Mr JJ Mcgulwa (ID) to ask the Minister in the Presidency: Performance Monitoring and Evaluation as well as Administration in the Presidency:
(1) (a) when will the hotline be set up in the Presidency, (b) what is the estimated cost of the hotline and (c) what is the (i) total number of staff to be employed for the hotline and (ii) cost of the staff for the hotline;
(2) Whether this hotline will be toll-free from a cellphone; if not, why not; of so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
Question 1
(a) When will the hotline be set up in the Presidency?
1 September 2009
(b) What is the estimated cost of the hotline?
Initial costs including first level State Information Technology Agency (SITA) support Staff (until the end of the Financial Year): ±R4million
(c) Total Number of Staff to be employed for the Hotline?
(i) 21
(ii) Cost of the staff for the Hotline: ±R1,5 million
Question 2
Whether this hotline will be toll-free from a cell phone; if not, why not; of so, what are the relevant details?
At this stage, the hotline will only be toll free from a landline and discussions in terms of broadening this option are still underway.
Issued by: The Presidency
3 July 2009
