NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO. 2908
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 25 OCTOBER 2013
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 35)
Mrs J F Terblanche (DA) to ask the Minister of Health:
(1) What amount has (a) his department and (b) each of the entities
reporting to him spent on advertising (i) in The New Age newspaper and
(ii) on its website between 1 December 2012 and 31 August 2013;
(2) were these advertisements placed through the Government Information
and Communication System?
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REPLY:
1) As already indicated in our response to Question 2564 by Honourable
Van Der Merwe, neither the Department of Health nor the public
entities (Council for Medical Schemes; South African Medical Research
Council and National Health Laboratory Services) spent any money to
this effect.
2) Not applicable.
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