Strategic overview
SALGA’s membership and stakeholders
Membership: Key stakeholders:
Since its establishment in 1996, SALGA has
implemented its mandate of supporting local
government transformation in a complex
environment characterised by a highly diverse and
diffuse membership-base of municipalities. South
Africa’s 257 municipalities – which collectively
constitute an independent, interdependent and
inter-related sphere of government - make up
SALGA’s membership. They range from deep
rural municipalities grappling with severe service
delivery backlogs and institutional challenges, to
sophisticated cities with significant institutional
capacity.
They are classified in accordance
with the criteria in the Municipal Structures Act:
metropolitan (Category A), local (Category B) and
district municipalities (Category C). The strategic
plan must therefore respond to the varied needs of
different municipalities. The SALGA constitution
also makes provision for associate member
organisations that are strongly concerned with
or involved in local government matters and who
comply with criteria as may be determined by the
NEC. The efficient management of stakeholders has
become a core element of business strategies
in many successful organisations. In line with
the SALGA mandate to represent, promote and
protect the interest of local government, the
association recognises the important role of
stakeholders in the local government sphere.
Stakeholders are integral in shaping and
supporting the implementation of the SALGA
mandate and programme of action. The diagram
below outlines some key stakeholders that
SALGA engages with as part of a broader process
of representing, supporting and servicing its
members. Stakeholders also play a vital role in
bolstering the resource capacity of SALGA.
Public
sector
Member
municipalities
Private
sector
Civil
society
Donor
agencies
State
owned
entities
Research
institutions
Professional
bodies
Other
international
partners
Local
government
International
municipal
associations
Provincial
government
National
government
SALGA stakeholder map
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SALGA ANNUAL REPORT
2016/17