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

[a]How many informal settlements in the City of Cape Town were identified by his

 Department in 2009/10 as being located below the flood line; [b] for each [i]

what are the details of the settlement, [ii] what steps have been taken to place  these people in viable geographical areas, [iii] the number of households affected, [iv] the area identified where they can be relocated and [v] the progress made with the relocation process and [c] what budget allocation was made by his Department to relocate these communities?

 9 12 September 2014 12026
  1. What was the outcome of the Premier’s Social Transformation Programme [STP] court case;
  2. whether there was a judgement; if so, what was it;
  3. whether it was a settlement; if so, [a] was it an order of court or an out of court settlement, [b] what are the details of the settlement, [c] what was the total cost if any employee had to be paid out as a result of the settlement or judgement, [d] how many officials had to be paid out, [e] what is the status of payment made to all affected official;
  4. whether other more viable and cost efficient options other than ending the contract, such as transfers to other departments or units until such time as the contract of the officials had ended, were investigated; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
  5. how many employees of the STP were [a] investigated, [b] charged and [c] found guilty of any disciplinary violation since 2009 until the end of their contracts?
 8 12 September 2014 12025
  1. [a] What was the [i] criterion and [ii] rationale for the closing down of the Premier’s Social Transformation Programme and [b] what was her Department’s total legal costs when the case was contested by all officials who lost their jobs when the programme was closed, including [i] legal opinion/s, [ii] the legal costs for opposing the case by her Department and [iii] the legal costs if any, that the Western Cape Provincial Government had to pay applicants;
  2. whether an evaluation was done that recommended the closing down of this programme; if not, what was the [a] motive, [b] criterion and [c] rationale used to close down the programme; if so,
  3. whether a copy of the evaluation report is available; if not, why not; if so, [a] what are the relevant details and [b] when will a copy be made available;
 7 12 September 2014 12024
  1. Whether the Oudtshoorn Municipality complied with the provisions of the Municipal Systems Act, 2000 [Act 32 of 2000] in appointing its municipal manager; if so, what are the relevant details; if not,
  2. whether he is taking the necessary action in terms of the Act; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
 6 12 September 2014 12023

With reference to a SCOPA meeting in which the head of his Department announced that during the period 2005-2009 he was aware that certain officials were put under pressure to award certain tenders to companies not capable of delivering,

(1) whether this has been brought to his attention; if so, (a) who was involved in exerting the pressure and (b) what was the result of the undue pressure; if not;

(2) whether he will investigate and report back to the House; if not, why not; if so, when?

 5 22 August 2014 12022

(a) How many private functions have taken place at his residence in (i) 2019, (ii) 2020, (iii) 2021 and (iv) 2022 to date, (b) what are the details of these functions and (c) what are the names of the hosting organisations?

 25 14 April 2022 12021

(a) At which phase is the Saldanha IDZ, (b) (i) what are the names of the community members who are participating in the board of the project and (ii) how were they selected, (c) how many jobs (i) have been created and (ii) were created for local people, (d) how many Broad Base Economic Empowerment (BBEE) businesses are benefitting from this project, (e) (i) what are the various training programmes that have been implemented and (ii) at which level?

 4 22 August 2014 12020

(1)   (a) What is the number of GBV cases that were monitored by Court Watching Brief Programme in (i) 2019, (ii) 2020, (iii) 2021 and (iv) 2022 to date and (b) of these, (i) how many were dismissed and thrown out of court and (ii) how many were reinstated and successfully concluded because of the intervention of the programme;

(2)   (a) what is the number of staff members who are employed in the Court Watching Brief Programme and (b) what are their (i) qualifications and (ii) salary ranges;

(3)   what is the number of Court Watching Brief Programme personnel designated to monitor GBV and femicide cases?

 24 14 April 2022 12019

Whether there were investigations or whether any investigations or implementations are being done to help investigating alternative and/or additional sources of income and/or financing for any of the municipalities in the Western Cape; if not, why not; if so, what is the extent thereof for each municipality?

 3 22 August 2014 12018

Whether the data reflected by municipalities in (a) budgets, (b) annual performance plans and (c) annual reports is (i) evaluated, (ii) tested and (iii) questioned by his Department; if not, why not; if so, (aa) to what extent, (bb) how are the integrity, performance and effectiveness being determined for each municipality, (cc) what are the findings with regard to municipalities over the past three financial years and (dd) how accurate is the published information?

 2 22 August 2014 12017

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