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House of Assembly: Vol7 - FRIDAY 19 FEBRUARY 1988

FRIDAY, 19 FEBRUARY 1988 HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY

† Indicates translated version.

For written reply:

General Affairs:

Unemployment Insurance Fund: balance 20. Mr P G SOAL

asked the Minister of Manpower:

  1. (1) What was the balance of the Unemployment Insurance Fund at the end of 1987;
  2. (2) (a) what was the total amount (i) paid into the Fund by State employers and employees and (ii) paid out in benefits in that year and (b) to how many applicants were benefits paid;
  3. (3) (a) what is the present average rate of interest received by the Fund and (b) what amount was paid from the Fund in 1987 in respect of administration costs;
  4. (4) (a) what total amount in unclaimed money is held in the Fund and (b) how many persons are involved in this amount;
  5. (5) how many employers were registered with the Unemployment Insurance Fund as at 31 December 1987?
 The MINISTER OF MANPOWER:
  1. (1) R309 650 152
  2. (2)
    1. (a)
      1. (i) R24 977 480
      2. (ii) Separate figures on the total amounts paid in benefits to unemployed contributors in the various sectors, including those who were in the employment of the State, are not kept. The total amount paid out in benefits to all beneficiaries amount to R388 274 527.
    2. (b) A total of 395 888 applicants who were in the employment of the State and the private sector received benefits during 1987. Separate figures on the number of unemployed contributors who were in the employment of the State, who received benefits during 1987, are not kept.
  3. (3)
    1. (a) 8,68 per cent.
    2. (b) R23 585 013
  4. (4)
    1. (a) Particulars are not available.
    2. (b) Figures are not available.
  5. (5) 135 567

NOTE: All of the above-mentioned figures are provisional and subject to audit.

 Wage regulating machinery 22. Mr P G SOAL

asked the Minister of Manpower:

  1. (1) How many (a) industrial council agreements, (b) conciliation board agreements, (c) arbitration awards, (d) Wage Board determinations and (e) orders in terms of the Labour Relations Act, No 28 of 1956, were in force as at the latest specified date for which figures are available;
  2. (2) how many (a) Whites, (b) Coloureds, (c) Asians and (d) Blacks were affected by each of the above five categories of wage regulating machinery as at that date?
 The MINISTER OF MANPOWER:

The figures are as at 31 December 1987:

  1. (1)
    1. (a) 86
    2. (b) None
    3. (c) None
    4. (d) 51
    5. (e) 5
  2. (2)

(a) Whites

(b) Coloureds

(c) Asians

(d) Blacks

Industrial council agreements

148 660

216 591

72 346

527 284

Conciliation board agreements

—

—

—

—

Arbitration awards

—

—

—

—

Wage Determinations

161 099

136 709

41 089

571 177

(Estimated figures)

Orders

All races: 129 969 (Separate figures are not readily available)
Apprenticeship contracts 23. Mr P G SOAL

asked the Minister of Manpower:

  1. (1) How many new apprenticeship contracts were registered in each trade in 1987 in respect of (a) White, (b) Coloured, (c) Asian and (d) Black persons;
  2. (2) what total number of apprenticeship contracts was in operation in 1987?
 The MINISTER OF MANPOWER:

The following statistics are as at 31 December 1987:

(1)

Industry

(a) Whites

(b) Coloureds

(c) Asians

(d) Blacks

Aerospace

274

2

—

3

Automobile Manufacturing

40

23

2

15

Building

131

117

21

17

Coal Mining

—

—

—

—

Diamond Cutting

8

—

—

—

Electrical Contracting Industry

92

21

7

7

Electricity Supply Undertaking

104

—

—

1

Explosives and Allied Industries

101

3

5

4

Furniture

17

9

10

—

Government Undertakings

207

19

—

—

Hairdressing

517

22

17

6

Jewellers and Goldsmiths

20

—

1

1

Local Authority Undertaking (Northern Transvaal)

40

—

—

—

Metal (Engineering)

2 322

247

153

269

Mining and Building-Mines

1 416

48

16

185

Motor

933

97

64

23

Printing

172

51

16

6

SA Transport Services

207

1

—

1

Sugar Manufacturing and Refining

7

3

17

19

Tyre and Rubber Manufacturing (PE, Uitenhage and Brits)

25

2

1

—

TOTALS

6 633

665

330

557
  1. (2) A total of 25 689 contracts of apprenticeship were in operation on 31 December 1987.
 Registered trade unions: confinement of membership 33. Mr P G SOAL

asked the Minister of Manpower:

  1. (1) How many registered trade unions confined their membership to (a) White, (b) Coloured/Asian and (c) Black persons as at the latest specified date for which figures are available;
  2. (2) (a) how many racially registered trade unions were there, and (b) how many (i) White, (ii) Coloured and Asian and (iii) Black persons were members of trade unions, as at that date?
 The MINISTER OF MANPOWER:
  1. (1)
    1. (a) 41
    2. (b) 29
    3. (c) 29
  2. (2)
    1. (a) 106
    2. (b)
      1. (i) 446 779
      2. (ii) 310 196
      3. (iii) 835 122

There were also 287 303 members of registered trade unions in respect of whom no classification according to the various population groups was made.

NOTE: Statistics are as at 31 December 1987.

 Unemployment insurance cards: employers prosecuted 36. Mr P G SOAL

asked the Minister of Manpower:

Whether any employers were (a) prosecuted and (b) warned in 1987 for failing to keep their employees’ unemployment insurance cards up to date; if so, how many in each category?

 The MINISTER OF MANPOWER:
  1. (a) and (b) Altogether 4456 employers were prosecuted and many others were warned for not complying with various provisions of the Unemployment Insurance Act, 1966. Separate figures on contributors’ record cards are not readily available.