Questions and Replies

Reply:

(a) (i) The provinces have been provided with the list of the new schools and have engaged with the schools to assist them in drawing up the sport programme as part of the school plan. The schools have been registered in the 2014 School league programme and are participating in the cluster competitions. The codes and federations are providing coach training to educators and special attention is paid to these new schools.

(a) (ii). The Regulations Relating to Minimum Uniform Norms and Standards for Public School Infrastructure, regulates the provision of sporting facilities, as with all other spaces that constitute a school. However, in some instances, due to topography or lack of sufficient space, it is not possible to provide such facilities.

(b) In such instances, schools make arrangements to use community facilities or to share with neighbouring schools that have such facilities.

 

COMPILER: MR R MAFOKO
EXT: X 4217

MR SG PADAYACHEE
DEPUTY DIRECTOR-GENERAL: PLANNING , INFORMATION AND ASSESSMENT
DATE: 2015/05/11


MR SG PADAYACHEE
ACTING DIRECTOR-GENERAL
DATE: 2015/05/11

QUESTION NO. 591 APPROVED / NOT APPROVED

MR ME SURTY, MP
DEPUTY MINISTER
DATE 2015/06/01

MRS AM MOTSHEKGA, MP
MINISTER
DATE: 2015/06/04

Reply:

1. The Northern Cape Department of Education reported that they are awaiting the outcome of the investigation from the South African Police Services (SAPS) in order to make an informed decision regarding sanctions for those officials found to be liable of misconduct. Investigation by the SAPS is still in progress.

2. Numerous internal controls have been introduced in Supply Chain Management in the past few years to ensure that the possibility of fraud and corruption is kept to a minimum; if it does take place it becomes clearly detectable. The details of the actual transgressions have, however, not yet been shared by the SAPS.

 

QUESTION 1739
Compiled by:

Northern Cape: Education Department


MR SG PADAYACHEE
ACTING DIRECTOR-GENERAL
DATE: 2015/08/25

Reply:

(1) With reference to her reply to question 78 on 19 March 2015, in each province and each district, how many (a) educators who are teaching at public ordinary schools are employed by school governing bodies (SGBs) and (b) of the teachers so employed are (i) unqualified and (ii) underqualified to teach;

(a) and (b)(i) and (ii) Information on SGB appointees for 2015 is currently not available. It is being collated in the Provincial Education Departments (PEDs), as it was collected as part of the survey conducted on the 10th school day. It will be forwarded once it is available.

(2) whether professional registration with the SA Council for Educators (SACE) is a prerequisite for employment as a teacher by an SGB; if not, why not; if so, how will she enforce such registration;

In terms of the SACE Act, registration with the South African Council of Educators (SACE) is a pre-requisite for every person in order to be employed as a teacher in schools regardless of the sector. The School Governing Bodies cannot appoint a teacher without SACE certification.

(3) in respect of each province and each district, how many (a) educators are employed by independent schools and (b) of the teachers so employed are (i) unqualified and (ii) underqualified to teach;

(a) and (b)(i) and (ii) Information on SGB appointees for 2015 is currently not available. It is being collated in the Provincial Education Departments (PEDs), as it was collected as part of the survey conducted on the 10th school day. It will be forwarded once it is available.

(4) whether professional registration with the SACE is a prerequisite for employment as a teacher by an independent school; if not, why not; if so, how will she enforce such registration?

In terms of the SACE Act, registration with the South African Council of Educators (SACE) is a pre-requisite for every person in order to be employed as a teacher in schools regardless of the sector. Independent schools cannot appoint a teacher without SACE certification.

RESPONSE TO NATIONAL ASSEMBLY QUESTION 1706
 

COMPLIED BY:


MS  S GEYER (X3740)
CD/TH
DATE:


MT T KOJANA
DEPUTY DIRECTOR-GRENERAL: TEACHER AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
DATE: 2015/05/20

 

Reply:

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Find here: DAFF’S RESPONSE:

Reply:

(a) The Road Accident Fund (RAF) does not own (title deeds registered in the name of the RAF) any properties (erven). Note that ownership of improvements (such as buildings) on properties is associated with the ownership of the property, and therefore the RAF does not own any buildings. The RAF has purchased the property on which its Menlyn office is situated, but the transfer of ownership has not yet occurred.

Reply:

(a) One invoice from a private contractor was unpaid for longer than 30 days, please refer to the attached list as Annexure A.

(b) (i) (aa) Mediro Belay Management Services.

(bb) The Department bought computer hardware systems and Laptops.

(ii) (aa) 17 March 201 5.

(bb) The invoice was not paid within 30 days because there were discrepancies on the invoice regarding the delivered items.



Find here: Annexure

Reply:

The Road Accident Fund (RAF) (a) did not make any immediate on-the-spot payments to road accident victims, via the Road Accident Fund's On the Road Campaign in any of the provinces in (i) 2011-12, (ii) 2012-13 and (iii) 2013-14 financial years and (b) (i) no such payments were made to any person, (ii) no amount was paid to any person, (iii) no payouts were administered because none were made, and (iv) no decisions on what amount should be paid were taken as no such payments were made.

Reply:

(a) (i) Payments to SANTACO are as follows:

(aa) 2012-13 financial year R16 460 000.00

(bb) 2013-14 financial year R17 365 00

(cc) 2014-15 financial year R18 407 000.00

(ii) The process of concluding an MOA with SANTACO for the 2015/16 year is still underway, therefore no payment has been made since April 2015

(b) These amounts are allocated to SANTACO every financial year based on the recommendations of the 1996 National Taxi Task Team (NTTT) that comprised of members from Provincial Departments, the National Department and the Taxi Industry. Key recommendations of the National Taxi Task Team were:

Formalization of the Taxi industry

▪ Regulation and Control
▪ Training and Capacity Building
▪ Safety and Law Enforcement
▪ Economic Empowerment

Government committed to funding the establishment of SANTACO to support the formalisation of the Industry as well as to implement the key recommendations of the National Taxi Task Team.

Reply:

(1) (a) The Board of Inquiry has just commenced, it is expected that a report will be available in the next three months.

(b) The determination of the costs associated with the accident will be part of the Board of Inquiry.

(2) The Inquiry is still underway; once the recommendations are available the Rail Safety Regulator will ensure compliance.

Reply:

(1) (a) The full amount of R1.1 billion has been allocated over the next three years towards the upgrading of the R 573.

(b) No funding has been provided for the Moloto Rail Development Corridor.

(2) The upgrade of the R573 will commence before the railway project.

(a) (I) The upgrade of the R 573 will commence in the 2015/16 financial year.
(ii) The upgrade is planned to be concluded by 2017/18.

(b) (i) The Rail Project is a registered Public Private Partnership initiative that is currently in Treasury Approval 1 stage.

(ii) Should funding be approved, two years to finalise the detailed design and five years for the construction of the rail project.

(3) An Environmental due diligence has been undertaken as part of the Treasury Approval 1 feasibility process and no environmental fatal flaws has been found related to the railway project. A detailed Environmental Impact Assessment will be commissioned following Treasury Approval 1. approval, by National Treasury.

Reply:

(a) The Road Accident Fund leases office space in respect of the (i) properties on which the (ii) following buildings are situated:
 

Attached please find here: Response Continued

Reply:

Attached find here: (a) (i) The Department

Reply:

The (a) (b) (c) minutes of the Road Accident Fund Board are "records" as defined in the Promotion of Access to Information Act, No. 2 of 2000 (PAIA), which Act regulates access to records of both public and private bodies. PAIA requires that a request for access to records must be made to the information officer of the public body concerned, in the present instance the Road Accident Fund.
Consequently, neither the Minister nor the Department of Transport are in a position to make the minutes of the Road Accident Fund Board available.

Reply:

The Department does not have any driving licence tenders.

Reply:

(1) (a) The entire budget for the refurbishment was R 2 million.

(1) (b) An amount of R 2 million was spent on the renovations.

(i) For King MakhosokeII an amount of R 1 million was spent.

(ii) For King Mabhoko Ill an amount of R 1 million was spent.

(2) The budget for the construction of the Traditional Council offices was R10 million.

(3) The Honourable Member is requested to note that the Department does not provide any benefits to the royal households. The Provincial government budgets for administrative grants for traditional councils/king's council as well as funding for cultural events.

Reply:

(1) The response to question 953 clearly states that the request that was made to the Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) was done after consultation with the Eastern Cape Province.

Subsequent to receiving the request from the Minister, it is the prerogative of the MDB to apply the provisions of sections 24 and 25 of the Municipal Demarcation Act when determining or redetermining municipal boundaries.

The final assessment and decision on any determination or redetermination of municipal boundaries rests with the MDB, and neither the Ministry nor the Department has any legislative authority to make any decision in this regard.

Reply:

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Reply:

(1) To our knowledge, there is no agreement(s) which the Department has with any Security Company regarding the decryption key for the barcode on driving licences;

(2) The decryption keys are the property of the state under Department of Transport.

(3) So far as we are aware, the Department of Transport does not have any arrangements security companies

Reply:

(1) The following graphs indicate the actual cash received (1) as well as the expected I forecasted revenue (2) per month.

Attached find here: GFIP Toll Receipts Actual vs Forecast Rmillion

Reply:

a) The completion of Sedibeng School for Children with Special Education Needs was planned for I0 December 2014. However, practical completion was achieved on 10 December 2011. The school was ready for occupation for the new school year.
b) The completion of a new school always brings a surge of interest and on post construction the school advised that enrolment was likely to increase. The Principal, on advice of the Circuit Manager. was unwilling to move into the Sedibeng School for Children with Special Education Needs with what he considered to be insufficient furniture. in anticipation of the increased enrolment. This necessitated the generation of a variation order to procure additional furniture and other sundry items for the hostels.

Furniture had been procured and delivered according to the enrolment figures at project inception. In light of this. the Department decided to provide the additional furniture and sundry items as per the school's request. The expected delivery of the additional furniture and the items requested is expected to be concluded by the end of May 2015.

c) The school is ready for learners. As soon as the additional furniture and sundry items requested are delivered, the principal can take occupation.

d) The contract value was R39.487 092.00.
e) The contractor appointed was Marnolda Building and Civil Contractors.

Reply:

The Limpopo Education Department has been requested to provide information, once this is received it will be provided.

Reply:

(1) Whether she is aware of a report of the assault on two learners by a teacher at a secondary school in Tembisa on the East Rand. which went viral on social media in the week of 13 to 17 .April 2015; if so,

(1) (a) Yes. the Gauteng Department of' Education is aware of the report.

(2) what (a) are the details of' the assault. (b) action was taken by (i) officials of the Gauteng provincial department of education and (ii) other organs of state subsequent to the assault and (c) is the current status of the assault allegation?

(2) (a) An educator assaulted the learner and used vulgar language against the learner.

(b)(i) The educator has been placed on precautionary transfer, pending the disciplinary proceedings: and

(ii) It is currently not clear whether other organs of state have taken any action against the educator.

(c) Yes. the investigation has been completed and the educator will be served with charges regarding the alleged assault and the use of vulgar language

Reply:

(a) (i) Not applicable
(ii) Not applicable

(aaa) Not applicable
(bbb) Not applicable

(bb) Not applicable

(b) Not applicable

(i) Not applicable
(ii) Not applicable

 

Approved by the Minister on
Date: 6/05/2015

Reply:

(a) The department spent the following amounts on advertising in The New Age newspaper:

(i) Not applicable
(ii) Not applicable
(iii) 2013-14 – no expenditure incurred.

 

Approved by the Minister on
Date: 6/05/2015
 

Reply:

(a) Not applicable

Approved by the Minister on
Date: 2015/05/06

Reply:

(a) The department does not have any invoices from private contractors currently unpaid for longer than 30 days.

(b) Not applicable.


 

Approved by the Minister on
Date: 6/05/2015

Reply:

Refer to the Department’s Annual Report.


Approved by the Minister on
Date: 6/05/2015

Reply:

No, the department does not administer legislation that has a regulatory obligation and therefore, it has not developed a strategy to reduce a regulatory burden.


Approved by the Minister on
Date: 24/04/2015

Reply:

(i) In Namakwa there are 2 district hospitals; Dr van Niekerk Hosp in Springbok and Abraham Esau Hosp in Calvinia. No public hospital was closed in the Namakwa District during the past 10 or more years.

(ii) Kleinzee Hospital is a private facility owned by De Beers Mining Company and was closed due to the down scaling of the mining activities in Kleinzee.

(aa) - (bb) The Department has no record of any Government Hospitals that have closed in Namaqualand nor in Kleinzee.

(cc) The only Hospital in Namakwa or in Kleinzee that closed in the past 5 years is the Private Hospital which is still owned by De Beers. In this regard there is an engagement process for the facility to be donated to the Northern Cape Department of Health.

The facility was closed due to De Beers scaling down their operations and moving their staff to other business units across SA and Southern Africa.

Reply:

Yes.

There are plans to upgrade the Lenasia South Community Health Centre into a 250 bedded district hospital. These plans are still in the design phase.

In the mean time there are plans to have seventy six (76) step down beds activated in the Community Health Center and a 24 hour casualty and an emergency service.

The project for the step down beds is at an advanced stage and it is planned that the patients will be admitted by 01 June 2015.

Minor renovations are currently underway in the casualty and emergency area.

It is envisaged that provision of 24 hour emergency services will thus commence on 01 October 2015.

END.

Reply:

Yes.

1. The Department is currently providing school primary preventive oral health programmes to Quintile 1 and 2 schools in collaboration with the Department of Basic Education, as part of the Integrated School Health Programme (ISHP). The services consist of:

a. Dental screening;
b. Oral health education;
c. Tooth brushing sessions;
d. Tooth fissure sealant applications; and
e. Basic treatment services.

2. The Department has purchased Mobile Dental Clinics, equipped with dental equipment and instruments, for the NHI pilot districts, to provide oral health services to children at schools and areas that are difficult to reach. This serves to improve access to services to communities that are poor.

3. The Department conducts quarterly visits to facilities in districts and provinces to assess the quality of oral health services that are used by the poor. Reports with recommendations are then sent to relevant provinces to take remedial action where necessary. Such exercises help to improve quality of oral health services.

4. The Ideal Clinic initiative aims to include and improve oral health services at Primary Health Care Level by ensuring availability of appropriate infrastructure, equipment and human resources to render quality oral health services.

5. Placement of Community Service Dentists in rural areas and also to areas where there were no oral health services have increased and therefore the access to oral services has increased to poor communities.

END.

Reply:

The Minister of Public Works

(1) (a) (i) and (ii) below is a list of the top 10 landlords that the Department of Public Works is leasing property from. The landlords are classified as being in the top 10 in terms of cost to the Department and the number of properties leased (see Annexure A).

The landlords are as follows:

• 1. Delta Property Fund
  2. Redefine Properties Limited
  3. Rebosis Property Fund Limited
  4. Encha Properties Trust (PTY) Ltd.
  5. JHI Properties (PTY) Ltd.
  6. Tacora Investments (PTY) Ltd.
  7. Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs Inc.
  8. Summermania Seven (PTY) Ltd.
  9. Mergence Africa Property Investments
  10. Premium Properties Ltd.

(1) (b) Please refer to the attached Annexure (B).

(2) (a), (b) and (c) Please refer to the attached Annexure (A and B).

Reply:

1. (a) (b) (c) The sector is currently finalizing the data for the repeating learners with will be available by April 2015. For the 2015 academic year, provinces are are expecting to submit by the end of October 2015, according to Government Gazette 29757. However, the sector is able to provide the requested data for 2012 and 2013.
 

Source: EMIS 2013

Attached please find here: 2013 REPEATING LEARNERS continued

Reply:

(a) The State Security Agency (SSA) spent the following amounts on newspapers:

Attached please find here: Financial Year Amount

Reply:

(a) None
(b) None
(i) None
(ii) None

Reply:

(1) (a) The S'hamba Sonke Program is funded through the Provincial Road Maintenance Grant (PRMG). The 201 5 Division of Revenue Bill allocates the PRMG fund amounting to R9.952 billion, R10.291 billion and R10.807 billion for the 2015/16, 2016117 and 201718 financial years respectively (the current MTEF).

(b) (i) (aa) All nine provinces are the Receiving Officers (RO) of the grant and therefore Implementing Authorities of the grant.

(bb) In the case of Limpopo, the Roads Agency Limpopo is sub-contracted to execute some of the capital works implementation whereas SANRAL also assists willing provinces through a Service Level Agreement (SLA).

(c) There are approximately 223 295, 234 460 and 246 183 work opportunities to be created for the 2015/16, 2016/19 and 2017/18 financial years respectively (the current MTEF).

(ii) Although no funding from the conditional grants of the S'hamba Sonke Dedicated Programme has been misappropriated there has been deviations which have been approved within the conditions set out in the Grant framework. When the Infrastructure Grant to Provinces was reconfigured to the PRMG.

Reply:

(a) The Department of Transport has, as pail of a Public Private Partnership initiative -Treasury Approval 1 process, concluded a feasibility study on the Moloto Rail Development Corridor in October 2014. The operational due diligence has identified two possible gauge variations being Standard and Cape gauge. The optimized rail option has recommended Cape Gauge as the preferred gauge to be used for the Moloto Rail Corridor.

(b) The Cape Gauge technology will integrate seamlessly with the existing rail system, which will be able Po distribute 84% of passengers to within walking distance of their destinations in Tshwane.

Reply:

a) The Department through its Inter-Provincial Policies and Procedures (IPPP) forum has developed a proposed "Fees Model" together with Provinces. There still needs to be discussions with the National Treasury on the proposed Model.

The Provinces submitted the model to their Provincial Treasuries to conduct an assessment of the financial implications. The Provinces whose fees were higher in a particular category of motor vehicles were supposed to decrease their fees or to perhaps not increase those fees for a certain period. So that other Provinces whose fees were lesser will be able to stabilize/catch up with Provinces whose fees were higher.

This has a huge financial implication on the own revenue generated by the Provinces and Local Authorities, therefore it is critical that the National Treasury should give guidance on the proposed model.

b) Once National Treasury has agreed and given its approval and the IPPP has reviewed the response, a statement will be made

Reply:

(a) The information is surely available on the annual reports but, Ms Poppy Khoza was appointed as the Director of Civil Aviation by the Minister of Transport with effect from 1 December 2013.

(b) Cabinet approved the appointment of Ms Khoza at its cabinet meeting of 20 November 2013.

(c) Ms Poppy Khoza was appointed by the Minister of Transport as the Acting Director from Z November 2012 until 30 October 2013,

(d) Mr Gawie Bestbier was appointed as Acting Director of Civil Aviation from 31 October 2013 up to 30 November 2013.

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