(1) Whether at any time during 2018 and/or 2019 the Deployment Committee of the African National Congress (ANC), and/or any member of the Deployment Committee and/or any employee of the ANC, furnished (a) him, as the President of the Republic, (b) the Deputy President of the Republic, (c) any Minister of his Cabinet and/or (d) any Deputy Minister of the Government with a list of names of persons to consider for appointment as members of the Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL Commission) and/or members of the selection panel established to make recommendations for the appointment of members of the CRL Commission in terms of section 11(3) of the Commission on Cultural, Linguistic and Religious Communities Act, Act 19 of 2002, (the CRL Selection Panel); if so,
(2) (a) what were the particulars of the persons recommended for appointment as (i) CRL Commissioners and (ii) members of the CRL Selection Panel and (b)(i) on what date and (ii) to whom were each of the recommendations made?
The appointment of members of the Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL Commission) is regulated in terms of the Commission on Cultural, Linguistic and Religious Communities Act, Act 19 of 2002 (“the Act”).
As required by section 11(4) of the Act, the members of the Commission that I appointed on 7 June 2019 were from ...
In respect of the selection panel that made recommendations to the President of the Republic, Mr M C Ramaphosa, on the appointment of members of the Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL Commission) for the period 2019 to 2024 in terms of section 11(3) of the Commission on Cultural, Linguistic and Religious Communities Act, Act 19 of 2002, (the CRL Selection Panel), what were the particulars of the (a) members of the CRL Selection Panel and (b) persons recommended to the President by the CRL Selection Panel for appointment as members of the CRL Commission in terms of section 11(3)(d) of the specified Act?
a) Particulars of the members of the CRL Selection Panel are as follows:
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NAME
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INTEREST GROUP
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CAPACITY
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Professor Sihawukele Ngubane
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Academic (Language)
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Chairperson
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Hosi Nwamitwa II
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Traditional Leadership Sector
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Member
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Dr Wally Mongane Serote
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Culture and African Religion
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Member
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Mr Ashwin Trikamjee
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Religious Communities (Hindu)
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Member
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Ms Marlene Bethlehem
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Religious Communities (Jewish)
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Member
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Father Tseko Rakeketsi
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Religious Communities (Christian)
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Member
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Ms Marah Louw*
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Whether he, in his capacity as President of the Republic, ever received correspondence from a certain political organisation (attached details furnished), via email, WhatsApp, hardcopy and/or in any other format of which the original file is dated June 2020; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) on what date was the specified correspondence received, (b) who was the sender of the correspondence and (c) what steps were taken by his Office in this regard
No such correspondence was received.
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Whether he approved the request of the Minister of Transport, Mr F A Mbalula, to travel to Ukraine around 5 March 2022; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) on what date did he (i) receive and (ii) approve the request and (b) what was the purpose of the official visit?
No request was received from Minister Mbalula for permission to travel to Ukraine.
With reference to his undertaking in his reply to the debate on the State of the Nation Address on 20 February 2018 to conduct lifestyle audits on the members of his Cabinet, which has been repeated on various occasions thereafter, (a) what are the reasons he has failed to date to conduct the lifestyle audits, (b) by what date is it envisaged that the lifestyle audits will (i) commence and (ii) be completed and (c) what are the details of the (i) method and (ii) contents of the lifestyle audits?
The introduction of lifestyle audits for Members of the Executive has taken far longer than originally anticipated. While we have begun with lifestyle audits for senior public servants, it is important that we extend this practice to Members of the Executive.
Much work has been done on the approach and methodology to lifestyle audits of Members of the Executive. However, the finalisation of this ...
Whether he has commissioned the development and/or operationalisation of a grievance mechanism aimed at addressing the grievances of Directors-General; if not, by what date will such a mechanism be developed and operationalised; if so, in terms of which policy directive was the mechanism developed?
Mechanisms are in place that address the grievances of Directors-General.
Section 35 of the Public Service Act, 1994, as amended, provides for procedures in respect of grievances of employees in the Public Service, including Heads of Department.
Subject to the above, grievances of Heads of Department are handled in terms of Chapter 10 of the Senior Management Services (SMS) Handbook. This specifies the procedural ...
Whether, with reference to the process regarding the appointment of the next Chief Justice of the Republic, he received any correspondence and/or input, in any format whatsoever, from the deployment committee of any interested party regarding the specified deployment committee or interested party’s preferred candidate(s) for appointment to the specified position; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details in each case?
No. I have received correspondence from the leaders of political parties represented in Parliament and the Judicial Service Commission, as required by the Constitution.
Section 174(3) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, requires the President as the head of the national executive, after consulting leaders of political parties represented in the National Assembly and the Judicial Service Commission, to appoint ...
By what date will a reshuffling of the leaders and management of the SA Police Service and other security cluster departments take place, following his statements of their incompetence during the State of the Nation Address on 10 February 2022?
In the wake of the July 2021 civil unrest, I appointed an Expert Panel to critically review the security services’ handling of those events. Among other things, the panel recommended the appointment of suitable persons into the leadership of the security services.
On 25 February 2022, I announced the termination, by mututal agreement, of the contract of the National Commissioner of the South African ...
(1)What are the reasons for his reported dismay with the call by Minister Pandor, the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, for Russia to withdraw from Ukraine;
(2) whether the Government’s withdrawal of its initial strong statement, calling on Russia to withdraw, signals its unwillingness to publicly condemn the trampling of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the democratic Ukraine by the Russian Federation’s illegal invasion; if not, on what date is it envisaged that his Government will publicly and unequivocally condemn the Russian Federation’s illegal invasion of Ukraine;
(3) whether he was informed that the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Ms T R Modise, and the Chief of the SA National Defence Force, General Rudzani Maphwanya, attended a cocktail function hosted by the Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Republic on 24 February 2022; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) on what date was he informed that the specified persons attended the cocktail while the Russian Federation was busy invading Ukraine, (b) what disciplinary action does he intend to take in this regard and (c) does it represent the Government’s position on the Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine?
I have not expressed dismay at anything the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation has done in fulfilment of her mandate.
2. South Africa’s position on the conflict in Ukraine has been articulated on several occasions, most recently in my response to Questions for Oral Reply in the National Assembly on 17 March 2022, where I stated the following:
“The international community needs to ...
Whether, with reference to Recommendation 2.4 of the Report of the High- Level Review Panel on the State Security Agency published in December 2018, he (a) established a multi-disciplinary investigation team to deal with the criminal investigation and (b) appointed a private advocate to conduct internal disciplinary hearings; if not, in each case, (i) why not and (ii) by what date does he intend to take each of the specified actions; if so, (aa) on which date(s) was the (aaa) multidisciplinary investigation team established and (bbb) private advocate appointed, (bb) what are the terms of reference in each case and (cc) what are the details of the progress that has been made in each case? NW2267E
The High Level Review Panel (HLRP) Report on the State Security Agency was handed over to the former Ministers of State Security for implementation.
The criminal and departmental investigations were initiated prior to the recommendations of the Panel in compliance with the law.
The criminal investigations were referred to the Directorate of Priority Crime Investigation on 19 June 2018 and 29 July 2018. ...
