Introduction

Sustainable municipal finance in Southern Africa

THE State of the Cities Report, 2006, highlighted the under-investment in economic infrastructure by municipalities in the larger cities in South Africa. A similar situation is apparent in most other cities in Southern Africa.

The State of City Finances Report, 2007, pointed out that throughout Southern Africa (1) local own-source revenues are almost never enough to finance the required investment in municipal services and infrastructure that will deliver basic services for all citizens and support economic growth, (2) intergovernmental grants are also insufficient to fully meet these challenges, and (3) municipalities are generally perceived to be high risk borrowers.

In order to facilitate more responsible sub-national government borrowing to finance capital investment in the region, the South African Cities Network (SACN) will implement a project to promote and support sustainable municipal finance strategies in Southern Africa. The project is the result of a partnership between SACN, Public Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), and the World Bank Institute (WBI).

The following workshop presentation documents are available in PDF format:

• Workshop
  • Agenda [PDF, 266kb].
  • Invitation list [PDF, 44kb].


• Sessions
  • Hunter van Ryneveld [812kB]
  • Sithole Mbanga [322kB]
  • Ian Palmer [129kB]
  • David Savage [311kB]
  • Brian Shepherd [157kB]
  • Vusi Matsebula [1MB]
  • Johan Kruger [839kB]
  • Roger Gertze [554kB]