{"id":50554,"date":"2023-11-17T06:01:52","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T04:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/paarlpost\/drakenstein-municipality-announces-new-director-of-public-safety-20231117\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T04:46:37","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T02:46:37","slug":"drakenstein-municipality-announces-new-director-of-public-safety-20231117","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/paarlpost\/drakenstein-municipality-announces-new-director-of-public-safety-20231117\/","title":{"rendered":"Drakenstein Municipality announces new director of public safety"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Eda Barnard has just joined the Drakenstein Municipality\u2019s team as new executive director of public safety. This is a brand new directorship within the municipality to tackle safety and security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBarnard brings 23 years of experience to the field of local governance, having worked in all three spheres of government, with a significant tenure at the Western Cape department of local government,\u201d said Seraj Johaar, executive director of corporate and planning services. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her career includes five years of service in national government, where she provided hands-on support to at-risk municipalities across South Africa, followed by her tenure at the Western Cape government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Barnard\u2019s most recent role was that of chief director of performance monitoring and support at the Western Cape department of local government and her experience includes municipal governance, knowledge management, infrastructure development, basic service delivery, and municipal support and training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn fulfilling these responsibilities, Barnard was responsible for the management of grant allocations to municipalities in the province, as well as donor and stakeholder mobilisation and management in support of the department of local government\u2019s mandate, where she served as senior manager,\u201d according to Johaar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to this, Barnard also managed several strategic provincial projects on behalf of the department, such as the management of Covid-19 fatalities, where she formed part of the province\u2019s core disaster risk response team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBarnard also worked closely with a non-governmental organisation (NGO) to initiate a safehouse network in the Overberg, after its first safehouse in Bredasdorp proved successful. 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