |
GP |
R 483 910,00 |
Loxion Scamtho |
100% |
1 |
GP |
R 368 694,00 |
Pondile Multi Trade |
100% |
1 |
GP |
R 195 170,00 |
Sirakhulo DDD Enterprise |
100% |
1 |
GP |
R 485 000,00 |
Boikhutso Development |
100% |
1 |
GP |
R35 400.00 |
Lathi-Thaa Community Radio Station |
100% |
1 |
EC |
R8 600.00 |
Smart Job Suppliers |
100% |
1 |
EC |
R25 000.00 |
Alfred Nzo Community Radio |
100% |
1 |
EC |
R45 936.00 |
Qaukeni Peoples Organisation |
100% |
1 |
EC |
R 58 050,86 |
Radio Zibonele |
100% |
1 |
WC |
R 21 000,00 |
Elgin FM |
100% |
1 |
WC |
R 10 000,00 |
Elgin FM |
100% |
1 |
WC |
R 25 138,95 |
Radio Zibonele |
100% |
1 |
WC |
R 18 469,92 |
Plainsman |
not on CSD |
|
WC |
R 3 144,87 |
Art Spectrum |
100% |
1 |
WC |
R 494,97 |
Bidvest Walton |
51% |
2 |
KZN |
R 5 900,00 |
Honbu Trading |
100% |
1 |
KZN |
R 19 200,00 |
Domofun |
100% |
1 |
NW |
R 15 500,00 |
Aganang Community Radio station |
100% |
1 |
NW |
R 12 150,00 |
DE Glamory |
100% |
1 |
NW |
R 15 600,00 |
Mahikeng FM |
100% |
1 |
NW |
R 4 093,00 |
AJS Events & Projects |
100% |
1 |
ON BAS |
R 6 091,43 |
Eden FM |
100% |
1 |
ON BAS |
R 29 794,00 |
Eden FM |
100% |
1 |
ON BAS |
R 2 467 787,60 |
|
|
|
|
2018/19 |
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AMOUNT |
SERVICE PROVIDER |
BEE STATUS |
BEE STATUS |
OFFICE |
R 16 471,00 |
.0.. |
100% |
1 |
HO |
R 138 100,00 |
|
100% |
1 |
HO |
R 155 000,00 |
Mokgalakgate Trading |
100% |
1 |
HO |
R 90 896,00 |
Protea Leather Natal (Pty) Ltd |
100% |
1 |
HO |
R 494 478,00 |
Foxcom Enterprises |
100% |
1 |
HO |
R 6 555,00 |
Phomolo Enterprises |
100% |
1 |
HO |
R 153 000,00 |
Alexander Forbes |
51% |
2 |
HO |
R 470 350,00 |
Euro Blitz 1190 CC |
100% |
1 |
HO |
R 22 170,68 |
LETLAKAMEDIA |
100% |
1 |
FS |
R 4 663,18 |
LETLAKAMEDIA |
100% |
1 |
FS |
R 17 548,86 |
CALVARY ENTERPRISEE |
100% |
1 |
FS |
R 11 648,12 |
LETLAKA COMMUNICATIONS |
100% |
1 |
FS |
R 6 999,00 |
ARTKULAY |
100% |
1 |
FS |
R 40 000,00 |
TPM MUSIC PRODUCTION |
100% |
1 |
FS |
R 36 419,00 |
MBAWULA TRADING & PROJECTS |
100% |
1 |
MP |
R 16 595,90 |
NOMBUSO COMMUNICATIONS |
100% |
1 |
MP |
R 194 470,00 |
Tshepo-Entle Trading |
100% |
1 |
GP |
R 185 000,00 |
Moshaati |
100% |
1 |
GP |
R 229 000,00 |
Genesis Innovations Projects |
100% |
1 |
GP |
R 168 000,00 |
Cutting Plate and projects |
100% |
1 |
GP |
R 282 900,00 |
RA Productios |
100% |
1 |
GP |
R 6 000,00 |
Avant -Garde data |
100% |
1 |
GP |
R 219 200,00 |
Genesis Innovations Projects |
100% |
1 |
GP |
R 395 000,00 |
Namhla Communications |
100% |
1 |
GP |
R 216 951,00 |
Yabalasha youth Projects |
100% |
1 |
GP |
R 390 050,00 |
Presh World |
100% |
1 |
GP |
R26 716.80 |
Vukani Community Radio |
100% |
1 |
EC |
R148 860.00 |
Nomhas Kitchen & Bakery |
100% |
1 |
EC |
R 47 610,00 |
Alert Stationers CC |
100% |
1 |
KZN |
R 320 000,00 |
032 Investment & Projects |
100% |
1 |
KZN |
R 171 350,00 |
Motswako Media Group |
100% |
1 |
NW |
R 95 400,00 |
Domofun |
100% |
1 |
NW |
R 71 450,00 |
Star FM |
100% |
1 |
NW |
R 1 900,00 |
Rocom Trading |
100% |
1 |
ON BAS |
R 4 675 175,74 |
|
|
|
|
Public Entities reporting to the Minister of Employment & Labour:
NAME OF ENTITY |
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE FUND |
||
2016-17 (aa) |
2017-18 (bb) |
2018-19 (cc) |
|
Advertising Expenditure (1)(a)(ii) |
R0.00 |
R0.00 |
R0.00 |
Total Expenditure incurred (2)(b) |
R0.00 |
R0.00 |
R0.00 |
Of which: |
|
|
|
(2)(b)(i) Specified black-owned media company |
R 1 486 638.08 |
R 879 504.94 |
R 186 709.80 |
|
|
|
|
(2)(b)(ii) Outdoor advertising |
R 24 272 162.33 |
R 13 824 620.78 |
R 7 468 905.35 |
|
|
|
|
Outdoor Advertising spent (2)(c) |
R0.00 |
R0.00 |
R0.00 |
Of which: |
|
|
|
(2)(c) Black-owned media company |
R0.00 |
R0.00 |
R0.00 |
|
|
|
NAME OF ENTITY |
COMPENSATION FUND |
||
2016-17 (aa) |
2017-18 (bb) |
2018-19 (cc) |
|
Advertising Expenditure (1)(a)(ii) |
R 46 935 415.19 |
R 76 513 374.09 |
R 95 492 011.13 |
Total Expenditure incurred (2)(b) |
|
R0.00 |
R0.00 |
Of which: |
|
|
|
(2)(b)(i) Specified black-owned media company |
R0.00 |
R0.00 |
R0.00 |
|
|
|
|
(2)(b)(ii) Outdoor advertising |
R0.00 |
R0.00 |
R0.00 |
|
|
|
|
Outdoor Advertising spent (2)(c) |
R0.00 |
R0.00 |
R0.00 |
Of which: |
|
|
|
(2)(c) Black-owned media company |
R0.00 |
R0.00 |
R0.00 |
|
|
|
|
NAME OF ENTITY: |
SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT ENTERPRISES |
||
2016-17 (aa) |
2017-18 (bb) |
2018-19 (cc) |
|
Advertising Expenditure (1)(a)(ii) |
R 260 890.41 |
R 554 688.63 |
R 4 571 080.34 |
Total Expenditure incurred (2)(b) |
R 131 054.40 |
R 170 164.61 |
R 311 826.36 |
Of which: |
|
|
|
(2)(b)(i) Specified black-owned media company |
R 131 054.40 |
R 135 546.00 |
R 5 914.86 |
|
|
|
|
(2)(b)(ii) Outdoor advertising |
R 0.00 |
R 34 618.61 |
R 305 911.50 |
|
|
|
|
Outdoor Advertising spent (2)(c) |
R0.00 |
R0.00 |
R0.00 |
Of which: |
|
|
|
(2)(c) Black-owned media company |
R0.00 |
R0.00 |
R0.00 |
NAME OF ENTITY |
PRODUCTIVITY SA |
||
2016-17 (aa) |
2017-18 (bb) |
2018-19 (cc) |
|
Advertising Expenditure (1)(a)(ii) |
R 18 749.99 |
R 16 780.00 |
R0.00 |
Total Expenditure incurred (2)(b) |
R 16 780.00 |
R 16 780.00 |
- |
Of which: |
|
|
|
(2)(b)(i) Specified black-owned media company |
R0.00 |
R0.00 |
R0.00 |
|
|
|
|
(2)(b)(ii) Outdoor advertising |
|||
Times media |
R 18 749.99 |
R 16 780.00 |
R0.00 |
Outdoor Advertising spent (2)(c) |
R 18 749.99 |
R 16 780.00 |
- |
Of which: |
|
|
|
(2)(c) Black-owned media company |
R 18 749.99 |
R 16 780.00 |
- |
NAME OF ENTITY |
Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) |
||
2016-17 (aa) |
2017-18 (bb) |
2018-19 (cc) |
|
Advertising Expenditure (1)(a)(ii) |
947 990,66 |
247 920,00 |
1 173 463,98 |
|
|
|
|
Total Expenditure incurred (2)(b) |
947 990,66 |
247 920,00 |
1 173 463,00 |
Of which: |
|
|
|
(2)(b)(i)Specified black-owned media company |
947 990,66 |
247 920,00 |
1 173 463,00 |
Human Communications |
256 664,41 |
75 773,91 |
218 874,92 |
Ayanda Mbanga Communication |
122 150,92 |
68 923,63 |
- |
Basadzi Personnel |
184 881,31 |
33 293,36 |
- |
Ebus-Tech Consulting |
- |
- |
319 940,36 |
Kone Staffing Solution |
183 953,18 |
- |
- |
Multilead Consulting |
- |
- |
615 950,76 |
Ultimate Recruitment |
200 340,84 |
69 929,10 |
18 696,96 |
|
|
|
|
(2)(b)(ii)Outdoor advertising |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Outdoor Advertising spent (2)(c) |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Of which: |
|
|
|
(2)(c) Black-owned media company |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
NAME OF ENTITY |
NEDLAC |
||
2016-17 (aa) |
2017-18 (bb) |
2018-19 (cc) |
|
Advertising Expenditure (1)(a)(ii) |
R 74 640.00 |
R 12 500.00 |
R 1 765.00 |
|
|
|
|
Total Expenditure incurred (2)(b) |
R 74 640.00 |
R 12 500.00 |
R 1 765.00 |
Of which: |
|
|
|
(2)(b)(i) Specified black-owned media company |
R 64 640.00 |
R 1 500.00 |
R 1 765.00 |
Human Communication (BEE Level 1) |
R 28 900.00 |
|
|
Basadzi Personnel (BEE Level 1) |
R 33 990.00 |
|
|
Government Printing Works |
R 1 750.00 |
R 1 500.00 |
R 1 765.00 |
|
|
|
|
(2)(b)(ii) Outdoor advertising |
R0.00 |
R0.00 |
R0.00 |
|
|
|
|
Outdoor Advertising spent (2)(c) |
R0.00 |
R0.00 |
R0.00 |
Of which: |
|
|
|
(2)(c) Black-owned media company |
R0.00 |
R0.00 |
R0.00 |
02 December 2019 - NW1547
Cardo, Dr MJ to ask the Minister of Employment and Labour
What steps has his department taken to comply with the order handed down by the North Gauteng High Court in May 2019, which declares the exclusion of domestic workers in the Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act, Act 130 of 1993, to be unconstitutional?
Reply:
The Compensation of Injuries on Duty Amendment Act has been finalised and will be presented to Parliament. The definition of ‘employee’ has been amended to include that of domestic workers. The revenue model included private household as a surplus’
02 December 2019 - NW1361
Bagraim, Mr M to ask the Minister of Employment and Labour
Whether his department did business with certain (a) persons, (b) companies and (c) trusts (names and details furnished in each case) (i) in each of the past five financial years and (ii) since 1 April 2019; if so, (aa) on what date(s) did his department do business with the specified persons, companies and trusts and (bb) what was the (aaa) nature and (bbb) monetary value of each business arrangement?
Reply:
All registers and Logis were checked and these names could not be found or traced on any of the Departmental registers or the Central Supplier Database.
It is therefore not clear if these are Sole Proprietors or shareholders in companies, as there were no companies registered under these names perhaps because they are not companies, but directors. Perhaps if the company names can be given that may enable the department to verify the directors/ownership.
25 November 2019 - NW1303
King, Ms C to ask the Minister of Employment and Labour
In view of the fact that the proposed General Education Certificate advocates for skills development and learnerships programmes, how will his department collaborate with the Department of Basic Education to ensure skills certification for Grade 9?
Reply:
Skills Development and learnership programmes were transferred to the Department of Higher Education and Science and Technology through a Presidential Proclamation in 2009 from the Department of Employment and Labour.
The Department of Employment and Labour provides free employment services to work-seekers and can extend these counselling services to those who are still within the schooling system. We will collaborate with the Department of Basic Education through these programmes to assist young people intending to join the labour market post Grade 9 to make better subject choices.
Having stated the above, there is no skills certification for Grade 9, what is being proposed is General Education Certificate which basically opens a way for career pathing.
Government is moving towards the creation of different paths for learners after they have obtained General Education Certificate. The plan whose trial is scheduled to be completed at the end of July 2020, is aimed at moving away from a single narrow path for learners, but opening up three streams model which have the academic, technical/ occupational pathways.
It is important to equip the learners with values, knowledge and skills that will enable or enhance their meaningful participation in society, to contributing towards developing sustainable communities, provide basis for further education and training and establish a firm foundation for skills development that must prepare learners for labour market.
25 November 2019 - NW1548
Cardo, Dr MJ to ask the Minister of Employment and Labour
(a) In light of recent criticisms made by sections of organised business and organised labour regarding the efficacy of the National Economic Development and Labour Council (Nedlac), has he found that Nedlac is fit-for-purpose to deal with the unemployment crisis in the Republic and (b) what measures are put in place to strengthen the institution?
Reply:
Whilst the criticism is acknowledged, it should be noted that these social partners together with civil society and government constitute what is NEDLAC and therefore such criticism could be regarded as criticism of our collective contribution towards the success of NEDLAC.
NEDLAC and its constituent parties has worked endlessly to address the efficacy as well as the relevance of the organization in the current debates whether economic, developmental and Labour issues. The honourable member needs not be reminded that the organization is currently seized with trying to address a number of critical issues such as the Presidential Jobs summit, the Eskom Leadership task team, amongst others. The honourable member should also take note that these social partners are also busy addressing governance structures and underlying founding documents in order to position the organization to go beyond being representative but also systematized such that it is more responsive and more agile to tackle emergent issues.
The question therefore as to whether the organization is fit for purpose should therefore be answered in the affirmative. As has been pointed out the organization is currently engaged in a governance discussion. Currently it is loaded with the task of being a designated home of the Presidential Jobs Summit, that is amongst other.
18 November 2019 - NW1249
Hinana, Mr N to ask the Minister of Employment and Labour
(1)Whether he has found that the proposed economic recovery plan of the Minister of Finance, Mr T T Mboweni, will support his department’s objective of creating employment opportunities in the Republic; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (2) whether his department has submitted any strategic policy positions to support the proposed economic recovery plan; (3) whether his department has put any programmes in place to create employment opportunities to assist in the economic recovery plans of the Republic and the eradication of the high unemployment rate; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
1. Creating jobs and reducing unemployment are key socio-economic imperatives to promote South African inclusive growth and economic transformation. Among others, this will be achieved through transformation of labour market. Positive relationship between employers and employees lead to alleviation of poverty and inequality thereby producing economic growth. Since the inception of Employment Equity Act (EEA) 21 years ago, employers that employ 50 or more employees and those that employ between 0-49 employees but their annual turnover threshold is equal or above the prescribed one in Schedule 4 of the EEA, always had regulated powers to self-regulate their Employee Equity targets and EE Numerical Goals in their EE Plans in relation to how they wish to implement Affirmative Action in their workplaces.
The Labour Relations Act (LRA) is also premised on regulated flexibility. The bargaining council formation is a voluntary system which is decided upon by parties for their specific sector. They determine the conditions of employment and wages which are appropriate for their sector without any government intervention. The LRA requires that before bargaining councils could require the Minister to extend their collective agreements to non-parties within their sector, they should be sufficiently representative of that sector. There is no collective agreement that can be extended by the Minister of Employment and Labour if such a collective agreement does not take into consideration the affairs of small business within the sector, this is stipulated in our Labour Laws. Non-parties can apply to the council to be exempted from a collective agreement and if not happy about the decision of the bargaining council, they appeal to the exemption independent appeal body.
All what one is trying to demonstrate above without exhausting the list is that what is contained in the proposed economic recovery plan of Minister of Finance, Mr T T Mboweni in relation to employment and labour is mostly already found in our labour laws, regulations and policies and not only that, it is practiced, reviewed, amended as and when the need for that arises.
2. Yes, the Department of Employment and Labour has submitted inputs through our internal government coordination structures at Directors General Cluster and Ministerial Cluster Cabinet Committee levels.
3. The Department of Employment and Labour has a number of programmes that are creating employment opportunities and assisting our country’s economic recovery plans. These programmes are being reviewed to maximise their impact, improve efficiency and to take them to scale. The Department of Employment and Labour’s programmes have as their central theme, employment and they complement each other in both creation and preservation of employment. These programmes and interventions include the following:-
- Public Employment Services Branch provision of free employment services to the public i.e. work seekers and employers in areas of registration, work opportunities registration, counselling services and placement in registered opportunities
- Unemployment Insurance Fund / Compensation Fund investments in State Owned Enterprises through the Public Investment Cooperation and the Independent Development Cooperation
- UIF/CF/PES Labour Activation Programme and Employment Schemes that are placing people in employment.
- DEL Entities interventions such as Productivity SA: Assistance to companies to Turn Around their situations, establishment of workplace forums to improve productivity and to withstand competition,
- NEDLAC initiatives aimed at broadening social dialogue and consultation on a range of matters to maintain peace and stability in their labour market.
- CCMA dispute resolutions interventions to maintain work place peace and prevention of loss of production.
- Promotion of employment of people with disabilities though Employment equity enforcement, subsidies to 13 Supported Employment Enterprises factories that we own and other 10 other organisations that employ new people with disabilities.
- Inspection and Enforcement interventions that are aimed at ensuring that minimum standards are maintained in the work places and to prevent occupational injuries and deceases.
- UIF and CF Payments that are made to beneficiaries to provide income replacement in instances of loss of employment or occupational injuries and deceases
14 October 2019 - NW1057
Hendricks, Mr MGE to ask the Minister of Employment and Labour
Whether he intends to review the labour legislation that provides for equal pay for equal work, especially the deeming provisions which give employers loopholes to discriminate on remuneration; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
No, Honourable Member, there is no intention of reviewing the labour legislation that provides for equal pay for work of equal value. The rationale not to review is informed by the fact that the current provisions of equal pay for work of equal value in Sections 6(4) and 6(5) of the Employment Equity Amendment Act, 2013, read with the Employment Equity Regulations, 2014 already protect all employees against unfair discrimination in relation to pay and benefits.
In fact, all employers are prohibited to unfairly discriminate directly or indirectly on one or more of the prohibited grounds listed under Section 6(1) of the EEA against any employee in relation to terms of conditions of employment, inclusive of pay; between employees of the same employer performing the same work or substantially the same work or work of equal value.
These provisions protect the rights of all employees against unfair discrimination in pay and benefits irrespective of their employment status or work arrangements. Irrespective of whether an employee is temporary for a period of less than 3 months, or an employee works more than 3 months on a fixed term contract, the principle of equal pay for work of equal value must be applied fairly without any prejudice or unfair discrimination.
It is important to highlight that all disputes of equal pay for work of equal value must be referred to the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) or to the Labour Court in terms of Section 10 of the Employment Equity Act.
14 October 2019 - NW1136
Cardo, Dr MJ to ask the Minister of Employment and Labour
With reference to his statements following the release of the 19th Commission for Employment Equity annual report, what punitive measures does the Government intend taking against employers who do not meet employment equity targets?
Reply:
It is important to highlight that in order to expedite the pace of transformation and address non-compliance with the requirements of the Employment Equity Act (EEA), there are proposed amendments in the EE Amendment Bill, 2019, which include progressive measures that will be undertaken by Government to address non-compliance. The EE Amendment Bill will be tabled in Parliament for deliberation probably before the end of this year.
Noteworthy is that, the primary objectives of these amendments are two-fold:
(i) to empower myself as the Minister of Employment and Labour to regulate sector specific numerical EE targets, which must be complied with in order to accelerate transformation in various economic sectors because the current self-regulated EE targets did not yield positive results over the 21 years of the EEA; and
(ii) to enable the promulgation of Section 53 of the EEA that deals with the issuing of an EE Certificate of Compliance as a prerequisite for accessing State Contracts and to do business with the State.
This is a punitive measure to all those organisations that are non-compliant to stop them from continuing to reap financial benefits in doing business with the State.
Noteworthy is that, even those non-compliant organisations that do not necessary depend on State Contracts for their business, will still have to face consequences by being referred to the Labour Court for a penalty to be levied against them as per Schedule 1 of the EEA.
30 September 2019 - NW456
Jacobs, Mr F to ask the Minister of Employment and Labour
What is the employment equity profile of the Western Cape (a) provincial departments and (b) municipal councils?
Reply:
a) Employment equity profile of the Western Cape provincial departments as reported in the 2018 EE Reporting period is as follows:
b) Western Cape Provincial Government Departments’ EE profile (2018)
1.1 Please report the total number of employees (including employees with disabilities) in each of the following occupational levels: Note: A=Africans, C=Coloureds, I=Indians, W=Whites |
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Occupational Levels |
Male |
Female |
Foreign National |
Total |
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A |
C |
I |
W |
A |
C |
I |
W |
Male |
Female |
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Top Management |
376 |
1053 |
304 |
7369 |
163 |
603 |
157 |
1811 |
260 |
49 |
12145 |
3,1% |
8,7% |
2,5% |
60,7% |
1,3% |
5,0% |
1,3% |
14,9% |
2,1% |
0,4% |
100,0% |
|
Senior Management |
1383 |
3185 |
821 |
10525 |
763 |
2232 |
528 |
5402 |
499 |
191 |
25529 |
5,4% |
12,5% |
3,2% |
41,2% |
3,0% |
8,7% |
2,1% |
21,2% |
2,0% |
0,7% |
100,0% |
|
Professionally qualified and experienced specialists and mid-management |
7503 |
12301 |
2262 |
20588 |
7045 |
12178 |
1967 |
17647 |
1694 |
674 |
83859 |
8,9% |
14,7% |
2,7% |
24,6% |
8,4% |
14,5% |
2,3% |
21,0% |
2,0% |
0,8% |
100,0% |
|
Skilled technical and academically qualified workers, junior management, supervisors, foremen, and superintendents |
40246 |
47550 |
3583 |
25291 |
37418 |
46330 |
4083 |
31329 |
3901 |
1762 |
241493 |
16,7% |
19,7% |
1,5% |
10,5% |
15,5% |
19,2% |
1,7% |
13,0% |
1,6% |
0,7% |
100,0% |
|
Semi-skilled and discretionary decision making |
111512 |
76404 |
2659 |
9772 |
147124 |
90216 |
3830 |
17667 |
6374 |
2368 |
467926 |
23,8% |
16,3% |
0,6% |
2,1% |
31,4% |
19,3% |
0,8% |
3,8% |
1,4% |
0,5% |
100,0% |
|
Unskilled and defined decision making |
87594 |
48332 |
558 |
1854 |
85155 |
46576 |
503 |
1076 |
5182 |
2146 |
278976 |
31,4% |
17,3% |
0,2% |
0,7% |
30,5% |
16,7% |
0,2% |
0,4% |
1,9% |
0,8% |
100,0% |
|
TOTAL PERMANENT |
248614 |
188825 |
10187 |
75399 |
277668 |
198135 |
11068 |
74932 |
17910 |
7190 |
1109928 |
22,4% |
17,0% |
0,9% |
6,8% |
25,0% |
17,9% |
1,0% |
6,8% |
1,6% |
0,6% |
100,0% |
|
Temporary employees |
31628 |
17085 |
347 |
2693 |
33034 |
22001 |
407 |
3368 |
4321 |
2613 |
117497 |
26,9% |
14,5% |
0,3% |
2,3% |
28,1% |
18,7% |
0,3% |
2,9% |
3,7% |
2,2% |
100,0% |
|
GRAND TOTAL |
280242 |
205910 |
10534 |
78092 |
310702 |
220136 |
11475 |
78300 |
22231 |
9803 |
1227425 |
Western Cape Provincial Government Departments’ EE Profile for Persons with Disabilities Only (2018)
1.2 Please report the total number of employees with disabilities only in each of the following occupational levels: Note: A=Africans, C=Coloureds, I=Indians, W=Whites |
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Occupational Levels |
Male |
Female |
Foreign National |
Total |
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A |
C |
I |
W |
A |
C |
I |
W |
Male |
Female |
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Top Management |
6 |
23 |
8 |
84 |
1 |
22 |
3 |
22 |
2 |
0 |
171 |
3,5% |
13,5% |
4,7% |
49,1% |
0,6% |
12,9% |
1,8% |
12,9% |
1,2% |
0,0% |
100,0% |
|
Senior Management |
11 |
54 |
12 |
140 |
2 |
38 |
8 |
60 |
2 |
1 |
328 |
3,4% |
16,5% |
3,7% |
42,7% |
0,6% |
11,6% |
2,4% |
18,3% |
0,6% |
0,3% |
100,0% |
|
Professionally qualified and experienced specialists and mid-management |
43 |
150 |
27 |
262 |
35 |
111 |
21 |
187 |
11 |
3 |
850 |
5,1% |
17,6% |
3,2% |
30,8% |
4,1% |
13,1% |
2,5% |
22,0% |
1,3% |
0,4% |
100,0% |
|
Skilled technical and academically qualified workers, junior management, supervisors, foremen, and superintendents |
256 |
583 |
47 |
403 |
220 |
434 |
46 |
387 |
12 |
3 |
2391 |
10,7% |
24,4% |
2,0% |
16,9% |
9,2% |
18,2% |
1,9% |
16,2% |
0,5% |
0,1% |
100,0% |
|
Semi-skilled and discretionary decision making |
755 |
843 |
40 |
261 |
875 |
837 |
47 |
268 |
10 |
5 |
3941 |
19,2% |
21,4% |
1,0% |
6,6% |
22,2% |
21,2% |
1,2% |
6,8% |
0,3% |
0,1% |
100,0% |
|
Unskilled and defined decision making |
812 |
546 |
20 |
87 |
862 |
420 |
7 |
64 |
7 |
6 |
2831 |
28,7% |
19,3% |
0,7% |
3,1% |
30,4% |
14,8% |
0,2% |
2,3% |
0,2% |
0,2% |
100,0% |
|
TOTAL PERMANENT |
1883 |
2199 |
154 |
1237 |
1995 |
1862 |
132 |
988 |
44 |
18 |
10512 |
17,9% |
20,9% |
1,5% |
11,8% |
19,0% |
17,7% |
1,3% |
9,4% |
0,4% |
0,2% |
100,0% |
|
Temporary employees |
203 |
97 |
6 |
17 |
231 |
89 |
5 |
10 |
1 |
0 |
659 |
30,8% |
14,7% |
0,9% |
2,6% |
35,1% |
13,5% |
0,8% |
1,5% |
0,2% |
0,0% |
100,0% |
|
GRAND TOTAL |
2086 |
2296 |
160 |
1254 |
2226 |
1951 |
137 |
998 |
45 |
18 |
11171 |
c) Employment equity profile of the Western Cape municipal councils as reported in the 2018 EE Reporting period is as follows:
Please report the total number of employees (including employees with disabilities) in each of the following occupational levels: Note: A=Africans, C=Coloureds, I=Indians, W=Whites |
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Occupational Levels |
Male |
Female |
Foreign National |
Total |
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A |
C |
I |
W |
A |
C |
I |
W |
Male |
Female |
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Top Management |
6 |
21 |
0 |
9 |
5 |
8 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
53 |
11.3% |
39.6% |
0.0% |
17.0% |
9.4% |
15.1% |
0.0% |
7.5% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
100.0% |
|
Senior Management |
13 |
50 |
6 |
57 |
7 |
12 |
4 |
15 |
0 |
1 |
165 |
7.9% |
30.3% |
3.6% |
34.5% |
4.2% |
7.3% |
2.4% |
9.1% |
0.0% |
0.6% |
100.0% |
|
Professionally qualified and experienced specialists and mid-management |
198 |
694 |
41 |
607 |
160 |
350 |
26 |
277 |
19 |
6 |
2378 |
8.3% |
29.2% |
1.7% |
25.5% |
6.7% |
14.7% |
1.1% |
11.6% |
0.8% |
0.3% |
100.0% |
|
Skilled technical and academically qualified workers, junior management, supervisors, foremen, and superintendents |
1164 |
3274 |
44 |
868 |
1252 |
1826 |
28 |
504 |
34 |
9 |
9003 |
12.9% |
36.4% |
0.5% |
9.6% |
13.9% |
20.3% |
0.3% |
5.6% |
0.4% |
0.1% |
100.0% |
|
Semi-skilled and discretionary decision making |
2067 |
4302 |
31 |
344 |
1583 |
2634 |
39 |
443 |
7 |
4 |
11454 |
18.0% |
37.6% |
0.3% |
3.0% |
13.8% |
23.0% |
0.3% |
3.9% |
0.1% |
0.0% |
100.0% |
|
Unskilled and defined decision making |
2570 |
3687 |
11 |
75 |
1173 |
1177 |
3 |
15 |
8 |
0 |
8719 |
29.5% |
42.3% |
0.1% |
0.9% |
13.5% |
13.5% |
0.0% |
0.2% |
0.1% |
0.0% |
100.0% |
|
TOTAL PERMANENT |
6018 |
12028 |
133 |
1960 |
4180 |
6007 |
100 |
1258 |
68 |
20 |
31772 |
18.9% |
37.9% |
0.4% |
6.2% |
13.2% |
18.9% |
0.3% |
4.0% |
0.2% |
0.1% |
100.0% |
|
Temporary employees |
303 |
327 |
0 |
25 |
202 |
248 |
1 |
31 |
0 |
0 |
1137 |
26.6% |
28.8% |
0.0% |
2.2% |
17.8% |
21.8% |
0.1% |
2.7% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
100.0% |
|
GRAND TOTAL |
6321 |
12355 |
133 |
1985 |
4382 |
6255 |
101 |
1289 |
68 |
20 |
32909 |
Western Cape Municipal councils’ EE Profile for Person with Disabilities Only (2018)
Occupational Levels |
Male |
Female |
Foreign National |
Total |
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A |
C |
I |
W |
A |
C |
I |
W |
Male |
Female |
||
Top Management |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
100.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
100.0% |
|
Senior Management |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0.0% |
40.0% |
0.0% |
40.0% |
0.0% |
20.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
100.0% |
|
Professionally qualified and experienced specialists and mid-management |
2 |
24 |
1 |
24 |
3 |
6 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
65 |
3.1% |
36.9% |
1.5% |
36.9% |
4.6% |
9.2% |
0.0% |
7.7% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
100.0% |
|
Skilled technical and academically qualified workers, junior management, supervisors, foremen, and superintendents |
15 |
71 |
3 |
37 |
12 |
49 |
1 |
31 |
3 |
0 |
222 |
6.8% |
32.0% |
1.4% |
16.7% |
5.4% |
22.1% |
0.5% |
14.0% |
1.4% |
0.0% |
100.0% |
|
Semi-skilled and discretionary decision making |
30 |
75 |
0 |
18 |
19 |
61 |
2 |
31 |
0 |
0 |
236 |
12.7% |
31.8% |
0.0% |
7.6% |
8.1% |
25.8% |
0.8% |
13.1% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
100.0% |
|
Unskilled and defined decision making |
31 |
93 |
0 |
3 |
12 |
24 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
166 |
18.7% |
56.0% |
0.0% |
1.8% |
7.2% |
14.5% |
0.0% |
1.8% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
100.0% |
|
TOTAL PERMANENT |
78 |
265 |
4 |
84 |
46 |
141 |
3 |
71 |
3 |
0 |
695 |
11.2% |
38.1% |
0.6% |
12.1% |
6.6% |
20.3% |
0.4% |
10.2% |
0.4% |
0.0% |
100.0% |
|
Temporary employees |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0.0% |
100.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
100.0% |
|
GRAND TOTAL |
78 |
268 |
4 |
84 |
46 |
141 |
3 |
71 |
3 |
0 |
698 |
30 September 2019 - NW588
Mkhaliphi, Ms HO to ask the Minister of Employment and Labour
What is the total number of South Africans who are currently employed at each call centre in the Republic?
Reply:
We know that the call Centre (business process outsourcing) industry employs 54000 people. However, the department does not have a breakdown of how many of the 54000 are South Africans.
30 September 2019 - NW614
Mkhaliphi, Ms HO to ask the Minister of Employment and Labour
What (a) total amount has (i) his department and (ii) each of the entities reporting to him spent on (aa) cleaning, (bb) security and (cc) gardening services in the (aaa) 2017-18 and (bbb) 2018-19 financial years, (b) amount was paid to each service provider to provide each specified service and (c) total amount was paid to each of the service providers?
Reply:
(a) R 57 549 018,59 total for (aaa) 2017/18 financial year
(i) (aa) Cleaning services R12 072 641.88
(bb) Security services R36 778 192.43
(cc) Gardening services R 301 669.55
Entities
(ii) (aa) Cleaning services R 5 875 417,37
(bb) Security Services R 2 409 742,36
(cc) Gardening Services R 111 355,00
a) R 73 632 992,87 total for (bbb) 2018/19 financial year
(i) (aa) Cleaning services R14 351 278.43
(bb) Security services R46 012 132.71
(cc) Gardening services R 456 801.36
Entities
(ii) (aa) Cleaning Services R 6 604 433,82
(bb) Security Services R 6 208 346,55
(cc) Gardening Services R nil
(b) Please see attached spread sheets for 2017/18 and 2018/19 financial years with details of payments to each service provider and;
(c) Total amount per service provider.
23 September 2019 - NW692
Bagraim, Mr M to ask the Minister of Employment and Labour
(a) What number of disputes were referred to the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration since 1 January 2019 and (b) on what statutory provision was each dispute based? [
Reply:
The question is replied to by means of a Spreadsheet with three pages attached.
Page one deals with the number of disputes referred breaking them down to CCMA centres.
Page two deals with the statutory provision the disputes are based on.
Page three breaks down issues and provides figures.
Please note that information furnished here has been so from 1st January to 30 January 2019
23 September 2019 - NW739
Faber, Mr WF to ask the Minister of Employment and Labour
Whether his department hosted any event and/or function related to its 2019 Budget Vote Debate, if so, (a) where was each event held (b) what was the total cost of each event and (c) what is the name of each person who was invited to attend each event as a guest. 2. Whether any gifts were distributed to guests attending any of the events, if so, (a) what are the relevant details of the gifts distributed and (b) who sponsored the gifts. [NW1784E]
Reply:
1. The Department of Employment and Labour did not host an event or function related to 2019 Budget Vote Debate.
a) Falls away
b) Falls away
c) Falls away
2. There was no event hosted and therefore there were no gifts exchanged
a) Falls away
b) Falls away
23 September 2019 - NW424
Cardo, Dr MJ to ask the Minister of Employment and Labour
(a) How does his department intend to leverage the resources of the (i) Unemployment Insurance Fund and (ii) Compensation Fund to invest in job-creating initiatives in the current financial year and (b) what portion of the resources will be used for the purposes of job creation?
Reply:
Unemployment Insurance Fund
- Project Development Partnership(PDP)
The Department of Employment and Labour through PIC and the UIF launched the Project Development Partnership (PDP) Fund on the 14 December 2018. The Fund is aimed at supporting and creating jobs through creating and funding early-stage businesses. An allocation of R2bn is directed towards the PDP Fund, and this allocation is funded by the UIF. The PDP Fund is specifically directed at performing the following roles:
- Offering funding to create and grow small businesses, therefore creating new companies.
- The PDP Fund would fund companies in sectors such as Agribusiness and Bio- science, Mining and beneficiation, Manufacturing and ICT, social infrastructure, Water and related services, financial services, and Youth innovation.
- President Ramaphosa highlighted the importance of South Africa’s participation in the 4th Industrial Revolution and emphasized the need to move with greater focus and urgency to develop the skills, human capital, institutions and strategies that are required to seize the advantages of this technological change. The PDP Fund echoes the sentiments of our President and will focus on investing in projects which are solving SA socio-economic challenges through investment projects which are aligned to 4th Industrial Revolution.
- The PDP Fund is expected to create and support over 10 000 jobs (direct and indirect), particularly ensuring Future of Work opportunities are utilized
The PDP fund allocation of R2bn will be split into two investment streams. A portion will be invested by PIC directly into early-stage businesses and projects. The other portion of the R2bn allocation will be allocated to black-owned fund managers with an intention to transform the asset management industry in South Africa.
Progress since the launch:
- 194 applications were received for funding from the PDP fund, 85% have been screened. 73 were received from the public application process
- Request for proposals (RFP) were completed and processed for the appointment of the fund managers, and 5 managers have been shortlisted.
- All 5 fund managers are Black-owned and have excellent pipeline that includes projects that offer key unlocks for the South African economy and align well with employment creation targets
Project Bokamoso, the agricultural high-value land development flagship project, is progressing well and is in the Due-Diligence stage of the investment process. Other direct large-scale projects in pipeline includes:
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- Project Energise – beneficiation/ rural electrification / local manufacturing
- Project Hope – High-tech satellite manufacture / agriculture / water
- 2 Education / Healthcare project under consideration
- 2 Primary agricultural development projects e.g. Macadamia Co-op (Eastern Cape and Limpopo)
- 2 manufacturing projects under consideration – both targeted in SEZs for export market
- Bonds4Jobs – youth skills development and employment placing
- Mining and rehabilitation – high-tech/ low-cost minerals extraction
2. High Social Impact Portfolio(HSIP)
The aim of the Fund is a first step to put into effect the newly signed Unemployment Insurance Act as Amended 2017 Section 5(d) which states that: “Financing of the retention of contributors in employment and the re-entry of contributors into the labour market and any other scheme aimed at the vulnerable workers”. The purpose of the HSIP was born out of the above mentioned section and is just but one of the intervention the Department of Employment and Labour has embarked on to pro-actively intervene in the market where it’s possible to do so.
Purpose: The HSIP aims to fund interventions in entities in order to ensure job preservation and creation. It will target transactions where the current risk of significant direct job losses is high.
Social Impact Criteria and Expectations: Minimum social return of X% of the investment amount based on the value to the UIF of the primary social impacts. The primary social impacts that will be measured are related to the expected jobs saved at the target entity or that can be proven downstream:
- Saving of claim payments;
- Retention of UIF contributions;
- Impact on the Fiscus (e.g. PAYE)
Investment Criteria: The investments should contribute to the preservation and creation of sustainable job opportunities in particular for women, youth and other designated persons.
Progress to Date
- HSIP was only launched in February 2019
- The Department through UIF set aside R3 billion for the portfolio
- R1.2 billion was invested in Edcon acquiring a stake of 19% and in the process saving about 140 000 direct and indirect jobs. This investment also avoided stores; farms; and other stores downstream from closing.
- Overtime staff ownership will be worked into the formula of investment
3. Training Layoff Scheme and now Temporary Employee/Employer Relief Scheme(TERS)
The Department of Employment and Labour has swiftly implemented the job summit resolution on reviewing the Training Layoff Scheme process to ensure speedy intervention for the companies in distress. The intention of the review was in line with the newly reviewed UIF Act which emphasise the need to fund the retention of contributors in employment.
In the line with the Job Summit resolution the following has been implemented:
- The numerous decision making platforms have been reduced to one committee centralised at the CCMA which enables speedy decision making.
- As a result of the centralisation of the committee the following successes has been registered:
- The committee has met 22 times since October 2018
- 30 companies considered
- 27 companies recommended and approved
- Those 3 companies that have not been recommended have been advised to address compliance issues
- A total of 2 929 jobs preserved
- Just over R52 millions spent to date to preserve the jobs
Compensation Fund
1. Rehabilitation and Return to Work
The Compensation Fund introduced a Rehabilitation and Orthotics unit in 2018 with the aim of implementing a Rehabilitation and Return to Work programme for the injured workers. Injured workers who are assessed to be permanently disabled would usually leave the labour market thus contributing to the unemployment rate. The Rehabilitation unit introduced at the Compensation fund focuses on three forms of rehabilitation, the traditional clinical rehabilitation we have always provided injured workers with and the newly introduced social and vocational rehabilitation.
Vocational Rehabilitation is aimed at assisting the injured workers with reskilling for reintegration back into the labour market. Through the Vocational Rehabilitation Programme, the Compensation Fund seeks to remove barriers to accessing or returning to employment or other useful occupation by providing developmental opportunities to maximise performance, employability or participation in the country’s economy.ositiveegan in 2017on coperates ls that ensure employability t and also focus on development in rural areas pertainign le with The Programmes objectives are
- To support tertiary students who require financial assistance and are pursuing a tertiary degree
- To encourage the participation of previously employed persons who suffered occupational injuries or diseases resulting in a disability by providing training and development initiatives to enable them to be reintegrated back to work or become self-sustainable;
- To build a talent pipeline of a pool of capable candidates who are readily available for the labour market;
- To leverage on opportunity creation initiatives to assist unemployed workers who suffered occupational injuries resulting in a disability and Persons with Disabilities to achieve economic self-sufficiency; and Vocational Rehabilitation comprises of various sub programmes. In order to enable a successful Return to work programme for injured workers that now have a disability, the Fund has a Vocational Rehabilitation Bursary Scheme aimed at assisting the injured beneficiaries to acquire skill(s) that will enable them to be returned to work post the injury. Injured workers are among the most vulnerable in society and tend to be mostly blue collared workers with no matric or tertiary qualifications.
As a pilot, we are currently funding upper limb amputees enrolled for electrician and welding course, tertiary degrees and on entrepreneurship programmes.
In addition to promoting the employability of persons living with disability as a result of occupational injuries, the Compensation Fund currently runs a tertiary bursary programme which began in 2017 that is aligned to some of the scarce skills identified in South Africa. The bursary programme is an intensive programme which entails an online support programme and on site mentoring coaches at universities which monitor not only the academic performance of the student but also addresses social issues considering that some of our students are from rural areas in South Africa.
As at the beginning of 2019, this programme has 327 students pursuing a tertiary degree at various universities in the following fields:
- Nursing
- Medical Orthotics and Prosthetics
- Occupational Therapy
- Information Communications Technology
- Physiotherapy
- Accounting Science
- Actuarial Science and Financial Mathematics
- Medicine and Surgery
The Rehabilitation and Return to work programme will require participation of both the public and private sectors to be successful. As part of the Social Rehabilitation programmes we will be embarking on initiatives that are aimed at promoting social entrepreneurship for those who have been reskilled and successfully rehabilitated. We will outline the details of these programmes in the near future.
2. Socially Responsible Investments
The Compensation Fund has set aside 10% of its investment portfolio for investment in unlisted investments with job creation potential. These investments are made across various sectors of the economy.
23 September 2019 - NW423
Cardo, Dr MJ to ask the Minister of Employment and Labour
What are the details of the partnerships forged by his department with (a) employers and (b) training institutions to train the youth for digital jobs which are expected to be created in the wake of the Fourth Industrial Revolution?
Reply:
a) The Department of Employment and Labour under the Employment Services Act provides free recruitment and placement services to employers and work seekers alike.
220,851 work seekers were registered by Department of Employment and Labour centres during Quarter 1 of 2019, against an annual target of 700,000.
Through various partnerships with employer organizations a total of 52,894 employment opportunities were registered by Department of Employment and Labour centres during Quarter 1 of 2019, against an annual target of 90,000.
The department also profiles and assess competencies of registered work seekers to shorten employer recruitment and selection process. During Q1 a total of 70,086 work seekers were provided with employment counselling by against an annual target of 210,000.
The counselling services are an important step in identification of work seekers for referral for selection and placement by various employers or for further training in various training institutions. 18,126 registered employment opportunities were filled during Quarter 1 of 2019 against an annual target of 45,000.
b) The Department of Employment and Labour through the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) has partnered with about 32 State Owned training providers and institutions to implement training of UIF beneficiaries. The intention is to pilot the project with training of over 160 000 learners over a period of three years. The training will vary from Skills Programme to Learnership to Artisan. The projected budget for the intervention is estimated at R7.9 billion over the period of three years.
Through this intervention 6000 artisans will be trained at the cost estimation of over R800 million. Learnership will take about 67 000 learners at an estimated cost of R3.7 billion. There are 400 of the claimants who have skills and need to be assisted with certification through Recognition of Prior Learning(RPL), at a cost of R15 million. A further 81 000 of the learners will be taken through the skills Programme at a cost of about R2.5 billion to enable them access to training and possible job placement. The final leg is the introduction of enabling entrepreneurship through enterprise development and training. Just over 1 400 will be trained in this area with the intention of absorbing trainees from other Programmes and linking to the market.
As at quarter 1; 20 000 people are in training with over 75% being young people and more 50% of the total being women.
The intervention is expected to grow over time to an extent that as and when a claimant visits the Department of Employment and Labour to claim for unemployment an opportunity will be ready for the claimants to link up the benefit payment with training thereby reduce cost on paying stipend.
23 September 2019 - NW69
Mokgotho, Ms SM to ask the Minister of Employment and Labour
1. What number of persons in each province is employed in the South African retail sector?
Reply:
PERSONS EMPLOYED IN THE TRADE SECTOR IN SOUTH AFRICA
PROVINCE |
TOTAL_ACTIVE_EMPLOYEES (AS ON 23-JUN-2019) |
GAUTENG |
2 029 714 |
WESTERN CAPE |
1 212 098 |
KWAZULU NATAL |
695 013 |
MPUMALANGA |
293 531 |
EASTERN CAPE |
258 762 |
FREE STATE |
107 266 |
NORTH WEST |
69 609 |
LIMPOPO |
67 714 |
NORTHERN CAPE |
48 163 |
GRAND TOTAL |
4 781 870 |
Source: UIF Operations system
According to the operations system of the UIF more than 4.7 million people are employed in the trade sector in South Africa. The provinces of Gauteng, Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal has 82% of the employees with Gauteng alone contributing 42% of the total employees. The Northern Cape has the least number of employees at just over 48 000.
19 August 2019 - NW348
Hlengwa, Mr M to ask the Minister of Employment and Labour
Whether he will (a) extend, (b) enforce and (c) ensure that the minimum wage is implemented in the Expanded Public Works Programme; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
The workers under the Expanded Public Workers Programme are already included within the scope of the National Minimum Wage Act albeit at a lower tier/percentage of the NMW as is the case for domestic and farm workers. The minimum wage for these workers has been set at R11 per hour or 55% of the national minimum wage as contemplated in item 2 (c ) of Schedule 1 of the Act, taking into account the ability of the State to fund these work opportunities, retain the number of participants and provide some level of income security as an integral part of the Governments plans to address poverty alleviation. Section 4 (3) of the Act provides that the minimum wage in respect of these workers will be increased proportionally to any adjustment of the national minimum wage
Just as any other piece of labour legislation it is the employer’s responsibility to implement and comply with it. The Department is enforcing the NMW in all its facets.
19 August 2019 - NW422
Cuthbert, Mr MJ to ask the Minister of Employment and Labour
What (a) are the details of the process that needs to be followed by a new employer to register with the Compensation Fund, (b) number of days on average does it take to process an application to register with the Compensation Fund and (c) are the reasons for any delays in the registration process?
Reply:
a) There is an Employer Registration Form. This is referred to as W. AS.2 Form. An employer who wishes to register with the Compensation Fund must duly complete this form. There are documents that must accompany a correctly completed W. AS. 2 Form. These documents vary depending to the business type. In case of companies and close corporations the registration form must be accompanied by Companies Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) issued registration certificate, the certified Identity Documents (IDs) of Owners and certified copies of IDs of Directors.
In case of Sole Proprietors, Partners in Partnership must attach copy of Partnership Agreement and certified copies of all Partners IDs.
Non-Profit Organisations (NPOs) must attach copies of NPO Registration Certificate issued by the Department of Social Development and certified copies of IDs of the responsible persons.
In case of Trusts, the Registration Form must be supported by an Appointment Letter issued by Magistrate Office and certified copies of all Trustees IDs.
Compensation Fund has the online platform option, Employers may go to https://www.cf-filing.co.za to register
b) It takes an average of 10 days to finalise a manual new registration form which have complete information from the date the complete documents were received by the Processing Office.
It takes on average one calendar day to finalise a new registration through the online compensation filling platform.
c) The following are reasons causing unnecessary delays on finalising the new Employer Registration:
1. Multiple entries for manually submitted registration forms, such as Compensation Fund (CF) Call Centre, Labour Centres and Provincial Offices which all expected to forward the received documents over to the Processing Centre in the CF Head Quarters (HQ) in Pretoria.
2. Employers failing to provide complete documents and/or information required in the registration form as listed in (a) above.
3. A duplicate registration by employer to avoid paying for outstanding assessment
4. Employer declaring their industry classified code that is inconsistent with the actual industry they are operating in in order to reduce the levies payable.
19 August 2019 - NW358
Spies, Ms ERJ to ask the Minister of Employment and Labour
What (a) number of official international trips is (i) he and (ii) his deputy planning to undertake in the 2019-22 medium term expenditure framework, (b) will the (i) destination, (ii) date, (iii) purpose and (iv) number of persons who will travel with the delegation be and (c) is the detailed breakdown of the expected cost of (i) flights, (ii) accommodation and (iii) any other expenses in each case? [
Reply:
Annually, there are several standard meetings which the Ministry is obliged to attend. These include the Arlac Governing Council, SADC Labour and Employment Ministerial Meetings, G20 Labour and Employment Ministerial Meetings, BRICS Labour and Employment Ministerial Meeting (LEMM), ILO Governing Body and International Labour Conference, possible BI-National Commissions held at Head of State level and whose programme is determined by Dirco and departmental bilateral engagements which are determined on an ongoing basis.
Apart from the ILO meetings which are permanently held in Geneva, venues for other meetings are determined by the rotating hosts and this information is only available as the hosts take over the Presidency. The rotating Presidency of these meetings makes it difficult to deduce any costs associated with attendance until the venue and hosting city is decided and communicated.
For example, Saudi Arabia will host the 2019 G20 and the venue of the LEMM is unknown till possibly next year March. Russia will take over the Presidency of BRICS; similarly, the venue of the LEMM will be communicated sometime next year. For the Geneva meetings, the costs of accommodation are negotiated annually via our Embassy and this normally takes place towards the end of the year.
It should also be noted that attendance of Departmental delegations to these meetings is determined by agenda issues for consideration. As such, it is currently impossible to determine the number of delegates nor associated costs.
Further it should be noted that there are obligatory statutory requirements to cover the costs of participation of the business and labour constituencies to some of these meetings. Again, the numbers are determined by the technical issues under consideration.
19 August 2019 - NW31
Waters, Mr M to ask the Minister of Employment and Labour
With reference to the reply of the Minister of Labour to question 1995 on 20 August 2018, will he furnish Mr M Waters with all the full reports promised in that reply?
Reply:
No, because of the provisions of section 36 (Disclosure of Information) Occupational Health and Safety Act 85 of 1993 (“The Act”), which prohibits disclosure of any information concerning the affairs of any other person obtained in carrying out any function in terms of the Act.
12 August 2019 - NW210
Ngwezi, Mr X to ask the Minister of Employment and Labour
What (a) is the total number of employees in his department who are being paid whilst they are on suspension and (b) is the total cost to the Government in each case?
Reply:
a) otal number of employees who are being paid whilst they are on suspension are two (2)
b) R31 974.22 (cost of suspension of less than a year) and R33 821. 04 (total cost of suspension)
12 August 2019 - NW211
Ngwezi, Mr X to ask the Minister of Employment and Labour
What (a) is the total number of employees in his department who are being paid whilst they are on undue and/or extended periods of sick leave and (b) is cost to the Government in each case?
Reply:
(a) The number is twenty (20).
(b)
Employee Figure |
Cost |
1 |
R98 597 |
2 |
R947 415 |
3 |
R80 403 |
4 |
R303 233 |
5 |
R491 458 |
6 |
R902 912 |
7 |
R167 690 |
8 |
R175 274 |
9 |
R90 231 |
10 |
R81 244 |
11 |
R243 470 |
12 |
R174 013 |
13 |
R141 024 |
14 |
R25 496 |
15 |
R618 468 |
16 |
R60 575 |
17 |
R143 218 |
18 |
R75 905 |
19 |
R158 417 |
20 |
R687 020 |
TOTAL |
R5 666 063 |
12 August 2019 - NW209
Ngwezi, Mr X to ask the Minister of Employment and Labour
What is the total number of vacancies in (i) his department and (ii) each of the provincial departments reporting to him and (b) by what date will the vacancies be filled in each case?
Reply:
(i) 824
(ii)
PROVINCE |
Number |
Entity or Agency |
Number |
Eastern Cape |
46 |
Supported Employment Enterprises (SEE) |
31 |
Free State |
12 |
Compensation Fund (CF) |
195 |
Gauteng |
138 |
Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) |
60 |
Kwa-Zulu Natal |
49 |
||
Limpopo |
66 |
||
Mpumalanga |
66 |
||
Northern Cape |
31 |
||
North West |
29 |
||
Western Cape |
46 |
||
SUB-TOTAL |
483 |
SUB-TOTAL |
286 |
GRAND TOTAL |
769 |
(b) By end of Financial Year
29 July 2019 - NW28
Cardo, Dr MJ to ask the Minister of Employment and Labour
What (a)(i) number of persons formed part of his department’s delegation to the 108th Session of the International Labour Organisation Conference held in Geneva, Switzerland, from 10 to 21 June 2019 and (ii) was the (aa) name and (bb) professional designation of each person, (b) number of days did the delegation stay in Geneva and (c) are the details of the (i) total cost and (ii) breakdown of the costs incurred by his department in terms of accommodation, flights and daily allowances for each person in the delegation?
Reply:
1. Government delegates and social partners from 187 member states of the International Labour Organization (ILO) gathered for a historic session of the annual International Labour Conference as the Organisation celebrated 100 years (centenary) in Geneva from 10 – 21 June 2019. This very important session was also graced by 40 Heads of State and Government who came to not only congratulate the organization on this milestone but to also assist in providing direction and guidance for the future using as their base document the report of the Global Commission on the Future of Work.
2. H.E. President C.M Ramaphosa participated at this event as he formally submitted the report of the Global Commission on the Future of Work that he co-chaired with the Prime Minister of Sweden, H.E. Stephan Lofven to Conference.
3. The Minister of Employment and Labor, H.E. Thulas Nxesi, accompanied the President and also led the tripartite delegation that participated in different committees of the conference and plenary discussions that discussed the report of the ILO Director-General.
4. In accordance with Article 26(13.2) of the ILOs Constitution, Member States are obliged to cover the costs of participation of the Social Partners (Organised Business and Organised Labour) in annual Conferences. Due to the special nature of this International Labour Conference (ILC) (discussions on the future of work), the former Minister had agreed to also include representatives of the Community sector from NEDLAC as they participated in all national consultative meetings on the same. Furthermore, departmental entities also participate in the ILC sessions dependent on specific issues of interest.
5. It should be noted that payment of attendance costs for Social Partners is only related to the annual International Labour Conference (and not other ILO meetings) and includes flights, accommodation and subsistence allowances. The number of Social Partner delegates attending each ILC is determined by sitting Conference Committees at that particular year, that is, if there are four technical meetings, the Department is constitutionally obliged to cover the costs of 1 + four (Delegate and four advisors). Each advisor will then be dispatched to a specific committee.
6. Over the years and due to heightened interest on the importance of issues under discussion at the ILC, Social Partners have increased the number of participating delegates covering the full cost of such participation.
NB: It should be noted that the ILC also serves as a convenient platform for bilateral meetings as MOST Ministers and entities converge in Geneva during this period.
Response to A(i): 54 South African Delegates attended the 108th Session of the ILC. Dates of each delegates attendance is outlined in the excel spreadsheet annexed as A.
Response to A (II) (aa) and (bb): The South African delegation (names and designations) and committees attended are indicated hereunder:
DELEGATE |
DESIGNATION |
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE |
THEMATIC SESSION |
HIGH-LEVEL SESSION |
|
1. |
NXESI Thulas, HE |
Minister of Employment and Labour |
X |
||
2. |
LEWIS Dr Jonathan |
Advisor to the Minister |
X |
||
3. |
BARLOW Albertina T. Ms |
Personal Assistant of the Minister. |
X |
||
4. |
LAMATI Thobile, Mr |
Director-General, Labour. |
X |
X |
|
5. |
NDEBELE Sipho, Mr |
Chief Director, International Relations |
Rapporteur Committee of the Whole |
X |
|
6. |
SEAFIELD Virgil, Mr |
Deputy Director-General, Labour Policy & Industrial Relations |
Committee of the Whole |
X |
|
7. |
NTLEKI Malixole, Adv. |
Director, Office of Director-General. |
Committee on the Application of Standards |
X |
|
8. |
MOROTOBA Sam, Mr. |
Deputy Director-General, Public Employment Services |
X |
X |
|
9. |
MOILOA Aggy, Ms |
Deputy Director-General, Inspections and Enforcement Services |
Committee on the Application of Standards |
X |
|
10. |
SEWLAL Varsha, Ms |
Chief Legal Officer |
Committee on the Application of Standards |
||
11. |
BRONKHORST Martha, Ms |
Chief Operating Officer |
X |
X |
|
12. |
MARUPING Teboho, Mr |
Commissioner, Unemployment Insurance Fund |
X |
X |
|
13. |
DOUW-JACK Nomfundo, Ms |
Chief Director Provincial Operations (CDPO) |
Committee on Violence and Harassment against women and men at the workplace |
X |
|
14. |
MAMASHELA Ntsoaki, Mrs |
Director, Employment Standards |
Committee on Violence and Harassment against women and men at the workplace |
X |
|
15. |
PETERSON Georgina, Ms |
Deputy Director, International Relations. |
Committee on Violence and Harassment against women and men at the workplace |
X |
|
16. |
OLIVIER, Henrieta, Ms |
DD Labour Market Information and Statistics (N. Cape) |
Rapporteur Committee of the Whole |
X |
|
17. |
MONYANE Motselisi, Ms |
DD Labour Market Information and Statistics (Free State) |
Rapporteur Committee of the Whole |
X |
|
18. |
MAGAKWE Mishack, Mr |
Provincial Communications Officer and Cameraman (Gauteng) |
X |
X |
X |
19. |
CINDI Sibusiso, Mr |
Director, Communications |
X |
X |
X |
20. |
MOLAPO Batho, Mr |
Assistant Director, Department of International Relations and Cooperation. |
Committee on Violence and Harassment against women and men at the workplace |
X |
|
COMMISSION FOR CONCILIATION, MEDIATION AND ARBITRATION (OWN ACCOUNT) |
|||||
21. |
MORAJANE Cameron, Mr |
Director, CCMA |
Committee on the Application of Standards |
X |
|
22. |
VAN NIEKERK, Wilbur, Mr, CCMA. |
Legal Researcher, CCMA Officer of the Director |
Committee of the Whole |
X |
|
23. |
LEDWABA, Makhulu, Mr, |
Chairperson, CCMA Board |
Committee on Violence and Harassment against women and men at the workplace |
X |
|
PRODUCTIVITYSA (OWN ACCOUNT) |
|||||
24. |
MOTHIBA Mothunye, Mr |
CEO, ProductivitySA. |
Committee on Violence and Harassment against women and men at the workplace |
x |
|
25. |
TSHIFULARO Justice, Mr |
Executive Manager for the Turnaround Solutions, ProductivitySA. |
Committee of the Whole |
||
EMPLOYER DELEGATES (BUSINESS UNITY SOUTH AFRICA) |
|||||
26. |
MDWABA Mthunzi, Mr |
Overall Coordinator |
|||
27. |
MOYANE Kaizer, Mr |
Committee on the Application of Standards |
|||
28. |
DE VILLERS Jahni, Ms |
Violence and Harassment against women and men at the workplace |
|||
29. |
MOABALOBELO Sinovuyo, Ms |
Committee of the Whole |
|||
30. |
JAMES Cheryl, Ms |
Violence and Harassment against women and men at the workplace |
|||
31. |
MANYONI Tilson, Mr |
Committee of the Whole |
|||
32. |
SERRAO Olivier, Mr |
Committee on the Application of Standards |
|||
ORGANIZED LABOUR |
|||||
33. |
NTSHALINTSHALI Bheki, Mr |
General Secretary, Congress of South Africa Trade Unions (COSATU). |
Committee of the Whole |
X |
|
34. |
LOSI Zingiswa, Ms |
President, COSATU. |
Committee on the Application of Standards |
X |
|
35. |
MULAISI Lebogang, Ms |
COSATU |
Committee of the Whole |
X |
|
36. |
FAKUDE Xolani, Mr |
COSATU |
X |
||
37. |
MTSHWENI, Getrude, Ms |
COSATU |
Violence and Harassment against women and men at the workplace |
X |
|
38. |
WITBOOI, Myrtle, Ms |
COSATU |
Violence and Harassment against women and men at the workplace |
X |
|
39. |
MABIZELA, Nhlanhla, Ms |
COSATU |
Violence and Harassment against women and men at the workplace |
X |
|
40. |
LEKOTA, Malesela Moses, Mr |
COSATU |
Committee of the Whole |
X |
|
41. |
SOOBRAMONEY, Myan, Mr |
COSATU |
Committee of the Whole |
X |
|
42. |
SELEMATSELA, Godfrey, Mr |
President, Federation of Unions of South Africa |
Committee on the Application of Standards |
X |
|
43. |
MPHELA, Pat, Mr |
President, NACTU |
Committee on the Application of Standards |
X |
|
44. |
MODISE, Brenda, Ms |
FEDUSA |
Violence and Harassment against women and men at the workplace |
X |
|
45. |
AJAM, Riefdah, Ms |
FEDUSA |
Committee of the Whole |
X |
|
46. |
NDHLOVU, Dorothy, Ms |
Vice President, FEDUSA |
Violence and Harassment against women and men at the workplace |
X |
|
47. |
KEYTER, Martle, Ms |
Vice President, FEDUSA |
Violence and Harassment against women and men at the workplace |
X |
|
48. |
OLIVIER, Ruby, Ms |
FEDUSA |
Committee on the Application of Standards |
X |
|
49. |
FREDERICKS, Ivan, Mr |
Vice President, FEDUSA |
Committee of the Whole |
X |
|
COMMUNITY CONSTITUENCY |
|||||
50. |
MATLAKALA, Conti, Ms |
Woman's National Coalition |
Violence and Harassment against women and men at the workplace |
X |
X |
51. |
JOSOPU, Thembinkosi, Mr |
South African Youth Council Principal |
Violence and Harassment against women and men at the workplace |
X |
X |
52. |
BALE, Lawrence, Mr |
South African National Apex Cooperation Principal |
Committee of the Whole |
X |
X |
53. |
NZIMANDE, Mbuzi, Mr |
Disability People of South Africa |
Committee of the Whole |
X |
X |
54 |
RADEBE, Tebello, Mr |
Financial Sector Coalition Campaign Principal |
Committee of the Whole |
X |
X |
OTHER ENGAGEMENTS:
45B AFRICAN REGIONAL LABOUR AND ADMINISTRATION COUNCIL (ARLAC)
- Ms Georgina Petersen
BRICS Employment Working Group
- Mr Thobile Lamati
- Mr Sipho Ndebele
G20 Employment Working Group
- Mr Sipho Ndebele
- Mr Kgomotso Letoaba
Productivity SA
Held consultative meetings with key stakeholders, similar institutions alongside the side-lines of the ILC with a view to forming strategic partnerships and alliances to promote productivity and competitiveness, both in South Africa and in the African continent in collaboration with the Pan African Productivity Association (PAPA)
The institutions which were consulted included:
- The ILO Team (Vick van Vuuren, Director: Enterprise Department and Cynthia Samuel-Olonjowun, Regional Director for Africa) reflecting on issues of full and productivity employment and decent work including support that can be provided to South Africa (Productivity SA as a conduit into providing support to Africa/PAPA) and the African Continent regarding the productivity movement and support to SMEs.
- World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) – Green Economy and SME divisions to reflect on possible collaboration on creating an eco-system for SMEs in South Africa in collaboration with the CSIR/NCPC and CIPC.
- World Economic Forum (WEF) – The team participated in the WEF Round Table /Meeting of Labour Ministers reflecting on the Global Platform for Shaping the Future of Inclusive Economies and Societies, and held a meeting with the Experts at the Centre for the New Economy and Society reflecting on possible collaboration of enhancing the capacity of Productivity SA in particular to strategically develop models and standards to address issues identified in the WEF Competitiveness Index as well as advancing dialogues and cooperation between stakeholders in South Africa.
- The Institute of Management Development (IMD) – The team met with the Researchers who are responsible for developing the IMD Competitiveness Report to reflect on possible collaboration and wide stakeholder engagement on the productivity and competitiveness issues as well as building our Research and Knowledge Management respond to these issues.
CCMA
- The CCMA also engaged in bilateral discussions with various key departments and people within the ILO structures which will benefit the labour market in South Africa, Southern Africa and beyond.
- The CCMA delegation also met with the Chairperson of the Freedom of Association Committee and the Chief of the Freedom of Association Department to discuss collaborative training possibilities to capacitate the labour market in South Africa and Southern Africa.
- The CCMA delegation met with the Director of the International Labour Standards (ILS) Department of the ILO to discuss collaborative contribution of the CCMA to the broader work of the ILS Department in its global development and application of labour standards.”
NB: List of South Africans accredited (in the list) but did not travel to Geneva. These delegates accreditation was requested by their Constituencies who were to cover the cost of their attendance.
- Mr Vuyo Mafata: Commissioner, Compensation Fund
- Ms Brenda Madumise: President, Interim Gender Based Violence Steering Committee
- Ms Nobuntu Sibisi, NEDLAC
- Ms Thandeka Msibi, COSATU
- Ms Patricia Snyman, COSATU
- Mr Bones Skulu, COSATU
- Mr Mike Tau, COSATU
- Mr Lucus Ramathlodi, COSATU
Response to (b) number of days the delegation stayed in Geneva and (c) details of the (i) total cost and (ii) breakdown of the costs incurred by the department in terms of accommodation, flights and daily allowances for each person in the delegation are outlined in the excel spreadsheet.
- NB: In line with Article 26(13.2) of the ILOs Constitution, the Department, over and above the departmental delegates, covered the cost of 5 Employer and 6 Worker delegates.
- The new Minister of Department of Employment and Labour (DEL) has charged his department with the task of reviewing the current policy on the composition and costs of overseas delegations with a view to containing and cutting costs of future delegations, whilst ensuring the effective participation and engagement of South Africa in ILO fora.
29 July 2019 - NW84
Mkhaliphi, Ms HO to ask the Minister of Employment and Labour
(a) What number of (i) buildings, (ii) properties and (iii) facilities does his department currently (aa) own and (bb) rent, (b) what is the value and purpose of each (i) owned and (ii) rented property and (c)(i) for how long has each property been rented, (ii) from whom is each property rented and (iii) what is the monthly rental fee for each property?
Reply:
(a) i Please refer to Annexure A&B
ii Please refer to the Annexure A&B
iii Please refer to the Annexure A&B
(aa) 36
(bb) 203
(b) i Please refer to Annexures A&B
ii Please refer to Annexures A&B
iii Please refer to Annexures A&B
(c) i Please refer to Annexures A&B
ii Please refer to Annexures A&B
iii Please refer to the attached spreadsheet
29 July 2019 - NW23
Gumbi, Mr HS to ask the Mr H S Gumbi (DA) to ask Minister of Employment and Labour
What number of (a) employees received compensation for permanent disablement as a result of the application of section 49(2)(c) of the Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act, Act 130 of 1993, as amended, in each of the past 10 calendar years and (b) the specified employees were classified as not being able to work anymore due to the nature of the injury or disease contracted at work?
Reply:
I reply to both (a) and (b) based on information at our disposal currently. The current system that we use is making the attached information available to the Honourable Member.
12 March 2019 - NW390
Lees, Mr RA to ask the Minister of Labour
What (a) amount did (i) her department and (ii) each entity reporting to her borrow from any entity in the People’s Republic of China (aa) in each of the past three financial years and (bb) since 1 April 2018, (b) is the name of the lender of each loan, (c) conditions are attached to each loan and (d) are the repayment periods for each loan?
Reply:
The Department of Labour:
- The Department of Labour did not borrow money from entities within the People’s Republic of China
Public Entities reporting to the Minister of Labour:
NAME OF ENTITY |
AMOUNT BORROWED FROM ANY ENTITY IN THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA (a)(ii) |
NAME OF LENDER IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA (b) |
BORROWINGS IN THE PAST THREE FINANCIAL YEARS (aa) |
BORROWINGS SINCE 01 APRIL 2018 (bb) |
CONDITIONS ATTACHED TO EACH LOAN (c) |
REPAYMENT PERIODS FOR EACH LOAN (d) |
Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) |
R0,00 |
N/A |
R0,00 |
R0,00 |
N/A |
N/A |
Compensation Fund (CF) |
R0,00 |
N/A |
R0,00 |
R0,00 |
N/A |
N/A |
National Economic Development and Labour Council (NEDLAC) |
R0,00 |
N/A |
R0,00 |
R0,00 |
N/A |
N/A |
Productivity South Africa |
R0,00 |
N/A |
R0,00 |
R0,00 |
N/A |
N/A |
Sheltered employment Enterprises (SEE) |
R0,00 |
N/A |
R0,00 |
R0,00 |
N/A |
N/A |
Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) |
R0,00 |
N/A |
R0,00 |
R0,00 |
N/A |
N/A |
12 March 2019 - NW490
Moteka, Mr PG to ask the Minister of Labour
What is the total number of employees that a certain company (name furnished) employs?
Reply:
Trade Name |
Employees Declared |
FOSCHINI RETAIL GROUP PTY LTD |
21 771 |
FOSCHINI LTD |
9 |
FOSCHINI INVESTMENTS PTY LTD |
1 310 |
12 March 2019 - NW489
Moteka, Mr PG to ask the Minister of Labour
What (a) number of call centres are currently operating in the country and (b) is the total number of employees at each specified call centre?
Reply:
The Honourable Member is referred to the Annual Report of the Department of Labour and to the previous reply of the Minister of Labour.
12 March 2019 - NW488
Moteka, Mr PG to ask the Minister of Labour
What number of persons do certain companies (names and details furnished) employ?
Reply:
1. There are no stats for the Premier Group.
2. Pioneer Foods
TRADENAME |
EMPLOYEES DECLARED |
PIONEER FOODS PTY LTD |
4 892 |
PIONEER FOODS GROCERIES PTY LTD |
1 819 |
PIONEER FOODS INSTORE PTY LTD |
3 892 |
3. Foodcorp, a division of RCL Foods
TRADENAME |
EMPLOYEES DECLARED |
FOODCORP PTY LTD |
2 614 |
SUNBAKE PTY LTD |
2 |
RCL FOODS |
2 |
RCL FOODS SUGAR & MILLING PTY LTD |
3 811 |
RAINBOW FARMS PTY LTD |
9 970 |
VECTOR LOGISTICS PTY LTD |
4 024 |
12 March 2019 - NW455
Steenhuisen, Mr JH to ask the Minister of Labour
(1)(a) On what date did her department last conduct an audit of artwork owned by Government which is under her department’s curatorship and (b) what are the details of each artwork under the curatorship of her department according to the Generally Recognised Accounting Practice 103; (2) whether any artworks under her department’s curatorship have gone missing (a) in each of the past five financial years and (b) since 1 April 2018; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
The Department does not have artwork under its curatorship.
12 March 2019 - NW412
Mulder, Dr CP to ask the Minister of Labour
(1) Whether, with reference to her reply to question 2625 on 18 October 2018, she has (a) completed studying the report of the SA Human Rights Commission and (b) received the advice from relevant labour market institutions, including the Commission for Employment Equity; if not, on what date will she (i) complete studying the report and (ii) receive the advice; if so, what steps will she take to implement the findings of the report; (2) whether she will commission an investigation into the matter; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (3) whether she will make a statement on the matter?
Reply:
1. (a) Yes, I have studied the Equality Report of the SA Human Rights Commission; and
(b) (i) I have already received an Advisory from the Commission for Employment Equity (CEE), which is a statutory body established by the Employment Equity Act, 1998 (EEA) to provide me with policy advice on any matter relating to the EEA. The Advice provided by the CEE was informed by their deliberations on the findings and recommendations contained in the report, including their discussions held with the author of the Equality Report.
2. In view of the fact that the Department has filed Answering Affidavit to oppose the Solidarity case in the Labour Court and the Hearing date for this case is still pending, I will not be commissioning any investigation into the matter.
3. No statement will be issued until the Labour Court Judgement is made on this matter.
12 March 2019 - NW281
Moteka, Mr PG to ask the Minister of Labour
What number of (a) tender briefings were held in 2018 by (i) her department and (ii) each of the entities reporting to her and (b) the specified briefings were compulsory?
Reply:
As the Minister of Labour, I do not participate on tender matters.
12 March 2019 - NW135
Cachalia, Mr G K to ask the Minister of Labour
With reference to the reply of the Minister of Public Service and Administration to question 3797 on 21 December 2018, what was the total expenditure incurred by her department relating to the travel privileges contained in the 2007 Ministerial Handbook of former (a)(i) Ministers and (ii) their spouses, (b)(i) Deputy Ministers and (ii) their spouses, (c) Ministers’ widows or widowers and (d) Deputy Ministers’ widows or widowers (i) in each of the past five financial years and (ii) since 1 April 2018?
Reply:
1. The Parliament Travel Privileges Facilities for Members makes provision for Travel Privileges for Members of Parliament of National Assembly and Permanent Delegates to the National Council of Provinces.
2. According to Members Facilities Section of Parliament, the facility is responsible for all Members except for Members of Cabinet.
3. Chapter 10 Section 1.1 indicates " The Travel Privileges, administered and paid by Parliament, of former Ministers/Deputy Ministers and their spouses come to effect on the first day following the date on which they relinquish their office, excluding the journeys made when vacating State Owned residence to the place where they intend to settle."
12 March 2019 - NW226
Khanyile, Ms AT to ask the Minister of Labour
Whether, since she served in Cabinet, she (a)(i) was ever influenced by any person and/or (ii) influenced any of her department’s employees to take any official administrative action on behalf of any (aa) member, (bb) employee and/or (cc) close associate of the Gupta family and/or (b) attended any meeting where any of the specified persons were present; if so, what are the relevant details in each case?
Reply:
(a)(i) No
(ii) No
(aa) No
(bb) No
(cc) No
(b) No
07 March 2019 - NW38
Moteka, Mr PG to ask the Minister of Labour
(1) Why is a certain person paid a monthly salary instead of a lump sum since he has been employed; (2) whether the director-general has considered the specified persons request; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
(1) In terms of the manner of calculation of benefits as per the Compensation for Occupational Injuries & Diseases Act (Act), pensions are paid to all persons with a disability of 31% - 100% permanent disablement. The person in question was assessed to have a permanent disablement of 45% and qualified for a monthly pension paid to permanently disabled beneficiaries.
(2) In terms of the Act, the Director General prescribes the maximum amount that can be paid in lieu of a portion of the pension.
The current prescribed maximum is R 800.00 paid in lieu of the of the pension amount per month, which is referred to as commutation of the pension. This means that a portion of the monthly pension is paid as an advance, and future pensions are paid less the advanced amount.
The person applied for commutations as part of his monthly pension and it was approved on
(i) 04 August 2018 the person was paid an amount R74 718. An amount R400.00 was set off against his monthly pension
(ii) 02 August 2010 the person was paid an amount of R72 366. Further amount of R400.00 was set off against his monthly pension. A total amount of R800 was deducted from his monthly pension and currently receiving a monthly pension R 1764.08.