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.

On this page you can search questions for written reply. Use one or more of the search fields by making a selection from the relevant dropdown menu. You can also do a text search by entering a search term in the text field– specific search terms will render a better result. Click ‘Apply’. The results will be displayed in the table below. Click on ‘Question Link’ to view the full result. When you are searching, it is advisable to complete as many of the search fields as possible in order to narrow down the results.

Question Question Number Date Question Link

With reference to the role that social development has to play in the cross-departmental effort highlighted in the Safety Plan:

  1. (a) What specific psychosocial support services does his Department provide to people affected by gang violence and (b) in which communities are these services currently available;

 

  1. (a) what type of workers are currently deployed in high gang-violence areas, (b) what is the ratio of social workers to residents in those communities and (c) what programmes are in place to support at-risk youths to prevent their gang involvement?

 

 14 14 May 2026 20793

(a)   What coordinated, measurable interventions are currently being implemented by her Department to (i) reduce gang violence and (ii) close drug dens and (b) what timelines has her Department set to ensure that these interventions lead to safer communities?

 12 14 May 2026 20792
  1. What steps is the provincial government taking to improve public access to historical records held by the Western Cape Archives and Records Service, particularly through digitisation initiatives;
  2. whether there are plans to expand outreach and awareness programmes to ensure that communities, researchers and learners make greater use of these resources; if so, what are the relevant details?
 11 14 May 2026 20791

In the light of the recent oversight engagement conducted by the Ad-hoc Committee on Child Protection Reform in the Saldanha area, during which concerns were raised by families and practitioners regarding delays with foster-care placements, gaps in child protection services and pressure on frontline social workers:

  1. What immediate and targeted interventions is his Department implementing to address these child-protection challenges;

 

  1. whether specific measures are being implemented to reduce delays with foster-care placements and to ensure that children are not left in prolonged or unsafe transitional care situations; if so, what are the relevant details;

 

  1. whether steps are being taken to strengthen the capacity in local child-protection services and to enhance support for frontline social workers in order to ensure a more responsive and effective system; if so, what are the relevant details?
 10 14 May 2026 20790

(a)   What structured support mechanisms are currently in place to assist safety parents and (b) what steps are being taken to strengthen the (i) recruitment, (ii) retention and (iii) support of safety parents, given the ongoing demand for suitable alternative-care placements for vulnerable children in the province?

 9 14 May 2026 20789

We are now more than six months into the ten-year Water Resilience Strategy:

What are the key early milestones achieved with the implementation of the Water Resilience Strategy and (b) what are specific examples of communities already benefiting from these interventions?

 4 14 May 2026 20788

In the light of the increasing water and electricity tariffs in City of Cape Town:
What specific measures has she implemented to (a) protect low-income households from
unaffordable service costs and (b) ensure that basic services remain accessible to the most
vulnerable residents?

 10 7 May 2026 20787

In the light of the recent proclamation of 13 new nature reserves in the province:

(a)  What is the Department’s progress with the international “30 by 30” conservation target and (b) how is he and his Department ensuring that the rapid expansion of the provincial protected estate is matched by a proportional increase in law enforcement and monitoring capacity?

 4 7 May 2026 20786

(a) To what extent has the support provided by her Department led to clean audits achieved
by municipalities in the province and (b) what type of (i) financial and (ii) technical
assistance has been provided to municipalities in order to strengthen their financial
governance?

 3 7 May 2026 20785

Interpellation 1

Recent briefings have laid bare the staggering scale of biological plunder in the Western Cape with over 2,5 million poached indigenous plants and millions of seeds seized since 2018. Despite these law enforcement successes, the low rate of high-level convictions remains a critical obstacle to dismantling international criminal syndicates:

  1. What specific steps can be taken to raise the profile of environmental cases in the provincial justice value chain to ensure they are prioritised alongside other categories of organised crime and (b) what is his and the Department’s position on the establishment of specialised environmental crime courts and dedicated environmental prosecutors to ensure that poachers are met with appropriate judicial consequences?
 1 14 May 2026 20784

Pages

© 2025 WCPP All Rights Reserved
Top