Duration: One year
Language medium: English
Target group:
All employees, all levels of management, councillors and officials within local government, members of CBOs and/or individuals who have not yet been introduced to the principles of local government management
Admission requirements:
Senior Certificate an equivalent NQF level 4 qualification
Registration periods:
December to January and or June to July
Course leader details:
Mr I Dube
Department of Public Administration and Management
04-80 Nkoana Simon Radipere Building, Preller Street, Muckleneuck Campus, Pretoria
Tel no: 012 429 3831
E-mail: dubeip@unisa.ac.za
Programme administrator:
Admin Officer
Unisa Centre for Lifelong Learning
360 Lillian Ngoyi Street, Pretoria Central
Solomon Mahlangu Building 2nd floor
Tel: 012 352 4288
Email address: UCL@unisa.ac.za
Application Link: www.unisa.ac.za/applyslp
Purpose statement:
Training of delegates in aspects of local government management
Modules:
DLGM01B - Local Government Management
Content:
Local government in South Africa
The international structure of local government
Local government structure in South Africa
Functions, powers, duties of local government
Intergovernmental relations
Local government and development management
Urbanisation and regionalisation
DLGM02C - Project Management for Sustainable Development
Content:
Development management and the reconstruction and development programme
Principles of project management
Project management functions
Role-players in development
DLGM03D - Introduction to Disaster Management
Content:
Disasters: types of disasters, the factors causing disasters and terminology
Causes and characteristics of certain disasters
Identification and characteristics of certain hazards
UN response to disasters
Interaction between disasters and development
Linking disasters and development
Disaster and business continuity management in South Africa
Disaster Management Act, Act 57 of 2002
Disaster management framework
DLGM04E - Ethics and Professionalism
Content:
Ethics and professionalism
Ethics in public sector affairs
Accountability and transparency
Organs of civil society
Meeting procedures
DLGM05F - Introduction to Law and Community Policing
Content:
General introduction to law
Sources of South African law
Classification of the law
An overview of municipal law
General introduction to administrative law
DLGM06G - Local Government Finance
Content:
The accounting framework for municipalities
Classification of operating expenses and revenue
Capital and operating expenditure
Municipal taxes and property rates
The municipal taxes: property rates and the former RSC or JSB levies
The major municipal trading services: electricity and water
Other sources of municipal revenue
The local government budget
Planning
Budget process
Business plans
Financial management
The impact of the municipal finance management act and other local government related legislation
DLGM07H - Human Resource Management
Content:
Human resource management
Provision of human resources
Support and maintenance of human resources
Training and development of personnel
Utilisation of human resources
Leadership
Industrial relations