Tshwane acting city manager quits, cites health reasons
Mavela Dlamini said to have resigned due to health reasons.
Tshwane metro acting city manager and member of the administration team, Mavela Dlamini, has resigned.
Dlamini was said to have resigned due to health reasons.
“This decision was not taken lightly considering the current state of the city,” said Tshwane metro head administrator Mpho Nawa.
According to Nawa, the decision was made “in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic which dictates that Dlamini operate off-site”.
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“The nature of a city manager’s responsibility it is extremely difficult and [it is] impractical to work outside the [metro’s] premises.”
Dlamini was appointed on 23 March.
The assignment was originally for 90 days but was extended.
Nawa said Dlamini cleared all historical outstanding decisions, attended to disciplinary cases of senior managers, and led the administration towards a “comprehensive response to deal with [the] Covid-19 pandemic and general service delivery issues”.
“The process of appointing a new city manager was “at an advanced stage”, said Nawa.
“On behalf of the administration team, I would like to express sincere gratitude and appreciation to him for his selfless and immense contribution to people of Tshwane. We wish him well in his future endeavours.”
Mmaseabata Mutlaneng was appointed as the acting city manager.
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“She has served different provincial government departments with diligence since 2002, including at a level of accounting officer,” Nawa said.
Mutlaneng holds a Master’s degree in business leadership.
“Before joining the administrative team, she worked in the department of infrastructure development as deputy director-general responsible for corporate services management for the past eight years.”
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