Question NW286 to the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

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08 March 2024 - NW286

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Spies, Ms ERJ to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

What is the total (a) amount that has been spent on the Community Works Programme, (b) number of people who have benefited from the specified programme and (c) amount that has been paid to implementing partners for the programme in each of the past five financial years in each case?

Reply:

a) For the past five years, the CWP spent as follows:

Financial year

Budget

Expenditure

% Spent

2022/23

4,295,349,000

3,828,768,000

89%

2021/22

4,205,153,000

3,525,647,000

84%

2020/21

4,098,622,000

3,482,391,000

85%

2019/20

3,834,288,000

3,832,114,000

100%

2018/19

3,851,123,000

3,328,642,000

86%

b) From the past five years, the following number participants benefited from the programme:

  1. 2023/24 - 255 000
  2. 2022/23 - 254 700
  3. 2021/22 - 252 018
  4. 2020/21 - 259 065
  5. 2019/20 - 250 011

c) The amount paid to Implementing Agents in the past five years is as follows:

2023/24 financial year - no advances paid as Implementing Agents (IAs) were not contracted in this financial year.

Contract period: 01 October 2021- 31 March 2023

IA

Advances Paid to IAs

Spent by IAs

Balance

South African Youth Movement

R83,062,750.42

-R83,062,750.42

R0.00

Insika Foundation

R54,164,282.00

-R53,037,310.64

R1,126,971.36

Thembalethu Development

R35,280,520.85

-R35,212,305.99

R68,214.86

Green Development Foundation

R41,396,955.81

-R41,092,516.53

R304,439.28

Seboka Training & Support Network

R14,833,467.93

-R14,833,467.93

R0.00

National Youth Development Agency

R59,313,545.94

-R59,313,545.94

R0.00

TOTAL

R288,051,522.95

-R286,551,897.45

R1,499,625.50

Contract period: 01 April 2018- 30 September 2021

IA

Advances Paid to IAs

Spent by IAs

Balance

Thembalethu Development

R473,211,793.24

-R474,067,031.15

-R855,237.91

Insika Foundation

R531,665,053.09

-R534,935,980.71

-R3,270,927.62

Joubert Park Outreach Project

R316,568,960.26

-R319,980,177.23

-R3,411,216.97

Seboka Training and Network

R253,661,457.61

-R254,973,285.13

-R1,311,827.52

3L Development

R158,656,284.02

-R156,384,027.27

R2,272,256.75

South African Youth Movement

R336,658,079.31

-R333,723,145.64

R2,934,933.67

Beaulah Africa

R164,197,948.80

-R161,169,692.62

R3,028,256.18

NPO Iketsetse

R97,661,360.80

-R89,662,377.24

R7,998,983.56

AIDS Foundation

R63,450,737.92

-R62,224,209.54

R1,226,528.38

Icembe Foundation

R18,797,125.66

-R15,396,762.22

R3,400,363.44

Out the Box

R9,867,722.77

-R8,545,572.57

R1,322,150.20

TOTAL

R2,424,396,523.48

-R2,411,062,261.32

R13,334,262.16

Total Advances Paid to IAs Over the Past 5 Years

Total Spent by IAs Over the Past 5 Years (Incl. Retention Fees Paid)

R2,769,827,247.96

R2,754,993,360.30

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