Question NW2752 to the Minister of Public Works
06 November 2017 - NW2752
Bucwa, Ms H to ask the Minister of Public Works
Whether he is aware of any under-utilised properties owned by his department; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what is the (a) address of, (b) value of, (c) amount of rates and taxes paid on and (d) amount spent on maintenance on each property (i) in the (aa) 2014-15, (bb) 2015-16 and (cc) 2016-17 financial years and (ii) since 1 April 2017?
Reply:
As the State’s major custodian of properties utilised by National departments for their service delivery objectives, the Department has identified that it has a number of vacant land parcels.
The total value for unutilised land parcels is R12,604,706,669.
Please refer to the attached compact disk (CD) for the various addresses.
(c) (i) (aa) Please see table below for rates and taxes paid in the 2014-15 financial year:
- (bb) Please see table below for rates and taxes paid in the 2015-16 financial year:
- (cc) Please see table below for rates and taxes paid in the 2016-17 financial year:
- Please see table below for rates and taxes paid since 01 April 2017:
(d) (i) (aa) Please see table below for maintenance spend in the 2014-15 financial year:
- (bb) Please see table below for maintenance spend in the 2015-16 financial year:
- (cc) Please see table below for maintenance spend in the 2016-17 financial year:
- Please see table below for rates and taxes paid since 01 April 2017:
