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

Following the reports of the outbreak and spread of measles in the province and in other parts of the country in early February 2023:

  1. What initiative has her Department embarked on to encourage parents to take their children to be vaccinated against measles;
  2. whether all the clinics in the province have enough supply of the measles vaccine; if not, what is her Department doing to get more vaccine; if so, what are the relevant details?
 1 10 March 2023 14349

With regard to the 65 519 firearms that have been permanently removed from the streets and destroyed in the past 12 months:

  1. How many of these were from the Western Cape and (b) how many (i) arrests and (ii) convictions related to illegal firearms and ammunition were made?
 10 3 March 2023 14347

In relation to the state of police station infrastructure in the Western Cape:

  1. (a) Which police stations currently do not have any (i) access control points on their premises and (ii) holding cells and (b) of these that do not, (i) what alternative is being used and (ii) what are the plans to build holding cell facilities at each of these affected stations;
  1. which police stations currently do not have any detention facilities and (b) what alternative is being used and (c) what are the plans to build detention facilities at each of these affected stations?
 6 3 March 2023 14346

With respect to the safety of police stations:

  1. whether there were any cases of police stations being (a) burgled and (b) vandalised in (i) 2018/19, (ii) 2019/20, (iii) 2020/21, (iv) 2021/22 and (v) 2022/23; if so, (aa) what are the relevant details, (bb) what cost was incurred for each case and (cc)(i) were any criminal cases been opened as a result and (ii) what were the outcomes of these cases;
  2. whether any police stations ever rendered the services of (a) local law enforcement and (b) private security for the use of (i) protecting the premise of police stations and (ii) assisting with crimes that occurred on or by the station's premise; if so, what are the relevant details?
 5 3 March 2023 14345

In relation to the installation of CCTV cameras at police stations in the province: 25 (1) whether every police station is equipped with CCTV cameras; if not, which stations are equipped with them; (2) (a) how many CCTV cameras were installed in SAPS stations in (i) 2018/19, (ii) 2019/20, (iii) 2020/21, (iv) 2021/22 and (v) 2022/23, and (b) which stations received these cameras; (3) whether there any broken CCTV systems at any police station; if so, (a) at which station are they situated and (b) how much would it cost to replace each; (4) whether there are CCTV cameras affected by load shedding; if so, what are the plans to equip the cameras with uninterrupted power supply (UPS) systems?

 4 3 March 2023 14344

The closure of satellite police station in Browns Farm due to unsafe condition:.

(a) How does the closure of the satellite station impact the safety of the community, (b) what plans are in place to improve community safety and confidence in the police and (c) what plans are in place to visibly increase police efficacy in the community?

 3 3 March 2023 14343

What is the SAPS national police to population ratio in each of the police stations in the province in (a) 2019, (b) 2020, (c) 2021, (d) 2022 and (e) 2023 to date?

 1 3 March 2023 14342

What is the number and details of all libraries that do not have (i) alternative power sources and (ii) that do not have internet access and (b) what are her Department’s plans to ensure all libraries have internet access and alternative power sources, and (c) what is the estimated (i) costs for this and (ii) period for when this will be achieved?

 18 3 March 2023 14336
  1. What is the number and details sporting facilities and of other properties that were used for sports that have rezoned to different land use rights on each year between (i) 2014, (ii) 2015, (iii) 2016, (iv) 2017, (v) 2018, (vi) 2019, (v) 2020, (vi) 2021, (vii) 2022 and (viii) 2023 to date and (b) (i) how long the property was used for sports and (ii) what it was rezoned to?
 17 3 March 2023 14335
  1. Whether her Department supports school sport in any way; if not, why not; if so, (a) how much has her Department spent on school sport from the start of the sixth administration to date and (b) what are the details of the (i) sporting codes supported and (ii) support provided;
  1. (a) what are the current challenges that hamper school sport, especially at schools in previously disadvantaged communities, and (b) what intervention measures are in place to address these challenges;
  1. whether reports of alleged discrimination at the Laerskool Sedgefield against learners and teachers from the Sedgefield Primary School who are left out of athletics event has been bought to his attention; if so, (a) what are the relevant details and (b) how is her Department dealing with the matter?
 8 3 March 2023 14334

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