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Saldanha

DA

Largest Party

DA

Coalition leader

DA

Current Mayor

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Changes of Mayors

Saldanha Bay Municipality (WC014) is a local municipality located on the West Coast of South Africa, approximately 140 kilometers north of Cape Town.

The municipality forms part of the West Coast District Municipality (DC1), situated in the Western Cape Province. The municipality is bordered in the west by the Atlantic Ocean, in the north by the Bergrivier Municipality and the east by the Swartland Municipality. The Saldanha Bay Municipality covers an area of 2015 km² and have a coastline of 238km. Our head office is located in Vredenburg, with satellite offices in Hopefield, St Helena Bay, Paternoster, Saldanha and Langebaan. Saldanha has the largest natural port in Africa and the area is earmarked as a regional motor for the development of the Western Cape Province.

General Information



No of Seats per Party

Composition of Council

There are 27 seats in the council and the DA has the majority of seats which are about 13, followed by the ANC seating at 6, while GOOD party is seating at 4. The rest of the other parties in council have one seats respectively.

Key Positions

Name

Party

Position

Cllr. André Truter
DA
Executive Mayor
Cllr. Charmaine Laubscher
DA
Executive Deputy Mayor
Cllr. Ald Olwene Daniel
DA
Speaker
Ald Eventhia Vaughan
DA
Portfolio: Economic Development and Strategic Services
Cllr. Sinah Mamabol
DA
Portfolio: Office of the Municipal Manager
Cllr. Jaco Kotzé
VV+
Portfolio: Finance Services
Clr. Michael Schaffers
DA
Portfolio: Corporate Services and Public Safety 
Cllr. Wilhelm America
DA
Portfolio: Community and Operational Services 

Historical Timeline

The Executive Mayor has the responsibility for managing Saldanha Bay Municipality as its political head. In performing his duties he has to identify the needs of the municipality, make recommendations to council on strategies to address such needs as well as to identify and recommend the best strategy towards service delivery. General political guidance is provided by his office over the financial affairs and has to ensure that the municipality performs its functions within the limits of the approved budget.
The speaker’s role in the municipality is to ensure oversight, accountability, integrity, discipline of office, and the efficient running of Council meetings. The speaker ensures that, Council meets at least on a quarterly basis. My duties and functions as Speaker entail the following: Chair of Council meetings, Implementation of the Code of Conduct, Exercise of delegated functioning including: facilitating public participation in legislation matters establishment and functioning of ward committees provide support to councillors.

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