(1) What are the reasons that the application for funding from the National Lottery Board by the Edenvale Child Welfare Centre was declined; (2) (a) when last was funding by the specified board approved for the specified centre and (b) what amount was allocated to the specified centre?
According to the response received from NLC:
- The organisation’s name is Child Welfare South Africa Edenvale. They applied under the Early Childhood Development Infrastructure targeted call which opened on 14 December 2014 and closed on 13 February 2015. This being a focused call towards providing suitable accommodation for the advancement of Early Childhood Development through either a building or container. The application from ...
(a) How many overseas trips did a certain person (name and details furnished) of the National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications take since 1 January 2015, (b) what were the (i) dates, (ii) destinations and (iii) reasons of each specified trip and (c) what was the (i) cost of each specified trip and (ii) class of travel of each specified trip?
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(1)What is his department’s total financial contribution, under the Film Incentive Programme, to the filming of Mad Max: Fury Road;
(2) why was the specified movie selected for financial support in spite of the fact that it was filmed mainly in Namibia;
(3) considering that the film was a commercial failure, does his department assess the likely commercial success of the films it decides to support prior to awarding the incentive?NW4415E
With reference to the award of a multi-million rand grant by the National Lotteries Commission to the Thobeka Madiba Zuma Foundation, which is run by the wife of the President, Mr Jacob G Zuma:
(a) What was the intended use of the specified grant
(b) What was it actually used for,
(c) Did the recipient meet all of the (i) reporting and (ii) audit requirements for the use of the grant,
(d) Has the specified commission found that no person improperly benefited from the grant and
(e) What process was followed by the specified commission in reaching this conclusion?
With reference to the award of a multi-million rand grant by the National Lotteries Commission to the Thobeka Madiba Zuma Foundation, which is run by the wife of the President, Mr Jacob G Zuma, (a) what was the intended use of the specified grant, (b) what was it actually used for, (c) did the recipient meet all of the (i) reporting and (ii) audit requirements for the use of the grant, (d) has the specified commission found that no person improperly benefited from the grant and (e) what process was followed by the specified commission in reaching this conclusion?
According to the response received from National Lotteries Commission
(a) The Grant was intended for Breast Cancer Awareness initiatives which included concerts in Mafikeng & Umtata and compilation of a Documentary.
(b) The NLC is not in position to answer this question right now as it awaits the first progress report from the beneficiary.
(c) The project is still being currently implemented and the ...
(1) What is his department’s total financial contribution, under the Film Incentive Programme, to the filming of Mad Max: Fury Road; (2) why was the specified movie selected for financial support in spite of the fact that it was filmed mainly in Namibia; (3) considering that the film was a commercial failure, does his department assess the likely commercial success of the films it decides to support prior to awarding the incentive?
1) The Financial contribution under the Film Incentive Programme to the Film of Mad Max: Fury Road was R 72 340 609
2) The objective of the Foreign Film and TV production incentive is to attract Foreign Direct Investment and to create jobs that expose local film practitioners to work that they would, otherwise, never be exposed to given the budget sizes applicable to local ...
With respect to the Centurion Aerospace Village (CAV) in Gauteng, has any (a) person(s) and/or (b) companies concluded a tenancy agreement with the CAV; if not, why not; if so, (i) what are their names, (ii) when did they conclude the specified agreement, (iii) when did they assume occupation of the building and (iv) when is the tenancy agreement with CAV set to be concluded?
a) No tenancy agreement was signed. This was because the Occupancy Certificate was not issued. The Occupancy Certificate was not issued by the City of Tshwane because the bulk earthworks contract was terminated as a result of the forensic investigation which demonstrated that the contract was non-compliant with the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) regulations. Urgent effort and a process is underway to reinstate ...
Whether, with reference to the Nexus Forensic Services report into the Centurion Aerospace Village in Gauteng, any monies have been recovered or recouped from any specified (a) persons and/or (b) companies awarded (i) contracts or (ii) tenders without adhering to prescribed procurement processes; if not, why not; if so, (aa) what amounts, (bb) from which (aaa) persons and/or (bbb) companies and (cc) for what specified procurement?
No monies have as yet been recovered from any:
a) persons or
b) companies, awarded
i) contracts.
ii) No tenders were adjudicated since the prescripts of the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA) were not applied.
This arises from the fact that legal processes to recover funds are still underway.
aa); bb); aaa); bbb) and cc) do therefore not apply.
Whether, with reference to the Nexus Forensic Services report into the Centurion Aerospace Village, anyone has been charged in terms of Section 34 of the Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act, Act 12 of 2004; if not, why not; if so, what are (a) their names and (b) the relevant Crime Administration System number(s)?
Flowing from the recommendations of the audits initiated by the dti one individual has been dismissed from the public service. Allegations of criminal activity with respect to this individual and companies alleged to be involved in fraudulent activities has been handed over to the South African Police Services. The decision whether to charge the individual under any one or more legal statutes is one ...
(1)With respect to the Nexus Forensic Services report into the Centurion Aerospace Village (CAV) in Gauteng, (a) which company was contracted to construct the ICT2 Building and (b) when did construction (i) commence and (ii) conclude;
(2) (a) which (i) person(s) and/or (ii) companies have assumed tenancy of the ICT2 Building and (b) on which dates did the specified occupancy (i) begin and (ii) end in each specified case;
(3) is (a) electricity, (b) water and/or (c) any other service supplied to the ICT2 Building by the CAV; if not, who supplies the ICT2 Building with the specified services; if so, when were the specified services established?NW4347E
1.a) The company contracted to construct the ICT2 Building was Stefannuti Stocks/Timbela Joint Venture.
b) i) The site for the construction was handed over on 23 January 2011. The ‘Works Completion’ was on the 6 December 2011.
ii) The ‘Final Completion/Correction of Defects’ was on 5 December 2012. The official opening of the ICT2 building was on 29 November 2011 and official occupation was ...
