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

 

  1. What is the number of vehicles that have been stopped and checked at the province’s (a) fixed cross-border checkpoints and (b) secondary vehicle checkpoints from 1 April 2020 to the latest date for which information is available;
  2. what is the total number of (a) screenings and (b) tests that have been conducted at the province’s (i) fixed cross-border checkpoints and (ii) secondary vehicle checkpoints from 1 April 2020 to the latest date for which information is available;
  3. what is the total number of positive COVID-19 cases that have been found at the province’s (i) fixed cross-border checkpoints and (ii) secondary vehicle checkpoints from 1 April 2020 to the latest date for which information is available;
  4. with regard to the number of Western Cape travellers who have tested positive for COVID-19 in the Eastern Cape, what are the reasons why they left the province undetected?

 

 9 15 May 2020 9977

1) Whether the contract of the Head of the Department of Human Settlements has been renewed; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant        details;

2). whether the process to appoint a new Head of Department has been concluded; if so, what are the relevant details; 

3). whether the senior management team of the provincial government is representative of the people of our province; if not, why not; if so,           what are the relevant details?

 2 25 October 2019 9976

Whether he is aware of any moves by the City of Cape Town to create a Deputy City Manager post; if so, (a) how is such a position justified given that the new Mayor introduced an two new additional multimillion-rand Executive Director posts less than 12 months ago, meaning that the demands on the City Manager are now far more diluted than they were a year ago and (b) what is the salary range?

 1 25 October 2019 9975

With reference to the number of positive COVID-19 cases:

  1. How many of them are patients with comorbidities;
  2. whether there are patients with comorbidities who have been allowed to self-quarantine at their homes; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
  3. whether her Department has plans to consider compulsory hospitalisation of positive COVID-19 cases with comorbidities given the high number of fatalities in the province; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
 8 15 May 2020 9974

 1. What will the R50 million emergency drought relief fund be spent on;

 2. whether the amount is sufficient to also assist with jobs lost by farm labourers in the Karoo; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant               details?

 1 22 November 2019 9973

a)    What (i) are the details of the employers who have recorded COVID-19 cases, (ii) is the total number of employees per workplace who tested positive as at the latest date for which information is available, (iii) is the total number of employees who have contracted the virus at their workplaces, (iv) are the reasons for the high COVID-19 infection rate at workplaces and (b) what punitive measures have been taken against employers who failed to implement workplace safety protocols and thereby risked the spread of COVID-19 at their workplaces?

 

 7 15 May 2020 9972

With regard to the emission of greenhouse gases in the Western Cape:

  1. (a) How many parts per million of greenhouse gases have been emitted in (i) 2012, (ii) 2013, (iii) 2014 and (iv) 2015 and (b) what are the relevant details in this regard;

 

  1. (a)(i) what are the 10 sectors that contribute the most to the emission of greenhouse gases in the province and (ii) what are the relevant details of each, (b) how many parts per million of greenhouse gases have been emitted by each of these sectors for the same period as in (1)(a), (c)(i) which sectors, if any, have demonstrated a sustained increase in greenhouse emissions and (ii) what are the relevant details and (d)(i) which sectors, if any, have demonstrated a sustained decrease in greenhouse emissions and (ii) what are the relevant details?
 1 8 October 2021 9971

What (a) is the total number, (b) are the names and qualifications and (c) is the remuneration of the special advisors to the Premier in (i) 2019/20 and (ii) 2020/21 to date?

 6 15 May 2020 9970

Whether the Province has reprioritised its budget and conditional grants to aid COVID-19 activities; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

 5 15 May 2020 9969

Whether a certain company, whose name has been furnished to his Department for the purpose of this reply, has done consultancy [Stratagem Consultants (Pty) Ltd] work for any of the provincial departments in 2019/20 and in 2020/21 to date; if so, what are the relevant details?

 4 15 May 2020 9968

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