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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...
Municipal Dummy Guide
The MFMA folder on the National Treasury website under guidelines holds the Municipal dummy budget guide
Municipal Budget Format Guidelines
Municipal Budget Format Guidelines can be found on the National Treasury website in the MFMA folder under regulations and gazettes in the municipal budget and reporting regulations folder.
Municipal Budget Circulars
Municipal Budget Circulars can be found on the National Treasury website under MFMA under circulars and they date as far back as 2004
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The cluster includes the following government departments: Communications, Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Economic Development, Energy, Finance, Human Settlements, Public Enterprises, Public Works, The Presidency: National Planning Commission, Transport and Water and Environmental Affairs.
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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...
Tax on Sugary Beverages in South Africa
A presentation on the causes of NCDs and obesity are complex requiring a comprehensive package of measures and fiscal measures such as taxes are increasingly recognised as effective complementary tools...
Struggling to Make The Grade: A Review of The Causes and Consequences of The Weak Outcomes of South Africa’s Education System
Presentation on the review of the causes and consequences of the weak outcomes of South Africa’s education system by Montfort Mlachila and Tlhalefang Moeletsi.
How Significant are Resources & Socio-Economic Background as Determinants of School and Education System Performance? A Sub-Saharan Africa Perspective
A presentation on the significance of resources & socio economic background as determinants of school and education system performance? A Sub Saharan Africa perspective presented by By Janeli Kotze during...
Government Efficiency and Public Policy – Public Expenditure and Policy Analysis
A presentation on public expenditure and policy analysis by Ms Ronette Engela at the 2019 Winter School.
Fiscal Incidence – Considering The Tax-Transfer System Holistically
Presentation on the need to consider the tax-transfer system holistically, presented by Ingrid Woolard at the 2019 Winter School.
Discussion Note on Taxes
Questions for consideration from Corne van Walbeek as part of the tax discussion at the 2019 Winter School.
Digital Government and Public Policy
A presentation on digital government and public policy by Montfort Mlachila presented at the 2019 GTAC Winter School.
Designing Tobacco and Alcohol Taxes: International Experience
A presentation on designing tobacco and alcohol taxes by Samantha Filby, Research on the Economics of Excisable Products (REEP). University of Cape Town.
Can Language Determine Education Outcomes
An economic perspective on: Can language determine education outcomes, presented at the 2019 Winter School by Nompumelelo Mohohlwane.
An Overview of The South African Basic Education System
The South African education system has undergone major reforms since 1994 in order to overhaul the inequalities in the governance, funding, structure, content and purpose of education experienced under apartheid....
Fiscal Policy and Fiscal Sustainability
Fiscal policy and fiscal sustainability presentation by Ian Stuart.
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This cluster includes the following government departments: Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Home Affairs, Justice and Constitutional Development, Finance, Public Service and Administration and The Presidency: Performance Monitoring and Evaluation and Administration.
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GNews Edition 2 October 2014
GTAC Newsletter Edition 2 October 2014
GNews Edition 1 August 2014
GTAC Newsletter Edition 1 August 2014
“Roses and Thistles: Lessons for Establishing Government Departments”
An official in a newly created government department uses the analogy of the environment to that of buying a car in a box: ‘“The car in the box is fully...
South African Institutional Investments – Whose Money Is It Anyway?
South African workers depend heavily on the successful operation of their occupational retirement funds for their well-being in old age. Total assets in these funds have accumulated to some three-quarters...
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This cluster includes the following government departments: Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Environmental and Water Affairs, Human Settlements, Labour, Public Works, Rural Development and Land Affairs, Social Development, Transport and Women, Youth, Children and People with Disability.
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This cluster includes the following government departments: Arts and Culture, Basic Education, Health, Higher Education and Training, Labour, Science and Technology and Sport and Recreation.
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This cluster includes the following government departments: Defence and Military Veterans, International Relations and Cooperation, Finance, State Security, Tourism, Trade and Industry and Water and Environmental Affairs.
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This cluster includes the following government departments: Correctional Services, Defence, Home Affairs, Justice and Constitutional Development, Police and State Security.