| (1) |
A municipality must in terms of its performance management system and in accordance with any regulations and guidelines that may be prescribed— |
| (a) |
set appropriate key performance indicators as a yardstick for measuring performance, including outcomes and impact, with regard to the municipality's development priorities and objectives set out in its integrated development plan; |
| (b) |
set measurable performance targets with regard to each of those development priorities and objectives; |
| (c) |
with regard to each of those development priorities and objectives and against the key performance indicators and targets set in terms of paragraphs (a) and (b)— |
| (i) |
monitor performance; and |
| (ii) |
measure and review performance at least once per year; |
| (d) |
take steps to improve performance with regard to those development priorities and objectives where performance targets are not met; and |
| (e) |
establish a process of regular reporting to— |
| (ii) |
the public and appropriate organs of state. |
| (2) |
The system applied by a municipality in compliance with subsection (1)(c) must be devised in such a way that it may serve as an early warning indicator of under-performance. |
[Commencement date of section 41: 1 July 2001]