Questions 227 and 204 will stand over because the Minister of Women, Children and People with Disabilities is not here.
Evaluation of municipalities' performance, especially those affected by service delivery protests
226. Rev K R J Meshoe (ACDP) asked the Minister in the Presidency - Performance Monitoring and Evaluation as well as Administration in the Presidency:
Whether the Government has started with the process of evaluating the performance of municipalities, especially those that have had service delivery protests; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the outcomes of the evaluation and (b) how will such results prevent the recurrence of violence? NO2382E
The MINISTER IN THE PRESIDENCY - NATIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION (On behalf of the Minister the Presidency - Performance Monitoring and Evaluation as well as Administration): Chairperson, the discussions of the norms for monitoring and evaluation are indeed underway. As it happens, we were discussing these matters today in another room not far from here, but that is about national government. There is a different process in respect of municipalities. The first baseline of information is done in a process led by hon Minister Shiceka and the Department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs.
We will wait for that report and some of these issues were discussed last week Tuesday, when the President met all the mayors and all the municipal managers. Minister Shiceka and his department convened an indaba on local government last week. There are a series of issues that are being worked through. Perhaps, the question on municipal government would be better answered by hon Minister Shiceka.
It is a large and complex issue. We need to get through a number of levels and understand all manner of issues about the competencies of municipalities, the issues that he was responding to earlier on - availability of clean water, competent sewerage treatment works in all municipalities, understanding why there are service delivery protests, getting through all of those things and also looking at the competencies of managers.
As these matters stand, we are actually also involved in the process of evaluating all of the management structures in all municipalities. I think that as the processes unfold we will keep Parliament informed, but it is too early in this entire and unbelievably complex process. Thank you.