Strategic Objective

• To promote sound and sustainable budgets of the municipalities

Core Functions

• Evaluate municipal budgets for sustainability and provide comments.
• Monitor the implementation of budgets through the monthly, quarterly and mid-year reporting.
• Publish the Gazette on transfers by provincial departments to municipalities.
• Monitor the payments for bulk resources by municipalities to Eskom and Water Boards.
• Monitor and assist municipalities to resolve any disputes for payment of municipal services by government departments.
• Assess the compliance of municipalities with MFMA provisions using the 30 MFMA Monitoring Indicators.
• Assist municipalities, by agreement, in building capacity in financial management.