NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO. 2941
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 25 OCTOBER 2013
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 35)
Mrs P C Duncan (DA) to ask the Minister of Health:
(1) How much has (a) his department and (b) each of the entities
reporting to him spent on advertisements placed on the Africa News
Network 7 (ANN7) news channel;
(2) were these advertisements placed through the Government Information
and Communications System?
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REPLY:
1) As already indicated in our responses to Questions 2564 by Honourable
Van Der Merwe and 2819 by Honourable Lorimer, the Department of Health
has not spent any money on the Africa News Network 7 (ANN7) news
channel. We are also informed by our public entities (Council for
Medical Schemes; South African Medical Research Council and National
Health Laboratory Services) that they have not spent any monies to
this effect.
2) Not applicable.
END.