04/02/2025
Good evening,
It gives me great pleasure to inform you that, after four years of continuous effort, we have finally secured a mandate from the Municipal Council to review the Electrical Services Business Unit of the Local Municipality in terms of Section 78 of the Municipal Systems Act.
This mandate paves the way for a comprehensive feasibility study that will seek to develop a sustainable business model, taking into consideration all financial and operational constraints of the local electrical infrastructure.
Furthermore, the feasibility study will explore the option of a public-private partnership in an effort to attract commercial resources and expertise to strengthen the long-term sustainability of the electrical business unit.
This gives us a unique mandate and opportunity to create a new vision for local service delivery—an opportunity that has not manifested in any other South African municipality for more than a decade. The visionary leadership of our local municipality should, therefore, be wholeheartedly welcomed.
This decision is, however, the result of deep trust, patience, fortitude, and faith formed between a diverse group of stakeholders, including the local community, the local private sector, and the local municipality.
It would be futile to list all the individuals, community leaders, religious leaders, business leaders, political leaders, and public servants who contributed to this project. However, I would like to give special thanks to the leadership of the Mkhondo Business Chamber and the leadership of the Mkhondo Local Municipality, without whom this project would certainly not have come to fruition.
Nevertheless, this is only the first step in a long journey to restore excellence in our public services, and I urge every community member to join hands in an effort to rebuild our beautiful home, Mkhondo.
The next step will be to establish task teams and engage with the national and provincial spheres of government.
I wish you all a prosperous New Year!
Sincerely,
Johann Weber
Zahara & Company