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 outbreak of the coronavirus and the first confirmed cases in South Africa:

 

  1. What intervention measures have been put in place to prevent the spread of the virus in the province;

 

whether there are mechanisms in place to raise awareness about the virus in townships and rural areas where people do not have access to smartphones and/or social media; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

 19 13 March 2020 10484

With regard to the outbreak of the coronavirus and the first confirmed cases in South Africa:

 

  1. What intervention measures have been put in place to prevent the spread of the virus in the province;

 

  1. whether there are mechanisms in place to raise awareness about the virus in townships and rural areas where people do not have access to smartphones and/or social media; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
 19 13 March 2020 10483

With regard to staff members who have been appointment at political offices and in the administrations of municipalities:

 

  1. Whether he can provide (a) a copy of the recruitment and selection policy of each municipality in the province applicable to the appointment of municipal officials and (b) a detailed list of the appointed municipal officials at each Western Cape municipality, including their (i) qualifications, (ii) job descriptions and (iii) salary levels; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;

 

  1. (a) whether he can provide the relevant organisation structures approved by councils of each Western Cape municipality together with (b) the council resolutions approving such structures; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;

 

whether all the vacancies for municipal officials must be advertised; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

 18 13 March 2020 10482

With regard to his letter to the Cederberg Municipality on 5 March 2020 with reference number 3/11/2/8 (2019/754):

 

  1. What are the details of the allegations that were sent to his office, including details of the person or persons who sent them;

 

  1. whether the 10-day time frame will be extended given the amount of data requested from the official; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;

 

whether he intends to invoke section 106(1) of the Local Government: Municipal Systems Act, 2000 (Act 32 of 2000), read with other legislation, with regard to a number of allegations of serious irregularities at various municipalities in the province; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

 17 13 March 2020 10481

With regard to the outbreak of the coronavirus around the world:

 

What is its impact on the Western Cape economy, (b) which industries and regions are mainly affected by it and (c) what measures have his government put in place to assist the affected industries and regions?

 16 13 March 2020 10480

What does the partnership with private hospitals entail in terms of (a) cost per bed and (b) eligibility?

 1 26 June 2020 10479

With regard to the intention to implement Phase 4B of Go George:

 

  1. What engagements took place between him and/or his Department and the Uncedo Taxi Association;

 

  1. why did he or his Department not also engage the George Taxi Owners Forum and the George Huurmotorvereniging;

 

  1. (a) what is the basis for agreeing to issue operating licences to 60 members of the Uncedo Taxi Association, (b) how were these members identified, (c) why was the lifting of the moratorium on the issuing of taxi operating licences not also extended to members of the George Taxi Owners Forum and the George Huurmotorvereniging and (d) why were members of the other two associations not included or consulted;

 

  1. whether these operating licences will (a) be used to operate taxi services or (b) be issued in order to be surrendered for compensation;

 

  1. (a) if these operating licences will be used to operate taxi services, which routes have been identified and (b) if these operating licences will be surrendered, what is the compensation to be paid to the operator per licence;

 

  1. (a) which operating licence applicants, whose names have been published in the Provincial Gazette, were not on the list of operators approved by the George Council and (b) why are these operators applying for licences if they had not been part of the approved lifting of the moratorium;

 

  1. whether all the applicants for taxi permits have vehicles for their operating licences because a taxi permit is combined with a vehicle when applying for such a permit even though the list submitted to the George Council does not provide a list with the vehicles owned by those applicants; if not, how does his Department intend to facilitate the approval of operating permits?

 

 15 13 March 2020 10478

With reference to block advertisement 2019/2020 (OSD):

 

  1. (a) How many position for doctors at the Caledon Hospital (i) have been filled and (ii) are vacant and (b) how many (i) CVs have been received and (i) candidates have been shortlisted;

 

  1. how many positions for nurses at the clinics at (a) Grabouw, (b) Villiersdorp, (c) Bot River, (d) Caledon, (e) Riversonderend, (f) Genadendal and (g) Greyton (i) have been filled and (ii) are vacant;

 

 

(a) how many nurses resigned at the clinics in (2) since January 2020 and (b) when will these positions be filled?

 14 13 March 2020 10477

With reference to the public-transport subsidy in the province:

 

  1. (a) How much is the subsidy that is provided by the provincial government for public transport and (b) what is the detailed breakdown of the amount that his Department has spent of the public-transport subsidy in the 2019/20 financial year;

 

whether he and his Department have any plans to pay any contribution to the operating costs of the services provided by minibus taxis in the future; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

 13 13 March 2020 10476

What is the detailed breakdown of his government’s spending on security for and transport of members of the Cabinet in the (a) 2014/15, (b) 2015/16, (c) 2016/17, (d) 2017/18, (e) 2018/19 and (f) 2019/20 financial year?

 12 27 March 2020 10475

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