Media Release: Alderlady status conferred upon another Councillor of the Garden Route District Municipality

For Immediate Release
25 August 2020

Municipal Honours was bestowed on Thobeka Teyisi today, 25 August 2020. She is the tenth Councillor to receive such a honour.  Cllr Teyisi will now be recognised as an Alderlady after she met the minimum 10-point criteria as set out in section 5(10)(a) of a GRDM Alderman and Alderlady policy .

Mayor Booysen congratulated Alderlady Teyisi by saying: “This conferment is proof that your experience and history in politics are being recognised – it is indeed priceless”.  Alderlady Wolmarans also congratulated Alderlady Teyisi and said that they have come a long way (since 2006), and got to know one another better when they attended a course in executive leadership during 2009/2010. Alderman Van der Hoven echoed the sentiments of other Councillors and also added: “I do not know of another Councillor who deserves this more than you”. Alderman Gericke shared the last congratulatory remark by saying – “mooi geloop”.

The item recommendations were proposed by Cllr Virgill Gericke and seconded by Cllr Pieter van der Hoven.

Photo caption: Alderman Memory Booysen (Executive Mayor for Garden Route District Municipality) and Alderlady Thobeka Teyisi.