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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With regard to the claim of the Western Cape Commissioner for Children, Christina Nomdo, that “I heard today of children who walk 5 km to learner transport pick-up points”:

(1)    Whether her Department knows how many children walk 5 km to learner transport pick-up points; if so, what are the relevant details; if not;

(2)    whether her Department will investigate to determine the number; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;

(3)    whether the Department will consider some innovative and cost-effective measures to assist the learners who walk 5 km to learner transport pick-up points and/or to schools in the province; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
 

 13 9 April 2021 10895

With regard to media reports (IOL) on 2 April 2021 about the discovery of a 17-year-old girl’s body near a farm in Groot Drakenstein in Paarl:

(1)    What is the number of deaths that have been recorded of learners walking to and from school in the province in (i) 2014, (ii) 2015, (iii) 2016, (iv) 2017, (v) 2018, (vi) 2019, (vii) 2020 and (viii) 2021;

(2)    whether children walking for 5 km to a learner transport pick-up point and/or to school poses a risk to their lives; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the relevant details and (b) what measures have been put in place to improve the safety of learners who walk to school or to bus pick-up points, particularly in rural communities?
 

 12 9 April 2021 10894
  1. Whether the integrity and lifestyle audits of his Ministers have commenced; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the relevant details and (b) when will the audits be completed;
  2. what is included in his definition of integrity and lifestyle audits, in other words what personal information is being audited;
  3. whether the integrity and lifestyle audits include declarations of theft, criminal charges and pending prosecutions or convictions; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
  4. whether the integrity and lifestyle audits are being conducted by an external service provider; if so, (a) who is the service provider and (b) how was the service provider appointed; if not, what are the relevant details;
  5. whether the integrity and lifestyle audits are based on self-disclosure; if so, how is the personal information being verified;
  6. whether the results of the integrity and lifestyle audits will be available to the public; if not, why not; if so, how will the information be made available?
 9 12 July 2019 10892

What is the state of the infrastructure of each public health facility in the province?

 7 12 July 2019 10891

Whether her Department has employed sessional pharmacists, agency personnel or ad-hoc locums; if so, (a)(i) how many sessional pharmacists, (ii) agency personnel and (iii) ad-hoc locums are employed and (b) how much has her Department spent to date on (i) sessional pharmacists, (ii) agency personnel and (iii) ad-hoc locums?

 6 12 July 2019 10890
  1. (a) How many schools have been closed in the province and what were the reasons for the closure of each school in (a) 2013, (b) 2014, (c) 2015, (d) 2016, (e) 2017, (f) 2018 and (g) 2019 to date;
  2. whether her Department has any plans to close more schools in the province between 2019 and 2024; if so, (a) what are the names of the schools, (b) what are the reasons for these closures, (c) how many learners will be affected at these identified schools, (d) how many teachers will be affected at these identified schools and (e) which public schools, including model C schools, are closest to the communities affected by these school closures?
 5 12 July 2019 10889

(a) How many learners have not been placed in schools in the current academic year, (b) what is the breakdown of these learners with regard to (i) age, (ii) gender, (iii) race, (iv) grade and (v) location of the schools to which they applied, (c) how many learners were still unplaced in March, (d) what measures has her Department put in place to ensure that all learners are placed in schools in the province and (e) how are these learners going to be assisted to catch up after missing out on six months of schooling?

 4 12 July 2019 10888

With reference to the protest action by activists of Reclaim the City who occupied the Woodstock Hospital and the Helen Bowden Nurses’ Home in 2017:

  1. whether he or his Department met or has taken steps to meet with the activists to understand their demands; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
  2. (a) how many people are occupying the properties and (b) with regard to each property, what is the (i) race, (ii) age and (iii) gender of the people;
  3. what are the living conditions in each of the properties with regard to access to basic services such as electricity, water and sanitation?
 3 12 July 2019 10887
  1. How many murders were reported in the province per month between June 2018 and June 2019, and for each case provide the (a) weapon used, (b) age of the deceased and (c) location where murder took place;
  2. whether his Department has put measures in place to address the scourge of drugs and gangs, and the high murder rate in the province; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
  3. whether the high murder rate is a consequence of poverty, inequality and unemployment in the province; if so, what plans does his Department have to address this?
 2 12 July 2019 10886
  1. How many community policing forums (CPFs) have been funded by his Department during the current financial year, (b) what are the (i) names and (ii) locations of the funded CPFs and (iii) how much funding did each CPF receive and (c)(i) how many CPFs have not been funded by his Department and (ii) for each CPF, why have they not been funded?
 1 12 July 2019 10885

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