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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(1) (a) Which community food garden or food-security projects is his Department currently supporting; (2) whether his Department has begun supporting any food garden or food-security project during COVID-19; if so, what are the relevant details; (3) (a) what are the criteria used by his Department to decide whether to support community food gardens and (b) what type of support does his Department provide once a decision to support a community food garden has been made; (4) whether his Department has a policy on urban agriculture; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (5) whether the City of Cape Town or any other municipality in the province has a policy on urban agriculture; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (6) whether his Department has a list of municipal-owned land across all municipalities that is being leased to farmers and or community food gardens; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (7) what is the (a) total extent in hectares of private agricultural land in the province and (b) percentage of such land owned by (i) black South Africans (that is Africans, coloureds and Indians), (ii) white South Africans and (iii) foreign nationals? |
11 | 31 July 2020 | 10264 |
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With reference to the lifting of the ban on alcohol:
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1 | 11 September 2020 | 10263 |
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(1) (a) What is the number of small business enterprises that his Department has assisted during the lockdown in the following areas: (i) Philippi East, (ii) Kosovo, (iii) greater Philippi and (iv) Old Crossroads and (b) what are the details of support provided; (2) whether any of them were assisted with food relief packages; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (3) whether his Department has (a) a database of the informal traders operating in the areas of (i) Philippi, (ii) Nyanga, (iii) Philippi East and (iv) Gugulethu, and (b) offered any form of assistance to them during the lockdown period; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details? |
10 | 31 July 2020 | 10262 |
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(a) What impact has the ban on the sale of alcohol had on the programmes of Western Cape Liquor Authority and (b) what mitigation measures have been put in place? |
9 | 31 July 2020 | 10261 |
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6 | 14 August 2020 | 10260 |
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(a) What is the number of teachers with underlying conditions who have been allowed to work from home and (b) what tools of the trade has her Department provided to them? |
8 | 31 July 2020 | 10259 |
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Whether there exists deep racial polarisation in the province; if not, why not; if so, what is his government’s programmes to deracialise the province and to bring about a non-racial Western Cape? |
7 | 31 July 2020 | 10258 |
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(1) (a) What is the (i) number and (ii) details of informal settlements that were negatively affected by the recent storms that hit the province in July and (b) what is the number of residents who were affected by the storms, including those whose homes were flooded; (2) whether his Department provided any assistance to the residents in informal settlements who were affected by the storms; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (3) whether he visited any of the affected informal settlements; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details? |
6 | 31 July 2020 | 10257 |
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(a) What is the number of COVID-19 tests that have been conducted in the province for the period (i) 1 April to 31 May 2020 and (ii) 1 June to 20 July 2020, (b) what is the number of contacts that have been traced between 1 June and 20 July 2020, (c) what circumstances have led to the slow transmission of COVID-19 in the province between June and July 2020 and (d) what are the reasons for the high COVID-19 fatalities in the Western Cape as compared to other provinces with higher infections? |
5 | 31 July 2020 | 10256 |
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(a) What is the number of jobs that have been lost in the Western Cape between 1 April and 20 July 2020, (b) what is the breakdown of the job losses per industry and (c) what are the plans to support the affected industries and to prevent further job losses? |
4 | 31 July 2020 | 10255 |
