Speaker’s Office

The Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality (DC40) is led by the Executive Mayor and the Speaker.

Its council structure operates under an Executive Mayoral System, consisting of both legislative oversight and administrative governance to serve the district's local municipalities.

Speaker of Council: Mr. Xolile Nxozana.
The Speaker of the Council is the political head of the legislative arm of the Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality.
He plays a crucial role in ensuring accountability, oversight, and transparent governance across the district.
Core Functions and Responsibilities: The Speaker performs the following primary duties: Council Leadership & Meetings: Presides over all council meetings, ensuring that legislative proceedings run smoothly, order is maintained, and rules of procedure are strictly followed. Public Participation & Community Oversight: Drives platforms that bridge the gap between the government and the community. This includes hosting public meetings and participating in oversight programs, and ensuring that residents have a direct voice in service delivery. Code of Conduct for Councillors: Ensures that all municipal councillors abide by the official Code of Conduct, addressing any breaches and promoting high ethical standards to combat corruption. Institutional Accountability: Facilitates reporting and performance evaluations so that the municipal council and senior management are held strictly accountable for service execution and audit outcomes.
Committee Support: Provides structural and administrative support to council committees, ensuring they function effectively in their legislative and oversight capacities.

The strategic framework of the Office of the Speaker of Council within the Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality focuses on three core pillars:
• fighting corruption,
• accelerating service delivery through intergovernmental collaboration,
• and deepening community-centered public participation led by Speaker Cllr. Xolile Nxozana, the strategy is integrated directly into the municipality's broader Integrated Development Plan (IDP) to maintain clean governance and active legislative oversight.
Key Strategic PillarsZero-Tolerance Corruption Strategy: Actively driving an unwavering anti-corruption agenda across the district's local municipalities (Maquassi Hills, City of Matlosana, and JB Marks). This includes enforcing the Code of Conduct for councillors and reinforcing the oversight mandate of the Municipal Public Accounts Committee (MPAC). Intergovernmental Convergence (Service Acceleration): Bringing different national and provincial sector departments directly to the people. This strategy ensures that local governance works hand-in-hand with broader state entities to speed up service resolution.
Multi-Phase Public Participation: Shifting community outreach from a basic compliance box-ticking exercise into an ongoing, two-way communication channel. The Speaker prioritizes grass-roots consultation throughout all planning and budget approval phases, rather than just at the end of a legislative cycle.
Robust Council Oversight & Performance Dynamics: Ensuring that ordinary council sessions serve as responsive, structured, and highly transparent platforms for debating performance reports and executing municipal programs.
• Recommend or determine the best way to deliver those strategies.
• Identify and develop criteria in terms of which progress in the implementation of the strategies and programmes can be evaluated. Evaluate progress against the key performance indicators.