What (a) number of properties owned and managed by his department were leased in each province (i) in each of the past three financial years and (ii) since 1 April 2018, (b)(i) was the annual income and (ii) were the annual costs (aa) in total and (bb) per square metre and (c) how many square metres were leased in each case?
(a) (i) and (ii), (b) (i) and (ii) (aa) and (bb), and (c)
Attached to this reply is an Excel spreadsheet, marked as Annexure A, which provides details on what has been asked in the question above. But, to put matters into context the Honourable Member should note the following:
1. Annual income lower than annual costs
We acknowledge that rental income is significantly ...
How much land does (a) his department and (b) the entities reporting to him (i) own, (ii) have exclusive rights to and/or (iii) lease from the State to (aa) use and/or (bb) occupy?
(a) (i) and (ii)
The National Department of Public Works (NDPW) has got 29 322 land parcels in its custodianship as at 31 March 2017 (as per the number of immovable assets disclosed for the 2016/17 financial year, in terms of the State Land Disposal Act, 1961 (Act No. 48 of 1961) and the Government Immovable Asset Management Act of, 2007 (Act No. 19 of ...
With reference to the identification of R 7,4 billion worth of unutilised properties for disposal or letting in his department’s Budget Vote speech delivered on 15 May 2018, what are the details of the properties identified for (a) disposal and (b) letting in each case?
In my speech that I delivered on 15 Mat 2018, on the occasion of the National Assembly Budget Vote Debate, Vote 11, I stated as follows:
“We have identified unutilised properties with a deemed value of R7.4 billion – for disposal or letting out. Appropriate properties will be advertised on open tender culminating in a National Property Marketing and Investment Conference to be held ...
(1) Whether all members of the senior management service (SMS) in his 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 his 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?
(1) Yes, all members of the senior management service (SMS) in the Department of Public Works have submitted their financial disclosures for the 2017/18 financial year.
As such, (a), (b), and (c), (i) and (ii) fall away.
(2) Falls away.
(3) (a) and (b) None.
(4) Not applicable.
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(a) What is the purpose of his department’s vesting committee, (b) what is the organisational structure of the committee, (c) to whom does the committee report, (d) what are the details of the powers that the committee and its office bearers have and (e) what properties have been transferred as a result of this committee’s work (i) in each of the past three financial years and (ii) since 1 April 2018?
(a) The purpose of the Vesting Committee:
Prior to the democratic dispensation in South Africa, State land parcels were registered in various historical names, including names of governments of the former bantustans, which today no longer exist. Some of these registered titles comprised of the Union of South Africa, Republic of South Africa, the Provincial Administrations of the Cape of Good Hope, Natal, ...
(1) Which Department is the owner of 29 Lyster Road, Croydon, Kempton Park, Gauteng, 1619;
(2) is the said property leased out; if so, (a) to whom, (b) at what monthly rental, (c) since when has the property been leased, (d) when last was maintenance on the property conducted and (e) why has the property been allowed to deteriorate;
(3) does the Department intend selling the said property; if so, by what date?
(1) The National Department of Public Works owns the said property.
(2) Yes.
(a) The property is leased out to Mr Raymond Maowasha.
(b) The occupational rental is R5 270.76 per month.
(c) The property has been leased to the said individual as of 10 October 2010.
(d) The maintenance of the property is the responsibility of the tenant as per the lease agreement.
(e) ...
(1) Whether (a) his spouse and/or (b) an adult family member accompanied him on any official international trip (i) in each of the past five financial years and (ii) since 1 April 2018; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what (aa) is the name of the person(s), (bb) was the (aaa) purpose and (bbb) destination of the trip and (cc) was the (aaa) total cost and (bbb) detailed breakdown of the costs of the accompanying person(s) to his department;
(2) whether each of the specified trips were approved by the President in terms of the provisions of Section 1, Annexure A of the Ministerial Handbook; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
In 2015, Mr T W Nxesi, MP, as the Minister of Public Works and accompanied by his spouse, Mrs Nombulelo Nxesi, undertook an international trip from 27 to 31 March 2015 to Singapore to represent the Government and the President of the Republic of South Africa at the State funeral of Singapore’s founding Prime Minister, the late Mr Lee Kuan Yew. The cost with ...
(1) What are the details of the (a) number of accidents that vehicles owned by his 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 his department have tracking devices installed?
(1) (a) Number of accidents in last three financial years:
(i) 2015/16 - None
2016/17 - Two accidents
2017/18 - None
(ii) Since 01 April 2018 - None
(b) Cost of repairs:
For accident number 1 the cost was R4 638.00.
In the case of accident number 2 the cost of writing off the motor vehicle was covered by the insurer.
(c)
(i) One ...
(a) What is the current amount that is outstanding in terms of rental income for each Ministerial residence, (b) which Ministers are in arrears, (c) what is the (i) location and (ii) description of each residence with outstanding rental income, (d) what is the cost of monthly rental of each of the specified residences and (e) what processes have been followed to collect outstanding debt?
I appreciate this question from the Honourable Member, as it has brought to my attention a crucial matter regarding the payment of rental costs for Ministerial houses. The officials of the Department of Public Works are currently in the process of verifying the debt owed to the Department with the relevant Ministries. Thus, it would be premature of me to release unverified figures at ...
Whether any progress has been made on the implementation of the (a) Public Works Towards the 21st Century White Paper developed in 1997; and (b) Creating an Enabling Environment for Reconstruction, Growth and Development in the Construction Industry in 1999; if not, in each case, why not; if so, what are the relevant details in each case?
(a) and (b) Yes,
Overview Progress Report on the Implementation of the 1997 and 1999 Public Works White Papers can be summarised as follows:
Construction Sector
Since the adoption of the 1997 and 1999 Public Works White Papers respectively the Department of Public Works (DPW) led a process that culminated in the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) and the Council for the Built ...
