Whether any staff of (a) her department and (b) each entity reporting to her were awarded any contracts or agreements to conduct business with any state entity in the (i) 2014-15, (ii) 2015-16 and (iii) 2016-17 financial years; if so, what are the (aa) names and (bb) professional designations of the staff members and (cc) details of the contract(s) and/or agreement(s) awarded and (dd) amounts in each case?
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Entity
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(aa) Names of staff members awarded contracts
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(bb) Professional designation of the staff members awarded contracts
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(cc) Details of the contract and/or agreements awarded
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(dd) The total amount for each contract
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2014/15 FINANCIAL YEAR
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR
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None
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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COMPENSATION FUND
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None
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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UIF
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None
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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NEDLAC
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None
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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PRODUCTIVITY SA
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Neo Lekaowa
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Senior Business ... |
Does (a) she, (b) her Deputy Minister or (c) any of the heads of entities or bodies reporting to her make use of security services paid for by the State for (i) him/herself, (ii) his/her immediate family members or (iii) any of their staff members; in each case (aa) what are the reasons for it, (bb) from which department or entity’s budget is the security services being paid, and (cc) what are the relevant details?
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Ministry of Labour
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- (i)Yes
(ii)No
(iii)No
(aa) VIP protection
(bb) SAPS/DoL Ministry
(cc) SAPS: Compensation
DoL: Incidental costs
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Deputy Ministry of Labour
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- (i)Yes
(ii)No
(iii)No
(aa) VIP protection
(bb) SAPS/DoL Ministry
(cc) SAPS: Compensation
DoL: Incidental costs
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Heads of Entities or bodies
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(c) None
(aa) N/A
(bb) N/A
(cc) N/A
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Whether, following the outcry by the Director-General of the Compensation Fund that the pace and magnitude of outcry for improving service delivery in the Compensation Fund is racing ahead of the entity’s control, she has taken any steps to assist the Compensation Fund to drastically improve its service delivery in order to ensure that social security is provided in line with sections 26 and 27 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
Steps taken to assist the Compensation Fund to improve its service delivery include, but not limited;
1. The Introduction of CF-Filing;
The objective of the project improve the turn-a-round time for an employer to register with the Compensation Fund, submit Return of Earnings online, process an immediate online payment and receive the Letter of Good Standing. The project is at an advanced stage and ...
(a) What is the total number of employees of the Compensation Fund who are currently suspended, (b) what are the reasons for the suspension in each case and (c) what is the total number of the specified cases relating to fraud are currently under investigation?
a) 30;
b) All 30 relate to allegations of fraud;
c) 89
With reference to the increase of 54% in the work seeker services budget of her department’s Public Employment Service programme for the 2017-18 financial year, how much did it cost on average for each job placement made through the specified programme in the (a) 2015-16 and (b) 2016-17 financial years?
Firstly it is important to correct the statement/perception that the increase for 2017/18 financial year for Public Employment Services is by 54%. The actual increase for is a mere 2%.
a) R4, 438.00
b) R3, 875.00
(1) Whether her department (a) has undertaken or (b) intends to undertake studies to determine the viability of allocating more money directly to the Unemployment Insurance Fund instead of to her department’s employment standards programme; if not, in each case, why not; if so, what were the outcomes in each case;
(2) whether her department has put any mechanisms in place to monitor the outcomes of her department’s employment standards programme; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
(3) what factors did her department take into consideration when deciding to grant a 79% increase to the employment standards programme for the 2017-18 financial year?
1. The Department has not undertaken and/or intends to undertake studies to determine the viability of allocating more money directly to the Unemployment Insurance Fund because the Fund has always been self-funding and as such it does not require any form of funding from the Department.
2. Yes, the monitoring mechanisms are based on the current performance management system.
3. The Department took into ...
(1) What factors did her department take into consideration when deciding to grant 6% increase to her department’s inspection and enforcement services for the 2017-18 financial year;
(2) whether she has found that the 6% increase for the 2017-18 financial year is sufficient to ensure that the labour inspectors of her department are (a) properly resourced and (b) capacitated to ensure that all labour market policies are complied with on the front line; if not, in each case, why not; if so, what are the relevant details in each case? NW1439E
1. The 6% increase to Inspection and Enforcement Services was granted by National Treasury and not by the Department.
(2) No; the 6% increase for 2017/18 financial year is not sufficient to ensure that the labour inspectors are properly resourced and capacitated to ensure all labour market policies are complied with.
Whether (a) her department and (b) each entity reporting to her has (i) procured any services from and/or (ii) made any payments to the Decolonisation Foundation; if not, in each case, what is the position in this regard; if so, what (aa) services were procured, (bb) were the total costs, (cc) is the detailed breakdown of the costs, (dd) was the total amount paid, (ee) was the purpose of the payments and (ff) is the detailed breakdown of the payments in each case?
1. (a) (i) No.
(a) (ii) No.
(aa) Not Applicable
(bb) Not Applicable
(cc) Not Applicable
(dd) Not Applicable
(ee) Not Applicable
(ff) Not Applicable
(1)(a) What was the total expenditure of Supported Employment Enterprises in the 2016-2017 financial year, (b) what is the total staff compliment of Supported Employment Enterprises and (c) what was the total spend on marketing, advertising, and sales incentives by Supported Employment Enterprises;
(2) What is the total (a) budget of Supported Employment Enterprises and (b) marketing-advertising budgets for the Supported Employment Enterprises in the 2017-18 financial year?
1. (a) The information that the Honourable Member is seeking is currently going through an audit process in order to ensure its accuracy. However, we will gladly provide such information in the 2016/17 Annual report which will be tabled in Parliament in August 2017 as prescribed in the PFMA.
(2) (a) The total budget for Supported Enterprises is R141 million and
(b) Marketing-advertising budgets is ...
(1)What was the (a) total expenditure and (b) detailed breakdown of the expenditure of Productivity SA in the (i) 2014-15, (ii) 2015-16 and (iii) 2016-17 financial years;
(2) what is the projected budget for Productivity SA for the 2017-18 financial year;
(3) what was the staff complement of Productivity SA for the 2016-17 financial year
(1) (a) The detailed breakdown of the 2014/15 and 2015/16 information can be gleaned in the Productivity South Africa’s Audited Financial statements and/or the Annual Reports that were tabled in Parliament in the periods in question.
(b) (i), (ii) & (iii) Detailed breakdown for 2016/17 is currently being audited and as such it will be premature and improper to provide such information ...
