South Africa needs more women in its local councils, the country's local government association said yesterday (January 4). With women still under represented in some sections of local government, local authorities have a responsibility to appoint and train capable women within their structures, the organisation believes. Moera Marais-Martin, the Northern Cape provincial chair of the South African Local Government Association (SALGA), said that the province was already making plans for boosting women's role after the forthcoming local elections, reports the Millennium Campaign.