Dysfunctional municipalities face a myriad of problems that hinder their ability to serve their communities effectively. ThembiNkadi writes that it is hoped the District Development Model will change that and bring about transformation.
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Improving service delivery outcomes in local government heavily depends on enhancing the capacity and performance of municipalities. While tangible progress has been made in fulfilling our constitutional obligation to provide developmental and transformational local governance and visible service delivery, there are challenges in ensuring that citizens growing expectations are met and realised.
The DDM IGR structures are in place and functioning in all provinces and in the majority of DDM District and metro spaces. Sector Departments, in part through the support and guidance of the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs , have actively started to set up their own internal DDM structures and arrangements and even heeded the call to identify and second senior officials to be part of the various provincial and district/metro DDM IGR platforms and structures.
It is for this reason that COGTA has committed to stabilising at least 22 out of the 66 dysfunctional municipalities by the end of this financial year. This will be achieved via Section 154 of the Constitution, which calls on the"national and provincial spheres to support and strengthen the capacity of municipalities to manage their own affairs, to exercise their powers and perform their functions".At the core of the success of the implementation of the model are the DDM One Plans.
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