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LG EQUITABLE SHARELG EQUITABLE SHARE
Presentation to Portfolio Presentation to Portfolio CommitteeCommittee
5 June 20025 June 2002
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BACKGROUNDBACKGROUND
3 types of transfers to LG will facilitate implementation of Free/ Basic Services:– Infrastructure– capacity building– equitable share transfers
FBS can only be provided if infrastructure is in place
Backlogs higher in rural areas than in urban areas
– Key constraint not lack of commitment, but multiple pressures faced by municipalities
– Various smaller municipalities will follow a more phased-in approach
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BACKGROUND (cont)BACKGROUND (cont)
Equitable share to LG introduced due to:– Problems with previous systems admin by provinces– Constitutional requirements (sections 214 and 227)
Consistent and transparent basis for allocation– Formula-driven (no need to apply)
Poverty focused– Assists municipalities to provide basic services to low-income HH– Assists selected municipalities to maintain basic admin
Equity Predictability
– 3-year allocations– Drops limited to 70% from previous year
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LG EQUITABLE SHARE ALLOCATIONS
FINANCIAL YEAR AMOUNT R million
1998/99 1 024 1999/2000 1 673 (R447m for R293 functions)
2000/01 1 867 2001/02 2 618 2002/03 3 852 2003/04 5 021 2004/05 5 461
(amounts up to 2000/01 exclude “R293 town personnel grant”)(ES & other related transfers, % increase in 2001/02 = 11%)
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ANALYSISANALYSIS
2002/03 (excl R293) 03/0404/05
Prov S I TOP-UP NODAL TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL
EC25% 29% 46% 26% 26% 27%FS 13% 7% 5% 12% 12% 11%G 14% 1% 6% 13% 12% 11%KZN 17% 29% 61% 18% 18% 18% 18%MP 5% 2% 18% 0% 5% 5% 5%NC 3% 11% 5% 4% 4% 4%NP 10% 12% 21% 13% 10% 11% 11%NW 8% 6% 0% 7% 8% 8%WC 5% 3% 8% 5% 5% 5%
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ANALYSIS (cont)ANALYSIS (cont)
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CatCat SS
(Rm(Rm))
II
(Rm(Rm))
Top-Top-upup
(Rm(Rm))
NodaNodall
(Rm)(Rm)
R293R293
(Rm)(Rm)Total Total (withou(without R293)t R293)
(Rm)(Rm)
%%
AA 723 0 0 52 51 775 21%
BB 2 185
286 7 18 283 2496 66%
CC 270 84 0 130 56 484 13%
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COMPONENTSCOMPONENTS
Current formula approved by Cabinet during 1998
– BASIC SERVICES (S) GRANT to ensure access to basic municipal services
– INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY (I) GRANT to enable selected municipalities to maintain basic admin
– TAX BASE EQUALISATION (T) GRANT not introduced as two-tier metro system replaced with one-tier system
– MATCHING (M) GRANT not introduced (to address spillovers between municipalities)
Improvements to formula being reviewed– Data availability limits certain improvements, such as
revenue raising ability of individual municipalities
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OUTPUTS: LG EQUITABLE OUTPUTS: LG EQUITABLE SHARESHARE
Responsibilities of spheres - LG equitable share:
National government:
– Size of LG equitable share (vertical split) takes into account LG service delivery and developmental responsibilities
– Allocations to individual municipalities are equitably distributed among municipalities i.t.o. fiscal capacity and service responsibilities (horizontal split)
– Assisting municipalities in implementing “free basic services” (NG and PG)
Local government:
– Progressive use of the equitable share for its intended purposes as stipulated in section 227 of the Constitution
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IMPROVEMENTS/IMPROVEMENTS/ADJUSTMENTSADJUSTMENTS
Prior improvements introduced:
– Improved method of measuring poverty (exp) introduced from 2001/02 fy
– Poverty line for poverty increased from R800 to R1 100 from 2001/02 fy
Equitable share allocations for 2002 MTEF:
– Allocations released on 15 April 2002– Budget i.t.o. municipal financial year
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IMPROVEMENTS/ADJUSTMENTS IMPROVEMENTS/ADJUSTMENTS (cont)(cont)
Equitable share allocations for 2002 MTEF be made:
– selected district municipalities will receive I grants to maintain basic administrations
– selected district municipalities, incl. DMAs, will receive a basic service (S) grant i.t.o. ‘status quo’ provision
– Equitable share provision through S grant for the currentcurrent approved nodes
– Future activities: allocations from 2003/04 be linked to the division of powers and functions between Categories B and C
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TARGETING OF LG EQUIT SHARE
Enablement, not prescriptive– NG encourages municipalities to use ES for intended
purpose– NG issues guidelines on targeting low-income HHs
Municipalities are accountable to their communities and are responsible for developing appropriate targeting mechanisms
Some municipalities struggle to target ES due to insufficient info on low-income HHs within their areas– In future, STATS SA will provide data on web re infra
provision, number of poor households, etc. per municipality
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UTILISATION OF EQUITABLE SHARE
Basic services” consist of the following basket of services:
– Electricity/energy (free)– Water (free)– Refuse– Sanitation
Also: municipalities define access to roads and public transport, protection from flooding and facilitation of community facilities as basic services
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INCORP DWAF OPER SUBSIDIESINCORP DWAF OPER SUBSIDIES
Equitable share funds be linked to Service Authority (not Service Provider)
Equitable share not transferred to non-municipal entities
Water Operating Transfer will be incorporated into equitable share as part of “guaranteed amount”
Amount incorporated as follows: – Year one (70% of amount received under Water Transfer
Subsidy)– Year two (70% of amount received in Year one (or 49%)– Year three (70% of amount received in Year two (or 34%)– Etc.
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REVIEW OF LG FUNDINGREVIEW OF LG FUNDING
Review local government funding
– Inter-Ministerial Committee appointed to review LG funding requirements i.t.o. developmental mandate
– Review for short and medium-term finalised (2001/02 and 2002/03 fys)
• Resulted in increased funding to LG:• R328 million allocated through 2001/02 Adjust Budget• Equitable share allocation to LG were increased from R2,6b
in 2001/02 to R3,8b in 2002/03
– Longer-term review to be undertaken during 2002+ (2003/04 financial year)
• Proposals to July 2002 Cabinet Lekgotla• Follow-up submissions to Budget Forum etc
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LG FINANCE REFORMS LG FINANCE REFORMS
Equitable share one of the first reforms implemented - part of a “package” of reforms
Other fiscal reforms also required:
– Capital grants alignment/consolidation– Improved borrowing– Optimisation of own revenues (property tax
reforms, improved credit control, service delivery efficiencies)
Reform of LG will be long-term process
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The main funding stream for operating subsidies to local government is the
equitable share
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