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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On 10 May 2022 the Equal Education Law Centre presented information to the Standing Committee on Education regarding challenges related to learner admissions in the Western Cape. During this session, the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) committed to providing updates to the Standing Committee on Education on the progress of the online appeal process pilot project by the end of the last quarter of 2022:

(1)     What is the comprehensive update on the pilot project;

(2)       whether the pilot project has been initiated; if not, (a) why not and (b) what is the reason for the delay; if so, what is the current status?

 2 20 October 2023 16430

With reference to the reply to question 5 of 20 July 2023:

  1. (a) Who is the owner of the Old Stone Church Precinct, (b) what are the details of “The Range”, (c) who is the agent managing the letting of this portion of the property, (d) what are the monthly rental rates being paid by “The Range” for this part of the property to the owner of the property or the agent and (e) what are the details of the annual remuneration agreement between the Department and the agent;
  2. whether his Department has an agent managing the agreement with SANParks under whose management the Manor House Precinct currently is; if not, why not; if so, (a) who is the agent, (b) what are the monthly rental rate being paid by SANParks for this part of the property to the owner of the property or the agent and (c) what are the details of the annual remuneration agreement between the Department and the agent?
 1 20 October 2023 16427
    1. What programmes are funded through the Western Cape Safety Plan to address sexual offences and (b) what is the detailed expenditure breakdown on these programmes in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021, (iii) 2022 and (iv) 2023 to date?
 14 6 October 2023 16046

(a)    The measures and methodology utilised by the South African Police Service to recruit informants may not be disclosed so not to compromise and expose the organisations, nor place its employees at risk. The South African Police Service, Western Cape regulates the recruitment and registration in terms of National Instruction 1/2021.

         (b)   Due to the sensitive nature surrounding informants, exact figures cannot be provided.

 13 6 October 2023 16038

(a)   What measures does the South African Police Service take to recruit criminal informants and (b) how many informants were recruited at each of the Western Cape’s police stations in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021, (iii) 2022 and (iv) 2023 to date?

 12 6 October 2023 16029

With regard to the Port of Cape Town’s performance in September 2023:

(a)       What was the (i) average waiting time for berth utilisation and occupancy for container ships and (ii) target for the month, (b) what was the (i) average number of twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) containers (aa) loaded and (bb) unloaded and (ii) target for the month, (c) what was the (i) average waiting time for trucks being (aa) loaded and (bb) unloaded at the port and (ii) target for the month, (d) what was the (i) average ship turnaround time and (ii) target for the month, (e) what was the (i) average anchorage waiting time and (ii) target for the month and (f) what was the (i) average container dwell time and (ii) target for the month?

 11 6 October 2023 16018
  1. (a) What is the name of the company that designed the structure that replaced the old low-water crossing at the Algeria Campsite in the Cederberg Nature Reserve, (b) what was the total construction cost of this structure, including the (i) costs for environmental impact studies and (ii) loss of income during the construction phase and (c)(i) when did construction start and (ii) when was the finished structure completed and handed over to CapeNature;
  2. given the fact that the structure was exposed as unfit for purpose by the June 2023 floods, whether legal recourse is available to CapeNature to claim for damages; if so, (a) against which company will the claim be submitted and (b) what would the total costs be to repair the damage;

(3)     whether the structure will be redesigned to allow for future water run-off to follow the stream and not to find lower-laying alternatives for the water to flow due to the current design of the river-crossing; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

 10 6 October 2023 15981
  1. Whether his Department has done a cost estimate to hire and deploy professional personnel to victim-friendly rooms in every police station in the province; if so, what are the relevant details;
  2. what is the detailed expenditure breakdown of the Safety Plan for curbing the scourge of (a) GBV and femicide, (b) drugs and substance-use disorder, especially among people young than 35 years, and (c) youth participation in gangs?
 9 6 October 2023 15969

With regard to the impact of the recent storms in the Western Cape on the agriculture sector:

(a) What is the extent of damage to the sector, (b) what is the detailed breakdown of the costs of the damage and (c) what is the number of (i) facilities affected, (ii) equipment and materials damage and (iii) injuries and casualties of personnel reported, (d)(i) what has been the impact of the storm on farm workers, (ii) how many families are affected, (iii) how many facilities were affected, (iv) what equipment and materials were damaged and (v) how many injuries and casualties were reported and (e)(i) how is the provincial government responding to the impact of the storm on agriculture and (ii) what are the details of the actions and steps taken to assist the poorest of the poor who were affected?

 8 6 October 2023 15963
  1. What are the details of the (i) Transhex Catalytic Housing Project, (ii) Bredasdorp Site F Housing Project, (iii) second phase of the Upgrading of Informal Settlements Programme (UISP) housing project in Thembalethu and (iv) Lutzville Housing Project, (b) how many housing units have been delivered to date, (c) what is the comprehensive expenditure breakdown, including (i) a list of all the service providers to whom contracts were awarded, (ii) how much each service provider received and (iii) what are the details of the items with their unit prices and (d) in cases where delays have been experienced, (i) what were the causes of the delays and (ii) what interventions were implemented to address these delays?
 7 6 October 2023 15949

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