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 reference to the recent cases of learners being kidnapped on their way to and from school:

Whether his Department has put measures in place to address this problem; if not; why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

 

 1 14 September 2018 12499
  1. What are the national guidelines for the implementation of the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP);
  1. whether the Beaufort West Municipality has a municipal policy for the EPWP which is in line with the national guidelines; if not, why not; if so; what are the relevant details (please supply a copy);
  1. whether the municipality currently has or uses an EPWP database of beneficiaries; if so, is it linked to the provincial and national reporting databases;
  1. how many EPWP projects are currently being rolled out in the Beaufort West municipal area and what are the details of the projects;
  1. whether the list of beneficiaries who have been employed between 1 January and 30 June 2018 at the Beaufort West Municipality can be made available; if so; what are the relevant details?
 1 21 September 2018 12498
  1. How many people were admitted to rehabilitation centres for substance abuse in (i) 2015, (ii) 2016, (iii) 2017 and (iv) 2018 to date, (b) what is the cost per person for substance abuse rehabilitation and (c) how many people defaulted on their rehabilitation in (i) 2015, (ii) 2016, (iii) 2017 and (iv) 2018 to date?
 3 28 September 2018 12497

How many cases were opened against parents due to their school-going children not attending school or because of their children’s sporadic absenteeism in (i) 2015, (ii) 2016, (iii) 2017 and (iv) 2018 to date?

 2 28 September 2018 12496

(a) How many learners on the West Coast were expelled in (i) 2015,(ii) 2016, (iii) 2017 and (iv) 2018 to date, (b) of those who were expelled, (i) what were the reasons for the expulsion, (ii) what were the sanctions, (iii) how many appeals were heard and (iv) how many decisions were reversed?

 1 28 September 2018 12495
  1. What is the percentage of household waste recycled by each municipality in the Western Cape;
  1. whether his Department has plans to assist municipalities with waste-management recycling initiatives; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
 5 October 2018 12493
  1. Who is responsible for the (i) design and (ii) construction of the arched or suspended bridge over the Cogmans gorge at Ashton, (b) why was this specific design decided on, (c) which other design techniques were considered, (d) what was the estimated cost of each of the various possible designs that could have be used, (e) explain each of the alternatives that was considered, (f) give an explanation of the advantages and disadvantages as well as the estimated cost of each design, (g) when will the construction of the bridge and the road be completed, (h) by whom, (i) at what total cost and (j) what process was followed for the appointment of the consulting engineers and contractors?

 

 1 12 October 2018 12492
  1. (a) What are his Department’s qualifying criteria for granting funding to NGOs, (b) how does his Department ensure that the funding is used for what it was intended and (c) since 2014, (i) how many organisations have been found guilty of fraud, corruption or the misuse of funds and (ii) how much money has his Department lost to fraud, corruption or the misuse of funds;
  1. whether any organisations have received funding from his Department without meeting the qualifying criteria; if so, what are the relevant details;
  1. (a) under which circumstances will his Department grant funding to non-qualifying organisations or NPOs and (b) since 2014, how much funding has been granted to organisations that did not meet the qualifying criteria;
  1. (a) how often does his Department conduct oversight of funded organisations and (b) what are the reasons for his Department not monitoring funded organisations?

 

 1 19 October 2018 12491

With regard to the alleged forced resignation of a black teacher at the Rustenburg Girls’ Junior School:

  1. Whether she and her Department knew of challenges with transformation at the school; if not, why not; if so, what interventions did she put in place;
  1. whether she will be taking any remedial action against the principal and the School Governing Body of the school in the light of these events; if not why not, if so what are the relevant details;
  1. whether she has any plans to increase the number of black and coloured teachers at the school; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
  1. whether the teacher in question received any emotional support from her Department; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
  1. what are her plans to address transformation in quintiles 4 and 5 schools?

 

 6 9 November 2018 12490

Whether he and his Department have conducted any investigation into why the plans to build affordable housing on the site of the Salt River Market have been cancelled by the City of Cape Town; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

 5 9 November 2018 12489

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