Municipal Council of Manzini

The Municipal Council Of Manzini&s;s primary mandate is to facilitate the provision of basic municipal services for the citizens at community level as well as manage development within the Manzini urban jurisdiction. The city is governed by a Council made of 12 democratically elected Councilors whose term of office is a period of five years. The management of the city is led by the Chief Executive Officer supported by four directors. The departments are, namely; Technical services, Community Services, Corporate Services and Finance. Economic activities are largely confined in the Central Business District (CBD) with a growing sprawl towards the surrounding townships. The city activities comprise financial services (banks), retail and wholesale outlets of different sizes, transport services, filling stations, offices, service industries such as workshops and warehouses. The banking services comprise of four commercial banks and one building society. The city enjoys sufficient services including water supply, electricity supply, post and telecommunications as well as mobile network services. Furthermore, there is a timely emergency services from a government emergency services agency, fire and emergency services as well as reliable safety and security services from the national police service.