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Local municipality in Northern Cape, South Africa From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Emthanjeni Municipality (Afrikaans: Emthanjeni Munisipaliteit; Xhosa: uMasipala wase Emthanjeni) is a local municipality within the Pixley ka Seme District Municipality, in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. Emthanjeni is a Xhosa word meaning "vein", symbolising the importance of an underground water supply system to the area.[3] It is also a translation of the name of the municipality's seat, De Aar.
Emthanjeni | |
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Coordinates: 30°40′S 24°0′E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Northern Cape |
District | Pixley ka Seme |
Seat | De Aar |
Wards | 8 |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Boy Kenneth Markman |
Area | |
• Total | 13,472 km2 (5,202 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 42,356 |
• Density | 3.1/km2 (8.1/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 33.2% |
• Coloured | 57.7% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.6% |
• White | 8.0% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Afrikaans | 70.3% |
• Xhosa | 23.8% |
• English | 2.3% |
• Other | 3.6% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Municipal code | NC073 |
Website | emthanjeni |
The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[4]
The municipal council consists of fifteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Eight councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in eight wards, while the remaining seven 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 1 November 2021 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of nine seats on the council.[5][6]
The following table shows the results of the election.
Emthanjeni local election, 1 November 2021 | ||||||||
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Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
African National Congress | 6,784 | 6,809 | 13,593 | 60.3% | 7 | 2 | 9 | |
Democratic Alliance | 2,932 | 3,055 | 5,987 | 26.6% | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
Economic Freedom Fighters | 484 | 548 | 1,032 | 4.6% | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Patriotic Alliance | 380 | 608 | 988 | 4.4% | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Freedom Front Plus | 260 | 294 | 554 | 2.5% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Independent candidates | 386 | – | 386 | 1.7% | 0 | – | 0 | |
Total | 11,226 | 11,314 | 22,540 | 8 | 7 | 15 | ||
Valid votes | 11,226 | 11,314 | 22,540 | 98.5% | ||||
Spoilt votes | 178 | 157 | 335 | 1.5% | ||||
Total votes cast | 11,404 | 11,471 | 22,875 | |||||
Voter turnout | 11,566 | |||||||
Registered voters | 22,544 | |||||||
Turnout percentage | 51.3% |
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