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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With regard to the demographics of the community of Bossiegif Qolweni, which is in ward 3 of the Bitou Municipality: (1) (a) What is the number of children of schoolgoing age, (b) what is the breakdown by (i) age, (ii) race, (iii) gender and (iv) grade of these children who that reside in that community and (c) what (i) are the details of the nearby schools that are accommodating them and (ii) is the distance that they need to travel to these schools; (2) whether his Department has plans to build schools for this community; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the relevant details and (b) when will building work (i) commence and (ii) be completed?

 7 16 September 2022 13650

(a) How many traffic fines have been issued by provincial traffic officers in the Caledon district from 1 January 2021 to date, (b) of these fine, how many motorists (i) were issued with summonses to appear in court and (ii) subsequently appeared in court and (c)(i) what was the total amount that could potentially have been paid to the Theewaterskloof (TWK) Municipality and (ii) what was the total value of fines collected and paid over to the TWK Municipality?
 

 6 16 September 2022 13649

With regard to the reply to question 11 of 26 August 2022:
Whether there are any ongoing (a) plans or (b) projects to install more high-mast lights in informal settlements; if so, in which municipalities have high-mast lights been installed most recently?
 

 4 16 September 2022 13648

(1) (a) How many instances of contact crime at Sassa offices in the province have been reported to the SAPS over the last three financial years, (b) how many arrests have been made in relation to these incidents and (c) how many convictions have resulted from these arrests;
(2) how many crimes targeting Sassa clients have been reported to each SAPS station in the Western Cape in the last three years?

 3 16 September 2022 13647

(1) What were the (a) commitments made, (b) outcomes achieved to date and (c) associated timelines related to the implementation of the Municipal Energy Resilience (MER) initiative;
(2) whether her Department is taking any further steps to push for a just energy transition and to combat the energy crisis?
 

 2 16 September 2022 13646

In relation to the Department’s decision to place a moratorium on the closure of schools:
(a) How many (i) primary schools and (ii) secondary schools would stay open as a result of the moratorium, (b) for how long does his Department expect the moratorium to be in place and (c) by when would the Department expect to have their own data-led policy formulated in this regard?

 1 16 September 2022 13645

(a)   (i) What factors contributed to the 6,6% decrease in sexual offences and (ii) what is the breakdown of these crimes by police station in the province and (b)(i) what factors contributed to the 4% decrease in rape and (ii) what is the breakdown of this crime by police station in the province?

 12 2 September 2022 13624

With regard to the release of the police-recorded crime statistics for the first quarter of 2022/23 financial year:

(1)   (a) What is the breakdown of these crimes by police station in the province, (b) what factors contributed to the 0,2% increase in the murder rate and (c) what is the breakdown of murders by police station in the province;

(2)   (a) what is the breakdown of murder cases by (i) age, (ii) race and (iii) gender, (b) what is the breakdown of the multiple murders by police station and (c) what were the motives in each case?

 11 2 September 2022 13623

With regard to the reply to question 7 of 27 May:

(1)   (a) How many detainees have escaped from (i) police vehicles in each cluster, (ii) holding cells at each police station and (iii) physical police detention facilities between 2018/19 and 2022/23, (b) how many of the aforementioned escapees have been rearrested, (c) how many SAPS members have been found negligent or responsible for these escapees, (d) with respect to (c) above, how many (i) internal disciplinary cases are ongoing, (ii) SAPS members have been suspended and (iii) of the individuals have been dismissed and (e) what is the seniority of the SAPS members involved in each of the aforementioned cases;

(2)   whether any external persons have been involved in each of these cases; if so, have they been (a) charged, (b) found guilty and (c) prosecuted;

(3)   how many convicts have escaped from their transport to their respective prison facilities after being convicted?

 1 2 September 2022 13622

With respect to computer laboratories at schools in the province:

(1) Of all the public schools in the province, how many are equipped with computer laboratories;

(2) whether there are any plans to equip or upgrade the current facilities further; if so, (a) what are the relevant details and (b) how much would this cost?

 5 2 September 2022 13618

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