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SELECT COMMITTEE ON LAND AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS HEARINGS by Acting Director General Department of Provincial and Local Government. DEPARTMENT OF PROVINCIAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT (dplg). 22 - 23 February 2007. Scope of Presentation. Background Bucket Eradication Allocation - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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SELECT COMMITTEE ON LAND AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS HEARINGS
byActing Director General
Department of Provincial and Local Government
DEPARTMENT OF PROVINCIAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT (dplg)
22 - 23 February 2007
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Scope of Presentation
Background Bucket Eradication Allocation Reallocation strategy/principle Beneficiary Municipalities Bucket Eradication: National Overview General observations Interventions required Recommendations
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Background
This presentation is from a MIG perspective and is therefore complimentary to the national action plan of DWAF
Cabinet took decision to eradicate all the bucket sanitation systems through out the country
State of Nation Address reflected December 2007 as the target date to have all buckets eradicated
Census 2001 estimated buckets latrines to be over 400 000 throughout the country
Backlogs have since been estimated at 252254 as at February 2005 (DWAF) Thus far 119583 buckets have been eradicated leaving a remainder of
132 671 buckets to be addressed by the end of the year. Funding required to eradicate backlogs was estimated at over R2,5 billion in
2005 (at an average unit cost of R10 000) National Treasury made R1,2 billion available over the 2005/06 MTEF plus
additional R400 million allocated for 2007/08 financial year 2005/06 – R200 million, 2006/07 – R400 million, and 2007/08 – R1 billion
Funding was ring-fenced within MIG A strategy is presented for handling low expenditures, and ensuring that
future commitments in funding projects would be met
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Bucket eradication allocations
Province Bucket Allocations
2005/06 2006/07 2007/08
EASTERN CAPE Total 36,300,000 154,507,000 148,280,940
FREE STATE Total 72,611,000 145,663,000 600,599,867
GAUTENG Total 12,000,000 11,506,000 4,995,000
KWAZULU-NATAL Total 6,000,000 - -
LIMPOPO Total - - -
MPUMALANGA Total 20,250,000 - -
NORTH WEST Total 27,893,000 42,537,000 180,320,733
NORTHERN CAPE Total 17,997,000 31,061,000 34,831,760
WESTERN CAPE Total 6,949,000 14,707,000 30,971,700
Total 200,000,000 400,000,000 1,000,000,000
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Options to accelerate bucket eradication
An additional R176 million (from MIG re-allocations) will be allocated to municipalities in Free State, North West, Western Cape and Northern Cape to accelerate delivery
Municipalities are being encouraged to prioritise MIG funding to support bucket eradication to achieve the December 2007 target
Provinces must be encouraged to use their own funding to accelerate eradication of buckets, Provinces like Northern Cape, Mpumalanga and Gauteng have allocated R 69million, R55million and R 99million respectively Use normal MIG funding
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Bucket Allocation – From 2006/07 reallocations
Municipality Province Allocation
Lesedi GP 4 000
Sol Plaatje NC 9 000
Pixely DM NC 7 500
Bophirima DM NW 5 000
Maquassi Hills NW 10 003
Kannaland WC 1 500
Tokologo FS 10 703
Mohokare FS 5 000
Mangaung FS 89 225
Setsoto FS 33 575
Total 175 506
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Reallocation objective
Objectives Enforce compliance with DORA Enforce accountability by municipal accounting officers Use available funds in the most efficient manner to eradicate
backlogs, taking cognisance of sector targets Incentivise performance
Principles Identify munics with low spending where they would not be able to
spend within 2006/07 year Identify cases where such funds have not been committed Retain funds within a province, except where such funds are
required for bucket eradication Do not re-allocate funds from cross-boundary municipalities
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Reallocation Strategy
The following process was followed in re-allocating the funds The spending to date was assessed, considering the funds and
percentage spent by municipalities from April to December 2006 Monthly actual expenditure trends were used and extrapolated for the
full year This was compared with the projected expenditures submitted by
municipalities Withholding due to under expenditure implemented to about 3 times in
9 months All affected municipalities were met to consider the following:
Commitments already made by municipalities and implications thereof. Re-allocations for all the municipalities that recorded expenditure of
less than 60 percent of allocations by December 2006 The allocation was then adjusted to allow municipalities to honor
commitments, considering that new allocations would be available from April 2007
Informed municipalities of the implications for planning purposes Consulted with provinces on re-allocations and implications Final allocations submitted to Treasury for gazetting
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Beneficiary Municipalities
The following municipalities will benefit from the re-allocation process:(R584 million) Municipalities that still have a highest number of buckets backlogs
to meet the December 2007 target (R176 million) The 9 targeted municipalities from each province for immediate
service delivery (R61 million) The best MIG spending municipalities as at the end of December
2006 (R347 million) Focus on munics with smaller backlogs to eradicate water backlogs
Cross boundary municipalities would not be affected by re-allocations
All the funds to be re-allocated are ring-fenced for water and the eradication of bucket sanitation systems to help meet the targets
It is proposed that the money should remain in the province except the funds that will be allocated for the eradication of sanitation bucket programme
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Observations made
Feedback from meetings Large spending on materials to be incurred in using funds Investments in roads to show quick wins
Areas of concern OR Tambo DM
Very large allocation (R295 million), second highest after eThekwini, and higher than total allocation of Northern Cape, but spending low
Matjhabeng LM Second largest allocation in Freestate (R84 million), but none spent to
date Greater Sekhukhune DM
Largest allocation in Limpopo (R169 million), only spent 25% Buchbuckridge DM
Largest allocation in province (R91 million), only spent 16% Nelson Mandela Metro
Challenges with respect to bucket eradication projects Communication strategy
A comprehensive communication strategy needs to be formulated to ensure that all stakeholders are informed
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Expenditure – 2006/07 Financial year
Province
Expenditure 2006/07 Financial Year as at 31 January 2007
Allocation Expenditure Balance Percentage
EASTERN CAPE 154,507 46,201 108,306 29,9%
FREE STATE 145,663 90,323 55,340 62%
GAUTENG 5,910 0 5,910 0%
KWAZULU-NATAL -
LIMPOPO -
MPUMALANGA -
NORTH WEST 48,153 20,445 27,708 42,%%
NORTHERN CAPE 31,061 25,929 5,132 19%
WESTERN CAPE 14,707 6,926 7,781 47%
Total 400,000 189,823 210,177 47,5%
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Bucket Eradication- National Overview
Progress as at end January 2007
Status Projects Value
Registered 18 R64,1m
Design &Tender 31 R 223,9m
Construction 102 R 622,9m
Completed 48 R 117,5m
Total 199 R1028,4m
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Eastern Cape
Bucket Eradication- Provincial Overview
Status Projects Value
Registered 1 R2,5m
Design &Tender
11 R 70m
Construction 20 R 153m
Completed 19 R 41,2m
Total 51 R266,7m
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Bucket Eradication- Provincial Overview
Status Projects Value
Registered 8 R34,3m
Design &Tender
14 R 131,9m
Construction 44 R 326,9m
Completed 3 R 3m
Total 69 R496,1m
Free State
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Status Projects Value
Registered 1 R 2,4m
Design &Tender 2 R10,1m
Construction 14 R 40m
Completed 2 R 3m
Total 19 R55,5m
Bucket Eradication- Provincial Overview
Northern Cape
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North West
Bucket Eradication- Provincial Overview
Status Projects Value
Registered 2 R 7,9m
Design &Tender
1 R7,5m
Construction 9 R 46,4m
Completed 4 R 9,5m
Total 16 R71,3m
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Status Projects Value
Registered 3 R 12,3m
Design &Tender
1 R 1,2m
Construction 5 R 9,5m
Completed 6 R 8,7m
Total 15 R 31,7m
Bucket Eradication- Provincial Overview
Western Cape
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General Observations
The deployment of technical capacity and cooperation of joint interventions is making some impact (Indaka, Kungwini, Ugu etc)
The MIG projects currently being implemented
will eradicate approximately 91090 buckets. (where are they being implemented)
MIG projects that are in the planning stages show that the balance of the buckets will be eradicated
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Interventions The DBSA’s Siyenza Manje and SAICE’s programmes are bearing fruits in many
municipalities and need to be enhanced Targeted support by all key government stake holders to ensure that all programmes
give priority to bucket eradication
Dplg, provinces and sector departments are being encouraged to continue to provide support to municipalities on the following areas: Improved capital planning in the context of Integrated Development Planning. Intergovernmental cooperation with increased oversight responsibility to key
intergovernmental structures such as the PCC etc Improve project management capacity to implement MIG projects (Project
Management Units) Treasuries should assist in accelerating project implementation by providing
direct support to municipalities in respect of supply chain management
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Recommendations
Select Committee on Land and Environmental Affairs to take note of the status of the bucket eradication process
Select Committee should, through its oversight responsibility assist in addressing the constraints affecting municipalities on matters such as procurement and MFMA budget planning cycles.
Select committee to note the initiative by DWAF to accelerate general sanitation challenges facing municipalities with a focus to 2010 e.g. communities still without access to any sanitation service or facility.
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Thank you