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 has been the average cost per municipality of a ream of 80 gsm bond copy paper delivered on site during the last financial year for a sample of ten local governments in the province?

 5 31 January 2020 10356

For each of the last three academic years:

  1. (a) What has been the average annual cost to his Department for each full-time equivalent student studying at the Elsenburg Training Institute and (b) what has been the average annual contribution from outside sources (donors, parents, etc) for each full-time equivalent student at the Elsenburg Training Institute;
  1. for the students who obtained full qualifications, what percentage obtained their qualifications within the minimum prescribed time expressed as a percentage of the number of students originally entered as full-time students?
 4 31 January 2020 10355
  1. What are the full-time programmes that the Elsenburg Training Institute offer from January 2020;
  1. whether Elsenburg obtained the required approval or accreditation from outside bodies to offer these programmes; if not, (a) what are the details of the applications to offer these programmes and (b) what matters are still outstanding; if so, when was the approval granted;

 

  1. (a) for how long will students who did not finish their studies in the minimum time be supported in those programmes that are to be phased out and (b) what level of support will be offered to them?

 

 3 31 January 2020 10354
  1. What is the ratio of libraries to schools in the province, (b) what is the ratio of libraries to schools in each quintile and (c) how many schools are without libraries?

 

 2 31 January 2020 10353

It was reported that on 7 July 2020 that 30 000 firearms would have been destroyed in Vereeniging, Gauteng, by the SAPS:

(a)    How many of these destroyed firearms were confiscated in the Western Cape and (b)     over what period have they been confiscated?
 

 9 24 July 2020 10352

With regard to the 2019 Western Cape matric results:

  1. What (a) was the province’s pass rate for each quintile, (b) is her Department’s budget allocation for each quintile and (c) is the budget allocation for each quintile per learner;
  1. in an article published in the Weekend Argus titled “Over 80% pass rate predicted for Western Cape matric results” it was reported that she had said that reduced budgets were a factor to consider in the decline of the province’s matric pass rate; if this is correct, why did she cut the budget for public ordinary schools in the province by R34 million in November 2019;
  1. what (a) is the Western Cape’s learner retention rate from grade 1 to grade 12 and (b) plans are in place to assist learners who have left the schooling system early?

 

 1 31 January 2020 10351

(1)    (a) What is or was the total amount that the City of Cape Town spent on the Strandfontein Camp for the Homeless, (b) which company or companies got the contracts to manage the Ubuntu 1, 2 and 3 sites in this camp, (c) what is (i) the value of the contracts for the management of the Ubuntu 1, 2 and 3 sites and (ii) the value spent to date and (d) what process was followed to award those contract or contracts;

(2)    whether other bids to manage those sites were received; if so, why they were not selected;

(3)    (a) what is the total funding allocated by the City of Cape Town to homeless shelters, (b) what are the amounts allocated to each shelter, (c) which companies or organisations got the contracts to manage the Culemborg site and (d) what is the value of the contract to manage the Culemborg site?
 

 8 24 July 2020 10350
  1. How many drug-related arrests have been made in the province in the (i) 2015/16, (ii) 2016/17, (iii) 2017/18, (iv) 2018/19 and (v) 2019/20 financial years and (b) what is the rand value of the illicit substances confiscated by the SAPS over the last five financial years?
 11 11 September 2020 10349

With reference to the article in Die Burger (page 4) on Monday 7 September 2020 titled “Police find dagga and tik in Swartland” (“Polisie kry dagga en tik in Swartland”):

  1. What is the nature and details of the standard operating procedures that inform operational task teams and the confiscation of illegal substances, (b) when, (c) where and (d) by whom will the confiscated illegal substances be destroyed?
 10 11 September 2020 10348
  1. How many SAPS officers in the Western Cape have been trained for gender-based violence sensitisation in the last five financial years;
  2. whether the provincial government supplemented such training; if so, what are the relevant details;
  3. (a) how many members of the Victim Empowerment Programme (VEP) of the SAPS in the province are currently being investigated about matters relating to misconduct or poor performance and (b) what is the status of these investigations?
 9 11 September 2020 10347

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