Question NW1348 to the Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure
12 November 2019 - NW1348
Graham, Ms SJ to ask the Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure
With reference to municipalities that have underspent their Expanded Public Works Programme grant allocations for the 2018-19 financial year, (a) which municipalities have (i) repaid the difference in full and (ii) failed to repay the difference either in full or in part and (b) what amounts are still outstanding from each specified municipality?
Reply:
The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure:
a) (i) (ii) National Treasury was currently finalising the 2018/19 rollover process for municipal grants not spent. The outcome of this process will be communicated to municipalities by the 5th of November 2019 as indicated by National Treasury. All municipalities will be given 14 days to raise any objections where requests were not approved. It is only after the finalisation of this process that municipalities will be requested to surrender to National Treasury any unspent amounts. For those municipalities who will not comply, National Treasury usually offset unspent funds against the equitable share for municipalities that are not responding in terms of payment arrangements.
b) The table below shows the expenditure of all Municipalities per province for the 2018/19 financial year. As at the end of June 2019, an amount of R35.254 million was not spent. The process to surrender these unspent funds will be informed by the National Treasury process outlined above.
Table 1: EPWP Integrated Grant for Municipalities - 2018/19
Expanded Public Works Programme Integrated Grant for Municipalities - 2018/19 |
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Province |
Allocated (R'000) |
Transferred to date (R'000) |
Transfers as % allocation |
Expenditure to date (R'000) |
Expenditure as % allocation |
Unspent balance (R'000) |
Eastern Cape |
98 566 |
98 566 |
100% |
88 786 |
90% |
9 780 |
Free State |
24 453 |
24 453 |
100% |
24 062 |
98% |
391 |
Gauteng |
106 794 |
106 794 |
100% |
104 163 |
98% |
2 631 |
KwaZulu-Natal |
204 011 |
204 011 |
100% |
200 111 |
98% |
3 900 |
Limpopo |
52 587 |
52 587 |
100% |
50 452 |
96% |
2 135 |
Mpumalanga |
60 311 |
60 311 |
100% |
55 918 |
93% |
4 393 |
Northern Cape |
28 908 |
28 908 |
100% |
27 155 |
94% |
1 753 |
North West |
36 536 |
36 536 |
100% |
33 614 |
92% |
2 922 |
Western Cape |
80 712 |
80 712 |
100% |
73 363 |
91% |
7 349 |
Grant Total |
692 878 |
692 878 |
100% |
657 624 |
95% |
35 254 |
The amounts still outstanding from each under spending municipality is reflected in the table below.
Municipality |
Transferred to date |
Expenditure to date |
Expenditure as % transferred Exc. Rollover |
Nelson Mandela Bay |
6 711 |
4 835 |
72% |
Kou-Kamma |
1 000 |
857 |
86% |
Great Kei |
1 168 |
976 |
84% |
Amahlathi |
1 449 |
56 |
4% |
Amathole District Municipality |
2 446 |
1 305 |
53% |
Engcobo |
2 160 |
2 012 |
93% |
Sakhisizwe |
1 951 |
790 |
40% |
Mhlontlo |
1 821 |
1 786 |
98% |
King Sabata Dalindyebo |
3 954 |
3 822 |
97% |
Umzimvubu |
2 476 |
1 137 |
46% |
Alfred Nzo District Municipality |
10 844 |
8 629 |
80% |
Mohokare |
1 000 |
738 |
74% |
Masilonyana |
1 000 |
994 |
99% |
Tokologo |
1 000 |
945 |
95% |
Nala |
1 000 |
969 |
97% |
Metsimaholo |
1 000 |
966 |
97% |
Ekurhuleni |
25 054 |
23 567 |
94% |
City of Johannesburg |
34 737 |
34 110 |
98% |
Merafong City |
1 180 |
1 158 |
98% |
Rand West City |
2 135 |
2 098 |
98% |
West Rand District Municipality |
1 105 |
647 |
59% |
uMdoni |
1 219 |
1 149 |
94% |
uMngeni |
1 000 |
862 |
86% |
uMgungundlovu District Municipality |
4 265 |
2 078 |
49% |
Nquthu |
1 014 |
977 |
96% |
Dannhauser |
1 000 |
825 |
83% |
Amajuba District Municipality |
1 620 |
1 505 |
93% |
AbaQulusi |
1 295 |
880 |
68% |
uMhlathuze |
5 189 |
5 107 |
98% |
King Cetshwayo District Municipality |
7 762 |
7 088 |
91% |
Maruleng |
1 169 |
1 122 |
96% |
LIM 345 |
1 134 |
1 020 |
90% |
Vhembe District Municipality |
1 215 |
1 072 |
88% |
Blouberg |
1 089 |
1 027 |
94% |
Capricorn District Municipality |
3 642 |
3 271 |
90% |
Mogalakwena |
1 537 |
879 |
57% |
Modimolle/Mookgophong Local Municipality (LIM 368 ) |
1 021 |
774 |
76% |
Makhuduthamaga |
1 004 |
522 |
52% |
Chief Albert Luthuli |
1 901 |
902 |
47% |
Dr Pixley ka Isaka Seme |
1 259 |
972 |
77% |
Lekwa |
1 000 |
184 |
18% |
Govan Mbeki |
1 937 |
1 275 |
66% |
Dr JS Moroka |
2 955 |
2 846 |
96% |
Nkomazi |
6 708 |
5 210 |
78% |
Khâi-Ma |
1 000 |
954 |
95% |
Ubuntu |
1 000 |
718 |
72% |
Emthanjeni |
1 000 |
890 |
89% |
Pixley Ka Seme District Municipality |
1 000 |
972 |
97% |
!Kheis |
1 000 |
434 |
43% |
Ga-Segonyana |
1 000 |
738 |
74% |
Gamagara |
1 235 |
781 |
63% |
Madibeng |
1 174 |
975 |
83% |
Kgetlengrivier |
1 159 |
670 |
58% |
Moses Kotane |
1 000 |
591 |
59% |
Tswaing |
1 632 |
1 502 |
92% |
Mamusa |
1 098 |
999 |
91% |
Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality |
1 278 |
1 109 |
87% |
City of Matlosana |
2 037 |
933 |
46% |
Maquassi Hills |
1 017 |
914 |
90% |
Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality |
1 151 |
938 |
81% |
City of Cape Town |
24 266 |
21 855 |
90% |
Cederberg |
1 819 |
1 763 |
97% |
West Coast District Municipality |
1 047 |
879 |
84% |
Stellenbosch |
5 722 |
4 078 |
71% |
Overberg District Municipality |
1 125 |
1 053 |
94% |
George |
5 466 |
3 140 |
57% |
Bitou |
2 615 |
2 443 |
93% |
Prince Albert |
1 042 |
554 |
53% |