Municipal Financial Management

Strategic Objective:
  • To promote effective and efficient performance of municipalities and co-ordinate the provisioning of capacity building in the below areas:
    • ​Accounting and Reporting
    • Revenue and Budget Management
    • Municipal Institutional Compliance and Governance
    • Supply Chain and Asset Management
 
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.

Chief Director

Ms. Busisiwe Mgaguli

Secretary: Vacant