What started as a good year for the Amathole District Municipality, having finally appointed Dr Bhekisisa Mthembu as its new municipal manager, quickly went south over the appointment of the district’s second most senior official, the chief financial officer.
Amathole District Municipality spokesperson Nonceba Madikizela-Vuso, who died in a car accident, has been described as a highly driven and result-orientated communicator with passion.
Amathole District Municipality spokesperson Nonceba Madikizela-Vuso has died following a car accident on R72 near Tsholomnqa, East London, on Tuesday afternoon.
Amathole District Municipality municipal manager Dr Bhekisisa Mthembu says they are they on the right track to “fix the mess” they found the institution in.ADM, with a poor revenue collection rate of 30%, had been criticised for failing to provide clean and reliable water services to its residents.
The Amathole District Municipality needs more than R3.3bn to address its water and sanitation backlogs.ADM’s annual allocation for water supply and sanitation at present is just more than R600m.