Government, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning
From re-election to the Western Cape legislature in 2014 to date:
(1) (a) How many official trips or delegations related to the legislature or departmental business has he gone on, (b) where did the delegations go, (c) for what purpose, (d) how long was the trips in days, (e) what was the mode of transportation used, (f) how many officials accompanied him on these trips, including their (i) names, (ii) positions and (iii) departments, and (g) what meetings were (i) scheduled and (ii) held on each of these trips;
(2) whether any of these trips took place over multiple days; if so, what are the names name of the hotels or establishments where accommodation was booked;
(3) whether follow-up meetings were required for any of the trips that required overnight stays; if so, how long did the follow-up meetings take in days?
[1][a] Zero trips related to the Legislature and two [2] official trips related to the portfolio of Local Government, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning
[1][b] Germany, France and Switzerland in September 2015 and Germany in May 2018
[1][c] September 2015 Germany
Discussions and various meetings with the Hanns Seidel Foundation, Ministers in the Bavarian Government responsible for European Affairs and Regional Relations, Environmental Affairs and Consumer Protection as well as the Regional Government of Schwaben in Augsburg. The meetings would focus on Local Government Finances, Monitoring and Support of Municipalities and Decentralising of provincial government services and cooperation with local government as well as the renewal and utilization of rivers.
September 2015 France
Discussions and meetings with the French Development Agency, SYCTOM the Metropolitan Agency for household waste, SEMARDEL who specialize in waste collection, storage and sorting of waste. These discussions were to obtain practical experience regarding the different types of Waste to Energy options available.
September 2015 Switzerland
Discussions and meetings on invitation of MT Consulting and Engineering GMBH who facilitated visits to incineration plants, bio digestion of waste plants. It further included discussions on minimizing landfill sites and ground water contamination.
[1][d] 15 days
[1][e] Airplane, car, train and taxi
[1][f] Three [3] officials
[1][f][i] Ms Eda Barnard, Mr Gottlieb Arendse and Mr Marius du Randt
[1][f][ii] Chief Director: Municipal Performance, Monitoring and Support
Chief Director: Environmental Quality Department
Head of Ministry: Ministry of Local Government, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning
[1][f][iii] Department of Local Government
Environmental Affairs and Development Planning
Ministry of Local Government, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning
[1][h] The following meetings were held
Meeting with Consul General of South Africa in Munich
Meeting with State Minister Ulrike Scharf, Minister of Environment and Consumer Protection
Meeting with Dr Peter Witterhauf, CEO of the Hanns Seidel Foundation
Meeting wth Dr Fischer Head of the State Chancellery of Bavaria
Meeting with Mrs Doris Beck and Mr Bruno Wilhelm of GIZ [Deutsche Gesellschaft fűr Internationale Zusammenarbeit]
Meeting with Mr Karl Michael Scheufele, President of the Regional Government of Schwabia
Meeting with Mr Martin Sailer Head of the Landkreis Augsburg
Meeting with State Minister Dr Beate Merk, Minister of European Affairs and Regional Relations
Meeting with Mr Christian Dandl, BVS Munich
Meeting with Ms Daniela Ruhdorfer-Ritt, City of Munich
Meeting with Mr Peer Freiss, Head of the Bavarian Training institute [Lehrgang für verwaltungsführung Bayern], who is responsible for the training of their civil servants.
Meeting with SA Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary - H E Mr R S Molekane and staff
Meeting with Mr. Marc Rajade, Director General and Senior Management of SEMARDAL
Meeting with the French Development Agency represented by Ms Clemence Vidal de la Blache and senior managers
Meeting with Mr Louis de Poncheville, Vice President, SUEZ Environment
Meeting with Executive Management of Suez Environment, represented by Messrs. Pierre-Yves Pouliquen and Jean-Pierre Mas
Meeting with Mr Christophe Maria, Director of Operations Sytcom’s Waste and Multithreaded Centre.
Meeting with Mr Peter Riesen, Project Leader of Stadtwerk Incineration plant in Winterthur Switzerland
Meeting with Mr Omar Dollie and visit to Community Drop-Off facility Neftenbach
Meeting with Mr Patrick Smidt, Project Leader of Axpo Kompogas, Winterthur
Meeting with Mr George Gadola and Senior Management of Clean Technology Universe
Meeting with Mr Armin Műhle of HS Műhle Scrap metal recycler in Winterthur
Germany: May 2018
[1][c] To attend and participate at the IFAT Conference held from 13 to 18 May 2018, to engage with the Bavarian Minister of Interior, the Bavarian State Ministry of the Environment and Consumer Protection as well as Senior Executives of the Hanns Seidel Foundation
[1][d] Seven [7] days
[1][e] Airplane, train and taxi
[1][f] Three [3]
[1][f][i] Mr Graham Paulse
Ms Eda Barnard
Mr Marius du Randt
[1][f][ii] Head of Department
Chief Director: Municipal Performance, Monitoring and Support
Head of Ministry
[1][f][iii] Local Government
Local Government
Ministry of Local Government, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning
[1][h] The following meetings were held:
Mr George M. Monyemangene; Consul General of South Africa in Munich
Mr Mathews Lebelo: Consul Political, SA Consulate General, Munich
Mr Stefan Rummel: Managing Director, Messe München GMBH
Dr Eva-Maria Unger: International Relations, Bavarian State Chancellery
Mr Ulrich Konstantin Rieger: Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, Energy and Technology.
Prof. Dr. Ing. Martin Grambow: Director General for Water Management and Soil Protection, Ministry of the Environment and Consumer Protection.
Prof Dr Wolfram Mauser: Department of Geography, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich
Dr Elisabeth Becker: BayWa AG
Mr Gunnar Zinkhahn: BayWa AG
Mr Philipp Trachtenberg: BayWa AG
Mr Bjarne Bächle from Schlegel Consulting Engineers in Munich, Germany and visit to ‘Gut Großlappen’ Water Treatment Return Osmosis Plant.
Visit to the new Museum of Bavarian History in Regensburg.
Dr Reinhard Zeitler, Bavarian State Ministry of the Environment and Consumer Protection
Mr Rudolph Hoelscher-Obermaier, State Ministry of the Environment and Consumer Protection
[2] Yes, the trips were on multiple days and the following hotels were booked for accommodation
September 2015 Germany - Hotel Rilano Munich
September 2015 France - Hotel Mercure Paris Tour Eiffel Grenelle and Hotel Ibis Beaune Centre
September 2015 Switzerland - Sorell Hotel Krone Winterthur
May 2018 Germany - Hotel Courtyard Munich City Centre
[3] No, the rest falls away
