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

What is the amount actually spent to maladministration and fruitless and wasteful expenditure by the Laingsburg Municipality in the: 
(a) 2016/17, 
(b) 2017/18, and 
(c) 2018/19 financial years?
 

 1 16 August 2019 9854

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

(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

(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

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

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

(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

Whether any sites in the province have been identified for the construction or upgrading of dams with public funds to provide water for farming purposes or human consumption; if so, what are the relevant details?

 11 2 August 2019 9812

Whether his Department and local governments in the province have a record of requests submitted to the National Department of Public Works for the transfer and release of land for housing projects; if so, how many of the requests submitted over the last ten years (a) have been granted, (b) have been turned down or (c) are still pending?

 10 2 August 2019 9811
  1. With regard to the 11 sites mentioned in the debate on the Premier’s State of the Province Address, whether the disposal of all these sites were stopped by court order in one court application; if so, (a) what is the court case number, (b) who were the applicants and (c) when did the court make this order;

 

  1. with regard to the following six sites: Pickwick Street in Salt River, the parking lot in New Market Street, Woodstock Park, Woodstock Hospital, the Fruit and Vegetable site in Roeland Street and Canterbury Road, (a) when did the courts halt the disposal of each of these six sites for affordable housing, (b) what is the court case number of each of these six sites and (c) who were the applicants of each of these six sites?
 9 2 August 2019 9810

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