Youngest mayor in SA gets five years of consecutive clean audits
Mayor Bongani Baloyi joined Rian van Heerden on Wednesday to talk about what it takes to run a successful municipality.
In 2013, Executive Mayor Bongani Baloyi (32) made history when he became executive mayor of Midvaal Local Municipality, marking him as the youngest mayor in South Africa.
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For five consecutive years, Midvaal Local Municipality has been the only municipality in Gauteng that received a clean audit.
Mayor Baloyi celebrated this incredible achievement and thanked his committed personnel and the willingness of senior management who go the extra mile. "It's an incredibly hard job - but we must get things done."
The 32-year-old also commented on being South Africa's youngest mayor: "I'm young and I take my job seriously - but I also enjoy my work."
"All South Africans want things to work and that is my job to do so," he added.