Nama Khoi Municipality (Afrikaans: Nama Khoi Munisipaliteit) is a local municipality within the Namakwa District Municipality, in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. Its seat is Springbok.
Nama Khoi | |
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 Seal | |
.svg) Location in the Northern Cape | |
| Coordinates: 29°30′S 18°00′E / 29.500°S 18.000°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Northern Cape |
| District | Namakwa |
| Seat | Springbok |
| Wards | 9 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Gustav Bock (NCM) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 17,989 km2 (6,946 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
| • Total | 47,041 |
| • Density | 2.6/km2 (6.8/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 4.2% |
| • Coloured | 88.1% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.5% |
| • White | 6.6% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Afrikaans | 95.9% |
| • Xhosa | 1.0% |
| • Other | 3.1% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | NC062 |
Main places
editThe 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[3]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulletrap | 364006 | 1.8 | 415 |
| Carolusberg | 364013 | 123.6 | 1,336 |
| Concordia | 364007 | 4.8 | 4,988 |
| Goodhouse | 364004 | 0.3 | 171 |
| Kleinzee | 364009 | 9.1 | 728 |
| Kleinzee Mine | 364008 | 160.2 | 3 |
| Komaggas | 364014 | 2.6 | 3,116 |
| Kotzehoop | 364001 | 9.3 | 467 |
| Nababeep | 364010 | 123.1 | 5,374 |
| Okiep | 364011 | 38.6 | 6,304 |
| Springbok | 364012 | 37.6 | 12,790 |
| Steinkopf | 364005 | 7.6 | 7,842 |
| Vioolsdrif | 364003 | 2.0 | 599 |
| Remainder | 364002 | 17,468.1 | 2,909 |
| Total | 17,988.6 | 47,041 | |
Politics
editThe municipal council consists of seventeen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Nine councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in nine wards, while the remaining eight 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 no party obtained a majority on the council.[4][5] The Democratic Alliance and the Namakwa Civic Movement formed a coalition to govern the municipality,
| Nama Khoi local election, 1 November 2021 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| African National Congress | 6,625 | 6,513 | 13,138 | 42.0% | 7 | 0 | 7 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 4,665 | 4,739 | 9,404 | 30.1% | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Namakwa Civic Movement | 3,229 | 3,290 | 6,519 | 20.8% | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Freedom Front Plus | 223 | 234 | 457 | 1.5% | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Khoisan Revolution | 213 | 225 | 438 | 1.4% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Good | 145 | 147 | 292 | 0.9% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Patriotic Alliance | 123 | 168 | 291 | 0.9% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Congress of the People | 131 | 143 | 274 | 0.9% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 115 | 120 | 235 | 0.8% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| National Economic Fighters | 132 | – | 132 | 0.4% | 0 | – | 0 | |
| Independent Civic Organisation of South Africa | 34 | 31 | 65 | 0.2% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| African Transformation Movement | 1 | 19 | 20 | 0.1% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| South African Royal Kingdoms Organization | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 15,640 | 15,635 | 31,275 | 9 | 8 | 17 | ||
| Valid votes | 15,640 | 15,635 | 31,275 | 98.9% | ||||
| Spoilt votes | 174 | 179 | 353 | 1.1% | ||||
| Total votes cast | 15,814 | 15,814 | 31,628 | |||||
| Voter turnout | 15,814 | |||||||
| Registered voters | 29,072 | |||||||
| Turnout percentage | 54.4% | |||||||
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.
- ^ "Nama Khoi Local Municipality". Census 2011.
- ^ "Results Summary - All Ballots" (PDF). Electoral Commission of South Africa. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "Seat Calculation Detail" (PDF). Electoral Commission of South Africa. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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