In view of President Jacob G Zuma having signed the National Credit Amendment Act, Act 19 of 2014, in May 2014, (a) when will the affordability regulations be published and (b) how will the new amendments aid in the collection of prescribed debt by collection agencies?
(1) Does a strategy exist at leadership level in the entities reporting to his department to exercise sufficient oversight responsibility in the area of financial reporting; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) whether he has found that (a) his department and (b) entities reporting to him have appropriate policies and procedures in place relating to financial management and control; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
What (a) amount has been spent on his department’s new radio outreach programme and (b) amount is budgeted to be spent on this programme over the next 12 months?
(1) Has the National Lottery ever provided funding to certain persons and/or organisations (names and details furnished); if so, what are the details of such funding; (2) has (a) his department and/or (b) the Industrial Development Corporation ever provided any (i) grant or grants and/or (ii) incentive funding to (aa) a certain company (name furnished) and/or (bb) any other company in which a certain person (name furnished) is a beneficiary; if so, what are the relevant details of all such (aaa) grants and/or (bbb) incentive funding?
Whether he has considered the ratification of the United Nations Convention regarding the Contracts for the International Sale of Goods; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
(a) What overseas trips have members of the National Gambling Board undertaken in the (i) 2011-12, (ii) 2012-13 and (iii) 2013-14 financial years and (b) for each of the trips respectively, (i) what were the details of the trip, (ii) what was the size of the delegation and (iii) what were the associated costs?
(a) What role did he play in the appointment of Ms Ellen Tshabalala to the Black Economic Empowerment Advisory Council and (b) will he provide all relevant documentation in this regard?
(1) Whether, in view of his reply to question 988 on 26 August 2014 and with specific reference to the location of a Samsung television production facility at the Dube Trade Port in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, each of the prescribed processes in terms of section 37 of the Special Economic Zones Act, Act 16 of 2014, was followed; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details of the process; (2) whether, with reference to each prescribed process set out in section 38 of the Act, the Board considered the (a) extent to which the applicant’s business achieves the purpose of special economic zones as set out in the Act and (b) implications of the application for local manufacturers of the same product; (3) whether, with reference to each prescribed process set out in section 38 of the Act, the Board consulted with affected local manufacturers before agreeing to the production facility; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
Has a certain person (details furnished) declared any private business interests as required by Public Service regulations; if not, (a) why not and (b) what action he intends to take in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?
(1) How many (a) current Government officials, (b) retired Government officials and (c) retired officials of Government institutions who reported to Ministers in terms of the Public Finance Management Act, Act 1 of 1999, have obtained financial benefits by way of black economic empowerment transactions; (2) (a) what positions did the specified individuals hold, (b) what was the nature of these benefits and (c) when were these benefits obtained?
