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 the Province’s vaccine rollout plan:

 

(a) What are the details of the (i) countries, (ii) provinces and (iii) institutions that he has engaged regarding the Province’s vaccine procurement and rollout plan and (b) what is the detailed feedback from each of these engagements;

 

whether, with regard to his utterances during the sitting of 6 May 2021, he can shed more light on the one million vaccines he said he sent to the national government; if so, (a) what are the details of these vaccines, (b) where did they come from and (c) what was the cost involved?

18 14 May 2021 11005
  1. What are the details of the street lights that have been installed in each of the crime hotspots in the province that are in the top 30 murder precincts nationally in (i) 2014/15, (ii) 2015/16, (iii) 2016/17, (iv) 2017/18, (v) 2018/19, (vi) 2019/20 and (vii) 2020/21 and (b) how many of these are in good working condition?
17 14 May 2021 11004

With regard to his Department’s expenditure in the period between 2009/10 and 2020/21:

      1. (a) What are the details of housing projects implemented during this period, including the (b) number of residential units, (c) number of serviced sites and (d) money spent per project after completion;

 

      1. what (a) are the names, (b) are the areas, (c) is the number of informal settlements upgraded on site and/or relocated and (d) are the costs related to the upgrades and/or relocations during this period;

 

      1. (a) what are the (i) total hectares and (ii) details of well-located land acquired and zoned to create housing opportunities and (b) what is the (i) size, (ii) erf number of the land acquired, (iii) cost of purchase, (iv) number of residential units and/or service sites erected on the acquired land and (v) date of completion and (vi) place of handover that took place during this period?
16 14 May 2021 11003

With regard to his Department’s expenditure of the Human Settlements Development Grant(HSDG):

 

   (a)What is the detailed breakdown of the expenditure of this grant, including the (b) breakdown of under expenditure per municipality, (c) details of the projects affected by the under expenditure in the period between 2009/10 and 2020/21 and (d) actions taken to correct the situation in subsequent years?

14 14 May 2021 11002

With regard to the outbreak of COVID-19 and the possibility of a third wave, as well as the policy response to de-densify those informal settlements that are highly congested:

  1. What are the (i) names and (ii) budget allocation of the areas identified for de-densification in the province, (b) what time frames were placed for undertaking and completing the de-densification in each of the identified areas and (c) for each area, what progress has been made with the completion of the de-densification?
13 14 May 2021 11001

What is the status update on the investigation by the Western Cape Police Ombudsman of the case where a victim of sexual assault in Khayelitsha Site B was told by to “investigate her own complaint and that she did not look like someone who went through such a traumatic ordeal” and (b) what is the expected date of the conclusion of this report?

12 14 May 2021 11000

What are the prospects and details pertaining the expansion of the Youth Safety Ambassadors Programme in the Drakenstein area?

    11 14 May 2021 10999

    With reference to CAS 266/11/2020:

     

    1. Whether this case has been referred to the Western Cape Police Ombudsman for investigation; if so, what is the outcome; if not,

     

    1. whether he can refer this case accordingly; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
    10 14 May 2021 10998

    With regard to abalone poaching in the Western Cape:

     

    (1) (a) What have been the trends in abalone poaching in the Overstrand Municipality and generally in the Southern Cape surrounds for the period 2016/17 to the current financial year and (b) what have been the trends in policing and law enforcement with respect to anti-poaching efforts in the aforementioned areas during the same period;

     

    (2) whether there have been any improvements in the joint operations against abalone poaching since the reclassification of abalone poaching as a priority crime; if so, what are the relevant details;

     

    (3) whether any revised policies from the national government regarding abalone poaching have been bought to his attention; if so,

     

    (4) whether his Department has been consulted; if so, what are the relevant details?

    9 14 May 2021 10997

    The Hawks in the Western Cape confirmed it is investigating allegations of money laundering involving DA councillors, an NGO and a church in the City of Cape Town:

     

    1. Whether section 106 of the Local Government: Municipal Systems Act, 2000 (Act 32 of 2000), has been triggered; if not, why not; if so,

     

    whether he has undertaken an investigation into these allegations; if not, why not; if so, (a) what has been the outcome of this investigation and (b) what measures have been put in place to ensure that this type of fraudulent practice does not reoccur?

    7 14 May 2021 10996

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