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Up one levelFast Facts for Local Government - October 2011
Some 51% of South Africans are dissatisfied with service delivery and service delivery protests have increased from two in 2006 to 111 in 2010. This is because most municipalities are unable to fulfil their priority one functions, which include the provision of basic services to residents.
Fast Facts for Local Government - September 2011
Collectively, metropolitan municipalities have increased their operating budgets from R111.3 billion (R111.3bn) in 2010/11 to R128.3 billion (R128.3bn) in 2011/12. Most metros receive over 70% of their operating budget revenue from service charges. As a result, service tariff hikes have increased substantially from 2010/11. However, the amount that metros spend on administering basic services is not reflected in how much they charge for them.
Fast Facts for Local Government - August 2011
Only seven municipalities out of 237 (3%) received a clean audit for the 2009/10 financial year. Of the 237 municipalities audited, 60 (25%) received a disclaimer or an adverse opinion, 50 (21%) received qualified audits, and 120 (51%) received financially unqualified audits with findings. The audits of 46 municipalities had not yet been finalised by 31st January 2011.
Fast Facts for Local Government - July 2011
Following the local government election on 18 May, the final results have been released. The African National Congress (ANC) and the Democratic Alliance (DA) received the highest and second highest proportions of votes. The ANC won 63% and the DA 24%. The remaining 13% was shared by the other parties. The voter turnout was 57.6%, the highest it has been in any local election since 1994.
Fast Facts for Local Government- June 2011
This issue of Fast Facts for Local Government (F3LG) gives a review of the State of the Cities report. It will focus mainly on the socio-economic conditions of the cities and service delivery. Data on the economic conditions of cities and service delivery is shown on page 2 and 3.
Fast Facts for Local Government- May 2011
The Municipal Outreach Project has recently published a poverty alleviation report and the report has been sent out to project beneficiaries. The report contains more than one hundred best-practice proposals.
Fast Facts for Local Government- April 2011
More than half of metro residents say they are not satisfied with service delivery by their local municipality. This month’s issue of Fast Facts for Local Government (F3LG) examines satisfaction with service delivery.
Fast Facts for Local Government- March 2011
With the budget speech having been delivered on 23 February 2011, this issue of Fast Facts for Local Government (F3LG) provides an analysis of local government revenue. The tables that follow on pages 2 and 3 show how much money local government receives from central government as well as how much local government raises itself.
Fast Facts for Local Government- February 2011
This issue of Fast Facts for Local Government (F3LG) provides population data on 16 selected urban areas in South Africa. The data is provided for 1999 and 2009 and it is also broken down by race. This leader gives an analysis of the demographics patterns in the eight municipalities covered by the Municipal Outreach project.
Debt keeps pilling up and its recovery is improbable
This month’s issue of Fast Fact for Local Government (F3LG) gives an analysis of municipal financial statements for the 2009/10 financial year. This leader gives a brief overview of the tables provided on pages 2 and 3.
