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 by Hon van Wyk.

With regard to the World Bank’s Education Sector Analysis Report:

(a) What were his Department’s reasons for commissioning this report, (b) what were the (i) key findings and (ii) recommendations of this report and (c) what action does his Department plan to take in the light of this report?

 

 8 4 October 2024 18149
  1. Whether he and his Department have plans to carry out lifestyle audits of the current cabinet members as he did when taking office in 2019; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the relevant details, (b) what will be included in the audit, (c) whether qualifications will be included and (d) when will the audit commence;
  2. what (a) are the qualifications and (b) is the professional experience of the Premier and each of his cabinet members;
  3. whether he has concluded performance agreements with each member of his cabinet; if not, why not; if so, will he make these performance agreements available?
 4 4 October 2024 18148

 

With regard to the institutionally mandated verification of qualifications of the Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) and the Western Cape Government’s departments failure to comply fully as only one department has verified the qualifications of all their Senior Management Service (SMS) members while other departments have not, with the Department of Education in particular not having verified any qualifications and not having provided reasons for this non-compliance:

  1. Why has the Western Cape Government failed to verify the qualifications of its SMS members as required by the DPSA;
  2. (a) what measures will he and his Department put in place to redress this non-compliance and (b) how will departments and their respective employees be held accountable for non-compliance;
  3. the verification process of Office of the Premier has not been completed due to the unavailability of member files, whether he is going to follow up on this non-compliance in his office; if not, why not; if so, (a) why have these files not been made available for submission to the DPSA and (b) when will they be made available?
 3 4 October 2024 18147
  1. Whether the norms and standards for shelters for homeless adults of April 2015 have been implemented; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
  2. the norms and standards provide for first phase and second-phase facilities, what (a) first phase and (b) second-phase facilities are available and operating in the (i) province and (ii) City of Cape Town;
  3. (a) to what extent are these norms and standards implemented in terms of 2.1 (admission criteria)

(b) how many assessment centres are operational in terms of 2.2,

(c) how many personal development plans have been compiled for each resident in terms of 3.1

and (d) how many facilities (i) comply with 3.5

and (ii) have provided skills development programmes?

1 4 October 2024 18146

(a) How many contracts has a certain company, whose name has been furnished to his Department for the purpose of his reply, received from the his Department in (i) 2015, (ii) 2016, (iii) 2017, (iv) 2018, (v) 2019, (vi) 2020, (vii) 2021, (viii) 2022, (ix) 2023 and (x) 2024 to date and (b) what is the detailed year-by-year breakdown of the amounts awarded?

 16 20 September 2024 18145

In respect of the Department’s tender BWCED 3124/23: Supply and Deliver of Stationery to the Head Office, Education District Offices and Approximately 250 Non-Section 21 Schools of the Western Cape Education Department for a Period of Three Years:

  1. Whether he can make available the (a) complete bid documents for the tender, (b) details of all the companies that submitted bids, (c) bid evaluation recommendations, (d) scoring per company and (e) final report of the bid committee;
  2. (a) what is the detailed explanation of the verification process used to assess the compliance of bidders and (b) what checks were in place to ensure that all the companies met the necessary requirements before being awarded the tender;
  3. whether all the companies that submitted bids were (a) VAT-registered or (b) CSD-compliant at the time of the bid closure on 16 February 2024; if not, what are the details of the companies that were not compliant; if so, what are the relevant details;
  4. what are the details of the company or companies that were awarded the tender;
  5. whether the company or companies that were awarded the tender were VAT-registered and/or CSD-compliant at the time of the bid closure on 16 February 2024; if not, how was the company’s bid considered compliant under these conditions; if so, what are the relevant details;
  6. whether the alleged reports that a certain company, whose name has been furnished to his Department for the purpose of his reply, only registered for VAT in August 2024 have been bought to his attention; if so, (a) how were its bid documents, which included financial statements reflecting a turnover of nearly R18 million, evaluated and deemed acceptable and (b) what are the details of the evaluation process?
 15 20 September 2024 18144

 

With regard to the capacity of schools in Mitchells Plain and with regard to complaints received from parents whose children’s applications to high schools have been declined and whose appeals to the WCED have been unsuccessful:

(1)     (a) Why are Mitchells Plain learners being denied access to Grade 8 at schools in Mitchells Plain and, in particular, at the (i) Portland High School, (ii) Spine Road High School, (iii) Rocklands High School, (iv) High Cedar High School, (v) Lentegeur High School, (vi) Summerdale High School and (vii) Aloe High School and (b) where does his Department propose that these learners complete their secondary schooling;

(2)     (a) what are the details of the shortfall of capacity for secondary school learners in the Mitchells Plain area, (b) how much of the shortfall is related to school infrastructure, (c) how much of the shortfall is related to teacher shortages and (d) how many additional teacher posts will be lost in 2025 in Mitchells Plain;

(3)     (a) how does his Department plan to address the inability of learners from Mitchells Plain to access placement at a secondary school in Mitchells Plain and (b) what are the details of the plans and approved budgets that his Department have in place to build additional schools or expand existing schools in Mitchells Plain?

 24 6 September 2024 18143

In respect of the Department’s expenditure between 2019 and 2024 to date:

(1)     what is the detailed breakdown of all the amounts that were: (i) unspent, (ii) uncommitted and (iii) surrendered to the Provincial Treasury during this period;

(2)     (a) what is the total amount that has been spent on the (i) School Evaluation Authority and (ii) Back-on-Track Programme and (b) how much is budgeted for these over the 2024 MTEF?

 20 20 September 2024 18142

Question by Hon Ngqenstu.

  1. (a) What is the (i) age, (ii) gender, (iii) race, (iv) remuneration and (v) qualifications of all the persons currently employed in his office, (b) what are the stipulated (i) qualifications and (ii) requirements for each post in his office and (c) what is the detailed description of the necessary (i) qualifications, (ii) experience and (iii) other criteria for each position;
  2. whether he is or was in any way related to any of the employees in his office; if so, what are the relevant details?
 19 20 September 2024 18141

Question by Hon Ngqentsu.

  1. (a) What is the (i) age, (ii) gender, (iii) race, (vi) remuneration and (v) qualifications of all the persons currently employed in his office, (b) what are the stipulated (i) qualifications and (ii) requirements for each post in his office and (c) what is the detailed description of the necessary (i) qualifications, (ii) experience and (iii) other criteria for each position;
  2. whether he is or was in any way related to any of the employees in his office; if so, what are the relevant details?
18 20 September 2024 18140

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