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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 |
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(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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(1)
What is the current patient load per (a) day and (b) month at the Matthew Goniwe Clinic for the (i) 2024/25, (ii) 2025/26 and (iii) 2026/27 financial years;
(2)
(a) what is the current staffing complement of (i) nurses, (ii) doctors and (iii) support staff and (b) how does this compare with required norms for the patient volume being serviced;
(3)
whether her Department has assessed the impact of overcrowding on (a) waiting times, (b) patient dignity and (c) clinical outcomes; if not, why not; if so, what were the findings;
(4)
what measures have been implemented to address staff burnout and service fatigue;
(5)
whether her Department considers the current service model clinically sustainable; if not, what urgent interventions are being planned? |
26 |
5 June 2026 |
21021 |
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What formal intergovernmental infrastructure planning framework exists between her Department and the City of Cape Town for the development of primary healthcare facilities in Khayelitsha;
(2)
whether her Department is aware that the City of Cape Town ceased building new clinics since 2021; if so, what interventions have been undertaken to address the resulting infrastructure gap;
(3)
what specific accountability mechanisms exist to prevent the duplication of respon-sibility gaps between provincial and municipal health infrastructure mandates;
(4)
whether the current governance arrangement has contributed to infrastructure stagnation; if so, what are the relevant details? |
27 |
5 June 2026 |
21020 |
- Whether engineering services completed by the City of Cape Town on erven (a) 19464 and (b) 21020 in the 2023/24 financial year have been followed by any commencement of top structure construction for the planned 261 housing units; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
- what risk mitigation measures are in place to prevent serviced land in Khayelitsha from being lost to illegal occupation due to delays in construction and authorisation processes;
- whether his Department has conducted a comprehensive audit of all (a) Khayelitsha housing projects and (b) housing projects in other areas and (c) housing projects in municipalities across the province that are delayed due to (i) land ownership disputes, (ii) intergovernmental authorisation failures or (iii) funding constraints; if not, (aa) why not and (bb) when will such an audit be completed; if so; what are the relevant details?
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29 |
5 June 2026 |
21018 |
- Whether his Department has finalised any intergovernmental framework with the national Department of Public Works and the national Department of Human Settlements to resolve land ownership and authorisation constraints affecting erven (a) 19464, (b) 21020, (c) 20869, (d) 20081, (e) 21864, (f) 23144, (g) 23136 and (h) 39286 in subcouncil 10, Khayelitsha; if not, why not; and if so, what are the relevant details;
- what specific interventions have been undertaken since 2020 to secure written authorisation from the national landholding authority to enable the City of Cape Town and Eskom to proceed with servicing and infrastructure provision on the erven mentioned in (1) above;
- whether the absence of timely authorisation has directly contributed to (a) stalled development, (b) illegal land occupation and (c) escalating service delivery pres-sures in the Mahama Project area; if not, what is his Department’s assessment of the primary cause of these blockages?
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28 |
5 June 2026 |
21017 |
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With reference to the conclusion of phases of the Basic Education Employment Initiative (BEEI) under the Presidential Youth Employment Stimulus:
(a) How many (i) education assistant and (ii) general school assistant positions have been terminated in the province, (b) how many beneficiaries in the province were affected by the termination of these positions, (c)(i) at which schools in the province were these positions located and (ii) how many positions were lost and (d) what measures, if any, have been implemented to mitigate the impact of these job losses on the affected schools and participants? |
24 |
5 June 2026 |
21014 |
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Given the severe shortage of well-located affordable housing in Cape Town, and following the City of Cape Town’s recommendation to release the Civic Centre parking site for a mixed-use affordable housing development: (a) What specific considerations are delaying his Department’s approval of the site for social and affordable housing and (b) by when will a final decision be made on the future use of the property? |
23 |
5 June 2026 |
21013 |
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Recent reporting highlighted that property inflation in Cape Town continues to outpace other metropolitan areas, with affordability pressures worsening across both the rental and ownership markets: What are the projects the provincial government is implementing to (a) expand affordable housing opportunities and (b) prevent the displacement of residents from their communities? |
22 |
5 June 2026 |
21012 |
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Given the increasing financial pressure facing pensioners in Cape Town due to the rising cost of food and basic necessities: - What interventions has his Department implemented to support elderly residents experiencing food insecurity and economic hardship;
- whether his Department has considered expanding (a) food relief and (b) social support programmes targeted specifically at pensioners; if so, what are the relevant details?
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21 |
5 June 2026 |
21011 |
