(1)Did (a) his department or (b) any entity reporting to him participated in the Dialogue with the President: Unpacking of the SONA 2017 on Radical Economic Transformation Implementation event hosted at the Oyster Box Hotel in Umhlanga, Durban, on 25 February 2017; if so, what amount was spent in each case;
(2) did (a) his department or (b) any entity reporting to him participate in the auction of the (i) souvenirs or (ii) personal belongings of the President of the Republic, Mr Jacob G Zuma; if so, (aa) which items were purchased and (bb) at what cost, in each case?
1. Neither the Department nor its Entities participated in the dialogue with the President and thus no amount was spent.
2. Neither the Department nor its Entities participated in the auction of the souvenirs and thus no items were purchased.
Whether his department procured any services from and/or made any payments to (a) Mr Mzwanele Manyi, (b) the Progressive Professionals Forum, (c) the Decolonisation Fund and/or (d) the Black Business Council; if not, in each case, why not; if so, what (i) services were procured, (ii) was the total cost, (iii) is the detailed breakdown of such costs, (iv) was the total amount paid, (v) was the purpose of the payments and (vi) is the detailed breakdown of such payments in each case?
No services were procured and no payments were made to (a) Mr Mzwanele Manyi, (b) the Progressive Professionals Forum, (c) the Decolonisation Fund.
d(i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(v)(vi)
Over the past 3 years, a transfer payment of R7 million was paid to the Black Business Council as appropriated. The objective of the transfer payment was to strengthen and promote advocacy and the roll-out of the Broad-Based Black ...
What is the (a) make, (b) model, (c) price and (d) date on which each vehicle was purchased for use by (i) him and (ii) his deputy (aa) in the (aaa) 2014-15 and (bbb) 2015-16 financial years and (bb) since 1 April 2016?
(a) (b) (c) (d) (i) (aaa) (bbb) (bb)
Minister Davies
No vehicles were purchased for Minister Davies during the 2014-15 and 2015-16 financial years. New vehicles were purchased in the 2016-17 financial year due to the fact that the existing vehicles had exceeded 120 000 kilometers and were deemed to be in violation of the security ...
(a) What are the reasons that the application for funding by the Edenvale Child Welfare from the Ithuba National Lottery that was lodged in 2015 is taking so long to adjudicate, (b) on what date was the application received and (c) what is the total number of other applications for funding that still have to be adjudicated before the specified application can be processed?
(a) Reasons for delay in adjudication
In the 2015 Call for Applications, the NLC received approximately 22 000 requests for funding. The NLC is responsible for providing administrative support to the respective Distributing Agencies (DAs) who are entrusted with adjudicating these applications. The administrative leg for this application has been completed and it is still awaiting adjudication by the Charities Distributing Agency (CDA). The ...
(1)Has the investigation by the National Credit Regulator into a Satinsky (Pty) Ltd been finalised; if not, by what date will it be finalised; if so, what are the findings of the investigation;
(2) Will any criminal charges be pursued against any of the perpetrators; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
(3) Have any (a) fines and/or (b) settlements been agreed to; if so, what are the relevant details? NW218E
1. The investigation into Satinsky 128 (Pty) Ltd (Satinsky) was finalised by the NCR. The NCR referred the case to the National Consumer Tribunal in October 2014. The matter has not been finally set down for a hearing, due to incomplete filing initially. In terms of the NCT current records the matter has lapsed and the process to reopen the matter is being initiated. ...
When will the matters before the National Consumer Tribunal relating to certain banks, Nedbank Limited and Standard Bank South Africa be finalised?
The matter between NCR v Nedbank was referred to the National Consumer Tribunal on September 2015. Pleadings were due to close on 19 October 2015. The Respondent however, filed for a Condonation application on 22 January 2016 to extend the time period for the filling of its answering affidavit. The NCT is still considering the Application for Condonation which was rendered complete on 02 ...
(1)(a) What remedial action was decided in case NCT/26396/2015/140(1), between the National Credit Regulator and ABSA Bank Ltd, which was heard by the National Consumer Tribunal on 21 November 2016 and (b) what fines were imposed;
(2) whether the consumers affected by the specified case will benefit in any way from the outcome; if not, why not; if so, (a) in what way and (b) why was this not communicated to the affected consumers;
(3) whether any (a) fines, (b) settlements and/or (c) criminal charges were pursued against any person found guilty in the case; if not, in each case, why not; if so, what are the relevant details in each case?NW216E
(1)(a) The matter was settled between the NCR and ABSA Bank Ltd on the basis that ABSA pay an administrative fine.
(1)(b) A fine of R10 000 000.00 (Ten million Rands) was imposed.
(2)(a) The consumers will benefit as follows – ABSA to:
(i) Write-off the cost of credit on credit agreements.
(ii) Restructure repayments for consumers who are currently in arrears.
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With reference to the announcement that his department will spend R216 million upgrading a further five industrial parks, (a) what concessions have been secured from the relevant (i) local councils and (ii) provinces with respect to rebates and (b) did any companies commit in writing to investing in any of these parks;
(2) has a business plan been drawn up to support the specified investment; if not, why not and if so, what are the relevant details?NW83E
1. The revitalization of the industrial parks was informed by a scoping exercise in 2015 which was followed by a detailed assessment conducted in 2016. Further the dti facilitated a symposium involving all the industrial parks as well as the local councils and provincial representatives. The purpose of the symposium was to strengthen collaboration across all stakeholders including development of future funding models for the ...
With reference to the reply of the Minister of Finance to question 1969 on 15 December 2016, which banks that are registered with the SA Reserve Bank offer home loans in respect of land owned by traditional and/or communal authorities?
According to the National Credit Regulator -
The credit providers that offer the loans as stated above and are registered with the NCR are the following:
- Ithala Limited
- Risima Housing Finance Corporation
- VBS Mutual Bank
With reference to his reply to question 2688 on 5 December 2016, regarding the R200 000 virement for the Progressive Youth in Business (PYB) (a) which persons or organisations requested the virement, (b) what was the R100 000 of the virement remaining after the transfer to a certain company (name furnished) used for, (c) why did the adjustment budget refer to the PYB, which is directly affiliated to a certain political organisation (name furnished), (d) what was the specific involvement of the PYB in the application for and awarding of this grant, (e) what is his department’s policy for sponsorship and (f) why was this application not redirected to the appropriate development finance institutions, such as the National Empowerment Fund?
a) There was no virement requested by any organization. In accordance with the PFMA, the dti shifted funds from goods and services to Household: Gifts & Sponsorship line item to cater for the sponsorship requests received.
b) The remainder of the funds has not been used.
c) Regoapele Capital Wealth Engineering submitted a proposal of funding in a form of a donation for the launch ...
