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 the arrest of seven SGB members of the Western Cape Sport School for fraud and corruption of over R3 million:

(1)    Whether her Department has funded the Western Cape Sport School in the period 2016 to 2021; if so, what are the relevant details;

(2)    whether her Department has taken any (a) corrective measures and (b) measures to recuperate the funds lost due to corruption at the Western Cape Sport School; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;

(3)    whether there have been any forensic investigations conducted into the financial mismanagement at the Western Cape Sport School in the period 2014 to 2021; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the relevant details and (b) what were the findings of the investigations;

(4)    whether there are any measures in place to prevent fraud and corruption by SGBs at schools; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
 

 7 13 August 2021 10526

In the State of the Province Address by Premier Alan Winde, he noted that the Western Cape Government had procured technical expertise to assist in the Municipal Energy Resilience (MER) Project:

  1. What exactly is meant by procuring “technical expertise”, (b) if individuals have been employed for this purpose, is it on (i) a full-time basis or (ii) a part-time and/or consultation basis, (c) how many individuals have been employed and (d) what qualifica-tions do they need to have to be considered experts?

 

 4 5 March 2021 10525

(1)    What is the detailed breakdown of COVID-19 infections at schools from the beginning of 2021 to date, including (a) the number of cases per school and (b) the breakdown per (i) age, (ii) race and (iii) gender;

(2)    whether her Department has measures in place to ensure transparency in the reporting of COVID-19 infections at schools; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;

(3)    whether allegations of schools not reporting COVID-19 infections among learners have been bought to the attention of her Department; if so, what are the relevant details?
 

 6 13 August 2021 10524

With regard to the Community Economic Recovery Programme:

    1. (a) How many individuals have benefitted from this programme since it was launched in September, (b) where are these individuals based, (c) how much funding has been made available to beneficiaries and (d) how many spaza shops have benefitted from this programme;
    1. whether his Department plans to continue this programme in the foreseeable future; if so, what are the relevant details?

 

 3 5 March 2021 10523

(1)    Whether her Department has funded the Western Cape Sport School in the period 2016 to 2021; if so, what are the relevant details;

(2)    whether her Department has taken any (a) corrective measures and (b) measures to recuperate the funds lost due to corruption at the Western Cape Sport School; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;

(3)    whether there have been any forensic investigations conducted into financial mismanagement at the Western Cape Sport School in the period 2014 to 2021; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the relevant details and (b) what were the findings of the investigations?
 

 5 13 August 2021 10522

With regard to the announcement in SOPA of 2021 that the provincial government would lobby the national Department of Home Affairs to develop and roll out a remote working visa:

    1. Whether the Western Cape Government has engaged with the national Minister concerning this initiative; if so, (a) what has been the suggestion by the provincial government and (b) what are the relevant details in the proposal;
    1. whether the national Minister replied to provincial government’s suggestion; if so, what are the relevant details?

 

 2 5 March 2021 10521

In the State of the Province Address, the Premier notes that the Department of Economic Opportunities and Tourism, along with the Department of Local Government and the Provincial Treasury, is in the process of assessing municipalities “to determine their readiness for and to select those that can be the initial drivers of new energy oppor-tunities”:

    1. (a) What are the criteria for the assessment of local municipalities and (b) how was this preferred set of criteria determined;
    1. (a) how many municipalities have been identified and (b) what are the relevant details of each;
    1. whether his Department completed its assessment and engaged the municipalities that have been identified as meeting the criteria; if not, why not; if so, what has been the response of the local governments?

 

 1 5 March 2021 10520
  1. (a) How many school buildings are there in the province and (b) how many (i) junior primary, (ii) primary and (ii) secondary (or high) schools are operating in the province;
  1. (a) how many of school buildings are not currently operating as schools and/or are vacant, (b) where are these closed or vacant school buildings, (c) how many schools have been declared unsafe or in need of repairs and (d) where are these schools?

 

 9 26 February 2021 10519
  1. Whether the Laingsburg Municipality Municipal Manager, whose name has been furnished to his Department for the purpose of his reply, is entitled to a performance bonus in terms of his appointment contract; if so, what is the percentage of the performance bonus that he is entitled to in terms of his contract;
  1. whether any performance agreement has been signed between the Municipal Manager and the Laingsburg Municipality that sets out the criteria for the awarding of a performance bonus; if not, what are the legal implications if there is no performance agreement that was signed between the Municipal Manager and the Laingsburg Municipality;
  1. whether the Laingsburg Municipality is legally obligated to award the full performance bonus; if not, what are the criteria that Laingsburg Municipality must employ to evaluate whether its Municipal Manager is entitled to be awarded a performance bonus?

 

 8 26 February 2021 10518

With regard to the poor audit reports that the Laingsburg Municipality has received since 2018:

Whether he and his Department have any plans to assist the Municipality with a diagnostic analysis of the Municipality; if so, (a) what would the scope of such a diagnostic analysis of the Municipality entail and (b) what process is followed when prima facie irregularities, fraud or corruption are identified?

 

 7 26 February 2021 10517

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