Governance
Corporate governance
SALGA governance structures consist of the
national conference, provincial conferences,
national members assembly, provincial members
assemblies, national executive committee,
provincial executive committees, national
working groups, provincial working groups, audit
and risk committee as well as performance and
remuneration committee. Its point of departure
is to strengthen the local sphere of government
in delivering a developmental agenda that
is aligned to national strategic priorities and
reinforces the work of the national and provincial
spheres of government. The eradication of
poverty and unemployment, alongside the
stimulation of growth, lies at the heart of local
government’s mandate and finds expression
in the government-wide programme. As the
front-line of service delivery, local government
also plays a pivotal role in consolidating and
deepening democracy at grassroots level.
The SALGA constitution outlines and defines
the roles and responsibilities of its political
governing bodies. In an effort to improve the
coordination and alignment of the SALGA
governance structures at provincial and national
levels, the SALGA national members assembly
(NMA) of March 2008 adopted the SALGA
governance framework. The framework allows
for the effective consultation, mandating and
reporting between structures and further allows
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for effective decision-making by SALGA. The
schedule of meetings allows for the national
executive committee (NEC) to convene every
three months and for provincial executive
committees (PECs) and national and provincial
working groups to convene in between meetings
of the NEC. The following are SALGA’s strategic
governance structures that convened during the
period under review.
National Executive Committee
A strong new 28-member national executive
committee (NEC) was formally elected at the fifth
national conference of SALGA held in Sandton
on 28 November to 1 December 2016.
The NEC consists of:
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The president of SALGA;
Three deputy presidents;
Fourteen additional members;
Provincial chairpersons of SALGA, who
are ex-officio members of the NEC;
The chairperson of the SALGA national
women’s commission, who is an ex-
officio member of the NEC; and
The head of administration, who has no
vote.
The NEC may further co-opt no more
than three additional members.