BRIEFING ON THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT TURNAROUND STRATEGY

NDWEDWE LOCAL MUNICIPALITY 09 APRIL 2010

COGTA-KZN

Local Govt Branch

Systems & Support

Traditional Affairs Branch

Municipal Planning

Municipal Administration

IDPs

LGTAS

OUTLINE OF KEY DATES & DEADLINES

PROVINCIAL IDP STAKEHOLDERS SESSION Natalia 11 February 2010 PROVINCIAL LAUNCH OF LGTAS
11 March 2010

ANALYSIS OF ALL DRAFT IDPS Conference Venue 29 March to 1 April IDP FEEDBACK SESSION Conference Venue ADOPTION OF LGTAS
April 2010

19-23 April 2010

ADOPTION OF INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT PLANS All Municipalities May/June 2010

 Last year government undertook to reflect on what is the state of local government in 2009, and what must be done to restore the confidence of our people in this sphere of government 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 Report was 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, and presented to a Cabinet Lekgotla in February 2010.

The objectives of the LGTAS are:

Restore the confidence of the majority of our people in our

municipalities, as the delivery machine of the developmental state at a local level & make municipalities the pride of our people.
Re-build and improve the basic requirements for a functional,

accountable, responsive, effective, efficient developmental local government.

LGTAS TEN POINT PLAN DEVELOPED BY THE NATIONAL CABINET LEKGOTLA

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2. 3. 4. 5.

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; Enhance the municipal contribution to job creation and sustainable livelihoods through Local Economic Development (LED); Ensure the development & adoption of reliable and credible Integrated Development Plans (IDPs); Deepen democracy through a refined Ward Committee model; Build and strengthen the administrative, institutional and financial capabilities of municipalities;

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.

VISION 2014
1. Single election for national, provincial & local government (benefits: single manifesto, one financial year, single public service, common 5yr medium term planning, 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

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

Current status
CoGTA instructed that two pilot municipalities must be identified within each province and that it would deploy a team of National officials to work with a Provincial team to assist the municipalities to develop their own MTAS.

KZN supported the uBuhlebezwe Local Municipality and the Sisonke District Municipality as pilots to develop their respective MTAS, from 26 January to 4 February 2010. Specialised teams engaged with the Section 57 Managers and the MM on identifying the key problem statements and developed strategies to turn that municipality around. After the development of the strategy a presentation was made to each council.

 KwaZulu Natal in consultation with TAU, COGTA National , Eastern Cape and Western Cape has prepared a reporting mechanism to monitor and evaluate implementation of MTAS Both councils have indicated that they will consider and formally adopt the MTAS at a later meeting and have indicated that it will be incorporated into the IDP and SDBIP.

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

Ineffective functioning of the Internal Audit unit

Poor debt management practices

Lack of understanding i.r.o roles and responsibilities of Mayor and Speaker concerning public participation
Delegations and responsibilities concerning recruitment are negatively influenced by political pressures Oversight functions of councilors is limited Section 57 managers sometimes account to political structures and compromise the MM

THE MTAS APPROACH AND PROCESS AS GUIDELINE FOR ALL MUNICIPALITIES

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 away and populate the column in the MTAS template which indicates the current situation as at March 2010 vis a vis comments from the assessment report.

 Thereafter, council will re-convene and the questions in the template must be categorised by scheduling from the highest priority to the lowest 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.

TOPIC
Welcome and Introductory remarks by His Worship The Mayor 1

ATTENDEES
Full council Municipal Manager Section 57 managers KZN Team Full council Municipal Manager Section 57 managers KZN Team Full council Municipal Manager Section 57 managers KZN Team Portfolio Committees Municipal Manager Section 57 managers KZN Team Full council Municipal Manager Section 57 managers KZN Team Portfolio Committee members Municipal Manager Section 57 managers KZN Team Portfolio Committee members Municipal Manager Section 57 managers KZN Team

Introduction of the MTAS and Presentation of Comprehensive assessment report (KZN Teamleader)

Discussion and Approval of the Report - All (Chaired by the MM)

Identification of Priority Turnaround Focal Areas, Current Situation, Target for December 2010 Breakaway Sessions (to be chaired by the chairpersons of portfolio committees) Presentations from Breakaway sessions and identification of 10 priorities for MTAS (Portfolio Committee chairpersons)

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

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

ATTENDEES
Portfolio committee members Municipal Manager Section 57 managers KZN Team Portfolio committee members Municipal Manager Section 57 managers KZN Team Portfolio committee members Municipal Manager Section 57 managers KZN Team

Presentation of Ndwedwe TAS as presentation that will be done to community, organised labour and the business sector (Municipal Manager) Convene Council meeting to adopt LGTAS (Speaker & Municipal Manager)

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Programme Day 3

TIME

TOPIC

ATTENDEES Portfolio Committee members Municipal Manager Section 57 managers KZN Team 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. Portfolio Committee members Municipal Manager Section 57 managers KZN Team

09:00 - 9:30

Recap (Municipal Manager)

09:30 11.00

Presentation to the community, organised labour and the business sector (Municipal Manager)

Frikkie Brooks
Thulani Bhengu 082-8827145

Roger Bowyer (KZN) Fin (0834548355)

Tahira Tarmohamed (DED) (0823010193)

Burrie van Niekerk(KZN Gov) (0729291363)

Soni Manoj (SM) Engineer)(083 7796151)

Others

THANK YOU