(1)(a) What is the total number of (i) deputy directors-general and (ii) chief directors that are employed in (aa) an acting and (bb) a permanent capacity in her Office and (b) what is the total number of women in each case;
(2) (a) what is the total number of (i) chief executive officers and (ii) directors of each entity reporting to her and (b) what is the total number of women in each case?
1. (a)(i) There are two Deputy Directors – General (DDGs) in the Department.
(ii)There are six Chief Directors in the Department and two Chief Directors in the Ministry whose employment contracts are linked to the term of office of the Minister.
(aa) The two DDGs and six Chief Directors are all employed on permanent basis. One of the DDG is currently the Acting Director ...
(1)What is the total number of international trips that (a) she and (b) her department’s officials undertook since she took office on 26 February 2018;
(2) what was the total costs of each international trip in terms of the airline used, class of travel, travel and subsistence budget and any other related cost;
(3) what are the names and other relevant details of members of staff in her Office and other departmental officials who undertook each international trip;
(4) what (a) was the purpose of each international trip, (b) were the expertise of the officials attending the international meetings or conferences, (c) value did the officials add to the conferences and (d) were the outcomes of each international trip undertaken;
(5) will she provide Ms L L van der Merwe with a detailed report of each conference attended overseas? NW2634E
a) The total number of international trips that were undertaken since the Minister took office on 26 February 2018 was five and the Minster attended one.
Refer to table below for response on bullet 2 & 3
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No
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Date
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Destination
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Purpose of trip
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Officials
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Air Travel
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Accommodation
(all officials)
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Travel and Subsistence
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Name
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Unit
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Class
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Cost
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1
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12 ... |
(1)Whether all members of the senior management service (SMS) in her Office had declared their interests for the past year as required by the Public Service Regulations; if not, (a) why not, (b) what number of the specified members did not declare their interests and (c) what are the (i) names and (ii) ranks of the specified noncompliant members of the SMS;
(2) Whether noncompliant SMS members have been charged; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
(3) What number (a) of employees in her Office at each post level are currently suspended on full salary and (b) of the specified employees at each post level have been suspended for the specified number of days (details furnished);
(4) What is the total amount of cost attached to the days of service lost as a result of the suspensions in each specified case? NW2208E
1.All SMS members declared their interests in the past year as required by the Public Service Regulations.
2. N/A
3. a). Number of suspended employees is four (4)
b).
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Post Level
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No. of suspension days
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15
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644
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14
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107
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14
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90
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12
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105
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4. A total costs to the days is R 3 305 362
(1)What are the details of the (a) number of accidents that vehicles owned by her Office were involved (i) in each of the past three financial years and (ii) since 1 April 2018, (b) cost for repairs in each case and (c)(i) number of and (ii) reasons for vehicles being written off in each case;
(2) Whether all vehicles owned by her Office have tracking devices installed?
1. (a) Number of accidents
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(i)
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2015/16
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None
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2016/17
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3
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2017/18
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1
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(ii)
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Since 1 April 2018
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None
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(b)
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2016/17
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R 110 233.76
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2017/18
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R 40 744.99
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NB: All costs were paid for by the insurance company, the Department paid R4 500.00 excess in each case.
(c) (i) None
(ii) Not applicable
2. No
(1)Whether (a) her spouse and/or (b) an adult family member accompanied her on any official international trip (i) in each of the past five financial years and (ii) since 1 April 2018; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what (aa) is the name of the person(s), (bb) was the (aaa) purpose and (bbb) destination of the trip and (cc) was the (aaa) total cost and (bbb) detailed breakdown of the costs of the accompanying person(s) to her Office;
(2) whether each of the specified trips were approved by the President in terms of the provisions of Section 1, Annexure A of the Ministerial Handbook; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details
Section 3 and 6 and subsequent subsections of the Ministerial Handbook allows the Executive Members to be accompanied by their spouses or an adult family member instead of their spouses in their official journeys abroad at departmental expenses. Yes, the Minister has been accompanied to the UN commission on the Status of Women to New York by her brother as per the Ministerial Handbook. ...
(1)Whether, with reference to the reply of the President, Mr C M Ramaphosa, to the debate on the State of the Nation Address on 22 February 2018 to implement lifestyle audits, (a) she, (b) senior management service members in her department and/or (c) any of the heads of entities reporting to her have undergone a lifestyle audit in the past three financial years; if not, have any plans been put in place to perform such audits; if so, in each case, what are the details of the (i) date of the lifestyle audit, (ii) name of the person undergoing the audit, (iii) name of the auditing firm conducting the audit and (iv) outcome of the audit;
(2)1 whether she will furnish Mr T W Mhlongo with copies of the lifestyle audit reports?
The Department of Women has not conducted any lifestyle audits to its Senior Management Service members in the past three financial years; and currently there are no measures in place to conduct such. However, the Department shall conduct lifestyle audits to the SMS members when it is necessary.
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What (a) are the immediate goals and targets that she, as the new Minister of Women in The Presidency, has set herself for the period 1 April 2018 until the next general elections in 2019, (b) will she be doing to ensure that during this period the intended framework on sanitary dignity for indigent women and girls is implemented as envisaged in the reply to question 237 for oral reply on 8 November 2017 and (c) steps will she take in the specified period to address the gender-based pay gap in the job market which sees women earning 27 percent less than men for doing exactly the same job?
a) For the period 1 April 2018 until the next general elections in 2019, The Minister of Women in the Presidency will strengthen and establish institutional mechanisms across government where there are none, review and resuscitate the coordination of the National Gender Machinery (NGM) and facilitate the establishment of the National Committee on GBV and Victim Support to address the increase of the scourge ...
(1)Whether her Office has a sexual harassment and assault policy in place; if not, (a) why not and (b) by what date will her Office have such a policy in place; if so, (i) how are reports investigated and (ii) what are the details of the consequence management and sanctions stipulated by the policy;
(2) (a) what is the total number of incidents of sexual harassment and assault that have been reported in her Office (i) in each of the past three financial years and (ii) since 1 April 2017, (b) what number of cases were (i) opened and concluded, (ii) withdrawn and (iii) remain open based on the incidents and (c) what sanctions were issued for each person who was found to have been guilty?
1. Yes.
a) Not applicable.
b) Not applicable.
(i) In terms of the provisions of the Code of Good Practice on the Handling of Sexual Harassment Cases, 1998.
(ii) In terms of the provisions of the Code of Good Practice on the Handling of Sexual Harassment Cases, 1998.
2. (a) (i) Nil.
(ii) Nil.
(b) (i) Nil.
(ii) Nil.
(iii) Nil.
c) Not applicable.
(a) What is the total amount that was (i) budgeted for and (ii) spent on her private office (aa) in each of the past three financial years and (bb) since 1 April 2017 and (b) what was the (i) remuneration, (ii) salary level, (iii) job title, (iv) qualification and (v) job description of each employee appointed in her private office in each of the specified periods?
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2014/15 FY
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2015/16 FY
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2016/17 FY
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Since April 2017
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(a)(i) Budgeted
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23,802,000
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21,373,000
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20,670,000
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16,888,000
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(a)(ii) Spent
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23,762,000
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21,487,000
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21,284,000
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15,608,010
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2014/15 FY[1]
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Name
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(b)(i) remuneration (R)
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(b)(ii) salary level
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(b)(iii) job title
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(b)(iv) qualification
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(b)(v) job description
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Maluleke J
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1,201,778
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15
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Special Adviser
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Master of Laws
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Special Adviser
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Ngoma-Diseko O
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831,898
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15
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Special Adviser
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Master of Education
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Special Adviser
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Zabo TM ... |
What amount did (a) her Office and (b) each entity reporting to her spend on the promotion or celebration of the Year of O R Tambo on the (i) Africa News Network 7 channel, (ii) SA Broadcasting Corporation (aa) television channels and (bb) radio stations, (iii) national commercial radio stations and (iv) community (aa) television and (bb) radio stations since 1 January 2017?
a) The Department did not incur any expenditure on the promotion or celebration of the Year of O R Tambo since 1 January 2017.
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Approved by the Minister on
Date………………………..
