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2015-03-12
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Reply received: April 2015
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION NO 1468
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 17 APRIL 2015
Mr Y Cassim (DA) to ask the Minister of Economic Development:
(a) How many invoices from private contractors to his department currently remain unpaid for longer than 30 days and (b) in each case, what (i) are the details of the (aa) contractor and (bb) services provided and (ii) what is the (aa) date of the invoice and (bb) reason why the invoice was not paid within 30 days? NW1681E
(a) None
(b) Not applicable
Reply received: May 2015
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION NO 1432
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 17 APRIL 2015
Mr A M Figlan (DA) to ask the Minister of Economic Development:
Does his department have a Regulatory Burden Reduction strategy in place; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details of the strategy? NW1645E
REPLY
The department is an active member of the national steering committee on the Regulatory/ Red Tape Reduction which the Department of Trade and Industry chairs.
EDD’s work on regulatory Reduction is also represented in two pilot projects:
- Red Tape Reduction in Metropolitan Municipalities using the Department of Trade and Industry Red Tape Reduction Guidelines
- Utilising the Socio-Economic Impact Assessment System (SEIAS), the department is also working with Metropolitan Municipalities to assess the socio-economic impacts of their economic by-laws.
Reply received: May 2015
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION NO 1397
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 17 APRIL 2015
Mr T Z Hadebe (DA) to ask the Minister of Economic Development:
(a) What number of (i) financial, (ii) forensic and/or (iii) other investigations that were commissioned by his department have been completed since 1 April 2013 and (b) in each case, what are the relevant details on the (i) investigation including a synopsis of the facts and findings of each case, (ii) persons or third parties responsible for each investigation, (iii) total cost to date of each investigation and (iv) appropriate steps taken against officials and third parties implicated of wrongdoing in the findings of the investigations? NW1610E
REPLY
- One investigation with financial/forensic elements was instituted and three grievances were investigated.
- (1)(i) An external investigation team was engaged to investigate a series of allegations by and against employees of the Competition Commission, relating to corporate governance and management issues and conflict among staff and with the Commissioner.
- Webber Wentzel Attorneys as well as an Advocate and other technical support
- R1 861 009.50
- The Commissioner resigned and the investigation was concluded.
(b)(2) (i) Three investigations were conducted in respect of Public Service Coordinating bargaining Council (PSCBC), Resolution 14 of 2001, Grievance Rules (b). All three are work-related grievances.
- A senior official outside the department was appointed as an investigator.
- No costs incurred.
- The outcome either required internal remedies and were not regarded as
warranting formal disciplinary steps or were found to be unproven.
Reply received: April 2015
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION NO 1168
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 27 MARCH 2015
Ms P T van Damme (DA) to ask the Minister of Economic Development:
(a) How many sick leave days were taken by employees of his department in the 2013-14 financial year and (b) what was the total cost thereof in rand? NW1369E
Details on the use of sick leave are contained on page 90 of the 2013/14 annual report.
Reply received: April 2015
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION NO 1134
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 27 MARCH 2015
Dr A Lotriet (DA) to ask the Minister of Economic Development:
(a) What amount did (i) his department and (ii) state entities reporting to him spend on each newspaper subscription in each month (aa) in the (aaa) 2011-12, (bbb) 2012-13 and (ccc) 2013-14 financial years and (bb) during the period 1 April 2014 up to the latest specified date for which information is available and (b) how many copies of each newspaper were ordered on each day of the week (i) in each specified financial year and (ii) during the period 1 April 2014 up to the latest specified date for which information is available? NW1299E
Information for the various agencies are set out in the following schedules. Information on the department is not available in the form required and a supplementary reply addressing this will be available in due course.
Industrial Development Corporation (IDC)
|
Cost of Newspapers Per Month (in Rands) |
||||||||
|
Newspaper |
2011/12 |
No of copies per week |
2012/13 |
No of copies per week |
2013/14 |
No of copies per week |
2014/15 |
No of copies per week |
|
Sowetan |
3 977.92 |
56 |
4 375.17 |
59 |
2 502.45 |
37 |
97.20 |
38 |
|
Business Day |
19 549.02 |
90 |
12 028.50 |
81 |
11 694.37 |
48 |
9 929.25 |
36 |
|
The Star |
11 750.37 |
101 |
6 931.05 |
91 |
4 941.30 |
44 |
4 123.43 |
31 |
|
New Age |
462.00 |
7 |
330.00 |
5 |
132.00 |
2 |
132.00 |
2 |
|
Volksblad |
72.04 |
1 |
67.00 |
1 |
151.51 |
1 |
161.29 |
1 |
|
Beeld |
1 614.42 |
17 |
2 028.92 |
17 |
1 755.35 |
19 |
414.66 |
2 |
|
Citizen |
576.00 |
9 |
576.00 |
9 |
467.16 |
2 |
174.00 |
2 |
|
Mail & Guardian |
4 595.34 |
62 |
4 455.77 |
56 |
4 427.04 |
50 |
4 313.72 |
29 |
|
Sunday Independent |
54.97 |
1 |
58.77 |
1 |
62.56 |
1 |
66.35 |
1 |
|
Saturday Star |
28.43 |
1 |
30.33 |
1 |
32.22 |
1 |
47.39 |
1 |
|
Sunday Times |
69.33 |
1 |
69.33 |
1 |
69.33 |
1 |
82.33 |
1 |
|
City Press |
44.35 |
1 |
78.82 |
1 |
49.31 |
1 |
54.97 |
1 |
|
Rapport |
40.51 |
1 |
60.66 |
1 |
64.99 |
1 |
69.32 |
1 |
|
Sunday World |
25.50 |
1 |
25.50 |
1 |
25.50 |
1 |
34.00 |
|
|
TOTAL |
42 860.20 |
|
31 115.82 |
|
26 375.09 |
|
19 699.91 |
|
Cost of all Newspapers Per Annum (in Rands)
|
Newspaper |
2011/12 |
2012/13 |
2013/14 |
2014/15 |
||
|
Sowetan |
47 735.08 |
52 502.14 |
30 029.40 |
1 166.40 |
||
|
Business Day |
234 588.28 |
144 342.00 |
140 332.50 |
119 151.00 |
||
|
The Star |
141 004.50 |
83 172.66 |
59 295.70 |
49 481.25 |
||
|
New Age |
5 544.00 |
3 960.00 |
1 584.00 |
1 584.00 |
||
|
Volksblad |
864.50 |
804.00 |
1 818.19 |
1 935.50 |
||
|
Beeld |
19 373.12 |
24 347.14 |
21 064.22 |
4 976.00 |
||
|
Citizen |
6 912.00 |
6 912.00 |
5 606.00 |
2 088.00 |
||
|
Mail & Guardian |
55 144.12 |
53 469.24 |
53 124.48 |
51 764.70 |
||
|
Sunday Independent |
659.75 |
705.25 |
750.75 |
796.25 |
||
|
Saturday Star |
341.25 |
364.00 |
386.75 |
568.75 |
||
|
Sunday Times |
831.96 |
831.96 |
832.00 |
988.00 |
||
|
City Press |
532.20 |
945.91 |
591.76 |
659.70 |
||
|
Rapport |
486.20 |
728.00 |
779.94 |
831.94 |
||
|
Sunday World |
306.00 |
306.00 |
306.00 |
408.00 |
||
|
TOTAL |
514 322.96 |
373 390.30 |
316 501.69 |
236 399.49 |
||
|
|
|
|
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Small Enterprise Finance Agency (sefa)
(a)(ii) (aa) sefa has no monthly only annual subscription as will be indicated below.
(aaa) Not applicable; sefa was only established from 1 April 2012.
(bbb) sefa spent the following amounts (in Rands) for the 2012-13; 2013-14 and 2015-15 financial years.
|
Newspaper |
2012/13 |
No of copies per week |
2013/14 |
No of copies per week |
2014/15 |
No of copies per week |
|
Sowetan |
675.45 |
10 |
900.60 |
25 |
- |
- |
|
Business Day |
1 797.63 |
40 |
631.42 |
45 |
3 219.00 |
5 |
|
The Star |
835.69 |
30 |
1 528.07 |
85 |
- |
- |
|
Mail & Guardian |
389.63 |
30 |
935.09 |
50 |
- |
- |
|
Daily Dispatch |
1 149.00 |
5 |
1 149.00 |
5 |
- |
- |
|
The Herald |
1 170.00 |
5 |
1 162.82 |
5 |
- |
- |
|
Mercury |
1 105.00 |
5 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Financial Mail |
695.77 |
30 |
935.09 |
15 |
- |
- |
|
Cape Times |
1 105.00 |
5 |
1 501.50 |
5 |
- |
- |
|
Daily Sun |
- |
- |
578.95 |
5 |
- |
- |
|
TOTAL |
|
|
|
|
3 219.00 |
|
Competition Tribunal
The table below reflects the Competition Tribunal’s total expenditure (in Rands) on newspaper subscriptions for the 2011-12, 2012-13 and 2013-14 financial years including the latest 2014-15 available data.
.
|
Newspapers |
2011/2012 |
2012/2013 |
2013/2014 |
2014/2015 |
|
|
Number of copies weekly |
|||
|
Business Day |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
|
Beeld |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Pretoria News |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Sowetan |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
The New Age |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Financial Mail |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
|
Mail & Guardian |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
The Star |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
TOTAL COST in Rands |
10 360.49 |
10 256.00 |
13 906.69 |
19 305.14 |
Competition Commission
The table below reflects the Competition Commission’s total expenditure (in Rands) on newspaper subscriptions for the 2011-12, 2012-13 and 2013-14 financial years including the latest 2014-15 available data.
|
Newspaper |
2011-2012 |
No of copies per day |
2012-2013 |
No of copies per day |
2013-2014 |
No of copies per day |
2014-2015 |
No of copies per day |
|
Sunday Times |
2 479.50 |
3 |
2 479.50 |
3 |
2 620.81 |
5.5 |
3 878.98 |
4 |
|
Sunday Independent |
704.99 |
1 |
704.99 |
1 |
788.28 |
1 |
780.00 |
1 |
|
Business day |
31 769.01 |
10 |
26 650.00 |
10 |
31 184.97 |
11 |
31 401.60 |
11 |
|
Star/ Star Morning edition |
6 961.50 |
4 |
11 397.00 |
5 |
7 621.25 |
5 |
6 565.99 |
4 |
|
Pretoria News |
11 329.50 |
3 |
10 237.00 |
9 |
10 851.00 |
4 |
4 209.40 |
3 |
|
Sowetan |
7 192.53 |
3 |
6 230.00 |
7 |
6 588.52 |
7 |
3 221.99 |
3 |
|
Financial Times |
4 930.50 |
1 |
4 930.50 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
|
Mail & Guardian |
8 981.52 |
9 |
7 080.00 |
8 |
7 963.21 |
8 |
13 871.52 |
10 |
|
City Press |
452.40 |
1 |
452.40 |
1 |
621.34 |
1 |
732.00 |
0 |
|
Times |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
493.38 |
1 |
|
Citizen |
760.00 |
1 |
760.00 |
1 |
913.50 |
1 |
- |
0 |
|
TOTAL in Rands |
75 561.45 |
|
70 921.39 |
|
69 152.88 |
|
65 154.86 |
|
International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (ITAC)
The table below reflects ITACs total expenditure on newspaper subscriptions (in Rands) for the 2011-12, 2012-13 and 2013-14 financial years including the latest 2014-15.
|
Newspapers |
2011/2012 |
2012/2013 |
2013/2014 |
2014/2015 |
|
Total Cost per month in Rands |
8 756.31 |
9 124.38 |
9 301.93 |
5 932.83 |
|
Total Cost per annum in Rands |
105 076.09 |
109 492.58 |
111 623.27 |
71 193.96 |
|
|
Number of copies per day |
|||
|
Business Day |
15 |
15 |
15 |
9 |
|
Engineering News |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Financial Mail |
14 |
14 |
14 |
2 |
|
Mail & Guardian |
12 |
12 |
12 |
4 |
|
Pretoria News |
7 |
7 |
7 |
4 |
|
The Economist |
4 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
|
Farmers Weekly |
3 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
|
The Star |
7 |
7 |
7 |
0 |
|
Beeld |
3 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
|
Financial Times |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
Sowetan |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
|
The New Age |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Reply received: April 2015
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION NO 1099
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 27 MARCH 2015
Mr E J Marais (DA) to ask the Minister of Economic Development:
What amount did (a) his department and (b) entities reporting to him spend on advertising in The New Age newspaper in the (i) 2011-12, (ii) 2012-13 and (iii) 2013-14 financial years? NW1264E
- The department spent the following amount of advertisements in the New Age Newspapers:
|
Year |
Amount |
Purpose of advertisement |
|
2011-12 |
R 0 |
|
|
2012-13 |
R 108 523.68 |
Recruitment |
|
2013-14 |
R 0 |
|
- Entities did not spend any amount on advertising in The New Age newspaper in the above mentioned financial years.
Reply received: March 2015
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION NO 910
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 20 MARCH 2015
Mr M H Redelinghuys (DA) to ask the Minister of Economic Development:
What amount was spent by (a) his department and (b) state entities reporting to him on (i) tickets and (ii) sponsorships on The New Age Breakfast Briefings for the last three financial years? NW1059E
REPLY
- & (b) Nil
Reply received: March 2015
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION NO 875
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 20 MARCH 2015
Mr A G Whitfield (DA) to ask the Minister of Economic Development:
- Whether his department or the entities reporting to him provides any type of sponsorships; if not, what is his department’s position in this regard; if so, (a) what are the details of each sponsorship, (b) what is the value of each sponsorship, (c) when were each of these sponsorship deals undertaken and (d) when will each of the sponsorship deals end;
(2) whether his department or any of the entities reporting to him intends to enter into any type of sponsorship deal or contract in the (a) 2015-16 and (b) 2016-17 financial years; if not, why not; if so, (i) with whom will each sponsorship deal or contract be made, (ii) what will the terms of each of the sponsorship deals or contracts be, (iii) when will each of the sponsorship deals or contracts (aa) commence and (bb) end and (iv) what is the value of each of the sponsorship deals or contracts? NW1024E
Economic Development Department (EDD)
- (a) & (b) (c) EDD only provided sponsorship/donation in May 2014 to Mitchells Plain Skills Centre (MPSC) for an amount of R60 000.00, the donation was for the partial funding of the launch of the centre.
- (a) (i) (ii) (iii) (aa) (bb) & (v) There are no plans at this stage in these years to enter into sponsorship deals or contracts.
Competition Commission, Competition Tribunal and International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa
- (a) & (b) (c) The Economic Regulatory Bodies do not provide and type of sponsorship of any kind.
(2) (a) (i) (ii) (iii) (aa) (bb) & (v) The Economic Regulatory Bodies do not intend to enter into any type of sponsorship deal in the 2015/16 and 2016/17 financial years
Industrial Development Corporation (IDC)
- (a) (b) & (c) see table below.
|
MONTH |
DATE |
YEAR |
VENUE |
SPONSORED EVENT |
BENEFITS FROM THE SPONSORSHIP |
COSTING |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
January |
27th |
2014 |
Bloemfontein |
Trade Investment Symposium Radio |
Symposium Live on Radio Metro Speaking, branding, IDC logo printed material, screens and website, radio interview |
150 945.00 |
|
January |
29th |
2014 |
Johannesburg |
Mail & Guardian Seminar /breakfast? |
Dinner ,panel discussion, IDC Logo on printed material, screens , attendance branding, gala dinner 10x guests |
300 000.00 |
|
February |
19th |
2014 |
Auditorium |
Frontier Advisory Conference |
Speaking opportunities, attendance, IDC logo on all printed material ,website |
10 000.00 |
|
March |
17th |
2014 |
Rustenburg |
Matlosa Business Week |
Conference ,Speaking, branding, IDC logo on all printed material , attendance |
50 000.00 |
|
March |
27th |
2014 |
Johannesburg |
Soweto Festival Golf |
Golf Day 1 x four ball banners, IDC logo on all printed material |
20 000.00 |
|
April |
15th |
2014 |
Auditorium |
Frontier Advisory 10x Session at R10,00 per session |
Conference – speaking opportunities, attendance of the conference, IDC logo on all printed material and website |
100 000.00 |
|
April |
26th |
2014 |
Ladysmith |
Ladysmith Chamber AGM Meeting |
Annual General Meeting - Sponsored catering, attendance |
3 631.58 |
|
April |
21st |
2014 |
Limpopo |
Limpopo Premier's Briefing |
Breakfast Briefing, Attendance IDC logo on all printed material, banners |
10 526.32 |
|
June |
5th |
2014 |
Johannesburg |
Black Management Forum Dinner |
Dinner 1 x table of 10 IDC logo on website, printed material and screens, banners |
20 000.00 |
|
June |
16th |
2014 |
Limpopo |
Capricorn Youth Conference |
Branding, speaking, IDC logo on all printed material , banners |
20 000.00 |
|
June |
16th |
2014 |
Mpumalanga |
Mpumalanga Development Stakeholder |
Sponsored catering for the conference/ light breakfast ,tea, lunch and afternoon tea for 200 delegates at R185 per person IDC logo on all printed material, banners |
37 000.00 |
|
June |
19th |
2014 |
Johannesburg |
Konki Inc. - SOC Integrated Report. Awards |
Awards Dinner – IDC sponsored one table, IDC logo on all printed material and banners |
20 000.00 |
|
August |
2nd |
2014 |
Johannesburg |
Fabulous Women Awards Dinner |
Speaking opportunities, attendance, IDC logo on all printed material and banners |
30 000.00 |
|
August |
6th |
2014 |
Bloemfontein |
UCBS Business – Youth Conference |
Exhibition, branding IDC logo on all printed material and banners |
11 000.00 |
|
August |
7th |
2014 |
Johannesburg |
AWCA Women of Substance |
Awards Dinner - Attendance, branding, IDC logo on al printed material , banners |
250 000.00 |
|
September |
19th |
2014 |
Corporate |
Inter Company Golf Challenge |
Sponsored a 1 x football. IDC logo on all printed material and banners |
55 000.00 |
|
September |
26th |
2014 |
Limpopo |
Polokwane Chamber of Biz Golf Day |
Golf Day 1 x four ball IDC logo on all printed material and banners |
50 000.00 |
|
October |
29-30 |
2014 |
Upington |
BRICS Summit |
Conference ,speaking, attendance, IDC logo on all printed material & Exhibition |
70 000.00 |
|
October |
28th |
2014 |
Johannesburg |
AABLA Awards All Africa Business Leader Awards |
Semi Finals Business Award – Speaking opportunities, attendance, IDC logo on all printed material, website and banners |
300 000.00 |
|
November |
7th |
2014 |
Port Elizabeth |
Nelson Mandela Bay Annual Banquet |
Gala Dinner, 1x table of 10, attendance, speaking branding and advertising A4 advert |
70 000.00 |
|
November |
6th |
2014 |
Mpumalanga |
8th Annual Subtrop Symposium |
Conference Agro Industries Speaking , attendance, IDC logo on all printed material and website |
17 000.00 |
|
November |
13th |
2014 |
Johannesburg |
Chartered Secretaries- Integrated Report Awards |
Attendance, branding of IDC |
10 830.00 |
|
November |
13th |
2014 |
Limpopo |
LEDA Golf Day |
Golf Day Attendance, 1 x 4 ball, branding |
5 000.00 |
|
November |
14th |
2014 |
Sandton Convenion Centre |
AABLA Finals All African Business Leaders Awards |
Business Awards Finals – Sponsored 8 x seats, branding, IDC logo on all printed material, website and banners |
100 000.00 |
|
November |
22nd |
2014 |
Nelspruit |
Izwelethu Charity Golf Day |
Golf Day 4 Ball, branding, prize giving dinner |
50 000.00 |
|
December |
5th |
2014 |
Bloemfontein |
NAFCOC Conference |
Speaking opportunities , IDC logo on all printed material , attendance |
35 000.00 |
|
December |
3rd 5th |
2014 |
Durban |
SADC/DFRC CEO Forum |
3 day Conference - Speaking, IDC logo on all printed material , attendance |
175 000.00 |
|
March |
20th |
2014 |
Kenya |
Hotel Investment Forum |
Conference for the Tourism SBUS, peaking opportunities, branding, attendance, IDC logo on all printed material as well as website |
200 000.00 |
|
April |
20th |
2014 |
Cape Town |
Southern Africa Attractions |
Conference for Tourism – Speaking opportunities, branding, attendance |
30 000.00 |
|
September |
14-16 |
2014 |
Johannesburg |
HICA- Hotel Investment Conference Africa |
Conference for Tourism - Attendance, speaking opportunities, IDC logo on all printed material |
45 000.00 |
|
March |
20th |
2014 |
Upington |
Abengoa Family Day |
Family Day for the Community, Speaking, branding, IDC logo on all printed material and attendance |
70 000.00 |
|
July |
23rd |
2014 |
Johannesburg |
SANEC - Ambassador Lunch |
Conference & Lunch – Speaking opportunities, attendance, IDC logo on all printed material |
25 000.00 |
|
November |
17-20 |
2014 |
Johannesburg |
NGV South Africa 2014 Conference |
Attendance, speaking opportunities, IDC logo on all printed material and website |
150 000.00 |
|
September |
16th-18th |
2014 |
Cape Town |
7th Innovation Summit |
Conference - Innovation Exhibition, attendance, IDC logo on all printed material and website |
125 000.00 |
|
November |
15th |
2014 |
Johannesburg |
Global Entrepreneurship Week Joburg (GEW) |
Youth Conference Attendance, speaking opportunities , IDC logo on all printed material |
100 000.00 |
|
November |
26th |
2014 |
Johannesburg |
IDF Managers |
Youth Conference – Speaking opportunities, branding, IDC logo on all printed material |
100 000.00 |
|
October |
13th-17th |
2014 |
Johannesburg |
Automotive Week |
Conference, & Exhibition - Attendance, IDC logo on all printed material and website. |
200 000.00 |
|
February |
17-20 |
2015 |
Cape Town |
Transport Localisation |
Conference Speaking attendance, IDC logo on all printed material and branding |
120 000.00 |
|
April |
6th |
2014 |
Cape Town |
At Source |
Conference on Local Sourcing Textiles Exhibition - IDC logo on all printed material, website, branding and attendance. |
250 000.00 |
|
September |
12th |
2014 |
China |
WEF China (CNBC)
|
Conference- Speaking, IDC logo on screens advertising, |
250 000.00 |
|
July |
20th |
2014 |
Durban |
DIFF -Durban Film Festival |
Conference – Speaking opportunities, branding attendance |
125 000.00 |
|
July |
|
2014 |
Johannesburg |
SAFTA Awards - NFVF |
Awards event - Media motion, handing over of award, speaking opportunities, branding and attendance |
150 000.00 |
|
July |
21st |
2014 |
Durban |
Wild Talk Africa |
Conference – Speaking opportunities, branding and attendance |
100 000.00 |
|
August |
13th-14 |
2014 |
Pretoria |
PMA Fresh (Agro Industries) |
Conference – Speaking opportunities, branding ,IDC logo on all printed material |
25 000.00 |
|
August |
22nd |
2014 |
North West Province |
DAFF- Female Entrepreneur Awards |
Awards Dinner – Speaking opportunities, branding, IDC logo on all printed material |
100 000.00 |
|
September |
28th |
2014 |
East London |
AEASA Annual Conference |
Conference - one page advert, IDC logo on al printed material, speaking |
50 000.00 |
|
November |
28th |
2014 |
Cape Town |
U Start Conference |
Conference – Venture Capital Speaking ,attendance, IDC logo on all printed material |
75 000.00 |
|
March |
17th |
2014 |
Johannesburg |
Meeting of the Minds |
Panel Discussion CNBS - branding, attendance IDC Logo on all printed material |
100 000.00 |
|
April |
28th |
2014 |
Pretoria |
Success Summit |
Youth Conference – Speaking opportunities, branding IDC logo on printed material |
50 000.00 |
|
July |
18-20th |
2014 |
Cape Town |
Entrepreneur Expo |
Youth Conference - Speaking, branding, IDC logo on all printed material |
20 000.00 |
|
November |
19-22nd |
2014 |
Cape Town |
Entrepreneurship Indaba |
Youth Conference - Attendance, speaking , IDC logo on all printed material |
20 000.00 |
|
October |
18th |
2014 |
Johannesburg |
Back To School |
Fund Raising Event in support of schools that IDC has adopted CSI Attendance, IDC logo on all printed material |
50 000.00 |
|
November |
1st |
2014 |
Cape Town |
Furniture Design Competition |
The dti ran a competition on furniture design with Universities & Colleges, IDC sponsored the three finalist prizes. IDC logo on all printed material, website, including attendance |
20000.00 |
|
March |
20th |
2014 |
Johannesburg |
Totally Concrete |
Conference & Exhibition – Speaking opportunities, branding, IDC logo on all printed material , attendance |
47 367.00 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
R4,568,299.90 |
- (a) (i) (ii) (iii) (aa) (bb) & (v) The IDC intends to continue with the sponsorships in the 2015/16 financial year. When we are presented with sponsorship opportunities, we assess them based on our sponsorship criteria which are aligned to achieve IDC’s business objectives.
Small Enterprise Finance Agency (sefa)
- (a) (b) & (c) see details below.
sefa is guided by the Sponsorships Policy which entails that the sponsorship will be focused on supporting SMME related events. The following are details of the events which the organisation has supported in the 2014/15 financial year.
|
No. |
Name of the organization |
Reason for sponsorship |
Amount |
Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
University of Johannesburg |
The agency sponsored the Entrepreneurs Investment Conference aimed at stimulating innovations and educating entrepreneurs |
R 20 000 |
26-27 March 2014 |
|
|
Mitchells Plain Skills Centre Launch |
sefa sponsored this event to facilitate the launch of a skills centre in Mitchell’s Plain |
R 11 000 |
15 April 2014 |
|
|
ABSIP |
This was an event to recognize and honor the success of black investment and securities professionals in their respective areas of specialties and in the financial services. |
R 50 000 |
25 September 2014 |
|
|
Small Business Workshop in Soweto |
This event was aimed at engaging small businesses in Soweto regarding sefa products. |
R 50 000 |
25 August 2014 |
|
|
Anglo American 5th Annual Enterprise Development Conference |
The agency supported the Anglo American 5th Annual Enterprise Development Conference which is aimed at supporting sustainable entrepreneurship. |
R 50 000 |
14 October 2014 |
|
|
First Annual Khayelitsha Entrepreneurship Expo |
The agency sponsored the first annual Khayelitsha Entrepreneurship Expo to showcase its products to the township communities. |
R 27 000 |
23-24 October 2014 |
|
|
Entrepreneurs Expo |
sefa bought an exhibition stand at this event to showcase its products to entrepreneurs in Western Cape |
R 25 000 |
18-19 October 2014 |
|
|
SEA Africa( Global Entrepreneurship Week) |
This was an annual global entrepreneurship event which attracted the South African young entrepreneurs to discuss future of entrepreneurship and innovation. |
R 50 000 |
18-21 November 2014 |
|
|
NYDA |
As part of partnership between sefa and NYDA the agency supported the NYDA Summit aimed at providing a platform for youth organizations to share perspectives in development programmes and activities. |
R15 000 |
27-30 November 2014 |
|
|
University of Limpopo |
The agency sponsored the 3rd prize for the Business Plan competition at the University of Limpopo. This initiative was aimed at encouraging student to become entrepreneurs. |
R 15 000 |
17 October 2014 |
|
|
Small Business Development Institute |
The policy conference was aimed at providing a platform to enable SA to develop National Small Business Development Master Plan in line with the National Development Plan. |
R 50 000 |
21-23 October 2014 |
|
|
Ebonoko Foundation |
This was a business seminar aimed at connecting students who are in business with mentors |
R 50 000 |
29 November 2014 |
|
|
Creative Space Partnership |
The creative space partnership was an enterprise development event which sefa supported to stimulate the development of small businesses. |
R 50 000 |
07 October 2014 |
|
|
Northern Cape Province BRICS Expo & International Trade & Tourism Conference |
sefa bought an exhibition space at the Brics event in Northern Cape. This event was organized by the Northern Cape government to showcase its investment opportunities. |
R 48 000 |
29-31 October 2014 |
|
|
Youth Chamber of Commerce and Industry |
sefa sponsored the National Youth in Business Breakfast event aimed at empowering the youth entrepreneurs. |
R29 000 |
Date to be confirmed |
(2) (a) sefa intends to support the events which promote SMMEs in the 2015/16 financial years.
(b) sefa will ensure that the support of small business is consistent and therefore will support them in 2016/17 whenever possible.
- No decision has been taken thus far since this is taken based on whether the request speaks to the mandate of the institution.
- The key criteria for sponsorship are that it must be an SMMEs supported event and, sefa must be given a platform to engage SMMEs through exhibition or address the audience.
- In the new financial year sefa will consider requests for sponsorships as and when applied for, or when the organization sees an opportunity to showcase its products to SMMEs.
(aa) The new sponsorship requests will be considered in the new financial year.
(bb) The sponsorships will be considered for the financial year.
(iv) The maximum sponsorship amount is R50 000.
Reply received: March 2015
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION NO 548
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 6 MARCH 2015
Ms J Steenkamp (DA) to ask the Minister of Economic Development:
Whether any employees in his department have been on suspension with full salary since 1 January 2014; if so, (a) how many employees and (b) what is the total cost thereof? NW628E
No employee has been suspended for this period or during this period.
Reply received: March 2015
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION NO 456
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 27 FEBRUARY 2015
Mr P G Atkinson (DA) to ask the Minister of Economic Development:
- With reference to the 2015 Index of Economic Freedom report that the country’s economic freedom is behind African economies such as Botswana, Rwanda, Ghana and Mauritius, (a) what has he found to be the reason that these economies perform better and (b) what can be learnt from these economies;
- Is he prepared to consider the specified countries’ best practices; if not, why not? NW533E
The "Index of Economic Freedom" report is prepared by the Heritage Foundation, which describes itself as a think tank "whose mission is to formulate and promote conservative public policies" based inter alia on principles of free enterprise, limited government and traditional American values. The value system underlying the index is clearly not that of the South African government or the majority of our people or indeed consistent with our Constitution, which places clear responsibilities on the state. Our policies are motivated by the values set out in our Constitution, not on "traditional American values" or that of any other country. Accordingly we attach no significance to the Heritage Foundation's rankings.
We actively engage as members in both SADC and the African Union, where countries from time to time share their policy perspectives in order to learn from one another and then apply general insights to the circumstances of the country concerned. South Africa does the same.
Reply received: March 2015
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION NO 455
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 27 FEBRUARY 2015
Mr S J F Marais (DA) to ask the Minister of Economic Development:
In light of the 2015 Index of Economic Freedom report which indicates a decline in the country’s (a) investment freedom, (b) business freedom, (c) management of government spending and (d) freedom from corruption, what steps will his department (i) consider and (ii) introduce to improve this position in order to attract international investments, especially fixed direct investments? NW532E
The "Index of Economic Freedom" report is prepared by the Heritage Foundation, which describes itself as a think tank "whose mission is to formulate and promote conservative public policies" based inter alia on principles of free enterprise, limited government and traditional American values. The value system underlying the index is clearly not that of the South African government or the majority of our people or indeed consistent with our Constitution, which places clear responsibilities on the state. Our policies are motivated by the values set out in our Constitution, not on "traditional American values" or that of any other country. Accordingly we attach no significance to the Heritage Foundation's rankings.
I have referred to the report of the United Nations on foreign investment flows during the SONA 2015 debate and the Honourable Member’s attention is drawn to the remarks made therein.
Reply received: March 2015
QUESTION NO 454
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 27 FEBRUARY 2015
Mr S J F Marais (DA) to ask the Minister of Economic Development:
- Whether, with reference to the 2015 Index of Economic Freedom report by the Heritage Foundation (details furnished), he has identified the stumbling blocks which have prevented the improvement in the country’s global economic freedom ranking; if not, why not; if so, what were they;
- What steps has he and/or his department taken to (a) improve the current status of the country and (b) prevent the country from slipping down to the mostly unfree category? NW531E
The "Index of Economic Freedom" report is prepared by the Heritage Foundation, which describes itself as a think tank "whose mission is to formulate and promote conservative public policies" based inter alia on principles of free enterprise, limited government and traditional American values. The value system underlying the index is clearly not that of the South African government or the majority of our people or indeed consistent with our Constitution, which places clear responsibilities on the state. Our policies are motivated by the values set out in our Constitution, not on "traditional American values" or that of any other country. Accordingly we attach no significance to the Heritage Foundation's rankings.
Reply received: March 2015
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION NO 453
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 27 FEBRUARY 2015
Mr S J F Marais (DA) to ask the Minister of Economic Development:
- Whether, with reference to comments by the Head of the International Monetary Fund (details furnished), he has identified any threats to the required (a) sustainable economic growth and (b) job creation; if so, what are the relevant details of the identified threats;
- Whether he has identified any (a) measures and (b) strategies to counter these expected negative economic developments coming from the possible slowdown in the Chinese economy and a possible increase in interest rates in the United States of America’s economy; if so, what are the relevant details, including time frames? NW530E
Yes, we have identified threats to growth and jobs from slowdowns in the global economy and policy shifts by large economies, particularly its impact on exports of both commodities and value-added manufactured products as well as on the flow of investment capital.
The nine-point plan announced by President JG Zuma in the State of the National Address constitutes a key response to these global developments. In addition, the comments made by members of the Executive during the SONA debate, provided further elaboration. Copies of these remarks are available in the Hansard.
Elements of the response to these global developments focus on unblocking the growth potential and the inclusiveness of South African economy and strengthening regional integration, including through:
- infrastructure development
- facilitating fixed-direct investments, including through industrial funding
- promoting innovation and entrepreneurship
- deepening the development of skills
- expanding trade and economic links within the region
- expanding the domestic market through efforts aimed at combating poverty and reducing inequality.
Reply received: February 2015
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION NO: 228
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 12 February 2015
Mr N L S Kwankwa (UDM) to ask the Minister of Economic Development:
In respect of the wind farms generating electricity in the former homelands, (a) how many wind farms do we have and (b) what is the stake held by the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) in relation to such farms? NW249E
REPLY:
- The IDC has funded nine Wind Farms in South Africa, five (5) in Eastern Cape Province, two (2) in the Northern Cape Province and two (2) in the Western Cape Province. One of the projects is located in the former Transkei, and is known as Innowind Chaba Wind Farm. Innowind (Pty) Ltd was awarded preferred bidder status for 3 Wind Power Projects of which Chaba Wind Power Co (RF) (Pty) Ltd with a capacity of 21MW was one of them. This project is located within the Great Kei Municipality, adjacent to the N2 near Komga. The plant is in construction phase with completion expected in September 2015.
- The IDC directly holds 14% in the Innowind Chaba Wind Farm and has supported Chaba Winds of Change BBBEE (Community Trust) to acquire 26% stake in the wind farm.
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION NO: 220
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 12 February 2015
Mr P G Moteka (EFF) to ask the Minister of Economic Development:
Whether, in view of youth unemployment having increased from 3 million in 2009 to the highest level of 3,4 million in 2013 and 2014 and the general unemployment rate of 25,5%, his department has a master plan to counter these increasing levels of unemployment; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details? NW241E
REPLY:
During 2009, the global economic crisis impacted very substantially on the SA economy and labour market. A substantial number of jobs were lost, particularly youth jobs.
The New Growth Path economic strategy was adopted in October 2010, to address the structural features of the economy that made South Africa so vulnerable during the global economic crisis and its key jobs drivers are now being implemented.
From 1 October 2010 until 31 December 2014 (latest available information), the number of youth with jobs increased from 5,7 million to 6,1 million, which is a growth of 416 000 jobs. However, the number of youth who completed studies or left school also rose, by 573 000. The result was a growth in both new youth jobs as well as in the number of youth unemployed. Youth unemployment over the same period grew from 3,24 million to 3,25 million, which is a growth of 13 000. If we include discouraged workers, who want a job but have given up working for it, the number climbed from 5,32 million to 5,38 million, or 62 000.
The share of working age people in employment rose from 41% in October 2010 to 43% in December 2014.. For youth, the share with employment climbed from 30,3% in October 2010 to 31,0% in December 2014. In order for us to make faster progress in addressing the triple challenges of poverty, inequality and unemployment, the rate of employment and the share of working age adults in employment needs to grow even more.
The National Development Plan places job creation at the centre of economic policy. In this context, the New Growth Path, the National infrastructure Plan and the Industrial Policy Action Plan all provide operational directions for achieving the aims of the National Development Plan.
Furthermore, the Youth Employment Accord provides specific commitments for the NEDLAC constituencies to address youth employment.
The main elements of the New Growth Path for addressing unemployment are:
- Ensuring that employment creation is a top priority for every government policy and identifying a number of jobs drivers (see details in the New Growth Path accessible at www.economic.gov.za)
- Driving the national infrastructure programme. Infrastructure supports employment creation in three main ways: by giving rise to construction jobs; by procuring inputs from local producers, who in turn create jobs; and most important of all, by making it possible for enterprises to produce more competitively as well as by improving workers’ living conditions. The national infrastructure plan is aimed at both new and small enterprises, including in rural areas, and provides a platform for expansion in existing businesses. We have worked to maximise indirect job creation and to support industrialisation by requiring local procurement.
- Rural development. The roots of joblessness in South Africa lie in the massive deprivation of the former so-called “homelands” under apartheid. In these areas, where 30% of the population lives, only around one in five working-age people has a job – that is, about half the national norm. Moreover, because of the way apartheid deprived these areas of adequate land, water and infrastructure, many households cannot support themselves from farming. We need to combine improved access to resources and infrastructure with the development of appropriate skills and market institutions to create more dynamic economies in our rural areas.
- Upgrading basic and further education and expanding access to higher education.
- Public employment schemes are an integral part of our employment programme. These schemes do not substitute for permanent jobs. But they give unemployed people a basic income and work experience. The Community Work Programme is particularly important because it also creates structures for communities to work together to decide how to use the resources generated.
Reply received: February 2015
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION NO: 200
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 12 February 2015
Mr M S Mbatha (EFF) to ask the Minister of Economic Development:
(a) What has he found the relevance of his department to be in light of the existence of the National Treasury and the Department of Trade and Industry and (b) what meaningful impact has his department had on the functioning of the Government and the transformation of the economy? NW217E
REPLY:
The Department’s mandate is to:
- assist with integration of work on the economy across different departments, public entities and spheres of government, in which capacity it works closely with a number of national departments including the National Treasury and the Department of Trade and Industry.
- facilitate agreements between government and social partners on key issues in the economy, which has resulted in Social Accords covering areas such as the green economy, local procurement, skills development and youth employment
- develop the work that led to the adoption of the New Growth Path as the economic strategy of government, which placed employment and equality at the centre of economic policy, and which forms an operational plan for the National Development Plan;
- provide key technical services to the Presidential Infrastructure Coordinating Committee (PICC) that has contributed to the associated improvements in the scale and effectiveness of infrastructure investment, in line with the National Infrastructure Plan, as provided in the Infrastructure Development Act of 2014;
- align the IDC work with that of the New Growth Path, which led to the doubling in the envelope of lending by the Industrial Development Corporation over the past five years, to well over R50 billion;
- ensuring that competition authorities tackle cartels and monopolies more actively, which helped to support efforts by the Competition Commission that led to fines and penalties equal to R5,7 billion in the five years to 2014 – that is ten times as high as in the previous administration.
More details of the impact of the Department’s work in these and associated areas can be found in the various annual reports, copies of which are available on www.economic.gov.za.
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION NO 182
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 13 FEBRUARY 2015
Mr A M Figlan (DA) to ask the Minister of Economic Development:
- With reference to the reply of the Minister of Communications to question 1031 on 27 November 2014, what was the total amount that (a) his department and (b) each of its entities (i) spent on and/or (ii) budgeted for advertising for each month between 1 January 2013 and 31 July 2014, excluding expenditure transferred through the Department of Communications for advertising;
- does such figure for each month represent the (a) total value of advertising that appeared in the media in that month, (b) amount paid in that month for advertising that may have appeared previously or (c) amount paid in advance for advertising that appeared at a later date;
- in each specified case, what amount did (a) his department and (b) each of its entities spend on advertising in (i) print, (ii) radio, (iii) television, (iv) online and (v) outdoor;
(4) in each specified case, what is the breakdown of advertising by (a) his department and (b) each of its entities in terms of (i) name of and (ii) amount spent on each (aa) publication, (bb) radio station, (cc) television station, (dd) website and (ee) billboards location in each province? NW191E
REPLY
The period 1 January 2013 to 31 July 2014 covers three financial years, namely FY2012/13, FY2013/14 and FY2014/15. For two of the financial years, audited data is available on the spending on advertisements. These are contained in the 2013/14 annual reports tabled in parliament for both the Department and its entities.
For the Economic Development Department, the details are contained on page 126 of the annual report and indicates that the Department spent R15 766 000 during 2012/13 and R20 088 000 during 2013/14. Similar details may be obtained in entity reports.
Details of spending for the new financial years will be available once audited and included in the 2014/15 annual report to be tabled in parliament during 2015.