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

In light of the mass murders reported in various communities across the province:

 

(a)  What is the number of mass murders that took place in the province per month in (i) 2019, (ii) 2020 and (iii) 2021, (b) what was the motive for the killings, (c) in which areas did the incidents take place, (d)(i) what is the number of fatalities per incident and (ii) what is the breakdown by (aa) age, (bb) race and (cc) gender, (e)(i) what measures have been put in place to respond to these murders and (ii) how does the Safety Plan address these and (f) what are the (i) successes and (ii) failures of the Safety Plan from its inception to date?

 5 25 March 2022 11794

Whether his Department is implementing any strategy and/or programme or project with municipalities in the area of Local Economic Development; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the relevant details, (b) including the (i) name, nature and latest report of the strategy and/or programme or project, (ii) budget allocation and the contributors, including the area of funding, (iii)(aa) name of the municipality and/or municipalities and (bb) direct institutional structure that implements the strategy and/or programme or project, (iv) coordination mechanism of such a strategy and/or programme or project, including the role clarification of those involved, (v) role of the private sector and the participation of the respective local communities in the stages of the strategy and/or programme or project, if defined and provided for, and (vi) role of the provincial Department of Local Government in the respective strategy and/or programme or project?

 12 18 March 2022 11792
  1. Whether his Department has started work on a targeted strategy for and approach to the informal economy; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
  1. (a) what is his Department’s definition of (i) informal economy and (ii) SMME and (b) which sectors of the Western economy are regarded as falling in either of the two;
  1. (a) what engagements have he and his Department had with the informal sector and/or SMME bodies since he took office, (b) what are the (i) dates, (ii) names of organisations and (iii) attendance registers and agendas of these meetings and (b) can copies of the minutes and reports of these meetings be made available?
 11 18 March 2022 11791

In relation to the funding of special needs schools:

  1. (a) What were the budget allocation to these schools in the (i) 2017/18, (ii) 2018/19, (iii) 2019/20, (iv) 2020/21 and (v) 2021/22 financial years, (b) on average, how much more funding is required per learner in comparison to those who attend conventional public schools;
  1. (a) whether these schools are factored in the provincial equitable share formula; if not, what has her Department done to lobby the National Treasury to accommodate this funding?
 3 18 March 2022 11790

With regard to the use of the Western Cape Government’s application (“app”):

(a)        Which municipalities are currently making use of the app, (b) what concerns and/or reasons have municipalities given, if any, for not currently making use of the app and (c) how many beneficiaries are on the Housing Demand Database in the Western Cape?

 17 25 March 2022 11788

(1( (a) Whether his Department has any plans and/or strategies that seek to hand over title deeds as beneficiaries receive their units; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;

(2) what measures, if any, has the Department taken to reduce the title deeds backlog, including any assistance provided to the Title Deeds Office?

 16 25 March 2022 11787

With regard to the “Help me buy a house” subprogramme in the Finance-linked Individual Subsidy Programme (FLISP):

(a)   What are the criteria for those who would like apply for the programme, (b) can a copy of the business plan for the relevant programme be made available and (c) how much funding has been allocated to this programme in the 2022/23 financial year?

 15 25 March 2022 11786

With respect to tuberculosis (TB) cases in each district in the Western Cape since the 2017/18 financial year:

 

(a) How many positive cases have there been in (i) 2017/18, (ii) 2018/19, (iii) 2019/20, (iv) 2020/21 and (v) 2021/22, (b) how many clients have successfully recovered from TB, (c) how many TB-related deaths have there been in (i) 2017/18, (ii) 2018/19, (iii) 2019/20, (iv) 2020/21 and (v) 2021/22 and (d) what (i) campaigns and (ii) initiatives are confirmed for this year in order to improve awareness in this regard?

 14 25 March 2022 11785

With respect to HIV and Aids cases in each district in the Western Cape since the 2017/18 financial year:

 

(a)   How many positive cases have there been in (i) 2017/18, (ii) 2018/19, (iii) 2019/20, (iv) 2020/21 and (v) 2021/22, (b) how many clients are making use of antiretroviral treatment (ART), (c) how many clients have confirmed viral suppression every year, (d) how many condoms have been collected at local clinics every year and (e) what (i) campaigns and (ii) initiatives are confirmed for this year in order to improve awareness in this regard?

 13 25 March 2022 11784

With regard to her Department’s online registration system:

(1) What monetary investments have gone into the development and upgrading of the online registration system over the past five financial years;

(2) in relation to its operational capacity, (a) how many applicants can the website accommodate at any given time and (b) how has this improved over the past five calendar years;

(3) how many people have applied online in the calendar years of (a) 2017, (b) 2018, (c) 2019, (d) 2020, (e) 2021, and (f) 2022 to date;

(4) what plans are in place to make the online registration more accessible to applicants without sufficient resources?

 12 25 March 2022 11783

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