Ubuhlebezwe Municipality hosted a successful staff party on 14^th of December 2016, the aim of the event is to boost staff morale and thank them for there ever dedicated attitude towards timeless servicing of the community and focus on service delivery.

Ubuhlebezwe Municipality in partnership with Standard Bank as part of their Corporate Social Investment programme handed over two houses in the Black store area in ward 14; these elated new homeowners were over the moon when they received the keys to their houses.

On the 10^TH  of October 2016 Ubuhlebezwe Municipality hosted the annual Local Economic Development summit under the theme “Building an inclusive economy for all at ubuhlebezwe”, the purpose of the summit was to build partnerships with relevant stakeholders and to establish platforms from where continuous engagements will take place.  These platforms will help encourage open dialogue between private and public sector and will assist in the sharing of best practices within different industries. It will further encourage local businesses to participate in local economic development and assist in creating sustainable job opportunities and eradicating poverty.

Deliberations were held between the (4) critical spheres which are Tourism, Agriculture, Business support and Manufacturing services in order to facilitate dialogue and create a cohesive environment for private -public partnerships to emerge.