Moya brags about successes

TSHWANE: MUNICIPALITY TABLES A FULLY FUNDED BUDGET FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS

- Marizka Coetzer

A vet examines a cat before giving it a rabies vaccine in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, yesterday.

(AFP)

The City of Tshwane has tabled a fully funded budget for the first time in years, according to mayor Nasiphi Moya.

"According to Statistics South Africa's latest Quarterly Labour Force Survey, Tshwane created 71 000 of the 83 000 new jobs in Gauteng over the past year," said Moya.

"That is 85% of all new provincial jobs. It is more than the combined job gains of Joburg, Ekurhuleni and Cape Town."

Moya said service delivery was improving, with roads being repaired, substations and reservoirs being secured, following a wave of vandalism and sabotage at the end of last year.

"The renewal of the municipal fleet is underway. We are increasing our internal capacity and reducing reliance on contractors, even if not yet at the pace we want," she said.

Some of the coalition's successes include reducing the city's historic debt to Eskom from R6.7 billion to R5.6 billion.

Moya's administration also generated R86 billion pledges of investment as part of the Tshwane Investment Summit and boasts a surplus of R1.9 billion in the first quarter of the current financial year.