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 |
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With reference to the Beaufort West police station, what was the (a) granted number, (b) actual number of total posts and (c) total number of staff leaving the station by (i) transfer, (ii) resignation or (iii) retirement in (aa) 2008, (bb) 2009, (cc) 2010, (dd) 2011, (ee) 2012, (ff) 2013, (gg) 2014 and (hh) to date for 2015? |
1 | 4 December 2015 | 12773 |
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With regard to the impact of COVID-19 on education between 2020 and 2022: What is the number of days that were lost due to the COVID-19 pandemic in (i) 2020 and (ii) 2021, (b) what was the impact of this on learning and teaching, (c) what specific programmes have been put in place to assist learners to catch up and (d)(i) what is the number of studies that have been conducted on the impact of COVID-19 on education in the province, (ii) what were the results of each study and (iii) can copies of each study be made available? |
8 | 17 June 2022 | 12771 |
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With regard to learner-placement challenges at schools in the Western Cape: (1) With regard to the number of unique applications received for the 2023 academic year, (a) how many were received timeously, (b) how many were late applications, (c) how many were successful applications and (d)(i) what is the breakdown per school at which learners were placed and (ii) how many applications were rejected, including the (aa) reasons for the rejection and (bb) breakdown per school where applications were rejected; (2) (a) at what point are public ordinary schools regarded as full and (b) what (i) guidelines and (ii) policies are used to guide schools to determine when a school is full? |
7 | 17 June 2022 | 12770 |
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With regard to the current cold weather conditions: Whether there are any projects in place to provide assistance to the homeless; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details? |
17 | 24 June 2022 | 12769 |
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With regard to reported discrimination against black learners at the Rondebosch Boys’ High School: |
4 | 13 May 2022 | 12768 |
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With regard to reported discrimination against black learners at the Rondebosch Boys’ High School: (1) (a) What measures are in place to deal with the slow process of transformation at the Rondebosch Boy’s High School and all other former Model C schools in the province and (b) what measures are in place to curb discriminatory practices against black learners; (2) (a) what are the (i) employment equity statistics and (ii) targets for the school and (b) what is the breakdown by (i) job description and (ii) rank; (3) whether the school and other former Model C schools have employment equity targets; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the details of this for each school, (b) how are they enforceable and (c) what are the consequences for not achieving the targets? |
3 | 13 May 2022 | 12767 |
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With regard to the financial affairs of the Mary Kihn School: (1) (a) How much is charged for (i) school fees; (ii) transport, (iii) stationery and (iv) skills needs per learner at the school and (b)(i) what is the detailed breakdown of the funds that her Department gives to the school and (ii) for what are these funds used for; (2) whether he will investigate reports that learners who cannot pay the transport fees are put off the bus; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the relevant details and (b) what intervention is his Department going to put in place to address the matter? |
1 | 29 April 2022 | 12766 |
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With regard to the financial affairs of the Mary Kihn School: (1) Whether she and her Department will investigate reports that staff members received two pay cheques at the school; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the relevant details and (b) what intervention is her Department going to put in place to address the matter; (2) (a) what is the number of artisans who were employed as skills teachers who are now teaching academic subjects and (b) at what level are academic subjects being taught at this school? |
3 | 29 April 2022 | 12765 |
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With regard to the financial affairs of the Mary Kihn School:
(1) (a) What is the number of staff members at the school, (b) what is the breakdown by (i) race, (ii) gender, (iii) religion and (iv) qualifications and (c)(i) how many are not permanently employed and (ii) what are the reasons for this; (2) what (a) is the number and (b) are the details of the substitute teachers who have been made permanent at the school in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021 and (iii) 2022? |
2 | 29 April 2022 | 12764 |
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With regard to the Heatherlands High School: (1) (a) What are the details and condition of the (i) assets, (ii) tractors, (iii) ploughs and (iv) trucks that belong to the school and (b) what happened to the cash reserves of the school; (2) what (a) is the number and (b) are the details of the staff members who worked at the school; (3) whether the daughter of a certain person, whose name has been furnished to his Department for the purpose of his reply, worked at the school, as well as at another school called Carpe Diem; if so, (a) what are the relevant details, (b) what are her qualifications and (c) why was she dismissed; (4) whether the son-in-law of a certain person, whose name has been furnished to his Department for the purpose of his reply, is the Principal at the Olympia Skills School; if so, what are the relevant details? |
21 | 14 April 2021 | 12763 |
