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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With regard to the additional R59,7 million made available by the national government, which she announced in November 2019, that is to be used to employ social workers in areas where there is a high prevalence of gender-based violence, substance abuse and issues affecting children in the province:

  1. What is the detailed breakdown of the expenditure to date, (b) how many social workers have been deployed and (c) where have they been deployed?

 

 13 6 March 2020 10284
  1. What is the number of ablution facilities that can be used at Bongolethu Primary School in Oudtshoorn;
  1. whether her Department has plans to fix the ablution facilities at the Bongolethu Primary School; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

 

 12 6 March 2020 10283

With reference to the Western Cape Safety Plan:

  1. What provisions have been made to combat gender-based violence (GBV) and femicide and (b) how much is budgeted for GBV campaigns?

 

 

 

 

 

 11 6 March 2020 10282

With reference to the broadband roll-out of the provincial government:

  1. What is the total expenditure of the project for (a)(i) phase 1 and (ii) phase 2, (b) what is the detailed breakdown of the expenditure in terms of (i) infrastructure costs, (ii) labour costs and (iii) data-related costs;
  1. whether the provincial government owns the broadband infrastructure or rents it from the service provider;
  1. (a) how many sites are (i) in the metropolitan area of the City of Cape Town and (ii) outside the metropolitan area of the City of Cape Town metro and the surrounding rural areas;
  1. (a) how many schools and government buildings in the metropolitan area and outside the metropolitan area have been connected, (b) how many sites in total that are not buildings or schools of the Western Cape Government in the metropolitan area and outside the metropolitan area have been connected and (c) what are the details of these sites?

 

 10 6 March 2020 10281

Whether her Department has received any complaints from schools in the Southern Cape about shebeens in the vicinity of schools; if so, how is the Department attending to these complaints?

 

 9 6 March 2020 10280
  1. (a) How many religion-based schools have been closed by her Department since 2014 and (b) what were the reasons for the closure of each school;

 

  1. whether her Department offers any management support with regard to the administrative challenges that these schools are facing, if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;

 

  1. whether her Department offers any assistance to poor, private religion-based schools by for example supplying them with textbooks; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

 

 8 6 March 2020 10279

Whether her Department made any progress with the improvement of the safety of learners and educators at schools in Philippi, Khayelitsha, Manenberg, Bonteheuwel and Delft, and at schools in other areas with high crime rates; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

 

 7 6 March 2020 10278

With regard to the 1 000 supplementary South African Police Service officers who have recently been deployed in the Western Cape:

  1. At which stations in the province have these officers been deployed, (b) what is the breakdown in numbers per station of these officers and (c) how many police officers in total are deployed at stations in the province?

 

 6 6 March 2020 10277
  1. Whether the fifth administration bought any new cars for the Members of the Executive Authority; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
  1. (a) what is the mileage of all the vehicles used by the Members of the Executive Authority for the latest date for which information is available, (b) what is the disposal policy of the vehicles and (c) at what mileage are they considered to have reached the end of their lifespan;
  1. whether the sixth administration has any plans to purchase new vehicles for Members of the Executive Authority; if so, what are the relevant details?

 

 5 6 March 2020 10276

Whether there are school resource officers (SROs) deployed in any of the schools in Philippi and Philippi East; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

 

 4 6 March 2020 10275

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