Cope to contest 7 wards

Thursday, 23 June 2016, 07:20
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Cope to contest 7 wards
Serving Cope councillor Elrick van Aswegen and six of his colleagues will contest seven municipal wards in the upcoming local government elections. Photo: Christo Vermaak
KNYSNA NEWS - Cope will challenge governance of seven municipal wards in Knysna on August 3.
 
Serving Cope councillor Elrick van Aswegen on Tuesday, June 21 said they will challenge the seven wards and if proportional (PR) councillors must be appointed, according to the amount of votes they gather, the PR councillor(s) will be appointed on the merit of who received the most votes in their wards contested.
 
The candidates are as follows: (ward, candidate)
3: Sylvia Jantjies
5: Lorraine Opperman
6: Elrick van Aswegen
7: Andile Nkulane
8: Ben Olivier
9: Cherelene Windvogel
11: Russel Arends
 
ARTICLE AND PHOTO: CHRISTO VERMAAK, KNYSNA-PLETT HERALD NEWS EDITOR
 
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