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

Question by Mr D W Bryant

In relation to the endangered African penguin:

(a) What steps are being taken to prevent the decline in the number of African penguins in the Stony Point colony, which falls under the jurisdiction of CapeNature, (b) how many meetings have taken place in the past 12 months between CapeNature and SANParks to develop joint strategies to conserve the African penguin and (c) what is the estimated total number of African penguins that is currently under the jurisdiction of CapeNature?

 18 26 July 2024 17620

Question by Mr D W Bryant

In relation to the recent floods caused by heavy winter rains that have led to many serious challenges across the province:

  1. (a) How much money has been spent so far to address the impact of flooding across the province and (b) what environmental and topographic factors have contributed to the increased flooding and displacement of people living in certain informal settlements;
  2. whether the current weather monitoring systems that the South African Weather Service (SAWS) has in place has proved to be sufficient; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
  3. what additional steps is the Western Cape Government taking to increase its own monitoring capacity?
 17 26 July 2024 17619

Question by Mr D W Bryant

With regard to the ongoing challenges that the Table Mountain National Park (TMNP) continues to face relating to the poaching of succulent plants:

(1) (a) How many joint meetings have taken place in the past 12 months between CapeNature and the South African National Biodiversity Institute and/or other similar authorities to develop further plans to address succulent poaching and (b) which succulent species are currently the most under threat from poaching;

(2) whether any steps have been taken to address the matter with the main destination countries for the illegal export of poached succulents; if so, what are the relevant details

 16 26 July 2024 17618

Question by Mr M Booysen

(a)   How many EMS search and rescue drones are currently in service in her Department, (b) in how many instances were these drones deployed in (i) 2022, (ii) 2023 and (iii) 2024 to date and (c) what effect has the use of drones had generally on patient outcomes in search and rescue operations?

 15 26 July 2024 17617

Question by Mr M Booysen

With regard to the robotic surgery units at the Groote Schuur and Tygerberg hospitals:

(a)   How many surgeries were completed at these units in (i) 2023 and (ii) 2024 to date, (b) what procedures are these units currently capable of performing and (c) what is the impact of these units on patients’ well-being?

 14 26 July 2024 17616

Question by Ms B M van Minnen

With regard to the global disruption of IT services beginning on 19 July 2024:

  1. Whether any systems of the Western Cape Government were affected; if so, what are the relevant details;
  2. whether measures were put in place to work around the issue during the outage; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
 13 26 July 2024 17615

Question by Ms B M van Minnen

(a)  (i) How many government services are available on the citizen mobile application form and (ii) what are the relevant details of each, (b) what (i) percentage and (ii) number of open tickets were resolved by the Western Cape Government Contact Centre in (aa) 2022, (bb) 2023 and (cc) 2024 to date?

 12 26 July 2024 17614

Question by Ms B M van Minnen

How many digital skills training opportunities have been made available to citizens in (a) 2020, (b) 2021, (c) 2022, (d) 2023 and (e) 2024 to date?

 11 26 July 2024 17613
    1. What amount of unspent funding was (a) rolled over, (b) reallocated to other provinces or (c) forfeited in the (i) 2019/20, (ii) 2020/21, (iii) 2021/22, (iv) 2022/23 and (v) 2023/24 financial year for the (aa) Human Settlements Development Grant (HSDG), (bb) Urban Settlements Development Grant (USDG) and (cc) Informal Settlements Upgrading Partnership Grant (ISUPG);
    1. how many social housing projects were (a) planned and (b) completed in the same period as in (1) above?
 3 26 July 2024 17612
  1. What was the (a) target for serviced sites in his Department’s Business Plan and (b) number of serviced sites delivered in the (i) 2019/20, (ii) 2020/21, (iii) 2021/22, (iv) 2022/23 and (v) 2023/24 financial year;
  2. what was the (a) target for houses or units in his Department’s Business Plan and (b) number of houses or units delivered in the same period as in (1) above;
  3. what was the (a) Informal Settlements Upgrade Grant (ISUG) voted for in the same period as in (1) above and (b) related expenditure in the same period as in (1) above?
 2 26 July 2024 17611

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