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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With regard to his announcement during SOPA 2022 that his Cabinet has adopted a GBV Implementation Plan and that key interventions have been identified and agreed upon to be prioritised by all 13 heads of department:
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21 | 25 February 2022 | 11586 |
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With regard to the Premier’s assertion made in SOPA 2022 that “we adopted the most extensive provincial Safety Plan in South Africa, which has now resulted in 1 056 Law Enforcement Advancement Programme (LEAP) officers being trained and deployed, through the City of Cape Town, to 13 high-crime police precincts”:
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19 | 25 February 2022 | 11585 |
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(a) What progress has been made with the shifting of the Early Childhood Development function from her Department to the Western Cape Education Department (WCED), (b) what are the details of the functions currently undertaken by (i) her Department and (ii) the WCED and (c)(i) what has caused the delays in the migration of this function to the WCED and (ii) when will it be completed fully |
22 | 25 February 2022 | 11584 |
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With regard to the assertion made in his SOPA 2022 that wheeling (which is the private-to-private trading of energy) across municipal networks is being explored in seven Western Cape municipalities, given the recent unlocking of national electricity regulations: (a) What are the details of this wheeling, including (i) the amount of energy being traded and (ii) the cost of the electricity and (b)(i) what are the details of the seven municipalities and (ii) what criteria were used to select them? |
15 | 25 February 2022 | 11583 |
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(a) What was the total cost of the State of the Province Address in (i) 2018, (ii) 2019, (iii) 2020, (iv) 2021 and (v) 2022, (b) what is the detailed breakdown of the expenditure on (i) items and (ii) costs and (c) what is the (i) detailed list of service providers, (ii) amount paid to each and (iii) BBBEE status of each service provider? |
23 | 25 February 2022 | 11582 |
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With regard to the Premier’s pronouncement in his SOPA 2022 that his government plans to create a dedicated Violence Prevention Unit in the Western Cape’s Department of Health: (a) Where will this unit be housed in her Department, (b) what will be its powers and functions, (c) how many staff members will be employed, (d)(i) how much will be budgeted for it and (ii) where will the budget come from, (e) how does it aim to prevent violence in the province and (f) what programmes will it run, including daily tasks |
20 | 25 February 2022 | 11581 |
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(1) What is the number of properties in the province that are owned by companies whose names has been furnished to his Department for the purpose of his reply; (2) whether these companies have the title deeds and/or any other proof of ownership of these properties; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the relevant details, (b) can copies of the proof of ownership of these properties be provided and (c)(i) when and (ii) where did they acquire these properties from? |
18 | 25 February 2022 | 11580 |
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With regard to social-housing provision in the province between 2014 and 2022: (a) What (i) is the number and (ii) are the details of the companies that his Department has partnered with, (b) what is the number of housing opportunities provided by each company, (c) what are the details of assistance provided by his Department per social-housing project, (d) what are the details of the board members of each of the companies that his Department partnered with and (e) what is the number of persons that have been evicted from Communicare properties during the specified period? |
17 | 25 February 2022 | 11579 |
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With regard to the Premier’s announcement that his government has invested R6 billion on road infrastructure since 2019, with half of that money being spent on maintaining the existing network and the other half of that money being spent on new construction: (1) What is the detailed breakdown of expenditure, including (a)(i) a detailed list of projects and (ii) the cost per project and (b)(i) a detailed list of service providers, (ii) the amount received by each service provider and (iii) the BBEEE status of each service provider; (2) with regard to the announcement in SOPA 2022 that three new road upgrade projects would be launched in the next financial year: (a)(i) what are the details of the these projects and (ii) what is the contractual value of each project and (b)(i) what service providers have been appointed, (ii) what is the BBBEE status of each service provider and (iii) what is the contractual value of each project? |
14 | 25 February 2022 | 11578 |
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With regard to the Premier’s announcement in SOPA 2022 that there are six new mobile schools anticipated for completion in 2022/23: (a) What are the details of the new schools, (b) how much is budgeted for these schools, (c) what is the number of mobile classrooms that will be erected per school and (d) what is the number of teachers that will be employed per school? |
13 | 25 February 2022 | 11577 |
