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

With reference to the audit processes and outcomes of the Auditor-General
(AG):
Whether a copy of the management letter or letters issued by the Auditor-
General for his Department in the (a) 2023/24 and (b) 2024/25 financial years
can be made available?

 9 17 October 2025 19990

With reference to the audit processes and outcomes of the Auditor-General (AG):

Whether a copy of the management letter or letters issued by the Auditor-General for his departments in the (i) 2023/24 and (ii) 2024/25 financial years can be made available?

 10 17 October 2025 19989

 

With reference to the audit processes and outcomes of the Auditor-General (AG):

Whether a copy of the management letter or letters issued by the Auditor-General for his departments in the (i) 2023/24 and (ii) 2024/25 financial years can be made available?

 11 17 October 2025 19988

With reference to the audit processes and outcomes of the Auditor-General (AG):

Whether a copy of the management letter or letters issued by the Auditor-General for his Department in the (i) 2023/24 and (ii) 2024/25 financial years can be made available?

 12 17 October 2025 19987

(a) What is the involvement of his Department in next year’s Minstrel Carnival, (b) what is the allocated budget for the 2026 event, (c) what is the (i) involvement of the national Department of Sport, Arts and Culture in the Minstrel Carnival and (ii) budget that has been allocated to the 2026 event?

 15 3 October 2025 19973

With regard to the 2025/26 financial year:

In what upcoming (a) sport and (b) culture events in the province is his Department involved?

 16 3 October 2025 19972
  1. (a) What is the number of firearms that have been smuggled into the province from (i) Namibia and (ii) other SADC countries over the past five years and (b) what steps has her Department taken, in collaboration with SAPS and national security agencies, to close the loopholes that allow the smuggling of firearms across our borders;
  2. whether she can provide an update to the joint investigations between the SAPS and the Namibian Police Force (Nampol) into the smuggling of Namibian state-owned firearms; if so, what are the relevant details;
  3. whether her Department has a dedicated strategy to disrupt the flow of automatic rifles, such as AK-47s, smuggled along Namibian routes; if so, what are the relevant details;
  4. what is the impact of these firearms on gang violence in communities such as Nyanga, Khayelitsha, Mitchells Plain and the broader Cape Flats?
 21 19 September 2025 19956
  1. (a) Which foreign countries are identified as major sources of smuggled firearms into the province, (a) what is the current estimated number of illegal firearms in circulation in the province and (c) how many of these firearms are believed to have been smuggled in from outside South Africa;
  2. (a) how many firearm smuggling syndicates – specifically targeting the province – have been identified in the past three years, (b) how many arrests have been made, (c) how many offenders have been charged and (d) how many successful convictions resulted;
  3. how many illegal firearms have been confiscated by SAPS in the province in (a) 2023, (b) 2024 and (c) 2025 to date?
 8 19 September 2025 19955

In regard to the Western Cape SAPS Forensic Laboratory:

(a) What is the current SAPS backlog of DNA cases in the province, broken down by (i) GBV or rape, (ii) murder, (iii) property crime and (iv) missing persons, (b) what is the average turnaround time calculated from the submission of samples to the laboratory to the delivery of test results, (c)(i) how many cases are at risk of being removed from court rolls or being withdrawn because the forensic evidence has been delayed and (ii) how many cases have already been removed or withdrawn, (d)(i) what is the current staff complement at the SAPS Forensic Science Laboratory and (ii) how does this compare to the required or ideal staffing level and (e) how many SAPS forensic laboratories are in the province?

 7 19 September 2025 19954

Given the critical need to strengthen mathematics and science education to
address skills shortages in key sectors, and noting the success of initiatives such
as the Kutlwanong ProMaths Programme, which achieved a 100% pass rate
among Liberty-funded learners in and around Philippi despite pandemic
challenges:
(1) Whether his Department currently has or supports a similar Pramaths’
initiative aimed at improving learner performance in mathematics and
science; if not, (a) what are the reasons for not implementing such a
programme and (b) what alternative interventions are in place to achieve
comparable outcomes; if so, (a) what are the relevant details and (b) what
are the (i) targeted schools or districts, (ii) partnerships with private sector
or NGOs, (iii) measurable outcomes and success rates to date and (vi)
plans for expansion or scaling to underserved communities;
(2) how does his Department plan to collaborate with proven models (such as
Kutlwanong) or innovate further to ensure that learners, particularly in
under-resourced areas, receive the necessary support to excel in STEM
fields?

 3 22 August 2025 19953

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