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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Whether the Department has a (a) GBV policy and (b) sexual harassment policy; if not, why not; if so, (i) what are the relevant details, (ii) how are they implemented and (iii) can copies of these policies be made available?
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22 | 11 March 2022 | 11689 |
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(a) How many GMT vehicles were provided to Department of Social Development’s officials for the duration of the fifth administration, (b) how many of these vehicles were issued to staff members with a rank lower than assistant director, (c) what was the total cost to the Department of Social Development for the (i) rental and (ii) fuel and (d) to whom were the fuel cards issued in that period? |
21 | 11 March 2022 | 11688 |
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(1) (a) What is the number of learners from Grades 1 to 12 who have dropped out of school in the province between 2014 and 2022 and (b) what is the breakdown per (i) municipality and (ii) education district; (2) (a) what is the prevalence of school dropout in the rural regions of the province and (b)(i) what root causes have been identified for it and (ii) what measures has her Department put in place to address it? |
17 | 4 March 2022 | 11687 |
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(a) How many GMT vehicles were provided to the Department of Community Safety’s officials from the beginning of the sixth administration to date, (b) how many of these vehicles were issued to staff members with a rank lower than assistant director, (c) what was the total cost to the Department of Community Safety for the (i) rental and (ii) fuel and (d) to whom were the fuel cards issued in that period?
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20 | 11 March 2022 | 11686 |
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(a) What is the prevalence of (i) child hunger and (ii) food poverty in the province, (b) what programmes does her Department have to deal with it and (c) what is the detailed expenditure breakdown of these programmes in (i) 2019, (ii) 2020, (iii) 2021 and (iv) 2022 to date? |
16 | 4 March 2022 | 11685 |
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With regard to challenges experienced at the Grootkraal UCC Primary School outside Oudtshoorn: 1. Whether it has been brought to her attention that a farmer is constantly attacking the school; if so, what are the relevant details; 2. whether her Department has made changes to the learner transport routes around the school; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; 3. how many learners from the school are using learner transport; 4. whether her Department has paid the Norms and Standards funding to the school; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; 5. (a) What is the (i) number and (ii) details of the vacancies that have not been filled at the school, (b) what are the reasons for these vacancies and (c) when will these vacancies be filled?
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18 | 11 March 2022 | 11684 |
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Whether the court case of a certain person, whose name has been furnished to his Department for the purpose of his reply, has been brought to his attention; if so, (a) what are the relevant details, (b) when was this brought to his attention and (c) why has this person not been suspended pending the outcome of the investigation? |
15 | 4 March 2022 | 11683 |
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Whether any renovations and maintenance projects have taken place at the Panorama Primary School in Riversdale since 2015; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the relevant details, (b) what engagements have taken place between her Department and the school since 2015, (c) what was decided upon and (d) what work has been done with regard to replacing the sections of the school built with asbestos? |
17 | 11 March 2022 | 11682 |
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With regard to the state of school infrastructure in the province: 1(a) What is the update regarding the rebuilding of the Sunray Primary School in Delft, (b)(i) how much has been spent to date and (ii) what amounts have been paid to a company, whose name has been furnished to her Department for the purpose of her reply, (c) what has caused the delays and (d) when will the rebuilding process be completed; 2. whether any renovations and maintenance projects have taken place at the Welcome Primary School near Athlone since 1994; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; 3. whether there are plans to fix the fencing at the Welcome Primary School; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; 4. whether any renovations and maintenance projects have taken place at the Easter Peak Primary School in Manenberg over the last 10 years; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the relevant details, (b) what work has been done to (i) fix the three burnt classrooms and (ii) replace the sections of the school built with asbestos?
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16 | 11 March 2022 | 11681 |
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With regard to the allocation of housing opportunities to beneficiaries: (a) What measures are currently in place to prevent tampering with the Housing Demand Database at (i) his Department and (ii) local municipalities, (b) how many complaints of tampering with the Housing Demand Database have been received between the 2016/17 and 2021/22 financial years and (c) what support does his Department offer local municipalities to ensure the integrity of the process of allocating housing opportunities to beneficiaries?
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8 | 4 March 2022 | 11679 |
