2021-w1481 - 06 July 2021

Luyolo Mphithi to ask the Acting Minister in The Presidency

(1)Whether her Office has concluded any work exchange and/or employment agreements with any entity of the Republic of Cuba from the 2010-11 financial year up to the 2020-21 financial year; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what (a) total number of Cuban nationals (i) have been employed in each of the specified financial years and/or (ii) are due to be employed in the 2021-23 Medium-Term Expenditure Framework period, (b) are the details of the work that each of the specified Cuban nationals was and/or will be employed to perform, (c) are the details of the specific skills sets that each of the specified Cuban nationals possessed and/or will possess that South African nationals did or will not possess and (d) are the details of the total cost of employing each of the specified Cuban nationals in each case; (2) whether her Office took any steps to ensure that the specific skills set of the specified Cuban nationals were and/or will not be available in the Republic amongst South African citizens; if not, in each case, why not; if so, what are the relevant details of the (a) steps taken and (b) outcomes of the steps taken in this regard?

Reply from the Acting Minister in The Presidency on 6 Jul 2021

  • Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation has not concluded any work exchange and/or employment agreements with any entity of the Republic of Cuba and/or Cuban National from 2010 – 2011 financial year up to the 2020 – 2021 financial year.
  • The Presidency has not concluded any work exchange and/or employment agreements with any entity of the Republic of Cuba and/or Cuban National from 2010 ...
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2021-w885 - 25 June 2021

Mmoba Solomon Malatsi to ask the Acting Minister in The Presidency

(a) What is the breakdown of paid-for interviews on community radio stations by her Office and/or the Government Communication and Information System, for the period commencing 1 January 2020 to 1 March 2021 in the Western Cape, (b) which community radio stations were paid by government for interviews, (c) on what date was each interview done, (d) what was the total Rand value for each interview at each of the radio stations and (e) which individual(s) appeared on each of the interviews?

Reply from the Acting Minister in The Presidency on 25 Jun 2021

 

Number of paid for Radio interviews

Date of the Radio programme

Name of the Community Radio

Name of the Messenger and Theme

Cost

 

4 Interviews

16 Live reads

29 September 2020

30 September 2020

1 October 2020

6 October 2020

14-30 September 2020

WRFM –Witzenberg Radio

Mr P Titus

Mr Maynier

-Tourism Month

Mr P Titus

– Domestic Violence

Mr P Titus ...

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2021-w1075 - 25 June 2021

Mimmy Martha Gondwe to ask the Acting Minister in The Presidency

With reference to the performance agreements concluded with Directors-General (DGs) and/or Heads of Department (HoDs), what (a) measures will be put in place to ensure that DGs and/or HoDs submit their performance agreements within the stipulated time frame, (b) action will be taken against DGs and/or HoDs who fail to submit their performance agreements within the stipulated time frame and (c) action, consequence management or otherwise, will be taken against DGs and/or HoDs who perform poorly in terms of their performance agreements?

Reply from the Acting Minister in The Presidency on 25 Jun 2021

a) The Director – Generals and /or Heads of Departments are most Senior officials in Government and are expected to be exemplary by submitting on time. However, Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation sends reminders of the submission deadlines. In addition, the conclusion of Performance Agreements of Director-Generals and Heads of Departments are part of Performance Agreements of Ministers.

b) Section 7.2 of the ...

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