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FRANSCHHOEK’S COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER AND ADVERTISER SINCE 1994 • SEPTEMBER 2018
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Newly-elected speaker, Cllr Mienie Petersen, with Municipal Manager Geraldine Mettler (left) and Mayor Gesie van Deventer (right).
Cllr Minnie Petersen’s election as speaker of the Stellenbosch Municipal Council not only makes her the council’s first female speaker, but also means that three of the top positions in the municipality are now occupied by women: speaker, mayor and municipal manager. Cllr Donoven Joubert (DA) resigned as speaker of
first female speaker of the Stellenbosch Municipal
the Stellenbosch Municipal Council on 25 July 2018.
Council. She has been an excellent whip for the
His resignation pre-empted a scheduled motion of
council and I am confident that she will continue her
no confidence in him that was authorised by the DA
dedication and service to our residents in her new role
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as speaker” said Mayor Gesie van Deventer.
Councillor YMienie Petersen (DA, Ward 2 – Groendal,
Sunday paper Rapport reported that Western
Langrug, La Motte) was elected as the new speaker
Cape DA leader, Bonginkosi Madikazela, asked
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of the council at an urgent council meeting on 30
Joubert in an email to rather take up another
July 2018. MY She is the first female speaker since the
position than cause another embarrassing palace
establishment of the council in 2000. CY
revolution in the DA.
Speaker Petersen served as whip to the council before CMY
Joubert remains the ward councillor for ward 5 in
her election as speaker. She has served as a councillor
Stellenbosch Municipality and has also become a
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in Stellenbosch since 2011. Prior to entering politics,
councillor in the Cape Winelands District Municipality
she served on the Parole Board at the Department of
where he replaced Cllr Stephan Louw as a representative
Correctional Services.
of Stellenbosch Municipality. Joubert will also serve on
Speaker Petersen said that she is honoured and
the mayoral committee of the district municipality.
excited about her new position and will dedicate her
Following Cllr Petersen’s election as the new speaker,
time to being a speaker with integrity and working with
a new chief whip had to be elected. Cllr Paul Biscombe
all parties for the benefit of the entire Stellenbosch
(DA) was elected as the new whip for the Stellenbosch
Municipality. She also thanked speaker Joubert for his
Municipal Council.
service to the council. “I am thrilled to welcome Councillor Petersen as our
Text: Editorial Desk Image: Stellenbosch Municipality
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