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 mortality statistics at public health facilities:

(a)   What is the number of deaths recorded at each public hospital in the province from 2024 to date and (b) what are the primary causes of death recorded at each hospital during this period, disaggregated by category of cause of death?

 17 22 May 2026 20948

With regard to forensic pathology services in the province:

  1. (a) What is the total number of forensic pathologists currently employed in the province, (b) what is the current caseload per forensic pathologist, expressed as an average ratio of cases per practitioner, and (c) what are the prescribed standards and norms for workload allocation for forensic pathologists in provincial forensic services;
  2. (a) what is the current backlog of forensic pathology cases, including the exact number of cases in waiting;
  3. what is the average workload and caseload per forensic pathologist during periods of peak or seasonal high mortality in the province;
  4. what measures are being implemented to address staffing shortages and to reduce the backlog in forensic pathology services, particularly during periods of increased mortality demand?
 16 22 May 2026 20947

With regard to emergency medical services and ambulance provision in the province:

  1. What is the (i) number of ambulances allocated to each municipality and (ii) average response time per municipality for emergency medical services, (b) what measures are in place to address the shortages of ambulances or delays in response times in municipalities and (c) what are the safety measures put in place to protect paramedics?
 15 22 May 2026 20946

With regard to indigent households in municipalities:

  1. (i) What is the number of indigent households per municipality and (ii) what meas-ures are currently in place to support indigent households across municipalities and (b) what additional interventions are being implemented to improve the service delivery and social support to indigent households where needed?
 14 22 May 2026 20945

With regard to staffing and vacancies in the departments of the Western Cape Government (WCG) in the last five financial years:

  1. (a) What are the details of posts that have been advertised, (b) which posts have not been advertised, (c)(i) what is the longest period for which a vacancy has remained unfilled in each WCG department and (ii) why and (d)(i) which posts have experienced the longest delays in being filled per department and (ii) why;
  1. (a) what is the total cost of employment (COE) budget allocated to each provincial department, (b) what is the expenditure breakdown of the COE per department, disaggregated per quarter, and (c) what are the reasons for any variances between the budgeted COE and the actual expenditure per quarter?
 13 22 May 2026 20944

With regard to the sewerage and stormwater infrastructure in Philippi:

  1. (a) What is the status of the current sewerage network in Philippi and (b) how many households (including formal households, informal settlements and backyard dwellers) are currently connected to the system;
  2. (a) when was the last major upgrade undertaken on the sewerage infrastructure in Philippi and (b) what were the details of the upgrade;
  3. in the previous three financial years, what percentage of the Human Settlements budget has been allocated to sewerage infrastructure upgrades in Philippi;
  4. whether there are any plans to upgrade, repair or expand the stormwater infra-structure in Philippi to address general flood risks; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the relevant details and (b) what are the timelines for the (i) implementation and (ii) completion of the planned stormwater infrastructure interventions in Philippi?
 12 22 May 2026 20943

(a)   What disaster relief funds have been allocated to the province and affected municipalities to restore damaged infrastructure, including informal settlement housing and road networks, (b) how much of these funds have already been disbursed and (c) what portion remains available for immediate and medium-term recovery?

 11 22 May 2026 20942

With regard to the recent severe storm damage across the province of the Western Cape:

  1. (a) What is the current extent of the storm-related damage in the province, (b) how many (i) households, (ii) informal dwellings (including shacks), (iii) public facilities and (iv) road infrastructure nodes have been affected and (c) in which municipal areas has the greatest concentration of damage been recorded;
  2. (a) what is the total estimated financial value of the damage caused to (i) housing, (ii) roads, (iii) agricultural infrastructure and (iv) municipal services and (b)(i) how was this assessment conducted and (ii) by which authority;
  3. whether the assessment has been independently verified; if so, what are the relevant details;
 10 22 May 2026 20941

With reference to the recent outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in the province and its impact on livestock farmers:

  1. Whether any disaster management or emergency relief funding has been allocated or requested by his Department in response to the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease; if so, (a) how much funding has been allocated or requested and (b) from which source or sphere of government was the funding allocated or requested;
  2. (a) what immediate support measures have been implemented to assist affected farmers, particularly emerging and small-scale farmers who have suffered livestock losses or economic hardship as a result of the outbreak and related containment measures and (b) what interventions are being implemented to assist affected farmers to recover economically and restore farming operations once containment measures are lifted?
 9 22 May 2026 20940

With reference to reports of prolonged electricity outages in parts of Delft (including Voorbrug, Leiden and Eindhoven), where residents have allegedly been without electri-city for periods ranging from a week to more than a month, resulting in protests and severe hardship during the recent storms and cold weather:

  1. (a) What emergency social relief interventions were implemented by his Department to support the affected households, particularly vulnerable groups such as the elderly, children and persons with disabilities, during the prolonged power outages, (b) what coordination took place between his Department, municipalities and other relevant stakeholders to ensure that the affected residents received adequate support and assistance during the service delivery crisis and (c) what measures are in place to ensure that vulnerable communities affected by the prolonged electricity outages, infrastructure failures or disaster-related disruptions receive timeous social support and coordinated government assistance;
  2. whether his Department has developed any contingency plans or community support strategies to respond to similar service delivery crises during severe weather conditions in the future; if so, what are the relevant details?
 8 22 May 2026 20939

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