asked the Minister of Manpower:

1. (a) How many strikes involving Black workers occurred in 1987, (b) in how many cases did the strikes arise out of wage demands and (c) what were the main causes of the remainder of the strikes?

asked the Minister of Manpower:

How many trade unions applied between 1 January and 31 December 1987 for registration in respect of (a) Black employees only, (b) White employees only, (c) Coloured employees only and (d) employees of more than one population group?

asked the Minister of Agriculture:

What amount was paid out in subsidies in respect of (a) bread, (b) maize and (c) butter for consumer use in the 1986-87 financial year?

asked the Minister of Agriculture:

(a) What was the producer’s price of (i) milk and (ii) industrial milk as at 1 June 1987 and (b) what price increases have come into effect in respect of each category since that date?

asked the Minister of Agriculture:

(a) What was the approximate area of land in the Republic infested by nasella trichotoma at the end of 1987 and (b) (i) what amount was spent by his Department in 1987 in combating the spread of this weed and (ii) how many hectares were cleared in that year?

asked the Minister of Justice:

With reference to his reply to Question No 221 on 11 August 1987, (a) what alternative steps are taken against persons occupying premises in contravention of the provisions of the Group Areas Act and (b) how many occupants had such alternative steps taken against them during the latest specified period for which information is available?

asked the Minister of Communications:

How many telephones were installed in the (a) (i) Witwatersrand, (ii) Durban, (iii) Cape Town, (iv) Port Elizabeth and (v) Bloemfontein areas and (b) Republic in 1987?

asked the Minister of Communications:

How many (a) Whites, (b) Blacks, (c) Coloureds and (d) Indians employed by the Post Office are (i) permanent, (ii) temporary and (iii) casual and regular employees?

asked the Minister of Communications:

(a) How many (i) White, (ii) Asian, (iii) Coloured and (iv) Black apprentices were indentured to his Department, and (b) in which trades were they indentured, as at the latest specified date for which figures are available?

asked the Minister of Communications:

1. (a) How many (i) Coloured, (ii) Asian, (iii) White and (iv) Black learner telephone electricians completed their training in 1987 and
2. (b) how many electricians in each race group are employed by his Department at present?

asked the Minister of Communications:

How many applications for telephones were outstanding in (a) each departmental region, (b) Johannesburg, (c) Cape Town, (d) Durban, (e) Port Elizabeth, (f) East London, (g) Pretoria and (h) Soweto as at 31 December 1987?

asked the Minister of Communications:

1. (1) How many (a) White, (b) Coloured, (c) Asian and (d) Black postmen were employed by the Post Office in the latest specified year for which figures are available;
2. (2) whether the salary programme has yet reached the stage where the rate of pay is the same for postmen of all population groups; if not, (a) why not and (b) when is it anticipated that parity will be reached; if so, what are the respective rates?

asked the Minister of Communications:

How many telephones were installed in 1987 in Lenasia and Soweto, respectively, for (a) private and (b) business purposes?

asked the Minister of National Health and Population Development:

(a) How many persons are in receipt of military disability pensions and (b) what amount was paid out in such pensions in respect of the year ended 31 March 1987?

asked the Minister of National Health and Population Development:

1. (a) What total amount had been spent on the Commission of Inquiry into Health Matters as at the latest specified date for which figures are available and (b) on what specified items was this money spent?

asked the Minister of National Health and Population Development:

With reference to his reply to Question No 187 on 27 July 1987, (a) what stage has beer reached in the planning of the new teaching hospital for the medical school of the University of Natal and (b) when is it anticipated that construction will (i) commence and (ii) be completed?

asked the Minister of National Health and Population Development:

How many hospital beds were (a) available and (b) needed for (i) White and (ii) non-White patients in hospitals falling under the control of his Department as at the latest specified date for which figures are available?

asked the Minister of National Health and Population Development:

1. (a) How many foreign patients were treated in State-financed hospitals in each province during the latest specified period of 12 months for which figures are available, (b) from which countries did these patients come, (c) what was the total cost to each province of these patients and (d) what amount of the fees payable was recovered from these patients in respect of each province?

asked the Minister of National Health and Population Development:

How many (a) White, (b) Coloured, (c) Indian and (d) Black children died of (i) diarrhoea and (ii) dysentery in 1986 and 1987, respectively?

asked the Minister of National Health and Population Development:

1. (1) Whether any visits were made by State doctors in 1987 for the purposes of examining persons detained in terms of security legislation; if not, why not; if so,
2. (2) whether records were kept of these visits; if not, why not; if so, what total number of visits were made in 1987;
3. (3) whether any reports on such visits were submitted by State doctors to his Department in 1987; if so, how many such reports were submitted;
4. (4) whether any action was taken by his Department as a result of such reports; if not, why not; if so, (a) on how many occasions was action taken and (b) what were the circumstances in respect of each of these cases?

asked the Minister of National Health and Population Development:

(a) What are the major causes of infant mortality for (i) Whites, (ii) Coloureds, (iii) Indians and (iv) Blacks and (b) what was the percentage of deaths from each of these causes in respect of each race group for the latest specified period of 12 months for which figures are available?

asked the Minister of National Health and Population Development:

How many (a) cases of and (b) deaths from typhoid were reported in respect of each race group in each province for each month in 1987?

asked the Minister of National Health and Population Development:

1. (1) How many (a) cases of and (b) deaths from poliomyelitis were reported in respect of each race group in each province for each month from January 1987 to the latest specified month for which figures are available;
2. (2) how many persons of each race group were immunized against poliomyelitis in each province in 1986?

asked the Minister of National Health and Population Development:

1. (1) How many (a) applications to train as nurses were (i) received and (ii) accepted from, and (b) vacancies existed at institutions for the training of nurses for, (aa) Whites, (bb) Coloureds, (cc) Indians and (dd) Blacks in 1986;
2. (2) how many nurses of each of these race groups completed their training in that year?

asked the Minister of National Health and Population Development:

(a) How many cases of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (Aids) were diagnosed in 1987 and (b) how many carriers of the Aids virus had been identified in respect of each race group in South Africa as at the latest specified date for which information is available?

asked the Minister of National Health and Population Development:

How many (a) cases of and (b) deaths from cholera were reported in respect of each race group in each province for each month from January 1987 to the latest specified month for which figures are available?

asked the Minister of National Health and Population Development:

1. (1) Whether there was any increase in the incidence of (a) malaria, (b) typhoid and (c) cholera in the Republic during the latest specified period for which figures are available; if so, (i) to what extent, (ii) in which areas and (iii) how many cases of each disease were diagnosed in each area;
2. (2) whether any persons died of these diseases during this period; if so, how many in each area in respect of each disease;
3. (3) whether any steps are being taken to combat the spread of these diseases; if so, what steps in each specified area?

asked the Minister of National Health and Population Development:

1. (1) What total number of (a) White, (b) Black, (c) Coloured and (d) Indian social workers is registered with the Council for Social and Associated Workers;
2. (2) how many social workers does his Department employ;
3. (3) in respect of what date is this information furnished?

asked the Minister of Justice:

1. (1) How many persons were being detained under section 31 (1) of the Internal Security Act, No 74 of 1982, as at the latest specified date for which information is available;
2. (2) whether any such persons had been detained for longer than three months; if so, (a) how many and (b) for what period in each case?

asked the Minister of Justice:

(a) How many persons were detained in 1987 under section 31 (1) of the Internal Security Act, No 74 of 1982, (b) for how long was each such person detained and (c) how many such persons were still being detained as at the latest specified date for which information is available?

asked the Minister of National Health and Population Development:†

Whether his Department has been approached to make provision for identified posts at the Mankweng hospital in Lebowa; if so, (a) how

many posts in each category were advertised by his Department, (b) how many applications were received for these posts and (c) what is the commencing date of the periods of service?

asked the Minister of Economic Affairs and Technology:

1. (1) What was the date of the most recent decrease in the price of petrol;
2. (2) whether all coastal towns had their petrol price decreased to the same extent; if so, by what percentage; if not,
3. (3) whether an exception was made in the case of Walvis Bay; if so, (a) why, (b) what are the particulars of the exception made and (c) (i) what is the price of petrol in Walvis Bay and (ii) in respect of what date is this information furnished?

asked the Minister of Agriculture:

1. (1) Whether he or the Deputy Minister of Agriculture undertook any overseas visits in 1987; if so, (a) which countries were visited and (b) what was the purpose of each visit;
2. (2) whether he or this Deputy Minister was accompanied by any representatives of the media on these visits; if so, (a) what were the names of the journalists involved, (b) which newspapers or radio or television networks did they represent, (c) to which countries did each of these persons accompany him or this Deputy Minster and (d) why;
3. (3) whether any costs were incurred by his Department as a result; if so, what total amount in that year?

asked the Minister of Agriculture:

1. (1) Whether (a) he and/or (b) his Department sent out Christmas cards in 1987; if so, (i) what total number of cards was printed, (ii) to whom were they sent, (iii) what was the total cost of producing and distributing these cards, and (iv) who was responsible for printing them, in each case;
2. (2) whether postage stamps were used to send out these Christmas cards; if not, how were they distributed?

asked the Minister of Education and Culture:†

(a) How many male teachers attached to (i) primary and (ii) high schools resigned from teaching in 1987 and (b) what percentage do these resignations represent of the total number of male teachers attached to (i) primary and (ii) high schools in each province in that year?