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

With regard to learners who were unplaced in schools in the province on 19 January 2022, 1 February 2022 and 14 February 2022:

  1. What is the racial breakdown of the unplaced learners, (b) how many of these unplaced learners have been placed at schools as at the latest date for which information is available, (c) what are the details of the schools at which all these learners have been placed and (d) what is the (i) number and (ii) details of schools with class sizes (aa) below 30 and (bb) above 45 in the province?
 11 18 February 2022 11560

Whether his Department has established community Wi-Fi hotspots in any of the 406 wards in the province; if not, why not; if so, (a) in how many wards have they been established and (b) at which physical addresses have they been provided, including the ward number and physical address of each Wi-Fi hot-spot?

 

 10 18 February 2022 11559

With regard to foreign-registered vehicles:

  1. Whether his Department will investigate the possibility of building up a provincial database of (a) vehicles with foreign registration numbers and (b) foreign drivers using the province’s road; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
  2. whether his Department plans to engage with the national government about adding foreign vehicles that enter South Africa at border posts to such a database; if not, how does the Department intend to enforce traffic regulations regarding foreign-registered vehicles and/or foreign drivers; if so, what are the relevant details?
 8 18 February 2022 11558

What is his Department’s contribution to (a) address climate change and (b) mitigate the effects thereof?

 

 7 18 February 2022 11557

With regard to the Western Cape Government App:

  1. Whether local municipalities are making use of the app to create a centralised online demand database; if so, which municipalities;
  1. whether his Department is aware of the reasons why municipalities are not currently using the app; if so,
  1. whether his Department plans to engage these municipalities?
 6 18 February 2022 11556

With regard to the Better Living Model as seen at Conradie Park:

  1. Whether there is a document that outlines the aims, rationale and philosophy of the Better Living Model; if so, can a copy be made available;
  1. as Conradie Park is the pilot project for the Better Living Model, whether his Department plans to implement this model elsewhere; if not, why not; if so, (a) where and (b) what are the anticipated timelines for these projects?
 5 18 February 2022 11555

Whether it has been bought to her attention that a number of employees in her Department, particularly at the youth development centres, have not been paid for overtime worked in November; if so, (a) what are the relevant details and (b) what is the number of employees who have not been paid?

 4 18 February 2022 11554

With reference to his reply to question 5 of 26 November 2021:

  1. What is the progress as at the latest date for which information is available;
  2. whether the envisaged date of completion, previously scheduled for 7 July 2022, still applies; if not, what would the effect of further delays be on the ability of the Brandvlei Dam to store additional run-off water during the upcoming rainy season; if so, what are the relevant details?
 1 18 February 2022 11553

 1. What is the teacher-to-learner ratio at the Ceres Secondary School;

2, whether the school management has reported the shortage of classrooms to her Department prior to the 2022 school year; if so, what progress has been made in this regard;

3. whether there was an application for mobile classrooms; if so, when is the outcome of the request expected?

 3 25 February 2022 11552

With regard to weighbridges:

Whether an investment in more weighbridges on routes currently not covered by such weighbridges would be financially justifiable to the Province in terms of the damage caused to surfaced roads by overladen vehicles; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

 2 25 February 2022 11551

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