{"id":419,"date":"2025-08-13T13:09:05","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T13:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/?p=419"},"modified":"2025-08-13T13:09:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T13:09:05","slug":"engcobo-mayor-to-deliver-the-state-of-the-municipal-address","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/2025\/08\/13\/engcobo-mayor-to-deliver-the-state-of-the-municipal-address\/","title":{"rendered":"Engcobo Mayor to deliver the state of the municipal address"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>eNgcobo<\/p>\n<p>In line with Chapter 4, Section 17(e) of the Municipal Systems Act No. 32 of 2000, which compels Municipalities to report back to communities following public participation and the adoption of the budget, the Dr AB Xuma Local Municipality Honourable Mayor Cllr Siyabulela Zangqa will deliver the State of the Municipality Address (SOMA).<\/p>\n<p>This address forms part of the Mayor&#8217;s ongoing commitment to transparency, accountability and inclusive governance. As the political head of the institution, the Mayor is entrusted with ensuring that residents are informed about Municipal programmes, progress, service delivery and future plans. It also serves as an opportunity to highlight community development initiatives, infrastructure projects and the Municipality\u2019s role in driving local economic growth.<\/p>\n<p>Event Details: Date: Thursday, 21 August 2025, Time: 10:00am, Venue: Shushwana Community Hall, Ward 03<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>eNgcobo In line with Chapter 4, Section 17(e) of the Municipal Systems Act No. 32<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":420,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=419"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":421,"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419\/revisions\/421"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}