{"id":50544,"date":"2021-12-02T12:33:44","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T10:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/mthathaexpress\/new-mnquma-mayor-pledges-clean-governance-20211130-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T20:56:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T18:56:59","slug":"new-mnquma-mayor-pledges-clean-governance-20211130-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/mthathaexpress\/new-mnquma-mayor-pledges-clean-governance-20211130-2\/","title":{"rendered":"New Mnquma mayor pledges clean governance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Newly elected Mnquma Local Municipality Executive Mayor, Councillor Tunyiswa Manxila-Nkamisa, has committed to ensuring continued stability within the municipality while prioritising good governance and accelerated service delivery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Manxila-Nkamisa made the remarks shortly after being elected as Mnquma Local Municipality executive mayor for the next five-year local government term at an inaugural municipal council sitting on November 22.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs the incumbent, top of my priority list is to continue with unity and stability of this municipality. 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