Mayor receives prestigious award at DA Western Cape Congress 2015

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On Saturday, 18 April 2015 Mayor Nicolette Botha Guthrie became the proud recipient of the coveted “Star Performer of the Year: Councillor” award which was presented to her by outgoing DA Provincial Leader, Dr Ivan Meyer.

Her tireless efforts since being elected Mayor have done much to ensure the Overstrand Municipality is recognised as a bastion of good gover-nance and service delivery. Under her stewardship, the Municipality has come to embody the essence of an open, opportunity-driven society for all.

The Mayor’s unstinting and unselfish delivery of exemplary service to the DA party and the Municipality has further played a significant role in Municipal IQ recognising the Overstrand as the top-performing municipality in terms of productivity in 2014.

This veryof general officer and as a specific rank.
It originates in the 16th century, as a shortening of captain general, which rank was taken from Middle Frenchcapitaine général.
The adjective general had been affixed to officer designations since the late medieval period to indicate relative superiority or an extended jurisdiction.

Today, the title of "General" is known in some countries as a four-star rank. However different countries use different systems of stars for senior ranks. It has a NATO code of OF-9 and is the highest rank currently in use in a number of armies.

General officer ranks

The various grades of general officer are at the top of the military rank structure. Lower-ranking officers in land-centric military forces are typically known as field officers or field-grade officers, and below them are company-grade