Community Services

DIRECTORATE: COMMUNITY SERVICES/DEVELOPMENT

Director: Development
Mr Honey Gxoyiya

Overview

Council adopted the way forward , which required the Municipality to increase its capacity in order to plan, drive, facilitate, support, administer and monitor the Development of the Theewaterskloof Municipality and all of its communities.

It was recognised that insufficient developmental focus existed within the organisation. It has therefore Been recommended that the Department of Community Services be converted to the Directorate Development.

The newly established Directorate took on the responsibility for planning, performance, project management, and economic development as well as the provision of emergency services.

Intergovernmental and stakeholder relations have become increasingly critical to the Directorates area's Of performance.

To ensure sustainable development dedicated capacitated managerial structure needed to be established

Functions
The following Functions fall under the management of this this Directorate:

    Local Economic Development and Tourism
    Poverty Alleviation
    Town Planning
    Property Management
    Building Inspectorate
    IDP
    Performance Management
    Special Corporate Projects and Project Management Support
    Youth/Gender/Disability
    Traffic
    Libraries
    Housing
    Annual Report
    Sport

The activities of this Directorate are overseen by the Development Services Committee which consists of the following 5 councilors:

Cllr. M Tshaka – Chairperson
Cllr. M Damon
Cllr. AJ Hatting
Cllr. J Swarts
Cllr. C Wood