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PEOPLE-CENTRED SUSTAINABLE LOCAL GOVERNANCE
UMnyango wezoHulumeni baseKhaya neziNdaba zoMdabu | Departement van Plaaslike Regering en Tradisionele Sake
There is a town in Northern China that does this every year! It is a great tourist attraction and is always beautiful. Most of them have lights inside and as you can see they are really big. The town is Harbun, and this is a new set of pictures. They get more fantastic all the time. This is the town where the Chinese had that chemical spill a couple of months ago .
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SELECT COMMITTEE OF FINANCE
STATUS OF MUNICIPALITIES
KWAZULU-NATAL
Presented by Mrs HB Krishnan
PEOPLE-CENTRED SUSTAINABLE LOCAL GOVERNANCE
UMnyango wezoHulumeni baseKhaya neziNdaba zoMdabu | Departement van Plaaslike Regering en Tradisionele Sake
There is a town in Northern China that does this every year! It is a great tourist attraction and is always beautiful. Most of them have lights inside and as you can see they are really big. The town is Harbun, and this is a new set of pictures. They get more fantastic all the time. This is the town where the Chinese had that chemical spill a couple of months ago .
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CONTENT• Background• Capacity• Context• Annual Financial Statements
– Submissions– Opinions– Main Qualifiers
• Annual Reports• Disclosures and Remuneration• Challenges• Departmental Support
PEOPLE-CENTRED SUSTAINABLE LOCAL GOVERNANCE
UMnyango wezoHulumeni baseKhaya neziNdaba zoMdabu | Departement van Plaaslike Regering en Tradisionele Sake
There is a town in Northern China that does this every year! It is a great tourist attraction and is always beautiful. Most of them have lights inside and as you can see they are really big. The town is Harbun, and this is a new set of pictures. They get more fantastic all the time. This is the town where the Chinese had that chemical spill a couple of months ago .
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BACKGROUND• MFMA• MEC Obligations• Phased approach for Annual Reporting
– H: 2004/2005– M: 2005/2006– L: 2006/2007
• KwaZulu-Natal– High: 9– Medium:16– Low: 36
PEOPLE-CENTRED SUSTAINABLE LOCAL GOVERNANCE
UMnyango wezoHulumeni baseKhaya neziNdaba zoMdabu | Departement van Plaaslike Regering en Tradisionele Sake
There is a town in Northern China that does this every year! It is a great tourist attraction and is always beautiful. Most of them have lights inside and as you can see they are really big. The town is Harbun, and this is a new set of pictures. They get more fantastic all the time. This is the town where the Chinese had that chemical spill a couple of months ago .
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CAPACITY
• Defined in 2003
• Based on self assessment by municipalities
• Anomalies originally identified
• Need for a review
PEOPLE-CENTRED SUSTAINABLE LOCAL GOVERNANCE
UMnyango wezoHulumeni baseKhaya neziNdaba zoMdabu | Departement van Plaaslike Regering en Tradisionele Sake
There is a town in Northern China that does this every year! It is a great tourist attraction and is always beautiful. Most of them have lights inside and as you can see they are really big. The town is Harbun, and this is a new set of pictures. They get more fantastic all the time. This is the town where the Chinese had that chemical spill a couple of months ago .
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CONTEXT
• A new legislative and policy environment is not sufficient to ensure transformation!
• Underpinned by– Skills;– Systems;– Knowledge; and– A transformation agenda or will.
• “The cart before the horse?”
PEOPLE-CENTRED SUSTAINABLE LOCAL GOVERNANCE
UMnyango wezoHulumeni baseKhaya neziNdaba zoMdabu | Departement van Plaaslike Regering en Tradisionele Sake
There is a town in Northern China that does this every year! It is a great tourist attraction and is always beautiful. Most of them have lights inside and as you can see they are really big. The town is Harbun, and this is a new set of pictures. They get more fantastic all the time. This is the town where the Chinese had that chemical spill a couple of months ago .
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ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
• Submissions– 46 within the statutory deadline (75%)– No backlogs in KZN– Outstanding audit opinions
• Edumbe and Ulundi Municipalities
• Reasons for late submissions– Processes and role of Mayor– Role of Speaker– Council oversight
PEOPLE-CENTRED SUSTAINABLE LOCAL GOVERNANCE
UMnyango wezoHulumeni baseKhaya neziNdaba zoMdabu | Departement van Plaaslike Regering en Tradisionele Sake
There is a town in Northern China that does this every year! It is a great tourist attraction and is always beautiful. Most of them have lights inside and as you can see they are really big. The town is Harbun, and this is a new set of pictures. They get more fantastic all the time. This is the town where the Chinese had that chemical spill a couple of months ago .
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ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
• Opinions– As at 09 May 2007 47 opinions issued by AG– 14 Unqualified – 30%– 24 Qualified – 51%– 9 Disclaimers – 9%
PEOPLE-CENTRED SUSTAINABLE LOCAL GOVERNANCE
UMnyango wezoHulumeni baseKhaya neziNdaba zoMdabu | Departement van Plaaslike Regering en Tradisionele Sake
There is a town in Northern China that does this every year! It is a great tourist attraction and is always beautiful. Most of them have lights inside and as you can see they are really big. The town is Harbun, and this is a new set of pictures. They get more fantastic all the time. This is the town where the Chinese had that chemical spill a couple of months ago .
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ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
• Main qualifiers/matters– Outstanding service debtors
• Inadequate provisions for doubtful debts
– Asset Registers• Water and Sanitation assets• Environmental Health Functions• Reconciliations not done• Inability to verify assets
– Outstanding/inaccurate VAT reconciliations– Internal control– Compliance with legislation
PEOPLE-CENTRED SUSTAINABLE LOCAL GOVERNANCE
UMnyango wezoHulumeni baseKhaya neziNdaba zoMdabu | Departement van Plaaslike Regering en Tradisionele Sake
There is a town in Northern China that does this every year! It is a great tourist attraction and is always beautiful. Most of them have lights inside and as you can see they are really big. The town is Harbun, and this is a new set of pictures. They get more fantastic all the time. This is the town where the Chinese had that chemical spill a couple of months ago .
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ANNUAL REPORTS
• Submission of Annual Reports– Disclosure requirements– 7 of 9 submitted in respect of 2004/2005 reporting
cycle– 8% submitted to MEC by 31 March 2007 (2 of 25)
• Late Submissions– Delays in audit process– Capacity to respond to audit issues and to prepare
annual report– Delays in tabling in councils
PEOPLE-CENTRED SUSTAINABLE LOCAL GOVERNANCE
UMnyango wezoHulumeni baseKhaya neziNdaba zoMdabu | Departement van Plaaslike Regering en Tradisionele Sake
There is a town in Northern China that does this every year! It is a great tourist attraction and is always beautiful. Most of them have lights inside and as you can see they are really big. The town is Harbun, and this is a new set of pictures. They get more fantastic all the time. This is the town where the Chinese had that chemical spill a couple of months ago .
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DISCLOSURES & REMUNERATION
• Disclosures of Section 56 Manager salaries
• Compliance with Remuneration of Public Office Bearers Act
PEOPLE-CENTRED SUSTAINABLE LOCAL GOVERNANCE
UMnyango wezoHulumeni baseKhaya neziNdaba zoMdabu | Departement van Plaaslike Regering en Tradisionele Sake
There is a town in Northern China that does this every year! It is a great tourist attraction and is always beautiful. Most of them have lights inside and as you can see they are really big. The town is Harbun, and this is a new set of pictures. They get more fantastic all the time. This is the town where the Chinese had that chemical spill a couple of months ago .
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CHALLENGES• Standards
– Onerous– Conversion
• Standards are underpinned by processes and not events.– Timing
• Capacity– Technical financial skills– Council Oversight
• Transfer of functions• Lack of uniform performance measures and
standards for functionaries and councils
PEOPLE-CENTRED SUSTAINABLE LOCAL GOVERNANCE
UMnyango wezoHulumeni baseKhaya neziNdaba zoMdabu | Departement van Plaaslike Regering en Tradisionele Sake
There is a town in Northern China that does this every year! It is a great tourist attraction and is always beautiful. Most of them have lights inside and as you can see they are really big. The town is Harbun, and this is a new set of pictures. They get more fantastic all the time. This is the town where the Chinese had that chemical spill a couple of months ago .
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CHALLENGES
• Debt Management– Data Cleansing of Billing Systems– Implementation of Credit Control by certain
councils– Indigent administration and Management– Inability to write of historical debt
• Accounting records management• Lack of Discipline
PEOPLE-CENTRED SUSTAINABLE LOCAL GOVERNANCE
UMnyango wezoHulumeni baseKhaya neziNdaba zoMdabu | Departement van Plaaslike Regering en Tradisionele Sake
There is a town in Northern China that does this every year! It is a great tourist attraction and is always beautiful. Most of them have lights inside and as you can see they are really big. The town is Harbun, and this is a new set of pictures. They get more fantastic all the time. This is the town where the Chinese had that chemical spill a couple of months ago .
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DEPARTMENTAL SUPPORT
• Frameworks to promote MFMA compliance– Annual Reporting– Analysing responses to audit reports– Reporting to Parliament
• Debt Management Pilot• Asset Management Pilot Project• Shared Services
– Internal Control and Risk Management– PMUs etc.
PEOPLE-CENTRED SUSTAINABLE LOCAL GOVERNANCE
UMnyango wezoHulumeni baseKhaya neziNdaba zoMdabu | Departement van Plaaslike Regering en Tradisionele Sake
There is a town in Northern China that does this every year! It is a great tourist attraction and is always beautiful. Most of them have lights inside and as you can see they are really big. The town is Harbun, and this is a new set of pictures. They get more fantastic all the time. This is the town where the Chinese had that chemical spill a couple of months ago .
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DEPARTMENTAL SUPPORT
• Hands-on support– Project Consolidate– Siyenza Manje– Need for improved coordination
• Council training on governance and oversight
• Support in implementation of the Municipal Property Rates Act
PEOPLE-CENTRED SUSTAINABLE LOCAL GOVERNANCE
UMnyango wezoHulumeni baseKhaya neziNdaba zoMdabu | Departement van Plaaslike Regering en Tradisionele Sake
There is a town in Northern China that does this every year! It is a great tourist attraction and is always beautiful. Most of them have lights inside and as you can see they are really big. The town is Harbun, and this is a new set of pictures. They get more fantastic all the time. This is the town where the Chinese had that chemical spill a couple of months ago .
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Thank You!