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 Better Living Model as seen at Conradie Park:

  1. Whether there is a document that outlines the aims, rationale and philosophy of the Better Living Model; if so, can a copy be made available;
  1. as Conradie Park is the pilot project for the Better Living Model, whether his Department plans to implement this model elsewhere; if not, why not; if so, (a) where and (b) what are the anticipated timelines for these projects?
 5 18 February 2022 11555

Whether it has been bought to her attention that a number of employees in her Department, particularly at the youth development centres, have not been paid for overtime worked in November; if so, (a) what are the relevant details and (b) what is the number of employees who have not been paid?

 4 18 February 2022 11554

With reference to his reply to question 5 of 26 November 2021:

  1. What is the progress as at the latest date for which information is available;
  2. whether the envisaged date of completion, previously scheduled for 7 July 2022, still applies; if not, what would the effect of further delays be on the ability of the Brandvlei Dam to store additional run-off water during the upcoming rainy season; if so, what are the relevant details?
 1 18 February 2022 11553

 1. What is the teacher-to-learner ratio at the Ceres Secondary School;

2, whether the school management has reported the shortage of classrooms to her Department prior to the 2022 school year; if so, what progress has been made in this regard;

3. whether there was an application for mobile classrooms; if so, when is the outcome of the request expected?

 3 25 February 2022 11552

With regard to weighbridges:

Whether an investment in more weighbridges on routes currently not covered by such weighbridges would be financially justifiable to the Province in terms of the damage caused to surfaced roads by overladen vehicles; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

 2 25 February 2022 11551

(a) What training opportunities are available for agricultural extension officers, (b) to what extent are they allowed to attend agricultural shows, farmers’ days and opportunities to liaise with marketing divisions of agricultural products, (c) what formal training opportunities are there and (d) what percentage of the payroll of his Department is spent on formal training opportunities for staff of his Department?

 1 25 February 2022 11550

With reference to the Beaufort West Municipality:

  1. Whether there is an approved organogram for the municipality; if not, why not; if so; what are the relevant details, including the approved organogram;

 

  1. what are the (a) names, (b) task levels (T-levels) and (c) total cost of employment (TCoE) of all persons from task level 8 (T8);
  1. what is the total salary bill per month for all municipal staff members;
  1. (a) what is the total overtime bill for August 2018 to June 2019, (b) what are the names of the municipal officials who claimed overtime, (c) what are their designations and (d) what was the overtime cost per month;
  1. (a) what are the (i) names, (ii) designations and (iii) TCoE of all municipal appointments made since August 2018, including full-time, permanent and temporary contract and advisory appointments, (b)(i) what was the composition of the selection panels, (ii) what was the content of the advertisements and (iii) where were the positions advertised for all the appointments made since August 2018?

 

 8 12 July 2019 11545
  1. (a) What are the updates regarding the process of integrating City of Cape Town and provincial government clinics and (b) what are the (i) details of the clinics, (ii) locations of clinics that will be integrated and (iii) proposed time frames for when the process will be finalised;
  1. whether there are any plans to close certain clinics; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the relevant details, (b) what are the circumstances under which a clinic may be closed and (c) which clinics may be closed;
  1. (a) what is the number of clinic facilities and other health facilities in the province that have been closed in the period 2014 to 2022, as at the latest date for which information is available, and (b) what were the reasons therefor?
 14 11 February 2022 11500

With regard to the total cost of the Western Cape Government’s Broadband Roll-out Programme over the two phases:

  1. (a) What is the total amount spent on the roll-out from inception to date, (b)(i) what is the detailed expenditure items and cost per unit, (ii) what is the total spending on broadband infrastructure from the inception of the project to date, (iii) what are the details of the ownership of this infrastructure, (c) what amount has been approved in the budget for the current financial year and (d) what is the (i) breakdown of the cost of the infrastructure and (ii) the cost of the data charged by the vendor;
  2. (a)(i) what are the details of the amount spent on government buildings or offices or schools, including as a percentage of the total spent on the roll-out, and (ii) what is the cost of the data charges paid to the vendor and (b)(i) what are the details of the total amount spent on stand-alone sites, including as a percentage of the total spent on the roll-out, and (ii) what is the cost of the data charges paid to the vendor?
 10 11 February 2022 11499

(a)   (i)What was the tender number for the Western Cape Broadband Roll-out Programme and (ii) how many companies applied for it and (b)(i) what was the process followed to select the service provider and (ii) what informed this decision and served as motivation for awarding the tender to the service provider?

 

 11 11 March 2022 11486

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