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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(a) What is the progress with regard to the investigation of the suspended four officials who worked in former Minister’s office, (b) what are the transgressions that are under investigation, (c)(i) what are the details of the officials investigating the matter and (ii) what positions do they occupy in the Department and (d) what are the proposed time frame to conclude the investigation? |
10 | 11 March 2022 | 11662 |
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What are the (a) details and (b) timeline for the filling of the vacancy left by the retirement of the previous head of the Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning? |
8 | 11 March 2022 | 11661 |
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With regard to the proposed “Jobs Cabinet”: Outside of the provincial departments mentioned in the State of the Province Address, (a)(i) which organisations and/or businesses will be invited to participate in this cabinet and (ii) on what basis were these organisations and/or businesses invited and (b) when is this cabinet expected to meet with these organisations and/or businesses for the first time? |
7 | 11 March 2022 | 11660 |
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With regard to the Deferred Ownership Project: 1. (a) When will construction begin for the project in the Cape Agulhas Municipality and (b) how many Finance-linked Individual Subsidy Programme (FLISP) units will be developed; 2. whether beneficiaries have been identified for the project; if so, what are the relevant details? |
6 | 29 March 2022 | 11659 |
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With regard to the Atlantis Special Economic Zone (ASEZ) becoming a Schedule 3D public enterprise: (a) What plans and/or agreements does the ASEZ have in place to transact with (i) investors and (ii) tenants, (b) what is the financial value and/or impact of these agreements, (c) what are the estimated timeline of each agreement and (d) what progress has there been to secure three additional investments for the SEZ? |
5 | 11 March 2022 | 11658 |
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With respect to the Helderberg area: (1) What is the current demand for learner placement at high schools in the area; (2) whether there any plans for the building of new schools in the area, specifically for the areas of Sir Lowry’s Pass, Village Somerset West and Gordon’s Bay; if not, why not; if so, what are the timelines for these projects? |
2 | 11 March 2022 | 11657 |
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Regarding the Department’s plan to house the proposed Violence Prevention Unit: (a) At what stage is the planning or implementation of the Unit, (b) how many people does her Department plan to employ to capacitate the Unit, (c) how much is it expected to cost in order for it to function effectively and (d) which other stakeholders, in addition to the area-based teams, would be brought in to implement the Unit’s programmes? |
6 | 4 March 2022 | 11656 |
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1. (a) What is the number of (i) primary school learners and (ii) high school learners enrolled at schools in Mitchells Plain and (b) what is the number of (i) primary schools and (ii) high schools in Mitchells Plain; 2. whether her the Department has plans to build more high schools in the area; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details? |
3 | 4 March 2022 | 11655 |
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With regard to her Department’s infrastructure development plans: (1) Whether the crisis of unplaced learners and overcrowded classrooms in schools in poor working-class communities is taken into consideration when her Department plans its infrastructure projects; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) (a) what criteria are followed by her Department to decide on infrastructure projects, (b) what are the details of the school infrastructure projects that took place in the communities of (i) Mfuleni, (ii) Kraaifontein, (iii) Khayelitsha and (iv) Mitchells Plain in (aa) 2014, (bb) 2015, (cc) 2016, (dd) 2017, (ee) 2018, (ff) 2019, (gg) 2020, (hh) 2021 and (ii) 2022 to date? |
2 | 4 March 2022 | 11654 |
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7 | 26 November 2021 | 11649 |
