NCOP
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO. 552
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 04 November 2011
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 34)
Mr M J R de Villiers (DA-WC) to ask the Minister of Health:
With regard to his departmentâs under-spending of R645 million as stated in
the 2010-11 Annual Report, (a) which (i) hospitalsâ revitalisation projects
were affected as a result of the withholding of conditional grant funds and
(ii) provinces were affected, (b) what is the current status of each
revitalisation project in each province and (c)(i) what plans are in place
to remedy the situation and (ii) when will the plans be implemented?
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REPLY:
a) The National Department of Health (NDOH) withheld money from Limpopo,
Kwazulu Natal, Free State, Eastern Cape and Northern Cape provinces
due to poor spending in 2010/11 financial year. The withholding of the
Hospital Revitalisation Grant (HRG) budget from the above mentioned
provinces did not affect projects on site since provinces had already
received enough money to pay any contractual commitments. However,
they were projects that failed to take off because of the challenges
in the province.
|Province |Facility name |
|Limpopo |Musina |
| |Thabizimbi |
|Kwazulu/Natal |Dr P ka Seme |
| |King George (equipment for level 1) |
| |Reit Vlei (access road) |
| |Edandale (enabling work) |
|Free state |Pelonomi (certain phase) |
| |Boitumelo(certain phase) |
|Eastern Cape |Madwaleni |
| |Cecilia Makiwane |
| |Frontier (certain phase) |
|Northern Cape |New Kimberly Psychiatric |
| |De Aar (phase 2) |
b) The table below shows the Hospital Revitalisation Programme current
per province.
|Province |Projects on Construction |Project Status |
|Â |Â |Â |
|Eastern Cape |Cecilia Makiwane |Construction |
|Eastern Cape |Frontier |Construction |
|Eastern Cape |St Elizabeth |Construction |
|Eastern Cape |St Patrick's |Construction |
|Eastern Cape |Dr M Mpehle- Get way Clinic |Commissioning |
| |and EMS Station | |
|Eastern Cape |Madwaleni |Project Brief |
|Free State |Boitumelo |Construction |
|Free State |Pelonomi |Construction |
|Free State |Tromsburg |Construction |
|Free State |Ladybrand |Construction |
|Free State |Fs Psychiatric |Facility Design |
|Free State |Mangaung/ Manapo |Business Case |
|Gauteng |Germiston |Construction |
|Gauteng |Natalspruit |Construction |
|Gauteng |Zola |Construction |
|Gauteng |Chris Hani Baragwanath |Closing- Final |
| | |Account |
|KwaZulu/Natal |King GeorgeV |Construction |
|KwaZulu/Natal |Riet Vlei |Construction |
|KwaZulu/Natal |Nwelezana & Lower Umfoloziu |Construction |
|KwaZulu/Natal |Dr Pixley Ka Seme |Facility Design |
|KwaZulu/Natal |Edandale |Project Brief |
|KwaZulu/Natal |Madadeni |Project Brief |
|KwaZulu/Natal |Dr John Dube |Project Brief |
|KwaZulu/Natal |Hlabisa |Business Case |
|KwaZulu/Natal |King Edward-Upgrade of old |Construction |
| |site | |
|Limpopo |Maputa Malatji |Construction |
|Limpopo |Thabamoopo |Construction |
|Limpopo |Thabazimbi |Construction |
|Limpopo |Letaba |Construction |
|Limpopo |Nkhensani-Gate way clinic |Construction |
| |ans Linen Bank | |
|Limpopo |Musina |Project Brief |
|Limpopo |Limpopo Academic |Project Brief |
|Limpopo |Tshilidzini |Business Case |
|Limpopo |St Ritas |Business Case |
|Limpopo |Evuxhakeni |Business Case |
|Limpopo |Dr CN Phathudi |Business Case |
|Limpopo |Bothlokwa |Business Case |
|Limpopo |Meklenburg |Business Case |
|Limpopo |WF Knobel |Business Case |
|Limpopo |Special Projects (see note |Construction |
| |below) | |
|Mpumalanga |Ermelo |Construction |
|Mpumalanga |Themba |Construction |
|Mpumalanga |Rob Fereirra |Construction |
|Mpumalanga |Kwamhlanga |Business Case |
|Mpumalanga |Barberton |Project Brief |
|Mpumalanga |Tintswalo |Project Brief |
|Mpumalanga |Lydenburg |Business Case |
|Northern Cape |New Mental Health Hospital |Construction |
|Northern Cape |De Aar |Construction |
|Northern Cape |Upington |Construction |
|Northern Cape |Postmasburg |Project Brief |
|Northern Cape |Kuruman |Business Case |
|Northern Cape |Kimberley -Tertiary |Business Case |
|North West |Brits |Construction |
|North West |Vryburg |Commissioning |
|North West |Moses Kotane Gate way Clinic|Facility Design |
| |and Psychiatric Ward | |
|North West |Bophelong |Facility Design |
|North West |General De Larey |Facility Design |
|Western Cape |Michell's Plain |Construction |
|Western Cape |Khayelitsha |Construction |
|Western Cape |Paarl |Construction |
|Western Cape |Worcester |Construction |
|Western Cape |VredenBurg |Construction |
|Western Cape |George |Construction |
|Western Cape |Vlakenburg |Facility Design |
|Western Cape |Tygerburg Tertiary |Project Brief |
(c) The NDoH has already put in place a system/plan to remedy the
situation. Firstly the challenge of the capacity to deliver by the
provinces was reviewed and each province was requested to appoint
Resident Engineers who will look after the provincial infrastructure
issues. Currently five provinces already have Engineers in place (i.e.
EC, FS, KZN, GP, and WC). The NDoH also appoint Project Management
Support Unit (PMSU) to capacitate NDoH and also assist provinces on
the delivery of the infrastructure projects. The cash flow in all
provinces were reviewed and provinces were asked to bring other
priority projects if there are challenges that might took long time to
resolve on the existing projects.
END.