Kgatelopele Local Municipality

Kgatelopele
Local municipality

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Location in the Northern Cape
Coordinates: 28°15′S 23°40′E / 28.250°S 23.667°E / -28.250; 23.667Coordinates: 28°15′S 23°40′E / 28.250°S 23.667°E / -28.250; 23.667
Country South Africa
Province Northern Cape
District ZF Mgcawu
Seat Daniëlskuil
Wards 4
Government[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • Mayor Norman Prince
Area
 • Total 2,478 km2 (957 sq mi)
Population (2011)[2]
 • Total 18,687
 • Density 7.5/km2 (20/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[2]
 • Black African 49.9%
 • Coloured 38.9%
 • Indian/Asian 0.7%
 • White 9.8%
First languages (2011)[3]
 • Afrikaans 58.3%
 • Tswana 32.7%
 • English 2.9%
 • Xhosa 1.6%
 • Other 4.5%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code NC086

Kgatelopele Local Municipality is a local municipality in the ZF Mgcawu District Municipality of the Northern Cape in South Africa. Kgatelopele is a Setswana name that means "progress".[4]

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[5]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)Population
Danielskuil3200122.126,730
Five Mission320021.70350
Lime Acres32004755.533,723
Tlhakalatlou320050.473,337
Remainder of the municipality320032,870.451,305

Politics

The municipal council consists of seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Four councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in four wards, while the remaining three are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In the election of 3 August 2016 no party obtained a majority on the council; the Democratic Alliance (DA) and the Kgatelopele Community Forum (KCF) formed a coalition to govern the municipality. The following table shows the results of the election.[6][7]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
African National Congress 2,4532,4254,87843.1213
Democratic Alliance 1,5881,5963,18428.1112
Kgatelopele Community Forum 1,2741,2192,49322.0112
Economic Freedom Fighters 1512193703.3000
Freedom Front Plus 1531342872.5000
Azanian People's Organisation 4131720.6000
Patriotic Alliance 1334470.4000
Total 5,6735,65811,331100.0437
Spoilt votes 7584159

References

  1. ↑ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. ↑ South African Languages - Place names
  5. ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  6. ↑ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Kgatelopele" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  7. ↑ "Seat Calculation Detail: Kgatelopele" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
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