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Department: Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

The Department is involved in municipalities identified for Section 139 intervention. These are: Amathole,

OR Tambo and Chris Hani Districts, Walter Sisulu, Enoch Mgijima, Amahlathi and Makana Local
Municipalities.

The functionality of council committees requires intense monitoring and capacity building in which the
department will conduct workshops for the oversight committees on the Terms of Reference (ToR), Roles

and Responsibilities, Legislation Obligations, Strengthen Sustainable Internal Audit and Risk Management
fora. The oversight of the performance of managers and monitoring of the resolution tracking tool for

Speaker’s Offices will be strengthened in order to deal with the challenge that was identified, of non-
implementation of the resolutions by municipal council.

Municipalities will be supported with the development of Performance Agreements of S54A and 56

managers, support for the municipal development/review of organograms, HR Plans, Employment Equity
Plans (EEPs), and development of Workplace Skills Plans (WSPs). Furthermore, the department will
analyse the review and implementation of staff establishment in accordance with the Legislative
Framework. This will assist in dealing with bloated organograms in municipalities, recruitment of

incompetent municipal officials, HR Plans drawn in isolation to Integrated Development Plans (IDPs) and
municipal mandate.

In the 2023/24 horizon, the department seeks to intensify coordination of all of government support to

Municipalities and Traditional Leadership Institutions. It is within the purview of District Coordination to
support integrated departmental plans and monitoring compliance of municipalities and Traditional

Leadership Institutions with legislation. District Coordination will implement quarterly municipal
performance analysis plans and reporting. Within the period of 2023/24, IGR undertakes a commitment to
build effective local government IGR system through support and monitoring of IGR structures

functionality. In projecting 2023/24, the IGR Framework Act 13 of 2005 is currently under review and will
be amended by 2024 with specific provisions on Binding Implementation Protocol Agreements and the
new DDM Section 47 Regulations. Coupled with the institutionalisation of the DDM, the Department will

support the coordination and implementation of DDM in Six Districts and Two Metro in the Province.

The lessons learnt in District Development Model (DDM) showed a need to create DDM awareness,
focusing on DDM policy, DDM resourcing and theory of change targeting local municipalities, organised

business sector and civil society. The province must mobilize social partners outside of government
(private sector investors, communities, civil society organisations, etc.) to support the implementation of
DDM catalytic projects. Inter-governmental planning and coordination of IGR platforms remains critical for

successful implementation of DDM. The implementation of Inter-Governmental Relations (IGR) Forum
resolutions will be done by introducing tools to ensure implementation of resolutions, provide technical

support in capturing resolutions of the IGR Fora in the action issues template, populated Action Issues
Template be a standing agenda item with progress, present the Implementation Protocols as a tool to
commit stakeholders in implementation and monitoring resolutions / programmes and projects. The

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