MAKHUDUTHAMAGA BRINGS THE COVETED AWARD HOME
By Thulane Madalane
Polokwane: Makhuduthamaga Local Municipality has emerged as one of the awards winners for maintaining Unqualified opinion for four years in a row for financial year 2021/2022 in a glittering ceremony which was hosted by South African Local Government Association ( SALGA) at the Ranch Hotel outside Polokwane last night.
Makhuduthamaga has won this award four times already under the astute leadership of Cllr Minah Bahula and her collective they took a decision to professionalize the Municipality by hiring young and qualified personnel to take the Municipality to a greater heights through community oriented service delivery methods, during the 2021/2022 The Municipality had a total number of 125 annual targets and managed to achieve 108 targets which is 86 % of the total planned targets. Timeless News went to the streets of Makhuduthamaga to get the views of the residents about this important milestone, Kgagudi Sekhukhune from ward 18 congradulated the Municipality for their consistency in managing the public purse well and for employing young people, “firstly let me congradulate the leadership of the municipality for a job well done and for giving suitably qualified young people a chance to bring the much needed expertise to steer this ship to greater heights, with them at helm I believe that Makhuduthamaga is going build sustainable infrastructure like better roads and access to water for household ” said Kgagudi.
The Acting Premier, who is also the MEC for CoGHSTA in Limpopo Basikopo Makamu reminded Municipalities of the pressure to sustain Unqualified Audit outcomes and ensuring that they maintain the momentum of accountable practices in managing public finances “you must not only stay on top, but also work towards clean administration in the coming financial years and also deliver services that speaks to the hearts of communities ” concluded Makamu. The recently appointed Municipal Manager of Makhuduthamaga Local Municipality Mr Ronald Moganedi who was flanked by Speaker of Council Cllr Judy Nkgadima Mphelane and Cllr Sam Malaka when he ascended the stage to recieve the award, he was quoted on the sidelines of the awards saying ” the Municipality is on course to attain clean administration, through the implementation of Audit action plans flagged in the previous year by the Auditor General and improve on internal financial controls amongst others.” he quipped
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