PARLIAMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
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FOR WRITTEN REPLY
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION NO: 3094
DATE REPLY SUBMITTED TO PARLIAMENT: Monday, 26 November 2012
Mrs D Robinson (DA) to ask the Minister of Correctional Services:
(1) Whether his department is currently subscribed to The New Age (TNA)
newspaper; if so, (a) how many subscriptions does his department have,
(b) when was each subscription initiated, (c) what has been the annual
subscription fee for each specified subscription since it was
initiated and (d) what is the exact purpose of each subscription;
(2) whether a discount was negotiated for any of the specified
subscriptions; if so, (a) for which specified subscriptions and (b)
what discount in each case;
(3) whether his department has mass-purchased the TNA on an ad hoc basis
since the inception of the newspaper; if so, (a) on what dates, (b)
how many copies in each case and (c) why were the papers purchased in
each case;
(4) whether (a) the publishers of the TNA and (b) any other entity
donated copies of the paper to (i) his department and (ii) any entity
reporting to him; if so, in each case, (aa) which entity donated the
papers, (bb) to which entity were they donated and (cc) how many
copies were donated? NW3923E
REPLY:
1) Yes.
(a) One (1)
(b) The subscription started in January 2011.
(c) The annual subscription fee is R767.54 per annum.
(d) Head office subscribes to The New Age (TNA) newspaper for media
monitoring purposes.
2) No discount has been negotiated.
(a) and (b) Fall away.
(3) The department has never mass purchased the TNA since its
inception.
(a), (b) and (c)
Fall away.
(4) (a) No
(b) (i) and (ii) Yes
(aa) On the Dot Distributing Company
(bb) None. The copies were donated to the Department.
(cc) Fifty (50) copies were donated.