Umsobomvu Local Municipality

Umsobomvu
Local municipality

Seal

Location in the Northern Cape
Coordinates: 30°50′S 25°10′E / 30.833°S 25.167°E / -30.833; 25.167Coordinates: 30°50′S 25°10′E / 30.833°S 25.167°E / -30.833; 25.167
Country South Africa
Province Northern Cape
District Pixley ka Seme
Seat Colesberg
Wards 6
Government[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • Mayor Nombulelo Lillian Hermans
Area
 • Total 6,819 km2 (2,633 sq mi)
Population (2011)[2]
 • Total 28,376
 • Density 4.2/km2 (11/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[2]
 • Black African 62.6%
 • Coloured 30.6%
 • Indian/Asian 0.5%
 • White 5.7%
First languages (2011)[3]
 • Xhosa 55.2%
 • Afrikaans 38.6%
 • Sotho 1.9%
 • English 1.8%
 • Other 2.5%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code NC072

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

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Colesberg370004174.816,869Xhosa
Kwazamuxolo3700060.73,334Xhosa
Masizakhe3700020.11,101Xhosa
Norvalspont3700010.897Afrikaans
Noupoort3700059.44,514Afrikaans
Remainder3700036,632.62,461Afrikaans
Total6,818.528,376Xhosa

Politics

The municipal council consists of eleven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Six councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in six wards, while the remaining five 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 seven seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[5][6]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
African National Congress 6,6436,68513,32868.2617
Democratic Alliance 2,3852,3354,72024.2033
Economic Freedom Fighters 5855771,1626.0011
Congress of the People 651211860.9000
Freedom Front Plus 79681470.8000
Total 9,7579,78619,543100.06511
Spoilt votes 179162341

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. ↑ "Umsobomvu Local Municipality". Census 2011.
  5. ↑ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Umsobomvu" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  6. ↑ "Seat Calculation Detail: Umsobomvu" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
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