Yes.

1. (a) and (b) It occurs from time to time that prisoners, including emergency regulation detainees to whom the honourable member is possibly referring and as to whom he is probably seeking more information, refuse to eat. In some cases it is indicated to be the start of a so-called hunger strike, but then food is taken at the next mealtime. In other cases meals are refused at successive meal times while other foodstuffs, bought with private cash and in the possession of the detainees, are eaten. This process, with all its variations may be repeated by one detainee or groups on several occasions within a few days and are mostly undertaken on an obviously orchestrated basis.
   I have informed the honourable member in reply to Oral Question No 25 of 2 June 1987, that statistics of so-called hunger strikes by detainees are not kept centrally and can only be obtained and processed with a considerable manpower input. By means of a country-wide survey specially undertaken to enable me to reply to this question, it was ascertained that emergency regulation detainees were involved in 15 such incidents between 1 February 1987 and 31 December 1987 at the following prisons:
   Durban Male Prison
   East London Prison
   Kroonstad Prison
   Modderbee Prison
   Pollsmoor Prison
   Port Elizabeth Prison
   Potchefstroom Prison
   Victor Verster Prison
2. (c) Regulation 3(1) of the regulations published in terms of the Public Safety Act, 1953 (Act 3 of 1953) by Proclamation R109 of 12 June 1986 and R96 of 11 June 1987.
3. (d) In cases where a detainee or any other prisoner indicates his refusal to eat or when the staff notice that food has not been taken during successive mealtimes, the Heads of Prisons consistently act in accordance with internationally accepted practices. Standard procedure includes that:
   • — The serving of the prescribed balanced diet at every mealtime is continued with.
   • — Participants are cautioned regularly about the disadvantageous effects that such an action may have on their health.
   • — Medical treatment is continually available.
   • — Complaints and requests are formally registered on a daily basis and all complaints, requests, causes or imagined reasons advanced for the hunger strike, if any, are thoroughly investigated, attended to and resolved within reasonable limits.

1. (1)
   1. (a) No, no member of the South African Prisons Service was killed by prisoners during 1987.
      1. (i) and (ii) fall away.
   2. (b) Yes.
      1. (i) and (ii)
         Nine (9) members of the South African Prisons Service were seriously injured by prisoners during 1987 at the prisons mentioned below and a further 99 members received medical treatment/consultations for minor injuries sustained as a result of assaults by prisoners:
         Bien Donne
         Sasolburg
         Uniondale
         Victor Verster Medium A
         Witbank Male
2. (2)
   1. (a) Yes.
      1. (i) and (ii)
         All deaths in prisons, where a medical practitioner is unable to certify that the prisoner died as a result of natural causes, are dealt with in terms of Section 86 of the Prisons Act, 1959 (No. 8 of 1959).
         During 1987, 9 prisoners were killed by fellow prisoners at the following prisons:
         Bethlehem
         Goedemoed Medium B
         Greytown
         Kroonstad Medium A
         Kroonstad Medium B
         Malmesbury
         Pollsmoor Maximum
         Vereeniging Male
   2. (b) Yes.
      1. (i) and (ii)
         The South African Prisons Service regards every complaint of an alleged assault, no matter how petty, in a serious light. Prisoners are daily given the opportunity to lodge any complaints or requests, and preventative measures, for example the re-allocation of sleeping quarters or working places, are instituted should it appear that there is reason to believe that a prisoner is threatened.
         In the case of injuries which are related to complaints of alleged assault, a suitable entry is made in a complaints register and/or a register of injuries and besides the necessary medical treatment which may be administered or prescribed by the medical officer, a departmental inquiry into the alleged assault is instituted. Where such complaint is substantiated suitable action is taken in terms of Prisons Regulation 99 in the case of minor assaults, while complaints of serious assault are reported to the South African Police without delay for investigation in order that the legal process may take its normal course.
         In total 1 030 prisoners were injured in such a manner as a result of assault by fellow prisoners in the following prisons, that they had to be referred to prison hospitals or hospitals outside prisons:
         Allandale
         Hawequa
         Paarl
         Staart van Paardeberg
         Barberton Medium A
         Barberton Medium B
         Barberton Maximum
         Nelspruit Male
         Baviaanspoort Maximum
         Louis Trichardt Male
         Pietersburg Male
         Bethal Male
         Geluk
         Bloemfontein Male
         Grootvlei Medium
         Winburg
         Brandvlei Maximum
         Caledon
         Helderstroom Medium
         Stanger
         Durban Medium A
         Durban Medium B
         Durban Medium C
         Durban Female
         George Male
         Uniondale
         Victoria-West
         Goedemoed Medium A
         Goedemoed Medium B
         Middelburg (Cape) Male
         Groenpunt Medium
         Groenpunt Maximum
         Sasolburg
         Vereeniging Male
         Vereeniging Female
         Johannesburg Medium C
         Johannesburg Female
         Kandaspunt
         Douglas Male
         Hopetown Kuruman
         De Aar
         Colesberg
         Potchefstroom Male
         Rustenburg Male
         Wolmaransstad
         Bethlehem
         Frankfort
         Hennenman
         Kroonstad Medium A
         Kroonstad Medium B
         Kroonstad Female
         Ventersburg
         Virginia Male
         Leeuwkop Medium A
         Leeuwkop Medium B
         Leeuwkop Medium C
         Leeuwkop Maximum
         Heidelberg Male
         Modderbee
         Nigel
         King William’s Town
         East London Medium A
         Pietermaritzburg Medium A
         Sevontein
         Estcourt
         Port Shepstone
         Pollsmoor Maximum
         Pollsmoor Female
         Cradock
         Grahamstown Female
         Patensie
         Port Elizabeth Male
         St Albans Medium
         St Albans Maximum
         Graaff-Reinet
         Losperfontein
         Pretoria Local
         Pretoria Maximum
         Pretoria Central
         Pretoria Female
         Voortrekkerhoogte
         Walvis Bay
         Robben Island
         Koelenhof
         Simondium
         Victor Verster Medium A
         Victor Verster Medium B
         Victor Verster Maximum
         Waterval Medium A
         Waterval Medium B
         Ladysmith (Natal)
         Middelburg (Tvl)
         Witbank Male
         Woestalleen
         Dwarsrivier
         Obiqua
         Rawsonville
         Warmbokveld
         Worcester Male
         Zonderwater Medium
         Zonderwater Open

1. (1) Yes, a total of 1 769 complaints of alleged assault was received and registered.
2. (2) Yes.
   The South African Prisons Service regards every complaint of an alleged assault on a prisoner by a member of the Prisons Service, no matter how petty, in a very serious light. In terms of the Standing Prisons Service Orders, every complaint of alleged assault is registered in the appropriate register and properly investigated by the Commanding Officer.
   Likewise, the assault on personnel by prisoners is also not tolerated and offenders are strictly dealt with.
   In respect of 1 184 of the complaints of alleged assault on prisoners by members, no substance could be found after thorough investigation to institute charges against any member of the Prisons Service. Of the remaining 585 complaints a total of 95 was referred to the South African Police for further investigation while 388 complaints resulted in departmental hearings in terms of Prisons Regulation 71(1)(hh) read with Section 53 of the Prisons Act, 1959 (Act no. 8 of 1959). The remaining 102 complaints are still being investigated.
3. (3) The results of the formal charges were as follows:
   Trials in terms of Prisons Regulation 71(1)(hh) read with Section 53 of the Prisons Act:
   144 Members were found guilty on 136 charges.
   198 Members were found not guilty on 187 charges.
   65 Charges involving 72 members are still in the process of finalization.
   Complaints investigated by the South African Police:
   14 Members were found guilty in 11 cases. 5 Members were found not guilty in 5 cases.
   The Attorney-General refused to prosecute in 55 cases involving 101 members.
   In 24 cases involving 26 members the outcome of the Police investigation or the Attorney-General’s decision is not yet available.

1. (1) Information concerning the interest rates determined for individual clients by banks and other financial institutions with regard to a variety of credit and loan transactions, is confidential and not available to the Reserve Bank.
   Interest rates are determined in the market in accordance with the general economic and liquidity situation. Factors which influence interest rates on specific credit transactions are the amount and type of credit involved, the creditworthiness of the client and the available security. Competition among institutions ensures that lending rates reflect the availability of credit and the market conditions prevailing at the time.
   Intervention by the authorities in the determination of lending rates is very limited. In this regard the most important contribution, with a view to preventing the exploitation of the public, is the setting of maximum rates that institutions may charge. It must be stressed that only maximum rates are set and that no indication is given as to the rate which should be charged. As from 4 December 1987 these rates, which are determined in terms of the Usury Act, are as follows:
   Any loan or credit transaction up to and including an amount of R4 000—23 per cent.
   For amounts above R4 000 up to and including R70 000—20 per cent.
   For amounts above R70 000 no maximum is laid down.
   For the period 23 January 1987 to 3 December 1987, the two rates applicable were 23 per cent and 19 per cent respectively. The ruling in respect of amounts above R70 000 was the same.
   The adjustment of the prescribed maximum rates ensures that they also reflected conditions in the financial markets prior to 23 January 1987 The highest limit in force in recent years was during the period 7 August 1984 to 11 February 1986, when a maximum rate of 32 per cent applied to certain transactions. It is important to note that the prime overdraft rate, which is a broad indication of rates on credit transactions (although it applies only to prime clients), reached a maximum of 25 per cent during the period 4 August 1984 to 18 November 1987 and again from 8 January 1985 until 6 May 1985. It may be that contracts entered into at the high rates were still valid for a certain period thereafter.
2. (2) No.

1. (1) Yes.
   1. (a) On 28 February 1987.
   2. (b) At East London.
   3. (c) One.
   4. (d) Vito Roberto Palazzolo.
   5. (e) The duty was fully rebated in terms of item 407.04/87.00/01.00 of Schedule No. 4 to the Customs and Excise Act (Act 91 of 1964). This rebate is afforded in respect of motor vehicles imported by immigrants and according to information available at the time of importation, the importer complied in all respect with the conditions of the rebate item.
2. (2) No, the aforementioned rebate provision is applicable in cases where the motor car is imported by an immigrant who complies with all the conditions specified in such provision.

1. (1)
   1. (a) 1982/83—97,0%
      1983/84—96,9%
      1984/85—93,0%
      1985/86—93,8%
      1986/87—93,5%
   2. (b) 1982/83—R17 895 610
      1983/84—R24 399 092
      1984/85—R35 206 043
      1985/86—R38 777 000
      1986/87—R48 088 092
2. (2)
   1. (a) The Minister of National Education.
   2. (b) A member of the council is appointed for period not exceeding two years, with the exception of the president of the HSRC. The president’s period of office as member of the council is the same as his time of service at the HSRC.
   3. (c) Members of the Council are not remunerated on an annual basis. Each member of the council receives an amount of R193,82 per day for every meeting attended.
3. (3) Yes.
   1. (a) The names of members of the council are as follows:
      Dr J G Garbers (Chairman)
      Prof Francis J Bosman
      Mr D E Cooper
      Dr A B Fourie
      Dr D J Gouws
      Prof W L Nkuhlu
      Prof H W Rossouw
      Mr P Steyn
      Prof K Tober
      Prof T van der Walt
      Prof R E van der Ross
   2. (b) 14 March 1988.

(1) to (2) The hon member’s attention is drawn to the fact that each application for permanent residence is submitted for consideration to the Immigrants Selection Board, which is an autonomous body established in terms of the Aliens Act, 1937 (Act 1 of 1937). The Board considers each application in accordance with the guidelines contained in section 4(3) of this Act. No separate statistics of applicants with criminal records are being kept.

Assuming that the question pertains to the catching of fish and not trading in fish, the reply is —

1. (a) Yes, the selective allocation of exploitation rights to interests outside the vested industry in cases where there is growth in the relevant resource.
2. (b) A continuation of the policy as set out in (a) above.

1. (1) No.
2. (1) (a), (b) and (c) Fall away.
3. (2) Falls away.
4. (3) No.
5. (3) (a) and (b) Fall away.
6. (4) Falls away.

1. (1) No.
2. (1) (a) (b) and (c) falls away.
3. (2) Falls away.
4. (3) No.
5. (3) (a) (b) (i) and (ii) falls away.
6. (4) Falls away.

80.

1. (a) 2 796 students,
2. (b)
   1. (i) 63 students,
   2. (ii) 2 students,
   3. (iii) 71 students,
   4. (iv) 2 660 students;
3. (c) Vaal Triangle Technikon;
4. (d) 31 March 1987.

1. (a) and (b) This information is not available. The SAPSE-information returns which are annually submitted by the Potchefstroomse Universiteit vir Christelike Hoër Onderwys provide information for the University as a whole and not for the separate campuses;
2. (c) falls away.

1. (1)
   1. (a) Yes.
   2. (b) Yes.
      1. (i) 983 in 1986 and 420 in 1987
      2. (ii) The beneficiaries had been assessed medically and not found to be disabled.
2. (2)
   1. (a) 225 in 1986 and 103 in 1987.
   2. (b) Additional medical evidence submitted justified the reinstatement of these disability pensions.

1. (1) Yes.
   1. (a)
      1. (i) 2
      2. (ii) Dashanya Residential Development; Bazaria Housing Utility Company.
   2. (b)
      1. (i) R18,00 per square metre.
      2. (ii) Dashanya Residential Development: 90.
      3. (ii) Bazaria Housing Utility Company: 100.
2. (2) This will depend on an acceptable explanation being advanced as to why the contract could not be completed within the stipulated period and whether it is decided to take steps against such defaulting developers or not.
3. (3) No.
   1. (a) Falls away.
   2. (b) Falls away.
4. (4) See (2) above.

1. (1)
   1. (a) No.
   2. (b) No.
   3. (c) No.
2. (2)
   1. (a) Fails away.
   2. (b)
      1. (i) Falls away.
      2. (ii)
         1. (aa) Falls away.
         2. (bb) Falls away.
   3. (c) Falls away.

Yes. Fully.

Natal: 13

Transvaal: 27

Cape Province: 0

From 1 February 1987 to 31 January 1988.