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 the development of housing at the Old Salt River Market property:
(1) (a) What is the value of the property and (b) how much was the property sold for;
(2) whether Communicare (NPC) was offered any discount on the property; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the relevant details and (b) were any other developers offered the same revised discount offered to Communicare;
(3) whether other developers were given the same opportunity to tender for this housing development on the revised discounted property price as offered to Communicare; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
(4) whether the discounted property at the Old Salt River Market was advertised in the open market at the revised discounted rate as offered to Communicare; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
(5) whether the Salt River Housing Development, including the discounted offer, was open for public comment; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
(6) (a) under what housing scheme is the Old Salt River Market property being developed, (b) what is meant by mixed affordable housing and (c) why is retail space included in this housing development?
 

 12 19 August 2022 13514

(1) Whether the Preferential Procurement Policy (PPP) Framework has been completed; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the relevant details, (b) can a copy be made available and (c) how is this PPP making provision for social-sector collaboration and for contracting for relevant goods and services by the provincial government and its entities;
(2) what is her Department’s Revenue Enhancement Strategy (RES), (b) what are the new sources of revenue that have been identified and (c) what has been the output from the Fiscal Futures Project to date;

 11 19 August 2022 13513

(1) (a) What has been the progress of job creation in quarter 1 of 2022 and (b) what is the detailed breakdown of (i) specific numbers, (ii) sectors of the economy, (iii) geographic areas and (iv) number and/or percentage of (aa) young people, (bb) women and (cc) people with disabilities who have been employed;
(2) (a) what progress has been made with the review of the strategy and (b) when will it be concluded?

 10 19 August 2022 13512

With regard to the Schoongezicht Housing Project, which has been identified as one of the emergency housing projects that will yield 347 housing opportunities, that was confirmed by the Drakenstein Municipality during a May 2022 oversight visit to be implemented in a phased approach:
(a) What are the specifics of the phased approach and (b) when is the implementation date?
 

 6 19 August 2022 13511

With regard to the revelation by the Swellendam Municipality, during an oversight visit by the Standing Committee on Human Settlements on 20 June 2022, that the allocation of proposed serviced sites is one of the challenges it faces in carrying out housing developments as there are no proper criteria or guidelines for who would qualify and/or not qualify for a serviced site:
(1) Whether there has been any training to inform municipalities of the criteria or guidelines; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
(2) (a) how has his Department made sure that municipalities are aware of what is expected of them in regard to serviced sites and (b) what do the criteria regarding serviced sites entail?
 

 5 19 August 2022 13510

With reference to his reply to question 5 of 22 July 2022:
(a) How many service dogs did each of the aforementioned K9 units have in (i) 2018/19, (ii) 2019/20, (iii) 2020/21, (iv) 2021/22 and (v) 2022/23 and (b) what are the reasons for the budgetary decreases between 2018/19 and 2022/23?

 1 19 August 2022 13506

(a) What are the full details, including the (i) names, (ii) gender, (iii) race and (iv) positions, of all the persons who formed part of delegations to meetings attended by former Minister of Economic Opportunities, Alan Winde, (b) what is the total cost breakdown for each of the meetings attended and (c) what was the cost to the Department per meeting?

 12 5 August 2022 13503

(a) What is the prevalence of underage drinking in the Western Cape and (b) what are her Department’s programmes to (i) prevent and (ii) address this challenge, including (iii) a breakdown of the expenditure on this challenge between 2019 and 2022?

 11 8 July 2022 13500

With regard to her reply to question 24 of 11 March 2022:
(1) (a) What is the update with regard to the revision of the Sexual Harassment Policy and (b) when will the process be completed;
(2) (a) who is conducting the review and (b) what is the cost associated with it, including a detailed expenditure breakdown;
(3) whether any work is being done to create a uniform gender-based violence (GBV) policy for the Western Cape Government; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
 

 10 8 July 2022 13499

With regard to the claims made by her Department in the 2022/23 Annual Performance Plan that “to combat and reduce the prevalence of Substance Use Disorders (SUDs) in the province, the Department has embarked on a process to develop a Provincial Drug

Master Plan, which is aligned towards implementing the seven strategic goals outlined in the National Drug Master Plan (2019–2024)”:
(1) (a) At what stage is the process of developing this Provincial Drug Master Plan and (b) when will it be completed;
(2) what are the costs associated with developing this plan, including a detailed breakdown of the expenditure;
(3) (a) what are the tasks that have been undertaken and completed thus far and (b) what is outstanding?
 

 9 8 July 2022 13498

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