The City of Ekurhuleni is among the best-governed metros in the country according to Good Governance Africa (GGA).
On October 2, the city manager Dr Imogen Mashazi received a runner-up award at the GGA Good Governance Awards 2024 (metros category) held at the Melrose Arch.
Mashazi said this must be attributed to ‘hard work, dedication and commitment’.
“I am greatly honoured and humbled to be leading an institution that continuously strives for excellence. This prestigious award from an international body is a clear affirmation that we are on the right track in terms of good governance processes and systems while ensuring that quality service delivery takes place on the ground,” she said.
“What makes this award even more special is the fact that it coincides with GGA’s 10th anniversary.”
Mashazi said over the years she has paid a lot of attention in putting systems in place to ensure that the city continues to provide quality, equitable and sustainable services to the people of Ekurhuleni while ‘running a tight ship that is anchored on governance excellence’.
“It is for this reason that we always get rewarded. Since I took over, this city has received three back-to-back clean audits in the last four financial years, and an unqualified audit opinion with a minor regression in the previous financial year – something we are working on reversing in the next audit outcomes.”
GGA was established in 2001 to promote and advance good governance throughout the continent by founder and chairperson Robert Rose. This was after he concluded that “unless Africa improves its governance, it would continue to fail to provide an environment necessary to build businesses to provide jobs, improve education, and all the other needs of a rapidly growing population – thus falling behind the rest of the world”.
GGA currently has four regional centres which it aims to increase to nine shortly. This will ensure that it will now have a presence in most countries in Africa.
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