LIMPOPO – The acting Giyani municipal manager, Christopher Chaamano says the municipality is doing well in terms of financial management.
Chamaano was deployed after tension between the municipality and its employees due to the position of municipal manager remaining vacant for a year.
Chaamano, who was the head of department and the accounting officer at the Department of Public Works, will be acting municipal manager until a suitable candidate is found to take the position up permanently.
Speaking during his formal introduction to municipal employees last Wednesday, Chaamano warned employees against late arrival at work and said this was what was of concern in the municipality, other than the financial crisis. “When the province sends a person to come and take over the running of the municipality it is because there is a problem… and the first problem is cash flow,” he told employees. However, he reiterated that there was no cash flow problem in Giyani.
“Even if the government stopped giving us money until next year March, our investments from cash flow management would be able to support us in terms of paying of salaries and basic services.
“However, when it comes to performance management we have a big problem. This is why I’m appealing to you all that we should put our jobs first as employees so that together we are able to deliver better services to the community that we serve,” he said.
According to Chaamano, a file that needs attending to should only be in an office for two days maximum. “And that would be because I’m still making the enquiries necessary to process it, otherwise a file should not delay more than two days in an office,” he said.
