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.

Guest: Felicity Purchase is The Ward Councilor&nbsp;for Western Cape&nbsp;Ward 69. She joins John to explain&nbsp;the job, what&nbsp;that duty entails and how it serves a community.&nbsp; Ward councillors are described as municipal service providers 'that work&nbsp;hard every day to ensure that your community gets better services'.&nbsp;&nbsp;What does that involve and how is&nbsp;municipal&nbsp;policy, procedure and hierarchy&nbsp;applied? All municipalities except for District municipalities are divided into wards. There are two types of councillors: ward&nbsp;councillors and proportional representation counsillors.&nbsp; A ward councillor represents a specific ward on the municipal council and is elected through the &ldquo;first past the post system&rdquo; 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.

John Maytham is a trained actor who made the switch to radio over 20 years ago when he joined the news team at Radio 604.

He then swapped reporting for anchoring an AM drive time show at a national talk radio station.

Once he set the bar for South African news and talk radio he accepted the challenge to join Primedia Broadcasting and help establish the newly founded CapeTalk, fulfilling the role of both News Editor and Breakfast Host.

He was the first host to switch on the mic on 14 October 1997.

Years later, he was also the first radio broadcaster to do a Google Hangout in South Africa.