Local Government, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning
- Which municipalities in the Western Cape applied for national COVID-19 municipal relief funding and/or any change in the use of their grants from the National Treasury and (b) which municipalities received the funding?
(a)All thirty municipalities applied for the Municipal Disaster Relief Grant funding, however all municipalities except for the City of Cape Town received an allocation for
COVID-19 response. The City of Cape Town was requested to reprioritise their Municipal Urban Infrastructure Grant.
Thee grants were approved for the following priority areas in Municipalities:
- Decontamination of specific selected spaces(i.e.)
- Municipal offices;
- Municipal buildings used by communities;
- Ablution facilities in public spaces; and
- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and hygiene packs
- Sanitation
- Waste Management
- The table below reflects the funding allocation received.
COVID-19 Grant allocation | Total Allocation
|
All WC municipalities Except for the City of Cape Town | R 7 927 000 |
West Coast District | |
Matzikama | R 477 000 |
Cederberg | R 209 000 |
Bergrivier | R 72 000 |
Saldanha Bay | R 417 000 |
Swartland | R 119 000 |
West Coast | R 89 000 |
TOTAL | R1 383 000 |
Cape Winelands District
| |
Witzenberg | R 119 000 |
Drakenstein | R 477 000 |
Stellenbosch | R 209 000 |
Breede Valley | R 298 000 |
Langeberg | R 477 000 |
Cape Winelands | R119 000 |
TOTAL | R1 699 000 |
Overberg District
| |
Theewaterskloof | R 238 000 |
Overstrand | R 179 000 |
Cape Agulhas | R 298 000 |
Swellendam | R 358 000 |
Overberg | R 179 000 |
TOTAL | R1 252 000 |
Garden Route District
| |
Kannaland | R 298 000 |
Hessequa | R 238 000 |
Mossel Bay | R 268 000 |
George | R 506 000 |
Oudtshoorn | R 209 000 |
Bitou | R 506 000 |
Knysna | R 417 000 |
Garden Route | R 268 000 |
TOTAL | R 2 710 000 |
Central Karoo District
| |
Laingsburg | R 268 000 |
Prince Albert | R 209 000 |
Beaufort West | R 287 000 |
Central Karoo | R 119 000 |
TOTAL | R 883 000 |
