1. Hon. Speaker and members, this Bill will strengthen our municipalities structurally but the first step would be for COGTA to ensure for eg: in KZN every municipality first produce their organogram that the portfolio committee agrees to, as we are spheres of government and inter- dependent.
2. This Bill illustrates the critical nature of head-hunted and well screened municipal managers, senior and middle management staff in order to comply with these amendments.
3. Similarly, the HR managers and departments of municipalities will now have to be monitored for implementation of these amendments through the council as a whole.
4. The role of newly elected councillors is cut-out to ensure that politicians don’t play the role of staff and vice versa. There must be a clear distinction between the political and civil servant establishment for good governance.
5. The MF supports this Bill with these recommendations.
6. Thank you.

Hon. S. Thakur- Rajbansi