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Public Sector Governance

There have been dramatic shifts in the approach to corporate governance over the past decade. These shifts have been brought about by regulatory failures epitomised by companies such as Enron and the recent banking crisis. Principles of good corporate governance, such as the King Codes, have increasingly been incorporated into legislation in an attempt to prevent future abuses of power, fraud and mismanagement. Pegasys was one of the first to understand how the emerging governance framework should be applied to the public sector.

Good governance is critical for effective and efficient service delivery. Government has a number of ways of delivering on its objectives, including the use of a range of corporate forms (from departmental units to public entities). Pegasys specialises in identifying the appropriate corporate form to maximise service delivery, and in assisting with implementation of new entities (including the institutional, governance, legal, organisational, and financial requirements.)

A core element of our work is ensuring the appropriate level of governance is captured into any new venture. This includes prescribing the recommended governance arrangements and assisting with the implementation of governance structures such as Boards, committees, and policies.

Latest Projects

Functional establishment of the Cooperative Banks Development Agency
Project leader on the functional establishment of a public entity for National Treasury: the Cooperative Banks Development Agency. Responsibilities include strategic support to the governing board (appointment, induction and strategic direction and first business plan), organisational design and organisational development, financial arrangements and financial systems establishment, risk management, and the development of policies and structures to support entity development.


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Business case for a Gautrain Agency

Development of a business case for an agency to represent government’s interests in the public-private partnership Gautrain initiative, including corporate form, governance and institutional arrangements, financial arrangements, organisational design and human resources.


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Business case for a National Infrastructure Agency
Development of a business case for an agency to develop and manage national water infrastructure, including corporate form, governance and institutional arrangements, financial arrangements, organisational design and human resources.


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Restructuring of the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry (DFID/DWAF)
Strategic management and technical coordination for the strategic organisational and institutional restructuring of the South African DWAF, including responsibility for resolving strategic issues, coordination of WRM, water services and forestry business process mapping, and the organisational design process.


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Establishment of Catchment Management Agencies (DWAF)

Coordinating and providing technical, strategic and management support for the establishment and initial operation of the first 5 CMAs in South Africa , including the strategic and management support to the Governing Boards in the institutional and organisational development process.


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Lesotho Highlands Water Authority re-organisation (Lesotho)
Strategic visioning and reorganisation of the LHDA to adjust from an infrastructure development agency to a water transfer and hydropower production operating utility. Responsible for developing strategic scenarios and reorganisation options, based on government of Lesotho and South Africa priorities and perspectives for the future of LHDA.


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Western Highveld Institutional Module (Dr JS Moroka Municipality/ DWAF)
Developing water services policies (and bylaws), customer care management systems and services authority capacity to ensure efficient and sustainable water supply operations in 4 local authorities with a common supply system, in order to achieve water savings in significant losses in the system.


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Feasibility Study and Business Case for Infrastructure Revolving Fund
Project leader on the development of a business case for a revolving fund to finance water infrastructure refurbishment, maintenance and repair, including considerations on financial requirements and financial arrangements, corporate form and organisational design.


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Business Case for a Public Transport Operating Subsidy

Project leader on the functional establishment of the operating entity to manage government’s responsibility in the restructured gross contract public transport system in the Western Cape. Responsibilities include development of detailed financial arrangements, budgeting and financial systems, organisational design and strategic support to strategic direction and business planning.


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Business Case for a Water Exchange within the Department of Water Affairs

Project leader on the conceptual design and viability assessment of a water exchange institution to facilitate and administer the South African water market. Included consideration of conceptual model, distinguishing complex market models, establishment of pricing systems, organisational implications, financial arrangements and detailed risk analysis.


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Financial analysis for a National Water Resources Infrastructure Agency (DWAF)

Technical coordination and evaluation of institutional, governance and organisational arrangements for the establishment of a National Agency to manage R40 billion of water resources infrastructure assets in South Africa.


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Strategic Review of Governance relating to Water in the Environment (WRC)
Research on existing and emerging governance systems relating to all aspects of the hydrological cycle, including mandate, policy, regulation and practice, resulting in the formulation of strategic research priorities.


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Cooperative governance between Local Government and Catchment Management Agencies (WRC)
Project leader for a WRC funded project to evaluate the mechanisms to support and promote cooperative governance between catchment management agencies and local government, including case study analysis.


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Evaluation of the role of Water User Associations (WRC)
Responsible for the development of a framework for the role of WUA in water services and water resources management in South Africa .


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International Arrangement for Water Resources Management
Project leader on a large international study of arrangements in water resources management, starting at the transboundary level, moving down to catchment and even local level organisation.


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SADC Groundwater Management Institute
Pegasys has been appointed to assist SADC in the development and establishment of a Groundwater Management Institute for Southern Africa. The intention is to establish a centre of excellence that can provide technical and policy support in the management of groundwater in the SADC region. The project entails the assessment of the appropriate legal form, the formal establishment of the GMI, and the development of an initial business plan and funding strategy for the GMI.