New Mayoral Committee Member for Community Services and Health

23 January 2025

Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has appointed Councillor Francine Higham as the City’s new Mayoral Committee Member for Community Services and Health.

‘Councillor Higham has been at the forefront of our efforts to expand Safe Space shelter in the CBD and help more people off the streets sustainably by offering social developmental interventions and dignified transitional shelter. As the Ward councillor for parts of the City Bowl and Bo-Kaap, Francine also has important insight into the daily challenges the City faces in our mission to ensure quality community facilities and parks for Capetonians. She also brings years of communications experience from both the private sector and government to help us consolidate the societal partnerships needed in this critical community service delivery portfolio.

‘My thanks to Councillor Patricia van der Ross for her work in this portfolio, and I wish her all the best in her continued work serving the residents of Subcouncil 6 and the broader metro as a member of various Portfolio committees,’ said Mayor Hill-Lewis.

Councillor Francine Higham has served as the Councillor for Ward 77 since 2021 as well as the Portfolio Committee for Community Services and Health. Higham previously worked in the Provincial Ministry for Finance and Economic Opportunities and various private sector communications roles prior to this.

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