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 appointment of a certain person, whose name has been furnished to his Department for the purpose of his reply, as Municipal Manager of the Knysna Municipality: (1) When was this person appointed as Municipal Manager by the municipal council; (2) whether the municipal council informed him of the appointment as required in terms of section 54A(7)(a) of the Local Government: Municipal Systems Act, 2000 (Act 32 of 2000); if so, when was he informed; (3) what was this person date of commencement of employment; (4) with reference to a report by attorneys De Swardt Vogel Myambo that found that the Municipal Manager’s contract of employment was intentionally and fraudulently backdated, (a) when did he first become aware of the allegation of a fraudulent employment contract and (b) when did he become aware of the report prepared by the attorneys; (5) whether he or the Municipality submitted a criminal complaint against the Municipal Manager for the fraud perpetrated in relation to the employment contract, as recommended by the attorneys; if not, why not; if so, (a) when was this done and (b) what is the case number; (6) whether he or the Municipality submitted a criminal complaint against the former Executive Mayor, whose name has been furnished to his Department for the purpose of his reply, for the fraud perpetrated in relation to the employment contract, as recommended by the attorneys; if not, why not; if so, (a) when was this done and (b) what is the case number; (7) according to the attorneys’ report, the Knysna Municipality paid R85 595,25 from municipal funds for legal services to the former Executive Mayor, which were of a personal nature, and that such expenditure was irregular and/or unauthorised; whether this irregular and/or unauthorised expenditure has been recovered from the former Executive Mayor, the Municipal Manager and/or the Manager: Legal Services, as recommended; if not, (a) why not and (b) what steps have been taken to recover these costs; if so, (a) what amount has been recovered and (b) when? |
3 | 17 July 2020 | 10146 |
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(a) What measures are in place to adapt the Housing Consumer Education (HCE) Programme during the COVID-19 pandemic, (b) what resources are available to new homeowners in this regard, (c) what is the total number of HCE sessions that have been held during the lockdown period to date and (d) what has been the impact of these sessions on property owners? |
2 | 17 July 2020 | 10145 |
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Whether she or her Department have received any concerns or complaints from members of the public or civil society regarding the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa); if so, what is the nature of these complaints |
18 | 24 April 2020 | 10144 |
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With reference to the SMME booster fund with a budget of R21 million for the current financial year that is earmarked for the support of 100 township and rural small businesses that was announced by the Premier in his SOPA 2019:
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3 | 28 February 2020 | 10143 |
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How many learners, as at the latest date for which information is available, have not been placed at (a) primary schools and (b) high schools in the Mitchells Plain district? |
17 | 12 May 2020 | 10142 |
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What progress has been made with the building of the (a) Fairdale High School, (b) Fairdale Primary School and (c) Apex Primary School? |
16 | 12 May 2020 | 10141 |
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Whether progress has been made with the investigating of the fatal shooting in January of a police officer by a law enforcement officer of the City of Cape Town; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details? |
15 | 24 April 2020 | 10140 |
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2 | 28 February 2020 | 10139 |
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With regard to Minister Bheki Cele’s utterances that the law enforcement officers deployed in various communities are “unaccountable thugs who should be jailed with their leaders”:
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14 | 24 April 2020 | 10138 |
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With regard to the increase in the number of cases of gender-based violence (GBV) and femicide in the province:
whether her Department has plans to increase funding in order to expand the services for the victims of gender-based violence; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details? |
9 | 24 April 2020 | 10137 |
