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 reference to the Urban Settlements Development Grant (USDG) and the Informal Settlements Upgrading Partnership Grant (ISUPG):

  1. (a) What allocations were made to municipalities from the USDG during (i) 2024/25 and (ii) 2025/26, (b) what percentage of these allocations was spent during each financial year and (c) which projects were funded through the USDG during the 2025/26 financial year;
  2. (a) what allocations were made to municipalities from the ISUPG during (i) 2024/25 and (ii) 2025/26 and (b) what percentage of these allocations was spent during each financial year;
  3. which projects were funded through the ISUPG during the 2025/26 financial year;
  4. how many households benefited from projects funded through these grants during the 2025/26 financial year;
  5. whether any challenges have been identified in the implementation of projects funded through these grants; if so, (a) what are the relevant details and (b) what measures have been implemented to address them?

 

 10 5 June 2026 21035
  1. (a) How many housing units in the province have been completed but remain unoccupied and (b) where are these units located;
  2. what are the reasons for completed housing units not being occupied immediately after completion;
  3. under which sphere of government does the responsibility fall for the issuing of occupancy certificates;
  4. what is the average turnaround time between the completion of a housing unit and occupation by its intended beneficiary;
  5. what interventions are being undertaken to reduce delays in the occupation of completed housing units?
 9 5 June 2026 21034

Regarding the Department’s statutory oversight role over policing and its provincial programmes to combat gender-based violence (GBV):

  1. What (a) specific support programmes, (b) civil society partnerships or (c) localised interventions are currently coordinated by her Department to strengthen the investigation of GBV;
  2. (a) which specific police stations in the province have been identified where the volume of GBV reporting is disproportionately high but investigative outcomes and conviction rates remain poor and (b) what interventions have been recommended to the SAPS management for these stations;
  3. what specific (a) oversight steps, (b) station audits or (c) monitoring interventions has her Department undertaken during the past 12 months to evaluate the performance of the SAPS in investigating GBV-related offences;
  4. (a) what trends has her Department identified through its monitoring frameworks regarding the shifting prevalence and geographic concentration of GBV in the province and (b) which specific communities have been flagged as requiring urgent and targeted structural intervention;
  5. what formal recommendations has she submitted to the national Minister of Police and to the SAPS National Commissioner to improve structurally the (a) resourcing and (b) effectiveness of GBV investigations in the province?
 7 5 June 2026 21033

In respect of the institutional capacity of the South African Police Service (SAPS) and specialised victim support infrastructure in the province:

  1. (a) What is the current average detective caseload for investigators assigned to Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences (FCS) units across the province and (b) how does this figure compare with the (i) national norm or (ii) recommended caseload per investigator;
  2. how many (a) funded vacancies and (b) unfunded vacancies currently exist in FCS units in the province, broken down by (i) rank and (ii) police district;
  3. what formal assessment has her Department conducted regarding the impact of these deficiencies on the (a) quality of investigations and (b) successful prosecution of offences related to gender-based violence (GBV) in the province;
  4. (a) how many (i) Thuthuzela care centres and (ii) designated victim-friendly rooms (VFRs) are currently operational in the province and (b) what are the specific facilities where each is located?
 6 5 June 2026 21032

With reference to the Agricultural Trade Digest published on 24 May 2026, which highlights that difficulties at the Port of Cape Town negatively affected the financial conditions of fruit growers by forcing a rerouting of produce to Eastern Cape ports:

  1. (a) What is his Department’s estimate of the total tonnage of Western Cape agri-cultural products diverted to Eastern Cape ports during the 2025/26 peak export window and (b) what specific subsectors, besides table grapes, were most affected;
  2. whether his Department has engaged with (a) Transnet and (b) organised agriculture to prevent a replication of these bottlenecks during upcoming crop cycles; if so, what are the relevant details;
  3. what support mechanisms is his Department deploying to assist emerging farmers who lack the capital liquidity to absorb unexpected multi-provincial transport costs?
 5 5 June 2026 21031

With reference to the Township Action Plan (TAP) flagship initiative launched under the Western Cape Government’s Growth for Jobs (G4J) Strategy, and noting the selection of the Mossel Bay Municipality, specifically the KwaNonqaba township area, as the primary provincial pilot site:

    1. (a) What is the status of the KwaNonqaba Township Action Plan (TAP) Pilot Project and (b) what project milestones have been successfully achieved since its inception;
    1. what total financial budget has been allocated by his Department specifically to support the KwaNonqaba TAP Pilot Project for the (a) 2025/26 and (b) 2026/27 financial years;
    1. what is the breakdown of the funds listed in question (2) above regarding allocations dedicated to (a) infrastructure upgrades (such as trading spaces or digital access) versus (b) direct financial support for township-based SMMEs;
    1. what (a) economic development models or (b) public–private partnerships are cur-rently being trialled in this pilot project to structurally mitigate the key barriers to entry identified for township operators;
    1. what monitoring framework is his Department utilising to evaluate the economic impact of the KwaNonqaba Pilot Project;
    1. whether his Department has a timeline for rolling out the TAP framework to other townships across the province; if so, what are the relevant details?
 4 5 June 2026 21030

With reference to his reply to question 2 of 28 April 2026:

  1. Given that his Department acknowledges that the R22 000 threshold is outdated and should “well exceed R30 000”, whether steps have been taken to adopt formally an updated provincial affordability threshold across all programmes; if not, why not;
  2. what engagements, if any, has his Department had with the national Department of Human Settlements regarding urgently increasing the (a) First Home Finance and (b) social housing income thresholds;
  3. how many households in the province currently fall into the income bracket between R22 000 and R34 800;
  4. (a) what is the average (i) rent or (ii) bond repayment currently being charged in provincially supported affordable housing developments and (b) how does this compare to the stated 30% affordability benchmark;
  5. whether his Department has conducted any recent study on whether households earning between R3 500 and R22 000 can realistically afford housing near economic opportunities in Cape Town; if so, what are the relevant details;
  6. what percentage of households currently occupying social housing units spend more than 30% of their income on rent;
  7. whether his Department includes transport costs when assessing housing afford-ability; if not, why not; if so, how is transport costs assessed?
 3 5 June 2026 21029

With reference to the recent announcement of “Safe Zones” being launched in Mitchells Plain:

  1. Whether her Department has finalised an implementation framework for the Safe Zones Initiative in Mitchells Plain; if not, why not; if so, what are the key (a) time-lines and (b) deliverables associated with the rollout in the identified areas;
  2. what criteria were used to identify the five initial Safe Zones earmarked for the rollout;
  3. whether the dedicated Safe Hubs have already been identified in each of the five pilot areas; if not, when will these sites be confirmed; if so, what are the relevant details;
  4. (a) what role will LEAP officers play in the operationalisation of the Safe Zones Initiative and (b) how many personnel will be assigned to support the initiative in each of the five identified areas;
  5. whether any monitoring and evaluation framework has been developed to assess the effectiveness of the Safe Zones Initiative; if not, why not; if so, what indicators will be used to measure success
  6. whether her Department will expand the Safe Zones Initiative to other gang-affected communities in the province should the pilot programme prove successful; if not, why not; if so, which areas are under consideration?
 1 5 June 2026 21026

What is the current availability of ambulances and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) resources in (a) the Garden Route District and (b) George specifically;
(2)
whether her Department has conducted any assessment regarding the adequacy of (a) ambulance numbers, (b) response times, (c) staffing levels and (d) fleet avail-ability in George and the broader Garden Route region over the past three years; if so, what were the findings;
(3)
what measures are currently being implemented or planned by her Department to (a) address ambulance shortages and (b) improve emergency response times in George and the surrounding communities;
(4)
whether her Department has received complaints, concerns or representations from (a) residents, (b) healthcare workers, (c) local government representatives or (d) community organisations regarding ambulance shortages in the Garden Route District; if so, what action has been taken?

 19 5 June 2026 21023

(1)
Whether her Department has conducted a full Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) compliance audit of the Matthew Goniwe Clinic; if not, why not; if so, what were the findings;
(2)
whether the current facility complies with all statutory OHS requirements relating to (a) ventilation, (b) infection control, (c) emergency evacuation systems and (d) structural safety; if not, what specific areas of non-compliance have been identified;
(3)
what immediate remedial interventions have been implemented to protect (a) patients and (b) healthcare workers;
(4)
whether her Department accepts liability for continued service delivery in a facility that may be non-compliant with OHS legislation; if not, what is the basis for this position?

 25 5 June 2026 21022

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