Questions and Replies

The right of Members to put questions to Ministers is an important part of ensuring the executive authority’s accountability to the Provincial Parliament. Questions may be put to Ministers related to their spheres of responsibility. Replies to questions are either given orally in the House or in writing. The replies to oral questions are recorded in Hansard.

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(a) How many firearms have been confiscated from January 2017 to date, (b) of those firearms in (a), (i) what were the makes of those firearms, (ii) from which countries did those firearms originate, (iii) in which suburbs were those firearms confiscated, (iv) was ballistic testing conducted on those firearms, (v) where are those firearms stored, (vi) how many of each make were destroyed and (vii) how many of those firearms have gone missing since their confiscation, (c) what is the current ballistic testing backlog and (d) what are the conviction rates for those found in possession of those firearms?

 2 26 August 2022 13545

What is the contribution of the horse breeding and trading industry to the Western Cape economy?

 4 19 August 2022 13536

With respect to the 41 schools that have applied to install solar panels on their rooftops:

(1)     (a) Which schools have applied and (b) what is the expected power output of each school’s solar panel installation;

(2)     (a) how much would it cost to install these solar panels at each school and (b) which of these applications are being funded by the (i) school itself and (ii) Department;

(3)     of the schools that are planning to procure emergency lighting and back-up battery power as an alternative, (a) which schools have done so and (b) how much will it cost to procure?

 2 22 July 2022 13531

(1) What support does her Department provide to (a) Huis Maudie Kriel in Ceres and (b) Huis Ou Meule in Riversdale;
(2) whether her Department is currently investigating cases of an unnatural death at the two facilities above; if so, what are the relevant details;
(3) (a) what is her Department’s policy on investigating unnatural deaths at homes for elderly people and (b) what structures does her Department have in place to ensure the safety of homes for elderly people?

 9 19 August 2022 13522

With regard to the recent closure of the Sassa office in Khayelitsha:
(1) Whether her Department shares any other facilities with Sassa; if so, what are the relevant details;
(2) whether any of these facilities are scheduled to undergo maintenance in the next 12 months; if so, what are the relevant details?

 8 19 August 2022 13521

With regard to homelessness in the province:
(1) How many people are currently housed in the province’s homeless shelters;
(2) whether her Department has any plans in place to develop a framework for homelessness in the Western Cape; if so, what are the relevant details?

 7 19 August 2022 13520

(1) How effective is the use of the Cypermethrin insecticide in treating trees infected with the polyphagous shot hole borer beetle;
(2) whether the trees would survive if the beetles were eliminated at the early stages of infestation; if so, what are the relevant details;
(3) what is the latest research to address the challenges that infestations with the shot hole borer beetle hold for trees?

 2 19 August 2022 13519

With regard to the development of housing at the Old Salt River Market property:
(1) Whether mixed affordable housing falls in the housing scope of the Province; if so, what are the relevant details;
(2) whether homeless families and the backyard dwellers in the Salt River and Woodstock areas will be beneficiaries of this housing development on the Old Salt River Market property; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
(3) (a) how many social housing cooperatives are there in the province, (b) what measures are in place to stop evictions where tenant beneficiaries can no longer afford to pay rent and (c) why was the Salt River Housing Development not considered as a social housing cooperative;
(4) whether due diligence and a financial audit were done to determine whether Communicare is in good standing; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
(5) what housing model did Communicare propose for this housing development?

 13 19 August 2022 13515

With regard to the development of housing at the Old Salt River Market property:
(1) (a) What is the value of the property and (b) how much was the property sold for;
(2) whether Communicare (NPC) was offered any discount on the property; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the relevant details and (b) were any other developers offered the same revised discount offered to Communicare;
(3) whether other developers were given the same opportunity to tender for this housing development on the revised discounted property price as offered to Communicare; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
(4) whether the discounted property at the Old Salt River Market was advertised in the open market at the revised discounted rate as offered to Communicare; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
(5) whether the Salt River Housing Development, including the discounted offer, was open for public comment; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
(6) (a) under what housing scheme is the Old Salt River Market property being developed, (b) what is meant by mixed affordable housing and (c) why is retail space included in this housing development?
 

 12 19 August 2022 13514

(1) Whether the Preferential Procurement Policy (PPP) Framework has been completed; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the relevant details, (b) can a copy be made available and (c) how is this PPP making provision for social-sector collaboration and for contracting for relevant goods and services by the provincial government and its entities;
(2) what is her Department’s Revenue Enhancement Strategy (RES), (b) what are the new sources of revenue that have been identified and (c) what has been the output from the Fiscal Futures Project to date;

 11 19 August 2022 13513

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