Question NW3500 to the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

Reply:

Yes, funds were allocated by government through the respective organs of state as per their respective mandates and programmes to address the effects of the disasters within affected communities. The Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs coordinated response measures by the relevant organs of state to ensure alignment and collaboration of efforts.

(a) A total amount of R3.5 billion was allocated by COGTA from the existing Disaster Grants to the affected municipalities in KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape to repair and reconstruct the damaged infrastructure for water, sanitation, roads, and bridges in order to restore the livelihood of the affected communities and ensure the provision of reliable service delivery. This approach was to facilitate a comprehensive and integrated relief package to the affected community members. Other allocations have been done by the relevant organs of state as per their mandates and budget votes.

(b) The total expenditure as reported by municipalities allocated Disaster Grant funds managed by COGTA is R993 337 206.00

(c) According to the information provided by the Department of Human Settlements, affected communities were supported through approximately 3 033 temporary residential units (TRU’s) in both KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape provinces where the houses were damaged as a result of the heavy rainfall of April 2022.

(d) Repair work that has been done already?

Through the allocation to municipalities from the Municipal Disaster Response Grant, several assets that are owned by municipalities were repaired to ensure continuous and reliable services to affected communities. The repair of infrastructure includes repairing of tarred, paved and re-gravelling of damaged roads, replacement of valves and electrical components for water and sewer treatment plants and repairing damaged bridges to allow communities to access facilities such as schools, clinics, and hospitals. The table below depicts evidence of progress made:

Province	Municipalities	Allocation R'000	Implementation period extended until 30/06/2023	Expenditure R'000 as of 20/10/2023	% Spent	Balance   R'000	Types of Projects	Completed within six months?
1. KZN	1.  Msunduzi	R620	Jul-Dec 2022	R620	100%	R0	Water & Sanitation	Yes
	2.  Mkhambathini	R8 200	Jul-Dec 2022	R8 200	100%	R0	Roads & stormwater	Yes
	3.  iLembe	R19 500	Jul-Dec 2022	R19 500	100%	R0	Water & Sanitation	Yes
	4.  Inkosi Langalibalele	R48 950	Jul-Dec 2022	R48 947	99%	R2	Roads & bridges	No
	5.  uGu	R2 000	Jul-Dec 2022	R1 980	99%	R19	Water & Sanitation	Yes
	6.  Alfred Duma	R14 354	Aug 22-Jan 2023	R13 792	96%	R621	Roads and stormwater	No
	7.  Kwa-Dukuza	R109 103	Aug 22-Jan 2023	R73 307	67%	R35 735	Roads & bridges	No
	8.  Ray Nkonyeni	R19 100	Aug 22-Jan 2023	R19 100	100%	R0	Roads & stormwater	Yes
	9.e-Thekwini	R185 000	Sep 22-Feb 2023	R163 119	88%	R21 880	Roads, water & sanitation	No
Total	09	R406 827 000.00	July 2022-February 2023	R348 565 000.00	86%	R58 257 000.00

Province	Municipalities	Allocation R'000	Implementation period extended until 30/06/2023	Expenditure R'000 as of 20/10/2023	% Spent	Balance   R'000	Types of Projects	Completed within six months
EC	Port St John	R13 300	Aug 22-Jan 2023	R11 384	85%	R1 916	Roads& stormwater	No
	Ingquza Hill	R4 130	Aug 22-Jan 2023	R3 858	100%	R0	Roads & stormwater	No
	12.Nyandeni	R2 693	Aug 22-Jan 2023	R2 578	100%	R0	Roads & stormwater	No
	13.Umzimbuvu	R10 500	Aug 22-Jan 2023	R10 500	100%	R0	Roads & stormwater	No
	14.Ntabankulu	R5 111	Aug 22-Jan 2023	R5 089	100%	R0	Roads & stormwater	No
	15.Mbashe	R14 415	Aug 22-Jan 2023	R13 762	94%	R652	Roads& stormwater	No
	16.Winnie Mandela	R12 790	Aug 22-Jan 2023	R12 790	100%	R0	Roads &stormwater	No
	17. OR Tambo	R46 872	Aug 22-Jan 2024	R43 312	94%	R2 936	Water & Sanitation	No
Total		R109 811 000.00		R103 273 000.00	96%	R 4 852 000.00

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