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. (a) What are the details of the human settlements projects in ward 35 and (b) what are the updates on these projects;
    2. whether there are any delays with these projects; if so, what are the (a) causes and (b) revised timelines?
 4 22 August 2025 19631
  1. (a) What is the number of libraries in Kraaifontein townships, particularly in (i) Wallacedene and (ii) Bloekombos, (b) what is the number of people, particularly school-going children, in need of library services in (i) Wallacedene and (ii) Bloekombos and (c) what is the total distance between these townships and the nearest library;
  2. whether his Department has any plans to build a library in Wallacedene and/or Bloe-kombos during the current MTEF period; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
 2 22 August 2025 19630

With regard to deaths at residential facilities for elderly persons in the province:

What is the number of recorded deaths per (a) funded and (b) private facility in (i) 2019, (ii) 2020, (iii) 2021, (iv) 2022, (v) 2023, (vi) 2024 and (vii) 2025 to date?

 1 22 August 2025 19629

Whether the province exports agricultural products to other countries in Africa; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

 6 4 September 2025 19603

Whether his Department has been working on identify alternative markets for exports since the effect of the 30% USA tariff; if so, what are the relevant details?

 5 4 September 2025 19602

(1)   Whether the Province has enough resources to make the treatment process accessible to all those in need, including homeless people; if so, what are the relevant details;

(2)   what is her Department’s plan to fund more beds and staff in psychiatric hospitals over the current MTEF?

 4 4 September 2025 19601

Aside from the provincial government’s reliance on the General Household Survey (GHS), what additional mechanisms are in place to monitor food insecurity?

 3 4 September 2025 19600

With reference to the reply to questions 9 and 10 of 14 August 2025:
(a) When was the intergovernmental dispute resolved, (b) what are the details of the agreement or resolution and (c)(i) what are the details of the R2,6 billion reduction of votes in the 2024 MTEF baselines and (ii) which votes were (aa) reduced and (bb) by what amount?

 2 5 September 2025 19599

Given the latest Quarterly Labour Force Survey showing a 1,5% increase in unemployment in the Western Cape:

  1. How does he plan to adapt and strengthen his Growth for Jobs Strategy to address this rise and (b) what concrete interventions will be prioritised to ensure sustainable job creation across all sectors of the province?
 1 4 September 2025 19598

Interpellation 1

What are the reasons for his Department’s underspending of its grant allocations for 2024/25 that were intended to address urgent infrastructure and human settlement needs in the province?

 1 4 September 2025 19597

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