The Minister of Finance, Mr. Trevor A Manuel, MP is scheduled to table the 2006 Provincial Budgets and Expenditure Review and the 2006 Local Government Budgets and Expenditure Review in Parliament on 17 October 2006. Both publications provide a useful analysis of spending trends at provincial and local government level.
The National Treasury invites you to a workshop to be held on 17 October 2006. During this workshop senior Treasury officials will be available to answer any questions arising from the documents. Topical issues from a provincial perspective include past spending trends and service delivery in agriculture, education, health, housing, roads and transport, social development, and from a local government perspective the management of municipal finances, particularly water and sanitation, personnel expenditure and electricity. Progress on the implementation of the Municipal Finance Management Act (MFMA) will also be covered.
Minister Manuel will address the media at the conclusion of the workshop.