Question NW2845 to the Ms. S.A Buthelezi (IFP) to ask the Minister of Human Settlements
11 November 2022 - NW2845
Buthelezi, Ms SA to ask the Ms. S.A Buthelezi (IFP) to ask the Minister of Human Settlements
Whether the natural disasters that have occurred recently have set her department back financially and in terms of plans that her department had at the start of the year, if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what total (a) amount has her department spent overall in the attempt to provide victims of the disasters with adequate housing and (b) number of housing units will be established and distributed in each province?
Reply:
a) All provinces are allocated the Provincial Emergency Housing Grant in anticipation of natural disasters. When the disasters happened there was a necessity to respond timeously to bring immediate relief to the victims. However, the application process that needs to be followed to access the emergency grant is not flexible enough to allow for a speedy response. In response, the National Department agreed to an early transfer, within the DORA framework, to KZN provincial department, R733 086 000 (HSDG) and R189 217 000 (ISUPG), in April, to respond to the disasters whilst waiting for the emergency funds. Due to delays caused by issues such as land availability, intimidation of provincial personnel and other administrative delays the money from the two grants was not utilised until the emergency funds were made available. An amount of R342m was approved for KwaZulu-Natal and R103m for the Eastern Cape from the Provincial Emergency Housing Grant to provide Temporary Residential Units. In addition, about R54m from Human Settlements Development Grant was approved for North West to also provide emergency housing. Consequently, the department was not set back financially and the plans were not affected.
b) The target is to build 4 983 emergency dwellings in KwaZulu-Natal, 2959 for Eastern Cape and 250 for North West communities. The distribution of emergency housing assistance in KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape provinces is as follows;
|
EASTERN CAPE |
|
|
REGION |
NO OF UNITS COMPLETED |
|
OR TAMBO DISTRICT |
442 |
|
ALFRED NZO |
395 |
|
CHRIS HANI |
5 |
|
JOE GQABI |
0 |
|
AMATHOLE DISTRICT |
0 |
|
TOTAL |
835 |
|
KWAZULU-NATAL |
|
|
REGION |
NO OF UNITS COMPLETED |
|
eThekwini |
231 |
|
Harry Gwala |
150 |
|
iLembe (First Allocation) |
400 |
|
iLembe (First Allocation) |
74 |
|
King Cetshwayo (First Allocation) |
40 |
|
King Cetshwayo (Second Allocation) |
95 |
|
uGu |
111 |
|
uMgungundlovu |
113 |
|
uMkhanyekude |
40 |
|
Amajuba |
87 |
|
uMzinyathi |
70 |
|
uThekela |
70 |
|
Zululand |
40 |
|
TOTAL |
1 521 |