Profile of MEC Bentley Vass
POLITICAL BACKGROUND:
1986 – UDF (UNITED DEMOCRATIC FRONT)
1987 – 1989 (CARNARVON YOUTH FORUM)
1993 – AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS
1995 – ANC BRANCH MEMBER, CARNARVON
1996 – VOLUNTEER ADVICE OFFICE
1998 – ANCYL REC MEMBER (HANTAM)
1999 – ANCYL PEC MEMBER (NORTHERN CAPE)
2000 – 2001 ANC REC HANTAM
2001 – 2017 ANC PEC NAMAKWA
2006 – 2013 REGIONAL SECRETARY
2013 – 2017 REGIONAL CHAIRPERSON
2017 – DEPUTY PROVINCIAL CHAIRPERSON
WORK EXPERIENCE
1994 – Independent Forum for Free Elections
1995 – Administrator – Constituency Office
2000 – Development Worker – Youth Commission
2006 – Councilor – Namakwa District Municipality
2006 – 2013 Speaker – Namakwa District Municipality
2013 – 2017 Executive Mayor – Namakwa District Municipality
2017 – Member of the Provincial Legislature (October 2017)
2017 – Chair of Chairs (November 2017)
2018 – Member of the Executive Council (COGHSTA) (February 2018)