COGTA ANNUAL REPORT 2020

Resolved (Yes/No)

Resolution No.

Subject

Details

Response by the department

CoGTA&HS 14

Fourth Quarterly Performance Report for 2019/20 financial year

The Department should provide the Portfolio Committee with the following: • The municipal projects or programmes that were initially budgeted for the R26 000 000.00 • Provide the Portfolio Committee with the municipal projects that have been initiated based on the R6 000 000.00 transfer that were targeted for these transfers Why the planned R26 000 000.00 was not transferred during the quarter under review • Name the Municipalities

• The first R20million was

Yes.

meant to support Emfuleni Local Municipality with management of identified sewer pups. meant to support Lesedi Local Municipality with maintenance/ purchase of the fire and rescue vehicles and equipment.

• The R6million was

• As at the end of the

reporting period Lesedi Local Municipality was undertaking

procurement implying that implantation is still underway.

R6million was transferred, however R20million was not transferred as planned. The funds in question came with a condition that the same can be transferred directly to Emfuleni, as such the Department decided to use the service of ERWAT, an entity of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality. However, it was a legal requirement that such transfer need to be made through the Metro. For various technical reasoning the Metro could not accept the funds. Delays were experienced in the finalisation of ToRs and the sitting of the BSC, and that led to the project being moved to the 2020/2021 Financial year.

CoGTA&HS 15

Fourth Quarterly Performance Report for 2019/20 financial year

The Department should provide the Portfolio Committee with reasons why the target of supporting Merafong Municipality with developing a Capital Expenditure Framework (CEF) was not achieved and has since been deferred to the first quarter of the 2020/2021 Financial Year. The Department should provide the Portfolio Committee with the financial breakdown of the expenditure on Municipal Infrastructure Grants.

Yes.

CoGTA&HS 16

Fourth Quarterly Performance Report for 2019/20 financial year

Done.

Yes.

G A U T E N G P R O V I N C I A L G O V E R N M E N T I C O- O P E R A T I V E G O V E R N A N C E A N D T R A D I T I O N A L A F F A I R S ANNUAL REPORT 2019/20 72