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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According to the Second Adjustment Budget, the Department of Economic Opportunities granted funds of approximately R38,2 million to various businesses by means of the Western Cape COVID-19 Business Relief Fund:

 

    1. What is the total value of the funding made available for the Western Cape COVID-19 Business Relief Fund,
    2. what is the total value of the planned or anticipated future funding to be granted to businesses from the Western Cape COVID-19 Business Relief Fund,
    3. how many businesses have received or have been approved to receive funding from the Western Cape COVID-19 Business Relief Fund,
    4. how many businesses applied for the Western Cape COVID-19 Business Relief Fund grant,
    5. how many businesses’ applications were declined,
    6. how many businesses’ applications are anticipated to receive future funding from the Western Cape COVID-19 Business Relief Fund,
    7. what is the geographical distribution, according to the Western Cape municipalities (number of businesses per municipality), of the businesses that have received or have been approved for grant funding,
    8. what were the qualifying criteria for businesses to access the Western Cape COVID-19 Business Relief Fund grants,
    9. what were the disqualifying criteria for businesses to be refused or declined access to the grants,
    10. if there were more applicants than the Western Cape COVID-19 Business Relief Fund was able to support, how were applicant businesses scored against each other in order to identify which businesses would receive Western Cape COVID-19 Business Relief Fund grants and which businesses would not,
    11. under what terms and conditions did businesses accept the grant funding and
    12. how many (i) black-owned and (ii) women-owned businesses received or were approved to receive this grant?
 2 4 December 2020 10786

With respect to the ongoing safety and security concerns about the rail infrastructure in the Western Cape and following Prasa’s briefing to the Standing Committee on 22 June:

(a) How many incidents of vandalism and/or theft have been recorded for the period 1 January to 30 June 2021 at all train stations in the province, (b) what is the cumulative value of this for the period in question, (c) what corrective actions have been taken or are in progress to combat such incidents and (d) what is the current number of security personnel deployed at each train station in the province?

 2 30 July 2021 10785

According to the Second Adjustments Budget, the Department of Education transferred R40 million to the Department of Transport and Public Works for the Department of Education’s office relocation and refurbishment:

 

  1. Whether the relocation is to (a) a provincial building or (b) leased office space; if (a), to which building; if (b), (i) when was the lease concluded, (ii) when does (aa) the lease commence and (bb) it terminate, (iii) what is the gross lettable area (GLA), (vi) what is the total value of the rental, (v) what is the cost of the relocation, (vi) what is the cost of the refurbishment and (vii) what are the details of the refurbishment;

 

  1. whether the refurbishment include a private bathroom for the Minister of Education; if so, what (a) are the details and (b) is the cost of the bathroom?
 1 4 December 2020 10784

(a)  How many warrants for arrest for domestic abuse have been issued and (b) of these, how many have been executed in the (i) 2017/18, (ii) 2018/19 and (iii) 2019/20 financial years?

8 11 December 2020 10783

On 26 March 2019 the previous Minister of Human Settlements confirmed to the Western Cape Provincial Parliament that 8,4 hectare of land was being released in the Bo-Kaap, Oranjezicht, Tamboerskloof and in the CBD of Cape Town for “extraordinary high-density” housing for 10 000 beneficiaries:

  1. How many hectares of land have been transferred to the Department of Human Settlements by the Department of Transport and Public Works in the Bo-Kaap, Oranjezicht, Tamboerskloof and the CBD for housing purposes;

 

  1. what are the details of the land that has been transferred, including (a) where this land is, (b) when it was transferred and (c) what the size of the land is;

 

  1. what housing projects are planned for each site, including (a) the type of housing, (b) who will develop it and (c) how will the beneficiaries be identified;

 

  1. who will develop this housing;

 

  1. what progress has been made with the development of housing at each site?
 7 11 December 2020 10782

How many land invasions have taken place this year in each region of the province, (b) on how many housing opportunities have illegal occupations had an impact and (c) how much money has the (i) provincial Department of Human Settlements and (ii) City of Cape Town spent on litigation related to these sites?

 5 11 December 2020 10781

With regard to the plan according to which half of the Garden Route District Municipality’s staff will work from home due to the resurgence of COVID-19 in the Garden Route and the gradual implementation of the plan:

 

 

(1)       (a) What is the breakdown of the details of the plan to be implemented      at the Garden Route District Municipality, (b) by when will the plan be implemented and (c) how will it be implemented gradually;

 

(2)       which factors informed the decision about which staff members will be working from home;

 

(3)       whether the change in the work location of staff members will affect the service delivery in the district; if not,

(a) why not and (b) how will good service delivery be upheld?

 4 11 December 2020 10780
  1. Whether the Province, through the national procurement process, has purchased any doses of candidate COVID-19 vaccines in advance; if so, what are the relevant details;
  2. What are the anticipated timelines for a COVID-19 vaccine roll-out in the Western Cape?
 2 11 December 2020 10779
  1. Whether the Province has conducted a COVID-19 vaccine readiness assessment; if so, (a) what are the relevant details and (b) if it includes cold-chain infrastructure to receive and deliver COVID-19 vaccines;

 

  1. what is the preparedness of the Province for a COVID-19 vaccine roll-out;

 

  1. whether the Province has a COVID-19 vaccine roll-out plan; if so, how will vulnerable members of the population be prioritised?
 1 11 December 2020 10778

With regard to Cape Access centres in the Western Cape:

 

  1. Whether any centres are closed; if so, what are the relevant details;

 

  1. how many clients have been served by each of these centres in the last six months;

 

  1. whether all the centres have been sufficiently staffed during the last six months; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;

 

  1. whether all the centres are currently online and operational; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
 19 22 January 2021 10777

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