Alderman JP Smith

Jean-Pierre (JP) Smith has been involved in politics since 1989 when he joined the then-Democratic Party (DP). He started working for the Democratic Party in 1994 until the formation of the DA party in 2000 and was elected Ward Councillor for Ward 58.
In 2001, he was elected as Chairperson of the Good Hope Subcouncil and re-elected in 2006. After the 2006 local government election, he was asked by the Mayor to serve as the Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security, a position he was again appointed to after the local government elections in May 2011 and again in 2016.
He currently holds the position of Mayoral Committee Member for Safety & Security and Events, which includes oversight of the Metro Police, Traffic, Law Enforcement, Fire and Emergency Rescue Services, Disaster Risk Management, Public Emergency Call Centre and Film and Events Office.
He is also a Proportional Councillor assigned to Langa and serves on the Provincial Executive Committee as Deputy Chairperson and Metro Regional Executive Committee as Deputy Chairperson.
He studies at Stellenbosch University where he earned a B.A. Degree (English) and suspended his Honours in English to take up employment in the DP.
He is currently the patron of the Cape Animal Welfare Forum.