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.

On this page you can search questions for written reply. Use one or more of the search fields by making a selection from the relevant dropdown menu. You can also do a text search by entering a search term in the text field– specific search terms will render a better result. Click ‘Apply’. The results will be displayed in the table below. Click on ‘Question Link’ to view the full result. When you are searching, it is advisable to complete as many of the search fields as possible in order to narrow down the results.

Question Question Number Date Question Link

Whether any arrests have been made in terms of the Prevention and Combating of Trafficking in Persons Act, 2013 (Act 7 of 2013) in the province since promulgation in 2010; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

3 29 August 2014 12060

What is the number of (a) attempted escapes and (b) escapes from police custody in the province for the last three financial years?

2 29 August 2014 12059

(1) Whether each municipality in the province has a policy on Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP); if not, which municipalities do not have policies; if so, what are the (a) relevant details and (b) success rate of these policies;

(2) whether municipalities implement their own policies; if not, why not; if so,

(3) whether they are successful; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

1 29 August 2014 12058

How many South African Police Service firearms have been (a) lost and (b) stolen in the 2012/13 financial year?

5 3 October 2014 12056
  1. What are the successes of the South African Police Service’s Water Wing operating off Saldanha Bay;
  2. whether the water wing has conducted operations off the immediate coast-line of Elands Bay; if so,
  3. whether there have been any successes in preventing or detecting poaching or illegal fishing; if so, what are the relevant details?
4 3 October 2014 12055

Whether the charges against those arrested for the attempted hijacking of a South African Airways pilot near the airport on 4 July 2014 have been dropped; if so, why?

3 3 October 2014 12054
  1. (a) What are the current programmes at Mass Opportunity and Development Centres and (b) how are the programmes being monitored in each centre in terms of effectiveness?
2 3 October 2014 12053

Whether the Safe Schools Programme is bearing fruit; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

1 3 October 2014 12052

Whether her department has a plan to address teenage pregnancy at schools; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

5 26 September 2014 12051

Whether there is a lack of basic medicines at day hospitals; if so, what does he or his department plan to do about this?

4 26 September 2014 12050

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