2028-w477 - 29 March 2028

Deidre Carter to ask the President of the Republic

Whether, given that executive political office bearers of the State change from time to time, he would make a policy directive to end the practice of adorning government buildings with portraits of the President, Deputy President, Ministers and Deputy Ministers of the respective departments and that the Coat of Arms of the Republic is utilised instead?

Reply from the President of the Republic on 29 Mar 2028

The suggestion will certainly be given consideration. The views of various stakeholders will be sought.

Among others, this will include the Government Communications and Information System and State Protocol, who produces guidelines for the display of portraits of members of the executive in government buildings.

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2024-w267 - 06 March 2024

Narend Singh to ask the President of the Republic

Whether any progress has been made by the Presidential Climate Commission and his Office in (a) finalising the Just Energy Transition Partnership and (b) accessing the R163 billion funding from the partnering nations; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) whether, given the importance of a fair and just energy transition, his Office has taken any steps to address concerns raised by (a) the National Union of Mineworkers and (b) other stakeholders regarding (i) job losses and (ii) the impact of the transition on affected communities; if not, why not; if so, what are the full, relevant details? NW304E

Reply from the President of the Republic on 6 Mar 2024

The Just Energy Transition Projects Management Unit (JET PMU) in the Presidency manages the JET Implementation Plan, which was approved by Cabinet in November 2023.

The Just Energy Transition Partnership between South Africa and the International Partners Group (IPG) was concluded with the signing of the Political Declaration at COP26 held in Glasgow in 2021. The original members of the IPG are the European ...

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2024-w325 - 06 March 2024

Wendy Robyn Alexander to ask the President of the Republic

What are the full relevant details of all (a) sponsorships, (b) donations and (c) financial transfers provided for any purposes to him, by any (i) Qatari, (ii) Iranian and/or (iii) Russian organ of state, organisation or resident since 1 January 2021 up to the latest specified date for which information is available?

Reply from the President of the Republic on 6 Mar 2024

No sponsorships, donations or financial transfers have been received from any organ of state, organisation or resident of any of the specified countries.

Any sponsorships, donations or other financial contributions received by the President form part of the annual declaration of interests to the Secretary of Cabinet.

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2024-w165 - 06 March 2024

Emma Louise Powell to ask the President of the Republic

(1)What was the purpose of his meeting with Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo on 4 January 2024; (2) what are the reasons that his spokesperson, Mr Vincent Magwenya, referred to Mr Dagalo as the President of Sudan and later retracted his post on social media?

Reply from the President of the Republic on 6 Mar 2024

1. The purpose of the meeting with General Mohamed Dagalo was to discuss the ongoing conflict in Sudan and the efforts undertaken to resolve the impasse.

General Dagalo provided a briefing on the initiative by the African Union and Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) in mediating between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), and the participation of the people ...

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2023-w4060 - 21 December 2023

Sarel Jacobus Francois Marais to ask the President of the Republic

(1)In light of the Expert Panel into the July 2021 Civil Unrest’s recommendation of the urgent development of an Integrated National Security Strategy and with reference to his 2022 State of the Nation Address in which he made a call to all South Africans to participate in the development of the Integrated National Security Strategy and pronounced that he intends to approach Parliament’s presiding officers to request that Parliament plays a key role in facilitating inclusive processes of consultation, what is the (a) status and (b) progress of the development of the Integrated National Security Strategy; (2) what (a) public or other consultations have been undertaken in the development of the Strategy and (b) is the envisaged finalisation date for the specified Strategy; (3) (a) when will he engage the presiding officers of the Parliament of RSA for including it in the development of the Strategy and (b) what will be the extent to which he envisages Parliament’s involvement?

Reply from the President of the Republic on 21 Dec 2023

The development of the draft National Security Strategy is being undertaken by the National Security Council. Once the National Security Council has completed its work and the draft National Security Strategy has been considered by Cabinet, the draft will be made available for consultation and input.

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2023-w4226 - 21 December 2023

John Henry Steenhuisen to ask the President of the Republic

Considering that his term is coming to an end in 2024, what are the details of the current progress that has been made in delivering the (a) bullet trains and (b) smart cities he promised during the State of the Nation Address on 20 June 2019?

Reply from the President of the Republic on 21 Dec 2023

In the State of the Nation Address in June 2019, I invited South Africans to look beyond the challenges of the present and to imagine a country of high-speed trains, smart cities and a high-tech economy.

I said that to reinvigorate the implementation of the National Development Plan, “we must cast our sights on the broadest of horizons”.

This bolder vision of a technologically ...

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2023-w3659 - 30 November 2023

John Henry Steenhuisen to ask the President of the Republic

(a) What progress has he made, since the finalisation of the Report by the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into State Capture, Corruption and Fraud in the Public Sector including Organs of State (the Commission), with the implementation plan to deal with the findings against (i) members of his Cabinet and (ii) other office-bearers in the Executive and (b) why did he appoint the specified office bearers in his Executive despite the findings of the Commission?

Reply from the President of the Republic on 30 Nov 2023

As stated in my response to the recommendations of the State Capture Commission submitted to Parliament on 22 October 2022, the Presidency referred all recommendations with respect to criminal investigations, possible prosecution and/or other actions to each of the entities to which recommendations were directed. This was so that the relevant entities may act on the recommendations in line with their respective mandates.

Any ...

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2023-w3144 - 30 November 2023

Mzwanele Manyi to ask the President of the Republic

What total amount has The Presidency spent in legal costs for all the legal matters where the President of the Republic has been cited as either (a) an applicant and (b) a first respondent since 15 February 2018?

Reply from the President of the Republic on 30 Nov 2023

The following are the total amounts that the Presidency spent in legal costs for all legal matters since 15 February 2018 where:

(a) The President was the Applicant: R9 097 904.05

(b) The President was the first Respondent: R23 065 362.88

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2023-w2979 - 20 October 2023

John Henry Steenhuisen to ask the President of the Republic

With reference to the lifestyle audits on members of his executive, that he committed to in his 2018 State of the Nation Address, (a) what service provider(s) were appointed to conduct the audits, (b) on what date were they appointed, (c) what are the reasons that they were found to be deficient, (d) on what date were they relieved of their task, (e) what amount were they paid, (f) who is the new service provider, (g) on what date was the new service provider appointed and (h) by what date will the new service provider complete the task?

Reply from the President of the Republic on 20 Oct 2023

Currently the process of conducting lifestyle audits on members of the executive is not legislated, therefore in order to legitimately obtain the information of individual members in order to conduct the lifestyle audits, members of the executive had to grant consent in writing.

The Office of the Director General considered two options for conducting lifestyle audits on members of the executives. The first option ...

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2023-w3038 - 09 October 2023

Mzwanele Manyi to ask the President of the Republic

Noting that the outcome of the Lady R investigation has cleared the Government of any wrongdoing, what has been the total monetary cost to the Republic in terms of Rands lost due to the loss of confidence in the Republic; (2) whether the Republic will dismiss and/or request the United States of America to recall the American Ambassador, Mr Reuben Brigety, who was seemingly misleading the public and the international community by accusing the Republic of loading arms to Russia?

Reply from the President of the Republic on 9 Oct 2023

A preliminary analysis by the National Treasury considered that there was a significant depreciation in the rand against the US dollar in May 2023, as much as 2.4%. While this was in part due to the pronouncements of the US Ambassador to South Africa regarding the Lady R vessel, other variables would need to be considered to arrive at a monetary cost, such as ...

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