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. (a) What specific collaborative initiatives currently exist between his Department and the Department of Local Government to enhance tourism offerings in township economies and (b) what portion of his Department’s budget has been dedicated to tourism-specific township interventions in the 2026/27 financial year;
  2. what are the current estimates for the township tourism industry in the province regarding (a) its total annual gross value, (b) the total number of visitors served and (c) the total number of individuals employed in this subsector;
  1. (a) how many township-based SMMEs have received financial or technical support through the (i) Tourism Growth Fund and (ii) Sustainable Tourism Enterprise Sup-port Programme (STEP) in the 2025/26 financial year and (b) what measures are being taken to monitor the long-term sustainability of these businesses;
  2. (a) what specific barriers to entry for township tourism operators has his Department has identified and (b) what strategies is his Department implementing to mitigate these barriers in the 2026/27 MTEF period?
 18 20 March 2026 20614
  1. How many individuals have participated in his Department’s experiential learning and work placement programmes in the (i) 2024/25 and (ii) 2025/26 financial years, (b)(i) how many applications are expected to be received in 2026/27 and (ii) what pro-portion of applicants can be accommodated, (c) what engagement has his Department undertaken with stakeholders and other partners to expand experiential learning oppor-tunities, (d) how many companies or organisations are currently participating in these initiatives, (e) what key (i) skills gaps or (ii) workplace readiness challenges have been identified by industry partners among the unemployed youth seeking placement oppor-tunities and (f) what measures is his Department implementing to address these gaps through its experiential learning programmes?
 17 20 March 2026 20613

With dam levels in the province reducing and many municipalities implementing water restrictions:

      1. What is the total volume of water lost in all municipalities in the province as the result of broken or leaking taps, (b)(i) which are the three municipalities most affected by water losses from broken or leaking taps and (ii) what are the respective volumes lost in each municipality, (c) what is the total financial cost of water lost due to this problem and (d) what interventions is his Department implementing to address and reduce water losses from broken or leaking taps?
 16 20 March 2026 20612

With many municipalities in the province facing water security risks and non-revenue water losses:

  1. What is the estimated total volume of water lost due to illegal water connections in municipalities in the province in the (i) 2024/25 and (ii) 2025/26 financial years, (b) which three municipalities have recorded the highest number of illegal water connections, (c) how many cases were identified in each municipality, (d) what is the estimated financial cost associated with water losses due to illegal connections for the same period in (a) above and (e) what interventions has his Department provided to municipalities to address illegal water connections?
 15 20 March 2026 20611

(a)   What prevents his Department from using administrative sources (such as schools, clinics, shelters, the SAPS and NGOs) to produce indicative numbers of homeless children, (b) how does his Department monitor risk hotspots for homeless children in the absence of municipality-level data and (c)(i) which municipalities have formally reported concerns or trends relating to homeless children since 2019 and (ii) can copies of these reports be made available?

 14 20 March 2026 20610
  1. Whether any support is being provided to (a) township-based small businesses, (b) informal traders and (c) local tourism enterprises; if not, why not; if so, (i) how many businesses have benefitted from such support, (ii) in which townships are these programmes being implemented and (iii) what measures are in place to ensure that these initiatives contribute to sustainable job creation;
  2. whether his Department has conducted any assessment of the impact of crime on tourism in the province, particularly in Cape Town; if not, why not; if so, (a) when was the assessment conducted and (b) what were the key findings?
 13 20 March 2026 20609

With regard to the mobile abattoir initiative to support the participation of emerging farmers in formal markets:

  1. Whether his Department will be outsourcing this service; if so, when will this initiative be rolled out; if not;
  2. whether his Department will purchase the mobile units; if so, what are the relevant details?
 12 20 March 2026 20608
  1. Whether his Department has increased veterinary capacity in response to the threat posed by foot-and-mouth disease and other livestock diseases; if not, why not; if so, (a) how many additional veterinary personnel have been appointed or contracted and (b) in which districts have they been deployed;
  2. whether any specific measures have been implemented to prevent the introduction of infected livestock into the province; if not, why not; if so, (a) what do these measures entail, (b) how many veterinary inspections or checkpoints have been established and (c) how is his Department coordinating with (i) national authorities and (ii) neighbouring provinces to monitor livestock movement?
 11 20 March 2026 20607

In the light of the deepening youth development and unemployment crisis in the Western Cape, where a significant proportion of young people remain not in employment, education or training (NEET):

(a)    What targeted programmes have been implemented in each municipality specifically to reduce the NEET rate; (b) how many young people have been reached per municipality in (i) 2019/20, (ii) 2020/21, (iii) 2021/22, (iv) 2022/23, (v) 2023/24, (vi) 2024/25 and (vii) 2025/26 to date and (c) what measurable outcomes have been achieved in terms of (i) employment placement, (ii) education enrolment or (iii) accredited skills development?

 10 20 March 2026 20606

What is (a) the current number of unplaced learners in the province for the 2026 school year, (b) the breakdown per district and (c) his department doing to ensure learners who were unplaced or who were placed late catch up with the syllabus?

 9 20 March 2026 20605

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