Questions to Ministers

06 January 2021 - NW2636

Lees, Mr RA to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises

(1)(a) On what date will the annual reports, including the detailed financial statements, of (i) SA Airways, (ii) Denel, (iii) Transnet, (iv) Eskom and (v) Alexkor for the 2019-20 financial year be tabled in the National Assembly and (b) what are the reasons for the delay in publication of the annual reports; (2) whether any measures are being considered to speed up the auditing processes, the annual reports and financial statements of public enterprises in order to meet the statutory deadlines; if not, what is the reason for this lack of consideration; if so, on what date can full implementation of considered measures be expected?

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Reply:

1(a)(i) SA Airways: The Minister wrote to the Speaker of Parliament and the Chairperson of National Council of Provinces on 23 November 2020, informing Parliament that SA Airways is under business rescue. The Auditor-General suspended the audit when the airline was placed in business rescue. The audit will be finalised once the airline recommences operations and the annual report and annual financial statements will thereafter be tabled.

(ii) Denel: The Minister wrote to the Speaker of Parliament and the Chairperson of National Council of Provinces on 30 November 2020. The Department wrote to Parliament as soon as Denel had confirmed to the Department that it was unable to finalize its audit challenges with its external auditors, the Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA), prior to 30 November 2020. Denel Board and Management are engaging with the AGSA to resolve certain audit ISSUES. It is anticipated that the annual financial statements and integrated report will be tabled in January 2020 or as soon as possible thereafter, once the above- mentioned issues are resolved.

(iii) Transnet’s 2020 Integrated Report and audited Annual Financial Statements were tabled by the Minister in Parliament on 09 November 2020. The Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises received a briefing from Transnet on 18 November 2020.

(iv) Eskom’s Integrated Report and audited Annual Financial Statements were tabled by the Minister on 12 November 2020. The Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises received a briefing from Eskom on 25 November 2020.

(v) Alexkor: The Minister wrote to the Speaker of Parliament and the Chairperson of National Council of Provinces on 30 November 2020, to inform Parliament that Alexkor would not be in a position to table its Annual Financial Statements, Integrated Report and Audit Report due to serious going concern and other audit concerns. The Department wrote to Parliament once it was able to confirm with Alexkor that it was unable to finalize its audit challenges with its external auditors and prepare its AGM documentation prior to 30 November 2020. It is anticipated that the annual financial statements and integrated report will be tabled in January 2020 or as soon as possible thereafter, once the above- mentioned concerns are resolved.

2 As indicated above Denel, Alexkor, and SAA would not be able to submit the 2020 Integrated Reports and audited annual financial statements to the Minister prior to 30 November 2020 for the reasons set out above. The reports will be tabled in Parliament as soon as the companies are able to submit these reports.

06 January 2021 - NW2530

Buthelezi, Ms P to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises

What are the relevant details of the (a) Demographic make-up, (b) Date of appointment, (c) Highest qualification obtained, (d) Age, (e) Gender and (f) Race of each executive leadership in each state-owned entity?

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Responses from the State-Owned Companies are attached as Annexure A

According to the information received from Alexkor

Name	Designation	Date of appointment	Highest qualification obtained	Age	Gender	Race
Mr Lemogang Pitso	Alexkor Chief Executive Officer	01/12/2017	Master in Business Leadership	49	Male	Black
Mr Deon Bowers	PSJV Act General Mine Manager	01/11/20	BSc Honors (Geological Science)	47	Male	Coloured

Demographics	Alexkor	PSJV
Male African	104	557
Male European	5	121
Male Asian		2
Female African	47	51
Female European	3	11
Female Asian		0

According to the information received from DENEL SOC LTD

Name of Executive	Designation	Date of appointment	Highest qualification obtained	Age	Gender	Race
Mr. Talib Sadik	Acting Group CEO	17 August 2020	B.Com/DIP Accounting/CA(SA)/ AMP (Insead)	55	Male	Indian
Ms. Carmen Le Grange	Group CFO	01 September 2019	B.Com/DIP Accounting/CA(SA)	47	Female	Coloured
Mr. William Hlakoane	Group COO	01 July 2019	MBA, ND: Mech Engineering/B:Tech Mech Engineering	48	Male	Black
Ms. Mercia Ngema	Group HR & Transformation	01 July 2019	MBA, Honours Degree in HR Management	46	Female	Black
Mr. Sello Ntshihlele	CEO: Denel Dynamics	01 August 2019	MBA, M. Eng (Electrical and Electronic)	56	Male	Black
Mr. Phaladi Petje	CEO: PMP	01 May 2013	BA(Hons) Economics PDM Business Admin Executive Development Programs	55	Male	Black
Mr. Mxolisi Makhathini	CEO: DLS/DVS	01 August 2019	Bsc (Electronic Eng)	47	Male	Black
Mr. Mike Kgobe	CEO: Denel Aeronautics	01 March 2010	Master Degree: Aeronautical Production & Maintenance	52	Male	Black

According to the information received from ESKOM SOC LTD

NAME	DESIGNATION	DATE OF APPOINTMENT	HIGHEST QUALIFICATIONS	AGE	GENDER	RACE
Mr Bala Monde ludovick	Group executive (distribution)	19970101	Master of Engineering Graduate Diploma in Engineering Industrial Engineering	47	Male	African
Ms Burn Faith	Chief information officer	20200515	Bsc maths; BSC Hons Maths Master of Science Maths Masters of Business Leadership	52	Female	Coloured
Mr Cassim Calib	Chief financial officer	20020211	Master of Business Leadership Bachelor of Commerce Honours Bachelor of Accounting Science chartered accountant	49	Male	Coloured
Mr De ruyter Andre marinus	Group chief executive	20200106	Master of Business Administration Bachelor of Civil Law Bachelor of Arts	52	Male	White
Mr Dukashe Phillip	General manager- eskom rotek industries	19940101	Bsc Degree: Engineering Post Grad Diploma: Engineering	50	Male	African
Mr Etzinger Andrew	General manager-risk and sustainability	19891211	Bsc Maths; BSC Hons Mathematical Statistics; BSC Hons Operations Research; Executive programme London Business School	52	Male	White
Mr Hewu Nqaba bartlett	Group executive legal and compliance (contractor)	20180326	Bachelor of Law Baccalaureus Legum Tax Law Extracurricular Higher Diploma Law	45	Male	African
Mr Manjingolo Mlawuli	Company secretary	20200701	Ba law; LLB; Higher Diploma Company and Labour Law	52	Male	African
Mr Mathebula Rhulani	Group executive- generation (acting)	20031001	National Diploma Analytical Chemistry Btech: Business Administration	40	Male	African
Mr Mflathelwa Mziwoxolo	General manager-strategy and planning	20100301	Bachelor of Engineering (mechanical)	35	Male	African
Mr Minyuku Nthato	Group executive (government and regulatory affairs)	20201015	Master of City Planning and Urban Design Bachelor of Architectural Studies	42	Female	African
Ms Nxumalo Bhekizitha johannes	Group executive (group capital)	20170501	Master of Business Administration National higher diploma (chemical engineering) National Diploma (chemical engineering)	52	Male	African
Mr Oberholzer Jan albert	Chief operating officer	20180706	Master of Business Leadership Bachelor of Engineering (electrical) Electrical Engineers Certificate of Competency	62	Male	White
Ms Pule Elsie mamolatelo	Group executive (human resources)	20121201	Master of Science in Engineering Business Management Bachelor of Arts and Social Work BA Hons Psychology	53	Female	African
Mr Scheppers Segomoco Martin	Group executive (transmission)	19930809	Master of Business Administration Bachelor of Science in Engineering Graduate Diploma in Engineering	57	Male	African
Mr Sookrajh Bob	General manager- audit and forensics (acting)	19940401	B.Com Hons; Chartered Internal Auditor Post Graduate Advanced Diploma Taxation	54	Male	Asian
Mr Tshitangano Solly	Chief procurement officer	20190101	B.Com Hons	58	Male	African
Mr Tuku Vuyolwethu	Group executive (transformation management office)	20200701	Master of Business Administration Bachelor of Science in Engineering	45	Male	African

According to the information received from TRANSNET SOC LTD

SURNAME AND NAME	DESIGNATION	DATE OF APPOINTMENT	ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION	GENDER	AGE	RACE
Derby Portia	Group Chief Executive	2020/02/01	Master’s Degree	Female	50	African
Kgomo Lucas Makoma (Brian)	Chief Audit Executive	2020/06/01	Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Masters of Philosophy in Internal Audit, B.Com Accounting	Male	53	African
Shaw Andrew	Group Chief Strategy Officer	2020/07/01	PhD (Transport Economics), MBA, BSc and MSc (Engineering)	Male	53	White
Kani Yolisa	Group Chief Business Development Officer	2020/05/01	BSc Applied Science Honours in Transportation Engineering	Female	45	African
Dlamini Nonkululeko	Group Chief Financial Officer	2020/05/01	CA (SA), Higher Diploma in Accounting (CTA) and a B-Comm degree	Female	46	African
Coetzee Sandra Adv	Group Chief Legal Counsel	2020/05/01	Admitted Advocate, BLC, LLB and Senior Leadership Programme	Female	58	White
Munyai Pandelani	Chief Information Officer	2020/04/01	Master of Business Leadership, Master of Electronic Engineering, a BSc Electrical Engineering, BSc Physics and Mathematics	Male	51	African
Nemukula Vuledzani	Group Chief Procurement Officer	2020/04/01	BSc; MBA; Advanced Business Management Programme (AMP), Advanced Management Programme from INSEAD and Oxford Executive Leadership Programme (OELP)	Male	52	African
Mzimela Sizakele	Chief Executive: Transnet Freight Rail	2020/04/01	BA Economics and Statistics, a Certificate in Management from Henley College and a Certificate of the Transnet Executive Development Programme from GIBS	Female	55	African
Mills Ralph	Chief Executive: Transnet Engineering	2020/05/01	Bachelor’s degree in Military Science and an MBL.	Male	56	White
Velile Dube	Chief Executive: Transnet Port Terminals	2009/11/01	BA in Communications and a BA (Hons) in English Literature, Program Leadership Certificate, certificate in Leadership from the Gordon Institute of Business (GIBS).	Male	59	African
Michelle Phillips	Chief Executive: Transnet Pipelines	1999/11/16	Admitted Advocate of the High Court with a B Juris LLB, Executive Development leadership programmes, certificates for several International Terminal Operations Management Programmes from Antwerp, Rotterdam, Paris and Le Havre.	Female	49	Coloured
Khayalethu Ngema	Chief of People	2017/07/01	BA in Law and Industrial Sociology, A Public and Development Management Diploma and a postgraduate diploma in Public Policy and Development , Certificate for a Senior Executive Program	Male	50	African
Kapei Phahlamohlaka	Chief Executive: Transnet Property	2020/09/01	Bachelor of Arts (Hons) and Bachelor of Laws (LLB), Master of Business Administration (MBA)	Male	44	African
Mninawe Silinga	Chief Executive: Transnet National Ports Authority	2020/09/01	BSc in Civil Engineering, Master of Engineering, MBA, AMP, Chartered Director [IoD-UK]. Fellow of the South African Academy of Engineering	Male	55	African

According to the information received from SAFCOL

Name and Surname	DESIGNATION	(b) Date of Appointment	(c) Highest Qualification	(d) Age	(e) Gender	(f) Race
Mr Tsepo Monaheng	Chief Executive Officer (CEO)	01/12/2017	MBA BSc in Electrical Engineering BSc in Physics and Mathematics	57	Male	African
Mr John Maruma	Acting Chief Financial Officer (ACFO)	01/03/2020	MBA (In progress) CA (SA) Post Graduate Diploma in Accounting (CTA) B. Com (Hons) in Banking Leadership Development Programme	37	Male	African
Mr Sibalo Dlamini	Chief Operating Officer (COO)	05/10/2020	Masters in Engineering Management BSc in Chemical Engineering BSc in Chemistry and Biology Registered Professional Engineer (PrEng) Leadership Development Programme	54	Male	African
Mr Vishal Harichund Executive:	Strategy and Commercial	01/06/2020	LLB LLM Admitted Attorney	42	Male	African
Mr Siyabonga Mpontshana	Executive: Legal	01/06/2018	B Accounting Sciences Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) IIASA	44	Male	African
Ms Dimakatso Motseko	Executive Human Capital	02/01/2018	MBL BSc (hon) in Industrial Psychology BSc in Industrial Psychology Advanced Programme in Organisational Development Registered Psychometrics	47	Female	African
Ms Christelle Marias	Chief Risk Officer	01/06/2020	MBA B.Iuris Certified Director (IoDSA Cert. Dir.) Certified Risk Management Professional (IRMSA CRM Prof.)	49	Female	White

According to the information received from SAA

Position	Date of Appointment	Highest qualification	Age	Gender	Race
Chief Executive Officer (vacant)	-	-	-	-	-
Interim Chief Financial Officer	15 October 2018	CA (SA)	60	M	C
Chief Commercial Officer	19 August 2019	MA TV Journalism	53	M	W
Acting General Manager Operations	01 July 2019	Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management	52	M	B
Head of Loyalty/Voyager	01 April 2014	US BSc. Business Administration, Private Pilot License, Commercial Pilot License	50	F	W
Acting General Manager Cargo	01 June 2018	B. Com Hons (Transport Economics), Masters in Business Administration, IATA Diploma in Air Cargo Transportation	55	M	B
Acting General Manager Human Resources	03 October 2019	B. Com	52	M	W
Acting Chief Information Officer	01 October 2019	Masters in Business Administration	49	M	W
Acting Head Customer Services	01 October 2019	Management Advanced Programme (MAP), Diploma in Public Relations	47	F	B
Acting Chief Legal Officer	01 May 2020	Bachelor of Laws	40	M	B
Acting Chief Internal Auditor	01 October 2019	B. Com Hons (Accounting)	37	F	B
Company Secretary	01 February 2009	BA. Hons. (Economics and Social Administration), CIS Diploma, Bachelor of Laws	58	F	B
CEO	Vacant
Acting Chief Financial Officer	01 October 2020	B. Com Hons. Accounting	43	M	B
Acting HOD - Base Maintenance	01 September 2019	NTC 4 Aircraft Technology	48	M	B
Acting HOD- Marketing and Sales	01 May 2018	Aircraft Avionics Technician (Olifantsfontein)	44	M	B
Acting HOD- Workshops	01 September 2019	National Technical Certificate Part 3 (N3)	57	M	W
General Manager Engineering and Support Sevices	01 December 2019	Masters Airworthiness & Aviation Safety	49	M	B
General Manager Human Resources	01 November 2019	Executive MBA	49	M	B
General Manager Quality and Risk	01 December 2019	M.Sc Business and Strategic Leadership	45	M	B
HOD- Line Maintenance	01 February 2012	Senior Management Development Programme NQF 8	44	M	B
HOD- Security	01 December 2019	M. Tech Degree Policing	57	M	B
HOD-Business Excellence	04 November 2019	Masters Project Management	37	M	B
Chief Executive Officer	01 November 2013	B. Com	52	M	W
Chief Financial Officer	03 June 2019	B. Com Honours, CA (SA)	37	M	B
Acting General Manager Commercial	01 May 2018	Diploma in Hospitality Management	34	F	B
General Manager Operations	01 September 2019	Management Advanced Programme (MAP), National Diploma in Tourism Management	43	M	B
General Manager Human Resources	19 January 2015	Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resources	43	F	B
Head of Quality, Safety and Environment	01 July 2015	BSc. Human Ecology	41	F	B
Head of Coastal	01 September 2017	BSc. Hons. Dietetics, Management Development Programme	47	F	B

27 November 2020 - NW2259

Steenhuisen, Mr JH to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises

What (a) Are the relevant details of the submissions made by his department to the Competition Commission regarding South32’s acquisition of 91,8% shares in SA Energy Coal by Seriti Resource Holdings and; (b) Is his department’s position on the deal that will result in nearly 72% of Eskom’s coal supply coming from only two companies?

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a) The Department provided its views in terms of the potential impact that the merger between Seriti Resources Holdings and SA Energy Coal may likely have on the energy coal sector. Amongst others, these views included: (i) the potential impact the merger might have on security of coal supply, particularly on Eskom electricity generation requirements;(ii) the electricity pricing effects the merger might have on the economy given the current socio economic challenges the country is confronted with.

b) Security of coal supply is of primary importance to ensure Eskom meets the demand for electricity. Eskom for the past three years embarked on coal procurement exercise to ensure that long term coal supply agreements are secured for the majority of the coal fired power stations.

Ownership and access to the state’s mineral assets is effective through the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act, 2002 (MRPDA) and Mining

Charter. The DMRE is the authority in terms of determining effective ownership of these assets. The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC) intervenes through the Competition Commission if there are likely effects of substantially lessening or prevention of competition in the sector.

Eskom on Managing Risk

1. Eskom estimates that the Seriti supply share after the transaction would increase to approximately 28% from 17% based on FY2020 delivery volumes. It is estimated that the two largest suppliers will account for approximately 55% of Eskom’s coal supply based on FY2020 delivery volumes. However, this may vary slightly subject to changes in Eskom’s coal demand and the mines’ production profiles.

2. Approximately 28% of Eskom’s supply is supplied from the cost plus mines. Post the Seriti/South32 merger, this percentage will remain the same and is approximately half of the 55% of the post-merger supply. Under the cost plus arrangement, Eskom is responsible for the majority of the operating, capital and rehabilitation costs of these mines. The supply risk also resides with Eskom.

3. The remaining 27% of supply from the two largest suppliers (post-merger) would be from fixed price long term and medium term contracts. These are arm’s length contracts where, the mine is responsible for the capital and operational expenditure as well as all the associated mining risks. Should the supplier not deliver as per the contractual terms and conditions, there are contractual recourses including but not limited to the rectification of undersupply and penalties. Approximately 80% of the 27% mentioned above mainly relates to the coal supply to Medupi and Matimba Power Stations, which are supplied by Exxaro. There is an excess 16 Mton coal stockpile at Medupi which could cater for any short term coal supply risk at Medupi or Matimba.

20 November 2020 - NW2285

Maotwe, Ms OMC to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises

(1)On what date did a certain senior Eskom official (name furnished) complete his Master of Business Administration degree; (2) Whether the degree was verified with the SA Qualification Authority; if not, why not; if so, what are the further relevant details?

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According to the information received from Eskom

1. Mr André de Ruyter obtained his Master of Business Administration qualification on 17 September 1998.

2. The qualification was verified on behalf of Eskom, prior to Mr de Ruyter’s appointment, by Lexis Refcheck. Eskom did not request SAQA to evaluate or verify the qualification.

As part of all executive appointments in Eskom, a full verification by a reputable company has to be done to verify ID number, driver’s license and criminalrecords and ensure the candidate has obtained all the qualifications listed on their résumés.

SAQA evaluation/verification of overseas qualifications is not a specific requirement for the appointments of executives at Eskom. A SAQA verification by the qualification holder will be requested only when the foreign qualification is a minimum requirement.

It is also important to note that as of 16 September 2019, only qualification holders (QHs) may apply for the evaluation of their foreign qualifications.

The above requirement according to SAQA, is to ensure that QHs are the prima facie owners of their applications and the outcomes thereof, including the protection of their private details. For this reason, SAQA will only interact directly with QHs, and involve third parties only when they are the parents or legal guardians of the affected QHs.

Please note that the change in the SAQA approach took place before Mr de Ruyter’s appointment and verification of his qualification.

Government has total confidence in Mr de Ruyter who has already made a substantial difference in Eskom. We call on all stakeholders to support the efforts of the Board and management team in their efforts to restore good governance, operational effectiveness, financial stability and efficiently implement the Eskom Roadmap.

20 November 2020 - NW2509

Maotwe, Ms OMC to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises

(a) What progress has been made with the Port St Johns Local Municipality (Turnkey) Electrification Project; (b) What total amount has been spent on the specified project to date and (c) By what date does he envisage the project will be completed?

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According to the information received from Eskom

The Port St Johns Local Municipality (Turnkey) Electrification Project is a schedule 5B project that is managed by the municipality. The question should therefore be directed to the municipality.

20 November 2020 - NW2284

Maotwe, Ms OMC to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises

What informed the use of Treasury Regulation 16A6.6 to appoint Rand Merchant Bank as transaction advisor to oversee the Strategic Equity Partner transaction of Air Chef by SAA?NW2858

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SAA did not use Treasury Regulation 16A6.6 to appoint Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) as a transaction advisor to oversee the Strategic Equity Partner transaction of Airchefs. SAA used normal open competitive procurement processes to appoint RMB as transaction advisor for Airchefs.

The Department however, used Treasury Regulation 16A6.6 to appoint RMB as a transaction advisor to oversee the Strategic Equity Partner (SEP) transaction for SAA. This was carried out in order to speed up the process of assessing the best SEP for SAA as part of the work of concluding the business rescue process given the fact that RMB was already underseeing this SEP transaction with Airchefs.

20 November 2020 - NW1933

Macpherson, Mr DW to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises

(1) By what date is the R3,5 billion loan and/or equity bridge from the Development Bank of South Africa to South African Airways repayable; (2) whether the loan will be repaid under the business rescue process; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, who will be responsible for the repayment of the loan? NW2449E

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1. The loan from the Development Bank of Southern Africa to South African Airways (SAA) was paidON THE DIRECTION OF THE NATIONAL TREASURY,on 27 August 2020.

2. The loan was repaid from the 2020 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) allocation for the period 2020/21 to 2022/23 financial year, for the purchase of equity in SAA.

20 November 2020 - NW2510

Maotwe, Ms OMC to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises

Whether, with reference to the reply by the Deputy President to oral question 15 in the National Assembly on 22 October 2020, wherein he indicated that there will be no load shedding in the Republic over the next 18 months, although not guaranteed, he is in a position to confirm that indeed there will be no load shedding in the Republic; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

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According to the information received from Eskom

Eskom recognizes the negative impact that load shedding has on the lives of the people and the economy of South Africa. Eskom endeavours not to load shed and does so only as a last resort to ensure the security of the electricity network. However, Eskom’s generating fleet is ageing, at around 39 years on average, and it is both unreliable and unpredictable. As Eskom has often stated, until all the required reliability maintenance has been executed, all the new build units come on line and the DMRE emergency generation comes on line, the system remains constrained and the risk of load shedding remains high in the foreseeable future.

20 November 2020 - NW2517

Thembekwayo, Dr S to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises

(a)What are the reasons that Eskom has cut off the electricity for the community of Braamfisherville in Phase 3, Soweto, in Gauteng for the past six months and (b) By what date does he envisage the electricity will be restored in the specified community?

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According to the information received from Eskom

1. Eskom has not cut off electricity supply for the Phase 3 customers in Braamfisherville. The transformers have failed as a result of overloading networks caused by meter bypasses and ghost vending, as well as the illegal operations by third parties. In order to avoid this phenomenon from repeatedly reoccurring, Eskom has decided to audit the meters, fine those who have illegally bypassed their meters or are purchasing ghost vouchers, and replace the damaged meters before replacing the transformers. This process has been resisted by customers and hence delayed the process of transformer replacement across Braamfisherville.

We have currently agreed with ward councilors and the Gauteng Province to defer the payment of fines where customers who cannot afford them will have to agree to a payment arrangement by signing the relevant forms.

It was only after the payment arrangement was agreed upon that customers agreed that we implement the process. This process has created a backlog of about 70 transformers that need to be replaced. We have drafted a schedule to replace these transformers and are progressing very well.

2. A number of transformers are offline in Phase 3 as a result of the reasons provided above. The replacement of transformers in Phase 3 is expected to be completed by 21 December 2020 subject to the customers signing the deferred payment agreements and material availability. Eskom will have to be provided with the meter or reference number in order to provide a more specific date.

20 November 2020 - NW2177

Singh, Mr N to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises

(1)Regarding the maintenance of prepaid electricity meters under Eskom, what is the current status of reported faults of electricity meters in terms of reported issues and maintenance outstanding; (2) Under what circumstances will Eskom carry out calibration tests and/or maintenance on electricity meters to ensure that the equipment reflects the correct consumption and usage?

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According to the information received from Eskom

1. As at 9 October 2020, 7 038 prepaid electricity meters faults were reported in October 2020. Of these, 3 698 prepaid electricity meters have been maintained and faults were resolved/closed.

The 3 340 prepaid electricity meter work orders that are still open are reported by zero-buying customers, that is the meters indicated that the customers are not consuming electricity. In these cases, Eskom first scheduled the fault for investigation, after which the following actions will follow:

Where a customer is found to have tampered with the supply or meter, a tamper fine will be issued, the meter will be maintained and then the customer’s supply restored.

Where a meter is found to be bypassed, a tamper fine will be issued. The meter will be maintained however then the customer’s supply will be restored once the tamper fine is paid or a deferred payment form is signed.

Where the customer is zero buying but no tamper is found, the prepaid electricity meter will be maintained and the work order closed.

(2) Prepayment meters are full electronic devices with no moving parts on the measurement circuit that require calibration during the lifespan of the meter. They are electronically calibrated during the manufacturing process using high-tech calibration equipment embedded in the production line.

The accuracy is regularly certified by the South African Bureau of Standards (SABS). All the calibration results of individual meters are loaded into the Eskom Customer Care and Billing System for future reference. The calibration is not expected to drift in anyway during the lifespan of meter.

In instances where a customer complains that a meter is inaccurate, Eskom uses SABS certified equipment to verify the accuracy of the meter. In the unlikely event that the meter is found to be inaccurate, the meter is replaced with a new one. The faulty meter is then sent to the supplier for full analysis and the supplier is expected to submit a comprehensive report to Eskom.

20 November 2020 - NW909

Marawu, Ms TL to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises

With reference to the challenges that the SA Airways (SAA) is going through in relaunching itself, (details furnished), what steps will he take to ensure that: (a) the new SAA pilot structures reflect the economically active population; and (b) all the Black pilots are retained.

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Reply:

According to the information received from SAA:

(a) The failure to transform the pilot corps at SAA is a symptom of the general failure of leadership at the airline to make pertinent decisions and ensure their implementation. The Regulating Agreement (RA) entered into in 1988’s primary objective was to preserve undeserved privileges accrued through unjust laws that preserved aviation careers to a small minority in this country.

These privileges came with unaffordable perks and salary framework which should have long been remedied. The airline (i.e. the Business Rescue Practitioners) on insistence of the Department is addressing the matter of RA as it cannot become part of the new SAA.

The following is the background to the RA:

1.1 The Regulating Agreement, (“The RA”) is an evergreen collective agreement entered into between South African Airways Pilots Association (SAAPA) and South African Airways (SOC) LTD (SAA) in 1988. The RA regulates the terms and conditions of employment of pilots and contains volumes of onerous provisions on SAA.

1.2. It is our view that the RA is unconstitutional and unlawful, and it is imperative that it be terminated.

1.3. The unconstitutionality and unlawfulness of the RA relates to the following:

1.3.1 First, the evergreen nature of the regulating agreement is in breach of section 23(4) of the Labour Relations Act 66 of 1995 (“the LRA”). Section 23(4) of the LRA does not contemplate or permit collective agreements which have no fixed term, no specific notice period and which may not be terminated on reasonable notice – in other words it does not contemplate or permit evergreen collective agreements.

1.3.2 The regulating agreement precludes and impedes SAA achieving meaningful and expeditious transformation which is in breach of the Constitution and the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998. In particular, in terms of the RA, the principle of seniority rigidly and directly affects and controls all elements of the manner in which pilots are employed and dealt with by SAA, including promotions, demotions, salaries and so on. Given the make-up of SAA’s pilot list, which comprises overwhelmingly of white males, this operates to the detriment of and discriminates unfairly against white women, black men, and especially black women.

1.3.3 The regulating agreement effectively removes core elements of decision-making from the board and management of SAA and precludes SAA from giving effect to its procurement obligations. This is in breach of the Constitution, the Public Finance Management Act 1 of 1999 and the Companies Act 71 of 2008. The effect of the Regulating Agreement is that SAA is precluded from reaching any agreement to wet-lease SAA aircraft without the consent of SAAPA. The RA has a “succession of ownership” provision which means that notwithstanding any changes in ownership of SAA, the RA will remain in full operation. Considering the fact that Government has taken a decision to find a strategic equity partner (SEP) for SAA, the RA in its current form, combined with succession clauses, will no doubt make SAA less attractive to potential partners.

The RA also subjects key SAA procurement decisions such as which hotels to contract with to the control of SAAPA in that SAAPA is entitled to select the short-list of three hotels from which SAA can choose and even within this short-list, SAA is required to take SAAPA’s preferences into account. It requires SAA to act in breach of Treasury instructions – such as requiring SAA to accommodate pilots and crew in four- or five-star hotels when the Treasury instruction requires that three-star hotels be used.

1.3.4 The negotiations at the LCF with the DPE. After more than two and a half months of engagements, no agreement on the restructure of SAA was concluded and no agreement was reached on the VSP offered by DPE. In fact, SAAPA are on record at different forums and in writing to SAA that they never agreed to the VSP and reserve their rights in that regard.

(B) In engagement with potential Strategic Equity Partners (SEPs), the Department has placed the transformation of pilot corps as an imperative to the partnership. This is to ensure that National developmental objectives in Aviation should still receive priority in the new SAA. An appropriate balance must be attained to correct historical discrimination, retention of key skills, and achieving the correct demographic and gender objectives. This is a non-negotiable set of objectives. It is important that all pilots cooperate in achieving these objectives.

20 November 2020 - NW2529

Buthelezi, Ms P to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises

What are the plans of schools and educational programmes under the Transnet Academy in (a) funding the activities in order to invest in the academy and give it the necessary technology, facilities and faculties required to function at an optimal level and (b) forming and improving strategic partnerships with technical and vocational, education and training colleges, universities and research institutions?

Source
Link

Reply:

According to the information received from Transnet:

a) The Transnet Academy has identified the requisite technology requirements, developed the strategy and agreed business requirements with the Transnet Information, Communication and Technology Management (ICTM). Budget provisions have been made by ICTM as part of the Transnet Capex funding requirements.

b) Transnet has concluded a Memorandum of Understanding with the TVET Directorate. This approach has an advantage of building capacity across the country on an integrated basis.

University partnerships form the bedrock of the Academy strategy and this includes previously disadvantaged Universities to be included in the partnering review.

The Transnet Head of Academy serves as a Board member on the South African International Maritime Institute (SAIMI) and Transnet plays a pivotal role in the SETA’s. To date, three Transnet Employees serve in the Rail, Freight Handling, and Maritime Chamber. As members’ their role is to advise as industry experts in skills development.

04 November 2020 - NW1986

Van Minnen, Ms BM to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises

What (a) Total volume of coal that Eskom purchased at (i) Above average and (ii) Acceptable pricing since 2007 was found to be unsuitable and was therefore unused for power generation and (b) Is the name of each company that the unsuitable coal was purchased from in each year?

Source
Link

Reply:

According to the information received from Eskom

(a)(i) and (ii) All coal at Eskom’s coal stockyards will be used for power generation.

The request to disclose the prices and names of associated suppliers is commercially sensitive. The utility is currently progressing coal supply negotiations with existing and potentially new coal suppliers. By disclosing the requested information to parliament and to the public, suppliers could potentially use this information to erode Eskom’s bargaining power.

(b) Not applicable.

04 November 2020 - NW2134

Van Minnen, Ms BM to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises

(1)(a)What financial payments that were requested have been paid to Eskom since 1 January 2020, (b) On what exact dates were the payments made and (c) What amounts were paid; (2) What is the; (a) Total cost in each month of transporting diesel from Cape Town to the gas turbine power plants in the Republic over the past 12 months and (b) Cost per litre of diesel in each month for the past 12 months for the gas turbine power plants; (3) Whether the report of the Medupi Conveyor Belt accident has been completed; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (4) Whether he will furnish Mrs B M van Minnen with a copy of the report; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

Source
Link

Reply:

According to the information received from Eskom

(1)(a)(b)(c) Since the question regarding financial payments is not specific, Eskom assumes it refers to payments received in line with the Government Appropriations.

Since January 2020, Eskom received the amounts set out in Table 1 below, as part of the Appropriations and Special Appropriations Act of 2019.

Table 1: Payments received by Eskom in line with Government Appropriations

Financial Year	(b) Date	(c) Amount paid, R'm
2020	03-Feb-20	4 000
2020	11-Feb-20	4 000
2020	28-Feb-20	5 000
2020	31-Mar-20	9 500
2021	29 May 20	1 000
2021	11 Aug 20	5 000
Total for the 2020 Calendar year	28 500

(2)(a) The cost of transport is included in the diesel price. Transport of diesel to Ankerlig and Port Rex is via truck, while transport is via pipeline for Gourikwa and Acacia.

(2)(b) The cost of diesel per litre in each month over the past 12 months for the gas turbine power plants is as set out in Table 2 below. Eskom received an average discount of 35c/l over this period.

Table 2 Cost of diesel per litre in each month for the gas turbine power plants

Month	Wholesale Price (R/l)	Average Discount	Nett Price (R/l)
04-09-19	14.05	0.35	13.70
02-10-19	14.30	0.35	13.95
06-11-19	14.14	0.35	13.79
04-12-19	13.99	0.35	13.64
01-01-20	14.08	0.35	13.73
05-02-20	14.03	0.35	13.68
03-03-20	13.49	0.35	13.14
01-04-20	12.09	0.35	11.74
06-05-20	10.48	0.35	10.13
03-06-20	10.70	0.35	10.35
01-07-20	12.43	0.35	12.08
05-08-20	12.88	0.35	12.53

(3) The report of the Medupi conveyor belt accident has been completed.

(4) The report is a product of an internal investigation that was commissioned in accordance with Eskom’s established integrated risk management processes. The report is therefore an internal report for consumption by the relevant Eskom senior executives and cannot be made public. However, Eskom endeavours to provide a summary of key findings from the report once internal governance processes are finalised.

04 November 2020 - NW1890

Mkhaliphi, Ms HO to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises

What are the reasons that (a) he has not taken any action against a certain company (name furnished) amidst the allegations of corruption and money laundering and (b) the contract of the specified company was extended by Transnet; (2) Whether he has found that a certain person (name and details furnished) received a donation of R300 000 from the specified company through a foundation?

Source
Link

Reply:

According to the information received from Transnet:

(1)(a) According to MNS the allegations of bribery and kickbacks as published in the City Press were malicious and defamatory. As a result, MNS lodged a complaint against City Press with the Press Council.

The Press Council rejected the City Press allegations of bribery and kickbacks and directed City Press to publish an apology to MNS and to Mr Ndlovu for:

1.1.1 Unjustifiably reflecting in its reportage, both in the headlines and in the text of the article, that MNS had been implicated in kickbacks, alleged acts of corruption and bribery; and

1.1.2Unnecessarily tarnishing their reputation.

(1)(b) MNS was appointed onto Transnet’s legal panel through a fair, just and equitable procurement process during 2017. The panel was appointed for a period of 3 years.

(2) The allegations of Dr Molefe receiving R300 000 from MNS have been peddled since June 2019 and despite the facts being put on the table on numerous occasions, the allegations are repeated by the EFF.

MNS received a request from the Popo Molefe Foundation Charitable Trust to make a sponsorship/donation to the Charitable Trust to provide bursaries to previously disadvantaged students who cannot afford the costs of tertiary education. MNS was not the only recipient of this request. A number of companies and individuals were approached with a similar request. A copy of the request letter is attached hereto as Annexure “A”.

The Charitable Trust organized a Golf Day and Gala Dinner on 31 May 2019 as part of its fund raising programme. All potential donors/sponsors could contribute to advance the educational aspirations of previously disadvantaged students. In this regard MNS contributed an amount of R350 000 to the Charitable Trust, which entitled MNS and other sponsors/donors to inter alia be recognized and listed on the various branding platforms that the Charitable Trust employed. This included amongst others, being publicly mentioned at the Gala Dinner and listed on Charitable Trust’s website for the contribution made to the Charitable Trust in the 2019 fund raising programme.

There was no direct or indirect benefit to either Dr Molefe or any of his family members arising from the funds donated to the Charitable Trust. The sole beneficiaries of the Charitable Trust are disadvantaged students benefitting from the Charitable Trust through bursaries to pay for their tertiary fees. Save for the donation referred to above, MNS has not, either directly or indirectly advanced any donation/loan/payment to Dr Molefe or any of his associated entities.

04 November 2020 - NW982

Cachalia, Mr G K to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises

(1) With reference to the ongoing business rescue process at the SA Airways and following the statement he made to the Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises on 6 May 2020 (details furnished), (a) how is the Government planning to keep the airline running without any further financial support from the fiscus; (2) Whether he will furnish Mr G K Y Cachalia with a copy of the business rescue plan with proposals on the alternative transition process that he presented to the business rescue practitioners; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

Source
Link

Reply:

(1) (a) The Department and National Treasury have been tasked by Cabinet to consider alternative sources of funding for SAA to ensure that a restructured airline emerges from the Business Rescue process. Government will have to consider various sources of Funding including Strategic Equity Partnerships.

(2) Yes, a copy of the business rescue plan with proposals on the alternative transition process that he presented to the business rescue practitioners will be provided accordingly. (Kindly note the attached copy of the BR Plan for consideration).

04 November 2020 - NW1985

Van Minnen, Ms BM to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises

What (a) total amount did Eskom pay for coal that was above the annual average price for coal purchases in each year since 2007, (b) is the name of each company that the coal was purchased from and (c) were the coal volumes purchased from each specified company?

Source
Link

Reply:

According to the information received from Eskom

(a)(b) and (c)

The request to disclose the prices and names of associated suppliers is commercially sensitive. The utility is currently progressing coal supply negotiations with existing and potentially new coal suppliers. By disclosing the requested information to parliament and to the public, suppliers could potentially use this information to erode Eskom’s bargaining power.

04 November 2020 - NW2102

Lees, Mr RA to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises

What are the details of the (a) sources of the funds and (b) progress made to obtain the funding required for the implementation of the business rescue plan of the SA Airways (SAA) that was approved by the SAA creditors on 14 July 2020?

Source
Link

Reply:

a) Various sources of funding are being considered including the strategic equity partner, application for funding from Government through the Medium-Term Expenditure Framework process, approaching Development Financial Institutions and Commercial Banks.

b|) The process has reached an advanced stage, which we will be able to announce in due course. Due to the sensitive nature of these negotiations we are unable to pronounce at this stage.

04 November 2020 - NW2132

Van Minnen, Ms BM to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises

What is the (a) Daily electrical megawatt savings achieved through load shedding (i) In each province and (ii) In each metro over the past 60 days of load shedding and (b) Total amount of accumulated man-hours which have been load shed (i) In each province and (ii) In each metro over the past 60 days? NW2695E

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Link

Reply:

According to the information received from Eskom

(a)(i) The estimated daily megawatts load shed in each Eskom operating unit (OU) is as set out in Annexure A.

Most of Eskom OUs are aligned to the provincial boundaries with the following exceptions:

Gauteng OU also includes most North West province
Limpopo OU includes the Rustenburg region of the North West province
Western Cape OU includes the Kalahari region of the Northern Cape province
Free State OU includes the Kimberley region of the Northern Cape province

(a)(ii) Daily megawatts load shed in each metro is to be sought from the metros.

(b) Eskom does not have a measurement of man-hours which have been load shed. On the assumption that the intention was to request information on the megawatt- hours (MWh) that have been load shed.

(b)(i) The estimated daily megawatt-hours load shed in each province is as set out in Annexure B.

(b)(ii) The estimated daily megawatt-hours load shed is to be sought from the metros.

Annexure A

Estimated megawatts load shed per Eskom Operating UnitPeriod: 1 July to 3 September 2020

	10-Jul-20
	*08:00-10:00*	*10:00-12:00*	*12:00-14:00*	*14:00-16:00*	*16:00-18:00*	*18:00-20:00*	*20:00-22:00*	*22:00-00:00*
Western Cape	N/A	N/A	203	133	198	210	138	0
Gauteng	N/A	N/A	378	316	255	287	402	0
KwaZulu Natal	N/A	N/A	134	126	125	208	140	0
Free State	N/A	N/A	180	118	38	93	241	0
Limpopo	N/A	161	162	172	121	176	148	0
Eastern Cape	N/A	70	65	60	68	78	74	0
Mpumalanga	N/A	182	196	143	178	173	196	0
Total	N/A	412.29	1317	1069	982	1225	1338	0

	11-Jul-20
	*08:00-10:00*	*10:00-12:00*	*12:00-14:00*	*14:00-16:00*	*16:00-18:00*	*18:00-20:00*	*20:00-22:00*	*22:00 - 00:00*
Western Cape	152	110	210	109	206	138	188	N/A
Gauteng	314	339	429	343	354	346	488	N/A
KwaZulu Natal	127	116	168	103	123	153	147	N/A
Free State	122	210	86	175	68	149	191	N/A
Limpopo	N/A	164	153	129	162	168	158	95
Eastern Cape	N/A	59	67	53	40	56	57	60
Mpumalanga	N/A	158	156	181	207	154	182	196
Total	715	1156	1268	1093	1160	1163	1411	350

	12-Jul-20
	*08:00-10:00*	*10:00-12:00*	*12:00-14:00*	*14:00-16:00*	*16:00-18:00*	*18:00 - 20:00*	*20:00-22:00*	*22:00-00:00*
Western Cape	102	185	239	344	109	122	249	N/A
Gauteng	298	337	396	298	376	405	293	N/A
KwaZulu Natal	215	138	176	147	218	138	100	N/A
Free State	63	160	101	154	89	238	52	N/A
Limpopo	98	114	159	151	131	169	130	63
Eastern Cape	56	72	74	64	37	55	67	30
Mpumalanga	N/A	182	147	181	189	158	156	181
Total	832	1187	1291	1339	1149	1284	1047	274

	13-Jul-20
	*08:00-10:00*	*10:00-12:00*	*12:00-14:00*	*14:00-16:00*	*16:00-18:00*	*18:00-20:00*	*20:00-22:00*	*22:00-00:00*
Western Cape	131	118	162	134	90	110	175	N/A
Gauteng	274	347	349	353	350	332	324	327
KwaZulu Natal	120	113	108	129	86	145	128	N/A
Free State	88	236	142	75	161	152	180	N/A

	13-Jul-20
	*08:00-10:00*	*10:00-12:00*	*12:00-14:00*	*14:00-16:00*	*16:00-18:00*	*18:00-20:00*	*20:00-22:00*	*22:00-00:00*
Limpopo	N/A	164	148	152	120	159	117	140
Eastern Cape	N/A	84	88	60	49	78	84	37
Mpumalanga	N/A	173	196	126	182	147	181	189
Total	613	1235	1191	1028	1039	1122	1189	694

	14-Jul-20
	08:00-10:00	10:00-12:00	12:00-14:00	14:00-16:00	16:00-18:00	18:00-20:00	20:00-22:00	22:00-00:00
Western Cape	130	185	123	203	208	177	172	N/A
Gauteng	375	441	571	490	314	387	285	216
KwaZulu Natal	107	128	112	121	144	142	165	N/A
Free State	151	205	140	56	100	260	147	N/A
Limpopo	N/A	158	162	161	121	176	148	152
Eastern Cape	N/A	70	82	64	74	98	97	50
Mpumalanga	N/A	182	196	143	178	173	196	126
Total	763	1368	1386	1237	1138	1413	1210	543

	15-Jul-20
	*08:00-10:00*	*10:00-12:00*	*12:00-14:00*	*14:00-16:00*	*16:00-18:00*	*18:00-20:00*	*20:00-22:00*	*22:00-00:00*
Western Cape	37	96	78	226	132	215	115	N/A
Gauteng	421	495	312	208	309	395	306	336
KwaZulu Natal	41	66	54	134	158	206	152	N/A
Free State	117	36	40	50	161	225	120	N/A
Limpopo	N/A	78	63	161	166	158	162	172
Eastern Cape	N/A	38	19	45	65	80	89	56
Mpumalanga	N/A	162	187	213	154	182	196	143
Total	617	971	753	1037	1145	1460	1141	708

	16-Jul-20
	*08:00-10:00*	*10:00-12:00*	*12:00-14:00*	*14:00-16:00*	*16:00-18:00*	*18:00-20:00*	*20:00-22:00*	*22:00-00:00*
Western Cape	102	107	64	167	92	273	138	N/A
Gauteng	0	163	233	204	120	391	204	363
KwaZulu Natal	93	97	62	144	106	212	N/A	N/A
Free State	0	85	134	80	231	108	154	N/A
Limpopo	N/A	78	64	141	158	153	71	N/A
Eastern Cape	N/A	42	43	37	52	78	62	N/A
Mpumalanga	N/A	147	181	189	158	156	181	N/A
Total	195	718	781	960	917	1369	809	363

	13-Aug-20
	08:00-10:00	10:00-12:00	12:00-14:00	14:00-16:00	16:00-18:00	18:00-20:00	20:00-22:00	22:00-00:00
Western Cape	165	160	189	140	92	222	143	N/A
Gauteng	287	289	327	335	351	361	459	N/A
KwaZulu Natal	126	110	110	138	83	102	112	N/A
Free State	77	223	136	105	149	141	175	N/A
Limpopo	122	176	148	143	114	159	151	141
Eastern Cape	76	87	95	65	67	65	88	38
Mpumalanga	N/A	173	196	126	182	147	181	189
Total	852	1217	1201	1052	1037	1197	1310	368

	14-Aug-20
	08:00-10:00	10:00-12:00	12:00-14:00	14:00-16:00	16:00-18:00	18:00-20:00	20:00-22:00	22:00 - 00:00
Western Cape	165	160	113	157	113	63	76	N/A
Gauteng	354	363	488	492	327	347	191	N/A
KwaZulu Natal	128	127	135	106	180	79	N/A	N/A
Free State	124	185	103	37	83	150	7	N/A
Limpopo	173	158	162	158	122	83	89	N/A
Eastern Cape	76	87	95	65	67	65	88	38
Mpumalanga	154	182	196	143	178	173	196	126
	1174	1261	1291	1159	1070	960	646	164

	18-Aug-20
	08:00-10:00	10:00-12:00	12:00-14:00	14:00-16:00	16:00-18:00	18:00 - 20:00	20:00-22:00	22:00-00:00
Western Cape	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	136	204	132	N/A
Gauteng	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	402	477	312	N/A
KwaZulu Natal	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	166	169	139	N/A
Free State	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	221	147	98	N/A
Limpopo	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	169	148	152	120
Eastern Cape	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	91	111	84	60
Mpumalanga	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	173	196	126	182
	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	1358	1452	1042	362

	19-Aug-20
	08:00-10:00	10:00-12:00	12:00-14:00	14:00-16:00	16:00-18:00	18:00-20:00	20:00-22:00	22:00-00:00
Western Cape	189	66	158	93	187	133	164	N/A
Gauteng	306	383	374	355	494	571	309	N/A
KwaZulu Natal	111	79	119	112	141	157	178	N/A
Free State	81	169	70	142	192	148	54	N/A
Limpopo	N/A	158	161	173	150	157	172	122
Eastern Cape	N/A	47	51	63	68	83	98	63
Mpumalanga	156	181	207	154	182	196	143	178
	843	1082	1139	1091	1413	1444	1119	362

	20-Aug-20
	08:00-10:00	10:00-12:00	12:00-14:00	14:00-16:00	16:00-18:00	18:00-20:00	20:00-22:00	22:00-00:00
Western Cape	163	195	192.4	101	228	149	249	N/A
Gauteng	405	305	396	421	224	138	300	N/A
KwaZulu Natal	97	89	130	96	152	115	151	N/A
Free State	115	173	116	211	106	175	77	N/A
Limpopo	N/A	131	141	172	153	158	161	173
Eastern Cape	N/A	65	39	60	70	44	63	61
Mpumalanga	147	181	189	164	156	181	207	154
Total	927	1139	1204	1226	1088	959	1207	388

	01-Sep-20
	08:00-10:00	10:00-12:00	12:00-14:00	14:00-16:00	16:00-18:00	18:00-20:00	20:00-22:00	22:00-00:00
Western Cape	101	182.6	204	234	311	413	373	N/A
Gauteng	292	292	309	309	941	941	817	N/A
KwaZulu Natal	166	133	168	171	334	299	394	N/A
Free State	89	79	186	280	355	335	328	N/A
Limpopo	153	158	133	173	317	296	309	280
Eastern Cape	66	44	30	67	112	132	122	114
Mpumalanga	161.55	187	213	160	346	394	350	360
	1028	1076	1241	1393	2716	2810	2693	754

	02-Sep-20
	08:00-10:00	10:00-12:00	12:00-14:00	14:00-16:00	16:00-18:00	18:00 - 20:00	20:00-22:00	22:00-00:00
Western Cape	101	183	204	234	311	413	373	N/A
Gauteng	292	292	309	309	941	941	817	N/A
KwaZulu Natal	166	133	168	171	334	299	394	N/A
Free State	89	79	186	280	355	335	328	N/A
Limpopo	153	158	133	173	317	296	309	280
Eastern Cape	66	44	30	67	112	132	122	114
Mpumalanga	162	187	213	160	346	394	350	360
Total	1028	1076	1241	1393	2716	2810	2693	754

	03-Sep-20
	08:00-10:00	10:00-12:00	12:00-14:00	14:00-16:00	16:00-18:00	18:00-20:00	20:00-22:00	22:00-00:00
Western Cape	332	355	389	203	359	458	351	N/A
Gauteng	864	981	871	857	607	724	688	N/A
KwaZulu Natal	293	266	344	326	254	256	271	N/A
Free State	302	287	262	343	328	271	292	N/A
Limpopo	290	248	269	283	297	253	283	283
Eastern Cape	107	133	99	120	110	139	N/A	N/A
Mpumalanga	346	394	350	360	347	394	350	354
Total	2534	2664	2583	2491	2302	2495	2235	636

Annexure B

Estimated megawatt-hours per Eskom Operating UnitPeriod: 1 July to 3 September 2020

Date	Western Cape	Gauteng	Kwazulu Natal	Free State	Limpopo	Eastern Cape	Mpumalanga	TOTAL	Stages

Fri 10-Jul-2020	1764	3275	1466	1341	830	830	2134	11 639	Stage 2
Sat 11-Jul-2020	2226	5225	1875	2000	2058	783	2465	16 633	Stage 2
Sun 12-Jul-2020	2700	4805	2264	1714	2026	911	2388	16 808	Stage 2
Mon 13-Jul-2020	1840	5312	1658	2068	1998	959	2387	16 222	Stage 2
Tue 14-Jul-2020	2396	6158	1834	2118	2153	1069	2385	18 114	Stage 2
Wed 15-Jul-2020	1798	5564	1624	1499	1921	786	2471	15 663	Stage 1/2
Thu 16-Jul-2020	1886	3356	1427	1580	1327	626	2024	12 227	Stage 1/2
Thu 13-Aug-2020	2222	4818	1562	2014	2304	1161	2387	16 468	Stage 2
Fri 14-Aug-2020	1694	5128	1508	1377	1888	1161	2692	15 448	Stage 2
Tue 18-Aug-2020	944	2383	948	933	1176	691	2749	9 825	Stage 2
Wed 19-Aug-2020	1980	5585	1791	1712	2186	943	2790	16 988	Stage 2
Thu 20-Aug-2020	2555	4377	1657	1947	2178	804	2757	16 275	Stage 2
Tue 01-Sep-2020	1884	2962	1337	1180	1665	809	2066	11 903	Stage 2
Wed 02-Sep-2020	3636	7802	3330	3304	3637	1372	4344	27 425	Stage 2/4
Thu 03-Sep-2020	4894	11183	4020	4170	4408	1414	5791	35 880	Stage 4

Additional Information

An overview of the days were load shedding was implemented and the corresponding stages between 1 July to 3 September 2020 is as set out in the table below.

Date	Load shedding Stage	Date	Load shedding Stage
10-Jul-20	Stage 2	14-Aug-20	Stage 2
11-Jul-20	Stage 2	18-Aug-20	Stage 2
12-Jul-20	Stage 2	19-Aug-20	Stage 2
13-Jul-20	Stage 2	20-Aug-20	Stage 2
14-Jul-20	Stage 2	01-Sep-20	Stage 2
15-Jul-20	Stage 1 / 2	02-Sep-20	Stage 2 /4
16-Jul-20	Stage 1 / 2	03-Sep-20	Stage 4
13-Aug-20	Stage 2

04 November 2020 - NW2133

Van Minnen, Ms BM to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises

What; (a) Is the current municipal debt outstanding to Eskom by each municipality and (b) Attempts have been made to collect the outstanding specified municipal debt to Eskom? NW2696E

Source
Link

Reply:

According to the information received from Eskom

a) The total debt owed by municipalities as at 31 July 2020 is R46.1 billion, of which R31 billion is overdue debt. The details of the age analysis of the total debt owed by each municipality to Eskom, as at 31 July 2020 are set out in Annexure A.

b) Eskom has implemented several interventions to collect the outstanding debt owed as set out in Table 1 below:

Table 1: Interventions by Eskom to collect outstanding debt

Interventions by Eskom

Implemented concessions as agreed with SALGA

Eskom increased the payment days from 15 to 30 days for all non-metropolitan municipalities, reduced the interest rate on arrears, and applies payments to capital first before interest.

Eskom offers payment plans as a means to make the payment of the arrear debt more affordable over a period of time.

Interventions by Eskom

Focus on enhancing and enforcing current revenue management processes

This includes direct engagement with defaulting municipalities, issuing contract breach notices with the intention of encouraging a remedy of the breach, interruption of supply, and also litigating by issuing summons for payment.

Legal pursuance of debt owed also extends to the attachment of assets and bank accounts of certain municipalities.

Partnering with government

Eskom fully participates in intergovernmental structures such as the Eskom Political Task Team and the Multi-disciplinary Revenue Committee that is convened by the Office of the Deputy President.

Eskom offers its services and expertise in the form of active partnering with stakeholders to improve revenue collection within municipalities.

Eskom works closely with National Treasury, which provides municipal financial oversight, thereby ensuring municipal budgets are funded and payment obligations to Eskom are met.

ANNEXURE A - PQ2133
REPORTING MONTH : 2020/07/31
Name of Municipality	(a) Age	Total debt is made up of
	Current	16 - 30 days	31 - 60 days	61 - 90 days	90 days+	Total	(b)(i) Total Capital	Total VAT	(b)(ii) Total Interest
	*EASTERN CAPE*	1 045 309 406	2 530 451	82 838 040	54 125 462	1 094 964 881	2 279 768 239	1 795 121 602	268 812 797	215 833 839
1	ALFRED NZO DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY	-206 089	247 583	38 373	9 043	92 140	181 051	153 815	19 010	8 225
2	AMAHLATHI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	5 173 481	10 224	4 674 349	1 760 031	16 357 033	27 975 119	22 424 224	3 363 616	2 187 279
3	AMATHOLE DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY	1 274 342	1 087 143	1 210 463	981 709	1 092 622	5 646 278	4 836 768	727 414	82 097
4	BLUE CRANE ROUTE LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	14 094 374	0	0	0	0	14 094 374	12 255 977	1 838 397	0
5	BUFFALO CITY METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY	237 804 629	0	36 963	1	0	237 841 592	206 746 921	31 094 356	315
6	CHRIS HANI DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY	-723 145	101 341	4 198 860	221 205	432 114	4 230 375	3 786 403	389 371	54 601
7	DR BEYERS NAUDE LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	12 712 692	69 099	8 824 386	7 206 803	85 385 606	114 198 585	87 592 369	13 119 997	13 486 219
8	ELUNDINI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	152 619	0	0	0	0	152 619	134 562	18 057	0
9	EMALAHLENI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	2 019 976	0	5 877	0	0	2 025 852	1 756 485	263 473	5 895
10	ENGCOBO LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	0	0	0	0	0	0	0,05	0,01	0
11	ENOCH MGIJIMA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	42 663 040	15 051	31 083 743	20 638 507	298 112 955	392 513 295	305 419 072	45 776 831	41 317 392
12	GREAT KEI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	1 562 521	0	484 587	10 368	3 802 232	5 859 708	4 665 931	699 858	493 919
13	INGQUZA HILL LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	250 676	34 647	257 909	0	0	543 232	469 595	70 439	3 198
14	INTSIKA YETHU LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	527 757	0	0	0	0	527 757	458 919	68 838	0
15	INXUBA YETHEMBA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	12 308 862	0	8 968 063	5 983 581	140 121 530	167 382 037	119 397 835	17 741 834	30 242 368
16	JOE GQABI DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY	11 361	134 482	109 492	1 496 472	0	1 751 808	1 500 303	225 045	26 459
17	KING SABATA DALINDYEBO LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	101 419 957	31 501	424 314	1 441 991	112 009 461	215 327 225	180 089 083	27 617 009	7 621 133
18	KOUGA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	31 699 079	0	798	0	0	31 699 876	27 563 600	4 134 540	1 737
19	KOU-KAMMA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	704 582	0	308 878	0	0	1 013 460	877 925	131 689	3 847
20	MAKANA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	17 097 721	0	0	0	36 749 083	53 846 804	45 909 235	6 829 881	1 107 688
21	MATATIELE LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	6 988 990	0	0	0	0	6 988 990	6 077 383	911 607	0
22	MBASHE LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	1 827	0	219	333	0	2 378	1 992	299	87
23	MBIZANA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	93 301	0	0	0	1	93 302	80 413	12 067	822

Name of Municipality	(a) Age	Total debt is made up of
	Current	16 - 30 days	Current	16 - 30 days	Current	16 - 30 days	(b)(i) Total Capital	Total VAT	(b)(ii) Total Interest
24	MHLONTLO LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	199 361	45 970	34 821	0	0	280 152	242 800	36 420	932
25	MNQUMA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	NDLAMBE LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	7 573 353	0	0	0	0	7 573 353	6 518 988	1 054 365	0
27	NELSON MANDELA BAY METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY	513 455 879	527 935	0	0	0	513 983 814	446 942 072	67 041 372	370
28	NGQUSHWA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	NTHABANKULU LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	30 151	0	276	0	0	30 427	26 458	3 969	0
30	NYANDENI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY FBE	107 342	0	0	0	0	107 342	93 341	14 001	0
31	O R TAMBO DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY	-468 490	225 060	222 275	174 269	193 240	346 355	263 672	64 209	18 474
32	PORT ST JOHNS LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	303 262	0	0	0	0	303 262	263 706	39 556	0
33	RAYMOND MHLABA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	9 715 887	0	7 687 542	4 832 117	166 402 968	188 638 514	122 480 855	17 928 459	48 229 201
34	SAKHISIZWE LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	1 995 628	12	0	0	0	1 995 640	1 720 822	258 121	16 698
35	SENQU LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	5 340 493	0	0	0	0	5 340 493	4 643 910	696 582	0
36	SUNDAYS RIVER VALLEY LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	3 538 619	0	2 510 673	1 583 566	0	7 632 858	6 176 658	926 499	529 701
37	UMZIMVUBU LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	44 043	403	0	0	0	44 446	38 649	5 797	0
38	WALTER SISULU LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	15 841 324	0	11 755 177	7 785 466	234 213 897	269 595 865	173 510 863	25 689 820	70 395 182
	*FREE STATE*	558 515 003	247 880 311	275 222 401	206 877 352	11 474 620 510	12 763 115 577	8 663 638 405	1 258 736 678	2 840 740 494
39	CENTLEC MUNICIPALITY	3 430 414	0	0	0	0	3 430 414	2 971 169	445 675	13 570
40	DIHLABENG LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	26 792 920	0	18 576 125	13 342 424	347 465 405	406 176 873	296 860 680	43 919 008	65 397 185
41	KOPANONG LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	5 331 508	0	10 065	15 155	1 226 544	6 583 272	5 556 785	825 596	200 892
42	LETSEMENG LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	4 981 926	0	4 272 604	2 347 114	46 973 170	58 574 813	45 544 488	6 840 068	6 190 257
43	MAFUBE LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	13 032 629	0	12 416 681	15 357 066	98 532 534	139 338 910	101 708 119	14 920 993	22 709 798
44	MALUTI A PHOFUNG LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	103 018 183	662 361	89 820 631	72 908 612	5 140 907 401	5 407 317 188	3 416 686 863	493 591 612	1 497 038 713
45	MANGAUNG METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY	4 952 986	247 171 599	12 040 567	0	13 886 892	278 052 045	241 698 211	36 254 997	98 836
46	MANTSOPA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	8 029 084	0	14 084 839	7 374 869	192 387 328	221 876 119	144 565 922	21 065 830	56 244 367
47	MASILONYANA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	6 792 694	0	5 811 351	2 434 505	60 087 494	75 126 044	60 368 482	8 906 425	5 851 137
48	MATJHABENG LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	178 222 967	7 893	49 033 516	44 390 457	3 129 712 117	3 401 366 950	2 277 416 556	329 785 275	794 165 118
49	METSIMAHOLO LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	44 243 387	0	0	0	13 500 000	57 743 387	49 953 693	7 493 054	296 640
Name of Municipality	(a) Age	Total debt is made up of
	Current	16 - 30 days	Current	16 - 30 days	Current	16 - 30 days	(b)(i) Total Capital	Total VAT	(b)(ii) Total Interest
50	MOHOKARE LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	67 803	0	66 300	65 412	192 350	391 865	334 842	50 226	6 796
51	MOQHAKA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	40 234 333	0	15 742 628	0	298 357 452	354 334 414	274 732 913	40 968 278	38 633 222
52	NALA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	25 440 184	0	2 973 884	17 704 568	346 273 371	392 392 006	298 390 489	43 565 352	50 436 165
53	NGWATHE LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	37 416 763	0	31 989 813	18 228 528	1 221 468 050	1 309 103 154	986 444 975	142 542 453	180 115 726
54	NKETOANA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	20 562 888	0	5 750 543	5 557 075	321 984 368	353 854 874	239 246 224	34 691 455	79 917 195
55	PHUMELELA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	8 037 971	26 578	2 314 024	2 213 297	124 528 836	137 120 705	99 794 356	14 859 853	22 466 496
56	SETSOTO LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	11 717 024	11 879	210 852	0	0	11 939 755	10 275 707	1 541 356	122 692
57	TOKOLOGO LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	5 006 543	0	4 049 180	2 839 483	93 121 829	105 017 035	78 046 722	11 542 190	15 428 123
58	TSWELOPELE LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	11 202 797	0	6 058 799	2 098 788	24 015 370	43 375 754	33 041 210	4 926 979	5 407 565
	*GAUTENG*	6 262 789 360	707 633 991	259 734 441	182 966 557	2 405 224 960	9 818 349 309	7 967 389 189	1 194 170 609	656 789 511
59	CITY OF EKURHULENI METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY	1 841 503 839	703 358 185	14 068 423	331 637	0	2 559 262 084	2 226 904 328	334 200 566	-1 842 810
60	CITY OF JOHANNESBURG METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY	1 670 743 142	85 603	3 778 616	0	2 275	1 674 609 637	1 456 122 030	218 418 546	69 062
61	CITY OF TSHWANE METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY	1 508 561 807	724 170	384 906	0	0	1 509 670 884	1 312 835 323	196 828 012	7 548
62	EMFULENI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	626 500 695	3 386 573	158 757 750	110 805 767	1 833 220 909	2 732 671 694	1 968 807 647	294 487 852	469 376 196
63	LESEDI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	39 965 438	0	0	0	0	39 965 438	34 753 416	5 212 022	0
64	MERAFONG CITY LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	106 995 000	79 460	30 161 686	26 536 973	363 916 132	527 689 250	382 220 081	57 162 147	88 307 021
65	MIDVAAL LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	43 316 862	0	0	0	0	43 316 862	37 666 837	5 650 026	0
66	MOGALE CITY LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	226 714 381	0	168 198	0	0	226 882 579	170 075 997	25 511 623	31 294 960
67	RAND WEST CITY LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	198 488 196	0	52 414 862	45 292 180	208 006 073	504 201 310	377 934 338	56 689 438	69 577 534
68	SEDIBENG DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY	0	0	0	0	79 570	79 570	69 192	10 379	0
	*KWAZULU NATAL*	2 640 303 110	5 626 740	38 055 628	32 493 098	482 404 486	3 198 883 061	2 686 612 419	403 032 475	109 238 166
69	ABAQULUSI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	52 536 257	12 584	0	0	17 281 243	69 830 084	56 131 678	8 421 628	5 276 778
70	ALFRED DUMA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	42 465 418	0	0	0	0	42 465 418	36 926 450	5 538 968	0
71	AMAJUBA DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY	365 343	0	243 797	16 239	41 156	666 535	577 233	86 800	2 502
72	BIG 5 HLABISA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	-2	0	0	0	0	-2	-2	0	0
73	CITY OF UMHLATHUZE LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	135 633 196	1 230 235	153 317	148 200	0	137 164 948	119 267 789	17 893 124	4 036
74	DANNHAUSER LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Name of Municipality	(a) Age	Total debt is made up of
	Current	16 - 30 days	Current	16 - 30 days	Current	16 - 30 days	(b)(i) Total Capital	Total VAT	(b)(ii) Total Interest
75	DR NKOSAZANA DLAMINI ZUMA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	18 415	0	2 545	0	0	20 960	18 208	2 731	21
76	EDUMBE LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	5 118 208	0	0	0	0	5 118 208	4 450 616	667 592	0
77	EMADLANGENI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	2 020 573	0	0	0	0	2 020 573	1 757 020	263 553	0
78	ENDUMENI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	18 996 139	0	0	0	0	18 996 139	16 519 983	2 476 156	0
79	ETHEKWINI METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY	1 512 335 557	0	5 185	0	0	1 512 340 742	1 315 078 890	197 261 841	11
80	GREATER KOKSTAD LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	-1 633	0	0	0	0	-1 633	-1 633	0	0
81	HARRY GWALA DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY	-584 999	161 024	0	0	0	-423 975	-427 098	1 947	1 175
82	ILEMBE DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY	819 821	780 852	1 013	0	0	1 601 686	1 392 771	208 916	0
83	IMPENDLE LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
84	INKOSI LANGALIBALELE LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	51 163 261	0	0	0	25 207 105	76 370 366	59 246 542	8 886 539	8 237 286
85	JOZINI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	32 710	0	0	0	0	32 710	28 443	4 266	0
86	KING CETSHWAYO DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY	156 948	166 379	0	0	0	323 328	279 853	43 474	0
87	KWADUKUZA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	104 639 975	0	0	0	0	104 639 975	90 991 283	13 648 692	0
88	MANDENI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
89	MAPHUMULO LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	1 839	0	0	0	0	1 839	1 599	240	0
90	MKHAMBATHINI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
91	MPOFANA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	7 921 418	0	5 957 353	3 952 182	168 480 033	186 310 986	137 797 506	20 384 739	28 128 740
92	MSINGA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	-3 304	0	0	0	0	-3 304	-2 782	-522	0
93	MSUNDUZI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	480 468 091	0	45 104	24 039	1 592 529	482 129 763	415 304 937	62 535 103	4 289 724
94	MTHONJANENI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	2 547 629	0	0	0	3 571 696	6 119 325	5 203 446	781 578	134 301
95	MTUBATUBA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	11 550	9 548	0	0	0	21 098	17 917	2 688	493
96	NDWEDWE LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
97	NEWCASTLE LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	125 363 929	0	30 242 547	21 597 294	166 566 605	343 770 375	262 288 394	39 461 437	42 020 544
98	NKANDLA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	4 021 175	0	0	0	0	4 021 175	3 484 208	522 631	14 336
99	NONGOMA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	25 992	0	26 194	0	0	52 186	45 379	6 807	0
100	NQUTHU LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	3 574 987	0	0	0	0	3 574 987	3 108 684	466 303	0
101	OKHAHLAMBA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	1 455	0	0	0	0	1 455	1 265	190	0

Name of Municipality	(a) Age	Total debt is made up of
	Current	Current	Current	Current	Current	Current	(b)(i) Total Capital	Total VAT	(b)(ii) Total Interest
102	RAY NKONYENI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	14 348 518	0	0	0	0	14 348 518	12 476 972	1 871 546	0
103	RICHMOND LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
104	UBUHLEBEZWE LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	35 627	42 770	33 220	0	0	111 617	96 508	14 569	540
105	UGU DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY	305 961	1 673 529	0	0	0	1 979 491	1 721 959	257 037	494
106	ULUNDI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	22 836 934	0	8 111	6 586 606	99 612 854	129 044 505	93 943 656	13 991 774	21 109 076
107	UMDONI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	-57 247	70 103	0	0	0	12 856	10 655	2 201	0
108	UMFOLOZI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	99 443	19 360	0	0	0	118 803	103 307	15 496	0
109	UMGUNGUNDLOVU DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY	8 567	0	0	0	0	8 567	7 449	1 117	0
110	UMHLABUYALINGANA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	-1 000	0	0	0	0	-1 000	-870	-130	0
111	UMKHANYAKUDE DISTRICT MUNIC	3 832 673	0	79 841	0	0	3 912 513	3 409 374	502 361	779
112	UMLALAZI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	7 920 573	0	0	0	0	7 920 573	6 887 455	1 033 118	0
113	UMNGENI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	20 381 396	0	0	0	0	20 381 396	17 722 952	2 658 443	0
114	UMSHWATHI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	-2	0	0	0	0	-2	-2	0	0
115	UMUZIWABANTU LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
116	UMVOTI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	10 353 066	0	0	0	0	10 353 066	9 002 666	1 350 400	0
117	UMZIMKULU LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
118	UMZINYATHI DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY	897 411	221 356	710 537	148 451	51 264	2 029 019	1 758 677	267 133	3 209
119	UMZUMBE LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	171 762	0	0	0	0	171 762	148 285	22 243	1 234
120	UPHONGOLA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	3 736 084	0	0	0	0	3 736 084	3 248 768	487 315	0
121	UTHUKELA DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY	4 311 747	199 515	181 736	16 056	0	4 709 054	4 094 838	614 217	0
122	ZULULAND DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY	1 471 651	1 039 484	365 126	4 032	0	2 880 292	2 491 189	376 216	12 887
	*LIMPOPO*	365 644 212	83 934	36 521 267	19 461 882	799 096 597	1 220 807 892	917 389 531	136 409 206	167 009 155
123	BA-PHALABORWA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	10 296 929	0	0	0	0	10 296 929	8 953 852	1 343 078	0
124	BELA-BELA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	12 529 223	0	16 264 129	6 505 124	534 614	35 833 091	22 204 295	3 349 128	10 279 668
125	BLOUBERG LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	5 796 357	0	68 663	0	0	5 865 021	5 100 018	765 003	0
126	CAPRICORN DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY	231 179	0	108 572	0	0	339 751	293 593	44 456	1 701
127	COLLINS CHABANE LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	442 394	0	0	0	0	442 394	344 466	97 928	0
128	ELIAS MOTSOALEDI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	10 791 749	0	0	0	0	10 791 749	9 366 960	1 405 044	19 744

Name of Municipality	(a) Age	Total debt is made up of
	Current	Current	Current	Current	Current	Current	(b)(i) Total Capital	Total VAT	(b)(ii) Total Interest
129	EPHRAIM MOGALE LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	5 984 035	0	0	0	0	5 984 035	5 203 508	780 526	0
130	FETAKGOMO - GREATER TUBATSE LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	695 238	0	0	0	0	695 238	604 571	90 668	0
131	GREATER GIYANI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	94 137	0	0	0	0	94 137	81 859	12 279	0
132	GREATER LETABA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	2 276 535	0	0	0	0	2 276 535	1 979 595	296 939	0
133	GREATER TZANEEN LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	62 478 617	0	0	0	0	62 478 617	54 097 570	8 114 634	266 412
134	LEPELLE NKUMPI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	333 195	0	0	0	0	333 195	289 735	43 460	0
135	LEPHALALE LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	12 968 872	0	83 097	0	0	13 051 969	11 340 038	1 702 157	9 774
136	MAKHADO LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	40 837 585	0	0	0	0	40 837 585	35 510 944	5 326 642	0
137	MAKHUDUTHAMAGA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	36 690	0	0	0	0	36 690	31 904	4 786	0
138	MARULENG LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	27 376	0	0	0	0	27 376	23 805	3 571	0
139	MODIMOLLE-MOOKGOPHONG LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	24 901 644	0	19 975 470	12 956 758	541 353 824	599 187 696	430 035 176	63 881 053	105 271 466
140	MOGALAKWENA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	28 617 694	68 719	21 335	0	0	28 707 749	24 643 089	3 696 463	368 196
141	MOLEMOLE LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	369 567	0	0	0	0	369 567	321 362	48 204	0
142	MOPANI DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY	2 782 672	0	0	0	0	2 782 672	2 342 185	440 487	0
143	MUSINA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	14 281 246	0	0	0	62 547 185	76 828 431	52 507 211	7 863 053	16 458 168
145	POLOKWANE LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	110 045 238	0	0	0	0	110 045 238	95 690 601	14 354 637	0
146	SEKHUKHUNE DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY	2 727 234	0	0	0	0	2 727 234	2 424 021	303 213	0
147	THABAZIMBI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	9 035 505	0	0	0	194 660 974	203 696 479	147 869 991	21 522 136	34 304 352
148	THULAMELA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	941 719	0	0	0	0	941 719	818 886	122 833	0
149	VHEMBE DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY	6 121 581	15 215	1	0	0	6 136 796	5 310 296	796 827	29 673
	*MPUMALANGA*	907 660 119	7 516 615	437 595 269	295 614 172	8 067 142 378	9 715 528 552	6 871 695 575	1 013 313 981	1 830 518 996
150	BUSHBUCKRIDGE LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	8 592 270	9 556	41 218	47 295	2 795 848	11 486 187	9 591 898	1 438 956	455 332
151	CHIEF ALBERT LUTHULI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	11 152 692	0	12 654 701	44 644	3 064 943	26 916 980	18 370 903	2 755 567	5 790 510
152	CITY OF MBOMBELA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	233 332 697	7 506 989	59 540 611	50 613 658	119 353 057	470 347 013	347 286 841	52 077 008	70 983 163
153	DIPALESENG LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	10 767 510	0	3 135 474	28 792	40 966 490	54 898 267	36 562 627	5 480 622	12 855 018
154	DR J S MOROKA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	45 430	0	46 800	0	0	92 230	149 401	-58 126	955
155	DR PIXLEY KA ISAKA SEME LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	11 194 699	0	0	0	0	11 194 699	9 734 521	1 460 178	0
Name of Municipality	(a) Age	Total debt is made up of
	Current	Current	Current	Current	Current	Current	(b)(i) Total Capital	Total VAT	(b)(ii) Total Interest
156	EMAKHAZENI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	9 110 334	0	7 624 258	4 727 831	14 106 323	35 568 745	19 644 348	2 945 752	12 978 645
157	EMALAHLENI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	202 206 778	0	184 122 466	105 468 608	3 765 940 297	4 257 738 149	2 980 551 539	438 233 357	838 953 253
158	GOVAN MBEKI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	118 537 253	70	75 977 923	56 430 543	1 845 400 427	2 096 346 216	1 491 685 244	220 881 471	383 779 501
159	LEKWA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	51 751 210	0	35 985 637	27 920 218	1 061 620 169	1 177 277 234	771 943 754	113 585 356	291 748 124
160	MKHONDO LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	23 505 497	0	19 843 787	10 989 345	140 688 284	195 026 912	143 033 710	21 658 341	30 334 861
161	MSUKALIGWA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	40 017 013	0	25 819 186	16 502 497	98 578 799	180 917 495	129 653 393	19 441 736	31 822 366
162	NKANGALA DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY	38 741	0	0	0	0	38 741	33 549	5 032	159
163	NKOMAZI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	18 159 927	0	19 840	0	0	18 179 768	15 801 662	2 370 249	7 857
164	STEVE TSHWETE LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	79 812 695	0	38 668	0	10 023	79 861 386	69 443 904	10 416 429	1 053
165	THABA CHWEU LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	53 638 796	0	9 123 742	8 066 497	731 152 976	801 982 010	607 390 361	87 677 266	106 914 383
166	THEMBISILE HANI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	273 419	0	0	0	0	273 419	237 756	35 663	0
167	VICTOR KHANYE LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	35 523 158	0	3 620 958	14 774 245	243 464 742	297 383 103	220 580 164	32 909 122	43 893 817
	*NORTH WEST*	841 754 173	2 233 012	257 373 301	114 059 427	1 616 955 797	2 832 375 711	2 045 584 616	303 446 819	483 344 276
168	CITY OF MATLOSANA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	245 873 306	686 256	57 731 377	49 476 792	295 308 522	649 076 254	498 853 779	74 629 652	75 592 823
169	DITSOBOTLA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	19 888 630	9 034	15 811 342	10 967 219	580 419 857	627 096 083	403 251 980	58 948 453	164 895 650
170	DR RUTH SEGOMOTSI MOMPATI DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY	76 928	0	43 745	0	0	120 673	104 973	15 700	0
171	GREATER TAUNG LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	1 736 478	0	0	0	0	1 736 478	1 510 345	226 133	0
172	JB MARKS LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	127 779 494	0	22 790 470	0	0	150 569 964	130 832 609	19 624 891	112 464
173	KAGISANO-MOLOPO LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	338 156	0	218 868	0	0	557 024	484 492	72 532	0
174	KGETLENGRIVIER LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	8 221 795	22 347	3 127 140	2 967 531	128 124 786	142 463 600	102 472 991	15 057 349	24 933 259
175	LEKWA-TEEMANE LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	16 374 286	11 979	5 295 415	4 105 005	28 438 977	54 225 662	45 013 631	6 752 309	2 459 722
176	MADIBENG LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	61 889 822	112 129	46 638 872	27 191 585	49 111 665	184 944 072	146 411 142	21 880 992	16 651 938
177	MAHIKENG LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	434 909	46 888	82 618	99 498	4 887 425	5 551 338	4 299 862	616 684	634 793
179	MAMUSA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	5 765 300	230 076	4 542 741	2 651 415	84 228 354	97 417 888	64 355 570	9 487 426	23 574 891
180	MAQUASSI HILLS LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	17 729 506	1 037 353	4 969 338	5 017 932	10 719 534	39 473 662	29 198 825	4 354 983	5 919 854
181	MORETELE LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	822 572	0	0	0	0	822 572	705 339	105 799	11 434
182	MOSES KOTANE LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	548 174	0	0	0	0	548 174	476 087	72 087	0
183	NALEDI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	28 783 257	0	7 755 111	7 018 725	325 325 325	368 882 419	248 644 382	36 372 825	83 865 212
Name of Municipality	(a) Age	Total debt is made up of
	Current	Current	Current	Current	Current	Current	(b)(i) Total Capital	(b)(i) Total Capital	(b)(i) Total Capital
184	NGAKA MODIRI MOLEMA DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY	-295 536	0	0	0	0	-295 536	-215 388	-80 148	0
185	RAMOTSHERE MOILOA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	9 014 105	76 950	6 463 760	4 232 882	45 036 315	64 824 013	49 482 277	7 418 730	7 923 006
186	RATLOU LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	946 515	0	0	0	0	946 515	823 499	123 015	0
187	RUSTENBURG LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	281 951 757	0	81 890 831	318 076	470 551	364 631 215	270 476 067	40 580 472	53 574 676
	*NORTHERN CAPE*	344 185 847	491 368	72 340 140	33 725 145	1 657 186 468	2 107 928 968	1 459 764 851	215 637 494	432 526 623
188	!KHEIS LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	48 605	69 735	0	0	0	118 339	101 008	15 151	2 181
189	DAWID KRUIPER LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	28 287 216	0	0	0	0	28 287 216	23 958 504	3 593 776	734 936
190	DIKGATLONG LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	4 921 723	0	11 199 072	2 405 857	114 259 861	132 786 514	89 544 028	13 103 909	30 138 577
191	EMTHANJENI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	11 133 067	0	8 300 662	4 886 344	71 524 133	95 844 205	70 079 616	10 497 178	15 267 411
192	GAMAGARA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	40 057 404	0	10 154 304	10 199	229 882 298	280 104 206	204 883 347	30 542 311	44 678 547
193	GA-SEGONYANA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	16 881 579	0	0	0	0	16 881 579	11 686 218	1 752 933	3 442 428
194	HANTAM LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	2 883 373	0	0	0	0	2 883 373	2 507 281	376 092	0
195	JOE MOROLONG LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	1 412 277	0	707 836	0	0	2 120 114	1 740 990	261 101	118 023
196	KAI !GARIB LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	9 161 264	0	6 550 145	4 832 837	318 372 016	338 916 262	233 828 207	34 086 755	71 001 300
197	KAMIESBERG LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	823 637	353 168	1 213 979	997 020	19 450 858	22 838 661	17 337 681	2 589 369	2 911 612
198	KAREEBERG LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	-270	0	0	0	0	-270	-512	242	0
199	KAROO HOOGLAND LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	30 511	0	0	0	0	30 511	26 531	3 980	0
200	KGATELOPELE LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	3 289 068	0	0	0	0	3 289 068	2 211 400	331 710	745 958
201	KHAI-MA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	1 231 326	64 307	906 888	633 133	17 567 862	20 403 516	13 323 309	1 977 493	5 102 715
202	MAGARENG LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	2 931 296	0	2 357 735	1 645 332	58 243 830	65 178 194	42 469 756	6 244 447	16 463 991
203	NAMA KHOI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	10 417 488	0	8 818 618	6 424 048	110 568 882	136 229 036	90 015 279	13 537 080	32 676 677
204	PHOKWANE LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	19 782 404	0	5 952 228	5 309 723	116 395 538	147 439 893	105 562 316	15 735 134	26 142 443
205	RENOSTERBERG LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	1 477 358	0	1 185 868	989 069	88 517 636	92 169 930	55 603 383	8 014 615	28 551 933
206	RICHTERSVELD LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	1 962 553	4 158	1 434 466	1 146 780	8 269 265	12 817 222	9 932 841	1 489 888	1 394 493
207	SIYANCUMA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	12 218 530	0	3 488 128	0	150 826 726	166 533 384	104 722 521	15 334 349	46 476 514
208	SIYATHEMBA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	3 388 979	0	2 709 253	1 774 437	63 576 385	71 449 053	50 090 782	7 391 879	13 966 392
209	SOL PLAATJE LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	145 089 302	0	9 043	7 744	0	145 106 089	120 503 185	18 075 478	6 527 427
210	THEMBELIHLE LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	1 990 003	0	1 654 177	1 227 199	77 900 543	82 771 921	49 523 127	7 197 184	26 051 609

Name of Municipality	(a) Age	Total debt is made up of
	Current	Current	Current	Current	Current	Current	(b)(i) Total Capital	(b)(i) Total Capital	(b)(i) Total Capital
211	TSANTSABANE LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	13 003 441	0	3 368 820	60 023	147 252 789	163 685 073	106 538 739	15 626 285	41 520 049
212	UBUNTU LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	2 621 811	0	2 131 961	1 375 400	64 577 847	70 707 019	45 485 525	6 645 686	18 575 807
213	UMSOBOMVU LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	9 141 904	0	196 956	0	0	9 338 860	8 089 790	1 213 469	35 601
	*WESTERN CAPE*	2 128 610 643	468 097	13 559 252	8 907 022	4 955 170	2 156 500 183	1 871 098 781	280 628 568	4 772 834
214	BEAUFORT WEST LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	16 618 073	2	1 350 357	0	0	17 968 433	15 290 788	2 293 692	383 953
215	BERGRIVIER LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	13 025 659	0	0	0	0	13 025 659	11 326 660	1 698 999	0
216	BITOU LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	14 779 187	367	0	0	0	14 779 554	12 851 778	1 927 776	0
217	BREEDE VALLEY LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	46 785 107	0	0	0	0	46 785 107	40 682 700	6 102 407	0
218	CAPE AGULHAS LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	12 318 050	0	0	0	0	12 318 050	10 711 347	1 606 702	0
219	CEDERBERG LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	11 422 826	129 097	9 243 198	6 468 139	3 421 849	30 685 109	25 517 245	3 827 587	1 340 277
220	CITY OF CAPE TOWN METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY	1 344 766 378	203 828	52 964	13 250	89 301	1 345 125 721	1 169 720 089	175 397 831	7 801
221	DRAKENSTEIN LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	209 005 120	0	0	0	0	209 005 120	181 253 161	27 210 855	541 104
222	EDEN DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY	66 031	0	0	0	0	66 031	57 192	8 579	260
223	GEORGE LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	71 141 484	0	0	0	0	71 141 484	61 862 160	9 279 324	0
224	HESSEQUA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	4 483 848	0	0	0	0	4 483 848	3 898 092	585 757	0
225	KANNALAND LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	4 738 693	0	2 901 594	2 425 633	1 444 020	11 509 940	8 530 103	1 279 516	1 700 321
226	KNYSNA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	27 494 603	15	1 431	0	0	27 496 048	23 908 113	3 586 217	1 718
227	LAINGSBURG LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	469 439	0	0	0	0	469 439	407 232	60 963	1 244
228	LANGEBERG LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	42 248 052	0	0	0	0	42 248 052	36 737 436	5 510 615	0
229	MATZIKAMA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	14 285 691	0	0	0	0	14 285 691	11 833 676	1 775 051	676 964
230	MOSSEL BAY LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	50 700 673	0	0	0	0	50 700 673	43 985 167	6 597 775	117 731
231	OUDTSHOORN LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	23 009 623	0	0	0	0	23 009 623	20 008 367	3 001 255	0
232	OVERSTRAND LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	40 485 198	0	0	0	0	40 485 198	35 204 520	5 280 678	0
233	PRINS ALBERT LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	1 646 075	0	52	0	0	1 646 126	1 431 369	214 705	52
234	SALDANHA BAY LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	40 339 866	96 939	0	0	0	40 436 804	35 161 624	5 274 246	935
235	STELLENBOSCH LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	52 626 589	37 845	9 337	0	0	52 673 770	45 803 178	6 870 478	115
236	SWARTLAND LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	33 945 087	0	320	0	0	33 945 407	29 517 468	4 427 614	325
237	SWELLENDAM LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	9 975 014	0	0	0	0	9 975 014	8 673 880	1 301 134	0
Name of Municipality	(a) Age	Total debt is made up of
	Current	Current	Current	Current	Current	Current	(b)(i) Total Capital	(b)(i) Total Capital	(b)(i) Total Capital
238	THEEWATERSKLOOF LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	9 787 132	0	0	0	0	9 787 132	8 510 552	1 276 579	0
239	WEST COAST DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY	1 194 027	0	0	0	0	1 194 027	1 038 255	155 738	34
240	WITZENBERG LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	31 253 122	3	0	0	0	31 253 124	27 176 630	4 076 494	0

21 September 2020 - NW1197

Cachalia, Mr G K to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises

(1) What are the relevant details of private shareholders who (a) have held shares in the SA Express Airways SOC Ltd (SA Express) since it was established and (b) currently hold shares; (2) What are the relevant details of shares traded during the life of SA Express, including the details of the (a) shares traded, (b) share sellers, (c) share purchasers and (d) amounts paid for shares? NW1502E

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Reply:

(a) In 2007, Transnet divested its interest in SA Express when the airline was established in terms of the SA Express Act (No. 34 of 2007), promulgated in December 2007, which provided for the transfer of SA Express shares and interests from Transnet to the state. The Act further granted the conversion of SA Express into a public company with share capital. In 2009, Government took 100% shareholding in SA Express.

The Company is a pre-existing company as contemplated in Item 2 of Schedule 5 of the Companies Act, (No 71 of 2008), as amended, and was incorporated in accordance with the Legal Succession to the South African Transport Services Act No. 9 of 1989 to and, in terms of its enabling legislation.

(b) There are no private shareholders who currently hold shares in SA Express. The company is also subject to the provisions of the Public Finance Management Act, 1999, (PFMA) as amended. The government is the sole shareholder of the shares in the company and the rights attached to those shares are exercised by the Minister of Public Enterprises.

The Memorandum of Incorporation (MOI) provides that the company is authorised to issue 1000 (one thousand) Shares. The 2013 MOI provides that the shares in issue are 452 (four hundred and fifty two) ordinary shares, all of which are held by the shareholder, as represented by the Minister of Public Enterprises.
1. shares traded where 102 shares
2. share seller was Transnet

c). share purchaser was Government, represented by the Minister of Public Enterprises

d) amount paid was R140 million.

The company received a total of R1 549 000 000.00 during the 2018/19 and 2019/20 financial years. The company was required to provide the Minister with a commensurate request to increase the authorised and issued shares, accordingly. The process was not finalised and the provisional liquidator will only be able to address the matter, subject to prescribed requirements.

21 September 2020 - NW1746

Singh, Mr N to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises

(1) Whether his department and/or the entities reporting to him currently provide free basic electricity under programmes other than the Free Basic Electricity programme; if not, why not; if so, (a) to whom and (b) what are the relevant details; (2) whether the installation and maintenance of electricity prepaid meters would be (a) subsidised or (b) free under certain parameters; if not, why not; if so, (i) under what parameters and (ii) what are the relevant details; (3) whether his department and/or the entities reporting to him prescribe electricity tariffs and rates to municipalities in order to ensure that the most vulnerable and indigent communities receive free basic electricity; if not, why not; if so, (a) in what manner and (b) what are the relevant details?

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Reply:

(1) No the Department of Public Enterprises and its entities do not provide free basic electricity under programmes other than the Free Basic Electricity (FBE) programme.

(1)(a) Not applicable (1)(b) Not applicable

(2)(a) Under the FBE programme, installation and maintenance of electricity prepaid meters is not subsidised.

(2)(a)(i) and (ii) Not applicable

(2)(b)(i) and (ii) The installation of electricity prepaid meters is free under the Government’s Integrated National Electrification Programme (INEP). INEP is funded by the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy as per the Division of Revenue Act, 2013 (Act No.2 of 2013) schedule 6.

Eskom maintains prepaid electricity meters. Eskom has a maintenance budget for repairs and maintenance for its infrastructure and this is allocated from the tariff.

(3) Eskom does not prescribe electricity tariffs and rates to any of its customers but charge all its customers tariffs approved by the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA). The Electricity Regulation Act prohibits Eskom from charging its customers any other tariffs other than those approved by NERSA.

(3) (a) Not Applicable

(3) (b) Not Applicable

21 September 2020 - NW2080

Maotwe, Ms OMC to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises

With reference to his department’s appearance before the Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises on 19 August 2020, where the Director-General indicated that Rand Merchant Bank has been appointed as transaction advisors to ensure that the best option of securing funding is chosen, what (a) process was followed to appoint Rand Merchant Bank as the transaction advisors, (b) is the contract value of the specified agreement, (c) are the deliverables in the agreement and (d) are the timelines of the contract?

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Reply:

(a) The Rand Merchant Bank had been appointed as transaction advisor to oversee the Strategic Equity Partner (SEP) transaction of Air Chefs by SAA, the Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) expanded the scope in line with procurement prescripts to include a similar scope on the SAA group, in line with Treasury Regulation 16A6.6.

(b)The contract value is capped at R12 million as retainer fee and R25 million as success fee for concluding a partnership for S

(c) The deliverables are;
i. Initial evaluation
ii. Due diligence and agreeing heads of agreement
iii. Final Due Diligence, definitive Transaction agreements, Transaction approvals and closing

(d) The timeline for the contract is 12 months. But the project may be concluded earlier due to the urgency of the matter, and the Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) has an option of exiting within 15 days, a month’s notice or by mutual agreement.

21 September 2020 - NW1889

Maotwe, Ms OMC to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises

What are the reasons that (a) The grievance lodged by a certain person (name furnished) regarding the interdict of the appointment of Eskom Group Treasurer was ignored, (b) Eskom misled the chairperson of the grievance process by supplying an incorrect advert of the position and (c) A certain person (name furnished) was a member of the interview panel that appointed Eskom Treasurer when the specified person is not a member of the board or an employee of Eskom? NW2397E

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Reply:

According to the information received from Eskom

(a) The Grievance was attended to in line with the Eskom HR Management priscipts and the outcome was provided to the aggrieved employee.

(b) The advert that had been provided initially was the copy of the working draft. The error was corrected when it was posted out. There were no material differences between the working draft and final version published.

Table 1: Comparison of pdf copy of the advert vs advert on the Eskom recruitment site

Advert on the pdf copy

Advert on the Eskom recruitment

portal

Position: GM TREASURY

Position Task Grade: EEE – GENERAL MANAGER

Purpose: Ensure Eskom has necessary policies, strategies, processes and systems to optimize Eskom’s financial liquidity through providing an effective Treasury function.

Business Unit: Office of the CE/Chairman

Location: Megawatt Park Reference Number: 041120191 Closing Date: 07 November 2019 Line Manager: Jabu Mabuza

Position : GM Treasury Task Grade : E-Band

Area of Specialization: Ensure Eskom has necessary policies, strategies, processes and systems to optimize Eskom’s financial liquidity through providing an effective Treasury function.

Department : Chief Financial Officer Business Unit : Office of the CFO Location : South Africa (Gauteng) Reference Number : 041120191 Closing Date : Monday, 11 November 2019

(c) The Eskom recruitment and selection process make provision for a subject matter expect to form part of an interview panel. Ms Ramos was brought in on this basis.

None of the candidates of the candidates interviewed expressed discomfort or objected to discomfort with the composition of the interview panel.

09 September 2020 - NW1887

Maotwe, Ms OMC to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises

What are the reasons that a certain person (name furnished) was appointed as the Chairperson of the Eskom Pension Fund when a letter of appointment for the same position was already drafted and sent to another person (name furnished)?

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Reply:

According to the information received from Eskom

The term of the Eskom Pension and Provident Fund (EPPF) Board, ofwhich Ms Mantuka Maisela was the Chairperson, expired on 31 May 2020. However, because the governance process was not in place on 31 May 2020 and Eskom did not want to be the cause of a non-constituted Board, which had been a finding of the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) against the EPPF previously, Ms Maisela and the other two trustees were appointed to avoid such an occurrence.

The appointment letters were drafted to appoint them for a full term because the rules of the Fund did not provide for temporary appointments, but for replacements, where Eskom had the right to replace an employer board member at any time on reasonable grounds.

In a letter dated 29 May 2020, Ms Maisela was informed that her appointment was subject to the finalisation of the governance process and that it was to be read in conjunction with rule 3.5(1) of the EPPF rules, which provides that an employer board member could be replaced by Eskom at any time on reasonable grounds.

Eskom followed an appointment process for the EPPF Chairperson position with the assistance of an executive search company. Shortlisted candidates were interviewed by an Eskom panel that consisted of the Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Senior Manager Human Resources, and Recruitment Manager, and all internal governance processes were adhered to. Ms Maisela was not part of the process because she was not shortlisted.

In its decision not to extend Ms Maisela’s appointment, Eskom also considered the fact that Ms Maisela had acted in various roles on the EPPF Board since 2004, which made a total of 16 years, for 12 of which she had been appointed by Eskom. This tenure considerably exceeded the recommended period for a non-executive director in terms of governance processes.

Eskom took the above into consideration and decided that it would not be in the interest of good governance for the EPPF and Eskom to reappoint Ms Maisela as the Chairperson of the EPPF Board.

The CFO recommended the successful candidate’s name to the Group Chief Executive (GCE), and the GCE, in consultation with the Chairman of the Board, recommended the appointment to the People and Governance Committee (P&G), a subcommittee of the Board, for approval. The P&G approved the submitted name and recommended approval of the appointment by the Minister. It must be noted that this is merely a formality as the Minister is not involved in the process identifying new members of the Board. There were delays in soliciting the P&G approval due to the lockdown. The P&G recommendation reached the Minister on 15 May 2020.The Minister approved the recommended candidate on 9 June 2020. Eskom appointed the Chairperson with effect from 1 July 2020, and the name was submitted to the EPPF Board for final approval.

The EPPF Board approved the appointment of Ms Caroline Henry on 15 July 2020, and therefore, Eskom did not have authority to extend Ms Maisela’s appointment beyond 30 June 2020.

It should be noted that Ms Maisela was not the only trustee who was replaced in terms of rule 3.5(1) of the EPPF rules on 30 June 2020, as she was replaced along with two other trustees.

09 September 2020 - NW1891

Mkhaliphi, Ms HO to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises

Whether the Chief Executive Officer of Transnet intends to sell the assets of Transnet to the private sector; if not, what is the position in this regard, if so, (a) which assets will be sold, (b) what process is followed to decide which assets should be sold and (c) what are the reasons that Transnet is selling its assets?

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Reply:

According to the information received from Transnet

No, Transnet is not planning to sell assets to the private sector. However, it is in the process of considering how its asset base is best positioned to deliver on the requirements of the business. We are however looking for opportunities to partner with the private sector. This is in order to promote economic transformation and to mobilise private sector capital for important projects.

(a) Not applicable

(b) Not applicable

(c) Not applicable

09 September 2020 - NW1892

Mkhaliphi, Ms HO to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises

(1)What qualifications do certain persons (names furnished) hold; (2) whether the qualifications of the specified persons were verified; if not, why not; if so, which institutions were used to verify their qualifications?

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Reply:

According to the information received from Eskom

(a) and (b)

The table below captures the details requested for each person.

Title

Initials and surname

Designation

Qualification

Verification by

Mr

A M

de Ruyter

Group Chief Executive

Bachelor of Arts in English and Psychology - (University of Pretoria)

Bachelor of Civil Law - (University of Pretoria)

Bachelor of Law - (University of South Africa)

Master of Business Administration - (Nijenrode University - Netherlands)

Lexis RefCheck

Mr

C

Cassim

Chief Financial Officer

Bachelor of Commerce - (University of Natal)

Honours Bachelor of Accounting Science - (University of South Africa)

Masters in Business Leadership – (University of South Africa)

Member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants

Internal recruitment department - 2006

Title	Initials and surname	Designation	Qualification	Verification by
Mr	J A	Oberholzer	Chief Operating Officer	Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering - (University of Pretoria) Master of Business Leadership - (University of South Africa) Executive Leadership Programme - (University of Michigan – USA) Electrical Engineering Certificate of Competency (SA)	Internal recruitment department Previously employed by Eskom since 1983
Mr	N	Harris	Senior Manager: Information Management	Bachelor of Commerce Education - (Rand Afrikaans University) Diploma in Data Metrics - (University of South Africa) Master of Business Leadership – Brunel University, UK – (Henley Management College)	Internal recruitment department. Previously employed by Eskom since 1982
Mr	R	Vaughan	General Manager: Treasury	Bachelor of Commerce – (Rhodes University) Higher Diploma in Accountancy - (Rhodes University) Member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants	LexisNexis Risk Management

09 September 2020 - NW1204

Van Minnen, Ms BM to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises

(1)(a) At what stage are the negotiations with the unions regarding the unbundling of Eskom into three separate subsidiaries, and (b) which unions are involved in the process?(2) How will (a) the outstanding debt of Eskom be accrued to each of the three potential subsidiaries, and (b) Eskom debit to creditors be secured prior to the unbundling process?

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Reply:

According to the information received from Eskom:

(1)(a) In terms of the Collective Agreement, Eskom engages with organised labour at various

participative structures. National structures include - Strategic Forum, Central Consultative Forum and Central Bargaining Forum. There are also Group Structures and Business Unit Level. The purpose of these structures is for Eskom to engage (share information, consult and bargain) with organised labour on matters that have direct impact on the employee’s conditions of employment in line with legal prescripts.

Post the publication of the Eskom Roadmap in October 2019, Eskom has had two formal consultative meetings with the leadership of NUM, NUMSA and Solidarity where Eskom shared the Strategic Turnaround Plan and Operating Model, the latter detailing the divisionalisation plans in support of the Eskom Roadmap. The table below lists engagements that have taken place as well as those planned.

Eskom is also party to the NEDLAC process where only NUM is in attendance as prescribed by the NEDLAC regulations.

Consultative Forum	Dates of past meetings	Discussions	Organised labour representation	Planned meetings
Strategic Forum (SF)	26 May 2020	Eskom shared the Eskom Strategic Turnaround Plan and Operating Model.	NUM/NUMSA/Solidarity leadership. The engagements are targeted at Secretary General level.	26 November 2020
	21 July 2020	A follow up meeting to engage further on issues tabled at the meeting.
Central Consultative Forum (CCF)	-	The Eskom Turnaround Plan as shared at the Strategic form meetings of 26 May and 21 July.	NUM/NUMSA/Solidarity The engagements are targeted at local leadership.	The CCF meeting is scheduled to take place on 22 September 2020. With another meeting scheduled for 3 December 2020.
NEDLAC	15 October 2019 4 December 2019 11 February 2020	The Roadmap for Eskom in a reformed electricity supply industry 2019	As per NEDLAC’s prescribed regulations.	Dates and agenda is set by NEDLAC.

(1)(b)The recognised trade unions at Eskom are National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa

(NUMSA), National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and Solidarity.

(2)(a)In line with the divisionalisation decision, proforma financial statements: income statement

and balance sheet, etc. have been formulated for each of the units to enable proper performance monitoring by the established divisional boards. However, the decision on the group debt remains an outstanding matter and a solution will be finalised before the debt is allocated to each division and prior to attainment of the legal separation.

(2)(b) The decision on a long term solution will include engaging and reaching agreement with

the creditors, after taking into account the regulatory methodology and the profitability of the proposed subsidiaries. It would be premature at this stage to provide a definitive decision on this matter, as the work has not been concluded.

27 August 2020 - NW1572

Maotwe, Ms OMC to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises

What numbers of persons have been appointed at Eskom on the basis of (a) race, (b) position, (c) qualification, (d) salary level, (e) experience and (f) gender since the appointment of the Chief Executive Officer at Eskom, Mr André de Ruyter?

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Link

Reply:

According to the information received from Eskom:

As at 13 July 2020, Eskom appointed 139 employeessince the appointment of the Group Chief Executive, Mr André de Ruyter.

The breakdown is as follows:

25 external appointments, of which 18 were T-Systems employees who were transferred into Eskom in accordance to Section 197 of the Labour Relations Act, 1995. Only 7 were true external recruits.
114 were appointed on Fixed Term Contracts.

Annexure A provides details, according to (a) race, (b) position, (c) qualification, (d) salary level, (e) experience and (f) gender.

21 August 2020 - NW1681

Brink, Mr C to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises

What: (a) are the details of the current age analysis of the total debt owed by each municipality to Eskom and (b) amount of the debt is made up of (i) principal debt, (ii) interest and (iii) penalties ineach case?

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Link

Reply:

According to the information received from Eskom

a) The total debt owed by municipalities as at June 2020 is R43.9 billion, of which R30.9 billion is overdue debt. The details of the age analysis of the total debt owed by each municipality to Eskom, as at June 2020 are set out in Annexure A.

b) (i) and (ii) The total debt of R43.9 billion, is made up of the capital amounts of R32.4 billion, interest of R6.7 billion and VAT of R4.8 billion. The makeup of total debt in terms of capital and interest for each municipality, as at June 2020 is set out in Annexure A.

c) (iii) The total Notified Maximum Demand (NMD) exceedance charge for June 2020 is R46.9 million and R104 million for the financial year to date. This is a penalty for NMD exceedance raised in terms of the NMD Rules approved by the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) to discourage future exceedances and is included in the capital amount. The NMD exceedance charge, for each municipality as at June 2020 is set out in Annexure B.

21 August 2020 - NW522

Lees, Mr RA to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises

Whether all of the SA Airways Group Companies including (a) SA Airways SOC (Limited), (b) Mango Airlines SOC (Limited), (c) Air Chefs SOC (Limited), (d) SAA Technical SOC (Limited) and (e) SA Airways City Centre SOC (Limited), but not exclusively, are under business rescue; if not, why not?

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Link

Reply:

The only company in business rescue is South African Airways SOC Limited (SAA).

SA Airways City Centre SOC (Limited) has been placed in voluntary liquidation before the business rescue proceedings.

None of the other companies in the group are in business rescue as the boards have not placed the companies under voluntary business rescue, nor has any other process in terms of the Companies Act been given effect to.

21 August 2020 - NW1544

Zungula, Mr V to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises

(1)Whether he will disclose the recipient(s) of the R5 billion allegedly paid to an Eskom service provider by mistake; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) What steps has he taken to: (a) Bring those persons responsible for the reckless conduct to book and (b) Retrieve the R5 billion?

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Reply:

According to the information received from Eskom

1. The R5.5 billion is the total value of Eskom’s claim against Tegeta Resources and Exploration, which is in business rescue.

Relevant details are as follows:

Tegeta is a company owned by Oakbay which is a Gupta related company. Tegeta owns the Optimum coal mine.

The Business rescue proceedings of the Optimum coal mine commenced in February 2018 when the Optimum Board of Directors resolved to place the company under voluntary business rescue and proceeded to file a notice of commencement of business rescue proceedings with the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission on 19 February 2018. The Optimum coal mine had been supplying coal to Hendrina Power Station.

Eskom has submitted a claim of approximately R5.5 billion against Optimum in these proceedings, composed of undelivered coal and poor quality of delivered coal:

A. pre - commencement (of business rescue) September 2016 to January, 2018 = R1,1 billion ( 1,1 million tons)

B. post – commencement (of business rescue process) February, 2018 to December, 2018

= R4.4 billion (3.8 million tons of Coal)

At a meeting of creditors convened on 10 December 2019, the quantum of Eskom’s claim was challenged and it was resolved to refer Eskom’s claim for determination by an independent expert. Creditors contended that Eskom’s claim is inflated and as such Eskom should not have been afforded voting rights on the contingent and disputed part of its claim in Optimum. Eskom’s disputed claim was determined by way of an expedited arbitration presided over by retired judge Fritz Brand, jointly appointed by the creditors.

At the arbitration hearing held in March 2020, the majority of creditors (excluding Oakbay – also a creditor in Optimum), Eskom and the BRPs reached an agreement regarding the quantum of Eskom’s claims. Eskom’s claim, both pre- and-post-business rescue, was determined to be the sum of R1 276 031 278.48 (one billion two hundred and seventy six million thirty one thousand two hundred and seventy eight rand and forty eight cents). Eskom’s voting share was determined at 24% to be exercised by Eskom in any manner it wishes to do.

Current Status of BR proceedings:

During the arbitration hearing in March it was also agreed that the revised business rescue plan would be published on or before the 2 April 2020. It was further agreed that the meeting of creditors, to vote on the preferred offer and adopt the business rescue plan, would be convened on or about 20 April 2020. The BRPs did not publish the plan in April due to the 2 remaining bidders, namely Lurco and IZM, failing to secure funding to acquire the mine.

In light of the above, in May 2020 the BRPs invited other prospective bidders to submit proposals to acquire the mine. Bids were submitted mid-June 2020 and the BRPs are currently reviewing the offers received from the 3 bidders. Eskom currently awaits the outcome of the review. Preferred bidders will be incorporated in the revised BR plan to be published in due course.

Towards the end of June 2020, the BRPs also received an alternative proposal to rescue the mine. The alternative offer was submitted by Centaur Ventures Ltd, one of the largest creditors of Optimum. According to the BRPs, the alternative plan, if supported by the BRPs and creditors, will also be incorporated in the revised business rescue plan and be triggered in the event that the preferred bidders fail to secure sufficient funding to acquire the assets. Eskom has not yet been furnished with the alternative proposal for consideration.

The BRPs have not committed to a specific date for publication of the revised business rescue plan. In the event that the revised plan is published end July, 2020 then the meeting of creditors for purposes of voting and adopting the plan would have to be convened early August i.e. within 10 days of the date of publication of the plan.

2. (a) Not applicable.

(b) As explained in (1) above, Eskom submitted a claim in the business rescue proceedings which are still underway.

24 July 2020 - NW1154

Wessels, Mr W to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises

(1)Whether his department purchased any goods and/or services below the amount of R500 000 connected to the Covid-19 pandemic; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what (a) is the name of each company from which the specified goods and/or services were purchased, (b) is the amount of each transaction and (c) was the service and/or product that each company rendered;

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Reply:

Goods and services were procured in relation to Covid-19 pandemic and the information is indicated in the table below.

(a) Name of the budiness	(b) Amount	(c) Service/ Product
Biologica Pharmaceuticals	R26 650.00	Mask surgical
Tripple N Medical	R2 044.00	Mask surgical
Ekhaya Investments	R11 500.00	Mask cloth
Evergreen Latex	R2 517.20	Gloves surgical and examination natural rubber
Lechoba Medicals	R15 187.50	Hand Sanitizers
Promed Technologies	R2 700.00	Disinfectant surface
Promed Technologies	R3 600.00	Temperature scanners
Multisurge	R4 600.00	Temperature scanners
Recreative Creativity	R27 950.00	Dispenser wipes
Oks iInvestment 2009	R89 700.00	Fumigation/ Building sanitization
Bizmak Trading	R17 000.00	Hand sanitizer dispensers
	R39 000.00	Hand spray sanitizer
	R6 000.00	Face shield

(2) Whether there was any deviation from the standard supply chain management procedures in the specified transactions; if so, (a) why and (b) what are the relevant details in each case;

Answer:

There was no deviation from the standard supply chain management procedures.

(3) What were the reasons that the goods and/or services were purchased from the specified companies;

Answer:

Businesses awarded through request for quotations met the specifications and their prices were the cheapest as compared to other competitors.

08 June 2020 - NW126

Shivambu, Mr F to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises

(1)What total amount have certain persons (names furnished) been paid since their appointment as business rescue practitioners for the SA Airways (SAA); (2) whether the specified business rescue practitioners benefited from the Development Bank of Southern Africa equity bridge loan facility to SAA; if so, (a) what amount did they get paid for that specified intervention and (b) how are they paid?

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Reply:

The following information was provided by the Business Rescue Practitioners of the South African Airways Response:

1. The business rescue practitioners have been paid in accordance with the hours worked and set down rate for business rescue practitioners. The amounts paid to Matuson & Associates and Adamantem as at 26 May 2020 are as follows:

Matuson and Associates – R22 208, 689

Adamantem (Pty) Ltd – R14 002,112

(2) The business rescue practitoners did not benefit from the intervention relating to the DBSA bridge facility, other than payment in the normal course of the business rescue process done based on hours spent on the transaction and set down rate for that practitioner.

08 June 2020 - NW85

Schreiber, Dr LA to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises

What is the total number of (a) persons who are currently employed at each state-owned entity and/or public enterprise and (b) what number of the specified employees at state-owned entities or enterprises are appointed at (i) senior and (ii) middle management levels (2) What is the average remuneration package of employees appointed at (a) senior management and (b) middle management levels at state-owned entities or enterprises; (3) What is the current total amount spent on salaries for senior and middle management managers at state-owned entities or enterprises? NW91E

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Reply:

According to the information received from Alexkor

(1)(a)

The number of employees are currently employed at ALEXKOR is 205 as at end of December 2019.

	Level	Number of employees
(1)(b)(i)	Senior Management	12
(1)(b)(ii)	Middle Management	9

(2)

	Level	Average remuneration
(a)	Senior Management	R3 323 538,75
(b)	Middle Management	R1 411 488,89

(3)

	Level	Amount Salary Spent
(a)	Senior Management	R15 617 673,20
(b)	Middle Management	R4 873 830,00

According to the information received from Denel:

(1)(a) As at February 2020 the total workforce of Denel is 3426.

	Level	Number of employees
(1)(b)(i)	Senior Management	45
(1)(b)(ii)	Middle Management	700

(2)

	Level	Average remuneration
(a)	Senior Management	R2,653,454m
(b)	Middle Management	R958,088m

(3)

	Level	Amount Salary Spent
(a)	Senior Management	R76,771,451m
(b)	Middle Management	R684,391,669m

REPLY:

According to the information received from Eskom

(1)(a)

The number of employees are currently employed at Eskom is 45353 as at end of December 2019.

	Level	Number of employees
(1)(b)(i)	Senior Management	372
(1)(b)(ii)	Middle Management	6734

(2)

	Level	Average remuneration
(a)	Senior Management	R1 846 032
(b)	Middle Management	R1 144 138

(3)

	Level	Amount Salary Spent
(a)	Senior Management	R686 723 910
(b)	Middle Management	R7 616 533 256

According to the information received from SAFCOL

(1)(a)

The number of employees are currently employed at Safcol is 1479 as at end of December 2019.

	Level	Number of employees
(1)(b)(i)	Senior Management	7
(1)(b)(ii)	Middle Management	82

(2)

	Level	Average remuneration
(a)	Senior Management	R 131 726/ 1580 712 p/a
(b)	Middle Management	R 80 977/ 971 724 p/a

(3)

Level

Amount Salary Spent

(a)

Senior Management

Middle Management

R 7 643 211/ 91 718 532/pa

(b)

According to the information received from SAX

(1)(a)

The number of employees are currently employed at SAX is 671 as at end of December 2019.

	Level	Number of employees
(1)(b)(i)	Senior Management	81
(1)(b)(ii)	Middle Management	43

(2)

	Level	Average remuneration
(a)	Senior Management	R1 093 485 per annum
(b)	Middle Management	R598 330 per annum

(3)

Level

Amount Salary Spent

(a)

Senior Management

Middle Management

R16 828 815.00.

(b)

According to the information received from Transnet:

(1)(a)

The number of employees are currently employed at Transnet is 58051 as at end of December 2019.

	Level	Number of employees
(1)(b)(i)	Senior Management	1041
(1)(b)(ii)	Middle Management	5296

(2)

	Level	Average remuneration
(a)	Senior Management	R 1 522 753
(b)	Middle Management	R 758 755

(3)

Level

Amount Salary Spent

(a)

Senior Management

Middle Management

R5.6 billion p/a

(b)

Response from SAA is still outstanding and will be submitted as soon as the information becomes available.

08 June 2020 - NW524

Lees, Mr RA to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises

What are the details of (a) all government guarantees (i) issued to the SA Airways (SAA) and (ii) utilised by SAA and (iii) for what purpose have they been utilised, (b) all SAA loan debt liabilities including the (i) name of each lender, (ii) amount owed to each lender, (iii) interest rates charged by each lender and (iv) repayment date of each loan, (c) all current liabilities including the (i) name of creditor, (ii) amount owed to each creditor and (iii) due date for payment to each creditor and (d) all non-current liabilities excluding loan debt as at 29 February 2020?

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Reply:

The following information was provided by the Business Rescue Practitioners of South African Airways: see the link

https://pmg.org.za/files/RNW524-SAA.docx

08 June 2020 - NW917

Wessels, Mr W to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises

(1)Whether his department awarded any tenders connected to the Covid-19 pandemic; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what (a) are the names of the businesses to whom these tenders were awarded, (b) are the amounts of each tender awarded and (c) was the service and/or product to be supplied by each business;

Source
Link

Reply:

In accordance with procurement regulations, requests for quotations were sourced in relation to Covid-19 pandemic and the information is indicated in the table below.

(a) Name of the budiness	(b) Amount	(c) Service/ Product
Biologica Pharmaceuticals	R26 650.00	Mask surgical
Tripple N Medical	R2 044.00	Mask surgical
Ekhaya Investments	R11 500.00	Mask cloth
Evergreen Latex	R2 517.20	Gloves surgical and examination natural rubber
Lechoba Medicals	R15 187.50	Hand Sanitizers
Promed Technologies	R2 700.00	Disinfectant surface
Promed Technologies	R3 600.00	Temperature scanners
Multisurge	R4 600.00	Temperature scanners
Recreative Creativity	R27 950.00	Dispenser wipes
Oks iInvestment 2009	R89 700.00	Fumigation/ Building sanitization
Bizmak Trading	R17 000.00	Hand sanitizer dispensers
	R39 000.00	Hand spray sanitizer
	R6 000.00	Face shield

(2) Whether there was any deviation from the standard supply chain management procedures in the awarding of the tenders; if so, (a) why and (b) what are the relevant details in each case;

Answer:

There was no deviation from the standard supply chain management procedures.

(3) What was the reason for which each specified business was awarded the specified tender;

Answer:

No tender was awarded in connection with Covid-19 pandemic. However, businesses awarded through request for quotations met the specifications and their prices were the cheapest from other competitors.

08 June 2020 - NW878

Brink, Mr C to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises

(1)Whether his department will offer any form of Covid-19 financial or other relief to small businesses; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) whether the Covid-19 financial or other relief will only be allocated to qualifying small businesses according to the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act, Act 53 of 2003, as amended; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) on what statutory grounds and/or provisions does he or his department rely to allocate Covid-19 financial or other relief only to small businesses according to the specified Act and (b) what form of Covid-19 financial or other relief, if any, will be made available to other small businesses?

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Reply:

The government has put in place a support package for small businesses.

The Department of Small Business Development will provide the details of the support available. The support, is available from various departments, for example: Agriculture and Tourism

08 June 2020 - NW557

Clarke, Ms M to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises

(1) What amount in funding did Transnet allocate to the Esselen Park Sport School of Excellence in Tembisa for the current academic year; (2) Whether the funding for the current financial year has been released to the specified school; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (3) (a) what are the relevant details of the funding that Transnet intends to allocate to the school over the 2020-22 medium-term expenditure framework and (b) does the specified funding cover the cost of running the school; (4) What number of (a) staff members are employed at the school and (b) professional football players has the school turned out to date?

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Link

Reply:

According to the information received from Transnet:

1. For the Financial year 2020/2021 the SAFA Transnet Football School of Excellence has been allocated an amount of R 21 m.

2. The funds for the School of Excellence have been released for this financial year as per Transnet cost centre 1004036.

(3)(a) The budget for the 2020 – 2022 Medium Term Framework is estimated at

R44m, based on a 10% budget increase for the Financial year 2021/2022.

(3)(b) The allocated funding covers the running costs of the School including salaries for the 28 staff members employed by the School.

(4)(a) The School has 28 staff members made up of:

Eight academic staff;

One Head Coach and Five Coaches; and

Fourteen support staff.

(4)(b) The school has produced over 100 professional players. A list of players who

graduated from the School of Excellence is attached.

08 June 2020 - NW5

Groenewald, Dr PJ to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises

(1)What amount of diesel, indicated in (a) Litres and (b) Rand value, has Eskom used (i) In the (aa) 2014-15, (bb) 2015-16, (cc) 2016-17, (dd) 2017-18 and (ee) 2018-19 financial years and (ii) Since 1 April 2019; (2) For what purposes was the diesel used in each specified financial year; (3) Whether he will make a statement on the matter?

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Reply:

According to the information received from Eskom

1. The table below provides the Eskom OCGT diesel usage.

Financial Year	Rand value, R'm[1]	Megalitres
1 April 2019 up to Jan 2020	3 268	318.6
2018-19	3 768	384.5
2017-18	320	37.8
2016-17	340	10
2015-16	8 690	1 247.8
2014-15	9 546	1 178.6

2. At Eskom diesel is used as fuel to open cycle gas turbines (OCGTs) and fleet.

3. As the power stations perform better and energy availability factor (EAF) improves to a higher level, the use of diesel must reach zero level.

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08 June 2020 - NW374

Maotwe, Ms OMC to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises

What (a) number of contracts have been cancelled since the SA Airways was placed under business rescue, (b) is the name of each company whose contract was cancelled and (c) was the (i) value and (ii) term of each contract?

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Link

Reply:

The following information is provided by the Business Rescue Practitioners of the SAA: see the link

https://pmg.org.za/files/1/RNW374-200608.docx

08 June 2020 - NW375

Maotwe, Ms OMC to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises

Whether the SA Airways (a) advertised and (b) awarded tender(s) for catering in all its aircraft since 1 January 2014; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) on what date was each tender (i) advertised and (ii) awarded, (b) what is the name of each company that was awarded a tender and (c) what is the monetary value of each tender

Source
Link

Reply:

The following information was provided by the Business Rescue Practitioners of South African Airways:

SAA advertised and awarded catering tenders from 01 January 2014 to July 2019. The links below include contracts that cover SAA’s global operations (Local, Regional and International):

https://pmg.org.za/files/1/RNW375-200608.docx

08 June 2020 - NW234

Van Minnen, Ms BM to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises

(1) In view of his confirmation to the Standing Committee on Public Accounts on 19 February 2020 that each state-owned entity (SOE) must be evaluated for viability, (a) by what date will the process of evaluating the 131 SOEs commence, (b) who will be carrying out the evaluation and (c) what will be the criteria for such evaluations; (2) (a) what does his department intend to achieve with the evaluations and (b) how will the evaluations be connected to the financial viability of the SOEs; (3) how does he intend to deal with SOEs that are found not to be adding value and/orthat are not financially viable?

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Reply:

(1)

Government as a whole is concerned about the number of state-owned enterprises and entities, and their respective governance operational and financial status. A process of review has been discussed and the relevant departments are establishing which entities can be merged, closed or retained. This will be an on-going process with regular reports to government.

Once the Presidential SOC Council begins its work, further measures and initiatives will be put in place.

(2)

As above:

In addition, Boards as the accounting authority in terms of the PFMA, will also be responsible for ensuring operational performance and financial viability of entities.

(3)

Government, in consultation with the relevant Departments, will determine the response to financial and other issues. The example of restructuring of Eskom as a result of the governance, operational and financial challenges arising from corruption and state capture.

Government initiated a process to change the business model, restructure the generation, transmission and distribution components with a view to better transparency, and focus on operational performance and financial efficacy.

The repositioning of state owned entities will continue to receive intense focus – particularly, ensure that dependence on the fiscus is stopped.

09 March 2020 - CW39

Nhanha, Mr M to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises

Whether he will provide an update on the post-settlement model between his department and the land claimants that was arranged by the SA Forestry Company Limited (SAFCOL) on a matter that has been going on for more than five years without any success; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

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Reply:

1. Government has decided that settlement of forestry land claim could be informed by the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) Agrarian Transformation System (Wagon Wheel) which emphasises significant community’s participation in enterprises operating on their land. In this regard, the communities will be prioritised in terms of:

Guaranteeing that there is community participation in the planning process and subsequent phases.
Equity participation in the enterprises operating on their land. This would include rights to have input into appointing non-executive and executive directors and senior management.
Preference for community based enterprises in the subcontracting for goods and services, enterprise and supplier development, and prioritising of the community in corporate social investment spend.
Recognition of Tribal Authorities, where they exist as competent oversight authorities over the assets acquired by the communities through the land claim settlement process.
The land post transfer to community should continue to be used for the prime activities that had been on the land. In the case of forestry, approval by Minister should be obtained before the land use can be changed.

2. The forestry land claims have received a priority within government, with the Mkhwanazi land transfer in the Northern KZN effected on 14 October 2018. The next three parallel land claims are Mbonambi, Dukuduku and Nyalazi which are scheduled to be settled and transferred as per DRDLR’s plans.

09 March 2020 - CW26

Visser, Ms C to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises

1. When last did his department use a white hat hacker to identify possible security gaps in their information technology system and cyber security threats; 2. Whether he will (a) employ such a hacker or (b) request the relevant Sector Education and Training Authorities to employ it; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?

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The Department is constantly reviewing its IT security. Where weaknesses have been identified, they were corrected. To further strengthen its IT security, a process has been started to have a permanent capacity in the unit.

07 January 2020 - NW1558

Hinana, Mr N to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises

(1) With reference to his reply to question 241 on 19 August 2019, (a) what category of infrastructure are the pylons in (i) Kempton Park and (ii) Edenvale and (b) how often should these be inspected; (2) whether any pylons, during the last inspection in the above areas, were found to be (a) unstable and/or (b) decaying due to rust; if so, what number (i) was identified and (ii) has been repaired to date? NW2883E

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The parliamentary question has been forwarded to the entities and the Ministry of Public Enterprises awaits their urgent response. Further information will be conveyed to Parliament as soon as the response is received.

07 January 2020 - NW1700

Graham, Ms SJ to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises

What is the nature of the agreement between Transnet and Dr Beyers Naudé Local Municipality in the Eastern Cape pertaining to the borehole that services Wolwefontein in respect of (a) maintenance, (b) fuel supply for the pump, (c) water provision to the community and (d) future transfer of the borehole to the auspices of the specified municipality?

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This response is according to information received from Transnet:

In response to the above questions, there is no agreement between Transnet and Dr Beyers Naudé Local Municipality pertaining to the borehole that supplies water to the community of Wolwefontein in the Eastern Cape.

(a)&(b) The borehole is the property of Transnet and is operated and maintained by service providers appointed by Transnet. Part of the maintenance includes the supply of fuel for the pump. The borehole has been out of service from August 2019 and a service provider was appointed to effect repairs, however, the service provider has been experiencing challenges to restore the water supply for the community of Wolwefontein.

(c) Currently, water is being supplied to the community with a tanker service to provide immediate relief.

(d) A new borehole will be drilled, preferably in front of the police station. The exact location will depend on the water table survey. Water can be restored within six (6) weeks after completion of the drilling of the borehole, considering that quality of water needs to be treated, together with other works that may be required. Until such time that the new borehole is functional, the tanker service will continue to supply water to the community of Wolwefontein.

Lastly, Transnet has no objection to the borehole being transferred to the Dr Beyers Naudé Local Municipality. It must be noted that high level meetings were held in 2013 and 2014, between Transnet and the Dr Beyers Naudé Local Municipality to transfer the ownership of the borehole to the municipality, but no agreement was reached.

07 January 2020 - NW1200

Lees, Mr RA to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises

(1) What are the details of the process currently used to remove ash from unit one at the Medupi power station in terms of the (a) daily operational hours of vacuum trucks, (b) number of operational days per week of each vacuum truck, (c) process followed to award the contract/s for the ash removal, (d) number of vacuum trucks being used, (e) number of round trips being undertaken by each vacuum truck every 24 hours and (f) daily cost of each vacuum truck; (2) what are the details of the additional costs resulting from the use of vacuum trucks to remove the ash including (a) dust suppression, (b) road cleaning, (c) road repairs and (d) staff expenses such as for traffic control? NW2410E

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The parliamentary question has been forward to the entity and the Ministry of Public Enterprises awaits their urgent response. Further information will be conveyed to Parliament as soon as the response is received.

07 January 2020 - NW1354

Van Dyk, Ms V to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises

With reference to the reply to question 1269 on 16 July 2018, (a) what is the amount of the proceeds held in declared dividends, (b) in which bank account and account number are the dividends held and (c) who controls each bank account?

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The parliamentary question has been forward to the entities and the Ministry of Public Enterprises awaits their urgent response. Further information will be conveyed to Parliament as soon as the response is received.

07 January 2020 - NW1709

Dlamini, Mr MM to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises

Whether the Eskom generation entity will be 100% state-owned; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?

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Accordingly to the information received from Energy Team

The Eskom Generation entity will remain 100% state owned under Eskom Holdings consisting mainly of the current power plant base, which will be separated into a number of feasible smaller generation units.

Consideration for the creation of multiple generation companies (GENCOs) within Eskom Generation is currently under examination with the aim of introducing inter-company competition and drive efficiencies in generation. Each power station will have its own Power Purchase Agreement with predefined, fixed and guaranteed tariffs for energy with the Transmission Entity.

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