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22 February 2022 Media Release: Council unanimously agrees to reappoint Monde Stratu as Municipal Manager for Garden Route DM

Media Release: Council unanimously agrees to reappoint Monde Stratu as Municipal Manager for Garden Route DM 

For Immediate Release
22 February 2022

Yesterday, 21 February 2022, the Garden Route District Municipality (GRDM) Council unanimously agreed, for the second time, to appoint Monde Stratu as the Accounting Officer of the GRDM. He is set to start his duties after all formal processes are finalised.

Similar to 2017, the GRDM Accounting Officer position was advertised nationally. This time around 35 applicants applied, of which three (3) were shortlisted for the top spot.

According to Memory Booysen, GRDM Executive Mayor, “an extensive interview process took place with three (3) candidates undergoing a competency-based structured interview conducted by a selection panel”. With Stratu being a lawyer and having approximately 20-years of experience in local government, he unsurprisingly performed the best of those shortlisted.

Editor’s note: Section 57(6) of the Local Government: Municipal Systems Act, 2000, provides that an MM must be appointed on a fixed-term contract for no longer than five (5) years at a time. This contract may not exceed a period ending one year after the election of a new council.

Pictured: Monde Given Stratu, GRDM Municipal Manager for the 2021/22 – 2026/27 term.

ENDS