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729 THURSDAY, 23 OCTOBER 2008
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pation. It is also worth mentioning
that this list is not exhaustive,
given that academics collaborate
extensively with many other colleagues
when conducting their research.
We have not collected
information to this level of detail.
(2) No further work is envisaged for the
IGAP at this stage, because it has
fulfilled all its contractual obligations
to the National Treasury. The Harvard
College agreement came into effect on
1 January 2006 and ended on 30 June
2008. Many members of the panel,
however, will probably continue to
work on issues covering South Africa,
either at their own expense or through
other projects.
Separate contracts with South African
academics only terminate on 31 March
2009, and it is envisaged that they will
continue to play a role in growth
research.
Government will fund local academics
in both growth and other economic
issues, via its funding of the Economic
Research South Africa (ERSA), a research
foundation which supports
South African academics in conducting
economic research.
All the above research is funded under
Programme 6 of the National Treasury
budget.
Department’s annual reports
1702. Mr A J LEON (DA) asked the Minister
of Foreign Affairs:
In respect of the 2007-08 annual report of
her department and the annual reports of
each statutory and other entity reporting
to her, (a) what was the (i) budgeted cost,
(ii) actual cost and (iii) unit cost of each
annual report and (b) how many copies of
each were (i) produced and (ii)
distributed? N113ENG
The MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS:
There are no statutory and other entities
reporting to the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
In respect of the 2007-08 annual report of the
department
(a) the
(i) budgeted cost was R310 000 (inclusive
of projected distribution costs of
R60 000)
and
(ii) actual cost was R197 028,77 (exclusive
of distribution costs) and
(iii) unit cost of each annual report was
R65,67 and
(b) the amount of copies
(i) produced were 3 000 and
(ii) thus far 1 800 copies have been
distributed.
Problems affecting Land Bank
1741. Dr A I VAN NIEKERK (DA) asked
the Minister of Finance:
(1) Whether he has taken any steps to
address the financial and operational
problems affecting the Land Bank,
including allegations of poor lending
practices, wasteful expenditure and
fraud as reported in the 2007-08
Annual Report, if so what steps; if
not why not;
(2) whether any steps will be taken; if
not why not; if so what steps?
NW2526E
The MINISTER OF FINANCE:
(1) I have instructed the Land Bank to
develop a turnaround strategy to address
the financial and operational
problems affecting the Bank. This entails:
● The clean-up of the Bank that addresses
the issues raised by both the