Section 72 Mid-Year Budget and Performance Assessment Report 2020/2021
In terms of Section 72 (1) of the Local Government: Municipal Finance Management Act, 2003 (Act 56 of 2003), the Accounting Officer of a Municipality must, by 25 January of each financial year, assess the performance of the municipality during the first half of the financial year and submit a report on such an assessment to the Mayor of the Municipality, the National Treasury and the relevant Provincial Treasury. The Mayor must in turn, comply with the provisions of Section 54, which includes submitting the report to Council by 31 January of each year. The Section 72 Mid-Year Budget and Performance Assessment Report was approved by Council and can be found below:
Section 72 Performance Assessment Report- Click here to read/download
Executive Mayor’s Covid-19 Awareness Roadshow
The Executive Mayor, Cllr Paulus Mgcera recently embarked on a Covid-19 awareness roadshow throughout the ZF Mgcawu District, visiting all the Local Municipalities with specific emphasis on assessing Police Stations and Health Facilities (Clinics). The Executive Mayor was accompanied by representatives from COGHSTA, Department of Education, SAPS and the Department of Health and they visited the facilities with the Local Mayors of each Municipality and their Management teams.
The following Police Stations and Clinics were visited:
1.Kai! Garib Municipality [Kakamas Police Station and Kakamas Clinic]
2.Dawid Kruiper Municipality [Paballelo Police Station and Gordonia Clinic]
3.!Kheis Municipality [Boegoeberg Clinic, Grootdrink Clinic and Groblershoop Clinic]
4.Tsantsabane Municipality [Postmasburg Hospital]
5.Kgatelopele Municipality [PPC Police Station, Danielskuil Police Station, Danielskuil Clinic]
The purpose of the roadshow was to assess the state of health facilities as well as the infrastructure available at key locations such as Police Stations.
During the visit to !Kheis the Executive Mayor on behalf of the MEC of Health, Honourable Lekwene officially handed over two Bakkies and one Ambulance to the Department of Health. The Executive Mayor together with Mayor Mashila and Speaker Elroy Phete of the Tsantsabane Local Municipality handed over Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) at the Postmasburg Hospital which are crucial in keeping the healthcare workers currently on the frontline of the pandemic safe.
In each municipal area and with every audience the Executive Mayor emphasised the importance of non-pharmaceutical interventions, such as social distancing, wearing masks and regularly sanitising hands to prevent the spread of infection.
MINISTER OF COGTA ISSUES AMENDMENT OF REGULATIONS FOR ALERT LEVEL 3 LOCKDOWN
As South Africa battles the second wave of the Coronavirus pandemic, President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced the country will remain on Adjusted Alert Level 3 Lockdown. Addressing the nation on Monday, the 11th of January 2021, the President said it was necessary for the country to remain on Level 3 until the peak of new infections passes and the country was certain that the rate of transmission has fallen.
You can download the amended regulations as gazetted by the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma on the link below.
SA remains on Alert Level 3
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