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 school visits by district officials:

(1)     Whether any schools have been visited by (a) curriculum advisors and/or (b) any other district officials between March and August 2020; if not, why not; if so, how many curriculum advisors and other officials physically visited schools;

(2)     whether there is a (a) circular and/or (b) any formal communication that instructed curriculum advisors and/or any other district officials not to visit schools during the lockdown; if so, what are the relevant details;

(3)     (a) how many physical visits to schools did she undertake between March and July 2020, (b) which schools were visited, (c) what are the reasons for this number of visits and (d) when was the last visit;

(4)     (a) how much has her Department spent on the School Evaluation Authority, (b) what is the breakdown of that expenditure and (c) what work has been done by the School Evaluation Authority during this academic year?

 4 4 September 2020 10508

(1)   Whether summons have been issued against the principal and the school governing body (SGB) of the Grove Primary School; if so, what are the (a) details of the summons and (b) transgressions of the parties involved;

(2)   whether there is any money that is meant to be recovered by the WCED from the principal and SGB; if so, (a) how much is the money and (b) how was it calculated;

(3)   whether there were any delays between her Department concluding the internal investigation and the issuing of the instructions to the state’s attorneys; if so, what are the relevant details?

 3 4 September 2020 10507
    1. Whether any government vehicles, use by provincial Ministers, were involved in any motor vehicle collisions or crashes (a) between 2014 and 2019 and (b) during the current term of office; if so, for each incident: (i) which Minister was involved, (ii) which vehicle was involved, (iii) what was the date of the collision, (iv) name the place of the collision and (v)(aa) the nature and (bb) the value of the damages;
    1. whether the vehicle was driven by an authorised driver; if not, what are the relevant details;
    1. whether any costs of damages were recovered from any party; if so, from whom?
 2 4 September 2020 10506

(1)    (a) What are the details of transfers to municipalities for the building and/or maintenance of sport infrastructure that have been made by her Department in (i) 2014, (ii) 2015, (iii) 2016, (iv) 2017, (v) 2018, (vi) 2019, (vii) 2020 and (viii) 2021 to date and (b) what is the detailed breakdown of the expenditure for each transfer;

 4 13 August 2021 10504

(1)    (a) How many investigations have been launched in respect of the George Municipality in terms of section 106 of the Municipal Systems Act from 2009 to date, (b) what allegations were or are the subject of each of these investigations, (c) how many of the investigations identified in (a) above (i) have been completed to date and (ii) are ongoing, (d) what costs have been incurred by the Western Cape Government to date for each of the investigations identified in (a) above, (e) what positive outcomes have been achieved by each of the investigations identified in (c) above, (f) by when will each of the investigations identified in (c) above be completed, (g) how many of the investigation reports received by him to date have been issued to the George Municipality for further action but have been subsequently withdrawn by him, (h) which investigations identified in (a) above concern these withdrawals, (i) why were each of the investigation reports identified in (g) above withdrawn, (j) what steps have been taken or are being taken to address the reasons for the withdrawals identified in (g) above and (k) what are the cost implications to the Western Cape Government for withdrawing the investigation reports identified in (g) above;
(2)    whether the investigations in (h) above have been abandoned; if so, what are the relevant details?
 

 2 13 August 2021 10503

With regard to Conradie Park (Conradie Hospital Better Living Model):
(1)    (a) What are the residential opportunities in the Conradie Better Living Project, (b) what are the income ranges that qualify for these housing opportunities and (c) what are the timelines for their availability;

(2)    whether the project includes social housing; if not, why not; if so, (a) which is the social housing company and (b) what are the timelines;

(3)    what is the progress of the project;

(4)    whether the project accessed USDG funding from the City yet; if so, how much;

(5)    how do low- to middle-income families access or apply for these housing opportunities?
 

 1 13 August 2021 10502

With reference to City of Cape Town v Morning Star Development and Upliftment Initiative (MDUI) and in light of the COVID-19 current lockdown situation and the ongoing legal process between the City of Cape Town and the MDUI, where 166 units have been standing vacant since September 2018:

(1) (a) What steps has he taken to resolved the situation, (b) why has this dispute not been placed on the court roll yet and (c) which attorney or legal practitioner or legal firm has been appointed to act on behalf of the City;

(2)whether he challenges the interdict by the MDUI; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

 4 3 July 2020 10501

Whether any of the buildings and land promised by Patricia de Lille, national Minister of Public Works, as shelters for the victims of gender-based violence have been handed over; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

 3 3 July 2020 10500

(1) Whether her Department has any comment on the (a) current hours, (b) facilities and/or venues being used and (c) accessibility of Sassa’s service at this time; if so, what are the relevant details;

(2) whether her Department is complementing or supplementing Sassa’s operations; if so, what are the relevant details?

 2 3 July 2020 10499

What are the details of her Department’s public-private partnerships that are (a) planned and (b) currently operational, including the (i) breakdown of costs associated with each project and (ii) objectives of each project?

 1 3 July 2020 10498

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