OVERSIGHT IN RELATION TO SERVICE DELIVERY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEES

OVERSIGHT IN RELATION TO SERVICE DELIVERY: OVERSIGHT COMMITTEES CITIZENS & CSOS BY LUNGILE PENXA, LOCAL GOVERNMENT RESEARCHER, PSAM. E-MAIL: L. Penxa@ru. ac. za /CALL: 0466038829

WHAT DOES OVERSIGHT IN GOVERNMENT MEAN? • OVERSIGHT is the act of overseeing or monitoring the performance of government implementing departments.

OVERSIGHT WITHIN MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT MUNICIPAL COUNCIL • Play a political oversight of the municipality’s functions, programmes and the management of the administration. • Provide financial oversight of the Municipality OVERSIGHT &PORTFOLIO COMMITTEES • Municipal Public Accounts Committee (MPAC): • Municipal Portfolio Committees • These COMMITTEES are political created to play oversight role on administrative departments / directorates

RIGHTS & RESPONSIBILITIES CITIZENS Under Section 20 the RIGHT TO CITIZENSHIP expects that citizens are responsible for: § obeying the laws of our country, § ensuring that others do so as well, and § contributing to South African development FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION: citizens can exercise this right responsible by advocating for issues that contribute to good governance

RIGHTS & RESPONSIBILITIES CITIZENS • ACCESS TO INFORMATION (Section 32 of SA Constitution): You have the right to access government information, since GOVERNMENT EXISTS TO SERVE THE PUBLIC. • The Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA) helps realise the right to access to information. It regulates how people go about getting information from government. • Section 152 (1) (e) of the SA Constitution: Local Government must to encourage the involvement of communities and community organisations in the matters of local government. • As citizens when you exercise these YOU ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT & COMMUNITIES.

RIGHTS & RESPONSIBILITIES OF CIVIL SOCIETY EXPERIENCES SHARED BY BLACK SASH

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