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

With reference to the Ladismith Municipality:

(a) Which facilities at the Kannaland Municipality belong to the Department of Transport and Public Works and (b) the maintenance of which roads or road networks is the responsibility of the provincial Department of Transport and Public Works?

 1 4 October 2019 10311
  1. Whether all the schools visited by her on 27 May 2020 had enough (a) sanitiser, (b) masks and (c) sanitising booths; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
  2. whether additional cleaning staff has been appointed at schools; if so, what are the relevant details;
  3. (a) how many learners are being accommodated in a class and (b) how will social distancing be maintained when all grades return to schools?
 1 12 June 2020 10310

(a) How many applications for social relief food packages has her Department received to date per ward from the Cederberg Municipality or region, (b) what is the monetary value of the assistance provided in the area, (c) what is the status of these applications, (d) how many applications were successful, (e) how many applications were unsuccessful, (f) what kind of assistance was provided to unsuccessful applicants and (g) what mechanisms were used for the submission of these applications?

 16 5 June 2020 10308
  1. When last were (a) the lists of transgressions for which spot fines can be issued by his Department and/or CapeNature and (b) the amounts of these spot fines amended;
  1. whether the current system of spot fines is effective in changing the behaviour the majority of potential transgressors positively; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
  1. how many spot fines have been issued by his Department and CapeNature during each of the last three financial years?

 

 29 6 March 2020 10307
  1. What are the minimum conditions that apply to local governments for the appointment of point duty officers assisting with traffic flow at road intersections during sports events that affect traffic flow;
  1. whether it is possible for local governments to employ point duty officers part-time; if not, why not; if so, what would be required of these officers, for example uniforms and qualifications?

 

 28 6 March 2020 10306

Whether his Department can provide the by-laws of the 23 municipalities that are allowing small-scale embedded generation and the approved feed-in tariffs of the 19 municipalities for small-scale embedded generation; if so, what are the relevant details?

 27 6 March 2020 10305
  1. How many mines are there in the Laingsburg Municipality, (b) how many are uranium mines or are extracting uranium, (c) what are the details of the owners of the mines and (d) what are the details of any extraction of uranium by these mines in the (i) previous 20 years and (ii) future?
 26 6 March 2020 10304
  1. (a) How many municipalities in the province owe money or funds to Eskom, (b) what are the names of the municipalities that owe Eskom, (c) how much does each municipality owe and (d) what are the reasons for each municipality’s non-payment;
  1. whether his Department has engaged with the respective municipalities on their non-payment of funds or money owed to Eskom; if so, what are the relevant details?

 

 25 6 March 2020 10303

What is the background to the withdrawal of the declaration of some farms as part of the Karoo National Park by the national Minister of Environmental Affairs, Forestry and Fisheries and as gazetted on 29 May 2020 in the Government Gazette no 43358 and (b) what is the current status of the zoning and ownership of these farms from an environmental perspective;

whether his Department has been consulted about or informed of the plans of the national Department (a) to change the boundaries of the Karoo National Park or (b) to change the boundaries of any other national park situated in the Western Cape; if so, what are the relevant details?

 18 5 June 2020 10302
  1. How many applications per district has her Department received from parents to homeschool children for the remainder of the academic year;
  2. whether all quintile 1, 2 and 3 schools have received PPE and sanitising equipment; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
 17 5 June 2020 10301

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