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 |
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(1( (a) Whether his Department has any plans and/or strategies that seek to hand over title deeds as beneficiaries receive their units; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) what measures, if any, has the Department taken to reduce the title deeds backlog, including any assistance provided to the Title Deeds Office? |
16 | 25 March 2022 | 11787 |
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With regard to the “Help me buy a house” subprogramme in the Finance-linked Individual Subsidy Programme (FLISP): (a) What are the criteria for those who would like apply for the programme, (b) can a copy of the business plan for the relevant programme be made available and (c) how much funding has been allocated to this programme in the 2022/23 financial year? |
15 | 25 March 2022 | 11786 |
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With respect to tuberculosis (TB) cases in each district in the Western Cape since the 2017/18 financial year:
(a) How many positive cases have there been in (i) 2017/18, (ii) 2018/19, (iii) 2019/20, (iv) 2020/21 and (v) 2021/22, (b) how many clients have successfully recovered from TB, (c) how many TB-related deaths have there been in (i) 2017/18, (ii) 2018/19, (iii) 2019/20, (iv) 2020/21 and (v) 2021/22 and (d) what (i) campaigns and (ii) initiatives are confirmed for this year in order to improve awareness in this regard? |
14 | 25 March 2022 | 11785 |
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With respect to HIV and Aids cases in each district in the Western Cape since the 2017/18 financial year:
(a) How many positive cases have there been in (i) 2017/18, (ii) 2018/19, (iii) 2019/20, (iv) 2020/21 and (v) 2021/22, (b) how many clients are making use of antiretroviral treatment (ART), (c) how many clients have confirmed viral suppression every year, (d) how many condoms have been collected at local clinics every year and (e) what (i) campaigns and (ii) initiatives are confirmed for this year in order to improve awareness in this regard? |
13 | 25 March 2022 | 11784 |
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With regard to her Department’s online registration system: (1) What monetary investments have gone into the development and upgrading of the online registration system over the past five financial years; (2) in relation to its operational capacity, (a) how many applicants can the website accommodate at any given time and (b) how has this improved over the past five calendar years; (3) how many people have applied online in the calendar years of (a) 2017, (b) 2018, (c) 2019, (d) 2020, (e) 2021, and (f) 2022 to date; (4) what plans are in place to make the online registration more accessible to applicants without sufficient resources? |
12 | 25 March 2022 | 11783 |
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With reference to the Western Cape Government’s plans to assist companies that wish to move to the province: (1) Which programmes or units in his Department are responsible for assisting these companies; (2) whether the provincial government has assisted in these types of matters before; if so, (i) what challenges can be expected and (ii) what plans are in place to address these; (3) whether any companies have approached the provincial government in the last year seeking such support; if so, what are the relevant details?
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10 | 25 March 2022 | 11782 |
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(1) Whether his government has a policy on international relations; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the relevant details and (b) what guides his government on international relations; (2) under which powers and legislation did he take the decisions to declare the provincial government’s support for Ukraine and to ban the Russia’s Consul General from participating in any provincial government’s functions; (3) whether his government has a position with regard to the continued atrocities of the Israeli government against the Palestinian people; if so, what are the relevant details; (4) whether his government has supported the Palestinian people in any way in (i) 2014, (ii) 2015, (iii) 2016, (iv) 2017, (v) 2018, (vi) 2019, (vii) 2020, (viii) 2021 and (ix) 2022 to date? |
7 | 25 March 2022 | 11781 |
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(1) What is the (a) number of advisers that he has in his office, (b) what are their qualifications, (c) what are their salaries and (d) what is the total cost of the advisers; (2) whether a certain person, whose name has been furnished to his Department for the purpose of his reply, has started in the role of being an adviser to the Premier; if so, what is he going to advise him on; (3) whether a series of social-media posts by this person that contradicts his government’s standpoint on many issues, including the Russia–Ukraine conflict, have been brought to his attention; if so, (a) what are the relevant details and (b) what engagements have they had regarding the conflict? |
6 | 25 March 2022 | 11780 |
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(1) (a) What oversight mechanisms does the Department have over the recruitment, training and deployment of LEAP officers and (b) how many reports does the Department get from the City annually; (2) (a) what is the total breakdown of the expenditure on the LEAP programme in (i) 2019, (ii) 2020, (iii) 2021 and (iv) 2022 to date and (b) what are the details of the (i) expenditure items and (ii) cost per unit? |
4 | 25 March 2022 | 11779 |
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(1)(a) What is the (i) number and (ii) details of the meetings that the Department has had with the City of Cape Town regarding the Safety Plan and LEAP officers between 2019 and 2022, (b) what were the (i) discussions and (ii) resolutions of such meetings and (c) can copies of the minutes of these meeting be made available; (2) (a) how many meetings and engagements did the former Minister and the Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security have in (i) 2019, (ii) 2020, (iii) 2021 and (iv) 2022 to date regarding the Safety Plan and (b) what were the (i) discussions and (ii) resolutions of such meetings? |
3 | 25 March 2022 | 11778 |
