Johannesburg executive mayor Amos Masondo announces the new mayoral committee

New committee The newly announced members of the mayoral committee and their portfolios are: Finance and economic development Parks Tau; Infrastructure and services Ros Greeff; Housing Strike Ralegoma; Community development Nandi Mayathula-Khoza; Health Matshidiso Mfikoe; Safety Thomas Phakati; Development planning and urban management Ruby Mathang; Environment Prema Naidoo; Transport Rehana Moosajee; and Corporate services and administration Christine Walters. Speech Statement by the Executive Mayor of Johannesburg, Councillor Amos Masondo at the media briefing on announcement of members of the Mayoral Committee and their portfolios, Braamfontein - Johannesburg. Full text RELATED LINKS: Masondo is back as captain of the city AMOS Masondo has been re-elected as executive mayor of Johannesburg, with the ANC also taking the key posts of speaker and chief whip. Read more Masondo looks set for another term as mayor AMOS Masondo has been put forward as the ANC's mayoral candidate for Johannesburg, but the City council will elect the first citizen when it meets on 16 March. Read more ANC takes Joburg council comfortably THE ANC has again won a majority of seats in Johannesburg, racking up 62 percent of the votes in the city in the local government elections. Read more

Mayor announces new mayoral committee Your work starts immediately - with these words Executive Mayor Amos Masondo announced the names of his new 10-member mayoral committee. March 23, 2006 By Lucky Sindane JOHANNESBURG'S new mayoral committee has been announced. Executive Mayor Amos Masondo named the 10-member team at a press conference at the Metro Centre in Braamfontein on Thursday, 23 March. The members of the mayoral committee will serve a five-year term, which started after the local government elections on 1 March. "I have today assembled an experienced and capable team of men and women to constitute the members of the mayoral committee," said Masondo, announcing the committee members. Joburg’s new mayoral committee (Photo: Enoch Lehung, City of Johannesburg) "I believe that this team will be focused and effective. It will strive to deepen our work and ensure that our vision of building Johannesburg into a world-class African city becomes a reality." In choosing the members of his committee, Masondo said he had to balance the need to represent gender, geographic spread, the national question, age and political experience. Portfolios to be filled by the committee include finance and economic development, infrastructure and services, housing, community development, health, safety, development planning and urban management, environment, transport and corporate services and administration. There are five new members, including the former speaker of council, Nandi Mayathula-Khoza, who now holds the portfolio of community development. "We haven't lost any portfolios," Masondo said. "What we have done is we have restructured to ensure that there is visible service delivery. "Over the next five years this political team will lead the City in undertaking a major new programme of development and delivery. Their work starts immediately." The committee will attend a five-day mayoral lekgotla next week to chart a way forward for the next five years. "At this mayoral lekgotla we will be considering what it is that we need to accomplish, in greater detail, during this term of office," Masondo added. "On behalf of all the members, I would like to thank the mayor and the African National Congress for the confidence they have in us," Mayathula-Khoza said. "Challenges are there and as our mayor said, our work starts immediately." Masondo concluded by saying that together, the committee "will serve the people of this great city with dedication and demonstrate even greater levels of commitment". Permission to use web site material Publishers may use material from this site free of charge, as long as: Credit is given to either the "City of Johannesburg website (www.joburg.org.za)" or to "Johannesburg News Agency (www.joburg.org.za)"; If the article is used online, a link is provided to the original article on this website; The name of the article's author is acknowledged; The webmaster is informed of how and where the material is used (fill in this brief online form). Johannesburg News Agency is operated by BIG Media at 011-484-1400 Print this Page E-mail this article to a friend Help using Joburg.org.za