(1) Whether, with reference to his department’s 2015-16 annual report wherein the Auditor-General of South Africa indicated that his department was in dereliction of its duties by incurring irregular expenditure, any action has been taken against the management of his department; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) whether he has subsequently instituted any management strategies to prevent the reoccurrence of dereliction of duties in the future; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details of the strategies that have been instituted?
- I have taken note of the observations made by the Auditor General, as a result of his observations, investigations were done and all the implicated officials are being taken through the disciplinary process as we speak.
- I have instructed the ADG and his team to develop a plan to combat future occurances of this nature. This plan contains amongst others the following:
Whether the Windy Brow Theatre, an entity of his department, has set any employment equity targets; if not, (a) why not and (b) what are the details of the future plans that the specified entity has in place to meet legislative employment equity targets; if so, (i) what are the details of the specified targets set and (ii) have the specified targets been met?
1. The Windy brow Theatre did not set any employment equity targets.
(a) The Windy brow Theatre was consolidated into the Market Theatre Foundation on 1 April 2016.
(b). The Windy brow Theatre does no longer exist as a separate entity. Consequently, the future plans of the Windy brow Theatre in terms of meeting the legislative employment equity targets are incorporated in the broader ...
What formal qualification does each of his department’s (a)(i) Chief Financial Officer and/or Acting Chief Financial Officer; and
(b)(i) Director-General and/or Acting Director-General possess
Whether each Head of Department (HOD) of his Department signed a performance agreement since their appointment; if not, (a) what is total number of HODs who have not signed performance agreements, (b) what is the reason in each case, (c) what action has he taken to rectify the situation and (d) what consequences will the specified HOD face for failing to sign the performance agreements; if so, (i) when was the last performance assessment of each HOD conducted and (ii) what were the results in each case;
2. Whether any of the HODs who failed to sign a performance agreement received a performance bonus since their appointment; if not, what is position in this regard; if so (a) at what rate and (b) what criteria were used to determine the specified rate;
3. Whether any of the HODs who signed a performance agreement received a performance bonus since their appointment; if so, (a) at what rate and (b) what criteria were used to determine the rate?
Whether in light of the recent alleged racism at the Pretoria Girls High School, he, in collaboration with the Department of Education, launched any initiatives to address racism in all schools; if not why not; if so, what are the relevant details in each case?
Whether any strategies have been developed towards the deracialisation of the South African society; if not why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
Whether the (a) Human Sciences Research Council, (b) Iziko Museums of South Africa, (c) KwaZulu-Natal Museum, (d) National Heritage Council and (e) Msunduzi and Ncome Museum Council complied with the provisions to implement the Use of Official Languages Act, No. 12 of 2012, by May 2015, after being granted a temporary exemption; if not, (i) which of the specified entities did not comply and (ii) what steps did he take against the specified entities; if so, (aa) which of the specified entities complied and (bb) which languages has each of specified entities adopted?
(1)Whether, in line with the responsibilities of his department to build non-racialism through community dialogues relating to sub-outcome 2 of outcome 15 of the National Development Plan, the specified community dialogues have commenced; if not, why not; if so, (a) where; (b) when has each of the specified dialogues taken place?
What amount did (a) his department and (b) each entity reporting to him spend on advertising on the (i) Africa News Network 7 channel, (ii) SA Broadcasting Corporation (aa) television channels and (bb) radio stations, (iii) national commercial radio stations and (iv) community (aa) television and (bb) radio stations (aaa) in the 2015-16 financial year and (bbb) since 1 April 2016?
(a) My department has spent the following amounts on advertising:
(i) Africa News Network 7 Channel
(aaa) 2015-16 Financial year is R0.00
(bbb) Since 1 April 2016 to date is R0.00
(ii) SA Broadcasting Corporation:
(aa) Television Channels
(aaa) 2015-16 Financial year is R549 494.34
(bbb) Since 1 April 2016 to date is R32 640.00
(bb) ...
(1) Whether each Head of Department (HOD) of his department signed a performance agreement since their appointment; if not, (a) what is the total number of HODs who have not signed performance agreements, (b) what is the reason in each case, (c) what action has he taken to rectify the situation and (d) what consequences will the specified HOD face for failing to sign the performance agreements; if so, (i) when was the last performance assessment of each HOD conducted and (ii) what were the results in each case; (2) whether any of the HODs who failed to sign a performance agreement received a performance bonus since their appointment; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) at what rate and (b) what criteria were used to determine the specified rate; (3) whether any of the HODs who signed a performance agreement received a performance bonus since their appointment; if so, (a) at what rate and (b) what criteria were used to determine the rate?
The national Departments have no HOD but Director Generals, this question is much more appropriate for the provinces.
- Currently, the department has no HOD; it has an Acting Director General (ADG) who has a performance agreement since his employment as Deputy Director General (DDG).
- There was no DG without signed performance agreement who was paid performance bonus.
- There was no performance bonus paid out
