Provincial Week 2025
Theme: Building Viable Municipalities for Enhanced Delivery of Basic Services to Communities.
Dates: 18 – 21 November 2025
Programme framework
Tuesday, 18 November 2025 |
Time | Activity |
09:00 - 10:00 | Briefing by the Premier: Measures to strengthen the delivery of services in the province - Measures to strengthen the delivery of services in the province
- Provincial interests and matters to be raised in the national government through the NCOP
- Programmes and initiatives to address incomplete, delayed and abandoned public infrastructure projects
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10:00 - 13:00 | Briefing by MECs: Measures to improve the state of municipalities in the province - Progress in building viable municipalities for enhanced delivery of basic services to communities
- Strengthening the stability, political state and leadership of municipalities
- Mechanisms to strengthen governance in the municipality (financial systems, corruption allegations, etc.),
- Progress in the delivery of basic services such as water and sanitation, human settlements and refuse removal.
- Infrastructure development and maintenance in the province, particularly infrastructure projects such as human settlements and other infrastructure projects relating to the delivery of basic services such as water and sanitation, roads, as well as mechanisms to address delayed, incomplete and abandoned municipal projects.
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14:00 - 17:00 | The state of municipalities in the district: Briefing focusing specifically on the district and municipalities to be visited - Progress in building viable municipalities for enhanced delivery of basic services to communities
- Strengthening the stability, political state and leadership of municipalities
- Mechanisms to strengthen governance in the municipality (financial systems, corruption allegations, etc.),
- Progress in the delivery of basic services such as water and sanitation, human settlements and refuse removal.
- Upgrading of informal settlements through grants, the provision of new housing for the "gap" market, and the implementation of various housing programs like the Integrated Residential Development Programme.
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19 November 2025 |
10:00 - 13:00 | Site visits to Human Settlements projects |
14:00 - 17:00 | Site visits to Roads & Transport Infrastructure projects |
20 November 2025 |
10:00 - 13:00 | Site visits to municipal projects to improve the delivery of basic services |
14:00 - 17:00 | Public Consultative Forums |
21 November 2025 |
08:30 - 10:00 | Joint Virtual Report-Back Session: Outcome of the Provincial week and assessment of the state of municipalities in the country - Eastern Cape
- Free State
- Gauteng
- KwaZulu-Natal
- Limpopo
- Mpumalanga
- Northern Cape
- North West
- Western Cape
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10:00 - 13:00 | Provincial Report-Back Sessions: Outcome of the Provincial week and assessment of the state of municipalities - Presentation of Draft Report by Lead Official (30)
- Discussion (60)
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