The National School of Government (NSG) and the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality have today, 14 November 2022, signed a Memorandum of Agreement aimed at formalising their relationship on the training of the City’s officials to enhance skills development which will in turn refine governance and service delivery within the Metropolitan Municipality.
The Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) was signed by the Principal of the NSG, Professor Busani Ngcaweni and the City Manager of the Metropolitan Municipality, Mr Johann Mettler at the City’s headquarters, Tshwane House, Pretoria.
The identified areas of cooperation include amongst others, governance and leadership programmes, learning and development interventions, knowledge and information management, joint research on areas of mutual interest, impact assessments for training programmes as well as innovation programmes.
Professor Ngcaweni said that the NSG is pleased to conclude the Agreement with the City of Tshwane. “We look forward to stronger relationship with the City and closer cooperation in building a professional, ethical, and efficient public service. This will benefit members of the public who desire an improved delivery of basic services from the public sector, especially municipalities,” he said.
The City Manager Mr Mettler said: “We welcome this important Agreement as we believe that it is vital for partners in government to create and hold spaces for reflection, learning and joint problem-solving. This will indeed capacitate our workforce to execute the City’s development agenda and solve stubborn service delivery challenges.” Mr Mettler is prioritizing the professionalization of all officials of the Metropolitan Municipality in order to provide diligent and people-centred services.
Both institutions already enjoy longstanding cooperation with officials from the City having participated in various NSG conferences and training programmes. The NSG has also assisted the City by assessing its knowledge management capability. These collaborative activities resulted in the intent to formalise the relationship for greater impact.
Media enquiries:
NSG: Dikeledi Mokgokolo - 082 888 2355 or Dikeledi.Mokgokolo@thensg.gov.za
City of Tshwane: Lindela Mashigo – 079 147 1860 or LindelaMa@tshwane.gov.za
