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 the Nolungile Community Health Centre (CHC) in Khayelitsha has requested her Department and/or the City of Cape Town to build a shelter outside the facility to accommodate patients who queue outside the facility; if so, (a) what are the relevant details and (b) when will the shelter be completed;

(2) whether her Department has any plans to build shelters outside community healthcare facilities to accommodate patients who queue outside facilities from early in the morning until facilities open; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;

(3) whether her Department has any plans in place to assist patients who queue outside local clinics for long to get healthcare services during this rainy winter season; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

2 9 July 2021 10631
  1. Whether the community healthcare facilities in the province have waiting facilities and/or other measures to assist patients who are queuing outside for long; if not, (a) why not and (b) what are the plans to protect patients from the cold and rain during the winter; if so, what are the relevant details;
  2. what is the average waiting time to receive medical care at community healthcare facilities in the province, (b) how has COVID-19 affected the waiting times and (c) what measures have been put in place to minimise the spread of COVID-19 at our healthcare facilities where patients stand in long queues for hours in order to get medical care?
 1 9 July 2021 10630

With regard to the government’s plan to allow municipalities to purchase electricity from different sources:

(1)    What are the details of the municipalities that have indicated readiness to purchase electricity from independent power producers (IPPs);

(2)    (a) what are the details of the IPPs that are operational in the province and (b) what is the (i) electricity generating capacity of each and (ii) source of energy used for electricity generation by each;

(3)    whether there are any IPPs that have been identified to supply municipalities with electricity; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;

(4)    (a) how will this decision by the national government help to boost economic growth in the province, (b) what will the benefit of this move be for the ratepayers and indigents in municipalities and (c) how much electricity capacity will municipalities be allowed to procure directly from IPPs?

 

 1 20 November 2020 10629
  1. What are the details of the biggest trade partners of the province, including (a) the sectors of the economy in which they trade, (b) the nature of the trade, (c) the GDP sector contribution to both the provincial and the national economy, (d) a list of South African and foreign companies that are major players in the sector and (e) a list of trade partners with their trade contributions expressed as percentages;
  1. (a) what is the breakdown of the Western Cape’s regional export flow and (b) what was the contribution of each region to Western Cape exports in (i) 2014, (ii) 2015, (iii) 2016, (iv) 2017, (v) 2018, (vi) 2019 and (vii) 2020 to date.
 9 12 June 2020 10625

                  (a) How many schools on the West Coast will be closed permanently, (b) what are the names of these schools, (c) what are the reasons for their closure and (d) how will the learners who are affected by these closures be accommodated by her Department?

 6 13 September 2019 10624

With regard to extortion and threats made to contractors and government officials relating to housing development in the province as was reporting in the Cape Times on 12 January 2021 (“Extortion racket, attacks derail housing delivery to beneficiaries”) and on 15 January 2021 (“‘Business forums’ fingered in alleged extortion of contractors”):

  1. (a) What steps is his Department taking to address the extortion of contractors and the safety of workers, (b) what are the details, including time frames and objectives, of these steps and (c)(i) how many contracts does his Department have with the City of Cape Town Law Enforcement (CCT Law Enforcement), (ii) what is the status of each, (iii) how does the CCT Law Enforcement secure these sites and (vi) what steps have they taken to stop the extortion and threats against construction contractors and other workers;

 

  1. how many reports of extortion took place in (a) 2014, (b) 2015, (c) 2016, (d) 2017, (e) 2018, (f) 2019 and (g) 2020;

 

  1. whether there has been a decrease in the number of reported cases of extortion in response to the government’s actions; if not, why not; if so, what factors have led to the improvement;

 

  1. (a) how many housing opportunities have been delayed by these criminal activities and (b) how many contracts have had to be terminated by his Department as a result of extortion delaying projects?
 3 29 January 2021 10622

In terms of the Sterilisation Act, 1998 (Act 44 of 1998):

(1) Whether each public health facility in the province maintains a sterilisation register as required by section 6 of the Sterilisation Act, 1998 (Act 44 of 1998); if not, (a) why not, (b) what are the details of the facilities that have not kept record and (c) what is the period (in years) for which the facilities have not kept record; if so, (d) what are the relevant details and (e) for what period (in years) have registers been kept;

(2) whether action has been taken against the person or persons who failed to comply with the statutory requirement; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the details of the person or persons and (b) what action have been taken against each one;

(3) whether her Department has implemented measures to ensure compliance with the statutory requirement to maintain a register; if so, what are the relevant details?

 16 20 November 2020 10618

During February 2020 the Programme Development and Implementation of the City of Cape Town’s Social Development and Early Childhood Development Department (SDECD) awarded a tender to the value of R1 232 011,64 to a certain company whose details have been furnished to his Department for the purpose of his reply:

(a) How was this company identified, (b) what procurement process was followed, (c) what was the tender, RFQ or other specifications for this project, (d) when was the tender advertised and (e) what was the qualification requirement for dealing with homeless people?

 13 20 November 2020 10617

(a)   What amounts have been allocated to his Department by the national Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries for the current and previous two financial years under the Comprehensive Agricultural Support Programme (CASP), (b) what amounts appear in the medium-term budgets for the next three years for the CASP and (c) what is the purpose of the CASP?

 12 20 November 2020 10616

(a) To what extend does the practice of communal land tenure exist in the Western Cape, (b) what is his Department’s policy on the practice of communal land tenure and (c) what legislative reviews would support the rights of those staying on such land and ensure that the agricultural potential of such land is optimised?

 

 11 20 November 2020 10615

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