The criminal component of cable theft and damage is dealt with by the South African Police Service.

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a) The total number of municipalities with infrastructure maintenance plans in place per province is as follows:

b) The total number ...

a) The contracts of the Implementing Agents (IA)were not terminated, they expired as per Service Level Agreement with the department. The department is finalising the contracting of site staff (it should be noted that some of the implementing agents did not terminate the contracts of the site staff upon IA contract expiration and this led to delays in finalising the site staff contracting. Communication ...

No, neither the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs nor the Department of Cooperative Governance (DCOG) is responsible for the flushing toilets installed in rural areas. The provision of sanitation to households in general, and of flushing toilets in rural areas, as well as operational and maintenance of the sewer systems is the responsibility of the municipalities that have been designated Water Services ...

No, municipalities does not provide the department with a breakdown of outstanding debt owed and the collection rates. The information required by honourable member is monitored by the National Treasury in terms of Section 41 of Municipal Finance Management Act.

It is recommended that the question be redirected to Minister of Finance to provide responses accordingly.

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According to the information received from the Province of the Eastern Cape:

1. There is no intention by the Executive Council of the provincial government to place Matatiele LM under administration.
2. There is no intention to place any other municipality in the Eastern Cape under administration – it must be noted that the department and provincial government have a constitutional mandate to provide support to ...

The departmental of Cooperative Governance did not have a specific procurement any specific procurement goal and specific allocation for small, medium and micro-enterprises, cooperatives, township enterprises and rural enterprises as the process then was aligned to Preferential Procurement Regulations of 2017.

(aa) 2021/22

The Department has however spent R124, 700 030.00 (R124,7.million) on BBBEE scorecard as per Preferential Procurement Regulations of 2017.

In terms of the BBBEE scorecard:

• 76% ...

The the Municipal Manager of Chris Hani District Municipality provided the following table which represents the age analysis of the Chris Hani District Municipality as at 31 March 2023:

A. The municipality is owed by the consumers of its services an amount of R2,3 billion as at 31 March 2023 and of which the majority of the consumers that owe the municipality are domestic, ...

For the provision of water, the municipalities collaborate closely with the department of Water and Sanitation.

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For the purpose of providing RDP homes, the municipalities collaborate closely with the department of Human Settlement. It is advised that the Ministry of Human Settlement receive this inquiry in order to receive appropriate answers.

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