Questions and Replies

Reply:

No. However, the Lost Claims Strategy has been developed in partnership with the Special Master and Association for Rural Advancement (AFRA) to address any claims that may have been identified as lost or misplaced in the process by the applicant, the appointed service providers or the Department during the settlement process.

a) No, the former Department of Land Affairs worked with AFRA in KwaZulu-Natal and the Transvaal Rural Action Committee in Mpumalanga on a campaign to create awareness in communities on farms to assist them to lodge their labour tenant claims. The two organizations managed the process and submitted the applications in terms of section 16(1) of the Land Reform: Labour Tenants Act, 1996 to the then Department for processing. The labour tenancy system was abolished and therefore the re-opening of applications will not be possible.

b) No, section 16(1) of the Land Reform: Labour Tenants Act, 1996, provides that all labour tenant claims were to be lodged not later than 31 March 2001 as legislated by an Act of Parliament; therefore, the cut-off date is not an administrative decision, but a statutory provision.

Reply:

According to the information from Denel

(a) Rheinmetall Denel Munition RF Pty. Ltd (RDM) is a joint venture between the German Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH (51%) and the South African State-Owned Company, Denel. The JV was completed in 2008. RDM is producing and selling ammunition of various calibres. RDM employs a total of 2,500 people across its four sites (2 in Western Cape, 1 in Gauteng and 1 in North West) and conducts business with more than 1,500 suppliers in South Africa. Over 90% of RDM’s turnover is generated from international clients, especially in the Middle East / Northern Africa (MENA), Asian and Europe. RDM’s dependency on international clients underlines its dependency of the timely approval of contracting and export permits from the South African National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NCACC).

(b) RDM operates in a sensitive defence/military environment. Customers insist on tight non-disclosure requirements as part of contractual obligations. All other mandatory regulatory disclosures related to contracting for export and import of controlled items are made to the NCACC.

(i) Since the inception of the Joint Venture in 2008, the company invested R1.5 billion in the development of new technologies, R1.0 billion in infrastructure and facilities as well as more over R500 million in social responsibility, skills development, and supplier development.

(ii) RDM’s goal is to be carbon neutral by 2035. In this regard, RDM is in the process of constructing the first solar PV farm at the Somerset West site and the same model will be replicated across all RDM sites in South Africa.

RDM has started to endeavour in technology developments in the field of alternative green energy solutions, specifically solar and green hydrogen. On green hydrogen, RDM has developed several applications and wants to position itself as a partner for hydrogen supply globally. RDM is also developing solutions for fixed and mobile hydrogen power, and storage solutions for industrial use. RDM unveiled its green hydrogen plans at the 2022 Africa Aerospace and Defence exhibition.

Remarks: Reply: Approved / Not Approved

Jacky Molisane P J Gordhan, MP

Acting Director-General Minister

Date: Date

Reply:

According to the information received from SAA:

1. (a) The total monetary value of guarantees issued to SAA was R19.1 billion. As at 30 September 2022, R1.2 billion remain with SAA.

(b) A total of R377 million of government guarantees remain in use.

2. The guarantees were issued as follows:

Financial year	Purpose	R’ Billion
2006/07	Support to restore going concern	1,300
2009/10	Support to restore going concern	1,600
2012/13	Support to restore going concern	5,006
2014/15	Support to restore going concern	6.488
2016/17	Support to restore going concern	4,720
Total		19 114

 

3. (a) All the guarantees have not been withdrawn from SAA as the airline is in the process of replacing the guarantees currently pledged as security for contingent liabilities with its own cash.

(b) All guarantees will be withdrawn as soon as SAA has been able to find alternatives for replacing the guarantees pledged as security

4. SAA intends to settle the outstanding guaranteed obligation by end of March 2023.

 

Remarks: Reply: Approved / Not Approved

Jacky Molisane PJ. Gordhan, MP

Acting Director-General Minister

Date: Date:

Reply:

The Chief Justice R M M Zondo has not made any claims or been paid any allowances during the extended period of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture.

Reply:

According to information received from Alexkor:

1. The interim CEO is reviewing all contracts approved by his predecessor, including the appointment of Messina Inc Attorneys. Until such time as all contracts have been reviewed and/or new procurement processes have been initiated, existing contracts have not been terminated provided that the service rendered meets requirements. The reality is that Messina Inc Attorneys represent Alexkor in all pending legal cases and handing over to a new legal service provider would be financially imprudent. Messina Inc Attorneys were appointed after participating in a tender for legal services in 2014. This tender was cancelled. The same tender was readvertised in 2015 and the procurement process was finalized in 2016. A Service Level Agreement was signed with a duration of 3 years terminating on 31 March 2020.

2. The former CEO of Alexkor extended the contract in 2020 for a period of one (1) year, terminating on 1 April 2021 and continued to use the services of Messina Inc Attorneys after this date and on the same terms and conditions as contained in the main service level agreement. This is still the case pending the review of all contracts.

3. The initial appointment of Messina Inc Attorneys was compliant with the Public Finance Management Act and Treasury Regulations.

Remarks: Approved / Not Approved

Jacky Molisane Pravin Gordhan, MP

Acting Director-General Minister

Date: Date:

Reply:

1. I have not attended a meeting outside of the Government to determine the deployment of personnel in public sector positions.

1. Appointments in the Public Service are regulated by the Public Service Regulations (PSR) 2016, (57). In terms of regulation (65) of the PSR, vacancies in the public service must be advertised extensively, to reach an entire pool of potential applicants.

Regulation (67) of the PSR regulates the selection of a suitable candidate/s to an advertised post. Formal selection processes entail the shortlisting of candidates, where after formal interviews are undertaken to identify a suitable candidate to appoint. Regulation (67)(7) also makes provisions to headhunt a suitable candidate if the selection panel is unable to recommend a suitable candidate.

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Reply:

According to Information Received from Eskom:

Payment will be processed with the December 2022 payroll and the payment date is 21 December 2022.

 

Remarks: Approved / Not Approved

Jacky Molisane Pravin Gordhan, MP

Acting Director-General Minister

Date: Date:

Reply:

1. According to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) statistics, prior to September 2021, a total of 59 Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) cases were under investigation by the Directorate Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI). The Priority Crimes Litigation Unit (PCLU) oversaw the investigations at a national level until they were migrated to the respective provinces in April 2019. After a careful analysis, a further 55 cases were thereafter identified for re-opening.. These cases pertained to the deaths in detention where detainees, detained mainly under security legislation, died under circumstances which necessitated further investigation. These matters were identified on the available information at that stage. The process to review the TRC Recommendations is ongoing and relevant is extracted from the multiple volumes of the Final TRC Report.

Since September 2021 to July 2022, a total of 64 new matters have been referred to the DPCI for investigation.

2. The criteria currently used is to first establish if the charge/s against person/s have not prescribed. Once it has been ascertained that the matter was referred by the TRC, and the charges have not prescribed, then the matter is referred for re-opening to DPCI for the allocation of an investigator. After an investigator is appointed, the matter is referred to the office of the relevant Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) where a dedicated TRC prosecutor is assigned the matter for prosecution guided investigation to take place.

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Reply:

According to information received from Alexkor:

a) The former CEO appointed Messina Inc Attorneys to render company secretarial services on a month to month basis with effect from 1 October 2020. The certain Person is a Director and a representative of Messina Inc Attorneys and is responsible for rendering the company secretarial services.

b) There was no position advertised.

c) There were no interviews.

d) There was no job advertised and the certain person is a representative of Messina Inc Attorneys being the entity appointed as Company Secretary. I am informed that the certain person carries out his duties diligently. The certain person is not deployed through cadre deployment machinations of the ANCs deployment committee or any political party’s cadre deployment.

e) The certain person is not an employee of Alexkor.

 

Remarks: Approved / Not Approved

Jacky Molisane Pravin Gordhan, MP

Acting Director-General Minister

Date: Date:

Reply:

a) None. The Vrede Dairy project was funded from two streams of funding which is the Equitable Share and R50 million was approved from the Comprehensive Agriculture Support Programme (CASP) to co-fund with the province and the private investors. R20 million of the R50 million of CASP funds was spent on infrastructure development and the CASP funds were confirmed to have been spent on the ‘cow hotel’ which is the facility that houses the cows and the milking parlour; the dam; erection of the border fence; access roads to the farm; the processing facility and the purchase of 300 Friesland cows.

When the Mail and Guardian published stories around corruption related to the Vrede Dairy Farm, a national delegation led by the delegated transferring officer which included the DALRRD dairy specialist, the Chief Economist and the Chief Director: Food Security visited the farm to confirm if everything as was presented and approved by DALRRD, was in place. The team confirmed the infrastructure against the funds spent, but was unhappy about the sequencing of activities which went against South African regulations and technical standards and therefore recommended that the funds be stopped until the province had complied. The CASP conditional grants were stopped and the remaining R30 million was then approved for diversion to other CASP projects in the Free State. The province never requested further funding for the Vrede Dairy Project from CASP. Therefore, DALRRD had no further dealings with the Vrede Dairy Project until we were requested to indicate why we had stopped our funding to the project. The implicated officials are in the employ of the Free State Department of Agriculture and the implicated CFO and Head of the Department have since left the Free State Department of Agriculture.

b) No. As stated in (a) above, the R20 million CASP fund was accounted for on the infrastructure and the cows purchased. The remaining allocation to the project was stopped and diverted to other projects because DALRD was not satisfied about the sequencing of activities as well as compliances to South African regulations and technical standards.

Reply:

(1) The list of the like-minded civil society and interest groups that are part of the Social Inclusion in Education Working Group is enclosed.

(2) (a) Although the intention of the working group is to address all social inclusion matters, when it was established, it sought to address in the meantime the burning issue of socio-educational inclusion of diverse sexual orientation, gender identitiy, expression and sex characteristics.  Due to limited capacity internally at the Department of Basic Education (DBE), it was important to reach out to civil society organisations that work daily at the coalface of similar issues at school and community level, to ensure an efficient, effective, relevant and appropriate education sector response. Establishing a working group is recommended to maintain stakeholder relations.

(b) Yes

(3) The DBE has previously attempted to incorporate civil society organisations representing family values in the working group. However, this approach to group composition proved to be a challenge due to extreme differences in opinion. As such, the DBE has opted to openly engage with civil society organisations representing family values separately, as their voice is valuable and essential in addressing discrimination and oppression of children from a family values perspective.  These engagements have already begun.

Reply:

a)  The Department acknowledges the deterioration of water and sanitation services at municipal level. The decline includes a growing trend on water losses and water use inefficiencies. In response to the decline, and along with the requirement by AGSA to develop an action plan, the Department is putting in place a Water Services Improvement Programme (WSIP) to strengthen its support and intervention at municipal level based on actual data or most available data. The aim of the programme is for the Department to ensure that support and intervention at municipal level is proactive, consistent, and systematic as opposed to current ad-hoc approach. In line with the WSIP, the Department has further established the Water Partnership Office (WPO) within the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA). The WPO has developed five standardized National Programmes for private sector participation in municipal water and sanitation services, to make it easier, quicker, and cheaper for municipalities to enter into partnerships, without having to ‘reinvent the wheel’ for each partnership. One of the five National Programmes within the WPO is Non- Revenue Water (NRW) programme aimed at implementing the Water Conservation and Water Demand Management and cost recovery programme focusing on reducing losses, reducing over consumption, and improving cost recovery

b) A part of the programme is being implemented; the intention is to roll it out Nationally in the next Financial Year (2023/24 FY)

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Reply:

The Auditor-General of South Africa found that the underspending on Goods and Services in departmental Programmes was due to COVID-19 implications and not a lack of strategic planning or under-capacitated human resources. Given the suspension of all COVID-19 restrictions, the Department shall take all necessary measures to ensure that allocated funds are appropriately spent.

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Approved by Minister

Ms M Nkoana-Mashabane, MP

Date _____________________

Reply:

• A National Task Team has been established and the following three departments are working in collaboration; Department of Women, Youth & Persons with Disabilities (DWYPD), Department of Small Business & Development (DSBD) and National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) for the sanitary dignity economic value chain program.
• The project seeks to explore entry points and opportunities for increased participation of Women, youth, & Persons with Disabilities (WYPD) in the Sanitary Dignity Program (SDP) value chains.
• The SDP Economic Value Chain is implemented in five sectors namely; Manufacturing, Procurement, Production, Distribution and Disposal.
• The Final report (Business Case) has now been produced.
• The next step is through DSBD is to ensure that the Business Case is to be costed with (NT) based on recommendations in the Business Case and to be ready for implementation in the 2022/23 Financial Year.

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Approved by Minister

Ms M Nkoana-Mashabane, MP

Date:

Reply:

(a) The Department of Basic Education (DBE) will be collaborating with the Education Labour Relations Council (ELRC), South African Council for Educators (SACE), South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC), School Governing Body (SGB) Associations, South African Principals' Association (SAPA), Education Faculties of Universities and Civil Society Organisations on a dissemination and sensitisation programme for schools.

(b)(i) As the document was endorsed by Council of Education Ministers (CEM), it will need to be re-tabled at CEM for final approval and publication, followed by a dissemination and sensitisation programme for schools.

(ii) The DBE has commenced consultations and engagements with relevant education stakeholders nationally.

(c) The DBE is currently in the process of consultations and engagements with relevant education stakeholders, working through Provincial Educations Departments (PEDs) and Education District Offices.

(i) The DBE is ambitiously aiming to conclude the consideration and incorporation of submitted comments by March 2023.

(ii) Due to delays already experienced in carrying out the consultations that are underway, the process may take a further three (3) months to June 2023 before publication.

(iii) Comments may be sent to [email protected] by 31 December 2022

Reply:

1. National School Safety Framework

The Department has trained schools on the implementation of the National School Safety Framework (NSSF) which is a guiding framework in addressing all forms of violent incidences in schools including gangsterism. The NSSF empowers schools to identify and manage all safety threats in schools, establish school safety committees comprising of stakeholders such as teachers, police officers, school governing body members and learner representative council members. Furthermore, The NSSF also empowers schools to develop incident reporting mechanisms, establish collaborations with external stakeholders such as the South African Police Service (SAPS), the Department of Social Development and civil society organisations, as well as develop school safety plans and policies to respond to safety challenges.

2. Protocol to Deal with Incidences of Corporal Punishment in schools

The Department developed and published a Protocol to Deal with Incidences of Corporal Punishment in schools to highlight the abolishment of corporal punishment in schools and to provide Provinces, Districts and schools guidance on how to deal with issues of corporal punishment. The protocol foregrounds the following areas:

• The steps to be taken by provincial, district, circuit and school Senior Management Team (SMT) in reporting the incidents of corporal punishment in schools;
• The complaints procedures are outlined and the measures to be taken at every level of the system are explicit and include the labour relations processes in response to perpetrators of corporal punishment as well as sexual abuse and harassment;
• In line with the NSSF the Protocol further supports schools in ensuring safe and supportive learning environments that use protective behaviour, positive discipline, restorative justice and positive behaviour intervention support systems.

3. Protocol on the Management and Reporting of Sexual Abuse and Harassment in Schools

The Department developed and published a Protocol on the Management and Reporting of Sexual Harassment and Abuse in Schools, which highlights the illegality of sexual harassment and abuse committed against children in schools, and to provide Provinces, Districts and schools guidance on how to deal with issues of sexual harassment and abuse in schools. The Protocol foregrounds the following:

• The various key legislation that protect children against sexual harassment and abuse which include the Employment of Educators act, 76 of 1998, the South African Council for Educators Act 31 of 2000, the Children’s Act of 2005 and Criminal law (sexual offences and related matters) amendment act, 2007 act 32 of 2007;
• The steps to be taken by provincial, district, circuit and school SMT  in reporting the incidents of sexual abuse and harassment in schools;
• The key stakeholders that schools are required to work with in dealing with cases of sexual harassment and abuse in schools.

4. Partnership Protocol between the Department of Basic Education and the South African Police Service (SAPS)

The Department also has an established Protocol with SAPS to address crime and violence in schools The Protocol has enabled all schools to be linked to their local police stations, SAPS conduct searches and seizures in schools and conduct crime awareness campaigns in schools. Regularly, schools work with SAPS and local community police forums and social workers to address gangsterism issues. Constantly, searches and seizures of illegal drugs and weapons are done in schools and anti-gangsterism campaigns in collaboration with the Department of Social Development and the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development are conducted in schools.   

5. Inter-Departmental Campaign on the prevention of Violence, Bullying, Corporal Punishment, GBBV, Learner Pregnancy, Drugs and Substance Abuse

The Department and its partner Departments: Social Development, Justice and Constitutional Development, Correctional Services, the South African Police Service and the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies have also embarked on an Inter-Departmental Campaign on Violence Prevention. This Campaign raises awareness on issues such as the prevention of bullying, corporal punishment, gender-based violence, teenage pregnancy and drugs and substance abuse in schools. The Campaign has been championed by the Deputy Minister of Basic Education and is supported by other Deputy Ministers from the partner Departments. The Campaign has been targeting districts with high levels of crime and violence known as hot spots. The Campaign includes build up events that take groups of learners through priority content areas related to violence prevention.

Thus far, the Campaign has been rolled out in four provinces: Gauteng (Gauteng West District), Limpopo (Sekhukhune East District), Mpumalanga (Nkangala District) and the North West (Dr Kenneth Kaunda District).  The Campaign also involves Senior Management Teams, School Governing Bodies, learners, parents and ward councillors of the participating schools, in this way the Campaign is a whole school community engagement. The Department intends to continue rolling out the Campaign in other outstanding provinces during this financial year and into subsequent years.

Moreover, districts in collaboration with provincial education departments and civil society organisations also conduct regular awareness raising interventions that advocate for the prevention of violence in schools.  These provincial led programmes include school assembly talks, public debates and dialogues amongst learners.  The DBE monitors these awareness programmes through the District Monitoring of School Safety Programmes annually.

6. Codes of Conduct and Policies

The Department compels all schools to develop and adopt a code of conduct to address ill-discipline of learners. School codes of conduct are aligned with the Constitution of South Africa and child-protection legislation; and are communicated and adopted/ agreed to by all school stakeholders such as SMTs, School Governing Bodies and Learner Representative Councils. School codes of conduct are further supplemented by anti-bullying policies, alcohol and drug abuse policies which contribute towards creating safe and enabling environments in schools.  

Reply:

The Department is facilitating establishment of Gender Based Violence and Femicide Rapid Response Teams (GBVF RRTs) at Local and District Municipality levels. The purpose of these Multi Stakeholder GBVF structures is to coordinate supportive response to GBVF victims and GBVF Prevention initiatives in the Municipalities. The GBVF RRTs are made up of government departments (i.e. Department of Basic Education, Social Development, South African Police Services and other government departments that are key in the fight against the scourge of GBVF). The Civil Society Organisations and other government entities, like the Thuthuzela Care Centres and Victim Empowerment Centres are also represented in these Local Multi Stakeholder GBVF Structures.

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Approved by Minister

Ms M Nkoana-Mashabane, MP

Date:

Reply:

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Reply:

a) (i) 13.

(ii) None, following the passing of the late Deputy Minister.

b) (i)	(ii)
Chief of Staff	level 14
Administrative Support and Coordination	level 13
Parliamentary and Cabinet Officer	level 13
Community Outreach Officer	level 11
Parliamentary and Cabinet Support	level 11
Media Liaison Official	level 10
Speech Writer	level 10
Assistant Appointment and Administrative Secretary	level 9
Registry Clerk	level 7
Secretary/Receptionist	level 7
Driver/Messenger	level 5
Household Aide	level 5
Food Services Aide	level 3

b) (ii) In terms of the Protection of Personal Information Act, individual remuneration packages for each specified person cannot be disclosed. Accordingly, their salary levels are rather indicated.

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Approved by Minister

Ms M Nkoana-Mashabane, MP

Date _____________________

Reply:

1. Learner Transport Programme is a shared responsibility between the Department of Basic Education and the Department of Transport. The provisioning of learner transport programme is a provincial competency and the National Departments of Basic Education and Transport monitor the provisioning of learner transport programme in provinces.

Province	(a) Number of Learners	(b) Learner Transport Routes	(c ) subsidized by her department
EC	125071	1608	Learner Transport programme is funded through the equitable share allocations to provinces and not subsidized by DBE
FS	9524	397
GP	190857	677
KZN	73933	672
LP	57636	399
MP	69725	524
NC	25878	408
NW	64450	671
WC	64843	566
TOTAL	681917	5922

2. There are no Public Private Partnerships as the Learner Transport programme is funded through the equitable share allocations to provinces.

Reply:

Yes, the department intends to advocate continually for funding of non-governmental organisations working in the disability sector.The Disability organisations are an important stakeholder and the department collaborates with the sector. Government departments through different initiatives do fund sector specific programs.

The Department of Women , Youth and Persons with disabilities in its work to advocate and mainstream for disability inclusion continually works and assists departments to establish and strengthen sector specific Disability Forums in line with department’s stakeholder management strategy. The Organisations of and for persons with disability are an important stakeholder for each and every department in planning and implementation of programs of and for persons with Disabilities.

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Approved by Minister

Ms M Nkoana-Mashabane, MP

Date:

Reply:

The online system prioritises place of residence, primary feeder school and place of work and not parental choice for placement of learners. Parental choice is considered after all qualifying learners have been placed. 

Reply:

The monitoring mandate of the Department is a function concerned with tracking and reporting on progress and regress on targets as well as providing technical support on the development of National and Provincial Strategic Plans and Annual Performance Plans. These are key enablers to systemic changes to mainstream disability considerations.

There are currently engagements between the Department of Public Service and Administration, Department of Employment and Labour as well as the Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities regarding the employment equity targeting.

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Approved by Minister

Ms M Nkoana-Mashabane, MP

Date:

Reply:

(a) The R15 Million allocated over 2019 – 22 Medium-Term Expenditure Framework is spent on payment of salaries for the NCGBVF Secretariat and their operations of developing strategies, frameworks and plans to be utilized in the coordination and monitoring of the National Strategic Plan on Gender Based Violence and Femicide (NSP on GBVF).

(b) The Council’s main source of funding would be monies appropriated by parliament (National Treasury budget allocation) but other envisaged sources of funds include donations, contributions and monies received from any other source.

 

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Approved by Minister

Ms M Nkoana-Mashabane, MP

Date:

Reply:

During the 2022/23 financial year, there is a budgetary allocation R225 million in equitable share allocation was given to provinces in order to supply sanitary pads to learners. In the event that a Provinces do not deliver on the mandate, it will not be due to the absence of the budget but due to provincial internal processes.

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Approved by Minister

Ms M Nkoana-Mashabane, MP

Date:

Reply:

(1) Yes

(2) Due consideration has been given to the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa as the supreme law of the State, which prohibits violation of rights of all citizens.

(3) Human rights compliant education practice is an ongoing discourse; and the concern is that educators may not all be technically ready to implement the guidelines once published.  Therefore, the Department of Basic Education is working with the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC), South African Council for Education (SACE), Equal Education Law Centre (EELC), and the Commission on Gender Equality to ensure proper sensitisation of educators and school communities to circumvent this concern.

Reply:

1. The Department of Agriculture Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) conducts visits to CPAs as part of monitoring and/or inspecting for compliance with the Act on a continuous basis as provided in section 11(2) of the Communal Property Associations Act, 1996 (Act No. 28 of 1996). The results of these inspections are reflected in the CPA annual reports, including those referred to the Land Rights Management Facility:

Year	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Number of inspections	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	17	38	139	29

2. None. Section 11 of the Communal Property Associations Act, 1996 (Act No. 28 of 1996) does not make provision for requests from members of a communal property association or provisional association to the Director General. Section 11 of the Act provides for a communal property association or provisional association to furnish prescribed documents and information to the Director-General in order to enable him or her to monitor compliance with the provisions of the relevant constitution and the Act.

Reply:

(1)(a),(b),(c) The verification process on the applications received was undertaken in 2001 by the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) through the appointment of service providers, HSK Simpson and Lima.

(2) Yes. The outcome of the verification process resulted in the database that is being used by DALRRD in processing the labour tenant claims decentralized in all affected provinces.

Reply:

a) Five (5).

b) Four (4) claims have been settled in terms of Section 42D (financial compensation in lieu of lost improvements) but pending is the finalisation of implementation of the beneficiation scheme (post-settlement) facilitated by SanParks.

The 4 land claims are Gomondwane Community, Mahashi Community, Mhlanganisweni Community and Ngirivane-Mathebula Community

The 5th land claim was lodged by Phamneni Community has been published in the Government Gazette. The Commission on Restitution of Land Rights is in the process of appointing a service provider to conduct household verification and is targeted for settlement in the 2023/2024 financial year.

 

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Reply:

(1) The farm Edenvale, in the Graaf Reinet district, Eastern Cape Province, is not reflected in the database records of the land claims that were submitted before the cut-off date of 31 December 1998 nor in the database records of claims lodged during the 2014/2015/2016 lodgement period. No claim was lodged on this farm.

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

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Reply:

1. To accommodate thousands of students enrolled at the University of Zululand, the Department of Higher Education and Training (the Department) has taken steps to ensure that the institution build more residences by undertaking of a feasibility. The feasibility study originally targeted the construction of 3500 beds at the institutions Kwa-Dlangewzwa Campus to eradicate student housing backlogs, and the Department is working closely with the institution to finalise the feasibility study.

2. In the short-term, the following measures and interventions were taken. This include the approval of a sum of R235 million from the previous approved funding enabling the institution to develop an immediate number of 783 beds at its KwaDlangezwa Campus while it’s finalising its feasibility study, and the contractor is currently onsite. 

3. The long-term measures and interventions included the following: that the feasibility study should be redirected and focus on two campuses, namely the KwaDlangezwa and the Richards Bay Campuses as the study seeks to address the student housing backlogs at both KwaDlangezwa and the Richards Bay Campuses. One of the interventions seeks to balance the provision of beds by allocating 1500 beds at both campuses to accommodate students enrolled at the institution. 

4. Once the feasibility study has been completed, the Department will work with the institution to determine a suitable funding approach to ensure that the institution builds more accommodation to ensure that most enrolled students are accommodated at the institution’s own accommodation facilities.

Reply:

Details of performance of sectors in the economy are publicly available, as are the submissions made by the Department.

The President has provided information in State of the Nation Addresses, including on progress with specific Master Plans.

Details of relevant Master Plans have also been made available by the dtic to the Portfolio Committee, most recently on 1 November 2022 as part of the Department’s six-monthly report of performance against its Annual Performance Plan.

The report sets out to showcase the economic impact the Department has made in the implementation of the various Master Plans in the first 6 months of 2022/23 financial year, amongst other programmes. Furthermore, the presentation reported on the impact and outcomes of the department on a number of metrics, including jobs, manufacturing, local content, investments and industrial funding. A number of case studies were also provided across the various Master Plans to illustrate the impact of work done by the dtic.

In addition, other government departments responsible for specific master plans also make information available.

A number of businesses and sector leaders also provide information on the performance of Master Plans.

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Reply:

The National Lotteries Commission has furnished me the following reply on their communications, media and marketing services in the past three years.

A number of transactions of the NLC have been flagged by the Auditor General. This follows a letter addressed by the Ministry to the Auditor General, drawing attention to findings of the SIU.

The NLC advised that the adverse findings made by the Auditor-General will be investigated and disciplinary steps taken. I have requested the NLC to update me on the progress of the investigation and disciplinary steps taken.

The reply from the NLC follows:

“(1)(a),(b),(c),(d) and (2)(a),(b),(c),(d)

Please refer to the tables below for a list of service providers, the nature of the services provided, date when the services were provided, the total monetary value and the Supply Chain Management process that was followed.

Sole supplier and single source were used in instances where the NLC was targeting a specific audience and when there was one service provider running a campaign to which the NLC wanted to participate in. These transactions have since been declared as irregular expenditure by the AGSA on the basis that it was not impractical for the NLC to obtain three quotations for those below R500 000 and that the transactions above R500 000 should have been procured through competitive bidding process or deviation approved by the National Treasury and not by the Commissioner. The NLC is currently undertaking a determination exercise on these transactions as required by the National Treasury framework, disciplinary steps will be taken against all that have been found to be in contravention of the supply chain regulations

Tender relates to the transactions which have been procured through the marketing panel that the NLC procured after following a competitive bidding process.

Treasury database relates to the transactions that were procured through sourcing quotations from the Central Supplier Database.

2022
1(a)	1(b)	1( c )	1 (d)	2 (a),(b),(c),(d)
Service Provider	Service rendered	Invoice date	Value (Rands)	SCM Process
Anzomode	NLC Board Road shows	11/6/2021	1 307 750,00	Tender
Anzomode	Videography, Photography and Live Streaming	30/07/2021	59 000,75	Tender
Arena Holdings	Publishing of Funding Priorities for 2021/2 – Print media 24	06/04/2021	95 440,80	Single Source
Arena Holdings	Invitation to Bid for Eastern Cape Office fence, air-condition	24/02/2022	9 439,20	Single Source
Be Sure Events Solutions	Appointment of a service provider to provide Videography and Photography	25/07/2021	69 000,00	Tender
CEED Media & Publishing	NLC Media Campaign Advertorial – Soweto Life Online Magazine	23/08/2021	50 000,00	Single Source
Cheniwell IMC	Advert Flighting, Artwork Production and Artwork Placement	13/12/2021	1 818 750,00	Tender
Cheniwell IMC	Advert Flighting	20/12/2021	746 250,00	Tender
Cheniwell IMC	Free State and Limpopo Radio Interviews	10/06/2021	629 950,00	Tender
Cheniwell IMC	Photography, Videography, Live Streaming and Provincial Travel	01/10/2021	355 375,00	Tender
Cheniwell IMC	Photography, Videography, Live Streaming and Provincial Travel	13/10/2021	355 375,00	Tender
Cheniwell IMC	40 Radio Adverts for Western Cape and KwaZulu Natal	11/05/2021	315 119,95	Tender
Chilo Group(PTY)Ltd	Publishing of Funding Priorities Community Radio Stations Free State and North West Province	31/05/2021	371 219,31	Tender
CTP Limited T/A Lowveld Media	Advertising for the Installation of electric fence in Mpumalanga office	02/02/2022	5 035,80	Single Source
CTP Limited T/A Lowveld Media	Publication of Award Bid Number description of Bid	06/10/2021	4 874,80	Single Source
CTP Limited T/A Lowveld Media	Request for Proposal Bib number description of Bid	29/05/2021	4 668,30	Single Source
Ebonoko Holdings	NLC Graphic Design and Animation Services	25/03/2022	121 000,00	Treasury database
FR Communications	Media Monitoring	09/03/2022	32 200,00	Tender
FR Communications	Media Monitoring	09/03/2022	32 200,00	Tender
Fundudzi Media	Title Sponsorship Sunday World Unsung Heroes	21/06/2021	2 645 000,00	Single Source
Fundudzi Media	Sunday World Advertisement	25/04/2021	881 000,00	Single Source
Fundudzi Media	6 Page Glossy Print Special Report	30/06/2021	740 600,00	Single Source
Fundudzi Media	Sunday World Advertising	25/07/2021	740 600,00	Single Source
Fundudzi Media	Sunday World Advertising – Funding for Impact Women’s Month	22/08/2021	740 600,00	Single Source
Fundudzi Media	Sunday World Advertising - Heritage Month Edition	26/09/2021	740 600,00	Single Source
Fundudzi Media	Sunday World Advertising - Newsprint Special Report	31/10/2021	740 600,00	Single Source
Fundudzi Media	Sunday World Advertising - Glossy Print Special Report	28/11/2021	740 600,00	Single Source
Fundudzi Media	Sunday World Advertising - Print Special Report	10/12/2021	740 600,00	Single Source
Fundudzi Media	Sunday World Advertising - Newsprint Special Report	30/01/2022	740 600,00	Single Source
Fundudzi Media	Sunday World Advertising - Newsprint Special Report	28/02/2022	740 600,00	Single Source
Fundudzi Media	Sunday World Advertising - Newsprint Special Report	28/03/2022	740 600,00	Single Source
INCE(PTY)Ltd	NLC Integrated Annual Report Phase 1	30/07/2021	723 599,55	Tender
INCE(PTY)Ltd	NLC POPIA Compliance Manual Infographics	26/07/2021	61 582,50	Tender
Independent Newspapers (Pty) Ltd	Display Metro Run of Paper – Sunday Independent & Cape Times	09/04/2021	181 560,16	Single Source
Independent Newspapers (Pty) Ltd	Display Metro Run of Paper – The Star	09/04/2021	116 418,86	Single Source
Independent Newspapers (Pty) Ltd	Display Metro Run of Paper – Isolezwe	09/04/2021	77 338,44	Single Source
Independent Newspapers (Pty) Ltd	ACM Digital Web and Class Display	4/2/2022	5 152,00	Single Source
Insight2Lead	Appointment of a Service Provider to Conduct a Brand Survey	30/06/2021	165 513,75	Tender
Insight2Lead	Consulting for a Brand Survey	30/09/2021	164 074,50	Tender
Insight2Lead	Consulting for a Brand Survey	25/10/2021	164 074,50	Tender
Khanya PR and Media	Outside Broadcast Media Gauteng	04/05/2021	365 097,40	Tender
Khanya PR and Media	Publishing of Funding Priorities Community Radio Stations Limpopo and Mpumalanga Province	26/05/2021	289 643,40	Tender
Khanya PR and Media	Corporate Flyers	26/08/2021	64 227,50	Tender
Khanya PR and Media	Law Booklets	26/07/2021	50 611,50	Tender
Khanya PR and Media	Production of Embroided Mandela Day Badges	21/07/2021	21 217,50	Tender
Khanya PR and Media	Video – Creative Broader Value	06/05/2021	20 240,00	Tender
Khanya PR and Media	Creating a video look of content	04/11/2021	18 400,00	Tender
Khanya PR and Media	Corporate Flyer	22/09/2021	17 997,50	Tender
Khanya PR and Media	Graphic Design	23/06/2021	16 962,50	Tender
Khanya PR and Media	Creative Design, Social Media Poster and Web Banner	02/12/2021	13 685,00	Tender
Khanya PR and Media	Creative Design - Staff Awards	07/12/2021	11 086,00	Tender
Khanya PR and Media	Corporate Flyers	27/05/2021	7 360,00	Tender
Mail & Guardian	Supplement Top 200 Young South Africans	31/05/2021	2 127 500,00	Sole Supplier
Market IQ	Print Media, Online and Broadcast Monitoring	01/11/2021	32 648,50	Tender
Market IQ	Print Media, Online and Broadcast Monitoring	01/11/2021	32 648,50	Tender
Market IQ	Print Media, Broadcast and Social Monitoring	01/01/2022	9 688,75	Tender
Media24	Advertising – Daily Sun North, City Press and Daily Sun On the Go	14/04/2021	324 007,90	Single Source
Media24	Vista – Legal Notices Tender	03/02/2022	4 443,60	Single Source
MSG Group Sales	Women Flash Mob Activation	26/08/2021	2 875 000,00	Single Source
Ndabana Media Production	Media Campaign - Advertorials on Business Unusual Magazine	25/08/2021	290 000,00	Single Source
Nolo Communications CC	Promotional Materials (NLC Branded Mugs for Staff)	15/03/2022	33 670,00	Treasury database
Northern Media Group	Expression of Interest - Capricorn Voice, Polokwane Review and Polokwane Observer	28/11/2021	13 796,32	Single Source
Northern Media Group	Expression of Interest - Capricorn Voice, Polokwane Review and Polokwane Observer	21/11/2021	13 796,32	Single Source
Ponelelo Media Monitoring	Advert and Social Media Monitoring	30/06/2021	14 531,86	Tender
Ponelelo Media Monitoring	Advert and Social Media Monitoring	01/07/2021	14 531,86	Tender
Ponelelo Media Monitoring	Advert and Social Media Monitoring	31/07/2021	14 531,86	Tender
Ponelelo Media Monitoring	Advert and Social Media Monitoring	31/08/2021	14 531,86	Tender
Ponelelo Media Monitoring	Media Monitoring	01/04/2021	12 636,40	Tender
Ponelelo Media Monitoring	Advert and Social Media Monitoring	01/07/2021	11 372,70	Tender
Ponelelo Media Monitoring	Advert and Social Media Monitoring	01/07/2021	3 159,16	Tender
Ponelelo Media Monitoring	Media Monitoring	01/04/2021	2 007,46	Tender
PR & Brand Network	Public Relations Retainer October	30/11/2021	73 000,00	Tender
PR & Brand Network	Public Relations Retainer November	23/11/2021	73 000,00	Tender
PR & Brand Network	Public Relations Retainer December	14/12/2021	64 035,09	Tender
PR & Brand Network	Monthly Retainer Fee	27/01/2022	10 333,00	Tender
PR & Brand Network	Monthly Retainer	28/02/2022	10 333,00	Tender
PR & Brand Network	Monthly Retainer	04/03/2022	10 333,00	Tender
PR & Brand Network	Public Relations Retainer December	14/12/2021	8 964,91	Tender
Roadshow Marketing	Pull up banners, Wall banners, Curved wall banners, Triangle pop-up banners, Telescopic banners and Management Fees	10/09/2021	274 907,50	Tender
Roadshow Marketing	Advertising on Gauteng Radio Stations	18/05/2021	239 948,28	Tender
Roadshow Marketing	Booklets	27/10/2021	97 750,00	Tender
Tau ya Phoka (Pty Ltd)	Licence Disc Holders Branded	19/07/2021	8 380,35	Tender
Top Media & Communications	Balance for the Top Women Summit 2021	10/11/2021	126 500,00	Single Source
		Closing balance	26 712 479,65

2021
1(a)	1(b)	1( c )	1 (d)	2 (a),(b),(c),(d)
Service Provider	Service rendered	Invoice date	Value (Rands)	SCM Process
Anzomode	Third Party Payment Media & Broadcasting Consulting	02/07/2020	94 875,00	Tender
Anzomode	NW Virtual Event	23/08/2020	34 327,50	Tender
Anzomode	Media Buying : NC Regulatory Compliance Campaign	13/07/2020	145 797,97	tender
Anzomode	North West ECD Virtual Launch	14/08/2020	453 945,25	Tender
Anzomode	Mpumalanga ECD Launch	24/08/2020	499 404,75	Tender
Anzomode	Variation	13/08/2020	151 472,25	Tender
Anzomode	Design & Production of branded folders	27/11/2020	60 007,00	Tender
Anzomode	Cancelled Event Fee	3/12/2020	204 045,65	Tender
Anzomode	Design and Printing	30/11/2020	149 995,56	Tender
Anzomode	Equipment Branding	30/03/2021	54 050,00	Tender
Arena Holdings	Advert	22/01/2021	10 062,50	Single Sourced
Arena Holdings	Advert	22/01/2021	9 025,37	Single Sourced
Arena Holdings	Audit Campaign	20/12/2020	157 872,00	Single Sourced
Be Sure Events Solutions	Newspaper article	2020/03/08	110 547,59	Tender
Be Sure Events Solutions	NLC Branded Face Masks	2020/10/09	57 730,00	Tender
Be Sure Events Solutions	Billboard Advertising	31/01/2021	890 560,00	Tender
Black Moon Advertising	Printing Of Proactive Brochure	21/10/2021	1 702,00	Tender
Black Moon Advertising	GP ECD Virtual launch	26/10/2020	643 356,00	Tender
Botho D Trading and Projects	Fleet booklet	2020/11/11	51 993,75	Treasury database
Cheniwell IMC	Inkambu Corporate Identity Development	20/07/2020	3 500,00	Tender
Cheniwell IMC	Media Buying : Limpopo	22/07/2020	114 000,00	Tender
Cheniwell IMC	NLC Logo Adjustment	20/07/2020	456 000,00	Tender
Cheniwell IMC	Western Cape Media Buying	22/07/2020	98 100,00	Tender
Cheniwell IMC	WC ECD Virtual Launch	22/10/2020	663 740,04	Tender
Cheniwell IMC	Corporate Gifts : Braai Set	10/12/2020	229 800,00	Tender
Cheniwell IMC	Corporate Gifts : Braai Set	14/12/2020	108 933,03	Tender
Chilo Group(PTY)Ltd	Third Party Payment to Rap Studios vernacular translation	09/03/2020	10 795,00	Tender
Chilo Group(PTY)Ltd	Design Graphics	04/04/2020	9 000,00	Tender
Chilo Group(PTY)Ltd	Design : Banner, Advertorial	02/06/2020	5 600,00	Tender
Chilo Group(PTY)Ltd	Graphic Designs	30/06/2020	19 600,00	tender
Chilo Group(PTY)Ltd	Media Buying : North West	22/07/2020	55 590,60	Tender
Chilo Group(PTY)Ltd	Branding	11/08/2020	94 239,42	Tender
Chilo Group(PTY)Ltd	MS Teams and Email Signature	25/08/2020	10 200,00	Tender
Chilo Group(PTY)Ltd	Brand Positioning – KwaZulu Natal Province	2020/11/09	84 815,25	Tender
Chilo Group(PTY)Ltd	NLC Designs	2020/07/09	24 600,00	Tender
Chilo Group(PTY)Ltd	Branding	23/11/2020	32 150,00	Tender
Fundudzi Media	Media Buying : Sunday world	21/05/2020	57 500,00	Single Sourced
Fundudzi Media	Media Buying : Sunday world	20/05/2020	1 305 846,40	Single Sourced
Fundudzi Media	Media Buying : Sunday world	29/06/2020	1 200 000,00	Single Sourced
Fundudzi Media	Media Buying : Sunday world	10/10/2019	69 176,64	Single Sourced
Fundudzi Media	Media Buying : Sunday world	27/07/2020	1 200 000,00	Single Sourced
Fundudzi Media	Run of paper advert	24/08/2020	1 200 000,00	Single Sourced
Fundudzi Media	Run of paper advert	28/09/2020	1 200 000,00	Single Sourced
Fundudzi Media	Full Colour 8 pages Special Report	2020/09/11	990 000,00	Single Sourced
Fundudzi Media	Full Colour 8 pages Special Report	2020/09/11	6 000,00	Single Sourced
Fundudzi Media	Media Buying : Sunday world	08/12/2020	996 000,00	Single Sourced
Fundudzi Media	Media Buying : Sunday world	07/12/2020	996 000,00	Single Sourced
Fundudzi Media	Brand Positioning	31/01/2021	996 000,00	Single Sourced
Fundudzi Media	Full Colour 8 pages Special Report	8/3/2021	996 000,00	Single Sourced
Government Printing Works	Tender/ New Bids	07/08/2020	252,20	Sole supplier
Government Printing Works	Tender/ New Bids	20/03/2020	252,20	Sole supplier
Government Printing Works	Tender/ New Bids	28/02/2020	252,20	Sole supplier
Government Printing Works	Tender/ New Bids	27/07/2022	252,20	Sole supplier
Government Printing Works	Tender/ New Bids	07/08/2022	252,20	Single Sourced
Government Printing Works	Tender/Invitation to bid/	06/11/2020	252,20	Sole supplier
Government Printing Works	Tender/Invitation to bid/	27/10/2020	252,20	Sole supplier
Government Printing Works	Tender/Invitation to bid/	6/11/2020	756,59	Sole supplier
Government Printing Works	Tender/Invitation to bid/	12/10/2020	504,40	Sole supplier
Government Printing Works	Tender/Invitation to bid/	19/08/2020	3 026,40	Sole supplier
Government Printing Works	Tender Bulletin notices	2020/07/08	252,20	Sole supplier
Independent Newspapers (Pty) Ltd	Tender/Invitation to bid/	22/11/2019	2 752,94	Single Sourced
Independent Newspapers (Pty) Ltd	Tender/Invitation to bid/	04/02/2020	23 183,14	Single Sourced
Independent Newspapers (Pty) Ltd	Tender/Invitation to bid/	15/02/2020	23 183,14	Single Sourced
Independent Newspapers (Pty) Ltd	Tender/Invitation to bid/	25/08/2020	11 127,91	Single Sourced
Independent Newspapers (Pty) Ltd	Isolezwe Main Body	25/02/2021	4 318,34	Single Sourced
Independent Newspapers (Pty) Ltd	Daily News Main Body	25/02/2021	5 246,99	Single Sourced
Independent Newspapers (Pty) Ltd	Media Publication : Cape Times, The Mercury,	21/05/2020	173 973,15	Single Sourced
Independent Newspapers (Pty) Ltd	Media Buying	20/12/2020	231 328,71	Single Sourced
Independent Newspapers (Pty) Ltd	Media Buying	20/12/2020	50 966,64	Single Sourced
Independent Newspapers (Pty) Ltd	Media Buying	20/12/2020	359 124,30	Single Sourced
Independent Newspapers (Pty) Ltd	Media Buying	20/12/2020	149 988,89	Single Sourced
Independent Newspapers (Pty) Ltd	Media Buying	23/12/2020	73 600,00	Single Sourced
Independent Newspapers (Pty) Ltd	Media Buying	23/12/2020	12 650,00	Single Sourced
Independent Newspapers (Pty) Ltd	Class Display	28/02/2021	10 313,66	Single Sourced
Khanya PR and Media	NLC 20 years Legacy Video	13/03/2020	108 560,00	Tender
Khanya PR and Media	Legacy Video	06/05/2020	13 800,00	Tender
Khanya PR and Media	Brand Positioning	01/07/2020	104 554,55	Tender
Khanya PR and Media	10 ECDs NLC Legacy Projects launch	28/09/2020	695 865,00	Tender
Khanya PR and Media	NLC Branded Notepads	2020/10/09	20 642,50	Tender
Khanya PR and Media	Scam alert posters	2020/10/09	1 897,50	Tender
Khanya PR and Media	Graphic Designs	2020/11/11	4 140,00	Tender
Khanya PR and Media	Graphic Designs	2020/10/09	1 897,50	Tender
Khanya PR and Media	Graphic Designs	2020/04/12	6 210,00	Tender
Khanya PR and Media	Graphic Designs	14/12/2020	2 530,00	Tender
Khanya PR and Media	Graphic Designs	24/02/2021	22 310,00	Tender
Khanya PR and Media	Graphic Designs	18/01/2021	8 510,00	Tender
Khanya PR and Media	Graphic Designs	31/03/2021	12 017,50	Tender
Khanya PR and Media	Graphic Designs	18/01/2021	15 467,00	Tender
Mandla-Matla Publishing	Tender/Invitation to bid/	21/11/2019	3 245,76	Single Sourced
Media & Broadcasting Consultants	Professional Advisory services	29/07/2020	75 000,00	Single Sourced
Media24	Media Buying	18/11/2019	271 975,00	Single Sourced
Ndabana Media Production	Advertorial on business unusual	18/11/2020	400 000,00	Treasury database
Nolo Communications CC	Translation of NLC posters	2019/09/11	124 800,00	Tender
Northern Media Group	Expression of Interest Capricorn Voice, Polokwane Review, Polokwane Observer	25/06/2020	12 730,01	Single Sourced
Northern Media Group	Expression of Interest Capricorn Voice, Polokwane Review, Polokwane Observer	05/07/2020	12 730,01	Single Sourced
Northern Media Group	Expression of Interest Capricorn Voice, Polokwane Review, Polokwane Observer	12/07/2020	12 730,01	Single Sourced
Northern Media Group	Expression of Interest Capricorn Voice, Polokwane Review, Polokwane Observer	19/07/2020	12 730,01	Single Sourced
Northern Media Group	Expression of Interest Capricorn Voice, Polokwane Review,	26/07/2020	8 740,00	Single Sourced
Northern Media Group	Expression of Interest Capricorn Voice, Polokwane Review, Polokwane Observer	22/11/2020	12 730,01	Single Sourced
Northern Media Group	Expression of Interest Polokwane Observer	15/11/2020	4 600,00	Single Sourced
Novus Group	Media Monitoring	12/05/2020	10 407,50	Treasury database
Novus Group	Media Monitoring	12/06/2020	10 407,50	Treasury database
Novus Group	Media Monitoring	10/07/2020	10 407,50	Treasury database
Novus Group	Media Monitoring	2020/12/08	10 407,50	Treasury database
Novus Group	Online and Social Media Monitoring	14/09/2020	10 407,50	Treasury database
Ponelelo Media Monitoring	Media Monitoring	29/02/2020	1 362,80	Tender
Ponelelo Media Monitoring	Media Monitoring	31/01/2020	9 980,19	Tender
Ponelelo Media Monitoring	Media Monitoring	01/07/2021	14 643,86	Tender
Ponelelo Media Monitoring	Media Monitoring	01/4/2021	12 636,40	Tender
Ponelelo Media Monitoring	Media Monitoring	04/5/2021	2 007,46	Tender
Professional Evaluation and Research	Media Monitoring	30/10/2020	26 277,50	Tender
Professional Evaluation and Research	Media Monitoring	30/11/2020	26 277,50	Tender
Professional Evaluation and Research	Media Monitoring	11/12/2020	26 277,50	Tender
Professional Evaluation and Research	Media Monitoring	31/01/2021	26 277,50	Tender
Roadshow Marketing	Gauteng News Papers :	27/07/2020	159 925,97	Tender
Roadshow Marketing	Fees and Disbursement	15/09/2020	722 512,80	Tender
Roadshow Marketing	Compilation of Jerusalem Video	2020/10/11	19 550,00	Tender
Roadshow Marketing	HCM Induction video	13/01/2021	108 100,00	Tender
Roadshow Marketing	Media Buying	2021/01/24	283 327,49	Tender
Roadshow Marketing	Marketing	2021/01/13	108 100,00	Tender
SABC	NLC Live Reads : Open Call Applications	30/04/2020	17 077,50	Sole supplier
SABC	NLC Live Reads : Open Call Applications	30/04/2020	165 600,00	Sole supplier
SABC	NLC Live Reads : Open Call Applications	30/04/2020	85 905,00	Sole supplier
SABC	NLC Live Reads : Open Call Applications	30/04/2020	238 308,75	Sole supplier
SABC	NLC Live Reads : Open Call Applications	30/04/2020	409 239,00	Sole supplier
SABC	NLC Live Reads : Open Call Applications	30/04/2020	94 702,50	Sole supplier
SABC	NLC Live Reads : Open Call Applications	30/04/2020	131 962,50	Sole supplier
SABC	NLC Live Reads : Open Call Applications	30/04/2020	265 011,70	Sole supplier
SABC	NLC Live Reads : Open Call Applications	30/04/2020	98 583,75	Sole supplier
SABC	NLC Live Reads : Open Call Applications	30/04/2020	105 647,63	Sole supplier
SABC	NLC Live Reads : Open Call Applications	30/04/2020	160 683,75	Sole supplier
SABC	NLC Live Reads : Open Call Applications	30/04/2020	240 016,50	Sole supplier
SABC	NLC Live Reads : Open Call Applications	30/04/2020	183 971,25	Sole supplier
SABC	Media Buying SA FM	26/02/2021	292 853,25	sole supplier
SABC	Media Buying SA FM	5/3/2021	164 606,40	sole supplier
Tau ya Phoka (Pty Ltd)	Brand Positioning Regulatory Compliance	22/07/2020	160 310,00	Tender
		Total cost	24 536 205.63

2020
1(a)	1(b)	1( c ) Invoice date	1 (d)	2 (a),(b),(c),(d)
Service Provider	Invoice description	Invoice date	Value (Rands)	SCM Process
ABN Publishing	Advertising in Forbes Magazine	2019/11/30	253 000,00	single sourcing
Aganang Community Radio Station	Outside Live Broadcast	2019/07/10	35 000,00	single source
Alfred Nzo Community Radio	Media Buying - Outside Broadcast	2019/01/01	30 000,00	single sourcing
Anzomode	Media Buying North West	2019/05/09	297 275,00	tender
Anzomode	Live Feeds	2019/09/11	68 597,59	tender
Anzomode	Videography & Photography	2019/09/10	252 999,98	tender
Anzomode	NLC Scam alert(Print Media)	2019/11/04	569 387,25	tender
Anzomode	Videography and photography	2019/12/05	252 999,98	tender
Anzomode	Beneficiary Video and Content development	2019/12/09	711 816,08	tender
Anzomode	Video/photography for 16Days Activism	2019/12/13	211 600,00	tender
Anzomode	Video/Photography for Sandton Great Fund	2020/03/24	79 948,00	tender
Back to Basics Media	Design, Layout and Placement of advertorial/ write up Back to basics Magazine	2022/04/17	369 750,00	single source
Back to Basics Media	NLC Brand Positioning Q3 media campaign	2019/11/18	600 000,00	single sourcing
Back to Basics Media	NLC Brand Positioning Q3 media campaign	2019/12/10	250 000,00	single sourcing
Back to Basics Media	NLC Brand Positioning Q3 media campaign	2020/01/10	150 000,00	single sourcing
Back to Basics Media	advertorial	2020/03/20	95 000,00	single sourcing
Be Sure Events Solutions	Print, Supply and delivery of NLC Table cloth	2019/12/02	34 500,00	tender
Be Sure Events Solutions	Brand positioning-Billboard Media Campaign	2019/12/04	1 188 698,16	tender
Be Sure Events Solutions	Closing Call for Applications	2019/12/04	2 158 615,81	tender
Black Moon Advertising	Design & printing of Pro Active Brochure	2019/11/11	13 644,64	single sourcing
Bojanala FM	Live Outside Broadcast	2019/07/17	25 000,00	single source
Cheniwell IMC	Full page Advert in various Newspaper	2019/06/24	173 693,45	Tender
Cheniwell IMC	MEDIA Buying for Call for Applications on Radio and Print Media – Western Cape Province	2019/04/29	330 649,88	Tender
Cheniwell IMC	30 Live Reads	2019/08/11	642 606,00	Tender
Cheniwell IMC	Letter Reds & Branded Doek	2019/08/02	46 988,00	Tender
Cheniwell IMC	NLC Branded Doek	2019/10/03	44 410,00	Tender
Cheniwell IMC	Community Radio - Scam Alerts Live reads	2019/10/17	400 991,85	Tender
Cheniwell IMC	Logo Design	2019/09/13	19 350,00	Tender
Cheniwell IMC	Closing of Applications	2019/11/28	1 515 490,19	Tender
Cheniwell IMC	Design & printing of brochures & Flyers	2019/11/17	314 550,00	Tender
Cheniwell IMC	Billboards campaign	2020/03/20	1 809 786,20	Tender
Cheniwell IMC	Media Buying – Eastern Cape Province E	2020/03/19	446 532,35	Tender
Cheniwell IMC	Media Buying-KwaZulu Natal	2020/03/19	270 598,20	Tender
Chilo Group(PTY)Ltd	Provincial Offices branding	2019/05/16	278 745,30	Tender
Chilo Group(PTY)Ltd	Office Branding Provincial Office 2019	2019/07/18	20 250,00	Tender
Chilo Group(PTY)Ltd	Office Branding Provincial Office 2019	2019/07/25	176 343,44	Tender
Chilo Group(PTY)Ltd	Office Branding Provincial Offices 2019	2019/08/29	188 478,84	Tender
Chilo Group(PTY)Ltd	Social media brand awareness campaign	2019/11/13	21 525,00	Tender
Chilo Group(PTY)Ltd	Provincial Offices branding	2019/12/02	94 239,42	Tender
Chilo Group(PTY)Ltd	Media Buying-MP	2020/03/12	439 999,19	Tender
Chilo Group(PTY)Ltd	OHS induction video for Human Capital	2020/03/12	193 800,00	Tender
Chilo Group(PTY)Ltd	NLC Promotional Items	2020/03/19	174 132,00	Tender
Chilo Group(PTY)Ltd	Graphic design work	2019/07/25	27 628,38	Tender
Chilo Group(PTY)Ltd	Graphic design work	2019/05/16	4 550,00	Tender
Chilo Group(PTY)Ltd	Media Buying - Mpumalanga Community Media	2019/06/01	331 192,09	tender
Christopher Africa	Artificial Intelligence for social media	2019/12/23	46 000,00	Single sourcing
Entice Communications & Media	Media Campaign Print and Broadcast. Soweto 2 Day	2019/08/30	40 000,00	Single sourcing
Espial Infinity Trading Enterprise	Schweizer Renake Training	2019/10/19	65 000,00	Treasury database
Esvinin Media Solutions	Media Campaign, 4 Pages Advertisement	2019/08/28	68 400,00	Treasury database
Fundudzi Media	Print Media campaign 20 Years	2019/10/21	1 200 000,00	Single sourcing
Fundudzi Media	To communicate the closing of Application	2019/11/18	46 561,20	single sourcing
Fundudzi Media	Print Media Campaign-NLC 20 years	2020/01/27	1 200 000,00	single sourcing
Fundudzi Media	media buying	2020/03/02	69 248,40	single sourcing
Gaming Regulators Africa Forum	NLC Brand positioning opportunity	2019/08/13	150 000,00	sole supplier
Government Printing Works	Tender Bid notice	2019/06/25	504,39	sole supplier
Government Printing Works	Tender Bid notice	2019/06/25	252,2	sole supplier
Government Printing Works	Tender Bid notice	2019/08/27	252,2	sole supplier
Government Printing Works	Tender Bid notice	2019/06/25	252,2	sole supplier
Government Printing Works	Tender Bid notice	2019/06/25	252,2	sole supplier
Government Printing Works	Tender Bid notice	2019/06/25	252,2	sole supplier
Government Printing Works	Tender Bid notice	2019/10/11	504,4	sole supplier
Government Printing Works	Tender Bid notice	2019/10/11	252,2	sole supplier
Government Printing Works	Tender Bid notice	2019/05/20	1 008,80	sole supplier
Government Printing Works	Tender Bid notice	2020/02/14	252,2	sole supplier
Government Printing Works	Tender Bid notice	2020/02/14	504,4	sole supplier
Government Printing Works	Tender Bid notice	2020/02/07	252,2	sole supplier
Government Printing Works	Tender Bid notice	2020/01/31	252	sole supplier
Government Printing Works	Advert for Bid NLC 2015-12(Panel of Cons	2020/01/31	252,2	sole provider
Independent Newspaper	Media Buying	2019/05/04	19 102,65	single sourcing
Independent Newspaper	Media Buying	2019/05/05	21 419,33	single sourcing
Independent Newspaper	Media Buying	2019/05/29	89 125,00	single sourcing
Independent Newspapers (Pty) Ltd	Publication Cape Times & Argus	2019/11/16	23 183,14	single source
Independent Newspapers (Pty) Ltd	Media Buying	2019/05/29	89 125,00	single sourcing
Independent Newspapers (Pty) Ltd	Media Buying	2019/05/29	89 125,00	single sourcing
Independent Newspapers (Pty) Ltd	20 Years Commemoration	2019/05/19	87 990,52	single sourcing
Inkonjane FM	Outside Broadcast	2019/04/29	13 500,00	single source
Khanya PR & Media Services	Staff Gifts	2022/05/03	390 039,75	tender
Khanya PR and Media	Khanya PR- Provincial Corporate Gifts : O	2019/11/18	33 438,55	tender
Khanya PR and Media	Male branded Ties - Marketing & Communication	2019/11/29	43 909,30	tender
Khanya PR and Media	USBs for Legal Division	2020/01/21	21 129,53	tender
Khanya PR and Media	Notice of Office Relocation – Northern Cape & Eastern Cape	2020/01/30	460 920,00	tender
Khanya PR and Media	Car stickers	2020/03/20	4 600,00	tender
Khanya PR and Media	Media Buying-NC	2020/03/20	227 556,25	tender
Khanya PR and Media	Media Buying-WC	2020/03/20	364 987,00	tender
Khanyisa Newspaper	Advert	2019/08/30	40 000,00	single source
Mahikeng FM Community Radio	Outside Live Broadcast North west office Launch	2019/07/10	40 000,00	single sourcing
Media24	To communicate the closure of Application	2019/11/18	300 274,20	single sourcing
Media24	Scam Alert Publication	2019/10/31	271 975,00	single sourcing
Media24	Open Call for Applications	2020/03/03	221 917,80	single sourcing
Molo Consulting	Design & deliver skills programme for be	2020/03/02	65 000,00	tender
MP's Finest Media	Videography for Handing Over Project	2020/03/13	34 200,00	treasury
MTech Communications	NMD Designer Short Sleeve T shirt	2019/07/22	115 345,74	Treasury database
Naka Media	Advert	2019/09/09	51 000,00	Treasury database
Ndabana Media Production	Advertorial	2019/03/01	430 000,00	single source
Nolorile Trading & Consulting	Digital Secretariat Services 2020	2020/02/28	69 250,00	Treasury database
Nolorile Trading & Consulting	Digital Secretariat Services 2020	2020/03/12	69 310,00	Treasury database
Nolorile Trading & Consulting	Digital Secretariat Services 2020	2020/03/25	352 840,00	tender
Nongoma FM	Outside Broadcast KwaZulu Natal School launch	2019/09/23	40 000,00	single sourcing
North West Newspapers (Pty) Ltd	Tender Bid notice	2019/10/11	26 046,72	single source
North West Newspapers (Pty) Ltd	Tender Bid notice	2019/10/11	504,4	single source
Novus Group	media monitoring	2020/08/13	10 407,50	tender
Ornico Group Pty Ltd	NLC Media Monitoring	2022/04/16	175 341,35	single source
Phaswana Production	NLC Brand Champion Programme	2019/04/12	385 000,00	Single Source
Ponelelo Media Monitoring	Media Monitoring Services	2019/12/31	9 880,19	tender
Ponelelo Media Monitoring	Media Monitoring Services	2019/12/01	8 562,84	tender
Reached Media	NLC Videography	2019/08/22	137 977,00	Treasury database
Roadshow Marketing	Media Buying Northern Cape	2019/05/14	289 557,35	tender
Roadshow Marketing	Marketing Collaterals – Presidential INA	2019/05/28	989 460,00	tender
Roadshow Marketing	702 Walk the Talk	2019/07/29	164 244,31	tender
Roadshow Marketing	Branded Unilsex Rubber Bracelet	2019/07/16	84 599,75	tender
Roadshow Marketing	Preparation for 2020/2021 Focus areas: Broadcast Media	2019/10/30	655 172,39	tender
Roadshow Marketing	Dairies for 2020/21 financial year	2019/10/16	204 096,94	tender
Rosette Trading Enterprise	Design & deliver skills programme in KwaZulu Natal	2019/09/25	300 000,00	tender
SABC	Outside Broadcast	2019/04/30	264 500,00	single source
Sapphire Media 360	Media Buying	2019/08/30	1 388 625,00	single sourcing
Sedibu General Trading and Projects	Advert	2019/09/03	56 000,00	Treasury database
SABC	SA FM	2019/08/31	183 712,50	single sourcing
SABC	Local Programme	2019/08/31	386 684,95	single sourcing
SABC	SABC 2 Local Programme	2019/09/30	386 684,95	single sourcing
SABC	SABC 2 Local Programme	2019/10/04	386 684,95	single sourcing
SABC	SABC 2 Local Programme	2019/11/30	386 660,65	tender
SABC	Media Campaign to Communicate the Closing	2019/11/30	732 780,00	single sourcing
SABC	Placement of NLC Videos	2019-11-31	1 587 000,00	single sourcing
SABC	media buying	2020/04/06	8 625,00	single sourcing
Sowetan	Open call for Application	2020/03/03	95 440,80	single sourcing
Stokvel Media	Advert	2019/08/19	56 000,00	Treasury database
Tau Ya Phoka	NLC Photo and Video Archives Northern Cape	2019/06/13	141 833,34	tender
Tau Ya phoka	Brochures Including Cover- Getting to know NLC	2019/07/02	153 000,00	tender
Tau ya Phoka (Pty Ltd)	NLC Photo and Video Archives Gauteng and Limpopo	2019/08/04	17 468,50	tender
Tau ya Phoka (Pty Ltd)	NLC Photo and Video Archives Mpumalanga Province	2019/04/24	27 150,00	tender
Tau ya Phoka (Pty Ltd)	NLC Photo and Video Archives Mpumalanga Province	2019/04/24	141 833,34	tender
Tau ya Phoka (Pty Ltd)	NLC Photo and Video Archives Free State Province	2019/06/05	141 833,34	tender
Tau ya Phoka (Pty Ltd)	NLC Photo and Video Archives Western Cape	2010/06/04	310 000,00	tender
Tau ya Phoka (Pty Ltd)	NLC Photo and Video Archives KZN & North West	2019/07/22	230 183,30	tender
Tau ya Phoka (Pty Ltd)	Brochures	2019/07/15	100 000,00	tender
Tau ya Phoka (Pty Ltd)	Promotional materials(Banners)	2019/10/04	470 925,00	tender
Tau ya Phoka (Pty Ltd)	Promotional materials(Banners)	2020/01/21	235 462,50	tender
Tau ya Phoka (Pty Ltd)	Media Buying-Limpopo	2020/03/18	222 500,00	tender
Tau ya Phoka (Pty Ltd)	Media Buying for Call for Applications	2020/03/18	197 225,00	tender
Tau ya Phoka (Pty Ltd)	Media Buying-Limpopo	2020/03/18	222 500,00	tender
Tau ya Phoka (Pty Ltd)	Media Buying – Free State Provinces	2020/03/18	235 462,50	tender
Tau ya Phoka (Pty Ltd)	Media Buying – Free State Provinces	2020/03/18	197 225,00	tender
The Media List	Annual Subscription to Media List	2019/03/19	9 450,00	single sourcing
Tiso BlackStar	NLC 20 years commemoration	2019/06/03	314 799,85	single source
Tiso BlackStar	NLC 20 years commemoration	2019/06/03	314 799,85	single source
Tiso BlackStar	NLC 20 years commemoration	2019/06/03	13 130,70	single source
Tiso BlackStar	NLC 20 years commemoration	2019/06/03	13 130,70	single source
Tiso BlackStar	NLC 20 years commemoration	2019/06/02	13 130,70	single source
Tiso BlackStar	NLC 20 years commemoration	2019/06/02	13 130,70	single source
Tiso BlackStar	NLC 20 years commemoration	2019/06/03	44 460,33	single source
Tiso BlackStar	NLC 20 years commemoration	2019/06/03	44 460,33	single source
Tiso BlackStar	NLC 20 years commemoration	2019/06/03	44 460,33	single source
Tiso BlackStar	NLC 20 years commemoration	2019/06/03	44 460,33	single source
Tiso BlackStar	Scam Alert Publication	2019/10/13	840 213,00	single sourcing
Tiso BlackStar Group	National Lotteries publication of EC O	2019/07/04	6 272,10	single source
Tiso BlackStar Group	National Lotteries publication of EC O	2019/07/04	7 203,60	single source
Tiso BlackStar Group	To communicate the closing of Application	2019/11/18	78 568,00	single sourcing
Travel With Flair	Collateral & 3rd Party payment for Walk	2019/05/24	614,52	tender
WritersBloc	Provide media Event Support	2019/04/19	410 000,00	sole supplier
Zululand FM 97.0	Outside Broadcast	2019/09/20	50 000,00	single sourcing
		Closing Balance	37 252 015,82”

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The extension 8 housing development in Ward 40 was funded by the erstwhile Department of Housing in 2005. Two hundred (200) houses were constructed and handed over to beneficiaries. Whereas there was a sewer pipeline network in the areas at the time of construction, some of the houses were not connected to the sewer pipe network. According to the Municipality, the area is fully equipped with a sewerage conveyances system, the only challenge that exists is to connect the few houses to the sewer line.

The Department of Water and Sanitation allocated R70 million from the Water Services Infrastructure Grant for 2022/23 to the Rustenburg Local Municipality. The municipality indicated that it has prioritised the refurbishment of the Boitekong sewer pump station and the outfall sewer. The current budget allocation for WSIG is fully committed, however, the municipality is in the process of reprioritising the Municipal Infrastructure Grant to address the Boitekong sanitation backlog.

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Due to the current high water demand exacerbated by the ongoing power outages, the Rustenburg Local Municipality (LM) is implementing water demand management in the greater Boitekong areas including the new stands (Extention 13). According to the Rustenburg LM, the water restrictions schedules have been communicated with relevant Ward Councillors and the affected residents.

In the medium to long term, funds have been made available through Municipal Infrastructure Grant (MIG) administered by Department of Cooperative Government and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) for the upgrade of Bospoort Water Treatment Works from the 12ML/d to 24ML/d. I have been advised that the outstanding mechanical and electrical works is envisaged to be completed by the end of June 2023. This will ensure adequate water provision to the Boitekong area.

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The improved measures that the Department has implemented to support universities include increase in block grants, earmarked grants, and growth in funding for their NSFAS students. Furthermore, all universities are allocated funds annually through the University Capacity Development earmarked grant to implement programmes that focus on areas of need that must be addressed.  The same grant provides an opportunity for universities to collaborate in the implementation of programmes where there are common challenges in areas of teaching, research, and curriculum development. 

In addition, the Department established the Sibusiso Bengu-Development Programme (SB-DP) to address the inequalities that have impacted the development and sustainability of the Historically Disadvantaged Institutions (HDIs).  The SB-DP has been developed to support capacity development in seven strategic priority areas, i.e.  institutional management governance; institutional infrastructure and facilities; student experience, staff development and support; the academic enterprise; research and innovation; and relationships and partnerships.

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(1) (a) the requirements for the UNESCO funding Socio-Educational Inclusion of Diverse Sexual Orientations, Gender Identities, Expression and Sex Characteristics programme were seeking services of a consultant to help the Department of Basic Education (DBE) draft guidelines for schools.

(b) there were no particular directives that came with the funding.

(2) The programme supports the realisation of Pillar 10 (a Rights-based Socially Cohesive and Inclusive School Environment) in the operational framework of the DBE on Care and Support for Teaching and Learning (CSTL). The intention is to ensure social justice and inclusion of previously marginalised minorities.

(3) The DBE is mandated by the Constitution to carry out this work. It is important for the education sector to be deliberate and intentional in addressing discrimination, prejudice and related intolerances that seem to prevent children from realising their inalienable right to education and undermine the constitutional gains of a democratic South Africa.

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1. the dtic does not have any reported corruption cases that have been closed due to the inability to locate key witnesses.

2. the dtic recognises fraud prevention as an integral part of strategic management. the dtic is committed to the elimination of fraud and strives towards maintaining and implementing the highest standard of prevention and detection. the dtic prevents fraud through implementing the following strategies:

a) Prevention Strategy –

1. the dtic has implemented a fraud and corruption email hotline address [email protected] which is on the dtic’s website.
2. Fraud Awareness Training: Employees in the department and provided with Fraud prevention training.
3. Assessment of Fraud Risks: The Office of the Chief Risk Officer (OCRO) within the dtic, conducts annual risk assessments to identify potential fraud risks based on the risk profile of the Department.
4. Internal Control: Internal controls are the first line of defence against fraud and are essential elements in the overall anti-fraud prevention strategy. the dtic promotes an internal control culture through the mapping of business processes to ensure that controls are built in, regular communication on ethics and ethical behaviour in the performance of daily activities, implementation of additional controls to prevent any fraud risks, and forensic investigations where required.
5. Pre-Employment Screening: Screening is an effective means of preventing fraud such as falsifying qualifications or employment history, as well as previous criminal convictions for offences.
6. Disclosure of interests: All staff members are required to disclose their financial interests on an annual basis. Failure to disclose fully incurs disciplinary action.
7. Approval of Other Remunerative Work Outside Public Service: All staff are reminded, via regular communications and newsflashes, to obtain prior written approval of other remunerative work outside the Public Service in terms of Section 30(1) of the Public Service Act. Failure to obtain such approval incurs disciplinary action.
8. Reviewing systems and procedures: When fraud is detected it is referred to the dtic’s Internal Audit unit for an investigation and recommendation of action. the dtic re-assesses the adequacy of the internal control environment and actively plans and implements improvements where required. The instances of fraud are received either through the whistle blowers hotline, National Anti-Corruption hotline or by management.
9. Whistle Blowers protection: Individuals are encouraged to come forward with any information without fear of victimisation as the dtic has institutionalised the protection afforded to whistle blowers by the Protected Disclosures Act by approving its own Whistle Blowing Policy.

(b) Detection Strategy: Despite the existence of fraud prevention programmes, fraud may still occur. An anti-fraud reporting facility via the Presidential hotline and Whistle Blower’s line complements and underpins the commitment of the dtic to fighting fraud.

(c) Response Strategy -

• 1. Disciplinary Action: Subsequent to a full investigation, the dtic takes disciplinary action in all cases where warranted. Any member of staff found guilty of dishonesty or fraud will be considered to have committed a serious disciplinary offence and will be dismissed.
  2. Recovery of money or property lost through fraud: the dtic will actively pursue the recovery of money or property lost through fraud and will refer the matter for criminal prosecution.

(d) Forensic Investigation -

1. In the event that fraud is detected or suspected, the matter is fully investigated by Internal Audit Forensic Investigators.
2. All fraud cases are tabled, discussed and monitored at the Pre-Risk Committee.
3. All fraud cases are referred to SAPS for further prosecution.
4. The findings of the SIU investigation of the National Lotteries Commission (NLC), have been prioritised and is being addressed as recommended in the SIU report. In addition, a fraud and corruption hotline has been created and placed on the NLC website to enable anonymous reporting by the public, of fraud and corruption at the NLC. This hotline is managed by the dtic, independently from the NLC.

(e) Anti-Corruption Unit and measures in progress: An Anti-Corruption unit within the dtic is in the process of being capacitated with the objective of intense focus on anti-fraud and corruption initiatives and measures across the dtic group, inclusive of all public entities reporting into the dtic.

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Mr Ebrahim Patel

Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition

Date: ….../….../ 2022

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The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development is currently accountable for the overall delivery of the IJS Programme, and accounts for the entire IJS budget. The newly revised IJS governance arrangements seek to clarify and strengthen the roles of the Director-General (DG) as the accounting officer of the programme, and that of the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services as the executive authority of the program.

The IJS Board has been reconfigured into an IJS Implementation Committee which is accountable to the CJS Directors-General. The formation of the IJS Board of DGs has offered an opportunity for the JCPS Directors-General to provide oversight and strategic leadership over this important transformation project as JCPS management collective. The formation of the IJS Ministerial Committee (IJSMC) provides political oversight and direction of the whole IJS Programme. The Committee comprises of the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services as the Convenor, Minister of Police, Minister of Social Development and Minister of Home Affairs.

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(1) No, the Department has not entered into any agreements with the banking sector to provide loans to missing middle students. However, there have been engagements with banks about the possibility of a loan scheme supported by government guarantees. 

(2) Issues relating to the feasibility of loans were explored in earlier work conducted by the Department, particularly by a Ministerial Task Team that reported in 2016. The findings of this work were incorporated into the report of the Ministerial Task Team, whose recommendations are currently under discussion. The work of this MTT reviewed previous policy advice provided to government. In addition, the report reflected on the findings of the Heher Judicial Commission on the funding of higher education, which included recommendations for an income-contingent loan model, which would include the tax-collection authority. In investigating a possible future loan model, the Department will be mindful of the student debt situation and the feasibility of collecting loans.

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The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (the dtic) is focused on supporting domestic businesses and foreign and domestic investors.

This support includes the conceptualisation and implementation of sectoral Masterplans by Government, Business and organised Labour. the dtic’s interventions include the provision of globally competitive financial and non-financial incentives; support for localisation through targeted private and public procurement interventions; careful use of trade policy measures to support investment in the industrial sector; measures in the competition policy space which encourage investment and localisation; and unblocking activities to assist investors to navigate South Africa’s regulatory environment as efficiently as possible. These efforts bear fruit with new investments publicly launched in the first six months of this financial year valued at R26, 9 billion and R329 billion worth of manufactured goods were exported in the same period

In common with its key trading partners, South Africa is experiencing a rise in inflation. Supply-chain disruptions experienced during the COVID-19 outbreak, the impact of generous fiscal packages in large economies, and the effect that the war in the Ukraine has had on both the energy and food value-chains, all contribute to inflationary pressures. Rising inflation affects the poor in South Africa disproportionately since food purchases account for a relatively large proportion of these consumers’ monthly expenditure. Consequently, the dtic seeks to strike a careful balance when taking policy or programme decisions which support industrialisation and which may have an impact on poor consumers. In some cases, a trade-off is required and the Department considers all relevant factors in taking such decisions.

Industrialisation increases South Africa’s ability to manufacture a range of products and this ability often mitigates or reduces inflation, especially when global prices for a particular product are rising or when international value-chains are disrupted. The dtic responds to this need and the value of approvals in more than 300 projects approved by the dtic, IDC and NEF amounted to R12,6 billion in incentives disbursed in the first six months of the financial year. Projects are located in 23 of the 52 municipalities. 11 of these are from largely rural districts. Localisation is driven by the steel industry with contribution from motor vehicle parts, renewable energy components and poultry.

I draw the Honourable Member’s attention to the efforts by both the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Finance, dealing with greylisting.

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Domestic economic growth is the aggregation of multiple, complex streams of for example: production, consumption, expenditure, imports and exports. These are in turn affected by a wide range of domestic and global factors. It is not advisable to reduce these complex interactions to a simple direct and/or proportional relationship. Subject to this caution, the following information has been provided to me by the dtic.

In the Financial year 2021-22, Foreign direct investment (FDI), measured as investment liability inflows by the South African Reserve Bank (SARB), increased from R17.3 billion at the beginning of the 2021/22 financial year to R39.9bn at the end of the financial year, growing by 130.8% during the 2021/22 financial year. In the same period, GDP grew by 1.3%, from R4.5 trillion (tr) to R4.6trn during the same period. Some studies indicate that in South Africa, FDI and economic growth are positively related (Masipa, 2014[1]; Awolusi and Adeyeye, 2016[2]; Makhoba and Zungu, 2021[3]).

In Quarter 1 2022/23 (April to June 2022), FDI declined (-34.2%) quarter-on-quarter while economic growth contracted (-0.7%) quarter-on-quarter.

Regarding Job creation, in the Financial year 2021/22: Foreign direct investment (FDI), measured as investment liability inflows, by the South African Reserve Bank (SARB), increased from R17.3 billion at the beginning of the 2021/22 financial year to R39.9bn at the end of the financial year, growing by 130.8% during the 2021/22 financial year. During the same period, Statistics South Africa (StatsSA) reported that employment contracted by 0.2%, with employment declining from 14.94 million to 14.91 million. Some empirical studies have found a positive relationship between FDI and job creation in South Africa (see Masipa, 2014).

Quarter 1 of this Financial Year 2022/23, Employment increased by 4% quarter-on-quarter while FDI declined (-34.2%) quarter-on-quarter.

Lags in an increase (or decrease) in investment and a subsequent increase (or decrease) in employment may also not follow in the same year, but may lag the change.

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1. Masipa, T. 2014. The Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Economic Growth and Employment in South Africa: A Time Series Analysis. Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, 5(25), 18-27. ↑

2. Awolusi, OD. and Adeyeye, OP. (2016). Impact of foreign direct investment on economic growth in Africa. Problems and Perspectives in Management, 14(2-2), 289-297. doi:10.21511/ppm.14(2-2).2016.04. ↑

3. Makhoba, BP. and Zungu, LT. 2021. Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Growth in South Africa: Is there a Mutually Beneficial Relationship? African Journal of Business and Economic Research, 16(4). ↑

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a)  The purpose of the CHIETA SMART Skills Centre project is aimed at bridging the digital skills divide between urban and rural communities. The Centre’s services are free and include access to data plus training courses aimed at job seekers, business start-ups, and SMMEs that wish to grow their operations. The centre will focus on basic digital skills aimed at addressing the digital skills divide in the district and at helping surrounding businesses and rural community members to learn technology-related skills.

b) (i)The Skills Centre was lunched on 25 October 2022 and will become operational effective from December 2022.

   (ii) Two staff members from Freeport Saldanha Industrial Development Zone will be responsible for receiving the learners and providing access to the various online training programmes. The above personnel will also be assisted by two interns who will be selected from the local community.

c)  The Centre will be opened to both unemployed youth and members of the community. The Centre is expected to target between 5000 and 10 000 unemployed youth over the next three years. This number excludes unemployed adults and other community members who will access the Centre to gain skills as well as to access the free services offered by the Centre including the use of the boardroom by local SMMEs. The Centre will help equip unemployed youth with basic ICT and digital skills needed which will enable them to become more marketable.

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a) The Strategic Fuel Fund (SFF) until recently held (i) 10, 023 million barrels (Ten Million and 23 Thousand barrels) of strategic stocks on behalf of the state.

The current stock is down by approximately 0,3 million barrels ( 300, 000 barrels). Approximately 300 000 barrels was recently sold to Total-energies for processing at the Natref refinery. The sale followed a force majeure that had been declared by the Nigerian supplier to Total-energies.

(ii) Private entities keep commercial stock to cater for their share of the petroleum market.

b) The stock held by SFF is in crude oil form

c) SFF is implementing a strategy of developing and accessing infrastructure at import terminals and primary depots closer to the market. This will allow SFF to respond to Security of Supply disruptions and ensure availability of emergency stock of finished products. SFF has purchased a primary depot in Cape Townthat will provide open access to third parties to store their fuels. This will ensure that there is diversity of suppliers in the market place and therefore minimise supply risk.

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