Purpose

Provides for the decentralization, management and administration of services at the District level within the department. This sub-programme supports decentralized management and will to a lesser extent mirror the provincial head office functions. The key management and support functions provided at the District level are listed as follows:

• Office of the Head of the District
• Programme Support Services
• Finance
• Supply Chain and Asset Management (including Transport) 
• Human Resource Management (including labour relations) 
• Human Resource Development 
• General administration 
• Communication, data collection and Information dissemination