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547 TUESDAY, 14 OCTOBER 2008
548
Criminal Procedure Act, Act 51
of 1977, on an ongoing basis.
● Plea bargaining in terms of section
105A of the Criminal Procedures
Act, 1977 will be
marketed by both the Department
of Correctional Services
and the National Prosecuting
Authority through notices and
pamphlets.
● Awaiting-trial children will not
be referred to the Correctional
Centre except in exceptional
cases as stipulated in section 30
of the Child Justice Bill.
● A facility audit will be undertaken
at Mqanduli, Engcobo,
Nqeleni and Mount Frere Correctional
Centres. A total of
± 600 awaiting-trial detainees
from these four correctional
centres are detained at Mthatha
because the ceilings of these
facilities are not reinforced and
need to be upgraded.
● The transfer of low-risk awaiting-trial
detainees to correctional
centres close to Mthatha.
● Implementation of a regional
transfer plan focusing on sentenced
offenders with a medium
security classification.
The abovementioned resolutions
already resulted in a decrease by
46,20% in the occupation level
(from 343,44% to 297,24%) up to
20 August 2008.
(2) No.
Pensions/benefits paid out to Transnet
pensioners
1584. Dr S M VAN DYK (DA) asked the
Minister for Public Enterprises:
(1) What is the (a) lowest and (b) highest
single amount that was paid out in
pension or benefits to (i) pensioners
falling under the Railways and
(2)
Harbours Amendment Act, Act 26 of
1941, and (ii) normal pensioners of
the Transnet Second Defined Benefit
Fund in June 2008;
what was the average net monthly
pension for (a) pensioners under the
Railways and Harbours Amendment
Act, Act 26 of 1941, and (b) normal
pensioners in June 2008;
(3) (a) how many trustees manage the
fund and (b) what annual compensation
and other financial benefits do
they receive;
(4) what is the annual financial (a) compensation
and benefits of each member
of Transnet’s board of directors and (b)
package of Transnet’s chief executive
officer (CEO)? NW2332E
The MINISTER FOR PUBLIC ENTER-
PRISES:
(1) (a) The lowest single amount paid in
June 2008 to a pensioner falling
under the Act was R225,66. The
pensioner concerned retired on
1 August 1988, after completion
of 18 years of service and was
receiving a salary of R437,50 per
month at retirement. In 2007, this
pensioner received an ex gratia
bonus from Transnet of approximately
R9 850,58 and received an
ex gratia bonus of approximately
R6 211,20 in 2008. This is in
addition to the bonuses paid by the
TSDBF of R34,04 in 2007 and
R68,08 to date for 2008.
(b) (i) The highest single amount paid
in June 2008 to a pensioner
falling under the Act was
R774,80. The pensioner retired
on 16 September 1974 after
completion of 22 years of service
and received a salary of
R75 per month at retirement.