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.

On this page you can search questions for written reply. Use one or more of the search fields by making a selection from the relevant dropdown menu. You can also do a text search by entering a search term in the text field– specific search terms will render a better result. Click ‘Apply’. The results will be displayed in the table below. Click on ‘Question Link’ to view the full result. When you are searching, it is advisable to complete as many of the search fields as possible in order to narrow down the results.

Question Question Number Date Question Link
  1. Whether there is a process in his Department for managing the housing database; if not, why not and what impact does that have on municipalities; if so, what are the relevant details;

 

whether his Department considered using the latest technology for building houses to fast-track the delivery; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

 11 17 April 2020 10173

   (a) How many title deeds have been issued by the Ladismith Municipality between 2007 and 2019 and (b) how many are expected to be issued in the coming financial year?

 5 27 September 2019 10172
  1. Whether his Department has legislation planned for land evictions; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;

 

  1. Whether his Department has programmes to educate new housing beneficiaries about the value of their property; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
 10 17 April 2020 10171

The National Minister of Water and Sanitation has identified communities across South Africa that are facing water shortages:

(1)   How many communities were identified per municipality in the province;

(2)   whether his Department has strategies to solve this problem; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;

(3)   whether his Department can fast-track the release of state land for human settlements; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

 9 17 April 2020 10170

(a) How many Expanded Public Works Programme interns or volunteers does the Kannaland Municipality have and (b) what positions are they filing?

 4 27 September 2019 10169

With regard to the deployment of law enforcement officers at crime hotspots in the province as recently announced by the Premier:

  1. Whether the South Africa Police Service was adequately consulted and if it participated in the process; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
  1. whether the provincial police commissioner was formally informed of and invited to the launch; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
  1. what informed the deployment of these officers to the identified crime hotspots?

 

 5 28 February 2020 10168
  1. What has been the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on agriculture in the province and: 

       b)  what measures were taken to protect people living on farms against possible infection by workers commuting from residential areas;

  1. Whether there have been any confirmed infections where it was suspected that continued farming activities contributed to the spreading of the COVID-19 virus; if so, what are the relevant details?
 8 5 May 2020 10167
  1. Whether there has been an increase in responses to red zones in the period January to March 2020; if so, what are the relevant details;

 

  1. whether there has been more attacks on EMS personnel in the period January to March 2020; if so, what are the relevant details;

 

  1. whether any new strategies have been developed to deal with the increasing number of attacks; if so, what are the relevant details;

 

  1. what kind of counselling do EMS personnel receive after attacks;

 

whether there is a shortage of EMS personnel in the province; if so, what are the relevant details?

 7 17 April 2020 10166

With reference to the Ladismith Municipality:

(a) What is the total amount spent on maladministration and fruitless and wasteful expenditure in the (i) 2016/17, (ii) 2017/18 and (iii) 2018/19 financial year, (b) how many disciplinary cases (i) are currently active and (ii) have been completed in 2018/19, (c) how many people have been employed since the Municipality was put under administration by his Department and (d) what is the breakdown in terms of (i) positions, (ii) salary scales and (iii) names of the employees?

 3 27 September 2019 10165
  1. How did, does or will her Department communicate with parents about access to online or additional educational resources during the lockdown period;

 

  1. whether her Department will extend access to additional or online learning material to communities that do not have internet access after the lockdown period as a strategy to address the backlog with regard to contact time; if so, what are the relevant details?
 6 5 May 2020 10164

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