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BL Premium reports that the City of Johannesburg has parted ways with its accounting officer, Ndivhoniswani Lukhwareni, over issues of service delivery.
Mayor Geoff Makhubo said on Tuesday that they had decided to go into “mutual separation” at the end of February. He indicated that the “separation” was preceded by an engagement with Lukhwareni over the city executive's unhappiness with the level of service delivery. There has been increasing unhappiness from the city's residents and from its political leadership about the state of service delivery in the city. As municipal manager, Lukhwareni was responsible to ensure that service delivery took place and improved. “We agreed we must part ways as to give the city an opportunity to relook at the way we offer services to our residents,” Makhubo said. Lukhwareni was appointed in October 2016 and his term was set to expire in a few months. He was appointed as city manager by the DA-led coalition, which took over the running of the city following the 2016 local government elections. The city is now being governed by an ANC-led coalition government. Upping the state of service delivery in the metro has been an issue for years, but it is particularly important in 2021 as local government elections loom.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Claudi Mailovich at BusinessLive (paywall access only)
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