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Hy het \u2019n BA-graad in Sielkunde en Kriminologie verwerf en studeer verder in openbare projekbestuur en leierskap. Sy politieke ervaring sluit diens as wyksraadslid, distriksraadslid, hoofsweep en lid van MPAC in. In JB Marks dien hy op portefeuljekomitees vir gemeenskapsveiligheid, sport, kuns en kultuur. Matthys is ook betrokke by die VF Plus se provinsiale en federale strukture. Hy bring uitgebreide ervaring in politieke leiding, munisipale oorsig, strategie, veiligheid en gemeenskapsverteenwoordiging in openbare diens.<\/p>","testimonial_quote":"<p>\u201cErvaring het my geleer dat goeie regering sterk leiding, deeglike oorsig en direkte aanspreeklikheid vereis. JB Marks se inwoners verdien \u2019n munisipaliteit wat veiligheid, dienslewering en verantwoordelike besteding eerste stel. Ons moet bestaande veiligheidsvennote, buurtwagte en gemeenskapsforums beter ko\u00f6rdineer om misdaad, vandalisme en kabeldiefstal te bekamp. Terselfdertyd moet elke herstelprojek \u2019n verantwoordelike persoon, sperdatum en meetbare uitkoms h\u00ea. As koukusleier wil ek sorg dat probleme nie net bespreek word nie, maar opgevolg word totdat inwoners sigbare verbetering in hul strate en woonbuurte ervaar en weer trots op hul munisipaliteit word.\u201d<\/p>","ward":"22, 34","ward_information":"","municipality":"JB Marks","province":"North West","facebook_link":"","instagram_link":"","x_link":"","whatsapp_group_link":"","email_address":"","contact_number":"076 294 2998","language":"Afr","candidate_id":"6dc51483a46926a6"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Matthys van Tonder | Vryheidsfront Plus<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vfplus.org.za\/af\/verteenwoordigers\/kandidate\/matthys-van-tonder\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"af_ZA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" 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