RIGFA - Issues and observations regarding the current system

  • Issue 1: Service delivery is worsening

  • Issue 2: National, Provincial and Local-Level governments may have different priorities

  • Issue 3: There is confusion over roles and functions of the different levels of government

  • Issue 4: The system does not take accommodate different levels of capacity

  • Issue 5: The overall distribution of resources is not equitable and differential levels of development are not addressed

  • Issue 6: All sources of revenue and fiscal benefits, including internal revenue, is not taken account

  • Issue 7: The Organic Law non-staffing recurrent grants are not affordable given current arrangements

  • Issue 8: The fiscal decentralisation system's components interact in unintended ways

  • Issue 9: The implementation of the Organic Law was not consistent with its design