Yes, I paid a visit to the South African troops in Angola, where they are stationed, to express my appreciation to those who are protecting South Africa’s interests.

1. (a) No.
2. (b) With a view to the longer-term land requirements of the Black community, the Department of Development Planning is in consultation with various instances on an ongoing basis investigating possible development areas for the Black community of the Greater Algoa Bay area in terms of the Black Communities Development Act, 1984. Due to the location of the area between the Coega and the Sundays Rivers in relation to the existing township of Motherwell, this area is also being investigated as a possible alternative.
3. (c) Two applications for the setting aside of land between the Coega and the Sundays Rivers as Development Areas have been received by the Department of Development Planning. These applications will be considered once the investigation referred to in (b) has been completed.

1. (1) Yes.
   1. (a) Section 18B of the Income Tax Act, Act 58 of 1962, is not to be amended. The policy in accordance with which the provisions of section 18B are applied has, however, been amended.
   2. (b) 1 April 1988.
   3. (c) The policy has been amended to ensure that the loss of revenue by the Government as a result of section 18B will remain realistic.
2. (2) In terms of section 18B a sporting event can be regarded as an international event if the Minister of Finance after consultation with the Minister of National Education is satisfied that —
   * it is a type of event which is commonly participated in on an international basis;
   • * a substantial number of the participants or the key participants are or will be persons who are not residents of the Republic; and
   • * that the holding of such event is or will be of material advantage to sporting activities in the Republic.
3. (3) The Minister of Finance after consultation with the Minister of National Education.
4. (4)
   1. (a) From the commencement of the provisions of section 18B up to 30 August 1988 a total of 185 sporting events have been considered for such rebates.
   2. (b) Forty-eight applications have been dealt with, which represents a total sponsorship allowance of R14 037 104. A sponsorship allowance, in terms of section 18B of the Income Tax Act, Act 65 of 1986, is an amount that a sponsoring company shall be allowed to deduct from its income.

This matter vests in the Administrator of the Cape Province, and he furnished the following information:

1. (1) Yes.
   1. (a) On 30 June 1986 a total deficit of R90 013 168,61, which had accumulated since 1974 when the old Administration Boards were established, existed. This amount represents the deficit of the said Boards, the abolished Western Cape Area Development Board and various Black local authorities.

Rest of question:

No decision has been taken as yet. On 1 July 1986, the accumulated deficit of the erstwhile Western Cape Area Development Board was carried forward to the Cape Provincial Government in terms of section 3(1)(a) of Act 75 of 1986: Abolition of Development Bodies Act, 1986. As soon as the audited accumulated deficit as at 31 March 1988 is ascertained, it will be dealt with in terms of section 3(2)(a) of the said Act.

This matter vests in the Administrators of the respective Provincial Governments. This information, however, was co-ordinated and furnished by the Transvaal Provincial Government:

1. (1) A pension which has not been collected is not cancelled, but only suspended. Such pensions may be restored immediately.
   1. (a) (i) Statistics are only available in respect of the period July 1987 up to June 1988 and the number of pensioners is as follows:

1. (ii) The total amount involved is not available but the average financial implication is R702 per person.

1. (b) Regulation 18(1)(i) of the Regulations framed in terms of the Social Pensions Act, 1973 (Act 37 of 1973). The procedure as laid down by Regulation 18(1)(i) is that if a pensioner applies within two years on the form determined by the Provincial Secretary for the pension to be restored, the Provincial Secretary may order, with due regard to the circumstances, that the lapsed social pension be restored as from such date as he may determine, provided that after a period of two years no application may be made for the restoration of a lapsed pension but that a fresh application should be made for the granting of such a pension.

1. (2) No, not for the present.
   1. (a) and (b) fall away.

The following information was furnished by the Cape Provincial Government:

1. (1)
   1. (a) 1976-77
   2. (b) The Divisional Council of Stutterheim.
2. (2) Yes.
   1. (a) The Department Road Unit of the Cape Provincial Administration.
   2. (b) R1,7 million.
   3. (c) The road was at that time built as a main road with a relatively low traffic count, especially heavy axles. It now forms part of a trunk road which is a direct route from Stutterheim to East London and which will therefore carry the main traffic. This section of road is thus geometrically and structurally not suitable and must be rebuilt in accordance with the required standards.

1. (1) Yes.
   1. (a) Falls away.
   2. (b) The fire-extinguisher in coach 33069 was serviced and checked on 8 June 1988 and that in coach 33042 on 26 June 1988.
2. (2) Yes, at three-monthly intervals, as well as a visual inspection before the departure of a passenger train, to ensure that fire extinguishers have not been tampered with and that the seals are not broken.

1. (1) to (4) The hon member is referred to my replies to oral Questions No 25 on 1 March 1988, No 17 on 26 April 1988 and No 5 on 21 June 1988. In my replies already given in this House, I have mentioned that:
   1. (a) the official of the Department involved in this matter, Mr J D Scheffer, has been provisionally suspended pending the outcome of any legal action that might be taken against him;
   2. (b) the Department is fully co-operating with the SA Police in their investigation;
   3. (c) the SA Police was supplied with all the available information, a police docket was opened and no final decision with regard to suitable legal action has been taken.

The hon member is furthermore referred to the fact that a commission of enquiry under the chairmanship of the hon Mr Justice L T C Harms has been appointed. The terms of reference of the commission are wide enough to include this matter.

The hon member is also referred to a statement by the Minister of Justice in which, inter alia, the following was mentioned:

The Department of Home Affairs has no part in the taking of decisions to prosecute. This is a matter that rests with the Department of Justice. Questions with regard to prosecutions must consequently be put to my colleague, the hon the Minister of Justice.

Finally, I would like to inform the hon member that Mr Scheffer is currently awaiting sentence in another case in the Regional Court, Pretoria, which has no bearing on this matter.

1. (a) 177 and
2. (b) 91 as at 23 August 1988.

It is impossible to quantify the total cost to the State of a specific criminal case. Such cost could, however, relate to the following items:

Case record

2 Assessors

Subsistence and travel allowance for judge and assessors

Witness fees and expenses (for the State) Man hours of judge and state personnel apportioned to the case.

Mr Chairman, not by the Department of Justice.

Order† The hon the Minister has replied to the question as regards his portfolio.

Mr Chairman. Apart from the items I have mentioned that could be either allocated or apportioned to this case, nothing else has been expended by the Department of Justice.

(1) to (4) I had enquiries made at the Attorney-General and according to him it appears from the case record that Peter Kaye-Eddie is standing trial on a charge of contravening section 26(1) of the Group Areas Act, 1966 (Act 36 of 1966). The case record is a public document and should the hon member require any other information he is at liberty to approach the Clerk of the Court, Benoni, in this regard. The number allocated to the case record is Benoni SH 282/88.

1. (1) The Inland Revenue Branch of the Department of Finance is aware of such malpractices.
2. (2) In terms of regulations made in July 1987 under the Sales Tax Act, 1978, as amended with effect from 1 August 1987, liquor traders from neighbouring states may no longer take possession of liquor in South Africa free of sales tax. It is only where liquor sold in South Africa is delivered or consigned by the seller to the purchaser’s address outside South Africa and proof of such delivery or consignment is kept by the seller, that the sale of such liquor is exempt from sales tax. Whenever reports of malpractices in that regard have been received by Inland Revenue, an investigation has been launched, resulting to date in payment of well over R1 million in sales tax and penalty being claimed from the liquor traders concerned. Further investigations are still in progress.
3. (3) In regard to liquor which is exported from South Africa and then finds its way back into South Africa, there is a clear charge to sales tax in respect of the importation into South Africa of such liquor. However, the lack of clearly defined borders and border control measures such as between some of South Africa’s neighbouring states makes effective enforcement of the provisions of the Sales Tax Act extremely difficult. This is a problem which is receiving consideration in the drafting of legislation with a view to introducing the value-added tax recently announced by the Government.

Mr Chairman, we obviously do not know how much has been lost, otherwise we would have retrieved it.

1. (1) Yes.
2. (2) Yes.
   1. (a) 16 June 1988.
   2. (b) The pavement stones which were pointed out to the South African Police and on which blood was alleged to be present, were forensically examined by the South African Police. The examination of these stones indicated no traces of blood.

Order† The hon member is making a speech. That is not allowed. [Interjections.]

Order† There is nothing further arising. I put Question No 12.

I did not hear the hon member say that. Did the hon member say it?

Order! Did the hon member say it with the intention of casting a reflection on the Chair?

Order! No, I request the hon member to answer my question, please.

1. (1) Yes. On 8 June 1988 Gen Bantu Holomisa accompanied by Brig T T Matanzima, Acting Commander of the Transkei Defence Force, and Col C Duly, Member of the Military Council of Transkei, held discussions in Cape Town inter alia with me, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, the South African Ambassador in Transkei and members of the Department of Foreign Affairs concerning a number of matter of bilateral interest as well as the security situation in Southern Africa. I was at that time aware of allegations to the effect that JALC Holdings (Pty) Ltd had been refused payment for the construction of a housing project in Ezebeleni and that the Company was faced with insolvency unless payment was effected. Representations had even been made to the SA Government for the Government to suspend further budgetary assistance to the Transkei Government until such time as JALC Holdings had been compensated for the work which they had completed. Although the Department of Foreign Affairs was not involved in this project, we were concerned about the possibility that the project would not be completed and that the Transkei Government would eventually be left holding the baby. The creditors of JALC Holdings could probably have instituted a claim against JALC Holdings and eventually funds would have had to be found by the Transkei Government to repair faulty work and possibly to round off uncompleted work. This in turn could have created an irksome budgetary problem for the Transkei because there would simply not have been funds available for this and my Department could also not have accepted responsibility for it. I therefore asked Gen Holomisa whether he could inform me of the circumstances surrounding this matter. He explained that some of the houses had sustained cracks and that his Government did not intend to pay JALC before the work had been satisfactorily completed. Gen Holomisa also referred to the enquiry of the Alexander Commission and indicated that his Government were waiting for its findings inter alia in as far as it concerned JALC. I agreed entirely with Gen Holomisa that no money should be paid for uncompleted work and also not for defective work. I further stated that the Transkei Government could possibly consider whether it would not be desirable for the legal representatives of the respective parties to discuss the matter in order to obviate the Transkei Government’s eventually being saddled with all these financial woes. When I learned a few days later that rumours were spreading to the effect that I had persuaded Gen Holomisa to favour JALC, I telephoned the South African Ambassador in Umtata personally and asked him to inform Gen Holomisa that my advice to him was under no circumstances to pay a cent until there was clarity on the implications of the various possible developments.
   I may add that my Department and I were already concerned some years ago about the allegations of corruption and misapplication of state funds in Transkei. I and my Department made several attempts to have the allegations investigated by the Transkei Government. It was not an easy task because the Transkei is an independent sovereign state. Nevertheless on more than one occasion I put it to members of the Transkei Government that allegations about corruption and misapplication of state funds in the Transkei were increasing and that it was in the interest of the Transkei to have a proper investigation instituted. In the end the Transkei Government agreed with me and themselves appointed the Commission of which Judge T H van Reenen was the Chairman. This Commission was appointed on 26 February 1986 by the State President of Transkei to investigate the actions of the Department of Commerce, Industry and Tourism. Thereafter I and my Department played an active role in getting the Alexander Commission appointed on 21 August 1986 and in making the funding of the Commission’s costs possible. This Commission was appointed to investigate the activities of the Transkei Department of Works and Energy. On 11 January 1988 the Commission’s mandate was expanded to investigate gambling rights and related matters.
2. (2) No. There was, however, a case concerning an affiliated company, Temba Construction, details of which I furnish gladly.
   The Transkei Government approached the RSA for financial assistance to the value of R8,3 million for the construction of 231 housing units for the Transkei police, and in 1987 an agreement was concluded with Transkei in terms of which 231 housing units would be constructed at a cost of approximately R12 million for the Transkei police in Umtata. Transkei’s contribution to the project was to have been approximately R3,7 million.
   While the negotiations for the loan were still in progress, Transkei, without liaising with the RSA and contrary to agreed procedures, awarded a tender for the construction of the housing units to Temba Construction (Pty) Ltd, an affiliated company of JALC Holdings. In addition it was learnt that the number of housing units had been reduced in the tender to 134 but that the costs were to be the same as for 231 units. As a result of this the Department of Foreign Affairs informed the Transkei Government that it was not prepared to proceed with the loan agreement.

It would not be in the public interest to publish this information, but the Department of Foreign Affairs will be pleased to furnish available information to the hon member on a confidential basis. I can, however, assure the hon member that the South African Government at all times takes all steps available to it to look after the interests of those concerned.

Mr Chairman, I thought I had made it clear to the hon member that should he personally be interested, we will furnish him with information, but I consider it to be neither in the person’s nor South Africa’s interest to divulge this information in public. Should he, however, personally be interested — I do not doubt his personal interest — he can obtain the information.

The position of the South African Government on this matter is contained in a statement of the hon the State President dated 21 September

1987.

Yes.

1. (a) The Director: Media Liaison.
2. (b) At the invitation of the Department of Foreign Affairs, to assist with the handling of the large number of foreign media representatives who converged on Cairo to cover the talks.
3. (c)
   1. (i) The Minister of Information, Broad casting Services and the Film Industry.
   2. (ii) The Department of Foreign Affairs in respect of transportation and the Bureau for Information in respect of accommodation.
4. (d) There was no transportation expense for the Bureau for Information in view of the fact that the Department of Foreign Affairs chartered an aircraft for the visit. Accommodation costs amounted to R560,67.

Before the visit, Sir.

1. (1) Yes.
   1. (a) On 10 June 1988.
   2. (b) Section 29(1) of the Internal Security Act, 1982 (Act 74 of 1982).
   3. (c) I am not prepared to furnish these particulars.
   4. (d) 12 June 1988.
   5. (e) The name furnished by the hon member.
2. (2) No. He escaped from lawful custody.
3. (3) (a) and (b) Yes. On 4 July 1988 the South African Police informed his family through their legal representative.
4. (4) Yes. The case is still being investigated.

Order† The hon member must put his question.

Mr Chairman, as I indicated to the hon member, this person’s attorneys were informed on 4 July that he had escaped from detention, and that was our official notification to them.

1. (1) Yes. The name furnished by the hon member.
2. (2) Yes. The case docket has been forwarded to the Attorney-General for his decision.
   1. (a) and (b) fall away.
3. (3) and (4)
   A number of persons were arrested on a charge of murder and are at present still in detention. The court released one of these persons on bail.

1. (1) The transport and accommodation cost of the two officials amounted to R1 687,83. No entertainment expenses were incurred. There were no additional salary expenses.
2. (2) No.
   The officials went to George in the course of their normal duties regarding liaison with the local and foreign media as well as the furnishing of information regarding the development of Tembalethu.
3. (3)
   1. (a) The officials organized a press conference during which the Town Council as well as the MP for George had the opportunity to state their cases.
   2. (b) The officials did not act on behalf of the Town Council of George.

(1) and (2) The case is sub judice because it forms part of an interdict against the Minister of Defence, and no information can therefore be disclosed.

1. (a)
   1. (i) One.
   2. (ii) Judge — in view of the promotion of Mr Justice Howard to the position of Judge President.
   3. (iii) 1 September 1988.
2. (b) In due course. An acting judge has been appointed in order to maintain the numerical strength of the Bench concerned in the mean time.

1. (1) Yes, three schools, namely Mafeking High School, Mafeking Primary School and the Mafeking Preparatory School.
   1. (a) On the incorporation of Mafikeng into Bophuthatswana the governments of the RSA and Bophuthatswana entered into an agreement whereby the Cape Education Department shall have the right to establish, manage and maintain schools in Mafikeng.

1. (2) Yes, in addition to the general conditions they are also entitled to the following:
   Foreign service allowance; rent allowance where applicable; free housing where possible; refund of monthly housing instalment; payment of rates and taxes levied on property; free domestic electricity, water and gas; payment of travelling expenses where applicable; and transfer costs.

Mr Chairman, at the moment I am not quite sure, but I assume that they would be White children only. However, I can give the hon member the answer if he will call me at my office. At the moment I am not sure.

1. (1) Because the courses provided by the provincial education departments vary in accordance with local needs.
2. (2) No, not for the majority of pupils. The marks of pupils who elect to study an African language as a third language up to Std 10 are taken into consideration for promotion purposes.
3. (3) The hon member is referred to part (2) of the answer to his question 152 on 9 June 1988.
4. (4) No.

1. (a)
   1. (i) No, only private schools registered in terms of section 2 of the Private Schools Act (House of Assembly), 1986, fall under my Department. Private schools may also register with other Education Departments.
   2. (ii) Pre-primary, primary and secondary schools registered with the Department.
2. (b)
   1. (i) Schools instituted in terms of the various provincial Education Ordinances and the Educational Services Act, 1967, and which fall under the provincial education departments, the TED, CED, NED and OFSED, fall under my Department. Children of diplomats and members of consular missions may attend these schools.
   2. (ii) pre-primary, primary and secondary schools referred to in (b)(i).

(1) and (2) In terms of section 2(1) of the National Policy for General Education Affairs Act, 1984 (Act No 76 of 1984) norms and standards for the financing of education fall under the Minister of National Education.

Mr Chairman, the reply is quite clearly that the formula falls under the discretion of the hon the Minister of National Education, and we act on that basis.

No, not at this stage.

1. (1) No. The concept of Local Councils is new in local government affairs and a variety of matters have to be taken into account in the preparation of regulations to ensure the orderly establishment of local councils. For this reason a private Law Consultant and expert in Local Government affairs has been appointed to prepare the regulations which, on account of their comprehensiveness, could not be provided to me on the anticipated date.
   The draft regulations have recently come to hand and I have requested the comments of the United Municipal Executive of South Africa.
   I am likewise requesting the comments of the Association of Combined Divisional Councils, the Administrators of Provincial Administrations and those institutions in Local Areas which have already indicated their interest in establishing Local Councils. I expect these comments by 23 September 1988.
   After the comments have been considered the regulations will be finalised and promulgated. This will enable me to proceed with the establishment of local councils.
   I refer to my recent interview with the hon member for Constantia, when I informed him of the developments, and I shall be pleased to receive his comments on the draft regulations.
   1. (a), (b) and (c) (i) and (ii) fall away.
      I may add that services in local areas are being rendered by the Western Cape and Algoa Regional Services Councils by virtue of agreements I have entered into in this regard.
2. (2) No. Please refer to my aforementioned reply.
   Bodies from 14 Local Areas have since applied for the status of local councils.

Mr Chairman, we will do our utmost to achieve that as soon as possible after 26 October. That is our intention.