Victoria Falls town clerk honoured
The Mayor, Councillors, Aldermen, Management, staff and community would like to congratulate the Town Clerk for being the 1st runner up in the Chief Executive Officers/ Town Clerks for Urban Local Authorities category.
Mr R. Dube
VICTORIA Falls town clerk Ronnie Dube was recently honoured as the first runner-up best performing town clerk in the country in awards conferred by President Emmerson Mnangagwa.
Below we profile Dube, who among other town clerks, has implemented the Whole of Government Management System, which measures the performance of officers and projects feeding into the national development agenda.
Dube is a seasoned career administrator with vast experience in local government management.
“I have worked for local governments of varying sizes across the country, starting as an administrative assistant with Bulawayo City Council where I was responsible for all the community services facilities,” he said.
“I gained valuable experience in local government administration working as a personnel and training manager in Redcliff Municipality.
“I moved to Gwanda Municipality and later on to the City of Victoria Falls where I worked as a chamber secretary.
“As a mature administrator I was then employed as Tsholotsho Rural District Council CEO, a position I held until I left for other pursuits.
“I am currently the town clerk of the City of Victoria Falls, one of the local authorities conferred with the Special Economic Zone status by the EOZ and I superintended over its upgrade into a city, steering the town’s growth into a premium tourist destination of choice.”
Dube said he worked in four different provinces of the country and with people of diverse backgrounds and cosmopolitan cultures.
“The challenges I have faced have been so different and this has called for pluralistic and dynamic approaches to solving them,” he said.
“I have broad experience in the field of local government and I am committed to continuous improvement of quality service delivery.
“Wherever I have worked, I have been privileged to take client and stakeholder-focused initiatives that are centred on improved livelihoods.”
Dube holds a Master of Business Administration Degree from the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) among other qualifications.
He boasts of knowledge of local government structures and functions through working under a regulatory framework of the Rural District Council Act, the Urban Councils Act and the supportive subsidiary legislation strategic management and corporate governance communication and leadership skills project management.
Dube is credited for the effectiveness and efficient running of Victoria Falls town since December 2016.
“My task is to give lawful instructions and directives to heads of departments and where necessary to their subordinates,” he said.
“Validation of official municipal documents, swearing in