Mr Chairperson, Minister Collins Chabane stated in Parliament that at the end of July 2011 he would present the Cabinet with the strategy to tackle municipal service delivery failures. Cope is pleased to note that after two years the Department of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation in the Presidency is finally trying to fulfil its monitoring and evaluation mandate.
Mr Chairperson, this Ministry, formed in 2010 to improve national, provincial and local government outcomes, seems to have missed the mark time and time again. In 2010 the Minister blamed the delay on Ministers who did not sign their performance agreements and also on the fact that his department was new. This happens to be one of the core functions of this department, to assist the President in putting in place performance agreements. The purpose of this department is to strictly enforce rules and regulations and to correct things that are wrong. Mr Chairman, this must start within the department itself. [Applause.]