Questions and Replies

Reply:

The responses below were sourced from the provincial education departments.

1. (i) (aa) (bb) (ii)

PROVINCES	Spend 2013/14	Spend 2014/15
	R'000	R'000
Eastern Cape	51 900 000	18 209 835
Free State	3 307 000	51 469 000
Gauteng	30 391 214	43 000 000
KwaZulu-Natal	47 455 000	88 990 716
Limpopo	30 002 000	297000
Mpumalanga	35 015 000	28 717 000
Northern Cape	1 389 000	16 367 000
North West	19 511 000	18 365 000
Western Cape	35 170 086	31 914 362
TOTAL	254 140 300	297 329 913

Information for 2015/16 has been requested from the province and will be made available once received.

1. (c) (d)

	2013/14 Financial year	2014/15 Financial year
PROVINCES	No of schools that received furniture in 2013/14	Total quantities delivered 2013/14	No of schools that received furniture in 2014/15	Total quantities delivered 2014/15
Eastern Cape	580	116083	1012	388 675
Free State
Gauteng	417	93354	380	53 162
KwaZulu-Natal	6	505	1631	151 215
Limpopo	320	41899	486	13 733
Mpumalanga	487	64201	449	74 749
Northern Cape	7	1368	7	93
North West	10	884	343	33 381
Western Cape	761	151192	814	75 602
TOTAL	2588	469486	5122	790610

NB: In KwaZulu-Natal and Northern Cape Provinces schools procure furniture using the Norms and Standard for school funding allocations. Outstanding information from the Free State Province has been requested and will be made available once received.

Quantities delivered include, combination desks, learners tables, chairs and teachers furniture.

Reply:

1. Yes, Physical Education forms part of the CAPS Life Skills / Life Orientation curriculum.
2. (a)Physical education is mandatory for all learners in public ordinary schools.

(b) (i) Fixed time allocation is prescribed for Physical Education for each phase. The table below represents the time allocation per phase:

GRADES	TIME ALLOCATION PER WEEK
Gr R – 3	2 hours
Gr 4 – 6	1 hour
Gr 7 – 9	1 hour
Gr 10 - 12	hour

(ii) The structure of Physical Education in each phase is as follows:

• The CAPS Life Skills/Life Orientation clearly indicates that Physical Education is one of the core topics to be taught in all schools.
• The sub-topics and content is specified for each grade.
• The content for Physical Education across the phases relates to each other.
• Each phase focuses on similar areas of skills, knowledge and values and prepares learners to continue with the subject in other grades – thus ensuring continuity.
• All physical education periods will focus on practical physical and mass participation in movement activities for enjoyment and enrichment purposes.
• The Physical Education Task (PET) is administered across all fours school terms in all grades.
• Learner participation and movement performance in the PET will be assessed and reported at the end of each term. The focus of assessment falls into two broad categories viz: participation and movement.

The tables below highlight the topics/focus area for Physical Education in each of the grades/phases:

TABLE 1

FOUNDATION PHASE: Grades R - 3

Focus area: Locomotion Perceptual motor Rhythm Co-ordination Balance Spatial Orientation Laterality Sports and Games

Play, movement, games and sports contribute to developing positive attitudes and values. This area focuses on perceptual and locomotor development, rhythm, balance and laterality. The focus in the Foundation Phase is on games and some activities that will form the basis of participating in sports later on.

TABLE 2

INTERMEDIATE PHASE: Grades 4 – 6 The following are the focus in the intermediate phase
GR 4	GR 5	GR 6
Movement	Movement	Physical fitness
Invasion games	Target games	Striking and fielding games
Rhythmic movement	Rhythmic movement	Rhythmic patterns of movement
Basic field/track & swimming activities	Variety of field, track and swimming activities	Refined sequences through gymnastics or swimming activities
Safety issues	Safety issues	Safety issues

TABLE 3

SENIOR PHASE: Grades 7 – 9 The following are the focus in the intermediate phase:
GR 7	GR 8	GR 9
Fitness programme	Physical activities that promotes fitness	Improvement of physical wellness level
Indigenous games	Target games	Develop game plan for individual or team sports
Sequence to physical activities	Programme to improve movement techniques	Refines own and peer performance in movement
Outdoor recreational programmes	Outdoor recreational activity	Outdoor recreational activities
Safety issues	Safety issues	Safety issue

TABLE 4

FURTHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING: Grades 10 - 12 The following are the focus in the intermediate phase:
GR 10	GR 11	GR 12
Physical fitness programme	Personal level of fitness and health	Personal fitness and health goals
Skills in playground / community or indigenous games	Umpiring / leadership skills	Long term engagement in traditional /non-traditional sports/indigenous games/recreational activities
Environmentally responsible - outdoor recreational group/individual activities	Leadership roles in recreational group activity
Skills in traditional / non- traditional sports	Umpiring and leadership skills in self-designed and modified sports
	Safety issues

1. Whether the School Sport Policy has been finalized; if not why not and when will the policy be finalized; if so (a) when the policy will be gazette and (b) what are the details of her plan to achieve implementation of the policy

REPLY

Yes, the School Sport Policy has been presented to and approved by the Council of Education Ministers (CEM).

(a) The process to have the Policy gazetted has been initiated and will be finalised within this current financial year.

(b) The plan to deliver the school sport programme as per policy is embedded in the Integrated School Sport programme and Sport and Recreation Plan. The three levels of the School Sport Programme, that is: intra- school, inter-school and local/circuit festivals are currently being implemented. These provide the platform for participation at the district and provincial levels, culminating at the national championships.

Reply:

 

(a) The Department of Basic Education was established on 1 April 2010. The Department cannot provide the information required for the period prior to 1 April 2010. No contracts were terminated before expiry and hence no payments were made.

(b) Entities outside of the Department manage their own appointments and terminations.

(i) aa - N/A

    bb -

ENTITIES	PAYOUT OF ANY EMPLOYEES CONTRACT BEFORE THE CONTRACTUALLY STIPULATED DATE OF TERMINATION SINCE 2008 – 2009 FINANCIAL YEAR
SOUTH AFRICAN COUNCIL OF EDUCATORS (SACE)	None
UMALUSI	None

 

(ii) N/A

(iii) N/A

Reply:

(1) In May 2015 the number of Full-Service schools in the country stood at a total of 793. The total amount spent to revamp the schools to provide a full range of support services is not available for all provinces for the respective reporting years. According to reports received from four of the nine provinces the total amount spent in (i) 2013 – 2014 was R71 763 000 and in (ii) 2014 – 2015, R73 189 000 (Table 1 below gives a breakdown by Provincial Education Department).

(2) The number (a) of learners with (i) physical disabilities and (ii) other special needs enrolled in Full-Service Schools in 2014 was 19 735. Comprehensive disaggregated statistics on enrolment by category of disability are not available. This data will become available as the Policy on Screening, Identification, Assessment and Support (SIAS) is incrementally rolled out, commencing with Special and Full-Service Schools in 2015 to 2016.

Table 1: The table below provides statistics related to Full-Service Schools:

Province	Number of Full Service Schools	Expenditure in 2013/14 R’000	Expenditure in 2014/15 R’000	Number of learners with special needs (including learners with physical and sensory disabilities)
EC	26	R 45 336	R620	2358
FS	134	-	-	1835
GT	74	R7 054-	R9 100	4310
KZN	101	-	R1 377	4295
LP	17	-	-	-
MP	140	R690	3,500	3195
NC	4	-	-	489
NW	150	R24,827	R60,638	2618
WC	147	R910	-	1720
Total	793	R71 763	R73 189	19735

Source: Reports submitted by PEDs in March 2015

The number of learners with physical and other disabilities enrolled in Special Schools respectively in 2013 and 2014 is provided in Table 2 below.

Table 2: Enrolment in Special Schools in 2013 - 2014

Province	Number of Special Schools	Number of Learners with Physical Disabilities (including sensory disabilities) in 2013	Number of learners with other special needs in 2013	Number of Learners with Physical Disabilities (including sensory disabilities) in 2014	Number of learners with other special needs in 2014
EC	42	2 406	6 852	2 276	8546
FS	21	1 584	4 546	1 487	4 691
GT	136	8 279	34 784	3 629	37 982
KZ	74	4 942	11 968	4 371	12 809
LP	34	2 597	6 095	2 445	6 085
MP	20	574	3 429	399	3 473
NC	11	411	1 374	300	1 597
NW	32	1 258	5 600	1 219	5 724
WC	83	3 326	17 459	3 114	16 491
SA	453	25377	92107	19240	97398

Source: Special School Snap Survey 2013, 2014

1. The number of teachers in (a) schools for learners with special needs and (b) Full-Service schools who have been trained in special needs teaching methods is provided in Table 3 below.

Table 3: Number of teachers trained in areas of specialisation in Inclusive Education

Province	Number of Teachers Trained in Curriculum Differentiation in 2014/15	Number of Teachers Trained on Full-Service School Guidelines in 2014/15	Number of Teachers Trained on SNE Guidelines in 2014/15	Number of Teachers Trained in SASL in 2014/15	Number of Teachers Trained in Braille in 2014/15
EC	55	435	0	94	60
FS	766	558	79	59	27
GT	6803	616	616	130	50
KZN	4176	2424	1752	64	30
LP	102	34	102	33	30
MP	1450	0	0	576	140
NC	3783	200	265	28	11
NW	1200	1200	1200	58	50
WC	405	405	405	160	65
Total	18740	5872	4419	1202	463

(4)(a)(i) and b(i) The national target for establishing new special schools in (aa) 2013-14 was six (6) and for (bb) 2014-15 one (1). ( c )(i) A total of seven (7) new special schools were completed between 2013 and 2015.

(a)(ii) and b(ii) After a substantial growth in the number of designated Full-Service Schools from 30 in 2009 to 793 in 2015, most Provincial Education Departments have entered a phase of consolidation which would include implementation of the SIAS Policy, strengthening of School-based Support Teams, staff training, provision of assistive technology and physical infrastructure upgrading to comply with norms of universal design and access. The national target for converting additional ordinary schools into full-service schools in (aa) 2013-14 was 116 and for (bb) 2014-15, 21 .

( c )(ii) A total of 137 new full-service schools were completed between 2013 and 2015 .

Specific targets set by individual provinces for 2014 – 15:

Eastern Cape

Financial Year	Number of Special Schools to be established	Actual Achievement	Number of Full Service Schools to be established	Actual Achievement
2013/14	2	0	5	5
2014/15	2	0	21	21

Free State:

One Special School will be built in Xhariep District in the 2015/16 financial year. Two Full-Service Schools have been designated for upgrading in 2015/16.

Gauteng:

Gauteng Province had a target of 19 Full-Service Schools for 2013/14 and 2014/15. This target was achieved. A target of 45 has been set for 2015/16 and this target will be achieved as the province started capacitating certain schools in 2013/14 and 2014/15 in order to ensure that the number of Full-Service Schools can be increased to expand the support for learners who experience barriers to learning. No targets were set in 2013/14 and 2014/15 to increase the number of Special Schools. However, Gauteng is currently considering increasing the number of Special Schools.

Limpopo:

Due to budgetary constraints, Limpopo Province is concentrating on consolidating the Full-Service and Special Schools that have been converted or newly built over the past four years by training of teachers and provision of resources.

KwaZulu Natal:

Two new Special Schools were registered in 2014 and no new Full-Service schools have been designated in the period 2013 – 2015.

Mpumalanga

Tsakane Special School in Bushbuckridge was opened in October 2014 making provision for 120 learners with high levels of support needs. The province is awaiting the construction of a residential school for the Deaf and blind learners in Mbombela. There are no plans for designating any new Full Service Schools in 2015.

Northern Cape

In 2014 the Kleinzee Special School was established with donor funding from the Anglo American Corporation. No new Special or Full-Service schools will be built in 2015/16.

North West Province:

Full Service schools 2013-14	Full Service Schools 2014-15
Target	Time Frame	Target achieved	Target	Time Frame	Target achieved
20 (05 per district)	2013/14	20	20 (05 per district)	2014/15	20
Special schools 2013-14	Special Schools 2014-15
Target	Time Frame	Target achieved	Target	Time Frame	Target achieved
32	2013/14	32	0	2014/15	0

Western Cape

Full Service schools 2013-14	Full Service Schools 2014-15
Target	Time Frame	Target achieved	Target	Time Frame	Target achieved
32	2013/14	32	40	2013/14	40
Special schools 2013-14	Special Schools 2014-15
Target	Time Frame	Target achieved	Target	Time Frame	Target achieved
71	2013/14	71	72	2014/15	72

Reply:

 

(a) (b)

The response below was sourced from Gauteng Department of Education

There are no plans to build schools in Birch Acres Ext 23 -24. The building of a primary school in Birch Acres Ext 3 is planned for the 2018/19 financial year.

Reply:

(a) The policy on home-schooling has not yet been finalised; and

(b) therefore not gazetted. It is envisaged that the policy will be completed by 31 March 2016.

Reply:

Yes;

(a) Total number of motor vehicles is 12, 4 of which are ready for disposal.
(b) The value of all the motor vehicles is R4, 013 498.19


Approved by the Minister on
Date :2015/06/08
 

Reply:

a) Department of Women:
i) The current Chief Financial Officer is Ms Camagwini Ntshinga.

ii) Not applicable, no entity reporting to the Minister

b) Qualifications:
i) Diploma in Business Studies
Bachelor of Accounting Science
Articles of Clerkmanship

ii) Not applicable, no entity reporting to the Minister


Approved by the Minister on
Date: 2015/06/08

Reply:

No.

 

 

Approved by the Minister on
Date: 2015/06/08

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:

(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:

http://pmg-assets.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/RNW1616daff.pdf
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:

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

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:
 

	(b)(i) from the following persons	b)(ii) with lease commencement date being:	(b) (iii) (aa) with the total monthly costs (rental):	and (b)(iii)(bb) with associated monthly operating costs (which is a variable cost), per the last invoice received:
Metropolitan life building	Drury Lane Properties (Pty) Ltd	1 April 2014	R529 773.05	R186 738.01
Embassy building	Delta Property Fund	1 April 2014	R698 170.12	R176 443.65
Marble Towers	Joburg Skyscrapers (Pty) Ltd	1 April 2014	R894 536.05	R208 026.67
Eco Square	M&T Commercial Fund	1 Nov 2012	R45 731 .00	R10 119.48
Thibault Square	The Truzen 6 Trust	1 April 2012	R607 339.69	R313 102.73

Attached please find here: Response Continued

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:

(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:

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) 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 Department does not have any driving licence tenders.

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:

(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:

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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:

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

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:

(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) 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:

Refer to the Department’s Annual Report.


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

Reply:

(a) Not applicable

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

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 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:

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:

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:

(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.

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.
 

2012 REPEATING LEARNERS
	Grade 9	Grade 10	Grade 11
EASTERN CAPE	17 675	33 931	33 267
FREE STATE	18 019	20 063	11 616
GAUTENG	23 133	45 120	22 942
KWAZULU-NATAL	5 858	9 286	8 022
LIMPOPO	50 514	61 641	38 903
MPUMALANGA	16 076	26 310	19 776
NORTHERN CAPE	4 518	6 017	4 220
NORTH WEST	11 054	17 548	9 325
WESTERN CAPE	14 832	12 587	6 944

Source: EMIS 2013

2013 REPEATING LEARNERS
	Grade 9	Grade 10	Grade 11
EASTERN CAPE	18 675	36 264	31 191

Attached please find here: 2013 REPEATING LEARNERS continued