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

In relation to the Municipal Red Tape Reduction Challenge Fund:

  1. How much money will be allocated to this fund, (b) what are the criteria for deciding whether interventions get funded, (c) what is the maximum amount a municipality can qualify for and (d) what oversight measures are in place to ensure clean governance and accountability in the use of this fund?
 10 30 June 2023 14939

How many (a) people have been displaced as a result of the recent flooding, (b) people are still in need of shelter and (c) shelter facilities are there throughout the entire province?

 9 30 June 2023 14938
  1. What is the estimated value of the damage caused by the recent flooding;
  2. whether relief efforts are still underway; if so, what are the relevant details?

 

 8 30 June 2023 14937
  1. Which organisations played an active role in assisting the various disaster management teams during the recent flooding throughout the province and (b) in what ways did these organisations assist?
 7 30 June 2023 14936
  1. What procedures are currently in place to ensure that traffic law enforcement officers do not engage in (a) corruption or (b) bribery;
  2. whether he is aware of any officers who have been found guilty of corruption or bribery; if so, (a) what are the relevant details and (b) what actions have been taken against them?
 6 30 June 2023 14932

 

  1. How (a) many taxis in the province currently possess an operating licence, (b) many applications are currently being processed and (c) long does the (i) application and (ii) processing of the operating licence take;
  2. (a) how many (i) legal and (ii) illegal taxis are estimated to be operating in the province and (b) how many taxis operating illegally have been impounded in the past five financial years?
 5 30 June 2023 14931
  1. How many traffic law enforcement vehicles does his Department currently have;
  2. whether this number is an adequate number of vehicles to enforce the law effectively; if not, why not;
  3. how many more vehicles are set to be purchased in the upcoming three financial years;
  4. whether there are any cases where a law enforcement vehicle has been stolen; if so, what are the relevant details;
  5. whether he is aware of any criminal groups posing as law enforcement officers to target and hijack individuals; if so, what are the relevant details?
 4 30 June 2023 14930
  1. What processes must be followed in order to register oneself as a secondhand goods dealer or recycler, (b) what steps does the SAPS take in order to ensure that the relevant legislation is complied with by secondhand goods dealers or recyclers, (c) what steps does the SAPS take to ensure that recyclers of controlled metals do not deal in stolen goods and (d) how many individuals were arrested in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021 and (iii) 2022 for offences related to illegal dealing in controlled metals?
 3 30 June 2023 14929

Whether any SAPS precinct telephone systems in the Western Cape have failed in the last six months; if so, what are the relevant details of each of these cases?

 

 2 30 June 2023 14928
  1. How many sport facilities have been (i) vandalised and (ii) robbed in the past five years, (b) what are the costs incurred due to vandalism and robberies in the past five years and (c) what is her Department doing to mitigate the impact of vandalism and robberies on sport facilities?
 1 30 June 2023 14926

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