 The Vuna Awards which are the municipal awards that recognise exemplary service delivery were held at Emperor's Palace on 10 December 2008. Under the National Sector Department and Provinces Award, there were two categories, firstly, the winner of the National Sector department providing exemplary support to Local Government; the winner in this category was the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry. Secondly, under the category for Provincial Government providing exemplary support to Local Government the winner was the Eastern Cape Department of Local Government and Traditional Affairs. The next category was for the best District Municipality and the second runner up under this category was the West Rand District Municipality of the Gauteng Province with the first runner up being Uthungulu District Municipality of the Kwa-Zulu Natal Province. The Winning District Municipality was the Nkangala District Municipality of the Mpumalanga Province.
Under the category for the Best Metropolitan Municipality the second runner up was the Ekurhuleni Metro of the Gauteng Province and the first runner up was the Nelson Mandela Metro of the Eastern Cape Province with the winner as the City of Johannesburg from the Gauteng Province.
Finally, there was a Special Ministerial Award that went to Councillor Lassy Chiwayo, Mayor of the Mbombela Municipality of the Mpumalanaga Province.
|
|
|
The Vuna awards is the initiative of the Department of Provincial and Local Government (dplg), together with its partners in the coordination of development of and in local government, the South African Local Government Association (Salga), Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) and the National Productivity Institute (NPI). The Vuna Awards, as the awards are called, rewards the municipalities that go beyond standards to give their communities excellent services and governance. For more information please contact: Mr Elroy Africa (Deputy Director-General)
| | |
This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
|
| Mr Vincent Rabothata
| | |
This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
| | dplg Switchboard number: (012) 334 0600 | |
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
