National Assembly Budget Hearings:

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National Assembly Budget Hearings

• 16 May 2001

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Municipal Rationalisation

• The Board has decided that there will be
• 6 (A Category) Metropolitan areas (Pretoria and
  Durban have TAs within them)
• 47 (C category) District Municipalities (30 have
  TAs within them)
• 231 (B category) Local Municipalities (114 have
  TAs within them)
• District Management Areas in 26 of the District
  Councils.

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Boards Corporate Governance

• Board meets at least once a month
• Executive Committee (dealing with administrative
  and finance issues) meets once a month
• Corporate Services Committee (dealing with
  Institutional policy) meets once a month
• Audit Committee meets approximately once a month
• Operational committees/workshops

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Administration Pre-elections

• Manager
• Special Advisor
• Two Deputy Managers (Corporate and Professional)
• Seven Administrative staff
• One professional staff

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Administration post-elections

• Manager
• Special Advisor
• Head Finance and one staff
• Head Administration and three staff
• Head GIS and two professional staff

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Employment Equity at the Board

• The administrative staff of the Board is
  composed as follows
• Blacks 8 persons (72,7)
• Females 5 persons (45,5)
• Whites 3 persons (27,3)
• Males 6 persons (54,5)
• Disabled nil
• The consultants employed
• at least 50 African
• far fewer women.

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Matters arising 2000/2001

• Two resignations from Board to date
• Administration (I) Disciplinary action and
  dismissal of Manager (ii) Institutional
  restructuring (3 positions made redundant and 3
  professional positions created)
• Litigation 8 cases, only one outstanding

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Activities 2000/2001 Year

• Policy work
• Identification nodal points
• Ad Hoc demarcations
• Determination of Category A, B, C municipalities
• Delimitation of Ward boundaries
• Assessments of municipal capacity
• Recommendations on municipal functions and powers
• Assistance with alignment of government
  boundaries
• Information provision
• Developing and maintaining integrated data base

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Key Performance Areas

• Key Performance Area 1 Determine And
  Re-Determine Municipal Boundaries In Accordance
  With Relevant Legal Provisions.
• Key Performance Area 2 Delimit Each Municipality
  That Qualifies To Have Wards, Into Wards.
• Key Performance Area 3 Make Recommendations To
  MECs Pertaining To Transitional Authorisations
  For The Performance Of Functions.
• Key Performance Area 4 Assess The Capacity Of
  Each Municipality To Determine Whether The
  Municipality Is In A Position To Perform Its
  Functions And To Exercise Its Powers.
• Key Performance Area 5 Provide Advice To
  Departments On The Alignment Of Functional/
  Service Delivery Boundaries With Municipal
  Boundaries.
• Key Performance Area 6 Develop An Integrated
  Data Base, Maintain Web Site And Popularise
  Through Sa Explorer.
• Key Performance Area 7 Provide Advice And
  Information To Departments.
• Key Performance Area 8 Perform Such Other
  Functions As May Be Required
• Key Performance Area 9 Empower The Manager Of
  The MDB To Build An Effective And Efficient
  Administration To Support The Board In The
  Performance Of Its Functions.

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1. Determine and redetermine boundaries
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2. Delimitation of wards
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3. Transition Advice to MECs/Minister
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4. Capacity assessments
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5. Boundary alignment
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6. Integrated Data Base
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7. Advice and information
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8. Other functions as required
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9. Institutional efficiency and effectiveness
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Budgetary issues

• MTEF reduction
• From over R30 million to R12 million
• Fixed costs have increased
• Information needs have increased
• Need for integrated approach
• Reduce duplication
• Ensure cost-effectiveness