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Profile of the Executive Mayor of Emfuleni

Cllr NOMADLOZI GRETA HLONGWANE
Executive Mayor

Greta Nomadlozi Hlongwane started her political activism in the early 1980's in Pimville, Soweto. After her husband was arrested in 1987 for political activism, she joined the African National Congress and the youth League Pimville Branch. She then moved to Palm Springs and became active in the following: Palm Springs Branch; Greater Vereeniging branch; Vaal,Sub-Region and currently the Sedibeng Region. She remained politically resilient to the point where she is today. During those days giving up was a possibility due to arrests; harassment, including death by the then security agents, but she never gave up even in the face of very serious challenges.

Her deployment into governance started during the transition period, prior to the first local government elections in 1995.

From 1995 till 2000, she served as a Councillor in the Vereeniging / Kopanong Council. She served in several Committees, including Water and Sanitation, Roads and Stormwater, Electricity, Environmental Management, Human Resources and Tourism. She was also part of The SALGA Working Group on Infrastructure and Environment.

In the process she gained experience and academic accolades in the following areas: Leadership Programme of Local Government she received a certificate on Local Government with A Distinction and a certificate on Budgeting Module 07, a certificate on Basic Public Speaking and Communications, a certificate on Women Councillors Mentorship Programme, amongst others.

Between 2000 and 2006 she served as Councillor in the Sedibeng District Council, and continued to serve in several Committees, including Local Economic Development, Waste and Environment. She is also a co-founder of Lekoa Water Company and the Sedibeng Women's Forum.

After the last 2006 local government elections she was elected and became part of the Mayoral Committee responsible for Waste and Cemeteries, and eventually the Chairperson of the SALGA Cemeteries and Parks sub-Committee.

From October 2007, she was re-deployed as the Council Speaker for the Emfuleni Local Municipality to chair the Council and all Council section 79 committees. She is also serving as a member of SALGA's IGR Working Group Committee. She has served as a Councillor for the past fifteen years. With this new term she shall be serving twenty years in Local Government.

She was appointed as Executive Mayor of Emfuleni Local Municipality on the 27 May 2011.

Politically, she serves as a Regional Treasurer of the ANC Sedibeng Region, where she was re-elected after another term. She is also the Chairperson of the Moral Regeneration Committee in Sedibeng and the Chairperson of the Department of Home Affairs Stakeholder forum.

Councillor Hlongwane is married and blessed with three boys.

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Profile of the Emfuleni Municipal Manager

Mr SAM SHABALALA
Municipal Manager

Mr. Sam Shabalala is a high qualified and experienced individual who in the course of the execution of his duties believes in team work, collective leadership and collective responsibility.

As an independent and critical thinker he carved himself a niche in the field of leadership through intensive education, development and learning. He ascended the corporate ladder in many diverse spheres.

He is a graduate of:

• Wits Technikon- B. Tech
• Wits University- Certificate in public management
• University of Cape Town- Associate in public management
• Wits University- Certificate Programme in Industrial relations
• Wits University-Masters in Public Management (one course outstanding)

He has experience and in-depth knowledge in:

• Project management;
• Industrial relations;
• Development of institutional capacity, transformational leadership, organizational Development, labour participation;
• Business Management;
• Strategic business partnerships;
• Extensive strategic and line management in local government;
• Customer relations management; and
• Business process re-engineering, inter alia.

Work experience

• Director- 3P consulting, Siris Engineering, Marumofase Holdings, Caras Technologies;
• Deputy Municipal Manager-Emfuleni Local Municipality;
• Acting Municipal Manager-Emfuleni Local Municipality;
• Chief Director-Water and Sanitation Services-Emfuleni Local Municipality;
• Acting Chief Executive-Emfuleni Local Municipality/Sedibeng District Municipality Water partnership;
• Manager- Strategic Customer Partnerships- Rand Water;
• Business Development Manager- Rand Water;
• Project Manager/Human Resource Manager-Rand Water;
• Industrial Relations Specialist- Rand Water; and
• Gold Fields South Africa.

For inquiries call Mr. George Magoma at : (016) 950 5452 (016) 950 5452 or 082 814 2499 082 814 2499

Profile of the Emfuleni Local Municipality

The Emfuleni Local Municipality is one of three Local Municipalities comprising the Sedibeng District Municipality . It is the Western-most Local Municipality of the District, which covers the entire southern area of the Gauteng province extending along a 120 kilometres axis from east to west. It covers an area of 987, 45 km².

The Vaal River forms the southern boundary of the Emfuleni Local Municipality and its strategic location affords it many opportunities for tourism and other forms of economic development. Emfuleni shares boundaries with Metsimaholo Local Municipality in the Free State to the south, Midvaal Local Municipality to the east, the City of Johannesburg metropolitan area to the north and Westonaria and Potchefstroom (in North West Province) Local Municipalities to the west.

The municipality is strategically located within access to a well-maintained road network - N1 national route linking Johannesburg and Bloemfontein , which traverses Emfuleni. Emfuleni Local Municipality has two main town centres, namely Vereeniging and Vanderbijlpark within the area and Sasolburg is only 10 kilometres to the south, across the provincial boundary. It forms the heartland of what was formerly known as the Vaal Triangle, renowned for its contribution to the iron and steel industry in South Africa.

Emfuleni also contains approximately six large peri-urban townships of Evaton, Sebokeng, Sharpevile, Boipatong, Bophelong and Tshepiso. The latter six areas lack facilities associated with towns of their size. The other approximately ten small settlements tend to be suburban settlements within six kilometres of the above towns; they are Bonanne, Steel Park, Duncanville, Unitas park, Arcon Park, Sonlandpark, Waldrift, Rust-ter-vaal, Roshnee and Debonairpark.

The area also comprises a number of large residential areas, all of which require considerable investment in infrastructure and environment upgrading. The Emfuleni Local Municipality is rich in history as it encapsulates the Anglo Boer War, heritage assets such as the Sharpeville monument and the liberation struggle epitomised by the signing of the Constitution in 1996 in Sharpeville.

Emfuleni's settlement patterns are largely dictated by the history of the area. The evidence of san rock engravings near the Vaal River verifies that the San people originally inhabited Emfuleni.

SOURCE: http://www.emfuleni.gov.za/