2018-w2931 - 20 December 2018

Leigh-Ann Mathys to ask the Minister of Public Works

(a) What (i) is the total number of employees that have been outsourced from private companies and/or contractors by (aa) his department and (bb) each entity reporting to him (aaa) in the past three financial years and (bbb) since 1 April 2018 and (ii) is the name of each company or contractor and (b) what amount is each employee paid?

Reply from the Minister of Public Works on 20 Dec 2018

(a) (i) (aa) No employees have been outsourced from private companies and or contractors by the Department of Public Works in the last three financial years and since 01 April 2018 to date.

See below for information relating to the Public Entities reporting to the Minister of Public Works:

Entities:

 

Name of Entity

(bb)

a) i)

Total No. of employees outsourced

aaa)

bbb) ...

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2018-w1758 - 20 December 2018

Dennis Richard Ryder to ask the Minister of Public Works

Which construction projects completed by the (a) Property Management Trading Entity and (b) Independent Development Trust (i) in each of the past three financial years and (ii) since 1 April 2018 are yet to be handed over to the user departments?

Reply from the Minister of Public Works on 20 Dec 2018

(a) (i) and (ii) The Property Management Trading Entity does not have projects that were completed in the last three financial years that have not yet been handed over to User departments.

(b) (i) and (ii) The Independent Development Trust does not have projects that were completed in the last three financial years that have not yet been handed over to Client departments.

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2018-w1718 - 20 December 2018

Leigh-Ann Mathys to ask the Minister of Public Works

(1) (a) What total amount of land owned by his department and the entities reporting to him in each province is (i) vacant and (ii) unused or has no purpose and (b) what is the (i) location and (ii) size of each specified plot of land; (2) (a) how much of the land owned by his department and the entities reporting to him has been leased out for private use and (b) what is the (i) Rand value of each lease and (ii)(aa) location and (bb) size of each piece of land?

Reply from the Minister of Public Works on 20 Dec 2018

(1) (a) (i) and (ii) The Department of Public Works has a total of 9653 land parcels across the 9 Provinces of the country that are vacant and currently not in use.

(b) (i) and (ii) Specific property details for each of the 9653 properties are captured in the departments’ Immovable Asset Register (IAR).

(2) (a) The number of immovable assets leased out for ...

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2018-w3918 - 19 December 2018

Yoliswa Nomampondomise Yako to ask the Minister of Public Works

Whether, with reference to the reply of the Minister of Public Service and Administration to question 141 for oral reply on 7 September 2018, his department and the entities reporting to him implemented the Public Service Coordinating Bargaining Council resolution that all persons employed in the Public Service as Assistant Directors must have their salary level upgraded from level 9 to level 10, and that all Deputy Directors must have their salary level upgraded from level 11 to level 12; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

Reply from the Minister of Public Works on 19 Dec 2018

The Department of Public Works has implemented the Public Service Coordinating Bargaining Council (PSCBC) Resolution 1 of 2012, which amended PSCBC Resolution 3 of 2009 regarding the grading of posts on salary levels 9/10 and 11/12.

All the affected employees were identified and consolidated submissions were approved and the affected employees were upgraded accordingly.

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2018-w3884 - 19 December 2018

Ntombovuyo Veronica Mente to ask the Minister of Public Works

What amount has his department spent on repairing buildings it owns and/or has under its custodianship in each of the past five financial years?

Reply from the Minister of Public Works on 19 Dec 2018

The department has an infrastructure programme dedicated for repairs, renovations and maintenance (Planned Maintenance) for facilities under its custodianship. There is also have a dedicated sub-programme for repair and maintenance (RAMP) of land ports of entries (LPOE) across the country. The main objective of RAMP is to address the backlog of repair and maintenance required to provide User Clients with effective and efficient facilities. ...

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2018-w2262 - 19 December 2018

Malcolm John Figg to ask the Minister of Public Works

(a) What is the current amount that is outstanding in terms of rental income for each Ministerial residence, (b) which Ministers are in arrears, (c) what is the (i) location and (ii) description of each residence with outstanding rental income, (d) what is the cost of monthly rental of each of the specified residences and (e) what processes have been followed to collect outstanding debt?

Reply from the Minister of Public Works on 19 Dec 2018

(a) The current total amount outstanding in terms of rental income for Ministerial residences is R1 214 064.23.

(b) In our analysis of how the Ministers ended up being in arrears, we found that there were a number of systemic flaws. The building up of arrears is largely not through faults of or negligence by the Ministers. It would therefore be unfair to name which ...

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2018-w2846 - 03 December 2018

Dianne Kohler Barnard to ask the Minister of Public Works

(a) What number of buildings in each province does his department rent from a certain person (name furnished), (b) what are the names of the departments for which the buildings are rented in each province, (c) what is the rental cost of each specified building for each specified department in each province and (d) what number of buildings in each province has his department bought through or from the specified person?

Reply from the Minister of Public Works on 3 Dec 2018

The Department of Public Works, in line with Government prescripts procures leases from individuals or companies in accordance with their registered trading name or company registration.

According to the Departmental records/ data sources, the Department does not have a supplier which is registered as Roux Shabangu, therefore the Department does not lease any property from a supplier, as registered in the supplier database, called ...

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2018-w3410 - 03 December 2018

Malcolm John Figg to ask the Minister of Public Works

Whether his department intends to repair the damage to a fence on Plot 135 Allan Road, Glen Austin, Midrand that belongs to his department; if not, why not; if so, by what date?

Reply from the Minister of Public Works on 3 Dec 2018

The State property on Plot 135 Allan Road, Glen Austin, in Midrand, is enclosed (boundary) with palisade walls. The Department conducted a site inspection of Plot 135 Allan Road on the 13th of November 2018 and during the inspection there were no signs of damages to the palisade walls.

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2018-w3409 - 03 December 2018

Malcolm John Figg to ask the Minister of Public Works

Whether his department leases any properties from private lessors; if so, (a) what are the details of the highest value leases and (b) who are the lessors?

Reply from the Minister of Public Works on 3 Dec 2018

Yes, the Department does lease from private lessors.

(a) and (b)

BUILDING

TOWN

USER DEPARTMENT

LEASE RENTAL AMOUNT (Annual) 2018 /19

LANDLORD NAME

SALU BUILDING

PRETORIA

JUSTICE AND CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELPMENT

82 148 379,98

REBOSIS PROPERTY FUND LIMITED

THIBAULT NAVARRE COMPLEX

PRETORIA

SA POLICE SERVICES

80 930 320,99

SKG AFRICA (PTY) LTD

FORUM BUILDING

PRETORIA

TRANSPORT

78 725 185,56

DELTA PROPERTIES

TULBAGH PARK BUILDING

PRETORIA ...

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2018-w3400 - 03 December 2018

Dirk Jan Stubbe to ask the Minister of Public Works

With reference to the findings of the Section 106 Investigation into allegations of fraud, corruption, maladministration, financial misconduct and malpractice at the Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, (a) by what date will his department settle its debt amounting to R591 375 032 million with the specified municipality for the 2017-18 municipal financial year, (b) what are the reasons for the non-payment of his department’s services account and (c) will any disciplinary action be instituted against any officials responsible for the non-payment of the account?

Reply from the Minister of Public Works on 3 Dec 2018

(a) Through the engagement with the Sol Plaatje municipality, it was indicated that the National Department of Public Works (NDPW) only owed R69,455,161.45 of the total owed to the municipality. The NDPW, through a discount of 10% by the municipality, managed to settle its outstanding debt which came to R62,509,645.33 and the amount was paid on 29 October 2018.

(b) The Department was in ...

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