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.

On this page you can search questions for written reply. Use one or more of the search fields by making a selection from the relevant dropdown menu. You can also do a text search by entering a search term in the text field– specific search terms will render a better result. Click ‘Apply’. The results will be displayed in the table below. Click on ‘Question Link’ to view the full result. When you are searching, it is advisable to complete as many of the search fields as possible in order to narrow down the results.

Question Question Number Date Question Link
  1. How does load-shedding affect average commuter time and (b) what steps are being taken to improve (i) traffic congestion and (ii) travel time during load-shedding in each municipality?
 14 15 June 2023 15169

With regard to the Western Cape Education Department’s recently launched Back on Track Programme:

How many learners have attended extra classes as part of this programme to date and (b) how many teachers have attended training sessions as part of this programme to date?

 32 2 June 2023 15168

With regard to the 10-point crime-fighting plan outlined by Minister Bheki Cele during his speech on 23 May 2023:

How will this plan be implemented in the province specifically, (b) what additional support will be given to provincial law enforcement agencies by the SAPS over the next 12 months and (c) what additional allocations, if any, of (i) vehicles, (ii) personnel and (iii) miscellaneous resources are planned for the province in the next 12 months?

 28 2 June 2023 15167

At each of the Western Cape’s SAPS stations:

How many marked vehicles are currently based at each SAPS station, (b) how many of these vehicles are currently operational and (c) how many of these vehicles are used for visible policing patrols?

 27 2 June 2023 15166
  1. What update can he provide on case 1/09/2022 lodged at the Grabouw Police Station regarding the alleged instigation of land invasions by local political leaders;
  1. whether any of the persons involved have been arrested; if so, what are the relevant details?
 26 2 June 2023 15165
  1. What is the average waiting time for surgeries at public healthcare facilities in the Western Cape and (b) what is the current (i) surgery backlog and (ii) procedures backlog in the province?
 25 2 June 2023 15164

How many individuals under the age of 18 suffer from inadequate nutrition in the province?

 

 24 2 June 2023 15163

With regard to the Back on Track Programme that was recently launched by the Western Cape Education Department and the amount of R1,2 billion that will be spent on the programme over the next three years:

    1. What is the detailed breakdown of (i) this amount per year and (ii) the expenditure items involved in the programme, (b) what is the number of (i) learners, (ii) teachers and (iii) schools that will benefit from the programme and (c) how much will the expenditure be on each of these in (b) above?
 7 2 June 2023 15162

With regard to the Zwelethemba High School in Worcester:

  1. Whether the school falls under the Collaboration Schools Pilot Project; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;

 

  1. whether the teachers at the school are permanently employed or on contract;
  1. whether the teachers are registered on the Government Personnel and Salary System (Persal); if not, why not;
  1. whether the teachers at the school receive salaries comparable to those of other teachers at government public schools in the province not falling under the

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Collaboration Schools Pilot Project; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;

  1. whether his Department has received complaints of corruption, fraud and theft at the school; if so, what are the relevant details?

 

 2 2 June 2023 15161

With regard to the grievances raised with the WCED by the Principal of the Hexvallei Secondary School:

  1. (a) When did his Department first receive the grievances from the Principal and (b) what are the details of all the action steps taken to respond to and address the matters raised;

with regard to an email from a certain person, whose name has been furnished to his Department for the purpose of his reply, to a second certain person, whose name has also been furnished to his Department for the purpose of his reply, wherein she threatened that drastic actions would follow and that he will face consequences for “sending an email in his professional capacity on matters of the WCED without WCED approval, or insight”, (a)(i) what drastic actions will his Department take against the second certain person, whose name has been furnished to his Department for the purpose of his reply, and (ii) under which circumstances will these actions be taken and (b) what measures are in place to protect principals against intimidation and purging from WCED officials in circuits, districts and at the head office?

 27 5 May 2023 15160

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