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
  1. The two municipalities falling within the Klein Karoo geographical area are the Oudtshoorn and Kannaland Municipality’s respectively.

The Municipal Systems Act (No.32) of 2000 (MSA) requires that all local municipalities in South Africa prepare Integrated Development Plans (IDPs) to ensure the progressive realisation of the vision of the municipality. Municipal councils are required by the Act to adopt a single strategic plan at the start of its elected 5-year term and to review such plans on an annual basis where circumstances might have changed. The plans must complement all other sectoral plans.

Sections 12 and 13 of the Water Services Act (Act No 108 of 1997) place a duty on Water Services Authorities (WSAs) to prepare and maintain a Water Services Development Plan (WSDP) as one of the sectoral plans referred to in IDPs. The WSDP process is aligned with the IDP process and assess the availability of data and information to support the planning of water services over a five-year period.

Another sector plan referred to in the IDP is the Disaster Management Plan which municipalities are required to prepare in terms of Section 26(g) of the Municipal Systems Act (No. 32 of 2000) as well as the Disaster Management Act, (Act No. 57 of 2002) and the National Disaster Management Framework. As a subsection of the disaster management plans, municipalities must prepare a drought management plan which incorporates both drought disaster risk reduction as well as the response and recovery aspects of the disaster.

All municipalities are further required to have a Water Safety Plan in place.

A water safety plan is a comprehensive water quality management system based on the principles of preventive risk management and incorporating water quality risk assessment, water quality monitoring, incident response management, and verification of water quality compliance, all of the above as part of the requirements of SANS 241 of 2015: Parts 1 and 2.

    1. If not, why not;

 

Not applicable. Both Oudtshoorn and Kannaland Municipalities have Water Service Development Plans, Drought Management Plans and Water Safety Plans in place.

    1. If so, what are the relevant details

Oudtshoorn Municipality

Water Services Development Plan (WSDP):

  • An existing WSDP (dated 2015) is in place.
  • The Municipality is planning to do an update in 2019.
  • Approved by Council.

Drought Management Plan:

  • A Drought Management Plan was drawn up in 2018.
  • Approved by Council.

Water Safety Plan:

  • An existing Water Safety Plan (dated 2014) is in place.
  • The Municipality is planning to do an update in 2019.
  • Approved by Council.

Kannaland Municipality

 

Water Services Development Plan (WSDP):

  • An existing WSDP (dated 2009) is in place.
  • The Municipality is planning to do an update in 2019.
  • Approved by Council.

Drought Management Plan:

  • A Drought Management Policy is in place.
  • The Municipality is in the process of writing a Drought Management Plan.
  • Approved by Council

Water Safety Plan:

  • An existing Water Safety Plan (dated 2016) is in place.
  • Approved by Council

 

 

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  1. (a) How many schools of skills exist in the province, (b) who is responsible for the funding of these schools, (c) what is the budget, (d) how many learners benefit per annum, (e) what are the top 10 skills offered at these schools and (f) how many job opportunities are created at the schools or for the private market;
  1. whether the curriculum fits in with the mainstream school curriculum; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
 2 24 August 2018 12513

(a)    How many learners on the West Coast fell pregnant in matric and, who had fallen pregnant, (b) how many continued to write the matric examinations and complete matric in (i) 2014/15, (ii) 2015/16 and (iii) 2016/17?

 

 1 24 August 2018 12512

With reference to the warning from the office of the Auditor-General regarding the audit outcomes of several municipalities in the Western Cape that have regressed:

  1. Which municipalities have regressed between the 2015/16 and 2016/17 financial years, (b) what are the reasons for the regression and (c) what plans does he and his Department have to ensure that these municipalities achieve clean audit outcomes in the next financial year?
 5 31 August 2018 12509

Whether his Department has any projects, such as the Regent Villas Social Housing Project in Mitchells Plain, in the pipeline to provide more social housing, including subsidised rentals, in lower income areas in (a) the Cape Town metropolitan area, (b) George, (c) Knysna and (d) Saldanha; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

 

 4 31 August 2018 12508

Whether any supply chain management challenges in the Laingsburg Municipality has been brought to his attention; if not, what financial report has the Provincial Treasury received from the municipality; if so, what are the relevant details?

 3 31 August 2018 12507

Whether he and his Department support the proposal for the establishment of a state bank; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

 2 31 August 2018 12506
  1. What are the current teenage pregnancy statistics for (a) Kannaland and (b) Oudtshoorn in the (i) 2016/17, (ii) 2017/18 and (iii) 2018/19 financial years;
  1. what are the socio-economic factors contributing to teenage pregnancy in the Western Cape?
 1 31 August 2018 12505

Whether his Department has introduced mechanisms or provided assistance to support the Oudtshoorn Municipality in fighting the drought being experienced in the area; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

 2 7 September 2018 12504

With reference to the Beaufort West Municipality:

  1. Whether there is an approved organogram for the municipality; if not, why not; if so; what are the relevant details, including the approved organogram;
  1. what are the (a) names, (b) task levels (T-levels) and (c) total cost of employment (TCoE) of all persons from task level 8 (T8),
  1. what is the total salary bill for (a) February 2018, (b) March 2018, (c) April 2018, (d) May 2018, (e) June 2018 and (f) July 2018,
  1. (a) what is the total overtime bill, (b) what are the names of the municipal officials who claimed overtime, (c) what are their designations and (d) what was the overtime cost for (i) February 2018, (ii) March 2018, (iii) April 2018, (vi) May 2018, (vii) June 2018 and (viii) July 2018,
  1. (a) what are the (i) names, (ii) designations and (iii) TCoEs of all municipal appointments made since February 2018, including full-time, contract and advisory appointments, (b)(i) what was the composition of the selection panels, (ii) what was the content of the advertisements and (iii) where were the positions advertised for all the appointments made since February 2018?
 1 7 September 2018 12503

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