Questions & Replies: Questions & Replies No 801 to 825
2010-04-13
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QUESTION 801 FOR WRITTEN REPLY:
INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER 8-2010: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY: DR A LOTRIET (DA): MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR APPOINTING MUSEUM CURATORS
"801. Dr A Lotriet (DA to ask the Minister of Arts and Culture:
(1) Whether her department has any minimum requirements for appointing museum curators; if not, why not, if so, what are the minimum requirements;
(2) whether she had found a consistent application of the minimum requirements of museum curators; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) what are the relevant details, and (b) what are the findings based on?
NW933E
REPLY:
(1) No, the department does not have minimum requirements for the appointment of curators by the management of museums, however, museums are guided by the standards that are set out by the International Council of Museums (ICOM) to draft their own requirements as per size of their collections and the needs of the institutions.
(2) Yes, there is consistency when museums appoint curators as all museums are guided by the ethics that are set out by the ICOM.
QUESTION NO 802
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 23 MARCH 2010: INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 8 - 2010
DR A Lotriet (DA) to ask the Minister of Arts and Culture:
(1) "Whether her department has a policy regarding the use of new technologies in archival research; if not why not; if so, what are the relevant details"?
(2) "Whether she had found the policy is applied consistently at all archival depots; if not, why not; if so what are the relevant details"?
NW934E
REPLY:
1. No. The application of new technologies in archives (and other heritage institutions such as libraries and museums) raises issues of intellectual property rights as well as challenges of conservation and authentication. Cases have arisen where images of documents copied by digital means at South African archival repositories have been sold on the internet from websites hosted outside this country. For these and other reasons my department has commissioned an investigation into digitisation policy and the outcome of this investigation is being currently awaited. It must be noted thatin terms of Schedule 5 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa (Act 108 of 1996) "Archives other than national archives" are part of the functional areas of exclusive provincial legislative competence.
2. Falls away
QUESTION NO 803
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 23 MARCH 2010
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 8)
803. Mrs A T Lovemore (DA) to ask the Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs:
Whether she has been informed of the (a) continued spillage and (b) deliberate pumping of untreated or partially treated sewage into rives in the Blue Crane Route Municipality, particularly in Somerset East; if so, (i) what action will be taken to ensure that the municipalities comply with legislation and (ii) that the responsible managers in the municipalities are held accountable for their (aa) deliberate and (bb) negligent actions in this regard? NW935E
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REPLY:
(a) Yes, my Department has been informed of recurring sewage spillages in the Blue Crane Route Local Municipality (LM).
(b) Yes, my Department is aware that during an upgrade of the Blue Crane
Route LM's sewage treatment works, progress on the upgrade came to halt due to inadequate municipal infrastructure grant funding. This resulted in an overload of the sewage treatment works (that is, overflow of partially treated effluent from the last pond). However, an embankment has since been created to block most of the last pond's partially treated effluent from overflowing.
(b)(i) A non-compliance notice has been issued to the Blue Crane Route LM regarding the contravention of Section 19 of the National Water Act (Act No 36 of 1998).
(b)(ii)(aa) The Director: Technical Services which was appointed during the time of the complaints in September 2009 was informed of the contravention.
(b)(ii)(bb) With regard to the continued spillage, my Department is considering issuing a directive should there be continued non compliance.
QUESTION NO. 804INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 8 NW936E
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 23 March 2010
Mrs A T Lovemore (DA) to ask the Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs:
(1) Whether all tyre producers have registered as required by Regulation 6(1) of the Waste Tyre Regulations, 2009; if not, (a) which tyre producers have not yet registered and (b) what action will be taken to ensure such registration;
(2) whether all tyre producers have submitted, and had approved, integrated industry waste tyre management plans as required by Regulations 6(3) and (4); if not, (a) which tyre producers have not yet submitted plans and (b) what action will be taken to ensure such submission;
(3) whether all waste tyre stockpile owners have registered as such as required by Regulation 8(1) of the Waste Tyre Regulations, 2009; if not, (a) which waste tyre stockpile owners have not yet registered and (b) what action will be taken to ensure such registration;
(4) whether all waste tyre stockpile owners have submitted and approved waste tyre stockpile abatement plans as required by Regulation 8(3); if not, (a) which waste tyre stockpile owners have not yet submitted plans and (b) what action will be taken to ensure such submission;
(5) whether her department has the (a) human resource and (b) budget capacity to (i) comply with the department's duties as detailed in the Waste Tyre Regulations, 2009, and (ii) enforce the requirements of the regulations; if not, why not in each case; if so, what are the relevant details in each case?
Mrs A T Lovemore (DA) SECRETARY TO PARLIAMENTHANSARD
PAPERS OFFICE
PRESS804. THE MINISTER OF WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS ANSWERS:
(1) Eighty five (85) tyre producers have registered with the department. The department is not aware of any producers who are not registered. As the department is not aware of any producers who are not registered there is no need for the department to take any action in this regard at this time.
(2) To date, the department has received two (2) Integrated Industry Waste Tyre Management Plans. The majority of tyre producers, registered with the department, are affiliated to one of the two plans.
Where producers have been identified to have not submitted a plan of their own or registered with an existing plan, the department is undertaking the necessary tasks to ensure compliance.
(3) Not all waste tyre stockpile owners are known to the department, therefore the department is not able to asses if all waste tyre stockpile owners have registered. The department is working with provinces and local municipalities to identify waste tyre stockpiles, and where these are identified the necessary tasks are being implemented to ensure compliance.
(4) As for (3) above.
(5) The regulations were promulgated specifically to ensure that the Producer Responsibility and the Producer Pays principles are entrenched thus reducing the resources required by the department to achieve the objectives of recycling and managing waste tyres in an environmentally sound manner. With respect to complying with the department's duties and enforcement of the regulations these tasks are included in the 2010-2011 business plan of the department.
QUESTION NO 805
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 23 MARCH 20.10 (INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO.8)
805. Mrs A T Lovemore (DA) to ask: Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs:
Whether all water services authorities have promulgated by-laws as required by section 21(1) of the Water Services Act, Act 108 of 1997; if not, (a) which of these authorities have not promulgated the required by-laws and (b) what action is being taken by her department to ensure the required promulgation; if so, what are the relevant details?
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REPLY:
Not all Water Services Authorities (WSAs) have promulgated by-laws as required by Section 21(1) of the Water Services Act, Act 108 of 1997.
(a) The I1st of WSAs that have not promulgated by-laws is attached (Annexure A).
(b) Currently My Department is rolling out the model by law guideline on a regional basis to ensure that Water Services, credit control and debt collection by-laws are developed and promulgated by WSAs, as a legislative instrument through which municipalities will give effect to their policies.
My Department is also in the process of issuing a Regulatory action for noncompliance as per the Regulatory Performance Measurement System to those WSAs that do not have by-laws in place. This Regulatory action is intended to be rolled out during the later part of the 2010/11 financial year.
QUESTION 806
INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER [No 8-2010]
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 23 March 2010
806. Mrs A Steyn (DA) to ask the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform:
Whether his department has a comprehensive database with all relevant information for the land reform programme since inception; if not, (a) why not and (b) when will this information be available; if so, with regard to each province, year and programme, (i) what is the total (aa) area involved, (bb) cost involved and (cc) amount paid out for development grants and (ii) how many (aa) pieces of land were bought and (bb) beneficiaries were involved? NW938E
THE MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND LAND REFORM:
Yes.
(i) (aa) Please refer to Annexure A.
(bb) and (cc) Please refer to Annexure B. It should be noted that information relating to the cost involved is provided from the 2001 financial year and information relating to the development grants is provided per province from the 2004 financial year. Information prior to the 2001 and 2004 financial years is not available as the Financial Management System (FMS) is no longer accessible.
(ii) (aa) and (bb) Please refer to Annexure A.
(a) and (b) Fall away.
QUESTION NO 809
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 23 MARCH 2010
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 8)
809. Mr G R Morgan (DA) to ask the Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs:
(1) As at the latest specified date for which information is available, (a) what is the (i) total amount of money owed by municipalities to all water boards and (ii)(aa) current debt and (bb) arrears and (b) what is the (i) total amount owed by municipalities to each water board and (ii) how is each figure broken up in each case according to (aa) current debt and (bb) arrears;
(2) whether her department is making an effort to assist the boards in obtaining payment from the municipalities; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details? NW942E
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REPLY:
(1)(a)(i) R1 262 047 056
(1)(a)(ii)(aa) R 653 416 344
(1)(a)(ii)(bb) R 608 630 712
| WATER BOARD | (1)(b)(i) | (1)(b)(ii)(aa) | (1)(b)(ii)(bb) |
| Albany Coast Water | R 332 424 | R 332 424 | R 0 |
| Amatola Water | R 16 925 810 | R 15 521 574 | R 1 404 236 |
| Bloem Water | R 68 669 111 | R 20 925 227 | R 47 743 884 |
| Botshelo Water | R 33 812 711 | R 4 474 385 | R 29 338 326 |
| Bushbuckridge Water | R151 369 685 | R 3 884 511 | R147 485 174 |
| Lepelle Northern Water | R249 624 440 | R 18 021 416 | R231 603 024 |
| Magalies Water | R 11 084 591 | R 5 261 905 | R 5 822 686 |
| Mhlathuze Water | R 3 673 773 | R 3 673 773 | R 0 |
| Namakwa Water | R 1 073 744 | R 1 073 744 | R 0 |
| Overberg Water | R 577 312 | R 577 312 | R 0 |
| Pelladrift Water | R 61 630 | R 61 630 | R 0 |
| Sedibeng Water | R146 185 611 | R 25 005 670 | R121 179 941 |
| Rand Water | R442 797 949 | R424 259 672 | R 18 538 277 |
| Umgeni Water | R135 858 265 | R130 343 101 | R 5 515 164 |
(2) Yes, My Department assists water boards in mediating disputes with regards to debt owed by water boards in the following manner:
· Performing preliminary investigation on the extent and nature of debt
· Meeting with stakeholders to clarify facts, mediate and recommend solutions
· Reporting back to My Department, CoGTA and National Treasury and following up with progress reports
· If the above fails, then My Department recommends that the dispute be mediated formally by National Treasury
· If this fails, the dispute will go to arbitration
Question 810
Mr Maynier (DA) to ask the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans:
(a) How many (i) international flights and (ii) domestic flights were undertaken by her using (aa) military aircraft, (bb) chartered aircraft or (cc) commercial aircraft from 1 April 2009 up to the latest specific date for which information is available and (b) in respect of each specified slight, what was the (i) date and (ii) place of (aa) departure and (bb) arrival. NW943E
REPLY:
The attached schedule reflects my flights for official purposes only. Flights undertaken for private purposes are undertaken through commercial flights and in terms of paragraph 9 of the Ministerial Handbook. Such information remains private in the same way that your trips remain private.
QUESTION NO: 811PUBLISHED IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 7 OF 01 SEPTEMBER 2010
Mr D J Maynier (DA) to ask the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation:
What was the (a) total cost and (b) breakdown of cost for a certain person's campaign (name furnished) to become Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency?
Reply:
(a) Total cost: R 3,308,587.43
(b) The breakdown of the cost of the campaign is as follows:
Transport : R 1,301,382.47
Allowance : R 964,275.68
Accommodation : R 857,451.92
Entertainment : R 187,723.92
QUESTION NO 813
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 23 MARCH 2010
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 8- 2010)
Date reply submitted : 19 April 2010
Mrs DA Schäfer (DA) to ask the Minister of Police:
Whether, with reference to his intent last year to reconstitute the Family Violence, Child Abuse and Sexual Offences (FCS) Units, any progress has been made by the SA Police Service in this regard; if not, (a) why not, (b) which programme is responsible for this task and (c) when will the units be reconstituted; if so, what are the relevant details?
NW946E
REPLY:
In taking forward the re-establishment of the FCS units, a Head and Section Head of the national component were appointed as of 1 February 2010.
A Task team comprising of Career Management, Efficiency Services, Management and Detective Services is currently in the process of finalizing the organizational structure for provincial implementation.
The joint task team will ensure that by June 2010 FCS Units are reconstituted and be fully capacitated by 31 March 2011.
QUESTION NO.: 814
DATE OF QUESTION: 23 MARCH 2010
814. Ms M Smuts (DA) to ask the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development:
(1) Whether a community court for the Port Elizabeth central area (a) was (i) promised and (ii) opened and (b) ceased to function; if so, (i) when in each case and (ii) why;
(2) whether he will consider creating such a court; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
NW947E
REPLY:-(1)(a) Yes, I would like to inform the Honourable Member that a community court was promised and launched in Port Elizabeth in 2005. The launch of the court emanated from the 2005 State of the Nation address which committed the Department to establish at least two community courts in each province to alleviate the backlogs within the mainstream Magistrate's courts. The essence of community courts was to facilitate diversion of the less complex cases from the mainstream court in order for them to be dealt with speedily by the community courts.
(1)(b)(i) and (ii) Yes, the Port Elizabeth community court is not functioning because the court was not based on any legislative framework when it was established. Such a legislative framework would have facilitated the diversion of less complex cases to these courts. As a result of the lack of such a framework, these established community courts function as additional seats/branch courts of the main courts. In respect of the Port Elizabeth community court, there were no matters that were diverted from the Port Elizabeth Magistrate's court to this community court. Consequently the Port Elizabeth main court continues to deal with all cases, including those that would normally be dealt with by community courts.
(2) The Department has noted the gap in policy and legislation for the diversion of less serious cases from the main courts to the community courts. Processes are underway to develop the desired policy and legislative framework which will form the basis of the draft legislation/Bill which is envisaged for completion during the 2010-2011 financial years. Upon the enactment of the necessary legislation, all community courts, including the one in Port Elizabeth, will be mainstreamed and aligned to the legislation.
QUESTION NUMBER 815
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN THE INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 23 March 2010
INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 8 OF 2010
Date reply submitted: 08 June 2010
815. Mrs D Robinson (DA) to ask the Minister of Women, Children and People with Disabilities:
Whether she has established a reference group that would look at how sign language could be added to the school curriculum; if so, (a) who will be involved in the reference group, (b) what are their experience and qualifications, (c) what are the goals and targets and (d) what is the deadline by which it will report? NW948E
REPLY
1. The development of Sign Language as a school subject to be listed in the National Curriculum Statement Grades R – 12 falls within the ambit of the Minister of Basic Education, Ms Angie Motshekga.
(a) On 21 January 2010, the Minister of Basic Education called for nominations from stakeholder bodies and people involved in the aurally impaired community, to serve on a Reference Group, to assist the Department of Basic Education to develop Sign Language as a subject to be offered in both the General Education and Training (GET) and Further Education and Training (FET) Phases.
From the 79 nominations received, the Minister of Basic Education has appointed a Curriculum Management Team of nine members that will manage the development of Sign Language as a school subject.
The development of Sign Language as a school subject will be combined with the review of the implementation of the National Curriculum Statement Grades R – 12, whose aim is to consolidate the current Subject Statements, Learning Programme Guidelines and Subject Assessment Guidelines into a single National Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement for each learning area in the GET Phase and for each subject in the FET Phase. For this purpose the Minister of Basic Education has appointed a Ministerial Project Committee to oversee the review of the implementation of the National Curriculum Statement Grades R – 12.
To ensure that the National Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statements for Sign Language in both the GET and FET Phases are developed in the correct format, as determined by the Ministerial Project Committee, the Curriculum Management Team appointed for Sign Language will work closely with the Ministerial Project Committee.
The Curriculum Management Team for Sign Language will appoint Writers from the remaining people nominated, to develop the National Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statements for both the GET and FET Phases. Those nominated people who do not serve on either the Curriculum Management Team for Sign Language will form a Reference Group, comprising Critical Readers who do not have to meet as a group, but to whom all developed documents will be forwarded for comments and inputs.
(b) The people appointed to the Curriculum Management Team for Sign Language are experts in languages and Sign Language, who are either from universities where Sign Language is offered, or from Provincial education departments that have already taken the initiative with the development of Sign Language programmes to be offered in schools, or teachers teaching Sign Language at special schools.
The Department of Basic Education has also requested the assistance of the PAN South African Language Board (PanSALB) with the standardisation of the primary technology, spelling and orthography rules to be used in the draft and final National Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statements Grades R-12 for Sign Language.
(c) The aim of the process is:
(a) To come up with a clear definition of Sign Language and to determine which of the following sections such as oral, grammar and literature are applicable to Sign Language;
(b) To establish which syntactical and linguistic elements of Sign Language establishing it as a fully-fledged language rather than only a communication technique;
(c) To obtain information on the various components that are necessary to determine at which level the language subject should be offered;
(d) To evaluate all existing curricula in Sign Language and to establish whether these curricula are appropriate or whether a completely new curriculum should be developed; and
(e) To establish the availability of teaching and learning support materials and to make proposals about the further resource needs of the subject.
(d) The deadline date: By the end of October 2010.
QUESTION NO: 816
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 23 March 2010
QUESTION PAPER NO: 8
DATE OF REPLY: 29 March 2010
Mrs D Robinson (DA) to ask the Minister of Communications:
(1) Why does the SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) not introduce sub-titles on entertainment and educational programmes for adults and children who are hearing impaired;
(2) whether the SABC subscribes to giving equal opportunities to all and assisting those who are differently abled; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
NW949E
REPLY:
(1) and (2): I was informed by the SABC that access is a core issue for public television. The SABC, as a Public service broadcaster, is mandated and has the duty to provide access of services to the whole nation. Since equity and inclusivity are basic principles of our democracy, it is mandatory that people with sensory disabilities as well as people from marginalised language groups are accommodated.
Deaf and hard of hearing people rely on two means of communication when watching television, namely South African Sign Language (SASL) and closed captioning, which relies heavily on technology.
Since 1994 the SABC has made enormous strides in its efforts to fulfil its public broadcasting mandate, especially in relation to its reach and access obligations. The following initiatives can be mentioned:
· Publication of the SABC Content Hub's Language Equity Guidelines for Television Programme-makers (SABC Content Hub, 2005)
· A study conducted by the Human Sciences Research Council on "Disability Inclusion and the South African Mass Media" (SABC Education, 2004)
· An In-Depth Study on the Use of Dubbing, Subtitling, South African Sign Language and Audio Description in Television Programmes" (Content Hub, 2007) conducted by Helene Perold and Associates
In view of the aforementioned the SABC has invested in Audio Visual Translation training internally and a number of Entertainment and Educational properties for adults in particular have benefited from this training, in so far as sub-titling is concerned:
Subtitled Educational Properties
· Matrics uploaded 1 (Youth)
· Matrics uploaded 2 (Youth)
· Shift series 5 (Youth)
· Shift series 6 (Youth)
· Tswaraganang 2
· Making Moves 3
· Live it 3
· One day a Leader 1
· 16 Day Boot Camp
· Who Am I series 1
· I Special Youth Drama
· Rivoningo 2
· Open University matric revision slot
· Open University 1b
· Youth@ home 13 - 24
· Matsupatsella 2b
· Rainbow Rythmn Gang 3
· Adult slot for unemployed
· It's for life 7
· My Teacher made me 2
· Property and garden shows
· Umnotfo Wami 3
· Grow Your Own 3
· Grow Your Own 4
· Talk SA slot
· Talk SA 2
· Talk SA 3
· Old Age slot
· Hola Ha Monate 3
· Financial Literacy
· Tswelopele 3
· Akani 2
· Marion 101
· 48 hours 3
· Agricultural slot
· Living Land 4
· Teacher slots
· Each One Teach One 2
· Younger youth game shows
· Tell Me Something 2
· Wise Up 5
· Reality Slot
· Marion Island Reality
Subtitled Entertainment Properties
· Kumbu'ekhaya
· My World
· Artcha
· Rize Mzansi
· Jam Sandwhich
· Pasella
· Artcha
With regard to subtitled Children's Programming it should be noted that the reading age and the type and level of sensory abilities of the audience determines the age at which subtitling will work. Same-language-captioning is heavily dependent on literacy and reading abilities of children and reading speed is important. When the SABC goes digital, speed and augmentation of content can be adjusted thus assisting in delivery of more closed captioned content for children.
QUESTION NO: 817
PUBLISHED IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 08 OF 23 March 2010
Mrs D van der Walt (DA) to ask the Minister for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs:
(1) Whether legislation makes provision for the appointment of more than one municipal manager at a municipality; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
(2) whether the former municipal manager of the Mookgopong Municipality in Limpopo is still in the employ of the municipality; if so, (a) in what position and (b) since when;
(3) whether a new municipal manager has also been employed at Mookgopong Municipality in Limpopo; if so, (a) who is this person and (b) when was this person appointed;
(4) whether the Mookgopong Municipality in Limpopo is in a position to have two municipal managers appointed at the same time; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
NW950E
Reply
(1) Section 82 of the Local Government: Municipal Structures Act (Act 117 of 1998) makes provision for an appointment of a Municipal Manager who is the head of Administration and the Accounting Officer of the Municipality. The Act further makes provision for an appointment of an Acting Municipality Manager when necessary.
(2) The former Municipal Manager (Peter Modiba) of the Municipality is no longer in the employment of the Municipality. His contract expired in 2007 and he has since been released off his duties as a municipal manager.
(3) Mr. Mokgadi Kgatla was appointed as a Municipal Manager of the Municipality in 2007.
(4) Please refer to reply in (1).
QUESTION NO 819
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 23 MARCH 2010
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 8- 2010)
Date reply submitted : 19 April 2010
Ms D Kohler-Barnard (DA) to ask the Minister of Police:
(1) What is the total estimated cost of renaming the SA Police Service to the SA Police Force, including the costs of (a) new (i) logos, (ii) signage, (iii) uniform insignia, (iv) vehicle identification markers, (v) stationery and (vi) aircraft logos and (b) any other ancillary costs;
(2) whether he intends tabling any Constitutional Amendment Bill relating to any name changes; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?
NW952E
REPLY:
(1) The Department of Police is not changing name it retains the name of the South African Police Service also referred to as "the force" for operational energy emphasis.
(2) No. There will be no need for such.
QUESTION NO 820
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 23 MARCH 2010
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 8- 2010)
Date reply submitted : 20 April 2010
Ms D Kohler-Barnard (DA) to ask the Minister of Police:
(1) What is the total estimated cost of renaming the (a) Department of Safety and Security to the Department of Police and (b) ranks of officials, including the costs of (i) new (aa) logos, (bb) signage, (cc) uniforms, (dd) vehicle identification markers and (ee) stationery, (ii) other branding of equipment and (iii) any other ancillary costs;
(2) whether he intends tabling any Constitutional amendment bill relating to any name changes; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?
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REPLY:
(1) There are no financial implications directly related to the change of name of "Department of Safety and Security" to "Department of Police" as announced by the President of the Republic of South Africa early during 2009.
(a) The name "Department of Police" has been in operation as effected by Proclamation No 48, 2009 (Government Gazette 32387 of 7 July 2009 in terms of the Public Service Act, 1994) from early 2009.
(b) The ranks of the South African Police Service, (i)(aa) logos, (bb) signage, (cc) uniforms, (dd) vehicle identification markers, (ee) stationery and (ii) other branding of equipment remained the same. The question of cost including (iii) any other ancillary costs related to the name change is therefore deemed irrelevant.
(2) No Constitutional Amendment is required.
QUESTION NUMBER 821
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 23 MARCH 2009
Dr D T George (DA) to ask the Minister of Finance:
Whether the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) has monitored the implementation of the recommendation of the Financial Action Task Force to ensure that financial institutions can identify these persons and the source of funds received from politically exposed persons; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
NW954E
REPLY:
Recommendation 6 of the FATF Forty Recommendations describes a politically exposed person as follows:
"Politically Exposed Persons" (PEPs) are individuals who are or have been entrusted with: prominent public functions in a foreign country, for example Heads of State or of government, senior politicians, senior government, judicial or military officials, senior executives of state owned corporations, important political party officials. Business relationships with family members or close associates of PEPs involve reputational risks similar to those pertaining to themselves. The definition is not intended to cover middle ranking or more junior individuals in the foregoing categories."
The Recommendation requires enhanced due diligence for Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) as a category of high-risk clients for financial and other institutions. The Recommendation states that:
" ... Financial institutions should, in relation to politically exposed persons, in addition to performing normal due diligence measures:
a) Have appropriate risk management systems to determine whether the customer is a politically exposed person.
b) Obtain senior management approval for establishing business relationships with such customers.
c) Take reasonable measures to establish the source of wealth and source of funds.
d) Conduct enhanced ongoing monitoring of the business relationship."
The Financial Intelligence Centre (the Centre) has addressed FATF Recommendation 6 in guidance issued under section 4 of the Financial Intelligence Centre Act 2001, under the title:
"FIG Guidance Note 3 for banks on customer identification and verification and related matters" issued by publication in the Government Gazette No.27803 on 18 July 2005.
It is the opinion of the Centre that FIC Guidance Note 3 sets out clear guidance for domestic banks on politically exposed persons (PEP's).
The FATF Mutual Evaluation Report on South Africa (26 February 2009) has pointed out that notwithstanding Guidance Note 3, there is a lack of enforceable obligations for financial institutions under the FIC Act to identify PEPs or to take appropriate measures as indicted under FATF Recommendation 6 (Page 103 of the Mutual Evaluation Report).
Apart from Guidance Note 3 the Centre does not monitor specifically the implementation of PEP controls by accountable institutions as this is not a discrete requirement separate from the general requirement to establish and verify the identities of all clients in terms of the FIC Act or the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Control Regulations to the Act.
The Centre is currently conducting a review of the FIC Act and it will consider the possibility of additional measures for the monitoring of PEPs in line with the FATF recommendations as part of the review process.
QUESTION NO. 822
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 23 MARCH 2010
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 8)
Mr T D Lee (DA) to ask the Minister of Health:
(1) Whether an audit of current and previous nursing colleges has been conducted; if not, why not; if so, (a) when did it commence, (b) when was it completed and (c) what were the findings of the audit;
(2) whether any (a) new nursing colleges or (b) previous nursing colleges will be opened; if not, why not; if so, (i) which ones, (ii) where are they situated, (iii) when will they be opened and (iv) how many students will be accommodated at each nursing college?
NW955EREPLY:
(1) The Department of Health is finalising a comprehensive audit of public and private nursing colleges and schools in the Country, including schools of nursing in higher educations institutions. This is one of the activities indicated in the National Nursing Strategy and is aimed at generating evidence to inform interventions required to revitalise nursing education and training in our Country.
The purpose of the audit is to obtain a comprehensive picture of the status and condition of infrastructure at these facilities, the student nurse enrolment figures, the number of qualifications of nursing educators as well as programmes that are offered by the institutions. The data will be used as a basis for developing a national nursing college revitalisation plan and to mobilize resources to revitalise the nursing colleges on a sustained basis.
(a) October 2009;
(b) May 2010;
(c) the findings will be available after May 2010.
(2) The announcement by the then President of the Republic to reopen nursing colleges was one of the key drivers for developing interventions designed to strengthen the production of nurses in the Country. It should be noted that the number of individual nursing colleges dropped over the years because of an amalgamation of small nursing colleges into multi-campuses, largely to strengthen their governance and administration. Most of the colleges therefore remained as campuses/sub-campuses after the amalgamation. For instance in the Limpopo Province, the Gazankulu, Vhenda and Lebowa Nursing Colleges were amalgamated into the Limpopo Nursing College, based in Polokwane. Gazankulu (Giyani), Vhenda and Lebowa (Mankweng) remained as campuses of the College.
In Limpopo two additional campuses have been established to serve the Sekhukhune and Waterberg Districts. Altogether the campuses will have a student enrolment of 500 with the first students envisaged to be admitted in 2011.
In the Eastern Cape two sub-campuses at Dora Nginza and Cacadu are in the process of being established to feed the Port Elizabeth campus under Lilitha College. The sub-campus will admit 40 students per intake three times a year respectively. It is envisaged that the first students will be admitted in 2011.
In the Western Cape a nursing campus in Boland Overberg was opened in 2008/2008 under the Western Cape College of Nursing. Plans are underway to open another nursing campus in Southern Cape Karoo during 2010. The student admission per campus is 80-100 per intake.
In Mpumalanga processes are underway to open a new nursing campus under the Mpumalanga Nursing College at Marapyane in Nkangala District. It is envisaged that the campus will start operating in the 2010/2011 financial year and will accommodate 50 students per intake.
In Gauteng two nursing campuses have been opened under Chris Hani Nursing College. The campuses have been admitting students from 2009 and their student capacity is 500 and 450 respectively.
QUESTION NUMBER 823
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 23 MARCH 2010Mr T D Lee (DA) to ask the Minister of Finance:
Whether his department verified the figures and accuracy of the projected cost for the implementation of Occupational Specific Dispensation (OSD) for (a) nurses, (b) doctors, (c) emergency medical services, (d) pharmacists and (e) any other specified medical profession; if not, why not; if so, (i) when was this done, (ii) who conducted the verification and (iii) what was his department's costing?
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REPLY
Yes, together with the Departments of Health and Public Service and Administration, the Treasury participated in the verification of the projected costs of proposed Occupational Specific Dispensations (OSDs) for (a) nurses (b) doctors and dentists (c) emergency medical services and (d) pharmacists. As some of the variables taken into account in the translation of personnel to revised salary scales or levels (e.g. qualifications, functional work area and years since qualification) were either not part of the standard PERSAL information systems, or incompletely recorded, an extensive process of data collection and correction by provincial departments was undertaken. An analysis by an independent consultant team was also undertaken, reporting to the Ministry of Health, with Treasury guidance and support.
(i) In respect of doctors, emergency medical personnel and pharmacists, the independent assessment was undertaken over several months in 2009. For the nursing OSD, an audit which included a review of implementation and actual costs was undertaken by the Auditor-General in 2008. The Treasury also regularly reviews and updates its own spreadsheet estimates and analyses of personnel numbers and cost projections.
(ii) Verification was undertaken by provincial departments of Health, the national Department of Health, the Auditor-General and an independent consultant team (Deloitte & Touche).
(iii) The Treasury's estimate is that the doctor, dentist, pharmacist and emergency medical service personnel OSD will cost approximately R2.3 billion a year once fully implemented, and the nursing OSD approximately R3.3 billion a year.
QUESTION NO 824
DATE REPLY SUBMITTED: 12 APRIL 2010
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: TUESDAY, 23 MARCH 2010 (INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NO 8 – 2010)
Mr E J Marais (DA) asked the Minister of Transport:
(1) Whether the properties called (a) portion 1 and (b) portion 2 of Erf 376 of Chelmsfordville (details furnished) in the eThekwini municipality are owned by his department; if not, who owns these properties; if so,
(2) whether these properties of unmaintained vacant land will be (a) sold, (b) developed or (c) maintained; if not, why not in each case; if so, what are the relevant details in each case;
(3) what is the (a) name, (b) designation and (c) contact details of the relevant official who manages this land?
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REPLY:
The Minister of Transport:
(1) (a) and (b)
Portion 1 and portion 2, both of Erf 376 Chelmsfordville in the eThekwini Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, are not owned by, nor are they under the control of the Department of Transport (DoT). These portions are also not owned by or under the control of any entity that reports to the Minister of Transport, such as the South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL). According to the records of the Registrar of Deeds, as well as the locality plans, the said properties are both registered in the name of the Government of the Republic of South Africa by virtue of the Deeds of Transfer that are numbered T6058/1990 and T21284/1991, respectively.
(2) and (3) fall away.
QUESTION NO. 825INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 8 NW958E
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 23 March 2010
Mr G R Morgan (DA) to ask the Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs:
(1) What are the statistics with regard to the number of (a) black rhinos and (b) white rhinos that have been poached in (i) national parks, (ii) provincial parks and (iii) private conservancies (aa) in 2009 and (bb) during the period 1 January 2010 up to the latest specified date for which information is available;
(2) whether she has held discussions with the Minister of Police on measures to curb rhino poaching; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
(3) whether the biodiversity enforcement unit has been established; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
Mr G R Morgan (DA) SECRETARY TO PARLIAMENTHANSARD
PAPERS OFFICE
PRESS825. THE MINISTER OF WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS ANSWERS:
(1) (a) Five Black rhinos were poached in South Africa in 2009, one on private land and 4 in provincial parks.
(b) 117 White rhinos were poached in South Africa in 2009 of which
(i) 49 were in national parks and
(ii) 68 in provincial parks and private conservancies.
(bb) During the period 1 January 2010 up to 30 March 2010, 51 rhinoceros have been poached of which 13 in national parks and 38 in provincial parks and on private land. One of these animals was a black rhino.
(2) No. The current interventions are coordinated in collaboration with the other law enforcement agencies including the South African Police Services. The roll out of the National Wildlife Crime Reaction Unit will assume the same approach of ensuring cooperative approach in addressing this concerning challenge.
(3) The biodiversity enforcement unit has been approved and the process to finalise the institutional establishment is at hand.