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

Oceana, a private company, donated land in Stompneus Bay for a housing project, but the provincial government and the Saldanha Bay Municipality have yet to install a single municipal service or make visible progress:

    1. (a)(i) What is the exact date on which Oceana donated the land and (ii) what commitments, if any, were made by the provincial government regarding its development, (b) what actions, if any, has his Department taken to facilitate the start of this housing project since the donation;
    2. whether his Department has allocated any budget for the installation of services at this site; if not, why not; if so, (a) when and (b) how much;
    3. whether a project timeline was ever formally developed; if not, why not; if so, why has it not been implemented in the past five years;
    4. whether any feasibility study has ever been conducted for the project; if not, why not; if so, can a copy of the study be made available;
    5. whether a date is available for when the construction of the houses will commence; if not, why not?
 6 22 August 2025 19633

With reference to the planned development of new schools in the province:
(1) With regard to the acquisition of erf 12342 of erf 80 St Helena through a
deed of exchange between the Western Cape Government, represented
by the Department of Infrastructure, and the Saldanha Bay Municipality,
for the purposes of a school, (a) what is the timeline for the development
of the school that is set to be built on the land named in the deed of
exchange, (b) what is the current status of the planning approvals (for
example rezoning and environmental approvals) for the development of
the school, (c) how much is the development of the school set to cost and
(d)(i) what type of school is proposed and (ii) what is the proposed
capacity of the school;
(2) with regard to the rapidly growing Helderberg area, (a) what are the
current plans for new schools in the Helderberg and/or Somerset West area,
(b) what are the details of the schools, (c) how many (i) primary schools
and (ii) high schools are planned, (d) what are the planned locations of
these schools and (e) what are the development timelines?

 5 22 August 2025 19632
    1. (a) What are the details of the human settlements projects in ward 35 and (b) what are the updates on these projects;
    2. whether there are any delays with these projects; if so, what are the (a) causes and (b) revised timelines?
 4 22 August 2025 19631
  1. (a) What is the number of libraries in Kraaifontein townships, particularly in (i) Wallacedene and (ii) Bloekombos, (b) what is the number of people, particularly school-going children, in need of library services in (i) Wallacedene and (ii) Bloekombos and (c) what is the total distance between these townships and the nearest library;
  2. whether his Department has any plans to build a library in Wallacedene and/or Bloe-kombos during the current MTEF period; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
 2 22 August 2025 19630

With regard to deaths at residential facilities for elderly persons in the province:

What is the number of recorded deaths per (a) funded and (b) private facility in (i) 2019, (ii) 2020, (iii) 2021, (iv) 2022, (v) 2023, (vi) 2024 and (vii) 2025 to date?

 1 22 August 2025 19629

Whether the province exports agricultural products to other countries in Africa; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

 6 4 September 2025 19603

Whether his Department has been working on identify alternative markets for exports since the effect of the 30% USA tariff; if so, what are the relevant details?

 5 4 September 2025 19602

(1)   Whether the Province has enough resources to make the treatment process accessible to all those in need, including homeless people; if so, what are the relevant details;

(2)   what is her Department’s plan to fund more beds and staff in psychiatric hospitals over the current MTEF?

 4 4 September 2025 19601

Aside from the provincial government’s reliance on the General Household Survey (GHS), what additional mechanisms are in place to monitor food insecurity?

 3 4 September 2025 19600

With reference to the reply to questions 9 and 10 of 14 August 2025:
(a) When was the intergovernmental dispute resolved, (b) what are the details of the agreement or resolution and (c)(i) what are the details of the R2,6 billion reduction of votes in the 2024 MTEF baselines and (ii) which votes were (aa) reduced and (bb) by what amount?

 2 5 September 2025 19599

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