On 2 December 2011 the Mayor of Emthanjeni Municipality, Councillor ST Sthonga, switched on the festive lights

Councillor Sthonga addressing the crowd before switching on the festive lights

Councillors and Senior Management with the Mayor.

Emthenjeni Municipality newly elected Council, from left to right.

Front: Clrs S T Sthonga (Mayor), M M Freddie (Speaker)

Middle: Clrs N S Thomas, V G Jonas, H J Rust, M C Kivedo, W A Witbooi, J Jood

Back: Clrs A F Jaftha, G L Nkumbi, B Swanepoel, G L Nyl, W J du Plessis, M Malherbe

On 5 May 2011 during a Special Council Meeting, Emthanjeni Municipality adopted the budget and budget related policies for the next financial year from 1 July 2011 up to 30 June 2012.

Honourable Mayor, Mr B K Markman, delivering his Budget Speech.

During December 2010 the Municipality embarked on the process of acquiring vehicles through the normal bid process including specialized vehicles and LDV`s. The aim of this exercise is to speed up service delivery and to start replacing the existing fleet of the Municipality.

Our Mayor with one of the new specialized vehilces.

Background: Municipal IQ, a specialised local government data and intelligence service, has released its fourth annual set of scores on its Municipal Productivity Index (MPI™). The MPI combines different types of data to measure how productive the average resident of a South African municipality can be.