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

Interpellation 2

In the light of reports that landfill sites across the Western Cape are reaching their capacity at an alarming rate:

What (a) immediate and (b) long-term interventions is his Department implementing to address this growing waste management crisis?

2 21 May 2026 20800

Interpellation 1

With regard to the commencement of the 2026 Western Cape citrus harvest and the ongoing geopolitical volatility in the Middle East:

  1. What strategic interventions is his Department coordinating with the Port of Cape Town to ensure that citrus exports from the province reach international destinations without significant delays during the 2026 harvest and export season;
  2. whether there has been progress on greater private sector involvement at the Port of Cape Town?
 1 21 May 2026 20799

With reference to the role that social development has to play in the cross-departmental effort highlighted in the Safety Plan:

  1. (a) What specific psychosocial support services does his Department provide to people affected by gang violence and (b) in which communities are these services currently available;
  2. (a) what type of workers are currently deployed in high gang-violence areas, (b) what is the ratio of social workers to residents in those communities and (c) what programmes are in place to support at-risk youths to prevent their gang involvement?
 16 14 May 2026 20794

With reference to the role that social development has to play in the cross-departmental effort highlighted in the Safety Plan:

  1. (a) What specific psychosocial support services does his Department provide to people affected by gang violence and (b) in which communities are these services currently available;

 

  1. (a) what type of workers are currently deployed in high gang-violence areas, (b) what is the ratio of social workers to residents in those communities and (c) what programmes are in place to support at-risk youths to prevent their gang involvement?

 

 14 14 May 2026 20793

(a)   What coordinated, measurable interventions are currently being implemented by her Department to (i) reduce gang violence and (ii) close drug dens and (b) what timelines has her Department set to ensure that these interventions lead to safer communities?

 12 14 May 2026 20792
  1. What steps is the provincial government taking to improve public access to historical records held by the Western Cape Archives and Records Service, particularly through digitisation initiatives;
  2. whether there are plans to expand outreach and awareness programmes to ensure that communities, researchers and learners make greater use of these resources; if so, what are the relevant details?
 11 14 May 2026 20791

In the light of the recent oversight engagement conducted by the Ad-hoc Committee on Child Protection Reform in the Saldanha area, during which concerns were raised by families and practitioners regarding delays with foster-care placements, gaps in child protection services and pressure on frontline social workers:

  1. What immediate and targeted interventions is his Department implementing to address these child-protection challenges;

 

  1. whether specific measures are being implemented to reduce delays with foster-care placements and to ensure that children are not left in prolonged or unsafe transitional care situations; if so, what are the relevant details;

 

  1. whether steps are being taken to strengthen the capacity in local child-protection services and to enhance support for frontline social workers in order to ensure a more responsive and effective system; if so, what are the relevant details?
 10 14 May 2026 20790

(a)   What structured support mechanisms are currently in place to assist safety parents and (b) what steps are being taken to strengthen the (i) recruitment, (ii) retention and (iii) support of safety parents, given the ongoing demand for suitable alternative-care placements for vulnerable children in the province?

 9 14 May 2026 20789

We are now more than six months into the ten-year Water Resilience Strategy:

What are the key early milestones achieved with the implementation of the Water Resilience Strategy and (b) what are specific examples of communities already benefiting from these interventions?

 4 14 May 2026 20788

In the light of the increasing water and electricity tariffs in City of Cape Town:
What specific measures has she implemented to (a) protect low-income households from
unaffordable service costs and (b) ensure that basic services remain accessible to the most
vulnerable residents?

 10 7 May 2026 20787

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