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
  1. (a) What is the number of reported extortion-related crimes for each SAPS precinct in the Western Cape during the 2024/25 financial year and (b) what targeted interventions have been implemented in these high-incidence areas;
  2. (a) how many arrests have been made in connection with extortion cases in the province since 1 April 2024 and (b) how many convictions have been secured;
  3. (a) what extortion-related crimes have been recorded and (b) what is the total estimated value of the economic loss linked to these crimes;
  4. (a) how many extortion cases in the province have been linked to organised criminal gangs and (b) what proportion of these are under investigation by specialised organised crime units;
  5. (a) how many dedicated SAPS task teams are currently operating in the province to combat extortion, (b) what are their areas of deployment and (c) what budget has been allocated to these teams in the 2024/25 financial year;
  6. (a) how many extortion-related cases remain under investigation in the Western Cape and (b) what measures are in place to reduce investigative backlogs?
 21 14 November 2025 20345
  1. (a) What was the final appropriation to the SAPS Crime Intelligence in the province for the 2024/25 financial year and (b) what amount of this budget was actually spent in the province;
  2. (a) how many crime intelligence officers are currently deployed in the province, (b) how are they distributed across the province and (c) what portion of the Crime Intelligence budget supports field operations versus administrative costs;
  3. (a) how many intelligence-driven operations have been conducted in the province during the 2024/25 financial year, (b) what portion of the budget was used for these operations and (c) what has been the success rate of these operations;
  4. what systems are in place to track expenditure and performance in the Crime Intelligence budget to ensure alignment with national and provincial crime reduction priorities?
 17 14 November 2025 20343
  1. (a) What was the final appropriation to the SAPS Detective Services in the Western Cape for the 2024/25 financial year and (b) what amount of this budget was actually spent in the province;
  2. how many active criminal cases are currently under investigation by SAPS detectives in the province,
  3. (a) how much has been spent on the training and professional development of detectives in the province during the 2024/25 financial year and (b) how does this compare to the planned training budget;
  4. (a) how many operational vehicles are currently allocated to Detective Services in the province, (b) how many of these vehicles are out of service and (c) what is the budgeted amount for the maintenance and replacement of these vehicles;
  5. (a) how many detectives are currently assigned to specialised units, such as (i) family violence, (ii) child protection, (iii) sexual offences (FCS) and (iv) organised-crime investigations in the province, and (b) what proportion of the total Detective Services budget supports these specialised units;
  6. what portion of the Detective Services budget is allocated to the improvement of investigative tools?
 13 14 November 2025 20342
  1. (a) What is the current number of (i) police and (ii) metropolitan police officers in the province and (b) in the past five years, (i) what has been the intake of new recruits and (ii) how many resignations occurred among (aa) police and (bb) metropolitan police officers;
  2. what is the current number of functional vehicles for use by (a) police and (b) metropolitan police officers in the province?
8 14 November 2025 20341

(a) (i) How many schools have been built as part of the Rapid School Built
Programme from its inception to date and (ii) how many classrooms have been
built from the inception of the programme to date, (b) what has been the
annual cost of the programme for each financial year since its inception, (c)
what are the projected number of (i) schools and (ii) classrooms to be built over
the next three financial year and (ii) what is the estimated cost, (d)(i) how is the
programme being funded and (ii) what are the main funding sources and (e)(i)
how many schools or classrooms are currently under construction, (ii) what are
their expected completion dates, (iii) what mechanisms are in place to ensure
(aa) proper procurement, (bb) quality control and (cc) maintenance of the
schools built as part of the programme?

 17 19 September 2025 20340

With reference to his reply to question 29 of 3 October 2025:

  1. Why has his Department not developed a provincial methodology for estimating the number of children living on the streets;
  2. whether his Department disputes the necessity of having baseline data to design targeted interventions; if not, why approximate estimates are not collected through municipalities, NGOs, the SAPS, schools, clinics and outreach workers;
  3. when does his Department plan to implement a centralised strategy for collecting data on homeless children, including their age, gender, municipality and risk factors;
  4. what prevents his Department from using administrative sources (schools, clinics, shelters, the SAPS and NGOs) to produce indicative numbers of homeless children;
  5. how does his Department monitor risk hotspots for homeless children in the absence of municipality-level data;
  6. (a) which municipalities have formally reported concerns or trends relating to homeless children since 2019 and (b) can copies of these reports be made available?
 27 28 November 2025 20277

Regarding the plan to relocated 1 500 families from the Masiphumelele Informal Settlement away from a wetland:

What measures has his Department implemented to prevent municipalities from reinforcing historical spatial injustices by disproportionately placing social housing or relocation projects in less affluent communities?

 26 28 November 2025 20276

The Western Cape’s official unemployment rate declined from 21,1% in quarter 2 of 2025 to 19,7% in quarter 3 of 2025 largely due to a quarterly employment increase of 70 000 jobs:

  1. (a) What specific interventions or programmes directly contributed to these gains and (b) to what extent are these gains sustainable in the face of volatile sectors such as agriculture;
  2. in the light of the recent Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) of Statistics SA that shows that the province continues to reflect high levels of individuals not economically active (NEA), what targeted strategies does his Department have in place to reduce the persistently large outside-the-labour-force cohort?
 25 28 November 2025 20275

With regard to the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) detected at a feedlot in Gouda in the Cape Winelands District Municipality:

  1. (i) To what extent has this disease affected local farmers and (ii) what has been the response of his Department and (b) how does his Department plan to (i) detect, (ii) prevent and (iii) respond effectively to outbreaks of animal diseases in the province, seeing that the shortages in veterinary and scientific posts pose a direct risk to the agricultural economy?
 24 28 November 2025 20274
  1. What is his Department doing in supporting gender-based violence (GBV) initiatives in rural areas and working-class communities and (b) what evidence can his Department provide that the Province’s GBV Strategy and Implementation Plan are effective in dealing with GBV?
 23 28 November 2025 20273

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