Question No. 581
Mr MM Swathe (Democratic Alliance) to ask Minister in the Presidency: Performance Monitoring and Evaluation as well as Administration in the Presidency:
(1) Whether the National Youth Development Agency has established branches in each province; if not, (a) in which provinces have they established branches and (b) by when will there be branches in all the provinces; if so, (i) where are those branches situated and (ii) how many personnel are employed at each branch;
(2) Whether chairpersons have been appointed for each branch; if not, why not, if so, who was appointed in each case?
Reply:
1. The branch network of the two merged institutionsi.e., National Youth Commission and Umsobomvu Youth Fund (UYF) are in the process of being transferred to the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) as envisaged by Section 21 (2) of the National Youth Development Agency Act No. 54 of 2008.
The existing branches of Umsobomvu Youth Fund are thirteen (13) in total and are located in all nine provinces of the Republic. The number of personnel employed in each branch is also indicated in annexure A attached hereto.
Furthermore a process of merging the nine provincial youth commissions (PYCs) into the NYDA is yet to be formally initiated and consultations with provincial stakeholders are underway. It is being envisaged that once the due process of legislative and constitutional compliance has been completed, the PYCs and UYF’s branches will be merged into the NYDA and their staff will be transferred to the NYDA accordingly.
2 The National Youth Development Agency Act, 2008 does not currently make provision for the appointment of chairpersons in branches.
Annexure A
East London
31 Malcomess Park
Cnr St Georges and Gately Street
Spar Complex
Southernwood 5201
Tel: 043 704 4600
Staff capacity: 17
Durban
5 Walnut Road
Smart Exchange Building
Ground Floor
Durban 4001
Tel: 031 327 9900
Staff capacity: 14
Secunda
Shop no 2
Gamepark Centre
Horwood Street
Secunda 2302
Tel: 017 631 9500
Staff capacity: 7
Witbank
Office no 22 & 23 Cosmos Building
Ground Floor
Cnr Mandela and Hof Meyer Street
Witbank 1035
Tel: 013 656 6534
Staff capacity: 8
Nelspruit
Nedbank Centre
Shop No. 8
30 Brown Street
Nelspruit 1200
Tel: 013 752 4628
Staff capacity: 16
Bloemfontein
Sanlam Plaza
GF Shop 125
C/o Maitland & East Burger Street
Bloemfontein 9301
Tel: 051 411 9450
Staff capacity: 11
Kimberley
Old Telkom Building
64 to 70 De Toit Span Building
Kimberley 8300
Tel: 053 807 1022
Staff capacity: 5
Port Elizabeth
Ground floor
Kwantu Towers
Market square
Govern Mbeki Avenue
Port Elizabeth 6056
Tel: 041 503 9100
Staff capacity: 18
Johannesburg
17 Diagnol Street
Old JSE Building
Newtown
Johannesburg 2001
Tel: 011 834 7660
Staff capacity: 13
Rustenburg
Sanlam Centre
Shop No 1 and 4
43-45 Boom Street
Rustenburg 0299
Tel: 014 591 9600
Staff capacity: 6
Cape Town
31 Heerengracth Stephen Curry Street
Cape Town 8001
Tel: 021 415 2040
Staff capacity: 15
Polokwane
Crescent Building
Shop 10
60 Schoeman Street
Polokwane 0699
Tel: 015 294 0801
Staff capacity: 10
Tshwane
429 Shoburg Building
Church Street
Tshwane 0001
Tel: 012 322 1375
Staff capacity: 17
Total: 157
Issued by: The Presidency
25 August 2009
