Governance Challenges

Snapshot on Governance Challenges – Municipalities, and Government Entities. 

As the local and district municipalities (and other Government Entities) of the Republic of South Africa remain key for socio-economic development (service delivery) of the country as per their mandate, their overall success should evidently be measurable against the key performance framework indicators:

Core Business Performance [Service delivery Efficiencies]

  • Failure to Deliver on Commitments
  • Failure to Deliver Qualitative and Quantitative Services
  • Failure to Account for Performance Standards
  • Failure for alignment of programmes to strategic frameworks
  • Material Misstatement and Failure for Accountability

Corporate Management [Quality and Compliance]

  • Inefficiencies in Corporate Management Systems
  • Financial Misstatement and Accountability
  • Failure to Comply with Legislative/Regulatory and Fiduciary Requirements [MFMA; PFMA…]
  • Failure to Achieve Clean Audits Performance – AG [MFMA; PFMA…]

Fact: …but whilst some evidence presents some extend of efficiencies with regard to service delivery, it is evident that some of municipalities are facing continual compliance (and performance) challenges against relevant legislative and regulatory […MFMA] frameworks and requirements – and as such, require urgent improvement attention…

Canton offers therefore responsive and systematic support services to enable Municipalities to achieve the following:

  • Quality Integrated Organizational Strategic Plan;
  • Quality Operations Frameworks;
  • Strategically aligned and responsive IDPs;
  • Integrated Strategic/Operations Plan [SDBIP Rollout Plan]
  • Management Information System;
  • Organizational Performance Management System;
  • Quality/Compliance/Risk Management System.

This Framework helps Municipalities (and Government Entities) to do the right thing and do it right – for which the overall organizational performance is measured not only through “what” is done, but also “how” it is done, not only against the Outputs of Municipal Efforts, but the Outcomes of the Outputs…

Canton, – Pursuing Excellence!