Question NW4082 to the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
11 December 2023 - NW4082
Smalle, Mr JF to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
What (a) financial assistance has her department given to each province for (i) fire disaster, (ii) drought relief and (iii) flooding for the (aa) 2020-21, (bb) 2021-22 and (cc) 2022-23 financial years, (b) what total number of applications for assistance was (i) received and (ii) granted, (c) for what monitory value in each financial year and (d) what method and/or criteria does her department use to support the applications?
Reply:
a) (i) There were no allocations and transfers for fire incidents in 2020-21, 2021-2 and 2022-23
(aa) The department supported affected organs of state by transferring an amount of R138 million from the Provincial Disaster Response Grant during the 2020/2021 financial year to seven provinces to mitigate the effects of drought.
|
Province |
Allocation R'000 |
Date funds transferred
|
Hazard |
|
1. Eastern Cape |
R 35 000 |
06/07/2020 |
Drought |
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2. Kwazulu-Natal |
R 4 000 |
06/07/2020 |
|
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3. Limpopo |
R 18 640 |
06/07/2020 |
|
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4. Mpumalanga |
R 12 160 |
06/07/2020 |
|
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5. Northern Cape |
R35 689 |
06/07/2020 |
|
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6. Northwest |
R8 000 |
06/07/2020 |
|
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7. Western Cape |
R 25 000 |
06/07/2020 |
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Grant Total: 07 |
R138 489 |
|
(bb) The department transferred an amount of R48 million to Western Cape Department of Agriculture to mitigate the effects of drought during the 2021/2022 financial year from the Provincial Disaster Response Grant.
|
Province |
Purpose of allocation |
Allocations R'000 |
Date funds transferred |
|
|
Western Cape |
distribution of livestock feed. |
R48 100 |
07/02/2022 |
An amount of R173 million was transferred from Municipal Disaster Response Grant to 11 municipalities in two provinces (Western Cape) to address the effects of the drought in 2021/2022 financial year.
|
Province |
District |
Municipalities |
Total Allocation R'000 |
Hazard |
|
Metro |
1. Nelson Mandela Bay |
R57 829 |
Drought |
|
Sarah Baartman |
2. Dr. Beyers Naude |
R6 057 |
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|
Cacadu |
3. Makana |
R2 200 |
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|
Sarah Baartman |
4. Ndlambe |
R15 229 |
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|
Sarah Baartman |
5. Sundays River |
R7 580 |
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|
Sarah Baartman |
6. Kouga |
R12 500 |
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|
Sarah Baartman |
7. Kou Kama |
R6 380 |
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|
Amathole |
8. Amathole |
R13 207 |
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|
Chris Hani |
9. Chris Hani |
R5 000 |
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|
2. Western Cape |
Garden Route |
10. Oudtshoorn |
R47 150 |
|
|
Grant Total: 02 |
06 |
10 |
R173 132 |
|
- (bb) During the 2021/2022, an amount of R157 million was transferred to 16 municipalities in four provinces (Kwazulu-Natal, Limpopo, Northern Cape and North West) from the Municipal Disaster Response Grant to repair damaged public municipal infrastructure due to Tropical Storm Eloise.
|
Province |
District |
Municipalities |
Allocation R'000 |
Hazard |
|
1. KwaZulu Natal |
uThukela |
1. Alfred Duma |
R31 937 |
Tropical Storm Eloise |
|
2. Limpopo |
Capricorn |
2. Blouberg |
R12 900 |
|
|
Capricorn |
3. Lepelle-Nkumpi |
R5 626 |
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|
Capricorn |
4. Molemole |
R1 000 |
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|
Capricorn |
5. Polokwane |
R2 600 |
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|
Vhembe |
6. Makhado |
R26 000 |
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|
Vhembe |
7. Thulamela |
R13 000 |
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Vhembe |
8. Collins Chabane |
R26 000 |
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3. Northern Cape |
Frances Baard |
9. Magareng |
R6 440 |
|
|
Frances Baard |
10.Sol Plaatjie |
R1 015 |
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|
Frances Baard |
11.Phokwane |
R6 456 |
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|
ZF Mgcawu |
12.Kgatelopele |
R1 838 |
||
|
John Taolo |
13.Gamagara |
R7 000 |
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|
4. North West |
Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati |
14.Lekwa Teemane |
R4 570 |
|
|
Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati |
15.Naledi |
R4 393 |
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|
Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati |
16.Kagisano Molopo |
R6 361 |
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|
Grant Total |
07 |
16 |
R157 139 |
(cc) in 2022/2023 financial year, an amount of R516 million was transferred from Municipal Disaster Response Grant to 17 municipalities affected by the April 2022 floods. The funds were meant to assist the organs of state with the emergency repair of the damaged infrastructure.
|
Province |
District |
Municipalities |
Allocation R'000 |
Hazard |
|
1. KZN |
uMgungundlovu |
1. Msunduzi |
R620 |
April 2022 floods |
|
uMgungundlovu |
2. Mkhambathini |
R8 200 |
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|
iLembe |
3. iLembe |
R19 500 |
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|
uThukela |
4. Inkosi Langalibalele |
R48 950 |
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|
uGu |
5. uGu |
R2 000 |
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|
uThukela |
6. Alfred Duma |
R14 354 |
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|
iLembe |
7. Kwa-Dukuza |
R109 103 |
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|
uGu |
8. Ray Nkonyeni |
R19 100 |
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|
Metro |
9.e-Thekwini |
R185 000 |
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|
2. EC |
OR Tambo |
10.Port St John |
R13 300 |
|
|
OR Tambo |
11.Ingquza Hill |
R4 130 |
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|
OR Tambo |
12.Nyandeni |
R2 693 |
||
|
Alfred Nzo |
13.Umzimbuvu |
R10 500 |
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|
OR Tambo |
14.Ntabankulu |
R5 111 |
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|
Amathole |
15.Mbashe |
R14 415 |
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|
Alfred Nzo |
16.Winnie Mandela |
R12 790 |
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|
|
OR Tambo |
17. OR Tambo |
R46 872 |
|
|
Total |
08 |
17 |
R516 748 |
R3.3 billion from Municipal Disaster Recovery Grant to support 16 municipalities affected by the 2022 floods in three provinces. The funds were allocated to municipalities to reconstruct and rehabilitate the damaged infrastructure.
|
Province |
District |
Municipality |
2022/2023 R&R allocation R'000 |
Hazard |
|
1. EC |
Alfred Nzo |
1. Winnie Mandela |
R33 806 |
2022 Floods |
|
2. KZN |
Metro |
2. eThekwini Metro |
R1 534 785 |
|
|
King Cetshwayo |
3. uMhlathuze City |
R34 966 |
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|
King Cetshwayo |
4. King Cetshwayo DM |
R4 500 |
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|
uThukela |
5. Inkosi Langalibalele |
R76 950 |
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|
uThukela |
6. Alfred Duma LM |
R22 000 |
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|
iLembe |
7. iLembe DM |
R14 549 |
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|
iLembe |
8. KwaDukuza LM |
R1 271 098 |
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|
uMgungundlovu |
9. uMgungundlovu DM |
R10 100 |
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|
iLembe |
10. Mandeni LM |
R17 023 |
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3. WC |
Overberg |
11. Theewaterskloof |
R1 194 |
|
|
Overberg |
12. Swellendam LM |
R3 553 |
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|
Cape Winelands |
13. Breede Valley |
R10 310 |
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|
Garden Route |
14. Oudtshoorn |
R26 664 |
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|
Garden Route |
15. George |
R237 498 |
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|
03 |
08 |
15 |
R3 318 742 |
(ii) Seven provincial department of agriculture and 60 municipalities received disaster grants funding.
(d) Grants applicants are supported through assessment conducted as and when incidents occur, classification and declaration of the state of disasters. Affected organs of state then submit application for disaster grants through the municipal and provincial Disaster Management Centres. At the provincial and municipal levels the project steering committees are established to monitor the implementation of funded projects.
End.