Sol Plaatje Local Municipality

Sol Plaatje
Local municipality

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Location in the Northern Cape
Coordinates: 28°50′S 24°40′E / 28.833°S 24.667°E / -28.833; 24.667Coordinates: 28°50′S 24°40′E / 28.833°S 24.667°E / -28.833; 24.667
Country South Africa
Province Northern Cape
District Frances Baard
Seat Kimberley
Wards 31
Government[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • Mayor Mangaliso Matika (ANC)
Area
 • Total 3,145 km2 (1,214 sq mi)
Population (2011)[2]
 • Total 248,041
 • Density 79/km2 (200/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[2]
 • Black African 61.2%
 • Coloured 27.4%
 • Indian/Asian 1.2%
 • White 7.5%
First languages (2011)[3]
 • Afrikaans 45.2%
 • Tswana 33.2%
 • English 8.0%
 • Xhosa 5.6%
 • Other 8%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code NC091

The Sol Plaatje Local Municipality is a local municipality in the Frances Baard District Municipality district of the Northern Cape province, South Africa, named after Sol T. Plaatje. It includes the diamond mining city of Kimberley.

Main places

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

PlaceCodeArea (km2)Population
Galeshewe38300515.24107,920
Kimberley383006142.7796,977
Motswedimosa3830080.867,240
Platfontein3830041.775,185
Ritchie38300723.937,610
Roodepan3830036.2820,263
Vaalbos National Park383001110.130
Non-urban areas3830022,844.412,846
Total3,145.39248,041

Politics

The municipal council consists of sixty-five members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-three councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-three wards, while the remaining thirty-two 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 thirty-eight seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[5][6]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
African National Congress 44,15844,75788,91557.7211738
Democratic Alliance 22,40623,12845,53429.611819
Economic Freedom Fighters 5,7285,80511,5337.5055
Congress of the People 1,1911,1782,3691.5011
Independent 2,357–2,3571.51–1
Freedom Front Plus 8598961,7551.1011
African Christian Democratic Party 5125251,0370.7000
Azanian People's Organisation 1923365280.3000
Total 77,40376,625154,028100.0333265
Spoilt votes 9219801,901

Mayors

  • Maria Chwarisang
  • Patrick Lenyibi
  • Patrick Everyday
  • Agnes Ntlhangula
  • David Molusi[7]
  • Mangaliso Matika [8] [removed][9]
  • Pule Thabane [10]

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. ↑ "Sol Plaatje Local Municipality". Census 2011.
  5. ↑ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Sol Plaatje" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  6. ↑ "Seat Calculation Detail: Sol Plaatje" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  7. ↑ Halata, C. 2013. City gets new mayor: Molusi takes over Sol. Diamond Fields Advertiser 19 Dec 2013 pp 1-2
  8. ↑ New Mayor for Sol Plaatje Diamond Fields Advertiser 22 August 2016, p1
  9. ↑ http://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/sol-plaatje-municipality-mayor-matika-removed/
  10. ↑ https://mg.co.za/article/2018-07-30-75-schools-closed-in-kimberley-as-violent-protests-pick-up
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