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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With regard to the current cold weather conditions: Whether there are any projects in place to provide assistance to the homeless; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details? |
17 | 24 June 2022 | 12769 |
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With regard to reported discrimination against black learners at the Rondebosch Boys’ High School: |
4 | 13 May 2022 | 12768 |
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With regard to reported discrimination against black learners at the Rondebosch Boys’ High School: (1) (a) What measures are in place to deal with the slow process of transformation at the Rondebosch Boy’s High School and all other former Model C schools in the province and (b) what measures are in place to curb discriminatory practices against black learners; (2) (a) what are the (i) employment equity statistics and (ii) targets for the school and (b) what is the breakdown by (i) job description and (ii) rank; (3) whether the school and other former Model C schools have employment equity targets; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the details of this for each school, (b) how are they enforceable and (c) what are the consequences for not achieving the targets? |
3 | 13 May 2022 | 12767 |
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With regard to the financial affairs of the Mary Kihn School: (1) (a) How much is charged for (i) school fees; (ii) transport, (iii) stationery and (iv) skills needs per learner at the school and (b)(i) what is the detailed breakdown of the funds that her Department gives to the school and (ii) for what are these funds used for; (2) whether he will investigate reports that learners who cannot pay the transport fees are put off the bus; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the relevant details and (b) what intervention is his Department going to put in place to address the matter? |
1 | 29 April 2022 | 12766 |
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With regard to the financial affairs of the Mary Kihn School: (1) Whether she and her Department will investigate reports that staff members received two pay cheques at the school; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the relevant details and (b) what intervention is her Department going to put in place to address the matter; (2) (a) what is the number of artisans who were employed as skills teachers who are now teaching academic subjects and (b) at what level are academic subjects being taught at this school? |
3 | 29 April 2022 | 12765 |
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With regard to the financial affairs of the Mary Kihn School:
(1) (a) What is the number of staff members at the school, (b) what is the breakdown by (i) race, (ii) gender, (iii) religion and (iv) qualifications and (c)(i) how many are not permanently employed and (ii) what are the reasons for this; (2) what (a) is the number and (b) are the details of the substitute teachers who have been made permanent at the school in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021 and (iii) 2022? |
2 | 29 April 2022 | 12764 |
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With regard to the Heatherlands High School: (1) (a) What are the details and condition of the (i) assets, (ii) tractors, (iii) ploughs and (iv) trucks that belong to the school and (b) what happened to the cash reserves of the school; (2) what (a) is the number and (b) are the details of the staff members who worked at the school; (3) whether the daughter of a certain person, whose name has been furnished to his Department for the purpose of his reply, worked at the school, as well as at another school called Carpe Diem; if so, (a) what are the relevant details, (b) what are her qualifications and (c) why was she dismissed; (4) whether the son-in-law of a certain person, whose name has been furnished to his Department for the purpose of his reply, is the Principal at the Olympia Skills School; if so, what are the relevant details? |
21 | 14 April 2021 | 12763 |
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(1) Whether her Department has conducted any investigation into financial irregularities and/or maladministration and malfeasance at the Heatherlands High School; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the relevant details, (b)(i) when was the investigation instituted, (ii) what are the reasons for it, (iii) what were the findings and recommendations and (iv) can a copy of the investigative report be made available; (2) whether there are any government officials, political office-bearers, as well as officials in the Education District, who were implicated in any wrongdoing during the investigation of financial irregularities and/or maladministration at the Heatherlands High School, if so, what are the relevant details; (3) whether schools are allowed to have financial reserves; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (4) whether the Heatherlands High School has had any financial reserves in the past; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the relevant details, (b) where were these reserves kept, (c) what are the details of the trust fund where these reserves were kept and (d) what are the details of the trustees? |
20 | 14 April 2022 | 12762 |
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The budget allocation of his Department was increased by R2,2 billion for the 2022/23 budget year: Whether the increased allocation makes provision for the accommodation of unplaced learners trying to find placement; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details? |
14 | 6 May 2022 | 12761 |
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(a) What were the production costs for his Department’s and entities’ annual reports for 2014/15, (b) how many copies of the annual reports were produced and (c) by which company or institution were they produced? |
3 | 27 November 2015 | 12760 |
