{"id":51517,"date":"2021-01-14T10:46:53","date_gmt":"2021-01-14T08:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/kougaexpress\/new-kouga-councillor-ready-to-serve-community-20210113-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T17:27:45","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T15:27:45","slug":"new-kouga-councillor-ready-to-serve-community-20210113-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/kougaexpress\/new-kouga-councillor-ready-to-serve-community-20210113-2\/","title":{"rendered":"New Kouga councillor ready to serve community"},"content":{"rendered":"<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_a31b8c5d\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/10789\/e245befc5d2e451d9b43aee8a55c93b6.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/10789\/d7094bb70c2c4c85a4aa894c533e551f.jpg\" title=\"New councillor, Jaques Alexander (centre) is welcomed by Kouga municipal manager, Charl du Plessis (left) and speaker, Hattingh Bornman.         PHOTO:SUPPLIED\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">New councillor, Jaques Alexander (centre) is welcomed by Kouga municipal manager, Charl du Plessis (left) and speaker, Hattingh Bornman.         PHOTO:SUPPLIED<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A NEW councillor was recently sworn into council to serve the Kouga community.<\/p>\n<p>Born and bred in Humansdorp, new PR councillor of the DA, Jaques Alexander, replaces late councillor, Nico Botha, who passed away last year.<\/p>\n<p>The appointment comes after Alexander, who is well known in the community, where he is actively involved in education, church and sport among others, resigned from his job at SARS in October last year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor more than seven years, I travelled to and from Nelson Mandela Bay on a daily basis for my job but I always knew that serving my community was and would always be my greatest passion,\u201d Alexander said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe day I resigned, my plans were to prepare for the 2021 local elections, but little did I know that God had already planned my year for me. It is indeed true that man plans, but God decides,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Alexander has been actively involved in helping the community of Kouga since 2010 with issues ranging from housing, service delivery, SARS and SASSA queries and personal and work-related problems.<\/p>\n<p>He also established a soup kitchen last year to help families affected by the COVID-19 lockdown put food on their tables.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only difference is that I will now be receiving a salary for the things I\u2019ve already been doing voluntarily, but that will not change the way I serve my people. 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