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Today, the Prince Albert municipality convened the first ever DA-led council meeting in the Central Karoo since 1994.
We are very pleased to announce that the DA’s Linda Jacquet was elected as Executive Mayor, Stoffel Botes as Deputy Executive Mayor, and Margy Jaftha as Speaker.
The council meeting follows the ward 4 by-election in Prince Albert of 14 September 2022, which gave us the opportunity to govern the municipality outright.
DA constituency head for Prince Albert, Sharna Fernandez, said: “Today, marks a turning point for Prince Albert Municipality. Under the Leadership of Mayor Jacquet and the full council, citizens will experience good governance and zero tolerance for corruption. Change is coming to the Central Karoo.”
Die Prins Albert-munisipaliteit het vandag die eerste DA-geleide raadsvergadering in die Sentraal-Karoo sedert 1994 belê.
Ons is baie bly om aan te kondig dat die DA se Linda Jacquet verkies is as Uitvoerende Burgemeester, Stoffel Botes as Onder Uitvoerende Burgemeester, en Margy Jaftha as Speaker.
Die raadsvergadering volg op die wyk 4-tussenverkiesing in Prins Albert van 14 September 2022, waar ons die geleentheid gegee is om die munisipaliteit volstrek te regeer.
Sharna Fernandez, DA-kiesafdelingshoof vir Prins Albert, het gesê: “Vandag is ‘n keerpunt vir die Prins Albert Munisipaliteit. Onder die leierskap van Burgemeester Jacquet en die volle raad sal inwoners die DA-verskil ervaar, waar dienste gelewer word en korrupsie nie geduld sal word nie. Verandering is op pad na die Sentraal-Karoo.”