Boffie Strydom has been a loyal member of the DA for a number of years and in 2016 he was elected as a councillor and deputy mayor of the West Coast District municipality.
After the 2021 local government election, he was elected as the executive mayor of the West Coast District Municipality.
Boffie Strydom was born and raised in the Free State. He farmed in the North West province and is very passionate about agriculture.
He has been continuously involved with DA structures since 2000 and has lived in Langebaan in the Saldanha Bay local municipality for the past seven years.