RUSTENBURG HERALD - RUSTENBURG - For much too long has the Bojanala Platinum District Municipality been run with skeleton staff, that is, acting positions from middle to senior management.
This has hamstrung the municipality from performing to its maximum capacity, thus hampering service delivery and disenfranchising thousands of residents of Bojanala District. This undesirable, adverse situation and service delivery impediment is coming to an end under the strategic and able management of Acting Municipal Manager, Dr Auchalie Mothupi, who came to the helm of the institution in October 2023, after being seconded by the North West Provincial Government.
The turnaround situation is evident in the interview for vacant senior positions in the municipality during the month of April 2024. Appointments are eminent in this regard, pending the finalisation of the vetting of preferred candidates. What is even more pleasing and relieving to both Council and communities, was when interviews of middle management posts were started and completed from 18 to 20 June 2024. These included Communications, Records Management, Disaster Management, Transport Planning, Information and Communication Technology, Human Resources Management, Tourism, Marketing and Development. Appointments are also eminent following the review process. “This is a pleasant moment wherein we are capacitating and enabling the municipality to deliver much-needed services to communities of Bojanala District and our five constituent local municipalities, namely, Rustenburg, Moses Kotane, Madibeng, Moretele and Kgetlengrivier.
“It’s mind-boggling how the municipality could have been allowed to operate with skeleton staff like this for such a long time. This means it moved from intensive-care unit to high-care unit, so to speak”, Dr Mothupi said. “We are moving with speed to capacitate the municipality, thus ensuring service delivery to the electorate of Bojana District. We dare not fail them,”said the elated Acting Municipal Manager in the aftermath of completion of interviews at the two strategic levels of the institution. Watch this space for more information soon.
