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 records of crashes involving vehicles transporting farm workers to work kept by the police and other relevant law enforcement authorities:

 

  1. What is the number of crashes involving vehicles transporting farm workers to and from work that occurred in (i) 2014, (ii) 2015, (iii) 2016, (iv) 2017, (v) 2018, (vi) 2019, (vii) 2020 and (viii) 2021 to date, including the (aa) areas in which they occurred, (bb) number of the deceased and (cc) number of those injured and (b) what are the (i) plans and (ii) measures that have been put in place to make the transportation of farm workers to and from work safer?

 

 19 5 March 2021 10563
  1. What criteria are followed to determine the allocation of LEAP (Law Enforcement Advancement Programme) officers to various crime hotspots in the City of Cape Town and (b) why is there no uniformity in the number of officers deployed at various hotspots?

 

 18 5 March 2021 10562
  1. What is the total number of violent crimes, especially murders, (i) that have been reported in the province in the first two months of 2021 and (ii) that have been reported in the top ten murder precincts in the province;
  1. (a) what is the number of children who have been murdered in the province between January 2020 and February 2021 and (b) how many of these murders were related to gang wars;
  1. what are the details of the operations that have been conducted by the LEAP (Law Enforcement Advancement Programme) officers in each of the identified crime hotspots from January 2020 to date;
  1. what are the detailed plans and strategy of his Department to curb violent crimes and murders in the province?

 

 17 5 March 2021 10561

Whether her Department acquired the services of private service providers for the transportation of patients in the period January 2020 to February 2021, if so, (a) what are the relevant details and (b) what is the breakdown of the total expenditure?

 

 15 5 March 2021 10560

With regard to the spread of COVID-19 on farms:

  1. What (i) is the number of farm workers who have contracted the coronavirus and (ii) are the details of the farms where they work, (b) what mechanisms are in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19 on farms and (c) what interventions has the government put in place to limit the spread of the coronavirus when farm workers are transported on the back of trucks?

 

 14 5 March 2021 10559

With regard to the vaccination roll-out in the province:

  1. (a) What is the number of healthcare workers in (i) the Cape metropolitan area and (ii) rural districts who have been vaccinated in the province since the start of the roll-out and (b) what are the details of facilities where they work;
  1. whether there are any healthcare workers who have refused to be vaccinated; if so, (a) what are the relevant details and (b) what mechanisms are in place to encourage healthcare workers to receive the vaccine?
 13 5 March 2021 10558

1. Whether the concerns of the Concerned Parent Committee at the Divine Heritage Christian Centre (DHCC) have been bought to her attention; if so, (a) what are the relevant details and (b) what measures were put in place to address them;

2. whether she received a copy of the memorandum from the Concerned Parent Committee at the Divine Heritage Christian Centre (DHCC); if so, what are the relevant details;

3. with regard to media comments by the spokesperson of her Department that they were aware of some of the allegations raised and that they have investigated them, (a) what are the details of the investigation, including the (i) findings and (ii) recommendations and (b) when will the report be released to other stakeholders, including the Concerned Parent Committee;

4. with regard to the staff complement at the school, what (a) is the number of teachers employed at the school, including how many (i) permanent, (ii) non-permanent, (iii) qualified and (iv) student teachers there are and (b)(i) is the number of foreign nationals teaching at the school and (ii) what are the details of their qualifications and (c) is the teacher-to-learner ratio;

5. whether learners have textbooks and other learning material; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

 2 6 November 2020 10557

Whether there are any hospitals and/or clinics in the province that have employed private consultants to perform medical male circumcisions; if so, (a) what are the relevant details and (b) what are the costs associated with this?

 12 5 March 2021 10556
  1. What are the reasons for the closure of Graafwater High School and (b) what is the detailed outline of the process that was followed to make that decision, including the details and minutes of meetings where the decision was taken?

 

 11 5 March 2021 10553

With regard to his statement at the Standing Committee on Education meeting on 15 September 2020, when he said, “In January 2017, we asked the Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) for advice on section 16 of the Public Service Act with regard to extending the contracts of heads of departments.”:

1. Whether he can provide more details regarding the advice, including (a) through which medium was this advice sought, (b) the details of all the officials of the Department of the Premier (DotP) involved in the communication with the DPSA and (c) copies of all the communication and correspondences between the DotP and the DPSA; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;

2. how was the advice given (telephonically, by fax, by emails or by word of mouth);

3. whether the transcript of or the correspondence with the advice is available; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

 1 6 November 2020 10552

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