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NATIONAL ASSEMBLY INTERNAL QUESTION QUESTIONS FOR ORAL REPLY

Friday, 23 October 2009

1925. Mr. G R Morgan (DA) to ask the Minister for the Public Service and

Administration:

(1) What (a) services are offered in the Thusong Service Centre in Clermont in

KwaZulu-Natal and (b) new services are planned for the future;

(2) What entity owns the building in which the service centre operates;

(3) Whether all rent money owed to the owner of the building has been paid within the stipulated time frames; if not, how much is owed; if so, what are the

relevant details;

(4) Whether the service centre is connected to the internet; if not, how will this be

rectified;

(5) (a) how many citizens made use of the service centre in the 2008-09 financial

year and (b) what is the breakdown of the number of people according to each

service that was accessed? NW2489E

______________________________________________________________

REPLY:

1. (a) The following services are offered at the Archie Gumede Thusong Centre in KwaZulu-Natal;

Home Affairs

Social Development

Health

GCIS

Justice Department

Pension Payout Point

Soup Kitchen

Siyabathanda Special School

Library

Metro Police

Education and Training : Elangeni College

Clinic

Post office (across the road from Centre)

Municipal services

Community Hall

Parliamentary Constituency office.

TeleCentre (this is at present being restructured)

General Services Counter

(b) Discussions are taking place with the Departments of Labour and Tourism to render services in the centre.

(2) The Archie Gumede Thusong Centre is under the control of eThekwini Municipality.

(3) Discussions have been held with all the Government Departments in the building about paying rent as soon as lease agreements have been finalized and signed. This process is ongoing at present and it is expected that all the leases will have been concluded in the next few months. Thereafter rentals will be levied on all Departments in the Centre.

(4) Yes, the Centre is connected to both the Municipal and Government networks.

(5) Below is the breakdown a list of services and number of citizens who made use of the centre during the period April 2008 to March 2009.

April 2008 to September 2008

Service Provider

Service Rendered

Number of Citizens

Clermont Clinic

Health services

3592

Constituency Office

Parliamentary duties

13

Department of Home Affairs

Addressing social needs

214

Department of Home Affairs

Birth Certificates

162

Department of Home Affairs

ID applications

140

Department of Social Development

Application for grants (child, disability, old age, foster care and war veterans)

34

Department of Social Development

Disability grants

40

Elangeni FET College

Skills development and training

410

GCIS

Government Information

18

Metro Police

All SAPS duties

659

Qashana Khuzwayo Library

Library Services

5734

SASSA

Pension pay point

10677

Siyobathanda Special School

Children with special needs

42

Sizakala Centre

Community Service

7

Sizakala Centre

Customer care services

217

Sizakala Centre

Planning & Development (Building Inspector)

0

Sizakala Centre

Rates, Electricity, Water

894

Sizakala Centre

Treasury

570

TeleCentre

Computer training

0

Service Provider

Service Rendered

Number of Citizens

Clermont Clinic

Health services

3939

Constituency Office

Parliamentary duties

25

Department of Home Affairs

Birth Certificates

126

Department of Home Affairs

ID applications

206

Department of Social Development

Application for grants (child, disability, old age, foster care and war veterans)

84

Department of Social Development

Disability grants

2

Elangeni FET College

Skills development and training

160

GCIS

Government Information

12

Metro Police

All SAPS duties

83

Qashana Khuzwayo Library

Library Services

6693

Siyobathanda Special School

Children with special needs

42

Sizakala Centre

Community Service

886

Sizakala Centre

Customer care services

28

Sizakala Centre

Planning & Development (Building Inspector)

0

Sizakala Centre

Poverty alleviations

15

Sizakala Centre

Rates, Electricity, Water

99

Sizakala Centre

Treasury

155

TeleCentre

Computer training

0

Service Provider

Service Rendered

Number of Citizens

Clermont Clinic

Health services

4243

Constituency Office

Parliamentary duties

71

Department of Home Affairs

Birth Certificates

97

Department of Home Affairs

ID applications

155

Department of Social Development

Application for grants (child, disability, old age, foster care and war veterans)

31

Department of Social Development

Disability grants

5

Elangeni FET College

Skills development and training

360

GCIS

Government Information

23

Metro Police

All SAPS duties

333

Qashana Khuzwayo Library

Library Services

5570

SASSA

Pension pay point

7335

Siyobathanda Special School

Children with special needs

42

Sizakala Centre

Community Service

86

Sizakala Centre

Customer care services

494

Sizakala Centre

Planning & Development (Building Inspector)

0

Sizakala Centre

Poverty alleviations

5

Sizakala Centre

Rates, Electricity, Water

156

Sizakala Centre

Treasury

429

TeleCentre

Computer training

0

October 2009

Service Provider

Service Rendered

Number of Citizens

Clermont Clinic

Health services

4005

Constituency Office

Parliamentary duties

101

Department of Home Affairs

ID applications

222

Department of Social Development

Application for grants (child, disability, old age, foster care and war veterans)

167

Elangeni FET College

Skills development and training

496

GCIS

Government Information

15

Qashana Khuzwayo Library

Library Services

11049

Siyobathanda Special School

Children with special needs

376

Sizakala Centre

Community Service

17450

November 2008

Service Provider

Service Rendered

Number of Citizens

Clermont Clinic

Health services

4531

Constituency Office

Parliamentary duties

53

Department of Home Affairs

Birth Certificates

115

Department of Home Affairs

ID applications

223

Department of Justice and Constitutional Development

Advice on maintenance, Family violence, estates, divorces

19

Department of Social Development

Application for grants (child, disability, old age, foster care and war veterans)

67

Elangeni FET College

Skills development and training

663

GCIS

Government Information

17

Qashana Khuzwayo Library

Library Services

15067

Sizakala Centre

Customer care services

19598

December 2008

Service Provider

Service Rendered

Number of Citizens

Constituency Office

Parliamentary duties

19

Department of Home Affairs

Birth Certificates

111

Department of Home Affairs

ID applications

244

Department of Justice and Constitutional Development

Advice on maintenance, Family violence, estates, divorces

0

Department of Social Development

Application for grants (child, disability, old age, foster care and war veterans)

37

Elangeni FET College

Skills development and training

40

GCIS

Government Information

0

Qashana Khuzwayo Library

Library Services

3395

Siyobathanda Special School

Children with special needs

86

Sizakala Centre

Planning & Development (Building Inspector)

0

TeleCentre

Computer training

0

Jan 2009

Service Provider

Service Rendered

Number of Citizens

Clermont Clinic

Health services

4026

Constituency Office

Parliamentary duties

5

Department of Home Affairs

Addressing social needs

214

Department of Justice and Constitutional Development

Advice on maintenance, Family violence, estates, divorces

4

Department of Social Development

Application for grants (child, disability, old age, foster care and war veterans)

25

Elangeni FET College

Skills development and training

0

GCIS

Government Information

2

Sizakala Centre

Customer care services

3446

TeleCentre

Computer training

0

February 2009

Service Provider

Service Rendered

Number of Citizens

Clermont Clinic

Health services

594

Constituency Office

Parliamentary duties

40

Department of Home Affairs

Addressing social needs

327

Department of Justice and Constitutional Development

Advice on maintenance, Family violence, estates, divorces

1

Department of Social Development

Application for grants (child, disability, old age, foster care and war veterans)

298

Elangeni FET College

Skills development and training

321

GCIS

Government Information

5

Sizakala Centre

Customer care services

10233

TeleCentre

Computer training

0

March 2009

Service Provider

Service Rendered

Number of Citizens

Clermont Clinic

Health services

594

Constituency Office

Parliamentary duties

40

Department of Home Affairs

Addressing social needs

327

Department of Justice and Constitutional Development

Advice on maintenance, Family violence, estates, divorces

1

Department of Social Development

Application for grants (child, disability, old age, foster care and war veterans)

298

Elangeni FET College

Skills development and training

321

GCIS

Government Information

5

Sizakala Centre

Customer care services

10233

TeleCentre

Computer training

0

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ESTIONS FOR WRITTEN REPLY

FRIDAY, 23 OCTOBER 2009

[No 24 – 2009] First Session, Fourth Parliament

1922. Mr G G Boinamo (DA) to ask the Minister of Higher Education and Training:

Whether his department has done a skills audit in order to identify scarce skills prior to formulating the curricular of Further Education and Training Colleges (FET); if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details? NW2486E

RESPONSE:

The NC(V) curricula are the only curricula developed by the Department for FET colleges in the last 5 years. The initial 11 vocational programmes developed in 2005 under the NC (V) qualification were identified through the scarce skills and sector skills reports available from the Department of Labour at the time. The initial 11 programmes included:

v 3 Engineering programmes (Civil, Mechanical and Electrical)

v IT and Computer Science

v Hospitality and Tourism

v Primary Agriculture

v 3 Business- related programmes: Marketing, Office Administration, Management and Finance, Economics & Accounting

To date an additional 3 programmes (Mechatronics, Safety in Society and Education & Development) have been added in response to stakeholder demand, based on a formal application and approval process. Similarly, 3 additional programmes and 4 new subjects are currently under development. The latter are funded by stakeholders.

All programmes on offer respond to the objectives and , where indicated, targets contained in the HRDS. The point of caution is the interpretation of the term 'skills' which is often used in specific relation to occupational categories, which constitute a sub-set of the vocational offerings at FET colleges.

QUESTION 1921

DATE OF PUBLICATION: Friday, 23 October 2009

INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 24 OF 2009

Mr G R Krumbock (DA) to ask the Minister of Home Affairs:

(1) Whether there have been any incidents of vehicles crashing through the Maseru Bridge port of entry in the past five years; if so, how many;

(2) whether any of these incidents were accompanied by violence including the discharge of firearms; if so, what are the relevant details;

(3) whether there are any vehicle arrester spikes or systems in place to prevent such incidents; if not, why not;

(4) whether she intends installing such a system; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

NW2485E

REPLY

(1) to (4) The questions posed, refer to Border Control, and not Immigration Control. It is suggested that the Honourable Member directs his request, for the specific information, to the Minister of Finance, as the South African Revenue Service (SARS) is, currently, chairing the Border Control Operational Co-ordinating Committee (BCOCC).

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

FOR WRITTEN REPLY

QUESTION NO 1920

DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 23 OCTOBER 2009

(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 24 - 2009)

Date reply submitted : 15 December 2009

Mr G R Krumbock (DA) to ask the Minister of Police:

(a) What are the (i) actual and (ii) required levels of SA Police Service personnel at the Maseru Bridge port of entry, (b) how do these statistics compare to the SAPS organogram of desired personnel at this port, (c) what are the reasons for under-staffing at this port and (d) by which date are all the vacancies expected to be filled at this port?

NW2484E

REPLY:

Back ground: Before the approved new structures by the National Commissioner the ideal structure according to the then Resource Establishment Program was 640 members and the actual number of members was 846 for all Ports of Entry. A total of 609 permanent members were placed at 53 Land Ports, 110 permanent members were placed at 8 Sea Ports and 127 permanent members were placed at 10 Air Ports. Since 2006, the Ports of Entry structure was upgraded from 640 posts to 14782 posts. Based on an annual allocation, the department is trying to staff all Ports in order of priority starting with major commercial ports.

The number of members placed at all Ports of Entry has increased from 846 to 5588.

Maseru bridge:

(a)(i) 61 Functional members, 7 Civilian members, 2 Dog Handlers deployed on a rotation basis`

(ii) 294 Functional members, 10 Civilian members

(b) Shortage of 234 members

(c) The initial approved structure for Maseru Bridge Port of Entry in terms of the then Resource Establish Program (REP) was a total of 72 members and the actual number of all members was 36. The structure was upgraded by the National Commissioner on 2006-04-03 to increase the total number of members to 304, based on the new developments, challenges and increased migration patterns. Since then, the SAPS began to build capacity at all Land Ports, Sea and Air Ports of Entry according to the approved new structures.

(d) Depending on the availability of funds, it is envisaged that 50% capacity will be reached by 2015.

QUESTION 1919

DATE OF PUBLICATION: Friday, 23 October 2009

INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 24 OF 2009

Mr G R Krumbock (DA) to ask the Minister of Home Affairs:

What (a) period of time elapsed within which she found that the controls at the Beit Bridge port of entry was not adequate, (b) were the reasons for proper controls not being implemented from inception and (c) is the total loss of revenue to the State that resulted over this period?

NW2483E

REPLY

(a) It came to my attention during my fact finding mission when I was appointed Minister of Home Affairs.

(b) A proper management system was not in place at the Beit Bridge port of entry, due to capacity constraints.

(c) This loss can, unfortunately, not be estimated, due to improper systems in place, at the time.

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

FOR WRITTEN REPLY

QUESTION NO. 1918

DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 23 OCTOBER 2009

(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 24)

Mrs H Lamoela (DA) to ask the Minister of Health:

(a) What is the number of the reported cases of (i) Tuberculosis (TB), (ii) Multidrug Resistant TB and (iii) Extensively Drug Resistant TB in each province (aa) in 2006, (bb) in 2007, (cc) in 2008 and (dd) during the period 1 January 2009 up to the latest specified date for which information is available and (b) how many deaths were reported as the result of the abovementioned illnesses in the said period in each province?

NW2482E

REPLY:

(a) Tuberculosis

(i) Number of reported cases

Province

Number of Reported Cases

2006

2007

2008

Q1/2009

Q2/2009

Eastern Cape

49,766

54,343

63,533

16,809

12,560

Free State

23,374

24,267

25,621

6,337

5,587

Gauteng

46,093

43,946

48,659

11,715

8,340

Kwa Zulu Natal

104,705

109,556

118,162

28,975

20,583

Limpopo

17,301

18,910

22,189

5,679

5,068

Mpumalanga

15,035

19,857

22,604

5,595

2,215

Northern Cape

8,631

9,461

10,567

2,481

1,772

North West

28,421

24,867

27,378

7,779

5,749

Western Cape

48,989

48,672

50,169

12,563

9,784

South Africa

342,315

353,879

388,882

97,933

71,658

(ii) Reported deaths

Province

Number of Reported Deaths*

2006

2007

Q1/2008

Q2/2008

Eastern Cape

6,143

6,707

1,798

1,681

Free State

3,223

3,168

934

789

Gauteng

5,054

5,071

1,220

1,235

Kwa Zulu Natal

9,399

11,182

2,961

2,595

Limpopo

1,848

2,140

564

508

Mpumalanga

2,469

2,626

690

575

Northern Cape

754

835

285

239

North West

2,609

2,773

776

750

Western Cape

2279

2,350

586

545

South Africa

33778

36,852

9,814

8,917

* Mortality rates are always a year behind reported cases


(a) Drug-resistant TB

(i) Registered cases and deaths - MDR

Province*

Facility

2007

2008

Q1/2009

Q2/2009

Registered

Not Started On Treatment

Deaths

Registered

Not Started On Treatment

Deaths

Registered

Not Started On Treatment

Deaths

Registered

Not Started On Treatment

Deaths

1. Eastern Cape

Jose Pearson

757

0

124

512

22

106

137

19

40

132

28

36

Fort Grey

175

0

4

285

2

33

69

1

9

94

0

16

Total

932

0

128

797

24

139

206

20

149

226

28

52

2. Free State

Dr JS Moroka

158

0

16

265

0

19

86

28

3

43

12

6

3. Gauteng

Sizwe

497

0

65

601

95

43

200

84

14

192

80

16

4. Kwazulu Natal

King George

788

0

175

1,061

3

125

154

4

12

291

0

14

5. Limpopo

FH Odendaal

71

0

21

104

0

20

17

2

4

35

0

3

6. Mpumalanga

Witbank

148

0

11

272

0

22

51

0

5

58

0

7

7. Northern Cape

Gordonia

91

0

34

83

0

7

13

0

2

26

0

7

West End

54

0

24

65

0

13

19

0

8

37

2

2

Total

145

0

58

148

0

20

32

0

10

63

2

9

8. North West

Klerksdorp

156

0

43

159

0

12

35

0

1

43

0

1

9. Western Cape

Brooklyn Chest

649

423

68

935

197

121

290

102

29

220

28

25

Brewelskloof

110

0

8

109

4

8

36

4

2

31

1

3

Harry Comay

103

0

0

101

0

14

21

0

0

14

0

0

Total

862

423

76

1145

201

143

347

106

31

265

29

28

South Africa

3,757

423

593

4,552

323

543

1,128

257

229

1,216

151

136

* Data was correctly recorded from 2007

(ii) Registered cases and deaths - XDR

Province*

Facility

2007

2008

Q1/2009

Q2/009

Registered

Not Started On Treatment

Deaths

Registered

Not Started On Treatment

Deaths

Registered

Not Started On Treatment

Deaths

Registered

Not Started On Treatment

Deaths

1. Eastern Cape

Jose Pearson

148

0

75

113

0

114

37

0

31

27

5

22

Fort Grey

23

0

5

22

0

1

7

0

2

16

0

2

Total

171

0

80

135

0

115

44

0

33

43

5

24

2. Free State

Dr JS Moroka

10

3

6

7

0

4

2

1

2

1

0

0

3. Gauteng

Sizwe

45

0

20

40

0

5

2

0

1

2

0

1

4. Kwazulu Natal

King George

170

0

61

165

2

46

43

1

1

64

0

4

5. Limpopo

FH Odendaal

2

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

1

1

0

0

6. Mpumalanga

Witbank

0

0

5

3

0

5

0

0

0

2

0

0

7. Northern Cape

Gordonia

11

0

3

8

0

2

2

0

1

1

0

1

West End

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Total

145

3

3

8

0

2

2

0

1

1

0

1

8. North West

Klerksdorp

4

0

5

1

0

4

1

0

0

2

0

0

9. Western Cape

Brooklyn Chest

72

17

59

25

17

0

28

0

Brewelskloof

4

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

Harry Comay

5

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

0

Total

85

17

1

59

25

0

18

0

0

30

0

0

South Africa

493

20

181

418

27

182

113

2

39

136

5

30

* Data was correctly recorded from 2007

QUESTION NO. 1917

DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 23 OCTOBER 2009

(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 24)

Mrs H Lamoela (DA) to ask the Minister of Health:

(1) In respect of each version of the 2008-09 annual report of his department and the annual reports of each statutory and other entity reporting to his department, (a) what was the (i) budgeted cost, (ii) actual cost and (iii) breakdown of cost in respect of (aa) printing, (bb) graphic design, (cc) other costs and (dd) unit cost of each annual report and (b) how many copies of each were (i) produced and (ii) distributed;

(2) whether any version of the abovementioned reports was retracted or withdrawn; if so, (a) how many times were each annual report withdrawn or retracted, (b) what (i) were the reasons for each withdrawal or retraction and (ii) was the amount spent on each version and (c) how many copies were withdrawn in each case;

(3) how was the decision taken to award the contract to the (a) graphic design company and (b) printing company;

(4) whether (a) his department or (b) any of those public entities that fall under his department held a function on tabling their 2008-09 annual report; if so, in each case (i) what was the name of the public entity, (ii) how much did the function cost, (iii) what is the breakdown of that cost, (iv) where was the function held and (v) how many guests were invited?

NW2481E

REPLY:

(1) The following table reflects the information in this regard

Question

National Department of Health

National Health Laboratory Services

Council for Medical Schemes

SA Medical Research Council

Compensation Commissioner for Occupational Diseases

(a) (i)

R 390 000.00

R 300 000.00

R 571 000.00

R 130 000.00

R 50 000.00

(a) (ii)

R 177 500.00

R 182 773.00

R 450 908.00

R 148 012.34

R 31 920.00

(a) (iii) (aa)

R 177 500.00

R 182 773.00

R 226 735.00

R 148 012.34

R 31 920.00

(a) (iii) (bb)

Nil

Not applicable

R 119 700.00

R 2 000.00 (overtime cost only)

Not applicable

(a) (iii) (cc)

Nil

R 2 329.25 (cost to insert balance sheets that were erroneously omitted

R 37 136.00 (visual rendering)

Not applicable

Not applicable

(a) (iii) (dd)

R 88.75

R 92.55

R 450.91

R 62.45 (excl. VAT)

R 53.20

(b) (i)

2 000

2 000

1 000

2 370

600

(b) (ii)

1 092 (to date)

1 500

985

2 000

500

(2) No, there were no retractions nor withdrawal of any version of the reports of either the National Department of Health or of the entities listed above.

(3) The following table reflects the situation in this regard

Question

National Department of Health

National Health Laboratory Services

Council for Medical Schemes

South African Medical Research Council

Compensation Commissioner for Occupational Diseases

(a)

Not applicable, the design was done in-house

This was done in-house by NHLS staff

Based on SCM requirements, 3 quotes obtained from suppliers on our database

MRC has an in-house design studio

Not applicable

(b)

Department Procurement Policy followed

Forms Fit was used for past few years. New quotes to be obtained for next year

Past experience with companies in respect of quality of work

3 quotes, as per PFMA, were sourced then selected according to cost, BEE compliance and turnaround time

3 quotes obtained from 3 different companies

(4) (a) No.

(b) (i) This question is applicable only to the Council for Medical and not to either the National Department nor the other entities mentioned above.

(ii) R 67 337.00

(iii) Launch = R 3 800.00 and Roadshow = R 63 537.00

(iv) Launch at Pretoria Office and Road shows in Cape Town , Durban and Johannesburg

(v) 30 for the Launch (only 15 arrived) and 109 arrived for the roadshow

QUESTION 1916

DATE OF PUBLICATION: MONDAY 23 OCTOBER 2009 [IQP No 22 -2009]

FIRST SESSION, FOURTH PARLIAMENT

Question 1916 for Written Reply, National Assembly: Mr. P J C Pretorius (DA) to ask the Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries:

(1) Whether (a) she, (b) her deputy minister, (c) any specified officials and (d) any other persons have been issued with a government or official credit card; if so, what are the relevant details for her, her deputy minister and each holder of a credit card in respect of the (i) name, (ii) job title, (iii) credit limit, (iv) outstanding amount as at the latest specified date for which information is available, (v) monthly expenses incurred for each month since receiving the credit card, (vi) reason for such persons being issued with a credit card and (vii) uses that such a credit card is intended for;

(2) whether any such credit cards are over their credit limit; if so, (a) whose credit cards are over the limit and (b) what is the reason for the credit cards exceeding the limit;

(3) whether any action has been taken against such persons for exceeding their credit card limits; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details? NW2480E

REPLY:

1. (a), (b), (c) and (d): No

2. Not applicable

3. Not applicable

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

WRITTEN REPLY

QUESTION 1915


DATE OF PUBLICATION: FRIDAY 23 OCTOBER 2009 [IQP No 24 -2009]

FIRST SESSION, FOURTH PARLIAMENT

Question 1915 for Written Reply, National Assembly: Mr Mr P J C Pretorius (DA) to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

(1) In respect of each version of the 2008-09 annual report of her department and the annual reports of each statutory and other entity reporting to her department, (a) what was the (i) budgeted cost, (ii) actual cost and (iii) breakdown of cost in respect of (aa) printing, (bb) graphic design, (cc) other costs and (dd) unit cost of each annual report and (b) how many copies of each were (i) produced and (ii) distributed;

(2) whether any version of the abovementioned reports was retracted or withdrawn; if so, (a) how many times were each annual report withdrawn or retracted, (b) what (i) were the reasons for each withdrawal or retraction and (ii) was the amount spent on each version and (c) how many copies were withdrawn in each case;

(3) how was the decision taken to award the contract to the (a) graphic design company and (b) printing company;

(4) whether (a) her department or (b) any of those public entities that fall under her department held a function on tabling their 2008-09 annual report; if so, in each case (i) what was the name of the public entity, (ii) how much did the function cost, (iii) what is the breakdown of that cost, (iv) where was the function held and (v) how many guests were invited? NW2479E

REPLY

IN RESPECT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES (DAFF)

Annual report of the Department of Agriculture 2008-09

Section 65 (1) (a) of the PFMA states that Annual Reports must be submitted for tabling 1 month after the Audit report has been received. Section 65 (2) of the PFMA, also states that the final date for submission is 30 September. In compliance with these legislative requirements, the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries complied with the compilation and tabling of the report on time. The report was produced as follows:

(1)(a)(i) Budgeted cost: R150 000,00

(ii) Actual cost: R116 097,10

(iii) Breakdown of cost:

(aa) printing: R113 837,10

(bb) graphic design: no cost

(cc) other costs: distribution: R2 260,00 and

(dd) unit cost of each annual report: R58,05; per report of 198 pages. It is less than 30 cents a page.

(1)(b)(i) Produced: 2 000 copies;

(ii) Distributed: Parliament: 500; distribution list: 800;

(2) No version of the report was retracted;

(3)(a) Graphic design: no contract was awarded-was done in-house; (b) printing: three quotations were obtained, evaluated by the Directorate: Supply Chain Management and the contract was awarded to the printing company: Formeset Digital Tshwane;

(4) No function was held on tabling the 2008-09 Annual Report of the Department of Agriculture.

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (ARC)

(1) (a) The budgeted cost was R500 000.00 ;

i. actual cost was R464 209.00 and

(The budget was R500 000, the original quotation came to R494 485.88 after the service provider was chosen and specifics discussed in a meeting. The actual cost was R463 209.04).

ii. breakdown of cost in respect of (aa) printing:

This was included in the package in two formats namely:

Hard copies and CD

Item

Quantity

Amount

Digital copies for final Board meeting

20

19 406, 40

Hard copies

1 500

155 139.17

CD inserts

1 000

2 102.50

Colour proofs

20

16 232.40

Additional colour copies

15

9 500.00

Replicated CDs

2 500

23 557.50

TOTAL

5055

225 937.97

(bb) graphic design, R35 400.00

(cc) other costs (see below)

Item

Amount

Project Management

31 860.00

Design

35 400.00

Typesetting

58 000.00

Proofreading

10 005.00

Studio finished art

5 800.00

Reproduction

15 965.00

500 x Annual report mailing envelopes

19 918.75

Courier 500 copies to Cape Town Parliament

3 437.00

VAT

56 885.32

TOTAL

237 271.07

(dd) unit cost of each annual report and: R249.00 per report

(b) copies of each

i. produced 1500 hard copies and 2500 CDs (the CDs have extra information on non peer reviewed publications, this reduced pages by 15 per copy) and

ii. distributed 500 hard copies, 500 CDs to parliament

(2) (a) None were retracted or withdrawn - not applicable

(b) i) and ii) - not applicable

(c) None, however 20 digital copies were requested for board approval @ R19 406.40 and another batch costing R16 232.40 that was to reflect the minor changes by the Board and the Auditor General. This is not bulk printing and therefore cost more but it's a necessary step during the process before bulk printing of copies that are error free.

(3) Publication

§ There was a bid specification committee that came up with specifications for the layout, design and print of the annual report;

§ This was a public tender advertised in the Government Tender Bulletin on the 26th May 2009 and in 31st May 2009 issue of the Sunday Times Newspaper.

§ There was a compulsory briefing meeting on the 2nd June 2009;

§ A total of fifty (50) documents were issued to potential service providers.

Responses

§ Tenders were closed on the 26th June 2009.

§ A total of twenty (20) companies submitted tender documents on the 26th of June 2009;

§ A bid evaluation committee consisting of five (5) members evaluated the submissions;

§ Ten (10) companies have were eliminated from evaluations for failing to submit the requirements for two (2) samples of work previously done and an example of the concept design which was a requirement in the tender document;

§ One (1) company did not meet the minimum score of twenty five (25) for functionality and was therefore not evaluate d for price and BEE;

§ Graphicor was recommended as the successful bidder because it scored 93.02 points;

§ Their price was R494 485.88

(4)The above questions are not applicable to the ARC as the organization did not hold a function to launch the annual report.

NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL MARKETING COUNCIL (NAMC)

Costs related to the printing of the annual report

Budget

Actual

Printing of the annual report

110,000.00

96,642.90

Printing

68,439.30

Graphic design

2,736.00

Other costs

25,467.60

Colour presentation

433.20

Page make up and layout

23,940.00

e-mail of pdf proofs

877.80

Back up to CD

216.60

Unit price (including graphic design and other costs)

117.14

No of copies

825

No of copies distributed

635

staff

35

council member

10

DAFF

5

AG

10

Treasury

5

State library

10

Parliament

515

Industry partners

45

PERISHABLE PRODUCTS EXPORT CONTROL BOARD (PPECB)

1) (a) (i) Budgeted costs = R100000

(ii) Actual costs = R119348.88

(iii) Printing = R37741.32

Design – R30000

Other – R51607.56

Unit costs – R99.46

(b) (i) number of copies produced – 1200

(ii) Number of copies distributed – 900

2) There were no retractions or withdrawals

3) We followed our procurement process which stipulates that we must obtain 3 quotations. The quotations are subject to scrutiny of a Committee who decided on Amazon Media based on scoring criteria including equity status, price and technical ability.

4) There was no function.

NCERA FARMS (PTY) LTD

1 (a)(i) An amount of R10 000 was budgeted for printing works, graphic designing works etc;

ii) The actual cost for the printing of the 2008/2009 Ncera Farms (Pty) Ltd annual report for tabling in Parliament was R11 750.00.

iii) The breakdown of cost(s) in respect of

aa) printing works for the Ncera Farms (Pty) Ltd annual report was R11 750.00, which included distribution to Parliament and to Head Office Department of Agriculture;

bb) the graphic designing of the 2008/2009 Ncera Farms annual report was at no cost. The graphic designing was done in house by the staff component of the Directorate: Agricultural Information Services, responsible for graphic designing;

cc) other costs, there were no other costs for the printing of the 2008/2009 Ncera Farms (Pty) Ltd annual report;

dd) the unit cost per single annual report for the Ncera Farms was R21.36, including VAT, as quoted by the supplier Formeset Digital Tshwane.

a) i) 550 copies of the 2008/2009 Ncera Farms annual report were produced; and

ii) 550 copies was printed and distributed (500 copies were distributed to Parliament and 50 copies to the Head Office of the Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Place).

2. No version of the 2008/2009 Ncera Farms annual report was retracted or withdrawn.

3. Three quotations were invited for the printing of the Annual Report of NCERA Farms in terms of the Supply Chain Management processes of which an order was placed with the supplier Formest Digital Tshhwane which had the cheapest quotation. (Other quotations were obtained from ABC Press R15 983.00 and Seriti Printing R15 276.00).

4. No function was held for tabling the Ncera Farms (Pty) Ltd 2008/2009 annual report.

ONDERSTEPOORT BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS (OBP)

(1)(i) Budgeted cost, R100 000.00

(ii) Actual cost R44 480.00and

(iii) Breakdown of cost in respect of

(aa) Printing R31 597.20

(bb) Graphic design R12 882.80,

(cc) other costs and R0.00

(dd) unit cost of each annual report R74.13and

(b)(i) 600 copies were produced and

(ii) Distributed 590 copies

(2) Not applicable (that is, it was neither withdrawn nor retracted)

(3)It was done through a tender process as prescribed by the company's procurement policy (the company did both design and printing of the report and same company did the design and printing of the report

(4) The company did not hold any function save for the annual general meeting which is prescribed by the Companies Act for the publication of Annual Reports.

QUESTION NO.: 1913

DATE OF PUBLICATION: 23 OCTOBER 2009

Dr P J Rabie (DA) to ask the Minister of Economic Development:

(1) Whether (a) he, (b) his deputy minister, (c) any specified officials and (d) any other persons have been issued with a government or official credit card; if so, what are the relevant details for him, his deputy minister and each holder of a credit card in respect of the (i) name, (ii) job title, (iii) credit limit, (iv) outstanding amount as at the latest specified date for which information is available, (v) monthly expenses incurred for each month since receiving the credit card, (vi) reason for such persons being issued with a credit card and (vii) uses that such a credit card is intended for;

(2) whether any such credit cards are over their credit limit; if so, (a) whose credit cards are over the limit and (b) what is the reason for the credit cards exceeding the limit;

(3) whether any action has been taken against such persons for exceeding their credit card limits; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details? NW2477E

REPLY

No.

QUESTION 1912

FOR WRITTEN REPLY

Date of publication on internal question paper: 23 October 2009

Internal question paper no:

Mrs P C Duncan (DA) to ask the Minister of Social Development:

(1) Whether her department has taken any action after a certain statement by the Minister of Public Works in the National Assembly on 16 September 2009 (details furnished); if not, why not; if so, (i) what action was taken, (ii) how many children were left unattended, (iii) how old was each child, (iv) which sections of the Children's Act, Act 38 of 2005, were transgressed and (v) for how long had they been left unattended;

(2) Whether any steps were taken against the parents of these children who were left unattended; if not, why not; if so, (i) what steps, (ii) against how many parents and (iii) what are their names? NW2475E

REPLY:

The content of this reply was sourced from the respective provincial department of Social Development, and is reflected as received.

(1)(i),(ii),(iii),(iv) and (v)

Yes, the Department of Social Development has taken action on the allegation that some occupants in the parliamentary village on occasion leave their teenage children to fend for themselves whist their parents are engaged with official duties elsewhere.

In terms of Section 150 (1) (a) and (b), a child is in need of care and protection, if the child has been abandoned, is without any visible means of support, or is being deliberately neglected by a parent, a care-giver, a person who has parental responsibilities and rights or a family member of the child or by a person under whose control the child is.

The Western Cape Provincial Department of Social Development has referred the matter for investigation to the District Office Managers of Wynberg and Bellville as the Parliamentary Villages fall within the jurisdiction of these District Offices. Due to the fact that no details of the parents or the children that might be involved were available, the said offices were unable to conduct an investigation into the allegations made. Ms Monica Nonkelela, Manager of the Parliamentary Villages during a telephonic discussion with the Western Cape Provincial Department on 04 November 2009, stated that she has seen children going to and from school. However, at the time of the conversation she was not aware whether any of the children were left unattended or neglected by their parents.

Strategy:

The Western Cape Provincial Department of Social Development is planning to conduct awareness and prevention programmes during the 2009/2010 financial year, to deal with any possible child neglect that might be happening in the said three Parliamentary Villages.

(2) No steps were taken against any parent of a child in the Parliamentary Villages. It needs to be noted that no details of parents alleged to be leaving their children unattended were available, to enable the said district offices to do a proper investigation.

QUESTION 1910

FOR WRITTEN REPLY

Date of publication on internal question paper: 22 October 2009

Internal question paper no:

Mrs S P Kopane (DA) to ask the Minister of Social Development:

(1) Whether (a) she, (b) her deputy minister, (c) any specified officials and (d) any other persons have been issued with a government or official credit card; if so, what are the relevant details for her, her deputy minister and each holder of a credit card in respect of the (i) name, (ii) job title, (iii) credit limit, (iv) outstanding amount as at the latest specified date for which information is available, (v) monthly expenses incurred for each month since receiving the credit card, (vi) reason for such persons being issued with a credit card and (vii) uses that such a credit card is intended for;

(2) whether any such credit cards are over their credit limit; if so, (a) whose credit cards are over the limit and (b) what is the reason for the credit cards exceeding the limit;

(3) whether any action has been taken against such persons for exceeding their credit card limits; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details? NW2473E

REPLY:

(1) (a) Yes, the credit card was only issued on October 2009.

(b) Yes, the credit card was only issued on October 2009.

(c) No and

(d) No.

(i) Mrs B.E.E. Molewa and Ms B. O Dlamini

(ii) Minister of Social Development and Deputy Minister of Social Development'

(iii) R30 000 per month and R20 000 per month;

(iv) Since the credit card was only issued on 5 October 2009, the first statement as at 31 October 2009 has not yet been received at the time of submission of this reply.

(v) Since the credit card was only issued on 5 October 2009, the first statement as at 31 October 2009 has not yet been received at the time of submission of this reply.

(vi) The purpose for issuing the credit card to the Minister and Deputy Minister is to enable them to pay for unplanned official expenses limited to official transport, accommodation and subsistence.

(vii) The credit card may only be utilised for urgent unplanned official expenses such as travel and accommodation costs.

(2) (a) and (b)

The credit limits of the credit cards issued, may not be exceeded. An official departmental guideline on the utilisation of credit cards was developed by the Finance Unit and expenditure is monitored on a monthly basis for internal audit purposes.

(3) No, based on the above, this question is not applicable at this stage.

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

QUESTION 1909

FOR WRITTEN REPLY

Date of publication on internal question paper: 23 October 2009

Internal question paper no: 24

Mrs S P Kopane (DA) to ask the Minister of Social Development:

(1) In respect of each version of the 2008-09 annual reports of her department and the annual reports of each statutory and other entity reporting to her department, (a) what was the (i) budgeted cost, (ii) actual cost and (iii) breakdown of cost in respect of (aa) printing, (bb) graphic design, (cc) other costs and (dd) unit cost of each annual report and (b) how many copies of each were (aaa) produced and (bbb) distributed;

(2) whether any version of the abovementioned reports was retracted or withdrawn; if so, (a) how many times were each annual report withdrawn or retracted, (b) what (i) were the reasons for each withdrawal or retraction and (ii) was the amount spent on each version and (c) how many copies were withdrawn in each case;

(3) how was the decision taken to award the contract to the (a) graphic design company and (b) printing company;

(4) whether (a) her department or (b) any of those public entities that fall under her department held a function on tabling their 2008-09 annual report; if so, in each case (i) what was the name of the public entity, (ii) how much did the function cost, (iii) what is the breakdown of that cost, (iv) where was the function held and (v) how many guests were invited? NW2472E

REPLY:

On behalf of Department of Social Development (DSD)

1. (a) (i)

Financial Year

Budgeted Cost

2008/09

R 350 000

Total

R 350 000

(ii)

Financial Year

Actual Costs

2008/09

R 283 008 42

Total

R 283 008 42


(iii)

The breakdown of costs in terms of:

Financial Year

Printing & binding,

Cds in jewel cases markup x15% net quote

(aa)

Graphic design, Production @R340 per page per report, editing

(bb)

Other cost

On site corrections

(cc)

Unit cost of each Annual Report

Subtotal and VAT

(dd)

2008/09

R134 423 50

R5 669 50 for 525 cds

R102 000

R6160 00

Unit cost per report: R277,331

R248 253 00

R 34 755 42 VAT

Total R283 008 42

(b)

The number of copies of the Annual Report

Financial Year

Produced

(aaa)

Distributed

(bbb)

Printed copies

Compact discs

Printed copies

Compact discs

2008/09

1000

525

542

510

(2) (a) No Annual Reports for the period 2008 / 2009 were retracted or withdrawn.

(b) (i) Not applicable.

(b) (ii) Not applicable.

(c) Not applicable.

(3) The tender was awarded in accordance with formal procurement process which requires that at least three quotations be sought from service provides for design, layout and printing of the Annual Report. A service provider was appointed based on a combination of experience (track record) and value for money to the Department.

(4) (a) Not applicable.

(b) No function was held on tabling the Annual Report s of the Department and its agencies, namely, SASSA, NDA and the CDA for the period 2008/2009.

(i) Not applicable.

(ii) Not applicable.

(iii) Not applicable.

(iv) Not applicable.

(v) Not applicable.

On behalf of the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA)

1. (a)(i)

Financial Year

Budgeted Cost

2008/09

R 350 000

Total

R 350 000

(ii)

Financial Year

Actual Costs

2008/09

R 192 322 50

Total

R 192 322 50

(iii)

The breakdown of costs in terms of:

Financial Year

Printing

(aa)

Graphic design

(bb)

Other cost

(cc)

Unit cost of each Annual Report

(dd)

2008/09

R149 722 50

R16 800 00

R25 800 00

R267 61

(b)

The number of copies of the Annual Report

Financial Year

Produced

(aaa)

Distributed

(bbb)

Printed copies

Compact discs

Printed copies

Compact discs

2008/09

560

1000

542

840

(2) (a) No Annual Reports for the period 2008 / 2009 were retracted or withdrawn.

(b) (i) Not applicable.

(b) (ii) Not applicable.

(c) Not applicable.

(3) The contract in respect of services for both graphic design and printing was awarded to the same company / service provider following the Supply Chain Management processes within the Agency.

(4) (a) Not applicable.

(b) No function was held on tabling the SASSA Annual Report 2008/2009.

(i) Not applicable.

(ii) Not applicable.

(vi) Not applicable.

(vii) Not applicable.

(viii) Not applicable.

On behalf of CENTRAL DRUG AUTHORITY (CDA) within DSD

1. (a) (i)

Financial Year

Budgeted Cost

2008/09

R 162 000 00

Total

R 162 000 00

(ii)

Financial Year

Actual Costs

2008/09

R 171 371 94

Total

R 171 371 94

(iii)

The breakdown of costs in terms of:

Financial Year

Printing

(aa)

Graphic design

(bb)

Other cost

Professional editing

(cc)

Unit cost of each Annual Report

(dd)

2008/09

R161 727 54

No cost produced in- house

R9 644 40

(b)

The number of copies of the Annual Report

Financial Year

Produced

(aaa)

Distributed

(bbb)

Printed copies

Compact discs

Printed copies

Compact discs

2008/09

2000

N/A

1510

N/A

(2) No, in respect of the version of the CDA Annual Report 2008/2009, no version of the report was withdrawn. (b) (i) there is no information as the report was never withdrawn; (b) (ii) the information is not applicable as the report was never withdrawn; (c) No copies were withdrawn

(3) Yes, the decision to award the graphic design company and the printing company, were taken in terms of the PFMA legislation and internal financial prescripts that allows the utilisation of the three quotations in procuring a similar task. (3) (a) In terms of the graphic design the report was produced in-house by the production unit of the Department of Social Development. (3) (b) In terms of the utilising the outside of the Department's printing company, the three quotations were receive from the following companies:

· Shick Design and printing that quoted R177 660.00

· Blackmoon that quoted: R176 721.00

· Silowa Printers that quoted: R 161 727.54

Out of these above-mentioned three companies, Silowa Printers was awarded the task of printing the CDA Annual Report 2008/2009 in terms of the PFMA legislation, as its quotation was the lowest and reasonable and some funds of the Department were saved.

(4) No, (4) (a) the Department of Social Development did not hold the function of tabling the Annual Report 2008/2009.

(b) The Central Drug Authority (CDA), a statutory body of the Department of Social Development did not hold a function on tabling the CDA Annual Report 2008/2009.

(4) (b) (i) The name of the public entity is the Central Drug Authority.

(b) (ii) There is no cost incurred as the function was never held.

(b) (iii) There is no breakdown of cost as the function was never held.

(b) (iv) There is no name of the venue where the function on tabling report was held as the function was never held.

(b) (v) There is no number of guests invited to the function on tabling the report as no function was held.

On behalf of National Development Agency (NDA)

1. (a) (i)

Financial Year

Budgeted Cost

2008/09

R 300 000

Total

R 300 000

(ii)

Financial Year

Actual Costs

2008/09

R 275 880 00

Total

R 275 880 00

(iii)

The breakdown of costs in terms of:

Financial Year

Printing

(aa)

Graphic design

(bb)

Other cost

Editing &proof reading, Proofing & Repro

(cc)

Unit cost of each Annual Report

(dd)

2008/09

R77 125

R72 6250

R15 000

R10 250

R76 380

R91 96

(b)

The number of copies of the Annual Report

Financial Year

Produced

(aaa)

Distributed

(bbb)

Printed copies

Compact discs

Printed copies

Compact discs

2008/09

3000

0

1541

0

(2)(a) and (b) While the document was not withdrawn, there were costs associated with editing the first draft.

(ii) The total amount charged in respect of changes to information and lay out as well as overtime changes to meet time lines amounted to R 76 380.

(i) No copies of the report were withdrawn and the final signed off copy was the first and only copy to go to print.

(3) The decision taken to award the contract to the

(a) graphic design company was arrived out through a competitive process of where five quotations were requested and received from five service providers.

(4) No, the NDA did not hold any function for the tabling of the 2008-09 annual report.

QUESTION NO: 1907

DATE OF PUBLICATION: 23 October 2009

QUESTION PAPER NO: 24

DATE OF REPLY: 4 November 2009

Mr N J van den Berg (DA) to ask the Minister of Communications:

(1) Whether (a) he, (b) his deputy minister, (c) any specified officials and (d) any other persons have been issued with a government or official credit card; if so, what are the relevant details for him, his deputy minister and each holder of a credit card in respect of the (i) name, (ii) job title, (iii) credit limit, (iv) outstanding amount as at the latest specified date for which information is available, (v) monthly expenses incurred for each month since receiving the credit card, (vi) reason for such persons being issued with a credit card and (vii) uses that such a credit card is intended for;

(2) whether any such credit cards are over their credit limit; if so, (a) whose credit cards are over the limit and (b) what is the reason for the credit cards exceeding the limit;

(3) whether any action has been taken against such persons for exceeding their credit card limits; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

NW2470E

REPLY:

(1) Neither me, the Deputy Minister, any specified officials nor any other persons have been issued with a government or official credit card.

(2) Not applicable, in view of the reply in above paragraph (1).

(3) Not applicable, in view of the reply in above paragraph (1).

QUESTION NO: 1906

DATE OF PUBLICATION: 23 October 2009

QUESTION PAPER NO: 23

DATE OF REPLY: 6 November 2009

Mr N J van den Berg (DA) to ask the Minister of Communications:

(1) In respect of each version of the 2008-09 annual report of his department and the annual reports of each statutory and other entity reporting to his department, (a) what was the (i) budgeted cost, (ii) actual cost and (iii) breakdown of cost in respect of (aa) printing, (bb) graphic design, (cc) other costs and (dd) unit cost of each annual report and (b) how many copies of each were (i) produced and (ii) distributed;

(2) whether any version of the abovementioned reports was retracted or withdrawn; if so, (a) how many times were each annual report withdrawn or retracted, (b) what (i) were the reasons for each withdrawal or retraction and (ii) was the amount spent on each version and (c) how many copies were withdrawn in each case;

(3) how was the decision taken to award the contract to the (a) graphic design company and (b) printing company;

(4) whether (a) his department or (b) any of those public entities that fall under his department held a function on tabling their 2008-09 annual report; if so, in each case (i) what was the name of the public entity, (ii) how much did the function cost, (iii) what is the breakdown of that cost, (iv) where was the function held and (v) how many guests were invited?

NW2469E

REPLY:

(1) In respect of the cost and distribution of the 2008/09 Annual Reports of my Department and of each statutory and other entity reporting to my Department, I can report as follows:

Department of Communications

(a) (i) The total budgeted cost: R250 000

(ii) Actual Cost R143 084.08

(iii) Breakdown of Cost

(aa) Printing R143 084.08

(bb) Graphic Design none

(cc) Other Costs none

(dd) Unit Cost R110.06

(b) (i) Copies produced 1500

(ii) Copies distributed 1 131 to date

SAPO

(a) (i) The total budgeted cost: R1 000 000

(ii) Actual Cost R 805 698.40

(iii) Breakdown of Cost

(aa) Printing R 152 698.40

(bb) Graphic Design R 576 395.40

(cc) Other Costs R 51 556.70

(dd) Unit Cost R 947.80

(b) (i) Copies produced 850

(ii) Copies distributed 800 to date

SABC

(a) (i) The total budgeted cost: R500 000

(ii) Actual Cost Not yet determined

(iii) Breakdown of Cost

(aa) Printing R115 000

(bb) Graphic Design R120 000

(cc) Other Costs R87 000

(dd) Unit Cost R115

(b) (i) Copies produced 1000 (to be printed)

(ii) Copies distributed Distribution will be done according to statutory requirements and identified stakeholders

NEMSIA

(a) (i) The total budgeted cost: R100 000

(ii) Actual Cost R100 539

(iii) Breakdown of Cost

(aa) Printing R41 040

(bb) Graphic Design R44 460

(cc) Other Costs R15 040

(dd) Unit Cost R100

(b) (i) Copies produced 1000

(ii) Copies distributed 700 to date

USAASA

(a) (i) The total budgeted cost: R270 000

(ii) Actual Cost R195 325.32

(iii) Breakdown of Cost

(aa) Printing R 69 611.25

(bb) Graphic Design R23 124

(cc) Other Costs R70 000

(dd) Unit Cost R48.85

(b) (i) Copies produced 1250

(ii) Copies distributed 510 to date

Sentech

(a) (i) The total budgeted cost: R620 000

(ii) Actual Cost R457 934

(iii) Breakdown of Cost

(aa) Printing R219 906

(bb) Graphic Design R208 478

(cc) Other Costs R48 060

(dd) Unit Cost R305.30

(b) (i) Copies produced 1500

(ii) Copies distributed 500 to date

ICASA

(a) (i) The total budgeted cost: R120 000

(ii) Actual Cost R220 136.28

(iii) Breakdown of Cost

(aa) Printing R82 950

(bb) Graphic Design R37 745

(cc) Other Costs R67 997

(dd) Unit Cost R34.42

(b) (i) Copies produced 1 500

(ii) Copies distributed 510 to date

(2) No version of the 2008/09 Annual Reports of my Department and of each statutory and other entity reporting to my Department was retracted or withdrawn.

(3) The decisions taken by my Department and each statutory and other entity reporting to my Department to award the contract to a graphic design company and printing company were taken as follows:

Department

(a) The design was done internally.

(b) Several printing companies from the Department's data base were requested to submit quotations. The three lowest quotes were subjected to a Preferential Procurement profiling to determine preferred service provider.

SABC:

(a) The SABC utilised their in-house graphic design service provider.

(b) A request for quotation was forwarded to printing companies who are listed on their service provider database. The decision to award the contract to the printing company was in line with the SABC procurement procedure.

NEMISA:

(a) and (b) Three quotations obtained from graphic design and printing companies.

USAASA:

(a) and (b) Quotations were obtained from service providers to undertake both the graphic design and printing responsibilities.

Sentech:

(a) and (b) Tenders were invited from graphic design and printing companies.

SAPO:

(a) and (b) Requests for quotation (RFQ) were sent to graphic design and printing companies on the Supplier Database of SAPO. The evaluation and award was concluded in line with the SA Post Office procurement processes.

ICASA:

(a) Tenders were invited from graphic design companies.

(b) Tenders were invited from printing companies.

(4) (a) The Department did not hold a function on tabling its 2008/09 Annual Report.

(b) With regard to the public entities that fall under my department, I was informed as follows:

· NEMISA, USAASA, Sentech and ICASA did not hold a function on tabling their 2008-09 annual reports.

· The SABC does not intend to hold functions to announce the Annual Financial results. However a media briefing will be held to announce the results.

(ii) how much did the function cost, (iii) what is the breakdown of that cost, (iv) where was the function held and (v) how many guests were invited?

(i) SAPO held a function.

(ii) The cost of the function was R64 300.

(iii) The breakdown of the cost is as follows:

· Catering R 10 000.00

· Technical Support R 54 300.00

(iv) The function was held at the South African Post Office Learning Institute in Midrand

(v) A total of 80 people were invited.

DEPARTMENT: JUSTICE AND CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT

REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION FOR WRITTEN REPLY

QUESTION NO.: 1905 DATE OF PUBLICATION: 16 OCTOBER 2009

Ms N Michael (DA) to ask the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development:

1. How many Public Prosecutors are employed in each province?

2. How many Public Prosecutors should there be in each province?

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REPLY

1. The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) maintains a database of prosecutors per division and per cluster, and not per province. They are unable to furnish statistics per province. Details of the number of prosecutors are indicated in the table below:-

DIVISION

TOTAL NO. OF POSTS

EXCLUDING CONTRACTS

VACANCIES AT THE END OF AUGUST 2009

1

THOHOYANDOU

64

10

2

FREE STATE

228

34

3

GAUTENG NORTH

628

101

4

KWA-ZULU NATAL

432

119

5

MTHATHA

155

20

6

KIMBERLEY

80

35

7

MMABATHO

133

22

8

GAUTENG SOUTH

328

113

9

GRAHAMSTOWN

251

51

10

CAPE TOWN

399

58

TOTAL

2698

563

The core function of the NPA is prosecutions and most of the posts are situated within the National Prosecutions Service (NPS), as set out above. In addition to the abovementioned posts, there are a total of 107 posts in the Directorate of Special Operations, who are currently being relocated to the various divisions in the NPA. There are also a further 137 prosecutor posts in the Specialised Commercial Crime Unit (SCCU).

There are also 96 posts in the Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU) and 54 posts in Sexual Offences and Community Affairs Unit (SOCA) which have been excluded as they respectively deal with civil and policy matters.

2. The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) is in the process of developing an optimum capacity model, through the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). The model should be ready by 2011.

The aim of the model would be to:-

· Provide the NPA with a long-term capability to forecast the demand for its services in order to enable the organization to plan to match capacity with fluctuating demand; and to

· Enable the NPA to pro-actively build capacity and capability to address future demand for service offerings (including those that may not be currently available) based on crime trends and developments in crime markets.

In the meanwhile, the NPA has determined their capacity needs by making use of a formula of 2 prosecutors which are required per court, a court being defined as a court which sits on average 18 days per month. In the Regional Courts the formula is 10 prosecutors for every 4 courts. The required number of posts are then prioritized taking into account the outstanding roll, finalisation rate, court hours, etc.

The last workstudy which was conducted by the NPS in 2007 indicated that there was a ratio of 1.2 prosecutors posts per district court and 1.34 prosecutors per Regional Court, excluding control prosecutors and senior public prosecutors. Some courts do not need two prosecutors per court as they are not very busy and have a low workload. Other centres need more than two prosecutors per court because they are not able to deal with the workload and have a huge amount of back office work, such as decision dockets. In addition, they may have a huge number of maintenance enquiries or traffic matters. Otherwise, it might be that they have huge commercial or organized crime matters which require attention outside of court.

The NPS also participates in the backlog project which requires contract staff to man additional courts which have been established to deal with the backlogs in a specific area. The creation of extra magistrate posts by my Department and the demarcation process implies that we would have to consider creating extra prosecutors posts so as to deal with the newly created or demarcated courts/magistrates posts.

The relocation of the Directorate of Special Operations (Scorpions) DSO staff will relieve the need for posts in some areas, but that relocation has not yet been finalised. It is not yet clear what the impact thereof will be in the various districts.

In conclusion, we are in the process of prioritizing our budget so as to ensure that we can create the posts most urgently required but our first and foremost concern is that our vacancies should be filled.

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY


QUESTION FOR WRITTEN REPLY

QUESTION No 1904

Question

Mr A C Steyn (DA) to ask the Minister of Human Settlements:

1. Whether there are any plans to introduce energy saving initiatives in the building of new subsidised homes: if so, what are the relevant details; if not, why not?

2. Whether there are any plans to introduce policy or legislation to encourage future private homeowners and/or developers to make use of energy saving initiatives in the construction of their homes; if so, what are the relevant details; if not, why not?

Answer

1. Yes, the National Housing Code contains detailed guidelines to promote environmentally and energy efficient housing in the subsidy sector. The Department of Human Settlements has been working with the NHBRC to cost various measures to enhance the thermal performance of houses in the subsidy market. The most promising and cost effective of these is the installation of a ceiling and the provision of above ceiling insulation. Other measures include plastering of the external walls of the houses, under floor insulation and sealing of windows and doors. The cost implications of introducing energy efficient measures in the subsidy housing market will be considered, once the NHBRC have finalised their research report.

2. Yes, the Department of Energy has instructed the South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) to develop national standards for energy efficiency in naturally ventilated building. Theses standards will form part of the National Building Regulations and is referred to as the SANS 204 Standard. The Department of Human Settlements participated in the working group process and the draft standards have been published for comments. The standards are currently being refined in terms of the comments received and will then be presented for approval.


QUESTION 1903

INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER [NO 24-2009]

DATE OF PUBLICATION: 23 October 2009

1903. Mr M M Swathe (DA) to ask the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform:

With reference to his reply to question 41 on 2 July 2009, where will he source the funds required to achieve the target of 30% set for land reform by 2014?

THE MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND LAND REFORM:

The Department requests additional resource allocations from National Treasury through the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and the Adjusted Estimates of National Expenditure (AENE) to accelerate the pace of the various land reform programmes to achieve the target of redistributing 30% of white-owned agricultural land by 2014.

QUESTION 1902

INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER [No 24-2009]

DATE OF PUBLICATION: 23 October 2009

1902. Mr M M Swathe (DA) to ask the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform:

Whether he and his department has any intention to engage with Agricultural Unions and Land Owner Associations in getting lasting solutions to land redistribution without it impacting on food production; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details? NW246

THE MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND LAND REFORM:

Yes. The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform has engaged with agricultural unions, and extended an open invitation to them to submit their contributions in respect of lasting solutions to land acquisition models that will enhance land reform implementation. The DRDLR hopes to receive their contributions at forthcoming engagements with them.

QUESTION 1901

INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER [No 24-2009]

DATE OF PUBLICATION: 23 October 2009

1901. Mr M M Swathe (DA) to ask the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform:

Whether there are any plans in place to assist farmers who are not coping, who received farms through the land restitution; if not, why not; if so, what plans? NW2464E

THE MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND LAND REFORM:

Yes.

The following plans have been put in place:

- In cases where land has been restored, farmers are financially supported through Restitution Settlement Grants (RSG) and section 42C Development Grants. These grants are used for planning, infrastructure development, training and purchasing of implements;

- arrangements are in place with the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries to provide assistance to farmers in respect of planning, extension services, mentoring and funding through their respective programmes;

- sector-specific interventions have been established to assist farmers for instance in the forestry and sugar industry;

- the Commission on Restitution of Land Rights has entered into an agreement with AgriSETA to develop a capacity building framework for farmers;

- a dispute resolution procedure has been implemented to assist with the resolution of disputes that hamper the progress of activities within communities; and

- a panel of transaction advisors is available to provide expert advice on decisions relating to business transactions.