Question & Replies No 1601 to 1650

2008-11-28

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QUESTION NUMBER 1601

DATE OF PUBLICATION: 19 SEPTEMBER2008

Mr S J F Marais (DA) to ask the Minister of Finance:

(1) (a) What are the current (i) funded posts and (ii) vacant posts by (aa) occupation, (bb) race and (cc) gender in the SA Revenue Service (SARS), (b) what has the staff turnover for SARS been in the past five years in respect of (i) occupation, (ii) race and (iii) gender and (c) what are the (i) qualifications, (ii) salaries and (iii) relevant experience of the top management within the SARS;

(2) whether a certain company (name furnished) has done any reports on service at SARS over the past five years; if not, why not; if so, what has been (a) the identified problem areas and (b) done to date in respect of each identified problem area by SARS;

(3) whether there are any anticipated problems with the (a) current and (b) pending financial year in respect of personal income tax submissions; if so, what are the relevant details? NW2350E

Reply:

(1)(a)(i) Current Funded Posts / Positions in SARS Per;-

Below are the total Current Funded Posts / Positions per Occupational Levels in SARS. It is important to understand the context of the below information relating to the SARS Modernisation program, the changes in the Operational model, the changes in types of jobs and movement of people for example the Contact Centre at the Alberton Campus.

Staff moved from MWP that will deal with telephone calls

Agents 192

Team Leaders 10

Operational managers 1

PA 1

Support 12

Staff moved from Alberton Assessment Centre to Alberton Contact Centre

Team members 293

Team leaders 22

Manager 1

PA 1

Total 533 of which 223 had to relocate to a new Campus.

The current Employee totals are Grouped into Permanent / Contracted (Fixed term Contract) and Temporary Workers.

Total Permanent / Contract Employees: 14 548 - 96.70% of the Total

Total Temporary Employees: 496 - 3.30% of the Total

Total Employees in SARS: 15 044

(aa) Current Funded Posts / Positions per Occupational Levels in SARS:

Occupational Level	Total	% of Total Temporary Employees Excluded
Top Management	27	0.19%
Senior Management	835	5.74%
Professional and Mid-Management	1521	10.46%
Skilled and Junior Management	8158	56.08%
Semi-Skilled	3700	25.43%
Unskilled	307	2.11%

Grand Total	14548
Temporary Employees Excluded	496	3.30%

(bb) Current Funded Posts / Positions per Race in SARS:

Permanent / Contact Employees Race	Total	% of Total Permanent Employees
African	7038	48.38%
Coloured	1507	10.36%
Indian	916	6.30%
White	5087	34.97%
Grand Total	14548

Temporary Employees Race	Total	% of Total Temp Employees
African	342	68.95%
Coloured	66	13.31%
Indian	16	3.23%
White	72	14.52%
Grand Total	496

Total Employees Race	Total	% of Total Employees
African	7380	49.06%
Coloured	1573	10.46%
Indian	932	6.20%
White	5159	34.29%
Grand Total	15044

(cc) Current Funded Posts / Positions per Gender in SARS:

Permanent / Contact Employees Gender	Total	% of Total Permanent Employees
Female	9351	64.28%
Male	5197	35.72%
Grand Total	14548

Temporary Employees Gender	Total	% of Total Temp Employees
Female	296	59.68%
Male	200	40.32%
Grand Total	496

Total Employees Gender	Total	% of Total Employees
Female	9647	64.13%
Male	5397	35.87%
Grand Total	15044

(ii) Funded Vacancies

Current Vacancies in SARS:

The Current vacancies are grouped according to the Occupational Levels only:

Occupational Level	HC 28/03/08	Vacancies	Total	% of Vacancy Total
Top Management	27	1	28	3.58%
Senior Management	835	42	877	4.79%
Professional and Mid-Management	1521	76	1597	4.76%
Skilled and Junior Management	8158	408	8566	4.77%
Semi-Skilled	3700	185	3885	4.77%
Unskilled	307	15	322	4.66%
Grand Total	14548	727	15275	4.76%

(1)(b) Total Staff Turnover in the past five years:

SARS Total Net Staff Turnover
Year:
04/05	05/06	06/07	07/08	08/09
0.52%	5.91%	0.05%	3.74%	4.24%

Note: Net Staff Turnover: Calculated as the year to date figure of new appointments less the year to date figure of total attritions (Exists) as a percentage of the average Head Count for the reporting period.

(1)(b)(i) Total Staff Turnover per Occupational Level in the past five years:

Net Staff Turnover Rate per Occupational Level
	04/05	05/06	06/07	07/08	08/09
Top Management	0.00%	-6.25%	9.76%	3.77%	-3.77%
Senior Management	6.79%	0.34%	-1.45%	9.77%	4.23%
Professional and Mid-Management	0.39%	-1.94%	-3.38%	1.91%	1.04%
Skilled and Junior Management	0.03%	2.88%	-2.62%	0.22%	2.10%
Semi-Skilled	2.98%	15.06%	5.26%	7.43%	11.52%
Unskilled	-0.43%	-3.69%	8.72%	32.86%	0.00%

(1)(b)(ii) Total Staff Turnover per Race in the past five years:

Net Staff Turnover Rate per Race
	04/05	05/06	06/07	07/08	08/09
African	4.91%	15.66%	0.00%	9.40%	8.16%
Coloured	2.79%	9.21%	0.00%	1.94%	4.59%
Indian	8.11%	7.16%	0.00%	1.87%	2.37%
White	-3.41%	-5.01%	0.00%	-2.77%	-1.23%

(1)(b)(iii) Total Staff Turnover per Gender in the past five years:

Net Staff Turnover Rate per Gender
	04/05	05/06	06/07	07/08	08/09
Female	1.54%	6.25%	0.63%	2.17%	2.71%
Male	0.79%	5.27%	-1.02%	6.62%	6.93%

(1)(c)(i)(iii) The Executive Management of SARS has various relevant degrees and diplomas with a wide range of experience in both the public as well as the private sector such as Banking, Production, ICT, Information and Communication, Technology, Education and Public Administration. SARS strive to have an Executive Management team that not only have expertise in their specialised area of work but have cross cutting experience within the organisation.

(ii)The below table provides the salaries of the Top Management in SARS as at the end of March 2008 as reflected in the SARS 2007/08 Annual report:

SARS Executive Management	2008 R'000
Commissioner for SARS	1,928
GM: Strategy, Modernisation and Technology	1,841
GM: Corporate Services	1,484
GM: Risk Management	1,004
Deputy Chief Operations Officer	817
GM: Enforcement and Risk	1,084
GM: Enforcement	760
GM: Finance	779
GM: Legal and Policy	1,156
Chief Operations Officer	1,627
Deputy Chief Operations Officer	990
GM: Large Business Centre	1,411
Chief Information Officer (2008: 6 Months)	752
GM: Office of the Commissioner	680
GM: Corporate Relations	990

(2) No, this company has not undertaken any evaluation of service. SARS conducts its own evaluations, benchmarking against other administrations and OECD standards. In addition a major diagnostic was undertaken in the past on the tax services and another in respect of customs by the WCO.

(3)(a)(b) Tax Season 2008 is going well. For the first time this year, the annual Tax Season campaign comprised two elements: The first part was in respect of employers who were required to submit their PAYE reconciliation declaration and copies of all employee tax certificates (IRP5/IT3(a)) within a 60 day period between 1 July and 29 August. The second part is in respect of the submission of income tax returns by individuals, corporates, trusts and exempt institutions according to staggered deadlines.

Progress report:

· Tax Season for Employers: By 30 September 2008, 226 228 employers out of a total of 250 000 active on the register had submitted EMP501 reconciliation declarations accompanied by 14 294 962 employee tax certificates. This represents an increase of over 20% compared to 2007.

· Tax Season for Individuals: A number of enhancements have been introduced this year to the process of income tax return submission. The most significant of these have been the introduction of pre-populated income tax returns for employees whose employers have provided their tax certificate information. A second key change has been the requirement for taxpayers to order a customised income tax return containing only those income and deduction sections relevant to the taxpayer's unique circumstances. Taxpayers are able to request a tax returns in four ways:

o Via mail: A letter was sent to all taxpayers who submitted manual returns in 2007 explaining the process this year and providing them with a form to request their 2008 income tax return.

o Via phone: A new toll-free call centre number (0800 00 SARS) was introduced on 1 September which allows taxpayers to order a tax return by following automatic voice prompts.

o Via a branch: Taxpayers can visit any SARS branch along with their relevant tax information where a return can be issued and completed for them.

o Via eFiling: Using eFiling, taxpayers can construct their own unique income tax return.

While we are only one month into the current campaign, indications are that taxpayers are responding well to the changes.

· Efiling: The growth of eFiling as a preferred channel of submission among both tax practitioners and taxpayers continues to exceed expectations. Following the introduction of eFiling for individual income tax returns in 2006 when approximately 30 000 taxpayers adopted it, this service grew to over 1 000 000 returns submitted via eFiling in 2007 and we are on track to issue over 1 500 000 returns issued in respect of 2008. Equally encouraging was the adoption of eFiling and the free SARS software known as e@syFile by employers to submit their EMP501 declarations and employee tax certificates. Over 90% of these were submitted electronically to SARS this year.

Anticipated problems in respect of current tax year (2008): There are no significant problems anticipated during Tax Season 2008. Two challenges have presented themselves to date in the campaign – both related to the submission of employee tax certificate information by employers to be used to pre-populate the income tax returns of employees. Pre-populating employees' income tax returns requires three key things:

Accurate information about the tax and deductions of employees

Up-to-date personal information on certificates so we can match them to taxpayers

The provision of this information before taxpayers request their returns

Due to the implementation of changes to the process this year, a number of businesses and practitioners requested additional time to meet this requirement. In response, the deadline for submission was extended by 14 days until 12 September 2008. This resulted in a knock-on effect in terms of which the electronic channels of return issuing and submission of individual income tax returns (eFiling and our branch system) were also postponed by the same period (although manual channels were available as planned from 1 September).

In respect of accuracy of information, some tax certificates SARS has received did not contain a tax reference number or had different ID numbers or names to those on SARS's records. Others show no records at all. This has impacted on the ability of SARS to pre-populate all employee income tax returns. Currently we anticipate being able to pre-populate approximately 75% of all employee income tax returns. The remainder will receive blank returns and follow the same process of completion and verification as in 2007.

Anticipated problems in respect of 2009 tax year: The past two years (2007 and 2008) have seen significant changes to the income tax return process aimed at improving the efficiency and effectiveness of this process for SARS and all its stakeholders (taxpayers, employers and practitioners). These have required a change in behaviour by all parties. The fundamental changes are now in place and it is anticipated that the 2009 tax year will provide an opportunity for stakeholders to gain in confidence and experience in the new process.

QUESTION NO. 1603 INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 28 of 2008

DATE OF PUBLICATION: 19 September 2008

Mr G R Morgan (DA) to ask the Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism:

(1) Whether his department will make representation to Statistics South Africa about amending the measurement of what is a valid tourist arrival to include a stay of at least one night in the country; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;

(2) (a) how many of the total number of tourists that arrived in 2007 departed on the same day that they arrived and (b) for the first six months of 2008, (i) what was the total number of tourist arrivals and (ii) how is this figure broken up according to market?

NW2352E

MR G R MORGAN (DA)

SECRETARY TO PARLIAMENT

HANSARD

PAPERS OFFICE

PRESS

1603. THE MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS AND TOURISM ANSWERS:

(1) The department (DEAT) has been working closely with Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) and the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) in this regard. Stats SA has developed a model to calculate the length of stay of all foreign arrivals for the period of 2007. This model will enable us to identify valid tourists from the total foreign arrivals released by DHA. The model has been presented to DEAT's management, MIPTECH and MINMEC for noting. Stats SA is currently working closely with DHA to verify if the valid length of stay could be automatically calculated using the Movement Control System which is used to capture arrivals and departures.

(In addition, South Africa like other member states of the World Tourism Organization (WTO) has adopted the standardized tourism definitions of the WTO and therefore DEAT, Stats SA and South African Tourism (SAT) are currently using definitions which are aligned with WTO definitions for tourism and include the definitions for a tourist as someone who stays one or more nights outside their usual environment / residence and a visitor is defined as someone who visits a place but does not stay for one night.)

(2) (a) Stats SA is in the process of finalizing the 2007 report including the same day and overnight visitors, duration of stay and total number of tourists. However, it is currently estimated that about a quarter of the total number of the tourist that arrived in 2007 were same day visitors. The exact figure will be known once Stats SA has released the report.

(b) (i) The total foreign arrivals (excluding workers and contract workers) for January to June 2008 was 4, 7 million compared to the same period in 2007. Foreign arrivals from Africa and overseas were 3, 6 and 1, 1 million respectively.

(ii) Table A attached hereto indicate the total number of foreign arrivals for January to June 2008 compared to the same periods in 2007 according to markets.

QUESTION NO. 1604 INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 28 of 2008

DATE OF PUBLICATION: 19 September 2008

Mr G R Morgan (DA) to ask the Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism:

(1) What is the estimated number of tour guides not registered in terms of the Tourism Second Amendment Act, 2000 (Act No. 70 of 2000);

(2) what (a) are the total number of registered tour guides and (b) is the distribution of such tour guides according to each province;

(3) what are the minimum requirements for registration as a tour guide;

(4) what steps are being taken to increase the number of registered tour guides?

NW2353E

MR G R MORGAN (DA)

SECRETARY TO PARLIAMENT

HANSARD

PAPERS OFFICE

PRESS

1604. THE MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS AND TOURISM ANSWERS:

(1) 4000, of which 2443 are guides who have not re-registered.

(2) (a) 8689 and (b)

No.	Province	Number of Registered Tour Guides
1.	Eastern Cape	637
2.	Free State	39
3.	Gauteng	2896
4.	KwaZulu-Natal	1088
5.	Limpopo	307
6.	Mpumalanga	1299
7.	Northern Cape	86
8.	North West	259
9.	Western Cape	2078
Total Registered Tour Guides		8689

(3) A person must be 21 years old to qualify for registration as a tourist guide and should have acquired training from a training provider accredited by the Tourism Hospitality and Education Training Authority (THETA) or should have been assessed for competencies resulting from informal learning, i.e., recognition of prior learning (RPL).

(4) DEAT and the provinces have funded people from the previously disadvantaged backgrounds to be trained as guides, including training in foreign languages. Furthermore, DEAT together with the industry are engaging to determine areas for intervention through training. I am glad to inform you that, in the 1^st quarter of this year, the Professional Hunters Association (PHASA) have joined the guiding industry and are registering as guides in accordance with the Act. This applies to the underwater divers and their diverse associations.

QUESTION NO. 1605 INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 28 of 2008

DATE OF PUBLICATION: 19 September 2008

Mr G R Morgan (DA) to ask the Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism:

(1) Whether there has been any illegal clearing of forests or other land cover in the iSimangaliso Wetland Park for the purpose of agriculture; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) what is the location and (b) approximate extent of the clearing in each case;

(2) whether any individuals have been arrested for this activity; if not, why not; if so, what action was taken against them;

(3) whether any action was taken to prevent this activity from persisting; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;

(4) (a) in terms of what (i) legislation and (ii) regulations is such activity regarded as an offence and (b) what are the maximum applicable penalties? NW2354E

MR G R MORGAN (DA)

SECRETARY TO PARLIAMENT

HANSARD

PAPERS OFFICE

PRESS

1605. THE MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS AND TOURISM ANSWERS:

(1) Yes. When the Park was proclaimed in 2000 under the World Heritage Convention Act, 1999 (Act No. 49 of 1999) sections within the proclaimed park where legally occupied by people. Outside of these sections of the Park there were also areas where unauthorised / illegal agriculture occurred, namely Dukuduku / uMfolozi floodplain and Ozabeni. Neither of these sections of the Park has ever been fenced.

Dukuduku / uMfolozi – from the late 1980s (despite several attempts by the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry (DWAF) to relocate people) there have been successive land invasions with approximately 3000 homesteads now residing and pursuing agricultural and other activities in the DukuDuku / uMfolozi. The extent of these activities covered about 5000ha of which 264ha is on the uMfolozi floodplain section. In December 2007 and February 2008 the National and KZN Provincial Cabinet's approved the legalising and formalisation of settlements within in Dukuduku, subject to the unsustainable activities on the uMfolozi floodplain being curtailed and relocated from it and the fencing off of the Futululu section.

The Ozabeni section of iSimangalso is approximately 66 000ha in extent – a land claim in this area was lodged in the late 1990's. It was settled in 2002. The settlement agreement made provision for a 5000ha cattle grazing area. At the time of the Parks proclamation in 2000 and the land claim settlement there was illegal agriculture in the cattle grazing area. Since the promulgation of Regulations in terms of the National Environmental Management: Protected Areas Act, 2003 (Act No. 57 of 2003) ("NEMPAA") to date an estimated additional 13.6ha has been cleared bringing the total area cleared to approximately 40ha. Agricultural fields outside the cattle grazing area have been closed and rehabilitated.

(2) Arrests are made through the South African Police Service (SAPS). The following process has been followed:

Dukuduku / uMfolozi – On the 28^th of August 2008 the National Minister of Water Affairs and Forestry, Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism and the KZN MEC for Local Government, Housing and Traditional Affairs informed affected communities of government's decision at a meeting of about 5000 people. A task team lead by Local Government and Housing and including, Transport, Housing, Health, Education, Economic Development, Agriculture and Environmental Affairs, Community Safety and Liaison, the National Departments of Water Affairs and Forestry, Environmental Affairs and Tourism, Land Affairs, Minerals and Energy and the Land Claims Commission, Mtubatuba Local Municipality, uMkhanyakude District Municipality, iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority, Mpukunyoni Traditional Council, Eskom and Telkom has been charged to oversee its implementation. A full time project team is place.

DWAF is in the process of releasing the uMfolozi floodplain and Futulu sections to DEAT in terms of the National Forestry Act enabling the Park to manage this area as a conservation area within the regulatory framework provided by NEMPAA.

The removal of illegal clearing from the uMfolozi floodplain will take place under the auspices of the task team and in accordance with Cabinets' decisions regarding Dukuduku. The process is being led by the KZN Department of Local Government and Housing.

The process is now being implemented and includes issuing of the necessary warning letters in terms of NEMPAA to those with illegal fields on the uMfolozi floodplain and arresting individual attempting to open new fields.

Ozabeni – 68 individuals have been arrested. Outside of the designated cattle grazing area offenders have been evicted and the areas rehabilitated. The cattle grazing area has been ring-fenced and a process is being undertaken which includes relocation of fields together with the simultaneous provision of alternatives.

A budget has been allocated for the fencing of this section of the Park – this will be first time in the history of the Park that this particular area will be fenced. 41km of this 103km fence has been completed.

(3) The Park has adopted a two-pronged approach to compliance viz., education with alternatives and law enforcement.

Law enforcement -

Prior to the Regulations published in terms of NEMPAA the legislation regulating activities in the Park was the KZN Ordinance and the National Forestry Act. After October 2005 the NEMPAA came into being. This legislation provides the Authority with the means to prosecute directly and not through partner agencies and departments. In the case of Ozabeni land was released by DWAF in terms of the National Forest Act to DEAT in the Park in April 2007. DWAF is now in the process of releasing sections of the Dukuduku / uMfolozi land to DEAT.

The Park protocol for managing illegal clearing includes:

· Regular flights and ground patrols to identify new clearing and assess existing clearings;

· Filing of incident reports when a clearing is identified and the opening of a case file. The incident report details the extent of the clearing and maps the area using GPS points;

· The serving of warning letters to offenders to verify locus standi and inform them about the illegal activity at time of identification and directing the offender to stop clearing. If the offender does not act according to this directive a second warning letter is issued. Thereafter the offender is arrested and prosecuted.

Education with Alternatives

The agriculture that takes place is of a subsistence nature. In order to prevent this activity from continuing and expanding the iSimangaliso Authority through its People and Parks programme has instituted agricultural and other local economic development programmes as alternatives to farming in the Park. Forty food gardens benefiting approximately 900 people (mainly women) have been established to date. Four hundred of the participants have received accredited training. Further funding has been secured from the Flemish Food Security Programme for the expansion of the programme over 3 years targeting sensitive environmental areas – and includes homestead and community gardens.

Awareness and capacity building workshops as well as information sharing sessions are held on a regular basis with leadership, communities, prosecutors and magistrates.

(4) NEMPAA is the governing legislation. Specific sections include 50(5), 89 and Regulation 4(1)(c),(f),(g),(h),(i), 39, 43, 45, 61. Penalties range from fines or imprisonment not exceeding five years or both. The actual costs of rehabilitation can also be recovered by civil means.

Question Number 1611

(Internal Question Paper)

Adv H C Schmidt (DA) to ask the Minister of Minerals and Energy:

(1) How much has her department (a) budgeted and (b) actually spent on creating a public campaign to ensure saving of energy by household and industry users during the period 1 January 2008 to 15 September 2008.

(2) Whether her department has conducted any studies to determine the success of this campaign, if so what are the findings?

REPLY:

(1) R13.5 million

(2) No

QUESTION 1612

FOR WRITTEN REPLY

Date of publication on internal question paper: 19 September 2008

Internal question paper no:

Mrs J A Semple (DA) to ask the Minister of Social Development:

(1) Whether his department has set up a project team with other departments with regard to the Apex priority 8: War against Poverty; if not, (a) why not and (b) when will this team be set up; if so, which stake holders are members of this team;

(2) whether a template for the assessment of households has been prepared; if not, (a) why not and (b) when will it be prepared; if so, what criteria is used by this template to assess households;

(3) whether the country has been divided into sections for management purposes; if not, (a) why not and (b) when will this take place; if so, how has the country been divided;

(4) whether any households have been identified as living in dire poverty by this assessment process; if so, (a) how many and (b) where are each of these households situated;

(5) whether any of these households have received any assistance or interventions from his department since being identified; if not, why not; if so, what assistance/interventions in each case;

(6) whether any other stakeholders such as business or non-governmental organisations have contributed to these interventions; if not, why not; if so, (a) which stakeholders and (b) what have they contributed? NW2361E

REPLY:

Honourable Member, the War on Poverty is a national apex priority within the Social Cluster that is coordinated within the Presidency. The Office of the Deputy Presidency is the appropriate source to reply on this question.

(1) Yes, as part of implementing the War on Poverty Campaign, a War Room has been established in the Presidency where it is managed and coordinated. A dedicated National Task Team (NTT) has been established and there are meetings which are held every Monday of the week. The Project Team brings together national and provincial departments as well as local government in providing first and foremost a basket of services that households are entitled to. These include services such as social grants to members of households that qualify, official documents, referrals to social workers, local job creation initiatives and others.

The Department of Social Development (DSD) has set up a team comprising officials responsible from Information Technology and Management Systems. Special Projects Component and the Chief Directorate Community Development to participate actively in the War Room activities. This team is led in-house by the Deputy Director-General: Integrated Development.

DSD has been given the responsibility to develop household and community profiling tools together with their training manuals. These tools are expected to be ready by March 2009 and progress towards having them ready is impressive.

(2) Yes, a template is being used in areas where the War on Poverty has been launched. The template uses criteria and has sections on identification, health, education, household dynamics, housing conditions, employment and income.

Stats SA and Presidency have been instrumental in developing these tools and measures are put in place to have these strengthened as the Campaign unfolds. The idea is to have established and advanced tools ready for the full roll out of the War Room on Poverty Campaign.

(3) Yes, the selection of areas for intervention through the War on Poverty is based on the identification of geographic areas with highest levels of multiple deprivation and poverty. The coordination is at Provincial level and will be improved on as experience is gained and lessons are learnt.

(4) (a) Yes, the work on the identification of households is ongoing in provinces and the total number of households identified and assisted will be included in the final report of the War Room launch activities. Currently, the War Room is not rolled out but it is still at the level of launches. As part of the launch, only few poverty stricken households (about 3 per community) are identified for launching. It is a standard procedure in al the launches that profiling must have been done and challenges faced by households identified. During the launch, various government departments make commitments to address some of the challenges while other challenges are addressed on the day of the launch, e.g. registration for social grants, issuing out identity documents, distribution of food hampers as part of social relief of distress, etc

These are short term interventions put in place while long term service delivery interventions are still bring crafted in line with the information gathered during the profiling exercise.

(4)(b). The households identified are located in the following areas:

Province	Location of Households
Free State	Jacobsdal ward 2, Springfontein ward 5 and Jaggersfontein ward 7.
Eastern Cape	The launch was held in Qaukeni Municipality ward 12 (village called Lubala) under the O.R Tambo District Municipality. The project will be rolled out in these municipalities Bizana, Nyandeni, Ntabankulu,Mbhashe, Mnquma, Ngqushwa, Elundini, Umzimvubu, Engcobo and Ntsikayethu. Three wards selected are: Ingquza Hill 21503001, 21503002 & 21503017.
Limpopo	Sekhukhune District Municipality (Fetakgomo Local Municipality – Ward 2), Makhuduthamaga Local Municipality – (Ward 29) and Capricorn District Municipality Blouberg Local Municipality – Ward 6.
KwaZulu Natal	Ward 7 (KwaDolo), Ward 8 (KwaLatha) and Ward 9 ( Keates Drift) Launch site: Msinga Local Municipality under uMzinyathi District Municipality
Gauteng	West Rand Kagiso (Ext 14 – Ward 5), Metsweding (Zithobeni -Ward 5) and Sedibeng (EVATON: Greater Evaton - Ward 18).
North West	3 wards in Greater Taung municipality have been selected; ward 2, 4 and 14.
Northern Cape	To be advised
Mpumalanga	To be advised
Western Cape	To be advised

(5) Yes, households in the different provinces have received assistance and services from a number of departments. DSD through the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) has provided a range of services like registration of eligible community members for social grants. Food hampers have also been provided to all poor households that have been profiled as part of the social relief of distress.

(6) Yes, the War on Poverty is based on working with all key stakeholders in addressing poverty among households in the country. Both NGOs and the business sector are working with government departments to effect changes in identified households. The War Room operates from the premise that government alone will never be able to eradicate poverty. The private sector and NGO's must also play a critical role and contribute towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goal of reducing poverty by half in 2015. In this connection, these critical stakeholders will form an integral part of the development of a roll out plan for the War Room on Poverty Campaign.

So, thus far, there has not been any form of contribution from the private sector and NGO's beyond initial meetings to introduce the Campaign. Anglo Platinum is an example of the private sector organization with which the War Room has initiated some engagements. So, the contribution of NGO's and the private sector will become more visible and tangible during the roll out and not the launches of the Campaign.

QUESTION 1613

DATE OF PUBLICATION: FRIDAY 19 SEPTEMBER 2008 [IQP N28 -2008]

Question 1613 for Written Reply, National Assembly: Mr. A Nel (DA) to ask the Minister for Agriculture and Land Affairs:

(a) When was the programme Jobs for Growth run by her department launched and (b) since its inception up to the latest specified date for which information is available, (i) how many jobs were created in the agriculture sector and (ii) how many people (aa) were employed, (bb) applied for assistance and (cc) received assistance to start up small businesses in the abovementioned sector? NW2362E

REPLY:

(a) Jobs for Growth was launched in 2006 as a cross cutting programme involving a number of Departments. It was immediately moved to the IDT, under the Department of Public Works, because of its cross-cutting nature.

The rest of the question should be referred to the Minister of Public Works for a response.

Question 1614

Dr P J Rabie (DA) to ask the Minister of Trade and Industry:

a) When was the programme Jobs for Growth run by his department launched and (b) since its inception up to the latest specified date for which information is available, (i) how many jobs were created in the trade and industry sector and (ii) how many people (aa) were employed, (bb) applied for assistance and (cc) received assistance to start up small businesses in the abovementioned sector? (NW2363E)

Response:

(a) The Jobs for Growth Programme was launched on 06 February 2006 by the following stakeholders, the Presidency, Department of Agriculture (DoA) and the dti and Independent Development Trust (IDT). Departments were not expected to launch their own individual programmes, but to make a contribution towards the achievement of Jobs for Growth objectives driven by the Presidency and coordinated by the IDT. As a result, the dti did not launch its own Jobs for Growth programme. the dti however, contributed to the programme in the area of enterprise development through its divisions and agencies such as seda, Khula, IDC and SAMAF. the dti contribution to jobs for growth has focused on funding startup small enterprises including cooperatives, providing non-financial support to small enterprises, registration of cooperatives and the coordination of the dti institutions for participation in Jobs for Growth.

(b) In 2006/2007 6562 small enterprise requested funding assistance from Khula with respect to Jobs for Growth. 1,084 received support of R25.4m resulting in the creation of 301 jobs. In 2007/08, 2500 small enterprises received financial support. Since February 2006 the SAMAF supported 707 businesses under the Jobs for Growth program of which the total loan amount disbursed was R10.8m. The Small Enterprise Development Agency (seda) has trained 458 beneficiaries during 2006/7 on capacity building which covered, pre-start up assessment, small business assessment and readiness for change.

The Cooperatives Incentive Scheme (CIS) received 285 applications in 2006/7 and approved 15 loans totaling R4 million, creating 303 direct jobs. In 2007/08 the CIS approved 44 loans amounting to R 5.4 million.

The Industrial Development Cooperation approved 23 applications, disbursing an amount of R196.6 million and creating 3 811 jobs.

QUESTION 1616

WRITTEN REPLY 19 SEPTEMBER 2008

1616. Mr S E Opperman (DA) to ask the Minister of Public Works:

Whether any special Public Works programmes have been implemented as required by Apex Priority 9; if not, why not; if so, (a) what programmes, (b) where have they been introduced and (c) how many youths have been assisted by these programmes since its inception? NW2365E

MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS

(a)(b)(c) Yes, the Department has implemented Special Public Works Programs through EPWP programme. Enterprise development occurs across all sectors of the EPWP, namely the infrastructure, social, environment and culture and economic sectors.

Key objectives of EPWP enterprise development programmes, across all sectors are:

The graduation of persons from the 2^nd to the 1^st economy;

The provision of small business training;

The provision of markets, and

The provision of access to finance

To date, 1454 SMMEs have been created and supported by the EPWP, across all sectors, through the following programmes:

Programme	No of SMMEs
Vuk'uphile: Infrastructure Sector	508 Civil Contracting Companies
New Venture Creation Learnerships: Economic Sector	280 Building Contracting Companies 30 Wholesale Companies
Cooperatives: Economic Sector	10 Cooperatives, 131
DWAF Contractor Development Programme: Environment and Culture Sector	636 Emerging Contractors
Total SMMEs across all EPWP sectors	1454

1. Vuk'uphile Programme in the Infrastructure Sector

The programme develops labour-intensive contractors. The contractor company that is developed consists of the owner and 2 supervisors. The contractors receive training on business unit standards. The supervisors receive training on technical issues related to labour intensive construction. Both the contractors and supervisors receive a NQF Qualification. The Construction SETA paid for the training of the contractors and supervisors. To date, over 508 labour-intensive contracting companies have developed, across all 9 provinces. NDPW has partnered with 22 municipalities, 6 provincial departments and 2 Agencies in the creation and development of the 508 labour-intensive civil works companies. Each of these Public Bodies (municipalities and provinces) has actively participated in the labour-intensive contractor development programmes. A major contribution from the Public Bodies is the provision of training projects that are executed by contractor companies. All companies are started from scratch. All stakeholders assist to identify persons through an open selection process.

Vuk'uphile SMMEs created	No of SMMEs Created
Eastern Cape
Oliver Tambo Municipality	15
Coega Development Corporation	10
Buffalo City Municipality	10
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Municipality	20
Chris Hani District Municipality	10
Ukhahlamba District Municipality	10
Department of Public Works of the Eastern Cape	10
Amathole District Municipality	10
Free State
Department of Transport, Roads and Public Works	30
Mangaung Local Municipality	20
Gauteng
Ekurhuleni Municipality	25
City of Tshwane	12
Department of Housing of the Gauteng Provincial Government	27
City of Johannesburg	16
KwaZulu-Natal
Ethekwini Municipality	24
Umkhanyakude District Municipality	30
Limpopo
Roads Agency Limpopo (all 26 municipalities)	26
Greater Sekhukhune District Municipality	10
Mpumalanga
Department of Public Works & Roads	15
Nkangala District Municipality – Phase I	21
Nkangala District Municipality – Phase II	23
Nkangala District Municipality – Phase III	25
Emalahleni Local Municipality (Witbank)	10
Northern Cape
Department of Transport, Roads, and Public Works Northern Cape	25
North West
Rustenburg Local Municipality	20
Madibeng Local Municipality	10
Western Cape
Mossel Bay Municipality	6
George Municipality	6
Department of Public Works, Roads	10
Klipfontein Corridor Project	22
Total no of Vuk'uphile SMMEs created	508

Each of companies developed through the programme will be CIPRO registered companies; will either exit the programme at level 3, 4 or 5 on the CIDB register in terms of civil works; would have executed work for Government in terms of the construction of pavements, low-volume roads, etc. All companies receive mentor support on business and technical matters when executing training projects. The turnover, per company varies from R1 – 3 million, over the duration of the programme. All companies would have received access to finance through ABSA. Some of the companies' access asset finance through ABSA.

2. New Venture Creation Learnership in Economic Sector

This programme is similar to the Vuk'uphile Programme. However, the programme focuses strongly on the development of the SMME owner.

A large focus of the programme has been the development of building contractors. Generally building is labour-intensive by its very nature and therefore the programme focuses on ensuring job creation through creating sustainable small businesses.

The programme selects individuals through a series of open selection procedures, for example, newspaper advertisements, public briefing sessions, written assessments and interviews. All individuals are required to register a new close corporation. All individuals undergo a New Venture Creation Learnership at either NQF Level 2 or 4, irrespective of the type of company that is created. The sector is able to create SMMEs in all industrial sector classifications, however, the EPWP Economic sector focuses on businesses where government procures large quantities (volume and value).

To date, 310 companies have been created through the New Venture Creation Learnership Programme.

The New Venture Creation Learnership Programme ensures that:

All SMMEs are CIPRO registered

All SMMEs are VAT and UYF registered;

All SMMEs have access to finance through ABSA;

All SMMEs receive projects from Government that assists them to develop a track record;

All SMMEs receive mentor assistance.

The programme is also innovative in that it introduces quarterly assessments of the contractors. Contractors are ranked according to set-criteria (technical, administrative, financial, health and safety categories) and the level of engagements with the contractors is determined by this ranking.

New Venture Creation	No of SMMEs Created
Eastern Cape
Department of Public Works of the Eastern Cape	50
Free State
Department of Transport, Roads and Public Works	30
Limpopo
Department of Public Works, Limpopo	120
Mpumalanga
Department of Public Works & Roads	82
North West
Department of Public Works, North West	28
Total no of New Venture Creation created	310

3. Cooperatives Development Programme

EPWP Economic Sector is partnering with a number of Government Departments and Programmes on the development of cooperatives. EPWP contributes to the development of cooperatives through the provision of accredited business skills training. EPWP is currently registering new courses on the Department of Labour Skills Catalogue that will be available for the support of cooperatives. To date, EPWP has collaborated with LIBSA in Limpopo Province on the development of 10 cooperatives, from various industrial sectors.

No	Name of Cooperative	District in Limpopo	Sector/Type of business	No of members trained
1	Badirishani	Capricorn	Manufacturing of disposable nappies and toilet paper	7
2	Harambe	Capricorn	Brick making	30
3	Frontline	Capricorn	Financial services	5
4	Lebopo	Capricorn	Fresh produce market	25
5	Tiang Maatla	Capricorn	clothing manufacturing	8
6	Moutse West	Sekhukhune	Filling station and sunflower farming	10
7	Tadimasekgapha	Sekhukhune	Stone crusher	25
8	SCTC	Sekhukhune	Agricultural	8
9	UlaUla	Vhembe	Restaurant	12
10	Twananani	Vhembe	Bricklaying	9
Total = 10 cooperatives, 139 members

4. Environment and Culture Sector: DWAF Contractor Development

The Working for Water Programme focuses on the clearing of Invasive Alien plants, particularly in stressed water catchments on both private and public land. Thus far in the 2007/08 financial year, the programme has supported 636 emerging contractors. The programme is mainly implemented by Regional Directorates within the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry. Where the capacity for implementation is inadequate, DWAF uses the services Implementing Agents (IAs). All IAs are state institutions. The three large IAs are the Independent Development Trust (IDT), who operate in most regions as well as on Department of Defense Land through empowering of military veterans, and South African National Parks, who in their parks and Western Cape Nature Conservation Board (CNC) who work on their reserves in the Cape Floristic Kingdom.

Working for Water operates within quaternary catchments. In principle, each quaternary catchment constitutes one project area. In total, there are 315 projects in the country. Each project has an assigned project manager that is responsible to manage 5 to 15 teams. Each of these teams are business entities, consisting of a contractor with workers. The workers of the contractors are identified from communities within the catchments area. Furthermore, a project advisory committee is established that identifies potential contractors for the project. The recruitment and selection is then concluded by Working for Water.

Each emerging contractor is then responsible for team which typically consists of chainsaw operators, herbicide applicators, general workers, first aid persons, HIV/AIDS peer educators and health and safety officer. The contractors are awarded tenders that range in value from R30 000 to R150 000. Ideally, each tender (block of work) lasts for 20 days.

DWAF has developed a Contractor Development programme that consists of three phases. Generally each phase consists of 10 days of training.

DWAF Emerging Contractors: Environment and Culture Sector	No of SMMEs Created
Eastern Cape	92
Gauteng	62
KwaZulu Natal	154
Limpopo	9
Mpumalanga	25
North West	61
Northern Cape	4
Western Cape	107
SANPARKS	122
Total SMMEs created	636

QUESTION 1617

FOR WRITTEN REPLY

Date of publication on internal question paper: 19 September 2008

Internal question paper no: 28

Mrs J A Semple (DA) to ask the Minister of Social Development:

(1) How much was (a) budgeted for, (b) allocated to and (c) spent by his department on the Early Childhood Development (ECD) programme in each of the past five years up to the latest specified date for which information is available;

(2) How many (a) places of care and (b) ECD sites were registered by his department in (i) urban and (ii) rural areas and (c) people have been (i) recruited, (ii) trained and (iii) placed at ECD sites;

(3) How many (a) existing caregivers at these sites (i) required training and (ii) received training and (b) children benefited from the ECD programme? NW2366E

REPLY:

(1) The budget that has been allocated and spent by the Department of Social Development (DSD) on Early Childhood Development (ECD) programme in each of the past five years, are as follows:

(a) +(b) combined under "budget"

Provincial Departments

Summary Expenditure – Early Childhood Development (ECD)

Provinces	2003/04		2004/05		2005/06		2006/07		2007/08
	Budget	Exp	Budget	Exp	Budget	Exp	Budget	Exp	Budget	Exp
	R'000	R'000	R'000	R'000	R'000	R'000	R'000	R'000	R'000	R'000
EC	69,582	69,253	73,123	84,735	94,924	93,230	113,285	107,587	131,622	138,715
FS	22,557	22,557	30,315	28,087	28,265	30,470	39,489	39,489	43,485	30,177
GP	19,540	19,540	22,337	22,337	25,575	25,575	45,297	45,297	74,846	74,846
KZN	149,691	125,405	153,047	148,898	198,744	201,949	208,763	208,599	231,852	249,959
LP	24,358	23,868	25,100	24,500	44,500	44,502	41,200	40,186	49,000	49,001
MP	4,330	4,330	15,208	15,208	12,393	12,393	27,357	20,866	51,635	51,635
NC	5,841	6,330	11,200	11,034	9,248	9,890	13,005	14,855	24,187	23,899
NW	10,359	6,636	34,154	25,448	33,623	25,933	52,631	46,817	73,080	54,111
WC	28,709	28,709	35,827	35,827	58,198	58,198	63,816	63,816	86,315	86,315
Total	334,967	306,628	400,311	396,074	505,470	502,140	604,843	587,512	766,022	758,658

National Department

2003/04

2004/05

2005/06

2006/07

2007/08

2008/09

Total

Allocation

ECD Position vacant

R20 000

R150 000

R200 000

R400 000

R3 000 000

R3 751 000

Expenditure

ECD Position vacant

R20 000

R131 000

R200 000

R1 519 736

Spending/ committed to date:

R1 700 000

R 3 570 736 000

Note: The amounts for the National Department were for the programme implementation and the amounts for the Provincial Departments were for subsidies

(2) (a) Places of Care

In terms of the Child Care Act 74 of 1983 ECD sites are referred to as Places of Care. According to the said Act, the definition of a "place of care" means any building or premises maintained or used, whether for profit or otherwise, for the reception, protection and temporary or partial care of more than six children apart from their parents, but does not include any boarding school, school hostel or any establishment which is maintained or used mainly for the tuition or training of children and which is controlled by or which has been registered or approved by the State, including a provincial administration".

(b) The total number of registered ECD centres in urban and rural areas

The Department of Social Development has by end of September 2008 registered12 857 ECD Centres.

PROVINCE	NUMBER OF REGISTERED ECD SITES
Kwazulu Natal	2 777
Eastern Cape	2 590
Free State	1 392
North West	589
Northern Cape	352
Limpopo	1 473
Mpumalanga	757
Western Cape	1049
Gauteng	1 878
TOTAL	12 857

(i) and (ii) DSD does not have as yet statistics on disaggregation of ECD sites situated in rural and urban areas. The planned audit on ECD sites will enable the Department to develop a data base which will contain different types of information. DSD is planning to start the national audit in the 2008/9 financial year and it will be done in collaboration with the provinces.

(c) People who have been recruited, trained and placed at ECD sites/centres

(i) The Department of Social Development does not recruit or employ ECD practitioners/caregivers and place them at the ECD centres. ECD centres are also registered as Non Profit Organisations (NPO), which are managed by a board of directors.

(ii) ECD training for practitioners (caregivers) and support staff is rendered by the Department of Education (DOE) and the Education Training Development Practice Sector Education Training Authority (ETDPSETA). The total numbers of practitioners trained by the Department of Education through the EPWP to June 2008 is as follows:

· 18 479 practitioners

· 340 support staff of which 700 are gardeners and 640 cooks.

· The current number of persons in training is 8 154.

(iii) The board of directors are responsible for recruiting, selecting and placement of ECD practitioners.

(3) (a) Number of caregivers at existing ECD centres.

The information as provided by the Department of Education indicated that there are 38 650 caregivers at existing ECD centres. (Source of information: The inputs were drawn from the Cabinet/Lekgotla report on the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) submitted to the Social Cluster in July 2008 by the National Department of Education).

(i) Caregivers required training

The Department of Education has projected to train 21 418 ECD practitioners in 2008/9. Practitioners are being recruited from registered ECD sites. (Source of information: The inputs were drawn from the Cabinet/Lekgotla report on the Expanded Public Works Programme submitted to the Social Cluster in July 2008 by the National Department of Education).

(ii) Caregivers received training

The total number of practitioners trained by the Department of Education through the Expanded Public Works Programme to June 2008: 18 479 (Source of information: The inputs were drawn from the Cabinet/Lekgotla report on the Expanded Public Works Programme submitted to the Social Cluster in July 2008 by the National Department of Education). It is to be noted that within the EPWP an agreement exists between the DOE and DSD that practitioners/caregivers will be recruited from the registered ECD sites for training.

(b) Children benefited from the ECD programme

By end of September 2008, provinces reported that there are 622 932 children benefiting from the ECD programme, of whom 400 522 are receiving subsidy.

PROVINCE	NUMBER OF CHILDREN SUBSIDISED ECD SITES
Kwazulu Natal	75 580
Eastern Cape	74 184
Free State	32 558
North West	20 100
Northern Cape	23 790
Limpopo	49 290
Mpumalanga	30 808
Western Cape	52 793
Gauteng	41 419
TOTAL	400 522

QUESTION NO 1619

DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 19 SEPTEMBER 2008

(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 28/2008)

Date reply submitted: 12 December 2008

Ms D Kohler-Barnard (DA) to ask the Minister of Safety and Security:

How many of the (a) organised crime, (b) stock theft, (c) commercial branch, (d) serious and violent crime, (e) vehicle theft, (f) Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Units and (g) Serious Economic Offences specialist SA Police Service units exist at (i) station level and (ii) any other SA Police Service level, for each province?

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REPLY:

See the attached annexure.

QUESTION NO 1620

DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 19 SEPTEMBER 2008

(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 28/2008)

Date reply submitted: 27 October 2008

Ms D Kohler‑Barnard (DA) to ask the Minister of Safety and Security:

What are the current (a) funded posts and (b) vacancies within the South African Police Service by province by (i) rank, (ii) occupation and (iii) police station in respect of (aa) detectives, (bb) visible policing and (cc) crime intelligence, for each Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Units?

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REPLY:

(a)‑ (b) As indicated in one of my predecessor's replies to Parliament during the Peace and Security Cluster Question and Answer session, no answers that will impact negatively on our operational deployments of human and material resources, or with respect to any area of our operational strategy and tactics, will be provided.

QUESTION NO 1621

DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 19 SEPTEMBER 2008

(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 28/2008)

Date reply submitted: 27 October 2008

Ms D Kohler‑Barnard (DA) to ask the Minister of Safety and Security:

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REPLY:

QUESTION NO 1622

DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 19 SEPTEMBER 2008

(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 28/2008)

Date reply submitted: 27 October 2008

Mr R J King (DA) to ask the Minister of Safety and Security:

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REPLY:

QUESTION NO 1623

DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 19 SEPTEMBER 2008

(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 28/2008)

Date reply submitted: 27 October 2008

Mr R J King (DA) to ask the Minister of Safety and Security:

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REPLY:

QUESTION 1624

WRITTEN REPLY

DATE OF PUBLICATION: FRIDAY, 19 SEPTEMBER 2008

INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO.: 28-2008

MOULANA M R SAYEDALI SHAH (DA) TO ASK THE MINISTER OF DEFENCE

(a) What military training courses are offered by the SA National Defence Force and (b) what if the (i) duration, (ii) content, (iii) entry requirements, (iv) graduation requirements and (v) number of trainees, (aa) accepted and (bb) graduated per course over each of the past five years?

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REPLY

The required information talks to the strategic and tactical make-up of the South African National Defence Force [SANDF]. Supplying such information overtly, may compromise the operational capability of the SANDF. The information can be provided, though, under protected conditions.

QUESTION NO.: 1626 DATE OF PUBLICATION: 19 SEPTEMBER 2008

Mr L K Joubert (DA) to ask the Minister for Justice and Constitutional Development:

What (a) are her department's alternative sentencing (i) targets and (ii) outputs for (aa) adults and (bb) juveniles, (b) were her department's alternative sentencing costs in each of the past five years, (c) number of (i) full-time and (ii) temporary or part-time staff are allocated to alternative sentencing functions or responsibilities, (d) is her department's relationship with the Department of Correctional Services in implementing alternative sentencing, (e) are the key challenges to a larger-scale use of alternative sentencing within the criminal justice system and (f) steps are her department taking to address these challenges?

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REPLY

Introduction

The information with regard to alternative sentencing e.g. correctional supervision in terms of Section 276 (h) or (i) or an order that a convicted juvenile be sent to a reform school in terms of Section 290 of the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977 (Act 51 of 1977), is not available. It is requested that the Honourable Member approach the South African Police Services (SAPS) for this information.

(a)(i) With regard to alternative dispute resolution ("ADR"), the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has a target of increasing the number of cases finalised by way of diversion by 5% per annum.

ii) aa) bb) In 2002/2003, the National Prosecutions Service (NPS) finalised 422 338 cases in all High, Regional & District Courts of which 14 808 were by way of diversion. In 2003/2004, the NPS finalised 399 966 cases of which 18 946 were by way of diversion. In 2005/2006, 411 417 cases were finalised of which 37 422 were by way of diversion and in 2006/2007, 379 034 cases were finalised of which 44 483 were by way of diversion. In 2007/2008, the NPS for the first time also commenced with the measurement of cases finalised by way of informal mediation (Alternative Dispute Resolution – "ADR") and in 2007/2008 388 532 cases were finalised of which 46 469 were by way of diversion and 15 393 by way of informal mediation (ADR).

Between April and September 2008, the NPS has finalised 219 401 cases of which 22 407 were dealt with by way of diversion and 16 470 by way of informal mediation (ADR). A total of 13 399 adults and 9008 juveniles were diverted between April and September 2008.

(b) The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DoJ&CD) incurred no costs during the past 5 years for non-custodial sanctions as the mandate to implement sentences lies with the Department of Correctional Services.

(c) i) & ii) All prosecutors have a role in identifying suitable matters for diversion or alternative dispute resolution (ADR). It is therefore not possible to indicate how many full-time or part-time staff members are allocated to alternative sentencing functions or responsibilities. The diversion option is mostly utilized in the district courts where the less serious cases are heard.

(d) The Departments of Justice and Constitutional Development and Correctional Services concerned have a very good working relationship in this regard. The Departments meet and communicate regularly and discuss matters relating to the policy, strategy and monitoring of amongst others, sentenced children, at the Inter-sectoral Child Justice Steering Committee (ISCCJ), which is chaired and convened by the DoJ&CD.

In addition, the scope and objectives of the Non-custodial Sanctions pilot project were discussed with the Department of Correctional Services since its inception in 2007 and agreement was reached on the necessity of this project. Furthermore, both Departments serve on the National Governance Structure on Non-custodial Sanctions.

The Department of Correctional Services has also assisted the NPA with the training of staff at the Kwa-Mashu and Hatfield Community Courts. Unfortunately, as a result of legislative constraints, the excellent programmes utilized by the Department of Correctional Services in matters where sentences of community service were imposed cannot be utilized for unconvicted accused. Outside service providers to provide appropriate diversion programmes are relied upon. The lack of appropriate diversion programmes, as well as the lack of sufficient experienced prosecutors to liaise with service providers and to ensure a holistic approach and the selection of an appropriate programme for the offender are however major constraints.

e)(i) The sentencing component of the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977, is limited in that it does not make provision for Non-custodial Sanctions, but only for suspended and conditional sentences;

(ii) Public perceptions regarding crime and sentencing to imprisonment, even if there are non-violent crimes involved;

(iii) The mindset of the Criminal Justice role-players which also need to change accordingly; and

(iv) Lack of programs.

(f) The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development as part of the JCPS Cluster, together with the other Government Departments concerned, has embarked on a Non-custodial Sanctions Project developing Non-custodial Sanctions.

The NPA has established on an optimum capacity project to determine how many staff, including prosecutors, is required to make the NPA function optimally. At this stage, the NPA regards as an ideal staffing of courts at two court prosecutors for every court.

Since a holistic approach that involves the victim, offender and community as well as interdisciplinary co-operation between different role-players is a requirement for successful utilization of the diversion option, this necessitates more backroom staff as opposed to court prosecutors to deal therewith. When one has limited resources, one tends to focus on the core function, which is prosecution.

The NPA is constantly providing in-house training to staff in all matters including diversions, and also sharing best practices to ensure that the good practices in areas with a high diversion rate are implemented countrywide. They have also implemented a Restorative Justice project which is aimed at exploring the concept of restorative justice in South Africa and establishing best practices to be implemented in the NPA. The project also seeks to extend the use of diversions as an alternative method of delivering justice. A national conference was hosted in which prosecutors engaged the concept and application thereof. This has been followed up with regional awareness sessions that commenced in March 2007.

QUESTION 1627

WRITTEN REPLY

DATE OF PUBLICATION: FRIDAY, 19 SEPTEMBER 2008

INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO.: 28-2008

MOULANA M R SAYEDALI SHAH (DA) TO ASK THE MINISTER OF DEFENCE

What (a) is the release date for the next defence review and (b) are the relevant details pertaining to consultative processes with stakeholders and the general public?

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REPLY

a) The Defence Update is on the agenda of Cabinet and when deliberations on the matter are finalized, it will go to Parliament for further processing.

b) The Committee process in Parliament will form part of the public interaction. Public hearings will also be part of the equation. Careful consideration has been given - to comprehensively address the issues raised by the Portfolio Committee on Defence on 17 August 2004 and by Civil Society during the Public Hearings that took place on 25 October 2004.

In its 02 November 2004 report on the Public Hearings, the Portfolio Committee on Defence expressed its satisfaction with the consultative process to establish the key issues to be addressed.

QUESTION NO 1628

DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER

"Mr J P Blanche, (DA) to ask the Minister of Science and Technology:

(1) Whether any disciplinary action was taken against officials in his department (a) in (i) 2005, (ii) 2006 and (iii) 2007 and (b) during the period 1 January 2008 up to 30 September 2008; if not what is the position in this regard; if so, (i) how many instances of disciplinary action occurred, (ii) what was the rank/position of each official against whom disciplinary action was taken, (iii) what was the transgression and (iv) what disciplinary action was taken?

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REPLY:

DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DISCIPLINARY CASES FOR THE PERIOD 2005 TO 30 SEPTEMBER 2008

YEAR	RANK	TRANSGRESSION	ACTION
2005	Registry clerk (5)	Wrongful use of government vehicle	2 months suspension without pay and final written warning
2006	ASD: Records Management (9)	Dishonesty	Final written warning
2007	General Manager (14) Chief Director	Irregular trip authorization	Final written warning
2007	Manager (13) Director	Unlawful use of state vehicle or state hired vehicle	Suspension without pay for a week
2007	Supply Chain Practitioner (7)	Irregular trip authorization	Written warning
2007	Admin Clerk Grade III (5)	Misrepresentation of qualifications	Dismissal
2007	Group Executive DDG (15)	Incompatibility	Final written warning
2007	General Manager (14) Chief Director	Incompatibility	Final written warning
2007	Manager (13) Director	Incompatibility	Final written warning
2007	Manager (13) Director	Sexual harassment	Dismissal

During the period 01 January 2008 to 30 September 2008 there were no serious misconduct cases that went to disciplinary hearings because two employees resigned before the institution of disciplinary processes.

QUESTION 1631

DATE OF PUBLICATION OF INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER 19/09/2008

(INTERNAL QESTION PAPER 28-2008)

Mr LB Labuschagne (DA) to ask the Minister of Education:

How long does it take to approve a new post establishment at a school?

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REPLY

Education MECs approve post establishments on a yearly basis. Preliminary establishments are provided to schools in October of each year and final establishments before the end of the school year for implementation in January of the next school year.

QUESTION NO 1632

DATE REPLY SUBMITTED: FRIDAY, 14 NOVEMBER 2008

DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: FRIDAY, 19 SEPTEMBER 2008 (INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 28 – 2008)

Mrs C Dudley (ACDP) asked the Minister of Transport:

(1) Whether he has been informed of concerns of communities (details furnished) regarding inadequate road infrastructure for heavy vehicles accessing national key points; if so, what are the relevant details;

(2) whether, in view of the fatal road accident on Saturday, 9 August 2008 (details furnished), his department will investigate the concerns with regard to heavy vehicles utilising inadequate infrastructure in residential areas; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?

NW2407E

REPLY:

1.1

The Minister of Transport:

(1) The Department of Transport (DoT) has intensified its efforts with regard to the implementation of the National Freight Logistics Strategy since the Strategy's approval by Cabinet in 2005. One of the key interventions by the DoT in dealing with constraints in efficiencies and limited infrastructure and operational capacities within the National Freight Logistics System, was the establishment of Provincial Institutional structures, namely, Provincial Freight Logistics Forums.

The KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Provincial Freight Logistics Forum (KZN Freight Task Group) and all other forums include the following key stakeholders, namely government departments (National, Provincial and Local Municipalities), State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs), the private sector, organized labour and community organizations.

(2) As highlighted in the response to part (1) above, the provincial Freight Logistics Forums were established to ensure that infrastructure and services enable safe passage of freight in a manner that does not pose a danger to communities.

The KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Department of Transport is addressing the concern raised in partnership with the Freight Forums.

QUESTION 1633

Dr R Rabinowitz to ask the Minister of Housing:

1. Whether a tender was issued for the supply of solar water geysers in the two projects in Alexandria (names furnished), if not, why not; if so, (a) which companies responded to the tender, (b) what were their tenders in each case, (c) to whom was the tender awarded (d) what was the cost (i) per item or per geyser and (ii) per geyser installed and (e) how many geysers were installed,

2. Whether there is an ongoing service component to the awarded contract; if not, why not, if so, what does it comprise;

3. Whether it includes the training of persons in the community; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

REPLY

1. According to the Eastern Cape Department of Housing, as well as the Ndlambe Municipality, none of the housing projects in that municipality contain solar water geysers due to the fact that the housing subsidy does not provide for the installation of geysers in subsidized houses. A tender in this regard was therefore never issued.

2. Not applicable

3. Not applicable

QUESTION NO 1634

DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 26 SEPTEMBER 2008

(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 29/2008)

Date reply submitted: 30 October 2008

Dr R Rabinowitz (DA) to ask the Minister of Safety and Security:

(1) Whether the SA Police Service have separate units for dealing with crimes against children and rape victims; if so, (a) where are they located and (b) how do they operate; if not,

(2) whether the relevant functions have been incorporated into police stations; if not, why not; if so, (a) in what way, (b) in which police stations and (c) with what effect?

NW2343E

REPLY:

(1) The SA Police Service does have specialized capacity to deal with crimes against children and victims of rape.

(1)(a) The specialized capacity is located at accounting stations or at local police stations (Detective Service) depending on the needs, for example the geographical area (distances) and the prevalence of the crimes.

(1)(b) They attend to the crimes when they are reported and conduct further investigations. Depending on the circumstances, this will include the following:

• Interviewing the complainant and witnesses and obtaining all the statements

• Identifying, tracing and interviewing the alleged offender

• Medical examination

• Processing the crime scene

• Collecting physical evidence

• Using experts and investigation aids

• Submitting the case docket to court.

(2)(a)(b)(c) The Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Units (FCS) are part of the current restructuring process which will be concluded by March 2009. They will be transferred to the police stations. There will be an FCS capacity at the Detective Service.

QUESTION NO: 1637

MR J SELFE (DA) TO ASK THE MINISTER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES

In respect of each of the past five years up to the latest specified date for which information is available, (a) how many offenders were released on parole (i) nationally and (ii) by each correctional centre, (b) how many (i) full-time and (ii) part-time /temporary staff are allocated to parole-related functions by function/occupation (aa) per province (bb) nationally and (cc) by prison, (c) how many parole boards are there and (d)(i) what was the number of personnel, (ii) support and administrative capacity, (iii) allocated budget and (iv) actual expenditure per parole board? NW2410E

REPLY

(a)(i)

OFFENDERS RELEASED ON PAROLE NATIONALLY
FINANCIAL YEAR	TOTAL
2003/2004	27769
2004/2005	23031
2005/2006	22550
2006/2007	17870
2007/2008	16915
1 APRIL – 30 SEPTEMBER 2008	8105

(a)(ii) See Annexure A, attached.

(b)(i)(aa)

FULL TIME STAFF ALLOCATED TO PAROLE-RELATED FUNCTIONS PER REGION
REGION	POST	TOTAL
EASTERN CAPE	CHAIRPERSON	8
	VICE CHAIRPERSON	8
	SECRETARY	8
FREE STATE & NORTHERN CAPE	CHAIRPERSON	7
	VICE CHAIRPERSON	7
	SECRETARY	7
GAUTENG	CHAIRPERSON	11
	VICE CHAIRPERSON	11
	SECRETARY	11

FULL TIME STAFF ALLOCATED TO PAROLE-RELATED FUNCTIONS PER REGION
REGION	POST	TOTAL
KWAZULU/NATAL	CHAIRPERSON	8
	VICE CHAIRPERSON	8
	SECRETARY	8
LIMPOPO, MPUMALANGA & NORTH WEST	CHAIRPERSON	8
	VICE CHAIRPERSON	8
	SECRETARY	8
WESTERN CAPE	CHAIRPERSON	10
	VICE CHAIRPERSON	10
	SECRETARY	10

(b)(i)(bb)

FULL TIME STAFF ALLOCATED TO PAROLE-RELATED FUNCTIONS NATIONALLY
POST	TOTAL
CHAIRPERSON	52
VICE CHAIRPERSON	52
SECRETARY	52
GRAND TOTAL	156

(b)(i)(cc) Three (3) full time (Chairperson / Vice Chairperson / Secretary) and two (2) part time (Community Member) posts have been allocated to each of the following Management Areas:

FULL AND PART TIME STAFF ALLOCATED TO PAROLE-RELATED FUNCTIONS PER MANAGEMENT AREA
REGION	MANAGEMENT AREA
EASTERN CAPE	ST ALBANS
	MIDDLEDRIFT
	EAST LONDON
	KIRKWOOD
	SADA
	LUSIKISIKI
	CRADOCK
	UMTATA
FREE STATE & NORTHERN CAPE	GROENPUNT
	GROOTVLEI
	COLESBERG
	KIMBERLEY
	UPINGTON
	GOEDEMOED
	KROONSTAD
GAUTENG	BAVIAANSPOORT
	ZONDERWATER
	KRUGERSDORP
	PRETORIA: PAROLE BOARD 1
	PRETORIA: PAROLE BOARD 2

FULL AND PART TIME STAFF ALLOCATED TO PAROLE-RELATED FUNCTIONS PER MANAGEMENT AREA
REGION	MANAGEMENT AREA
GAUTENG (CONTINUE)	LEEUWKOP: PAROLE BOARD 1
	LEEUWKOP: PAROLE BOARD 2
	JOHANNESBURG: PAROLE BOARD 1
	JOHANNESBURG: PAROLE BOARD 2
	MODDERBEE
	BOKSBURG
KWAZULU/NATAL	KOKSTAD
	DURBAN: PAROLE BOARD 1
	DURBAN: PAROLE BOARD 2
	NCOME
	PIETERMARITZBURG
	EMPANGENI
	GLENCOE
	WATERVAL
LIMPOPO, MPUMALANGA & NORTH WEST	POLOKWANE
	BARBERTON
	BETHAL
	WITBANK
	KLERKSDORP
	ROOIGROND
	RUSTENBURG
	THOHOYANDOU
WESTERN CAPE	DRAKENSTEIN
	ALLANDALE
	POLLSMOOR: PAROLE BOARD 1
	POLLSMOOR: PAROLE BOARD 2
	WEST COAST (MALMESBURY)
	BRANDVLEI
	VOORBERG
	SOUTHERN CAPE (GEORGE)
	BREEDE RIVER (WORCESTER)
	OVERBERG (HELDERSTROOM)

(b)(ii)(aa)

PART TIME/TEMPORARY STAFF ALLOCATED TO PAROLE-RELATED FUNCTIONS PER REGION
REGION	POST	TOTAL
EASTERN CAPE	COMMUNITY MEMBER	16
GAUTENG		22
KWAZULU/NATAL		16
LIMPOPO, MPUMALANGA & NORTH WEST		16
FREE STATE & NORTHERN CAPE		14
WESTERN CAPE		20
GRAND TOTAL		104

(b)(ii)(bb) One hundred and four (104).

(b)(ii)(cc) See paragraph (b)(i)(cc) supra.

(d)(i) The number of personnel is comprised as follows:

FULL/PART TIME	POST	TOTAL
FULL TIME STAFF	CHAIRPERSON / VICE CHAIRPERSON / SECRETARY	156
PART TIME STAFF	COMMUNITY MEMBERS	104
FULL TIME STAFF	SUPPORT AND ADMINISTRATIVE	104
GRAND TOTAL		364

(d)(ii) One hundred and four (104).

(d)(iii) + (iv) See Annexure B, attached.

OFFENDERS RELEASED ON PAROLE PER CORRECTIONAL CENTRE
REGION	CORRECTIONAL CENTRE	2003/2004	2004/2005	2005/2006	2006/2007	2007/2008	1 APRIL – 30 SEPTEMBER 2008
EASTERN CAPE	BURGERSDORP	0	1	0	0	0	0
	CRADOCK	195	187	42	0	0	0
	DORDRECHT	0	0	0	6	5	4
	MIDDELBURG	2	0	1	1	2	0
	SOMERSET EAST	1	0	0	26	59	29
	EAST LONDON MED. A	672	551	507	336	124	78
	EAST LONDON MED. B	3	3	2	0	0	0
	EAST LONDON MED. C	92	94	77	62	69	39
	MDANTSANE	229	186	246	289	399	174
	JANSENVILLE	0	0	0	1	0	0
	KIRKWOOD	0	0	0	0	1	0
	BIZANA	52	37	16	31	11	0
	FLAGSTAFF	31	6	0	0	0	0
	LUSIKISIKI	273	203	126	111	90	9
	MOUNT AYLIFF	272	151	97	84	39	55
	MOUNT FLETCHER	2	0	0	11	43	3
	MOUNT FRERE	205	169	125	99	133	76
	TABANKULU	0	144	130	110	96	48
	FORT BEAUFORT	147	163	122	114	51	28
	GRAHAMSTOWN	0	1	1	3	2	0
	KING WILLIAMS TOWN	231	195	158	134	23	8
	MIDDLEDRIFT	99	59	21	33	174	160
	STUTTERHEIM	94	78	80	50	51	39
	BARKLY EAST	88	0	0	0	0	0
	BUTTERWORTH	192	105	89	72	118	41
	ELLIOTDALE	117	33	41	14	31	8
	IDUTYWA	104	104	35	44	52	16
	LADY FRERE	0	17	61	0	0	0
	NQAMAKWE	0	140	146	192	192	96
	QUEENSTOWN	75	50	31	8	3	0
	SADA	0	1	0	33	17	5
	STERKSPRUIT	133	113	114	100	86	28
	WILLOWVALE	31	62	132	72	72	36
	PATENSIE	0	0	1	4	0	0
	PORT ELIZABETH	1052	944	670	637	734	375
	ST ALBANS MED. B	39	30	13	5	3	2
	MQANDULI	26	191	169	180	180	90
	UMTATA MAX.	1	1	1	0	0	0
	UMTATA MED.	651	558	504	279	248	128
TOTAL		5109	4577	3758	3141	3108	1575

OFFENDERS RELEASED ON PAROLE PER CORRECTIONAL CENTRE
REGION	CORRECTIONAL CENTRE	2003/2004	2004/2005	2005/2006	2006/2007	2007/2008	1 APRIL – 30 SEPTEMBER 2008
FREE STATE & NORTHERN CAPE	COLESBERG	89	56	52	37	61	37
	DE AAR	157	128	106	143	148	51
	HOPETOWN	94	77	49	33	23	26
	RICHMOND	71	52	35	34	44	17
	VICTORIA WEST	141	77	37	67	41	34
	BETHULIE	48	8	14	2	1	0
	EDENBURG	0	0	0	2	9	10
	FAURESMITH	81	70	39	25	8	2
	ZASTRON	74	64	46	52	51	13
	FRANKFORT	5	47	44	48	51	23
	GROENPUNT JUVENILE	6	1	0	0	0	0
	GROENPUNT MAX.	0	5	82	54	34	18
	GROENPUNT MED.	55	56	127	204	146	50
	HEILBRON	0	1	0	0	10	5
	PARYS	0	0	0	2	0	0
	VEREENIGING	221	210	244	172	204	75
	BOSHOF	0	0	0	3	3	2
	BRANDFORT	17	21	22	1	0	0
	GROOTVLEI MAX.	0	1	0	0	2	0
	LADYBRAND	2	5	0	1	0	0
	BARKLY WEST	94	108	55	61	48	34
	DOUGLAS	156	137	137	101	107	49
	KIMBERLEY	415	352	400	364	337	179
	FICKSBURG	146	126	97	129	112	51
	HARRISMITH	0	0	0	0	1	1
	HENNENMAN	9	1	5	4	1	1
	HOOPSTAD	0	0	1	35	12	16
	KROONSTAD MED. A	44	7	13	0	0	0
	KROONSTAD MED. B	29	1	3	0	0	0
	KROONSTAD MED. C	14	26	1	2	0	0
	KROONSTAD YOUTH	3	0	0	0	0	0
	LINDLEY	58	40	46	42	44	21
	ODENDAALSRUS	118	97	124	78	61	5
	SENEKAL	0	1	1	0	0	0
	VENTERSBURG	1	1	1	2	0	2
	VIRGINIA	0	5	20	1	0	0
	KURUMAN	192	182	160	118	109	53
	SPRINGBOK	113	96	94	89	99	51
	UPINGTON	392	326	322	269	182	107
TOTAL		2845	2385	2377	2175	1949	933

OFFENDERS RELEASED ON PAROLE PER CORRECTIONAL CENTRE
REGION	CORRECTIONAL CENTRE	2003/2004	2004/2005	2005/2006	2006/2007	2007/2008	1 APRIL – 30 SEPTEMBER 2008
GAUTENG	BAVIAANSPOORT MED.	3	0	0	0	0	0
	EMTHONJENI JUVENILE	0	0	2	1	0	0
	BOKSBURG	5	1	0	2	3	0
	BOKSBURG JUVENILE	0	0	0	1	1	0
	HEIDELBERG	1	1	0	0	3	0
	JOHANNESBURG FEMALE	220	238	204	176	174	51
	JOHANNESBURG MED. A	27	32	53	24	38	10
	JOHANNESBURG MED. B	464	369	341	433	496	92
	JOHANNESBURG MED. C	45	33	27	9	2	0
	KRUGERSDORP	603	325	25	4	3	3
	LEEUWKOP JUVENILE	322	239	227	158	220	96
	LEEUWKOP MAX.	4	1	7	0	0	0
	LEEUWKOP MED. A	335	350	719	751	532	325
	LEEUWKOP MED. C	350	265	406	330	267	33
	DEVON	936	576	591	309	312	172
	MODDERBEE	416	146	285	203	196	87
	NIGEL MALE	154	137	175	48	74	35
	ATTERIDGEVILLE	0	0	1	0	151	29
	ODI	234	216	523	392	364	242
	PRETORIA CENTRAL	2	0	0	0	7	1
	PRETORIA FEMALE	50	57	53	14	5	0
	PRETORIA LOCAL	94	75	49	30	33	32
	PRETORIA MAX.	0	0	1	0	0	0
	ZONDERWATER MED. B	0	1	0	6	0	1
TOTAL		4265	3062	3689	2891	2881	1209

OFFENDERS RELEASED ON PAROLE PER CORRECTIONAL CENTRE
REGION	CORRECTIONAL CENTRE	2003/2004	2004/2005	2005/2006	2006/2007	2007/2008	1 APRIL – 30 SEPTEMBER 2008
KWAZULU/NATAL	DURBAN FEMALE	0	0	5	4	16	10
	DURBAN JUVENILE	3	0	0	0	1	1
	DURBAN MED. A	8	32	39	30	16	3
	DURBAN MED. B	283	217	242	301	120	78
	DURBAN MED. C	478	571	622	397	239	132
	UMZINTO	0	0	0	1	75	50
	EMPANGENI	26	25	53	27	0	0
	ESHOWE	263	259	254	104	55	27
	INGWAVUMA	200	129	78	65	55	29
	MAPUMULO	53	57	47	1	6	10
	MELMOTH	9	6	0	0	0	0
	MTUNZINI	68	67	74	40	26	13
	NKANDLA	70	45	49	20	22	18
	QALAKABUSHA	371	313	304	186	132	25
	STANGER	132	174	178	54	29	9
	BERGVILLE	84	56	49	67	49	29
	ESTCOURT	177	159	116	124	126	66
	GLENCOE	239	231	203	139	70	61
	GREYTOWN	2	0	0	0	2	0
	LADYSMITH	290	230	216	193	179	73
	POMEROY	0	0	0	6	0	0
	KOKSTAD MED. C	216	177	156	138	141	69
	MATATIELE	84	82	42	38	35	5
	PORT SHEPSTONE	565	273	41	1	4	3
	NCOME MED. A	8	18	10	4	3	0
	NCOME MED. B	113	177	202	84	102	0
	NONGOMA	4	6	1	2	8	6
	VRYHEID	288	204	168	148	165	89
	IXOPO	0	0	22	1	1	0
	NEW HANOVER	4	0	0	0	0	0
	PIETERMARITZBURG	362	195	223	149	135	76
	PIETERMARITZBURG MED. B	147	215	259	254	159	86
	SEVONTEIN	0	0	0	0	1	0
	EKUSENI	0	0	4	0	0	0
	NEWCASTLE	17	46	15	3	73	88
	UTRECHT	2	0	2	0	0	0
	WATERVAL MED. A	12	0	1	13	10	8
	WATERVAL MED. B	0	0	0	1	0	0
TOTAL		4578	3964	3675	2595	2055	1064

OFFENDERS RELEASED ON PAROLE PER CORRECTIONAL CENTRE
REGION	CORRECTIONAL CENTRE	2003/2004	2004/2005	2005/2006	2006/2007	2007/2008	1 APRIL – 30 SEPTEMBER 2008
LIMPOPO, MPUMALANGA & NORTH WEST	BARBERTON FARM MED. A	0	0	0	0	22	16
	BARBERTON FARM MED. B	73	0	2	0	0	1
	BARBERTON TOWN	1	0	0	0	0	0
	NELSPRUIT	0	1	0	0	0	0
	BETHAL	238	159	215	93	106	63
	ERMELO	1	0	4	1	3	0
	GELUK	172	157	123	31	49	7
	PIET RETIEF	125	97	150	121	136	44
	STANDERTON MED. A	79	40	61	84	71	22
	STANDERTON MED. B	113	93	138	103	119	32
	CHRISTIANA	0	1	13	3	31	66
	KLERKSDORP	399	340	483	405	433	162
	POTCHEFSTROOM	309	311	313	307	260	128
	WOLMARANSSTAD	0	0	0	13	56	35
	POLOKWANE	9	9	3	17	31	11
	TZANEEN	182	189	146	114	116	60
	LICHTENBURG	154	177	196	135	6	5
	MAFIKENG	7	15	62	59	6	2
	ROOIGROND MED. A	0	1	0	0	0	0
	ROOIGROND MED. B	229	161	192	118	78	49
	ZEERUST	32	96	64	7	0	0
	BRITS	96	85	86	68	81	19
	LOSPERFONTEIN	245	167	218	92	123	67
	MOGWASE	6	9	99	237	271	143
	RUSTENBURG	200	167	144	157	176	56
	RUSTENBURG JUVENILE	98	71	75	59	75	29
	MAKHADO	509	212	320	33	22	43
	THOHOYANDOU FEMALE	1	0	1	0	18	78
	THOHOYANDOU MED. B	0	0	0	3	0	0
	BELFAST	36	39	40	43	26	9
	CAROLINA	122	95	74	104	95	57
	MIDDELBURG	167	106	99	98	68	43
	WITBANK	6	45	227	51	62	49
TOTAL		3609	2843	3548	2556	2540	1296

OFFENDERS RELEASED ON PAROLE PER CORRECTIONAL CENTRE
REGION	CORRECTIONAL CENTRE	2003/2004	2004/2005	2005/2006	2006/2007	2007/2008	1 APRIL – 30 SEPTEMBER 2008
WESTERN CAPE	ALLANDALE	4	89	100	107	143	64
	HAWEQUA	112	57	64	51	65	28
	OBIQUA	71	47	92	62	82	18
	STAART VAN PAARDEBERG	69	58	132	78	53	32
	BRANDVLEI JUVENILE	135	96	147	107	79	36
	BRANDVLEI MAX.	0	0	0	4	1	0
	BRANDVLEI MED.	157	90	156	107	85	36
	DRAKENSTEIN MAX.	6	6	10	3	1	0
	DRAKENSTEIN MED. A	272	189	259	180	184	68
	DRAKENSTEIN MED. B JUVENILE	102	107	90	92	75	36
	STELLENBOSCH	83	76	33	41	35	17
	BEAUFORT WEST	126	77	56	57	55	22
	GEORGE	502	377	366	410	329	164
	KNYSNA	178	149	86	98	89	46
	LADISMITH	104	55	66	9	19	20
	MOSSELBAAI	356	349	201	222	192	81
	OUDTSHOORN MED. A	352	297	252	238	196	129
	OUDTSHOORN MED. B	80	57	62	50	37	20
	PRINCE ALBERT	64	37	47	31	43	18
	UNIONDALE	123	85	60	59	46	45
	GOODWOOD	261	308	395	279	231	89
	BUFFELJAGSRIVIER	108	65	157	97	121	39
	CALEDON	253	297	128	135	109	46
	HELDERSTROOM MAX.	5	7	19	10	0	0
	HELDERSTROOM MED.	253	113	299	149	158	68
	SWELLENDAM	38	54	10	0	0	0
	MALMESBURY MED. A	191	114	146	121	162	89
	MALMESBURY MED. B	77	73	49	40	41	14
	RIEBEECK WEST	191	150	116	92	65	38
	POLLSMOOR FEMALE	102	97	89	92	105	41
	POLLSMOOR MAX.	0	1	1	0	1	1
	POLLSMOOR MED. A	471	411	209	167	136	43
	POLLSMOOR MED. B	183	151	180	82	25	16
	POLLSMOOR MED. C	1075	947	423	576	817	377
	CALVINIA	74	53	18	13	5	2
	VANRHYNSDORP	174	158	81	61	46	12
	VOORBERG MED. A	82	62	70	83	88	42
	VOORBERG MED. B	276	231	175	158	151	75
	DWARSRIVIER	106	87	146	54	28	32
	ROBERTSON	143	127	128	61	70	26
	WARMBOKVELD	132	112	120	55	52	24
	WORCESTER FEMALE	42	44	59	41	30	18
	WORCESTER MALE	230	240	206	140	132	56
TOTAL		7363	6200	5503	4512	4382	2028

GRAND TOTAL

27769

23031

22550

17870

16915

8105

ANNEXURE B

REGION	2004 / 2005		2005 / 2006		2006 / 2007		2007 / 2008		1 APRIL – 30 SEPTEMBER 2008
REGION	BUDGET	EXPENDITURE	BUDGET	EXPENDITURE	BUDGET	EXPENDITURE	BUDGET	EXPENDITURE	BUDGET	EXPENDITURE
EASTERN CAPE
ST ALBANS	858,700	856,404	1,469,200	1,524,530	1,335,200	1,365,989	1,506,400	1,506,091	1,802,900	868,597
MIDDLRIFT	759,900	737,282	935,900	834,048	513,600	497,352	623,300	600,586	736,700	362,126
EAST LONDON	724,400	735,723	1,046,100	1,079,974	1,005,000	947,395	1,021,600	1,021,632	1,230,200	605,693
KIRKWOOD	765,600	722,213	1,307,800	1,090,098	787,400	760,586	898,200	862,864	1,082,700	782,509
SADA	233,310	151,100	629,900	657,306	438,300	463,206	1,733,600	824,470	1,004,500	486,436
LUSIKISIKI	314,400	375,726	335,500	379,967	403,500	419,968	410,000	674,407	528,038	387,855
CRADOCK	864,050	845,858	989,300	1,014,517	1,037,400	1,008,483	0	853,217	1,002,500	461,362
UMTATA	724,700	858,409	1,412,200	1,439,390	1,428,000	1,353,730	1,304,756	1,109,621	1,524,400	683,109
TOTAL	7,288,800	7,638,168	12,740,462	13,846,162	10,636,300	10,668,665	9,530,860	10,568,507	11,850,533	5,988,084

GAUTENG
BAVIAANSPOORT	684,000	732,335	1,055,000	954,867	703,900	692,452	892,700	892,685	903,800	482,597
ZONDERWATER	750,100	735,168	1,118,500	1,143,813	951,600	948,021	1,111,600	1,111,554	892,400	552,781
KRUGERSDORP	438,000	483,641	923,100	911,507	725,500	719,838	632,700	622,943	720,100	346,721
PRETORIA 1	1,429,200	1,410,806	1,464,300	2,053,239	1,533,300	1,513,973	1,708,400	1,720,485	5,218,500	912,683
PRETORIA 2	27,400	18,876	30,900	164,913	312,500	331,670	264,100	266,826	0	78,308
LEEUWKOP 1	614,600	725,259	1,238,300	1,632,262	1,633,000	1,444,237	1,318,800	1,109,842	1,906,900	605,286
LEEUWKOP 2	834,600	832,476	335,800	189,583	55,700	244,246	0	208,952	242,400	754,868
JOHANNESBURG 1	1,191,300	1,178,577	1,810,000	1,938,379	2,058,000	2,054,603	1,841,800	1,840,598	0	633,194
JOHANNESBURG 2	62,100	53,373	214,800	67,320	78,400	-4,781	17,600	18,873	0	-9,162
MODDERBEE	857,900	4,231,792	861,000	796,570	765,300	760,302	1,016,100	1,014,995	776,600	479,201
BOKSBURG	697,300	19,928	843,500	767,182	1,134,200	1,130,364	1,429,700	1,432,372	618,800	781,712
TOTAL	7,586,500	10,422,232	9,895,200	10,619,635	9,951,400	9,834,924	10,233,500	10,240,124	11,279,500	5,648,169

KWAZULU/NATAL
KOKSTAD	27,000	20,149	580,800	783,077	574,200	573,568	876,200	875,681	886,500	452,755
DURBAN 1	1,732,600	1,364,894	2,024,200	2,018,389	2,253,100	1,864,064	2,558,900	2,602,412	2,595,200	1,290,755
DURBAN 2	5,000	22,360	39,000	50,335	-352,600	8,183	64,200	19,537	45,000	3,664
NCOME	692,100	946,174	982,800	952,869	829,200	788,863	924,700	919,014	896,600	464,168
PIETERMARITZBURG	947,900	1,173,002	1,757,400	1,740,118	1,366,800	1,383,162	1,444,500	1,443,604	1,155,280	596,785
EMPANGENI	0	225,821	610,726	457,266	433,800	415,847	769,100	769,171	841,100	445,446
GLENCO	24,300	149,959	570,100	586,498	663,400	644,237	748,600	744,375	1,089,900	537,425
WATERVAL	617,900	764,574	1,377,000	1,397,378	1,286,500	1,278,582	1,339,600	1,338,816	2,165,250	1,027,331
TOTAL	4,046,800	4,666,932	7,942,026	7,985,929	7,054,400	6,956,508	8,725,800	8,712,610	9,674,800	4,818,330

QUESTION NO. 1638

(Internal Question Paper No 29 - 2008)

Mr W P Doman (DA) to ask the Minister for Provincial and Local Government

(a) What amounts were made available to the Bushbuckridge Local Government municipality under the Municipal Infrastructure Grant programme In the (I) 2006-07, (ii) 2007-08 financial years and (Hi) during the period 1 April 2008 up to the latest specified date for which information is available. (b) what amounts were actually spent and (c) which projects was the grant spent in respect of each of these financial years?

ANSWER

a) The amounts made available to the Bushbuckridge Local Municipality under Municipal Infrastructure Grant in 2006/07, 2007/08 and 2008/09 (up to end of June 2008) are R91, 212 000, R98, 167 000 and R152, 700 000 respectively.

b) The amounts actually spent are R 91,212 000, R98. 167 000 and R16. 751 000 respectively.

c) The grant was spent on the following projects as shown In table 1, 2 and 3 below:

See the table here: http://www.pmg.org.za/docs/2008/questions/Q1638tables.pdf

QUESTION NO.: 1639 DATE OF PUBLICATION: 26 SEPTEMBER 2008

Mr L K Joubert (DA) to ask the Minister for Justice and Constitutional Development:

(a) How many persons have resigned from the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) since 1 January 2006 up to the latest specified date for which information is available, (b) what (i) are their (i) names and (ii) were their (aa) positions and (bb) salary packages, (c) what was the date of each resignation, (d) how many vacant posts are currently in the NPA, (e) what percentage of the total number of posts does this figure represent and (f) what steps are being taken to fill these posts?

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REPLY

(a) Three hundred and sixty four officials have resigned from the NPA between 1 January 2006 and 27 September 2008. Details of the location of these resignations are indicated below:-

TOTAL NUMBER OF RESIGNATIONS FROM 1 JANUARY 2006 TO 27 SEPTEMBER 2008
BUSINESS UNIT	NUMBER
AFU	16
CEO	3
DSO	89
FIN & PROC	9
HR	14
IMS	2
IMU	4
INTERNAL AUDIT	10
NDPP	6
NPS	194
RESEARCH & P	2
SCCU	8
SEC & RISK	4
SOCA	1
WPU	2
GRAND TOTAL	364

(b)(c) The names, positions, salary packages, job title, termination date are indicated in Annexure A.

(d) and (e) Number of posts in the NPA and vacancy rate as at 27 September 2008:-

Programme	Number of Posts	Number of Posts Filled	Number of Vacant Posts	Vacancy Rate
National Prosecuting Authority, Permanent	6380	4690	1690	26.5%

(f) The NPA has already advertised 570 posts over the past 10 months and is intensifying the recruitment process to fill the vacant funded positions.

QUESTION NO 1640

DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 26 SEPTEMBER 2008

(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 29/2008)

Date reply submitted: 17 October 2008

Mr L K Joubert (DA) to ask the Minister of Safety and Security:

(a) How many reported crimes resulted in a conviction in respect of (i) murder, (ii) rape, (iii) assault with the intention to do grievous bodily harm, (iv) attempted murder and (v) car hijacking in each of the past three years up to the latest specified date for which information is available, (b)(i) how many cases were withdrawn at District, Regional and High Court level in respect of (aa) murder, (bb) rape and (cc) car hijacking and (ii) what were the reasons for the withdrawal and (c) what percentage of criminal cases heard at District, Regional and High Court level resulted in a conviction in each of the past three years up to the latest specified date for which information is available?

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REPLY:

(a) Convictions

No	Crime	2005/2006	2006/2007	2007/2008
(i)	Murder	4 282	4 253	4 044
(ii)	Rape	4 589	4 123	4 303
(iii)	Assault with the intention to do grievous bodily harm	42 025	38 788	34 603
(iv)	Attempted murder	2 179	2 105	1 714
(v)	Car hijacking	390	334	267

The crime figures provided above were recorded on the South African Police Service's corporate system. These figures do not only include cases reported in those respective financial years, but also cases reported in the previous years. For example, a case may be reported to the police service in the 2002/2003 financial year, but only finalised in court during the 2005/2006 financial year.

(b)+(c) Can only be answered by the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development.

QUESTION NO. 1641

(Internal Question Paper No 29 - 2008)

Mr W P Doman (DA) to ask the Minister for Provincial and Local Government:

Whether the current service delivery backlogs is the planning base for delivery of basic services; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) how many people have (i) a flush toilet, (ii) non-ventilated pit toilets, (iii) ventilated pit toilets, (iv) a bucket latrine, (v) chemical toilets, (vi) no sanitation, (vii) piped water, (aa) in their dwelling, (bb) in their yard, (cc) more than 200m away and (dd) less than 200m away, (viii) a borehole, (ix) no water, (x) prepaid electricity meters and (xi) metered electricity and (b) what percentage of the population is constituted by these figures in each case?

ANSWER:

Yes. The backlog as published by Statistics South Africa is used to inform resource allocation at a macro-scale. Further to this, each individual municipality defines its backlogs more specifically through the Integrated Development Planning (lOP) and infrastructure planning process. This is conducted in alignment with the relevant line department information and plans.

(a)

Category	Households
	Number	%
(i) ) a flush toilet	7,221,325	57.2%
(ii) non-ventilated pit toilets	2,587,202	20.5%
(iii) ventilated pit toilets	823,633	6.5%
(iv) a bucket latrine	244,282	1.9%
(v) chemical toilets	43,883	0.3%
(vi) no sanitation	3,360,108	26.6%
(vii) piped water	8,679,800	68.8%
(viii) less than 200m from
dwelling	954,877	7.6%
(ix)more than 200m from
dwelling	467,451	3.7%
(x) a borehole	335,984	2.7%
(xi) no water	1,621,620	12.9%
(xii) prepaid electricity meters	1,343,085	10.6%
(xiii) metered electricity	N/A	N/A

Source: STATSSA (Census 2001 & CS 2007) and DWAF

(b) According to the table above, about 57.2% households nationally have access to flush toilets. About 20.5% of the households nationally have access to non-ventilated pit toilets, 6.5% have access to ventilated pit toilets, 0.3% have access to chemical toilets and 1.9% have access to the bucket sanitation system. Nationally, a total number of 3,311,952 (26%) households are still without sanitation.

About 68.8% of the households nationally have access to piped water. A total number of 1,337,069 (11%) households are still without water. About 7.6% households travel less than 200 meters and 3.7% travel more than 200 meters from their dwelling to access water. A total number of 1,343,085 (10.6%) households have access to prepaid electricity meters.

QUESTION NO. 1642

(Internal Question Paper No 29 - 2008)

Mr. M M Swathe (DA) to ask the Minister for Provincial and Local Government:

What was the staff shortage in the fire brigade services in the dplg province in the past three years up to the latest specified date for which information is available?

ANSWER

The Information requested is not readily available within: the dplg. Provinces and municipalities have been asked to provide Information related to them. As soon as the required Information has been received, the Honourable Member will be provided with a response.

QUESTION NO.: 1643

DATE OF PUBLICATION: 26 SEPTEMBER 2008

Mr S B Farrow (DA) to ask the Minister for Public Enterprises:

(1) Whether any audits have been conducted by Spoornet to determine the current state of their carriages, locomotives and trucks; if so, (a) what has been revealed by the audit and (b) how many wagons and locomotives are (i) serviceable and(ii) unserviceable;

(2) whether any plans are in place to refurbish or replace unserviceable carriages, locomotives and trucks to meet the current demands; if not, why not; if so, what is the estimated cost for refurbishing or replacing the unserviceable carriages, locomotives and trucks?

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REPLY

(1) Internal assessments were carried out in June 2007 to determine the technical condition of its rolling stock fleet. Rolling stock fleet includes carriages or wagons and locomotives. Transnet Freight Rail (Spoornet) does not make use of trucks.

(a)&(b)(i-ii) The tables below indicate the findings of the assessment according to carriages or wagons and locomotives which are serviceable and those that are unserviceable.

Table 1: CARRIAGES OR WAGONS serviceable and unserviceable

Description	Number
Wagon Serviceable Fleet	89, 149
Wagon Unserviceable	11, 201

Table 2: LOCOMOTIVES serviceable and unserviceable

Description	Number
Locomotive Serviceable Fleet (including narrow gauge)	2392
Locomotive Unserviceable Fleet	540

(2) Yes, there are plans in place to refurbish or replace certain elements of the rolling stock fleet to meet the current demands. These upgrades or repairs are only done where the cost of doing so makes commercial sense. The anticipated cost of repairs and upgrading of the fleet is part of approved five-year capital investment plan (2008/09 to 2009/13) which provides for R1.96bn for locomotive upgrades and R12,7bn for new locomotives. There is R765m budgeted for wagon upgrades and R2.59bn for new wagons. These figures are part of Transnet Freight Rail's R38.3bn portion of Transnet's capital investment plan.

QUESTION NO 1644

DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 26 SEPTEMBER 2008

(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 29/2008)

Date reply submitted: 21 October 2008

Ms D Kohler-Barnard (DA) to ask the Minister of Safety and Security:

What amounts were paid by the SA Police Service in (a) legal fees, (b) damages and (c) other legal costs regarding (i) misconduct by police members and (ii) other cases brought against the SAPS in the (aa) 2005-06, (bb) 2006-07, (cc) 2007-08 financial years and (dd) as at 1 April 2008 up to the latest specified date for which information is available?

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REPLY:

Fin Year	(a) Legal fees R million	(b) Damages R million	(c) Other legal costs
Fin Year	(a) Legal fees R million	(b) Damages R million	(i) Misconduct	(ii) Other cases
(aa) 2005/2006	51,3	45,7	None	Included in (a)
(bb) 2006/2007	62,6	39,7	None	Included in (a)
(cc) 2007/2008	58,2	58,0	None	Included in (a)
(dd) 2008 to 31 Aug 2008	25,1	26,4	None	Included in (a)

Note: (1) The amount paid in respect of legal costs relates to legal services rendered to the SAPS by the State Attorney.

(2) The damages relate to payments made in respect of compensation pertaining to civil claims against the State,irrespective when cause of the action arose.

(3) Members who have been charged with committing misconduct, need to arrange for their defence at their own expense.

(4) Members who have been charged with committing crime, while performing their official duties, may apply to be represented by the state attorney at the expense of the State, subject to certain conditions. The amount paid by the SAPS for legal costs in this regard, is included in the amount referred to in the reply to question (a).

QUESTION NO 1645

DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 26 SEPTEMBER 2008

(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 29/2008)

Date reply submitted: 12 December 2008

Ms D Kohler-Barnard (DA) to ask the Minister of Safety and Security:

(1) How many dockets were lost or stolen (a) in the (i) 2005-06, (ii) 2006-07, (iii) 2007-08 financial years and (b) during the period 1 April 2008 up to the latest specified date for which information is available;

(2) whether each instance of missing dockets is investigated; if not, why not; if so, how many of these investigations have led to disciplinary procedures?

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REPLY:

(1) (a) (i) 2005/2006: 382

(ii) 2006/2007: 404

(iii) 2007/2008: 427

(b) 1 April to 31 October 2008: 508

(2) Yes.

In all instances where South African Police Service members were responsible for dockets going missing, they were investigated or are still under investigation. A total number of 68 cases of missing dockets resulted in disciplinary procedures being taken against the members responsible for the losses.

QUESTION NO 1646

DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 26 SEPTEMBER 2008

(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 29/2008)

Date reply submitted: 20 November 2008

Mr RJ King (DA) to ask the Minister of Safety and Security:

(a) What is the average cost per day to the State of putting a VIP protection services officer in the field, (b) what items are included in this costing, (c) how many VIP officers are currently employed by his department and (d) what is the average size of a protection detail allocated to a unit protecting a member of the Cabinet?

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REPLY:

(a) It costs R695,00 (six hundred and ninety‑five rand) a day.

(b) The employee's salary, overtime, transfers, subsidies and equipment.

(d) As prescribed in the Minutes of Cabinet Meeting dated 17 November 2004 paragraph 10.1.4(a)(ii)(aa)(aaa). An excerpt is attached for easy reference.

Reply to question 1646 approved by Minister.

CABINET MINUTES DATED 17 NOVEMBER 2004: PAR 10.1.4 (a)(ii)(aa)(aaa)

"Two Close Protection Officers (CPOs) for all Ministers, Deputy Ministers, National Speaker, Deputy National Speaker, Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces (NCOP), Deputy Chairperson of the NCOP, Members of the Executive Councils (MECs), the Chief Justice, the Deputy Chief Justice and the President of the Supreme court of Appeal."

QUESTION NO. 1647

DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 26 SEPTEMBER 2008

(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 29)

Ms S J Loe (DA) to ask the Minister of Health:

(1) Whether any equipment at state hospitals is categorised as obsolete; if so, (a) what specified equipment and (b) at which hospitals;

(2) whether any plans are in place to replace obsolete equipment; if not, why not; if so, (a) what plans and (b) what target date has been set for the replacement of all obsolete equipment at all state hospitals;

(3) whether there is currently a maintenance backlog in respect of (a) equipment and/or (b) hospital and clinic facilities; if so, what is the estimated costing in each province to eliminate these backlogs?

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REPLY:

(1) (a) Many hospitals have medical devices that are old. Devices that are obsolete are usually condemned and replaced. Replacement of equipment depends on the available budget and decisions to replace are made at hospital level unless the device is very expensive (more than the delegation of the hospital, which may vary from R 100 000 to R 1 000 000) where assistance of the province is sought with respect to funding, specifications and tender process.

(b) The National Department does not keep an asset register for each hospital. Such information is kept by provinces, and therefore at this stage we cannot provide the honourable member with a list of obsolete equipment for hospitals.

(2) Provinces and hospitals all have plans to replace medical equipment, whether obsolete, old or otherwise unfit for use. Replacement plans are made annually concurrent with budget allocations and replacement priorities.

(3) There is always some degree of maintenance backlog in respect of both medical equipment and facilities. The main reason is budget constraints. The problem is addressed at provincial level according to the needs of each hospital and clinic through their budget and infrastructure grants and at national level where equipment is replaced and facilities upgraded through the Hospital Revitalization Programme.

As I have said above, the National Department does not keep asset registers for provinces, and therefore is not able to quantify the maintenance backlog of each province.

QUESTION NO. 1648

DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 26 SEPTEMBER 2008

(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 29)

Mrs S V Kalyan (DA) to ask the Minister of Health:

What was the total value of drugs (a) supplied to each state hospital and (b) lost or stolen from each such hospital in each of the three most recent financial years for which information is available?

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REPLY:

(1) Public sector institutions procure essential drugs through the public sector tender system. NDoH in collaboration with provinces monitor supplier performance in order to ensure availability at provincial depot level. If a supplier is unable to supply according to various reasons NDoH would assist to identify alternative suppliers and disseminate the information to provinces.

Meetings held quarterly:

· HOPS (Heads of Pharmaceutical Services in provinces) – NDoH and HOPS develop strategies and monitoring tools in order assist provinces with management of pharmaceutical services;

· COMED (Public Sector Coordinating Body for Procurement) - NDoH and provincial representatives deliberate on drug availability and supplier performance;

· Quantification forum- NDoH and provincial delegates monitor usage and availability of antiretroviral and TB drugs and also meet with industry to address supply problems.

NDoH (Cluster Pharmaceutical Policy and Planning) has no control over spending and budget allocation in provinces and only acts in an advisory capacity to optimise allocated resources for pharmaceuticals.

(2) Provinces are responsible to make own distribution arrangements to ensure that drugs and medical supplies are distributed to health facilities. This is in line with the National Drug Policy.

QUESTION NO. 1649

DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 26 SEPTEMBER 2008

(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 29)

Ms S J Loe (DA) to ask the Minister of Health:

Whether the Health Professions Council of South Africa has any figures on how many (a) doctors, (b) nurses, (c) dentists and (d) medical specialists have emigrated in each of the three most recent years for which information is available; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

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REPLY:

(a), (c) and (d) The Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) does not have information with regards the number of doctors, dentists or medical specialists that have emigrated as that information is never submitted to HPCSA. Many practitioners work outside SA but keep their registration up to date in South Africa as they are either studying further or getting experience abroad but would return to South Africa in two or more years.

(b) The South African Nursing Council (SANC) does not have any knowledge or Statistics of the exact number of nurses leaving South Africa to work in other Countries. Nurses are not required to inform the SANC if they are migrating to another country.

However, nurses intending to work in another country are expected by the host country to provide verification of registration and qualifications from the SANC. A nurse cannot work in a foreign country unless he/she has registered with the Statutory Nursing Body of that country to practise as a nurse. In order for a South African Nurse to register with foreign Nursing Council, she/he has to apply to the South African Nursing Council to verify his/her present qualifications. The SANC verifies the registration status and may provide transcript of qualifications to the Foreign Nursing Council. The outcome of this application is not communicated to the SANC but to the individual nurse who made the application. The SANC therefore can only comment on the number of applications received for verification of a qualification and not whether the nurse is successful in his/her registration with the foreign Nursing Council or if he/she leaves South Africa to work in a foreign country.

Statistics on verification of Qualifications and Registration of a Nurse for the purpose of registration with Nursing Council in a foreign country:

2005: 1 530

2006: 986

2007: 845

2008: 656 (up till September)

QUESTION NO: 1650

PUBLISHED IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO: 29 OF 26 SEPTEMBER 2008

MR LB LABUSCHAGNE (DA) TO ASK THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS:

(1) (a) How many incidents of an alleged criminal nature involving diplomatic personnel abroad and other persons claiming immunity abroad occurred (i) in (aa) 2005, (bb) 2006, (cc) 2007 and (ii) during the period 1 January 2008 up to the latest specified date for which information is available and (b) what is the nature of the incident or incidents that led to the claiming of immunity by personnel;

(2) (a) how many incidents of an alleged criminal nature involving foreign diplomatic personnel and other foreigners claiming diplomatic immunity (i) in (aa) 2005, (bb) 2006, (cc) 2007 and (ii) during the period 1 January 2008 up to the latest specified date for which information is available and (b) what is the nature of the incident or incidents that led to the claiming of immunity by foreign personnel?

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REPLY:

(1) (a) (i)(aa) In 2005, one incident was reported at the Mission,(bb) In 2006, one incident was reported,(cc) In 2007, no incident was reported and (ii) No incident was reported from 1 January 2008 to date.

(b) The incidents reported in 2005 and 2006 involved two sons of a diplomat in the United Kingdom who allegedly committed robberies, theft and assault.

(2) (a) (i) The South African Police Service, International Liaison Unit recorded the following:

(aa) 2005 – None provided by SAPS.

(bb) 2006- None provided by SAPS.

(cc) 2007- 10 incidents were reported

(ii) 2008- 5 incidents were reported

(b) The incidents reported in 2007 involved (assault (1); shoplifting (6); fraud (1); reckless/negligent driving (1); driving under the influence of alcohol (1))

and in 2008 involved (shoplifting (2); driving under the influence of alcohol (3))

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