10-03-24 introduction presentation of turnaround strategy

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NDWEDWE LOCAL MUNICIPALITY

09 APRIL 2010

BRIEFING ON THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT

TURNAROUND STRATEGY


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COGTA-KZN

Local GovtBranch

MunicipalPlanning

IDPs

MunicipalAdministration

LGTAS

Systems &Support

TraditionalAffairs Branch


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ADOPTION OF INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT PLANS

All Municipalities May/June 2010

ADOPTION OF LGTASApril 2010

IDP FEEDBACK SESSION

Conference Venue 19-23 April 2010

ANALYSIS OF ALL DRAFT IDPS

Conference Venue 29 March to 1 April

PROVINCIAL LAUNCH OF LGTAS

11 March 2010

PROVINCIAL IDP STAKEHOLDERS SESSION

Natalia 11 February 2010

OUTLINE OF KEY DATES & DEADLINES


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Last year government undertook to reflect on what is the state of

local government in 2009, and what must be done to restore thecon f idence of our peop le in this sp here of go vernment by 2011

and beyond?

Nine province-wide assessments of each of the 283

municipalities were carried out in 2009 and from these

assessments, the consolidated State of Local Government Reportwas compiled.

Following the analysis of the results of these assessments and

from the issues covered in the overview report, the LGTAS (Local

Government Turnaround Strategy) was created. The LGTAS was

approved by National Cabinet on 2 December 2009, andpresented to a Cabinet Lekgotla in February 2010.


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The objectives of the LGTAS are:

Restore the confidence of the majority of our people in ourmunicipalities, as the delivery machine of the developmental stateat a local level & make municipalities the pride of our people.

Re-build and improve the basic requirements fora functional,accountable, responsive, effective, efficient developmental localgovernment.


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LGTAS TEN POINT PLAN DEVELOPED BY THE NATIONAL

CABINET LEKGOTLA

1. Improve the quantity and quality of municipal basic services to

the people in the areas of access to water, sanitation, electricity,

waste management, roads and disaster management;

2. Enhance the municipal contribution to job creation and sustainablelivelihoods through Local Economic Development (LED);

3. Ensure the development & adoption ofreliable and credible

Integrated Development Plans (IDPs);

4. Deepen democracy through a refined Ward Committee model;

5. Build and strengthen the administrative, institutional andfinancial capabilities of municipalities;


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6. Create a single window of coordination for the support, monitoring

and intervention in municipalities.

7. Uproot fraud, corruption, nepotism and all forms of

maladministration affecting local government.

8. Develop a coherent and cohesive system of governance and a

more equitable intergovernmental fiscal system.

9. Develop and strengthen a politically and administratively stable

system of municipalities.

10. Restore the institutional integrity of municipalities.


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VISION 20141. Single election for national, provincial & local government

(benef i ts: sin gle man ifesto, one f inanc ial year, sing le pub l ic

serv ice, common 5yr medium term plannin g, aligned human

resource and budgeting frameworks)

2. Universal access to affordable basic services

3. Appropriate formalisation informal settlements

4. Clean cities, towns & townships

5. Infrastructure backlogs should be reduced significantly


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6. Clean Audits for provincial & local government

7. Eliminate violent protests

8. Municipal debt is reduced by half

9. Empowered and capacitated organs of peoples power (Street,

Block / Section, Village & Ward Committees)

10. Trained and competent councillors, traditional leaders,

officials, Ward Committee members, CDWs and community

activists


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Current status CoGTA instructed that two pilot municipalities must be

identified within each province and that it would deploy a teamof National officials to work with a Provincial team to assist themunicipalities to develop their own MTAS.

KZN supported the uBuhlebezwe Local Municipality and theSisonke District Municipality as pilots to develop theirrespective MTAS, from 26 January to 4 February 2010.

Specialised teams engaged with the Section 57 Managers andthe MM on identifying the key problem statements anddeveloped strategies to turn that municipality around. After thedevelopment of the strategy a presentation was made to eachcouncil.


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KwaZulu Natal in consultation with TAU, COGTA

National , Eastern Cape and Western Cape hasprepared a reporting mechanism to monitor andevaluate implementation of MTAS

Both councils have indicated that they will considerand formally adopt the MTAS at a later meeting andhave indicated that it will be incorporated into the IDPand SDBIP.


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The key issues identified for turnaround

by the 2 municipalities

Operational HR plans not aligned with IDP

Inefficient and maladministration affecting service

delivery Delegations of authority are not always adhered to and

management appears reluctant to exercise delegated

powers

Lack of capacity negatively impacts on overall financial

management

SCM processes and systems not effectively functioning


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Ineffective functioning of the Internal Audit unit

Poor debt management practices

Lack of understanding i.r.o roles and responsibilities ofMayor and Speaker concerning public participation

Delegations and responsibilities concerning recruitmentare negatively influenced by political pressures

Oversight functions of councilors is limited

Section 57 managers sometimes account to politicalstructures and compromise the MM


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THE MTAS APPROACH AND

PROCESS AS GUIDELINE FOR ALLMUNICIPALITIES


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APPROACH

The Speaker must convene and chair a special meeting of the full

council with all Section 57 managers present.

At the said meeting, the capacity assessment findings will be presented

and the process to develop the MTAS will be outlined, thereafter, the MM

must be the driver of the development of the MTAS. After the initial meeting, the MM in consultation with the chairpersons of

the various portfolio committees and section 57 managers must allocate

focal areas to each portfolio, with certain questions being reserved for

discussion by the full council.

The respective portfolio committees and S57 managers then break awayand populate the column in the MTAS template which indicates the

current situation as at March 2010 vis a vis comments from the

assessment report.


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Thereafter, council will re-convene and the questions in the template

must be categorised by scheduling from the highest priority to thelowest priority and identifying 10 specific top priority items for

immediate attention

The chairpersons of various portfolio committees and relevant section

57 managers must thereafter, facilitate and develop action plans for

identified ten top priority items as per template. Each action plan must then be consolidated into the municipalitys

MTAS for presentation to the community, organised labour and the

business sector. The community must be represented by at least one

member from each ward, traditional authority, all CDWs allocated to the

municipality, ratepayer and resident associations and any NGOs

consulted during the assessment process.

The MTAS must be adopted by full council and incorporated into the IDP.


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TOPIC ATTENDEES

1

Welcome and Introductory remarks by His Worship The Mayor Full councilMunicipal ManagerSection 57 managersKZN Team

2

Introduction of the MTAS and Presentation of Comprehensive assessment report

(KZN Teamleader)

Full councilMunicipal ManagerSection 57 managersKZN Team

3

Discussion and Approval of the Report - All

(Chaired by the MM)


4

Identification of Priority Turnaround Focal Areas, Current Situation, Target for December 2010

Breakaway Sessions

(to be chaired by the chairpersons of portfolio committees)

Portfolio CommitteesMunicipal ManagerSection 57 managersKZN Team

5 Presentations from Breakaway sessions and identification of 10 priorities for MTAS(Portfolio Committee chairpersons)


6 Development of Municipal Action for 10 priorities, Unblocking Actions from other Spheres andAgencies, Allocation of HR Responsibility and Budget Breakaway Sessions(to be chaired by the chairpersons of portfolio committees)

Portfolio Committee membersMunicipal ManagerSection 57 managersKZN Team

7 Presentations from Breakaway Sessions

(Portfolio Committee chairpersons)



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TOPIC ATTENDEES

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Follow up on core issues with Departments and draft Municipal Turnaround Strategy(Municipal Manager)

Portfolio committee membersMunicipal ManagerSection 57 managersKZN Team

9

Presentation of Ndwedwe TAS as presentation that will be done to community,

organised labour and the business sector(Municipal Manager)


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Convene Council meeting to adopt LGTAS

(Speaker & Municipal Manager)



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Programme Day 3

TIME TOPIC ATTENDEES

09:00 - 9:30 Recap (Municipal Manager)


09:30 11.00

Presentation to the community, organised labour and the business

sector(Municipal Manager)

At least one member from each ward, tradition

authority, all CDWs allocated to the municipality

ratepayer and resident associations and any NGO

consulted during the assessment process.



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FrikkieBrooks

Roger Bowyer(KZN) Fin

(0834548355)

TahiraTarmohamed

(DED)(0823010193)

Burrie vanNiekerk(KZN

Gov)(0729291363)

Soni Manoj(SM)

Engineer)(0837796151)

Others

Thulani Bhengu

082-8827145


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