Question to the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs - NW4023

07 December 2023 - NW4023

Buthelezi, Ms SA to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

Whether her department has undertaken to assist the Mbombela Local Municipality in delivering the service of building a community hall for Ward 25 in Hazyview, Mpumalanga; if not, why not; if so, (a) on what date is it envisaged that the assistance will be provided and (b) by what date will the building of the hall commence, (c) what is the projected cost of the project and (d) what are the further relevant details?

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Reply:

The Department of Cooperative Governance (DCOG) did not undertake to assist the Mbombela Local Municipality (MLM) in delivering the service of building a community hall for Ward 25 in Hazyview, Mpumalanga.

The identification, prioritisation and budgeting of projects, like a community hall among others, is the responsibility of a municipality in accordance with the integrated development planning process. DCOG’s role is to provide support, together with the rest of the provincial and national governments, as stipulated under section 154 of the Constitution.

DCOG also administers the Municipal Infrastructure Grant (MIG) that is annually allocated to municipalities through the Division of Revenue Act (DORA) for the provisioning of basic services to poor households. Furthermore, DCOG provides technical support by deploying built environment professionals to municipalities for infrastructure development through the Municipal Infrastructure Support Agent (MISA) in accordance with section 154 of the Constitution, mentioned above.

It is brought to the attention of the Honourable Member of Parliament, that MLM prioritised the construction of building a community hall in Ward 25 in Hazyview through the MIG funding. The construction project of the community hall commenced on 26 March 2018 and was completed on 12 March 2021 as per completion certificate attached hereto as Annexure.

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