Health
(a) What childhood (i) illnesses and (ii) deaths are linked to living conditions with limited access to clean water, poor sanitation and poor hygiene, (b) what is the child mortality rate from (i) childhood illnesses and (ii) acute diarrhoeal disease for period 2016 to 2021 for each of the health subdistricts in the Cape Town metropolitan area, (c) what is the child mortality rate of each of the health subdistricts above between 2016 and 2021, (d) what health and built-environment interventions are required to eliminate childhood illnesses and deaths and (e) what steps have been taken to implement these interventions?
I have been informed that where the information requested was not within the domain of my Department it was sourced from the Golden Arrow Bus Services.
(a) Yes, they are two of the ten that the City of Cape Town intended buying.
(b) BYD owned the buses. (c)
(c) Golden Arrow purchased the buses from BYD in a private transaction.
(d) BYD owns the buses until final payment which is due in February 2022.
(e) My Department did not have a role in this transaction.
(f) See response to (e).
(g) Yes
(h) The project is being used to test whether a cost differential will be realised.
(i) uYilo is part of the test and they contribute to its operational costs. uYilo will receive a formal test report regarding the results and feasibility of introducing electric buses in South Africa.
(j) See response to (i).
(k) It is a 12-month pilot project with projected completion in March 2022.
(l) The range is being tested on the current routes. The type of bus is more suited for shorter routes with frequent loading and off loading
