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

In respect of the Project Management Office at his Department:

  1. (a) What are the responsibilities of the Project Management Office, (b) how many employees formed part of this office and (c) what was its total budget in the (i) 2019/20, (ii) 2020/21, (iii) 2021/22, (iv) 2022/23 and (v) 2023/24 financial year;
  2. whether there was an approved structure for the Project Management Office; if not, why not; if so, (a) in which directorate did this office operate and (b) from which programme did its funding come;
  3. (a) what are the reasons for terminating the contracts of all the employees in this office by the end of February and (b) who will assume their responsibilities?
 13 9 February 2024 16862

With regard to the recent failure of the SAPS radio and dispatch systems:

  1. Whether the failure has been resolved; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
  2. (a) what was the duration of the failure, (b) what assistance was rendered by the Western Cape Government and municipal governments to the SAPS during the course of the failure, (c) what measures, if any, have been put in place to prevent similar failures and (d) approximately how many incidents did units of the South African Police Service fail to respond to timeously as a result of the failure?
 11 9 February 2024 16861

With regard to the Port of Cape Town’s performance in January 2024:

(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?

 10 9 February 2024 16860

With regard to the Port of Cape Town’s performance in December 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?

 9 9 February 2024 16859
  1. How many individuals are currently (a) under investigation for maliciously starting wildfires and (b) being prosecuted for arson in relation to wildfires.
  2. Whether the motive for the arson cases is known; if so, what are the relevant details?
 8 9 February 2024 16858
  1. In the past year, how much money has been spent on combating wildfires in the Western Cape and (b) how many fires have been extinguished in the past year?
 7 9 February 2024 16857

 

  1. How many learner transport operators have been (i) arrested or (ii) fined in the past five years and (b) how many learner transport vehicles have been impounded in the last five years for being unsafe or unroadworthy?
 6 9 February 2024 16856

(a)       What are the reasons why the penguin rehabilitation facility on Bird Island, Lambert’s Bay, is still not back in service, (b) what is the (i) maximum and (ii) ideal number of penguins that can be accommodated and/or rehabilitated at the facility and (c)(i) what is delaying the reintroduction of penguins to the facility and (ii) when is the facility expected to be operational again?

 5 9 February 2024 16855

 

a) What was the (i) scope and (ii) breakdown of the costs of the last major maintenance work done to the infrastructure on Bird Island, Lambert’s Bay, (b) what were the dates of the period for which the reserve was closed for maintenance work and (c)(i) how and (ii) when were these dates communicated to interested and affected parties, including the local staff of CapeNature, the Cederberg Municipality and tourism organisations?

 4 9 February 2024 16854

With regard to reports that the HOD of his Department is no longer in that post:

  1. Whether the former HOD of his Department has resigned; if not, what are the reasons for her leaving the post; if so, what are the reasons for her resigning;
  2. whether she is still employed by his Department; if so, (a) in what position, (b) what is the level of the position and (c) what is the job description;
  3. whether a recruitment process was undertaken for this post; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
  4. whether a copy of her assessments for (i) 2019/20, (ii) 2020/21, (iii) 2021/22 and (iv) 2022/23 can be made available?
 3 9 February 2024 16853

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