Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has appointed Councillor Carl Pophaim as the Mayoral Committee Member for Human Settlements.
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Pophaim has been serving on the City’s Portfolio Committee for Human Settlements for close to five years, also sitting on the Planning Appeals Advisory Panel among others.
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He joined the DA at the age of 15 informally and became a card-carrying member at 16. He was elected to the City of Cape Town Council at the age of 20 in 2018, becoming the youngest in metropolitan history.
‘It is my pleasure to appoint Cllr Carl Pophaim as the Mayco Member for Human Settlements,’ said Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis.
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‘Carl is a young and talented councillor who has distinguished himself in the Human Settlements portfolio, and is also a past junior mayor of Cape Town. I am excited about the value he will bring to this portfolio – especially the important work we are doing to enable micro-developers and to release city owned land to deliver much more affordable housing across the city. He has the energy to get things done and the proven mettle from his experience in both the Human Settlements and Planning Appeals committees.’ Mayor Hill-Lewis further thanked Alderman James Vos for the way in which he applied himself with much positivity and hard work as acting mayco member these past months. ‘
Under his stewardship he has continued momentum on accelerated land release for well-located affordable housing,’ he added.
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