During a Special Council meeting held on 15 May 2023, the Council of Emthanjeni Municipality appointed Mr Disang Humphrey Molaole as new Municipal Manager from 01 June 2023.

Mr Molaole has more than thirteen years experience in Public Management at Senior Management level which are as follows:

• Chief Financial Officer (five years)
• Senior Manager (three years)
• Municipal Manager (five years)

He holds a Bachelors of Commerce Degree obtained from the University of Western Cape, a Post Graduate Diploma (CPMD) in Business Law Finance obtained from WITS University and was appointed as Lecturer at Moremogolo Campus, Northern Cape Urban FET College from 1997 till 2003 in the section for Business, Economics, Human Resource Management and Entrepreneurship.

He was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at Ga-Segonyana Municipality from 2003 until 2008; appointed as Director at the Department of Cooperative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs (COGHSTA) Northern Cape for three years where he was seconded to Renosterberg Municipality from 2015 till 2018 and the municipality managed to achieve a qualified audit opinion after 12 years of disclaimers.

He furthermore assisted John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality and the municipality managed to obtain 3 clean audits during the financial years 2018/19, 2019/20 & 2020/21 respectively under his leadership.

Mr Molaole is a performance and result driven individual with extensive knowledge and abilities in the following areas: GRAP Standards for implementation and reporting purpose, adherence to audit and outcomes, sustaining high standards and compulsion to high competencies, Strategic Planning, Implementation of projects (Social Economic and Infrastructure), Financial & Economic Management skills and Supply Chain Management.

We trust that our newly appointed Municipal Manager’s command of local government knowledge and expertise will aid in the fulfilment of all duties and responsibilities related to the office and wish him all the best in his new role.

The Municipal Manager can be reached at the following contact details:

Email address:          This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Work number:           053 632 9100

Cellphone number:   084 083 5111

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