SAHA FOIP - Request Tracker

Legal expenses paid by Department of Public Works for litigation for a request made under PAIA.

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Copies of any and all records, or parts of records, relating to legal expenses paid by the Department between 9 March 2001 and 2 March 2015 for any litigation (including proposed litigation) brought in any Court regarding a decision of the Department or Minister of Public Works about a request for information made under the Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2000 (PAIA) setting out the following:
1. The total amount paid (or parts of amounts paid, where only that information is available) whether made to lawyers, Counsel or any witness or other adviser, to defend or conduct that litigation;
2. The total amount paid (or parts of amounts paid, where only that information is available) as a result of:
• a costs order made by a Court, and/or
• an out of court settlement,
for the legal costs of any party or potential party (including amicus curiae) to that litigation;
3. Any internal costs and/or time spent by in-house lawyers or officers responsible for PAIA requests in the Department, to defend or conduct that litigation; and
4. In respect of items 1 to 3 above which litigation the costs/amounts relate to and which calendar year those costs/amounts became payable.

Specifically SAHA notes that this would include records reflecting costs incurred by the department in respect of the following matters:
1. Mail and Guardian Centre for Investigative Journalism v Minister of Public Works (67574/12) [2014] ZAGPPHC 226 (29 April 2014)
[This matter arose out of the Mail and Guardian Centre for Investigative Journalism’s (AmaBhungane) PAIA request to the Department of Public Works for procurement details about President Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla estate]; and

2. Mail and Guardian Centre for Investigative Journalism v Minister of Public Works and others Case No. 52268/13
[This matter arose out of AmaBhungane’s PAIA request for a copy of ministerial task team report on investigation into procurement at Zuma’s Nkandla home].

Information about how the Department of Public Works prevents, investigates, and disciplines cases of internal corruption and conflicts of interest.

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Records including but not limited to policies, procedures, directives, documents, or other information related to:

a) The Department of Public Works copies of policies on the prevention of corruption and conflicts of interest within your department;

b) The Department of Public Works copies of policies on its response to complaints about corruption and conflicts of interest within your department;

c) The Department of Public Works copies of policies on the definition of corruption;

d) The Department of Public Works copies of policies on investigation of corruption, and disciplinary measures within your department;

d) The Department of Public Works copies of policies on how conflicts of interest are defined, investigated, and disciplined within your department.

Information relating to recruitment policy in the Department of Public works

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Any and all records relating to:

(i) Total number of vacant positions in your department (including level of positions) within the past 5years

(ii) Total number of positions advertised within the past 5years

(iii) Total numbers of positions that were vacant but not advertised and reasons thereof within the past 5years

(iv) Total number of position filled after being advertised within the past 5years

(v) Budget allocated to each position within the past 5years

(vi) Human resource policy indicating procedure on filling vacant positions

(vii) Human resource policy indicating time frames to filling positions

(viii) Human resource policy indicating criteria and selection process

Information about how the Department of Public Works prevents, investigates, and disciplines cases of internal corruption and conflicts of interest.

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Records, policies, procedures, directives, documents, or other information related to:

a) How your department prevents corruption and conflicts of interest within your department;
b) How your department responds to complaints about corruption and conflicts of interest within your department;
c) How, when, and by whom corruption is defined, investigated, and disciplined within your department;
d) How, when, and by whom conflicts of interest are defined, investigated, and disciplined within your department.

Records related to the contracting, hiring and retention of building maintenance service providers, including budgets and policies.

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Any and all records related to:
• Allocated budget for maintaining all National departments buildings for the period 2010/11 and 2011/12,

• Amount spent by the Department of Public Works on maintaining national offices and building for the period 2010/11 and 2011/12,

• The departments tendering and procurement processes and procedures and policies for the 2011/2012 year,

• All tender call documents for maintenance of buildings owned and managed by the department for the 2011/2012 year,

• Bidding documents issued by the department for all maintenance work for the 2011/2012 year,

• Tender documents from companies who have been awarded contracts to maintain buildings for the 2011/2012 year,

• All names of companies/ contractors awarded with tenders to maintain buildings and who are currently rendering their services,

• Total cost amounts of contracts awarded to contractors currently rendering their services including retainer fees paid to the service providers,

• Contract period for all contractors currently rendering their services.

Records detailing departmental and ministerial spending on items including catering, air travel, accommodation, meeting venues, vehicles, office space, and security for 2010/11 and 2011/12.

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1. Records detailing the funds spent by the department for the financial years 2010/2011 and 2011/2012 on each of the following:
a) Catering;
b) Air travel;
c) Accommodation;
d) Meeting venues;
e) Security;
f) Purchasing vehicles;
g) Maintaining vehicles;
h) Leasing vehicles;
i) Leasing office space;
j) Maintaining office space;
k) Companies contracted to provide drivers for departmental staff;
l) Team building exercises;

2. Records detailing the expenses of the Minister for the financial years 2010/2011 and 2011/2012, including, but not limited to:
a) Ministerial air travel;
b) Ministerial security;
c) Ministerial accommodation;
d) Purchase of vehicles for the Minister;
e) Maintenance of Ministerial vehicles;
f) Leasing vehicles for the Minister;
g) Petrol costs of the Minister;
h) Payment to any company contracted to provide drivers for the Minister.

3. The policy detailing the procedure and evidence (receipt) requirements in respect of expense claims by employees of the department.

Records relating to the expansion of rail transport in Mpumalanga, including budget, timelines, expected benefits, environmental impact assessments, public consultation and tender processes.

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Any and all records related to the expansion of rail transport in Mpumalanga, including but not limited to:
- projected expenditure on the project;
- proposed timelines for the project;
- expected benefits arising from the project;
- any research on the expected environmental impact of the project;
- details of any public consultation in respect of the project; and
- any tender processes associated with the project that have been conducted to date, including:
o a copy of the call for tender;
o copies of any tenders received;
o a copy of the contract with the successful tender.

Records relating to rail, road and water infrastructure in Waterburg and Steelpoort in Limpopo, including budgets, plans, events, tenders documents and policies.

2019-08-30T00:02:49+00:00

Any and all records related to the development of rail, road and water infrastructure in Waterburg and Steelpoort, Limpopo, including but not limited to:
- the nature of the infrastructure developments;
- projected expenditure on the infrastructure developments;
- proposed timelines for the infrastructure developments;
- expected benefits arising from the infrastructure developments;
- any research on the expected environmental impact of the infrastructure developments;
- details of any public consultation in respect of the infrastructure developments; and
- any tender processes associated with the infrastructure developments that have been conducted to date, including:
o a copy of the call for tender;
o copies of any tenders received;
o a copy of the contract with the successful tender.

Records related to the refurbishment of hospitals and nurses homes, including the venues which will be refurbished, budgets, timelines and tender processes.

2019-08-30T00:02:49+00:00

Any and all records related to the refurbishment of hospitals and nurses homes, including, but not limited to:
- the hospitals and nursing homes that will receive the refurbishment;
- the basis for the selection of those hospitals and nursing homes;
- projected expenditure on the project;
- proposed timelines for the project;
- any tender processes associated with the project that have been conducted to date, including:
o a copy of the call for tender;
o copies of any tenders received;
o a copy of the contract with the successful tender.

Records relating to the construction of a police station in Diepsloot and the delays associated therewith.

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Any and all records relating to the, planning, development and construction of the police station in Diepsloot, including, but not limited to:
1. documents related to the decision to commence the project, including
a. need identified;
b. budgetary basis and justification; and
c. any community consultation undertaken;
2. project plan;
3. copies of all documents related to any tender process related to the project (construction of building, security, equipment, electricity, personnel, police vehicles, etc), including:
a. all tenders submitted;
b. criteria on which tenders were assessed;
c. documents reflecting the application of the criteria in respect of each tender;
d. details of the successful tender;
e. contract with the successful tenderer;
4. reports, assessments or other documents related to the monitoring of the project;
5. minuted outcomes of meetings regarding the implementation of the project;
6. records detailing the delays in completion of the project and the reasons for those delays;
7. plans for future progress with the station;
8. any community consultation or information sessions undertaken in relation to the progress of the project, delays or future plans with the station.