Vote

Name of allocation

Purpose

Column A

Column B

Forward Estimates

2014/15

Allocation

2015/16

2016/17

Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

(Vote 3)

Municipal Infrastructure Grant

To provide specific capital finance for eradicating basic municipal infrastructure backlogs for poor households, micro-enterprises and social institutions servicing poor communities.

R'000

-

R'000

-

R'000

-

Energy

(Vote 16)

Integrated National Electrification Programme (Eskom) Grant

To implement the Integrated National Electrification Programme by providing capital subsidies to Eskom to address the electrification backlog of occupied residential dwellings, the installation of bulk infrastructure and rehabilitation and refurbishment of electricity infrastructure in order to improve quality of supply.

2 948 037

3 680 043

3 875 085

Human Settlements (Vote 31)

(a) Urban Settlements Development Grant

Supplements the capital revenues of metropolitan municipalities in order to support the national human settlements development programme, focusing on poor households.

-

-

-

(b) Rural Households Infrastructure Grant

To provide specific capital funding for the reduction of rural sanitation backlogs and to target existing households where bulk-dependent services are not viable.

 65 500

 67 328

-

National

Treasury

(Vote 10)

Neighbourhood Development Partnership Grant

To support and facilitate the development of urban network plans that consist of primary and secondary networks that interconnect at strategic nodes, which in townships are referred to as urban hubs; urban network plans, precinct plans and then all projects aim to guide the delivery of catalytic infrastructure to leverage third party public and private sector development in the urban hubs; the aim of targeting investment in these strategic locations, as identified by urban network plans, is to improve the quality of life and access of residents in under-served neighbourhoods, generally within townships.

 58 300

 55 000

 52 000

Water Affairs (Vote 38)

(a) Water Services Operating Subsidy Grant

To subsidise, refurbish and restore the functionality of water services schemes previously owned and/or operated by the Department of Water Affairs or by other agencies on behalf of the department.

   142 013

  151 185

   159 199

(b) Regional Bulk Infrastructure Grant

To develop new and refurbish, upgrade and replace ageing infrastructure that connects water resources to infrastructure serving extensive areas across municipal boundaries or large regional bulk infrastructure serving numerous communities over a large area within a municipality; to develop new and refurbish, upgrade and replace ageing waste water infrastructure of regional significance.

3 986 896

4 221 654

4 623 602

(c) Municipal Water Infrastructure Grant

To facilitate the planning, acceleration and implementation of various projects that will ensure water supply to communities identified as not receiving a water supply service.

  524 826

1 291 729

 1 511 545

TOTAL

7 725 572

9 466 939

10 221 431