The newly elected Youth Council of the Saldanha Bay Municipality was inaugurated at the Skilpad Hall in Vredenburg on Thursday 16 June.
The first Saldanha Bay Municipality Youth Council (SBMYC) was established in 2017 to coordinate, promote and advocate for youth, and particularly youth-appropriate strategies and practices within the municipal area.
This council serves as a platform to bring young people together and to create opportunities for young people’s voices to be heard.
In his keynote address, Executive Mayor André Truter emphasised how important it was for the new Youth Council members to remember their purpose, “not to serve themselves, but the people of the Saldanha Bay municipal area.”
Truter encouraged the new council to be change makers in their community and to always be “first in community service”.
In her inauguration speech newly elected Junior Mayor, councillor Sumari Smit said she was ready to serve with dedication and to lead by example. She also shared her vision to promote the SBMYC more with a vision for it to become a truly engaging platform.
The newly elected Mayoral Committee for the Youth Council is as follows: Junior Mayor: Councillor Sumari Smit, Junior Speaker: Councillor Taryn Cloete, Junior Deputy Mayor: Cllr Jay-lee Smith and the Junior Deputy Speaker: Councillor Daniella van Niekerk.
