Mayor reshuffles Mayoral Committee

By Sasha Forbes
21 January 2009

Following the departure of Simon Grindrod , Mayor Helen Zille has decided to make changes to the composition of the City of Cape Town’s Mayoral Committee. There has been several major changes to the committee, said Mayor Zille’s spokesperson Robert Macdonald

“The Mayor has decided that Councillor Ian Neilson, will now be responsible for both the Economic and Social Development portfolio as well as Economic Development, Mayoral Committee Member for Housing, Councillor Dan Plato, will be leaving his current portfolio and will become a Mayoral Committee Member in the Mayor’s Office, where he will take specific responsibility for service delivery and the Housing portfolio will become the responsibility of current Mayoral Committee Member for Community Services, Councillor Shehaam Sims.” said Macdonald

These changes will be effective from January 28, according to a press release.