SDA ANNOUNCES PERMANENT NON-EXECUTIVE BOARD
Groblersdal: On Tuesday morning for the first time since April 2022, there is a permanent Non-Executive Board of Directors at Sekhukhune District Municipality’s (SDM) economic development entity, the Sekhukhune Development Agency.
According to Cllr Baatseba Leshaba, Member of Mayoral Committee (MMC) for Planning and Economic Development representing the Executive Mayor of Sekhukhune District Municipality Cllr Maleke Mokganyetji as the shareholder representative, the announcement of the non-executive board follows a rigorous nomination, shortlisting and interview process which was devised to attract the best talent to move the district’s economy through SDA as the driver.
MMC Leshaba together with Ms Katlego Shongwe – the Director Planning and Economic Development also form part of the Board of SDA as Executive Members and representatives of the 100% shareholder, the SDM.
The newly appointed Chairperson of the SDA non-executive board of director Mr Tshabedi Serote is all familiar with the agency having sat in its interim non-executive board of directors in the same capacity. As a well-rounded finance, risk management and audit expert Mr Serote has been approved as the new chairperson of the non-executive board of Sekhukhune Development Agency (SDA). This announcement was made officially on Tuesday, at the special board meeting held at Sekhukhune District Municipality Chamber in Groblersdal.
SDA has been without a permanent board since April 2022 and has been steered by interim board. The SDA newly appointed non-executive board directors include Ms Akani Baloyi and Ms Mathabo Mosia who bring to SDA boardroom a reservoir of experience in town planning which promise to put SDA in a better stead to comply with regulations, mitigate environmental impacts and infrastructure planning as they will be stimulating the agency to inspire aesthetically pleasing environment in its quest to transform the district into the first-world economy.
Mr Kgopelo Phasha and Mr Ditshego Tladi come from economic development and macro development financing background, respectively. While Phasha is familiar to the agency and the local government sphere, having served intermittently between SDM Office of the Executive Mayor, Acting CEO of SDA, and a short stint as Acting Municipal Manager of Ephraim Mogale Local Municipality. Currently the Chief of Staff in the Ministry of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA), a role that enable him a national sphere development perspective and strategic networks.
Mr Ditshego Tladi gained international exposure in his career as a development finance academic, industry specialist and practitioner, having served as an executive at the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA). His line of expertise includes dispensing proactive approaches that leverage public resources to solve the needs of business, industry, developers, and investors, this is requisite and aligned to SDA’s.
In welcoming fellow non-executive board members to the induction workshop and the inaugural board meeting Mr Tshabedi Serote urged them to be agile as more is expected in unlocking challenges that impeded SDA from meeting the expectations and delivering on its mandate despite 13 years of existence.
Taking cue from Mr Serote the Member of Mayoral Committee for Planning and Economic Development Cllr Baatseba Leshaba
“I heartily congratulate the non-executive board members on their appointment, and we pledge our unfailing support in the quest of the core mandate of the Agency for benefit of the people of our District” concluded Leshaba
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