MUNICIPAL CAPACITY ASSESSMENT

2018

Merafong City

GT484

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NOTE:

In this report, data from a wide variety of sources were used.

Municipalities were requested to provide information on broad aspects of

governance, capacity and the performance of functions. Stats SA data

from the population census and municipal censuses (Non-Financial and

Financial) were used to determine population size, number of

households and service backlogs. Other data were sourced from

National Treasury, LGSETA, SARS, CoGTA, SAPS, MDB, etc. for this

assessment of capacity. However, given that many municipalities did not

provide all the information requested of them, these additional data

sources were combined with their own data. All municipalities were also

provided with the information contained herein and requested to verify all

information in these capacity assessments, and to provide additional

information where necessary. Therefore, the MDB takes no

responsibility for any inaccurate information and the interpretation

thereof.

Contents

1. Introduction..........................................................................................................1

1.1 Methodology..................................................................................................3

1.2 Additional data sources..................................................................................4

1.3 Comparative analysis.....................................................................................4

1.4 The municipal report......................................................................................5

1.5 Overview of municipality................................................................................5

2. Environmental situation........................................................................................7

2.1 Demographics..............................................................................................10

2.1.1 Population.............................................................................................10

2.1.2 Age structure.........................................................................................11

2.1.3 Households and density........................................................................12

2.1.4 Income, tax and employment................................................................14

2.2 Land and Human Settlements......................................................................18

2.2.1 Land claims...........................................................................................19

2.2.2 Traditional communities.........................................................................19

2.2.3 Access to housing.................................................................................20

2.2.4 Types of housing...................................................................................21

2.2.5 Land use................................................................................................22

2.3 Infrastructure and Service Provision............................................................23

2.3.1 Movement and Transport services........................................................26

2.3.2 Education services................................................................................27

2.3.3 Health services......................................................................................29

2.3.4 Safety and security................................................................................30

2.4 Economic development................................................................................31

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2.4.1 Mining....................................................................................................31

2.4.2 Tourism.................................................................................................31

2.4.3 Telecommunication infrastructure.........................................................32

2.5 Other government services infrastructure....................................................33

2.6 Environment, Natural Features and Endowments.......................................34

3. Governance assessment...................................................................................36

3.1 Financial overview.......................................................................................36

3.2 Voter turnout................................................................................................39

3.3 Municipal staffing.........................................................................................40

4. Municipal Overview of Capacity.........................................................................41

4.1 Staffing information......................................................................................41

4.2 Management overview.................................................................................44

4.3 Financial information....................................................................................45

4.4 Governance.................................................................................................49

4.5 Departmental assessment...........................................................................50

5. Assessment of capacity to perform functions.....................................................52

5.1 Development and town planning services....................................................53

5.2 Technical services.......................................................................................61

5.3 Community services.....................................................................................67

6. Conclusion and recommendations.....................................................................74

6.1.1 Updating of information on Powers and Functions................................74

6.1.2 Identification of capacity requirements to exercise particular powers and

functions.............................................................................................................74

6.1.3 MECs could identify areas in which they need to rationalise the division

of powers and functions.....................................................................................75

Appendix 1: Definitions............................................................................................76

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List of figures

Figure 1: Municipal context........................................................................................6

Figure 2: Demographic overview..............................................................................11

Figure 3: Racial breakdown.....................................................................................11

Figure 4: Age breakdown..........................................................................................12

Figure 5: Number of households and municipal area................................................12

Figure 6: Household size.........................................................................................13

Figure 7: Percentage population by density.............................................................14

Figure 8: Percentage municipal area by density......................................................14

Figure 9: Household income....................................................................................15

Figure 10: Tax base.................................................................................................16

Figure 11: Employment............................................................................................17

Figure 12: Percentage total employment by sector..................................................18

Figure 13: Dependency and inequality.....................................................................18

Figure 14: Land area containing traditional authorities and which were part of

homelands.................................................................................................................19

Figure 15: Percentage of population living in informal settlements..........................20

Figure 16: Density of formal and informal areas......................................................20

Figure 17: Percentage of households by tenure......................................................21

Figure 18: Dwelling type...........................................................................................22

Figure 19: Land cover..............................................................................................23

Figure 20: Access to services..................................................................................25

Figure 21: Number of consumers billed...................................................................25

Figure 22: Road length by road type and surface....................................................27

Figure 23: Educational infrastructure per 10 000 population....................................27vi

Figure 24: Matric pass rate and percentage of youth in school................................28

Figure 25: Percentage population by level of education..........................................29

Figure 26: Crime levels............................................................................................31

Figure 27: Active mines and mining licences...........................................................31

Figure 28: % of land with natural heritage assets....................................................32

Figure 29: Access to telecommunications................................................................33

Figure 30: General infrastructure.............................................................................33

Figure 31: Audit outcomes.......................................................................................37

Figure 32: Financial indicators.................................................................................38

Figure 33: Further measures of financial performance............................................39

Figure 34: Voter turnout and registered voters.........................................................39

Figure 35: Municipal councillors and employees......................................................40

List of tables

Table 1: Land claims................................................................................................19

Table 2: Blue Drop and Green Drop scores.............................................................26

Table 3: Schools and learners.................................................................................28

Table 4: Key health statistics...................................................................................30

Table 5: Potential impacts of climate change...........................................................35

Table 6: Staffing levels.............................................................................................41

Table 7: General qualifications.................................................................................41

Table 8: MFMA competency....................................................................................42

Table 9: Total days worked......................................................................................43

Table 10: Staff turnover............................................................................................44vii

Table 11: Senior management.................................................................................44

Table 12: Qualifications of professionals..................................................................44

Table 13: Expenditure..............................................................................................45

Table 14: Income.....................................................................................................46

Table 15: Creditors...................................................................................................47

Table 16: Analysis of rates collected........................................................................47

Table 17: Free basic services..................................................................................48

Table 18: Meetings held...........................................................................................49

Table 19: Protests and petitions...............................................................................50

Table 20: Departments.............................................................................................51

Table 21: Grouping of functions...............................................................................52

Table 22: Performance of functions (Development and town planning services).....53

Table 23: Financial overview (Development and town planning services)...............56

Table 24: Staffing overview (Development and town planning services).................57

Table 25: Backlog and service delivery (Development and town planning services)

..................................................................................................................................59

Table 26: Performance of function (Technical services)..........................................61

Table 27: Financial overview (Technical services)...................................................63

Table 28: Staffing overview (Technical services).....................................................64

Table 29: Backlog and service delivery (Technical services)...................................66

Table 30: Performance of function (Community services).......................................67

Table 31: Financial overview (Community services)...............................................68

Table 32: Staffing overview (Community services).................................................70

Table 33: Backlog and service delivery (Community services)...............................71

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Acronyms

AG Auditor-General

Capex Capital Expenditure

CEO Chief Executive Officer

CFO Chief Financial Officer

CoGTA Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

CSP Cities Support Programme

DBSA Development Bank of Southern Africa

DCOG Department of Cooperative Governance

DHS Department of Human Settlements

DPME Department of Monitoring and Evaluation

DRDLR Department of Rural Development and Land Reform

DTI Department of Trade and Industry

DWS Department of Water and Sanitation

EC Eastern Cape

FBS Free Basic Services

FET Further Education and Training

FS Free State

GAU Gauteng

GDP Gross Domestic Product

HoD Head of Department

HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus

ICT Information and Communication Technology

IDC Industrial Development Corporation

IDP Integrated Development Plan

ILO International Labour Organisation

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IUDF Integrated Urban Development Framework

KZN KwaZulu-Natal

LGSETA Local Government Sector Education Training Authority

LIM Limpopo

MDB Municipal Demarcation Board

MEC Member of the Executive Committee

MFIP Municipal Finance Improvement Programme

MFMA Municipal Finance Management Act

MIIF Municipal Infrastructure Investment Framework

MISA Municipal Infrastructure Support Agent

MM Municipal Manager

MPAC Municipal Performance Audit Committee

mSCOA Municipal Standard Chart of Accounts

MP Mpumalanga

NC Northern Cape

NDP National Development Plan

NEMA National Environmental Management Act

NT National Treasury

NUSP National Upgrading Support Programme

NW North West

OECD Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development

Opex Operating Expenditure

PGDP Provincial Growth and Development Plan

PIT Personal Income Tax

ppsk persons per square kilometre

RDLR Rural Development and Land Reform

RSA Republic of South Africa

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SALGA South African Local Government Association

SANBI South African National Biodiversity Institute

SAPS South African Police Service

SARS South Africa Revenue Service

SDBIP Service Delivery and Budget Implementation Plan

SDF Spatial Development Framework

SEZ Special Economic Zone

SIP Strategic Infrastructure Project

SPLUMA Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act

Stats SA Statistics South Africa

TB Tuberculosis

TVET Technical and Vocational Education and Training

WC Western Cape

WSDP Water Service Development Plan

WWTW Wastewater Treatment Works

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1. Introduction

Governance is affected by the management and technical experience available in an

organisation. In South Africa, there is ‘unevenness in capacity that leads to uneven

performance in local, provincial and national government. This is caused by a

complex set of factors, including tensions in the political-administrative interface,

instability of the administrative leadership, skills deficits, the erosion of accountability

and authority, poor organisational design and low staff morale’1.

The Local Government: Municipal Structures Act makes provision in Section 85 for

the Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) to assess the capacity of municipalities and

through that provide advice to MECs when they consider changes to the existing

division of powers and functions across district and local municipalities. The

capacity of municipalities to perform functions is also to be considered by the MDB

when redetermining municipal boundaries.

The MDB has prepared numerous capacity assessments over the past decade, in

fulfilling its mandate to assess municipal capacity and make recommendations

where requested. More recently, these assessments have also included external

environmental or socio-economic drivers of capacity.

This project therefore aims to collect and analyse data and information on municipal

capacity to perform all municipal powers and functions as set out in Schedules 4 Part

B and 5 Part B of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa. In addition, the

project addresses the MDB’s expanded scope of the municipal capacity

assessments to include an assessment of the governance and

resource/environmental situation in each municipality.

Specifically, the project aims to:

Allow the MDB to take informed decision when determining and re-

determining municipal boundaries.

1 2030 National Development Plan1

Assess the capacity of municipalities to perform all municipal powers and

functions as espoused in Schedule 4B and 5B of the Constitution and Section

84 of the Local Government: Municipal Structures Act.

Collect and provide data and information to be utilised for the determination

and redetermination of municipal boundaries.

Provide information which will allow for the MDB to provide advice to MECs

for them to adjust powers and functions between Category B and C

municipalities in terms of Section 85 of the Municipal Structures Act.

The overall aim is to provide a national overview of the distribution of powers and

functions at a non-metropolitan level, including here an assessment of existing

capacity to execute these functions. This data provides a benchmark to better

inform particularly MECs on the overall shape of powers and functions across South

Africa so that if and when they request the MDB to provide advice on the possible

division of powers and functions they can do so informed by the division of functions

across South Africa as a whole and within their province in particular.

In order to do this, the project has gathered as much information as possible to

examine the capacity of municipalities to perform their powers and functions, within

the environmental (economic, social, spatial, etc.) conditions in which they find

themselves. This includes information on:

1. Planning capacity, and particularly the role of district municipalities in terms of

the legal framework

2. Financial capacity: Evaluation of factors used and sources of revenue,

including challenges

3. Delivery capacity: Evaluating the division of powers and delivery of functions

relative to backlogs,

4. Administrative capacity, including ICT and human resource profiles

5. Geographical challenges.

The objectives of the municipal reports are to provide an overview of the

environmental situation of the municipality, and then to provide a summary of

capacity information as provided by each municipality.

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1.1 Methodology

In June 2018, municipalities were asked to participate in this project. Information

was requested on the degree to which they are both performing their legislated

and/or assigned powers and functions, and the existing capacity and competencies

in each municipality. Provinces were also requested to assist in this process.

The questionnaire covered three areas:

1. General information about the municipality: This includes contact details,

its leadership, budget, services, administration and governance;

2. Senior management details: This section requests information on each of

the senior managers;

3. Powers and functions: Information on which powers and functions are

being performed by the municipality, and the capacity to do so.

Once the questionnaire was completed, the municipal manager submitted this to the

service provider. Data was checked, and queries were addressed with municipalities

where necessary. Information pertaining to the environmental situation of each

municipality was sourced from relevant government departments or national

organisations, such as Stats SA, National Treasury, CoGTA etc.

It was expected that the data could be collected over a six-week period, but,

unfortunately, many municipalities have failed to complete this, in spite of extensive

communications with municipalities: over 7000 calls received and calls made to

municipalities across South Africa encouraging them and assisting where necessary,

with almost 2000 emails being sent to municipalities. In addition, all Municipal

Managers, Mayors and their offices were contacted to improve response rates.

MINMEC had also resolved that COGTA departments should ensure responses

were completed by mid-October 2018. In terms of this, on a weekly basis HoDs of

COGTA in each province have been contacted providing them with updates and in

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some cases, this has assisted in improving response rates. Whilst some

municipalities provided all the information required, around 20% did not.

1.2 Additional data sources

A wide variety of municipal information was also sourced from organisations such as

Stats SA, SARS, LGSETA, National Treasury and the like. Some of these data were

used to prepopulate the questionnaire allowing municipalities to both verify the

information and/or update it. This data is also presented below in providing a

situational overview of each municipality.

1.3 Comparative analysis

Municipalities in South Africa are categorised as being either Category A

(Metropolitan Areas) or Category B (Local) within Category C (District) municipalities.

Further classifications have been provided such as the Municipal Infrastructure

Investment Framework (MIIF) classification. This divides Category B municipalities

into four groups made up of the larger ones that exercise more powers to smaller

ones, with fewer resources and exercising relatively few powers (B1 through B4).

Category C municipalities are divided into two groups based on those which are

water authorities and those which are not. Specifically, the MIIF classification for

local and district municipalities is as follows2:

B1: Secondary cities: the 21 local municipalities with the largest budgets.

B2: Municipalities with a large town as core.

B3: Municipalities with relatively small populations and a significant proportion

of urban population but with no large town as core.

B4: Municipalities which are mainly rural with, at most, one or two small towns

in their area.

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C1: District municipalities that are not water services providers and generally

have few service delivery functions.

C2: District municipalities that are water services providers and often have

substantial obligations.

For purposes of benchmarking of the municipalities in the following sections, the

MIIF classification provides a useful means of measuring the municipality’s

characteristics against other Category B/C municipalities. In all of the sections and

subsections below, the information is also compared with benchmarks: District to

District, Category B to Category B, etc.

1.4 The municipal report

The objectives of the municipal reports are to provide an informational overview of

the environmental situation of the municipality, reviewing the demographic and social

context, the economic context, land and human settlements, movement and

transport, infrastructure and service provision, and the environment. The municipal

reports then provide a review of the governance situation in each municipality, and a

high-level review of municipal capacity, looking at general staffing, management,

financial and governance information as well as details on capacity by function.

1.5 Overview of municipality

Stats SA provide a useful narrative overview of every local municipality in South

Africa3:

The Merafong City Local Municipality is a local municipality in the West Rand district of Gauteng. Its

boundaries enclose some of the richest gold mines in the world. It is situated about 65 km from

Johannesburg and is serviced by a number of major roads, including the N12 from Johannesburg to

Cape Town and the N14.

3 Stats SA, http://www.statssa.gov.za/?page_id=9645

A detailed map of the municipality is contained below, highlighting major roads,

relevant areas of interest such as airports and ports, as well as areas of significant

population density.

Figure 1: Municipal context

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2. Environmental situation

This section of the report focuses on the broader demographic/social and economic

context, physical environment and infrastructural base, employment dynamics etc. of

the municipality. Through tables and figures, benchmarks are provided to indicate

the challenges and opportunities facing the municipality.

The information is drawn from the following sources, where available:

o The National Development Plan

o Provincial Growth and Development Plans

o Municipal IDPs and SDFs.

o Stats SA:

o Census 2001 and 2011

o Non-Financial Census, 2016 and 2017

o Community and Household Surveys

o Financial Census, 2016 and 2017

o Other data such as National and Provincial GDPs etc., as indicated

below

o SARS:

o Personal tax data at a municipal level

o COGTA:

o Senior management

o Amalgamations

o IUDF

o National Treasury:

o S41 reports

o Mid-year and budget assessments where reports have been completed

o Financial Distress information

o State of Local government reports

o Infrastructure data

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o Department of Environment:

o SANBI database on municipal environmental information

o Hazard and other Physical environmental databases

o Other information of a geographic character, such as climate, types of

vegetation, soil conditions, rainfall patterns, air quality, river systems,

etc.,

o Department of Water and Sanitation

o Blue Drop and Green Drop status where available

o Water and sanitation services (Access levels, backlogs, projects

underway, plans for the future by all spheres of government, and water

catchment areas etc)

o Water and sanitation infrastructure

o Department of Agriculture and Forestry Affairs

o Land use evaluations

o Types of farming e.g. Forestry, fishing and crop, livestock etc. (include

the levels and extent of each or their contribution to the economy in the

area.

o Existing and future government planned agricultural projects.

o Predominant agricultural products or activities.

o Human Settlements

o Housing projects underway

o Building plans passed

o Access to housing (backlogs, number of people with access to

housing)

o Planned housing projects

o Land use patterns and plans

o Justice and correctional services, Safety and Security

o SAPS crime statistics

o Police stations including satellite stations (including policing districts)

o Magisterial districts (including offices)

o Courts (including location)

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o Correctional centres

o Transport

o Roads and all transport Infrastructure (e.g. Airports, harbours etc.)

o Commuting (Subsidised bus transport and routes thereof, formal taxi

ranks and train services)

o freight services

o Transport plans by all spheres of government

o Department of Basic Education and Dept of Higher Education:

o Matric results

o Examination centres

o Schools

o Learners and educators

o Universities and TVET colleges

o Graduates

o Education districts

o Local Government Sector Education Training Authority

o Skills profiles for municipalities

o Department of Rural Development and Land Reform and Department of

Traditional Affairs:

o Land claims

o Traditional communities

o DTI and IDC:

o SIPs

o SEZs

o Plans passed

o Types of industry and the predominant manufacturing products

o Department of Tourism

o Tourism products/tourist attractions

o Contribution to the economy of the municipal area

o Department of Minerals:

o Mining licences9

o Operational mines and employment levels

o Eskom

o Access to electricity

o Backlogs and plans for the future

o Electricity infrastructure (location of Power stations, power lines, etc.

o Telkom and other telecommunication companies

o Access to services

o Infrastructure roll out

o Plans for the future

o Department of Health

o Health districts (spatial coverage per municipality)

o Hospitals

o Clinics or health centers

o Plans for the future

o Other sectoral surveys

In the subsections which follow, indicators developed from data provided in these

reports is used to describe the broader municipal area.

2.1 Demographics

2.1.1 Population

The figure below contains details of population dynamics within the municipality.

This includes the total population and growth rate, the gender breakdown of this

population and total number of households. It provides information on the following4:

Population: The total number of people living within a specified area of

jurisdiction;

Population growth rate: The overall growth rate in population between the

2001 and 2011 censuses;

4 Stats SA: Census10

Sex Ratio: The sex ratio provides an indication of the gender breakdown in an

area, and it is suggestive of the composition of the labour force. Sex ratios

will be affected by sex-selective out-migration such as men migrating.

Migrant labour-receiving areas usually have higher sex ratio figures (i.e. more

males to females) as the migrants are usually male. South Africa’s average

sex ratio is around 0,95, that is 95 men to 100 women. Lower sex ratios are

found in areas with a higher number of female-headed households, where

household sizes are generally larger, with higher dependency levels5.

Figure 2: Demographic overview

The following figure further breaks down the broad population by race. It indicates

the proportion of people of African origin, as well as other black South Africans

(people designated previously as Coloured and Indian) as well as people previously

designated as white. Given the history of apartheid, places with generally higher

proportions of minorities (such as whites) have been massively advantaged in

economic and other terms.

Figure 3: Racial breakdown

5 Demographics and Social; Stats SA: Census11

2.1.2 Age structure

The distribution of the population by age is also provided in the figure below with age

groups including those younger than school-going age (0-4 years), school going (5-

19 years), youth (20-29), general working age (30-64) and elderly (over 65 years of

age).

Figure 4: Age breakdown

2.1.3 Households and density

In examining the distribution of households, it is important to consider the definition

of households by Statistics SA. A household is seen as a group of persons who live

together and provide themselves jointly with food or other essentials for living, or a

single person who lives alone. Live-in domestic workers and live-in employees are

regarded as separate households. This is important in that when one examines

consumer units provided by municipalities in the sections below, such units could

consist of more than one household.

The following figure indicates the overall number of households in the municipality

compared with its area.

Figure 5: Number of households and municipal area

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Importantly, though, the relative size of households and the density of population are

more useful indicators of human settlements and the extent to which municipalities

need to respond to challenges. This is particularly the case for relatively small

households (1-2 persons) and large (over 5 persons) households. Both provide

challenges for municipal planning and service delivery: small households hold out

the possibility, if linked to chain migration, that larger households will come into the

municipalities once a person’s employment becomes more stable, and larger

households often place an additional strain on the delivery of basic network services.

In other words, these data indicate the degree to which there could be migrancy

operating, particularly in the larger urban areas where one could find a higher

proportion of 1-2 persons households than in other areas. Likewise, larger

households could also indicate a degree of mutual aid existing not just for familial

reasons, but to cope with the effects of apartheid and unemployment.

The following figure provides information on:

The proportion of households consisting of one or two persons; and

The proportion of households consisting of over five persons.

Figure 6: Household size

The figure below highlights population density within the municipality. Population

density is a measurement of the number of people living within a physical area.

Examining changes to populations living in different densities gives a sense of the

change in the municipality in terms of settlement patterns. The OECD has argued

that a broad norm on what is rural would be persons living in areas with density

below 150 persons per square kilometre (ppsk). For purposes of this analysis, three

different density groups have been defined:13

Those less than 500 ppsk (low density and rural),

500-1000 ppsk (medium density); and

Over 1000 (very high) density.

The following two figures then shows both the area occupied by each of these

density groups and the percentage of people living in each of the density groups.

Figure 7: Percentage population by density

Figure 8: Percentage municipal area by density

2.1.4 Income, tax and employment

Income levels in the municipality are detailed in the figure below. Whilst this is

normally achieved by breaking the population up into quintiles of 20% of the

population, given the unequal distribution income in South Africa the use of quintiles

will not show the real gap between high and low earners. As a result, a wider range

of income distributions is used. The figure examines income distribution across the

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municipality, through a number of categories of individual income being provided,

such as those households with6:

No income;

R1-R19600 income per annum;

R19601-R153800 income per annum;

R153801-R614000 income per annum;

> R614000 income per annum.

Figure 9: Household income

The personal tax base of the municipality is also a key economic indicator. This

indicator shows the average amount of Personal Income Tax (PIT) paid within each

municipal area. PIT is a tax levied on the taxable income (gross income less

exemptions and allowable deductions) of individuals and trusts. Most individuals

receive their income as salaries or wages, pension or annuity payments and

investment income (interest and dividends). Some individuals, such as sole

proprietors and partners, may also have business income which is taxable as

personal income. PIT is South Africa’s largest source of tax revenue and

contributed 35.9% of total tax revenue collections in 2014/15. It contributed 34.5% in

2013/147. For the 2016 year of assessment the following tax thresholds (i.e. the

amount above which income tax becomes payable) existed:

Younger than 65 years – threshold = R73 650 per annum;

65 years of age or older – threshold = R114 800;

For taxpayers aged 75 years and older, this threshold was R128 500.

6 Stats SA7 Tax Statistics 2015

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By 31 March 2014, the Personal Income Tax register had grown 8.8%, compared

with the previous year, to more than 16.8 million individuals. Ideally, it should be read

also with business tax records, but these are not available.

In the following figure, the total amount of personal income tax generated and paid

by individuals within the municipality is detailed. In addition, data on the proportion

of taxpayers to the total population is provided. An indicator showing the number of

taxpayers, based on the above definition, per 100 persons living in the municipality is

also included.

Figure 10: Tax base

The form of employment is also an important indicator. Informal employment

identifies persons who are in precarious employment situations irrespective of

whether or not the entity for which they work is in the formal or informal sector.

Persons in informal employment therefore comprise all persons in the informal

sector, employees in the formal sector, and persons working in private households

who do not get basic benefits such as pension or medical aid contributions from their

employer, and who do not have a written contract of employment8.

The youth unemployment rate refers to unemployed youth, i.e. individuals aged 15 –

24 who are without work, actively seeking work in a recent past period (past four

weeks), and currently available for work. Discouraged workers or hidden

unemployed are not counted as unemployed or as part of the labour force. Not

actively seeking work refers to people who have not taken active steps to seek work

(i.e. job searches, interviews, informational meetings etc.) during a specified recent

period (usually the past four weeks).

Lastly, here, the unemployment rate is provided showing the number of unemployed

persons as a proportion of the number of persons currently active in the labour force.

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Unemployment refers to individuals without work, who are actively seeking work in a

recent past period (past four weeks), and are currently available for work. Persons

who did not look for work but have a future labour market stake (arrangements for a

future job start) are counted as unemployed9.

The following figure provides information on formal to informal employment, the

municipality’s unemployment rate, as well as the youth unemployment rate.

Figure 11: Employment

The next figure looks at employment by sector of the economy. The indicator shows

the percentage of people employed in the various sectors of the economy. The

sectors are an aggregation of the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) sectors10.

The aggregated sectors are:

Agriculture, forestry and fishing

Community and social services

Construction

Electricity, gas and water

Financial and insurance activities

Manufacturing, mining and quarrying and other industrial activities

Mining and quarrying

Other service activities

Private households

Transport

9 International Labour Organization10 Refer to Stats SA, SIC 7th Classification, October 2012

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Wholesale and retail trade, transportation and storage, accommodation and

food service activities

Figure 12: Percentage total employment by sector

Two indicators of income inequality have been included in this analysis: the

municipality’s dependency ratio and the Gini coefficient. The dependency ratio is an

age-population ratio of those not in the work force (the dependent part) and those

who are working (the productive part). It is used to measure the pressure on the

productive population. The Gini coefficient, on the other hand, measures the degree

of inequality in a set of data and is frequently used as a method of measuring

inequalities in income distribution in a population. The Gini coefficient ranges from 0

(everyone has the same income) to 1 (one person has all the income).

Figure 13: Dependency and inequality

2.2 Land and Human Settlements

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2.2.1 Land claims

A land claim is a request for the restoration of a right in land, lodged with the

Commission on Restitution of Land Rights. Anyone who was dispossessed of a right

in land after 19 June 1913 as a result of past racially discriminatory laws or practices,

and who did not receive just and equitable compensation at the time of

dispossession, can lodge a claim for the restoration of such a right, or equitable

redress11.

The table below highlights the total area of the municipality under a land claim

process.

Table 1: Land claims

Sum of Land Claims

GT484 3,085

Gauteng total 170,711

SA total 20617,156

2.2.2 Traditional communities

It is important to recognise that the effects of apartheid remain writ large through our

country. Historically, traditional authority areas and areas in which homelands were

designated were particularly underdeveloped. The following figure indicates a few

measures of this underdevelopment through showing:

The percentage of wards in which there are traditional authorities;

The percentage of land coverage of the municipality in which traditional

authorities are found; and

The percentage of land in the municipality which was previously part of a

homeland.

Figure 14: Land area containing traditional authorities and which were part of homelands

11 http://www.ruraldevelopment.gov.za/component/content/article/347-land-claim/re-opening/771-

faq#.W2AQ_NIzY2w19

Further information on the details of traditional leaders can be obtained from the

National House of Traditional Leaders (www.cogta.gov.za).

2.2.3 Access to housing

One of the most important indicators of backlogs in service delivery is provided

through examining the number of people living in informal settlements. Stats SA

defines an informal settlement as an unplanned settlement on land that has not been

surveyed or proclaimed as residential, with housing that consists mainly of informal

dwellings. This is particularly the case in more urban municipalities and the figure

below compares the numbers and area occupied by people living in formal and

informal human settlements.

Figure 15: Percentage of population living in informal settlements

The following figure then examines population density in formal and informal areas.

Figure 16: Density of formal and informal areas

Secure tenure refers to the right of all individuals and groups to effective protection

against forced evictions and is the arrangement under which a household occupies 20

its dwelling. People have secure tenure when there is evidence of documentation

that can be used as proof of secure tenure status or when there is either de facto or

perceived protection against forced evictions.

The figure below examines security of tenure through an assessment of tenure by

ownership type:

Occupied rent free

Owned (not yet paid off and mortgaged)

Paid off

Rented

Figure 17: Percentage of households by tenure

2.2.4 Types of housing

The figure below looks at the percentage of households by dwelling type. This

indicates the type of dwelling that residents live in (except for those living in

collective living quarters and other institutions). Dwelling types are classified by

Stats SA as follows:

1. Formal Dwellings

a. House or brick/concrete block structure on a separate stand or yard or

on a farm

b. Flat or apartment in a block of flats

c. Cluster house in complex

d. Townhouse (semi-detached house in a complex)

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e. Semi-detached house

f. House/flat/room in backyard

g. Room/flatlet on a property or larger dwelling/servants quarters/granny

flat

2. Traditional Dwelling

a. Traditional dwelling/hut/structure made of traditional materials

3. Informal Dwelling

a. Informal dwelling (shack, in backyard)

b. Informal dwelling (shack, not in backyard, e.g. in an informal/squatter

settlement or on a farm)

4. Other

a. Caravan/tent

b. Other and unspecified

Figure 18: Dwelling type

2.2.5 Land use

Land capability is a broad system of categorising land based on issues such as soils,

climate, erosion hazard and slope. It considers the risks of land damage from

erosion and other causes; and the difficulties in owning land owing to physical land

characteristics. Land capability classes are interpretive groupings of land units with

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similar potentials and continuing limitations or hazards. Land coverage, on the other

hand, is the degree to which particular uses dominate the landscape.

The following figure provides a summary of the degree to which the area of the

municipality is/has:

Plantations

Water bodies

Mines

Degraded

Cultivated

Built up

Natural

Figure 19: Land cover

2.3 Infrastructure and Service Provision

Municipalities are often measured by the degree to which they deliver on a set of

basic network services: water, sanitation, energy, transport/roads and solid

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waste/cleansing. This section reviews the degree of access to these areas,

including the number of consumer units billed by municipalities.

Service provision

The percentage of households with access to potable water is contained below. In

addition, information around access to an improved water source, and the number of

domestic and non-domestic users receiving water from the municipality is provided.

Potable water refers to water that is treated or confirmed safe for human

consumption. A potable water supply service refers to a service that delivers potable

water through a pipe or similar duct that is connected to a network, the supply of

which is relatively continuous given that it includes a deposit built for its storage. If a

house or group of houses has a ‘mother’ pipe connected either provisionally or

permanently; it shall be considered to have access to potable water. “A house shall

not be considered to have access to potable water when an individual house or

group is served by a conduit system built with for example wood, bamboo, or rubber

hose, connected directly to a river, well, or to another house”12.

Access is usually considered to be within 200m of the house, although in the figure

below the proportion of households getting access to potable water in their house or

ward is measured. The percentage of the population with sustainable access to an

improved water source represents the percentage of the population with reasonable

access to an adequate supply of safe water in their dwelling or within a convenient

distance of their dwelling. Reasonable access to water is defined as the availability

of at least 20 litres of water per person a day from a source within one kilometre of

the dwelling.

In terms of sanitation, the indicator used by Stats SA refers to the collection, removal

or disposal of human excreta and household waste water. Stats SA defines

waterborne sanitation as a:

Flush toilet connected to a sewerage system;

Flush or pour-flush to piped sewer system, septic tank or pit latrine;

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Ventilated improved pit latrine;

Pit latrine with slab.

Again, a measure is provided of wastewater provision to both domestic (households)

and non-domestic users i.e. commercial, industrial and other facilities.

A high-level overview of access to electricity in the municipality is contained in the

figure below i.e. the percentage of households with connections to the electricity.

This measure provides information on the level of electricity provision to residents

within a municipal area of jurisdiction. This includes the number of domestic and

non-domestic users receiving electricity from the municipality.

Regular solid waste collection is defined as having the solid waste picked up from a

household, transported and taken to a proper treatment facility (recycling or landfill

sites) on at least a weekly basis. Solid waste collection by an entity that is not legally

constituted is not included in this definition. The indicator measures solid waste

provision to both domestic (households) and non-domestic users, i.e. commercial,

industrial and other facilities.

Figure 20: Access to services

Figure 21: Number of consumers billed

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An important part of the regulation in the water and sanitation sector is that of the

Blue Drop Certification Programme for Drinking Water Quality Management

Regulation; and the Green Drop Certification Programme for Wastewater Quality

Management Regulation. Blue and Green Drop scores for the municipality are

highlighted in the table below.

Table 2: Blue Drop and Green Drop scores13

Municipality Blue Drop Score

Grade WSA No of Works

WSA Green Drop Score

Grade

Merafong

City LM

84,56% Good Merafong

City

5 53,89% Average

Information on the municipality’s current and future infrastructure plans can be

obtained from their Integrated Development Plans and Spatial Development

Frameworks, available at www.merafong.co.za

.

2.3.1 Movement and Transport services

Transport infrastructure

Measuring the various types of transportation infrastructure provides information on

travel behaviour through the use of cars as a travel mode providing access to work,

shopping, school and other community services. This measure can also inform the

need for further transport facilities. Unfortunately, detailed information on commuter

flows, modal split and the like is not available in a standardised format from which

municipalities can be benchmarked. However, the figure below provides information

13 http://www.dwa.gov.za/Documents/Blue%20Drop%20Report%202014.pdf26

on the extent of road infrastructure, including major roads, the kilometres of road by

surface type, and the length of national and provincial roads14.

Figure 22: Road length by road type and surface

2.3.2 Education services

This section looks at education levels in the municipality. This includes a measure of

the level of education, the matric pass rate, and the percentage of the population in

the school-aged cohort, that are enrolled in some form of education.

Educational infrastructure (schools and tertiary institutions)

It is also important to reflect on the degree to which municipalities have the same

levels of educational infrastructure. Educational infrastructure examines information

such as the number of educational facilities in the area. The figure below provides

such information including:

Number of primary schools per 10 000 people15

Number of high schools per 10 000 people

Number of tertiary institutions per 10 000 people

Figure 23: Educational infrastructure per 10 000 population

14 Department of Transport15 Department of Basic Education

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Matric results and learners in school

The figure below details the overall results of the final examination for Grade 12

learners in a school, which is to some degree indicative of the quality of education

within different institutions16. It also indicates the percentage of the population in the

school aged cohort (between and including ages 5 – 18) who are currently enrolled

in education.

Figure 24: Matric pass rate and percentage of youth in school

The following table indicates the number of schools and learners registered in the

municipality in 2017.

Table 3: Schools and learners

Schools Educators Learners

GT484 37 1096 33937

Gauteng 2654 74536 1999616

South Africa 24813 462306 11496699

Level of education

The figure below provides a measure of the level of education described as a

percentage, for each education level including:

16 Department of Basic Education28

No schooling

Some schooling

Complete primary

Some secondary

Matric

Higher education

Figure 25: Percentage population by level of education

2.3.3 Health services

An analysis of information at a district level on some aspects of the state of health in

the area has also been completed17. The following variables are included:

PHC expenditure per capita: Provincial expenditure on sub-programmes of

DHS plus net local government expenditure on PHC per uninsured

population;

Children under 5 who died of diarrhoea: This is the proportion of children

under 5 years admitted to medical centres with diarrhoea who died;

Children under 5 dying from severe malnutrition: Proportion of children under

5 years admitted with severe acute malnutrition who died

TB deaths: The percentage of TB clients (all types of TB registered in

ETR.net) who died.

17 Naomi Massyn, Ashnie Padarath, Nazia Peer and Candy Day, 2016/17 District Health Barometer, Health Systems Trust

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The HIV positive rate: The percentage of clients (including ANC first and re-

test clients) who tested positive for HIV; and

Medical aid schemes coverage: Percentage of population who have medical

scheme insurance.

The following figure provides a summary of how the municipality compares against

the province and nationally on these indicators.

Table 4: Key health statistics

DM

CODE

PHC Exp pc

2016

<5 yrs deaths

Diarrohea

2016

<5 yrs deaths

Sev Mal 2016

TB deaths

2015

HIV pos 15+

2016

Med Scheme

cov 2016

DC48 1318,107028

62628

3,2064128256

513

10,638297872

3404

6,7824648469

8098

8,251488428

30924

23,312501411

6544

Gaute

ng

1170,765324

20269

1,9848747606

6537

6,9033990337

9282

6,9331252371

5463

9,734910444

73537

24,959245553

3662

Grand

Total

1093,389249

82994

2,184588956

11585

7,269921296

24842

7,730587239

17573

7,447797361

30905

12,86093379

77168

2.3.4 Safety and security

Crime statistics

The following figure details crime levels in the municipality. This includes:

Murders and culpable homicides per 100 000: Murder is defined as the

unlawful death inflicted upon a person with the intent to cause death or

serious injury. This is apportioned as a rate per 100 000 population18;

Crimes against property per 100 000: This indicator highlights the crimes

committed against all types of property in a particular area of jurisdiction for a

relevant calendar year. This is apportioned per 100 000 population;

Violent crime per 100 000: The number of violent crimes is an indicator of the

amount of serious criminal offences in an area and a lead indicator of feelings

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of personal safety. The number of violent crimes in an area is considered a

benchmark measure of the overall level of safety in the area.

In this municipality, crime levels are as follows:

Figure 26: Crime levels

2.4 Economic development

2.4.1 Mining

The following figure indicates the proportion of wards in the municipality that have

active mines in them, as well as the proportion of the area of the municipality which

has potential licences for prospecting.

Figure 27: Active mines and mining licences

2.4.2 Tourism

Tourist attractions and/products

Another area in which municipalities often focus their attention is the tourism sector.

The following figure indicates, for example, the proportion of area of the municipality

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which consists of various categories of land usage which assist in enhancing the

tourism potential. These include:

Percentage local reserves

Percentage conservation areas, coastal catchments and protected areas

Percentage forests

Percentage game reserves

Percentage national Parks

Figure 28: % of land with natural heritage assets

2.4.3 Telecommunication infrastructure

ICT access to fixed and unfixed lines

Importantly, is the degree to which a municipality’s population is linked into ICT, with

the importance reflecting the degree to which a municipality is able to respond to the

opportunities of the fourth industrial revolution.

The following figure looks at access to telecommunications. This includes:

The number of people in the country who have access to land line telephone

communication

The number of people who have access to mobile phone communication. This

is different from landline connections in that mobile phones offer other

features and modes of communicating, for example, texting. It also allows

people to use the phone for access to the internet and provides users with 32

access freely, i.e. without being bound by the location of the

telecommunication facility.

The level of internet penetration in the country per jurisdiction.

Figure 29: Access to telecommunications

2.5 Other government services infrastructure

Some of the social, economic and governmental infrastructure available in the

municipality is also highlighted here. The following figure indicates, for example,

comparative data on some aspects of the infrastructure found in the municipality,

such as:

Private Hospitals per 100 000 people

State Hospitals per 100 000 people

Clinics per 100 000 people

Police stations per 100 000 people

Rail length in kms per 100 000 people

Airports (local and provincial) per 100 000 people

Figure 30: General infrastructure

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Military installations

Information on the location and contact details of military installations in each

municipality can be found at the following website:

http://www.army.mil.za/contactus.htm

Ports of entry

Information on the location and contact details of military installations in each

municipality can be found at the following website:

http://www.dha.gov.za/index.php/immigration-services/south-african-ports-of-entry

Home affairs and South African Security Services

Information on the location and contact details of Home Affairs offices in each

municipality can be found at the following website:

http://www.dha.gov.za/index.php/contact-us

2.6 Environment, Natural Features and Endowments

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Climate change will have an impact on water, agriculture and many other human

activities. Some 39 key impacts have been identified. The next table provides a

summary of the key issues noted by municipalities in the district when analysing the

impacts of climate change19. These 39 potential impacts and the degree to which

they could affect specific districts is recorded. The first column of the table below

shows how many of the 44 districts indicated whether the impact needs to be

planned for, with the second column showing the percentage of districts so affected.

The third column indicates for this district whether or not it rated it as a critical issue

for consideration:

Table 5: Potential impacts of climate change

Climate Change

Impact

# Districts %Districts DC48

1 Increased risks to

livestock

28 63,6 Yes

19 Health impacts

from increased storm

events

13 29,5 Yes

19 Department of Environmental Affairs 2018. Local Government Climate Change Support Program (LGCCSP) District Municipality Priority Climate Change Indicators.

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3. Governance assessment

While the first part of each municipal profile contained an overview of the general

environmental situation in each municipality (demographic and social context, the

economic context, land and human settlements, movement and transport,

infrastructure and service provision, and the environment), it is relevant also to

assess the municipality’s general governance, through findings such as their audit

scores and other financial indicators, voter turnout and municipal staffing information.

3.1 Financial overview

Local government audit outcomes are detailed below and are indicated by the

following:

Unqualified with no findings – The municipality was able to produce financial

statements free of material misstatements (material misstatements mean

errors or omissions that are so significant that they affect the credibility and

reliability of the financial statements); measure and report on their

performance in accordance with the predetermined objectives in their IDPs

and/or SDBIPs in a manner that is useful and reliable; and comply with key

legislation (Score 5 in analysis below).

Unqualified with findings – The municipality has been able to produce

financial statements without material misstatements, but has struggled to align

their performance reports to the predetermined objectives to which they had

committed in their IDPs and/or SDBIPs; set clear performance indicators and

targets to measure their performance against their predetermined objectives;

report reliably on whether they had achieved their performance targets; and

determine which legislation they should comply with, and implement the

required policies, procedures and controls to ensure that they comply (Score

4 in analysis below).

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Qualified with findings – These municipalities face the same challenges as

those that were financially unqualified with findings in the areas of reporting

on performance and compliance with key legislation. In addition, they were

unable to produce credible and reliable financial statements. Their financial

statements contain misstatements which they could not correct before the

financial statements were published (Score 3 in analysis below).

Adverse with findings - The financial statements of these municipalities have

so many material misstatements that the Auditor-General (AG) disagrees with

virtually all the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements (Score 1

in analysis below).

Disclaimed with findings - Those municipalities could not provide evidence for

most of the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The AG was

unable to conclude or express an opinion on the credibility of their financial

statements (Score 1 in analysis below).

Audit not finalised at legislated date (Not considered in averages).

New auditee (Not considered in averages).

The figure below provides the audit results for the municipality for the past three

financial years: 2014/15, 2015/16 and 2016/17. As indicated above, scores close to

1 indicate findings which are Adverse/Disclaimers, scores around 3 are Qualified and

scores close to 5 are Unqualified with no findings.

Figure 31: Audit outcomes

Measures of municipal finances look at financial distress information from National

Treasury, covering eight specific areas from the MFMA, with scores attributed to the

following eight variables:

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Cash Coverage: this measures the amount of cash on hand a municipality

has to meet its monthly payments as and when they fall due. National

Treasury suggest that municipalities should have three months of average

operational expenditure available at any time.

Cash Balance: Identifies whether cash shortages / bank overdrafts pose a

‘chronic’ problem for the municipality.

Reliance on capital transfers: This determines the levels at which

municipalities are able to generate own funds to finance revenue generating

assets to enhance and sustain revenue generating streams

Overspending: This measures the overspending of operational budgets and

tests the effectiveness of municipal spending in accordance with resource es

available to them, what is the credibility of the budget and are municipalities

able to adjust expenditure should planned revenue not materialise.

Underspending of capital budgets: This shows the effectiveness of municipal

spending – but also provides an indication of whether municipalities are

compromising on capital programmes to resolve cash flow challenges, or

whether there are planning deficiencies which are impacting on service

delivery.

Debtors growth – this shows the year on year growth in debtors and provides

information on whether the municipality is exercising fiscal effort in collecting

outstanding debt. It demonstrates the extent to which financial distress is the

result of poor debtor management.

Debtors as a percentage of own revenue: this shows the revenue

management capabilities of municipalities.

Creditors as a percentage of cash: whether the municipality is able to meet its

monthly commitments.

Scores of 1, 2 or 3 are assigned to each municipality in terms of how they score on

each variable, with 3 being that they score poorly. These scores are added up and

those municipalities scoring between 17 and 24 are deemed to be financially

distressed.

Figure 32: Financial indicators

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In addition, measures are also provided which detail aspects such as:

Whether or not a municipality is in financial distress based on these

indicators;

The degree to which a municipality (over the past three years) has underspent

its CAPEX;

Whether or not a municipality is subject to a Section 139 intervention;

Whether or not the Municipal Finance Improvement Programme operates in

the municipality; and

The total years in which a municipality has been in financial distress.

Figure 33: Further measures of financial performance

3.2 Voter turnout

In terms of governance, the first indicator represents the degree to which voters

participate in local elections. This is provided in the following figure, together with an

indicator showing the turnout of voters who have registered to vote as a percentage

of the voting population (age 19 and above).

Figure 34: Voter turnout and registered voters

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3.3 Municipal staffing

The final set of data related to governance in the municipality examines the numbers

of municipal councillors and employees, including a focus on gender representation:

Number of elected councillors

Women as a percentage of total elected municipal councillors

Number of municipal officials per 100 000 population

Percentage of women employed in the municipal workforce

Figure 35: Municipal councillors and employees

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4. Municipal Overview of Capacity

4.1 Staffing information

The table below provides an overview of staffing levels in the municipality, including

total staff currently employed, approved positions and funded vacancies. The table

below provides an overview of staffing levels in the municipality, including total staff

currently employed, approved positions and funded vacancies. For example, in this

municipality, 63,09% of staff are permanent employees. There is a vacancy rate of

42,61%.

Table 6: Staffing levels

GT484

Total municipal staff currently employed 1325

Total permanent currently employed 836

Total temporary staff currently employed 489

Total approved positions 1455

Total funded vacancies 620

Percentage of funded vacancies 42,61

The qualifications of staff (from technical to postgraduate) are detailed below. 6,34%

of staff have some form of tertiary qualification.

Table 7: General qualifications

GT484

Number of staff with postgraduate degrees 9

Percentage of staff with postgraduate

degrees

0,68

Number of staff with Bachelors degrees 61

Percentage of staff with Bachelors

degrees

4,6

Number of staff with technical 14

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qualifications

Percentage of staff with technical

qualifications

1,06

In 2007, National Treasury introduced minimum competencies for municipal officials

responsible for financial and supply chain management. This was done in order to

modernise and professionalise financial management in municipalities, in keeping

with the principles of accountability, transparency, effective and efficient utilisation of

public resources.

The regulations cover the following aspects for the relevant financial and supply

chain management positions: minimum higher education qualifications; work related

experience, core managerial and occupational competencies and the financial and

financial and supply chain management competencies that the relevant municipal

officials should have to enable them to discharge their responsibilities under the

MFMA and the related reforms.

A structured training programme was introduced in support of the minimum

competency requirements for existing and new incumbents in the municipal sector. A

graduate internship programme was also introduced and additional financial

resources were made available to municipalities in the form of Financial

Management Grant over the medium term. This was augmented by additional

funding from the donor community, LGSETA and municipal own resources20.

The table below indicates the number of people in the municipality that have

completed MFMA competency courses.

Table 8: MFMA competency

GT484

Number of municipal officials that have

completed the MFMA Competency 1:

Budgetting

34

Number of municipal officials that have 8

20 National Treasury and CoGTA, Minimum competency levels for municipal officials effective from

October 2015, 30 September 201542

completed the MFMA Competency 2:

Costing

Number of municipal officials that have

completed the MFMA Competency 3:

Income expenditure

34

Number of municipal officials that have

completed the MFMA Competency 4:

Ethics

34

Number of municipal officials that have

completed the MFMA Competency 5:

IG Fiscal relations

34

Number of municipal officials that have

completed the MFMA Competency 6:

Auditing planning implementation

8

Number of municipal officials that have

completed the MFMA Competency 7:

Performance management

34

Number of municipal officials that have

completed the MFMA Competency 8:

Internal control

34

Number of municipal officials that have

completed the MFMA Competency 9:

Risk management

34

Number of municipal officials that have

completed the MFMA Competency 10:

ICT and finance

34

The total number of days worked in the municipality is indicated in the table below,

as well as details on the total sick days taken in 2016/17.

Table 9: Total days worked

GT484

Total number of days worked by staff 25043

as a whole in 2016/17

Total sick days as a whole in 2016/17 7145

Staff turnover, and specifically the total number of resignations and dismissals in

2016/17, are detailed below.

Table 10: Staff turnover

GT484

Total resignations / contract endings in

2016/17

499

Total dismissals in 2016/17 1

4.2 Management overview

The table below provides an overview of senior management in the municipality,

including total number of Section 56 positions, as well as the percentage of

vacancies in 2016/17 and 2017/18. In this municipality, 16,67% of Section 56

positions were vacant in 2016/17, while 100% were vacant in 2017/18.

Table 11: Senior management

GT484

Total Section 56 positions in the

municipality

6

Percentage of Section 56 positions

vacant for more than three months in

2016/17

16,67

Percentage of Section 56 positions

vacant for more than three months in

2017/18

100

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The following table provides information on the number of qualified engineers,

planners, accountants and environmental officers.

Table 12: Qualifications of professionals

GT484

Qualified engineers and engineering

technologists

3

Qualified planners and planning

technicians

5

Qualified accountants 2

Environmental officers 2

4.3 Financial information

Municipalities were asked to provide information on their finances, including

expenditure, income, creditors etc.

In this municipality, there has been:

A 3,34% decrease in operating expenditure, A 18,17% decrease in capital budgets, and A 8,97% increase in staffing budgets.

The municipal budget per household declined from R 21837,71 in 2016/17 to R

21108,15 in 2017/18.

Table 13: Expenditure

GT484

Total estimated operating budget

2017/2018

1404220000

Actual operating budget 2016/2017 1452753952

Total estimated capital budget

2017/2018

124298600

Total actual capital budget 2016/2017 151891850

Total estimated staff budget 2017/2018 357053000

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Total actual staff budget 2016/2017 327674868

% of the budget in 2016/17 that was

used for IDP projects

78,30%

% of the budget in 2017/18 that is

being used for SDBIP projects

80,38%

The table below highlights municipal income in 2016/17 and 2017/18. The following

is noted:

There has been a 22,27% decrease in rates income between 2016/17 and

2017/18.

Grants income in 2017/18 makes up 29,37% of the municipality’s total

income.

There is an average of R 2657,17 rates income per household in 2017/18, an

increase from R 3418,29 in 2016/17.

Service charges in 2017/18 make up 56,68% of municipal income.

Table 14: Income

GT484

Estimated rates income for 2017/2018 176768280

Actual rates income collected for

2016/2017

227401725

Estimated grant income for 2017/2018 372249000

Estimated grant income for 2016/2017 349854850

Total estimated income for service

charges for 2017/2018

718244414

Total actual income collected from

service charges for 2016/2017

678401526

Municipal creditors are detailed in the table below. There has been a:

2,03% decrease in the amount owed to Eskom between 2016/17 and

2017/18

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67,55% decrease in the amount owed to water boards between 2016/17 and

2017/18

1397,82% increase in the amount owed for audit fees between 2016/17 and

2017/18

Table 15: Creditors

GT484

Amount owed at year-end to Water

Boards for 2016/17 financial year

85 607 909

Estimated amount owed to Water

Boards currently for 2017/18 financial

year

27 783 278

Amount owed at year-end to ESKOM

for 2016/17 financial year

179 113 389

Estimated amount owed currently to

ESKOM for 2017/18 financial year

175 478 044

Amount owed at year-end for Audit

fees for 2016/17 financial year

285 364

Estimated amount owed currently for

Audit fees for 2017/18 year

4 274 238

An analysis of rates shows the following:

81,23% of the municipal rates come from residential properties.

16,65% come from non-residential properties including business, commercial

and industrial.

0,05% come from state-owned properties.

2,07% come from farming or agriculture properties.

Finally, 0% come from other properties.

Table 16: Analysis of rates collected

GT484

Rates collected from residential

properties (including Sectional Title) in

136 838 434

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2016/17

Rates collected from non-residential

Properties

(Business/Commercial/Industrial) in

2016/17

28 051 365

Rates collected from state-owned

properties (other than municipal) in

2016/17

81 395

Rates collected from

farming/agriculture properties in

2016/17

3 490 798

Rates collected from other properties

in 2016/17

0

In terms of national policy, municipalities should provide Free Basic Services to their

communities. The table below indicates whether free basic water and electricity is

provided, the quantity thereof, and the number of households benefitting from this

policy.

In this municipality, free basic services for water costs roughly 0,1% of the total

operating expenditure. This benefits 10,16% of households in the municipality.

Free basic electricity makes up approximately 0% of the total operating expenditure,

and benefits 10,16% of households in the municipality.

Table 17: Free basic services

GT484

Free Basic Services policy (water) Yes

Quantity of free basic water 6

Cost to municipality for free basic

water

1355000

Number of households benefitting from

free basic water

6761

Free Basic Services policy (electricity) Yes

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Quantity of free basic electricity 50

Cost to municipality for free basic

electricity

1619000

Number of households benefitting from

free basic electricity

6761

4.4 Governance

Governance is defined as the exercise of political, economic and administrative

authority in the management of a country’s (municipality’s) affairs at all levels. It

comprises the mechanisms, processes and institutions through which citizens and

groups articulate their interests, exercise their legal rights, meet their obligations and

mediate their differences.21

As one indication of governance levels in the municipalities, the following information

was requested:

Number of municipal council meetings

Number of MPAC meetings

Number of EXCO/Mayoral Committee meetings

Number of audit/risk committee meetings

Number of ward committee meetings

In terms of the Municipal Structures Act, 117 of 1998, Section 18(2), a municipal

council must meet at least quarterly. A municipal Council may also establish one or

more committees necessary for the effective and efficient performance of any of its

functions or the exercise of any of its powers (Municipal Structures Act, 117 of 1998,

Section 79). The table below provides an overview of the number of meetings held

in 2016/17 and 2017/18.

Table 18: Meetings held

21 UNDP Governance for Sustainable Human Development, New York, 1997, pp. 2-3. See also the draft Working Consensus Definition of

Governance presented to the U.N. Consultative Committee on Programme and Operational Questions ACC/ 2000/POQ/ CRP.20 of 14

September 2000).49

GT484 2016/17 2017/18Council meetings 15 20

MPAC meetings 12 17

Exco/Mayco meetings 4 5

Audit and risk meetings 0 2

Ward committee meetings 254 254

The number of protests and petitions received by the municipality is detailed below.

In this municipality there has been a ∞% change in protests and petitions received

by the municipality between 2016/17 and 2017/18.

Table 19: Protests and petitions

GT484 2016/17 2017/18

Number of protests and petitions

received

0 5

4.5 Departmental assessment

Total budget and staffing information for the three groups of functions (Development

and town planning services; Technical services; Community services) are provided

in the table below. This is followed by a detailed assessment by function in the

following section.

An analysis of data for each department finds the following:

Development and Planning

o 35,83% increase in operating budget between 2016/17 and 2017/18

o 605,2% increase in capital budget between 2016/17 and 2017/18

o A vacancy rate of 71,23%

Technical services

o 0,86% increase in operating budget between 2016/17 and 2017/18

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o 3,77% increase in capital budget between 2016/17 and 2017/18

o A vacancy rate of 97,57%

Community services

o 0,33% decrease in operating budget between 2016/17 and 2017/18

o 4,74% increase in capital budget between 2016/17 and 2017/18

o A vacancy rate of 92,82%

Department Budget Staffing

2016/17 Operati

ng expendi

ture

2017/18 Operating budget

2016/17 Capital budget

2017/18 Capital Budget

Total staff

Total vacancies

Staff with undergraduate degrees or

above

Staff with technical

qualification

Development

and Planning

334130

21

45383341 520975 3673917 73 52 6 3

Technical

services

960649

480

96893853

6

11959150

8

124104653 946 923 23 88

Community

services

102498

0900

10216406

94

11978230

8

125464653 1142 1060 35 152

Table 20: Departments

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5. Assessment of capacity to perform functions

One of the key objectives of these municipal reports is to provide information on the

capacity of municipalities to exercise each of their core functions. Information in this

section was provided by municipalities and verified by Municipal Managers.

Functions have been grouped into three main areas:

Development and town planning services

Technical services

Community services

Table 21: Grouping of functions

Development and town planning services

Technical services Community services

• Air pollution

• Building regulations

• Local tourism

• Municipal Airports

• Municipal Planning

• Pontoons, ferries, jetties,

piers, harbours

• Trading regulations

• Beaches and Amusement

Facilities

• Billboards and Public

Advertisements

• Control of public

nuisances

• Control of public liquor

trading

• Facilities for care, burial

• Electricity reticulation

• Municipal Public

Transport

• Storm Water

Management Systems

• Potable Water Supply

Systems

• Sanitation

• Cleansing

• Municipal roads

• Refuse removal, refuse

dumps and solid waste

disposal

• Street lighting

• Traffic and parking

• Housing

• Municipal Public Works

• Childcare facilities

• Firefighting services

• Municipal health

services

• Cemeteries, funeral

parlours, crematoria

• Local amenities

• Local sport facilities

• Markets

• Municipal parks and

recreation

• Public places

• Agriculture

• Disaster Management

• Libraries

• Traditional Authorities

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of animals, pounds

• Fencing and fences

• Licensing of dogs

• Licensing of public food

trading

• Municipal abattoirs

• Noise pollution

• Pounds

• Street trading

• Environment and Nature

Conservation

• Vehicle licensing

• Economic Development

• Welfare

• Ambulance services

• Museums other than

national museums

• Municipal police and

security guards

• Other Health

Programmes

(HIV/AIDS, etc.)

According to Section 156(1) of the Constitution and Section 84(1) and (2) of the

Municipal Structures Act, many of these functions are local municipality functions.

However, Section 85(1) of the Municipal Structures Act stipulates that the MEC for

local government in a province may, subject to the provisions of this section, adjust

the division of functions and powers between a district and a local municipality as set

out in Section 84(1) or (2) by allocating, within a prescribed policy framework, any of

those functions or powers vested –

(a) in the local municipality, to the district municipality; or

(b) in the district municipality (excluding a function or power referred to in Section

84(1)(a), (b), (c), (d) (i), (o) or (p)) to the local municipality.

5.1 Development and town planning services

Table 22: Performance of functions (Development and town planning services)

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Authority for

function

Provided by

PMS in place

By laws in place

Where is service

rendered

Equipment and

infrastructure available for

function

Air pollution Local Both No No Entire

Area

No

Building

regulations

Local Local Yes Yes Entire

Area

Yes

Local tourism Local Local Yes No Entire

Area

No

Municipal

Airports

Municipal

Planning

Local Local Yes No Entire

Area

Yes

Pontoons,

ferries, jetties,

piers, harbours

Trading

regulations

Beaches and

Amusement

Facilities

Billboards and

Public

Advertisements

Local Local No Yes Urban

Only

Yes

Control of

public

nuisances

Control of

public liquor

trading

Facilities for

care, burial of

animals,

pounds

Local External

Provider

Yes Yes Entire

Area

No

Fencing and

fences

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Authority for

function

Provided by

PMS in place

By laws in place

Where is service

rendered

Equipment and

infrastructure available for

function

Licensing of

dogs

Local External

Provider

No Yes Entire

Area

No

Licensing of

public food

trading

Local Local Yes No Entire

Area

Yes

Municipal

abattoirs

Noise pollution District District No No Entire

Area

No

Pounds Local External

Provider

Yes Yes Entire

Area

No

Street trading Local Local Yes Yes Entire

Area

Environment

and Nature

Conservation

Local Local Yes No Entire

Area

Yes

Vehicle

licensing

Local Local Yes No Entire

Area

Yes

Economic

Development

Local Local Yes No Entire

Area

Yes

The table below provides an overview of budgets for the development and town

planning functions. Some observations include:

The building regulations function has seen an increase of 25,18% in operating

expenditure between 2016/17 and 2017/18. Income for this function has

increased by 3,65% between 2016/17 and 2017/18.

Local tourism has had an increase of 9,86% in operating expenditure between

2016/17 and 2017/18.

Operating expenditure for the municipal planning function has increased by

69,1% between 2016/17 and 2017/18.

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Economic development had an increase in operating budget of 9,86%

between 2016/17 and 2017/18.

Table 23: Financial overview (Development and town planning services)

2016/17 2017/18

Operating expenditure

Income Capital expenditur

e

Operating budget

Estimated income

Estimated capital budget

Air pollution 0 0 0 0 0 0

Building

regulations

2438299 648749 0 3052152 672399 0

Local tourism 6025235 130827 0 6619157 151763 0

Municipal

Airports

Municipal

Planning

1780452 0 0 3010775 0 0

Pontoons,

ferries, jetties,

piers, harbours

Trading

regulations

Beaches and

Amusement

Facilities

Billboards and

Public

Advertisements

40388 0 11500 0

Control of

public

nuisances

Control of

public liquor

trading

Facilities for

care, burial of

animals,

pounds

234600 0 0 153000 0 0

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2016/17 2017/18

Operating expenditure

Income Capital expenditur

e

Operating budget

Estimated income

Estimated capital budget

Fencing and

fences

Licensing of

dogs

234600 0 0 153000 0 0

Licensing of

public food

trading

15000 1490 0 20000 2000 0

Municipal

abattoirs

Noise pollution 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pounds 234600 0 0 153000 0 0

Street trading 0 0 520975 0 0 3673917

Environment

and Nature

Conservation

0 0 0 0 0 0

Vehicle

licensing

16425000 14320623 0 25603100 36020000 0

Economic

Development

6025235 130827 0 6619157 151763 0

Staffing for the development and town planning functions are detailed in the table

below.

Table 24: Staffing overview (Development and town planning services)

Staffing Qualifications (no. of staff) Staff vacancie

sTotal staff employed

Full-time Part-time

Bachelors degree and above

Technical qualifications directly related to function

Air

pollution

1 0 0 1 0 0

Building

regulatio

ns

3 3 0 0 3 11

Local 11 11 0 1 0 12

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Staffing Qualifications (no. of staff) Staff vacancie

sTotal staff employed

Full-time Part-time

Bachelors degree and above

Technical qualifications directly related to function

tourism

Municipal

Airports

0

Municipal

Planning

4 4 0 1 0 2

Pontoons

, ferries,

jetties,

piers,

harbours

0

Trading

regulatio

ns

0

Beaches

and

Amusem

ent

Facilities

0

Billboard

s and

Public

Advertise

ments

2 2 0 2 0 0

Control

of public

nuisance

s

0

Control

of public

liquor

trading

0

Facilities

for care,

burial of

animals,

0 0 0 0 0 0

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Staffing Qualifications (no. of staff) Staff vacancie

sTotal staff employed

Full-time Part-time

Bachelors degree and above

Technical qualifications directly related to function

pounds

Fencing

and

fences

0

Licensing

of dogs

0 0 0 0 0 0

Licensing

of public

food

trading

1 1 0 0 0 5

Municipal

abattoirs

0

Noise

pollution

0 0 0 0 0 0

Pounds 0 0 0 0 0 0

Street

trading

1 1 0 0 0 0

Environm

ent and

Nature

Conserv

ation

1 1 0 1 0 2

Vehicle

licensing

38 38 0 0 0 8

Economi

c

Develop

ment

11 11 0 0 12

Municipalities were also requested to indicate whether there is a backlog for each

function, and if so, the extent thereof. This, together with their own assessment of

service delivery and the levels of community satisfaction (f available), are detailed

below.

Table 25: Backlog and service delivery (Development and town planning services)59

Backlog Delivery of function

Yes / No Extent of backlog Timeframe to address

Ranked assessment of service delivery from 1 (poor) to 10 (excellent)

Community satisfaction

Air pollution No 2 0

Building

regulations

No 7 REPORTS TO SECTION

80 MEETINGS

Local tourism No 6 REPORTS TO SECTION

80 MEETINGS

Municipal

Airports

Municipal

Planning

No 8 REPORTS TO SECTION

80 MEETINGS AND

COUNCIL

Pontoons,

ferries, jetties,

piers, harbours

Trading

regulations

Beaches and

Amusement

Facilities

Billboards and

Public

Advertisements

No 3 NONE

Control of

public

nuisances

Control of

public liquor

trading

Facilities for

care, burial of

animals,

pounds

No 7 MONTHLY REPORTS

FROM SPCA

Fencing and

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Backlog Delivery of function

Yes / No Extent of backlog Timeframe to address

Ranked assessment of service delivery from 1 (poor) to 10 (excellent)

Community satisfaction

fences

Licensing of

dogs

No 7 MONTHLY REPORTS

FROM SPCA

Licensing of

public food

trading

No None

Municipal

abattoirs

Noise pollution No 1

Pounds No 7 MONTLY REPORTS

FROM SPCA

Street trading No 5 REPORTS TO SECTION

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Environment

and Nature

Conservation

No 6 no community

Vehicle

licensing

No 6 REPORTS TO SECTION

80

Economic

Development

No 6 REPORTS TO SECTION

80 MEETINGS

5.2 Technical services

Table 26: Performance of function (Technical services)

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Authority for

function

Provided by

PMS in place

By laws in place

Where is service

rendered

Equipment and

infrastructure available for

function

Electricity

reticulation

Local Local Yes Yes Entire

Area

Yes

Municipal

Public

Transport

Storm Water

Management

Systems

Local Local Yes Yes Entire

Area

Yes

Potable

Water

Supply

Systems

Local Local Yes Yes Entire

Area

Yes

Sanitation Local Local Yes Yes Entire

Area

Yes

Cleansing Local Local Yes Yes Entire

Area

Yes

Municipal

roads

Local Local Yes No Entire

Area

Yes

Refuse

removal,

refuse

dumps and

solid waste

disposal

Local Local Yes Yes Entire

Area

Yes

Street

lighting

Local Local Yes Yes Urban

Only

Yes

Traffic and

parking

Local Local Yes Yes Entire

Area

Yes

Housing Local Local Yes No Entire

Area

Yes

Municipal

Public Works

Local Local Yes No Entire

Area

Yes

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The table below provides an overview of budgets for the technical services functions.

Some observations include:

The electricity reticulation function has seen an increase of 24,3% in operating

expenditure between 2016/17 and 2017/18. Capital expenditure has

decreased by 56,79% between the two financial years. Income for this

function has decreased by 4,05% between 2016/17 and 2017/18.

Storm water management systems have had an decrease of 23,2% in

operating expenditure between 2016/17 and 2017/18.

The potable water function has seen an increase of 8,68% in operating

expenditure between 2016/17 and 2017/18. Capital expenditure has

increased by 107,57% between the two financial years. Income for this

function has increased by 0,2% between 2016/17 and 2017/18.

Operating expenditure for the sanitation function has decreased by 23,2%

between 2016/17 and 2017/18.

The refuse removal function has seen an decrease of 8,9% in operating

expenditure between 2016/17 and 2017/18. Capital expenditure has

increased by 348,28% between the two financial years. Income for this

function has increased by 991,71% between 2016/17 and 2017/18.

Housing have had an increase of 862,8% in operating expenditure between

2016/17 and 2017/18, and an increase in capital expenditure of 1,08%

between the two financial years.

Finally, municipal public transport has had an increase of 6,78% in operating

expenditure between 2016/17 and 2017/18, and an decrease in capital

expenditure of 70,58% between the two financial years.

Table 27: Financial overview (Technical services)

2016/17 2017/18

Operating expenditure

Income Capital expenditure

Operating budget

Estimated income

Estimated capital budget

Electricity

reticulation

269381602 264139919 28927998 334844441 253449300 12500000

Municipal

Public

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2016/17 2017/18

Operating expenditure

Income Capital expenditure

Operating budget

Estimated income

Estimated capital budget

Transport

Storm Water

Management

Systems

29388169 39048319 0 22570868 49860406 0

Potable

Water

Supply

Systems

298925320 259059237 14452735 324862290 259568830 30000000

Sanitation 29388169 39048319 0 22570868 49860406 0

Cleansing 3717973 0 0 4000000 0 0

Municipal

roads

148802958 0 27874543 11143728 0 16033536

Refuse

removal,

refuse

dumps and

solid waste

disposal

61462884 59096227 7007871 55992421 645156488 31415200

Street

lighting

120152 0 530943 52000 0 0

Traffic and

parking

58828634 45308810 0 63777421 46306000 0

Housing 6387153 0 26000000 61495364 22130 26282000

Municipal

Public Works

20833445 0 14276443 22245794 0 4200000

The table below details staffing information for the technical services functions,

including total staff employed, qualifications and vacancies.

Table 28: Staffing overview (Technical services)

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Staffing Qualifications (no. of staff) Staff vacanciesTotal staff

employedFull-time

Part-time Bachelors degree and

above

Technical qualifications directly

related to function

Electricity

reticulation

66 66 0 0 12 57

Municipal

Public

Transport

0

Storm Water

Management

Systems

93 93 0 Sum of 1193,

1994, 1195

6 104

Potable

Water

Supply

Systems

93 93 0 1 3 104

Sanitation 93 93 0 1 6 104

Cleansing 128 128 38 3 6 116

Municipal

roads

27 27 0 2 0 44

Refuse

removal,

refuse

dumps and

solid waste

disposal

128 128 38 4 6 116

Street

lighting

66 66 0 0 12 87

Traffic and

parking

94 94 0 1 24 80

Housing 11 11 0 2 2 13

Municipal

Public Works

74 74 0 2 8 46

Municipalities were also requested to indicate whether there is a backlog for each

function, and if so, the extent thereof. This, together with their own assessment of

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service delivery and the levels of community satisfaction (if available), are detailed

below.

Table 29: Backlog and service delivery (Technical services)

Backlog Delivery of function

Yes / No Extent of backlog Timeframe to address

Ranked assessment of service delivery from 1 (poor) to 10 (excellent)

Community satisfaction

Electricity

reticulation

No 6 REPORTS AT SECTION

80 MEETINGS

Municipal

Public

Transport

Storm Water

Management

Systems

No 6 REPORTS AT SECTION

80 MEETINGS

Potable

Water

Supply

Systems

No 5 REPORTS AT SECTION

80 MEETINGS

Sanitation No 6 REPORTS AT SECTION

80 MEETINGS

Cleansing Yes Insuffient staff,

budget and

equipments

more than

5 years

5 survey is through call

centre office

Municipal

roads

Yes more than

5 years

5 REPORTS AT SECTION

80 MEETINGS

Refuse

removal,

refuse

dumps and

solid waste

disposal

Yes Insuffieint staff,

budget and

equipment

more than

5 years

5 this is done through call

centre office

Street

lighting

No 6 REPORTS AT SECTION

80 MEETINGS

Traffic and No 7 REPORTS AT SECTION

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parking 80 MEETINGS

Housing Yes PROVISION OF

HOUSES

more than

5 years

8 REPORTS AT SECTION

80 MEETINGS

Municipal

Public Works

No 5

5.3 Community services

Table 30: Performance of function (Community services)

Authority for

function

Provided by

PMS in place

By laws in place

Where is service

rendered

Equipment and

infrastructure available for

function

Childcare

facilities

Local Both No No Entire

Area

No

Firefighting

services

Municipal

health

services

Cemeteries,

funeral

parlours,

crematoria

Local Local No Yes Entire

Area

Yes

Local

amenities

Local Local Yes Yes Urban

Only

Yes

Local sport

facilities

Local Local Yes Yes Entire

Area

Yes

Markets

Municipal

parks and

recreation

Local Local Yes Yes Urban

Only

Yes

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Authority for

function

Provided by

PMS in place

By laws in place

Where is service

rendered

Equipment and

infrastructure available for

function

Public places

Agriculture Local Local Yes No Entire

Area

Yes

Disaster

Management

District District No Entire

Area

No

Libraries Local Local No Yes Entire

Area

Yes

Traditional

Authorities

Local Both No No Entire

Area

No

Welfare

Ambulance

services

District District

Museums

other than

national

museums

Municipal

police and

security

guards

Local Local Yes Yes Entire

Area

Yes

Other Health

Programmes

(HIV/AIDS,

etc.)

The table below provides an overview of budgets for the community services

functions. Some observations include:

The local amenities function has seen an decrease of 1,63% in operating

expenditure between 2016/17 and 2017/18.

Operating expenditure for the municipal parks function has decreased by

6,24% between 2016/17 and 2017/18.

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Table 31: Financial overview (Community services)

2016/17 2017/18

Operating expenditure

Income Capital expenditure

Operating budget

Estimated income

Estimated capital budget

Childcare

facilities

0 0 0 50000 0 0

Firefighting

services

Municipal

health

services

Cemeteries,

funeral

parlours,

crematoria

1766088 388121 0 1671062 381266 0

Local

amenities

332353 472996 0 326937 100000 0

Local sport

facilities

332353 472996 0 326937 100000 0

Markets

Municipal

parks and

recreation

20688792 0 0 19398659 0 1000000

Public

places

Agriculture 34598 7349 0 36000 6300 0

Disaster

Management

0 0 0 0 0

Libraries 17392563 13281111 190800 9928121 15558611 360000

Traditional

Authorities

Welfare

Ambulance

services

Museums

other than

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2016/17 2017/18

Operating expenditure

Income Capital expenditure

Operating budget

Estimated income

Estimated capital budget

national

museums

Municipal

police and

security

guards

23784673 0 0 20964442 0 0

Other Health

Programmes

(HIV/AIDS,

etc.)

The table below details staffing information for the community services functions,

including total staff employed, qualifications and vacancies.

Table 32: Staffing overview (Community services)

Staffing Qualifications (no. of staff) Staff vacanciesTotal staff

employedFull-time

Part-time

Bachelors degree and

above

Technical qualifications directly related to

function

Childcare

facilities

1 1 3 0 0 4

Firefighting

services

0

Municipal

health

services

0

Cemeteries,

funeral

parlours,

crematoria

13 13 54 2 0 4

Local

amenities

0 0

Local sport 3 3 0 0 1

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Staffing Qualifications (no. of staff) Staff vacanciesTotal staff

employedFull-time

Part-time

Bachelors degree and

above

Technical qualifications directly related to

function

facilities

Markets 0

Municipal

parks and

recreation

74 74 0 0 0 21

Public

places

0

Agriculture 1 1 0 0 1

Disaster

Management

0 0 1 0 0

Libraries 102 60 42 9 1 15

Traditional

Authorities

0 0 0 0 0 0

Welfare 0

Ambulance

services

0

Museums

other than

national

museums

0

Municipal

police and

security

guards

114 0 1 63 89

Other Health

Programmes

(HIV/AIDS,

etc.)

0

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Municipalities were also requested to indicate whether there is a backlog for each

function, and if so, the extent thereof. This, together with their own assessment of

service delivery and the levels of community satisfaction (f available), are detailed

below.

Table 33: Backlog and service delivery (Community services)

Backlog Delivery of function

Yes / No Extent of backlog Timeframe to address

Ranked assessment of service delivery from 1 (poor) to 10 (excellent)

Community satisfaction

Childcare

facilities

Yes ECD profiling,

capacity building

1 year 3 none

Firefighting

services

Municipal

health

services

Cemeteries,

funeral

parlours,

crematoria

Yes Grass cutting,

claening and

maitenance

1 year 6 community outreach

Local

amenities

No 8 NONE

Local sport

facilities

No 8 NONE

Markets

Municipal

parks and

recreation

No 5 PROGRESS REPORTS

AT SECTION 80

MEETINGS

Public

places

Agriculture No 5 none

Disaster

Management

No 3 NONE

Libraries Yes Lack of Provincial 5 year 8 No survey were done in

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Backlog Delivery of function

Yes / No Extent of backlog Timeframe to address

Ranked assessment of service delivery from 1 (poor) to 10 (excellent)

Community satisfaction

grant funding this period.

Traditional

Authorities

No

Welfare

Ambulance

services

Museums

other than

national

museums

Municipal

police and

security

guards

6 Yes

Other Health

Programmes

(HIV/AIDS,

etc.)

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6. Conclusion and recommendations

This report serves to provide an overview of both the environmental situation, and

documented capacity, of the municipality under review. This has been extracted

from information provided by the municipality in the form of responses to

questionnaires, as well as additionally sourced information from National Treasury,

Stats SA, CoGTA etc., where municipalities did not provide sufficient information.

More detailed capacity conclusions, by municipality and function, are contained in

the provincial reports.

Listed below are generic recommendations emerging from the study.

6.1.1 Updating of information on Powers and Functions

Creation of database of all Gazetted MEC determinations in terms of Division

of Powers and Functions

Creation of database of all assignments and documentation

Review of all SLAs particularly with ESKOM

Annual update on what functions are being performed where

o Linked to this, focus on improving the understanding of powers and

functions across municipalities. It is clear from the municipal

submissions, and lack of budget and staffing data, that there is often a

limited understanding of powers and functions. This therefore impacts

the MDB’s ability to have an accurate and comprehensive assessment

of capacity.

6.1.2 Identification of capacity requirements to exercise particular powers and

functions

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The study has indicated that many municipalities are unaware of how different

powers and functions are exercised in each municipalities. Given that there

are clear variations across provinces both in terms of the location of Powers

and Functions (District/Local/Both) and how each function is exercised,

working in consultation with municipalities, Provincial COGTAs could define

more clearly what it means to exercise each Power and Function so as to be

better prepared to engage with provincial and national treasuries around the

formulae used for the equitable share and other grants/transfers.

6.1.3 MECs could identify areas in which they need to rationalise the division of

powers and functions

This study has provided a baseline of what functions are being exercised

where at a category B and C level across South Africa.

As indicated above, given that the information is largely based on what

municipalities have provided, provinces need to engage in a process to

confirm these divisions of powers and functions, editing where needed and

could initiate further legislative provisions where needed, including making

formal requests to the MDB if necessary.

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Appendix 1: Definitions

Function Definition Comment

Air pollution “Air pollution” means any change in the composition of the air by smoke, soot,

dust (including fly ash), cinders, solid particles kind, gases, fumes, aerosols and

odorous.

According to Section 156(1) of the Constitution and Section 84(1) and (2) of the

Municipal Structures Act, the air pollution function is a local municipality

function. However, as indicated the air pollution function may, subject to the

provisions stated above, be adjusted by the MEC for local government.

beaches and

amusement

facilities

“Beaches” means the area for recreational opportunities and facilities along the

sea shore available for public use and any other aspect in this regard which falls

outside the competence of the national and provincial government.

“Amusement facilities” means a public place for entertainment.

In relation to the local municipality:

The establishment, operation, management, control and regulation of

amusement facilities and beach facilities.

According to Section 156(1) of the Constitution and Section 84(1) and (2) of the

Municipal Structures Act, the beaches and amusement facilities function is a

local municipality function. However, as indicated the beaches and amusement

facilities function may, subject to the provisions stated above, be adjusted by

the MEC for local government.

Billboards and

the display of

advertisements

in public places

“Billboards and the display of advertisements in public places” means:

The display, regulation and control of written or visual descriptive material, any

sign or symbol or light that is not intended solely for illumination or as a warning

against danger which promotes the sale and / or encourages the use of goods and

services found in:

• Streets

• Roads

• Thoroughfares

According to Section 156(1) of the Constitution and Section 84(1) and (2) of the

Municipal Structures Act, the billboards and public advertisements function is a

local municipality function. However, as indicated the billboards and public

advertisements function may, subject to the provisions stated above, be

adjusted by the MEC for local government.

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• Sanitary passages

• Squares or open spaces and or

• Private property.

The above definition excludes any aspect that may be covered by provincial or

national legislation.

Building

regulations

“Building regulations” means the regulation, through by-laws, and legislated

building regulations, of any temporary or permanent structure attached to, or to

be attached to, the soil within the area of jurisdiction of a municipality, which

must at least provide for:

• Approval of building plans,

• Building inspections,

• Issue of completion certificates, and

Control of operations and enforcement of contraventions of building regulations if

not already provided for in national and provincial legislation.

According to Section 156(1) of the Constitution and Section 84(1) and (2) of the

Municipal Structures Act, the building regulations function is a local municipality

function. However, as indicated the building regulations function may, subject

to the provisions stated above, be adjusted by the MEC for local government.

Cemeteries,

funeral parlours

and crematoria

“Cemeteries, funeral parlours and crematoria” means:

The establishment, conduct and control of facilities for the purpose of disposing

of human and animal remains.

In addition, in relation to the district municipality, it means the establishment,

conduct and control of cemeteries and crematoria serving the area of a major

proportion of municipalities in the district.

And in relation to the local municipality, it means the establishment, conduct and

control of cemeteries and crematoria serving the area of the local municipality

only.

According to Section 156(1) of the Constitution and Section 84(1) and (2) of the

Municipal Structures Act, the cemeteries, funeral parlours and crematoria

function is a shared municipal function, with district and functions as stipulated

above. However, as indicated the cemeteries, funeral parlours and crematoria

function may, subject to the provisions stated above, be adjusted by the MEC

for local government.

Child care

facilities

“Child care facilities” means ensuring a safe and healthy environment within

facilities pertaining to child care. The function is in respect of regulation of the

Section 297 of the Children’s Bill 70 of 2003 makes provision for inspection by

municipal officials of child and youth care centres, partial care facilities, shelters

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facilities. and drop-in centres to determine compliance to any structural, safety, health

and other requirements of the municipality. The bill defines child and youth

care centres, partial care facilities, shelters and drop-in centres.

According to Section 156(1) of the Constitution and Section 84(1) and (2) of the

Municipal Structures Act, the child care facilities function is a local municipality

function. However, as indicated the child care facilities function may, subject to

the provisions stated above, be adjusted by the MEC for local government.

Cleansing “Cleansing” means the cleaning of public streets, roads and other public spaces,

either manually or mechanically.

According to Section 156(1) of the Constitution and Section 84(1) and (2) of the

Municipal Structures Act, the cleansing function is a local municipality function.

However, as indicated the cleansing function may, subject to the provisions

stated above, be adjusted by the MEC for local government.

Control of public

nuisance

“Control of public nuisance” means the regulation, control and monitoring of any

activity, condition or thing interferes with the rights of the community by causing

damage, annoyance or inconvenience to a person or a community.

According to Section 156(1) of the Constitution and Section 84(1) and (2) of the

Municipal Structures Act, the control of public nuisance function is a local

municipality function. However, as indicated the control of public nuisance

function may, subject to the provisions stated above, be adjusted by the MEC

for local government.

Control of

undertakings that

sell liquor to the

public

“Control of undertakings that sell liquor to the public” means the control of

undertakings that sell liquor to the public that is permitted to do so in terms of

provincial legislation, regulation and licenses, and includes an inspection service

to monitor liquor outlets for compliance to license requirements in as far as such

control and regulation are not covered by provincial legislation.

According to Section 156(1) of the Constitution and Section 84(1) and (2) of the

Municipal Structures Act, the "Control of undertakings that sell liquor to the

public" function is a local municipality function. However, as indicated the

"Control of undertakings that sell liquor to the public" function may, subject to

the provisions stated above, be adjusted by the MEC for local government.

Domestic waste-

water and

“Domestic waste-water and sewage disposal systems” means: According to Section 156(1) of the Constitution and Section 84(1) Municipal

Structures Act, the water and sanitation services function is a district

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sewage disposal

systems

The establishment or procurement, where appropriate, provision, operation,

management, maintenance and regulation of a system, including infrastructure,

for the collection, removal, disposal and/or purification of human excreta and

domestic waste-water to ensure minimum standard of services necessary for safe

and hygienic households.

municipality function. However, as indicated the water and sanitation services

function may, subject to the provisions stated above, be adjusted by the MEC

for local government.

The functions and powers referred to in subsection (1) include (b) potable water

supply systems and (d) domestic waste-water and sewage disposal systems.

Electricity

reticulation

“Electricity reticulation” means bulk supply of electricity, which includes for the

purposes of such supply, the transmission, distribution and, where applicable, the

generation of electricity, and also the regulation, control and maintenance of the

electricity reticulation network, tariff policies, monitoring of the operation of the

facilities for adherence to standards and registration requirements, and any other

matter pertaining to the provision of electricity in the municipal areas.

According to Section 156(1) of the Constitution and Section 84(1) Municipal

Structures Act, the electricity reticulation function is a district municipality

function.

However, Section 84(3)(a) of the Municipal Structures Act stipulates that the

Minister may, by notice in the Government Gazette and, after consultation with

the Cabinet member responsible for the functional area in question, the MEC for

local government in the province and, if applicable, subject to national legislation,

authorize a local municipality to perform a function or exercise a power

mentioned in subsection (1)(b), (c), (d) or (i) in its area or any aspect of such

function or power.

The functions and powers referred to in subsection (1) include (c) the provision of

electricity.

According to Section 156(1) of the Constitution and Section 84(1) Municipal

Structures Act, the electricity reticulation function is a district municipality

function. However, as indicated the electricity reticulation function may,

subject to the provisions stated above, be adjusted by the MEC for local

government.

Facilities for the

accommodation,

“Facilities for the accommodation, care and burial of animals” means the

provision of and/or the regulation, control and monitoring of facilities which

According to Section 156(1) of the Constitution and Section 84(1) and (2) of the

Municipal Structures Act, the facilities for the accommodation care and burial of

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care and burial of

animals

provide accommodation and care for well or sick animals and the burial or

cremation of animals, including monitoring of adherence to any standards and

registration requirements outlined in legislation.

animals function is a local municipality function. However, as indicated the

facilities for the accommodation care and burial of animals function may,

subject to the provisions stated above, be adjusted by the MEC for local

government.

Fencing and

fences

“Fencing and fences” means ensuring the provision and maintenance and/or

regulation of any boundary or deterrents to animals and pedestrians along streets

or roads.

According to Section 156(1) of the Constitution and Section 84(1) and (2) of the

Municipal Structures Act, the fencing and fences function is a local municipality

function. However, as indicated the fencing and fences function may, subject to

the provisions stated above, be adjusted by the MEC for local government.

Fire fighting In relation to the district municipality, “fire fighting” means fire brigade services

serving the area of the district municipality as a whole intended to be employed

for preventing the outbreak or spread of a fire, and includes-

(i) planning, co-ordination and regulation of fire services;

(ii) specialised fire fighting services such as mountain, veld and chemical fire

services;

(iii) co-ordination of the standardisation of infrastructure, vehicles, equipment

and procedures;

(iv) training of fire officers.

In relation to the local municipality, “fire fighting” means any function not

included in the definition applicable to a district municipality, including fighting

and extinguishing of all fires; the rescue and protection of any person, animal or

property in emergency situations not covered by other legislation or powers and

functions.

According to Section 156(1) of the Constitution and Section 84(1) and (2) of the

Municipal Structures Act, the fire fighting function is a shared municipal

function, with district and functions as stipulated above. However, as indicated

the fire fighting function may, subject to the provisions stated above, be

adjusted by the MEC for local government.

Licensing and

control of

“Licensing and control of undertakings that sell food to the public” means: According to Section 156(1) of the Constitution and Section 84(1) and (2) of the

Municipal Structures Act, the licensing and control of undertakings that sell food

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undertakings

that sell food to

the public

Ensuring the quality and the maintenance of food safety and hygiene related

environmental health standards through regulation, a issuance of a certificate of

acceptability and monitoring of any place that renders in the course of any

commercial transaction the supply/handling of food intended for human

consumption. Implement policy and regulations 'as provided for and prescribed in

terms of the Foodstuffs, Cosmetics and Disinfectants Act, 1972 (Act 54 of 1972)

and the National Health Act, (Act 61 of 2003), including the relevant regulations

published under the mentioned Acts.

to the public function is a local municipality function. However, as indicated the

licensing and control of undertakings that sell food to the public function may,

subject to the provisions stated above, be adjusted by the MEC for local

government.

Licensing of

dogs

“Licensing of dogs” means the control over the number and health status of dogs

through a licensing mechanism.

According to Section 156(1) of the Constitution and Section 84(1) and (2) of the

Municipal Structures Act, the licensing of dogs function is a local municipality

function. However, as indicated the licensing of dogs function may, subject to

the provisions stated above, be adjusted by the MEC for local government.

Local amenities “Local amenities” means:

The provision, management, preservation and maintenance of any municipal

place, land, and building reserved for the protection of places or objects of scenic,

natural, historical and cultural value or interest and the provision and control of

any such or other facility for public use but excludes such places, land or buildings

falling within competencies of national and provincial governments.

According to Section 156(1) of the Constitution and Section 84(1) and (2) of the

Municipal Structures Act, the local amenities function is a local municipality

function. However, as indicated the local amenities function may, subject to the

provisions stated above, be adjusted by the MEC for local government.

Local tourism In relation to the district municipality, “local tourism” means the promotion of

local tourism for the area of the district municipality.

In relation to the local municipality, “local tourism” means the promotion,

marketing and, if applicable, the development, of any tourist attraction within the

area of the municipality with a view to attract tourists; to ensure access, and

municipal services to such attractions, and to regulate, structure and control the

According to Section 156(1) of the Constitution and Section 84(1) and (2) of the

Municipal Structures Act, the local tourism function is a shared municipal

function, with district and functions as stipulated above. However, as indicated

the local tourism function may, subject to the provisions stated above, be

adjusted by the MEC for local government.

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tourism industry in the municipal area subject to any provincial and national

legislation, and without affecting the competencies of national/provincial

government pertaining to “nature conservation”, “museums”, “libraries” and

“provincial cultural matters”.

Markets “Fresh Produce Markets” means:

The establishment, operation, management, conduct, regulation and control of

markets restricted to the selling of fresh products, vegetables, fruit, flowers, fish

and meat.

“Markets” means:

The establishment, operation, management, conduct, regulation and/or control of

markets other than fresh produce markets including market permits, location,

times, conduct etc.

In relation to a District Municipality it also means:

The establishment, conduct and control of fresh produce markets

serving the area of a major proportion of the municipalities in the

district

In relation to a Local Municipality it also means:

The establishment, conduct and control of fresh produce markets serving the local

municipality area only

According to Section 156(1) of the Constitution and Section 84(1) and (2) of the

Municipal Structures Act, the markets function is a shared municipal function,

with district and functions as stipulated above. However, as indicated the

markets function may, subject to the provisions stated above, be adjusted by

the MEC for local government.

Municipal

abattoirs

“Municipal abattoirs” means

The establishment, conduct and/or control of facilities for the slaughtering of

livestock and poultry

In relation to a District Municipality it also means:

The establishment, conduct and control of abattoirs serving the area of

a major proportion of the municipalities in the district

According to Section 156(1) of the Constitution and Section 84(1) and (2) of the

Municipal Structures Act, the municipal abattoirs function is a shared municipal

function, with district and functions as stipulated above. However, as indicated

the municipal abattoirs function may, subject to the provisions stated above, be

adjusted by the MEC for local government.

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In relation to a Local Municipality it also means:

The establishment, conduct and control of abattoirs serving the local municipality

area only.

Municipal

Airport

“Municipal Airport” means a demarcated area on land or water or a building

which is used or intended to be used, either wholly or in part, for the arrival or

departure of aircraft which includes the establishment and maintenance of such

facility including all infrastructure and services associated with an airport, and the

regulation and control of the facility, but excludes airports falling within the

competence of national and provincial governments.

Additionally, in relation to the district it is a “municipal airport” serving the area of

the district municipality as a whole.

In relation to the local municipality it is a “municipal airport” serving the area of

the local municipality only.

According to Section 156(1) of the Constitution and Section 84(1) and (2) of the

Municipal Structures Act, the municipal airports function is a shared municipal

function, with district and functions as stipulated above. However, as indicated

the municipal airports function may, subject to the provisions stated above, be

adjusted by the MEC for local government.

Municipal health

services

The National Health Act 61 of 2003 defines ‘municipal health services’ as:

a) water quality monitoring;

b) food control;

c) waste management;

d) control of premises;

e) communicable disease control;

f) vector control;

g) environmental pollution control;

h) disposal of the dead; and

i) chemical safety,

but excludes port health, malaria control and control of hazardous substances.

According to Section 156(1) of the Constitution and Section 84(1) Municipal

Structures Act, the municipal health services function is a district municipality

function. However, as indicated the municipal health services function may,

subject to the provisions stated above, be adjusted by the MEC for local

government.

Municipal parks “Municipal parks and recreation” means According to Section 156(1) of the Constitution and Section 84(1) and (2) of the

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and recreation The provision, management, control and maintenance of any land, gardens or

facility set aside for recreation, sightseeing and/or tourism and includes

playgrounds but excludes sport facilities.

Municipal Structures Act, the municipal parks and recreation function is a local

municipality function. However, as indicated the municipal parks and

recreation function may, subject to the provisions stated above, be adjusted by

the MEC for local government.

Municipal

planning

“Municipal planning” means the compilation and implementation of an integrated

development plan in terms of Chapter 5 of the Municipal Systems Act 32 of 2000

and the regulations to this act, particularly the regulations published under

government notice R796 in 2001: Local Government: Municipal Planning and

Performance Management Regulations. Municipal Planning includes the

preparation of spatial development frameworks, as a sectoral plan forming part of

integrated development plan.

Additionally, in relation to the district municipality “municipal planning” means:

• Integrated development planning for the district as a whole, including a

framework for integrated development plans of all municipalities in the

area of the district municipality.

Additionally, in relation to the local municipality “municipal planning” means:

• Integrated development planning for the local municipality in

accordance with the framework for integrated development plans

prepared by the district municipality

Development and implementation of a town planning scheme or land use

management scheme for the municipality including administration of land use

development applications in the form of special consents, rezonings and

departures.

According to Section 156(1) of the Constitution and Section 84(1) and (2) of the

Municipal Structures Act, the municipal planning function is a shared municipal

function, with district and functions as stipulated above. However, as indicated

the municipal planning function may, subject to the provisions stated above, be

adjusted by the MEC for local government.

Municipal public “Municipal public transport” means: According to Section 156(1) of the Constitution and Section 84(1) and (2) of the

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transport In relation to the local municipality the regulation and control, and where

applicable, the provision of:

• Services for the carriage of passengers, whether scheduled or

unscheduled, operated on demand along a specific route or routes or,

where applicable, within a particular area

• Scheduled services for the carriage of passengers, owned and operated

by the municipality, on specific routes

In relation to the district:

The regulation of passenger transport services.

Municipal Structures Act, the Municipal Public Transport function is a shared

municipal function, with district and functions as stipulated above. However, as

indicated the municipal public transport function may, subject to the provisions

stated above, be adjusted by the MEC for local government.

Municipal roads “Municipal roads” means:

The construction, maintenance, and control of a road which the public has the

right to and includes, in addition to the roadway the land of which the road

consists or over which the road extends and anything on that land forming part of,

connected with, or belonging to the road.

In relation to a district municipality it also means:

Municipal roads which form an integral part of a road transport system

for the area of the district municipality as a whole.

In relation to a local municipality it also means:

A street in a built-up area.

According to Section 156(1) of the Constitution and Section 84(1) and (2) of the

Municipal Structures Act, the municipal roads function is a shared municipal

function, with district and functions as stipulated above. However, as indicated

the municipal road function may, subject to the provisions stated above, be

adjusted by the MEC for local government.

Noise pollution “Noise pollution” means the control and monitoring of any noise that adversely

affects human health or well-being or the ecosystems useful to mankind, now or

in the future.

According to Section 156(1) of the Constitution and Section 84(1) and (2) of the

Municipal Structures Act, the noise pollution function is a local municipality

function. However, as indicated the noise pollution function may, subject to the

provisions stated above, be adjusted by the MEC for local government.

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Pontoons, ferries,

jetties, piers and

harbours

“Pontoons, ferries, jetties, piers and harbours” means the regulation of pontoons,

ferries, jetties, piers and harbours, excluding the regulation of international and

national shipping and matters related thereto, and matters falling within the

competence of national and provincial governments.

According to Section 156(1) of the Constitution and Section 84(1) and (2) of the

Municipal Structures Act, the pontoons, ferries, jetties, piers and harbours

function is a local municipality function. However, as indicated the pontoons,

ferries, jetties, piers and harbours function may, subject to the provisions stated

above, be adjusted by the MEC for local government.

Potable water

supply systems

“Potable water supply systems” means:

The establishment or procurement, where appropriate, operation, management

and regulation of a potable water supply system, including the services and

infrastructure required for the regulation of water conservation, purification,

reticulation and distribution; bulk supply to local supply points, metering, tariffs

setting and debt collection; and provision of appropriate education so as to

ensure reliable supply of a sufficient quantity and quality of water and effective

water use amongst end-users, including informal households, to support life and

personal hygiene.

According to Section 156(1) of the Constitution and Section 84(1) Municipal

Structures Act, the water and sanitation services function is a district

municipality function. However, as indicated the water and sanitation services

function may, subject to the provisions stated above, be adjusted by the MEC

for local government.

The functions and powers referred to in subsection (1) include (b) potable water

supply systems and (d) domestic waste-water and sewage disposal systems.

Pounds “Pounds” means the provision, management, maintenance and control of any

area or facility set aside by the municipality for the securing of any animal or

object confiscated by the municipality in terms of its by laws.

According to Section 156(1) of the Constitution and Section 84(1) and (2) of the

Municipal Structures Act, the pounds function is a local municipality function.

However, as indicated the pounds function may, subject to the provisions stated

above, be adjusted by the MEC for local government.

Public places “Public places” means the management, maintenance and control of any land or

facility owned by the municipality for public use.

According to Section 156(1) of the Constitution and Section 84(1) and (2) of the

Municipal Structures Act, the public places function is a local municipality

function. However, as indicated the public places function may, subject to the

provisions stated above, be adjusted by the MEC for local government.

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Refuse removal,

refuse dumps

and solid waste

disposal

“Refuse removal, refuse dumps and solid waste disposal” means the removal of

any household or other waste and the disposal of such waste in an area, space or

facility established for such purpose, and includes the provision, maintenance and

control of any infrastructure or facility to ensure a clean and healthy environment

for the inhabitants of a municipality

In relation to the District Municipality it means:

Solid waste disposal sites, in so far as it relates to-

i. the determination of a waste disposal strategy for the district as a

whole;

ii. the regulation of waste disposal strategy for the district as a whole;

iii. the establishment, operation and control of waste disposal sites, bulk

waste transfer facilities and waste disposal facilities for more than one

local municipality in the district.

In relation to the Local Municipality it means:

i. The determination of a waste disposal strategy for the local

municipality only

ii. The regulation of local waste disposal for the local municipality only

iii. The collection and removal of waste and transporting to a local waste

disposal site, bulk transfer facility and district waste disposal site

The establishment, operation and control of waste disposal sites, bulk waste

transfer facilities and waste disposal facilities for the local municipality only

According to Section 156(1) of the Constitution and Section 84(1) and (2) of the

Municipal Structures Act, the refuse removal, refuse dumps and solid waste

disposal function is a shared municipal function, with district and functions as

stipulated above. However, as indicated the refuse removal, refuse dumps and

solid waste disposal function may, subject to the provisions stated above, be

adjusted by the MEC for local government.

Storm water

management

systems

“Storm water management systems in built-up areas” means the management of

systems to deal with storm water in built-up areas.

According to Section 156(1) of the Constitution and Section 84(1) and (2) of the

Municipal Structures Act, the storm water management systems function is a

local municipality function. However, as indicated the storm water

management systems function may, subject to the provisions stated above, be

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adjusted by the MEC for local government.

Street lighting “Street lighting” means the provision and maintenance of lighting for the

illuminating of streets.

According to Section 156(1) of the Constitution and Section 84(1) and (2) of the

Municipal Structures Act, the street lighting function is a local municipality

function. However, as indicated the street lighting function may, subject to the

provisions stated above, be adjusted by the MEC for local government.

Street trading “Street trading” means the control, regulation and monitoring of the selling of

goods and services along a public pavement, road reserve and other public places

but excluding fresh produces markets as defined above.

According to Section 156(1) of the Constitution and Section 84(1) and (2) of the

Municipal Structures Act, the street trading function is a local municipality

function. However, as indicated the street trading function may, subject to the

provisions stated above, be adjusted by the MEC for local government.

Trading

regulations

“Trading regulations” means the regulation of any area facility and/or activity

related to the trading of goods and services within the municipal area not already

being regulated by national and provincial legislation.

According to Section 156(1) of the Constitution and Section 84(1) and (2) of the

Municipal Structures Act, the trading regulations function is a local municipality

function. However, as indicated the trading regulations function may, subject

to the provisions stated above, be adjusted by the MEC for local government.

Traffic and

parking

“Traffic and parking” means the management and regulation of traffic and parking

within the area of the municipality including but not limited to, the control over

operating speed of vehicles on municipal roads but excluding any provincial

competences as specified in legislation.

According to Section 156(1) of the Constitution and Section 84(1) and (2) of the

Municipal Structures Act, the traffic and parking function is a local municipality

function. However, as indicated the traffic and parking function may, subject to

the provisions stated above, be adjusted by the MEC for local government.

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