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. How many jobs have been created in the Western Cape from international (i) films, (ii) series and (iii) documentaries since 2020 and (b) how much have these projects contributed to the provincial economy?
 6 20 October 2023 16435

With regard to the title deeds backlog:

  1. How many title deeds are delayed because of a failure to transfer land from the national Department of Public Works to a municipality between 2019 and 2022, (b) how long have these transfers of land parcels been delayed, (c) which municipalities are affected and (d) how many people are set to benefit if the backlog gets cleared?
 5 20 October 2023 16434

With regard to the Department of Infrastructure’s rail projects:

 

  1. What projects are delayed due to Prasa not giving permission, (b) what are the estimated costs for the delay of these projects and (c) where are these projects situated?
 4 20 October 2023 16432

With regard to his commitment in March 2020 to relocate 75 households from Kanana to the Forest Village Housing Project:

  1. (a) Why did the beneficiaries approved for BNG houses in Forest Village in 2020 not

receive their houses and (b) what is the status of the beneficiaries from Kanana who were approved for Forest Village but never relocated;

  1. whether the beneficiaries remain approved for Forest Village; if not, (a) what project

are they allocated to and (b) when will they receive their houses; if so, when will they receive their houses;

  1. why has his 2020 commitment to prioritise “disabled, vulnerable and elderly

community members” not been honoured and (b) how does his Department intend to assist or communicate with these approved beneficiaries?

 3 20 October 2023 16431

On 10 May 2022 the Equal Education Law Centre presented information to the Standing Committee on Education regarding challenges related to learner admissions in the Western Cape. During this session, the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) committed to providing updates to the Standing Committee on Education on the progress of the online appeal process pilot project by the end of the last quarter of 2022:

(1)     What is the comprehensive update on the pilot project;

(2)       whether the pilot project has been initiated; if not, (a) why not and (b) what is the reason for the delay; if so, what is the current status?

 2 20 October 2023 16430

With reference to the reply to question 5 of 20 July 2023:

  1. (a) Who is the owner of the Old Stone Church Precinct, (b) what are the details of “The Range”, (c) who is the agent managing the letting of this portion of the property, (d) what are the monthly rental rates being paid by “The Range” for this part of the property to the owner of the property or the agent and (e) what are the details of the annual remuneration agreement between the Department and the agent;
  2. whether his Department has an agent managing the agreement with SANParks under whose management the Manor House Precinct currently is; if not, why not; if so, (a) who is the agent, (b) what are the monthly rental rate being paid by SANParks for this part of the property to the owner of the property or the agent and (c) what are the details of the annual remuneration agreement between the Department and the agent?
 1 20 October 2023 16427
    1. What programmes are funded through the Western Cape Safety Plan to address sexual offences and (b) what is the detailed expenditure breakdown on these programmes in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021, (iii) 2022 and (iv) 2023 to date?
 14 6 October 2023 16046

(a)    The measures and methodology utilised by the South African Police Service to recruit informants may not be disclosed so not to compromise and expose the organisations, nor place its employees at risk. The South African Police Service, Western Cape regulates the recruitment and registration in terms of National Instruction 1/2021.

         (b)   Due to the sensitive nature surrounding informants, exact figures cannot be provided.

 13 6 October 2023 16038

(a)   What measures does the South African Police Service take to recruit criminal informants and (b) how many informants were recruited at each of the Western Cape’s police stations in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021, (iii) 2022 and (iv) 2023 to date?

 12 6 October 2023 16029

With regard to the Port of Cape Town’s performance in September 2023:

(a)       What was the (i) average waiting time for berth utilisation and occupancy for container ships and (ii) target for the month, (b) what was the (i) average number of twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) containers (aa) loaded and (bb) unloaded and (ii) target for the month, (c) what was the (i) average waiting time for trucks being (aa) loaded and (bb) unloaded at the port and (ii) target for the month, (d) what was the (i) average ship turnaround time and (ii) target for the month, (e) what was the (i) average anchorage waiting time and (ii) target for the month and (f) what was the (i) average container dwell time and (ii) target for the month?

 11 6 October 2023 16018

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