National Council of Provinces Provincial Week 2020

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National Council of Provinces Provincial Week 2020


DAY ONE: Monday, 26 October 2020
TRAVEL DAY

DAY TWO: Tuesday, 27 October 2020
VISITS TO MUNICIPALITIES

SESSION ONE: Key Interventions to Improve the Financial State of Municipalities

TIME

PROVINCE

MUNICIPALITY 

FOCUS AREAS 

10h00-14h00

Eastern Cape

City of Nelson Mandela Bay Metro
  • Municipal audit outcomes
  • Financial management
  • Financial controls
  • Revenue collection
  • Municipal debt
  • Fruitless and wasteful expenditure
  • Usage of consultants (nature of their work, contract span or period)
  • Conditional grant spending
  • Financial recovery plan

Free State

Matjhabeng Local Municipality

Gauteng

Emfuleni Local Municipality

KwaZulu-Natal

Umzinyathi District Municipality

Limpopo

Thabazimbi Local Municipality

Mpumalanga

Emalahleni Local Municipality

Northern Cape

Joe Morolong Local Municipality

North West

Bojanala District Municipalities

Western Cape

Kannaland Local Municipality

SESSION TWO: Virtual NCOP Plenary

15h00-18h00

NCOP PLENARY: Questions to the President

DAY THREE: Wednesday, 28 October 2020
VISITS TO MUNICIPALITIES continued

SESSION THREE: Plans to Address Governance Challenges in Municipalities

TIME

PROVINCE

MUNICIPALITY

FOCUS AREAS 

10h00-17h00

Eastern Cape

Makana Local Municipality
  • State of political leadership
  • Operational and administrative capacity and capability (vacant positions, professional administration, etc) 
  • Interventions (section 139 and 154)
  • Political infighting
  • Operational constraints within the municipalities that impact on the delivery of quality services to communities
  • Service delivery protest / discontent and measures to address them

Free State

Maluti-A-Phofung

Gauteng

The City of Tshwane Metro

KwaZulu-Natal

Mpofana Local Municipality

Limpopo

Modimolle-Mookgophong Local Municipality

Mpumalanga

Lekwa Local Municipality

Northern Cape

Dikgatlong Local Municipalities

North West
  • Madibeng Local Municipality
  • Maquassi Hills Local Municipality
  • Naledi Local Municipality

Western Cape

Kannaland Local Municipality

DAY FOUR: Thursday, 29 October 2020
VISIT TO MUNICIPALITIES continued
FOCUS AREA: State of Service Delivery

TIME

PROVINCE

MUNICIPALITY

FOCUS AREAS 

10h00-17h00

Eastern Cape

Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality
  • Service delivery plans
  • IDPS
  • Provision of basic services such as water and sanitation, electricity and refuse collection
  • State of municipal infrastructure (roads, libraries, purification plants, sewage systems, public amenities such as parks, libraries, firefighting, etc.)  

Free State
  • Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality
  • Metsimaholo Local Municipality

Gauteng

Sedibeng Municipality

KwaZulu-Natal

Uthukela District Municipality

Limpopo

Mogalakwena Local Municipality

Mpumalanga

Govan Mbeki Local Municipality

Northern Cape

Phokwane Local Municipality

North West
  • Mahikeng Local Municipality 
  • Madibeng Local Municipality
  • Maquassi Hills Local Municipality
  • Naledi Local Municipality

Western Cape

Visit to site/s in the Kannaland Local Municipality

DAY FIVE: FRIDAY, 30 OCTOBER 2020
FOCUS AREAS: Debriefing Session

TIME

SESSION 

10h00-13h00 

DEBRIEFING SESSION: A reflection on the outcomes of the Provincial Week