a) As per Division of Revenue Act (DoRA), there are different responsibilities given to the Receiving Officer (RO), District Municipalities, as well as the Transferring Officer (TO), Department of Transport. Non-compliance to DoRA condition(s) gives the TO the right to withhold allocation of the grant.
b) Affected municipalities were Umkhanyakude and OR Tambo District Municipalities during the 2016/17 financial year.
c) The Department has engaged the affected municipalities, through intervention meetings to discuss the identified challenges and assist them to comply.
d) Withholding took place during the 2016/17 financial year and amounts were R 2.773 million and R 2.516 million for OR Tambo and Umkhanyakude District Municipalities respectively.