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

Whether there are any outstanding amounts due by municipalities in the province to Eskom for the supply of electricity; if so, (a) what are the relevant details and (b) which party governs the municipality?

 3 20 March 2015 11857
  1. What is the South African Police Service doing towards rural safety in the province;
  2. whether he and his Department have considered the introduction of specialised rural safety units to protect the rights of farmworkers, farmers and tourist visiting rural areas in the province; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
 2 20 March 2015 11856

When the fencing at Garden Route and Imekhaya Primary Schools in Mossel Bay will be replaced and repaired?

 1 20 March 2015 11852

What provincial infrastructure is located in (a) ward 45 and (ii) ward 68 of the City of Cape Town?

 18 8 April 2022 11851

With regard to the Department’s management of its assets across their life cycles:

(1) (a) What progress has been made with the integration and development of the Department’s Asset Register, (b) at what stage is his Department with the development and implementation of the eMerge asset management platform;

(2) whether his Department has any other maintenance backlogs for fixed assets, apart from road infrastructure; if so, (a) has the backlog grown or become smaller and (b) what impact did the COVID-19 pandemic have on addressing the maintenance of the Department’s assets?

 16 8 April 2022 11850

In relation to the backlog in medical assessments for temporary disability grants:

(1) Whether Sassa has informed her Department of any backlogs in medical assessments in the province; if so, (a) how many backlogged cases are there currently and (b) did Sassa give an indication when these backlogs will be cleared;

92) whether Sassa has engaged her Department for support in clearing the backlogs; if so, what are the relevant details?

 15 8 April 2022 11849

(a) What programmes does her Department have to honour and celebrate liberation struggle heroes and heroines, (b) how many of those from the province have been honoured between 2009 and 2022 and (c)(i) what are the details of the honours bestowed on them and (ii) what criteria are followed to select them?

 13 8 April 2022 11848
  1. (1) (a) How much is the funding provided to subsidise Golden Arrow Bus Services, (b)(i) what is the subsidy agreement and (ii) can a copy of the agreement be made available and (c) what is the PFMA regulations governing this relationship between the provincial government and Golden Arrow Bus Services;
  2. (2) what is the current financial performance of (a) MyCiTi in the City of Cape Town and (b) Go George in the George Municipality and (c) can the copies of the latest audited financial statements of both companies be made available?
 12 8 April 2022 11847

With regard to the operating licensing process of the Provincial Regulatory Entity (PRE) for minibus taxis:

  1. (1) (a) What is the prescribed turnaround time for the PRE to conclude an application for an operating licence and (b) what is the relevant statute guiding this;
  2. (2) whether the PRE has always adhered to this standard in processing applications for operating licences; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
  3. (3) (a) what is the number of minibus taxi operating licences (i) approved and (ii) renewed during the (aa) fourth, (bb) fifth and (cc) sixth administration and (b)(i) what are the details of the areas and routes that were approved or renewed versus the total number of applications received and (ii) what are the reasons for those applications that were not approved;
  4. (4) what is the total number of minibus taxi operating licences that are currently in operation or in use per region or municipality;
  5. (5) what is the total number of minibus taxi operating licences that are in operation per taxi association that are registered with the Provincial Taxi Registrar;
  6. (6) what is the assessment criteria utilised by the PRE to decide on the approval or not for minibus taxi operating licences;
 11 8 April 2022 11846

(a) What is the social worker-to-population ratio in the province, (b) what is the breakdown per (i) municipality and (ii) suburb, (c) what is the number of vacancies for social workers in the province and (d) what is the number of unemployed social work graduates in the province, including those who received bursaries from her Department?

 10 8 April 2022 11845

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