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

Question by Hon Masipa.

With regard to the amalgamation of the Small Enterprise Finance Agency (SEFA), the Small Enterprise Development Agency (SEDA) and the Co-operative Banks Development Agency (CBDA) into the single-entity Small Enterprise Development Finance Agency (SEDFA):

Whether he has been consulted on the amalgamation of SEFA, SEDA and CBDA into SEDFA to create a unified entity to service SMMEs; if so, what are the details regarding the envisaged contribution of this amalgamation to the Western Cape economy; if not, what are the reasons why this consultation has not taken place?

 3 18 October 2024 18245

With regard to the Daily Voice article of 7 October 2024 with the title “Contract onnies’ jobs safe”:

Whether this agreement will include the 2 407 staff members earmarked to lose their jobs in January 2025; if not, why not; if so, what percentage will be affected?

 2 18 October 2024 18244

With regard to the construction mafia that is hindering construction and housing building projects in the province:

What percentage of (a) projects is affected and (b) this is housing projects?

 1 18 October 2024 18243

Question by Hon Johnson.

In relation to audit outcomes for the provincial government and local governments in the Western Cape:

(a)   What role does her Department play in achieving positive audit outcomes for Western Cape Government departments and entities, (b) how does her Department support local governments in the Western Cape with financial management and (c) how does financial management affect service delivery in the Western Cape?

 7 4 October 2024 18173

With regard to the surrendering of funds to the Provincial Revenue Fund and the National Treasury between 2019 and 2024 to date:

  1. (a) What is the total amount in the Provincial Revenue Fund in 2024 to date, (b) what constitutes those funds and (c) what is the detailed breakdown of how much was accumulated in (i) 2019, (ii) 2020, (iii) 2021, (iv) 2022, (v) 2023 and (vi) 2024 to date;
  2. (a) what is the detailed annual breakdown of what has been funded from the Provincial Revenue Fund between 2019 and 2024 to date, (b)(i) what was declared versus what was allocated from the Provincial Revenue Fund, (ii) to which programme, department or entity were the funds allocated and (iii) what are the details of what was (aa) spent and (bb) unspent and (cc) what are the reasons thereof?
 2 4 October 2024 18172

Question by Hon van Wyk.

With regard to the World Bank’s Education Sector Analysis Report:

(a) What were his Department’s reasons for commissioning this report, (b) what were the (i) key findings and (ii) recommendations of this report and (c) what action does his Department plan to take in the light of this report?

 

 8 4 October 2024 18149
  1. Whether he and his Department have plans to carry out lifestyle audits of the current cabinet members as he did when taking office in 2019; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the relevant details, (b) what will be included in the audit, (c) whether qualifications will be included and (d) when will the audit commence;
  2. what (a) are the qualifications and (b) is the professional experience of the Premier and each of his cabinet members;
  3. whether he has concluded performance agreements with each member of his cabinet; if not, why not; if so, will he make these performance agreements available?
 4 4 October 2024 18148

 

With regard to the institutionally mandated verification of qualifications of the Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) and the Western Cape Government’s departments failure to comply fully as only one department has verified the qualifications of all their Senior Management Service (SMS) members while other departments have not, with the Department of Education in particular not having verified any qualifications and not having provided reasons for this non-compliance:

  1. Why has the Western Cape Government failed to verify the qualifications of its SMS members as required by the DPSA;
  2. (a) what measures will he and his Department put in place to redress this non-compliance and (b) how will departments and their respective employees be held accountable for non-compliance;
  3. the verification process of Office of the Premier has not been completed due to the unavailability of member files, whether he is going to follow up on this non-compliance in his office; if not, why not; if so, (a) why have these files not been made available for submission to the DPSA and (b) when will they be made available?
 3 4 October 2024 18147
  1. Whether the norms and standards for shelters for homeless adults of April 2015 have been implemented; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
  2. the norms and standards provide for first phase and second-phase facilities, what (a) first phase and (b) second-phase facilities are available and operating in the (i) province and (ii) City of Cape Town;
  3. (a) to what extent are these norms and standards implemented in terms of 2.1 (admission criteria)

(b) how many assessment centres are operational in terms of 2.2,

(c) how many personal development plans have been compiled for each resident in terms of 3.1

and (d) how many facilities (i) comply with 3.5

and (ii) have provided skills development programmes?

1 4 October 2024 18146

(a) How many contracts has a certain company, whose name has been furnished to his Department for the purpose of his reply, received from the his Department in (i) 2015, (ii) 2016, (iii) 2017, (iv) 2018, (v) 2019, (vi) 2020, (vii) 2021, (viii) 2022, (ix) 2023 and (x) 2024 to date and (b) what is the detailed year-by-year breakdown of the amounts awarded?

 16 20 September 2024 18145

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