MINISTRY OF PUBLIC SERVICE AND ADMINISTRATION
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
QUESTION FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO.: 890
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 3 MAY 2013
Mr S J F Marais (DA) to ask the Minister for the Public Service and
Administration:
(a) What was the total cost-to-company of the Community Development Workers
programme (CDW) in the (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12 and (iii) 2012-13
financial years, (b)(i) how many CDW workers are employed in the national
and provincial spheres of government and (ii) what amounts are appropriated
to the different provinces for this purpose, (c) to who are the CDWs
accountable for work done and (d) what were the detailed costs for hosting
(i) the National CDW Indaba on 14 and 15 March 2013 and the (ii) provincial
CDW Indabas? NW1109E
REPLY
(a) The Community Development Workers Programme (CDWP) is implemented by
the provincial sphere of government, within the department of
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs in all provinces, with
the exception of Free State where the Programme is implemented in the
office of the Premier. The provinces are responsible for funding of the
programme. The overall costs incurred by government in implementing the
programme are about R576, 5m.
(b) The number of Community Development Workers employed by provinces is
captured in the following table;
|PROVINCE |NUMBER OF CDWSEMPLOYED BY THE |
| |PROVINCE |
|Eastern Cape |530 |
|Free State |286 |
|Gauteng |425 |
|Kwa Zulu Natal |474 |
|Limpopo |435 |
|Mpumalanga |368 |
|Northern Cape |273 |
|North West |280 |
|Western Cape |176 |
ii. The following are amounts appropriated to different provinces for
employment of community development workers:
|PROVINCE |2010/2011 |2011/2012 |2012/2013 |2013/2014 |
|Eastern Cape |R80Â 949Â 282 |R87Â 042Â 238 |R93Â 593Â 804 |[1]R122Â 415Â 00|
| | | | |0 |
|Free State |R56Â 500 000 |R60Â 500 000 |R60Â 391Â 618 |R61Â 365 000 |
|Gauteng |R98Â 000Â 000 |R99Â 000Â 000 |R110Â 000Â 000 |R102Â 000Â 000 |
|Kwa Zulu Natal|R75Â 900Â 000 |R76Â 500Â 000 |R75Â 700 000 |R87Â 300 000 |
|Limpopo |R70Â 867 016 |R89Â 331 326 |R93Â 414 000 |R91Â 784Â 578 |
|Mpumalanga |R77Â 926Â 000 |R78 569 000 |R82Â 569Â 000 |R83Â 435Â 000 |
|Northern Cape |R12Â 051 464 |R12Â 532 918 |R12Â 521 624 |[2]R280Â 000 |
|North West |R60Â 213Â 640 |R63Â 495 000 |R65Â 185Â 000 |R71Â 537Â 000 |
|Western Cape |R39Â 650Â 000 |R45Â 661Â 000 |R46Â 017Â 029 |R48Â 356Â 501 |
(c) Community Development workers are permanent employed public servants
although they are operating at municipality level. They are accountable
to the provincial department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional
Affairs through governance structures established within the department
in each province. Each province has employed a coordinator and support
staff to drive the programme.
(d) The National Conference on 14-15 March 2013, costs the following;
Venue and conference package= R463Â 418.00
As background information, Free State and Western Cape approached
(through written requests) the Department of Public Service and
Administration to assist with payment of transport and accommodation
costs for their CDWs as the two provinces did not have money to bring
their CDWs to the Conference. Other provinces were in a position to
cover costs for their CDWs to attend the Conference and did not approach
the DPSA in this regard.
i. Road transport for 50 community development from Free State to
Kempton Park and back= R9 6122.00
ii. Air transport for 50 community development workers from Western
Cape to Kempton Park and back = R229Â 293.00
iii. On arrival at the OR Tambo Airport, road transport was arranged
for the same 50 community development workers from Western Cape
for a period of three days. The transport was a shuttle bus that
transported them from Airport to the hotel where they were
staying, from hotel to the conference venue including the last
day when they were transported to the OR Tambo Airport. =
R17Â 717.00
i. Two nightsâ accommodation for 100 community development workers from
both Free State and Western Cape = R 133Â 465.00
(ii) Provincial indabas (workshops)
| PROVINCE |PURPOSE |AMOUNTS |
|Kwa Zulu Natal |Accommodation for 70 |R104Â 452.00 |
| |community development | |
| |workers | |
|Mpumalanga |Accommodation for 100 |R108Â 050.00 |
| |community development | |
| |workers | |
|Northern Cape |Accommodation for 100 |R 104Â 452.00 |
| |community development | |
| |workers | |
|Gauteng |Transport for about 400 |R 335 652.00 |
| |community development | |
| |workers | |
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[1] Joint budget for the Municipal Public Participation, there is no
separate budget for Community Development Workers Programme
[2] This is a joint budget for the public Participation Directorate and not
for CDWP only