30 August 2022
QUESTIONS FOR ORAL REPLY
TUESDAY, 30 AUGUST 2022
PRESIDENT
7. Mr M S Chabane (ANC) to ask the President of the Republic:
In view of the growing challenge of illegal migration, which poses an increasing
security risk and the proposal to review the immigration laws considering the African
Union Agenda 2063 of socio-economic integration of the continent in bringing about
an environment of legality, what are the engagements he has with other leaders on the
continent, especially in the Southern African Development Community region, to
address the challenges of illegal migration? NO2911E
8. The Leader of the Opposition (DA) to ask the President of the Republic:
With reference to the commitment he made during his State of the Nation Address on
10 February 2022, that the Government would be intensifying the fight against genderbased violence and femicide through the implementation of the National Strategic Plan
on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide, and in light of the fact that the number and
frequency of gender-based crimes committed in the Republic have increased rather
than decreased since then, what are the relevant details of the steps he will take in
addition to the implementation of the specified plan to ensure that (a) women and girls
are protected from gender-based violence and (b) perpetrators of gender-based crimes
are prosecuted swiftly? NO2915E
9. Rev K R J Meshoe (ACDP) to ask the President of the Republic:
Whether he intends to act on the concerns raised in a warning instruction by the SA
National Defence Force (SANDF) (details furnished), warning that the situation in the
Republic of South Africa is gradually deteriorating into unrest due to criminality that
is taking place within the borders and exacerbated by a perceived lack of action from
the security forces to combat criminality; if not, why not; if so, (a) does such an act
include his authorization of the deployment of the SANDF to assist the SA Police
Service to contain further unrest and (b) what are the further relevant details?
NO2916E
10. Ms N Q Mvana (ANC) to ask the President of the Republic:
In light of the rising levels of social ills and violence, such as the recent tragic death of
21 teenagers in the Eastern Cape, the eight women who were raped after a media shoot
and the gang rape incident in Kagiso, how will the outcomes of the Presidential Social
Sector Summit (a) propel efforts to forge a social compact that negate social ills and
(b) promote shared values in the family unit and broader society? NO2912E
11. Mr V Zungula (ATM) to ask the President of the Republic:
(1) Whether, notwithstanding the ongoing investigations by the Hawks and the Acting
Public Protector, he has considered it prudent to take the nation into his confidence
on the serious allegations surrounding his Phala Phala farm (details furnished), by
accounting to the people of South Africa and speaking on the specified issue in the
National Assembly, where the elected representatives of the people can engage
him on the scandal that has divided the country and caused immeasurable harm to
the reputation of the Republic;
(2) whether with the benefit of hindsight, he has found that he could have responded
differently to the serious allegations surrounding him with regard to the entire saga
around his Phala Phala farm? NO2917E
12. Mr M G Mahlaule (ANC) to ask the President of the Republic:
Given that the major constraint to scaling up renewables is that the grid is not
reconfigured for renewables and that reliability maintenance requires the switching off
of the plants for a few months at a time, how will (a) the doubled Bid Window 6
renewables, supply energy to the grid that in its current configuration is designed for
Eskom power plants and (b) the reliability maintenance be carried out without resulting
in higher stages of load shedding? NO2913E
