The North West Department of Local Government and Traditional has noted the report tabled by the National Council of Province’s Select Committee on Finance yesterday.
In light of an article in today’s Business Day, the department wishes to state the following:
- The department is aware of the facts as alluded to in the article. There has been an interaction with the NCOP’s Select Committee on Finance, however, the department has not received the final report and therefore is not aware of any specific recommmendations made to the MEC for Local Government and Traditional Affairs, Paul Sebegoe for his intervention.
- However, the department continues to execute its Constitutional mandate of supporting municipalities by implementing a number of intervention programmes that are intended to improve performance at ailing municipalities.
A local government turn around strategy for prioritised municipalities has been developed with a special focus on the following :
- Revenue enhancement, debt and cash flow service management
- Improved municipal governance and administration
- Operations and maintenance of infrastructure
- Improved municipal infrastructure planning and implementation.
To this end, the department has also developed a local government ward based service delivery improvement strategy focusing on improving municipal operations, service delivery and community involvement.The strategy is therefore some of the direct responses to the challenges identified in local government in the North West.
Enquiries:
Dineo Lolokwane
Cell: 072542 8444
