Issued by: Office of the Presidency
8 May 2002
QUESTION NO 19
Mr D H M Gibson (DP) to ask the Deputy President:
(1) Whether the President has met with a certain person (name furnished); if so,
(a) on what date or dates, (b) where did they meet on each occasion and (c) what was the purpose of each meeting:
(2) Whether the President was promised any donations from the said person; if so, (a) for what purpose and (b) what total amount has been received?
REPLY
Madam Speaker, this question relates to a matter that is before court. In terms of Rule 67 of the Rules of the National Assembly which reads:
"No member shall refer to any matter on which a judicial decision is pending" I am unable to answer this question.
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
QUESTION FOR ORAL REPLY
QUESTION NO: 18
DATE: 08 MAY 2002
Mr AM Mpotshana to ask the Deputy President
(1) what were the most urgent issues identified at the recent summit on moral regeneration held in Pretoria that need to be addressed in order to combat moral degeneration;
(2) whether the government has any plans in place to ensure that the people and communities vital to the success of the moral regeneration movement support it fully; if not, why not; if so, what plans?
REPLY
Madam Speaker, let me remind the House that the recent moral regeneration summit also entailed the launch of a Moral Regeneration Movement that will run for an initial period of four years. The summit identified a number of urgent issues that need to be addressed:
These include:
Proposals will be considered by the Moral Regeneration Movement Working Committee, which will facilitate and co-ordinate the Moral Regeneration processes and initiatives at the provincial and local levels. Government will also play its role, and in this regard, respective Government departments are working out concrete action plans in order to realise the objectives of the movement.
It is important that all of us identify what we can do to aid the process.
At the summit, each delegate was also asked to identify an action that he or she would personally undertake towards the moral renewal of our society. I challenge members of this House to do likewise.
QUESTION FOR ORAL REPLY
QUESTION NUMBER 17
8 MAY 2002
DR P W A MULDER (FF) TO ASK THE DEPUTY RESIDENT:
Whether the Government has given Zimbabwe any financial assistance in the past twelve months; if so, what was the extent of such financial assistance?
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REPLY:
The Government has not provided financial assistance to Zimbabwe in the past twelve months. South African parastatals continue to do business in Zimbabwe but such transactions are undertaken on a purely commercial basis with no financial assistance from the Government.
QUESTION FOR ORAL REPLY
QUESTION NUMBER 21
Mr L Zita to ask the Deputy President
(1) Whether any progress has been made in the implementation of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD); if so, what progress;
(2) (a) what successes have been achieved and/or (b) obstacles encountered in the implementation of NEPAD;
(3) whether the provincial legislatures will play any role in the implementation of NEPAD; if so, what role?
RESPONSE
(1 & 2a) The implementation of NEPAD will gain further impetus after the G8 Summit at the end of June and the African Union Summit at the beginning of July 2002.
I am happy to report that significant progress has been made already. The NEPAD strategic framework document has been successfully presented to the appropriate continental and international institutions and for endorsement and support. Time unfortunately does not allow me to give the details.
Management structures have also been put in place. The NEPAD Heads of State and Government Implementation Committee, as mandated at the OAU Summit last year, has met on two occasions. The NEPAD Steering Committee meets on a regular basis and the NEPAD Secretariat has been operating in South Africa since last October.
Work is currently underway to produce an implementable action plan with concrete projects and programmes. Some of these have to be done in time for the G8 Summit in Canada in June 2002 and for presentation to the African Union Summit in Durban in July.
(2b) An area that still needs more effort is the popularisation of NEPAD and the AU. An undertaking was made in Lusaka last year to popularise NEPAD and the Constitutive Act of the AU in every African state, but this does not seem to be happening to the extent that we would have wished. It is essential that our private sector and civil society structures be also mobilised in support of NEPAD.
(3) The NEPAD document provides many opportunities for provincial involvement. I believe however, that this is an area requiring more consideration and I am encouraged that the National Council of Provinces has set up a working group to look at the implementation of the African Union and NEPAD and will be conducting a workshop with provincial legislatures on the matter shortly.