{"id":48228,"date":"2023-03-29T15:47:35","date_gmt":"2023-03-29T13:47:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/bloemnuus\/da-kandidaat-maryke-davies-nuwe-speaker-van-mangaung-metro-20230329-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T04:33:25","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T02:33:25","slug":"da-kandidaat-maryke-davies-nuwe-speaker-van-mangaung-metro-20230329-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/bloemnewsexpress\/da-kandidaat-maryke-davies-nuwe-speaker-van-mangaung-metro-20230329-2\/","title":{"rendered":"DA-kandidaat Maryke Davies nuwe speaker van Mangaung-metro"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Die geskiedenisboeke is vandag in die Mangaung-metro herskryf&nbsp; toe die DA se kandidaat vir die posisie van speaker van die metro, Maryke Davies,&nbsp; Woensdag op \u2019n spesiale raadsvergadering met \u2019n meerderheidstem van 53 stemme teenoor 40 in di\u00e9 amp verkies is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDit is vandag \u2019n dag vir die geskiedenisboeke,\u201d het Johan Pretorius, leier van die DA-koukus in die metro, n\u00e1 die verkiesing, ges\u00ea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDit is \u2019n dag waarop raadslede en opposisiepartye saam gestaan het, om te s\u00ea ons wil verandering sien. Dit is ook \u2019n bewys hoe opposisiepartye kan saamstaan. Ons sal jou ondersteun sodat ons almal hierdie raad, die metro vorentoe kan neem. Ons is hier om te werk vir die mense van Mangaung. Hierdie is die eerste stap om dit reg te kry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Blockquote\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_ebf1b950\">\n<div class=\"text\">Dit is \u2019n dag waarop raadslede en opposisiepartye saam gestaan het, om te s\u00ea ons wil verandering sien. Dit is ook \u2019n bewys hoe opposisiepartye kan saamstaan. Ons sal jou ondersteun sodat ons almal hierdie raad, die metro vorentoe kan neem. Ons is hier om te werk vir die mense van Mangaung. Hierdie is die eerste stap om dit reg te kry.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Ook Elizabeth Snyman-Van Deventer van die VF Plus, het Davies gelukgewens met haar verkiesing as speaker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHierdie is \u2019n bewys dat as mense regtig verandering wil h\u00ea, wanneer mense die belange van die inwoners van Manaung ernstig opneem, wanneer hulle die mense wat vir hulle gestem het ernstig opneem, dan gebeur wat vandag hier gebeur. Ons sien daarna uit om saam met die nuwe speaker te werk. Hierdie is \u2019n teken dat die mense verandering wil h\u00ea.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lucky Mongale van die Afrikan Alliance of Social Democrats (AASD) s\u00ea die amp van speaker is meer as net die rig van die vergadering. \u201cDie speaker is ook verantwoordelik vir die proses van die metro se ontwikkelingsplan. Hopelik sal die proses waaraan die amptenare en gemeenskap oor die plan besin, vroe\u00ebr begin. Ons glo hierdie is \u2019n oomblik om terug te kyk.\u201d Hy het ges\u00ea Davies is nie gekies deur die DA nie, maar deur die raadslede van Mangaung. Die doel daarvan was om te s\u00ea dat die inwoners van Mangaung wil dienslewering h\u00ea.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Terwyl die polisie \u2019n wakende ook gehou het oor werknemers van die Mangaung-metro wat buite die Bram Fischer-gebou (Glaspaleis) saamgedrom het, het die raad oorgegaan tot stemming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dit volg nadat die raad se voormalige speaker Stefanie Lockman-Naidoo as ANC-raadslid en speaker bedank het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nog \u2019n ANC-raadslid en voormalige burgemeester Mxolisi Siyonzana het ook onlangs bedank. 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