GEORGE NEWS - George Municipality's new director of Community Services, Dawie Adonis, is passionate about local government. Adonis started in the position on 1 May.
"I spent my entire working life serving communities. As a senior manager at George Municipality, I will strive to take the Directorate of Community Services to a level of excellence and responsiveness when executing our service delivery mandate," he says.
The Community Services Directors incorporates two components: the environmental services which comprise solid waste, environmental health, refuse removal, street cleaning and ablution, parks and recreation, and sports.
The second component of the directorate’s responsibility is community safety, which includes traffic services, law enforcement, fire, rescue and disaster management, anti-land invasion and customer care.
The Malmesbury-born Adonis comes with 39 years of local government experience from various municipalities across the Western Cape and has occupied a range of different positions.
His first job in local government dates to 1984 as a housing clerk for the Malmesbury Municipality, now known as Swartland Municipality, after which he joined the Saldanha Municipality as housing officer in 1988.
In his pursuit of growth and better work opportunities, Adonis joined the management echelon of the local government in 1994 as town secretary of the then-disestablished Caledon Municipality.
In 2001, he was appointed Director of Corporate Services at Theewaterskloof Municipality (TWK). He played a pivotal role in the historic amalgamation of seven disestablished municipalities into one and developed an organisational structure without any external support.
Adonis' vast experience in local government includes serving in different municipalities such as Langeberg (Ashton, Robertson), Knysna, Cederberg and Overberg District, holding various management positions, including Human Settlements Manager, Parks and Recreation Manager, Director of Community Services and Municipal Manager between 2001 to 2023.
Adonis' experience is backed by an honours degree in public administration and a diploma in public accountability.
Adonis is an ardent motorsport enthusiast and keen golfer in his leisure time. He is married and has two children.
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