Draft Intergovernmental Monitoring, Support and Interventions (IMSI) Bill

The Department of Cooperative Governance invites you to comment on the Draft Intergovernmental Monitoring, Support and Interventions Bill, 2023.

Comments and enquiries can be emailed to Mr Wayne McComans at [email protected] by no later than Saturday, 26 August 2023.

Cabinet approved the publication of the draft IMSI Bill for public comments on 5 July 2023.

Cabinet Statement:

The Bill will be used as a remedy to many challenges experienced when the government invokes sections 100 and 139 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa of 1996 when compelled to do so due to failures in some spheres of government.

Section 100 empowers the government to intervene if a province fails to meet its administrative and service-delivery obligations while Section 139 empowers the provincial executive to intervene if a municipality does not fulfil an obligation in terms of the Constitution or legislation.

The IMSI Bill is introduced as the regulatory instrument to address challenges in enforcing Section 139, monitoring and evaluation, and the impact of interventions. 

The Bill will regulate the implementation of Section 139 of the Constitution, including the relevant processes. It will provide for targeted support to municipalities in need of assistance, and also provide for the monitoring of municipalities to fulfil their executive obligations in terms of the Constitution or legislation.