Thembi Nkadimeng will take up mayoral seat
The new mayor of Polokwane and Freddy Greaver's successor will be Thembi Simelane-Nkadimeng, and she is touted to be sworn in at a council meeting soon.
POLOKWANE – The new mayor of Polokwane and Freddy Greaver’s successor will be Thembi Simelane-Nkadimeng, and she is touted to be sworn in at a council meeting soon.
Messages of congratulations were already posted on her Facebook page on Tuesday, before the official resignation of Greaver was tabled at the council meeting that afternoon.
Simelane-Nkadimeng is the managing director of Golden Threads Consultancy (Pty) Ltd, a consultancy business specialising in the development and implementation of corporate social investment initiatives for various companies and government departments.
Her clients include Anglo Platinum, BKS Consulting Engineers, the IDC and department of health.
Simelane-Nkadimeng was employed in both the public and private sectors for 11 years before starting the company. She has a BA HED degree from the then University of the North, a BA honours degree from the University of Limpopo, a B Phil from the University of Stellenbosch and she completed an advanced management course at the University of the Witwatersrand ‘s Business School in 2009.
Simelane-Nkadimeng will be sworn in as mayor at a council meeting at a date yet to be announced. During a short interview, she told Review that she would give “all she had” in her new position.
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