(a) How does she intend to get unstable municipal councils to comply with her intention to enforce section 12 of the Local Government: Municipal Structures Act, Act 117 of 1998, and (b) what are the time frames related to measuring the success and/or progress of the mooted enforcement?
a) Section 12 of the Municipal Structures Act provides the legal framework for the establishment of municipalities by MECs responsible for local government in the respective provinces. If there are therefore any changes required to the governance structure of a municipality to address matters of instability, the changes will have to be initiated and effected by the relevant MEC and not the Minister.
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Whether she is responsible for consequence management measures against administrators in local government; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what consequence management measures has she put in place against administrators and officials who have not delivered on their specific roles relating to (a) financial recovery plans, (b) implementing turnaround plans, (c) ensuring the provision of essential services and (d) dealing with (i) financial mismanagement and (ii) lack of good governance for troubled municipalities such as the (aa) Ditsobotla Local Municipality in the North West, (bb) Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality in the Free State and (cc) Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality in the Eastern Cape?
I do not have such a consequence management responsibility to deal with the Administrators, except if the Minister has directly appointed an Administrator, especially in instances of the invocation of Section 139 (7) of the Constitution.
(aa) Ditsobotla Local Municipality in North-West has been placed under Section 139(1)(c) of the Constitution by Provincial EXCO, the municipality was dissolved and re-constituted on the 9 January ...
With reference to the 2022 Greendrop Report making reference that 70,1% of our waste water treatment plants seemed to be in a critical state, what (a) plans have been put in place to refurbish and maintain the 840 sewerage plants, (b) are the current financial costs to upgrade all critical waste water treatment plants to meet the current specification and (c) additional plans and/or resources has each province set aside to comply with the provisions of the of the National Water Act, Act 36 of 1998?
The recommendations and implementation of 2022 Greendrop Report are led and championed by Department of Water and Sanitation.
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(1)With reference to Circular 124 pertaining to municipal debt relief, (a) what ratio and/or criteria did she use to write off the debt owed by local municipalities to Eskom and (b) how does she intend to distribute the allocation;
(2) whether she envisages a similar bail-out for water service providers owed by local municipalities; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what format of the agreement will be followed;
(3) what is the current outstanding debt owed to (a) Eskom, (b) water boards and (c) water authorities by each (i) local and (ii) district municipalities;
(4) what are the details of creditors to whom municipalities currently owe payments for (a) 30 and (b) 60 days above?
The information required by honourable member is administered by the National Treasury.
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(1)What is the (a) total number of fire stations in each province, (b) current number of (i) bakkies, (ii) trucks and (iii) other specified vehicles at each fire station and (c) respective reaction time for each of the stations to attend to an emergency;
(2) whether any of the municipalities entered into memoranda of understanding with other municipalities and/or provinces where services are not provided; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details? NW2332E
Figure 1 below provides details of the municipalities across the country regarding (1) What is the (a) total number of fire stations in each province, (b) current number of (i) bakkies, (ii) trucks and (iii) other specified vehicles at each fire station and (c) respective reaction time for each of the stations to attend to an emergency.
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(1)With regard to municipal service partnerships between provincial and local governments in respect of vehicle licensing paid between each province and local authority in the 2021-22 financial year, what was the (a) percentage split between each province and local municipality and (b) exact transactions recorded by each municipality;
(2) whether the provincial share was paid over to the province in the 2021-22 financial year; if not, (a) why not and (b) what are the outstanding license fee in each case to the province; if so what are the relevant details?
The Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs does not keep the records of vehicle licensing and fees. It is recommended that the honourable member redirect the question to Ministry of Transport who may obtain the required information from Provincial departments of Transports.
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What is her contingency plan to intervene and resolve the problem of destitute families who cannot bury their family members in the Thembisile Hani Local Municipality in the Nkangala District Municipality, Mpumalanga?
When there is a death in the family, and the family is unable to bury their loved one, the municipality always liaises with the affected family through the ward councillor. The provincial department of Social Development is also engaged to assist with burial expenses, as it (the department), is budgeting for such. The municipality carries the expenses for burial services of paupers, and this ...
(a) Which measures has she put in place to ensure that residents are not denied access to residential areas due to greed of councillors and (b) what action has been taken against the councillors?
In accordance with the Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act (SPLUMA), municipalities choose which areas become residential areas. The Councilors Code of Conduct establishes guidelines for councilor behavior. Sadly, the honorable member's query does not specify which municipality's people would have been denied access to residential areas because of council members' greed.
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(1)What are the details concerning the relocation of residents of Mafelandawonye 1, 2 and 3 in the City of Johannesburg;
(2) whether she, in consultation with the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure and the Department of Human Settlements, identified unoccupied buildings that can be renovated and utilised for human settlement; if not, why not; if so, what are the further, relevant details?
The Department of Human Settlements is qualified to provide the information requested by the honorable member.
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(1)With reference to traditional leaders in the Republic as they are recognised in Chapter 12 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, what were the total costs of the Council of Traditional Leaders in the (a) 2019-20, (b) 2020-21 and (c) 2021-22 financial years;
(2) what were the total costs of the administration and support services for traditional leaders in each province, including but not exclusively, (a) staff salaries, (b) offices including but not exclusively office construction costs and/or rentals, (c) services delivered, (d) printing and stationery and (e) all other costs;
(3) by what constitutional processes and/or legislation is relied on for each hierarchy of traditional leadership that is elected in each province?
1. The Council of Traditional Leaders as contemplated in section 212(2)(b) of the Constitution, 1996, was established under the Council of Traditional Leaders Act, 1997 (Act No. 10 of 1997). However, this Act was repealed by the National House of Traditional Leaders Act, 2009 (Act No. 22 of 2009) which Act established the National House of Traditional Leaders in accordance with the provisions of ...
