Speculation has reached fever pitch that Emfuleni’s Executive Mayor is about to resign - possibly as soon as this week - to occupy his elected post as Secretary-General of the Gauteng ANC.
News that the South African National Defence Force will be deploying in Emfuleni to both stabilise and turn around the environmental and economic disaster caused by sewage pollution in the once-magnificent Vaal River system will be welcomed by all communities and stakeholders.
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) is expected to start deploying in the Vaal Triangle this coming weekend against a deepening national crisis of Vaal River system pollution.
Council approval to establish a ground-breaking joint Business Customer Centre in Emfuleni - to unlock huge outstanding revenue for local service delivery and to remove barriers to business and regional investment - is expected this week, according to informed sources.
The appointment of a permanent but downsized top management team for the Emfuleni Local Municipality (ELM) is now again on track as part of the local authority’s turnaround
plan on revenue generation, service delivery and infrastructure management.
As a businessperson, entrepreneur and even corporate organisation in Emfuleni, joining the GTCoC offers many benefits, including business-to-business opportunities and networking and identifying international trading opportunities.
"Cometh the moment, cometh the person" - with apologies to original author.
Emfuleni could see a massive cash injection of more than R200 million in municipal infrastructure and services after a watershed fact-finding mission last week between business and national Cooperative Governance Minister Zweli Mkhize.
