Ngwathe Local Municipality
11 September 2024

Statement of Municipality meeting with SAVE NGWATHE

The newly appointed municipal manager of Ngwathe local municipality Dr Futhuli Mothamaha has extended his cooperative hand to progressive stakeholders when he met with the delegation of Save Ngwathe, in Parys municipality offices on Tuesday 10 September 2024.

The meeting was part of stakeholders engagement since Dr Mothamaha took office as the acting Municipal Manager at the beginning of May this year. Save Ngwathe delegation congratulated him on his appointment as the Municipal Manager and emphasized that this meeting is part of cementing relations with the municipality while raising concerns over outstanding matters such as water pipeline, customer care system, cable theft, Eskom account, fire and rescue, inter alia. The Save Ngwathe delegation emphasized that since the arrival of Dr Mothamaha, there are visible developments in terms of service delivery rapid response and further appreciated municipal fight against illegal connections and supported measures in place to combat such crimes.

The Municipal Manager Dr Mothamaha emphasized a need for stakeholders to be part of spreading the message on the importance of paying municipal accounts so as to assist the municipality in meeting its broader service delivery obligations.

Delegates agreed respectively that there will be follow up engagements with the intention to share ideas. The MM further explained that the municipality is in the process of filling up key vacancies such as Director Technical Services to ensure proper management of technical infrastructure and the position of Director Local Economic Development and Planning to ensure better implementation of strategic management objectives while prioritizing service delivery.

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Issued by Ngwathe Communications Unit. Steve Naale
Communications Manager