DATE OF PUBLICATION OF INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 13/03/2020

INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 09/2020

407.  . Mrs D van der Walt (DA) to ask the Minister of Basic Education:

With regard to funds from the National Lotteries Commission to provide much needed sanitation in Limpopo and Eastern Cape, (a) which schools in each province were beneficiaries of the projects, (b) what was the total amount allocated for the project in both the provinces, (c) what amount was allocated to each company (names and details furnished), (d) what were the details of each contract for each project, (e) was each project completed, (f) who are the owners of the specified companies, (g) how is a certain person (name furnished) involved in the specified companies and (h) how was her department, the Limpopo and the Eastern Cape education departments involved?                                                                                                                    

Response

In regards to the funds from the National Lotteries Commission for the provision of sanitation in Limpopo and Eastern Cape, the DBE liaised with the Provincial Education Departments (PEDs); however, the PEDs have no records of any funding that was obtained / donated by the National Lotteries Commission, as this donation could have been directly donated to the respective schools.  The DBE will contact the Commission in order to obtain the list of those schools that may have benefited from the donation.