DATE OF SUBMISSION: 25 JUNE 2010
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
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QUESTION 1537
QUESTION FOR WRITTEN REPLY
1537. Mr S C Motau (DA) to ask the Minister of Energy:
Whether her department and/or any of its entities have purchased any
tickets for (a) the 2010 Fifa World Cup Soccer tournament, (b) the
Cape Town International Jazz Festival and (c) any other entertainment
event in the (i) 2009-10 financial year and (ii) during the period 1
April 2010 up to the latest specified date for which information is
available; if not, what has been the position in each case; if so, in
each case, (aa) what is or has been the date of the event, (bb)(i) how
many tickets have been purchased and (ii) why, (cc) what has been the
total cost of the tickets and (dd)(i) to whom has each of these
tickets been allocated and (ii) on what was the decision for the
allocation of these tickets based? NW1793E
Reply
The Department did not spend any money on all of the above mentioned
events.
EDI Holdings (Pty) Ltd
(a) No
(b) No
(c) (i) No
(ii) None
(aa) N/A
(bb) (i) N/A
(ii) N/A
(cc) N/A
(dd) (i) N/A
(ii) N/A
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|National Nuclear Regulator (NNR) | |
|The NNR has not purchase any tickets for (a) the 2010 FIFA World Cup | |
|Soccer Tournament, or (b) the Cape Town International Jazz Festival or | |
|any other entertainment event during the financial year 2009-10. | |
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|CEF Group (CEF) | |
|CEF (Pty) Ltd purchased tickets to the value of $18 5000 for the FIFA | |
|World Cup Soccer Tournament | |
|CEF (Pty) Ltd purchased tickets for the Cape Town Jazz Festival to the | |
|value of R38Â 750 | |
|CEF also purchased 17 double tickets for the Standard Bank Jazz | |
|Festival at a cost of R81 900. Ten tickets were also purchased for the | |
|Super 14 Rugby Final | |
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|(dd)(i) In all the events the tickets were made available to business | |
|and media guests of CEF | |
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|(ii). The decision to offer these hospitality opportunities is | |
|informed by the need for CEF to create platforms to network with | |
|business and industry stakeholders, and build better relations with the| |
|media. | |
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|PETROSA â subsidiary of CEF | |
|Yes, PetroSA has purchased a limited number of tickets for the 2010 | |
|FIFA Soccer World Cup. | |
|(b). No, PetroSA has not purchased tickets for the Cape Town | |
|International Jazz Festival this year (c) The only other event | |
|PetroSA has purchased tickets for is the J&B Met. | |
|(bb)(i) 1000 tickets | |
|(ii) PetroSA has taken a decision to utilise South Africaâs | |
|hosting of the World Cup as a platform to engage, build and strengthen | |
|relationships with targeted local and international stakeholders. The | |
|ticket package purchased by the company allows PetroSA an opportunity | |
|to host these stakeholders at games in Johannesburg, Port Elizabeth and| |
|Cape Town. | |
|(cc) The cost of the tickets for the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup was | |
|approximately R12, 5 million. The ticket prices were US dollar | |
|denominated. Participation at the 2010 J&B Met cost R365 000. PetroSA | |
|utilised the opportunity to network with targeted stakeholders | |
|(including customers and staff) critical to its further functioning and| |
|success | |
|(dd)(i) Local and International stakeholders and Staff (50%) | |
|(ii) PetroSA has taken a decision to utilise South Africaâs hosting of | |
|the World Cup as a platform to engage, build and strengthen | |
|relationships with targeted local and international stakeholders. The | |
|ticket package purchased by the company allows PetroSA an opportunity | |
|to host these stakeholders at games in Johannesburg, Port Elizabeth and| |
|Cape Town. Some of these stakeholders include foreign government | |
|representatives, executives of counterpart National Oil Companies, | |
|customers and business associates. PetroSA has consciously also set | |
|aside 50% of the tickets for usage by staff, who have embraced the | |
|event as a rare morale boosting team building initiative. Staff tickets| |
|have been largely allocated by random draw. | |
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|National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) | |
|(a) NERSA has been running Football Friday Competition which started | |
|in February 2010.The objective of the NERSA Football Friday Competition| |
|was to enhance & instil a âProudly South Africanâ culture whereby staff| |
|is motivated and encouraged to show their support for the National | |
|Soccer Team, Bafana Bafana, during the historic (once in a life time) | |
|event of the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup hosted by South Africa from 11 | |
|June 2010 to 11 July 2010. The winner of the competition received two | |
|tickets to attend one of the 2010 FIFA Soccer match. The cost of the | |
|two tickets is R2240.00. The winner of the competition was announced on| |
|Friday, 4 June 2010. | |
|The rules of the completion are as follows: | |
|Three questions (related to National Anthem, SA Coat of Arms, Country | |
|Flag and FIFA World Cup) were asked at the monthly staff meeting | |
|Staff who qualified to enter the competition were those that wore | |
|âBafanaâ T-Shirts, consistently, on âFootball Fridaysâ | |
|Competition forms were distributed to staff members to complete and | |
|placed in the competition box | |
|Panel members were constituted that looked through the competition | |
|forms and ensured that correct answers were placed in a secure box. | |
|Every month there was a winner â the monthly winner qualified to take | |
|part in the final draw to be made on 4 June 2010 â the winner will get | |
|the two tickets. | |
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|(b) â None | |
|(c) - None | |
|South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (NECSA) | |
|No tickets were purchased on behalf of Necsa for any entertainment | |
|event as outlined. | |
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