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 |
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(1) What is the potential pollution risk posed by the effluent from the various sewerage systems of the campsite, chalets and staff housing at the Algeria Forest Station;
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4 | 16 August 2019 | 9858 |
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With reference to his response during the House sitting of 1 August 2019: (a) How many members of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) were diverted from the Cape Flats to participate in a police raid on the occupiers of the Woodstock Hospital in the early hours of the morning of 25 July 2019, (b) why was the SANDF present during this raid, (c) who requested that the SANDF participate in this raid, (d) what were the circumstances that required the SANDF to support the SAPS and the metropolitan police, (e) who approved or ordered the SANDF to participate in the raid, (f) who were the people disguised by balaclavas who were part of the raid, (g) was the raid on the occupiers of the Woodstock Hospital requested by the provincial government or by the City of Cape Town and (h) what allegations or crimes prompted the raid on the occupiers of the Woodstock Hospital? |
3 | 16 August 2019 | 9857 |
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(1) (a) What are the (i) granted number and (ii) actual number of (aa) South African Police Service Act personnel and (bb) Public Service Act personnel at the Laingsburg Police Station and (b) how many vacancies are there currently; (2) (a) what number of holding cells are there at Laingsburg Police Station and (b) what is (i) the current condition of the holding cells, (ii) the holding capacity of each cell and (iii) the cell-to-population ration for the Laingsburg municipal area? |
2 | 16 August 2019 | 9856 |
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What is the amount actually spent to maladministration and fruitless and wasteful expenditure by the Laingsburg Municipality in the: |
1 | 16 August 2019 | 9854 |
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Whether the municipal manager of the Laingsburg Municipality receives a travel and accommodation allowance from the Municipality; if so, (a) how much and (b) what are the reasons for his or her receiving this allowance? |
3 | 8 August 2019 | 9852 |
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(a) What percentage of the budget of the Laingsburg Municipality was spent on salaries and remuneration in the (i) 2016/17, (ii) 2017/18 and (iii) 2018/19 financial years, (b) what are the details per department, (c) what percentage of the budget of the Laingsburg Municipality for 2019/20 has been allocated to salaries and remuneration and (d) what are the details per department? |
2 | 8 August 2019 | 9851 |
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(1) How many people were employed by the Laingsburg Municipality since the beginning of the 2016/17 financial year; (2) Whether any of these positions were advertised; if so, (a) how many positions were advertised, (b) where the positions were advertised, (c) what were the qualification and/or job experience requirements of each position and (d) how many people did not meet these qualification and/or job experience requirements; (3) Provide (a) a list of all the people employed in these vacancies, (b) their current positions, (c) details of their qualifications and/or job experience as of the date of their application to the Laingsburg Municipality for their current position and (d) their current qualifications and/or job experience? |
1 | 8 August 2019 | 9850 |
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1.Whether there are any plans in place to deal with defects and maintenance complaints by beneficiaries of houses after allocation or occupation; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
2. whether the National Home Builders Registration Council (NHBRC) inspected any houses in Mossel Bay before rectification started; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the relevant details and (b) how much was spent? |
14 | 2 August 2019 | 9815 |
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Whether his Department and municipalities in the province plan to regard backyard dwellers as prioritised beneficiaries; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details? |
13 | 2 August 2019 | 9814 |
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(a) To what extent has the present drought affected the production of deciduous fruit and job opportunities in the fruit industry in the Klein Karoo and specifically in the Hoeko Valley in the Kannaland municipal area and (b) how long will it take for the deciduous fruit industry in these areas to recover when historical rainfall patterns return? |
12 | 2 August 2019 | 9813 |
