Executive Mayor excited about Council’s appointment of new City Manager
27 January 2017
Note to Editor: Please see report adopted by Council confirming the nomination of City Manager. Please also see attached.
The Executive Mayor of Tshwane, Solly Msimanga, is pleased with Council’s appointment of the new City Manager, Moeketsi Msola, who was nominated by Mayor Msimanga following a comprehensive and stringent nomination process wherein candidates were subjected to psychometric tests and exhaustive interviews by a multiparty panel including an external panelist not affiliated to any party.
Council did so observing the letter of the law and due process that governs the nomination and confirmation of a candidate for City Manager. To this end, Council’s appointment will now go to the Gauteng MEC for Local Government for concurrence.
It must be noted that the Executive Mayor is well within his rights to make public his nominee for City Manager and indeed any business he intends to bring before Council. This is in the public interest and does not violate the prescripts of the law and due process.