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

In respect of the Department’s tender BWCED 3124/23: Supply and Deliver of Stationery to the Head Office, Education District Offices and Approximately 250 Non-Section 21 Schools of the Western Cape Education Department for a Period of Three Years:

  1. Whether he can make available the (a) complete bid documents for the tender, (b) details of all the companies that submitted bids, (c) bid evaluation recommendations, (d) scoring per company and (e) final report of the bid committee;
  2. (a) what is the detailed explanation of the verification process used to assess the compliance of bidders and (b) what checks were in place to ensure that all the companies met the necessary requirements before being awarded the tender;
  3. whether all the companies that submitted bids were (a) VAT-registered or (b) CSD-compliant at the time of the bid closure on 16 February 2024; if not, what are the details of the companies that were not compliant; if so, what are the relevant details;
  4. what are the details of the company or companies that were awarded the tender;
  5. whether the company or companies that were awarded the tender were VAT-registered and/or CSD-compliant at the time of the bid closure on 16 February 2024; if not, how was the company’s bid considered compliant under these conditions; if so, what are the relevant details;
  6. whether the alleged reports that a certain company, whose name has been furnished to his Department for the purpose of his reply, only registered for VAT in August 2024 have been bought to his attention; if so, (a) how were its bid documents, which included financial statements reflecting a turnover of nearly R18 million, evaluated and deemed acceptable and (b) what are the details of the evaluation process?
 15 20 September 2024 18144

 

With regard to the capacity of schools in Mitchells Plain and with regard to complaints received from parents whose children’s applications to high schools have been declined and whose appeals to the WCED have been unsuccessful:

(1)     (a) Why are Mitchells Plain learners being denied access to Grade 8 at schools in Mitchells Plain and, in particular, at the (i) Portland High School, (ii) Spine Road High School, (iii) Rocklands High School, (iv) High Cedar High School, (v) Lentegeur High School, (vi) Summerdale High School and (vii) Aloe High School and (b) where does his Department propose that these learners complete their secondary schooling;

(2)     (a) what are the details of the shortfall of capacity for secondary school learners in the Mitchells Plain area, (b) how much of the shortfall is related to school infrastructure, (c) how much of the shortfall is related to teacher shortages and (d) how many additional teacher posts will be lost in 2025 in Mitchells Plain;

(3)     (a) how does his Department plan to address the inability of learners from Mitchells Plain to access placement at a secondary school in Mitchells Plain and (b) what are the details of the plans and approved budgets that his Department have in place to build additional schools or expand existing schools in Mitchells Plain?

 24 6 September 2024 18143

In respect of the Department’s expenditure between 2019 and 2024 to date:

(1)     what is the detailed breakdown of all the amounts that were: (i) unspent, (ii) uncommitted and (iii) surrendered to the Provincial Treasury during this period;

(2)     (a) what is the total amount that has been spent on the (i) School Evaluation Authority and (ii) Back-on-Track Programme and (b) how much is budgeted for these over the 2024 MTEF?

 20 20 September 2024 18142

Question by Hon Ngqenstu.

  1. (a) What is the (i) age, (ii) gender, (iii) race, (iv) remuneration and (v) qualifications of all the persons currently employed in his office, (b) what are the stipulated (i) qualifications and (ii) requirements for each post in his office and (c) what is the detailed description of the necessary (i) qualifications, (ii) experience and (iii) other criteria for each position;
  2. whether he is or was in any way related to any of the employees in his office; if so, what are the relevant details?
 19 20 September 2024 18141

Question by Hon Ngqentsu.

  1. (a) What is the (i) age, (ii) gender, (iii) race, (vi) remuneration and (v) qualifications of all the persons currently employed in his office, (b) what are the stipulated (i) qualifications and (ii) requirements for each post in his office and (c) what is the detailed description of the necessary (i) qualifications, (ii) experience and (iii) other criteria for each position;
  2. whether he is or was in any way related to any of the employees in his office; if so, what are the relevant details?
18 20 September 2024 18140

Question by Hon Ngqentsu.

  1. (a) What is the (i) age, (ii) gender, (iii) race, (iv) remuneration and (v) qualifications of all the persons currently employed in his office, (b) what are the stipulated (i) qualifications and (ii) requirements for each post in his office and (c) what is the detailed description of the necessary (i) qualifications, (ii) experience and (iii) other criteria for each position;
17 20 September 2024 18138

With regard to the surrendering of funds to the Provincial Revenue Fund and National
Treasury between 2019 and 2024 to date:
(1) (a) How much has been surrendered to the (i) Provincial Revenue Fund and
(ii) National Treasury by each of the departments in (aa) 2019, (bb) 2020, (cc) 2021,
(dd) 2022, (ee) 2023 and (ff) 2024 to date, (b) what is the detailed breakdown of
(i) the funds surrendered for the compensation of employees (COE), (ii) the funds
surrendered for goods and services and (iii) any other expenditure;

 14 20 September 2024 18137

(1)       What are the job targets of each provincial department and entity in the Growth for Jobs Strategy;

(2)       whether these job targets have been signed off by the respective provincial Ministers and heads of departments; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;

(3)       (a) when is the reporting about the performance of each provincial department and entity on the job targets expected, (b) to whom are these reports submitted for consolidating and auditing or verification and (c) what are the (i) details and (ii) evidence where reporting has started and auditing thereof taken place;

(4)       (a) when is the Township or Small Towns (Dorpies) and Informal Economy Strategy being developed to augment the Growth for Jobs Strategy, (b) which programme is responsible for this and (c) what is the budget allocated to it?

 13 20 September 2024 18136

With regard to his statement about “weekend food parcels” made during his opening address on 31 July 2024:

(a)  What has been the provincial Minister of Education’s response on the (i) feasibility and (ii) cost implications of his proposal of a “weekend food parcel” as an addition to the feeding scheme for learners in the province, (b)(i) how far is the gap analysis on the current feeding scheme that he referred to and that the Minister of Education, the Minister of Health and Wellness and the Minister of Social Development agreed to, (ii) what is the detailed (aa) report and (bb) findings and (c)(i) when is this “weekend food parcel” support to needy learners envisaged to start and (ii) where will the budget be sourced to fund it?

 12 20 September 2024 18135

In respect of the Department’s expenditure between 2019 and 2024 to date:

(a) What is the detailed breakdown of the expenditure per programme, (b) what are the (i) expenditure items and (ii) amounts, (c) what has been the under expenditure in (i) 2019, (ii) 2020, (iii) 2021, (iv) 2022, (v) 2023 and (vi) 2024 to date, (d) what were the funds earmarked for and (e)(i) what is the detailed list of his Department’s unfunded mandates and (ii) what amounts were spent on each?

 11 20 September 2024 18134

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