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 Conradie Better Living Model:

  1. Whether any public funds have been spent on the project since its inception to date; if not, why not; if so, (a)(i) how much of these funds were spent on consultants, (ii) what is the detailed breakdown of the consultants who were paid and (iii) what is the empowerment status of each of these consultants;
  1. what is the total (a) number of beneficiaries who benefitted, (b) amount in state subsidies awarded to them to date and (c) anticipated amount in subsidies that will be spent at the completion of this project;
  1. whether provision was made for the building of a public primary and high school on the property; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;

(a) what process was followed to determine which private education provider will operate the schools on the premises and (b) what are the details of the minutes of meeting where these decisions were taken;

  1. whether such providers will pay rental for the properties on which the school or schools are to be built; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
  1. whether any black-owned companies will benefit from this project; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the details of such companies and (b) what is the extent to which they will benefit from the project?
 9 18 February 2022 11604

With regard to his announcement during SOPA 2022 that his Cabinet has adopted a GBV Implementation Plan and that key interventions have been identified and agreed upon to be prioritised by all 13 heads of department:

  1. (a) What are the details of the GBV Implementation Plan, (b) what are the key interventions that have been identified, (c) what are the specific roles that will be played by each department, (d) what accountability measures will be put in place to ensure that Ministers are held accountable for any failure to implement these interventions fully and (e)(i) what will be the total budget for this GBV Intervention Plan and (ii) where will it come from;
  1. (a) what is the total breakdown of the expenditure of his government in the fight against GBV and femicide in the province in (i) 2014, (ii) 2015, (iii) 2016, (iv) 2017, (v) 2018, (vi) 2019, (vii) 2020, (viii) 2021 and (ix) 2022 to date and (b) what is the breakdown of expenditure per municipality?
 21 25 February 2022 11603

With regard to claims made in the SOPA 2022 that over 32 000 housing opportunities have been provided since the start of his government’s term of office:

(a) What are the details of the 32 000 housing opportunities, (b) what is the number of (i) serviced sites and (ii) top structures delivered per year since the start of the term of office, (c) what is the detailed breakdown of the type of subsidy delivered, (d) what is the breakdown per (i) municipality and (ii) suburb and (e)(i) what is the number of social-housing opportunities provided and (ii) what are the details of the companies that the government partnered with for social housing?

 16 25 February 2022 11602

(1) (a) What is the status of the 13 000 low-cost homes to be built in the inner city, (b) in what financial year will this project commence and (c) from which regions in the province will people be able to apply for said homes;

(2)whether this housing will be reserved for young professionals employed in the city; if so, what are the relevant details?

 24 25 February 2022 11601

(1) (a) What factors allowed for the underspending of her Department’s annual budget, given the shortage of public schools and the placement for thousands of learners, (b) what programmes currently exist to (i) capacitate teachers to educate and train learners better in a changing academic environment, (ii) ensure teachers are at the forefront of utilising technology in the classroom and (iii) ensure that teachers are familiar with understanding, navigating and dealing with the psychological impact of harmful socio-economic factors;

(2) what is the (a) short-, (b) medium- and (c) long-term academic implications of not having allocated desks to thousands of children in the province?

 26 25 February 2022 11600

(1) Whether a recent video of school-going children consuming alcohol on school premises and mentioning the intent of smoking cannabis has been brought to her attention; if so, (a) what is the name of the school, (b) what is the age range of the learners, (c) what action has been taken by her Department and (d) what psycho-social support does her Department deploy in these cases;

(2) what programmes does her Department have in place to capacitate teachers to deal with such destructive behaviour and to ensure that it does not fester in schools

 25 25 February 2022 11599
  1. (a) What is the total breakdown of the expenditure on PPE supplies and other COVID-19-related expenditure in the municipalities of (i) Oudtshoorn, (ii) Knysna, (iii) Witzenberg, (iv) Drakenstein, (v) Stellenbosch, (vi) Breede Valley and (vii) Langeberg, (b) what is the detailed list of all the companies that provided PPE supplies, including (i) their BBBEE status, (ii) the details of the owners and (iii) the key focus areas of the business and (c) what rand value was awarded to each company for this expenditure;
  2. whether there was any competitive bidding for the supply of PPE; if not, (a) what process was followed to identify and select these companies and (b) if any companies formed part of the supply-chain database; if so, what are the relevant details;
  3. whether local companies in these municipalities benefitted from the business; if not, how did the locals, including residents and businesses, benefit from the PPE expenditure in their municipalities; if so, what are the relevant details?
 2 16 October 2020 11592

Following reports of COVID-19 positive cases at various workplaces in the Cape Town metropolitan area:

  1. Whether her Department is aware of the positive case or cases at the Fibremill factory in Atlantis;
  2. (a) what is the capacity of isolation facilities in Atlantis and (b) what is the latest occupation or use status of these facilities;
  3. (a) whether the clinic and healthcare workers in Atlantis were made aware of these facilities and (b) are they offering these facilities to every person who tests positive or needs to be isolates; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
  4. whether the Fibremill factory in Atlantis had been sanitised prior to workers returning to work; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
  5. whether her Department is aware of a COVID-19 positive case at the De Novo Rehabilitation Centre in Kraaifontein; if so, what are the relevant details;
  6. (a) why were the staff and patients at the centre not informed of the first positive case and (b)(i) what screening and testing support was offered to the other staff and patients following the first positive case and (ii) how long after the first positive case was the support provided;
  7. whether all the staff and patients were traced and offered public isolation facilities; if so, what are the relevant details;
  8. whether her Department is aware of a COVID-19 positive case at the offices of the SAPS’s Forensic Services in Cape Town; if so, (a) what contact tracing has been undertaken, (b) what isolation protocols have been implemented and (c) why have the remaining staff members been required to return to work and not be isolated?
 5 3 July 2020 11591
  1. (a) Who has been nominated by Western Cape Agriculture to serve on the Ebenhaeser Trust and (b) what is this individual’s prior exposure to businesses and trusts;
  1. (a)(i) how many budgets have been submitted by the Ebenhaeser Trust to his Department for a due diligence analysis and (ii) what were the full sum of the expenditure contained in those budgets and (b)(i) what were the major expense items contained in those budgets and (ii) what amounts have be transferred by the Ebenhaeser Trust to the Community Property Association?
 3 19 June 2020 11590
  1. What are the details of the biggest trade partners of the province, including (a) the sectors of the economy in which they trade, (b) the nature of the trade, (c) the GDP sector contribution to both the provincial and the national economy, (d) a list of South African and foreign companies that are major players in the sector and (e) a list of trade partners with their trade contributions expressed as percentages;

 

  1. (a) what is the breakdown of the Western Cape’s regional export flow and (b) what was the contribution of each region to Western Cape exports in (i) 2014, (ii) 2015, (iii) 2016, (iv) 2017, (v) 2018, (vi) 2019 and (vii) 2020 to date.
 9 12 June 2020 11589

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