Junior Town Council
The Swartland Junior Town Council (JTC) was established in March 2007. The JTC’s primary focus in the general welfare and social conditions of the youth in the Swartland area. In each term of office, certain projects are launched to improve the general wellbeing of the youth. Mad about Me!, a campaign against teenage abuse, was successfully run in October 2008 and again in October 2009.
The JTC consists of two grade 10 and two grade 11 learners from each of the secondary schools in the Swartland. Elections are held at the schools in February each year to appoint new grade 10 learners to the council. The council is currently headed by Lize Spies (Junior Mayor) and Nelmaré Louwrens (Junior Deputy Mayor) from Swartland High School (Malmesbury) and Dirkie Uys High School (Moorreesburg) respectively.
On 29 and 30 September this year, the JTC will be hosting a Youth Symposium with the theme 'B a gr8 u'. Registrations will take place at the various secondary schools in the Swartland area. Aspects that will be covered at the symposium are: Entrepreneurial skills, teenage pregnancies, healthy eating habits etc.
Other envisaged projects are the 'Healing Bonds Project', the 'Learning Rocket Project' and 'Going Green Project'.
For details about their 2010 "Bosberaad" and the above-mentioned projects, view report.
