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 murders and other violent crimes at the top 30 murder stations in the Western Cape police precincts according to the latest police crime statistics:

 

  1. (a) What (i) is the number of murders that have been reported at each of these stations per month from January 2020 to October 2020 and (ii) are the motives for these murders and (b) what are the details of the measures taken by his Department to respond to the murders and other violent crimes in each of these precincts per month for the period January 2020 to October 2020;
  2. (a) what is the number of murders that have taken place in (i) Site C, (ii) Site B and (iii) Delft in (aa) 2018/19, (bb) 2019/20 and (cc) 2020/21 to date and (b) what programmes has his Department put in place to make these areas safe;

 

  1. what is the number of law enforcement officers who have been deployed in each of the crime hotspots in the top 30 murder precincts in 2019 in order to prevent crime;
  2. whether his Department has conducted studies into the high number of murders in these police precincts; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the reasons for the high number of murders and (b) what interventions have been put in place?
 5 16 October 2020 10053

How many attacks have there been on farmers and farmworker on farms in the Laingsburg municipal area in (a) 2016, (b) 2017, (c) 2018 and (d) 2019 to date?

 1 6 September 2019 10052

With regard to service pressures at public healthcare facilities:

 

  1. Whether there have been any reported cases of service pressures at healthcare facilities in the province; if so, what are the relevant details;
  2. whether there are any shortages of (a) beds and (b) staff at our public healthcare facilities; if so, what are the details of each of our public healthcare facilities;
  3. whether it has been brought to her attention that patients have been sleeping on the floor for days at the Khayelitsha District Hospital without receiving medical attention; if so, what are the relevant details?
 4 16 October 2020 10051
  1. (a) What is the detailed list of all the companies that provided PPE supplies, including (i) their BBBEE status, (ii) the details of owners and (iii) the key focus areas of the business and (b) what rand value was awarded to each company for this expenditure;

 

  1. whether there was any competitive bidding for the supply of PPE; if not, (a) what process was followed to identify and select these companies and (b) if any companies formed part of the supply-chain database; if so, what are the relevant details;

 

(a) what is the total breakdown of expenditure on PPE and other COVID-19-related expenses, including (i) the procurement of beds, (ii) the hiring of personnel and (ii) acquiring the services of private hospitals and (b) what rand value was awarded to each company for PPE and other COVID-19-related expenditure?

 3 16 October 2020 10050

(a)What is the total breakdown of the expenditure on PPE supplies and other COVID-19-related expenditure in the municipalities of (i)the City of Cape Town, (ii)Kannaland, (iii)Hessequa, (iv)Mossel Bay and (v)George, (b)what is the detailed list of all the companies that provided PPE supplies, including (i) their BBBEE status, (ii)the details of the owners and (iii) the key focus areas of the business and (c)what rand value was awarded to each company for this expenditure;

  1. whether there was any competitive bidding for the supply of PPE; if not, (a)what process was followed to identify and select these companies and (b)if any companies formed part of the supply-chain database; if so, what are the relevant details;
  2. whether local companies in these municipalities benefitted from the business; if not, how did the locals, including the residents and businesses, benefit from the PPE expenditure in their municipalities; if so, what are the relevant details?
  1. (a)What is the total breakdown of the expenditure on PPE supplies and other COVID-19-related expenditure in the municipalities of (i)Oudtshoorn, (ii)Knysna, (iii)Witzenberg, (iv)Drakenstein, (v)Stellenbosch, (vi)Breede Valley and (vii)Langeberg, (b)what is the detailed list of all the companies that provided PPE supplies, including (i)their BBBEE status, (ii)the details of the owners and (iii)the key focus areas of the business and (c)what rand value was awarded to each company for this expenditure;
  2. whether there was any competitive bidding for the supply of PPE; if not, (a)what process was followed to identify and select these companies and (b)if any companies formed part of the supply-chain database; if so, what are the relevant details;
  3. whether local companies in these municipalities benefitted from the business; if not, how did the locals, including the residents and businesses, benefit from the PPE expenditure in their municipalities; if so, what are the relevant details?
 1 16 October 2020 10049

Whether any municipality passed an unfunded budget during the last administration (2014–2019); if so, (a) which municipalities and (b) what assistance did his Department provide?

 18 30 April 2020 10048

With regard to the service pressures relating to the COVID-19 outbreak:

 

  1. Whether any provision has been made to get additional therapists and counsellors to assist the front-line medical personnel; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
  2. what measure have been put in place to help medical personnel to cope emotionally and physically in the event of an increasing death toll due to the virus?
 17 30 April 2020 10047

Whether he supported the action of a senior official in the provincial Department of Transport and Public Works who contacted the Golden Arrow bus company and instructed them not to provide transport for the relocation of the refugees from the Central Methodist Church to Bellville; if not, why not; if so, what was the reason for this support?

 16 30 April 2020 10046

Whether the Premier has met with the leaders of the opposition parties in the legislature as requested by the leader of the opposition; if not, why not; if so, please provide details of when such meetings took place?

 15 30 April 2020 10045

With regard to the mixed messages that have been communicated by the provincial government, including about the sale of cigarettes during the lockdown and the wearing of masks:

(1)  What are the reasons for these mixed messages;

(2)   whether any corrective steps have taken against the respective Ministers and officials involved in communicating these mixed messages; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

 14 30 April 2020 10044

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