Plan of Action with regards to the
issues raised in the State of the
Nation address
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13 June 2011
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COGTA specific SONA themes
The President’s tone in the address continued to
be
open and conciliatory but also programmatic
with a
sense of urgency. Specific to local government,
the
President laid out the theme: “Building a
responsive,
accountable, effective and efficient
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the COGTA research unit immediately after the address (see attached word
document)
The State of the Nation Address was one of the key source documents used during
the •departmental
strategic
planning
session
in February
2011. agreement
For alignment
purposes,
all the
7 outputs
of the delivery
outcome 9 have been converted into Strategic Goals and all the subThe Annual
performance
planObjectives
therefore as
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raised isPerformance
the State of
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Plan address
2011/14and is therefore the Departmental Programme Of Action for the
Medium Term.
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An analysis of the SONA with specific focus on COGTA related work was
done by the COGTA research unit immediately after the address (see
attached word document)
The State of the Nation Address was one of the key source documents
used during the departmental strategic planning session in February 2011.
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The Annual performance plan therefore caters for all issues raised is the
Programme of Action per thematic
area
SONA Theme
DCOG Programme of action
Poverty alleviation and As part of government’s job creation initiative, to create 4.5 million
Job creation
job opportunities in historically marginalised communities by 2014
DCOG has planned to create 63 170 job opportunities (2011/12 FY)
‘2011 declared a year
through the Community Work Programme (CWP) there is also a plan
of job creation through to support the creation of 30% of job opportunities through
meaningful economic
functional cooperatives at a ward level
transformation and
Establish, in collaboration with District Municipalities, 30 Economic
inclusive growth’
Development Advisory Councils comprising the local captains of
Research has indicated
that we can create jobs
in six priority areas.
These are
infrastructure
development...
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industry, commerce and agriculture with a view of identifying
economic/business opportunities of a catalytic nature (CBVs)
Refer to the APP pages 54 to 60 on all planned initiatives related to
Service delivery and job creation and the related medium term
expenditure estimates
Programme of Action per thematic
area
SONA Theme
DCOG Programme of action
‘We cannot create these
jobs alone. We have to
work with business, labour
and the community
constituencies’
The department has created the Business-Adopt-AMunicipality programme to ensure that business is mobilised
to participate in government initiatives. DCOG is in a process
of signing MOU’s with identified business
‘While looking to the
private sector in particular
to help us create most of
the jobs, government will
certainly play its part.’
Crime and Corruption
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The President made specific reference to setting up of a
Special Anti-Corruption Unit in the Department of Public
Service and Administration to handle corruption-related
disciplinary cases involving public servants. COGTA has
developed the anti-corruption inspectorate
Theme
DCOG Programme of Action 2011/12
Service Delivery
‘Our infrastructure
development
programme enables
us to expand access
to basic services and
to improve the
quality of life.
This includes
projects for the
provision of water,
electricity and
housing.’
By the end of this financial year the department through its
coordination efforts will ensure that the number of
households reached with basic services funded by the
municipal Infrastructure grant is as below:
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water:1.4 million
· sanitation: 808 070
· roads 1.1: million
· community Lighting: 540 186
Refer to the APP pages 54 to 60 on all planned initiatives
related to Service delivery and job creation and the related
medium term expenditure estimates
As set on page 54 of the Annual Performance plan the
departmental work goes beyond coordination for basic
services provision but talks to some of the blockages to
provision of service e.g. On electricity coordination the focus
is also on the building of substations and upgrading of MV
lines
Theme
DCOG Programme of Action 2011/12
‘Basic
administrative
systems and
financial
management ‘
The department has committed to ensure that through its
support and coordination efforts municipal finance and
administrative capability is improved. All 278 municipalities
will have achieved unqualified audit opinions by the end of
the 2014 see page 39 to 44
Coordination
The coordination role of DCoG is being expressed through
joint work programmes that talk to the single window of
coordination DCOG, the joint MinMec between COG, Water
Affairs and Human settlement shows coordination in action
The 2011/14 Annual Performance Plan is a national plan that
must find expression in the Provincial APP’s and alternately in
the respective IDP’s. Joint planning sessions with Provinces are
beginning to shape the coordination efforts in the right
direction
‘Experience shows
that we succeed
when we work
together’
The department has conducted an assessment and written a
report on all legislation that impedes service delivery, even
those receding in other Government departments outside
DCOG
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Issue raised
PROGRESS ON ISSUES RAISED IN THE 2009 STATE
OF THE NATION ADDRESS
The provision of basic services
in line with the objectives of
the MDGs is continuing but
the synergy between
government departments and
municipalities must be
strengthened
The statistics of national basic service provision (i.e.
water 93%, sanitation 70%, electricity 82% and
refuse 69%) bear testimony to progress in this
regard.
As set in the DCOG Annual Performance Plan (Page
54) we intend to support increasing access to basic
services as following:
Water: 93% to 96%
Sanitation: 70% to 88%
Electricity: 82% to 87 %
Refuse: 69% to 70% in 2012/13
This area of work is progressing but there are new
challenges of deteriorating infrastructure that need
maintenance in order to speed up provision of these
services.
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Issue raised
PROGRESS ON ISSUES RAISED IN THE 2009 STATE
OF THE NATION ADDRESS
Regarding infrastructure,
there was no account on the
progress in implementing
public infrastructure as per
allocation of the R846 billion
for public infrastructure
development last year for the
medium term
The President highlighted infrastructure
development as a catalyst for faster service delivery
provision and the improved access as indicated with
respect to water, sanitation and electricity indicates
progress in this regard.
As set on page 54 of the Annual Performance plan
the departmental work goes beyond coordination
for basic services provision but talks to some of the
infrastructure blockages to provision of service e.g.
On electricity coordination the focus is also on the
building of substations and upgrading of MV lines
Work is being done jointly with National Treasury on
the review of the MIG formula
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Theme
PROGRESS ON ISSUES RAISED IN THE 2009 STATE OF
THE NATION ADDRESS
The development and
implementation of tailormade municipal turn around
strategies, according to
assessments is advancing
well, however the structural
challenges of skills deficits
still impede speedy service
delivery
There are legislative proposals under consideration by
the Department and Cabinet on improving the
governance challenges in municipalities. The Grenn
paper on cooperative governance as well as the white
paper on Local Government The proposed
Amendments to the Municipal Systems Act also include
provisions prohibiting municipal officials from holding
executive positions in political parties.
Elimination of corruption
The department has established an anti-corruption
inspectorate.
The Amendment Bill that amends the Municipal
Systems to prohibit re-employment of municipal
employees who have been dismissed on charges of
fraud and corruption has been approved by parliament
on 13 April 2011 and is being currently considered by
the President
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CONCLUSION
The issues raised in the SONA have
been expressed in a form of
tangible deliverables with specific
performance indicators in the
DCOG Annual Performance plan FY
2011/12 and progress against this
plan is being monitored on a
monthly and quarterly basis
through formal review meetings.
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Local Government is everybody’s
business be part of it
Thank you!
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