City Managers Newsletter

COMMUNICATING TO OUR STAKEHOLDERS

The past few weeks have been quite tough for the city. Youngsters drinking on the beachfront without caring for their environment and the needs of others, ...
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ENFORCEMENT: CENTRAL BEACHFRONT

The recent outcry about the behavior of young people visiting the beachfront requires a response indicating what the city is doing about such matters.
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Housing for all

In our struggle against apartheid we placed a premium on creating a caring society in which there would be housing for all.
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Strikes

The recent and illegal strike activity by workers demanding to be employed by the city has been most unfortunate and puts our city in a very bad light.
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Bluff

Last week I attended a very emotional meeting called by the community of the Bluff.
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Cornubia

The promise for development on the sugar land known as Cornubia will go down as one of those huge decisions when the history of our city is written.
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DURBAN WINS RIGHT TO HOST THE 2011 SESSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE

At the 120th session held this morning in Beijing, the IOC decided that Durban will be given the right to host the 123rd session of the IOC.
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Transformation

Building a non-racial, non-sexist society remains a critical task for all of us, whether it is in our work environment, social or even cultural environment.
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Celebrating the life of Swami Sahajananda

On Saturday 12 July 2008 at our City Hall we spent a short while celebrating the life of Swami Sahajananda.
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2011 Conference of the UIA – International Congress of Architects

Three years ago we bid to host the 2011 conference of the UIA – International Congress of Architects -- and closely lost the bid to Tokyo.
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Xenophobia situation in Durban Metro

Anyone older than 30 years of age would contest very strongly that the recent thuggery and criminality rocking our country was simply about xenophobia.
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Municipal Property Rates

Our new valuation roll is taking shape and we remain on track to implement the new rating policy. The completed Valuation Roll was publicly released on 13 ...
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20 February 2008: Living in a world of interconnections

The recent electricity shortages have highlighted the fact that we live in a world far more complex, far more integrated and far more difficult to manage that ...
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2 February 2008: The New Property Rates System

The past few months have witnessed many headlines making controversial claims about the new property rating legislation and its implementation.
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A TALE OF FOUR CITIES

Simple comparisons of the rate randages in different major cities can be misleading. There are a host of factors at play, say City officials
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Durban’s 2010 And Beyond Strategy

As we prepared to be a candidate city in the 2010 FIFA World Cup we developed what has now become known as Durban’s 2010 and beyond strategy.
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6 March 2008: Report to Committee: Update on Fish Kill

Since the fish kill incident in the Durban harbour during December 2007, the imperative for an integrated response for harbour water quality management plan to ...
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12 MARCH 2008: eTHEKWINI MUNICIPALITY PROPERTY VALUATION PROCESS

Hidden amongst all the hype around the shift from the old municipal valuation system to the new market-based system is a story about creating a fairer and more ...
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15 January 2008: Challenges in 2008

2008 opened with a bang. Whilst we had one of the most successful festive seasons ever, the early January load shedding woke us from any festive ...
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12 December 2007: All The Best For 2008

During this festive season, no matter what our religious background, we are usually told to focus our thoughts on those less fortunate than ourselves. Those ...
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