MINISTRY FOR HUMAN SETTLEMENTS
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
QUESTION FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO.: 673
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 11 MARCH 2016
Mr S M Gana (DA) to ask the Minister of Human Settlements:
(1) (a) How much (i) money has been transferred through the Municipal
Capacity Grant to each Metropolitan municipality to date and (ii)
grant money has each specified municipality spent thus far, (b) what
kind of programmes has the grant money been spent on by each of the
specified municipalities and (c) what are each of the specified
municipalities plans to spend the grant;
(2) what (a) will happen to the grant money if it is not spent by the
specified municipalities before the end of the 2015-16 municipal
financial year and (b) mechanisms will be put in place to improve the
capacity of the specified municipalities post the Municipal Capacity
Grant? NW788E
REPLY:
(1) (a) (i) and (ii) The table below provides detail of the total funds
transferred to each of the Metros and a breakdown of the amounts that
were spent by these Metros:
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(b) During 2015/16 financial year (as at 31 January 2016), the above-
mentioned Municipalities spent the grant funding on the following
programmes:
Buffalo City: Training of staff.
Nelson Mandela Bay: Compensation of Employees/ Salaries, Rental â
External Buildings and Office Equipment.
Mangaung: Compensation of Employees/Salaries and Consultants.
Ekurhuleni: Consultants and Risk Management.
City of Johannesburg: Compensation of Employees / Salaries.
City of Tshwane: Compensation of Employees / Salaries and Travel &
Accommodation.
EThekwini: Compensation of Employees/Salaries, Training of Staff and
Consultants.
City of Cape Town: Compensation of Employees / Salaries and Office
Equipment.
(c) The municipalitiesâ plans are to spend the grant as per Annexure A
attached hereto.
(2) (a) Section 22 (1) of the 2015 Division of Revenue Act states
that âany conditional allocation, or a portion thereof, that is not
spent at the end of the 2015/16 financial year reverts to the
National Revenue Fund, unless the roll-over of the allocation is
approved by National Treasuryâ.
(b) The Municipal Human Settlements Capacity Grant will be
discontinued with effect from 2016/17. The National Treasury in
consultation with the Provinces plans to allocate a maximum of three
per cent (3%) of the Urban Settlements Development Grant (USDG) to
procure capacity to support the implementation of human settlements
programme output as contained in the Medium Term Strategic Framework
(MTSF).
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