HWANGE Local Board (HLB) Has Forwarded Its Strategy That Is Aimed At Improving Its Performance To The Ministry Of Local Government And Public Works.
HLB town secretary Pastor Ndumiso Mdlalose said following a two-week training workshop on governance and budgetary issues conducted by Ministry officials, the local authority came up with plans to turn around its fortunes.
The ministerial team was led by Urban Local Authorities deputy director Mr Morgan Hungwe.
Part of the team’s tasks was to impart HLB officials with requisite information on standard operating procedures and policy documents to govern operations as well as to capacitate them to prepare draft financial statements.
“We came up with a way forward, which I and the chairman appended signatures to, and sent to the Minister (July Moyo). On that basis, the Minister would want to monitor our activities,” said Pastor Mdlalose.
The ministerial team noted that the local authority was performing at eight percent of its capacity.
In a letter addressed to the Minister, HLB chairman Councillor Nqobile Ocean Mabhena acknowledged that over the years the local authority had been experiencing a myriad of challenges, which somehow affected its service delivery.
He noted delay in submission of budgets, audit backlogs and poor revenue collection as some of the challenges that had been affecting Council’s operations. Hwange Newsletter
