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New CFO vows to restore financial health at the embattled VDM

Chauke pledges sound financial management for VDM

By Silas Nduvheni • 13 November 2025
New CFO vows to restore financial health at the embattled VDM

Newly appointed CFO Masana Chauke aims to transform Vhembe District Municipality's troubled finances, inheriting a history of unauthorized spending and poor debt collection. Executive Mayor Freda Nkondo expressed confidence in Chauke's leadership to strengthen financial management and ethical stewardship.

The newly appointed chief financial officer of the Vhembe District Municipality has pledged to guide the institution towards a better financial future.

“My aim as the newly appointed chief financial officer of the Vhembe District Municipality is to steer the municipality into sound financial management governance and to improve the financial health of the municipality,” Ms Masana Chauke said on Tuesday.

Chauke was speaking at the executive mayor's office in Thohoyandou shortly aft...

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