KNYSNA NEWS - The Knysna municipal council will in the next term of governance see two more councillors seated in the governing body of Knysna.
This follows a decision of the Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) to add one more municipal ward to the existing 10 in Knysna, according to the Delimitation of Municipal Wards in terms of the Local Government: Municipal Structures Act, 1998.
This will have the effect that the Knysna council will grow from 19 councillors to 21, with one more ward councillor and one extra proportional councillor. The voting stations within the existing wards will also see a change, to accommodate voting stations for the new Ward 11.
Ward 11 will comprise a potential 3 075 voters, with voting stations at the AFM Koinonia Church, Hornlee Primary School and Sunridge Primary School.
The demarcation of wards was signed by MDB chairperson Jane Thupana.
The voting polls in the new and existing wards will be as follows (voters and voting polls and their number of voters):
3 057
Smutsville Community Hall - 2 907
Sedgefield Community hall - 50
Karatara Community Hall - 100
3 863
Sedgefield Bowling Club - 531
Sedgfield Town Hall - 2 230
Karatara Community Hall - 1 102
3 577
Hornlee Community Hall - 525
Chris Hani Community Hall - 2 272
Uncedo Taxi Association office - 780
3 535
Chris Nissen Primary School - 2 537
St Peters Anglican Church - 338
Brackenhill Primary School - 0
Methodist Church - 660
3 511
Belvidere Retirement Village - 430
Council offices - 541
Rheenendal Community Centre - 1 885
NG Church Rheenendal - 565
3 682
Hornlee Primary School - 1 251
Hornlee Community Hall - 1 000
Sunridge Primary School - 55
Vermont Old Age Home - 1 376
3 050
Khayalethu Community Hall - 2 027
Bongani Training Centre - 723
Methodist Church - 300
3 721
Thembalitsha Primary School - 3 721
2 979
Vinyard Christian Fellowship - 266
Brackenhill Primary School - 334
Cearn Hall - 1 792
Thesen Island Hall - 387
3 622
Knysna Baptist Church - 510
Vermont Old Age Home - 0
Knysna Primary School - 2 345
Town Hall - 767
3 075
AFM Koinonia Church - 1 075
Hornlee Primary School - 300
Sunridge Primary School - 1 700
ARTICLE: CHRISTO VERMAAK, KNYSNA-PLETT HERALD CORRESPONDENT
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