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 reference to his Department’s decision to establish a Climate Change Unit:

(1) What are the unit’s (a) operations and (b) responsibilities;

(2) whether any progress has been made with its mandate to date; if so, what are the relevant details;

(3)(a) what metrics are used to evaluate the unit’s performance and (b)(i) what is the unit’s budget allocation and (ii) to whom does the unit report?

 8 12 November 2021 11351

With reference to his Department’s Drone Technology Expansion and Training Programme:

(a)   How many people have graduated with their drone pilot’s licences since the inception of this programme, (b) of those who have graduated, how many (i) are employed in the agriculture sector, (ii) are not employed in the agriculture sector and (iii) have sought and found employment as drone operators, (c) how many people have enrolled in the training programme and (d) what are the planned intake number for the next intake?

 7 12 November 2021 11350

With respect to the 5 640 household food gardens, 132 community food gardens and 43 school food gardens having been established thus far:

(a)   How much, on average, does a (i) household, (ii) community and (ii) school food garden cost, (b) how much has this achievement cost to date, (c) what measures are being implemented to ensure that these gardens are sustained and do not become dormant and (d) how many (i) household, (ii) community and (iii) school food gardens are planned for the next financial year?

 6 12 November 2021 11349

 

What is the total amount of (a) national and (b) provincial conditional grants that have been underspent and surrendered to the (i) National Treasury and (ii) Provincial Treasury in (aa) 2014, (bb) 2015, (cc) 2016, (dd) 2017, (ee) 2018, (ff) 2019, (gg) 2020 and (hh) 2021 to date?

 10 19 November 2021 11329
  1. What are the (a) short- and (b) long-term plans to address the challenges of unplaced learners and overcrowded classrooms, especially in the identified hotspot areas;
  2. (a) which schools are in the pipeline to be built in the next two to three years and (b) which ones will be completed during this period;
  3. what is the teacher-to-learner ratios at (a) former Model C schools and (b) schools in poor working class communities;
  4. of the unplaced learners in the province over the past two years, how many were placed at (a) former Model C schools and (b) quintiles 1 to 3 schools;
  5. whether former Model C schools are allowed to have smaller class sizes than poorer schools; if so, what are the relevant details;
  6. (a) what is the number of no-fee schools in quintiles 1 to 5 in the province and (b) how much has her Department transferred to these schools?
 9 19 November 2021 11328

With regard to the proposed Single Transport Authority:

  1. Regarding the business case that has been drafted, at what stage are the internal discussions, (b) when does his Department expect that the plans will be finalised and (c) what are the next steps for the materialisation of the Authority?
 8 19 November 2021 11327

With regard to the Blue Dot Taxi Service:

  1. How many (i) taxis and (ii) taxi operators are currently participating in the programme, (b) what is the (i) highest and (ii) average amount that taxi operators receive based on the current level of performance and (c) what initiatives are being used to encourage taxi operators to join the programme?
 7 19 November 2021 11326

With regard to the Schools Evaluation Authority:

  1. (a) How many reports have been conducted since its inception and (b) what were the topics covered in each;
  2. whether there are any noteworthy interventions that her Department will undertake as a direct recommendation of the Authority; if so, what are the relevant details?
 6 19 November 2021 11325

  1. (a) What is the status update on the establishment of six new collaboration schools as referred to in the Recovery Plan presented in the House by the Premier on 22 October 2020, (b) how many collaboration schools have been piloted, (c) how many will move beyond the pilot phase and (d) for school not continuing beyond the pilot phase, what are the reason or reasons;

  2. whether there are any new programmes or other activities aligned with these remarks of the Premier that have been initiated; if so, what are the relevant details?

 5 19 November 2021 11324
  1. What is the expected date for the upgrades to the health facilities in (i) Gansbaai, (ii) Laingsburg and (iii) Wynberg (Victoria Hospital) as referred to in the Premier’s State of the Province Address for 2021, (b) what are the details of the infrastructure upgrades for each of these facilities and (c) what are the improved services that will be provided at each facility as a result of the upgrades?
 4 19 November 2021 11323

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