Whether, with reference to the reply by the former Minister to question 225 on 7 March 2023, he will provide Mr P van Staden with lists containing the relevant details of the (a) 360 courts that have partially functioning generators, (b) 80 courts for which instructions have been issued for the installation of new generators and (c) date(s) by which the new installations will be rolled out and completed; if not, why not, in each case; if so, what are the relevant details in each case?
The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure
(a) and (b)
The detailed list of the 360 courts that have partially functioning generators and the 80 generator installations for new generators are attached herewith as Annexures A and B respectfully.
(c) The Generator Programme is aimed at rolling out 80 new generator installations at various courts in Limpopo, Free State, Northern Cape, Western Cape, Kwa-Zulu ...
(1)In view of the fence at the Fernwood Parliamentary Sports Club in Rhodes Drive that is in dire need of attention since it has been vandalised and parts of it removed as far along as Kirstenbosch Gardens, what proactive maintenance is done on the fencing of Fernwood Parliamentary Sports Club Grounds;
(2) whether the maintenance of places like the Fernwood Parliamentary Sports Club fall under the Prestige Portfolio in his department, and therefore under the facilities management contract with TEFLA; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?
The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure
1. The dilapidated fence at Fernwood is currently being replaced with new fencing. This is happening through the Facilities Management contract. The work is 80% complete and it is expected that the fence will be done in April 2023.
2. Fernwood is part of the areas covered by the Facilities Management contract and is currently receiving routine ...
(1)What steps has her department taken to deal with the unhappiness of staff belonging to her department with the way that they are being treated by a certain company (name furnished);
(2) whether the employment of local, Cape Town-based labour was a provision of the terms and agreement of the facilities management contract as the specified company is a Johannesburg-based company; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details;
(3) what number of local, Cape Town-based staff are employed by the company, if the employment of local labour was a prerequisite of the facilities management contract, since much of the unhappiness experienced by its staff is because the company is said to bring most of its staff complement from Johannesburg and is not making use of local, Cape Town-based labour;
(4) what number of staff have been brought down from Johannesburg to be employed in projects that are managed by the company in all the parliamentary villages;
(5) whether there are any consequence management actions that have been taken against the company for its failure to honour the obligations to employ local, Cape Town-based staff for the duration of the facilities management contract; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details of the actions taken?
The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure
(1) The Department has not received any report that there is a DPWI staff being mistreated by any company contracted to DPWI.
(2) The use of local labour was not a prerequisite or a condition of Facilities Management contract.
(3) The Facilities Management contractor currently employs two hundred (200) general workers including EPWP staff, of the two ...
Whether, with reference to her reply to question 2802 on 15 September 2022, her department owns no buildings in the towns of Burgersdorp, Venterstad, Oviston and Steynsburg; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?
The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure
The recent PQ 439 is the related to PQ 4169, which was published in IQP No. 47 on 11 November 2022, and the response was tabled on 18 November 2022. (See attached) Below here is the previous reply to PQ 4169, which serves as the response also to the recent PQ 439.
I have been informed by ...
(1)In terms of paragraph 5.1 of the Guide for Members of the Executive, commonly known as the Ministerial Handbook, what total amount of public funds have been spent on paying the water and electricity bills at state-owned official residences for (a) Ministers and (b) Deputy Ministers since 1 June 2019;
(2) what total amount of public funds have been spent on procuring and installing (a) generators, inverters and solar and/or other electricity systems and (b) boreholes, well-points and water reticulation and purification systems, at state-owned official residences for (i) Ministers and (ii) Deputy Ministers since 1 June 2019;
(3) what is the total cost of security, including security upgrades, provided at state-owned official residences for (a) Ministers and (b) Deputy Ministers since 1 June 2019?
The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure
WITH RESPECT TO CAPE TOWN RESIDENCES:
1. The total amount of public funds that have been spent on paying for water and electricity bills at state owned official residences since 1 June 2019 is the following:
a) The total figure for Ministers and Deputy Ministers electricity expenditure is as follows:
- 2019/2020 R 5 119 892,04
- 2020/2021 R 5 116 075,75
- 2021/2022 ...
(1)With respect to the Property and Construction Industry Policy and Research Branch of her department, what is the allocated budget for Construction Policy and Research separate from the transfers to the Property Management Trading Entity and the entities reporting to her;
(2) what costs were incurred for legal researchers and consultants who have done the legislative work of the branch in the (a)(i) 2019-20, (ii) 2020-21 and (iii) 2021-22 financial years and (b) first half of the 2022-23 financial year?
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I have been informed by the Department that the break-down of the Goods and Services budget is provided for below, for the period 2019/20 to 2022/23 for each of the three (3) units within the Property, Research and Regulation (PRR) Branch.
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Construction Sector Regulation (CSR)
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(a) What number of hectares of land has the land audit identified as (i) farms and (ii) land owned by her department, (b) what economic activities take place at the farms and (c) on what date will they be redistributed to local communities?
The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure:
(a) I have been informed by the Department that:
(i) The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure did not conduct any land audit on farms. The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development, under Chief Surveyor General, conducted the land audit.
(ii) There was no land owned by Department of Public Works and Infrastructure identified ...
(a) What are the reasons (i) for the very poor conditions of the accommodation at the parliamentary villages and (ii) that the curtains are torn and facilities such as the swimming pool, tennis courts and playgrounds are in a state of dilapidation and (b) by what date will the poor conditions of the villages be addressed?
The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure
a)(i) I have been informed that the Department appointed a new Facilities Management service provider on the 08 March 2022 who has commenced with the scheduled and corrective maintenance at the Parliamentary Villages. This includes the residences, grounds and facilities such as the swimming pool and tennis courts.
(i) The curtains at the residences within the Parliamentary ...
(1)With regard to the matter of court buildings that cannot function properly due to the ongoing Eskom electricity blackout crisis, what (a) total number of courthouses throughout the Republic cannot function properly due to a lack of generators and the maintenance thereof and (b) measures has she put in place to ensure that the courthouses are fully equipped with functional generators;
(2) whether she will put measures in place to ensure that courthouses are exempt from load shedding; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
(3) whether she will make a statement on the matter?
The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure
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(a) I am informed by the Department that the number of courts with partially-functioning generators are three hundred and sixty (360), the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) has issued eighty (80) instructions for the installation of new generators.
(b) The Department is currently rolling-out the critical components programme for the balance. The generators, have ...
(1)What number of houses are (a) occupied and (b) unoccupied in the Pelican Park Parliamentary Village;
(2) whether a case has been opened in respect of the recent shooting incident where a stray bullet went through the windscreen of a car in the Park; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
(3) what assessments have been done with respect to the security of residents entering and exiting the Park in light of the ongoing gang violence in the area;
(4) whether she has found that there is a high risk to the safety of the residents of the Park; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so,
(5) whether her department will consider alternative accommodation for the residents of the Park; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure
1. I have been informed by the Department that:
a) 87 Occupied
b) 20 Unoccupied
2. Yes, a case of damage to private property was opened at Grassy Park CAS 151/02/2023 for further investigation. No shooting report was however reported. Only a bullet was found at the scene suggesting a stray bullet damaged the rear window of ...
