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

Department will drive the multi-stakeholder and inter-spherical processes to support implementation of all

pillars enshrined in the DDM.

The Department will continue to conduct a few Anti- Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (Anti-GBVF)
campaigns for traditional leaders to curb gender-based violence in their communities and monitor 19
Municipalities on the implementation of GBVF responsive programmes. In the same vein the Department

will also strive to curb corruption in the local space by monitoring measures put in place through 10 targeted
municipalities, (Senqu, Elundini, Kouga, Ndlambe, Blue Crane Route, Matatiele, Winnie Madikizela-

Mandela, Ingquza Hill Local Municipalities, Amathole District Municipality and Buffalo City Metropolitan
Municipality).

During the financial year, the Department will construct the infrastructures for AmaMpondomise Kingship,

Mqhekezweni Traditional Council (TC), and Mvumelwano TC. The Department will support Traditional
Leadership Institutions through partnerships to play a meaningful role in the development of their
communities, to promote co-operative relations in the development of traditional communities to create
sound relations between Traditional Leadership Institutions and all government departments, parastatals,

NGOs, Private sector, etc. The COVID-19 pandemic channelled the Department’s outlook towards
strengthening its systems and controls under the guidance of the Customary Male Initiation Practice Act

to stop the deaths and injuries of initiates during the winter and summer initiation seasons, to work
collaboratively towards assisting OTP in resolving claims and disputes and to restore cultural belief
systems and identity.

Target all 39 municipalities to draft and adopt legally compliant IDPs which will address service delivery
and development challenges, by revision of IDP Assessment Tool and re-prioritisation of positions within
the IDP Directorate. The Department acknowledged that there are limited departmental and municipal

valuation capacity to implement the Municipal Property Rates Act (MPRA) and will prioritise municipalities
according to compliance status. Additionally, the Department will consult the Sector Education and
Training Authority (SETA) and universities to provide training and funding of possible candidate valuers.

The Department will monitor and provide the required SPLUMA implementation support to all

municipalities to have all the required systems and structures in place. The Department will support and
guide municipalities in implementing land audit guidelines as well as developing anti-land invasion policy

framework to control land invasions, providing technical advice and support to municipalities in the various
Project Steering Committees (PSC’s) in the development of land audits. The Province is facing high levels
of unemployment and the Department will create Public Employment Programme (PEP) job opportunities,

prioritise indigent beneficiaries, support municipalities in implementing Local Economic Development
(LED) strategies through capacitation of municipalities, Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMMEs)

and identify Catalytic Projects. The Department will assess and improve Municipal Business Regulatory
Framework, utilise and monitor labour intensive construction methods, assess and prioritize infrastructure
development and maintenance for business sustainability, development master plans for regeneration and

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