Plett Democratic Congres- PDC

12/11/2025

PDC Leadership
Building Together

Vote PDC 2026/7 Local Government.

The key to all of the roles of our councillor is leadership. Leaders of councils are not just those who hold formal roles such as the Council leader or committee convener. Every councillor is a leader within and of the community that chose to elect them to represent their area and their interests.
If elected, being a community leader will involve a number of things, including:

Acting as an advocate for the best interests of the wards and also the wider council area
Lobbying for local concerns/ issues that are important to the wards area.

Influencing partner organisations to work to a common purpose and outcomes
Resolving potential conflict amongst community organisations.

Supporting communities to develop their own solutions to problems in their area, where appropriate.
Balancing competing demands for resources when making decisions in the best interests of the whole authority area

PDC a local community based organization putting you the people first.
"By the people for the people"

Don't wait, make your choice and be part of the difference.

10/11/2025

How do I register?
To vote in South Africa’s elections, you must register as a voter. You only have to register once, unless you move (within South Africa) or your voting district boundaries change.

Who can register?
You must:

be a South African citizen;
be at least 16 years old (you can only vote from age 18); and
and have a green, barcoded South African identity document (ID), smartcard ID, or a valid Temporary identity certificate (TIC).

To Register within South Africa
When and where can I register?
Make an appointment to apply for registration during office hours at the local IEC office responsible for your voting district. Please always phone first to make an appointment.

Register to vote using our Online Voter Registration Service until the date of proclamation of the election. You can use our Voter Information Portal site to register to vote or update your current voter information, view your current address, request a special vote, find a voting location, view important election dates (upcoming election in your ward).

What documents do I need to apply for registration?
Whether you are registering online or in person, you must provide your South African ID, either:

Green, barcoded ID book, or
Smartcard ID, or
Valid Temporary Identity Certificate (TIC).

08/11/2025

The organization that does it right and does what they have to do when it comes to service delivery.

Roads have been tarred
Stormwater has been drained
Speed ​​bumps have been erected
Beauty at informal settlements
Clean water and running water
Integrated Housing
Working Streetlights to reduce crime
Regular removal of illegal dumping
Regular garbage removal

Your vote made the difference. Your vote can do it again in the upcoming 2026/7 election.
We call it now because we don't want to come to your door with promises during election campaigns. We do it so that your choice is an easy choice when you enter the voting booth.

05/11/2025

The 2026/7 Local Government Elections are upon us. They afford us yet another opportunity to exercise our right to vote. One of the most treasured. Voting is fundamental to deepening our hard-won freedom and democracy.

Each and every vote contributes to strengthening our democracy in Bitou. Many people sacrificed their lives for the right to vote. Let’s make them proud and ensure that the right for citizens to vote is constitutionally protected.

PDC a local based political party, putting you the people first. We focus on your local government issues and service delivery.
By the people for the People - Building Together.. Vision2026.

Our record in local government since 2021 ensured roads were improved PDC government invest in road upgrades, cleaning of illegal dumpsites, cleaning and reducing informal settlements by improving the lifes of the residents with better housing opportunities.
Pothole repairs in record time. Keeping the lights on to reduce crime in our areas with better streetlights. High mask lights.

Clean running water and quality water for residents.
Infrastructure Development in all communities.

PDC in government - We believe in active citizen participation in the affairs that effects their communities the most. The people has a say in matters. By the people for the people.

VOTE PDC 2026/7
Your Vote can change your community.
Building Together - The People's Choice.

03/11/2025

MOTION OF QUESTIONS
30 OCTOBER 2025
COUNCILLOR TERBLANCHE

I,Councillor Claude Terblanche of Plett Democratic Congress hereby submit the below-mentioned Motion in terms of Rule 37, of the Bitou Municipality's Rules of Order for Internal Arrangements By-law to be considered by the Municipal Council at the forthcoming Council Meeting.

MOTIVATION

The objects of Local Government are set out in Section 152 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa.
One of the most important objects of Local Government, and which is one of the core roles of this Council, is to provide democratic and accountable government to our local communities.

It is further of importance for this council to ensure financial stability and promote social and economic development of
our local Plett communities.

In ensuring that these objectives are met, Council must play a vital role in overseeing all functions of Council and the administration.

PURPOSE OF MOTION

The purpose of the Motion is to submit the following questions in relation to deviations and expenditure in relation to
the appointment of legal service providers.

Question 1:
How many deviations have been approved for the provision of legal service providers since September 2024?.

Question 2:
What were the reasons and motivation for these deviations?

Question 3:
What was the total value of these deviations per service provider? Full details of the service providers are also
requested.

Question 4:
At whose instance were these deviations requested?

Question 5:
Do all these deviations comply with the provisions of Regulation 36 of the Municipal Supply Chain Management
Regulations? Full details are required, which include copies of any deviation memorandums.

Question 6:
How many of these deviations include the appointment of legal service providers based in Plettenberg Bay or the Garden
Route?

Question 7:
Itemized invoices of all legal service providers appointed by the Bitou Municipality by way of deviation of other supply chain process is requested to be furnished at the next either special or ordinary meeting.

THUS SIGNED ON 22 OCTOBER 2025,
Councillor. C Terblanche

16/10/2025

When PDC assumed office in partnership with other political parties, our goal was the full implementation of our organizational culture and manifesto.

Today almost four years on, this organization stands and is making progress in the interest of the people who elected it. Our participation as PDC remains to serve and make a difference.

While we may all have had our differences from time to time about the programme of action, we would like to start by thanking all the political parties today for their contribution to governance. It wasn't always easy, coalitions changed as it always happens with politics, coalitions will remain amongst us for a long time.

Without our collective ability to rise above the politics of parties we may not have been able to achieve what we have thus far. It's not where we want to be, but it's also not where we were.

The Council Chamber has been the place of vigorous debate over the last few months, all of which contributes to strengthening of governance in Bitou.

Understanding all these challenges, it is important that we work smartly with the limited resources at our disposal. Being an opposition councillor serving your organization require one to focus his attention on the priorities which are informed by the will of the people who one were elected to serve.

We are servants of the people. PDC have mistakes, no organization is perfect, we learn from our mistakes. Aslong as we move forward..

Ward 4 New Horizons
Elected Councillor 2021 - 2026
Claude Terblanche
[email protected]

15/10/2025

Local government elections
VOTE PDC
Vision 2026

Confidence and courage are the essentials of success in carrying out our plan. The people must have faith. The people must not be stampeded by rumors or guesses. Let us unite in banishing fear. We have provided the machinery to restore our local community pride, and it is up to us to support and make it work. It is our problem, my friends. Your problem no less than it is mine. Together, we cannot fail.

Plettenberg Bay today together we can do more, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others also.

Plettenberg Bay the 2026 elections by giving PDC the opportunity to represent you, you are saying and believing that we can and will restore pride and have a safe and healthy environment for all in bitou.

As for our candidates, we are inspired and we are hopefull, now more than ever. Nothing can diminish the way we feel about a greater and better Plettenberg Bay. By choosing us as your Democratic wardcandidates or proposional representatives , through our political manifesto we vow to implement it as best as possible. Communities will not be unheard or uninspired.
Democracy can only works when we work for it. When we fight for it. When we demand it. And this upcoming elections when we stand in lines for hours to meet it at the ballot box, that’s when democracy works...

Trust us and give us the fair chance to lead you the Bitou community for the next 5 years 2026 - 2031 and beyond......
Together with all stakeholders, hand in hand we can be successful....

This elections all around Bitou, Vote PDC
Let's Build a Better and Greater Bitou.
Let's Reduce Irregular, wasteful and fruitless Expenditure.

Vision2026
Vote PDC

01/10/2025

The PDC difference in local government.
Vision 2026

PDC as a represented organization in local government, by the people for the people continues to strive for the following

- Infrastructure Development and planning

- Provide Democratic and Accountable government for local communities. The People's choices.

- Promote Social and Economic Development

- Promote Safe & Healthy Environments. Regularly cleaning of illegal dumpsites, community clean up campaigns. Recycling activities in communities.

- Ensure the provision of services to communities in a sustainable manner.

- Encouraging the communities and community organizations to be involved in matters of local government.
PDC works with various community organizations and forums, Npo's etc to ensure mass participation and towards the improvement of the communities.

Become a member and help make a difference
Vision2026

Thank you
LEC Chairperson
Claude Terblanche

30/09/2025

The councillor’s mandate
The councillor’s role is not an easy one and will demand expertise and knowledge
about the local government system and municipal environment. Councillors require an in depth
understanding of their mandate.

High level of expectations of the community they serve, competing interests among the different groups of citizens living in the municipality, limited human and financial resources and tight timeframes for delivery of services are some of the difficult challenges that councillors will face
during their five-year term.

The councillor’s mandate must guide him or her in the conduct of their duties.
Three important aspects of the councillor’s mandate are:
Acting as representatives of the community they serve
Providing leadership roles in the council, and
acting as custodians or guardians of public finances.

Critical to all of these is the requirement that they work to improve the lives of all the citizens in the municipality.
The improvement of the peoples’ lives can be achieved through the provision of basic services, development and growth of the economy, recognising and harnessing the skills potential of people living in the municipality, mobilising the people to make their own contribution to improve their living conditions and job creation.

Effective representation requires that the councillor knows and understands
the interests of the people in their municipality. This means all residents in the municipality.

Councillors need to have a thorough understanding and knowledge of the main issues in their municipality. They are the link between the public
and the council and owe their primary loyalty to their public. To fully represent their municipality and if they are ward councillors, their wards, councillors should know:

Who the people are in their municipality and/or ward (this would include things
like gender, age, employment status, economic status)
what the key issues of these people are (these issues may be competing depending on different interest groups)their perspectives and opinions of council plans including the municipality’s Integrated Development Plan (IDP).

the key infrastructure features of the municipality, such as the housing and health situation, sports and recreation facilities and access to transport
the socio-political and economic features of the municipality (e.g. political parties, organised civil society, business organisations, investment bodies,etc).

This effective representation means listening to the people that they serve and
working towards addressing their concerns and issues as a professional and
committed councillor. It also requires regular consultation and report backs to
the communities. It is often at this report back stage that councillors receive the
most criticism. An often-heard comment is that councillors are only seen every
five years when it is time for their re-election. Ongoing consultation and ensuring
that the public is kept informed of council decisions in an honest and open way
contributes towards government accountability and provides an impetus for the
councillor to be re-elected into office.

11/09/2025

18/08/2025

PDC is a community driven political party.

PDC contests elections as a registered political party drawing its electoral support from all spheres of society.

PDC promotes the participation of its members through policy development and inclusive decision making.

PDC as a community driven political party shall cooperate closely with all community organisations to advance inclusive informed decision making.

13/08/2025