NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
WRITTEN REPLY
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION NO 1824
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 26 JULY 2013
1824. Ms E More (DA) to ask the Minister of Economic Development:
(1) How many consultants has his department contracted and/or appointed
(a) in the (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11, (iii) 2011-12 and (iv) 2012-13
financial years and (b) since 1 April 2013;
(2) how many consultants contracted and/or appointed by his department
(a) in the (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11, (iii) 2011-12 and (iv) 2012-13
financial years and (b) since 1 April 2013 are former officials of his
department and/or former public servants?
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REPLY
In 2009-10, EDD did not contract any consultants.
In 2010/11, EDD contracted three consultant firms and one (1) senior
researcher. The researcher was neither a previous official of the
department nor a former public servant.
It is not known who in the firms undertook the EDD work and hence it is not
possible to determine the applicability of part 2 of the question in
relation to these firms. However, none of the firms are known to have
employed former officials of EDD
In 2011/12, EDD contracted six (6) firms, one of which was a law firm and
another an accounting services firm, both of which helped with the merger
of Khula and samaf. In addition to this, a technical unit of National
Treasury was used for the same purpose but is not regarded as a consultant.
It is not known who in the various private sector firms undertook the EDD
work and hence it is not possible to determine the applicability of part 2
of the question in relation to these firms. However, none of the firms are
known to have employed former officials of EDD.
In 2012/13, EDD contracted five (5) firms, one of which was a law firm and
five (5) individual consultants, one of whom was a researcher, one a legal
researcher and three were advocates.
Among the advocates, one Senior Counsel had previously been employed in the
public service but not in EDD.
One of the individual consultants was a former public servant who had
previously been employed in the Department.
In 2013/14, a researcher who had previously been employed in the public
service though not in the Department, was utilised. No former officials of
the department were utilised as consultants.