QUESTION NO 701
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 9 MAY 2008: INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 12-2008
“701. Mrs D Van Der Walt (DA) to ask the Minister of Arts and Culture:
Whether his department offers any support to schools focused on Arts and Culture in order to let them function effectively; if not, why not; what are the relevant details”?
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REPLY:
Yes, Department is offering support to schools that are focused on Arts and Culture in order to let them function effectively.
The support to schools is driven through the following programmes;
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Advanced Certificate in Education (ACE) Arts and Culture. This is an in-service and accredited teacher training programme with arts and culture focus. The ACE Arts and Culture programme is aimed at the educators who deliver education in the arts and culture learning area mainly at the General Education and Training (GET) phase. To date, this programme has been rolled-out in Gauteng by the Curriculum Development Project (CDP)/ Wits School of Arts (WSoA) partnership (2003-2005), University of Venda in Limpopo (2006 – 2007) and the CDP/WSoA partnership in Mpumalanga (2007 – 2008) provinces and has benefited 120 educators collectively.
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Train the Trainer project. This initiative sought to develop capacity of the arts and culture subject advisors to competently and efficiently offer support and leadership to the arts and culture learning area educators in their respective districts. Participating subject advisors receive a rigorous capacity building programme in all the four disciplines of the arts. To date, 32 subject advisors from all the districts of the Limpopo province have benefited from the project. Department has also partnered with the Department of Education (DoE) in rendering this programme to at least 80 officials constituted mainly by subject advisors and officials. This programme took the form of Edu-Drama and Edu-Dance accredited training programmes at NQF level 4.
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Artist in School. This is a groundbreaking initiative that seeks to alleviate capacity constraints with regard to the delivery of arts and culture learning area in the schools. The Department has positioned the community arts practitioners as an invaluable resource to collaborate with the arts and culture learning area educators in the implementation of the learning area as per the prescripts of the National Curriculum Statement (NCS). To date the Department has, (through its partner service providers that are constituted by Universities and specialist Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs)) trained, contracted and placed two hundred (200) arts practitioners in 40 schools in the five provinces of Limpopo, Free State, Kwa Zulu Natal, Gauteng and Mpumalanga. Plans are at the advanced stages to expand this initiative in the Western Cape Province in 2008/2009 and other provinces. It is further envisaged that a full-scale national roll-out of this groundbreaking initiative shall been completed by 2011. What is of paramount importance to report about this specific project is that the Department of Arts and Culture, through the contracted service providers, pays for the arts practitioners’ stipends, learning materials and equipment that is used to facilitate teaching in the arts and culture learning area in the participating schools.
In order to optimise and formalise our contributions to the delivery of quality arts and culture learning area and curriculum enrichment in support of the implementation of the National Curriculum Statement (NCS) in our schools, the Department has signed the Framework of Collaboration (FoC) agreement with the Department of Education. The main objective the FoC is to establish a basis for co-operative work between DAC and DoE. The two Departments constitute themselves in a partnership for their mutual benefit in promoting access to creative and cultural learning and experience in the South African schools by collaboratively pursuing activities such as but not limited to;
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capacity development of educators and learners
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materials development
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joint projects between schools, community arts centers, communities and arts practitioners
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Planning and implementation of national schools arts and culture festivals, competitions and events.
QUESTION NUMBER 702
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 9 MAY 2008
Mr K J Minnie (DA) to ask the Minister of Finance:
(1) Whether the Government intends to introduce a new government-controlled national retirement fund; if so, (a) when will this fund be introduced and (b) what are the (i) relevant details regarding this fund and (ii) reasons for introducing this fund;
(2) whether any current retirement benefit or rights of workers will be affected; if so, what are the relevant details? NW1399E
REPLY:
Proposals for a contributory earnings-related social security arrangement and further reform of the retirement funding industry are currently under review by a committee that includes the Ministers of Finance, Social Development, Labour, Health and Public Service and Administration.
(a) & (b) ( i)
Details have not yet been finalised.
(b) (ii)
Reasons for the proposed reforms were set out in a discussion paper published by the National Treasury in February 2007, which is available on the Treasury website, and include, inter alia , the inadequate level of coverage and preservation of retirement savings at present, particularly among lower income workers, and the high costs and institutional fragmentation of present arrangements.
Reform of the retirement funding environment will lead in due course to better protection of workers’ retirement benefits and rights. The reforms under consideration will not lead to any loss of accrued retirement benefits or rights.
QUESTION 703
703. Mr. K. J. Minnie (DA) to ask the Minister for the Public Service and Administration:
(1) (a) How many National Anti-Corruption Hotline (NACH) cases were referred to it by the Public Service Commission (PSC),
(b) What was the rate of feedback given to the PSC on these cases?
(c) How many government officials were found guilty of committing fraud with regard to these NACH cases in the 2006-2007?
(2) Whether any action was taken against the persons who were found guilty of committing such fraud, if not, why not; if so, what action?
ANSWER
(1) (a) A total of two-thousand-six-hundred and forty eight (2648) cases of alleged corruption were received by the NACH during the period January 2006 to December 2007.
(b) From these cases, feedback was received on 951 cases from National and Provincial Departments on cases referred during the same period.
(c) In total, forty (40) officials were charged with committing fraud. Twenty three officials (23) were found guilty of fraud.
(2) Twenty three (23) officials were dismissed and a further 17 officials were suspended pending further investigation. Three (3) of the persons that were dismissed were also prosecuted and sentenced to prison terms.
QUESTION NO 704
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 9 MAY 2008
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 12/2008)
Date reply submitted: 29 May 2008
Ms D Kohler Barnard (DA) to ask the Minister for Safety and Security:
(1) Whether his department uses private security firms; if so, how much money was spent on such firms in 2007;
(2) whether these firms are used on a contractual basis; if so, (a) how many contracts did his department take out in this regard in 2007, (b) with which firms were these contracts taken out, (c) for what specific purpose was each contract taken out and (d) what was the value of the contract in each case;
(3) why is there a need for his department to use a private security firm as opposed to State security?
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REPLY:
(1) Yes, the South African Police Service uses private security firms.
R112 159 307,00 was spent on such firms in 2007.
(2) Yes, these firms are used on a contractual basis.
(a) No new contract was awarded in 2007. The existing two (2) contracts that were concluded in 2005, are valid until 2008.
(b) Contract 19/1/9/1/4 TP (04)
ÿ Protea Security Services
ÿ Comwezi Security Services
ÿ Khulani Fidelity Group Services
ÿ Executive Armed Security International
ÿ Bekezela Cleaning & Security Services
ÿ Enlightened Security Services
ÿ Ukuphanta Protection Services
ÿ Royal Security Services
ÿ Masakhane Security
ÿ Afriguard
ÿ Warrior Alarms & Security Systems
ÿ Umkhombe Security Services
Contract 19/1/9/1/114 TP (04)
ÿ Comwezi Security Services
ÿ City Commercial t/a Allguard
ÿ Protea Security Services
ÿ Khulani Fidelity Group Services
(c) Each contract was awarded for the provision of security services to perform guard duties at the South African Police Service premises.
(d) Contract 19/1/9/1/4 TP (04): 2007
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NAME OF COMPANY
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TOTAL PRICE PER MONTH (VAT INCLUDED)
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TOTAL CONTRACT VALUE
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Protea Security Services
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R2,064,432.00
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R24,773,184.00
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Comwezi Security Services
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R282,349.00
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R3,388,188.00
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Khulani Fidelity Group Services
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R1,868,466.00
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R22,421,592.00
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Executive Armed Security International
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R432,389.00
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R5,188,668.00
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Bekezela Cleaning & Security Services
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R80,388.00
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R964,656.00
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Enlightened Security Services
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R52,919.00
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R635,028.00
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Ukuphanta Protection Services
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R325,169.00
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R3,902,028.00
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Royal Security Services
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R66,000.00
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R792,000.00
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Masakhane Security
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R100,312.00
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R1,203,744.00
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Afriguard
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R109,054.00
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R1,308,648.00
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Warrior Alarms & Security Systems
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R21,915.00
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R262,980.00
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Umkhombe Security Services
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R128,427.00
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R1,541,124.00
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Contract 19/1/9/1/114 TP (04): 2007
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NAME OF COMPANY
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TOTAL PRICE PER MONTH (VAT INCLUDED)
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TOTAL CONTRACT VALUE
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Comwezi Security Services
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R142,509.82
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R1,710,117.84
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Protea Security Services
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R190,006.22
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R2,280,074.64
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Khulani Fidelity Group Services
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R68,907.00
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R826,884.00
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City Commercial t/a Allguard
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R107,100.00
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R1,285,200.00
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(3) The South African Police Service uses private security guards because of the many advantages:
3.1 A comparative analysis that was conducted revealed that it is more cost effective to outsource this type of service than to use trained police officials.
3.2 More trained police officials are available to perform operational police duties.
3.3 The private security company is contractually bound to replace employees who are absent for whatever reasons (eg. sick leave, vacation leave).
3.4 The administrative burden of arranging guard duties is no longer the South African Police Service’s responsibility.
3.5 All personnel matters must be dealt with by the service provider.
3.6 The private security company can be held responsible, should any losses occur.
QUESTION 705
DATE OF PUBLICATION OF INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 9/05/2008
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER 12-2008)
Mr G G Boinamo (DA) to ask the Minister of Education:
(1) Whether her department makes use of private security firms; if so, how much money was spent on such firms in 2007;
(2) Whether these firms are used on a contractual basis; if so, (a) how many contracts did her department take out in this regard in 2007, (b) with which firms were these contracts taken out, (c) for what specific purpose was each contract taken out and (d) what was the value of the contract in each case;
(3) Why is there a need for her department to use a private security firm as opposed to state security? NW1402E
REPLY:
Yes, the Department only uses one private security firm, whom the Department paid R411,426 in 2007.
Yes
(a) One
(b) Bushindo Business Enterprise
(c) Access control and patrol duties
(d) R411 426.00 for 2007
(3) The Department employs Bushindo Business Enterprise to protect one of the buildings that the DoE currently rents to accommodate its expanding staff. In 2009 the Department will move to a new building that is being constructed in terms of a PPP agreement . Part of the security services will then be provided in terms of this agreement. Thus, the current staff complement of the Department will be sufficient to provide the remaining security services that will be required. The appointment of additional security staff at this stage would lead to their redundancy once we occupy the new building.
COMPILER: MR J VISSER
EXTENTION: X5439
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