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SALGA NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ROTATIONAL ENGAGEMENT
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape
26-27 July 2010
The National Executive Committee (NEC) will interact with the municipalities Eastern Cape as part of its two-day meeting to be held in Port Elizabeth from 26 to 27 July 2010. The Premier of the Eastern Cape, Honourable Noxolo Kiviet and members of the Eastern Cape Provincial Executive Council, Mayors, Speakers, Chief Whips and senior managers of our municipalities are expected to attend.
This interaction is as a result of a SALGA NEC decision which directed that the entire leadership must intensify regular interaction between the organization and its member municipalities. To this end, a system of rotating meetings amongst provinces for NEC meetings has been adopted and has already been rolled out in all other provinces. Equally the NEC has encouraged SALGA Provincial Executive Committees to rotate these engagements in all Districts in their respective provinces to maximise the interface of SALGA with its members.
This engagement with Eastern Cape municipalities will be preceded by the bi-monthly SALGA NEC meeting on 26 July 2010. Some of the topical issues to be deliberated on include:
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Delivery Agreements and the Role of SALGA and municipalities in the implementation process;
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The critical role of Local Government Beyond the 2011 Local Government elections;
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Review of Organised Local Government;
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The Continuation and/or lapsing of Municipal taxes;
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Progress on the implementation of the wage curve and salary agreement of 2009-2012;
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Free Basic Refuse Removal Policy Proposals; and
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Local Government role in Climate Change.
The engagement with municipalities on the 27th of July 2010 will focus on the following issues such as:
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Challenges faced with regard to Council, its committees, Ward Committees and the impact of Community Development Workers.
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Assessment of Budgeting processes, Communication of priorities, service delivery agenda and handling of petitions and service delivery enquiries and challenges faced in community programme processes.
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Effectiveness of policy instruments and legislative measures.
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Impact of re-demarcation/delimitation of wards in preparation for 2011 Local Government elections and Water and electricity restructuring initiatives.
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Identification of issues for lobbying with regard to policy, legislation, funding, Councillor support, Municipal Labour Relations and interventions they need from SALGA.
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NELSON MANDELA DAY
Make Everyday a Nelson Mandela Day
The South African Local Government Association’s (SALGA) and its members resolved to support the Nelson Mandela Day 2010 through the slogan – ‘Make every day a Mandela Day’. Local Government staff members across the country will give particular attention and focus this year on specific activities that contribute towards safe community recreational areas. SALGA will be working with communities around the country and we will be involved in the following manner:
SALGA National Office in Pretoria, in partnership with the City of Tshwane, will be cleaning the Kumbuyane Park in Olievenhoutbosch (see photographs below) on Friday 16th July 2010. Proceedings will commence at 11:00. The SALGA National Office will also be visiting the Kalafong Hospital’s Children’s Ward with donations collected by staff.
In the Eastern Cape, SALGA together with the Buffalo City Municipality, will be handing over playground equipment to the Masizakhe Children’s Home in Mdantsane Unit 2, cleaning of the Pots Dam playground and cleaning Cemetery in Breybach (outside King Williams Town) on 16 July 2010.
In Mpumalanga we will visit an orphanage in Rockies Drift White River and help a variety of issues such as with the cleaning, behavioural issues and reading on Friday 16 July 2010.
In the North West we identified Mother of Mercy Orphanage to devote time to through cleaning the garden and the house, Washing toys, Iron the clothes or laundry for the children, play with the children and Handy work in the boy’s room on Friday, 16 July 2010.
In the Northern Cape, SALGA will be at Longlands crèche in to paint the crèche and fix the play ground, in collaboration with Dikgatlhong Local Municipality. This will take place on Friday 16 July 2010.
Contact People Nelson Mandela Day Activities
  
  
  
Consolidating local government – “Transformation towards a better life for all"
The South African Local Government Association (SALGA) is an organization mandated by the new South African Constitution to assist in the wholesale transformation of local government in South Africa from the pre-1994 regime to the new dispensation under the country's first democratically elected government.
The Constitution envisages an important role for organized local government in the new South Af
rica, with a unique focus on developmental service delivery. As such, SALGA plays a core role in a variety of areas related to local government transformation and as a national representative of the local government sector and its employees.
The new SALGA strategy responds to the challenges facing organised local government, addresses past weaknesses and drives forward the process of consolidating the transformation process of local government.
Vision
An association of municipalities that is at the cutting edge of quality and sustainable services.
Mission
To be "consultative, informed, mandated, credible and accountable to our membership, and provide value for money".
Values
Responsive, innovative, dynamic and excellence.
SALGA's Role
In line with its constitutionally defined mandate, SALGA set out its role as follows:
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Represent, promote and protect the interests of local government.
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Transform local government to enable it to fulfil its developmental role.
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Enhance the role of provincial local government associations as provincial representatives and consultative bodies on local government.
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Raise the profile of local government.
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Be recognized by national and provincial governments to be the national representative of local government and consultative body in respect of all matters concerning local government.
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Ensure full participation of women in local government.
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Act as the National Employers' Organization for the municipal and provincial member employers.
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Regulate the relationship between the members and the employers within the meaning of section 213 of the Labour Relations Act, No. 66 of 1995.
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Provide legal assistance to its member in its discretion in connection with matters, which affect employee relations.
SALGA's Mandate
Section 163 of the Constitution envisages an important role for organised local government and provides that an Act of Parliament must cater for the recognition of national and provincial organisations representing municipalities, and determine procedures by which local government may consult the national and provincial government, designate representatives to participate in the National Council of Province (NCOP) and nominate persons to the Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC).
The Organised Local Government Act of 1998 recognises SALGA and the nine provincial local government associations (PLGAs) as representatives of organised local government. The Act allows organised local government to designate up to 10 part-time representatives to the NCOP in the national Parliament, and to further nominate two persons to the FCC, which advises the Finance Ministry on budget issues. They participate in intergovernmental structures and are therefore able to influence national and provincial legislation and to gauge the impact of such legislation on local government.
Constitutional Framework for Local Government
The Constitution provides that in the Republic, government is broadly constituted as national, provincial and local government, which are distinctive, interdependent and interrelated.
The recognition of local government in the Constitution as a sphere of government has significantly enhanced the status of local government as a whole and has given it a new dynamic role. It is this sphere of government that is seen as the key instrument of delivery
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