Provincial Week Report, 21-24 July 2015
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The National Council of Provinces has published the Provincial Week Report, Provincial Week 21-24 July 2015.
"On the week of 21 – 24 July 2015, the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) undertook Provincial Week, as one of the key mechanisms established by the NCOP to achieve its mandate of representing the provinces in the national sphere, to examine the current state of local government in respect to its developmental mandate, service delivery and institutional capacity by visiting the best performing municipalities and municipalities.
The Provincial Week, which was held under the theme: “Advancing the developmental agenda of municipalities for a better life for our people”, at the following issues:
- Delivery of basic services to communities: (water and sanitation, electricity, etc.);
- Financial viability: (quality of financial statements, credit rating, revenue base, revenue collection rate and systems such as billing systems and debt to state entities, including owed to the municipality by other state entities);
- Local economic development: (targeted economic sectors and initiatives); and
- Governance: (compliance with legislation, political stability, interventions, administrative deficiencies and malpractices such as maladministration, corruption, etc).
- Spending on the Municipal Infrastructure Grant."