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

With regard to learner applications for the 2024 academic year that have been received by the WCED:

What is the number of applications that have been received thus far, (b) what is the breakdown by (i) race, (ii) age, (iii) gender and (iv) grade, (c)(i) what is the number of learners who have been successfully placed in schools for the 2024 academic year and (ii) what is the breakdown by (aa) school in which learners have been place and (bb) grade and (d)(i) what is the number of learners who have been rejected by all schools to which they applied for the 2024 academic year and (ii) what is the breakdown by (aa) race and (bb) grade?

 5 2 June 2023 14774

With regard to the H-2A Programme that allows US employers or US agents who meet specific regulatory requirements to bring foreign nationals to the United States to fill temporary agricultural jobs:

What is the number of farm workers from the province who have participated in the programme in (i) 2019, (ii) 2020, (iii) 2021, (iv) 2022 and (v) 2023 to date, (b) what is the (i) race, (ii) gender and (iii) age of the workers, (c) what is the salary range for the participants in the H-2A Programme per annum and (d) what role do his Department and the provincial government play in assisting workers to participate in this programme?

 4 2 June 2023 14773

Whether any Cabinet member or any senior provincial government official is under investigation for sexual harassment, sexual assault or sexual misconduct; if so, what are the relevant details?

 3 2 June 2023 14772
  1. Whether there is any legislation or constitutional provisions prohibiting his Department from acquiring pockets of suitable agricultural land to be distributed to emerging black farmers (black, coloured and Indian) for the purposes of farming; if so, what are the relevant details;

 

  1. what is the breakdown of the number of farms in the province owned by (a) white people, (b) coloured people, (c) black people and (d) Indian people;

 

  1. what is the breakdown of agricultural land in the province owned by (a) white people, (b) coloured people, (c) black people and (d) Indian people in (i) hectares and (ii) percentage terms;

 

  1. whether, in the spirit of cooperative governance, his Department engaged other departments or the national government for the purposes of land acquisition and redistribution among emerging black farmers (black, coloured and Indian) in the Western Cape; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
 1 2 June 2023 14770

In respect of the ongoing recruitment process for workers at the Brackengate Intermediate Care Facility:

(a)   (i) What is the update with regard to this process and (ii) when will it be finalised, (b)(i) when were the vacancies advertised and (ii) how many applications were received, (c) what (i) is the number, (ii) are the details, (iii) are the qualifications and (iv) is the experience of those who have been shortlisted, (d) how many of the workers who are currently on contract at the hospital (i) applied for the advertised jobs, (ii) have been shortlisted and (iii) have been or will be interviewed?

 29 19 May 2023 14756
  1. Whether the Brackengate Intermediate Health Facility continues to operate; if so, what are the relevant details;
  1. whether any staff contracts were terminated by 31 March 2023; if so,

(3)  whether those staff members have been replaced or are in the process of being replaced; if so, what are the relevant details?

 

 26 19 May 2023 14755

(a)   What is the detailed list of all the NGOs that have received funding from her Department in (i) 2019, (ii) 2020, (iii) 2021, (iv) 2022 and (v) 2023 to date, (b)(i) what are the specific amounts received by each NGO and (ii) what was the purpose of such funding and (c)(i) what is the number of NGOs that her Department stopped funding to during the period mentioned in (a) and (ii) what are the reasons therefore?

 33 19 May 2023 14754

(a)   What is the update with regard to the Province’s broadband rollout, (b) what is the detailed updated list of all Wi-Fi hotspots in the province, including the (i) ward numbers and (ii) local municipalities?

 32 19 May 2023 14753
  1. What is the latest update with regard to the case against a certain person, whose name has been furnished to his Department for the purpose of his reply, and (b) what assistance has been given to the victim in (i) 2019, (ii) 2020, (iii) 2021, (iv) 2022 and (v) 2023 to date?
 31 19 May 2023 14752

What is the detailed list of all the members of health facility boards in the province, including health clinics and hospitals?

 30 19 May 2023 14751

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