The Department of Cooperative Governance (DCOG) did not undertake to assist the Mbombela Local Municipality (MLM) in delivering the service of building a community hall for Ward 25 in Hazyview, Mpumalanga.

The identification, prioritisation and budgeting of projects, like a community hall among others, is the responsibility of a municipality in accordance with the integrated development planning process. DCOG’s role is to provide support, ...

a) Various lessons have been learnt from the coordination of disaster response measures and engagements of stakeholders. The key lessons are as follows:

• Review and strengthening of the disaster management function placement, capacity and capability across spheres and sectors; Mainstream Disaster Management in all organs of state; Improvement of intergovernmental collaboration and coordination through integrated disaster management plans and contingency arrangements; Identification of risks ...

1. No, National and Provincial Treasuries are responsible for monitoring municipal budgets.
2. No, the Department of Water and Sanitation is responsible for accounting and monitoring of water losses.

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Yes we noted AGSA report. The DCoG through NDMC has already activated a team comprised of the following stakeholders namely: Eastern Cape (EC) Provincial Disaster Management Centre, EC Department of Human Settlement, EC Department of Social Development to expedite the assistance to victims of disasters. Reference can be made to the situation of Cwebeni Village floods victims. The task team include the district and ...

a) Currently, a total of thirty-two (32) municipalities (Annexure A) are still under administration across the country. Of the 32 municipalities under administration, 3 are under intervention in terms of Sec 139(7) of the Constitution (i.e. National Cabinet intervention).

b) Detailed reports have been presented before the various committees of the National Assembly and the NCOP on the progress to date in these municipalities. ...

a) The Green Drop measures to be implemented, through the Municipal Infrastructure Grant (MIG), to improve sanitation in municipalities with poor ratings include the following:

1. The implementation of MIG funded sanitation capital projects to upgrade, repair or refurbish sanitation systems to restore functionality.
2. The utilization by municipalities of the 5%, a further 5 % as well as 10% of the MIG funding for the ...

1. No, the the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Disaster Management Protocol has not been signed. It is necessary that the the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs first need to confirms that the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Disaster Management Protocol does adhere to legal requirements and aligns with the principles of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa before she ...

The failure in the implementation of the Post Audit Action Plan (PAAP) is mainly related to asset management as it is a qualification area.  The asset management was previously outsourced and was taken over during the latter part of the last financial year due to poor performance of the service provider. All the Asset Management activities in the PAAP were assigned to the service ...

In terms of Section 21(1) of the Division of revenue Act (DoRA), despite a provision to the contrary in the Public Finance Management Act or the Municipal Finance Management Act, any conditional allocation, or a portion thereof, that is not spent at the end of a financial year reverts to the National Revenue Fund, unless the roll-over of the allocation is approved in terms ...

No, the department is not responsible for keeping information and/or records regarding municipal water and electricity losses.

The monitoring of water losses is done by Department of Water and Sanitation working with Municipalities. The monitoring of electricity losses is done by National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA).

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