Nama Khoi Local Municipality

Nama Khoi
Local municipality

Seal

Location in the Northern Cape
Coordinates: 29°30′S 18°00′E / 29.500°S 18.000°E / -29.500; 18.000Coordinates: 29°30′S 18°00′E / 29.500°S 18.000°E / -29.500; 18.000
Country South Africa
Province Northern Cape
District Namakwa
Seat Springbok
Wards 9
Government[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • Mayor Boeboe van Wyk
Area
 • Total 17,989 km2 (6,946 sq mi)
Population (2011)[2]
 • Total 47,041
 • Density 2.6/km2 (6.8/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[2]
 • Black African 4.2%
 • Coloured 88.1%
 • Indian/Asian 0.5%
 • White 6.6%
First languages (2011)[3]
 • Afrikaans 95.9%
 • Xhosa 1.0%
 • Other 3.1%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code NC062

Nama Khoi Municipality is a local municipality in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa. It is administered from the town of Springbok.

Main places

The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[4]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)Population
Bulletrap3640061.8415
Carolusberg364013123.61,336
Concordia3640074.84,988
Goodhouse3640040.3171
Kleinzee3640099.1728
Kleinzee Mine364008160.23
Komaggas3640142.63,116
Kotzehoop3640019.3467
Nababeep364010123.15,374
Okiep36401138.66,304
Springbok36401237.612,790
Steinkopf3640057.67,842
Vioolsdrif3640032.0599
Remainder36400217,468.12,909
Total17,988.647,041

Politics

The municipal council consists of seventeen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Nine councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in nine wards, while the remaining eight 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 African National Congress (ANC) and the Khoisan Revolution formed a coalition to govern the municipality.[5] The following table shows the results of the election.[6][7]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
African National Congress 7,8127,79215,60446.7718
Democratic Alliance 6,7376,95813,69541.0257
Khoisan Revolution 8558651,7205.2011
Congress of the People 6336281,2613.8011
Economic Freedom Fighters 2952965911.8000
Independent 273–2730.80–0
Freedom Front Plus 1051432480.7000
Total 16,71016,68233,392100.09817
Spoilt votes 93123216

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. ↑ "Nama Khoi Local Municipality". Census 2011.
  5. ↑ "Khoi Revolution, ANC form coalition in Springbok". News24. 19 August 2016.
  6. ↑ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Nama Khoi" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  7. ↑ "Seat Calculation Detail: Nama Khoi" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
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