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

In relation to former SAPS members in the province:

  1. How many have been employed by municipal law enforcement in the province in (i) 2018/19, (ii) 2019/20, (iii) 2020/21, (iv) 2021/22 and (v) 2022/23 to date and (b) what were their reasons for them leaving the SAPS?

 

 3 10 February 2023 14191

In relation to the Public Order Policing Unit in the province:

  1. What is the full list of protests that occurred to which the unit was deployed in (i) 2018/19, (ii) 2019/20, (iii) 2020/21, (iv) 2021/22 and (v) 2022/23 and (b) in relation to these protests, what is the detailed list of how (i) many police officers and (ii) much resources were used at each protest?
 2 10 February 2023 14190

In relation to the Public Order Policing Unit in the province:

  1. How many police officers have been assigned to the unit in (i) 2018/19, (ii) 2019/20, (iii) 2020/21, (iv) 2021/22 and (v) 2022/23 and (b) what has been the budget assigned to the unit during the same period?
 1 10 February 2023 14189
  1. (a) What was the average accommodation occupancy rate in the province in (i) November and (ii) December 2022, (b) what is the rate for each month of the remaining tourism season and (c) how does this rate compare with the same period in (i) 2019 and (ii) 2021;
  1. what was the average spend per (a) international visitor and (b) domestic visitor during their visits to the Western Cape?
 8 3 February 2023 14188

With respect to the impact of load-shedding on service delivery at police stations:

  1. Whether there are police stations exempted from load-shedding; if not, (a) which stations are equipped with generators and (b) which services are unavailable when stations do not have electricity; if so, what are the relevant details;
  1. whether police stations are closed during load-shedding; if not, whether any cases of stations closing during periods of load-shedding have been bought to his attention; if so, what are the relevant details?

 

 16 3 February 2023 14187

In relation to the SAPS call centre in Maitland:

  1. Whether the current call centre is sufficient to cater for all the residents of the province; if not;
  1. whether there are plans to (a) increase its capacity or (b) build an additional centre; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
  2. whether load-shedding has affected the operations of the call centre; if so, what are the relevant details;
  3. whether the call centre is (a) equipped with a generator and (b) exempted from certain stages of load-shedding; if so, what are the relevant details;
  4. how many cases of absenteeism have been recorded in (a) 2018/19, (b) 2019/20, (c) 2020/21, (d) 2021/22 and (e) 2022/23 to date?
 15 3 February 2023 14186

In relation to the SAPS call centre in Maitland:

  1. (a) What has been the call centre’s budget for (i) 2018/19, (ii) 2019/20, (iii) 2020/21, (iv) 2021/22 and (v) 2022/23 and (b)(i) how many cases of dropped calls have been reported and (ii) what were the reasons for it;
  1. (a) what (i) infrastructure and (ii) software are in need of replacement or upgrading and (b) what would the cost be?
 14 3 February 2023 14185

With regard to the recently announced amount of more than R80 million released by the Provincial Treasury to his Department:

  1. What is the exact amount that his Department has received from the Provincial Treasury, (b) what is the purpose of this allocation, (c) what are the details of his Department’s plan to spend this money and (d) what is the expected time frame for (i) this expenditure to take place and (ii) implementation to commence?
 13 3 February 2023 14184

How many municipalities in the province are expected to develop ward committee operational plans;


  1. whether there are municipalities that have yet to finalise ward committee operational plans; if so, what are the relevant details?
 12 3 February 2023 14183
  1. Whether there have been any instances of loss of life due to wildfires in the province from November 2022 to date; if so, what are the relevant details;
  2. whether there have been any instances of property damage due to wildfires in the province from November 2022 to date; if so, what has been the estimated total cost of said damage?
 11 3 February 2023 14182

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