Whether the Government intends to strike a balance between job creation through infrastructure and mining development and the tourism and conservation industries; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
Whether, with reference to the President’s reply to the questions asked at the Wesgro Investors Forum on 23 November 2011 regarding the Eurozone debt crisis, the Government has initiated any plans to cushion the country against food crisis; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) what plans and (b) what are the further relevant details?
Whether, with reference to his statement (details furnished), the Government has achieved any successes in ending racism in our social, economic and political lives; if not, (a) what still needs to be done, (b) by whom, (c) how and (d) over what period; if so, (i) what successes have been achieved and (ii) what are the further relevant details?
Whether, with regard to the War on Poverty Campaign, any measures are in place to eradicate poverty in the (a) short and (b) long term; if not, why not; if so, what (i) measures and (ii) are the further relevant details?
When Cabinet adopted the War on Poverty Campaign, it was conceptualised as
a short-term campaign that utilises the menu of interventions already in
place to address the challenges of poverty. In other words, the Campaign
came about following Cabinet reflections that showed that although
government had numerous programmes in place to address the challenges of
poverty, certain individuals and groups were continuously being missed. ...
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Whether the Moral Regeneration Movement has succeeded in ensuring that every public representative and every government employee (a) subscribe to its values and (b) is advancing those values in practice in order to become more morally conscious and intolerant of behaviours such as corruption, nepotism and tender manipulation; if not, (i) why not and (ii) how can this instrument be used more effectively; if so, what are the relevant details?
When Cabinet adopted the War on Poverty Campaign, it was conceptualised as
a short-term campaign that utilises the menu of interventions already in
place to address the challenges of poverty. In other words, the Campaign
came about following Cabinet reflections that showed that although
government had numerous programmes in place to address the challenges of
poverty, certain individuals and groups were continuously being missed. ...
More »
What role could religious leaders play in the moral renewal of South Africa?
Whether the Anti-Poverty Programme has been able to provide the income security to the most vulnerable members of the society; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the details of the successes which have been achieved and (b) what strategies have been adopted for the future?
Whether the Energy Advisory Council plays any direct and/or indirect role in the financing of Nuclear Power Station projects; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?
(1) Whether the Presidency has a database of households living in poverty in terms of the War on Poverty campaign; if not, why not; if so, what trends does the database reveal; (2) whether specific interventions relevant to these households have been identified and implemented; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (3) whether any progress has been made in terms of lifting the specified households out of poverty; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (4) whether the accelerated training of social workers has occurred in terms of the War on Poverty campaign; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
Whether, as part of its bilateral relations and engagements, especially with African countries that served as a refuge for South Africans who fought against apartheid, the Government has raised the (a) issue of South Africans who might have died and laid to rest in those countries and (b) need to reunite lost family members who were displaced during the fight against apartheid with their families in South Africa; if not, why not; if so, how many persons have been (i) identified through such an initiative and (ii) repatriated back to South Africa in the past five years?
