Questions and Replies

Reply:

1. (a), (b), (c )(i)(ii) Attached as Annexure A

2. Attached as Annexure A

3. Attached as Annexure A

END

Reply:

1. Yes, an administration plan has been submitted to Court by the Department as part of the application to place Richtersveld Sida Hub CPA under Judicial Administration, in terms of section 13 of the CPA Act.

2. Yes. Following the Northern Cape High Court order of 28 February 2020, in terms of court order number 961/2019, the Department appointed Honey Attorneys, represented by Mr Don Majiedt as the Judicial Administrator of Richtersveld Communal Property Association for a period of three (3) years. Mr Chris Viljoen has been appointed for a period of 6 months as an Accountant to do the bookings of the CPA from January 2015 to date.

3. (a),(b),(c),(d),(e),(f) Yes. It is part of the Administration Plan as per the court order number 961/2019.

4. Yes. As part of the Judicial Administration process and providing support to the CPA in terms of in terms of the CPA Act, the Department is legally obliged to assist the CPA in terms of arranging AGM and other meetings as indicated below:

Meeting	Date Scheduled
Annual General	December 2021
Others: Special General Meeting	20-23 September 2021

5. Yes. The Independent Electoral Commission of South Africa; Northern Cape office has been asked for assistance but are unable to assist due to the coming local government elections. Department has appointed an independent election agency to assist with nominations and elections.

Reply:

1. (a)The Free State Province has a total of fifteen (15) field veterinarian positions, ten (10) of these positions are filled.

(b)(i)There are five (5) positions that are currently vacant, and the department has advertised three (3) positions linked to the provincial budget.

(ii)The department plans to therefore to fill the three advertised positions as early as 1st October 2021.

2. The ratio of mature livestock unit is approximately 50000 livestock units to a veterinarian.

3. The Free State has implemented the compulsory community service with success, and the program has been running since inception in 2016. During 2021, the compulsory community service year the Free State Provincial Department is hosting 14 Veterinarians in the following eight (8) provincial clinics that are again distributed among the province’s five (5) Districts:

• a) Bloemfontein State Vet Clinic in Mangaung Metro;
• b) Thaba Nchu State Vet Clinic in Mangaung Metro;
• c) Qwa Qwa State Vet Clinic in Thabo Mofutsanyana;
• d) Kroonstad State Vet Clinic in Fezile Dabi;
• e) Ladybrand State Vet Clinic in Thabo Mofutsanyana;
• f) Fauresmith State Vet Clinic in Xhariep District;
• g) Welkom State Vet Clinic in Lejweleputswa District; and
• h) Heilbron State Vet Clinic in Fezile Dabi.

On average all the clinics are seeing an average 928 Clients per month. Each client brings to the clinics a minimum of two (2) animals. The clinics are providing assistance for both companion animals (dogs and cats) and farm animals (cattle sheep and goats). Primary animal health care remains the focus area of intervention at these clinics. Farmer extension services and farmer workshops are being offered to assist our rural emerging farmers to improve their livestock production.

4. (a) The Free State Province shares the same disease profile as the rest of the country. Bovine brucellosis, Bovine tuberculosis and Rabies continue to be recorded from time to time as a result of our field personnel performing routine disease surveillance function. The outbreaks of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza and African Swine Fever also spread to the Free State Province, this being a result of movement of migratory wild water birds; as well as movement of pigs and pig products between different provinces (livestock auctions as possible route).

(b) The veterinary and para-veterinary personnel continue to implement disease prevention and disease control interventions as part of their day-to-day functions linked to these diseases.

Reply:

1. (a) There are 39 posts of which only 24 are filled.

(b) (i) The current vacancy rate is 33% that is 13 positions are not filled.

(ii) The process of filling these critical vacant posts has started. The Department will be advertising the posts within this financial year.

2. There are approximately 1150000 livestock units in Mpumalanga province with only 24 veterinarians servicing the animals which translates into approximately 48 000 livestock units per State Veterinarian. This are State Veterinarians and therefore excludes private veterinarians.

3. Yes, Mpumalanga has implemented the Compulsory Community Service. There are 24 CCS Veterinarians placed in Mpumalanga.

4. (a) Prevailing animal diseases during the past financial year in Mpumalanga were African Swine Fever. Mpumalanga province occasionally experiences outbreaks of Foot and Mouth Disease and Avian Influenza.

(b) Interventions to treat the diseases includes strategic guidance, provision of technical advice, assistance with procurement of the Foot and Mouth Disease vaccine and continual monitoring and reporting.

Reply:

1. (a) The total number of Veterinarians in North West is 30 Veterinarians. This includes 7 Veterinarians that are in middle management, 4 the laboratory.

(i) There are 9 vacant posts.

(ii) 9 posts have been advertised and the shortlisting process has been completed waiting for approval. Interviews will be held immediately afterwards. These include posts that are occupied by short term contract veterinarians.

2. In each State Veterinary area there is one (1) State Veterinarian taking care of all livestock unit’s needs. These includes activities related to animal health, veterinary public health and export related matter of all commodities.

3. Yes. The Department is implementing Compulsory community services for veterinarians in the North West Province. In 2021, eleven (11) Compulsory Community Services veterinarians are employed mainly in the rural areas providing both primary animal health care services and State Veterinary services.

4. (a) During the past financial year we have has the following major outbreaks of diseases

(i) African Swine Fever

(ii) African Horse Sickness

(iii) Avian Influenza

(iv) Rabies

There were also singular/minor outbreaks of the following

i. Blue Tongue

ii. Salmonella enteritidis

iii.Malignant Cattarhal Fever

(b) Interventions undertaken to treat diseases:

i. African Swine Fever: The outbreak was controlled by depopulation of the farm both initially by the farmer and later due to a court instruction. Carcasses were buried with lime on the farm. The farm was cleaned and tested and the quarantine notice will be lifted when the last test indicates negative results

ii. African Horse Sickness: These outbreaks were reported and quarantine notices issued. The individual outbreak farms were advised to vaccinate the animals and employ location of animals to higher lying areas to avoid vector insects.

iii. Avian Influenza: The affected farms had their flock culled. The company/farm used their own rendering plant to dispose of dead carcasses. Surveillance was conducted and quarantine lifted after negative results.

Reply:

1. Yes. With regards to the initial request for an oversight visit, the Phase 3 site up until handover was not conducive to hosting groups of visitors on what was an active construction site. Covid-19 regulations for onsite health and safety had a substantive impact on construction sites. The Contractor who was responsible for the safety of the site until the handover to the Department was reticent about having to host a group of visitors including media on site while still being expected to meet their deadlines to completion. If the Department had to impose the visit request to the contractor, they would in turn be liable to be granted a claim for an extension of time (EOT) which would have a financial impact and an impact on the contractual practical completion date. It was thus agreed that the visits be conducted after the practical completion and the site handed over to the Department. Which has since taken place.

2. Yes. The Department’s responses to the questions and enquiries by the Deputy President’s offices was addressed and submitted. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought an onset of many challenges to the implementation of the original programme that was devised in 2019. Before the factoring of COVID-19 the original programme was scheduled for completion by 2023. The revised programme is scheduled for completion by August 2024.

The revision in time is based on the changes made to the original design of the housing unit by the claimants and allowing a process to fully consult with claimants while adhering to lockdown regulations. The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on supply chain processes has also been a critical factor. The new program has been devised to catch up as much time that was lost by allowing for larger phases and doing them concurrently.

3. The Department’s role and mandate in District Six is the Restitution of claimants through the provision of houses. However, the Department has always acknowledged that the District Six Redevelopment requires more than housing to cater for the needs of the returning claimant community. To this end, since the very onset the Department initiated and supported the drawing up of the District Six Development Framework.

The Development Framework, an extensive document that has been widely consulted with the community, is a framework for the development of the whole area of approximately 40 hectares. It presents a set of principles, strategies, design and planning guidelines; as well as infrastructure proposals based on the existing inner city context of the site. The Development Framework proposals begin to address the issue of social justice and the restoration of land rights lost to give effect to the provisions of the Restitution of Land Rights Act (Act 22 of 1994).

The Framework recognizes that District Six is an inner city area that can significantly contribute to the revitalisation of the city. It argues that the site should neither be speculated upon nor encouraged to be gentrified as may ordinarily be the case had restitution not formed the basis of its redevelopment imperative. An integrated approach is therefore taken that includes a range of social, environmental and economic concerns relevant to District Six and the Cape Town CBD. The approach is strongly informed by the history and memory of the site as the subject of forced removals more than 40 years ago. Social justice and restoration of land rights therefore form the pillars that proposals towards the realisation of the framework, are based on.

The holistic redevelopment of District Six requires the participation and contribution from various sector departments, the province and very intrinsically the City of Cape Town. The Department last year granted the City of Cape Town to use the District Six Development Framework to form the underpinning of a process it has undertaken to develop and adopt a Local Spatial Development Framework for District Six.

The Department has provided and continues to provide support to the local authority in their mandate of providing the necessary social infrastructure to ensure that District Six is redeveloped in an integrated and sustainable manner.

4. The Department’s and Minister’s position on this matter has always been resolute. The 42 Hectares of land that is included in the settlement agreement should be used to solely enhance and benefit the claimant community of District Six. The land should neither be speculated upon for private gain nor encouraged to be gentrified.

5. The District Six Beneficiary Trust has always been acknowledged as a key body of representatives for the community of District Six. It was on that basis that they were a partner and signatory to original settlement agreement of District Six. The Trust were given the role of Developer from inception and subsequently were responsible for the development of Pilot Phase 1 and Phase 2 of District Six between 2002 and 2012.

In 2012 the full group of verified claimants in a meeting with the then Minister, addressed concerns and grievances to the Minister regarding the issues of progress and representation. The Minister at the time acceded to these concerns and allowed for the election of nominated claimant representatives to deal with the Department on matters pertaining to the development of the remaining phases. The members of District Beneficiary Trust were encouraged to participate in that elective process but chose not to. The body of representatives who were nominated and elected by the claimants themselves became the District Six Reference Group (RG), whom the Department has since dealt with as representatives of the verified claimants on matters pertaining to the design of the future phases.

The Minister in her tenure has always tried to consult with all the community groupings in District Six – of whom there are many - from the onset and will continue to encourage their participation in the redevelopment process.

Reply:

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

WRITTEN REPLY

(1)(a) The Commission filed the Notice of Referral as ordered by the Court. All interested and affected parties have been served. We are awaiting the Legal Representatives for the claimants /plaintiffs and owner defendants to proceed. The Commission arranged Legal Representation for the claimants in terms of section 29(4) of the Restitution of Land Rights Act, 1994.

(b) The land claim in question is pending in court. This claim was lodged with the Commission on Restitution of Land Rights on behalf of Molekwa Sekungwe Community before the cut-off date of the 31st December 1998. The claim was referred to court for the reason that the landowner is challenging validity of the claim on farm Vluchtkraal 38 KR.

2. No, the matter is pending in court.

3. No, the matter is pending in court.

Reply:

1) The omission of the Spatial Data Infrastructure Act (Act 54 of 2003) in the Annual Performance Plan (APP), was due to an administrative oversight and will be rectified in the revision of the APP of the Department for 2022/23. Although the SDI Act is omitted in the APP, its implementation is underway with the Committee for Spatial Information appointed and the Electronic Metadata Catalogue developed in the current financial year.

2) The Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development has appointed the Committee for Spatial Information (CSI) on 8 August 2021.

3) Yes. The Minister has appointed the CSI and she is well informed about the importance of the CSI including the functions performed by the CSI in relation to the processing of applications for spatial data.

4) Funding allocated for 2021-2022 for the implementation of the SDI Act is R7million. The CSI will hold a strategic planning session to determine the activities and the cost of operationalising the CSI. The Department will then fund the priorities as outlined on the strategic plan of the CSI.

5) The Department is in the process of developing a service delivery model to support the full implementation of the SDI Act, which includes support to data custodians. The CSI strategic planning session will guide the Department terms of establishing a functional national spatial data Infrastructure which will contribute positively to spatial transformation.

Reply:

The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development does not keep or maintain information on farms that were acquired during any period to act as buffer zones between the commercial farmers and the tribal areas.

Reply:

1. The forensic investigation into appointment and performance of the Implementing Agent called Agridelight has been instituted as part of the Section 100 intervention into the affairs of the North West Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. All Section 100 intervention forensic investigations in the North West are being supervised by the National Treasury. The National Treasury appointed firm for the investigation of Agridelight is still investigating in collaboration with the Directorate of Priority Crime Investigations (DPCI/Hawks) towards finalizing these investigations, which we are assured will be concluded soon. Agridelight has after a court order submitted a close out report which has been referred to National Treasury for analysis.

2. National Treasury, in consultation with the DCPCI is still busy with the report.

Reply:

Yes.

(a),(b),(c) Please refer to the table below.

Year	Programme	Amount R	Details
2015/16	Recapitalisation & Development	64 974 477	Support to small scale farmers during drought
	Proactive Land Allocation Strategy (PLAS)	6 025 523	Support to PLAS farmers affected by drought
		3 550 000	Management fee
2018/19	Rural Enterprise & Industrial Development	96 089 280	Ratoon management
2019/2020	Restitution	18 096 000	Restitution farmers
	Rural Enterprise & Industrial Development	36 992 000	Ratoon management for small scale farmers
2020/21	Rural Infrastructure Development	20 937 010	Rebuilding & operationalisation of Mkhuze Rail siding
Total	R246 664 290.00

2. Yes.

a) The Department has an MoU signed on 02 March 2016, as well as a Service Level Agreement also signed on 09 March 2016. The agreements are meant to have provided assistance to small scale farmers/ sugar cane growers with production inputs, as well as the utilisation of machinery, equipment, provision of farm infrastructure, training and mentorship.

b) The Provincial offices of the Department are responsible for monitoring the implementation.

3. Yes. Please refer to Annexures A and B. available on request.

Reply:

Yes.

a) 365.3609 hectares.

b) The Payne and Qelana communities.

c) Crops production and grazing.

Reply:

1. (a) The size of Erf 292 Butterworth in the Mnquma Local Municipality is 595 m2

(b) No. The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) does not have a lease agreement with anyone on Erf 292.

(c) Falls away.

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

3. Yes.

• a) The total amount of R 11 134.64 is in arrears.
• b) The invoice indicated that the outstanding amount is for April 2021.
• c) The outstanding amount will be paid as soon as an engagement between DALRRD, Provincial Department of Public Works and the Municipality had reached an agreement.

Reply:

1. (a)The total number of veterinarians in the Eastern Cape is 34.

(b) (i) The vacancies is 12, which gives us a current vacancy rate of 26 %.

(ii) The intended date to fill the vacant positions is 1 August 2021.

2. Livestock census as per National livestock statistics are as follows:

Cattle = 3 050 m which is equivalent to 3.050 m LSU

Sheep = 6 513 m which is equivalent to 1.085 m LSU

Goats = 1 991 m which is equivalent to 0.331 m LSU

Therefore, total Live Stock Unit (LSU) = 4.466 million which is equivalent to 131 352 LSU per veterinarian. The international norm is 100 000 LSU per veterinarian. (SOUTH AFRICAN VETERINARY STRATEGY (2016-2026, p26: FAO). There are therefore fewer veterinarians per livestock unit than desired.

3. Compulsory Community Service for Veterinarians is a National driven program, which is implemented in all provinces including the Eastern Cape. For 2021/2022 financial year, the Eastern Cape has been allocated 22 CCS veterinarians. These have been distributed to the six (06) districts of the Eastern Cape.

4. (a) Prevailing animal diseases during the past financial year are Rabies and African Swine Fever.

(b) Awareness and vaccinations were carried out in areas with Rabies outbreaks. Awareness and surveillance were carried out in areas with African Swine Fever outbreak.

Reply:

Yes.

The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development has completed the Producer/Farmer Register. The report will be made available by end of July 2021.

Reply:

1. (a) Veterinary services in the Western Cape is a directorate headed by the Senior Manager (Director) who is a veterinarian and who reports directly to the Executive Manager (Chief Director) in the department. There are 23 (18 State veterinarians and 5 Managers (Veterinarians).

(b)(i) There are only four unfilled positions out of the twenty two positions for veterinarians. Please note that this response excluded the director position which would have made the positions for veterinarians 23. The vacancy rate is therefore 18.8%.

(ii) The Western Cape Province is considering filling the vacant positions by December 2021. The filling of these positions will be guided by government prescripts related to resource constraints.

2. The FAO recommends a ratio of 1 veterinarian per 100 000 livestock units, and using this norm would result in the province requiring 15 State Veterinarians to carry out disease control, laboratory diagnostics and veterinary public health, which are the minimal requirements for a basic service. Considering the historical figures of veterinary livestock units in the Western Cape, the available veterinarians per veterinary livestock units is below norm that is 12.

3. The Compulsory Community Service (CCS) programme for veterinarians is being implemented. A total of 17 CCS veterinarians have been allocated to the Western Cape Province and are deployed in the various districts.

4. (a) The following diseases were prevalent in the Western Cape during the past financial year:

• Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza;
• African Swine Fever ;
• African Horse Sickness and
• other day to day animal diseases.

(b) Whenever an animal disease outbreak occurs, relevant disease contingency plans are activated. Highly Pathogenic Avian influenza and African swine fever causes high mortalities in poultry and pigs respectively and are a serious threat to food security. Awareness campaigns are being conducted and improved surveillance for the diseases is implemented. African horse sickness is a disease of horses and other equines. It is a disease that is very trade sensitive and its occurrence leads to export restrictions.

Reply:

a) Since 1 January 2014 till 31 March 2021 the land development support grants were received by a total of 1664 beneficiaries across three different programs as reflect in attached Annexures A: Recapitalisation and Development Programme (RADP) projects; B: 1House Hold 1 Hectare (1HH1H) projects and C: Land Development Support projects.

b) (i) Please refer Annexures A, B and C.

(ii) The monitoring of the specified funds for the implementation of projects is done at different levels. The first level is at operational, which is at the Province through our Provincial Shared Service Centres (PSSCs), and lastly at programme level in national office.

When it comes to evaluation, the responsibility in the Department lies with the Monitoring and Evaluation Unit, which is independent from the implementing unit. However, this function is not only limited to this unit, it also happens through Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) and Public Service Commission (PSC), in some instances done by non-government organisations and institutions of higher learning.

Reply:

Yes.

(a)(i),(ii) Please refer to the table below.

(i) Name of Consultant	(ii) Business of each consulting firm	Spent since 01 January 2019 to 31 May 2021
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL	Research And Advisory Services	R83,575,461
DATA WORLD	Research And Advisory Services	R33,245,315
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL	Implementation Of Kaonafatso Ya Dikgomo Scheme	R25,000,000
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL	Survey On Available Turfs In Provinces	R24,201,000
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL	Project Management	R16,967,000
J Maynard Pty Ltd	Project Management	R16,558,295
FEM PLAN	Project Management, Planning, Feasibilty And Detail Design And Cost Estimation	R16,087,482
THE DECIDUOUS FRUIT PRODUCERS' TRUST	Research And Advisory Services	R15,203,000
THE DECIDUOUS FRUIT PRODUCERS' TRUST	Research And Advisory Services	R14,410,000
UNDP Representative SA	Research	R13,174,000
NATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION	Valuations Advisory Services	R11,618,400
SPATIAL INTELLIGENCE	Research And Advisory Services	R10,993,976
NATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION	Implementation Of Research And Technology Fund Projects	R10,968,600
SIZEYA CONSULTING ENGINEERS	Project Management	R10,370,729
ESRI SA	Advisory Consulting Services	R9,853,684
ENTSIKA CONSULTING SERVICES	Project Management	R8,751,903
UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN	Project Management	R8,553,606
BOIKGANTSHO CONSULTING AND EVENTS	Financial Management	R8,252,250
SEMH AGRICULTURE, ENVIRONMENT, CONSULTING AND TRAI	Research And Advisory Services	R6,137,000
BOIKGANTSHO CONSULTING AND EVENTS	Training	R5,950,875
Moses Kotane -NW	Research	R5,608,118
Forestry South Africa	For South African Sirex Control Programme	R5,560,000
SMEC SA	Project Management	R5,533,882
ESRI SA	Advisory Consulting Services	R4,926,842
THUSO ENVIRO AND AGRIC DEVELOPMENT	Research And Advisory Services	R4,721,500
FEM PLAN	Project Management	R4,535,132
FEVERTREE CONSULTING	Project Management	R4,118,387
Urban Econ Development Economist	Research	R3,723,163
GABHISA PLANNING INVESTMENTS	Research And Advisory Services	R3,335,804
CADRE PLAN	Research And Advisory Services	R3,266,797
ENTERPRISES UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA	Research	R3,042,775
ERNST AND YOUNG ADVISORY SERVICES	Business And Advisory Services	R3,016,817
ILIFA AFRICA ENGINEERS	Project Management	R2,923,144
FEM PLAN	Research And Advisory Services	R2,830,040
DATA WORLD	Valuations Advisory Services	R2,787,600
MDAVANZI FOODS	Project Management	R2,693,221
DATA WORLD	Advisory Consulting Services	R2,619,355
MASWANA JV	Research And Advisory Services	R2,564,389
ORI PROFESSIONALS	Advisory Consulting Services	R2,552,241
UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA	Research And Advisory Services	R2,490,325
MVD KALAHARI	Research And Advisory Services	R2,414,713
NEMORANGO CONSULTING ENGINEERS	Project Management	R2,158,148
FEVERTREECONSULTING	Project Management	R2,153,574
BVI CONSULTING ENGINEERS KWAZULU-NATAL	Research And Advisory Services	R2,136,025
ARUP (USE D1649)	Research And Advisory Services	R2,118,292
CASNAN CIVILS	Project Management	R2,084,746
URBAN-ECON DEVELOPMENT ECONOMISTS	Research And Advisory Services	R2,082,273
UMBUSO TRAINING SERVICES	Research And Advisory Services	R2,013,650
WATER RESEARCH COMMISSION	Support Water Research Commission Projects In Water Management	R2,000,000
ELEMENT CONSULTING ENGINEERS	Research And Advisory Services	R1,925,064
THE SUPREME TRAINING ACADEMY	Research And Advisory Services	R1,880,500
ISIBUKO DEVELOPMENT PLANNERS	Advisory Consulting Services	R1,865,875
GFK CONSULTING ENGINEERS	Research And Advisory Services	R1,707,535
ENTERPRISES UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA	Research And Advisory Services	R1,674,842
ICT WORKS	Business And Advisory Services	R1,637,140
METROPLAN TOWN PLANNERS AND URBAN DESIGNERS	Research And Advisory Services	R1,610,000
TOKSEO	Research And Advisory Services	R1,560,629
Enterprise University Of Pretoria	Research	R1,552,270
KENA CONSULT	Research And Advisory Services	R1,550,000
AKANYA DEVELOPMENT SOLUTION	Valuations Advisory Services	R1,545,600
SETPLAN SETTLEMENT PLANNING SERV	Research And Advisory Services	R1,434,510
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL	Research And Advisory Services	R1,416,029
EVN AFRICA CONSULTING SERVICES	Research And Advisory Services	R1,368,149
TOWNSCAPE PLANNING SOLUTIONS	Research And Advisory Services	R1,321,925
PLANNING PARTNERS	Research And Advisory Services	R1,262,580
URBAN-ECON DEVELOPMENT ECONOMISTS	Project Management	R1,240,132
ISIBUKO DEVELOPMENT PLANNERS	Research And Advisory Services	R1,185,535
TSITELLO	Project Management	R1,183,474
FEMPLAN (PTY) LTD	Project Management	R1,111,337
EVN AFRICA CONSULTING SERVICES	Project Management	R1,044,552
Koma OO	Financial Management	R1,024,335
ZARON BUSINESS SOLUTIONS	Research And Advisory Services	R958,260
POAD CONSULTING	Project Management	R937,252
PHUNGA CONSULTING ENGINEERS	Research And Advisory Services	R921,590
M AND M EXECUTIVE CONSULTING SERVICES	Research And Advisory Services	R890,790
ISIKHUNGO SETHU ENVIRONMENTAL SER	Advisory Consulting Services	R860,310
FEM PLAN	Advisory Consulting Services	R850,865
MAYECON CONSULTING	Research And Advisory Services	R780,840
ELECTIONS FACILITATORS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA	Election Facilitators	R760,605
RAIN CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS	Financial Management	R755,741
TPS DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS	Research And Advisory Services	R750,000
MACHAKA NC	Project Management	R714,604
DR JOHN LANGALIBALELE DUBE INSTITUTE	Research And Advisory Services	R660,000
ICT WORKS	Advisory Consulting Services	R654,856
Stellenbsoch University	Project Management	R623,213
MOILWA AND SONS RESOURCES	Project Management	R602,590
MASWANA INVESTMENT HOLDINGS	Advisory Consulting Services	R593,400
PLAN ASSOCIATES DEVELOPMENT PLANNERS	Research And Advisory Services	R586,475
URBAN DYNAMICS (FREE STATE)	Research And Advisory Services	R574,706
Rukuni M	Research	R537,385
MANEKWANE BUSINESS ENTERPRISE	Research And Advisory Services	R522,199
Chirwa P	Financial Management	R512,672
DELTA BUILT ENVIRONMENT CONS	Research And Advisory Services	R502,755
SK Development Research & Training	Research	R498,300
NOLINDELA TRADING ENTERPRISE	Project Management	R493,800
DIGES GROUP	Project Management	R479,218
MAXIM PLANNING SOLUTIONS	Research And Advisory Services	R475,000
MVD KALAHARI STADS-EN STREEKBEPLANNERS EN AANVERWA	Advisory Consulting Services	R446,637
GABHISA PLANNING INVESTMENTS	Research	R442,952
PLAN ASSOCIATES TOWN & REGIONAL	Advisory Consulting Services	R434,599
COASTAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES	Enviromental Advisory Services	R433,076
MASWANA JV	Advisory Consulting Services	R432,354
PROJECTS ET AL HOLDINGS	Research And Advisory Services	R422,270
JG AFRIKA	Research And Advisory Services	R420,809
ALMENTA 203	Research And Advisory Services	R415,000
LADUMA TAPP	Advisory Consulting Services	R415,000
G-SQUARED SHEQ SOLUTIONS	Research And Advisory Services	R402,662
TOWNSCAPE PLANNING SOLUTIONS	Advisory Consulting Services	R400,775
Exclaim Innovations	Research	R393,913
EVN AFRICA CONSULTING SERVICE	Research And Advisory Services	R389,233
ENGINEERING ACES	Project Management	R385,006
Klein Inc	Research	R384,000
CUBIC TRADING	Research And Advisory Services	R374,063
PEGASYS STRATEGY AND DEVELOPMENT	Project Management	R365,096
IMPERATRIX	Research And Advisory Services	R350,000
KGOKAGANO TRADING	Research And Advisory Services	R346,481
DIKGABO CONSULTING ENGINEERS	Research And Advisory Services	R340,000
WEKNOW CONSULTANTS	Project Management	R329,902
UMBUSO TRAINING SERVICES	Project Management	R326,363
JST MANAGEMENT SERVICES	Research And Advisory Services	R320,850
PHAKAMA TRADING ENTERPRISES	Research And Advisory Services	R318,874
DUMAKUDE PROJECTS	Research And Advisory Services	R311,703
AGNOWIZ	Research And Advisory Services	R302,945
AES CONSULTING	Project Management	R272,252
SOUTH AFRICAN ONLINE INFORMATION SERVICES	Research And Advisory Services	R271,264
ZARON BUSINESS SOLUTIONS	Advisory Consulting Services	R265,000
FORT HARE TRADING SOLUTIONS	Research And Advisory Services	R259,767
INFRA CONSULT ENGINEERING	Project Management	R257,566
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL	Determining Infestation Of The Oriental Fruit Fly In Litchi, Mango And Guava	R245,000
ROYAL HASKONING DHV	Research And Advisory Services	R243,099
ASIKA CONSULTING	Research And Advisory Services	R240,030
ELECTIONS FACILITATORS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA	Election Facilitators	R234,979
ISIKHUNGO SETHU ENVIRONMENTAL SER	Research And Advisory Services	R234,630
MARIA MAGDALENA STEYN	Valuations Advisory Services	R234,198
MACHAKA NC	Research	R225,217
MVD KALAHARI	Advisory Consulting Services	R224,963
JOINTSHELF 1183	Research And Advisory Services	R222,600
PHAPHAMA RESOURCES	Research And Advisory Services	R222,340
MASWANA INVESTMENT HOLDINGS	Advisory Consulting Services	R220,800
UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA	Project Management	R216,224
KHANYAICDD	Research And Advisory Services	R215,767
MAHLAGA INDUSTRIAL STRATEGISTS	Research And Advisory Services	R215,680
Mahlanga Industrial Strategist	Research	R215,680
Hydrid Innovation Solution	Organisational	R210,359
WORLEYPARSONS RSA	Project Management	R208,474
DITSAMAI INVESTMENTS AND PROJECTS	Research And Advisory Services	R208,150
LINDON CONSULTING CORPORATION	Project Management	R193,260
NKWALI HOLDINGS	Research And Advisory Services	R193,010
PLANTAGO LANCEOLATA	Environmental Consulting Services	R189,917
Mkhize Attorneys	Research	R187,671
FEVERTREECONSULTING	Project Management	R183,811
P W A RHEEDER PROFESSIONELE LANDMETERS	Land Surveyors	R178,676
AUTUMN RIDGE TRADING 29	Research And Advisory Services	R178,250
PHUHLISANI	Research And Advisory Services	R172,110
UNIVERSITY OF VENDA	Research And Advisory Services	R167,423
K 2M TECHNOLOGIES	Advisory Consulting Services	R164,450
WACO AFRICA PTY LTD	Project Management	R158,999
IDI TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS	Research And Advisory Services	R150,527
MVD KALAHARI STADS-EN STREEKBEPLANNERS EN AANVERWA	Research And Advisory Services	R148,879
SET SECONDMENTS	Research And Advisory Services	R130,479
SA QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY	Qualification Verification	R127,470
Khumalo MHO	Risk And Complaince Co	R124,760
Chirwa	Financial Management	R121,183
P W A RHEEDER PROFESSIONELE LANDMETERS	Valuations Advisory Services	R116,495
CADRE	Research And Advisory Services	R111,127
ACUTE CONSULTING	Project Management	R104,340
BVI CONSULTING ENGINEERS	Research And Advisory Services	R102,941
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL	Research And Advisory Services	R100,000
BLUE UNICORN	Research And Advisory Services	R99,670
UBUQOTHO INTEGRITY INSTITUTE	Research And Advisory Services	R98,866
K O R CONSULTING	Consulting And Advisory Services	R96,000
A AND SONS PROPERTY GROUP	Valuations Advisory Services	R95,450
UPTURN CONSULTING	Research And Advisory Services	R94,500
KBS BUSINESS CONSULTANTS	Project Management	R91,000
URBAN DYNAMICS	Business And Advisory Services	R89,332
URBAN DYNAMICS	Advisory Consulting Services	R89,332
COASTAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES	Advisory Consulting Services	R89,112
PLAN ASSOCIATES DEVELOPMENT PLANNERS	Advisory Consulting Services	R87,500
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT PLANNING CONSULTANTS	Research And Advisory Services	R84,565
MARBLESHARP 57	Valuations Advisory Services	R80,499
MB MABUZA LAND SURVEYORS	Monitoring And Evaluation	R77,611
Deeds Trading Account	Project Management	R75,958
K 2M TECHNOLOGIES	Advisory Consulting Services	R74,750
Raymond Mhlaba	Project Management	R74,733
Buthelezi BG	Risk And Complaince Co	R72,900
PLANTAGO LANCEOLATA	Consulting And Advisory Services	R71,219
LSB GROUP TRUST	Valuations Advisory Services	R70,992
Mavivate Attorney Incorporated	Project Management	R70,388
ZITHOLELE CONSULTING	Project Management	R70,161
BIGEN AFRICA SERVICES	Project Management	R61,122
SPECTRUM VALUATIONS AND ASSET SOLUTIONS	Valuations Advisory Services	R60,013
OMNIVAL VALUATIONS	Valuations Advisory Services	R58,150
TSHANI CONSULTING	Advisory Consulting Services	R55,128
SINFRA INVESTMENTS 344	Valuations Advisory Services	R52,697
WORLEYPARSONS RSA	Advisory Consulting Services	R52,283
KUFUMA DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS	Monitoring And Evaluation	R50,520
Moeeng TG	Risk And Complaince Co	R48,600
Reatswela Travel & Tours	Risk And Complaince Co	R48,600
Pro Active Public Service College	Project Management	R47,800
LAND REFORM INSTITUTION OF SOUTH AFRICA	Research And Advisory Services	R46,050
Mhlongo AN	Committees Membership	R46,016
WORK DYNAMICS	Research And Advisory Services	R46,000
DDP VALUERS	Monitoring And Evaluation	R45,564
Randall TL	Committees Membership	R42,752
KIMOPAX	Project Management	R42,520
Tasokodibane MJ	Rcc Chairperson	R39,364
AFRICOST JBFE PROJECT MANAGERS	Research And Advisory Services	R39,336
URBAN DYNAMICS	Research And Advisory Services	R38,859
Randall TL	Plant Production	R38,207
MANAGED INTEGRITY EVALUATION	Background Screening And Vetting	R37,512
NATIONAL PRIVATE SPECIFICATIONS	Research	R35,098
Randall TL	Risk And Complaince Co	R33,297
Managed Integrated Evaluation PTY LTD	Conduct Criminal Checks And Id Verifications	R31,212
CHELETE KE MOLLO	Research And Advisory Services	R25,800
KANYISA PROPERTY AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES	Valuations Advisory Services	R25,300
April H	Risk And Complaince Co	R24,300
MBB CONSULTING SERVICES	Research And Advisory Services	R23,666
SINFRA INVESTMENTS 345	Monitoring And Evaluation	R21,912
KANYISA PROPERTY AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES	Monitoring And Evaluation	R21,620
SPECTRUM VALUATIONS & ASSET SOL	Monitoring And Evaluation	R21,620
Thupane MJJ	Risk And Complaince Co	R19,440
SPECTRUM VALUATIONS & ASSET SOL	Valuations Advisory Services	R16,330
ZWAHULI VALUERS	Valuations Advisory Services	R16,180
DDP VALUATION AND ADVISORY SERVICES	Valuations Advisory Services	R16,174
INTELLIFRA HOLDINGS	Monitoring And Evaluation	R15,750
MOOKODI VALUERS	Valuations Advisory Services	R14,950
MILLS FITCHET AFRICA	Valuations Advisory Services	R14,835
MOHOHLO ATTORNEYS	Research And Advisory Services	R14,296
KHOTHULE	DLR Committee Membership	R13,686
WSP ENVIROMENTAL	Project Management	R13,398
ZWAHULI VALUERS	Valuations Advisory Services	R13,200
ONSITE INSIGHT CONFERENCING SOLUTIONS	Conferencing Solutions	R12,914
RAMOHOLI	DLR Committee Membership	R11,262
Randall TL	Member Of Risk And Compliance Co	R10,404
JACK AMOUR	DLR Committee Membership	R9,920
Makofane LJ	DAMC Committee Membership	R9,920
Maisela SJ	DAMC Committee Membership	R9,870
Sefoloshe PJ	DAMC Committee Membership	R9,870
RAMOHOLI	DLR Committee Membership	R9,385
Lodi NB	DAMC Committee Membership	R7,990
CAMPA M	Research And Advisory Services	R7,521
I.M KORDOM	DLR Committee Membership	R7,508
I.N THOBEDI	DLR Committee Membership	R7,508
L.S MARCH	DLR Committee Membership	R7,508
KWARENGE LANGUAGE SOLUTIONS	Translations And Transcriptions	R7,200
Monakedi AL	DAMC Committee Membership	R6,580
Jansen Van Rensburg K	Board And/Or Committees Membership	R6,318
EMAH SELEPE	Household Profiling	R6,300
EVODIA MAFATLE	Household Profiling	R6,300
KAGISO MARUMO	Household Profiling	R6,300
KOPA NEO	Household Profiling	R6,300
MIYA ALENA	Household Profiling	R6,300
MM NHLAPO	Household Profiling	R6,300
MOKOENA PALESA	Household Profiling	R6,300
MSIBI NHLAKANI	Household Profiling	R6,300
N NKOSINKULU	Household Profiling	R6,300
PAT SELEPE	Household Profiling	R6,300
SHEZI N	Household Profiling	R6,300
SIBEKO JONNY	Household Profiling	R6,300
SIBEKO SESI	Household Profiling	R6,300
TM MOLOI	Household Profiling	R6,300
TWALA MD	Household Profiling	R6,300
DHLAMINI SA	Household Profiling	R6,300
EM SELEPE	Household Profiling	R6,300
KUBHEKA SC	Household Profiling	R6,300
MAKHUBO NP	Household Profiling	R6,300
MALINGA PP	Household Profiling	R6,300
MOKOENA MOSIWA	Household Profiling	R6,300
MOKOENA NT	Household Profiling	R6,300
MOLOI BELINA	Household Profiling	R6,300
MORAJANE PINKI	Household Profiling	R6,300
MORAJANE TJ	Household Profiling	R6,300
MPHUTHI NL	Household Profiling	R6,300
NDABA PRECIOUS	Household Profiling	R6,300
NKABINDE SIFISO	Household Profiling	R6,300
PL MGABHI	Household Profiling	R6,300
POPPIE MKHONZA	Household Profiling	R6,300
RADEBE NE	Household Profiling	R6,300
RADEBE NG	Household Profiling	R6,300
SELEPE LEHLOHO	Household Profiling	R6,300
SELEPE THABO	Household Profiling	R6,300
SHEZI NP	Household Profiling	R6,300
SV SHEZI	Household Profiling	R6,300
TD MOKOENA	Household Profiling	R6,300
TJ MOSIKILI	Household Profiling	R6,300
TM KHUMALO	Household Profiling	R6,300
TSHABALALA DUDU	Household Profiling	R6,300
SIBEKO NP	Household Profiling	R5,950
Nyelisani PR	DAMC Committee Membership	R5,875
MOUTLOATSI SETLOGELO	DLR Committee Membership	R5,631
RADEBE J	Household Profiling	R5,600
Dokolwana Z	Research And Advisory Services	R4,900
DR SELEPE	Household Profiling	R4,900
MPIKA N	Household Profiling	R4,900
Myoywane MF	Household Profiling	R4,900
Ndesi BE	Household Profiling	R4,900
Ntabankulu X	Household Profiling	R4,900
Ranuga N	Household Profiling	R4,900
Sanguqu N	Household Profiling	R4,900
Sinxutu NE	Household Profiling	R4,900
Tshotyana NF	Household Profiling	R4,900
Vunda N	Household Profiling	R4,900
Ralepelle ME	DAMC Committee Membership	R4,720
PLAN ASSOCIATES TOWN & REGIONAL	Research And Advisory Services	R4,575
SR SELEPE	Household Profiling	R4,550
YABELA CONSTRUCTION AND TRADING	Research And Advisory Services	R4,408
Mokgomole MR	DAMC Committee Membership	R4,280
Ahrens GHF	DAMC Committee Membership	R4,220
MONARENG AM	Household Profiling	R4,200
XP KUBHEKA	Household Profiling	R4,200
Xaba SDM	DAMC Committee Membership	R3,510
Mabundadza FV	DAMC Committee Membership	R3,055
Mtsweni ZP	DAMC Committee Membership	R2,820
South African Qualifications Authority	Verifying Of Qualification	R2,635
Mulaudzi NE	DAMC Committee Membership	R2,145
Mabunda AP	DAMC Committee Membership	R1,950
Mpye J	DAMC Committee Membership	R1,886
Motaung G	DAMC Committee Membership	R1,714
SELEOANE	DAMC Committee Membership	R1,560
Chakache CD	DAMC Committee Membership	R1,558
Chisale -Elniemua MM	DAMC Committee Membership	R1,558
Deelie JJ	DAMC Committee Membership	R1,558
Kgampe MS	DAMC Committee Membership	R1,558
Khumalo JEK	DAMC Committee Membership	R1,558
Khunou LM	DAMC Committee Membership	R1,558
Kokota BS	DAMC Committee Membership	R1,558
Matsoga JM	DAMC Committee Membership	R1,558
Mosia MP	DAMC Committee Membership	R1,558
Robela MA	DAMC Committee Membership	R1,558
Sekobane MM	DAMC Committee Membership	R1,558
Thebe AH	DAMC Committee Membership	R1,558
Tshabalala SM	DAMC Committee Membership	R1,558
Nukeri	DAMC Committee Membership	R1,170
BEEF	DAMC Committee Membership	R944
BEEF WILLIE	DAMC Committee Membership	R944
HOSEA GAETSEWE	DAMC Committee Membership	R856
GAETSEWE	DAMC Committee Membership	R856
GAONGALELWE MOROKA	DAMC Committee Membership	R780
MASESE MOILWA	DAMC Committee Membership	R780
MODISE PHOLOANYANE	DAMC Committee Membership	R780
POO	DAMC Committee Membership	R780
BELEM THOMAS	DAMC Committee Membership	R780
CHANTELE BRUYN	DAMC Committee Membership	R780
DE BRYUN	DAMC Committee Membership	R780
KEFUWE POO	DAMC Committee Membership	R780
KODISANG	DAMC Committee Membership	R780
LENTORO	DAMC Committee Membership	R780
MABE	DAMC Committee Membership	R780
MALEHO KODISANG	DAMC Committee Membership	R780
MOFOTI	DAMC Committee Membership	R780
NKOE	DAMC Committee Membership	R780
PHOLOANYANE	DAMC Committee Membership	R780
PORTIA NK0E	DAMC Committee Membership	R780
RAYMOND JANSEN	DAMC Committee Membership	R780
TAUNYANE	DAMC Committee Membership	R780
ENTERPRISES UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA	Econometric And Economic Modelling Services, Partnering And Capacity Buildings	R746
Nghatsane LO	DAMC Committee Membership	R585
TEBOHO MACHAKELA	DAMC Committee Membership	R472
MABOTE BODULO	DAMC Committee Membership	R428
LAURETTE PHOOKO	DAMC Committee Membership	R390
LEBAKENG MOLEBELED	DAMC Committee Membership	R390
MATSHEDISO MORAKE	DAMC Committee Membership	R390
MITA MOLEMA	DAMC Committee Membership	R390
MMASENYA LEKAUTA	DAMC Committee Membership	R390
MOJALEFA KOTOPE	DAMC Committee Membership	R390
THEMBEKA HLEKO	DAMC Committee Membership	R390
TSOKOLO TELEKOA	DAMC Committee Membership	R390
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL	Research And Advisory Services	R358
Grand Total		R513,812,873

(b)(i),(ii) Please refer to the table below.

Consultants Items	(i) Budget	(ii) Expenditure	Variance
Board and Committees	R13,681,855	R13,681,855	-
Financial Management Consulting	R2,413,931	R2,413,931	-
Organisational Development	R5,519,172	R5,519,172	-
Project Management	R140,755,529	R140,755,529	-
Qualification Verification	R175,786	R175,698	R88
Research and Development	R345,323,164	R332,891,510	R12,431,654
Translations and Transcriptions	R16,396	R16,396	-
Valuation Services	R18,358,782	R18,358,782	-
Grand Total	R526,244,616	R513,812,873	R12,431,742

 

Reply:

Since the fall of the heavy rains and the cyclone Eloise, provinces reprioritised their equitable share and conditional grants in order to address the damages incurred by farmers. Mpumalanga made available an amount of R8 270 000.00, Free State R1 200 000.00 and Northern Cape R1 500 000.00. North West catered for the affected farmers in the 2021/22 Fetsa Tlala programme to be assisted with seeds. The intervention is provided through provision of seeds, crop seedlings and soil rehabilitation to support the affected farmers. Continuous monitoring is done while early warning information and advisories are being disseminated on a daily basis.

Reply:

1. (a) Veterinary services in the Northern Cape is a directorate headed by the Senior Manager (Director) who is a veterinarian and who reports directly to the Executive Manager (Chief Director) in the department. There are 7 state veterinary offices spread throughout the province and each state veterinary office have service centres in their areas that the Animal Health Technicians operate from. The number of veterinarians in the province is 9 and this number includes the Chief Director, Director and 2 Deputy Directors.

POSITION	STATION	FILLED	VACANT
Chief Director: Agricultural Technical Support Services	Kimberley	1	0
Director: Veterinary Services	Kimberley	1	0
Deputy Director: Animal Health	Kimberley	0	1
Deputy Director: Veterinary Public Health & Export Control	Kimberley	1	0
Deputy Directory: Veterinary Laboratory & Epidemiology	Kimberley	1	0
State Veterinarian: Veterinary Laboratory	Kimberley	1	0
State Veterinarian: Export Control	De Aar	0	1
State Veterinarian: Animal Health	Kimberley	1	0
State Veterinarian: Animal Health	De Aar	1	0
State Veterinarian: Animal Health	Calvinia	1	0
State Veterinarian: Animal Health	Springbok	0	1
State Veterinarian: Animal Health	Upington	0	1
State Veterinarian: Animal Health	Kuruman	1	0
State Veterinarian: Animal Health	Mothibistad	0	1
Total		9	5

(b)(i) current vacancy rate is about 36%

(ii) There is a moratorium currently in place on the filing of vacant posts due to the financial constraints put on the departmental budget by the Covid

19 pandemic.

2. The FAO recommends a ratio of 1 veterinarian per 100 000 livestock units, and using this norm would result in the province requiring 16 State Veterinarians to carry out disease control, laboratory diagnostics and veterinary public health, which are the minimal requirements for a basic service.

3. The Compulsory Community Service (CCS) programme was finally rolled out in the Northern Cape province in 2016 with the number of CCS veterinarians increasing steadily from 4 to the current number of 7. This year, the CCS veterinarians only started on 1 March 2021 due to the disruption of the academic year caused by Covid 19 pandemic. The MEC, Mase Manopole welcomed the seven (7) newly qualified Veterinarians to the Department under the Compulsory Community Service (CCS) program. The areas that benefits from this programme include Kuruman (2), Kimberley (2), Prieska (1), Veterinary Laboratory (1) and Upington (1). These 7 placements significantly increased access to Veterinary Services in the province, increasing the number of field Animal Health Veterinarians from 4 to 10. The livestock farmers in the rural communities have welcomed the move by government to introduce the CCS programme to speed up rural animal health care.

4. No major disease of economic importance was recorded in the last 4 years. The Northern Cape Province received above normal rainfall that favoured the breeding of mosquitoes which are responsible for the transmission of Rift Valley Fever disease (RVF), African Horse Sickness, Lumpy Skin Disease, Bluetongue etc. The MEC for Agriculture, Environmental Affairs, Rural Development and Land Reform, Ms Mase Manopole was on an awareness drive, forewarning all farmers to vaccinate their cattle, sheep and goats against RVF before the peak of mosquitoes around March and April. The MEC also advised farmers to get vaccines from the cooperatives in the province and encouraged them not to eat dead animals and should always wear protective clothing when handling aborted foetuses.

Rabies remains prevalent in wildlife and to support this phenomenon, the provinces recorded a number of rabies cases with only one human case. Fortunately, the victim was successfully enrolled on a full course of post exposure rabies prophylaxis. 5153 pets were vaccinated during the World Rabies awareness period in the province.

Sheep scab has been reported in areas where farming with sheep is dominant. Sheep scab is traditionally most prevalent during the second and third quarter of the year and 2020 was no exception. All the confirmations were done by the Kimberley Veterinary laboratory, which is the only government laboratory that is accredited to do sheep scab testing. All the outbreaks were handled as per the protocol.

Reply:

1. Please refer to Annexure A.

2. Please refer to Annexure A. For the 2021/22 financial year it is work in progress.

(a) Falls away.

(b) Please refer to Annexure A. Local communities are mobilized to go and get registered as beneficiaries at the respective FPSU’s.

Reply:

a) The major production areas for cotton in South Africa are Kwa-Zulu Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape and North-West Provinces. The 2020/21 cotton crop is just over 80 000 lint bales for April 2021, which is considerably lower compared to the 2019/20 of 134 230 lint bales. This is largely because some cotton farmers have switched to food crops because of relatively good prices and the lateness of the marketing of the previous season’s crop that contributed to a contraction in planted area. In certain production regions, excessive wet and adverse conditions during planting season led to scaling down of number of hectares for cotton. Therefore, the 2020/21 cotton plantings are considerably lower compared to the previous season, which led to lower cotton crop volumes. The table below is an illustration of the status of cotton in the country.

 

Production	2021/21 estimate	2019/20 estimate
Hectares irrigated	5 836	11 543
Hectares dryland	11 122	16 132
Total ha	16 958	27 675
Yield: seed cotton kg per ha
Yield irrigated	4 542	4 393
Yield dryland	1 577	1 206
Total production of 200kg lint bales	80 235	134 230

b) South Africa is known for producing good quality cotton despite many challenges it is facing. It is true that the increase in volumes of imported cotton threatens the viability and sustainability of the cotton industry in South Africa. Government and stakeholders in the cotton sector established the Sustainable Cotton Cluster (SCC) in June 2014 led by the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition. The SCC connects the entire cotton value chain under one umbrella: farmers, gins, yarn manufacturers, weavers and knitters, dyers, finishing plants and retailers. In the six years it’s been in operation, cotton production and processing has increased 800% and almost 50,000 jobs have been created or maintained in the cotton sector.

The outbreak of Covid 19 had a negative impact on this good initiative. During the lockdown harvesting and processing continued, but exports were suspended, striking a severe blow to the sector. Since then, export restrictions have been lifted, but global demand for cotton is decreasing and so are global prices. With around 80% of locally produced cotton being exported, this has significant implications for the sector. At the same time, severe financial strain on retailers is adding pressure. One of the main purposes of the SCC is to increase consumption of cotton by local retailers, aiming to increase local procurement from the pre-Covid average of 45% to 63% by 2030. Government is positive that by addressing the challenges, growth could be restored in 2021/22 and beyond.

Reply:

(1) (a) South Africa fluctuates between being a net exporter or importer of beef. Drought and FMD outbreaks are the major factors that contributes to the direction of beef import or export. The country currently produces 1 081 900 tons and consumes about 1 065, 000 tons of beef per year. It is currently a net exporter of beef, with only 3 000 tons imported in 2019/2020. The country exported 37 000 tons in the same period. South Africa consumes just over 97% of the beef that is produced locally and only about 3% from the imports.

1 (b) From which countries is the beef imported;

In the past 12 months live animals were imported mainly from Botswana & Namibia for feedlots. In that period 383,400 live animals were imported from these countries. Beef cuts that were either frozen or fresh were imported from the following countries:

• Botswana

• Lesotho

• Namibia

• Swaziland

• Australia

• New Zealand

• France

• Germany

• Republic of Ireland

• Spain

• Switzerland

• the United Kingdom

• the USA

• Argentina

• Brazil and

• Uruguay.

2. The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) is implementing Beef Recording and Improvement Schemes including the transformative Kaonofatso Ya Dikgomo scheme, that tracks performance of the individual beef animals farmed in South Africa under stud and commercial farming. The scheme also focuses on getting a beef farmer to be on a continuous improvement path through training and linkages with good markets. DALRRD also strategically included beef farming support on all funding scheme i.e. CASP; Ilema/Letsema; Blended funding and the Jobs Fund. DALRRD is in the advance stage of implementing the Livestock Identification and Traceability system which will help with health control and market access and thus improved productivity and profitability of the sector.

Reply:

(1) Although agriculture was declared as essential service, smallholder production activities were negatively affected in the sector as they struggled to access their fields during initial lockdown period. There were post-harvest losses because of agro-logistics challenges experienced by farmers. Many smallholder farmers experienced loss of income and were also unable to prepare for the next planting season. There were reduced availability and access to extension services particularly during levels 5 and 4 of lockdown. There were other challenges such as:

• Closure of input dealerships and temporary hike in input prices in the first two months of lockdown as well as challenges in travelling to purchase inputs due to movement restrictions during lockdown levels 4 and 5. This included the massive congestion at the Durban port as Cape Town was considered the epicenter of the pandemic from around April to end May/early June 2020
• Lack of transport/slow processing of permits impeded the ability of workers to get to work in the first months of the outbreak of the pandemic and the general misinterpretation of disaster management regulations by law enforcement agencies
• During levels 5 to 3 of lockdown, almost all types of informal markets where smallholder farmers supply their farm produce were closed, including those that trade in cooked / prepared food. Informal food traders were not allowed to operate during the hard lockdown without permit and distribution plans for the perishable foods already harvested); & even when they were eventually allowed to operate, the customer base was significantly reduced.

(2) Yes. The Department provided disaster-specific relief to farmers. The Minister of Agriculture of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development secured funding of R1.2 Billion to assist smallholder farmers during April and May 2020. The fund was able to assist about 14 400 distressed smallholder farmers due to COVID-19 pandemic. A further R1 billion was allocated to the Department from the Presidential Employment Stimulus Initiative (PESI) to assist about 74 626 subsistence farmers who were not considered for the R1.2 Billion COVID-19 Relief. The Department is still implementing the R1 billion PESI intervention through e-vouchers.

Reply:

(1)(a) Following the application to the Northern Cape High Court, in terms of case number 961/2019, by the Director General of the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD), and the order granted by the same court on 28 February 2020; Honey Attorneys were appointed as Judicial Administrator of the Richtersveld Communal Property Association (CPA). Mr Don Madjiet is a representative of Honey Attorneys and responsible for the day-to-day running of the CPA as per the Court Order.

(b) The terms of reference of the Judicial Administrator are as per the Court order of 28 February 2020 of case number 961/2019. The Administrator is required to exercise powers of the executive committee of the Richtersveld CPA and perform all functions assigned to him in terms of the said court order. The Judicial Administrator has developed a comprehensive workplan which has been approved. The details are specified in the court order. Please refer to Annexure A.

(c) The Judicial Administrator is appointed for a period of three (3) years from the date of the court order i.e. 28 February 2020 until 28 February 2023.

(d) The costs are determined as per the rates of the Land Rights Management Facility (LRMF). The rate of compensation depends on the experience of the appointed Administrator and the hours he spends doing activities relating to the work of the CPA. The minimum is R475.00 to a maximum of R750.00 per hour, and the minimum per day is R3 800.00 to a maximum of R6 000.00.

(2)(a) In 1998 the Richtersveld community lodged a claim against the Government for dispossession of land under the Restitution of Land Rights Acts 22 of 1994. Following protracted court proceedings, the Constitutional Court awarded the land and mineral rights to the community of the Richtersveld. The Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) and the then Department of Land Affairs represented the Government in the settlement negotiations. The Deed of Settlement (DoS) was signed on 22 April 2007. In order to protect the interests of the community, the DoS sought to create a very comprehensive structure of Trusts and Companies to house the interests of the Community. The DoS signed by the parties in 2007 directed that at least two (2) Trusts: Richtersveld Community Trust and Richtersveld Investment Trust) and eight (8) companies must be established to manage and operate the various business dealings of the Richtersveld Community Claim and one (1) Communal Property Association as a land-holding entity. DALRRD is responsible for the CPA as determined through Communal Property Association Act, 28 of 1996. The Department of Justice, as the custodian of the Trusts in terms of the Trust Property Control Act 57 of 1988, is responsible for the administration and management of Trusts.

(b) DALRRD does not have any figures relating to the total amount of funding that is currently in the Trust account. It should be noted that Trusts are independent legal entities. Trustees had to report to the CPA on its operation but such could not be obtained from the previous CPA committee. The administrators function is to facilitate that such reports are consolidated and made available when meetings are convened and reports tabled to the members of the CPA.

(c) The term of office of the trustees has expired and DALRRD will assist the community with the elections of all structures within Richtersveld, as instructed by the Administration court order of 28 February 2020.

(d) DALRRD does not have that information and will only be known once trustees have reported to CPA members and submitted a report to the Administrator.

(e) Unknown at this stage.

Reply:

1. No. The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development is not a shareholder in the business of Solms Delta.

a) The Department did not put the Solms-Delta farm under business rescue. The shareholders are the ones who resolved to put it under business rescue on 27 July 2017. Ms Timme (first BRP appointed) was subsequently replaced by Tayfin Forensic and Investigative Auditors on 01 November 2018), when the former applied to the high court to place the business under liquidation. In response to Ms Timme’s action, the beneficiaries themselves approached the Department for assistance and intervention. This led to an out of court settlement between, the interested parties, which resulted in the appointment of Tayfin Forensic and Investigative Auditors on 01 November 2018

b) The business rescue practitioners were Price Waterhouse Cooper (PWC), represented by Ms Alison Mary Timme and Tayfin Forensic and Investigative Auditors, represented by Mr Mahier Tayob. The former resigned following the out of court settlement.

c) The amount of R1 120 293.00 was paid to the business rescue practitioners since the farm was placed under business rescue.

2. Yes. If the Business Rescue Practitioner agrees.

(3)(a) The current position of the farm is that the business is operating, even though not at full capacity partly due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

b) The financial situation has not changed much and that is why there is a meeting of stakeholders scheduled for 18 May 2021 to try to resolve the challenges.

Reply:

a) Independent Trustees were appointed by the Master of the High Court Cape Town in 2018 and letters of authority were issued for these Trustees to finalise the verification of members of the Ndabeni Community Trust in collaboration with the Office of the Regional Land Claims Commission: Western Cape. The Trustees are assisted by a committee of six representatives appointed from the community and regular meetings are held by the parties to resolve all the outstanding issues.

b) We are unable to confirm the date envisaged for the claimants to have full use and benefit of the land as yet because negotiations with the City of Cape Town, the Commission, the Department and representatives of the unlawful occupiers are still on going.

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(1)(a),(b) Please refer to Annexure A.

(2)(a),(b),(c)(i),(ii) Yes. Please refer to Annexure A.

Reply:

Yes. The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) has the Commercialisation Strategy and the newly reviewed Blended Funding Scheme to support farmers.

(a)(i) These are a combination of grants and loan funding to support production.

(ii) The budget for commercialising small-scale farmers is a joint partnership between the Jobs Fund and the DALRRD wherein each partner contributed R300 million each totalling to R600 million. The Blended Funding Scheme is being implemented in partnership with Fund Managers including the IDC. DALRRD will make an annual contribution of R200 million towards the implementation of the BFS, which will be determined from time to time based on uptake and as per National Treasury approval.

(b) Over and above these interventions, DALRRD continues to provide effective agricultural support services to farmers through the Comprehensive Agricultural Support Programme (CASP) and Ilima/Letsema conditional grants. The support provided is intended to promote and facilitate agricultural development to all producers throughout the value chain for domestic use and export purposes. In support of agricultural production for the 2021/22 financial year a total amount of R1.4billion has been allocated for CASP and R597million allocated for Ilima/Letsema. DALRRD supports farmers with Extension Support Services inclusive of new technologies and one of the key extension approach towards market access is the Smallholder Horticulture Empowerment Programme (SHEP). Through this approach, farmers are encouraged to change their mindset from “grow and sell” for their products to “grow to sell” which boosts income levels of farmers. The Minister for Agriculture, Land Reform and all the nine Members of the Executive Committee (MECs) held a series of joint SHEP webinars from the 12th April starting with Mpumalanga and the last was held with Free State on the 6th of May 2021. DALRRD is also finalizing the draft policy on comprehensive producer development support which will be the overall national policy framework for the agriculture sector in South Africa and shall guide interventions (support) provided to the various categories of producers.

Reply:

Yes.

a) As of the 21 May 2021, the Deeds Registry: Pietermaritzburg has 7727 deeds awaiting transfer. Date of deeds examined: on Junior Examination: 4th and 5th May 2021 and on Senior Examination: 23rd and 24th April 2021.

b) The following measure are in place:

• Overtime was approved for Examination, Data and Scanning which is currently being done;
• Measures have been put in place to allow conveyancers to request expediting of all deeds that have been on the system for two weeks or longer where rates certificates will be expiring soon; and
• There are ongoing discussions with unions to try and address the rotational issues. 25% of examiners work on rotational basis.

Reply:

1. Yes. Section 42D was settled on the 12th of December 1999.

2. Yes. The CPA was regularized on the 30th of November 2019 and the following members of the Executive Committee of the Communal Property Association were elected:

1. Chairperson- Gobusamang Shole
2. Deputy Chairperson-Mothusiemang Moromane
3. Secretary- Sello Tatai
4. Deputy Secretary – Ntesang Makgeledisa
5. Treasurer – Salome Motsumi
6. Additional Members

• Desmond Manyapelo
• Asuf Mosenogi
• Gaopalelwe Tsatsimpe
• Mathews Mongale
• Oupakie Legwase
• Baby Makgeledise

3. Development grants to the value of R5 506 050.00 was approved; an amount of R57,336.00 was spent for the appointment of a Service Provider for capacity building for Putfontein CPA in 2005. The outstanding balance is R5 448 714,00.

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Reply:

a) A date cannot be determined because this claim is settled in phases with a total extent of the land claimed and accepted being 87175.8062. To date the office has settled 42824.4330 and transferred 40255.1375 to the Restitution beneficiaries registered at Borolong boo Maiketso CPA.

The Commission is still continuing to engage with the various stakeholders towards the finalisation of the claim. It is important to note that the outstanding hectares under claim are owned by multiple landowners and the office is settling outstanding portions based on progressive discussions with the various landowners.

b) Since the land restitution administrative process is dependent on those land owners who are willing to sell their properties for the settlement of the claim, and are not contesting the validity of the claim the process is delayed by those farmers who are contesting validity on the outstanding hectares due for settlement. Some of the parcels will be referred to the Land Claims Court in terms of section 14 of the Restitution Act for determination.

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Reply:

1. No.

(a)(i),(ii)(b),(c),(d) Falls away.

2. No.

(a),(b) Falls away.

Reply:

Yes.

a) One.

b) Pursuant to a claim by three communities in terms of the Restitution of Land Rights Act, 22 of 1994, a consent order was granted by the Land Claims Court that the state acquire 10 properties in the Mthonjaneni area pending the resolution of a dispute regarding the properties between the Mthonjaneni Community and the Toggkry Community. The properties were duly acquired by the department and are managed in terms of the State Land Lease and Disposal Policy. The South African Farmers Development Association (SAFDA) was appointed as caretaker of the properties, with the view to later appoint it as lessee pending the resolution of the above-mentioned dispute. The caretakership agreement with SAFDA was an interim measure to safeguard the properties and to ensure that farming operations continued on the properties. The Mthonjaneni Community Trust subsequently brought an application against the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development & 2 others (Case No LCC201/2013) seeking the following orders:

• That the Minister and the Commission on Restitution of Land Rights (the Commission) (the second respondent) immediately cease to harvest all crops on the relevant properties;
• That a joint committee between the Mthonjaneni Community Trust and the department be established to determine various service providers to undertake the harvest of the timber;
• That the Minister and the Commission ensure that an interest-bearing account is ringfenced for all funds generated by the lease or the farming operations; and
• In the alternative, that the Minister and the Commission are directed to ensure that all funds that are generated from the farming operations as at date of transfer must be held in an interest-bearing account.

The department successfully defended the application in the Land Claims Court and the judge dismissed the application of the Mthonjaneni Community Trust with each party to pay their own costs. The transfer of the properties from the state to the beneficiaries is currently in progress and a further consent order with time frames are being negotiated with Cox and Partners Attorneys.

Reply:

Yes. According to the provisions of the State land Lease and Disposal Policy as well as the Lease Contract, a lessee is eligible for a renewal of the lease agreement on state-owned land.

Reply:

The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) implemented the commando system which includes training and appointing locust contractors to control the locust outbreak. DALRRD provides these contractors with pesticides, protective clothing and spraying pumps for effective control of the locust outbreak before they reach the crop lands. In addition, DALRRD further appoints the aerial locust spraying contractors to assist within areas where the outbreak is out of control and un-accessible.

Reply:

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THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, LAND REFORM AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT:

1. (a) There are 09 Strategic Partnership that the Commission on Restitution of Land Rights (CRLR) is aware of, however we are unable to provide a comprehensive number as some partnership are facilitated directly by the claimants themselves without the involvement of the Commission.

(b)

CLAIMANTS/ BENEFICIARIES	STRATEGIC PARTNER
Riemvasmaak Claim – BONO	Bono Trust
Steinroof-hom – Establishment of the Schamboua CPA	Steinroof-Hom Partners
Khutso Naketsi Agri	NHP Pretorius
Nietverdiendt Game Farming Project involving four Bahurutshe Communities	Mike Engelzakis
Ebenhaeser Land Claim	VINPRO; STELLAR CELLARS; LUTZVILLE CELLARS; TYGER BRANDS; S.A.D (PEPSICO)
Emakhasaneni Community Trust	South African Farmers Development Association (SAFDA) and Manzini Estate
Ntembeni Community Trust	South African Farmers Development Association (SAFDA)
Ntembeni Royal House Community Trust	South African Farmers Development Association (SAFDA)
Isizwe sakwaDludla Community Trust	South African Farmers Development Association (SAFDA)

(2) There has not been a unit within the department that does assessment of strategic partners. However, in developing a fit-for-purpose structure a unit dealing with post-settlement support will undertake this task.

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THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, LAND REFORM AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT:

1. Thirty-one (31) “state” farms, which are located in Limpopo, Mpumalanga and North West are currently leased to mining companies.

1. The context to the second part of the question is that:

• • The existing mining leases are generally a combination of old order mining rights that were known as Mineral Leases or Notarial Lease of Mineral Rights, and surface leases that have since April 1994 been concluded in terms of the State Land Disposal Act, 1961, read together with the Interim Protection of Informal Land Rights Act, 1996.

• • The Mineral Leases or Notarial Lease of Mineral Rights were concluded in circumstances where there was no statutory requirement for consultation of people who utilise the land in the event of such land being earmarked for mining. The details of the people who were utilising the land or were entitled to utilise the land were therefore never collected at the time of the conclusion of the leases.

• • On the post April 1994 surface leases, neither the State Land Disposal Act nor the Interim Protection of Informal Rights Act require that the names and locations of the people who reside on the farms that are leased to mining companies should be collected. The Interim Protection of Informal Land Rights Act requires the decision to make land available for mining or any other form of land development to be taken by the majority of the holders of rights who are present or represented in a meeting that has been convened to take a resolution on that matter. This requirement implies that the list of people who attended a land rights holders resolution meeting must at least be recorded. This is consequently the only list that generally gets recorded at the time the land rights holders resolve to make the land available for mining or any other land development purpose.

• • The leased land also tends to be a common asset of large numbers of people that are spread over many villages. The necessity for recording personal information of all the people who occupy some components of leased land has just never been considered hence such information has never been collected.

Reply:

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THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, LAND REFORM AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT:

1. (a) R 9 640 943

1. Please refer to the table below:

Eastern Cape	Free State	Gauteng	KwaZulu Natal	Limpopo	Mpumalanga	North West	Northern Cape	Western Cape	Total
187	249	180	120	139	260	143	268	59	1 605

1. The Proactive land Acquisition Strategy bank account.

1. (a) Yes, the Agricultural Land Holding Account is administered by the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development.

1. No, in terms of clause 16, of the State Land Lease and Disposal policy. maintenance is a lessee responsibility

Reply:

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THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, LAND REFORM AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT:

The community referred to herein is Ncanywa Grain Crop Cooperative based in the Matatiele Local Municipality. The reasons for non-delivery of seeds and fertiliser to the smallholder farmers are that Ncanywa Grain Crop Cooperative did not apply for support in the 2020/21 cropping season. A different project by the name of Qhobosheaneng Maize Project applied and was approved for the 2020/21 cropping season for 15 ha of inputs under food security.

Qhobosheaneng Maize Project entered into an agreement to exchange the inputs with Ncanywa Grain Crop Cooperative without informing the Eastern Cape Department of Rural Development and Agrarian Reform (EC DRDAR). It became a challenge to implement this exchange, because the EC DRDAR was already in the phase of distributing inputs to beneficiaries that were approved initially. Ncanywa Grain Crop Cooperative did not form part of the EC DRDAR approved plans for inputs support as they had not applied for the 2020/21 cropping season.

The Department had an agreement with Qobosheaneng and the inputs were given to Qhobosheaneng Maize Project that formed part of the initial departmental plan. Ncanywa Grain Crop Agricultural Cooperative has applied for support in August 2020 which is the application process for the 2021/22 cropping season. The application will undergo all the relevant processes for approval.

Reply:

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THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, LAND REFORM AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT:

No. Whilst the change of land-use has in some instances resulted in the relocation of communal residents to alternative areas, such occurrences have not been largely attributed to the unilateral actions of traditional leaders and also have not been at such a scale as to warrant a study.

Reply:

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THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, LAND REFORM AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT:

(a)(i) The timelines for the establishment of the specified entity is within the next financial year, 2021/2022.

1. The entity will focus on assisting the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) in planning, financing and implementation of the projects such as land acquisition and allocation. The agency will also focus on the agricultural development and partnering with relevant public and private institutions.

 

1. This will be a co-ordinating agency for land and agricultural development and will therefore work with the department and all entities reporting to the department and all stakeholders playing a role in the sector.

Reply:

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THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, LAND REFORM AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT:

Barolong Boo Maiketso lodged a land claim on the 11th December 1998, on 7 (seven) farms with a total of 87175.8062 hectares. To date the Commission on Restitution of Land Rights has settled a total of 45984.3105 hectares (which is inclusive of 2569.2962 hectares settled with financial compensation in lieu as of the land which was not restorable) to Barolong Boo Maiketso.
 
The acquisition of additional land towards settlement of this land claim is dependent on some of the landowners who are not disputing validity of the claim for acquisition of those specific farms.

Secondly, there are landowners who are disputing the validity of the land claim.
 
Therefore, the Land claim is being referred to the Land Claims Court for adjudication, and as such the Commission is unable to determine when the entire claim will be settled as this is dependent on the court processes.
 

 

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QUESTION 391

 

THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, LAND REFORM AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT:

The Ad Hoc Committee to Amend Section 25 of the Constitution, a Committee of Parliament, determined its programme on the amendment of section 25 of the Constitution without involving the Executive, as it is usually the case. The Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development is therefore not privy to the reasons for determining the programme in the manner that it is said it has been done by Parliament.

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QUESTION 403

 

THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, LAND REFORM AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT:

 

1. The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) is aware of the possible inadvertent impact that the 16,1% wage increase will have on the agricultural sector given the dire economic predicament the country is experiencing. Correspondingly, the Department is also mindful of the escalating living expenses which is the major driver necessitating annual adjustments in the minimum wage, considering low wage levels of ordinary South African workers, including farmworkers. However, Government cannot turn a blind eye to the dire effect the current economic situation has had on businesses. To this effect, Chapter four of the National Minimum Wage Act has made provision for a state where an employer or an employers’ organisation registered in terms of section 96 of the Labour Relations Act, or any other law, acting on behalf of a member, may, in the prescribed form and manner, apply for an exemption from paying the national minimum wage.

1. (a) No - The process of consultations was made by the Department of Labour and Employment.

1. No.

1. No.
2. No.

(3) No. However, the Minister will be consulting the relevant and affected structures in the endeavour to devise on intervention(s) to mitigate job losses within the agricultural sector.

Reply:

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QUESTION 335

INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER [No 02-2021 SIXTH PARLIAMENT]

DATE OF PUBLICATION: 19 FEBRUARY 2020

THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, LAND REFORM AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT:

(1)(a) Yes.

(1)(b) It should be noted that remunerated work outside of Public Service (RWOPS) are verified against the Central Supplier Database and PERSAL System. These are also audited by Auditor General as part of its regular audit process. The tables below depict the information on RWOPS from 1 April 2014 to date.

1 April 2014 – 31 March 2015 (former DRDLR)

(i) Total	(ii) Work Categories
63	Management and general support
8	Administration related
71

1 April 2014 – 31 March 2015 (former DAFF)

(i) Total	(ii) Work Categories
1	Financial Related
1	Management and general support
2

1 April 2015 – 31 March 2016 (former DRDLR)

(i) Total	(ii) Work Categories
63	Management and general support
8	Administration related
3	Social Science related
74

1 April 2015 – 31 March 2016 (former DAFF)

(i) Total	(ii) Work Categories
3	Management support
2	Financial and related
1	Agricultural and support
6

1 April 2016 – 31 March 2017 (former DRDLR)

(i) Total	(ii) Work Categories
60	Management and general support
8	Administration related
3	Social Science related
1	Community Development related
72

1 April 2016 – 31 March 2017 (former DAFF)

(i) Total	(ii) Work Categories
1	Manage and support
1	Agricultural support
2

1 April 2017 – 31 March 2018 (former DRDLR)

(i) Total	(ii) Work Categories
53	Management and general support
3	Administration related
1	Economic advisory
3	Cartographic Surveying and Related Technicians
60

1 April 2017 – 31 March 2018 (former DAFF)

(i) Total	(ii) Work Categories
4	Administration Related
10	Management support
17	Public Health Related
5	Financial and Related
13	Natural Sciences Related
19	Agricultural and support
2	Economic Advisory Support
1	Info Tech and related
1	Horticulturists Fore Agriculture
1	Comm and Info
2	Artisan Foreman
75

1 April 2018 – 31 March 2019 (former DRDLR)

(i) Total	(ii) Work Categories
37	Management and general support
3	Administration related
1	Economic advisory
3	Cartographic Surveying and Related Technicians
44

1 April 2018 – 31 March 2019 (former DAFF)

(i) Total	(ii) Work Categories
14	Administration Related
6	Management and support
11	Agriculture and support
1	Economic Advisory
7	ORG 17 DEFF
1	Line function support and Admin
3	Financial and Related
3	Public Health Related
10	Natural Sciences Related
56

1 April 2019 – 31 March 2020 (former DRDLR)

(i) Total	(ii) Work Categories
3	Health Sciences
8	Management and general support
3	Computer systems
6	Administration related
3	Financial related
2	Natural sciences
3	Finance & Economic
1	Deeds
29

1 April 2019 – 31 March 2020 (former DAFF)

(i) Total	(ii) Work Categories
8	Manage and Support
45	Agriculture and Support
1	Horticulturists Fore Agriculture and Support
54

1 April 2020 – 31 March 2021 (DALLRD)

(i) Total	(ii) Work Categories
22	Management and General Support
12	Financial and Related
6	Deeds
14	Agricultural production related
21	Administration related
6	Natural Sciences Related
3	Economic Development related
1	Material - Recording
1	Community Development
1	Social Sciences related
1	Health sciences related
88

(2) Applications were processed with either approval or disapproval outcome. In an instance an employee was suspected to be in contravention of the Directive such case would be investigated and when found guilty, appropriate actions would be taken.

(2)(a) The Department applies the DPSA Directive on Other Remunerative Work Outside Public Service as contemplated in Section 30 of the Public Service Act, 1994.

(2)(b) Approval is obtained from the Director-General for salary levels 1 – 12 and Minister for salary levels 13 – 16.

(2)(c) There were 5 (2 former DAFF and 3 former DRDLR) instances of contravention of the legislation. However, these were not reported to the National Treasury as this is not a requirement.

(2)(d) Appropriate and corrective actions were taken against the employees that were found to have contravened the law.

Reply:

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QUESTION 663

 

INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER [No 6-2021 SIXTH PARLIAMENT]
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 05 MARCH 2021

663. Mr A N Sarupen (DA) to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development:

Whether (a) her department and/or (b) any entity reporting to her makes use of private security firms; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, in each case, what is the (i) name of each firm, (ii) purpose, (iii) value and (iv) duration of each specified contract? NW781E

THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, LAND REFORM AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT:

Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD)

(a)(i),(ii),(iii),(iv) Yes. Please refer to the table below.

(i) Name of Security Service Provider	(ii) Purpose	(iii) Value	(iv) Duration
Long term Security Contracts (2 – 3 Years)
Pristo Trading Response	To safeguard and protect departmental assets, information and staff against any risk exposure to theft and damages on a 24/7 basis. The main and focal purpose and objective is to deny access to unauthorized personnel (including attackers or accidental intruders) from physically accessing a building, departmental facilities and safe keeping of resources	R 55 110 734.98	01/12/2019 – 30/11/2022
Prosecure Security		R 19 072 012.00	01/12/2019 – 30/11/2022
Bulcof Security		R 13 357 567.40	01/12/2019 – 30/11/2022
Siyejabula Security		R 37 713 478.12	01/12/2019 – 30/11/2022
Bamogale Security (EC)		R 22 870 556.00	01/12/2019 – 30/11/2022
Bamogale Security (WC)		R 25 286 303.50	01/12/2019 – 30/11/2022
Bamogale Security (MP)		R 37 488 528.00	01/12/2019 – 30/11/2022
Bamogale Security (FS)		R 39 870 757.60	01/12/2019 – 30/11/2022
Bamogale Security (NW)		R 20 978 346.00	01/12/2019 – 30/11/2022
Whisper Security		R 1 767 903.84	01/12/2019 – 30/11/2022
Lekagang Security		R 2 229 050.88	01/12/2019 – 30/11/2022
Octaves Security		R 3 966 583.80	07/04/2019 – 07/04/2022
Octaves Security		R 3 403 618.68	04/04/2019 – 04/04/2022
Octaves Security		R 2 914 008.72	04/04/2019 – 04/04/2022
No Name Security		R 3 404 073.48	03/04/2019 – 03/04/2022
Tsangoane Security		R 1 286 650.56	01/03/2020 – 28/02/2022
Raite Security		R 3 164 902.68	07/04/2019 – 07/04/2022
Modise Security		R 3 075 625.76	09/04/2019 – 09/04/2022
Short term security contracts (3 x months)
Vhunene Security		R 277 951.11	15/12/2020 – 15/03/2021
Reliance Security		R 399 811.89	15/12/2020 – 15/03/2021
Pristo Trading Response		R 275 746.64	10/01/2021 – 10/04/2021
Makjus Security		R 254 092.50	15/01/2021 – 15/04/2021
Black Excellence Forensic and Security		R 222 250.00	15/01/2021 – 15/04/2021
Black Protectors Security		R 267 375.00	15/01/2021 – 15/04/2021
Raite Security		R 261 091.95	16/01/2021 – 16/04/2021
Siyefana Security		R 209 643.76	24/01/2021 – 24/04/2021
George B Security		R 243 501.59	25/01/2021 – 25/04/2021
Rise Security		R 198 532.50	28/04/2021 – 28/04/2021

(b)(i),(ii),(iii),(iv) Entities reporting to the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development

Agricultural Research Council (ARC)

Name of each firm	Purpose	Value	Duration
Nceda Cleaning and Security	The purpose of using out-sourced security guarding services is to maintain the integrity and availability of research material and information, protection of assets, control of access in terms of the control of Access to Public Premises Act 53 of 1985 and all other relevant legislation	Nceda Cleaning and Security: R41 779 641,00	The contract supra are for three years (36 months) commencing in /March 2020 and ending in February 2023
Rise Security Services		Rise Security Services: R30 284 011,68
(c) Eldna Security Services		Eldna Security Services: R17 301 311,23

National Agricultural Marketing Council NAMC)

No. The National Agricultural Marketing Council (NAMC) is renting office accommodation form the Landlord, namely Columbia Fall Properties 80 (PTY) LTD, who is responsible for the security of the building

Onderstepoort Biological Products (OBP)

Yes. Please refer to the information below:

1. Firm: Ezingeni Security and Cleaning (Pty) Ltd
2. Purpose: Physical Security
3. Value: R3506 580,00
4. Duration: 12 Months (ends July 2021)

Ingonyama Trust Board (ITB)

Yes. Please refer to the information below:

1. Firm: Fidelity Security (PTY) LTD
2. Purpose: Provision of security services (guarding) at the ITB offices.
3. Value: R89 996,80 monthly
4. Duration: Month to month (the 3-year bid is at the evaluation stage)

Perishable Products Export Control Board (PPECB)

(i) Name of each firm	(iii) Value	(iv) Duration	(ii) Purpose
ADT Security (Pty) Limited (Cape Town)	R 837	Month to Month	Monitoring & Armed Response
ADT Security (Pty) Limited (Nelspruit)	R 763	Month to Month	Monitoring & Armed Response
ADT Security (Pty) Limited (Paarl)	R 743	Month to Month	Monitoring & Armed Response
ADT Security (Pty) Limited (Port Elizabeth)	R 608	Month to Month	Monitoring & Armed Response
B & S Alarms	R 195	Month to Month	Monitoring & Armed Response
Blue Security	R 696	Month to Month	Monitoring & Armed Response
Ceres Alarms	R 832	Month to Month	Monitoring & Armed Response
DRS Musina	R 550	Two-Years (Feb 23)	Monitoring & Armed Response
Hexvallei Security	R 389	Month to Month	Monitoring & Armed Response
Hi-Tech Monitoring CC (Malelani)	R 450	Month to Month	Monitoring & Armed Response
Hi-Tech Monitoring CC (Robertson)	R 350	Month to Month	Monitoring & Armed Response
Letaba Alarms	R 579	Month to Month	Monitoring & Armed Response
National Security & Fire (Pty) Limited (Cape Town)	R 653	Month to Month	Monitoring & Armed Response
National Security & Fire (Pty) Limited (Pretoria)	R 808	Month to Month	Monitoring & Armed Response
Specialised Agri Protection Services	R 490	Month to Month	Monitoring & Armed Response
Test Lek Security CC	R 400	Month to Month	Monitoring & Armed Response
Valley Security	R 240	Month to Month	Monitoring & Armed Response
	R 9,583

Reply:

 

a) None. People that reside on Ingonyama Trust land do not do so purely on the basis of a Permission to Occupy, but rather on the basis of customary tenure. There are instances where some may have had Permission to Occupy documents issued to them in the past, but the conclusion of a lease has never necessitated that the lessee surrenders the Permission to Occupy or forsake their customary tenure rights. It has therefore never been significant for the Ingonyama Trust Board to record the fact that a lessee may have had a Permission to Occupy document since it plays no significant role in the determination whether a resident on Ingonyama Trust land should be granted a lease or not.

b) The conclusion of a lease agreement by a resident on Ingonyama Trust land has no impact on the customary tenure right of such a resident.

Reply:

 

a) About 20 182 hectares of land in Gauteng are held by Government on behalf of traditional communities, whose boundaries are defined in various proclamations.

b) The names and locations of each of the traditional communities concerned are provided in the attached schedule.

c) None

Reply:

a) About 642 670 hectares of land in Mpumalanga are held by Government on behalf of traditional communities, whose boundaries are defined in various proclamations.

b) The names and locations of each of the traditional communities concerned are provided in the attached schedule.

c) None