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 increased incidents of human trafficking:
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8 | 9 October 2020 | 10331 |
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What are the details of the investigations being conducted by various state organs in connection with (i) the Western Cape provincial government, (ii) Western Cape municipalities and (iii) officials of the provincial government and municipalities and (b) what are the updates on each of these investigations? |
7 | 9 October 2020 | 10330 |
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With regard to the funding, recruitment, training and deployment of investigators as part of the Western Cape Safety Plan:
(a) What progress has been made with regard to the funding, recruitment, training and deployment of these investigators, (b) what is the breakdown of the expenditure for the recruitment, training and deployment of these investigators from September 2019 to September 2020, (c) how many investigators have been (i) recruited, (ii) trained and (iii) deployed to date and (d)(i) who is providing the training and (ii) what are the focus areas of this training? |
6 | 9 October 2020 | 10329 |
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(1) Whether independent schools are allowed to withhold academic reports and/or other documents of learners who owe school fees; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
(2) whether there has (sic) been any cases of independent schools withholding documents of learners owing fees; if so, (a) what are the relevant details and (b) how does her Department intervene in such cases; (3) with regard to the case of a learner at the Junior College who has been out of school for several months and the school’s refusing to give the parents the academic report, (a) what steps did her Department take after the case was reported and (b) what steps is she going to take to assist the learner whose right to education is being infringed upon; (4) whether she would institute an investigation into independent schools’ possible practice of withholding important documents from learners who owe fees; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details? |
5 | 9 October 2020 | 10328 |
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With reference to social workers at schools in the province:
(1) What is the (a) total number of social workers who have been recruited by her Department and who are currently employed (i) in each school district and (ii) at each school and (b) ratio of social workers to learners (i) in each school district and (ii) at each school;
(2) what (a) is the total number of social workers who are employed by the Province (i) on a permanent basis, (ii) on a fixed-term and/or (iii) on a temporary contract, (b) is the total number of social worker vacancies in the province and (c) are the reasons for these positions still being vacant;
(3) what is the current case load of each social worker employed by the Province? |
4 | 9 October 2020 | 10327 |
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3 | 9 October 2020 | 10326 |
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With reference to the number of cases referred to the South African Police Service (SAPS) pertaining to gender-based violence, femicide and domestic violence in the Western Cape:
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2 | 9 October 2020 | 10325 |
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(a) How many officials from non-Corporate Service Centre (CSC) departments of the provincial government have been promoted in (i) 2017/18 and 2018/19, (b) (i) how many were on level 11 to level 13 and (ii) in which departments were these promotions made, (c) (i) how many CSC vacancies on level 5 to level 13 at offices in the CBD of Cape Town have been filled by individuals not residing in the City of Cape Town in (aa) 2017/18 and (bb) 2018/19 and (ii) in which other municipalities do they reside; (d) (i) how many unemployed individuals have been appointed to positions in CSC departments at all levels of the provincial government in (aa) 2017/18 and (bb) 2018/19 and (ii) in which departments were these appointments made, (e) (i) how many individuals between the ages of 18 and 35 have been appointed to positions in CSC departments at all levels of the provincial government in (aa) 2017/18 and (bb) 2018/19 and (ii) in which departments were these appointments made? |
1 | 11 October 2019 | 10324 |
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In terms of the Local Government Municipal Structures Act, 1998 (Act 117 of 1998), a Municipal Council may establish one or more committees necessary for the effective and efficient performance of any of its functions or the exercise of any of its powers:
(b) which Executive Director reports to this Committee; and (c) what has been the cost of this Committee to the City since the establishment of this Committee? |
1 | 9 October 2020 | 10323 |
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(a) In the 2017/18 financial year, what was the Department’s (i) infrastructure budget and (ii) actual expenditure, (b) of that expenditure, what (i) percentage and (ii) rand value went to companies graded 1 to 4 and 5 to 9 by the Construction Industry Development Board (CIBD), (c) of these companies, provide the (i) names of the companies, (ii) BBBEE status, (iii) type of projects and (iv) project value and (d) for each of these projects, provide the (i) job numbers, (ii) skills transfer and (iii) involvement of local enterprises (specifically SMMEs in and around the municipal area of the project site)? |
9 | 4 October 2019 | 10322 |
