NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
QUESTION FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NUMBER 1059
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 4 SEPTEMBER 2009
Mr W P Doman (DA) to ask the Minister of Finance:
(a) Who runs the Siyenza Manje programme, (b) what are the purposes of the
project, (c) what type of skills has been deployed to municipalities, (d)
what are the basic employment contract conditions of the people employed
for the project and (e) what have been the successes to date?
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Reply
(a) The Development Bank of Southern Africa runs the Siyenza Manje
Programme.
(b) The purpose of the programme is to facilitate integrated capacity
building within municipalities in order to facilitate service
delivery.
c. The types of skills deployed to municipalities include engineers,
chartered accountants, development and town planners.
(d) Siyenza Manje deployees are employed on a fixed-term contract aligned
to the MTEF funding. Each deployee enters into a yearly performance
management agreement that relates to the deliverables of the
municipalityâs business plans and the key indicators of the Siyenza
Manje programme which are monitored and managed according to the DBSA
performance management tools.
At a municipal level, the DBSA enters into a service level agreement
with the municipality, stipulating the conditions of deployment.
(e) Siyenza Manje has in the past two financial years of operation
achieved the following outcomes:
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