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
  1. The Department is driving a number of key energy interventions as part of the Premier’s announced energy resilience programme.  These interventions range from interventions to drive energy efficiency as evident in my Department’s Property Efficiency Report to specific infrastructure interventions such as the installation of rooftop PV on government-owned buildings, the installation of around 970 solar geysers valued at R24 Million through subsidised housing projects and the identification and release of state land for possible solar plant installations.  Together with the Department of the Premier, the Provincial Treasury, the Department of Economic Development & Tourism and the Department of Local Government, my department will also drive further specific energy interventions around the development of an appropriate Independent Power Producer procurement framework for municipalities, the development of an energy project preparation facility for municipalities, a gas-to-power options and costing analysis, an analysis of the status of the grid infrastructure in the Western Cape towards identifying grid strengthening and expansion needs and the costing thereof, and identifying and unlocking barriers to new energy generation.
  2. While the provincial government tracks the various interventions across Western Cape municipalities it is difficult to quantify the exact number of energy interventions across the province as these are driven across all three spheres of government as well as the private sector. 
  3. It is difficult to quantify the cost associated with each project given the number of role-players involved.  At a Provincial level, the Premier in his state of the Province address has set aside R 1.1 billion over the MTEF period 2023/24 to 2025/26 for energy interventions with R 89 million earmarked to local authorities in 2022/23 to fund generators, while the Mayor of Cape Town has set aside R3,9 billion to end loadshedding.  The remaining municipalities will collectively invest around R1.9 billion in energy infrastructure.

 

  1. The exact quantum of generation capability is yet to be determined given the number of role-players involved across the three spheres of government as well as the private sector. 

 

 

 23 19 May 2023 14746

a)    How many renewable energy projects have been earmarked by his Department, (b) how many are currently underway in the province, (c) how much will be spent on each project and (d) what is the potential generation capacity of these projects?

 

 22 14 June 2023 14745

Whether he can provide a list of the 75 infrastructure projects that are planned in the Overstrand region; if so, (a) how much will be spent on each project and (b) how many jobs are set to be created by these projects?

 21 19 May 2023 14744

What measures have been put in place by her Department in order to assist homeless people in (a) the City of Cape Town and (b) rural areas in the province during the colder winter months?

 20 19 May 2023 14742
  1. Whether her Department provides any support to teenage parents; if so, what are the relevant details;
  1. whether her Department has any measures in place to reduce instances of pregnancy among schoolgoing-age children; if so, what are the relevant details?
 19 19 May 2023 14741

With regard to the recent outbreak of bird flu at poultry farms in the province:

  1. (a) How many animals had to be culled, (b) how widely spread was the prevalence of bird flu and (c) what is the economic value lost due to the outbreak;
  2. (a) what action steps did his Department take to curb the spread of bird flu, (b) what legislation enables his Department to act in cases of highly infectious diseases and (c) to what extent have the measures implemented succeeded in stopping the spread of bird flu among commercial chicken farms?
 18 19 May 2023 14740

With regard to the use of e-gates at the Cape Town International Airport:

  1. What work has her Department done to assist at gates at the Cape Town International Airport, (b) what are the challenges associated with the implementation of e-gates and (c)(i) what are the benefits of the current e-gate system and (ii) how can this system be improved?
 17 19 May 2023 14739

What is the current vacancy rate at the Plattekloof Forensic Laboratory and (b) what is the current backlog of samples related to sexual offences in the Western Cape?

 16 19 May 2023 14738

Since the deployment of the first LEAP officers in 2020:

How many firearms have been confiscated by LEAP officers, (b) how many arrests have LEAP officers participated in and (c) what is the approximate total value of the narcotics confiscated by LEAP officers?

 15 19 May 2023 14737

How many confiscated firearms are currently in storage and pending destruction in the Western Cape?

 14 19 May 2023 14736

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