David Ernest Aldendorff was born in Johannesburg on the 12 March 1938. He matriculated at Marist Brothers College and subsequently obtained a BA degree at Rhodes University.
His first wife was killed in a car accident in 1993. He then married the charming Mary Webster in 1996 in Los Angeles, USA. Mary has three children living in Los Angeles.
David has two children. Michael and his family live in Dubai, and Cheryl and her family live in Pretoria. Michael has twins, a daughter and son, while Cheryl has a son.
After working for 23 years as Manager, Purchasing Department of the SA Co-op Citrus Exchange, he retired at the end of 1996.
When they moved to Jeffreys Bay at the end of June 2001, David was appalled by local media reports of mismanagement, wasted and fruitless expenditure, and corruption by municipal officials. He promptly decided to become involved in local politics and joined the Democratic Alliance in 2005.
His worth was soon recognised and he became secretary of the Ward 3 management committee in 2006. In 2010 he was elected chairman of the new Ward 8 management committee.
It came as no surprise that he was persuaded by members of his committee to stand as aspirant candidate for Ward 8 after the unfortunate death of Gerrie Botes.
During the past 14 months, David and his committee have visited some 1500 houses in Ward 8 to explain the results of the demarcation of ward boundaries and to encourage residents to re-register, and in some cases to register, for the upcoming municipal election. Their efforts bore fruit as evidenced by a large turnout on registration day.
David says, “We are confident of a record poll for the DA on election day. We plan to maintain close contact with the residents in our ward and will do our best to solve any problems they may have.”
Barry Vosloo
21 March 2011
Well done David..the DA party is lucky to have you looking after their best interests!
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