Questions and Replies

Reply:

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

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

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

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

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

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

(b) There are two economic studies:

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

(ii) A study performed by economist Roelof Botha

Reply:

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

Annual Report 2014/15 Financial Year.

 

Reply:

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

Reply:

The Road Accident Fund (RAF) is funded by a levy on fuel sold, which serves as an indirect tax used to fund the payment of compensation and to rehabilitate qualifying persons injured in road crashes. The fuel levy is also used to pay for the loss of support and funeral costs of those qualifying dependents that lost breadwinners in road crashes.

Although drunken driving has an impact on the incidence of road crashes and therefore on the cost of providing compensation, rehabilitation, support and funeral cover; the RAF does not currently maintain information or statistics (a)(i) of the estimated cost, and (ii) actual cost incurred by the RAF as a result of drunken driving and (b) does not have information or statistics of the economic cost of drunken driving in each (i) province and (ii) local authority for the (aa) 2012-13, (bb) 2013-14 and (cc) 2014-15 financial years.

Reply:

1. When Labour inspectors find that an employee does not have a valid work permit, the matter will be reported to Home Affairs who has jurisdiction over such matters.
2. The Department of Labour does not have a legal mandate or powers to remove such employees from the workplace but will refer the matter to Home Affairs to take further action.

Reply:

The studies will be used to inform government’s decision process for procurement of the Nuclear New Build Programme.

Reply:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Reply:

(a) and (c) Yes. (i) The purpose of the visit was to lead an MPSA delegation to Beijing, China to attend the 2014 Global City Information Forum (GCIF) from 2 to 6 November 2014, (ii)(aa)(bb) auditing process has not been completed, the costs will covered in the 2014-2015 Audited Financial Statements of the Annual Report for the Department of Public Service and Administration to Parliament.

(b) No

Reply:

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

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Reply:

(a) Yes

(b) The Department makes provision for the procurement of the necessary or required equipment.

Reply:

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

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

Reply:

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

(a)  (i) One.
(ii) Five.
(iii) Three.

(b) Financial:

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

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

Other Investigations:

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

END.

Reply:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Signed by Lt Gen V Moonoo

DIVISIONAL COMMISSIONER: DETECTIVE SERVICE

Date: 27 July 2015

Reply to question 2596 recommended

Signed LIEUTENANT GENERAL

DEPUTY NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: POLICING

KJ SITOLE (SOE)

Date: 28 July 2015

Reply to question 2596 recommended

 

Signed GENERAL

NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

MV PHIYEGA

Date: 29 July 2015

Reply to question 2596 approved/not approved

MINISTER OF POLICE

NPT NHLEKO, MP

Date:

Reply:

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

Reply:

The IPP Office is funded by fees collected from prospective bidders.

Reply:

1. The Department of Labour does not have a planning model for the inspection of valid work permits as this is a legislative responsibility of the Department of the Home Affairs and South African Police.
2. In its normal work aligned with granting of work permits the Department of Labour mere conducts inspections at work places to determine compliance with prescribed conditions of employment. Furthermore the Department notifies the Department of Home Affairs should it discover employees without valid work permits.
3. (i) N/A and (ii) N/A

Reply:

1. Constable DM Mapatlare.

(1)(b) The member was served with a notice of contemplated suspension/transfer. He submitted a representation in reply to this notice. The Provincial Commissioner is presently considering the member’s representation and will make a decision with regards to the suspension/transfer.

(1)(c) Capt Bakker from Provincial Legal Services.

(2)(a) Yes. The member was served with a notice of contemplated suspension/transfer.

(2)(b) Yes. The member was served with a notice of contemplated suspension/transfer.

Reply:

(a)(i) Nil

(a)(ii) Three (3) – Detailed forensic accounting investigations

(a)(iii) Nil

(b)(i) Durban-Central CAS 2001/08/2005: Fraud and/or Theft against the principal member of Durban Bay Trust Company Limited. Durban Bay Trust Company Limited offered services dealing with participation bonds, loans and investments, as well as the administration of deceased estates. It was alleged that during the period 1996 to 2005 the accused and /or associated entities accepted capital from members of the public to invest, inter alia, on the stock exchange and property. They also operated a trust dealing with estates; and trust monies were used to repay investors.

PARK ROAD CAS 476/06/2003: The accused together with other accomplices operated an investments scheme in the Vaal Triangle from about the mid 1990’s to approximately June 2002. The accused started a cash loan business in the Vaal Triangle which was later expanded to six cash loan outlets in the Vaal Triangle. The accused acquired a close corporation during 1998, through which the accused’s family elicited deposits from the public to finance the cash loan enterprises. The investors were promised a return of 10% interest per month on their investments. The operation of the accused and the family came to the attention of the Department of Trade and Industry during 1999. The accused also acquired another company during 2001 in which shares were issued without complying with legal requirements.

KABEGA PARK CAS 277/05/2004: The accused conducted a fraudulent pyramid scheme. The evidence disclosed that the funds obtained from investors were primarily deposited in the bank account of a company. The accused also channeled some of the funds through an account in the name of his father-in-law.

(b)(ii) Durban-Central CAS 2001/08/2005: LMD Africa Forensics (Pty) Ltd.

PARK ROAD CAS 476/06/2003: Sizwe Ntsaluba Gobodo Audit Advisory Forensics

KABEGA PARK CAS 277/05/2004: Deloitte & Touche Registered Auditors, Risk Advisory and Legal

(b)(iii) Durban-Central CAS 2001/08/2005: R432 313.31

PARK ROAD CAS 476/06/2003: R357 033.75

KABEGA PARK CAS 277/05/2004: R282 282.24

(b)(iv) Durban-Central CAS 2001/08/2005: Accused was sentenced to 5

years imprisonment

PARK ROAD CAS 476/06/2003: Accused was sentenced to 5 years imprisonment, suspended in full for 5 years and 36 months correctional supervision.

KABEGA PARK CAS 277/05/2004: The accused was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment.

Reply:

 

1. Yes. We have put together a plan that aims to address the basic bottlenecks in service delivery and sound financial management. It entails focusing on improving the financial administration, improving the levels of customer service in the Fund, addressing human resource constraints in the Fund.
2. This is to be achieved by addressing the system deficiencies that prevent performance of basic financial management functions, improving access to benefits for clients though a number of initiatives which include easing the process of access to chronic medication, filling the critical vacancies required in the adjudication of claims and addressing all systems problems that contribute to slow rate of processing claims.

NW3173E

Reply:

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

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

Reply:

Yes, the requested information is now available. Please see the reply to Question in Parliament number 2395.

Reply:

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

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

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

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

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

Reply:

 

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

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

Reply:

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

Reply:

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

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

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

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

 

Reply:

1. The then, Department of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology, which was split into two separate departments in 2002, owned the vessels, Susan Kruger and The Dias. The Robben Island Museum owns the vessel Sikhululekile.

(i)(aa) the vessels are owned by Government, (bb) the registration numbers of the companies are not required because the vessels are owned by Government, and (ii) all three vessels transport staff and tourist when operational.

   2. The Robben Island Museum does contract with private vessel owners to transport staff and tourists to Robben Island, namely:- Heritage Charters; Nauticat Charters; Southern Right Charters; Silver Buckle Trade 21 CC; Ferry Charters (Schooner Cruisers Pty Ltd); Waterfront Expeditions and Thembekile Maritime Services.

 

Reply:

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

 

Reply:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Reply:

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

Response:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Reply:

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

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

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

 

Reply:

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

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

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

Reply:

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

Reply:

The policy adjustment process is not yet completed.

Reply:

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

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

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

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

Reply:

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

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

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

Reply:

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

Reply:

 

1. At this point transfer is the best solution
2. No, reason being no misconduct has been established.

Reply:

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

Reply:

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

Reply:

The Minister for Public Service and Administration (MPSA) is not a custodian of the Employment Equity Act, (Act 55 of 1998). Compliance with the Employment Equity Act, Act 55 of 1998 (EEA) falls under the purview of the Minister of Labour who receives periodic compliance reports from all employers in the country, including state organs, much of the information requested in this question concerns compliance with the EEA. Therefore, the Minister of Labour is in a better position to reply to this question.

Reply:

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

Reply:

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

Dunefontein in the Western Cape

Bantamsklip in the Western Cape

Brazil in Northern Cape

Schulpfontein in the Western Cape

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

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

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

The Brazil and Schulpfontein sites were scoped out during scoping phase

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

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

 

Reply:

The responses below are for previously asked question 1192 from 1 – 2 and were sourced from the National Education Collaboration Framework (NECT).

1. (a)

The NECT is a Trust founded on the basis of the Trust Law. It is a public benefit organisation with the primary objective to improve the quality of schooling and systems for monitoring and supporting schools. The NECT is guided by the Education Collaboration Framework (ECF) which is a blueprint for partnership between government and other social partners which aims to:

• influence and support the implementation of government’s education reform;
• increase the effectiveness, value for money and sustainability of private sector social investment in education; and
• improve educational outcomes.

The names of the trustees are provided below in line with the stakeholder categories:

Business (Business Leadership South Africa): Sizwe Nxasana (Chairman), Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of FirstRand Limited; Mark Lamberti, CEO of Imperial Holding; and Futhi Mtoba, TeachSA

Government: Minister AM Motshekga, MP and Acting Director-General, Mr SG Padayachee

Unions: Nkosana Dolopi, South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU) Deputy Secretary-General and Basil Manuel, NAPTOSA President

Civil Society: Prof Brian Figaji

Chief Executive Officer: Godwin Khosa

The following managers are officials comprising the NECT:

The CEO, two (2) Education Specialists, the Chief Finance Officer (CFO), the Office Manager, two secondees, four trainees and three administrators.

(1)(b)

The NECT is governed by the Trust Deed and its various committee charters. The NECT has procurement policies as well as staff manuals that govern the conduct and the operations of the NECT.

EXCO Members: Sizwe Nxasana (chairperson), Mark Lamberti, Futhi Mtoba, Nkosana Dolopi, Minister AM Motshekga, MP; Acting Director-General, Mr SG Padayachee

Audit and Risk Committee: Sizwe Nxasana, Mark Lamberti, Futhi Mtoba (Chairperson), Nkosana Dolopi, Minister AM Motshekga, MP

1. (c) (i) (ii)

See attached Excel spreadsheet Annexure A on meetings held.

2(a) (i) (ii) (iii)

The terms of reference of the NECT are set out in the Education Collaboration Framework (ECF) which draws from Chapter 9 of the National Development Plan (NDP) and the Education Action Plan 2014: Towards the Realisation of Schooling 2019. The ECF was drafted out of consultations involving over 100 role-players in education from a cross-section of education stakeholders. It was launched by the then Deputy President, Mr Motlanthe, at the Presidential Guesthouse on 16 July 2013. The plans and targets for 2015/16, 2016/17 and 2017/18 are set out in the Interim Integrated Report published in December 2014, that can be downloaded from www.nect.org.za.

Reply:

1. (a) the undertaking was to further development the project,

(b) the amount spent was R2.2million.

2. (a) No, funding was stopped because the project did not achieve certain required conditions.

(b) funding ceased during May 2009.

3. The matter was reported to the Commercial Crimes Unit for Investigation.

4. The CEF internal investigation commenced towards end of 2010 and was finalized in 2011. The matter was immediately reported to the National Prosecuting Authority after being considered internally.

Reply:

Claims Processed between 2005 and 2010

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

 

Reply:

(1) (a) (i) The following provinces do not have provincial contracts:

• Free State, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, Northern Cape and North West.

Officials in provinces who sign off on provincial tenders are:

• Eastern Cape: Depot Manager and Director: Supply Chain Management.
• KwaZulu-Natal: Head of Department.
• Gauteng: Chairperson of the Provincial Bid Adjudication Committee.
• Western Cape: Officials according to financial delegations.

(ii) Provincial officials who sign off on the payments for medication are:

 

• Eastern Cape: Director: Finance at the depot.
• Free State: CEO, Depot Manager, Head of Pharmaceutical Services and Finance Manager, according to financial delegations.
• Gauteng: Director: Finance at the medical supplies depot.
• KwaZulu-Natal: Assistant Manager: Pharmaceutical supply depot.
• Limpopo: Senior Manager: Pharmaceutical Services and Financial Manager.
• Mpumalanga: Chief Financial Officer.
• Northern Cape: Director: Financial Services, Depot Manager, Deputy Director: Finance, Administrative Officers and Clerks according to financial delegations.
• North West: Head of Department, Chief Financial Officer and Director: Supply Chain Management.
• Western Cape: Assistant Director as Head of Finance Division at the depot.

(b) (i) The list of pharmaceutical companies is attached as Annexure A.

 

(ii) The companies are contracted using a competitive bidding process. Provinces purchase medicines from these contracted suppliers unless there is a breach of contract.

(2) (a) & (b) Medicine shortage is never a permanent problem. It changes almost everyday. Please supply the list of medicines which you believe we are short of and we will provide you with a reason.

(3) No. Medicines procured on tender are either approved essential medicines or formulary items reviewed by Provincial Pharmaceutical and Therapeutics Committees. The approval of an essential medicine includes a systematic evaluation of affordability which involves application of various pharmaco-economic tools.

(4) In the tendering process a competitive bidding process is used. Prior to advertisement of tender, provinces submit estimates and sign off on the estimated expenditure. In addition, price negotiations are entered into before a tender is finalised.

END.

Reply:

 

(a) Petroleum Oil and Gas Corporation of South Africa SOC Ltd (PetroSA)
Board Status
Director	Appointment Date	Term Ends	Qualifications and Experience	Remunerated. Yes/No	Fee per meeting
Mr O Tobias	14/11/2014	13/11/2017	BA LLB PMD	Yes. Earnings reflected in Audited Annual Financial Statements.	R22 136.12
Ms J May-Ntwane	14/11/2014	13/11/2017	BA Cert In Public Relations Dip Human Resource Management BA Hons (Anthropology)	Yes. Earnings reflected in Audited Annual Financial Statements.	R22 136.12
Mr W Steenkamp	14/11/2014	13/11/2017	Cert. Management MBA (Still Studying)	Yes. Earnings reflected in Audited Annual Financial Statements.	R22 136.12
Mr W Ngubane	14/11/2014	13/11/2017	B Compt Dip Acc CA (SA)	Yes. Earnings reflected in Audited Annual Financial Statements.	R22 136.12
Mr M Mkhize (DOE)	01/02/2015	31/01/2018	BSc (Chem Eng) B Com MBL Cert. Legislative Drafting	No
Mr S Mokuena	1/1/2013	31/12/2015	BSc Electrical Engineering. MBA GCC Mines and Works	Yes. Earnings reflected in Audited Annual Financial Statements.	R22 136.12
Mr. S Mthethwa (CEF Chief Executive Officer)	01/01/2015	TFN	B Com. (Acc) B Compt. (Hons) H Dip in Acc CA (SA)	No
Ms N Nokwe (Chie Executive Officer)	01/03/2012	Linked to her term of Office	BSc MSc Petrochemical Engineering Certificate in Int Mgmt.	No
Ms L Bakoro (Chief Financial Officer)	01/03/2014	Linked to term of Office as CFO	B Com, Post Graduate Diploma in Accounting, Post Graduate Diploma in Tax Law. M Com, CA (SA)	No

(b) Petroleum Agency (PASA)
Board Status
Director	Appointment Date	Term Ends	Qualifications and Experience	Remunerated. Yes/No	Fee per Meeting
Mr P Fusi (Chair)	01/07/2015. Second term	30/06/2018	BSc Chemical Engineering, MBA	Not remunerated in his personal capacity
Ms T Ramuedzisi (DOE)	01/07/2009	Until Further Notice	BSc Computer Science and Mathematics, BSc (Hons) Computer Science, MDP MBA	No
Ms R Nkambule (DMR)	01/07/2009	Until Further Notice	Information not received.	No
Ms J Luthuli	01/03/2015. Second Term	28/02/2018	BCom B Compt (Hons) CA (SA)	Yes. Earnings reflected in Audited Annual Financial Statements.	R14 757.22
Mr Nengovhela	17/12/2014. First term	16/12/2017	B Admin. Post grad Diploma-Labour Relations. B Com (Honours). Management Advanced Program. LLM Labour Law. Int. Executive Development Program.	Yes. Earnings reflected in Audited Annual Financial Statements.	R14 757.22

(c) SFF
Current Board Status
Director	Appointment Date	Term Ends	Qualifications and Experience	Remunerated. Yes/No	Fee per Meeting
Dr S Mthembi-Mahanyele (Chairperson)	1/2/2012	Until Further Notice	Senior Teachers Diploma, BA – Ed, Honorary Doctorate (PhD) (Honorius Causa) Post Grad Dip in Economic Principles, Post Grad Dip in Financial Economics. MSc Public Policy and Management	Yes. Earnings reflected in Audited Annual Financial Statements.	R22 136.12
Mr. E Cloete (DOE representative)	21/8/2013 First Term	21/8/2016	BSC. H Dip Education Cert Economics and Public Finance	No
Mr. L Mulaudzi (DOE representative)	1/9/2012. First Term	1/9/2015	N Dip. Public Management and Administration, Executive National Security Program, Programme in Housing Policy Development	No
Ms R. Van Wyk	1/12/2012 (Appointed to BARC 01/03/2011. Appointed Interim BARC Chair 01/08/2011. Reappointed BARC Chair 01/03/2012. Appointed Director 01/12/2012)	1/12/2015	CA(SA), MBA, Dip. Advanced Banking	Yes. Earnings reflected in Audited Annual Financial Statements.	R14 757.22
Amb. B. Gila (Chief Executive Officer)	1/01/2013	Until Further Notice (linked to term of office)	Advocate of the High Court Former Ambassador to Venezuela.	No
Mr K Vilakazi	17/12/2014	16/12/2017	BCom, B Compt (Hons) / CTA CA (SA) MBL	Yes. Earnings reflected in Audited Annual Financial Statements.	R14 757.22
Mr S Gounden	17/12/2014	16/12/2017	Post Graduate Diploma in Accounting - Auditing, Financial Accounting, Management Accounting & Taxation, CA (SA)	Yes. Earnings reflected in Audited Annual Financial Statements.	R14 757.22

(d) African Exploration Mining and Finance Corporation (AEMFC)
Current Board Status
Director	Appointment Date	Term Ends	Qualifications and Experience	Remunerated. Yes/No Subcommittee	Fee per meeting
Mr A Mngomezulu	07/12/2011 (Appointed as Director 12/07/2007. Reappointed in 2010 for one year. Appointed Interim Chair 22/09/2011. Reappointed 07/12/2011)	Until Further Notice	BSc Honours Geology. Grad Dip Engineering, Mining Economics	No
Mr S Madondo (Chief Executive)	01/04/2007	(linked to his term of office as CEO)	BSc Applied Maths, BSc. (Hons) Mathematical Statistics, MBA	No
Dr. Z Rustomjee	01/12/2012 (Appointed 12/07/2007. Reappointed 30/03/2010. Reappointed 12/07/2011. Term ended 12/07/2012)	30/11/2015	Pr.Eng, PhD Economics, MPhil Development Economics, MSc. Industrial Engineering, BSc.(Hons)Chemical Engineering, MIChem.E, MSAIChe.	Yes. Earnings reflected in Audited Annual Financial Statements.	R14 757.22
Ms B Mdyesha (Executive)	01/12/2012	(linked to term of office as CFO)	BSc Statistics Post Grad Diploma in Accounting B Com. (Hons) CA (SA)	No
Mr. S Mthethwa (CEF Chief Executive Officer)	01/01/2015	TFN	B Com. (Acc) B Compt. (Hons) H Dip in Acc CA (SA)	No
Mr J Lekgetha	17/12/2014	16/12/2017	B Com. (Acc) CFA (SA) H Dip in Tax Law	Yes. Earnings reflected in Audited Annual Financial Statements.	R14 757.22
Ms P Rammutla	17/12/2014	16/12/2017	B Com (Acc) B Com (Hons) CA (SA)	Yes. Earnings reflected in Audited Annual Financial Statements.	R14 757.22

Reply:

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

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

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

Reply:

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

Original signed MAJOR GENERAL

ACTING DIVISIONAL COMMISSIONER: SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

RS PILLAY

Date: 27 July 2015

Reply to Question 2628 recommended/not recommended

LIEUTENANT GENERAL

DEPUTY NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

SJP SCHUTTE

Date:

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GENERAL

NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

MV PHIYEGA

Date:

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MINISTER OF POLICE

NPT NHLEKO, MP

Date:

Reply:

No.