To accelerate service delivery, Musina Municipality filled two vital senior management positions that had been vacant for years. Mss Priscilla Demana and Yolanda Sinclair were appointed general managers for community services and technical services respectively. Their five-year contracts started last Tuesday (1 November).
The position of general manager: community services became vacant when the incumbent, Mr Jakkie Du Toit, retired in 2014, while the position of general manager: technical services was left vacant when Mr Richard Morolana's contract expired three years ago. Different employees were acting on a rotational basis until Demana and Sinclair's appointment.
When welcoming the two senior managers, Municipal Manager Nathi Tshiwanammbi said that their positions would help bridge the service-delivery gap created by the shortage of manpower. He said the municipality would function more effectively now because people in these two departments could take direct responsibility.
Tshiwanammbi said the only senior management position that had not been filled yet was that of general manager: economic development and planning (EDP). "It is worth celebrating to note that the new general manager for EDP will join us next month, on the 1st of December. This means that the top management team will be fully composed, and we will be able to deliver the much-needed basic services to our people," he said.