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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 On 19 May 2020 the national Minister of Health released statistics on the coronavirus pandemic:

As at 14 May 2020 the Western Cape had done the lowest number of community screenings of any province in the country, namely 404 143:

1. (a) Why are the Western Cape’s community-screening results lower than any other province and (b) how has the Western Cape been implementing community screening;

2. whether the Western Cape has implemented any measures to increase the community-screening performance; if so, what are the relevant details;

3 (a) what is the current number of community screenings being done in the province and (b) what is the referral rate?

 1 5 June 2020 10017

Whether he can provide the (a) founding documents or relevant institutional information pertaining to the Gouda wind-farm project, with specific reference to community trust and membership agreements, (b) financial and annual reports since its establishment up to 2020 and (c) records of community engagements and feedback sessions with the communities of (i) Gouda and (ii) Saron?

 5 29 May 2020 10010

What are the details of the collaborative approach between the public and private healthcare services in terms of admissions, hospitalisation and the sharing of resources during the COVID-19 pandemic?

 4 29 May 2020 10009
  1. How many police officers have been off duty or on leave at the (a) Lentegeur and (b) Mitchells Plain police station in the last financial year;
  2. how many police vehicles have been idle (not fixed or in the process of being repaired) at the (a) Lentegeur and (b) Mitchells Plain police station in the last financial year?
 3 29 May 2020 10008

With regard to the theft of weapons from police stations in Lentegeur and Mitchells Plain:

 

  1. Whether weapons were stolen from the (a) Lentegeur and (b) Mitchells Plain police stations; if so, (a) how many and (b) what are the relevant details;
  2. whether any person has been dismissed at the cluster for the disappearing and/or theft of weapons at those police stations; if so, what are the relevant details?
 2 29 May 2020 10007
  1. Whether any complaints against SAPS officers have been lodged since the start of the lockdown period; if so, (a) how many, (b) what is the nature of the complaints and (c) what steps have been taken against these police officers?

 

  1. How many complaints have been lodged against police officers between 1 April 2019 and the start of the lockdown period?
 1 29 May 2020 10006

With respect to Metrorail’s decision to cancel its train service on the Northern Line between Wellington and Kraaifontein, as well as between Kraaifontein and Cape Town:

 

  1. How many passengers are expected to be affected on average per weekday because of the cancellation of the (a) T3508, (b) T3511, (c) T3512, (d) T3515, (e) T3516, (f) T3517 and (g) T3518 train operations;

 

  1. whether Metrorail has made alternative transport arrangements for the affected passengers; if so, what are the relevant details;

 

  1. (a) what essential safety equipment was stripped from the area that resulted in the cancellation of the train services, (b) how much would it cost to refurbish the area so that it would be safe for the train services to resume, (c) what is the timeline for the repairs and (d) how much revenue is Metrorail expected to lose per day for the cancelled train services as stipulated in (1)?
 14 8 October 2021 10005

With regard to the responsibilities assigned to various members of his Cabinet as part of the Safety Plan:

(a) What is the purpose of these responsibilities and (b) how are they set to improve safety in the province;

 

  1. whether there are any monitoring and evaluation mechanisms to monitor the implementation and to evaluate the impact; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;

 

  1. whether there are set targets associated with each responsibility; if so, how is implementation enforced;

 

  1. whether there are any members of his Cabinet who have not implemented their responsibilities; if so, (a) what are the relevant details and (b) what remedial action has been taken;
  1. whether these responsibilities are not intended as specific targets; if so, what are the relevant details?
 13 8 October 2021 10004

With reference to the reply to question 4 of 18 June 2021:

Why were the Gatesville rental units omitted from this reply?

 12 8 October 2021 10003

(a)   Where is her office situated, (b) how much is the rental fee per month, (c) who owns the building and (d) what are the details of all the shareholders?

 11 8 October 2021 10002

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