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 a number of buildings currently being occupied by activists from Reclaim the City and other organisations in the province:

 

Whether any measures have been taken to ensure (a) they adhere to the lockdown regulations, (b) there is enough space to apply social distancing and (c) they have access to water, electricity and decent sanitation; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

 1 21 April 2020 10179

When is the expected transfer date of the Grebe and Pienaar streets provincial housing units and title deeds in the Drakenstein Municipality?

 8 27 September 2019 10178
  1. Whether the City of Cape Town took measures to improve access to water supply to informal settlements for the 21-day Covid-19 lockdown period; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
  2. how many informal settlements in the City of Cape Town do not have access to water supply with a minimum flow of 10 litres per minute and are not within 200 metres of a stand;
  3. (a) what assessments of adequate water supply during the Covid-19 national lockdown period were conducted by the municipalities in the province or by the provincial Department of Local Government and (b) what were the findings of any such assessments;
  4. what steps did his Department take to intervene or to support municipalities to address inadequate water supply to informal settlements?
 1 3 April 2020 10177

(a) What is the status of the Lantana-Kolbe Housing Project in the Drakenstein Municipality, (b) how many units have been allocated measured against the number of qualifying beneficiaries and (c) what is the proposed plan to accommodate the non-qualifying beneficiaries who are currently staying on the premises?

 7 27 September 2021 10176

With reference to a complaint received on 9 September 2019 that the Grassy Park Clinic did not have running water or functional ablution facilities:

What are the reasons for this service failure and what corrective measures is her Department putting in place to ensure that this does not happen again?

 6 27 September 2019 10175

Since the commencement of the national lockdown:

 

  1. How many roadblocks were conducted across the province, (b) where were these roadblocks located, (c) how many vehicles were inspected at these roadblocks and (d) how many individuals have been arrested due to not adhering to regulations in respect of transport during this period of lockdown?
 12 17 April 2020 10174
  1. Whether there is a process in his Department for managing the housing database; if not, why not and what impact does that have on municipalities; if so, what are the relevant details;

 

whether his Department considered using the latest technology for building houses to fast-track the delivery; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

 11 17 April 2020 10173

   (a) How many title deeds have been issued by the Ladismith Municipality between 2007 and 2019 and (b) how many are expected to be issued in the coming financial year?

 5 27 September 2019 10172
  1. Whether his Department has legislation planned for land evictions; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;

 

  1. Whether his Department has programmes to educate new housing beneficiaries about the value of their property; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
 10 17 April 2020 10171

The National Minister of Water and Sanitation has identified communities across South Africa that are facing water shortages:

(1)   How many communities were identified per municipality in the province;

(2)   whether his Department has strategies to solve this problem; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;

(3)   whether his Department can fast-track the release of state land for human settlements; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

 9 17 April 2020 10170

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