2022-w1646 - 20 May 2022

Dean William Macpherson to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

What (a) total amount of her department’s budget has been spent on (i) infrastructure development and (ii) maintenance in the past five financial years, (b) percentage of the specified budget was spent on dealing with the COVID-19 virus, (c) total amount has been spent on drainage and flood alleviation measures and (d) total amount (i) of the infrastructure grants has eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality received in the past five financial years and (ii) has been returned to the National Treasury in each specified year?

Reply from the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs on 20 May 2022

(a) (i) The Municipal Infrastructure Grant (MIG) is administered by the Department of Cooperative Governance with the aim of developing infrastructure to provide poor households with at least a basic level of service. Municipalities have been allocated R15,6 billion in 2021/22 that is aligned to the municipal financial year that will end on 30 June 2022.

Municipalities have reported expenditure on the MIG over ...

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2018-w2 - 18 April 2018

William Mothipa Madisha to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

(a) What was the total amount in funding that the Western Cape provincial government and its municipalities have requested from national government to mitigate the drought disaster, (b) what total amount has national government committed thereto and (c) what total amount of the funding has actually been made available?

Reply from the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs on 18 Apr 2018

 

a) The Western Cape provincial government and municipalities requested a total amount of R138.3 million for drought intervention measures. (b) The Department of Cooperative Government (DCOG) committed an amount of R74.8 million from the Emergency Disaster Grants (c) An amount of R74.8 million was made available to the provincial government in August 2017. The details of the allocation are as follows:

(i) The ...

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