Executive summary
CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAMME
No. of
Province
people
trained
Local Democracy and Local Government
Learning Programme (LODLOG)
Eastern Cape
3
Free State
2
Gauteng
0
KwaZulu-Natal
2
Limpopo
5
Mpumalanga
2
Northern Cape
6
North West
0
Western Cape
0
TOTAL
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No. of
Province
people
trained
Gender Mainstreaming and Local
Governance (GEMLOC)
Eastern Cape
0
Free State
0
Gauteng
0
KwaZulu-Natal
0
Limpopo
0
Mpumalanga
0
Northern Cape
13
North West
0
Western Cape
12
TOTAL
25
The councillor development programme (CDP) is
an LGSETA-funded programme aimed at building
a cadre of effective and efficient councillors. The
outcome of this programme is a high level of
professional competence (knowledge and skill),
experience, behaviour and ethics on the part of
elected officials of local government.
In the period under review, 8 training sessions
were convened in the Northern Cape, North
West, Mpumalanga and Western Cape and a
total of 115 delegates (councillors) attended
and certificates of competence were issued to
councillors deemed competent in programme.
A total of 3183 councillors have been trained
since the beginning of the programme and 2924
certificates of competence have been issued
Prior, during and post the election, SALGA
supported municipalities to manage the local
government elections and related matters to
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ensure that the desired outcome of a free and
fair election was achieved. A set of guiding
documents was developed and launched at a
SALGA national members assembly held on
8 - 20 May 2016 and shared with municipalities
to prepare for the transition occasioned by the
elections.
SALGA’s immediate responsibility post the local
government elections was to ensure that the
new councillors became up-to-speed with their
roles and responsibilities as soon as possible.
The outcome of the various programmes rolled
out was a predominately smooth transition and
hand over from the old to the new leadership.
Other outcomes included the seamless
transition of work in progress, and an efficient
transfer of institutional knowledge. That these
outcomes were achieved in the vast majority of
municipalities is a tribute to the effectiveness
of SALGA’s various programmes and training
initiatives.
As part of managing the transition, SALGA
successfully lobbied for an ex-gratia payment
to non-returning councillors from the national
fiscus. All councillors who served for a continuous
period of more than 24 months received the
payment. The outcome is to ensure that these
councillors are able to make a successful
transition post their period in leadership.
Another key milestone for the year was the
convening of the provincial and national SALGA
conferences. Resolutions of the provincial
conferences were consolidated and informed
the draft strategic framework which was then
discussed at the national conference. The
conference resolutions were then translated into
the SALGA strategic plan 2017-2022.
Another key outcome of the SALGA conference
was the election of new SALGA leadership, which
was achieved successfully in all the provinces as
well as at the national conference. The outcome