Question NW1348 to the Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure

Share this page:

12 November 2019 - NW1348

Profile picture: Graham, Ms SJ

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

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%

 

Source file