2018-w2533 - 18 September 2018

Johanna Steenkamp to ask the Minister of Environmental Affairs

(1)Is the Waste Bureau focusing on the mine site off-the-road (OTR) processing; if not, why is there a shredding machine located at the site of the Mogalakwena open-pit platinum mine; (2) is this to quickly boost the number of OTR tyres processed as reported to the Portfolio Committee on Environmental Affairs; if so, (a) what amount was generated at each site from waste tyres and the processing of OTR tyres, given that the Mogalakwena Implats minesite is a privately owned operation and (b) to whom is the processed OTR material from these two machines supplied?

Reply from the Minister of Environmental Affairs on 18 Sep 2018

1. The Waste Bureau intends to focus on mine site OTR pre-processing hence the purchase of shredding equipment. The shredding equipment at Mogalakwena mine was procured by the Recycling and Economic Development Initiative of South Africa (REDISA) and the Waste Bureau simply enabled continuation of the processing that began as a REDISA pilot project.

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2018-w2448 - 18 September 2018

Xalisa, Mr Z R to ask the Minister of Environmental Affairs

What is the (a) name of each investing company that has invested on land owned by (i) her Department and (ii) each entity reporting to her; and (b)(i) nature, (ii) value and (iii) length of each investment?

Reply from the Minister of Environmental Affairs on 18 Sep 2018

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS

(a) (i) Not Applicable

(b) (i) Not Applicable

(ii) Not Applicable

(iii) Not Applicable

iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority

(a) (ii) Not Applicable

(b) (i) Not Applicable

(ii) Not Applicable

(iii) Not Applicable

South African National Parks

(b) (i) 12 Concession Lodges, 31 Retail stores and Restaurants, 21 outdoor activities and amenities. All of these are Public Private Partnerships.

(ii) and ...

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2018-w2328 - 18 September 2018

Xalisa, Mr Z R to ask the Minister of Environmental Affairs

(1)(a) What number of labour disputes are currently being faced by (i) her department and (ii) the entities reporting to her, (b) what is the cause of each dispute, (c) what is the nature of each dispute and (d) on what date was each dispute (i) reported and (ii) resolved; (2) (a)(i) what number of employees have been dismissed by her department in the past five years and (ii) for what reason was each employee dismissed and (b)(i) what number of the specified employees were paid severance packages and (ii) what was the monetary value of each severance package?

Reply from the Minister of Environmental Affairs on 18 Sep 2018

THE MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS REPLIES FOR THE SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE (SANBI)

Department of Environmental Affairs

  1. (a) (i) 18 active disputes currently.

1 on salary upgrade policies

1 on overtime policies

3 on perfomance management (PMDS) policies

7 on misconduct policies

4 on interpretation and application of policies

2 on treatment by managers

(b)

1 on upgrade from level 11 to ...

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2018-w2057 - 16 July 2018

Anton De Waal Alberts to ask the Minister of Environmental Affairs

(1)Whether all members of the senior management service (SMS) in her department had declared their interests for the past year as required by the Public Service Regulations; if not, (a) why not, (b) what number of the specified members did not declare their interests and (c) what are the (i) names and (ii) ranks of the specified noncompliant members of the SMS; (2) whether noncompliant SMS members have been charged; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (3) what number (a) of employees in her department at each post level are currently suspended on full salary and (b) of the specified employees at each post level have been suspended for the specified number of days (details furnished); (4) what is the total amount of cost attached to the days of service lost as a result of the suspensions in each specified case?

Reply from the Minister of Environmental Affairs on 16 Jul 2018

1. All SMS members declared their interests

(a) Not applicable

(b) Not applicable

(c) (i) Not applicable

(ii) Not applicable

2. Not applicable

3. (a) 1 Employee on Salary Level 12

(b) (i) Not applicable

(ii) Not applicable

(iii) Not applicable

(iv) 1 Employee

4. R597 966.00

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2018-w1648 - 16 July 2018

Veronica Van Dyk to ask the Minister of Environmental Affairs

(a) What number of cases relating to the Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act, 2004 (Act No. 12 of 2004), as amended, have been referred to the (i) SA Police Service (SAPS) and (ii) Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI) by (aa) her Department and (bb) each entity reporting to her for further investigation since the Act was assented to; and (b) what number of the specified cases have (i) been investigated by SAPS and DPCI, (ii) been followed-up by the respective accounting officers and (iii) resulted in a conviction in each specified financial year since 2004?

Reply from the Minister of Environmental Affairs on 16 Jul 2018

aa) Department of Environmental Affairs

a) i) Two (2) cases have been reported to SAPS.

ii) Four (4) cases have been reported to DPCI.

b) i) Four (4)

ii) Six (6)

iii) As far as the Department is aware, none of the cases have been finalised by the SAPS/DPCI.

bb) South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI)

a) i) No cases have been ...

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2018-w1765 - 16 July 2018

Dirk Jan Stubbe to ask the Minister of Environmental Affairs

(1)What number of legal landfill sites (a) existed in the Northern Cape and (b) received licences from her department to operate (i) in each of the past three financial years and (ii) since 1 April 2018; (2) What (a) number of municipalities in the Northern Cape (i) comply with landfill legislation and (ii) are in possession of the requisite licence and (b) are the names of each municipality; (3) what (a) number of municipalities in the Northern Cape (i) do not comply with landfill legislation, (ii) do not have the requisite licence, (b) are the names of the specified municipalities and (c) are the reasons for operating landfill sites without licences?

Reply from the Minister of Environmental Affairs on 16 Jul 2018

(1) (a) One hundred and sixty eight (168) landfill sites exists in the Northern Cape, of which 26 are private owned and 142 belongs to different municipalities.

(b) Minister has issued 128 licenses for landfill while MEC in Northern Cape issued 40 licenses

(i) MEC issued 11 Licenses in 2014/2015 financial year; 2015/16 MEC issued 4 Licenses; 2016/2017 MEC issued 24 Licenses. The minister ...

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2018-w2017 - 06 July 2018

Stevens Mokgalapa to ask the Minister of Environmental Affairs

(1)What are the details of the (a) number of accidents that vehicles owned by her department were involved (i) in each of the past three financial years and (ii) since 1 April 2018, (b) cost for repairs in each case and (c)(i) number of and (ii) reasons for vehicles being written off in each case; (2) whether all vehicles owned by her department have tracking devices installed?

Reply from the Minister of Environmental Affairs on 6 Jul 2018

1(a) 22

1(a)(i) 2015/2016 - 10

2016/2017 - 7

2017/2018 - 4

1(a)(ii) 2018/2019 - 1

YEAR

COST

2015/2016

R 194 875

2016/2017

R 84 121

2017/2018

R 182 016

2018/2019

R 41 607

TOTAL

R 502 619

1(b)

1(c)(i) 3

1(c)(ii) Vehicles not economically repairable

2 None of the Departmental vehicles are currently fitted with tracking devices

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2018-w2091 - 06 July 2018

Thomas Zwelakhe Hadebe to ask the Minister of Environmental Affairs

How sustainable are the increases in remuneration of the network participants of the Waste Management Bureau against the levy of R2,30 (a) currently and (b) assuming that the Recycling and Economic Development Initiative of South Africa collections backlog needs to be caught up at future costs?

Reply from the Minister of Environmental Affairs on 6 Jul 2018

(a) The remuneration to participants is dependent on budget allocation, which is not necessarily linked to the levy. Therefore current and future sustainability is determined on the basis of budget allocation.

(b) refer to (a).

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2018-w2093 - 06 July 2018

Thomas Zwelakhe Hadebe to ask the Minister of Environmental Affairs

In light of the fact that the Waste Management Bureau has been advertising jobs and tenders for 5 year durations, has her department’s mandate changed after informing the parliamentary committee in 2017 that its mandate during the transitional phase and before a new manager(s) is appointed for the industry is between three months and one year?

Reply from the Minister of Environmental Affairs on 6 Jul 2018

No, the mandate of the department has not changed.

The mandate of the Waste Management Bureau is outlined in the National Environmental Management Waste Amendment Act, Act 26 of 2014 (NEMWAA). Part 7A, Section 34A of NEMWAA refers to the establishment of the Waste Management Bureau.

Section 34D relates to some of the objects of the Waste Management Bureau as listed below.

“34D. The ...

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2018-w1975 - 03 July 2018

Thomas Zwelakhe Hadebe to ask the Minister of Environmental Affairs

(1)What is the official mandate of the Waste Bureau; (2) are there any plans in place to have the Waste Bureau continuing to manage the operations of the waste tyre industry after the 2018-19 financial year; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, has the bureau submitted a proposal to her?

Reply from the Minister of Environmental Affairs on 3 Jul 2018

(1). The mandate of the Waste Management Bureau is outlined in the National Environmental Management Waste Amendment Act, Act 26 of 2014 (NEMWAA). Part 7A, Section 34A of NEMWAA refers to the establishment of the Waste Management Bureau.

Section 34D relates to the objects of the Waste Management Bureau as listed below.

“34D. The objects of the Bureau are to—

(a) function as a ...

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