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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(a) What (i) is the number and (ii) are the details of all the Premier’s councils that have been established from the start of the sixth administration to date, (b) what is the (i) budget allocation for each year and (ii) expenditure breakdown per year and (c) what are the (i) names and (ii) qualifications of the members of each council?

 11 23 March 2023 14441

With regard to the announcement of the Western Cape Energy Council, as well as the development of the Energy Plan, in his State of the Province Address:

(1) (a) What (i) is the mandate of the Western Cape Energy Council, (b) is its budget and (c) are the names of all the individuals that form part of it;

(2) (a)(i) what are the details of the Energy Plan and (ii) when will it be finalised, (b) what are the details of the department or departments and individuals involved in the development of the plan and (c) what is the detailed breakdown of the costs associated with it?

 10 24 March 2023 14440

With regard to the employment of a certain person, whose name has been furnished to his Department for the purpose of his reply, to advise the provincial government on its energy-resilience drive, as announced in the State of the Province Address:

(1) (a) In which department is he employed, (b) what position does he hold and (c) what process was followed to recruit him;

(2) whether the post that this person occupies was advertised; if not, why not; if so, (a)(i) when and (ii) where was it advertised, (b) what is the number of applications received, (c) what (i) is the number, (ii) are the details of the qualifications and experience of all the shortlisted candidates and (iii) are the details of the scores that were received by each applicant;

(3) (a) what is his salary per month and (b) what are the other related costs for his position?

 9 24 March 2023 14439

With regard to the memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed with the Northern Cape, as announced in the State of the Province Address (SOPA): (1) (a) What are the details of this MOU and (b) can a copy be made available; (2) with regard to the work that his government is doing with partners and the Northern Cape government in the drive for green hydrogen (GH2), as reported in the SOPA: (a) what are the details and purpose of the GH2 hub and corridor and (b) what is the (i) detailed list of all the stakeholders involved and (ii) role of each stakeholder and (c) what is the total (i) budget for and (ii) expenditure on the GH2 drive; (3) whether the national government was involved in the agreements signed with international partners, such as the Namibian government, to make optimal use of the potential of green hydrogen in the region; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the relevant details and (b) what is the detailed list of all the international partners involved?

 8 24 March 2023 14438
  1. (i) What is the number of learners from Northern Paarl who are enrolled at the Weltevrede High School in Wellington and (ii) what are the details of the transport arrangements that are made for them, (b) what (i) are the details of the challenges that have led to the learners remaining at home without learner transport and (ii) intervention measures has his Department put in place, (c) what is the number of school days that have been lost by learners from Northern Paarl who are enrolled at the Weltevrede High School due to learner transport challenges and (d)(i) how much is budgeted for learner transport for learners from Northern Paarl to Wellington and (ii) what is the number of routes available and (iii) how many buses are available for these routes?
 14 10 March 2023 14398
  1. Whether there are any municipalities in the province under provincial intervention; if so, what are the relevant details;
  2. whether there are any municipalities in the province still without (a) a municipal manager and (b) directors since the election in November 2021; if so, what are the relevant details?
 5 10 March 2023 14383

Following the disbursement of R88 million to municipalities in order to mitigate the impact of load-shedding:

  1. (a) What will be the immediate service-delivery impact of the allocated funds and (b) what are the long-term goals of this project;
  2. in addition to the funds allocated by the provincial government, whether municipalities will allocate any of their own additional funding for their procurement of emergency diesel generators; if so, what are the relevant details;
  3. whether his Department foresees any potential job creation emanating from this project; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
 8 10 March 2023 14382
      1. (a) How much has (i) the province and (ii) municipalities spent on studies on the generation of alternative electricity in (aa) 2019, (bb) 2020, (cc) 2021, (dd) 2022 and (ee) 2023 to date, (b) what were the findings of each study and (c) which companies were awarded the contracts to conduct these studies;
      1. with regard to the amount of R60 million that was set aside in 2021 budget speech to enable municipalities to generate, procure and sell their own power, (a) what is the update with regard to the implementation of the Municipal Energy Resilience Project (MERP) in the province, (b) what is the detailed breakdown of all the action steps that have been accomplished per municipality with regard to this and (c) what is the detailed expenditure breakdown of this funding allocation (i) per municipality and (ii) by the City of Cape Town from 2021 to date?

 

 16 10 March 2023 14377
  1. What (a) is the number and (b) are the details of the security contracts that his Department awarded in (i) Delft and (ii) the province at large and (c)(i) are the details of service providers, (ii) are details of directors of the companies to whom WCED-related security contracts have been awarded in Delft and the province;
  1. whether he is aware and will investigate allegations that his Department has awarded contracts to extortionists in Delft; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
 15 10 March 2023 14376

What are the details of all the national government’s (a) interventions and (b) funded programmes in the province to support (i) SMMEs and (ii) informal businesses in each year between 2019 and 2023 to date, including (aa) a full list of all the businesses that have benefitted and (bb) the details of the support received?

 13 10 March 2023 14375

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