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

Hon Walters

With regard to the SAPS K9 units:

(a) What is the number of trained dogs estimated to be needed for fully operational K9 units in the province, (b) what is the current number of available trained dogs, (c) what are the steps taken to ensure a full complement of trained dogs, both now and in the future, and (d)(i) how many SAPS K9 units are in the province and (ii) what is the location of each K9 unit?

 22 7 March 2025 18761

Hon Masipa

(a) What are the latest projections for the 2025 table and wine grape harvest season by volume, (b) what quantities are expected to be exported and (c) what is the expected value of these exports?

 18 7 March 2025 18760

Hon Masipa

 

With regard to the Port of Cape Town’s performance in December 2024:

(a)     What was the (i) average waiting time for berth utilisation and occupancy for container ships and (ii) target for the month, (b) what was the (i) average number of twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) containers (aa) loaded and (bb) unloaded and (ii) target for the month, (c) what was the (i) average waiting time for trucks being (aa) loaded and (bb) unloaded at the port and (ii) target for the month, (d) what was the (i) average ship turnaround time and (ii) target for the month, (e) what was the (i) average anchorage waiting time and (ii) target for the month and (f) what was the (i) average container dwell time and (ii) target for the month?

 16 7 March 2025 18759

Hon Masipa.

With regard to the Port of Cape Town’s performance in January 2025:

What was the (i) average waiting time for berth utilisation and occupancy for container ships and (ii) target for the month, (b) what was the (i) average number of twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) containers (aa) loaded and (bb) unloaded and (ii) target for the month, (c) what was the (i) average waiting time for trucks being (aa) loaded and (bb) unloaded at the port and (ii) target for the month, (d) what was the (i) average ship turnaround time and (ii) target for the month, (e) what was the (i) average anchorage waiting time and (ii) target for the month and (f) what was the (i) average container dwell time and (ii) target for the month

 15 7 March 2025 18758
  1. Whether her Department has statistics available on children diagnosed with ADHD; if so, what are the relevant details for (a) 2020/21, (b) 2021/22, (c) 2022/23, (d) 2023/24 and (e) 2024/25 to date;
  2. whether her Department has systems in place to assist families with children diagnosed with ADHD; if so, what are the relevant details?
 11 7 March 2025 18757

Whether there are plans for infrastructure repairs and the rehabilitation of roads at the Better Life community in ward 88 in the City of Cape Town; if so, what are the relevant details?

 10 7 March 2025 18756

What is the status of the new Klipfontein Hospital?

 9 7 March 2025 18755

With regard to the cutting of USAID:

What measures will her Department take to address the budget cut?

 8 7 March 2025 18754

Hon Constable.

With regard to sanctions imposed by the People’s Republic of China:

  1. Whether his visit to Taiwan was an official visit; if so, what are the relevant details;
  2. whether he has been informed of the sanctions imposed on him by the People’s Republic of China; if so, (a) what is the reason for the sanctions and (b) what impact does it have on the provincial government;
  3. whether he has any plans to restore relations with China; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
 5 7 March 2025 18753

With regard to the Forest Village Housing for Military Veterans Pilot Project and a certain person, whose details have been furnished to his Department for the purpose of the reply:

  1. Why has the transfer of this military veteran house in the Forest Village Housing Project not been concluded;
  2. whether the conveyancers who have been appointed to do the transfer received any payment of their fee for the transfer; if so, (a) why, (b) what will his Department do to resolve this unduly delayed transfer, (c) when does his Department expect transfer to be completed and (d) what steps will his Department take if transfer does not take place in the expected time period;
  3. whether his Department has a policy, a standard operating procedure or an executive instruction with regard to when transfers and the handing over of titles of housing to beneficiaries should occur; if so, what are the relevant details;
  4. (a)(i) what role do transfer and title play for beneficiaries in the delivery of public housing and (ii) what impact has this long-delayed transfer had on that role, (b)(i) how many houses in the Forest Village Housing Project were earmarked for military veteran housing and (ii) how many of these houses have still not been trans-ferred to the beneficiaries and (c)(i) how many housing units have been completed in the Forest Village Housing Project, (ii) how many of these houses have not yet been transferred to their owners or beneficiaries and (iii) what has been the cause of the delays?
 2 7 March 2025 18752

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