The City of Cape Town was named top municipality in the African Utility Week Awards. The continent’s leading utility and energy professionals and projects were honoured and successes in the industry throughout 2013 were celebrated.
More than 5000 power and water professionals have gathered for the 14th annual African Utility Week and Clean Power Africa conference and expo during which the focus is on energy and water efficiency, back-up electricity supply, clean energy solutions and Pan-African cooperation. “We’re absolutely delighted”, said the City of Cape Town’s Executive Director for Utility Services Gisela Kaiser after receiving the award for top municipality on Tuesday evening. “This is thanks to thousands of dedicated and disciplined staff and fearless leadership who only expect the best from us.”
African Utility Week’s programme director Nicolette Pombo-van Zyl said, “We are so proud to have the City of Cape Town as the official host city to our event as Cape Town is a city that is serious about service delivery and planning. The City of Cape Town’s infrastructure planning for short-term, medium-term and long-term is at the highest level.”
The other finalists in this category were the eThekwini, Durban and Nelson Mandela Bay Municipalities.
