Baviaans Local Municipality was an administrative area in the Sarah Baartman District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. After the municipal elections on 3 August 2016 it was merged into the larger Dr Beyers Naudé Local Municipality.
Baviaans | |
|---|---|
 Seal | |
.svg) Location in the Eastern Cape | |
| Coordinates: 33°18′S 23°29′E / 33.300°S 23.483°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Eastern Cape |
| District | Sarah Baartman |
| Seat | Willowmore |
| Wards | 4 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Ewald Lock (DA) |
| Area | |
• Total | 11,668 km2 (4,505 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 17,761 |
| • Density | 1.5/km2 (3.9/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 12.0% |
| • Coloured | 80.3% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.2% |
| • White | 7.0% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Afrikaans | 91.2% |
| • Xhosa | 5.8% |
| • English | 1.7% |
| • Other | 1.3% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | EC107 |
The municipality was named after the Baviaanskloof. The name is of Dutch origin and means "baboons ravine".[3]
Main places
editThe 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[4]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steytlerville | 20702 | 22.03 | 713 | Afrikaans |
| Vuyolwetho | 20703 | 2.58 | 2,912 | Afrikaans |
| Willowmore | 20704 | 20.24 | 6,398 | Afrikaans |
| Remainder of the municipality | 20701 | 7,679.23 | 5,312 | Afrikaans |
Politics
editThe municipal council consisted of seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Four councillors were elected by first-past-the-post voting in four wards, while the remaining three were chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives was proportional to the number of votes received.
In the 2009 South African general election the Democratic Alliance won a plurality of 45.77% (2,290 votes), while the African National Congress received only 44.73% (2,238 vote). Other minor parties included COPE with 4.72% (236 votes) and the Independent Democrats with 2.12% (106 votes)[5]
In the election of 18 May 2011 the Democratic Alliance (DA) won a majority of four seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[6][7]
| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| DA | 3,644 | 3,629 | 7,273 | 55.4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| ANC | 2,922 | 2,940 | 5,862 | 44.6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Total | 6,566 | 6,569 | 13,135 | 100.0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Spoilt votes | 83 | 86 | 169 | |||||
References
edit- ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ^ a b c "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ South African Languages - Place names
- ^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC)".
- ^ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Baviaans" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
- ^ "Seat Calculation Detail: Baviaans" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
External links
edit
Baviaans travel guide from Wikivoyage- Official website
