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.

On this page you can search questions for written reply. Use one or more of the search fields by making a selection from the relevant dropdown menu. You can also do a text search by entering a search term in the text field– specific search terms will render a better result. Click ‘Apply’. The results will be displayed in the table below. Click on ‘Question Link’ to view the full result. When you are searching, it is advisable to complete as many of the search fields as possible in order to narrow down the results.

Question Question Number Date Question Link
  1. With reference to the report of 30 March 2015 that the South African Police Service (SAPS) had managed to reduce its forensic backlog of 59023 cases to a commendable level of about 4400 case entries which represents a 92 percent backlog reduction up to the third quarter of 2014/15, (a) how many of these cases had bearing on the Western Cape, (b) how many laboratory technicians were involved, (c) what was the cost to the taxpayer and (d) how many of the following cases were dealt with, (i) DNA, (ii) drug analysis and (iii) trichology;
  1. whether these results have been instrumental in bringing offenders and criminals to task; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
  2. whether his Department has oversight measures in place to avoid a repeat of the forensic evidence backlog; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
 9 17 April 2015 11971
  1. Whether any arrest have been made since the implementation of the banning of unnecessary “blue-light” brigades in the province on 20 November 2013; if so, what are the relevant details;

(2)       whether the banning had an impact on traffic in the province; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

 7 17 April 2015 11970
  1. What are the 2013/14 Western Cape Local Municipalities audit outcomes and
  2. Which municipalities (i) received clean, unqualified audit reports and (ii) did not receive clean unqualified audit reports?
 6 17 April 2015 11969
  1. Whether the plan to upgrade the Panorama Primary School in Riversdale is on track according to timeframe and allocated budget; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
  1. what are the (a) educational benefits and (b) challenges of the upgrading for the community and region?
 5 17 April 2015 11968
  1. How many residential properties in the province is his Department responsible for, (b) what is the projected income per month from these properties, (c) what is the annual maintenance budget for the residential properties and (d) how many legal cases for non-payment of residential properties are on record for the 2014/15 financial year?
 4 17 April 2015 11967

What programmes and services are planned for the Central Karoo with regard to social development of destitute groups?

 3 17 April 2015 11966
  1. How many youths to date have undergone the various outreach programs of his Department;
  2. whether a monitoring system has been established to monitor the social behaviour of the youths who took part in the outreach programs, after their participation in the programs; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
 2 17 April 2015 11965

Whether her Department have any guidelines for schools to generate funds; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

 1 17 April 2015 11964

With regard to police training:

 

(1)   (a) What sort of training do police officers receive with regard to the taking statements from the public and (b) how often is this training done;

(2)   whether the training is being done in their mother tongue; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

 14 14 April 2022 11963

With regard to the South African Police Service’s investigation of CAS100/02/2022:

(a)   What is the current status of the investigation and (b) when is the investigation expected to be concluded?

 13 14 April 2022 11962

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