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 |
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With reference to the target of 597 000 jobs that was envisioned as a provincial strategic goal (PSG) and the report by the Department of Economic Development and Tourism that a total of 331 514 jobs were created in the three strategic sectors of Project Khulisa (oil and gas, tourism, and agro-processing): 1. (a) Which investment projects can be linked directly to this job output and (b) how was it measured; 2. what are the (a) gender, (b) geography, (c) age, (d) racial profile and (e) nature (casual, permanent or contact appointment) of these jobs; 3. which employment data are used to extrapolate this information, given the fact that Statistics South Africa defines the economic sectors of Project Khulisa but does not have the tourism sector as an example? |
8 | 4 October 2019 | 10321 |
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(a) From 2014 to 2019 to date, how many qualified artisans (red-seal certified) have been produced in the (i) oil and gas, (ii) tourism and (iii) agro-processing sectors, (b) what are the qualifications of these artisans and (c) what is their current status of employment? |
7 | 4 October 2019 | 10320 |
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1. (a) What is the rationale behind the provincial government’s new criteria for COVID-19 testing in the Cape metropolitan area and (b) what will be the impact of these new testing criteria on the number of tests conducted in the Cape metropolitan area; 2. whether this new strategy increases the risk of infection and death as carriers of the virus will remain untested or be tested late; if not, why not; if so, what mitigation measures are being put in place; 3. what is the number of testing kits that were available in the province as at 1 June 2020? |
4 | 12 June 2020 | 10319 |
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3 | 12 June 2020 | 10318 |
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With regard to the rise in youth unemployment: Whether he and his Department have a plan to improve the situation; if so, what are the relevant details? |
6 | 4 October 2019 | 10317 |
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How many cases of sexual assault involving teachers and non-teachers were recorded at schools in the province in (a) 2017/18, (b) 2018/19 and (c) 2019/20 to date? |
5 | 4 October 2019 | 10316 |
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Whether any cases of foetuses under 26 weeks being discarded as medical waste were reported to her Department in (a) 2017/18, (b) 2018/19 and (c) 2019/20 to date; if so, was consent granted by the respective parents? |
4 | 4 October 2019 | 10315 |
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1. (a) How many (i) social workers and (ii) auxiliary social workers are currently deployed in the Kannaland municipal area and (b) to which areas in the Kannaland municipal area have they been assigned; (2) (a) which services does her Department offer to the people in the Kannaland municipal area and (b) what are the locations of these services; (3) (a) what process must be followed when applying for a disability grant and (b) how many disability grants are currently being issued in the Kannaland municipal area? |
3 | 4 October 2019 | 10314 |
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1. Whether any municipalities in the province utilised grant funding for operational purposes in the past two years; if so, (a) what are the details of these municipalities and (b) which capital projects were affected as a result of this; 2. whether any municipalities in the province suffered a loss of income during the lockdown period; if so, (a) what was the impact of this financial loss on paying (i) salaries, (ii) Eskom and (iii) other operational expenses and (b) what support did his Department offer to municipalities? |
2 | 12 June 2020 | 10313 |
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(a) How many community-development workers are employed by the Kannaland Municipality, (b) what is their purpose, (c) how much is their stipend and (d) who funds their operations? |
2 | 4 October 2019 | 10312 |
