National Vuna Award winners
Municipalities from all nine provinces of the country gathered at the Gallagher Estate in Midrand to hear who came out tops in the provision of services in improving the lives of South Africans. The awards were in recognition of the excellent work done by municipalities in areas such as provision of water, electricity, and financial management.
The City of Johannesburg took the top prize in the Metropolitan Municipality Category. The runners up were Ethekwini and City of Cape Town respectively. In the category of Local Municipalities, Swartland Local Municipality in the Western Cape scooped the award, followed by Steve Tshwete from Mpumalanga and Umngeni from KwaZulu-Natal. In the District category, Bophirima District Municipality from the North West occupied the top position. The runners up, West Rand and Ugu Districts were tied in second position.
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Metropolitan municipalities
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District municipality (DM)
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Local municipalitiy(LM)
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City of Johannesburg (Gau)
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Bophirima DM (North West)
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Swartland LM (W Cape)
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eThekwini (KZN)
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West Rand DM (Gauteng)
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Steve Tshwete LM (Mpu)
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City of Cape Town (W Cape)
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Ugu DM (KZN)
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Umngeni LM (KZN)
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Under the five Key Performance Awards (KPA), Nelson Mandela Metro took the Service Delivery and Infrastructure award and tied with Ethekwini on the Local Economic Development award. Ethekwini also took the Financial Viability award while the City of Johannesburg took both the Institutional Development and Municipal Transformation awards, as well as Good Governance and Public Participation.
Other winners were Umngeni Local Municipality from KwaZulu-Natal, Maruleng from Mpumalanga,
Overstrand from the Western Cape and Emalahleni from Mpumalanga. West Rand dominated the District Municipality category in the KPA awards as it went home with the LED and Institutional Development and Municipal Transformation awards. Bophirima from North West and Sedibeng in Gauteng tied on the Service Delivery KPA. The Good Governance and Public Participation award also went to Bophirima, while Nkangala and West Rand District Municipalities took the LED and Financial Viability awards respectively.
Also recognised in this year’s awards was Steve Tshwete Local Municipality for being the most improved Project Consolidate Municipality. Three national departments were also recognised for their continued and exemplary support to local government: the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, the Department of Minerals and Energy, and the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism.
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