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FOR WRITTEN REPLY
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION 2171
QUESTION:
Dr P J Groenewald (FF Plus) to ask the Minister of Co-operative Governance
and Traditional Affairs:â
(1) (a) Which municipalities are currently under administration, (b)
since which date has each specified municipality been under
administration and (c) what is the monthly remuneration of each
administrator in each such municipality;
(2) whether he will make a statement regarding the matter?
REPLY:
1(a) In reply to the first part of the question, there are 13 (thirteen)
municipalities in four provinces that are currently under
administration or subjected to interventions in terms of the different
provisions of section 139 of the Constitution. Six of these
municipalities are in KwaZulu-Natal, namely: Indaka, Mtubatuba,
Imbabazane, Abaqulusi, Umvoti and Impofana local municipalities. The
interventions in the aforesaid municipalities are in terms of
subsection (1)(b), except for Indaka and Mpofana local municipalities,
which are in terms of subsection (1)(a) and subsection (1)(c),
respectively.
Mpumalanga has interventions in two municipalities, Emalahleni and
Bushbuckridge local municipalities, and both are in terms of
subsection (1)(b). The North West has interventions in three
municipalities. They are Ditsobotla and Matlosana local
municipalities, which are in terms of subsection (1)(b), as well as
Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality, which is in terms of
subsection (1)(c). The Eastern Cape has interventions in two
municipalities, Makana and Inkwanca local municipalities. These
interventions are in terms of subsection (1)(b) and subsection (1)(c),
respectively.
1(b) Regarding the dates since which each specified municipality has been
under administration, Indaka Local Municipality has been under an
intervention by means of a directive issued in terms of subsection
(1)(a) since 01 January 2014. This directive was issued as a form of
an exit strategy after a long-standing subsection (1)(b) intervention
in this municipality, which began in March 2010, was revoked in
December 2013. For the sake of convenience, the dates since which each
of the other municipalities were placed under administration appear in
the table below:
|Name of Municipality|Date of |Name of Municipality|Date of |
| |Intervention | |Intervention |
|Mtubatuba Local |19 September |Imbabazane Local |23 January 2013|
|Municipality |2012 |Municipality | |
|Abaqulusi Local |20 March 2013 |Umvoti Local |17 July 2013 |
|Municipality | |Municipality | |
|Mpofana Local |01 September |Emalahleni Local |18 April 2013 |
|Municipality |2014 |Municipality | |
|Bushbuckridge Local |18 April 2013 |Matlosana Local |10 April 2013 |
|Municipality | |Municipality | |
|Ditsobotla Local |10 April 2013 |Ngaka Modiri Molema |01 October 2014|
|Municipality | |District | |
| | |Municipality | |
|Makana Local |01 October 2014 |Inkwanca Local |02 October 2014|
|Municipality | |Municipality | |
1(c) Every Administrator in each of the six local municipalities in
KwaZulu-Natal earns an all-inclusive monthly salary package of
R135Â 188.48. The Administrator of Emalahleni Local Municipality is
paid an amount of R157Â 800.72 per month, which excludes travelling
expenses. In addition, there are two persons appointed to assist the
Administrator, one of which is a financial expert and another is an
engineer, at a monthly remuneration of R99Â 040.00 each. In
Bushbuckridge Local Municipality, the Administratorâs monthly
remuneration is R150Â 000.00, while the Assistant Administrator is paid
an amount of R135Â 000.00 per month. Both salary packages exclude
travelling and accommodation costs.
Each Administrator in the three municipalities of North West earns an
all-inclusive monthly remuneration of R75Â 000.00, and each has an
intervention team appointed to assist them in the execution of their
respective mandates. The intervention teams in Ditsobotla and
Matlosana local municipalities have two members each, while the
intervention team in Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality has
five members. Members of the intervention team in Ditsobotla Local
Municipality are each paid R64Â 275.00 per month, while members of the
intervention teams in Matlosana Local Municipality and Ngaka Modiri
Molema District Municipality are each paid R68Â 260. 50 per month.
The Administrator in Makana Local Municipality is paid a monthly
remuneration of R327Â 882.00 for the first three months of the
intervention, and will be paid an amount of R286Â 660.00 per month for
the last three months of the intervention. In Inkwanca Local
Municipality, the Eastern Cape Department of Local Government and
Traditional Affairs took a decision of seconding a Senior Manager to
act as an Administrator in this municipality. This official is being
remunerated at a General Manager level (R988Â 152.00 per annum), which
is equivalent to R82Â 346.00 per month.
2 KwaZulu-Natal currently has the most number of interventions,
compared with other provinces. Besides the fact that KwaZulu-Natal
also has the highest number of municipalities, compared with other
provinces, which probably makes the higher number of interventions in
the province understandable, the prevalence of interventions in this
province could also be partly attributed to its political dynamics,
which have led to some municipalities ending up (after the last local
government elections) with municipal councils in which no political
party is in the majority. Some of these municipal councils have gone
through or are still going through political instability which
sometimes result in them failing to fulfil their executive
obligations, thereby triggering the invocation of interventions in
terms of section 139 of the Constitution.
There was difference in the amounts paid to appoint Administrators
across the various municipalities under section 139 interventions.
This could be due to the difference in the terms of reference or the
outcomes expected from each Administrator in charge of the
municipality, as determined by the nature and the scope of the
intervention undertaken by the province concerned. However, the main
contributory factor to this could be that there are currently no
regulations in place governing the remuneration of Administrators.
In order to close the above loophole, the proposed Intergovernmental
Monitoring, Support and Interventions (IMSI) Bill, which is currently
before Cabinet, makes provisions for the appointment of
Administrators, with a view to regulate these appointments. The IMSI
Bill, if enacted, will give me powers to make regulations in relation
to such appointments, including remuneration, benefits and other terms
and conditions of appointment of Administrators.