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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In respect of medical equipment lent by the Department to private facilities between 2019/20 and 2025/26: (a) What equipment was lent in (i) 2019/20, (ii) 2020/21, (iii) 2021/22, (iv) 2022/23, (v) 2023/24, (vi) 2024/25 and (vii) 2025/26, (b) what is the (i) type, (ii) make and model and (iii) serial number of the equipment that was lent and (c) on which date was the equipment (i) issued and (ii) returned? |
9 | 6 March 2026 | 20574 |
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With reference to her reply to question 28 of 3 October 2025:
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8 | 6 March 2026 | 20573 |
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In respect of the number of orphans and child-headed households in the province:
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7 | 6 March 2026 | 20572 |
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In respect of the number of orphans and child-headed households in the province:
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6 | 6 March 2026 | 20571 |
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With regard to the eviction of farm workers: (a) What specific protocols are in place to ensure that landowners in the province comply with the Extension of Security of Tenure Act, 1997 (Act 62 of 1997) (ESTA), particularly with (i) the requirements for lawful termination of residence, (ii) written notice to occupiers and relevant authorities and (iii) the securing of a court order before any eviction of farm workers or farm dwellers takes place, (b) how is his Department preventing the unlawful practice of conflating termination of employment with a right to evict farm workers from on-farm accommodation and (c) what measures are being taken to (i) strengthen monitoring, (ii) ensure enforcement and (iii) conduct inter-departmental oversight to protect vulnerable farm occupiers, such as (aa) long-term residents, (bb) the elderly, (cc) children and (dd) persons with disabilities, from unlawful evictions as prohibited under ESTA? |
3 | 6 March 2026 | 20570 |
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Regarding the “non-compliance notice” issued by the Department of Labour around 2016 on occupational health and safety standards at the Nduli Primary School relating to the structural condition of the school buildings:
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2 | 6 March 2026 | 20569 |
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Regarding the current drought in the province:
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1 | 6 March 2026 | 20568 |
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(a) (i) How many mobile health outreach units are currently operational in the province and (ii) in which districts are these units deployed, (b) what is the total budget allocated to mobile outreach services for the (i) 2023/24, (ii) 2024/25 and (iii) 2025/26 financial years, (c) how many patients were reached through mobile outreach programmes in each district in the past two financial years, (d) what specific health services are provided by the mobile outreach units and (e) what measures has her Department put in place to ensure (i) adequate staffing, (ii) the maintenance of mobile units and (iii) consistent medicine supply to these outreach services? |
16 | 20 February 2026 | 20519 |
whether any formal appeals have been lodged by beneficiaries in the province against Sassa decisions that resulted from the new process; if so, (a) how many appeals have been made, (b) what were the outcomes and (c) what is the time frame for resolutions? |
15 | 20 February 2026 | 20518 |
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14 | 20 February 2026 | 20517 |