Thembelihle Local Municipality
| Thembelihle | ||
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| Local municipality | ||
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| Location in the Northern Cape Location in the Northern Cape |
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| Country | South Africa | |
| Province | Northern Cape | |
| District | Pixley ka Seme | |
| Seat | Hopetown | |
| Wards | 4 | |
| Government[1] | ||
| • Type | Municipal council | |
| • Mayor | Lynette Olifant | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 8,023 km2 (3,098 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011)[2] | ||
| • Total | 15,701 | |
| • Density | 2.0/km2 (5.1/sq mi) | |
| Racial makeup (2011)[2] | ||
| • Black African | 15.2% | |
| • Coloured | 70.7% | |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.5% | |
| • White | 13.1% | |
| First languages (2011)[3] | ||
| • Afrikaans | 90.4% | |
| • Xhosa | 5.1% | |
| • English | 1.3% | |
| • Tswana | 1.3% | |
| • Other | 1.9% | |
| Time zone | SAST (UTC+2) | |
| Municipal code | NC076 | |
Thembelihle Local Municipality is a local municipality in the Pixley ka Seme District Municipality district of the Northern Cape province of South Africa. Thembelihle is a Xhosa name meaning "good hope".[4]
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[5]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
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| Hopetown | 31201 | 190.21 | 8,048 | Afrikaans |
| Orania | 31202 | 9.45 | 519 | Afrikaans |
| Strydenburg | 31203 | 37.99 | 2,347 | Afrikaans |
| Remainder of the municipality | 31204 | 6,740.15 | 3,064 | Afrikaans |
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 18 May 2011 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of four seats on the council.
The opposition took control of the council in December 2011, after ANC lost a by-election to an independent candidate. The independent, former ANC member Danny Jonas, became the new mayor of the municipality supported by the Congress of the People and the Democratic Alliance.[6]
The following table shows the results of the May 2011 election.[7][8]
| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
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| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| African National Congress | 3,255 | 3,300 | 6,555 | 55.8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Congress of the People | 1,799 | 1,744 | 3,543 | 30.2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 681 | 726 | 1,407 | 12.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Freedom Front Plus | 131 | 104 | 235 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 5,866 | 5,874 | 11,740 | 100.0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Spoilt votes | 62 | 54 | 116 | |||||
References
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- ↑ South African Languages - Place names
- ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
- ↑ http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2011-12-09-by-elections-the-da-and-cope-learn-how-to-steal-anc-marbles-by-and-by/
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External links
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