as you ICICICHIU Pg Question 3 (10) Your friend who is a financial journalist for a daily newspaper has been given some of the government's Medium Term Estimates information to write a report about. He asks for your help, saying: "I do not expect you to write everything. Please just give me some pointers, like brief comments or questions I should ask." Using the guiding questions below (as examples), briefly analyse the amounts in the table that follows to assist your friend. Guiding questions/comments: i. What item of expenditure has no direct benefit for the People? ii. Comment on the size of the allocations. iii. Which allocation shows the smallest average growth over the three-year period? And the biggest? Note: i. Do not use all the questions/comments for all the categories. They are only examples to guide you. ii. Feel free to make your own comments. Do not be afraid to include questions which need to be asked, for example: Why has Communication suddenly doubled after two years of the same amount? iii. No more than ten (10) comments or questions are required. iv. Indicate which function is being discussed, for example: Defence, Public Order and Safety increased from 2016 to 2017 and thereafter remained constant, suggesting a reprioritisation of Defence, Public Order and Safety. PUBLIC SECTOR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT article T to all stakeholds 7 - 2. Consolidated government expenditure by function Medium Term Estimates Rmillion 2016/17 2017 2018/19 Defence, public order and safety 250 000 300 000 300 000 Police services 96 000 96 000 96 000 Law courts 20 000 30 000 45 000 Prisons 20 000 18 000 16 000 Economic infrastructure 100 000 200 000 300 000 Communication 2 500 2 500 5 000 Fuel and energy 10 000 11 000 12 000 Transport 81 000 82 000 83 000 Education and related functions 200 000 400 000 800 000 Pre-school, primary and secondary 52 000 50 000 48 000 education Health 145 000 146 000 147 000 Consolidated expenditure 976 500 1 335 500 1 952 000 Ronnie te anout adeily drop pron Question 4 [25] 264 The questions below relate to the Integrated Development Plan (IDP) and Service Delivery and Budget Implementation Plan (SDBIPythat every South African municipality should compile and execute 267268 4.1. Provide your overall understanding of the IDP as a strategic plan.pg 263 (10) 4.2 To gain more perspectives on this issue, access Sabinet via MySBS as instructed elsewhere, and then find and read the article by L. Valeta and G.K. Walton entitled "Integrated development planning and budgeting at local government". Journal of Public Administration, Special issue 1, December 2008, pp. 373384. Answer the following question: carton What are the authors' views on the sustainability of the IDP? Briefly include their references to an actual South African municipality (10) 4.3 Against the background of questions 4.1 and 42 above, provide your own (brief, but sufficient for 5 marks) summary of your impressions of the general usefulness of IDP as strategic plans andor whether they proved to be sustainable in most South African municipalities. (Similar impressions from Namibian municipalities may also be used.) You may briefly substantiate your answer with reference to, for example, Auditor- General or other reports. (5) NB: Especially for sub-questions 4.2 and 4.3, marks will not be awarded or will be deducted for too lengthy answers -.e. not following the question instructions or clear "copy and paste plagiarised answers. to lew angun to increase zo7118 40oooo Word as you ICICICHIU Pg Question 3 (10) Your friend who is a financial journalist for a daily newspaper has been given some of the government's Medium Term Estimates information to write a report about. He asks for your help, saying: "I do not expect you to write everything. Please just give me some pointers, like brief comments or questions I should ask." Using the guiding questions below (as examples), briefly analyse the amounts in the table that follows to assist your friend. Guiding questions/comments: i. What item of expenditure has no direct benefit for the People? ii. Comment on the size of the allocations. iii. Which allocation shows the smallest average growth over the three-year period? And the biggest? Note: i. Do not use all the questions/comments for all the categories. They are only examples to guide you. ii. Feel free to make your own comments. Do not be afraid to include questions which need to be asked, for example: Why has Communication suddenly doubled after two years of the same amount? iii. No more than ten (10) comments or questions are required. iv. Indicate which function is being discussed, for example: Defence, Public Order and Safety increased from 2016 to 2017 and thereafter remained constant, suggesting a reprioritisation of Defence, Public Order and Safety. PUBLIC SECTOR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT article T to all stakeholds 7 - 2. Consolidated government expenditure by function Medium Term Estimates Rmillion 2016/17 2017 2018/19 Defence, public order and safety 250 000 300 000 300 000 Police services 96 000 96 000 96 000 Law courts 20 000 30 000 45 000 Prisons 20 000 18 000 16 000 Economic infrastructure 100 000 200 000 300 000 Communication 2 500 2 500 5 000 Fuel and energy 10 000 11 000 12 000 Transport 81 000 82 000 83 000 Education and related functions 200 000 400 000 800 000 Pre-school, primary and secondary 52 000 50 000 48 000 education Health 145 000 146 000 147 000 Consolidated expenditure 976 500 1 335 500 1 952 000 Ronnie te anout adeily drop pron Question 4 [25] 264 The questions below relate to the Integrated Development Plan (IDP) and Service Delivery and Budget Implementation Plan (SDBIPythat every South African municipality should compile and execute 267268 4.1. Provide your overall understanding of the IDP as a strategic plan.pg 263 (10) 4.2 To gain more perspectives on this issue, access Sabinet via MySBS as instructed elsewhere, and then find and read the article by L. Valeta and G.K. Walton entitled "Integrated development planning and budgeting at local government". Journal of Public Administration, Special issue 1, December 2008, pp. 373384. Answer the following question: carton What are the authors' views on the sustainability of the IDP? Briefly include their references to an actual South African municipality (10) 4.3 Against the background of questions 4.1 and 42 above, provide your own (brief, but sufficient for 5 marks) summary of your impressions of the general usefulness of IDP as strategic plans andor whether they proved to be sustainable in most South African municipalities. (Similar impressions from Namibian municipalities may also be used.) You may briefly substantiate your answer with reference to, for example, Auditor- General or other reports. (5) NB: Especially for sub-questions 4.2 and 4.3, marks will not be awarded or will be deducted for too lengthy answers -.e. not following the question instructions or clear "copy and paste plagiarised answers. to lew angun to increase zo7118 40oooo Word