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
  1. What is the number of children that has been sentenced to the Department’s own or to other outsourced child and youth care centres (CYCCs), (b) what is the number of children in conflict with the law that is awaiting trial in the Department’s own or in other outsourced CYCCs and (c) what is the number of children that has been released from the Department’s own or other outsourced CYCCs during the (i) 2014/15, (ii) 2015/16, (iii) 2016/17 and (iv) 2017/18 financial years?

 

 5 20 April 2018 12630

Whether her Department has dispatched the relevant health and safety personnel to agri-processing facilities in the Western Cape to check for listeriosis and other harmful bacteria; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

 4 20 April 2018 12629
  1. What is the status of cases (a) CAS 546/03/2017, (b) CAS 311/04/2017, (c) CAS 380/04/2017, (d) CAS 105/05/2017, (e) CAS 135/05/2017, (f) CAS 313/05/2017, (g) CAS 408/05/2017 and (h) CAS 546/05/2017 at the Beaufort West Police Station;
  2. whether any arrests have been made; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
 3 20 April 2018 12628
  1. (a) How many South African Police Service (SAPS) shooting ranges are located in the Western Cape and (b) where are they located;
  2. whether all shooting ranges in the province are fully operational; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
  3. whether all the SAPS’ shooting ranges in the province have ammunition and all the other resources required for shooting practice; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
 2 20 April 2018 12627
  1. How many South African Police Service (SAPS) officers did not complete their firearm competency tests in (a) 2015/16, (b) 2016/17 and (c) 2017/18;
  2. whether SAPS officers’ firearms are removed if they do not pass the competency tests; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
  3. whether any remedial action has been taken to ensure that tests are passed; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
 1 20 April 2018 12626
  1. (a) Why does Go George and Fleet Management (GIPTN) fall under Community Safety and not Finance, (b) what agreements and arrangements were made between the Executive Mayor and the Municipal Manager with the previous Director of Human Settlements who is now the Director of Community Safety and (c) why was an instruction issued to transfer a substantial amount of funds (from national grant funding) from the GIPTN budget to the Province;
  1. whether the transfer of these funds is proper procedure; if not, why not; if so; what are the relevant details;
  2. whether he will institute a forensic audit; if not, why not; if so, what are the timelines?
 11 26 April 2018 12625
  1. Whether he can provide a list of new and small businesses that have been established in the agro-processing and tourism sector as part of Project Khulisa, (b) out of these, (i) how many are 51%-and-above black-owned enterprises, as defined in the BBBEE Amended Codes, (ii) how many are based in the Western Cape by shareholder ownership and primary operations (domicilium) and (iii) how much of the shareholding is owned by women, the youth and/or people with disabilities, (c) how has the Department enabled these companies to participate in the economy, (d) has he and the Department ever held engagements with the agri-workers where there are high risks of job losses due to the drought; if so, what kind of engagements were held, what were the outcomes thereof and what evidence therefore can be submitted; if not, why not?
 10 26 April 2018 12624
  1. (a) Why has the Kwa-Faku School not been demolished while the commitment was given to the school last year in November after the school closed, (b) what has he and his Department done to address this, (c) how will this further delay the building of

 

 

the new school, seen against the commitment that was made of a new school being built by January 2019;

 

  1. whether the school and the relevant stakeholders have been informed of this delay and of subsequent plans to start the demolition and construction process with new deadlines; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
 9 26 April 2018 12623
  1. What is the total number of drug-related cases that his Department has responded to since 2014 and (b) what is the breakdown per (i) age, (ii) race, (iii) gender and (iv) area of residence?
 8 26 April 2018 12622
  1. What is the total number of backyard dwellers that has been registered with his Department since 2009 until the latest date for which information is available and (b) what has been the progress with backyarder programmes in the province?
 7 26 April 2018 12621

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