2023-w3854 - 21 November 2023

Madipoane Refiloe Moremadi Mothapo to ask the Minister in The Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation

What mechanisms are in place to ensure that private sector business players contribute to the planning phase of government programmes to ensure mutually reinforcing investments for job creation and economic growth? [

Reply from the Minister in The Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation on 21 Nov 2023

The Economic Reconstruction and Recovery Plan (ERRP) was developed in consultation with the business sector and other social partners in the National Economic Development and Labour Council (NEDLAC). Government has continued to collaborate with business in developing Industrial Master Plans in different sectors and in addressing pressing challenges such as the availability of electricity, improving logistics networks and addressing crime and corruption, including economic crimes. ...

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2023-w2764 - 26 October 2023

Sibongiseni Ngcobo to ask the Minister in The Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation

(a) What total amount did (i) her Office and (ii) each entity reporting to her pay for printed copies of the integrated annual reports in the (aa) 2020-21, (bb) 2021-22 and (cc) 2022-23 financial years, (b) who were the suppliers in each case and (c) what total number of copies of the report were printed (i) in each case and (ii) in each specified financial year?

Reply from the Minister in The Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation on 26 Oct 2023


(a) Total amount paid for printed copies of the integrated annual report

(i) DPME

(ii) Entities reporting to the Minister

(aa) 2020-21

(bb) 2021-

22

(cc) 2022-

23

(aa) 2021-

21

(bb) 2020-

21

(cc) 2022-

23

None

None

None

Not applicable

Not applicable

Not applicable

 

(b) Who were the suppliers

Reply: Not applicable

(c) Total Number ...

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2023-w3346 - 26 October 2023

Mathew John Cuthbert to ask the Minister in The Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation

(1) What number of individuals fall into (a) R0 – R180 000, (b) R180 001 – R350000 and (c) R350 001 – R600 000 income bands?

Reply from the Minister in The Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation on 26 Oct 2023


(1) (a) 43 (13 Permanent, 28 Interns and 2 Additional to the Establishment) (b) 74 only Permanent (c) 116 (115 permanent and 1 Additional to the Establishment)

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2023-w2784 - 09 October 2023

Samantha Jane Graham to ask the Minister in The Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation

Whether, with reference to the identification of a number of challenges related to the payment of social grants and other forms of social assistance by the Government, her Office has put measures in place to monitor and/or ensure that the relevant government departments (a) address the issues it had identified relating to security issues around the SA Social Security Agency cards and Post Office accounts and (b) find alternative mechanisms for making safe payments; if not, in each case, why not; if so, what are the relevant details in each case?

Reply from the Minister in The Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation on 9 Oct 2023

a) Whether her office has addressed the issues it had identified relating to security issues around the SA Social Security Agency cards and Post Office accounts?

Yes, the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation conducted an extensive frontline monitoring at the paypoints and produced a report that has been shared with the Department of Social Development and the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies. ...

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2023-w2798 - 09 October 2023

Carol Mokgadi Phiri to ask the Minister in The Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation

Considering her role and/or mandate as Chairperson of the National Planning Commission, what has she found to have been the impact of the Commission towards the implementation of the National Development Plan?

Reply from the Minister in The Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation on 9 Oct 2023

The current National Planning Commission (NPC) of which I am chair is the third Commission. As members know the first Commission drafted the NDP. The second commission started the process of institutionalising planning in government and undertook research into long-term trends, analysing implementation of short- to medium-term plans and recommended improvements to Government to inform policy and planning. This included a review of the ...

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2023-w2796 - 09 October 2023

Kavilan Brandon Pillay to ask the Minister in The Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation

What (a) measures are being undertaken to assess the impact of the implementation of the Medium-Term Strategic Framework and (b) progress can be highlighted as it is the last financial year of the Medium-Term Strategic Framework?

Reply from the Minister in The Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation on 9 Oct 2023

(a) What measures are being undertaken to assess the impact of the implementation of the Medium-Term Strategic Framework

Various interventions to assess the impact of the Medium-Term Strategic Framework (MTSF)

  1. Annual Performance Plans (APPs) analysis to ensure that they are aligned with the MTSF
  2. Biannual reports that are submitted to the clusters and Cabinet with clear recommendations
  3. Recommendations are considered in the Budget Prioritisation ...
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2023-w889 - 16 August 2023

Dianne Kohler Barnard to ask the Minister in The Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation

(1) What progress has her Office made in incrementally eliminating wasteful and fruitless expenditure in public sector institutions; (2) whether she will furnish Ms D Kohler with the amount lost in each year due to wasteful and irregular expenditure since 1 January 2019 to date; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (3) whether her Office is on track to achieve a 75% reduction in qualified audits in the public sector by 31 March 2024; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?

Reply from the Minister in The Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation on 16 Aug 2023

1. The Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) has been working with other departments to improve financial management within the public sector. Some of the measures to this end include the implementation of the Heads of Department Performance Management and Development System (HoD PMDS), which includes the prevention of fruitless and wasteful expenditure as one of the Key Government Focus Areas that are ...

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2023-w1715 - 23 May 2023

Nicholas George Myburgh to ask the Minister in The Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation

Whether she will furnish Mr N G Myburgh with a comprehensive breakdown of the procurement allocation of (a) her Office and (b) every entity reporting to her in terms of the percentages allocated to (i) small-, medium- and micro-enterprises, (ii) cooperatives, (iii) township enterprises and (iv) rural enterprises with a view to evaluating the effectiveness of the set-aside policy of the Government in fostering an inclusive and diverse economic landscape (details furnished) in the (aa) 2021-22 financial year and (bb) since 1 April 2023?

Reply from the Minister in The Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation on 23 May 2023

Breakdown of the procurement allocation in terms of percentages allocated:

(aa) 2021-22

HDI’s

Department

Entities reporting to Minister

(i) SMME’s

29%

N/A

(ii) Cooperatives

24%

N/A

(iii)Township Enterprise

4%

N/A

(iv)Rural Enterprise

1%

N/A

(bb) 1 April 2023

Specific Goals

Department

Entities reporting to Minister

SMME’s

4%

N/A

>51% Black Owned

7%

N/A

Women

2%

N/A

Youth

1%

N/A

Persons ...

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2019-w613 - 16 April 2019

Annelie Lotriet to ask the Minister in The Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation

(1)Whether (a) her Office and/or (b) any entity reporting to her contracted the services of a certain company (name and details furnished) in each of the past 10 financial years; if so, what (i) number of contracts were signed, (ii) was the date on which each contract was signed, (iii) was the duration of each contract, (iv) services did the company render and (v) was the monetary value of each contract in each case; (2) whether any irregular expenditure relating to the contracts was recorded and/or condoned in each case; if so, what are the relevant details?

Reply from the Minister in The Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation on 16 Apr 2019

(1)Whether (a) her Office and/or (b) any entity reporting to her contracted the services of a certain company (name and details furnished) in each of the past 10 financial years; if so, what (i) number of contracts were signed, (ii) was the date on which each contract was signed, (iii) was the duration of each contract, (iv) services did the company render and (v) ...

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2019-w515 - 16 April 2019

Ntombovuyo Veronica Mente to ask the Minister in The Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation

(a) What number of (i) buildings, (ii) properties and (iii) facilities does her Office currently (aa) own and (bb) rent, (b) what is the value and purpose of each (i) owned and (ii) rented property and (c)(i) for how long has each property been rented, (ii) from whom is each property rented and (iii) what is the monthly rental fee for each property?

Reply from the Minister in The Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation on 16 Apr 2019

a) 

 

(i) Buildings

(ii) Properties

(iii) Facilities

(aa) Own

None

None

None

(bb) Rent

2

None

None

b)(ii) the values of the buildings are unknown. The two properties accommodate DPME staff.

 

(i) how long

(ii) from whom

(iii) monthly rent

330 Grosvenor Street, Hatfield, Pretoria

1 December 2014 to 30 November 2019

Department of Public Works

(AnchorProps 162 Pty Ltd)

R588,685.68

535 ...

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