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Environment and Agriculture Management

The beauty of a city not only enhances people's lifestyle, but also improves their mood, sense of belonging and healthy functioning. The Agriculture and Environmental Management Department is responsible for seeing to it that Tshwane residents have access to parks, landscaped public spaces, nature reserves, resorts and swimming pools. It further ensures attractive burial sites and improves household food security.

By partnering with stakeholders and using the best technology available the department strives to ensure a sustainable environment, equitable agricultural development and efficient waste management.

   

Vision

To be a leader in the management and delivery of community-centred integrated environmental, waste and agricultural services.

 

 Mission

To ensure a sustainable environment, equitable agricultural development and efficient waste management in partnership with stakeholders and through the innovative use of technologies.

 

Strategic objectives

This Department addresses the following strategic objectives:

​Corporate Strategic Objective ​Departmental Strategic Objective

 

 

 

 

 

​Provide quality basic services and infrastructure

 ​Provide access to intermediate or higher-level waste removal services in formalised areas (proclaimed areas)
​Provide access​​ to basic (communal skip) or higher-level waste removal services in informal areas (unproclaimed areas)
​Maintain waste removal infrastructure (including waste dumps)
​Provide and develop open spaces
​Provide and develop nature conservation areas
​Provide and develop recreation resorts
​Provide basic farm infrastructure
​Accelerate higher and shared economic growth and development ​Facilitate partnerships to develop agriculture in Tshwane
​Facilitate black economic empowerment in agriculture
​Ensure utilisation of outdoor facilities
​Facilitate economic growth related to development applications in Tshwane
​Fight poverty, and build clean, healthy, safe and sustainable communities ​Provide external and internal environmental education
​Establish homestead and community food gardens
​Provide a support service for indigent people
​Provide attractive burial grounds
​Plan strategic open spaces
​Manage the impact of development
​Design and manage open spaces and streetscapes
​Monitor air quality
​Foster participatory democracy and the Batho Pele principles through a caring, accessible and accountable service ​Manage petitions
​Manage stakeholders
​Respond to customer complaints and requests
Ensure good governance, financial viability and optimal institutional transformation with capacity to execute the mandate ​Manage capital and operational expenditure
​Manage revenue generated
​Develop employees
​Manage labour relations
​Run occupational health and safety
Ensure good governance, financial viability and optimal institutional transformation with capacity to execute the mandate ​Ensure employment equity in the workplace
​Manage performance
​Carry out planning
​Ensure auditing
​Manage risk
​Manage the municipal fleet
​Provide administrative services
​Manage nature reserves, resorts and parks, and their facilities
​Maintain waste sites and depots

 

 

Divisions

The Department carries out its mandate by means of three divisions:

 

Management 

Environmental Management Services
Divisional Head until further notice is Mr Partic Mphahlele
Contacts: 012 358 2347
Mobile: 082 499 2445
Email: Patricmp@tshwane.gov.za

     
 

 
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