Chairperson and hon House, the provision was for the examination of the 2007-08 Municipal Performance Reports from the Western Cape province and KwaZulu-Natal province. The report specifies the committee's recommendation of corrective measures to be taken in that regard.
We recommend in regard to the Western Cape that the House should endorse the report. The provincial executive committee should improve the spending capacity of municipalities, in particular the municipal infrastructure grant, MIG. The departments of local government and of housing should assist municipalities to improve critical skill shortages and in the filling of vacant positions. The province should compile service delivery data and submit it to the House. The Western Cape departments of local government and of housing should provide a comprehensive report on the allegation that the City of Cape Town has violated residents' rights by not building walls around toilets in the Makhaza section of Khayelitsha. The Western Cape MECs for local government and for housing should table quarterly progress reports in the NCOP.
In regard to KwaZulu-Natal, the committee recommends that the House endorses the 2007-08 report. The KwaZulu-Natal department of co-operative governance and traditional affairs should assist the municipalities in the province to improve their spending capacity on the capital budgets and, in particular, the MIG. The KwaZulu-Natal MEC for co-operative governance and traditional affairs should table quarterly reports in this House.
Debate concluded.
Question put: That the Report on Consideration of 2007-08 Report of Western Cape Municipalities' Performance be adopted.
IN FAVOUR: Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, North West.
AGAINST: Western Cape.
Report on Consideration of 2007-08 Report of Western Cape Municipalities' Performance accordingly adopted in accordance with section 65 of the Constitution.
Question put: That the Report on Consideration of 2007-08 Report of KwaZulu- Natal Municipalities' Performance be adopted.
IN FAVOUR: Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, North West, Western Cape.
Report on Consideration of 2007-08 Report of KwaZulu-Natal Municipalities' Performance accordingly adopted in accordance with section 65 of the Constitution.