THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
QUESTION FOR WRITTEN REPLY
DUE DATE: 22 MARCH 2011
833. Mr G G Boinamo (DA) to ask the Minister of Trade and Industry:
Whether (a) his department or (b) any of its affiliated entities
have purchased any tickets for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011;
if not, why not; if so, (i) what process has been followed to
purchase these tickets, (ii) how many tickets have been
purchased, (iii) for which matches, (iv) what has been the total
cost of these tickets, (v) what are the reasons for purchasing
these tickets, (vi) to whom will each of these tickets be
allocated and (vii) on what was the decision for the allocation
of these tickets based?NW905E
Response: the Department of Trade and Industry and its Foreign Offices and
Agencies did not purchase any of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011
tickets.
Public Entity |(b) |(i) |(ii) |(iii) |(iv) |(v) |(vi) |(vii) | |South
African National Accreditation System (SANAS)
|Management has taken a decision not to purchase any sporting event
tickets |N/A |N/A |N/A |N/A |N/A |N/A |N/A | |National Gambling Board (NGB)
|The event does not have any relation to the regulation of gambling in the
country
|N/A |N/A |N/A |N/A |N/A |N/A |N/A | |National Empowerment Fund (NEF)
|International hospitality events are not part of the normal stakeholder
management practices of the NEF
|N/A |N/A |N/A |N/A |N/A |N/A |N/A | |National Consumer Tribunal (NCT)
|There was no need to purchase any tickets
|N/A |N/A |N/A |N/A |N/A |N/A |N/A | |National Consumer Regulator (NCR)
|It was deemed not necessary to purchase tickets
|N/A |N/A |N/A |N/A |N/A |N/A |N/A | |National Metrology Institute Of
South Africa (NMISA) |The organisation did not see the need to advertise
itself by making tickets available to clients
|N/A |N/A |N/A |N/A |N/A |N/A |N/A | |South African Bureau of Standards
(SABS)
|The purchase of tickets is not part of the SABS marketing plan
|N/A |N/A |N/A |N/A |N/A |N/A |N/A | |Small Enterprise Development Agency
(seda) |There was no intention to purchase the tickets |N/A |N/A |N/A |N/A
|N/A |N/A |N/A | |Export Credit Insurance Corporation of South Africa
(ECIC)
| No tickets for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 were purchased
|N/A |N/A |N/A |N/A |N/A |N/A |N/A | |Companies and Intellectual Property
Registration Office (CIPRO)
|No need identified |N/A |N/A |N/A |N/A |N/A |N/A |N/A | |National
Lotteries Board (NLB)
|It is not business related |N/A |N/A |N/A |N/A |N/A |N/A |N/A | |Estate
Agency Affairs Board (EAAB)
| | | | | | | | | |National Regulatory For Compulsory Specifications
(NRCS)
|Tickets were not budgeted for |N/A |N/A |N/A |N/A |N/A |N/A |N/A | |