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 regard to the Public Protector’s ruling against the Minister of Local Government, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning in the province:

  1. Whether he has taken time to engage the Minister regarding his conduct and the seriousness of the findings against him; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
  1. what are the implications and impact of the findings on the functioning of the provincial government and its image;
  1. whether any (a) remedial action and (b) mitigation strategies have been put in place (i) to improve government efficacy in this regard and (ii) to prevent the reoccurrence of these transgressions; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
 2 12 February 2021 10419

With regard to the risk of a second wave of COVID-19 infections:

(a) What is the risk of the province being hit by the second wave of COVID-19 infections and (b) what steps have been taken to prepare the public healthcare system for this?

 

 9 23 October 2020 10418

According to the procurement reports issued from April to September 2020, the following payments have been made for accommodation and other services:

  1. Lagoon Beach Hotel: R64 684 378,25; (b) Houwhoek Hotel: R5 193 900,00; (c) Bidvest Properties: R3 263 759,16; (d) CTICC: R44 771 904,21; (e) Muster Property Services: R13 437 582,44; (f) Protea Hotel, Durbanville: R2 488 435,75; and (g) Reeds Country Lodge: R1 275 710,00:
  1. whether each of the facilities listed above had the necessary accreditation to handle or dispose of medical waste; if so, what are the relevant details;
  1. who was accommodated at each of the facilities listed above over the period April to September 2020;
  1. what happened to the equipment procured for use at each of the facilities listed above;
  1. whether each of the facilities listed above provided the various departments with full reports on how the funding was spent; if so, can copies of these reports be made available?
 1 12 February 2021 10417

With regard to his commitment during his SOPA address on 20 February 2020 that his government would build 30 security fences at schools in high-risk locations each year for the next five years:

1. Whether he can give an update on this commitment, including the (a) number and (b) details of the schools where the fences have been built in the 2020 academic year; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;

2. (a) what are the details of schools that have been selected for the 2021 academic year and (b) what are the selection criteria for these schools;

3. whether there has been any changes to the plan to build 30 security fences at schools each year for the next five years; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

 8 23 October 2020 10416
  1. Whether he can give a detailed breakdown of each department’s expenditure on PPE, including the (a) unit price, (b) quantity purchased and (c) details of the supplier and/or manufacturer used; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
  1. what are the (a) details of local suppliers and (b) amount paid to each of them for the purchase of PPE;
  1. whether the provincial government has procured any of its PPE from the Proudly SA website, which lists several local suppliers; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
  1. what are the reasons for the varying amounts paid by different departments for the same PPE items;
  2.  whether he will institute an investigation into the different prices being paid for the same PPE items by the provincial government’s departments; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
 8 12 June 2020 10415

With regard to applications for enrolment at public schools:

(a) At what point is public schools declared full, (b) who makes this determination, (c) what legislation is used to determine this and (d)(i) how, (ii) when and (iii) by who is this communicated to the parents   and the general public?

 7 23 October 2020 10414

(a) What is the status of human-settlement projects at (i) Ysterplaat, (ii) Culemborg, (iii) Wingfield, (iv) Denel and (v) Youngsfield and (b) when does his Department expect to hand over housing opportunities to the beneficiaries at these five sites?

 6 23 October 2020 10413

What is the process for the transfer of land to the Housing Development Agency (HDA) for the purpose of human-settlement projects in cases where the land is owned and/or managed by the (a) national government and (b) provincial government?

 5 23 October 2020 10412

1. (a) How many kidnappings have been recorded in (i) 2019/20 and (ii) 2020/21 to date, (b) for each financial year in (a), how many of the kidnap victims were children and (c) how many (i) hostage crises, (ii) negotiating teams and (iii) trained hostage negotiators are there in the province;

2. how prevalent are child kidnappings in the Western Cape;

3. whether child kidnappings are linked to organised crime; if so, what are the relevant details;

4. whether his Department is monitoring reports of attempted child kidnappings; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

 4 23 October 2020 10411

With reference to the Waaikraal and Amalienstein farms:

 

1. For each year since the financial statements have been drafted in their current format, what are the amounts of the financial support that have been transferred by (a) his Department or (b) from other sources to each of these farms’ finances, which have been included in the figures shown as “income” for each of these farms;

2. how much has Casidra charged the farms for its role in managing the farms for each of the last three financial years;

3. (a) which entity or entities are funding the research and/or studies in order to turn around the financial position of these farms for each of the last three financial year and (b) what is the estimated costs for these services?

 3 23 October 2020 10410

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