POLITICS

Alexkor CEO spends average of 3 days a month at mine

Minister explains that head office is located in Johannesburg

DEPARTMENT: PUBLIC ENTERPRISES

REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA

QUESTION FOR WRITTEN REPLY

QUESTION NO.: 3096

DATE OF PUBLICATION: 29 October 2010

3096. Mr P D Dexter (Cope) to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises:

(1) Whether the head office of Alexkor mine is situated on the mine premises; if not, where is it situated; if so,

(2) whether she can furnish supporting travel and access documentation confirming when the chief executive officer [Khetiwe Maseko-McClain: Salary R2,34m per annum] was present and on duty at the mine; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;

(3) whether the CEO has spent on average two weeks per month at work at the mine; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?         NW3822E

REPLY

(1) The Alexkor head office is not situated on the mine premises. It is located in Johannesburg.

(2) Annexure A (see below) indicates the dates when Alexkor's CEO was present at the mine during the period January 2008 to November 2010.

(3) The CEO does not necessarily spend two weeks a month at the mine. She has to attend to other strategic matters which are coordinated from the head office in Johannesburg for logistical ease. Operational managers including the Mine Manager, the Mine Engineer and the Chief Financial Officer are on site at the mine at all times.

Annexure A: PQ 3096

Table 1 indicates dates and days that Alexkor's CEO spent in the mining in January 2008 - December 2008

Period

Travel Date

Return Date

No. of days

 

 

 

 

2008/01, January

15/01/2008

16/01/2008

2

 

 

 

 

2008/02, February

11/02/2008

11/02/2008

1

 

26/02/2008

27/02/2008

2

 

 

 

 

2008/03, March

17/03/2008

17/03/2008

1

 

 

 

 

2008/06, June

04/06/2008

04/06/2008

1

 

16/06/2008

19/06/2008

4

 

29/06/2008

02/07/2008

4

 

 

 

 

2008/07, July

27/07/2008

28/07/2008

2

 

 

 

 

2008/08, August

20/08/2008

20/08/2008

1

 

 

 

 

2008/09, September

16/09/2008

16/09/2008

1

 

 

 

 

2008/10, October

22/10/2008

22/10/2008

1

 

 

 

 

2008/11, November

04/11/2008

05/11/2008

2

 

19/11/2008

19/11/2008

1

 

 

 

 

2008/12, December

17/12/2008

18/12/2008

2

Table 2 indicates dates and days that Alexkor's CEO spent in the mining in January 2009 - December 2009

Period

Travel Date

Return Date

No. of days

 

 

 

 

2009/02, February

16/02/2009

18/02/2009

3

 

25/02/2009

26/02/2009

2

 

 

 

 

2009/03, March

04/03/2009

05/03/2009

2

 

26/03/2009

27/03/2009

2

 

 

 

 

2009/04, April 

28/04/2009

29/09/2009

2

 

 

 

 

2009/05, May  

12/05/2009

14/05/2009

3

 

 

 

 

2009/06, June   

17/06/2009

18/06/2009

2

 

 

 

 

2009/07, July

21/07/2009

23/07/2009

3

 

 

 

 

2009/08, August

11/08/2009

11/08/2009

1

 

 

 

 

2009/09, September

17/09/2009

18/09/2009

2

 

28/09/2009

02/10/2009

5

 

 

 

 

2009/10, October

12/10/2009

14/10/2009

3

 

20/10/2009

22/10/2009

3

 

28/10/2009

30/10/2009

3

 

 

 

 

2009/11, November

30/11/2009

01/12/2009

2

 

 

 

 

2009/12, December

08/12/2009

09/12/2009

2

 

14/12/2009

14/12/2009

1

Table 3 indicates dates and days that Alexkor's CEO spent in the mining in January 2010 - November 2010

Period

Travel Date

Return Date

No. of days

 

 

 

 

2010/01 January

18/01/2010

19/01/2010

2

 

 

 

 

2010/02, February

18/02/2010

19/02/2010

2

 

 

 

 

2010/03, March

01/03/2010

02/03/2010

2

 

10/03/2010

11/03/2010

2

 

23/03/2010

25/03/2010

3

 

 

 

 

2010/05, May

03/05/2010

05/05/2010

3

 

12/05/2010

19/05/2010

8

 

 

 

 

2010/06, June

17/06/2010

17/06/2010

1

 

21/06/2010

21/06/2010

1

 

28/06/2010

29/06/2010

2

 

 

 

 

2010/07, July

28/07/2010

29/07/2010

2

 

11/07/2010

14/07/2010

4

 

 

 

 

2010/09, September

14/09/2010

17/09/2010

4

 

 

 

 

2010/11 November

07/11/2010

07/11/2010

1

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

67

 

Average days per month on the mine

 

4

Issued by Parliament, November 19 2010

Calculation of the average over 3 years: By Politicsweb
  2008 2009 2010 Total
Months 12 12 11 35
Visits 25 41 37 103
Ave no. visits 2.1 3.4 3.4 2.9

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