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. (a) How many staff members in each department (excluding employees of the Health and Education departments) have tested positive for COVID-19 since March 2020, (b) how many of these employees (i) have succumbed to COVID-19 and (ii) have yet to return to work due to COVID-19 and/or its complications, (c) what counselling programmes have been put in place for the affected employees and (d) how many employees have made use of these programmes in the last six months;

 

  1. whether the departments are making use of outside experts, such as psychologists; if not; why not; if so, what are the relevant details;

 

  1. whether a policy is in place to deal with working from home during the pandemic; if so, what are the relevant details;

 

  1. whether all the employees have been consulted about such a policy; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
 18 22 January 2021 10776

With reference to local drug action committees (LDACs):

 

    1. What is the status of LDACs in the province, (b) how many LDACs have been finalised per municipality in the province, (c) what is the breakdown of the LDACs and (d) (i) what is the role of her Department and its partner organisations in setting up and (ii) supporting LDACs?
 5 11 June 2021 10775

With regard to Western Cape Children’s Commissioner and her office:

 

(1) (a) What is the staff structure (organogram) of the office and (b) which positions (i) have been filled and (ii) are currently vacant;

 

(2)  whether premises for her office have been secured; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;

 

(3)  whether the necessary equipment and furniture have been procured; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;

 

(4)   whether (a) the office has been equipped with (i) telephone lines and (ii) an internet connection and (b) such details have been published publicly; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

 17 22 January 2021 10774

With reference to the reply to question 8 of 20 May 2021:

What are the reasons for the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs not having provided any recommendations, guidance, advice or suggestions to the South African Local Government Association (SALGA) or the relevant bargaining council regarding salary negotiations?

 4 11 June 2021 10773

According to media reports (23 November 2020) approximately R4 million worth of temporary housing building material has been lying unused on vacant land at the airport in Plettenberg Bay since 2018.

  1. (a) What material is this, (b) who procured it, (c) for what purpose was it procured, (d) who placed the building material at the airport, (e) why has the material not been utilised and (f) where is the material now;

 

whether this R4 million has been recorded as an irregular and fruitless expenditure; if not, why not?

 16 22 January 2021 10772
  1. How many cases of rape have been reported at the (i) Nyanga, (ii) Philippi, (iii) Bishop Lavis, (iv) Elsies River and (v) Manenberg police stations, (b) how many suspects have been arrested for rape at these police stations, (c) how many of those arrested have been charged with rape and (d) how many suspects are (i) awaiting trail and (ii) on trial?
 3 11 June 2021 10771

(a) What childhood (i) illnesses and (ii) deaths are linked to living conditions with limited access to clean water, poor sanitation and poor hygiene, (b) what is the child mortality rate from (i) childhood illnesses and (ii) acute diarrhoeal disease for period 2016 to 2021 for each of the health subdistricts in the Cape Town metropolitan area, (c) what is the child mortality rate of each of the health subdistricts above between 2016 and 2021, (d) what health and built-environment interventions are required to eliminate childhood illnesses and deaths and (e) what steps have been taken to implement these interventions?

 1 30 July 2021 10770
  1. How many cases of rape have been reported at the (i) Hanover Park, (ii) Delft, (iii) Mitchells Plain, (iv) Gugulethu, (v) Harare, (vi) Langa, (vii) Kraaifontein and (viii) Khayelitsha police stations, (b) how many suspects have been arrested for rape at these police stations, (c) how many of those arrested have been charged with rape and (d) how many suspects are (i) awaiting trail and (ii) on trial?
 2 11 June 2021 10769

In relation to road safety during the festive period, dated 1 December 2020 to 15 January 2021, in the Western Cape:

 

  1. How many (a) road crashes were recorded in the province and (b) fatalities through road crashes (inclusive of driver, passenger and pedestrian fatalities) were recorded in the province;

 

  1. how many (a) road crashes were recorded in the province and (b) fatalities through road crashes (inclusive of driver, passenger and pedestrian fatalities) were recorded in the province in the period (i) 1 December 2019 to 15 January 2020, (ii) 1 December 2018 to 15 January 2019 and (iii) 1 December 2017 to 15 January 2018;

 

With regard to the trends over the last several years:

 

  1. whether there has been a consistent increase or decrease in the number of (a) road crashes and (b) road-crash deaths;

 

  1. (a) to what can the increase or decrease in (i) road crashes and (ii) road-crash deaths be attributed and (b) what measures have been implemented to curb road crashes and the related deaths over the last several years and more recently during the 2020/21 festive period;

 

whether the national lockdown regulations have had an impact on road crashes and related deaths; if so, what are the relevant details?

 15 22 January 2021 10768

With regard to City of Cape Town’s property, including official accommodation:

 

  1.  What policy currently governs the provision of official accommodation to employees of the City of Cape Town;

 

  1. whether the City of Cape Town maintains a central database of all its official accommodation; if not, why not; if so, (a) how many Council properties are currently occupied by employees of the City of Cape Town, (b) how many Council properties are currently occupied by employees without a valid or current lease agreement, (c) how many Council properties are occupied by employees where the City of Cape Town receives (i) a “nominal” rent, (ii) a “market-related” rent and (iii) no rent and (d) how many Council properties are occupied by persons where a change of employee status (for example termination, retrenchment, retirement, death, promotion, demotion or transfer) should have resulted in vacation of the Council property by those persons;

 

with regard to the following Council properties: (a) Pinewood, Molteno Road, Oranjezicht, (b) 1 Silverboom Avenue, Welgelegen, (c) 2 Silverboom Avenue, Wel-gelegen, (d) 23 Rochester Road, Bantry Bay, and (e) 76 Kloofnek, Tamboerskloof, (i) who are the tenants of these properties, (ii) what positions do they hold in the City of Cape Town, and (iii) what has been the annual rental collected per property since 2010?

 14 22 January 2021 10767

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