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The Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Department at LGSETA is a strategic function that promotes governance, accountability, organisational performance, and evidence-based decision-making. It comprises two complementary functions: Monitoring and Evaluation.
- Monitoring focuses on tracking the implementation of programmes and projects against Annual Performance Plan (APP) targets, identifying risks and challenges, and supporting corrective actions to improve performance.
- Evaluation conducts systematic assessments of programme relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, impact, and sustainability. Guided by the five-year Evaluation Plan, it generates evidence to strengthen programme design, accountability, value for money, and strategic decision-making.
The department manages an integrated performance information system that ensures performance data is credible, reliable, valid, verifiable, consistent, and timely, in compliance with National Treasury Regulations, the Framework for Managing Programme Performance Information (FMPPI), and Auditor-General requirements.
Through monitoring, evaluation, and structured governance frameworks—including the Performance Information Management Policy, Monitoring and Evaluation Framework, and Evaluation Plan—the department supports organisational learning, continuous improvement, policy development, and service delivery enhancement.
Overall, the M&E Department serves as a strategic enabler of organisational excellence by ensuring LGSETA remains accountable, performance-driven, and focused on delivering sustainable skills development outcomes for the local government sector.
2025/2026
| Name | Resource Type |
|---|---|
| LGSETA TRACER STUDY FINAL REPORT | Download |
| LGSETA IMPLEMENTATION EVALUATION FINAL REPORT | Download |
2024/2025
| Name | Resource Type |
|---|---|
| PROCESS EVALUATION FINAL REPORT | Download |
| TRACER STUDY FINAL REPORT | Download |
2023/2024
| Name | Resource Type |
|---|---|
| LGSETA IMPLEMENTATION EVALUATION CAREER DEVELOPMENT FINAL REPORT | Download |
| LGSETA TRACER STUDY ARTISANSKILLS FINAL REPORT | Download |
2022/2023
| Name | Resource Type |
|---|---|
| FINAL REPORT LGSETA TRACER AND IMPACT EVALUATION STUDY 10 MARCH 2023 | Download |
| LGSETA PROJECT MANAGEMENT FINAL | Download |
2021/2022
| Name | Resource Type |
|---|---|
| FINAL REPORT IMPLEMENTATION EVALUATION OF LGSETA PROGRAMMES AGAINST NSDP OUTCOMES 31 MARCH 2022 | Download |
| LGSETA SKILLS DEVELOPMENT EVALUATION REPORT | Download |
2020/2021
| Name | Resource Type |
|---|---|
| FINAL REPORT DMSA LGSETA STAKEHOLDER SATISFACTION SURVEY REPORT | Download |
| Designation | Name | Contact Number | Email Address |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior Manager: Monitoring and Evaluation | Dr Sabelo Mpungose | 011 456 8579 | SabeloM@lgseta.org.za |
The Local Government Sector Education & Training Authority (LGSETA)
The Local Government Sector Education & Training Authority (LGSETA) in its execution of research, it is guided by the National Skills Development Strategy III (NSDS III) and one of its objectives is to establish a credible institutional mechanism for skills planning. A credible skills planning should be underpinned by a responsive sectoral research that should identify critical areas on skills development needs. Local Government is at the coal-face of service delivery, therefore it is pivotal that skills gaps are addressed through an informed sector skills planning that talks to the skills needs in the sector. Research is critical in the realisation of the prioritised skills development areas and also assist the institution to respond to the skills development challenges in the local government sector. In the context of the Local Government Sector Education and Training Authority, a research agenda embeds on the sector’s strategic focus areas which are informed by the Municipal Systems Act of 2000. The strategic focus areas are comprised of the following:
- Infrastructure and Service Delivery,
- Community Participation and Planning,
- Management and Leadership,
- Recognition of Prior Learning,
- Workplace Training Systems,
- Adult Education and Training;
- Financial Viability
The above focus areas are complemented by the key municipal performance areas which are: Good governance and deepening of democracy, municipal transformation and institutional development, municipal financial viability and management, basic service delivery and infrastructure development as well as sustainable local economic development. The Local Government SETA’s research is also informed by the national priorities of the government and international trends. The LGSETA’s research outputs contribute to the development of responsive qualifications and policy development which are vital in changing the skills development landscape in the local government sector. Below are the research projects conducted by the LGSETA under the NSDS III:
| Directory Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Planning and Reporting Templates | Planning and Reporting Templates | |
| SSP and Research Reports | SSP and Research Reports |
| Designation | Name | Contact No. | Email Address |
|---|---|---|---|
| SSP Manager | Josephine (Josie) Singaram | 011-456-8579 | josies@lgseta.org.za |
| Research Manager | Matodzi Ralushai | 011-456-8579 | matodzir@lgseta.org.za |
| Research Analyst | Nkhensani Mabundza | 011-456-8579 | nkhensanim@lgseta.org.za |
| SSP Coordinator | Tebogo Modise | 011-456-8579 | tebogomo@lgseta.org.za |
| SSP Coordinator | Nandipha Sunkie Ngxiki | 011-456-8579 | sunkien@lgseta.org.za |
| SSP Coordinator | Busisiwe Themane | 011-456-8579 | busisiwet@lgseta.org.za |
| SSP Coordinator | Zanele Khubisa | 011-456-8579 | zanelek@lgseta.org.za |