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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With regard to the release of the Police Recorded Crime Statistics for the fourth quarter of the 2021/22 financial year (January to March 2022):
(1) (a) What are the trends that contributed to the rapid increase in the murder rate at the (i) Lingelethu-West Police Station and (ii) Harare Police Station and (b) what measures is his Department put in place to address these increases;
(2) what is the breakdown of the (a) murders and (b) sexual offences per suburb in the province?

5 17 June 2022 12836

With regard to the release of the Police Recorded Crime Statistics for the fourth quarter of the 2021/22 financial year (January to March 2022):
(1) (a) What is the cause of the increase in the 17 community-reported serious crimes in the province, (b) in which communities were these increases recorded and (c) what are the detailed programmes that his Department implemented to address these crimes in each of the communities where the 17 community-reported serious crimes were reported;
(2) what is the trend of contact crimes in each police station in the province during the period under review for (i) murder, (ii) attempted murder and (iii) sexual offences, especially (aa) rape and (bb) sexual assault?

4 17 June 2022 12835

[1] Whether his Department has any support mechanisms for victims of rape and their families; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;

[2] whether his Department has an avenue for communities to report crimes of this nature without exposing themselves to harm; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

2 15 April 2016 12834

What is the conviction rate for gang-related crimes at the Mitchells Plain court for (a) 2014/15 and (b) 2015/16?

1 15 April 2016 12833

[1] What was the initial budget to complete the Fishing Corridor Project in Elandsbay, Cederberg, [b] how much money has been spent on the project to date and [c] how many job opportunities were created by this project;

[2] whether the project has been completed; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

6 8 April 2016 12832

[1] How many police stations in the province have fully implemented sector policing, [b] which stations have fully implemented sector policing and [c] what are the reasons for stations not having fully implemented sector policing?

 

5 8 April 2016 12831

[1] When will the construction of the new Woodstock Police Station (a) commence and (b) be completed;

[2] whether there are any plans to upgrade the Woodstock Police Station in the interim; if not, why not; if so, (a) when and (b) what are the relevant details;

[3] whether any physical defects of the current building have been repaired; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

4 8 April 2016 12830

[1] How many patients visited the Mitchell’s Plain Hospital since it opened its doors; how many (a) clinical and (b) administrative personnel are operative at the hospital;

[2] whether the hospital have received any complaints; if so, (a) how many and (b) what is the nature of the complaints;

[3] whether any complaints are repetitive in nature; if so, what are the relevant details;

[4] whether Department have measures in place to ensure that complaints that are repeatedly reported are appropriately addressed to avoid a recurrence; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;

[5] whether the hospital have received any compliments, if so, what are the relevant details?

3 8 April 2016 12829

[1] By what date is it planned that access to free WiFi will be available to all residents of (a) the Metro and (b) rural areas of the Western Cape;

[2] whether there are any factors that could prevent her Department from meeting these dates; if so, (a) what are those factors and (b) how are they being mitigated;

[3] how is it anticipated that the roll-out of broadband in the Western Cape will benefit previously disadvantage communities;

[4] whether any programmes are planned to train people on how to make effective use of free WiFi; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

2 8 April 2016 12828

(1)   (a) What actions did the Department and CapeNature take in the past to protect the integrity of the Driftsands Nature Reserve and (b) what were the costs associated with these actions;

(2)       how does the size of the Driftsands Nature Reserve compare to the total areas proclaimed as provincial and national nature reserves in the Western Cape?

7 1 July 2022 12823

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