(1)What Public Service and Administration regulations does she rely on to make appointments external to approved staff establishments within the national Department of Human Settlements;
(2) whether appointments made external to approved staff establishments in the national Department of Human Settlements need to be competitively advertised; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
1. The appointment of personnel additional to the establishment is done in accordance with Section 14 of the Public Service Act of 2007 and the Public Service Regulations of 2016.
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Whether she will furnish Ms E L Powell with all the relevant details of all (a) consequence management, (b) punitive action and (c) disciplinary action taken against (i) public representatives, (ii) Human Settlements Command Centre executive members, (iii) provincial officials, (iv) municipal officials and (v) employees of the Housing Development Agency in the instances that the specifications of the National Housing Code: Volume 4: Part 3: Emergency Housing Programme were not adhered to in the provision of Temporary Residential Units in the period 1 March 2020 and 1 October 2020; if not, why not; if so, what are the further relevant details?
The Honourable member is referred to my reply to her questions 90 and 113, which are attached for ease of reference.
I also wish to remind the Honourable Member that the National Department of Human Settlements (NDHS) is not responsible for the implementation of Human Settlements Programmes. These are implemented by provinces and municipalities. The NDHS is responsible for developing policy and set norms ...
What is the total number of water tankers that operated in Ward 3, uMzinyathi, in eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality in each year since 2010?
The matter raised by the Honourable Member falls within the ambit of the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality.
The Honourable Member is therefore advised to address the question to my colleague, the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA), as that Department is responsible for oversight over municipalities.
Honourable Member, it is important to distinguish the functions of various government departments and the different spheres ...
What is the total amount that has been spent on (a) water tankers and (b) bulk infrastructure in Ward 3, uMzinyathi, in the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality in each financial year since 2010?
The Department of Water and Sanitation is unable to provide the total amount spent on water tankers and bulk infrastructure in Umzinyathi in eThekwini since 2010 as this falls within the responsibility of the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality.
The Honourable Member is therefore advised to address the question to my colleague, the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA), as that Department is responsible ...
What (a) is the total number of water tankers that have operated in the KwaMashu area in each year since 2010 and (b) is the total amount spent on the (i) water tankers and (ii) bulk infrastructure in the above mentioned area in each specified year?
The Department of Water and Sanitation is unable to provide the total amount spent on water tankers in the KwaMashu area in eThekwini since 2010 as this responsibility falls within the mandate of eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality.
The Honourable Member is therefore advised to address the question ...
Whether, in light of the fact that the residents of Ndwedwe Local Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, have raised the alarm that for eight years they have not had safe sources of water and as a result they are forced to share storm water with cattle and at times have been forced to utilise urine-contaminated water (details furnished), her department (a) intends to conduct onsite inspection of water infrastructure in Ndwedwe and (b) has any plans to repair and upscale water and sanitation infrastructure in Ndwedwe; if not, what is the position in each case; if so, what are the relevant details of the plans and estimated project timeline?
(a) The Ndwedwe Local Municipality (LM) falls under iLembe District Municipality (DM) which is a water service authority within its area of jurisdiction. This entails that its mandate is to provide both water and sanitation services to all of its four local municipalities (Ndwedwe LM, Mandini LM, KwaDukuza LM and Maphumulo LM). The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) will work together with the ...
(1)Whether any staff member in her department (a) performed work in addition to the responsibilities related to his or her work, outside normal working hours, in the past five financial years and (b) has been performing such work during the period 1 April 2014 up to the latest specified date for which information is available; if not, in each case, how is it determined whether such work is being performed or not; if so, in each case, (i) what number of staff members and (ii) in what job or work categories are the specified staff members employed;
(2) whether approval for such work was obtained in each case; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) what is the policy of her department in this regard, (b) by whom are such applications considered and approved, (c) what number of contraventions of this policy were brought to the attention of the National Treasury in the past five financial years and (d) what steps have been taken against the transgressors?
(1)(a)(b) According to the records of the Department of Human Settlements (DHS), there are three (3) officials who performed other remunerative work since 2014 to date, after their applications were duly approved by the Executive Authority.
2. (a) The Department uses the “Guide on Managing other Remunerative Work in The Public Service” which, amongst others prescribes a form to be used for applying to ...
Will she furnish Ms E L Powell with (a) an update on progress at the Dodoma Avenue Housing Development in KwaZulu-Natal and (b) the details of (i) any project timeline delays, (ii) the primary construction contractor, (iii) any sub-contractors, (iv) the name of site engineers, (v) the name of the design architect, (vi) costs initially budgeted for the development, (vii) full costs incurred to date including the estimated date of beneficiary hand-over and (viii) reasons for delays and additional costs incurred?
(a) The KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Department of Human Settlements has indicated that the Dodoma Avenue Housing Development forms part of a sub-phase of the broader Kennedy Road Housing Project. The project consist of 45 units. Currently, all 45 units are at roof level.
(b)(i) The unforeseen reasons for the delay of the construction programme by a further 12 months include the following:
- objections received from ...
What legislation informs the (a) provincial departments’ legal right to (i) determine its own housing plans in line with allocated budgets and (ii) determine, advertise and award its own contracts related to the provision of those planned human settlement developments and (b) National Department of Human Settlements’ legal and legislative right to request that all contracts referred to in (ii) above must first be approved by an accounting and/or procurement officer employed in the national department?
(a)(i) Section 7 of the Housing Act, 1997 (Act no 107 of 1997), requires that every provincial government must, after consultation with provincial organisations representing municipalities, as contemplated in section 163(a) of the Constitution, do everything in its power to promote and facilitate the provision of adequate housing in its province within the framework of national housing policy.
Furthermore, in subsection 2 (d) provincial ...
Whether the water tank which was installed inside a resident stand in Ward 24 in the Moses Kotane Local Municipality was intended to serve residents of Ward 24; if not, why did the specified municipality install a water tank inside one resident stand only; if so, why was the water tank installed inside a private citizen stand?
The Department of Water and Sanitation has advised that it did not install a water tank inside a resident’s stand in Ward 24 in the Moses Kotane Local Municipality.
The Honourable Member is therefore advised to address the question to my colleague, the Minister of Corporative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA), as that Department is responsible for oversight over municipalities.
Honourable Member, it is ...
