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Estimates of the Provincial Revenue and Expenditure (EPRE) – Financial Year 2023/24

x Facilitate the operationalized implementation of the Back to Basic (B2B) service delivery model by

all municipalities;
x Provide administrative and infrastructural development support to traditional leadership institutions

in order to meet their legislative requirements of their communities; and
x Promote and support the participation of traditional communities in developmental programmes.

1.4. Main services
x Assess compliance, performance and capacity of municipalities;

x Facilitate turn-around initiatives for improved audit outcomes in municipalities;
x Promote accountability and good governance in municipalities and institutions of traditional

leadership;
x Support municipalities and institutions of traditional leadership to engage with their communities
through public participation;

x Support municipalities on co-operative governance and the development of credible Integrated
Development Plans (IDPs);

x Support strategies and capacity for Local Economic Development (LED), Spatial Planning and
Land Use Management (SPLUM), Urban and Rural development to create decent work and
sustainable livelihoods;

x Support the acceleration of service delivery to support the poor and vulnerable;
x Improve municipal capacity for infrastructure development programmes;

x Improve disaster management and fire services;
x Coordinate, monitor, report and evaluate municipal support programmes;

x Improve and strengthen indigent strategies; and
x Facilitate and support the transformation and development of effective traditional institutions.

1.5. Demands for and expected changes in the services

In line with the department’s legislative framework, the focus will be on the approved Eastern Cape
Prioritisation Framework and Mandate Paper 2023/24 which stipulates priorities mandated for the
department for 2023/24. These are; Lead interventions in identified distressed municipalities through the

three phased approach; Improvement of Municipal Audit Outcomes; Strengthening municipal financial
management; Institutionalisation of DDM; Support functional Intergovernmental Relations (IGR)
institutional structures as mechanism for coordination and integration.

The Traditional and Khoi-San Leadership Act (Act No. 3 of 2019) (TKLA) was adopted by Parliament and

asserted into law by the President in 2019, and its commencement started on the 1 April 2021, in
accordance with the proclamation issued by the President by a notice in the Gazette. Firstly, the

establishment of Khoi-San structures (Kings/Queen Councils, Traditional Councils (TCs), Local House
(LH) of Traditional Leaders (TL), etc.) in line with the Commission’s recommendations means amendment

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