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  • Questions asked to the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

CW653E - 15 November 2013

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  • Picture of Jacobus Marthinus Geyser Bekker
    J M G Bekker question
    (1) (a) How many municipalities are under administration in each province and (b) which municipalities; (2) (a) how many municipalities have not appointed a permanent (i) Municipal Manager and (ii) Chief Financial Officer in the past financial year, (b) which municipalities in each case and (c) what are the reasons for failure to appoint such officials in each case?
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    Minister for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs answer
    [pic] Private Bag x802, PRETORIA, 0001 Tel: (+27 12) 334 0705 Fax: (+27 12) 326 4478 Private Bag x9123, CAPE TOWN, 8000 Tel: (+27 21) 469 6701 Fax: (+27 21) 461 0851 FOR WRITTEN REPLY NATIONAL COUNCIL OF PROVINCES PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION NO PQ: 443 Mr J M G Bekker (DA-WC) to ask the Minister for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs: (1) (a) How many municipalities are under administration in each province and (b) which municipalities?; (2) (a) How many municipalities have not appointed a permanent (i) Municipal Manager and (ii) Chief Financial Officer in the past financial year, (b) which municipalities in each case and (c) what are the reasons for failure to appoint such officials in each case? CW653E REPLY: 1) There are various types of interventions in terms of sections 139(1) (b), 139(4) of the Constitution and 136(2) of the Municipal Finance Management Act (MFMA). a) Currently, there are nine municipalities in three provinces that are under administration in terms of section 139(1)(b) of the Constitution, where the provincial executives concerned have assumed responsibility for the relevant obligation or obligations that the municipalities failed to fulfil. b) The municipalities are Indaka, Mtubatuba, Imbabazane, Abaqulusi and Umvoti local municipalities (KwaZulu-Natal); Ditsobotla and Maquassi Hills local municipalities (North West); and Emalahleni and Bushbuckridge local municipalities (Mpumalanga). Administrators were appointed in these municipalities to assume responsibilities for the relevant obligations on behalf of the provincial executives concerned. It should also be noted that there are four other municipalities wherein relevant provincial executives have intervened in terms of other legislation, and other subsections found in section 139 of the Constitution. To illustrate this point, Oudtshoorn Local Municipality in the Western Cape is under section 139(4) of the Constitution, which is invoked when a municipality cannot or does not fulfil an obligation to approve a budget or any revenue-raising measures necessary to give effect to the budget. Furthermore, there are three municipalities that are under discretionary financial interventions in terms of section 136 (2) of the MFMA, read with section 139(1) of the Constitution, These are Umzinyathi, Uthukela and Ugu district municipalities in KwaZulu-Natal. The Western Cape Provincial Executive implemented its intervention in the Oudtshoorn Local Municipality by means of approving a temporary budget for the municipality and directing the municipality to approve its annual budget, while the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Executive intervened in Umzinyathi, Uthukela and UGu district municipalities by deploying suitably qualified persons to assume specific functions provided for in their mandates. 2) As of 30 September 2013, 51 municipalities did not have municipal managers (MMs). b) (i) The municipal manager vacancies are in the following municipalities: • Free State: Xhariep. • Limpopo: Modimolle, Aganang, Ephraim Mogale and Mutale. • Gauteng: Randfontein and Merafong. • Western Cape: Oudtshoorn and Swellendam. • Mpumalanga: Thaba Chweu, Dr JS Moroka, Emakhazeni, Nkangala and Msukaligwa. • North West: Dr Kenneth Kaunda. • KwaZulu Natal: Ugu, Hlabisa, Mbonambi, Ilembe, Nkandla, Ndwendwe, Maphumulo, Imbabazane, Abaqulusi, Mpofana, Umziwabantu, Mkhambathini, Endumeni, Umshwathi, Uthukela, Emandlageni, Umkhayakude, Sisonke,Ntambanana • Northern Cape: Karoo Hoogland, Namakwa, Pixley ka Seme, Renosterberg, Mier, !Khara Hais, !Kheis, Tsantsabane and Khai Ma. • Eastern Cape: Nelson Mandela Metro, Gariep, Ukhahlamba, Qaukeni, Mbashe, Mtabankulu, Blue Crane, Ngqushwa. (ii) There are currently sixty eight (68) municipalities without CFOs. The vacancies are in the following Municipalities: • Free State: Xhariep, Letsemeng, Kopanong, Mohokare, Nala, Matjhabeng, Maluti-a-Phofung, Mafube, Metsimaholo, Moqhaka. • Limpopo: Tubatse, Mopani, Maruleng, Greater Letaba, Ephraim Mogale. • Gauteng: Lesedi, Randfontein, Merafong, City of Joburg. • Mpumalanga: Lekwa, Victor Khanye, Emakhazeni, Thaba Chweu, Mbombela, Bushbuckridge. • North West: Ngaka Modiri Molema, Ramotshere Moiloa, Mammusa, Dr Kenneth Kaunda. • KwaZulu Natal: Vulamehlo, Umshwati, Imbabazane, Impendle, Umgeni, Mpofana, Mkhambathini, Emnambithi, Indaka,Amajuba,Umzinyathi, Newcastle, Hlabisa, Mtubatuba, Mfolozi, Abaqulusi, Ndwendwe, Ingwe, KwaSani. • Northern Cape: John Taolo Gaetsewe, Renosterberg, Siyathemba, Mier, 1Kheis, Tsantsabane, Thembelihle, !Kai! Garib, Kgatelopele. • Eastern Cape: Nelson Mandela Metro, Great Kei, Nkonkobe, Nxuba, Mbizana, Sundays River, Inxuba, Maletswai, Senqu, King Sabata Dalindyebo, Port St Johns. c) The reasons for the MM and CFO vacancies could be due to a number of reasons that include, but are not limited to the following: • Officials may have resigned before their contract ends; • Municipalities are in the process of recruiting new MMs or CFOs; • Contracts could have come to an end and municipalities are in the process of appointing new municipal and CFOs managers; • Some municipalities have difficulty attracting candidates who meet minimum competency requirements and the recruitment process takes longer; • Some municipalities are unable to attract and retain competent staff due to their remote locations and budgetary constraints, and as such it takes longer for the positions to be filled; • Some municipalities would have advertised and made appointments but the appointments were not compliant with the Municipal Systems Act, 2000 (Act No. 32 of 2000) (MSA) as amended, and as such had to be nullified by either Councils or the Courts; • In some municipalities, the municipal managers or CFOs are facing disciplinary processes, and the positions cannot be filled pending the final outcome thereof.
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