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Public Sector Financial Management for Non-Financial Managers

Designed for managers outside the finance function, this course builds working fluency in public sector budgets, cash flow, virements, supply chain implications and monthly financial reporting. Participants learn to read municipal or departmental financial statements, interpret variance reports, and take defensible spending decisions that support service delivery targets without breaching the MFMA or PFMA, or triggering unauthorised expenditure.

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What you will be able to do

  • Interpret municipal or departmental budgets, cash flow statements and variance reports.
  • Explain the difference between unauthorised, irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure.
  • Apply virement rules correctly when reallocating funds between votes and line items.
  • Link operational decisions to their budgetary and cash flow consequences.
  • Read monthly and quarterly financial reports prepared by the finance department.
  • Prepare defensible motivations for expenditure that support audit and oversight requirements.

Course outline

  1. 01Public Sector Budget Cycle
  2. 02Reading Financial Statements
  3. 03Cash Flow and Liquidity Basics
  4. 04Virements and Budget Adjustments
  5. 05Expenditure Categories and Compliance
  6. 06Monthly and Quarterly Reporting
  7. 07Linking Spending to Service Delivery
  8. 08Preparing for Audit Scrutiny

Who should attend

This course is aimed at heads of department, directors, managers and project leaders in municipalities and government departments who do not have a finance background.

Dates, venues and fees

DatesVenueDaysFeeCalendarRegister
28 to 29 Sep 2026Online2US$900Closed
9 to 10 Nov 2026Johannesburg2R10,000Register
10 to 11 Nov 2026Cape Town2R10,000Register
11 to 12 Nov 2026Durban2R10,000Register
12 to 13 Nov 2026Pretoria2R10,000Register
16 to 17 Nov 2026Windhoek2US$1,100Register
17 to 18 Nov 2026Gaborone2US$1,100Register
18 to 19 Nov 2026Maseru2US$1,100Register
19 to 20 Nov 2026Mbabane2US$1,100Register
23 to 24 Nov 2026Lusaka2US$1,100Register
24 to 25 Nov 2026Harare2US$1,100Register
25 to 26 Nov 2026Lilongwe2US$1,100Register
26 to 27 Nov 2026Blantyre2US$1,100Register
30 Nov to 1 Dec 2026Mozambique2US$1,100Register
1 to 2 Dec 2026Nairobi2US$1,100Register
2 to 3 Dec 2026Dar es Salaam2US$1,100Register
3 to 4 Dec 2026Kigali2US$1,100Register
7 to 8 Dec 2026Kampala2US$1,100Register
8 to 9 Dec 2026Accra2US$1,100Register
9 to 10 Dec 2026Lagos2US$1,100Register
10 to 11 Dec 2026Cairo2US$1,100Register
14 to 15 Dec 2026Mauritius2US$1,100Register
17 to 18 Dec 2026Dubai2US$1,100Register

Fees are per delegate. South African venues are priced in rand; other locations and online in US dollars. Fees exclude 15% VAT where applicable. Group bookings of three or more delegates from the same organisation qualify for a reduced rate; contact us for a quotation.

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