1. National Assembly Budget Hearings:
16 May 2001

2. Municipal Rationalisation
The Board has decided that there will be:
6 (A Category) Metropolitan areas (Pretoria and Durban have TAs within them)
47 (C category) District Municipalities (30 have TAs within them)
231 (B category) Local Municipalities (114 have TAs within them)
District Management Areas in 26 of the District Councils.

4. Board’s Corporate Governance
Board meets at least once a month
Executive Committee (dealing with administrative and finance issues) meets once a month
Corporate Services Committee (dealing with Institutional policy) meets once a month
Audit Committee meets approximately once a month
Operational committees/workshops

5. Administration Pre-elections
Manager
Special Advisor
Two Deputy Managers (Corporate and Professional)
Seven Administrative staff
One professional staff

6. Administration post-elections
Manager
Special Advisor
Head Finance and one staff
Head Administration and three staff
Head GIS and two professional staff

7. Employment Equity at the Board
The administrative staff of the Board is composed as follows:
Blacks persons (72,7%)
Females 5 persons (45,5%)
Whites 3 persons (27,3%)
Males 6 persons (54,5%)
Disabled nil
The consultants employed:
at least 50% ‘African’
far fewer women.

8. Matters arising 2000/2001 Two resignations from Board to date
Administration: (I) Disciplinary action and dismissal of Manager; (ii) Institutional restructuring (3 positions made redundant and 3 professional positions created)
Litigation: 8 cases, only one outstanding

9. Activities 2000/2001 Year Policy work Identification nodal points
Ad Hoc demarcations
Determination of Category A, B, C municipalities
Delimitation of Ward boundaries
Assessments of municipal capacity
Recommendations on municipal functions and powers
Assistance with alignment of government boundaries
Information provision
Developing and maintaining integrated data base

10. Key Performance Areas
Key Performance Area 1: Determine And Re-Determine Municipal Boundaries In Accordance With Relevant Legal Provisions.
Key Performance Area 2: Delimit Each Municipality That Qualifies To Have Wards, Into Wards.
Key Performance Area 3: Make Recommendations To MECs Pertaining To Transitional Authorisations For The Performance Of Functions.
Key Performance Area 4: Assess The Capacity Of Each Municipality To Determine Whether The Municipality Is In A Position To Perform Its Functions And To Exercise Its Powers.
Key Performance Area 5: Provide Advice To Departments On The Alignment Of Functional/ Service Delivery Boundaries With Municipal Boundaries.
Key Performance Area 6: Develop An Integrated Data Base, Maintain Web Site And Popularise Through Sa Explorer.
Key Performance Area 7: Provide Advice And Information To Departments.
Key Performance Area 8: Perform Such Other Functions As May Be Required
Key Performance Area 9: Empower The Manager Of The MDB To Build An Effective And Efficient Administration To Support The Board In The Performance Of Its Functions.

11. 1. Determine and redetermine boundaries

12. 2. Delimitation of wards

13. 3. Transition: Advice to MECs/Minister

14. 4. Capacity assessments

15. 5. Boundary alignment

16. 6. Integrated Data Base

17. 7. Advice and information

18. 8. Other functions as required

19. 9. Institutional efficiency and effectiveness

20. Budgetary issues MTEF reduction: From over R30 million to R12 million
Fixed costs have increased
Information needs have increased
Need for integrated approach
Reduce ‘duplication’
Ensure cost-effectiveness