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1. The Department of Human Settlements purchased only one (1) vehicle since 1 June 2019: The details are as follows

(a) Make (AUDI)

(b) Model (Q5 40 TDI )

(c)Year of manufacture is 2022

(d) Cost (R 795 280.97) and

(e) Purchase date for;

(i) Minister, None

(ii) the former Minister, None

(iii) the Deputy Minister, 27 July 2022

(iv) former Deputy Minister, None

 

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a) The table provides details of the total number of persons who have been declared insolvent and finally sequestrated by the courts in the past five years:

Year		Insolvencies (Natural Persons)	Liquidations (Legal Persons)	Total
2018		2 691	3 697	6 388
2019		3 329	4 071	7 400
2020		1 911	4 223	6 134
2021		2 481	4 099	6 580
2022		2 249	3 877	6 126
Total		12 661	19 967	32 628

b) The Master of the High Court does not keep statistics with regards to race and debt value. It should also be noted that the true value of the assets is not necessarily finalised at application date but only finally established by the appointed trustee or liquidator during winding up.

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1. Yes, the person was suspended,

(a) The employer believed that the presence of the official may jeopardize the investigation into alleged misconduct and / or endanger the state property.

(b) Charges were gross negligence, in failing to take appropriate remedial steps against a subordinate on alleged breaches of policies in respect of to appointments, salary upgrades, a approving job evaluation recommendations which led to improper salary upgrades and approving an invoice which led to irregular expenditure.

(c) None of the charges relates to irregular appointments by the official.

(d) None of the charges relates to irregular appointments by the official.

2. The resignation letter did not state the reasons for resignation.

3. The Department does not have any records tabled at Cabinet in relation to the appointment of the official. The Department of Public Service and Administration maybe in a position to respond on how processing of the appointment of the official was facilitated including reference checks.

4. Parties (DPE and the official) reached a settlement agreement to all disputes between them. As a result, the settlement extinguished any misconduct issue DPE had against the official in which Section 16(4)(b) could not be applied because there was no longer any pending case against the official which needed further processing to enable the transferring of the matter to the Department of Public Service and Administration.

5. The Department of Public Service and Administration is the sole custodian of records of any appointments done by them. The Department of Public Enterprises is not in a position to assist in validating the said appointment due to restricted access to the records system of the Department of Public Service and Administration.

 

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Jacky Molisane PJ Gordhan, MP

Acting Director-General Minister

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1. The National Conventional Arms Control Committee has not received any request from any South African arms manufacturers for permission to export to the Russian Federation and/or Belarus arms, munitions, propellants and/or technology that may be used in the manufacture of the specified products since 24 February 2022. The records of the of the NCACC in the past 5 years refelect the following:

(i) Russia

Nr.	Date of Permit	Categories	Value
1.	21/05/2018	C = Airborne Observation	R2,230,000
2.	21/05/2018	C = Airborne Observation	R2,230,000
3.	21/05/2018	C = Airborne Observation	R2,230,000
4.	29/07/2019	C = Argos Obserbvation	R59,178,602

(ii) Belarus,

Nr.	Date of Permit	Categories	Value
1.	05/03/2018	C = Data Packs	R6,045,000

respectively.

2. The NCACC applies the criteria in Section 15 of the National Conventional Arms Control Act 41 of 2002 (as amended), strictly. This is to ensure that, South Africa is not in breach of its own restrictions on the export of arms, munitions, propellants and/or technology that may be used in the manufacture of the products to any Country including the Russian Federation and/or Belarus. This, notwithstanding the United Nations Charter authorising a Sovereign Entity to a right to self defence.

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There was no investigation undertaken by the Special Investigation Unit (SIU) during or relating to the tenure of Mr Mark Barnes as Chief Executive Officer of the South African Post Office. (a) Not applicable (b) Not Applicable

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(1) (a) The Mooikloof Mega City Project is currently in the construction of phase one (1) and phase two (2) for five hundred and forty-six (546) units and is due for completion in September 2023. (b) The Mooikloof Mega City units commence with a starting price of R604 900.00.

(2) (a) The green classification for the Mooikloof Mega City will be done when the construction of the units is completed and will be certified for solar and battery storage to confirm that it has been incorporated into the development to mitigate the effects of load shedding.

(3) The developer initially projected that the apartments in the development would start selling between R495 799 and R 799 00.00. However, the apartment starting prices now commence at R604 900.

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I have been advised by the Department as follows:

The Department (DCDT) has received Cabinet approval to roll out services to schools, health facilities and communities as part of SA Connect Phase 2. The Department consulted with various National Departments and Provinces to develop plans aligned with the District Development Model. The outcome of the consultations led to prioritisation of areas to be connected based on the input from beneficiary departments, provinces and municipalities.

Mobile operators are also required to connect a number of the public service institutions such as public libraries, public schools, government clinics, government hospitals and traditional authority offices. ICASA is still in a consultation process with the relevant stakeholders to ensure that the abovementioned obligations are implemented.

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In terms of Section 3(5) when issuing a policy the Minister must consult the Authority (ICASA) and must, in order to obtain views of interested persons, publish the text on such policy in the Gazette; (i) declaring her intention to issue the policy or policy direction; and (ii) inviting interested persons to submit written submissions in relation to the policy or policy direction in the manner specified in such notice in not less than 30 days from the date of the notice. On 08 September 2022 the Minister issued a notice in Gazette 46873 of the draft Next Generation Radio Frequency Spectrum Policy for Economic Development and the closing date is 20 October 2022. On receipt of all the written submissions a list will be compiled as requested

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(a) The reasons for failing to file Heads of Argument on 14 November 2022 will be subject to an application for condonation in court. In the circumstances, I am hamstrung to answer the question at this stage.

(b) In light of the answer above, it is premature to speculate on the remedial action.

(c) The Department of Home Affairs (“DHA”) has adopted a strict internal communication protocol in 2020 dealing, inter alia, with failure to comply with Court Orders by officials of the DHA. Failure to comply with Court Orders is visited by disciplinary action. Furthermore, in terms of the said internal communication

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I have been informed by the SABC as follows :-

(a) A grievance was lodged by the former Group Executive: News regarding alleged interference by the Chairperson of the SABC Board.

(b) The Committee/Panel was appointed in line with the Procedure on how to deal with grievances and/or complaints against Non-Executive Directors. This Procedure was approved by the Board. In terms of section 15(1)(a) of the Broadcasting Act No. 4 of 1999 (as amended), the President, as the appointing body defined in the Act, may remove a Non-Executive Director on account of misconduct or inability to perform his or her duties efficiently after due inquiry and upon recommendation by the Board. It was on this basis that the Board developed the Procedure to address/test/adjudicate the complaints and/or allegations of misconduct (“due inquiry”). If the allegations were found to be true the Board would only then recommend his removal to the President.

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I have been advised by SABC as follows: (a) The 389 instances under investigation relates to the period 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2022. From 2020 to date, disciplinary actions have been taken against sixteen (16) Supply Chain Management officials following the conclusion of the determination tests and the investigations. Approximately 100 incidents are currently under investigation and in the process of identifying responsible officials. A further 200 of these incidents are scheduled to be investigated and finalised over the next 12 months, with set targets in place. (b) None thus far.

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QUESTION FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO.: PQ 4079 QUESTION: 4079.

Ms R N Komane (EFF) to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises:

Who were the beneficiaries of the process of valuation of SA Airways assets, purchase price and distribution of the transaction risk? NO5090E

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An independent third party conducted the valuation of SAA Group using multiple valuation methodologies.
The purchase price was negotiated based on the disposal of 51% of the shareholding in SAA. Therefore, the outcomes of the valuation process formed the basis for determining the purchase price.
The transaction risk was based on accounting for the following factors:
o Executability of the transaction with the SEP;
o Certainty of the transaction closing with the SEP;
o The ability of the SEP to raise the required funding
o The willingness of the SEP to support matters of national interest; and
o The appropriate protective mechanism for the Government to exercise strategic direction.

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(a)(b) The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI) did not deal with any cases, regarding the assault on the elderly and theft and/or embezzlement of the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) grant money of the elderly in 2021.However, the DPCI is investigating number of other cases pertaining to the SASSA.

(a) The cases that are related to assault on elderly persons, for the period 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021, are categorised into two groups, as reflected in the table below:

Provinces	Elderly: Male (65 years and above)	Elderly: Female (65 years and above)
Eastern Cape	503	987
Free State	219	404
Gauteng	712	1105
KwaZulu-Natal	485	783
Limpopo	308	452
Mpumanlanga	177	271
North West	176	272
Northern Cape	122	210
Western Cape	564	1070
Total Per Province	3266	5554

(b) The South AfricanPolice Service (SAPS) is not able to source data related to the theft and/or embezzlement of SASSA grant money specifically, as the Crime Administration System/Investigation Case Docket Management System (CAS/ICDMS) does not reflect this information. The sourcing of this information will required every police station to physically analyse the relevant case dockets to determine the information. This will be a very deployment of personnel, is not practical, as it will divert critical resources away from planned operations.
 

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I certainly empathise with the impact of load shedding on small businesses. The shortage of energy in South Africa is a long-standing problem which the present administration is addressing, together with the recovery from State Capture. Eskom will continue to endeavor to reduce load shedding and its impact on small businesses.

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The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) has acknowledged the need to increase employment in agriculture. In general, growth in agriculture is two to three times more effective at reducing poverty than an equivalent amount of growth generated outside agriculture.

As the President stated in his 2022 State of the Nation Address (SONA) speech, the agricultural sector has significant potential for job creation in crops such as citrus, table and dried grapes, subtropical fruit, avocadoes, berries and nuts. Masterplans in the Agriculture and Agro-processing Sector; Cannabis; Sugar and Poultry Industries are contributing significantly to increased investment, improved production and transformation.

The Agriculture and Agro-processing Master Plan (AAMP) forms part of Government’s strategy to revitalise key sectors or our economy stimulate growth and job creation. The AAMP seeks to create 71 000 new jobs, impacting 6 500 small business and an estimated 300 000 livelihoods; further shifting black business participation in the sector from an average of 4% to 19% of market participation by 2030.

The Cannabis Master Plan prescribes a comprehensive plan of action which seeks to fully industrialise the Cannabis sector towards increase economic growth, creation of jobs and for poverty alleviation. The potential size of the Cannabis industry is estimated at approximately R 28 billion with the potential to create up to 25 000 jobs across its value chain.

The Sugar Master Plan was announced in the SONA in June 2019 and developed to guide the future growth of the sector; address a number of serious challenges faced by the sugar industry; stabilize the industry and also to ensure its long-term sustainability. Since the signing of the Master Plan, some progress has been made including the support to small-scale growers (SSGs) and industry transformation interventions. The MAFISA Loan scheme disbursed R4,032,217 to 96 farmers comprising of 1,153 beneficiaries in Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal to support farming in the 2022/3 season. There is also additional support which is directly offered by the Department through the implementing agents in KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga. Before the intervention of the DALRRD, Mpumalanga had 673 seasonal jobs. With the DALRRD intervention, the number of new 2 jobs were increased to 1 260 seasonal jobs in Mpumalanga. In KwaZulu-Natal, 52 955 jobs have been stabilised.

In 2021, the Department completed the Poultry Master Plan which was aimed at supporting chicken farmers and processors with better production techniques and training is provided to the farmers. Through the implementation of the Poultry Master Plan, the industry has invested R800 million to upgrade production. South Africa now produces an additional one million chickens every week. A total of 1888 new jobs were created in the poultry industry to date and it is envisaged that 2600 new jobs will be created by the end of 2024

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The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has not been involved in any joint military exercise with the Russian Federation recently. The last joint exercise by the two nations was conducted over the period 25-29 November 2019.

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According to the information received from Transnet

(a) The role of ports in South Africa as transport nodes is of strategic regional and economic importance. TNPA operates eight (8) commercial ports spread across different provinces in South Africa as outlined below:
Western Ports: Saldanha Bay, Cape Town, Mossel Bay
Central Ports: Port Elizabeth, Ngqura, East London
Eastern Ports: Durban, Richards Bay

Ports serve their hinterland and neighbouring landlocked countries, thus fulfilling an important role within the economy of the local and hinterland region along South Africa’s coastline to accommodate major economic zones served by adjacent ports. Complementary ports such as the Port of Cape Town must work in unison with the entire port system to reduce the cost of doing business.

In line with the Transnet Segment Strategy, the Port of Cape Town will continue its existing role as primary container and general cargo port for the Western Cape region, with the Port of Saldanha Bay playing a complementary role as the region’s primary dry bulk and liquid bulk port. The port system’s complementary and regional integration results in integrated development with the following benefits: Connected and efficient logistics corridors that are economically active which support regional communities;
A vibrant, borderless regional economy;
Encouraged regional specialisation;
Stimulated economic activity; and
Catalyst for growth.

(b) Not applicable.

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The Honourable Member appears to be basing his question on the underlying repurchase (repo) rate, which then impacts on the prime lending rate. The repo rates are the primary tool that the SARB uses to control inflation, which is the rate at which the SARB lends to commercial banks. The prime lending rate is the rate at which commercial banks then lend to their customers, and is higher than the repo rate, as it incorporates their costs and profit margin.

The raising of the repo rate (and thus prime the lending rate) is a necessary intervention in response to inflation. Inflation erodes the ability of households in South Africa – particularly workers and those living on fixed incomes such as social grants or pensions – to buy necessities. Inflation in South Africa has risen sharply over the past year, reflecting both high global inflation, markedly higher food and fuel inflation, as well as domestic drivers, particularly core inflation. As inflation rises, the ability to buy the same number of products becomes more difficult as prices rise.

National Treasury supports the South African Reserve Bank in the exercise of its constitutional mandate, which is to protect the value of the rand, in the interest of balanced and sustainable economic growth. The Governor of the South African Reserve Bank and the Minister of Finance and their officials are in regular consultation to maximise coordination between fiscal and monetary policy objectives. The national government pursues a comprehensive approach to assist households in the Republic facing cost-of-living pressures via the annual Budget process, by funding basic services, grants (eg old-age, child support and social distress grants) and specific programmes, including:
The South African government has suspended the anti-dumping duties on poultry imports from five countries and this should ease chicken prices and provide the much-needed relief to consumers. On August 1, 2022, the Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition announced a decision to suspend the imposition of Anti-Dumping Duties (ADDs) on poultry from Brazil, Denmark, Ireland, Poland, and Spain for a period of twelve months “considering the rapid rise in food process as well as the impact that the imposition of the anti-dumping duties may have on the price of chicken.
The government intervened through the introduction of the temporary reduction in the general fuel levy to provide relief to consumers. On 31 March 2022 the Minister of Finance and the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy jointly announced a temporary reduction in the general fuel levy of R1.50 per litre from Wednesday 6 April 2022 until 31 May 2022 to provide limited short-term relief to households from rising fuel prices following the Russia/Ukraine conflict. This relief package was further extended for two months until 2 August 2022. (the reduction was adjusted downward to 75c per litre from 7 July 2022 to 2 August 2022).

The sharply higher domestic inflation is the reason why South Africans are finding their incomes unable to buy the same basket of goods they afforded just a few months ago. Raising of the repo rate is the necessary corrective intervention required to reduce inflation.

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(a) SETAs, as schedule 3A entities are not exempted from the provisions of the Public Finance Management Act, Act No 1 of 1999 (the PFMA) and other related prescripts. Consequently, where non-compliance with the PFMA is brought to the Department, such matters are attended to, in compliance with the provisions of the PFMA and other applicable legislation. Amongst other things, intervention measures that are implemented by the Department entail directing all SETAs to develop and submit audit action plans to the Department in cases where the Auditor-General South Africa has made audit findings. The Department’s intervention in addressing non-compliance is not limited to the above as each case of non-compliance is handled based on its merit. Additionally, to strengthen governance and improve compliance with the PFMA by the entities, the Department also organises regular meetings with the Chief Financial Officers of the entities (including the SETA’s) to discuss, among other things, PFMA compliance issues. The last meeting was held on 18 November 2022 with the Chief Financial Officers from all entities.

(b) All SETAs develop Sector Skills Plans, which amongst others identify scarce or critical skills or occupations in high demand in their sectors; to address the required skills or occupations, in their sectors, SETAs would identify the required learning programmes, which includes amongst others: providing the bursaries, subsequently Memorandum of Agreements will be entered with the institutions of higher learning. SETAs allocate funding to students in accordance to their grant regulations

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According to the information received from Transnet

(1) The settlement agreement, dated 11 December 2019, was approved in terms of a court order of 22 June 2020, and became unconditional in July 2020. It provided for members of the PRASA sub fund to receive certain lumpsums (unconditionally) and to receive certain special pension increases subject to certain rule amendments.

The pension increases have not been paid yet, but the agreement (and court order) contemplates a possible delay and provides that if the increases are made later for Transnet and SAA sub fund members, they will still be made with effect from the same date and may be made as additional lumpsums. Since the agreement does indeed contemplate a delay, it is incorrect to say that the agreement or court order have not been implemented – it is more correct to say that they are being implemented but the delay in passing the PRASA sub fund rule amendments is taking longer than the members anticipated.

This expected delay was also set out explicitly in the Class Notice that was issued in terms of the court order to educate members of the Fund about the terms of the settlement. Accordingly, the rule amendment process is part of the process of implementing the court order. For as long as it is underway there is no disregard of the court order. The process is receiving the necessary urgent attention

(2) It is noted that the Minister of Public Enterprises’ and the Minister of Finance are currently assessing the rule amendments and that once all the government processes have been adhered to and finalised, the Departments of Public Enterprises will revert to Parliament to provide a final response.

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In the light of the pending and imminent announcement of matric results on January 19, 2023, this question can only be responded to in full once the matric exam results are announced and the department will convene a press conference to announce spaces available in universities and TVET colleges for the academic year 2023.

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According to Information Received from Eskom:

(1) Eskom makes use of various security measures (human and technological), and various detection and monitoring systems (covert and overt), to monitor movements and secure areas within the plants. (In order not to disclose and compromise security measures, details thereof are deemed sensitive and are thus limited for disclosure.)

(2) Eskom Security is in the process of screening all active contracts, including employees of contractors employed at Eskom sites and companies against whom investigations (criminal, civil or disciplinary) have been launched, conducted/completed, or are in progress. The law enforcement agencies, particularly the State Security Agency, is also engaged in assisting Eskom in conducting the screening of contractors and suppliers to Eskom.

In addition, Eskom has instructed that the SAPS security clearance checks are required for contractors, prior to granting admission to Eskom sites. Eskom Security is compiling a database of companies and persons to enable the listing/red-flagging of individuals and entities as part of due-diligence investigations.

Eskom has a risk-based approach to perform contract reviews in which all flagged contracts are subjected to a preliminary investigation to empower management to make informed decisions. The flagging instruments are in the form of contract management in which, contract performance is monitored; the Fraud Hotline where stakeholders can report suspicious contracts; internal and external audit findings; as well as complaints against the Procurement & Supply Chain Management system.

Eskom is enforcing controls on new contracts and those which are being targeted for modifications or review. In addition, where there is irregular expenditure on contracts, they are reviewed for elements of fraud and corruption

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(a) The Labour Court case in question is in relation to the employees that were employed on a fixed-term contract by the College Council and were not on the persal system of Department of Higher Education and Training. The renewal of such contracts is subject to the extension of the specific project/programme that they were contracted for. In other instances, employees could be contracted to offer Ministerial approved programmes (Report190/191 or NCV) due to increased enrollment numbers.

This category of employees could be offered permanent employment should the enrollment numbers justify such growth. However, if enrollment numbers drop as it happened during the COVID-19 pandemic where several colleges experienced a drastic decline in their enrollments and as such it would have been impossible to offer any fixedterm contract during that period. Upon receiving this correspondence, I delegated senior officials in my department to investigate the matter with the college and the response is as follows:

1. The college confirmed officials mentioned in the Tshabile and 12 others case were indeed appointed by the Council of Northern Cape Urban TVET college on a fixedterm contracts basis.

2. The officials mentioned in the Tshabile and 12 others case decided to split into two (2) groups (one group led by Tshabile which is called Tshabile - Represented by Webber Wenzel Attorneys and the other group is led by Sibongile Madondo/ Khumalo - Represented by Gqadushe Attorneys).

3. Tshabile (Case No. JR388/22) filed in the Labour Court at Johannesburg on the 25 February 2022 - was reviewing and setting aside the Arbitration Award issued by ELRC (ELRC 623 - 20/21NC) dated 27 August 2021. 4. The group of Khumalo and others then approached the Labour Court in Gqebhera for the enforcement of the Award - Represented by Gqadushe Attorneys (Case No. P80/2022).

5. On the 09 November 2022 the College informed Gqadushe Attorneys of its intention to defend its position in this case through Mokhele Attorneys.

6. The College will be submitting the application to set aside the award at the Labour Court through Mokhele Attorneys. (b) The Department will await the outcome of the application that the college has lodged with the Labour Court before taking any further steps in relation to the court ruling.

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According to Information Received from Eskom: (a) The Renewable Energy projects for Komati consists of Photovoltaics (PV), Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) and Wind power. At this point, the PV and BESS projects are still in commercial development and will go to market in 2023. (b) The date is subject to the market response, therefore the first power to the grid could be expected in 2026.

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Honourable Member, Nursing Education is still the competency of Department of Health. Kindly redirect this question to the Department of Health and the Department of Social Development.

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Sound governance happens only when leaders lead with integrity, when directors act in the in the interest of the of the company, and when major organizations are held to the highest standards of accountability by vigilant stakeholders and informed individuals. Corporate governance regulates the exercise of power (that is, authority, direction, and control) within a company to ensure that the company’s purpose is achieved by:
a) ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory obligations;
b) implementing processes to minimise risk and to ensure the sustainability of business; and
c) the development of policies and practices to ensure accountability.

SOEs are governed collectively, and to the extent applicable by
a. their founding legislation;
b. The Companies Act, 2008;
c. The PFMA and the Treasury Regulations;
d. The King Code of 2016 (King IV); and
e. The Protocol on Corporate Governance for State-Owned Enterprises, in addition to being subject to overarching duties in terms of the Constitution of South Africa.

The governance and operation of SOEs must comply with the requirements set out in section 195(1) of the Constitution, 1996. The standards and requirements for directors are regulated in section 76 of the Companies Act and requires, amongst other qualities that, a director of a company, when acting in that capacity, must exercise the powers and perform the functions of director:
a. in good faith and for a proper purpose;
b. in the best interests of the company; and
c. with the degree of care, skill and diligence that may reasonably be expected of a person.

Despite this inherent obligation, the Commission of Inquiry into State Capture (the Commission) specifically highlighted shortcomings in the governance and performance of State-Owned Enterprises, which are directly linked to noncompliance with prescripts regulating SOEs.

The Commission confirmed state capture concerning the affairs of Eskom, Transnet, Denel, SAA and Alexkor. To date, all these SOEs are still dealing with the negative effect of the systematic looting that was led by board members and senior executives that were installed to perpetuate state capture. The Commission found that the appointment and removal of members of the board and other senior executives in SOEs as one of the key causes of state capture. The appointments of board members and executives were mostly done on an irrational manner and in conflict with legislative requirements. Across DPE’s SOEs, the pattern suggested a disjuncture between the fiduciary duties of State-owned enterprises board members and the profile, skills and expertise of incumbents, pointing to inadequate criteria for appointment and dismissal or inadequate application of these. The lack of compliance, transparency and accountability in the appointment of Board members seems to have flaunted the standards required for their appointments as directors and failure to comply with fiduciary obligations. The President published govern-wide state capture response plan, which also details the work the department is currently seized concerning implementation of the Commission’s recommendations. The work is meant to ensure that there is no repeat of state capture.

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Jacky Molisane
Acting Director-General
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PJ Gordhan, MP
Minister
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(1) No funding is provided to private companies as the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development does not do work with private companies with regards to provision of technical support to emerging farmers. However, the following Commodity Organisations are being used to provide technical support to emerging farmers:

- National Emergent Red Meat Producers Organisation (NERPO)
- South African Grain Farmers Association (SAGRA)
- Grain SA - South African Poultry Association (SAPA)
- South African Pork Producers’ Organisation
- Deciduous Fruit Development Chamber (DFDC)
- Citrus Growers Association (CGA)
- South African Farmers Development Association (SAFDA)
- South African Wine Industry Transformation Unit (SAWITU)

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

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1(a)(b) According to the enhanced Firearm Registration Syste, (EFRS) and the internal administrative processes of the Central Firearms Register (CFR), all firearms licence applications that outstanding for more than 120 working days, are regarded as a backlog. The number of outstanding applications for firearm licences and competency certificates, as at 2022-11-30, are reflected in the table below:
 

Category	Number of outstanding applications that are more than120 working days
Firearm licence applications – 557 Amnesty applications – 17 768	18 325
Competency certificate applications	14 473

(2)(a)(b)(c)(d) The information is reflected in the table below:
 

Category	Total number of applications outstanding
	(a) 2 years	(b) 3 years	(c) 4 years	(d) 5years
Firearm licence applications	90	10	7	33
Amnesty applications	7378	96	0	0
Competency certificate applications	2682	608	295	16

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According to information received from Eskom:

NB – The responses are based on Eskom records and exclude municipalities that provide Free Basic Electricity (FBE) directly to their areas of supply.

(a) Municipalities that
(i) have applied to provide FBE for indigent households? According to Eskom’s records, there are 248. Some municipalities may have merged and are yet to update their records with Eskom.
(ii) are currently providing FBE for indigent households? The number of municipalities serviced by Eskom and providing FBE is 233.

(b) The total number of municipalities that are providing such FBE. If not, why not, and if so, what are the relevant details? The total number is 233, and of the 233, 15 municipalities have been de-configured for reasons indicated below:

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(1) I did attend a meeting of the deployment committee of the ANC at the end of 2019 to brief them on the process I was going to follow in the appointment of the Director General of the Department and the CEO of Government Printing Works. I did not go there to receive any recommendations about who to appoint.

(2) As I said I briefed them on my processes and they agreed with me (a) I discussed the appointment of the Director General and the CEO of Government Printing works. I never received any recommendations as the Committee agreed with what I had outlined to them. From there I followed all the public service prescripts on the appointment of such positions until the Cabinet made the final decision on whom to appoint.

(b) No other Government matters were discussed.

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Monies made available in terms of the Black Industrialist programme are largely in the form of loans made by the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) based on its balance-sheet. Additional sums are made available as loans by the National Empowerment Fund (NEF). The contribution of the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition has been in the form of grants based on monies voted by Parliament for the specific purpose. These three sources and forms of funding are distinct and separate.

Details of projects can be obtained from the dtic, including at the following links:

http://www.thedtic.gov.za/wp-content/uploads/BIE-PROFILES-DIRECTORY2022.pdf 2 http://www.thedtic.gov.za/wp-content/uploads/Black-Industrialist-Report2021.pdf http://www.thedtic.gov.za/wp-content/uploads/Black-Industrialist-Presentation.pdf http://www.thedtic.gov.za/wp-content/uploads/PC-dtic-Black-IndustrialistPresentation.pdf

Information is also available on the websites of the IDC and NEF.

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The Department of Social Development is part of a tripartite agreement with the Departments of Health and Basic Education for the implementation of the Integrated School Health Programme which amongst other functions also identify learners from dysfunctional homes for intervention by social workers.

The Department already implements the 365 days child protection programme of action that mobilises all government departments, non-governmental organisations, communities, families, religious and traditional leaders in the identification and reporting of cases of vulnerable children so that such children are referred and linked to available services.

The Department also implements RISIHA, a community-based child protection initiative that is aimed at orphans and vulnerable children within their families and communities. Through this initiative, the Department and community-based organisations employ child and youth care workers who identify children in need of care. Through this initiative, there are continued education and awareness programmes as well as provision of community-based prevention and early intervention programmes to cushion vulnerable children. This is complemented by the National Child Care and Protection Forum, which is an intersectoral forum represented by all key departments, NGOs, religious and traditional leaders to ensure collaborative efforts in identification and responding to the needs of vulnerable children.

At the time of responding to this question, the following provinces have shared province-specific interventions to deal with vulnerable children:

Province

Response

Gauteng

Working with other stakeholders to introduce safety ambassadors at schools is the mandate of the Gauteng Department of Community Safety. However, the Department of Social Development in collaboration with GDCS and stakeholders regarding safety ambassadors at schools and identification of learners from dysfunctional homes; continues School Social Work services and interventions through our School Social Workers and brings about a safer, secure and functional society. The aspect of safety ambassadors has been discussed and is in the evaluation and assessment of such learners in partnership with the Department of Community Safety. It follows that the noted Department already has safety ambassadors visa vie the safety patrollers programme with young adults who work in their respective communities and schools. The Plan is to utilise/ enjoin the safety patrollers towards the mentoring of teenagers in schools and thus institute learner- based safety ambassadors. These safety patrollers cum ambassadors will be shaped to mentor teenagers in schools in the strive to groom them towards learner-based safety ambassadors. This will serve a dual role in having positive pro- active mentoring between the young adults and the school-based learners. The Gauteng Department of Education has established an SLA program which serves as a student-led safety protocol program. This is currently under consideration for development and change evaluation. Due to GDSD being in partnership with GDE; it is

	subject to consideration within the SLA between the 2 Departments. These programs and Departments could ‘piggy - back’ and partner with each other in dealing with learners, school safety and the other young adults and school/community safety programmes. Aspects/ of Plans to work with Stakeholders: The provincial office in consultation & evaluation with the School Social Work team / School S/ W Managers & Supervisors at the Regional offices in the 5 Regions has instituted the creation of Regional School Social Work forums. These forums will have participating bodies of all stakeholders that work within the school social work ambit; and host relevant regional stakeholders in child protection, as well as other government departments that are pertinent to school and learner safety. The envisioned aim is to work coherently for stakeholders within government and civil society to aptly identify learners, families and communities that need care and through networking, partnerships have been able to meet and refer affected learners for psycho-social support and the accompanying social service delivery.
Mpumalanga	Yes. The Mpumalanga Social Development Department is working closely with NPOs in providing prevention and Early intervention services to schools. These include NPOs that the department is funding. The department further funds 51 Prevention and Early Intervention Community Based organizations that are having 456 Child and Youth Care Workers who are working within the community. They identify children and families with challenges and link them with relevant stakeholders. Local schools also refer cases to them and they refer them to local Social Development Offices for further management. These organizations are funded by the department. The department also funds NPOs that reach out to schools to provide support and early intervention programmes.
Western Cape	The department currently works with the Western Cape Education Department to identity children and youth at risk. When children are identified at the school, they are referred to DSD for the most appropriate support/interventions to address their needs. This also enables DSD to identify issues within the family context that

	must be addressed. The Department of Education has a Safe School Directorate with safety ambassadors who also refer children and youth risk to the Department of Social Development when required.
Eastern Cape	There are no plans to introduce safety ambassadors at schools. The Department of Social Development participates in the multi- disciplinary team to deal with social ills in school when invited. Interventions in schools are rendered by social workers who are deployed in each ward, for intervention on social ills and prevention programmes.
Northern Cape	Identification of learners from dysfunctional homes, provision of psycho social support and general welfare services are rendered by the Department of Social Development and partners at schools. RISIHA programme is implemented by the Risiha Child and Youth Care Workers rendering support services at Schools in the Province and NACCW implements the Esikolweni programme – which involves trained Child and Youth Care Workers, who are placed full time at Schools in Daniëlskuil and Postmasburg. Trained behaviour change facilitators also render social behaviour change programmes at schools in the Frances Baard and Pixley Ka Seme Districts. Trained coaches implement the Ke Moja Programmes – “No thanks I am fine without drugs” at Secondary Schools. Trained volunteers, Social Auxiliary Workers and Social Workers implement programmes at schools. The Northern Cape Department of Social Development and Basic Education entered into a partnership to support priority schools in the Province. DSD is working on a plan to recruit learner Child and Youth Care Workers to be placed on a full-time basis in these schools from 2023 to render support services to learners, implement and /or coordinate the implementation of relevant programmes e.g. bullying, Ke Moja, Social Behaviour Change and to refer learners and their families for Social Work Intervention and psycho-social support services.
Limpopo	The department is collaborating with the Department of Education in terms of child protection services. This is done in the form of capacity building for teachers and learners on child protection services. The department also conducts outreach services in the form of awareness campaigns, dialogues and life skills programmes at schools.
KwaZulu Natal	The Department have plans in place to work with all relevant stakeholders including the Department of Education to introduce safety ambassadors at schools to identify learners from

dysfunctional homes, in order to intervene through social workers and bring about a safer, secure and functional society. Currently there are Provincial and Districts Inter-sectoral Child Care and Protection Forums which are functional in the Province. The purpose of the forum is to facilitate and coordinate the process of ensuring that all organs of the state and civil society organisations involved with care, protection and wellbeing of children cooperate in the development of a uniform approach aimed at the coordination and integration of services to children. The Department will strengthen partnership with the Department of Education and relevant stakeholders with the aim of establishing Task Team that will look at introducing Safety Ambassadors at schools to identify learners from dysfunctional homes in order render psychosocial support services and other relevant services to the affected children.

Free State

The Free State Department of Social Development does not have any plans to introduce safety ambassadors at Schools. However, the Department currently works with the Child and Youth Care Workers in the employ of NPO’s through the Isibindi Ezikolweni program as well as the RISIHA program to implement the early intervention program. These programs are aimed at identifying learners from dysfunctional homes and refer to Social Workers.

Reply:

a) All South Africa Social Security Agency (SASSA) offices have contactable telephone lines.

b) SASSA has a national toll free number for the public to contact the agency for queries. The toll-free helpline number is 0800 60 1011.

Reply:

a) There are no safe havens for abandoned children in the Republic as that category is not known and registered with Social Development.

However the Department has records of temporary safe care persons and places where children in need of care and protection including abandoned children requiring alternative care are kept whilst awaiting finalisation of court proceedings for placement into foster care, Child and Youth Care Centres, as well as family permanency option such as adoption.

According to provincial submissions by provinces who responded to the question on safe haven; provinces also responded that there are no safe havens for abandoned children, but temporary safe care and places regulated in accordance with the provisions of the Children’s Act 38 of 2005. The provincial response from KwaZulu Natal did not provide statistics of temporary safe care persons and place.

The provincial breakdown for temporary safe persons and places is as follows:

Province	Temporary safe care persons	Temporary safe care places (Child and Youth Care Centre)
Free State	67	9

Northern Cape	26	10
Eastern Cape	80	30
Mpumalanga	58	29
Limpopo	0	15
GP	126	6
WC	800	53
TOTAL	1 157	152

b) There are no funded safe havens as they are not registered with the department.

Reply:

SASSA has engaged Postbank as its service provider, to ascertain the risk related to the media article on the possibilities of Telkom ditching its communication services with the South Africa Post Office (SAPO). SAPO has assured Post Bank that there is no official development or notice served by Telkom indicating their intention to withdraw from the communication’s services contract.

To further reduce this risk, Postbank is currently implementing an IT modernisation project which will enable the migration of Postbank’s banking platforms and other key applications from SAPO’s data center to a new Postbank compliant data center.

The financial position of SAPO continues to be a risk to grant payments both for Postbank and SASSA. However, it is important to note that all grants are paid directly into individuals’ bank accounts which are integrated to the National Payment System (NPS), therefore, if any channel is compromised, clients have the ability to withdrawn or transact at any Point Of Sale (POS) service at merchants and ATM’s using their cards.

We continually encourage SAPO/SASSA card holders and grant recipients using this card to use these other options, and would be grateful if members of Parliament can also educate and actively encourage their different constituents to do so. The use of cash is not only risky but also very expensive to beneficiaries.

Reply:

The total number of children who have been adopted in the past two years is 1840. Breakdown of adopted children per province in the past two years is as follows:

Province	2020-2021	2021-2022
Gauteng	268	363
Western Cape	292	309
KwaZulu-Natal	111	88
Free State	47	42
Limpopo	22	36
North West	26	27
Eastern Cape	37	82
Northern Cape	8	17
Mpumalanga	38	27
Total	849	991

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Reply:

Social Assistance is provided to individuals based on their income and asset status that they declare upon application, or when there is a change in their circumstances. SASSA does not check employment status, or director status of applicants, other than to confirm income levels.

a) Therefore, no records are kept of individuals based on their employment status or directorships.

b) SASSA does not have a record of funds recouped from directors of companies and who are also social grant beneficiaries.

It is important to note that being employed and/ or a director of a company (for profit or not- for- profit) does not disqualify a person from receiving a grant. Eligibility is determined by the income they receive from these activities; thus income needs to be assessed.

SASSA undergoes continuous reviews of social grants and investigates cases where fraud may have occurred. On the 4th of December 2021, 10 company directors were arrested on other matters, which were not social grant related fraud. Recovery of loss in relation to the aforementioned case will be done in terms of the Criminal Procedure Act, which goes concurrently with criminal prosecution. The case in question is at the criminal prosecution stage.

Reply:

Kindly be advised that the Chief Financial Officer(CFO) has not been held accountable for the irregular expenditure;because in terms of the assessments and determinations undertaken in line with the Irregular Expenditure Framework,versions 2015 and 2018 it was other officials who were held liable for permitting/promoting irregular expenditure;and thus violating section 57 of the PFMA,1999.The identified officials have been subjected to the disciplinary processes in line with applicable labour laws.

Kindly also take note that the processes of dealing with irregular expenditure is not yet finalized; and should the assessment and determination currently underway happen to identify/implicate the CFO to have contributed or failed to prevent the irregular expenditure,the Agency will not hesitate to holding him accountable for his actions;

The current processes of dealing with the irregular expenditure and disciplinary proceedings are by nature very protracted; hence, the Agency has projected to finalize them on or before 31 March 2023.

Reply:

Please note at the time of submission the following Provinces have not yet responded:

1. North West
2. Northern Cape Summary sheet:

Province	(a)(i) the total amount paid	(ii)returned to NT
	Phase 1	Phase 2	Phase 1	Phase 2
EC	R 59 792 000	R 26 000 000	R 38 308 513	R 26 000 000
FS	R 25 291 842	No Stimulus Relief Fund batches were received in respect of Phase 2	R 18 258 000	No Stimulus Relief Fund batches were received in respect of Phase 2

Province	(a)(i) the total amount paid	(ii)returned to NT
	Phase 1	Phase 2	Phase 1	Phase 2
GP	R 77 763 000	R 25 623 000	R 38 430 000	R 25 623 000
KZN	R 89 898 000	R 38 24 5000	R 44 170 000	*Refer to notes below under KZN
LP	R 58 241 000	R 24 164 000	R 54 454 000	R 24 164 000
MP	R 6 199 000	R 0	R 36 173 000	R 16 214 000
WC	R 53 252 680	R 17 200 000	R 0 (ii)refer to notes under WC	R 0 (ii)refer to notes under WC

Please find the reasons for the unspent funds below:

EASTERN CAPE

b) the reasons that funds were unspent are stated below Phase 1

• Sourcing of bank accounts
• Incorrect bank accounts and non-availability of signatories.
• Lack of capacity building and proper handing over by Data Innovators and National DSD.

Phase 2

The second phase allocation (R 26 million) was not disbursed to ECD centers due to the following reasons:

• • The allocation letter was received in November 2021, and the province projected to disburse funds in January 2022. Upon submission to the National Office, the Province was informed that the funds will be available beginning in February 2022. Considering the above, the province was left with only 2 months before the end of the Financial Year and therefore foresees a risk of underspending which would lead to accruals.
  • The funds were appropriated only during March 2022 by the treasury, which was very late for the Department to process it, considering the procurement processes that need to be followed.
  • A request for rollover was done and the Department of Education follow-up function was shifted on the 1st of April 2022.

FREE STATE

b) The reasons for the unspent relief funds in the Free state Province were due to the following reasons:

• Late receipt of payment batches.
• Some NPOs did not submit complete information, and this hampered payment processes.
• Some of the unregistered ECDs were not on the Central Supplier Database (CSD).

KWAZULU NATAL

*An amount of R 44,170 million was returned to Treasury at the end of the 2021/22 financial year and a rollover application of R 38,245 million was submitted to Provincial Treasury in respect of the Phase 2 balance, which was to be allocated to DOE upon approval due to function shift.

(b)The reason for unspent funds or underspending against Presidential Employment Initiative Grant is attributable to the fact that this grant was centrally managed at national Level in terms of beneficiary applications, verification of beneficiary banking details, and all other processes required to authenticate the payment. The Department only received the batches of certified beneficiaries to process the payment.

This Task was outsourced to a firm of consultants whose contract expired before the project was completed and had to be renewed which also caused delays during November 2021, as there was no service provider to generate batches for payment, and some of the beneficiaries could not be traced.

As means to try and expedite the spending on the grant, the Department issued an advert that took one month via KZN Radio stations calling for the beneficiaries who applied for the Presidential Stimulus Package to visit the Social Development offices for assistance. The Department also submitted a proposal to National Department requesting to utilize funds otherwise but could not succeed due to conditions attached to the Grant.

LIMPOPO

a) Bank, staff, and site verifications had to be conducted for the unfunded and unregistered ECD centers, and the challenges encountered are as follows:

Bank verifications:

• • Incorrect ID number or company registration number,
  • Incorrect company name,
  • Incorrect bank account number, and
  • Incorrect names and surnames.

Staff verifications:

• • Duplicates (one staff member registered in more than one ECD centre.

Site verifications:

• • Untraceable,
  • Some closed,
  • Some not registered on the Central Supplier Database (CSD),
  • Some do not have bank accounts,
  • Some have savings accounts,
  • Some were not from the province,
  • Some organisations which have been approved are not ECD centres,

GAUTENG

a) (i) Amounts paid for Gauteng province in phase 1 and phase 2 are illustrated in the table below:

Phase 1	Phase 2
Received R ’000	Received R ’000
77 763	25 623

Amounts returned to the National Treasury by Gauteng province in Phase 1 and Phase 2 is illustrated in the table below:

Phase 1	Phase 2
Spent R ’000	Returned R ’000	Spent R ’000	Returned R ’000
39 333	38 430	0	25 623

Gauteng province spent R 39 333 million of the total allocation of R 103 386 million for the ECD Employment Stimulus Relief Fund in phases 1 and 2 by end of the 2021/22 financial year.

An amount of R 64 053 million not spent in 2021/22 was rolled over to the 2022/23 financial year and was allocated to the Gauteng Department of Education in the adjustment budget period following the function shift from the department of Social Development.

b) In the 2020/21 financial the allocated budget of

R 77.7 million for the ECD Employment Stimulus Relief Fund was not spent because the verification process for qualifying non-profit organisations was finalised late in the financial year.

The allocation of R 25.6 million received in the 2021/22 financial year for the ECD Employment Stimulus Relief Fund was not spent due to rejections caused by unverified bank accounts, ECD centres registered as Companies, Partnerships, and other forms of businesses other than non-profit organisations. In the 2020/21 financial the allocated budget of R 77.7 million for the ECD Employment Stimulus Relief Fund was not spent due to the:

• The appointment and verification of Non-Profit Organisations were done by the National Department of Social Development and the Provinces were only responsible for effecting payments to the appointed NPOs.

• Verification process for qualifying non-profit organisations was finalised late in the financial year by National Social Development.
• The first finalised batch for qualifying non-profit organisations was received in March 2021 two weeks before the Gauteng Provincial Treasury's last payment run to date.
• The summary of batches received from the National Department during phase 1 and phase 2 are enlisted in the table below amounting to

R 56 653 324. Two subsequent batched 24 & 25 were received also two weeks before Gauteng provincial treasury last payment run for the 2021/2022 financial year.

• The budget allocation of R 103 300 000 compared to the summary batches received amounting to R 56 653 324 makes 54,8% of batches received to be paid

MPUMALANGA

a) (i)The total amount allocated to the province is reflected in the table below Table 12.1: budget allocation of phase 1 and 2

Phase 1	Budget allocated	Amount Spent	Unspent funds
	R'000
Presidential Employment Stimulus package ECD	42 372	16 214	58 586

(ii)The tables below reflect the budget allocated and expenditure for both phases 1 and 2

Table 12.2: budget and expenditure of phase 1 for the period ended 31 March 2021

Phase 1	Budget allocated	Amount Spent	Unspent funds
	R'000
Presidential Employment Stimulus package ECD	16 214	-	16 214

Table 12.3 budget and expenditure of phase 2 for the period ended 31 March 2022

Phase 1	Budget allocated	Amount Spent	Unspent funds
	R'000
Presidential Employment Stimulus package ECD	42 372	6 199	36 173

An application was made to roll over the unspent funds amounting to R

30.495 million which was subsequently approved during the budget adjustment of 2021/22 financial year. Expenditure amounting to R 15. 938 million was incurred for the period ended 31 March 2022. In total, the expenditure incurred from the allocation of phase 1 amounts to R 22.137 million

Phase 2

There was no expenditure incurred from the allocation of phase 2 which was appropriated as additional funding during the budget adjustment of the 2021/22 financial year. An application was made to roll over the unspent funds amounting to R 23.320 million which has been subsequently approved during the budget adjustment of 2022/23 financial year. The rollover funds were appropriated to the Education Vote as the ECD function shifted to the Department of Education with effect from 01 April 2022.

Under-expenditure recorded from the phase 1 allocation is attributed to the fact that the processing of batches of claims commenced late in the last week of March 2021. This is due to the fact that batches were received late from National Department, thus other claims were carried to the 2021/22 financial year for payment processing.

The under-expenditure on the phase 2 allocation was due to the fact that by the financial year ending 31 March 2022, the National Department was still finalising a list of NPOs to benefit from the allocation. An application of rollover was also made to fund the NPOs migrated to the Department of Education with effect from 01 April 2022.

WESTERN CAPE

With reference to the early childhood development (ECD) Employment Stimulus Relief Fund, supported by the Presidential Employment Stimulus,

(ii) no funds were returned to National Treasury since a service provider has been appointed until March 2023 to assist with the verification and validation of remaining sites and practitioners and

(b) Any unspent funds will only be declared by the end of March 2023.

Reply:

a) (i) By 31 October 2022, there was a total of 20,688 orphans in the care of their relatives in receipt of the Child Support Grant (CSG) Top- Up.

(ii) There are no backlogs for processing of CSG Top-Up applications. Processing is a daily action which happens as applications are submitted.

b) (i) There is no specific budget allocation for the Child Support Grant Top- Up in the 2022/23 financial year. In preparation for implementation of the CSG Top-Up, National Treasury identified savings from the existing social grants, which was deemed sufficient to fund the implementation of the grant.

(ii) As with any new grant or change in benefits that requires applications, up take is normally slow as awareness of the benefits steadily grows. The Department and SASSA have been conducting awareness sessions in Provinces to increase awareness of the provision to both beneficiaries and officials.

c) At this stage, there has not been much impact on reducing the foster care backlog. This may be due to the disjuncture between the Social Assistance Act, which was passed by Parliament and the Children’s Amendment Bill [B18D – 2020] that was passed by both houses of Parliament on 06 December 2022. It has been sent to the President for assent. Determining the impact of Top Up Grant will be more appropriate once both pieces of legislation have been implemented. However, it must be noted that even if the Children’s Amendment Act is implemented, the foster children who are already in the system will not be automatically excluded. The impact will be tracked only from the new cases.

Reply:

It is important to note that the Ministry support staff in the Office of the Minister and Deputy Minister are appointed in terms of the provision of the Guide for Members of the Executive (Ministerial Handbook). Their employment contract is linked to the term of office of the Minister and Deputy Minister.

(a)(i) Currently, the Ministry support staff is as follows:

(b)(i) job title	(b)(ii) annual remuneration
Private Office (Handbook)
Chief of Staff	R1,388,331.00
Community Outreach Officer	R1,121,979.00
Media Liaison Officer	R1,121,979.00
Private & Appointment Secretary	R978,726.00
Assistant Appointment & Administrative Secretary	R766,584.00
Receptionist	R277,362.00
Household Aide	R128,166.00
Household Aide	R128,166.00
Departmental Support (Handbook)
Parliamentary and Cabinet Support	R1,138,800.00
Administrative Support & Coordination	R1,105,383.00

(b)(i) job title	(b)(ii) annual remuneration
Registry Clerk	R399,609.00
Driver/Messenger	R234,918.00
Food Aid Service	R195,621.00
Food Aid Service	R181,599.00
Departmental Support

Deputy Minister

(a)(ii) The Ministerial Handbook makes provision for Deputy Minister to appoint additional support in consultation with the Minister of Public Service and Administration due to her special needs.

(b)(i) job title	(b)(ii) annual remuneration
Private Office (Handbook)
Technical Specialist	R1,138,800.00
Administrative Secretary	R949,992.00
Community Outreach Officer	R801,615.00
Household Aide	R128,166.00
Household Aide	R128,166.00
Departmental Support (Handbook)
Chief Registry Clerk	R269,214.00
Driver/Messenger	R181,599.00
Food Aide Service	R107,196.00
Departmental Support
Special Needs Coordinator	R789,750.00
Senior Guide	R393,711.00
Senior Guide	R411,681.00
Chief Registry Clerk	R269,214.00
Chief Registry Clerk	R269,214.00
Driver/Messenger	R181,599.00
Senior Administration Officer	R336,012.00