Mr Alpheus Lieba was sworn in as the new mayor of Mutale Local Municipality at a special council meeting that was held at Mutale last Thursday.

This follows the appointment of Cllr Tshitereke Matibe, the former mayor of Mutale, as the new executive mayor of the Vhembe District Council.

“The ultimate goal of the African National Congress (ANC) is to achieve total emancipation of all the people of South Africa from the bondages of poverty, ill health, poor education systems, unemployment, crime and poor service delivery. As the ANC and this council have entrusted in me the powers to lead the municipality during this transitional period, I consider it to be a collective responsibility of all of us in this council to ensure that we achieve this objective,” said Lieba.

He thanked former Mayor Matibe for “having laid a good foundation on which we will continue to serve our people effectively”.

He said his election was a realignment of the governance structure of Mutale to facilitate the smooth transition of powers within the municipality and, as a collective, the council should strive to render good services to the people of Mutale whom they served. - Limpopo News Service