36/1/4/1/201200096

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO 1069
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 4 MAY 2012
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 11-2012)

Date Reply submitted: 29 May 2012

1069. Ms D Kohler-Barnard (DA) to ask the Minister of Police:

(1) Whether a certain person (name furnished) has been formally discharged from the SA Police Service (SAPS); if not, (a) why not, (b) who is responsible for actioning his discharge and (c) when will he formally be discharged; if so,

(2) whether he is still receiving any benefits from (a) the SAPS, (b) his Ministry or (c) any other government entity; if not, how was this conclusion reached; if so, (i) from which entity is he still receiving benefits, (ii) what is the full extent of the benefits that he is receiving and (iii) what is the monetary value of the specified benefits?

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REPLY:

(1) He has not been discharged.

(a) His contract of employment expired on 2009-08-01.

(b) The President.

(c) His contract already expired.

(2)(a) No.

(b) No.

(c) He is receiving normal retirement benefits from the Government Pension Administration Agency (GPAA) as he contributed to the fund and is therefore entitled to the subsequent benefits. He is also receiving the normal Polmed benefits applicable to a pensioner.

(ii) and (iii) The extent of the benefits that he is receiving from the GPAA is not known to this department as it is a confidential matter between the GPAA and the relating pensioner.

Reply to question 1069 approved by the Minister.

Issued by Parliament, May 30 2012

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