Reply:

We do not expect the greylisting by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to have any effect on any institutions implementing a Green Finance Taxonomy (GFT). The GFT is an important pillar in the comprehensive approach of reducing the carbon intensity of the South African economy. The primary purpose of the GFT is to provide market clarity for green/environmentally sustainable activities, thus reducing market risks. The GFT is a voluntary market tool and was established on 1 April 2022. While the Carbon Tax sets a price for emissions to help businesses fully internalize the costs of their activities, the GFT sets out those projects, investment and assets which are required to reduce the carbon intensity of companies (and thereby reduce their emissions). The GFT adopts international best practice in recognition of the fact that the capital required for investments into ‘green assets’ (as is the case generally) comes from both domestic and international sources.

In any case, as noted in National Treasury’s statement on the FATF greylisting: there are no items on the action plan that relate directly to the preventive measures in respect of South Africa’s financial sector. This reflects the significant progress that South Africa’s financial sector supervisors have made in the application of a risk-based approach to the supervision of banks and insurers. National Treasury therefore expects that the grey-listing will have limited impact on payments, broader financial stability or broader inward investment, including the use of the green finance taxonomy for green investment.

Reply:

I have been advised by the Department as follows:

A project team comprising of representatives from the State-owned entities namely; the State Information Technology Agency (SITA), Broadband Infraco (BBI), Sentech and the Department was established. The project team is finalising the technical designs across all provinces and these will feed into the implementation plan which will be finalised before the end of the current financial year (2022/23). The department has been engaging various stakeholders (National, Provincial and Local governments) to present the project and solicit input in terms of the sites that will require connectivity. ICASA is also engaging the telcos (who are the recipients of the recently auctioned spectrum) on the Social Obligations Connectivity as per the ITA (Invitation to Apply) conditions. The Implementation of Phase 2 is planned to commence in the next financial year (2023/24) after budget confirmation.

The relevant details on the roll-out are attached herewith as Annexure A.

Thank You.

PQ 310: Hon.Z Majozi (IFP) to ask the Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies,

Reply:

I have been advised by the department as follows:

1.(a)	Destination	See attached Annexure A
(b)	Total Costs	R 3 932 531.49
(i)	Accommodation	R 1 144 763.13
(ii)	Travel (International flights)	R1 918 800.35
(iii)	Other costs (road transport and VIP lounges)	R 868 968.01
(aa)	Total costs in respect of Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams	R 1 620 661.01
	Accommodation	R 530 502.63
	Travel (International flights)	R 797 093.45
	Other costs (road transport and VIP lounges)	R 293 065.20
		-
(aa)	Total costs in respect of Minister Khumbuzo Ntshavheni	R 1 835 961.26
	Accommodation	R 513 778.56
	Travel (International flights)	R 934 207.03
	Other costs (road transport and VIP lounges)	R 387 975.67
(bb)	Total costs in respect of Deputy Minister Pinky Kekana	R 218 838.31
	Accommodation	R 38 452.80
	Travel (International flights)	R 82 938.36
	Other costs (road transport and VIP lounges)	R 97 447.15
(bb)	Total costs in respect of Deputy Minister Philly Mapulane	R 257 070.64
	Accommodation	R 62 029.14
	Travel (International flights)	R 104 561.51
	Other costs (road transport and VIP lounges)	R 90 479.99
2.	Total cost incurred for domestic flights	R 1 381 782.95
(a)	Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams	R 684 705.78
(a)	Minister Khumbuzo Ntshavheni	R 328 875.00
(b)	Deputy Minister Pinky Kekana	R 112 450.17
(b)	Deputy Minister Philly Mapulane	R 255 752.00

 

Thank You.

Reply:

With regards to university lecturers, the Council of a university is assigned the role of an employer as per the Higher Education Act (Act 101 of 1997) as amended, the Department is not assigned this role. The critical skills list identifies scarce skills which are deemed as critical, it also serves as a reference document when appointing foreign nationals. Universities seeking to appoint foreign nationals are required to approach the Department with a request and motivation to process the appointment, this is after they have conducted internal recruitment processes and are unable to attract and appoint a suitably qualified South African national. They then approach specific professional registration bodies/entities to verify the prerequisites before a candidate can be appointed. In cases where there is no Professional body to register with, universities approach the Department with a motivation for support for a critical skills visa application.

The Department may then support the motivation and request the Department of Home Affairs to consider the university’s request/incumbents application in terms of the requisite policies and legislation of the Department of Home Affairs which governs critical skills visas. Ultimately, it is the prerogative of the Department of Home affairs to grant or not to grant work permits.

Reply:

Due processes have been followed in order to officialise the South African Sign Language (SASL). Milestones in this process include the Constitutional Review Committee receiving sixty-seven (67) submissions in 2016. Two of these submissions proposed an amendment to section 6 (1) of the Constitution to include South African Sign Language as an official language. Furthermore, a petition by Deaf SA calling upon the National Assembly to effect a constitutional amendment in order to recognise SASL as the twelfth official language of the Republic was tabled in the Assembly on 10 October 2016. The Constitutional Review Committee considered the submissions and Parliament adopted the recommendation that allowed for an amendment of section 6 (1) of the Constitution.

During the State of the Nation Address (SONA) in February 2020, the President noted that; “following the recognition of SASL as a home language by the Department of Basic Education in 2018 and recommendation by the Committee, that SASL be included as the 12th official language, government is now poised to finalise the matter.”

Soon after the SONA, the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development embarked on the Constitutional Amendment process. However, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, there were delays in finalising the matter. The Bill was introduced to Parliament in January 2023 and is currently before the National Assembly.

Reply:

I have been advised by SAPO as follows:

1. The total number of call centre agents employed by Post Office is currently 55.

2. SAPO plans are to consolidate all call centres within Post Office into one platform. This includes revising the organisational structure, upgrading the Call Centre IT systems, should funds permit.

3. The Post Office is currently right-sizing throughout the company due to volume drops and call centre will be affected one way or another. The right-sizing will ensure customer calls are not compromised and the acquisition of another telephone management system will enhance capacity more than adequately.

Thank You.

 

PQ 243 Ms D Kohler (DA) to ask the Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, NW247E

Reply:

I have been advised by SABC as follows:

i) The News Channel has been running since 2019 and no additional budget will be required as the activities will be accommodated within current resources. ii) Yes, the channel is expected to attract income through advertising and partnerships.

iii) No funding is required.

 

Thank You.

PQ 418 Ms D Kohler (DA) to ask the Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies

 

 

Reply:

a) (i) (aa) NSFAS embarked on hosting workshops with accommodation providers in all nine provinces. The aim of these workshops was to clarify the accommodation cap and encourage accommodation providers to register their properties on the NSFAS accommodation portal to accredit the properties and subsequently place students.

(ii) The sessions culminated in accommodation providers submitting applications for 48 375 beds. To date 13 030 have been accredited.

b) Input has been received for consideration (non-adoption to recommendations), however, this does not mean concurrence.

c) There should not be a shortfall as NSFAS has emphasized that students must be placed in student accommodation that is within the R45 000 cap.

Reply:

No, as we need more clarity on what specific problems or audits where exorbitant spending on overtime has been identified as a problem requiring National Treasury to intervene. Further, overtime is regulated by the Basic Conditions of Employment Act (BCEA-section 10) and the SALGA Collective Agreement.

There are no planned meetings between the National Treasury and Department of Cooperative Governance to discuss overtime payments by municipalities.

However, there are measures currently in place to guide the implementation of Overtime and the related payments, such as MFMA Circular No. 86 on Cost Containment.

Municipalities are advised that overtime budgets must not exceed 5 per cent of the total employee related cost budget as a norm to guide them in this regard.

Reply:

I have been advised by ICASA as follows:

1. The Authority has no information in its possession indicating that StarLink has submitted an application either for Radio Frequency Spectrum, Individual Electronic Communications

PQ 42: Hon.D Kohler (DA) to ask the Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies

Network Service (I-ECNS) and an Individual Electronic Communications Service (I-ECS) licences or transfer applications to the Authority.

2. The Authority’s prevailing legislative and regulatory provisions section 9(2) (b) of the Electronic Communications Act 36 of 2005 read with regulation 3(4) of the Regulations in respect of the Limitations of Control and Equity Ownership by Historically Disadvantaged Groups (HDGs) 2021, requires Individual IECS/IECNS applicants or licensees to have a minimum 30% equity ownership held by persons from historically disadvantaged groups (HDGs), which includes black people, women, youth and people with disabilities. Therefore, in order for Starlink to operate in South Africa, they require the IECS and IECNS licences and to comply with the above.

3. See (a) above.

 

Thank You.

 

PQ 42: Hon. D Kohler (DA) to ask the Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, NW42E

Reply:

I have been advised by SAPO as follows:

a) The Chatsworth Post Office has been burgled 8 times in the last 3 weeks - with access gained via a window, roof and the front door.

There was substantial damage to the branch infrastructure including network cabling and network points. Points of Sale were also stolen. Notwithstanding the damage and operational challenges, the Post Office has remained open, however, offering limited services to customers whilst some repairs were undertaken.

b) The branch has been fully operational from 02 March 2023 and able to provide online transactions including, Postbank and card swapping transactions.

Repairs to the structural damage to the branch is dependent on the availability of funding. The replacement of stolen work stations can only take place upon finalisation of the agreement/contract with the selected service provider and is also dependent on the availability of funding.

Thank You.

PQ 417 Ms D Kohler (DA) to ask the Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies.

Reply:

According to the information received from the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture:

(a) The Netball World Cup Organizing Committee in its response and in terms of the information recently presented to the Department has indicated that their budget shows a possible surplus.

(b) Based on the reply to part (a) of the question, reply to part (b) of the question falls away since there is no deficit.

Reply:

I have been advised by ICASA as follows:

1. Section 68 (1) (a) of the Electronic Communications Act (Act No. 36 of 2005) as amended (“the ECA”), enjoins the Authority to make regulations prescribing a numbering plan which must be amended and updated as the Authority considers necessary for efficient use and allocation of numbers. In this regard, the Authority is empowered to regulate the use of numbering resources. The Authority is not empowered to regulate the provision of SIM cards. Thus, compliance with registration of SIM cards and monitoring thereof fall outside the Authority’s jurisdiction. Although the Authority receives audits from licensees regarding active numbers in their networks, it does not receive information on unregistered SIMs.

The Department of Justice is responsible for the registration of SIM cards empowered through Regulation of Interception of Communications and Provision of Communication‑Related Information Act (RICA) and therefore, the Department should be able to deal with issues pertaining to activation thereof.

2. Not Applicable

 

 

Thank You

 

 

 

 

PQ 4: Hon. V Zungula (ATM) to ask the Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, NW4E

 

Reply:

NSFAS is currently implementing the 2023 Conditions and Criteria for Funding Students which includes the current cap of R45 000 for student accommodation. There are no other guidelines that propose a different cap.

Clause 5.3.5.6.2 and 5.3.2.6.3 of the 2023 Conditions and Criteria for Funding Students are as follow:

• 5.3.5.6.2 Students living in institution owned accommodation, or leased accommodation qualify for a capped annual accommodation allowance of up to R45,000 per annum.
• 5.3.5.6.3 Students living in accredited private accommodation qualify for a capped accommodation allowance of up to R45,000 per annum.

Reply:

(a) In the previous three financial years the department has conducted a total number of 128 inspections and prosecuted 10 employers (see Annexure 2 and 3 - Employers inspected and prosecuted)

Financial Year	Inspections Conducted	Employers referred for prosecution
2020/21	61	05
2021/22	32	03
2022/23	35	02
Total	128	10

There are also inspections that were conducted with ICOREF which is a multi-disciplinary Committee led by KZN Department of Economic Development.

On the 01/02/2023 SAPS cluster meeting was held to plan joint inspections that incorporates Department of Employment and Labour, Department of Home Affairs and SAPS iLembe cluster. During the meeting SAPS confirmed their powers to break in if an employer refuse to open the gates, since most of Chinese deny entry of Labour inspectors and when reporting to SAPS Nyoni police station, we were advised that it is not their jurisdiction.

On the 08/02/2023 the first joint Inspection was conducted at Members Fashion Co-operative. With the SAPS iLembe cluster and Home Affairs officials present, the security guard was forced to open that gate. Inspection was successfully conducted and that employer has since referred for prosecution on 24/03/2023.

The plan of the Department Employment and labour during 2023/24 is to work hand in hand with South African Police Services iLembe cluster and Home Affairs Northern district in order to be assisted with entry should employers denied entry as well as to hold foreigners and to enforce their laws since it administered by them.

(b) As per the Provincial Year Planner, the scheduled dates for Isithebe Clothing and Textile Blitz Inspections is the 5-9 June 2023.

Reply:

I have been advised by SAPO as follows:

Yes, charges have been brought against individuals implicated in issuing fraudulent vehicle licenses:

a) 24 criminal cases have been registered with the South African Police Services (SAPS) for fraud and contravention of the section 7 of the Cybercrimes Act No. 19 of 2020 - unlawful acquisition, possession, provision, receipt or use of a password, access code or similar data or device.

b) Internal disciplinary proceedings have also been instituted for contravention of the Cybercrimes Act and not protecting usernames and passwords as well as not following policies as required by the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC):

87 employees were identified for contravening the Cybercrimes Act and policy:

• 3 employees resigned prior to their suspension;
• 84 employees in total were suspended, of which 15 disciplinary hearings have been concluded and following a guilty conviction, these employees were dismissed. 69 employees are currently on suspension awaiting conclusion of the disciplinary processes.

Thank You.

PQ 41: Hon.T Bodlani (DA) to ask the Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies

 

 

PQ 41: Hon. M Bagraim (DA) to ask the Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies

 

Reply:

a) The Consolidated 2021/22 Audited Annual Financial Statements for eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality reported the following breakdown on Borrowings:

1. Local Lenders = R9 billion
2. Foreign Lenders – Agence Francaise de Developpement (AFD) = R233 million

        Total = R9.2 billion

 It should be noted that in terms of Section 47 of the Municipal Finance Management Act, municipalities are not allowed to incur any debt in any foreign currency, and must ensure its debt is denominated in Rands.

b)  As part of the oversight responsibilities, the National Treasury performs the following:

(i) The National Treasury analyses the borrowing capacity of a municipality by evaluating the size of the Gearing Ratios – total borrowing liabilities divided by the total operating revenue (also an indicator used to determine if a municipality is in financial distress).

(ii) When a municipality intends to borrow from the authorised financial service providers (lenders), they are required to obtain National Treasury’s views in terms of Section 46 of the Municipal Finance Management Act, 2003. A decision to borrow or not is the prerogative of a municipal council.

(iii) National Treasury has put in a place a Borrowing Policy Framework (which has been endorsed by Cabinet on the 17th of August 2022). The Policy sets out the following principles:

• Creditworthy municipalities should borrow prudently to finance capital investment and fulfil their constitutional responsibilities;

• Municipal access to private capital, based on investors’ evaluation of municipal creditworthiness, this is key to efficient local government and fiscal discipline as their financial sustainability is seen from an objective perspective;

• Municipalities should borrow in the context of long-term financial strategies, which reflect clear priorities and the useful life of assets; and

• Neither national nor provincial government will underwrite or guarantee municipal borrowing, again contributing to fiscal discipline as it would lead local government to think carefully on how they approach the borrowing market.

Reply:

1. I held a press conference on 24 January 2023 with the focus on post school education and training sector state of readiness for academic year 2023. The press conference outlined the career pathing of all learners, including those could not be accommodated in tertiary institutions.

2. (a) The Department continues to encourage prospective students to look beyond universities as the only option to training, particularly when the economic demands align more closely with skills of those located in the TVET sector. The Department is also marketing of STEM related qualifications, where student interest is limited, notwithstanding the spaces that are available.

Students who could not be accommodated in our higher learning institutions (i.e. universities), as shared during the press conference on 24 January 2023 can access other post school opportunities as follows:

1. Skills Development Opportunities

For the 2023/24 financial year, the entire SETA system has set itself the following targets, as part of expanding post-school opportunities:

• 110 500 workplace-based learning (WBL) opportunities;
• 149 000 learners registered in skills development programs;
• 23 000 learners entering artisanal programs;
• 21 000 learners passing artisanal trades;
• 32 550 learners completing learnerships; and
• 6 450 learners completing internships.

Reply:

According to the information received from the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture:

(1) The operations of the Red Location Museum do not fall under the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture. Therefore, the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture has not made any budgetary planning to repair and to reopen the museum.

(2) The Department of Sport, Arts and Culture has not had any communication with the Department of Human Settlements regarding the issues raised by the community as this matter falls outside the scope and mandate of the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture.

Reply:

(a) 126 030 appeals were received from the rejected applications.

(b) To assess funding eligibility NSFAS is reliant of third parties such as:

• Department of Home Affairs (DHA) – to confirm applicants’ identity and parental information,
• South Africa Social Security Agency (SASSA) – SASSA beneficiaries are automatically funded.
• South African Revenue Services (SARS) – to confirm household income, and others such as credit bureaus.

Reply:

The table in the Annexure responds to a, b, c, d, e(i), e(ii). and e(iii)

Thank You.

PQ 424 Ms D Kohler (DA) to ask the Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, NW463E

 

ANNEXURE: Response to Parliamentary Question 424

Reply:

I have been advised by the SABC as follows:

The SABC Sales division uses various standard trading models with associated payment plans to commercialise inventory and generate revenue. In the case of unsold inventory for prime and shoulder time, the SABC offers advertisers who pay upfront an 86% discount or a 700% exposure deal in order to boost sales revenue. The exposure deal implies that advertisers who buy exposure and pay upfront for, example, R100 from the SABC get value of R700 or an 86% discount.

The respective models are mutually agreed to by the client and the SABC based on the nature of the requirements and deals, and the revenue generated is used for various business operations.

Thank You.

 

PQ 46: Hon.D Kohler (DA) to ask the Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, NW 46E

 

Reply:

In response to question (1) and (2) above I want to advise Honourable Denner that the process that she is referring to in question (3) will assist my office in establishing whether:

(1) The certain individual referred to declared his/her interest in the Fund or anywhere else, and

(2) The involvement of the specified person constitutes a gross conflict of interest or not.

(3) (a) An appointment process for a qualified institution to undertake the process is on its final stages.

(b) I will know once the appointment process has been finalized.

(c) I cannot determine the finalization date at this point, however I want the process to be finalized before end of May 2023.

(i) Yes, it is envisaged that the process will be completed, and

(ii) Yes, I will present the report to the Portfolio Committee on Employment and Labour.

Reply:

1. Yes, there was communication to effect that the position of the CEO will not be filled on a permanent basis due to considerations of the future organisational structure of BBI post the acquisition of BBI by Sentech. For this reason, the position is filled on a short-term contract basis with the approval of the Minister.

2. No, there is no deadline set for appointment of the permanent CEO because the future organisational structure of BBI post the acquisition of BBI by Sentech will dictate what happens to the CEO position.

Thank You.

PQ 309: Hon.Z Majozi (IFP) to ask the Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, NW323E

 

 

 

 

Reply:

I have been advised by SITA as follows:

1. Vandalism and theft of private sector operator infrastructure as well as that of State-owned Enterprises (SOEs), that have partnerships with SITA through contracted services, have been one of the biggest challenges, negatively impacting delivery of ICT services to government. These acts of vandalism and theft manifest as follows:

a) Overhead routes are targeted, where wooden poles are vandalised and stolen leaving optic fibre cables damaged.

b) Equipment facilities at various network sites are vandalised and batteries stolen, that negatively impact backup power that mitigates against load sheading or loss of power.

c) Rail infrastructure is targeted for various metals and other material, thereby damaging optic fibre cables that use the rail infrastructure routes.

d) Underground infrastructure routes are targeted through manholes for copper and other metals thereby damaging optic fibre cables. The incident that affected access to government websites on 8 February 2023 was related to this type of vandalism and theft.

There have been various interventions as follows:

a) SITA has been working with organisations owning the infrastructure to ensure speedy restoration of services to government.

b) Implementation of service improvement interventions with organisations owning the infrastructure, in the form of establishing alternative routing to improve the already existing layers of redundancy.

c) The South African Police Service (SAPS) and private security companies have been engaged through the relevant processes to address these acts of vandalism and theft. This is through frequent monitoring of targeted areas and investigations to hopefully apprehend those responsible.

(2) SITA has been in communication with its shareholder department, the DCDT, on these challenges and the required interventions to address these matters with the relevant stakeholders.

 

Thank You.

PQ 287: Hon. Z Majozi (IFP) to ask the Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, NW298E

 

Reply:

According to the information received from the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture:

(a) Notwithstanding the fact that the Department did not appoint Mr. Tembe as the CEO of the national orchestra for the main reason that we do not get involved with the operations of the organization. It is important to note that diversity and representation are important factors in promoting equity and inclusion in most of our sectors given our history. This therefore should be applied in the orchestra where many Africans were marginalized. In this context, Mr. Tembe’s appointment as CEO of the Mzansi National Philharmonic is a positive step towards promoting diversity in the leadership of organisations. Therefore, his appointment helps to address historical imbalances and promote greater diversity and representation within the orchestra and the wider orchestral fraternity where African are less represented.

(b) Companies have always developed internal measures to deal with situations like this. It is common practice for officials in companies to declare their interests to avoid potential conflicts of interest. The Board of Mzansi National Philharmonic has appointed a diverse and experienced artistic planning committee which advises the board on funding of artistic entities. Furthermore, Mr. Tembe recuses himself on funding related to the three established orchestras of Durban, Joburg and Cape Town, as he also leads two of those.

Reply:

The Ministerial Task Team (MTT) on the reconfiguration of the NSF completed its work in July 2023 and presented its report with recommendations to the Minister.

The recommendations in the report for the purpose of implementation are both medium and long term in nature.

Those of a long-term nature require the amendment of certain parts of the legislation (the Skills Development Act 1998).

The Director General of DHET appointed an NSF MTT Report Implementation Task Team which has started its work through the drafting of an Implementation Plan.

The Implementation Plan is driven by five (5) workstreams who in turn have compiled disaggregated activity plans around these five (5) workstreams through target setting activities. The workstreams are:

1. Governance workstream. (Primarily addresses issues of the NSF governance and legal structure).
2. Strategy and Innovation workstream. (Primarily address the NSF skills development strategy in line with other government's skills development priorities and plans).
3. Business model, operating model, and vale chain workstream. (Primarily addresses the flow of the NSF full value chain of skills development funding which combines the core and the support function of the NSF.
4. Human Resource workstream. (Primarily addresses the recruitment, development, and support of appropriately qualified personnel).
5. Change management workstream. (Addresses the theory of change aimed at instilling a new ethical culture and value system in the NSF).

The medium-term targets are meant to be achieved by the end of the 2023/24 financial year.

The long-term targets (legislative in nature) are meant to be achieved beyond the 2023/24 financial year.

Reply:

The Department of Water and Sanitation has encountered challenges with business forums that demand 30% of funds allocated for Regional Bulk infrastructure Grant (RBIG) and Water Services Infrastructure Grant (WSIG) projects be allocated to them.

The DWS through project steering committees, engages business forums to find amicable solutions to address contract management matters. This is spearheaded by different implementing agents and supported by the Ministry, and senior officials of the Department. Where necessary, the Department will request police protection for its staff, and/or provide private security protection.

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Reply:

a) There are 121 vacancies for Deputy Director-General positions based on available reports provided by individual departments up to 31 January 2023.

b) (i) Please note Annexure A (National status as at 31 January 2023) which provides the full detail of the vacancies.

(ii) Please note Annexure B (Provincial status as at 31 January 2023) which provides the full detail of the vacancies.

The above Annexures reflect information as reported by individual departments with respect to the vacancies they have at Deputy Director-General level.

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Reply:

The uThukela District Municipality had originally committed to supporting the housing project through the provision of bulk infrastructure, which allowed the Provincial Department of Human Settlements to proceed with the implementation of the housing project.

During the 2020/2021 financial year, however the uThukela District Municipality indicated it was no longer be in a position to honour its commitment. The district further requested that the Provincial Department of Human Settlements fund the bulk infrastructure.

The Provincial Department of Human Settlements is currently implementing the required bulk infrastructure, which is part of the District’s function.

The Provincial Department will complete the houses for beneficiaries to occupy.

Reply:

a)  The delays in the completion of Phase 2 upgrade of James Kleynhans Water Treatment Works (WTW’s) are due to the following:

• The Covid 19 hard lockdown resulted in work stoppages and revised health and safety measures that needed to be implemented
• The lockdowns also brought about increases in costs of various materials and equipment for the project
• The contractor initially appointed experienced financial difficulties which slowed progress of activities and ultimately liquidation of the company which resulted in the contract being terminated.

• Procurement processes to appoint a new contractor were also delayed as the advertisement of the tender had to be repeated due to unresponsive bids during the first round.

The contractor was eventually appointed and the has been on site since January 2023.

b) The Department is closely monitoring the turnaround plan of the Amatola Water Board and the municipality convenes monthly progress meetings.

c) Any further delays in completing water infrastructure projects may result in water shortages in cities and towns as the ageing Water Treatment Works may eventually not be able to meet the increased demands for water.

d) An estimated amount of R88,4 million is required to complete Phase 2 of the project by December 2023.

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Reply:

The Department intends to deal with overcrowding in schools through a programme called Special Intervention Programme on Overcrowding in Schools (SIPOS).  The proposal involves the supply of additional classrooms to affected schools at a reduced cost and time, than it would normally cost; and take when following conversional methods of procurement and appointing service providers to reduce overcrowding in schools.  This will be done through a strict direct transfer of funds by the Provincial Education Departments (PEDs) to schools, and self-built classrooms.  Discussions are at an advanced stage with National Treasury for funding.

In the short them, in collaboration with the PEDs, we are continuing with the supply of mobile classrooms in affected schools; and we are establishing satellite schools to accommodate unplaced learners. Some specialist rooms are temporarily used as classrooms to alleviate overcrowding until the self-built programme commences.

Reply:

a) Provincial education departments have put in place the following measures to accommodate autistic learners: 

• Building schools to accommodate autistic learners;
• Accommodating them in existing special schools; and
• Introducing special classes in schools.

b) The Department of Basic Education does not have this data as it is the prerogative of Statistics South Africa. 

Reply:

Yes, the Department has together with the National Home Builders Registration Council (NHBRC) facilitated partnerships with stakeholders in the private sector. This was not only with regards to prefabricated modular housing in the programme upgrading informal settlements but with regards to different types of innovative technology housing solutions such as light steel, heavy steel, hybrid material and water-wise devices in all types of settlements. This was done to fulfill the research and policy agenda with the ultimate objective of ensuring the inclusion of sustainable innovative technologies in housing and human settlements policies and programmes.

The partnership has been done in many ways including amongst others; allowing the private sector to showcase their technologies at Eric Molobi Innovation Hub in Soshanguve and creating an enabling environment for the NHBRC to undertake the testing of innovative building technologies. The Department has through these partnerships hosted several stakeholder engagements with the private sector role players, and institutions of higher learning such as the University of Free State and the University of Johannesburg who have shown keen interest in sustainable innovative building technology to develop accredited training programmes. The Department working with these role-players agreed to establish an Innovation Building Technology Task Team comprised of both private and public sector players and even advised the private sector players to form an Innovative Building Technologies (IBT) Association.

These partnership engagements focused on creating an information-sharing platform to improve knowledge and understanding regarding the advantages, disadvantages, cost implications; demand, and supply elements of various technologies that are available.

The engagements yielded inputs into the policy guidelines on IBTs, revision of norms and standards, and the development of a Dynamic IBT Database which currently has more than 40 approved IBT Systems Developers. These partnerships also contributed to streamlined processes between the NHBRC and Agrément South Africa where roles and responsibilities are solidified in a form of a memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to be signed between the NHBRC and Agrément South Africa.

More partnership engagements are still required with the private sector and the National Treasury. The Department plans to continuously engage stakeholders regarding supply chain processes and competitive bidding processes so there could be a clear understanding of business processes, policies, institutional arrangements, and interventions for the ease of doing business and there would be seamless processes of registering innovative technologies that could be used by Provinces and municipalities in the housing subsidy programme.

Additional Information

• The partnerships are not in written form
• IBT System Developers who are Agrément South Africa South Africa certified would be registered with the NHBRC.
• Provinces and Municipalities must follow supply chain processes in procuring suitable private sector companies that would construct subsidy houses.
• The process of procurement becomes difficult because the technologies are nit the same which makes the competitive bidding process flawed .
• The NHBRC has assisted various Municipalities and Provinces to build affordable housing and by advising on the technical standards, guidelines as well as training. This is also reflected on NHBRC’s previous Annual Reports.
• The following service providers were part of IBT discussions at different periods. The list is not exhaustive.
  • Moladi Construction
  • 3d Build Tech Building System ;
  • Ilima Digital Foundary;
  • Lokissa Lighting Solutions;
  • Bubbles Precast Construction System (BPCS),
  • PTW Connect;
  • David Lieberman Architects;
  • XY Innovative Housing & Communities
  • Solutionist Multiserve (Pty) Ltd;
  • Habitat Modular;
  • Agri-Village Housing Projects,
  • Isedeleke Company;
  • AV Light Steel
  • Block Solutions OY in Finland.
• Over and above these engagements the Department in collaboration with the Department of Science and Innovation developed an innovative strategy road map and launched in the past.
• This strategy entailed proposals for partnership with the Private Sector on capacity development initiatives among others prefabricated modular housing in IBT.
• The stakeholders engagements amongst other include the Black Business Council ( BBC) which made proposals on training and development and setting up knowledge hubs for Built Environment professionals.
• BBC also proposed the establishment of 34 assembly and distribution centers as part of youth entrepreneurship development.
• BBC also made a proposals for Manufacturing development Plan and Construction Development Plan which covers training and licensing of contractors
• The Department has tasked the NHBRC to play a more prominent role in piloting IBTs in the subsidized housing sector for low-income persons in terms of the Housing Consumers Protection Measures Act, as amended (No. 95 of 1998) and contribute towards finding solutions for performance issues.
• The role of NHBRC in IBT is to quality assure enforce compliance with National Building Regulation requirements by the home builders in the home building industry.
• NHBRC has established a database of companies that are manufacturing housing products that satisfy the National Building Regulations excluding those covered in the SANS Codes of Practice.
• The process is that the NHBRC assesses whether the companies product meets necessary technical requirements in four stages namely: Submission, Technical Evaluation, Practical Evaluation, Agrément Certificate and NHBRC company Registration.

Reply:

1) 90 255 

2) Yes, there is a dedicated programme for training teachers on specialised areas of inclusion. In addition, the collaborative partnership between Department of Basic Education and Department of Higher Education and Training has led to the development of specialised university qualifications in education of learners who are/have Deaf and hard of hearing (University of Witwatersrand); Visually impaired (University of Pretoria); and Neuro-developmental conditions (University of Western Cape and University of Johannesburg). 

Reply:

(1) (a) The uThukela District Municipality had originally committed to supporting the housing project through the provision of bulk infrastructure, which allowed the Provincial Department of Human Settlements to proceed with the implementation of the housing project.

During the 2020/2021 financial year, however the uThukela District Municipality indicated it was no longer in a position to honour its commitment. The district further requested that the Provincial Department of Human Settlements fund the bulk infrastructure.

1 (b) The Provincial Department of Human Settlements is currently implementing the required bulk infrastructure, which is part of the District’s function.

(2) There is no wasteful and fruitless expenditure – no one will be held accountable. The houses are structurally sound, and on completion of the bulk infrastructure, the Department will complete the houses for beneficiaries to occupy.

Reply:

The Matjhabeng Local Municipality (LM) has challenges of aged and dilapidated infrastructure leading to frequent pipe bursts which contribute to high water losses and reduced pressure in the reticulation system. The municipality is estimated to be losing more than 56% of clean water due to the frequent pipe bursts and aged infrastructure. The municipality is further challenged by a high percentage of non-revenue water which contributes to financial losses for the municipality.

To deal with the challenges indicated above, the Matjhabeng LM has compiled a business plan for replacement of old asbestos and old galvanized pipes with an estimated cost of R1,4billion. The plan was submitted to the Infrastructure South Africa (ISA). However, the municipality was also advised to submit a business plan to the Department of Water and Sanitation for implementation of water conservation and water demand management while awaiting the response from ISA. Should funding for the business plan be secured, implementation of this business plan would reduce the high water losses and improve water supply to the consumers.

To further remedy the challenges relating to water losses and non-revenue water the following interventions are being implemented by the municipality:

• Procurement of over six thousand (6,000) water meters in the 2022/2023 FY to start addressing the issue of unmetered consumers and to improve on revenue collection.
• Appointment of qualified Civil Engineers, Technologists, Technicians and thirty (30) qualified artisan plumbers and
• Purchasing of four (4) new heavy equipment vehicles (TLBs) to assist in water network maintenance and pipe bursts.
• In the 2023/2024 FY, the technical service will run the following water business programmes:
  • Pressure management to reduce pipe bursts and water losses
  • Non-Revenue Water Management to reduce water loses and improve revenue collection
  • Installation of the SCADA System to measure and monitor water losses in the reticulation system
  • Active leak detections to locate invisible pipe bursts
• The municipality will also appoint a suitable Professional Services Provider (PSP) to develop a Water Demand and Water Conservation Management (WDWCM) Strategy as a fundamental step in promoting water use efficiency and to be compliant with both the Water Services Act and the National Water Act, Act 36 0f 1998, which together emphasizes effective management of water resources and supply services.

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Reply:

The Higher Education Act (Act 101 Of 1997) as amended, does not give the Minister the authority to regulate procurement of private security services by public universities.

(a)The conduct of private security companies, including how they engage with student protesters, is regulated by the Private Security industry Regulatory Authority (PSIRA). Through the PSIRA Act of 2001, PSIRA is granted powers to "exercise effective control over the practice of the occupation of security service providers in the public and national interest", "promote a private security industry which is characterised by professionalism, transparency, accountability, equity and accessibility" as well as "promote high standards in the training of security service providers amongst others".

(b) PSIRA has developed a code of conduct and a complaints management process through which affected members of the public can lodge complaints against a security company.

Reply:

The Department of Basic Education (DBE) received the Early Childhood Development (ECD) function 'as is' from the Department of Social Development (DSD). In the manner in which the function had been set up, which currently obtains.  There had been no ECD centres that had been built specifically for children with disabilities.  The 2021 ECD Census found that there are 42,420 ECD programmes in South Africa. Therefore, following the principle of inclusive education, it is expected that all these ECD centres should accommodate children with developmental delays, or physical disabilities. The improvements the DBE is making in this area are, the development of a screening tool for developmental delays or disabilities for use by ECD practitioners, to enable the early identification of delays or disabilities. The DBE also continues to train ECD practitioners in inclusive practices through Uhambo Foundation. The DBE will further be working with the Department of Health in developing referral networks to ensure that children with delays or disabilities receive early intervention and support. 

Reply:

The college has received R30 000 000 to renovate hostels at Soshanguve to accommodate students from Soshanguve South and Soshanguve North. There are only three hundred (300) beds for the college therefore priority will be given to female students. The college is looking at other measures to brief security in the student residence.

Reply:

The filling of posts within a department is the responsibility of the relevant Executive Authority in terms of Section 3(7) of the Public Service Act, 1994. The practice of recruitment is therefore decentralised to the relevant Executive Authority.

The Minister for the Public Service and Administration and the DPSA support departments through policy and setting of norms and standards in order to efficiently fill vacancies within the parameters of the legislative framework. The responsibility to fill such vacancies resides with the relevant Executive Authority. The questions on the selection process for the filling of the post should therefore be directed to the relevant Department.

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Reply:

1. Total number of students accommodated by universities are approximately 367 047.
2. Total number of students accommodated by private student residences are approximately 335 387.

CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY	University owned	Private Owned
Not Private	23 641
Private		4 034
UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN
Not Private	12 177
Private		1 920
UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH
Not Private	6 208
Private		4 892
UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE
Not Private	4 970
Private		7 920
GAUTENG PROVINCE
TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
Not Private	41 395
Private		31 137
UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG
Not Private	6 511
Private		61 149
UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA
Not Private	7 603
Private		28 595
UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND
Not Private	8 559
Private		18 238
SEFAKO MAKGATHO HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY
Not Private	-
Private		5 193
VAAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
Not Private	6 325
Private		18 956
FREE STATE PROVINCE
CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
Not Private	1 026
Private		21 244
UNIVERSITY OF FREE STATE
Not Private	3 662
Private		46 330
KWAZULU-NATAL PROVINCE
DURBAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
Not Private	34 372
Private		2 773
MANGOSUTHU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
Not Private	23 888
Private		-
UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL
Not Private	35 399
Private		4 762
UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND
Not Private	1 260
Private		8 340
EASTERN CAPE PROVINCE
NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY
Not Private	17 402
Private		18 296
RHODES UNIVERSITY
Not Private	6 983
Private		3 225
UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE
Not Private	16 267
Private		5 806
WALTER SISULU UNIVERSITY
Not Private	38 455
Private		-
NORTH-WEST PROVINCE
NORTH-WEST UNIVERSITY
Not Private	13 928
Private		31 079
NORTHERN CAPE PROVINCE
SOL PLAATJE UNIVERSITY
Not Private	4 336
Private		1 242
LIMPOPO PROVINCE
UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO
Not Private	31 786
Private		-
UNIVERSITY OF VENDA
Not Private	10 166
Private		9 816
MPUMALANGA PROVINCE
UNIVERSITY OF MPUMALANGA
Not Private	10 728
Private		440

3. Government is unable to address the student housing shortage on its own. The student accommodation deficit requires us to partner with Emerging/Small Private Student Accommodation Providers, Established/Large Student Accommodation Providers, Development Finance Institutions, and Commercial Banks. This is why in 2016, the Department established the Student Housing Infrastructure Programme (SHIP) which aims to converge these stakeholders in order to leverage on their resources and expertise for the purpose of addressing the student housing shortage. Considering the above, there are no plans to reduce private student accommodation. Instead, plans are underway to strengthen the regulation of the student accommodation market by reviewing the 2015 Policy on Minimum Norms and Standards for Student Housing.

Reply:

The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has drilled a total number of 4 boreholes during the 2018/19 financial year funded by Water Services Infrastructure Grant (WSIG) as indicated below:

• Steenbok 1
• Mangweni 1
• Boschfontein 1
• Gomora 1

The DWS provided financial support through the WSIG to the Nkomazi Municipality for water reticulation projects to the areas of Madadeni and Magogeni in the municipality.

The DWS is also providing financial support to the municipality through the Regional Bulk Infrastructure Grant (RBIG) for the implementation of the Sibange and the Driekoppies Regional Water Supply projects to improve water supply in the Nkomazi Municipality.

Reply:

a) I convened a Sector-wide Strategic Planning Session on 19 and 20 October 2021, where it was agreed among others that unblocking of incomplete projects will be amongst my apex priorities. The Department has commenced working in earnest with all relevant sector stakeholders to develop and implement a three-year programme to unblock all projects from 2022/2023 to 2024/2025 financial years.

All Provincial Departments have put in place plans to activate all the blocked projects as agreed in the Diagnostic Report. A total of 320 projects will be unblocked in the 2023/2024 financial year followed by 299 projects in the 2024/2025 financial year, as contained in the Business Plans.

b) Human Settlements is a concurrent function. Provinces and Municipalities, as implementing agents, are tasked with the responsibility of planning, appointment of service providers, approval and allocation of beneficiaries and have the responsibility to make sure that human settlements projects are secured. It is responsibility of these spheres of government to make sure that housing projects are not vandalised and as a national department, we allocate funds for this on our grant funding.

Reply:

The Department) has been working towards finding mechanisms to address the scourge of violence on campuses and residences. Following several engagements with the sector the Department undertook to develop a programme of engagement with all relevant stakeholders with the aim of developing strategic partnerships across the sector to address issues of violence and violent cultures on university campuses. This work was progressed through engagements with Universities South Africa (USAf), South African Police Service (SAPS) and Campus Protection Society of Southern Africa (CAMPROSA. The aim is to assess and understand the different threats experienced by universities and identify urgent matters that need to be addressed at institutions, including the need to improve the capacity of institutions to maintain peace and keep campuses safe and secure.

The training of security officers placed on campuses and student residences was identified as one of the areas that should be prioritised. USAf committed to work closely with SAPS and CAMPROSA to ensure that universities security officers are well trained. A training manual will be developed to ensure that training of security officers across universities is standardised. In terms of monitoring the Department has committed to meet with universities through CAMPROSA to discuss progress on training of security officers.

All universities were requested to provide some basic information to the Department detailing immediate plans to address safety and security matters, and highlighting areas that require urgent intervention to improve safety and security, including infrastructure-related projects to be prioritized. This information was scrutinized to identify projects that could be urgently funded through earmarked grants. Funds were made available to universities through the Infrastructure and Efficiency Grant towards safety and security projects over six distinct cycles. To date an amount of R519.344 million has been allocated to universities for projects aimed at improving security at universities.

The Department is also supporting the Historically Disadvantaged Institutions (HDIs) to improve institutional infrastructure and facilities including enhancing security fixtures on campuses and residences. The programme is implemented in five-year cycles, accompanied by an annual allocation of the Sibusiso Bengu Development Grant. An amount of R240 355 836 has been allocated to HDIs over a five-year period to implement the approved projects aimed at enhancing overall campus and residence safety at universities.

The projects approved under the two earmarked grants include, but not limited to, upgrading of CCTV surveillance system on various campuses and residences, improving access control technology to enable advanced access control management, installation of perimeter fencing and enhancement of lighting in certain areas of residences and campuses.

Universities submit to the Department audited progress reports of projects funded through the earmarked grants annually. It is required that each report should be accompanied by a financial and narrative report indicating the progress in implementing the funded projects. In addition, the Department also conducts institutional oversight visits to verify the information submitted to the Department, discuss the implementation progress of each project approved and funded and assist where there are blockages in implementing the projects.

The Minister has also commissioned research through the University of Zululand to assess the state of safety and security at universities in South Africa, what security measures exist on campuses, and what university management has done to promote safety and security. Amongst others, the methodological approach used was the review of universities security policies and procedures and undertaking physical audit of security infrastructure.

There is also a Ministerial commitment to establish a National Task Force on safety and security in PSET institutions. The development of the Terms of Reference for this work is underway. The Department and Heads of security of universities have also agreed to meet every quarter to assess progress with developing common security standards and norms, so as to develop a security blue print similar to that established for the TVET sector, as well as improving lighting at campuses.

Reply:

1. The DBE engages with all Provincial Education Departments (PEDs) on a regular basis, to discuss with and assist PEDs that are not performing as expected.  Some of the reasons for poor performance by the two PEDs include, but not limited to the following -  :

• Project delays by business forums and community contestations;
• Procurement delays;
• System downtime ;
• Poor performance by Implementing Agents and contractors; and
• High staff turnover in the provincial infrastructure units.

2. (a) These provinces have developed and are implementing recovery plans to mitigate against their underperformance; and these are monitored by the DBE on a regular basis.  If there are cases of negligence that lead to the underperformance, these are investigated, and measures taken in line with applicable legislation and regulations.

(b) As indicated above, the DBE is already intervening and providing assistance to these provinces.  Matters relating to capacity and staff turnover, are dealt with in terms of the capacitation framework; and additional capacity has also been provided to these provinces.

Reply:

The table below reflect graduate numbers in electrical-related qualifications per year in each institution. The 2022 audited data will be available at the end of November 2023.

Year
Institution	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Cape Peninsula University of Technology	278	263	257	186	169	112	124
Central University	258	213	216	246	354	338	359
Durban University of Technology	315	369	360	363	424	458	452
Mangosuthu University of Technology	258	275	206	252	247	195	304
Nelson Mandela University	87	119	71	84	83	84	80
North-West University	74	65	44	49	57	49	67
Tshwane University of Technology	520	509	564	638	649	619	605
University of Cape Town	133	108	99	112	109	137	89
University of Johannesburg	320	338	299	374	425	286	248
University of Kwazulu-Natal	61	52	63	66	68	73	74
University of Pretoria	175	178	210	168	190	171	170
University South Africa	189	207	207	215	173	288	347
University Stellenbosch	142	145	149	175	185	170	173
University of the Witwatersrand	134	147	144	161	154	158	122
Vaal University of Technology	316	320	346	442	271	217	277
Walter Sisulu University	10	53	60	115	92	91	76
Grand Total	3269	3360	3293	3546	3647	3446	3566

Reply:

(1) PetroSA has indicated that the rand value of prepayments are as follows:

(a)(i) R4,083,366,060.00

(ii) None

(iii) None

(b) Volume of diesel

(2) See attached table

(a) The main discrepancy in shipping diesel or petroleum products is due to allowance for temperature differentials, undischargeable product, product remaining in the ship’s lines and the potential for apparent losses due to evaporation.

(b) Yes, if there are any product shortfalls or over delivery the balance is recovered or reimbursed.

Reply:

No, the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs has not been informed that the residents of the Ugu District Municipality (UDM) have been without clean water for a period of over five years. The Minister is aware of intermittent supply of water to certain areas every now and then, but not for the entire Ugu District municipal area not to have clean water for a period of over five years.

The following interventions have been taken to support Ugu District Municipality to attend to intermittent water supply to communities:

• A Municipal Infrastructure Support Intervention Plan (MSIP) for UDM was developed after Cabinet considered a State of Local Government (SOLG) report in 2021 that highlighted that UDM was deemed dysfunctional. The implementation of the MSIP, and monitoring thereof led by DCOG, has led to improvement of water supply and service delivery protests have been minimized.
• KZN COGTA seconded a Project Management Unit (PMU) comprising of Engineers and Project Managers in May 2022 to support and strengthen UDM to fast-track implementation of grant funded projects. KZN CoGTA also availed funding for strategic infrastructure projects related to provision of basic services to accelerated water provision, and for repairs and maintenance of aged infrastructure through the Accelerated Infrastructure Renewal Programme in the 2022/23 financial year.
• UDM developed a turnaround plan in June 2022 for addressing water challenges and established a Water War Room that sits every fortnight to monitor the implementation of the Water Services Turnaround Plan. The multi stakeholder Water War Room includes representatives from DCOG through the Municipal Infrastructure Support Agent (MISA), the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS), the provincial Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (KZN COGTA).
• MISA funded and drilled 2 boreholes completing the project in March 2023 in the uMdoni Local Municipality area benefitting 44 households. MISA has also deployed a professionally registered Civil Engineer as well as two Civil Engineering Young Graduates to support and strengthen UDM.

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Reply:

The response below was provided by the provincial departments of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs from the various provinces. Out of the 9 provinces, 7 provinces have submitted responses. We are still awaiting responses from KwaZulu Natal and North West provinces. A total of 35 municipalities have been issued with Section 106 notices since 1 January 2019. The details are provided below:

Province	Total no of municipalities.	Service provider appointed to investigate.	Total cost paid to service provider.
Eastern Cape	15	15 Section 106 notices issued since 2019. Out of the 15, 14 of the investigations were conducted internally. Service provider appointed  was Integrated Forensic Accounting Firm (Buffalo City Metro).	R750 000.00
Free State	5	5 Section 106 notices issued. All investigations were done internally, as such no service provider was appointed.	N/A
Gauteng	2	2 Section 106 notices issued since 2019. Service provider appointed for both was Adv. William Mokhare SC, assisted by two Junior Advocates. (i)   Sedibeng DM; and (ii) Rand West LM.	R 4 869 362.06.
KwaZulu Natal	Still awaiting response from the province.	N/A	N/A
Limpopo	6	6 Section 106 notices issued since 2019. All investigations were done internally, as such no service provider was appointed.	N/A
Mpumalanga	7	7 Section 106 notices issued since 2019, conducted by service providers listed below: (i) AGNOWIZ (Dr JS Moroka LM); (ii) TMN Kgomo & Associates Inc ( Pixley Ka Isaka Seme LM); (iii) Motlatsiseleke Inc (Govan Mbeki LM); (iv) SAMBA Solutions (Dipaleseng LM); (v) Motlatsiseleke Inc (Nkomazi LM); (vi) Analytical Forensic Investigation Services (Emalahleni LM); and (vii) RCA & Company (Bushbuckridge LM)	(i) AGNOWIZ (R456 205.00) (ii) TMN Kgomo & Associates Inc (R495 650.00) (iii)Motlatsiseleke Inc (R498 950.00) (iv) SAMBA Solutions (R953 748.00) (v) Motlatsiseleke Inc (R498 950.00) (vi) Analytical Forensic Investigation Services (R787 228.00) (vii) RCA & Company (R885 753.00).
North West	Still awaiting response from the province.	N/A	N/A
Northern Cape	No Section 106 notices issued since 2019.	N/A	N/A
Western Cape	5	6 Section 106 notices issued since 2019, conducted by service providers (persons designated) listed below: (i) Ms Annelita Mentoor & Mr Anthony Botha; and Adv Etienne Vermaak, Ms Annelita Mentoor & Mr Pieter Van Hansen (George LM); (ii) Ms Carmelita Beerwinkel & Mr Marius Pretorius (Central Karoo DM); (iii) Ms Deirdre Viljoen & Mr Marc Diergaardt (Kannaland LM); (iv) Adv Charl Strydom & Ms Estelle Mynhardt (Matzikama LM); and (v) Mr Charl Gerber & Ms Nimerah Singh (Beaufort West LM)	(i) Ms Annelita Mentoor & Mr Anthony Botha (R1 479 356.20); and Adv Etienne Vermaak, Ms Annelita Mentoor & Mr Pieter Van Hansen (R1 833 050.00). (ii) Ms Carmelita Beerwinkel & Mr Marius Pretorius (R908 050.00); (iii) Ms Deirdre Viljoen & Mr Marc Diergaardt (R714 999.00); (iv) Adv Charl Strydom & Ms Estelle Mynhardt (R1 203 585.00); and (v) Mr Charl Gerber & Ms Nimerah Singh (R1 110 500.00)

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