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

(a) How many Expanded Public Works Programme interns or volunteers does the Kannaland Municipality have and (b) what positions are they filing?

 4 27 September 2019 10169

With regard to the deployment of law enforcement officers at crime hotspots in the province as recently announced by the Premier:

  1. Whether the South Africa Police Service was adequately consulted and if it participated in the process; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
  1. whether the provincial police commissioner was formally informed of and invited to the launch; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
  1. what informed the deployment of these officers to the identified crime hotspots?

 

 5 28 February 2020 10168
  1. What has been the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on agriculture in the province and: 

       b)  what measures were taken to protect people living on farms against possible infection by workers commuting from residential areas;

  1. Whether there have been any confirmed infections where it was suspected that continued farming activities contributed to the spreading of the COVID-19 virus; if so, what are the relevant details?
 8 5 May 2020 10167
  1. Whether there has been an increase in responses to red zones in the period January to March 2020; if so, what are the relevant details;

 

  1. whether there has been more attacks on EMS personnel in the period January to March 2020; if so, what are the relevant details;

 

  1. whether any new strategies have been developed to deal with the increasing number of attacks; if so, what are the relevant details;

 

  1. what kind of counselling do EMS personnel receive after attacks;

 

whether there is a shortage of EMS personnel in the province; if so, what are the relevant details?

 7 17 April 2020 10166

With reference to the Ladismith Municipality:

(a) What is the total amount spent on maladministration and fruitless and wasteful expenditure in the (i) 2016/17, (ii) 2017/18 and (iii) 2018/19 financial year, (b) how many disciplinary cases (i) are currently active and (ii) have been completed in 2018/19, (c) how many people have been employed since the Municipality was put under administration by his Department and (d) what is the breakdown in terms of (i) positions, (ii) salary scales and (iii) names of the employees?

 3 27 September 2019 10165
  1. How did, does or will her Department communicate with parents about access to online or additional educational resources during the lockdown period;

 

  1. whether her Department will extend access to additional or online learning material to communities that do not have internet access after the lockdown period as a strategy to address the backlog with regard to contact time; if so, what are the relevant details?
 6 5 May 2020 10164
  1. How will the lockdown measures (a) affect learners who have yet to be placed for the current academic year and who are now at a greater disadvantage and (b) affect the academic programme for the remainder of the 2020 academic year;

 

  1. what are the details of the plan pertaining to the loss of contact time at schools?
 5 5 May 2020 10163

(a) How many (i) environmental impact assessment (EIA) applications and (ii) applications for EIA exemption have been submitted to his Department for consideration in the (aa) 2016/17, (bb) 2017/18 and (cc) 2018/19 financial years, (b) how many applications were (i) approved and (ii) turned down and (c) what has been the average turnaround time for his Department to pronounce on the various EIA applications submitted?

 2 27 September 2019 10162

Whether there are any isolation facilities located in wards 61, 64, 69 and 71 (Cape Town) for patients infected with the COVID-19 virus; if so, how many (a) are public facilities, (b) are private facilities and (c) people does each type of facility accommodate;

 

(2)  whether these facilities are operational; if not, when will they be operational;

 

(3)  whether her Department has an agreement with private hospitals in these wards to treat and accommodate COVID-19 patients; if so, what are the relevant details?

 4 17 April 2020 10161
  1. Whether any screening and testing for the COVID-19 virus will be conducted in wards 61, 64, 69 and 71 of the City of Cape Town; if so, (a) when and (b) what are the relevant details;

 

  1. whether there are any (a) testing facilities or (b) mobile testing centres available in the above-mentioned wards; if so, what are the relevant details?
 3 17 April 2020 10160

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