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

With regard to the Whale Trail in the De Hoop Reserve:

(1)(a) What is the current state of the (i) accommodation facilities and (ii) trail itself, (b) what (i) maintenance work has been undertaken over the last three years on this trail, (ii) upgrading has been undertaken over the last three years on this trail and (iii) costs were incurred in this regard;

(2) what were the annual amounts received by CapeNature for (a) hiking permits and (b) transport of luggage on this trail in (i) 2018/19, (ii) 2019/20 and (iii) 2020/21, (c) what expenses were incurred in respect of (i) cleaning and (ii) portage and (d) how many people booked and hiked the trail?

 1 26 November 2021 11354

(1)(a) What is the number of applications for the 2022 academic year that have been submitted and (b) what is the breakdown of the applications per (i) grade, (ii) race and (iii) gender;

(2)(a) what is the number of learners who have been placed at schools for the 2022 academic year and (b) what is the breakdown of the placements per (i) grade, (ii) race and (iii) gender;

(3) what is the number of learners who have not been placed at schools for the 2022 academic year, (b) what is the breakdown of the learners who have not been placed per (i) grade, (ii) race and (iii) gender and (c) what are the reasons that these learners not having been placed?

 

 11 12 November 2021 11353

Whether he and his Department have plans to provide formal housing to backyarders and wendy house dwellers; if so, what are the relevant details?

 9 12 November 2021 11352

With reference to his Department’s decision to establish a Climate Change Unit:

(1) What are the unit’s (a) operations and (b) responsibilities;

(2) whether any progress has been made with its mandate to date; if so, what are the relevant details;

(3)(a) what metrics are used to evaluate the unit’s performance and (b)(i) what is the unit’s budget allocation and (ii) to whom does the unit report?

 8 12 November 2021 11351

With reference to his Department’s Drone Technology Expansion and Training Programme:

(a)   How many people have graduated with their drone pilot’s licences since the inception of this programme, (b) of those who have graduated, how many (i) are employed in the agriculture sector, (ii) are not employed in the agriculture sector and (iii) have sought and found employment as drone operators, (c) how many people have enrolled in the training programme and (d) what are the planned intake number for the next intake?

 7 12 November 2021 11350

With respect to the 5 640 household food gardens, 132 community food gardens and 43 school food gardens having been established thus far:

(a)   How much, on average, does a (i) household, (ii) community and (ii) school food garden cost, (b) how much has this achievement cost to date, (c) what measures are being implemented to ensure that these gardens are sustained and do not become dormant and (d) how many (i) household, (ii) community and (iii) school food gardens are planned for the next financial year?

 6 12 November 2021 11349

 

What is the total amount of (a) national and (b) provincial conditional grants that have been underspent and surrendered to the (i) National Treasury and (ii) Provincial Treasury in (aa) 2014, (bb) 2015, (cc) 2016, (dd) 2017, (ee) 2018, (ff) 2019, (gg) 2020 and (hh) 2021 to date?

 10 19 November 2021 11329
  1. What are the (a) short- and (b) long-term plans to address the challenges of unplaced learners and overcrowded classrooms, especially in the identified hotspot areas;
  2. (a) which schools are in the pipeline to be built in the next two to three years and (b) which ones will be completed during this period;
  3. what is the teacher-to-learner ratios at (a) former Model C schools and (b) schools in poor working class communities;
  4. of the unplaced learners in the province over the past two years, how many were placed at (a) former Model C schools and (b) quintiles 1 to 3 schools;
  5. whether former Model C schools are allowed to have smaller class sizes than poorer schools; if so, what are the relevant details;
  6. (a) what is the number of no-fee schools in quintiles 1 to 5 in the province and (b) how much has her Department transferred to these schools?
 9 19 November 2021 11328

With regard to the proposed Single Transport Authority:

  1. Regarding the business case that has been drafted, at what stage are the internal discussions, (b) when does his Department expect that the plans will be finalised and (c) what are the next steps for the materialisation of the Authority?
 8 19 November 2021 11327

With regard to the Blue Dot Taxi Service:

  1. How many (i) taxis and (ii) taxi operators are currently participating in the programme, (b) what is the (i) highest and (ii) average amount that taxi operators receive based on the current level of performance and (c) what initiatives are being used to encourage taxi operators to join the programme?
 7 19 November 2021 11326

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