MOKOPANE – IN an endeavour to expedite service delivery and development during a special council meeting recently, the Mogalakwena Municipality appointed Peter Makondo as its new acting municipal manager.
Makondo’s secondment was approved during the Waterberg district municipal council meeting on June 19, and he will be with the municipality for a period not exceeding three months.
Makondo’s secondment was welcomed by council including the opposition parties and he will be succeeding Puledi Selepe who was seconded by the department of cooperative governance, human settlements and traditional affairs in December 2014.
According to the town council, it expected Makondo to ensure the seamless functioning of the municipality.
Makondo has vast managerial experience gleaned from various management positions over the years.
Makondo started as an administrator at the then Akasia Town Council now amalgamated to Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, in 1993. He then moved to the South African Local Government Association where he served from 1997 to 2004 as the committee officer. He joined the Waterberg District Municipality in 2004 as the committee officer, divisional manager council and currently he is the manager executive support.
He has been in local government for 23 years and comes from Bokwidi Village (Ward 8) of the Mogalakwena Municipality.
He says he is passionate about service delivery. “I have been appointed as the acting municipal manager and I am humbled by the appointment. I also acknowledged the role played by my predecessor, for allowing a smooth transition. I look forward to working with the newly-elected mayor, members of the executive committee, all councillors and personnel to speed up service delivery, ensure service excellence in all our operations, drive economic growth, put people first and together build better communities.”
