Mossel Bay Municipality
Leadership

We strive to be a trend-setting, dynamic Municipality delivering quality services responsive to the demands and challenges of the community and our constitutional mandate, in which all stakeholders can participate in harmony and dignity.

Leadership

Administration

Executive Management

Council

Councillors

OVERVIEW

Vision

Mission

To render cost-effective and sustainable services to the entire community with diligence and empathy. To create mutual trust and understanding between the municipality and the community. To have a motivated and representative municipal workforce with high ethical standards, which is empowered to render optimal services to the community. To apply good and transparent corporate governance in order to promote community prosperity.

Values

The community is our inspiration and our workforce is our strength in the quest for community development and service delivery. We therefore value:

Work pride
Service excellence
Integrity
Loyalty
Accountability

Administration

Organogram

Overview

The administration of the Municipality of Mossel Bay is headed by a Municipal Manager, who is also the Accounting Officer of the Municipality. Five Directors and one Executive Manager, each heading a Directorate, report to the Municipal Manager.

The functions of the Office of the Municipal Manager and six directorates are as follows:

1. Office of the Municipal Manager

The Office of the Municipal Manager is responsible for Internal Audit, Institutional Performance and Communication with the Directorates listed below reporting to the Office of the Municipal Manager.

2. Directorate Community Services

The Directorate is responsible for the provision of Waste Management and Pollution Control, Library Services, Community Development, Horticulture and

Recreation and the Thusong Centre.

3. Directorate Corporate Services

The Directorate is responsible for Administrative Support Services which include the Secretariat, Typing Services, Archives, Switchboard and Cleaning, Information Communication Technology, Human Resources Management and Strategic Services.

4. Directorate Financial Services

The Directorate is responsible for Financial Administration, Budget & Reporting, Revenue Services, Expenditure and Supply Chain Management.

5. Directorate Planning and Economic Development

The Directorate is responsible for Town & Regional Planning, Integrated Human Settlements, Building Development, Economic Development and Tourism and Support & Administration.

6. Directorate Infrastructure Services

The Directorate is responsible for Electrical Services; Civil Services (Water and Sewer, Water & Wastewater Treatment and Roads, Transport and Stormwater and Project Management Unit) and Mechanical Services & Fleet Management (Pump Stations, Telemetry, Desalination Plant and Fleet Management).

7. Directorate Community Safety

The Directorate is responsible for Community Safety, Fire, Rescue and Disaster Management Services and Environmental Management.

Colin Puren
Municipal Manager

Dick Naidoo
Director Infrastructure Services
Elize Nel
Director Community Services
Annette Potgieter
Director Corporate Services
Selwyn Thys
Chief Financial Officer
Vacant Vacant
Director Community Safety
Carel Venter
Director Planning & Economic Development

OVERVIEW

Colin Puren

Municipal Manager

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Dick Naidoo

Director Infrastructure Services

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Mrs

Elize Nel

Director Community Services

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Mrs

Annette Potgieter

Director Corporate Services

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Selwyn Thys

Chief Financial Officer

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Vacant Vacant

Director Community Safety

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Carel Venter

Director Planning & Economic Development

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Council

Council Committees

Schedule of Council / Committees Meeting

Council

Mossel Bay at present has 15 Ward Councillors and 14 proportional representative Councillors. Mossel Bay introduced an executive mayoral system, consisting of an Executive Mayor, Executive Deputy Mayor and the Councillors heading five standing committees through which Council conducts its affairs. The Executive Mayor, the Executive Deputy Mayor and the Chairpersons of the standing committees constitute the Mayoral Committee.

Council also has a Speaker who chairs Council meetings, and ensures compliance of the Council's code of conduct, rules and orders. The Speaker has ex officio sitting on the Mayoral Committee but does not have voting rights. The Executive Mayor, Executive Deputy Mayor, the Speaker and the above mentioned committee chairpersons are full-time Councillors.

Mayoral Committee

Ald Dirk Kotzé - Executive Mayor
Ald Cliffie Bayman - Deputy Executive Mayor
Ald Venolea Fortuin - Speaker
Ald Niklaas Booisen - Councillor
Clr Anton Dellemijn - Councillor
Clr Mark Furness - Councillor
Clr Nicolette le Roux - Councillor
Clr Leon van Dyk - Councillor

Ward Councillors

1 Clr Sibabalo Dubula (ANC)

2 Clr Noxolo Gwaza (ANC)

3 Clr Zithulele Matyesini (ANC)

4 Clr Annatjie Janse van Rensburg (DA)

5 Clr Anton Dellemijn (DA)

6 Clr Mark Furness (DA)

7 Clr Stephan Botha (DA)

8 Clr Lodewyk Coetzee (DA)

10 Clr Leon van Dyk (DA)

11 Clr Nicolette le Roux (DA)

12 Clr Witness Buda (ANC)

13 Ald Rosina Ruiters (DA)

14 Clr Donovan Claassen (DA)

15 Clr Mzwandile Mkonto (ANC)

Standing Committees: 2025

COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE

Ald Niklaas Booisen (Chairperson)

Clr Elroy Baron

Clr Witness Buda

Clr Donovan Claassen

Clr Lodewyk Coetzee

Clr Sibabalo Dubula

Clr Marulyn Kannemeyer

Clr Thabo Mvumvu

Ald Rosina Ruiters

Clr Grace Sethuntsha

Clr Marlene Welman

COMMUNITY SAFETY COMMITTEE

Clr Leon van Dyk (Chairperson)

Clr Joseph Bavuma

Clr Donovan Claassen

Clr Sibabalo Dubula

Clr Annatjie Janse van Rensburg

Clr Marulyn Kannemeyer

Clr Willem Liebenberg

Clr Zithulele Matyesini

Clr Thabo Mvumvu

Ald Rosina Ruiters

CORPORATE & GOVERNANCE SERVICES COMMITTEE

Clr Nicolette le Roux (Chairperson)

Clr Joseph Bavuma

Clr Stephan Botha

Clr Donovan Claassen

Clr Lodewyk Coetzee

Clr Sibabalo Dubula

Clr Zithulele Matyesini

Clr Vinienne Porter

Ald Rosina Ruiters

Clr Grace Sethuntsha

Ald Cliffie Bayman (Chairperson)

Clr Joseph Bavuma

Clr Stephan Botha

Clr Donovan Claassen

Clr Lodewyk Coetzee

Clr Jeanette Gouws

Clr Noxolo Gwaza

Clr Marulyn Kannemeyer

Clr Mzwandile Mkonto

Clr Thabo Mvumvu

Clr Grace Sethuntsha

Commitee Meeting
Wed, Feb 12, 2025 1:52 PM
Wed, Mar 12, 2025 1:53 PM
Wed, Apr 9, 2025 1:53 PM
Wed, May 14, 2025 1:53 PM
Wed, Jun 11, 2025 1:53 PM
Wed, Jul 16, 2025 1:56 PM
Wed, Aug 13, 2025 1:54 PM
Wed, Sep 10, 2025 1:54 PM
Wed, Oct 15, 2025 1:55 PM
Wed, Nov 12, 2025 1:55 PM

Executive Mayor's Meeting
Tue, Feb 18, 2025 2:02 PM
Tue, Mar 18, 2025 2:02 PM
Tue, Apr 15, 2025 2:02 PM
Tue, May 20, 2025 2:03 PM
Tue, Jun 17, 2025 2:03 PM
Tue, Jul 22, 2025 2:03 PM
Tue, Aug 19, 2025 2:03 PM
Tue, Sep 16, 2025 2:04 PM
Tue, Oct 21, 2025 2:04 PM
Tue, Nov 18, 2025 2:04 PM

Council Meeting
Thu, Feb 27, 2025 1:58 PM
Thu, Mar 27, 2025 1:58 PM
Thu, Apr 24, 2025 1:58 PM
Thu, May 29, 2025 1:59 PM
Thu, Jun 26, 2025 1:59 PM
Thu, Jul 31, 2025 1:59 PM
Thu, Aug 28, 2025 1:59 PM
Thu, Sep 25, 2025 1:59 PM
Thu, Oct 30, 2025 2:00 PM
Thu, Nov 27, 2025 2:00 PM

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Mossel Bay Municipality Leadership

OVERVIEW

Vision

Mission

Values

Administration

Organogram

Overview

1. Office of the Municipal Manager

6. Directorate Infrastructure Services

7. Directorate Community Safety

Colin Puren Municipal Manager

OVERVIEW

Colin Puren

Dick Naidoo

Elize Nel

Annette Potgieter

Selwyn Thys

Vacant Vacant

Carel Venter

Council

Council Committees

Schedule of Council / Committees Meeting

Council

Standing Committees: 2025

COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE

COMMUNITY SAFETY COMMITTEE

CORPORATE & GOVERNANCE SERVICES COMMITTEE

EXECUTIVE MAYORAL COMMITTEE

FINANCIAL SERVICES COMMITTEE

INFRA-STRUCTURE SERVICES COMMITTEE

PLANNING & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SERVICES COMMITTEE

Commitee Meeting

Executive Mayor's Meeting

Council Meeting

OVERVIEW

Dirk Kotzé

Cliffie Bayman

Venolea Fortuin

Elroy Baron

Joseph Bavuma

Nadia Blaauw

Niklaas Booisen

Stephan Botha

Witness Buda

Donovan Claassen

Lodewyk Coetzee

Anton Dellemijn

Sibabalo Dubula

Mark Furness

Jeanette Gouws

Noxolo Gwaza

Annatjie Janse van Rensburg

Marulyn Kannemeyer

Nicolette le Roux

Willem Liebenberg

Zithulele Matyesini

Mzwandile Mkonto

Thabo Mvumvu

Vinienne Porter

Rosina Ruiters

Grace Sethuntsha

Leon van Dyk

Marlene Welman

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Mossel Bay Municipality
Leadership

Colin Puren
Municipal Manager