Khâi-Ma Local Municipality

Khâi-Ma Municipality (Afrikaans: Khâi-Ma Munisipaliteit; Tswana: Mmasepala wa Khâi-Ma) is a local municipality within the Namakwa District Municipality, in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. Khâi-Ma is a Khoekhoe word meaning "to stand up".^[4]

Khâi-Ma
Local municipality
Seal
Location in the Northern Cape
Coordinates: 29°30′S 19°15′E
Country	South Africa
Province	Northern Cape
District	Namakwa
Seat	Pofadder
Wards	6
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Lindie Bruintjies-Groenewald
Area
• Total	16,628 km2 (6,420 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	12,465
• Density	0.75/km2 (1.9/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [2]
• Black African	17.6%
• Coloured	75.1%
• Indian/Asian	0.4%
• White	6.0%
First languages (2011) [3]
• Afrikaans	83.3%
• Tswana	10.9%
• Xhosa	2.2%
• English	1.2%
• Other	2.4%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	NC067

Main places

The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places:^[5]

Place	Code	Area (km2)	Population
Aggeneys	368006	205.7	2,262
Onseepkans	368001	27.7	2,090
Pella	368004	477.8	2,470
Pofadder	368005	162.1	3,287
Witbank	368003	0.4	210
Remainder	368002	15,754.2	2,148
Total		16,628.0	12,465

Politics

Main article: Khâi-Ma Local Municipality elections

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 1 November 2021 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of six seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.^[6][7]

Khâi-Ma local election, 1 November 2021
Party		Votes				Seats
		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	African National Congress	2,199	2,204	4,403	50.5%	6	0	6
	Namakwa Civic Movement	820	889	1,709	19.6%	0	2	2
	Democratic Alliance	512	507	1,019	11.7%	0	1	1
	Economic Freedom Fighters	272	275	547	6.3%	0	1	1
	Congress of the People	255	247	502	5.8%	0	1	1
	Freedom Front Plus	147	143	290	3.3%	0	0	0
	National Economic Fighters	52	61	113	1.3%	0	0	0
	Independent candidates	89	–	89	1.0%	0	–	0
	African Transformation Movement	11	19	30	0.3%	0	0	0
	South African Royal Kingdoms Organization	4	5	9	0.1%	0	0	0
Total		4,361	4,350	8,711		6	5	11
Valid votes		4,361	4,350	8,711	98.5%
Spoilt votes		57	74	131	1.5%
Total votes cast		4,418	4,424	8,842
Voter turnout		4,430
Registered voters		7,799
Turnout percentage		56.8%

References

1. "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
2. "Local Municipality". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
3. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
4. South African Languages - Place names
5. "Khâi-Ma Local Municipality". Census 2011.
6. "Results Summary - All Ballots" (PDF). Electoral Commission of South Africa. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
7. "Seat Calculation Detail" (PDF). Electoral Commission of South Africa. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.