Meet Newcastle’s new Deputy Mayor, Shedrack Musa Thwala

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Shedrack Musa Thwala of Team Sugar South Africa (TSSA), Newcastle’s charismatic Deputy Mayor, sits down with the Newcastillian – Online News to discuss his recent election as Deputy Mayor and his future ambitions.

Cllr Thwala says he was ecstatic when TSSA won seven seats in the recent elections, despite TSSA being a new political party. A position that helped him achieve the rank of Deputy mayor due to current coalition agreements with the municipality’s leading political parties.

“Being elected as Deputy Mayor and seeing the community’s support towards TSSA is amazing. Especially when considering TSSA is not selling empty political promises, but rather showing the community that we are there for them.”

Now in his new capacity as a member of the local government, Cllr Thwala is focusing on assisting in implementing much-needed reform in the community.

Additionally, he explains that sanitation is one of the most critical concerns the municipality must address, particularly in areas like Blaauwbosch, Osizweni, and Newcastle’s more rural sections.

In terms of the Newcastle community as a whole, the Deputy Mayor is committed to seeing a turnaround strategy implemented and substantial focus placed on generating an income for the municipality. This is to ensure that the government entity’s financial problems are resolved.

“As the Deputy Mayor, I can begin to look at economic growth alongside the Mayor and other councillors. This is critical because, despite our status as a secondary city, we have far too many vacant properties in the CBD. We need to figure out how to bring in more business.”

Deputy Mayor, Shedrack Musa Thwala

Other critical issues that Cllr Thwala believes should be addressed include:

  • Local road resurfacing.
  • Better town maintenance, with the CBD becoming more aesthetically pleasing.
  • Newcastle ratepayers must pay the current tariffs and levies.

He enthuses, “We also need to look at the collection of rates from Newcastle East.”

While there are several impoverished families in the area, Cllr Thwala believes that if a policy can be established that focuses on people who can pay their bills, Newcastle East can help Newcastle West deal with the municipality’s financial problems.

Furthermore, and speaking on municipal involvement in the business arena, he says, “As the Newcastle Municipality, we need to look at local businesses and create relationships with them so that they understand the critical role they play in the community.”

In concluding, Cllr Thwala, a loving husband and doting father of two who grew up in Madadeni, Section 5, says he will do everything he can for the place he calls home.

Join us in welcoming Newcastle’s new Deputy Mayor? Leave your messages in the comment section below.

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Comments 3

  1. Sithembiso says:

    Please also attend to the issue of the about 100 families illegally evicted from their rdp homes since 2020.

  2. Hopefully street light in the East will be attended to, roads will be tarred and repaired especially in section 3 and Mathukuza and garbage that is strewn allover the streets will attended to by placing more bins.

  3. Mawande Mkhwanazi says:

    Good day,
    I’m Mawande Mkhwanazi from Dannhauser,KZN. I’m a photographer and a qualified radio personality. On April I was introduced to some radio station in Madadeni, Newcastle,called LIT RADIO ZN. I went there as someone who loves radio- I thought it was good thing going there since it will help me gain confidence in the radio industry because I had some issues. I went there and then after a few weeks, we started attending events. Since one of my collegue asked me about photography and how I charge to take pics for people. On our first event as radio personalities, we went to a big funeral of our very own late Zulu King’s sister(uMntwana), when we went there the lady manager said that since the other people weren’t there she would like to use my phone for a Facebook live and again she talked about me taking photos…after that they lady said that she will pay me with her husband(Mr manager). So since I promised to be paid monthend I carried on working – I worked on 3 events of the Mayor’s buget Speech.After these events the Managers from the station said that the Mayor will be paying me. When I kept asking for the Mayor’s phone numbers, the Manager lady didn’t want to that and she didn’t want to send the numbers. I was surprised because since it was like I was also working for the Mayor I had to have his numbers too. Then again I worked from 11:00 a.m – 00:00 – on that night I nearly lost my life since I was some thugs pointed me with the gun.The Manager lady asked me to borrow her R200 since she knew that I always get my monthly allowance (I was surprised because as a teen- eventhough I’m 19, since she was my boss and since she was old it was unprofessional and wrong to as me money). Still after monthend I wasn’t given my money( even the money I borrowed her). I asked for my money and answers for days to and they kept on making excuses. There was a text that they said talking about them wanting exposure and that out of all 6 photoshoots, there will be photoshoots whereby I won’t be paid. This makes me said because it’s delaying a lot of things in my life – with the cash they are owing me I would have finished buying my studio equipment and again I would have e done many things. People like them are actually the ones that are making even my peers stop dreaming,wanting to make business and a lot of positive things. Another sad thing is that I used to use my money to travel everyday and as a radio personality- I wasn’t given cash as someone who works at the radio station.Another sad thing is that I used to use my money to travel everyday and as a radio personality- I wasn’t given cash as someone who works at the radio station. Another thing, they asked for how much the owe me till now, they haven’t replied to my texts and another thing my photos are posted under their page without paying me.

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