Gamagara Local Municipality

Gamagara Local Municipality is an administrative area in the John Taolo Gaetsewe District of the Northern Cape in South Africa.

Gamagara
Local municipality
Seal
Location in the Northern Cape
Coordinates: 27°40′S 23°00′E
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceNorthern Cape
DistrictJohn Taolo Gaetsewe
SeatKathu
Wards7
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorJames Molodi Rakoi
Area
 • Total2,619 km2 (1,011 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total41,617
 • Density16/km2 (41/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African55.0%
 • Coloured28.7%
 • Indian/Asian0.6%
 • White14.0%
First languages (2011)
 • Afrikaans53.9%
 • Tswana33.7%
 • English3.6%
 • Sotho1.4%
 • Other7.4%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeNC453

The name Gamogara is of Setswana origin. The municipality is named after a dry river which was in turn named after a man called Mogara of the Makwere clan (Batlhaping). During the early days of exploration, Mogara was the first person to settle in this part of the country. After 1887, the area became dominated by white farmers who then changed the name as they were unable to pronounce it correctly. Hence it was called Gamagara instead of Gamogara. The name is derived from a dry river that ran from Dibeng to join the Kuruman (Segonyana) river at Dikgatlong tsa ga Kganyile. Incidentally this is the route the Ba ga Motlhware followed on their way to their headquarters, Maje a Mokhothu (Langeberg).[4]

Main places

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

PlaceCodeArea (km2)Population
Dibeng324018.584,023
Dingleton324021.562,866
Ditloung319030.623,044
Kathu324048.538,247
Olifantshoek319073.513,985
Remainder of the municipality324032,449.381,048

Politics

The municipal council consists of thirteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Seven councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in seven wards, while the remaining six 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 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of seven seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[6][7]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
African National Congress 5,7366,03511,77148.7437
Democratic Alliance 4,1034,6088,71136.0325
Economic Freedom Fighters 7097241,4335.9011
Independent 1,164–1,1644.80–0
Freedom Front Plus 2733115842.4000
Gamagara Community Forum 1161983141.3000
Congress of the People 651372020.8000
Total 12,16612,01324,179100.07613
Spoilt votes 378436814
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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: Gamagara" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  7. "Seat Calculation Detail: Gamagara" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
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