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1.6 SALGA FIVE-YEAR
stRATEGY 2007-2012
The SALGA strategic plan is made up of two components: the internal
change agenda focused on improving the capacity of the organisation
to better perform its functions; and the external change agenda
focused on SALGA’s contribution to the governance and service
delivery environment in accordance with its mandate.
In 2006/7, SALGA initiated a change agenda that leveraged on the
successes gained and challenges presented since its inception. The
SALGA Five-Year Strategic Plan (2007 – 2012) was developed in
order to facilitate the roll-out of the change agenda in a rigorous and
systematic manner.
Implementation of the five-year strategic plan finds expression in
the annual business plans, which aim to build SALGA’s capacity to
engage with its membership and national and provincial spheres of
government on policy-formulation in areas that affect developmental
local government. In 2009/10, SALGA further consolidated its change
agenda by building its capacity to synthesise national and provincial
trends, plans and policies into accessible, understandable knowledge
products able to assist municipalities in developing and implementing
their own policies in the national, continental and global context.
Subsequent to the national and provincial government elections
in 2009 and 2010, Cabinet approved the comprehensive Local
Government Turn-Around Strategy (LGTAS) which was formulated
by the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
(CoGTA) on 2 December 2009. In January 2010, Cabinet identified
and prioritised 12 outcomes for the remaining years of the Medium
Term Strategic Framework (MTSF):
MTSF
Outcomes
1 Quality basic education.
2 A long and healthy life for all South Africans.
3 All people in South Africa are and feel safe.
4 Decent employment through inclusive economic growth.
5 A skilled and capable workforce to support an inclusive growth path.
6 An efficient, competitive and responsive economic infrastructure network.
7 Vibrant, equitable and sustainable rural communities contributing towards food security for all.
8 Sustainable human settlements and improved quality of life for all households.
9 Responsive, accountable, effective and efficient local government.
10 Protect and enhance our environmental assets and natural resources.
11 Create a better South Africa, a better Africa and a better world.
12 An efficient, effective and development-oriented public service and an empowered, fair and inclusive citizenship.
While local government is committed to contributing towards the
achievement of all outcomes, particularly outcomes 4, 6, 7, 8 and
10, outcome 9 is specifically applicable to local government. This
outcome is underpinned by the Local Government Ten (10) Point
Plan as presented to Cabinet at the January 2010 Lekgotla. The plan
seeks to reinforce and support the implementation of the LGTAS
and comprises 10 local government outputs and 44 corresponding
performance indicators.
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