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

Whether his Department is aware of each department’s plans to mitigate the risk associated with climate change; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

 2 8 June 2018 12562

Whether carbon tax will be implemented; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details and what impact will this have on the province?

 1 8 June 2018 12561
  1. How much funding has his Department given to Knysna Tourism from 2014 to date;
  1. whether due process was followed in giving these funds; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
  1. whether there has been any investigation into allegations of irregularities involving any funding received by this company; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
 2 15 June 2018 12560
  1. (a) When were the joint operations between Metrorail’s Protection Services, the Transnet Freight Rail Security and the Woodstock SAPS established, (b) how many people have been arrested since the inception of the joint operations between Metrorail’s Protection Services, the Transnet Freight Rail Security and the Woodstock SAPS, (c) where have these arrests taken place and (d) what charges are occurring the most;

 

  1. (a) how many people have been arrested in connection with cable theft in the (i) 2015/16, (ii) 2016/17, (iii) 2017/18 and (iv) 2018/19 financial years and (b) what has the conviction rate been in the (i) 2015/16, (ii) 2016/17, (iii) 2017/18 and (iv) 2018/19 financial years?

 

 3 15 June 2018 12559

What is her Department doing to increase the number of formal agreements with municipalities about the utilisation of land for the purpose of initiation practices?

 1 15 June 2018 12558
  1. How many public-private partnerships was or is his Department engaged in in the (i) 2015/16, (ii) 2016/17, (iii) 2017/18 and (vi) 2018/19 financial years and (b) what are the details of each partnership?

 

 6 22 June 2018 12557
  1. What are the legal provisions according to which municipalities in the Western Cape must and may determine property values, (b)(i) what method does each municipality in the Western Cape use to do so and (ii) does this comply in every respect with the legal provisions and (c) when is the next property evaluation at each municipality in the Western Cape for the determination of property rates?
 5 22 June 2018 12556
  1. Whether he is aware of the structural defects of the houses in Wolwedans, Groot Brak River, Mossel Bay, and that various houses had to be vacated by the residents as they are not suitable for human habitation; if so, (a) what are the most recent findings about that situation there and (b) what action has been planned for that area;
  1. whether the action includes the relocation of the residents of Wolwedans; if not, why not; if so, (a) what is the time frame and (b)(i) how is the crisis being resolved, (ii) by whom and (iii) what is the time frame?
 4 22 June 2018 12555

With reference to the 2016/17 audit cycle during which the Beaufort West and Laingsburg municipalities reported water losses above the acceptable norm of 30%:

  1. (a) What are these municipalities’ reported actual water losses per financial year over the last four years and (b) what are the root causes of these two municipalities’ water losses being higher than acceptable per annum;
  1. whether his Department is assisting these two municipalities to lower their annual water losses; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
 3 22 June 2018 12554

With reference to the 2016/17 audit cycle during which four municipalities did not have a plan with specific time frames and targets for the maintenance of water infrastructure:

  1. What are the names of these identified municipalities;
  1. whether his Department is aware if these municipalities have initiated processes to address these two sortcomings in their maintenance plans; if not, why not; if so; what are the relevant details?
 2 22 June 2018 12553

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