Gauteng

DA MPL says Gauteng residents are suffering after being mislead by Gauteng Infrastructure Finance Agency.

GIFA must also explain and provide evidence on how the R3.7 million of the Lindley Waste Water Project was spent since there is nothing to show for it. We further emphasise that the government must complete all capital infrastructure projects on time and within budget to help grow the Gauteng economy. However, we were recently informed that the project is back at the feasibility stage which means they are going back to the drawing board. The Lindley Waste Water Project is one of many projects under the Gauteng Infrastructure Finance Agency (GIFA) which are meant to revitalize the economy and create employment opportunities. During the DA’s oversight inspection at the Lindley Waste Water Project in Lanseria, we were shocked to discover that the project does not exist despite GIFA having spent R3.7 million from the R8 billion budget for the project. Gauteng residents continue to suffer due to the high cost of living which has been made worse by the ongoing loadshedding, yet the Gauteng Provincial Government (GPG) has spent R3.7 million on the non-existent Lindley Waste Water Project.

Provincial state of disaster will remain in place until impact of the floods is no longer regarded as a disaster.

The department announced the provincial state of disaster in a gazette on Wednesday. and after having considered the information and recommendations received from the Gauteng Provincial Disaster Management Centre, I hereby give notice that on 23 January 2023, I classified this occurrence as a provincial disaster,” said the head of the national disaster management centre, Elias Sithole. - The classification of a provincial disaster is automatically revoked when the provincial state of disaster is terminated or lapses in terms of Section 41(5) of the Act. - The provincial executive dealt with the provincial disaster in terms of existing legislation and contingency arrangements as augmented by regulations and/ or directions following the declaration of a provincial state of a disaster in terms of Section 41(2). - The provincial executive dealt with the provincial disaster in terms of existing legislation and contingency arrangements without declaring a provincial state of disaster in terms of Section 41(1). “After having deliberated with various organs of state and the Gauteng Provincial Disaster Management Centre, and after assessing the magnitude and severity of the impact of the flooding incidents…