Cape Town: Community Services and Health from City of Cape Town has appointed the new Mayoral Committee Member. Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis honoured Councillor Francine Higham with the new responsibility.
Reportedly, Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis of City of Cape Town said that the Councillor Francine Higham has been at the forefront of the efforts to expand Safe Space Shelter in the CBD and help more people off the streets sustainably by offering social developmental interventions and dignified transitional shelter.
As the Ward Ccouncillor, for parts of the City Bowl and Bo-Kaap, Francine also has important insight into the daily challenges that the city Cape Town faces in the mission to ensure quality community facilities and parks for Capetonians.
Through his statement, Mayor cleared that Higham will bring years of communications experience from both the private sector and government to help them consolidate the societal partnerships which were needed in this critical community service delivery portfolio.
Hill-Lewis also presented his gratitude and expressed, “My thanks to Councillor Patricia Van der Ross for her work in this portfolio, and I wish her all the best in her continued work, serving the residents of Subcouncil 6 and the broader metro as a member of various Portfolio committees.”
As per the sources, Councillor Francine Higham has served as the Councillor for Ward 77 since the year 2021. She also served as the Portfolio Committee for Community Services and Health.
Notably, Higham previously worked in the Provincial Ministry for Finance and Economic Opportunities and various private sector communications roles prior to this.
Following this, many people supported the changes and responded positively on the appointment of the Councillor Francine Higham as the new Mayoral Committee Member Community Services and Health of the City of Cape Town.
A person named Franklin Ernstzen, congratulated the councillor Higham on her achievement and commented, “Wow, what a surprise but we are looking forward to work with her. Lenterguer swimming pool need to be investigate lifegaurds using chlorine to get kid’s out of swimming pool, big health risk for any human using the swimming poll.”
Another social media user named Gustav Otto expressed, “Nice to see a Fresh Face again, I hope you will do something for the SASSA Pensioners that’s been on waiting list for years awaiting accommodation.”