1. The Department has a sexual harassment policy which was approved and signed on the 15 December 2011. This policy is currently under review. The details of the consequence management and sanctions stipulated by the policy can be found in sections 3.4 to 3.7 of the policy document that will be forwarded separately to the Member.
2. I am advised that the Department has ...
a) The audited amount budgeted for and spent by Economic Development Ministry (Offices of the Minister and Deputy Minister) is provided in the below table.
|
Year |
Inclusive Budgeted R 000 |
Inclusive Expenditure R 000 |
|
2014/15 |
R 20 421 |
R19 828 |
|
2015/16 |
R 20 163 |
R 20 160 |
|
2016/17 |
R 20 061 |
R 18 355 |
*the 2017/18 data is yet to be audited
(b) In ...
In response to the questions:
a) The Accounting Officer advises no expenditure was incurred
b) The Accounting Officers advise that no expenditure was incurred
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I have been furnished with a reply by the CEO of the IDC, Mr Geoffrey Qhena, to the question, which follows below.
A) EUROPE MARKET:
Nationalities: Switzerland, Belgium, France, Lithuania
Amount of product sold:
17 268 mt P₂O₅ (phosphoric acid)
574 776mt Rock
B) MIDDLE EAST / ASIA MARKET
Nationalities: India, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates
Amount of product sold:
5 988mt P₂O₅ ...
I have been furnished with a reply by the CEO of the IDC, Mr Geoffrey Qhena, to the question, which follows below.
“There are no known members of the Gupta family that are Shareholders at Foskor. Historically the IDC has not been aware of any links by the Foskor Shareholders to the Gupta family.
Subsequent to the parliamentary question to the IDC, an extensive ...
1. The Economic Development Department has procured services from Travel with Flair (TWF) in the 2016/17 financial year. The following services were procured: air travel (domestic and international), car rental, accommodation, shuttle services, and conference venues. The total amount paid in service fees to the company amounted to R 203 541.
2. The international visits were as follows:
One staff member was granted permission to participate in her own business, which does not have any dealings with government (selling ice cream over weekends).
Two other staff members were permitted to serve on boards as follows:
a) The Economic Development Department, IDC, ITAC and Competition Tribunal EDD do not have any outstanding supplier invoices that remain unpaid for more than 30 days.
b) The Competition Commission currently has 40 outstanding invoices.
The reasons are as follows:
Banking Details outstanding: 13
Unresolved dispute with the supplier: 9
Supply Chain Documents outstanding: 18
The Competition Commission is still in discussion with the ...
The department and its entities procured a variety of goods and services over the past 5 years, ranging from leasing accommodation, consultant services, travel and transport, ICT related goods and services etc. The quantum of these individual transactions run into the thousands on an annual basis.
Attached are detailed lists of goods and services procured by the department and its entities for the audited ...
Competition Tribunal :
Competition Commission: