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

 Whether any housing opportunities have recently been created or are planned to be created in the area covered by the City of Cape Town’s   wards 61, 64, 69 and 71; if so, what are the relevant details?     

 5 6 September 2019 10062
  1. Which reserve offices and partner organisations are eligible to issue permits for accommodation and/or activities on behalf of CapeNature, (b)(i) which of these offices or entities are accepting alternative payment methods (other than cash) and (ii) what payment methods are available at each of these offices, (c) how are the risks associated with the handling of cash, where cash is still accepted, reduced and (d) what are the details of any losses incurred through the handling of cash over the previous three financial years?
 10 16 October 2020 10061

       Whether any new hospitals or clinics have recently been built or are planned to be built in the area covered by the City of Cape Town’s

       wards 61, 64, 69 and 71; if so, what are the relevant details?        

 4 6 September 2019 10060

With reference to service-delivery backlogs:

  1. What are the backlogs per municipality in relations to (i) road maintenance, (ii) illegal dumping, (iii) refuse collection, (iv) the maintenance of municipal properties and (v) the processing of transactions,
  2. what is the ratio of backlogged cases to new cases per municipality in the province for each of the areas listed in (a) and
  3. (i) how has his Department assisted municipalities in the province with clearing service-delivery backlogs, especially as a result of the COVID-19 lockdown regulations, and (ii) what plan is in place to provide any such support?

 

 9 16 October 2020 10059

With regard to the upcoming provincial and national transport lekgotlas:

  1. (a) What policy proposals is his Department going to put forward for consideration, (b) what proposals is his Department making to bring an end to the turmoil and violence in the taxi industry and (c) what are the plans to increase subsidies for the taxi industry, including for (i) commuters and (ii) drivers;
  2. whether he has had discussions with taxi bosses, drivers and other stakeholders regarding his calls to professionalise the taxi industry; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the relevant details and (b) what has been the input from the stakeholders;
  3. whether any studies have been conducted about his idea of professionalising the taxi industry; if so, (a) what are the relevant details and (b) what are the details of his idea?
 8 16 October 2020 10058

With regard to his Department’s COVID-19-related expenditure:

  1. What is the total breakdown of expenditure on quarantine and isolation sites, including (a) the detailed list of both private and public facilities that have been used, (b) their BBBEE status and (c) the details of the owners;
  2. what is the (a) detailed list of companies that provided (i) quarantine and (ii) isolation facilities and (b) rand value that was awarded to each company for this expenditure;
  3. what is the detailed list of all the companies that provided PPE supplies, including (a) their BBBEE status, (b) the details of the owners and (c) the key focus areas of the business;

 

  1. whether there was any competitive bidding for the provision of quarantine and isolation sites; if not, what process was followed to identify and select these companies; if so, what are the relevant details;

 

  1. whether local companies in the COVID-19 hotspot areas were selected to provide quarantine and isolation facilities; if not, how did the locals, including residents and businesses, benefit from his Department’s COVID-19-related expenditure; if so, what are the relevant details?

 

 7 16 October 2020 10057

Whether any new schools have recently been built or are planned to be built in the area covered by the City of Cape Town’s wards 61, 64, 69 and 71; if so, what are the relevant details?

 3 6 September 2019 10056

How many cases have been before each detective in the Laingsburg police precinct per month for the calendar year (a) 2016, (b) 2017, (c) 2018 and (d) 2019 to date?

 2 6 September 2019 10055

With regard to murders and other violent crimes in the Western Cape police precincts in the top 30 murder stations according to the latest police crime statistics:

  1. (a) What (i) is the number of murders that have been reported at each of these stations per month from January 2020 to October 2020 and (ii) are the motives for these murders and (b) what are the details of the measures taken by his Department to respond to the murders and other violent crimes in each of these precincts per month for the period January 2020 to October 2020;
  2. (a) what is the number of murders that have taken place in (i) Mfuleni, (ii) Harare and (iii) Browns Farm in Philippi in (aa) 2018/19, (bb) 2019/20 and (cc) 2020/21 to date and (b) what programmes has his Department put in place to make these areas safe;
  3. what is the number of law enforcement officers who have been deployed in each of the crime hotspots in the top 30 murder precincts in 2019 in order to prevent crime;

(4)   whether his Department has conducted studies into the high number of murders in these police precincts; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the reasons for the high number of murders and (b) what interventions have been put in place?

 6 16 October 2020 10054

With regard to murders and other violent crimes at the top 30 murder stations in the Western Cape police precincts according to the latest police crime statistics:

 

  1. (a) What (i) is the number of murders that have been reported at each of these stations per month from January 2020 to October 2020 and (ii) are the motives for these murders and (b) what are the details of the measures taken by his Department to respond to the murders and other violent crimes in each of these precincts per month for the period January 2020 to October 2020;
  2. (a) what is the number of murders that have taken place in (i) Site C, (ii) Site B and (iii) Delft in (aa) 2018/19, (bb) 2019/20 and (cc) 2020/21 to date and (b) what programmes has his Department put in place to make these areas safe;

 

  1. what is the number of law enforcement officers who have been deployed in each of the crime hotspots in the top 30 murder precincts in 2019 in order to prevent crime;
  2. whether his Department has conducted studies into the high number of murders in these police precincts; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the reasons for the high number of murders and (b) what interventions have been put in place?
 5 16 October 2020 10053

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