City Manager signs Workplace Skills Plan for 2025

30 April 2025

The City of Cape Town’s City Manager, Lungelo Mbandazayo, has signed the 2025/26 Workplace Skills Plan which is to be submitted to the Local Government Sector Education and Training Authority (LGSETA) annually. The City is obliged to develop a Workplace Skills Plan (WSP) and Annual Training Report (ATR) in terms of the Amended Skills Development Act and Municipal Staff Regulations (MSR).

The signing was attended and supported by the Mayoral Committee Member for Corporate Services: Alderman Theresa Uys, Manager of Training and Development: Nonzuzo Ntubane, Acting Executive Director: Lindiwe Ndaba, HR Business Partner: Tembekile Solanga, Manager Strategic Staffing: Mangaliso Sofisa, Chairperson of the Education Training & Development Plenary: Councillor Paul Swart, the Skills Development Facilitator: Thuleka Taboshe and other staff associations.

The Workplace Skills Plan ensures that the City continues to invest in the upskilling of our employees to provide excellent service delivery to residents. The aim is to build a public service that is staffed by competent and capable civil servants who are passionate about local government.

‘The training of employees is close to my heart and it aligns with the City values, especially that of a caring City. Over the years the Workplace Skills Plan has helped us to build a team that has turned the City of Cape Town into the leading Municipality on the continent. Moreover, it has assisted in the undertaking of growing our own timber. Our team members are always given the opportunity to improve their own development, skills and knowledge. We will continue to invest on skills and support our lower ranking staff and their development,’ said City Manager, Lungelo Mbandazayo.

The Workplace Skills Plan is designed to address current and future needs identified through a skills audit, Individual Performance Management (IPM), Employment Equity (EE), Personal Development Plans (PDP), succession planning initiatives and strategic workforce planning. Each directorate and department conducts a training needs analysis and thereafter prioritises training interventions for implementation in the financial year. These prioritised training needs include corporate administration and generic skills courses ranging from finance, contract management, development, digitisation, compliance and related programmes.

‘The signing of the Workplace Skills Plan is yet another example of how the City of Cape Town is building a City of Hope. We applaud all of the organised labour and staff associations who participated in the development of this plan. I’d like to encourage all staff to make use of training opportunities within the City so that they can grow professionally to meet the demands of our growing city,’ said Alderman Uys.

High resolution photographs are available here.

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City of Cape Town, Media Office