Budget “The Truth Is That Even Before Covid-19 Accounts Remains a Challenge

igniting excellence -81( www.tswane.gov.za our vision for tswane is for it to become A prosperous capital city through fairness, freedom and opportunity 2021/22 Delivering excellent services to our the National Treasury standard of 95%. which are informed by the needs of our contribute to the operational functions of residents is our top priority as the City of This means that we must continue to communities. the municipality. “It is also our long-term Tshwane. stabilise the city’s revenue collection. ” The culture of non-payment of vision to see Tshwane become a hub of This is reflected in the 2021/22 budget “The truth is that even before Covid-19 accounts remains a challenge. opportunities for our residents. that was tabled to Council by Executive and its negative impact, the country was “During March and October 2020, we “Such opportunities will be enabled by Mayor Randall Williams. already in a technical recession. did not receive payment from 28% of growing the city economy and creating Presenting his speech, Williams shed “The pandemic worsened an already billed monthly municipal accounts and jobs to ensure an inclusive society where some light on the City’s plans which are difficult period in our this makes up 72% of as many people in the city can share in its geared towards stabilising finances and country with rising the debt owed to the economic viability. driving service delivery. unemployment and “We must restore hope to City. “To achieve our long-term goals, Having inherited a massive budget poverty levels. “This led to the City requires a stable political and deficit of over R2-billion, the municipality “Given the strain on Tshwane residents through the debtor book administrative leadership that will inspire had to prioritise fixing its finances as a the national fiscus, being increased confidence in the markets and enable core goal for it to be able to deliver quality we can expect to quality service delivery significantly from small-to-medium and large enterprises services to all. see a decline in the R12.6-billion as of to view our city as a competitive place to Covid-19 and its effects did not make allocation of funds to guided by a sound budget.” 30 March 2020 to do business and invest in. it any easier for the City, as the hard provincial and local R17.1-billion as of 30 “The City of Tshwane has also made lockdown led to revenue collection government. October 2020, this sure that expenditure was critically hitting an all-time low due to job losses “Municipalities in South Africa are can be attributed to the drop in payment reviewed and scaled down to ensure a and income loss. expected to be largely self-reliant on levels,” Williams added. financially viable and funded budget. “However, since coming to office, this revenue generation to provide basic “As a City we need to take responsibility “A limited number of critical vacancies administration in a period of six months services. to collectively encourage customers to were considered to ensure service was able to improve collection rates to “Confronted with all these challenges, it pay for the services they use.” delivery is maintained,” Williams said. the current levels of 90%,” explained is important that we work smart with the The City has allocated an operating “No overtime will be processed except Williams. limited resources at our disposal. budget of R39-billion and a capital for essential services. “Although we have made significant “This will require us to focus our budget of R3.7-billion. “We must restore hope to Tshwane progress in this regard, we acknowledge attention on creating a budget which These amounts have been spread residents through quality service delivery that the current level of 90% is still below focuses on core service delivery priorities among various departments and will guided by a sound budget.” 2 4 6 8 Implementation of 10 Providing Promoting a robust Covid-19 stringent financial Fast-tracking 10 employment and Maintaining and management management development economic growth expanding road strategy and oversight by cutting red key principles in the city infrastructure 1 3 5 tape that guided the Prioritisation of 7 9 the electrical Creating a reliable Enhancing Expansive Supporting the grid and water waste and refuse city safety and financial cost vulnerable and infrastructure removal service emergency cutting across city budget providing social services processes relief Operational Budget capital budget Operational expenditure speaks to the day-to-day running of the City such as salaries, insurance, overtime, rent, ETC this INCLUDes municipal assets, infRastructure like buildings, I.T. equipment, fleet, water AND treatment plants General Expenditure Community and Social Emergency Services Developement Services R2 003 187 575 R19 800 000 TMPD Employee Rated Costs R75 427 000 5.13% 1.91% Enterprise Programme 0.50% R21 500 000 R12 147 006 464 Management Unit 0.54% 31.14% R241 000 000 0.9% City Manager Contracted Services R26 700 000 R3 558 322 747 0.67% Economic Development And Spatial Planning 9.12% R24 851 722 Water and Sanitation 0.63% R713 900 000 Energy and 18.04% Electricity Remuneration R453 086 250 of Councillors 11.45% R154 587 724 Other Materials Environment and R642 513 794 0.40% Agricultural Shared Services Management 1.65% R304 017 506 R37 000 000 R39- 8.19% R3.7- 0.94% billion Group Financial billion Services R40 400 000 1.02% Debt Impairment Roads and Group Human Transport Capital R2 124 802 335 R775 600 954 Management 5.45% 19.60% R10 500 000 0.27% Depreciation and Group Property Bulk Purchases Asset Impairment Management R14 322 256 071 R62 100 000 R2 499 320 658 1.57% 36.71% Regional Operations 6.41% and Coordination Human Finance Cost R19 500 000 Housing Company Tshwane Settlements Health Services R1 515 088 750 R466 611 285 R609 179 798 R62 446 978 0.53% 15.40% 3.88% 11.79% 1.68% Detailed documents are available on the City of Tshwane official website: www.tshwane.gov.za investing in infrastructure is an investment in the future of the city of tshwane A few of the broad investment a crucial department ژɓȲǒȵƌưƷژȽɓƨȽɋƌɋǠȏȄژȏȽǚƌȄǒɓɫƷ°ژى One of the biggest aims of our 2021/2022 budget is to invest in Tshwane’s future. – R25-million. in maintaining and areas for both new developing critical ژɋȏǠǹƷɋȽژƌȄưژȵƷɋǠƩɓǹƌɋǠȏȄژȽƷɬƷȵژǵƌȄǒƌǹƌ-ژى This is why we are pushing to spend as much as we can in building and refurbishing – R78-million. infrastructure. infrastructure, There are everyday“ ژȂǠǹǹǠȏȄِٮ׎ה¨ژ٫ژȵƷɋǠƩɓǹƌɋǠȏȄژȽƷɬƷȵژhɓưɓƨƷژى infrastructure, which is the backbone of our operational matters maintenance and ژȽƷȵɫǠƩƷȽژȽƌȄǠɋƌɋǠȏȄژƌȄưژɬƌɋƷȵژuƌȂƷǹȏưǠژى .city The budget allocation for our utilities – R48-million. that must be department is one that will accelerate our “Our government is one that cares about prioritised for us refurbishment gains and ensures that Tshwane’s future will all regions of the city. We are serious about to provide quality be secure and prosperous. committing the budget so that it will make services. include: “The Utility Services Department (USD) a major improvement to the lives of our “This is driven looks after the bulk provision of both residents. by our Regional ٮژɋȵƷƷɋǹǠǒǚɋȽ°ژى electricity, water and sanitation. The power We are directing significant resources to Operations that fuels our homes and economy and the resolving the challenges our city faces in Centre (ROC) r95-Million water that sustains our beautiful city,” Mayor terms of critical water infrastructure.” which is Williams said. Williams acknowledges that there is still responsible for “The department is key when it comes various activities ژȲȵƷȲƌǠưژȂƌȵɋ°ژى .to building a successful and functioning across the city municipality as it provides residents and This includes: “With an allocation of meters – businesses with critical infrastructure.” R900-million, the R1,176-billion has been allocated for the R124-million: Rooiwal Waste Water ROC will be ensuring R45-million USD’s budget. Treatment Works (WWTW) that we maintain our A few of the broad investment areas for finalization of Phase 1 upgrades infrastructure through both new infrastructure, maintenance and the below interventions: Electrical grid“ ژÞÞ¾ÞژhǹǠȲǒƌɋژ:refurbishment include: R85-million ژǹƷƩɋȵǠƩǠɋɲ-ژى upgrade infrastructure repairs ژȲǠȲƷȽژɬƌɋƷȵژȏɓɋٮɬȏȵȄژȏǑژƷȲǹƌƩƷȂƷȄɋ¨ژى – R95-million and maintenance for all – R75-million: Bronkhorstbaai Water are budgeted at ژȂǠǹǹǠȏȄٮבח¨ژ٫ژƌǹǹژǑȏȵژǹƷƩɋȵǠƩǠɋɲ-ژى Purification Plant R245-million, which R93-million ژȂǠǹǹǠȏȄٮדח¨ژ٫ژɋȵƷƷɋǹǠǒǚɋȽ°ژى ȂǠǹǹǠȏȄ is critical when we areٮדג¨ژ٫ژȂƷɋƷȵȽژȲȵƷȲƌǠưژȂƌȵɋ°ژى Williams explained that the R95-million R90-million: Water Conservation responding to electricity ژƷȲǹƌƩƷȂƷȄɋ¨ژى and Demand Management that will go into replacing worn-out water outages. of worn-out ژ٫ژȲǠȲƷȽژpipes will not only prevent bursts, that result “Our streetlight maintenance is ɬƌɋƷȵ in water outages, but will also decrease water allocated R90-million to be proactive leaks. This means less water will be lost, saving more work that needs to be done when it in keeping our city illuminated, and safe R95-million the City money and preserving this precious comes to water provision and treatment of for our residents. resource. waste water. “Water leaks have been allocated “Our effort to secure R95-million for “It is a core priority that we are tackling from R72-million alone to ensure that our streetlights will go a long way to brightening multiple angles. It is critical that we maintain plumbers can stay on top of pipe bursts up our city and making a visible difference in this infrastructure and refurbish it properly,” as they occur. the lives and safety of our residents,” he said. he explained. “We have also allocated R67-million for The City is also investing in the development “Our utilities department is on the front sewer maintenance to address blockages and of infrastructure: line of providing core service delivery and is protect the sanitation system.

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