Transcript Service Delivery Goals

Title: Orientation Paper for
SCoF
Presenter: Simo Mncwango
Fundisiwe Cwele
Date: July 2014
Presentation outline
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Introduction
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Purpose
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Mandate of Committee - IGFR
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Role of Provinces and Local Government in the economy
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Service delivery goals
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Division of Revenue
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Calendar Year Term activities
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Conclusion
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Introduction
• Nelson Mandela said:
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“It always seems impossible until it’s done”
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The Select Committee on Finance (SCoF) is established in terms of Section 4 of the
Money Bills Amendment Procedure and Related Matters Act 9 of 2009
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The functions and the mandate of the finance committees include considering
and reporting on:
The national macro-economic environment and fiscal policy;
Amendments to the fiscal framework, revised fiscal framework and revenue
proposals and other money Bills;
Actual revenue published by the National Treasury; and
Any other related matter set out in Money Bills Act, No.9 of 2009.
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Purpose
• To familiarise the Committee with its mandate
and to highlight key activities of the Committee
• To indicate to the Committee a brief summary
of research services offered to the Committee’s
annual activities.
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Mandate of Committee - IGFR
• NCOP through select committees represents the
interests of provinces and municipalities
• SCOF specifically – intergovernmental fiscal
relations
• Stakeholders include the FFC, the AG, and SALGA
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Roles of Provinces and Local
Government in the Economy
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Provinces provide:
 Health services
 Education
 Human settlements – conditional grants for provision of infrastructure and upgrading of informal
settlements in mining towns
 Social Development – e.g. gender-based violence
 Agriculture
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Municipalities Provide:
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Water
Electricity
Sanitation
Solid waste removal
Concurrent functions:
 Public road networks
 Public transport services – provincial bus lines
Service Delivery Goals
• Implement measures to improve service delivery
capacity – select committees must monitor provinces
to ensure that this is achieved
• Public spending that has not yet reached all South
Africans eventually reaches all communities of society
• Identify and address areas where poor maintenance
has resulted in either loss of services and
deterioration in the quality of services rendered
Division of Revenue
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First Term (of the Calendar year)
• Key Committee Activities
– State of the Nation Address(SONA)
– Tabling of National budget
– Department Strategic Plan
– Public Hearings on Fiscal Framework
– Local Government Revenue and Expenditure: 2nd quarter Section
71 report
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Research Support
Progress
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First Term
• Research Support
– Fiscal Framework Analysis
– Budget Analysis
– Strategic Plan Analysis
– Local Government Revenue and Expenditure: 2nd quarter Section 71
report analysis
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Second Term
• Key Committee Activities
– Provincial Fourth Quarter Expenditure Reports(9 provinces)
– Oversight week
– Protocols and Agreement
– Finance related Bills
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Second
. Term
• Research Support
– Provincial Fourth Quarter Expenditure Analysis
– Pre and Post oversight visits Analysis
– Agreement Analysis
– Finance related Bills Analysis
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Third
. Term
• Key activities for the Committee
– Consider Tax Proposals
– Section 71 report: Expenditure and revenue for municipalities for the
4th quarter
– Oversight activities
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Third Term
• Key activities for the Committee
– Analysis for identified municipalities
– Tax proposal analysis
– Proactively and/reactive research analysis
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Fourth Term
• Key activities for the term
– Annual reports of departments
– Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS)
– Budget Adjustments
– Tabling of Budget Review and Recommendation Report (BRRR) by NA
portfolio committees
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Research support
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Research support
• Some of the services
– Analysis of budget vote adjustments
– Proposed fiscal framework analysis, and
– Other ad-hoc activities of the Committee
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Ad-hoc request/ activities
• Public Finance or Budget related information
– Provincial government
– Municipal government
– Fiscal Framework
– Public Debt
• Economic information and statistics
– GDP
– Unemployment
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Conclusion
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• Budget is an ongoing process, enhanced fiscal oversight is vital to ensure
service delivery and accountability
• The Committee has an important role in the budget cycle and its
processes in terms of Money Bills Act provisions
• Continuous engagement with stakeholders will strengthen the Committee
in its oversight
• The research unit is committed to provide research support to the
Committee within reasonable time frames
• Nelson Mandela said:
– “When a man has done what he considers to be his duty to his people and his country,
he can rest in peace”.
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Thank you
Siyabonga kakhulu
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