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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At a briefing of the Standing Committee on Local Government on 13 October 2020, his Department noted that the increase of illegal land invasions in the province is a potential contributing factor to fire hazards:

1. (a) In what way do illegal land invasions erode the formal and/or informal urban edges of human settlements, (b) what is the impact of this in the (i) short and (ii) long term and (c) what measures are in place to manage the eroding of urban edges;

2. whether his Department has engaged with the provincial Department of Human Settlements, other provincial entities, municipalities and/or the national government on this matter; if so, (a) what is the nature of these discussions and (b) what pertinent outcomes mitigate the risks?

 1 23 October 2020 10407
  1. (a) What are the (i) granted number and (ii) actual number of SAPS vehicles and (b) what is the number of boarded SAPS vehicles at the Ocean View police station;
  2. (a) what is the average mileage in kilometre of the vehicles and (b) how many operational vehicles are allocated to (i) Vispol, (ii) detectives and (iii) support services?
 8 28 August 2020 10406
  1. (a) What are the (i) granted number and (ii) actual number of SAPS vehicles and (b) what is the number of boarded SAPS vehicles at the Muizenberg police station;
  2. (a) what is the average mileage in kilometre of the vehicles and (b) how many operational vehicles are allocated to (i) Vispol, (ii) detectives and (iii) support services?
 7 28 August 2020 10405
  1. (a) What are the (i) granted number and (ii) actual number of SAPS vehicles and (b) what is the number of boarded SAPS vehicles at the Kirstenhof police station;
  2. (a) what is the average mileage in kilometre of the vehicles and (b) how many operational vehicles are allocated to (i) Vispol, (ii) detectives and (iii) support services?
 6 28 August 2020 10404
  1. How many police firearms were (a) stolen in the Western Cape and (b) recovered (i) at the Mitchells Plain police station, (ii) at the Lentegeur police station and (iii) in the Western Cape as a whole in the (aa) 2017/18, (bb) 2018/19 and (cc) 2019/20 financial years;
  2. (a) how many police officials were charged for losing or misplacing their firearms (i) at the Mitchells Plain police station, (ii) at the Lentegeur police station and (iii) in the Western Cape as a whole in the (aa) 2017/18, (bb) 2018/19 and (cc) 2019/20 financial years and (b) how many officials were (i) dismissed and (ii) found not guilty during the same period?
 5 28 August 2020 10403

With regard to housing needs in Kalbaskraal in the Swartland Municipality:

  1. (a) What are the housing plans, if any, for the Kalbaskraal community in the Swartland Municipality, (b) why was the community request for a PHP project, submitted in 2019, rejected and (c) why are residents of Spes Bona being asked to sign a document agreeing to an allocation of “6 roof sheets and 100 safe top nails from approved provincial funds”;
  2. whether funding will be allocated for formal housing or top structures; if so, (a) what funding, (b) for how many houses and (c) when?
 4 28 August 2020 10402
  1. Whether her Department can provide a report on school attendance for all the schools in Valhalla Park for all the grades from June 2020 to date; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
  2. whether her Department receives records of absenteeism; if so, what are the relevant details;
  3. whether her Department receives copies of the letters that parents must sign when learners are absent; if so, what are the relevant details;
  4. whether her Department can provide statistics of school attendance in the province since June 2020; if so, what are the relevant details?
 1 28 August 2020 10401

With reference to CAS 33/02/2021 Kirstenhof:

  1. What charges have been brought in respect of this CAS number;
  1. whether a blood alcohol sample was taken from the driver of the vehicle, if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
  2. whether (a) the victim requested a blood alcohol sample be taken and (b) witnesses claimed the driver was under the influence of alcohol; if so, what are the relevant details;
  1. (a) what speed the vehicle was travelling when it crashed into and rear ended another vehicle and (b) what is the speed limit of the road on which the crash occurred;
  1. whether if paramedics attend to an injured person at a crash site, SAPS considers the scene to be contaminated; If so, what are the relevant details?
 5 19 February 2021 10400
  1. What funding has been allocated to programmes to identify and support young   people at risk of violent or criminal behaviour in the (a) 2018/19, (b) 2019/20 and (c) 2020/21 financial years;
 7 21 August 2020 10399
  1. What funding has been allocated to programmes to identify and support young   people at risk of violent or criminal behaviour in the (a) 2018/19, (b) 2019/20 and (c) 2020/21 financial years;
 7 21 August 2020 10398

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