Question NW1083 to the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
08 April 2022 - NW1083
Groenewald, Mr IM to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
(1)With reference to her reply to question 11 on 10 March 2021, what is the latest number of municipalities in each province that have (a) infrastructure maintenance plans in place and (b) implemented such plans (i) fully and/or (ii) partly; (2) whether she will make a statement on the matter?
Reply:
1. Infrastructure maintenance plans are developed per service. To that end municipalities are considered to have infrastructure maintenance plans if the municipality has in place the full spectrum of infrastructure maintenance plans for all services. This implies therefore that if a municipality has a roads maintenance plan but does not have a water and sanitation maintenance plan, it is not regarded as having a full spectrum of infrastructure maintenance plans in place. It will be regarded as partly having infrastructure maintenance plans in place.
a) Infrastructure maintenance plans in place:
|
Province |
Water & Sanitation |
Roads & Stormwater |
Energy / Electricity |
Full Spectrum |
|
11 |
17 |
7 |
7 |
|
4 |
7 |
4 |
|
|
4 |
8 |
4 |
4 |
|
10 |
37 |
20 |
20 |
|
7 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
|
10 |
11 |
7 |
7 |
|
6 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
|
15 |
12 |
11 |
11 |
|
21 |
24 |
17 |
17 |
Table 1: Infrastructure maintenance plans in place per service
b) (i) Implemented infrastructure maintenance plans implemented fully:
|
Province |
Water & Sanitation |
Roads & Stormwater |
Energy / Electricity |
Full Spectrum |
|
1. Eastern Cape |
7 |
11 |
5 |
5 |
|
2. Free State |
2 |
7 |
5 |
5 |
|
3. Gauteng |
3 |
7 |
3 |
3 |
|
4. KwaZulu Natal |
7 |
28 |
15 |
15 |
|
5. Limpopo |
5 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
|
6. Mpumalanga |
7 |
7 |
5 |
5 |
|
7. North West |
3 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
|
8. Northern Cape |
11 |
10 |
9 |
9 |
|
9. Western Cape |
19 |
19 |
13 |
13 |
Table 2: Infrastructure maintenance plans per service implemented fully
(ii) Implemented infrastructure maintenance plans implemented partly:
|
Province |
Water & Sanitation |
Roads & Stormwater |
Energy / Electricity |
Full Spectrum |
|
1. Eastern Cape |
4 |
6 |
2 |
2 |
|
2. Free State |
2 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
|
3. Gauteng |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
4. KwaZulu Natal |
3 |
9 |
5 |
5 |
|
5. Limpopo |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
6. Mpumalanga |
3 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
|
7. North West |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
8. Northern Cape |
4 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
|
9. Western Cape |
2 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
Table 3: Infrastructure maintenance plans per service implemented partly
Summary:
- 75 municipalities across the country have a full spectrum of infrastructure maintenance plans:
- A total of 60 municipalities are fully implementing the infrastructure maintenance plans:
- 18 municipalities are partially implementing their infrastructure maintenance plans.
The Department of Cooperative Governance (DCOG) through the Municipal Infrastructure Support Agent (MISA) provides technical support to low and medium capacity municipalities by deploying professionally registered technical professionals, in accordance with the District Development Model (DDM), to develop, review and implement infrastructure maintenance plans as part of the support package. MISA further endeavours to build a local government skills pipeline by placing young technical qualifications graduates and built environment learners so that internal capacity is created with time for optimal delivery of basic services infrastructure. This support is provided in terms of section 154(1) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996.