Sol Plaatje Municipality (Afrikaans: Sol Plaatje Munisipaliteit; Tswana: Mmasepala wa Sol Plaatje) is a local municipality within the Frances Baard District Municipality, in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. It is named after Sol T. Plaatje. It includes the diamond mining city of Kimberley.
Sol Plaatje | |
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.svg) Location in the Northern Cape | |
| Coordinates: 28°50′S 24°40′E / 28.833°S 24.667°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Northern Cape |
| District | Frances Baard |
| Seat | Kimberley |
| Wards | 31 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Kagisho Dante Sonyoni[1] (ANC) |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,145 km2 (1,214 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[3] | |
• Total | 270,078 |
| • Density | 86/km2 (220/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2022) | |
| • Black African | 62.0% |
| • Coloured | 27.9% |
| • Indian/Asian | 1.3% |
| • White | 8.7% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Afrikaans | 45.2% |
| • Tswana | 33.2% |
| • English | 8.0% |
| • Xhosa | 5.6% |
| • Other | 8% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | NC091 |
Main places
editThe 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[5]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| Galeshewe | 383005 | 15.24 | 107,920 |
| Kimberley | 383006 | 142.77 | 96,977 |
| Motswedimosa | 383008 | 0.86 | 7,240 |
| Platfontein | 383004 | 1.77 | 5,185 |
| Ritchie | 383007 | 23.93 | 7,610 |
| Roodepan | 383003 | 6.28 | 20,263 |
| Vaalbos National Park | 383001 | 110.13 | 0 |
| Non-urban areas | 383002 | 2,844.41 | 2,846 |
| Total | 3,145.39 | 248,041 | |
Politics
editThe municipal council consists of sixty-five members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-three councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-three wards, while the remaining thirty-two 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 thirty-three seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.[6][7]
| Sol Plaatje local election, 1 November 2021 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| African National Congress | 30,837 | 30,913 | 61,750 | 50.2% | 27 | 6 | 33 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 12,591 | 12,702 | 25,293 | 20.5% | 6 | 8 | 14 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 5,600 | 5,994 | 11,594 | 9.4% | 0 | 6 | 6 | |
| Sol- Plaatjie Service Delivery Forum | 2,645 | 2,923 | 5,568 | 4.5% | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Patriotic Alliance | 2,577 | 2,834 | 5,411 | 4.4% | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Freedom Front Plus | 2,243 | 2,096 | 4,339 | 3.5% | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Good | 2,092 | 2,099 | 4,191 | 3.4% | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Independent candidates | 1,648 | – | 1,648 | 1.3% | 0 | – | 0 | |
| African Christian Democratic Party | 570 | 456 | 1,026 | 0.8% | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Congress of the People | 183 | 394 | 577 | 0.5% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Azanian People's Organisation | 274 | 269 | 543 | 0.4% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| African Transformation Movement | 234 | 251 | 485 | 0.4% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Africa's New Dawn | 135 | 147 | 282 | 0.2% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Spectrum National Party | 129 | 91 | 220 | 0.2% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Economic Emancipation Forum | 121 | 64 | 185 | 0.2% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 61,879 | 61,233 | 123,112 | 33 | 32 | 65 | ||
| Valid votes | 61,879 | 61,233 | 123,112 | 98.4% | ||||
| Spoilt votes | 907 | 1,097 | 2,004 | 1.6% | ||||
| Total votes cast | 62,786 | 62,330 | 125,116 | |||||
| Voter turnout | 63,026 | |||||||
| Registered voters | 128,236 | |||||||
| Turnout percentage | 49.1% | |||||||
Mayors
edit- Maria Chwarisang
- Patrick Lenyibi
- Patrick Everyday
- Agnes Ntlhangula
- David Molusi[8]
- Mangaliso Matika[9][10]
- Pule Thabane[11]
- Patrick Mabilo[12]
- Kagisho Dante Sonyoni
References
edit- ^ "PICS: Sol Plaatje Municipality's youngest mayor sworn in". www.iol.co.za. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
- ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ^ a b "Sol Plaatje (Local Municipality, South Africa)". Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location. 2 February 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ "Sol Plaatje 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.
- ^ Halata, C. 2013. City gets new mayor: Molusi takes over Sol. Diamond Fields Advertiser 19 Dec 2013 pp 1-2
- ^ New Mayor for Sol Plaatje Diamond Fields Advertiser 22 August 2016, p1
- ^ "Sol Plaatje Municipality mayor Matika removed". 25 July 2018.
- ^ "75 schools closed in Kimberley as violent protests pick up - The Mail & Guardian". 30 July 2018.
- ^ KwonHoo, Sandi (29 November 2018). "Mabilo is new mayor". DFA. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
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