(1) The District Development Model (DDM) approach was approved by Cabinet in August 2019. Cabinet also approved that the DDM should be piloted in three areas, namely eThekwini (Kwa-Zulu Natal), OR Tambo (Eastern Cape) and Waterberg (Limpopo). Subsequently, the Department of Cooperative Governance (DCOG) entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) on 3 March 2020 to act as the implementing agent to the department for the establishment of the Programme Management Office (PMO) and rolling out Phase 1 of the DDM in the three pilots.
(a) The total actual expenditure incurred as at 28 February 2022 amounted to R88,2 million.
(b) The funding was spent on the establishment of the PMO and the three pilot districts, namely eThekwini, OR Tambo and Waterberg.
(c) The following DDM projects were funded from the expenditure mentioned in (a) above:
(2) No, the Minister does not intend to make statement on the matter.