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NATIONAL ASSEMBLYÂ
QUESTION FOR WRITTEN REPLY
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION NO.: 2092
DATE OF QUESTION: 12 AUGUST 2011
2092. Mrs D A Schäfer (DA) to ask the Minister of Justice and
Constitutional Development:
With reference to his reply to question 1780 on 2 August 2011, (a) why
was it necessary to lease a new building for the department, (b) which
sections are to be moved to the new building, (c) where (i) is each of
these sections currently and (ii) was each of these sections previously
located and (d) what is the (i) space and (ii) rental for each month in
respect of the premises (aa) currently and (bb) previously occupied by
each of the sections?  Â
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REPLY:-
a) I wish to inform the Honourable Member that my Department required
alternative accommodation for the Office of the State Attorney:
Pretoria and the Office of the Master of the High Court: Pretoria. My
Department also required additional accommodation to accommodate the
recent growth in human resources in my National Office structure. Â
The Office of the State Attorney: Pretoria is currently accommodated in
the Manaka Heights Building, (formerly known as the Bothongo Heights
Building). Â The lease expired and the building was bought by a new
landlord, who gave my Department notice to vacate the building, as they
will be leasing the whole building to a new tenant. Â
The Office of the Master of the High Court: Pretoria is currently
accommodated in the Sanlam Forum Building. Â This is also a leased
building and my Department has received a number of complaints
regarding the general maintenance of the building. Â The Office of the
Master of the High Court: Pretoria also required additional
accommodation, which could not be made available in the Sanlam Forum
Building. Â There was a need to relocate that Office to a bigger
building, with enough space to accommodate the structural growth of
that Office.
The departmental National Office structure has also increased
significantly. Â This is reflected by the fact that my Department is
currently occupying three different buildings in Pretoria for its
National Office component. Â The current three buildings being leased by
the Department could not accommodate the growth, hence the need to
lease another building.
b) The sections that are to move to the new building are the Office of the
State Attorney: Pretoria, the Office of the Master of the High Court:
Pretoria and a certain section of the National Office component, namely
the Ministry, Deputy Ministry, Director-Generalâs Office, Chief
Operations Officerâs Office and all Deputy Director-Generalsâ Offices.
c) The Office of the State Attorney: Pretoria is currently housed in the
Manaka Heights Building (formerly known as the Bothongo Heights
Building). Â The Office of the Master of the High Court: Pretoria is
currently housed in the Sanlam Forum Building and the National Office
components (Ministry, Deputy Ministry, Director-General, Chief
Operations Officer and all Deputy Directors-General) are currently
housed in the Momentum Centre Building. All three mentioned premises
are rented buildings.
d) The space and rental in relation to the current premises and the new
SALU premises are as follows:
|Section |(i)(aa) |(ii)(aa) |(i)(bb) New |(ii)(bb) |
| |Current Space|Current |Space to be |New Rental |
| |Occupied |Rental per|Occupied in |per Month |
| | |Month, |SALU |to be paid |
| | |all | |in SALU, |
| | |inclusive | |all |
| | | | |inclusive |
|National |3 916m2 |R218 631 |7 223 m2 |R1 050Â 776 |
|Office |Offices | |Â Office |(increased |
|Components |50 Parking | |873 m2 |space and |
| | | |Â Storage |parking) |
| | | |238 Parking | |
|State |4 839m2 |R595 226 |7 224 m2 |R931Â 937 |
|Attorney: |Offices | |Office |(increased |
|Pretoria |388m² Storage| |310m2 Storage |space and |
| |37 Parking | |100 Parking |parking) |
|Master of |7 567m² |R530 208 |13 335 m2 |R1 679 714 |
|the High |Offices | |Office |(increased |
|Court: |3 Parking | |1192 m2 |space and |
|Pretoria | | |Storage |parking) |
| | | |30 Parking | |