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 |
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(a) When will the handover of the sports field at the Cornflower Primary School take place, (b) who was the appointed contractor and (c) what was the value of the contract? |
13 | 22 July 2022 | 13127 |
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(a) When will the handover of the sports field at the Lentegeur High School take palce, (b) who was the appointed contractor and (c) what was the value of the contract? |
12 | 6 August 2022 | 13126 |
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With reference to his reply to question 15 of 13 May 2022: (a) What measures have been put in place by the Western Cape Government to prevent the spread of foot-and-mouth disease in the province and (b) what support has the provincial government given to farmers to prevent the spread of foot-and-mouth disease? |
11 | 22 July 2022 | 13125 |
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(a) How many cases of African horse sickness have been identified in the Western Cape since May 2022, (b) what are the contingency plans that his Department has in place to assist farmers and horse breeders in light of the recent cases of the sickness, (c) what support has the national government given to the Western Cape to deal with the issue of African horse sickness and (d) how effective have road signs aimed at limiting the spread of the sickness been in the past? |
10 | 22 July 2022 | 13124 |
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(1) Whether there are internationally standardised criteria to assess the standards of landfill sites and their management; if so, to what extent are these criteria used in South Africa and the Western Cape for assessments; (2) how often are approved landfill sites in the Western Cape officially visited and evaluated by independent persons or bodies; (3) in what respect do the criteria used in Afriforum’s 2022 annual report on municipal landfill sites (a) match or (b) differ from the criteria used by official evaluations of waste sites; (4) how can the quality of Afriforum’s report on the standards of landfill sites can be improved? |
9 | 22 July 2022 | 13123 |
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In relation to the SAPS communique (reference: 27/3/5(2)), dated 15 July 2022: (1) (a) What are the current safety risks associated with the Cape Town Iron and Steel Works (Cisco) that prevent it from being recommended as a designated firearm-destruction facility and (b) what needs to be implemented for it to be recommended as a firearm-destruction facility; (2) whether the national Ministry of Police is able to allocate resources to assist Cisco with the necessary improvements; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details? |
7 | 22 July 2022 | 13122 |
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About the technology sector of the Western Cape economy:
(a) What support does her Department provide to technology companies already based in the Western Cape, (b) how does this support contribute to the expansion of the Western Cape technology sector, (c) what is her Department doing to attract new technology companies to the province and (d) what is the forecasted growth of the Western Cape technology sector relative to other sectors over the MTEF period? |
6 | 22 July 2022 | 13121 |
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With respect to the K9 units of the SAPS in the Western Cape: (1) How many K9 units are (a) established in the province, (b) currently functional and (c) available for immediate deployment at any given period; (2) what were the budgetary allocations to each K9 unit in the province in (a) 2018/19, (b) 2019/20, (c) 2020/21, (d) 2021/22 and (e) 2022/23; (3) (a) how many and (b) which stations do these K9 units serve? |
5 | 22 July 2022 | 13120 |
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(1} (a) What is the number of liquor licences that are active in the province, (b) what is the detailed breakdown of the licence holders per (i) age, (ii) gender, (iii) race and (iv) suburb and (c) what is the number of inspectors that the Western Cape Liquor Authority currently has; (2) whether the Western Cape Liquor Authority has any vacancies for inspectors; if so, (i) what are the reasons for the vacancies, (ii) how many vacancies are there and (iii) for how long have these vacancies existed? |
4 | 22 July 2022 | 13119 |
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(1) What (a) is the number and (b) are the details (names and addresses) of the liquor outlets that have been visited by the Western Cape Liquor Authority officials for inspection in (i) 2019, (ii) 2020, (iii) 2021 and (iv) 2022 to date; (2) (a) what is the breakdown of the number of outlets visited, (b) can the inspection report of each outlet visited be made available, (c) what is it that is being looked at when inspections are carried out, (d) what criteria are used to determine if a liquor outlet is fit or suitable for business and (e) what criteria are used to identify places to be visited for inspection? |
3 | 22 July 2022 | 13117 |
