CHDM tables its mid-term performance report

Chris Hani District Municipality (CHDM) executive mayor Kholiswa Vimbayo recently tabled the municipality's 2018-19 financial year mid-term performance which stands at 64% in Cacadu.

The report revealed that the district fell short of attaining all its set targets and corrective measures were outlined in this regard.

Out of 137 planned targets (service delivery and budget implementation plan SDBIP), the district managed to achieve 87, while 50 were not attained. The SDBIP for

2018-19 was divided in terms of the five key performance areas (KPA) applicable to local government, namely KPA

1: Municipal transformation and institutional development. Its main focus is the provision of support services internally. These are chiefly matters of human resource provisioning and development, employee wellness, information communication technologies, fleet management services and legal services.

KPA 2: Basic service delivery and infrastructure development. The main focus is on tangible service delivery matters such as water and sanitation, road maintenance, housing and town planning services.

KPA 3: Local economic development. This focuses on seeking to ensure that conducive conditions are created for broader economic growth and ultimately boosting the district economy. These indicators would focus on, among others, issues such as tourism promotion and development, forestry programmes, heritage development, the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) and agriculture.

KPA 4: Municipal financial viability and management, focuses on the internal financial management processes. This would focus on matters relating to budget development, supply chain management issues, asset management as well as income and expenditure management.

KPA 5: Good governance and public participation, focuses on matters such as public participation, stakeholder engagement, customer care, performance management, the effectiveness of oversight structures, internal audit matters, risk management and communications.

The performance rating attained as per the above-mentioned KPAs was: municipal transformation and organisational development 50%, basic service delivery 68%, local economic development

95%, financial management and viability

43% and good governance and public participation

67%.

The overall performance of the district for the six months indicates a 9% decline when compared with the recorded performance in the previous financial year at the same period which was 77%.

The report outlined key challenges that contributed to the decline in performance, which included the construction of water and waste water projects which were behind schedule in terms of progress. Interventions were in place to ensure an improved performance.

In terms of Section 72 (1) (a) of the Local Government: Municipal Finance Management Act, (Act 56 of 2003) also known as the MFMS, the accounting officer must assess the performance of the municipality during the first half of the financial year and submit a report on such assessment to the mayor, the national treasury and the relevant provincial treasury.

Stakeholders in the district are apprised on the municipal performance on a quarterly basis through the IDP representative forum. CHDM encourages attendance at such meetings which are not only informative, but also provide an opportunity for participants to hold the municipality accountable.