The Driving force behind Theewaterskloof Municipality stems from the will to serve the people with humility, dignity and a steadfast resolve to accelerate and improve service delivery, fight poverty and unemployment and ensure a better life for all inhabitants.
The newly elected Council held a planning workshop in September 2006 and emerged from the session with a clear understanding of what the focus should be for 2007/ 2008. We have identified the most critical issues according to the 5 Key Performance Areas (KPA’s), which are Capacity Development, Service Delivery, Local Economic Development, Financial Viability and Corporate Governance. Council decided that they should take action that will:
> Stabilize the Municipality
> Develop and optimize capacity that will focus on development and
service delivery backlogs.

In order for us to address the above priorities, we should first build our Capacity (human resources, machinery, equipment and policies) to speed up service delivery. Our 2007/ 2008 Budget will therefore focus on Capacity Building.
During the year under review, the following vacant key positions were filled:
Municipal Manager
Director Corporate Services
Director Development
Director Operations
The filling of these critical posts empowered the Municipality to build capacity and stability within its boarders.
I wish to thank my Councilors for their support and ongoing efforts to better the lives of our people. I would also like to thank the Municipal Manager, his Management Team as well as all Municipal officials for their hard work and commitment. Without them, we wouldn’t have come this far.


CB Punt
The Executive Mayor