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 Johnson.

What was the historical municipal debt of municipalities in the province to (a) Eskom
and (b) water boards for the years (i) 1994, (ii) 1995, (iii) 1996, (iv) 1997, (v) 1998,
(vi) 1999, (vii) 2000, (viii) 2001, (ix) 2002, (x) 2003 and (xi) 2004?

 18 21 February 2025 18622

(a)What progress has the Department of Mobility made in its efforts to support taxi associations in the formalisation of the taxi industry in the province, (b) what safety measures are in place to prevent incidents of internal or external arson attacks and violence at taxi ranks, (c) what are the key challenges identified in the taxi industry by the Minibus Taxi Task Team and (d) what solutions are being proposed to address these identified key challenges?

 17 21 February 2025 18621

Hon Walters.

Since the deployment of the first LEAP officers in 2020:

(a) How many firearms have been confiscated by LEAP officers, (b) how many arrests have LEAP officers participated in and (c) what is the approximate total value of the illegal drugs confiscated by LEAP officers?

 14 21 February 2025 18620

Hon Van Minnen

(1) What is the total amount of funding allocated by his Department to securing the Western Cape’s own energy supply expressed (a) by year, (b) by type of initiative, (c) in terms of solar installations, (d) in terms of wind turbines and (e) in terms of battery storage; (2) how much energy generation or storage is (a) proposed by each initiative and (b) currently operational; (3) how have these initiatives reduced the impact of loadshedding on (a) households, (b) businesses and (c) public services, namely (i) hospitals and (ii) schools?

 11 21 February 2025 18619

Hon Wessels. 

With regard to property in the province that is owned by the national government:
How many land parcels, including the square kilometre per parcel, in the province are owned by the national government and is currently (a) in municipal use, (b) illegally occupied or (c) not in any use?

 8 21 February 2025 18618

Hon Jacobs

With regard to the R1 billion that was received from the Premier in the 2019/20 financial year when funds were diverted from Education and Health to fund the Law Enforcement Advancement Plan (LEAP):

(a) What is the breakdown of the use of the funds and (b) who were the beneficiaries of these funds?

 7 21 February 2025 18617

With regards to gambling companies, bookmakers, sports betting and casinos in the Western Cape:
(1)
(a)(i) How many operators are licensed by the Province and (ii) what are their names, (b) how many applications are currently being considered by her Department and (c) how much in (i) gross gambling revenue did the top ten operators declare and (ii) taxes and levies did the top ten operators pay to the provincial fiscus in (aa) 2022/23 and (bb) 2023/24;
(2)
whether all the operators pay a portion of their gross gambling revenue to the South African Responsible Gambling Foundation; if not, why not; if so, is it part of their licence conditions;
(3)
how many physical gambling or betting outlets are in the province?

 6 21 February 2025 18616

Hon Masipa.

In relation to the Comprehensive Agricultural Support Programme (CASP) funding being included as a Schedule 5 conditional grant in the national and provincial government budgets:

  1. What impact has the shift from Schedule 4 to Schedule 5 had on farmers and agri-businesses in the province;
  2. whether his Department is taking steps to engage with the national Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development to revert CASP to a Schedule 4 grant; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
27 21 February 2025 18615

Hon Jacobs.

  1. How many farmworkers died due to transport crashes in 2024 and (b) what is his Department doing to address the unsafe transport of farmworkers?
 2 21 February 2025 18614

With respect to his written reply to question 6 of 29 November 2024 and his comments on a News24 article published on 17 December 2024:
(1) Whether his Department approached the Hoërskool Tulbagh at any stage to propose that it adds English as a language of teaching and learning in 2025; if so, (a) when did his Department or officials approach the school governing board (SGB) and (b) why did his Department approach the SGB to propose that it adds English as a language of teaching and learning;
(2) whether the decision by the SGB was in response to his Department’s request; if not;
(3) whether the SGB proposed to add English as a language of teaching and learning and to make Xhosa a home language and English a first additional language of its own accord; if so, (a) when did the Hoërskool Tulbagh’s SGB decide to add English as a language of teaching and learning in 2025 and (b) when (on what date) did the SGB inform his Department of its decision to add English as a language of teaching and learning in 2025 and to make Xhosa a home language and English a first additional language in the subject package;
(4) whether the SGB informed his Department orally or in writing; (a) if orally, (i) when, (ii) by whom and (iii) to whom was this communicated and (b) if in writing, can a copy of the written communication be made available;
(5) (a) when did his Department communicate with the SGB that it approved or agreed with the decision to add the additional language stream and package and (b) what process did his Department follow after the SGB’s decision in order to fund the provision of the education and other resources required to implement this decision;
(6) whether his Department provided or offered these resources in (5) above; if so, what are the relevant details of the resources provided?

 2 7 February 2025 18612

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