PARLIAMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO: 963
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 10 May 2013
QUESTION PAPER NO: 15
DATE OF REPLY:
Ms M.R. Shinn (DA) to ask the Minister of Communications:
1) Since 1 January 2011, how many applications under the Promotion of
Access to Information Act, Act 2 of 2000, were received by (a) her
department and (b) entities reporting to her, and in each case, how many
were (i) granted, (ii) refused and (iii) deemed refused under section
27;
2) Since 1 January 2011, how many internal appeals under the Act were
received by (a) her department and (b) entities reporting to her, and in
each case, how many were (i) granted, (ii) refused and (iii) deemed
refused under section 77(7);
3) Who is the information officer for (a) her department and (b) each
entity reporting to her, and in each case, what are the contact details
of the officer?
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REPLY:
Department
(1) (a) The Department received 16 applications.
(i) Granted: 14
(ii) Refused: 2
(iii) Deemed refused under section 27: 0
(2) (a) No internal appeals were received.
(i) Granted: 0
(ii) Refused: 0
(iii) Deemed refused under section 27:0
(3)(a) The Departmentâs Information Officer is Ms Rosey Sekese, the
Director-General.
Tel: 012 427 8167
Fax: 012 427 8016
Private X 860
Pretoria
0001
Email: director-general@doc.gov.za
Entities
SAPO
(1) (a) 14 Applications were received
(i) Granted: 0
(ii) Refused: 14
(iii) Deemed refused under section 27: 0
(2) (b) 8 Appeals were received
(i) Granted: 0
(ii) Refused: 8
(iii) Deemed refused under 27: 0
In all the matters where there had been a refusal to provide information,
the requests were for information which related to Motor Vehicle
Registration and this could be obtained from the Department of Transport
or the relevant Municipality. The South African Post Office (SAPO) only
has access to this information as a consequence of its commercial
relationship with the Municipalities and the Department of Transport. The
information is not South African Post Office information.
3) (b) The information officer for the South African Post Office is Ms. M
Lancaster and her contact details are:
SAPO Head Office
350 Witchazel Avenue
Eco point
Centurion
Pretoria
Tel: 012Â 649 7637
email: Marietjie.lancaster@postoffice.co.za
SENTECH
1 (b) One application was received
i) Granted: 1
ii) Refused: 0
iii) Deemed refused under section 27: 0
2 (b) No internal appeals were received
i) Granted: 0
ii) Refused: nil
iii) Deemed refused under section 27: 0
3(b) The information officer for Sentech is Mr. Zunaid Adams and his
contact details are:
Sentech SOC Ltd
Tel: 011 471 4422
Email: Adamsz@sentech.co.za
Private bag X 06
Honeydew.
.ZADNA
1) (b) No applications were received
i) Granted: 0
ii) Refused: 0
iii) Deemed refused under section 27: 0
2) (b) No internal appeals were received
i) Granted: 0
ii) Refused: 0
iii) Deemed refused under section 27: 0
3(b) The Information for .ZADNA is Mr. Vika Mpisane, the General Manager
and his contact details are:
Tel: 011 314 0077
Cell: 082 880 0715
Email: vika@zadna.org.za
ICASA
1) (b) No applications were received
i) Granted: 0
ii) Refused: 0
iii) Deemed refused under section 27: 0
2) (b) No internal appeals were received
i) Granted: 0
ii) Refused: 0
iii) Deemed refused under section 27: 0
(3)(a) The information officer for ICASA is Mr. Themba Dlamini the Chief
Executive Officer and his contact details are:
Tel: 011 566 3085
Fax: 011 566 3086
Email: ceo@icasa.org.za
NEMISA
1) (b) No applications were received
i) Granted: 0
ii) Refused: 0
iii) Deemed refused under section 27: 0
2) (b) No internal appeals were received
i) Granted: 0
ii) Refused: 0
iii) Deemed refused under section 27: 0
(3)(b) NEMISA does not have an officially designated information officer.
The Company Secretaryâs details are as follows:
Name: Mr. HulisaniMurovhi
Tel: 011 644 4807
Cell: 084 383 7762
Email: hulisanim@nemisa.co.za
USAASA
1) (b) No applications were received
i) Granted: 0
ii) Refused: 0
iii) Deemed refused under section 27: 0
2) (b) No internal appeals were received
i) Granted: 0
ii) Refused: 0
iii) Deemed refused under section 27: 0
(3)(b) No one is appointed as an Information Officer. Applications are
received through the Office of the CEO. The CEOâs details are as
follows:
Mr. Zami Nkosi
Tel: 011 564 1600
Fax: 011 564 1630
Email: zami@usaasa.org.za
P.O. Box 12601
Vorna Valley
1686
SABC
1) (b) No applications were received
i) Granted: 0
ii) Refused: 0
iii) Deemed refused under section 27: 0
2) (b) No internal appeals were received
i) Granted: 0
ii) Refused: 0
iii) Deemed refused under section 27: 0
(3)(b) The Information Officer as delegated by the SABC GCEO is Ms
Mbulu Nepfumbada, Head of Legal. Her contact details are as follows:-
Tel no. 011 714 3434
Email: nepfumbadam@sabc.co.za
Private Bag X1, Auckland Park, Johannesburg, South Africa 2006