Whether, noting that no broker’s notes have been issued to contractors since September 2022, he will furnish Mrs V van Dyk with the valuations for the diamond productions of the past six months, with regard to the takeover of the management contract from Kernel Resources Proprietary Limited, owned by Mr Christopher and Mrs Nathiera Kimber, related to West Coast Resources that is in business rescue at Koingnaas, wherein Government also apparently holds a 20% stake?
The broker’s notes are only issued to licensees and not contractors, and such evidence is available in the SADPMR offices. West Coast was a holder of diamond Dealer license from 15/07/2015, which licence expired on 14/07/2020. In 2015 West Coast Resources purchased broker’s notes from the SADPMR. The Diamond Valuator of the SADPMR never conducted any diamond valuations for West Coast Resources, and furthermore, ...
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Whether, in light of the heavy rains in the east of Mpumalanga and the Vaal that left coal stockpiles temporarily unusable and resulted in the increase of partial load losses, his department has any plans in place to mitigate the impact of rain on coal; if not, why not; if so, what are the reasons that the plans have not been implemented effectively enough to mitigate the predictable problem of the effect of heavy rains on coal stockpiles during the crisis we are facing?
This question should be referred to the Minister of Public Enterprises as he provides oversight over Eskom’s operations.
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Whether, in view of the energy crisis currently facing our country which requires competent and knowledgeable employees at all levels of Eskom, he will furnish Mr N Sigh with an audit of the qualifications of all employees presently working at Eskom to ensure that they hold the vocational capacity to adequately serve the Republic and Eskom at this time of the energy crisis; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
The Minister of Public Enterprises is better placed to respond to this question as it provides oversight over Eskom’s governance matters including its employment records.
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With reference to the announcement by the President of the Republic, Mr M C Ramaphosa, in 2022 that the Renewable Independent Power Producer Programme (REIPPP) bid procurement window 6 would double the capacity it sought to procure from 2.6 GW to 5.2 GW, what (a) are the reasons that the bid window period was only three weeks long, post announcement, while requiring heavy documentation and registration for any potential bidder which resulted in only a fraction of the 5.2 GW capacity being procured, (b) was the most common shortcoming and/or failure on the bidders part to result in more than 60% being rejected, (c) changes are to be implemented in the bid procurement process with the intention of meeting the President’s commitment of 5.2 GW and (d) measures are currently taking place in the Northern Cape to tackle capacity constraints despite it being the best suited province for renewable expansion?
a) In essence the RFP was already in the market, the adjustment was only to give effect to the President’s announcement which increase capacity from 2600MW to 4200MW in order to deal with loadshedding. The requirements were never changed. The bid could only secure 1000MW because of bid constrains .in the transmission bid which affected mainly the wind projects.
b) It should be noted ...
Whether, with regard to the takeover of the management contract from Kernel Resources Proprietary Limited, owned by Mr Christopher Kimber and Mrs Nathiera Kimber, related to West Coast Resources (WCR) that is in business rescue at Koingnaas, wherein Government also apparently holds a 20% stake, he will provide Mrs V van Dyk with a copy of the (a) court order relating to the business rescue of WCR and (b) management contract between WCR and Kernel Resources Proprietary Limited; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
The Mine is under business rescue, which is administered in terms of the Companies Act, 2008. The requested documents can be duly obtained from the Business Rescue Practitioners.
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With regard to each project that was rejected as a preferred bidder in the Bid Window 6 of the Renewable Independent Power Producer Programme, (a) where was the project located, (b) what was the source of generation and (c) what were the detailed reasons for the rejection of the bid?
With regard to (a), (b) and (c)
a) The projects were in Eastern and Western Cape supply areas.( Attached, see list))
b) 16 wind projects amounting up to the allocated 3200MW were not appointed.
c) The projects were not appointed because there was no grid capacity.
LIST OF AFFECTED ONSHORE WIND PROJECTS,
RENEWABLE ENERGY IPP PROCUREMENT BID WINDOW 6
(1) Whether, with regard to the takeover of the management contract from Kernel Resources Proprietary Limited, owned by Mr Christopher Kimber and Mrs Nathiera Kimber, related to West Coast Resources (WCR) that is in business rescue at Koingnaas, wherein Government also apparently holds a 20% stake, (a) Main Street 1252 (PTY) Ltd, Reg no: 2014/064647/07, is a state-owned enterprise; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details;
(2) whether Main Street 1252 (PTY) Ltd holds shares in WCR; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details;
(3) who are the directors of Main Street 1252 (PTY) Ltd?
- Main Street is not a state-owned entity, but a Special purpose vehicle created to hold shares that would eventually be transferred to the State
- Yes, it holds 20% shares
- Main street shares are held by De beers group Services and Kerspuy, Daryl Charles as active directors
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(1)Considering the context of the energy crisis in the Republic, what are the reasons that the Government remains committed to contracts that lock the Republic into providing electricity to (a) Botswana, (b) Namibia and (c) Mozambique;
(2) what are the relevant details of the terms of the specified contracts;
(3) whether, due to the impossibility of performance, there is the potential of reselling from the specified commitments due to the supervening impossibility of performance; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
The contract between Eskom and Entities in Botswana, Namibia and Mozambique are commercial arrangements as part of regional trading. Details on the contracts can be best addressed by Eskom.
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Whether he will furnish Mrs V van Dyk with a copy of the new management agreement between Anolascore and the Business Rescue Practitioner, regarding the takeover of the management contract from Kernel Resources Proprietary Limited, owned by Mr Christopher and Mrs Nathiera Kimber, related to the West Coast Resources that is in business rescue at Koingnaas, where Government also apparently holds a 20% stake; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
The mine is under Business rescue, which is administered in terms of the Companies Act, 2008.
Details of management agreement and all other related information can be obtained, in terms of the provisions of the Companies Act, from the Business Rescue Practitionsers.
(a) What total volume of diesel did (i) PetroSA and (ii) the Strategic Fuel Fund (SFF) procure for wholesale purposes in each month of 2022 and (b) in each case, (i) who did they purchase the diesel from, (ii) how much diesel was purchased, (iii) how much diesel was sold to Eskom and (iv) what markup did (aa) PetroSA and (bb) the SFF put on the diesel that was sold to Eskom?
SFF Reply:
Strategic Fuel Fund (SFF) never bought and/or sold diesel in 2022.
PetroSA Reply:
a) What total volume of diesel did
(i) PetroSA procure for wholesale purposes in each month of 2022
This is commercially sensitive information which cannot be disclosed in the public domain as it may end up in the hands of PetroSA’s competitors. This relates to PetroSA’s market ...
