The Executive Mayor of the Municipality, Councillor Richard Mitchell, assisted by the Mayoral Committee, heads the executive arm of the Municipality. The Executive Mayor is at the centre of the system of governance, since executive powers are vested in him to manage the day-to-day affairs. This means that he has an overarching strategic and political responsibility. The key element of the executive model is that executive power is vested in the Executive Mayor, delegated by the Council, as well as the powers assigned by legislation.  Although accountable for the strategic direction and performance of the Municipality, the Executive Mayor operates in concert with the Mayoral Committee.  The name and portfolio of each Member of the Mayoral Committee are listed in the table below.

Composition of Mayoral Committee
Name of member	Portfolio/ Capacity
Dirk Jantjies	Deputy Mayor
Raymond Makatwana	Full time Councillor

Portfolio Committee
The portfolio committee's primary responsibility is to exercise oversight over the executive arm of the municipality’s governance structure.  Section 80 portfolio committees monitor the delivery and outputs of the executive and may request departments to account for the outputs of their functions. Executive Councillors account for executive decisions and operations performed in general policy framework agreed to by Council and although the portfolio committees play an oversight role, they do not have any decision-making powers.  These committees are responsible for submitting reports to Council as the Legislature. The portfolio committees for the 2006/11 Mayoral Term and their Chairpersons are as follow:

Senior Management Profile
The Municipal Manager is the Chief Accounting Officer of the Municipality. He is the head of the administration, and primarily has to serve as chief custodian of service delivery and implementation of political priorities. He is assisted by his directors, which constitute the Management Team, whose structure is outlined in the table below.