1. ALFRED NZO DM MUNICIPALITY intervention STATUS REPORT PRESENTED TO SELECT COMMITTEE 19 OCTOBER PARLIAMENT – CAPE TOWN

2. ALFRED NZO Administrator was appointed from 20 April 2009
Areas assumed responsibilities on were:
Financial management (financial recovery plan)
Corporate services including general administration and human resource
Infrastructure development and MIG funding
Public Participation
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3. ACHIEVEMENTS Finance Management System
A financial system bought and abandoned by the municipality (SAMRAS) activated.
A reliable billing system on SAMRAS has been developed.
Accurate annual financial statements were submitted on 31 August 2009
A debt recovery plan approved and implemented. All creditors whose payments had been outstanding for more than 120 days paid.
Improved record keeping and a fully integrated payroll is now in place.
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4. ACHIEVEMENTS Internal Audit
A system developed ensuring Audit Committee resolutions and recommendations are brought to Council and that they are actioned.
Internal Audit Manager has been appointed.  
Competence in Finance Department 
Chief Financial Officer has been appointed.
Municipal Infrastructure Services
Projects have been identified and prioritized from the IDP for the MTEF – 22 projects costing R are registered on MIG – MIS thus committing the entire MTEF.
MIG funding strictly used MIG projects.
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5. ACHIEVEMENTS Public participation
A draft policy on public participation for Alfred Nzo has been developed.
Matatiele has advertised for public participation unit, a post of an Assistant Manager.
Matatiele has established ward committees in all wards except ward 20.
Ward governance workshops at Matatiele, three wards, at Umzimvubu, 24 wards.
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6. ACHIEVEMENTS A Municipal Manager has finally been appointed.
The Chief Financial Officer was appointed.
The Financial Management System is up and running.
Specific Financial policies are in place.
Public Participation is starting to yield the desired results.
MIG projects are ring fenced and thus used for the intended purpose only.
Intervention was terminated at the end of November and the Administrator submitted a close-out report.
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7. Departmental support
After the section 139(1)(b) intervention came to an end ,it was substituted by a section support to ensure that the gains achieved were continued.
Departmental staff continued to monitor the R1million transferred to municipality in March 2010 to improve the administrative and financial systems was utilized for the intended purposes
The municipality is being assisted to improve the records management system(registry)
The municipality is being assisted in the development of the Work Place Skills plan
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