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. Whether any steps have been taken to legalise the landfill site at Wellington in the Drakenstein municipal area; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
  2. Whether any steps have been taken to ensure that the municipality complies with the relevant legislation; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
9 30 September 2016 13055

Whether his Department conducted any in-depth analysis of townships and informal settlement areas to determine whether the people who stay there are enjoying their full rights as set out in section 24(a) and (b) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

8 30 September 2016 13054

How does his Department define red tape and (b) what specific interventions and/or systems have been implemented to identify and reduced red tape in his Department and any entity reporting to him?

7 30 September 2016 13053

1.Whether his Department has any projects to support emerging and existing farmers in non-metropolitan municipalities in the Western Cape; if not; why not; if so; (a) in which municipalities are these projects, (b) how much does his Department spend on these projects and (c) who has benefitted from these projects;

  1. whether there is additional funding for these projects from other partners; if so, what are the relevant details?
6 30 September 2016 13052

Whether his Department has any programmes in place in non-metropolitan municipalities to develop the agro-processing sector; if not, why not; if so, (a) in which municipalities, (b) how much is being spent on the programmes and (c) how many jobs are being created?

5 30 September 2016 13051

With reference to the fixed establishment of the South African Police Service, (a) what is the total number of granted posts versus (b) the actual number of posts for (i) detectives and (ii) visual policing (VISPOL) in the province?

4 30 September 2016 13050

Whether any of his Department’s employees has been on suspension with full salary during the period 1 April 2014 to date; if so, (a) how many employees have been receiving their full salary while on suspension, (b) for how long, (c) at what cost, (d) what are the names of the specified employees, (e) what are their designations, (f) why was each of the specified employees suspended, (g) when was each employee suspended and (h) what is the status of each disciplinary process against each of the specified employees?

3 30 September 2016 13049

Whether any of his Department’s employees has been on suspension with full salary during the period 1 April 2014 to date; if so, (a) how many employees have been receiving their full salary while on suspension, (b) for how long, (c) at what cost, (d) what are the names of the specified employees, (e) what are their designations, (f) why was each of the specified employees suspended, (g) when was each employee suspended and (h) what is the status of each disciplinary process against each of the specified employees?

2 23 September 2016 13048

a.How many mental healthcare patients were attended to at the primary, secondary and tertiary levels of care in (i) 2014, (ii) 2015 and (iii) to date for 2016, (b) what is the bed capacity of each of the province’s psychiatric hospitals, (c) what is the average monthly bed occupancy rate of each of the specified hospitals in (i) 2014, (ii) 2015 and (iii) to date for 2016 and (d) what is the staff vacancy rate in the (i) medical, (ii) nursing and (iii) administrative categories of each of the specified hospitals?

1 30 September 2016 13047

Whether his Department has any projects in the non-metropolitan municipalities in the Western Cape to assist agri-worker development; if not, why not; if so, (a) in which municipalities, (b) what are the details of these projects, (c) how many agri-workers have benefitted and (d) how much has been spent of the projects?

9 23 September 2016 13046

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