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.

On this page you can search questions for written reply. Use one or more of the search fields by making a selection from the relevant dropdown menu. You can also do a text search by entering a search term in the text field– specific search terms will render a better result. Click ‘Apply’. The results will be displayed in the table below. Click on ‘Question Link’ to view the full result. When you are searching, it is advisable to complete as many of the search fields as possible in order to narrow down the results.

Question Question Number Date Question Link
  1. Why has the City of Cape Town not fully utilised the allocated Urban Settlements Development Grant (USDG) since the introduction of the grant;
  2. whether his Department has an intervention strategy to improve the situation; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;

whether any corrective steps have been taken against the relevant authorities; if not; why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

 5 28 July 2017 13244
  1. (a) What are the names of the schools in the province that struggle to raise funds which led to her Department to allow the sale of alcohol during functions at schools, (b) why are these schools struggling to raise funds and (c) what assistance is her Department providing in each case;

 

whether her Department is also considering allowing the sale of other products, like tobacco, that could assist to generate funds; if not; why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

 4 27 July 2017 13243
  1. (a) Who owns farm 694 in New Woodlands, Mitchells Plain, and (b) what are the development or other plans for the farm;

 

  1. whether the community has been consulted about these plans for farm 694; if not; why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
 3 28 July 2017 13242
  1. Whether there are any vacancies in the South African Police Service (SAPS) in the Eden cluster; if so, what are the relevant details; if not;

 

whether there are plans to deploy more SAPS officer to the Eden cluster in the near future; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

 2 28 July 2017 13241

How many South African Police Service officers have been deployed in the Eden cluster in the (a) 2014/15, (b) 2015/16 and (c) 2016/17 financial years?

 1 28 July 2017 13240

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?

 10 17 June 2022 13235

(1) (a) What (i) is the number and (ii) are the details of the Public Protector’s investigations that have been conducted against the (aa) Western Cape Government, (bb) members of the Executive and (cc) Western Cape municipalities in the (aaa) fifth and (bbb) sixth administrations, (b) what were the detailed (i) findings and (ii) recommendations and (c) can copies of each report be made available;
(2) with regard to the investigations mentioned in (1) above, what is the number of recommendations that were (a) adhered to and fully implemented, (b) not implemented, and reasons thereof, and (c)(i) taken on review and (ii) what were the outcomes of such reviews?
 

 9 17 June 2022 13233

With regard to officials in the Department of the Premier and the Office of the Premier:
(a) How many non-South African citizens are currently employed in the Department of the Premier (DOTP) and the Office of the Premier, (b)(i) what are the positions held by them and (ii) whether these are full-time or contract positions, (c) how many foreign employees have been employed since 2017 in the DOTP and Office of the Premier, (d)(i) what are the positions held by them, (ii) whether these are full-time or contract positions, (iii) what are the nationalities of these employees and (iv) how long have they been employed by the DOTP and the Office of the Premier and (e) what are the (i) roles and (ii) functions that these foreign employees perform in the DOTP and Office of the Premier and (iii) qualifications of these foreign employees in his Office and the DOTP?

 3 17 June 2022 13230
  1. Whether any of the response and/or reaction units of the South African Police Service (SAPS) in the province has been disbanded or redeployed; if so, what are the relevant details;
  1. whether he was informed of the motivation for this action; if so, what was the motivation;
  1. how will this rearrangement be of benefit to service delivery of the SAPS at station level?
 1 15 December 2017 13226
  1. Whether he or his Department was informed of the recent renovations to Chapman’s Peak Drive; if so, (a) when and (b) what motivation was given for this work to be done;
  1. whether he has seen any professional reports to substantiate the need and cost for this renovation and the choice and suitability of the treatment being undertaken; if so, (a) what are the relevant details and (b) can these reports be made available;
  1. whether any of the user groups were consulted beforehand; if so, what are the relevant details;
  1. whether his Department is monitoring the quality of the work being undertaken; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
 1 1 December 2017 13225

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