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

What is the number of reported (a) murders and (b) other violent crimes in (i) Hanover Park, (ii) Bonteheuwel, (iii) Khayelitsha, (iv) Philippi and (v) Nyanga in (aa) June 2020, (bb) July 2020, (cc) August 2020, (dd) September 2020, (ee) October 2020, (ff) Novem-ber 2020, (gg) December 2020 and (hh) January 2021?

 8 12 February 2021 10440

With regard to the deployment of Law Enforcement Advancement Plan (Leap) officers at various hotspot areas in the City of Cape Town:

  1. What is the number of officers deployed in (i) Hanover Park, (ii) Bonteheuwel, (iii) Khayelitsha, (iv) Philippi and (v) Nyanga in (aa) June 2020, (bb) July 2020, (cc) August 2020, (dd) September 2020, (ee) October 2020, (ff) November 2020, (gg) December 2020 and (hh) January 2021 and (b) what factors were considered and what criteria were followed to determine the number of deployed officers?
 7 12 February 2021 10439
  1. What are the details of the municipalities that have exceeded R500 000 for COVID-19 expenditure and (b) what is the total breakdown of the COVID-19 expenditure of all the municipalities in the province, including the (i) total expenditure per municipality, (ii) expenditure items and (iii) details of the (aa) small businesses, (bb) black-owned businesses and (cc) women-owned businesses that benefited from such expenditure in all the municipalities?
 6 12 February 2021 10438

What does the partnership with private hospitals entail in terms of (a) cost per bed and (b) eligibility?

 1 26 June 2020 10436

With regard to rising dam levels and the directive from the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) to local authorities supplied with water from the Western Cape Water Supply System (WCWSS) to lift water restrictions:

What engagements has he had with municipalities and the City of Cape Town, in particular, to review and lower tariffs and to lift restrictions?

 10 23 October 2020 10435
  1. (a) What is the number of crashes involving vehicles transporting farm workers to and from work that occurred in (i) 2014, (ii) 2015, (iii) 2016, (iv) 2017, (v) 2018, (vi) 2019, (vii) 2020 and (viii) 2021 to date, including the (aa) areas in which they occurred, (bb) number of the deceased and (cc) number of those injured and (b) what are the (i) plans and (ii) measures put in place to make the transportation of farm workers to and from work safer;

 

  1. whether the transportation of farm workers is regulated in the Western Cape; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

 

 5 12 February 2021 10434

With regard to Western Cape Government’s COVID-19 relief fund:

  1. What was the total expenditure of the fund between September 2020 and January 2021, (b) what criteria were followed to allocate the funds, (c)(i) how many businesses were funded, (ii) how much did each business receive, (iii) what are the geographical areas of the businesses, (iv) what is the gender of the business owners and (v) what are the types of business that were funded and (d) what is the number of small businesses that closed down in the Western Cape between September 2020 and January 2021?
 4 12 February 2021 10433

With reference to the call by unions to close Tygerberg Hospital:

(1) What were the reasons behind the demand for closure;

(2) whether the hospital will be closed; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;

(3) whether her Department responded to the claim that the hospital is a “breeding ground for COVID-19”; if not, why not; if so, what                  are the relevant details?

 8 19 June 2020 10432

(a) How many schools in the Drakenstein region have been affected by COVID-19 positive cases and (b) what was her Department’s response in this regard?

 7 19 June 2020 10431

What assistance has he and his Department been providing to the Drakenstein region, the area worst affected by COVID-19 infections outside the metropolitan area?

 6 19 June 2020 10430

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