BE Mswane has over 20 years of experience in local government and leads the administration as the Municipal Manager.

The Office of the Municipal Manager is responsible for all aspects of governance, ensuring compliance with statutory requirements, municipal policies, processes, and procedures.

Supporting the Municipal Manager is a team of Directors appointed under Section 56 of the Municipal Systems Act. Each Director oversees a specific directorate and plays a key role in implementing Council decisions and driving the Municipality’s strategic objectives, as outlined annually in the Integrated Development Plan.

The Strategic Manager of Community Development and Social Services oversees and ensures the smooth running of Library Services, Protection Services and deals with Housing Development. Richmond Library is affiliated with Provincial Library services. There are about 2000 users. It provides the following functions :

It provides comprehensive information to the community. This is done by issuing and returning books to users. The books are issued to users who are members of the library. Membership is free.

The Library Services also help Schools with materials that they do not have. Learners are given guidance in terms of how to use the Library. Moreover, the Library Services assist Schools with readership programs and also coordinate and conduct user education when Schools visit the Library. The Library Services also provide services that have to do with photocopying and printing. The constant circulation of materials in the Richmond area enables the libraries to provide the public with new reading material on a regular basis.

Department is responsible for the day to day maintenance and development of the municipality in the areas of cemetery, estates, buildings and building inspectorate, refuse collection, roads storm water maintenance, parks and gardens, mechanical workshops, fleet management and planning and development.

The finance department provides financial support and guidance to all other directorates within the Richmond Municipality on financial matters. The finance department is broken down into the following components in order to fulfill its obligations to its internal.

Structures and communities :

• Budget and Treasury Office
• Expenditure Section
• Billing Section
• Credit Control and Revenue Management Section
• Supply Chain Management Unit

To provide administrative and human resource support to departments aimed at improving service delivery and ensuring compliance with prescriptions. To ensure that the strategic objectives of the municipality are achieved whilst complying with all legal provisions.

• To create an enriching working environment where the optimum of employee capabilities is received as an output so as to ensure and improve upon the delivery of services to the community in a sustainable fashion.
• To promote sound governance and provide administrative support, and ensure that the applicable legislative mandate is adhered to in terms of sound labour practice.
• Creation of a reliable system of communication (internal and external), record keeping (hard copy and electronic).
• Implementation of the Performance Management Framework, inclusive of the signature of performance agreements, ensuring the guidelines to measuring performance are adhered to and further ensuring the participation of the local community in measuring the performance of the municipality as an institution.
• Facilitate the development of Ward Committees and render support to ensure that their objectives are realised.