MATJHABENG LOCAL MUNICIPALITY INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 2017 – 2022 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER DETAILS CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION CHAPTER TWO INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS CHAPTER THREE DEVELOPMENTAL STRATEGIES CHAPTER FOUR INSTITUTIONAL GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT CHAPTER FIVE FINANCIAL PLAN CHAPTER SIX CAPITAL INFRASTRACTURE INVESTEMENT FRAMEWORK CHAPTER SEVEN IMPLEMENTATION CHAPTER EIGHT HIGH LEVEL SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK CHAPTER NINE FRAMEWORK FOR THE PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM CHAPTER TEN SOCIAL AND LABOUR PLANS ANNEXURES SECTOR PLANS 2 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND The Local Government: Municipal Systems Act No. 32 of 2000 mandates municipalities to undertake developmental oriented planning, to ensure that they achieve their constitutional mandates (see Sections 152 and 153 of the Constitution). To this end, the Matjhabeng Municipality’s Integrated Development Plan (IDP) serves as a strategic framework that guides its five-year planning and budgeting. To provide democratic and accountable government for local communities, the Municipality consulted both internal and external stakeholders in the IDP development process. The key projects identified for implementation in the IDP were sourced from communities and other stakeholders through various public participation platforms. This IDP is informed by national and provincial government development goals and priorities, emerging socio-economic trends, the ever-increasing demand and social cry of the people of Matjhabeng for better services and other related issues that provide a framework in which the Municipality can ensure developmental local government. Municipalities operate in an ever- changing environment, and the Matjhabeng Municipality, too, is not immune to such changes. The dynamic nature of local, national and global environments constantly presents local government with new challenges and new demands. Similarly, the needs and priorities of the communities within the Matjhabeng municipal area change from year to year. To ensure close co-ordination and integration amongst projects, programmes and activities, line function departments within the Municipality seek to work cohesively not only amongst themselves, but also with external stakeholders (such as the business community and civil society) and provincial and national government departments. This integration further seeks to promote integrated service delivery to communities. The IDP seeks to achieve sustainable development within Matjhabeng. To this end, there is a balanced approach to economic, environmental and social development: the overarching pillars of sustainable development. In pursuit of economic growth and the provision of services to its citizens, the Municipality cannot compromise its responsibility for protecting the natural and built environment. It is committed to adhere to good governance principles (participation, efficiency, effectiveness, accountability, transparency, equity, fairness and the rule of law) and Batho Pele 3 principles (courtesy and people first, consultation, service excellence, access, information, openness and transparency, redress and value for money) in the provision of services to residents. The IDP is implemented through an annual implementation framework (Service Delivery and Budget Implementation Plan - SDBIP), which links key performance indicators to the annual budget. Senior municipal managers conclude annual performance agreements, which serve as a monitoring tool for departmental performance. The Municipality monitors the implementation of its SDBIP and the performance of its senior managers through performance management system. 1.2 KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS The Municipality’s vision and mission are translated into the following five municipal key performance areas: KPA1: Good governance KPA 2: Basic Service delivery KPA 3: Inclusive economic development and job creation KPA 4: Institutional Transformation KPA 5: Financial sustainability and viability 1.3 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES The following strategic objectives have been set to deliver on the above stated key performance areas: • Ensuring access to basic services for all residents; • Developing and sustaining spatial, natural and built environments; • Providing integrated and sustainable human settlements; • Addressing t h e challenges of poverty, unemployment and social inequality; • Fostering a safe, secure and healthy environment for employees and communities; • Developing a prosperous and diverse economy; • Accelerating service delivery through the acquisition and retention of competent and efficient human capital; • Ensuring sound financial management and viability. 4 1.4 LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK This IDP is informed by the following legislation: 1.4.1 Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, Act No. 108 of 1996 (hereinafter referred to as “the Constitution”) South African local government is, in terms of Chapter 7, Section 152(1) of the Constitution, required to be democratic and accountable, ensuring sustained service delivery, promoting socio-economic development and a safe and healthy environment, and encouraging the involvement of all communities and community organisations in its affairs. In terms of Section 152(2), these objectives should be achieved within the financial and administrative capacity of a Municipality, which implies that all its planning and performance management processes must be geared towards the achievement of these objectives. Chapter 10, Section 195(1) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa outlines the basic values and principles governing public administration. The Municipality’s IDP is informed by these principles. 1.4.2 Local Government: Municipal Finance Management Act, No. 56 of 2003, (MFMA) and Regulations The Municipal Finance Management Act (MFMA) seeks to ensure sound and sustainable financial management within South African municipalities. Section 21 of the Act makes provision for alignment between the IDP and the municipal budget. The Service Delivery and Budget Implementation Plan is an annual contract between the Municipality’s administration, Council and the community, which ensures that the IDP and the Budget are aligned. The Act makes provision for quarterly and annual financial and non-financial performance assessments and reporting by municipalities and the entities under their control. The Municipal Finance Management Act promotes the application of valid and reliable fiscal norms and standards, to maximise service delivery. To this end, National Treasury established minimum competencies for municipal officials, accounting officers, chief financial officers, senior managers, other financial officers and supply chain management managers, in line with Section 168 of the Municipal Finance Management Act. The MFMA also provides for the discharge of certain functions and powers by political representatives in municipalities and for contract management and reporting on the performance of external service providers appointed by municipalities. 1.4.3 Local Government: Municipal Systems Act, No. 32 of 2000 (MSA) 5 The Municipal Systems Act (MSA) requires municipalities to develop an Integrated Development Plan and an integral Performance Management System and to, in this process, set performance indicators and targets, in consultation with the communities they serve. It further mandates municipalities to monitor and review performance against the set indicators and targets, conduct internal reviews, assessments and audits, and publish an annual report on their performance over a specific period. The Municipal Systems Act underpins the notion of developmental government, since it recognises local government as an integral agent in connecting the three spheres of government with the communities it serves. It strives to bring about the social and economic upliftment of communities through improved service delivery, by crafting a framework for the establishment of mechanisms and processes to enhance performance planning and management, resource mobilisation and organisational change. The Municipal Systems Act outlines the duties to be performed by political office-bearers, municipal officials and the community. It converses on matters of human resources and public administration, whilst prescribing community participation throughout, in support of a system of participatory government. The Municipal Systems Act also provides for the discharge of certain functions and powers by political representatives in municipalities and for the establishment of entities by municipalities to bring about effective and efficient service delivery. In terms of the Act, municipalities must ensure that performance objectives and indicators are set for the municipal entities under their control and that these form part of their multi-year business planning and budgeting, in line with the MFMA. 1.4.4 Local Government: Municipal Planning and Performance Management Regulations, 2001 The Local Government: Municipal Planning and Performance Management Regulations (2001) seeks to enhance the implementation of performance management obligations imposed by legislation and cultivate uniformity in the application of performance management within the sphere of local government. The Regulations outline the details to be contained in municipalities’ Integrated Development Plans, as well as the process of amendment. They also provide for the 6 nature of performance management systems, their adoption, processes for the setting of performance targets, monitoring,