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

What are the (a) number, (b) names, (c) remuneration, (d) qualifications and experience and (e) roles of his advisers?

 5 6 November 2020 10569

Given the Competition Commission’s stance that “The minibus taxi industry needs to be subsidised through increased funding for the Taxi Recapitalisation Programme”:

Whether his Department plans to increase the funding for the Taxi Recapitalisation Programme, if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

 28 23 October 2020 10568

With regard to the provincial government’s plans to procure a COVID-19 vaccine:

  1. (a) What is the total estimated budget for the procurement of a COVID-19 vaccine and (b) how will the province raise the funds for the vaccine;
  1. whether there will be any cuts made to critical programmes in order to fund the vaccine procurement process; if so, what are the relevant details?

 

 21 5 March 2021 10567

Whether the transportation of farm workers is regulated in the Western Cape; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

 

 20 5 March 2021 10566

(a)   What is structure of the war room, (b) what are the names of those participating in the war room, including those from the (i) government, (ii) private sector and (iii) labour sector, (c) what is the (i) number and (ii) names of those employed to coordinate the work of the war room, including the details of their (aa) remuneration and (bb) job descriptions, (d) how many jobs have been created since the inception of the war room and (e) what is the total amount spent from the inception of the war room to date?

 

 4 6 November 2020 10565

With regard to the application by the School Governing Body of the Emil Weder Secondary School for the extension of route 315 in Grabouw:

(1)What is the (a) current status of the route and (b) number of learners who are transported;

(2)whether her Department has received a reapplication for the extension of the route for 2021; if so, what are the relevant details;

(3)whether all other schools have to reapply for the extension of routes on a short-term basis; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;

(4) what are the plans to extend the route beyond December 2020 and in 2021 if the application for extension is granted?

 3 6 November 2020 10564

With regard to the records of crashes involving vehicles transporting farm workers to work kept by the police and other relevant law enforcement authorities:

 

  1. What is the number of crashes involving vehicles transporting farm workers to and from work that occurred in (i) 2014, (ii) 2015, (iii) 2016, (iv) 2017, (v) 2018, (vi) 2019, (vii) 2020 and (viii) 2021 to date, including the (aa) areas in which they occurred, (bb) number of the deceased and (cc) number of those injured and (b) what are the (i) plans and (ii) measures that have been put in place to make the transportation of farm workers to and from work safer?

 

 19 5 March 2021 10563
  1. What criteria are followed to determine the allocation of LEAP (Law Enforcement Advancement Programme) officers to various crime hotspots in the City of Cape Town and (b) why is there no uniformity in the number of officers deployed at various hotspots?

 

 18 5 March 2021 10562
  1. What is the total number of violent crimes, especially murders, (i) that have been reported in the province in the first two months of 2021 and (ii) that have been reported in the top ten murder precincts in the province;
  1. (a) what is the number of children who have been murdered in the province between January 2020 and February 2021 and (b) how many of these murders were related to gang wars;
  1. what are the details of the operations that have been conducted by the LEAP (Law Enforcement Advancement Programme) officers in each of the identified crime hotspots from January 2020 to date;
  1. what are the detailed plans and strategy of his Department to curb violent crimes and murders in the province?

 

 17 5 March 2021 10561

Whether her Department acquired the services of private service providers for the transportation of patients in the period January 2020 to February 2021, if so, (a) what are the relevant details and (b) what is the breakdown of the total expenditure?

 

 15 5 March 2021 10560

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