• The Mayor reports to and is accountable to the Executive Committee and to Council.
• Presides at meetings of the Executive Committee and signs the minutes of its meetings.
• Delegates appropriate duties to the Deputy Mayor.
• Decides when and where the Executive Committee will meet, but if a majority of the members request the mayor
  in writing to convene a meeting of the committee, the Mayor must convene a meeting at a time set out in the request.
• Receives input on Council’s IDP from the Municipal Manager, tables this in the Executive Committee, conveys the recommendations of the Executive Committee to the council for approval of an IDP.
• Tables in the municipal council the annual report of the municipality.
  Must ensure that the municipality addresses any issues raised by the Auditor-General in an audit report.
• Performs all duties and functions in terms of the MFMA including, but not limited to:

1. Provide general political guidance over the fiscal and financial affairs of the municipality;
2. Oversee the exercise of responsibilities assigned in terms of the MFMA to the accounting officer and the chief financial officer.
3. And Within 30 days of the end of each quarter, submit a report to the council on the implementation of the budget and the financial state of affairs of the municipality

• Performs the duties, including any ceremonial functions, and exercises the powers delegated to the mayor by the municipal council or the Executive Committee;
• If the mayor is absent or not available, and the municipality does not have a deputy mayor or the deputy mayor is also not available, the mayor may designate a member of the Executive Committee