Sol Plaatje Local Municipality
Sol Plaatje | ||
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Local municipality | ||
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Location in the Northern Cape | ||
Coordinates: 28°50′S 24°40′E / 28.833°S 24.667°ECoordinates: 28°50′S 24°40′E / 28.833°S 24.667°E | ||
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 | SAST (UTC+2) | |
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]
Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population |
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Galeshewe | 383005 | 15.24 | 107,920 |
Kimberley | 383006 | 142.77 | 96,977 |
Motswedimosa | 383008 | 0.86 | 7,240 |
Platfontein | 383004 | 1.77 | 5,185 |
Ritchie | 383007 | 23.93 | 7,610 |
Roodepan | 383003 | 6.28 | 20,263 |
Vaalbos National Park | 383001 | 110.13 | 0 |
Non-urban areas | 383002 | 2,844.41 | 2,846 |
Total | 3,145.39 | 248,041 |
Politics
The municipal council consists of sixty-two 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]
Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
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Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
African National Congress | 44,158 | 44,757 | 88,915 | 57.73 | 21 | 17 | 38 | |
Democratic Alliance | 22,406 | 23,128 | 45,534 | 29.56 | 11 | 8 | 19 | |
Congress of the People | 1,191 | 1,178 | 2,369 | 1.54 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
African Christian Democratic Party | 5,728 | 5,805 | 11,533 | 7.40 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
Azanian People's Organisation | 512 | 525 | 1037 | 0.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Pan Africanist Congress | 859 | 896 | 1755 | 1.14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Independent | 239 | – | 2357 | 1.53 | 1 | – | 0 | |
Total | 78,824 | 77,806 | 166,828 | 100.0 | 33 | 32 | 65 | |
Spoilt votes | 921 | 980 | 1801 |
Mayors
- Maria Chwarisang
- Patrick Lenyibi
- Patrick Everyday
- Agnes Ntlhangula
- David Molusi[7] (incumbent)
References
- ↑ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- 1 2 "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ↑ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ↑ "Sol Plaatje Local Municipality". Census 2011.
- ↑ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Sol Plaatje" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
- ↑ "Seat Calculation Detail: Sol Plaatje" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
- ↑ Halata, C. 2013. City gets new mayor: Molusi takes over Sol. Diamond Fields Advertiser 19 Dec 2013 pp 1-2