{"id":132118,"date":"2016-09-01T08:05:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-01T06:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/132118\/new-mayoral-committee-named\/"},"modified":"2016-09-02T08:49:35","modified_gmt":"2016-09-02T06:49:35","slug":"new-mayoral-committee-named","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2016\/09\/01\/new-mayoral-committee-named\/","title":{"rendered":"New mayoral committee named"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Clr Mzwandile Masina was named the executive mayor of Ekurhuleni recently and has since announced his mayoral committee (MMCs).<\/p>\n<p>He named the MMCs during his acceptance speech at a special council meeting held at the Germiston Council Chambers on Wednesday.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIn putting together this team we considered various issues among which were capability, gender and age,\u201d Masina explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis team has been put together to optimise service delivery.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe will continuously assess our performance so that the necessary interventions can be made timeously.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter all, every healthy organisation must reflect on its performance on a regular basis to determine if the machinery remains relevant to the course,\u201d Masina added.<\/p>\n<p>The new MMCs of Ekurhuleni are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Finance and economic development &#8211; Clr Doctor Xhakaza<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Infrastructure services &#8211; Clr Robert Mashego<\/li>\n<li>Transport planning &#8211; Clr Petrus Mabunda<\/li>\n<li>Water, sanitation and energy &#8211; Clr Tiisetso Nketle<\/li>\n<li>City planning &#8211; Clr Madihlaba Masele<\/li>\n<li>Community services &#8211; Clr Dorah Mlambo<\/li>\n<li>Human settlements &#8211; Clr Lesiba Mpya<\/li>\n<li>Environment and waste management services &#8211; Clr Ndosi Shongwe<\/li>\n<li>Corporate and shared services &#8211; Clr Khosi Mabaso<\/li>\n<li>Community safety &#8211; Clr Viviene Chauke<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cI take this opportunity to thank the colleagues who have served us with aplomb in the past years, and wish the new team luck in discharging their duties,\u201d Masina concluded.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other articles you may be interested in:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/131295\/update-jongizizwe-dlabathi-voted-in-as-chief-whip\/\" target=\"_blank\">Update: Jongizizwe Dlabathi voted in as chief whip<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/131292\/breaking-news-anc-takes-ekurhuleni\/\" target=\"_blank\">Breaking News: ANC takes Ekurhuleni<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/131281\/update-patricia-kumalo-re-elected-as-ekurhulenis-speaker\/\" target=\"_blank\">Update: Patricia Kumalo re-elected as Ekurhuleni\u2019s speaker<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='0f3250b60a277161be7db7f74c1e98f0'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The executive mayor of Ekurhuleni Clr Mzwandile Masina has named his new mayoral committee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":132130,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8515,2],"tags":[8297,1012,1003,1106,979,969,2730,1002,1004],"class_list":["post-132118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-municipal-news","category-news-headlines","tag-community-2","tag-east-rand","tag-ekurhuleni","tag-gcn","tag-germiston","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-leigh-hodgson","tag-metro","tag-municipality"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Municipal"},"tag_labels":["community","East Rand","Ekurhuleni","GCN","germiston","germiston city news","Leigh Hodgson","metro","municipality"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1848"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132118\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}