Camdeboo Local Municipality

Camdeboo Local Municipality was an administrative area in the Sarah Baartman District Municipality of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. After municipal elections on 3 August 2016 it was merged into the larger Dr Beyers Naudé Local Municipality.

Camdeboo
Former local municipality
Seal
Location in the Eastern Cape
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceEastern Cape
DistrictSarah Baartman
SeatGraaff-Reinet
Wards7
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorHanna Makoba
Area
 • Total12,422 km2 (4,796 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total50,993
 • Density4.1/km2 (11/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African24.8%
 • Coloured64.8%
 • Indian/Asian0.4%
 • White9.6%
First languages (2011)
 • Afrikaans78.7%
 • Xhosa15.7%
 • English3.8%
 • Other1.8%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeEC101

The name Camdeboo (or Qamdobowa in Xhosa language) has evolved from a phonetically similar Khoi word meaning "green hollow".[4]

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[5]

PlaceCodePopulationMost spoken language
Aberdeen201014,979Afrikaans
Graaff-Reinet2010324,230Afrikaans
Nieu-Bethesda201041,007Afrikaans
Thembalesizwe201051,338Xhosa
uMasizakhe201068,234Xhosa
Remainder of the municipality201024,577Afrikaans

Politics

The municipal council consists of fourteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Seven councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in seven 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 18 May 2011 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of eight seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[6][7]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
African National Congress 7,3827,49314,87555.5448
Democratic Alliance 5,5865,63411,22041.9336
Independent Ratepayers Association of SA 174892631.0000
Freedom Front Plus 136952310.9000
Pan Africanist Congress 121902110.8000
Total 13,39913,40126,800100.07714
Spoilt votes 155144299
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References
  1. "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. South African Languages - Place names
  5. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  6. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Camdeboo" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  7. "Seat Calculation Detail: Camdeboo" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.

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