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Municipal Money – How well is your municipality managing its money?
Municipal Money is an initiative of the National Treasury, which has collected extensive municipal financial data over several years and would like to share this information with the public.
Municipal Payment Schedule (Transfers to Municipalities)
On the National Treasury website under the MFMA folder is where all the publications, media releases and municipal payment schedules dated as far back as 2008 can be sourced.
Municipal water and sanitaion: a critical refection on status quo by Lubabalo Luyaba
Lubabalo Luyaba delivered a presentation at the public economics winter school 2022 on delivery on municipal water and sanitation. He outlines critically reflecting on the status quo – functionality, efficiency...
National Treasury Launches Opens Local Government Financial Data Portal – “Municipal Money”
National Treasury is proud to launch” Municipal Money”, an open local government budget data portal which provides citizens and other stakeholders with access to comparable, verified information on the financial...
Other Gazettes
Regulations and Gazettes can be sourced on the National Treasury website under the MFMA folder. Gazettes and Regulations dated as far back as 2005 can be source from the site.
Provincial Budget Information
All the Provincial Budget Information dated as far back as 2002 until 2022 can be found on the National Treasury website under Budget information
Review of Local Government Infrastructure Grants
Review of Local Government Infrastructure Grants can be sourced on the national treasury website under the MFMA folder under publications and media releases. You can find discussion documents for emerging...
South Africa’s municipal challenges and their impact on local economic development by BER
This BER Research Note explores why so many of South Africa’s municipalities fail to deliver on their mandates. Progress in providing more households with access to basic services is slow,...
Sustainability of Conditional Grants by Letsepa Pakkies
Letsepa Pakkies delivered a presentation at the public economics winter school 2022 on Sustainability of Conditional Grants. He provided an overview of the intergovernmental fiscal system, the structure of local...
The future of Local Government by KPMG
KPMG compiled a presentation on the future of local government, stating that local government organizations today face an important opportunity to revolutionize how they function and how they meet the...
Towards a system thinking approach in allocating infrastructure budgets in local government by GN Kaiser & JJ Smallwood
Dr Gisela Kaiser and Prof John Smalwood raise the point that system thinking can be employed to facilitate a constructive, creative space that has potential to evolve in the presence...
Why has state capture in South Africa, unlike in China, not lead to growth and development? by Ivor Chipkin
Ivor Chipkin of the Government and Public Policy Think Tank (GAPP) asks Why has state capture in South Africa, unlike in China, not lead to growth and development in a...
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Reading List for the 2019 Winter School on Taxes, User Charges and Behavioural Change
A reading list in preparation for the 2019 Winter School focusing on how behavioural economics can help to influence the behaviour of consumers and producers towards desirable public policy objectives....
Reading List for The 2019 Winter School on Fiscal Policy and Sustainability
A reading list in preparation for the 2019 Winter School focusing on fiscal policy and sustainability. These background reading provides a context for the course that will focus on South...
Reading List for The 2019 Winter School on Education
A reading list on education in preparation for the Education Theme of the 2019 Winter School that will focus on This course will focus on how education economics can help...
Why is South African Schooling so Inefficient
A presentation by Nick Taylor on why South Africa maintains one of the least cost-effective school systems in the world.
Why is South African Schooling so Inefficient
A discussion paper by Nick Taylor on why South Africa maintains one of the least cost-effective school systems in the world.
South Africa’s Fiscal Consolidation: A Historical and International Context
South Africa’s Fiscal Consolidation. This presentation covers the areas of understanding fiscal consolidation, the fiscal consolidation during GEAR , 2013/14 and 2017/18 as well as lessons from Chile and Argentina.
Remuneration Analysis and Modelling
This presentation probes questions regarding expenditure on cost of employment and why we need to know more, and covers the question of what drives real compensation increases.
Insights for Basic Education Reform from Labour Market Intelligence Partnership
Insights for Basic Education Reform from Labour Market Intelligence Partnership focusing on the education and training system and progression, supply response, the labour market intelligence partnership and policy insights for...
Education Investment Not Matching Outcomes, What is to be Done?
Education Investment Not Matching Outcomes, What is to be Done? A presentation by Mary Metcalfe at the 2019 Winter School focusing on on the education investment. The education investment does...
Designing Environmental Taxes and User Charing Regimes: Theory and Practice
A presentation on environmental taxes and user charging regimes presented by Sharlin Hemraj at the 2019 Winter School.
Contingent Liabilities and Fiscal Planning
A presentation made at the 2019 Winter School by Khetha Dlamini on contingent liabilities using the Eskom and the Road Accident Fund as cases.
Tax on Sugary Beverages in South Africa
Globally, there was a focused attention on obesity epidemic and sugary beverage and taxation thereof. A presentation made at the 2019 Winter School on tax on sugary beverages in South...
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GNews Edition 10 September 2016
GTAC Newsletter Edition 10 September 2016
GNews Edition 9 June 2016
GTAC Newsletter Edition 9 June 2016
GNews Edition 8 April 2016
GTAC Newsletter Edition 8 April 2016
GNews Edition 7 February 2016
GTAC Newsletter Edition 7 February 2016
GNews Edition 6 September 2015
GTAC Newsletter Edition 6 September 2015
GNews Edition 5 June 2015
GTAC Newsletter Edition 5 June 2015
GNews Edition 4 April 2015
GTAC Newsletter Edition 4 April 2015
Programme 8: Technical Support and Development Finance
This resource provides an overview of Programme 8 of the National Treasury including GTAC, The Jobs Fund, Local Government Financial Management Improvement, Infrastructure Development and Support as well as Urban...
GNews Introduction
Introductory paragraph on GTAC’s monthly news publication “GNews”.
GNews Edition 3 February 2015
GTAC Newsletter Edition 3 February 2015
GNews Edition 2 October 2014
GTAC Newsletter Edition 2 October 2014
GNews Edition 1 August 2014
GTAC Newsletter Edition 1 August 2014
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This cluster includes the following government departments: Correctional Services, Defence, Home Affairs, Justice and Constitutional Development, Police and State Security.