Mayoral Committee

As the Executive Mayor, Cllr. Veronica Ntakumbana serves as the public representative and chief political leader of the Lejweleputswa District Municipality. Her responsibilities focus on advancing the municipality, with a primary objective of ensuring that management and leadership collaborate effectively to deliver excellent services to the community.

Key
Responsibilities of the Members of Mayor Committee

Identify the needs of the Municipality.
Review and evaluate those needs in order of priority.
Recommends to the Municipal Council strategies, programmes, and services to address priority needs through the Integrated Development Plan (IDP), and the estimates of revenue and expenditure, taking into account any applicable national and provincial development plans, and
Recommend or determine the best way, including partnerships and other approaches, to deliver these strategies programmes, and services to the benefit of the community.

The Executive Mayor is supported by a Mayoral Committee.
Each member of the Mayoral Committee has a portfolio with specific functions.
The administrative arm that assists the Executive Mayor and the Mayoral Committee is headed by the Municipal Manager and is tasked to implement the broad political of Council. The Municipal Manager heads up the administration of the Municipality.