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The council of the City of Cape Town in the Western Cape, South Africa is elected every five years by a system of mixed-member proportional representation.Half of the councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting from individual wards, while the other half are appointed from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received.
Cape Town first received local self-government in 1839, with the promulgation of a municipal ordinance by the government of the Cape Colony. [4] When it was created, the Cape Town municipality governed only the central part of the city known as the City Bowl, and as the city expanded, new suburbs became new municipalities, until by 1902 there were 10 separate municipalities in the Cape ...
The Deputy Mayor of Cape Town is elected by the Cape Town City Council and serves alongside the Mayor of Cape Town. The Deputy Mayor has a term length five years and can be renewed once. The position holds many duties stated in the Municipal Structures Act, such as serving as acting Mayor of Cape Town and appointing an interim Mayoral Committee ...
Cape Town City hall lit up in the colours of the Ukrainian flag as a gesture of solidarity with the country. The City of Cape Town has expressed explicit support for Ukraine during the 2022 invasion of the country by Russia. [106] To show this support the City of Cape Town lit up the Old City Hall in the colours of the Ukrainian flag on 2 March ...
The mayor of Cape Town is the head of the local government of Cape Town, South Africa; currently that government takes the form of the City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality. In the past, the position of mayor has varied between that of an executive mayor actively governing the city and that of a figurehead mayor with a mostly ceremonial role.
Jean-Pierre "JP" Smith (born 13 July 1971) is a South African politician and Cape Town city councillor for Subcouncil 15, Ward 54. An area that includes Sea Point, Green Point, and Mouille Point. He is a member of Democratic Alliance and prior to the 2014 general elections he was tipped of as the party's candidate to lead the City's Housing ...
At age 34, he is the second youngest mayor in the city's history [29] after David Graaff (1891–1892). On his first day in office, he inspected sewage issues in Khayelitsha and Phoenix. [30] On 22 November, Hill-Lewis announced the formation of his 11-member mayoral committee to turn Cape Town into a "city of hope".
Edwin Peter Andrews (born 18 March 1977) is a South African politician serving as the Deputy Mayor of Cape Town since November 2021. A former rugby union footballer, his usual position was prop, and he played for the Springboks. [1]