Brits - The municipal manager of Madibeng local municipality, Monde Juta, has been seconded to the Ditsobotla local municipality, the municipality said on Tuesday.
Municipal spokesman Sipho Nkosi said the Madibeng council released the municipal manager to go and assist in Ditsobotla as per the request Local Government and Human Settlement MEC Collen Maine.
“Mr Monde Juta’s secondment was resolved by the special council on the Tuesday [4th of August 2015]. He is to commence his new employment as an Acting Municipal Manager for Ditsobotla Local Municipality on Wednesday [ August 5, 2015],” said Nkosi.
He said acting director in public safety, fleet and facilities management, Energy Manaka had been appointed as an acting municipal manager until such time as Maine had appointed a new municipal manager.
The Democratic Alliance in Madibeng said Madibeng would be better off without Juta, and his departure from Madibeng was welcomed.
“However, it is unacceptable that Madibeng Municipality will now pay the difference between Juta’s Madibeng Salary level and what he will earn at Ditsobotla,” said Leon Basson, DA MP from Madibeng.
He said Maine had directed in writing that the cost for secondment would be borne by the Madibeng municipality.
Basson said Juta’s management style was full of controversy in Madibeng and he had done little to solve the issues and problems in Madibeng.
“[Monde] Juta recently returned to Madibeng after being suspended on allegations of corruption and fraud. Currently Madibeng’s Water and Sanitation services are under administration in terms of Section 139(1)(b).”
He said it was therefore impossible to foresee that Juta would have a positive impact in Ditsobotla that was also ridden by service delivery problems and bad management.
“It is sad that his lack of skills to implement sound management skills will now only be transferred to Ditsobotla. Ultimately, the people of Ditsobotla will suffer. The poorest people of Madibeng have been hit hard by Juta’s failures, and now the people of Ditsobotla will be exposed to the same.”
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