Performance information
The outcome of the dialogue was progress
towards completion of the national report on the
state of anti-fraud and anti-corruption measures
in municipalities, draft good governance and
clean administration indicators and the proposed
peer review mechanism. All councillors who served for a continuous
period of more than 24 months received a once-
off ex gratia payment. This is to provide a short-
term measure to bridge the transition for non-
returning councillors.
Regulatory impact assessment
SALGA undertook studies and applied a toolkit for
the purpose of monitoring anti-corruption and
ethics management’s measures as listed below: A regulatory impact assessment (RIA) tool was
developed to assess the impact of new policy
and legislation on the local government sector.
In the 2016/17, the regulator assessment tool was
applied to assess the following legislation:
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Developed the local government ethics
management framework in South Africa
as well as a sample ToRs for ethics
committee for small municipalities;
Piloted the anti-corruption peer review
process at Mbashe Local Municipality,
Greater Taung Local Municipality and
Nyandeni Local Municipality. A report
on the application of the peer review
assessment tool (with a comparative
dashboard) was developed;
Reviewed the municipal public accounts
committees (MPAC) guidelines;
Discussed issues of anti-corruption
and ethics at the national conference.
SALGA also discussed consequences and
accountability at the national conference;
and
Participated in the Chris Hani District
Municipality’s integrity management
project workshop.
Councillor welfare
In the last five years, SALGA has made great strides
in lobbying for a fair and equitable remuneration
for councillors.
The NEC established a political task team on
remuneration which lobbied stakeholders such
as CoGTA, the independent commission on the
remuneration of public office bearers, the South
African Special Risk Insurance Agency (SASRIA)
and the Municipal Councillors Pension Fund
(MCPF).
As part of the management of the transition
during the 2016 local government election,
SALGA lobbied for an ex-gratia payment to be
paid to non-returning councillors from the
national fiscus. The payment was approved at the
CoGTA MinMEC on 11 November 2016.
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Structured Amendment Bill - SALGA
comments on the Structures Amendment
Bill 2016;
• The DPSA’s framework for the community
development
workers
programme
(CDWP);
• The Veld and Forest Bills;
• The by-laws for the management and
control of informal settlements;
• By-laws on liquor (Bitou, Hessesqua,
Buffalo City, Cape Town and Blue Crane);
• By-laws on outdoor advertising (Nelson
Mandela Metro Municipality, Tzaneen,
Sol Plaatjie, Msunduzi and Free State
province standard advertising by-laws;
• By-laws
on
the
constitutionality,
effectiveness
and
impact
on
developmental
local
government
(Msukaligwa, Nkomazi and Thembisile
Hani); and
• By-laws assessment and review on the
following areas:
Cemeteries: Abaqulusi, Alfred Duma
Emnambithi/Ladysmith), Ulundi and
Umzimkhulu;
Nuisance and Behaviour: Ulundi,
Umdoni, Emnambithi / Ladysmith;
Solid waste: Mtubatuba, Ulundi;
Transport: Emnambithi / Ladysmith;
Rules and Orders: Nongoma, Uphongolo,
UGu, Ulundi Umdoni, Dannhauser,
Umuziwabantu, Umlalazi
Outdoor
Advertising:
Dannhauser,
Ulundi.
In addition, the by-laws on revenue and debt
collection were assessed for constitutionality,
effectiveness and impact on developmental local
government and to measure their alignment with
the four characteristics of developmental local
government and in particular the constitutional
jurisprudence developed during the term.