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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With regard to issuing of Government Motor Transport (GMT) cars to staff during the sixth administration:

(a)    How many of these vehicles were issued to staff members with a rank lower than assistant director and (b) for what reasons were vehicles issued to them?

12 1 April 2022 11815

With regard to the issuing of Government Motor Transport (GMT) cars to staff during the fifth administration:

(a) How many of these vehicles were issued to staff members with a rank lower than assistant director (b) for what reasons were vehicles issued to them?

11 1 April 2022 11814

(1) Which municipalities have established these red tape reduction units (RTRUs) and (b) for each, (i) on what date was it established, (ii) who is the manager or head of the unit, (iii) what is the budget allocated by provincial government and (iv) from which programme or cost item is the funding provided;

(2) (a) what is the reporting format of these RTRUs (i) between units, (ii) to the municipalities where they operate from and (iii) to the Province;

(3) whether a copy of the service level agreement (SLA) or any contractual document that sets out this relationship can be made available;

(4) what are the (a) data of the cases each of these RTRUs have dealt with since their establishment, (b)(i) details and (ii) nature of these case, (c) response times to resolve these case, if they have been resolved, (d) reasons for cases not having been resolved and (e) contact details of the complainants in reference to the service received;

(5) whether the RTRUs dealt with any cases from the informal sector; if so, (a) what are the details of such cases per municipality and (b) where the RTRUs exist, how such cases were resolved?

10 1 April 2022 11813

With reference to his reply to question 15 of 9 July 2021:

(1) Whether a copy of the Western Cape Growth Strategy can be made available;

(2) whether the review referred to in the reply has been completed; if not, why not; if so, (i) what are the relevant details and (ii) can a copy of the “Township Economic Growth Strategy” and report of the review be made available?

9 1 April 2022 11812

(1) Whether his Department has exited the collaboration; if not, (a) why not and (b) what is the current status update of the project; if so, what are the relevant details;

(2) (a)(i) how many store owners are still in operation under this project versus those that terminated their participation and (ii) what are the reasons for the termination, (b) how much was the funding from his Department to each market store participating in the project from its inception to date, (c) what are the (i) names of the stores, (ii) amounts of funding and (iii) purposes of the funds and (d)(i) when and (ii) to whom were the funds disbursed?

8 1 April 2022 11811

(a) What is the nature and scope of the upgrades or maintenance currently taking place at the (i) Lentegeur High School, (ii) Cornflower Primary School and (iii) Caravelle Primary School, (b) what is the monetary value of these upgrades or maintenance, (c) when will the upgrades or maintenance be completed, (d) who has been contracted to complete the work being done and (e) what percentage of local labour is being used to complete the work?

5 1 April 2022 11810

(a)  How many community healthcare workers are there in the province, (b) what is their employment status and (c) on what sphere of government is their employment status dependent?

4 1 April 2022 11809

With respect to the Khayelitsha District Hospital and the area as a whole:

(a)  What has the exponential population growth in the area been over the past five financial years, (b) how has the population growth affected the Hospital’s healthcare services and (c) what have been the interventions from her Department to address the challenges in this regard?

3 1 April 2022 11808

(1)     What progress has been made by the Special Investigation Unit (SIU) with corruption cases at the (a) Cederberg and (b) Matzikama municipalities;

(2)     whether his Department has received updated status reports or finalised reports from the SIU with regard to these municipalities; if so, what are the contents of these reports?

2 1 April 2022 11807

(1)(a)(i) What is the number of mobile classrooms that have been procured and (ii) how much was spent in (aa) 2014, (bb) 2015, (cc) 2016, (dd) 2017, (ee) 2018, (ff) 2019, (gg) 2020, (hh) 2021 and (ii) 2022 to date and (b) what is the cost per mobile classroom;

(2)(a) what are the details of all companies that her Department procured mobile classrooms from in the same period as in (1), (b) what is the number of mobile classrooms that her Department has bought and owns and (c) how many mobile classrooms were rented from private owners during this period?

1 1 April 2022 11806

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