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

Why has his Department not considered converting the vacant JJ du Pre le Roux building in the Drakenstein Municipality into a frail-care centre for the Rusthof Old-age Home?

 5 8 November 2019 9933

With reference to the permanent position of the Western Cape Police Commissioner:

What (a) are the reasons for the withdrawal and re-advertisement of the post, (b) is the timeline to appoint a permanent Police Commissioner, (c) was the full cost of (i) advertising the initial vacancy and (ii) re-advertising the vacancy and (d) are the other applicable costs?

 4 8 November 2019 9932

 With regard to learner and teacher absenteeism rates as recorded in her Department’s Annual Report of 2018/19:

 (1)   Why is the audited value higher than the reported achievement?;

 (2)   whether this has had any impact on learner-performance outcome; if so, what are the relevant details?

 3 8 November 2019 9931

(a) How does her Department monitor learner migration, (b) how many non-South African learners are enrolled at Western Cape schools and (c) how many learners from other provinces in the country has her Department accommodated in the current academic year?

 2 8 November 2019 9930

With the reference to the R1,9 million allocated to the Beaufort West Municipality in March 2017 and the subsequent addition of R400 000 for the construction of internal toilets at existing houses in Rusdene, Paddevlei and Mandlenkosi:

  1. How many toilets have been built, (b) how much did each toilet cost to build, (c) how much money is left of the budget, (d) who were the beneficiaries of these toilets, (e) how was the selection process of these beneficiaries conducted, (f) what tender process was followed to contract the person employed for this project and (g) what are the labourers’ (i) names, (ii) daily worksheets and (iii) rate per day?
 2 28 June 2019 9912
  1. What is the status of case 251/6/18 at the Beaufort West Police Station;

 

  1. whether any arrests have been made; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
 2 28 June 2019 9911

In a media statement issued by her Department on 10 October 2017 it was reported that there were 1 391 bed spaces in shelters available for homeless people although it was estimated then that 4 862 people were homeless. According to the information on her Department’s website in 2019, the number of bed spaces in shelters has increased to 1 401. If the number of homeless people did not increase from 2017, there must be a deficit of thousands of bed spaces in shelters. However, the City of Cape Town has contradicted the Department’s information when it stated in the Sunday Times of 7 July 2019 that there were definitely enough beds and shelters for the city’s homeless people. In the light of the information above:

 

  1. whether 3 500 bed spaces in shelters have been created in the intervening 20 months; if so, what are the relevant details;

 

  1. whether there are fewer bed spaces in shelters than the number of homeless people in the city; if so, what immediate relief measures is her Department taking to assist homeless people;

 

  1. whether her Department has a plan to assist the thousands of homeless people who are to be fined by the City for contravening the City of Cape Town’s By-law Relating to Streets, Public Places and the Prevention of Noise Nuisances, 2007; if so, what are the relevant details?
 4 19 July 2019 9910
  1. Whether a charter permit for a period of five years to transport groups of worshippers on a Sunday has recently been issued to the chairperson of the George Link public transport company; if so, what are the relevant details;

 

  1. whether the permit allows him to transport other people on behalf of religious organisations; if so, what are the relevant details;

 

  1. what is the status of the moratorium that stated that no new permits would be issued in the Southern Cape;

 

  1. whether this is in conflict with the Go George situation; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
 1 21 June 2019 9909

Whether all schools have received the necessary textbooks and educational material needed for the new academic year; if not, (a) how many schools have not received this material and (b) what are the names of these schools?

 1 8 November 2019 9889

(1)    Which law governs how children should be transported in vehicles and (b) up until what age or height should children be transported in car or booster seats;

(2)    whether his Department enforces these regulations; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
 

 14 30 August 2019 9887

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