(1)Whether a decision has been taken to sell the building which houses the offices of the Independent Development Trust (IDT) Head Office and the Gauteng IDT branch in Tshwane; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are reasons that the decision was taken;
(2) whether a tender has been advertised; if not, why not; if so,
(3) whether the tender has been adjudicated on; if so, (a) what are the details of the (i) sale and (ii) purchase price and (b) at what stage is the process;
(4) whether a new building has been identified to house the staff from the Head Office and the Gauteng office; if not, what progress has been made in this regard; if so, what is the (a) monthly rental, (b) cost per square metre and (c) date of relocation to the new offices?
The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure
1. I was informed that the Board of Trustees of the Independent Development Trust (IDT) resolved to sell the National Head Office building during a meeting that was held on 23 February 2022. The Board resolved to sell the building as there are office space challenges, plus structural and electrical issues affecting the building. The building is ...
(1)What is the status of the boards of the
(a) Acacia Park,
(b) Laboria Park and
(c) Pelican Park Parliamentary Villages,
(2) whether each board comprises the requisite number of members; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
(3) whether the boards have met the threshold of (a) board and (b) resident meetings since 1 January 2019; 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 Parliamentary Villages Management Board was appointed by the Minister on 26 November 2022
(a) The following Members represent Acacia Park;
- Hon H April, MP
- Hon B Tshwete, MP
- Hon T Letsie, MP
- Mr G Kobo, Sessional Official
(b) The following Members represent Laboria Park;
- Hon J Manganye, MP. The Member replaced the late Hon Nkosi, ...
(1)What is the total amount paid annually to the security company at the Sarah Baartman Centre of Remembrance in the Hankey district in the Cacadu District Municipality in the Eastern Cape in the
(a) 2018-19,
(b) 2020-21 and
(c) 2021-22 financial years;
(2) what is the
(a) name of the security company that has been appointed in the 2022-23 financial year and
(b) total cost of the contract;
(3) whether her department and/or any of the previous contractors own the unprotected building plans in one of the rooms at the Sarah Baartman Centre; 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 Department of Public Works and Infrastructure has informed me as follows:
(a) None
(b) None
(c) R 415 805,75
(2)
(a) Capital Ship Trading 605 (PTY) LTD
(b) The contract is a rate-based two (02) year term contract which commenced on 26/04/2021 for the protection of vacant state property within the jurisdiction of the PE Regional ...
Whether she and/or her Department submitted a policy review document and/or any other government policy document to structures outside of the Government, either to private and/or external structures or structures of any political affiliation during the past five years; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) will she furnish Ms E R J Spies with copies of all such documents and (b) what are the reasons that the Government documents were provided to each structure?
The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure
The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) informed me that no policy review document or any other government policy document has been submitted by the Department to structures outside of Government unless such was part of a policy development process in line with the approved Policy framework where a stakeholder matrix was developed with key stakeholders ...
(1)With reference to the service provider who was appointed by the Independent Development Trust (IDT) in 2017 to assist in driving the Organisational Development (OD) process, for which the service provider was contracted for around R4,2 million for the entire OD job, with payments to be staggered according to the project progress milestones, and in view of the fact that the appointment of the service provider was found by the Internal Audit report and the Interim Board in 2018 to be highly irregular as the service provider hurriedly left the OD job incomplete, but was paid the full contract amount, what are details of the findings of the Internal Audit Unit into the procurement of the OD service provider, in view of the fact that the IDT has again advertised an OD tender with exactly the same terms of reference as the one in question, who was found to be responsible for the irregular payment of the OD service provider;
(2) whether consequence management action was meted out to the specified person in terms of Public Finance Management Act, Act 1 of 1999; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
(3) what (a) is the reason that the IDT is advertising another OD tender with the same TORs as the previous one, (b) is this new OD tender intending to do that was not covered in the previous OD and (c) number of IDT officials were targeted for retrenchment in terms of the previous incomplete OD process;
(4) whether all of the officials were retrenched as planned; if not, (a) why not and (b) how does this impact on the officials who were already retrenched; if so, what are the relevant details;
(5) was there any litigation action filed against the IDT, challenging the OD-related retrenchment; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the latest relevant details?
The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure
(1) The Independent Development Trust (IDT) informed me that its Internal Audit did an audit on the Supply Chain Management process regarding this appointment; however, it was not substantive. There was no one found responsible. The report identified general weaknesses in the Supply Chain Management Processes.
(2) No consequences management was recommended, as no one was held ...
(1)What (a) number of officials at the Independent Development Trust (IDT) national office have been suspended since 1 July 2021 and (b) are their (i) names, (ii) ages, (iii) job profiles, (iv) official positions and (v) other specified relevant details;
(2) whether any of the specified persons were previously employed by the IDT; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so,
(3) whether there was any pending disciplinary action against them before they left organisation; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?
The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure
(1)
(a) The number of officials suspended since 1 July 2021 is three (03).
(b) The names are as follows:
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(i) Name
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(ii) ages
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(iii) job Profile
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(iv) Official position
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Ms Lydia Ludick
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52
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Payroll consultant
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Payroll Consultant
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Advocate Florence Mthenjane
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61
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HR Manager
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Human Resources Manager
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Mr Simon Matsoso
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58
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Programme Manager
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Programme Manager
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(3 The ...
What was the membership of the (a) Council for the Built Environment and (b) six Built Environment Professional Councils for the past five years;
(2) what total number of voluntary associations are registered with the various Councils;
(3) what total number of parallel professional structures exist in competition with the various Councils;
(4) what (a) total number of voluntary associations are registered with the additional structures and (b) is the estimated membership of each specified structure?
The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure:
(1) I have been informed by the Council for the Built Environment that:
(a) the CBE does not have members that register with it like the Councils for the Built Environment (CBEP). It is an umbrella body charged with the mandate, among others, of promoting sound governance of the built environment professions and also in line ...
(1)Whether, with reference to her reply to question 368 on 25 February 2022, the advertisement to invite interested bidders to submit their proposal for the letting of properties owned by her department was issued in March 2022; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details;
(2) whether any bids were received to rent Portion 1008 of the Farm 419JQ at Hartebeespoort, known as the Rashoop Shooting Range; if not, (a) what is the position in this regard and (b) on what date will the advertisement be published;
(3) whether she has been informed of the extent to which the specified property has been vandalised in the period since her reply to question 368 on 25 February 2022; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details;
(4) what measures is her department taking to secure the property against further vandalism pending the finalisation of a lease;
(5) whether the decline in the state of the property will be taken into account when negotiating the lease; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure:
1. I have been informed that the Department has not yet advertised a request for proposal (RFP) to let out unutilised State-Owned properties due the following reasons:
- The National Treasury instruction to put procurement processes on hold delayed the formulation the bid specifications; and
- The bid specification was finalised in August 2022, and is currently with ...
(1)What are the reasons that the (a) grading for the position of the Chief Executive Officer for the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) is now reflected as E-Upper and not E5 as in the 2017 advertisement for the same position and (b) educational requirements now only require a relevant degree at NQF8 which is equivalent to an honours degree, with a Masters degree as an advantage, while the earlier requirements were for a postgraduate degree and an MBA/MBL as a prerequisite for appointment;
(2) what (a) is the motivation for reducing the work experience requirement from 15 years to 10 years and (b) are the reasons that the requirement for experience at executive/senior level has been reduced in its entirety to five years when the previous requirement was at least 10 years at senior level, with five years at executive level;
(3) whether any of the applicants have met the higher level of requirements; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, were any of the applicants shortlisted and interviewed;
(4) whether the appointed candidate has (a) only met the lower requirements or (b) exceed them; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?
The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure:
(1) I have been informed by the Council for the Built Environment that:
(a) From 2019 to 2020, the CIDB underwent an Organisational Design (OD) process, of which an independent service provider, Work Dynamics Pty Ltd, was commissioned to facilitate the exercise.
The OD looked at restructuring the organogram, salary structure, job grades, and job descriptions/profiles. ...
(1)With reference to the service provider who was appointed by the Independent Development Trust (IDT) in 2017 to assist in driving the Organisational Development (OD) process for which the service provider was contracted for around R4,2 million for the entire OD job, with payments to be staggered according to the project progress milestones, and in view of the fact that the appointment of the service provider was found by the Internal Audit report and the Interim Board in 2018 to be highly irregular as the service provider hurriedly left the OD job incomplete, but was paid the full contract amount, what are details of the findings of the Internal Audit Unit into the procurement of the OD service provider, in view of the fact that the IDT has again advertised an OD tender with exactly the same terms of reference as the one in question;
(2) whether she has found that the service provider was compliant with the OD tender specifications and requirements; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details;
(3) whether the OD service provider had an SA Revenue Service tax clearance at the time of appointment; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details;
(4) what work did the OD service provider perform that justified the full payment of the contracted amount;
(5) whether the person who appointed the OD service provider was duly delegated the required authority to make that appointment; if not, why not; if so, (a) who appointed the irregularly procured service provider and (b) what are the further relevant details in this regard?
The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure:
(1) I have been informed by the Independent Development Trust (IDT) that the service provider completed the job as stipulated in the Terms of Reference, and the contract was for R3 997 36.00, not R4.2 million. The Organisational Development (OD) exercise was completed. The advertised tender was withdrawn in March/April 2022 as the IDT is currently undergoing ...
