Giyani municipality’s new manager brings hope

Khosa’s appointment comes nine months after the former manager was suspended last year. Maxwell Chauke was suspended on September 5, four months before his contract was supposed to end on the December 31 for reasons still unknown despite opposition parties wanting to know why he was suspended. The new manager, Vusi Duncan Khoza assumed his post last week on Thursday, June 1.
He is the first municipal manager hired who grew up in Giyani.

His appointment however did not come easy. According to a source, “there was opposition from some comrades” who wanted another person instead of him. A smear campaign on social media discredited him as underqualified even before he started in his new position. Khoza is however no stranger to the public service and has served in various capacities at municipalities in the country. In his last appointment, Khoza was a director of IT systems development and technical support in the Gauteng Department of Education, a job he held from 2010.

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He was also a deputy director responsible for ICT infrastructure services at the Department of Social Development in Gauteng. He also did a brief stint with the Greater Letaba Municipality and was previously employed in the office of the Gauteng premier. Khoza holds a postgraduate diploma in business administration from Wits Business School and a national diploma in computer systems engineering obtained from Tshwane University of Technology. He is currently studying towards a MBA at Wits Business School.Greater Giyani Municipality mayor, Thandi Zitha, welcomed Khoza to the municipality.

She said she hoped the municipality would do better with him in charge. “We expect you to take this municipality to greater heights to providing quality services in a manner that will be cost-effective and promote financial accountability and good governance,” she said.