Prioritising Water Services Actions via Municipal Priority Action Plans

Many municipal water services entities are often taxed to positively harness the outcomes of the Municipal Strategic Self-Assessment (MuSSA), and a risk exists that below par performance will continue despite the exercise. What has become evident is that, in the current South African context, for such performance monitoring to be effective, the extension of the monitoring and evaluation component to include a complimentary “supported planning process” is required in many instances to ensure the desired continual improvement cycle, i.e. the Municipal Priority Action Plan (MPAP).

Emanti has recently been appointed to assist all WSAs in Gauteng, all 17 National Treasury non-delegated municipalities and selected WSAs in the Northern Cape and Free State Eastern Cape, with identifying key water services vulnerabilities and developing an MPAP to address these identified challenges. Through the tracking of current and likely future performance, the key areas of vulnerability identified, allow municipalities to effectively plan and direct appropriate resources that will also enable DWS and the sector to provide more effective support.

The Emanti team is currently engaging with selected WSAs in the Northern Cape, Free State and Gauteng and arranging kick-off meetings to workshop the MuSSA and associated MPAP per WSA. It is anticipated that the MuSSA/MPAP processes in the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu Natal will also continue post April 2015.

For more information on MuSSA and/or MPAP, please contact us.