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

With regard to the Blue Dot Taxi service:

Whether his Department has any plans to revive or introduce a similar project; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

 4 20 September 2024 18127

With regard to the Western Cape education budget and the Minister’s 2024 budget speech on 27 March 2024 in which he said, “the national government only provides 64% of the wage-agreement funding due to us, which means we were short-changed by R537 million”:

(1)     (a) Why does the Minister now claim that his Department has a budget shortfall of R3,8 billion over the next three years, (b) what are the details of the R3,8 billion shortfall for each of the three years and (c) when did the Minister become aware of the R3.8 billion shortfall;

(2)     (a) what is the correlation between the R3,8 billion shortfall and the R537 million “short-changed”, (b) why did he table a budget that provided for an increase in the number of employees for “Public Ordinary School Education” from 40 086 in 2023/24 to 41 104 in 2024/25 if his Department intended to cut teacher posts from January 2025, (c) why did his budget speech on 27 March 2024 make no reference to the in-year reduction of teachers’ posts from January 2025 and (d) how did he table a budget that provided for an increase in compensation for employees of 6,1%, and that provided for an increase in the number of employees, if his Department had a R3,8 billion shortfall?

 3 20 September 2024 18126

With regard to the cooperation agreement signed by the national Minister of Police, the Western Cape Government and the City of Cape Town on 30 August 2024:

  1. (a) What are the key deliverables of the agreement and (b) how will the agreement integrate with the Western Cape Safety Plan;
  2. whether the agreement resolves the Western Cape Government’s demand for the devolution of police powers either to the Province or to the City; if not, why not; if so, how;
  3. (a) what specific measures will be implemented by all parties to the agreement that will seek to reduce the prevalence of violent crime in the City of Cape Town and (b) why is this cooperation agreement necessary if the Western Cape Safety Plan is achieving its objectives;
  4. whether the Western Cape Safety Plan has achieved its objectives; if not; why is it not discontinued;
  5. (a) what is the total amount transferred to municipalities for the implementation of the Western Cape Safety Plan, in particular to (i) the City of Cape Town and (ii) any other local or district municipality and (b) what was this funding used for?
 2 20 September 2024 18125
  1. Whether his Department has conducted any research or assessment to determine the number of people who are homeless and living on the streets in the province and in the City of Cape Town; if not, why not; if so, how many homeless people are living on the streets in the (a) province and (b) City of Cape Town’s metropolitan area;
  2. (a)(i) how does his Department render services to homeless people and

(ii) what services are being rendered and,

 (b)(i) which shelters or facilities are available for providing housing (temporary shelter or long-term housing) to homeless people living on the streets in Cape Town, (ii) what is the total capacity of each facility and  (iii) how much of the capacity is available for homeless people living on the streets;

  1.    whether any of the shelters or facilities place a time limit on the period   

    for which a resident may remain in residence; if so, (a) what are these   

    time limits and (b) what becomes of a resident who is not able to reunite or reintegrate after that time limit has been reached?

1 20 September 2024 18124

With regard to the Western Cape Government’s Social Infrastructure Accessibility Study (June 2017) for the Greater Saldanha Regional Spatial Implementation Framework that identified that there was, at that time, an undersupply of facilities, in particular “3 x secondary schools” for St Helena Bay:

(1)     Whether his Department addressed the undersupply of secondary school facilities in St Helena Bay; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;

(2)     (a) what plans and budgets are in place for the development of secondary schools in St Helena Bay, (b) when will a new secondary school be built in St Helena Bay, (c) what has been the delay in addressing the undersupply of secondary schools identified seven years ago in the aforementioned study and (d)(i) how many secondary school learners are being transported to schools in Vredenburg and (ii) what is the annual cost of that learner transport;

(3)     the aforementioned study identified an undersupply of “five secondary schools” in Vredenburg, (a) how many secondary schools have been built in Vredenburg since that undersupply was identified in that study and (b) what are the details of those schools;

(4)     seeing that the Department has developed fewer than five secondary schools in Vredenburg and none in St Helena Bay, how has his Department planned for secondary school learners from St Helena Bay to have access to basic education;

(5)     how many learners (a) in Vredenburg and St Helena Bay can be accommodated in secondary schools in Vredenburg and (b)(i) will not gain access to a secondary school in Vredenburg in 2025 and (ii) what is his Department’s plan for their education?

 25 6 September 2024 18121

Regarding the Growth for Jobs Strategy as it relates to tourism in the Western Cape:

  1. How will the unemployed, who have an interest in tourism, benefit from this strategy and (b) what growth opportunities exist for tourism through the application of the Growth for Jobs Strategy?
 23 6 September 2024 18120

Question by Hon Walters.

With regard to her Department’s Court Watching Brief Programme:

(a)   How many cases have been monitored by this programme in (i) total and (ii) 2024 to date, (b) in how many of these cases were suspects prosecuted for (i) extortion and (ii) gang-related offences and (c) in how many of these cases were suspects (i) convicted, (ii) acquitted and (iii) when acquitted, what were the reasons for the acquittal?

 22 6 September 2024 18118

Question by Hon Bryant.

With regard to the investigation into the Riverlands Dam that collapsed on 8 August 2024, which found that the collapsed dam wall falls under the jurisdiction of the national Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development:

Whether he has received any feedback and timelines thus far from the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development as to the steps that will be taken in conjunction with surrounding municipalities; if so, what (a) feedback and (b) timelines have been received?

 21 6 September 2024 18117

Question by Hon Byrant.

Whether the Western Cape Government will be sending a delegation to participate in the 29th Conference of the Parties on Climate Change (COP29) taking place in November this year in Azerbaijan; if so, what are the intended goals of the delegation

 20 6 September 2024 18116

Question by Hon Byrant. 

With regard to Cape Town recently being announced as the national winner of the WWF One Planet City Challenge:

Whether any steps are being taken by his Department to assist other Western Cape municipalities to learn from the work of the City of Cape Town through collaboration and shared learning; if so, what are the relevant details?

 19 6 September 2024 18114

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