Guest: Felicity Purchase is The Ward Councilor for Western Cape Ward 69. She joins John to explain the job, what that duty entails and how it serves a community. 
Ward councillors are described as municipal service providers 'that work hard every day to ensure that your community gets better services'.  What does that involve and how is municipal policy, procedure and hierarchy applied?
All municipalities except for District municipalities are divided into wards. There are two types of councillors: ward councillors and proportional representation counsillors. 
A ward councillor represents a specific ward on the municipal council and is elected through the “first past the post system” in which the candidate that receives the most votes wins. Ward councillors are the chairperson of their ward committees and must give special attention to their wards.