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1052: Mr M M Swathe (DA) to ask the Minister of Labour:

(a) What was the budget of the Umsobomvu Youth Fund in each of the three most recent financial years for which information is available, (b) what amount of this budget was spent on (i) distribution of funds to qualifying organisations, (ii) staff (aa) salaries, (bb) benefits and (cc) travel and (iii) office rental, (c) to which organisations were funds allocated and (d) what amount was allocated to each of these institutions?

NW1787E

The Minister replied:

(a) The Umsobomvu Youth Fund (UYF) initially received an allocation of R855m from the Demutualisation Levy Act of 1998 in 2001 and all its projects since then were funded from this allocation. By the 31 March 2007 UYF had already fully committed the R855m. Further to this, UYF received an allocation of R400m in the financial year 2007/8 through the Medium Term Expenditure Framework.

(b) Total funds spent on qualifying organisations in the last three recent financial years are as follows:

2005/6 – R135m (Audited)

2006/7 – R273m (Audited)

2007/8 – R459m (Currently being audited)

Total amounts spent on staff salaries and benefits attributable to projects implementation and support in the last three recent financial years are as follows:

2005/6 – Salaries: R29.2m (Audited)

2005/6 – Benefits: R13.8m (Audited)

2006/7 – Salaries: R47.6m (Audited)

2006/7 – Benefits: R23.5m (Audited)

2007/8 – Salaries: R60.9m (Currently being audited)

2007/8 – Benefits: R27.7m (Currently being audited)

Total amounts spent on travel attributable to projects implementation and support in the last three recent financial years is as follows:

2005/6 – R9.3m (Audited)

2006/7 – R7.1m (Audited)

2007/8 – R14.9m (Currently being audited)

Total amounts spent on office rental in the last three recent financial years are as follows:

2005/6 – R3.2m (Audited)

2006/7 – R4.1m (Audited)

2007/8 – R8.7m (Currently being audited)

(c) Below is the list of 3rd party organisations which UYF have used to implement its programme in the last three financial years. Included in the list below are projects implemented by UYF using its own internal resources and capacity in the last three recent financial years.

(d) Amount allocated to each of these institutions:

	Total funds allocated to qualifying organisations in the financial year 2005/6(Audited)	Total funds allocated to qualifying organisations in the financial year 2006/7(Audited)	Total funds allocated to qualifying organisations in the financial year 2007/8(Currently being audited)
Funds Allocated to project implemented by 3rd party organisations for the last three (3) financial years.
Centre for Youth Development	859,062
Ipelegeng Youth Leadership Development	1,031,681
Koinonia Community Centre	108,903	1,246,336
Northern Cape Youth Development Agency		1,871,864
African Pathways		389,313
Establishment for Comprehensive Youth Development	925,055
YAC - Impact Assessment	645,893
South African Graduates Dev Assoc YAC		300,000	478,897
Katlehong FET		300,000
Umfolizi FET College - Eshowe			250,000
Vuselela FET YAC		190,000
Mopani FET		190,000
Capricorn FET YAC		190,000
Emnambithi & Ladysmith Municipality		300,000
Westrand District Municipality		300,000
Qaukeni Local municipality YAC		300,000
Kwadukuza Municipality YAC		300,000
Mpofana local Municipality YAC		300,000
Hibiscus Coast Municipality YAC		300,000
Magareng Municipality YAC		300,000
Swartland Municipality		300,000
Hartebeeskral Multi Purpose Comm Centre		300,000
Breede Revier Winelands Municipality		300,000
Waterberg District Municipality		1,800,000
Bitou Municipality		300,000
King Sabata Dalindyebo Municipality		300,000
Xhariep District Municipality		900,000
Nala Municipality		300,000
Inxuba yethemba Municipality		300,000
Nkokobe Economic development agency YAC		300,000
Thabo Mufhuthsane Municipality		1,500,000
Kgalagadi		300,000
Lerethlabetse MPCC Telecentre		300,000
Gariep Local Municipality		300,000
Pixley ka seme District Municipality		300,000
Knysna Municipality		300,000
Tswaing Local Municipality		300,000
Kannaland YAC		300,000
Nquthu Local Municipality YAC		300,000
Albert luthuli Municipality		300,000
Steve Tshwete Local YAC		300,000
Thaba Chweu Municipal YAC		300,000
Bushbuckridge Municipality YAC		300,000
Mutale Municipality		300,000
Baviaans Local Municipality		300,000
Overberg Municipality		300,000
Greater Sekhukhune District Municipality		1,500,000
Motheo FET YAC		190,000
Ratlou Local Municipality		300,000
Rustenburg local Municipality		300,000
Potch Municipality		1,237,869
Buffalo Municipality		900,000	179,583
Randfontein Municipality		300,000
Gert Sibande FETC YAC		190,000
Eden District Municipality		300,000
Taletso FET YAC		190,000	94,145
Umgugundlovu District municipality		190,000
Better life - Eldorado Park	250,000
Ekurhuleni East FET College YAC Point			250,000
Lovedale FET YAC Point
Ikhala FET YAC Point
Vhembe FETC YAC	190,000
Nkangala FETC YAC	190,000
Ehlanzeni FETC YAC	190,000		68,750
Boland FET YAC	190,000		98,343
Eastern Cape YAC Point
Goldfields FET YAC Point
Maluti FET YAC Point
Coastal Kwazulu Natal FET YAC Point
Umfolizi FET College	190,000
Sedibeng District Municipality		1,200,000
False Bay FET YAC Point	190,000
False Bay FET YAC Point	190,000
College of Cape Town YAC		190,000
Nama Khoi Municipality		300,000
JHB Central FET College YAC		190,000
Nelson Mandela Metro Municipality YAC		1,500,000
Overstrand Municipality		300,000
False bay FET College GDP		641,167
KZN - Umbumbulu			190,000
Eastcape Midlands FETC			250,000
Ekangala Siyabuswa			500,000
KZN Umlazi			500,000
Makana Masipala		300,000
Mbizana Local Municipality		300,000
NSA Equip Programme
Academy of Financial Markets	(65,409)
SITA Project
Torque Technical Computer Training
National Emergent Red Meat Producers’ Org	1,062,403		6,472,860
Further Education and Training			163,887
Boland FET College	1,347,300
Vuselela FET College	330,000	(62,000)
NW Health Department Internship	684,000	80,163
Motheo FET		515,167
Motheo FET - Furniture Making		950,000
ABASA President Club		2,519,792
Umgugundlovu		517,167
Umgugundlovu		918,020
FET-West Coast College		1,242,241	152,800
Leadership for People with Disabilities (POLSEC)		(538,375)
Ekurhuleni East FET College
Ekhurhuleni FET College		515,167
Tshwane North FET College
Umfolozi FET College		(578,002)
Lovedale Public FET College
Ikhala FET College			251,463
EastCape Midlands FET College			334,743
Goldfields FET College		(210,000)
KZN Coastal FET College		(439,800)	2,237,663
Capricorn FET College			383,323
Maluti FET College	576,100
De Aar FET College	731,592
Northern Cape Urban FET college -GDP		515,167
Northern Cape FET College	614,800		216,763
Orbit FET College	582,250
Orbit FET College GDP		515,167
Taletso FET College GDP		515,167
Taletso FET College		(16,915)
Waterberg FET College	649,500
NC Rural FET College	675,511
FET-Mopani South College		1,065,200
FET - Ehlanzeni			250,000
False Bay FET College	1,265,610		244,523
East Cape Midland GDP		515,167
JHB central FET GDP		515,167
Tshwane North FET College GDP		511,167
KZN Coastal FET College GDP		517,167
Junior insurance Admin Leadership		1,236,988
AIDC Internship/Graduate diplomat internship.		1,719,970
ISETT ICT Programme		4,950,000
Youth Development Trust		250,000
ICESA Campus			1,959,500
Banking and Financial Service Campus			1,920,500
African Union Skills Development		714,000
Monyetla Work Preparedness			4,775,000
Leap 2		2,655,100
College of cape town GDP		511,167
Educo		282,503
Labour Intensive Training & Engineering		1,070,967
Joint Enrichment Project	2,908,745	(553,115)
Project Public Building - 17 Shaft Youth			3,486,432
Western Cape Nature CB (WCNB)	(358,636)	(643,068)
South African Council of Churches	(288,133)
Reach For Life		(123,356)
NYS - Curricula Framework		34,859	324,057
Jala Peo Trust	163,400	(5,547)
Curriculum Framework for - NYS	386,631
NYS - Project Identification			916,680
Community Aids Response	1,804,289
Ecocity Trust	4,795,443
NWOBSA (North West Conservation & Tourism -NYSP Outward Bound)		2,977,690
Training Workshop Unlimited - Cape Mental Health (CMH Ciyanceda Youth Service Project)	1,639,668		5,567,290
Assistant Probation Officers	208,454	3,790,000	155,666
SA Youth Minister		2,128,344
Drakensburg Municipality Housing	1,012,429	975,000
Moses Kotane Municipality	870,159	3,991,327
Community and Social Development	140,410		311,993
National Youth Services - Health Project Identification.	245,973	106,851	497,561
NYS - Orientation	4,456
Big Brothers Big Sisters Of South Africa		4,114,436	500,000
Lubisi Dam		1,881,252
Health Youth Service Project Free state		4,573,044
National Youth Services (Project identification Conservation)	289,746	30,000
NYS Limpopo HCBC		7,393,477
Greater Tzaneen Municipality			2,671,202
Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Research	1,554,800
Ithala Emerging Contractor Skill			2,786,104
Department of Home Affairs Internship	1,352,000
ETDP Youth Community Programme	714,636
WC EPWP - PUBLIC BUILDING MAINTANANCE			4,435,750
Global Service day projects.			147,060
China NYS Public Building/Tshwane South College			1,815,500
National Youth Service Volunteer Program			348,410
Ekurhuleni Maths and Science		1,664,750
Lap Desk			1,100,000
CII India Training			3,901,236
KZN- Public Works			2,358,000
Regenyses School of Public Management			3,190,000
North West Renovation Government Building			7,438,098
Department of Home Affairs National Youth Service		886
Proud to Serve Campaign			1,928,000
National Department of Public Works.			15,195,470
Life Line Volunteer Project			4,980,725
The Nations Trust	2,384,378	110,000
NICRO Enterprise Finance	3,097,622	113,727
Marang Financial Services	300,000		1,000,000
Marang Financial Services	1,166,000
National Co-operative Association of SA	(923,956)
SACCOL	4,225,000	(1,504,000)
Small Enterprise Finance	2,000,000
Progress Fund	3,433,936
WDB			500,000
COMSEC	9,965,323	14,941,496	25,872,300
Open For Business	10,411,216	2,591,760	11,023,849
Thekwini Business Development Centre	5,146,725		18,319,516
Junior Achievement SA
Institute For Development Services		20,734,080
Vouchers Committed in 2008
Vouchers Committed in 2007
Vouchers Committed in 2006
Tshwane University of Technology			495,000
Tshwane University of Technology	330,000
EDPP Maths Centre		3,120,000
Maths Centre Learners & Teachers Entrepreneurship			6,410,118
EWET Free State		1,125,000
SA Institute for Entrepreneurship EC		1,130,814
SA Institute for Entrepreneurship KZN		1,130,814
Ikusasa International			3,028,410
Elgin Learning Foundation Entrepreneurship		500,000
Penry College		489,390	70,000
Cape Town College FET		(351,777)
COMSEC
Open For Business
Thekwini Business Development Centre
Institute For Development Services
Pel Africa Mpum		14,477,571	10,284,641
Maximiz		10,367,040	13,408,600
Francis Baardt SMME Trust		8,293,632	6,427,900
Case Management Model Development		(88,584)
Free State Youth Commission		1,060,074
On Wards Strat ( Provincial Youth Commission)		304,040
Lobby And Advocacy		1,000,000	503,282
Knowledge Management		(24,000)
UYF - Youth Research HSRC		(27,360)
Sub total (A)	72,584,965	163,699,785	183,621,593
Number of 3rd party organisations that implemented projects on behalf of Umsobomvu Youth Fund for the last three (3) financial years.	55	132	59
Funds Allocated to Projects implemented internally by Umsobomvu Youth Fund using its own capacity for the last three financial years.
Tshwane Retail Outlet REG	2,280,367	232,908
Project Management			228,928
YAC Management Region 1			(1,990)
YAC Management Region 4			430,061
Rustenburg			152,433
TNT - JHB		1,891,027	2,034,161
TNT - TSHWANE YAC		5,832,453	8,545,921
TNT - CAPE TOWN		576,077	1,629,493
NEF - NELSPRUIT		804,008	2,503,272
KIMBERLEY			211,823
Durban YAC			804,144
YAC-MIDRAND			539,061
NEF - SECUNDA		342,199	834,937
NEF - WITBANK		347,140	948,058
NEF - BLOEMFONTEIN		468,888	1,596,138
NEF – EAST LONDON		492,004	2,469,856
NEF – CAPE TOWN		1,206,754	1,533,552
LIMPOPO RETAIL		457,762	1,492,712
UYF Call Centre CIC	3,184,490	3,322,829	3,226,511
Mobile Youth Advisory Centre CIC	891,987	2,561,090	3,062,566
UYF Training Programme DOL CIC	55,753		2,159
UYF Internet Portal Content Activation(Minset) CIC	816,753	2,670
Content Provision Project CIC	277,381	884,738	1,060,242
Youth Portal Development CIC	1,158,560	2,138,359	1,510,725
South African Youth Card CIC	6,324,233	3,769,879	4,489,021
National Youth Services SDT	4,495,294	4,469,904
Financial Mentorship BDS		1,274,531	373,905
1.Micro Finance			2,565,098
2General Fund/SME ENF	4,653,322	4,572,734	3,697,023
Partnership Participation - Market Linkages(Employment)		2,360,579	4,706,327
Business Linkages MKL		2,219,446	1,811,991
Partnership Management. – MKL		272,771
Voluntary Youth Service Programme COMS	6,822
Youth Months COMS		741,200	(171,074)
Youth Magazine COMS		1,493,082	2,713,555
Corporate & Social Investments-Sponsorship COMS		5,460,643	803,644
UYF Internship CBR		1,571,276	1,959,553
2010 Entrepreneurship CBR		2,116,167	2,076,190
EE Conference CBR		2,467,731	5,115,118
Training Support Project CBR	1,933,778	3,510,238	3,424,736
Entrepreneurship Education CBR	1,661,053
Sub total (B)	27,739,794	57,861,086	68,379,849
Number of projects implemented internally by Umsobomvu Youth Fund using its own capacity for the last three (3) financial years.	13	30	35
Funds allocated for loans and investments to young people through Intermediaries in the last three financial years
The Nations Trust	3,920,000	973,035
The Nicro Enterprise Finance	(1,651,317)
UYF-MASS Mart Sme Fund	1,000,000	400,000
Limpopo Development Corporation			5,000,000
Free State Development Corporation			5,000,000
Women's Development Business			4,000,000
UYF- MTN SME Fund		2,000,000
Franchise Fund	523,433	554,652	513,060
General Fund - Investments	500,460
Co-operatives Programme	(33)		180,000
SACCOL		2,000,000
Marang Financial Services	5,000,000		4,000,000
Small Enterprise Finance	5,400,000
Sub total (C)	14,692,544	5,927,687	18,693,060
Funds allocated for loans and investments to young people directly by Umsobomvu Youth Fund in the last three financial years
Micro Lending Direct		6,486,248	17,122,525
Masisizane Women’s Fund			100,000,000
General Fund - Loans	19,620,000	38,669,179	70,977,864
Sub total (D)	19,620,000	45,155,427	188,100,389
NUMBER OF ENTERPRISES THAT BENEFITED	6,617	21,383	19,505
TOTAL FUNDS ALLOCATED TO QUALIFYING ORGANSATIONS FOR THE LAST THREE FINANCIAL YEARS (A+B+C+D)	134,637,302	272,643,985	458,794,892

QUESTION NO. 1053

DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 20 JUNE 2008

(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 19)

Mr M Waters (DA) to ask the Minister of Health:

(a) Which (i) private hospital groups and (ii) medical aid schemes publicly supported the call for her to develop regulations in order to control price increases within the private health sector and (b) what is the exact wording of their support, at the Health Conference held at Sun City in September 2007?

NW1788E

REPLY:

The National Department of Health convened the Private Health Sector Indaba on 21 September 2007 in Midrand at Vodaworld, not Sun City as is indicated in the question. The primary objective of the Indaba was to explore strategies to further transform the health sector with particular reference to the challenges in the private health sector, including the issue of cost escalation among other things.

The participants to the Indaba came from a wide range of stakeholders including the private hospital groups, the medical schemes industry, pharmaceutical companies, the health devices industry, complementary alternative medicines and health professional associations.

The Hospital Association of South Africa (HASA); The Board of Healthcare Funders (BHF); Pharmaceutical associations – IMSA, NAPM, PIASA & SMASA; Health devices and complementary products – SAMED, CAMS & SALDA; Health Professionals – SAMA, HPCSA; and the Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) made presentations to the Indaba on issues they felt were major challenges in the private health sector and how best they thought these could be addressed.

After the presentations, the participants were divided into five groups that dealt with respective topics namely:

1. Legislative and regulatory reforms

2. Reimbursements/Tariffs

3. Benefit design

4. Human resources for health, and

5. Organisational issues: Public Private Interactions, service standards and norms

Deliberations on these issues were conducted not on the basis of the respective organisations but as a collective. Recommendations on the alternative solutions to address the cost escalation and other challenges in the private health industry were also made on a similar basis.

What emerged from the discussion groups, which was presented in a summary to the plenary, was a general overwhelming consensus that self-regulation in the private sector had failed and hence there was a need for the Minister to intervene in order to strengthen the existing legislative and regulatory framework and create certainty and stability in the sector. Additional recommendations urged that the Department should earnestly speed up initiatives to ensure creation of an integrated regulatory system taking into account that some sectors were currently unregulated, for instance the complementary alternative medicines. A key recommendation in the plenary session was that there was a special need to regulate private hospitals. A further addition to this recommendation was that the government must intervene in the tariff determination processes through creating mechanisms that allow for transparency in the setting of tariffs, especially for private hospitals, through central bargaining otherwise the sector would implode to the detriment of many lives.

QUESTION NO. 1054

DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 20 JUNE 2008

(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 19)

Mr M Waters (DA) to ask the Minister of Health:

(1) (a) What is the name of each Chief Executive Officer (CEO) employed to manage each specified public hospital in the Northern Cape as at the latest specified date for which information is available, (b) when was he/she employed, (c) what are his/her qualifications, (d) what was his/her previous position and (e) what is his/her salary;

(2) whether he/she has been paid any performance bonuses at any stage during his/her tenure in this position; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

NW1789E

REPLY:

Name of Hospital	Name of CEO/ Hospital Manager	Date of Employment	Qualification	Previous Position	Previous Salary	Pay Progression	Performance Bonus	Details
Colesberg Hospital	Agnes Landu	20030606	Ø Diploma Nursing	General Nurse	R 62 658	2003/2004	2005/2006	Performance Bonus (05/06) R 2081.00 (1.46%)
						2004/2005		Pay Progression 1%
						2005/2006
						2006/2007
Kuruman Hospital	Keobiditse Dawn Dijong	19990401	Ø Diploma Nursing	General Nurse	R 119 010	2006/2007	No records	Pay Progression 1%
Tshwaragano Hospital (transfer North West)	Abram Tsidiso Sejake	19880704	Ø Diploma Nursing	General Nurse	R 96 792	No records	No records	None
Gordonia Hospital	Gordon Itumeleng Moncho	19900701	Ø Diploma Nursing Ø Diploma Health Management	General Nurse	R 115 575	2003/2004	2005/2006	Pay Progression 1%
						2004/2005		Performance Bonus (05/06) R 2081.00 (0.75%)
						2005/2006
						2006/2007
Kimberley Hospital	Hamid Shabbir	19930801	Ø Bachelor of Science Ø MBBS Ø Diploma Anaesthetics Ø MACHE, Member of American College of Healthcare Executives Ø MIHM, Member of Institute of Healthcare Management Ø Organization behaviour Ø Human Resource Management Ø Negotiations Ø Hospital Information System Management Ø Advanced Cardiac Life Support Ø Advanced Trauma Life Support Ø Hospital Disaster Preparedness Ø Public Health in Complex Emergencies Ø Hospital Disaster Preparedness	Medical Doctor	R 144 972	2005/2006	2002/2003	Pay Progression 1%
						2001/2002	2003/2004	Performance Bonus (02/03) R 16056.24 (03/04) R 17099.88

QUESTION 1055

DATE OF PUBLICATION OF INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 20/06/2008

(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER 19-2008)

Dr SM van Dyk (DA) to ask the Minister of Education:

How many (a) white students have been turned down for bursaries at state accredited and subsidised technikons and universities in the past three financial years and (b) other students did in fact qualify for such bursaries in the past three financial years?

NW1790E

REPLY:

a) The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) provides financial aid to students, but does not keep a record of bursary applications it turns down.

b). Below is a list of white students who were granted NSFAS loans and Funza Lushaka bursaries for the last 3 years.

	Number of funded white students, 2005-07

Year	Donor	Donor Type	White Student Count
2005	ASSET	NGO - Recovered Money	1
2005	COMMUNICARE	Private Sector Conduit	3
2005	DE Teacher Education (Ringfenced)	State	376
2005	Department of Agriculture Bursaries	State	21
2005	DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION	State	1861
2005	Department of Labour Disability Fund	State	95
2005	Eastern Cape Premiers Office Scholarships	Provincial Government	20
2005	Eastern Cape Provincial Government	Provincial Government	3
2005	MEDUNSA Recovered Funds	Institution Recovered Funds	1
2005	NGO-STUDIETRUST	NGO - Recovered Money	14
2005	Rhodes University Council	Institution	52
2005	Rhodes University Recovered Funds	Institution Recovered Funds	2
2005	Tshwane University of Technology	Institution	4
2005	UCT UG Recovered Funds	Institution Recovered Funds	2
2005	UNISA Post Graduate Fund	Institution	5
2005	Univ Pretoria	Institution	54
2005	University of Cape Town	Institution	15
2005	University of Johannesburg	Institution	2
2005	University of KZN	Institution	3
2005	University of South Africa	Institution	3
2005	University of the Western Cape	Institution	3
2005	Wits University Post Graduate Recovery	Institution Recovered Funds	4
2005	Wits University Under Graduate Recovery	Institution Recovered Funds	3
2006	ASSET	NGO - Recovered Money	1
2006	CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY	Institution	1
2006	COMMUNICARE	Private Sector Conduit	2
2006	DE Teacher Education (Ringfenced)	State	354
2006	Department of Agriculture Bursaries	State	21
2006	DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION	State	1615
2006	Department of Labour Disability Fund	State	102
2006	Durban University of Technology	Institution	4
2006	Eastern Cape Premiers Office Scholarships	Provincial Government	26
2006	Eastern Cape Provincial Government	Provincial Government	3
2006	METALLON TEACHING SCHOLARSHIP	Private Sector Conduit	2
2006	NGO-STUDIETRUST	NGO - Recovered Money	8
2006	Rhodes University Council	Institution	49
2006	Rhodes University Recovered Funds	Institution Recovered Funds	8
2006	Tshwane University of Technology	Institution	4
Year	Donor	Donor Type	White Student Count
2006	UCT UG Recovered Funds	Institution Recovered Funds	1
2006	UNISA Post Graduate Fund	Institution	6
2006	Univ Pretoria	Institution	117
2006	University of Cape Town	Institution	21
2006	University of KZN Gap Funding	Institution	15
2006	University of South Africa	Institution	11
2006	University of the Western Cape	Institution	2
2006	UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND - PG	WITS University	6
2007	CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY	Institution	2
2007	COMMUNICARE	Private Sector Conduit	1
2007	COMMUNICARE HAND OVER	Private Sector Conduit	1
2007	DE Teacher Education (Ringfenced)	State	242
2007	Department of Agriculture Bursaries	State	16
2007	DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION	State	1507
2007	DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - FET	State	255
2007	Department of Education: Funza Lushaka Bursary	State	757
2007	Department of Labour Disability Fund	State	93
2007	Department of Social Work	SATI	16
2007	Eastern Cape Premiers Office Scholarships	Provincial Government	34
2007	Eastern Cape Provincial Government	Provincial Government	10
2007	Eastern Province Provincial Government Recovered	Provincial Government	1
2007	METALLON TEACHING SCHOLARSHIP	Private Sector Conduit	2
2007	NGO-STUDIETRUST	NGO - Recovered Money	9
2007	Rhodes University Council	Institution	24
2007	Rhodes University Recovered Funds	Institution Recovered Funds	2
2007	Tshawane University of Technology 100% loan	Institution	2
2007	UCT UG Recovered Funds	Institution Recovered Funds	2
2007	UNISA Post Graduate Fund	Institution	5
2007	Univ Pretoria	Institution	72
2007	Universit of Pretoria Recovered Funds	Institution Recovered Funds	13
2007	University of Cape Town	Institution	17
2007	University of KZN	Institution	1
2007	University of KZN Gap Funding	Institution	15
2007	University of South Africa	Institution	5
2007	University of the Western Cape	Institution	1
2007	Wits University Under Graduate Recovery	Institution Recovered Funds	2

QUESTION NO.: 1057

DATE OF PUBLICATION: 20 JUNE 2008

Mr J Selfe (DA) to ask the Minister for Justice and Constitutional Development:

(1) Whether she or her department has been informed that the Master’s Office in Cape Town cannot provide copies of documents due to the photocopy machines being out of order; if so, (a) how many photocopy machines are (i) out of order and (ii) for how long and (b) what are the reasons for a budget only being allocated in September to fix the machines; if not,

(2) whether her department will investigate this current state of affairs; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;

(3) whether her department has taken any steps to rectify this situation; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

NW1792E

REPLY

(1) I would like to inform the Honourable Member that the Master’s Office in Cape Town does not have any photocopy machines out of order.

(a)(i) None

(ii) Not applicable

(b) The budget for the Master’s Office, like all units in the Department, is allocated in April at the start of each financial year and not in September.

(2)&(3)I am advised that the Master’s Office will be upgrading four (4) of the photocopying machines located at its office. These will be of a higher specification and capable of handling the large volume of photocopying that is done in this office.

QUESTION NUMBER 1058

DATE OF PUBLICATION: 20 JUNE 2008

DR D T GEORGE (DA) TO ASK THE MINISTER OF FINANCE:

(a) Why was the Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act. Act 5 of 2000, not been amended to provide for the broad-based BEE scorecard to be used and (b) what is the Government's policy with regard to the implementation of the broad-based BEE codes?

NW1793E

REPLY:

(a) On 17 February 2007 Cabinet directed that the Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act, No 5 of 2000 (PPPFA) should be reviewed to align government's preferential procurement policy objectives with the aims of the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act, No 53 of 2003 and its related strategies (including utilization of the broad-based BEE scorecard).

Agreement was reached between the National Treasury (NT) and the Department of Trade and industry (DTI) on various measures for achieving alignment between the objectives of the two Acts. Refer to ANNEX 1 for the list of agreed measures. It was deemed preferable to achieve alignment by consolidating the revised provisions of these Acts within the review being conducted of the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA).

(b) PPPFA Regulations are presently incorporated as an integral part of the broader Regulations on Supply Chain Management (SCM) that were issued in terms of the current PFMA.

The alignment measures referred to previously were included in the recommendations submitted to Cabinet during May 2008 for the review of the PFMA. The intention was to repeal the current PPPFA and to give effect to the alignment of the PPPFA and the BBBEE Act through the reviewed PFMA and its new supporting regulations. In considering the proposals for the review of the PFMA, Cabinet directed that further consultation should take place between the Minister of Finance and the Minister of DTI on the provisions relating to the alignment of the PPPFA and the BBBEE Act. The proposed revised PFMA is intended to be tabled in Parliament as part of next year's legislative programme. After tabling, public comments will be invited for consideration by Parliament

ANNEX 1

List of measures agreed to bv National Treasury INT) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) for aligning the objectives of government's preferential procurement policy objectives with the aims of the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act, No 53 of 2003

· • In order to qualify for participation in future government procurement contracts, bidders should be required to have achieved a certain minimum BBBEE status level;

· • In line with the provisions of the BBBEE Codes of Good Practice, Micro Enterprises should be exempted from the requirement to comply to a prescribed minimum BBBEE status level;

· • Where applicable, the BBBEE status level for bidders should be determined on the basis of the balanced scorecard methodology as prescribed in the BBBEE Act;

· • Evaluation of bids should be based on price, after it has been ascertained that bids are fully compliant with the bid specifications and the minimum required BBBEE status level;

· • The relevant Accounting officer (AO) or accounting authority (AA) should determine and prescribe for each bid invitation what the minimum BBBEE status level of a bidder should be in order to qualify for evaluation.

· • In determining the minimum BBBEE status level in respect of a specific invitation for bids, the AO or AA should take into account the applicable BBBEE targets as contained in the gazetted Sector Codes, where these targets constitute formal agreements between government and industry.

· • In those instances where industry targets had not yet been gazetted, the AO or AA should conduct an analysis of the potential supplier market to assess the prevailing BBBEE status level in the relevant sector/ industry.

· • Minimum BBBEE status levels should be determined in such a manner that it acts as a strong incentive for potential bidders to reach the sector/industry targets. At the same time, however, the AO or AA should be conscious of the risk of initially setting the minimum BBBEE status level at an unrealistic high mark, which could narrow the potential supplier base and therefore result in uncompetitive behaviour by suppliers.

1059 Dr D T George to ask Minister for Public Service and Administration

a) How does the remuneration increase of 10.5% for certain categories of public servants, announced by the Government recently, align with the objective to meet an inflation target of between 3% to 6%?and

b) How should participants in the economy interpret this increase in terms of their own economic behaviour? NW1795E

Response:

(a) According to the Public Service Coordinating Bargaining Council (PSCBC) resolution 1 of 2007, the cost of living adjustment for public service employees should be implemented with effect from 01 July 2008. The resolution further states that the adjustment shall be the National Treasury’s forecast for CPI-X for the fiscal year 2008/09, plus 1 percent.

The inflation outlook since the 2008 budget, where the projection was stated to be 6.2% for the fiscal year 2008/09, has deteriorated significantly due to rising food, oil and energy prices. It was then deemed prudent to revisit the macro-economic model to determine the current position with regard to the inflation projection. It must be acknowledged that in the current environment, series of supply-side shocks emanating from international oil and food prices and local electricity increases, makes it difficult to forecast to a greater degree of certainty.

The Minister of Finance, in his Budget vote Speech of 29 May 2008 stated: “We expect inflation to average above 9 per cent in calendar year 2008.”

Noting that this is an unusual situation, not a normal inflation cycle, and the need to take a decision that is sustainable for the economy in general and that it also preserves the purchasing power of public service employees, the salary adjustment of 10.5% with effect from 01 July 2008 was determined to be fair. The 10.5% adjustment is based on a projected CPIX of 9.5% for the current fiscal year plus 1%.

As much as the inflation targeting of the country is between 3% and 6%, it is important to remember that this salary adjustment is a cost of living adjustment and not an increase in salaries of public servants that will fuel inflation from its current levels. Furthermore, it is important for government as an employer to ensure that it rewards public servants adequately, while ensuring that their salaries are not eroded by inflation.

(b) Though salaries are sensitive to business cycles and will contribute to inflation in the following year, if wage settlements are above inflation (i.e. second round effects of inflation), it is important to note that the causes of inflation in South Africa have largely being fuelled by external forces, i.e. supply side shocks emanating from international energy and food prices, though some has been demand driven from the domestic economy. Furthermore, it is important to note that if one increases the cost of production by just inflation, it will contribute towards stabilisation of inflation in the following year and possibly declining. If this is coupled with aggregate demand declining, inflation will further come down. This is a picture that is currently seen in South Africa. Therefore, a 10.5% salary increase for public servants is unlikely to fuel inflation and will not lead to second round effects of inflation. The inflation targeting policy is supported and will always be upheld.

QUESTION NO: 1064

PUBLISHED IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 14 OF 04 SEPTEMBER 2009

DR W G JAMES (DA) TO ASK THE MINISTER OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND COOPERATION:

Whether it is South Africa’s position that the SA Development Community (SADC) should persuade President Robert Mugabe to abide by the SADC Judicial Tribunal ruling by taking all reasonable steps to return the land that has been confiscated from certain persons (details furnished); if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details? NW1064E

REPLY:

As an active member of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), South Africa’s position will align with the decision of the SADC Summit of Heads of State and Government on the issue of the SADC Tribunal and compliance with its rulings.

During the 29th Ordinary SADC Summit held from 7-8 September 2009 in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Heads of State and Government again mandated the SADC Ministers of Justice/Attorneys-General to discuss the issue further and present recommendations to the next Summit accordingly. The Ministers of Justice/Attorneys-General will meet at a date yet to be confirmed.

QUESTION NO.: 1066

DATE OF PUBLICATION: 20 JUNE 2008

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

How many days leave has Judge President John Hlope taken since he became Judge President of the High Court of the Western Cape?

NW1803E

Judge President Hlope has taken 3 months and 14 days leave since he became Judge President of the High Court of the Western Cape.

1067. Mr K J Minnie (DA) to ask the Minister for the Public Service and Administration:

(1) Whether any members of her department are currently suspended on full pay; if so, (a) how many, (b) at what rank level, (c) in which management areas and (d) for how long have they been on suspension;

(2) What was the cost to her department of salaries paid to members suspended on full pay in respect of each of the past three financial years up to and including the 2007-08 financial year? NW1804E

Answer: In terms of the DPSA

(1) Yes (a) one official (b) Director (SMS member), and (c) Governance Branch (d) with effect from 25 June 2008.

(2) Cost to the Department in terms of salaries paid is as follows:

§ 2005/06 financial year was: R524, 263.14

§ 2006/07; financial year was: R17, 178.44

§ 2007/08; financial year was: R59, 758.05

In terms of SAMDI:

1) No, there is no SAMDI employee currently suspended on full pay.

2) The cost of salaries paid in respect of members suspended on full pay during the 2007-08 financial year amounted to R 27 975,79, for the 2006-2007 financial year an amount of R 145 497,20 and R 99 749,51 for the 2005-2006 financial year.

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.

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? NW1319E

(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:

QUESTION NO: 1094

PUBLISHED IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 14 OF 04 SEPTEMBER 2009

MR KS MUBU (DA) TO ASK THE MINISTER OF INTERNATIONA RELATION AND COOPERATION:

Whether a delegation will be sent to Libya to attend the 40th Anniversary of Muammar Gaddafi’s reign; if not, why not; if so, (a) who will represent South Africa in this delegation, (b) how long will the delegation be in Libya, (c) what is the estimated cost of the visit and (d) what is South Africa’s foreign policy towards Libya? NW1355E

REPLY:

a) No.

South Africa was represented at the celebrations by the South African Ambassador in Tripoli, Ambassador Jeremiah Ndou.

b) Not applicable

c) Not Applicable

d) South Africa has maintained cordial relations with Libya since the establishment of diplomatic relations in 1995. A Joint Bilateral Commission (JBC) was inaugurated in 2005 during the official visit to Libya of former President Mbeki. South Africa supports the integration of Libya into the international political arena following the removal of sanctions.

Question 1069

Mr S J F Marais (DA) to ask the Minister of Trade and Industry:

How many (a) applications for funding have been received by the National Lotteries Distribution Trust Fund and the National Lotteries Board since the 2005-06 financial year, (b) of these applications (i) have been approved, (ii) have been rejected or (iii) were not completed by each financial year and (c) of the approved applications have (i) been paid out in full, (ii) been partly paid out and (iii) not been paid out in each of the financial years?

NW1330E

Response:

(a) Number of applications received for funding

2005/6 – The National Lotteries Board (NLB) did not maintain the statistics for 2005/6. In this regard, the dti has already requested the NLB to do an audit of all applications since the inception of the National Lotteries Distribution Trust Fund (NLDTF).

2006/7 – In 2006/7, there was a delay in the appointment of Distributing Agencies. Therefore, no calls for applications were made in 2006/7.

2007/8 – 8,375

2008/9 – 5,590

(b)(i) Number of funding applications approved

2005/6 – 2,039

2006/7 – 863 applications approved from previous call

2007/8 – 1,021

2008/9 – 870

(b)(ii) Number of funding applications rejected. The Board did not maintain the statistics for 2005/6. In this regard, the dti has already requested the NLB to do an audit of all applications rejected since the inception of the NLDTF.

2005/6 – refer (a) above

2006/7 – refer (a) above

2007/8 – 2,253

2008/9 – 4,183

(b)(iii) Number of funding applications carried over

2005/6 – refer (a) above

2006/7 – refer (a) above

2007/8 – 5,101

2008/9 – 537

(c)(i) Amount of allocated amount paid out in full

In view of present time constraints (c) (i) & (c) (ii) can only be responded to jointly, i.e. total payments. Refer to the submission under (c) (ii).

With the conversion to the new system, the history of allocated amounts paid out in full by the NLDTF will take a lot of time to analyze. The NLB however, is prepared to do the analysis and furnish the information within 30 days if it is still required.

(c)(ii) Amount of allocated amount partially paid out (total submitted rather than partial)

2005/6 – R1, 012,029,000

2006/7 – R 791,568,000

2007/8 – R 633,636,000

2008/9 – R 950,053,000

(c)(iii) Amount of allocated amount not paid out

2005/6 – R1, 494,318,000

2006/7 – R1, 484,768,000

2007/8 – R1, 773,871,000

2008/9 – R2, 160,273,000

QUESTION NO. 1070

Mr A C Steyn (DA) to ask the Minister of Housing:

(2) what was the cost to her department of salaries paid to members suspended on full pay in respect of each of the past three financial years up to and including the 2007-08 financial year?

(1) No

(2) 2005/06 R0

2006/07 R385 554.47

2007/08 R630 875.79

QUESTION NO 1072

DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 20 JUNE 2008

(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 19)

1072. Mr M M Swathe (DA) to ask the Minister of Water Affairs and Forestry:

(2) What was the cost to her department of salaries paid to members suspended on full pay in respect of each of the past three financial years up to and including the 2007-08 financial year? NW1809E

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REPLY:

(1) Yes

(a) Four

(b) Deputy Director: Salary Level 11

Assistant Director: Salary Level 9

Practitioner: Salary Level 7

Supervisory 2

Middle Management 1

(d) Duration of Suspensions:

3 months

4 months

9 months

10 months

(2) Year 2007 – 2008 R1201986.70

Year 2006 – 2007 R124 468.25

Year 2005 - 2006 R816 305.00

GRAND TOTAL R2 142759.90

QUESTION NO.: 1073

DATE OF PUBLICATION: 20 JUNE 2008

Dr J T Delport (DA) to ask the Minister for Justice and Constitutional Development:

(2) what was the cost to her department of salaries paid to members suspended on full pay in respect of each of the past three financial years up to and including the 2007-08 financial year?

NW1810E

The information requested by the Honourable Member is being collated and will be forwarded as soon as it has been finalised.

QUESTION NO: 1076

PUBLISHED IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 19 OF 20 JUNE 2008

Mr A J LEON (DA) to ask the Minister of Foreign Affairs:

(1) Whether any members of her department are currently suspended on full pay ;if so, (a) how many, (b) at what rank level, (c) in which management areas and (d) for how long have they been on suspension;

(2) what was the cost to her department of salaries paid to members suspended on full pay in respect of each of the past three financial years up to and including the 2007-2008 financial year?

REPLY:

(1) Yes;

(a) One (1) official

(b) At rank level 8

(d) The official was suspended with effect from 15 May 2008 to date

(2) Financial year 2005/2006 = R221 000.00

Financial year 2006/2007 = R76 465.29

Financial year 2007/2008 = R67791.77

QUESTION NUMBER 1077

DATE OF PUBLICATION: 20 JUNE 2008

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

(1) Whether any members of the National Treasury are currently suspended on full pay; if so, (a) how many, (b) at what rank level, (c) in which management areas and (d) for how long have they been on suspension;

(2) what was the cost to the National Treasury of salaries paid to members suspended on full pay in respect of each of the past three financial years up to and including the 2007-08 financial year? NW1814E

REPLY:

(1) There are no members of the National Treasury who are currently on suspension with full pay.

(2) The only cost for an employee who was suspended with full pay was for the 2005/2006 financial year. This amounted to R208, 796.68. The employee was suspended on 03 October 2005 and his services were terminated with effect from 30 September 2006.

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QUESTION 1079

DATE OF PUBLICATION: Friday, 20 June 2008

INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 19 of 2008

Mr C M Lowe (DA) to ask the Minister of Home Affairs:

what was the cost to her department of salaries paid to members suspended on full pay in respect of each of the past three financial years up to and including the
2007-08 financial year?
NW1816E
REPLY

Yes. (a) On 20 June 2008 when this Question was posed, a total of 84 staff members were on suspension with full pay. A total of 43 officials are on suspension, pending the outcomes of their disciplinary hearings as at 04 November 2008.

(b) The suspended officials' ranks range from Administration Clerk
(Grade II) to Deputy Director-General (level 15).

(d) As on 04 November 2008, 47% of cases are pending since 2008, 51% cases pending since 2007, and 2% since 2006.

(2) The cost for 2007/2008 is only being collated since the year end was on 31 March 2008 . The rest of the cost, including leave credits, and performance assessments, are still being finalised. This information will be made available to the Honourable Member.
QUESTION 1080

Mr C M Lowe (DA) to ask the Minister for Public Enterprises:

(1) Whether any members of his department are currently suspended on full pay; if so, (a) how many, (b) at what rank level, (c) in which management areas and (d) for how long have they been on suspension;

(2) what was the cost to his department of salaries paid to members suspended on full pay in respect of each of the past three financial years up to and including the 2007-08 financial year?NW1817E

Reply:

(1)(a-d)No staff member of the Department is currently suspended on full pay. In April 2007, one official from the office of the Chief Operations Officer, at level 8, was suspended on full pay for 30 days.

(2) The cost to the Department for the past three financial years, including 2007/08, is as follows:

§ 2004/05 financial year, one Middle Manager was suspended for 39 days = R25, 096.12

§ During the same year, one Senior Manager was suspended for 60 days = R90, 293.50

§ 2007/08 financial year, one staff member in a Senior Administration position was suspended for 30 days = R12, 400.00

No officials from the Department were suspended on full pay during the 2006/07 financial year.

QUESTION 1081

WRITTEN REPLY

DATE OF PUBLICATION: FRIDAY, 20 JUNE 2008

INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO.: 19-2008

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

1. Whether any members of his department are currently suspended on full pay; if so, (a) how many, (b) at what rank level, (c) in which management areas and (d) for how long have they been on suspension;

2. what was the cost to his department of salaries paid to members suspended on full pay in respect of each of the past three financial years up to and including the 2007-08 financial year?

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1. Yes, 35 Defence Act Personnel and 7 Public Service Act Personnel.

(1)(a)	(1)(b)	(1)(c)	(1) (d)
2	13	SA Army SA Army	4 years 2 months 10 months
3	12	SA Army Sa Army Deputy Director	5 years 9 months 5 years 8 months 2 months
2	10	SA Army SA Army	2 years 1 month 4 years 10 months
2	09	SA Army SA Army	5 years 9 months 5 years 9 months
1	08	Senior State Accountant	3 months
4	07	SA Army SA Army SA Army SA Air Force	1 years 6 months 3 years 6 months 3 years 6 months 1 year 5 months
9	06	SA Army SA Army SA Army SA Air Force SA Air Force SA Navy SA Navy Senior Accounting Clerk Senior Accounting Clerk	1 year 6 months 1 year 2 months 1 year 10 months 2 years 9 months 2 years 7 months 1 year 5 months 6 months 3 months
7	05	SA Army SA Army SA Army SA Army SA Air Force SA Air Force SA Navy	3 years 6 months 1 year 1 month 1 year 3 years 6 months 2 years 2 months 10 months 4 years
4	04	SA Army SA Army SA Navy Boatswain	3 years 10 months 1 year 4 years 5 months 12 days
7	03	SA Army SA Army SA Army SA Army SA Army SA Air Force Food Service Aid	3 years 8 months 1 year 6 months 1 year 1 month 3 years 8 months 1 year 6 months 1 year 5 months 2 days
1	02	Food Service Aid	6 days

(2) 2005/06 Rm2 814 134

2006/07 Rm3 861 441

2007/08 Rm4 231 854

QUESTION 1082

INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER [NO 19-2008]

DATE OF PUBLICATION: 20 JUNE 2008

1082. Dr A I Van Niekerk (DA) to ask the Minister for Agriculture and Land Affairs:

(2) what was the cost to her department of salaries paid to members suspended on full pay in respect of each of the past three financial years up to and including the 2007-08 financial year? NW1819E

MINISTER FOR AGRICULTURE AND LAND AFFAIRS:

(In respect of the Department of Agriculture):

(1) (a) None

(b), (c) & (d) Fall away.

(2) 2005/2006 (R3481.50)

2006/2007 (R128 122.00)

2007/2008 (R0)

(In respect of the Department of Land Affairs):

(1) Yes.

(a) 2 employees.

(b) 1 on salary level 15 and 1 on salary level 12.

(d) 3 months and 41 months respectively.

(2) 2005/2006: R332 275.15

2006/2007: R305 834.43

2007/2008: R735 098.84

QUESTION 1083

FOR WRITTEN REPLY

Date of publication on internal question paper: 20 June 2008

Internal question paper no: 19

1083. Mrs J A Semple (DA) to ask the Minister of Social Development:

(2) what was the cost to his department of salaries paid to members suspended on full pay in respect of each of the past three financial years up to and including the 2007-08 financial year? NW1820E

REPLY:

(1) No, there are currently no employees on suspension in DSD,

(a) –(d) falls away;

(2) 2005/ 2006 no suspensions

2006/ 2007 no suspensions

2007/2008 1 Deputy Director suspended from 1-23 February 2008,

Cost in respect of salary: R25 945.87

QUESTION NUMBER: 1084

DATE PUBLICATION: 20 JUNE 2008

DATE REPLY SUMITTED: 28 AUGUST 2008

MRS J A SEMPLE (DA) TO ASK THE MINISTER IN THE PRESIDENCY:

(1) Whether any staff members in the Presidency are currently suspended on full pay; if so, (a) how many, (b) at what rank level, (c) in which management areas and (d) for how long have they been on suspension;

(2) What was the cost to the Presidency of salaries paid to members suspended on full pay in respect of each of the past three financial years up to and including the 2007-08 financial year?

NW1821E

REPLY:

1(a) Two

(b) Senior Specialist: Drafting and Speechwriting, Communications:

Suspended form 11 July 2008

Cleaner: Tuynhuys: suspended from 28 November 2007

2 2005/06: R386 000.00;

2006/07: R73 000.00; and

2007/08: R25 000.00.

QUESTION: NO 1085

(Internal Question Paper No – 2008)

Mr T D Lee (DA) to ask the Minister of Sport and Recreation:

(2) what was the cost to his department of salaries paid to members suspended on full pay in respect of each of the past three financial years up to and including the 2007-08 financial year?

NW1822E

REPLY:

(a) 2 Officials

(b) Both on salary level 9 (Assistant – Director level)

(c) Line function – Directorate: Client Support, Sub-directorate: Service Providers.

(d) Both since 4 April 2008.

R 296 662.80

Question 1087

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

(2) What was the cost to his department of salaries paid to members suspended on full pay in respect of each of the past three financial years up to and including the 2007-08 financial year?NW1825E

Response:

(1) (a) Three (3) officials were suspended on full pay.

1 (b)		1 (c)	1 (d)
RANK	SALARY LEVEL	MANAGEMENT AREA	HOW LONG THEY HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED
Admin. Clerk Gr II	5	N/A	2 years 4 months (As a result of pending investigations (specialized in some instances), postponements and the appointment of the chairperson by General Public Service Sectoral Bargaining Council (GPSSBC), the matter at hand is taking longer than anticipated. The dynamics of the matter necessitate a longer period for resolution and thus the conclusion of the case falls outside the time frame that would ordinarily be applicable.)
Senior Admin Officer	7	N/A	5 months
Senior Admin Officer	7	N/A	4 months

(2)

SALARIES PAID
Employee	2005/2006 R	2006/2007 R	2007/2008 R	TOTAL R
1	7 209.67	85 506.10	95 504.92	188 220.69
2	0	2 472.34	66 034.47	68 506.81
3	0	1 764.65	60 976.69	62 741.34
4	0	0	31 250.55	31 250.55
5	0	0	14 108.73	14 108.73
6	313 882.59	0	0	313 882.59
7	47 930.69	0	0	47 930.69
	R369 022.95	R89 743.09	R268 875.36	R726 641.40

QUESTION NUMBER 1088

DATE OF PUBLICATION: 20 JUNE 2008

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

(1) Whether the National Treasury (a) kept records as required by the Public Finance Management Act, Act 1 of 1999, and (b) reported any incidents of losses through (i) criminal conduct, (ii) unauthorised expenditure, (iii) irregular expenditure or (iv) fruitless and wasteful expenditure in the 2007-08 financial year; if not, why not; if so,

(2) Whether any action has been taken against the offending officials; if not, why not; if so, in each category, (a) how many officials (i) were dismissed, (ii) were suspended and (iii) had other sanctions imposed on them and (b) what amounts were involved;

(3) Whether there were any disciplinary cases pending on 31 March 2008; if so, what are the relevant details? NW1826E

REPLY:

(1)(a) National Treasury keeps record of losses through criminal conduct, unauthorised expenditure, irregular expenditure or fruitless and wasteful expenditure when they occur. Such incidences are noted in a Loss Control Register and allocated to a control account when they are incurred.

(1)(b)(i) National Treasury noted losses through criminal conduct. Such losses are attributable to theft of departmental property (laptops, cellular phones etc) by persons other than employees. Some losses also occurred due to acts or omissions by employees

(1)(b)(ii) - (iv) No incidences of unauthorised expenditure, irregular expenditure or fruitless an wasteful expenditure were recorded during the 2007-08 financial year.

(2) No disciplinary action was taken against employees where losses arose from acts or omissions. This is due to the fact that these acts or omissions were of a relatively minor nature and fell outside the ambit of offences listed in Treasury Regulation 12.2.1 (a) to (g).

(3) No disciplinary cases were pending on 31 March 2008 QUESTION NO: 1091

PUBLISHED IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 19 OF 20 JUNE 2008

Mr A J LEON (DA) to ask the Minister of Foreign Affairs:

(1) Whether her department (a) kept records as required by the Public Finance Management Act, Act 1 of 1999, and (b) reported any incidents of losses through (i) criminal conduct, (ii) unauthorised expenditure, (iii) irregular expenditure or (iv) fruitless and wasteful expenditure in the 2007-08 financial year; if not, why not; if so,

(2) whether any action has been taken against the offending officials; if not, why not; if so, in each category, (a) how many officials (i) were dismissed, (ii) were suspended and (iii) had other sanctions imposed on them and (b) what amounts were involved;

(3) whether there were any disciplinary cases pending on 31 March 2008; if so, what are the relevant details?

REPLY:

(1) (a) Yes, records are kept in line with PFMA act 1 of 1999.

(b) (i) No criminal case was reported.

(ii) No incident of unauthorised expenditure in the 2007-2008 financial year was reported

(iii) One (1) incident of irregular expenditure in the 2007-2008 financial year was reported.

(iv) There was no incident of fruitless and wasteful expenditure in the 2007-2008 financial year.

(2) Yes, action has been taken against the offending officials as follows:

Case description	Offending officials	Amounts involved	Action taken
Irregular expenditure	1	R37311.00	The official was dismissed following a disciplinary inquiry.

(3)There were ten (10) disciplinary cases that were pending cases on 31 March 2008 and the details are as follows:

Case No.	Nature of misconduct	Status at 31 March 2008
1.	Four charges of insubordination, two charges of bringing the Department into disrepute, one charge of disrespectful conduct, one charge of making false accusation and misrepresentation and one charge of dishonest conduct.	Awaiting sanction from the Presiding Officer. The case was subsequently finalised on 16 April 2008.
2.	Absenteeism	The case was scheduled for a hearing in April. The case was subsequently finalised on 19 April 2008.
3.	Alleged domestic violence	Awaiting the Investigating Officer’s report.
4.	Allegations of insubordination, failure to follow Treasury Regulations and the including insubordination and failure to follow treasury regulations	The case was scheduled for a hearing in April. The case was subsequently finalised on 6 June 2008.
5.	Misuse of government petrol card	Awaiting a decision for the Investigations Monitoring and Management Committee on whether to pursue charges against the employee. A decision was subsequently taken to charge the employee for misconduct and the hearing was scheduled for 18 July 2008.
6	Failure to follow treasury regulations and other prescripts	The case was scheduled for a hearing in April. The case was subsequently finalised on 6 June 2008.
7.	Irregularities regarding the procurement of security services for the Mission	The case was still under investigation. The case is still under investigation.
8.	Absenteeism	The case was scheduled for a hearing in April. The case was subsequently finalised on 24 April 2008.
9.	Various allegations relating to financial irregularities.	The case was still under investigation. Investigations have since been completed and the employee will be charged for misconduct.
10	Absenteeism	The case was scheduled for a hearing in April. The case was subsequently finalised on 9 May 2008.

QUESTION NO: 1091(2)

PUBLISHED IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 19 OF 20 JUNE 2008

Mr A J LEON (DA) to ask the Minister of Foreign Affairs:

(3) whether there were any disciplinary cases pending on 31 March 2008; if so, what are the relevant details?

REPLY:

(1) (a) Yes, records are kept in line with PFMA act 1 of 1999.

(b) (i) No criminal case was reported.

(ii) No incident of unauthorised expenditure in the 2007-2008 financial year was reported

(iii) One (1) incident of irregular expenditure in the 2007-2008 financial year was reported.

(iv) There was no incident of fruitless and wasteful expenditure in the 2007-2008 financial year.

(2) Yes, action has been taken against the offending officials as follows:

Case description	Offending officials	Amounts involved	Action taken
Irregular expenditure	1	R37311.00	The official was dismissed following a disciplinary inquiry.

(3)There were ten (10) disciplinary cases that were pending cases on 31 March 2008 and the details are as follows:

Case No.	Nature of misconduct	Status at 31 March 2008
1.	Four charges of insubordination, two charges of bringing the Department into disrepute, one charge of disrespectful conduct, one charge of making false accusation and misrepresentation and one charge of dishonest conduct.	Awaiting sanction from the Presiding Officer. The case was subsequently finalised on 16 April 2008.
2.	Absenteeism	The case was scheduled for a hearing in April. The case was subsequently finalised on 19 April 2008.
3.	Alleged domestic violence	Awaiting the Investigating Officer’s report.
4.	Allegations of insubordination, failure to follow Treasury Regulations and the including insubordination and failure to follow treasury regulations	The case was scheduled for a hearing in April. The case was subsequently finalised on 6 June 2008.
5.	Misuse of government petrol card	Awaiting a decision for the Investigations Monitoring and Management Committee on whether to pursue charges against the employee. A decision was subsequently taken to charge the employee for misconduct and the hearing was scheduled for 18 July 2008.
6	Failure to follow treasury regulations and other prescripts	The case was scheduled for a hearing in April. The case was subsequently finalised on 6 June 2008.
7.	Irregularities regarding the procurement of security services for the Mission	The case was still under investigation. The case is still under investigation.
8.	Absenteeism	The case was scheduled for a hearing in April. The case was subsequently finalised on 24 April 2008.
9.	Various allegations relating to financial irregularities.	The case was still under investigation. Investigations have since been completed and the employee will be charged for misconduct.
10	Absenteeism	The case was scheduled for a hearing in April. The case was subsequently finalised on 9 May 2008.

QUESTION 1092

WRITTEN REPLY 20 JUNE 2008

1092. Mr S E Opperman (DA) to ask the Minister of Public Works:

(1) Whether the department (a) kept records as required by the Public Finance Management Act, Act 1 of 1999, and (b) reported any incidents of losses through (i) criminal conduct, (ii) unauthorised expenditure, (iii) Irregular expenditure or (iv) fruitless and wasteful expenditure in the 2007-08 financial year; if not, why not; if so,

(3) Whether there were any disciplinary cases pending on 31 March 2008; if so, what are the relevant details? NW1830E

REPLY

(1)(a)(b) Yes, the Department keeps records as required by the Public Finance Management Act, Act 1 of 1999 and reported on the incidents of losses through Criminal conduct in 2007 – 08 financial year.

(2) The details are as indicated on the table below:

INCIDENTS OF LOSSES

DISMISSALS/

SUSPENSIONS OR SANCTIONS IMPOSED

ACTION TAKEN

AMOUNTS INVOLVED

2007/08 Criminal Conduct

There was one dismissal an official in Kimberly Regional Office

The dismissal was a swift action by the Department on the criminal conduct by the official concerned.

No money involved.

2007/08 Unauthorised expenditure

The incident relate to over expenditure in Programme Three (3) of department’s budget.

No dismissals or suspensions of officials at this stage

The Department is currently investigating the matter and the investigation will be completed by 30 November 2008

R9,635,000.00

2007/08 Irregular expenditure

No incident of irregular expenditure

Not applicable

2007/08 Fruitless and wasteful expenditure

There were two incidents in Durban and Cape Town Regional Offices respectively. No dismissals made.

In Durban Regional Office, the official attended a workshop and was recalled by the Regional Manager for operational purpose. The incident resulted in fruitless expenditure and an interest incurred as a result of dispute with service provider.

In Cape Town Regional Office, Eskom submitted invoice late, and the region tried to dispute the interest portion did not bear fruitful result. The Department wrote off the amount as the amount could not be recovered and the department felt that to pursue the matter with Eskom will result to more expenditure.

The Department is processing approval for write offs depending on availability of funds.

The Department is having monthly expenditure / budget meetings with all branches headed by the CFO. The purpose of the meetings is to ensure that the department does not over/under spend.

R4,153.11 (Durban Regional Office)

R575.40 (Cape Town Regional Office)

(3) Yes, in Kimberly Regional Office where the official was dismissed

QUESTION NO. 1093

DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 20 JUNE 2008

(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 19)

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

(3) whether there were any disciplinary cases pending on 31 March 2008; if so, what are the relevant details?

NW1832E

REPLY:

(1) (a) Yes

(b) (i) None, as no cases were referred to court.

(ii) None, as no unauthorised expenditure took place.

(iii) Yes.

(iv) Yes.

(2) No. Cases of irregular expenditure and fruitless and wasteful expenditure are still under investigation.

(a) Not applicable as investigation is still ongoing.

(b) Fruitless and wasteful expenditure: R287 740,62

Irregular expenditure: R637 203,00

(3) No.

QUESTION 1094

DATE OF PUBLICATION: Friday, 20 June 2008

INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 19 of 2008

Mr C M Lowe (DA) to ask the Minister of Home Affairs:

(1) Whether her department (a) kept records as required by the Public Finance Management Act, Act 1 of 1999, and (b) reported any incidents of losses through
(i)criminal conduct, (ii) unauthorised expenditure, (iii) irregular expenditure or
(iv) fruitless and wasteful expenditure in the 2007-08 financial year; if not, why not;
if so,

(3) whether there were any disciplinary cases pending on 31 March 2008; if so, what are the relevant details?

NW1833E

REPLY

(1)(a) to (b)(iv) As per the table below:

Incident	Disciplinary steps taken/criminal proceedings	2007/08

An official procured goods and services for private use	The department has since charged the official with additional 62 cases of fraud and found guilty and dismissed. The money will be recovered from his pensions.	9
An official procured goods and services for private use	The department has since charged the official with additional 62 cases of fraud and found guilty and dismissed. The money will be recovered from his pensions.	2
An official procured goods and services for private use	The department has since charged the official with additional 62 cases of fraud and found guilty and dismissed. The money will be recovered from his pensions.	24
An official procured goods and services for private use	The department has since charged the official with additional 62 cases of fraud and found guilty and dismissed. The money will be recovered from his pensions.	42
Rendering of catering services without obtaining relevant orders and authorisation from Procurement services	Explanatory information was obtained from the affected offices and the expenditure will have to be regularised.	8
Accommodation of newly appointed officials without following proper procurement processes	The matter is under investigation	31
The Chief Directorate: Communication Service made use of Service Provider: Monitoring South Africa for media monitoring and reporting without following normal procurement procedures where bids needed to be invited.	The department is still in the process of finalising the case to determine liability and the Official responsible for this action.	498
TOTAL		614

(2) (a) For the financial year 2007/2008, 53 officials were involved in financial misconduct.

(i) 21 officials were dismissed for financial misconduct.

(ii) 25 officials were suspended.

(iii) 15 officials had other sanctions imposed on them:

13 officials had only Final Written Warnings imposed on them and;

2 officials had Final Written Warning plus Suspension Without Salary

2 officials were found not guilty.

1 official resigned.

(b) A total amount of R965 885.20 was involved. Please note that in some instances the amounts are not specified.

(3) 14 cases are still pending finalisation.

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QUESTION NO.: 1095

DATE OF PUBLICATION: 20 JUNE 2008

Dr J T Delport (DA) to ask the Minister for Justice and Constitutional Development:

(3) whether there were any disciplinary cases pending on 31 March 2008; if so, what are the relevant details?

NW1834E

REPLY

(1) Yes, my Department has kept records, in terms of the Public Finance Management Act, Act 1 of 1999 of losses incurred through criminal conduct, unauthorized expenditure, irregular expenditure and fruitless and wasteful expenditure.

(2) Action was taken against the relevant offending officials found guilty.

(a) With regard to the instances of financial misconduct for the period 2007-08, the following action was taken against officials in my Department:

(i) 4 were dismissed;

(ii) 9 were suspended; and

(iii) 21 had other sanctions imposed on them. Regarding officials that are found to have been liable for the losses, the State Attorneys offices have been briefed to recover the losses from them. Such matters are subject to ongoing litigation.

(b) The process of determining the actual amounts lost takes time. In most cases, the initial figures are estimates but once the investigation is completed, the amounts are generally accurate.

(3) There were 230 cases outstanding at the end of the 2007/08 financial year. To date, 112 of these matters have been finalised.

Question 1095

Mr K S Mubu (DA) to ask the Minister of Trade and Industry:

What is (a) South Africa’s contribution towards the Southern African Customs Union’s (SACU) revenue and (b) the total tariff revenue for SACU? NW 1356E

Response:

the dti takes note of the above mentioned question but wishes to inform that

Southern African Customs Union (SACU) revenue issues are dealt with by

National Treasury.

QUESTION NO.: 1097

DATE OF PUBLICATION: 4 SEPTEMBER 2009

Dr P J Rabie (DA) to ask the Minister of Economic Development:

(1) (a) Which Sector Education and Training Authorities (Seta) will be involved in the layoff training scheme in terms of the State response to the economic crisis, (b) how much funds will be allocated to each Seta and (c) on what basis will the funds be apportioned to each Seta;

(2) whether his department has an estimate of the number of workers (a) who’s employment will be terminated and/or suspended as at 1 September 2009 to 31 December 2010 and (b) who will receive training in each quarter during the abovementioned period; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;

(3) whether his department has formulated any syllabus for each Seta for the training programmes; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details? NW1358E

(1) (a) The training layoff scheme applies to the whole economy and thus all SETAs are expected to be involved in the training layoff scheme.

(b) The amount of money that the Department of Labour will allocate to each SETA from the R2,4 billion will depend on the size of the affected company workforce to be enrolled in the training layoff, the amount that the SETA has allocated for the training cost, and the Work place Grant that the employer is likely to claim from a SETA.

(c) The UIF/NSF Jobs fund committee will meet every Wednesday to consider applications received from the CCMA of companies certified to be in distress and applications from each SETA, to undertake comparisons across SETAs on the funds requested and to recommend allocation if the applications meets the requirements. The SETA will in turn be expected to conclude individual agreements with each company in the various work places.

(2) The number of workers who will enroll in the training layoff scheme will be determined by the rate of applications. The figures will be monitored regularly and will be made public.

(3) Government has left discretion on the training courses and outcomes unit standards to employers and trade unions to finalise on the basis that parties at a decentralized level would be best places in these circumstances to identify the skills that would be required. Three broad guidelines have been developed. First, the skills should be appropriate to the needs of the company and sector from where the participating workers are drawn and training should be designed to provide for ‘portability’ of skills. Second, generic skills should be encouraged, such as communication and problem-solving. This guideline also covers adult basic education and training which includes literacy and numeracy skills. Third, workers should wherever possible be exposed to information and communication technology (ICT) skills.

QUESTION NO.: 1099

DATE OF PUBLICATION: 20 JUNE 2008

Mr I E Jenner (ID) to ask the Minister for Justice and Constitutional Development:

(1) Whether her department suspended any services in 2007-08 owing to staff shortages; if so, (a) what services and (b) where;

(2) whether any steps are being taken to remedy the shortages; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

NW1839E

(1) I would like to inform the Honourable Member that my Department has not suspended any services owing to staff shortages.

(2) Not applicable.

QUESTION NO. 1100

DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 20 JUNE 2008

(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 19)

Mr L W Greyling (ID) to ask the Minister of Health:

Whether any wards were closed in 2007; if so, (a) why, (b) in which hospitals, (c) how many beds were involved in each closure and (d) what steps are being taken to remedy the situation?

NW1840E

REPLY:

FREE STATE

No, no wards were closed in 2007.

(a), (b), (c) and (d) Fall away.

GAUTENG

No hospital wards were closed during the period in question.

NORTHERN CAPE:

Yes

(a) Due to a shortage of Professional nurses and doctors two wards were closed down.

(b) Alexanderbay Hospital in the Namakwa District

(d) Alexanderbay Hospital has become a CHC with 6 beds. The submission for the filling of 3 professional nurses posts has been approved and the Department is also trying to recruit a doctor to service this facility.

WESTERN CAPE

A total of 90 'beds' were closed in the Western Cape during 2007.

(a) The beds were closed due to financial pressure and in the face of this pressure the need to prioritize health services at the district level.

(b) Groote Schuur and Tygerberg Tertiary hospitals

(d) 10 Of the 60 beds closed at GSH were relocated to the Maitland Cottage Home which is also part of the Provincial Dept of Health under the management of Red Cross Children's hospital. This was a complete relocation with the entire service shifting to Maitland Cottage (MC) in order to improve the very low occupancies that had been identified at MC. 27 of the 60 beds at GSH were private beds and private patients are admitted to the appropriate general ward at GSH.

Private patients in TBH were easily absorbed into the second private ward. The services in the beds identified for closure were absorbed into adult general services. Although beds were closed, the patient outputs largely remained constant due to increased efficiencies.

Strenuous efforts were made to obtain additional funding for the 2008/09 financial year and as a result the beds have been reopened albeit in a different configuration during 2008.

QUESTION NO 1082

DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 04 SEPTEMBER 2009

(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 14)

1082. Mrs A T Lovemore (DA) to ask the Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs:

Whether any plans are in place to ensure an adequate and sustainable supply of water for (a) irrigation and (b) domestic use to the Pearston area within the Blue Crane Route Municipality; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) what plans and (b) when will it be implemented? NW1343E

REPLY:

(1)(a) There is no plan to develop any commercial irrigation at Pearston. However, in a report finalised by the Department in October 2005 looking into possible domestic water resources for the town, My Department looked at the possibility of including about 10 hectares of market gardens at the town, under irrigation.

(1)(b) A number of possible resources for domestic use were identified in the October 2005 report. Further investigations are now necessary to take the identified possibilities to the feasibility level. Much of this will entail groundwater drilling and testing.

(2)(a) My Department is presently busy with a study called the “All Towns Reconciliation Strategy Study”, which will take a first-level look at which resources should be developed for each of the 134 identified towns and 2600 rural villages in the Eastern Cape. The results of this study will be a definite way forward regarding which resources the WSA must study or develop next for each town. A stand-alone report will be produced for each town, including Pearston, and the recommendations at the end of the report, which will set out the way forward, will be signed off by the Water Service Authority and the Department. This report actually covers the entire country, and is due for completion towards at the end of 2011

(2)(b) Once the reconciliation studies have been completed, the Water Services Authority will develop the implementation plan accordingly.

QUESTION NO. 1075

INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 14

DATE OF PUBLICATION: 4 September 2009

Mr G R Krumbock (DA) to ask the Minister of Tourism

Whether any contingency plans have been or will be put in place to provide alternative accommodation to visiting football fans to the 2010 Fifa Soccer World Cup tournament who will be sleeping in municipal parks during the winter period of 11 June to 11 July when the tournament will be hosted; if so, what contingency plans have been or will be put in place? NW1336E

MR G R KRUMBOCK (DA)

SECRETARY TO PARLIAMENT

HANSARD

PAPERS OFFICE

PRESS 1075. THE MINISTER OF TOURISM ANSWERS:

The Department is currently putting together an inventory of accommodation in South Africa, both graded and ungraded. In the event that this accommodation is not adequate in certain areas, engagement will be made with municipalities to provide temporary accommodation during peak periods. This will be done within the Municipal by laws.

Question & Replies No 1051 to 1100

QUESTION NO.: 1057

QUESTION NO.: 1066

QUESTION NO.: 1073

DATE OF PUBLICATION: 20 JUNE 2008

INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 19 of 2008

(3) 14 cases are still pending finalisation.

QUESTION NO.: 1095

QUESTION NO.: 1099

QUESTION NO. 1075

INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 14

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