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Vision and mission

Vision and mission
The department's vision is to create "a customer-focused city that is able to finance affordable and equitable delivery and development, and that maintains financial stability and sustainability through prudent expenditure, sound financial systems and a range of revenue and funding sources".

This means that Johannesburg will be a financial sustainable city; there will be stable and increasing revenue streams; and the cost of providing services will be actively monitored.

The mission is "to build effectively functioning business units and ensure effective financial management of the city".

Key focus areas

​There are several key focus areas for the financial management and strategy of the department:

Create financial balance between the municipal entities and core administration;

Ensure compliance with relevant legislation, regulations and governance practices;

Ensure the implementation of the Municipal Finance Management Act (MFMA);

Achieve unqualified audits for itself and its entities from the auditor-general through re- establishing the financial control environment;

Improve monthly financial management reporting;

Create a comprehensive Generally Accepted Municipal Accounting Practice (GAMAP) compliant asset register;

Address various accounting difficulties in revenue, particularly in correctly allocating billed revenues and collected cash among utilities; and

Manage and fund liabilities mainly related to post-retirement employee benefits. ​​

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