(1) Whether the relevant prison kitchens were equipped with catering equipment at the time or any subsequent time that BOSASA was awarded the contract to provide nutritional services to his department in 2004; if so, to whom did this catering equipment belong; (2) whether BOSASA acquired ownership of this catering equipment; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details; (3) whether BOSASA ever replaced or refurbished this equipment; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) at whose expense, (b) who carried out the work and (c) when did this occur; (4) whether BOSASA laid claim to any catering equipment when his department proposed to insource nutritional services; if so, (a) on what (i) basis and (ii) equipment was the claim made and (b) what was his department’s response?
(1) Whether (a) his department and (b) any entities reporting to it paid any bonuses to senior officials in December 2012; if so, in each specified case, (i) to whom and (ii) what amount was paid; (2) whether the specified bonuses were performance-based; if not, what is the justification for each bonus; if so, in each case, from which budget were the performance bonuses paid; (3) whether, in each case, (a) a performance agreement was signed with the official and (b) regular performance assessments were conducted; if not, why not, in each case; if so, what are the relevant details in each case?
1) (a) and (b) (i) and (ii)
No
2) and (3) (a) and (b)
Fall away
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(1) Whether a certain person (name and details furnished) was suspended; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) when and (b) on what grounds; (2) whether a disciplinary hearing involving the said person was held; if not, why not; if so, (a) when and (b) what was the outcome; (3) whether the said person appealed the outcome of the disciplinary hearing; if not, why not; if so, (a) when and (b) what was the outcome; (4) whether a settlement was reached between his department and the said person; if not, why not; if so, (a) when and (b) what were the terms; (5) whether the settlement involved the payment of money; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, how much?
1) Yes
(a) From 11 January 2010 to 03 November 2010 (date of dismissal).
(b) The suspension was pending an investigation into alleged
misconduct (misrepresentation in obtaining private accommodation with
public funds and unfair treatment of a subordinate) and the
finalisation of the disciplinary process.
2) Yes, the said person appeared on 8 charges in a pre-dismissal
arbitration that was consented to.
(a) The ...
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(1) How many legal matters were dealt with by his department (a) in the (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11 and (iii) 2011-12 financial years and (b) during the period 1 April 2012 up to the latest specified date for which information is available; (2) (a) how many of the specified legal matters were dealt with by (i) the State Attorney and (ii) private attorneys during the specified periods and (b) what are the reasons why his department was not represented by the State Attorney in each specified case; (3) what total amounts were paid by his department to (a) the State Attorney and (b) private attorneys during the specified periods?
TO QUESTION 1940 APPROVED/NOT APPROVED/AMENDED
Dr B NZIMANDE, MP
MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING
STATUS:
DATE:
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Whether he has travelled abroad on official business since his appointment; if so, (a) how many times, (b) to which destinations, (c) for what purpose in each case, (d) who accompanied him in each case and (e) what were the costs in each case?
Whether his department intends educating the community to be tolerant of parolees; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?
(1) Whether (a) his department or (b) any entity reporting to him, placed any advertisements in The New Age since the inception of the newspaper up until the most recent date for which information is available; if not, in each case, what is the position in this regard; if so, (i) which entity placed the advertisements, (ii) on what date was each advertisement placed, (iii) what was the nature of each advertisement and (iv) what amount was spent on each advertisement; (2) whether any of these advertisements were placed through the Government Communication and Information System (GCIS); if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details of the advertisements placed through the GCIS; (3) whether an independent analysis was conducted by his department prior to placing advertisements to ascertain whether The New Age is read by the intended target market; if not, why not; if so, (a) who conducted the analysis and (b) what were the main (i) findings and (ii) recommendations of said analysis; (4) whether any independent studies of said advertisements were conducted to ascertain whether they were effective within the relevant target market; if not, why not; if so, (a) who conducted the analysis and (b) what were the main (i) findings and (ii) recommendations of said analysis?
(1)(a) Yes
|Which entity |On what date |Nature of |Amount spent |
|placed | |advertisement | |
|advertisement | | | |
|Department of |23 January 2011|Vacancy |No direct payment made to |
|Correctional | |advertisement |The New Age as agreement |
|Services (DCS) | | |was with Magauta |
| | | |Recruitment and Placements |
| | | |Solutions |
|DCS |3 ...
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Whether (a) the National Commissioner or (b) any other top management officials within his department received performance bonuses in the 2011-12 financial year; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what (i) are the names of the officials who received bonuses, (ii) are their designations, (iii) amount was paid to them and (iv) criteria were used, in each case, to determine how the individuals were eligible for bonuses?
(1) Whether his department is currently subscribed to The New Age (TNA) newspaper; if so, (a) how many subscriptions does his department have, (b) when was each subscription initiated, (c) what has been the annual subscription fee for each specified subscription since it was initiated and (d) what is the exact purpose of each subscription; (2) whether a discount was negotiated for any of the specified subscriptions; if so, (a) for which specified subscriptions and (b) what discount in each case; (3) whether his department has mass-purchased the TNA on an ad hoc basis since the inception of the newspaper; if so, (a) on what dates, (b) how many copies in each case and (c) why were the papers purchased in each case; (4) whether (a) the publishers of the TNA and (b) any other entity donated copies of the paper to (i) his department and (ii) any entity reporting to him; if so, in each case, (aa) which entity donated the papers, (bb) to which entity were they donated and (cc) how many copies were donated?
1) The Command Centre is being established by the department in
partnership with other key stakeholders working towards
operationalization of the call centre.
2) (a) A pilot site has been identified in Pretoria.
b) 90 staff members will be employed during the initial six (6) months
pilot phase, to work as call centre agents working three shifts of
30 people per shift. The total ...
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(1) What is the position with regard to each specified correctional centre at which the access monitoring control rooms that have been installed by a certain company (name furnished) are not fully operational; (2) whether his department has taken steps to restore the functionality of access control systems; if not, why not; if so, what (a) steps and (b) is the estimated cost of restoring the functionality of the access control systems; (3) whether his department intends to outsource access control at any correctional centre; if not, why not; if so, (a) at which centres, (b) what process will be followed, (c) what are the estimated costs and (d) how will the outsourcing affect staff who are currently employed to operate control rooms?
