The council is made up of pupils from across Ekurhuleni, who will be led by six elected pupils.
The elections were held at the Germiston Civic Centre, after the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality (EMM) launched the initiative to educate schoolgoing pupils on the realities of council.
“The Junior Council is a first of its kind in Ekurhuleni and will ensure that youngsters at a school level understand what democracy is about and take part in deliberations to ensure that children’s issues are taken into account by the municipality and its council,” said Themba Gadebe, EMM spokesperson.
“After lively deliberations and a lengthy voting process the young Ekurhuleni council, comprising representatives from 99 schools in Ekurhuleni, selected the junior Speaker of the house, Deputy Speaker, Mayor, Deputy Mayor, Chief Whip and Proportional Representative (PR) Councillor, who will lead the first sitting of the Junior Council.”
The young councillors will take an oath before the house and will hold office for the next two years.
