Because the facility is owned and operated by the City of Cape Town, the Department relies on assistance through the Western Cape Provincial Cultural Affairs & Sport to request information from the City of Cape Town. The Department hereby requests and require more time to submit a response.
The response as provided by the Western Cape Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport refers:
(1) No formal investigation has taken place regarding the facility.
(2).
2.1. One staff member was placed on precautionary suspension on full pay as from 15 May 2023, whilst an incident of alleged theft and/or use of sport equipment belonging to a school, without permission being granted by the school, was being investigated.
2.2. The school however decided not to proceed with the case, and the employee was informed that he may return to duty as from 01 September 2023.
(3)(a). The facility is built on land where schools are built and thus falls under the jurisdiction of the WCED. There is an agreement in principle between the WCED and DCAS, for DCAS to manage the facilities on behalf of the WCED.
(b). Funding is allocated by WC Government Provincial Treasury to the WCED to build the facilities. Earmarked allocations are made available to the WCED to maintain the facilities and provide equipment. DCAS pays the stipends of staff to manage and maintain the facility on behalf of the WCED.
(c). WCED to provide this information.
(d). The facility is a shared multi – purpose facility catering for different codes, namely:
Thus no one code can lay claim to the facility.
(4). As mentioned above, no code or club can lay claim to the facility. The above – mentioned codes have access to the facility through a booking system for schools.
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