(1). what is the status of (b) structures in each province; (2) what are the details of support programme offered by SA Rugby to the deaf sevens rugby team in view of their participation in the 2023 world cup in Cordoba, Argentina in 2023?
South African Rugby provided the following information in response to the question;
There are no deaf rugby clubs in South Africa, all deaf rugby players play for amateur clubs in their area of residence, which is understandably problematic. SADRA’s aim is to implement more programmes in future to enable player numbers to grow and to establish their own clubs.
The South African Deaf Rugby ...
a) What (i) are the reasons that the Liliesleaf Trust is the only heritage site that will be saved from closing down and (ii) (aa) other heritage sites are closing down, (bb) is their total number, (cc) are their names, (dd) is their location, (b) how did his department save the other heritage sites and (c) what plans does his department have to save all heritage sites from closing down?
(a)(i). My Department has not received a request from the Liliesleaf management and Board of Trustees for assistance to prevent closure of the museum. The department will consider such a request when it is received.
(ii) (aa) The Department has not received notification of heritage sites closing down. It should be noted that Heritage sites in the country are managed at different spheres of ...
(1). What was the (a) daily and (b) total allowances that was paid to (i) each athlete, and (ii) the President of the SA Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) for attending both the Summer Olympic Games and Paralympic Games in Tokyo in 2021;
(2). whether any allowance was paid to any other SASCOC elected and/or appointed Board member; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) what are the detailed amounts and (b) from which funding sources was it paid?
The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) in its response indicated the following;
1)(a)(i). Each Athlete received a flat allowance of 400USD for their attendance at both the Olympics and Paralympics Games.
(a)(ii).The SASCOC President received a daily allowance of 350USD for each of the games. SASCOC policy provides that the President is to receive a daily allowance of 500USD. However, the ...
(1) Whether each national sports federation received their grants; if not, (a) why not and (b) on what date is it envisaged that they will get their allocations; if so, what are the relevant details;
(2) whether he can furnish Mr T W Mhlongo with a list indicating the number of federations that (a) received their grants and (b) did not receive their grants; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
(3) whether the (a) swimming and (b) gymnastics federations received their grant; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
(4) whether all the federations received a letter of grant allocation; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details? NW2934E
1. Not all of the sport and recreation bodies have received the grants for 2021/2022 financial year.
(a). Before the 2020/2021 financial, this prior to the COVID-19 Pandemic the Department allocated funds to the sport and recreation bodies utilizing the historical data. This enabled the Department to manage the process of allocating and transferring funds with relative ease.
However, after considering the representations made ...
(a) To what extent did a certain person (name and details furnished) play a role in securing funding from his department for a certain person (name and details furnished), (b) what were the terms and conditions of the funding and (c) what is the name of the person in his department who approved the funding? NW3279E
Original Question:-To what extent has, the former Speaker of Parliament Mrs. Baleka Mbete influenced the funding for Actress Natasha Thahane for a New York scholarship? What were the terms and conditions of this funding to Natasha? And who approved the funding in the department?
(a). My Department is not aware of the role played by the former Speaker of Parliament, Mrs. Baleka Mbete towards securing the funding for the, Actress Natasha Thahane. What we know is that Ms. Thahane made a request for financial support towards her studies at the New York Film Academy directly to me as the Minister.
This request is similar to many others that ...
1. (a). How far is his department with the process of reviewing the policy on council members who serve on multiple councils within the same sector and (b) what is the time-frame for the implementation of the recommendations of the review process;
(2). whether he will furnish Mrs V van Dyk with the recommendations of the review process; if not, why not; if so, on what date?
1. We appoint people to the boards and councils who have applied. To my recollection there is no law that forbids a person from serving in more than one council or board.
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(1) What (A) are the reasons that he is purportedly pushing ahead with the Resistance and Liberation Museum in the Eastern Cape as the proposed construction would merely be a duplication of Freedom Park, which was built for this very purpose and has yet to fulfil its purpose and mandate and is struggling to survive, (B) is the budget allocation for this project and (C) is the purpose and rationale as we already have numerous sites of liberation that honour the struggle, which receive either minimal or no financial support from the Government, like the Apartheid Museum which closed its doors and Liliesleaf Farm in Rivonia; (2) whether he has found that concerns that have been expressed by segments of the professional community that the construction of the museum is not viable or feasible is correct; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, how will it be made feasible; (3) whether he has found that this is wasteful and fruitless expenditure, which could be put to more productive and efficient use in supporting the sector in its totality; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?
1. (a) There is no construction of a Resistance and Liberation Museum in the Eastern Cape.
b) When Cabinet approved the implementation of the recommendations of the feasibility study to establish a Resistance and Liberation Movement Museum called for by the Inter-Ministerial Committee, the purpose and rationale was that there is no museum expressing the horror of colonialism and apartheid without sanitization. The feasibility ...
What (a) amount was spent on consultants in each entity reporting to him; and (b) plans does his department have in place to reduce its reliance on professional service providers?
(a). The amount spent on consultants by each Entity reporting to my department are responded to on the attached spreadsheet for your further attention.
(b). The Department is encouraging public entities to utilise in-house available expertise for the services required. Where consultants are utilised, the Department encourages entities to use a cost effective means to source services in line with the National Treasury cost ...
(1) Whether (a) his department and/or (b) any entity reporting to him makes use of private security firms; if not; what is the position in this regard; if so, in each case what is the (i) name of each firm, (ii) purpose, (iii) value and (iv) duration of each specified contract? (NW804E)
a) Yes my Department makes use of private security firms as outlined below:-
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Pristo Response Trading
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Provision of a twenty-four hour security service at four Departmental sites.
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R43 071 939.83
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Three years – 29 June 2018 – 30 May 2021.
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Cardura Security
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Provision of a twenty four hour security service at Regent Place.
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R4 176 000.00 ... |
(1). With reference to the Iziko Museum, on what date (a) will the electrical and other problems of the Old Town House be fixed and (b) will the building be reopened to the public;
(2).(a). who is the person responsible for maintenance of the specified house and (b) what are the reasons that it has not been done;
(3). whether there is a timeline to finish the upgrading; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
(1)(a). The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) is the custodian in terms of section 4 of the Government Immovable Asset Management Act (GIAMA), 2007 (Act no. 19 of 2007 and in terms of the Day to Day Maintenance Guidelines must pay “for services which falls within the scope of the Day to Day Maintenance Services obliged for an amount exceeding R100 000”, this ...
