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 irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure and unauthorised expenditure in the provincial government and at municipalities:  (1)    (a) What are the plans of his Department to introduce and implement preventative and pre-emptive measure in 

 7 7 May 2021 10985

What are the plans of his Department to build another access road for the community of Railton, Swellendam, and (b) what was the total expenditure for road and drainage infrastructure in Railton in (i) 2014/15, (ii) 2015/16, (iii) 2016/17, (iv) 2017/18, (v) 2018/19, (vi) 2019/20, (vii) 2020/21 and (viii) 2021/22 to date?

 6 7 May 2021 10984

With reference to the reply to question 7 of 1 April 2021 and his budget speech on 16 March 2021 where he stated: “Today I am pleased to announce the six candidate municipalities participating in the Municipal Energy Resilience Project in this financial year”:

 

  1. Whether he can clarify the contradicting messages from the written reply and the budget speech; if so, what are the relevant details;

 

 

  1. (a) what is the breakdown of the R68,8 million allocated to beat loadshedding in accordance with the budget allocation of 16 March 2021, (b) how many megawatt will be secured with these funds and (c) by when will any of the participating municipalities be off the Eskom grid?
 5 7 May 2021 10983

The contents of a media article dated 30 April 2021 with the title “Law and disorder: City of Cape Town’s special investigation unit head charged in cop fraud case” raise a number of questions about the lawfulness or legitimacy of the City of Cape Town’s Special Investigation Unit (SIU):

 

(1)        Whether he has conducted any enquiries into whether the City of Cape Town’s municipal police service complies with section 64E of the South African Police Service Act, 1995 (Act 68 of 1995); if so,

(2)        whether the City of Cape Town’s municipal police service is, in all respects, operating within the policing legislation; if so, what are the relevant details; if not,

(3)        whether he will be conducting an enquiry into the functions of the municipal police service performed or conducted by the City of Cape Town to assess that they comply with the relevant legislation; if so, what are the relevant details;

(4)        whether he made any specific enquiry or conducted any investigation into the functions of the City of Cape Town’s SIU; if not, why not;

(5)        given the media report, whether he will conduct an investigation or enquiry into the lawfulness of the City of Cape Town’s SIU and its functions; if so, what are the relevant details; if not,

(6)        whether he has engaged with the Provincial Police Commissioner on the allegations against the SIU and its head and/or its functions; if so, what was the outcome;

(7)        whether the City of Cape Town’s SIU conducted an investigation in 2016 into DA councillor candidates and produced a report on criminal convictions or criminal charges against some of them; if so, what are the relevant details;

(8)        whether the SIU has been involved in any investigation for political purposes; if so, what are the relevant details;

(9)        whether the SIU has been involved in any investigation that is outside the mandate of the municipal police service as provided for in the Act and/or the standards set by the national Police Commissioner; if so, what are the relevant details;

 

(10)      what process was followed for the appointment of the arrested SIU head by the municipal police service to head the unit?

 3 7 May 2021 10982
  1. (a) How many tenders for the maintenance of (i) schools and (ii) hospitals have been advertised since October 2019, (b) how many of these contracts were awarded to companies outside the Western Cape, (c) how many of these tenders require management contractors and (d) what is the CIDB grading required for these management contractors;

 

  1. whether tender F044 (maintenance at schools) advertised in October 2019 was awarded; if not, (a) why not and (b) how were the school facilities maintained during the period 2019 to date; if so, what are the relevant details;

 

  1. whether the Department has identified a panel of contractors; if so, (a) how often is this panel updated and (b) how is the selection of contractors undertaken;

 

  1. how many contractors are listed on the Western Cape Government database per CIDB grading;

 

with reference to tender F006/02 that is currently being processed, (a) how was this tender advertised, (b) how many interested parties responded to the advertisement, (c) what is the CIDB grading required for this tender and (d) what is the role of the management contractor in tender F006/02?

 2 7 May 2021 10981

With reference to the reply to question 9 of 26 February 2021:

 

  1. (a) Of the 1 544 school listed on the Department’s User Asset Management Plan, how many schools have (i) libraries, (ii) computer rooms and (iii) science laboratories and (b) what has happened to the 95 schools unaccounted for in the response (1 067 primary schools and 382 secondary schools equal 1 449 schools but there are 1 544 schools in the province according to the Department’s User Asset Management Plan and therefore 95 schools are unaccounted for);

 

  1. (a) what budget has been made available to resolve the problems at the 78 schools that have been identified as constructed from “inappropriate material” and (b) what budget has been made available for repairs at the 22 schools in need of repair;

 

  1. whether children are still attending the schools in (2); if so, (a) what are the relevant details and (b) in which areas are these schools situated;

 

  1. (a) what budget has been made available for repairs and maintenance at the schools identified and (b) how many school buildings have been transferred to the Department of Transport and Public Works since 2009?
 1 21 May 2021 10980
  1. (a) What is his Department’s Township Revitalisation Strategy, (b) what is its (i) rationale, (ii) objectives, (iii) budget and (iv) implementation model and (c) can copies of the strategy document and supporting documents be made available;

whether the Pick n Pay (PnP) supermarket stores is the only project of this Township Revitalisation Strategy; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the relevant details, including, (b) how many PnP stores have been implemented, (c) in which townships have they been implemented since the implementation of the strategy, (d) what criteria were used to choose them and (e) what is the performing status of each to date?

 15 9 July 2021 10979
  1. What is the market-related value of each of his Department’s rental stock units, (b) what is the (i) age, (ii) gender and (iii) race of tenants in government’s rental stock who are paying monthly rental fees of (aa) not more than R900 and (bb) more than R100?
 17 9 July 2021 10978

(1) Whether the community healthcare facilities in the province have waiting facilities and/or other measures to assist patients who are queuing outside for long; if not, (a) why not and (b) what are the plans to protect patients from the cold and rain during the winter; if so, what are the relevant details;

(2) what is the average waiting time to receive medical care at community healthcare facilities in the province, (b) how has COVID-19 affected the waiting times and (c) what measures have been put in place to minimise the spread of COVID-19 at our healthcare facilities where patients stand in long queues for hours in order to get medical care?

 16 9 July 2021 10977
  1. Whether all Ceres regional depot staff have been transferred to the Paarl office; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the relevant details, (b) when was the decision implemented, (c) where was it negotiated, (d) what is the full list of employees (inclusive of underaged children affected), (e) what are the demographics of the affected employees and (f)(i) for how long is transport assistance offered and (ii) why not for a longer period;
  1. whether due processes has been followed to dispose of public-works stock and/or property at the Ceres offices; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the relevant details and (b) what processes were followed;
  1. whether the process to dispose of stock was advertised; if so, (a) where and (b) when;
  2. whether he and his Department can provide a detailed list of the disposed items, including the prices paid for each item; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
 11 9 July 2021 10976

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