2020-w2110 - 12 October 2020

Annelie Lotriet to ask the Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture

(1). What (a) are the reasons that no South African spectators attended the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, and (b) is the name of the person at the SASports Confederation and Olympic Committee (Sascoc) who failed to meet the deadline to apply for travel tickets; (2). whether any Sascoc board members attended the specified games; if not, why not; if so, what (a) is the name of each member who attended, (b) was the cost of (i) flights, (ii) accommodation and (iii) any other relevant expenses and (c) were the reasons for attending the games? NW2671E

Reply from the Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture on 12 Oct 2020

1. The South African Sport Confederation and Olympic Committee in its response indicated that;

a). No spectators attended the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi because no South African athletes were participating at the Games

b). There is no specific person who was supposed to apply for the travel tickets

2. SASCOC indicated no SASCOC Board member attended the Sochi Games because there were no ...

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2020-w2120 - 12 October 2020

Veronica Van Dyk to ask the Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture

(a).What are the details of the individual applicants who will be paid out from the R34 million, (b), why is there a delay in paying out the money and (c), will he furnish Mrs V van Dyk with a list of the names of the beneficiaries?

Reply from the Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture on 12 Oct 2020

(a). The department is not in a position to provide a list of individual applicants as this is informed by the recommendations from the adjudication panel processes.

(b). The delay in paying out the money is mostly due to verification of supporting information/documents to the application, we have to ensure that the applicant complied with all the requirements and deserves the money.

(c). List ...

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2020-w2108 - 12 October 2020

Annelie Lotriet to ask the Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture

What (a) are the details of the travel agencies that arrange trips for the SA SportsConfederation and Olympic Committee(SASCOC), (b) date (i) was the tender advertised and (ii) will a new tender be awarded and (c) is the total amount spent annually on the travel agency since it commenced to render the travel services to SASCOC?

Reply from the Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture on 12 Oct 2020

The South African Sport Confederation and Olympic Committee has indicated that;

a) There is no specific travel agency that arrange trips for SASCOC

b) (i) No tender was advertised and (ii) no new tender will be awarded

c) No amount is spent on travel agency

SASCOC indicated that where possible they book directly online. For the major games they deal directly with airlines to ...

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2020-w2162 - 12 October 2020

Tsepo Winston Mhlongo to ask the Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture

1). What are the total (a) costs for the SA Football Association (SAFA) on legal fees from 1 January 2018 until the latest specified date for which information is available and (b) legal costs to SAFA to fight (i) journalists and/or (ii) any media house to date; (2). whether SAFA has lost any cases to (a) federations, (b) companies and/or (c) individuals in the recent past; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what (i) is the total number of cases and (ii) are the total costs incurred?

2020-w2015 - 14 September 2020

Veronica Van Dyk to ask the Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture

(1).What are the details of the (a) service agreements and (b) duration of the contract for each company that his department is doing business with in response to Covid-19; (2). whether there were any tenders put out by his department for the specified contracts; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, where were the tenders advertised?

Reply from the Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture on 14 Sep 2020

1. (a) The details of the Service Level Agreement:

Category 1: Live Streaming Services – Pixel Entropy R 488 750.00 (due to non-performance by the Pixely Entropy, their appointment was Changed to re-appoint Diavantainment for an amount of R 772 900.00.

Category 2: Logistic and Event Management Services – Roadshow Marketing: to the total project amount of R 824 300.00.

Category 3: TV Production Management Services – ...

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2020-w2016 - 14 September 2020

Veronica Van Dyk to ask the Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture

(a). On what date was the wellness tender that was awarded to a certain advertising company (name furnished) advertised, (b) where was the tender advertised and (c) what total number of companies applied for the specified tender?

Reply from the Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture on 14 Sep 2020

1. (a). The department awarded the tender to Indingliz Advertising and Marketing on 15 June 2020.

(b). The tender was advertised on the Government Bulletin, Sunday Independent and Sowetan newspapers.

(c). There were only two companies who applied for this tender.

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2020-w2017 - 14 September 2020

Veronica Van Dyk to ask the Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture

Whether he has found that he erred in respect of the figures contained in his media statement released on 3 August 2020 that out of a total of 5 322 applications that were received in the categories Sport, Digital, as well as Arts, Culture and Heritage 4 602 were recommended and 1 570 were not, in light of the fact that 4 602 plus 1 570 actually equals to 6 892; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?

Reply from the Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture on 14 Sep 2020

The difference is accounted for on the basis of multiple beneficiaries that were identified during assessment of the Appeals

It is fact is that the numbers of beneficiaries will always be more than that of applications received since some applications are making requests for more than just one individual.

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2020-w2028 - 14 September 2020

Gregory Rudy Krumbock to ask the Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture

Which sporting codes are not affiliated to the SA Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee?

Reply from the Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture on 14 Sep 2020

  1. SASCOC indicated that they are unable to determine which sporting codes are not affiliated to the SA Sport Confederation and Olympic Committee.
  2. This is primarily because the procedure is such it is the group of individual who have identified a sport to be introduced in the country would approach the Confederation with an application for membership. In additional, sport is evolving on a regular ...
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2020-w2026 - 14 September 2020

Gregory Rudy Krumbock to ask the Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture

(1)When last was each national competition of each South African sports federation held; (2) What (a) total number of national federations has the SA Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) closed down since its establishment and (b) were the reasons in each case; (3) what (a) total number of applications for membership has SASCOC refused since its inception and (b) were the reasons in each case?

Reply from the Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture on 14 Sep 2020

(1) The following are the details on national competitions as received from the National Federations that responded;

National Federations

Championship(s)

Dates

South African Wrestling Federation

Youth Championships

October 2019

 

Senior, Junior and Cadet

June 2019

 

Presidents and Masters

March 2019

South African Powerlifting Federation

South African Equipped Powerlifting Championships - Johannesburg

22 February 2020

Roller Sport South Africa

SA Artistic Roller Skating ...

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2020-w2021 - 14 September 2020

Gregory Rudy Krumbock to ask the Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture

Whether any athletes who were chosen to represent South Africa at any international sporting event that took place or was cancelled in the past three years are yet to receive their national colours; if so, (a) what total number of athletes are affected, (b) since what date have their sporting colours been outstanding and (c) what is the reason for the delay in each case?

Reply from the Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture on 14 Sep 2020

  1. SASCOC is not aware of any athletes whose National Federation has applied for national colours and has not received the colours. SASCOC processes such applications provided all required documents have been submitted.
  2. Prescripts of the National Colours Regulations are very clear that the onus is with the National Federations to submit colours applications to SASCOC.
  3. This question is relevant to National Federations not SASCOC ...
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