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 reference to the reply to question 17 of 9 July 2021: (1)Whether there are any tenants of government rental stock units who are paying less than the stipulated market-related value; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the relevant details and (b) why; (2) what are the income levels of all those tenants who are paying less than (a) R1 000 and (b) R100 in monthly rental fees? |
9 | 30 July 2021 | 10797 |
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(a) What are the (i) details, (ii) ages, (iii) gender and (iv) qualifications of the persons who applied for the position of Chief Education Specialist: Governance and Examination (Specialist Advisor), (b) how many persons were shortlisted, (c) when was the need for the position identified and created and (d) when was the last day in office as Head of the Western Cape Education Department of a certain person whose name has been furnished to her Department for the purpose of her reply? |
8 | 30 July 2021 | 10796 |
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(1) (a) What lessons have been learned from the collaboration schools pilot, (b) what challenges have been highlighted and (c) how is her Department addressing these challenges; (2) whether there are any (a) principals and (b) SMTs from the collaboration schools that have resigned in the period 2019 to 2021 to date; if so, what are the relevant details; (3) whether she and her Department have received correspondence from parents and SGB members from the Apex Primary School regarding challenges with the service level agreements at their school; if so, (a) when were the letters written, (b) what were they complaining about and (c) how did she and her Department respond and address these challenges? |
6 | 30 July 2021 | 10795 |
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(1) (a) What is the total budget for learner transport in the Western Cape, (b) what is the breakdown of this per district, (c) what is the number of operators that are operating in each of the education districts in the province and (d) what is the total budget that has been saved during the closure of schools; (2) whether her Department has received any complaints from transport operators regarding the nature of contracts signed with them; if so, what are the relevant details; (3) whether there are plans to provide bus operators with financial assistance following the impact of the third wave of COVID-19; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details? |
5 | 30 July 2021 | 10794 |
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With reference to the reply to question 1 of 25 June 2021: (1) (a) What was the number of SAPS employees on the actual establishment in the province in (i) 2018, (ii) 2019, (iii) 2020 and (iv) 2021 to date, as at the latest date for which information is available, (b) what is the actual number of employees per station and at other units in the province in (i) 2018, (ii) 2019, (iii) 2020 and (iv) 2021 to date, as at the latest date for which information is available, and (c) how many shifts are executed per day at each respective station; (2) whether the actual allocation of members per station is split per shift; if so, what are the reasons for this? |
4 | 30 July 2021 | 10793 |
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With reference to ‘mob justice’: |
16 | 17 September 2021 | 10791 |
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With reference to the article ‘Cops are getting away with misconduct’ (Cape Argus, front page, 14 September 2021) and the 2,057 officers in the Western Cape charged with violent misconduct since 2012: (a) How many cases of sexual assault were committed by these officers, (b) how many of these officers faced disciplinary action, (c) what disciplinary action was taken against them and (d) what measures has the national Ministry of Police and SAPS put in place to prevent sexual assault cases at the hands of police officers? |
15 | 17 September 2021 | 10790 |
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With reference to his reply to question 3 of 30 July 2021: (a) What is the total number of backlogged cases as a result of delayed DNA processing at SAPS Forensic Science Laboratory in the Western Cape, (b) how many of these cases are related to sexual offences, (c) what measures, if any, has the national Minister of Police employed to address this issue, (d) what are the dates of when he took any such actions, (e) what is the expected timeline for the machines to become operational, (f) which methods, if any, of DNA processing has SAPS FSL utilised in the absence of the unused DNA processing machines, (g) what progress has the SAPS made with regards to re-initiating the bidding process for the servicing of the DNA processing equipment? |
14 | 17 September 2021 | 10789 |
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With regard to the non-servicing of DNA machines used to process specimens specifically related to gender-based violence (GBV) at the SAPS Forensic Sciences Laboratory in Plattekloof: (1) Whether there has been any changes in the working status of the machines since they were last reported as out of order; if not, why not; if so, what measures are in place to maintain the working status of the machines; (2) (a) what are the details of the contract management that led to the machines not being serviced since 2019, (b) how often should these machines be serviced, (c) how long can these machines be left without being serviced and (d) how many days has it been since they were declared out of order; (3) how many matters related to gender-based violence form part of the DNA backlog in the province, as at the latest date for which information is available; (4) whether there is a time frame available for clearing this backlog; if so, what are the relevant details? |
3 | 30 July 2021 | 10788 |
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With regard to the Western Cape Safety Plan:
With regards to the proposed appointment of “safety ambassadors”:
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3 | 4 December 2020 | 10787 |
