RESPONSE TO PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION NO: 1545 (NW1801 )
Mr A Louw (DA) to ask the Minister of Labour:
Whether his 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? NW1801E
Minster of Labour replied:
According to records held by My Department, as well as Public Entities
reporting to me, no tickets to events mentioned in this question have
been purchased.
Responses to this question were sourced from:
1. The Department of Labour (DoL)
2. The Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF)
3. The Compensation Fund (CF)
4. The Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration
(CCMA)
5. The National Economic Development and Labour Council (NEDLAC)
6. Productivity SA
7. The Sheltered Employment Factories (SEF)