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 reference to career clubs at public schools in the province:
(1) (a)(i) How many public schools currently have career clubs and (ii) how many learners participated in such programmes during the 2025 academic year, (b) what support does his Department provide to schools to establish and maintain career clubs and (c) what partnerships, if any, has his Department entered into to support career guidance initiatives in schools;
(2) whether his Department has assessed the effectiveness of career clubs in assisting learners with subject choices; if so, what are the relevant details;
(3) whether there are plans to expand career clubs in the 2026 academic year; if so, what are the relevant details;
(4) whether his Department allocates any funds to career clubs, if so, how much was allocated in (a) 2025 and (b) 2026?

 14 5 June 2026 21005

With reference to the Fuel Cashback Initiative implemented in partnership with the minibus taxi industry:
(1)
(a)(i) When was the initiative launched and (ii) why and (b)(i) how many operators are currently benefiting from the initiative and (ii) what is the breakdown of these operators per region;
(2)
what is the total value of fuel cashback benefits that have been provided to participating operators since the inception of the initiative;
(3)
whether his Department has any plans to expand the initiative to additional operators or regions during the 2026/27 financial year; if so, what are the relevant details?

 13 5 June 2026 21004

With regard to reports indicating a decline in learner’s licence pass rates nationally, and concerns having been raised regarding the implementation of online learner’s licence testing systems:

  1. (a) Since what date has the online learner’s licence testing system been operational in the province, (b) how many driving licence testing centres (DLTCs) in the province currently utilise the online learner’s licence testing system and (c) how many DLTCs are not yet utilising the online system;
  2. in the 2026/27 financial year, how many additional DLTCs will be migrated to the online system;
  3. what was the learner’s licence pass rate in the province in the (a) 2024/25 and (b) 2025/26 financial years;
  4. what were the learner’s licence pass rates at DLTCs utilising the online testing system during the (a) 2024/25 and (b) 2025/26 financial years;
  5. what support is provided by his Department to applicants writing learner’s licence tests to assist them in adapting to the online testing environment?
 12 5 June 2026 21003

With respect to the Knysna Municipality:

  1. What is the current status of (a) water provision, (b) water infrastructure, (c) refuse removal and (d) waste management services at the municipality;
  2. what is the municipality’s current financial position;
  3. what intervention measures are currently being provided by his Department to assist the municipality in improving the areas in (1) above?
 11 5 June 2026 21002

With reference to the Urban Settlements Development Grant (USDG) and the Informal Settlements Upgrading Partnership Grant (ISUPG):

  1. (a) What allocations were made to municipalities from the USDG during (i) 2024/25 and (ii) 2025/26, (b) what percentage of these allocations was spent during each financial year and (c) which projects were funded through the USDG during the 2025/26 financial year;
  2. (a) what allocations were made to municipalities from the ISUPG during (i) 2024/25 and (ii) 2025/26 and (b) what percentage of these allocations was spent during each financial year;
  3. which projects were funded through the ISUPG during the 2025/26 financial year;
  4. how many households benefited from projects funded through these grants during the 2025/26 financial year;
  5. whether any challenges have been identified in the implementation of projects funded through these grants; if so, (a) what are the relevant details and (b) what measures have been implemented to address them?
 10 5 June 2026 21001
  1. (a) How many housing units in the province have been completed but remain unoccupied and (b) where are these units located;
  2. what are the reasons for completed housing units not being occupied immediately after completion;
  3. under which sphere of government does the responsibility fall for the issuing of occupancy certificates;
  4. what is the average turnaround time between the completion of a housing unit and occupation by its intended beneficiary;
  5. what interventions are being undertaken to reduce delays in the occupation of completed housing units?
 9 5 June 2026 21000

Regarding the Department’s statutory oversight role over policing and its provincial programmes to combat gender-based violence (GBV):

  1. What (a) specific support programmes, (b) civil society partnerships or (c) localised interventions are currently coordinated by her Department to strengthen the investigation of GBV;
  2. (a) which specific police stations in the province have been identified where the volume of GBV reporting is disproportionately high but investigative outcomes and conviction rates remain poor and (b) what interventions have been recommended to the SAPS management for these stations;
  3. what specific (a) oversight steps, (b) station audits or (c) monitoring interventions has her Department undertaken during the past 12 months to evaluate the performance of the SAPS in investigating GBV-related offences;
  4. (a) what trends has her Department identified through its monitoring frameworks regarding the shifting prevalence and geographic concentration of GBV in the province and (b) which specific communities have been flagged as requiring urgent and targeted structural intervention;
  5. what formal recommendations has she submitted to the national Minister of Police and to the SAPS National Commissioner to improve structurally the (a) resourcing and (b) effectiveness of GBV investigations in the province?
 7 5 June 2026 20999

In respect of the institutional capacity of the South African Police Service (SAPS) and specialised victim support infrastructure in the province:

  1. (a) What is the current average detective caseload for investigators assigned to Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences (FCS) units across the province and (b) how does this figure compare with the (i) national norm or (ii) recommended caseload per investigator;
  2. how many (a) funded vacancies and (b) unfunded vacancies currently exist in FCS units in the province, broken down by (i) rank and (ii) police district;
  3. what formal assessment has her Department conducted regarding the impact of these deficiencies on the (a) quality of investigations and (b) successful prosecution of offences related to gender-based violence (GBV) in the province;
  4. (a) how many (i) Thuthuzela care centres and (ii) designated victim-friendly rooms (VFRs) are currently operational in the province and (b) what are the specific facilities where each is located?
 6 5 June 2026 20998

With reference to the Agricultural Trade Digest published on 24 May 2026, which highlights that difficulties at the Port of Cape Town negatively affected the financial conditions of fruit growers by forcing a rerouting of produce to Eastern Cape ports:

  1. (a) What is his Department’s estimate of the total tonnage of Western Cape agri-cultural products diverted to Eastern Cape ports during the 2025/26 peak export window and (b) what specific subsectors, besides table grapes, were most affected;
  2. whether his Department has engaged with (a) Transnet and (b) organised agriculture to prevent a replication of these bottlenecks during upcoming crop cycles; if so, what are the relevant details;
  3. what support mechanisms is his Department deploying to assist emerging farmers who lack the capital liquidity to absorb unexpected multi-provincial transport costs?
 5 5 June 2026 20997

With reference to the Township Action Plan (TAP) flagship initiative launched under the Western Cape Government’s Growth for Jobs (G4J) Strategy, and noting the selection of the Mossel Bay Municipality, specifically the KwaNonqaba township area, as the primary provincial pilot site:

    1. (a) What is the status of the KwaNonqaba Township Action Plan (TAP) Pilot Project and (b) what project milestones have been successfully achieved since its inception;
    1. what total financial budget has been allocated by his Department specifically to support the KwaNonqaba TAP Pilot Project for the (a) 2025/26 and (b) 2026/27 financial years;
    1. what is the breakdown of the funds listed in question (2) above regarding allocations dedicated to (a) infrastructure upgrades (such as trading spaces or digital access) versus (b) direct financial support for township-based SMMEs;
    1. what (a) economic development models or (b) public–private partnerships are cur-rently being trialled in this pilot project to structurally mitigate the key barriers to entry identified for township operators;
    1. what monitoring framework is his Department utilising to evaluate the economic impact of the KwaNonqaba Pilot Project;
    1. whether his Department has a timeline for rolling out the TAP framework to other townships across the province; if so, what are the relevant details?
 4 5 June 2026 20996

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