• ​Keith Meyer: award for outstanding work in sports development. As the Centre Manager at the Portland Indoor Centre and founder of the Making an Impact Through Sports programme, he has ensured that youth at risk participate in sport. Despite minimal resources, some participants have achieved provincial and national colours.
• Collette Theys: award for outstanding work in sports development. Mrs Theys coached the Westridge Netball Club while caring for her mother who has subsequently passed away. She uses sport as a vehicle to promote healthy lifestyle alternatives. In addition to this, she participates in and is also a referee in boxing. She is also a volunteer sports coach at primary schools in Mitchells Plain.
• Erica Slinger: award for community policing and parental mentoring. Mrs Erica Slinger is a member of the Portland Neighbourhood Watch and executive member of the Mitchells Plain Community Policing Forum. Her invaluable contribution not only pertains to administrative assistance, but more importantly to walking the streets with the men and women who selflessly patrol the area at night. Her forte is strengthening the street committee and neighbourhood watch structures. In her quest to prevent young people from turning toward gangsterism and substance abuse, she equips parents to fulfil their primary role of parenting.
• Irma Cotton: award for extraordinary contribution to teaching good values and self-worth as well as improving parental roles. Mrs Irma Cotton heads up the Westridge Girl Guides. She has singlehandedly instilled a sense of self-esteem in children whom she took out of dire family circumstances. In addition to this, she counsels parents needing guidance in rearing their children. She led her Guides to remove graffiti at Portland High School and assisted Ridgeville Primary School in reading to the Grade R and 1 classes.  
• Veronica Sickle: award for outstanding work in the educational field. As the principal of 3 Bears Educare Centre in Mitchells Plain, Mrs Veronica Sickle is recognised for her passion and outstanding contribution to educating young children in their formative years. Teacher Sickle is an extremely humble person with a huge heart who shows so much love for children. Her patience knows no bounds and the guidance given to nervous parents about the development of their children is phenomenal.

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• ​Carol Mentor: award for outstanding community work. Mrs Carol Mentor has been highly praised by non-governmental organisations, schools, and fellow residents for her unrelenting community work, including community policing, helping families who are living with drug addiction challenges, and caring for the most vulnerable people in the community.
  

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• ​Gladys Bullock: award for excellence in the Arts. Ms Gladys Bullock hails from Bonteheuwel and is the founder of artistic dance in Mitchells Plain, director and choreographer of the South African Circle of Dance, and a professional dance teacher in Ballroom and Latin American dance since 1980, having trained through the South African Dance Teachers’ Association and the World Dance Council. She commenced her teaching in Mitchells Plain in 1984 with two family members at the Gladys Social Dance Club. By 1994, the club changed its name to Gladys Dance Sport, with a membership of more than 80 dancers. She has expanded to include physically disabled dancers and extended her training to not only youth within the community of Mitchells Plain, but to neighbouring communities such as Khayelitsha, Gugulethu and Langa.
• Eddie Marshall: award for excellence in the sport of boxing. Mr Eddie Marshall is a renowned international boxing referee and has acquired many accolades for his contribution to the sport. He is recognised for his input into the sport and driving youth development to the extent where champions are born in the boxing ring.

Posthumous

• Bertram Pitts: award for outstanding community development. Mr Bertram Pitts, a disabled volunteer worker from 1898 to the time of his death, sacrificed family time for community development by mentoring community leaders.
  

 Organisations

• The Mitchells Plain Network Opposing Abuse: award for empowering women and children. The Mitchells Plain Network Opposing Abuse is a non-profit organisation aimed at eradicating violence against women by informing them about their rights and responsibilities so that they can make informed choices.
  

‘We would like to encourage other members of the community to follow the example  set by the recipients of these civic honours.

If residents work together with the subcouncil, we can create opportunities for personal and economic growth as well as safer communities,’ said Councillor Andrews.