Question NW3149 to the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

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20 November 2018 - NW3149

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Xalisa, Mr Z R to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

(a) In what number of instances did his department spend funds on disaster management in the 2017-18 financial year and (b) in each instance where assistance was given for disaster management, (i) what are the details of each disaster in question, (ii) what number of people were affected, (iii) where did the disaster take place and (iv) what total amount was spent?

Reply:

REPLY

a) The funds spent with regard to disaster management are for normal operations and the responsibilities for the 2017/2018 financial year within my department.

b) For the 2017/2018 financial year, my department facilitated the approval of and the transfer of disaster funding to the affected organs of state that were unable to cope with the effects of the disaster, by only using their own resources in line with the provisions of the Disaster Management Act (2002). The DCOG through the National Disaster Management Centre (NDMC) transferred a total amount of R449 786 000 (R449.8 million) from the Disaster Grants, for the implementation of various intervention measures by the affected organs of state. Of the total amount transferred to various organs of state, R26 147 000 (R26.1 million) was made to the Merafong City Local Municipality in Gauteng Province to address the sinkhole conditions. An amount of R341 300 000 (R341.3 million), was further transferred to address the drought conditions in the Eastern Cape, Northern Cape and the Western Cape Provinces.

A breakdown of the transferred funds for the 2017/18 financial year from the Disaster Grants is as follows:

MUNICIPAL DISASTER RELIEF GRANT

Name of the municipality

Amount allocated

Amount transferred

Reported Expenditure and Remarks

TRANSFER DATE

28 March 2018

TYPE OF DISASTER

DROUGHT

PURPOSE OF ALLOCATION

Water infrastructure projects within the affected municipalities

EASTERN CAPE

 

R'000

R'000

R'000

Dr Beyers Naude Local Municipality (LM)

468

468 

467

Koukamma Local Municipality

770

770

770

Kouga LM

1 090

1090

1090

Sundays River LM

2 090

2 090

0*

  • The indication by the municipality is that the delays were due to SCM processes.

Makana LM

810

810

743

Blue Crane Route LM

180

180

180

Ndlambe LM

950

950

31

Amathole District Municipality -

Mbashe Local M

1 380

1 380

469

Nelson Mandela Bay Metro

97 000

97 000

1628

Total EC

104 738

104 738 

5 378

NORTHERN CAPE

Kareeberg Local Municipality

4 626

4 626 

1 441

Richtersveld Local Municipality

15 196

15 196

14 439

Namakhoi Local Municipality

4 542

4 542

411

Hantam Local Municipality

8 500

8 500

8 500

Kamiesberg Local Municipality

3 968

3 968

3 362

Total NC

36 833

36 833

28 153

WESTERN CAPE

     

Cederberg Local Municipality

7 962

7 962

4 983

Matzikama Local Municipality

7 627

7 627

897

Drakenstein Local Municipality

26 845

26 845

7 932

City of Cape Town

122 507

122 507

85 368

Total WC

164 936

164 936

99 180

PROVINCIAL DISASTER RELIEF GRANT

NAME OF PROVINCE AND DEPARTMENT

AMOUNT ALLOCATED

Amount transferred

Reported Expenditure

TRANSFER DATE

28 March 2018

 

TYPE OF DISASTER

DROUGHT

NORTHERN CAPE

PROVISION AND TRANSPORTATION OF LIVESTOCK

 

R'000

R'000

R'000

Provincial Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development

42 339

42 339

42 339

Total NC

42 339 

42 339

42 339

MUNICIPAL DISASTER RECOVERY GRANT

NAME OF PROVINCE AND MUNICIPALITY

Amount Allocated

Amount transferred

Reported Expenditure

RECEIVING PROVINCIAL DISASTER RELIEF GRANT

 

TRANSFER DATE

07 March 2018

 

TYPE OF DISASTER

SINKHOLE FORMATIONS

PURPOSE OF ALLOCATION

RECONSTRUCTION AND REHABILITATION WORK

GAUTENG PROVINCE

 

R'000

R'000

R'000

Merafong City Local Municipality

26 147

26 147

2 230

Total

 

26 147

26 147

 

2 230

PROVINCIAL DISASTER RELIEF GRANT

NAME OF DEPARTMENT

AMOUNT ALLOCATED

Amount transferred

Reported Expenditure

RECEIVING PROVINCIAL DISASTER RELIEF GRANT

 

TRANSFER DATE

31 August 2017

 

TYPE OF DISASTER

DROUGHT

PURPOSE OF ALLOCATION

Provision and transportation of livestock

feed

WESTERN CAPE PROVINCE

 

R'000

R'000

R'000

Provincial Department of Agriculture

40 000

40 000

40 000

Total

40 000

40 000

40 000

MUNICIPAL DISASTER RELIEF GRANT

NAME OF MUNICIPALITY

Amount Allocated

Amount transferred

Reported Expenditure

TRANSFER DATE

21 August 2017

TYPE OF DISASTER

DROUGHT

PURPOSE OF ALLOCATION

Water infrastructure projects within the affected municipalities

WESTERN CAPE PROVINCE

 

R'000

R'000

R'000

Bitou Local Municipality

10 920

10 920

10 920

Theewaterskloof Local Municipality

3 134

3 134

2 864

City of Cape Town

20 812

20 812

20 812

Total

34 866  

34 866  

34 596

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