Former Springbok coach, Peter De Villiers, will represent the GOOD party in the Western Cape Legislature.
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This comes after he was selected to fill the vacant position by GOOD’s National Management Committee following interviews conducted over the weekend.
The position was made available after the party’s expulsion of Shaun August.
In a statement on Monday, GOOD Secretary-General and Member of Parliament Brett Herron announced that De Villiers would be taking over the party’s vacant seat in the Western Cape Parliament.
The former coach had a lengthy career as a teacher before making the move to become a full-time rugby administrator.
He has spent the last two years serving his community as a GOOD councillor and caucus leader in the Drakenstein Municipality.
The coach is known in his community and led GOOD’s campaign in the 2021 local government elections in Drakenstein. This saw the party obtain four seats in the council.
He said it had been a great honour to serve his beloved Drakenstein community as a councillor.
‘Now I have the opportunity to serve the wider Western Cape community,’ he told IOL. ‘I will use the same tools that have served me for many years: listening to others, considering what they say, and being constructive in response.’
Herron described De Villiers as a humble and honest leader, with no interest in tenders or political games. ‘He is going to Wale Street because he wants to contribute to developing a province that is fairer, with a place in the sun for all its people,’ added the GOOD secretary-general.
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