# The Patriotic Alliance has made history by securing its first executive mayoral position in the Western Cape. Mitchell Smith was elected mayor of the Laingsburg Municipality yesterday, following a coalition between the ANC, the Karoo Gemeenskap Party, the Karoo Democratic Force, and the PA for municipal governance in the Central Karoo. Deputy provincial leader of the Patriotic Alliance Sammy Claassen says the political landscape and power in the Western Cape has shifted. The Western Cape had 12 hung councils following the recent municipal elections.