Training lined up for new councillors - MEC
4 August 2016
Cape Town - The country's new councillors will hit the ground running with intensive training and support measures in place for them, said MEC for local government in the Western Cape, Anton Bredell, as the 2016 municipal elections started wrapping up. "We started preparations for the 'day one agenda' and what must happen in the first week, two years ago," said Bredell.The SA Local Government Association (Salga) and the national department would alternate training, bolstered by many videos.
A special degree course had also been jointly created by the University of Stellenbosch and the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality that would, not only solidify new councillors' knowledge, but would result in a university degree by the time their term was over.