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 regard to attacks on social workers:

(a)   How many attacks on social workers have been recorded over the past five financial years, (b) how many of these cases are being investigated by the South African Police Service, (c) in which areas did these attacks take place and (d) how many social workers have resigned after being attacked?

 9 8 August 2024 17991

With regard to the recent devastating floods in the province:

  1. How many families were affected, (b) what support is his Department offering to these affected families, and (c) what is the cost involved?
 8 8 August 2024 17990

With regard to the Western Cape Government’s Gender-Based Violence Implementation Plan:

 

        1. How much has been spent on implementation since the inception of the plan, (b) what are the (i) interventions and (ii) services offered by his department and (c) what progress has been made by his Department in combating gender-based violence?
 7 8 August 2024 17989

Question by Hon Masipa.

In relation to the Citrusdal farmers and the farming community that has been affected by the recent floods:

What specific support is being provided to these farmers to ensure that their harvest reaches both the international and local markets?

 6 8 August 2024 17988

Question by Hon Masipa

Regarding the inclusion of Karoo lamb in the South African register as a geographical indicator under the regulations for the protection of geographical indicators and the designation of origin:

What measures are in place to ensure that farmers in the Karoo region of the Western Cape benefit from this designation?

 5 8 August 2024 17987

Question by Hon Jacobs.

Whether her Department has any plans to increase the provincial fleet of ambulances during the next five financial years; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

 4 8 August 2024 17986

With reference to the Premier’ claim (also included in a speech delivered on 6 April 2024) that “more than 78% of all jobs in South Africa have been created in the Western Cape”:

(a) What is the source of the data that informs this claim, (b) what are the details of the data that is the evidence for the statement that 78% of all jobs in South Africa have been created in the Western Cape and (c) in which sectors of the economy were these jobs created?

 3 8 August 2024 17985

 

With reference to his address at the opening of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament in which he said that LEAP officers had made more than 34 000 arrests since the launch of the programme:

  1. What is the (a) number of arrests, by crime category, for each of the LEAP priority areas and (b) impact of LEAP officers on communities where the murder rate has increased over the past four years since LEAP officers had been deployed in those areas;
  2. seeing that the Western Cape Safety Plan states that “addressing spatial inequality and the lack of social cohesion in our communities are further important dimensions of the Western Cape Safety Plan”, how has the Western Cape Government addressed (a) spatial inequality and (b) social cohesion;
  3. in terms of the ministerial responsibilities to address “safety priorities”, as set out in Chapter 7 of the Western Cape Safety Plan, what was achieved to date by each of the Ministers measured against the identified “safety priorities”;
  4. given that the Western Cape Safety Plan’s interventions are “knowledge-driven”, (a) what work has each department conducted to plan, document and evaluate the various interventions upon which they embark to assess whether the metrics associated with each safety priority are on track towards being met and (b)(i) why, (ii) where and (iii) how;
  5. whether there is a document with the work in (4) above available; if so, can a copy be made available;
  6. given the Western Cape Safety Plan’s recognition that data and information may “necessitate a change of focus, interventions and/or operational framework” and is “open to adaptation based on results”, what data and information have been recorded since the implementation Western Cape Safety Plan;
  7. whether this data and information have necessitated any change in focus, interventions or operational framework; if so, what are the relevant details;
  8. whether the Western Cape Safety Plan has been adapted or updated since it was adopted; if not, why not; if so, can a copy be made available?
 2 8 August 2024 17984
  1. What (a) support does his department offer to the existing safe homes for abused women, (b) is the total number of safe homes in the province and (c) is the status of each safe house;
  2. whether the safe homes are able to accommodate the increasing number of abused women; if not, why not;
  3. whether any skills programmes are offered at these safe homes; if so, what are the relevant details?
 1 8 August 2024 17983

With regard to the Western Cape Government’s Social Infrastructure Accessibility Study (June 2017) for the Greater Saldanha Regional Spatial Implementation Framework that identified that there was, at that time, an undersupply of facilities, in particular “3 x secondary schools” for St Helena Bay:

(1)     Whether his Department addressed the undersupply of secondary school facilities in St Helena Bay; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;

(2)     (a) what plans and budgets are in place for the development of secondary schools in St Helena Bay, (b) when will a new secondary school be built in St Helena Bay, (c) what has been the delay in addressing the undersupply of secondary schools identified seven years ago in the aforementioned study and (d)(i) how many secondary school learners are being transported to schools in Vredenburg and (ii) what is the annual cost of that learner transport;

(3)     the aforementioned study identified an undersupply of “five secondary schools” in Vredenburg, (a) how many secondary schools have been built in Vredenburg since that undersupply was identified in that study and (b) what are the details of those schools;

(4)     seeing that the Department has developed fewer than five secondary schools in Vredenburg and none in St Helena Bay, how has his Department planned for secondary school learners from St Helena Bay to have access to basic education;

(5)     how many learners (a) in Vredenburg and St Helena Bay can be accommodated in secondary schools in Vredenburg and (b)(i) will not gain access to a secondary school in Vredenburg in 2025 and (ii) what is his Department’s plan for their education?

 25 6 September 2024 17982

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