Questions and Replies

Reply:

1. The DOJ&CD has a total of 2000 Court Interpreters at different levels and also at different Language proficiency levels. 65% of the total number has post matric qualifications, and the remainder of 35% still has Matric only, but are however being afforded various opportunities to up-skill themselves and be professionalized through the on-going programs that are underway.

(a)(i) 95% of the Court Interpreters in all the Courts are offering Interpretation with the Official Language of Record (English) and the two Indigenous Languages of their respective Provinces. In one particular instances, it is required that the junior court interpreters of experience less than 5 years can be limited to the Lower courts, while Senior Court Interpreters and above ranks should be deployed to the Regional Courts.

(b)(ii) There are 36 Court Interpreters permanently employed by the DOJ&CD who are offering foreign Languages Interpreting services.

They offer the following Languages:

(i) Shona;

(ii) Nyanja;

(iii) Chichewa;

(iv) Kiswahili;

(v) Zimbabwe Ndebele;

(vi) Mozambican Shangaan;

(vii) Portuguese; and

(viii) Isindau

(c) Over and above the above, there are over 250 casual Foreign Language Interpreters on the DoJ&CD Central database which can be easily accessed from the departmental Intranet.

(d) There are also 6 Service Providers who are offering Foreign Language Services with sufficient capacity to meet the DoJ&CD demand for the service.

(e) This therefore puts the DoJ&CD in a better position to deal with the challenge brought about by the current influx of foreign nationals in the country and in our courts.

2. (a) There are currently 11 qualified South African Sign Language Interpreters, who are permanently employed by the DoJ&CD.

(b) Over and above that, there are several legal entities on the central Database of the DoJ&CD, who offer SASL Interpreting.

(c) The imminent promulgation of SASL as the 12th Official Language, has urged the DoJ&CD to embark on the reskilling the current crop of Court Interpreters in SASL, and the DOJ&CD HRD has put aside funds for the SASL Training as part of the 2023/2024 programs.

Reply:

SAA restarted operations on 23 September 2021 flying 6 routes. Lagos restarted in December 2021, Durban and Mauritius were launched in March 2022 and Windhoek and Vic Falls resumed operations in December 2022. SAA currently flies 10 routes: Cape Town, Durban, Accra, Kinshasa, Harare, Lagos, Lusaka, Mauritius, Windhoek, and Vic Falls. The 11th route to Malawi will commence on 16 March 2023.

Over the past 18 months, SAA has flown over one million passengers across our route network.

The average monthly load factors are between 60% and 80% load factors.

Remarks: Reply: Approved / Not Approved

Jacky Molisane P J Gordhan, MP

Acting Director-General Minister of Public Enterprises

Date: Date:

Reply:

The Glenister Judgment must not be interpreted to mean that the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) in its current form falls outside of the realm of independence.

As the Honourable Member is aware, the NPA is governed by both the Constitution and the National Prosecuting Authority Act (NPA Act).

Section 108 of the Constitution provides for the establishment of an NPA under the direction of a National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP).

The constitutional tenets governing the prosecution system are implemented through the NPA Act, which provides the power to institute and conduct criminal prosecutions on behalf of the State, ‘vests in the prosecuting authority.

The Constitution and the NPA Act guarantee the independence of the NPA in regard to its performance of the prosecutorial function. Both the Constitution and NPA Act also require that the NPA do its work ‘without fear, favour and prejudice’ and subject only to the Constitution and the law. This obligation was confirmed by the Constitutional Court in the certification of the Constitution in 1996.

There is objective evidence that STIRS criteria is being implemented.

Thus government has ensured that the Investigative Directorate (ID) has:

1. Specialised skills;
2. Highly Trained personnel;
3. Independence - as per the tenants of the Constitution and the NPA;
4. Resourcing - the NPA receives R1.3 billion to support the implementation of the recommendations of the State Capture Commission; and
5. Security of Tenure.

Reply:

a) The Department has been in consultation with the State Information and Technology Agency (SITA) regarding the digitisation (automation) of the housing waiting list, which is formerly known as the National Housing Needs Register (NHNR).

The digitisation of the housing waiting list seeks to ensure that the process of housing application and allocation is more reliable, transparent, accessible and it also strives to minimise if not prevent the occurrence of fraud and corruption. The digitisation also entails the review of the Housing Subsidy System (HSS) in order to improve data integrity and ensure that there is a common understanding of the housing needs across the length and breadth of the country.

Furthermore, the Department has partnered with SITA and CSIR to conduct feasibility studies and the corresponding project deliverables.

b) It is envisaged that the South African citizenry will enjoy the benefits of the Digital Transformation Project with effect from the 2023/24 financial year.

 

Reply:

The Department has in the past two financial years compiled a monitoring report on the empowerment of women, youth and persons with disabilities focusing on levels of equity, employment, ownership and participation women, youth and persons with disabilities.

The report records the participation of women in senior leadership as follows:

1. Women Magistrates were 48.7% in 2020/21 and increased to 52.1% in 2021/22.

2. Women judges were 43.1% in 2020/21 and increased to 45.5% in 2021/22.

3. Representation of women in South African Police Services as Major General is at 37.9%, and Brigadier is at 38.2%. The percentage increased to 50% at higher position of Divisional Commissioner, Provincial Commissioner and Top Management. While the National commissioner is a man, two of the three Deputy National Commissioner are women.

4. Women representation at SMS level in the public service was at 27.9% in 2021/22. Youth are represented at levels 13, 14 and 15 with 1.4%, 1.7%, and 3.2 % respectively while persons with disabilities are represented by less than 2% in three levels.

5. Top Management level representation of women in the Private Sector was at 24.6%.

6. Data from StatsSA indicates that there are 4 407 Councillors of which 1 309 are female which translates to 29.7% women representation as Councillors.

Reply:

1. 

3.1 In the past five years there have been 13 fatal crashes on the R600 resulting in 22 fatalities. Currently, only fatal crashes are collected; the details are in the table below.

Reply:

a) During the 2022 floods, the following was practically implemented by the Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities through the Kwa-Zulu Natal Department of Social Development to expedite relief efforts to women, youth and persons with disabilities:

i. 1 000 Sanitary Dignity Packages were distributed which comprised of 10 sanitary pads, wash cloth, toothbrush, toothpaste, roll-on and body lotion. These were donated by the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China;

ii. 200 HappiMe sanitary pad packs were distributed;

iii. 10 vouchers to the value of R1 000 donated by the One Africa Organisation;

b) The Honourable Member is reminded that the Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities is not a service delivery department.

Reply:

a) Each salary at the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) of each:

(i) Chief Executive Officer – R 2 547 020.04 per annum

(ii) Top Executive Positions viz:

• a) Executive Chairperson – R 1 205 796.00 per annum
• b Executive Deputy Chairperson – R 1 023 387.00 per annum

b) The Chief Executive Officer, Executive Chairperson and Executive Deputy Chairperson are not remunerated to attend meetings.

Reply:

1. The monitoring of adolescent births is a competency of the Department of Health. This part of the question may be directed to the Minister of Health.

2(a) . Not applicable.

(b) The Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities (DWYPD) is cooperating with the Department of Basic Education (DoE) to develop a Plan of Action (PoA) on Teenage Pregnancy. The PoA will be implemented by various departments and stakeholders and the DWYPD will monitor its implementation. In the PoA, the DWYPD will be implementing intergenerational dialogues on teenage pregnancies in communities to prevent teenage pregnancies.

Reply:

according to information received from Alexkor:

(a)

(i) The Interim Chief Executive Officer of Alexkor SOC Limited earns a monthly salary of R107 536,00 per month based on 100% utilization in accordance with the hourly rates provided in column B-22 of the DPSA guide on hourly rates for consultants, published in July 2020.

(ii) The salaries of the top executives are tabulated below.

Executive Title/Position	Total Cost to Company
Chief Financial Officer (Vacant)
PSJV Executive Positions
Environmental Manager	R1,306, 838,28
Safety and Health Manager	R1,184 165,64
Security Manager	R779 309,02
Mine Manager	R1, 739 424,00
Chief Financial Officer
IT Manager	R1,149,172,44
Mine Engineer	R1,626,682,97

(b) No additional monies or meeting fees are paid to Executives to attend meetings.

 

reply according to information received from Denel:

(a)

(i) The Interim Group Chief Executive Officer of Denel SOC Limited is paid R 2,800,000 per annum

(ii) The salaries of the top executives are tabulated below:

Executive Title/Position	Total Cost to Company
Interim Group Chief Financial Officer	R 1,760,000
Chief Restructuring Officer	R 2,860,000
Group Chief Operations Officer and Interim Chief Executive Officer: Denel Land Systems	R 3,000,000
Interim Group Executive HR and Transformation	R972,328
Chief Executive Officer: PMP	R 2,800,015
Interim Chief Executive Officer: Aeronautics	R 1,546,083
Interim Chief Executive Officer: Vehicle Systems	R 1,133,600
Chief Executive Officer: Aeronautics	R 2,800,000
Chief Executive Officer: Dynamics	R 2,100,000
Chief Executive Officer: OTR	R 1,400,000

(b) No additional monies or meeting fees are paid to Executives to attend meetings.

REPLY ACCORDING TO INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM ESKOM:

(a)

(i) The former Group Chief Executive Officer of Eskom Holdings SOC Limited until 28 February 2023, Mr AM de Ruyter, was paid an annual salary R7,040,010,00

(ii) The salaries of the top executives are tabulated below:

Executive Title/Position	Total Cost to Company
Group Chief Financial Officer, Executive Director (GCFO)	R4,900,000
Chief Operating Officer:	R5,496,000
Group Executive: Legal	R3,100,000
Group Executive Government & Regulatory Affairs:	R3,100,000
Group Executive Human Resources:	R3,339,000

(b) No additional monies or meeting fees are paid to Executives to attend meetings.

REPLY ACCORDING TO INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM SAA:

(a)

(i) The Interim Group Executive Chairman of SAA SOC Limited is paid R 3 780 000 per annum

(ii) The salaries of the top executives are tabulated below:

Executive Title/Position	Total Cost to Company
Chief Financial Officer (Executive Director)	R2,851,000,00
Chief Audit Executive	R2,800,000,00
Chief People Officer	R2,592,000,00
Chief Commercial Officer	R2,160,000,00
Chief Airline Operations Officer	R1,572,148,00

(b) No additional monies or meeting fees are paid to Executives to attend meetings.

REPLY ACCORDING TO INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM SAFCOL:

(a)

(i) The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of SAFCOL SOC Limited is paid R3,414,642,57 per annum

(ii) The salaries of the top executives are tabulated below:

Executive Title/Position	Total Cost to Company
Chief Financial Officer (Executive Director)	R2,735,954,48
Chief Audit Executive	R1,730,560,00
Chief Risk Officer	R1,881,394,32
Executive: Strategy and Commercial	R1,951,595,78

(b) No additional monies or meeting fees are paid to Executives to attend meetings.

REPLY ACCORDING TO INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM TRANSNET:

(a)

(i) The Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of Transnet SOC Limited is paid R8,500,000 per annum

(ii) The salaries of the top executives are tabulated below:

Executive Title/Position	Total Cost to Company
Group Chief Financial Officer (Executive Director)	R5,800,000
Group Chief Executive: Transnet National Port Authority	R5,900,000
Chief Executive: Transnet Port Terminals	R5,100,000
Chief Executive: Transnet Freight Rail	R6,100,000
Chief Executive: Transnet Property	R4,600,000
Chief Executive: Transnet Pipelines	R4,200,000
Chief Executive: Transnet Engineering	R5,100,000
Chief of People Management & Learning	R5,100,000
Group Chief Information Officer	R4,500,000
Group Chief Procurement Officer	R4,500,000
Group Chief Officer: Strategy & Planning	R5,100,000
Group Chief Legal Officer	R5,400,000

(b) No additional fees or monies are paid to the Executives, to attend meetings. Other Group Executive members attend Board meetings on invitation and are not remunerated for same.

 

Remarks: Reply: Approved / Not approved

Jacky Molisane PJ Gordhan, MP

Acting Director-General Minister

Date: Date:

Reply:

The information in Table 1 sets out salaries for development finance institutions, where significant sums of monies are managed by the entity concerned; and skills akin to those found in commercial financial institutions are generally required.

Entity	Function	Salaries	Meeting allowances
Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Limited (IDC)	The IDC is a development finance institution with total Assets worth R174bn and net profit of R7, 2bn. The IDC offers funding across mandated sectors under the following Strategic Business Units: Mining & Metals, Infrastructure, Energy, Agro-processing & Agriculture, Tourism & Services, Automotive & Transport Equipment, Chemicals, Medical Products & Industrial Minerals, Machinery, Equipment & Electronics, Textiles & Wood Products, and Small Business Development. The Corporations business support programme also offers non-financial support to entrepreneurs. The support is available during pre and post approval stages, including assistance to distressed clients. In 2022, the IDC committed to transformation of R6.6bn and facilitated 27,130 jobs (created and or saved).	Chief Executive Officer: R5 939 012 Chief Financial Officer: R4 542 300 Chief Operating Officer: R4 326 000 Divisional Executive Manufacturing: R4 020 400 Divisional Executive Group Risk: R3 972 578 Divisional Executive Industry Planning and Project Development: R3 937 500 Divisional Executive Client Support and Growth: R3 650 100 Divisional Executive Agro Industries and Service Sectors: R3 650 000 Divisional Executive Strategy and Corporate Affairs: R3 639 520 Divisional Executive Human Capital: R3 226 900 Divisional Executive Legal and Compliance: R3 060 400 Group Company Secretary: R3 000 000	None
National Empowerment Fund (NEF)	The NEF provides non-financial support to investees, emerging entrepreneurs and communities through the following business-planning support, entrepreneurial training, incubation, mentorship and back-office support, workouts and restructuring of distressed businesses, socio-economic development and social facilitation. The NEF has total assets worth R7,3bn under its management. The organisation facilitated and supported 11 429 job opportunities, of which 2 999 were new against a set target of 3 456.	Chief Executive Officer: R4 785 219 General Counsel: R2 927 700 Divisional Executive – VC & CF: R2 215 400 Divisional Executive – SME & RD: R2 530 000	None
Export Credit Insurance Corporation (ECIC)	The ECIC provides political and commercial risk insurance to South African exporters of capital goods and related services, with total Assets worth R10 bn. Over the last 10 financial years, the ECIC has grown considerably supporting almost 54 export-led and investment-related projects across the African continent and other emerging economies. This accumulated to approximately R39bn worth of loans supported by ECIC in the following sectors: power, mining, rail, construction and telecommunications.	Chief Executive Officer: R3 106 938 Chief Actuarial and Investment: R2 839 780 Chief Financial Officer: R2 603 907 Chief Risk Officer: R 2 472 813 General Counsel: R 2 472 813	None

Information in Table 2 sets out salaries for regulators and executives of standards bodies.

Remuneration of the following entities was determined by the Department after benchmarking with Director-General salaries. In certain instances where specialist and scarce skills are required (Competition Authorities, Tribunals and Standards and Quality Institutions), adjustments to take account of market salaries were applied.

 

Entity	Salaries	Meeting allowances
B-BBEE Commission	Commissioner: R2 262 252 Chief Operating Officer: R1 308 051 – R1 563 948 Executive Manager Investigations & Enforcement:R1 308 051 – R1 563 948 Executive Manager Compliance: R1 308 051 – R1 563 948	None
Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC)	Commissioner: R2 407 000 Executive Innovation and Creativity: R2 271 000 Executive Corporate Services: R2 037 000 Chief Strategy Executive: R1 996 000 Executive Business Intelligence: R1 872 000 Risk, Governance and Compliance: R1 778 000 Chief Financial Officer: R1 696 000 Chief Audit Executive: R1 543 000	None
Companies Tribunal (CT)	Chief Operating Officer: R1 981 418 Chief Financial Officer: R1 598 201	None
Competition Commission	Commissioner: R2 464 207 Deputy Commissioner: R2 457 647 Manager Market Conduct: R1 944 000 Manager Advocacy: R2 160 000 Manager Mergers and Acquisitions: R1 925 083 Chief Financial Officer: R1 918 841 Manager Cartels: R2 220 174 Manager Corporate Services: R2 160 000 Chief Legal Counsel: R2 172 506 Chief Economist: R2 160 000 Manager Office of the Commissioner: R2 160 000	None
Competition Tribunal	Chairperson of the Tribunal: R3 088 261 Full-Time Tribunal member: R2 677 261 Chief Operating Officer: R2 354 000 Chief Financial Officer: R2 218 503	None
International Trade Administration Commission (ITAC)	Chief Commissioner: R1 713 696* under review Deputy Chief Commissioner: R1 409 157 General Manager Corporate Services: R1 563 948 Chief Financial Officer: R1 302 102 Senior Manager Internal Audit: R1 302 102	None
National Consumer Commission (NCC)	Commissioner: R2 037 890 Deputy Commissioner: R1 757 502 Head Corporate Services/ CFO: R1 430 619 Company Secretary: R1 289 010 Head Legal Services: R1 289 010 Head Enforcement and Investigation: R1 388 640 Head Education, Compliance and Advocacy: R1 388 640	None
National Consumer Tribunal (NCT)	Executive Chairperson: R2 375 364 Chief Operating Officer: R1 911 578 Chief Financial Officer: R1 694 913 Registrar: R1 625 762 Corporate Service Executive: R1 483 434	None
National Credit Regulator (NCR)	Chief Executive Officer: R3 270 344 Chief Financial Officer: R1 453 712 Company Secretary: R1 683 362	None
National Gambling Board (NGB)	Chief Strategic Officer: R2 315 335 Chief Financial Officer: R1 774 779 Chief Compliance Officer: R1 761 553	None
National Lotteries Commission (NLC)	Commissioner: R2 537 000 Executive Manager Regulatory Compliance: R2 531 000 Chief Information Officer: R3 150 000 Company Secretary: R2 478 000	None
National Metrology Institute of South Africa (NMISA)	Chief Executive Officer: R3 132 172 Chief Financial Officer: R2 277 806 Director Applied Metrology: R1 918 850 Director International Liaison: R1 918 850 Director Physical & Electrical Metrology: R1 918 850 Director Chemical Materials and Medical Metrology: R1 879 000 Director Strategic, Business Development and Governance: R1 838 324 Director Corporate Services: R1 761 178	None
National Regulator For Compulsory Specifications (NRCS)	Chief Executive Officer: R2 226 875 General Manager Foods: R1 781 289 General Manager Electro-technical: R1 834 130 General Manager CMM: R1 834 130 Chief Information Officer: R1 807 714 General Manager Automotive: R1 675 636	None
South African Bureau of Standards (SABS)	Chief Financial Officer: R2 519 000 Executive Manager Standards: R2 420 000 Executive Manager Human Capital: R2 313 000 Acting Executive Manager Certification: R1 983 000 Acting Executive Manager Customer Partnering: R1 846 000 Acting Executive Manager LSD: R1 494 000	None
South African National Accreditation System (SANAS)	Acting Chief Executive Officer: R2 068 458 Executive Accreditation: R2 211 289 Executive Corporate Services: R2 211 289 Chief Financial Officer: R1 872 975 Executive Strategy and Development: R1 703 818	None

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Reply:

a) The Department has received the following information from the Gauteng Department of Human Settlements regarding the delivery of title deeds in Orange Farm Township.

Orange Farm

Township	Total No. of units	Total registered	Total not registered	Total issued
Orange Farm proper	1218	1182	36	1182
Orange Farm Ext.1	3214	3042	172	3042
Orange Farm Ext.2	2942	2773	167	2773
Orange Farm Ext.3	806	607	199	607
Orange Farm Ext.4	425	269	156	269
Orange Farm Ext.6	1474	1399	75	1399
Orange Farm Ext.7	3741	3638	103	3638
Orange Farm Ext.8	2104	1941	163	1941
Orange Farm Ext.9	958	678	280	517

b) The Department has identified the delivery of title deeds as one of its uppermost priorities- To this end, it has set aside the commensurate budget and capacity that will upscale the delivery of title deeds.

The tables below provide an account for the title deeds that are outstanding in the townships mentioned below.

Finetown

Township	Total No. of units	Total registered	Total not registered	Total issued	Remarks
Finetown	2063	0	0	0
Finetown Ext.1	110	0	0	0

Drieziek

Township	Total No. of units	Total registered	Total not registered	Total issued	Remarks
Drieziek	284	259	25	201
Drieziek Ext.1	1562	0	1562	0	Awaiting opening of township register
Drieziek Ext.2	394	348	46	286
Drieziek Ext.3	3024	2783	241	2916
Drieziek Ext.4	1923	1647	276	1784
Drieziek Ext.5	1574	1345	226	1460
Drieziek Ext.6	209	0	209	0
Drieziek Ext.7	0	0	0	0	Done by Province
Drieziek Ext.8	0	0	0	0	Done by Province

The Department will continue with efforts to source the information required on other townships that are not accounted for.

Reply:

(a) Provision of the data per months is not possible due to server breakdowns in the past, which resulted in data loss of captured historical day to day movements. However, this loss impacts on the correctness of data for months and not the years. When broken down into months it does not reflect the true picture of the number of active offenders per month due to data gaps.

(b) & (c)

(c) PROVINCE	(b) YEAR
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
EASTERN CAPE	242	336	456	554	673	783	864	924
FREE STATE	166	243	321	378	446	498	542	598
GAUTENG	404	568	760	988	1 226	1 404	1 589	1 720
KWAZULU-NATAL	362	590	816	1 010	1 245	1 501	1 759	1 976
LIMPOPO	69	121	165	203	249	290	318	344
MPUMALANGA	47	69	101	130	172	221	254	286
NORTH WEST	89	156	241	325	389	444	479	511
NORTHERN CAPE	23	43	58	70	73	74	76	80
WESTERN CAPE	165	220	277	363	434	498	533	570
GRAND TOTAL	1 567	2 346	3 195	4 021	4 907	5 713	6 414	7 009

END

Reply:

(a) Provision of the data per month is not possible due to the complexity and data limitations of the daily offender movements, wherein according to procedures an offender is temporarily released from the system for various purposes (their status changes to inactive) and when they come back they are readmitted (status changes to active in the movement data on the system). This is part of the daily correctional centre operations.

These movements may include among others transfers from one centre to the other, movement to courts, hospital and others.

(b)&(c) Total number of inmates who successfully appealed and released since 2007:

(c) Province	(b) Year	Total successfully appealed and released since 2007
	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
EASTERN CAPE	0	4	1	1	2	4	4	1	2	2	6	5	6	2	6	4	0	50
FREE STATE	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	7
GAUTENG	1	3	2	3	9	10	5	10	8	6	9	8	7	2	8	5	0	96
KWAZULU-NATAL	0	0	0	5	11	6	14	10	25	18	18	11	9	13	5	12	3	160
LIMPOPO	2	0	1	3	3	2	10	5	9	8	8	2	1	3	2	2	1	62
MPUMALANGA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	4
NORTH WEST	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	3	1	2	4	0	3	1	0	0	20
NORTHERN CAPE	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
WESTERN CAPE	0	1	2	1	1	2	4	3	4	3	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	26
GRAND TOTAL	4	8	6	14	27	26	38	31	52	39	46	33	28	23	22	24	4	425

END.

Reply:

According to the Information received from Alexkor

1. The position of the Environmental Manager was filled in 2012 and the one for General Mine Manager in 2020.
2. There were no new appointments as these positions were filled in 2012 and 2020 respectively.
3. There were no new appointments made to these positions the appointments of 2012 and 2020 were on a permanent basis.

 

Remarks: Approved / Not Approved

Jacky Molisane PJ Gordhan, MP

Acting Director-General Minister

Date: Date:

Reply:

The Department does not sponsor places of safety for homeless women, youth and persons with disabilities. This question should be directed to the Department of Social Development for reply.

Reply:

1. (aa)Table below display international travel for Minister Pravin Gordhan

(a) Destination	b) (i) Total Costs	(b)(i) Accommodation	(b) (ii)Travel	(b)(iii) Other costs
India	R 158 307,16	R 82 829,98	R 75 477,18	-
Russia	R 280 430,93	R 158 237,00	R 106 462,93	R 15 731,00
New York	R 168 420,90	R 48 000,00	R 120 420,90
Washington/United Kingdom	R 177 819,18	R 45 267,86	R 100 104,90	R 32 446,42
Dubai	R 226 892,73	R 71 290,40	R 110 542,65	R 45 059,68
Total	R 1011 870,90	R 405 625,24	R 513 008,56	R 93 237,10

1. (bb) Table below display international travel for Deputy Minister Phumulo Masualle.

a) Destination	b) Total Costs	(b) (i) Accommodation	(b) (ii)Travel	(iii) Other costs
Abidjan	R 98 446.62	R 5 536.88	R 71 041,44	R 21 868,30
Dakar, Ghana
Total	R 98 446,62	R 5 536,88	R 71 041,44	R 21 868,30

2.(aa) The total cost incurred for domestic air travel for Minister Pravin Gordhan

The total cost incurred for domestic air travel for Minister from June 2019 to January 2023 is R 899 213,99

2.(bb) The total cost incurred for domestic air travel for Deputy Minister Phumulo

Masualle

The total cost incurred for domestic air travel for Deputy Minister from June 2019 to January 2023 is R 2 587 419,62

Remarks: Reply: Approved / Not Approved

Jacky Molisane P J Gordhan, MP

Acting Director-General Minister of Public Enterprises

Date: Date:

Reply:

1. Following the gazette of PDAs in the 2021/22 year, there are twelve (12) Social Housing projects that have been approved and contracted representing a total investment of approximately R1.9 billion of which government has committed a total of R1.2 billion (64%) with a yield of 4 393 units.

Of the twelve (12) projects, eight (8) are from private sector delivery partners, attracting equity contributions of R284 million. We anticipate the level of private sector involvement to increase as the SHRA refines its engagement model to be more responsive to the sector expectations.

In the case of First Home Finance (FHF) provinces and NHFC projected to assist 7 259 households. A total of 5 121 households received financial assistance and purchased units through FHF by the end of the third quarter for the financial year 2022/23 financial year. The performance represents 71% of the annual target respectively. In terms of the amount leveraged from financial institutions, NHFC projected to leverage R1,9 million from financial institutions during the 2022/23 financial year. As at the end of quarter 3, the entity managed to leverage R1 732 million and the performance represents 91% of the annual target.

2. The investment by the private sector to meet the targets in the approved national priority projects has not been achieved. The Department is working with Infrastructure South Africa (ISA) to source funding that will supplement and support public-private partnerships. Through this initiative with ISA, the Lufhereng project received funding from National Treasury. The required project amount is R7.8 billion for infrastructure in Lufhereng. The National Treasury has approved R3.9 billion through the Budget Facility for Infrastructure (BFI) process. The remainder of the funding will be the responsibility of the Private Sector (the developer) and City of Johannesburg. The first tranche of R389 million in the new financial year will be released by National Treasury and should be equally matched by the developer and the City.

In addition, the Department has taken a comprehensive approach to address the housing needs in mining communities by leveraging partnerships with mining companies and other stakeholders and the allocation of additional human settlements grant funding for bulk infrastructure.

Reply:

Section 36(3) of the National Prosecuting Authority Act, 1998 provides that the Director-General: Justice is, subject to the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA), 1999, charged with the responsibility of accounting for State monies received or paid out for or on account of the prosecuting authority. Treasury Regulations issued in terms of the PFMA provides for the acceptance of gifts, donations and sponsorships. All cash gifts, donations or sponsorships must be paid into the relevant revenue fund. All gifts, donations or sponsorships received during the course of the financial year must be disclosed as a note to the annual financial statements of the institution.

From the above, the framework for the acceptance of private donations in government operates under strict protocols. Further, prosecutors are constitutionally mandated to exercise their prosecutorial powers without fear, favour or prejudice.

In keeping with the PFMA, and the degree of transparency required, oversight over donor funding is exercised by the Office of the Auditor-General as well as the Internal Audit Team. An internal register of all donations is kept centrally and will enable the NPA to disclose these donations in the Annual Financial Statements as per the National Treasury requirements.

The prosecutorial independence of prosecutors ensures that there are no impediments that will prevent the NPA to prosecute private donors who violate the law.

END

Reply:

Metrorail monitors and evaluate the train service performance daily, weekly, monthly and a quarterly report is submitted to the Board of Control (BoC) and the Minister. The daily, weekly and monthly monitoring and evaluation reports are analysed by a special dedicated team that always provide feedback to the operational teams to improve where applicable. Reasons for service delays are identified daily, and corrective measures are monitored to mitigate reoccurrence. Based on the table below, there were fewer cancellations experienced and all efforts were put in place to minimize disruption of service.

Below is the link for table that indicates the number of passenger trips, Actual vs scheduled for both the years 2018 and 2019 respectively: -

https://pmg.org.za/files/RNW26-TABLE.pdf

Reply:

a) To address the ageing infrastructure, SANRAL has an ongoing programme to strengthen the road network which assists to cope with the high volumes of traffic

b) The department is collaborating with provincial road authorities by providing ring-fenced allocations within the Provincial Road Maintenance Grant for upgrades and refurbishments of the road network. In terms of enhancing safety, the Department has made a special allocation from PRMG to improve safety on provincial strategic road networks such as the addition of passing and climbing lanes, guardrails, signage road markings and etc.

In addition to the above and by way of example, referring to the uPhongolo incident. I have approved the establishment of an Interdepartmental Task Team made up of State Departments at national, provincial, and local, including entities within my Department under the Roads Branch Interventions ranging from short, medium to long terms for example the provision of learner transport, aggressive road safety campaigns, establishment of satellite traffic station by the KZN, Road Traffic inspectorate, deployment of additional national traffic police to the KZN province, SAPS to request additional highway patrol vehicles to improve visibility; joint operational plans between KZN and Mpumalanga on the border of the two provinces; SAPS to engage with the local magistrate in prioritizing cases of traffic violations and to follow-up on all cases of vehicle accidents that happened on the N2 where there is no progress; SANRAL to erect and improve road signage of the N2 and urgently install rumble strips and speed humps.

Reply:

(a)(i) Provision of the data per month is not possible due to the complexity and data limitations of the daily offender movements, wherein according to procedures an offender is temporarily released from the system for various purposes (their status changes to inactive) and when they come back they are readmitted (status changes to active in the movement data on the system).

This is part of the daily correctional centre operations. Such movements may include among others transfers from one centre to the other, movement to courts, hospital and others.

(a)(ii) & (iii) See table below.

(c) Due to limitation of victim information on the warrant, the ages of victims are not available, therefore only the absolute count of those lifers charged with sexual crimes are included

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(a)(ii)&(iii) Per year and and per province:

(a)(iii) PROVINCE	(a)(ii) YEAR
	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
EASTERN CAPE	924	1 013	1 072	1 118	1 193	1 304	1 419	1 518	1 661	1 844	1 995	2 119	2 211	2 262	2 390	2 489	2 490
FREE STATE	598	645	720	825	945	1 092	1 278	1 403	1 525	1 656	1 820	1 954	2 068	2 119	2128	2 125	2 121
GAUTENG	1 720	1 913	2 073	2 190	2 352	2 494	2 624	2 757	2 915	3 091	3 228	3 383	3 527	3 572	3668	3 809	3 818
KWAZULU-NATAL	1 976	2182	2 369	2 512	2 731	2 975	3 168	3 345	3 480	3 638	3 829	3 989	4 078	4 072	4173	4 266	4 249
LIMPOPO	344	380	457	570	745	928	1 117	1 275	1 410	1 545	1 710	1 885	2 085	2 201	2350	2 472	2 484
MPUMALANGA	286	330	350	371	388	406	442	471	490	522	554	589	604	614	634	649	654
NORTH WEST	511	545	580	611	646	665	682	704	742	782	816	821	843	847	854	870	861
NORTHERN CAPE	80	86	90	94	97	96	97	96	96	96	96	96	94	95	102	109	108
WESTERN CAPE	570	623	655	698	741	785	817	865	906	950	1002	1 068	1111	1 145	1 174	1 221	1 219
GRAND TOTAL	7 009	7 717	8 366	8 989	9 838	10 745	11 644	12 434	13 225	14 124	15 050	15 904	16 621	16 927	17 473	18 010	18 004

*Data Source: DCS Data Base

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Reply:

1. Firstly, it is necessary to clarify that the Presidential State-Owned Enterprises Council (PSEC), of which the Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) is the secretariat, has suggested that South Africa adopt a centralised shareholder model for the management and oversight of SOEs. In furtherance of this model PSEC has recommended that South Africa should create a Holding Company (HoldCo), into which selected strategic SOEs would be amalgamated.

The DPE supports this proposal. The Holding Company will house selected strategic SOEs, in furtherance of a centralised shareholder model. The PSEC believes that housing SOEs in a centralised structure will promote professionalism, decrease politicisation and enhance good governance practices at SOEs, amongst other benefits.

Also, it is important to note that PSEC is not the first State initiated advisory body to call for the SOEs to be managed in terms of a centralised shareholding model. The Presidential Review Committee (PRC), chaired by Ms Riah Phiyega, was established in 2010, with a mandate to make recommendations pertaining to the reform and strengthening of the SOEs. Amongst the recommendations of the PRC were that:

• The Government should develop an overarching long-term strategy for SOEs;
• The Government should enact a single overarching law (State-owned Entities Act) governing all SOEs;
• The Government should develop a framework for the appointment of SOE Boards;
• The Government should develop a common performance management system;
• The Government should rationalise its holdings by focusing on those SOEs that provide public goods and those deemed to be strategic, namely serving national interests, national security and priority sectors;
• Government should address the issue of non-financially viable commercial SOEs; and
• The Government should develop an integrated reporting, monitoring and evaluation capacity for SOEs across all spheres of Government.

Additionally, The PRC highlighted the need to clarify the roles of the state in its capacity as (i) shareholder in, (ii) the regulator of, and (iii) the operational and regulatory policy-maker for SOEs. The PRC Report, in other words, highlighted the need to separate the shareholding, regulatory and policy-making functions of the State as they pertain to SOE management and oversight. Additionally, the Report also drew attention to the fact that there is a lack of clarity in SOE mandates; coupled with the fact that SOEs’ accountability channels and mechanisms can be opaque, with there often being multiple accountability frameworks (from differing oversight Departments or legislative frameworks) that SOEs need to comply with. This situation creates inefficiency and duplication of efforts by oversight bodies, facilitating unnecessary political interference in SOEs.

In a similar vein, the Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture, chaired by Judge Raymond Zondo, also highlighted (inter alia) the need for:

• SOE governance frameworks to be consolidated, and possibly augmented into one – by enacting a single SOE Act; and
• There to be a clear division between the State’s shareholding, regulatory and policy-making functions.

Consequently, the President’s announcement on the establishment of a National Holding Company (HoldCo) constitutes the enactment of recommendations put forth by the PRC, the Commission of Enquiry into Allegations of State Capture and PSEC. Furthermore, the establishment of a National Holding Company, in furtherance of a centralised shareholder model, is in alignment with growing international trend(promulgated by an OECD Report on the ‘Corporate Governance of State-owned enterprises’) that a centralised shareholder model is the optimum model for SOE management and oversight; with Chile, China, Finland, France, Hungary, Malaysia, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Singapore and Spain being amongst the countries that have adopted this model for the management of the SOEs.

The main benefits from the experience of the above countries of a centralised shareholder model for SOE management and oversight, are:

• Separation of the state’s ownership functions from its policy-making and regulatory or supervisory functions, to help avoid or minimise potential conflicts of interest;
• Minimising of the scope for political interference and bringing greater professionalism to the State’s ownership role, by pooling specialised capabilities and scarce resources;
• Promotion of greater coherence and consistency in applying corporate governance standards and in exercising the State’s ownership role across all SOEs;
• To manage state assets in a way that protects shareholder value;
• To achieve greater transparency and accountability in SOE operations through better oversight and performance monitoring.

In acknowledgment of 1) the importance of SOEs to South Africa’s future economic growth on the one hand, and to the government’s ability to deliver on its developmental mandates on the other hand; as well as 2) the fact that South Africa’s SOEs are currently in need of reform revitalisation, PSEC has recommended that South Africa establish a National Holding Company, as the mechanism to implement a centralised shareholder model for SOE management and oversight. Only selected strategic SOEs, that are currently financially viable, will be incorporated into HoldCo at the outset. The inclusion of additional SOEs into HoldCo can be possibly be considered, once SOEs have demonstrated to be sufficiently financially stable

Briefly, PSEC has been working on classifying the SOEs along 2 lines: 1) whether they are strategic or not; and 2) whether they are in crisis or not. PSEC has used frameworks and matrixes to determine each SOE’s status for this categorisation. Furthermore, PSEC has commissioned financial analysts to undertake deep dives into the SOEs. Information arising from the deep dives has also been utilised in categorising the SOEs. In short, four conditions need to be met for an entity to be deemed strategic. The conditions are that:

• 1. The function provided by the SOE is not adequately or appropriately provided by the private sector;
  2. There needs to be a natural monopoly in the industry or sector the SOE operates in;
  3. Disruption of the SOEs activities would have a high economic impact; and
  4. The SOEs function is critical for developmental purposes and state security.

On the other hand, in determining whether or not an SOE is in crisis, both financial and non-financial considerations are assessed. Financial indicators that point to an entity being in crisis include: (i) the entity carrying an unsustainable debt burden; (ii) the entity being unable to make payments on their debt/s when they are due; and/or (iii) then entity having a negative cashflow and/or negative equity over a sustained period. Non-financial indicators that point to an entity being in crisis include: (i) the entity having experienced serious governance breaches; (ii) the presence of procurement corruption within the entity; or the entity continually being ineffectively managed and thus continually exhibiting operational non-delivery.

Financial indicators	Non-financial indicators
Unsustainable debt burden Negative cashflow over a sustained period and/or negative equity Inability to settle liabilities when due	Serious governance breaches Procurement corruption Continued operational non-delivery and ineffective management

As noted above, only SOEs that are both strategic and not in crisis will be eligible for inclusion into HoldCo.

2. The prospect of SOEs being financially independent, and not reliant on on-going bailouts from the fiscus, is one that the DPE is committed to. Furthermore, the DPE is of the firm believe that, under the guidance of PSEC, SOEs can be restructured and repurposed so that they both (i) advance the country’s developmental objectives and (ii) cease being reliant on the fiscus.

 

Remarks: Reply: Approved / Not approved

Jacky Molisane PJ Gordhan, MP

Acting Director-General Minister

Date: Date:

Reply:

There are several programmes that are offered in English, facilitated by Justice College (Directorate: Legal Learning), that are aimed at capacitating and upskilling interpreters of all languages.

a) The last programmes were offered from 5 – 9 December 2022.

b) A total number of cohort that completed the programmes is 334, details are provided in Table 1 below.

c) Learners/participants are certificated in all the programmes.

Table1: Courses Offered

Course	April	May	June	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Total
a) Newly Appointed Court Interpreters	0	0	0	25	0	18	28	0	0	71
b) Advanced Course for Interpreters	0	0	0	30	0	22	0	0	0	52
c) Expert evidence for Interpreters	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	28
d) Civil Law	0	0	0	0	27	18	0	0	0	45
e) Legal Interpreting Learnership Remedial Interventions	53	16	31	0	23	15	0	0	0	138
TOTAL	53	16	31	55	50	73	28	0	28	334

2. Over and above the aforesaid training, the Office of the Chief Justice implements its Departmental Performance Management and Development System Policy and employs the services of Principle Interpreters to control and oversee the quality of the interpretation of Senior Court Interpreters.

Furthermore, the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development has established a Directorate responsible for Language Services, which includes training, upskilling, monitoring of quality of interpretation services as well as agreements with Non-Governmental Organizations such as DeafSA, to train the Magistrates’ Courts’ interpreters on the relevant Sign Language needs and requirements.

Reply:

Community unrests and protest can be minimized where there are good relationships and proper stakeholder engagements between mining companies and mine communities.

The Department is conducting community workshops to educate mine communities on their rights and expectations where mining is taking place, and to improve communication and corporation between the mines, community representative structures and other relevant stakeholders.

To decrease community unrests, the Department participates in the formalisation of community representative structures to promote a level playing field for consultation and engagement between mines and communities. To achieve this, the Department is engaging and working in collaboration with COGTA and SALGA for the endorsement of community structures.

However, it is the responsibility of mining companies to exercise a high level of meaningful consultation and engagement with their stakeholders. This is further stipulated in the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act Regulations (published in March 2020) in line with the EIA Regulations of the NEMA. The Department is determined to enforce these Regulations and intensify compliance on publication of Social and Labour Plans by the mining companies. Where non-compliance is found, statutory notices or directives will be issued to such mining companies as stipulated by the legislative framework.

Reply:

The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development has assured me that, in most cases, court documents are available. As the Department has a filing system, on which charge sheets are filed.

However, the Honourable Member is requested to alert/inform us if there are specific cases and/or matters that he is aware of, where documents are missing, so that the Department may investigate the matter(s) and report back accordingly.

2. Furthermore, in instances where court records are missing, records or portions of records, this leads to one (1) or two (2) scenarios:

(i) Duplicates are requested from the persons who filed said documents; and/or

(ii) Court records can be reconstructed. However, this process depends on the availability of the Magistrate and the Magistrate’s records, and requires the availability and records of the Prosecutor/s and Legal Aid Attorneys and/or legal representatives involved.

The Department’s nine (9) Provincial Offices regularly meet on a monthly basis and/or as often as the need arises with relevant various stakeholders to address any blockages which may occur.

 

Reply:

According to the information received from Eskom

1. The two fundamental facts need to be clarified at the outset:

The IRP19 makes clear reference to a mix of energy sources: for example, coal, nuclear, hydro, gas, renewables.

In some of these instances plans are in place to acquire energy from these sources.

2(a) The responsibility for ensuring that the country has adequate capacity for the “country’s industrial and domestic needs” rests with the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) as prescribed in the National Energy Act 34 of 2008, which empowers the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy to plan for and ensure the security of supply for the energy sector.

(2)(b)

The table below illustrates the intended shutdown dates of the first and last unit of each coal-fired power station and compares this to the assumptions in the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP). From this, it can be seen that, with the exception of Tutuka Power Station, shutdown dates are in line with the IRP2019 assumptions and in many cases, the shutdown dates of some of the older stations have been extended.

Eskom’s plans on the JET are aligned with the country’s plan towards carbon reduction in transitioning to net zero emissions by 2050. In this regard, the Eskom JET Strategy recognises the financial prudence of investing limited capital budgets towards establishing new generating capacity from renewables, rather than investing in aged coal plants to extend their lives or to make them environmentally compliant. Many coal plants are non-compliant with national minimum emissions standards requirements.

The continued operation of these plants would require extensive refurbishments of aging equipment, as well as the retrofitting of flue gas desulphurization (FGD) to achieve full environmental emissions compliance.

Thus, a full retrofit and refurbishment of the fleet would cost approximately R400 billion. In addition, refurbishments and retrofits would also require significant periods of shutdown: life-extension retrofits would take, at minimum, two years to complete, while FGD retrofits could take up to seven years to complete. Such work would reduce supply and thus exacerbate the supply deficit currently causing loadshedding in South Africa.

Since the cost of Renewable Energy (RE), specifically large wind and solar photovoltaic (PV) plants, has become far cheaper than the cost of a new coal plant, and RE plants can come on- line far sooner; investment in wind and PV represents the lowest-cost and most expeditious option to address the capacity shortage. Notably, Eskom is not able to finance capital spend for new coal plants as funders have already communicated a policy decision not to fund coal or coal-related initiatives. It must be reiterated that renewables will form part of the energy-mix reflected in IRP’19.

An important consideration is that Eskom will only shut down coal plants when they are no longer economical to continue operating. Eskom will continue the operation of Medupi, Kusile, Lethabo, Matimba, Kendal, and Majuba Power Stations well beyond 2040, and the Eskom JET Strategy does not call for premature shutdown of any of these plants. Therefore, Eskom will still be utilising coal as a fuel source well into the 2040s.

It must be emphasized that South Africa will ultimately have the mix of energy sources reflected in IRP’19 and its subsequent updates. South Africa decarbonization path and the Just Energy Transition (JET) will take into account of our global commitments and our own specific needs.

3.

Reducing carbon emissions is a global project and necessity, for the future of the planet and its inhabitants. Climate change is an undeniable reality.

The United Nations convenes annual meetings of all countries in the global community- UN climate Change conference (copy 27 in Egypt being the most recent). Various agreements and conventions are agreed at these meetings (and, also, not agreed)

At Cop 26, each participating country presented its National Determined Contribution to achieving the 1,5 degrees global warming target for 2050. However, the recently published report of the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which is attached for your reference raises serious concerns about global warming and its implications for humanity.

In this regard extensive and inclusive consultations, research and discussions took place within and by the Presidential Climate Commission. This included the agreement on the NDC, consultations with various stakeholders, and interactions with communities.

Remarks: Reply: Approved / Not Approved

Jacky Molisane PJ Gordhan, MP

Acting Director-General Minister

Date: Date:

Reply:

According to section 92 (2) and (3) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, it states that:

(2) Members of the Cabinet are accountable collectively and individually to Parliament for the exercise of their powers and the performance of their functions.

(3) Members of the Cabinet must—

(a) act in accordance with the Constitution; and

(b) provide Parliament with full and regular reports concerning matters under their control.

The Ministry of Justice and Correctional Services is responsible for two Departments being (1) the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DOJCD) and (2) the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) with two Deputy Ministers responsible for each Department. Deputy Minister, Mr J Jeffery is responsible for the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development and iNkosi P Holomisa is responsible for the Department of Correctional Services.

The question asked by Honourable Prof. CT Msimang is not detailed as to which Deputy Minister his question is referring to; furthermore it does not indicate the date, the occasion and platform of June 2022. My office has consulted with both Deputy Ministers in an attempt to respond to the question posed.

It is in my desire to respond to all parliamentary questions; I would like to request the Honourable member to ask the question with the more specific details as highlighted above.

Reply:

(i) MINISTER

Not applicable.

(ii) FORMER MINISTER

1. Make – Audi
2. Model – Q5
3. Year of manufacture – 2020
4. Cost R800 000 inclusive of security features
5. Date of purchase – June 2020

(iii) DEPUTY MINISTER

Not applicable.

(iv) FORMER DEPUTY MINISTER

1. Make – Audi
2. Model – Q5
3. Year of manufacture – 2020
4. Cost R800 000 inclusive of security features
5. Date of purchase – January 2020

Reply:

a) The salary scales for top executives within entities of the Department of Water and Sanitation are as follows:

Entities	Chief Executive officer R’00	Chief Financial Officer R’00	Chief Operations Officer / General Manager R’00
Magalies Water	2 338 000	1 705 000	1 546 000
Umgeni Water	2 601 000	2 601 000	2 033 488
Mhlathuze Water	3 600 000	2 268 106	1 900 000
Bloem Water	2 289 757	2 840 705	2 647 330
Overberg Water	2 288 915	2 030 952	1 856 362
Rand Water	4 400 000	3 401 000	3 418 000
Amatola Water	2 200 000	2 032 000	2 594 000
Lepelle Northern Water	2 118 376	1 928 511	1 483 723
Breede-Gouritz Catchment Management Agency	1 715 005	1 715 005	-
Inkomati-Usuthu Catchment Management Agency	2 228 264	1 751 431	-
Water Research Commission	3 200 000	3 150 148	2 828 619
The Trans-Caledon Tunnel Authority (TCTA)	6 019 228	3 733 803	4 531 200

b) None of the entities mentioned above pay any of the executives for attending meeting outside of their all-inclusive benefits.

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Reply:

(1)(a),(b) Yes. Please refer to Annexure A. The list of approved laboratories and their capabilities (scope of tests) is published on the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development’s (DALRRD) website at: http://www.dalrrd.gov.za/Branches/Agricultural-Production-Health-Food-Safety/Animal-Health/Epidemiology/Approved-Laboratories

It should be noted that Government laboratory services is a provincial veterinary mandate. Provinces decide on the location and feasability of maintaining a laboratory as well as the procurement of equipment, reagents and the scope of diagnostic tests. Maintenance of a laboratory that is able to provide diagnostics of an acceptable standard is very expensive; therefore most provinces opt to have only one laboratory. The decision to not provide a service and become inactive is mostly a financial decision, although staff shortages can also play a significant role.

(2) No. DALRRD is not aware of any current backlog in any of the laboratories. SANAS accredited and DALRRD approved laboratories must have a Quality Management System, which also deals with laboratory turn-around time. An average turnaround time for test results at each laboratory is 5 working days but exceptions do exist when test methods may require a longer period to be completed. Examples of these are Tuberculosis and Johne’s disease diagnostics which require a turnaround time of weeks or even months.

(a),(b),(c) Falls away.

3. Yes, some laboratories outsource as not all have the same diagnostic testing scope. Clients are therefore encouraged to ensure that samples are sent to the correct laboratory to minimise the need for outsourcing which could impact on turnaround times and costs. Samples may only be outsourced to laboratories that are accredited and approved for the required diagnostics.

a) The number of samples that were outsourced is not available at national level as it is an agreement between laboratories.

b) Outsourcing will inevitably result in increased costs and longer turnaround times.

c) Currently, all samples sent to the Western Cape Provincial laboratory will be sent to other laboratories as the laboratory is currently being upgraded. Samples are outsourced if specialised diagnostics are required such as sequencing of samples to determine the virus makeup as only a few facilities offer such a specialized and costly service. Examples are Avian Influenza and African Swine Fever. As indicated in (a) above, information on which laboratories were used for outsourcing is not available at national level as it is an agreement between laboratories.

Annexure A to NA-QUES 221 of 2023

STATUS OF GOVERNMENT AND PARASTATAL LABORATORIES

No	Province	Laboratory	Laboratory type	(1)(a),(b) Currently operational and able to conduct clinical tests and not operational	SANAS accreditation
1	Western Cape	Department of Agriculture George State Veterinary Office	Government	Expired/Not active -
2	Western Cape	Department of Agriculture Swellendam State Veterinary Office	Government	Expired/Not active -
7	Eastern Cape	Grahamstown Veterinary Laboratory	Government	SANAS Accredited, DAH Approval pending - Audit Date: 2019-09-18
8	Eastern Cape	Middelburg Provincial Veterinary Laboratory	Government	Expired/Not active -
9	Eastern Cape	Queenstown Veterinary Laboratory	Government	SANAS Accredited, DAH Approval pending -	V0052
10	Free State	Bloemfontein Provincial Veterinary Laboratory	Government	Expired/Not active -
12	Free State	Kroonstad Veterinary Laboratory	Government	SANAS Accredited, DAH Approval pending -	V0044
24	Gauteng	NICD Centre of Emerging and Zoonotic Diseases (CEZD)	Government	Expired/Not active -	M0029B
25	Gauteng	NICD Centre for Respiratory Disease and meningitis (CRDM)	Government	Expired/Not active -	Medical PCR
26	Gauteng	NICD Special Bacterial Pathogens Reference Laboratory (SBPRL)	Parastatal	Expired/Not active -	Medical Micro
27	Gauteng	OVI Meat and Bone Meal (MBM) Laboratory	Parastatal	Suspended -
29	Gauteng	ARC-OVI Transboundary Animal Diseases Programme (TADP)	Parastatal	SANAS Accredited, DAH Approval pending - Audit Date: 2018-09-07	V0034
33	Gauteng	ARC-OVI Tuberculosis Laboratory	Parastatal	SANAS Accredited, DAH Approval pending DAH-55 Audit Date: 2023-02-22
34	Gauteng	ARC-OVI Biotechnology PCR Laboratory	Parastatal	SANAS Accredited, DAH Approval pending DAH-10 Audit Date: 2023-02-21	V0001
35	Gauteng	ARC-OVI Rabies Laboratory	Parastatal	SANAS Accredited, DAH Approval pending DAH-02 Audit Date: 2019-04-03	V0003
36	Gauteng	ARC-OVR Virology Laboratory	Parastatal	SANAS Accredited, DAH Approval pending DAH-46 Audit Date: 2022-09-12	V0001
39	Gauteng	ARC-OVI Bacteriology and Zoonotic Diseases Laboratory	Parastatal	SANAS Accredited, DAH Approval pending DAH-01 Audit Date: 2023-02-15	V0003
40	Gauteng	ARC-OVI Epidemiology Parasites and Vectors Diseases Diagnostic Laboratory	Parastatal	SANAS Accredited, DAH Approval pending DAH-30 Audit Date: 2023-02-14	V0017
45	Gauteng	ARC-OVI BSE Laboratory	Parastatal	Expired/Not active DAH-56 Audit Date: 2019-06-27	V0003
46	Gauteng	ARC-OVI Serology Laboratory	Parastatal	SANAS Accredited, DAH Approval pending DAH-57 Audit Date: 2023-02-16	V0003
52	KwaZulu-Natal	DALRRD Vryheid Veterinary Laboratory	Government	Suspended -	no
54	KwaZulu-Natal	KZN DARD Allerton Provincial Veterinary Laboratory	Government	SANAS Accredited, DAH Approval pending DAH-21 Audit Date: 2022-09-22	V0037
57	Limpopo	DALRRD Lephalale Veterinary Laboratory	Government	Expired/Not active -	no
58	Limpopo	DALRRD Makhado Veterinary Laboratory	Government	Expired/Not active -
59	Limpopo	DALRRD Mokopane Provincial Veterinary Laboratory	Government	Expired/Not active -	no
60	Limpopo	DALRRD Thulamela/Sibasa Veterinary Laboratory	Government	Expired/Not active -	no
61	Mpumalanga	DALRRD Ehlanzeni Veterinary Laboratory	Government	Suspended -	no
63	Mpumalanga	DALRRD Lydenburg Veterinary Laboratory	Government	Suspended -	no
64	Mpumalanga	Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Land & Environmental Affairs Mpumalanga Provincial Veterinary Laboratory	Government	SANAS Accredited, DAH Approval pending - Audit Date: 2023-01-30	V0041
66	Mpumalanga	DALRRD Skukuza Veterinary Laboratory	Government	Expired/Not active -	no
67	North West	Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Vryburg Veterinary Laboratory	Government	SANAS Accredited, DAH Approval pending DAH-22 Audit Date: 2022-06-21	V0038
68	North West	Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Potchefstroom Provincial Veterinary Laboratory	Government	SANAS Accredited, DAH Approval pending DAH-14 Audit Date: 2022-11-02	V0018
70	Northern Cape	Department of Agriculture, Environmental Affairs, Land Reform & Rural Development (DAELR) Northern Cape Provincial Veterinary Laboratory	Government	SANAS Accredited, DAH Approved DAH-49 Audit Date: 2022-06-21	V0036
73	Western Cape	Western Cape Department of Agriculture Western Cape Provincial Veterinary Laboratory	Government	Voluntary suspension DAH-29 Audit Date: 2018-10-12	V0029
76	Western Cape	DALRRD Beaufort West Veterinary Laboratory	Government	Suspended -	no

Reply:

(a) Based on response received from the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA), the importation of Meloxicam is allowed as a substance by companies that are licenced to (a) import as per Section 22C (1)(b) of the Medicines Act and Regulation 6 of the regulations published in terms of the Medicines Act.

There are requirements in terms of the possession, manufacture or selling of a scheduled substance. Section 22A (1) of the Medicines Act, states that no person shall sell, have in his or her possession or manufacture any medicine, Scheduled substance, medical device or IVD, except in accordance with prescribed conditions. Section 22A(5) further provides conditions regarding the sale of schedule 3 and mentions the persons that may sell these substances. Persons allowed to sell Schedule 3 substances include registered pharmacy personnel, manufacturers, wholesalers and other health care professionals that are adequately licensed in terms of Section 22C(1)(a) of the Medicines Act.

SAHPRA requires substances to be sold according to the requirements of the Medicines Act and its regulations. It should be noted that Meloxicam is not subject to the requirements of Schedule 3 when it is specifically packed, labelled or sold for industrial purposes including the manufacture or compounding of consumer products which have no pharmacological action or medicinal purpose, or if used for analytical laboratory purposes.

(b) SAHPRA regulates persons who are licensed to import scheduled substances and its mandate includes enforcing the requirements of the Medicines Act in terms of control of scheduled substances for medical use. SAHPRA does not regulate companies involved in the use of meloxicam for industrial purposes including the manufacture or compounding of consumer products which have no pharmacological action or medicinal purpose, or if used for analytical laboratory purposes.

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Reply:

(a) I was not appraised by the former Minister on when she was informed of the proposed sponsorship other than what was published in the media and a statement released by her former office on 1 February 2022, in which the former Minister confirmed that she was not consulted on the deal.

(b) Not Applicable.

Reply:

1. (a) (i) I have been informed that travel costs for the four board members amounted to R523 274.97, as indicated in NA PQ 367.

(ii) What total number of board members

(aa) Four (4) board members travelled,

(bb) Seven (7) board members did not travel.

(b) SA Tourism indicated that four members are the chairpersons of the sub-committees of the Board, led by the Chairperson.

2. (a) I was not part of any aspect of the discussions as I am new to the portfolio. However, records of the Tourism Portfolio Committee of 07 February 2023 indicate that the former Minister did inform the Committee that she was not involved. Furthermore, the Deputy-Minister indicated that he was not involved.

3. 31 January 2023

Reply:

(1) No criminal charges were brought against any officials at this stage as the arbitration processes are still ongoing and the outcome of the arbitration may strengthen any criminal case that the Department would institute.

(2) No money has been recovered from officials thus far.

 

Reply:

1. The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development is not implementing any bulk water projects in the Northern Cape valued at R1.3 billion.

(a),(b),(c) Falls away.

(2)(a),(b) Falls away.

(3) Falls away.

(4)(a),(b),(c) Falls away.

Reply:

1. I am pleased to inform honourable member that the Department developed and published (in February 2021), a 2030 Human Resources for Health Strategy that serves as a guideline of the Human Resources Agenda for the Public Health sector at various levels of care.

2. The modelling undertaken in the development of the 2030 HRH Strategy, indicates a current shortfall of skilled health professionals in South Africa hence the strategy makes a call for investing in the health workforce to address human resources deficits and inequalities across provinces and between private and public health sectors. However, its implementation has been a challenge due to stringent budgets.

3. To date, with the acknowledgement of the available limited resources in the public service generally, the Department has managed to close the vacancy-rate gap for healthcare related posts to 12.4% and administration positions to 11.80%, respectively, as at the 30 September 2022, across all provinces.

4. The Department further managed to allocate guaranteed funding/budget for the statutory positions of medical internship and community service personnel through the equitable-share and the Human Resources Training Grant (HRTG).

5. Further to the above developments, to address shortages and to ensure the provision of optimal healthcare services, Provincial Departments of Health are implementing plans that amongst others include:

• Prioritisation of the posts in the Annual Recruitment Plan – where funding permits
• Prioritisation of the posts for conditional grant funding
• Filling of replacement posts considered and approved weekly
• Employment of health professionals on contract bases to strengthen capacity
• Prioritization of these contract employees for permanent employment where funding permits at the end of their contracts
• Awarding of bursaries yearly to internal and external candidates to study further in various disciplines where there are shortages
• A dedicated Registrar Programme to train and produce specialists
• Provision of the internship and community service programme.

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Reply:

The department intervened in nine district and local municipalities since 1 January 2020, details as follows:

Region	District Municipality	Local Municipality	Project Name
1. Limpopo	Mopani District municipality	Giyani Local Municipality	Reticulation of 24 villages
2. KwaZulu Natal	Zululand District Municipality	Nongoma Local municipality	Mandlakazi Bulk Scheme phase 5 (Esiphambanweni phase 5 & 6)
3. KwaZulu Natal	Ugu District Municipality	All local municipalities	Water Demand & Water Conservation Management
4. KwaZulu Natal	uMkhanyakude District Municipality	All local municipalities	Water Services Projects
5. Gauteng	West Rand District	Mogale City	Emergency WSIG Projects
6. North West	Ngaka Modiri Molema District municipality	Ramotshere Moiloa (Dinokana)	Dinokana
7. Free State	Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipality	Maluti-a-Phofung Local Municipality	Maluti-a-Phofung LM intervention
8. Mpumalanga	Lekwa Local Municipality	Gert Sibande District municipality	Lekwa Waster Services (Re-purposing/Operations)
9. Free State	Lejweleputswa District municipality	Matjhabeng Local Municipality	Matjhabeng bulk sewer (Welkom)

 

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Reply:

a) I have been informed by the Department

2019/20 Financial Year

(aa) What are the details of the legal work that was undertaken	(bb) What are the reasons in each case	(cc) What were the outcomes of each matter	(dd)What were the total costs incurred in each matter?
Jean-Pierre Klein t/a SA Online and Entertainment Vs. Minister of Tourism: State Attorney was instructed to defend the Action and a Notice of Intention to Defend was served on the Plaintiff and filed at court by the State Attorney. A Plea was filed and the Plaintiff applied for a Summary Judgment, which was dismissed by the court. Parties have exchanged pleadings and Plaintiff has not taken the matter any further.	Jean-Pierre Klein t/a SA Online and Entertainment brought an action against the Department claiming payment of the amount of R41 040-00 (Forty-One Thousand and Forty rand), alternatively damages suffered in the sum of R41, 040-00 arising from alleged breach of contract by the Department. The claim arises out of a contract entered into with the Department whereby services of the Programme Director were required by the Department for a function. State Attorney was instructed to defend the Action and a Notice of Intention to Defend was served on the Plaintiff and filed at court by the State Attorney. A Plea was filed and the Plaintiff applied for a Summary Judgment, which was dismissed by the court. Parties have exchanged pleadings and Plaintiff has not taken the matter any further.	Litigation in progress.	No costs paid
2. Nkuna Lucky vs. Minister of Tourism: The Department has filed a Notice of Intention to Defend the matter. A Plea has been served and filed. Pleadings closed and waited for date of hearing.	Mr Nkuna is an official of the Department and has brought a claim against the Minister for defamation of character by an official of the Department, who is Plaintiff’s supervisor. The Department has filed a Notice of Intention to Defend the matter. A Plea has been served and filed. We are waiting for progress report from the office of the State Attorney with regards to the status of the pleadings and date of hearing.	Matter finalised. Court ordered against the Department.	No costs paid
3. OD Mokoena and Another vs. Minister of Tourism and Another: The Department opposed an Application which was set-down and postponed sine die.	Claim against the Department to interdict the Minister and the Gauteng Tourism Authority from implementing the Tourism Safety Monitors/ Tourism Ambassadors Project at Vilakazi Street, Gauteng. The Applicants claim that the project is their brainchild.	Litigation in progress	No costs paid
4. G Esitang vs. Department of Tourism and Another: The Department filed an Application to the Labour Court to review the decision of the GPSSBC. The Department was of the view that the award of the GPSSC was reviewable on the basis that the Arbitrator misdirected himself on legal aspects of the appointment and also that the Arbitrator’s Award was vague and not capable of being implemented. Review Application was heard on 2 November 2017 and our Application was dismissed with costs	The Applicant referred for arbitration the decision of the Department to not shortlist him for the advertised position of the Director: Labour Relations. The Applicant sought an order from the General Public Service Sector Bargaining Council (GPSSBC) that he be appointed or compensated for the loss that he suffered as a result of the decision of the Department not to shortlist him for the position. At the GPSSBC, an order was made that the Department pay him twelve (12) months’ salary of the position he applied for as compensation. The Department filed an Application to the Labour Court to review the decision of the GPSSBC. The Department was of the view that the award of the GPSSC was reviewable on the basis that the Arbitrator misdirected himself on legal aspects of the appointment and also that the Arbitrator’s Award was vague and not capable of being implemented. Review Application was heard on 2 November 2017 and our Application was dismissed with costs. The court held that the Respondent be compensated the difference between the salary he receives and the salary he would have received, had he been promoted to the position of Director: Labour Relations and Employee Health and Wellness. The compensation to be limited to 12 months. The Department has satisfied the court judgment by effecting payment to the Applicant on 5 July 2019.	Labour court ordered against the Department for payment of R175 009.00.	R221 822.00
5. Gordon Darrol du Preez t/a Gordon Builders vs. Minister of Tourism: The Department instructed the State Attorney to defend the matter and a Notice of Intention to Defend was served on the Plaintiff and filed at Court by the State Attorney on 12 September 2016.	Action against the Minister claiming for damages the plaintiff allegedly suffered as a result of not being awarded a tender by MBB, who has been appointed by the Department to implement one of its projects for social responsibility. The Department received Summons from Gordon Builders, which was served at State Attorney, Port Elizabeth. The Department instructed the State Attorney to defend the matter and a Notice of Intention to Defend was served on the Plaintiff and filed at Court by the State Attorney on 12 September 2016.	Judgment in favour of the Department was delivered on 25 April 2019 including costs.	R336 814.42
6. Lefa la Tshepo Projects (Pty) Ltd vs. Minister of Tourism and Another: To defend a claim against the Department.	To defend a claim against the Department for supply of shortfall of the material.	Department lost the case	No costs paid
7. J. van der Merwe and 5 Others vs. Minister of Tourism and Others: Defend the matter and raised a Special Plea that the Minister of Tourism is not a competent authority to be sued.	The Plaintiffs allege that they were unlawfully arrested by game rangers at the Makuya Nature Reserve for allegedly trespassing. The Plaintiff issued Summons against several Defendants, including the Minister of Tourism. We are defending the matter and raised a Special Plea that the Minister of Tourism is not a competent authority to be sued. We instructed the State Attorney to request Plaintiff’s attorney to withdraw their claim against our Minister based on our Special Plea. The State Attorney indicated that he is of the opinion the Plaintiffs will not withdraw the action against our Minister but indicated that he will ensure that no order is made against the Minister. Despite the Department having instructed the State Attorney to apply for the dismissal of Plaintiffs’ claim with costs in the event Plaintiffs did not withdraw their claim against the Minister, we are however mindful that there are numerous government departments sued by the Plaintiffs and it may not be in our best interest to lodge an Application for Dismissal of the Claim on our own. We are following on the matter to ensure that the interests of the Minister are protected.	Case was written off from litigation report	No costs paid
8. Minister of Tourism vs. Bonwelong Skills Development CC, Mr Inama and Nedbank Pty Ltd: Department filed and Urgent Application to have the Bank Accounts of Bonwelong Skills Development frozen. An Interim Order was granted with Return Date on Rule Nisi.	Litigation initiated to recover the money owed to the Department.	Litigation in progress	No costs paid
9. Minister of Tourism vs. Been Around GP Advert Consulting CC: Department issued summons against Been Around for a refund for money paid to finish a project and failed to account.	Recovery of the amount owed to the Department	Litigation in progress	No costs paid
10. Minister of Tourism vs Wings Naledi: Department issued summons against Wings Naledi to account on the amount of refunds and cancellation issued. Pleadings were exchanged	Claim by Department for failure to account on the use of the Department’s credit card for payment of travel arrangement services.	Litigation in progress	No costs paid
11. Minister of Tourism vs. KA Morritt/ Morritt CC: Summons were issued and served on the Defendant.	Claim by the Department based on a collision between a departmental vehicle and a vehicle belonging to and/ or driven by KA Morritt.	Litigation in progress	No costs paid

2020/21 Financial Year

(aa) What are the details of the legal work that was undertaken	(bb) What are the reasons in each case	(cc) were the outcomes of each matter	(dd)What were the total costs incurred in each matter?
1. Department of Tourism v Been Around GP CC: Litigating on behalf of the Department, including, perusal of documents; consultations and drafting court papers.	To issue and serve Summons against the Defendant to recover the amount owed to the Department.	Matter is withdrawn	No costs paid
2. Minister of Tourism vs. Wings Naledi: Department issued summons against Wings Naledi to account on the amount of refunds and cancellation issued. Pleadings were exchanged	Claim by Department for failure to account on the use of the Department’s credit card for payment of travel arrangement services.	Litigation in progress	No costs paid
3. Minister of Tourism vs. Corporate Skills Development Services: Application was filed to set aside the award of a tender and have the contract declared null and void abinitio.	Claim by Department for the irregular award of a tender to Corporate Skills Development Services.	Litigation in progress	No costs paid
4. Minister of Tourism vs. KA Morritt/ Morritt CC Summons were issued and served on the Defendant and Pleadings exchanged.	Claim by the Department based on a collision between a departmental vehicle and a vehicle belonging to and/ or driven by KA Morritt.	Litigation in progress	No costs paid
5. Minister of Tourism vs. Bonwelong Skills Development CC and Mr Inama: Department filed and Urgent Application to have the Bank Accounts of Bonwelong Skills Development frozen. An Interim Order was granted with Return Date on Rule Nisi. Summons have been issued and served on Bonwelong.	A claim for money paid in advance to Bonwelong for the implementation of the Hospitality Youth Programme in respect of Limpopo and North West Provinces. Bonwelong cancelled the Agreement with the Department but failed to pay back the advanced payment. Summons have been issued and served on Bonwelong.	Litigation in progress	No costs paid
6. Second Generation Consulting t/a Rivers vs. Minister of Tourism: For perusal of the summons, consultations with client and instruction to the Office of the State Attorney to file Notice to Defend on behalf of the Department, Filed Notice of Intention to Defend the matter, investigated the claim to determine prospects of success and advised the Minister on same. Recommended settlement out of the court, settlement approved by the Minister. Concluded and signed a settlement agreement with the Plaintiff that the matter be settled out of the court.	Claim against the Department for breach of contract entered into between the Department and the Plaintiff. It is alleged that the Department failed to honour and comply with its payment obligations as provided for in the agreement.	Litigation in progress	No costs paid
7. David D Mokoena and Another vs. Minister of Tourism and Another: Perusal of pleadings, consultation with client, drafting of pleadings and appearing in court on behalf of the Department.	Claim against the Department to interdict the Minister and the Gauteng Tourism Authority from implementing the Tourism Safety Monitors/ Tourism Ambassadors Project at Vilakazi Street, Gauteng. The Applicants claim that the project is their brainchild.	Litigation in progress	No costs paid
8. Solidarity Trade Union v Minister of Small Business Development, Minister of Tourism and others Afriforum v Minister of Tourism and others: To defend the Applications, including, perusal of documents, consultations, research, drafting of documents, court appearance and preparation of legal opinions.	Applicants brought an urgent application to force the Respondents to provide access to certain information regarding various Funds established by government as a result of Covid-19 including the Tourism Relief Fund. The second part of the application is for an order to interdict the Ministers responsible for the various Funds to use the criteria that are allegedly discriminatory in terms of race.	Litigation in progress	No costs paid
9. Greenshoots Project & Consulting vs. Minister of Tourism & Others: No legal work was under taken and case was withdrawn.	The Applicant is challenging the procurement process of South African Tourism.	Case withdrawn	No costs paid

2021-2022

(aa) What are the details of the legal work that was undertaken	(bb) What are the reasons in each case	(cc) What were the outcomes of each matter	(dd) What were the total costs incurred in each matter?
10. Solidarity and another v Minister of Tourism TEF & TRF: To defend the Applications, including, perusal of documents, consultations, research, drafting of documents, court appearance and preparation of legal opinions.	This was an urgent application to interdict the implementation of the Tourism Equity Fund by the Department. Continued litigation.	Litigation in progress.	Junior Counsel’s fees: R99 791.25 Plus Senior Counsel’s fees: R299 718.75 Total: R339 510.00
11. Lefa La Tshepo Projects v Minister of Tourism: To defend a claim against the Department.	To Department appealed the decision of the Court.	Judgment was against the Department and matter is finalised.	R43 500.00
12. Second Generation t/a 24 Rivers vs Department of Tourism: For perusal of the summons, consultations with client and instruction to the Office of the State Attorney to file Notice to Defend on behalf of the Department, Filed Notice of Intention to Defend the matter, investigated the claim to determine prospects of success and advised the Minister on same. Recommended settlement out of the court, settlement approved by the Minister. Concluded and signed a settlement agreement with the Plaintiff that the matter be settled out of the court.	Litigation to defend alleged breach of contract by the Department.	The matter was settled out of court.	R 71 353.12 was legal fees.
13. Minister of Tourism vs. Bonwelong Skills Development CC: Litigating on behalf of the Department, perusal of documents; consultations and drafting court papers. Service of combined summons by Sheriff.	Litigation initiated to recover the money owed to the Department.	Ligation in progress.	R10 553.19
14. Department of Tourism v AIMS & Nombo Mabhele: Litigating on behalf of the Department, including, perusal of documents; consultations and drafting court papers.	Litigation to recover money from the implementers of Social Responsibility Projects.	Litigation in progress.	R99 000.00
15. Department of Tourism v Been Around GP CC: Litigating on behalf of the Department, including, perusal of documents; consultations and drafting court papers.	To issue and serve Summons against the Defendant to recover the amount owed to the Department	Matter is withdrawn	R82 150.00

2022 – 2023

(aa) What are the details of the legal work that was undertaken

(bb) What are the reasons in each case

(cc) What were the outcomes of each matter

(dd) What were the total costs incurred in each matter?

1. Solidarity Afriforum vs Minister of Tourism TEF & TRF: Continuation of litigation, including, drafting court papers: court appearances	Consultations, court appearances, etc.	Litigation in progress	Not Audited
2. Lefa La Tshepo vs Minister of Tourism: Consultations; drafting court papers, preparation for trial and court attendances.	Litigation to defend a claim against the Department for supply of shortfall material.	Judgment was against the Department and matter is finalised.	Not Audited
3. Second Generation t/a 24 Rivers vs Department of Tourism): Perusal of the summons, consultation with the client and instruction to the Office of the State Attorney to file Notice to Defend on behalf of the Department, filed Notice of Intention to Defend the matter, investigated the claim to determine prospects of success and advised the Minister on same. Recommended settlement out of the court which same was approved by the Minister. Concluded and signed the settlement agreement with the Plaintiff that the matter accordingly settled out of court.	Litigation for alleged breach of contract by the Department.	The matter has been settled out of court, and the settlement agreement was concluded for the Department to pay the Plaintiff an amount of R 544 000-00 instead of R732 519-22, which was originally claimed in the summons.	Not Audited
4. Amathemba Skills vs Minister of Tourism: Litigation on behalf of the Department including, issuing summons, drafting pleadings on behalf of the Department.	Litigation costs for consultations and drafting court papers, amongst others	Litigation in progress	Not Audited
5. David D Mokoena vs Minister of Tourism and other: Perusal of pleadings, consultation with client, drafting of pleadings and appearing in court on behalf of the Department.	To defend a claim against the Department for alleged copyright infringement by the Department’s Implementer, GTA.	Litigation in progress.	Not Audited
6. Minister of Tourism vs Nombo: Litigation against the Department, including, issuing summons to recover money due to the Department.	Failure to perform in terms of the signed contract	Litigation in progress	Not Audited
7. Umbuso Training Services (Pty) Ltd vs The Member of the Executive Committee, Department of Tourism: Defending the claim, which included, consultation; drafting court documents including Counter Claim.	A claim for damages arising from breach of contract.	Litigation in progress.	Not Audited
8. Chef’s Warehouse Canteen & Wine Bar and others v Minister of COGTA and Others: Litigation including: consultations; perusal of documents; preparations of memorandum of advise to Minister; preparation of the Answering affidavit for the Minister of Tourism; Perusal of Replying affidavits and heads of argument.	To advise and draft all relevant court papers, including representing the Minister of Tourism in the Court Application.	The application has been withdrawn	Not Audited
9. Minister of Tourism v Audrey Phindile Mathonsi: For service of summons upon the Defendant by the Sheriff.	Litigation to recover money owed to the Department.	Claim written-off	Not Audited
10. Minister of Tourism vs. Wayne Smith and Associates & Wayne Smith: To issue and serve Summons against the Defendant to recover the amount owed to the Department.	Litigation to recover the amount owed to the Department.	Litigation in progress.	Not Audited

b) EXPENSES ON LEGAL ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN BY SA TOURISM

(i) in the past three financial years and (ii ) and since 1 January 2023

2019/20 Financial Year

(aa) What are the details of the legal work that was undertaken	(bb) What are the reasons in each case	(cc) What were the outcomes of each matter	(dd)What were the total costs incurred in each matter?
1. GODFEY GWELE Unfair Dismissal- SAT dismissed Godfrey Gwele (Employee) on the 27 February 2017 and the latter subsequently instituted CCMA proceedings against SAT	On 23 February 2019 the CCMA issued an arbitration award in favour of the Employee ordering reinstatement. SAT then proceeded to institute a review application at the Labour Court. The Labour Court then referred the matter back to the CCMA for determination of fairness of dismissal. On 19 March 2020 the CCMA issued an arbitration award in favour of SAT. The Employee has referred the matter to the Labour Court again on 03 August 2020. A replying affidavit was filed on 21 December 2020. Annual salary- R 1,247,750.00	The Applicant failed to set down the matter within the required timeframe, and SAT has decided to take no further action until a date for set down is confirmed.	R 1,263,763.70
2. Brian Monare Unfair Dismissal & Breach of Contract	1. Brian Monare was employed on a fixed term contract from 1 Feb 2010 to 31 January 2015. 2. On 30 September 2010 he was dismissed by SAT following a disciplinary hearing. 3. On 17 November 2010 he referred the matter to the CCMA and an arbitration award was granted in his favour on 31 August 2011. 4. On 13 October 2011 SAT took the arbitration award on review to the Labour Court and on 31 March 2014 granted judgement in favour of SAT finding that the CCMA lacked jurisdiction to entertain the matter. 5. On 11 November 2015 Brian Monare appealed to the Labour Appeal Court which found in his favour and ruled that the CCMA order be honoured, however by then his employment contract had already expired and he could not be reinstated. 6. On 18 November 2016 SAT upon receiving Brian Monare’s statement of claim responded and raised a special plea of prescription and after replication by Brian Monare the matter was set down for trial in the Labour Court. 7. On 2 May 2019 the Labour Court granted judgement in favour of Brian Monare which prompted SAT to apply for leave to appeal on 5 July 2019 and the matter was set down for hearing by the Labour Appeal Court on 27 August 2020.	On 22 October 2020, the Labour Appeal Court (LAC) handed down judgment against SAT on this matter. SAT was ordered to pay the applicant £257 550.42 plus interest calculated from the date on which each salary fell due. SAT was also ordered to pay the applicant’s legal costs. In total excluding legal costs, SAT is liable to pay the applicant an amount of £559 262.94. Mr Monare’s claim has been settled.	R1 387 589.46
3. Joe Public (Pty) Ltd	Review Application- Application to declare Tender no. SAT 162/19 unlawful.	Application dismissed with costs in favour of SAT with costs order.	R342,708.00

2020/21 Financial Year

(aa) What are the details of the legal work that was undertaken	(bb) What are the reasons in each case	(cc) were the outcomes of each matter	(dd)What were the total costs incurred in each matter?
1. GF ANGILERI & 24 OTHERS Pleadings closed, awaiting date of set down.	Breach of Contract- Tourism Grading Council of South Africa (TGCSA) Assessors alleged that the TGCSA breached the Assessor Service Provider Contract by unilaterally extending the membership of its establishments by a further period of 6 months due to covid-19 pressures. They argue that the change prejudiced them in that they would lose their right to grading the establishments in the extended period. The matter was then heard by an Arbitrator who ruled in favour of the TGCSA. Claim- R 6,130,471.14	Application dismissed with costs in favour of SAT.	R 1,321,568.43
2. GREENSHOOTS PROJECTS & COMMUNICATIONS (PTY) LTD- Pleadings stage.	Review Application- Application to review the awarding of SAT Tender 162/19 by the Applicant. No damages sought against SAT but the applicant seeks a cost order against any party opposing the application on a punitive scale and alternatively, a personal cost order against responsible officials.	SAT Court papers served and filed, however the Applicant has failed to serve and file their Replying Affidavit and set the matter down for trial. SAT is waiting for the Applicant to move the application.	R 149,240.00
3. Thomas Bouwer	Unfair Labour Practice- 1. On 24 January 2020, the Applicant instituted proceedings at the CCMA for unfair labour practice relating to the payment of early retirements benefits in the form of medical contributions. 2. On 19 March 2020 the CCMA issued an arbitration award in favour of SAT dismissing the application. 3. Mr Bouwer took the award on review to the Labour Court on 7 May 2020 which was subsequently dismissed.	Application dismissed in favour of SAT.	R250,000.00

2021-2022

(aa) What are the details of the legal work that was undertaken	(bb) What are the reasons in each case	(cc) What were the outcomes of each matter	(dd) What were the total costs incurred in each matter?
1. SWIFT THINKING (PTY) LTD- Pleadings closed, awaiting date of set down.	Review Application- The CEO of SAT in 2020 (Mr. Sisa Ntshona) contravened SAT's procurement processes by irregularly appointing the Respondent to provide services relating to international visitor tracking portal, techhub covid-19 tracking and data capturing. Furthermore, the CEO acted beyond his limits per DOA. In light of this, the Board of SAT had taken the matter on review for an order declaring the appointment unlawful and return of monies paid by SAT. Contract Value- R14,214,000.00 (only claim amount paid- R 8,169,109.40)	Litigation in progress.	R 1 728,475.15
2. LETSEMA CONSULTING AND ADVSORY (PTY) LTD- Pleadings closed, awaiting date of set down.	Review Application- The CEO of SAT in 2020 (Mr. Sisa Ntshona) contravened SAT's procurement processes by irregularly appointing the Respondent to provide services relating to International Tourism Sector Recovery Strategy, Enterprise Programme Management and SAT Institutional Architecture Programme. Furthermore, the CEO acted beyond his limits per DOA. In light of this, the Board of SAT has taken the matter on review for an order declaring the appointment unlawful and return of monies paid. Contract Value- R10,130,269.59	Litigation in progress.	R 1,750,695.61
3. WAVELA MTHOBELI Unfair Dismissal-	Unfair Dismissal- Employee was employed as a Strategic Officer and was dismissed pursuant to a disciplinary enquiry on account of insolence. The employee referred the matter to the CCMA claiming reinstatement, which matter was opposed by SAT. The CCMA Arbitrator ruled in favour of the employee. SAT has, after considering its prospects of success, elected to apply to the Labour Court for the CCMA Award to be reviewed and set aside. Annual salary- R 1,451,115.38	The parties entered into a settlement agreement to severe the employment relationship.	R 200,000.00

2022 – 2023

(aa) What are the details of the legal work that was undertaken	(bb) What are the reasons in each case	(cc) What were the outcomes of each matter	(dd) What were the total costs incurred in each matter?
1. ALFRED TLABUKWE MASEMENE- Pleadings stage.	Unfair Dismissal- Employee was employed as a Sourcing Specialist who was dismissed on account of gross misconduct pursuant to a disciplinary hearing. Employee referred the matter to the CCMA which ruled in favour of the Employer- SAT. At present the employee has taken the decision of the CCMA Arbitrator to the Labour Court which SAT is opposing. Annual salary- R 576,418.66	Litigation in progress.	NIL
2. BLUEPRINT GROUP Pleadings Stage	Review Application- The Applicant has instituted proceedings against SAT relating to SAT's refusal to grant access to records relating to SAT Tender- 182/20- Africa's Travel Indaba and Meetings Africa 2021-2023- Exhibition Management Company (Synergy Business Events and Exhibitions). Claim- Cost of suit	Litigation in progress.	NIL

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In response to the release of the Green Drop report for 2022, the department issued non-compliance letters to all Water Services Institutions (WSIs) with wastewater systems at critical state (achieved GD score of less than 31%). The non-compliance letters required the WSIs to develop the corrective action plan that will address the issues as identified on the 2022 report.

The department also engaged Local Municipalities within the Mpumalanga province on numerous occasions on the Green Drop (GD) 2022 report findings. This was meant to:

• Encourage those municipalities with wastewater systems that were found to be in a critical state to develop the corrective action plans
• Advise on best practices for wastewater management to improve performance

The department also provided training that was attended by all WSAs in MP to guide, improve and enhance the performance of the WSAs regarding management of the water and wastewater systems. In addition, a working session was held with all the municipal councillors to discuss the outcomes of the GD/BD reports and the poor performance of water & wastewater systems within the province. A commitment to support the GD/BD programme to ensure compliance was made on the date of the session.

The department, in collaboration with provincial Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) departments, District Municipalities and South African Local Government Association (SALGA), continues to strengthen engagements with municipalities to ensure that the WSAs manage water and wastewater systems in a sustainable way to protect the water resources and improve service delivery to the communities.

A Water Service Task Team has been established with all WSAs in Mpumalanga Province to address several critical factors caused by lack of capability to manage, operate, and maintain infrastructure. Other critical matters to be addressed by the Task Team include the following:

• • Financial planning, budgeting, and expenditure
• Procurement processes
• Lack of preventative maintenance
• Poor capacity management
• Poor effluent quality

Furthermore, the department continues to monitor the performance of all water/wastewater systems within the province annually to ensure compliance with the Water Services Act and National Water Act. When there are failures to comply with the requirements of legislation, the department is compelled to initiate enforcement action against the WSAs.

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a) A Programme is instituted in terms of Section 3(4) (g) of the Housing Act, 1997 (Act 107 of 1997), (“The Housing Act”) and is referred to as the National Housing Programme: Provision of Social and Economic Facilities. This Programme promotes the provision of certain basic social/community amenities and economic facilities within existing and new housing areas as well as within informal settlement upgrading projects in order to achieve social and economic development.

In addition, the development of the new Neighbourhood Planning and Design Guide (Red Book) supports the development of sustainable human settlements by providing practical information related to the planning and design of the services and infrastructure typically provided as part of a neighbourhood development project. The Red Book covers the following Planning and Design Guidelines addressing serviced sites:

i. Neighbourhood layout and structure;

ii. Public open space;

iii. Housing and social facilities;

iv. Transportation and road pavements;

v. Water supply;

vi. Sanitation;

vii. Storm water;

viii. Solid waste management;

ix. Electrical energy; and

x. Cross-cutting issues Planning and designing safe communities’ Universal design.

Furthermore, one hundred and thirty-six (136) Priority Human Settlements and Housing Development Areas (PHSHDA’s) have been declared to address the impact of past planning practices. The PHSHDAs aim to achieve a set of uniform, equitable and integrated development objectives, and outcomes. The PHSHDAs are aligned to the National Spatial Development Framework (NSDF), the Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act (SPLUMA) and the Integrated Urban Development Framework which guide the development of planning instruments and seek to guide the Spatial Transformation efforts of government.

b) Housing is a concurrent function between National and Provincial Departments of Human Settlements which requires that all three spheres work closely together in planning and implementation of human settlements development.

In terms of the Division of Revenue Act (DORA) funding for the implementation of National Housing Programmes is allocated to Provincial Governments by the Minister on an annual basis. The grants are transferred to provinces who are required in terms of DORA to submit grant business plans wherein Programme funding will be prioritised and reserved by provincial governments from their annual funding allocation.

Based on the municipal IDPs and provinces MYHDP Provinces determine Programme funding for the Programme: Provision of Social and Economic Facilities to ensure that a balance exists between the conflict which often arises from the social, economical and environmental needs.

Reply:

The Department of International Relations and Cooperation will continue to champion African interest and maintain a strong position in the upcoming meeting between South Africa and the EU. The 8th South Africa-EU Summit is a bilateral meeting and therefore, most issues on the agenda will be of a bilateral nature. However, the two sides will share views on a wide range of bilateral, multilateral, as well as regional matters. The Summit will also discuss conflict spots in the Continent i.e., Cabo Delgado in Mozambique, the eastern DRC, the Tigray region in Ethiopia, as well as Eswatini and possible ways to address those issues. South Africa will express its views regarding the aforesaid issues, in line with the positions of SADC and the AU.

Reply:

The Republic has participated in several multilateral platforms dealing with Pandemic Preparedness, Prevention and Response (PPPR). These platforms include the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-A) Facilitation Council, the World Health Organisation-led International Health Regulations (IHR)(2005) review processes, and the World Health Organisation-led Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) that will consider the envisaged international pandemic treaty that is still to be negotiated. The ACT-A Facilitation Council (FC) was launched in April 2020 and established in September 2020 to facilitate the work of the ACT-A partnership and was Co-Chaired by South Africa and Norway are the Co-Chairs of the FC. The ACT-A was established
to enable an effective and equitable global response to the COVID-19 pandemic and was established at a time of urgency and uncertainty – less than three months after the World Health Organisation (WHO) determined that the outbreak of the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) was a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on January 30, 2020. It brought together governments, scientists, businesses, civil society, and philanthropists and global health organizations such as the World Health Organisation (WHO), the World Bank, the Global Fund, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, CEPI, FIND, Gavi, Unitaid, and Wellcome.

The ACT-A was responsible for mobilising Medical Countermeasures (MCMs) as tools that were deployed for interventions and treatments used to prevent or mitigate the effects of a pandemic or other public health emergency of international concern such as vaccines, therapies, medical devices, tests and other diagnostic tools, and personal protective equipment. The ACT-A Facilitation Council commissioned an independent external evaluation. The evaluation Report assessed 24 evaluation questions across six areas namely: 1. Mandate; 2. Set-up and structure; 3. Resource mobilization and
financing; 4. Achievements; 5. Gaps and missed opportunities; and 6. Way forward. The evaluation Report was published on 10 October 2022.

https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/external-evaluation-of-the-access-to-covid-19-tools-accelerator-%28act-a%29.

South Africa is also participating in the IHR-2005 review process through the Bureauof the Working Group on Amendments to the International Health Regulations (2005) coordinated by the WHO. The review process is still in the early stages. Member States and relevant stakeholders have been invited to express their general views on the proposed amendments, including on Article 2 “Purpose and scope” and Article 3 “Principles” of the IHR. Member states will in future be invited to identify areas where there may be convergence and also the opposite, and to identify any priorities for addressing the amendments including on areas of potential overlap with the work of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB). The Director-General of the WHO will
communicate the package of targeted amendments before the opening of the Seventy-seventh World Health Assembly as per Article 55(2) of the IHR.
In addition, South Africa is participating in the intergovernmental negotiating body (INB) consists of WHO Member States and which is Co-Chaired by South Africa and Netherlands. The INB is involved in the discussion of the Pandemic Instrument. The deliberations are currently still at the stage of the conceptualisation of a Zero Draft framework. The Zero Draft document is a framework and outline of the envisaged pandemic instrument that looks at background, methodology and approach to be used during the development of the negotiation tool. The negotiations have not yet commenced but South Africa is participated in discussions focussing on the development of the Conceptual Draft Document. The proposed accord would take the lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic and use them to prepare better in the areas of Pandemic Preparedness, Prevention and Response (PPPR). The issue of equity has been identified as one of the key principles that must be considered in future deliberations of the new accord. Negotiations on the instrument will only commence in the latter part of 2023.

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Reply:

a) South Africa abstained from voting on the UN resolution demanding that Russia leave Ukraine territory and immediately stop the war, as the resolution was seen as not contributing to the creation of the necessary conditions to encourage dialogue, mediation and diplomacy, which are important foundations for a durable peace and bringing an end to the devastation and destruction. South Africa will, therefore, continue to call on the parties to choose diplomacy and negotiation over violence to resolve their differences.

b) South Africa has decried the humanitarian disaster in Ukraine that has resulted from the ongoing conflict and called for the urgent opening of humanitarian corridors and the provision of aid to the civilian population. South Africa always maintains that, in conflict zones, civilians, civilian infrastructure and other non-combatants must be protected in keeping with the Principle of Distinction and other protective measures of the Geneva Conventions.

Reply:

According to the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA), the importation of Meloxicam was not blocked. Meloxicam is a scheduled substance, and the importer of these substances requires an importation licence as per Section 22C (1) (b) of the Medicines Act and the related regulations.

The SAHPRA processes all applications in accordance with the legislation indicated above and has presence at the regulated ports of entry in line with Regulation 6 of the Regulations, to ensure that the importers of scheduled substances comply with the law. As per the table below there is no Meloxicam detained as per the list of importers provided in the question:

TABLE 1: IMPORT LICENCE APPLICATION STATUS OF FURNISHED COMPANIES

No	Company	Import Licence Application Status	Currently Detained API	Expected Outcome date
1	DB Fine Chem/ Spec	Application finalised recently Licence to Import/distribute scheduled substances as per approved list and pharmacies offering compounding services may access via this or similarly licenced facility.	None	N/A
2	Marsing	Licence being finalised, due to name change and organisational ownership changes over the past few years, they were delaying on application processes. This has now been resolved.	None	N/A
3	Idexis	No application received	Under review Vitamin K2 (ORTIA)	Before 9/03/2023
4	Compounding Pharmacy of SA	No application received	None	N/A
5	Fagron	No application received	None	N/A
6	Rowan Management	No application received	None	N/A
7	V Tech	Licence application under process due to other considerations and an inspection to take place	Under review prednisolone (ORTIA)	Before 9/03/2023
8	Acupharm	No application received	Under review Famotidine (ORTIA)	Before 9/03/2023
9	Lycoderm	No application received	Under review Vit K1(through Multichem Sourcing ORTIA)	Before 9/03/2023
10	Lenbury	No application received	None	N/A
11	Kyron	No application received	Under review Petcam (ORTIA)	Before 9/03/2023
12	Avanti	No application received	None	N/A
13	Vets Focus	No application received	None	N/A

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Reply:

a) The waiting list of wheelchairs in each province is as follows:

Province	Wheelchair waiting list
Eastern Cape	5140
Free State	0
Gauteng	181
KwaZulu-Natal	166
Limpopo	789
Mpumalanga	67
North-West	244
Northern Cape	166
Western Cape	0

b) Steps taken to address the waiting list.

According to the Provincial Departments of Health –

• Eastern Cape has placed orders and are awaiting delivery. They will also manage wheelchair supply as a project to reduce this waiting list.

• KwaZulu-Natal has placed orders and is awaiting delivery which will clear the waiting list.

• Limpopo will arrange that deliveries to take place at district offices for hospitals to collect nearby, thereby reducing the turnaround time.

• Mpumalanga will prioritize procurement early in the beginning of the financial year. The waiting list developed because of expiry of relevant transversal contract.

• North West will increase the budget in the 2023/24 financial year.

• Northern Cape commits to place orders by end April 2023.

• Gauteng is yet to advise

c) We are informed by the provinces that the backlog will be reduced by the end of July 2023.

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Reply:

1. A Response to the 2022 & 2023 Floods in the Eastern Cape
   1. In the Eastern Cape Province, the April 2022 disaster affected 4799 households wherein 2959 houses were destroyed, and the remainder were partially damaged. Households affected were mainly in OR Tambo; Alfred Nzo; Joe Gqabi; Chris Hani; Amathole Districts
   2. Because the partially destroyed homes were made up of mud houses, they are considered as requiring a total rebuild. The HDA completed the assessment of partially damaged houses in Alfred Nzo and OR Tambo regions and the report indicates that all those houses must be replaced with a permanent solution. Those households that are destitute would in the meantime receive TRUs.
   3. In the 2022/23 financial year, the Eastern Cape Province was allocated an amount of R84 million to address disaster incidents in the affected municipalities. The second tranche of R42 million will be disbursed once expenditure on the first tranche reaches 80%.
   4. To date, 931 Temporary Residential Units (TRUs) have been completed [435 units in Alfred Nzo and 496 units in OR Tambo Districts]. The HDA has appointed contractors to erect a further 1141 TRUs in OR Tambo, Chris Hani, Amathole and Joe Gqabi District Municipalities.
   5. In the 2022/23 financial year, the National Department of Human Settlements also approved an application from the Alfred Nzo District Municipality for the December 2021 disaster to the value of R16 million for the construction of 258 TRUs. 50% of funds (R8,3 million) were transferred in July 2022 however, thus far, only 47 Temporary Residential Units have been constructed.
   6. The reported reasons for the slow progress are heavy rainfall experienced in the affected areas and inaccessibility of sites due to terrain, inability of material suppliers to keep-up with the demand for the supply of the TRU wall cladding panels.
   7. In February 2023 the province was affected by heavy rains again. Assessment is underway. The Department of Human Settlements is in continuous discussions with the Province through the Joint Operations Committee to ascertain the number of households that require housing assistance and submit its application for evaluation, processing and approval of funding prior to the end of this financial year, or the province could reprioritise human settlements funding to address temporary housing for the affected households. The floods affected the following municipalities: Dr AB Xuma, Sakhiziswe, Emalahleni, Intsika Yethu and Enoch Mgijima.
   8. The Enoch Mgijima District Municipality has established a Joint Operations Committee with sector departments and other relevant stakeholders. The affected households that were mainly from the surrounding informal settlements were relocated to mass care centres around Queenstown, with the main one being the Gali Thembani Centre. An on-site inspection of the facility was conducted. It was established that the facility is of good quality and households are accommodated in family rooms with privacy. The province reported that of the 227 households accommodated at the facility. Plans are afoot to provide the households with TRUs in a site that has been utilised for TRUs during COVID19 relocation project.

b) A response to 2022 & 2023 Floods in Gauteng

1. The Gauteng floods affected 3188 households where the majority was in the City of Johannesburg. The affected households in CoJ are 3096 where 2322 houses were partially destroyed. The West Rand District has 29 houses affected, where all were partially destroyed. Sedibeng District has 63 affected houses, where 25 were partially destroyed.
2. A physical assessment and verification for all partially damaged houses is being finalised by the NHBRC. An application for funding shall be submitted as soon as this process is finalised. This will focus on assisting households on the repair of houses.

Reply:

My office was informed by the Board of the Office of Health Standards Compliance (OHSC) of the various allegations against the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in August 2022, which contained inter alia allegations as set out in the Honourable Member’s.

2. The functions of the OHSC are under the control of the Board, and the Board is the Accounting Authority of the Office. I am informed by the OHSC that the allegations were investigated by the Human Resources and Remuneration Committee; Audit, Risk and Finance Committee and the Executive Committee of the OHSC Board in terms of the applicable Grievance and other policy prescripts, following which the Board considered the reports.

Following the above investigation, the Board did not find substance in the allegations against the CEO, relating to (a) the misuse of State funds, (b) the contravention of procurement and tender procedures, (c) threatening behavior towards staff and (d) the misuse of office vehicles.

Based on the investigation and findings of the Board I do not see the need for the Minister to repeat such an investigation which would come with an additional cost.

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Reply:

The Electronic Vaccination Data System (EVDS) does not make provision for the classification of an individual as a matriculant, teacher or any other occupation.  We are therefore unable to provide the requested data.

As at 13 March 2023 a total of 2 186 819 people between 12 and 17 years of age had been vaccinated (primary schedule) out of a total of 6 239 794 minors in this age bracket (35,04%).

During the essential service vaccination period personnel of the public and private basic education sector were vaccinated but it was made clear that that time that no differentiation was made in data collection that would make it possible to identify teachers separately.

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