Nicholas Myburgh

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Nicholas Myburgh
MP
Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
Incumbent
Assumed office
8 September 2021
Preceded byPhumzile van Damme
Executive Mayor of the Swellendam Local Municipality
In office
June 2011 – 7 September 2021
Preceded byJan Jansen
Succeeded byFrancois Du Rand
Personal details
Born
Nicholas George Myburgh

(1964-11-14) 14 November 1964 (age 57)
Swellendam, Cape Province, South Africa
Political partyDemocratic Alliance
Spouse(s)Sally
Children2
EducationRondebosch Boys' High School
Alma materStellenbosch University (LLB)
OccupationMember of Parliament
ProfessionPolitician
Farmer
Lawyer

Nicholas George Myburgh (born 14 November 1962) is a South African farmer, lawyer and politician for the Democratic Alliance. He has been a Member of Parliament (MP) since 2021. Myburgh had previously served as the Executive Mayor of the Swellendam Local Municipality from 2011 to 2021.

Early life and education[]

Myburgh was born in Swellendam on 14 November 1962. He attended Swellendam Primary School, and matriculated from Rondebosch Boys' High School in 1980 where he served as head boy. He then studied at Stellenbosch University and earned a Bachelor of Laws (LLB). He served as vice chairman of the university's Students' Representative Council (SRC).[1]

Mayor of Swellendam[]

Myburgh has been a farmer in Swellendam for more than two decades. He joined the Democratic Alliance and was chosen as the party's mayoral candidate for the Swellendam Local Municipality ahead of the 2011 local government elections. No party won a majority seats on the municipal council and the DA then formed a coalition with the African Christian Democratic Party to govern the municipality. Myburgh was elected as Executive Mayor, succeeding Jan Jansen.[2]

During his first term as mayor, the Swellendam Local Municipality won the Auditor-General's Special Award for Most Improved Municipality in the Western Cape after having earned an Unqualified Audit Report after three consecutive disclaimers in 2014. The municipality received its first clean audit in 2014/15. The municipality won the Provincial and National Govan Mbeki Housing Award for the Best Upgrade of Informal Settlement Programme in the country in 2015. In 2016, the municipality was ranked by 'Good Governance Africa’ and the South African Institute of Race Relations as the country's Number 1 Municipality.[1]

Prior to the 2016 Local Government Elections (LGE), Myburgh was selected to be the DA's mayoral candidate for Swellendam again.[3] The DA won a majority of seats on the council, the first time in the municipality's history that a single party had won a majority on the council. Myburgh was re-elected as Executive mayor.[4]

Myburgh formerly served as chairman of the Swellendam Heritage Association and as the chairman of the DA's Swellendam Constituency Committee. He is currently a member of the Town's Ratepayers' Association and the Chamber of Business. Myburgh serves on the DA's Provincial Disciplinary Committee as well as the Board of Trustees of the Drostdy Museum.[1]

Myburgh resigned as Executive Mayor and as a Councillor on 7 September 2021. Member of the Mayoral Committee (MMC) and the DA's mayoral candidate for the 2021 Local Government Elections was elected to replace him as mayor.[5]

Parliamentary career[]

Myburgh had stood unsuccessfully for election to the National Assembly in 2019. In September 2021, the DA announced that Myburgh would take up ex-DA MP Phumzile van Damme's seat in the National Assembly. He was sworn in on 8 September 2021.[5]

Personal life[]

Myburgh is married to Sally. He has a son and a daughter.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "Nicholas Myburgh Executive Mayor". Democratic Alliance. Retrieved 10 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "DA lines up most coalition ducks". www.iol.co.za. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
  3. ^ Essop, Philda (1 June 2016). "DA maak van sy kandidate vir burgemeester bekend". Netwerk24 (in Afrikaans). Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  4. ^ Gunning, Eugene (19 August 2016). "DA beheer Swellendam op sy eie". Netwerk24 (in Afrikaans). Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  5. ^ a b Kruger, Jackie (8 September 2021). "Swellendam-burgemeester op pad parlement toe". Netwerk24 (in Afrikaans). Retrieved 10 September 2021.

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Political offices
Preceded by
Jan Jansen
 Executive Mayor of the Swellendam Local Municipality
2011–2021 		Succeeded by
Francois Du Rand
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