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

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

Given the serious allegations of gang infiltration currently under investigation:

  1. (a) What steps has her Department taken to verify independently the extent of the cooperation by the Provincial Police Commissioner, Lieutenant General Patekile, with the Ombudsman and IPID and (b) what mechanisms are in place to ensure that this cooperation leads to concrete accountability and systemic corrective action;
  2. whether her Department has verified claims made by the Premier that the Provincial Commissioner turned down the offer and the request by him to launch a lifestyle audit; if so, what are the relevant details;
  3. what are the steps that her Department is taking to (a) safeguard the SAPS from criminal infiltration and (b) restore public confidence in the province’s policing structures?
 22 28 November 2025 20272

In respect of the collaboration and donor-funded schools in the province:
(1) Whether (a) collaboration schools and (b) donor-funded schools are
obligated to submit their annual financial (audit) reports to his Department,
if not, why not; if so, what are the criteria;
(2) whether there is a report on the consultation that took place in (a) Eerste
River, (b) Worcester and (c) Bonnievale with regard to establishing
collaboration schools in the respective communities; if not, why not; if so,
can a copy of the report be made available;
(3) whether there are signed agreements between his Department,
collaboration schools and donor-funded schools; if not, why not; if so, can
copies of signed agreements be made available?

 21 28 November 2025 20271

Whether his Department is giving teachers termly contracts; if not, why not; if so,
(a) what are the relevant details, (b) what is the total number of these contracts
in the current year, (c) what is the salary range and (d) what is the duration of
the contracts?

 20 28 November 2025 20270

How much money has his Department spent individually on the (i) Apex High
School, (ii) Apex Primary School, (iii) Jakes Gerwel Technical High School and (iv)
Zwelethemba High School from 2020 to date?

 19 28 November 2025 20269

With regard to roadblocks by the SAPS in the province:

(1)   (a) How many roadblocks were conducted by the SAPS in each policing district in the (i) 2024/25 and (ii) 2025/26 financial years and (b) what was the frequency per month;

(2)   (a) how many joint roadblocks were conducted with other law enforcement agencies in each district, (b)(i) how many arrests resulted from SAPS roadblocks in the past three financial years, (ii) what categories of offences were recorded and (iii) what were the outcomes of these arrests, (c)(i) how many roadblock blood samples sub-mitted by the SAPS are currently outstanding and (ii) what is the age of the oldest outstanding sample, (d) how many cases in the past three years experienced delays due to late toxicology and (f)(i) what categories of offences were affected and (ii) how many cases were withdrawn as a result?

18 28 November 2025 20268

(1)  What infrastructure projects are currently underway in the George Municipality and, in each case, (a) what is the project, (b) what are the costs and (c) when will it be completed;

(2)  what infrastructure projects are planned for the George Municipality over the next three financial years and, in each case, (a) what is the project, (b) what will be the cost and (c) what are the planned start and completion dates?

 17 28 November 2025 20267

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