SALGA KWAZULU-NATAL PMA 2018 UPDATE ON KEY POLICY ADVANCES MADE BY THE NEC
PRESENTATION OUTLINE 1. Composition of the SALGA NEC 2. SALGA Deployment to Provinces & NCOP 3. Outcomes of SALGA Energy Summit 4. Outcomes of NCOP Local Government Week 5. Impasse between Municipalities & ESKOM 6. Councillor Welfare & Support 7. Update on Salary and Wage Negotiations 8. Appointment of Senior Managers & Competency Assessments 9. Update on Capacity Building 10. Update on Registrar of Labour Relations www.salga.org.za
COMPOSITION OF THE NEC • At the SALGA National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of 19 July 2017 Cllr David Magabe submitted a letter of resignation from the NEC in light of a pending deployment to take over a responsibility outside of local government. This was followed by the formal resignation of the Deputy President, Cllr Lindiwe Ntshalintshali as a member of the NEC, in April 2018. • Clause 13.5 of the SALGA Constitution, as amended, stipulates that “any vacancy, which occurs in the office of any of the office bearers and/or additional members between National Conferences, shall be filled by the National Executive Committee”. The NEC therefore has the constitutional prerogative to fill the vacancy. • In line with the nomination of NEC members as per the SALGA Constitution, as amended, the SALGA Limpopo and Mpumalanga Provincial Executive Committees (PEC) have been presented with the opportunity to nominate a replacement for Cllrs Magabe and Ntshalintshali. www.salga.org.za
COMPOSITION OF THE NEC • In considering the filling of the vacancy of Deputy President, the NEC had to take cognisance of the position adopted by SALGA to ensure equitable gender balance within the NEC but more so the constitutional requirement as per Clause 14.3 that “ the three Deputy Presidents must be comprised of a representative from each category of municipality; and must be from different provinces to ensure representation”. • The implications of the aforesaid constitutional provisions and SALGA gender representation are that the new Deputy President must:- – be female, – be from a local municipality; and – not be from the same province as other members of Presidency. • Accordingly the NEC on 11 May ‘18 resolved to appoint Cllr Thembi Nkadimeng as Deputy President. www.salga.org.za
NEC DEPLOYMENT TO PROVINCES PROVINCE NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE DEPLOYEE 1. Eastern Cape Cllr Bhekumzi Stofile & Cllr Xanthea Limberg 2. Free State Cllr Robert Mashego & Cllr Xolani Sotashe 3. Gauteng Cllr Mpho Khunou & Cllr Nomakhosazana Meth 4. Kwazulu-Natal Cllr Jesta Sidell & Cllr Memory Booysen 5. Limpopo Cllr Thami Ngubane & Cllr Maphefo Letsie 6. Mpumalanga Cllr T.J Makolomakwa & Cllr Xola Pakati 7. Northern Cape Cllr Deon De Vos & Cllr Sindiswa Gomba 8. North West Cllr Florence Radzilane & Cllr Bongile Mhaleni Cllr Nombulelo Hermans 9. Western Cape www.salga.org.za
DEPLOYMENT TO NCOP PROVINCE PROPOSED REPRESENTATIVE 1. Eastern Cape Cllr Zibonele Isaac Dumzela 2. Free State Vacant 3. Gauteng Cllr Mapiti Matsena 4. Kwazulu-Natal Cllr William Mapena 5. Limpopo Cllr Pat Hlongwani 6. Mpumalanga Cllr Mavis Thusile Charles 7. Northern Cape Cllr Nyameka Shushu 8. North West Cllr S Mondlane 9. Western Cape Cllr Gillion Bosman NOTE : The other two Provincial representatives will be used as alternates. www.salga.org.za
OUTCOMES OF THE SALGA ENERGY SUMMIT www.salga.org.za
OUTCOMES OF THE ENERGY SUMMIT • SALGA hosted the Energy Summit under the them “Defining the Energy Future for Local Government in South Africa”, at the Sandton Convention Centre 7 th - 9 th March 2018; • The Summit was attended by approximately 1,000 delegates representing a wide range of stakeholders in South Africa. • Objectives of the Summit were defined as follows: – To examine the possible scenarios for the energy sector and to define an ideal future business model for local government. – Understand how an energy transition can occur economically, legally, financially and institutionally. – Pursue consensus of the political leadership that change in the energy sector is necessary. – Develop and define a country-wide agreement for the energy sector. www.salga.org.za
OUTCOMES OF THE ENERGY SUMMIT Discussions from the Summit were consolidated into the following five themes: New Enabling Customer Operational Collaborative Opportunities Environment Centricity Resilience Leadership Deployment Provide clarity on Improve asset constitutional and Promote and Appointment of an management Ensure services are cost legislative issues implement renewable Energy Reform reflective energy Commission Review current industry Implement cost structure and market containment arrangements Establishment of a multi-sector and multi- Redesign policy Realise new revenue Implement new stakeholder Energy Mitigate grid defection framework streams financing mechanisms Transition Leadership structure Implement new and/or improved business Review tariffs models Provide Support to Create a Social Compact Pilot and implement SMMEs and Black for a just and fair energy new energy Industrialists in the Implement transition technologies Unlock funding energy sector benchmarking www.salga.org.za
OUTCOMES OF THE ENERGY SUMMIT THE SUMMIT RESOLVED THAT: 1. SALGA Leadership seek an audience with the President of the Republic to sensitise him about the imperative of urgently assisting in resolution of the Energy Policy complex; 2. The President appoints an Energy Reform Commission to review the current structure, evaluate the reform work done to date, define a more sustainable structure and implement the structural changes required; that in conjunction with CoGTA and SALGA, a team of experts be appointed to provide the required strategic direction and support to municipalities; 3. To ensure that the electricity supply industry reform becomes a reality, municipal service delivery improves as well as becomes financially sustainable, the outcomes of this Energy Summit be captured in a detailed action plan; www.salga.org.za
OUTCOMES OF THE ENERGY SUMMIT THE SUMMIT RESOLVED THAT (CONT.): 4. SALGA ensures that such an action plan is developed and implemented; 5. To establish a multi-sector and multi-stakeholder Energy Transition Leadership structure, led by SALGA President, the Minister of CoGTA, the Minister of Energy, the Minister of Finance and the Minister of Public Enterprises, to lead the implementation and monitoring of the action plan. www.salga.org.za
OUTCOMES OF NCOP LOCAL GOVERNMENT WEEK www.salga.org.za
OUTCOMES OF THE NCOP LOCAL GOVERNMENT WEEK The National Council of Provinces (NCOP) is the only institution in South Africa’s • constitutional construct that plays an integrative role by bringing representatives of the three spheres of government together under one roof within the legislative sector. Pursuant to this strategic mandate, the NCOP has as one of its strategic flagships • the NCOP Local Government week which is been convened in partnership with the SALGA. As had been the trend over the years, the 2018 NCOP Local Government Week • convened from 8 – 10 May 18 , encapsulated conceptual engagements covering a variety of pertinent matters relevant to the sector. The content focussed on the strategic locus of local government in terms of • – spatial transformation, – integrated planning, – review of the current fiscal disaggregation model, – obligatory monitoring, support and intervention by National and Provincial spheres of government to Local Government; and – Land Use Management and Planning . www.salga.org.za
OUTCOMES OF THE NCOP LOCAL GOVERNMENT WEEK NCOP Week resolutions i. Addressing existing legislative gaps in order to ensure the that government operates as coherent single system and these included; a. Amending the MFMA to ensure that both SALGA and COGTA receive statutory reports in order to enable packaging of a joint single national monitoring system and to create a mechanism for SALGA, COGTA & TREASURY to complement each other in terms of an early warning system b. Finalisation of the Support and Intervention Bill in order to create a shared national model for provision of section 154 support and a relatively predictable basis for the evocation of section 139 constitutional intervention by provincial administrations www.salga.org.za
OUTCOMES OF THE NCOP LOCAL GOVERNMENT WEEK NCOP Week resolutions (Cont.) (ii) Urgently addressing systemic matters that are crippling the coherence of the government and these included the following a. Resolving the Local Government – ESKOM impasse in terms of the constitutional authority of municipalities to distribute and where ESKOM is involved conclusion of appropriate agency agreement b. A requirement to review the current water distribution value chain to strike a balance between water as a commodity that municipalities must buy in bulk and households must pay for, and access to water as a constitutionally entrenched right c. Review of the current formula of equitable share to enable local government to deliver on its constitutional and legislative mandate www.salga.org.za
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