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 |
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(a) What is the nature and scope of the upgrades or maintenance currently taking place at the (i) Lentegeur High School, (ii) Cornflower Primary School and (iii) Caravelle Primary School, (b) what is the monetary value of these upgrades or maintenance, (c) when will the upgrades or maintenance be completed, (d) who has been contracted to complete the work being done and (e) what percentage of local labour is being used to complete the work? |
5 | 1 April 2022 | 11810 |
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(a) How many community healthcare workers are there in the province, (b) what is their employment status and (c) on what sphere of government is their employment status dependent? |
4 | 1 April 2022 | 11809 |
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With respect to the Khayelitsha District Hospital and the area as a whole: (a) What has the exponential population growth in the area been over the past five financial years, (b) how has the population growth affected the Hospital’s healthcare services and (c) what have been the interventions from her Department to address the challenges in this regard? |
3 | 1 April 2022 | 11808 |
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(1) What progress has been made by the Special Investigation Unit (SIU) with corruption cases at the (a) Cederberg and (b) Matzikama municipalities; (2) whether his Department has received updated status reports or finalised reports from the SIU with regard to these municipalities; if so, what are the contents of these reports? |
2 | 1 April 2022 | 11807 |
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(1)(a)(i) What is the number of mobile classrooms that have been procured and (ii) how much was spent in (aa) 2014, (bb) 2015, (cc) 2016, (dd) 2017, (ee) 2018, (ff) 2019, (gg) 2020, (hh) 2021 and (ii) 2022 to date and (b) what is the cost per mobile classroom; (2)(a) what are the details of all companies that her Department procured mobile classrooms from in the same period as in (1), (b) what is the number of mobile classrooms that her Department has bought and owns and (c) how many mobile classrooms were rented from private owners during this period? |
1 | 1 April 2022 | 11806 |
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What will the National Development Plan outcomes be when implemented by his department for the (a) 2014/15, (b) 2015/16, (c) 2016/17, (d) 2017/18 and (e) 2018/19 financial years? |
2 | 8 August 2014 | 11805 |
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What will the National Development Plan outcomes be when implemented by his department for the (a) 2014/15, (b) 2015/16, (c) 2016/17, (d) 2017/18 and (e) 2018/19 financial years? |
1 | 8 August 2014 | 11803 |
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With reference to his reply to question 2 of 28 January 2022: (1) Whether the decision to centralise all infrastructure components in a single department and to create a single department for urban mobility (as announced in his 2022 State of the Province Address) was informed by the “refresh initiative”; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) on what date was tender DOTP LTD 003-2021/22 awarded to a certain company, whose name has been furnished to his Department for the purpose of his reply; (3) in terms of which relevant supply chain management prescripts did his Department proceed with the limited bid to appoint this company; (4) what are the details of the recommendations made by this company to the Western Cape Government to date regarding the institutional refresh and the reorganisation of Western Cape Government departments; (5) (a) what is the value of tender DOTP LTD 003-2021/22, (b) how much has been paid to date to a certain company, whose name has been furnished to his Department for the purpose of his reply, (b) when does the contract for this tender terminate, (c) what deliverables remain outstanding for this tender and (d) on what date did this company commence work on the Premier’s institutional refresh initiative pursuant to this tender; (6) whether this company began conducting interviews with senior officials for the purposes of the Premier’s institutional refresh initiative prior to the date referred to in (5)(d); if so, why; (7) (a) what projects are still to be undertaken but have not yet commenced as part of the Premier’s institutional refresh initiative and (b) what are the (i) time frames and (ii) estimated costs for these projects? |
1 | 25 March 2022 | 11797 |
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With reference to waste management in the province: (1) Whether there are any local governments in the Western Cape that are facing challenges in the short, medium or longer term with the handling of solid waste; if so, which local governments are deemed to be in need of guidance or support; (2) whether there is a national standard for the effective management of solid waste; if so, what are the relevant details; (3) (a) how do local governments in the province compare with those in other provinces in regard to solid waste management and (b) what action or steps can local governments take in order to curb the illegal dumping of waste? |
11 | 25 March 2022 | 11796 |
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(1) (a) What are the causes of typhoid fever, (b) what is its prevalence in the province, (c) what is the breakdown of reported cases per municipality in (i) 2021 and (ii) 2022 to date; whether there are any reported deaths from typhoid fever in the province between 2021 and 2022 to date, if so, (a) what are the relevant details and (b) what is the breakdown per municipality? |
9 | 25 March 2022 | 11795 |
