DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND TRADITIONAL AFFAIRS

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND TRADITIONAL AFFAIRS REPORT ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMPLIANCE EASTERN CAPE A COMPELLING PLACE TO LIVE, WORK AND INVEST” 1

LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK l l l l SA CONSTITUTION MUNICIPAL STRUCTURES ACT MUNICIPAL SYSTEMS ACT HOUSING CODE NATIONAL GENDER POLICY FRAMEWORK EMPLOYMENT EQUITY ACT TRADITIONAL LEADERS FRAMEWORK ACT OTHER NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PROTOCOLS eg. Beijing etc 2

BACKGROUND PROVINCE PREDOMINANTLY RURAL • LOW LEVELS OF COMPLIANCE • WEAK STRUCTURAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUPPORT (PROV & LOCAL) • RURAL–URBAN DIVIDE PRONOUNCED • 45 MUNICIPALITIES INCLUDING 6 DISTRICT MUNICIPALITIES AND 1 METRO • 3

STATUS QUO • BIGGER MUNICIPALITIES ERSTWHILE CAPE PROVINCIAL ADMINISTRATION (CPA) • NEWLY CREATED MUNICIPALITIES • RESOURCE BASE • PROJECT CONSOLIDATE 4

ISSUES • EE PLANS IN PLACE-NO IMPLEMENTATION • NOT A SINGLE MUNICIPAL MANAGER IS A WOMAN • INSUFFICIENT REPRESENTATION AT TOP MANAGEMENT POSITIONS – DIRECTOR LEVEL AND OTHER • FEW WOMEN HOLDING POSITIONS OF CHAIRPERSON OF PORTFOLIO COMMITTES • SLOW PROGRESS IN EMPLOYMENT EQUITY 5

IDP’S • MINIMAL INDICATION OF PARTICIPATION OF VULNERABLE GROUPS (MEANINGFUL PARTICIPATION) • NO GENDER LENS – NO GFP’S 6

DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES • ISRDP • LED • QOUTAS SET FOR BUDGETS • LOCAL ALLOCATIONS • INFLUENCED 7

HOUSING • HOUSING CODE 30% • LESS THAN HALF COMPLYING • NO CONFIDENCE IN WOMEN CONTRACTORS • UKHAHLAMBA MUNICIPALITY SUCCESS STORY • SUPPORT SYSTEMS NOT IN PLACE • NO DEDICATED HOUSING UNITS IN MOST • ORGANIZATIONAL CHALLENGES FROM THE SIDE OF WOMEN 8

GENERAL CHALLENGES • WOMEN IN TOP MANAGEMENT POSITIONS • EE HAPPENING BY DEFAULT AND NOT BY DESIGN • SUPPORT SYSTEMS FOR WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP POSITIONS – EMPOWER THEM TO MAKE A DIFFERNCE • SLOW PACE OF TRANSFORMATION • WEAK MONITORING AT PROV AND LOCAL LEVELS (CAPACITY ITO NUMBERS AND EMPOWERMENT ISSUES) 9

RECOMMENDED SOLUTIONS • IMPLEMENTATION OF EMPLOYMENT EQUITY TO TARGET PREFERRED CANDIDATES AT STRATEGIC POSITIONS • SUPPORT PROGRAMMES FOR WOMEN (BOTH COUNCILLORS AND TOP MANAGERS) TO EMPOWER THEM TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE • ACCELERATING AND STRENGTHENING THE INITIATIVE TO ESTABLISH SPECIAL PROGRAMMES UNITS IN ALL MUNICIPALITIES (A SUMMIT IS PLANNED FOR THE 8 TH AND 9 TH SEPTEMBER 2005 TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE • SERIOUS EFFORTS MUST BE MADE TO REACH THE 50% TARGET FOR WOMEN REPRESENTATIONS IN THE UPCOMING MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS WILL MAKE A CONSIDERABLE DIFFERENCE 10

RECOMMENDED SOLUTIONS • IDP REVIEWS TO BE USED TO CORRECT IMBALANCES AND BRIDGE GAPS IN REPRESENTATIVITY • SUPPORT FROM INSITUTIONS INVOLVED IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ie. IDT, ECDC, DTI etc SHOULD BE MOBILISED TO ASSIST WOMEN PROJECTS TO MOVE INTO BUSINESS ENTITIES • INTEGRATED PLANNING FOR SPECIAL PROGRAMMES AT THE LOCAL LEVEL • CONSOLIDATION OF HUMAN RESOURCE PLANS AT THE PROVINCIAL AND LOCAL LEVELS TO BE JOINT EFFORT BETWEEN THE TWO SPHERES 11

RECOMMENDED SOLUTIONS CONT. • PROVINCIAL MONITORING MECHANISMS TO BE STRENGTHENED AND CONSOLIDATED • INCREASED POLITICAL SUPPORT • STRUCTURAL CHANGES CURRENTLY UNDERWAY IN THE DEPARTMENT WILL ASSIST THE DEPARTMENT TO BE MORE FOCUSSED • CLOSE MONITORING OF THE IMPLENENTATION OF THE NE TRADITIONAL LEADERSHIP FRAMEWORK ACT 12

QUESTIONS & COMMENTS THANK YOU! ENKOSI 13