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

With reference to her reply to question 2 of Written Question Paper dated 13 March 2020:

 

Whether she can give a detailed breakdown of the areas where the 1 137 unplaced learners reside or where they applied; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

 13 17 April 2020 10193

With regard to school dropout on the West Coast:

 

Whether she can provide a breakdown of the dropout rates and the affected grades for each of the following years: (a) 2014, (b) 2015, (c) 2016, (d) 2017, (e) 2018 and (f) 2019?

 12 17 April 2020 10192

With regard to the closure of schools due to the Covid-19 outbreak:

 

  1. Whether her Department has taken measures to ensure continued learner-support programmes, especially for Grade 12 learners; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;

 

  1. whether nutrition support will be provided to learners from disadvantaged families who relied on the school nutrition programme for daily meals; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
 11 21 October 2021 10191

Whether he can provide details of support measures that his Department is offering to township businesses during the lockdown period, especially to those regarded as part of essential services (such as pharmacies, retail or spaza shops and butcheries) and to those regarded as part of non-essential services (such as B&Bs and sewing), in addition to the SMME relief package announced by the national Department; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

 10 3 April 2020 10190
  1. (a) What is the total number of workers at the Saldanha Bay plant of ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) who have been retrenched to date and (b) what is the total number of workers from local companies, that were contracting with AMSA, who have been retrenched to date;

 

  1. whether the provincial government has given the workers social support, including taking steps to assist them with re-employment; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
 9 3 April 2020 10189

With regard to the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic in the province:

  1. Whether he has received any reports of companies that have forced employees to take unpaid leave during the lockdown period; if so;

 

  1. whether he will investigate these reports; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;

 

  1. what measures have been put in place to ensure that companies that provide non-essential services adhere to the nation-wide lockdown regulations, which include workers not reporting for duty;

 

  1. what provisions are in place to allow workers, especially women with underage children, to take leave from companies in essential services to manage fatigue and stress levels during this period of lockdown;

 

  1. whether he will investigate reports of companies, especially retail shops, that have increased prices of some essential products, such as sanitizers, gloves and basic food stuff; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;

 

  1. what measures have been put in place to ensure that companies that provide essential services adhere to the containment measures of Covid-19 virus in their workspaces and accommodation, including safety, high levels of hygiene and periodic testing of those working in high-risk areas, such as ports, airports and frontline services?
 8 3 April 2020 10188

In light of the rising COVID-19 infections at schools:

(a) What is the number of (i) teachers and (ii) learners who have been infected in the province and (b) what is the number of teachers who have passed away as a result of COVID-19 as at latest date for which information is available?
 

 5 10 July 2020 10187

With regards to the Covid-19 outbreak and the subsequent lockdown declared by the President:

  1. Whether law enforcement officers have been deployed to assist during the lockdown period; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
  2. what support is being given to other municipalities outside the City of Cape Town, given the fact that trained law enforcement officers are only being deployed in the metropolitan area;
  3. whether he can provide a detailed breakdown of the tasks undertaken by the law enforcement officers during the lockdown period; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
 7 3 April 2020 10186

Whether he can provide details of the people who have been arrested for violating the regulations of the lockdown, including the (a) total number of people arrested and (b) areas where they reside; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

 6 3 April 2020 10185
  1. Whether all the councillors in the province have the tools of trade, including office space, at their disposal; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;

 

  1. whether he can furnish us with a list of those tools of trade for the councillors at all the municipalities; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
 5 3 April 2020 10184

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