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May 2016
Infrastructure & Mixed Use
• Upgrade of the Athlone Stadium
and City Hall
• Upgrade of the Matthew Goniwe
Clinic Extension
• Upgrade of the Gugulethu Clinic
• Roll-out of substance abuse clinics
• Restoration centre for street
people
• New municipal courts, including
Wynberg and Mitchells Plain
In terms of other strategic initiatives,
the city proposed an investment
of R229,2 million for the Expanded
Public Works Programme (EPWP)
to provide job opportunities. This
is despite only receiving just over
R30 million from national govern-
ment; as well as indigent relief of
R1,1 billion for the poorest in the city;
and rates and rebates relief package
of R1,4 billion.
There is a Social Package provision
of R2,5 billion to assist some of the
financial burdens experienced by low
income households:
• 6 kl of water per month per house-
hold free of charge
• 4,2 kl sanitation per month per
household free of charge
• 4,5 kl of water and 3,15 kl for sew-
erage charges on all properties
valued at R300 000 or less
• 60kWhelectricity freeof chargeper
month per household for custom-
ers using less than 250 kWh per
month
• 25kWhelectricity freeof chargeper
month per household for custom-
ers using more than 250 kWh but
less than 450 kWh per month
• Waste removal – consumers with
properties valued up to R400 000
receive pro rata rebates up to 100%
• Senior citizens and the disabled
will receive rates rebates, which
has been increased from R12 000
to R15 000
• Indigent rates rebate for people
under 60 years has increased from
R5 000 to R6 000
• Households with a gross monthly
income of R4 000 or lesswill receive
a 100% rates rebate,
The total budget proposal is approxi-
mately R40 billion, (R6 billion capital
budget and R34 billion operating
budget).
The proposed city’s directorate
allocations for Capital Expenditure
(CapEx) andOperational Expenditure
(OpEx) include:
• City Health: R1 billion in OpEx and
R37 million in CapEx
• CityManager: R220million inOpEx
and R38 million in CapEx
• Community Services: R1,8 billion
in OpEx and R180 million in CapEx
• Corporate Services and Compli-
ance: R2,5 billion in OpEx and
almost R400 million in CapEx
• E n e r g y , E n v i r o n m e n -
t a l and Spa t i a l P l ann i ng :
R580 million in OpEx and over
R60 million in CapEx
• Finance: R2,2 billion in OpEx and
more than R136 million in CapEx
• Human Settlements: almost
R1,7 billion in OpEx and over R480
million in CapEx
• Safety and Security: R2,7 billion in
OpEx and R111 million in CapEx
• Social Development and Early
ChildhoodDevelopment: R290mil-
lion in OpEx and over R17 million
in CapEx
• Tourism, Events and Economic
Development: R568million inOpEx
and R42 million in CapEx
• Utility Services: R16,6 billion in
OpEx plus R3,2 billion in CapEx
De Lille says that in addition to future
allocations, one must also consider
the record of historic allocations at
the level of transformative projects.
Budget allocations for priority proj-
ects include:
• The increase of electrification al-
location of R105 million this year
includes backyarddwellings, com-
pared to R70,8 million last year
• OakdaleSwitchingStationupgrade
will cost R49,2 million, after an al-
location of R71,6 million last year
• Street lighting in low income areas
has been increased toR65,8million
compared toR30,8million last year
• Zandvliet Wastewater Treatment
Works extension will cost R198,8
million, in addition to R135,9 mil-
lion spent in the previous year
• Completion of Cape Flats 3 Bulk
Sewer: R112,9 million, plus the
R84,5 million allocation in 2015
• Rehabilitation and upgrading of
roads: R108 million in addition to
R46 million last year
• Traffic congestion alleviation:
R118 million for 2016, plus
R97 million allocated last year
• Backyard dwellers and informal
settlements upgrades increased
fromR134million, last year the city
spent R79,6 million
Broadband: R222 million will be al-
located for 2016, last year the city
invested R191 million
• A further R508 million has been
allocated for the roll out of the
Integrated Rapid Transit system
De Lille adds that the proposed bud-
get is a representation of the city’s
commitment to continue making
the City of Cape Town even greater.
She concludes, “Budgets cannot be
developed by a government alone.
They should be the product of col-
laboration between the government
and the people it represents. It is this
collaboration that gives meaning to
the endeavour of making progress
possible together.”
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Budgets cannot be developed by a government alone. They
should be the product of collaboration between the government
and the people it represents.
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