(a) Has any of his senior officials met with certain persons (names furnished) during the period 1 January 2009 up to 31 December 2015 and (b) has any of the entities reporting to him awarded any contracts to Sahara Holdings, Comair, Oakbay Investments, Islandsite Investments, Afripalm Horizons Stakes, The New Age Media, JIC Mining Services and Vusizwe Media in the specified period; if so, what (i) are the relevant details and (ii) is the amount of each specified contract?

Has (a) he and/or (b) his Deputy Minister ever (i) met with any (aa) member, (bb) employee and/or (cc) close associate of the Gupta family and/or (ii) attended any meeting with the specified persons (aa) at the Gupta’s Saxonwold Estate in Johannesburg or (bb) anywhere else since taking office; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, in each specified case, (aaa) what are the names of the persons who were present at each meeting, (bbb)(aaaa) when and (bbbb) where did each such meeting take place and (ccc) what was the purpose of each specified meeting?

(1) Has he earned any additional income from businesses, in particular businesses doing work for the Government, since his appointment as Minister; if so, (a) when, (b) how much did he earn, (c) from which businesses and (d) for what work; (2) whether his (a) spouse, (b) children and (c) close family earned income from businesses, in particular businesses doing work for the Government, through his appointment as Minister; if so, in respect of each case, (i) when, (ii) how much did each earn, (iii) from which businesses and (iv) for what work?

(1) Whether his department is continuously monitoring increases in the price of basic foodstuff in the period 1 March 2015 to 31 March 2016 and is therefore implementing special measures to keep the price of maize meal, for example, at an affordable level so that people did not starve during the approaching winter; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) whether he will make a statement on food security in the country over the next nine months; if not, why not?

(1) With reference to the Elands Bay Infrastructure Improvement and Project Operational Phase of the Cederberg Fishing Infrastructure Development and Management Project on the West Coast, Western Cape, (a) what process was followed in appointing the small-scale fisheries co-operative identified as the owning agent by his department, (b) what does the capacity building for the specified co-operative entail, (c) what does it cost and (d) who are the service providers involved in providing the capacity building; (2) (a) how many (i) operational, (ii) technical and (iii) administrative staff will be employed for the different pre-operational and operational phases of the specified project and (b) what are the associated costs in each case; (3) whether the specified military veterans whose employment contracts were extended will be paid retrospectively dating back to 1 September 2015; if not, why not; if so, (a) how will his department provide such funding, (b) what are the costs implications of such a decision and (c) did the specified military veterans actually work from 1 September 2015 to 23 September 2015 when the decision to provide back-pay was taken; (4) whether the minutes of the meeting held between his department and the Department of Defence and Military Veterans on 23 September 2015 is available for scrutiny; if not, why not; if so, where can a copy of such minutes be obtained?

With reference to the Elands Bay Infrastructure Improvement and Project Operational Phase of the Cederberg Fishing Infrastructure Development and Management Project on the West Coast, Western Cape, (a) what were the findings of the Working for Fisheries Programme which was accompanied by an internal team of officials on 30 September 2015 at the Elands Bay site, (b) what were their recommendations and (c) where can a copy of such a report be obtained?

(1) Whether his department has given full and proper attention to the expert opinion of Fisheries and Research Development officials within his department who noticed a massive decline in the population of horse mackerel in South African waters at the time of granting an 8 000-ton experimental quota to a certain person (name furnished); if not, why not; if so, why (a) did his department act contrary to the view of the specified experts and (b) was his department endangering the viability of the horse mackerel population; (2) whether he will make a statement on the granting of the quota to the specified individual and address the soundness of the decision to grant the specified quota in relation to the scientific facts available to him; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

Has his department awarded any contracts to companies indirectly or directly owned by certain persons (Atul, Agiy & Rajesh Gupta) in the (a) 2012-13, (b) 2013-14 and (c) 2014-15 financial years; if so, in each specified financial year, (i) how many times were such contracts awarded and (ii) for what amount? NW237E

(1) (a) What are the details of the Service Level Agreement signed between his department and the Department of Defence and Military Veterans to employ military veterans in the Elands Bay Infrastructure Improvement and Project Operational Phase of the Cederberg Fishing Infrastructure Development and Management Project on the West Coast in the Western Cape and (b) what do the (i) Memorandum of Understanding and (ii) Business Plan, including the latest amendments, between his department and the Cederberg Local Municipality entail; (2) (a) what amount was allocated from the Marine Living Resources Fund to the specified project, (b) what conditions were attached to the funding in terms of the employment of military veterans, (c)(i) what amount was allocated towards the employment of the specified military veterans and (ii) for what period of time and (d) what criteria were used to select the specified military veterans; (3) (a) how many military veterans are employed in the different phases of the specified project and (b) what amount is each military veteran paid in each month for rendering their services?

(1) (a) Who is the agency responsible for the implementation of the Elands Bay Infrastructure Improvement and Project Operational Phase of the Cederberg Fishing Infrastructure Development and Management Project on the West Coast, Western Cape and (b) what are the relevant details of the progress reports received to date; (2) whether the appointment of the implementing agency complies with all conditions and criteria stipulated by (a) supply chain management and (b) the Public Finance Management Act, Act 1 of 1999; if not, why not; if so, what are the details of the tender process followed to appoint the implementing agency; (3) (a) how did his department compensate for the extension of employment of the military veterans in the budget for the specified project, (b) what additional deliverables were added to the said project and (c) what were the (i) employment and (ii) financial implications?