asked the Minister of Communications:

1. (1) Whether there are any restrictions on private persons and companies owning and/or using television satellite dishes; if so, what restrictions;
2. (2) whether any person or authority licenses the private ownership of television satellite dishes; if so, (a) what person or authority and (b) (i) how many have been so licensed and (ii) in respect of what specified period is this information furnished;
3. (3) whether any applications have been received for the private use of television receiving installations by private persons and/or companies; if so, how many such applications were (a) received and (b) granted;
4. (4) whether he will make a statement on the matter?

B337E

asked the Minister of Public Works and Land Affairs:†

Whether the State has purchased certain land in the Ellisras district for use by the South African Defence Force; if so, (a) when, (b) for what price, (c) for what purpose (i) was this land purchased and (ii) is it being used at present (d) (i) what improvements have been made by the State since the acquisition and (ii) what is the cost of these improvements per square metre of such improvements?

B481E

asked the Minister of National Health and Population Development:

1. (1) How many posts had been established as at 31 December 1988 for (a) nurses, (b) paramedics, (c) medical staff, (d) administrative staff and (e) other staff at the (i) Baragwanath Hospital, (ii) Coronation Hospital, (iii) H F Verwoerd Hospital, (iv) Johannesburg Hospital, (v) Kalafong Hospital and (vi) Paul Kruger Memorial Hospital in Rustenburg;
2. (2) whether any posts at these hospitals were frozen as at 31 January 1989; if so, how many in each category in respect of each hospital;
3. (3) (a) how many applications were made from each of these hospitals in each category for the unfreezing and filling of posts in 1988 and (b) how many applications were (i) granted and (ii) refused in each case?

B491E

asked the Minister of National Health and Population Development:

1. (1) What was the (a) number of commissioned beds as at 31 December 1988 at the (i) J G Strijdom, (ii) Coronation, (iii) Johannesburg, (iv) Hillbrow and (v) Baragwanath Hospital, (b) average bed occupancy rate, expressed in percentage, in respect of each of the above hospitals for the 1986-87 and 1987-88 fincial years, respectively, and (c) staff establishment at each such hospital as at 31 December 1988 (i) in total and (ii) for (aa) medical, (bb) nursing,(cc) paramedical, (dd) adminsitrative and (ee) each specified other category of staff;
2. (2) how many vacant posts were there (a) in total and (b) in each specified category of staff at each of these hospitals as at 31 Decembr 1988?

B538E

asked the Minister of National Health and Population Development:

1. (1) What was the (a) number of commissioned beds as at 31 December 1988 at the (i) Groote Schuur, (ii) Red Cross War Memorial, (iii) Tygerberg, (iv) Woodstock and (v) New Somerset Hospital, (b) average bed occupancy rate, expressed in percentage, in respect of eachof the above hospitals for the 1986-87 and 1987-88 financial years, respectively, and (c) staff establishment at each such hospital as at 31 december 1988 (i) in total and (ii) for (aa) medical, (bb) nursing, (cc) paramedical, (dd) administrative and (ee) each specified other category of staff;
2. (2) how many vacant posts were there (a) in total and (b) in each specified category of staff at each of these hospitals as at 31 December 1988?

B539E

asked the Minister of National Health and Population Development:

1. (1) Whether an actuarial report on the Government Service Pension Fund was completed in 1988; if so, what surplus or deficit did it show; if not, (a) why not and
2. (b) when is it anticipated that it will be completed;
3. (2) whether the report is or will be available to members of Parliament; if not, why not; if so, when;
4. (3) whether actuarial valuations have been made of any other pension funds under the control of his Department; if not, why not; if so,(a) of which funds, (b) when and (c) what were the results of each such valuation;
5. (4) whether these valuations are available to members of Parliament; if not, why not?

B553E

asked the Minister of National Health and Population Development:

1. (1) Whether public servants receive any time bonuses for years of service for the purpose of determining the size of their gratuities; if so, what is the (a) nature and (b) cost to the State of the gratuities given for such bonus time;
2. (2) whether any time bonuses were taken into account in determining gratuities paid out in (a) 1985, (b) 1986, (c) 1987 and (d) 1988; if so, what total amount of money ws involved in each case?

B555E

asked the Minister of Justice:

How many companies were placed under compulsory liquidation in the area of each Master of the Supreme Court in 1988?

B587E

asked the Minister of Justice:

How many persons were declared bankrupt in each Division of the Supreme Court in 1988?

B588E

asked the Minister of Defence:

(a) How many persons were in detention in each detention centre of the South African Defence Force as at (i) 31 December 1988 and (ii) the latest specified date for which information is available and (b) for what offences was each of them in detention as at those dates?

B598E

asked the Minister of Economic Affairs and Technology:

1. (1) Whether South Africa exports petrol to any African countries; if so,(a) to what countries and (b) at what price per litre in each case;
2. (2) whether his Department is kept informed of the retail selling price of petrol in these countries; if so, what price is charged per litre in each of them?

B686E