Nokuthula Pumane
Director:Office Of The Executive Mayor
Meyerton
Summary
A seasoned public servant with extensive experience in financial oversight, governance, and municipal administration. Demonstrates a strong understanding of public sector regulatory frameworks, compliance requirements, and accountability systems.
Possesses a solid academic foundation in Public Administration, complemented by practical experience in policy implementation, oversight functions, and stakeholder coordination within government structures. Skilled in analysing financial reports, monitoring performance, and providing strategic support to enhance service delivery and organisational effectiveness.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
2
2
Certifications
Work History
Director in the office of Executive Mayor (Contract)
Midvaal Local Municipality
05.2024 - Current
- Manage, plan, organise integrated programmes as well as achieving service delivery objectives and outcomes associated with the mandate of the municipality.
- Develop effective strategies to promote open, ethical, professional, and accountable systems of governance.
- Management and project implementation of projects approved in the IDP and Capital Budget.
- Verifying budget availability prior to approving requisitions and related procedural documentation supporting specific requirements for support and administrative functional areas
- Responsible for Mayoral Events, oversee speech writing for the Executive Mayor.
- Attending all Mayoral Events which may include attendance outside normal working hours.
- Maintain sound financial management in accordance with Council policy and procedure.
- Management of tasks/activities associated with controlling personnel performance, productivity, and discipline.
- Coordinating action plans form all departments within the municipality in order to identify programmes
- Attend to public queries and directing such to relevant departments as may be necessary.
- Manage and coordinate the Stakeholder engagements in accordance with legislative requirements
- Management of Assets within section.
- Perform any other related ad hoc duties or functions as required/instructed by Management.
Deputy Director: Municipal Performance
Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation
09.2014 - 04.2024
- Responsible for developing, maintaining municipal performance assessment system including overseeing data and information management components of the system that assesses management and administrative practices in municipalities.
- Coordinate trainings to municipalities on the use of the performance assessment system in to assess the key performance municipal indicators.
- Provide trainings to municipal officials on relevant legislation in order to be compliance.
- Coordinate and oversee development of improvement plans on gaps identified on assessments.
- Advise municipalities on IDP compliance documents and legislation.
- Monitor reporting on the progress of interventions.
- Prepare reports, briefing notes, cabinet memos, and responses to parliamentary questions on local government performance on ad-hoc basis.
- Oversight on activities in respect of administering the performance assessment tool; coordinating and oversee the regular performance assessment of individual municipalities.
- Evaluate the implementation of appropriate interventions to address key areas of weakness identified in the performance Assessment.
- Reporting on activities and findings to key stakeholders and interested and/or affected parties; collaborating with DCoG, National Treasury, provincial departments of local government, sector departments and Offices of the Premier to do the above.
Deputy Director: Municipal budget performance
Provincial Treasury Northern Cape
08.2012 - 08.2014
- Responsible for Northern Cape Municipalities to ensure budget implementation is in line with MFMA and monitor compliance to the Act;
- Analyse municipal Draft and Final budget and its link to the SDBIP and IDP, Adjustments budgets and policies (e.g. rates policy, credit control policy, tariff policy, indigent policy, long-term financial plan)
- Compilation of monthly (Sec 71), quarterly (Sec 52), mid-term (Sec 72) of the MFMA reports and submit to National Treasury
- Assist with compiling the quarterly budget performance information (cabinet submission) for publication to parliament.
- Monitor and assist on the consolidation of debts for non–metro municipalities and coordinate meetings with relevant stakeholders
- Compile the consolidated district report together with the monthly district presentation on municipalities budget performance
- Participation in intergovernmental structures in the local government arena (IDP indaba, Capacity building forums, CFO Forums).
- Compile and submit review reports to the National Treasury, the MEC for Finance, the Head of Department, MFMA Co-Ordinator and the Provincial Legislature on the status of revenue management of the Free Basic Services Plan within all municipalities in the province.
- Assist in developing and implementing a programme of support to municipalities within the province.
- Assist in developing Financial Management tools, recovery plan to address the needs of municipalities.
- Analyse and provide inputs on the 30 MFMA indicators.
Assistant Director (Local Government budget performance)
Provincial Treasury Western Cape
02.2007 - 07.2012
- Support Cape Winelands Municipalities on the budget preparations process and monitor in-year spending
- Monitor and ensure that Municipalities maintain a positive cash balances in the in-year reporting
- Monitors that all Municipalities have active banks both primary and investment accounts
- Work cooperatively with internal departments regarding processes, transactions and transfer of funds to Municipalities
- Monitors the investments and borrowings in line statutory regulations
- Undertake and manage monthly and quarterly reviews on both positive and negative trends in revenue management
- Maintain effective and efficient monitoring and compliance by designated municipalities with regard to the MFMA, DORA, PFMA, Treasury Regulations and applicable legislation.
- Undertake assessments and provide guidance and assistance to allocated municipalities with regard to the implementation of effective and efficient policies on revenue management, credit control, debt and indigent management during a financial year.
- Providing guidelines and hands-on support to municipalities on key processes, such as Budgets, Audit issues and Annual Financial Statement preparation, noting the reporting requirements and best practices on Local Government finance.
- Coordinate and attend municipal visits on budget oversight and support
- Monitoring the adjustment government budget preparation process.
- Assisting, assessing and advising on government budgets (subject to national treasury framework).
- Monitoring and reporting on state of government expenditure & revenue budgets (Section 71 of MFMA).
- Advise the Provincial Legislature on the state of municipal financial matters.
- Reports and provides feedback on monthly basis on relevant projects and programmes.
Education
Master - Public Administration
University of Stellenbosch
01-2020
BPubHon Degree - undefined
University of Stellenbosch
01-2017
BTech Degree - Cost & Man Accounting
Cape Peninsula University of Technology
01-2004
National Diploma - Accounting
Cape Peninsula University of Technology
01-2002
Skills
People and programme Management
Change Management
Problem solving and analysis
Financial Management
Communication and coordination skills
Strategic Capacity and Leadership
Knowledge of Acts, regulations and policies government public sector
Computer: MS Word, Excel and Ms Power Point, Internet, Intranet
Report writing and analysis of data
Problem-solving
Operations management
Certification
Completed Senior Management Pre-Entry Programme 2023
Timeline
Director in the office of Executive Mayor (Contract)
Midvaal Local Municipality
05.2024 - Current
Deputy Director: Municipal Performance
Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation
09.2014 - 04.2024
Deputy Director: Municipal budget performance
Provincial Treasury Northern Cape
08.2012 - 08.2014
Assistant Director (Local Government budget performance)
Provincial Treasury Western Cape
02.2007 - 07.2012
BPubHon Degree - undefined
University of Stellenbosch
BTech Degree - Cost & Man Accounting
Cape Peninsula University of Technology
National Diploma - Accounting
Cape Peninsula University of Technology
Master - Public Administration
University of Stellenbosch