Whether, given that in the State of the Nation Address on 9 February 2023, the President of the Republic, Mr M C Ramaphosa, noted that 163 out of 257 municipalities are dysfunctional and/or in distress due to poor governance, ineffective and corrupt financial and administrative management and poor service delivery and considering that this is not new information, she will furnish Ms S A Buthelezi with a detailed overview of how her department has capacitated the 163 municipalities as per the recommendations issued by the Auditor-General of South Africa in the Consolidated General Report on the Local Government Audit Outcomes for 2020-2021; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the consequences faced by the municipalities that do not implement the specified recommendations and (b) by what date will the specified overview be furnished?
In responding to the question, it is important to first contextualise the widespread and sometimes inaccurate use of the term municipal dysfunction. Municipal dysfunction refers to a situation where a municipality is not functioning as it is supposed to and the discharge of a municipality’s constitutional responsibilities is impaired for some or other reason. However, there are various degrees of municipal dysfunction ranging from ...
(1)Whether she has any power to take steps against a certain person (details furnished), whose voice recording has been circulating on social media wherein the person is alleged to have instructed senior staff to compromise supply chain management according to his wishes; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the powers that she has to make the person account for his actions;
(2) Whether she has directed that any investigations be undertaken in other municipalities to ensure that such abuse of power is not happening in other municipalities across the Republic; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
1. No.Item 12(b) of the Local Government: Municipal Structures Act No. 117 of 1998, as amended, (“the Structures Act”) provides that a councillor may not, except as provided in law, give or purport to give any instruction to any employee of the council, except when authorised to do so. However, the authority to take appropriate steps for the implementation of the Code of Conduct ...
Whether she has any powers to provide for the safety and security of community halls all over the Republic, which are increasingly becoming vandalised and dilapidated; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so,
(2) whether she intends using these powers; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details? NW342E
- No, the Minister does not have the powers referred to in the question. These are competencies of the South African Police Service and the municipal police service, where applicable, as contemplated in section 205 of the Constitution read with sections 13, 14, 64E and 64F of the South African Police Service Act, 1995 (Act No.68 of 1995).
- N/A.
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(1)Whether, in light of section 121 of the Municipal Finance Management Act, Act 56 of 2003 (MFMA) requiring all municipalities to table their annual reports to their respective municipal councils by 31 January every year, or request an extension from their provincial Members of the Executive Council (MECs); she and/or her department must be provided with reports of any municipalities that failed to table their reports by 31 January 2023; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) which municipalities failed to table their reports, (b) what were the reasons for non-compliance, (c) did the specified municipalities timeously apply for extensions to the respective MECs and (d) which municipalities that failed to table their reports by 31 January, also failed to apply for extensions to their respective MEC’s;
(2) whether she will make a statement on the matter?
The information required by the Honourable Member is not within the purview of the Departments of Cooperative Governance and/or Traditional Affairs but that of Department of Finance.
It is recommended that this question be directed to the Minister of Finance.
(1)What total number of court orders were (a) granted against municipalities in each (i) province and (ii) year since 1 January 2019 up to the latest specified date for which information is available and (b) complied with by the affected municipalities;
(2) (a) which municipalities did not comply with court orders granted against them and (b) what were the reasons for them not complying with the court orders;
(3) (a) what total number of cost orders were granted against municipalities in each (i) province and (ii) year since 1 January 2019 up to the latest specified date for which information is available, (b) against which municipalities and (c) to what amounts?
The information required by the Honourable Member is not within the purview of the Departments of Cooperative Governance and/or Traditional Affairs.
The question may be directed to the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development.
With reference to a presentation to the Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs on 21 September 2022 on the state of a section 139(7) intervention in the Manguang Metropolitan Municipality, in which her department indicated that national and provincial government departments and other organs of state owe the specified municipality about R1,3 billion in arrears, (a) what are the relevant details of each of the national and provincial departments and organs of state that owe payments to the municipality for more than 30 days as at 1 September 2022, (b)(i) what total amount is owed by each of the specified departments and organs of state and (ii) for what period of time based on an age analysis, (c) which of the debts are disputed by the relevant departments and organs of state and (d) what measures has she and/or her department taken to ensure that the maximum payment of the specified arrear debts are made as soon as possible?
a) National Public Works
Provincial Public Works
Schools
National Department of Rural Development and Land Reform
Free State Development Corporation
b)(i) The total amounts owed by each of the specified departments and organs of state is as follows:
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Details
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Debt Owed
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Provincial Public Works
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R 995 917 877
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National Public Works
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R 263 568 751
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Schools
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R 609 614 723
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Whether she will furnish Prof C T Msimang with a skills audit report of employees of the uGu District Municipality who are skilled in (a) electrical infrastructure maintenance and (b) supply of electricity to local residents and businesses to meet the demand for free basic electricity; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
This information was obtained from the Ugu District Municipality (UDM). Accordingly, I have been advised as follows:
a) The Ugu District Municipality (UDM) does not supply electricity to residents and businesses. However, the UDM employs personnel skilled in electrical infrastructure maintenance for management of the electrical component of its water services infrastructure and general electrical maintenance within the municipality.
The qualifications, and years of ...
(1)Whether it is permitted for traditional leaders who are remunerated, including kings, chieftains and senior traditional leaders, to simultaneously serve as remunerated public servants; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details;
(2) which specified remunerated traditional leaders are presently also appointed in remunerated positions in the Public Service?
1. Traditional leaders who are remunerated are not permitted to simultaneously serve as remunerated public servants.
2. The Department of Traditional Affairs (DTA) does not have at its disposal, information on traditional leaders presently appointed in remunerated positions in the public service because such information is the competency of provincial departments of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs.
(1)Whether, with reference to her reply to question 1083 on 8 April 2022, any steps were taken by her department to ensure that the 203 municipalities that did not have any infrastructure maintenance plans in place, will develop and implement such plans as a matter of priority; if not, why not; if so, what steps;
(2) what total number of the 18 municipalities that only partially implemented their infrastructure maintenance plans have now fully implemented their plans;
(3) whether she will make a statement on the matter?
1. Yes, as at 1 July 2022, all Municipal Infrastructure Grant (MIG) receiving municipalities were allowed and encouraged to utilise up to 5 per cent of their respective MIG allocations to fund activities related to the development of an Infrastructure Asset Management Plan (IAMP). Furthermore, municipalities that have non-compliance pre-directives or directives with the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) may spend up to 10 ...
On what date will electricity be installed for residents of Extension 2 Boitekong in the Rustenburg Local Municipality?
This information was obtained from the Rustenburg Local Municipality. Accordingly, I have been advised as follows:
All houses in formalised areas in Extension 2 Boitekong are electrified. The planned period for electricity provision to the new developments in Extension 2 Boitekong is during the 2024/25 financial year.
