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

Whether her Department offered any assistance to Sassa to eradicate the backlog in temporary disability grants and care dependency grants; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

 

 23 5 March 2021 10578
  1. Whether her Department made any work arrangements to reduce the risk of COVID-19 infections, such as allowing staff to work remotely and/or on a rotational basis, at its (a) head office and (b) district offices in the period June 2020 to February 2021; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
  1. whether her Department took a decision to stop the work arrangements that had been implemented to reduce the risk of COVID-19 infection at its offices by allowing staff to work remotely and/or on a rotational basis; if so, what are the relevant details;
  1. what is the number of workers at its (a) head office and (b) district offices who contracted COVID-19 from March 2020 to date and (c) how many workers have died;
  1. what is the number of workers at its (a) head office and (b) district offices who (i) have comorbidities, (ii) are over the age of 60 years and (iii) are working from the office?

 

 22 5 March 2021 10577

With regard to his Department’s rental stock:

1. (a) What is the breakdown of the expenditure of his Department on the internal upgrading of (i) rental units and (ii) vacant units and (b) what is the cost of the upgrading per unit;

2. whether there have been any major (a) internal and (b) external upgrades of rental units in (i) 2017, (ii) 2018, (iii) 2019 and (iv) 2020 to date; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;

3. whether his Department has any approved policy on (a) rental stock and (b) the allocation of rental units to applicants; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;

4. (a) what criteria have to be met in order to allocate rental units and (b) where does the Department obtain the details of applicants to whom units are allocated?

 12 6 November 2020 10575

With regard to his Department’s rental stock:

1. Whether the rental units in Sanddrift and Philip Kgosana Drive (de Waal Drive) that had been allocated to applicants before those allocations were reversed and/or suspended are currently being occupied by security guards; if so, (a) what are the reasons for the reversal or suspension of the allocation of the units and (b) why are these units occupied by security guards;

2. whether the security guards are allocated (a) per unit, (b) per day or (c) per night in the same complex; if not, why not; if so, (i) what are the relevant details and (ii) why is his Department not allocating one or two security guards per complex depending on proximity or distance of those vacant units;

3. what is the detailed breakdown of his Department’s (a) budget and (b) expenditure on security companies for the vacant rental units per month for the (i) 2019/20 and (ii) 2020/21 financial years, including the (aa) number and (bb) details of the rental units that were secured by the security guards per month in those financial years and (cc) details and (dd) duration of the contract to secure these rental units?

 11 6 November 2020 10574

With regard to the reported closure of the Voor-Groenberg Primary School:

  1. (a) What is the estimated monthly expenses that will be added to her Department’s budget to move the children to the Wagensmakers Primary School and (b) what alternatives have been taken into account;
  2. whether the traveling expenses incurred by parents and teachers will be subsidised; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
  1. whether discussions regarding the closure of the school has been done in consultation with the South African Teachers Union and parents; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
 9 6 November 2020 10573

With reference to her statement on 27 October 2020 regarding the proposed six new shelters for the Western Cape:

1. Whether the memorandum of understanding (MOU) has been signed at national level; if not, why not;

2. (a) what are the details of the six sites, (b) what is the availability of service providers to support these sites, (c) what are the needs that each shelter will fulfil and (d) in which ways will the provincial government support the fulfilment of such needs?

 8 6 November 2020 10572

With reference to the proposed migration of early childhood development (ECD) from the national Department of Social Development to the national Department of Basic Education as announced by the President in February 2019:

1. Since the Minister’s call on 5 October 2020 for clarification on the proposed migration, what developments have taken place;

2. whether she has received a response from her national counterpart; if so, what are the relevant details;

3. (a) to what extent will the migration of ECD to the provincial Department of Education have an impact on (i) the performance of the Province to support ECD centres, (ii) the learners attending ECD centres, (iii) ECD practitioners and (iv) NGOs and (b) what are the budgetary considerations of this proposed migration?

 7 6 November 2020 10571

With reference to the Premier’s Western Cape recovery speech delivered at the Western Cape Provincial Parliament on Thursday 22 October 2020 and the “90-90-90” TB strategy announced therein:

(1) (a) What research and best practices inform this strategy, (b) in what ways will this be tailored for the context of the Western Cape, (c) when will the strategy be launch officially and (d) what are the proposed milestones for its achievements;

(2) whether the Province will use its own resources to deliver medication to those TB patients in vulnerable groups; if so, what are the relevant details;

(3) (a) what additional support will drug-sensitive TB patients receive, (b) how many of those patients have been identified in the Western Cape and (c) what proportion does represent of the total number of TB patients in the province?

 6 6 November 2020 10570

What are the (a) number, (b) names, (c) remuneration, (d) qualifications and experience and (e) roles of his advisers?

 5 6 November 2020 10569

Given the Competition Commission’s stance that “The minibus taxi industry needs to be subsidised through increased funding for the Taxi Recapitalisation Programme”:

Whether his Department plans to increase the funding for the Taxi Recapitalisation Programme, if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

 28 23 October 2020 10568

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