The Excecutive Major

CHIEF WHIP, CLLR. SESHEGO ALBERT MAHLO

Cllr. Mahlo has played a pivotal role in creating synergy within the Sekhukhune District Municipality. He has ensured the growth and development of our municipality always comes first.

Always one to lead by example, a hard working and tenacious individual was elected shopsteward of CAWUSA in 1985.
He was then transferred to Burgersfort where he also continued to be a shopsteward, it was this time that the union changed its name to SACCAWU and he served them until 1995.

In 1994 until 1995 he was elected as secretary of the local government's Steering Committee. After the first local government elections, during the times of the Transitional Local Council he became the Chairperson of Eastern Tubatse Ohrigstad.
In 2000 he was elected the chief whip of Greater Tubatse Municipality and in 2006, a determined Mahlo was elected Greater Sekhukhune District Municipality Chief whip which he still occupies to this date.

Academically he has always continued to develop himself, in 1999 and 2000 he completed Policy Development and Project Management courses at the Wits University respectively.

His duties includes among others →

&rarr Maintaining good relations between various political parties in council
&rarr Chairing caucus of the majority party
&rarr Responsible for fulltime councillors
&rarr Ensuring quorum at Council meetings and within the Committee
&rarr Ensuring that new Council members are orientated and familiar with standing rules of council.
&rarr Co-ordinating Constituency Work Teams which do oversight role at local municipalities.
&rarr Chairing the Whippery.