21 November 2006
It is all systems go for this year's third North West Provincial Vuna
Awards, which will be held on Thursday, 23 November 2006, at the Potchefstroom
banquet hall. The municipalities will be competing in two categories for
various awards that will be at stake. The overall winner from both categories
will compete at the national awards to be held next month in Johannesburg.
The North West Premier, Edna Molewa, MEC for Developmental Local Government
and Housing, Phenye Vilakazi, mayors, councillors, officials from all spheres
of government, as well as other institutions will be in attendance.
The Vuna awards, which were first introduced in 2003 are an incentive given
to municipalities in recognition of their sterling performance in providing
services to their communities. These awards are a partnership between the South
African Local Government Association (SALGA), Development Bank of South Africa
(DBSA), Department of Provincial and Local Government (dplg) and the National
Productivity Institute (NPI); and they seek to inculcate a culture of service
delivery by recognising and rewarding municipalities' efforts to render
services.
For municipalities to be nominated, they must have shown outstanding
performance in the six categories that have been set by the Department of
Provincial and Local Government. These are infrastructure development and
service delivery, local economic development, municipal transformation and
institutional development, financial viability, good governance, most improved
Project Consolidate municipality and the special ministerial award.
The awards ceremony is scheduled as follows:
Date: 23 November 2006
Time: 18h00
Venue: Potchefstroom Banquet Hall
Enquiries:
Mandla Mathebula
Tel: (018) 387 3813
Cell: 083 282 6133
Issued by: Department of Developmental Local Government and Housing, North
West Provincial Government
21 November 2006
