Whether he has requested or will be requesting a seminar or bosberaad with departmental officials and private sector experts to understand the implications of the report of the International Labour Organisation released in February 2015, entitled Farm Workers’ Living and Working Conditions in South Africa: key trends, emergent issues and underlying and structural problems, and in particular to address the point that outdated assumptions and oversimplifications continue to fuel unhealthy polarisation in the perceptions and views of key players in agriculture; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the relevant details and (b) when will he make a statement regarding the failure of the Government as highlighted in the specified report?
Although I am fully aware of the ILO study on farm workers living and working conditions in South Africa, the report that was issued in February 2015 was just a draft for input by affected stakeholders. The ILO final report on farm workers living and working conditions in South Africa was only finalized and published on 21 July 2015.
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(1) (a)(i) What total amount did his department spend on his travel costs between Gauteng and Cape Town in the 2014-15 financial year and (ii) how many trips did he undertake between Cape Town and Gauteng in the specified financial year and (b) what total amount did his department spend on (i) hotel and (ii) residential or other accommodation for him in (aa) Cape Town and (bb) Pretoria in the 2014-15 financial year; (2) (a)(i) what total amount did his department spend on the Deputy Minister’s travel costs between Gauteng and Cape Town in the 2014-15 financial year and (ii) how many trips between Gauteng and Cape Town did the Deputy Minister undertake in the specified financial year and (b) what total amount did his department spend on (i) hotel and (ii) residential or other accommodation for the Deputy Minister in (aa) Cape Town and (bb) Pretoria in the 2014-15 financial year?
- (a)(i) The total amount spend on travel costs between Gauteng and Cape Town in the 2014-15 financial year for the Minister was R 268 638.82.
(a)(ii) The Minister undertook 40 trips between Gauteng and Cape Town in 2014-15 financial year.
(b)(i) The total amount spent on hotel was R 185 828.80 and (ii) residential or other accommodation for the Minister in Cape Town and ...
(1) What (a) total amount did his department spend on air travel between Gauteng and Cape Town for employees attending Parliament business in the 2014-15 financial year and (b) is the total number of trips that were undertaken; (2) what is the total amount that his department spent on (a) accommodation and (b) car rental in Cape Town for employees attending Parliament business in the specified financial year?
- (a) The total amount that DAFF spent on air travel between Gauteng and Cape Town for employees was R15 144 235.14.
(b) Total number of trips that were undertaken was 2561.
2. (a) The total amount spent on accommodation by DAFF during April 2014- March 2015 was R 2 879 035.45;
(b) The total amount spent on car rental for employees during April 2014 – ...
Whether small-scale niche and artisanal farming is expanding in the country, especially in areas which prior to 1994 comprised the so-called homelands of Transkei, Bophuthatswana, Venda and Ciskei, so that the full potential of all agricultural land in the country is used optimally for the benefit of rural communities as well as for the benefit of the country; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
Does the compliance directorate of his department’s Fisheries branch have a tip-off line; if so, (a) what is the annual budget of the tip-off line, (b) where is it located, (c) what are their office hours, (d) how many staff are employed to deal with telephonic tip-offs and (e) what is the success rate of the tip-off line in terms of (i) arrests and/or (ii) successful prosecutions?
(a) Yes the Fisheries Branch does have a tip-off line and the annual budget for tip-off line is R 32 224.68.
(b) The tip-off line is located at Hermanus Compliance Field Station also known as the Hermanus Operations Room.
(c) The office (Operations Room) operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
(d) The staff compliment is four (4) officials.
(d) Forty ...
(1) (a) How many posts are vacant in his department’s Directorate of Compliance, (b) what are the relevant details of these posts and (c) how long have the posts been vacant; (2) are any senior managers on sick leave; if so, (a) how long have they been on sick leave, (b) in which positions are they employed and (c) is there any indication how long they will remain on sick leave?
1. (a) There are 15 vacant posts on the approved post establishment of the Directorate: Compliance.
(b) One (1) Director: Compliance; ten (10) Senior Marine Conservation Inspectors, one (1) Chief Marine Conservation
Inspector, two (2) Assistant: Director: Compliance and one (1) Handyman posts are vacant.
(c) Only six (6) of the vacant posts have been vacant for ...
(1) (a) How many treknetters are registered with his department and (b) how are their activities monitored; (2) is there a fine structure for treknetters; if so, (3) were any fines issued in (a) 2014 and (b) 2015; if so, (i) how many fines were issued, (ii) what were the fines issued for and (iii) what was the monetary value of such fines in each case?
1(a) There is 15 commercial Trek netters registered with the Department
(b) The trek netters are inspected by the Fishery Control Officers and their catches are recorded.
2. Yes.
3. (i) 11 fines
(ii) The fines issued were in respect of undersized fish and failure of Right Holders to comply with Permit Condition requirement to notify the Local Fisheries Control Officer prior to intended ...
Whether he has requested or will be requesting a seminar or bosberaad with departmental officials and private sector experts to understand the implications of the report of the International Labour Organisation released in February 2015, entitled Farm Workers’ Living and Working Conditions in South Africa: key trends, emergent issues and underlying and structural problems, and in particular to address the point that outdated assumptions and oversimplifications continue to fuel unhealthy polarisation in the perceptions and views of key players in agriculture; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the relevant details and (b) when will he make a statement regarding the failure of the Government as highlighted in the specified report?
Although I am fully aware of the ILO study on farm workers living and working conditions in South Africa, the report that was issued in February 2015 was just a draft for input by affected stakeholders. The ILO final report on farm workers living and working conditions in South Africa was only finalized and published on 21 July 2015.
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What maintenance has his department conducted at each agricultural college(a) in (i) 2009, (ii) 2010, (iii) 2011, (iv) 2012, (v) 2013 and (vi) 2014 and (b) since 1 January 2015?
What is (a) the status of the current discussions about moving agricultural colleges to the Department of Higher Education and Training and (b) his position on this potential move? NW3454E.
