Midvaal SoMA highlights progress, challenges
During his delivery, the mayor emphasised the municipality's unwavering commitment to excellence, despite the economic and infrastructure challenges it continues to face.
Teixeira beamed with pride as he noted Midvaal's 11th consecutive clean audit, a debt-free record with Eskom and Rand Water, and the numerous accolades received in 2024, including three Golden Awards from PMR.africa and five South African Local Government Association (SALGA) Awards. These achievements highlight culture of good governance and accountability.
Despite declining revenue collection and infrastructure challenges, Midvaal has remained committed to community engagement through initiatives such as the Youth Summit, walking with the mayor, and social upliftment programmes including the Spread the Love campaign. The municipality also supports vulnerable residents via social relief packages and property rate rebates.
Teixeira stated that public safety remains top priority, with millions invested in surveillance and community policing.
'The Fire Services team reached over 13 000 residents through outreach and safety programs and added a 12 000l tanker to its fleet. The Traffic Department introduced tech-driven law enforcement tools and collaborated with SAPS on crime prevention.'
In Midvaal, Infrastructure upgrades continue, with R44 million allocated to roads and stormwater improvements.Teixeira reiterated that major focus for MLM has been economic development, with the formation of the Midvaal Investment and Business Retention Committee.
According to Teixeira, notable projects include the R370 million River Stone Mall and the R2 billion Heineken-Soufflet expansion.
Victor Antezana, Director of Xportes International hailed Midvaal as an investment hub because of its growth potential.
'Midvaal has the same characteristics as Cape Town which has a booming property market.'
He said that he invested his hard-earned money in this municipality which is at the beginning of a growth cycle. He predicted that the municipality is about to have explosive growth. Citing this as the reason for investing his hard-earned money in the municipality.
Antezana further said that he was happy that Midvaal is not amongst the municipality's that are said to be crumbling in South Africa. He congratulated the MLM for its continued excellence.
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