Questions and Replies

Reply:

1. Brand-SA is a crucial entity that is responsible for overseeing the management of South Africa's brand and safeguarding the country's reputation as an appealing investment and tourism destination. The reconfiguration of pre-existing departments and the establishment of new departments to conform with the Ministries was declared by His Excellency, the President on 14 June 2019. As per the President's proclamation, the Government Communication, and Information System (GCIS) and Brand South Africa (Brand SA) have been placed within the purview of the Minister in the Presidency, with the former serving as the overseeing department for the latter.

Brand South Africa is classified as a Schedule 3A public entity and has been duly registered as a trust in accordance with the Trust Property Control Act No. 57 of 1988. The review of the organisational structure of Brand SA therefore, beyond the purview of the MPSA and solely the responsibility Executive Authority of the organisation, which is the Minister in the Presidency. The Minister in the Presidency would be better placed to respond in detail on the considerations that informed the current organisational structure.

2. As a Schedule 3A public entity, Brand South Africa is not legally obligated to seek consultation with the MPSA regarding changes to its organisational structure in accordance with the Public Service Act and the 2016 Directive on changes to the organisational structures by the departments.

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Reply:

(i) The total cost to company package of the CEO of the Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA) is R1 999 525, 44.

(ii) The Total cost to company for the Chief Financial Officer is R1 800 000.

The total cost to company package of the Executive Projects is R1 831 060, 44.

(b) Total amount each paid to attend a meeting.

Reply:

No executive gets paid to attend meetings other than for incidental expenses.

Drafter of the Reply

Name: Prof. Hlengani Mathebula

Designation: Chairperson of the Board of Directors

Recommended by:

Acting Director-General: Government Communication and Information System (GCIS)

Mr Michael Currin

Approved / Not approved

______________________

Minister in The Presidency

Ms Khumbuzo Ntshavheni, MP

Reply:

Find reply here

Reply:

I do not have such a consequence management responsibility to deal with the Administrators, except if the Minister has directly appointed an Administrator, especially in instances of the invocation of Section 139 (7) of the Constitution.

(aa) Ditsobotla Local Municipality in North-West has been placed under Section 139(1)(c) of the Constitution by Provincial EXCO, the municipality was dissolved and re-constituted on the 9 January 2023. Provincial Treasury has currently placed the municipality under section 139(5) in terms of Mandatory Financial Recovery Plan, a Provincial EXCO Representative assumed responsibilities on 1 April 2023, the MEC CoGTA has also seconded an Acting Municipal Manager.

(bb) The Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality in the Free State Province has been placed under Section 139 (7) of the Constitution during April 2022 and is led by National Treasury.

(cc) The Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality in the Eastern Cape has been placed under Section 139 (7) of the Constitution on 6 April 2022 and is led by National Treasury.

The honourable member is advised to direct the question to the National Treasury as the lead for Section 139(7) interventions.

End.

Reply:

The Eskom board and management continues to deal with management and operational shortcomings that impede the optimisation of generation capacity, in this regard, the necessary disciplinary action is being pursued as required by relevant legislation and sector collective agreements.

In addition, an Energy Safety and Security Priority Committee was established to address ESKOM-related crime on an inter-departmental, multi-disciplinary basis to address the objectives of Work Stream Six of the National Energy Crisis Committee (NECOM).

A total of 1952 Eskom-related cases were reported to the SA Police Service between 1 April 2022 and 29 May 2023, with 1405 cases still under investigation, and 126 arrests have been made.

Whilst much remains, these interventions are beginning to turn the situation around, and there are indications that operational measures implemented have clearly disrupted the activities of criminal syndicates

Reply:

1. (a) and (b) I have been informed by the Department the TOMSA levy collected by TBCSA will be confirmed upon payment of the contribution to SA Tourism from 2022/23 collections.

2. .No funds in relation to TOMSA levy collections for the period under review have been received by South African Tourism as yet.

Reply:

(1)- (2) & (3) On the 23rd of October 2022, a section of the Kusile Unit 1 flue gas duct (the equivalent of a chimney in a household) exiting the sulphur dioxide absorber failed on the horizontal rubber expansion joint as well as the compensator (a bend to direct flue gas up the chimney that allows for thermal expansion of the chimney) whilst the unit was on forced shutdown for Flue Gas De-sulphuration recirculating pump repairs. The failure at Unit 1 subsequently affected units 2 and 3 as the ducts for all these three units are welded together.

ESKOM is currently fabricating and erecting temporary stacks at Kusile Power Station to enable operation of the three units without the use of the Flue Gas Desulphurisation (FGD) mechanism which is an emission-abatement technology, for a period of 13 months while the flue gas ducts are being repaired. This will be subject to final authorisation by DFFE to grant ESKOM an exemption to operate the units at full capacity with the temporary stacks. The temporary stacks will be completed by the end of November 2023 and Units 1, 2 and 3 synchronised to the grid by the end of December 2023.

The steel fabrication for the chimney pieces are fairly well, factories are operating 24 hours and are ahead of schedule. The welding of the steelwork is done at the factories while the stacking together of the pieces is consolidated on site.

Unit 3 is projected to be completed by the 28 November 2023, unit 1 is projected to be completed by the 11 December 2023, while Unit 2 is projected to be completed by 24 December 2023. Unit 5 is expected to be completed by October 2023 and unit 6 is expected at the end of 2024

Reply:

1. No incidents of inmates that have gone missing were reported in the past 10 years. The following number of inmates escaped from lawful custody:

Region	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22	2022/23
Limpopo, Mpumalanga & North West	01	06	07	05
Free State & Northern Cape	09	11	03	03
KwaZulu-Natal	05	03	06	02
Western Cape	04	75	03	05
Gauteng	10	12	02	02
Eastern Cape	05	10	01	10
TOTAL	34	117	22	27

Below is information in relation to inmates who remain at large after escaping from lawful custody:

Region	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22	2022/23
Limpopo, Mpumalanga & North West	00	03	06	05
Free State & Northern Cape	01	02	00	00
KwaZulu-Natal	01	01	01	00
Western Cape	01	00	00	00
Gauteng	04	10	00	01
Eastern Cape	00	00	00	05
TOTAL	07	16	07	06

1. Not applicable, however in the event that an escapes from a correctional centre the incident is reported to the South African Police Services (SAPS) for further investigation and other related action.

END

Reply:

(a)The salaries of the (i) Chief Executive Officer and the (ii) top Executives are included in the table below. The salaries include medical aid and provident fund benefits.

SOUTH AFRICAN CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY (SACAA)

Position	Annual Salary
Director of Civil Aviation	4,757,586.47
Executive: Aviation Safety Infrastructure	3,230,584.59
Executive: Aviation Safety Operations	3,016,418.95
Executive: Aviation Security	3,016,418.86
Chief Audit Executive	2,695,172.42
Chief Financial Officer	2,858,015.91
Executive: Legal and Aviation Compliance	2,219,700.00
Executive Accident & Incident Investigations	2,288,405.00
Executive: Corporate Services	2,243,691.37
Company Secretary	2,341,387.37
Executive: Human Resources	2,717,845.93

PORTS REGULATOR SOUTH AFRICA (PRSA)

Position	Annual Salary
Chief Executive Officer	3 811 900.50
Chief Financial Officer	2 206 345.56
Executive Manager Legal	2 032845.0
Executive Manager: Policy, Strategy & Research	2 206 345.56
Executive Manager Industry Development	1 978 101.97

SOUTH AFRICAN MARITIME SAFETY AUTHORITY (SAMSA)

Position	Annual Salary
Chief Executive Officer	3 641 880
Chief Operating Officer	2 819 000
Executive Legal Services	2 291 000
Company Secretary	2 400 000
Executive Maritime Projects	2 129 000
Chief Financial Officer	1 918 000
Chief Information Officer	1 766 000
Chief Human Capital	2 066 000
Deputy Chief Operating Officer	2 455 000
Executive Corporate Affairs	1 831 000

CROSS BOARDER ROAD TRANSPORT AGENCY (CBRTA)

Position	Annual Salary
Chief Executive Officer	R3,711,800
Chief Information Officer	R2,705,136
Executive: Corporate Service	R2,703,500
Executive: Regulatory Services	R2,703,500
Executive: Facilitation and Advisory	R2,703,500
Chief Financial Officer	R2,703,500

SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL ROADS AGENCY LIMITED (SANRAL)

Position	Annual Salary
Chief Executive Officer	R6 000 000.00
Chief Financial Officer	R3 603 711.00
Engineering Executive	R3 308 861.00
Chief Corporate Affairs Executive	R2 191 415.00
Business Operations Executive (VACANT)	R2 904 374.00

ROAD TRAFFIC INFRINGEMENT AGENCY (RTIA)

Position	Annual Salary
Registrar/Chief Executive Officer	R2,469,928.00
Deputy Registrar: Traffic Infringement Management	R1,864,698.00
Deputy Registrar: Strategy Development and Monitoring	R1,864,698.00
Chief Financial Officer	R1,864,698.00
Senior Executive Legal & Compliance	R1,864,698.00
Chief Audit Executive	R1,864,698.00

ROAD TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CORPORATION (RTMC)

Position	Annual Salary
Chief Executive Officer	5 689 838
Executive Manager: Road Information and Technology	2 833 487
Executive Manager: Financial Services	3 182 407
Executive Manager: Road Safety Stakeholder Relations Management & Marketing	2 710 930
Executive Manager: Corporate Services	2 753 430
Executive Manager: Road Traffic Law Enforcement	2 684 999
Executive Manager Road Traffic Academy	2 743 586
Executive Manager Transactional Services	2 177 914

AIR TRAFFIC & NAVIGATION SERVICES (ATNS)

Position	Annual Salary
Chief Executive Officer	4 416 300,00
Chief of Finance	891 625,00
*Chief Operating Officer (vacant)	3 280 515,28
*Company Secretary (vacant)	1 690 000,00
Chief Information Officer	2 468 066,08
*Chief Operations Technology(vacant)	2 167 733,49
*Chief Air Traffic Services (vacant)	2 212 166,00
Executive: ATM / CNS Planning	2 494 872,47
*Executive: Strategy and Optimisation (vacant)	2 367 666,00
*Executive: Commercial Services (vacant)	2 652 818,78
Chief Audit Officer	2 086 355,67
Chief Risk Officer	2 027 791,18
Legal Counsel	2 066 751,69
Chief Aviation Training Academy	2 326 092,55
Chief Human Capital Officer (6.5 months fixed term contract with total value of R996 664,50)	1 839 996,00
Regional Director Africa Affairs (Canso)	2 789 438,95

*Annual salary of previous incumbent

ROAD ACCIDENT FUND (RAF)

Position	Annual Salary
Chief Executive Officer	R6 177 316,00
Chief Financial Officer	R3 255 000,00
Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer	R3 100 000,00
Chief Governance Officer	R2 811 076,00
Chief Internal Audit Officer	Vacant
Chief Claims Officer	Vacant
Chief Corporate Support Officer	Vacant
Chief Investment Officer	Vacant

RAILWAY SAFETY REGULATOR (RSR)

Position	Annual Salary
Chief Executive Officer	3 800 000
Chief Operations Officer	Vacant
Chief Financial Officer	Vacant
Executive Media and Communications	2 003 574
Executive Risk and Strategy	2 330 588
Executive Legal Services	1 700 489
Executive Human Resources	1 566 601
Chief Information Officer	1 678 813
Company Secretary	1 566 601
Chief Audit Executive	2 003 574

PASSENGER RAIL AGENCY OF SOUTH AFRICA (PRASA)

Position	Annual salary
Group Chief Executive Officer	6 800 000.00
Chief Finance Officer	2,967,363.00
Chief Executive Officer	2,800,000.00
Executive Manager: Office of GCEO	2,967,879.00
Chief Financial Officer (Prasa Cres)	2,514,809.00
Executive Manager:Real Estate	2,208,714.00
Executive Manager: Facilities Management	1,961,000.00
Group Executive: Legal,Risk & Compliance	3,271,444.00
Acting Chief Executive Officer (Autopax)	3,094,284.00
Chief Financial Officer: PRASA Rail	2,420,800.00
Chief Operations Officer	1,950,000.00
Chief Financial Officer: PRASA Corporate	3,590,464.00
Chief Information Officer	2,761,809.00
Chief Executive Officer (Autopax)	2,600,000.00

AIRPORTS COMPANY SOUTH AFRICA (ACSA)

Position	Annual Salary
Chief Executive Officer	4 763 676
Chief Financial Officer	3 551 556
Executive Strategy & Sustainability	3 183 899
Chief Information Officer	3 153 066
Executive Operations Management	2 850 000
Executive Enterprise and Airport Security	3 000 000
Chief Audit Executive	2 711 159
Executive Human Resource	2 700 000
Executive Corporate Services	2 500 000

(b) The CEO and Executive members of State-Owned Entities do not get paid to attend meetings.

Reply:

1. The MDDA does not fund through intermediaries. Applications are submitted directly to the MDDA and communication is between the MDDA and applicants. Upon approval of a funding application, contractual arrangements are concluded between the MDDA and successful grantees.

2. No intermediaries are used. There are no transactions to report.

 

Drafter of the Reply

Name: Prof. Hlengani Mathebula

Designation: Chairperson of the Board of Directors

Recommended by:

Acting Director-General: Government Communication and Information System (GCIS)

Mr Michael Currin

Approved / Not approved

______________________

Minister in The Presidency

Ms Khumbuzo Ntshavheni, MP

Reply:

All offenders including maximum offenders have access to rehabilitation programmes as stated in the Correctional Services Act, 111 of 1998. Section 41 states that the Department must provide or give access to as full a range of programmes and activities, including needs-based programmes, as is practicable to meet the educational and training needs of sentenced offenders.

The following education programmes are offered- Adult Education and Training (AET) Levels 1-4: This is equivalent to Grades 1-9 in normal mainstream education and it is for offenders who want to pursue studies in the General Education and Training (GET) Band; Further Education and Training (FET): Offenders are given an opportunity to pursue Grade 12; Higher Education and Training (HET) and to advance their education through distant education. In this instance, they are assisted with registration at various institutions of higher learning at their own cost.

East London Female Correctional Centre incarcerates 312 females’ offenders. There are 55 female offenders who are classified as maximums. Of these 55, there are 12 offenders that are currently participating in the GET programme and 2 are busy with amended Senior Certificate programme.

A support visit to East London is planned for 3 August 2023 as part of Women`s Month with the aim of marketing the various education programmes and providing resource support to female offenders. Further to this, a directive compelling all offenders 30 years and below who have not attained Grade 9 or AET level 4, to attend development programmes has been issued.

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Reply:

The review of the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DoJ&CD)`s organizational structure can be traced back 2007. Many structures were designed but not approved and in some cases the structure was partially approved making it difficult to appoint people on permanent positions.

The organizational structure was not expanded as the new Branches previously existed but were not formalized through an approved structure. The Department Organization Structure was reviewed and all the Branches including the Department`s Executive Committee (EXCO) and organized labour, were consulted throughout the process.

The revised organizational structure is aligned to the Departmental mandate and legislative framework and the National Development Plan (NDP) vision 2030 and the Strategic Plan 2021/2025.

Among other challenges addressed in the revised organizational structure, is to address the poor span of control and blurred reporting lines. Benchmarking exercise was conducted with other departments in the Justice Cluster.

a) Approval of the new structure ha been obtained from the Minister of Public Service and Administration; and

b) The new approved structure does not include a position of Deputy Director- General (DDG) in the Office of the Director- General, but the reviewed structure includes the creation of only one Branch: Institutional Development and Support and one (1) post of Deputy Director- General that will head the said Branch. The post is not in the Office of the Director- General but closely linked to the responsibility of the Director- General.

The rationale for the creation of the said Branch is aligned to the DPSA proposals; but specific to the functional needs of the Department. The new branch is responsible for the following functional areas:

1. Strategic Management; an existing component previously reported directly to the DG. The component is responsible for Strategic planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Statistical and Research information by National Operations Centre, Service Delivery and Improvement of norms and standards;
2. Public Education and Communications Services, an existing component that previously reported to the Branch: Corporate Services. The component has been renamed Communication Management in line with the naming convention used in the Public Service. The component provides public education, media liaison support for the Department and Ministry, and oversee communication support services for the Provincial offices.
3. Justice College, also and existing component that previously reported to the Branch: Corporate Services. The component is responsible for offering Legal, Quasi-Judicial, Justice –specific Systems training and development services, for the public services and State- Owned Enterprises (SOE`s) officials, and other legal fraternity. The reorganisation of the structure was aligned to the college`s repositioning strategy and direct how it is capacitated; and
4. Policy, Entity and Cluster Coordination (previously known as Chief Director: Chief Legal Researcher) is newly defined to provide for the management and coordination of macro policy, the coordination of activities in the Justice cluster and the overseeing of entity oversight that falls within the Minister`s portfolio.

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Reply:

1. The Minister is not in contempt of court. The High court ordered as follows:

1. Directing the First Respondent to register the Applicant’s birth in terms of the Births and Deaths Registration Act, 51 of 1992, as amended, within 30 (thirty) days of this order.

2. Declaring the Applicant to be a South African citizen by birth in terms of section 2(2) of the South African Citizenship Act, 88 of 1995, as amended (“the Citizenship Act).

3. Alternatively, declaring the Applicant to be a South African citizen by naturalisation in terms of section 4(3) of the Citizenship Act.

4. Directing the First Respondent to enter the Applicant into the National Population Register as a citizen, to issue him with an identity number and to amend and re-issue his birth certificate accordingly, within 30 (thirty) days of this order.

5. Directing the First Respondent to accept and adjudicate applications in terms of section 2(2) on affidavit pending the promulgation of regulations.

6. Ordering the Respondents to pay the costs of this application on an attorney and client scale, jointly and severally, the one to pay the other to be absolved, which costs will include the costs consequent upon the employment of 2 (two) Counsel.”.

As the High Court did not make any order setting aside section 2(2) of the South African Citizenship Act, 1995 (Act No. 88 of 1995), the Minister has not, therefore, been ordered to make regulations with regard thereto and cannot, therefore be in contempt of the court order.

(2)(a) However, the department is in the process of finalising the drafting of the regulations in order to provide a Form as per the order in Minister of Home Affairs vs Ali [2018] ZASCA 169; 2019 (2) SA 396 (SCA). Once the Minister has approved the Regulations, they will be published in the government gazette for implementation.

(2)(b) Currently, the department accepts and processes applications submitted in an affidavit in line with the Pretoria High Court.

END

Reply:

Implementation of Public Service Commission (PSC) Recommendations by Government Departments (2019/20-2021/22)

1. Total number of recommendations issued by the PSC to government departments in the (i) 2019-20, (ii) 2020-21 and (iii) 2021-22 financial years,

Province	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22	Total
Eastern Cape	8	9	4	21
Free State	27	23	19	69
Gauteng	109	26	15	150
KwaZulu-Natal	85	10	27	122
Limpopo	38	5	122	165
Mpumalanga	21	23	0	44
National	180	126	67	373
North West	20	64	7	91
Northern Cape	42	28	14	84
Western Cape	75	23	13	111
Total	605	337	288	1 230

2. Total number of the specified recommendations that were implemented by each government department (2019/20-2021/22)

Province	Departments	Total Recommendations	Fully implemented	Partially implemented
Eastern Cape	Health	9	2	1
	Total	9	2	1
Free State	FS Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs	14	5	6
	FS Education	5	4
	FS Health	28	5
	FS Police, Roads and Transport	1		1
	Statistics South Africa	8	1
	Total	56	15	7
Gauteng	Cooperative Governance	10	2	2
	GP Agriculture and Rural Development	21	9	5
	GP Community Safety	7	4
	GP Economic Development	13	7	2
	GP Education	16	12
	GP Health	32	1	28
	GP Infrastructure Development	24		6
	GP Provincial Treasury	6	6
	GP Sport, Arts, Culture and Recreation	2	2
	GP Social Development	6	6
	Total	137	49	43
KwaZulu-Natal	KZN Health	16	4
	KZN Agriculture, Environmental Affairs and Rural Development	6	4	1
	KZN Sports, Arts and Culture	12	1	1
	KZN Community Safety and Liaison	8	2
	KZN Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs	9	4	4
	KZN Education	35	7	4
	KZN Finance	6	5	1
	KZN Public Works	7	1
	KZN Transport	13	3	1
	KZN Economic Development	2	2
	KZN Social Development	2	1
	Home Affairs	6
	Total	122	34	12
Limpopo	Limpopo Education	1	1
	Limpopo Health	7	1
	Total	8	2	0
Mpumalanga	Mpumalanga Education	18	11	3
	Mpumalanga Health	22	3
	Social Development	4	2
	Total	44	16	3
National	Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries	3	1
	Basic Education	19	3	1
	Defence	7	1
	Environmental Affairs	5	2
	Home Affairs	26	8	10
	Independent Police Investigative Directorate	1	1
	International Relations & Cooperation	5	2	2
	Labour	13	10
	Performance Monitoring and Evaluation	15	4	3
	Public Service & Administration	11	4	1
	Public Works	33	8
	Rural Development & Land Reform	29	4
	Trade & Industry	16	5
	Women, Children & People with Disabilities	6		6
	Total	189	53	23
North West	NW: Co-Operative Governance, Human Settlement & Traditional Affairs	16	2
	NW: Health	21	2
	NW: Public Works & Roads	35	8	1
	Total	72	12	1
Northern Cape	NC Co-operative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs	6	4	2
	NC Education	21	11	2
	NC Environment and Conservation	2	2
	NC Health	26	13	10
	NC Office of the Premier	7	6
	NC Provincial Treasury	4	2	1
	NC Roads and Public Works	5	2	2
	NC Transport, Safety and Liaison	7	4	3
	Total	78	44	20
Western Cape	WC Agriculture	1	1
	WC Community Safety	2	2
	WC Education	4	4
	WC Environmental Affairs and	1	1
	WC Health	89	67	1
	WC Office of the Premier	4	2
	WC Social Development	5	2
	WC Transport and Public Works	4	4
	Total	110	83	1

3. Number of PSC recommendations that were not implemented by government departments (2019/20-2021/22)

Province	Departments	Total Recommendations issued by the PSC	Not yet implemented	No feedback received
Eastern Cape	EC Education	1		1
	EC Roads and Public Works	8	5	3
	Health	9	6
	Human Settlements	3		3
	Total	21	11	7
Free State	FS Agriculture	3	1
	FS Education	5	1
	FS Health	28	13
	Statistics South Africa	8		7
	Total	44	15	7
Gauteng	Cooperative Governance	10	6
	GP Agriculture and Rural Development	21	7
	GP Community Safety	7	3
	GP Economic Development	13	4
	GP Education	16	4
	GP Health	32	1	2
	GP Infrastructure Development	24	16	2
	GP Roads and Transport	6	6
	Human Settlements	5	5
	Rural Development & Land Reform	2		2
	Total	136	52	6
KwaZulu-Natal	KZN Health	16	10	2
	KZN Agriculture, Environmental Affairs and Rural Development	6	1
	KZN Sports, Arts and Culture	12	8	2
	KZN Community Safety and Liaison	8	5	1
	KZN Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs	9	1
	KZN Education	35	13	10
	KZN Public Works	7	5	1
	KZN Transport	13	6	3
	KZN Social Development	2		1
	Home Affairs	6	6
	Total	114	55	20
Limpopo	Limpopo Agriculture	4	1	3
	Limpopo Health	7	4	2
	Limpopo Office of the Premier	6	2	4
	Limpopo Public Works	17	6	11
	Limpopo Roads and Transport	2	2
	Limpopo Sport, Arts and Culture	6		6
	Total	42	15	26
Mpumalanga	Mpumalanga Education	18	1	3
	Mpumalanga Health	22	17	1
	Social Development	4	2
	Total	44	20	4
National	Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries	3	2
	Sports, Arts & Culture	28		28
	Basic Education	19	3	12
	Cooperative Governance	11		10
	Correctional Services	18	8	6
	Defence	7		6
	Environmental Affairs	5	3
	Higher Education & Training	5		5
	Home Affairs	26	3	5
	International Relations & Cooperation	5	1
	Justice & Constitutional Development	54		54
	Labour	13	1	2
	Military Veterans	6		6
	Mineral Resources	5	3	2
	Performance Monitoring and Evaluation	15	8
	Public Service & Administration	11	2	4
	Public Service Commission	28	10	18
	Public Works	33	10	15
	Rural Development & Land Reform	29	4	21
	SA Police Service	11	3	8
	Tourism	15	12	3
	Trade & Industry	16	2	7
	Water Affairs	3	2	1
	Total	366	77	213
North West	NW: Arts, Culture, Sports & Recreation	6	6
	NW: Co-Operative Governance, Human Settlement & Traditional Affairs	16	13
	NW: Health	21	19
	NW: Public Works & Roads	35	14
	NW: Social Development	13	13
	Total	91	65	0
Northern Cape	Arts & Culture	6	1	5
	NC Education	21	6	2
	NC Health	26		3
	NC Office of the Premier	7	1
	NC Provincial Treasury	4	1
	NC Roads and Public Works	5	1
	Total	69	10	10
Western Cape	WC Health	89		2
	Total	89	0	2

4. Consolidated recommendations issued by the Public Service Commission (PSC) to government departments in the (2019/20-2021/22) financial years, per (i) national and (ii) provincial department.

Province	Departments	Total Recommendations	Fully implemented	Partially implemented	Not to be implemented	Not yet implemented	No feedback received
Eastern Cape	EC Education	1					1
	EC Roads and Public Works	8				5	3
	Health	9	2	1		6
	Human Settlements	3					3
	Total	21	2	1	0	11	7
Free State	FS Agriculture	3			2	1
	FS Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs	14	5	6	3
	FS Education	5	4			1
	FS Health	28	5		10	13
	FS Human Settlements	6			6
	FS Police, Roads and Transport	1		1
	FS Sport, Arts, Culture and Recreation	4			4
	Statistics South Africa	8	1				7
	Total	69	15	7	25	15	7
Gauteng	Cooperative Governance	10	2	2		6
	GP Agriculture and Rural Development	21	9	5		7
	GP Community Safety	7	4			3
	GP Economic Development	13	7	2		4
	GP Education	16	12			4
	GP Health	32	1	28		1	2
	GP Infrastructure Development	24		6		16	2
	GP Provincial Treasury	6	6
	GP Roads and Transport	6				6
	GP Sport, Arts, Culture and Recreation	2	2
	GP Social Development	6	6
	Human Settlements	5				5
	Rural Development & Land Reform	2					2
	Total	150	49	43	0	52	6
KwaZulu-Natal	KZN Health	16	4			10	2
	KZN Agriculture, Environmental Affairs and Rural Development	6	4	1		1
	KZN Arts and Culture	12	1	1		8	2
	KZN Community Safety and Liaison	8	2			5	1
	KZN Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs	9	4	4		1
	KZN Education	35	7	4	1	13	10
	KZN Finance	6	5	1
	KZN Public Works	7	1			5	1
	KZN Transport	13	3	1		6	3
	KZN Economic Development	2	2
	KZN Social Development	2	1				1
	Home Affairs	6				6
	Total	122	34	12	1	55	20
Limpopo	Limpopo Agriculture	4				1	3
	Limpopo Education	1	1
	Limpopo Health	7	1			4	2
	Limpopo Office of the Premier	6				2	4
	Limpopo Public Works	17				6	11
	Limpopo Roads and Transport	2				2
	Limpopo Sport, Arts and Culture	6					6
	Total	43	2	0	0	15	26
Mpumalanga	Mpumalanga Education	18	11	3		1	3
	Mpumalanga Health	22	3		1	17	1
	Social Development	4	2			2
	Total	44	16	3	1	20	4
National	Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries	3	1			2
	Sports, Arts & Culture	28					28
	Basic Education	19	3	1		3	12
	Cooperative Governance	11			1		10
	Correctional Services	18			4	8	6
	Defence	7	1				6
	Environmental Affairs	5	2			3
	Higher Education & Training	5					5
	Home Affairs	26	8	10		3	5
	Independent Police Investigative Directorate	1	1
	International Relations & Cooperation	5	2	2		1
	Justice & Constitutional Development	54					54
	Labour	13	10			1	2
	Military Veterans	6					6
	Mineral Resources	5				3	2
	Performance Monitoring and Evaluation	15	4	3		8
	Public Service & Administration	11	4	1		2	4
	Public Service Commission	28				10	18
	Public Works	33	8			10	15
	Rural Development & Land Reform	29	4			4	21
	SA Police Service	11				3	8
	Tourism	15				12	3
	Trade & Industry	16	5		2	2	7
	Water Affairs	3				2	1
	Women, Children & People with Disabilities	6		6
	Total	373	53	23	7	77	213
North West	NW: Arts, Culture, Sports & Recreation	6				6
	NW: Co-Operative Governance, Human Settlement & Traditional Affairs	16	2		1	13
	NW: Health	21	2			19
	NW: Public Works & Roads	35	8	1	12	14
	NW: Social Development	13				13
	Total	91	12	1	13	65	0
Northern Cape	Arts & Culture	6				1	5
	NC Co-operative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs	6	4	2
	NC Education	21	11	2		6	2
	NC Environment and Conservation	2	2
	NC Health	26	13	10			3
	NC Office of the Premier	7	6			1
	NC Provincial Treasury	4	2	1		1
	NC Roads and Public Works	5	2	2		1
	NC Transport, Safety and Liaison	7	4	3
	Total	84	44	20	0	10	10
Western Cape	WC Agriculture	1	1
	WC Community Safety	2	2
	WC Economic Development and Tourism	1			1
	WC Education	4	4
	WC Environmental Affairs and	1	1
	WC Health	89	67	1	19		2
	WC Office of the Premier	4	2		2
	WC Social Development	5	2		3
	WC Transport and Public Works	4	4
	Total	111	83	1	25	0	2

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Reply:

1(a) 15 Mobile Solution Trucks are deployed in the Eastern Cape Province.

1(b) Region 1: O.R. Tambo and Alfred Nzo District: = 6

Region 2: Buffalo City Metro and Amathole District: =4

Region 3: Nelson Mandela Bay Metro and Sarah Baartman District: =2

Region 4: Chris Hani and Joe Qgabi District: =3

(1)(c) The Timely drawn Monthly Itineraries by local offices direct the Mobile Solution Trucks to areas envisaged by the communities to spend a day in each, or may have to return to the area, following an incidental breakdown of the network that would have led to being unable to provide the required service.

(2)(a&b) The Wesbank Transversal Account registered for Government under RT46 appoints Merchants to conduct repairs, as per footprint nationwide.

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Reply:

a) The department’s footprint is not adequate for the population of our country and I have taken a decision to move away from focusing on static bricks and mortar only offices but to increase the footprint of mobile offices that will go to the people instead of people going to the offices and I have personally led many outreach programmes to rural communities in Eastern Cape, Mpumalanga and Limpopo.

(b)(i) The department will be adding an additional 100 mobile units in the 2023/24 financial year to increase its mobile fleet to 227 units. This increase will ensure that under-served rural areas receive regular visits and quicker turnaround time in receiving their documents.

(b)(ii) The additional 100 units are expected in the fourth quarter of the current financial year.

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Reply:

(a)(b)(i)(ii)(aa)(bb)(iii) The Immigration Act, No. 13 of 2002 does not make provision for a nomad visa. As a result, there were no nomad visa applications rejected by the Department for the periods mentioned above.

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Reply:

1. (a) In May 2022, the Minister issued a directive to Amatola Water in terms of Section 41 (1) and Section 63 (1) of the Water Services Act, to urgently intervene and address water shortages in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro Municipality (NMBMM) owing to the ongoing drought. The required scope of work for the intervention was to address the following:

• Governance of the water services function within Nelson Mandela Bay Metro Municipality.
• Represent the Minister in terms of Section 73 in fulfilling the Water Services Authority function for the duration of the Section 63 intervention.

• Assisting the municipality with the implementation of the Drought Alleviation Action Plan towards prevention of a “Dry Tap” scenario (especially in the western part of the Metro), through, amongst others: implementing and enforcing water restrictions; implementing a drought awareness communication plan; providing assistance with the water conservation and demand management strategy.

b) The outcomes of the intervention include:

• Accelerating the move of the Impofu barge which stretched available water on the Kromme system from 16 days to 375 days
• Working with the provincial Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) to ensure restrictions are developed and are reasonable while ensuring that the local dams are given the maximum opportunity to recover
• Furthering work towards transforming the water and sanitation business into a resilient professional and reliable service entity
• An improved drought communication strategy was rolled out in collaboration with NMBMM and Mandela Bay Development Agency
• Facilitating work done by non-governmental Organisations and private sector stakeholders like Coca-Cola Beverages SA on drilling boreholes at municipal owned properties around the municipality
• Eliminating the backlog of leaks in July 2022, and immediately attending to new ones
• Encouraging private sector support, such as the Business Chamber leak repairs and the Strategic Water Partnership Network Memorandum of Understanding
• Creating enabling conditions to accelerate municipal processes
• Supporting the downward trend of water demand
• Supporting water augmentation projects.
• Finalising the capacitation of key positions in the technical team

The Amatola Water Board's approach has been collaborative and initiating a partnership with the NMBM to identify and unblock challenges.  The experts have been using their experience and skills to amongst others; advice; share best practices; anticipate challenges and propose common solutions. Close collaboration with the Political Oversight Committee; City officials and organized business has contributed a great deal in moving Day Zero much further from becoming a reality.

2. a) Please refer to the response above in question 1 (b).

b) The total expenditure that was incurred by the Board in relation to the NMBMM water crisis is as follows:

Financial Year 2022	R305 338. 58
Financial Year 2023	R282 550. 74
Travel costs	R112 409. 78
Total costs:	R700 409. 10

3. The Department did not instruct any independent auditor and/or monitoring group to oversee the expenditure of Amatola Water Board. Board members are paid based on the DWS Policy on Board Practices and the remuneration of board members of entities reporting to the Minister of Water and Sanitation. According to this policy, Board Members are remunerated on an hourly rate basis for meetings attended. The maximum number of hours that may be remunerated per month for the Chairperson of the Board is 50 hours and Board Members is 40 hours. Any additional hours to be remunerated such as may arise in extraordinary circumstances, should be approved by the Minister prior.

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The question asked by the Hon Member falls within the Executive Authority of the Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for education in Mpumalanga, and therefore should be referred as such. 

Reply:

The Department has been engaging with School Governing Bodies (SGB) of affected schools to find amicable solutions under difficult circumstances. The current powers given to SGBs in the South African Schools Act, 84 of 1996 makes it difficult to resolve such cases. The current BELA Bill aims to remedy this situation  by allowing Heads of Departments to intervene when elements of discrimination in the language and admission policies are detected.

Reply:

1. The Department of Education in collaboration with the Department of Transport (DoT) published the Learner Transport Policy in 2015 with the main intention of standardizing the implementation of Learner Transport Function. Both the DBE and DoT are currently reviewing the Learner Transport Policy to address among others issues of unmet Demand, insufficient funding, and varied provincial cost models.  The Review is expected to be completed by the end of the 3rd Quarter of 2023/2024 Financial Year. Also the two Departments are currently developing the Standard Cost Model to standardise the costing of Learner Transport Programme to be used by all Contracting Provinces as there are varied cost models from one Province to the other.

2. No decision has been made to award the Learner Transport Function to either the Department of Basic Education or the Department of Transport. The Departments jointly wrote a Cabinet Memorandum through the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) requesting Cabinet to seek strategic advice and deeper analysis on the location of the Learner Transport Function. DBE’s Council of Education Ministers (CEM) indicated that they do not have authority to decide on the optimal location of the function and that Cabinet or a higher political structure must decide on the location. The Departments are still waiting for feedback on this matter.

3. Legal advice was solicited internally from the DBE’s Legal Services Unit during the development of the current Learner Transport Policy promulgated in 2015. The advice was provided in engagements internally and was not a formal written legal opinion.  

4. Refer to 3 above.

Reply:

We currently have visa waiver agreements with 35 countries in the African continent including 16 SADC countries. The eVisa system has been rolled to 17 countries within Africa. They are Algeria, Comoros, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Morocco, Niger, Senegal, Egypt, Cameroon, DRC, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria and Uganda. This implementation is encouraging and supporting the movement in and out of SA and also boost tourism.

Further, South Africa is participating in the pilot for the SADC UNIVISA project. UNIVISA Legal Experts will be meeting from 8 – 9 June 2023 and the Department of Home Affairs will also be participating to consider the feasibility, modalities of this initiative.

The above is an indication of the department’s support and commitment towards attaining the goal of harmonising the visa regime across the African continent to make it easier for tourists to move from one country to another.

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Reply:

(a)(b)(i)(ii)(aa)(bb)(iii) The Immigration Act, No. 13 of 2002 does not make provision for a nomad visa. As a result, there were no nomad visas issued by the Department for the periods mentioned above.

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Reply:

Attempts were made to invite the applicant for the 9 and 10 May 2023 Late Registration of Birth (LRB) Committee sittings in Temba Local Office. However, his number went to voicemail. Contact was later made with the applicant through other means and the date of 15 June 2023 is scheduled to finalise the application. The applicant has committed his availability to attend on the said date.

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(a)(i) A total number of 1200 illegal foreigners were arrested during business inspections conducted in 2022/23

(a)(ii) A total number of 22436 illegal foreigners were deported during the financial year 2022/23

(a)(iii) Total amount of R215 500 in lieu of fines were issued to employers for employing illegal foreigners

(b) The sectors are as follows:

 

• Farms
• Retail stores / Wholesalers
• Freight & Logistics companies
• Mining industry
• Hair Salons
• Supermarkets/ Tuckshops
• Security
• Construction companies
• Religious Establishments
• Educational Establishments
• Massage Spas

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Reply:

The Department of Basic Education (DBE), in collaboration with a team of reading experts from civil society and academia, is reviewing the Integrated Sector Reading Plan. A revised National Reading Literacy Strategy is therefore being developed, and central to it is the need to improve the teaching and learning of African home languages reading literacy on a large scale, in the emergent and early grade phases (Early Childhood Development and Foundation Phase)

The recent transfer of ECD functions to DBE creates an opportunity to improve school-readiness, by helping Early Learning Programmes to become incubators of emergent and early literacy. To this end, we have sourced dedicated funding to empower over 20 000 under-resourced ECD programmes with early learning resources which will include those that foster emergent and early literacy skills.

The revised Strategy will comprise refining policy to explicitly guide the development of reading literacy, with a primary focus on Home Language literacy; Teacher training focused on Home Language reading literacy; provision of culturally relevant and age-appropriate reading resources for both ECD and Early Grades; as well as strengthening collaboration with parents, communities and partners. We will be tracking implementation through strengthening the monitoring, quality assurance, evaluation and feedback loop. 

The Department is also intensifying its support of teachers in implementing the Revised Annual Teaching Plans (RATPs), which take into account fundamental skills that should be taught in the light of learning gaps learners have. 

In relation to the utilisation of the data from Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS), we will be:

• Initiating an extensive capacity building programme for officials and teachers, which will be facilitated by an expert Technical Advisory Group (TAG). This programme will include item analysis using some of the excerpts from PIRLS which have been released. 

• The TAG has been assembled to intensively examine the data on reading literacy from PIRLS, Early Learning National Assessments (ELNA), and Systemic Evaluation (SE).

• The TAG will also assist the DBE in implementing a national capacity development programme.

• The purpose of this program is to enhance the knowledge and skills of senior decision-makers at national, provincial, and district levels

Reply:

1. The Department of Basic Education (DBE) determines the priority subject areas using various means for the purposes of replacement of teachers into the correct phase and subject specialisation using the Funza Lushaka Bursary funding in training the teachers required in the sector.  Secondly, the Department caters for the newly introduced subjects (currently about 26 new subjects) which require new teachers are also considered. Furthermore, each PED submits their priority subjects to the Department of Basic Education. The lists are signed off by their respective Heads of Department (HODs).  The DBE then consolidates the list to draft the National list of priority subjects.

2. Yes.

3. The attached composite list of subjects are made available for any one that may require it.  The DBE on an annual basis disseminates the list of priority subjects to Higher Education Institutions, SACE, DHET, and other stakeholders. 

Reply:

(a)(i)(aa) Total received in the last 3 financial years from 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2023 is 28 289.

(b)(i)(aa) Total received from 1 April 2023 to 26 May 2023 is 5 474.

(a&b)(bb) Total combined issued outcomes: 33 763

(a&b)(ii) Countries of application: Nigeria, Pakistan, India, Kenya, Philippines, Egypt, China, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Mexico, Uganda, Congo, Saudi Arabia, Iran.

(a&b)(iii) Average turnaround time: 10 working days.

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Reply:

a) Over the past few years, the Ugu DM has experienced significant water supply challenges throughout the district due to several challenges outlined in the table below:

• The current operational treatment capacity of the Ugu DM WSA (excluding boreholes) is approx. 130 Ml/day. The 2020 water demand model indicates a current water demand of approximately 200 Ml/day (immediate 70 Ml/day shortfall) and a future predicted (2050) water demand of approx. 330 Ml/day. Water supply shortages are exacerbated during the peak holiday periods when demand often doubles.
• Due to shortage of bulk water and bulk storage capacity any interruptions in supply from bursts, equipment failures, leaks and power outages result in the systems emptying rapidly and systems destabilising and resulting in water interruptions. Due to demand outstripping supply, systems can take extensive periods to stabilize.
• There are staff disputes and ongoing vandalism.
• Damage to assets and infrastructure during the July 2021 unrest.
• Problems with the billing system, revenue collection and dissatisfaction with service have reduced revenue and sustainability of service.
• Illegal connections resulting in water losses, reduce revenue and demands on systems.

b) The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has been actively participating in different structures and the inter-Ministerial Task Team and other structures established by the Premier of KwaZulu-Natal in January 2022. The participants include the Planning Commission, Municipal Infrastructure Support Agent (MISA), DWS, Provincial Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA).

The Task Team was intended to determine the root causes of water supply interruptions in the various supply systems in the municipality and develop actionable interventions. In addition, the Minister of Water and Sanitation established a WAR room in November 2022 to monitor the progress made with implementation of the interventions being implemented in the area.

In line with its mandate, the DWS has focused support to ensure availability of sufficient water resources to supply the area. The Minister issued a Directive to Umgeni Water to fund and implement the Cwabeni Dam, an off channel storage dam with a capacity of approximately 70 million cubic meters to augment the Bhobhoi/ uMzimkhulu supply system which feeds Port Shepstone and surrounding areas. This project will increase the yield of the raw water supply system and reduce the risk of non-supply during dry periods.

The DWS is also supporting the Ugu DM with the detailed planning for other regional bulk water supply projects including Harding Weza, Mtamvuna and Vulamethlo regional schemes that are required to ensure there is sufficient water to meet the growing demands in the area. It is anticipated that these planning studies will take about 12 months to complete.

Furthermore, during the 2022/23 financial year the department transferred R150 million from the Water Service Infrastructure Grant (WSIG) to Ugu DM, to accelerate the infrastructure refurbishment. Allocations over the MTEF are indicated below:

Financial Year	Allocation
2023/24	150 000 000
2024/25	87 750 000
2025/26	90 000 000
Total	327 750 000

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Reply:

In August 2022, the Minister established a Regulatory Commission comprising of eleven (11) Commissioners who, as a collective panel of experts, possess various sets of economics, financial, social and technical qualifications and experience. The Commission was established in terms of Section 99 of the National Water Act and serves as the Minister’s advisors and provides a level of autonomy in improving the transparency and predictability in regulatory decision making.

The Minister is of the view that this regulatory model needs to be given a chance. Therefore, the required legislative provisions were made in the revised draft National Water Act to empower this Commission.

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Reply:

The Minister and department have advised water boards and municipalities to:  

• Revise their minimum operational levels for reservoirs
• Increase water treatment and reservoir storage capacity
• Revise water treatment schedules to maximize water treatment while electricity is available or other measures to ensure security of water
• Requiring water boards and municipalities to revise the minimum operational levels for reservoirs
• Develop alternative sources of electricity supply to meet their electricity needs, either through off-take agreements with independent power producers or embedded generators, or through direct ownership. This could include for example, solar panels coupled with inverters and batteries.
• Develop alternative sources of electricity supply to meet their electricity needs, either through off-take agreements with independent power producers or embedded generators, or through direct ownership. This could include for example, solar panels coupled with inverters and batteries.
• Where electricity is supplied from municipality, Water Boards and Water Services Authorities shall, where practically possible and through municipal electricity departments, isolate water and sanitation infrastructure.  
• Develop integrated response plans to maintain drinking water and drinkin water and wastewater standards during loadshedding, covering water and sanitation, electricity, and other divisions of the Water Service Authority. 

The Department has also requested Eskom to exempt water boards and water service authorities from penalties for exceeding the notified maximum demand during periods of load shedding. Eskom has not yet acceded to this request.

The DWS is also in the process of issuing a Request for Information (RFI) for the private sector to invest in renewable energy generation coupled with energy storage capacity to supply DWS with its electricity needs, based on long-term electricity off-take agreements with DWS. This will incrementally reduce the reliance of DWS on the electricity grid over time.

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Reply:

The Department, collaborating with the Amatola Water Board, mobilised the operations team from Amatola Water to join the Makhanda team to investigate the reason for the non-functionality of the Waainek Water Treatment Plant. Investigations pointed to the inability of pumps to abstract water from the Howisons Poort Dam to Waainek Water Treatment Works in the western side of Makhanda. Specialist Divers were called in to investigate any blockages on valves on the dam wall and removed some debris that was found. The pump was taken off-site for further testing and found to be functional. Current investigations on the pipeline are ongoing and divers with specialist equipment are again hard at work to investigate and resolve the current water challenges. Furthermore, the following is being done to assist the municipality:

The Department, in consultation with provincial government is mobilising further resources to enable Amatola Water to start with critical emergency work within Makhanda. Amatola Water has already costed the works and its proposal has been submitted to Cogta and Office of the Premier for funding.

As part of its ongoing regulatory activities, the Department also engaged the Makhanda Municipality regarding non-compliance on loading drinking water monitoring data on the Integrated Regulatory Information System (IRIS)

The levels of E.coli levels have since been brought under control and the water supply is being closely monitored. In addition, the boil water notice was issued by the municipality.

Ongoing construction of the James Kleynhans (Phase 2), funded under the Regional Bulk Infrastructure Grant (RBIG) to the upgrade the Water Treatment Works from a 10Mℓ/day to a 20Mℓ/day plant which supplies the town. Construction started on 18 January 2023 and the practical completion is planned for 15 December 2023. An additional 10Mℓ/day project to upgrade the existing system will commence by end of June 2023.

It should be noted that the Moeggesukkel community mentioned in the question could not be located nor is it known by the Makhanda Municipality, however reported leaks in the municipality are being addressed as an ongoing activity.

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Reply:

Yes, all entry requirements were complied with – no exemptions were approved.

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Reply:

(1&2) Yes, customs duties were performed in the presence of members of the South African Police Service and officials of the Border Management Authority (BMA).

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Reply:

Department of Home Affairs and Border Management Authority

a) No, the Department has not set aside any specific percentages of its procurement allocation to (i) Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMMEs), (ii) cooperatives, (iii) township enterprises or (iv) rural enterprises in the (aa) 2021/22 financial year and (bb) since 1 April 2023. When issuing bids, the Department targets Broad-based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) Level 1 entities, Emerging Medium Enterprises (EME) or Qualifying Small Enterprises (QSE), 100% Black-owned entities with a preference for Black youth, Black women, or Black people with disability.

b) No, the Border Management Authority (BMA) has not set aside any specific percentages of its procurement allocations to (i) SMMEs, (ii) cooperatives, (iii) township enterprises or (iv) rural enterprises in the (aa) 2021/22 financial year and (bb) since 1 April 2023. When issuing bids, the BMA targets Broad-based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) Level 1 entities, Emerging Medium Enterprises (EME) or Qualifying Small Enterprises (QSE), 100% Black-owned entities with a preference for Black youth, Black women, or Black people with disability.

b) Government Printing Works

The departmental allocation for respective categories of businesses and applicable financial years is contained in the table below. In line with the below, the Exempted Micro Enterprises (EME) and Qualifying Small Enterprises (QSE) represent small, medium and micro enterprises.

Response	Classification	Total allocation	Percentage
(aa) 2021/2022 Financial Year
b(i)	SMMEs
	EME	R161 013 937,00	3,62%
	QSE	R477 725 670,00	12,57%
b(ii)	Cooperatives	R0,00	0%
b(iii)	Township	R6 426 068,00	0,14%
b(iv)	Rural	R107 183 843,00	2,41%
(bb) April 2023 to Date
b(i)	SMMEs
	EME	R13 647 717,50	0,63%
	QSE	R53 774 481,74	3,36%
b(ii)	Cooperatives	R0,00	0,00%
b(iii)	Township	R1 024 610,00	0,05%
b(iv)	Rural	R2 859 613,48	0,13%

c) Independent Electoral Commission

(aa) 2022-23 financial year

Before the introduction of the categorisation of enterprise types by Generic, Qualified Small Enterprises and Exempt Micro Enterprises, the industry norm was to report on SMMEs paying more focus on the number of full-time employees in the entities. The norm as per the current trend is to report on the enterprise types which mainly looks at the categorisation of companies in terms of annual turnover. The advantage of reporting on enterprise type is that information can be verified against Central Supplier Database.

The report below, therefore depicts awards on competitive bidding for the specified period based on the following:

• Generic Entities
• Qualified Entities (QSE)
• Exempt Micro Enterprises (EME)
• Ownership by Black People
• Ownership by Black Youth
• Ownership by Black Women
• Ownership by people living in townships
• BEE Status Levels
• BEE Ownership

It must be noted that the moratorium imposed on procurement in the last financial year as a result of the application of the Preferential Procurement Regulations, 2017 resulted in fewer procurement activities taking place during the period.

BEE or Non-BEE Status
Type	Contract Value	Contract %
BEE	R97 713 187	51%
Non-BEE	R92 638 492	49%
Total	190 351 679	100%
Tenders Awarded by Enterprise Type
Type	Contract Value	Contract %
Generic	100 067 915	53%
QSE	7 794 593	4%
EME	82 489 171	43%
Total	R190 351 679	100%
Tenders Awarded by BEE Contributor Status Level
B-BBEE Contracts	Contract Value	% Contract Value
Status Level 1	R111 510 789,36	59%
Status Level 2	R 31 099 606	16%
Status Level 3	R 0	0%
Status Level 4	R45 437 108,29	24%
Status Level 5	2 304 175,00	1%
Status Level 6	R 0	0%
Status Level 7	R 0	0%
Status Level 8	R 0	0%
BEE Non-Compliant	R 0	0%
Total	R 190 351 679	100%
Black Ownership
B-BBEE Contracts	Contract Value
Black People	R 144 914 570
Black Youth	R 51 286 544
Black Women	R 100 860 862
Black with Disability	R 0
Ownership by people living in rural or underdeveloped areas	R 0
Ownership by people living in townships	R 8 894 424

(bb) 1 April 2023 -12 May 2023

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Reply:

The Minister of Home Affairs had at no stage given Mr Oscar Mabuyane, “the right to establish an international port of entry in an unused former homeland airport in Bisho”

Upon receipt of the request/application, the Minister acted in terms of section 9A of the Immigration Act 13 of 2002 to designate Bulembu Airport in (Bhisho) as a port of entry and exit.

The Minister took steps to comply with regulation 8 of the Immigration Act.

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Reply:

I have approved a waiver of visa requirements for diplomatic and official/service passport holders for Palestinian nationals. The drafting and finalisation of the Visa Waiver Agreement with the Palestinian Authority is at an advanced stage and I will make an announcement in due course.

As far as Palestinian ordinary passport holders are concerned, the Department intends to finalise waiver of visa requirements for this category by the end of June 2023.

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Reply:

No, neither the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs nor the Department of Cooperative Governance (DCOG) is responsible for the flushing toilets installed in rural areas. The provision of sanitation to households in general, and of flushing toilets in rural areas, as well as operational and maintenance of the sewer systems is the responsibility of the municipalities that have been designated Water Services Authorities (WSAs) in terms of the Water Services Act 108 of 1997.

DCOG provides support and strengthens the capacity of WSAs in accordance with section 154 of Constitution by deploying technical support through the Municipal Infrastructure Support Agent (MISA). When a WSA fails to fulfil its obligations in terms of the Constitution, and the provincial executive has also failed to intervene, the national executive may intervene in terms of section 139 (7) of the Constitution.

(a) and (b) Not applicable.

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Reply:

1. Four (4) people were seconded from private organisations in the past three years.

2.Two (2) of the personnel were each appointed on five-year contracts, following the IDT recruitment processes.

With regard to the 2 other personnel that were not appointed:

(a) the secondment period for one was for eight (8) months (01 April 2022- 30 November 2023) and

(b) the other was seconded for one (1) month (1 – 31 October 2023)

3. No project managers from the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) were appointed at the IDT.

4. As, no project managers were appointed, therefore there was no appointment processes to be followed.

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY: QUESTION NO. 1843 (Written Reply) Ms S J Graham (DA) asked the Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure:

The draft reply to Parliamentary Question No. 1843 (Written Reply) is submitted for your consideration.

The input has been provided by the Independent Development Trust and duly processed by the Inter-Governmental Relations Business Unit.

I hereby attest that the information provided in response to NA PQ 1843 is true and correct, to the best of my knowledge.

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MR. A MTHOMBENI

DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL: IGR

DATE:

Draft reply supported / not supported/ comments

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MS N MAKHUBELE

ACTING-DIRECTOR GENERAL

DATE:

Draft reply supported / not supported/ comments

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MS. B SWARTS, MP

DEPUTY MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE

DATE:

Draft reply approved / not approved/ comments

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MR. S ZIKALALA, MP

MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE

DATE:

 

 

Reply:

I sincerely have no details of the Bill that I have no knowledge off. In the Department we are currently busy looking as some gaps that may be there in some of our labour laws. These have not reached Parliament yet. As they are busy deliberated at NEDLAC level. Once those deliberations are accordingly processed, I have no doubt in my mind that they will reach Parliament and at that stage you will once again have an opportunity of adding your voice Hon. Cardo. When it comes to Employment Equity Amendment Bill [B14 – 202…]

there is none that is currently debate in Parliament or anywhere for that matter and therefore, I am not clear what you are referring to.

 

Reply:

Provision and demarcation of stands to build houses is competencies of municipalities applying Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act (SPLUMA).

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Reply:

No, municipalities does not provide the department with a breakdown of outstanding debt owed and the collection rates. The information required by honourable member is monitored by the National Treasury in terms of Section 41 of Municipal Finance Management Act.

It is recommended that the question be redirected to Minister of Finance to provide responses accordingly.

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Reply:

The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure:

1. As one of the Lead Sector Departments of the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP), the Department of Fisheries, Forestry and the Environmental Affairs (DFFE) is entrusted with a crucial legislative mandate to ensure all citizens within the Republic of South Africa live in a clean and healthy environment and use its resources in a sustainable manner for the benefit of current and future generations. Over the years, the DFFE has developed legislation for the implementation of such greening and cleaning programmes.

Historically, the implementation of environmental programmes similar to the Cleaning and Greening launched in Gauteng Province has been achieved by forging collaborations with stakeholders operating within the environmental sector, other government institutions and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) amongst others. In this regard, the Department of Public Works (DPWI) has also been long implementing such similar projects through the Facilities Management Unit using the Departmental line function budgets.

In line with the findings of the DFEE which states that waste services access remains highly skewed in favor of more affluent and urban communities, I will encourage and engage other relevant stakeholders to implement the Cleaning and Greening projects at scale in all provinces whilst also establishing ways to upscale the DPWI implemented projects focusing on cleaning.

2. As the Minister responsible for the overall coordination of the EPWP in South Africa, I am not aware of any link between the launch of the Gauteng Province Greening project with the upcoming 2024 elections. It should be noted that initiatives of this nature are aimed at promoting a clean South Africa free of waste and illegal dumping. This kind of programme's major goal is to alter people's attitudes and behaviours around waste and its management as well as encourage them to start taking control of and responsibility for keeping their neighbourhood clean. It has become clear that while many existing awareness campaigns temporarily make places look cleaner, they do not promote long-term habits that discourage littering and unlawful dumping. This programme aims to fill that gap by promoting sustainable practices that do just that. Furthermore, it should be noted that recruitment of participants in EPWP is guided by the Recruitment Guidelines which are premised on principles of fairness, transparency and equity focusing on all poor and unemployed people of South Africa.

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY: QUESTION NO. 1887 (Written Reply) Mr S S Zondo (IFP) asked the Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure:

The draft reply to Parliamentary Question No. 1887 (Written Reply) is submitted for your consideration.

The input has been provided by the Expanded Public Works Programme Business Unit.

I hereby attest that the information provided in response to NA PQ No. 1887 is true and correct, to the best of my knowledge.

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MS. CJ ABRAHAMS

DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL: EXPANDED PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMME

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MS. N MAKHUBELE

ACTING-DIRECTOR GENERAL

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MS. B SWARTS, MP

DEPUTY MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE

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MR. S ZIKALALA, MP

MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE

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Reply:

1. Hon. Cardo, fortunately we no longer have the racist apartheid government that use to establish the racial benchmarks. Secondly, there is no Employment Equity Amendment Bill [B14 – 2020] that is currently deliberated in Parliament.
2. Given what is outlined in (1) above, the second part of your question falls off!

Reply:

According to the information received from the Province of the Eastern Cape:

1. There is no intention by the Executive Council of the provincial government to place Matatiele LM under administration.
2. There is no intention to place any other municipality in the Eastern Cape under administration – it must be noted that the department and provincial government have a constitutional mandate to provide support to municipalities so that they can deliver services to their communities.

It is acknowledged that there is a plethora of challenges that municipalities are confronted with which have a negative bearing on the delivery of services to communities, such circumstances warrant that provincial government provides support to municipalities.

On the basis of what has been outlined, there is therefore no intention to place municipalities under administration but to provide the necessary support to that will unblock bottlenecks and enhance service delivery.

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Reply:

Dr M J Cardo, currently there is not Employment Equity Amendment Bill that is before Parliament, none whatsoever!

Secondly, Dr M J Cardo, kindly find within yourself the ability to understand that this current democratic government is formulating laws having been instructed by the Constitution of the Republic. These are the laws that are all aimed to correct all that was wrong in our terrible and horrible past, before our democratic breakthrough. Our Constitution instructs us to redress the imbalances of the past.

Lastly, once again I state Employment Equity Amendment Bill all Members of Parliament deliberated on, including yourself Dr M J Cardo aims at ensuring the reflection of South African demographics in all societal facets including at the workplace. Reason being, the apartheid racist South Africa empowered only a single racial group, and the current government has the task of developing, uplifting, empowering and heartening all who live in this country.

Reply:

The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure:

(1)

(a) The number of completed structures were not recorded on 29 September 2022. However, they were recorded during a count carried out by the Sheriff of the Court in August 2022 as 4880.

(b) No further demolitions were carried since February 2022.

(c) The number of structures were not recorded at the end of the security company’s contract. However, they were recorded in August 2022 as 4880.

(2)

(a) The number of completed structures were not recorded when the security took over.

(b) There were no further demolition of structures since February 2022.

(c) The number of completed structures were not recorded on 29 November 2022.However, they were recorded during a count carried out by the Sheriff of the Court in August 2022 as 4880.

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY: QUESTION NO. 1831 (Written Reply) Mrs C Phillips (DA) asked the Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure:

The draft reply to Parliamentary Question No. 1831 (Written Reply) is submitted for your consideration.

The input has been provided by the Cape Town Regional office and Real Estate Management Services Business Unit.

I hereby attest that the information provided in response to NA PQ No. 1831 is true and correct, to the best of my knowledge.

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MS. P PENXA

REGIONAL MANAGER: CAPE TOWN

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I hereby attest that the information provided in response to NA PQ No. 1831 is true and correct, to the best of my knowledge.

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MR. M. MABINJA

ACTING DEPUTY-DIRECTOR-GENERAL: REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT SERVICES

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MS. N MAKHUBELE

ACTING-DIRECTOR GENERAL

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NATIONAL ASSEMBLY: QUESTION NO. 1831 (Written Reply) Mrs C Phillips (DA) asked the Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure:

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MS. B SWARTS, MP

DEPUTY MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE

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MR. S ZIKALALA, MP

MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE

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Reply:

There is no Employment Equity Amendment Bill [2020] be that as it may, our laws do contain checks and balances of different nature. In some instances, they may not be the one that some people desire, but they would certainly be the ones that will ensure that we are consistent with our beloved Constitution which was adopted by the Constitutional Assembly of the Republic of South Africa on 8th of May 1996 and signed by the first President of our Democratic South Africa, His Excellent Nelson Rholihlahla Mandela in Sharpville on the 10 December 1996.

Reply:

The response below was provided by the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs in the Eastern Cape province. Accordingly, I have been advised as follows:

(a) The MEC established a team to investigate the allegations at Dr AB Xuma Local Municipality. The team visited the municipality to conduct an investigation from 11 to 15 July 2022, and conducted interviews with relevant officials; analysed documentation and obtained evidence. A report was thereafter prepared for consideration by the MEC.

(b) Limitations in terms of the scope of the investigation caused delays in the investigation. Due to the fact that most of those implicated are no longer with the municipality, the office of the MEC referred the matter to the South African Police Service (SAPS), to allow SAPS to deal with the matter.

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