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Media Advisory: SAHRC releases a report on the National Conference on Local Government Accountability, Service Delivery and Human Rights
Attention: Editors and Reporters
01 March 2023
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC/Commission) on 31 August and 1 September 2022 hosted a National Conference on Local Government Accountability, Service Delivery and Human Rights. The conference was undertaken in the wake of negative reports of poor governance, weak institutional capacity, poor financial management, corruption and political instability in municipalities, and mounting protests against the provision of services in the sphere of local government. The SAHRC has finalised the report which documents the conference deliberations and proposes some recommendations.
01 March 2023
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC/Commission) on 31 August and 1 September 2022 hosted a National Conference on Local Government Accountability, Service Delivery and Human Rights. The conference was undertaken in the wake of negative reports of poor governance, weak institutional capacity, poor financial management, corruption and political instability in municipalities, and mounting protests against the provision of services in the sphere of local government. The SAHRC has finalised the report which documents the conference deliberations and proposes some recommendations.
The report makes a series of recommendations, which include amongst others: the need to review the budget allocation model for the local sphere of local government; fostering community participation; utilisation of community media in the empowerment of communities; equipping the sphere of local government to deal with climate change; and the need to ensure that national and provincial government plays its oversight and support role to the sphere of local government.
The report can be accessed on the following link:
https://www.sahrc.org.za/home/21/files/National%20Conference%20Local%20Government%20Accountability%20Service%20Delivery%20and%20Human%20Rights.%20Final%2001.02.2023%20(002).pdf
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