In view of the fact that a number of Lesotho citizens were uprooted from their land during phase 1 of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project, what steps has she taken to ensure that (a) compensation is paid to the specified persons and (b) there will be no further disenfranchisement of the citizens of Lesotho as a result of the specified project?
All persons affected by the project were either relocated, resettled and/or had their assets compensated in accordance with the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) Compensation Policy as well as the Treaty between the Republic of South Africa and Lesotho. Ccompensation was paid to the affected persons by adopting the following measures:
- The LHWP’s legal obligations to the people and communities affected by Project works ...
Whether she will furnish Ms E L Powell with the details of the (a) total costs incurred in the establishment and operations of the National Human Settlements Command Centre (HSCC) and (b) remedial action she has taken in relation to the findings of the Auditor-General’s First Special Report on Government’s Financial Management of the COVID-19 crisis with specific reference to the failings of the HSCC; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
Honourable Member, the Housing Development Agency (HDA) hosted the National Human Settlements Command Centre (HSCC). I am informed that there were no costs incurred in the establishment and operations of the HSCC.
Following the findings published in the Auditor-General’s First Special Report on Government’s Financial Management of the COVID-19 crisis, I convened MinMEC on 23 September 2020 to discuss findings in respect of the ...
(1)What (a) is the (i) name, (ii) position and (iii) remuneration and (b) are details of any additional remuneration, incentives and bonuses awarded to each member of the Human Settlements Command Centre during the course of either their ordinary and/or the Human Settlements Command Centre duties between 1 March 2020 and 1 October 2020;
(2) what are the details of the (a) date of each meeting and (b) minutes of each meeting that occurred between 1 March 2020 and 1 October 2020?
(1) (a) Honourable Member, the National Human Settlements Command Centre (HSCC) was established as an inter-governmental operational co-ordination platform to support the work of the National and Provincial Departments of Human Settlements, Provinces, as well as the Metropolitan Municipalities in between meetings of Technical MinMec meetings. The meetings of the HSCC were attended by officials employed in public institutions from the three spheres of ...
Whether she will provide Ms E L Powell with the details of the (a) dates, (b) destinations and (c) costs of all flights boarded by her from 1 March 2020 to 1 January 2021; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
Honourable Member, details of the dates, destinations and costs of flights I boarded from 1 March 2020 to 1 January 2021 are indicated on the table below:
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A) DATES
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B) DESTINATIONS
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C) COSTS
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04/03/2020
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Cpt/Els
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R3 832
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05/03/2020
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Cpt/Jnb
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R5 061
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05/03/2020
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Els/Jnb
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R5 854
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07/03/2020
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Jnb/Els
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R3 344
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09/03/2020
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Els/Cpt
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R6 976
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09/03/2020
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Els/Jnb
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R3 344
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13/03/2020
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Cpt/Els
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R6 289
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14/03/2020
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Els/Jnb
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(1)Whether she will furnish Ms E L Powell with the details of the (a) tender advertisement, (b) bid adjudication recommendations and (c) contract awarded and conditions of the construction of Woodlands Housing Project in Ward 25, Msunduzi; if not, why not; if so, on what date;
(2) whether she will furnish Ms E L Powell with the details of all other tender awards made to the contractor by the (a) national and/or (b) provincial departments of Human Settlements from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2020?
(1) Honourable Member, Msunduzi Local Municipality has advised that it advertised the tender referred to in the question on 17 March 2016 with a closing date of 7 April 2016. The tender briefing was held on 31 March 2016.
The Bid Adjudication Committee recommended a name of contractor which I am constrained and prohibited by the document titled “Guide to Parliamentary Questions in ...
In light of her department’s policy response to upgrade informal settlements through a R14,7 billion grant that was approved in the budget of the 2020-21 financial year, and in view of the target to upgrade 231 000 households in informal settlements in the medium term, (a)(i) what total number of households were upgraded in the year 2020 under the dedicated informal settlements upgrading partnership grant and (ii) in which informal settlements are the households, (b) what number of municipalities, out of the estimated target of 117, were provided with technical assistance for the development of the targeted 766 settlement upgrading plans and (c) what are the relevant details of the nature of the assistance provided in 2020?
(a)(i) The total number of households upgraded in informal settlements in the year 2020 under the dedicated informal settlements upgrading partnership grant is 206,893. This number excludes the Provincial Departments of Human Settlements of Eastern Cape and Gauteng. The Eastern Cape and Gauteng Departments of Human Settlements did not spend their allocated Informal Settlements Upgrading Programme Grants in the 2020/21 financial year. All Provinces ...
Whether she intends to intervene to stop the City of Cape Town from evicting poor persons from their homes and shelters every single winter season; if not, why not; if so, (a) on what date and (b) what are the further relevant details in this regard?
Honourable Member, evicting people in the middle of winter is not desirable and I hope that we will see less of the inhumane evictions conducted by the City of Cape Town previously.
The Honourable Member will recall that I issued media statements in July 2020 wherein I urged the City of Cape Town to adhere to the National State of Disaster Regulations which prohibit ...
What steps has she taken to ensure that the persons of Ward 8 in Nemato, Port Alfred in the Eastern Cape, have access to bulk water services?
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) is aware of the water challenges in the Port Alfred area, including Ward 8 in Nemato which forms part of the Ndlambe Local Municipality (LM). The water challenges are as a result of the prevailing drought in the Eastern Cape Province.
The main water source for Port Alfred is the Sarel Hayward Dam, but due to the ...
(1)Whether her department has concluded any work exchange and/or employment agreements with any entity of the Republic of Cuba from the 2010-11 financial year up to the 2020-21 financial year; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what (a) total number of Cuban nationals (i) have been employed in each of the specified financial years and/or (ii) are due to be employed in the 2021-23 Medium-Term Expenditure Framework period, (b) are the details of the work that each of the specified Cuban nationals was and/or will be employed to perform, (c) are the details of the specific skills sets that each of the specified Cuban nationals possessed and/or will possess that South African nationals did or will not possess and (d) are the details of the total cost of employing each of the specified Cuban nationals in each case;
2. whether her department took any steps to ensure that the specific skills set of the specified Cuban nationals were and/or will not be available in the Republic amongst South African citizens; if not, in each case, why not; if so, what are the relevant details of the (a) steps taken and (b) outcomes of the steps taken in this regard?
(1) The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) entered into cooperation agreement with the Cuban government in the following periods;
- 2008 to 2010
- 2015 to 2019
- 2020 to 2023
(a)(i-ii) Placements for relevant periods are as indicated in the table below:
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Period of Agreement
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No of Cubans Deployed
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2008 – 2010
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5
(the programme was coordinated through the United Nations, and the Cubans were ... |
What (a) are the details of the housing backlog at Moses Kotane Local Municipality, North West and (b) measures has she put in place to eradicate the backlog?
(a) The Moses Kotane Local Municipality has advised that it has a housing backlog of approximately 12 500 units which is spread across 107 villages.
(b) Plans are afoot to deliver 1 800 units during the 2021/22 financial year which will be spread across 13 villages. The North West Provincial Department of Human Settlements is currently conducting geotechnical studies in 15 villages to determine the ...
