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 the operating licensing process of the Provincial Regulatory Entity (PRE) for minibus taxis:

  1. (1) (a) What is the prescribed turnaround time for the PRE to conclude an application for an operating licence and (b) what is the relevant statute guiding this;
  2. (2) whether the PRE has always adhered to this standard in processing applications for operating licences; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
  3. (3) (a) what is the number of minibus taxi operating licences (i) approved and (ii) renewed during the (aa) fourth, (bb) fifth and (cc) sixth administration and (b)(i) what are the details of the areas and routes that were approved or renewed versus the total number of applications received and (ii) what are the reasons for those applications that were not approved;
  4. (4) what is the total number of minibus taxi operating licences that are currently in operation or in use per region or municipality;
  5. (5) what is the total number of minibus taxi operating licences that are in operation per taxi association that are registered with the Provincial Taxi Registrar;
  6. (6) what is the assessment criteria utilised by the PRE to decide on the approval or not for minibus taxi operating licences;
 11 8 April 2022 11846

(a) What is the social worker-to-population ratio in the province, (b) what is the breakdown per (i) municipality and (ii) suburb, (c) what is the number of vacancies for social workers in the province and (d) what is the number of unemployed social work graduates in the province, including those who received bursaries from her Department?

 10 8 April 2022 11845

With regard to the occupation of nature reserves by informal settlements dwellers:

(1)   What are his Department and CapeNature’s preliminary plans for the Driftsands nature reserves;

(2)   whether there are plans to relocate the occupiers to other areas; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

 7 8 April 2022 11844

1. (a) What is the number of temporary relocation areas (TRAs) that have been established in the province during the (i) fourth, (ii) fifth and (iii) sixth administration, (b) what is the number of (i) families and (ii) individuals who have been relocated to TRAs during each administration and (c)(i) what were the reasons for the establishment of each TRA and (ii) what is the number of families and individuals who stay in each;

(2) (a) what are the (i) plans and (ii) time frames to allocate houses to all individuals in the TRAs and (b)(i) what is the budget needed for this?

 3 8 April 2022 11843

What is the actual number vs granted number of posts for (a) detectives and (b)

     visible police for each station in the George Police Cluster?

 9 20 February 2015 11842

How many vacancies are there at the (a) (i) Conville, (ii) George, (iii) Knysna, (iv)  

    Pacaltsdorp, (v) Thembalethu and (vi) Uniondale police stations and (b) (i) how

    long have these vacancies been open and (ii) when will it be filled?

 

 8 20 February 2015 11841

1) What teacher training was provided by her Department in the 2013/2014 financial year, (b) which (i) schools and (ii) areas benefitted and (c) how many teachers benefitted;

(2) whether there was any measurable qualitative impact of the training; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

 

 7 20 February 2015 11840
  1. How many people in the province are employed through the Working for Wetlands Initiative;
  1. whether this initiative contributed to the rehabilitation of wetlands in the province; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
  1. whether the skills developed are applicable to other comparable jobs; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

 

 

 6 20 February 2015 11839
  1. How many people in the province are employed through the Working for Fire initiative;
  1. whether this initiative contributed to the integrated fire management and wild fire fighting, combined with the need to create jobs and develop skills; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
  1. whether the skills developed are applicable to other comparable jobs; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
 5 20 February 2015 11838
  1. How many of the 20 000 people employed nationally by the Working for Water initiative are dedicated to the Western Cape;
  1. whether this initiative has contributed to the eradication of invasive alien vegetation to conserve water and the environment while, providing jobs and training; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

 

 4 20 February 2015 11837

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