(1) Whether he intends introducing regulations to ensure that lottery service providers execute background checks on retailers involved in selling lottery tickets; if so, what are the relevant details; if not, (2) whether he has found that the current regulations ensures provision for such background checks; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
1(a) The Department of Social Development intends to undertake the
following in order to deal with the shortage of social workers:
⢠Encourage High School learners in the rural areas to apply for the
scholarship programme with the aim of addressing the shortage of
social workers in rural areas.
⢠Recruit retired social workers to assist in service delivery and to
provide supervision and ...
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(1) With reference to his reply to question 627 on 10 March 2011, (a) what specified financial controls were not adhered to and (b) on what date will the outcome of the process with regard to the second offence be finalised; (2) whether a certain company (name furnished) has paid all outstanding fees to the National Lotteries Board at the time of its replacement as National Lottery operator; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
Whether a certain company (name furnished) granted any loans to Gidani for the period during which the National Lottery was nonoperational; if so, in each case, (a) what amount was loaned, (b) on which date was it granted, (c) what were the terms and conditions of the loan, (d) in what way were the shareholders considered in this process and (e) in what way does the repayment of this loan affect the shareholding of Gidani?
With reference to the President's announcement in January 2011 that a panel would be formed to investigate the state of small businesses, (a) what (i) are the terms and (ii) is the scope of the panel's investigations, (b)(i)who are the members of this panel and (ii) what are their respective qualifications, (c) what is the total cost associated with the creation of the panel, (d) how much is each panel member paid for work done on this panel and (e) when is the panel scheduled to (i) complete and (ii) publicly announce the outcome of its research?
Whether the Government has made an assessment of the impact that the recent earthquake and subsequent nuclear threat in Japan will have on trade and related development between South Africa and Japan; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
Whether a certain company (details furnished) has been deregistered at the Companies and Intellectual Property Registration Office (Cipro); if so, what were the reasons for the company's deregistration?
(1) How many companies’ value-added tax (VAT) returns have not been paid due to the hijacking of company details at the Companies and Intellectual Property Registration Office (CIPRO) in 2010; (2) (a) which companies have had their details compromised in 2010 and (b) which of these companies have not received their VAT returns for 2010; (3) what is (a) the monetary value of the VAT returns that have not been paid out in each instance and (b) the total monetary value that has not been paid for all the companies?
The Minister of Transport:
(1) (a), (b) and (c) (i), (ii) and (iii) and (aa) and (bb)
Yes, estimated monthly targets have been set for 2008, 2009 and 2010.
The information in this regard has been provided under Table 1 below.
Table 1 provides the targets and Table 2 provides the actual
*fatalities.
*Please take note that the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC)
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Whether (a) his department or (b) any of its affiliated entities have purchased any tickets for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011; if not, why not; if so, (i) what process has been followed to purchase these tickets, (ii) how many tickets have been purchased, (iii) for which matches, (iv) what has been the total cost of these tickets, (v) what are the reasons for purchasing these tickets, (vi) to whom will each of these tickets be allocated and (vii) on what was the decision for the allocation of these tickets based?
|NAME OF INSTITUTION |(a) AFRICAN |(b) COLOURED |(c) INDIAN|(d) WHITE |
|Amatola Water |391 |31 |5 |47 |
|Bloem Water |194 |9 |2 |34 |
|Botshelo Water |244 |3 |0 |3 |
|Bushbuchridge Water |224 |3 |0 |0 |
|Lepelle Northern Water |271 |1 |1 |26 |
|Magalies Water |380 |3 |3 |29 |
|Mhlathuze Water |119 |0 |11 |15 |
|Overberg Water |6 ...
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Whether (a) his department or (b) any (i) agency or (ii) institution which receives transfers from his departmental budget employs staff to perform the duties set out in the Minimum Information and Security Standards (Miss) that were adopted by Cabinet on 4 December 1996 or any subsequent version of the Miss; if not, why not, in each case; if so, in each case, (aa) how many and (bb) what (aaa) is the job title, (bbb) is the employment level, (ccc) are the academic qualifications, (ddd) is the salary and (eee) are the other benefits of each specified staff member?
Whether any discussions took place between the Government and the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) member states, to ascertain what effect (a) increased manufacturing subsidies and (b) South Africa’s new beneficiation strategy will have on other SACU member states; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
