MINISTRY OF MINERAL RESOURCES
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
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Memorandum from the Parliamentary Office
Minister
National Assembly question: Question 1126
Please find attached a response to Parliamentary Question Number 1126 (NA)
for written reply asked by Mr PD Dexter of the COPE for your approval.
Chief Financial Officer
Date:
Recommended / Not Recommended
Adv. Sandile Nogxina
Director General: Department of Mineral Resources
â¦â¦â¦â¦â¦â¦/â¦â¦â¦â¦â¦â¦/2009
Approved/not approved
Ms S Shabangu
Minister of Mineral Resources
â¦â¦â¦â¦â¦â¦/â¦â¦â¦â¦â¦â¦/2009
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NUMBER 1126
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 4 SEPTEMBER 2009
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NUMBER 14)
Mr P D Dexter (Cope) to ask the Minister of Mineral Resources:
Whether the computers purchased at the value of R50 million in the past
four years by the previous joint Ministry of Minerals and Energy are to be
inherited by her department; if not, (a) what computers are these, (b) how
will it be apportioned and utilised and (c) what would happen to the R75
million that has been approved for further purchases of computers; if so,
what will her department do with such an enormous computer capacity?
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REPLY
In actual fact, the Department of Minerals and Energy spending on computer
equipment in the past four years was R 16,658,316.20 which comprises
⢠R4, 843,902.99 for 2008/09;
⢠R3, 527,433.27 for 2007/08;
⢠R4, 023,517.27 for 2006/07 and
⢠R4, 263,462.67 for 2005/06.
These amounts are also available in the audited Annual Financial Statements
which are contained in the annual reports for the respective periods..
a) The above amounts include the following major items
⢠Desktops and Laptops for use by departmental officials
⢠Servers and related infrastructure
⢠Printers and other computer equipment
b) The Desktops and Laptops are allocated to positions which will
continue to exist in the new Department of Mineral Resources and
Department of Energy. This will therefore be apportioned and utilised
in line with the new structures of the two departments. The existing
servers will be allocated to either Mineral Resource or Energy based
on the technical specifications and the requirements of each
department
c) There is no approval granted to spend R75 million on computers [pic]