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Councillors inducted on Water, Sanitation, Electricity and Energy
SALGA Mpumalanga together with various Sector Departments inducted Councillors responsible for Water, Sanitation, Electricity and Energy from all municipalities within the province (24 – 26 May 2022) as part of the Portfolio Based Councillor Induction Programme.
The first part of the induction is focused on Water and Sanitation topics such as:
"This training will ensure that Councillors are capacitated in understanding the legislative obligations and responsibilities required of them to do their work within municipalities," said Cllr. Teboho Hlakutse who is a Provincial Executive Committee member and facilitator. Councillors have a contribution to make in ensuring sustainable water use and the protection of water resources. Councillors have the responsibility for ensuring not only that there is effective provision of water and sanitation services, but also that appropriate and effective health and hygiene education programmes go alongside the infrastructure provision. At Council level, Councillors must ensure that budgets are provided for sanitation infrastructure development, operation and maintenance. At Council level, Councilors should ask questions about whether the municipality is taking its water and sanitation services (which includes sanitation, health and hygiene education) responsibilities seriously, and what programmes are in place to promote health and hygiene practices in communities. At project planning and implementation level, Councillors must be aware of or keep in touch with all processes and municipal officials involved in their ward. At local level, Councillors must be involved directly with ward communities and project steering committees, and directly with communities for education about and motivation of good health and hygiene practices. The second part of the induction is focused on Electricity and Energy topics such as:
Councillors received a broad understanding of the following in the energy and electricity sector: The value chain, Policy, legislative framework, Institutional arrangements (at national, provincial and local level). Councillors also gained an overview of the status quo within the sector, including challenges and key issues; Councillors were capacitated on the service authority functions of a municipality, as well as equipped to ask relevant questions and make informed decisions for each sector area. Did you know? |
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