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
  1. Whether he can give a detailed breakdown of each department’s expenditure on PPE, including the (a) unit price, (b) quantity purchased and (c) details of the supplier and/or manufacturer used; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
  1. what are the (a) details of local suppliers and (b) amount paid to each of them for the purchase of PPE;
  1. whether the provincial government has procured any of its PPE from the Proudly SA website, which lists several local suppliers; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
  1. what are the reasons for the varying amounts paid by different departments for the same PPE items;
  2.  whether he will institute an investigation into the different prices being paid for the same PPE items by the provincial government’s departments; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
 8 12 June 2020 10415

With regard to applications for enrolment at public schools:

(a) At what point is public schools declared full, (b) who makes this determination, (c) what legislation is used to determine this and (d)(i) how, (ii) when and (iii) by who is this communicated to the parents   and the general public?

 7 23 October 2020 10414

(a) What is the status of human-settlement projects at (i) Ysterplaat, (ii) Culemborg, (iii) Wingfield, (iv) Denel and (v) Youngsfield and (b) when does his Department expect to hand over housing opportunities to the beneficiaries at these five sites?

 6 23 October 2020 10413

What is the process for the transfer of land to the Housing Development Agency (HDA) for the purpose of human-settlement projects in cases where the land is owned and/or managed by the (a) national government and (b) provincial government?

 5 23 October 2020 10412

1. (a) How many kidnappings have been recorded in (i) 2019/20 and (ii) 2020/21 to date, (b) for each financial year in (a), how many of the kidnap victims were children and (c) how many (i) hostage crises, (ii) negotiating teams and (iii) trained hostage negotiators are there in the province;

2. how prevalent are child kidnappings in the Western Cape;

3. whether child kidnappings are linked to organised crime; if so, what are the relevant details;

4. whether his Department is monitoring reports of attempted child kidnappings; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

 4 23 October 2020 10411

With reference to the Waaikraal and Amalienstein farms:

 

1. For each year since the financial statements have been drafted in their current format, what are the amounts of the financial support that have been transferred by (a) his Department or (b) from other sources to each of these farms’ finances, which have been included in the figures shown as “income” for each of these farms;

2. how much has Casidra charged the farms for its role in managing the farms for each of the last three financial years;

3. (a) which entity or entities are funding the research and/or studies in order to turn around the financial position of these farms for each of the last three financial year and (b) what is the estimated costs for these services?

 3 23 October 2020 10410

1. What are the amounts owed by each municipality in the province to (a) water boards or the Department of Water and Sanitation and (b) SARS;

2. whether each municipality has payment agreements for each of the amounts owed in (1); if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;

3. which municipalities, if any, are facing litigation as the result of the non-payment of these debts;

4. whether criminal charges have been brought against any municipality for any such non-payment of debts; if so, what is the value of the litigation (contingencies) faced by each municipality for the non-payment of these debts?

 

 2 23 October 2020 10409

The Western Cape has a rich history of vibrant festivals that provide important income streams for entrepreneurs, small businesses and the provincial economy at large. In the light of the current lockdown regulations:

  1. When will festivals in the Western Cape be permitted to resume;
  2. whether there will be a whale season festival; if so, (a) in what form and (b) what will the health and safety measures be;
  3. how is Wesgro assisting festivals in resuming safe operations?
 1 4 September 2020 10408

At a briefing of the Standing Committee on Local Government on 13 October 2020, his Department noted that the increase of illegal land invasions in the province is a potential contributing factor to fire hazards:

1. (a) In what way do illegal land invasions erode the formal and/or informal urban edges of human settlements, (b) what is the impact of this in the (i) short and (ii) long term and (c) what measures are in place to manage the eroding of urban edges;

2. whether his Department has engaged with the provincial Department of Human Settlements, other provincial entities, municipalities and/or the national government on this matter; if so, (a) what is the nature of these discussions and (b) what pertinent outcomes mitigate the risks?

 1 23 October 2020 10407
  1. (a) What are the (i) granted number and (ii) actual number of SAPS vehicles and (b) what is the number of boarded SAPS vehicles at the Ocean View police station;
  2. (a) what is the average mileage in kilometre of the vehicles and (b) how many operational vehicles are allocated to (i) Vispol, (ii) detectives and (iii) support services?
 8 28 August 2020 10406

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