National School of Government signs training agreement with the city of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality

The National School of Government (NSG) and the City of Cape Town (CoCT) Metropolitan Municipality have entered into a Memorandum of Agreement for the NSG to provide training programmes to the employees of the City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality on financial management and supply chain management amongst other key education, training and development interventions.

The NSG will provide training on areas including Contract Management, Bid Committee, Ethics in Local Government and Municipal Supply Chain Management.

The Principal of the NSG, Prof Busani Ngcaweni said partnerships is a key focus for the NSG as it takes forward its mandate of contributing to the building of an ethical, capable developmental state in all spheres of government. “Taking into consideration the latest municipal audit outcomes of 2019/20 financial year, in terms of financial health, the NSG prides itself to facilitate and assist municipalities in creating an enabling environment of a skilled and capable workforce that is central to local government’s ability to meet its constitutional mandate and live up to its developmental local government vision. Through the National School of Government, we continue to roll out courses and training programmes to all government officials, across the three spheres of government from entry level to Senior Managers and Executives,” said Prof Ngcaweni.

Councillor Siseko Mbandezi, Mayoral Committee Member for Finance stated, “The signing of this collaborative agreement between the City of Cape Town and the National School of Government Demonstrates our commitment to delivering services to the residents of Cape Town within the ambit of the ever-changing laws and regulations governing supply chain management. We are committed to continually upskilling our employees, in this instance project managers and members of the various supply chain management committees, so they are able to use the resources provided by the NSG to ensure good governance and compliance in their daily tasks. Further training builds on our existing expertise and sound governance, and enhances City governance to the benefit of all residents”.

Source: Government of South Africa