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Legislation
The Local
Government: Municipal Systems Act, 2000 (Act 32 of 2000) [PDF], establishes a framework for planning,
performance-management systems, effective
use of resources and organisational change in a
business context.
The Act also establishes a system for municipalities
to report on their performance, and provides
residents with an opportunity to compare
this performance with that of municipalities.
It also regulates public-private partnerships.
The Act allows municipalities significant powers
to corporatise their services, to establish utilities
for service delivery, or to enter into partnerships with other service-providers. The Act provides for
the adoption of a credit-control policy for municipalities
that will provide for the termination of
services in the event of non-payment. Municipalities
have the power to pass by-laws to implement
the policy.
The Local Government: Municipal Finance Management Act, 2003 (Act 56 of 2003), [PDF] is aimed at modernising
municipal budgeting and financial management.
It facilitates the development of a long-term
municipal lending/bond market. It also introduces
a governance framework for separate entities
created by municipalities.
The Local Government: Municipal Property Rates Act, 2004 (Act 6 of 2004) [PDF] regulates the power of a municipality
to impose property rates, excludes certain
properties from rating in the national interest,
provides fair and equitable valuation methods of
properties, and for municipalities to implement a
transparent and fair system of exemptions, reductions
and rebates through their rating policies.
The Municipality Property Rates Amendment Act, 2009 (Act 19 of 2009) [PDF] was introduced in Parliament in September 2009 and aims to extend the validity of a valuation roll and supplementary valuation rolls from four years to six years.
In 2009/10, the department focused on promulgating regulations and finalising various policy frameworks, such as the National Funding Framework for Ward Councillors [PDF], which was gazetted in April 2009, and aims to deepen democracy by setting out the norms and standards for ward-committee funding, and a framework, published in August 2009, for out-of-pocket expenses for ward councillors.
Regulations on the Disciplinary Code and Procedures for senior managers [PDF] were published for public comment in November 2009.
The Municipal Systems Act, 2000 [PDF], the Municipal Structures Act, 1998 [PDF], the Municipal Demarcation Board Act, 1998 [PDF], the Municipal Finance Management Act, 2003 [PDF] and other related legislation impacting on local government were reviewed in 2010.
The review was aimed at ensuring that the bottlenecks and blockages to speedy and quality service delivery are eliminated.
Source: South Africa Yearbook 2010/11
Editor: D Burger. Government Communication and Information System
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