(1) How many (a) international and (b) domestic hotel bookings were made by (i) him, (ii) his predecessors and (iii) departmental officials attending (aa) workshops, (bb) seminars, (cc) oversight visits or (dd) any other relevant meetings of the relevant portfolio committee from 1 April 2013 up to the latest specified date for which information is available; (2) in respect of each specified booking, what was the (a) date, (b) name of the hotel, (c) number of delegates, (d) cost of the hotel booking for each delegate and (e) the nature of the relevant portfolio business dealt with?

(1) How much does his department plan to spend on (a) advertising, (b) communication and (c) marketing between 1 January 2014 and 30 April 2014 (i) in total and (ii) as a breakdown of the amount; (2) (a) what mediums is his department going to use in each case and (b) who is the service provider to be used; (3) what is the main message that his department plans to communicate during this time?

(1) Whether his department received any funds for the Expanded Public Works Programme in the (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13 financial years; (2) whether any of these funds were earmarked for (a) capital or (b) infrastructure-related projects; if so, (i) what are the names of these projects, (ii) where are these projects situated, (iii) what is the value of each project and (iv) how many jobs have been created by each project (3) in each case, what process was followed to appoint project (a) implementers and (b) consultants; (4) in each case, were funds transferred to project implementers (a) in a lump sum or (b) through progress payment; (5) whether any projects have been impeded due to maladministration or corruption; if so, (a) which projects have been affected and (b) what action has been taken in each case?

(1) (a) When did he receive copies of (i) draft annual reports and/or (ii) annual reports from the Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence in the (aa) 2009-10, (bb) 2010-11, (cc) 2011-12 and (dd) 2012-13 financial years and (b) where such reports were not received, what were the reasons provided for not submitting them; (2) (a) how many special reports has he received since 1 April 2009 and (b) on what date was each special report received?

(1) Whether his department has appointed any (a) nongovernmental institutions and/or (b) consultants and/or (c) forensic companies to perform any investigative work on behalf of his department in the (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12 and (iii) 2012-13 financial years; if so, (aa) which of these were appointed, (bb) in how many projects were they involved and (cc) what amount was spent on each of the projects; (2) why was his department unable to do the specified investigative work?

(1) How much has (a) his department and (b) each of the entities reporting to him spent on advertisements placed on the Africa News Network 7 (ANN7) news channel; (2) were these advertisements placed through the Government Information and Communications System?

(1) What amount has (a) his department and (b) each of the entities reporting to him spent on advertising (i) in The New Age newspaper and (ii) on its website between 1 December 2012 and 31 August 2013; (2) were these advertisements placed through the Government Information and Communication System?

(1) What amount has (a) his department and (b) each of the entities reporting to him spent on advertisements placed on the SABC 24 hour news channel; (2) were these advertisements placed through the Government Communication and Information System?

How much has (a) his department and (b) each of the entities reporting to him spent on promotional events organised by The New Age newspaper between 1 September 2012 and 30 August 2013?

(1) Whether his department has identified the increasing violent nature of conflicts throughout Africa; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, how does his department feed such information into the Government’s (a) foreign policy and (b) other policy-making bodies of this country; (2) whether the fragmentation and strong transnational characteristics of emergent insurgent groups and their ability to quickly change and form new alliances to suit their agenda affects his department’s ability to gather coherent intelligence information; if not, what are the reasons for his conclusion; if so, what are the relevant details?