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

With reference to concerns raised regarding the proposed high-rise development in the historic core of the Cape Town CBD, including objections from heritage bodies and concerns about limited public awareness during the public participation process:

  1. What oversight role does his Department play in developments that may affect heritage sites, historic urban areas and culturally significant communities in the province and (b) what role does his Department, including Heritage Western Cape, play in ensuring meaningful public participation in developments affecting heritage sites, historic urban areas and culturally significant areas?
 7 22 May 2026 20938

What measures is his Department taking to protect residents, particularly poor and working-class households, from unlawful or excessive municipal tariff increases, (b) what engagement his Department has had with the City of Cape Town following the judgment regarding the financial and service delivery implications arising from the court ruling and (c) what oversight role did his Department exercise over the approval and implementation of the tariff structure adopted by the City of Cape Town prior to the court judgment;

(2)       whether concerns raised by residents, civil society organisations or ratepayer associations regarding the legality and affordability of the tariff structure were bought to his attention before the matter was taken to court; if so, what action was taken by his Department?

 6 22 May 2026 20937

With reference to correspondence sent to his office on 17 November 2025 by the Helderberg Residents Concerned Group (HRCG) regarding a request to partner with the provincial government on the development of community facilities on provincial land situated between the Soet River Canal and Broadway Boulevard in Strand:

  1. Whether his Department has provided any formal response to the HRCG since receipt of the correspondence in November 2025; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
  2. whether his Department has considered the proposal for the establishment of educational, social, recreational and community development facilities on the identified parcel of land; if so, what are the relevant details;
  3. whether any engagements, meetings or site assessments have taken place between his Department and representatives of the HRCG regarding the proposal; if so, what are the relevant details;
  4. whether the identified parcel of land is currently earmarked for any provincial devel-opment, conservation or other strategic purpose; if so, what are the relevant details?
 5 22 May 2026 20936

With regard to the implementation of the Priority Queuing System for elderly persons in government departments:

  1. Whether any provincial government departments currently implement the Priority Queuing System for elderly persons at service delivery points; (a) if not, why not;

(b) if so, (i) which departments currently implement such a system and (ii) what measures are in place to ensure its effective functioning;

  1. (a) which departments have recorded the successful implementation of the Priority Queuing System and (b) what best practices have contributed to its effectiveness;
  2. what challenges or obstacles have been identified in the implementation of the Priority Queuing System across departments;
  3. what interventions or recommendations are being considered by the provincial government to strengthen and standardise the implementation of the Priority Queuing System for elderly persons across all spheres of government service delivery?
 4 22 May 2026 20935

With reference to the Klipfontein Regional Hospital that was set to replace the decommissioned GF Jooste Hospital, and the ongoing delays this project has faced, and in the 2026 budget, funding is allocated to the “Metro West Hospital”, previously called the Klipfontein Regional Hospital:

  1. Whether the Metro West Hospital is the same project as the Klipfontein Regional Hospital; if not, where is or will the Metro West Hospital be located; if so, (a) why is the site on which the GF Jooste Hospital was previously located not being used for the project and (b) where is the new site for the hospital located;
  2. whether new land was acquired or bought for this relocation; if so, what was the cost of acquiring the land;
  3. with regard to the approximately R4,3 billion that has been reported as allocated to the Klipfontein Regional Hospital Project, whether Budget Facility for Infrastructure (BFI) funding was formally approved for or allocated to the Klipfontein Regional Hospital Project; if so, what are the relevant details;
  4. in the light of the significant delays in the project, what is the current status of the BFI allocation;
  5. whether the allocation remains fully intact; if so, what conditions, if any, now apply to retaining or accessing the allocation in the light of the delays;
  6. while smaller amounts appear to have been allocated for planning and preparatory work, what is the total amount of funding that has been spent on the project to date;
  7. although funding was reportedly allocated to the Klipfontein Regional Hospital Project as early as 2019, it appears to have only been formally reflected in the national budget in 2026: why was there a delay between the initial allocation and its appearance in the national budget;
  8. whether, at the time of the decommissioning of the GF Jooste Hospital, was funding already allocated or earmarked for the construction of the Klipfontein Regional Hospital; if so, (a) what amount was allocated and (b) in which financial year was this allocation made?
 2 22 May 2026 20934

With reference to the research conducted on the proposed increase to the free water and electricity allocations for indigent households:

  1. Whether the study will be released to the public; if so, when will it be released; if not, why not;
  2. whether a copy can be made available to any Member; if not, why not;
  3. what concrete steps is his Department taking to ensure that municipalities revise their indigent support policies in line with the updated research findings;
  4. whether his Department has set any (a) timelines or (b) targets for municipalities to review their indigent allocations; if so, what are the relevant details;
  5. according to his Department’s data, how many indigent households in the province exhaust their free electricity allocation before month-end;
  6. whether his Department has considered differentiated allocations for (a) larger households, (b) backyard dwellers or (c) multigenerational homes that consume more than what the current allocation allows; if so, what are the relevant details?
 1 22 May 2026 20933
  1. (a)   How many members of the Anti-Gang Unit of the South African Police Service are currently deployed in the Western Cape, (b) of those members, how many (i) have previous criminal records, (ii) have pending criminal cases and (iii) are currently under internal disciplinary investigation, (c)(i) how many members of the Anti-Gang Unit deployed in the province have been criminally charged since the establishment of the unit, (ii) what was the nature of the offences in cases where members of the Anti-Gang Unit were charged with crimes, (iii) how many of them remain actively deployed in operational roles, (iv) how many of them have been suspended and (v) how many of them have been removed from the unit and (d) how many complaints regarding the conduct of members of the Anti-Gang Unit in the Western Cape have been investigated by the Independent Police Investigative Directorate?
 14 17 April 2026 20932
  1. What is the average caseload per detective responsible for investigating murder cases in (a) Delft, (b) Bishop Lavis, (c) Manenberg, (d) Hanover Park, (e) Nyanga and (f) Philippi East;
  2. what is the number of gang-related murders that was recorded in the Cape Flats policing precincts (a) during 2025 and (b) in 2026 to date;
  3. (a) how many of these murder cases have resulted in suspects being (i) arrested and (ii) referred to court and (b) how many have resulted in successful convictions;
  4. how many gang-related murder cases on the Cape Flats remain unsolved to date?
 13 17 April 2026 20931

In relation to the prevalence of illegal drug houses in the province:

  1. How many drug houses have been identified in the province to date, (b) what measures are in place to prevent the re-establishment of drug houses after raids, (c) how many (i) arrests, (ii) prosecutions and (iii) convictions have resulted from operations tar-geting drug houses in the past two years, (d) what challenges, if any, has her Department identified in successfully prosecuting individuals linked to drug houses and (e) what strategies are being implemented to reduce the overall number of drug houses in the province?
 12 17 April 2026 20930

With regard to the deployment of 800 troops on the Cape Flats:

What long-term strategy exists to ensure sustained crime reduction beyond the temporary interventions?

 2 17 April 2026 20929

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