Question NW3514 to the Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure
15 November 2023 - NW3514
Zondo, Mr S S to ask the Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure
Whether he has records of the total number of (a) short-term and (b) long-term employees under the Expanded Public Works Programme; if not, why not; if so, what are the statistics in each province?
Reply:
The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure:
a) The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) as the overall coordinator of the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) has a reporting system which allows the capturing of EPWP work opportunities by implementers across all the spheres of government. The EPWP Reporting System (EPWP-RS) contains information captured during the implementation of the EPWP Phase IV which started in the 2019/20 financial year to date for short term and long term opportunities. The different programmes captured on the system vary in terms of duration with some implemented over a short term period while others are implemented over a long term duration. The duration of participation for the EPWP participants is linked to the duration of the different programmes implemented. Table 1 on the next page shows a summary of EPWP participants on short-term programmes in the different provinces
Table 1: Summary of number of participants reported for short-term duration per province
|
Province |
2019_20 |
2020_21 |
2021_22 |
2022_23 |
2023_24 Q2 Prelim |
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|
Sum of Work Opportunities (year) |
Average WO Duration |
Sum of Work Opportunities (year) |
Average WO Duration |
Sum of Work Opportunities (year) |
Average WO Duration |
Sum of Work Opportunities (year) |
Average WO Duration |
Sum of Work Opportunities (year) |
Average WO Duration |
|
|
Eastern Cape |
2,098 |
103 |
26,243 |
72 |
44,439 |
60 |
30,695 |
97 |
22,892 |
65 |
|
Free State |
2,059 |
159 |
1,733 |
198 |
1,728 |
184 |
1,248 |
138 |
747 |
101 |
|
Gauteng |
5,641 |
158 |
4,612 |
176 |
10,776 |
113 |
5,751 |
179 |
4,749 |
75 |
|
KwaZulu-Natal |
5,237 |
166 |
15,172 |
68 |
5,936 |
175 |
5,447 |
134 |
3,778 |
96 |
|
Limpopo |
3,054 |
204 |
3,129 |
142 |
1,202 |
168 |
661 |
142 |
344 |
52 |
|
Mpumalanga |
1,523 |
142 |
1,641 |
140 |
1,878 |
164 |
1,482 |
161 |
897 |
70 |
|
Northern Cape |
938 |
159 |
1,266 |
104 |
1,452 |
185 |
982 |
200 |
106 |
67 |
|
North West |
695 |
118 |
693 |
85 |
663 |
79 |
468 |
77 |
95 |
47 |
|
Western Cape |
13,335 |
66 |
7,108 |
80 |
12,170 |
81 |
13,000 |
60 |
9,098 |
49 |
b) Within the information captured in the EPWP Reporting System (EPWP-RS) during the implementation of the EPWP Phase IV which started in 2019/20 - date, some programmes have had long term duration. Table 2 below shows a summary of EPWP participants in programmes with long-term duration:
Table 2: Summary of programmes with participants reported for long-term duration per province
|
Programme Name / Province |
2019_20 |
2020_21 |
2021_22 |
2022_23 |
2023_24 Q2 Prelim |
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|
Sum of Work Opportunities (year) |
Average WO Duration |
Sum of Work Opportunities (year) |
Average WO Duration |
Sum of Work Opportunities (year) |
Average WO Duration |
Sum of Work Opportunities (year) |
Average WO Duration |
Sum of Work Opportunities (year) |
Average WO Duration |
|
|
Eastern Cape |
114,639 |
102 |
107,249 |
57 |
103,618 |
77 |
77,680 |
103 |
54,471 |
49 |
|
Free State |
40,693 |
110 |
40,177 |
61 |
42,504 |
78 |
37,182 |
97 |
21,928 |
45 |
|
Gauteng |
44,693 |
125 |
51,364 |
66 |
47,035 |
89 |
48,283 |
106 |
36,106 |
50 |
|
KwaZulu-Natal |
134,120 |
107 |
126,456 |
75 |
138,063 |
87 |
130,156 |
97 |
99,902 |
48 |
|
Limpopo |
59,522 |
116 |
62,279 |
70 |
65,077 |
88 |
61,412 |
111 |
39,446 |
54 |
|
Mpumalanga |
49,388 |
113 |
44,989 |
53 |
51,592 |
76 |
48,582 |
89 |
30,618 |
39 |
|
Northern Cape |
30,674 |
92 |
28,660 |
32 |
32,380 |
54 |
37,427 |
83 |
16,805 |
49 |
|
North West |
47,195 |
104 |
46,026 |
63 |
48,331 |
82 |
48,145 |
99 |
34,464 |
49 |
|
Western Cape |
42,767 |
104 |
36,173 |
74 |
40,178 |
83 |
41,437 |
87 |
16,285 |
44 |