Council

Introduction

Mossel Bay at present has 12 Ward Councillors and 11 proportional representative Councillors. Mossel Bay introduced an executive mayoral system, consisting of an Executive Mayor, Executive Deputy Mayor and the Councillors heading four standing committees through which Council conducts its affairs. The Executive Mayor, the Executive Deputy Mayor and the Chairpersons of the standing committees constitute the Mayoral Committee.

Council also has a Speaker who chairs Council meetings, and ensures compliance of the Council's code of conduct, rules and orders. The Speaker has ex officio sitting on the Mayoral Committee but does not have voting rights. The Executive Mayor, Executive Deputy Mayor, the Speaker and the above mentioned committee chairpersons are full-time Councillors.


Mayoral Committee
Alderlady M Ferreira		Executive Mayor
Clr H Levendal		Executive Deputy Mayor & Chairperson, Community Services Committee
Clr Ms E Domingo		Chairperson, Corporate Services Committee
Clr J van der Merwe		Chairperson, Financial Services Committee
Alderman E Scheepers		Chairperson, Technical Services Committee
Speaker
Alderman N Lodewyks

Ward Councillors
1	Clr R Skombingo (ANC)	2	Clr S P Maphisa (ANC)
3	Clr Ms N E Bobotyana (ANC)	4	Clr B Jacobs (ANC)
5	Clr JJ Gerber (DA)	6	Alderman E Scheepers (DA)
7	Clr J van der Merwe (DA)	8	Alderman N Lodewyks (DA)
9	Clr A Platjies (DA)	10	Clr K Booyens (DA)
11	Clr P A du Plessis (DA)	12	Clr W Buda (ANC)

Proportional Representative Councillors
Clr Ms M de Klerk (ANC)		Clr Ms E Domingo (DA)
Clr K H Smit (DA)		Alderlady M Ferreira (DA)
Clr H Floors (DA)		Clr Ms N Giles (ACDP)
Clr O Kumalo (DA)		Clr H Levendal (DA)
Clr Ms N C Lichaba (ANC)		Clr S Manuel (ID)
Clr Ms S Moodie (DA)