1. (a) The total amount paid for bonuses in 2016-17 for the outcomes of 2015-16 performance cycle is R 2, 201 148.

(b) Breakdown of the Bonuses is as follow:

As I have indicated in my response to question No: 1077 of 15 May 2017, that:

“Schedule 5A of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, Act No 108 of 1996, which stipulates that libraries, other than national libraries, are an exclusive provincial legislative competence”. The status quo is still the same.

Out of 25 Public Entities reporting to my department, eleven (11) Board terms of office will lapse on 30 November 2017, and calls for nominations to serve on the Boards have been advertised as follows:

(b) The National Heritage Council is the only entity that is currently funding the research and development institutions

(i) They are domestic institutions

(aa) Humans Science Research Council (HSRC), Sol Plaatjie University and Palaeontological Scientific Trust (PAST), WITS Centre of Origins.

(bb) HSRC is conducting a research on the preservation of SA Liberation by facilitating the documentation of the history of the military veterans ...

Please note that all the mentioned entities (RIM, DITSONG, NMM, IZIKO, SAHRA and SALB) have fully constituted members.

For easy reference and in response to, (a)i)(ii) and (b)(i)(II), see the attached annexure /spread sheet

1. (a) 24 Entities have boards

(b) 1

(i) (aa) response attached as Annexure B

(bb) response attached as Annexure B

(ii) (aa) response attached as Annexure B

(bb) response attached as Annexure B

2.(a) The Minister

(b) The court case by the PanSALB Board disputing their dissolution is still on-going/pending and as such the Department is unable to constitute a board. The court ...

a) My department has never appointed transaction advisors for tenders for the period in question, (1/1/2012- 31/12/2016).

b. Only Iziko Museums of South Africa appointed transaction advisors

(i). Iziko Museums of South Africa appointed Albert & Viljoen Nortje Architects (AVNA).

(ii). Iziko Museums, requested assistance for the drafting of tender specifications and to provide technical advise on a tender brief.

(iii). The total amount ...