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 regard to the resignation of the Western Cape Police Ombudsman on 30 October 2020: (1) What reasons were given for (a) his sudden resignation on 30 October 2020 and (b) him starting a new role in his Department on 2 November 2020; (2) whether a certain person, whose details have been furnished to his Department for the purpose of his reply, is working in his Department as the coordinator or implementer of the Western Cape Safety Plan; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the relevant details, (b) on what level is the post, (c) what is the remuneration package and (d) what recruitment process was followed to employ the incumbent; (3)(a) when was the post for the coordinator or implementer of the Western Cape Safety Plan created, (b) what is the job description, (c) what are the main responsibilities, (d) what are the details of the contract and (e) what is the duration of the contract? |
8 | 20 November 2020 | 10612 |
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With regard to the announcement by the Minister of Finance, Tito Mboweni, that the government has initiated a process to review regulation 28 to make it easier for retirement funds to increase investment in infrastructure, should their boards of trustees opt to do so: (1) What is his government’s response to this announcement; (2) whether his government has plans to consider the use of retirement funds to increase investment in infrastructure as opposed to taking up loans from financial institutions; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (3) whether his government will endorse the plan when a draft is published for public comment in the Gazette; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details? |
6 | 20 November 2020 | 10611 |
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With regard to the building of the Klipfontein Regional Hospital: (1)(a) What is the process update for the building of the hospital, including the (i) projected timelines and (ii) project budget and (b)(i) what is the total budget for the building project and (ii) how much of this will be provided by the (aa) provincial government and (bb) national government; (2) whether any work has been done at the identified site for the hospital; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
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5 | 20 November 2020 | 10610 |
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Whether his government has an economic reconstruction and recovery plan for the Western Cape; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details? |
4 | 20 November 2020 | 10609 |
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What was the Gini coefficient for (a) the Western Cape and (b) all the municipalities in the province in (i) 2009, (ii) 2010, (iii) 2011, (iv) 2012, (v) 2013, (vi) 2014, (vii) 2015, (viii) 2016, (ix) 2017, (x) 2018, (xi) 2019 and (xii) 2020 to date?
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3 | 20 November 2020 | 10608 |
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With regard to his upcoming mid-term policy statement: (1) What are the detailed plans for the reconstruction and recovery of the Western Cape economy; (2) whether he has consulted with citizens, the civil society and other social partners and stakeholders in preparing the adjusted budget estimates; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (3) whether, with regard to the widening inequalities in the province and the economic impact of COVID-19 on the poor, he will make provisions to protect the most vulnerable; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details? |
2 | 20 November 2020 | 10606 |
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(a) What are the (i);details and (ii) ;names of all the legal firms that have been contracted by the Western Cape Government since January 2019, (b)(i) ;how much was each firm paid, (ii) ;what are the details of the matters in which they were involved, and (iii) ;what is the breakdown of the information per department and entity, and (c) ;what is the number of black legal firms that has been contracted by the provincial government? |
8 | 8 October 2021 | 10605 |
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With reference to the reply to interpellation 2 of 12 August 2021: What is the state of readiness for the Municipal Energy Resilience Project, including (a) the business case, (b) the municipality and project identification of each participating municipality as indicated by his Department’s phased approach, (c) the detailed plan of Phase 1, (d) how many submissions were received from the request-for-information process in both the first call and the extended period of the deadline and (e) what the reason for the extension was? |
10 | 10 September 2021 | 10604 |
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The Western Cape office of the Department of Employment and Labour reported that there are 30 000 non-compliant employers in the province who do not register, who do not declare all and/or only some of their employees, or who deduct UIF from employees but do not pay such monies to the UIF: Whether this has been brought to his attention; if so, what are the (a) relevant details and (b) details of the remedial action taken by his Department? |
9 | 10 September 2021 | 10603 |
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(1) Whether his Department made any submissions to the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition on the Auto Green Paper on the advancement of new energy vehicles; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the relevant details and (b) can a copy of the submission be made available; (2) (a) what are the current initiatives of the provincial government for components and component availability for the automotive sector in the province, (b) what is the current footprint of the automotive sector in the province, including in small- and medium-sized businesses, and (c) what are the current skill levels for automotive and related services in the province? |
8 | 10 September 2021 | 10602 |
