The cost of managing the xenophobic crisis that erupted in the city has soared to more than R100-million.
And to date the government has not reimbursed a single cent of the money, which means the city's safety and security department's spending has gone more than R50-million over its annual budget.
A report submitted to the council's portfolio committee on Monday by the city's director of budgets, Johan Steyl, indicated that the city had submitted its third claim of R25,8-million last month on the back of its first claim of R70,7-million in June, and another R5,6-million in August.
These are all claims for actual costs incurred.
Steyl said the city had followed its agreement with the provincial government on managing the crisis and related financial costs to the letter, which included that the submission of claims be made to this level of government, which would then forward them to the Treasury.
He said the city's disaster management centre had liaised with the provincial department on the reimbursement of its money, but to date had received no formal response.
The finance committee decided that the matter should be brought to the attention of the mayoral committee, with a view to it being discussed at its next meeting next week.
The city is incurring ongoing costs as it still accommodates just more than 2 000 refugees in three sites in the city, five months since the violence against foreign nationals broke out in the townships.
- Cape Argus
And to date the government has not reimbursed a single cent of the money, which means the city's safety and security department's spending has gone more than R50-million over its annual budget.
A report submitted to the council's portfolio committee on Monday by the city's director of budgets, Johan Steyl, indicated that the city had submitted its third claim of R25,8-million last month on the back of its first claim of R70,7-million in June, and another R5,6-million in August.
These are all claims for actual costs incurred.
Steyl said the city had followed its agreement with the provincial government on managing the crisis and related financial costs to the letter, which included that the submission of claims be made to this level of government, which would then forward them to the Treasury.
He said the city's disaster management centre had liaised with the provincial department on the reimbursement of its money, but to date had received no formal response.
The finance committee decided that the matter should be brought to the attention of the mayoral committee, with a view to it being discussed at its next meeting next week.
The city is incurring ongoing costs as it still accommodates just more than 2 000 refugees in three sites in the city, five months since the violence against foreign nationals broke out in the townships.
- Cape Argus
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