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 reference to the Premier’s proclamation in SOPA 2019 that “for our part, I can announce today that the Western Cape Government will look to match the extent of any national-government-owned land released to be used for the development of housing”:

  1. Whether he can provide a list of all provincial government land that is available for release in accordance with the Premier’s announcement; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
  1. what is the motivation behind waiting for the national government before the provincial government releases the land that is desperately needed for integrated human settlement in the province;
  1. what are the provincial government’s plans for integrated human settlements?

 

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 6 28 February 2020 10223

With regard to personal protective equipment (PPE) procurement by the Province:

  1. What is the total amount that has been spent by the provincial government on the procurement of PPE;
  1. whether he can provide (a) the details of all companies and service providers that have been used by the provincial government to supply PPE, (b) their BBBEE status and (c) the criteria used to select them;
  1. whether all tenders to supply PPE have been advertised; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
  1. how can SMMEs and large businesses access the procurement process with regard to PPE;
  1. what is the total expenditure and unit cost for all PPE procurement for the Western Cape Education Department;
  1. regarding the company or companies that will be supplying PPE to schools, what (a) are the number, (b) are their details, (c) is their BBBEE status and (d) criteria were used to select them?
  1. whether he can give a breakdown of the quantity of PPE that has been procured for each school; if so, what are the relevant details?
 7 5 June 2020 10222
  1. (a) What is the total number of gender-based violence (GBV) cases that were reported to the South African Police Service (SAPS) from the commencement of the lockdown on 26 March 2020 to date and (b) of the number reported, how many people (i) have been charged and (ii) convicted;
  2. (a) in what way does her Department’s “In the Mirror / I am me” Sexual Offenders Programme contribute to the eradication of gender-based violence in the province, (b) for how long the programme has existed (c) what are its objectives (d) to what extent have these objectives been met during the measurable period;
  3. in his speech announcing the commencement of lockdown alert level 1, the President referred to 30 gender-based violence (GBV) “hotspots”: (a) how many of these are in the Western Cape and (b) what are their respective locations
  4. whether the provincial government had any engagement with the national government with regard to the identification of such hotspots; if so, what methods or techniques are used to identify these location
 9 2 October 2020 10221

With regard to the Division of Revenue Amendment Act, 2020 (Act 10 of 2020), Schedule 7, Part A and B:

  1. What (i) is the total amount that the province received and (ii) was it intended for,
  2. what is the total breakdown of expenditure for the received funds, and
  3. what percentage of the budget has been spent as at September 2020, including a breakdown of the expenditure for all the recipients?
 8 2 October 2020 10220
  1. Whether there are any councillors who are in arrears with their municipal or services account; if so, (a) what are the relevant details and (b) what measures have been put in place to monitor and prevent this;
  2. whether councillors owing money to municipalities have had any impact on service delivery; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
 7 2 October 2020 10219
  1. (a) How much has the provincial government spent on (a) bus, (b) railway and (c) minibus taxi subsidies and (b) how many commuters benefitted from (a) bus, (b) train and (c) minibus taxi services;
  2. whether there are plans to start offering subsidies to commuters as opposed to selected service providers; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
  3. whether there are plans to increase the subsidy for the minibus taxi industry; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
  4. what are his Department’s plans to address the inequalities in the subsidies paid to the different modes of transport?
 6 2 October 2020 10218

(1)   (a) What is his Department’s total budget for legal services, (b) what (i) is his Department’s total breakdown of expenditure for legal services from the beginning of the sixth administration to date and (ii) are the details of cases that have been paid for;

  1. (a) what was his Department’s expenditure on legal services in (i) 2014, (ii) 2015, (iii) 2016, (iv) 2017, (v) 2018 and (vi) 2019 and (b) what are the details of the cases that have been paid for;
  2. (a) how much has his Department spent on the Tafelberg site court case to date and (b) how much is budgeted for the appeal to the Supreme Court of Appeal?

 

 5 2 October 2020 10217
  1. What is the total expenditure for the procurement of PPE for the Western Cape Provincial Parliament, including the total breakdown of each expenditure item and unit price;
  2. whether there is a one-stop shop or a centralised system for PPE procurement in the province; if so, what are the relevant details;
  3. whether, with regard to the emergency procurement of PPE, his Department has given advice on the process; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
  4. (a) what are the details of the budgets that were allocated to municipalities to deal with the pandemic, (b) how much was allocated to each municipality and (c) what is the total breakdown of expenditure for each municipality?
 4 2 October 2020 10216
  1. (a) What is the update on LEAP deployment, including (a) the number of law enforcement officers who have been (i) recruited and trained and (ii) deployed and (b) what the total breakdown is of costs incurred for the (i) recruitment and training and (ii) deployment of these law enforcement officers;
  2. what is the salary range for the different ranks of law enforcement officers;

 

  1. whether any of the law enforcement officers, who are part of the Safety Plan, are earning EPWP salaries; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
  2. whether there are any law enforcement officers, who have completed training, who are not deployed; if so, (a) what are the relevant details and (b) what are the details of all these officers;
  3. whether the nationwide lockdown has had an impact on the training and deployment of boots on the ground; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
  4. what is the number of officers who have been deployed in priority crime areas, including (a) the details of the areas in which they are deployed and (b) what the scope of their of work is?
 3 2 October 2020 10215

Whether there are any learner transport providers in the province that either were not paid or received late payments between June and September 2020; if so, (a) what are the relevant details, (b) what impact did this have on learners’ travelling and (c) how has she intervened?

 2 2 October 2020 10214

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