2021-w186 - 25 February 2021

Cameron Mackenzie to ask the Minister of Communications

(1)    What number of post offices have electronic National Traffic Information System (e-NATIS) vehicle licence machines? (2) Whether staff are trained on the use of the e-NATIS machines; if not, why not; if so, what (a) number of people are trained in this regard in each branch and (b) is the nature of the training?

Reply from the Minister of Communications on 25 Feb 2021

I have been advised by the SAPO as follows:

1. There are 520 Post Offices nationally across the Provinces, except for the Western Cape (which SAPO does not service currently) that have e-Natis with a current total of 580 machines.

2. Yes, staff are trained on the use of e-Natis machines.

(a) Approximately 2080 staff were trained nationally with a minimum of at least ...

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2021-w185 - 25 February 2021

Cameron Mackenzie to ask the Minister of Communications

With reference to the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa and the annual renewal of certain electronic communication licences that were awarded and for which payment was made on 28 July 2020, but have not been received (details furnished), (a) on what date(s) were the specified licences issued for 2020, (b) on what date can the clients expect to receive the licences and (c) by what means are actual licences delivered to successful applicants?

Reply from the Minister of Communications on 25 Feb 2021

I have been advised by the ICASA as follows:

License Numbers

District Monitoring-License numbers 545-461-2 and 552-562-1

District Watch-License numbers 493-819-8, 145-617-2 and 483-730

District Bassetti-License numbers 532-539-4

a) ICASA issued all invoices for the annual Radio Frequency Spectrum (RFS) licence fees in respect of the RFS licences for the 2020-21 financial year on 22 July 2020. A batch of RFS Licences – including ...

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2021-w192 - 25 February 2021

Cheryl Phillips to ask the Minister of Communications

With reference to her reply to question 2995 on 6 January 2021, what total number of (a) persons paid their TV licences in (i) 2017-18, (ii) 2018-19 and (iii) 2019-20 financial years and (b) accounts were sent out via (i) mail, (ii) sms and (iii) email in each financial year?

Reply from the Minister of Communications on 25 Feb 2021

I have been advised by the SABC as follows:

(a)

Financial Year

Business Licence

Dealer Licence

Concessionary Licence

Domestic (Normal)

Total

2017 - 2018

37 003

4 079

514 653

2 181 630

2 737 365

2018 - 2019

36 400

4 007

461 621

2 265 324

2 767 352

2019 - 2020

29 522

3 418

393 963

1 896 586 ...

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2021-w2600 - 06 January 2021

Phumzile Thelma Van Damme to ask the Minister of Communications

Whether (a) her department and/or (b) any entities reporting to her sponsored any events over the past two financial years; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, in each case, what (i) was the nature of the specified event, (ii) date was it held, (ii) total amount was paid, (iv) was the purpose of the event, (v) budget were the funds derived from, (vi) were the expected benefits to her department and (vii) actual benefits were derived from the specified sponsorship?

Reply from the Minister of Communications on 6 Jan 2021

I have been advised by the Department and Entities as follows:

DEPARTMENT:

(a) None

(i) Not Applicable

(ii) Not Applicable

(iii) Nil

(iv) Not Applicable

(v) Not Applicable

(vi) Not Applicable

(vii) Not Applicable

(b) The South African Post Office; Postbank; South African Broadcasting Corporation; Film and Publication Board and NEMISA did not sponsor any event in the last two financial years. ...

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2020-w2547 - 28 December 2020

Phumzile Thelma Van Damme to ask the Minister of Communications

Whether her department awarded any tenders to any non-South African companies (a) in the past three financial years and (b) since 1 April 2020; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what (a) is the name of each business to whom the tender was awarded, (b) is the name of the country where each company is based, (c) is the amount of each tender that was awarded to each specified company and (d) was the service and/or product that was supplied by each business?

Reply from the Minister of Communications on 28 Dec 2020

I was advised by the department as follows:

1. (a) No, there were no tenders awarded in the past three financial years.

(b) No. No tenders were awarded to any non-South African companies since 1

April 2020.

(c) Not applicable.

(d) Not applicable.

MS. STELLA NDABENI-ABRAHAMS, MP

MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES

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2020-w741 - 24 December 2020

Phumzile Thelma Van Damme to ask the Minister of Communications

(1)What total number of (a) international and (b) domestic hotel bookings did her department make for (i) her and (ii) the Deputy Minister since they were appointed as members of the Executive; (2) what was the (a) date, (b) name of the hotel and (c) cost in respect of each booking?

Reply from the Minister of Communications on 24 Dec 2020

1. (a) Total number of international hotel bookings for the:

(i) Minister: 29

(ii) Deputy Minister: 11

(b) Total number of domestic hotel bookings for the:

(i) Minister: 241

(ii) Deputy Minister: 47

2. (a) Refer to the attached document.

(b) Refer to the attached document.

(c) Refer to the attached document.

 

MS. STELLA NDABENI-ABRAHAMS, MP

MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES

     

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2020-w2601 - 24 December 2020

Phumzile Thelma Van Damme to ask the Minister of Communications

Whether (a) her department and/or (b) any entities reporting to her sponsored any non-governmental organisations in the past two financial years; if not, what is the position in this regards; if so, for each specified organisation, what (i) was the monetary value of each sponsorship and (ii) were the reasons behind the awarding of the specified sponsorship?

Reply from the Minister of Communications on 24 Dec 2020

I was advised by the Department and Entities as follows:

1. (a)   No, the department did not sponsor any non-governmental organisation in the past two financial years.

    1. Nil
    2. Not Applicable

(b) Entities:

The Postbank, South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), Broadband Infraco (BBI), Universal Service and Access Agency of South Africa (USAASA), State Information Technology Agency (SITA), Independent Communications Authority of South ...

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2020-w2229 - 24 December 2020

Phumzile Thelma Van Damme to ask the Minister of Communications

With reference to investigations conducted into governance and corruption in her department and all the entities reporting to her, what is the (a) total number of investigations that were referred to the (i) SA Police Service and (ii) National Prosecuting Authority, (b) date on which each specified case was handed over, (c)(i) status of each specified investigation and (ii) docket number for each investigation and (d) total number of cases that are being prosecuted?

Reply from the Minister of Communications on 24 Dec 2020

I have been informed by the Department and Entities as follows:

DEPARTMENT

(a)(i) Nil

(a)(ii) Nil

ENTITIES:

NEMISA, Broadband Infraco, Film and Publication Board, ICASA, Post Bank, ZADNA,

(a)(i) Nil

(a)(ii) Nil

South African Post Office (SAPO)

(a)(i) One incident of alleged corruption in relation to IT Software procurement was referred to South African Police Service

(a)(ii) No incident was ...

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2020-w2941 - 24 December 2020

Bridget Staff Masango to ask the Minister of Communications

What was the total number of branches of the SA Post Office in each year from 2015 to 2020 (a) nationally and (b) in each province?

Reply from the Minister of Communications on 24 Dec 2020

I have been advised by the South African Post Office (SAPO) as follows:

(a) and (b)

Provinces

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

CURRENT

(from April 2020)

Eastern Cape

354

342

326

323

319

311

Free State

158

153

140

140

139

136

Gauteng

364

354

350

343

328

309

KwaZulu-Natal

329

320

310

310

307

277

Limpopo

326

324

260 ...

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2020-w2424 - 18 December 2020

Phumzile Thelma Van Damme to ask the Minister of Communications

1. What total number of (a) national and/or provincial departments, (b) municipalities and (c) state entities owe money to the SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC); 2. what is the name of each specified (a) department, (b) municipality and/or (c) state entity that owes money to the SABC; 3. (a) what total amount is owed in each case, (b) what is the nature of each specified debt, (c) for how long has each debt been outstanding and (d) what plans are in place to recover each debt owed?

Reply from the Minister of Communications on 18 Dec 2020

I have been advised by the SABC as follows:

1. Government departments owe money to two divisions of the SABC that is TV Licences and Advertising. The following is in accordance with the TV Licence database:

(1)(a) A total of 20 National departments have outstanding TV licence fees balances. 126 Provincial departments have outstanding licence fees,

(1)(b) A total of 249 municipality accounts ...

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