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Karoo Hoogland Local Municipality policy

Karoo Hoogland Local MunicipalityRef: https://www.karoohoogland.gov.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/KHM-2024-2025-Ward-Committee-Policy.pdf

Official source

Source domain: karoohoogland.gov.za

Collected on 16 July 2026

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What this means

This is the Karoo Hoogland Municipality’s policy and procedures for establishing and operating ward committees. It adopts the ward participatory system and sets out the composition, functions, membership and administration of ward committees. The policy makes ward committee membership available through nomination and election by registered voters residing in the ward.

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Election to a ward committee

Registered voters residing in a ward can nominate people for election to the ward committee. The committee includes the ward councillor and up to 10 other elected persons.

Who it is for: Registered voters residing in a ward and people nominated for election to the ward committee
How to act on it: A registered voter residing in the ward nominates a person under clause 5; the nominee is then considered at an election meeting conducted by an election officer.

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“nominee” means a person nominated in terms of clause 5 for election to a ward committee by a registered voter residing in that ward;

Facts

Reference

https://www.karoohoogland.gov.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/KHM-2024-2025-Ward-Committee-Policy.pdf

Key Takeaways

Karoo Hoogland Municipality ward committee policy
Council adoption of the ward participatory system under section 72(2) of the Act
Ward committee comprises the ward councillor and no more than 10 elected persons
Registered voters residing in a ward may nominate candidates
Municipality provides administrative and secretarial resources
Karoo Hoogland Municipality
Council
Speaker
Local Government: Municipal Structures Act, 1998 (Act 117 of 1998)