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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With reference to the article ‘Cops are getting away with misconduct’ (Cape Argus, front page, 14 September 2021) and the 2,057 officers in the Western Cape charged with violent misconduct since 2012:

(a)    How many cases of sexual assault were committed by these officers, (b) how many of these officers faced disciplinary action, (c) what disciplinary action was taken against them and (d) what measures has the national Ministry of Police and SAPS put in place to prevent sexual assault cases at the hands of police officers?
 

 15 17 September 2021 10790

With reference to his reply to question 3 of 30 July 2021:

(a)    What is the total number of backlogged cases as a result of delayed DNA processing at SAPS Forensic Science Laboratory in the Western Cape, (b) how many of these cases are related to sexual offences, (c) what measures, if any, has the national Minister of Police employed to address this issue, (d) what are the dates of when he took any such actions, (e) what is the expected timeline for the machines to become operational, (f) which methods, if any, of DNA processing has SAPS FSL utilised in the absence of the unused DNA processing machines, (g) what progress has the SAPS made with regards to re-initiating the bidding process for the servicing of the DNA processing equipment?
 

 14 17 September 2021 10789

With regard to the non-servicing of DNA machines used to process specimens specifically related to gender-based violence (GBV) at the SAPS Forensic Sciences Laboratory in Plattekloof:

(1) Whether there has been any changes in the working status of the machines since they were last reported as out of order; if not, why not; if so, what measures are in place to maintain the working status of the machines;

(2) (a) what are the details of the contract management that led to the machines not being serviced since 2019, (b) how often should these machines be serviced, (c) how long can these machines be left without being serviced and (d) how many days has it been since they were declared out of order;

(3) how many matters related to gender-based violence form part of the DNA backlog in the province, as at the latest date for which information is available;

(4) whether there is a time frame available for clearing this backlog; if so, what are the relevant details?

 3 30 July 2021 10788

With regard to the Western Cape Safety Plan:

 

  1. (a) How many Law Enforcement Advancement Programme (LEAP) officers have been employed by the City of Cape Town, (b) how many LEAP officers have been deployed in terms of the Western Cape Safety Plan, (c) which “crime hotspots” have “neighbourhood safety teams”, (d) how many LEAP officers have been deployed in these teams to each “crime hotspot”, (e) how many LEAP officers have been appointed to the Safety and Security Investigations Unit (SSIU) to conduct “shadow investigation of criminal cases”, (f) where have these SSIU officers been deployed, (g) how many LEAP officers have been appointed to the “Area-based Reaction Crime Prevention Teams”, (h) how many LEAP officers have been appointed to operate in each area and (i) how many LEAP officers have been appointed to the Anti-Land Invasion Unit;

 

With regards to the proposed appointment of “safety ambassadors”:

 

  1. (a) what is the function of the “safety ambassadors”, (b) who will appoint them, (c) how many will be appointed and (d) where will they be deployed?

 

 3 4 December 2020 10787

According to the Second Adjustment Budget, the Department of Economic Opportunities granted funds of approximately R38,2 million to various businesses by means of the Western Cape COVID-19 Business Relief Fund:

 

    1. What is the total value of the funding made available for the Western Cape COVID-19 Business Relief Fund,
    2. what is the total value of the planned or anticipated future funding to be granted to businesses from the Western Cape COVID-19 Business Relief Fund,
    3. how many businesses have received or have been approved to receive funding from the Western Cape COVID-19 Business Relief Fund,
    4. how many businesses applied for the Western Cape COVID-19 Business Relief Fund grant,
    5. how many businesses’ applications were declined,
    6. how many businesses’ applications are anticipated to receive future funding from the Western Cape COVID-19 Business Relief Fund,
    7. what is the geographical distribution, according to the Western Cape municipalities (number of businesses per municipality), of the businesses that have received or have been approved for grant funding,
    8. what were the qualifying criteria for businesses to access the Western Cape COVID-19 Business Relief Fund grants,
    9. what were the disqualifying criteria for businesses to be refused or declined access to the grants,
    10. if there were more applicants than the Western Cape COVID-19 Business Relief Fund was able to support, how were applicant businesses scored against each other in order to identify which businesses would receive Western Cape COVID-19 Business Relief Fund grants and which businesses would not,
    11. under what terms and conditions did businesses accept the grant funding and
    12. how many (i) black-owned and (ii) women-owned businesses received or were approved to receive this grant?
 2 4 December 2020 10786

With respect to the ongoing safety and security concerns about the rail infrastructure in the Western Cape and following Prasa’s briefing to the Standing Committee on 22 June:

(a) How many incidents of vandalism and/or theft have been recorded for the period 1 January to 30 June 2021 at all train stations in the province, (b) what is the cumulative value of this for the period in question, (c) what corrective actions have been taken or are in progress to combat such incidents and (d) what is the current number of security personnel deployed at each train station in the province?

 2 30 July 2021 10785

According to the Second Adjustments Budget, the Department of Education transferred R40 million to the Department of Transport and Public Works for the Department of Education’s office relocation and refurbishment:

 

  1. Whether the relocation is to (a) a provincial building or (b) leased office space; if (a), to which building; if (b), (i) when was the lease concluded, (ii) when does (aa) the lease commence and (bb) it terminate, (iii) what is the gross lettable area (GLA), (vi) what is the total value of the rental, (v) what is the cost of the relocation, (vi) what is the cost of the refurbishment and (vii) what are the details of the refurbishment;

 

  1. whether the refurbishment include a private bathroom for the Minister of Education; if so, what (a) are the details and (b) is the cost of the bathroom?
 1 4 December 2020 10784

(a)  How many warrants for arrest for domestic abuse have been issued and (b) of these, how many have been executed in the (i) 2017/18, (ii) 2018/19 and (iii) 2019/20 financial years?

8 11 December 2020 10783

On 26 March 2019 the previous Minister of Human Settlements confirmed to the Western Cape Provincial Parliament that 8,4 hectare of land was being released in the Bo-Kaap, Oranjezicht, Tamboerskloof and in the CBD of Cape Town for “extraordinary high-density” housing for 10 000 beneficiaries:

  1. How many hectares of land have been transferred to the Department of Human Settlements by the Department of Transport and Public Works in the Bo-Kaap, Oranjezicht, Tamboerskloof and the CBD for housing purposes;

 

  1. what are the details of the land that has been transferred, including (a) where this land is, (b) when it was transferred and (c) what the size of the land is;

 

  1. what housing projects are planned for each site, including (a) the type of housing, (b) who will develop it and (c) how will the beneficiaries be identified;

 

  1. who will develop this housing;

 

  1. what progress has been made with the development of housing at each site?
 7 11 December 2020 10782

How many land invasions have taken place this year in each region of the province, (b) on how many housing opportunities have illegal occupations had an impact and (c) how much money has the (i) provincial Department of Human Settlements and (ii) City of Cape Town spent on litigation related to these sites?

 5 11 December 2020 10781

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