Questions to Ministers

12 April 2016 - NW593

Mhlongo, Mr TW to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

Whether, with reference to his reply to question 4092 on 8 December 2015, his department has received the outstanding information from the metropolitan municipalities; if not, why not; if so, when will the information be made available as requested?

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Reply:

The requested information from Metropolitan Municipalities is yet to be received and the efforts are being made to follow up on them. The Honourable Member will therefore be updated on progress.

12 April 2016 - NW589

Mokgalapa, Mr S to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

Whether, with reference to the reply to question 4264 on 21 December 2015, he has received the outstanding information from the Kannaland Local Municipality; if not, why not; if so, when will this information be made available?

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Reply:

The requested information is yet to be received from the Kannaland Local Municipality. We are however, making efforts to follow-up on it and the Honourable Member will therefore be updated on progress.

12 April 2016 - NW588

Motau, Mr SC to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

Whether, with reference to the reply to question 4257 on 21 December 2015, he has received the outstanding information from the three specified municipalities; if not, why not; if so, when will this information be made available; if not, why not?

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Reply:

The requested information is yet to be received from the remaining three Metropolitan Municipalities. We are however, making efforts to follow-up on it and the Honourable Member will therefore be updated on progress.

12 April 2016 - NW582

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

Whether, with reference to his reply to question 4186 on 21 December 2015, his department has received the outstanding information; if not, why not; if so, when will the specified information be made available?

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Reply:

The requested information is yet to be received from the Metropolitan Municipalities. We are however, making efforts to follow-up on it and the Honourable Member will therefore be updated on progress.

12 April 2016 - NW574

Topham , Mr B to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

Whether, with reference to his reply to question 4104 on 8 December 2015, the information has been received from the Tlokwe City Local Municipality; if so, when will this information be made available as requested?

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Reply:

The requested information is yet to be received from the Tlokwe Local Municipalitie. We are however, making efforts to follow-up on it and the Honourable Member will therefore be updated on progress.

12 April 2016 - NW572

Van Dalen, Mr P to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

Whether, with reference to his reply to question 4095 on 8 December 2015, the requested information has been received from the Tlokwe Local Municipality; if so, when will the specified information be made available?

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Reply:

The requested information is yet to be received from the Tlokwe Local Municipalitie. We are however, making efforts to follow-up on it and the Honourable Member will therefore be updated on progress.

12 April 2016 - NW793

Tarabella - Marchesi, Ms NI to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

(1)(a) Which Tshwane Metropolitan Police Department (TMPD) stations currently serve Wards (i) 9, (ii) 12, (iii) 19, (iv) 20, (v) 21, (vi) 22 and (vii) 22 in the City of Tshwane and (b) how many (i) officers and (ii) operational vehicles are at each of the specified stations; (2) whether there are any plans to establish a TMPD station to serve the community of Winterveldt in the Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality in Gauteng; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

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Reply:

Upon receipt of this question, we requested the Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality to provide information on this matter and are still awaiting. We will therefore keep the Honourable Member updated on progress.

12 April 2016 - NW751

McLoughlin, Mr AR to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

(1)(a) What was the total number of telephone calls made from each municipal office in the country on (i)(aa) 7 March 2015 and (bb) 8 March 2015 and (ii)(aa) 5 March 2016 and (bb) 6 March 2016 respectively and (b) how much did the total amount of telephone calls for each day cost; (2) (a) what was the total number of pool vehicle journeys undertaken by all pool vehicles in each municipality in the country on (i)(aa) 7 March 2015 and (bb) 8 March 2015 and (ii)(aa) 5 March 2016 and (bb) 6 March 2016 respectively, (b) what was the total distance travelled by pool vehicles of each municipality and (c) how much did the total amount of pool vehicle journeys cost for each day?

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Reply:

The question by the Honourable Member is more on operational matters which the Ministry at the national level, does not monitor. The question can therefore best be responded to by the Municipal Managers and the Honourable Member may consider using his representation in those councils.

12 April 2016 - NW779

Mileham, Mr K to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

(1)Whether any funding was made available in each metropolitan municipality as sponsorship for (a) sports and/or (b) cultural events in the (i) 2014-15 financial year and (ii) since 1 July 2015; if not, why not; if so, in each case, (a) which metropolitan municipality, (b) for what purpose and (c) what was the amount involved; (2) whether the return on investment was measured in each specified case; if not, why not; if so, what was the return on investment in each specified case; (3) whether any (a) councillor and/or (b) municipal official and/or (c) any family member of any (i) councillor and/or (ii) municipal official benefitted in any way from the specified sponsorships; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (aa) what action has been taken in this regard, if any, and (bb) what are the further relevant details in this regard?

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Reply:

The question by the Honourable member should be directed to the National Treasury. The National Treasury manages the expenditure and the budgets of municipalities in line with the provisions in the Municipal Finance Management Act. Municipalities report budgetary matters in terms of s71 of the MFMA and are best placed to respond to matters relating to budget and expenditures of all municipalities.

12 April 2016 - NW308

Schmidt, Adv H to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

Do (a) senior managers and (b) financial and supply chain personnel of each metropolitan municipality comply with the minimum competencies set out in the Municipal Finance Management Act; Act 56 of 2003, if not, (i) has each specified municipality notified the relevant MEC in the relevant province of the non-compliance and applied for an extension, (ii) what steps has each specified metropolitan municipality taken to comply with the minimum competencies and (iii) by when would each specified metropolitan municipality comply with the minimum requirements set out in the Municipal Finance Management Act?

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Reply:

The requested information is not readily available within the department. We are however, collating the information from both the Provincial CoGTA departments and the Metropolitan Municipalities and will submit as soon as we have concluded. The Honourable Member will therefore be updated on progress.

12 April 2016 - NW313

Stander, Ms T to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

(1)Does each metropolitan municipality have an external bursary fund; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) what is the value of each specified external bursary fund in the (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15 financial year; (3) how many external bursaries did each specified municipality award in the (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15 financial years?

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Reply:

The requested information is not readily available within the department. We are however, collating the information from the Metropolitan Municipalities and will submit as soon as we have concluded. The Honourable Member will therefore be updated on progress.

12 April 2016 - NW393

Mileham, Mr K to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

Whether any municipality has (a) transferred any funds to any political party or (b) budgeted for funding of any political party in the (i) 2014-15, (ii) 2015-16 and/or (iii) 2016-17 financial years; if so, in each municipality where this occurred, (aa) in terms of what legislation were these transfers or budgets made, (bb) which political parties received funding, and (cc) how much was budgeted or transferred in each case?

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Reply:

The question by the Honourable member should be directed to the National Treasury. The National Treasury manages the expenditure and the budgets of municipalities in line with the provisions in the Municipal Finance Management Act. Municipalities report budgetary matters in terms of s71 of the MFMA and are best placed to respond to matters relating to budget and expenditures of all municipalities.

12 April 2016 - NW565

Wilson, Ms ER to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

With reference to his reply to question 4108 on 08 December 2015; has the outstanding information been received from the Tlokwe Local Municipality, if not, why not; if so, when will this information be made available as requested?

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Reply:

The requested information is yet to be received from the Tlokwe City Local Municipality. We are however, making efforts to follow-up on it and the Honourable Member will therefore be updated on progress.

12 April 2016 - NW566

Wilson, Ms ER to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

Whether, with reference to the reply to question 4089 on 08 December 2015; has the outstanding information been received from the metropolitan municipalities, if not, why not; if so, when will this information be made available as requested?

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Reply:

The requested information is yet to be received from the Metropolitan Municipalities. We are however, making efforts to follow-up on it and the Honourable Member will therefore be updated on progress.

12 April 2016 - NW568

Van Der Walt, Ms D to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

Whether, with reference to his reply to question 4145 on 8 December 2015, his department has received the outstanding information from the metropolitan municipalities, if so, when will the information be made available as requested?

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Reply:

The requested information is yet to be received from the Metropolitan Municipalities. We are however, making efforts to follow-up on it and the Honourable Member will therefore be updated on progress.

12 April 2016 - NW570

Van Der Walt, Ms D to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

Whether, with reference to his reply to question 4090 on 8 December 2015, the requested information has been received from the metropolitan municipalities; if so, when will the specified information be made available?

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Reply:

The question by the Honourable member should be directed to the National Treasury. The National Treasury manages the expenditure and the budgets of municipalities in line with the provisions in the Municipal Finance Management Act. Municipalities report budgetary matters in terms of s71 of the MFMA and are best placed to respond to matters relating to budget and expenditures of all municipalities.

12 April 2016 - NW569

Van Der Walt, Ms D to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

Whether, with reference to his reply to question 4093 on 8 December 2015, his department has received the outstanding information from the metropolitan municipalities, if so, when will the information be made available as requested?

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Reply:

The requested information is yet to be received from the Metropolitan Municipalities. We are however, making efforts to follow-up on it and the Honourable Member will therefore be updated on progress.

11 April 2016 - NW720

Madisha, Mr WM to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

Whether he has gone to (a) Ga-Rankuwa or (b) any other area where violent protests were taking place at present, in the period since his appointment to his new post, to (i) bring fed-up protesters and slack local government authorities together around a table to address long simmering community grievances quickly, effectively and efficiently and (ii) protect the image of South Africa in the face of a regular showing on TV screens around the world that South Africa was a violent and dangerous country with ordinary people being at odds with local government and angry at national government for not being responsive and caring; if not, why not; if so, what has he achieved through his direct involvement in resolving the long-simmering dispute at GaRankuwa or anywhere else where protests have recently been flaring up because of unresolved grievances?

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(a) No, the Minister has not visited Ga-Rankuwa.
(b) The Minister visited the Tlokwe Local Municipality, since his appointment.
(i)
The Minister has taken steps to address community grievances. These include:

• Ensuring that the department continues to implement the Back-to-Basics (B2B) programme that addresses challenges in the local government sphere

• Directing the department's provincial 828 coordinators to focus on areas where violent protests are taking place, to address community grievances;

(ii) The City of Tshwane is involved in addressing concerns raised by the residents of GaRankuwa.
The Back to Basics provincial teams have identified municipalities where violent protests are taking place and are working at resolving the challenges in these municipalities.
The teams report back to the Minister regularly.

11 April 2016 - NW306

Ross, Mr DC to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

(1)(a) How often does each metropolitan municipality collect household waste and (b) is it collected on a fixed schedule; if not, why not; (2) whether there were any disruptions of service or late removal of waste as a result of a failure by any municipality since 1 January 2015; if so, (a) what were the causes and (b) how has this been addressed?

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Reply:

The information requested by the Honourable Member is not readily available within the Department. The Department thus made a request to Metropolitan Municipalities to provide the relevant information. Information was received from the following Metropolitan Municipalities:

ETHEKWINI METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY

(a) Once a week

(b) Yes

2. None

BUFFALO CITY METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY

(a) Once a week

(b) Yes

2. Yes, there were disruptions of services in BCMM Solid Waste Department

(a) Disruptions were caused by frequent breakdowns of Refuse Compactor Trucks and labour unrests;

(b) The Department of Solid Waste usually addresses the labour issues that arise with the assistance of Corporate Services.

CITY OF TSHWANE

(a) Once a week

(b) Yes

2. The collection trucks were mostly on schedule but there may have been 1 or 2 days where some areas experienced delays.

(a) The delays would typically be due to a break-down of a vehicle or a workers strike.

(b) The collection continues into the following day or days so that there are no backlogs when the following week starts.

MANGAUNG METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY

(a) Once a week

(b) Yes

2. Yes, there were disruptions and late removal of waste since 1 January 2015.

(a) There is often a shortage of vehicles due to vehicles breaking down.

(b) The municipality utilises a pool of SMMEs who have been appointed to render emergency door to door waste collection as and when necessary.

NELSON MANDELA BAY METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY

The NMBM is collecting refuse from 99.98% of households within the urban edge, excluding informal areas on privately owned erven not earmarked for Human Settlements development. Almost one third of the households waste is collected bi-weekly and the remaining two-thirds are collected weekly. The NMBM is in the process of converting all bi-weekly refuse collection to a weekly service by June 2016.

2. Yes, there were instances of late removal of waste since 1 January 2015.

(a) The capacity to render efficient Waste Collection Services is often hampered by breakdowns in refuse trucks due to ageing fleet and turnaround time on repairs and maintenance. This leads to refuse being collected later than usual, in certain communities. Nonetheless, the refuse is collected on the same day of refuse collection schedule even if it is late during the day.

(b) The NMBM has embarked on a process of recapitalisation of old fleet. New refuse trucks have been purchased and other trucks are scheduled to be purchased in the next financial year. In the meantime, the NMBM is hiring externally through the existing Municipal contract in order to supplement its service delivery demands.

11 April 2016 - NW305

Ross, Mr DC to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

Whether each metropolitan municipality offers any support to neighbourhood watch initiatives; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details in each case? (2) whether there were any disruptions of service or late removal of waste as a result of a failure by any municipality since 1 January 2015; if so, (a) what were the causes and (b) how has this been addressed?

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Reply:

The information requested by the Honourable Member is not readily available within the Department. The Department thus made a request to Metropolitan Municipalities to provide the relevant information. Information was received from the following Metropolitan Municipalities:

BUFFALO CITY METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY

The BCMM does not offer any support to neighbourhood watch initiatives other than the BCMM Law Enforcement Services and Traffic Services.

CITY OF TSHWANE

The functions of the Tshwane Metro Police include Crime Prevention, By-Laws and Road Policing. The Crime Prevention and Social Crime Prevention Units do assist neighbourhood watches as and when needed. Tshwane is divided into Regions and Regional Policing offices attend meetings at South African Police Stations whereby the community is assisted through the Community Police Forum Meetings.

MANGAUNG METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY

Not applicable

NELSON MANDELA BAY METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY (NMBMM)

Metro Police not yet established. The SAPS currently provides support to neighbourhood watch initiatives.

11 April 2016 - NW303

Robertson, Mr K to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

Does each metropolitan municipality have a service level agreement with the relevant provincial department of health for the provision of clinic services; if not, why not; if so, (a) how many (i) clinics, (ii) health centres, (iii) satellite clinics, (iv) mobile clinics and (v) male health clinics are run by each metropolitan municipality, (b) what services do they offer, (c) how many new clinics have been built since 1 June 2011 and (d) what is each metropolitan municipality’s budget for health infrastructure upgrades in the 2015-16 financial year?

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Reply:

The information requested by the Honourable Member is not readily available within the Department. The Department thus made a request to Metropolitan Municipalities to provide the relevant information. Information was received from the following Metropolitan Municipalities:

BUFFALO CITY METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY (BCMM)

The BCMM does not provide Primary Health Care Services, hence there is no service level agreement with the relevant provincial department of health. This function was provincialized and devolved to the Eastern Cape Province, Department of Health.

CITY OF TSHWANE (CoT)

1. A Service Level Agreement between the Gauteng Department of Health and the CoT for the provision of Primary Health Care is available and signed.

(a) The City is rendering Primary Health Care services in 26 fixed facilities; Operating hours are from 07:30 – 16:00, Monday to Friday; 2 mobile units and 1 satellite clinic; Extended service hours are rendered on Saturdays from 08:00 to 13:00 in a selected 13 facilities to accommodate those clients that could not manage to visit the clinic during week days.

(b) Full comprehensive PHC package is rendered in 26 facilities.

(c) 9 Clinics were built and upgraded, namely: Lotus, Danville, Doornpoort, Gazankulu, Pretorius Park, Stanza Bopape, Olievenhoutbosch, Zithobeni and Soshanguve JJ.

(d) The CoT allocated R43 million towards the construction and upgrade of three clinics, namely: Soshunguwe, Gazankulu and Zithobeni during the 2015-16 financial year. The projects are all in the final phase of construction and upgrading.

EKURHULENI METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY

a) The Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality manages ninety one (91) Primary Health Care Services as at February 2016 as indicated in the table below.

All Community Health Centres and Medical Male Circumcision Sites are managed by the Gauteng Department of Health.

PRIMARY HEALTH CARE FACILITIES BOTH PROVINCIAL AND EKURHULENI EXCLUDING MALE MEDICAL CIRCUMCISION SITES
FACILITY TYPE	EMM	GDoH	GRAND TOTAL
Community Day Centre		2	2
Community Health Centre (24-Hours)		7	7
Clinic	78	3	81
Satellite Clinic	1		1
Mobile Clinic	12	2	14
Grand Total	91	14	105

b) The Primary Health Care Facilities managed by the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality render health services relevant for the type of facility as defined in the Primary Health Care Core Package of Services, namely:

Clinics: Render the basic range of Primary Health Care Services as follows:

Child Health Services:
Expanded Programme on Immunization;
Vitamin A supplementation;
Protein Energy Malnutrition Programme;
Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses; and
Growth monitoring and developmental screening.

Women and Maternal Health Services:
Reproductive Health including Family Planning;
Cervical cancer screening;
Antenatal Care Services;
Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV;
Postnatal Care Services; and
Counselling and referral for Termination of Pregnancy.

Men’s’ Reproductive Health:
Prostate cancer screening (Selected facilities).

HIV, AIDS, Sexually Transmitted Infections and Tuberculosis Programme:
Health and HIV Counselling and Testing;
Elimination of Mother-to-Child-Transmission of HIV;
Antiretroviral Therapy;
Post Exposure Prophylaxis;
Comprehensive Care, Management and Treatment of HIV Positive clients and treatment of opportunistic infections;
Management of Sexually Transmitted infections; and
Tuberculosis Control Programme.

Acute and Chronic Diseases Management:
Acute Curative Care;
Management of Chronic Diseases.

Specialised Services:
Primary Mental Health Services; and
Secondary Level Mental Health Services (Selected facilities);

Health Information, Education and Communication

Multi-sectoral HIV/AIDS Programme:
Door-to-Door Ward-based HIV/AIDS Education and awareness programme;
Stakeholder engagements including traditional health practitioners and vulnerable and marginalized groups;
Health awareness and screening programme; and
AIDS Council.

c) Twenty-one (21) new clinics, as listed in the table below, were built and they are all operational. In the current financial year (2015-16), six (6) clinics are under construction.

NEW PRIMARY HEALTH CARE FACILITIES 2011 TO DECEMBER 2015
Number	Facility Name	Year opened	Ward	Address
1	Katlehong North Clinic	2011	52	2098 Khotso street Katlehong
2	Phutanang Clinic	2011	84	7522 Kgaga street Tsakane
3	Reedville Clinic	2011	74	Stands 604 + 605 Ottawa Street, Reedville
4	Slovo Park Clinic	2011	75	Erf 1932,1933 + 1954 Durban Drive, Slovo Park
5	Tsakane Ext 10 Clinic	2011	86	Stand 45522 & 45523, Simelane Street, Tsakane
6	Wannenburg Clinic	2011	21	C/o Pretoria and Mimosa Road, Primrose
7	Ethafeni Clinic	2012	14	43 Bennin Steet, Ethafeni Section, Ethafeni Park
8	Itireleng Clinic	2012	13	2959 Posmor & Inauguration Road, Phomolong Section, Chloorkop Ext 52, Tembisa
9	Tsakane Clinic (Ward 83)	2012	83	33334 Fingo Street, Tsakane
10	Vosloorus Poly Clinic	2012	47	New: Vosloorus ERF30, EXT1, Vosloorus
11	Alrapark Ext 3 Clinic	2014	88	Cnr Sasstri and Molopo street Ext 3 Alra Park
12	Joy Clinic	2014	67	Erf 1343 Etwatwa West
13	Ramaphosa Clinic	2014	42	Ingwamza Street, Reiger Park Ext 5
14	Springs Clinic	2014	75	Middle Six and Plantation Road, Springs
15	Tamaho Clinic	2014	51	Erf 2141 Nhlapo Section, Cnr. Sokele and Matsose Street, Katlehong
16	White City Clinic	2014	79	Thema Road, Kwa -Thema, Springs
17	Daveyton East Clinic	2015	68	Stand No 869, Chris Hani, Ext 9 Daveyton East
18	Motsamai Clinic	2015	50	260 Motsamai Section Katlehong
19	Palmridge Clinic	2015	58	RE 41 Palmridge Road, Palmridge Community Centre, Palmridge
20	Tswelopele Clinic	2015	44	22 Lusika Street, Eastfield, Vosloorus
21	Villa Lisa Clinic	2015	43	22 Camel Street, Villa Liza
	TOTAL			21

d) The budget for health infrastructure upgrades for 2015/16 is R96 727 171(ninety-six million, seven hundred and twenty-seven thousand, and one-hundred and seventy-one rand).

MANGAUNG METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY

There is no Service Level Agreement between the Municipal Health Services of the Mangaung Metro and the Provincial Department of Health.

NELSON MANDELA BAY METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY (NMBM)

Since July 2012 the NMBM is no longer providing Primary Health Care Services following the provincialisation of these services. There is no Service Level Agreement in place since the above-mentioned date. The only clinic service rendered by the NMBM is for Occupational Health Services for Municipal employees.

11 April 2016 - NW301

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?

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Metropolitan Municipality	Centre Established (Yes/No)	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.

11 April 2016 - NW299

Ollis, Mr IM to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

(1)Whether the meetings of each metropolitan municipality’s bid adjudication committee are open to the public; if not, why not; if so, (a) when was this implemented and (b) where are the specified meetings advertised; (2) Whether bid boxes are opened in view of the public; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

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The processes relating to the supply chain management policies of municipalities including metropolitan municipalities is regulated by chapter 11 of the Local Government Municipal Finance Management Act 56 of 2003. Section 111 this Act requires each municipality to have and implement a supply chain management policy which is in line with a framework that is prescribed in section 112 of the same Act. This section provides the minimum requirements to be covered by the supply chain management policy. Of relevance to this parliamentary question is section 112(h) which prescribed that the policy must provide for procedures and mechanisms for: “(i) Opening, registering and recording of bids in the presence of interested persons” and (ii) “The evaluation of bids to ensure best value for money”

There is no requirement for the evaluation and adjudication of bids in public in the Act nor in any other municipal relevant legal prescript.

(i) There is no legal prescript that requires the meetings of a municipality’s bid adjudication committee to be open to the public. Only two metropolitan municipalities; Ekurhuleni and City of Cape Town have adopted this practice as an additional measure to emphasise transparency in procurement.

The following table outlines is the approach elected by each of the eight metropolitan municipalities in this regard; this is according to the information provided by the municipalities:

Metropolitan municipality	Are the bid adjudication committee meetings open to the public?	When was this practice implemented?	Where are the meetings advertised?
City of Johannesburg Metro	No	N/A (Not a legal requirement)	N/A (Not a legal requirement)
Tshwane Metro	No	N/A (Not a legal requirement)	N/A (Not a legal requirement)
Ekurhuleni Metro	Yes	1 December 2015	Local media and municipal notice boards.
City of Cape Town Metro	Yes	1 June 2006	Local media and municipal notice boards.
Nelson Mandela Bay Metro	No	N/A (Not a legal requirement)	N/A (Not a legal requirement)
Buffalo City Metro	No	N/A (Not a legal requirement)	N/A (Not a legal requirement)
Ethekwini Metro	No	N/A (Not a legal requirement)	N/A (Not a legal requirement)
Mangaung Metro	No	N/A (Not a legal requirement)	N/A (Not a legal requirement)

(ii) The public opening of municipal bids is a legal requirement as prescribed in section 112(h) (i) of the Local Government Municipal Finance Management Act 56 of 2003. This section prescribes that the supply chain management policy must provide for procedures and mechanisms for: “(i) Opening, registering and recording of bids in the presence of interested persons”.

In this regard; all metropolitan supply chain management policies require the public opening of bids and they have all confirmed that the bid boxes are indeed opened in view of the public.

11 April 2016 - NW296

Motau, Mr SC to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

(a) How often do metropolitan municipalities review their by-laws holistically; and (b) On what date was the last review done in each metropolitan municipality?

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The response in the attached schedule is based on information provided by the eight (8) metropolitan municipalities.

Metropolitan Municipality	a) How often do metropolitan municipalities review their by-laws holistically	b) On what date was the last review done in each metropolitan municipality
1. City of Cape Town	Council reviews its by-laws during the five (5) years term of office in local government.	The last review was on 29 June 2015.
2. City of Johannesburg	On an annual basis.	The last reviewed was in 2015.
3. Ekurhuleni	On an annual basis.	The last reviewed was in 2015.
4. eThekwini	Currently in the process of rationalising all by-laws, a process which the municipality started a few years ago.	Still in the review process.
5. Mangaung	On an annual basis.	The last reviewed in May 2015
6. City of Tshwane	By-laws are reviewed on an on-going process.	The last review was in September 2013. Some by-laws are still in the review process.
7. Buffalo City	The review process is ongoing. Some by-laws some in the process of commented on.	The last review was in 11 August 2014.
8. Nelson Mandela Bay	Periodic review are undertaken.	The last review was in January 2016

11 April 2016 - NW196

McLoughlin, Mr AR to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

Whether each metropolitan municipality has a programme to provide basic services to backyard dwellers; if not, why not; if so, what (a) electricity, (b) water and (c) sanitation services were provided in the 2014-15 financial year?

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Reply:

The Department of Human Settlement (DHS) has developed a draft National Backyard Rental Housing Assistance Policy. The draft policy is based on the findings of extensive research, as well as case studies, commissioned by the South African Local Government Association (SALGA) on Backyarders and Backyard Dwellings. This research project was followed by an extensive national consultation process to engage all the municipalities and provincial governments on the matter.

The draft policy proposals specifically make provision for grant funding to municipalities to improve the quality of life of the tenants occupying backyard rental dwellings. Importantly, the proposals also deal with the necessity of infrastructure upgrading required to accommodate the additional load on current services, and the provision of basic municipal services for backyard residents.

It is recommended that the Honourable member direct his question to the DHS, which will provide detailed information and a comprehensive answer to the question whether each metropolitan municipality has a programme to provide basic services to backyard dwellers.

11 April 2016 - NW780

Mileham, Mr K to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

What process is to be followed by (a) provinces and (b) municipalities affected by the latest round of amalgamations in terms of the revised municipal demarcations, with specific reference to (i) budgets, (ii) organograms, (iii) systems and processes and (iv) assets and equipment?

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Reply:

a) The process to be followed by provinces is as outlined in Section 12 of the Municipal Structures Act, which requires the MEC for local government in a province to establish a municipality in each municipal area which the Municipal Demarcation Board demarcates, and which establishment takes effect at the commencement of the first election of the council of that municipality.

Section 14(5) of the Municipal Structures further provides that the MEC, by notice in the Provincial Gazette, may make provision for transitional measures to facilitate the disestablishment of an existing municipality and the establishment of a new municipality.

The different transition matters are discussed and processed through various transitional structures at the provincial and municipal spheres, as well as reported at the Municipal Demarcation Transition Committee which is convened by the Department of Cooperative Governance.

b) The Section 14(5) Notices also provide for the establishment of Municipal Political Change Management Committees and Municipal Technical Change Management Committees.

The Municipal Political Change Management Committees are constituted by the mayors, speakers, members of the executive or mayoral committees and traditional leaders from the affected local and district municipalities.

The Municipal Technical Change Management Committees are constituted by the municipal managers and heads of department from the affected local and district municipalities, as well as representatives from organised labour and the South African Local Government Association.

The Section 14(5) Notices deal with matters relating to budgets, organograms, systems and processes, assets and equipment, integrated development planning, communications and other institutional systems and processes.

11 April 2016 - NW740

Lekota, Mr M to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

Whether he and senior members of his department travelled to Isithebe in KwaZulu-Natal at an early stage to defuse the crisis which flared up there and which led over several days to (a) the burning and looting of many factories, (b) billions of rand of loss in production, (c) millions of rand of loss to workers who had no work to go to and (d) further loss of investor confidence; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what did he and his senior officials do to calm the situation and address the deep-seated grievances of the surrounding communities regarding service delivery failures and alleged nepotism; (2) whether his department has a policy to act proactively and decisively in respect of crisis situations at local government level before the protests get out of hand and the protesters resort to arson, vandalism and obstruction of traffic; if not, why not; if so, what are the (a) relevant details and (b) outcomes thereof? NW858E

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Reply:

(1) In line with a cooperative governance approach, indeed the concerns in Isithebe area were attended to at an early stage through the intervention of provincial government leadership and by engaging with business, communities and other stakeholders in order to find solutions to the challenges. It was through these engagements it was established that interventions to the challenges needed a multi-sectoral approach. To this end, it was agreed that interventions should focus, amongst other, on the need to expedite service delivery. Mass prayers and community dialogue were facilitated to emphasize the need for constructive engagement, peaceful protests, respect for rights and properties of others as well as education on rights to recourse as well as poverty alleviation programmes.

To date, Lower Tugela Bulk Water Supply for the area was launched on 22 March 2016 as one of the service delivery responses which also present the people of Isithebe with jobs as well as skills development opportunities. A prayer meeting for peace and stability in Isithebe was held 31 March 2016. Other activities are planned to take place in the area.

(2) In 2014, government adopted the Local Government Back to Basics Strategy as a response to challenging situations at local government level. Recognising the need for inter-sphere collaboration, the strategy is implemented and monitored collaboratively, with the Department of Cooperative Governance taking the lead in the coordination of the following five pillars of the strategy:

(i) put people and their concerns first and ensure constant contact with communities through effective public participation platforms;

(ii) create conditions for decent living by consistently delivering municipal services of the right quality and standard;

(iii) demonstration of good governance and administration;

(iv) ensuring sound financial management and accounting; and

(v) building and maintaining sound institutional and administrative capabilities, administered and managed by dedicated and skilled personnel at all levels.

Since the strategy was implemented, the department’s monitoring of municipalities has shown signs of municipal performance improvement in the KZN Province. The Department also established Back to Basic teams clustered in Provinces to provide oversight and rapid response.

11 April 2016 - NW584

Ollis, Mr IM to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

Whether, with reference to his reply to question 4258 on 21 December 2015, his department has received the outstanding information; if not, why not; if so, when will the specified information be made available?

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Reply:

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11 April 2016 - NW592

Mhlongo, Mr TW to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs:

Whether, with reference to his department's reply to question 4097 on 8 December 2015, his department has received the outstanding information from the Tlokwe Local Municipality; if not, why not; if so, when will the information be made available as requested?

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Reply:

The following information was provided by the Tlokwe Local Municipality:

Below is the response regarding the amounts spent by Tlokwe Local Municipality on print media, radio, television, online and outdoors during the 2014/15 financial year and since July 2015:

Amount spent and purpose on advertising by Tlokwe Local Municipality for 2014/15

(a) Print Media

(i) Local Community Newspapers

MEDIA	PURPOSE	COST
Mooivaal Media	The purpose of the advertisements was to inform the communities about public meetings relating to progress on	11 959
lzindwe Marketing		82 100
lzindwe Marketing	service delivery and unexpected interruptions to services	29 000
Total	123 059

Please find here: (ii) National Magazines

11 April 2016 - NW586

Motau, Mr SC to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

Whether, with reference to his reply to question 4236 on 21 December 2015, his department has received the outstanding information from the Tlokwe City Local Municipality; if not, why not; if so, when will the specified information be made available as requested?

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Reply:

The following response is based on information received from legal services at Tlokwe Local Municipality:

(a)(i) Total amount spent on legal fees for 2013-14 financial year	(b) Breakdown of the specified amounts (2013-14 financial year)	(a)(ii) Total amount spent on legal fees for 2014-15 financial year	(b) Breakdown of the specified amounts (2014-15 financial year)
	Month	Amount		Month	Amount
R 8 890 840.36	July	R 402 187.14	R 4 237 194.63	July	R 476 318.83
	August	R 591 972.78		August	R 178 640.36
	September	R 637 242.16		September	R 775 808.30
	October	R 874 365.14		October	R 296 796.00
	November	R 390 942.12		November	R 143 550.39
	December	R 1555 722.59		December	R 258 000.00
	January	R 140 226.23		January	R 731 770.23
	February	R 559 686.80		February	R 371 386.63
	March	R 956 695.62		March	R 381 521.70
	April	R 656 578.95		April	R 23 689.34
	May	R 1 157 336.92		May	R 525 803.29
	June	R 967 883.91		June	R 100 909.56

11 April 2016 - NW590

Mokgalapa, Mr S to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

Whether, with reference to the reply to question 4251 on 21 December 2015, he has received the outstanding information from the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality; if not, why not; if so, when will this information be made available?

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Reply:

The following information was provided by the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality:

(a) and (b) The Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality has indicated that it approached Rand Water regarding the installation of the telemetry system at all of its reservoirs. At present, the final draft of the service level agreement between the Municipality and Rand Water for the installation of the telemetry system at all of the Municipality’s reservoirs is with Rand Water for formalisation.
(a) According to the Municipality, an amount of R8 million is available in the current financial year to commence with the work. The design of the system is complete. The data loggers are expected to take six months to install the system at all of the Municipality’s reservoirs. Further phases in the next financial year would include the completion of the integration of the Municipality and Rand Water control rooms as well as the installation of the telemetry to control the reservoir valves. (b) The Municipality has indicated that the first phase will take six months to complete.

11 April 2016 - NW585

Ollis, Mr IM to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

Whether, with reference to his reply to question 4185 on 21 December 2015, his department has received the outstanding information, if not, why not, if so, when will the specified information be made available?

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Reply:

With reference to the question of 21 December 2015 a request was made to all Metropolitan Municipalities to provide the relevant information as per the question. Most Metropolitan Municipalities responded to the request and those outstanding committed to provide the information when it is available.

The original question 4185 was and the following Metropolitan Municipalities replied:

Whether any of the metropolitan municipalities measure the average time it takes to fix (a) potholes, (b) street lights and (c) traffic lights; if not, why not; if so, (i) which metros, (ii) what is the average time in each case, (iii) how is this measured and (iv) what is the specified municipality doing to improve performance in this area?

The information was provided by the respective Metropolitan Municipalties:

NAME OF METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY	(a) *(potholes)*	(b) *(street lights)*	(c) *(traffic lights)*
Buffalo City	The BCMM attend to pothole fixing within seven 97) working days after receipt of report subject to availability of material, resources and weather permitting.	Response to street light repairs is informed by the assessment of the actual problem. Sometimes normal street light failure takes one (1) or two (2) days to repair whilst rea fault takes seven (7) days to repair	All traffic signal faults are attended to immediately upon receipt (depending on staff being available and weather permitting). The roadway is cleared of debris and installation made electrically safe. Where possible the damage or fault is isolated and the signals can operate while the full repair is being completed. Normal Traffic light faults within two days of being reported (In most instances signals are repaired within one day). The response times above are under normal failure conditions and not vandalism, theft or illegal connections. An SMS service is used to improve repair times
	A job card is opened when the complaint is received and closed after repairs are completed. Records of work done are kept to inform plans to cascade them to lower levels. The Ward based volunteers are used in line with EPWP principles on remuneration and use of private contractors to supplement the internal capacity as and when need arises.

Nelson Mandela Bay	ii. Time taken to repair a single pothole bigger than 1m² on a major road is 55 minutes per m²; Time taken to repair a single pothole smaller than 1m² on a major road is 35 minutes per m²; Time taken to repair a single pothole on a minor road is 35 minutes per pothole; Time taken to repair a road following an open trench service crossing is 35-55 minutes per m² - depending on material in trench; Time taken to repair walkways (concrete) is 105 minutes per m²; Time taken to repair walkways (asphalt) is 35 minutes per m².


City of Tshwane	ii. The target time is 48 hours	ii. The target time is 48 hours	ii. The target time is 48 hours
	iii. The road maintenance tasks are measured through IMIS: TASKER system; The response time is measured in terms of time taken from the time identified or reported;
	iv. Standby teams have been established to deal with after-hours reported complaints;
City of Joburg	The CoJ does measure the average time it takes to fix potholes. The average response time for fixing a pothole is (6.21 days).	The CoJ does measure the response time it takes to fix streetlights. The average time is a day after the defected streetlight has been identified or reported.	i. The CoJ does measure the response time it takes to fix streetlights. ii. The average turnaround time to repair traffic lights is 9 days.
	iii. The response time for potholes is measured through the Hansen, the Johannesburg Road Agency (JRA) performance management system; The streets get inspected during the day and night to identify those that that are not working, which is then followed with repairs are done to defective lights; The clock starts from recording of the event in the system up until physical repair is performed.
	iv. The JRA focuses on a Road Resurfacing programme that will minimise the number of potholes and increase the value of our roads. In addition, the JRA has set quarterly targets which are aimed at reducing the number of potholes and Agency responds to the calls logged by the customers and attempt to resolve the calls within the 3 days turnaround time; Various resources have been allocated to repair vandalized streetlights in the main arterial routes, secondary routes and in the low-cost cost areas; The CoJ field crews are working daily on the maintenance of traffic lights.
Ekurhuleni	(ii) The average time it takes to respond differs as follows: Repair a single pothole – in major road – 24 hours. Repair a single pothole – in minor road – 5 working days. Repair a road following an open trench service crossing – 5 working days. Repair/replace a kerb inlet – 20 working days. Repair walkways – 10 working days.	(ii) The average time it takes to fix non-functioning street lights is 3 days. Non-functional street lights are logged into the Customer Relations Management (CRM) System. The logged complaints are attended to and as-and-when completed, they are closed on the CRM System with actual date.	(ii) The repair of any traffic light fault in a major road (subject to electrical supply available) is 4 hours; The repair of any traffic light fault in a minor road (subject to electrical supply available) – 24 hours
	iii. EMM uses Engineering Management Information System (EMIS); Non-functional street lights are logged into the Customer Relations Management (CRM) System. The logged complaints are attended to and as-and-when completed, they are closed on the CRM System with actual date; The Metro measures the response by using Engineering Management Information System (EMIS);
	iv. The Roads and Stormwater Department within the EMM has put up measures in place for the following: road rehabilitation, pothole signage and road marking and bitumen tar products to supplement and assist Department Depot; EMM has increased capacity through the appointment of as-and-when required capacity to assist the Metro in reducing the average response time to keep the Metro lit; The Roads and Stormwater Department has put measures in place for the following: road rehabilitation, pothole signage and road marking and bitumen tar products to supplement and assist Department Depot.
Mangaung	ii. The targeted turn-around time for fixing portholes is 5 days;	ii. there is not specific turn-around time to fix streetlights	ii. the targeted time to fix traffic lights is 4 hours
	iii. It is measured by the electronic Customer Relationship Management (CRM) System used by the Municipal Call Centre. The measurement is taken from the time the customer reports a complaint to the Call Centre when the complaint is logged into the CRM System and allocated a reference number until such time that the relevant service delivery unit closes the complaint with the Call Centre on the electronic CRM System. At this stage we are busy rolling out the CRM System to the relevant service delivery units which in effect mean that all the service delivery units are in the process of implementing the system.
	iv. Additional vehicles and SUV’s have been ordered to assist the Traffic Signs Division. Contractors were appointed for some areas and their performance can be measured with the implementation of SMART streetlight systems, performance and repairs can be measured.
City of Cape Town	Potholes are made safe within 24 hours after report received from the Roads Department. Final repair depends on the class of road and this can take between 1 and 5 days subject to departmental priority schedule.	The average time to fix single streetlights is 14 days but normally done within 48 hours.	The average time to fix traffic lights is 6 to 12 hours.
	Potholes are measured by analysing customer complaints and fault reporting systems. The fixing of streetlights are measured in days and by the amount of streetlights out and the fixing of traffic lights are measured by the fault reporting system.
	Ongoing training and internal performance reviews are implemented. Maintenance is becoming pro-active and the department performs block replacement of luminaires to mitigate luminaire end-of-life failures.
eThekweni	ii. 14 days	ii. the average time to fix a simple lamp outage is 2 days and when cables are stolen the average time is 5 days
	(iii)Work requests are received from the public via the City’s customer call centre, via work orders from service providers and from scheduled inspections. The process is measured from request to closure.
	(iv) The system is monitored by management with a view to improve performance.

11 April 2016 - NW583

Ollis, Mr IM to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

Whether, with reference to his reply to question 4187 on 21 December 2015, his department has received the outstanding information from the remaining four metropolitan municipalities; if not, why not; if so, when will the specified information be made available?

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Reply:

The requested information from the remaining four Metropolitan Municipalities is yet to be received and the efforts are being made to follow up on them. The Honourable Member will therefore be updated on progress.

11 April 2016 - NW581

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

Whether, with reference to his reply to question 4183 on 21 December 2015, his department has received the outstanding information from the specified municipalities; if not, why not; if so, when will the information be made available as requested?

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Reply:

The requested information from the remaining five Metropolitan Municipalities is yet to be received and the efforts are being made to follow up on them. The Honourable Member will therefore be updated on progress.

11 April 2016 - NW575

Topham , Mr B to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

Whether, with reference to his reply to question 4103 on 8 December 2015, the information has been received from the Tlokwe City Local Municipality; if so, when will this information be made available as requested?

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Reply:

According to the information provided by Tlokwe City Local Municipality:

1. Amounts of Capital budget spent on refurbishment of infrastructure:

(a) 2013/2014 – R27 722 428.12

(b) 2014/2015 – R63 549 878.94

2. Details of the refurbishment projects as well as the amount spent on each project are as per the table hereafter.

Tlokwe City Local Municipality Capital budget spent on refurbishment of infrastructure
2013 - 2014	PROJECT	BUDGET	SPENT

WATER
	Refurbish sand filters at the water treatment works	1,000,000.00	231,192.00	Multi year project
	Refurbished mechanical equipment at the Water Treatment Works	500,000.00	482,475.92	EMERGENCY MAINTAINANCE
		1,500,000.00	713,667.92
SANITATION
	Refurbished mechanical equipment at the Sewer Treatment Works	1,000,000.00	836,512.94	EMERGENCY MAINTAINANCE
	Upgrade the Chris Hani Pump Station	5,000,000.00	119,118.60
	1260 m main outfall sewer to be upgraded - Ikageng Proper	6,996,396.00	7,722,848.76	Multi year project
		12,996,396.00	8,678,480.30
ELECTRICITY
	Upgrade protection and switchgear in 5 main substations	7,872,000.00	7,070,734.50
	Upgrade Electrical Network in Bailliepark	3,000,000.00	1,739,820.48	Multi year project
		10,872,000.00	8,810,554.98

ROADS
	1 000m² roads to be resealed in the Tlokwe Municipality jurisdiction	14,130,578.00	9,519,724.92	Multi year project
		14,130,578.00	9,519,724.92


	GRAND TOTAL	39,498,974.00	27,722,428.12

2014 - 2015	PROJECT	BUDGET	SPENT

WATER
	Refurbish sand filters at the water treatment works	2,768,808.00	3,088,291.10	Multi year project
	Purchase and refurbish pumps, gearboxes and motors at the treatment plants	1,005,355.00	220,966.70	EMERGENCY MAINTAINANCE
	2.2km of 450 rising main to be upgraded from WTW to Ventersdorp Road Reservoir.	5,000,000.00	4,020,628.16	Multi year project
	Replacement of 90kw motors for pumps	160,964.58	160,964.58
	Replacement of 55kw motors for pumps	111,094.14	111,094.14
	To re-sleeve Water pumping line of 450mm steel with 170m underneath the runway at airport and 950m in Ikageng Road	4,895,687.00	5,581,084.27
	Replacement of water & sewer lines in the following streets: Otto, Cronje , Mael, Mooivalleipark,Water Sisulu, MC Roode & James Morake Ave	5,331,660.00	3,807,836.50	Multi year project
	To reline water pipes to the Promosa Reservoir	2,963,737.00	3,189,379.14
	Replacement of motors and pumps at the Vyfhoek Res Pump station	831,858.00	831,858.00
	To replace telemetry system at all water reservoirs	1,800,000.00	1,800,000.00
		24,869,163.72	22,812,102.59

SANITATION
	Purchase and refurbish pumps, gearboxes and motors at the treatment plants	1,005,355.00	220,966.70	EMERGENCY MAINTAINANCE
	Replacement of water & sewer lines in the following streets: Otto, Cronje , Mael, Mooivalleipark,Water Sisulu, MC Roode & James Morake Ave	5,331,660.00	3,807,836.50	Multi year project
		6,337,015.00	4,028,803.20

ELECTRICITY
	Upgrade 66KV protection and 11Kv switch gear in main substations	28,848,084.00	19,386,695.18	Multi year project
	Upgrade the electricity network in the Bult area	2,000,000.00	1,999,791.14
	Upgrading and maintain SCADA system in electrical substation	5,000,000.00	4,438,293.65
		35,848,084.00	25,824,779.97

ROADS
	1500m² roads resealed	15,000,000.00	9,697,463.11	Multi year project
	Widen Chief Luthili Drive between Govan Mbeki and Walter Sisulu Avenue	4,020,000.00	1,186,730.07	Multi year project
		19,020,000.00	10,884,193.18


	GRANT TOTAL	86,074,262.72	63,549,878.94

3. No part of this amount was used to pay salaries to municipal employees.

11 April 2016 - NW573

Van Dalen, Mr P to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

Whether, with reference to his reply to question 4088 on 8 December 2015, the information has been received from the metropolitan municipalities; if so, when will the specified information be made available as requested?

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Reply:

The information below was sourced from the Metros. The information from the other metros is still outstanding:

Name of the Municipality	Operational Budget	Capital Budget
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Municipality	R433,89 million	R210,65 million
Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality	R190,1 million	R252,5 million
City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality	R1,9 billion	R940,5 million
Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality	R100 000	R139, 87 million
City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality	Informal settlements are a part of a bigger programme, namely formalisation which includes; Informal settlements; Infrastructure services (Roads, Bulk and Electrification) The total Budget for this category which is funded through the Urban Settlements Development Grant (USDG) is R678 000 000.00 (six hundred and seventy eight million for the 2015/16 financial year. Although this is categorised as Capital expenditure, professional fees and related kind of expenses are drawn from this grant (subject to the USDG conditions) as the total cost is capitalised.

11 April 2016 - NW440

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

QUESTION 1: How many (a) fire and rescue stations are there in each metropolitan municipality and (b) (i) personnel and (ii) working vehicles are at each specified station? QUESTION 2: How many (a) fire and rescue training academies or facilities are situated in each specified municipality and (b) persons were trained by each institution in the last reporting cycle? QUESTION 3: Whether the municipality has a response time target for fire incidents; if not, why not; if so, what (a) is the target and (b) percentage of call outs were responded to within this target in the last reporting cycle?

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In order to respond comprehensively to all questions, the National Disaster Management Centre (NDMC) has formally requested the Heads of Provincial Departments to submit this information on or before Monday, 7 March 2016. The NDMC has received data from all provinces and consolidated the information that is covered in the response attached as Annexure A. With regard to question 3, it is important to note that most municipalities in the country utilise the South African National Standard (SANS): Community Protection against fire, 10090: 2003 as a benchmark for delivering fire services and responding to fires. This standard has been utilised by the metros in responding to question 3. The SANS: Community Protection against fire, 10090: 2003 standard is attached as Annexure B.

QUESTION 1: How many (a) fire and rescue stations are there in each metropolitan municipality and (b) (i) personnel and (ii) working vehicles are at each specified station?

NAME OF THE METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY: CITY OF TSHWANE

All operational fire stations within the City’s jurisdiction	Number of personnel (Inclusive of all personnel across all shifts based on the station)	Number of operational fire services vehicles
Central	39	5
Erasmuskloof	20	6
Phillip Nel Park	22	2
Innesdale	18	9
Wonderboom	26	5
Silverton	27	6
Hazelwood	7	1
Rosslyn	40	4
Jabulani	20	2
Atteridgeville	23	2
Centurion	32	5
Temba	29	3
Garankuwa	27	3
Mabopane	27	2
Rayton	16	2
Bronkhorstspruit	30	3
Ekangala	16	2
Hatfield	19	2
Heuweloord	17	1
Mamelodi	6	1
Total:	461	66

NAME OF THE METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY: CITY OF JOHANNESBURG

All operational fire stations within the City’s jurisdiction	Number of personnel (Inclusive of all personnel across all shifts based on the station)	Number of All fire services operational vehicles	Ambulances
District 1
Midrand	38	3	2
Ivory Park	55	3	10
Lonehill	36	4	2
Diepsloot	45	3	5
District 2
Sandton	33	5	7
Alexandra	49	2	3
Modderfontein	32	5	3
Northview	33	5	2
District 3
Central	38	4	4
Fairview	41	3	3
Berea	43	2	3
Brixton	38	3	2
Malvern	36	1	3
District 4
Turffontein	44	2	5
Kibler Park	33	6	5
Eldorado Park	45	1	6
Lawley	41	2	7
Orange Farm	54	2	9
District 5
Jabulani	65	4	14
Diepkloof	43	3	5
Dobsonville	48	1	6
Hodgoson Street	48	1	3
Rietfontein	39	1	3
District 6
Randburg	36	2	4
Huntershill	39	4	5
Florida	36	4	3
Roosevelt Park	37	2	2
Rosebank	29	1	3
Total:	1154	79	129
Nb: The City of Johannesburg indicated that they are in the process of building additional two fire stations i.e. Cosmo City and Protea. Personnel in this City work in both fire services and Ambulance.

NAME OF THE METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY: CITY OF EKURHULENI

All operational fire stations within the City’s jurisdiction	Number of personnel (Inclusive of all personnel across all shifts based on the station)	Number of operational fire services vehicles
Alberton	27	11
Thokoza	29	5
Palm Ridge	32	4
Zonkesizwe	36	3
Wadeville	28	8
Vosloorus	32	3
Katlehong	32	4
Germiston Central	29	4
Boksburg Central	25	5
Edenvale	28	6
Primrose	36	6
Bedfordview	20	2
Tembisa	40	4
Olifantsfontein	40	4
Commercia	40	3
Kempton park	40	13
Leon Ferreira	36	10
Farrarmere	28	3
Rynfield	32	4
Daveyton	29	3
Total	639	105

NAME OF THE METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY: CITY OF MANGAUNG

All operational fire stations within the City’s jurisdiction	Number of personnel (Inclusive of all personnel across all shifts based on the station)	Number of operational fire services vehicles
Central	59	12
Ehrlich	21	5
La Kamanda Thapedi	Non-operational due to staff shortages
Sellosesha	33	5
Botshabelo	20	3
Bayswater	Non-operational due to staff shortages. Two rescue boats has been placed at this station.
Total:	133	25

NAME OF THE METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY: CITY OF CAPE TOWN

All operational fire stations within the City’s jurisdiction	Number of personnel (Inclusive of all personnel across all shifts based on the station)	Number of operational fire services vehicles
Northern District
Goodwood	37	5
Epping	42	3
Brooklyn	19	1
Milnerton	43	4
Melkbos	23	1
Atlantis	37	4
Bellville	32	3
Durbanville	18	1
Kraaifontein	24	1
Brackenfell	24	1
Western District
Roeland Street	60	4
Sea Point	18	1
Salt River	17	1
Ottery	33	3
Wynberg	18	1
Constantia	18	1
Hout Bay	34	1
Lakeside	37	3
Fish Hoek	23	2
Simonstown	17	1
Eastern District
Belhar	31	3
Mfuleni	24	1
Kuilsriver	23	2
Strand	45	3
Somerset	18	1
Macassar	19	1
Mitchells Plain	33	3
Gugulethu	27	1
Lansdowne	24	1
Khayelitsha	25	1
Total	843	59

NAME OF THE METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY: CITY OF ETHEKWINI

All operational fire stations within the City’s jurisdiction	Number of personnel (Inclusive of all personnel across all shifts based on the station)	Number of operational fire services vehicles
The City has 563 firefighters and this is not divided per station
Central	88	9
Umlazi	24	2
Ntuzuma	20	1
Chatsworth	20	1
Mobeni	16	1
Virginia Airport	-	2
Amanzimtoti	43	6
Prospection	20	1
Pinetown South	20	1
Durban North	20	2
Cato Ridge	28	3
Pinetown	44	6
Westville	16	1
Umhlanga	51	6
Tongaat	20	2
Hammersdale	16	4
Folweni	12	2
Gillits	16	3
Congella	16	1
Queensburgh	20	1
Phoenix	24	1
Jacobs	32	2
Total	566	58

NAME OF THE METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY: NELSON MANDELA

All operational fire stations within the City’s jurisdiction	Number of personnel (Inclusive of all personnel across all shifts based on the station)	Number of operational fire services vehicles
South End Fire Station	32	10
Sidwell Fire Station	23	3
Miramar Fire Station	24	3
Govan Mbeki Fire Station	24	2
Motherwell Fire Station	30	3
KwaZakhele Fire Station	23	3
Greenbushes Fire Station	28	2
Uitenhage Fire Station	22	9
KwaNobuhle Fire Station	21	3
Total	227	38

NAME OF THE METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY: BUFFALO CITY

All operational fire stations within the City’s jurisdiction	Number of personnel (Inclusive of all personnel across all shifts based on the station)	Number of operational fire services vehicles
Central Fire Station	29	11
Alpha	20	1
Charlie	16	2
Bravo	20	1
Delta	20	2
Echo	19	2
Foxtrot	8	1
Total	132	20

QUESTION 2: How many (a) fire and rescue training academies or facilities are situated in each specified municipality and (b) persons were trained by each institution in the last reporting cycle?

NAME OF THE METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY: CITY OF TSHWANE

Name of Training Academy	Number of persons trained in the last reporting cycle (i.e. July 2014-June 2015)	Accreditation body
Erasmuskloof Training Academy	Hazardous Materials Awareness	45	Southern African Emergency Services Institute (SAESI)
	Hazardous Materials Operations	45
	Firefighter I	45
	Firefighter II	45
	Total	180

NAME OF THE METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY: CITY OF JOHANNESBURG

Name of Training Academy	Number of persons trained in the last reporting cycle (i.e. July 2014-June 2015)	Accreditation body
Rietfontein Fire and Rescue Training Academy	Hazardous Materials Awareness	25	SAESI & Local Government Sector Education and Training Authority [LGSETA].
	Hazardous Materials Operations	13
	Firefighter I	19
	Firefighter II	13
	Pump Operator	18
	Aerial device operator	9
	Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus	105
	High Angle I	151
	High Angle II	38
	Confined Space Rescue	25
	Trench Rescue	29
	Structural Collapse	26
	Industrial and Agricultural Rescue	26
	Motor Vehicle Rescue	15
	Instructor	23
Total		535

NAME OF THE METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY: CITY OF EKURHULENI

Name of Training Academy	Number of persons trained in the last reporting cycle (i.e. July 2014-June 2015)	Accreditation body
Ekurhuleni Emergency Services Training Academy	Hazardous Materials Awareness	39	SAESI
	Hazardous Materials Operations	90
	Firefighter I	34
	Firefighter II	76
	Pump Operator	74
	Aerial device operator	54
	Fire & Life Safety Educator II	6
	Fire Service Instructor	25
Total		398

NAME OF THE METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY: CITY OF MANGAUNG

Name of Training Academy	Number of persons trained in the last reporting cycle (i.e. July 2014-June 2015)	Accreditation body
Mangaung Training College	Hazardous Materials Awareness	33	SAESI
	Hazardous Materials Operations	21
	Firefighter I	33
	Firefighter II	21
	Learnership: Fire & Rescue Operations	6	LGSETA
Total		114

NAME OF THE METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY: CITY OF CAPE TOWN

Name of Training Academy	Number of persons trained in the last reporting cycle (i.e. July 2014-June 2015)	Accreditation body
City of Cape Town Training Academy	Hazardous Materials Awareness	20	SAESI
	Hazardous Materials Operations	14
	Firefighter I	37
	Firefighter II	23
	Fire & Life Safety Educator I	31	LGSETA
	Rope Rescue (High Angle I)	18
	Front End Loader Course	25	Transport Education Training Authority (TETA)
	Truck Dozer Operator	25	TETA
	Respiratory protection	59	LGSETA
	Wildland Fire Fighting	24
	4X4 Driver Operator	20
Total		296

NAME OF THE METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY: CITY OF ETHEKWINI

Name of Training Academy	Number of persons trained in the last reporting cycle (i.e. July 2014-June 2015)	Accreditation body
Illovo Fire and Rescue Training Academy	Hazardous Materials Awareness	7	SAESI & LGSETA LGSETA
	Hazardous Materials Operations	3
	Firefighter I	3
	Firefighter II	3
	Pump Operator	28
	Rope Rescue (High Angle I)	52
	Aerial appliance operator	8
	Breathing apparatus	3
	Advanced Breathing apparatus	16
	Advanced Fire Investigation	18
	Swift Water Rescue	6
Total		147

NAME OF THE METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY: NELSON MANDELA

Name of Training Academy	Number of persons trained in the last reporting cycle (i.e. July 2014-June 2015)	Accreditation body
Nelson Mandela Bay Fire and Emergency Services Regional Training Centre	Hazardous Materials Awareness	20	SAESI & LGSETA
	Hazardous Materials Operations	10
	Firefighter I	20
	Firefighter II	0
	Fire Services Instructor	10
	Fire Services Officer I	10
Total		70

NAME OF THE METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY: BUFFALO CITY

Name of Training Academy	Number of persons trained in the last reporting cycle (i.e. July 2014-June 2015)	Accreditation body
Buffalo City Fire and Rescue Training Centre	Hazardous Materials Awareness	20	SAESI
	Hazardous Materials Operations	16
	Firefighter I	22
	Pump Operator	27
Total		85

QUESTION 3: Whether the municipality has a response time target for fire incidents; if not, why not; if so, what (a) is the target and (b) percentage of call outs were responded to within this target in the last reporting cycle?

NAME OF THE METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY: CITY OF TSHWANE

Whether the municipality has a response time target for fire incidents?

What is the target?

Percentage of call outs that were responded to within this target in the last reporting cycle?

Yes

Response time target is based on the South African National Standard (SANS) 10090: Community Protection Against Fire

A baseline of 80% of attendance time to all reported structural fire incidents according to Category A to D Fire Risk Areas

(Category E fire risks are dealt with in the predominant Risk Category)

In meeting the 80% baseline

Cat A = 86%

Cat B = 81%

Cat C = 58%

Cat D = 79%

NAME OF THE METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY: CITY OF JOHANNESBURG

Whether the municipality has a response time target for fire incidents?

What is the target?

Percentage of call outs that were responded to within this target in the last reporting cycle?

Yes

Response time target is based on the South African National Standard (SANS) 10090: Community Protection Against Fire

To respond to fire incidents within 12 min

73%

NAME OF THE METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY: CITY OF EKURHULENI

Whether the municipality has a response time target for fire incidents?

What is the target?

Percentage of call outs that were responded to within this target in the last reporting cycle?

Yes

Response time target is based on the South African National Standard (SANS) 10090: Community Protection Against Fire

The target is to reach 75% compliance with the prescribed attendance times for Fire Risks Categories as per SANS 10090.

82%

NAME OF THE METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY: CITY OF MANGAUNG

Whether the municipality has a response time target for fire incidents?

What is the target?

Percentage of call outs that were responded to within this target in the last reporting cycle?

Yes

Response time target is based on the South African National Standard (SANS) 10090: Community Protection Against Fire

7.5 out of 10 calls (75%) to be responded to in accordance with SANS 10090

915 out of 1080 (84% or 8.4 out of 10) emergency calls responded to in accordance SANS 10090

NAME OF THE METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY: CITY OF CAPE TOWN

Whether the municipality has a response time target for fire incidents?

What is the target?

Percentage of call outs that were responded to within this target in the last reporting cycle?

Yes

Response time target is based on the South African National Standard (SANS) 10090: Community Protection Against Fire

80% of all emergencies to be reached from time of call to first arriving vehicle within 14 minutes.

81%

NAME OF THE METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY: CITY OF ETHEKWINI

Whether the municipality has a response time target for fire incidents?

What is the target?

Percentage of call outs that were responded to within this target in the last reporting cycle?

Yes

Response time target is based on the South African National Standard (SANS) 10090: Community Protection Against Fire

Linked to SANS 10090 in terms of the applicable category

NAME OF THE METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY: NELSON MANDELA

Whether the municipality has a response time target for fire incidents?

What is the target?

Percentage of call outs that were responded to within this target in the last reporting cycle?

Yes

Service Delivery Budget Implementation Plan (SDBIP)

SDBIP target is 15 minutes

100%

NAME OF THE METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY: BUFFALO CITY

Whether the municipality has a response time target for fire incidents?

What is the target?

Percentage of call outs that were responded to within this target in the last reporting cycle?

Yes

Response time target is based on the South African National Standard (SANS) 10090: Community Protection Against Fire

75% linked to SANS 10090 in terms of the applicable category

49%

11 April 2016 - NW315

Topham , Mr B to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

For each metropolitan municipality, how many commercial, industrial and residential building plan submissions were made in the: (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15 financial years; (b) How many building plan submissions were approved by each specified municipality in the (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15 financial years; (c) What is the response time to acknowledge receipt of building plans; (d) How long does it take to finalise building plan submissions?

Source
Link

Reply:

1. The following table represents commercial, industrial and residential building plan submissions per Metro in the 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15 financial years

Building Plans:2013-14
Metro	Commercial	Industrial	Residential	Total
City of Tshwane	94	97	12 323	12 514
Ekurhuleni	50	190	5062	5302
City of Johannesburg	104	72	11977	12153
City of Cape Town	330	7904	8234
Nelson Mandela Bay	95	86	7734	7915
Buffalo City	83	96	2461	2640
Mangaung	45	17	2283	2345
eThekwini Municipality	927	408	9618	10953
Building Plans:2014-15
Metro	Commercial	Industrial	Residential	Total
City of Tshwane	128	87	12 883	13 098
Ekurhuleni	33	241	5382	5656
City of Johannesburg	41	79	12963	13083
City of Cape Town	353	8985	9342
Nelson Mandela Bay	87	94	9530	9711
Buffalo City	84	86	2370	2540
Mangaung	35	24	2069	2108
eThekwini Municipality	1363	601	12740	14704

2. The following table represents building plans that were approved by each municipality in the (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15 financial years

Municipality	YEAR
	2013-14	2014-15
City of Tshwane	10 654	9 554
Ekurhuleni	4550	5272
City of Johannesburg	11247	11934
City of Cape Town	8407	9859
Nelson Mandela Bay	2475	3724
Buffalo City	2314	2207
Mangaung	3083	2173
eThekwini Municipality	5748	6044

3. The table below represents the time indicated by each metro on the response time to acknowledge receipt of building plans

Municipality	Response time to acknowledge receipt of Building Plans
City of Tshwane	Application is acknowledged as soon as it is received and the necessary fees are paid.
Ekurhuleni	Upon submission and payment of necessary fees.
City of Johannesburg	Upon receipt and payment of necessary fees.
City of Cape Town	Application is acknowledged as soon as it is received and necessary fees are paid.
Nelson Mandela Bay	Upon submission the application is issued with an invoice.
Buffalo City	1 week
Mangaung	Immediately after submission and payment of the requisite building plan fees.
eThekwini Municipality	Immediately on submission and payment of the prescribed tariff where applicable.

4. The information below represents response time each municipality takes to finalise building plan submissions.

Municipality	Time taken to finalise Building Plan Submissions
City of Tshwane	Building Plans 500m² and less: 30 days Building Plans 501m² and more: 60 days
Ekurhuleni
City of Johannesburg	As per the legislated time period, namely 30 days for building plans smaller that 500m² and 60 days for plans larger than 500m².
City of Cape Town	Building Plans 500m² and less: 30 days Building Plans 501m² and more: 60 days
Nelson Mandela Bay	Eight (8) days from date of submission if application has all necessary supporting documents
Buffalo City	22 days
Mangaung	The general norm is as per the legislated time period, namely 30 days for building plans smaller that 500m² and 60 days for plans larger than 500m². In most cases Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality complies.
eThekwini Municipality	In terms of timeframes expressed as a percentage the performance has been 98.1% (2013/14) and 99.9% (2014/15).

11 April 2016 - NW304

Robertson, Mr K to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

(1) Whether each metropolitan municipality has a metropolitan police department; if not, why not; if so, (a) when was it established, (b) how many persons (i) in total and (ii) per category are currently part of the specified municipality’s police force and (c) how many operational (i) cars, (ii) motorbikes, (iii) bicycles and (iv) other vehicles are currently used by the metro police force in each case; (2) whether each metropolitan police department have specialised units tasked with dealing with drugs, gangs and any other safety needs; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details in each case; (3) whether each metropolitan municipality measures the average response times of the metro police to accidents and complaints; if not, why not; if so, (a) how is this measured and (b) what is the current average response time in each case?

Source
Link

Reply:

The information requested by the Honourable Member is not readily available within the Department. The Department thus made a request to Metropolitan Municipalities to provide the relevant information. Information was received from the following Metropolitan Municipalities:

BUFFALO CITY METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY (BCMM)

1. The BCMM does not have a Metropolitan Police Department. BCMM is in the process of establishing a Metropolitan Police Department with its implementation date being scheduled for 2016/17.

2. Not applicable

3. Not applicable

CITY OF TSHWANE (CoT)

(a) The Tshwane Metropolitan Police Department (TMPD) was established on 04 April 2002. It functions independently from the South African Police, funded by and accountable to the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, as per the South African Police Service Act, 1995 and 1998, as amended (Act No. 68 of 1995 and Act No. 83 of 1998). The Act prescribes the functions of a Municipal Police Service per Section 64E, as follows:

 Traffic policing, subject to any legislation relating to road traffic (Road Policing);

 The policing of municipal by-laws and regulations which are the responsibility of the municipality in question;

 The prevention of crime.

(b) The TMPD Staff Establishment is listed within the table below:

Designation	ESTABLISHMENT

	Approved Posts as per structure	Posts filled as per Migration and Placement process	Vacancies	Current warm bodies	Proposed vacancies to be filled in 2015/16	Male	Female	Operational	Admin	Occupational level
						A	C	I	W	A	C	I	W
Admin Officer	289	167	122	143	0	22	1	0	6	65	8	2	39	0	143	5
Cashier	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
Chief of Police	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Chief Security Evaluator	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Chief Security Officer (GR A): Internal Security	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Commander	36	21	15	21	0	8	1	0	9	2	0	0	1	21	0	2
Constable / Sergeant	2601	1533	1068	1531	0	824	48	5	108	518	10	0	18	1531	0	5
Constable Gr III				1875		1032	24	0	3	812	4	0	0	1875		5
Deputy Chief of Police	5	2	3	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2
Deputy Director	15	10	5	10	0	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	9	2
Director	13	11	2	11	0	7	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	4	7	2
Driver	8	2	6	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5
Driver Messenger	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
Examiner	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4
Executive Commitments Tracking Specialist	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Executive Secretary	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	4
Executive Support Specialist	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Functional Head	41	19	22	19	0	4	1	0	6	5	1	0	2	2	17	3
Functional Head/ Snr Superintendent	8	2	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	3
General Worker	22	14	8	14	0	10	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	14	6
Human Resource Officer	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4
Inspector	350	230	120	230	70	97	5	1	65	57	1	0	4	230	0	4
Law Enforcement officer	80	73	7	73	0	42	3	0	0	28	0	0	0	73	0	5
Liaison Officer	7	1	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4
License Officer	0	0	0	9	0	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	0	9	5
Librarian	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Management / Strategic Support Officer	3	2	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	3
Messenger	2	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6
Operator Radio Control	40	18	22	18	0	3	0	0	2	12	0	0	1	18	0	5
Personal Assistant	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	3
Regional Director	7	5	2	5	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	0	2
Secretary	20	3	17	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	4
Security Evaluator	8	2	6	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	5
Security Officer (GR C)	120	1	119	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5
Snr Admin Officer	56	34	22	33	0	5	0	0	3	12	2	0	11	0	33	4
Snr Secretary	5	4	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	4	4
Snr Security Evaluator	4	3	1	3	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	4
Snr Security Officer (GR B)	18	4	14	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	5
Snr Superintendent	88	55	33	55	0	25	1	0	15	9	0	0	5	55	0	3
Strategic Support Specialist	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4
Superintendent	146	87	59	87	0	34	2	0	14	32	0	0	4	87	0	3
Supervisor (Worker)	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
Support Service Officer	22	5	17	5	0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	5	4
System Officer	8	5	3	5	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	5	4
Technical Officer	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	5
Waiter	3	3	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	6
Warden	52	27	25	27	0	22	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	27	0	5
Total	4095	2354	1741	4212	75	2165	91	6	245	1575	27	2	100	3941	271
														4212
			Sergeant	866		429	17	4	83	317	3	0	13
			Constable	665		395	31	1	25	201	7	0	5
				1531

(c) The Tshwane Metro Police Fleet vehicles are listed within the table below:

Type	Total
BUS	11
CAR	187
KOMBI	72
LDV	192
MOTORBIKE	142
TRACTOR	1
TRAILER	47
TRUCK	25
TOTAL	677

2. The Tshwane Metro Police’s Special Project Team assists with drug enforcement, as per the initiative implemented by the Chief of Police since January 2015. The unit consists of seven (7) members and one Supervisor who has sixteen (16) years’ experience relevant to the enforcement of illegal substance abuse. Tshwane does not have a problem of gangs as such, but the department however works closely with the SAPS to deal with crime prevention in general.

3. (a) The current TMPD system (manually) assists with monitoring calls and call time intervals. The TMPD Nodal Point (331) dispatches complaints to the regions, after which the regions contact members via cell phones or radio to attend to complaints.

(b) Status quo on dispatch is 00:01:39 (1 Minute and 39 seconds from receipt of a call until dispatched to operational members).

MANGAUNG METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY

Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality does not have a Metro Police Department.

NELSON MANDELA BAY METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY (NMBM)

NMBM is currently busy with the planning and physical establishment process of a Metro Police Department.

08 April 2016 - NW571

Van Dalen, Mr P to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

Whether, with reference to his reply to question 4094 on 8 December 2015, the requested information has been received from the metropolitan municipalities; if so, when will the specified information be made available?

Source
Link

Reply:

a) The department is only responsible for managing the local government equitable share which provides for the subsidization of the provision of basic services to poor households. In the Local Government Equitable Share formula a monthly household income equal to two old age pensioners’ grant of R2 300 per month is used to define the formula’s affordability threshold. It should be noted that the threshold is not an official poverty line or a required level to be used by municipalities in their own indigent policies. However, should municipalities choose to provide fewer households with free basic services than they are funded for through the local government equitable share, their budget documentation should clearly indicate why they have made this choice and how they have consulted with their community during the budget process.

b) With regard to the Local Government Equitable Share (LGES) formula, the basic services component of the formula provides for the subsidisation of the provision of basic services to poor households. The subsidy includes funding for the provision of free basic water (6 kiloliters per household per month), energy (50 kilowatt-hours per household per month) and sanitation and refuse (based on the service levels as defined national policy). The basic services component provides a subsidy of R313.76 per month in 2015/16 for the cost of providing basic services to each of these households. The monthly amount provided to each service is provided in the Explanatory Memorandum to the 2015 Division of Revenue Bill.

c) According to the STATSSA Non-Financial Census released in August 2015, the total nationwide number of indigent households registered with municipalities is 3 482 260. The table below captures registered indigent households per metro:

Table 1: Total Number of Indigent Households Registered in each Metropolitan Municipality

Province	Metropolitan Municipality	Indigent Households
Gauteng	City of Johannesburg	288, 209
	Tshwane	96, 883
	Ekurhuleni	36,526
Free State	Mangaung	20, 105
KwaZulu Natal	Ethekwini	589, 605
Eastern Cape	Buffalo City	61, 960
	Nelson Mandela Bay	85,022
Western Cape	City of Cape Town	288, 724
Total		1,467,034

d) The basic services component of the local government equitable share is worth
R33.3 billion in 2015/16 financial year and accounts for 74.9 per cent of the total value of the local government equitable share.

e)

- 1. The eligibility for indigent subsidy is determined via application. All households who qualify in terms of the criteria set by the municipality visit municipal offices and/ or other registration points established by the municipality to complete and lodge applications for subsidy consideration.
  2. The eligibility for indigent subsidy is not determined automatically via Property valuation. Instead, it is determined via application process as in (i) above. Property valuation is just but one of the many targeting methods that municipalities can use to target indigent households as spelt out in the national indigent Policy framework and the implementation guidelines.

08 April 2016 - NW491

Waters, Mr M to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

With regard to the construction of the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality’s Bus Rapid Transit system currently operating from Kempton Park to Tembisa in Gauteng, (a) what are the reasons that there are no bus stop near the Kempton Park West suburb and (b) why have the residents of Kempton Park West not been consulted in this regard?

Source
Link

Reply:

The information requested by the Honourable Member is not readily available within the department. We will however engage the affected provincial department responsible, to solicit the relevant information from the municipality. The Honourable Member will be kept updated on the process.

08 April 2016 - NW567

Wilson, Ms ER to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

Whether, with reference to his reply to question 4096 on 8 December 2015, his department has received the outstanding information from the Tlokwe Local Municipality, if so, when will the information be made available as requested?

Source
Link

Reply:

According to information received from Tlokwe City Local Municipality, as at Dec 2015.

(1) (a) Two (2) officials are currently on suspension.

(b) (i) (aa) Position of suspended official

(bb) Reason for suspension

(ii) Period of suspension

(iii) Total remuneration during period of suspension

Senior Librarian

Harassment and intimidation of subordinates, failure to report theft by a subordinate and gross misconduct (abuse of power).

One (1) month

(27 October 2015)

R 49 762.30

Senior Admin Officer

Disruption of normal operations of the employer, displaying rude and aggressive behaviour to fellow employees, wilful absence from performing tasks and responsibilities allocated to him.

One (1) month

(2 October 2015)

R 39 172.29

(2) No severance packages were paid to any municipal official.

07 April 2016 - NW145

Mileham, Mr K to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

(1)Whether any municipalities have been furnished with notifications by (a) Eskom and/or (b) any water board to notify them that the supply of electricity or water as the case may could be cut off due to non-payment; if so, (i) which municipalities are affected, (ii) what amount is owed to the relevant utilities by each specified municipality as at 31 December 2015 and (iii) what detailed steps are being taken to avert the crisis? (2) whether he will consider provincial and/or national intervention in the defaulting municipalities in terms of section 139(5) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, for a failure to meet their financial obligations; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

Source
Link

Reply:

(1) (a) Eskom has issued nine public notifications of partial disconnection of electricity supply by 31 December 2015. (b) There are no municipalities that have received notices from the Waterboards due to non-payment.

(ii)The following municipalities are affected have been issued with disconnection notices by Eskom. The detailed breakdown of debt owed by each is illustrated in the table below:

PROVINCE	MUNICIPALITY	TOTAL DEBT OWED R’000 (Million)
Eastern Cape	Gariep	R56.8
	Maletswai	R59.2
	Nxuba	R43
	Ikwezi	R13.9
Northern Cape	Kha-ima	R5.7
	Dikgatlong	R23.1
	Ubuntu	R16.8
	Thembelihle	R22.7
	Magareng	R17.5

(iii) Aligned to the approach taken by the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, (COGTA) Public Enterprises (DPE) and SALGA, Eskom in conjunction with the national task team is visiting affected municipalities, as well as those that were disconnected in December 2015 and January 2016. The objective is to assess the challenges faced by the municipalities and provide Eskom with the opportunity to enter into sustainable payment arrangements.

(2) I have not yet considered an intervention in the defaulting municipalities, in terms of section 139(5) of the Constitution, the power to intervene in municipalities rests with the relevant provincial executives. It is only when a provincial executive cannot or does not adequately exercise the powers or perform the functions referred to in subsection (5) that the national executive is permitted to intervene in a municipality.

07 April 2016 - NW292

Mokgalapa, Mr S to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

(1) Whether councillors of each metropolitan municipality are required to declare their financial interests; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) Whether the financial interests of councillors are made available to the public; if not, why not; if so, where are these details made available?Reply:Thus far, responses have been received from three Metropolitan Municipalities, namely; Buffalo City, Nelson Mandela Bay and City of Cape Town. We are still awaiting responses from the other 5 Metropolitan Municipalities.The responses below are from the 3 Metropolitan Municipalities mentioned above:( 1 ) The three Metropolitan Municipalities stated that all Councillors of their municipalities are required to declare their financial interest.

Source
Link

Reply:

Thus far, responses have been received from three Metropolitan Municipalities, namely; Buffalo City, Nelson Mandela Bay and City of Cape Town. We are still awaiting responses from the other 5 Metropolitan Municipalities.

The responses below are from the 3 Metropolitan Municipalities mentioned above:

( 1 ) The three Metropolitan Municipalities stated that all Councillors of their municipalities are required to declare their financial interest.

( 2 ) The three Metropolitan Municipalities stated that the financial interest of the Councillors are made available to the public.

The table below illustrates the response per municipality:

Metropolitan Municipality	Method of publication of Financial interest of the Councillors
Buffalo City	The Annual Report of the municipality
City of Cape Town	The website of the municipality.
Nelson Mandela Bay	The Declaration of Interest form consists of two categories, of which only category B is made available for public scrutiny, in line with Council resolution. The financial interest of the Councillors' are published in Council agendas, public libraries throughout the Metropolitan area and hard copies are made available at Council meetings.
City of Johannesburg	Awaiting response from the municipality.
City of Tshwane	Same as above.
Ekurhuleni	Same as above.
eThekwini	Same as above
Mangaung	Same as above

07 April 2016 - NW312

Stander, Ms T to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

(1) Whether each metropolitan municipality has a Mayoral Discretionary/Benevolent Fund; if so, (a) what is the value of each specified fund and (b) does council have a policy related to this fund ; (2) Does the Mayor of each specified municipality report monthly to the council on expenditure of the specified fund; if not, why not, in each case; if so, what are the relevant financial details of each specified fund ; (3) Whether he will provide a list of the projects and/or initiatives that benefited from each specified fund in the (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15 financial years?

Source
Link

Reply:

Please find here: Reply

07 April 2016 - NW286

Matlhoko, Mr AM to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

(a) What is he doing about the struggling Vhembe District Municipality which appointed a Municipal Manager who was dismissed from the previous employment for gross incompetence and (b) what is his department doing to assist the municipality's deteriorating situation?

Source
Link

Reply:

(a) Vhembe District Municipality has been identified as one of the municipalities that is supported in terms of Back to Basics programme. Support that is currently provided by the department includes filling of vacant senior management positions, namely: (1) Municipal Manager; (2) Director: Community Services; and (3) Director: Technical services.

(b) According to the information received from the Limpopo Provincial Department of Cooperative Governance, Human Settlement and Traditional Affairs, the Vhembe District municipal council resolved that the employment of the municipal manager should not continue as she refused to sign an employment contract. The Council indicated that the terms of the employment contract which the municipal manager refused to agree with are reasonable and in the best interest of the municipality. The department is in the process of seconding an acting municipal manager as requested by the municipal council.

07 April 2016 - NW302

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

Whether each metropolitan municipality offers rate rebates to (a) the elderly, (b) disabled persons, (c) low income property owners and (d) other persons and/or organisations; if not, why not; if so, what is the (i) criteria and (ii) rebate in each specified case?

Source
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Reply:

Yes, the response with respect to each metropolitan municipality is as reflected in the tables below.

Given that the granting of rate rebates is one of the three instruments municipalities utilise in granting relief to property owners, for completeness we have included information pertaining to the granting of reductions on the market values of properties and exemptions where applicable. This is because municipalities use any combination of these three relief measures (according to their individual preference). Thus, by merely looking at only one of these three relief measures in isolation of the other two, one cannot get a full picture as to how each metropolitan municipality approaches the issue of granting relief to property owners.

The information below is sourced from municipal rates policies and other relevant municipal budget related documents which contain detailed information (such indigent policies and resolutions levying rates), and therefore this response does not provide all detailed information (e.g. with respect to criteria) as reflected in those documents because to do so would amount to duplicating information in those municipal documents which are ordinarily published in municipal websites for any interested person to obtain detailed information without the risk of these being summarised by someone else (as is the case now by the Department) in a manner which can fail to do justice to those detailed public documents.

Buffalo City

Rebates

(a) The elderly:

(i) Criteria

- Be the owner of a property categorized as residential

- Occupy the property as his/her primary residence

- Must apply for the rebate

- Must be in receipt of gross monthly income (excluding medical contributions) not exceeding R10,500.00 from all sources including income of spouse

- Must be at least 60 years of age on 1 July of the financial year concerned, and If the applicant turns 60 in that financial year the rebate will be granted on a pro rata basis from the date on which the applicant turns 60

(ii) Relief in each specified case

- 100% rebate : Income R0 - R3000

- 85% rebate : Income R3001 – R4500

- 70% rebate : Income R4501 – R6000

- 55% rebate : Income R6001 – R7500

- 40% rebate : Income R7501 – R9000

- 25% rebate : Income R9000 – R10500

(b) People with disability:

(i) Criteria

- The first 4 bullets in (a) above applies

- Disabled persons must be in receipt of a disability grant and submit proof e.g. letter from SASSA

(ii) Relief in each specified case

- Same as in (a) above.

(c) Low income property owners:

(i) Criteria

- The owner may not own any property in addition to the property in respect of which indigent support is provided

- Property of indigent household may be inspected annually to determine validity of application or indigency

- The property must be categorized as residential

(ii) Relief in each specified case

100% rebate if the value of the property does not exceed R120, 000.

(d) Other persons and/or organisations:

1. Newly developed commercial/industrial properties

(i) Criteria

- The property must be categorized as commercial/industrial in the valuation roll

- The property must be developed

- The value of the development must be R50,000,000.00 or above (this requirement does not apply to East London Industrial Development zone property owners).

(ii) Relief in each specified case

- Rebate is phased out over a period of 5 years

Year 1 – 50%

Year 2 – 40%

Year 3 – 30%

Year 4 – 20%

Year 5 – 10%, thereafter, full rates will be payable

2. Differential rebate

(i) Criteria

- Areas where some or all of the services are not offered by the municipality

(ii) Relief in each specified case

- Water – 22.50% rebate

- Electricity – 15.00% rebate

- Sewerage – 15.00% rebate

- Refuse – 7.50% rebate

- Constructed roads – 15.00% rebate

3. Public Benefit Organisations (PBOs)

(i) Criteria

Various properties owned by PBOs, for example, used exclusively as a home catering for persons with disabilities, a hospital, clinic, metal institution, frail care centre, orphanage, old age homes or any other benevolent institutions, provided that any profits from the use of such properties are used entirely for the benefit of the institution.

(ii) Relief in each case

May qualify for 100% rebate on application.

Exemptions

The following properties are exempted from rating:

Municipal owned properties non-rateable

Religious or places of places of public worship and special property (e.g. museums, libraries)

Rural communal land

Ekurhuleni

Rebates

(a) The elderly:

(i) Criteria

- Owner reached the age of 60 years or more

- Own property concerned which must be

- - residential

- - farm property used for residential purposes

- - smallholdings used for residential purposes

- total monthly income from all sources including income of spouse of owner must not exceed an amount determined by the Council from time to time (see table below for amounts)

- Once-off application for the duration of valuation roll

- Not be in receipt of indigent assessment rate rebate

- Must reside permanently on the concerned property

- Property must consist of one dwelling only and no part thereof is sub-let

(ii) Relief in each specified case

- Additional reduction of R150,000 of the market value of property

- Additional rebate based on household income:

Average monthly earnings in respect of preceding 12 months	Rebate in percentage on assessment rates
R0.00 – R2,700.00 (2 x state pensions)	100%
R2,700.01 – R5,250.00	85%
R5,250.01 – R6,840.00	70%
R6,840.01 – R8,470.00	55%
R8,470.01 – R12,750.00	40%

(b) People with disability:

1. Disability grantees and/or medically boarded persons

(i) Criteria

- Same as (a) above.

(ii) Relief in each specified case

- Additional reduction of R150,000 of the market value of property

- Additional rebate based on household income:

Average monthly earnings in respect of preceding 12 months	Rebate in percentage on assessment rates
R0.00 – R2,700.00 (2 x state pensions)	100%
R2,700.01 – R5,250.00	85%
R5,250.01 – R6,840.00	70%
R6,840.01 – R8,470.00	55%
R8,470.01 – R12,750.00	40%

(c) Low income property owners

Refer to reductions and exemptions below.

(d) Other persons and/or organisations:

1. Natural disasters

(i) Criteria

- Property damaged by a natural disaster as defined in terms of the Disaster Management Act, 57 of 2002

- Apply to the Council

(ii) Relief in each specified case

- Council may fully or partially suspend the levying or rates

2. Sporting bodies

(i) Criteria

- Apply to be granted a rebate

- For purposes of amateur sport and any social activities which are connected to sport

- Subject to existing agreements between club and Council

(ii) Relief in each specified case

- 90% rebate

3. Public and private schools, universities and colleges

(i) Criteria

- Public schools which are state funded

- Private schools not funded in terms of South African Schools Act, 84 of 1996 and are registered as independent schools

- Universities

- Technical and other colleges

(ii) Relief in each specified case

- Rebate on private (independent) primary and secondary schools is in accordance with percentage after net profit:

Net profit after tax	Rebate
0.00% – 10.00%	100%
10.01% – 20.00%	90%
20.01% – 30.00%	80%
30.01% – 40.00%	70%

- 20% rebate on private (independent) universities and colleges, registered as educational institutions not subsidized by state

- 100% rebate on crèches registered as educational institutions

4. Vacant unimproved land

(i) Criteria

- Dwelling units being constructed which will be used for residential purposes

- Rebate granted for a maximum period of eighteen months from the date the approved building plan is supplied

- Occupation certificate be supplied at the end of the eighteen months period

- Failure to supply the occupational certificate will result in reversal of rebate already granted

(ii) Relief in each specified case

- 75% rebate

Reductions

(a) The elderly, (b) people with disability, (c) low income property owners, (d) other persons and/or organisations

(i) Criteria

- Residential property

(ii) Relief in each specified case

- The first R150, 000 of the market value of property is deducted.

Exemptions

(c) Low income property owners:

1. Indigent households

(i) Criteria

- Own residential property

- Apply to access the relief provided the combined household income of all occupants/ residents and/or dependents residing on the property and are over the age of 18 years, is less than two (2) state monthly pension grants.

(ii) Relief in each specified case

- Exempted if property does not exceed maximum value of R150 000.

2. Child headed households

(i) Criteria

- Headed by child and registered in terms of Council’s approved indigent policy

- Apply to access the relief provided the combined household income of all occupants/ residents and/or dependents residing on the property and are over the age of 18 years, is less than two (2) state monthly pension grants.

(ii) Relief in each specified case

- Exempted if property does not exceed maximum value of R150 000.

(d) Other persons and/or organisations

1. Public benefit organisation / non-governmental organization and cultural organisations

(i) Criteria

- May be exempted from paying rates if fall within:

- - welfare and humanitarian institutions

- - animal welfare

- - cultural

- Once-off application for the duration of valuation roll

(ii) Relief in each specified case

- Exempted

eThekwini

Rebates

(a) The elderly:

(i) Criteria

- Owner reached age of 60 years or more during financial year

- Own residential property concerned or property owned solely by either spouse

- The property being a primary residential

- Value of property must not exceed R3 million

- Apply for renewal of rebate annually

(ii) Relief in each specified case

- A rebate not exceeding R3, 623 or such lesser amount

(b) People with disability:

1. Disability grantees or medically boarded persons

(i) Criteria

- Owner physically or mentally disabled

- Own residential property concerned or property owned solely by either spouse

- Reside in the property concerned

- Annually apply for a rebate

(ii) Relief in each specified case

- A rebate not exceeding R3, 623 or such lesser amount

(c) Low income property owners:

1. Child headed households

(i) Criteria

- Property headed by a minor (person under age of 21)

- Property owned by terminally ill parent or a child or deceased estate of the parent

- Value of property must not exceed a value determined by Council at its annual budget

- Minors must reside permanently on the property

- Apply for renewal of rebate annually

(ii) Relief in each specified case

- A rebate not exceeding R3, 623 or such lesser amount

(d) other persons and/or organisations:

1. Life rights schemes and retirement villages/complexes

(i) Criteria

- The scheme must be registered in terms of Housing Development Scheme for Retired Persons Act, 65 of 1988

- The Scheme must be registered with and regulated by the South African Association of Homes for the Aged (SAHA)

- Title deeds of the property must be appropriately endorsed

- Apply for a rebate

(ii) Relief in each specified case

- 25% rebate

2. Commercial accommodation

(i) Criteria

- Owner of property must permanently reside on the property

- Bed and breakfast, guesthouses, and back-packers lodges must have a valid registration certificate issued by the Municipality

- Apply for a rebate annually

(ii) Relief in each specified case

- 50% rebate for bed and breakfast

- 25% rebate for guesthouses

- Rebate not exceeding 50% for backpacker lodges, holiday accommodation and student accommodation with up to 40 beds available

- Rebate not exceeding 25% for backpacker lodges, holiday accommodation and student accommodation with up to 80 beds available

- 25% rebate for property let-out for purposes of holiday accommodation for reward

- 25% rebate for property let-out for purposes of student accommodation (learners of higher education and above)

3. Schools not for gain

(i) Criteria

- The schools not for gain on the business and commercial category

- Use of land or buildings, or any part thereof shall not be for the private pecuniary benefit of any individual whether as a shareholder in a company or otherwise

- Apply for a rebate

(ii) Relief in each specified case

- 50% rebate

4. Natural and other disasters

(i) Criteria

- Property damaged by a natural disaster as defined in terms of the Disaster Management Act, 57 of 2002

- Property damaged by causes other than that defined by the Disaster Management Act, 57 of 2002 and such damage renders the property uninhabitable

- Damage to property caused by arson is excluded

- Apply for a rebate

(ii) Relief in each specified case

- 75% temporary rebate for a period of six months or a portion thereof

- Thereafter, a further 75% temporary rebate for a period not exceeding six months

5. Economic development

(i) Criteria

- Developments as indicated in the Incentive Policy of Council

- Rebates shall be for defined period

- Developer shall be under contractual obligation to complete property within a defined period

- Apply for a rebate

(ii) Relief in each specified case

- Green field development and brown field development receive rebates:

Value of development R (Millions)	Rebate on rates payable in percentage
0 – 50	15%
51 – 150	25%
151 – 300	50%
301 and above	65%

Reductions

(a) the elderly, (b) people with disability, (c) low income property owners, (d) other persons and/or organisations

(i) Criteria

- Residential property

(ii) Relief in each specified case

- The first R120, 000 of the market value for property exceeding R185, 000

(d) other persons and/or organisations

1. Vacant land

(i) Criteria

- Land outside the urban development phasing line which is vacant

(ii) Relief in each specified case

- Reduction of R30, 000

Exemptions

(d) other persons and/or organisations

1. Residential property with a value of up to R185,000 is exempted.

2. Public benefit organisations

(i) Criteria

- May be exempted from paying rates if fall within:

- - welfare and humanitarian institutions

- - health care institutions

- - animal welfare

- - Schools and organisations for the mentally and physically challenged

- - cemeteries

- - heritage sites

- Use of land or buildings, or any part thereof shall not be for the private pecuniary benefit of any individual whether as a shareholder in a company or otherwise

- Apply for exemption

(ii) Relief in each specified case

- Exempted

3. sporting bodies

(i) Criteria

- Apply for exemption, and aapplicants must produce a tax exemption certificate issued by the South African Revenue Services (SARS) as contemplated in Part 1 of the Ninth Schedule of the Income Tax Act, 1962 (Act 58 of 1962).

(ii) Relief in each specified case

- Rated on value of building area only

- The building area shall exclude change rooms and store rooms necessary for the sport.

City of Cape Town

Rebates

(a) The elderly:

(i) Criteria

- Occupy the property as his/her primary residence

- Must be at least 60 years of age

- Must apply

- Must be in receipt of gross monthly household income not exceeding R12,000.00

- The applicant and/or spouse and/or life partner should not be the owner of more than one property nationally

(ii) Relief in each specified case

- 100% rebate : Income R0 – R3500

- 95% rebate : Income R3501 – R5000

- 90% rebate : Income R5001 – R6000

- 80% rebate : Income R6001 – R7000

- 70% rebate : Income R7001 – R8000

- 60% rebate : Income R8001 – R8500

- 50% rebate : Income R8501 – R9000

- 40% rebate : Income R9001 – R9500

- 30% rebate : Income R9501 – R10000

- 20% rebate : Income R10001 – R11000

- 10% rebate : Income R11001 - R12000

(b) People with disability:

(i) Criteria

Same as (a) above.

(ii) Relief in each specified case

Same as (a) above.

(c) Low income property owners:

(i) Criteria

Same as (a) above.

(ii) Relief in each specified case

May qualify for 100% rebate.

(d) Other persons and/or organisations:

1. Agricultural properties

(i) Criteria

- Bona fide farming properties

- Contribute to the local economy

- Assists in meeting the service delivery and development obligations of the city

- Contribution to the social and economic welfare of farm workers

- Must apply for the rebate

(ii) Relief in each specified case

- 80% rebate on the rate levied on residential properties

2. Nature reserves, special nature reserves and national parks

(i) Criteria

May apply for the rebate

- Private property contracted into the Table Mountain National Park in terms of the Protected Areas Act

- Private property exhibiting sensitive ecological areas/features, identified by the City’s Environmental Management Resources Department

- Owners of properties with formal in perpetuity conservation agreements of over 10 hectares

(ii) Relief in each specified case

- May be granted a 100% rebate

3. Religious organisations

(i) Criteria

Property used primarily as an office of a religious organization

Property used as parking facilities, halls used for religious purposes

Accommodation for missionaries, camping sites not operated for gain and cemeteries for that religious community

(ii) Relief in each specified case

- May be granted a 100% rebate

4. Non-Profit Organisations (NPOs)/ Public Benefit Organisations (PBOs)

(i) Criteria

Must have a constitution which does not preclude any resident of the City from being a member

Must be open to the general public

May apply for the rebate

Be registered as NPOs under the Non-Profit Organisations Act or be PBO that qualify for tax exemption as contemplated by Part 1 of section 30 of the Ninth Schedule of the Income Tax Act

Must be organisations with limited resources

Health and welfare institutions

Educational institutions

National/Provincial/ Local Heritage Site /Historical Monuments

Charitable institutions

Cemeteries and crematoria

Cultural institutions

Museums, libraries, art galleries and botanical gardens

War veterans organisations

Youth development organisations

Animal protection

Sporting bodies

Homeless people shelters

Early childhood development

(ii) Relief in each specified case

- May be granted a 100% rebate

Reductions

Criteria

Residential properties

Relief in each specified case

Maximum reduction of up to R200,000.00 granted to every individually-valued residential property

Exemptions

Criteria

Any private road or any other property where the market value of the property is equal to or less than R50,000.00

City of Johannesburg

Rebates

(a) The elderly:

(i) Criteria

- Owner reached age of 60 years

- Own and occupy property concerned

- Value of property may not exceed R2, 000, 000

- Apply to Council for the rebate

(ii) Relief in each specified case

- 100% rebate if pensioner receives National Social Security Grant

- 100% rebate if pensioner is age 70 years and above irrespective of income

- 100% rebate if pensioner has gross monthly income below or equal to R7, 850

- 50% rebate if pensioner has gross monthly income above R7, 850 but less than or equal to R13, 458

(b) People with disability:

1. Emanating from injury

(i) Criteria

- Must have been injured on duty serving:

- - South African National Defence Force

- - South African Policy Service

- - Emergency Services

- - Johannesburg Metropolitan Police

- Own and occupy property concerned

- Value of property may not exceed R2, 000, 000

- Apply to Council for the rebate

(ii) Relief in each specified case

- 100% rebate if pensioner receives National Social Security Grant

- 100% rebate if pensioner is age 70 years and above irrespective of income

- 100% rebate if pensioner has gross monthly income below or equal to R7, 850 provided pensioner is at least 60 years of age

- 50% rebate if pensioner has gross monthly income above R7, 850 but less than or equal to R13, 458 provided pensioner is at least 60 years of age

(c) Low income property owners:

1. Extended social package

(i) Criteria

- Apply to municipality every six months

- Own and occupy property concerned

- Property value not exceeding R450, 000

(ii) Relief in each specified case

- 70% rebate of current monthly rates when Johannesburg Poverty Index is greater than zero but not exceeding 34 points

- 100% rebate of current monthly rates when Johannesburg Poverty Index is greater than 35 points

2. State’s Social Security Grant

(i) Criteria

- Own and occupy residential property concerned

- Owner is dependent on a State’s Social Security Grant in terms of Social Assistance Act, 59 of 1992

- State’s Social Security Grant is their sole source of income

(ii) Relief in each specified case

- 100% rebate

3. Child headed households

(i) Criteria

- Property occupied by a household headed by a minor

- Value of property may not exceed R2, 000, 000

- Property owned by terminally ill parent or a child or deceased estate of the parent

- Terminally ill parent or their child must apply annually for the rebate

(ii) Relief in each specified case

- Rebate shall be maximum of 100% of the current monthly rates

(d) other persons and/or organisations:

1. Heritage properties

(i) Criteria

- Declared heritage site in terms of section 27 of the National Heritage Resources Act, 25 of 1999

- Designated as protected areas in terms of section 28 of the National Heritage Resources Act, 25 of 1999

- Designated as heritage area in terms of section 31 of the National Heritage Resources Act, 25 of 1999

- Apply to Council for approval of rebate annually

(ii) Relief in each specified case

- Rebate shall be maximum of 20% of the current monthly rates

2. Residential sectional title

(i) Criteria

- High density residential development including sectional title units

(ii) Relief in each specified case

- 5% rebate of the currently monthly rates

3. Protection of animals

(i) Criteria

- Property registered in the name of any institution or organization which has as its exclusive objective the protection of animals

- Apply to Council for approval of rebate/exemption

(ii) Relief in each specified case

- Rebate shall be maximum of 100% of the current monthly rates

4. Disaster areas

(i) Criteria

- Property situated within an area affected by a disaster within the meaning of the Disaster Management Act, 57 of 2002

- Apply to Council for approval of rebate

(ii) Relief in each specified case

- Rebate shall be maximum of 100% of the current monthly rates

5. Vacant land

(i) Criteria

- Land outside the urban development boundary which is vacant

- Rebate only available if property could not be developed due to unavailability of bulk infrastructure and/or bulk services

- Apply to Council for the rebate

(ii) Relief in each specified case

- Rebate shall be maximum of 50% of the current monthly rates

6. Housing development schemes for retired persons

(i) Criteria

- Properties owned by juristic persons that fall under the Housing Development Schemes for Retired Persons Act, 65 of 1988 as amended

- Owner of property shall pass on the benefits of the rates rebate to the registered holder/s of the right to occupation in the Scheme

(ii) Relief in each specified case

- Rebate shall be maximum of 50% of the current monthly rates

7. Registered social landlords

(i) Criteria

- Properties owned by individuals or entities designated as Registered Social Landlords under the Registered landlord Policy of the City

(ii) Relief in each specified case

- 40% rebate on the current monthly rates where property is zoned for commercial use and is rated accordingly

8. New building incentive

(i) Criteria

- New building development that would take place within the identified Corridors of Freedom in line with the Growth and Development Strategy 2040

- Development must be in line with the development requirements set out by the City

- Proposed developments must follow all planning by-laws

(ii) Relief in each specified case

- Property owner will pay a quarter of the rate as per the category of land for a period not exceeding two years during the construction

- Property owner will pay half the rates on the first year of operation as per the category of land

9. Private sports club

(i) Criteria

- Owned by private sports club

- Used primarily for sporting purposes

(ii) Relief in each specified case

- 40% rebate

10. Provision and/or promotion of youth development

(i) Criteria

- Property registered in the name of any institution or organization which has as its exclusive objective the provision and/or promotion of youth development

(ii) Relief in each specified case

- 100% rebate

Reductions

(a) The elderly, (b) people with disability, (c) low income property owners, (d) other persons and/or organisations

(i) Criteria

- Residential property

- Properties used for multiple purposes, provided one or more components of the property are used for residential purpose

(ii) Relief in each specified case

- The first R200, 000 of the market value of the property.

Mangaung

Rebates

(a) The elderly:

(i) Criteria

- The property must be registered in the name of the applicant

- Must be at least 60 years of age

- Must occupy the relevant property

- In a case of a semi-detached house, of which a section is rented out, only rates paid for that section occupied by the owner is subject to rebates

- If the owner due to medical reasons had to take early retirement the age requirement of 60 years will not apply

- The property owner must apply

(ii) Relief in each specified case

- The rebate on the first R250,000.00 of the rateable value for residential properties of qualifying senior citizens will only be applicable on properties with a value that does not exceed R2 ,000,000.00

(b) People with disability:

(i) Criteria

- Same as (a) above.

- Must be in receipt of a disability pension from the Department of Welfare and Population Development

(ii) Relief in each specified case

- The rebate on the first R250,000.00 of the rateable value for residential properties of qualifying disabled persons will only be applicable on properties with a value that does not exceed R2 ,000,000.00

(c) Low income property owners:

(i) Criteria

- Occupy the property as his/her primary residence and must be registered as indigents in terms of the adopted indigent policy of the municipality

- The rebate will automatically apply and no further application is thus required

(ii) Relief in each specified case

May qualify for 100% rebate

(d) Other persons and/or organisations:

1. Child headed families

(i) Criteria

- The head of the child headed family must occupy the property as his/her normal residence

- Must not be older than 18 years of age

- Must still be a scholar or jobless

- Must be in receipt of a total monthly income from all sources not exceeding an amount to be determined by the municipality

- Must apply for the rebate

(ii) Relief in each specified case

- May qualify for 100% rebate

Reductions

Disaster related matters

Criteria

Partial or total destruction of a property

Disasters as defined in the Disaster Management Act

Owner must apply

Relief

Maximum reduction of 80%

Residential properties

Criteria

No requirement for lodging an application.

Relief in each specified case

In addition to the mandated first R15,000.00 of the market value of residential properties, and additional R55,000.00 reduction is applicable to all residential properties

Exemptions

Public Benefit organisations (PBOs)

Criteria

- Property owned by public benefit organisations and used for any specified public benefit activity listed in item 1(welfare and humanitarian), item 2 (health care) and item 4 (education and development) of part 1 of the Ninth Schedule to the Income Tax Act

- Must apply

- PBO must attach a SARS tax exemption certificate issued by the South African Revenue Services

Relief

May be exempted

Nelson Mandela Bay

Rebates

(a) The elderly:

(i) Criteria

- Be a natural person

- Be the owner of the property

- Occupy the property as his/her normal residence

- Must be at least 60 years of age on 1 July of the financial year concerned, or if the owner turns 60 during the year the rebate will be granted on a pro rata basis from the date on which the applicant turned 60

- Submit pension statements

- Not be a receipt of an indigent subsidy

- Ensure that his/her accounts are not in arrears before applying for a rebate

- Be in receipt of a total gross annual income not exceeding R118,700

(ii) Relief in each specified case

- Rebate is based on the total annual household income

- 85% rebate : Income between two state pensions and R54,000

- 70% rebate : Income between R54,001 and R66,900

- 55% rebate : Income between R66,901 and R79,800

- 40% rebate : Income between R79,801 and R92,800

- 25% rebate : Income between R92,801 and R105,700

- 10% rebate : income between R105,701 and R118,700

(b) People with disability:

(i) Criteria

- Same as (a) above.

- Must be in receipt of a disability grant/pension and submit proof and nature of disability, and submit SASSA statements with the application.

(ii) Relief in each specified case

- Same as (a) above.

(c) Low income property owners

(i) Criteria

- The household income of applicants, from all sources, shall not exceed the equivalent of two State welfare pensions

- The applicant must be an account holder and must reside on the property in respect of which assistance is sought and must apply in person.

- The applicant must not own more than one fixed property within the metro

(ii) Relief in each specified case

A full credit for property rates.

(d) Other persons and/or organisations:

1. Sporting bodies (Professional)

(i) Criteria

- Property must be owned/leased for sporting purposes

- May be for gain and not-for -gain

- Profits earned must be invested in the betterment of the organization and not be for private gain

- Must apply for the rebate

(ii) Relief in each specified case

- May qualify for 40% rebate

2. Social Housing

(i) Criteria

Property registered in the name of an institution accredited in terms of the Social Housing Act 16 of 2008 which provides or intends to provide rental of cooperative housing options for households with a gross monthly household income less than the maximum housing subsidy

Accounts of the applicant must be up to date or arrangements must be made to pay outstanding balances before any rebate will be granted

(ii) Relief in each specified case

- May qualify to be rated at the same rate as public benefit organisations in terms of the Rate Ratios Regulations Between Residential and Non-Residential Properties.

Reductions

None, and for properties affected by disasters, such properties are re-valued to get the revised their market values for rating purposes.

Exemptions

Sporting bodies (Amateur)

Criteria

- Property must be owned/leased for sporting purposes

- May be for gain and not-for -gain

- Profits earned must be invested in the betterment of the organization and not be for private gain

- Must apply for the rebate

Relief in each specified case

May be exempted

PBOs and Not For Gain institutions or organisations

Criteria

- Must apply for the exemption

- Properties used exclusively as hospitals, clinics, mental hospitals, orphanages, retirement villages, old age homes or any other benevolent institutions

- Properties belonging to not-for-gain institutions (organisations) that perform charitable work

- Land used exclusively for cemeteries and crematoriums

- Properties owned by a declared institution in terms of the Cultural Institutions Act

- Museums, libraries, art galleries and botanical gardens registered in the name of private persons and open to the public

- Properties registered in the name of a trust/trusts and/or organisations as defined in the Social Aid Act

- Properties owned/used by youth organisations for the promotion and development of the youth

- Properties owned, or used by institutions or organisations the exclusive aim of which is to protect birds, reptiles, fish and animals not-for-gain

- Properties registered in the name of and used primarily as a place of public worship by a religious community

Relief

May be exempted

Tshwane

Rebates

(a) The elderly:

(i) Criteria

- Owner reached age of 60 years or more during financial year

- Own residential property concerned

- Property concerned must be occupied only by the pensioner and his/her spouse, if any, and by dependents without income

(ii) Relief in each specified case

- A further maximum/total rebate of 50% (on the remaining property rates, after the applicable residential rebates have been granted) if total gross income of the pensioner and/or spouse does not exceed an amount equal to twice the annual state pension (2 x R1,410 or 2 x R1,430 if older than 75) for a financial year

- A further maximum/total rebate of 40% (on the remaining property rates, after the applicable residential rebates have been granted) if joint income of the pensioner and/or spouse does not exceed R130, 000 for a financial year

(b) People with disability:

1. Physically or mentally disabled

(i) Criteria

- Owner physically or mentally disabled

- Own residential property concerned

- Property concerned must be occupied only by the pensioner and his/her spouse, if any, and by dependents without income

(ii) Relief in each specified case

- A further maximum/total rebate of 50% subject to total gross annual social pension for a financial year, which amount may be reviewed during the City’s annual budget process

- A further maximum/total rebate of 40% if joint income of the pensioner and/or spouse exceeds an amount equal to twice the annual state pension (2 x R1,410 or 2 x R1,430 if older than 75) for a financial year, but does not to exceed R130, 000 for a financial year

(c) Low income property owners:

1. Indigent households

(i) Criteria

Gross monthly income of all members of the household does not exceed the joint amount of two state old age pensions excluding child support grant and foster care grant

- Applicant as well as any other member of the household does not own other fixed property than one in which they reside

(ii) Relief in each specified case

- 100% rebate

2. Owner temporarily without income: indigent criteria may be applied in terms of Indigent Policy of City of Tshwane

(i) Criteria

- Same as indigent households above.

(ii) Relief in each specified case

- 100% rebate

(d) Other persons and/or organisations:

1. Grants-in-aid

(i) Criteria

- Registered in the name of an institution or organization in terms of Non-profit Organizations Act, 71 of 1997

- Hospitals, clinics and institutions for mentally ill person which are not operated with intention to make profit

- Cemeteries and crematoriums which are registered in the name of private persons and which are used exclusively for burials and cremations

- Museum, art galleries, libraries and botanical gardens which are registered in the name of private persons and which are open to public, whether admission is charged or not

- Rateable property registered in the name of a trustee or any organization which is being maintained for the welfare of war veterans as defined in section 1 of the Social Aid Act (House of Assembly), 37 of 1989

- Sports grounds used for the purpose of amateur sport and any social activities which are connected with the sport

- Rateable property registered in the name of the Boy Scouts, Girl Guides, Sea Scouts, Voortrekkers or any organization which is in the opinion of the municipality similar or, any rateable property let by a municipality to any such organization

- Rateable property registered in the name of a declared institution as defined in section 1 of the Cultural Institutions Act, 29 of 1969, or the cultural Institutions Act (House of Assembly), 66 of 1989

- Apply to Chief Financial Officer

(ii) Relief in each specified case

- 100% rebate

2. Owners of land alienated by the municipality after January 2015

(i) Criteria

- Owners of land alienated by the municipality

(ii) Relief in each specified case

- Rebates in terms of the Development Investment Incentive Policy of the City

3. Owners of catalytic investment properties

(i) Criteria

- Owners of catalytic investment properies

(ii) Relief in each specified case

- Rebates in terms of the Development Investment Incentive Policy of the City

4. Independent school

(i) Criteria

- Application does not meet the criteria for Public Benefit Organisation property as defined

- Apply for the rebate

(ii) Relief in each specified case

- 20% rebate

Reductions

(a) the elderly, (b) people with disability, (c) low income property owners, (d) other persons and/or organisations

(i) Criteria

- Residential property

(ii) Relief in each specified case

- First part of value of property up to R75, 000 of the market value

Exemptions

(d) Other persons and/or organisations

1. Public Service infrastructure

2. Places of public worship

3. Protected areas

4. State trust land

07 April 2016 - NW271

Groenewald, Mr HB to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

(1)What is the sum total accrued in respect of arrears service fees that are owing by (a) individuals, (b) businesses and (c) state institutions to municipalities across the country for (i) electricity and (ii) any other services as at the latest specified date for which information is available; (2) Whether he will make a statement on the matter?

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Reply:

According to the report compiled by the National Treasury in terms of section 71 of the MFMA, as at September 2015, the categories of debtors set out below have arrears on electricity and other services including sewerage, refuse removal and water. The debtor amounts reflected below are exclusive of interest.

(a) Individuals

Service	Arrears on service fees excluding interest (R ‘000)
Electricity	R3,772,823 billion
Any other services (excluding property rates)	R20,110,377 billion

(1) (b) Businesses

Service	Arrears on service fees excluding interest (R ‘000)
Electricity	R5,102,455 billion
Any other services (excluding property rates)	R2,983,647 billion

(1) (c) Sate Institutions

Service	Arrears service fees excluding interest (R ‘000)
Electricity	602,587 million
Any other services (excluding property rates)	989,179 million

2. My department, in consultation with other stakeholders, has taken various initiatives to curtail the non-payment of municipal arrear debt. These initiatives include auditing and verification of the outstanding government debt, the verification entails confirming whether invoices that are contested by government departments are correct. The team is also ensuring that municipalities have enforceable credit control policies and by-laws.

I will consider whether or not to make a statement in due course.

07 April 2016 - NW176

Van Dyk, Ms V to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

Whether the (a) accounting officers and/ or (b) any of the oversight officers, such as local government committees, the executive mayors and municipal councils, have any responsibilities to ensure that the directors at any local government operate within their designated (i) operating and (ii) capital budgets; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details in each case; 2) Whether any incidences of unauthorized, irregular or fruitless and wasteful expenditure were reported in any local government in the Northern Cape in the last municipal financial year; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) why are incidences of irregular , fruitless and wasteful expenditure at local Government level, reported in the Auditor General’s opinion on the relevant authority’s annual financial statements, only addressed at this stage of the financial reporting process, and not during the financial year as soon as it is picked up and (b) why are incidences of these types of expenditure not recouped from the responsible directors and / or political office-bearers in line with section 32 of the Local Government Municipal Finance Management Act, Act 56 of 2003?

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Reply:

Yes, (a) accounting officers and oversight committees have responsibilities to ensure that the directors at any local government operate within their designated (i) operating and (ii) capital budgets in line with Chapter 8 of the Local Government Municipal Finance Management Act, 56 of 2003. Further, section 79 of the Local Government Structures Act gives municipal councils the power to establish one or more committees necessary for the effective and efficient performance of any of its functions or the exercise of its powers.

After the municipal council approves the budget, the Budget and Treasury Office (BTO) ensures that each director within the municipality manages their own budget. On a weekly basis cash flow plans as well as expenditure plans are distributed amongst directors to avoid over expenditure on budget votes. Councillors also play an oversight role due to the fact that expenditure reports are tabled to the council on a quarterly basis.

2. Three (3) municipalities reported in line with Section 32 of Local Government Municipal Finance Management Act, expenditures to MEC: Cooperative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs in Northern Cape in the last financial year. The municipalities which reported are Tsantsabane Local Municipality, Sol Plaatjie Local Municipality and ZF Mgcawu District Municipality.

(a) Municipalities do not report regularly to the Province on unauthorised, irregular or fruitless and wasteful expenditure. Such expenditure is reported to council and the necessary steps are taken to recover the losses. The actual amount of unauthorised, irregular or fruitless and wasteful expenditure can only be determined at the end of the municipal financial year. Municipalities also reports to the National Treasury on a monthly basis in line with Section 71 of the Local Government Municipal Finance Management Act, Act 56 of 2003.

(b) Municipal Councils have the responsibility to recover monies from the responsible directors and political office bearers. In addition, where political leaders and senior officials are found to have ignored their mandates or disregard legislation, the Code of Conduct for Political Leaders and the procedures provided for in the Municipal Systems Act, 2000 (Act No 32 of 2000), as amended are invoked, respectively. Members of the Executive Council (MECs) have been sensitized on the matter and were urged to take the necessary steps to apply the said provisions, as and when required.

15 March 2016 - NW6

Shaik Emam, Mr AM to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs:

What measures does he intend to put in place to curb ( a ) noncompliance with the Public Finance Management Act, Act 1 of 1999, ( b ) wasteful expenditure, ( c ) irregular expenditure, fraud and ( d ) corruption (details furnished) in the local government sector?

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Reply:

(a) The Public Finance Management Act (PFMA) is./ legislation that falls within the mandate of the National Treasury. It is applicable to national and provincial spheres of government; therefore, the Act does not apply to local government. The applicable legislation is the Municipal Finance Management Act (MFMA) which has similar provisions on wasteful and irregular expenditure as in in the PFMA. Furthermore, it must be noted that the implementation of the MFMA also falls within the mandate of the National Treasury.

(b), (c) and (d)

A number of interventions are being put in place to address challenges pertaining to wasteful expenditure, irregular expenditure, fraud and corruption. Currently, we have the following measures in place:

• The Department is finalising the review of the 2006 Local Government Anti-Corruption Strategy.

• Draft Local Government Integrity Management Framework which sets out the responsibility of municipalities when implementing Local Government Anti-Corruption Strategy.

• We have a draft Implementation plan which provides for practical actions that will be undertaken to implement the strategy.

The additional measures that we have put in place are the following :

• The Department requested Provinces and municipalities to submit copies of forensic reports commissioned between April 2009 and October 2014.

• Of the 115 copies of forensic reports received , 106 have been assessed.

• We are collaborating with law enforcement agencies like the Special Investigating Unit (SIU), Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU), Hawks, and the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) to accelerate investigations and prosecution.

• Most of the forensic reports commissioned by Provinces and municipalities made recommendations that certain remedial or other corrective measures should be taken

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