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2013-05-15

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Reply received: November 2013

QUESTION NO 3197

DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 15 NOVEMBER 2013

(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 38-2013)

Date reply submitted: November 2013

3197. Ms L L van der Merwe (IFP) to ask the Minister of Women, Children and People with Disabilities:

Are there any government buildings that are fitted with electronic devices to aid blind persons; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details? NW3757E

REPLY:

The department of Public Works would be more capable in answering the question. I advise the Honourable member to direct the question to the Minister of Public Works.

Reply received: November 2013

QUESTION NO 3028

DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER:

01 NOVEMBER 2013

(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 36-2013)

Date reply submitted: 04 November 2013

3028. Mrs B C Diemu (Cope) to ask the Minister of Women, Children and People with Disabilities:

Whether she or her department has been monitoring the (a) role and (b) representation of women in rural development and land reform projects; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

NW3584E

REPLY:

Yes, my Department has been monitoring the role and representation of women in rural development and land reform projects. From 2011 to October 2013, my Department has facilitated visits to rural women' projects in Limpopo, Gauteng, North West, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga and Eastern Cape. In some of the provinces this is done closely with the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform, as well as the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. In some instances interventions were put in place to address the identified challenges.

We have ensured that the rural women's role in rural development and land reform projects is not only institutionalized but supported by the creation of enabling environment through the Land Reform Gender Policy framework as well as the Gender Policy in Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.

Further enabling programmes to support women participation are in place. These include:

· Savings and Self Help Groups which is a programme that address hunger and poverty. It has mobilized 70 women in Limpopo, 300 in Mpumalanga, 62 in Gauteng as well as 120 Free State. The programme has four legs, namely, financial literacy, group formation where they get trained on how to form savings and credit clubs enterprise development and institutionalization by creating convergence with the formal sector.

· Promoting women's access to land and support through the Land Redistribution and Transformation of Certain Rural Areas Act, Act 94 of 1998 (TRANCRAA) Areas in all provinces. The following statistics of women who received land are as follows: 3 555 in Eastern Cape, Free State with 2 247, Gauteng with 7 390, Kwa-Zulu/Natal with 21 510, Limpopo with 1 177; 1 384 in Mpumalanga, 8 787 in North West, Northern Cape with 932 and the Western Cape with 9 859.

· Women's outreach and exchange programme: women learning and replicating lessons learned. 70 women have been identified to form a leadership cohort and others are participating in dialogue with Women in leadership Magoshigadi (Limpopo).

· Capacity and skills training programme: e.g. animal husbandry, poultry, entrepreneurial skills and financial management, conflict resolution. 68 women participate in poultry farming training and 400 women in Free State. The DWCPD further selected 40 women whose enterprises were visited during 2012-2013 for further training. This was done in partnership with NAMC, Buhle Agricultural College.

· Indigenous alternative method of building as an economic empowerment for rural women. This is done by rural women producing block bricks and then building houses for each other. The project has been implemented in Caguba (Eastern Cape) as well as Gombani in Limpopo.

· Advocacy and lobbying programme as a platform of promoting dialogue with women Commemoration and observation of important days such as International Rural Women's Day. The Department has to date raised awareness on women's rights and opportunities available for them. Educational programmes are structured around knowledge and understanding of women's rights as beneficiaries of rural development and land reform. My Department has also partnered with the Commission on Gender Equality to advocate for the "One Hectare, One Woman"

All of the above are mainstreamed in line with the 1997 White Paper on Land Reform which is seeking the removal of the injustices of racially- based land dispossession of the past, emphasizes the need for a more equitable distribution of land ownership; the need for land reform to reduce poverty and to contribute to the economic growth and provide security of land for all, and a system of land management that will support sustainable land use patterns and rapid land release for development.

Land ownership by women is one surest way for promoting an anti-poverty programme for poor women both in urban and rural areas and the economies of these areas starting with the most vulnerable - people with disabilities and the poorest of the poor. A deliberate and conscious targeting of women in land redistribution in this way will go a long way towards narrowing the gap between ratios of ownership of land between males and females.

Reply received: November 2013

QUESTION NO 2972

DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER:

25 OCTOBER 2013

(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 35-2013)

Date reply submitted: 4 November 2013

2972 Mrs C Dudley (ACDP) to ask the Minister of Women, Children and People with

Disabilities:

How much has (a) her department and (b) each of the entities reporting to her spent on promotional events organised by The New Age newspaper between 1 September 2012 and 30 August 2013

NW3080E

Reply:

a) The department did not spend on any promotional events organized by The New Age

b) There are no entities reporting to the department

Reply received: November 2013

QUESTION 2940 OF 2013 FOR WRITTEN REPLY:

Mrs P C Duncan (DA) to ask the Minister of Women, Children and People with Disabilities:

(1) How much has (a) her department and (b) each of the entities reporting to her spent on advertisements placed on the Africa News Network 7 (ANN7) news channel;

(2) Were these advertisements placed through the Government Information and Communications System?

Reply:

1. (a) There are no advertisements that were placed by the Department on the Africa News Network 7 (ANN7) news channel

(b) There are no entities reporting to the Department

2. There were no advertisements placed through the Government Information and Communications System

Reply received: November 2013

QUESTION 2907 OF 2013 FOR WRITTEN REPLY:

Mrs. JF Terblanche (DA) to ask the Minister of Women, Children and People with Disabilities:\

(1) What amount has (a) her department and (b) each of the entities reporting to her spent on advertising (i) in The New Age newspaper and (ii) on its website between 1 December 2012 and 31 August 2013;

(2) Were these advertisements placed through the Government Information and Communications System?

Reply:

1. (a) (i) None

(ii) None

(b) (i) The are no entities reporting to the Department

(ii) None

2. N/A

Reply received: November 2013

QUESTION 2843 OF 2013 FOR WRITTEN REPLY:

Ms. LL Van Der Merwe (IFP) to ask the Minister of Women, Children and People with Disabilities:

Whether the first national men's rally to end men's violence against women which was held in Johannesburg on 24 August 2013 had any financial implications for her department; if so, (a) what costs were incurred, (b) how many people attended the rally and (c) how will the effectiveness of this initiative be measured?

Reply:

a) The department did not incur any costs on the men's rally;

b) The estimated number of people who attended were about 3000- 4000;

c) By the number of men and boys that become more aware of the harmful effects is GBV on women and children; and become gender sensitive. By seeing more men join campaign against the scourge of violence against women and children.

Reply received: November 2013

QUESTION NO 2842

DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER:

25 OCTOBER 2013

(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 35-2013)

Date reply submitted: 4 November 2013

2842. Ms L L van der Merwe (IFP) to ask the Minister of Women, Children and People with Disabilities:

Whether, with regards to her department's advocacy and awareness role as well as its mandate to ensure the empowerment of women, children and people with disabilities, her department made any submissions to the Department of Trade and Industry on the revised Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) codes or lobby on behalf of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) who will be negatively affected by the revised codes; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

NW3380E

Reply:

Yes, the department has lobbied the Department of Trade and Industry and other departments to ensure that women and people with disabilities are empowered in the codes.

Furthermore, the BBBEE codes have not changed with regards to socio-economic development issues.

Reply received: November 2013

RESPONSE TO QUESTION NO: 2836

MS E MORE (DA) TO ASK THE MINISTER FOR WOMEN, CHILDREN AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES:

QUESTION:

What has her department done to advocate for increased funding of non-governmental organisations that deliver core services to the country's most vulnerable citizens?

REPLY:

Please refer your question to the Minister of Social Development, whose department funds NGOs.

Reply received: November 2013

QUESTION NO 2818

DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER:18 OCTOBER 2013

(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 33-2013)

Date reply submitted: 4 November 2013

2818. Mr G G Boinamo (DA) to ask the Minister of Women, Children and People with Disabilities:

(1) What amount has (a) her department and (b) each of the entities reporting to her spent on advertisements placed on the SABC 24 hour news channel;

(2) were these advertisements placed through the Government Communication and Information System?

NW3323E

REPLY:

(1) (a) None;

(b) None

(2) in view of the above, the question is not relevant.

Reply received: November 2013

QUESTION NO 2775

DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 18 OCTOBER 2013

(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 33-2013)

Date reply submitted: November 2013

2775. Mrs H Lamoela (DA) to ask the Minister of Women, Children and People with Disabilities:

With reference to the R388 000 in outstanding payments reflected in her department's 2012-13 budget, (a) to whom is the money owed and (b) how will these outstanding payments impact the 2013-14 financial year's budget?

NW3277E

REPLY:

a) The R388 000 reflecting as outstanding payments is not owed by the department.

· The R388 000 consists of the following four (4) individual amounts:

o Salary payments of R9 196.16 and R4 878.78 to MP Shiviti and NNP Shange respectively;

o A refund from Government Communication Information of R273 742.00;

o A refund for an investment deposit with First National Bank for R100 000 that was closed towards end of financial 2012/13.

b) The amounts have no impact on the 2013/14 budget as they were charged in the 2012/13 budget. At year end the amounts were sitting in the Accounts Payable Control account and were interfaced into the individuals' bank accounts and departments' in April 2013.

Reply received: November 2013

QUESTION NO 2774

DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 18 OCTOBER 2013

(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 33-2013)

Date reply submitted: November 2013

MRS H LAMOELA (DA) TO ASK THE MOINISTER FOR WOMEN, CHILDREN AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES:

2774. Mrs H Lamoela (DA) to ask the Minister of Women, Children and People with Disabilities:

Did she undertake a trip on the MS Liberty of the Seas between 24 August and 1 September 2013 in her professional capacity; if so, (a) what was the purpose of the trip, (b) who accompanied her and (c) what was the cost of the trip?

NW3276E

REPLY:

I have no idea what the Honorable Member is referring to and I have never undertaken any trip on MS Liberty of the Seas.

Reply received: November 2013

QUESTION 2658 OF 2013 FOR WRITTEN REPLY:

Mrs SP Kopane (DA) to ask the Minister of Women, Children and People with Disabilities:

(1) Whether any performance bonuses were paid to employees in her department in the 2012-13 financial year; if so, what is the total (a) number of employees that received bonuses and (b) amount paid out by her department for these bonuses;

(2) what percentage of outputs were achieved by her department as measured against each target set in its Annual Performance Plan in the 2012-13 financial year?

REPLY:

(1) No performance bonuses were paid by the Department in the 2012/13 financial year

(2) 70% of the planned targets for the 2012/2013 financial year were achieved

Reply received: November 2013

QUESTION NO 2593

DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER:

25 OCTOBER 2013

(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 32-2013)

Date reply submitted: 4 November 2013

2593. Mrs H Lamoela (DA) to ask the Minister of Women, Children and People with Disabilities:

How much has (a) her department and (b) each of the entities reporting to her spent on promotional events organised by The New Age newspaper between 1 September 2012 and 30 August 2013?

NW3080E

Reply:

a) The department did not spend on any promotional events organized by The New Age

b) There are no entities reporting to the department

Reply received: October 2013

QUESTION 2290 OF 2013 FOR WRITTEN REPLY: Ms LL Van Der Merwe (IFP) to ask the Minister of Women, Children and People with Disabilities:

(1) When will the personnel skills audit which is part of her department's recommended turnaround strategy of 2012 be finalised;

(2) Whether she has found that the fact that the process has not been completed has had a negative effect on the staff (a) morale, (b) performance and (c) efficiency;

(3) what (a) was the average performance rating of (i) directors, (ii) deputy-directors and (iii) senior managers in her department in the (aa) 2010-11, (bb) 2011-12 and (cc) 2012-13 financial years and (b) is being done to improve this performance?

Reply:

(1) It is anticipated that this process would be finalised by 31 March 2014.

(2)(a) No negative effect.

(b) No negative effect.

(3)(a)(i) (aa) Not applicable.

(bb) Poor.

(cc) In progress, rating not finalised.

(ii)(aa) Satisfactory.

(bb) In progress, rating not finalised.

(cc) Satisfactory.

(iii)(aa) Not applicable.

(bb) Slight improvement.

(cc) In progress, rating not finalised.

(b) Presentations have been made to staff, supervisors and managers on the implementation of the performance management and development system. Individual personal development plans are based on the outcomes of performance management processes.

Reply received: November 2013

QUESTION NO 2289

DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 13 SEPTEMBER 2013

(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO32-2013)

2289. Ms L L van der Merwe (IFP) to ask the Minister of Women, Children and People with Disabilities:

(a) How many memorandums of understanding (MOUs) has her department signed since 11 May 2009 and

(b) in each case, (i) with which department was an MOU signed and (ii) what was the nature of the agreement?

Reply:

(a) The Department of Women, Children and People with Disabilities (the Department) has signed nine memoranda of understanding from July 2011 to date.

(b) The Department has signed memoranda of understanding with the following Departments/Organizations:

1. The Department of Health;

2. The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform;

3. The Office of the Premier: Northern Cape;

4. Nelson Mandela Children Fund;

5. Statistics South Africa;

6. Uweso Consulting: Techno Girl ;

7. National Development Agency;

8. The South African Police Services.

9. The Mvula Trust

1. The Department of Health.

1.1 The purpose of the MoU is to formulate a partnership and regulate the working relationship between the Departments; and

1.2 to establish a tool to monitor and evaluate the performance of the Department of Health on implementation of its initiatives on, inter alia; reduction of infant, child and youth mortality by improving immunization coverage from 88 per cent to 95 per cent by 2013; and training of health care workers on gender based violence.

1. The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform.

2.1 The purpose of the MoU is to collaborate on specific areas of interest and to establish a tool to monitor and evaluate the performance of the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform in meeting the needs, interests, priorities and targets for women, children and people with disabilities.

2. The Office of the Premier: Northern Cape.

3.1 The purpose of the MoU is to collaborate on specific areas of interest and to establish a tool to monitor and evaluate the performance of the Office of the Premier in meeting the needs, interests, priorities and targets for women, children and people with disabilities.

3. Nelson Mandela Children Fund.

a. The purpose of the MoU is to formulate partnership on agreed areas of cooperation for the progressive realisation of children's rights; including advocacy campaigns and facilitating the process to generate country reports in order to comply with local and international instruments.

4. Statistics South Africa.

a. The purpose of the MoU is to collaborate as partners in the development and sustainability of the Ulwazi Ngabantwana database. The database is aimed to monitor and evaluate the implementation of the legislation that seeks to protect and promote the rights of children.

5. Uweso Consulting: Techno Girl.

a. The purpose of the MoU is to create the basis for collaboration to coordinate and facilitate placements of girl learners in mentorship programmes through job shadowing; and to develop more effective strategies to lobby mentorship partners to secure internships and full time employment for the learners who participated in the programme.

6. National Development Agency

a. The purpose of the MoU is to collaborate on specific areas of interest inter alia; providing support on implementation of the Techno-Girl Programme; and the Early Childhood Programme.

7. South African Police Services

8.1 The purpose of the MoU is to collaborate on specific areas of interest, including co-ordinating the implementation of the 365-Days-Plan-of-Action, to stop violence against women and children, through the establishment of a National Council against Gender Based Violence.

8. The Mvula Trust

9.1 The purpose of this MoU is to establish a collaborative relationship between the DCWPD and The Mvula Trust relating to the promotion and implementation of construction, Environmental, water, waste, sanitation and agricultural projects and programmes. The implementation of projects and programmes involves DCWPD and The Mvula Trust members, Women in Agriculture and Rural Development, Youth, community members, leaders in community and non-governmental organisations.

Reply received: September 2013

QUESTION 2244

FOR WRITTEN REPLY:

Mrs H Lamoela (DA) to ask the Minister of Women, Children and People with Disabilities: Question No. 28 of 2010 – 23 August 2013

(1) How many allocated positions are there in (a) her department and (b) each programme of her department;

(2) (a) which positions are currently vacant, (b) how long has each specified position been vacant and (c) when will it be filled;

(3) What amount of her department's 2013-14 budget is being spent on staff salaries in (a) total and (b) each programme of her department? NW2663E

REPLY:

(1)(a) 197.

(1)(b) Programme 1- 142;

Programme 2- 22;

Programme 3- 15;

Programme 4- 18.

(2)(a) 83 vacancies (26 funded vacancies; 57 unfunded vacancies). See attached annexure.

(2)(b) See attached annexure regarding funded vacancies.

(2)(c) See attached annexure regarding funded vacancies.

(3)(a) R 79 691 112.

(3)(b) Programme 1- R 57 709 402;

Programme 2- R 8 868 476;

Programme 3- R 5 043 692;

Programme 4- R 8 069 542.

Reply received: November 2013

QUESTION NO 2243

DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 23 AUGUST 2013

(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 28-2013)

Date reply submitted: November 2013

Mrs H Lamoela (DA) to ask the Minister of Women, Children and People with Disabilities:

(a) With which government departments has her department signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU), (b) when was each MOU signed, (c) what are the outcomes of each MOU and (d) what has her department done in each case to achieve the outcomes of each MOU?

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Reply:

From July 2011 to date the department of Women, Children and People with Disabilities signed MoU's with the following Departments:

1. Department of Health

2. Office of the Premier: Northern Cape

3. Department of Rural Development and Land Reform

4. Statistics South Africa

5. South African Police Services

6. Mvula Trust

7. National Development Agency

Department of Health (DOH)

The DWCPD entered into an MoU with the DOH to:

(i) Collaborate on maternal and child health programmes.

(ii) Support HIV and AIDS programmes (including prevention of mother to child transmission).

(iii) Participate in SANAC.

(iv) Collaborate with the DOH on UN reports on the UNCRC, UNCRPD, CEDAW and CSW reports

· Access to assistive devices such as wheelchairs and hearing aids has improved; and

· Strengthening access to eye care services and prevention of blindness.

Northern Cape: Office of the Premier

· The Northern Cape Province has made a good beginning with the establishment of baseline data for the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, as per their 2012 submission for the Baseline Country Report. It was the only province to have included district-based data in their baseline report. The province is now working on an integrated programme of action to improve service delivery to persons with disabilities

(d) DWCPD's contribution towards outcomes:

· The DWCPD launched the 16 Days Activism campaign on the 25^th of November 2012 in the Northern Cape Province.

· The DWCPD launched the first Orange Day campaign, a campaign to eradicate violence against women, in the Northern Cape Province.

· The DWCPD launched the sanitary dignity campaign for girls in the Northern Cape Province.

· DWCPD visited homes for abused women and children in the province.

· The Ministry met with the Provincial Executive Council, HODs as well as Executive Mayors and Municipal Managers across the provinces to provide guidance on the national disability rights agenda priorities, unlocking bottlenecks and accelerating barrier-free service delivery.

· The Department co-hosted the launch of the 2013 National Disability Rights Awareness Month with the Northern Cape Provincial Government in November 3, 2013.

Department of Rural Development and Land Reform

The DWCPD entered into an agreement with the DRDLR to among others:

· Engender all policies, programmes and procedures of the department;

· Ensure that policies and budgets on land reform and rural development are responsive to the rights of women, children and people with disabilities.

· Ensure a 50% women ownership and a minimum of 4% ownership by people with disabilities of the 411 recapitalized farms.

· The DWCPD in partnership with DRDLR hosted the international rural women's day in the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu Natal provinces.

· The DRDLR employment equity performance for persons with disabilities improved from 1.64% in December 2011 to 1.8% in December 2012, still significantly below the agreed upon 2%.

(d) DWCPD's contribution towards outcomes:

· The DWCPD has assisted women in the agricultural sector to set up agricultural projects in provinces.

· The DWCPD has also signed an MoU with The Mvula Trust to support women projects through skills transfer and coordination of skills training.

Statistics South Africa (STATS SA)

The DWCPD entered into an MoU with STATS SA to facilitate the establishment of sex disaggregated data on women, children and people with disabilities.

(d) DWCPD's contribution towards outcomes:

· The DWCPD had meetings with STATS SA to facilitate the establishment of sex disaggregated data on women, children and people with disabilities.

The South African Police Services (SAPS)

The DWCPD entered into an MoU with SAPS to amongst others:

SAPS is playing a leading role in the National Council Against Gender Based Violence

Participate in the campaign and ensure the implementation of the 365 days National Action Plan for no Violence against Women and Children;

Intensify efforts to combat crimes against women, children and people with disabilities, including capacitating members of the SAPS to effectively implement the Domestic Violence Act, the Sexual Offences Act and other relevant legislation;

· Ongoing support on follow-up to GBV cases across the country; as well as partnership in campaigns (women's day, 16 Days and the Diepsloot) project planning and implementation of the safety and security of women and children,

Participation in the Orange Day campaign against gender based violence on the 25^th of every month.
The DWCPD in partnership with SAPS visited the homes for abused women and children and police stations in the Northern Cape Province.
Actively participate in the 16 Days Activism Campaign Against Gender Based Violence and the 365 Days National Action Plan.

The Mvula Trust

The DWCPD entered into an MOU with Mvula Trust to:

· collaborative on the promotion and implementation of construction, Environmental, water, waste, sanitation and agricultural projects and programmes to empower women. The implementation of projects and programmes involves DCWPD and The Mvula Trust members, Women in Agriculture and Rural Development, Youth, community members, leaders in community and non-governmental organisations.

National Development Agency (NDA)

The DWCPD entered into an MoU with the NDA to:

· collaborate on specific areas of interest inter alia; providing support on implementation of the Techno-Girl Programme; and the Early Childhood Programme.

Reply received: September 2013

QUESTION 2150

FOR WRITTEN REPLY: QUES NO 27 OF 2013 – 15 AUGUST 2013

Ms E More (DA) to ask the Minister of Women, Children and People with Disabilities: National Assembly – August 2013

(1) Whether any staff member in her department (a) performed work in addition to the responsibilities related to his or her work, outside normal working hours, in the (i) 2008-09, (ii) 2009-10, (iii) 2010-11, (iv) 2011-12 and (v) 2012-13 financial years and (b) has been performing such work during the period 1 April 2013 up to the latest specified date for which information is available; if not, how is it determined whether such work is being performed or not; if so, in each case, (aa) how many staff members and (bb) in what job or work categories are the specified staff members employed;

(2) whether approval for such work was obtained in each case; if not, what are the relevant details; if so, (a) what is the policy of her department in this regard, (b) by whom are such applications considered and approved, (c) how many contraventions of this policy were brought to the attention of her department in the (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12 and (iii) 2012-13 financial years and (d) what steps have been taken against transgressors?

REPLY:

(1) (a)(i) 2008-09 None,

(ii) 2009-10 None,

(iii) 2010-11 None,

(iv) 2011-12 two SMS members were found to be remunerated for work outside normal working hours,

(v) 2012-13 None,

(b) It was indicated in the 2011-12 Audit Management letter that two employees received remuneration outside normal working hours. Both employees are not in the Department any more since July 2012 and 31 January 2013,

(aa) Two employees (bb) Chief Financial Officer and Director: Intersectoral and International Relations.

(2) There were no applications received to request for remunerated work outside normal working hours.

(a) Communiqué provides that employees may not undertake remunerative work outside their employment without prior approval. Appropriate steps, including but limited to the institution of disciplinary action, shall be taken against any employee found to be performing remunerative work outside the civil service if authorization therefore has not been granted,

(b) Applications are considered and approved by delegated authorities in terms of the departmental delegation,

(d) the CFO resigned before action could be taken and the Director's services were terminated.

Reply received: September 2013

QUESTION 2117

FOR WRITTEN REPLY: Mr M Mnqasela (DA): QUES NO 27 OF 2013 -15 AUGUST 2013

(a) Does her department prepare quarterly interim financial statements and (b) are these statements considered by the Audit Committee

REPLY:

Yes, the department prepares the interim quarterly financial statements and threes are considered by the audit Committee at its quarterly meetings

Reply received: November 2013

QUESTION NO 1930

DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 02 AUGUST 2013

(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 24-2013)

Date reply submitted: 4 November 2013

1930. Mrs M Wenger (DA) to ask the Minister of Women, Children and People with Disabilities:

What was the (A) make, (b) model, (c) year, (d) purpose (e) date and /or dates, (f) financial cost and (g) sum total of kilometers driven in respect of each vehicle hired for use by (i) her and (ii) the Deputy Minister since 1 January 2012 NW2279E

REPLY:

MINISTER L XINGWANA

(i) (a) – (g) see the link http://www.pmg.org.za/rnw1930-131108annex

Reply received: September 2013

QUESTION 1845

Mr A C Steyn (DA) to ask the Minister of Women, Children and

People with Disabilities:

(1) How many consultants has / her department contracted and /or appointed (a) in the (i)2009 -10, (ii) 2011-12 and (iii) 2011-2012 (iv) 2012-13 financial years and (b) since 1 April 2013

(2) How many consulted constructed and / or appointed by her department (a) in the and /or appointed (a) in the (i) 2009 -10, (ii) 2011-12 and (iii) 2011-2012 (iv) 2012-13 financial years and (b) since 1 April 2013

REPLY:

1.(a) (i) 2009/10 - None

(ii) 2010/11 - One (1)

(iii) 2011/12 - Five (5)

(iv) 2013/13 - Five (5)

(b) April 2013 to date – Two (2)

1. (a) (i) 2009/10 - None

(ii) 2010/11 - None

(iii) 2011/12 -None

(iv) 2012/13 - None

Reply received: October 2013

QUESTION 1810

Mr G G Boinamo (DA) to ask the Minister of Women, Children and

People with Disabilities:

What (a) building under the administration of (i) her department and (ii) entities reporting to her national key points and (b) criteria were used to classify them as such?

REPLY:

None

Reply received: October 2013

QUESTION 1778

Mr GG Boinamo (DA) to ask the Minister of Women, Children and People with Disabilities:

What was the (a) make, (b) model, (c) year, (d) purchase price of each vehicle that was bought for official purposes for use by (i) her and (ii) the Deputy Minister since 1 January 2012?

REPLY:

Minister

Make

Model

Year

Purpose

Purchase price

Land

Rover

Range Rover

2009

Ministerial duties

R814, 850.01

Merc Benz

S-350

2012

Ministerial duties

R985, 599.00

Deputy Minister

Make	Model	Year	Purpose	Purchase price
Chrysler	300C,V-6	2009	Ministerial duties	R460, 471.00
Chrysler	300C, V-6	2010	Ministerial duties	R566, 205.00

Reply received: August 2013

QUESTION 1649

Mrs B C Diemu (Cope) to ask the Minister of Women, Children and People with Disabilities:

1. With reference to her department receipts (details furnished) what are the reasons for her department to pay (a) parking fees and (b) commission on insurance for garnishee?

REPLY:

Parking fees paid by the department are incidental costs for officials when travelling for example between Cape Town and Pretoria, or airports as part of travel and subsistence.

The department does not pay commission on insurance for garnishee; the commission is received on garnishee that the department is deducting from officials on behalf of third parties. The item is revenue to the department instead of expenditure.

Reply received: October 2013

QUESTION 1434

Mr G G Hill-Lewis (DA) to ask the Minister of Women, Children and

People with Disabilities:

1. What amount did her department spend on (a) promotional items and (b) cocktail receptions on the occasion of her 2013 Budget Vote debate?

REPLY:

1.(a) None

(b) No amount was spent by the department because costs were covered by

sponsors.

Reply received: September 2013

QUESTION 1402

Mrs H Lamoela (DA) to ask the Minister of Women, Children and

People with Disabilities:

(a) How many temporary staff members were employed by her department in the 2012-13 financial year, (b) in which departments were they employed, (c) for what length of time and (d) what amount was spent on temporary staff salaries (i) per person and (ii) in total? NW1744E

REPLY:

(a) 12 temporary staff

(b) 3 Human Resources

2 Information Technology

2 Internal Audit

2 Financial Management

3 Supply Chain Management

(d) (i) R 6924.01 per Person

(ii) R 83 088.12

Reply received: September 2013

QUESTION 1342

Dr S M van Dyk (DA) to ask the Minister of Women, Children and People with Disabilities:

(1) Whether (a) she, (b) her deputy minister, (c) any specified officials and (d) any other persons have been issued with a government or official credit card (i) in the (aa) 2011-12 and (bb) 2012-13 financial years and (ii) since 1 April 2013; if so, in each instance, what is the (aaa)(aaaa) name and (bbbb) job title of each person to whom a credit card was issued, (bbb) credit limit, (ccc) outstanding amount as at the latest specified date for which information is available, (ddd) monthly expenses incurred for each month since receiving the credit card, (eee) reason for such a person being issued with a credit card and (fff) uses that such a credit card is intended for;

(2) Whether the credit limit of any specified credit card was exceeded at any time since it was issued; if so, (a) whosee credit cards are over the limit and (b) what is the reason for the credit card exceeding the limit?

REPLY: 1 (a)(i)(aa) - Minister L Xingwana

(bb) – Minister L Xingwana

(ii) Minister L Xingwana

(b)(i) (aa) – Deputy Minister H Bogopane Zulu

(bb) – Deputy Minister H Bogopane Zulu

(ii) Deputy minister H Bogopane Zulu

(d) None

(aaa) Lulama Xingwana

Henrietta Bogopane Zulu

(bbbb) Minister

Deputy Minister

(bbb) R40 000

(ccc) R11147.10

(ddd) Minister L Xingwana

2011/2012	2012/2013	2013/2014
August 2011 – R9280.68	April 2012 - R4779.00	April 2013 – R9194.60
November 2012 – R 5949.60	May 2012 - R536.00	May 2013 – R7090.60
October 2012 – R3358.26	June 2012 - R4175.50
January 2012 – R 3730.00	July 2012 - R195.75
February 2012 – R1221.55	August 2012 - R2033.52
	September 2012 - R1908.00
	October 2012 – R3358.26
	November 2012 – R13164.55
	December 2012 – R2588.00
	January 2013 – R 1628.00
	February 2013 - R4480.15
	March 2013 – R12237.38

(ddd) Deputy Minister H Bogopane Zulu

2012/2013	2013/2014
April 2012 - R2579.40	April 2013 – R8251.30
May 2012 - R756.30	May 2013 – R11147.10
June 2012 - R 9030.70
July 2012 - R 10535.30
August 2012 - R2212.96
September 2012 - R7022.62
October 2012 – R4760.87
November 2012 – R 9451.30
December 2012 – R5915.79
January 2013 – R 2524.64
February 2013 - R3976.82
March 2013 – R10484.84

(eee) Political office Bearer

(fff) Official Purpose

1. (a) None

(b) None

Reply received: September 2013

QUESTION 1245

Ms E More (DA) to ask the Minister of Women, Children and

People with Disabilities:

1. What amount has her department spent on (a) catering and (b) entertainment in the (i) 2012-13 financial year and (ii) since 1 April 2013?

REPLY: 1. (a) (i) 2012/2013: The amount spent was R 2, 119 817.91

(ii) Since 1 April 2013: The amount spent is on catering is

R 98, 567.00

(b) (i) 2012/2013: The amount spent on entertainment was

R194 139.05

(ii) Since 1 April 2013: The amount spent on entertainment was

R63 096.50

Reply received: September 2013

QUESTION 1142

Mrs H Lamoela (DA) to ask the Minister of Women, Children and

People with Disabilities:

(a) What total amount has (i) her department and (ii) each specified entity reporting to her spent on conferences in the (aa) 2009-10, (bb) 2010-11, (cc) 2011-12 and (dd) 2012-13 financial years and (b) what (i) amount was spent on, and (ii) is the breakdown of the expenditure for, each specified conference?

REPLY:

The Department held the National Women's Conference attended by 1 500 women during the 2011/12 financial year in Birchwood hotel, Gauteng and the breakdown of the expenditure is as follows:

ITEM	EXPENDITURE AMOUNT
Gifts and promotional items (bags)	R399 000.00
Sing language, Interpreters	R31 783.20
Conference package	R2 786 400
Accommodation (Premier OR Tambo)	R77 725.00
Air travel	R11 597.00
GRAND TOTAL	R3 306 506

Reply received: September 2013

QUESTION 1110 OF 2013

Mrs P C Duncan (DA) to ask the Minister of Women, Children and People with Disabilities:

(1) What total amounts has (a) her department and (b) each specified entity reporting to her spent on (i) print and (ii) broadcast advertising in the (aa) 2009-10, (bb) 2010-11, (cc) 2011-12 and (dd) 2012-13 financial years;

(2) in each case, (a)(i) by which radio or television station were the advertisements broadcast and (ii) in which newspapers were the advertisements published in the (aa) 2009-10, (bb) 2010-11, (cc) 2011-12 and (dd) 2012-13 financial years and (b) at what cost in each specified case?

REPLY: 1(a)(i) Print advertising

(aa) – 2009/10: None

(bb) – 2010/11: None

(cc) – 2011/12: None

(dd) – 2012/13: R292 531.91

1(a)(ii) Broadcast advertising

(aa) – 2009/10: None

(bb) – 2010/11: None

(cc) – 2011/12: R1 544 344.60

(dd) – 2012/13: None

1 (b) The Department does not have an entity reporting to it.

2 (a) (i) Radio or television station where advertisement were broadcast:

(aa) – 2009/10: None

(bb) – 2010/11: None

(cc) – 2011/12: SABC

(dd) – 2012/13: None

2 (a)(ii) Newspaper advertisement

(aa) – 2009/10: None

(bb) – 2010/11: None

(cc) – 2011/12: None

(dd) – 2012/13: See below:

Star Newspaper – R 11 020.88

Sowetan Newspaper – R 9 767.52

Sunday Times – R 25 666.96

Sunday Times – R 29 832.59

City Press – R 26 881.20

Government Printers – R 9 161.56

City Press – R 73 683.90

Blue Dot Communications – R 59 859.26

Ulutsha Communications – R 76 608.00

Total – R292 531.91

2 (b) – 2009/10: None

2010/11: None

2011/12: SABC: R1 544 344.60

Reply received: May 2013

QUESTION 988

RESPONSES TO PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS NO. 15 OF 2013 – DEPARTMENT OF WOMEN, CHILDREN AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES: 10 MAY 2013

Mr T D Lee (DA) to ask the Minister of Women, Children and People with Disabilities:

(1) Since 1 January 2011, how many applications under the Promotion of Access to Information Act, Act 2 of 2000, were received by (a) her department and (b) entities reporting to her, and in each case, how many were (i) granted, (ii) refused and (iii) deemed refused under section 27;

(2) Since 1 January 2011, how many internal appeals under the Act were received by (a) her department and (b) entities reporting to her, and in each case, how many were (i) granted, (ii) refused and (iii) deemed refused under section 77(7);

(3) Who is the information officer for (a) her department and (b) each entity

reporting to her, and in each case, what are the contact details of the officer?

REPLY:

(1) (a) 4 requests were made;

(b) Not applicable;

(i) 3 were granted;

(ii) 1 was refused;

(iii) none deemed refused under section 27

(2) The Department never received internal appeals under the Act.

(3) The Director-General is the Information Officer in terms of

Section 1(a) (ii).

Reply received: May 2013

QUESTION 909

Mrs Mrs B C Diemu (Cope) to ask the Minister of Women, Children and People with Disabilities:

1) Whether she has been informed of the working conditions of her department's staff in the Union Buildings; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so,

(2) What steps has she taken to improve the working conditions in her department?

REPLY

(1) No, such an issue has never arisen hence the basis of the question is not understood;

(2) It is difficult to respond to that question without the context of what conditions the member is referring to.

Reply received: May 2013

QUESTION 703
Ms C K K Mosimane (Cope) to ask the Minister of Women, Children and People with Disabilities:

(1) In compliance with the country and global obligation to people with disabilities, (a) how far and (b) how beneficial is the Integrated National Disability Strategy for all institutions in South Africa, (c) what difficulties confront people with disabilities to access training and skills development and (d) what has she found to be the best ways to overcome these difficulties, if any;

(2) Whether there is a plan of action to improve on the successes to date; if not, why not?

REPLY:

1(a) (b) The White Paper on an Integrated National Disability Strategy (INDS) was released in 1997 to provide guidance to government departments and institutions on the mainstreaming of disability considerations across all three spheres of government during the post 1994 legislative and policy reform processes.

The United Nations disability rights source documents, the UN Standard Rules on the Equalisation of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities and the World Programme of Action Concerning Persons with Disabilities were used as baseline documents during the development of the INDS.

As the Honourable Member knows, South Africa ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in 2007. This requires a review of all legislation and policies against the obligations contained in the CRPD, including a review of the INDS.

The Baseline Country Report on the implementation of the CRPD has just been finalised and is in the process of being deposited with the United Nations. The compilation of this Report has highlighted the priority areas of policy and legislative reform required, as well as provided the country with baseline information on how far the country has come with implementation of the CRPD. The baseline indicates that government has succeeded in mainstreaming disability considerations across sectoral legislation and policies, but falls short on implementation and translation of these laws and policies into practice, as well as on enforcement of existing legislation such as the National Building Regulations.

The Department will accelerate the process of finalising the National Disability Policy and Implementation Guidelines through an in-depth Regulatory Impact Assessment in 2013/14, which will in effect domesticate the CRPD and update the INDS.

1(c) Equal access by people with disabilities to training and skills development remains a challenge, although there has been a gradual improvement over the past few years. The Baseline Country Report indicates that attitudinal barriers remain the major obstacle, followed by barriers to access to built environment, the unavailability of accessible public transport as well as lack of reasonable accommodation measures linked to training and skills development programmes.

1(d) The Baseline Report highlights examples of good practice such as, among others, innovations by the Athena Private FET College, the South African Disability Development Trust, the Medunsa Organisation for Disabled Entrepreneurs, as well as National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS), in providing access to higher education and training and skills development opportunities for people with disabilities. These models focus on removing
attitudinal barriers and putting in place reasonable accommodation support measures to ensure that people with disabilities have equal access.

The Department, as part of its core business, provide institutional support to promote mainstreaming of disability considerations. Some of the activities currently being implemented, include, among others:

▪ An Executive Roadshow under the leadership of Deputy Minister Bogopane-Zulu to all institutions of higher and further education and training to engage on accessibility of young people with disabilities and reasonable accommodation support measures required in these institutions;
▪ Sharing of good practice such as the ones illustrated above through the Disability Rights Mailing List, as well as promoting shared learning by stakeholders implementing similar projects;
▪ An extensive capacity development project for disabled people's organizations (DPOs) as well as government institutions will be rolled out in partnership with United Nations Agencies this year. Exposure to good practice will form a cornerstone of this initiative.
▪ The finalization and roll-out of disability rights indicators across the government-wide planning and monitoring system, and the development of a National Disability Rights Programme of Action for the period 2014-2019, which will also contain agreed upon targets and monitoring of disability-responsive budgeting, will accelerate progress in the medium term.

Reply received: May 2013

QUESTION 702
Ms C K K Mosimane (Cope) to ask the Minister of Women, Children and People with Disabilities:

(1) Whether there is a building compliance readiness report or register which indicates to what degree current state-owned facilities are disabled friendly;

(2) Whether sufficient systems are in place to (a) secure such data and (b) ensure the ability to exit these facilities; if not, why not?

REPLY:

(1) (2) Management of state-owned and leased buildings falls within the mandate of the Department of Public Works. The Honourable Member is as such advised to re-direct the question to the Minister of Public Works.

Reply received: May 2013

QUESTION 656
Adv LH Max (DA) to ask the Minister of Women, Children and People with Disabilities:

(1) How many claims were instituted against her department (a) in the (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11 and (iii) 2011-12 financial years and (b) during the period 1 April 2012 up to the latest specified date for which information is available;

(2) in respect of each specified financial year, (a) what amount was claimed, (b) how many claims were (i) finalized in court , (ii) out of court and (iii) are still outstanding and (c) what amount has been paid to each plaintiff in court case that was (i) finalized in court and (ii)( settled out of court?

REPLY:

The following claims were initiated against the department:

(1)

(a)

(i) 2009-10: None
(ii) 2010-11 : None
(iii) 2011-12: One (1)

(2)

(a) R351 000

(b)
(i) One (1)
(ii) None
(iii) None

(c)

(i) R351 000
(ii) None

Reply received: May 2013

QUESTION 444

The Leader of the Opposition (DA) to ask the Minister of Women, Children and People with Disabilities:

(1) Whether the national Council Against gender based violence has met this year; if not, why not; if so,

(2) Has the Council proposed any measures to deal with the sexual violence perpetrated against women and children in the past 8 months?

REPLY:

[1] Yes

[2] The Council has proposed the following measures and priorities to address sexual violence perpetrated against women and children for the period May to December 2013

· Identify and analyse hot spot areas nationally;

· Embark on robust campaigns across the country, involving government, civil society organisations and communities in educational and awareness programmes;

· Coordinate a National Plan of Action (NPoA) to gender based violence fight with the following pillars:

§ Co-ordination and communication

§ Prevention – monitor and coordinate reports

§ Policy and legislation – appraisal

§ Research

§ Support

§ Response – facilitate the assessment of the state of care and support towards enhancement of interventions

Reply received: May 2013

QUESTION 338

Mrs DM Ramodibe (ANC) to ask the Minister of Women, Children and

People with Disabilities:

How does she ensure that departments provide the information required by her department on time to enable it to fulfil its mandate?

REPLY:

This is an ongoing challenge and the Department has engaged heads of departments and bought this to the attention of the Forum of South African Directors-General (FOSAD) and Cabinet. We believe this will assist in improving the response rate from departments.

We also hope that the WEGE bill, once it is passed by Parliament will assist a great deal in the enforcement of the mandate of the DWCPD and enabling efficient collation of information and data in order to ensure that women empowerment and gender equality is better enhanced.

Reply received: May 2013

QUESTION 219
Mrs H Lamoela (DA) to ask the Minister of Women, Children and People with Disabilities:

Whether (a) she and (b) her department received any private donations (i) in the (aa) 2009-10, (bb) 2010-11 and (cc) 2011-12 financial years and (ii) since 1 April 2012 up to the latest specified date for which information is available; if so, in each case, (aaa) from whom, (bbb) what amount and (ccc) how were the funds allocated?

REPLY:

The department received five (5) donations in kind during the 2011-12 financial year from:

UNICEF - R 36 000 -Social Policy, review of National Programme of Action
UNICEF - R210 000 - Social Policy, Writing of Combined Periodic State Report on
CRC
UNICEF - R159 000 - Social policy, Monitoring and Evaluation Framework
UNICEF - R383 000 - Child Protection, Support of Inter-sectoral Policy Dialogue
JlCA - R660 000 -Assistance with National Disability Summit
TOTAL – R1 448 000

This information was disclosed in the Annual Financial Statements of the department for 2011/12 Financial Year.

Reply received: August 2013

QUESTION 162

Mr Mnqasela (DA) to ask the Minister of Women, Children and

People with Disabilities:

(1) How many legal matters were dealt with by her department (a) in the (i)

2009-10, (ii) 2010-11 and (iii) 2011-12 financial years and (b) during the period 1 April 2012 up to the latest specified date for which information is available;

(2) (a) how many of the specified legal matters were dealt with by (i) the

State Attorney and (ii) private attorneys during the specified periods and (b) what are the reasons why her department was not represented by the State Attorney in each specified case;

(3) What total amounts were paid by her department to (a) the State Attorney and (b) private attorneys during the specified periods? NW168E

REPLY:

1. Dismissal of Adv. Nomazotsho Memani-Baleni

Adv Memani- Baleni special advisor to the former Minister Noluthando Mayende Sibiya was dismissed. She referred the matter to the Bargaining Council for conciliation. Conciliation failed and the matter was referred to Arbitration. The Arbitrator ruled in favour of the department of Women, Children and People with Disabilities. Adv Memani-Baleni proposed a settlement i.e payment of her legal costs and 4 months' salary by the department.

The Office of the State Attorney represented the department in the matter and the legal costs were R113 456 53.

2. Kabini v Paxton Cerva Properties, Barend Vand Erkom Fonds and the Minister of Women, Children and People with Disabilities.

In this case, the Department of Women, Children and People with Disabilities was cited as a respondent by Mr Kabini for the interest it may have in this matter and no substantial relief was sought against it (Mr Kabini is a person living with a disability).

The matter is pending in the North Gauteng High Court, Pretoria and no amount has been claimed from the department.

Reply received: May 2013

QUESTION 129

Mr S Mokgalapa (DA) to ask the Minister of Women, Children and

People with Disabilities:

(1) Whether (a) her department and (b) any entities reporting to her paid any bonuses to senior officials in December 2012; if so, in each specified case, (i) to whom and (ii) what amount was paid;

(2) Whether the specified bonuses were performance-based; if not, what is the justification for each bonus; if so, in each case, from which budget were the performance bonuses paid;

(3) Whether, in each case, (a) a performance agreement was signed with the official and (b) regular performance assessments were conducted; if not, why not, in each case; if so, what are the relevant details in each case?

REPLY:

(1) No

(2) Not applicable;

(3) Not applicable.

Reply received: May 2013

QUESTION 96

Dr J C Kloppers-Lourens (DA) to ask the Minister of Women, Children and People with Disabilities:

(a) How many tickets did (i) her department and (ii) any of its entities purchase to attend business breakfasts hosted by a certain newspaper (name furnished) (aa) in the (aaa) 2010-11 and (bbb) 2011-12 financial years and (bb) during the period 1 April 2012 up to the latest specified date for which information is available and (b) what was the total cost in each case?

REPLY:

None.

2013-05-15

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