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[No 9—2014] FIRST SESSION, FIFTH PARLIAMENT
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
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QUESTION PAPER
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Note:
1. † Indicates translated version of the question.
2. Ì Indicates a question for oral reply.
3. ■ Indicates a written question transferred for oral reply upon the request of
the relevant member Rule 117(1).
Table of Contents
Deputy President...................................................................................................... 88, 89
Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs ............... 89, 90, 91, 92, 94
Minister in The Presidency ................................................................................ 91, 93, 94
Minister of Public Service and Administration ................................................. 92, 93, 94
Minister of Women in The Presidency .................................................. 90, 91, 92, 93, 94
QUESTIONS FOR ORAL REPLY
WEDNESDAY, 19 NOVEMBER 2014
DEPUTY PRESIDENT
Ì9.
Ms B N Dlulane (ANC) to ask the Deputy President:
(a) How has he found can the country in practical ways achieve social cohesion
in our communities and (b) how important is it for South Africans to enter into
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Ì10. The Leader of the Opposition (DA) to ask the Deputy President:
Did the President, Mr Jacob G Zuma, communicate to him as Leader of
Government Business (LOGB) that he would not be answering questions for
oral reply in the National Assembly during the third term of the First Session of
the Fifth Parliament; if so, (a) on what date, (b) what was his response and (c)
what steps did he as LOGB take to communicate this to the National
Assembly?
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Ì11. Mr M Johnson (ANC) to ask the Deputy President:
(a) With reference to the roll-out of the expanded public works campaign, what
has he found has been the (i) impact on eradicating poverty, unemployment and
inequality among the poor and the working class and (ii) contribution to the
provision of social infrastructure and (b) how does the programme contribute to
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the objectives of the National Development Plan?
Ì12. Mr M A Plouamma (Agang-SA) to ask the Deputy President:
(1)
Whether he intends to fulfill his constitutional responsibility as Leader
of Government Business (LOGB) to ensure the attendance of Members
of the Cabinet, as appropriate, to parliamentary business by urging them
to prioritise their availability to answer questions in the National
Assembly when the Cluster of Ministers in which they appear, is
scheduled by the Programme Committee to answer questions; if not,
what is the position in this regard; if so, how;
(2)
whether he records the absence or availability of Cabinet members to
answer questions in the National Assembly on a question day; if not,
why not; if so, (a) how many Cabinet members have not availed
themselves for responding to oral questions and (b) which Ministers
have been absent more than once during a question session in the
National Assembly since 27 August 2014?
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CLUSTER 3: GOVERNANCE
Ì424. Mr A M Mudau (ANC) to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance
and Traditional Affairs:
Whether, in view of the concern raised in the report by the Auditor-General
that councillors are not performing their oversight functions, his department
has a programme to address this concern; if so, what programme does his
department have in place to ensure that the incoming councillors for the 2016
calender year will fulfil their oversight function?
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Ì441. Mr M Hlengwa (IFP) to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and
Traditional Affairs:
Whether he intends to investigate the allegations of corruption and financial
mismanagement against the Zululand District Municipality which pertain to the use
of public funds in party-political election campaigns (details furnished); if not; why
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not; if so, what are the relevant details?
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Ì445. Mr M L Filtane (UDM) to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance
and Traditional Affairs:
Whether, with reference to revenue for municipalities in general, his
department is taking any steps to help small and rural municipalities to
expand and improve their revenue base so that they can be self-sufficient and
able to drive local economic development meaningfully; if not, why not; if so,
what are the relevant details of the steps?
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Ì426. Mr E M Mthethwa (ANC) to ask the Minister of Cooperative
Governance and Traditional Affairs:
(1)
What (a) are the relevant details of the five key strategic points of the
back-to-basics programme and (b) is the focus thereof;
(2)
when will the programme be implemented in all municipalities?
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Ì447. Rev K R J Meshoe (ACDP) to ask the Minister of Women in The
Presidency:
Whether she is aware that the United Nations African Peacekeeping Mission is
investigating reports of the mass rape of 200 women in Sudan’s western region of
Darfur; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, does she intend to render
assistance to ensure that those women who are raped and abused on a daily basis in
Sudan and other war-torn African countries get justice for the crimes committed
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against them?
Ì423. Mr E M Mthethwa (ANC) to ask the Minister of Cooperative
Governance and Traditional Affairs:
Does he envisage a role for Members of Parliament to implement the back-to-basics
approach for municipalities in their respective constituencies; if so, what
role?
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Ì439. Mr K J Mileham (DA) to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance
and Traditional Affairs:
Whether the action of the SA Police Service on the premises of the
Mokgalakwena Local Municipality, to inter alia arrest municipal councillors
and officials, remove documents and equipment, prevent staff from doing
their jobs and damage municipal property was authorised by any official in
his department or the relevant provincial department; if not, what is the
position in this regard; if so, upon which legal provisions did officials in his
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department rely to authorise such action?
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Ì425. Mr A M Mudau (ANC) to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance
and Traditional Affairs:
Will he give a progress report on municipalities that are administered under
Section 139(1)(b) and 139(1)(c) of the Constitution of the Republic of South
Africa, 1996, especially the Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality in
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the North West?
Ì422. Ms T C Memela (ANC) to ask the Minister of Women in The Presidency:
(a) How many women has her department reached through the advocacy
interventions to empower women and eliminate discrimination, (b) where
were these initiatives undertaken and (c) how many women benefited from
these initiatives in each province?
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Ì438. Mrs D Robinson (DA) to ask the Minister of Women in The Presidency:
How many oversight visits to maintenance courts has she undertaken in the 2014-15
financial year?
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Ì421. Ms P Bhengu (ANC) to ask the Minister of Women in The Presidency:
(a) How many consultants is her department currently utilising, (b) for which
initiatives or projects and (c) what is the cost that has been incurred so far?
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Ì420. Ms P Bhengu (ANC) to ask the Minister of Women in The Presidency:
Whether her department has received any donor funding for the 2014-15
financial year; if so, (a) for which projects and (b) who were the
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donors?
Ì444. Mr B M Bhanga (DA) to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance
and Traditional Affairs:
Whether, with reference to his reply to written question 699 on 5 August
2014, he will put in place any special interim measures, since a
comprehensive policy on initiation is still outstanding, to prevent initiation
deaths during December 2014; if not, why not; if so, in respect of each
province, what are the measures relating to (a) monitoring initiation schools,
(b) health screening and supervision, (c) clamping down on illegal initiation
schools and (d) any other related matters?
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Ì449. Ms N V Nqweniso (EFF) to ask the Minister in The Presidency:
Whether, with reference to the implementation of the National Evaluation Policy
Framework of 2011 and the National Evaluation Plan 2012-13, whose stated
objectives are to improve policy and programme performance and accountability,
there is sufficient political will from the Cabinet and the Executive to ensure the
implementation of these evaluation plans; if so, why do certain government
departments, such as Human Settlements and Arts and Culture, continue to under
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spend their budgetary allocations year after year and delay the enjoyment
of constitutional rights by many who are denied the speedy delivery of
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services?
Ì428. Mr M L D Ntombela (ANC) to ask the Minister of Public Service and
Administration:
With reference to the Breaking Barriers to Entry in the Public Service project
are there follow-ups made by the National School of Government (NSG) to
see to it that unemployed graduates who are trained in each year get
placement in the public service; if not, what collaborative partnerships are
there to realise value for money from the training by the NSG to ensure that
all spheres of government and the private sector have the names and
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competencies of these graduates in their database?
Ì443. Mr A M Mpontshane (IFP) to ask the Minister of Cooperative
Governance and Traditional Affairs:
What steps is he taking to regulate the use of consultants by municipalities
during the preparation of their financial statements for submission to the
Auditor-General?
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Ì446. Ms C N Majeke (UDM) to ask the Minister of Women in The Presidency:
With reference to the fact that, despite progress being made with regard to the
Government’s primary responsibility of ensuring that information is made available
to women concerning their rights and developmental programme opportunities
derived from the State and that many women, in particular rural women, remain in
the dark with regard to relevant information and knowledge, does her department
have a plan in place or intends to develop and implement a programme of action
targeting rural women in particular, in order to disseminate relevant information on
women’s rights and other developmental programmes of the Government; if not, why
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not; if so, what are the relevant details of the programme?
Ì429. Ms R M M Lesoma (ANC) to ask the Minister of Public Service and
Administration:
Have there been cases where officials of his department and institutions
reporting to him have been denied performance bonuses as a result of
receiving a negative audit report and therefore not performing as expected; if
so, what are the implications for the concerned officials in respect of upward
career mobility in this regard?
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Ì448. Rev K R J Meshoe (ACDP) to ask the Minister in The Presidency:
Whether The Presidency has raised any objections to the widely reported and unfair
targeting and killing of Christians in Syria, Iraq and more recently, Pakistan, where a
mob reportedly beat a Christian couple to death and burned their bodies for allegedly
desecrating a Koran (details furnished); if not, why not; if so, (a) when was this done
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and (b) to whom was the objection directed?
Ì430. Mr M S Booi (ANC) to ask the Minister of Public Service and
Administration:
With reference to the Public Service Commission (PSC) recommendation that
executive authorities (EAs) must take appropriate disciplinary action against
all senior management service members who, without valid reasons, fail to
submit their financial statements on time, (a) does the executive normally
respond after the PSC informs them about the state of compliance with the
framework in their respective departments and (b) what is the nature of their
(i) response and (ii) action?
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Ì433. Mr J J McGluwa (DA) to ask the Minister of Public Service and
Administration:
Whether he has found that he has done everything through legislative and other
means to assist the public servants of the country’s municipal authorities in the
execution of their duties and specifically in meeting communities’ service delivery
needs?
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Ì431. Ms M P Chueu (ANC) to ask the Minister of Women in the Presidency:
Whether she monitors the land redistribution process in respect of
applications submitted by women; if not, what is the position in this regard; if
so, what interventions has she made to ensure that (a) women are assisted, (b)
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Ì427. Mr M A Dirks (ANC) to ask the Minister in the Presidency:
(1)
Are there any departments which fail to comply with designing and
submitting service delivery improvement plans; if so, what steps has he
taken to remedy the situation;
(2)
has he noticed any improvement when comparing the service delivery
improvement plans with the actual service delivered, if not; what steps
has he taken to remedy the situation?
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Ì435. Mr S C Motau (DA) to ask the Minister in The Presidency:
(a) What were the main aims of the delegation that he led that visited London on the
27th of October 2014 for the Brics conference and (b) were these aims achieved,
specifically those of The Presidency?
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Ì434. Mr J J McGluwa (DA) to ask the Minister of Public Service and
Administration:
What tangible amendments to the performance agreements of (a) Directors-General,
(b) Heads of Department and (c) senior officials have been made in recent months to
bring them in line with the outcomes of their specific department’s strategic
plans?
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Ì450. Mr A M Matlhoko (EFF) to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance
and Traditional Affairs:
Whether his department has radical and transformative programmes and
policies in place to deal with corruption, skills shortage and maladministration
with regard to service delivery; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant
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details?
Ì432. Mr A P van der Westhuizen (DA) to ask the Minister of Public Service
and Administration:
(a) When can we expect the National School of Government to be fully
operational, (b) how many courses does it currently offer and (c) how many
civil servants have enrolled for courses in 2015?
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Ì436. Dr M J Cardo (DA) to ask the Minister in The Presidency:
(a) What is the role of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Information and
Publicity chaired by him and (b) does its functions differ from those of the
Government Communication and Information System and Brand South
Africa?
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Ì437. Mrs D Robinson (DA) to ask the Minister of Women in The Presidency:
How many departmental targets were (a) set and (b) fully achieved for the second
quarter of 2014?
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Ì452. Ms N V Nqweniso (EFF) to ask the Minister of Women in The
Presidency:
Whether she has found that her department is achieving its mandate of
improving the conditions of women, especially those who are poor and living
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in rural areas; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
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