Question NW242 to the Minister of Water and Sanitation
25 March 2019 - NW242
Khawula, Ms MS to ask the Minister of Water and Sanitation
(a) What is the total amount of drought relief that was allocated to each province in (i) 2016, (ii) 2017 and (iii) 2018, (b) what amount has been spent by each province to date and (c) what have been the most common items on which the money has been spent?
Reply:
Refer to the table below for Main Account Allocated Budget for Drought Relief:
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(a) |
(b) |
(c) |
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Financial Year |
Province |
Adjusted Budget R’000 |
YTD Expenditure R’000 |
Expenditure Items |
|
2015/16 |
Kwa-Zulu Natal |
50 500 |
50 500 |
Transfers & Subsidies: Water Services Operating Subsidy (WSOS) 5B grant reprioritised for Drought Relief Intervention |
|
106 270 |
111 836 |
Payments for capital assets: Buildings and other fixed structures |
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Total |
156 770 |
162 336 |
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2016/17 |
Eastern Cape |
5 883 |
5 725 |
Goods & Services: Contractors – Water tankering |
|
Kwa-Zulu Natal |
290 700 |
301 168 |
Payments for capital assets: Buildings and other fixed structure |
|
|
Free State |
21 100 |
20 363 |
Goods & Services: Contractors – Water tankering |
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|
North West |
24 512 |
24 512 |
Goods & Services: Contractors – Water tankering |
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Total |
342 195 |
351 768 |
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2017/18 |
Eastern Cape |
17 548 |
17 548 |
Goods & Services: Contractors, Water Tanks and Travel & Subsistence – Water tankering |
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Kwa-Zulu Natal |
10 432 |
10 432 |
Goods & Services: Contractors, Water Tanks and Travel & Subsistence – Water tankering |
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|
Free State |
11 498 |
11 498 |
Goods & Services: Contractors, Water Tanks and Travel & Subsistence – Water tankering |
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North West |
545 |
545 |
Goods & Services: Contractors and Travel & Subsistence – Water tankering |
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Mpumalanga |
1 093 |
10 93 |
Goods & Services: Contractors and Water Tanks– Water tankering |
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Total |
41 116 |
41 116 |
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2018/19 |
Eastern Cape |
647 214 |
49 021 |
Payments for capital assets: Buildings and other fixed structures, Transfers & Subsidies |
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Kwa-Zulu Natal |
122 366 |
- |
Payments for capital assets: Buildings and other fixed structures |
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|
Limpopo |
97 475 |
- |
Payments for capital assets: Buildings and other fixed structures |
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|
Mpumalanga |
56 800 |
56 800 |
Buildings and other fixed structures, Transfers & Subsidies |
|
|
Northern Cape |
9 788 |
- |
Payments for capital assets: Buildings and other fixed structures |
|
|
North West |
309 649 |
10 000 |
Payments for capital assets: Buildings and other fixed structures, Transfers & Subsidies |
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|
Western Cape |
58 919 |
- |
Payments for capital assets: Buildings and other fixed structures |
|
|
Total |
1 302 211 |
115 821 |
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|
Grand Total |
1 815 292 |
671 041 |
Refer to the table below for Water Trading Entity (WTE) Allocated Budget for Drought Relief:
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(a) |
(b) |
(c) |
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Financial Year |
Province |
Adjusted Budget R’000 |
YTD Expenditure R’000 |
Expenditure Items |
|
2016 |
Kwa-Zulu Natal |
306 278 |
302 910 |
Boreholes, Water Tanker Rental and Programme Management |
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2017 |
Kwa-Zulu Natal |
2 961 |
2 597 |
Boreholes, Water Tanker Rental and Programme Management |
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2018 |
Kwa-Zulu Natal |
Nil or no budget was allocated |
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Total |
309 239 |
305 507 |
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