1st meeting for new Hessequa council

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HESSEQUA NEWS - Councillors Grant Riddles and Andrew Stroebel were unanimously elected executive mayor and speaker respectively during the inauguration of Hessequa Municipality's newly-elected council.

The event took place at the Civic Centre in Riversdale on Thursday, 11 November.

It is the second term for both councillors, who also served in the same positions during their first term. The election of the deputy executive mayor was postponed until further notice. Councillors Betsie van Noordwyk (DA) and Chris Taute (ANC) were elected to represent the municipality on the Garden Route District Council.

Hessequa Municipal Council consists of 17 councillors, of whom nine are ward councillors and eight proportional representative (PR) Councillors.

The council makes decisions in terms of legislation, such as by-laws and policies, as well as in terms of executive functions such as operations, projects and issues of finance.

The municipal council consists of the Democratic Alliance (DA), African National Congress (ANC), Patriotic Alliance (PA) and Freedom Front Plus (FF+) representatives.

They are:

Ward 1: Cllr Rénee Davids (DA); PR Cllr Grant Riddles (DA)
Ward 2: Cllr Hendrik Saayman (DA); PR Cllr Andrew Stroebel DA)
Ward 3: Cllr Thinus van den Berg (DA); PR Cllr Ben Smith (DA)
Ward 4: Cllr Gerald Boezak (DA); PR Cllr Elias Dayimani (ANC)
Ward 5: Cllr Abraham Daniels (ANC); PR Cllr Lisby Pieterse (ANC)
Ward 6: Cllr Nadia Joseph (ANC); PR Cllr Lilian February (ANC)
Ward 7: Cllr Betsie van Noordwyk (DA); PR Cllr Ivan Trevor Mangaliso (PA)
Ward 8: Cllr Chris Taute (ANC); PR Cllr Johannes Hartnick (FF+)
Ward 9: Cllr Sonja le Roux (DA).

The newly-elected council consists of (back): Cllrs Abraham Daniels, Gerald Boezak, Lilian February, Ivan Mangaliso, Johannes Hartnick, Sonja le Roux, Betsie van Noordwyk, Rénee Davids, Elias Dayimani and Thinus van den Berg; (front): Cllrs Hendrik Saayman, Nadia Joseph, Chris Taute, Executive Mayor Grant Riddles, Speaker Andrew Stroebel, Cllrs Ben Smith and Lisby Pieterse.