- Title
- Assessing the use of private sector techniques and strategies in the public sector: the case of the department of provincial treasury & planning, Eastern Cape Province
- Creator
- Cembi, Amanda Vuyo Obuhle
- Subject
- Finance, Public
- Subject
- Finance, Public -- Law and legislation -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape Financial management Public administration
- Date Issued
- 2019
- Date
- 2019
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MPA
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/37929
- Identifier
- vital:34264
- Description
- The aim of this study was to determine and investigate the extent to which the Department of Treasury and Planning manage public finance making use of relevant private sector techniques and strategies. Financial management is a critical element of good governance and it requires a great deal of attention with parallel internal systems and controls. The study determines the role of various bodies within the public finance environment and the relevant legislative frameworks towards efficient and effective financial management by departments. The Public Finance Management Act(1999) and National Treasury Regulations (2009) require all government departments to ensure accountability on resource allocated to be able to measure value for money in relation to the delivery services to communities. The primary objective of this study was to assess the effectiveness and efficient management of public finance in terms of the PFMA as the legislative framework and the MTEF as a financial management tool. The Constitution Republic of South Africa (Act 108 of 1996) makes a provision that all the three government spheres to be developmental-oriented in nature with clear accountability and transparency lines towards service delivery. On the same breath, The Public Finance Management Act of 1999 (PFMA) is meant “To regulate financial management in the national government and provincial governments; to ensure that all revenue, expenditure, assets and liabilities of those governments are managed efficiently and effectively; to provide for the responsibilities of persons entrusted with financial management in those governments; and to provide for matters connected therewith”. With the above introductory contentions from different authors and researchers, this study will basically be on providing more details on the policy documents namely; PFMA so to establish the nature and extent to which effective and efficient financial management has improved good governance in the Department of Treasury & Planning, Eastern Cape Province.
- Format
- vi, 79 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Arts
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela University
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