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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Whether his Department is giving teachers termly contracts; if not, why not; if so,
(a) what are the relevant details, (b) what is the total number of these contracts
in the current year, (c) what is the salary range and (d) what is the duration of
the contracts?

20 28 November 2025 20270

How much money has his Department spent individually on the (i) Apex High
School, (ii) Apex Primary School, (iii) Jakes Gerwel Technical High School and (iv)
Zwelethemba High School from 2020 to date?

19 28 November 2025 20269

With regard to roadblocks by the SAPS in the province:

(1)   (a) How many roadblocks were conducted by the SAPS in each policing district in the (i) 2024/25 and (ii) 2025/26 financial years and (b) what was the frequency per month;

(2)   (a) how many joint roadblocks were conducted with other law enforcement agencies in each district, (b)(i) how many arrests resulted from SAPS roadblocks in the past three financial years, (ii) what categories of offences were recorded and (iii) what were the outcomes of these arrests, (c)(i) how many roadblock blood samples sub-mitted by the SAPS are currently outstanding and (ii) what is the age of the oldest outstanding sample, (d) how many cases in the past three years experienced delays due to late toxicology and (f)(i) what categories of offences were affected and (ii) how many cases were withdrawn as a result?

18 28 November 2025 20268

(1)  What infrastructure projects are currently underway in the George Municipality and, in each case, (a) what is the project, (b) what are the costs and (c) when will it be completed;

(2)  what infrastructure projects are planned for the George Municipality over the next three financial years and, in each case, (a) what is the project, (b) what will be the cost and (c) what are the planned start and completion dates?

17 28 November 2025 20267

(a) What is the current status of the City of Cape Town’s inner-city housing projects supported or overseen by his Department, (b) what are the projected timelines for each project’s key phases, namely (i) planning, (ii) procurement, (iii) construction and (iv) completion, (c) what are the estimated costs of each project, (d) how many housing units in each project have been or will be deliver upon completion, (e) what factors, if any, are contributing to delays in each project and (f) what actions is the Department taking to address or mitigate these delays?

16 28 November 2025 20266

With regard to firearm confiscation for the past two financial years:

(1)   (a) How many firearms were confiscated by SAPS in each policing district in the province during the past two financial years, (b) what categories of firearms were confiscated, (c) during which types of operations were these firearms seized, (d) how many of the confiscated firearms were found to be (i) illegal or (ii) linked to previous crimes, (e) how many were identified as stolen from (i) private owners, (ii) state officials, (iii) security companies and (iv) SAPS armouries, (f) what is the current backlog in ballistic testing for confiscated firearms and (g) what is the average turnaround time for processing ballistic reports?

15 28 November 2025 20265
  1. (a) Under the Department’s mandate for provincial roads, what specific measures have been implemented in the past 12 months to reduce road fatalities in high-risk areas of the province and (b) what was the total cost of these interventions;
  2. (a) how many traffic-calming interventions, including (i) speed humps, (ii) signage and (iii) pedestrian crossings, have been completed by his Department on provincial roads in the past 12 months and (b) what was the total expenditure;
  3. (a) what progress has his Department made in implementing technology-based traffic enforcement (for example speed cameras and red-light cameras) on provincial roads in the last 12 months and (b) what has been the total cost to date
14 28 November 2025 20264

Of the current municipalities that have been placed under administration in terms of section 139 of the Constitution or any other applicable legislation:

(a)     What were the reasons for each intervention, (b) what progress has been made in each municipality since the intervention was instituted, (c) what support has his Department provided to each of these municipalities during this period and (d) what has been the total cost to his Department for providing this support?

13 28 November 2025 20263

(a) (i) What HIV prevention programmes are currently being implemented across the province, (ii) how many individuals make use of this service, (iii) what is the total annual budget allocated to each programme in 2025/26 and (iv) what were the measured outcomes in the past financial year, (b)(i) how many individuals have accessed pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in the past three years, (ii) at which facilities is PrEP available and (iii) what expansion plans are in place, (c)(i) what is the current number of people on antiretroviral therapy (ART) in the province and (ii) how does this compare with the previous three financial years and (d) what measures are in place to improve ART adherence?

12 28 November 2025 20262

What are the key risks identified for the 2026 academic year and (b) what contin-gency measures are being implemented to mitigate these risks?

11 28 November 2025 20261

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