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 |
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With regard to Western Cape travellers that visited other provinces: (1) (a) What is the number of Western Cape travellers who visited other provinces during the Easter holiday, (b) what is the number of travellers from other provinces who visited the Western Cape during the Easter holiday and (c) what are the details of operations that his Department held during the Easter holiday; (2) whether travellers entering and/or leaving the province were screened or tested; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details? |
19 | 9 April 2021 | 10904 |
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(1) Whether her Department tested and/or screened travellers who entered the province during the Easter holiday; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) what are the details of operations that her Department held to contain the spread of COVID-19 during Easter holidays? |
18 | 9 April 2021 | 10903 |
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With regard to his Department’s Township Economic Growth Strategy: (1) Whether he can provide a copy of the Township Economic Growth Strategy; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) whether his Department has plans to review this strategy; if not, why not; if so, (a) when, (b) when will it be concluded and (c) why is it being reviewed; (3) whether his Department has conducted a performance evaluation of all the established Pick n Pay supermarkets; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the relevant details, (b) what challenges have been experienced and (c) how have they been addressed; (4) whether his Department has conducted a performance evaluation of the Township Economic Growth Strategy; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the relevant details and (b) whether the performance report of each project that forms part of this strategy can be provided; (5) whether he can give a breakdown of the expenditure for the Township Economic Growth Strategy since its inception to date; if not, why not; if so, what is the detailed breakdown of expenditure for the Pick n Pay Market Store Project in (a) 2017, (b) 2018, (c) 2019, (d) 2020 and (e) 2021? |
9 | 6 August 2021 | 10902 |
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With regard to human-settlements-related expenditure by his Department and municipalities between 2014/15 and 2020/21: Whether he can give a breakdown of the expenditure by his Department and municipalities in (a) 2014/15, (b) 2015/16, (c) 2016/17, (d) 2017/18, (e) 2018/19, (f) 2019/20 and (g) 2020/21, including details of (i) SMMEs and emerging contractors and (ii) big companies that benefited in each of the projects, including the amounts benefited by each; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details? |
17 | 9 April 2021 | 10901 |
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Whether his Department has paid and/or made any transfers of funds to municipalities for the payment of security contracts for housing projects in (a) 2014, (b) 2015, (c) 2016, (d) 2017, (e) 2018, (f) 2019, (g) 2020 and (h) 2021 to date; if so, what (i) are the relevant details, (ii) is the detailed breakdown of the expenditure per municipality and (iii) are the details of the companies that benefited? |
16 | 9 April 2021 | 10900 |
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With regard to unplaced learners in the province: (a) What is the number of learners who had not been placed in schools at the end of each quarter of academic year in (i) 2014, (ii) 2015, (iii) 2016, (iv) 2017, (v) 2018, (vi) 2019, (vii) 2020 and (viii) 2021 to date and (b) what (i) are the details of hotspot areas for unplaced learners, (ii) is the breakdown per grade and (iii) is the breakdown according to the (aa) race and (bb) gender of learners? |
15 | 9 April 2021 | 10899 |
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(1) (a) What progress has been made with regard to the AGMs and elections of community policing forums, (b) what challenges have been encountered, (c) what caused the delays in the process and (d) what is the role of municipalities in this regard; (2) (a) how many area-based teams have been established from the start of 2021 to date, (b) in which areas have they been established and (c) what is the cost breakdown of this exercise? |
8 | 6 August 2021 | 10898 |
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(1) (a) What are the details of transfers to municipalities for the building and renovation of sports facilities that have been made by her Department in (i) 2014, (ii) 2015, (iii) 2016, (iv) 2017, (v) 2018, (vi) 2019, (vii) 2020 and (viii) 2021 to date and (b) what is the detailed breakdown of the expenditure for each transfer; (2) what is the state of sports facilities in the province, including a detailed breakdown per municipality of the condition of each facility in the municipal area; (3) whether there are any sports facilities that have been rezoned for a different purpose in the province in the last eight years? |
14 | 9 April 2021 | 10897 |
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(1) Whether her Department knows how many children walk 5 km to learner transport pick-up points; if so, what are the relevant details; if not; (2) whether her Department will investigate to determine the number; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (3) whether the Department will consider some innovative and cost-effective measures to assist the learners who walk 5 km to learner transport pick-up points and/or to schools in the province; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details? |
13 | 9 April 2021 | 10895 |
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With regard to media reports (IOL) on 2 April 2021 about the discovery of a 17-year-old girl’s body near a farm in Groot Drakenstein in Paarl: (1) What is the number of deaths that have been recorded of learners walking to and from school in the province in (i) 2014, (ii) 2015, (iii) 2016, (iv) 2017, (v) 2018, (vi) 2019, (vii) 2020 and (viii) 2021; (2) whether children walking for 5 km to a learner transport pick-up point and/or to school poses a risk to their lives; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the relevant details and (b) what measures have been put in place to improve the safety of learners who walk to school or to bus pick-up points, particularly in rural communities? |
12 | 9 April 2021 | 10894 |
