2023-w278 - 03 April 2023

Cilliers Brink to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

With reference to every court case in which she has been cited or joined as a party in her capacity as Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, (a) on what date was each case initiated, (b) by whom was each case initiated, (c) what was the nature of each case, (d) what have been the legal costs payable by the Government in each case to date and (e) what was the outcome of each case?

Reply from the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs on 3 Apr 2023

Given the fact that the Minister is cited or joined in court cases in her official capacity, and that capacity covers even the period before she was appointed as the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, it is recommended that Honourable member clarify for which period and whether he is referring to:

  1. every court case that was initiated since the Ministry of Cooperative Governance ...
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2023-w55 - 03 April 2023

Cilliers Brink to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

Whether the Government has a detailed disaster management plan in place in the event that the risk of a total collapse of the national electricity grid occurs, in which there will be a complete and prolonged electricity outage affecting Eskom; if not, by what date will such a plan be in place; if so, (a) what are the different steps that will be taken in terms of such a plan, (b) what events will prompt each of the specified steps and (c) who are the role players that will be responsible for each step? NW55E

Reply from the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs on 3 Apr 2023

The Energy Action Plan was developed through extensive consultation and endorsed by energy experts as providing the best and fastest path towards energy security. Schedule 2 of the Electricity Regulation Act has been amended to remove the licensing requirement for generation projects, which will significantly accelerate private investment. Since the licensing threshold was first raised to 100 MW, the pipeline of private sector projects ...

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2023-w716 - 03 April 2023

Xolani Nkuleko Msimango to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

Under which powers is she able to support local municipalities to manage land invasions and a rise in informal settlements, as land invasions significantly impact on spatial planning, local government planning and budgeting?

Reply from the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs on 3 Apr 2023

Using SPLUMA provision 2.2, the Department of Agriculture Land Reform and Rural Development; the Department of Human Settlements is in charge of regulating the use of land and controls of land invasion and Municipal By-Laws, Spatial Development Frameworks and Land Use Schemes are used in conjunction with Planning Instruments to address irregular communities. Municipality is the authority of first instance. (Informal Settlements). Therefore, it ...

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2023-w648 - 03 April 2023

Lorato Florence Tito to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

Whether her department is responsible for fixing the houses and properties in Ward 7 and Ward 17 in the Sol Plaatje Local Municipality in Kimberley which were damaged during the flooding of dams, during the 2020-21 financial year; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, when will it be fixed?

Reply from the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs on 3 Apr 2023

Fixing homes and properties is not the Department of Coorperative Governance and Traditional Affairs' responsibility. The Department of Human Settlements is responsible for this. It is advised that the Ministry of Human Settlements receive the inquiry.

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2023-w715 - 03 April 2023

Fikile Devilliers Xasa to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

Considering that the indigent programme has yet to be fully utilised, which has resulted in significant underspending of the poor, what (a) are the root causes of the low uptake and (b) steps will be taken by her department to expedite the increase in uptake of indigent state support?

Reply from the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs on 3 Apr 2023

a) The majority of poor households are still not registered by municipalities, which is one of the main reasons of the Free Basic Service program's low uptake by poor households. The following are just a few of the many causes for this, among many others:

Most municipalities are using the self targeting approach, waiting on indigent beneficiaries to approach municipalities to declare their indigent ...

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2023-w74 - 03 April 2023

Denis Joseph to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

In accordance with the Traditional and Khoisan Leadership Act, Act 3 of 2019, how will her department accommodate the term Khoisan into (a) the new name of the department, (b) the new name of the division in the department dealing with traditional and Khoisan affairs and (c) guiding provinces and municipalities to include Khoisan into their structures?

Reply from the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs on 3 Apr 2023

a) The competence for the proclamation of names of Departments and their amendments rests with the President and not individual Ministries and Departments. The Department is thus not the competent authority to amend its name.

b) The current organisational structure of the Department provides for two Branches, namely, Research, Policy and Legislation (RPL), under which the administrative support to the Commission on Khoi-San Matters ...

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2023-w191 - 03 April 2023

Nomsa Innocencia Tarabella Marchesi to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

What are the details of the (a) destination and (b) total costs for (i) accommodation, (ii) travel and (iii) any other costs incurred for international travel of each (aa) Minister and (bb) Deputy Minister of her department since 1 June 2019; (2) what is the total cost incurred for domestic air travel for each (a) Minister and (b) Deputy Minister of her department since 1 June 2019? NW187E

Reply from the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs on 3 Apr 2023

(1)

Designation

(a) Destination

(b) Total costs

(i) Accomodation

(ii) Travel

 (iii) any other cost

(i) Minister Dlamini-Zuma

Brazil, Ethopia, Benin, Angola and Botswana

R122 885,45

00

 

R122 145,45

R740

(iii) Deputy Minister

Indonesia,Kenya, Rwanda Malawi Germany

 

R527 766

 

R233 610

R294 156

None

(2)

Designation

Total incurred on domestic air travel

(a) Minister Dlamini-Zuma

R490 431,11

(b) Deputy Minister Nkadimeng

R340 ...

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2023-w1 - 03 April 2023

Ignatius Michael Groenewald to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

(1)Whether, with reference to her reply to question 4311 on 6 January 2023, persons who are appointed as engineers at municipalities countrywide, but are not registered with the Engineering Council of South Africa receive the same remuneration packages as registered engineers; if not, at which salary level are they being remunerated; if so, on what legislative provisions do municipalities rely in doing so; (2) whether she will make a statement on the matter?

Reply from the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs on 3 Apr 2023

1. In a municipality, the salary of an engineer appointed as the municipal manager or as a manager directly accountable to the municipal manager is determined in accordance with the Notice issued by the Minister for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs published in the Government Gazette No. 43122 on 20 March 2020. The Notice determined the upper limits of the total remuneration packages payable ...

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2023-w722 - 03 April 2023

Eleanore Rochelle Jacquelene Spies to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

Whether her department has conducted any studies, evaluations and/or investigations to determine the feasibility of consolidating the various Public Employment Programmes of her department with regard to local government and traditional affairs to minimize resource wastage and expenditure on administrative costs; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?

Reply from the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs on 3 Apr 2023

Regarding the consolidation of state employment programs, no evaluation has been conducted. This is because the department only has one program for public work, the Community Works Program. Since the agency oversees a number of Public Employment Programs, the Parliamentary Question ought to be directed to the Minister of Public Works.

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2023-w724 - 03 April 2023

Gizella Opperman to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

What steps has her department taken to assist failing municipalities as provided for in the Constitution of the Republic, 1996, to improve (a) service delivery and (b) financial administrative capacities?

Reply from the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs on 3 Apr 2023

a) Steps taken to improve service delivery capacities.

Municipal Infrastructure Support Agent (MISA) has deployed built environment professionals to municipalities in accordance with the District Development Model (DDM) to provide technical support for infrastructure development throughout the product life cycle from inception, planning, design development, implementation, operations and maintenance. This aims to augment and build State Capacity. 103 Built environment professionals (86 of which ...

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