What (a) has been the total (i) monetary value and (ii) percentage of the (aa) water and (bb) electricity losses recorded by her department for each municipality in the past three financial years and (b) contingency plans did (i) her department and (ii) specified municipalities put in place to curb the specified losses?
The department does not have record of the water and electricity losses recorded for each municipality. The monitoring of water losses is done by Department of Water and Sanitation working with Municipalities. The monitoring of electricity losses is done by National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA).
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(1)Whether she receives regular reports on qualified appointments of chief financial officers (CFO) and municipal managers (MM); if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what (a) percentage of (i) CFOs and (ii) MMs currently employed by municipalities comply with the minimum qualifications as prescribed by the Municipal Finance Management Act (MFMA), Act 56 of 2003, and (b) total number of (i) CFO and (ii) MM positions at municipalities countrywide are currently vacant and/or filled by acting CFOs and/or MMs;
(2)whether municipalities report to her the use of accounting consultants; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what is the total number of municipalities that are currently employing the services of accounting consulting firms to (a) prepare their annual financial statements and/or (b) fulfil the role of internal auditors at municipalities?
- The Minister receives reports on appointments of senior managers including Chief Financial Officers (CFO) and Municipal Managers (MMs) on periodic basis in terms of section 54A(3) and section 56(2)(a) of the Municipal Systems Act, (Act No.32 of 2000) as amended in 2022, read together with Regulation 17 of the Local Government: Regulations on Appointment and Conditions of Employment of Senior Managers (Government gazettee No. ...
What (a) number of infrastructure projects undertaken by her department have not been finished according to schedule in the past three years and (b)(i) number of persons have been held liable in terms of an investigation under section 106 of the Local Government: Municipal Systems Act, Act 32 of 2000, on wasteful and unauthorised expenditure and (ii) are the further relevant details in this regard?
- In the past three years, the Municipal Infrastructure Support Agent (MISA) implemented sixty (60) infrastructure projects, thirty eight (38) were not completed according to initial schedule. The projects were completed after extension of time for several reasons including the lack of availability of materials that were vastly experienced in year 2020 during the COVID19 lockdown periods. There were four (4) projects, included in the ...
(1) Whether she will furnish Mrs N J Nolutshungu with a list of all (a) bridges and (b) roads that were damaged by floods in (i) KwaZulu-Natal and (ii) the Eastern Cape; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;;
- Yes, the list for all damaged infrastructure as received from the respective provinces have been furnished for roads and bridges damaged by floods in (i) KwaZulu-Natal and (ii) Eastern Cape. Below table sumarises the damaged infrastructure:
Table: Summaries for Eastern Cape & KwaZulu-Natal
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Infrastructure
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Eastern Cape
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KwaZulu-Natal
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Totals
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Number of Roads submitted by the province
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153
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1 329
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1 482
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Whether, considering that her department has briefed the Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs regarding the Disaster Contingency Plan for the upcoming winter, her department has identified areas to be allocated for housing across all provinces in order to avoid a repetition of flood victims being displaced and having to live in community halls for an indefinite time; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
The department has not identified areas to be allocated for housing across all provinces. The identification of suitable land and the development of that land is an ongoing collaborative effort amongst relevant organs of state, i.e. provincial and local government, Human Settlements and the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure as per their respective legislated mandates. The department through the National Disaster Management Centre ...
What are the relevant details of her department’s (a) plans and (b) time frames thereof in response to the Cholera outbreak in Hammanskraal, which she said include a water resilience plan, which would form the foundation of a bulk water supply and wastewater treatment plant infrastructure, rehabilitation and energy efficiency interventions within the water regulation and sewerage system?
The Department of Cooperative Governance (DCOG) will continue to support Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality in accordance with section 154 of the Constitution. This will be done in accordance with the District Development Model (DDM) in collaboration with other sector departments including the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) as DWS is responsible for water regulation. DWS monitors the management of drinking water quality compliance by ...
(1)With reference to his reply to question 1835 on 15 June 2022, wherein he stated that the construction progress at the Nandoni Water Treatment Works was at 40%, and considering that Limpopo continues to experience major water shortages and residents of the Makhado Local Municipality suffer due to either extremely low water pressure or no water at all for months at a time , what (a) are the details of the steps that have been taken to ensure that the Nandoni Water Treatment Works and the pipeline are completed expeditiously and (b) is the total volume of water that will be supplied to the specified municipality;
Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs did not provide reply to question 1835 on 15 June 2022. The abovemention question was responded to By Minister of Water and Sanitation. It is recommended that honourable member transfer PQ 2378 to Ministry of Water and Sanitation to provided replies accordingly.
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With reference to the intervention into the administration of the Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality, what (a) was the total amount owed to the Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality by each (i) national and (ii) provincial department and (iii) state-owned entity in the period 1 May 2022 to 1 May 2023 and (b) steps have been taken by the intervention team to ensure that the specified departments and entities duly pay their municipal accounts?
- (i) National departments: R 92 564 557
- Provincial departments: R 346 382 610
- State-owned entities: R 76 313 507
- The Mangaung Intervention Team has taken the following steps to facilitate payment of municipal accounts from departments and state owed entities:
- Meetings were held with different departments to discuss the payment of municipal debts;
- Letters of demand have been issued to the different departments;
- Services have ...
Whether the amalgamation of underfunded municipalities will resolve challenges experienced in the local government; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what interventions did her department put in place to improve the poor governance and maladministration in the municipalities?
Amalgamation of underfunded municipalities will not resolve challenges experienced in the local government. The Department of Cooperative Governance, National Treasury and the South African Local Government Association are in a process of looking at the possibility of revising the current equitable share formula to address the issue of underfunded municipalities.
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(1)Which local municipalities are currently still under the management of sections 139 and 154 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996;
(1) The following local municipalities are currently under intervention as provided for in section 139 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996:
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Name of Municipality
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Type of intervention
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Enoch Mgijima LM
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S139(7) National intervention in the stead of the provincial executive in terms of section 139(5)(a) and (c)
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Amathole LM
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S139(5) of the Constitution
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Makana LM
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S139(5) of the Constitution ... |
