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
  1. (a) How many (i) provincial and (ii) municipal law enforcement officers were deployed in response to the Western Cape taxi strike organised by Santaco and (b) what (i) was the cost of this deployment and (ii) are the details of this amount;
  2. whether any law enforcement officers have been injured while performing their duties during the response; if so, what are the relevant details of each case?
 8 25 August 2023 15110
  1. What amount was allocated to the South African Police Service in the province as an operational budget in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021, (iii) 2022 and (iv) 2023 and (b) how much funding has been made available to stations in each of the Western Cape’s police districts in the 2023 budget?
 7 25 August 2023 15109
  1. How many cases were opened against serving members of the South African Police Service at Western Cape police stations in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021, (iii) 2022 and (iv) 2023 to date and (b) what are the details of each case?
 6 25 August 2023 15108

(a)   What are the details of the municipalities that have energy master plans, (b) can a copy of each of the energy master plans be made available, (c) what are the estimated costs for the implementation of these strategies, (d)(i) what are the details of the municipalities that do not have energy master plans and (ii) what are reasons thereof and (e) what is her Department’s interventions to ensure that every municipality has this plan?

 4 25 August 2023 15107

In respect of the performance measured against the performance targets set between 2019 and 2023 of his former Department of Human Settlements:

 

(a)   What is the Department’s core mandates, (b) what are the annual targets attached to each core mandate, (c) how has the Department performed against its performance targets in (i) 2019, (ii) 2020, (iii) 2021, (iv) 2022 and (v) 2023 to date, (e) what is the detailed breakdown of each performance target per programme, (f) what are the challenges that the Department faced in achieving its targets, (g) what are the plans that the Department has put in place to improve its performance, (h) what (i) is the number of housing opportunities and (ii) are the detailed breakdown of top structures that have been delivered per subsidy in the same period as in (c) above?

 3 25 August 2023 15106

What (a) is the number and (b) are the details of the road crashes involving minibus taxis that took place in each municipal district since the beginning of the year?

 2 25 August 2023 15105

(a)   What (i) is the number and (ii) are the details of the taxi routes that are operational in the municipalities in the province and (iii) are the details of the associations that are operating these routes, (b) what is the number of taxi operating permits and/or operating licences that have been issued to the taxi industry and are legal for routes in the province in (i) 2019, (ii) 2020, (iii) 2021, (iv) 2022 and (v) 2023 to date, (c) what is the backlog of taxi operating permits per route in the province and (d)(i) what is the number of taxi operating permits that have been revoked per route in the province in for the same period as in (b) above and (ii) what are the reasons for such action?

 1 25 August 2023 15104

(1)  (a) What is the number of (i) minibus taxis, (ii) buses and (iii) private motor vehicles that have been impounded in each municipality in the province in (i) 2019, (ii) 2020, (iii) 2021, (iv) 2022 and (v) 2023 to date and (b)(i) what were the specific reasons for each impoundment and (ii) what is the average cost of impoundment for these vehicles;

(2)  what is the number of (a) minibus taxis that have been released from impoundment in each of the municipalities in the province in (i) 2019, (ii) 2020, (iii) 2021, (iv) 2022 and (v) 2023 to date and (b) how much was generated by each municipality from the impounding of these vehicles;

(3)  (a) what is the impact of impoundment on the minibus taxi industry and (b)(i) what role did his Department play in intervening in the recent taxi unrest in the province

and (ii) what are the details of the (aa) meetings held and (bb) outcomes of such meetings?

 3 11 August 2023 15052
  1. How many patients have been affected by the taxi strike organised by Santaco, (b) what are the details of these disruptions and (c) how many ambulances have been prevented from responding to patients’ emergencies due to strike-related protest action?
 13 30 August 2023 15048

Whether any infrastructure has been damaged during the recent taxi strike; if so, what is the preliminary cost estimate to repair the damage caused to infrastructure in the province?

 10 11 August 2023 15047

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