Finance and Economic Opportunities
With regard to the Division of Revenue Amendment Act, 2020 (Act 10 of 2020), Schedule 7, Part A and B:
- What (i) is the total amount that the province received and (ii) was it intended for,
- what is the total breakdown of expenditure for the received funds, and
- what percentage of the budget has been spent as at September 2020, including a breakdown of the expenditure for all the recipients?
Schedule 7, Part A, of the Division of Revenue Amendment Act, 2020 (Act No. 10 of 2020), outlines unallocated provisions to provinces for disaster response. This implies that the National Government must still allocate these funds to Provinces. The Western Cape therefore did not receive any funds in terms of Part A of Schedule 7 in the Division of Revenue Amendment Act, 2020 (Act No. 10 of 2020), as no allocations were made to provinces or municipalities.
In the Division of Revenue Amendment Act, 2020 (Act No. 10 of 2020) an amount of R378 million was allocated under Part A of Schedule 7 to the Provincial Emergency Housing Grant, which resorts under the national Department of Human Settlements, to enable that Department to swiftly provide emergency housing solutions in areas where existing housing arrangements do not allow people to socially distance or self-isolate where required. No allocations were made to provinces.
Schedule 7, Part B of the Division of Revenue Act, 2020 (Act No. 4 of 2020) outlines the unallocated provisions for municipalities for disaster response and no allocations / amendments were made to Part B of Schedule 7 in the Division of Revenue Amendment Act, 2020 (Act No. 10 of 2020).
