Limpopo Provincial Treasury

The Limpopo Provincial Treasury looks after the province’s financial needs and plays a supervisory role over municipalities’ finance-management.

Vision
To become a centre of excellence, and provide sound financial management and leadership that enhances socio-economic growth and development in Limpopo.

Mission
To provide ethical, consultative and people-focused service through sound public finance management, including attaining and maintaining effective financial-resource mobilisation.

Role and responsibilities
The role of Limpopo Provincial Treasury is to:

  • Regulate and ensure effective and efficient supply-chain management implementation and monitoring of public procurement.
  • Develop provincial fiscal policy of macroeconomic framework.
  • Provide guidelines on the management and proper control of non-current and financial assets in the province.
  • Ensure sound financial management within the province.
  • Plan the budget that will guide government delivery throughout the financial year.

Main services and activities
The role and main activities for Limpopo Provincial Treasury are to:

  • Execute the functions and responsibilities of the Provincial Accountant-General.
  • Promote accountability through the substantive reflection of the financial activities of the province.
  • Promote compliance with financial norms and standards, as well as the provision of financial systems support to provincial departments.
  • Provide policy direction and support provincial departments on the effective and efficient management of non-current and financial assets and liabilities as well as supply-chain management, ensuring the effective, efficient and economic management of assets and liabilities in the province.
  • Coordinate the maintenance of a comprehensive provincial asset register.
  • Implement a provincial asset management plan.
  • Ensure the availability of a signed banking contract and service-level agreements.
  • Open and monitor bank accounts to ensure that there are no overdrafts.
  • Maintain adequate stock levels for face value documents.
  • Increase departmental revenue through profitable investments.
  • Pay all interest charges on all provincial accounts.
  • Regulate and ensure effective and efficient supply-chain management (SCM) implementation.
  • Empower local historically disadvantaged individuals, small, medium and micro enterprises and the youth.
  • Build capacity on SCM in provincial departments and public entities.
  • Ensure the effective management of demand and acquisition of transversal goods and services in the province through the central procurement committee.
  • Promote value-for-money in public expenditure.
  • Ensure effective supplier-performance management in line with predetermined norms and standards.
  • Develop strategic sourcing methodologies to assist with the progressive realisation of preferential procurement targets.
  • Provide professional advice and support on provincial economic analysis, fiscal policy, public finance development and management of the annual budget process, as well as intergovernmental fiscal relations and provincial asset restructuring.
  • Deal with the revision and adjustment of the public entities’ fees, rates and tariffs.
  • Ensure that there is optimum budget-resource allocation and expenditure management within the province.
  • Ensure that the Provincial Medium- Term Expenditure Framework Statement, Appropriation Bill and Budget Speech are aligned to the Provincial Growth and Development Strategy objectives, Integrated Development Plans and national priorities.
  • Provide financial management support to municipalities and conduct workshops to capacitate municipalities on budget-related issues, annual reporting, internal audit and any other matter that relates to financial management as envisaged in the Municipal Finance Management Act.

Programmes, projects and initiatives
The Limpopo Provincial Treasury aims to:
• Focus on maximising revenue collection, and the management and efficient administration of the financial system.
• Prioritise capacity building on financial-management programmes for both the line departments and the municipalities. A highly trained human resource is a necessary condition to ensure efficient allocation and management of public resources.

CONTACT DETAILS
Key personnel:

• Sa’ad Cachalia, MEC
Tel: +27 15 298 7114
Fax: +27 15 295 8873

• Rob Tooley, Head of Department
Tel: +27 15 298 7123
Fax: +27 15 295 3241

• Tendani Nevhutalu, Senior General Manager (Corporate governance)
Tel: +27 15 298 7228
Fax: +27 15 291 3506

• Sandra Sooklal, Senior General Manager (Budget services and IGFR)
Tel: +27 15 298 7190
Fax: +27 15 291 3846
• Fanesa Lamola, Senior General Manager (Financial governance and systems development)
Tel: +27 15 298 7176
Fax: +27 15 291 5259
• Kevin Ramdharie, Acting Senior General Manager (Assets, liabilities and SCM)
Tel: +27 15 298 7120
Fax: +27 15 295 7010

• Andile Msindwana, Senior Manager (Communication Servces)
Tel: +27 15 298 7000
Cell: +27 82 809 5173
Fax: 086 544 6407 (SA only)
Email: msindwanaaa@treasury.limpopo.gov.za
Tel: +27 15 298 7000
Fax: +27 15 295 7010

Email: info@limtreasury.gov.za
Physical address: Ismini Towers, 46 Hans van Rensburg Street, Polokwane 0700
Postal address: Private Bag X9486, Polokwane
Website: www.limtreasury.gov.za

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