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) Whether she can provide details on the sudden resignation of the Principal of the Greenfields Girls’ Primary School; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) whether she can provide details of the complaint against the Principal of the Greenfields Girls’ Primary School that the Principal is alleged to have acted inappropriately towards girls; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (3) whether she can provide clarity on how this educator was vetted before being employed by her Department; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (4) whether she can provide clarity on how this educator was vetted and cleared before being appointed as the Principal of the Greenfields Girls’ Primary School; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (5) whether the South African Council of Educators (SACE) has been notified of the allegations to prevent this educator from having access to vulnerable learners, particularly young girls, in the future; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (6) whether her Department will (i) pursue and continue to investigate the complaint even though the Principal has resigned and (ii) report the matter to the relevant authorities; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details and time frames? |
7 | 9 April 2021 | 10876 |
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With regard to a media report (IOL) on 9 March 2021 regarding the retirement of the Principal of the Grove Primary School: (1) Whether she can provide an update regarding the South African Council of Educators (SACE) disciplinary hearing that was scheduled for 25 March 2020; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) whether the she can provide reasons why her Department did not inform the SACE of the findings against the Principal of the Grove Primary School after her Department’s disciplinary process had been concluded; (3) whether her Department recommended a full forensic investigation into the financial affairs of the school and the suspension of the Principal with pay pending that investigation; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (4) how did her Department arrive at the amount of money that was to be recovered from the Principal, as mentioned in summons 16290/2019 at Wynberg Magistrate’s Court; Given that the amounts related to the summons do not account for the illegal off-budget amounts paid to the Principal in 2016 or 2017, which compounded in subsequent years, as the correction was never made to the actual budget-approved increase in 2017: (5) whether she can provide an explanation for this oversight in calculating the correct amount that was illegally paid to and received by the Principal of the Grove Primary School; if so, what are the relevant details; (6) whether this oversight will be corrected and a proper forensic investigation be conducted to determine the depth of the Principal’s illegal and possibly fraudulent conduct; if so, what are the relevant details; (7) whether she and her Department will support the SACE case against the Principal for financial mismanagement; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (8) whether she can provide an update regarding the instruction to the State Attorney to recover the funds; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details? |
6 | 9 April 2021 | 10875 |
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With regard to allegations of sexual harassment against the Traffic Chief, whose name has been furnished to his Department for the purpose of his reply, and his Department’s decision not to suspend him pending the investigation: (1) (a) What applicable legal prescripts guide the work of the provincial government to suspend senior employees for allegations of sexual misconduct and (b) how were they applied in this case; (2) whether this person has been charged by a court of law in 2020; if so, (a) what are the relevant details and (b) what remedial action did his Department take; With regard to the Department’s commitment to appoint an independent panel to investigate the allegations: (3) (a) what is the status of that investigation and (b) how much has been spent on it to date; (4) whether the victim has not been to work since September 2020 due to health reasons; if so, (a) what are the relevant details, (b) when last did she report for duty, (c) what is her state of health and mind, (d) what support has been given to her and (e) what protection has been given to her and with regard to her job security? |
5 | 9 April 2021 | 10874 |
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(1) (a) What is the total expenditure of his Department’s Expanded Public Partnership (EPP), (b) how many community policing forums (CPFs) (i) participated and (ii) received funding, (c) what (i) is the breakdown of these CPFs and (ii) amount each CPF received in the 2020/21 financial year, (d)(i) what are the details of the CPFs that do not participate in the EPP, (ii) what are the reasons for this and (e) what measures have been taken by his Department to improve relations between the CPFs and his Department; (2) whether the Department can provide a breakdown of its expenditure on EPPs between the 2018/19 and 2020/21 financial year, including details of how much each CPF received? |
4 | 9 April 2021 | 10873 |
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With regard to the culture and heritage in the Western Cape: (1) Whether there are any plans to build more museums in townships in the foreseeable future; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) whether there are any strategies in place to preserve the food history and the recording of traditional recipes of the people of the province; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (3) whether there are any plans to launch the oral history initiative in (a) Mitchells Plain and (b) Khayelitsha; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (4) whether there have been any audits done on the monitoring and evaluation of the use of the three official languages of the Western Cape in the last three years; if not, why not; if so, what have been the outcomes? |
3 | 9 April 2021 | 10872 |
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With regard to the third wave of COVID-19 in the province: (a) What is the total number of cases that have been recorded in the period 1 June to 15 June 2021, (b) what is the breakdown of these cases by (i) age, (ii) gender and (iii) subdistrict, (c) how have (i) hospitalisations and (ii) deaths changed in this period and (d) what measures have been put in place in the province to respond to the third wave? |
6 | 18 June 2021 | 10869 |
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With regard to the use of the Integrated Spatially Enabled Response Management System (ISERMS) by the City of Cape Town: (a) When was this system implemented by the City of Cape Town, (b) what (i) was the purpose and (ii) were the intended outcomes of the system, (b) what is the total investment associated with this system, including the (i) cost of installation and (ii) servicing and maintenance cost of the system, (c) what are the details of the company that installed the system for City of Cape Town, (d) when was the system activated and (e) how did it assist in improving safety in the city? |
5 | 18 June 2021 | 10868 |
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With reference the Employment Equity Plan requirements in the health sector at the Garden Route District Municipality: (a) How many people are employed in the health sector in this district municipality, (b) who is responsible for the employment of health workers in this municipality, (c) what role do hospital boards and clinics play in the employment of their staff, (d) what are the demographics of those employed in terms of (i) position, (ii) gender and (iii) race at each health facility, (e) how many complaints regarding service delivery has been received at these health facilities and (f) what remedial action will be put in place to ensure that the Employment Equity Plan is implemented and reflected in the appointment of staff? |
3 | 18 June 2021 | 10867 |
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With reference to the increased number of violent attacks on women and children: Whether the number of female beneficiaries can be measured across all the programmes in her Department; if so, (a) how many of the Department’s beneficiaries are women and (b) how are beneficiaries’ experience of departmental programmes monitored to ensure a thorough impact assessment? |
25 | 26 July 2019 | 10865 |
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24 | 26 July 2019 | 10864 |
