2018-w1810 - 18 June 2018

David John Maynier to ask the Minister of Arts and Culture

1) Whether (a) his spouse and/or (b) an adult family member accompanied him on any official international trip (i) in each of the past five financial years and (ii) since 1 April 2018; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what (aa) is the name of the person(s), (bb) was the (aaa) purpose and (bbb) destination of the trip and (cc) was the (aaa) total cost and (bbb) detailed breakdown of the costs of the accompanying person(s) to his department; (2) whether each of the specified trips were approved by the President in terms of the provisions of Section 1, Annexure A of the Ministerial Handbook; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

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

The Ministerial Handbook outlines provisions for international travel for members of the executive and their family members. Members of the Executive are regularly invited to participate in international conferences or forums in order to promote a South African agenda and brand that benefits or showcases the country.

Ministers and Deputy Ministers must approach the President in writing, two weeks in advance of a planned ...

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2018-w1237 - 18 May 2018

Gregory Allen Grootboom to ask the Minister of Arts and Culture

What (a) measures will he put in place to ensure that issues of diversity are addressed in the (i) PACOFS council and (ii) PACOFS management, (b) consequence management strategies will be instituted against members of the (i) Performing Arts Centre of the Free State (PACOFS) who have brought PACOFS into disrepute?

Reply from the Minister of Arts and Culture on 18 May 2018

(a)(I). The process of constituting Councils is prescribed in relevant enabling legislations that compel the Department to ensure that issues of diversity are addressed. The process of appointing Councils also prescribes that an open and transparent process is followed and as such the shortlist of recommended candidates is only drawn from the public nominations received. All efforts are made to ensure that diversity considerations ...

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2018-w1236 - 18 May 2018

Gregory Allen Grootboom to ask the Minister of Arts and Culture

What consequence management strategies will be instituted against members of the Performing Arts Centre of the Free State (PACOFS) who are allegedly guilty of incurring irregular expenditure?

Reply from the Minister of Arts and Culture on 18 May 2018

The Performing Arts Centre of the Free State (PACOFS) will be guided by its policies and disciplinary code in instituting consequence management against any member of PACOFS who is found to be responsible for incurring irregular expenditure.

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2018-w1092 - 07 May 2018

Maroga Lazarus Mokoena to ask the Minister of Arts and Culture

1. what (a) number of consulting firms or companies are currently contracted by (i) his department and (ii) entities reporting to him and (b)(i) is the name of each consultant, (ii) are the relevant details of the service provided in each case and (iii) is the (aa) start date, (bb) time period, (cc) monetary value in rands of each contract and (dd) name and position of each individual who signed off on each contract?

Reply from the Minister of Arts and Culture on 7 May 2018

1. (a) (i) The Department has appointed three (3) consultants as follows:

Library Policy and Coordination’s inputs:

Project title

Total number of consultants that worked on project

Name of consultants

Duration

Contract value in

Rand

     

From

To

 

Independent Contractor - Library Conditional Grant Project

3 (currently 2 – 1 resigned and will be filled during 2018)

Mr David Lebelo ...

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2018-w1074 - 07 May 2018

Maroga Lazarus Mokoena to ask the Minister of Arts and Culture

What number of memorials, statues, heritage sites and museums is his department currently building and/or developing and (b) in each case, (i) what is the name of each project, (ii) where is each situated, (iii) on what date was each project (aa) started and (bb) signed off, (iv) what is the estimated time span of each project, (v) how much funding has been allocated to the project, (vi) how much funding has been unaccounted for in each project and (vii) who was awarded the contract to complete each project?

Reply from the Minister of Arts and Culture on 7 May 2018

Project name

Location

Type

Start date

Completion date

Duration

Budget (R)

Unaccounted amount

Contracted to

                 

Dr J.L. Dube Memorial Project

KZN, Durban, Inanda

Memorial

29/03/ 2012

09/11/2016 (termination date)

4 years

R31 584 738

 

IDT

     

21/11/2017

31/03/2019

Estimated date

18 months

R8 million

 

Risimati Consulting Engineers PTY (Ltd)

OR Tambo ...

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2018-w1166 - 07 May 2018

Malcolm John Figg to ask the Minister of Arts and Culture

(a)When did the construction of the Sarah Bartmann Centre Heritage Project in Hankey commence, (b) what was the initial budget, (c) which company was awarded the contract for construction, (d) what is the current status of work and/or tasks that (i) have been completed and/or (ii) are still outstanding, (d) on what date was the project scheduled to be completed, and (e) why has the project not been completed on the due date; 2. Whether it is projected that the spending on the project will exceed the allocated budget; if so, by what amount? (NW 1260 E)

Reply from the Minister of Arts and Culture on 7 May 2018

1. (a) The construction of the Sarah Bartmann Centre of Remembrance commenced on 14 April 2014, (b) the budget is R164 386 247.29, (c) Lubbe Construction was awarded the contract for the construction, through the Supply Chain Management process overseen and implemented by the Department of Public Works. The Department of Public Works is the Project Manager for Government projects. The contract was ceded to Transtruct ...

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2018-w972 - 23 April 2018

Thandeka Moloko Mbabama to ask the Minister of Arts and Culture

How much land does (a) his department and/or the entity reporting to him (i) own, (ii) have exclusive rights to and / or (iii) lease from the State to (aa) use and / or (bb) occupy? NW1065E

Reply from the Minister of Arts and Culture on 23 Apr 2018

(a) (i) the department does not own land

(ii) South African resources agency has ownership of the land listed below:

ITEM

NO.

PRO PERTY NAME

LACATION

PROPERTY EXTENT

PROPERTY USE/INTENDED USE

EASTERN CAPE

1

The Lookout

Kirkwood

District

3 947m2

Memorial and Grave site

2

Old Congregational

Church

Cradock

1 753m2

Church used by the local community

3

Mooimeisiesfontein

Riebeeck East

69 156 m2

Main building leased; Repurposing ...

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2018-w704 - 16 April 2018

Terri Stander to ask the Minister of Arts and Culture

(1). Whether his department has a sexual harassment and assault policy in place; if not, (a) why not and (b) by what date will his department have such a policy in place; if so, (i) how are reports investigated and (ii) what are the details of the consequence management and sanctions stipulated by the policy; (2)(a).What is the total number of incidents of sexual harassment and assault that have been reported in his department (i) in each of the past three financial years and (ii) since 1 April 2017, (b) what number of cases were (i) opened and concluded, (ii) withdrawn and (iii) remain open based on the incidents and (c) what sanctions were issued for each person who was found to have been guilty?

Reply from the Minister of Arts and Culture on 16 Apr 2018

1. Yes, my department has a sexual harassment and assault policy in place signed on 25 March 2013, copy attached for easy reference.

(i). The Chief Directorate Human Resource Management has been designated by the accounting officer of the department to deal with alleged cases of sexual harassment. According to the policy, an employee has two options to choose from to resolve the allegation, ...

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2018-w345 - 09 March 2018

Désirée Van Der Walt to ask the Minister of Arts and Culture

(a). What is the total amount that was (i) budgeted for and (ii) spent on his private office (aa) in each of the past three financial years and (bb) since 1 April 2017 and (b). What was the (i) remuneration, (ii) salary level, (iii) job title, (iv) qualification and (v) job description of each employee appointed in his private office in each of the specified periods?;

Reply from the Minister of Arts and Culture on 9 Mar 2018

The appointment of staff in my office is done through Programme one of the Department and consistently with the Ministerial handbook.

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2018-w310 - 09 March 2018

Phumzile Thelma Van Damme to ask the Minister of Arts and Culture

What amount did (a) his department and (b) each entity reporting to him spend on the promotion or celebration of the Year of O R Tambo 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 since 1 January 2017?

Reply from the Minister of Arts and Culture on 9 Mar 2018

The government approach to the centenary was to celebrate within the applicable austerity measures. As such the campaigns were done within the existing budget baseline with no extra budgets from National Treasury.

(a). My department thus used the budget for National Days Celebrations that were planned as the vehicle/ platform to celebrate the Year of OR Tambo.

(b). Entities

None of the Departmental Entities ...

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