SALGA annual report 2016/17 SALGA ANNUAL REPORT 201617 PRINTED FINAL | Page 149

Chief Financial Officer’ s review
The provincial split for payment levels rates as at 31 March 2017 and prior years is tabled below:
Payment levels rate provincial distribution
2017
2016
2015
Percentage
Current year
Overall
Current year
Overall
Current year
Overall
Eastern Cape
92
81
89
81
88
85
Free State
91
89
82
81
83
82
Gauteng
98
100
94
94
96
96
KwaZulu-Natal
92
88
92
85
90
86
Limpopo
90
90
92
92
94
96
Mpumalanga
96
99
88
89
91
92
Northern Cape
69
61
68
54
74
67
North West
70
69
74
72
87
85
Western Cape
95
93
98
97
97
96
Organisational payment levels rate
90
87
89
85
90
88
A comparison of the cumulative monthly interval of membership levy payment levels for 2016 / 17 and 2015 / 16 is illustrated below.
The key feature of the payment level curve for 2016 / 17 is that a cumulative payment levels rate of 49 per cent( 2016: 50 per cent) was achieved at the constitutional due date of 31 July i. e. half of members had settled their membership levies by this date.
In terms of SALGA’ s constitution( 2016), membership levies are billed on 1 April and are payable by 31 July each year, meaning that the payment levels by 31 July should be 100 per cent.
However, this is not always possible because of some cash-strapped members that are dependent on equitable share for their financial viability.
Over the last financial year the organisation has been able to attain a payment level rate of 90 per cent for the current bill.
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