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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With regard to the funds handed over to the Laingsburg Municipality on 19 October 2021: (a) What amount was provided, (b) what was the purpose of the funding and (c) what amount has been spent to date?
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2 | 12 November 2021 | 11299 |
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With reference to the Elsenburg Training Institute: (a) What is the current size of the Percheron stud at Elsenburg, (b) what was the number of animals at the end of the (i) 2018/19, (ii) 2019/20 and (iii) 2020/21 financial years, (c)(i) what number of livestock was (aa) purchased and (bb) sold and (ii) what amounts were traded for Percherons over the last five financial years, (d) to what extend was the livestock of use in the curriculum of the equine training programme offered at the Elsenburg Training Institute and (e) what are the plans for the future of the Percheron stud at Elsenburg? |
1 | 10 December 2021 | 11292 |
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With reference to the international travel ban imposed on potential foreign tourists in a response to the Omicron variant of the coronavirus: (1) Whether CapeNature would be refunding the deposits of foreign visitors who have been prevented from travelling to South Africa; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) (a) what is the expected effect of the travel ban on (i) tourism numbers and (ii) the turnover from tourism for CapeNature for the current tourism season, (b) which of CapeNature’s tourism facilities should be deemed as high-risk facilities from an infection point of view and (c) what has been the estimated loss in revenue suffered by CapeNature during the previous financial year due to lockdown regulations? |
3 | 10 December 2021 | 11291 |
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With reference to locust outbreaks:
what precautions have been implemented in order to control possible outbreaks of locusts; whether locust control officers require the permission of landowners in order to get access to locust swarms on private land; if so, (a) under what legislation is access obtained to private land and (b) what issues does this challenge pose for the control of locust swarms?
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2 | 10 December 2021 | 11290 |
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7 | 3 December 2021 | 11289 |
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6 | 3 December 2021 | 11288 |
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With reference to the reply to question 10 of 12 November 2021: (a) Why is her Department funding an organisation that does not have offices and (b) what is the race breakdown of the members of the committee; (a) when did the upgrade of each of the courts take place, (b) how much was spent on the upgrade per facility and (c) what are the details of the companies that worked on the upgrades; (a) what were the (i) administration, (ii) transformation and (iii) development funds used for and (b) what are the details of what the funding was used for; what are the details of major events that were held in all the years for which funding was made available? |
5 | 3 December 2021 | 11287 |
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With reference to the reply to question 11 of 12 November 2021: (a) Of the applications received, how many learners have been placed at schools successfully as at the latest date for which information available, (b) from the applications received, how many are from (i) other provinces and (ii) other countries and (c) how many of the learners in (b) have been placed at schools; whether, from the number of applications received, there are any that were late applications; if so, what are the relevant details; what is the number of applications that has been received after the closing date for applications? |
4 | 3 December 2021 | 11284 |
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How many (i) vehicles has the Provincial Traffic Services stopped and checked, (ii) speeding offences have been recorded by the Provincial Traffic Services, (iii) fines have been issued by the Provincial Traffic Services, (iv) impoundments has the Provincial Traffic Services conducted, (v) arrests has the Provincial Traffic Services made, (vi) crashes have been recorded by the Provincial Traffic Services, (vii) fatalities have been recorded by the Provincial Traffic Services and (viii) roadblocks has the Provincial Traffic Services implemented in (aa) 2018, (bb) 2019, (cc) 2020 and (dd) 2021 to date, as at the latest date for which information is available, and (b) what is the value of the fines issued during the same period |
3 | 3 December 2021 | 11283 |
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Whether his Department has engaged with the Department of Health to consider the establishment of pop-up vaccination sites near areas with high traffic volumes; if so, what are the relevant details? |
2 | 3 December 2021 | 11282 |
