The Emfuleni Council elected Mr. Sithole Assistance Mshudulu, in a special council meeting held on 31 July 2008. The Executive Mayor was warmly received by various political parties including the Democratic Alliance and Pan Africanist Congress.

Leaders of the respective parties highlighted challenges that the new mayor would face in his current position and wished him well for the remainder of his term.

Assistance Mshudulu is not a stranger to local politics and development challenges of the area. He was born 59 years ago in Evaton Small Farms, served in various capacities in the structures of the ANC and Cosatu in the Region and beyond.

New Executive Mayor, Mr. Sithole Assistance Mshudulu delivering acceptance speech.

A respected leader of Cosatu and ANC, Councillor Assistance Mshudulu was redeployed from Parliament where he served in the Portfolio Committee of Local and Provincial government as well as the Portfolio Committee on Labour since 1999. He holds a BCom (honours degree) in economics and has countless certificates among others, in economics, personnel management, public finance and project management to name but a few.

In his acceptance speech he promised councilors that he will be working within a collective chosen by the ANC. He further made a bold undertaking to listen to all views from a range of stakeholders in the municipality in order to take the municipality forward.

Furthermore the Executive Mayor outlined tasks that the ANC has given including among others;

• Speeding up service delivery
• Improving relations with the Sedibeng District Municipality
• Filling vacant positions that exist in Emfuleni
• Fighting corruption
• Achieving financial viability

The Mayor used the opportunity to dismiss the speculation surrounding Mayoral Committee reshuffle. He informed Council that there will not be any changes to the Mayoral Committee except the housing portfolio, where MMC Sakhiwe Khumalo resigned and will now be replaced by Councillor Sello Pitso.

Pictures from the event.