NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
WRITTEN REPLY
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION NO 1501
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 14 JUNE 2013
Mr K S Mubu (DA) to ask the Minister of Economic Development:
(a) How much did senior staff of entities reporting to him spend on (i)(aa)
international and (bb) domestic flights and (ii) accommodation in the 2012-
13 financial year and (b) what are the relevant details in each case?
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REPLY
(a) (i) (aa) and (bb)
|(i) Flights |
| | |(aa) |(bb) |
| | |International |Domestic |
| | |Cost in rands |Cost in rands |
| |Competition Commission |R 800, 859.02 |R 153,189.00 |
| |Competition Tribunal |R 376,798.80 |R 257Â 890.08 |
| |ITAC |R 159,544.00 |R 147,090.00 |
| |IDC |R 1,051,195.00 |R 1,155,818.14 |
| |SEFA |R 0.00 |R 313,664.00 |
|(ii) Accommodation |
| |Entity |(aa) |(bb) |
| | |International |Domestic |
| | |Cost in rands |Cost in rands |
| |Competition Commission |R 324,722.54 |R 41,127.00 |
| |Competition Tribunal |R 91Â 261.88 |R 114,885.89 |
| |ITAC |R 75,071.00 |R 34,663.00 |
| |IDC |R 453,098.00 |R 2,361,070.67 |
| |SEFA |R 0.00 |R 79,480.00 |
(b)
Competition Commission
The international expenditure is incurred in order to attend Competition or
Law related conferences such as the OECD and ICN conferences, and locally
travel occurs in relation to the attendance of hearings related to
Competition Appeals Court, meetings with stakeholders and parliamentary
briefing sessions.
Competition Tribunal
The above-mentioned amounts were incurred in support of the Tribunal
hearings attended by the 12 part-time members as part of the panel;
attendance of four (4) Portfolio Committee meetings in Cape Town by the
Tribunal officials and attending international conferences.
ITAC
The international expenditure was incurred for the attendance of the
Tripartite Trade Negotiations forum, WTO Committee and SACU meetings.
Domestically the costs were incurred for Portfolio Committee meetings,
stakeholder meetings and attendance of workshops.
Industrial Corporation Development (IDC)
The expenditure was incurred for 15 SMS members whilst discharging the
entityâs mandate in the form of 47 meetings related to management
responsibilities, 2 employee engagement feedback attendance, 14
parliamentary portfolio committees attendance, the launches of SEFA and the
Upington office and the attendance of 5 conferences. Internationally,
senior officials participated in 26 meetings with various institutions,
attended 5 conferences, the signing of 3 MoUâs and the attendance of
training by 2 officials.
SEFA
In the financial year 2012/13 sefa Executives and a number of Board members
travelled to Parliament for the Ministerâs Budget Vote and sefa media
launch (April 2012) and relevant Portfolio Committee meetings.
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Senior managers from the regional offices undertook travel to Pretoria for
three workshops related to Change Management which was required because of
the merge between the two entities. Other travel included occasional
meetings with their superiors at the head office and compliance training
(OHSA in March 2013). Regional Managers very seldom travel to other
branches as they operate in their geographical area.
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Head Office senior managers travelled for business purposes (i.e. meeting
with clients, site visits).
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Within sefa approximately 40 senior managers (this includes Executives,
Line Managers as well as Middle â and Regional Managers) travel.