{"id":239359,"date":"2022-10-07T09:38:02","date_gmt":"2022-10-07T07:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/dlamini-zuma-congratulates-new-gauteng-premier\/"},"modified":"2022-10-07T09:38:02","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T07:38:02","slug":"dlamini-zuma-congratulates-new-gauteng-premier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/dlamini-zuma-congratulates-new-gauteng-premier\/","title":{"rendered":"Dlamini Zuma congratulates new Gauteng Premier"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sanews.gov.za\/sites\/default\/files\/2012\/images\/newsstorytemplate\/202210\/lesufi1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) Minister, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has congratulated the new Premier of Gauteng, Panyaza Lesufi, on his election.<\/p>\n<p>Lesufi was on Thursday elected to the position during a special sitting of the provincial legislature. It came after former Premier, David Makhura, resigned from the top post on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Dlamini Zuma said: \u201cAfter eight years of dedication, selfless leadership and commitment to the development of our communities, Mr David Makhura decided to hand over the baton to the new leadership.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis bold and courageous move by the former Premier will go a long way in ensuring continued service delivery to our people. This well-executed handover of power to the new leadership is exemplary and should inspire and propel our democracy going forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She said the new leadership under Premier Lesufi \u201cwill surely be able to continue the good work done in this province under the stewardship of the former premier\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to ensure improved governance, oversight, accountability and institutional stability towards effective and efficient functioning municipalities across the province which meet the aspirations of the population we serve.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wish Premier Lesufi well in his new role and look forward to working and supporting him to institutionalise and implement the District Development Model (DDM) in an effort to ensure that municipalities are supported to deliver quality services to the people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Minister thanked Makhura for the work he had done in putting the province on a positive trajectory and wished him well in all his future endeavours. \u2013&nbsp;<strong>SAnews.gov.za<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) Minister, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has congratulated the new Premier of Gauteng, Panyaza Lesufi, on his election. Lesufi was on Thursday elected to the position during a special sitting of the provincial legislature. It came after former Premier, David Makhura, resigned from the top post on Tuesday. 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