(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?

(a) What is the current average real response time for queries submitted to the Companies and Intellectual Properties Commission (CIPC), (b) what is his department doing to improve these response times, (c) what is his department doing to address the prevalence of so-called runners at the head office of the CIPC and (d) why are these runners able to receive much faster responses from CIPC staff than members of the public?

(1) What monies have been (a) granted and (b) transferred by the National Lotteries Board to the Tinkawu Theatre Laboratory; (2) (a) when did the Tinkawu Theatre Laboratory apply for this grant and (b) what was the grant intended to be used for?

With regard to the development of the Mamba cement factory in Limpopo, (a) what were the (i) reasons and (ii) legal basis for the import duties being waived on machinery imported for the initial construction of the factory and for its later cement production activities, (b) what were the (i) reasons and (ii) legal basis for workers from other countries being allowed into South Africa to work on the construction of this factory, (c) how many permanent jobs for South African citizens will be created in this factory, (d) how does this transaction fit within his department's (i) industrialisation and (ii) localisation policies and (e) what was his department's role in this development?

(1) (a) How many times did the SA Football Museum apply for funding from the National Lotteries Board (NLB) for the (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11, (iii) 2011-12, (iv) 2012-13 and (v) 2013-14 financial years, (b) what was the total amount of money granted by the NLB to the SA Football Museum for the above-mentioned financial years and (c) has the SA Football Museum accounted for all their expenditure on every grant received from the NLB for each specified financial year including the submission of (aa) financial statements, (bb) financial reports and (cc) quarterly reports; (2) what was the (a) physical address contained in the SA Football Museum's application for funding for the (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11, (iii) 2011-12, (iv) 2012-13 and (v) 2013-14 financial years and (b) what were the name(s) of the person(s), including their position(s) at the organisation at that time, who submitted the SA Football Museum's application(s) for funding in the above-mentioned financial years; (3) (a) what are the name(s) of the persons, including their (i) positions, (ii) educational qualifications (iii) salaries per annum at the time, (iv) bonuses paid to them and (v) details of their most recent employer before joining the SA Football Museum, of the persons identified as (aa) owners, (bb) management and (cc) board of the SA Football Museum for the (aaa) 2009-10, (bbb) 2010-11, (ccc) 2011-12, (ddd) 2012-13 and (eee) 2013-14 financial years?

Whether the black economic empowerment targets as envisaged by the Government since the dawn of democracy and the launch of this programme have been achieved; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

(1) Whether he led a high-level government and business delegation to the United States of America to discuss the (a) extension of the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) beyond its 30 September 2015 expiry date and (b) continued exclusion of South Africa; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (2) whether he has found that the inclusion of South Africa into the Brazil, Russia, India and China trade bloc is the reason for its exclusion from AGOA; if not, what was his finding; if so, what are the relevant details?

(1) Whether he can foresee the indefinite continuation of black economic empowerment (BEE); if not, when will alleged racial discrimination by the Government’s policy in the business sector start to decline; if so, why is that the case; (2) whether it is a prerequisite that black people in general must be on an equal economic footing with or more prosperous than white people before the BEE policy can be abolished; if so, what time frame is in place within which this has to be achieved; (3) whether the Government has put measures in place to ensure that, when the economy’s growth is found to be inadequate, BEE will be accommodated in the underperforming economy; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the relevant details and (b) what steps will the Government take when economic growth is found to be insufficient for it to accommodate BEE?

(1) To what extent has the trade between South Africa and China as a result of their strong bilateral relations grown since 2012; (2) to what extent has the participation of Chinese companies in the various sectors in South Africa such as renewable energy, mining, banking, manufacturing, rail infrastructure and others increased since 2012; (3) whether he will make a statement on the matter?

(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?