THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
QUESTION FOR WRITTEN REPLY
1244. Ms E More (DA) to ask the Minister of Trade and Industry:
What amount has his department spent on (a) catering and (b)
entertainment in the (i) 2012-13 financial year and (ii) since 1 April
2013? NW1490E
Response:
Entertainment is defined as expenditure incurred by senior staff in
the performance of their duties, and includes but is not limited to
expenses during lunch and dinner meetings between staff, foreign
delegations and other individuals outside the public sector.
Catering is defined as expenditure incurred by the provision of food
and refreshments for official events, and includes but is not limited
to the provision of such services at workshops, conferences,
âbosberadeâ, lekgotlaâs, meetings, interviews and in-house training
courses.
Spending on catering and entertainment by the dti is informed by the
policy of the dti on Entertainment and Catering, as reviewed during
2011/12 and approved by the Director-General on 28 August 2011. The
approval of related expenditure also takes place in accordance with
the departmental procurement policies and the departmental Financial
Delegations of Power. The spending should be read in the context of
the dti having an average of 1334 employees and 7 divisions, whose
operations necessitated spending from time to time on catering and
entertainment.
The majority of the expenses on catering and entertainment were
incurred in respect of events that supported the strategic objectives
of the dti, which include but are not limited to the following
objectives:
⢠The promotion of investments and exports, where intensive consultation
is required with local and foreign stakeholders;
⢠Meetings and negotiations with stakeholders and clients in respect of
the implementation of the industrial policy, with specific reference
to IPAP 2;
⢠Meetings with entities and the public in respect of the regulation
responsibilities of the dti through its CCRD division;
⢠Initiatives to promote SMME development and the BBBEE strategy of the
dti, inclusive of the âTaking the dti to the peopleâ campaigns;
⢠Meetings in respect of the promotion and regulation of the incentive
schemes of the dti, and the various industrial development zones; and
⢠Marketing initiatives and strategies of the dti in terms of its
programmes and projects via the Communications and Marketing unit.
The spending of the dti for the 2012/13 and 2013/14 financial years in
respect of (a) catering and (b) entertainment is as follows:
|Item |2012/13 financial |2013/14 financial |
| |year |year |
| | |(up to 27 May |
| | |2013) |
|Catering |4 450 699,48 |553 580,32 |
|Entertainment |1 306 968,64 |13 194,40 |
Catering expenses were mainly in respect of the following
programmes / projects:
|Event |2012/13 |2013/14 |
| |financial |financial year|
| |year | |
|Contralesa roll-out |1 300 831 | |
|Year of Cooperatives |334 850 | |
|Youth programmes |258 971 | |
|Economic policy |244 608 | |
|dialogue | | |
|FER Programmes |185 600 | |
|Taking the dti to the |167 180 | |
|people | | |
|IDZ public |121 225 | |
|participation | | |
|World AIDS day |105 640 | |
|Proudly South Africa | |110 637 |
|Secretary to | |45 750 |
|Parliament | | |
Entertainment expenses were mainly incurred by mission offices,
on programmes / projects such as the following:
|Event |2012/13 |
| |financial |
| |year |
|40th Anniversary of bilateral Chamber |72 829 |
|of commerce, Buenos Aires | |
|SA Pavilion, New York |71 617 |
|Official dinner, Geneva |44 605 |
|Marketing of SA , Kinshasa |36 858 |
|Film festival Toronto |36 526 |
|Wine Exhibition, Moscow |28 271 |
|Investment seminar of Harlem Chamber |27 268 |
|of commerce, New York | |
|EMIA ITI |23 331 |
|Defense market, Seoul |21 217 |
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