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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(a) What was or were the source or sources of the funding made available to ostrich farmers during the avian influenza pandemic of 2011, (b) what would be needed for South Africa to export again raw ostrich meat to the countries of the European Union and (c) what are the conditions of farmers or of an agricultural sector to qualify for financial support from the government? |
12 | 1 April 2021 | 10817 |
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(a) How will the Community Economic Recovery Programme be rolled out in the various communities in the province, (b) how will the beneficiaries be identified, (c) what mechanism will be put in place to ensure that these vouchers (i) are not used for political purposes and/or (ii) are not distributed by political members, (d) what are the processes currently in place for communities to apply to her Department for these vouchers? |
11 | 1 April 2021 | 10816 |
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(1) (a) What projects has the War Room completed to date, (b) what has been the impact of these projects with reference to the stated aims of the War Room, (c) what projects of the War Room are still to be completed and (d) when will they be completed; (2) whether the War Room will operate in the 2021/22 financial year; if not, (a) what will happen to it and (b) why; if so; (c) what are the relevant details, (d) how much has the War Room cost the provincial government and Wesgro to date and (e) how have these costs been allocated or spent? |
10 | 1 April 2021 | 10815 |
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(1) Whether the Provincial Treasury and/or the Western Cape provincial government has an Employment Equity Plan; if so; (2) whether the Provincial Treasury implements this plan; if so, what are the relevant details; (3) whether his Department has appointed two white male candidates, both previously from National Treasury, in senior management positions (DDG: Fiscal and Economic Services and Chief Director: Local Government Public Finance); if so, what are the relevant details; (4) whether these appointments complied with the Employment Equity Plan, if so, in what way; (5) whether or not the appointees are or were in a pre-existing life partner relationship (DDG: Fiscal and Economic Services and Chief Director: Local Government Public Finance); if so, what are the relevant details; (6) whether these partners are employed in the same unit, with the one reporting to the other; if so, what are the relevant details; (7) whether the DDG’s relationship did not cause a conflicted of interest when appointing his partner as Chief Director; if not, why not; if so, (8) whether this conflict was disclosed and addressed; if so, how; (9) how were these appointments made? |
9 | 1 April 2021 | 10814 |
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(1) (a) Which entity or entities should be approached for permission by land owners who wish to construct weirs in rivers, such as the Berg River, (b) who determines the design of such weirs and (c) how can it be ensured that the needs of canoeists and others who use rivers for sports activities are considered in the design of structures affecting the natural water flow; (2) (a) which entities are by law responsible for the control of alien and invasive vegetation, such as the water hyacinth, in rivers and riverbeds and (b) what support has the national Department of Environmental Affairs in the past rendered to the Western Cape? |
8 | 1 April 2021 | 10813 |
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With regard to the seven municipalities that will be part of Energy Resilience Programme announced in the budget to the value of R70 million: (1) What are the details of the (a) distribution of these funds per municipality, (b) purpose, (c) time frames and (d) implementation method adopted; (2) whether these municipalities applied for the section 34 ministerial determination; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the relevant details, including (b) the date of the application made by each municipality and (c) the stage in which each municipality is in the application process of the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE); (3) whether, with regard to those municipalities that have applied according to (2) above, their new generation capacity project will be delivered through an internal or external mechanism defined in section 76(a) or (b) of the Local Government: Municipal Systems Act, 2000 (Act 32 of 2000), in accordance with the requirement of the DMRE’s “Municipality guide to a s34 determination”; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (4) whether any of the seven municipalities intend to provide “small-scale embedded generation” for their own use; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the relevant details and (b) have they registered with NERSA? |
7 | 1 April 2021 | 10812 |
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With reference to the Year Beyond data programme: (1) For the most recently graduated cohort, (a) what were the criteria used to select the individuals for the programme, (b) where in the province do they reside and (c) after the individuals were sent to their workplaces, does programme continue to support them in any way; (2) whether there are any plans for the programme to continue for a new cohort; if so, what are the (a) details and (b) time frames for this; (3) whether there are plans to expand the programme to include more participants; if so, what are the relevant details; (4) what other interventions does her Department support in the fight against youth unemployment? |
6 | 1 April 2021 | 10811 |
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(a) How many investigations were launched into alleged corrupt SAPS members in the Western Cape since 2009, (b) how many of these investigations have been concluded, (c) how many SAPS members have been found guilty, (d) how many SAPS members who were implicated were dismissed, (e) how many still remain in the police service and (f) why was it not possible to dismiss them? |
5 | 1 April 2021 | 10810 |
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With reference to SAPS officials deployed in this province from other provinces: (1) (a) How many SAPS officials have been called up from other provinces to support operations in this province, (b) what is the breakdown of officials in terms of their respective provinces of origin, (c) what are the aims and objectives for the deployment of the officials to each of these operations, (d) how many officials receive subsidies for (i) accommodation, (ii) meals, (iii) laundry and (iv) other general allowances and (e) what is the rand value for (i) to (iv) above; (2) whether any of the officials referenced in (d) above have permanent bases in the province; if so, what are the relevant details? |
4 | 1 April 2021 | 10809 |
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With regard to the National Draft Museum Policy: Whether the policy has been finalised; if not, (a) why not and (b) when does the Department expect it to be finalised; if so, where can a copy of the policy be obtained? |
3 | 1 April 2021 | 10808 |
