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MINISTRY FOR COOPERATIVE GOVERNANCE AND TRADITIONAL AFFAIRS
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
QUESTIONS FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NUMBER 2016/301
DATE OF PUBLICATION: FEBRUARY 2016
Mr M W Rabotapi (DA) to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and
Traditional Affairs:
Whether each metropolitan municipality has a disaster risk management
centre; if so, (a) how many staff members work for each specified centre
and (b) what (i) is the budget for the 2015-16 financial year and (ii) are
the critical disaster risk management issues for each
municipality?                                      Â
                       NW309E
Reply:
|Metropolitan|Centre |Number of |(b)(i) |(b)(ii) the critical disaster |
|Municipality|Establishe|staff |Budget for |risk management issues for each|
| |d (Yes/No)|working |2015/16 |municipality |
| | |for each |financial | |
| | |Specified |year | |
| | |Centre | | |
|City of Cape|Yes |83 |R 119.18 |Fires and floods |
|Town | | |mil | |
| | | |(Capital | |
| | | |Budget: R | |
| | | |8,183 mil | |
| | | |Operational| |
| | | |Budget: | |
| | | |R111 mil) | |
|City of |Yes |26 |R 22.566 |Shortage of staff and resources|
|Tshwane | | |Mil | |
|City of |Yes |11 |R 18. 935 |Staff of shortage in relation |
|Ekurhuleni | | |mil |to the municipal population of |
| | | | |± 3.2 million which the |
| | | |(Capital |municipality is trying to |
| | | |Budget: R |resolve with 11 more positions |
| | | |14.176 mil |created and advertised. |
| | | |Operational|Lack of funding model for |
| | | |Budget: R |disaster management which still|
| | | |4.759 mil) |awaits the approval of the |
| | | | |council. |
| | | | |Mainstreaming of the function |
| | | | |in all the sector departments |
| | | | |of the municipality as required|
| | | | |by law. |
|City of |Yes |30 |R 1Â 350 000|Establishment of an integrated |
|Johannesburg| | |(Incident |Disaster Management Centre |
| | | |Management |Increase of Human Capital |
| | | |Fund R |Funding for the Cityâs Disaster|
| | | |1Â 000Â 000.0|Risk Reduction Projects |
| | | |0 |Ward based capacity building |
| | | |Capacity |programmes |
| | | |Building â |Enhancement of Early Warning |
| | | |R100Â 000.00|Systems |
| | | |Printing & | |
| | | |Stationery | |
| | | |(Public | |
| | | |awareness | |
| | | |campaigns) | |
| | | |â | |
| | | |R200Â 000.00| |
| | | |Stores & | |
| | | |Material â | |
| | | |R50Â 000.00)| |
|Ethekwini |Yes |7 |R 116Â 000 |Constrain is that there is a |
|Municipality| | |000 |huge staff shortage |
| | | |(Capital | |
| | | |Budget: R | |
| | | |21 mil | |
| | | |Operational| |
| | | |Budget: R | |
| | | |95 mil | |
|Mangaung |Yes |22 |R 16Â 477 |High vacancy rate on critical |
|Metropolitan| |(5 x |194 |posts relating to operational |
|Municipality| |Operationa| |staff |
| | |l staff; | |Insufficient budget allocation |
| | |17 x | |(especially for immediate |
| | |Control | |emergency incident relief) |
| | |Centre | | |
| | |Operators)| | |
|Buffalo City|Yes |1 x |R 2Â 782Â 063|Buffalo City lacks the capacity|
|Metropolitan| |Manager | |in terms of finances, staff, |
|Municipality| |1 x Admin | |vehicles, equipment and |
| | |4 x | |accommodation required for a |
| | |Operationa| |Metropolitan Municipal Disaster|
| | |l | |Management Centre. |
| | |1 x Intern| | |
| | |1 x Vacant| |Lack of participation of Sector|
| | |funded | |Departments in Disaster |
| | |post | |Management Structures |
| | |41 Vacant | | |
| | |unfunded | |Very large informal sector |
| | |posts | |(multiple risks) |
|Nelson |Yes |29 |R 20Â 654 |Budgetary constraints |
|Mandela Bay | | |900 |Staffing |
|Municipality| | | |Incorporation of the DM plan in|
| | | | |the IDP and development |
| | | | |projects. |