THE GREATER KOKSTAD MUNICIPALITY
Administration in Kokstad

To encourage the involvement of communities and community organizations in the matter of local government. To provide quality and sustainable services to the entire community with diligence and compassion. To render good and transparent corporate governance to promote economic prosperity. Caring: Showing compassion whilst delivering services to its citizens. Transparency and honesty: openness and public involvement in municipal affairs. Integrity: professionalism, a commitment to ethics, and focus on justice and fairness and accountability. Efficiency: results orientation, cost effectiveness, superior performance, customer satisfaction. Our country and the world at large face various challenges which are a spin of from the economic melt down, with this mind we call all our people to participate fully in the governing of our town as we climb the hill towards a better for life for all. The Mayor is the Chairperson of the meeting, whilst the Deputy Mayor automatically becomes the Deputy Chairperson. The municipal manager is the head of the municipal administration. Subject to the policy directions of the municipal council, the municipal manager is responsible and accountable for the formation and development of an economical, effective, efficient and accountable administration. The municipal manager must make sure the administration is equipped to implement the municipality’s integrated development plan, that it operates in accordance with the municipality’s performance management system, and that it is responsive to the needs of the local community. The Municipal Manager’s office has assumed direct responsibility for Communications and Corporate Strategy as well as the drafting, management and implementation of Council’s Integrated Development Plan (IDP). The Internal Audit Services is outsourced to Umnotho. The Municipality anticipates to have fully functional in-house Internal Audit Unit in the 2016/17 financial year. In addition, there are four Business Units that mirror the committee portfolios also report to the Municipal Manager. Each of these Business Units is headed by an Executive Manager, who must ensure that services are effectively and efficiently delivered to the people of the Greater Kokstad Municipality. The municipal manager and his team of executive managers hold weekly meetings to discuss key strategic service deliverables, and to offer guidance on achieving IDP goals. The administrative component is aligned with the six (6) National Key Performance Areas; Financial Viability and management, Local economic Development, Basic service delivery and Infrastructure development, Good Governance and Public Participation, Institutional Development and Transformation, Cross Cutting issues (Environmental Planning and Social Services) and the Five Back-to-Basis Principles.