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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Question Question Number Date Question Link

[a] 

Access Week Figures

2018

2019

2020

2021

Number of people

 7 578

 7 600

*3 744

*4 781

*Drop in visitor numbers during the 2020 and 2021 financial years are attributed to the COVID-19 outbreak and regulations enforced at the time.

[a]    Access Week provides free access to all members of the public to participate in recreational activities that a protected area has on offer from picnicking, birding, hiking or mountain biking just to mention a few. CapeNature also uses this opportunity to facilitate a variety of organised educational programmes for different community groups at several of its reserves during this period.

[c]    The success of the Access Week campaign will be measured by awareness drives and promotional marketing tactics.

  • The number of visitors to the reserves.
  • The number of environmental education initiatives on reserve.
  • Social media and digital engagement
  • Earned media through press release distribution.
  • Paid media through advertising reach.

 

 4 9 September 2022 13607

With regard to the reply to question 8 of 19 August 2022:
(a) On what date is maintenance due to commence at the Berg River facility shared between Sassa and her Department and (b) when is the maintenance due to be completed?

 3 9 September 2022 13606

(a) What is the state of the Western Cape’s preparedness for the upcoming veld and mountain fire season, (b) what funds are allocated to the prevention and mitigation of veld and mountain fires and (c) what assistance does the Department of Local Government provide to municipalities to ensure their readiness for fires?

 1 9 September 2022 13605

With respect to the Firearms, Liquor and Second-hand Goods Control (FLASH) offices at each police station in the Western Cape:
(1) What were the budget allocations to each station in (i) 2018/19, (ii) 2019/20, (iii) 2020/21, (iv) 2021/22 and (v) 2022/23 to date;
(2) what were the staff components at each station in (i) 2018/19, (ii) 2019/20, (iii) 2020/21, (iv) 2021/22 and (v) 2022/23 to date?

 23 8 July 2022 13592

With respect to the Firearms, Liquor and Second-hand Goods Control (FLASH) offices at each police station in the Western Cape:
(1) How many firearm applications did each station receive in (a) 2018/19, (b) 2019/20, (c) 2020/21, (d) 2021/22 and (e) 2022/23 to date;
(2) how many firearms were confiscated at each station in (a) 2018/19, (b) 2019/20, (c) 2020/21, (d) 2021/22 and (e) 2022/23 to date?

 22 8 July 2022 13591

For the period during which Mr A R Winde was the Minister of this Department (2018–2019):
(a) How many official trips or delegations related to the Western Cape Provincial Parliament or to departmental business did he gone on, (b) what was the purpose of the delegation’s travel, (c) which committee or department organised the trip for the delegation, (d) where did the delegation go (to which country and/or province), (e)(i) what was the duration of the trip, (ii) which locations were visited and (iii) how many days or nights were spent at each location, (f)(i) which officials were met during the delegation’s visit, (ii) which meetings were scheduled and (iii) which meetings were actually attended, (g) what are the names of the other MPPs and/or Ministers and Western Cape Government officials who were part of the delegation and (h) what were the outcomes of each of these delegations in benefit to the province as applicable?

 18 8 July 2022 13589

(a) Whether the Department can verify the steps that have been taken against illegal shebeens since the tavern tragedy in June 2015 at Osi’s Place in Makhaza in Khayelitsha,
(b) how many shebeens are operating illegally, (c) how many illegal shebeens have been closed down since the national Minister’s call in 2019, (d) whether all shebeens operating are adhering to by-laws, (e) what oversight is exercised over the Western Cape Liquor Authority and (f) whether the Department agrees that shebeens are hotspots for crime and that that is a justifiable reason to close down completely all shebeens?
 

 4 8 July 2022 13588

(1) Whether the AARTO system is effective in reducing traffic violations; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
(2) whether there are recorded incidents where drivers have lost their drivers licences due to cumulative demerit points against them; if so, what are the relevant details?

 7 2 September 2022 13580

(1) Whether the concept of “rent to own” is an option open to the public; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
(2) whether the rental option of “rent for life” without the option of ownership is an option open to the public; if so, what are the relevant details?

 6 2 September 2022 13579

(1) (a) When was the construction work to increase the capacity of the feeder canal to the Brandvlei Dam completed, (b) to what extent has the volume of water that can be diverted to the Brandvlei Dam already benefited from the construction work, (c) what was the level of the Brandvlei Dam as a percentage of the dam’s capacity as at the end of August 2022 and (d) what is the condition of the water pumps at the major pump station;
(2) whether maintenance work is done according to schedule; if so, what are the relevant details;
(3) whether there have been any disruptions, apart from load-shedding, in the volume of water pumped; if so, what are the relevant details?
 

 4 2 September 2022 13578

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