Questions and Replies

Reply:

The contract for the rehabilitation of the N11 from Nkunzi River Bridge to One tree Hill was completed in April 2015.

(a)(i)&(ii) I do not see the significance of the 10 km distance; surely the honourable member is not suggesting that communities from within the locality of the project but beyond the 10 km that was approximately 14,3 km long, should not be employed.

(b) I trust that the honourable member is not suggesting that skilled labour is termed as general labour? In terms of the Contract, the contractor is permitted to bring onto site its skilled employees.

(c ) The general labourers were sourced from within the local communities.

Reply:

(1) (a)(b) 10 087 public servants have successfully completed Module of the Compulsory Induction Programme and 3 685 public servants have completed all further Modules of the Compulsory Induction Programme.

Reply:

Social media tools are active and being used within the SAPS. The following are the reasons SAPS has chosen to be active on social media platforms;

• To offer the organisation a way of interacting with the citizens on issues relating to crime, and various events/campaigns.
• To build a trustworthy relationship and a sense of community by engaging with each other thus improving the organization’s reputation with the community.
• To provide a forum for people to ask questions and report crime/successes.
• To spread knowledge quickly and with minimal effort that could protect your community, help catch suspects, find missing persons, etc.
• To place crime alerts warning the public of criminals using specific modus operandi, vehicles to look out for etc.
• Rapid exchange of information.
• To provide public education.

Reply:

 

(a) Yes

(aa)

(i) R580 597,82

(ii) Ms MP Mbengashe, Chief Director

(iii) The parties agreed to terminate the contract.

iSimangaliso

(b) No

(bb)

(i) N/A

(ii) N/A

(iii) N/A

South African Weather Service

(b) No

(bb)

(i) N/A

(ii) N/A

(iii) N/A

South African National Parks

(b) No

(bb)

(i) N/A

(ii) N/A

(iii) N/A

South African National Biodiversity Institute

(b) No

(bb)

(i) N/A

(ii) N/A

(iii) N/A

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Reply:

SAPO RESPONSE:

	Number Current	Number + 30	Number + 60	Number + 90	Number + 120
Total Unpaid Suppliers	1969	1 804.00	879.00	664.00	1 742.00
Amongst outstanding R000.				-166782511.47	-54466162.78

(b) In each case, what is the (i) name of the company/supplier concerned, (ii) amount outstanding per company/supplier and (iii) reason for non-payment?   

SAPO RESPONSE:   Reason the company is having turnaround challenges (cash flow) it is trying to overcome with its turnaround strategy implementation.

Reply:

I have been advised by the Department and Entities as follows:-

(a)   DEPARTMENT

The Department has not installed generators in its offices; it is currently renting offices that have generators installed by the landlord.

1. Not applicable
2. No costs

(b)

.ZADNA

Zadna has not installed generators in its offices; it is currently renting offices that have generators installed by the landlord.

1. Not applicable
2. No costs

NEMISA

No, the building had an already existing generator from occupation of the building.

(ii) January 2015

• Petrol: R 2 000
• Service: R0

February 2015

• Petrol: R2 000
• Service: R 3 311.70

 

March 2015:

• Petrol: R0
• Service:R0

April 2015:

• Petrol: R 2 000
• Service: R0

May 2015:

• Petrol: R0
• Service: R0

June 2015:  

• Petrol: R2000
• Service: R0

Total cost to date: R 11 311.70

THE SOUTH AFRICAN POST OFFICE (SAPO)

SAPO has not installed any generators as of January 1, 2015.

Broadband Infraco (BBI)

Broadband Infraco has not had to installed any generators or expand on its existing fleet of mobile generators as a result of load shedding since 1 January 2015.

SENTECH

SENTECH has not installed any generator at any of its offices since January 2015 due to load shedding.

SENTECH already has generators installed as part of its normal operations of ensuring that its offices have standby power.

SENTECH has standby generator capability at most of its infrastructure sites to protect services against normal power disruptions to ensure services continuity. The Eskom load shedding situation does impact sites without back-up power and increase operating costs due to increased standby plant running hours and associated maintenance and fuel costs.

Most of SENTECH sites have Stand by Generators (STG’s) already installed. From January 2015, a new STG was installed at Kroonstad as a replacement due to the failure of the existing one. SENTECH is also installing STG’s at its three Greenfield stations at Harrismith, Holy Cross and Ngqeleni. The installations at these three sites form part of SENTECH’s normal installation on all new transmitter sites to ensure continuous service during power outages.

The installation cost per site is as follows:

Harrismith STG: R535 244. 25

Holy Cross STG: R445 553. 00

Ngeleni STG: R437 759. 50

Kroonstad STG: R267 133. 75

Total R1 685 690. 50

Towards the end of the previous financial year and during severe load shedding periods, SENTECH reviewed energy expenditure and determined that SENTECH plants were running 30% more than normal, meaning that operating costs will increase accordingly. The following amount has been spent on fuel for generating standby energy.

Monthly Cost

Jan-2015 668 917

Feb-2015 1 085 850

Mar-2015 535 739

Apr-2015 1 120 166

May-2015 759 142

Jun-2015 300 651

Total 4 470 465

USAASA

USAASA has a generator provided by the landlord in 2010.  No other generator has been purchased since January 2015. The running of this generator is R31, 661.10 annually.

SITA

SITA has installed a rented generator for the SITA Centurion Data Centre, commissioned in January 2015.

The table below reflects the costs associated with preparing the site prior to installation of the generator as well as monthly costs for the rental of the generator installed at SITA’s National Key point (NKP) Centurion Data Centre:

No	Activity	(ii) Running Cost from January 2015 to June 2015	(i) Cost of installation
1.	2200 kVA Diesel Generator rental for per month	R 1 624 500 (R 270 750 x 6 months)
2.	Cable Laying which was done as the first step		R 4 224 156
3.	Electrical control panels for generators which was installed to connect the new generator to the SITA existing grid		R 1 026 000
4.	Alarm systems to enable early warning via SMS messaging		R 273 600
5.	Project Management Fee to manage the above		R 927 070
6.	Diesel fuel (One fill at deliver)		R 95 760
	TOTAL COST	R 1 624 500	R 6 546 586

Reply:

1. With reference to his reply to question 463 on 13 April 2015, have the workers on (a) Magwa and (b) Majola tea plantations in the Eastern Cape been paid as at the latest specified date for which information is available; if not, why not; if so, are all payments up to date;

• Yes the monies for the worker payments for 2015/16 have been paid to the respective estates.

2. has any further funding been provided to (a) Magwa and (b) Majola tea plantations; if so, (i) how much funding has been provided to each specified plantation and (ii) by whom;

• No further funding additional to that paid over for wages is available, However, a request for additional funding to value of R 66 mil for the revitalisation of the two estates has been prepared and submitted to treasury. A response is awaited.

3.(a) what is his department’s long-term plan in relation to the two specified tea plantations and (b) what steps does he intend taking to get them functioning again?             

• Yes, long term plans have been developed and includes, amongst others, institutional reforms, market oriented production and support from private stakeholders and labour. Diversification to alternative enterprises is part of the proposed steps.            
• A submission for the funding of the long term development plan has been submitted to Treasury for potential funding

Reply:

(a) Yes, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) has resigned.

(b) No, the Chief Financial Officer has not resigned.

(i) The Chief Executive Officer indicated that the time had come for him to move on to other interests.

(ii) An Acting CEO, Mr Simon Sikhosana has been appointed until a new CEO is appointed and assumes office.

 

 

 

Approved/not approved

Adv N.A. Ramatlhodi

Minister of Mineral Resources

Date Submitted:-………………/………………/2015

Reply:

Yes. The Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act, 2013 (Act No 16 of 2013) and its regulations have taken due consideration of the Constitutional Court Judgment, CCT 117/13, and confirms the municipality as a decision making authority of first instance.    

The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform, through its various deeds registries, assists in the process of registering title in respect of RDP housing by expediting the registration of RDP Housing related deeds. This is done upon request to the  Registrar of Deeds by the relevant sphere of government which is the registered owner of the land in respect of which a township register has been opened.

Reply:

1. The State Security Agency (SSA) has spent the following amounts on advertising in the Sowetan and The Daily Sun:

 

Financial Year	Sowetan	The Daily Sun
2012-13	R 5 315.71	0
2013-14	0	0
2014-15	0	0

Reply:

(a) Transnet SOC Ltd (“Transnet”) strictly adheres to the set procurement procedures for good governance. The delay was due to the first RFP (“Request for a Proposal”) being declared a non-award as a result the bidders not achieving the minimum threshold as per the request. The second RFP closed on 5 February 2015 and Corporate Governance processes had to be adhered to and the preferred bidder was only approved on 28 May 2015.

(b) Transnet informed the preferred bidder of its appointment on 4 June 2015. The process of negotiating a suitable Terminal Operator Agreement with the preferred bidder and Transnet is currently underway. As announced on 1 July 2015, V&A Waterfront (Pty) Ltd was awarded the preferred bidder status.

 

Reply:

TOTAL NUMBER OF CASES

A (i) Financial investigations = 1 case

(ii) Forensic investigations = 0

(iii) Other investigations =18 cases

B NATURE OF INVESTIGATION 2013

DATE	NATURE OF MISCONDUCT	DETAILS OF INVESTIGATION	RESPONSIBLE PERSON	COST INCURRED BY DMR LABOUR RELATIONS OFFICER IN CONDUCTING INVESTIGATION (S&T/Accommodation/Transport)	STEPS TAKEN
27.09.2013	Unauthorized use of GG vehicle	Employee subjected to a formal disciplinary hearing	Employment Relations Management (ERM)	N/A	Employee was charged with misconduct and was suspended for one month without pay and recovery of 132 Kilometres travelled (R425.00)
18.06.2013	Perform remunerative work outside Public Service without permission from Director General as required by Public Service Act	Employee subjected to a formal disciplinary hearing	ERM	R1710	The employee was found guilty and dismissed. The employee lodge an appeal against the sanction. The appeal Authority Committee reduced the sanction of dismissal to three month suspension without pay.
05.03 2013	Absenteeism and reporting to work under the influence of liquor.	Employee was referred to rehabilitation centre. 2. Employee relapsed and continue to absent himself from work. The employee was subjected to a formal disciplinary hearing	ERM	N/A	The employee was found guilty and dismissed. Employee lodged an appeal and it was upheld
31.10.2013	Issuing of fraudulent blasting certificate	Employee was subjected to a formal disciplinary hearing	ERM	R3760.00	The employee was dismissed and the matter was referred to the HAWKS
11.07.2013	Absenteeism	Employee referred to rehabilitation centre	ERM	R6 456.44	Rehabilitation
02.04.2013	Poor performance	Employee was subjected to disciplinary	ERM	N/A	Employee found not guilty. Case closed

B NATURE OF INVESTIGATION 2014

DATE	NATURE OF MISCONDUCET	DETAILS OF INVESTIGATION	RESPONSIBLE PERSON	COST OF INVESTICATION	STEPS TAKEN
27.03.2014	Misuse of state property	Employee was subjected to a formal disciplinary hearing	ERM	N/A	Employee was dismissed. Employee appealed against the sanction. Sanction was reduced to one month suspension without pay.
01.07.2014	Failure to honour an appointment with a client	Employee was found guilty of misconduct and informal process disciplinary instituted.	ERM	3978.14	Verbal warning
17.07.2014	Dereliction of duties	Employee was subjected to a formal disciplinary hearing	ERM	N/A	Employee was found not guilty
07.10.2014	Non-compliance with Risk and Safety standard procedures	Employee was subjected to a formal disciplinary hearing	ERM	N/A	One month suspension without pay and written warning. Employee appealed and the sanction was upheld.
07.10.2014	Non-compliance with Risk and Safety standard procedures	Employee was subjected to a formal disciplinary hearing	ERM	N/A	Employee was found not guilty
07.10.2014	Non-compliance with Risk and Safety standard procedures	Employee was subjected to a formal disciplinary hearing	ERM	N/A	Employee was found not guilty
07.10.2014	Dereliction of duties and absenteeism	Insufficient evidence to charge the employee. Case closed	ERM	N/A	Case closed due to insufficient evidence to charge the employee
25.02.2014	Disclosure of confidential information	Employee was subjected to a formal disciplinary hearing	Audit	N/A	Employees was suspended for one month without pay
B NATURE OF INVESTIGATION 2015
DATE	NATURE OF MISCONDUCT	DETAILS OF INVESTIGATION	RESPONSIBLE OFFICIAL	COST OF THE INVESTIGATION	STEPS TAKEN
21.01.2015	Negligence: appointment of employee on a wrong level	Informal disciplinary hearing instituted against the employee	ERM	R2280.00	Written Warning
21.01.2015	Negligence: appointment of employee on a wrong level	Informal disciplinary hearing instituted against the employee	ERM	R2280.00	Written Warning
30.01.2015	Unauthorised use of GG vehicle	Employee subjected to a formal disciplinary hearing	ERM	R17536.00	One month suspension without pay and a written warning
13.03.2015	Failure to disclose private business	Insufficient evidence to charge employees with misconduct. Case closed	ERM	N/A	Case closed
25.03.2015	Employee forged signatures of her supervisors when claiming S&T claims	Employee was subjected to a formal disciplinary hearing	ERM	R1140.00	Employee dismissed from work. The case has been referred to Legal Service and Security Risk to process legal claims to recover R475 120.79 and institute criminal case process against Ms Snyer.
TOTAL				R39 140. 58

 

 

Approved/not approved

Adv N.A. Ramatlhodi

Minister of Mineral Resources

Date Submitted:-………………/………………/2015

Reply:

(a),(b)(i),(ii),(aa),(bb),(cc) Please refer to the table below.

 

(a)(i),(ii),(aa),(bb),(cc) Department of Rural Development and Land Reform	(b)(i),(ii)(aa),(bb),(cc) Ingonyama Trust Board
Sowetan	Daily Sun	Sowetan	Daily Sun
(aa)	123 747.66	(aa)	239 947.12	Nil
(bb)	1 544 549.69	(bb)	164 625.57
(cc)	200 950.30	(cc)	253 528.70
Total R1 869 247. 65		Total R658 101.39	Falls away

Reply:

1. Yes, The Department has set up a Task Team under the auspices of the Mining Industry Growth Development and Employment Task Team (MIGDETT) that is tasked with saving of jobs in the mining industry.

(a) The department has been constantly engaging mining companies that have announced shedding of jobs to report on intended mine closure and to ensure companies follow the MPRDA processes (in terms of section 52) and implement the Social and Labour Plan (on downscaling) and engage proactively the department of Labour.

(b)  The stakeholders has met and developed terms of reference which were approved by MIGDETT principals. These are currently implemented.

 

 

 

Approved/not approved

Adv N.A. Ramatlhodi

Minister of Mineral Resources

Date Submitted:-………………/………………/2015

Reply:

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC ENTERPRISES

(a) (i) Sowetan

(aa) None

(bb) None

(cc) None

(ii) Daily Sun

(aa) None

(bb) R 298 771.20

(cc) None

 

STATE-OWNED COMPANIES

TRANSNET

(b)(i) Sowetan

(aa) R 1 597 103.52

(bb) R 3 288 342.91

(cc) R 678 508.12

(ii) Daily Sun

(aa) None

(bb) None

(cc) None

ALEXKOR

(b)(i) Sowetan

(aa) None

(bb) None

(cc) None

(ii) Daily Sun

(aa) None

(bb) None

(cc) None

DENEL

(b)(i) Sowetan

(aa) None

(bb) R 114 000.00

(cc) R 758 456.48

(ii) Daily Sun

(aa) None

(bb) None

(cc) None

SAFCOL

(b)(i) Sowetan

(aa) None

(bb) None

(cc) None

(ii) Daily Sun

(aa) None

(bb) None

(cc) None

SAX

(b)(i) Sowetan

(aa) None

(bb) None

(cc) None

(ii) Daily Sun

(aa) None

(bb) None

(cc) None

ESKOM

(b)(i) Sowetan

(aa) R 1 470 000.00

(bb) R 1 180 000.00

(cc) R 1 050 000.00

(ii) Daily Sun

(aa) R 540 000.00

(bb) R 100 000.00

(cc) R 150 000.00

 

Reply:

(1) The mining sector report will be included in the report published annually by the Department of Environmental Affairs.

(2) (a) 71

(b) 106

(3) (a) 71

(b) 115

 

 

 

Approved/not approved

Adv N.A Ramatlhodi

Minister of Mineral Resources

Date Submitted:-……………/………………/2015

Reply:

(a) (b) The department and Entities has not spent any money to

(i) Tickets –The New Age Breakfast Briefings for the last three financial years by all the entities reporting to the Minister of Mineral Resources.

(ii) Sponsorships – There were no sponsorships made available for The New Age Breakfast Briefings in the last three years by all the department and entities reporting to the Minister of Mineral Resources.

 

 

 

 

Approved/Not Approved

Adv N.A Ramatlhodi

Minister of Mineral Resources

Date Submitted:-……………/………………/2015

Reply:

(a) 7069 sick leave days taken in 2013 / 2014 financial year; and

(b) R9 619 213 was the total cost

 

 

 

Adv N.A Ramatlhodi

Minister of Mineral Resources

Date Submitted:-……………/………………/2015

Reply:

(a) (b) No.

(i) N/A

(ii) N/A

 

 

 

 

Approved/not approved

Adv N.A. Ramatlhodi

Minister of Mineral Resources

Date Submitted:-………………/………………/2015

Reply:

As part of the Framework Agreement for a Sustainable Mining Industry and the Special Presidential Package (SPP) initiative, the communities at municipalities and provincial levels are being consulted during the implementation phase.

 

 

 

 

Approved/not approved

Adv N.A. Ramatlhodi

Minister of Mineral Resources

Date Submitted:-………………/………………/2015

Reply:

DMR	(aa) 2012-2013	(bb) 2013-2014	(cc) 2014-2015
Sowetan
	R0.00	R0.00	R27 453,60
(ii) Daily Sun
	R0.00	R32 491.37	R31 824.00
(b) Entities	(aa) 2012 - 2013	(bb) 2013 - 2014	(cc) 2014 - 2015
Sowetan
Council for Geoscience	R 0.00	R 0.00	R 0.00
Mine Health and Safety Council	R 0.00	R 0.00	R 0.00
Mintek	R 0.00	R 0.00	R 0.00
State Diamond Trader	R 0.00	R 0.00	R 0.00
South African Diamond and Precious Metal Regulator	R 0.00	R 0.00	R 0.00
Daily Sun
Council for Geoscience	R 0.00	R 0.00	R 0.00
Mine Health and Safety Council	R 0.00	R 0.00	R 0.00
Mintek	R 0.00	R 0.00	R 0.00
State Diamond Trader	R 0.00	R 0.00	R 0.00
South African Diamond and Precious Metal Regulator	R 0.00	R 0.00	R 0.00

All the entities reporting to the Minister never advertised in either the Sowetan or Daily Sun.

Adv N.A Ramatlhodi

Minister of Mineral Resources

Date Submitted:-……………/………………/2015

Reply:

No

Reply:

 

(a) See attached spread sheet

(b) See attached spread sheet

(c) See attached spread sheet

(d) See attached spread sheet

(e) Schools build of prefabricated modular structures are constructed when schools are urgently required to avoid/ reduce overcrowding of existing schools or to avoid a situation where the Department will not be able to accommodate learners at all, especially at the beginning of an academic year.

(f) Many of these schools are in excellent to fair conditions and there is no reason to replace these particular schools at this stage. There is no fixed date by when these schools will be replaced as the replacement is determined by the condition of the structures. The planned dates for the replacement of those specific schools that require replacement are indicated on the attached spread sheet.

The responses from three provinces are still outstanding and these will be provided as soon as they are received.

Reply:

1. Yes, all South African National Defence Force (SANDF) forces deployed internally and externally are mission ready in terms of both training and equipment.
2. 2.Yes, the SANDF has Memoranda of Understanding (MOU’s) with other armed forces in the African continent and beyond in line with the policies of our government and our continental and international obligations. Military training opportunities are exchanged between these friendly forces on continuous basis.

Reply:

ATTACHED FIND HERE: RESPONSE

Reply:

(1) (a) See annexure A
(b) The 845 schools are the schools which will be provided with furniture in the 2015 /16 financial year. Deliveries to these schools will commence in July 2015.

(c) As indicated above, deliveries to these schools will commence when the schools reopen in July 2015.

(d) 138 201 desks are to be delivered (i) 75 330 are primary school desks, (ii) 62 871 are secondary schools desks.

(2) The deliveries to the Eastern Cape by the Department of Basic Education (DBE) are a special intervention by the Department and future interventions will only be considered as and when the need arises and based on the funding resources available to the Department of Basic Education for such an intervention.

Reply:

(1)(a) All nine provinces have developed District-Based Support Teams (DBSTs) to support the implementation of Education White Paper 6 of July 2001 as has been reported in the Progress Report on the Implementation of Education White Paper 6 of May 2015.

(b) A survey conducted on the functionality of District-Based Support Teams has shown that all 81 Districts in the country have functional District-Based Support Teams. The Department of Basic Education (DBE) is currently in the process of collecting detailed information on the constitution of each District-Based Support Teams so as to ensure that there is transversal representation.

(c) In the absence of norms for representation of (i) teachers and (i) principals of special schools on the DBSTs, no statistics can be provided. However. District offices involve expert teachers and lead principals of special schools in capacity building programmes of the DBST on an ad hoc basis.

(2) All nine provinces submit comprehensive data on special schools to the DBE on an annual basis through the Annual Special School Survey which is completed in September of each year.

(3) The Directorate: Education Management and Governance monitors that:

(a) all schools submit progression and promotion schedules to the district offices; and

(b) The Inclusive Education Units ensure, with the support of the Curriculum Units, that learners, who are repeating and have been progressed without meeting the grade requirements, are supported through the School-Based Support Teams. The DBE is currently in the process of finalising guidelines to support schools and teachers to provide effective support to these learners who have additional support needs, in line with the Policy on Screening, Identification. Assessment and Support (SIAS) of 2014.

(4) All District-Based Support Teams liaise with:

(a) the Department of Health through the Integrated School Health Programme as well as with;

(b) the regional offices of the Department of Social Development. The DBE is currently collaborating with the Department of Health to align the services of health professionals appointed respectively by the Departments of Basic Education and Health so as to make optimal use of these scarce services.

The Policy on Screening. Identification. Assessment and Support (SIAS) outlines the roles and responsibilities of these three government departments in this regard.

Reply:

Attached find here: Reply

Reply:

Not applicable.

Reply:

The Board of Inquiry (BOI) on this matter is in its final stages of completion; the relevant replies to the Questions will be provided as soon as the process is concluded.

Reply:

(1) (a) none

(b) none

(c) 1- Uganda

Reply:

(1)

a) The Department of Defence utilises MPAT results to improve on its management practices and internal controls. This is achieved by means of continuously endeavouring to improve on good practice as per the prescribed MPAT standards.

b) After the DOD received the MPAT 1.3 (2012-13) results during mid-December 2014, a Departmental Instruction, approved by the Accounting Officer, was issued (DS/DPSP/R/501/13/4 dated 10 December 2014) to address the development of improvement plans. Key performance areas, which received a result of “partial compliance” or “non-compliance” with MPAT standards, had to compile an action plan to ensure improvement and/or full adherence to MPAT standards. Compliance with these action plans was monitored through the normal DOD’s performance reporting processes.

Improvement / actions to be taken to address the weaknesses as indicated by assessment results are listed in Appendix A.

2.  The Portfolio Committee on Public Service and Administration as well as Performance Monitoring and Evaluation took place on 05 November 2014 in the Strand Towers Hotel, Cape Town. Selected departments with poor MPAT results were invited to appear before this Committee, The DOD was not one of the departments invited to appear on that occasion.

3.  The moderated MPAT 1.4 results were received during the end of May 2015. The average DOD score is 2.1.

Reply:

(a)  The Department did not use the Sowetan and Daily Sun newspapers for advertising during the years in question.

(b)  At the time of compilation, eighteen out of twenty-six entities responded to the request for information, with ten entities indicating that they had not advertised in the Sowetan and Daily Sun in the 2012-13, 2013-14 and 2014-15 financial years. The responses from the eight entities are listed in the table below.

(b) Public Entity	(i) Amount spent on advertising in the Sowetan	(ii) Amount spent on advertising in the Daily Sun
	(aa) 2012/13	(bb) 2013/14	(cc) 2014/15	(aa) 2012/13	(bb) 2013/14	(cc) 2014/15
Banking Sector Education and Training Authority (BANKSETA)	R48 675.00	R66 470.00	R0.00	R0.00	R0.00	R0.00
Education, Training and Development Practices (ETDPSETA)	R28 169.84	R129 558.94	R95 891.72	R0.00	R0.00	R49 709.02
Health and Welfare Sector Education and Training Authority (HWSETA)	R59 211.20	R16 545.39	R0.00	R19 794.62	R22 855.87	R0.00
Insurance Sector Education and Training Authority (INSETA)	R0.00	R0.00	R0.00	R29 913.60	R32 558.40	R0.00
Mining Qualifications Authority (MQA)	R40 530.96	R0.00	R0.00	R0.00	R0.00	R0.00
National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS)	R21 523.20	R0.00	R60 575.04	R0.00	R0.00	R0.00
Quality Council for Trades and Occupations (QCTO)	R0.00	R0.00	R 6 019.20	R0.00	R0.00	R0.00
Wholesale and Retail Sector Education and Training Authority (W&RSETA)	R42 237.00	R19 243.20	R78 454.80	R0.00	R0.00	R0.00

Compiler/contact persons:

Ext:

DIRECTOR – GENERAL

STATUS:

DATE:

REPLY TO QUESTION 2425 APPROVED/NOT APPROVED/AMENDED

Dr BE NZIMANDE, MP

MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING

STATUS:

DATE:

Reply:

The Minister of Public Works

With respect to the Department of Public Works:

(a) Yes, the Department of Public Works paid out the remainder of an employee’s contract in the 2012/2013 financial year.

(i) (aa) The amount of R1 523 504.98, was paid out after tax was deducted.

(ii) The above-mentioned amount was paid to a former Director-General in the Department of Public Works.

(iii) The amount was paid as a result of the redetermination of the term of office of the employee.

In most of these cases Government has made a saving, because we settled for an average of six months, instead of the full duration of the employment contract and thus avoided incurring further costs. In other cases the settlements were based on the outcomes of the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) arbitrations.

With respect to public entities:

(b) Apart from the Independent Development Trust (IDT) none of the four public entities reporting to the Department of Public Works paid out the remainder of any employee’s contract before the contractually stipulated date of termination of contract since the 2008/09 financial year up to 31 March 2015. The IDT paid out the following amounts based on the negotiated separation agreements or CCMA arbitration awards against the IDT for terminated contracts involving disciplinary cases:

(i) (bb) Amount paid out	(ii) To whom paid	(iii) Reasons for contract termination	Financial year
R822 102.34	Former Regional General Manager – Limpopo Office	Changes in the business operating environment and changes in organizational requirements and skills demands for the position.	2009/2010
R793 267.94	Former Regional General Manager – Western Cape Office	Changes in the business operating environment and changes in organizational requirements and skills demands for the position.	2009/2010
R646 671.00	Former General Manager: Human Resources – National Office	Incompatible behaviour causing disharmony at work. The case was resolved through a mutual separation agreement.	2011/2012
R1 014 266.00	Former Executive Head: Corporate Services – National Office	Relationship between employer and employee had reached irreconcilable differences. The case was resolved through mutual separation.	2011/2012
R997 204.00	Former Programme Implementation Manager – Limpopo Office	The employee was dismissed for gross irregularities and at arbitration the ruling went against the IDT resulting in the settlement pay out.	2011/2012
R470 224.00	Former Programme Manager: Social Development – North West Office	The employee was dismissed for alleged tender irregularities but the CCMA determined that his suspension had been procedurally unfair and made an award in his favour leading to the four months settlement.	2013/2014
R691 561.00	Former Senior Manager: Human Resources Management – National Office	Incompatible behaviour causing disharmony at work. The case was resolved through a mutual separation agreement.	2013/2014
R437 000.00	Former Programme Manager: Social Development – Limpopo	The employee was charged and dismissed for gross misconduct, but the Employee won the case at the CCMA and was awarded 6 months’ salary pay.	2013/2014
R1 437 004.00	Former Regional General Manager – Eastern Cape Office	Changes in the terms and conditions of employment rendered the employee redundant, leading to a breakdown of relations. The breakdown in relations led to a negotiated mutual separation agreement.	2014/2015
R50 000.00	Former Filing Clerk – National Office	This was an irregular appointment as the individual did not have appropriate qualifications for the position. The contract was then annulled upon which the employee took the matter to the CCMA and the CCMA ruled that there had been procedural unfairness in the handling of the matter and an award of four months’ salary was given.	2014/2015

Reply:

According to the Department of Military Veterans

None

According to the Castle Control Board:

None

Reply:

Department of Military Veterans

National Anti-Corruption Hotline

(1) (a) (i) (aa) 2013/14 - One case, (bb) 2014/15 None, (ii) None

(2) (a) None, (b) departmental disciplinary hearing conducted, outcome resulted in dismissal (c) None

(3) Labour Relations

Presidential Hotline

Number of case reported via the (b) Presidential Hotline in the 2013-14 Financial years as per reporting Platform the ITSM7 System, the DMV Department received a total of 106 incidents /cases

(I) 2014-15 Financial Years: The Department received 934 Cases

From 1 April 2015 up to the latest date for, which information is available, the DMV received only 3 calls. All the calls have so far been resolved. The DMV currently uphold 100% resolution rate on all calls logged within the Presidential hotline.

1. All the reported cases (a) require that we liaise, consult and collaborate with relevant units that deal with that specific benefit within the DMV.

(b) none (c) none

2. All complaints come to the Presidential Hotline through the ITSM7 System. Cases are investigated as soon as are logged into the system in order to adhere to the Presidential Hotline Service standard of 3 day’s response time.

Reply:

(1)(a),(i),(ii) Agri South Africa, BASA/Agbiz, Sugar Association of South Africa, amongst others objected to the implementation of the 50/50 policy raising issues of co management, common visioning, and skills amongst communities and further stated that the policy should not be mandatory or binding but voluntary.

(b) All submissions are being considered in current consultations and alternative options to improve the policy are under discussion.

(c) Please refer to Annexure A for the AFASA submission.

(2)(a),(i),(ii) AFASA stated they will support the policy on condition that a farm has a turnover of R50 million. NGOs working on land also support the policy but did not provide written submissions.

(b) Please refer to Annexure B. All parties and stakeholders who are participating in consultations have embraced the principle of strengthening the rights of people who have contributed to the growth of the farming sector realising also the need of creating stability in the sector. Stakeholders went further to put options and suggestions on how to make the proposal workable. Consultations are still on going and there are many areas of convergence. It has been agreed with all stakeholders to select a few pilot sites for learning purposes and if the proposal does not work, it will be reviewed. Stakeholders are from organised agriculture, commodity organisations and NGOs.

Reply:

(a)(b)(i),(ii),(iii),(iv) Yes. A study called “A Comprehensive Assessment of Land Ceilings in Selected Countries and Lessons for South Africa`s Proposed Reforms - Freehold with Limited Extent” (Professor Sam Kariuke 21 March 2012); and a study on “The Agricultural Economy of South Africa and the Implications of a Potential Land Ceilings Policy and Legislation on the Broader Economy” (Makennete, Schalkwyk et al). Please refer to Annexures A and B.

(c) Please refer to Annexure C.

Reply:

(a)(i),(ii) Yes. Please refer to Annexures A and B.

1. Please refer to Annexure C.

Reply:

(a)(i),(ii),(aa),(bb),(cc),(dd) No research was conducted; however the selection of few pilot sites is intended to establish the feasibility of the implementation of the policy based on the problems and challenges of tenure insecurity of people working the land. The pilots will be carefully selected using the set criteria and the participation of stakeholders. The sites will be monitored in order to draw lessons for further improvements or changes to the policy.

Reply:

The question should be directed to the Minister of Police