Question NW2202 to the Minister of Transport
17 August 2017 - NW2202
Jooste, Ms K to ask the Minister of Transport
(a) What are the reasons for withholding the Rural Roads Asset Management Systems (RRAMS) grant from municipalities over the past three financial years, (b) which municipalities have been affected in this regard, (c) what steps has his department taken to ensure that the RRAMS grant is paid out to each specified municipality and (d) what are the financial amounts (i) for each municipality (ii) in each specified financial year?
Reply:
a) As per Division of Revenue Act (DoRA), there are different responsibilities given to the Receiving Officer (RO), District Municipalities, as well as the Transferring Officer (TO), Department of Transport. Non-compliance to DoRA condition(s) gives the TO the right to withhold allocation of the grant.
b) Affected municipalities were Umkhanyakude and OR Tambo District Municipalities during the 2016/17 financial year.
c) The Department has engaged the affected municipalities, through intervention meetings to discuss the identified challenges and assist them to comply.
d) Withholding took place during the 2016/17 financial year and amounts were R 2.773 million and R 2.516 million for OR Tambo and Umkhanyakude District Municipalities respectively.