Junior City Council - The Junior City Council of Pretoria

The Junior City Council of Pretoria

The Junior City Council of Pretoria was founded in 1979 in the “Year of the Child”. It is a non-profit organization which serves the youth and the community of Pretoria. The council organizes several events to provide opportunities for the youth to interact and to take initiative and responsibility, while raising funds for charity.

The diversity of the projects successfully organized by the council is of great importance. All projects are planned and executed by the council members themselves.

An Advisory Committee, consisting of educators from the member schools, periodically advise the council. The Patron of the council has the authority to veto undesirable projects according to her discretion. The patron of the JCC is Mrs. Linda Oberholzer as in 2012.

The Junior City Council of Pretoria currently (2012) has 38 member schools. Each school has two representatives: one grade 10 and one grade 11 student, thereby a total of 76 council members. Each school that is a part of the council chooses 1 learner in grade 10 in their school that has great leadership qualities, through a tough selection process.

The term of office for all councilors is two years and it ends in April of their final school year. (Grade 12)

The Junior City Council of Pretoria consists of 7 committees, with each committee meeting different needs.

• Sport: Annual Touch Rugby and Fun Run events.
• Youth: The Annual Youth Ball.
• The Arts: The Art competition as well as the Talentshow for talented singers.
• Culture: Mr & Miss Junior City Council of Pretoria Pageant and Mr & Miss JCC Popstar.
• Vitae: The Interschools General Knowledge Quiz, Literature competition and the JCC newspaper.
• Officebearers: The Annual Golf Day, Human Chain and the Junior Mayor's tea.
• Grade 10s: The Annual KREEF-dag (acronym for 'Klere Rokkies En Enige Frokkies').

Each committee consists of a Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson, a Secretary and committee members.

All the money raised during the year is donated to charity at a formal meeting of the Junior City Council in May each year in the Ou Raadsaal Building on Church Square, Pretoria.

The Management of the 2012/2013 group is:

• Junior Mayor: Carissa van Aarde (Hoërskool Menlopark)
• Junior Deputy Mayor: Willem Landman (Hoërskool Zwartkop)
• PRO: Annelie du Toit (Hoërskool Wonderboom)
• Secretary: Carmen Kruger (Afrikaans Hoër Meisiesskool)
• Treasurer: Kishen Basdewo (Clapham High School)

The Management of the 2013/2014 group is:

• Junior Mayor: Méhan van Huyssteen (Woodhill College)
• Junior Deputy Mayor: Hendrik Grobbelaar (Hoërskool Eldoraigne)
• PRO: Francois du Plessis (Hoërskool Uitsig)
• Secretary: Lewis Meiring (Hoërskool Waterkloof)
• Treasurer: Werner Reyneke (Pretoria Boys High School)

Junior City Council of Pretoria is dependent on sponsorships and donations from the community to be able to successfully host their projects.