1. PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS VERIFIED GOVERNMENT DEBT OWED TO MUNICIPALITIES AND PAYMENTS Department of Public Works 24 May 2016

2. Verified Government Debt Summary as at 31st March 2015

3. Verified Government Debt (Per Province)

4. Government Debt Sign-Off Report Progress
75% of reports have been signed off and the verified debt submitted to the responsible debtor departments for confirmation and settlement.
16% of reports are awaiting sign-off from municipalities.
4 % of reports are in progress and on target for completion.
5% of municipalities have provided inadequate data to progress with the verification.

5. Government Debt Owed by National Departments

6. Government Debt Owed by Provincial Departments

7. Verified Government Debt Per Custodian
The tables above shows the custodian department debt for National (R1.08 billion) and Provincial (R2.6 billion) spheres of Government

8. Verified Government Debt and Payment by NDPW
The table below depicts payments made by the national Department of Public Works for arrear rates & taxes as well as municipal services for 2015/16:

9. Eastern Cape Province

10. Eastern Cape Province

11. Eastern Cape Province

12. Eastern Cape Province

13. Eastern Cape Province

14. Eastern Cape Province

15. Eastern Cape Province

16. Eastern Cape Province

17. Free State Province

18. Free State Province

19. Free State Province

20. Gauteng Province

21. Gauteng Province

22. Gauteng Province

23. KwaZulu Natal Province

24. KwaZulu Natal Province

25. KwaZulu Natal Province

26. KwaZulu Natal Province

27. KwaZulu Natal Province

28. KwaZulu Natal Province

29. KwaZulu Natal Province

30. KwaZulu Natal Province

31. KwaZulu Natal Province

32. KwaZulu Natal Province

33. KwaZulu Natal Province

34. KwaZulu Natal Province

35. KwaZulu Natal Province

36. KwaZulu Natal Province

37. KwaZulu Natal Province

38. Limpopo Province

39. Limpopo Province

40. Limpopo Province

41. Limpopo Province

42. Limpopo Province

43. Limpopo Province

44. Limpopo Province

45. Mpumalanga Province

46. Mpumalanga Province

47. Mpumalanga Province

48. Mpumalanga Province

49. Mpumalanga Province

50. Mpumalanga Province

51. Northern Cape Province

52. Northern Cape Province

53. Northern Cape Province

54. Northern Cape Province

55. Northern Cape Province

56. Northern Cape Province

57. Northern Cape Province

58. North West Province

59. North West Province

60. North West Province

61. North West Province

62. North West Province

63. Western Cape Province

64. Western Cape Province

65. Western Cape Province

66. Western Cape Province

67. Western Cape Province

68. Problematic Municipalities

69. Key Challenges Process
Unrealistic budget allocation – debtor departments do not have sufficient allocated budget to address historical debt for property rates and municipal services.
Inadequate processes to track the government property portfolio, including determining ownership, registration, surveying and transferral of properties.
No standard naming conventions or guidelines for property management across the municipalities.
Inconsistent property rates tariffs charged by municipalities.
People
Poor inter-government relations, especially across the spheres of government (national, provincial and local).
Capacity constraints within departments to manage their property portfolio and verify municipal debt claims for property rates and municipal services.
Inefficiencies in the management of revenue collection within municipalities due to capacity and competency constraints.
Technology
No integration of systems across the government spheres, resulting in duplication, manual intervention and loss of critical data such as historical billing records.
Inconsistent billing formats and reports across the systems used by municipalities.
Insufficient governance and management of critical billing data. For example, loss of data during system changes.

70. Recommendations
Sourcing budgets to address historical debt and review the current process for allocation of budgets to municipalities;
Departments and municipalities to work together to improve revenue collection in municipalities and billing anomalies;
Section 21 schools to consider prepaid services to avoid consumption without payment.
Custodian departments to play a more active role in ensuring complete and accurate asset registers that can link to municipal systems;
Government to consider implementing minimum standards for property management & reporting to be adhered to by all spheres of government, including standard naming conventions;
Foster better relationships between government departments and avoid operating in silos;
Consider implementing an integrated management system for all municipalities to submit invoices and department submit payment schedules to assist with allocation of payments. Furthermore the system can be used to track properties and associated municipal accounts.

71. Mziwonke Dlabantu
Director General: Department of Public Works