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 reference to the broadband roll-out of the provincial government:

  1. What is the total expenditure of the project for (a)(i) phase 1 and (ii) phase 2, (b) what is the detailed breakdown of the expenditure in terms of (i) infrastructure costs, (ii) labour costs and (iii) data-related costs;
  1. whether the provincial government owns the broadband infrastructure or rents it from the service provider;
  1. (a) how many sites are (i) in the metropolitan area of the City of Cape Town and (ii) outside the metropolitan area of the City of Cape Town metro and the surrounding rural areas;
  1. (a) how many schools and government buildings in the metropolitan area and outside the metropolitan area have been connected, (b) how many sites in total that are not buildings or schools of the Western Cape Government in the metropolitan area and outside the metropolitan area have been connected and (c) what are the details of these sites?
 10 6 March 2020 11588

With reference to the Beaufort West Municipality:

  1. Whether there is an approved organogram for the municipality; if not, why not; if so; what are the relevant details, including the approved organogram;
  1. what are the (a) names, (b) task levels (T-levels) and (c) total cost of employment (TCoE) of all persons from task level 8 (T8);
  1. what is the total salary bill per month for all municipal staff members;

 

  1. (a) what is the total overtime bill for August 2018 to June 2019, (b) what are the names of the municipal officials who claimed overtime, (c) what are their designations and (d) what was the overtime cost per month;
  1. (a) what are the (i) names, (ii) designations and (iii) TCoE of all municipal appointments made since August 2018, including full-time, permanent and temporary contract and advisory appointments, (b)(i) what was the composition of the selection panels, (ii) what was the content of the advertisements and (iii) where were the positions advertised for all the appointments made since August 2018?
 8 12 July 2019 11587

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 11586

With regard to the Premier’s assertion made in SOPA 2022 that “we adopted the most extensive provincial Safety Plan in South Africa, which has now resulted in 1 056 Law Enforcement Advancement Programme (LEAP) officers being trained and deployed, through the City of Cape Town, to 13 high-crime police precincts”:

  1. (a) What are the details of the deployment of these LEAP officers, (b) what are the details of the 13 high-crime police precincts, (c) what is the number of deployed officers per area and (d) of the deployed officers, how many are dealing with (i) crime prevention, (ii) anti-land invasions and (iii) public-order policing;
  1. whether any detectives have been recruited and deployed; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
  1. (a) under which section of the Western Cape Safety Plan is provision made for the establishment of Area-Based Teams (ABTs), (b) what are the details of the high-crime areas where these ABTs are deployed, (c) how much is paid per month to these ABTs and (d) what are the daily responsibilities and tasks of these ABTs;
  1. what is the total breakdown of expenditure of the Safety Plan from its inception to date, including the cost of (a) training, (b) remuneration and (c) equipment and machinery?
 19 25 February 2022 11585

 

(a) What progress has been made with the shifting of the Early Childhood Development function from her Department to the Western Cape Education Department (WCED), (b) what are the details of the functions currently undertaken by (i) her Department and (ii) the WCED and (c)(i) what has caused the delays in the migration of this function to the WCED and (ii) when will it be completed fully

 22 25 February 2022 11584

With regard to the assertion made in his SOPA 2022 that wheeling (which is the private-to-private trading of energy) across municipal networks is being explored in seven Western Cape municipalities, given the recent unlocking of national electricity regulations:

(a) What are the details of this wheeling, including (i) the amount of energy being traded and (ii) the cost of the electricity and (b)(i) what are the details of the seven municipalities and (ii) what criteria were used to select them?

 15 25 February 2022 11583

(a)  What was the total cost of the State of the Province Address in (i) 2018, (ii) 2019, (iii) 2020, (iv) 2021 and (v) 2022, (b) what is the detailed breakdown of the expenditure on (i) items and (ii) costs and (c) what is the (i) detailed list of service providers, (ii) amount paid to each and (iii) BBBEE status of each service provider?

 23 25 February 2022 11582

With regard to the Premier’s pronouncement in his SOPA 2022 that his government plans to create a dedicated Violence Prevention Unit in the Western Cape’s Department of Health:

(a)   Where will this unit be housed in her Department, (b) what will be its powers and functions, (c) how many staff members will be employed, (d)(i) how much will be budgeted for it and (ii) where will the budget come from, (e) how does it aim to prevent violence in the province and (f) what programmes will it run, including daily tasks

 20 25 February 2022 11581

(1) What is the number of properties in the province that are owned by companies whose names has been furnished to his Department for the purpose of his reply;

(2) whether these companies have the title deeds and/or any other proof of ownership of these properties; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the relevant details, (b) can copies of the proof of ownership of these properties be provided and (c)(i) when and (ii) where did they acquire these properties from?

 18 25 February 2022 11580

With regard to social-housing provision in the province between 2014 and 2022:

(a) What (i) is the number and (ii) are the details of the companies that his Department has partnered with, (b) what is the number of housing opportunities provided by each company, (c) what are the details of assistance provided by his Department per social-housing project, (d) what are the details of the board members of each of the companies that his Department partnered with and (e) what is the number of persons that have been evicted from Communicare properties during the specified period?

 17 25 February 2022 11579

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