Whether South Africa submitted its national reports to the Division for the Advancement of Women at least every four years as required under article 18 of the Convention of the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women; if not, (a) why not and (b) when was the last national report submitted; if so, what are the relevant details?

Whether her department has appointed a full-time chief financial officer; if not, why not; if so, (a) who is the person and (b) what (i) qualifications and (ii) work experience does this person have?

When does her department expect (a) that the intervention plan to put an end to the practice of raping and murdering lesbians and transgender persons, as referred to in her reply to question 1449 on 22 June 2011, will be completed and (b) to start implementation of the plan?

[pic] Enquiries: Ms T Sigwaza Telephone: 012 336 6600 Reference: 2/1/5/1 MINISTER OF WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY: QUESTION 1625 FOR WRITTEN REPLY A draft reply to the above question asked by Mr J F Smalle (DA) is attached for your consideration. ACTING DIRECTOR-GENERAL DATE: DRAFT REPLY APPROVED/AMENDED MRS B E E MOLEWA, MP MINISTER OF WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS DATE: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY FOR WRITTEN REPLY QUESTION NO 1625 DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 17 JUNE 2011 (INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 17) 1625. Mr J F Smalle (DA) to ask the Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs: (1) Whether any municipality in Limpopo owe any outstanding debt to Lepelle Northern Water (LNW); if so, (a) which municipality and (b) what is the total value of the outstanding debt; (2) whether water supply to any of the implicated municipalities have been cut off; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) which municipalities, (b) when was the water supply cut off and (c) for how long was water supply interrupted in this way in each case; (3) whether her department has any measures in place to ensure that the outstanding debts are collected; if not, why not; if so, (a) what measures and (b) by what date should all arrears be paid; (4) whether any steps will be taken against the municipalities that have not yet paid their outstanding debts; if not, why not; if so, what (a) steps and (b) are the further relevant details? NW1830E ---00O00--- REPLY: (1) Lepelle Northern Water (LNW) serves eleven (11) municipalities. The amounts owed to LNW are indicated in the attached Table A. All amounts owed for a period exceeding 30 days are regarded as arrears. It can be seen from the same table that nine (9) municipalities are in arrears with a total outstanding debt of R309,168, 855 million. (2) None of the municipalities’ water supply who are in arrears have been cut off. (2)(a) Falls away (2)(b) Falls away (2)(c) Falls away (3)(a) The Department assists through mediation in disputes which arise from the non-payment and has recently started such a process with the Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality and the Mopani District Municipality. An amount of R4,8 million was received in April 2011 from the Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality. Since then, LNW met with delegates from the Mopani District Municipality and an arrangement was made to pay R1 million before the end of June 2011 which has been paid. A debt recovery plan has been signed between the Sekhukhune District Municipality and LNW and a payment of R10,6 million was received in April 2011. A debt recovery plan was also signed between the Capricorn District Municipality and LNW and a payment of R7,1 million was paid in May 2011. -2- (3)(b) The Department cannot give an exact date when the arrears will be paid as this hinges on how long the mediation process takes. However, the dispute between LNW and Polokwane Municipality about the outstanding amount of R1,5 million has been resolved – the amount will be corrected on the June 2011 invoice. The account is on current. (4)(a)(b) Although section 4 of the Water Services Act, 1997 (Act No. 108 of 1997) provides for the restriction of supply as well as cut offs, no such steps have been taken against the municipalities that have not yet paid their outstanding debts. However, as stated in (3)(a) above, the Department is assisting in mediating for the debts to be settled. ---00O00--- TABLE A Municipality |Outstanding Balance |Current |DAYS 30 |DAYS 60 |DAYS 90 |DAYS 120 |ARREARS | | | | | | | | | | |Lepelle Northern Water |Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality (LM) | 24,241,526 |  |  |  |  | 24,241,526 | 24,241,526 | | |Capricorn District Municipality (DM) | 56,868,301 | 3,012,949 | 3,374,464 | 3,822,684 | 3,521,706 |43,136,498 | 53,855,352 | | |Greater Letaba LM | 481,358 | 481,358 |  |  |  |  |  | | |Greater Tzaneen LM | 37,816 | 33,499 | 18 | 91 | 296 | 3,912 | 4,317 | | |Fetakgomo LM | 10,637,223 | 543,213 | 524,087 | 709,358 | 514,567 | 8,345,998 | 10,094,010 | | |Makhuduthamaga LM | 6,622,029 | 1,635,551 | 1,895,558 | 1,921,516 | 1,106,186 | 63,218 | 4,986,478 | | |Marble Hall LM | 5,903,223 | 169,644 | 225,226 | 261,808 | 108,921 | 5,137,624 | 5,733,579 | | |Mogalakwena LM | 1,356,005 | 1,356,005 |  |  |  |  |  | | |Mopani DM | 195,608,850 | 5,356,913 | 6,238,410 | 7,090,989 | 5,527,204 | 171,395,334 | 190,251,937 | | |Polokwane LM | 11,643,350 | 10,054,250 | 4,021 | 5,788 | 7,796 | 1,571,495 | 1,589,100 | | |Lepelle Nkumpi LM | 19,383,724 | 971,168 | 1,110,606 | 1,631,770 | 765,107 | 14,905,073 | 18,412,556 | | | | 332,783,405 | 23,614,550.00 | 13,372,390.00 | 15,444,004.00 | 11,551,783.00 | 268,800,678 | 309,168,855 | | ---00O00---

Whether her department had developed and managed any projects for children’s rights and responsibilities as one of the objectives set for itself in 2010; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

Whether she has found that her department, through its various initiatives, accelerated the Government’s drive to achieve gender equality; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

Whether (a) the consolidation of the children's rights agenda has been fully developed and (b) this agenda is now aligned with the necessary frameworks and strategies in all three spheres of government to advance delivery as required by the Constitution and other international instruments; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

(1) Whether she has taken any steps to ensure compliance with the reporting provisions in terms of section 40 of the Public Finance Management Act, Act 1 of 1999; if not, why not; if so, (a) what steps, (b) what results are envisaged to flow from such steps and (c) when does she anticipate the specified results to manifest; (2) whether her department has received any instructions from National Treasury with regard to complying with the reporting provisions of section 40 of the Public Finance Managemant Act, Act 1 of 1999; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) what instructions and (b) when have these instructions been received?

Whether her department has investigated the sexual exploitation of young women and school girls in particular through online grooming and other information technology (IT) manipulation; if not, why not; if so, what was the outcome of these investigations?

Whether (a) her 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?