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 |
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With reference to the current status of the KTC Housing Development Project: (a) What are the details of the housing allocations in the KTC Housing Development Project, (b) how many Breaking New Ground (BNG) houses have been constructed, (c) how many houses are still to be constructed, (d) what is the status of Phase 3 of the KTC Housing Development Project, (e) when will the development be completed, (f) what are the plans for the KTC informal settlement and its future development and (g) when will they be implemented and completed? |
16 | 16 July 2021 | 10687 |
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With regard to residents of KTC and Nyanga claiming that 100 families in KTC were to be included in the Forest Village Housing Project in Eerste River and that this has not happened: (a) What are the details of the housing allocations in the Forest Village Housing Project, (b) why were housing opportunities in the project not allocated to KTC residents, (c) whether there are any plans to include 100 beneficiaries from KTC in this project; if so, (i) when and (ii) how will the beneficiaries be identified; if not, (iii) why not and (iv) what are the relevant details? |
15 | 16 July 2021 | 10686 |
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With reference to the announcement by the national Department of Water and Sanitation that it will be reintroducing the Blue Dot and Green Dot water programmes after seven years of being inactive: Whether the Province has established any alternative initiatives in the absence of the national Blue Dot and Green Dot water programmes; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the relevant details, (b) what are the trends indicated from reports emanating from the aforementioned alternatives and (c) what impact has the inactivity of the programmes had on the quality of water in the province? |
14 | 16 July 2021 | 10685 |
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With reference to wasted vaccines, including spoiled COVID-19 vaccines: (a) What is the (i) percentage and (ii) total number of wasted COVID-19 vaccines in the province from the start of the phase 1b rollout until the latest date for which information is available, (b) why did the wastage of vaccines occur and (c) what are the details of the efforts implemented to (i) minimise and (ii) monitor the waste of vaccines in the province? |
13 | 16 July 2021 | 10684 |
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(1) Whether any of the government properties operate on green energy; if not; why not; if so, (a) what are the relevant details and (b) what percentage; (2) whether his Department has a green strategy; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (3) whether the Western Cape Government has a property management committee; if so, (a) who serves on that committee, (b) what is the mandate of that committee, (c) how long is the term of committee members and (d) how are these members selected? |
11 | 16 July 2021 | 10683 |
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With reference to the announcement of the allocation of 50 additional vehicles to the province during the second quarter of 2021: (1) (a) What is the required current establishment of SAPS vehicles in the province and (b) what is the actual number of vehicles in (i) 2020 and (ii) 2021; (2) whether these vehicles will be used for visible policing; if not, which division or divisions or station or stations will be the beneficiaries thereof; if so, what are the relevant details? |
10 | 16 July 2021 | 10682 |
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With reference to section 252A of the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977 (Act 51 of 1997): (1)(a) What is defined as a “trap” for informants to uncover and investigate operations in terms of section 252A of the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977, in relation to illegal drug trading, (b) what amount has been spent on this in the (i) 2017/18, (ii) 2018/19 and (iii) 2019/20 financial years and (c) what are the rewards offered to informants; (2) whether traps refer to informants as individuals; if so, how many of the traps have contributed to (a) arrests, (b) convictions and (c) the closure of drug houses? |
9 | 16 July 2021 | 10681 |
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(a) What does the SAPS define as a “known” drug house, (b) how many known drug houses are there in the province, (c) when was this data last recorded, (d) what is the process behind their prospective closure in terms of the mandate of the police service, (e) what percentage and how many of these drug houses are in (i) the metropolitan area and (ii) rural areas and (f) how many drug houses have been shut down in the (i) 2017/18, (ii) 2018/19, (iii) 2019/20 and (iv) 2020/21 financial years? |
8 | 16 July 2021 | 10678 |
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(a) How many pregnancies at schools have been registered amongst children in Western Cape schools of the age group (i) between 10 and 14 and (ii) 15 and 18, (b) how many pregnancies have been terminated, (c) how many of these pregnancies is because of sexual abuse and (d) how many of these pregnancies involved, (i) teachers, (ii) managers, (iii) Senior Management and (iv) other learners? |
17 | 17 September 2021 | 10677 |
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With regard to applications for learner placements for the 2022 academic year: (1) (a) What is the number of applications that have been received, (b) how many learners have been placed in schools, (c) how many are on the waiting list and (d) how many have been rejected; as at the latest date for which information is available; (2) whether she can provide a detailed breakdown of applications that have been (a) accepted, (b) rejected and on (c) waiting list according to (i) age, (ii) gender, (iii) race, (iv) grade, (v) education district and (vi) suburbs? |
13 | 17 September 2021 | 10676 |
