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

How many incidents of thieves attacking vehicles on roads by stoning, stealing or hijacking vehicles have been reported to his Department in (a) 2017/18, (b) 2018/19 and (c) 2019/20 to date?

 13 27 September 2019 10244

With reference to the Central Karoo District Municipality:

 

  1. Whether the forensic report, commonly known as the Africa Creek Report, as commissioned by the Central Karoo District Municipality, has been brought to his attention; if so, what are the relevant details;
  2. whether the report, as received from the appointed forensic investigation agency, was tabled at a council meeting; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;

(3)  whether the Council provided him with a copy of the report; if not, why not; if so, can a copy of the report be made available;

(4)  whether the cost borne by the Municipality to commission this investigation can be provided; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;

  1. whether the council meeting minutes where the decision was made to appoint a forensic investigator can be made available; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
 17 2 October 2020 10243
  1. How many Prasa and Metrorail train (i) stations and (ii) carriages are there in the Western Cape currently, (b) how many of these train stations and carriages in the Western Cape are (i) operational and (ii) non-operational, (c) what is the total number of kilometre of rail currently not in use in the province, (d) how many kilometre of rail are not in use in the province due to vandalism and theft and (e) how many kilometre of rail cannot be accessed in the province due to the illegal occupation of land?
 16 2 October 2020 10242
  1. With regard to Prasa and Metrorail in the Western Cape, (a) how many cases of vandalism and theft of rail infrastructure were recorded in the (i) 2017/18, (ii) 2018/19 and (iii) 2019/20 financial years, (b) what is the total rand value of the vandalism and theft per financial year, how many (c) charges and (d) convictions took place per financial year;
  2. whether there has been significant vandalism and theft during the COVID-19 lockdown period; if so, what are the relevant details;
  3. whether the vandalism and theft of Prasa and Metrorail railway infrastructure has been prioritised by the national government as a serious crime; if not, what measures has he undertaken to prioritise railway vandalism and theft in the province;
  4. whether the province will receive security support from personnel currently being recruited; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
  5. whether an audit or survey has been done to ascertain the implications for restoring rail services after the COVID-19 lockdown; if so, what are the implications from a cost and operational perspective?
 15 2 October 2020 10241

With regard to the acoustic technology (ShotSpotter) for violence detection and reduction currently being used on the Cape Flats by the City of Cape Town:

(a)    When was this technology first implemented, (b) how many people have been arrested as a direct result of this technology, (c) how many people have been convicted as a result of this technology and (d) what has been the total cost of this technology since its inception?

 14 2 October 2020 10239

With regard to the City of Cape Town’s water augmentation plan and desalination in particular:

  1. (a) What was the value of the tender awarded for the desalination plants at (i) Strandfontein, (ii) Monwabisi, (iii) Strand, Harmony Park, and (iv) Hout Bay, Dido Valley, and (b) for what period did the plants operate;
  2. whether these plants were decommissioned or transferred; if so, what are the relevant details;
  3. (a) how much compliant potable water was supplied by each plant to the City of Cape Town and (b) what was the cost per megalitre supplied to the City of Cape Town;
  4. whether there was a water price agreement; if so, (a) what was the agreed price and (b) how much did the City of Cape Town pay to the service provider for the water supplied?
 12 2 October 2020 10238

Whether, where social workers have been placed at hospitals, there any partnerships have developed between the provincial government and such hospitals in the province; if so, (a) at which hospitals are such partnerships in place or in development and (b) what process is followed in establishing such partnerships?

 11 2 October 2020 10237

With regard to children at hospitals awaiting placement at places of safety:

  1. What is the total number of such children, (b) what is the number per hospital and (c) how many social workers are assigned to the hospitals across the province?
 10 2 October 2020 10236

With reference to her reply to question 2 of 31 January 2020:

What are the names and locations of the schools that do not have their own libraries?

 

 17 28 February 2020 10235
  1. Whether the alleged misconduct involving the member of the mayoral committee for finance of the George Municipality related to the investment of the Municipality’s funds with a company called Old Mutual has been brought to his attention; if so;

 

  1. whether he will institute an investigation into the alleged misconduct; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

 

 16 28 February 2020 10234

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