DEPARTMENT: PUBLIC ENTERPRISES
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
QUESTION FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO.: 1472
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 03 June 2011
1472. Mr J J van der Linde (DA) to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises:
(a) On how many occasions since 1 March 2010 did his office hire a vehicle
to transport (i) him and (ii) his Deputy Minister and (b) in each case, (i)
what was the cost of hiring the vehicle, (ii) for what reason was the
vehicle hired, (iii) for how many days, (iv) what (aa) make and (bb) model
of vehicle was hired and (v) what total distance was travelled? NW1639E
REPLY
(a)(i-ii)(b)(i-iv)(aa-bb)(v) The current Minister and Deputy Minister were
not in the Department of Public Enterprises during the period between 1
March 2010 and 30 October 2010. Their term of office in the department
commenced in November 2010.
The table below provides information in respect of the former Minister and
Deputy Minister of Public Enterprises for the period 1 March 2010 to 30
October 2010 as well as information related to the current Minister and
Deputy Minister from November 2010 to date.
|(a) On how many occasions since 1 March 2010 did his office hire a |
|vehicle to transport him and his Deputy Minister? |
|30 Sept to 1|R3878.25 |Official use in the|One |Audi Q7 |1km |
|Oct 2010 | |Pretoria office |day | | |
| | |(Minister did not | | | |
| | |make use of it) | | | |
|1-5 Oct 2010|R11997.77|Official use in |Four |Mercedes |996 km |
| | |Johannesburg and |days |E300 | |
| | |Pretoria, whilst | | | |
| | |the official car | | | |
| | |was being repaired.| | | |
|Amount used to hire a car for the former Deputy Minister of Public |
|Enterprises from March 2010 to October 2010 |
|25-27 July |R6525.41 |Official use in the|Two |Mercedes |350km |
|2010 | |Pretoria office. |days |E300 | |
|Amount used to hire a vehicle for the current Minister of Public |
|Enterprises from November 2010 to date |
|16 Nov 2010 |R2435.95 |Getting to and from|one |Mercedes |129 km |
| | |official |day |E200 | |
| | |engagements in and | | | |
| | |around KwaZulu | | | |
| | |Natal Province. | | | |
|19-20 Nov |R4793.87 |Getting to and from| Two |Mercedes |369 km |
|2011 | |official | |E300 | |
| | |engagements in and |days | | |
| | |around KwaZulu | | | |
| | |Natal Province. | | | |
|28-30 Nov |R4982.89 |Official use in the|One |Mercedes |110 km |
|2010 | |Pretoria Office |day | | |
| | |while awaiting | |E300 | |
| | |provision of a | | | |
| | |ministerial car by | | | |
| | |the Department. | | | |
|09-11 Dec |R8733.67 |Getting to and from|Three |Mercedes |922 km |
|2010 | |official |days |E200 | |
| | |engagements in and | | | |
| | |around KwaZulu | | | |
| | |Natal Province. | | | |
|12-14 Jan |R4372.00 |Getting to and from|Two |Mercedes |466 km |
|2011 | |official |days |E200 | |
| | |engagements in and | | | |
| | |around Mpumalanga | | | |
| | |Province | | | |
|(a) On how many occasions since 1 March 2010 did his office hire a |
|vehicle to transport him and his Deputy Minister? |
|23-24 Jan 2011 |
| |
|4-5 Nov 2010 |
| |
| |
2-4 Feb 2011 |R11986.21 |Getting to and from official engagements in and
around KwaZulu Natal Province. |Two days
|Mercedes C Class |716 km | |13 Mar 2011
|R5757.50 |Getting to and from official engagements in and around KwaZulu
Natal Province. |One day
|Mercedes
C Class |513 km | |11-15 May 2011 |R22765.20 |Getting to and from official
engagements in and around KwaZulu Natal Province. |Four days |Mercedes
E Class |513 km | |