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 are the (a) details, (b) qualifications and (c) remuneration of board members of all the state entities in the Province?

 3 31 July 2020 10254
  1. Whether there are any schools in the province that are experiencing teacher shortages; if so, (a) what are the details of each school, (b) what is the breakdown of teacher shortages per school and (c) what intervention measures have been taken to respond to this challenge;
  2. whether she can give a detailed breakdown of all the challenges experienced by the various districts with regard to the return of leaners to schools; if so, what are the relevant details?
 5 14 August 2020 10253

(1)    (a) How much was spent on the establishment of desalination plants as a water augmentation response to Day Zero and the drought in the province, (b) how many desalination plants have been established, (c) what is the (i) cost breakdown and (ii) status of each plant, (d) what was the envisaged volumes of water to be produced by this process, and (e) what has ultimately been received from each desalination plant to date;

(2)    whether some of the desalination plants have gotten into legal disputes; if so, (a) what are the relevant details per plant, (b) what is cost of litigation to date and (c) provide details per plant of the (i) status of such processes and (ii) cost to date of such litigation or decommissioning;

(3)    whether some of the desalination plants are being decommissioned; if so, (a) why, (b) what is the status of the process and (c) what is the cost to date of the decommissioning;

(4)    (a) what are the details of the service providers that were commissioned to establish these desalination plants and (b) how much did each service provider get from the contract?
 

 2 31 July 2020 10252

With regard to the WCED’s PPE procurement:

  1. What are the details of the companies that have been utilised to provide PPE, (b) what are the names of the directors of those companies, (c) what is the BBBEE status of those companies, (d) how much was paid to each of those company and (e) what process was followed in the awarding of contracts to those companies?
 4 14 August 2020 10251

Whether there have been any (a) arrests of persons and/or (b) suspensions or (c) revocations of liquor licences in the province in relation to the brewing of and trading in (i) home-made and (ii) commercial pineapple beer between March 2020 and July 2020; if so, what are the relevant details?

 3 14 August 2020 10250

South Africans have a long history of brewing home-made beer in traditional settings and as part of their cultural practice:

What measures, if any, are in place to assist in the enterprise development of individuals as entrepreneurs or as small businesses for the responsible (a) brewing of and (b) trading in pineapple beer?

 2 14 August 2020 10249
  1. What were the monthly fluctuations and prices of pineapples between the start of March 2020 and the end of July 2020 and (b) how do these monthly fluctuations and prices compare with the same period in 2019?
 1 14 August 2020 10248

With reference to the skills centre in Beaufort West:

(1)    Whether the municipal erf (land) is zoned for the building of a skills centre; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;

(2)     whether a copy of the completed building plans of the skills centre as submitted to the Beaufort West Municipality can be made available; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;

(3)    whether the municipal erf was surrendered by the municipality for the purpose of building a skills centre; if so;

(4)    whether a copy of the council minutes where such a decision was taken be made available; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;

(5)    (a)    who funded the cost of the building the skills centre, (b) what was the total    cost allocated for the building of the skills centre, (c) what are the names of the (i) contractor and (ii) subcontractor and/or any other contractor who was commissioned to build the said skill centre;

(6)    whether the building of the skills centre is complete; if not, why not; if so, when was the skills centre handed over to the community?
 

 1 31 July 2020 10247

                    With regard to the phased-in return of learners to schools on 1 June:

  1. Whether she or her Department has been in communication with the South African Bus Operators Association and/or other learner transport service providers regarding the resumption of learner transport and the remuneration methods for bus operators; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
  1. whether her Department has made arrangements with learner transport service providers with regard to ways to prevent spread of COVID-19 in learner transport; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
  1. whether, with regard to payments for learner transport, her Department plans to pay per learner per kilometre; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
  1. whether she and her Department are aware of the detrimental effect that paying per learner per kilometre would have on the service providers’ businesses; if not, why not; if so, what measures are in place to support the learner transport service providers?
 9 5 June 2020 10246

With reference to the recent fire at the Mitchells Plain Hospital:

1. Whether her Department has received any reports relating to the fire; if so, what are the relevant details;

2. whether her Department has appointed a contractor to refurbish the Hospital; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

 14 27 September 2019 10245

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