2024-w676 - 04 April 2024

Mimmy Martha Gondwe to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises

What is (i) the status update on the unbundling of Eskom and (ii) causing a delay in the unbundling of Eskom and (b) on what date does he envisage the unbundling process of Eskom to be concluded?

Reply from the Minister of Public Enterprises on 4 Apr 2024

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1. The restructuring of Eskom into three businesses in line with the President pronouncements is continuing with critical milestones achieved to date. The Eskom Road map envisaged that, the Transmission Company will be the first to be separated from the Eskom Holdings.

National Transmission Company of South Africa (NTCSA) was established as a wholly owned subsidiary of Eskom Holdings. Subsequently, the National Energy ...

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2024-w728 - 04 April 2024

Khayalethu Elvis Magaxa to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises

(1) Whether he has found that it will be appropriate to conclude the SA Airways (SAA) and Mango business rescue processes before the start of the 7th administration; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details: (2) what progress has been made by Global Aviation and Syranix in terms of selling their stake in Takatso Consortium to satisfy the conditional regulatory requirement of the Competition Commission for finalising the sale of the SAA?

Reply from the Minister of Public Enterprises on 4 Apr 2024

  1. The SAA business rescue process concluded on April 30, 2021, subsequent to the filing of the Notice of substantial implementation of the Business Rescue Plan by SAA Business Rescue Practitioners. Meanwhile, the business rescue process for Mango is ongoing and being managed by the Mango Business Rescue Practitioners. Its finalization hinges upon the substantial implementation of the Business Rescue Plan and the filing of ...
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2024-w740 - 04 April 2024

Mimmy Martha Gondwe to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises

(a) What are the relevant details of the steps his department will take to ensure the full implementation of the recommendations of the VGBE Consortium report that was commissioned by the National Treasury, which constitutes an independent assessment of the operational situation at Eskom’s fleet of coal-fired power stations and (b) by what date is it envisaged that the recommendations will be fully implemented?

Reply from the Minister of Public Enterprises on 4 Apr 2024

According to the information received from Eskom:

(a)

The report covers an assessment period from March to May 2023, coinciding with the inception of the Generation Operational Recovery Plan approved by the Eskom Board. During this time, significant developments occurred, including the appointment of Bheki Nxumalo as the Generation Group Executive in mid-April 2023. The Generation Operational Recovery Plan addressed various operational ...

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2024-w579 - 28 March 2024

Mimmy Martha Gondwe to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises

With reference to the recent Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) collision on the export line to Richards Bay which occurred in January 2024, (a) on what date is the investigation into the accident likely to be concluded and the details of the full investigation be made public and (b) what (i) total number of accidents did TFR experience in each of the financial years since 1 April 2021 to date, (ii) total number of the accidents were found to have been as a result of sabotage, (iii) was the outcome of the investigations into each of the accidents and (iv) steps has Transnet taken to minimize TFR accidents?

Reply from the Minister of Public Enterprises on 28 Mar 2024

According to the information received from Transnet:

  1. The Board of Inquiry (BOI) investigating the accident had a first sitting on 5th of February 2024 and held the last the sitting on the 19th of February 2024. The draft report has been circulated to all the BOI members for comments and will be signed off latest 22nd of March 2024.

The BOI report forms ...

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2024-w580 - 28 March 2024

Mimmy Martha Gondwe to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises

What (a) kind of a system does Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) use to schedule and track its freight rail, (b) was the outcome of the tender issued in 2022 for the procurement of a digitised system for the scheduling and tracking of TFR’s freight rail and (c) are the relevant details of the reasons TFR has not implemented a digitised system for the scheduling and tracking of its freight rail?

Reply from the Minister of Public Enterprises on 28 Mar 2024

 

According to the information received from Transnet:

TFR has embarked on a digital transformation journey that aims to change the organisation into a digitally enabled railway operator. The digital transformation journey has three phases to it, namely stabilisation, optimisation, and digitisation.

In the first two phases (stabilisation and optimisation), TFR has been focusing on the stability, availability and reliability of its current systems, ...

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2024-w358 - 22 March 2024

Mzwanele Manyi to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises

In light of the pending tender for the Trans-Kalahari Railway Project in Namibia, what proactive steps has he taken to prevent further diversion of cargo traffic away from the Republic’s ports and safeguard the interests of Transnet against potential loss of business? NW402E

Reply from the Minister of Public Enterprises on 22 Mar 2024

According to the information received from Transnet:

Preliminary competitor analysis demonstrates that the Trans-Kalahari Railway project and port developments in Namibia will have a minimal impact on Transnet Port Terminal’s long term volume growth. This is chiefly due to the following reasons:

  • At the time of commercial operation of the Trans-Kalahari railway project, Transnet would have stabilized its rail and terminal operations as ...
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2024-w356 - 22 March 2024

Mzwanele Manyi to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises

What are the details of the measures that his department has implemented to achieve a significant reduction in cargo traffic through the (a) Port of Durban Harbour and (b) the Port of Richards Bay, particularly concerning cargo bound for Angola and Mozambique, which is now diverted to Port of Lobito?

Reply from the Minister of Public Enterprises on 22 Mar 2024

According to the information received from Transnet:

Multiple long-term strategies are being employed in the Ports of Richards Bay and Durban to reduce congestion in the port precincts. These include:

a) - Greater emphasis on the use of back-of-port storage facilities to minimize road congestion in the port. Durban is working on a mass container evacuation to the back-of-port facility to free up ...

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2024-w357 - 22 March 2024

Mzwanele Manyi to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises

How does his department plan to mitigate the impact of the Port of Maputo's increasing role in handling container imports into the Republic, as well as the export of coal and other minerals, on the operations and competitiveness of the Port of Durban and the Port of Richards Bay?

Reply from the Minister of Public Enterprises on 22 Mar 2024

According to the information received from Transnet:

The Port of Maputo serves two roles to South Africa: as an extension of the South African complementary port system and as a competitor.

In the role as an extension of the South African complementary port system, the Port of Maputo provides import and export capacity that cannot be met by Transnet Port Terminals thus assisting ...

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2024-w297 - 22 March 2024

Robert Alfred Lees to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises

With reference to his reply to question 3248 on 8 January 2024 stating that SA Airways (SAA) was issued with the International Air Services Licence in February 2020, what are the relevant details of the (i) application and (ii) documentation upon which the International Air Services Licence was issued to SAA; (2) Whether he will furnish Mr R A Lees with records of the management accounts that were used in taking into account the financial capabilities of SAA; (3) Who made the application for an International Air Services Licence on behalf of SAA?

Reply from the Minister of Public Enterprises on 22 Mar 2024

According to the information received from SAA:

(1)(i) The license was revised on 14 February 2020 after adding new codeshare destinations to Kenya.

(1)(ii) The basis on which the International Air Services License (IASL) was issued may best be answered by the International Air Services Council.

2. We are unable to share the Management accounts as it contains commercially sensitive information on the ...

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2024-w156 - 08 March 2024

Samantha Jane Graham to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises

With reference to Eskom’s Tarriffs and Charges Booklet 2023-24 there is no Tariff 1 scale applicable to normal prepaid meters, (a) what are the reasons that the specified tariff scaleis not included in the above-mentioned booklet (b) where can consumers find the specified information readily available (c) who determines the scale and (d) what scale is applied to smart meters? (2) Whether smart meters use more electricity than ordinary prepaid meters; if so, what (a) are the reasons for the difference in electricity usage and (b) steps will be taken to mitigate such a difference?

Reply from the Minister of Public Enterprises on 8 Mar 2024

According to Information Received from Eskom:

(1)(a)(b)(c)(d)

Eskom does not have tariffs based on the metering type. Therefore, Eskom tariffs published in the Eskom tariff book are the same for both prepaid and billed supplies and there are no tariffs that are specifically specified as “prepaid”. For example, a customer could be on Homelight 60A and take supply through either a prepaid meter or a post-paid account. ...

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