Questions & Replies: Questions & Replies No 1051 to 1075
2009-09-30
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QUESTION 1074
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
Date of publication on internal question paper: 4 Sept 2009
Internal question paper no: 14
Mrs S P Kopane (DA) to ask the Minister of Social Development:
(1) Which employees in her department in respect of senior position level 13 to 16 (a) are (i) subject to and (ii) not subject to signing performance agreements and (b) what are the reasons for these distinctions;
(2) what is the annual remuneration package for each of these incumbents in each of the past five years up to the latest specified date for which information is available;
(3) whether these incumbents received any performance bonuses for each of the past five years for which information is available; if so, (a) what was the amount for each of the incumbents in each specified year and (b) what criteria were used for awarding the performance bonus;
(4) whether the criteria used to award performance bonuses matched the performance contract requirements in each case; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, how did each of the relevant employees perform in terms of that criteria? NW1335E
REPLY:
(1)
(a) (i) The table indicates the senior managers who are subjected to signing performance agreements and those who resigned during the specified period. (Annexure A).
(ii) No senior managers are not subjected to signing performance agreements.
(b) Employees appointed in terms of Public Service Act, 1994 as amended are compelled to sign performance agreement.
(2) The table indicates the annual remuneration package for each senior manager in each of the past five years (Annexure A).
(3) No, not all senior managers have received performance bonuses in the past five years, due to new appointments.
(a) The table indicates the amounts awarded to senior managers for the specific financial years. (Annexure B)
(b) The DSD Moderating Committee moderated annual performance appraisal reports with due regard to the SMS PMDS Policy that is contained in the SMS Handbook, as well as the following criteria:
(4) Yes, the criteria used to award performance bonuses match the performance contract requirements of senior managers. The table indicates the performance categories awarded to senior managers (Annexure C).
WRITTEN QUESTION 1073
Date of publication on internal question paper: September 2009
Internal question paper no: 14
Mrs S P Kopane (DA) to ask the Minister of Social Development:
(1) (a) What is the estimated number of child-headed households in each province and (b) what percentage of the total number of households does this figure constitute per province;
(2) whether any programmes are funded by the Government to support child-headed households; if so, (a) what are the details of each of these programmes and (b) in each of the three most recent specified years for which information is available, (i) what was its budget and (ii) how many households did it benefit? NW1334E
REPLY:
(1) The statistics available to DSD on child headed households are those provided by Statistics South Africa in its census reports. The table below shows the estimated number of child headed households in each province.
Information from Census Data 2001
(a) and (b)
| Number of Child Headed Households (CHH) in South Africa according to Census 2001. | ||||||
| Province | No. of CHH (0-19) | % | Number of CHH (0-14) | % | Number of CHH (15-19) | % |
| Eastern Cape | 42756 | 0.172109 | 3870 | 0.206841 | 38886 | 0.16928 |
| Free State | 16234 | 0.065348 | 771 | 0.041208 | 15463 | 0.067314 |
| Gauteng | 32488 | 0.130776 | 1175 | 0.062801 | 31313 | 0.136313 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 42355 | 0.170495 | 4303 | 0.229984 | 38052 | 0.165649 |
| Limpopo | 58461 | 0.235328 | 5232 | 0.279637 | 53229 | 0.231719 |
| Mpumalanga | 21087 | 0.084883 | 1466 | 0.078354 | 19621 | 0.085415 |
| Northern Cape | 3787 | 0.015244 | 344 | 0.018386 | 3443 | 0.014988 |
| North West | 20189 | 0.081268 | 1119 | 0.059808 | 19070 | 0.083016 |
| Western Cape | 11067 | 0.044549 | 429 | 0.022929 | 10638 | 0.04631 |
| Grand Total | 248424 | 1 | 18710 | 1 | 229714 | 1 |
(2) Yes, the provincial departments of Social Development fund Home and Community Based Care (HCBC) organisations to provide services to individuals and families infected and affected by HIV and AIDS, including child headed households. Home and community based care approach allows children and their families to have access to services nearest to their homes. In addition it encourages participation and mutual aid amongst community members. Services within the home and community based care organisations are provided by trained community caregivers who render home visits to assess their needs and provide ongoing support and supervision.
Services provided include the following:
• Supervision and ongoing support
• Addressing the psychosocial needs of orphans and other children made vulnerable by HIV and AIDS and facilitating referrals where necessary
• Assistance in obtaining legal documents
• Referrals to social workers for alternative care placements
• Life skills training, especially for child headed households
• Accompanying children to school for registration and advocate for school fee exemption
• Supervision of homework
• Assistance with domestic chores
• Accompanying children to clinics for the required health services
• Referrals for social grants
• Provision of food parcels, nutritional supplements and cooked meals
• Provision of clothing and school uniforms
• Facilitate memory work projects – develop memory boxes and books
The organisations have a responsibility of mobilising communities to form community child care forums. These are community structures that comprise of community members who ensure the early identification of orphans, children made vulnerable by HIV and AIDS and child headed households in the communities. Their responsibilities include linking the identified vulnerable children to relevant service providers, and also making follow ups to ensure that the identified children do access the services they are entitled to.
(a) In 2007, the Department of Social Development in partnership with KfW German Banking Group commissioned a study on the situational analysis of child headed households in South Africa. The purpose of the study was to assess the needs of child headed households and to identify services and additional resources that may be utilised to support them. The study provided a comprehensive understanding of pertinent issues relating to the situation of child headed households in the country. It also provided input for the development, strengthening and support of specific intervention strategies for the care and support of child headed households.
The Department is in the process of finalising a three year contract with the KfW Banking Group for the refurbishment, extension and equipments of community care centers, and the development and implementation of skills training programme for child and youth headed households.
The following tables illustrate the budget allocations for HIV and AIDS programme per province, the number of funded home and community based care organisations and the number of child headed households that benefitted from the funded HCBC organisations.
(b) (i) (ii)
Table 1: Budget Allocation for HIV and AIDS Programme per Province
| Province | Budget Allocation for HIV and AIDS Programme | ||
| 2007/ 2008 | 2008/ 2009 | 2009/ 2010 | |
| Eastern Cape | 50,472 | 79,444 | 68,188 |
| Free State | 30,855 | 24,064 | 19,212 |
| Gauteng | 142,672 | 178,201 | 190,931 |
| KwaZulu Natal | 26,091 | 19,652 | 54,486 |
| Limpopo | 34,800 | 75,445 | 102,377 |
| Mpumalanga | 45,589 | 50,597 | 68,905 |
| Northern Cape | 15,251 | 22,185 | 24,758 |
| North West | 28,350 | 40,535 | 46,473 |
| Western Cape | 16,239 | 21,290 | 23,903 |
(Information from DSD Finance Chief Directorate)
Table 2: Number of Funded HCBC Organisations per Province
| Province | Budget Allocation for HIV and AIDS Programme | ||
| 2007/ 2008 | 2008/ 2009 | 2009/ 2010 (1st Quarter) | |
| Eastern Cape | 97 | 372 | 37 |
| Free State | 130 | 119 | 125 |
| Gauteng | 209 | 425 | 143 |
| KwaZulu Natal | 182 | 325 | 0 (Not yet funded) |
| Limpopo | 657 | 440 | 0 (Not yet funded) |
| Mpumalanga | 179 | 371 | 0 (Not yet funded) |
| Northern Cape | 92 | 116 | 0 (Not yet funded) |
| North West | 107 | 248 | 6 |
| Western Cape | 168 | 275 | 90 |
| TOTAL | 1579 | 2691 | 276 |
(Information from Provincial Reports)
Table 3: Number of Child Headed Households benefiting from funded HCBC organisations per Province
| Province | Budget Allocation for HIV and AIDS Programme | ||
| 2007/ 2008 | 2008/ 2009 | 2009/ 2010 (1st Quarter) | |
| Eastern Cape | 610 | 670 | 1 256 |
| Free State | 714 | 2 289 | 384 |
| Gauteng | 4 828 | 3 608 | 593 |
| KwaZulu Natal | 12 381 | 42 509 | 5 028 |
| Limpopo | 176 | 572 | 1 668 |
| Mpumalanga | 2 951 | 1 827 | 656 |
| Northern Cape | 93 | 114 | 136 |
| North West | 1 623 | 1 687 | 330 |
| Western Cape | 522 | 1 452 | 2 005 |
| TOTAL | 23 898 | 54 728 | 11 672 |
(Information from Provincial Reports)
QUESTION NO 1072
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 4 SEPTEMBER 2009
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 14 - 2009)
Date reply submitted : 16 November 2009
Ms D Kohler-Barnard (DA) to ask the Minister of Police:
Whether the Tactical Intelligence Specialist Operations Unit of the SA Police Service(SAPS) has been disbanded; if so, (a) when, (b) what were the reasons for this disbandment, (c) where will the staff working at that unit be accommodated, (d) how many staff members are affected and (e) what is the total cost of the disbandment?
NW1333E
REPLY:
Yes.
(a) On 30 July 2009.
(b) After an assessment was made with regard to the function and responsibilities of the Tactical Intelligence Specialist Operations unit of the SAPS, it was found that the activities of this sub section was a duplication of the functions mandated to the National Intervention Unit ( NIU) and therefore it was decided to align the activities of this sub section with the responsibilities mandated to the Division Crime Intelligence.
(c) Members affected in the process were redeployed within Crime Intelligence in line with their acquired skills and operational abilities.
(d) 27.
(e) None.
QUESTION NO 1070
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 4 SEPTEMBER 2009
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 14 - 2009)
Ms D Kohler-Barnard (DA) to ask the Minister of Police:
Whether all commando units have been shut down; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) on what date was the last commando unit shut down and (b) from which area was the last unit to be closed?
NW1331E
REPLY:
Yes, all commando units have been shut down.
(a) & (b) The following three commando unit head quarters were the last to be shut down during March 2009:
• Mpumalanga - GP 12 Ermelo
• Limpopo - GP 14 Polokwane
• Free State - GP 24 Kroonstad
QUESTION 1067
DATE OF PUBLICATION OF INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 04/09/09
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER 12-2009)
Dr J C Kloppers-Lourens (DA) to ask the Minister of Basic Education:
Whether transport has been provided for learners in each specified province in each of the three most recent financial years; if not, why not; if so, (a) what was the total budget allocated for transport, (b) which transport providers were awarded tenders to provide transport, (c) what was the value of each of the tenders, (d) how many learners were provided with transport in terms of each of these tenders and (e) what criteria do learners need to comply with in order to qualify for transport? NW1328E
REPLY:
(a) Yes, learner transport has been provided to the specified provinces and the budget allocated in the three financial years is as indicated in the table below:
| Provincial Education Department | ||||
| Scholar Transport | ||||
| Province | CURRENT | 2008 MTEF | ||
| 2007/2008 | 2008/2009 | 2009/2010 | 2010/2011 | |
| R'000 | R'000 | R'000 | R'000 | |
| Eastern Cape | 257 732 | 250 000 | 231 000 | 622 033 |
| Free State | 37 500 | 40 800 | 44 800 | - |
| Gauteng | 46 165 | 34 080 | 91 307 | 37 754 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | - | 49000 | 87 000 | 139 940 |
| Limpopo | 44 000 | 44 500 | 44 500 | 48 401 |
| Mpumalanga | 145 269 | 157 670 | 164 718 | 185 380 |
| Northern Cape | 52 051 | 61 915 | 74 316 | 91 110 |
| North West | - | 68 445 | 75 000 | 80 000 |
| Western Cape | 100 241 | 105 253 | 112 439 | 140 629 |
| TOTAL | 682 958 | 811 663 | 925 080 | 1 345 247 |
Where no amounts reflected, the figures are not available.
(b) Procurement is a provincial competence and as a result the Department of Education does not have this information on hand.
(c ) See (b) above
(d) See (b) above
(e) Each province determines its own criteria as to who qualifies for transport. In terms of the National Norms and Standards for School Funding. Poor learners should be provided with hostel facilities if they live more than one and half hours walking distance from the nearest available school, and therefore each province determines its own criteria as to who qualifies for transport if the travelling distance to their nearest available school is less than one and half hours walking distance
QUESTION 1066
DATE OF PUBLICATION OF INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 04/09/09
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER 12-2009)
Dr JC Kloppers-Lourens (DA) to ask the Minister of Basic Education:
How many (a) primary and (b) secondary school teachers are qualified to teach (i) (aa) maths and (bb) mathematical literacy, (ii) English as (aa) first language and (bb) second language, (iii) religious studies, (iv) life science, (v) science and (vi) history in each province in each case and (c) learners in total were registered in 2009 at (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools.
REPLY
(a & b)(i - vi)
The recruitment process for educators is managed by Provincial Education Departments. The initial selection of educators, is in most cases, recommended by the School Governing Body to the Provincial Head of Department for approval. The utilization of educators in relation to the qualifications varies from year to year and even in the same year. The information being requested is thus not processed at the national Department of Education and may be sourced from the Provincial Education Department as the accountable employer.
(c) (i) and (ii)
Table 2: Number of learners in ordinary schools by province in 2009
| Province | (i) Primary (Gr 1 - 7) | (ii) Secondary (Gr 8 – 12) |
| Eastern Cape | 1 270 191 | 636 060 |
| Free State | 376 320 | 249 416 |
| Gauteng | 1 113 719 | 711 807 |
| KwaZulu Natal | 1 620 902 | 1 027 218 |
| Limpopo Province | 911 187 | 695 166 |
| Mpumalanga | 598 294 | 386 769 |
| Northern Cape | 164 887 | 90 193 |
| North West | 468 785 | 276 266 |
| Western Cape | 594 368 | 338 632 |
| SA | 7 118 653 | 4 411 527 |
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
WRITTEN TO ORAL REPLY
QUESTION 1065
DATE OF PUBLICATION OF INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 04/09/09
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER 14-2009)
Dr W G James (DA) to ask the Minister of Higher Education and Training:
What is the present staff establishment of his department;
Whether any new positions have been or will be created; if so, (a) when, (b) how many and (c) which positions;
Whether there are any vacancies that need to be filled; if so, (a) how many, (b) at what level and (c) when will they be filled? NW1326E
REPLY:
1. The staff establishment of the Department of Higher Education and Training is currently under consideration.
2. It is envisaged that new positions will have to be created especially in the field of the corporate services function.
According to the Department of Public Service and Administration staff establishments of newly created departments should be finalised by the end of October 2009.
It is not yet clear how many new positions need to be created as the staff establishment is still under consideration.
Please see explanation under 2 (b).
It is envisaged that vacancies will occur that need to be filled. It is however at this stage not clear how many and at what level.
QUESTION NUMBER 1063
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 4 SEPTEMBER 2009
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NUMBER 14)
Adv H C Schmidt (DA) to ask the Minister of Mineral Resources:
(1) Whether approval has been granted to any mining company or other applicant during the period 1 July 2008 to the present for the construction of new mine tailings storage facilities; if so, (a) where will it be located, (b) the date on which date was approval granted, (c) for which time period is such storage facility to be constructed, (d) when will it become operational and (e) what is the extent of the land surface it is to occupy;
(2) whether agricultural land will be the site on which the storage facilities will be built; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what is the name of the successful applicant and/or mining company?
REPLY
(1) No approval has been granted to any mining company for the construction of new mine tailing storage facilities by the Department of Mineral Resources and no application for the said facility was submitted to the Department of Mineral Resources.
(a) NA
(b) NA
(c) NA
(d) NA
(e) NA
2. NA
QUESTION NUMBER 1062
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 4 SEPTEMBER 2009
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NUMBER 14)
Adv H C Schmidt (DA) to ask the Minister of Mineral Resources:
(1) Whether approval has been granted to a certain mining company (name furnished) for the construction of a storage facility (details furnished); if so, (a) where will it be located, (b) the date on which approval was granted, (c) the time period during which such storage facility is to be constructed, (d) when will it become operational and (e) the extent of the land surface it is to occupy;
(2) whether agricultural land will be the site on which the storage facility will be built; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details? NW1323E
REPLY
Please refer to the response to question 1063.
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
QUESTION FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NUMBER 1061
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 4 SEPTEMBER 2009
Dr D T George (DA) to ask the Minister of Finance:
(1) Whether any companies were placed under curatorship by the FinancialServices Board during the period 1 January 2004 up to the latest specified date for which information is available; if so, what are (a) their names, (b) the amount(s) (i) involved and (ii) recovered in each case and (c) the amount of fees earned by each curator to date, on either a contingency or fee basis;
(2) whether all companies have been restored to health; if not, which companies (a) have been put into liquidation and (b) are still under curatorship? NW1322E
REPLY:
(1) Yes.
(a), (b)(i)(ii) and (c) are provided by the Financial Services Board (FSB) on the table attached herewith as Annexure: A.
With the exception of the Datakor Fund curators (who were remunerated on a contingency basis as there were no assets left in the fund from which to pay them), all other curators are being remunerated on a fee basis in accordance with the norms of their professions. Currently, the FSB has placed a cap on the fees of curators for an agreed amount per month to ensure that this remuneration is contained within reasonable limits.
It is my view that we need to further review the system of compensation for curators, to bring it in line with more acceptable standards, and to reduce the incentive for stretching out the period of curatorship as they are paid an hourly rate.
(2) No.
(a) and (b) are provided by the Financial Services Board on the table attached herewith as Annexure: A.
QUESTION NUMBER 1058
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 4 SEPTEMBER 2009
Mr W P Doman (DA) to ask the Minister of Finance:
(a) Who runs the Vulindlela Academy, (b) what are the purposes of the academy, (c) what training courses are offered and (d) what have been the successes to date?
NW1318E
REPLY:
(a) The Development Bank of Southern Africa runs the Vulindlela Academy.
(b) The purpose of the academy is to provide critical training in finance, management and planning, to build human and institutional capacity and to improve service delivery in South Africa and the region.
(c.) Training courses are offered in the areas of finance, management and planning, including the following:
Full Qualifications:
| Type of Qualification | Qualification Title | NQF Level | Minimum Credits |
| National Certificate | Municipal Integrated Development Planning | 4 | 160 |
| Further Education and Training Certificate | Municipal Finance and Administration | 4 | 157 |
| National Diploma | Public Finance Management and Administration | 5 | 260 |
| Certificate | Municipal Financial Management | 6 | 166 |
Short Courses: Learning Programme/Skills Programme/Short Courses
| Focus Area | Programme Name |
| Planning | · Municipal Integrated Development Planning · Local Economic Development · Project Management · Infrastructure Management · Environmental Management/Practice |
| Finance | · Municipal Finance Management · Project Finance |
| Management | · Municipal Governance Programme · Councillor Development Programme · Community Leadership Development Programme |
| Other | · Customer Service Excellence · Sustainable Development · Sanitation, Health and Hygiene · Monitoring and Evaluation Systems |
| Computer Training | · MS Office 2003, 2007 full packages · MS Office Basic, Intermediate, Advanced |
| LGRC powered by LGNET | · LGRC powered by LGNET User Training |
| Additional training | · Municipal Preferential Procurement · Sanitation for the New Millennium · Workplace Skills Training · Financial Modelling · Leadership Training · Negotiation Training · Municipal Infrastructure Investment Planning · Community based planning · Basics for Local Government Policy Process · Governance and Institutional Arrangements · Local Business Environment · Stimulating Competition in Local Economies · Assessor Training, Moderator Training · Facilitation and Communication Training · Value Chain · Skills Development Facilitation |
(d) The successes to date include;
· Training of 1,537 delegates on the Local Government Network (LGNET)
· Training of 5,259 delegates in courses on finance, planning and management. This is an increase of 56% over the previous financial year
· Providing training to the Japan International Cooperation Agency on public finance and public-private partnerships to all development finance institutions in the region.
· Establishing an e-learning platform to increase the outreach of the Academy's training courses.
· Strengthening partnerships with key stakeholders such as SALGA, LGSETA, PALAMA, Local Government Leadership Academy (LOGOLA), the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) and National Treasury.
· Agreed to Memorandum of Understanding with Agence Francaise De Developpement (AFD) and IDC on experiential placement of 15 young professionals to municipalities in France.
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QUESTION 1068
DATE OF PUBLICATION OF INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 04/09/09
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER 12-2009)
Dr J C Kloppers-Lourens (DA) to ask the Minister of Basic Education:
(1) (a) What amount was budgeted for the national school nutrition scheme, (b) how many schools and learners benefited from the scheme and (c) what total amount was actually spent in each province in every year since the inception of the programme;
(2) whether any problems have been identified with regard to the nutrition programme in each province; if so, (a) what problems and (b) what action has been taken to address these problems? NW1329E
REPLY:
(1)
(a) The current budget for feeding both quintile 1 – 3 primary schools and quintile 1 secondary school is R2, 4 billion. This also includes preparation budget for quintile 2 secondary schools.
(b) In the current financial year at least 6,364,901 learners in 18,334 primary schools and 895,723 learners in 1,725 quintile 1 secondary schools benefit from the school nutrition programme.
(c) The tables below reflect the budget and expenditure per province from 2006/7 to 2008/9
Expenditure by province as at 2006/07 financial year:
| Provinces | Allocation | Provincial roll-over | Total funds | Total transferred as at 31 March 2007 | Actual expenditure to date | Balance | % spent of total funds |
| R'000 | R'000 | R'000 | R'000 | R'000 | R'000 | R'000 | |
| Eastern Cape | 233 882 | 32 225 | 266 107 | 233 882 | 166 642 | 99 465 | 62.62% |
| Free State | 64 784 | 7 888 | 72 672 | 64 784 | 80 078 | -7 406 | 110.19% |
| Gauteng | 99 921 | - | 99 921 | 99 921 | 98 262 | 1 659 | 98.34% |
| Kwazulu Natal | 239 372 | 76 000 | 315 372 | 239 372 | 254 404 | 60 968 | 80.67% |
| Limpopo | 202 039 | 202 039 | 202 039 | 212 363 | -10 324 | 105.11% | |
| Mpumalanga | 84 549 | 84 549 | 84 549 | 83 100 | 1 449 | 98.29% | |
| Northern Cape | 29 647 | 2 263 | 31 910 | 29 647 | 29 199 | 2 711 | 91.50% |
| North West | 95 529 | 5 869 | 101 398 | 95 529 | 120 635 | -19 237 | 118.97% |
| Western Cape | 48 313 | 48 313 | 48 313 | 45 956 | 2 357 | 95.12% | |
| Total | 1 098 036 | 124 245 | 1 222 281 | 1 098 036 | 979 324 | 131 642 | 80.12% |
| EXPENDITURE | ANNUAL ALLOCATION | ROLL-OVER FROM 2006/07 | TOTAL FUNDS | TOTAL TRANSFE-RED | ACTUAL EXPENDIT-RE | BALANCE | % SPENT OF ALLOCATION |
| R'000 | R'000 | R'000 | R'000 | R'000 | R'000 | R'000 | |
| TOTALS | 1 152 938 | 66 351 | 1 219 289 | 1 219 289 | 1,200,443 | 18,846 | 100% |
| Eastern Cape | 237 885 | 63 726 | 301 611 | 301 611 | 291,488 | 10,123 | 96.6% |
| Free State | 68 023 | 68 023 | 68 023 | 68,004 | 19 | 100.0% | |
| Gauteng | 114 574 | 114 574 | 114 574 | 116,656 | -2,082 | 101.8% | |
| Kwazulu Natal | 260 006 | 260 006 | 260 006 | 242,430 | 17,576 | 93.2% | |
| Limpopo | 192 694 | 192 694 | 192 694 | 192,901 | -207 | 100.1% | |
| Mpumalanga | 106 604 | 106 604 | 106 604 | 110,504 | -3,900 | 103.7% | |
| Northern Cape | 34 507 | 2 625 | 37 132 | 37 132 | 37,132 | - | 100.0% |
| North West | 87 916 | 87 916 | 87 916 | 88,254 | -338 | 100.4% | |
| Western Cape | 50 729 | 50 729 | 50 729 | 53,074 | -2,345 | 104.6% |
EXPENDITURE BY PROVINCES AS AT 31 MARCH 2009
| EXPENDITURE | ORIGINAL ALLOCATION | REVISED ALLOCATION | TOTAL TRANSFER-RED | AMOUNT SPENT TO DATE | BALANCE | % SPENT OF ALLOCATION |
| R'000 | R'000 | R'000 | R'000 | R'000 | % | |
| TOTALS | 1 583 103 | 1 927 109 | 1 927 109 | 1 643 062 | 284 047 | 85.26% |
| EASTERN CAPE | 339 816 | 413 658 | 413 658 | 472 149 | - 58 491 | 114.14% |
| FREE STATE | 82 498 | 100 425 | 100 425 | 80 907 | 19 518 | 80.56% |
| GAUTENG | 172 111 | 209 510 | 209 510 | 115 742 | 93 768 | 55.24% |
| KWAZULU-NATAL | 376 435 | 458 233 | 458 233 | 341 943 | 116 290 | 74.62% |
| LIMPOPO | 252 901 | 307 856 | 307 856 | 253 199 | 54 657 | 82.25% |
| MPUMALANGA | 136 606 | 166 290 | 166 290 | 121 753 | 44 537 | 73.22% |
| NORTHERN CAPE | 48 483 | 59 019 | 59 019 | 58 991 | 28 | 99.95% |
| NORTH-WEST | 103 144 | 125 557 | 125 557 | 117 093 | 8 464 | 93.26% |
| WESTERN CAPE | 71 109 | 86 561 | 86 561 | 81 285 | 5 276 | 93.90% |
(2) In line with the Division of Revenue Act (DORA) provinces are required to submit business plans for analysis and approval of related activities. All business plans are supposed to meet the following minimum requirements as stipulated in the Grant Framework:
i) Provide meals to all Gazetted Quintile 1-3 primary school and quintile 1 secondary school learners for all school days;
ii) Comply with the recommended cost per meal per learner of the current year;
iii) Comply with recommended menus; and
iv) Feeding by 10:00 am
Summary of challenges per province:
| Province | Challenges | Departmental Intervention |
| Eastern Cape | Province provided bread menu instead of a variety of meals | Province requested to submit a plan for phasing out bread menu with the final business plan; menu plan has been provided |
| Free State | Non compliance with grant framework (guidelines) in respect of meal costs at R1,35 and R1,90 for primary and secondary schools respectively | Withholding of funds due to non-submission of revised business plan |
| Gauteng | Only R4 million of the allocated R9, 015 million preparation budget (resources) for quintile 2 secondary schools was provided. The remaining was allocated for feeding. | Province was advised that allocation is a once-off budget and could not be used for feeding. Business plan was amended and funds transferred |
| Kwa Zulu Natal | The feeding cost per meal cost was allocated at R1, 50 for primary schools instead of R1.80 inclusive of the honorarium for volunteer food handlers. | Withholding of funds due to non-submission of revised business plan |
| Limpopo | Learner numbers were not in line with the gazetted numbers. | Requested amendment of business plan which was approved. Provincial department co-funded the programme with equitable share |
| Mpumalanga | Leaner numbers were not in line with the gazetted numbers. | Requested amendment of business plan which was approved. |
| Northern Cape | The province provides meals to quintile 1-5 primary and secondary schools learners from the conditional grant, which compromises the meal cost to R1,50 for both primary and secondary schools. | Requested amendment of business plan which was approved. Provincial department co-funded the programme with equitable share |
| North West | The meal cost was allocated at R1,61 instead of R1.80 inclusive of the honorarium for volunteer food handlers. | Requested amendment of business plan which was approved. |
| Western Cape | The meal cost was allocated at R1,74 for primary schools instead of R1.80 inclusive of the honorarium for volunteer food handlers. | Requested amendment of business plan which was approved. |
After all the Department interventions, all business plans were finally approved as per Departmental Grant Framework. The Department further scheduled monitoring and support visits to all provinces to ensure compliance with NSNP guidelines.
Training and development workshops are also planned for the proper implementation of the programme in the current financial year.
EXPENDITURE
BY PROVINCES AS AT 31 MARCH 2008
QUESTION NO 1054
DATE REPLY SUBMITTED: THURSDAY, 15 OCTOBER 2009
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: FRIDAY, 04 SEPTEMBER 2009 (INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 14 – 2009)
Mr M S F de Freitas (DA) asked the Minister of Transport:
(1) How were the colour schemes decided upon at the OR Tambo International Airport;
(2) whether the views of users of the airport were taken into account; if not; why not; if so,
(3) whether focus and/or opinion groups are or will be used continuously in this regard; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
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REPLY:
The Minister of Transport:
(1) Since 1995, the OR Tambo International Airport has been subjected to several incremental developmental upgrades. During these upgrades, the Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) has ensured that all developments ultimately result in a terminal precinct that has a common finish and design themeing where possible.
All the projects that have been developed over time have utilised external consultant architects, as well as, in some cases, interior design advisors. Inspiration was drawn from natural products and local sources as well as the local landscape and colours.
The foundation of the current theme was laid with the development of the Duty Free Mall Project in 1999 and Domestic Terminal Expansion project in 2003.
The recent Central Terminal Building and International Pier projects offered the opportunity to finally consolidate all terminal buildings into a single precinct.
Generally the choice of themeing and colour palettes is not discussed with airport users. However, the concepts formed part of the development consultation process which included the airlines and stakeholder owners. Colours specifically are critical to the delivery of the feel and ambiance desired to be created and it is best left to the professionals.
(2) User perceptions are surveyed on a monthly basis and are used to guide and influence both infrastructure and operational plans. They tend to give generic comment on the feel of the facilities without specifically getting feedback on colour usage.
(3) Future upgrades and developments will be built along the same lines of professional architects and interior designers advising on the then best practice world-wide within the African landscape. The option of using focus groups for commentary on themeing assumptions will be considered.
QUESTION NUMBER 1059
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 4 SEPTEMBER 2009
Mr W P Doman (DA) to ask the Minister of Finance:
(a) Who runs the Siyenza Manje programme, (b) what are the purposes of the project, (c) what type of skills has been deployed to municipalities, (d) what are the basic employment contract conditions of the people employed for the project and (e) what have been the successes to date? Reply
(a) The Development Bank of Southern Africa runs the Siyenza Manje Programme.
(b) The purpose of the programme is to facilitate integrated capacity building within municipalities in order to facilitate service delivery.
(c.) The types of skills deployed to municipalities include engineers, chartered accountants, development and town planners.
(d) Siyenza Manje deployees are employed on a fixed-term contract aligned to the MTEF funding. Each deployee enters into a yearly performance management agreement that relates to the deliverables of the municipality's business plans and the key indicators of the Siyenza Manje programme which are monitored and managed according to the DBSA performance management tools.
At a municipal level, the DBSA enters into a service level agreement with the municipality, stipulating the conditions of deployment.
(e) Siyenza Manje has in the past two financial years of operation achieved the following outcomes:
SIYENZA MANJE OUTPUTS AND DEVELOPMENT IMPACT OUTCOMES
| Outputs | 2007/08 FY | 2008/09 FY | ||
| Target | Actual | Target | Actual | |
| Number of people to be trained on the Job -Finance | 120 | 143 | 200 | 521 |
| Number of people to be trained on the job - Technical | 120 | 338 | 275 | 1,087 |
| Number of finance and Infrastructure management systems developed | 30 | 68 | 150 | 262 |
| Number of municipal policies developed and implemented | 30 | 283 | 170 | 201 |
| Number of institutions/municipalities that benefit from DF institutional capacity building initiatives | 60 | 155 | 160 | 172 |
| MIG /CAPEX Allocation | R4.8bn | R5.3bn | R6.5bn | R7.8bn |
| MIG and infrastructure grants expenditure | R2bn | R2.57bn | R3.8bn | R4.8bn |
| Number of infrastructure projects facilitated by deployees | 1.605 | 2.600 | 2.778 | |
| Number of infrastructure projects implemented /completed | 200 | 281 | 520 | 769 |
| Number of households with access to water | 150,000 | 271,667 | 150,000 | 276,382 |
| Number of households with access to sanitation | 115,000 | 132,921 | 55,000 | 138,976 |
| Number of jobs created | 10,000 | 13,203 | 12,000 | 18,767 |
1051. Mr J Schmidt (DA) to ask the Minister of Energy:
Whether her department has any long term plans to ensure a sustainable energy supply; if not, why not; if so, what plans?
Reply:
Yes. The Electricity Regulation Act provides for the development of the Integrated Resource Plan. In terms of New Generation Capacity Regulation (# 32378) under the Act Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) has been developed. This plan focuses on planning for electricity generation and it will be promulgated by October 2009. The Energy Act provides for the development of the Integrate Energy Plan (IEP).
The Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) / Country Plan
We have developed regulations under the Electricity Regulation Act (No.4 of 2006) which calls for and defines the process of the development of the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) (also referred to as the Country Plan).
The IRP focuses on planning for the generation of electricity to meet the forecasted demand over a 20 year window period. This plan seeks to diversify the primary energy sources used for electricity generation (i.e. Renewable Energy, Coal, Nuclear) and to also pronounce on the electricity Demand Side Management interventions and Energy Efficiency.
The IRP will be used primarily to guide the regulatory activities of NERSA for the granting of licenses for new power generation and determination of tariffs to ensure sustainable supply of electricity.
It also addresses our strategic response to climate change and climate change mitigation.
The Integrated Energy Plan (IEP)
The National Energy Act calls for the development of the Integrated Energy Plan (IEP). The IEP will focus on planning for the entire energy sector and will consider all energy carriers and not focus solely on electricity or power generation. It will also incorporate planning for liquid fuel energy which is a critical element of the economy.
The Department is in the process of assessing energy modelling tools and systems which will be used for the analytical capability of the planning process. The Department also plans to develop an IEP strategy which will define the planning framework and process to be embarked on for the development of the IEP. As indicated in the National Energy Act (No. 34 of 2008), the IEP will have a planning horizon of more than 20 years.
The planning process is anticipated to commence in 1 April 2010 and the first IEP to be ready by 31 March 2012.