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
  1. What processes are SAPS officers required to follow in order to become qualified to carry and use their service weapon, (b) how often are SAPS officers required to renew this qualification and (c) in the last 12 months, (i) how many SAPS officers have failed to re-qualify and (ii) what were the primary reasons for these failures?
 5 15 June 2023 14845

With the post office in provisional liquidation with debt of approximately R4,4 billion:

Whether her Department has received any update from the national Department of Social Development on what plans will be put in place to enable grant payment to beneficiaries; if so, what are the relevant details?

 1 15 June 2023 14844
      1. Whether any research on investment constraints in the province has been conducted by her Department; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
      1. what steps is her Department taking to make the Western Cape as investment-friendly as possible?

 

 30 2 June 2023 14792

With regard to the Port of Cape Town:

(a)   (i) What is the average waiting time for container ships to berth at the port and (ii) what is the cause of the excessive waiting times, if any, (b) what is the average number of twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) containers to be (i) loaded and (ii) unloaded at the port per week, (c) what is the average waiting time for trucks to be (i) loaded and (ii) unloaded at the port per week and (d) what is the cause of the excessive delays, if any?

 29 2 June 2023 14791

How many foster parents or guardians are currently fostering children in the province?

 23 20 June 2023 14790

With regard to land reform:

  1. (i) What support does his Department provide to land-reform projects in the province and (ii) what are the requirements to qualify for this support and (b)(i) what is the success rate of land-reform projects in the province, measured as farms that are commercially viable and profitable, (ii) how does this rate compare to the national rate and (iii) to what does his Department ascribe the difference in success?

 

 22 2 June 2023 14789

In relation to comments made by the Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development at the Presidential Imbizo in Paarl on 19 May:

Whether he is aware of the case to which Deputy Minister Skwatsha referred where a farmer allegedly raised the price of his farm from R5 million to R90 million upon learning that it was targeted for land reform; if so, what are the relevant details;

 

  1. whether his Department is aware of any other instances in the province of farmers inflating the prices of their farms beyond market prices when those farms are targeted for land-reform projects; if so, what are the relevant details;

whether the inflation of farm prices in connection with land reform is a trend that his Department is aware of; if so, what steps is his Department taking to address this?

 21 2 June 2023 14788
  1. Whether he can provide a list of all provincial (a) housing, (b) road and (c) energy infrastructure projects that are planned in the Cape Winelands region for the next three financial years; if so, what are the relevant details;
  2. whether he can provide (a) how much will be spent on each project and (b) how many jobs are set to be created by these projects; if so, what are the relevant details?
 20 2 June 2023 14787
  1. Whether he can provide a list of all provincial (a) housing, (b) road and (c) energy infrastructure projects that are planned in Garden Route region for the next three financial years; if so, what are the relevant details;
  2. whether he can provide (a) how much will be spent on each project and (b) how many jobs are set to be created by these projects; if so, what are the relevant details?

 

 19 2 June 2023 14786
  1. Whether he can provide a list of all provincial (a) housing, (b) road and (c) energy infrastructure projects that are planned in the City of Cape Town region for the next three financial years; if so, what are the relevant details;
  2. whether he can provide (a) how much will be spent on each project and (b) how many jobs are set to be created by these projects; if so, what are the relevant details?
 18 2 June 2023 14785

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