The letter is reference to, “Ex-Cape Town mayors honour Marian Nieuwoudt as she retires after 28 years’ service”:
Cape Town residents were moved and surprised on Thursday at the City of Cape Town council meeting, by the news of Alderman Marian Nieuwoudt’s retirement.
Nieuwoudt served in council for 28 years‚ from 1996 to 2024.
She will be remembered as a truly great councillor‚ who stood unswervingly for a cause far bigger than her own personal advancement - an enduring set of principles and beliefs.
Her service to the people of Cape Town has been profound‚ and this is a well-deserved retirement.
I am profoundly grateful for the experience and the camaraderie that, for the most part my relationship with Alderman Nieuwoudt.
I also want to place on record, with appreciation, that she always made me feel welcome as a new councillor in 2016 and I was always able to express my views.
Enjoy your retirement, and may the Lord bless your future endeavours.
* Thulani Dasa (DA Activist), Khayelitsha.
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