POLITICAL STRUCTURE

The Municipal Council consists of twenty five Councilors of which 6 are full time Councilors includes the Speaker. The Council is led by the Speaker, the Executive Mayor, the four full-time Mayoral Committee Members and Councilors. There has been a delegation of powers from Council to the Executive Mayor and the Executive Mayor in turn has delegated some of the powers to the Mayoral Committee Members.  The Mayoral Committee led by the Executive Mayor functions through the following standing committees which assist in decision making and making sure that there is a political environment that is conducive for service delivery:

ð  Planning and Infrastructure Services

ð  Social Development

ð  Development Planning (IDP, Economic Development, Tourism and Environment, Disaster Management)

ð Budget and Treasury

ð  Human Resources and Special Programmes