Local Government, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning
Following the 2023/24 local government audits, which revealed that 111 municipalities across South Africa tabled unfunded budgets:
Whether any of these municipalities were located in the province; if so, what are the relevant details?
Yes, there were municipalities located in the Province that had tabled unfunded budgets in the 2023/24 Financial Year (FY).
The relevant details, as monitored with the provision of the requisite support by
Provincial Treasury are as follows:
Five Western Cape Municipalities adopted unfunded budgets in 2023/24 FY, they were:
- Cederberg;
- Matzikama;
- Laingsburg;
- Beaufort West; and
- Kannaland
Beaufort West municipality was already under an intervention in terms of S139(5) of the Constitution and had a Financial Recovery Plan in place. The other municipalities were assisted to prepare Budget Funding Plans, which, if fully implemented, would provide a credible path to achieving a funded budget.
To enhance support provided by Provincial Treasury, the Department of Local Government additionally provided the following focussed support to the enlisted municipalities as tabulated below:
Financial Year: 2023/24 | |
Municipality | Type of Support |
Cederberg | Support and guidance provided to Cederberg municipality with the review and amendment of its System of Delegations: 13 & 14 July 2023. |
Conducted a workshop at Cederberg Municipality on 11 August 2023: Draft Rules of Order By-law, Uniform Standing Procedures for Councillors, Roles and Responsibilities and the Code of Conduct for Councillors. | |
Kannaland | Support provided to Kannaland Municipality with the Review/Amendment of following By-laws: Water Services; Traffic Roads Regulations; Keeping and Controlling of Animals; Street Trading; Electricity Supply; Community Fire Safety |
Matzikama | Support provided to Matzikama Municipality with a Review/Amendment of its Draft Water and Sanitation Policy
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The Department of Local Government facilitated an Anti-Fraud and Anti-Corruption workshop was held in conjunction with COGTA / HAWKS / SIU and SALGA, for all municipalities of the West Coast District between 14 – 15 November 2023. In this respect, attendees included official(s) and Councillor(s) from Matzikama Municipality. | |
Beaufort West | In order to capacitate the members of MPAC at Beaufort West Municipality a workshop was conducted with Committee members on 4 March 2024 |
All the municipalities, with the exception of Cederberg had support plans in place in the 2023/24 FY.
The following Grant allocations were provided to the relevant municipalities in the 2023/24 FY:
Municipality | Type of Grant | Project Name | Allocation |
Beaufort West | Intervention | ICT Fire Wall | R335,000 |
Engineering Capacity | R300,000 | ||
Purchase of Personal Protective Equipment | R500,000 | ||
Urgent Repairs to Water and Sanitation Infrastructure in Beaufort West | R500,000 | ||
Cederberg | Municipal Service Delivery & Capacity Building | Technical Capacity- Appointment of Technical Manager | R300,000 |
Intervention | Back-up servers | R400,000 | |
Kannaland | Intervention | Engineering Capacity | R300,000 |
Municipal Service Delivery & Capacity Building | HR Communication Capacity | R300,000 | |
Laingsburg | Municipal Service Delivery & Capacity Building | Back-up servers | R400,000 |
Matzikama | Intervention | Four Back-up power for existing sewer Pumpstations (Vredendal North) | R877,000 |
Engineering Capacity | R600,000 | ||
Technical - Engineering Capacity | R600,000 | ||
Back-up servers | R400,000 | ||
Municipal Service Delivery & Capacity Building | HR Communication Capacity | R300,000 |
