(1) During the period of the 6th Parliament, what total number of questions (a) for (i) written and (ii) oral reply have members posed to her department about specific municipalities across the Republic, (b) required the municipalities to provide information in order for her to reply to the questions and (c) were answered with replies that relied on information obtained from municipalities, either directly and/or through a provincial government Member of the Executive Council; (2) what (a)(i) is the total number and (ii) are the names of municipalities that refused to provide information requested by her in order to provide the replies to the members’ questions and (b) reasons did the specified municipalities offer for refusing to provide the information needed for her to reply to questions from members; (3) whether any municipalities have refused to answer parliamentary questions and maintained that parliamentary questions are intended to hold the executive accountable for their official decisions and actions and cannot be used to hold local government accountable for its decisions and actions and/or maintained that there is no statutory provision that requires the municipality to provide information relating to or answers to parliamentary questions; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) what are the relevant details and (b) how has she regarded and/or dealt with such positions?

What has she found to be the ramifications of her publication of a notice in the Government Gazette extending the national state of disaster to 15 May 2021 on preparations for the local government elections

(1) (a) Which Tshwane Metropolitan Police Department (TMPD) stations currently serve Wards (i) 9 (ii) 12 (iii) 19 (iv) 20 (v) 21 (vi) 22 in the City of Tshwane and (b) how many (i) officers and (ii) operational vehicles are at each of the specified stations; (2) Whether there are any plans to establish a TMPD station to serve the community of Winderveldt in the Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality in Gauteng if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

Whether, with reference to his department's reply to question 4097 on 8 December 2015, his department has received the outstanding information from the Tlokwe Local Municipality; if not, why not; if so, when will the information be made available as requested?

Whether his Ministry has any frozen vacant positions; if so, (a) how many of the specified positions are vacant, (b) what are the designations of the specified positions and (c) for how long have the specified positions been vacant? NW19E

(1) Whether Mpumalanga's traditional leaders recently received new vehicles from the provincial government; if so, (a) what was the total cost of the new vehicles, (b) how many vehicles were bought and (c) with regard to each vehicle, (i) what is the (aa) make, (bb) model and (cc) cost and (ii) who was the recipient of the vehicle; (2) (a) what was the (i) age, (ii) make and (iii) model of each vehicle that was replaced by the new fleet and (b) what was done with all the vehicles that were replaced; (3) whether the specified traditional leaders also received any cattle; if so, (a) what are the details of the animals awarded to each traditional leader, (b) what was the total cost and (c) why were the traditional leaders awarded these animals?

What measures does he intend to put in place to curb ( a ) noncompliance with the Public Finance Management Act, Act 1 of 1999, ( b ) wasteful expenditure, ( c ) irregular expenditure, fraud and ( d ) corruption (details furnished) in the local government sector?

Whether he and/or his department has bought advertising space in The New Age in the (a) 2012-13, (b) 2013-14 and (c) 2014-15 financial years; if so, (i) what number of times and (ii) for what amount in each specified financial year?

(1) Whether each metropolitan municipality has an informal trading policy; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) whether each specified metropolitan municipality licenses informal traders operating in public spaces; if so; (a) how many licensed informal traders are in each such municipality, (b) does each specified metropolitan municipality receive licence fees from informal traders and (c) what is the cost of obtaining an informal trading licence; (3) Whether each specified metropolitan municipality provides any services to informal traders; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details in each case?

(1) Whether, with reference to the Member of the Executive Council (MEC) of KwaZulu-Natal, Ms Nomusa Dube's statement in her budget speech on 14 May 2015, that Mpofana Local Municipality has returned to a good state of health, he has found accordingly; if not, why not; if so, what is the basis for his finding; (2) will effective service delivery now take place in the specified municipality; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (3) has he now found that the specified municipality is financially viable; if not, what action does he intend taking with regard to the municipality; if so, what are the relevant details? NW2467E