2018-w3124 - 01 November 2018

Hermanus Bernadus Groenewald to ask the Minister of Science and Technology

Whether, since she served in Cabinet, she (a)(i) was ever influenced by any person and/or (ii) influenced any of her department's employees to take any official administrative action on behalf of any (aa) member, (bb) employee and/or (cc) close associate of the Gupta family and/or (b) attended any meeting where any of the specified persons were present; if so, what are the relevant details in each case? NW 3489E

Reply from the Minister of Science and Technology on 1 Nov 2018

(a) (i) No

(ii) (aa) No

(bb) No

(cc) No

(b) No

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2018-w2841 - 29 October 2018

Chantel King to ask the Minister of Science and Technology

Whether an audit has been conducted on each building occupied by (a) her department and (b) each entity reporting to her for compliance; if not, why not; if so, what were the outcomes of each audit?”

2018-w2842 - 22 October 2018

Chantel King to ask the Minister of Science and Technology

(a) What is the total number of partnership projects that her department embarked on with the Chinese government since 1 January 2014 and (b) What is the estimated investment made by her department and the Chinese government?

Reply from the Minister of Science and Technology on 22 Oct 2018

(a) The Department of Science and Technology (DST) and the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) in China run a Joint Research Programme under the Science and Technology Agreement signed by the parties in 1999. The Joint Research Programme is a joint mechanism for soliciting joint research projects from science communities in both countries, which are evaluated, ranked and funded with matched funds provided ...

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2018-w2454 - 02 October 2018

Mogamad Nazier Paulsen to ask the Minister of Science and Technology

What is the (a) name of each investing company that invested on land owned by (i) her department (ii) each entity reporting to her; and (b)(i) Nature (ii) value (iii) and length of each investment.

Reply from the Minister of Science and Technology on 2 Oct 2018

Department

a)(i) name of each investing company t hat invested on land

b)(i) Nature of investments.

b)(ii)) value investments.

b)(iii) length of each investment.

DST

None

None

None

None

 

Entity

a)(i) name of each investing company t hat invested on land

b)(i) Nature of investments.

b)(ii)) value investments.

b)(iii) length of each investment.

CSIR

None

None

None

None

NRF

None

None

None

None ...

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2018-w2714 - 01 October 2018

Mogamad Nazier Paulsen to ask the Minister of Science and Technology

Whether her department is funding any research into renewable energy, block chain, and water saving; if so, what (a) is the total amount of the funding in each case and (b) are the relevant details of each research?

Reply from the Minister of Science and Technology on 1 Oct 2018

(1) Block Chain is supported by the DST through research projects and human capital development. The total funding provided is R550 000.00 with the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) spending R4 081 800.00 of their Parliamentary Grant on the application and understanding of blockchain and the wider distributed ledger technologies.

(2) Details of the research:

Between 2011 and 2017, the DST funded a ...

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2018-w2593 - 28 September 2018

Mogamad Nazier Paulsen to ask the Minister of Science and Technology

1. What (a) is the total number of (i) deputy Directors-General and (ii) chief directors employed in (aa) an acting and (bb) a permanent capacity in her department and (b) what is the total number of women in each case; 2. what is the total number of (i) chief executive officers and (ii) directors of each entity reporting to the Minister and (b) what is the total number of women in each case.

Reply from the Minister of Science and Technology on 28 Sep 2018

1. (a)(i) 6 Deputy Director-Generals (DDG)

(ii) 21 Chief Directors (CD)

(aa) 3 Acting Chief Directors (CD)

(bb) 18 permanent Chief Directors (CD)

(b) 11 females in each case (1 DDG and 10 CD)

2.

Entity

(a)i

Number of Chief

Executive Officers

(a)ii

Number of directors of each entity reporting to the department

(b)

Number of women in each case

CSIR

01

06

04 ...

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2018-w2737 - 27 September 2018

Mogamad Nazier Paulsen to ask the Minister of Science and Technology

1. Whether her department has any standing agreements and/or contracts with a certain person (Mr Melusi Ntuli), if not what is the position in this regard; if so,(a) when were the agreements and/or contracts signed and (b) what they for in each case?

Reply from the Minister of Science and Technology on 27 Sep 2018

The Department of Science and Technology (DST) does not have any standing agreement with Mr Melusi Ntuli.

The DST is the custodian of the Grassroots Innovation Programme, which is implemented by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) on behalf of the department. Mr Ntuli was a beneficiary to the programme. He concluded a Memorandum of Agreement with the CSIR on 29 November ...

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2018-w2394 - 31 August 2018

Wessels, Mr W to ask the Minister of Science and Technology

1. What number (a) of employees in her department at each post level are currently suspended on full salary and (b) of the specified employees at each post level have been suspended for (i) less than 60 days, (ii) 60 to 90 days, (iii) 90 to 120 days and (iv) longer than 120 days; 2. What is the total amount of cost attached to the days of service lost as a result of the suspensions in each specified case?

Reply from the Minister of Science and Technology on 31 Aug 2018


1. 0

(a) NIA

(b) (i) N/A

(ii) N/A

(iii) N/A

(iv) N/A

2. NIA

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2018-w2053 - 10 July 2018

Wessels, Mr W to ask the Minister of Science and Technology

1.Whether all members of the senior management service (SMS) in her department had declared their interests for the past year as required by the Public Service Regulations; if not, (a) why not, (b) what number of the specified members did not declare their interests and (c) what are the (i) names and (ii) ranks of the specified noncompliant members of the SMS; 2. Whether noncompliant SMS members have been charged; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; 3. What number (a) of employees in her department at each post level are currently suspended on full salary and (b) of the specified employees at each post level have been suspended for the specified number of days (details furnished); 4. What is the total amount of cost attached to the days of service lost as a result of the suspensions in each specified case? NW2207E

Reply from the Minister of Science and Technology on 10 Jul 2018


1. Yes
(a) N/A

(b) N/A

(c) (i) N/A
(ii)NIA

2. N/A

3. (a) N/A
(b) N/A


4. N/A

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2018-w2033 - 02 July 2018

Dean William Macpherson to ask the Minister of Science and Technology

(1) What are the details of the (a) number of accident that vehicles owned by her department were involve(i) in each of the past three years financial years and (ii) since1 April 2018, (b) cost of repairs in each case and, (c)(i) number of and (ii) reason for vehicle being written off in each case; (2) Whether all vehicles owned by her department have tracking, devices Installed?

Reply from the Minister of Science and Technology on 2 Jul 2018

1

 

(ii) 2015/2016

2016/2017

2017/2018

2018/2019

(a)

(i) 01 (one)

N/A

01 (one)

01 (one)

(b)

R14 112.76

N/A

N/A

R11 469.94

(c)

(i)

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

(ii)

N/A

Disposed through Auction

N/A


2. YES

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