Statement of Commitment by the Executive Authority
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WATERBERG DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY STATEMENT OF COMMITMENT BY THE EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY EXECUTIVE MAYOR Cllr P.S. KEKANA According to the Municipal Systems Act, each Municipal amendments made considering the contract we made Council must, within a prescribed period after its elected with the people of Waterberg during the local government term, adopt a single, inclusive strategic plan for the elections. development of the municipality. However, our Predecessor Council already adopted a draft IDP. We, in The tasks given to local government entail more an endeavor to execute our political mandate, followed demanding capabilities and performance. This means that the path laid by them and adopted the draft IDP with we are not only expected to find the means for addressing 1 2008/2009 IDP REVIEW WATERBERG DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY traditional local government challenges of delivering should do so by putting in place targeted support basic services to the people, but we are supposed to find programmes for our women mayors and councillors, and strategies and mechanisms that are potent enough to not rejoice at their failures.The success of the integrated remove the many bottlenecks which stand in the way of development plan as enshrined herein caters also for sustainable development in a local jurisdiction. The IDP development of infrastructure is dependant on the document that we adopted will serve as a blue-print that competencies of Councillors, municipal officials, and will gauge service delivery and timely implementation. service providersInfrastructure is the cornerstone of social upliftment and economic development. In particular, fast The next five years will be fundamentally different tracking Infrastructure delivery will also contribute to the regarding the kind of support that both national and Accelerated Shared Growth Initiative for South Africa provincial government spheres will be providing to (ASGISA), and also assist in achieving the targeted municipalities. Different in that, it will be characterized economic growth rate of 6% through job creation as well by intensive intergovernmental collaboration, and of as the establishment of well-serviced areas conducive for course hands-on support.To all my colleagues, both from economic investment and development. On achieving the the Political authority and the administrative arm, It is 6% growth, we need to sustain this by maintaining the my understanding, that as we carry out this contract infrastructure assets. We believe that we have built the entered into with our people, we will appraise it with basis for a national effort to achieve faster and shared 100% ownership of all the things that were discussed and economic growth. With this programme we can achieve agreed upon, we will implement it with full preparedness our social objectives and we can more than meet the to provide developmental support to all municipalities in Millennium Development Goals. Our municipality has the district. allocated sufficient funding to kick start a basis for the development of proper infrastructure in needy areas. It is only when we are 100% committed that we stand a Local Government as the custodian of community chance of realising these local government strategic infrastructure such as roads, waste disposal sites, water priorities.One of the critical things we need to do in the and sanitation systems, and public facilities. Most next five years is to build and strengthen the capacity of importantly we will intensify assets management efforts newly elected mayors and councillors, particularly in a sustainable manner to best serve the interests of women. This objective is also consistent with building a communities and enable local economic development. democratic, non-racial and non-sexist South Africa. We 2 2008/2009 IDP REVIEW WATERBERG DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY STATEMENT OF COMMITMENT BY MANAGEMENT MUNICIPAL MANAGER: NC MOTSEPE 3 2008/2009 IDP REVIEW WATERBERG DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY The strategic plan as detailed herein is informed by the of the WDM recommit themselves to work tirelessly at successes in the previous implementation and service enabling Council to realise the targets for 2014 that delivery initiatives and seeks to provide a framework include the following: within which our municipality will address the Reducing unemployment by half remaining challenges as we enter the second decade of Reducing poverty by half freedom. Providing the skills required by the district economy Improving services to achieve a better life We will The overall thrust of our plan centres on building the strive to do so informed by our municipality’s intention capacity of the district municipality and the local to play its role in “‘Building a people’s contract to municipalities to implement government’s development create work and fight poverty”. programmes. The interests of ordinary people in the We will do so guided by the strategic objectives of the district continue to inform the strategic institutional municipality which provide a guideline that we will thrust of the district municipality. follow as management and staff in executing Council’s mandate. Specific outputs, indicators and outcomes are It is also a building block on what has been done since central to fulfilling this mandate. All Service Business the inception of local government in 2000 and Units will be implementing their programmes on the encompass a five year strategy for the future, with a basis of detailed action plans informed by the strategic firm focus on the mid-term planning. The refined vision plan.We will further ensure that Council’s obligation of and mission put additional emphasis on the following: community participation is structured in such a manner Establishing the needs of communities through that ’all district stakeholders continue to support our Inclusive and participatory processes municipality as we mobilise our people’s individual and Render effective, efficient and sustainable services collective efforts to implement government’s Ensure a better life for all programmes at provincial and local level. This includes partnerships with the three spheres of government, civil In this manner our municipality should make a society and the private sector. Our goal is to accelerate meaningful contribution to government’s vision of our the shared growth initiative and invest in the life’s of future embodied in vision 2014. Management and staff our people a new age of hope 4 2008/2009 IDP REVIEW WATERBERG DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY We thank the sterling contribution of the predecessor many stakeholders who have interacted with us and Council, Mayoral Committee, all three spheres of brought valuable insights to this strategic plan. Lastly, I government and parastatals, members of the public, thank the committed staff of WDM that continues to business community and organs of civil society and our find joy in serving the people of the district. WATERBERG DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY SPEAKER Chairperson of the council and custodian of the Rules of Order and Code of Ethics for Councillors. Cllr. YE LORGAT 5 2008/2009 IDP REVIEW WATERBERG DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF WATERBERG DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY Sections 156 of the Constitution, 8 of the Municipal systems Act and 86 of the structures act outline the powers and functions of the municipalilities. Key: ATP = Authority to perform PFM = Powers Performed by Municipality ESP = External Services Provider S78 = Section 78 Process in terms of Systems Act Complete SDA = Service Delivery Agreement in Place Functions of the district municipality according to the ATP PFM ESP or S78 SDA Personnel Constitution, the Municipal Structures Act an d Systems Act other sphere of Govt. Air pollution Yes Yes No Yes No 0 Bulk supply of Electricity Yes No Yes No No 0 Bulk Water Supply Yes No Yes Yes Yes 0 Bulk sewage purification and main sewage disposal Yes No Yes Yes No 0 6 2008/2009 IDP REVIEW WATERBERG DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY Cemeteries and Crematoria Yes No No No No 0 Municipal roads Yes Yes No No No 1 Education No No No No No 0 Fire-Fighting Services Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes - Local Economic Development Yes Yes No No No 3 Municipal Abbattoir Yes Yes No Yes No - Municipal Airports Yes No No No No 0 Municipal Health Services Yes Yes No No Yes - Municipal Transport Planning Yes Yes No No No 1 Municipal Public Works Yes Yes No No No 1 Municipal Planning Yes Yes No No No 2 Safety and Security No No Yes No No 0 Social development No No Yes No No 0 Sports, Arts and Culture No Yes Yes No No 1 COUNCIL COMPOSITION The District is allocated 33 seats. 32 Seats are filled and one vacancy exists. The Council comprises of 32 councillors of which 13 are directly elected and 19 indirectly elected. The councillors represented hereunder are reflected as from March 2006 MEMBERS OF COUNCIL EXECUTIVE MAYOR : Councillor P S Kekana SPEAKER : Councillor Y E Lorgat 7 2008/2009 IDP REVIEW WATERBERG DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY MEMBERS OF THE MAYORAL COMMITTEE : Councillor M D Mabote Councillor S J Madela Councillor R E Mothibi Councillor J M Rakgwale Councillor M J Makhafola Councillor S M Molekwa COUNCILLORS : Councillor A E Basson Councillor R M Kekana Councillor M M Lamola Councillor M E Lefawana Councillor V B Machine Councillor S K Makgae Councillor M J Makhafola Councillor L S Manamela Councillor M J Mashiane Councillor G S Matsietsa Councillor M P Modiba 8 2008/2009 IDP REVIEW WATERBERG DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY Councillor O O Modise Councillor M A D Monama Councillor R N Monene Councillor M L Moremi Councillor