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.

On this page you can search questions for written reply. Use one or more of the search fields by making a selection from the relevant dropdown menu. You can also do a text search by entering a search term in the text field– specific search terms will render a better result. Click ‘Apply’. The results will be displayed in the table below. Click on ‘Question Link’ to view the full result. When you are searching, it is advisable to complete as many of the search fields as possible in order to narrow down the results.

Question Question Number Date Question Link
  1. (a) When did a certain person, whose name has been furnished to her Department for the purpose of her reply, start working for her Department, (b) what (i) position does he occupy and (iii) positions did he occupy in the past and (c) how much budget does he control and oversee;
  2. (a) how much was spent on the building of the Lavender Hill Care Centre, (b) for what purpose was it built, (c) what environmental studies determined the project, (d) what is the detailed itemised costing of the entire building project for the Lavender Hill Care Centre and (e) what was the involvement of the person in (1)(a) in the decision and process to build the centre;
  3. whether there is a management committee in place for the Lavender Hill Care Centre; if not, why not; if so, what are the (a) names of the committee members and (b) criteria that determine the composition of the committee?
 12 27 January 2023 14171
  1. What has happened to the site on which the old GF Jooste Hospital was located, (b) what are the future plans for the site, (c) how much has the provincial government spent on the old GF Jooste Hospital since its decommissioning as at the latest date for which information is available and (d) what is the breakdown of what the funds were spent on?

 

 15 27 January 2023 14115
  1. How does the number of (a) international and (b) domestic arrivals at the Cape Town International Airport (CTIA) in (i) November and (ii) December 2022 compare with the number of arrivals in the same period in (aa) 2019 and (bb) 2021;
  2. (a) which factors contributed significantly to any increase or decrease in the number of arrivals, (b) what efforts have been made by the Western Cape Government to support the CTIA in ensuring first-time visitors have a seamless and pleasant travel experience and (c) of those international visitors, (i) how many are projected to be
  3. returning or (ii) are recurring visitors compared with first-time visitors and (iii) how does this compare with the same period in (aa) 2019 and (bb) 2021?

 

 3 27 January 2023 14114
  1. How much has her Department received from the national government during the (i) fifth and (ii) sixth administrations for the construction of the Klipfontein Regional Hospital, (b) how much of this money (i) has been spent and (ii) was unspent and returned to the Revenue Fund, (c) what are the reasons why the money had not been spent and (d) which tasks have been undertaken and completed in the building of the Klipfontein Regional Hospital as at the latest date for which information is available?
 14 27 January 2023 14113

How many participants of the 2022 Premier’s Advancement of Youth Programme have become permanent employees of a department of the Western Cape Government?

 9 27 January 2023 14112

How many joint operations were conducted in the province during the 2022 festive season?

 

 8 27 January 2023 14111
  1. How many operating taxi permits are currently outstanding in the province, (b) how many have been (i) issued and (ii) collected over the past two years and (c) what efforts has his Department made to ensure that operators collect their permits?
 7 27 January 2023 14110
  1. Whether there have been any reported incidents of taxi violence since the B97 route between Paarl and Bellville reopened; if so, what are the relevant details;
  1. (a) how many representatives from the Western Cape form part of the National Taxi Task Team and (b) what is the latest update on the task team’s work in terms of (i) the number of times they have met in the last 12 months and (ii) reports of their work over the last 12 months?
 6 27 January 2023 14109

With regard to the current electricity crisis:

  1. What has been the effect of load-shedding on service delivery in each department of the Western Cape Government in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021, (iii) 2022 and (iv) 2023 to date and (b)(i) what mitigation measures have been taken by the departments of the Western Cape Government to minimise these effects and (ii) what successes have these measures had to date?
 5 27 January 2023 14108

With regard to the Diep River Estuary Management Plan adopted by the City of Cape Town Council last year:

Whether the plan has been submitted to his office; if so, (a) what steps have been and will be taken to ensure its approval in accordance with part 9 of the National Estuarine Management Protocol and (b) what are the associated timelines?

 4 27 January 2023 14106

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