COGTA ANNUAL REPORT 2020

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Section 154(1): provides for support and strengthening the capacity of municipalities to manage their own affairs, exercise their powers and perform their functions. Section 154(2): provides for drafting provincial legislation that affects the status, institutions, powers or functions of local government for approval by the Provincial Legislature; and for this legislation to be published for public comment before it is introduced in Parliament or aprovincial legislature inamanner that allows organised local government, municipalities and other interested persons an opportunity to make representation with regard to the draft legislation. Section 155(6): stipulates that provincial legislature must determine the different types of municipalities to be established in the province, monitor, support and promote the development of local government and see to the effective performance by municipalities of their functions as per Schedules 4 and 5, and regulate the exercising by municipalities of their executive authority [Section 156 (1)]. Section 164: stipulates that any matter concerning local government not dealt with in the Constitution may be prescribed by national legislation or by provincial legislation within the framework of national legislation. Municipal Structures Act (No. 117 of 1998) : provides for the establishment of municipalities in accordance with the requirements relating to categories and types of municipalities and provides guidelines for the establishment and functions of ward committees. Municipal Systems Act (No. 32 of 2000) – Amended Systems Act (July 2011): provides for the core principles, mechanisms and processes that are necessary to enable municipalities to move progressively towards the social and economic upliftment of local communities, and ensure universal access to essential services that are affordable to all. Municipal Finance Management Act (No. 56 of 2003): provides for the secure, sound and sustainable management of the fiscal and financial affairs of municipalities and

municipal entities by establishing norms and standards and other requirements for ensuring transparency, accountability and appropriate lines of responsibility in the fiscal and financial affairs of municipalities and municipal entities. ◊ Municipal Property Rates Act (No. 6 of 2004): regulates the power of a municipality to impose rates on property and to exclude certain properties from rating in the national interest and makes provision for municipalities to implement a transparent and fair system of exemptions, reductions and rebates through their rating policies. Gauteng Type of Municipalities Act (No. 3 of 2000): determines the types or categories of municipalities that can be established in the province. Rationalisation of Local Government Affairs Act (No. 10 of 1998): provides for the rationalisation of the legislative and administrative framework for the local sphere of government. Gauteng Privileges and Immunities of Councillors Act (No. 1 of 2002): defines the privileges and immunities of councillors in Gauteng municipalities. Disaster Management Act (No. 57 of 2002): provides for an integrated and coordinated disaster management policy that focuses on preventing or reducing the risk of disasters, mitigating the severity of disasters, emergency preparedness, and rapidandeffective responses to disaster and post-disaster recovery. Gauteng Land Administration Act (No. 11 of 1996): provides for the acquisition and disposal of land owned by the Gauteng Provincial Government. Development Facilitation Act (No. 67 of 1995): facilitates and speeds up the implementation of the Reconstruction and Development Programme and associated projects. Public Finance Management Act (No. 01 of 1999 as amended): enables public sector managers to manage and improve accountability in terms of eliminating waste and corruption in the use of public funds. ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊

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