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 is the number of businesses that have closed down in (i) 2019, (ii) 2020, (iii) 2021, (iv) 2022, (v) 2023, (vi) 2024 and (vii) 2025 to date as the result of (aa) extortion, (bb) the construction mafia and (cc) any other related form of organised crime in the province and (b) what is the estimated cost of (i) extortion, (ii) the construction mafia and (iii) other related forms of organised crime to (aa) the Western Cape economy and (bb) the livelihoods of people in the province?
 29 7 February 2025 18600

Hon Ngqentsu.

  1. What is the total number of cases related to (i) extortion, (ii) the construction mafia and (iii) other related crimes that (aa) has been opened and (bb) are currently under investigation in the province, (b) what are the details of the accused in these cases, including (i) the number of individuals charged, (ii) their affiliations or known associations and (iii) the status of each case and (c) what are the details of each case, including (i) the nature of the crime, (ii) the affected areas and (iii) the progress of investigations and prosecutions?
 28 7 February 2025 18599


(1) What progress has been made with the construction of a permanent school in Atlantis;
(2) whether a budget has been allocated for the school in the 2025/26 financial year; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

 27 7 February 2025 18598

Hin Lithakong.

In the light of President Trump’s freeze on US foreign aid:

  1. How will such a move affect social services in the province and (b) what bearing will the move have a on services provided by non-governmental organisations?
 24 7 February 2025 18597

With regard to unplaced learners:
(a) What is the backlog in the number of children who are still not placed at schools,
(b) how does his Department come to the decision to place a learner from one region (Cape Metro) in another region (West Coast) without providing learner transport for such a learner and
(c) what are the criteria used by his Department to provide learner transport for learners from one area going to a school or schools that are located in the same direction?

 23 7 February 2025 18596

In the light of the recent water crisis facing the Swartland Local Municipality where residents complained about excessive demand for water supply as the reservoirs ran dry:

  1. Whether the municipality is approaching Day Zero; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
  2. whether his Department is capable of intervening to make sure that there are enough boreholes in the area so that residents can have access to an adequate water supply; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
 22 7 February 2025 18595

With regard to the statement by the President of the United States of America that he will be cutting future aid to South Africa:

  1. What impact will such a move have on the administration of health in the province and on patients;
  2. whether such a move will result in job losses; if so, what are the relevant details;
  3. whether her Department has any relations with the United States government; if so, what impact will such a move have on those relations?
 21 7 February 2025 18594

Hon Walters.

(a)   What is the current status of the SAPS Western Cape Extortion Task Team, (b) how many cases perpetrated in the province have been reported to the SAPS toll-free extortion hotline since its inception on 1 September 2023 and (c)(i) how many of these cases have been resolved and (ii) how many of these cases resulted in (aa) arrests and (bb) convictions?

 20 7 February 2025 18593

Hon Walters.

With regard to the latest available SAPS resourcing data for the province:

  1. (i) How many police officers should be deployed in the province based on best-practice police-to-population ratio and (ii) how many are currently deployed, (b)(i) what is the number of police officers based on best-practice police-to-population ratios that should be deployed at each police station in the province and (ii) how many SAPS members are deployed at each station, (c) how does the SAPS handle staff shortages in high-demand areas in the province and (d) what are the specific implications of insufficient staffing for the SAPS in the province (for example response times and crime prevention efficacy)?
 19 7 February 2025 18592

Hon Bryant.

  1. Whether his Department is party to the investigation into the recent oil spill along the Kommetjie and Hout Bay coastline that had an impact on marine life, including many endangered African penguins; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) whether his Department has been in communication with the national Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment; if so, what was the outcome?
 18 7 February 2025 18591

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