Implementing financial disclosure in local government: Monitoring and oversight

This policy brief is designed to assist municipal staff and elected councillors in SA to manage and detect conflicts of interests in public life.

This policy brief is the final one of a four-part series designed to assist municipal staff and elected councillors in South Africa to manage and detect conflicts of interests in public life. The purpose of the series is to support the effective implementation of financial disclosure regulations by reflecting on institutional good practice and lessons learnt, and providing practical advice and recommendations.

Disclosure systems aim to strengthen public integrity, control conflicts of interest, optimise the effective delivery of public services and increase the public’s confidence in government. These objectives rely on effective monitoring and enforcement.

This policy brief addresses the monitoring and oversight of information that councillors declare.

Authors: Collette Schulz-Herzenberg, Shireen Mukadam and Jamy Felton