Question NW301 to the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

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11 April 2016 - NW301

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Rabotapi, Mr MW to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

Whether each metropolitan municipality has a disaster risk management centre; if so, (a) how many staff members work for each specified centre and (b) what (i) is the budget for the 2015-16 financial year and (ii) are the critical disaster risk management issues for each municipality?

Reply:

Metropolitan Municipality

Centre Established (Yes/No)

  1. Number of staff working for each Specified Centre

(b)(i) Budget for 2015/16 financial year

(b)(ii) the critical disaster risk management issues for each municipality

City of Cape Town

Yes

83

R 119.18 mil

(Capital Budget: R 8,183 mil

Operational Budget: R111 mil)

  • Fires and floods

City of Tshwane

Yes

26

R 22.566 Mil

  • Shortage of staff and resources

City of Ekurhuleni

Yes

11

R 18. 935 mil

(Capital Budget: R 14.176 mil

Operational Budget: R 4.759 mil)

  • Staff of shortage in relation to the municipal population of ± 3.2 million which the municipality is trying to resolve with 11 more positions created and advertised.
  • Lack of funding model for disaster management which still awaits the approval of the council.
  • Mainstreaming of the function in all the sector departments of the municipality as required by law.

City of Johannesburg

Yes

30

R 1 350 000

(Incident Management Fund R 1 000 000.00

Capacity Building – R100 000.00

Printing & Stationery (Public awareness campaigns) – R200 000.00

Stores & Material –

R50 000.00)

  • Establishment of an integrated Disaster Management Centre
  • Increase of Human Capital
  • Funding for the City’s Disaster Risk Reduction Projects
  • Ward based capacity building programmes
  • Enhancement of Early Warning Systems

Ethekwini Municipality

Yes

7

R 116 000 000

(Capital Budget: R 21 mil

Operational Budget: R 95 mil

  • Constrain is that there is a huge staff shortage

Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality

Yes

22

(5 x Operational staff;

17 x Control Centre Operators)

R 16 477 194

  • High vacancy rate on critical posts relating to operational staff
  • Insufficient budget allocation (especially for immediate emergency incident relief)

Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality

Yes

1 x Manager

1 x Admin

4 x Operational

1 x Intern

1 x Vacant funded post

41 Vacant unfunded posts

R 2 782 063

  • Buffalo City lacks the capacity in terms of finances, staff, vehicles, equipment and accommodation required for a Metropolitan Municipal Disaster Management Centre.
  • Lack of participation of Sector Departments in Disaster Management Structures
  • Very large informal sector (multiple risks)

Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality

Yes

29

R 20 654 900

  • Budgetary constraints
  • Staffing
  • Incorporation of the DM plan in the IDP and development projects.

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