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 water losses in the province:

  1. What is the average response time by municipality for the fixing of water leaks, (b) what projects are currently underway to upgrade the water infrastructure in the province in the next five years, (c) how much has been spent in the past five years on the upgrading of water infrastructure and (d) how much will be spent in the next five years to upgrade the water infrastructure?
 13 2 June 2023 14780
  1. Which five municipalities in the province have the most debt with Eskom, (b) which municipalities do not meet the cash-coverage threshold requirement of one to three months and (c) what are the contributing factors that causes these municipalities not to meet the cash-coverage threshold?
 12 2 June 2023 14779

In respect of the Employment Equity Act, 1998 (Act 55 of 1998):

(a)   What has been the employment equity performance of each provincial department and their entities in compliance with the Employment Equity Act in (i) 2019, (ii) 2020, (iii) 2021, (iv) 2022 and (v) 2023 to date, (b) what is the detailed breakdown of the (i) compliant (aa) departments and (bb) entities and (ii) non-compliant (aa) departments and (bb) entities, (c) what are the details of the areas of non-compliance, (d)(i) what is the challenges, if any, for those departments and entities that are non-compliant and (ii) what strategies are used to fulfil the employment equity obligations by (aa) depart-ments and (bb) his Department as the central department responsible for the coordination of human resources in the Province?

 11 2 June 2023 14778
  1. What (i) is the number and (ii) are the details of the organisations working with children that are funded by her Department, (b) what is the detailed breakdown of the (i) amounts received by each organisation and (ii) organisations funded by municipalities, (c) what (i) is the number and (ii) are the details of the organisations working with children that have (aa) not been funded and/or (bb) received reduced funding from the Department in the current financial year compared to previous financial years?
 10 2 June 2023 14777

With regard to the improvement plans tabled by the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) to the Standing Committee on Social Development:

Whether her Department has any the plans to assist with the improvement of services and the eradication of long queues at the Sassa offices in Gugulethu and Philippi; if so, what are the relevant details?

 

 9 2 June 2023 14776
  1. What is the (i) vacancy rate for traffic officers in the province and (ii) breakdown by municipality and (b) what challenges are presented by the shortage of traffic officers?
 8 2 June 2023 14775

With regard to learner applications for the 2024 academic year that have been received by the WCED:

What is the number of applications that have been received thus far, (b) what is the breakdown by (i) race, (ii) age, (iii) gender and (iv) grade, (c)(i) what is the number of learners who have been successfully placed in schools for the 2024 academic year and (ii) what is the breakdown by (aa) school in which learners have been place and (bb) grade and (d)(i) what is the number of learners who have been rejected by all schools to which they applied for the 2024 academic year and (ii) what is the breakdown by (aa) race and (bb) grade?

 5 2 June 2023 14774

With regard to the H-2A Programme that allows US employers or US agents who meet specific regulatory requirements to bring foreign nationals to the United States to fill temporary agricultural jobs:

What is the number of farm workers from the province who have participated in the programme in (i) 2019, (ii) 2020, (iii) 2021, (iv) 2022 and (v) 2023 to date, (b) what is the (i) race, (ii) gender and (iii) age of the workers, (c) what is the salary range for the participants in the H-2A Programme per annum and (d) what role do his Department and the provincial government play in assisting workers to participate in this programme?

 4 2 June 2023 14773

Whether any Cabinet member or any senior provincial government official is under investigation for sexual harassment, sexual assault or sexual misconduct; if so, what are the relevant details?

 3 2 June 2023 14772
  1. Whether there is any legislation or constitutional provisions prohibiting his Department from acquiring pockets of suitable agricultural land to be distributed to emerging black farmers (black, coloured and Indian) for the purposes of farming; if so, what are the relevant details;

 

  1. what is the breakdown of the number of farms in the province owned by (a) white people, (b) coloured people, (c) black people and (d) Indian people;

 

  1. what is the breakdown of agricultural land in the province owned by (a) white people, (b) coloured people, (c) black people and (d) Indian people in (i) hectares and (ii) percentage terms;

 

  1. whether, in the spirit of cooperative governance, his Department engaged other departments or the national government for the purposes of land acquisition and redistribution among emerging black farmers (black, coloured and Indian) in the Western Cape; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
 1 2 June 2023 14770

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