COGTA ANNUAL REPORT 2020

1. AUDITOR GENERAL’S REPORT: PREDETERMINED OBJECTIVES

The AGSA currently performs certain audit procedures on the performance information to provide reasonable assurance in the form of an audit conclusion. The audit conclusion on the performance against predetermined objectives is included in the report to management, with material findings being reported under the Predetermined Objectives heading in the Report on other legal and regulatory requirements section of the auditor’s report. Refer to page 109 to 113 of the Report of the Auditor General, published as Part E: Financial Information.

to accommodate the depth and breadth of community interest and create a platform where communities will realise the platform to voice their concerns and feel heard in decision making by government. The denominator for participation has to be taken to the street level to afford every household a say in how their wards are governed. Civil society and ward committees need capacitation on how government works and what each has to contribute towards development of their locality and the province. Governance within local areas is a partnership between government, community, and stakeholders with a common vision that pulls all efforts together, and with distinct roles and responsibilities articulated to hold each other accountable and to see development realised. The issues of hung municipalities became a reality after the Local Government elections in 2016, and this has affected public participation because there was a change in political leadership in some wards. There are some municipalities that started to show signs of instability and thus the issue of Public Participation becomes even more important as CoGTA is expected to intervene and support municipalities. The Community Development Workers provide a mechanism for citizens to interact directly with government, and they also providemobilisation support when government needs to interact with communities. 2.2 Service Delivery Improvement Plan The Department has completed a service delivery improvement plan. The tables below highlight the service delivery plan and the achievements to date. •

2. OVERVIEW OF DEPARTMENTAL PERFORMANCE

2.1 Service Delivery Environment •

Gauteng province has experienced a fair share of protracted community protests that tend to be violent in nature. These violent community protests raise a question about the efficiency and effectiveness of community engagement platforms that have been put in place by legislation. Public participation by means of ward committee system is increasingly proving inefficient, and this has inadvertently led to a gain in prominence of other unlegislated forms of community participation. The destruction of government property during protests raises the question as to the understanding of civil society on where and how government raises its revenue to provide services to communities amongst other things. The ward committee system must be reviewed

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Main services and standards

Current/actual standard of service Emfuleni (ABCD and CBM)

Desired standard of service

Main services

Beneficiaries

Actual achievement

To provide advocacy and facilitation on community engagement, public participation and government services

Traditional Councils, Ward committees, Civil Society Organisations, Sector departments, Communities and Municipalities

3 Metros (ABCD and CBM)

City of Ekurhuleni, City of Johannesburg and the City of Tshwane were trained on the ABCD methodology. 5-day training course with 49 learning partners was completed.

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