Cabinet has approved the submission to Parliament of the AU Charter on the Values and Principles of Decentralisation, Local Governance and Local Development for ratification.<\/p>\n
Minister in the Presidency, Mondli Gungubele, made the announcement during a post-Cabinet media briefing on Thursday.<\/p>\n
South Africa signed the charter in August 2021.<\/p>\n
He said the Decentralisation Charter provides a framework to all Member States on the decentralisation of powers and functions from national to other spheres of government.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe charter deals largely with the decentralisation of authority and functions, local governance framework and local development,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
In 2021, Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, said South Africa’s signing of the charter would help to accelerate the implementation of the District Development Model.<\/p>\n
The charter, she said at the time, would also strengthen the collaboration of the three spheres to work as one government serving the diverse needs of society.<\/p>\n
Source: South African Government News Agency<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"