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 |
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What will the National Development Plan outcomes be when implemented by his department for the (a) 2014/15, (b) 2015/16, (c) 2016/17, (d) 2017/18 and (e) 2018/19 financial years? |
1 | 15 August 2014 | 11954 |
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(a) What are the reasons for the approval of the mixed use development on Langverwacht farm in Kuilsriver, (b) when was the first application submitted for this project, (c) when was it approved, (d) who are the (i) developers, (ii) funders and (iii) beneficiaries intended for the project, (e) what are the recommendations tabled by the officials, (f) what is his final decision, and (g) how are the concerns raised about the development going to be attended to? |
15 | 8 August 2014 | 11953 |
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(1) Whether the Western Cape has been rated the worst performing province in terms of employment equity; if not; what generic measures were taken to ensure compliance with the constitutional provision for redress and addressing the historical imbalances; if so, why; (2)(a) how many departments have regressed over the past five years in terms of their employment equity targets for the respective levels of management and (b) what are the details per department; (3) whether any measures have been taken to ensure each department complies; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (4)(a) which are the three worst performing departments in respect of employment equity and (b) which of these departments have failed to meet their employment equity targets in respect of management and other echelons for three years or more and (c) why? |
14 | 8 August 2014 | 11952 |
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(1) Whether her administration, in the TBWA/Hunt Lascaris communication contract was found (a) not to have followed due process, (b) was guilty of four counts of maladministration and flouting treasury and supply chain prescripts; if so, (2) whether she and her administration regard not following due process, maladministration and flouting treasury prescripts as being wrong; (3) further, if the above in 1 is factually correct, has she made a public statement with regard to the matter in which she said “I will resign if there is any wrong-doing”; (4) whether she has misled this House and the general public in regard to the above and possible other matters as well; if so, (a) what sanction is applicable for misleading this House and the public for one occupying her high position and (b) why such sanction should not be invoked in the case of her utterances in the TBWA/Hunt Lascaris communication contract scandal? |
13 | 8 August 2014 | 11951 |
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Whether his department has any strategies or plans in place to improve the safety of police officers; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the relevant details, (b) when will it be implemented and (c) in which areas? |
12 | 8 August 2014 | 11950 |
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(a) What is the rationale for the establishment of the Western Cape Police Ombudsman, (b) how will the Ombudsman relate to the existing Secretariate, (b) how will the office be staffed and (c) what is the (i) establishment budget and (ii) projected budget? |
11 | 8 August 2014 | 11949 |
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(a) What interventions has his department put in place to rebuild broken relationships between communities and the police, (b) what (i) training, (ii) human resources and (iii) financial resources are given to (aa) the policing community and (bb) neighbourhood watches and (c) what other resources are provided besides CCTV cameras? |
10 | 8 August 2014 | 11948 |
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With regard to the latest National Green Drop Report: (1) (a) What are the criteria against which scores are calculated, (b) which five local governments in the province performed best and (c) which were ranked last, according to this report; (2) (a) which municipalities’ water systems are viewed to be at risk due to poor waste management and (b) what support has his Department in the past rendered to local governments across the board to assist them to (i) lessen the risk of water scarcity and (ii) improve on their scores; (3) what support did municipalities in the province receive from the national Department of Water and Sanitation in order to address water scarcity risks and to improve their scores against the Green Drop criteria? |
6 | 14 April 2022 | 11946 |
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1(a) What is the rationale behind the establishment of Safety Labs in the province, (b) how many have been established and (c) in what areas are they already in operation; 2. whether Safety Labs is a government or party political programme; 3(a) who runs and manages the Safety Labs, (b) how much is budgeted for the operations of the Safety Labs and (c) how much of the planned budget is allocated to salaries? |
9 | 8 August 2014 | 11945 |
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How many (a) of the six million “real jobs” promised by the Democratic Alliance in their 2014 election manifesto will be created in the Western Cape and (b) jobs will be created in each sector of the provincial economy by 2019? |
8 | 8 August 2014 | 11944 |
