INDEPENDENT MUNICIPAL AND ALLIED TRADE UNION SALGA EMT LEKGOTLA 3 February 2020 Let’s Get Local Government Working Presented by: Keith Swanepoel President
OVERVIEW Status of Local Government Public Perception of Local Government Worker Ethic – Our Members IMATU’s Role
Municipal Suicide • COGTA identified systemic problems: – Corruption and theft – Tender and procurement irregularities – Lack of skills – Municipalities increasingly dependent on grants – Political interference in administration 3
Perception of Local Government • Non functional • Ineffective • Poorly managed • Corruption • Unable to deliver services • Employees not delivering and not working • Employees not responsive to needs of communities 4
North Ave from First to Fifth Fuller & Berea Fuller from Berea to Terrace Fuller & Berea
Cnr Liddle and Berea The Curve cnr Observatory ave Storm water drain collapsed Road pothole on the sidewalk • Liddle street and Berea Road The Curve cnr Observatory • Trench on the road Manhole cover missing
Frances cnr Innes streets The Curve cnr Observatory Storm water drain blocked Storm water drain collapsed The Curve cnr Observatory Storm water drain collapsed
In Eckstein Cnr Frederick & Kloof From Judith to Kloof Kloof & Frederick
Cnr Carse O’ Gowrie & Boundary Cnr Claredon & Empire roads road Cnr Junction & Queens streets
• • Johannes and Nourse streets Johannes and Nourse streets • • Nourse and Hillier streets Nourse and Hillier streets
Worker Ethics • IMATU, as a representative of workers, needs to ensure that a paradigm shift takes place in respect of service delivery • Employees (our members) at municipalities need to focus on service delivery and productivity • Members should embrace and promote a climate for quality service delivery 12
Worker Ethics • Keep to working hours • Members should identify and report infrastructure collapse • Multi disciplinary approach in work methodology • The appointment of contractors and sub- contractors for municipal service delivery should be opposed 13
BAD BUILDINGS
ICONIC BUILDING
• • Plein street Plein street
• Wanderers btwn Plein and • Wanderers btwn Anderson De Villiers and De Villiers
• KING GEORGE AND BOK(WASTE)
Worker Ethics • Municipal services to be rendered through full time municipal employees • Training: – Focus on improving service delivery levels – Aimed at developing career paths – Aimed at developing/retaining skills 19
Worker Ethics • Abuse of performance management systems abused by management to be rooted out • Compliance with the regulatory financial framework a must in all municipalities • The available service delivery budget must be evenly spent during any financial year 20
Worker Ethics • Dumping of available funds (unspent budget allocations) at financial year end • Monthly expenditure against service delivery imperatives • Wasteful expenditure to be exposed • Municipal employees are public servants who need to focus on service delivery • Emphasis should be on uplifting the poorest of the poor • Personal interests hamper service delivery 21
Worker Ethics • Drastic improvement in service delivery levels/productivity required in all municipalities • Dramatic improvement in financial management and expenditure • Sustainability of our sector, as an independent sphere of government, threatened 22
Worker Ethics • How achieved: – Increased productivity – Municipal employees being accessible and responsive to the needs of communities – Changing public perception 23
• Pothole in the road, Market • Pothole in the road, Market & Commissioner streets & Commissioner Streets
• Pothole, Wanderers and • Pothole Wanderers and Noord streets (the Bridge) Noord streets
• Pretoria & Van Der Merwe • Queens & Kotze streets streets
IMATU’s Role • Fill vacant positions • Oppose fixed term contracts • Oppose appointment of contractors • Oppose privatisation 27
IMATU’s Role • Protect members making protected disclosures • Expose corruption and protect the anonymity of members • Oppose job shedding • Protect the status of municipalities as an independent sphere of government • IMATU does not support “Single Public Service” initiatives • 28
IMATU’s Role • The effect of Corruption and other criminal activities (including tender and procurement irregularities): – Threatens independence of our sector – Threatens the continued employment and job security of members – Will lead to service delivery failures 29
IMATU’s Role • Members should understand the need to improve service delivery in order: – for local government to remain an independent sphere of government – to play a meaningful role in bargaining processes 30
IMATU’s Role • Appreciate that local government is at the coal face of service delivery in our country • Our obligation is to assist government with job creation and poverty alleviation • Strife for the delivery of affordable, quality and universally accessible municipal services 31
IMATU’s Role • Our members should realise that an improvement in service delivery will ensure continued employment • Failure in service delivery will inevitably lead to losses in membership • We should work together to improve service delivery so as to ensure job security for our members 32
THE NEED FOR IMATU LEADERSHIP TO SPREAD THE MESSAGE • This is one of the symptoms when we do not do our work properly
The End Questions: Keith Swanepoel Telephone Number: (011) 403 3826 Facsimile Number : (011) 339 6265 keith@imatu-jhb.co.za johan@imatu.co.za 34
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