KNYSNA NEWS - Who the mayor of Knysna will be and who will fill the other top spots in council was to be made known at an induction council meeting scheduled for 09:00, August 11, but was postponed at short notice until Monday, August 15 at 10:00.
The local government elections last week resulted in a hung council after no party managed to garner sufficient votes to have the required 11 seats out of 21.
The official results show that the DA won 10 seats (49.61% of the votes) and the ANC landed seven seats (32.14%).
The ACDP, Cope, Knysna Unity Congress (KUC) and an independent councillor will fill the remaining four seats.
On Tuesday, August 9, Jaco Londt, the leader of the DA's eastern region – which includes Knysna – confirmed that Bouw-Spies was still the mayoral candidate, but added, "You will have to wait for the council meeting for the rest of the information."
Londt did not want to elaborate on who they are negotiating with to fill the 11th seat as a DA coalition partner.
The newly elected Knysna councillors for the 21 seats will consist of 10 DA and seven ANC councillors, along with one Cope, one ACDP, one KUC and one independent councillor, as follows:
Ward 2: Cathy Weideman [DA]
Ward 3: Mncendisi Skosana [ANC]
Ward 4: Velile Waxa [independent]
Ward 5: Eleanore Bouw-Spies [DA]
Ward 6: Elrick van Aswegen [Cope]
Ward 7: Mandla Matiwani [ANC]
Ward 8: Victor Molosi [ANC]
Ward 9: Mark Willemse [DA]
Ward 10: Peter Myers [DA]
Ward 11: Donovan Pofadder [DA]
The 10 PR councillors to be inducted, with four from the DA, four ANC, one KUC and one ACDP, are as follows:
Georlene Wolmarans
Luzuko Tyokolo
Martin Young
Sbusisu Kwinina
Ndoda Aubrey Tsengwa
Titi Elizabeth Gombo
Claudine Denise Croutz
Millicent Ntombise Naki
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ARTICLE: CHRISTO VERMAAK, KNYSNA-PLETT HERALD NEWS EDITOR
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