Chapter 11 - Sedibeng District Municipality

(e)
Road Traffic Act, 1989 (Act 20 of 1989) and National Road Traffic Act,
1996 (Act 93 of 1996)
The Road Traffic Act and National Road Traffic Act govern matters in the province
regarding road traffic, vehicle standards, driver and vehicle fitness and related issues.
(f) The Public Finance Management Act, 1999 (Act 1 of 1999)
The Public Finance Management Act, 1999 (Act 1 of 1999), as amended by Public
Finance Management Amendment Act, 1999 (Act 29 of 1999), is to regulate financial
management in the national government and provincial governments w ith the
follow ing specific aims:
• to ensure that all revenue, expenditure, assets and liabilities of such
governments are managed efficiently and effectively;
• to provide for the responsibilities of persons entrusted w ith financial
management in those governments; and
• to provide for matters connected therew ith.
(g) Municipal Finance Management Act, 2003 (Act 56 of 2003)
This Act is to secure sound and sustainable management of the financial affairs of
municipalities and other institutions in the local sphere of government, to establis h
treasurynorms and standards for the local sphere of government, and to provide
formatters connected therewith.More specifically, the object of this Act is to secure
sound and sustainable management of the fiscaland financial affairs of municipalities
and municipal entities by establishing norms andstandards and other requirements
for:
• ensuring transparency, accountability and appropriate lines of responsibilityin
the fiscal and financial affairs of municipalities and municipal entities;
• the management of their revenues, expenditures, assets and liabilities and the
• handling of their financial dealings;
• budgetary and financial planning processes and the co-ordination of those
• processes w ith the processes of organs of state in other spheres of
government;
• borrow ing;
• the handling of financial problems in municipalities;
• supply chain management: and
• other financial matters.
(h) Municipal Structures Act, 1998 (Act 117 of 1998)
The purpose of the Act is to provide for the establishment of municipalities. Three
categories of municipalities are defined in the Act, namely:
A : Metropolitan Council
B : Local Council
C : District Council
Various types of political control structure for municipalities may be established under
the overall A, B and C set out above. This structuring includes the Collectiv e
Executive type and the Mayoral Executive type, etc. A combination may include a
single Metropolitan Council, a Metropolitan Council w ith Sub-councils, a Metropolitan
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