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and that the issue of unfunded mandates still needs to be dealt with in
the longer-term. SALGA North West shared a revenue enhancement
strategy with all municipalities in the province during Budget Week
and a dedicated commission on revenue enhancement was formed to
deliberate on pertinent issues.
PRIORITY 7:
STABLE MUNICIPAL GOVERNANCE
SALGA fully achieved 20 and partially achieved five of the 33 targets
in this area and continues in its strive to implement pertinent and
effective measures to ensure stable municipal governance in all of its
member-municipalities.
SALGA 2010-11 Institutional Scorecard by KPA
Priority Objecctive 02 - Service Delivery
Not Achieved - 8
24%
of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, (CoGTA), the Office
of the Premier and the Development Bank of South Africa (DBSA).
The aim of Operation Clean Audit technical committee is to provide
a supportive role in ensuring that issues or problems experienced by
municipalities are resolved to effect clean administration. In return,
municipalities are responsible for implementing the recommended
corrective measures and to periodically submit progress reports.
Councillors Code of Conduct
SALGA developed roles and responsibilities guidelines for councillors,
which were approved by the National Executive Council on
25 March 2011. SALGA Limpopo engaged with its municipalities
through portfolio committees on the definitions of the roles and
responsibilities for councillors and the functionality of ward committees.
Guidelines on the Councillors Code of Conduct were distributed at a
workshop held at Mbombela Municipality by SALGA Mpumalanga for
all 21 municipalities on 19 November 2010, and six municipalities
subsequently developed policies. As such, SALGA has clarified and
streamlined the roles and responsibilities of municipal councillors and
political office bearers by way of the Councillors Code of Conduct.
Fully Achieved - 20
61%
Partially Achieved - 5
15%
Municipal restructuring
Human Resource Management (HRM) policies
SALGA developed and disseminated Human Resources Management
(HRM) policies on retention, coaching, human capital management
and performance management. Several papers have been reviewed in
order to inform best practices against which to position these policies
during the development phase and the policies are aimed at facilitating
and guiding municipalities in ensuring compliance with applicable
laws, regulations and good governance practices.
Human Resource Management and Development strategy
A SALGA-led project steering committee has drafted terms of
reference to inform the procurement of the services of a provider to
undertake the development of the human resources management
and development (HRMD) strategy, which will facilitate the adoption
and implementation of strategic, integrated and coherent human
resources management systems across the local government sector.
Additionally, SALGA Northern Cape launched Operation Clean Audit
and established a provincial Operation Clean Audit steering committee
with representation by all key role players, such a SALGA, the Advisory of
the Auditor General, the Provincial Treasury, the provincial Department
Technical support was provided to municipalities undergoing
restructuring, namely the Tshwane, Kwungini/Nokeng Tsa Taemane
merger, Kagisano/Malopo merger and the incorporation of the
district management area into George Municipality. As a result of the
assistance provided by SALGA, a blueprint for future restructuring has
been developed to assist all future municipal restructuring processes,
which has contributed to stable municipal governance by way of
creating seamless transitions in local government.
Ward delimitation process
Municipalities were supported in complying with the delimitation
process requirement to ensure timeous elections in 2011. SALGA’s
governance and intergovernmental relations (IGR) provincial
managers served on most delimitation committees, ensuring that the
delimitation process was completed in time for the handover process
to the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) to enable smooth 2011
local government elections.
Professionalisation of local government
SALGA developed and submitted inputs on the Municipal Systems
Amendment (MSA) Bill dealing with professionalisation to the
Portfolio Committee in Parliament in June 2010, supporting improved
performance and professionalism in municipalities as articulated in
Strategic Objective 3 of the Local Government Turn Around Strategy
(LGTAS).
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