Strategic overview
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Closer consideration of the varied
capacity of municipalities and the need to
achieve a better fit between the capacities
and responsibilities of municipalities;
Addressing of mandates that have no
funding;
Addressing of the adequacy of the
powers and functions of municipalities,
particularly where a lack of these powers
and functions hampers development.
The focus is on transfer functions such
as housing, public transport and land use
management to local government; and
Addressing the inefficient two-tier
system of local government.
SALGA’s strategic plan 2012-2017
The five-year (2012 to 2017) strategic plan was
developed against the backdrop of South Africa’s
third successful democratic local government
elections. The high voter turnout (which
increased from 49% in 2000 to 57% in 2011) is
testament to the importance of local government
to South Africans.
This annual report is the fifth and last in the
implementation of this strategic plan.
Strategic goals:
Reviews key performance indicators
(KPIs) and priority programmes as a basis
of assessing how issues may be included;
and
Incorporates the information into the
annual performance plans of SALGA. The development of the SALGA strategic plan
involved extensive engagement throughout
2011. This included assessing, debating
and harnessing the gains made in the local
government sector over the past decade and
crafting a future vision for the sector. Following
the approval of the strategic plan framework and
the 276 conference resolutions by the national
conference, a series of further engagements were
facilitated to translate conference resolutions
into a five-year plan. This also entailed an annual
performance plan (APP) for the five-year period
that is covered by the strategic plan 2012-2017.
The engagements included the hosting of nine
PEC makgotla and an NEC lekgotla. Ultimately,
the processes delivered a strategic plan with four
apex priorities and seven strategic goals. The APP
2016/17 being reported on covered the fifth and
last implementation year of the strategic plan
2012 -2017.
This approach ensures that SALGA will manage
unfore