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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In relation to the LED lighting project in partnership with the University of Stellenbosch:

 

(1)     (a) How much has been allocated to this project in the current financial year and (b) what is the total cost of the project;

(2)     (a) what percentage progress has been made thus far in replacing the fluorescent lights with LED lights and (b) by when is the project expected to be completed;

(3)      which schools have already replaced all their outdated lights with LEDs?

 10 15 July 2022 13081

With respect to the effect that load-shedding could have on the matric examinations later this year:

(1)  For those schools that require generator usage for computer-based practical, (a) to which schools have generators been allocated, (b) how much has been allocated to furnish each school with a generator and (c) how many learners would be completing such practical.

(2) (a) what protocols have been put in place to maintain the integrity of examination sittings during power failures and (b) what are the relevant details thereof?

 9 15 July 2022 13080

In the 2022/23 Annual Performance Plan of the Department of Human Settlements it is stated that the Department will consider public–private partnerships to help with the provision of housing opportunities:
(1) How many public-private partnership have been (a) identified and (b) concluded for the provision of housing opportunities in the Western Cape in this financial year;
(2) what are the details of each partnership;
(3) if none have been identified and concluded, why not?
 

 8 15 July 2022 13078

The proposed removal of deadlines for the completion of school infrastructure by national Minister Angie Motshekga will have a detrimental effect on much-needed schools:
(a) How will this affect the Western Cape Education Department (WCED);
(b) will WCED schools due for completion in 2022 be subjected to the national Minister’s disregard for deadlines?
 

 2 15 July 2022 13077

What are the details of schools that are scheduled for (a) maintenance and (b) renovations over the 2022 MTEF period, including (i) a detailed list of schools, (ii) the work that will take place and (iii) when the maintenance and/or renovations will commence?

 1 15 July 2022 13076

(a) What (i) informs the decision to build new schools in the province and (ii) criteria are used to determine the location of a new school, (b) what (i) is the number and (ii) are the details, including the names and locations, of the schools that are planned for development over the next 10 years in the province, (c) what (i) is the number and (ii) are the details of the schools that are in the planning phase of development in the province and (iii) when will they be completed and (d) what (i) is the number and (ii) are the details of the schools that will be completed and handed over during the 2022/23 MTEF period?

 5 8 July 2022 13075
  1. (a) How many facility boards have been established at the latest date for which information is available following the enactment of the Western Cape Facility Boards and Committees Act, Act 4 of 2016, and (b) what are the details of each of these facility boards;

 

  1. whether the members of the boards and committees have received induction training; if not, why not; if so; what are the relevant details;

 

  1. whether any of the boards and committees has conducted in-situ inspections to assess the state of facilities; if so, what were the recommendation;

 

whether her Department has acted on these recommendations; if not; why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

 2 9 December 2016 13074
  1. Whether all schools in the province elected their school governing bodies (SGBs); if not, what are the relevant details;

 

  1. whether her Department has conducted induction and training for the members of the SGBs about their mandate and responsibilities; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;

 

  1. whether SGB members receive attendance certificates after the completion of the induction or training workshops; if not, why not;

 

  1. whether SGB members conduct school visits and observe the running of schools without obstructing teaching and learning; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;

 

  1. whether her Department has developed a reporting template for school visits by SGB members; if not; why not; if so; what are the relevant details;

 

whether her Department has a process to deal with recommendations from the SGBs; if not; why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

 1 15 December 2016 13073

In the light of the above-inflation increase (9,93%) in the 2017 school fees at the Grove Primary School, an increase which was approved by a majority of only one parent at the budget meeting held on 26 September 2016, whether she can provide a detailed breakdown of the salaries paid to non-Western Cape Education Department (WCED) staff members (academic and non-academic), as well as of all amounts paid by the school to WCED staff members in addition to their departmental salaries for the 2016 academic year?

 1 18 November 2016 13072

(a) What physical infrastructure and human resource infrastructure are being put in place at the Weltevrede Primary School for the learners of the Vleiplaas Primary School once the Vleiplaas Primary School is closed down and (b) what are the time frames?

 2 8 July 2022 13071

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