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
  1. When last were (a) the lists of transgressions for which spot fines can be issued by his Department and/or CapeNature and (b) the amounts of these spot fines amended;
  1. whether the current system of spot fines is effective in changing the behaviour the majority of potential transgressors positively; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
  1. how many spot fines have been issued by his Department and CapeNature during each of the last three financial years?

 

 29 6 March 2020 10307
  1. What are the minimum conditions that apply to local governments for the appointment of point duty officers assisting with traffic flow at road intersections during sports events that affect traffic flow;
  1. whether it is possible for local governments to employ point duty officers part-time; if not, why not; if so, what would be required of these officers, for example uniforms and qualifications?

 

 28 6 March 2020 10306

Whether his Department can provide the by-laws of the 23 municipalities that are allowing small-scale embedded generation and the approved feed-in tariffs of the 19 municipalities for small-scale embedded generation; if so, what are the relevant details?

 27 6 March 2020 10305
  1. How many mines are there in the Laingsburg Municipality, (b) how many are uranium mines or are extracting uranium, (c) what are the details of the owners of the mines and (d) what are the details of any extraction of uranium by these mines in the (i) previous 20 years and (ii) future?
 26 6 March 2020 10304
  1. (a) How many municipalities in the province owe money or funds to Eskom, (b) what are the names of the municipalities that owe Eskom, (c) how much does each municipality owe and (d) what are the reasons for each municipality’s non-payment;
  1. whether his Department has engaged with the respective municipalities on their non-payment of funds or money owed to Eskom; if so, what are the relevant details?

 

 25 6 March 2020 10303

What is the background to the withdrawal of the declaration of some farms as part of the Karoo National Park by the national Minister of Environmental Affairs, Forestry and Fisheries and as gazetted on 29 May 2020 in the Government Gazette no 43358 and (b) what is the current status of the zoning and ownership of these farms from an environmental perspective;

whether his Department has been consulted about or informed of the plans of the national Department (a) to change the boundaries of the Karoo National Park or (b) to change the boundaries of any other national park situated in the Western Cape; if so, what are the relevant details?

 18 5 June 2020 10302
  1. How many applications per district has her Department received from parents to homeschool children for the remainder of the academic year;
  2. whether all quintile 1, 2 and 3 schools have received PPE and sanitising equipment; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
 17 5 June 2020 10301

         With regard to the reopening of schools in the province:

          Whether walking bus members are allowed to walk learners to schools; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;

          whether members of walking buses had been tested for COVID-19 before schools reopened; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;

         whether members of walking buses have been provided with PPE; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

 15 5 June 2020 10300

(a) What is the number of teachers in the province who have tested positive for COVID-19 as at the latest date for which information is available and (b) what is the number of teachers and non-teaching staff who have passed away due to COVID-19 as at the latest for which information is available?

 14 5 June 2020 10299
  1. Whether there has been any reported COVID-19 positive cases at residential facilities for older persons in the province; if so, what are the relevant details;
  2. what precautionary measures have been put in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19 at residential facilities for older persons in the province?
 12 5 June 2020 10298

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