Mark Willemse was born on 26 August 1964 and is a South African politician serving as the Deputy Mayor of the Knysna Local Municipality since 2021.
17 Facts About Mark Willemse
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Mark Sydney Willemse was born on 26 August 1964 in Cape Town.
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Mark Willemse later married Dalene in 1990, and they have three children together.
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Mark Willemse obtained diplomas in Business and Marketing from the Wits Business School.
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Mark Willemse achieved a Diploma in Transport Economics from the Rand Afrikaans University.
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Mark Willemse has been involved in junior sports development and school feeding schemes in Knysna.
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Mark Willemse has served on the boards of the Knysna Sports Development Trust, Epilepsy Knysna and Sinethemba.
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Mark Willemse was appointed Constituency Officer of the party's Knysna office.
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Mark Willemse later resigned as Speaker in May 2017, but he was appointed to the post again the following month.
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Provincial Leader Bonginkosi Madikizela compared the removal of Bouw-Spies to that of a "coup d'etat" and called on Mark Willemse to resign immediately.
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Mark Willemse refused to step down as Mayor and tendered his resignation as Speaker of the Eden District Council, effective 11 June 2018.
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Mark Willemse's appeal was upheld by the DA Federal Legal Commission and he was therefore found not guilty of any breach of the DA Constitution.
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On 31 May 2019, Mark Willemse survived a vote of no confidence that was tabled by a municipal Democratic Alliance councillor, Michelle Wasserman.
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In September 2019, Mark Willemse's caucus passed a motion of no confidence in him as Mayor.
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Mark Willemse contested the by-election in ward 9 as an independent candidate on 11 November 2020.
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Mark Willemse stood as the Knysna Independent Movement's candidate for Mayor of the Knysna Municipality and candidate for Ward 10 in the 2021 municipal elections.
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Mark Willemse was elected back to council as one of two KIM PR councillors.