Local government, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning
Whether all 30 municipalities have council- approved (a) anti-fraud, (b) anti-corruption, (c) financial misconduct, (d) funding -and -reserves, (e) credit -control and (f) debt-collection policies in place; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
All thirty (30) municipalities have Fraud Prevention Policies in place which were approved by Council.
(b) All thirty (30) municipalities have approved anti-Corruption Strategies derived
from the Local Government Anti-Corruption Strategy (LGACS) which incorporates measures for the Prevention, Detection, Investigation and Resolution of matters related to fraud and corruption. These measures also include the prescripts of the Protected Disclosures Act 26 of 2000 and the Prevention of Corrupt Activities Act, No 12 of 2004.
(c) The Local Government Anti-Corruption Strategy (LGACS) which forms the core norms for the Anti-Corruption Strategies and Fraud Prevention Policies, includes the Municipal Regulations on Financial Misconduct procedures and Criminal Proceedings (GNR. 430 in GG 37699 dated 30 May 2014). Therefore, these Anti-Corruption Strategies and Fraud Prevention Policies, embody the norms as contained in the Regulations.
Having contextualised the relevance of the Regulations to the anti-Corruption Strategies and Fraud Prevention Policies, it was established that fifteen (15) municipalities have established Financial Misconduct Disciplinary Boards while the other fifteen (15) are to establish their Disciplinary Boards.
(d) All thirty (30) Municipalities have Council approved funding and reserve policies.
(e) Twenty – nine (29) Municipalities have council approved credit control-policies, whilst the Cape Winelands District Municipality has not adopted a credit control policy.
(f) Twenty – nine (29) Municipalities have council approved debt-collection policies whilst the Cape Winelands District Municipality, has not adopt a debt- collection policy.
