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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With regard to the recent announcement of the relaunch of the direct flight service between London Heathrow and the Cape Town International Airport: (1) Whether her Department has had any engagements with the Department of Health regarding the risk of the spread of monkeypox along this route; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the relevant details and (b) what measures are in place mitigate the risk; (2) (a) what is the expected number of passengers who will use the route per month, (b) how much revenue will it generate for the province, (c) what is the expected benefit for the province because of the relaunch of this route and (d) what role, if any, did the national government play in the relaunch of this route? |
14 | 27 May 2022 | 12469 |
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With regard to the consultants being appointed by Government Motor Transport (GMT): (1) What are the names of the top five consulting firms in terms of (a) total cost, (b) breakdown by billing hours and (c) the details of the services rendered to GMT; (2) (a) how many consultants are deployed to GMT by each consulting firm, (b) what are the individual billing hours of each of these consultants, (c) what are the details of how long they have been consulting to GMT and (d) under what terms are they consulting with regard to specific output; (3) what are the names of top five individual consultants (not deployed by firms) employed by GMT directly in terms of their (a) billing hours, (b) total cost, (c) monthly billable hours for the past 12 months, (d) duration of consulting for GMT and (e) employment with regard to specific output? |
13 | 27 May 2022 | 12468 |
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With regard to the newly established departments of Infrastructure and Mobility: (1) What is the (a) budget allocation for each of these departments and (b) budget breakdown per programme; (2) whether, with regard to the budget allocation that was passed by the provincial parliament for the 2022/23 financial year, any allocations were made to these new departments; if not, what laws and regulations permitted the redetermination of the provincial budget with no consultation of the provincial legislature to allocate budgets to these new departments; if so, what are the relevant details; (3) whether she or her Department has sought any legal advice on the redetermination of the provincial budget to make allocations to the new departments; if so, what are the relevant details?
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11 | 27 May 2022 | 12467 |
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With reference to the Conradie Park Housing Development: (a) How many projects that follow the Conradie Park model are currently in the pipeline in the province and (b) what are the (i) locations and (ii) details of these planned projects? |
3 | 27 May 2022 | 12466 |
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With respect to the arts, agriculture, and computational skills component of the STEAMAC strategy: (1) Given that the mainstream academic curriculum is not suited to all learners, including the focus on STEAMAC, what is the Department doing to expand learning opportunities for these learners, so they are not excluded. (2) whether his Department has seen an increase in the number of schools offering agriculture or arts subjects in recent years; if so, what are the relevant details? |
1 | 27 May 2022 | 12465 |
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In relation to the National Register for Sex Offenders: (1) Of the sexual and gender-based violence crimes that qualify to be recorded in the National Register for Sex Offenders, how many incidents have been committed in the Western Cape in the (a) 2017/18, (b) 2018/19, (c) 2019/20, (d) 2020/21 and (e) 2021/22 financial years; and (2) whether this register is currently up to date; if not, when was the last time it was updated? |
18 | 13 May 2022 | 12464 |
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With reference to the reply to question 6 of 1 April 2022: (a) What were the sentences given to each of the convicts and (b) for how long will they be imprisoned? |
16 | 13 May 2022 | 12463 |
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With respect to the SAPS Anti-Gang Unit in the Western Cape: (1) In (a) 2017/18, (b) 2018/19, (c) 2019/20, (d) 2020/21, (e) 2021/22 and (f) the current financial year, (i) what was the operational budget provided by the national government, (ii) how many officers were assigned to this unit and (iii) what was the vacancy rate of this unit; (2) with respect to those in acting positions, (a) how many are there and (b) for how long have each been in the respective acting positions? |
15 | 13 May 2022 | 12462 |
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(1) What (a) is the background and (b) are the contents of the court order by which the Cederberg Municipality was ordered to remove all its equipment from the borehole or boreholes that are currently the main source or sources of water for Lamberts’ Bay; (2) (a) whether there was or is an over-abstraction of water from these boreholes and (b) if so, what are the potential consequences for the environment; (3) to what extent his Department is cooperating with the national Department of Water and Sanitation in monitoring the extraction rates from all boreholes in the area between Citrusdal, Clanwilliam and the coast; (4) whether the current extraction rates are deemed to be sustainable; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details? |
6 | 27 May 2022 | 12461 |
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What benefits will his recent visit to Bothaville and to the Nampo 2022 event, as organised by Grain SA, hold for agriculture in the province? |
4 | 27 May 2022 | 12460 |
