WARDS
WARD INFO
Swellendam Municipality has six wards, each represented by an elected ward councillor. For each ward, a ward committee must be established to advise ward councillors regarding planning, budgeting, and municipal programmes and policies for each ward.
Ward 1
Ward 2
Ward 3
Ward 4
Ward 5
Ward 6
Ward 1
Ward 2
Ward 3
Ward 4
Ward 5
Ward 6
Ward 1
Ward 2
Ward 3
Ward 4
Ward 5
Ward 6

Cllr. Elna Jacoba Lamprecht
Ward 1

Cllr. Hendrik Francois du Rand
Ward 4

Cllr. Abraham Michael Pokwas
Ward 2

Cllr. Gladys Libazi
Ward 5

Cllr. Donovan Jeremy Julius
Ward 3

Cllr. Julian Alan Matthysen
Ward 6

Cllr. Elna Jacoba Lamprecht
Ward 1

Cllr. Abraham Michael Pokwas
Ward 2

Cllr. Donovan Jeremy Julius
Ward 3

Cllr. Hendrik Francois du Rand
Ward 4

Cllr. Gladys Libazi
Ward 5

Cllr. Julian Alan Matthysen
Ward 6
WARD COMMITTEES
Public participation is a vital part of South Africa’s democracy, and allows citizens to get involved with how their communities are governed. The Municipal Structures Act (1998) requires that municipalities develop mechanisms to consult communities and community organisations with regard to performing its functions and exercising its powers.
These structures are commonly referred to as ward committees. Ward committees provide a vital link between ward councillors, the community and the municipality. They allow community members the opportunity to influence municipal planning in a manner which best addresses community needs.
- Ward committees are made up of representatives of a particular ward.
- Committee members represent various interests within the ward.
- Ward committees are chaired by the ward councillor.
- They are meant to be an institutionalised channel of communication and interaction between communities and municipalities.
- Wards provide community members with the opportunity to express their needs, their opinions regarding issues that affect their lives and to have them heard at municipal level via the ward councillor.
- Wards are advisory bodies created within the sphere of civil society to assist the ward councillor in carrying out his or her mandate in the most democratic manner possible.