together we can build better communities

PRESENTATION TO PORTFOLIO PRESENTATION TO PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE OF COOPERATIVE COMMITTEE OF COOPERATIVE

GOVERNANCE AND TRADITIONAL GOVERNANCE AND TRADITIONAL AFFAIRS ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN AFFAIRS ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN

THE MPUMALANGA PROVINCETHE MPUMALANGA PROVINCE

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TOGETHER WE CAN BUILDBETTER COMMUNITIES

BACKGROUNDBACKGROUND……………………………………………………

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STATE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT

• As a Province we done well after the Local Government Elections. Our

Councils were quickly functional and the orientation were well

coordinated. This was then followed up with a process of detailed

planning to ensure every Council is moving towards improvement of

service delivery.

• During this process we held a Local Government Summit during which

we categorised all our municipalities in terms of their respective capacity.

As a collective we agreed to what is needed and what must be done to

support our municipalities.

• A comprehensive integrated support plan was developed for

municipalities.

• Our biggest challenge still remains the proper Coordination,

Implementation, and reporting of our plans.3


According to the report of the Auditor General as a province we are

doing well in establishing oversight committees.

Unfortunately when we look at the impact these committees are

making to improve the role of oversight we see a different picture.

Our Councils, Audit Committees and MPAC’s still needs to occupy

their space in supporting Government through performing effective

oversight responsibilities.

Training was provided through a combined effort between Legislator,

Institute of Public Accounts, Auditor General, SALGA, COGTA and

Provincial Treasury for all MPAC’s with regard to their rolls and

responsibilities.

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• As a Province we can be proud of our achievements with regard to the goal of

achieving clean audits by 2014.

• With our 4 Clean audits we are the province with the 2nd highest clean audits in the

Country.

• Between our municipalities we however still receiving disclaimers and in the province

we received 7 disclaimers.

• It is therefor clear that these municipalities still needs to improve.

• All municipalities did develop Audit Remedial Action Plans to address the issues as

raised by the Auditor General.

• In our effort to support municipalities the Province developed a support framework for

the municipalities who received disclaimers and qualifications.

Submission of 2011/12 financial year Annual Financial Statements

19 Municipalities submitted their AFS by 31 August 2012. Mkhondo and Emalahleni did not make the deadline. MFMA Section 133 letters have been written to the two municipalities on non – compliance to Section 126 ( Submission and Auditing of AFS.)

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MUNICIPAL GOVERNANCE AND ADMINISTRATIONTotal number of Councillors in the Province: 797

• No. Of female Executive Mayors: 9 • No. Of male Executive Mayors: 13• No. Of female Speakers:5• No. Of male Speakers: 16

The total number of Senior management posts (Section 57 managers) in municipalities in the Province: 122.

• Total number of Senior management Posts filled: 85• Total vacant posts: 37• Total number of male senior managers: 64• Total number of female senior managers: 21• Total number of Section 57 managers (including Municipal Managers)

who have signed performance agreements: 39 out of 85

FILLING OF SECTION 57 SENIOR MANAGER POSITIONS: GERT SIBANDE DISTRICTMUNICIPALITY MUNICIPAL

MANAGERC. F. O DIR:

CORPORATE SERVICE

DIR: TECHNICAL SERVICE

DIR: IGR & PLANNING

DIR: PUBLIC SAFETY

DIR: COMM & HEALTH SERVICE

Gert Sibande NO Yes Yes NO NO - -

Albert Luthuli YES YES YES YES YES YES YES

Msukaligwa YES YES YES NO - YES NO

Lekwa YES YES NO NO NO - NO

Mkhondo YES YES YES YES - - YES

Dipaleseng NO NO NO NO NO - NO

Pixley ka Isaka Seme

NO YES NO NO NO - NO

Govan Mbeki YES YES NO YES - YES NO

FILLING OF SECTION 57 SENIOR MANAGER POSITIONS : NKANGALA DISTRICTMUNICIPALITY MUNICIPAL

MANAGERC. F. O DIR:

CORPORATE SERVICE


DIR: IGR & PLANNING

DIR: PUBLIC SAFETY


Nkangala YES (SUSPENDED)

YES YES YES - - YES

Victor Khanye

YES YES YES YES - - YES

Emalahleni YES NO YES NO YES YES -

Steve Tshwete

YES YES YES YES - YES -

Emakhazeni YES YES (SUSPENDED)

YES YES - - YES

Thembisile YES YES YES NO - - YES

Dr JS Moroka NO NO YES NO - - YES

FILLING OF SECTION 57 SENIOR MANAGER POSITIONS : EHLANZENI DISTRICT

MUNICIPALITY MUNICIPAL MANAGER

C. F. O DIR: CORPORATE SERVICE


DIR: IGR & PLANNING

DIR: PUBLIC SAFETY


Dir: Socio Eco Dev & Tourism

Ehlanzeni YES YES YES YES YES - YES YES

Thaba Chweu

YES NO YES YES - - YES -

Mbombela YES YES YES YES - - YES -

Umjindi YES YES YES YES - - YES -

Nkomazi YES YES YES YES NO - - NO

Bushbuckridge

YES YES YES YES - - YES NO

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WARD COMMITEES The Province has a total number of 402 wards. All 402 Ward Committees have been established. In Gert Sibande District, 127 ward committees have been

established, 119 are functional while 08 are non functional. In Nkangala District, 142 ward committees have been established,

124 are functional while 18 are non functional. In Ehlanzeni District, 132 Ward Committees have been established,

124 are functional while 08 are non functional. Out of 402 Ward Committees established in the Province, 368 are

functional and 34 are non functional.

MUNICIPAL PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEES (MPAC’s)

All 21 municipalities have established their MPACs MPACs serve as oversight over the executive of Councils and the administration

of municipalities to enhance financial accountability. All MPACs have been trained on modules like:

Role of strategic partners in oversight like AG, Provincial Treasury, SALGA, COGTA etc.

Mandate; role and functions of MPAC How to write MPAC reports Questioning techniques The use of annual report as an oversight tool Governance structures and responsibilities under MFMA and role of MPACs Understanding the MFMA, Municipal Structures and Systems Act

Effectiveness of MPAC’s 9 Municipalities (Chief Albert Luthuli, Dr JS Moroka, Umjindi, Gert Sibande, Ehlanzeni,

Lekwa, Dr Pixley Ka Isaka Seme and Victor Khanye) have considered the Annual Report and adopted oversight reports.

Recommendations and Way forward To improve the functionality of MPAC’s, the Department allocated Senior officials to adopt

a municipality in ensuring compliance to Section 129 of the MFMA.

Audit Outcomes2008-2009 2009-2010 20010-11

MUNICIPALITY AUDIT OUTCOME AUDIT OUTCOME AUDIT OUTCOME

Chief Albert Luthuli Qualified Qualified Disclaimer

Msukaligwa Unqualified Unqualified Unqualified

Mkhondo Disclaimer Disclaimer Disclaimer

Dr Pixley Ka Isaka Seme Disclaimer Disclaimer Disclaimer

Lekwa Disclaimer Unqualified Disclaimer

Dipaleseng Disclaimer Disclaimer Qualified

Govan Mbeki Unqualified Unqualified Unqualified

Gert Sibande Unqualified Unqualified Unqualified*

Victor Khanye Qualified Unqualified* Unqualified*

Emalahleni Unqualified Qualified Qualified

Steve Tshwete Unqualified Unqualified* Unqualified*

EmakhazenI Unqualified Unqualified Unqualified

Thembisile Hani Disclaimer Disclaimer Qualified

Dr J S Moroka Qualified Disclaimer Disclaimer

Nkangala Unqualified Unqualified Unqualified

Mbombela Qualified Unqualified Unqualified

Thaba Chweu Disclaimer Disclaimer Disclaimer

Umjindi Qualified Disclaimer Disclaimer

Nkomazi Qualified Qualified Unqualified

Bushbuckridge Unqualified Qualified Unqualified

Ehlanzeni Unqualified Unqualified* Unqualified*

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Audit Outcomes Four municipalities (Steve Tshwete, Victor Khanye, Ehlanzeni and Gert

Sibande) received clean audits for 2010/11 financial year. Gert Sibande improved from an unqualified to a clean audit.

Nkomazi improved its qualified audit opinion to financially unqualified with findings

Dipaleseng and Thembisile Hani improved their disclaimer of opinion to a qualified opinion

Chief Albert Luthuli and Lekwa regressed from a qualified and a financially unqualified with findings audit outcome, respectively, to a disclaimer of opinion.

Nkangala, Bushbuckridge, Emakhazeni, Govan Mbeki, Mbombela and Msukaligwa failed to improve their financially unqualified with findings audit opinions from the previous financial year.

Dr JS Moroka, Mkhondo, Dr Pixley ka Seme and Umjindi failed to improve their disclaimer of opinion from the previous financial year.

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Audit Outcomes INTERVENTIONS PT and COGTA teams were deployed to obtain detailed information on

remedial actions from each municipality that received disclaimers or qualified audit opinions for 10/11 financial year

Remedial action plans were developed and verified Municipalities to indicated what support they required to turn around the

situation Support Framework was developed in identified areas MEC’s for Finance and COGTA visited the critical municipalities Establishment and training of Municipal Public Accounts Committees

(MPAC) concluded for all municipalities

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Audit CommitteesMUNICIPALITY AUDIT

COMMITTEENUMBER OF MEMBERS

INTERNAL AUDIT UNIT

GERT SIBANDE Shared service 5 Yes

Chief Albert Luthuli Yes 4 Yes

Msukaligwa Yes 3 Yes

Mkhondo Yes 3 Yes

Dr Pixley ka Isaka Seme Shared service 5 Yes

Lekwa Yes 3 Yes

Dipaleseng Yes 3 Yes

Govan Mbeki Yes 4 Yes

NKANGALA Shared Service 4 Yes

Victor Khanye Shared Service 4 Yes

Emalahleni Yes 5 Yes

Steve Tshwete Shared Service 4 Yes

Emakhazeni Shared Service 4 Yes

Thembisile Hani Yes 4 Yes

Dr JS Moroka Shared Service 4 Yes

EHLANZENI Shared Service 4 Yes

Thaba Chweu Shared Service 4 Yes

Mbombela Yes 4 Yes

Umjindi Yes 4 Yes

Nkomazi Yes 4 Yes

Bushbuckridge Yes 3 Yes

15•All 21 Municipalities have functional Internal Audit Units and Audit Committees.

Supply Chain Management Non-submission of monthly reports on SCM

issues to Provincial Treasury as required.

Provincial Treasury issued a directive to delegated municipalities to submit monthly reports regularly as required in terms of applicable legislative framework on SCM.

Appointment of Bid Adjudication Committees on ad hoc basis by municipalities.

Municipalities are always advised to appoint Bid Adjudication Committees on permanent basis, in ensuring that those officials who had received the relevant training on the operation of Bid Committees are retained at least for a period of one year.

Understaffing of SCM Units

Municipalities are always advised to ensure that all vacant posts attached to their respective SCM Units, as per approved structures, are budgeted for and filled accordingly to enhance service delivery.

Decentralization of SCM function

Municipalities are always advised to centralize the SCM function within their respective SCM Units. This enables the SCM Units to take charge of procurement within municipalities.

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IDP’sMunicipality Adoption of

IDPCouncil Resolution Submission to MEC

GertSibande District 31 May 2012 C443052012 14 June 2012Chief Albert Luthuli 31 May 2012 CL1.151 14 June 2012

Dipaleseng 31 May 2012 C59/05/12 14 June 2012Dr Pixleyka IsakaSeme 26 June 2012 A49/2012 3 July 2012

Lekwa 23 May 2012 A75 06 June 2012Msukaligwa 31 May 2012 LM/190/2012 14 June 2012Mkhondo 19 June 2012 12/06/142A 21 June 2012Nkangala District 28 March 2012 DM35/03/2011 12 April 2012Steve Tshwete 26 April 2012 CC10/04/2012 04 May 2012Emalahleni 03 May 2012 CR-IDP A.079/12 09 May 2012Emakhazeni 19 April 2012 03/04/2012 09 May 2012Dr JS Moroka 28 March 2012 R5303/2012ND 05 April 2012Thembisile Hani 31 May 2012 THNDC241/05/2012 14 June 2012Victor Khanye 26 March 2012 S02/03/2012 12 April 2012Ehlanzeni District 21 June 2012 A65/2012 05 July 2012Mbombela 31 May 2012 A(1)31.2012 14 June 2012Umjindi 31 May 2012 FA56 12 June 2012Nkomazi 15 June 2012 NKM-SGCM:A143/2012 22 June 2012Bushbuckridge 32 May 2012 BLM/77/31/2011/12 13 June 2012Thaba Chweu 25 June 2012

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IDP Assessments

All IDP’s were formally assessed During this process the Socio Economic profiles of all municipalities,

Presidential Hot Line issues, issues as raised during public protests and Ward Committees profiles were used to evaluate whether municipalities included these critical issues in their IDP’s

It became imminent that some municipal IDPs were not adequately developed and also not addressing the crucial needs of the communities.

To address these anomalies, the IDP Directorate will be facilitating the municipal IDP strategic planning session to ensure that the various stages of the adopted IDP planning process are adhered to.

Tthe Department have developed an action plan to assist municipalities in developing their IDP during the next IDP planning circle

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Municipal Infrastructure Grant

2011/ 12 FINANCIAL YEAR : MIG EXPENDITURE REPORT AS AT END OF JUNE 2012

MUNICIPALITY

MIG ALLOCATIO

N (R'000)

TRANSFERRED TO DATE (R'000)

% TRANSFERRED TO DATE

ACTUAL EXPENDITURE TO DATE (R'000)

% EXPENDITURE

FROM THE TRANSFERRED

AMOUNT

% EXPENDITURE FROM THE

TOTAL ALLOCATION

AMOUNT NOT YET SPENT (R'000)

MBOMBELA 155.03 155.03 100% 103.22 67% 67% 51.81THABACHWEU 26.69 26.69 100% 26.59 100% 100% 0.10UMJINDI 22.41 22.41 100% 22.41 100% 100% 0.00NKOMAZI 112.21 112.21 100% 106.94 95% 95% 5.27BUSHBUCKRIDGE 235.83 235.83 100% 185.46 79% 79% 50.37EHLANZENI DISTRICT 552.17 552.17 100% 444.62 81% 81% 107.55EMALAHLENI 78.12 78.12 100% 47.20 60% 60% 30.93STEVE TSHWETE 30.96 30.97 100% 30.78 99% 99% 0.18DR JS MOROKA 91.32 91.33 100% 57.47 63% 63% 33.85EMAKHAZENI 13.13 13.13 100% 12.75 97% 97% 0.38THEMBISILE HANI 89.11 89.11 100% 68.15 76% 76% 20.95VICTOR KHANYE 20.52 20.52 100% 20.52 100% 100% 0.00NKANGALA DISTRICT 323.16 323.17 100% 236.87 73% 73% 86.29GOVAN MBEKI 75.75 75.75 100% 65.46 86% 86% 10.29CHIEF ALBERT LUTHULI

63.67 63.67100% 63.67 100% 100% 0.00

LEKWA 35.88 35.88 100% 25.26 70% 70% 10.62MSUKALIGWA 33.28 33.28 100% 29.56 89% 89% 3.72DIPALISENG 17.88 17.88 100% 14.85 83% 83% 3.04DR PIXLEY KA ISAKA SEME 26.58 26.58 100% 21.56 81% 81% 5.01MKHONDO 48.70 48.70 100% 35.03 72% 72% 13.67GERT SIBANDE DISTRICT 301.75 301.75 100% 255.39 85% 85% 46.36 ALLOCATION 1 177.08TRANSFERRED 1 177.09EXPENDITURE 936.87BALANCE 240.20% 80%

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Status of BacklogsHouseholds with access to basic services

Comments

93.9 % of household have access to water

4.1% of households still without access to basic level of water. 98% planned for end of 2012/13 FY.

75.4% of households have access to sanitation

19.2% of households still without access to basic level of sanitation. 95% planned for end of 2012/13 FY.

63.1% of households have access to refuse removal

6.9% of households still without access to basic level of refuse removal. 70% planned for end of 2012/13 FY.

86% of households have access to electricity

4% of households still without access to access to electricity. 90% planned for end of 2012/13 FY.

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PROGRESS REPORT ON HIGH LEVEL PROGRESS REPORT ON HIGH LEVEL PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS PER PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS PER

MUNICIPALITYMUNICIPALITY……………………………………………………

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EHLANZENI DISTRICT AREAEHLANZENI DISTRICT AREA……………………………………………………

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MBOMBELA MUNICIPALITYMBOMBELA MUNICIPALITY

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PERFORMANCE AREA

PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS

1. Troikka Relationship • There are signs emerging of a non-complementary working relationship between the Offices of Executive Mayor, Speaker and the Chief Whip

2. Council Functioning • The general Council is functioning well with meetings taking place and resolutions taken

MPAC• Established, Trained and functional• 08 MPA C members SECTION 79 COMMITTEE• 5 Section 79 committees• They are functionalSECTION 80 COMMITTEE• They don’t have Section 80 committeesAUDIT COMMITTEE• They have their own Audit Committee and an Internal Audit

Unit3. Administration • All Management posts have been filled. Only the Deputy

Municipal Manager is still vacant and the General Manager Technical Services contract expired but has been extended.

• Total number of posts 1857: Filled 1650 and 207


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PERFORMANCE AREA PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS

4. Planning • The Council has already adopted a final IDP document for the next 5 yrs.

5. Financial Management • The Municipality has had Unqualified audit reports for the past 3 consecutive financial years

• Payment Rate is at 91% on average in town, but challenges still experienced with regard to billing and collection in other areas.

• Outstanding Debtors is R429 mil.• Outstanding Creditors is R38 mil.


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6. Service Delivery • The performance of the Municipality is not satisfactory. The MIG budget has never been spent 100% for the past 3-4 yrs. Average spending of 58% over the years and were at 46% by end April instead of more that 90%.

• Water provision is a serious challenge especially in the Nsikazi areas. Serious shortages have incited community unrest and violent protests. There are complaints about water carts, non-availability of water for a number of days and illegal connections.

• There seems to be a lack of complementary working relationship between the Municipality and Bushbuckridge Water board to resolve issues of water supply. The situation needs urgent attention

• Recent violent protests in Makoko and Khumbula as well as ka Shabalala are being addressed

BACKLOGSElectricity: 15.7% Water: 2%Sanitation: 36.8% Refuse: 40.6%MIGAllocation: 155m Spend: 90m Balance: 64m


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7. Public Participation • The community participation programmes are supported by the Municipality at least as far as IDP processes are concerned. All wards were mobilized to make inputs in the IDP process

• There are serious concerns with the proper functioning of the Ward committees especially in the areas where there are serious water challenges

• CDW’s are not always adding meaningful value to assist on governance issues and report warning signs on time where there are looming protests.

• Therefore the relationship between the Ward councillors, CDW’s and the Ward Committees need some serious re-engineering.

• 45 CDWs appointed

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1. Troikka Relationship • The Offices of the Executive Mayor, Speaker and Chief Whip are functioning well and do complement each other

2. Council Functioning • The general Council is functioning well with meetings taking place and resolutions also taken

MPAC• Established, Trained and functional• 12 MPA C members SECTION 79 COMMITTEE• 05 Section 79 committees• They are functionalSECTION 80 COMMITTEE• They have 05 Section 80 committees• They are functionalAUDIT COMMITTEE• They have their own Audit Committee and an Internal Audit

Unit3. Administration • All posts have been filled and agreements signed, expect for

the Director LED & Tourism. There are a few technical challenges and the PMU is outsourced for for technical engineering work

• Total number of posts 1192: Filled 1066 and vacant 126


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5. Financial Management • The budget was approved with a R250 mil deficit• The Municipality has had Unqualified audit reports for

the past 2 consecutive financial years• Payment Rate is at 10% on average• Outstanding Debt is R703 Mil• Outstanding creditors is R 14,7 mil


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6. Service Delivery • The MIG performance has been in the past four years fairly acceptable with an average performance of 97% and were able to finalize allocated resources in most instances. They were at 66% by end April instead of 90%

• Bulk water provision is also a serious problem in some of the villages coupled by a state of poor maintenance of infrastructure and stealing/ vandalism of WTW cabling. Acornhoek and Inyaka bulk pipelines have already started to address this problem.

• There needs to be a serious intervention on the working relationship between the Municipality and the Bushbuckridge Water Board. The Municipality has been complaining about the quality of water services received.

• Violent protests in places like Lillydale and delivery protests in Wards 22 and 33 are being addressed

BACKLOGSElectricity: 9% Water: 9.9%Sanitation: 17.1% Refuse: 44.9%MIGAllocation: 235m Spend: 169m Balance: 66m


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7. Public Participation • There are programmes in place for the support of the IDP processes.

• CDW’s have not conducted themselves as early warning system of government so that should there be any dissatisfaction by communities, it be raised sharply on time.

• Ward committees are functioning very well except problems that were there in Ward 9 where there are groupings that destabilize the sittings of the ward committee.

• There needs to be urgent attention of the matter of CDW’s and Ward committees to deepen democracy in this municipality


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1. Troikka Relationship • The Offices of the Executive Mayor , Speaker and Chief Whip are not functioning in a complementary manner.

2. Council Functioning • The general Council is not functioning well. This matter needs urgent attention.

MPAC• Established, Trained and functional• 08 MPA C members SECTION 79 COMMITTEE• 5 Section 79 committeesSECTION 80 COMMITTEE• 05 Section 80 committeesAUDIT COMMITTEE• They share their Audit Committee with the District

( Ehlanzeni) and an Internal Audit Unit3. Administration • The post of MM is filled and that of Director Protection &

Comm Services and the CFO is vacant . There are still capacity gaps with regards to planning, corporate services and community services.



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5. Financial Management • The budget was approved.• The Municipality has had Disclaimer Audit Report for

the past consecutive 3 yrs and has submitted its AFS late for the past 2010/11 financial year

• Payment Rate is at 28% average• The cash flow situation deteriorated since July 2012• Outstanding debtors is R87 mil• Outstanding Creditors is R24 mil.


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6. Service Delivery • Though the MIG performance was satisfactory in the 2008/09 and 2009/10 financial years with 100% performance each year, this started dropping over the past two years with .67% in the 2010/11 are now at 56% by April for 2011/12

• Service delivery challenges have been noted in Leroro and there is an emerging propagenda from the opposition in Graskop areas.

• There are urgent needs for master plans on water services, electricity and waste management due to the growing town and settlements of the area.

• Resource mobilization to target the areas that are having serious challenges with O&M such as Sabie, Graskop and Lydenburg with its neighbouring township of Mashishing

BACKLOGSElectricity: 21.1% Water: 8.6%Sanitation: 19.2% Refuse: 20%MIGAllocation: 26m Spend: 24m Balance: 2.5m


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7. Public Participation • The Municipality has a community consultation programme though it requires to be supported

• Ward committees are functioning well and there are no serious concerns raised.

• CDW’s roles and responsibilities need to be aligned with the work of ward committees to maximize participation and response to community needs.

• There is an urgent need to counter-act the propaganda in Graskop as staged by the opposition through the broader political interventions in order to win-back and take the ward from the opposition


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1. Troikka Relationship • There is currently a good working relationship between Offices of the Executive Mayor, Speaker and the Chief whip


MPAC• Established, Trained and functional• 08 MPA C members SECTION 79 COMMITTEE• They have 05 Section 79committees• They are functionalSECTION 80 COMMITTEE• They have 05 Section 80 committees AUDIT COMMITTEE• They have their own Audit Committee and an Internal Audit

Unit3. Administration • Most critical positions have been filled including those of

MM, CFO however the positions of planning and community services are in-process.

• There are concerns with the capacity of the Technical unit to manage the vastness of the area in terms of infrastructure O&M and the Infrastructure Asset Management capability

• Total number of posts 930: Filled 928 and vacant 2.


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5. Financial Management • The Municipality has had a Qualified Audit Report for 2009/10 and an Unqualified audit reports for 2010/11.

• Payment rate is at 35% on average• Outstanding Debtors is R38mil• Outstanding Creditors is R16mil• The municipality is financially challenged due to the low

revenue base


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6. Service Delivery • MIG performance has been fairly acceptable at an average rate of 93% performance for the past 4 yrs . The current performance as at the end of April is 94%

• The operations and Maintenance of water reticulation is the utmost problem of this municipality. Stealing of transformers and wiring in the Treatment Plants is further aggravating this problem.

• There are a number of sporadic service delivery protests, some were very violent in the c communities of Nkomazi.

BACKLOGSElectricity: 7.9% Water: 2.2%Sanitation: 18.8% Refuse: 30.2MIGAllocation: 112m Spend: 108m Balance:

3.8m


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7. Public Participation • Community participation for the IDP processes are supported.

• Ward Committees are functioning properly• There is a serious shortage of CDW’s in some of the

wards • There is a need for an aligned strategy between

CDW’s, Ward Committees and councillors• 41 CDWs appointed

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PERFORMANCE AREA PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS1. Troikka Relationship • There is also a good complementary working relationship between

the Offices of Executive Mayor, Speaker and the Chief Whip


MPAC• Established, Trained and functional• 06 MPA C members SECTION 79 COMMITTEE• They have 12 Section 79 committees• They are functionalSECTION 80 COMMITTEE• 02 Section 80 committeesAUDIT COMMITTEE• They have their own Audit Committee and an Internal Audit Unit

3. Administration • This Municipality has filled some critical vacant posts such as the CFO and senior managers in community services, corporate services. The MM is currently still vacant as well as the Director Civil Services. There are however concerns with the capacity of the Technical Unit which need the appointment of the Technical Manager. It is also of concern that Labour relations had also gone sour between the maintenance employees and Management.



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5. Financial Management • The IDP and budget have been approved • It is of serious concern that the Municipality has

repeatedly had Disclaimer Audit outcomes for the past 3 consecutive financial years

• Payment Rate is 84% on average• Outstanding Debtors is R66 mil• Outstanding Creditors is R9 mil


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6. Service Delivery • Though the MIG performance was on average acceptable at 91% over the past 4yrs, it is currently at 64% as at the end of April 2012 which I of concern.

• The Municipality has to improve on its Master plans for water services, electricity and Waste Management. The issues of O&M have to be addressed as a broader strategy.

• This Municipality has a potential of eradicating all backlogs at once if resources are allocated accordingly due to the smaller size of the population and the extent of the backlogs.

BACKLOGSElectricity: 21.9% Water: 19.1%Sanitation: 28.2% Refuse: 22.2%MIGAllocation: 22.4m Spend: 22.1m Balance:

0.2m


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7. Public Participation • The IDP is also well supported with community participation programmes.

• Ward committees are functioning properly.

• CDW’s are in place but have to be aligned to the work of the Ward committees and the council.

• There are Community Based Plans in this Municipality and as a result protests have not taken a toll relatively speaking


NKANGALA DISTRICT AREANKANGALA DISTRICT AREA……………………………………………………

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1. Troikka Relationship • Good working relationship is present between Offices of the Executive Mayor, Speaker and Chief Whip


MPAC• Established, Trained and functional• 09 MPA C members SECTION 79 COMMITTEE• 04 Section 79 committees• They are functionalSECTION 80 COMMITTEE• They have 04 Section 80 committeesAUDIT COMMITTEE• They are using a shared service and an Internal Audit

Unit is functional3. Administration • All critical positions have been filled including MM, CFO,

Technical Manager. Performance Agreements have been signed will all except MM and Technical Manager.



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5. Financial Management • The IDP and Budget have been approved • The council also received a Clean Audit Outcomes

for the past consecutive years of 2009/10 and 2010/11

• Payment Rate is at 78% on average • Outstanding Debtors is R 252 mil• Outstanding Creditors is R 443 000


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6. Service Delivery • Excellent MIG performance of 100% over the past 4 yrs at 100% per end of the financial year and currently at end of April were already at 74%

• Water quality crisis has stabilized since the commissioning of the Water Treatment Plant as was handed-over by the Province. The Bloemendaal Bulk Pipeline for purified water is under construction and will be finalized by March 2013.

• There is currently stability with regards to water services and the Municipality was in the process of appointing permanent operators for its Treatment Plants.


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7. Public Participation • There are no major problems on public participation recorded.

• Ward committees are in place are functioning

• CDW’s are working closely with the Municipality however there are still needs to tighten the relationship.


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1. Troikka Relationship • There is also a good working relationship between Offices of the Executive Mayor, Speaker and Chief Whip


MPAC• Established, Trained and functional• 12 MPA C members SECTION 79 COMMITTEE• 07 Section 79committees• They are functionalSECTION 80 COMMITTEE• They have 06 Section 80 committeesAUDIT COMMITTEE• They share their Audit Committee with their district and

an Internal Audit Unit is function3. Administration • All critical positions have been filled including MM, CFO,

Technical Manager. Performance Agreements have been signed will all except chief financial Officer. Manager Public Services has been extended until September 2012.



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5. Financial Management • The IDP and Budget have been approved • The council also received a Clean Audit Outcomes

for the past consecutive years of 2009/10 and 2010/11

• Payment Rate is at 101% average• Outstanding Debtors is R 56 mil• Outstanding Creditors is R 41 mil


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6. Service Delivery • Excellent MIG performance of 100% over the past 4 yrs at 100% per end of the financial year and currently at end of April were already at 73%

• Water provision is continuing smoothly and there are no major challenges. There was community dissatisfaction regarding VIP biological toilets in Doornkop which the Municipality is addressing.

BACKLOGSElectricity: 14.3% Water: 0%Sanitation: 5% Refuse: 5.9%MIGAllocation: 30.9m Spend: 24.5m Balance:

6.3m


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7. Public Participation • There are no major problems in general on public participation currently recorded.

• Ward committees are in place are functioning

• CDW’s are also working closely with the Municipality. The Department of COGTA is to ensure that a strategy is in place for improved relationship.


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1. Troikka Relationship • There is a good working relationship between Offices of the Executive Mayor, Speaker and Chief Whip


MPAC• Established, Trained and functional• They have 04 MPA C members SECTION 79 COMMITTEE• They have 03 Section 79committees• They are functional SECTION 80 COMMITTEE• They have 03 Section 80 committeesAUDIT COMMITTEE• They share their Audit Committee with the District and an

Internal Audit Unit is available and functional3. Administration • All critical positions have been filled including MM, CFO,

Technical Manager. Performance Agreements have been signed.

• The Chief Financial Officer is still under suspension.• Total number of posts 399: Filled and vacant 25.


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5. Financial Management • The IDP and Budget have been approved • The council also received a Unqualified Audit

Outcomes for the past consecutive years of 2009/10 and 2010/11

• Payment Rate is at 93% on average • Outstanding Debtors is R 85 mil• Outstanding Creditors is R 285 000


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6. Service Delivery • MIG performance started off well in 2008/09 and 2009/10 at 100% and then performance started deteriorating in 2010/11. the Municipality was at 52% at the end of April 2012.

• Water provision in the farm areas for farm dwellers is still a challenges. There are also operations and maintenance challenges that points to the budget provisions.

• Like Umjindi municipality, this Municipality also has an opportunity of eradicating all its major backlogs if supported with financial injections due to its size of population and the extent of the backlogs.

BACKLOGSElectricity: 19.5% Water: 25.8%Sanitation: 9% Refuse: 17.6%MIGAllocation: 13.1m Spend: 10.3m Balance:

2.7m


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7. Public Participation • There are also no major problems on public participation recorded.

• Ward committees are in place are functioning• CDW’s are working closely with the Municipality

however there are still needs to tighten the relationship.

• 24 CDWs appointed. 1 CDW was found leading a march, the case has been referred to labour for investigation and advice.

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1. Troikka Relationship • There is also good working relationship between Offices of the Executive Mayor, Speaker and Chief Whip


MPAC• Established, Trained and functional• They have 12 MPA C members SECTION 79 COMMITTEE• They have13 Section 79committees• They are functionalSECTION 80 COMMITTEE• They don’t have Section 80 committees, however they have

06 Members of the Mayoral Committee( MMCs)AUDIT COMMITTEE• They have their own Audit Committee and an Internal Audit

Unit3. Administration • Critical positions of MM, Basic Services, Corporate

Services and Development Planning have all been filled except the position of the Chief Financial Officer. . Performance Agreements have been signed will all except positions of Development Planning and MM



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5. Financial Management • The IDP and Budget have been approved • It is of concern that the Council also received a

Qualified Audit Outcomes for the past consecutive years of 2009/10 and 2010/11

• Payment Rate is 85% on average• Outstanding Debtors is R 744 mil• Outstanding Creditors is R 37 mil


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6. Service Delivery • MIG performance started off well in 2008/09 and 2009/10 at 100% and then performance started deteriorating in 2010/11. the Municipality was at 31% at the end of April 2012.

• Water provision is a major challenge. Not only is the quality of water provided is not safe for human consumption, the ageing infrastructure .also poses serious challenges and needs major refurbishments.

• The Province intervened to revamp and resuscitate the WTW’s however it appears the network is still requiring attention as the water distributed still comes-out with extremely poor turbidity. The water is so dark/ dirty for consumption.

BACKLOGSElectricity: 16.8% Water: 2%Sanitation: 27.6% Refuse: 25.6%MIGAllocation: 78.1m Spend: 39m Balance: 39.1m


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7. Public Participation • There needs to be interventions to improve on participation. Although the municipality is trying what it could, there are still large sections of the communities that remain unsatisfied with the level and quality of delivery.

• Ward committees are in place are functioning• CDW’s are not always working closely with the

council and that on its own creates major challenges that results in protests.


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MPAC• Established, Trained and functional• They have 08 MPA C members SECTION 79 COMMITTEE• They have 07 Section 79committees• They are functionalSECTION 80 COMMITTEE• They have 05 Section 80 committeesAUDIT COMMITTEE• They have their own Audit Committee and an Internal Audit Unit

3. Administration • Critical positions of MM, Technical Manager and CFO are not filled as a result, there are serious capacity gaps for this Municipality. There are people in acting positions.

• The municipal manager’s post was advertised, interviews and competency assessment took place and Council did not reached consensus on the appointment of the possible candidate. Also there is still an unresolved labour dispute between the former municipal manager and Council

• Total number of posts 643: Filled 527 and 116 vacant.


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5. Financial Management • IDP and Budget have been approved • It is of serious concern that Council also received a

Disclaimer Audit Outcomes for the past consecutive years of 2009/10 and 2010/11

• Payment Rate is 3% on average • Outstanding Debtors is R 126 mil• Outstanding Creditors is R 351 000


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6. Service Delivery • MIG performance also started off well in 2008/09 and 2009/10 at 100% and then performance started deteriorating in 2010/11. the Municipality was at 37% at the end of April 2012.

• Water provision in the rural areas especially areas with traditional leaders. There are also operations and maintenance challenges that should be addressed through proper budget provisions

• There has to be an exercise of determine if the budget allocations are in line with the IDP priorities. It is also of concern that the system of procurement for this Municipality does not follow proper appointment of service providers with capacity to accelerate delivery.

BACKLOGSElectricity: 25.2% Water: 6.3%Sanitation: 37.3% Refuse: 73.5%MIGAllocation: 91.3m Spend: 56.4m Balance: 34.8m


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7. Public Participation • The IDP I supported with proper participation programmes.


however though not an expected level. There is a need to ensure that all wards are filled with at least a person who is a CDW.

• 31 CDWs appointed. 2 of the CDWs was leading in a march. Complaint has been referred to labour section.

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MPAC• Established, Trained and functional• They have 10 MPA C members SECTION 79 COMMITTEE• They have 06 Section 79committees• They are functionalSECTION 80 COMMITTEE• They don’t have Section 80 committees, however they

have 04 Members of the Mayoral Committee( MMCs)AUDIT COMMITTEE• They have their own Audit Committee and an Internal

Audit Unit3. Administration • All critical positions have been filled including MM, CFO

except Technical Services. Performance Agreements have been signed will all except Senior Manager: Social Development Services



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5. Financial Management • IDP and Budget have been approved • This Council also received Disclaimer Audit Outcomes

for the past consecutive years of 2009/10 and 2010/11 which is of grave concern.

• Payment rate is 7% on average • Outstanding Debtors is R 168 mil• Outstanding Creditors is R 1 mil


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6. Service Delivery • MIG performance was last at 100% during 2008/09 and started deteriorating. It has since not been able to finalize its allocations. They are currently at 58% as at end of April 2012.

• There are also O&M issues regarding the provision of water and the communities in the rural areas still have challenges to access 24hr supply of water. There are reasons to augment storage capacities and booster pumps for the vast areas of supply. .

• Technical capacity is a major problem and that most performance agreements of senior officials were not aligned to the SDBIP so that performance is measured with IDP provisions.


20.9m


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7. Public Participation • There are good initiatives in place and the participation and consultation has improved. Communities are put on-board though there are still complaints with the quality of services rendered


however there are still needs to tighten the relationship.• 32 CDWs appointed

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CHIEF ALBERT LUTHULI MUNICIPALITYCHIEF ALBERT LUTHULI MUNICIPALITY

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MPAC• Established, Trained and functional• They have 07 MPA C members SECTION 79 COMMITTEE• They have 06 Section 79committees• They are functionalSECTION 80 COMMITTEE• They have 06 Section 80 committeesAUDIT COMMITTEE• They have their own Audit Committee and an Internal Audit

Unit3. Administration • Positions have been filled including MM, Corporate and

Technical with signed agreements. The contracts of the CFO, Comm and Health Services, Planning and Econ Development and Public Safety has already expired and is now extended on a month-to- month basis.



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5. Financial Management • The IDP and Budget have been approved • It is of concern that the Council also received a

Qualified Audit outcome for the 2009/10 financial year and a Disclaimer Audit Outcomes for the 2010/11 which is of grave concern.

• Low revenue base, payment rate is 35% on average• Outstanding Debtors is R 235 mil• Outstanding Creditors is R 26 000


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6. Service Delivery • The last council’s good performance was in the 2008/09 when it achieved a 100% on MIG. It started deteriorating over the past three years. It is currently at 72 % as at the end of April 2012.

• There are challenges regarding water provision and quality thereof. The neighbouring Mines have polluted the water sources culminating in the unsafe water for consumption. Ageing of infrastructure for reticulation and limited sources for bulk are some of the mounting problems..

• There has been a number of service delivery protests in Carolina and Silobela areas due to lack of constant supply of water and the quality thereof.



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7. Public Participation • Although Council seem to have put in place community participation programmes, this seems not to have yielded immediate positive results.

• Ward committees are in place are functioning• CDW’ programme does not seem to be working properly

and the relationship with councillors is not a working one. A proper strategy has to be devised by the Dept in order to address the noted gaps for this Municipality.


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1. Troikka Relationship • There is also a good working relationship is present between Offices of the Executive Mayor, Speaker and Chief Whip


MPAC• Established, Trained and functional• They have 06 MPA C members SECTION 79 COMMITTEE• They have 03 Section 79committees• They are functionalSECTION 80 COMMITTEE• They don't have Section 80 committees, AUDIT

COMMITTEE• They have their own Audit Committee and an Internal

Audit Unit3. Administration • All critical positions have been filled including MM, CFO

and Technical Services. Performance Agreements have been signed by all except CFO and Community Services Managers who was appointed in May 2012 and should sign not later than end August 2012



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5. Financial Management • The IDP and Budget have been approved • This Council also received Disclaimer Audit Outcomes

for the past consecutive years of 2009/10 and 2010/11 which is of grave concern.

• Payment Rate is 54% on average • Outstanding Debtors is R 89 mil• Outstanding Creditors is R 22 mil


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6. Service Delivery • MIG Performance also was well in 2008/09 with 100% spending at the end of that year and later deteriorated.. They are currently at 56% as at end of April 2012.

• There are also O&M issues regarding the provision of water as well as unfinished projects. The largest risk is that there are still some of the projects that sparked-off protests in the previous years that have not been completed or fully addressed.. Intermittent supply of water to communities seldom happens..

• Technical capacity is a major issue and the availability of bulk to cater for the current water demand.

BACKLOGSElectricity: 26.2% Water: 20.1%Sanitation: 40.2% Refuse: 58%MIGAllocation: 48.7m Spend: 32.8m Balance: 15.8m


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7. Public Participation • Community consultation and participation does happen. The CRDP has also asisted in elevating the municipality on deliverables that a tangible that communities could attest. This has helped calm the level of hostility against government.

• Ward committees are in place are functioning• CDW’s are working closely with the Municipality however

there are still needs to tighten the relationship.• 19 CDWs appointed

DR PIXLEY KA ISAKA SEME MUNICIPALITYDR PIXLEY KA ISAKA SEME MUNICIPALITY

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1. Troikka Relationship • There is no good and cordial working relationship between Offices of the Executive Mayor, Speaker and Chief Whip


MPAC• Established, Trained and functional• They have 08 MPA C members SECTION 79 COMMITTEE• They have 08 Section 79committees• They are functionalSECTION 80 COMMITTEE• They have 04 Section 80 committeesAUDIT COMMITTEE• They don’t have their own Audit Committee, use a shared service

and an Internal Audit Unit is the and functional.3. Administration • Although the position of the MM is still vacant, Council has already

interviewed candidates for this post. The council intends appointing the MM by 30 May 2012. It has however appointed a CFO in April and is yet to fill all other senior management posts.

• Post of municipal manager has been advertised, interviews and competency assessment took place. Council has not reached consensus on the appointment.



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5. Financial Management • The IDP and budget have been approved • This Council also received Disclaimer Audit Outcomes

for the 2009/10 financial year and submitted its AFS very late for the 2010/11 financial year.

• Lack of policies and by-laws • Payment Rate is 56% on average • Outstanding Debtors is R 110 mil• Outstanding Creditors is R 48 mil of which R 47mill is

towards bulk water purchases


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6. Service Delivery • The performance on MIG also deteriorated over the years with the last good performance in 2008/09 when it achieved 100% at the end of that year. They are currently at 45% as at the end of April 2012

• There are also O&M issues regarding the provision of water and the communities in the rural areas still have challenges to access 24hr supply of water. There also need to be the enhancement of storage facilities and bulk augmentation

• Technical capacity is a major problem and most work is outsourced. The coordination EPWP programme is however going very well and leading in the Province.



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7. Public Participation • There are also good initiatives in place and the participation and consultation has improved. Communities are put on-board though there are still complaints with the quality of services rendered

• Ward committees are in place are functioning• There is a need to improve and strengthen the working

relationship between CDW’s and councillors.• 8 CDWs appointed. A complaint was received with

regard to an unhealthy relationship between CDWs and the office of the Speaker. In ward 05 the newly appointed CDW is not accepted by the community with unfounded reasons.

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MPAC• Established, Trained and functional• They have 06 MPA C members SECTION 79 COMMITTEE• They have 05 Section 79committees• They are functionalSECTION 80 COMMITTEE• They don’t have Section 80 committees, however they

have 02 Members of the Mayoral Committee( MMCs)AUDIT COMMITTEE• They have their own Audit Committee and an Internal

Audit Unit3. Administration • Only MM and CFO was appointed. This raises a serious

challenge in terms of the technical capacity for this Municipality to manage its own affairs


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5. Financial Management • The IDP and Budget have been approved • It is of concern that the council regressed from an

Unqualified Audit Outcomes for the 2009/10 and to a Disclaimer Audit Outcome for 2010/11 which is of grave concern.

• Payment rate is 62% on average• Outstanding Debtors is R 312 mil• Outstanding Creditors is R 68 mil of which R18,4 mil is

towards Eskom


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6. Service Delivery • MIG performance was last at 100% during 2008/09 and performance later went down. It has since not been able to finalize its allocations. They are currently at 55% as at end of April 2012.

• There are also O&M issues as well as bulk connector supply which poses challenges. Master plans have to be revised and there is huge investment coming to the Municipality from the private sector. The only challenges is that the municipality is not able to fulfil bulk services needs of the potential investment. .

• Technical capacity is also a major problem BACKLOGSElectricity: 3.8% Water: 11%Sanitation: 33.8% Refuse: 25.4%MIGAllocation: 35.8m Spend: 32.2m Balance: 3.6m


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7. Public Participation • The has community consultation programmes however it is of concern that it takes a while for the Municipality to respond to petitions and that distances the municipality from its people.

• Ward committees are in place are functioning• CDW’s are not always working closely with the

Municipality however there are still needs to tighten the relationship.


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1. Troikka Relationship • There is good working relationship between Offices of the Executive Mayor, Speaker and Chief Whip


MPAC• Established, Trained and functional• They have 05 MPA C members SECTION 79 COMMITTEE• They have 09 Section 79committees• They are functionalSECTION 80 COMMITTEE• They have 05 Section 80 committeesAUDIT COMMITTEE• They don’t have their own Audit Committee, sharing it with

the District (Gert Sibande) and they have an Internal Audit Unit

3. Administration • The position of MM is filled however contract expiring at the end of June 2012, contract extended until September. This post has in the meantime advertized. Corporate Services, Public Safety and Technical Services contracts extended for 3 months.



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5. Financial Management • The IDP and Budget have been approved • This Council also received Unqualified Audit

Outcomes for the past consecutive years of 2009/10 and 2010/11.

• Payment rate is at 108% on average • Outstanding Debtors is R 225 mil• Outstanding Creditors is R 2 mil


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6. Service Delivery • MIG performance is has never been managed well over the years with non completion of allocations at the end of each year. Currently the performance is at 61% by end of April 2012.

• Sources for bulk water supply and O&M dominate mostly the challenges that the municipality faces.

• Technical capacity is a major problem and that most performance agreements of senior officials were not aligned to the SDBIP so that performance is measured with IDP provisions.

BACKLOGSElectricity: 0% Water: 0%Sanitation: 0% Refuse: 0%MIGAllocation: 33.2m Spend: 29m Balance: 4.2m


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7. Public Participation • Although there are currently good initiatives in place and the participation and consultation has improved. Communities are put on-board though there are still complaints with the quality of services rendered


however there are still needs to tighten the relationship.


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1. Troikka Relationship • This municipality has also a good working relationship between Offices of the Executive Mayor, Speaker and Chief Whip


MPAC• Established, Trained and functional• They have 07 MPA C members SECTION 79 COMMITTEE• They have 06 Section 79committees• They are functionalSECTION 80 COMMITTEE• They have 06 Section 80 committeesAUDIT COMMITTEE• They have their own Audit Committee and an Internal Audit Unit

3. Administration • Only critical position of MM, Corporate and CFO has been filled. Although the other senior management contracts have already expired, the council has already advertized these posts and in a process of filling them.

• Municipality to hold a strategic planning session where a decision will be taken on the three departments (Directorate Public Safety, Environment Affairs & Tourism and Health &Community Services) whether they collapse them into one or not.



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5. Financial Management • The IDP and budget have been approved • This Council received Unqualified Audit Outcomes for

the past consecutive years of 2009/10 and 2010/11.• Payment rate for services is 89% average• Outstanding Debtors is R 623 mil• Outstanding Creditors is R 94 mil of which R9,9 mil is

towards Eskom and R62 mil is towards licensing fees due to the Province


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6. Service Delivery • MIG performance is currently at 61% as at end of April 2012.

• This Municipality has O&M challenges regarding the provision of water and the sanitation pipeline in Ward 22 Embalenhle still has to be addressed.. There are still challenges with Electricity distribution in eMzinoni in Bethal where Phase 1 of the Network refurbishment was already addressed.. Resources are still required to complete Phases 2 & 3 .

• The revision of Master plans for universal access must also occupy top priority for this Municipality.

BACKLOGSElectricity: 11.1% Water: 1%Sanitation: 10% Refuse: 25.9%MIGAllocation: 75.7m Spend: 61m Balance: 14.6m


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7. Public Participation • There are also good initiatives in place for community participation and consultation

• Ward committees are in place are functioning• CDW’s are working closely with the Municipality however

there are still needs to tighten the relationship• 26 CDWs appointed. 03 CDWs was found leading a

march, the case has been referred to labour section for investigation and advice.

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MPAC• Established, Trained and functional• They have 05 MPA C membersSECTION 79 COMMITTEE• They have 06 Section 79committees• They are functionalSECTION 80 COMMITTEE• They don’t have Section 80 committees, however they have 03Members

of the Mayoral Committee( MMCs)AUDIT COMMITTEE• They have their own Audit Committee and an Internal Audit Unit is

outsourced.

3. Administration • All critical positions are vacant and a senior official from Gert Sibande Municipality is acting as Municipal Manager as well as a deployee from Dept of Finance is acting as CFO. There are serious capacity gaps for this Municipality.

• Post of municipal manager has been advertised for the second time. Interviews and competency assessment took place and Council did not reached consensus on the appointment of the possible candidate.



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5. Financial Management • The IDP and Budget have been approved • This Council also received Disclaimer Audit Outcomes

for the 2009/10 and improved its status to a Qualified Audit Outcome for 2010/11.

• Payment rate for services is 35% average • Outstanding Debtors is R 191 mil• Outstanding Creditors is R 5,6 mil


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6. Service Delivery • The MIG performance degenerated from a 100% performance at the end of 2008/09 to 93% at the end of 2010/11. It is currently at 48% as at end of April 2012

• The Municipality has been a subject of the Public Protector who issued a Glimmer of Hope report and most issues identified in the report were successfully addressed. These include issues around distribution of housing certificates and sites in dispute. .

• Though there is still a challenge with technical capacity, it is encouraging to note that a large proportion of the community have clean running water and decent sanitation.

BACKLOGSElectricity: 11.6% Water: 7%Sanitation: 17% Refuse: 22.6%MIGAllocation: 17.8m Spend: 14.8m Balance: 3m


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7. Public Participation • Community consultation and participation is in place and is run accordingly with cooperation between the troikka Offices.

• Ward committees are in place are functioning• CDW’s are working closely with the municipality.• There are still sections of the community who still

demand that the Movement and Government at large should address the question of re-demarcation.


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