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

Whether there have been any (a) arrests of persons and/or (b) suspensions or (c) revocations of liquor licences in the province in relation to the brewing of and trading in (i) home-made and (ii) commercial pineapple beer between March 2020 and July 2020; if so, what are the relevant details?

 3 14 August 2020 10250

South Africans have a long history of brewing home-made beer in traditional settings and as part of their cultural practice:

What measures, if any, are in place to assist in the enterprise development of individuals as entrepreneurs or as small businesses for the responsible (a) brewing of and (b) trading in pineapple beer?

 2 14 August 2020 10249
  1. What were the monthly fluctuations and prices of pineapples between the start of March 2020 and the end of July 2020 and (b) how do these monthly fluctuations and prices compare with the same period in 2019?
 1 14 August 2020 10248

With reference to the skills centre in Beaufort West:

(1)    Whether the municipal erf (land) is zoned for the building of a skills centre; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;

(2)     whether a copy of the completed building plans of the skills centre as submitted to the Beaufort West Municipality can be made available; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;

(3)    whether the municipal erf was surrendered by the municipality for the purpose of building a skills centre; if so;

(4)    whether a copy of the council minutes where such a decision was taken be made available; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;

(5)    (a)    who funded the cost of the building the skills centre, (b) what was the total    cost allocated for the building of the skills centre, (c) what are the names of the (i) contractor and (ii) subcontractor and/or any other contractor who was commissioned to build the said skill centre;

(6)    whether the building of the skills centre is complete; if not, why not; if so, when was the skills centre handed over to the community?
 

 1 31 July 2020 10247

                    With regard to the phased-in return of learners to schools on 1 June:

  1. Whether she or her Department has been in communication with the South African Bus Operators Association and/or other learner transport service providers regarding the resumption of learner transport and the remuneration methods for bus operators; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
  1. whether her Department has made arrangements with learner transport service providers with regard to ways to prevent spread of COVID-19 in learner transport; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
  1. whether, with regard to payments for learner transport, her Department plans to pay per learner per kilometre; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
  1. whether she and her Department are aware of the detrimental effect that paying per learner per kilometre would have on the service providers’ businesses; if not, why not; if so, what measures are in place to support the learner transport service providers?
 9 5 June 2020 10246

With reference to the recent fire at the Mitchells Plain Hospital:

1. Whether her Department has received any reports relating to the fire; if so, what are the relevant details;

2. whether her Department has appointed a contractor to refurbish the Hospital; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

 14 27 September 2019 10245

How many incidents of thieves attacking vehicles on roads by stoning, stealing or hijacking vehicles have been reported to his Department in (a) 2017/18, (b) 2018/19 and (c) 2019/20 to date?

 13 27 September 2019 10244

With reference to the Central Karoo District Municipality:

 

  1. Whether the forensic report, commonly known as the Africa Creek Report, as commissioned by the Central Karoo District Municipality, has been brought to his attention; if so, what are the relevant details;
  2. whether the report, as received from the appointed forensic investigation agency, was tabled at a council meeting; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;

(3)  whether the Council provided him with a copy of the report; if not, why not; if so, can a copy of the report be made available;

(4)  whether the cost borne by the Municipality to commission this investigation can be provided; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;

  1. whether the council meeting minutes where the decision was made to appoint a forensic investigator can be made available; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
 17 2 October 2020 10243
  1. How many Prasa and Metrorail train (i) stations and (ii) carriages are there in the Western Cape currently, (b) how many of these train stations and carriages in the Western Cape are (i) operational and (ii) non-operational, (c) what is the total number of kilometre of rail currently not in use in the province, (d) how many kilometre of rail are not in use in the province due to vandalism and theft and (e) how many kilometre of rail cannot be accessed in the province due to the illegal occupation of land?
 16 2 October 2020 10242
  1. With regard to Prasa and Metrorail in the Western Cape, (a) how many cases of vandalism and theft of rail infrastructure were recorded in the (i) 2017/18, (ii) 2018/19 and (iii) 2019/20 financial years, (b) what is the total rand value of the vandalism and theft per financial year, how many (c) charges and (d) convictions took place per financial year;
  2. whether there has been significant vandalism and theft during the COVID-19 lockdown period; if so, what are the relevant details;
  3. whether the vandalism and theft of Prasa and Metrorail railway infrastructure has been prioritised by the national government as a serious crime; if not, what measures has he undertaken to prioritise railway vandalism and theft in the province;
  4. whether the province will receive security support from personnel currently being recruited; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
  5. whether an audit or survey has been done to ascertain the implications for restoring rail services after the COVID-19 lockdown; if so, what are the implications from a cost and operational perspective?
 15 2 October 2020 10241

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