| 16 Nov |
Question 2104: 16
November 2001: Mr HA Smit to ask the Minister of Water and Sanitation:
1.(a)What was the extend of projects to eradicate alien vegetation
in the magisterial districts of Laingsburg and Beaufort West in the last 12
months, (b) what did the costs of these projects amount to for each month,
(c) who paid the costs and (d) who provided transport for the workers;
2. whether any of these transport contractors is receiving any other
remuneration from the relevant local authority or any government department;
if so,
3. whether approval was granted to the transport contractors by the relevant
local authority or government department also to act as contractor; if so,
(a) when and (b) by whom?
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| 2 Nov |
Question 1939: 2
November 2001: Ms LR Mbuyazi to ask the Minister of Water
Affairs and Forestry:
Whether his department constructed the Paris dam on the Bivane river
between Vryheid and Paulpietersburg in KwaZulu-Natal; if not, what is the
position in this regard; if so, who will be the beneficiaries of this dam,
with particular reference to the rural community?
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| 26 Oct |
Question 1900: 26
October 2001: Mr JJ Niemann to ask the Minister of Water
Affairs and Forestry:
Whether his department envisages any capital projects in the
Northern Cape in the forthcoming 36 months; if not, why not, if so, what are
the relevant details?
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| 19 Oct |
Question 1850: 19
October 2001: Mr S Simmons to ask the Minister of Water and Sanitation:
Whether his department intends to privatise the provision of water and
sanitatin services, if not, why not, if so, what are the relevant details?
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| 1 Nov |
Question 375: 1
November 2001: Ms BP Sonjica to ask the Minister of Water and Sanitation:
Whether there are any regulations governing companies in the water-bottling
industry in South Africa; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant
details?
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Question 348: 1
November 2001: Mrs RM Southgate to ask the Minister of Water and Sanitation:
a: Whether his attention has been drawn to the health and environmental
hazards threatening the community of Soweto-on-Sea and Veeplaas who are
settled along the Chatty River; if so,
b: whether his department has taken any steps to prevent diseases like
cholera from breaking out and spreading; if not, why not; if so, what steps;
c: what is the toxicity level of the water in the Chatty river;
d: whether the community has complained that a certain company (name
furnished) is not doing the work it was contracted to do; if so, what steps
is his departmet taking in this regard?
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| 4 Sept |
Question 236 : 4 Sept 2001 -
Kgoshi L C Mothiba to ask the Minister of Water and Sanitation:
Whether he or his department has taken or intends taking any steps in respect
of sewage spillages into rivers; if not, why not; if so, what are the
relevant details, including the (a) date of commencement, (b) target areas,
(c) costs involved, (d) budgetary constraints and (e) manpower required?
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Question 256 : 4 Sept 2001 -
Kgoshi L C Mothiba to ask the Minister of Water and Sanitation:
Whether, with specific reference to programmes implemented by his department
over the past year, there is any correlation between job creation and forest
management; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the
relevant details in respect of (a) target zones, (b) costs, (c) budgetary
constraints and (d) number of jobs to be created?
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Question 254 : 4 Sept 2001 - Dr
M S Mogoba to ask the Minister of Water and Sanitation:
(1) Whether his department has considered building a small dam at the
confluence of the Kutswi, Manyukuru and Motsephiri Rivers in the Nebo area;
if not, what is the position in this regard; if so,
(2) whether the plan has been abandoned; if so, why; if not,
(3) when will the construction of the dam be undertaken?
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| 16 March |
Question 4 : 16
March 2001 - Mr G B D McIntosh to ask the Minister of Water and Sanitation:
(1) (a) What overall cost has been incurred to date on projects undertaken at
(i) national and (ii) local government level for developing the Muniwater
program, (b)(i) how many versions of the Muniwater program have been
developed since its initiation and (ii) why have so many versions been
developed since its initiation, (c) what are the reasons for the decision to
test the Muniwater program at geographic locations with substantial
groundwater supplies, but remote from Pretoria and (d) what is the extent to
which (i) the relevant managers within his department were informed of the
exact nature of the Muniwater program and (ii) any manager or managers within
his department are able to operate the program;
(2) whether his department (a) attempted at any stage to purchase existing
computer programs which could have been adapted to accommodate the
requirements of this venture, (b) tasked any officials to explore the
possibility of purchasing such programs and (c) conducted any investigations
to ascertain whether there were any programs in existence which could meet
the requirements; if so, what are the relevant details;
(3) whether his department will make available the details of the log-book
records of the subsidised vehicles used by two engineers in the employ of his
department for the purpose of testing the Muniwater program together with the
relevant local authorities and consultants; if not, why not; if so, what are
the relevant details;
(4) whether the Muniwater program is viable for continued implementation by
local authorities; if not,
(5) whether he requested that the use of this program be discontinued; if so,
(a) from which date was the program discontinued and (b) what are the further
relevant details?
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| 25 May |
Question 877 : 25 May 2001 - Mr S Simmons to
ask the Minister of Water and Sanitation:
(1) What amount (a) was spent in the (i) 1998-99, (ii) 1999-00 and (iii)
2000-01 financial years and (b) has been budgeted for the 2001-02 financial
year for the clearing of invading alien vegetation;
(2) whether any progress is being made in the fight against invading alien
vegetation; if not, why not; if so, what progress;
(3) whether any new strategies are envisaged to intensify the fight against
invading alien vegetation; if not, why not; if so, what strategies?
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| 19 June |
Question 1 : 19 June 2001 -
Kgoshi L M Mokoena to ask the Minister of Water and Sanitation:
Which (a) specific villages in and around Bushbuckridge and (b) areas ouside
Bushbuckridge will benefit from the Injaka Dam after its completion ?
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| 6 June |
Question 18: 6 June 2001 - Mr MCJ van
Schalkwyk to ask the Minister of Water and Sanitation: Whether
in the light of the fact that many households of eMbalengle in Mpumalanga
receive only sporadic sewage removal services and the fact that residents
have little choice but to use rivers for waste disposal, he or his department
intends taking any steps regardin the contamination of the only drinking
water available to many of these households and the resulting health threat
posed by diseases like cholera; if not, why not; if so, what steps?
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Question 144: 6 June 2001 - Mr MF Cassim
to ask the Minister of Water and Sanitation: Whether any
interested persons and/or organisations have drawn his attention to the fact
that the wide-scale destruction of eucalyptus woods will have a deleterious
effect on honey bees and on the commercial pollination of fruit trees,
particularly in the Western Cape; if so, (a) which persons and/or
organisations and (b) what was his or his department's response thereto?
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Question 151: 6 June 2001 - Ms LR Mbuyazi
to ask the Minister of Water and Sanitation: Whether the
Government had studied the newly released Report of the World Commission on
Dams with a view to unreservedly implementing the new framework for
decision-making as suggested in the report; if not, why not; is so, what are
the relevant details?
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Question 178: 6 June 2001 - Mr S Simmons
to ask the Minister of Water and Sanitation:
1. Whether there are any mechanisms or processes in place to ensure that all
households receive six kilolitres of free clean drinking water in areas and
settlements where no water meters have been installed: if not, why not: if
so, what are the relevant details;
2. Whether any local government authorities iwll not be able to implement the
free provision of clean drinking water with effect from 1 July 2001; if so,
which local government authorities in each specified province;
3. Whether any provision has been made in his department's budget to provide
financial support to local government authorities which are unable to recover
the costs incurred in this free provision of water and to those whose
communities live in extreme poverty; if not, why not; if so, what amount has
been budgeted for this purpose?
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Question 194: 6 June 2001 - Ms PK
Mothoagae to ask the Minister of Water and Sanitation:
1. Whether his department is experiencing backlogs in addressing matters
relating to sanitation in rural areas; if so, what are the relevant details;
2. whether his department has taken or intends taking any steps in this
regard; if not, why not; if so, what steps;
3. whether his department has a dedicated directorate dealing with
sanitation; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details
4. whether his department has taken or intends taking any steps to expedite
the eradication of the bucket system; if not, why not; if so, (a) what steps
and (b) in what month and year will the bucket system be totally eradicated?
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