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
  1. Whether her Department has undertaken any research to determine the estimated economic impact of the taxi strike in July on the province’s economy; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
  2. what interventions, programmes or legislative reforms from the Western Cape Government could be taken in the future to minimise the economic impact of this past strike and similar strike action in the future?
 16 25 August 2023 15116

(a)   What are the characteristics of and risks associated with African horse sickness for equine owners in the province, (b)(i) what measures can owners take to protect their horses from African horse sickness and (ii) to what extent has a shortages of vaccines been experienced over the last few years and (c)(i) which entity has provided the bulk of vaccines against horse sickness in the past and (ii) what is this entity’s relationship with the national Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development?

 15 25 August 2023 15115

With regard to the Middelpos Primary School Project:

  1. When is this project set to be completed and (b) how much is being spent on this project?
 14 25 August 2023 15114

With regard to the R505,998 million being spent in this financial year on upgrading services at informal settlements as part of the Department of Infrastructure’s 2023/24 Informal Settlements Upgrade Partnership Grant (ISUP-G):

  1. How much will be spent in the upcoming three financial years and (b) how many projects are aimed to be undertaken in the upcoming three financial years?
 13 25 August 2023 15113

With regard to the National Upgrading Support Programme:

  1. How many informal settlements in the province are set to be upgraded with this programme, (b) at what cost are these settlements being upgraded, (c) where are these projects situated and (d) how many people are set to benefit?
 12 25 August 2023 15112

With regard to the R88,8 million allocated to municipalities for the purchasing of generators:

  1. How much has thus far been spent by each municipality and (b) how many generators have been purchased to date by each municipality?

 

 9 25 August 2023 15111
  1. (a) How many (i) provincial and (ii) municipal law enforcement officers were deployed in response to the Western Cape taxi strike organised by Santaco and (b) what (i) was the cost of this deployment and (ii) are the details of this amount;
  2. whether any law enforcement officers have been injured while performing their duties during the response; if so, what are the relevant details of each case?
 8 25 August 2023 15110
  1. What amount was allocated to the South African Police Service in the province as an operational budget in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021, (iii) 2022 and (iv) 2023 and (b) how much funding has been made available to stations in each of the Western Cape’s police districts in the 2023 budget?
 7 25 August 2023 15109
  1. How many cases were opened against serving members of the South African Police Service at Western Cape police stations in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021, (iii) 2022 and (iv) 2023 to date and (b) what are the details of each case?
 6 25 August 2023 15108

(a)   What are the details of the municipalities that have energy master plans, (b) can a copy of each of the energy master plans be made available, (c) what are the estimated costs for the implementation of these strategies, (d)(i) what are the details of the municipalities that do not have energy master plans and (ii) what are reasons thereof and (e) what is her Department’s interventions to ensure that every municipality has this plan?

 4 25 August 2023 15107

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