What amount did (a) his department and (b) entities reporting to him spend on advertising in The New Age newspaper in the (i) 2011-12, (ii) 2012-13 and (iii) 2013-14 financial years?

What amount was spent by (a) his department and (b) state entities reporting to him on (i) tickets and (ii) sponsorships on The New Age Breakfast Briefings for the last three financial years?

(1) Whether his department or the entities reporting to him provides any type of sponsorships; if not, what is his department’s position in this regard; if so, (a) what are the details of each sponsorship, (b) what is the value of each sponsorship, (c) when were each of these sponsorship deals undertaken and (d) when will each of the sponsorship deals end; (2) whether his department or any of the entities reporting to him intends to enter into any type of sponsorship deal or contract in the (a) 2015-16 and (b) 2016-17 financial years; if not, why not; if so, (i) with whom will each sponsorship deal or contract be made, (ii) what will the terms of each of the sponsorship deals or contracts be, (iii) when will each of the sponsorship deals or contracts (aa) commence and (bb) end and (iv) what is the value of each of the sponsorship deals or contracts?

On what authority in law did the State Security Agency rely upon to conduct (a) domestic intelligence, (b) departmental intelligence, (c) counterintelligence and (d) any other specified intelligence operations related to the State of the Nation Address on 12 February 2015?

(1) Whether his department is conducting an investigation into the leak of the so-called spy cables involving the State Security Agency; if not, why not; if so, (a) who is responsible for conducting the investigation, (b) what is the (i) purpose and (ii) scope of the investigation and (c) what is the duration of the investigation; (2) whether he will make the (a) findings and/or (b) recommendations of the investigation public; if not, why not; if so, when?

Whether any employees in his department have been on suspension with full salary since 1 January 2014; if so, (a) how many employees and (b) what is the total cost thereof?

(1) Whether there is any evidence which indicates that South African radicalised youth have joined Islamic state fighters; if so, (2) whether their (a) names and (b) identities are known to his department; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what action will be taken against them?

How is his department cooperating with the (a) Departments of (i) Home Affairs and (ii) Defence and Military Veterans and (b) SA Police Service regarding the alleged training and planning of insurgent militant operations by certain groups (details furnished) to ensure that our borders become less porous?

(1) (a) When did the Minister of Environmental Affairs request the State Security Agency (SSA) to vet potential candidates for the Rhino Horn Trade Committee, (b) when did the SSA provide the Minister of Environmental Affairs with its findings and (c) what was the vetting criteria; Friday, 27 February 2015 147 INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY NO 4 - 2015 (2) did the vetting criteria include (a) previous misconduct, (b) breach of ethics and/or (c) criminality on the part of candidates for the committee; if not, why not; if so, did the SSA give clearance to certain persons (names furnished); (3) (a) was the SSA aware that a certain person (name furnished) had recently resigned as Vice Chairperson of the National Gambling Board after being suspended by the Minister of Trade and Industry and (b) was this factored into the screening process; (4) (a) was the SSA aware that a certain person (name furnished) was fired in 2005 as the Financial Director of a certain municipality after a special disciplinary committee found him guilty of gross misconduct and financial mismanagement charges and (b) was this factored into the screening process; (5) was the (a) resignation and (b) firing of the specified persons, respectively, factored into the screening process; if not, why not; if so, (i) did that influence the screening process and (ii) what are the further relevant details?

(1) Did he instruct that a signal jamming device be placed in the National Assembly Chamber for the 2015 State of the Nation Address on 12 February 2015; if so, (a) on what date was the device installed and (b) on what legal provisions did he rely when he gave the instruction for the device; Friday, 20 February 2015 [No 2 – 2015] Second Session, Fifth Parliament INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY NO 2 - 2015 80 (2) did the Speaker of the National Assembly request him to provide such a device; if not, at whose request did he issue the instruction for the device; (3) once the presence and use of a signal jamming device was brought to the attention of the House, did he assist in (a) unscrambling the signal in the House or (b) turning off the device; if so, at whose request?