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Gerrit Pretorius
Gerrit Pretorius (born 1955 or 1956) is a South African politician and former diplomat who was a Democratic Alliance Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament from December 2022 until May 2024. He was a municipal councillor of the George Local Municipality from 2016 to 2021, serving as the deputy mayor of the municipality from 2016 until 2018 and as council speaker from 2018 until he left council. Background Pretorius attended Hoƫrskool Outeniqua (English: Outeniqua High School) before going on to study at the University of Port Elizabeth where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Sociology and Administration. After university, Pretorius worked as a diplomat for the then white minority government of South Africa. He worked at the Department of Foreign Affairs in Pretoria before he was deployed to the South African embassies in London and Ottawa. In early-1987, Pretorius was notified that he would become the private secretary to Foreign Affairs Minister Pik Botha. H ...
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Member Of The Western Cape Provincial Parliament
In the Western Cape province of South Africa, Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) is the designation given to members of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament.{{cite web , url=http://www.wcpp.gov.za/content.aspx?pageId=f2264ae2-735f-4add-b532-3360230cbeb3 , accessdate=2009-03-01 , title=Visitor's Guide , publisher=Western Cape Provincial Parliament , url-status=dead , archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724210948/http://www.wcpp.gov.za/content.aspx?pageId=f2264ae2-735f-4add-b532-3360230cbeb3 , archivedate=2011-07-24 The Western Cape is the only South African province to refer to its legislature as the Provincial Parliament; in the other eight provinces the designation for legislators is Member of the Provincial Legislature (MPL). See also * List of Members of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament * Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario) References Western Cape Provincial Parliament ...
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2016 South African Municipal Elections
The 2016 South African municipal elections were held on 3 August 2016, to elect councils for all districts of South Africa, district, metropolitan municipality (South Africa), metropolitan and local municipality (South Africa), local municipalities in each of the country's nine provinces of South Africa, provinces. It was the fifth municipal election held in South Africa since the end of apartheid in 1994; municipal elections are held every five years. The ruling African National Congress (ANC) was the largest party overall, earning 53.9% of the total vote. It was followed by the official opposition Democratic Alliance (South Africa), Democratic Alliance (DA) with 26.9% and the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) with 8.2%. Popular support for the ANC fell to its lowest level since 1994, a shift which was most pronounced in the country's urban centres. Despite marginal gains in some areas, the ANC lost control of three metropolitan municipalities – namely Nelson Mandela Bay, Ci ...
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Democratic Alliance (South Africa) Politicians
Democratic Alliance may refer to: Current political parties *Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong * Democratic Alliance (Portugal, 2024) *Democratic Alliance (South Africa) *Democratic Alliance (Ukraine) * Democratic Alliance (Venezuela) *Democratic Alliance List, Palestine * Democratic Alliance Party (Haiti) *DEMOS (Montenegro) *National Democratic Alliance, India * Democratic Alliance of Nagaland, India * Singapore Democratic Alliance Defunct political parties or coalitions * British Columbia Democratic Alliance * Democratic Alliance (Hong Kong) * Democratic Alliance (Bulgaria) *Democratic Alliance of Chile * Democratic Alliance (Chile, 1983) * Democratic Alliance for Egypt *Democratic Alliance (Greece) * Democratic Alliance (Guinea-Bissau) * Democratic Alliance (Italy) * Democratic Alliance (Palestine) * Democratic Alliance (Philippines) * Democratic Alliance (Portugal, 1979) *Democratic Alliance (Quebec) * Democratic Alliance (Sweden) *Democratic Rep ...
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Diplomats For South Africa
A diplomat (from ; romanization, romanized ''diploma'') is a person appointed by a state (polity), state, International organization, intergovernmental, or Non-governmental organization, nongovernmental institution to conduct diplomacy with one or more other states or international organizations. The main functions of diplomats are representation and protection of the interests and nationals of the sending state; initiation and facilitation of strategic agreements, treaties and conventions; and promotion of information, trade and commerce, technology, and friendly relations. Seasoned diplomats of international repute are used in international organizations (for example, the United Nations, the world's largest diplomatic forum) as well as multinational companies for their experience in management and Negotiation, negotiating skills. Diplomats are members of foreign services and diplomatic corps of various nations of the world. The sending state is required to get the consent of t ...
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