Department of Local Government

Overview

ROLE OF DEPARTMENT

There are five main roles of the Department.

• Monitor the development and performance of local government.
• Support local government by backing up where its capacity proves insufficient.
• Promote capacity development in a more systematic manner, to ensure that local is increasingly able to manage its own affairs.
• Regulate how municipalities exercise their authority.
• Intervene where local government consistently fails to adequately perform its designated function.