Local Government In Intergovernmental Relations

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What is Intergovernmental Relations

Intergovernmental relations is intended to promote and facilitate co-operative decision-making and make sure that policies and activities across all spheres encourage service delivery and meet the needs of citizens in an effective way.
Although each sphere has different roles and responsibilities our Constitution recognises that the spheres cannot work independently of each other. The three spheres of government are obliged to co-operate, negotiate and find ways of agreeing on administrative, political and financial issues. This co-operation must take place in mutual trust and good faith( IGR-Cape Town, 2014)

Co-operative government in practice:
According to the White Paper on Local Government (1996), it is clear that national government is increasingly looking to local government as a logical point of coordination and necessary vehicle for the implementation of policies and programmes. Provincial governments are also decentralising certain functions to local government. At the same time, local government is constitutionally obliged to participate in national and provincial development programmes. It is also clear that the policies and programmes of other spheres have wide-reaching implications for local government, and can potentially have a positive impact on municipal capacity and a strong synergy with municipal programmes. National and provincial government can build local government capacity through the way they execute their own programmes, and enhance the effectiveness of both. Some of the ways in which this can happen are:

Working with local government directly:
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Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Act 108 of 1996
Disaster Management Act, 2002 (Act 57 of 2002)
IGR-Cape Town., 2014. IGR-Cape Town, Cape Town: Global Print.
Intergovernmental Relations Framework Act, 2005 (Act 13 of 2005)
Local Government Demarcation Act, Act 27 of 1998
Mafube Local Municipality., 2011. Mafube local municipality Draft IDP Review 2011/2012, Free State: Mafube Local Municipality.
Municipal Finance Management Act, 2003 (Act 56 of 2003)
Municipal Systems Act, 2000 (Act 32 of 2000)
NCOP Co-operation Governance and Traditional Affair, 2011. Thembisile Hani Local Municipality presentation. [Online] Available at: http://www.pmg.org.za[Accessed 25 March 2014].
White paper on Local Governmant,1998. [Online]Availableat:mfma.treasury.gov.za/MFMA/Guidelines/whitepaper[Accessed 25 March 2014].

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