Question NW2553 to the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

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28 November 2016 - NW2553

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Steyn, Ms A to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

(1)What (a) was the total budget allocated by his department to disaster management (i) in each of the past three financial years and (ii) since 1 April 2016 and (b) amounts were (i) requested by each province in each of the specified financial years and (ii) paid out in each case; (2) whether any outstanding funds must still be paid out to the provinces; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) what amount of outstanding funds must still be paid to the provinces and (b)(i) since what date has each of the specified payments been outstanding and (ii) what is the reason in each case?

Reply:

  1. (a) (i) The total budget as per the Grant Allocation was as follows

FINANCIAL YEARS

MUNICIPAL GRANT

PROVINCIAL GRANT

MUNICIPAL DISASTER RECOVERY GRANT

2013/14

R346 500 000

R188 000 000

R11 300 000

2014/15

R363 600 000

R197 000 000

R8 600 000

2015/16

R374 000 000

R204 000 000

R124 000 000

(ii) Yes, no amounts were directly made available by the department since April 2016

(b) (i) Amount requested by each province in the specified financial years and (ii) paid outs.

Note: The amount stated in these tables reflects funding transferred from the Disaster Grants to affected sectors and municipalities. The post disaster recovery funds for sectors are facilitated by the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, directly transferred from National Treasury within the Contingency Reserve to relevant sectors.

PROVINCE

Type of disaster

2013/14

   

Requested

Paid out

Easter Cape

Floods

R1 348 397 495

R111 350 000

Free State

 

0

0

Gauteng

 

0

0

KwaZulu-Natal

Floods

R309 265 636

R34 162 030

Limpopo

Floods

R737 035 841

R87 925 200

Mpumalanga

 

0

0

Northern Cape

Drought

R360 000 000

R50 000 000

North West

Drought

R3 000 804 000

R43 630 000

Western Cape

Floods

R266 589 672

R55 617 000

PROVINCE

Type of disaster

2014/15

   

Requested

Paid out

Eastern Cape

Floods

R579 180 687

R 8 610 800

Free State

Fires

R50 000 000

R15 791 000

Gauteng

Floods

R701 200 770

R14 878 446

KwaZulu-Natal

Drought, Floods and Fires

R181 563 069

R89 083 000

Limpopo

Floods

R213 450 000

R14 884 000

Mpumalanga

Floods

R535 600 000

R97 170 000

Northern Cape

 

0

0

North West

Earth Quake

R163 500 131

R148 508 00

Western Cape

Floods

R1 074 746 408

R82 796 000

NB: It is important to note that national and provincial sector departments, including municipalities agreed to reprioritise internal funding that is anticipated and estimated savings within their equitable shares and conditional grants to address the drought situation to ensure non-duplication of financial resources. The Disaster Grants were to be utilised once provinces have fully spent the reprioritised funding. Again, the funding allocated for floods are the funds that were allocated in 2014/15, within the Medium Term Expenditure Framework to repair the damages as a result of the 2013 floods disasters.

PROVINCE

 

2015/16

   

Requested

Paid out

Easter Cape

Drought

R385 732 991

No disaster grants paid out until April 2016, only reprioritised funding as indicated above.

Free State

Drought

R102 442 000

No disaster grants paid out until April 2016, only reprioritised funding as indicated above.

Gauteng

Floods for 2013

R35 588 184

R 35 588 184

KwaZulu-Natal

Floods for 2013/14

R87 096 000

 

Drought

R487 884 098

No disaster grants paid out until April 2016, only reprioritised funding as indicated above.

Limpopo

Floods for 2013/14

R20 836 000

 

Drought

R51 000 000

No disaster grants paid out until April 2016, only reprioritised funding as indicated above.

Mpumalanga

Floods for 2013/14

R30 000 000

 

Drought

R162 500 000

No disaster grants paid out until April 2016, only reprioritised funding as indicated above.

Northern Cape

Drought

R163 281 173 (per month)

No disaster grants paid out until April 2016, only reprioritised funding as indicated above.

North West

Drought

R3 461 545 284

No disaster grants paid out until April 2016, only reprioritised funding as indicated above.

Western Cape

Floods 2013/14

R86 919 000

 

Drought

R105 000 000

No disaster grants paid out until April 2016, only reprioritised funding as indicated above.

2. No outstanding amounts are to be paid out to the provinces.

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