Municipal Managers of all municipalities across the country have 14 days to call the first council meetings.

Since the IEC declared the 2016 local elections free, fair and officially over on August 06, 2016, South Africans are expecting to see Municipalities hard at work delivering services as per their mandate.

“In the Municipalities where there is no Municipal Manager, the MEC of the Province can appoint a suitable official to act in that capacity so as to be able to convene the first council meeting,” the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs said.

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According to the department, they have 14 days which began when the election results were gazetted.

On August 3, South Africa held successful local government elections, which have been declared to be free and fair by the IEC.

“It is important to note in the case of the 2016 Local Government elections, the 14 days begun on 10 August 2016, which is the date when the election results were gazetted and ends on August 24, 2016.

“It is within this period that Local Municipalities and Metropolitan Municipalities have to convene first council meetings,” the department said.