2018-w1701 - 18 June 2018

Maroga Lazarus Mokoena to ask the Minister of Arts and Culture”

1. (a). What total amount of land owned by his department and entities reporting to him in each province is (i) vacant and (ii) unused or has no purpose and (b) what is the (i) location and (ii) size of each specified plot of land; 2. (a). how much of the land owned by his department and entities reporting to him has been leased out for private use and (b) what is the (i) rand value of each lease and (ii)(aa) location and (bb) size of each piece of land?

Reply from the Minister of Arts and Culture” on 18 Jun 2018

Response to Parliament Question 1701.

  1. (a) The Department of Arts and Culture does not own land
  2. (a) South African Heritage Resources Agency has ownership of the land listed below:

ITEM NO

PROPERTY NAME

LOCATION

(1)(b)(i)

(2)(b)(ii)(aa)

SIZE OF LAND

(1)(b)(ii)

VACANT LAND/ UNUSED LAND

(1)(a)(i) / (1)(a)(ii)

SIZE OF LEASED LAND

(2)(b)(ii)(bb)

RAND

VALUE OF LEASE

(2)(b)(i)

EASTERN CAPE

1

The Lookout

Kirkwood District ...

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2018-w1459 - 04 June 2018

Evelyn Lindy Wilson to ask the Minister of Arts and Culture”

1. Whether, with reference to the reply of the State President, Mr C M Ramaphosa the debate on the State of the Nation Address on 22 February 2018 to implement lifestyle audits, (a) he, (b) senior management services members in his department and (c) any of the heads of entities reporting to him have undergone lifestyle audit in the past three financial years; if not, have any plans been put in place to perform such audits; if so, what are the details of the (i) date of the lifestyle audit, (ii) name of the person undergoing the audit, (iii)name of the auditing firm conducting the audit and (iv) outcome of the audit; 2. whether he will furnish Ms E R Wilson with copies of the lifestyle audit reports?

Reply from the Minister of Arts and Culture” on 4 Jun 2018

1. The Departmental Internal Audit unit works on an approved plan and the same with forensic through allegations. Accordingly, a lifestyle audit would be prompted through an allegation or from an assessment that would follow from the financial disclosures that the National Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) does and this would come through Deputy Director-General: Corporate Services who is responsible for disclosures. ...

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2017-w3880 - 12 December 2017

Gregory Allen Grootboom to ask the Minister of Arts and Culture”

With reference to the R9 million that his department allocated to the nine provinces to encourage the implementation of the Africa Month and related projects, (a) what amount was allocated to each province and (b) how were the monies spent? NW4427E

Reply from the Minister of Arts and Culture” on 12 Dec 2017

(1)(a). My department allocated a budget of R1 million to each of the 9 Provinces for the 2016 Africa Month celebrations. This was based on the fact that they will each submit their costs/expenditure for the Africa Month programme after the events/celebrations. However, only three (3) Provinces responded to this commitment by DAC, namely, Eastern Cape, Free State and Limpopo.

(b). the monies were ...

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2017-w3881 - 12 December 2017

Gregory Allen Grootboom to ask the Minister of Arts and Culture”

(1). With reference to the Medium-Term Expenditure Framework 2015-17 expenditure report for Africa Day celebrations, what amount was budgeted for the specified celebrations in each year (2). whether his department stayed within the specified budget; if not, what is the difference between the budget and actual expenditure; if so, can the expenditure be reconciled with the budget? NW4428E

Reply from the Minister of Arts and Culture” on 12 Dec 2017

(1). In 2015 the Department budgeted R 60 279 000 and expenditure was R 68 490 019.00. Over expenditure was (-R8 211 019).

In 2016 the Department budgeted R 44 156 750 and expenditure was R 45 262 976.80.Over expenditure was (-R1 106 336.80)

In 2017 the Department budgeted R 35 694 000 and expenditure was R 35 482 522. The under expenditure was R211 ...

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2017-w3879 - 12 December 2017

Gregory Allen Grootboom to ask the Minister of Arts and Culture”

With reference to the medium term expenditure framework 2015-17 and his department’s spending of R5,8 million, R5,1 million and R3,5 million towards public conversations and dialogues around the country, what (a) were the reasons for such financial expenditure on dialogues and (b) was the total breakdown of cost for each of these colloquia?

Reply from the Minister of Arts and Culture” on 12 Dec 2017

(a). Community conversations provide a dialogic platform for people from diverse backgrounds to come together in a conversation about how to bridge persistent socio-historical divisions, mainly entrenched along racial, cultural and ethnic identities. The main assumption, which is part of the methodological approach, is the idea that levers for cohesion are located from within the communities themselves instead of from without. In other words, ...

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2017-w3671 - 01 December 2017

Mponeng Winston Rabotapi to ask the Minister of Arts and Culture”

What is the total number of (a) Ferry trips to the Robben Island Museum that were (i) scheduled and (ii) cancelled due to unfavourable weather conditions and (b) passengers who were transported on the ferry service in the (aa) 2014-15,(bb) 2015-16 and (cc) 2016-17 finacial years?

Reply from the Minister of Arts and Culture” on 1 Dec 2017

 

2014/15

2015/16

2016/17

(a)(i). Ferry Trips scheduled

1 483

1 220

1 223

(a)(ii). Cancelled Tours due to unfavourable weather

215

186

131

(b). Number of Tourist transported on the ferry service

325 816

364 021

369 786

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2017-w3672 - 01 December 2017

Mponeng Winston Rabotapi to ask the Minister of Arts and Culture”

Whether the Robben Island Museum kept records of detailed passengers list for each ferry trip that was made to Robben Island over the past three financial years

Reply from the Minister of Arts and Culture” on 1 Dec 2017

Yes,Robben Island Museum kept detailed records of the passenger lists for each ferry trip that was made to Robben Island over the past three Financial years.

The Passenger lists are stored automatically on the Web tickets Ticketing System for the above periods. When tourists book tickets, all required personal information is entered onto the system, attached to the barcode and assigned to a tour. ...

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2017-w3220 - 10 November 2017

Gregory Allen Grootboom to ask the Minister of Arts and Culture”

(a) What are the full reasons that his department achieved only 58% of its predetermined objectives while it spent 99% of its budget in the 2016-17 financial year?

Reply from the Minister of Arts and Culture” on 10 Nov 2017

The Department achieved 73% (52/71) of its predetermined objectives in contrast to the 58% achievement stated in the question. Similarly, the Department spent 97.4% (3.9 billion) of its appropriated budget and not the 99% indicated in the question.

Below are the generic reasons that resulted in the non-achievement of some of the planned performance target.

  • Delays due to prolonged consultative processes.
  • Compensation budget constraints. ...
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2017-w3219 - 10 November 2017

Gregory Allen Grootboom to ask the Minister of Arts and Culture”

Wheteher he instituted disciplinary action against the officials of his department who were found to have been implicated in the adverse findings of the auditor-general ‘s 2016-17 report on the financial statements of his department; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the total number of officials who have faced disciplinary action and (b) what are the detail in case?

Reply from the Minister of Arts and Culture” on 10 Nov 2017

a) The total number of officials who have faced disciplinary action were 18.

b) Details of disciplinary action in each are as follows:

Incident Description

Official No 1

Procurement of services not done through SCM and approval of appointment of service provider not done by the delegated official

 

Incident Description

Official No 2

Procurement of services not done through SCM

 

Incident Description ...

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2017-w3180 - 10 November 2017

Maroga Lazarus Mokoena to ask the Minister of Arts and Culture”

1. What are the details including the ranks of service providers and /or contractors from which (a) his department and (b) the entities reporting to him procured services in the past five years; 2. What (a) service was provided by each service provider and /or contractor and (b) what amount was each service provider and /or contractor paid; 3. (a) how many of these service providers are black-owned entities, (b) what contract was each of the black-owned service providers awarded and (c) how much was each black-owned service provider paid?

Reply from the Minister of Arts and Culture” on 10 Nov 2017

1. The information required to respond to the question posed by the Honourable Member is detailed and is archived by the National Treasury. I have requested the National Treasury to release such information, the process takes long. However, as soon as the information is availed by the National Treasury I will forward it to the Member.

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