Chairperson, a feature that, hopefully, will force departments to pay more attention to how they administer funds is the threat of withholding or withdrawing funds if they fail to use their budget allocations.
It is unacceptable that municipalities have failed to use R817,740 million at their disposal, and the penalty for such slackness is the withdrawing of their finances.
There is clearly a capacity deficit in our municipal structures and it would appear that Project Consolidate is only a partial relief intervention strategy. We should look more carefully at increasing the skills capacity of our municipalities and impose further penalties on these structures should they fail to meet a specific skills regime.
With regard to the phasing out of the bucket toilet system, the added R200 million will add to the quality of life and the sanitation and health care of our communities. Despite our reservations about the inability of departments to spend their funds, the FD will support the Adjustments Appropriation Bill. I thank you.