Date: 18/04/2006
Source: Northern Cape Provincial Government
Title: Peters: Farewell dinner of T Mzimela
Address by Northern Cape Premier, Dipuo Peters, during the farewell dinner of Mr Toy Mzimela
Programme Director
The guest of honour, Mr Toy Mzimela
Members of the Executive Council
Members of the Provincial Legislature
The business community
Ladies and gentlemen
We are gathered here tonight to pay tribute to a distinguished and eminent son of Africa. Although others decided to call this a farewell, it is more appropriate to say it’s a celebration of an outstanding achievement. We are not here to say goodbye to Mr Mzimela but to honour and wish him well in his new responsibilities at Standard Bank KwaZulu-Natal.
Ladies and Gentlemen, tonight as we celebrate his achievement we are called upon to reflect on the contribution that both Mr Mzimela and Standard Bank made in the development of our province. As many of you will recall, the Provincial Growth and Development Strategy is a jointly determined plan for the sustainable growth and development of our provincial economy. This plan is an outcome of a consultative process amongst all stakeholders from the public, private and parastatal sectors together with labour and civil society.
I highlight this because it was through Mr Mzimela’s vision and leadership that Standard Bank played a very important role in both the formulation and launch of the Northern Cape Provincial Growth and Development Strategy.
I have no doubt that a man of your distinguished business pedigree, academic background and experience as well as leadership skills will ensure that Standard Bank continues to contribute to the growth of the South African economy.
Nonetheless the people of the Northern Cape are well aware of your credentials and achievements thus far. Programme Director, as we are gathered here tonight to wish Mr Mzimela well, we also remember his contribution to development in our province.
In particular we are mindful of your centrality in the Premier’s Excellence Awards. These awards are accorded to those departments and institutions who display excellence in providing services to our people.
The aim of the awards is to recognise and measure and evaluate the efforts of people who go above and beyond the call of duty to provide excellent services to the citizens of the Northern Cape through the implementation of the Batho Pele Principles.
These awards were initiated by the provincial government to recognise, encourage and motivate public service delivery units and individuals within government to continuously improve government services through Batho Pele. The ultimate goal is to provide services at a level comparable with national and international best practices.
For this we will be forever grateful for the contribution of Mr Mzimela who made these awards a reality. Indeed your zeal and enthusiasm as a true partner of growth and development will forever be appreciated. Nonetheless the developments around the transformation of the management structure at Standard Bank encourage us to acknowledge that this industry has made some progress in an attempt to address some of the challenges facing our society.
It is for this reason that we continue to value the importance and centrality of the industry in our society. Your achievements and contribution to economic productivity is truly remarkable.
The fact that transformation remains one of the most pertinent issues in our country, it is for this reason that we derive joy from Mr Mzimela’s position in KwaZulu-Natal and the appointment of Mr Tlhoaele. These achievements contribute in some way to the transformation agenda.
Ladies and gentlemen, today as we send-off Toy Mzimela and reflect at some of the challenges facing our society, we challenge him to continue ensuring that Standard Bank makes a contribution to the broad transformation and development of our country.
We hope that as government of the Northern Cape we can also count on your assistance as we work towards the betterment of the quality of the lives of our people.
At the same time we wish to extent a hand of warm welcome to Mr Kgalaletso Tlhoaele who succeeds Mr Mzimela as the Provincial Director.
We welcome you and your family to the Northern Cape Province and Kimberley in particular, confident that you will continue with the good work that Mr Mzimela started. It is our hope that it your own way you would also ensure that Standard Bank expands the role it plays in the development of our province.
We welcome you and hope that your tenure at Standard bank will be productive and prosperous.
I thank you.
Ke a Leboga.
Ndiyabulel.
Issued by: Office of the Premier, Northern Cape Provincial Government
18 April 2006
Source: Northern Cape Provincial Government
Title: Peters: Farewell dinner of T Mzimela
Address by Northern Cape Premier, Dipuo Peters, during the farewell dinner of Mr Toy Mzimela
Programme Director
The guest of honour, Mr Toy Mzimela
Members of the Executive Council
Members of the Provincial Legislature
The business community
Ladies and gentlemen
We are gathered here tonight to pay tribute to a distinguished and eminent son of Africa. Although others decided to call this a farewell, it is more appropriate to say it’s a celebration of an outstanding achievement. We are not here to say goodbye to Mr Mzimela but to honour and wish him well in his new responsibilities at Standard Bank KwaZulu-Natal.
Ladies and Gentlemen, tonight as we celebrate his achievement we are called upon to reflect on the contribution that both Mr Mzimela and Standard Bank made in the development of our province. As many of you will recall, the Provincial Growth and Development Strategy is a jointly determined plan for the sustainable growth and development of our provincial economy. This plan is an outcome of a consultative process amongst all stakeholders from the public, private and parastatal sectors together with labour and civil society.
I highlight this because it was through Mr Mzimela’s vision and leadership that Standard Bank played a very important role in both the formulation and launch of the Northern Cape Provincial Growth and Development Strategy.
I have no doubt that a man of your distinguished business pedigree, academic background and experience as well as leadership skills will ensure that Standard Bank continues to contribute to the growth of the South African economy.
Nonetheless the people of the Northern Cape are well aware of your credentials and achievements thus far. Programme Director, as we are gathered here tonight to wish Mr Mzimela well, we also remember his contribution to development in our province.
In particular we are mindful of your centrality in the Premier’s Excellence Awards. These awards are accorded to those departments and institutions who display excellence in providing services to our people.
The aim of the awards is to recognise and measure and evaluate the efforts of people who go above and beyond the call of duty to provide excellent services to the citizens of the Northern Cape through the implementation of the Batho Pele Principles.
These awards were initiated by the provincial government to recognise, encourage and motivate public service delivery units and individuals within government to continuously improve government services through Batho Pele. The ultimate goal is to provide services at a level comparable with national and international best practices.
For this we will be forever grateful for the contribution of Mr Mzimela who made these awards a reality. Indeed your zeal and enthusiasm as a true partner of growth and development will forever be appreciated. Nonetheless the developments around the transformation of the management structure at Standard Bank encourage us to acknowledge that this industry has made some progress in an attempt to address some of the challenges facing our society.
It is for this reason that we continue to value the importance and centrality of the industry in our society. Your achievements and contribution to economic productivity is truly remarkable.
The fact that transformation remains one of the most pertinent issues in our country, it is for this reason that we derive joy from Mr Mzimela’s position in KwaZulu-Natal and the appointment of Mr Tlhoaele. These achievements contribute in some way to the transformation agenda.
Ladies and gentlemen, today as we send-off Toy Mzimela and reflect at some of the challenges facing our society, we challenge him to continue ensuring that Standard Bank makes a contribution to the broad transformation and development of our country.
We hope that as government of the Northern Cape we can also count on your assistance as we work towards the betterment of the quality of the lives of our people.
At the same time we wish to extent a hand of warm welcome to Mr Kgalaletso Tlhoaele who succeeds Mr Mzimela as the Provincial Director.
We welcome you and your family to the Northern Cape Province and Kimberley in particular, confident that you will continue with the good work that Mr Mzimela started. It is our hope that it your own way you would also ensure that Standard Bank expands the role it plays in the development of our province.
We welcome you and hope that your tenure at Standard bank will be productive and prosperous.
I thank you.
Ke a Leboga.
Ndiyabulel.
Issued by: Office of the Premier, Northern Cape Provincial Government
18 April 2006
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