Key learning points from the study include establishing the appropriate governance arrangements for public sector projects and programme management, while looking at the effectiveness of public policy outputs in addressing social justice expectations in respect to the transformational agenda of the State.

The purpose of this paper is to display a selected evaluation case in order to illustrate the challenges faced by the municipality as a result of this change, and to share the lessons learned during this process. It will become obvious that a guided change management process is needed for the implementation of monitoring and evaluation units in order to generate an understanding of the purpose of monitoring and evaluation as a strategic tool rather than control mechanism, as well as to establish transparent decision-making processes.

The purpose of this case study is to understand the conceptual issues facing local government, with a focus on financial governance. The authors therefore measure the efficiency of financial governance in a municipal context. This downward trend is evidence of weaknesses and warrants attention in addressing the anomalies in matters of financial governance and accountability in local government. Local government provides a range of services to consumers and communities funded from National and Provincial Government allocations, and from revenue that is predominantly generated through property rates and user-paid services.