Renosterberg Local Municipality

Renosterberg
Local municipality

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Location in the Northern Cape
Coordinates: 30°15′S 24°30′E / 30.250°S 24.500°E / -30.250; 24.500Coordinates: 30°15′S 24°30′E / 30.250°S 24.500°E / -30.250; 24.500
Country South Africa
Province Northern Cape
District Pixley ka Seme
Seat Petrusville
Wards 4
Government[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • Mayor Angelina Jack
Area
 • Total 5,527 km2 (2,134 sq mi)
Population (2011)[2]
 • Total 10,978
 • Density 2.0/km2 (5.1/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[2]
 • Black African 32.9%
 • Coloured 57.4%
 • Indian/Asian 0.5%
 • White 8.6%
First languages (2011)[3]
 • Afrikaans 71.4%
 • Xhosa 24.0%
 • English 1.5%
 • Sotho 1.3%
 • Other 1.8%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code NC075

Renosterberg Local Municipality is a local municipality in the Pixley ka Seme District Municipality district of the Northern Cape province of South Africa.

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[4]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Lukhanyisweni311011.05716Xhosa
Petrusville3110259.202,768Afrikaans
Phillipstown311031.832,062Afrikaans
Thembinkosi311050.21816Xhosa
Vanderkloof311065.921,011Afrikaans
Remainder of the municipality311045,461.751,698Afrikaans

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 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of four seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[5][6]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
African National Congress 2,3112,2814,59252.2224
Democratic Alliance 1,8381,8353,67341.7213
Economic Freedom Fighters 1852073924.5000
Freedom Front Plus 67751421.6000
Total 4,4014,3988,799100.0437
Spoilt votes 9469163

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. ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  5. ↑ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Renosterberg" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "Seat Calculation Detail: Renosterberg" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
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