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The new mayor of the city of Tshwane, Randall Williams, believes that he has a difficult task ahead of him to stop the financial hemorrhage experienced during the seven-month term of the ANC administration.
During the announcement by members of the mayoral executive committee in Pretoria on Thursday, Williams said the city would immediately reduce spending on consulting and contracted services.
“Catering spending in the city of Tshwane will cease. No more free lunches. No matter the length of the meeting or the formality of the engagement, the city will not buy food, “he said.
“The events and conferences will have their budgets reduced and channeled to the provision of basic services.”
Williams He said this comes after he found the city’s finances in trouble following the seven-month tenure of the previous administration that left the municipality’s coffers short of R4.4bn.
“All international travel will be restricted. I intend to immediately begin reviewing and allocating these budgets to direct them to basic service delivery. Travel abroad will only be considered when funded by external partners or donors, ”he said.
Williams said his turnaround strategy for the city will include a 10-point service delivery intervention plan that will consist of:
- Prioritize the electricity grid and water infrastructure
- Implement a strong Covid-19 management strategy
- Building a reliable waste and waste disposal service
- Provide strict financial management and supervision
- Improvement of the city’s emergency and security services
- Promotion of employment and economic growth in the city
- Support the vulnerable and provide social assistance
- Rapid follow-up development reducing bureaucracy
- Reduction of expansive financial costs in city processes
- Maintain and expand the road infrastructure.
“I’ve even gone so far as to develop specific KPIs that I want departments to track. This will ensure that they report exactly what I ask of them, ”he said.
Members of the mayoral council that Williams announced include: Mpho Mehlape-Zimu as MMC for housing and human settlements; Sylvester Phokoje for corporate and shared services; Thabisile Vilakazi for social and community development; Karen Meyer for community safety; Sakkie du Plooy for health; Phillip Nel for public services and regional operations and coordination, Dana Wannenburg for agriculture and environment management; Bruce Lee for economic development and spatial planning, and Dikeledi Selowa for roads and transportation. Mare-Lise Fourie returns as MMC for finance.
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