a) The Minister did not attend the Rugby World Cup final in France in October 2023.
b) The Deputy Minister did not attend the Rugby World Cup final in France in October 2023.
c) There were no other officials who attended the Rugby World Cup final in France in October 2023.
Remarks: Approved/Not Approved/Comment
Jacky Molisane P J Gordhan, ...
(a) and (b)
The Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) does not have short-term and/or long-term contract with any national or foreign companies in respect of all Power Stations, this includes the Kusile and Medupi Power Stations. Any such contracts are entered into by Eskom. Examples would be with supplies from Cahovva Bassa, Southern African Power Pool
(aaa), (bbb) and (ccc)
The Department of Public ...
I have directed the boards of several SOCs in my portfolio to formulate and implement turnaround plans. These plans aim to enhance operational efficiency and significantly improve the overall performance of the respective companies.
Eskom
Eskom is making strides towards ensuring energy stability and sustainability. The Generation Recovery plan has already recovered 1,535 MW between April and September 2023 contributing to Eskom’s goal of ...
The budget for flights within the Department is not split between senior managers and other officials. However, 95% on average of the travel is undertaken by senior managers. The total flights of officials over the last three years are shown below:
(i) 2019/20 Financial Year:
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Expenditure Items |
(a) |
(b) |
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Total budget allocated |
Actual expenditure |
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Flights |
19 557 000 |
15 728 000 |
(ii) 2020/21 Financial Year: ...
1. Twenty-three project proposals have been received to date.
Of the 23 projects received, 16 projects (11 LM and five EE) have met the programme criteria to proceed to the governance approval stages. (See the tables in (2) for details). ...
(a)(i) The Board of Directors, entrusted with the ultimate responsibility and guided by their fiduciary duties, is empowered to manage all facets of the SOE's business. In instances of significant operational challenges affecting both the Company and the broader economy, as exemplified by Transnet, I have tasked certain Boards, including Transnet's, with developing and implementing a recovery plan. This strategic initiative aims to reassess ...
The Department has no capped amount at which it will cease to provide financial relief to state-owned enterprises. Each request for financial relief is assessed on its own merit. The factors to be considered are diagnosis of the challenges the SOE is facing and the development of turnaround plan to remedy those challenges.
The Presidential State-Owned Enterprises (PSEC) was established by the President in ...
According to the information received from Eskom
Before February 2023, the Melkspruit area had been experiencing poor electricity supply. During February and March 2023, Eskom arranged planned outages to conduct maintenance on the equipment and power lines in the area. As a result, 80% of the defects on the lines were resolved by Eskom’s construction maintenance teams. The reliability and electricity supply situation has ...
According to the information received from SOCs:
ALEXKOR:
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(1) |
(a) There were no private equity capital investments invested in Alexkor for the past 5 years. |
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(b) (aa) N/A there were no private investors. |
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(bb) N/A there were no private investors. |
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(2) |
No dividends were paid as there was no private equity investor. |
DENEL:
(1) (a) (i) ...
There is 1 recorded case of mismanagement of funds by senior management official in the Department. The details are shown below:
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Total of cases of fraud and mismanagement of funds lodged against current and previous senior management officials since 1994 |
Nature |
Arrests have been made |
Cases before the courts |
Convictions have been secured |
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2020/2021 – 1 Case |
Mismanagement of funds |
No need for arrests. ... |