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

According to media reports (23 November 2020) approximately R4 million worth of temporary housing building material has been lying unused on vacant land at the airport in Plettenberg Bay since 2018.

  1. (a) What material is this, (b) who procured it, (c) for what purpose was it procured, (d) who placed the building material at the airport, (e) why has the material not been utilised and (f) where is the material now;

 

whether this R4 million has been recorded as an irregular and fruitless expenditure; if not, why not?

 16 22 January 2021 10772
  1. How many cases of rape have been reported at the (i) Nyanga, (ii) Philippi, (iii) Bishop Lavis, (iv) Elsies River and (v) Manenberg police stations, (b) how many suspects have been arrested for rape at these police stations, (c) how many of those arrested have been charged with rape and (d) how many suspects are (i) awaiting trail and (ii) on trial?
 3 11 June 2021 10771

(a) What childhood (i) illnesses and (ii) deaths are linked to living conditions with limited access to clean water, poor sanitation and poor hygiene, (b) what is the child mortality rate from (i) childhood illnesses and (ii) acute diarrhoeal disease for period 2016 to 2021 for each of the health subdistricts in the Cape Town metropolitan area, (c) what is the child mortality rate of each of the health subdistricts above between 2016 and 2021, (d) what health and built-environment interventions are required to eliminate childhood illnesses and deaths and (e) what steps have been taken to implement these interventions?

 1 30 July 2021 10770
  1. How many cases of rape have been reported at the (i) Hanover Park, (ii) Delft, (iii) Mitchells Plain, (iv) Gugulethu, (v) Harare, (vi) Langa, (vii) Kraaifontein and (viii) Khayelitsha police stations, (b) how many suspects have been arrested for rape at these police stations, (c) how many of those arrested have been charged with rape and (d) how many suspects are (i) awaiting trail and (ii) on trial?
 2 11 June 2021 10769

In relation to road safety during the festive period, dated 1 December 2020 to 15 January 2021, in the Western Cape:

 

  1. How many (a) road crashes were recorded in the province and (b) fatalities through road crashes (inclusive of driver, passenger and pedestrian fatalities) were recorded in the province;

 

  1. how many (a) road crashes were recorded in the province and (b) fatalities through road crashes (inclusive of driver, passenger and pedestrian fatalities) were recorded in the province in the period (i) 1 December 2019 to 15 January 2020, (ii) 1 December 2018 to 15 January 2019 and (iii) 1 December 2017 to 15 January 2018;

 

With regard to the trends over the last several years:

 

  1. whether there has been a consistent increase or decrease in the number of (a) road crashes and (b) road-crash deaths;

 

  1. (a) to what can the increase or decrease in (i) road crashes and (ii) road-crash deaths be attributed and (b) what measures have been implemented to curb road crashes and the related deaths over the last several years and more recently during the 2020/21 festive period;

 

whether the national lockdown regulations have had an impact on road crashes and related deaths; if so, what are the relevant details?

 15 22 January 2021 10768

With regard to City of Cape Town’s property, including official accommodation:

 

  1.  What policy currently governs the provision of official accommodation to employees of the City of Cape Town;

 

  1. whether the City of Cape Town maintains a central database of all its official accommodation; if not, why not; if so, (a) how many Council properties are currently occupied by employees of the City of Cape Town, (b) how many Council properties are currently occupied by employees without a valid or current lease agreement, (c) how many Council properties are occupied by employees where the City of Cape Town receives (i) a “nominal” rent, (ii) a “market-related” rent and (iii) no rent and (d) how many Council properties are occupied by persons where a change of employee status (for example termination, retrenchment, retirement, death, promotion, demotion or transfer) should have resulted in vacation of the Council property by those persons;

 

with regard to the following Council properties: (a) Pinewood, Molteno Road, Oranjezicht, (b) 1 Silverboom Avenue, Welgelegen, (c) 2 Silverboom Avenue, Wel-gelegen, (d) 23 Rochester Road, Bantry Bay, and (e) 76 Kloofnek, Tamboerskloof, (i) who are the tenants of these properties, (ii) what positions do they hold in the City of Cape Town, and (iii) what has been the annual rental collected per property since 2010?

 14 22 January 2021 10767

(a) With the information available to her Department, what portion of the nationally procured vaccine will be allocated to the Western Cape and (b) what are the particulars of the planned roll-out strategy by her Department of the acquired vaccine announced by Minister Mkhize in terms of the (i) criteria for the prioritisation of the first recipients, (ii) role of district health bodies for distribution and (iii) availability of healthcare workers to roll out the vaccine;

 

(b) which avenues are being explored by the Western Cape to ensure the acquisition of sufficient doses of a COVID-19 vaccine to support the process at national government level?

 13 22 January 2021 10766

(1)  (a) How many teachers have lost their lives since the start of the second wave of COVID-19 infections to date, (b) what is her Department’s contingency plan in this  regard seeing that teaching assistants have already been allocated to various schools across the province;

 

(2)       with the information available to her Department, what are the particulars of the strategic approach to roll-out vaccines among teachers at public schools?

 12 5 February 2021 10765

Due to the 2020 lockdown and the consequential school closures:

 

  1. How much of the academic content has been covered by each grade during the 2020 academic year;

 

whether there is overdue content; if so, (a) what are the catch-up plans in this regard and (b) how does her Department plan to manage this at the start of the new academic year?

 11 5 February 2021 10764

With regard to gang murders reported at the Elsies River Police Station, (a) how many murders have taken place from March 2020 to date, (b) how many of these murders have been linked to alleged gang members or gang activities, (c) how many people have been arrested in relation to these crimes, (d) how many people have been convicted in relation to these crimes, (e) how many suspects are (i) currently on trial for alleged gang murders and (ii) awaiting trial for alleged (aa) gang murders and (bb) attempted murders, (f) of the suspects charged, how many cases have (i) failed to be prosecuted and (ii) been withdrawn since March 2020, (g) what were the reasons for the non-conviction, (h) how many suspects accused of murder have been released on bail and (i) what plans does the SAPS have in place to deal with gang murders at this station?

 1 11 June 2021 10763

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