New team leading community protection services
| NEW TEAM: Director of community protection services Nombulelo Booysen-Willy (left), with newly appointed deputy director Fanie Fouche, who was previously the manager of environmental conservation Picture: SUPPLIED |
STAFF REPORTER
A NEW team is at the helm of Ndlambe's directorate of community protection services and has made service delivery a priority.
Nombulelo Booysen-Willy was appointed as the director of community protection services on January 9. According to a municipal press release, "She is extremely confident she will make a success of this position as service-delivery to all in the community is close to her heart. She has an open-door policy and believes in a relaxed, but professional, atmosphere.”
Joining her at the helm is newly-appointed deputy director, Fanie Fouché, who is well-known in the Ndlambe area.
He has served the municipality since September 1998, in the capacity as senior conservationist, and more recently as manager: environmental conservation.
"Fanie brings with him a wealth of knowledge in not only 23 years in conservation, but also has a strong back-ground of all municipal matters, including the IDP and budget. He also has good relationships with ratepayers' forums,” said the municipality in a statement.
"Together, Nombulelo and Fanie will be a force to be reckoned with and they look forward to effectively managing all service-delivery aspects of community protection services.” 
They are a team with a pro-active approach and believe that prevention is better than cure. With the assistance of her deputy director, Booysen believes that matters will be dealt with effectively and efficiently. They plan to be positive role-models to staff and encourage "110% performance” from all staff.
The community protection services directorate includes traffic services, fire services, disaster management (in consultation with Cacadu district municipality) refuse and cleansing (Port Alfred, Kenton-on-Sea and Alexandria), parks and recreation, environmental health and environmental conservation.