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Thembisile Hani Local Municipality

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Thembisile Hani Local Municipality (THLM) is situated in the most western part of the Mpumalanga Province, in the Nkangala District Municipality (NDM), and comprises of 32 Wards.

The Municipality is home to 333 331 residents (households) as per 2016 Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) data and is the second biggest Local Municipality in the District after Emalahleni Local Municipality (ELM).

The process of the Integrated Development Plan (IDP) is premised on the provisions of chapter 5 of the Municipal Systems Act 32 of 2000 which provides that Municipalities must annually review their IDP`s in accordance with the ever changing socio-economic conditions.

The current term of administration has since adopted five pillars that are the backbone of the Municipality, notwithstanding other qualitative service delivery initiatives and/ or programs that are continuously implemented. The five pillars are:

  1. Bulk water supply,
  2. Roads and stormwater (with emphasis on routine road maintenance),
  3. Environmental management (with emphasis on refuse removal),
  4. Financial viability (with emphasis on revenue enhancement), and
  5. Socio-economic development

We continue to cordially urge all members of the public to continue working with us in our journey of developing this glorious City of Thembisile Hani.

 

  • Our Revised Vision

    To Build a Truly African City that is Citizen Centred and Driven.

  • Our Revised Mission

    Developing a 2050 Strategic Plan which will be Anchored on a Thriving Economy, Improved Standard and Quality Service Provision, and a Habitable and Healthy Social Environment.

  • Our Motto

    Work Conquers Everything, Every Time. No Explanation, No Report, No Clarity, but Work.

  • 2023 Theme

    The Year of Innovation, Creativity and Dynamism.

Public Participation

The Municipality has since undertaken a rigorous and fully inclusive public participation process for the 2023/ 2024 IDP and Budget review, covering all Wards, including our farming areas who have since raised legitimate concerns that they seem to be overlooked by their government when it comes to the delivery of basic services and overall development.

Other stakeholders that have been consulted by the Municipality include the business community, the youth, people with disabilities, traditional leaders, and traditional healers, the elderly, religious leaders, military veterans, and provincial sector departments.

The interaction with the above-mentioned stakeholders has given the Municipality a wide range and perspective of what the residents want and what the greatest challenges are within the municipal area, which remains the consistent supply of portable water and roads and stormwater to promote qualitative socio-economic growth and mobility, hence these are covered as pillars one and two respectively.

The abstraction of 20 Ml/ Day (million liters per day) from Loskop, commonly referred to as the Loskop Regional Bulk Water Supply Scheme and the Construction of the Mathysensloop Booster Pump Station are but a few of the medium to long-term interventions that the Municipality is implementing with the NDM and Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) respectively, with the former planned for completion in November 2024 and the latter in November 2023. Once completed, the majority of our myriad of water challenges will be eradicated.

The Municipality has held its inaugural Revenue Enhancement Indaba on the 21st of April 2023, which came out with sound and strategic resolutions of finding lasting revenue collection solutions that will better the financial health of the Municipality, for no Municipality can be in a position to sustain itself only from conditional grants that are disbursed by National Treasury, hence our clarion call to our communities to assist the Municipality in the payment of services, rates and taxes, notwithstanding the service delivery challenges that are at play, which the Municipality is working (together with our communities) tirelessly to resolve.

The inputs we received from members of the community stakeholders are warmly appreciated and go a long way in building all of us towards the objective of eradicating the challenges at play, notwithstanding some of the exciting initiatives that we have been able to action working together.

Pursuant to the Strategic Planning Session that was held from the 8th to the 10th of February 2023, a pledge for all Municipal Staff has since been developed, and it (in plural form) reads as follows:

  1. We will put our people first,
  2. We will treat our people with respect and dignity,
  3. We will show humility as servants of the people,
  4. We will treat our citizens as our bosses and create an environment that is welcoming and solution orientated,
  5. We will pride ourselves in a culture of professionalism, ethical and high moral behaviour,
  6. We will pride ourselves in a culture of hard work, commitment and accountability,
  7. We will at all times, protect the assets, finances and image of the Municipality, and
  8. We will be exemplary when performing our duties.