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 regard to the surrendering of funds to the Provincial Revenue Fund:

  1. (a) How much has been surrendered back to the Provincial Revenue Fund by each of the departments in (i) 2019, (ii) 2020, (iii) 2021 and (iv) 2022 to date, (b) what is a detailed breakdown of (i) funds surrendered for the compensation of employees (CoE), (ii) funds surrendered for goods and services and (iii) any other expenditure;
  2. with regard to the surrendering of CoE funds to the Provincial Revenue Fund, (a) what (i) is the number and (ii) are the details of the posts that were affected and not filled per department and (b) what are the reasons thereof?
 5 18 November 2022 13988
  1. What are the employment-equity targets of each of the provincial government departments and entities and (b) how has each of the departments and entities achieved these targets?
 4 18 November 2022 13987
  1. (a) What is the number of current vacancies in the provincial government departments and entities and (b) what is the detailed breakdown of the following: (i) the names of the posts, (ii) the levels of the posts, (iii) the departments and/or entities where the vacancies exist and (iv) how long each post has been vacant;

(a) what is the number of foreign nationals who are employed in the provincial departments and entities and (b) what is the detailed breakdown of the following: (i) the names of the posts held by them, (ii) their (aa) qualifications and (bb) experience, (iii) the levels of the posts held by them, (iv) the departments and/or entities where these persons are employed and (v)(i) what are the scarce skills that they possess and (ii) how long has each of them filled

 3 18 November 2022 13986

With regard to the construction work at the Nowers Academy in Hout Bay:

  1. What (i) are the details of work that has been done, (ii) still needs to be done and (iii) is the value of the contracts for the work set out in (i) and (ii), (b)(i) when was the tender for the school advertised, (ii) what are the details of the tender, (iii) how many companies applied for the tender and (iv) what are the names of the companies that applied, (c) what process was followed to award the tender to a certain company, whose name was furnished to his Department for the purpose of his reply, and (d) can copies of all the tender specification and other related tender information be made available?
  1. whether there is a need to expand the unit; if so, what are the relevant details?
 2 18 November 2022 13985

With regard to his Department’s plan to deliver an additional 26 000 places in the 2023 academic year:

  1. What is the number of (a) new schools, (b) additional classrooms and (c) mobile classrooms that were built in (i) 2019, (ii) 2020, (iii) 2021 and (iv) 2022 to date;
  2. (a) how realistic is this target and (b) what measures are in place to ensure that this target is achieved;
  3. with regard to his engagements with construction companies to work during the December holidays to ensure the delivery of the set target, (a) which companies have been engaged and (b) what was their feedback;
  4. whether trade unions have been engaged to get their buy-in; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;

 

  1. whether the Department will be incurring extra costs due to overtime pay; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;

 

  1. whether this has been budgeted for; if so, what are the relevant details?
 1 18 November 2022 13984

With regard to the appointment of principals and other senior management teams (SMTs) at schools in the province from 2019 to 2022 to date:

  1. (a) What are the details of the schools that have (i) acting principals, (ii) acting deputy principals and (iii) other acting SMT members, (b) for how long have these persons been acting, (c)(i) when did the vacancies become available and (ii) what are reasons thereof and (d)(i) what plans are in place to fill these vacancies and (ii) when will they be filled;

(2)  (a) what are the details of the vacancies for (i) principals and (ii) deputy principals that have been advertised each year during the specified period and (b) how many have been filled and (c)(i) how many remain vacant per (aa) school and (bb) district and (ii) what are the reasons thereof?

 9 2 September 2022 13979
  1. What are the details of (a) how the Pick n Pay Market Store Project was conceived, (b) the agreements made and targets set, (c) the evaluation reports that have been conducted now that her Department has exited the project;
  1. whether her Department can make available the (a) concept document and/or business case that were presented to it by Pick n Pay on this collaboration, (b) agreement signed by her Department and Pick n Pay outlining the partnership and the expectations of all the parties in the agreement and (c) close-out report?
 9 9 September 2022 13917

With regard to the ongoing challenges and severe service pressures experienced at the Khayelitsha District Hospital, the Mitchells Plain District Hospital and the Ceres Provincial Hospital:

  1. What are the causes of the challenges and service pressures at these hospitals;
  1. whether there are any shortage of (a) beds and (b) staff at each of these hospitals; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
  1. what are the details of all the interventions that have been put in place at each hospital to address the challenges and service pressures in (a) 2019, (b) 2020, (c) 2021 and (d) 2022 to date;
  1. what are the plans that have been put in place to address the challenges and service pressures at each hospital;
  1. whether her Department will make any additional budget allocations to these hospitals to address the ongoing challenges and service pressures; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
 9 4 November 2022 13916
  1. What are the details of the municipal debt of health facilities and (b) how much did the Department contribute to the support of health facilities with municipal debt in (i) 2019, (ii) 2020, (iii) 2021 and (iv) 2022 to date and (c) what are the details of all the health facilities that were assisted?
 8 4 November 2022 13915

With reference to the Western Cape Provincial Supplier Database:

  1. How many women-owned businesses are (a) listed on the database and (b) contracted for supplier services by the provincial government;
  1. how many women-owned businesses trade with the provincial government in (a) construction, (b) agriculture, (c) logistics and (d) mining;
  1. what is the provincial government doing to ensure that (a) more women-owned businesses are established, (b) red-tape is reduced for women-owned business to have equal access to tenders and (c) more women-led enterprises trade with the provincial government?
 8 2 September 2022 13914

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