QUESTION PAPER - Parliament of South Africa PAPER: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY NO 15 - 2016 [No 15 – 2016]...

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QUESTION PAPER: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY NO 15 - 2016

[No 15 – 2016] Third Session, Fifth Parliament

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

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QUESTION PAPER ________________________

Note: 1. † Indicates translated version of the question.

2. Indicates a question for oral reply.

3. ■ Indicates a written question transferred for oral reply upon the request of

the relevant member in accordance with Rule 146(1).

Table of Contents

Minister of Arts and Culture .................................................................... 90, 92, 98, 99

Minister of Basic Education .............................................................. 91, 92, 94, 95, 97

Minister of Health ........................................................................ 91, 93, 94, 97, 98, 99

Minister of Higher Education and Training ........................ 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 96, 100

Minister of Human Settlements ................................................... 90, 92, 93, 95, 98, 99

Minister of Social Development .................................................. 90, 91, 93, 94, 97, 98

Minister of Sport and Recreation ..................................................... 90, 92, 94, 96, 100

Minister of Water and Sanitation ....................................................... 89, 91, 95, 96, 98

Questions standing over and transferred ........................................................ 101 - 110

QUESTIONS FOR ORAL REPLY

WEDNESDAY, 30 NOVEMBER 2016

CLUSTER 2: SOCIAL SERVICES

328. Mr M Hlengwa (IFP) to ask the Minister of Water and Sanitation:

Whether she will conduct an investigation into the two companies (names

furnished) which were awarded contracts to deliver water pipes to the

Umkhanyakude District Municipality (details furnished) without the proper

processes being followed; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details? NO3097E

333. Prof N M Khubisa (NFP) to ask the Minister of Higher Education and

Training:

(1) In light of the recent fees must fall campaign which affected a number

of universities, what are the challenges facing the 2017 registration

period of students at both universities and technical and vocational

education and training colleges;



(2) what systems and procedures have tertiary institutions, working with

his department and students, put in place to ensure that the 2017

registration process runs smoothly? NO3103E

288. Ms B J Dlomo (ANC) to ask the Minister of Sport and Recreation:

In view of the recent interaction with the Portfolio Committee on Sport and

Recreation where the SA Institute for Drug-Free Sport (SAIDS) noted that it

was unable to determine the reason for the high levels of doping at university

level, particularly in rugby, and in view of the fact that the SAIDS is expected

to work very closely with the Central Drug Authority (CDA) to develop,

review and implement the National Drug Master Plan, what steps does he

intend to take in collaboration with the SAIDS and the CDA to address the

high levels of doping in sport at university level through the implementation

of the National Drug Master Plan? NO3057E

305. Ms S P Tsoleli (ANC) to ask the Minister of Arts and Culture:

What (a) support has his department provided to the Pan South African

Language Board since its dissolution in January 2016 and (b) plans has his

department put in place going forward? NO3074E

311. Ms B S Masango (DA) to ask the Minister of Social Development:

Whether, with reference to her replies to question 1657 on 19 September 2016

and oral question 107 on 1 September 2016, any of the members of the

advisory committee established to plan the way forward for the takeover of

the paying out of social grants by the SA Social Security Agency in April 2017

were appointed as work stream leaders to ensure the smooth transition of the

specified takeover; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details? NO3080E

282. Ms L A Mnganga-Gcabashe (ANC) to ask the Minister of Human

Settlements:

(1) With reference to the 2016 mid-year population estimates which

indicate that 60% of the population is increasingly urbanised, what are

the implications of the specified estimates to the current strategy of her

department aimed at addressing the challenges of urban migration;

(2) whether there will be any policy shifts that need to be undertaken to

accommodate the implementation of the Integrated Urban

Development Framework coordinated by the Department of

Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs? NO3051E

291. Mr M D Kekana (ANC) to ask the Minister of Higher Education and

Training:

In view of the resumption of examinations at many universities in the

country, as well as the attempts to disrupt the examinations at some



universities, what support has his department given to all universities in order

to ensure the successful completion of examinations? NO3060E

312. Mr G R Davis (DA) to ask the Minister of Basic Education:

Whether she has found that the tabling of statutory reports in Parliament is

important to facilitate public scrutiny of her department and the Government;

if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the details of the

measures that she has put in place to ensure the timeous tabling of all

statutory reports under her purview? NO3081E

285. Mr H P Chauke (ANC) to ask the Minister of Water and Sanitation:

What are the relevant details of the shortage of water in Swartruggens? NO3054E

297. Ms N R Capa (ANC) to ask the Minister of Social Development:

(a) What measures has her department put in place to address the relationship

between substance abuse and gangsterism and (b) do the specified measures

include any intergovernmental structure? NO3066E

316. Mr L J Basson (DA) to ask the Minister of Water and Sanitation:

Whether, since her reply to oral question 103 on 24 August 2016, the Public

Protector’s investigation into her alleged illegal removal of a certain person

(name furnished) from the delegation to the bi-national Lesotho Highlands

Water Project Commission has been completed; if not, by what date will it

be completed; if so, (a) why did she allegedly remove the specified person

illegally from the specified position and (b) what was the total settlement cost

to her department in this regard? NO3085E

341. Mr M S Mbatha (EFF) to ask the Minister of Higher Education and

Training:

With reference to the fees must fall protests of 2016 which demonstrated that

his department learnt nothing from the specified protests of 2015 (details

furnished), what plans has his department put in place to ensure that there is

consensus between his department, universities and students to minimize

protests for the 2017 academic year? NO3169E

274. Ms C N Ndaba (ANC) to ask the Minister of Health:

(1) Whether his department has any co-operation agreement with USAID;

if so, what is the form and content of the agreement;

(2) does the agreement include the deployment of USAID personnel to

health facilities; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what is

the total number of USAID personnel that has been deployed in the

country’s health facilities? NO3043E



327. Mr K P Sithole (IFP) to ask the Minister of Human Settlements:

(1) Whether her department is making any progress in dealing with the

backlog of outstanding title deeds of the post-1994 beneficiaries; if not;

why not, if so, what are the relevant details;

(2) whether any progress has been made with regard to appointing project

management capacity that will segment the backlog to conveyancers

in each region? NO3096E

279. Ms N Gina (ANC) to ask the Minister of Basic Education:

Whether, with reference to Matric examination papers that were leaked in

2015 as well as in 2016 in Limpopo, she has found that there are gaps in the

manner in which the Matric question papers are secured from the moment

they are compiled until the day that they are written; if so, what steps does

her department intend to take to prevent this from reoccurring in future? NO3048E

289. Ms D P Manana (ANC) to ask the Minister of Sport and Recreation:

With reference to the Eminent Persons Group Barometer Initiative which

provides for transformation performance targets in selected Charter

dimensions until 2018 and in view of the fact that the failure of a sporting

code to achieve self-set targets could lead to Ministerial intervention, (a)

which of the five sporting codes that entered into the specified initiative in

May 2015 have required Ministerial intervention and (b) what have been the

outcomes of the specified interventions? NO3058E

310. Prof B Bozzoli (DA) to ask the Minister of Higher Education and

Training:

Whether he has put any plans in place to address the inevitable period of

conflict which will arise when universities will have to increase their fees

during the 2017 academic year in preparation for the 2018 academic year; if

not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details? NO3079E

306. Mr T Makondo (ANC) to ask the Minister of Arts and Culture:

With reference to the launch of the new National Archives website, which is

powered by the State Information Technology Agency, (a) what does the

launch of the specified website mean regarding accessibility of historic

records and (b) how does his department assist institutions of learning to

make better use of the specified archives? NO3075E

283. Ms L A Mnganga-Gcabashe (ANC) to ask the Minister of Human

Settlements:

What are the relevant details of the progress made in the Nelson Mandela

Metropolitan Municipality as a result of her intervention? NO3052E



314. Dr H C Volmink (DA) to ask the Minister of Health:

Whether, with reference to the findings of a 2014 study that at least 28% of

public sector nurses surveyed were involved in moonlighting, he has put any

measures in place to ensure that public sector nurses do not need to take on

additional jobs, as this practice may have potentially devastating

consequences in the rendering of quality healthcare services to public sector

patients; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details of the measures

that he put in place to date? NO3083E

292. Ms M F Nkadimeng (ANC) to ask the Minister of Higher Education and

Training:

With regard to the Government’s commitment to fund the poor and the

missing middle and address the challenges experienced with the National

Student Financial Aid Scheme model at higher education institutions (details

furnished), what is (a) currently being done to establish the specified fund

and (b) the expected impact of the fund? NO3061E

276. Ms M L Dunjwa (ANC) to ask the Minister of Health:

With reference to ensuring access to efficient and effective delivery of

quality emergency medical services (EMS), (a) what factors are contributing

to the delays in the process of finalising EMS regulations and (b) by what

date will his department finalise the policy on the education and training of

EMS personnel? NO3045E

318. Ms E R Wilson (DA) to ask the Minister of Social Development:

(1) Whether the SA Social Security Agency (SASSA) met each of the

seven deliverables set by the Constitutional Court in its judgment on 7

November 2014 regarding the takeover of the distribution of grants; if

not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;

(2) whether SASSA submitted any progress reports in this regard to the

specified court; if not, why not; if so, on which dates? NO3087E

338. Ms M O Mokause (EFF) to ask the Minister of Human Settlements:

With reference to Ward 16, in QwaQwa in the Free State, where on many

occasions the housing list was allegedly manipulated by the Ward Councillor,

where deserving beneficiaries such as pensioners were excluded in order to

give houses to persons close to the Ward Councillor, whereafter the matter

was reported to the Free State Legislature and nothing was done to solve it,

what is the intervention of her department in this regard? NO3166E



281. Ms N R Mokoto (ANC) to ask the Minister of Basic Education:

What are the details of the (a) progress made and (b) challenges experienced

in respect of the merger and/or rationalisation of non-viable schools in the

country? NO3050E

332. Ms L L van der Merwe (IFP) to ask the Minister of Social Development:

(a) How many provinces have permanent SA Social Security Agency

provincial heads and (b) in instances where there are acting heads of

provinces, what are the reasons for these vacancies not being filled?NO3102E

296. Ms S P Tsoleli (ANC) to ask the Minister of Social Development:

With reference to the findings of her department that non-profit organisations

did not receive their payments from July 2015 to March 2016 because they

had not been compliant with regulations and that there were delays in making

transfer payments under the Substance Abuse Conditional Grant (a) what

measures has her department put in place to ensure that the non-profit

organisations comply with the applicable regulations and (b) what have been

the challenges in this regard? NO3065E

275. Mr D H Khosa (ANC) to ask the Minister of Health:

With reference to many hospitals in the rural areas that have a shortage of

professional nurses, doctors and pharmacists and are struggling to retain the

professional staff in their employment, what plans are in place to (a) ensure

that vacancies are filled and (b) retain the professional staff who are leaving

the specified hospitals to join hospitals in towns and cities? NO3044E

319. Mr M S Malatsi (DA) to ask the Minister of Sport and Recreation:

Why did he take (a) over five months to finalise the payment of performance

incentives to the five local runners who finished in the top three positions of

the men's and women's division of the 2016 Comrades Marathon and (b)

more than three months to pay performance incentives for the 2016 Olympic

and Paralympic Games medalists as part of the Ministerial Excellence

Recognition programme? NO3088E

277. Dr P Maesela (ANC) to ask the Minister of Health:

Whether his department intends to build a clinic facility in Eatonside in

Evaton; if not, how does his department intend to ensure that the

communities in the specified area have access to health care services; if so,

(a) by what date will the clinic be built and (b) at what cost? NO3046E



278. Mr D Mnguni (ANC) to ask the Minister of Basic Education:

In view of the fact that the Annual National Assessment (ANA) tests were

met with resistance by teachers’ unions in 2016, resulting in some schools

not writing the ANAs, what steps has her department taken to ensure that

ANAs are performed to assess the performance of learners in the lower

grades? NO3047E

324. Ms D van der Walt (DA) to ask the Minister of Basic Education:

(1) What were the exact initial targets that were set when her department’s

Accelerated School Infrastructure Delivery Initiative programme was

first introduced;

(2) whether the specified targets were met in each case; if not, why not; if

so, what are the relevant details in each case? NO3093E

280. Mr D H Khosa (ANC) to ask the Minister of Basic Education:

By what date will her department ensure that each and every school is

provided with basic requirements like the need for safety by means of

employing security clerks to ensure their functionality and security? NO3049E

284. Mr L P Khoarai (ANC) to ask the Minister of Human Settlements:

What are the relevant details of the work that has been done by her

department in the Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality in terms of human

settlements delivery? NO3053E

322. Ms T E Baker (DA) to ask the Minister of Human Settlements:

Whether her department will meet the goal set by her to deliver 750 000

houses under her department’s Informal Settlement Upgrade Programme by

2019; if not, why not; if so, what progress has been made in this regard to

date? NO3091E

336. Ms M S Khawula (EFF) to ask the Minister of Water and Sanitation:

With reference to drains that burst and have been leaking for the past two

months, with sewerage seeping onto streets in Ward 39 in eThekwini

Municipality, (a) what measures has her department put in place to ensure that

the leaking drains get fixed and (b) what is the normal turnaround time to fix

sanitation-related problems such as leaking drains? NO3164E

286. Mr H P Chauke (ANC) to ask the Minister of Water and Sanitation:

How will the black-owned companies of South African and Lesotho

nationals benefit from opportunities in the Lesotho Highlands Water

Scheme? NO3055E



331. Prof C T Msimang (IFP) to ask the Minister of Higher Education and

Training:

What progress has his department made in linking up the National Student

Financial Aid Scheme funding model to social grants? NO3101E

287. Mr S M Ralegoma (ANC) to ask the Minister of Sport and Recreation:

What mechanism is his department using to ensure that the community sport

programme receives attention and the necessary resources are available for

the full implementation of the programme? NO3056E

290. Mrs B L Abrahams (ANC) to ask the Minister of Sport and Recreation:

In view of the challenges that his department has to deal with regarding sport

development in schools, what interventions has his department carried out to

assist schools in sport development? NO3059E

317. Mr L J Basson (DA) to ask the Minister of Water and Sanitation:

Whether she received any advice before appointing her department’s former

Chief Financial Officer, Mr Sifiso Mkhize, to the position of Acting Director-

General of her department following the resignation of the former Director-

General, Ms M A Diedricks, in July 2016; if not, why not; if so, (a) how

many other candidates did she consider for the specified position and (b) why

did she appoint the specified person? NO3086E

293. Mr E K Siwela (ANC) to ask the Minister of Higher Education and

Training:

Whether, with regard to the review of student accommodation at universities

which was conducted in 2011 (details furnished), there have been further

consideration of partnerships with local government and the relevant

government departments in addressing the challenges confronting

universities in respect of the shortage of and conditions of student

accomodation; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?NO3062E

294. Mrs J D Kilian (ANC) to ask the Minister of Higher Education and

Training:

In light of the fact that technical vocational and training (TVET) colleges are

a key component of the post-school education and training sector (details

furnished) what (a) is the impact on the challenges experienced by TVET

colleges on the programme of putting the colleges at the centre of developing

critical skills for the benefit of the economy and (b) what step is the

Government taking to address the specified challenges? NO3063E

309. Prof B Bozzoli (DA) to ask the Minister of Higher Education and

Training:

Whether he has found that increasing the number of technical and vocational

education training (TVET) colleges will offer a solution for the higher



education needs of the country; if so, (a) what progress has been made with

the construction of 12 new TVET colleges as announced by the President,

Mr Jacob G Zuma, and (b) what amount will it cost to increase TVET

enrolment by 50%, as set out in the White Paper for higher education? NO3078E

295. Mrs B L Abrahams (ANC) to ask the Minister of Social Development:

How has her department facilitated the role played by parents in the fight

against drugs and substance abuse? NO3064E

298. Ms H H Malgas (ANC) to ask the Minister of Social Development:

What has been the successes and challenges of the dispute resolution

mechanism that was implemented to deal with cases of illegal deductions

from the SA Social Security Agency grants? NO3067E?

313. Dr H C Volmink (DA) to ask the Minister of Health:

With reference to the R7,7 billion in irregular expenditure incurred by the

health sector in the 2015-16 financial year, what steps will he take to ensure

that (a) there are real consequences for persons who have been found to have

contributed to this state of affairs and (b) the specified unacceptable pattern

of irregular expenditure in the health sector is prevented from occurring in

the future? NO3082E

335. Ms N P Sonti (EFF) to ask the Minister of Social Development:

(1) Whether her department has done any assessment of the total number

of social workers that her department would need to employ to deal

with the shortage of social workers throughout the country; if not, why

not; so, what is the total amount that would cost her department to

employ the specified sufficient number of social workers;

(2) what plans does her department have in place to deal with the shortage

of social workers? NO3163E

299. Ms H H Malgas (ANC) to ask the Minister of Social Development:

In view of the approaching December festive season, (a) what programmes

has her department put in place to address alcohol and substance abuse during

the 2016 festive season and (b) which challenges were successfully dealt with

in previous campaigns? NO3068E

325. Prof C T Msimang (IFP) to ask the Minister of Basic Education:

Whether her department has any plans in place to recover the Government’s

money from the educators who were found guilty of plying their trade using

fraudulently acquired qualifications; if not, why not; if so, what are the

relevant details? NO3094E



300. Mr S P Mabilo (ANC) to ask the Minister of Social Development:

What steps has her department taken to address the challenges of backlogs in

infrastructure and the abuse of children at early childhood development

centres? NO3069E

302. Mr M Johnson (ANC) to ask the Minister of Arts and Culture:

Whether his department has any programme in place for the creation of a

Heroes Acre for the victims of the Langa massacre in Uitenhage in the

Eastern Cape; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details? NO3071E

307. Dr G A Grootboom (DA) to ask the Minister of Arts and Culture:

Whether (a) his department and (b) each entity reporting to him adhered to

the target set to spend only 80% or less of the administration budgets on the

compensation of employees for the 2015-16 financial year; if not, in each

case, why not; if so, what was the actual expenditure rates in each case? NO3076E

303. Mr J L Mahlangu (ANC) to ask the Minister of Arts and Culture:

How have South African artists benefited from the signed co-operation

agreements in the field of arts and culture with other countries? NO3072E

304. Ms X S Tom (ANC) to ask the Minister of Arts and Culture:

With regard to his department’s National Consultative Indaba on the second

draft of the revised White Paper on Arts, Culture and Heritage that was

hosted recently, (a) how was the specified draft paper received by delegates

and (b) what were the key recommendations arising from the specified

Indaba? NO3073E

320. Ms T Gqada (DA) to ask the Minister of Human Settlements:

What (a) are the reasons for the irregular expenditure of R66,6 million

incurred by the National Home Builders Registration Council in the past two

financial years and (b) steps has she taken to remedy the situation?NO3089E

323. Ms T E Baker (DA) to ask the Minister of Water and Sanitation:

How does her department monitor the implementation of mine closure plans,

which all mines are mandated to keep? NO3092E

337. Dr H Chewane (EFF) to ask the Minister of Health:

With reference to the department of health in the Northern Cape which spends

a huge chunk of money on consultants who facilitate the remuneration of

Vocational Counselling and Training councillors, peer educators and

community health care workers throughout the province whereas a large

number of volunteers struggle to get their payments each and every month, (a)

what steps is he taking to ensure that volunteers get their stipends and (b) what



plans does he have to ensure that his department has internal capacity to deal

with the remuneration of volunteers? NO3165E

326. Mr J A Esterhuizen (IFP) to ask the Minister of Arts and Culture:

Whether, with reference to his department’s introduction of the Heritage

Promotion and Preservation programme in libraries to ensure that learners

receive education that does not only empower them in technical skills but

also in creative skills in order for them to set examples in their own culture

and traditions, he has found that critical South African cultural and traditional

values are being transferred; if so, (a) are these critical values South African,

African or Western and (b) is enough literature that is uniquely South African

available? NW3095E

315. Ms L V James (DA) to ask the Minister of Health:

Whether he has taken any steps to address the significant mismatch between

his department’s spending of 99,4% of its budget while it achieved only 64%

of its targets for the 2015-16 financial year; if not, why not; if so, what (a)

are the relevant details of any steps he has taken to address the mismatch

between expenditure and service delivery performance and (b) measures will

he put in place to ensure that there is greater value for public money spent on

healthcare in the country? NO3084E

321. Ms T Gqada (DA) to ask the Minister of Human Settlements:

(1) With reference to her reply to oral question 113 on 24 August 2016,

what progress has been made on the mega projects that were

announced during the Debate on Vote No 38 – Human Settlements,

Appropriation Bill in Parliament on 3 May 2016;

(2) whether any of the specified mega projects have been delayed to date;

if so, what are the relevant details for the delay? NO3090E

308. Dr G A Grootboom (DA) to ask the Minister of Arts and Culture:

Whether he has (a) taken any steps against any person who is responsible for

the poor audit outcomes of the 2015-16 financial year and/or (b) introduced

consequence management processes in this regard; if not, in each case, why

not; if so, what are the relevant details in each case? NO3077E

339. Mr P G Moteka (EFF) to ask the Minister of Arts and Culture:

(1) In view of his department being dominated by investigations, scandals,

Public Protector interventions, illegal appointment of board members

and disputes from stakeholders (details furnished), his department will

proactively deal with the specified matters;

(2) when will he take steps to resolve the matter between his department,

a certain company (details furnished) and the SA Roadies Association,



as this matter has been in the Office of the Public Protector and a

settlement agreement has been signed between the relevant parties? NO3167E

330. Mr M Hlengwa (IFP) to ask the Minister of Higher Education and

Training:

Whether he has found that (a) the sector education and training authorities

(SETAs) are fulfilling their mandate and (b) the work the SETAs are doing

is of acceptable norms and standards; if not, why not; if so, what are his

findings? NO3100E

340. Mr P G Moteka (EFF) to ask the Minister of Sport and Recreation:

With regard to his department’s Sports Focus School Programme which

invests money in already developed schools attended by children of the middle

class and the rich (details furnished), (a) when are the kids of the unemployed,

rural and the poor going to start to benefit from the specified programme in

their schools and (b) how many no fee schools for the poor and unemployed

are benefitting from the programme? NO3168E



QUESTION STANDING OVER FROM WEDNESDAY, 16 NOVEMBER 2016

IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 138(5)

266. Mr W Horn (DA) to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional

Services:

On what statutory grounds did he rely when he invited the National Director

of Public Prosecutions, Mr Shaun Abrahams, to a meeting at Luthuli House

in Johannesburg, Gauteng? NO2903E

QUESTIONS TRANSFERRED FROM WRITTEN TO ORAL

REPLY UPON REQUEST OF THE RELEVANT MEMBER

(RULE 146(1)).

■71. Ms E R Wilson (DA) to ask the Minister of Social Development: [Written

Question No 2158]

(a) What was the total amount that was spent on (i) local and (ii) international

travel by her department in the 2015-16 financial year and (b) what is the

breakdown of each trip undertaken in terms of (i) when the trip took place,

(ii) the total number of persons who were part of the delegation, (iii) the cost

of flights, (iv) the cost of accommodation, including which hotels were used,

(v) the total subsistence and travel allowance approved for each member of

each delegation on each trip, and (vi) the cost of special vehicles and/or

chauffeur driven transport? NO2478E

■93. Mr G R Davis (DA) to ask the Minister of Basic Education: [Written

Question No 2392]

Whether, with reference to her reply to question 1779 on 17 October 2016,

each provincial department of education submitted progress reports on the

alleged illegal actions identified in the report of the Ministerial Task Team

to Investigate Allegations into the Selling of Posts of Educators by Members

of Teacher Unions and Departmental Officials in Provincial Education

Departments by the end of September 2016; if not, (a) why not and (b) which

provincial departments of education did not submit the specified reports; if

so, what are the (i) names of the (aa) schools and (bb) individuals involved

in the reports and (ii) case numbers of each case opened? NO2774E

■74. Ms B S Masango (DA) to ask the Minister of Social Development:

[Written Question No 2219]

(1) Whether the SA Social Security Agency (SASSA) intends to extend its

(a) contract and/or (b) any sections of its contract for the distribution

of grants with Net1 before the specified contract terminates on 31

March 2017; if not, in each case, why not; if so, in each case, (i) have

these intentions been communicated to (aa) the contractors and/or (bb)

the officials of her department and (ii) what are the further relevant

details;



(2) (a) what functions will (i) SASSA and (ii) Net1 carry out until a

complete takeover of grant payments by SASSA and (b) who will be

accountable for the functions carried out in each case? NO2548E

■97. Ms H S Boshoff (DA) to ask the Minister of Basic Education: [Written

Question No 2396]

Whether, with reference to her reply to question 663 on 15 June 2016, she

has subsequently received the draft report of the National Education

Evaluation and Development Unit for the 2014 evaluation year; if not, why

not; if so, (a) what is the current status of the specified report and (b) by what

date will the report be released? NO2778E


Question No 1743]

Whether, with reference to her reply to oral question 117 on 24 August 2016,

the commitment made to introduce performance contracts for principals and

deputy principals emanates from a recommendation of the Ministerial Task

Team; if not, why is reference made to the specified performance contracts

in relation to the Ministerial Task Team report; if so, on what page of the

specified report can the specified recommendation be found? NO2050E

■68. Mr A M Figlan (DA) to ask the Minister of Basic Education: [Written

Question No 1799]

(1) What was the (a) salary and (b) performance bonus of the chief

executive officer of the National Education Collaboration Trust

(NECT) in the (i) 2012-13, (ii) 2013-14, (iii) 2014-15 and (iv) 2015-

16 financial years;

(2) how (a) is the impact of the work of the NECT measured in the eight

priority districts it is working in and (b) is each priority district

performing according to the specified measure? NO2107E



(1) With reference to her reply to oral question 107 on 31 August 2016,

(a) what are the detailed tasks of each of the five specified work

streams and (b) how many persons are employed to work on each of

the specified work streams;

(2) whether any persons who are not employed by her department have

been employed to work on any of the specified work streams; if not,

what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) what are the names of the

specified persons and (b) how much does it cost to employ the

specified persons;



(3) what are the relevant details of the thorough due diligence currently

being conducted by the specified work streams into the systems used

by other social security agencies, including banks and the

infrastructure developed by the current service provider? NO2201E

■72. Mr S C Motau (DA) to ask the Minister of Basic Education: [Written

Question No 2186]

(1) Whether any schools for (a) hearing impaired, (b) visually impaired

and/or (c) autistic learners in each district of each province have the

services of (i) psychologists and/or (ii) nurses; if not, in each case, why

not; if so, in each case, what are the relevant details;

(2) whether any of the specified schools have boarding facilities; if not, in

each case, why not; if so, in each case, what are the relevant details

regarding the staff composition;

(3) what (a) was the annual budget for the schools in the (i) 2013, (ii) 2014

and (iii) 2015 academic years and (b) is the annual budget for each of

the schools in the 2016 academic year? NO2508E

■73. Ms T E Baker (DA) to ask the Minister of Water and Sanitation:


(1) What (a) is the current status of the Ermelo Waste Water Treatment

Plant in Mpumalanga and (b) are the results of the water quality tests

of the treated effluent in each month since 1 January 2016;

(2) whether the specified plant complies with the standards for effluent

discharge as regulated by her department; if not, what action has she

taken to rectify the situation; if so, what are the relevant details? NO2515E



(1) Why were the (a) contract and (b) service level agreement concluded

with the SA Post Office in 2009 to take over her department’s payment

of grants not implemented;

(2) are (a) her department and/or (b) the SA Social Security Agency

reconsidering the implementation of the specified agreements when

the contract with Net1 is terminated on 31 March 2017; if not, why

not; if so, what (i) progress has been made to date and (ii) are the

further relevant details? NO2550E

■76. Mr D America (DA) to ask the Minister of Social Development: [Written

Question No 2222]

(a) How many events have been held under Project Mikondzo in each

province from 1 April 2015 to date, (b) what were the costs of each of the

specified events and (c) what is the detailed breakdown of (i) travel and (ii)



accommodation costs incurred by her department for each (aa) official and

(bb) Minister attending each event? NO2551E


Question No 2236]

(1) With reference to her replies to (a) question 1657 on 19 September

2016 and (b) oral question 107 on 31 August 2016, (i) how many work

stream leaders have been appointed to ensure the effective takeover of

the payment of social grants by the SA Social Security Agency, (ii)

what is each of the specified leaders’ (aa) name and (bb) qualifications,

(iii) under which portfolio will each of the work stream leaders fall,

(iv) what is each leaders’ salary and (v) from which budget(s) will the

salaries be paid;

(2) whether the positions for the work stream leaders were advertised; if

not, why not; if so, who (a) interviewed and (b) appointed each of the

leaders? NO2566E


Question No 2237]

With reference to her replies to (a) question 1657 on 19 September 2016 and

(b) oral question 107 on 31 August 2016, (i) what are the (aa) names and (bb)

professional designations of each member serving on the Ministerial

Advisory Committee established to plan the way forward for the takeover of

the paying out of social grants by the SA Social Security Agency (SASSA),

(ii) what role does the work stream leaders play in the specified committee,

(iii) what is the role of the specified committee with regard to the takeover

of grant distribution by SASSA and (iv) who is (aa) accountable for and (bb)

leading the processes of the specified committee? NO2567E


Question No 2238]

(1) Whether any senior managers of the SA Social Security Agency

(SASSA) were seconded to SASSA’s regional offices from 1 April

2015 to date; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, how many

of the specified managers were (a) seconded and (b) seconded to

regional offices outside of their respective residential provinces;

(2) whether any accommodation has been arranged for the managers who

were seconded to regional offices outside of their respective residential

provinces; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, in each case,

(a) where were the specified managers accommodated, (b) what were

the costs and (c) from which budgets were the costs paid;

(3) whether any transport arrangements have been made for the managers

who were seconded to regional offices outside of their respective

residential provinces; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so,

what are the relevant details;



(4) whether any of the senior managers who were seconded to regional

offices outside of their respective residential provinces received VIP

and/or security detail; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so,

(a) how many of the specified managers received VIP and/or security

detail, (b) what were the costs, (c) from which budgets were the costs

paid and (d) what justified the security detail in each case;

(5) what was the total amount in allowances paid, in addition to their

normal salaries, to each of the managers for acting in seconded

positions during the specified period? NO2568E

■80. Mr M Bagraim (DA) to ask the Minister of Social Development:


Whether the positions to which SA Social Security Agency senior managers

were seconded to in regional offices outside of their residential provinces are

vacant positions; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, in each case,

(a) for how long have the specified positions in the respective regional offices

been vacant and (b) by what date will the specified vacancies be filled? NO2569E



(1) With reference to the 2015-16 annual report of her department, (a)

what are the names of each consultant paid from the R40,5 million

spent on consultants in the specified financial year, (b) what consulting

services were provided in each case, (c) what is the total amount paid

to each consultant, (d) is there a service level agreement with each of

the specified consultants and (e) what tender procedures were followed

in each case;

(2) with reference to the R8,4 million and R7,08 million spent on catering

in Programmes 4 and 5 respectively, (a) for which events was catering

required in each programme, (b) what is the total amount that each

event cost in each of the specified programmes, (c) what is the total

number of guests who attended each specified event in each

programme and (d) in which province did each event take place? NO2570E



With reference to the 2015-16 annual report of her department, (a) what was

the cost of each venue and/or facility that was hired by her department, (b)

for what event(s) was each venue and/or facility hired, (c) in which province

did each event take place, (d) which (i) contractor, (ii) hotel and/or (iii) event

planner(s) provided the specified venues and/or facilities in each case and (e)

what is the total number of guests who attended each event? NO2571E



■83. Mrs Z B N Balindlela (DA) to ask the Minister of Social Development:


(1) Whether she submitted the proposed payment model for the takeover

of the payments of grants by the SA Social Security Agency to the

National Treasury for analysis and evaluation; if not, what is the

position in this regard; if so, (a) on what date was the proposed

payment model submitted and (b) what feedback has she received to

date;

(2) whether the proposed payment model has had any effects on the

proposed budget of her department; if not, from which budget will the

payment model be funded; if so, what are the relevant details;

(3) whether the National Treasury has withdrawn any (a) surplus funds

and/or (b) budget of her department as a result of the specified

proposed payment model; if so, what are the relevant details in each

case? NO2572E


Question No 2361]

Whether, with reference to her reply to question 3249 on 14 September 2015,

the draft National Norms and Standards for the distribution of resources

within the Inclusive Education System has been approved for (a) public

comment and/or (b) publication; if not, in each case, why not; if so, when

will the specified norms and standards be tabled in Parliament for

consideration? NO2696E



(1) Whether there are any outstanding requests made to the central

authority of her department for intercountry adoptions of available

children in terms of Article 17 of the Hague Convention on Protection

of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption,

1993; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) what is the

total number of the outstanding requests, (b) from which child

protection agency was each application received, (c) what is the age of

each affected child, (d) on what date was each request submitted and

(e) does any affected child have special needs;

(2) (a) what is the turnaround time for the issuing and/or refusal of an

Article 17 application and (b) are written reasons furnished to the

relevant party in each case of issuing and/or refusal;

(3) whether her department has a policy in place for the issuing and/or

refusal of Article 17 applications; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are

the full details of the specified policy, (b) which official(s) developed

the policy and (c) when was the policy developed;



(4) whether the policy based on the principles of placing the best interests

of the child first, as contained in the various South African legislation

that deal with children; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant

details? NO2765E



(1) Whether there has been any instances where her department has

insisted that, notwithstanding the recommendation that a screened

intercountry family is the best available to meet the particular needs of

a child, it used Article 17 of the Hague Convention on Protection of

Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption, 1993,

until additional national options are sought; if not, what is the position

in this regard; if so, (a) in how many instances has her department

delayed the issuing of the specified Article 17 adoptions, (b) for what

period of time has each of the specified delays affected the placement

of a child into family care, (c) how many of the children whose

placements have been delayed are children with disabilities or special

needs and (d) what steps has her department taken to meet the needs

of those children whilst they await a final decision;

(2) whether a decision to issue and/or refuse an Article 17 adoption by her

department can be (a) appealed and/or (b) reviewed; if not, in each

case, why not; if so, what are the relevant details of the processes that

one should follow in each case;

(3) whether the specified appeal and/or review process is contained in a

written document; if not, why not; if so, will she furnish Ms B S

Masango with a copy of the specified document? NO2766E



(1) With reference to any policy on adoptions that was put in place by her

department regarding the issuing and/or refusal of Article 17 of the

Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in

Respect of Intercountry Adoption, 1993, what is the position of the

specified policies regarding (a) intercountry adoptions as a last resort

in permanency planning for adoptable children, (b) the exhaustion of

each and every national placement option for the child before

consideration can be given to intercountry placements and (c) the

registration of an adoptable child for 60 days on the Registration of

Adoptable Children and Prospective Adoptive Parents (RACAP)

satisfying the specified convention’s principle of subsidiarity;

(2) whether any additional requirements should be met to satisfy the

specified convention’s subsidiarity before an Article 17 adoption will

be issued by her department; if not, what is the basis for her

department’s refusal to issue the specified article adoptions where the



principle of subsidiarity has been satisfied through 60 days of

registration on RACAP; if so, (a) what are the relevant details and (b)

is there a written document which contains these additional

requirements;

(3) (a) how often does her department update the RACAP and (b) on which

dates since 1 January 2015 was the RACAP circulated to accredited

adoption service providers? NO2767E


Question No 2386]

(1) Whether she is aware of any interference in the adoption process by

employees in her department who have initiated direct contact with the

child’s (a) biological parent(s) and/or (b) extended birth family

members after an accredited adoption social service provider with

delegated powers in terms of sections 251 and 259 of the Children’s

Act, Act 38 of 2005, as amended, has proposed an adoptive family to

best meet the child’s interest in terms of Article 17 of the Hague

Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of

Intercountry Adoption, 1993; if not, what is the position in this regard;

if so, (i) in how many cases has such contact been initiated, (ii) what is

the intention of the employees of department in initiating such contact

and (iii) to what extent does her department’s policy of reunification

influence such decision-making;

(2) whether she is aware of any instances where her department’s

employees refused to accept the legal validity and status of (a) court

orders terminating the rights of birth parents, (b) court orders

confirming the adoptability of children and/or (c) the consent of

biological parents that the court has verified as having been properly

given before it; if not, in each case, what is the position in this regard;

if so, in each case, what are the relevant details? NO2768E


Question No 2387]

Whether she has found that her department’s delay in the issuing of Article

17 of The Hague Convention on the Protection of Children and Co-operation

in Respect of Intercountry Adoption, 1993, adoptions and/or insistence on

exhausting all national placement options irrespective of the best interest of

the child are contributing to the decline of intercountry adoptions (a) to and

(b) from South Africa; if not, in each case, why not; if so, in each case, what

are the relevant details? NO2769E


Question No 2391]

What was the total amount of funds (a) allocated to and (b) spent by each

provincial department of education in the 2015-16 financial year? NO2773E




Question No 2393]

Whether, with reference to her reply to question 1788 on 17 October 2016,

she has found that the new appointment procedures of educators and

principals will necessitate amendments to existing legislation; if not, why

not; if so, (a) which (i) legislation and (ii) specific sections will need to be

amended in each case and (b) by what date will the specified amendments be

introduced in Parliament? NO2775E


Question No 2394]

(1) Whether, with reference to her reply to question 1797 on 17 October

2016, the SA Council for Educators submitted the report to her

department on or around 27 September 2016; if not, by what date will

the report be submitted to her; if so,

(2) whether the report will be made public; if not, why not; if so, by what

date? NO2776E

■96. Ms H S Boshof (DA) to ask the Minister of Basic Education: [Written

Question No 2395]

With reference to her reply to question 1072 on 24 May 2016, how many of

the specified progressed learners as at 15 March 2016 will write the 2016

National Senior Certificate examinations in each province? NO2777E


Question No 2399]

(1) (a) What is the name of the service provider who won the bid for tender

+40/15/BT of the SA Social Service Agency (SASSA), (b) on what

date was the contract for the specified tender signed with the specified

service provider, (c) what is the total cost of the tender, (d) over what

period will the tender run, (e) how many bids for the tender were

received, (f) what were the (i) highest and

(ii) lowest bids received and (g) what deliverables is the specified

service provider expected to provide;

(2) whether the service provider signed a service level agreement with

SASSA; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;

(3) what actions did research through door to door services as part of the

Integrated Community Registration Outreach Programme of the

SASSA entail;

(4) will she make available to Ms E R Wilson a detailed explanation

thereof? NO2781E




Question No 2400]

+(1) (a) What is the name of the successful service provider that won the

bid for the SA Social Service Agency’s (SASSA) tender 38/15/BT, (b)

on what date was the contract for the specified tender signed with the

specified service provider, (c) what is the total cost of the tender, (d)

over what period will the tender run, (e) how many bids were received,

(f) what were the (i) highest and (ii) lowest bids received and (g) what

deliverables is the service provider expected to provide;

(2) whether the service provider signed a service level agreement with

SASSA; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details? NO2782E


Question No 2401]

(1) (a) What is the name of the successful service provider that won the

bid for the SA Social Service Agency’s (SASSA) tender 41/15/CM,

(b) on what date was the contract for the specified tender signed with

the specified service provider, (c) what is the total cost of the tender,

(d) over what period will the tender run, (e) how many bids were

received, (f) what were the (i) highest and (ii) lowest bids received and

(g) what deliverables is the service provider expected to provide;

(2) whether the service provider signed a service level agreement with the

SASSA; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details? NO2783E

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