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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(1) What is the procedure that must be followed to change the national quintile designation of a school; (2) whether she received any applications for the changing of a quintile designation at any school in the Western Cape; if so, (a) from whom was the application received, (b) what was the decision and (c) what is (i) her role and (ii) the role of her Department regarding the redesignation of and deviation from already determined quintiles? |
3 | 2 March 2018 | 12946 |
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Whether any mass participation, opportunity and access, development and growth centres (MOD centres) are operational in Mitchells Plain; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the details, (b) how many centres are operational, (c)(i) how many learners participated in activities, (ii) in which sporting codes and (iii) at which facilities in (aa) 2016 and (bb) 2017? |
2 | 2 March 2018 | 12945 |
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How many police reservists were appointed in the Western Cape (a) to positions in the South African Police Service and (b) as private security guards in (i) 2008, (ii) 2009, (iii) 2010, (iv) 2011, (v) 2012, (vi) 2013, (vii) 2014, (viii) 2015, (ix) 2016, (x) 2017 and (xi) 2018 to date? |
1 | 2 March 2018 | 12944 |
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(1) Whether the water crisis is having an impact on the various housing projects that are currently underway in the province; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) whether his Department, with various housing development projects underway which include the TransHex Development Project in the Breede Valley, is ensuring that water is used sustainably during construction; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (3) whether measures are being taken to ensure that housing projects provide new homes and/or communities with water-efficient technology such as dual flush toilets, water-storage tanks, well points and boreholes; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details? (4) what innovative plans or concepts or ideas are the Department implementing for housing projects, considering the water crisis and various budget cuts, to ensure that it achieves its target to deliver houses without any delay? |
4 | 23 February 2018 | 12943 |
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With reference to the budget of the Police Department in the MTEF and the proposed cutting of police posts between 2017/18 and 2019/20, (a) how many posts in the Western Cape will be cut, (b) how many posts in each programme will be cut and (c) at what level or levels will posts be cut? |
3 | 23 February 2018 | 12942 |
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(1) Whether any of the community policing forums (CPFs) are considered as not functioning; if so, which of the CPFs; (2) whether any of the CPFs received funding from the Expanded Partnership Programme (EPP) in the 2017/18 financial year; if so, (a) which of the CPFs received funding and (b) what was the amount of money given to each CPF? |
2 | 23 February 2018 | 12941 |
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How many recruits were enlisted in the South African Police Service in the Western Cape in 2017? |
1 | 23 February 2018 | 12940 |
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(1) What are the water restriction levels at all the municipalities in the province; (2) whether his Department is ensuring that the implementation of these levels are adhered to; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (3) whether drought-relief budgets have been allocated to each municipality; if not, why not; if so, what is the breakdown of the budget allocation per municipality; (4) whether his Department keeps records of boreholes at private homes and businesses; if not; why not; if so, (5) whether his Department knows how many boreholes there are and how much water is being extracted from the soil; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details |
4 | 9 February 2018 | 12939 |
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(1) Whether her Department has any contingency plans to ensure that all schools and learners at schools have access to water if Day Zero occurs; if not, why not; if so; (a) what are the relevant details, (b) how will the distribution of water be executed, (c) what type of oversight will be available during the process and (d) what safety and security measures will be in place; (2) whether provisions are being made in the event of health risks and vulnerability, for example the spread of diseases and contamination; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (3) whether her Department has a plan to assist schools that do not have access to boreholes to prevent them from having to close; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details? |
3 | 9 February 2018 | 12938 |
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(a) How will the adjustments budget ensure that the water crisis does not hinder the capacity of our healthcare facilities and (b) what is her Department doing to ensure (i) that healthcare facilities, including hospitals and clinics, do not run out of water in the long term, (ii) that there are a sufficient number of well points and boreholes to supply water to these facilities and (ii) that patients who receive constant treatment at home or who are sent home to recover have sufficient access to water? |
2 | 9 February 2018 | 12937 |
