Mr LJ Mahlangu - Municipal Demarcation Board

The Deputy Chairperson acts as Chairperson if:
• The Chairperson is absent or unable to carry
out the functions of the Chairperson;
• The position of the Chairperson is vacant.
The Chairperson is delegated by the Board to do
the following:
• Is the Executive Authority of the Board in terms
of PFMA;
• Preside over Board meetings and Executive
Committee meetings of the Board;
• Responsibility to manage conflict of interest
within the Board;
• Evaluate Board and Board member performance;
• Appoint Chairperson’s of Board Committees
and other Adhoc Committees;
• Serve as a link between the Board members
and staff;
• Lead the Board’s process of appointing the
CEO;
• Approve Board claims and other remunerative
work undertaken by Board members for the
Board;
• Champion the Board’s work and its programme;
• Is the custodian of all the MDB information;
• Answer Parliamentary questions;
• Liaise with principal stakeholders of the Board;
• Issue press statements on behalf of the Board.
6.3 The Manager: Municipal Demarcation
Board
The Board appoints the Manager: Municipal Demarcation
Board, to be the Chief Executive Officer
and Accounting Officer for the Board.
The Manager: Municipal Demarcation Board
(“Manager”) holds office for an agreed upon term
not exceeding five years, but which may be renewed,
and subject to the terms and conditions
applicable to the employees of the Board.
The roles of the Manager as Chief Executive and
Accounting Officer are as follows:
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As Chief Executive Officer
• Ensure efficient and effective administration;
• Manage all employees;
• Maintain discipline;
• Carry out decisions of the Board;
• Assign and re-assign functions between clusters
and employees, in consultation with the
Board, through the Chairperson.
As Accounting Officer
• Ensure proper financial controls;
• Ensure effective, efficient, economical and
transparent use of the resources of the Board;
• Ensure that funds are collected and managed
properly and diligently;
• Maintain assets and manage liabilities of the
Board;
• Comply with tax, levies, duty, pensions and audit
commitments of the Board;
• Settle debts and obligations within prescribed
periods;
• Report immediately unauthorised, irregular or
fruitless and wasteful expenditure;
• Take effective disciplinary steps against employees
contravening provisions of the Demarcation
Act, the Public Finance Management Act
and other applicable legislation and/or policies;
• Ensure lawful transfer of funds;
• Ensure propriety, regularity and value for money
when policy proposals are considered;
• Ensure proper management of the budget;
• Ensure proper maintenance of records, financial
statements and reporting;
• Ensure proper delegations. The Manager delegates
aspects of his/her responsibilities to the
Cluster Heads, but remains primarily accountable.
6.4 Committees of the Board
a. The Board may -
i) establish one or more committees to assist
the Board in the performance of its
function or the exercise of its powers; and
ii) may dissolve a committee at any time.
b. The Board –
i) must determine the function of a committee;